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T he trial court on Tuesday permitted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to interro- gate and arrest, if necessary, for- mer Finance Minister Chidambaram in the INX Media bribery case. Armed with the order, the ED is expected to take Chidambaram in its custody on Wednesday. After this development, even if Chidambaram’s bail petition in the Supreme Court in the CBI case is favourably disposed, he might end up spending Diwali behind bars. Trial court judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar on Tuesday evening passed the order allow- ing the ED to interrogate Chidambaram in Tihar jail on Wednesday and arrest him if necessary. The court said three ED officials can interrogate Chidambaram on Wednesday after 8.30 am and asked the jail superintendent to make arrangements in this regard. The former Finance Minister’s judicial custody in the INX Media corruption case, which was filed by the CBI, ends on October 17. Since his arrest on August 21, he has till Tuesday spent 54 days in custody — both of the CBI as well as judicial — in nine spells. After the court passed the order, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Special Public Prosecutor Amit Mahajan, appearing for the ED, sought permission to question Chidambaram in some space available on Rouse Avenue court premises. The court, however, said, “It’s not in the dignity of this person that you interrogate and arrest him here in public view.” The court also rejected Chidamabram’s peti- tion against the production warrant. Chidambaram on Tuesday sought bail from the Supreme Court in the INX Media cor- ruption case saying the CBI wants to keep him in custody to humiliate him. The court will hear on Wednesday the arguments of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the CBI. Citing his attempts to meet to two crucial witnesses, the agency reiterated that Chidambaram should not be given bail. Justice R Banumathi headed Bench will resume hearing on this petition on Wednesday morning and the ED is expected to make arrest early in the morning. After the trial court’s per- mission to the ED, Chidambaram’s bail petition in the apex court has literally became useless. The ED will get maximum 15 days custody of Chidamabaram following which he may be remanded in judicial custody till he gets bail in the ED’s case. Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Chidambaram, told a 3-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi that there were no allegations against their party colleague or his family mem- bers of having ever tried to approach or influence any wit- ness in the case. Sibal told the Bench, also comprising justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy, that Chidambaram is in cus- tody for last 55 days and the Delhi High Court had rejected his bail plea in a “strange way”. Chidambaram, 74, was arrested by the CBI on August 21 and is lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody in the corruption case. The CBI had registered an FIR on May 15, 2017 alleging irregularities in a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to the INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of 305 crore in 2007 during Chidambaram’s tenure as the Finance Minister. Thereafter, the ED lodged a money-laundering case in this regard in 2017. Chidambaram moved the top court challenging the Delhi High Court’s September 30 verdict denying him bail in the INX Media case lodged by the CBI. Sibal told the Bench on Tuesday that earlier the ED had argued before the apex court that they want custodial inter- rogation of Chidambaram, but later they opposed his applica- tion filed in the trial court to surrender in the money laun- dering case. “Bail should be granted to him (Chidambaram). They (CBI) want to keep me in jail to humiliate him,” Sibal argued before the apex court. A nother senior Minister from the earlier UPA Government landed in trouble on Tuesday as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Praful Patel for questioning on October 18 in connection with an alleged property deal between him and Hajra Iqbal, the wife of late Iqbal Mirchi, an erstwhile close aide of Karachi- based underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. As it readied itself to arrest former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday for custodial interrogation in the INX Media case, the ED prepared the ground for the questioning of former Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on allegations of quid pro quo in a property deal with late Iqbal Mirchi’s wife Hajra. Official sources said that at its office in Mumbai on October 18, the ED would record Patel’s statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with a deal between a real estate company promot- ed by him, his wife and late Mirchi’s wife. The ED documents have revealed that Millennium Developers Pvt Limited, a company promoted by Patel and his wife, constructed Ceejay House and transferred its third and fourth floors to Mirchi’s wife Hajra Iqbal in 2007 “towards beneficial inter- est of Mirchi in the land on which the structure is built”. Patel and his wife own a sig- nificant number of shares in Millennium Developers Private Limited. However, Patel dismissed the case, saying, “It is an old case and since I am on election tour, I am not privy to the doc- uments. But I can tell you that the allegations against me are false and unsubstantiated.” Talking to mediapersons here, he said, “Documents may have been leaked to media. Obviously, you are in posses- sion of some papers which may have never been brought to my attention.” The ED is investigating several property deals, includ- ing Ceejay House at Worli in south-central Mumbai, which was reportedly owned by Mirchi’s first wife Hajra Memon. Ceejay House is con- structed on a plot allegedly owned by Iqbal Mirchi. The ED’s contention is that Patel redeveloped Ceejay House in 2005. The ED considers the property as “proceeds of crime”. The ED’s move to question to Patel comes in the wake of the grilling of Mukhtar Memon, an alleged key person who handles various properties of Mirchi in Mumbai. Memon is the brother-in-law of Mirchi. In his interaction with the media, Patel said that the mat- ter was under investigation and the issue is if the “person at Ceejay House is linked with me”. The building, according to Patel, was there in 1970. “After my father’s death, there was dis- pute in the family among 21 co- owners. The Mumbai High Court was asked in 1978 to take charge and look after the prop- erty,” Patel said. According to the list of Mirchi’s properties located in India and the UK, Ceejay House was constructed in 2006-07 as a joint venture (JV) between Mirchi and Millenium Developers Pvt Ltd. The ED probe has revealed Mirchi had bought/developed several properties in India and abroad from the proceeds of crime generated through var- ious illegal offences. The NCP is seeing the action against its leader as “political vendetta” in the run up to the Maharashtra Assembly polls. T he bestowal of “Bharat Ratna” upon social reform- ers Jyotiba Phule, Savitribai Phhule, and freedom fighter Veer Savarkar, creation of one crore jobs in five years, making Maharashtra “drought-free” in five years and 5 lakh crore investment in infrastructure sector are among the promis- es made by the ruling BJP in its manifesto for the State Assembly polls. In its manifesto “Sankalp Patra” released three days after its ally Shiv Sena released its manifesto “Vachan Patra”, the BJP has also promised houses to all the homeless in the State by 2022, pure drinking water to each household, to set up a grid for Marathwada to solve water problem in the region and to provide job opportunities to one crore women by bringing them under “Mahila Bachat Ghatak” scheme. Releasing “Sankalp Patra” along with the party’s working president JP Nadda, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “On our return to power in the State, we will recom- mend to the Centre a propos- al to bestow ‘Bharat Ratna’ upon social reformers Jyotiba Phule, Savitribai Phhule, and freedom fighter Veer Savarkar. These three great leaders deserved to be honoured with Bharat Ratna as they spent their whole lives for social activities. The Shiv Sena has also for some time been demanding bestowal of Bharart Ratna upon Veer Savarkar.” The promise to bestow Bharat Ratna upon the Phule couple and Veer Savarkar is being seen as a move to attract Dalit and Hindu votes. “The focus of our mani- festo is three-fold — to address drought, increase availability of water and employment,” the CM said. The project to link various rivers, uninterrupted power supply, education, economic development, health, agricul- ture, social welfare, air trans- port, port development, water supply for irrigation and rural development are the BJP’s other focus areas. In its “Sankalp Patra”, the BJP also promised to seek financial assistance from the Centre to invest to the tune of 1 lakh crore on infrastructural facilities, to generate solar ener- gy in next five years that is enough to supply electricity to farmers for 12 hours in a day and to set up a solar power grid. In a first of its kind imita- tive, the BJP has promised to set up an independent author- ity to repair all kinds of roads. The ruling party said it would connect the entire Maharashtra by internet through Bharat Net and Maha Net. “We will register all kinds of labourers at one place and bring them under the ambit of the social security... We will undertake a special rehabilita- tion programme for the retired soldiers, families of martyred soldiers and officials who died during the call of duty,” the BJP manifesto said. T he police on Tuesday detained a small group of women led by daughter and sister of National Conference president and sitting Member Parliament Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar when they tried to stage an “unathorised” sit- in protest against the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of State into two Union Territories. Farooq Abdullah’s sister Suraiya Mattoo, his daughter Safiya Khan, former J&K High Court chief jus- tice Bashir Ahmad Khan’s wife Professor Hawa Khan and others were detained by the police from Pratap Park area.The women arrived at the busy Lal Chowk area on Tuesday morning wearing black arm badges and holding several placards. Safiya Khan was seen car- rying a banner reading “Kashmiri brides not for sale”, apparently implying to the statement made by some BJP leaders of Haryana and UP after the abrogation of Article 370. Other protesters were seen holding placards which demanded the release of detainees and restora- tion of civil liberties. As they start- ed assembling inside the Pratap Park, women cops, along with para- military forces, prevented them from staging sit-in dharna. The cops also demanded them to produce permission letter, if any, issued by the office of District Magistrate. When these women refused to call off the dharna, women cops pushed them inside the police vans before escorting them to the nearest police station. In a written statement, these women said, “We the women of Kashmir disapprove the unilateral decision taken by the Government of India to revoke Article 370 and 35A and downgrade and split the State of Jammu & Kashmir. We feel betrayed, humiliated and violated as people.” “We demand immediate release of detainees. We express our outrage against the national media for their false and misleading coverage of ground realties in Kashmir,” reads the statement. Meanwhile SMS services were withdrawan by the State adminis- tration barely hours after the post- paid mobile phone services were restored across the Valley on Monday. The decision was taken after review of the prevailing secu- rity situation arising after the killing of a truck driver hailing from Rajasthan by a group of terrorists in Shopian late on Monday evening. C hief Minister Raghubar Das today stressed on the need of preserving the tribal culture, which, he said was a matter of pride for the whole State. The CM, while partici- pating in the concluding pro- gramme of historic Mudma Jatra Mela as Chief Guest at Mandar, said that he is fortu- nate to pray at the ‘Shakti Sthal’ of tribal community. “At the Shakti Sthal, I have asked for power for the welfare of the people. All-round devel- opment of the poor is the pri- ority of the government. The fair brings sweetness; it is the medium of communion. At the same time, we are also proud by being familiar with rich tradi- tion and culture of the State,” he said. “We have to save tribal tradition and culture together. The State Government has accorded the status of State Fair to Mudma Jatra Mela, whose notification has been issued. We are proud of our tribal culture and tradition and we have to keep it intact. The new generation of youth should go ahead and save their culture. Do not let this cul- ture attack you,” he said. The Chief Minister said that before 2014, assess the status of Mudma Mela. The govern- ment has tried to develop this area. Problems here will be overcome soon. A path leading to the Shakti Sthal will be con- structed within two months, he added. Mandar MLA, Gangotri Kujur said that people have been following the culture that has been going on for centuries here. “People from foreign countries come here. The fair has been operating in the clean environment for the last five years. The government has done development work here. Mandar has been a tribal dom- inated area. Tribals are demanding the government to implement the Sarna Code. The Chief Minister will defi- nitely take initiative in this direction,” she said. Religious leader Bandhan Tigga wel- comed the CM on the occasion and apprised him of the histo- ry and tradition of the Mudma Jatra. Ranchi DC Rai Mahimapat Ray, SSP Anish Gupta, RanchiPahda Jatra Samiti pres- ident Jagram Oraon, Secretary Ranthu Oraon, Kamle Oraon along with people from Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were present on the occasion. T he State Cabinet on Tuesday raised dearness allowance by 5 per cent which will benefit State Government employees and pensioners. The hike in DA will be effective from July 1, 2019. State Cabinet Coordination department Secretary in-charge, Ajay Kumar Singh said, “The State Cabinet today gave its nod for increasing the DA of State Government employees from existing 12 per cent to 17 per cent. With the increase in DA, the state exchequer will bear the burden of 564 crore.” The hike in DA is highest in recent years as earlier DA was increased only 2 to 3 per cent and has been made as per seventh pay commission rec- ommendations.The State Cabinet also gave administrative approval of 55.46 crore for financial year 2019-20 and 2020-21 under distribution of milch cattle under the Kamdhenu Dairy scheme. With an aim to increase dairy production in State, the Government under the schemes provides financial assistance for purchase of cows and buffaloes. Educated youths, self help groups and other bodies are encour- aged to set up mini dairy (5 cows or buffaloes), mid dairy (10 cows and buf- faloes), commercial dairy (20 cows or buffaloes) and modern dairy (50 cows and buffaloes). Nod to creation of separate Ho lan- guage at Kolhan University was also taken at the Cabinet meeting. The sep- arate department of Ho language will have an Assistant Professor. Ho is a trib- al language spoken by Ho, Munda, Kolha and Kol tribal communities in Jharkhand and other neighbouring states. The State Cabinet also gave its nod for setting up city gas station under IOCL city gas station project, 0.72 acre land was given to IOCL on lease for 30 years at 16.45 lakh at Budhivinhor under Chas block of Bokaro district. The Cabinet also gave its nod for giv- ing 1.56 acres of land at Gomia block of Bokaro district at a rate of 71.57 lakh for period of 30 years on lease for construction of approach road of IOCL project. The State Cabinet also gave administrative sanction for clear- ing the dues of Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited (TVNL). The State Cabinet also gave its nod for creation of one post of civil judge (senior division) in the Jharkhand High Court, State Court Management System Committee. In the today’s Cabinet meet approval to 21 agenda were given approval. Some of the major other deci- sion taken at Cabinet meet includes, dismissal of Dr Anjali Kumari medical officer at subdivision hospital Madhupur (Deoghar) from service as she was absent from her work.

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The trial court on Tuesdaypermitted the Enforcement

Directorate (ED) to interro-gate and arrest, if necessary, for-mer Finance MinisterChidambaram in the INXMedia bribery case. Armedwith the order, the ED isexpected to take Chidambaramin its custody on Wednesday.

After this development,even if Chidambaram’s bailpetition in the Supreme Courtin the CBI case is favourablydisposed, he might end upspending Diwali behind bars.

Trial court judge AjayKumar Kuhar on Tuesdayevening passed the order allow-ing the ED to interrogateChidambaram in Tihar jail onWednesday and arrest him ifnecessary. The court said threeED officials can interrogateChidambaram on Wednesdayafter 8.30 am and asked the jailsuperintendent to makearrangements in this regard.

The former FinanceMinister’s judicial custody inthe INX Media corruptioncase, which was filed by theCBI, ends on October 17. Sincehis arrest on August 21, he hastill Tuesday spent 54 days incustody — both of the CBI aswell as judicial — in ninespells.

After the court passed theorder, Solicitor General TusharMehta and Special PublicProsecutor Amit Mahajan,appearing for the ED, soughtpermission to question

Chidambaram in some spaceavailable on Rouse Avenuecourt premises. The court,however, said, “It’s not in thedignity of this person that youinterrogate and arrest him herein public view.” The court alsorejected Chidamabram’s peti-tion against the productionwarrant.

Chidambaram on Tuesdaysought bail from the SupremeCourt in the INX Media cor-ruption case saying the CBIwants to keep him in custodyto humiliate him. The court

will hear on Wednesday thearguments of Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta, representingthe CBI. Citing his attempts tomeet to two crucial witnesses,the agency reiterated thatChidambaram should not begiven bail. Justice R Banumathiheaded Bench will resumehearing on this petition onWednesday morning and theED is expected to make arrestearly in the morning.

After the trial court’s per-mission to the ED,Chidambaram’s bail petition in

the apex court has literallybecame useless. The ED will getmaximum 15 days custody ofChidamabaram followingwhich he may be remanded injudicial custody till he gets bailin the ED’s case.

Senior advocates KapilSibal and Abhishek ManuSinghvi, appearing forChidambaram, told a 3-judgebench headed by Justice RBanumathi that there were noallegations against their partycolleague or his family mem-bers of having ever tried to

approach or influence any wit-ness in the case.

Sibal told the Bench, alsocomprising justices ASBopanna and Hrishikesh Roy,that Chidambaram is in cus-tody for last 55 days and theDelhi High Court had rejectedhis bail plea in a “strange way”.

Chidambaram, 74, wasarrested by the CBI on August21 and is lodged in Tihar jailunder judicial custody in thecorruption case.

The CBI had registered anFIR on May 15, 2017 allegingirregularities in a ForeignInvestment Promotion Board(FIPB) clearance granted to theINX Media group for receivingoverseas funds of �305 crore in2007 during Chidambaram’stenure as the Finance Minister.

Thereafter, the ED lodgeda money-laundering case inthis regard in 2017.

Chidambaram moved thetop court challenging the DelhiHigh Court’s September 30verdict denying him bail in the INX Media case lodged bythe CBI.

Sibal told the Bench onTuesday that earlier the ED hadargued before the apex courtthat they want custodial inter-rogation of Chidambaram, butlater they opposed his applica-tion filed in the trial court tosurrender in the money laun-dering case.

“Bail should be granted tohim (Chidambaram). They(CBI) want to keep me in jailto humiliate him,” Sibal arguedbefore the apex court.

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Another senior Ministerfrom the earlier UPA

Government landed in troubleon Tuesday as the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) summonedPraful Patel for questioning onOctober 18 in connection withan alleged property dealbetween him and Hajra Iqbal,the wife of late Iqbal Mirchi, anerstwhile close aide of Karachi-based underworld donDawood Ibrahim.

As it readied itself to arrestformer Union Minister PChidambaram on Wednesdayfor custodial interrogation inthe INX Media case, the EDprepared the ground for thequestioning of former CivilAviation Minister Praful Patelon allegations of quid pro quoin a property deal with lateIqbal Mirchi’s wife Hajra.

Official sources said that atits office in Mumbai onOctober 18, the ED wouldrecord Patel’s statement underthe Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA) inconnection with a deal betweena real estate company promot-ed by him, his wife and lateMirchi’s wife.

The ED documents haverevealed that Millennium

Developers Pvt Limited, acompany promoted by Pateland his wife, constructedCeejay House and transferredits third and fourth floors toMirchi’s wife Hajra Iqbal in2007 “towards beneficial inter-est of Mirchi in the land onwhich the structure is built”.Patel and his wife own a sig-nificant number of shares inMillennium Developers PrivateLimited.

However, Patel dismissedthe case, saying, “It is an oldcase and since I am on electiontour, I am not privy to the doc-uments. But I can tell you thatthe allegations against me arefalse and unsubstantiated.”

Talking to mediapersonshere, he said, “Documents mayhave been leaked to media.Obviously, you are in posses-sion of some papers whichmay have never been broughtto my attention.”

The ED is investigatingseveral property deals, includ-ing Ceejay House at Worli insouth-central Mumbai, which

was reportedly owned byMirchi’s first wife HajraMemon. Ceejay House is con-structed on a plot allegedlyowned by Iqbal Mirchi. TheED’s contention is that Patelredeveloped Ceejay House in2005. The ED considers theproperty as “proceeds of crime”.

The ED’s move to questionto Patel comes in the wake ofthe grilling of MukhtarMemon, an alleged key personwho handles various propertiesof Mirchi in Mumbai. Memonis the brother-in-law of Mirchi.

In his interaction with themedia, Patel said that the mat-ter was under investigationand the issue is if the “personat Ceejay House is linked withme”. The building, according toPatel, was there in 1970. “Aftermy father’s death, there was dis-pute in the family among 21 co-owners. The Mumbai HighCourt was asked in 1978 to takecharge and look after the prop-erty,” Patel said.

According to the list ofMirchi’s properties located inIndia and the UK, CeejayHouse was constructed in2006-07 as a joint venture (JV)between Mirchi and MilleniumDevelopers Pvt Ltd.

The ED probe has revealedMirchi had bought/developedseveral properties in India andabroad from the proceeds ofcrime generated through var-ious illegal offences.

The NCP is seeing theaction against its leader as“political vendetta” in the runup to the MaharashtraAssembly polls.

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The bestowal of “BharatRatna” upon social reform-

ers Jyotiba Phule, SavitribaiPhhule, and freedom fighterVeer Savarkar, creation of onecrore jobs in five years, makingMaharashtra “drought-free” infive years and �5 lakh croreinvestment in infrastructuresector are among the promis-es made by the ruling BJP in itsmanifesto for the StateAssembly polls.

In its manifesto “SankalpPatra” released three days afterits ally Shiv Sena released itsmanifesto “Vachan Patra”, theBJP has also promised housesto all the homeless in the Stateby 2022, pure drinking water toeach household, to set up a gridfor Marathwada to solve waterproblem in the region and toprovide job opportunities toone crore women by bringingthem under “Mahila BachatGhatak” scheme.

Releasing “Sankalp Patra”along with the party’s workingpresident JP Nadda, ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavissaid, “On our return to powerin the State, we will recom-mend to the Centre a propos-al to bestow ‘Bharat Ratna’upon social reformers Jyotiba

Phule, Savitribai Phhule, andfreedom fighter Veer Savarkar.These three great leadersdeserved to be honoured withBharat Ratna as they spenttheir whole lives for socialactivities. The Shiv Sena hasalso for some time beendemanding bestowal of BharartRatna upon Veer Savarkar.”

The promise to bestowBharat Ratna upon the Phulecouple and Veer Savarkar isbeing seen as a move to attractDalit and Hindu votes.

“The focus of our mani-festo is three-fold — to addressdrought, increase availability ofwater and employment,” the

CM said.The project to link various

rivers, uninterrupted powersupply, education, economicdevelopment, health, agricul-ture, social welfare, air trans-port, port development, watersupply for irrigation and ruraldevelopment are the BJP’s otherfocus areas.

In its “Sankalp Patra”, theBJP also promised to seekfinancial assistance from theCentre to invest to the tune of�1 lakh crore on infrastructuralfacilities, to generate solar ener-gy in next five years that isenough to supply electricity tofarmers for 12 hours in a day

and to set up a solar power grid.In a first of its kind imita-

tive, the BJP has promised toset up an independent author-ity to repair all kinds of roads.The ruling party said it wouldconnect the entire Maharashtraby internet through Bharat Netand Maha Net.

“We will register all kindsof labourers at one place andbring them under the ambit ofthe social security... We willundertake a special rehabilita-tion programme for the retiredsoldiers, families of martyredsoldiers and officials who diedduring the call of duty,” the BJPmanifesto said.

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The police on Tuesday detaineda small group of women led by

daughter and sister of NationalConference president and sittingMember Parliament FarooqAbdullah in Srinagar when theytried to stage an “unathorised” sit-in protest against the abrogation ofArticle 370 and bifurcation of Stateinto two Union Territories.

Farooq Abdullah’s sister SuraiyaMattoo, his daughter Safiya Khan,former J&K High Court chief jus-tice Bashir Ahmad Khan’s wifeProfessor Hawa Khan and otherswere detained by the police fromPratap Park area.The women arrived

at the busy Lal Chowk area onTuesday morning wearing blackarm badges and holding severalplacards. Safiya Khan was seen car-rying a banner reading “Kashmiribrides not for sale”, apparentlyimplying to the statement made bysome BJP leaders of Haryana andUP after the abrogation of Article370. Other protesters were seenholding placards which demanded

the release of detainees and restora-tion of civil liberties. As they start-ed assembling inside the PratapPark, women cops, along with para-military forces, prevented themfrom staging sit-in dharna. The copsalso demanded them to producepermission letter, if any, issued bythe office of District Magistrate.When these women refused to calloff the dharna, women cops pushed

them inside the police vans beforeescorting them to the nearest policestation. In a written statement,these women said, “We the womenof Kashmir disapprove the unilateraldecision taken by the Governmentof India to revoke Article 370 and35A and downgrade and split theState of Jammu & Kashmir. We feelbetrayed, humiliated and violated aspeople.”

“We demand immediate releaseof detainees. We express our outrageagainst the national media for theirfalse and misleading coverage ofground realties in Kashmir,” readsthe statement.

Meanwhile SMS services werewithdrawan by the State adminis-tration barely hours after the post-paid mobile phone services wererestored across the Valley onMonday. The decision was takenafter review of the prevailing secu-rity situation arising after the killingof a truck driver hailing fromRajasthan by a group of terrorists inShopian late on Monday evening.

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Chief Minister RaghubarDas today stressed on the

need of preserving the tribalculture, which, he said was amatter of pride for the wholeState. The CM, while partici-pating in the concluding pro-gramme of historic MudmaJatra Mela as Chief Guest atMandar, said that he is fortu-nate to pray at the ‘ShaktiSthal’ of tribal community.

“At the Shakti Sthal, I haveasked for power for the welfareof the people. All-round devel-opment of the poor is the pri-ority of the government. Thefair brings sweetness; it is themedium of communion. At thesame time, we are also proud bybeing familiar with rich tradi-tion and culture of the State,” hesaid. “We have to save tribaltradition and culture together.The State Government hasaccorded the status of State Fair

to Mudma JatraMela, whosenotification hasbeen issued. Weare proud of ourtribal culture andtradition and wehave to keep itintact. The newgeneration ofyouth should goahead and savetheir culture. Donot let this cul-ture attack you,”he said. TheChief Minister said that before2014, assess the status ofMudma Mela. The govern-ment has tried to develop thisarea. Problems here will beovercome soon. A path leadingto the Shakti Sthal will be con-structed within two months, headded.

Mandar MLA, GangotriKujur said that people havebeen following the culture thathas been going on for centurieshere. “People from foreigncountries come here. The fairhas been operating in the cleanenvironment for the last fiveyears. The government hasdone development work here.Mandar has been a tribal dom-

inated area. Tribals aredemanding the government toimplement the Sarna Code.The Chief Minister will defi-nitely take initiative in thisdirection,” she said. Religiousleader Bandhan Tigga wel-comed the CM on the occasionand apprised him of the histo-ry and tradition of the MudmaJatra.

Ranchi DC Rai MahimapatRay, SSP Anish Gupta,RanchiPahda Jatra Samiti pres-ident Jagram Oraon, SecretaryRanthu Oraon, Kamle Oraonalong with people from Odisha,West Bengal, Chhattisgarh andJharkhand were present on theoccasion.

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The State Cabinet on Tuesday raiseddearness allowance by 5 per cent

which will benefit State Governmentemployees and pensioners. The hike inDA will be effective from July 1, 2019.

State Cabinet Coordinationdepartment Secretary in-charge, AjayKumar Singh said, “The State Cabinettoday gave its nod for increasing theDA of State Government employeesfrom existing 12 per cent to 17 per cent.With the increase in DA, the stateexchequer will bear the burden of �564crore.” The hike in DA is highest inrecent years as earlier DA was increasedonly 2 to 3 per cent and has been madeas per seventh pay commission rec-ommendations.The State Cabinet alsogave administrative approval of �55.46crore for financial year 2019-20 and2020-21 under distribution of milchcattle under the Kamdhenu Dairy

scheme. With an aim to increase dairyproduction in State, the Governmentunder the schemes provides financialassistance for purchase of cows andbuffaloes. Educated youths, self helpgroups and other bodies are encour-aged to set up mini dairy (5 cows orbuffaloes), mid dairy (10 cows and buf-faloes), commercial dairy (20 cows orbuffaloes) and modern dairy (50 cowsand buffaloes).

Nod to creation of separate Ho lan-guage at Kolhan University was alsotaken at the Cabinet meeting. The sep-arate department of Ho language willhave an Assistant Professor. Ho is a trib-al language spoken by Ho, Munda,Kolha and Kol tribal communities inJharkhand and other neighbouringstates.

The State Cabinet also gave its nodfor setting up city gas station underIOCL city gas station project, 0.72 acreland was given to IOCL on lease for 30

years at �16.45 lakh at Budhivinhorunder Chas block of Bokaro district.The Cabinet also gave its nod for giv-ing 1.56 acres of land at Gomia blockof Bokaro district at a rate of �71.57lakh for period of 30 years on lease forconstruction of approach road ofIOCL project. The State Cabinet alsogave administrative sanction for clear-ing the dues of Tenughat VidyutNigam Limited (TVNL).

The State Cabinet also gave its nodfor creation of one post of civil judge(senior division) in the Jharkhand HighCourt, State Court ManagementSystem Committee.

In the today’s Cabinet meetapproval to 21 agenda were givenapproval. Some of the major other deci-sion taken at Cabinet meet includes,dismissal of Dr Anjali Kumari medicalofficer at subdivision hospitalMadhupur (Deoghar) from service asshe was absent from her work.

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March' across the district aim-ing to make the women votersaware to exercise their fran-chise in the upcomingAssembly election.

The candle march wasorganised under the leadershipof the Block DevelopmentOfficer and Zonal Officer of allthe blocks of the district tomotivate and make womenvoters to exercise their fran-chise in the upcoming assem-bly poll, informed VKHembram, DPRO Bokaro.

A large number of womenpresent in the march with rais-ing slogans " Pahala matdanphir jalpan" (First voting, then

refreshment), " Sashakt Mahilaki Pahchan, jo karti hai mat-dan" especially to encouragethe rural women to vote.

"Our motto behind thismarch is to make the votersencourage for cent percentpolling in all blocks of the dis-trict," said Hembram. Besidesa large number of villagers,BDO, district administrativeofficials were present duringthe march.

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After Chief MinisterRaghubar Das and JMM

national executive presidentcompleted their Johar JanAshirwad Yatra and BadlavYatra respectively in the tribaldominated Kolhan region,JVM supremo and former chiefminister Babulal Marandi alsoembarked on Janadesh (man-date) Yatra in the region.

Marandi, whose party doesnot have an MLA out of the 14seats in the Kolhan divisioncomprising districts of WestSinghbhum, East Singhbhumand Seraikela-Kharsawan start-ed his campaign fromJamshedpur evening and fol-lowed it with a rally at Chandilin Seraikela-Kharsawan.

Speaking to reporters, for-mer Union minister in the BJPGovernment prior to formationof Jharkhand, Babulal Marandi

attacked Raghubar Das’ claimsof development due to ‘doubleengine sarkar’.

“Government is spendingmore on publicity than actual-ly on the grounds for the wel-fare of people. The ChiefMinister also does not travel

between Ranchi andJamshedpur by road. Thepathetic condition of NH-33linking the two cities is knownto everyone in the State. TheCM has travelled by flights eversince formation of hisGovernment in 2014 and

apparently is not aware of theground level. With Assemblypolls drawing near, CM isscared of losing and this hasmade him take yatras. If theGovernment had really donesignificant development thenthe masses would have auto-

matically given him blessinginstead of the CM requestingfor blessing,’ questionedMarandi.

When questioned abouthis views on the completion offive years of NDA Governmentin State, Marandi claimed thatthe law and order has hit an all-time low with broad daylightincidents of crime becoming aregular feature.

Marandi claimed that theRaghubar Das-led governmentin the state had made severalannouncements at the time ofelections but miserably failed todeliver on all fronts in its five-year-rule.

According to sources, withan eye on Assembly polls, apublic meeting of senior lead-ers led by JVM chief BabulalMarandi will be called. Themeeting is expected thismonth.

“No doubt we had faceddefeats in prior Lok Sabhaelections. Leaving all differ-ences we have to untie to fightthe future Assembly polls,”said Abhay Singh, secretary,central committee.

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In a bid to ensure over peace-ful environment in the dis-

trict, the Garhwa district policehave imposed Crime ControlAct (CCA) against four noto-rious criminals, who arepresently lodged in various jailincluding Garhwa Jail. Policeare set to book 10 criminalsunder CCA.

The Act has been imposedagainst Iqbal Khan, TahirAnsari, Satyendra KumarPaswan and Ved PrakashDubey alias Mantu Dubey.

The CCA has been rec-ommended on Khustar Ansari,Bhikhu Paswan, ChunmunDubey, Amit Kumar Dubey,Chhotu Singh, Vijay Ram,

Vikash Dubey, ShashikantMishra, Manoj Thakur andArun Kumar Dubey.“This stepis taken to ensure free, fair andpeaceful environment. CrimeControl Act is imposed as apreventive measure by police.

However, the list of crim-inals has been returned topolice by the DC to find out ifthe listed criminals are lodgedin various jails,” said Garhwa SPShivani Tiwari.

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Baharagora MLA KunalSarangi released the impact

report on a multi-stakeholdermovement for a TB-FreeBaharagora at Shishu Udyan.

The movement waslaunched on March 24 lastyear on the occasion of WorldTB Day. The meeting wasorganised by REACH as part ofthe Call to Action Project withsupport from the United StatesAgency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID).

The report summarisesTB-related efforts inBaharagora since the campaignand describes how the involve-ment of an elected representa-tive can trigger and accelerateefforts for a TB-free con-stituency. Speaking on theoccasion, Shri Sarangi said,“We are confident that throughthe TB-Free Baharagoramovement, we have been ableto demonstrate how theinvolvement of all key stake-holders can help ensure peoplehave access to informationabout TB and TB services.”

Appreciating the efforts ofthose involved in the move-ment, District TB Officer, Dr.Prabhakar Kumar Bhagat said,“We need to continue thiswork and develop sustainable

TB-Free models to achieve ourdream of a TB-free society.” TBsurvivors-turned-Championsin the constituency alsolaunched the Baharagora chap-ter of TEJ (TB Eliminationfrom Jharkhand) on the occa-sion. Sushma Mahali, one ofthe TB Champions leading theefforts of the mission, who hasprovided support to nearly 70people affected by TB said, “Ifmore TB survivors join me andbecome TB Champions, we canwork together in the commu-

nity and end TB and the stig-ma associated with it.” Themeeting was also attended byother key stakeholders includ-ing Kamal Club members,JSLPS, Sahiyas, PRI members,Block Development Officers,BEEO and others. The effortstowards a TB-Free constituen-cy began last year with a stake-holders’ meeting led by ShriSarangi and involved membersof Panchayati Raj Institutionsin the area, followed by the offi-cial launch of the mission TB-Free Baharagora.

In November, a micro-plan and active case finding(ACF) efforts across all 65

sub-centres of the constituen-cy were rolled out. Earlier thismonth, a mobile van for TBdiagnosis was flagged off by theMLA.

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Amassive rejig of as many as136 assistant sub inspectors

(ASIs) of police within thePalamu district by SP PalamuAjay Linda has evoked interestand curiosity both here. Policesources said the entire exerciseof reshuffling of 136 ASIs waswrapped in utter confidential-ity and it took nearly two weekstime for the confidential sectionof the SP’s office to work out onit.

Linda said, “My confiden-tial section went about it. It waskept very confidential. Theorder of transfer was issued onOctober 13. All 136 officers havebeen asked to comply with theorder in 48 hours of the receiptof the notification.”

Asked that ASIs are gener-ally the IOs (Investigating offi-cers) of criminal cases and areto submit diary in the courts oflaw and this rejig may affect thecourse of investigation and sub-mission of diary in the courts

which may incur the displeasureof the court to which Linda saidthese officials have been askedto get their tasks well done andhand over it to the officials whoare their replacements as well.

The SP was asked straight ifthere was any report of ASIshere ‘developing vested interests’which were in conflict with thepolicing to which Linda saidvery strongly, “Had any sign orsymptom of developing anyvested interests by ASIs come tome I would have immediatelysuspended such cops. There isnothing like vested interest fac-tor behind this reshuffling.”

Asked if these shuttling ofASIs was prompted by anyadministrative reason or it wasdone so to perk up the law andorder enforcement Linda gavea very detailed answer to it say-ing that the transferred ones arethose who were at one place ofposting for more than 2 years orso. There were ASIs who hadnear 3 years posting at onepolice institution. Quite can-

didly SP said a long posting atone place can make anyone laxor placid and so draw the ener-gy out of him transfers aredone as new place of postingmeans new challenge to meet.

The SP denied that anypolitician of any political huephoned him for retention of theASIs at any particular place.

However he said a fewtransferred ASIs have givenwritten applications citing theirproblems like that of family ortheir health which are underconsideration as Linda reiterat-ed, “I have not drawn a line onstone that cannot be broadenedfurther.”

He said there were ASIswho were performing dutiesonly in naxal hit areas and hadno opportunity to perform dutyin urban/ semi urban policeinstitutions and such faces havebeen taken out from naxalzones and placed elsewhere butability, skill, capacity of an offi-cial have not been overlooked inreshuffling.

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Aclass I student of ShikshaNiketan, Telco died during

the school hours after she com-plained of uneasiness onTuesday.Six year old VaishnaviJha, daughter of Tata Motorsemployee A. K. Jha and a res-ident of Telco N type quarterhad gone to school but did notparticipate in the morningassembly as she was not feelingwell.

After assembly she com-plained of uneasiness and wasbrought to the school office bythe support staff and wasimmediately rushed to the TataMotors Hospital where thedoctors declared her dead after

initial check up. According toVaishnavi's relatives she wasalready a cardiac patient andwas undergoing treatment atthe BrahmanandaMultispeciality Hospital. Thefamily had also taken her toBengaluru for better treatment.Incidentally her brother hadalso died due to the same rea-son about 10 years ago when hewas around the same age.

Principal of ShikshaNiketan Sumita Dey said thatit was really sad news for them." Though we had rushed her tothe hospital as soon as shecomplained of uneasiness butthe doctors declared her dead.She was a nice student and wefeel sad to lost her," said Dey.

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State BJP sharply reacted onJMM’s allegations that Chief

Minister Raghubar Das is mis-using Government machineryand funds during his Johar JanAshirwad Yatra. State BJPSpokesperson Pratul Shahdeosaid on Tuesday that JMM hasbeen habitually presentingwrong facts. He said that theJMM’s allegation is baseless thatthe CM is misusingGovernment funds in his Yatra.

The BJP spokesperson saidthat his party is sponsoring theJohar Jan Ashirwad Yatra. “TheBJP is bearing all the expensesof the vehicles, on which theChief Minister and the work-ers are taking the tours.

Since the Chief Ministerhas Z-plus security, theGovernment borrows theexpenses of the security and thepersonnel engaged in protect-ing them like other States.

During the Jan AshirwadYatra, if the CM has to go toany Government programme,he leaves the entire convoy ofthe BJP and goes to the venueby the Government car andthen after the programme iscompleted, he returns by thegovernment car.

People come to theAshirwad Yatra and board thevehicle provided by the party.

He neither uses the vehicleswith party’s flag in Governmentprogrammes nor does he usesthe Government machinery inthe Yatra organised by theparty,” said he. Pratul said thatthe Jharkhand Mukti Morchaprobably has an old habit ofmisusing the state exchequer.“Then Chief Minister HemantSoren had gone to Goa for along holiday on Governmentexpenses.

During Badlav Yatra ofHemant the Government hadborne the expenses of securityforces, but the JharkhandMukti Morcha does not see it.I challenge the JMM to provethat the Chief Minister has mis-used the Government machin-

ery during the Jan AashirvadYatra or else publicly apologizeto the party for misrepresenta-tion. The CM is getting hugepublic support during his Yatraand frustrated with that, nowthe leaders of the JharkhandMukti Morcha have startedputting up poor statements ona personal level.

The people are watching.Last time only Guruji wasdefeated. This time his entireclan will be politically wipedout,” said Shahdeo.

Earlier, JMM GeneralSecretary Supriyo Bhattacharyasaid in a press conference thatthe CM is not only usingGovernment machinery duringhis Yatra but also taking part in

Government events whereverhe is going. “The BJP says thatthe Johar Yatra is political, butit is purely a Government Yatra.At every halt during the YatraGovernment programmes arebeing organised. Governmentmoney and machinery are usedfor these events. The CM isunable to hold political pro-grammes,” he said.

“The CM’s anguish andfrustration is coming out now.The way government machin-ery is being used is not politi-cally and morally correct. Atone hand health facilities inState are in a shambles, law andorder situation is at the lowestebb,” said he citing severalincidents of the recent past.

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BJP national spokespersonand Rajya Sabha member

Sudhanshu Trivedi onTuesday exuded confidencethat the ruling party will winthe year end Assembly elec-tion with thumping majorityas due to various Centre andState-centric schemesJharkhand is witnessingprogress at all fronts.

Trivedi, one of the BJPmost vocal leaders seen on thetelevision screens defendingparty’s stand was in StateCapital for participating inthe BJP Buddhijivi Prakoshth(intellectual cell) meet.

Talking to media personshe said, “I am visiting Stateafter a gap. I am seeing theprogress and developmentthe State under the able-lead-ership of Chief MinisterRaghubar Das has witnessed.

Jharkhand’s growth anddevelopment has beenacknowledged by even UnitedNation agencies.”

He said, “As per UnitedNations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP) report,Jharkhand performed the bestacross in multidimensionalpoverty alleviation as thepoverty in State reduced from74.9 per cent to 46.6 per centbetween 2005-06 and 2015-16.” The BJP leader claimedthat this has been attained dueto double engine governmentat the Centre and State.

Highlighting some theState schemes which havebrought turnaround in Stateinfrastructure, he said, “TheState Government has moveda step further in successfulimplementation of centreschemes such as Jharkhand isonly State in country which isproviding double cylinder

along with cooking stove tobenef iciar ies of Ujjwalascheme. Also the State hasimplemented the AysuhmanBharat schemes in plannedway through which around 57lakh families are benefitted.”

He also said that powerconnectivity in State hasimproved as most of the areasin State have power connec-tion. Those areas where elec-tricity has not reached, poweris provided through solarenergy.

He also said that dynasticpolitics has come to end incountry due people reposingfaith on BJP Government.

The BJP leader flanked byHazaribag MP and formerlyminister of state for finance,Jayant Sinha and BJP Stategeneral secretary DeepakPrakash tried to defendGovernment stand on sloweconomy and others.

On the question thatnoble laureate and Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee’sremark that Indian economyis doing very badly, JayantSinha who had earlier heldthe post of minister of financesaid, “The economic depres-sion in Country is due toglobal slowdown, but thefinance ministry has intro-duced several measures tostrengthened economy andthe result of these steps will bevisible soon.”

Indian-American AbhijitBanerjee, who jointly wonthe 2019 Nobel EconomicsPrize with his wife EstherDuflo and Harvard's MichaelKremer, had also criticisedIndia’s currency note swapprogramme called demoneti-sation saying that the painwould be much greater thanwas initially anticipated.

He was also one of the

advisors to Congress on itsambitious NYAY scheme,proposed ahead of 2019 gen-eral elections.

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Chairman cum ManagingDirector of Central

Coalfields Limited Gopal Singhtoday inaugurated six-day(October 15 – October 20)‘CCL Kayakalp Girls’ and Boys’Football Tournament – 2019’ atGandhinagar Ground, KankeRoad, Ranchi. As many as 32teams (16 girls’ and 16 boys’)are participating in the presti-gious tournament.

CCL Director (Personnel)RS Mahapatro, GM (Wefare)Vimlendu Kumar, GM(Legal)/Technical Secretary toDirector (Personnel) ParthoBhattachaya, GM (Samadhancell) Rashmi Dayal, GM(Employee Establishment)Vinita Sharan among otherswere present on the occasion.

Encouraging the players,Chief Guest CMD Gopal Singhsaid in his address that the play-ers are talented enough tobecome the Arjuna.

Stressing on the impor-tance of football, the CMD saidthat they are taking part in thebiggest tournament of the State,

which will not only enablethem to bring laurels for theState but also for the country.He extended greetings to theplayers and said that the team,which loses needs to contem-plate, how they can win andlearn from the failure. TheCMD praised the initiatives ofthe sports department of CCLand asked officials to take thecampaign forward and bright-en the future of kids.

Jharkhand FootballAssociation Secretary GulamRabbani said on the occasion

that the players need to be pas-sionate to give right orientationto their talents. He said that theplayers from Jharkhand aredoing great at the national andinternational level.

Former Indian Hockey(women’s) team CaptionAsunta Lakra thanked CCLand shared the struggles andchallenges of her life during ini-tial days of her career. Sheasked the players not to acceptdefeat at any point in life to besuccessful in the field of sports.

On the inaugural day four

matches were played, in whichOscar Foundation, Charihujir,Jashpuriya Club, Little Starand SAI registered victory.Manager (Sports) Adil Hussainand his team are playing anactive role in the tournament.

Among others, SecretaryChhotanagpur, Md Aliuddin,former international cricketerPradeep Khanna, KalyanChaubey, OP Thakur, membersof CCL welfare board, princi-pal of Vivekanand publicschool Kiran Dvivedi were alsopresent on the occasion.

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Special Secretary at the ChiefMinister’s Office Ramakant

Singh has instructed to payscholarship in a week underthe skill development schemein the Left Wing Extremismaffected districts to the ITI-trained students.

Singh gave the instructionon Tuesday in the light of acomplaint lodged by a studentof Hazaribagh district duringthe 'Weekly Review' of theChief Minister's Jan Samvadcentre at Suchna Bhawan.

The nodal officer of theDepartment of Labour,Planning and Traininginformed that funds have beenreceived from the central gov-ernment and allotment is beingsent to all districts today. TheSpecial Secretary reviewed atotal of 18 complaints lodgedin the Jan samvad.

Mithilesh Kumar Thakurof Seraikela-Kharsawan wasallotted a plot in Adityapur bylottery on September 2011under Housing BoardJamshedpur under JharkhandHousing Board. But today,even after eight years, posses-sion has not been given to him.On this, Singh directed thecomplainant to take possessionof the plot.

Suman Devi, the depen-dent wife of Binod Kumar ofGiridih, who was killed inmilitant violence a year ago,was not giving jobs on ex-gra-tia and compassion.

Giving information inthis regard, the nodal officer ofthe district said that compen-sation has been paid to thedependent wife along with

that an order has been passedfor appointment in the meet-ing of the compassionate com-mittee. Shiv Narayan Singh ofBokaro district had lodged acomplaint in the Jan Samvadthat as a bank staff from Delhi,some people called on hismobile and defrauded 54 lakh82 thousand in the name ofinsurance plan.

A complaint has beenmade at Bokaro Steel CityPolice Station, but no actionhas been taken so far.

On being asked in thisregard, the DSP, Bokaro cuminvestigating officer said thatinvestigation is going on in thecase and the number of fraud-sters has been traced, whoselocation has been found inBhojpur and Delhi.

On this, AIG to DGP,Shams Tabrez, directed theinvestigating officer after theBokaro DIG ordered the arrestof the accused as soon as pos-sible with the help of the policeofficers of the area concerned.

17-year-old VishwajitKumar Singh aka Guddu Singhof Chatra district has beenmissing since August 28, 2013.

In this regard, some peo-ple from the village have beennamed accused after register-ing an FIR in the Hunterganjpolice station, but no actionhas been taken so far in thiscase.

AIG to DGP ShamsTabrez, present at the review,ordered the DSP, Chatra tobring the matter to the noticeof the SP of the district andmeet the investigating officerto conduct a thorough inves-tigation into all the facts relat-ed to the case.

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With Assembly polls sched-uled in the year-end,

1987 batch IPS officer, ReziDungdung, who had offeredfor VRS few months back,retired from service onTuesday. Dungdung after hisretirement made it clear that hewill join active politics and willcontest year-end Assembly.

Dungdung said, “It was awonderful experience for meserving State police forces invarious capacities. As I haveretired from police service, Iwill remain associated withpeople directly as I have decid-ed to join politics and will con-test year end Assembly pollfrom Simdega.” However,Dundung refused to disclosewhich political party he willjoin.

Dungdung in his 32 yearspolice service had served at dif-ferent capacities in policeadministration. Before hisretirement he was posted asADG wireless. Dungdung wasto retire on January 31, 2020but few months back he hadsubmitted his VRS to homedepartment. The Home depart-ment had accepted his VRS andhis retirement date were fixedas October 15. Dungdung, whocomes from Simdega district ofState is planning to contest theelection from same area so thathe can serve the people of theregion.

Prior to Dungdung manysenior IPS officers in State tooafter retirement have joinedactive politics. IPS officerSheetal Oraon and LakshmanPrasad Singh after retirementhad joined politics in 2014.Former DGP, VD Ram ispresently MP from Palamu,while Congress State presidentRameshwar Oraon too wasADG rank police officer.

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Jharkhand State CricketAssociation (JSCA)

International Cricket Stadiumis all set to host India and SouthAfrica in a Test match fromOctober 19. The third testmatch is last match of FreedomTrophy in the Gandhi-Mandelaseries.

The Proteas team and fewplayers from Team India onTuesday reached Ranchi. JSCAvice president Ajay NathShahdeo said, “The SouthAfrican team and five playersfrom Team India will partici-pate at the practice session at 10am, while the rest of Indianplayers who too will reachCapital by morning will par-ticipate at the practice sessionin the evening at 2 PM.”Meanwhile, the JSCA has com-pleted the preparations for testmatches.

The 39,000 capacity JSCAstadium will be hosting its

second Test match. The firsttest match was held from 16-20March, 2017 between Indiaand Australia which ended ina draw. The stadium has alsohosted five One Day and twoT20 internationals.

The match also assumesimportance as matches will beplayed after JSCA getting a newelected body.In the last testmatch, India thrashed SouthAfrica by an innings and 137runs in the second Test in Puneto secure a record 11th straighthome Test series win. Thehome side which is euphoricwith two consecutive victorieshave an unassailable 2-0 lead inthe series heading into thefinal Test in Ranchi.

Meanwhile, the sale of tick-ets for test series started onTuesday. The ticket price rangesfrom Rs 250 to Rs 2000 per daywhich will be sold from coun-ters at West Gate of JSCA sta-dium. For Amitabh ChoudharyPavilion (Premium Terrace)

the cost of the ticket is Rs 700,for President’s Enclosure Rs2000 and Hospitality Box Rs1500.

For MS Dhoni Pavilion

Donors Enclosure the cost ofthe ticket is Rs 600 and forCorporate Salon Rs 1500. Allticket cost are on per day basis.

The JSCA will also provide

passes to Indian Army, para-military and Jharkhand policepersonnel. Cricket Clubs andCricket Academies will beinvited for the match.

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To create awareness aboutthe role and contribution of

the postal sector in the socialand economic development ofthe country, the National PostalWeek was celebrated with greatfervour across the countryfrom October 9 to October 15.

At the Jharkhand CirclePost Office, Ranchi the con-cluding ceremony for the samewas held with the Chief PostMaster General Shashi ShaliniKujur present as the ChiefGuest on the occasion.

The week-long celebra-tions were aimed to createawareness about the activitiesof the Indian Postal Servicesamong the masses. Starting onOctober 9, the JharkhandPostal Department also organ-ised various programmesbeginning with the World Post

Day. On October 10 BankingDay was observed where as

October 11 marked Postal LifeInsurance Day. Philately Day

was celebrated on October 12while Business Development

Day was held on October 13.The last day- October 15 washeld as Mail day. At the closingceremony, Kujur acknowledgedthe workers for their out-standing work in various fieldsacross the State.

Employees from variousdepartments like the postallife insurance, rural postal lifeinsurance and post office sav-ing account scheme wererecognised.

Under the Swachh BharatMission, best office awardswere given to the Head PostOffice- Doranda, Sub- postOffice- Ranchi University andBranch Post Office- Daludih,Dhanbad. On the occasionKujur urged the employees towork towards the inclusivegrowth of business develop-ment and also achieve the cur-rent financial year goals in asequential manner.

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Agroup of 24 farmersand three officials

from Jharkhand depart-ed for the capital city ofIsrael Tel Aviv fromNew Delhi on Tuesday.Before their departureChief MinisterRaghubar Das interact-ed with the contingenton Monday eveningand wished them luckfor their trip.

The delegation willhave an interactionwith the stakeholderscontributing to Israel’sagriculture sector. Theywill also be informedabout how less watercan be used to max-imise production.

D e p u t yCommissioner of PakurKuldeep Chaudhary isleading the team.Deputy Department ofA g r i c u l t u r eDepartment VikasKumar and DistrictLand ConservationOfficer, Ranchi AnilKumar are also part ofthe group.

The 24 farmersinclude Ambika PrasadKushwaha fromDeoghra, Nitish Anandfrom Godda and RajeshKumar Yadav fromSahibganj among oth-ers.

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The Reserve Bank of India hasnot printed a single �2,000

note from April 1 onward thisyear. The move is seen an attemptto curb stockpiling of blackmoney.

The RBI confirmed this inresponse to an RTI reply in whichit said that soon after the demoni-tisation, the Central bank print-ed 3,542.991 million �2,000 notesto match with the demand afterthe existing �1,000 and �500notes were cancelled in October2016.

As per the RTI reply, the vol-ume of printing of �2,000 notescame down drastically in the fol-lowing year as the bank went infast gear to print currency notesof other denominations.

In 2017-18, only 111.507 mil-lion notes were produced, whichwas further reduced to 46.690million notes 2018-19, said theRBI.

Earlier, the RBI had refutedthe reports of withdrawal of�2,000 notes but many expertsfeel that the stopping productionin the financial year will lead towithdrawal of the high valuenote in near future.RecentlyNational Investigation Agencyand Intelligence Bureau reportedto Government about the ten-dency of hoarding the �2,000notes for illegal purposes.

The agencies reported thatthe high value notes, especially�2,000 notes will defeat the pur-pose of Government envisaged inthe demonetisation citing manycases of seizure of such notes dur-ing raids.

The Income Tax Departmentand Financial Intelligence Unitalso reported to the authoritiesthat in their raids majority of thenotes seized are �2,000 notes, urg-ing for the controlling the circu-lation of the high value notes pre-ferred by those involved in taxevasion and financial crimes.

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The Lok Sabha Secretariathas sought suggestions

from MPs on changes neededin the present structure of theParliament and the scale ofrenovation required in the newscheme of things whereGovernment is set to remodeland develop the whole area inand around it, to be complet-ed by 2022.

The suggestions weresought in a letter sent to theLok Sabha members onOctober 11. According to theplan, the Government wouldalso redevelop the 3 km-stretchof the Central Vista spanningfrom Rashtrapati Bhavan toIndia Gate.

The letter said, "... There isactive consideration regardingeither renovation of the exist-ing Parliament building orconstruction of altogether anew Parliament building with-in the given premises."

It sought suggestions fromthe members to "rectify thedrawbacks or faulty features"causing inconvenience in theirday-to-day functioning in theexisting building.

They have also been askedto suggest features or facilitieswhich should be provided inthe new building to make it"foolproof ".

The Lok Sabha MPs haveto email their suggestions with-in a week. They have also beenadvised against sending in hardcopies of their responses.

The idea to either constructa new Parliament building or torenovate the present structure,which is over 90 years old, hasbeen floating since UPA 1.The idea was given a fresh pushunder the present Government.

It is also said that the pre-sent dispensation would seek toadd new structures to the exist-ing Parliament building, roundin shape, to make it 'Vastufriendly'.

According to sources in theUnion Housing and UrbanAffairs Ministry, five Indianarchitectural firms have sub-mitted bids for the project to beexecuted by the Central Public

Works Department.Describing the whole exer-

cise as a " dream project" ofPrime Minister NarendraModi, Union Housing andUrban Affairs Minister,Hardeep Singh Puri has maintained that not a singletree will be cut while the rede-velopment takes place until2022.

A committee of expertswill now evaluate the technicalproposals submitted by thefirms. Financial proposals ofonly those bidders whose tech-nical proposals qualify will beopened. As of now there is noestimate as to how much wouldit cost to undertake the entireproject in the area which is thenerve-centre of the powerstructure that controls thecountry.

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Putting further pressure onVIP squatters, the Lok

Sabha Housing Committeechairman CR Patil on Tuesdayissued directions to cut elec-tricity, water and gas supply inthe accommodation illegallyoccupied by MPs. The com-mittee, chaired by BJP MP CRPatil, decided to approachDelhi Police to ensure that theex-MPs vacate the accommo-dation allotted to them inLutyens Delhi.

According to the rules,former MPs have to vacatetheir bungalows within onemonth of dissolution of theprevious Lok Sabha. As manyas over three dozen formerMPs are overstaying in theirbungalows and flats. Despiteseveral notices, they have notvacated their accommodations.

On May 25, President RamNath Kovind dissolved the 16thLok Sabha with immediate effecton the recommendation of theUnion Cabinet after the ModiGovernment was formed for asecond term. With these formerMPs not vacating their bunga-lows, the newly-elected mem-bers of parliament have beenstaying in transit accommoda-tion such as their respective Stateguest houses or the WesternCourt, sources said.The panelhas been unable to allot housesto the MPs despite their repeated requests, they added.

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Amit Shah will demit hispost as BJP president by

the year end and is likely to bereplaced by a new one withworking president JP Naddaexpected to succeed him.

Shah, who is holding the cru-cial portfolio of Union HomeMinistry, would only be stressinghis party's dictum of one-man-one-post by demitting the post ofthe party president once organ-isational polls are completed byDecember. In an interview to anews channel, he said that thenew president would take over byDecember and rejected thenotion that he would remain the"super power" running he partyfrom behind the scene.

"BJP is not the Congressparty and nobody can run itfrom behind the scenes," he saidsaying it will be run as per itsconstitution.Nadda, who isalready appointed party's work-ing president, is expected to takecharge from Shah in December.

To another question, hedenied that his party was look-ing at former cricket captainSourav Ganguly as the face ofthe party in West Bengal. Herejected any involvement in theelection of the next BCCI chiefand that there was any deal withGanguly, who was elected ascricket body's Chief.

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With the BJP inMaharashtra calling for

Bharat Ratna award forHindutva idealogue V DSavarkar, the Congress onTuesday said that if theGovernment considers it on the150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi, then "Godsave this country".

The opposition party'sresponse came after the elec-tion manifesto of MaharashtraBJP, released on Tuesday, saidthe party will ask the NDAGovernment at the Centre toconfer India's highest civilianaward on Savarkar.

"In a country whereMahatma Gandhi is beingmade to commit suicide inexaminations, anything is pos-sible," Congress spokespersonManish Tewari said at a pressconference, referring to therow over a question in theinternal assessment examina-tion of some schools in Gujarat.

Savarkar had faced criminaltrial in the murder of MahatmaGandhi, Tewari said, adding thathe was later acquitted.

The Congress spokesper-son cited an article whichclaimed that the KapurCommission concluded thatfacts pointed towards a "con-spiracy to murder by Savarakarand his group" in MahatmaGandhi's case.

"If on the 150th birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi, this Government con-siders any such thing (givingBharat Ratna to Savarkar), thenall I want to say is that God savethis country," Tewari said.

Asked if there was a con-tradiction between the recentpraise for Gandhi by RSS ChiefMohan Bhagwat and thedemand for Bharat Ratna forSavarkar, Tewari alleged that itwas a coordinated and wellthought out strategy "that onone hand keep praisingMahatma Gandhi and on theother hand make such ademand".

"But if what has been writ-ten in the article about the con-clusions of the KapurCommission is correct, thenthe Government should seri-ously think that on MahatmaGandhi's 150th birth anniver-sary, is this step appropriate," hesaid.

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The Ministry of Food andConsumers Affairs on

Tuesday reviewed the sky-rocketing of retail prices ofessential food items and veg-etables. It was informed thatonion prices have stabilised andshowing declining trend withthe arrival of kharif (summersown) crops.

The 18th meeting of thegroup constituted for moni-toring cartelisation, hoarding,speculative trading etc withrespect to essential food itemssuch as pulses, onion, tomatoand oilseeds was held under thechairmanship of Secretary,Consumer Affairs, Avinash KSrivastava. Representativesfrom Ministry of Agriculture,Intelligence Bureau, DelhiPolice, NAFED, DirectorGeneral of Foreign Trade,Ministry of External Affairs,Delhi Government attendedthe meeting. The Ministry hasalso advised the Ministry ofCommerce to extend theimport licensing deadline forpulses from October 31 toNovember 30 in view of theexpected delayed arrivals.

Retail prices of onion andtomatoes have been ruling highin the country due to supplyconstraints. Tomato pricesreached up to �80 per kg whileonion was costing �60 per kglast week. The representatives

briefed the group about theprevailing scenario with respectto essential food items.

"It was informed by repre-sentatives of agriculture sectorthat arrivals of Kharif onionshave started and prices havesince shown stable to decliningtrend." The group decided thatappropriate policy interven-tions might be recommendedat the appropriate time to aug-ment availability of pulsesacross the nation.

"All the Chief Secretarieswill be advised again to holdregular meetings with whole-salers, traders, importers,exporters etc. Of onions, puls-es, edible oils & oilseeds etc atstate and district levels espe-cially during the festive seasonup to December, 2019," thestatement said.

The Committee of Police ofNCR States should hold regu-lar meetings under the chair-manship of a senior DelhiPolice officer to keep watch onhoarding of stock by the tradersnear the State borders of Delhiand take suitable action againstthem.

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The abrogation of specialstatus to Jammu & Kashmir

under Article 370 is a "decisivebattle" waged by the NarendraModi Government to end yearsof Pakistan-sponsored proxywar and terrorism, and it willbring long-lasting peace inJammu & Kashmir, UnionHome Minister Amit Shah saidat an event of counter-terrorbody NSG's garrison atManesar (Gurugram).

Speaking at the 35thRaising Day celebrations ofNSG as the Chief Guest here,Shah said the recent decision torepeal special provisions in J &K will help "completely eradi-cate" Pakistan-supported ter-rorism from the KashmirValley.

The Minister asserted thathis government is firm on thepolicy of "zero tolerance" onterrorism and to defeat all itsforms.

The National SecurityGuard (NSG) is an importantinstrument to achieve this goal,he said.

"I believe that with theabrogation of Article 370 byPM Narendra Modi, we haveinitiated a decisive battleagainst years of proxy war andterror acts perpetrated by ourneighbour (Pakistan) and thisstep will ensure long-lastingpeace in Kashmir and theregion," Shah said.

India has been facing ter-rorism for many years andthere would be very few coun-tries across the globe who havewaged such a long battle againstterrorism. Terrorism is a curseon any civilised society and thebiggest impediment to devel-opment, he said.

"Hence our Government isfirm on continuing the zero tol-erance policy on terrorism andensuring victory on terroralways," Shah added.

The recent big step ofrepealing Article 370 taken byModi is aimed at completelyeradicating terrorism fromKashmir and to safeguard thecountry from this scourge,Shah said.

Shah also lauded the elitecommando force saying it hasimpressed the world with itscapability to counter any terrorattack as he recounted its stel-lar operations at Akshardhamtemple in Gujarat and the26/11 attacks in Mumbai in2008.

"This inspires confidencein the minds of the citizens thatthey are in safe hands," headded.

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Indian Scientists have warnedthat a Jamun berries and

seed-eater wasp, scientificallyknown as ‘A. kerrichi’ is fastspreading its wings, threaten-ing to inflict losses on Jamuntree growers.

Commonly found, ever-green Jamun is an economi-cally important tree in India,which also has medicinalproperties. Its berries andseeds are much sought afterfor their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbialand free-radical-scavengingproperties.

However, the tiny but apotential pest of Jamun, A ker-richi, an eulohid seed borerwhich was reported from theagricultural fields in Pune wayback in 1957, has been recent-ly found seriously damagingthe berries in Jamun trees (SCumini) in fields inKarnataka's rural Bangalurutoo.

The result of the studyconducted by the scientistsfrom ICAR-Indian Institute ofHorticultural Research, coun-try's leading institute inBangaluru is published in thelatest journal of the Current

Science.The scientists have called

for spraying botanical pesti-cides as heavy infestation ofjamun fruits by the wasp ren-ders the berries unmarketableand hence loss to the farmers

The authors of the studynoted that A kerrichi was ini-tially reported from Pune,Maharashtra in 1957. "Besidesthis, no reports that highlightthe economic importance andnature of damage of thiseulophid seed borer in Jamunare available, possibly due to itslimited distribution/occurrenceand pestilence.

"However, in the recentpast, several incidences of Akerrichi attacking S. cuminifruits causing extensive croploss have been noticed in farm-ers' fields in rural Bengaluru,"says the study that providesexperimental details of thecritical fruit stages that aresusceptible to the pest for plan-ning management interventions.

"In Jamun both whole fruitas well as seed are economicallyimportant. Considering thevast damage it can cause andthe ability to build up in hugenumbers (85 per fruit) in over-

lapping generations, A ker-richi can become a major prob-lem to Jamun growers. Further,larval feeding affects seed via-bility and rate of germination.As the critical stage for infes-tation is G2, application ofsafe botanical pesticides at thisstage may help reduce seedborer infestation," said the scientists.

They had randomly col-lected A kerrichi infestedjamun fruits in different developmental stages from theinfested trees. The collectedfruits were separated into fivegroups, namely G1-G5 basedon their size, colour and hard-ness. Observations on fruitdiameter, length, mesocarpthickness and seed diameterfrom all the phenological stages(G1-G5) were made andrecorded daily.

It was noted that heavyinfestation of jamun fruits by Akerrichi had rendered the fruitsunmarketable.

The scientists included P DKamala Jayanthi, BR JayanthiMala and AnjanaSubramoniam(Division ofEntomology and Nematology)and A Rekha (Division of Fruit Crops) from theBangaluru based institute.

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The Indian Council ofAgricultural Research

(ICAR) has developed diag-nostic kits to detect and control'Japanese Encephalitis' (JE)and 'bluetongue' diseases inanimals. These diagnostic kitshave been developed by theIndian Veterinary ResearchInstitute (IVRI) under theICAR. Japanese Encephalitisvirus spreads from pig tohuman.

Talking about JE ELISA kitfor swine, ICAR DirectorGeneral Trilochan Mohapatra,said JE is a re-emerging viralzoonotic disease leading todeath of children every year inthe country." India is import-ing one diagnostic kit for thisvirus at Rs 1,200-1500. Now,ICAR-IVRI have developedthis kit for just Rs 180-200,"Mohapatra said. Earlier thisyear, more than 100 childrendied in Bihar's Muzaffarpurdue to an outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome(AES).

This diagnostic kit has

been developed as per the 100-day programme of the premi-um research institute, the DGsaid.

The government and ICARwould now work towards mak-ing this kit available in villageand block levels, he said.

Talking about the secondkit to diagnose 'bluetongue',Mohapatra said the disease isfound in cattle and goats and iseven cause of death of theseanimals.

"We are the first country inthe world to develop a diag-nostic kit for bluetongue dis-ease," he said, adding that it canalso provide export opportu-nities in long-term.

Mohapatra, who is alsothe secretary of Department ofAgricultural Research andEducation, said the two kitswould help in controlling thesediseases at very early stageand prevent them from spreading.

The disease is widespreadamong sheep, goats, cattle, buf-faloes and camels in the coun-try and is even cause of deathof these animals.

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday quashed theDelhi High Court's interimorder restraining the IncomeTax (IT) department from tak-ing any action against VVIPchopper scam accused GautamKhaitan, against whom a sep-arate black money launderingcase has been lodged, saying itwas "not sustainable in law".

The apex court set aside theMay 16 order of the high courtwhich had also said that theblack money law cannot beallowed to operate with retro-spective effect from July 1, 2015.

A three-judge bench head-ed by Justice Arun Mishraasked the high court to decidethe petition pending before iton its own merits and unin-fluenced by the observations ofthe top court.

The bench, also comprisingjustices M R Shah and B RGavai, said that the scheme ofthe Black Money Act is to"provide stringent measures forcurbing the menace of blackmoney" and various offenceshave been defined and stringentpunishments have been pro-

vided under the law."It would further be rele-

vant to note that sub--section(3) of section 1 of the BlackMoney Act, itself provides thatsave as otherwise provided inthis Act, it shall come into forceon 1st day of July, 2015. A con-joint reading of the various pro-visions would reveal that theassessing officer can chargethe taxes only from the assess-ment year commencing on orafter April 1, 2016. However,the value of the said asset hasto be as per its valuation in theprevious year," the bench notedin its 13-page verdict.

"As such, we find that thehigh court was not right inholding that, by the notifica-tion/order impugned beforeit, the penal provisions weremade retrospectively applica-ble," the bench said.

It noted that the BlackMoney (Undisclosed ForeignIncome and Assets) andImposition of Tax Act, 2015was passed by the Parliamenton May 11, 2015 and it hadreceived Presidential assent onMay 26, 2015. PTI

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ACongress delegation onTuesday met Chief

Election Commissioner SunilArora and raised the issue ofincome tax raids on some of itsemployees last week. Theyalleged that the tax departmentis behaving like a "departmentof BJP".

The delegation comprisingformer ministers AnandSharma, Kapil Sibal, ManishTiwari and Pranav Jha allegedthat the party was prevented touse its designated bank accountto fund its candidates in theassembly polls in Maharashtraand Haryana. The Congressleaders alleged that the CentralBoard of Direct Taxes (CBDT)officials raiding the oppositionacross the country withoutdocument and warrants.

After the meeting,Congress leader Kapil Sibalsaid "The position is such thatpeople of CBDT have been sit-ting at the homes of ouremployees from Friday toSunday. There is no warrantand no papers. What is this?We know that they are misus-ing ED and other agencies. Ifthis is not an attack on democ-racy then what is it?" TheCongress has demanded to thepoll body to intervene in thematter as their account havebeen paralysed.

"The Congress is required

to transfer, whatever funds ithas, to its candidates inMaharashtra and in Haryana,in their designated bankaccounts by cheque, that iswhat the elections require andwe have been prevented fromdoing that and that is illegali-ty and we have conveyed to theEC that they should inter-vene," Sibal said.

The Congress leader saidthat they have seen it happen-ing in the last elections, it ishappening now brazenly. "Indiacannot be converted into a statewhere democracy is under per-petual seize and the Tax depart-ment of the Government can-not become a department ofthe ruling party, the BJP," Sibaladded.

Party leader AnandSharma said "They have (EC)has the constitutional mandateto ensure free and fair elections.There cannot be targeting usingand abusing. For three daysCongress party's accounts sec-tion was totally paralysed.Whatever meagre funds theCongress party has at its dis-posal considering the BJP is theworld's richest political party."

New Delhi: Army Chief GenBipin Rawat on Tuesdaypitched for greater inclusion ofindigenous technology in thearmed forces and asserted thatIndia will fight and win thenext war with home-grownsolutions.

In his address at the 41stDRDO Directors Conference,he also said the development ofweaponry and other systemsshould be done keeping "futurewarfare" in mind."And, if weare looking at contours of futurewarfare, it may not necessarilybe contact warfare. So, there isrealm of non-contact warfare.We need to start looking atdevelopment of cyberspace,space, laser, electronic warfareand robotics. And, along withthat Artificial Intelligence (AI),"Rawat said."And, if we do notstart thinking on it now, it willbe too late," he said.He praisedthe Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation(DRDO) for its achievements inthe last few decades and saidIndia is making great strides inresearch and development. "Weare confident the services willgreatly benefit from it," he said.

"India is one of the largestimporters of weapons andammunition, and after 70 yearsof Independence, it is not a veryproud statement to make. But inthe past few years, it is changing.DRDO is striving to ensure ourrequirements of services are metwith home-grown solutions,"Rawat said. PTI

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Atotal of 408 people belonging to 88 displaced

Bru families staying in sixrelief camps of Tripura haveleft for their homelandMizoram since the repatriationexercise began on October 3,officials said on Tuesday.

A total of 4,447 Bru fam-ilies, lodged in the relief campsat Kanchanpur and Panisagarsub-divisions of North Tripuradistrict, are scheduled toreturn to the neighbouringstate from where they hadfled since 1997 following eth-nic clashes.

The Bru community, alsocalled Reangs, is among the 21scheduled tribes in the coun-try. They are scattered acrossAssam, Mizoram and Tripura.

Sub-divisional Magistrate

(SDM) of Kanchanpur,Abhedananda Baidya, said 235Bru people of 45 families havebeen repatriated.

His Panisagar counterpartN Darlong said 173 peoplebelonging to 43 families haveleft for Mizoram till date dur-ing the ninth round of repa-triation which is termed as the“final” one.

The repatriation is sched-uled to continue till November30. Mizoram officials said 22Bru families from various reliefcamps have been repatriatedon Monday.

The repatriation is beingcarried out though some Bruorganisations are against theexercise.

On October 4, postersopposing the repatriation anddemand for a separateautonomous district council

for the Bru community werefound in the relief camps.However, no untoward inci-dent was reported then.

Mizoram Bru IndigenousDemocratic Movement leaderPhillip Apeto had said theywere not satisfied with therehabilitation package and adistrict council for the Brus under the sixth scheduleof the constitution must becreated.

A memorandum submit-ted by three Bru organisa-tions to Mizoram HomeMinister Lalchamliana hadalso expressed apprehensionthat the Bru communitywould lose their identity if theyreturn to Mizoram in the pre-sent situation.

During the eighth roundof repatriation, the Ministry ofHome Affairs had warned that

the relief camps would beclosed down from Octoberone 2018 and free ration andmoney doled to the displacedfamilies would be discontin-ued.

However, that phase didnot bear much fruit.

While the MHA did stopthe free ration and cash dolefrom October one, 2018, theCentre restarted it apparentlydue to political reasons asMizoram assembly electionwas nearing.

The Centre has approved�350 crore for the ninth phaseof repatriation and the amountcovers transportation andrehabilitation package expens-es, which include �5,000 permonth for each resettled Brufamily in Mizoram and freeration for them fortwo years.

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In order to provide bettertravel opportunities to

passengers who travel dailyfrom neighbouring cities mainly to earn livelihood andeducation purposes theRailways has initiated nine new‘Sewa Services’ spread acrosseight States of India.

Minister of Railways PiyushGoyal, Union Minister ofPetroleum & Natural GasDharmendra Pradhan, UnionMinister for Health and FamilyWelfare Dr Harsh Vardhan,MoS Railway Suresh C Angadiand Meenakshi Lekhi, flaggedoff the inaugural run of Delhi— Shamli train service in a cer-emony held at New DelhiRailway station on Tuesday.

Indian Railways has alwaysstrived to provide convenientand comfortable service to itsusers.

To provide better travelopportunities to passengerswho have to travel to neighboring towns and citiesmainly for livelihood and edu-cation purposes the Railwayshas initiated nine new SewaServices spread across eightstates of India. These daily or sixdays a week short distance ser-vices will be a boon to the daily

passengers. According to the statement,

“Inaugural runs of train servicesin the other six states were alsoinitiated with the flagging off bythe dignitaries being receivedthrough video conferencing inthe respective venues.

Speaking on the occasionGoyal said that based on thehub and spoke concept thesetrains will provide better railconnectivity between smallerand satellite towns and impor-tant cities. “Railway is workingon how to be an effective engineof growth in the country. The

common passengers will great-ly benefit from these services,”he said.

He also shared thatRailways is not going to use any

new assets in these trains, withefficient planning and byenhancing operational capabilities the lie-over rakes oftrains are to be used for shortservices during the long stationed time between twoservices.

This will not only increasetrips but also earn revenuefrom the otherwise stationedcoaches, he added. Dr HarshVardhan appreciated the workbeing done in all areas with aspecial mention of the up-gra-dation of stations in theNational Capital Region.

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Twenty days after givingbirth to her first child, a 27

year young mother was killedin heavy mortar shelling inNoona Bandi area of Shahpuralong the Line of Control inPoonch on late Tuesday after-noon.

According to groundreports, “27-year-old ShamimAkhtar w/o Mohd Maqsoodwas standing in front of herkitchen when she was directlyhit by a mortar shell around3.45 p.m”. Due to impact of theblast, her head was reportedlyblown off, local villagers in theforward area, claimed.

Her 20-day-old son,miraculously escaped anygrievous injury, as she hadkept him on the floor inside thekitchen.

As heavy shelling contin-ued in the forward areas,another couple hailing fromQasba village of Poonch sectorreceived injuries and wasrushed to the nearby hospital.The injured were identified as

Mnzoor Hussain and NaseemaAkhtar.

Meanwhile, large numberof children remained strandedfor several hours inside a localschool (seminary) run by SainMiran Baksh Educational Trustin Shahpur area of Poonch.

In the wake of intenseshelling, which started earlyTuesday morning around 9.00a.m the children could not berescued. Local villagers andsome parents, later in the after-noon managed to organise twoambulances and ferried chil-dren from the forward area tosafer locations. “None of thechild received injuries duringheavy mortar shelling”,official

sources said.Defence PRO in

Jammu, Lt-ColDevender Anand said,“Pakistan army initi-ated ceasefire viola-tion in Qasba andKirni sectors at about9.30 a.m. by firingsmall arms and mor-tars”. He said, “theIndian Army retaliat-

ed befittingly”. Late afternoon, the Pak

Army also targeted forwardareas of Shahpur and Karmarain the forward areas forcing thelocal residents to stay indoors.

The local villagers ofShahpur—Upper and Lower,Gountrian and Islamabad inPoonch appealed to the districtauthorities to expedite work onbunkers in the area to ensuresafety of school going childrenand local villagers.

A Local villager, ShabirRathore claimed, “these vil-lagers were regularly targetedby the Pakistan army but so farwork on bunker constructionhas not started in the area”.

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much politi-cal hullabaloothe policehave finallyarrested amason forbrutally mur-dering aJiaganj schoolteacher, his pregnant wife and an eight-year-old son.

The mason called PratikBehera had killed the trio outof personal grudge whenvictim Bandhu Paul refused togive him a receipt of �24,000which he had taken from himfor some insurance policy, heisknown to have confessed tothe police.

“There was grudge andthere was a financial angle,”Murshidabad SP Mukesh saidadding the triple murder hadtaken place in a matter offive

minutes.Earlier the police had

claimed that the victim an RSSworker also dealt in some kindof chit fund business in whichhe used to acceptmonetary deposits from the

people. The mason was one of

such depositors who deposited�24,000 with him but failed toprocure any receipt for theamount.

When Paul refused toprovide with any receipt analtercation followed and themason killed the threesome.

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The National Conference(NC) on Tuesday

condemned the arrest of partypresident Farooq Abdullah’ssister and daughter during aprotest in Srinagar, saying suchmeasures would further alien-ate the people and delayrestoration of normalcy in thevalley.

It sought the immediaterevocation of detention ofpolitical leaders and commoncitizens, including Abdullah’skin.

The police on Tuesdayarrested half-a-dozen womenactivists during a march toprotest the abrogation of pro-visions of Article 370 andbifurcation of Jammu andKashmir into UnionTerritories.

Abdullah’s sister Suraiyaand his daughter Safiya, whowere leading a group of womenactivists, were first detainedand later arrested by the police.

The NC said such harshmeasures would further alien-ate the people and delayrestoration of normalcy in

Kashmir, which was reelingunder “fear psychosis and asense of insecurity” among thepeople.

“Being kin of former ChiefMinisters should not entailpolitical victimisation, leadingto curtailment of liberty andfreedom of movement andspeech,” senior NC leaders saidin a joint statement, issued

from party headquarters Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here.

The National Conferenceleaders expressed regret overthe continued detention ofpolitical leaders and commoncitizens, saying the situationhad touched the lowest depthsand even the liberty of relativesof those in public life was under severethreat. “The detention ofSuraiya Mattoo and SafiyaAbdullah Khan, respectivelysister and daughter of Abdullahand the aunt and sister ofOmar Abdullah, reflect thesad state of affairs the State isin for the past over 70 days,” thestatement said.

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The West BengalGovernment is working

for the empowerment ofrural women through var-ious self-help groups, ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeesaid on Tuesday.

On the occasion of theInternational Day of RuralWomen, Banerjee referredto the success of the‘Anandadhara’ scheme aim-ing for poverty alleviationthrough social mobilisation.

The scheme, initiated in2012, is implemented by organ-ising women into self-helpgroups (SHG).

“Today is#InternationalDayofRuralWomen. Our Govt in #Bangla isworking for the empowermentof rural women through self-help groups. The schemeAnandadhara has been verysuccessful in this regard,”

Banerjee tweeted.“We also distribute animals

for rearing by them, ensuringtheir economic prosperity,” sheadded.

The International Day ofRural Women was firstobserved on October 15, 2008to recognise the critical roleand contribution of ruralwomen, in enhancing agricul-tural and rural development,improving food security anderadicating rural poverty.

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Rajasthan Deputy Chief Ministerand State Congress president

Sachin Pilot on Tuesday saidMandawa and Khinwsar Assemblybypolls will be the test of the workdone by his party Government andclaimed it will win both the seatswith “huge” margins.

The bypolls were necessitatedafter Khinwsar (Nagaur) MLAHanuman Beniwal and Mandava(Jhunjhunu) MLA Narendra Kumar(BJP) were elected to Lok Sabha inMay this year.

“The bypolls are the test of thework of the Government and we areprepared for that. We will win theseats with huge margin. When theCongress was in opposition for fiveyears, we won all bypolls and thistime, we are in the Government andthere is no reason for not winningthe bypolls,” Pilot told reporters here.

“The State Government’s firstand foremost priority is to make the

life of people better. We ought to dowhatever is possible to help peopleat personal, social and administra-tive level,” he said.

Pilot said it is important forevery public representative to stayconnected with people.

While Congress has fielded for-mer MLAs Rita Chaudhary inMandawa and Harendra Mirdha inKhimsar, the BJP has given ticket toSushila Sigra in Mandawa and iscontesting the bypolls in alliancewith MP Hanuman Beniwal’sRashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) onKhimsar where Beniwal’s brotherNarayan Beniwal is the alliancecandidate.

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The Uttar Pradesh Government is doingaway with 25,000 home guards, saying

the State cannot afford the new allowancesthe Supreme Court has asked it to pay.

The daily allowance for the homeguards is now �672, up from the �500before the court order in July.

The Government said this would havecost the State an extra expenditure of �10to �12 crore every month.

It, therefore, decided not to deployhome guards meant for security at policestations and traffic signals. The homeguards are not permanent employees andare recruited on a casual basis.

Officials said a large number weretaken on in April. The Supreme Court inJuly, however, meant a hike in the cost ofdeploying them.

According to an order issued byAdditional Director General (ADG) BPJogdand, “The decision not to deploy25,000 home guards was taken on August28 this year in a meeting chaired by theUttar Pradesh chief secretary.”

The home guards were deployedthrough a government order dated April

3.Home Guards do not have any fixed

monthly salary and are paid based on thenumber of days of duty. Till now they havebeen expected to work for 25 days but thegovernment decreased it to 15 days.

Uttar Pradesh Director General ofPolice OP Singh said this step has beentaken due to the extra financial burden onthe police department following theSupreme Court order and it is a temporaryone. “After the Supreme Court order, thepolice department would have had to bearthe extra burden of �10 to �12 crore permonth. This decision of not giving post-ings is a temporary one, and if and whenrequired they will be called for duty,” theDGP said.

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Former President APJ AbdulKalam was remembered

here on his 88th birth anniver-sary with the late scientist’sfamily and the district admin-istration paying tributes at hismemorial here.

The leader’s memorial atPekarumbu was dazzling withelectrical lights and floralarrangements, as there was asteady stream of visitors includ-ing school children who paidhomage to the former president.

Ramanathapuram districtcollector K Veera Raghava Raopaid floral tributes at thememorial while Kalam’s rela-tives led by his elder brother

Muthu MuhammadMeera Maraikkayarheld special prayers.

School childrenalso paid floral trib-utes and took apledge to followKalam’s ideals.

An AmericanIndians Association,

as part of honouring the lateleader’s services, presented aprize for Global Peace, whichwas handed over toMaraikkayar.

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Alleging that Central probeagencies have become

puppets in the BJP’s hands,Congress general secretary KCVenugopal said on Tuesdaythat these agencies were mis-used against party leadersahead of polls.

Venugopal was reacting tothe arrest of Congress MLA DK Shivakumar in a moneylaundering case by the Enforcement Directorate(ED).

“Whenever there are elec-tions round the corner, thedrama of I-T and ED raids arestaged. These agencies havebecome a puppet in the handsof BJP,” Venugopal toldreporters after a meeting withthe party’s election observersfor the December 5 rpt 5Assembly bypolls.

Opposition leader and for-mer Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah, state Congresspresident Dinesh Gundu Raoand senior party functionariesattended the meeting.

Elections are due in 15constituencies after the resig-nation and subsequent dis-qualification of 17 MLAs, com-prising 14 Congress MLAs andthree JD(S) MLAs.

Another Congress MLAand former Deputy ChiefMinister G Parameshwara isunder the Income Tax scanner for alleged irreg-ularities pertainingto medicalseats in the Siddharth Group ofInstitutions linked to him.

IT officials also recentlyraided Jalappa Group ofInstitutions related to Congressleader Jalappa’s son.

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Congress leader RahulGandhi on Tuesday called

Prime Minister Narendra Modia “loudspeaker” of certainindustrialists, and said his strategy was like that of a pick-pocket who diverts attention tosteal.

On campaign trail inVidarbha for October 21Maharashtra Assembly elec-tions, he also targeted the Modigovernment for “waiving” cor-porate tax.

Addressing a rally inYavatmal district, Gandhi saidthe Prime Minister speaks ofthe moon mission and abro-gation of Article 370 in Jammuand Kashmir, but is silent onissues such as farmers’ plightand lack of jobs.

“The Goods and ServicesTax (GST) and demonetisationbroke the back of small andmedium enterprises, farmers,labourers and poor people. As

long as the Modi Governmentis in power, the issue of joblessness will continue tohaunt the country. The prob-lem of joblessness will grow inthe next six months,” heclaimed.

Criticising theGovernment’s decision to“waive” (slash the rates of)corporate tax, Gandhi saidsuch benefits were extended tocertain industrialists, but not tothe poor.

The Congress leader alsoalleged that the UnionGovernment was planning toprivatise National assets such asports, coal mines, and publicsector units such as Air India.

“Modi is the loudspeaker of(industrialists) Adani andAmbani. Just like a pickpock-et, who diverts attention of peo-ple before stealing, his (Modi’s)only job is to divert your atten-tion so that he can pass yourmoney to a select few indus-trialists,” Gandhi said.

While the MahatmaGandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Act(MNREGA), Right to Food,land acquisition and laws fortribals were being amended,amendment to the GST act wasnot acceptable to theGovernment, he said.

“When the poor persongets money, he starts purchas-ing, when the demand increas-es, manufacturing gets a boost,”he said, adding that the NYAYminimum income scheme,proposed by the Congressbefore the

Lok Sabha elections, would

have jump-started the econo-my.

The annual budget ofMNREGA is �35,000 croreand the Modi Governmentcut corporate tax worth �1.25lakh crore in a single day,Gandhi said.

Referring to DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh’s Francevisit, he said the latter did apuja of the Rafale fighter jet(while taking symbolic deliv-ery of the first aircraft). “But�35,000 crore were stolen fromthe jet deal. The media will notwrite about this because it isbeing controlled by industrial-

ists. Your money is given to the

media so that they publiciseModi,” he alleged.

Maharashtra has theopportunity to solve all theseproblems by voting for theCongress and NCP, he said.

“We will install a govern-ment which will work for thepoor, farmers, labourers, andsmall and medium businesses,”he added. At a rally at Arvi inWardha district, Gandhiaccused the Modi Governmentof weakening all pro-poorschemes of the UPA regime,including the MNREGA, RTIAct, Right to Food and the landacquisition bill.”BJP made funof MNREGA which had givena boost to the economy,” hesaid.

The GST’s purpose was tofinish off small and mediumbusinesses, the Congress leaderclaimed.”Don’t let this happenin Maharashtra. Let’s stop thishere,” he said.

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The All India CongressCommittee women’s wing

president Sushmita Deb calledthe BJP manifesto released onTuesday for the MaharashtraAssembly polls as a repetitionof old promises.

Creation of one crore jobsin the next five years, providing houses for all by2022 and ushering in USD 1trillion economy are the keypromises made in the rulingBJP’s “sankalp patra”.

“It is a classic case of rep-etition of old promises. Thereason is simple. Promises of2014 remain unfulfilled. Thisexplains why after five years,BJP-Shiv Sena Governmenthas no concrete achievement toshowcase,” she said at a pressconference here.

Deb said agriculture sectorhad worsened, unemploymenthad risen sharply, crimes

against women had seen asevere spike and promise ofclean drinking water remainunfulfilled.

While the BJP-SenaGovernment promised dou-ble-digit growth in agricul-ture, the actual rate was a mea-gre 0.4 per cent, which had ledto eight farmers committingsuicide every day, she claimed. “The BJP’s manifestopromises one crore jobs overthe next five years. This is yetanother jumla given sharp risein unemployment which hastripled under this Government.In fact every third young per-son in urban areas is today job-less,” Deb said. She said 2000factories had shut down andMaharashtra was no longerthe preferred destination andlagged behind Uttar Pradeshand Jharkhand in ease of doingof business.

Crime against women wererising sharply, including a 300

per cent increase in cases ofabduction besides 11 rapes reg-istered every day, Deb stated,adding that the DevendraFadnavis government had notused a single rupee from theNirbhaya Fund.

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Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) MLC Ramrao

Wadkute and former partyMLA Bappu Pathare joinedthe BJP on Tuesday, ahead ofthe next week’s MaharashtraAssembly polls.

Wadkute, a prominentDhangar (shepherd) commu-nity leader from Marathwadaregion, was appointed memberof the Maharashtra Legislative Council in June2014 from the governor’squota.

He submitted his resigna-tion on Monday evening toLegislative Council ChairmanRamraje Nimbalkar who

immediately accepted it.Pathare is a former MLA fromPune.

Both Wadkute andPathare were inducted into theBJP in Mumbai on Tuesday inthe presence of the party’sworking president J P Nadda. Wadkute, a native ofParbhani district inMarathwada, was earlier chair-man of the PunyashlokAhilyadevi Sheli-MendhiVikas Mahamandal (Goat andSheep Rearing DevelopmentCorporation) before

being appointed as the MLC.

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AIMIM presidentAsaduddin Owaisi has said

Bharat is “not a Hindu Rashtra”and they will also not let itbecome so.

His comments came afterRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat lastweek said the Sangh is firm onits vision that “Bharat is aHindu Rashtra”.

Addressing an electionrally on Monday night inKalyan town of Maharashtra’sThane district for party candi-date Aiaz Moulavi, Owaisi said a section of soci-ety wants to paint the entirecountry in one colour, but “wesee Hindustan in multiplecolours, it is the beauty ofHindustan”.

“Bharat is not a HinduRashtra, and Inshallah, we willnot allow it to become so,” hesaid.

Alleging that the Shiv Senawas against the green colour, hesaid, “Change your spectaclesand you will see the greencolour in the National flagalso.”

He said Bharat is uniquebecause of itssecularism andpluralism. There is no othercountry in the world as Bharat and “we are proudof it”. “I want to tell those in theRSS that we are not living hereon your sympathy. If youwant to measure the index ofmy happiness or sorrow, youand we should see what theConstitution has given to us,”Owaisi said.

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Slamming the BJP for moot-ing Bharat Ratna award for

V D Savarkar, Communist Partyof India general secretary DRaja on Tuesday said the rulingparty may even propose thehonour for Mahatma Gandhi’skiller Nathuram Godse.

The election manifesto ofMaharashtra BJP, released onTuesday said the party will askthe NDA Government at theCentre to confer India’s high-est civilian award on VinayakDamodar Savarkar, popularlyknown as Veer Savarkar.

“This is biggest irony of ourtimes that while we are all cel-ebrating the birth centenary ofGandhiji, the BJP is seekingBharat Ratna to Savarkar, whowas an accused in his assassi-nation case,” Raja told PTI here.

“The day may not be far offfor BJP to demand Bharat Ratnato Gandhiji’s assassin NathuramGodse. This is part of theiragenda,” the CPI leader said.

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Opposition parties inMaharashtra have alleged

that some trees located on thecampus of Sir Parshuram (SP)College in Pune were choppedon Monday for Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s October 17rally, which will be held on thecollege ground.

The college authorities onTuesday denied the allegationsaying only certain brancheshanging dangerously were cutfor the safety of students whoplay there, which has nothingto do with the PM’s event.

NCP MP Vandana Chavanalleged some ‘subabul’ treesaround the ground, where therally will be held, were felled bythe college administration.

“As per the informationwith us, trees were cut from thestems which is unacceptable,”alleged Chavan.

She demanded stringentaction against those responsi-ble for the “cruel act”.

Maharashtra Navnirman

Sena (MNS) leader Rupali Patilalso said the trees were hacked.

“They have cut the treesbecause they believed that thetrees would prove hindrancefor the PM rally,” she claimed.

However, Pune BJP unitpresident Madhuri Misal, oneof the trustees of ShikshanPrasarak Mandali (SPM) whichruns the SP College, refuted theallegations saying chopping oftrees had no connection withthe PM’s programme.

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In what came as a snub to theShiv Sena, the Maharashtra

Swabhiman Party (MSP), head-ed by former Chief MinisterNarayan Rane, merged with theruling BJP, in the presence ofChief Minister DevendraFadnavis.

Undeterred by the stiffresistance from its ally ShivSena to the entry of Rane andhis two sons, the ruling BJPwent ahead and allowed theMSP’s merger with it at an elec-tion rally organised for SrRane’s son Nitesh and the BJPcandidate at KankavliAssembly constituency inSindhudurg district.

While Nitesh had joinedthe BJP and filed his nomination from his new partyearly this month, Sr Rane, hisanother son and former MPNilesh and their supporters formally enteredthe BJP.

Speaking at Nitesh’s cam-paign rally, Chief MinisterFadnavis heaped praise on SrRane saying: “Narayan Ranehas a special place inMaharashtra politics. He iswell-versed in many subjects.In way, he has been a part of theBJP ever since he went toRajya Sabha early last yearwith the BJP’s support”.

“All were waiting for this(merger) for a long time. It has

finally happened today. There is hardly any com-

petition here. The BJP willbenefit hugely with the Ranes’entry to the party,” Fadnavissaid.

Meanwhile, the Shiv Senaleadership has not taken kind-ly to the MSP’s merger with theBJP. Sena President UddhavThackeray, who will be campaigning in Kankavliand Savantwadi constituen-cies, is expected to spell out hisstand on the MSP’s merger withthe BJP. On its part, the

Sena – notwithstanding itsalliance with Sr Rane — has putup its candidate against NiteshRane. In ssence, the fight wouldbe between the Sena and BJP in

Kankavli constituency.Fadnavis said that Nitesh

would win the Assembly pollswith a thumping margin. He,however, advised Nitesh,known for his losing his coolon some pretext or the other, torestrain himself and learn toremain calm.

There had been specula-tion in the State political circlesthat he would join the BJPalong with his two son Niteshand Nilesh. His entry to the BJPwas being resisted by its ally Shiv Sena for a verylong.

He had earlier announcedthat he would join the BJP on October 2. Rane made anannouncement about merging

the MSP with the BJP, whilecampaigning for his party can-didate Rajan Teli. “The BJP isgetting strong in Konkanregion. My son Nitesh and hissupporters joined the BJP ear-lier. I will merge my party withthe BJP in the presence ofchief minister DevendraFadnavis on October 15,” hesaid.

Having been associatedwith the Shiv Sena since earlyseventies, Rane had emerged asa senior leader in the party andwas made the chief minister ofMaharashtra, a post he heldbetween February 1, 1999 andOctober 17, 1999 when theSena-BJP alliance was rulingthe State.

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Former Prime Minister of India IKGujral was one of the most schol-arly and well-read leaders we havehad. At a public function organisedby this writer, he mentioned that the

battle of Panipat took place at that locationonly because it was the southernmost loca-tion, which had an open area suitable forwarfare. According to him, right from theKhyber Pass to Panipat, the entire terrain washeavily forested where conventional warfareof that period was not possible.

A recent news report mentioned that theGovernment is planning to build a 1,400kilometre-long “great green wall” of India.If this project receives official sanction andis backed by innovative institutional arrange-ments for its implementation, it would marka remarkable step forward in greeningIndia because we, as a nation, have failed toseize the importance of greening our degrad-ed and deforested land.

The Green India mission was one of theeight key missions included in the NationalAction Plan on Climate Change. The pur-pose of this operation was to protect, enhanceand restore India’s decreasing forest cover andact on the growing extent of climate changethrough a combination of mitigation andadaptation measures. Unfortunately, the mis-sion has been grossly under-funded. Areport by the Parliamentary Committee, titled,‘Performance of the National Action Plan onClimate Change (NAPCC) pertaining toMinistry of Environment, Forest & ClimateChange (MoEFCC)’, quotes MoEFCC as stat-ing that the “budget allocation of �47.80 crorefor FY 2017-18 is grossly insufficient. Thecommitted liability of FY 2015-16 and 2016-17 is �89.53 crore, which is more than the bud-get allocation of FY 2017-18.”

Expansion of population and encroach-ments by humans on forest land and the habi-tat of other species have not only reduced for-est cover since independence but has also ledto poor forest density even in those areas,which are regarded as forest land. The pro-posed “green wall” of India is planned to estab-lish a green belt from Porbandar to Panipatand would help restore degraded landthrough afforestation, particularly along theAravalli hill range, which covers Gujarat,Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi.

It is well-known that the Aravallis havebeen heavily degraded in several areas, par-ticularly in Haryana, as a result of the nexusbetween politicians and the builders’ lobby.The establishment of the “green wall” wouldprovide an effective barrier for dust comingfrom the deserts in Western India andPakistan. It is now well-established that dustfrom deserts can travel large distances as hasbeen seen with dust from Saudi Arabia trav-elling to northern parts of Europe. This writerhas always advised officials in the Middle East,including a former Saudi Oil Minister,“Please convert your oil wealth to soil health.”

Recently, the Conference of the Parties(COP 14) of the United Nations Convention

to Combat Desertification(UNCCD) was held in India andas a follow-up to that event, Indiacan and should set an example forother countries that are threat-ened with desertification.

The UNCCD is an agree-ment to combat desertificationand mitigate the effects ofdrought, based on long-termstrategies and national pro-grammes, supported by interna-tional cooperation and partner-ship arrangements. It was in2006 that in order to gather sup-port for the convention, the UNdeclared that year as the“International Year of Desertsand Desertification.”

The convention has thus farbeen ratified by 190 States andthe European Union (EU).However, on March 28, 2013,Canada became the first coun-try to withdraw from it butreversed this arrangement onMarch 21, 2017.

In hosting COP14 of theconvention, India made a majorimpact on this expanding prob-lem in different countries of theworld. Prime Minister NarendraModi in his address to this con-ference stated: “I call upon theleadership of UNCCD to createa global water action agenda,which is central to land degra-dation neutrality strategy.”

The IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change (IPCC)recently published a specialreport on climate change, deser-tification, land degradation, sus-tainable land management, foodsecurity and greenhouse gas

fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems.The report states, “The level ofrisk posed by climate changedepends both on the level ofwarming and on how population,consumption, production, tech-nological development and landmanagement patterns evolve.Pathways with higher demandfor food, feed and water, moreresource-intensive consumptionand production and more limit-ed technological improvementsin agriculture yields result inhigher risks from water scarcityin drylands, land degradation,and food insecurity.”

It further states: “Many activ-ities for combating desertificationcan contribute to climate changeadaptation with mitigation co-benefits as well as to halting bio-diversity loss with sustainabledevelopment co-benefits to soci-ety...Preventing desertification ispreferable to attempting to restoredegraded land due to the poten-tial for residual risks and mal-adaptive outcomes.”

The UN system, as is wide-ly known, is currently under-funded and is actually facing aserious crisis. For several yearsnow, there has been a growingrealisation that the UN systemneeds to be restructured andreformed, starting, of course,with the composition of thepermanent members of theSecurity Council, of which Indiashould have been admitted as amember years ago.

In the case of the UNFramework Convention onClimate Change (UNFCCC),

the Convention on BiologicalDiversity (CBD) and theUNCCD, there are distinct over-laps. Clearly, actions under oneconvention would have implica-tions for the other two. The dri-vers of change underlying thesethree conventions are common,namely the increase in humansociety’s ecological footprint asGandhiji had warned us aboutall his life. It is to be consideredwhether a comprehensive con-vention, which covers climatechange, loss of biodiversity anddesertification, may be far moreeffective than fragmentedactions being taken under eachof these conventions.

As far as India is con-cerned, the advance of deserti-fication has negative implica-tions for the country as a whole.To that extent, therefore, the“great green wall”, which isbeing considered, would be anexcellent initiative. However,just as in the case of acid rain inNorth America, which crossesnational boundaries and, there-fore, required a regional solu-tion, it would be important forSouth Asian nations to cooper-ate on activities, which involvesimilar initiatives in Pakistan,Afghanistan and Bangladeshas well. Given that naturerespects no political bound-aries, we need to promote com-mon solutions to problems thatare regional in nature. Terrorismshould give way to terra-ism.

(The writer is former chair-man, Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change, 2002-15)

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Sir — A large number of climatestrikes have recently eruptedaround the world, directing atten-tion to issues such as climatechange and global warming. It isalso interesting to note that manyindigenous tribes have been pray-ing for the protection of theAmazon rainforest as thousands ofwildfires continue to destroy it.People often turn to prayer in dif-ficult times. Such prayers notonly lead to positive results butalso strengthen relationshipsamong people. The prayers for theAmazon and the protests haveattracted the attention of the glob-al population. One hopes that suchadmirable activities continue toinspire people around the world.

P SenthilVia email

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Sir — Economists have foreverbeen negotiating between thetwin poles of wealth and pover-ty. In 1776, Adam Smith postu-lated that the existence of eco-nomic prosperity, more than thepersistence of poverty, must be

paid attention to. An eon wasspent on identifying the condi-tions necessary for wealth cre-ation. Then an era was spent onthe distribution of incomebetween capital and labour.

Finally, Nobel Prize-winningeconomist Angus Deaton delvedinto the cause, spread and mea-surement of poverty. But lookslike Indian-American economistAbhijit Banerjee has analysed

the problem with poverty with anexperimental approach. The ran-domised controlled field trials(RCTs) adopted by him hashelped find out what works andwhat doesn’t to fight poverty.

The traditional way of measur-ing wealth on account of the coun-try’s Gross Domestic Product(GDP) is misleading. It probablyfurther skews the distribution ofwealth and accentuates income dis-

parity. We have journeyed longfrom exploring the creation ofwealth to the distribution of incometo now Nobel prize winner AbhijitBanerjee’s treatise on poverty.

Strangely, it is seen that deep-er the democratic mores, as it is inthe US, the sharper has been theturn to the right wing ideology ofwealth inequality. It may takeages for the socio-economists,much less the Governments, to

move away from a trite GDP toeven grasp the concept of creationand distribution of happiness.

R Narayanan Navi Mumbai

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Bangla pride” (October 15). Theappointment of former cricketteam captain Sourav Ganguly asthe head of the Board of Controlfor Cricket in India (BCCI) is wel-come. In fact, he may just be theperson the cricket administrationneeds right now to set thingsright. It’s good to learn that on hispriority list are first class players,who are the foundation for astrong pool of talent for the nation-al team. Other issues like theabsence of an Indian umpire in theelite panel of ICC and reducing thegulf between women and men incricket should be given impor-tance. Ganguly must also ensurethat financial management in theBCCI becomes more transparent.He has his task cut out.

Bal GovindNoida

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’sannouncement on offering free publictransport to women has sparked off a

debate across the country about the financial per-formance and pricing of public transport. As citiesacross the world struggle to keep the Mass RapidTransit System (MRTS) and other modes of pub-lic transport financially viable, scholars and oper-ators alike are trying to arrive at an economical-ly sound formula for operations.

According to an estimate by the DelhiTransport Corporation and the Delhi Metro,women constitute around 30 to 35 per cent pas-sengers in both buses and the trains. This comesto about 14 lakh women per day on the busesand 800,000 women per day on the metro. TheDelhi Government is assuming that the schemewill see a rise of 50 per cent in female ridership,resulting in a decrease in the number of vehicleson the city’s roads and improved safety for thosevulnerable sections who cannot afford publictransport otherwise.

Impact studies in cities that have experiment-ed with a free public transport policy indicate tan-gible benefits such as higher ridership, less traf-fic congestion, better air quality, savings on print-ing, ticket-punching technology and the peopleengaged in ticket sales. Free public transportpromises intangible benefits, too, such as astronger democracy, higher citizen participation,better liveability and a vibrant economy.

However, it is easier said than done. Cities likeTallinn in Estonia and Châteauroux and Aubagnein France experimented with free public trans-port in the past and achieved positive results fora while. Sustaining the results beyond a few years,however, proved to be a problem. Also, while thecombined effect of free service and happier com-muters can significantly increase ridership, pub-lic transport can also experience a rebound effect,resulting in crowding and poor service quality dueto a large demand response. Such a response canresult in a higher tax burden for the transportagency.

The key to operating a free public transportis to identify alternate sources of revenue tofinance it. Sustaining a free transport policy in thelong-term, especially during times of economicvolatility, can be highly strenuous. The city ofChâteaurouxin, France could generate returns onpublic transport in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007.However, 2008 onwards, the returns declined. Thecity of Hasselt in Belgium had to wind up its freepublic transport policy after a few years as theGovernment could no longer support its financ-ing.

So, the big question is, can Indian cities affordfree transport for their citizens, given the burgeon-ing population of the country?

Cities in India face a severe shortage of pub-lic transport. City peripheries and low-incomeneighbourhoods often remain unserved and evenif a network of buses and local trains and so onexists, the frequency of service is low, renderingit ineffective. Free or otherwise, the absence ofpublic transport results in last-mile connectivi-ty problems for the poor. Addressing the inade-quacies of the country’s public transport networkwill require huge capital investments and consid-ering the amount of expenditure it entails, it could

be too much of a burden on the StateGovernments to then generate funds for operat-ing expenses.

However, the good news is that, though itappears impossible at present, there are solutionsworth exploring. Given that State Governmentsare finding it difficult to provide even partial sup-port in the form of subsidies and grants to pub-lic transport agencies, relying on budgetary sup-port to fund a free transport policy seems verydifficult at present. Running free public transportmay or may not be possible but every city musthave at least an affordable transport system. Thereare a few strategies for long-term funding andcost-cutting that could be explored for achievingthis.

Cross-utility subsidy: Although it’s not verypopular in the country, cross-utility financing isprevalent in many parts of the world, includingEurope and North America.

There are many ways to enforce a cross-util-ity subsidy like imposing a levy on utility use orcross-subsidising a loss-making utility by a prof-it-making one. The loss-making transport depart-ment of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply &Transport (BEST), for instance, was, for a longtime, cross-subsidised by revenues generated bythe profitable electricity department. If imple-mented in a prudent manner, cross-utility sub-sidy can offer a long-term solution for fundingpublic transport.

Targetted subsidy: Grants often fail to ben-efit the desired user groups. So, the solution liesin introducing selective subsidisation for careful-ly identified beneficiaries. It is a difficult thing topull off but one can take heart from the fact thatover 10 million customers in India gave up theirLiquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) subsidy inresponse to the Government’s plea. If people aremade aware about the purpose of a subsidy, therewill be many who will give it up if they don’trequire it. At any rate, the Government shouldexplore targetted subsidies to offer affordable pub-

lic transport to the needy and the vulnerable. Dedicated transport fund: Many experts

have emphasised the need to exempt public bustransport corporations from the motor vehicle tax.For many bus corporations, the operational loss-es are almost equal to what they pay as motor vehi-cle tax. While there is a sound rationale behindtaxing vehicles that generate huge negative exter-nalities like emissions and congestion, imposinga similar tax on public buses is draconian. On a“per passenger kilometre” basis, public transportis more efficient and causes lower emission andcongestion than private vehicles. Moreover, thetax gets directly passed on to the commuters aspart of the fares they pay. Foregoing the tax willalso make fares more affordable and improve thefinancial accessibility of public transport.

New performance indicators: There is alsoa need to develop new performance indicators forevaluating public transport corporations. Theseindicators must mainstream social and environ-mental goals. Currently, public transport opera-tions in the country are guided primarily by finan-cial parameters like earnings and cost-per-kilo-metre. Now, more emphasis needs to be placedon the intangible socio-economic benefits suchas time savings, improved productivity, lower con-gestion and improved livelihood opportunitiesthat public transport enables. Changing the waypublic transport corporations are assessed will alsochange the manner in which they operate and thegoals they prioritise in service delivery.

While financial performance is critical foroperating public transport, increasing the fare isnot the best solution. The approach to the prob-lem will change once it is realised that the objec-tive of operating public transport is not to gen-erate revenue but to offer affordable services tocitizens. The need of the hour is to find innova-tive solutions to make public transport affordablefor all.

(The writer is Area Convenor, Centre forSustainable Mobility, TERI)

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How would the late Sena chiefBal Thackeray have reacted tothe idea of his grandson

Aditya entering electoral politicswhen the Thackeray clan hadscrupulously kept out of it fordecades? He would have chuckled.

So far, the family has run a pow-erful political party in Maharashtrawithout contesting elections. Theyoungest Thackeray, Aditya breaksthat tradition in the forthcomingMaharashtra Assembly elections bycontesting from the Worli seat inMumbai.

Balasaheb had once told me hehad taken three decisions — hewould not contest elections, would

not write his autobiography andwould not take any Government postand he had stuck to them till the endof his life.

After the first Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government(BJP) was formed in 1995, Balasaheboften quipped that he ruled theState via “remote control.” Balasaheb’sson Uddhav Thackeray surprisinglynot only kept the party alive but alsofollowed the “remote control” poli-cy of his father.

However, the 29-year-old Adityais different in this sense and he rep-resents the aspirationalMaharashtrian youth. His image-makers are trying to project him asa suave, English-speaking Senaleader. Nine years ago, Balasahebhimself introduced his grandson tothe political world in October 2010and also named Aditya the head ofthe party’s newly-created youth wing.

The timing is perfect for theThackeray scion to make his electoraldebut, with the BJP-Sena alliancepoised to win the Assembly polls thismonth.

Aditya stated the obvious in aninterview recently, “I chose this elec-tion because I thought this was theright time.” There is a vacuum in theyouth leadership in Maharashtra,which he hopes to fill.

As a child, Aditya used to trav-el with his father and grandfather andbecame interested in politics fromthen on. “If you have to do some-thing good for society, politics is theway. I have been thinking of my jour-ney for the last five years. We did sev-eral agitations. How to serveMaharashtra better, Shiv Sena style?I have always thought that I shouldjoin my party legislators”, says Aditya.

Prior to this electoral contest, hehad undertaken a Jan Ashirwad

yatra in July to thank the voters forthe 2019 success but his real inten-tion was to gauge the public moodfor his own debut.

The young Thackeray repre-sents the changing political sce-nario and also the evolving cultureof the Sena. Much has changedsince the days of Balasaheb. Theparty’s clout in Maharashtra politicshas certainly diminished. Politics haschanged, the voters have changedand the Sena, too, has become ajunior partner in the coalition, ascompared to the earlier days ofdominating the Sena-BJP alliance.

Aditya is experimenting with adifferent kind of politics, trying tochange the old narrative. The Sena’simage has been that of a muscularpolitical party and he would have tochange this if he wants to succeed.The Sena is no more a rabble-rous-ing party.

In the past it used to launch agi-tations against the South Indians,Gujaratis, Biharis and Muslims.Today, in a bid to woo non-Maharashtrian voters, his campaign

has multi-lingual posters. He doesnot mention religion or Hindutvaand instead prefers to raise bread andbutter issues like employment anddevelopment.

He talks about the ban on plas-tic, beach cleaning and the environ-ment. Aditya is more cosmopolitan,modern and open to new-age elec-toral politics. He is accused of beingcomfortable with the Page 3 set buthe is also trying to appeal to the ordi-nary youth.

Second, Aditya is emulating hisgrandfather by building a baseamong the youth. The seniorThackeray had a devoted youth fol-lowing all his life. As long as he wasalive, every Vijayadasami day, thou-sands of youth had attended hismeeting at the Shivaji Park. Now,Aditya is targeting the millennial vot-ers. He is being projected as a sen-sitive, modern, young leader, who isflexible and open to new ideas.

Third, it was the family’s consid-ered decision to support Aditya’s elec-toral plunge. Bal Thackeray couldrun the Government through remote

control. Uddhav, too, managed to dothat but Aditya, encouraged by hismother Reshmi, believes that thedays of “remote control governance”are over and one needs to be in thesystem.

Above all, the Sena wants tostrengthen itself on the ground fear-ing that the BJP might subsume theparty. The family feels that thejunior Thackeray’s presence in thenext Cabinet would give them somecontrol.

Aditya is poised to win theWorli seat, if Dame Luck smiles athim, he might even become theDeputy Chief Minister. ThoughUddhav says now, “The first step inpolitics doesn’t mean that you haveto become the Chief Minister of theState. He has just entered politics, thisis just the beginning.” He would pushfor his son when the time comes.

Aditya wants to prove that he isnot just another son of a powerfulpolitical family but a grassrootsleader in his own right. TheAssembly contest will be his acid test.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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In the gloomy global eco-nomic picture painted by

the International MonetaryFund (IMF), India retains itsrank as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, tyingwith China, with a projectedgrowth rate of 6.1 per cent forthe current fiscal year, despitean almost one per cent cut inthe forecast.

However, the IMF’s WorldEconomic Outlook (WEO)released on Tuesday projectedIndia’s economy to pick up andgrow by 7 per cent in the 2020fiscal year.

The WEO cut India’s

growth rate by 0.9 per centfrom the 7 per cent made inJuly and by 1.2 percent fromthe 7.3 per cent in April.

In contrast to the darkview of the economy withinIndia, when viewed globally,the nation’s picture seemsbrighter despite the cuts.

The world economy is pro-jected to grow only 3 per centthis year and 3.4 per cent nextyear amid a “synchronisedslowdown”, according to theWEO.

Explaining the cut ingrowth projection for India, theWEO said: “India’s economydecelerated further in the sec-ond quarter, held back by sec-

tor-specific weaknesses in theautomobile sector and realestate as well as lingeringuncertainty about the health ofnon-bank financial compa-nies.”

It added that “corporateand environmental regulatoryuncertainty” were other factorsthat weighed on demand.

IMF’s projected growthrate of 6.1 per cent for 2019-20is consistent with the IndianMonetary Policy Committee’sforecast.

About the international

scenario, IMF’s ChiefEconomist Gita Gopinathwrote in the foreword to theWEO: “The global economy isin a synchronized slowdown,with growth for 2019 down-graded again — to 3 per cent— its slowest pace since theglobal financial crisis (in 2007-08). This is a serious climbdown from 3.8 percent in 2017,when the world was in a syn-chronised upswing.”

WEO projected China’seconomic growth to slow downto 5.8 per cent next year.

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amidst growing trade barriersand heightened geopoliticaltensions, the IMF warned onTuesday as it downgraded the2019 growth rate to three percent, the slowest pace since theglobal financial crisis.

“This is a serious climb-down from 3.8 per cent in2017, when the world was in asynchronised upswing,” Indian-American Gita Gopinath, chiefeconomist of the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) said in the foreword tothe latest World EconomicOutlook.

“With a synchronisedslowdown and uncertain recov-

ery, the global outlook remainsprecarious. At 3 per centgrowth, there is no room forpolicy mistakes and an urgentneed for policymakers to cooperatively deescalate tradeand geopolitical tensions,” she said.

Besides supporting growth,such actions can also helpcatalyse needed cooperativesolutions to improve the glob-al trading system, Gopinathsaid.

Released ahead of theannual meeting of the IMF andWorld Bank, Gopinath in theWorld Economic Outlook saidthat this subdued growth is aconsequence of rising tradebarriers; and elevated uncer-tainty surrounding trade andgeopolitics.

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The jewellery industry islooking at a dark Dhanteras

and Diwali as it expects sales todecline at least 30 per cent overlast year in spite of the ongo-ing price corrections.

The industry’s only hope isin falling prices, which hadscaled a record of �4,000 agram last month, to get betterfootfalls. Currently, the metal istrading at around �3,800 to agram.

In 2018, the industry man-aged to close with flat sales over2017 Diwali season.

“Gold prices have soared to�40,000 per 10 gram lastmonth, just in the beginning ofthe festival season and stillremains high. This has furtherdampened the already weakconsumer sentiment.

“But if prices continue tocorrect during this week theremay be some improvement inretail demand. However, theoverall business will still be 30percent lower than last year,”All-India Gem & JewelleryDomestic Council chairmanAnantha Padmanaban told PTIon Tuesday.

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aging director for IndiaSomasundaram PR said thisDiwali is not going to be veryshiny following very high pricesand already poor consumersentiment dented by the deep-ening all-round gloom in theeconomy with every key indi-cators contracting or plungingmonth after month for nearly

a year.“Buying is still happening

at the very high-end, but bulkof purchases, that is the low-to-mid range, are affected badly.Looking at the current trend wemay have to revise the overall2019 demand target, whichwas earlier predicted at 750-850tonne,” he said.

Somasundaram saidimports were much higherthan demand over severalquarters since Q1 of 2017, butJuly and August saw importsplunging 60 per cent, reflectingthe already weak trade sentiment.

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India’s exports remained inthe negative zone for the sec-

ond consecutive month inSeptember contracting by 6.57per cent to $26 billion mainlyon account of significant dip inshipments of petroleum, engi-neering, gems & jewellery andleather products.

Imports too declined by13.85 per cent to $36.89 billionin September, narrowing thetrade deficit to a seven-monthlow of $10.86 billion, accordingto the government datareleased on Friday.

Gold imports plunged62.49 per cent to $1.36 billionin the month. Imports during

the month slipped the mostafter August 2016, wheninbound shipments had con-tracted by 14 per cent. Thetrade deficit stood at $14.95 bil-lion in September 2018.

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A51-year-old city residentwhose deposit of over �90

lakh was stuck with the scam-hit PMC Bank died of a heartattack, hours after taking partin a protest by bank customerswho are seeking their moneyback.

Sanjay Gulati, the deceased,had lost his job at Jet Airwayswhen the airline was ground-ed in April, his famly said. Healso had a specially-abled childto support.

Gulati and his 80-year-oldfather CL Gulati participated in

the depositors’ protest in southMumbai on Monday morning.Later, while having a late lunchat his house in suburbanOshiwara, Sanjay collapsed,his family said.

He was rushed to a hospi-tal where he was declaredbrought dead. The cause ofdeath was given as cardiacarrest.

“He had lost his job recent-ly and was extremely stressedfor the last few days after thebank crisis. He feared we willnot get any of our moneyback,” wife Bindu Gulati toldreporters on Tuesday.

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Mumbai: India’s services exportsrose by 10.4 per cent to $18.24billion in August in the currentfinancial year, data from ReserveBank showed on Tuesday.

The services exports orreceipts were $16.53 billion inthe same month of 2018. PTI

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Indian equities continuedtheir winning run for a third

session in a row on Tuesday aspositive news on the US-Chinatrade deal front and consumerdemand revival hopes in theupcoming festive seasonenthused investors.

The BSE benchmarkSensex rallied around 421points during the day but paredsome gains towards the fag-endof the session and settled291.62 points, or 0.76 per cent,higher at 38,506.09 — a two-week high for the index.

Similarly, the broader NSENifty rose over 87 points, or0.77 per cent, to settle at11,428.30. The market rallywas mainly driven by auto andmetal stocks.

Top gainers in the Sensexpack were Vedanta, M&M,ONGC, Hero MotoCorp,Maruti Suzuki and HUL risingup to 3.79 per cent.

On the other hand, BhartiAirtel, Infosys, Tata Motors,HCL Tech, Tech Mahindraand Bajaj Finance fell as muchas 2.53 per cent.

Of the 30 scrips on theSensex, 24 shares closed withgains and 6 with losses.

Sectorally, BSE autoemerged as the top gainer with2.36 per cent rise. Other topperformers were metal, bankex,power and FMCG — rising

1.56 per cent.On the other hand, BSE

telecom, teck and IT indices fellup to 2.15 per cent.

In the broader market, BSElargecap outperformed thebenchmark Sensex by rising0.79 per cent. BSE midcapindex also gained 0.72 per centbut smallcap index slipped0.11 per cent.

In the last three tradingsessions, the Sensex has added625.69 points or 1.64 per centand the Nifty has gained 193.75points or 1.71 per cent.

“Green shoots from US-China trade talks added posi-tivity while outperformance indomestic auto stocks in expec-tation of festival demand fur-ther lifted the sentiment. FIIsare net buyers in the last twodays given stability in globalmarket. Start of Q2 results ismixed but some tailwinds onfuture earnings outlook willhelp the market to maintain themomentum,” Vinod Nair, Headof Research, Geojit FinancialServices, said.

Experts are also of theview that the central bank willcontinue with its accommoda-tive policy stance and may gofor further rate cut in the pol-icy review of December 2019,as retail inflation moved up inSeptember.

Retail inflation climbed toa 14-month high of 3.99 percent in September due to cost-

lier vegetables and pulses butstill remained within the RBI’scomfort zone, government datashowed on Monday.

Meanwhile, the Indianrupee tumbled by 31 paise toend at 71.54 against the US dol-lar. Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, fell 1.75per cent to USD 58.31 per bar-rel.

Elsewhere in Asia, bours-es in Shanghai, Hong Kongended in the red, while those inSeoul and Tokyo ended high-er.

Exchanges in Europe weretrading on a positive note afterEuropean Union’s top Brexitnegotiator hinted at the possi-bility of a deal this week.

Meanwhile, gold witnessedmuted trading on Tuesday, ris-ing marginally higher by Rs 5to Rs 39,105 per 10 gram in thenational capital as a weakerrupee kept the downside lim-ited, according to HDFCSecurities.

“Spot gold prices for 24Karat in Delhi were tradingmarginally up by Rs 5 at Rs39,105 as weaker rupee kept thedownside limited. Spot rupeewas trading 10 paise weakeragainst the dollar during theday,” Tapan Patel, senior analyst— commodities, HDFCSecurities said.

The yellow metal hadclosed at Rs 39,100 per 10 gramin the previous trade here.

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Commerce Minister PiyushGoyal on Tuesday said

India and the US do not haveany trade disputes and bothnations have huge bilateraltrade and investment potential.

Speaking during a minis-terial panel discussion at IndiaEnergy Forum here, Goyalsaid, “There is no (trade) dis-pute (with the US). We had cer-tain disagreements, but I dont

think that there is... any relationwhere there are no disagree-ments at all. I think we wel-come some ‘nok jhok’ (argu-ment). Little bit of uncertain-ty helps in taking things for-ward.”

Goyal’s comments assumessignificance in view of recentwithdrawal of GeneralizedSystem of Preferences (GSP) ortrade tariff incentives on Indianproducts by the US, especiallywhen both countries are nego-

tiating a trade agreement.Goyal was of the view that

his discussion with his UScounterpart helped improvethe bilateral relations further.

Referring to the with-drawal of GSP by the US,Goyal said, it could be a “dis-pute in the eyes of some, but Ithink it opened up an oppor-tunity for me to have a dialoguewith my colleague (US traderepresentative). We had somewonderful discussions.”

About the business poten-tial with US Energy firms hesaid, “There is huge potentialon the gas side and also innuclear energy. The US andIndia have a robust relation-ship, which has huge potentialgoing forward... We shouldnot look at incremental growthin our relationship. We shouldbe looking at a quantum leap.We have set half-trillion-dollar(trade) target (with the US).”

Goyal said that there is

huge potential of energyexports from the US to Indiaand business is going on withthe US on oil, gas and nuclearfronts. Total Indo-US trade in2018-19 was around USD 88billion.

On the imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports byDirectorate General of TradeRemedies, he said that it is aquasi-judicial body and hasnothing to do with the gov-ernment.

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Commerce and IndustryMinister Piyush Goyal

on Tuesday said that therecent economic slowdown isa cyclic structural adjust-ment, and it is the right timeto invest in India beforegrowth bounces back.

Admitting that the coun-try’s economic growth hasslowed down in past twoquarters (January-March andApril-June in 2019) to a six-year low of 5 per cent, Goyalsaid that India is no longerthe fastest-growing majoreconomy.

“India, being an economywith huge opportunities,could do well without thiskind of a slowdown... Oureconomy is like any othereconomy in the world... chal-

lenges have grown (in recenttimes),” Goyal said during apanel discussion at IndiaEnergy Forum CERAWeekhere. He further said, “Wehad a pretty good run foralmost four to five year beforethe last two quarters. It (theslowdown) is rightsizing ofcertain sectors or opportuni-ties in different areas.”

“I see the slowdown, butI don’t get unduly perturbedby it... It is an opportunity forall of us to reassess capacities,productivity and costs of pro-duction.”

Asserting that this is theright to time invest in thecountry, Goyal urged theinvestors direct funds inIndia, before the economypicks up again.

He was of the view thatwhen times are good, people

tend to lose the sixth senseand don’t care if... the pro-ductivity goes down little bit,leading to a slowdown orstructural adjustment everyfew years.

On the government’sefforts to boost economicgrowth, he said past fiveyears India collectively sawinvestments which wereworth two-and-a-half timesof the previous five years.

Further, he informed thatIndian Railways would focuson a USD 700 billion pro-gramme of investments in thenext 12 years to become anengine of growth as well asbring down logistics costwhich would impact al lindustries in the country.

Similarly, on the infra-structure side, he told that theoverall vision of the next five

year was an investment ofUSD 1.4 trillion, which willcertainly drive growth andbring back the mojo to indus-try.

He was of the view thatthe energy sector has a bigrole to play with a USD 60-70billion-dollar investmentpotential in India.

He said, “If energ ybecomes the viable proposi-tion, then the chemical andpetrochemical sector, togeth-er can truly drive backgrowth into the economy.My own sense is that energysector is at the cusp of a rev-olution in the country”.

Elaborating further, hesaid that India is willing toengage with modern tech-nology and is looking at effi-ciency in domestic produc-tion - particularly in gas.

About renewable, he saidPrime Minister NarendraModi has dropped the bomb-shell of 450 GW of renewableenerg y target — solar,nuclear, wind and gas (insome sense).

On the foreign directinvestment (FDI) he said thatIndia has opened up the plat-form to almost all sector,except to a few which aresecurity or national policyconcerns. In the energy sec-tor, 100 per cent FDI isallowed. On tax rates andease of doing business inIndia he said, “Our incometax rates are aligned with allcomparable economies. Indiaprovides single window ser-vice without opening doorsbehind the window, whichhas been experience in thepast.”

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ADANIGREEN 79.95 81.30 77.20 79.95PIIND 1337.00 1339.25 1305.00 1314.45TATAELXSI 657.50 657.50 633.10 650.80L&TFH 81.95 83.05 81.00 82.80CONCOR 586.00 597.60 583.00 594.60DELTACORP 168.00 173.10 165.00 170.90SUNTV 481.95 495.00 481.00 490.00UJJIVAN 297.50 302.95 290.25 301.40NMDC 97.90 101.90 96.70 101.30TECHM 721.00 728.00 719.10 720.10HCLTECH 1088.60 1099.00 1081.05 1084.10VOLTAS 673.00 681.00 669.80 675.80ADANIPORTS 409.50 414.40 407.60 413.90WABAG 233.00 233.60 188.45 189.90MGL 947.00 964.20 940.45 949.25RAJESHEXPO 680.00 689.35 667.00 674.70GAIL 126.50 129.05 125.60 128.00GRAPHITE 270.25 273.50 257.25 269.10TTKPRESTIG 6003.70 6003.70 5882.60 5919.30PCJEWELLER 32.70 34.40 32.50 33.40RELCAPITAL 15.20 17.20 14.20 14.30LTI 1491.30 1500.00 1475.35 1491.05ABB 1483.95 1520.00 1445.70 1496.80RVNL 25.40 25.40 23.70 24.20ICICIPRULI 450.55 460.00 449.00 455.30SPICEJET 123.40 123.50 120.00 121.95BANKINDIA 60.20 61.50 59.45 61.20DRREDDY 2663.10 2695.80 2659.80 2683.20ITDC 296.00 304.35 285.60 296.40HDFCAMC 2732.00 2744.15 2700.00 2708.45RECLTD 125.30 125.30 119.10 123.20JUBLFOOD 1320.15 1337.00 1305.00 1316.85BEML 892.80 905.50 848.50 877.60TATAGLOBAL 275.10 278.35 269.35 277.80MRF 62251.00 63386.40 61399.00 63101.05UNIONBANK 50.25 50.35 48.85 50.05M&MFIN 322.00 322.00 312.15 316.35APOLLOTYRE 169.85 173.85 167.85 173.40MUTHOOTFIN 655.00 657.35 632.50 653.85SUDARSCHEM 381.90 383.00 354.15 362.90DHFL 23.05 23.30 21.10 21.25CHOLAFIN 285.75 285.75 276.25 279.80DISHTV 16.65 17.40 16.15 16.90TATAPOWER 59.80 60.30 59.15 59.70EQUITAS 100.95 101.65 99.05 101.40PIDILITIND 1383.00 1389.50 1352.05 1377.45PETRONET 259.00 260.50 256.00 259.05IDFCFIRSTB 38.05 38.50 37.65 38.45BATAINDIA 1730.00 1732.20 1709.40 1716.45OFSS 3119.90 3148.10 3094.45 3139.10PNBHOUSING 471.00 471.00 435.00 437.05KRBL 213.10 216.50 187.30 197.60BHARATFORG 432.00 437.20 426.00 428.35NIITTECH 1395.00 1438.35 1395.00 1424.50OBEROIRLTY 498.60 508.00 496.25 504.60MANAPPURAM 139.40 139.50 135.50 137.70JAICORPLTD 75.25 82.25 74.80 81.20INDIGO 1777.00 1777.00 1748.05 1751.65RELINFRA 19.55 21.80 18.05 18.80AMBUJACEM 194.20 198.50 194.15 196.85RPOWER 2.07 2.14 1.84 2.01TORNTPHARM 1702.00 1741.00 1681.25 1699.20KTKBANK 70.90 71.75 69.10 70.60NATIONALUM 40.60 41.75 40.10 41.50SUNTECK 412.00 421.60 407.75 419.75PFC 93.00 94.70 92.15 94.25GRASIM 699.00 705.90 691.95 703.90GLENMARK 280.65 287.20 277.40 286.45POWERGRID 198.80 201.95 198.45 201.35EXIDEIND 184.90 189.30 183.05 187.80ATUL 4022.70 4029.00 3957.05 3971.90BOMDYEING 70.75 73.50 67.30 71.10NAUKRI 2278.00 2367.45 2253.50 2314.65IGL 377.60 377.60 367.70 368.55OIL 153.20 159.20 152.30 158.50POLYCAB 677.00 708.00 675.00 704.35WOCKPHARMA 255.60 259.80 240.00 253.30VIPIND 451.90 473.60 440.00 463.75DIVISLAB 1686.00 1701.60 1678.65 1692.20IBVENTURES 96.30 96.40 90.30 90.30GNFC 204.20 204.20 192.00 196.85RCF 46.70 49.20 46.65 48.90WHIRLPOOL 2041.00 2134.40 1988.00 2094.35GODREJCP 691.00 694.25 676.15 689.50

STRTECH 139.45 139.45 132.00 135.25ABCAPITAL 77.90 78.45 76.00 77.25DEEPAKNI 303.05 307.05 295.95 299.35AIAENG 1726.00 1730.00 1688.70 1710.90FINEORG 1872.40 1930.50 1851.45 1879.65HSCL 75.00 75.10 65.00 70.60IBREALEST 47.40 47.80 43.75 44.50GAYAPROJ 110.35 111.75 103.00 109.00GSKCONS 8640.00 8812.00 8424.80 8742.40ENGINERSIN 107.90 107.90 103.80 107.35SBILIFE 831.00 843.75 830.20 839.65DBL 384.85 402.75 382.80 388.30CANFINHOME 383.25 386.70 365.00 381.95CASTROLIND 133.90 134.90 132.00 133.75RNAM 267.90 269.00 260.00 261.40RITES 269.85 269.85 260.20 263.30GLAXO 1406.00 1444.35 1355.50 1432.75NHPC 23.80 23.85 23.00 23.80RAYMOND 582.30 594.00 570.05 577.00GMRINFRA 17.35 17.35 17.00 17.30SCI 44.90 45.35 43.50 44.65CYIENT 457.00 463.00 440.00 455.60JUBILANT 484.80 485.00 468.00 480.75SPARC 119.75 123.50 119.10 119.80BALKRISIND 759.10 778.05 756.45 772.35INDIACEM 82.00 82.15 79.05 79.25TATACHEM 592.20 592.20 583.00 588.30UBL 1295.00 1299.00 1265.70 1285.75VENKYS 1599.00 1619.90 1582.00 1588.00RADICO 296.40 297.25 280.90 294.05FRETAIL 381.50 382.35 358.00 380.25INFRATEL 258.25 260.30 255.45 256.85JSWENERGY 60.00 64.00 59.95 63.05MFSL 408.70 421.15 406.95 409.20MARICO 385.30 385.30 379.10 382.95SHREECEM 18726.70 18800.00 18504.75 18574.50BALRAMCHIN 154.95 156.70 152.00 155.05HONAUT 28800.00 29034.00 28675.10 28825.25TRENT 504.00 511.25 485.00 504.75ITI 81.50 83.25 81.00 81.55HINDCOPPER 30.55 32.15 29.00 31.75HINDZINC 207.95 212.00 199.00 209.00SOUTHBANK 10.15 10.16 8.50 9.99GODFRYPHLP 1015.00 1038.00 1008.00 1015.85FORCEMOT 1081.00 1100.00 1041.00 1090.35MAHABANK 10.23 10.23 8.67 9.40BLUESTARCO 816.10 816.40 766.75 789.80SWANENERGY 104.90 105.30 103.50 104.00SUVEN 257.20 271.65 257.20 265.75INTELLECT 183.75 192.45 182.25 185.70DCBBANK 185.40 185.80 174.00 181.00NAVINFLUOR 709.30 737.00 700.00 727.00ABFRL 205.90 205.90 193.00 199.45SUZLON 2.80 2.80 2.45 2.58MINDTREE 733.00 733.00 722.00 725.30CADILAHC 235.00 235.00 231.80 234.25RAIN 86.00 86.35 81.00 84.85LUXIND 1159.15 1177.80 1116.55 1152.15JINDALSAW 82.90 84.25 79.35 83.00AKZOINDIA 1811.20 1943.40 1811.20 1920.25AJANTPHARM 969.80 972.90 950.55 954.65LAXMIMACH 3280.00 3425.00 3147.25 3345.60TV18BRDCST 21.95 23.25 20.85 21.70IDFC 31.35 31.45 30.95 31.20LTTS 1550.00 1561.00 1531.75 1548.80INDHOTEL 152.00 153.40 143.00 148.95IDBI 29.40 29.40 28.90 29.00VBL 621.35 648.00 620.75 629.35PFIZER 3191.00 3210.85 3156.80 3193.60ALBK 25.60 25.65 24.60 24.85FSL 46.35 46.35 45.00 45.65BLISSGVS 106.10 107.85 105.20 107.30JKTYRE 66.00 67.20 63.10 66.00HEXAWARE 370.90 374.00 369.00 370.20GSFC 77.25 77.65 72.10 75.80CUB 218.00 218.65 204.00 214.00SYNGENE 315.00 336.95 309.10 325.05PGHL 4425.30 4475.00 4361.25 4375.45TATAMETALI 575.00 594.45 566.00 584.35MOIL 134.95 134.95 126.00 131.65TORNTPOWER 282.50 282.50 279.35 280.45ABBOTINDIA 11029.00 11029.00 10786.90 10903.60CUMMINSIND 572.00 573.00 564.55 569.20JKCEMENT 1044.05 1066.00 1020.70 1057.80AVANTI 373.00 381.50 373.00 380.50KEC 284.40 285.75 265.50 276.15GREAVESCOT 133.00 133.00 125.00 128.10RCOM 0.71 0.74 0.70 0.72HEIDELBERG 183.70 184.20 174.00 180.90SHANKARA 287.00 296.85 285.00 291.30NATCOPHARM 561.80 567.00 538.75 563.90JISLJALEQS 13.90 14.10 13.10 13.60SYNDIBANK 24.00 24.45 23.00 24.05ORIENTBANK 53.00 53.00 50.15 50.95SUPREMEIND 1208.90 1219.75 1194.50 1216.30WELCORP 128.00 132.00 127.70 131.10GRANULES 101.00 101.00 93.00 96.75TATACOFFEE 75.50 76.45 71.95 75.80INDIANB 110.80 111.85 108.10 108.90CERA 2400.00 2493.20 2342.00 2420.15PRESTIGE 283.15 292.70 282.65 291.50ASTRAZEN 2170.00 2180.05 2105.00 2134.95HUDCO 33.20 33.60 32.50 33.05PTC 54.55 55.00 52.00 54.60SUNDRMFAST 462.05 467.00 438.70 457.703MINDIA 20067.70 20254.00 19906.50 20213.10LALPATHLAB 1340.00 1386.10 1340.00 1371.10GEPIL 711.60 713.65 672.90 696.20BASF 966.25 966.25 896.85 932.60

BAJAJHLDNG 3573.35 3615.50 3565.00 3590.50KAJARIACER 561.00 561.60 551.75 560.15CHAMBLFERT 147.70 147.95 141.00 145.45HFCL 17.50 17.80 17.40 17.65WABCOINDIA 6105.05 6124.05 6061.00 6111.50GUJGAS 172.50 175.35 172.50 175.05INFIBEAM 39.65 39.90 38.90 39.25EMAMILTD 304.50 304.50 287.05 302.00NESCO 567.00 594.90 566.70 587.70MPHASIS 905.75 923.00 899.20 921.50ORIENTELEC 160.20 161.80 152.70 158.25IPCALAB 893.50 893.50 862.20 882.15JAMNAAUTO 34.15 34.65 31.85 33.20GICRE 210.00 221.00 199.00 215.25KANSAINER 512.55 521.50 506.00 517.80RALLIS 175.00 175.00 162.70 169.65REPCOHOME 283.65 294.45 278.60 288.30CHENNPETRO 154.10 157.30 152.00 155.30GHCL 206.60 207.60 195.50 205.15FINOLEXIND 597.70 597.70 573.35 590.00PHILIPCARB 112.60 114.70 112.60 113.70COFFEEDAY 37.00 37.40 36.10 36.10IRCON 371.30 372.95 364.85 365.60REDINGTON 107.10 109.50 107.10 108.95TAKE 100.70 107.65 100.70 104.75GUJALKALI 432.65 435.05 404.40 426.10VGUARD 232.60 232.80 219.00 228.95FCONSUMER 23.55 24.85 23.40 24.55EIHOTEL 176.00 176.40 163.00 170.70IRB 59.80 61.20 59.40 60.85MINDAIND 356.00 361.50 354.55 359.85AAVAS 1699.95 1699.95 1656.15 1671.85MOTILALOFS 634.20 639.70 613.00 626.60AEGISLOG 164.00 173.65 162.35 168.90TIMKEN 777.45 778.75 738.60 769.50MRPL 51.00 51.70 49.00 51.50PERSISTENT 585.20 593.25 570.25 587.25SANOFI 5907.25 5930.00 5806.45 5902.10GODREJIND 388.00 388.00 379.50 382.50J&KBANK 31.80 31.80 31.15 31.65PARAGMILK 153.70 154.80 145.70 153.40LAURUSLABS 321.95 323.00 303.70 319.35UFLEX 207.15 207.85 204.40 205.10SCHNEIDER 71.00 71.75 66.00 67.55DCAL 159.10 163.50 151.40 160.80DEEPAKFERT 89.75 90.80 86.15 89.40JBCHEPHARM 359.65 360.70 344.20 356.35AUBANK 645.30 652.55 634.20 644.65NLCINDIA 53.40 53.65 50.70 53.35ISEC 267.85 276.30 264.70 274.85SONATSOFTW 304.00 304.05 295.00 297.85GODREJAGRO 475.15 486.15 461.75 481.75CENTURYPLY 160.00 161.50 151.00 157.45ALKEM 1944.00 1951.00 1909.65 1912.90METROPOLIS 1282.80 1290.00 1270.55 1275.65THYROCARE 509.85 513.90 500.00 502.55NOCIL 102.50 102.70 101.20 102.25

CCL 236.40 238.50 202.00 233.05ALLCARGO 98.30 100.75 95.00 99.65JSLHISAR 65.20 68.40 63.20 66.35TNPL 189.10 189.85 178.00 186.00BAJAJELEC 382.00 383.20 367.00 381.05VTL 917.35 919.00 885.45 908.55KEI 541.00 544.85 533.50 542.55IFCI 6.51 6.51 6.00 6.23BALMLAWRIE 165.40 167.65 160.00 164.80JKLAKSHMI 281.50 283.25 269.00 276.80THOMASCOOK 141.90 141.90 128.65 132.70UCOBANK 11.89 11.95 11.00 11.69FINCABLES 350.80 352.95 334.95 350.00ASTRAL 1168.10 1180.05 1151.70 1170.95ANDHRABANK 15.60 16.15 15.10 15.65DALBHARAT 806.00 815.00 800.00 806.25APLAPOLLO 1367.40 1400.00 1355.60 1381.60SOBHA 440.00 450.00 432.50 446.10INOXLEISUR 335.80 338.00 328.60 333.20THERMAX 1108.80 1130.05 1092.10 1114.05VINATIORGA 2151.00 2170.00 2120.00 2136.00SJVN 24.30 24.85 24.25 24.80CENTRALBK 17.00 17.15 16.15 16.85RAMCOCEM 725.25 727.15 716.00 723.75GRINDWELL 599.90 599.90 557.00 588.95SHOPERSTOP 414.20 421.00 385.40 395.50ZYDUSWELL 1696.15 1696.15 1630.00 1648.40MAHSEAMLES 354.60 356.10 342.00 354.60COCHINSHIP 333.10 335.00 320.15 331.75MEGH 50.80 50.80 49.15 49.35WELSPUNIND 50.05 50.10 49.10 49.75UNITEDBNK 7.55 7.55 6.50 7.10DCMSHRIRAM 373.00 377.80 364.60 375.80APARINDS 500.00 532.10 493.10 508.70

APLLTD 515.00 536.40 510.00 527.05KALPATPOWR 441.85 448.25 439.35 440.85LEMONTREE 56.55 57.80 55.60 56.00IOB 9.55 9.55 8.75 9.32HAL 706.25 727.50 702.20 724.70IEX 122.05 122.90 120.80 121.85JMFINANCIL 71.30 71.70 68.00 71.50MAHLOG 366.35 366.70 359.00 364.05CREDITACC 617.15 628.50 616.20 617.45SHK 129.40 129.40 120.00 121.60PRSMJOHNSN 77.00 77.00 72.90 76.40GILLETTE 7350.00 7350.00 7200.00 7282.75FDC 161.45 162.00 152.50 159.70MAHINDCIE 145.00 149.95 141.00 143.80NIACL 96.00 96.00 94.15 94.80SKFINDIA 2104.80 2144.55 2087.15 2117.00MMTC 14.80 14.80 14.20 14.25TATAINVEST 785.00 794.10 785.00 786.15ENDURANCE 992.00 1011.00 991.10 1006.25BDL 281.10 283.00 278.25 280.75VSTIND 3790.45 3938.85 3767.70 3914.15JSL 33.90 34.90 33.45 34.35JCHAC 1994.00 2000.00 1909.00 1913.35GESHIP* 292.25 293.00 275.00 288.95CARERATING 536.00 536.50 507.00 528.80GMDCLTD 57.30 58.05 55.00 57.80GDL 95.25 95.40 85.00 92.40ASHOKA 99.35 102.50 99.05 100.80NETWORK18 20.55 20.70 19.25 19.95CGPOWER 12.81 13.56 12.81 13.09SREINFRA 8.00 8.00 7.35 7.68WESTLIFE 321.20 323.00 316.60 319.30BAYERCROP 3450.00 3450.00 3318.00 3326.20GALAXYSURF 1491.40 1499.15 1452.10 1472.65JYOTHYLAB 160.75 161.10 153.00 158.85ITDCEM 40.50 41.10 38.15 38.90SHRIRAMCIT 1338.90 1345.00 1300.00 1322.60MASFIN 691.90 700.00 687.05 699.65ORIENTCEM 84.60 84.60 81.20 82.35TRIDENT 58.80 58.80 55.55 56.15CORPBANK 14.20 14.20 13.60 13.75ZENSARTECH 204.45 211.60 202.10 209.80PNCINFRA 163.20 163.75 158.80 161.80GICHSGFIN 132.50 133.55 128.50 131.95GET&D 168.50 175.00 163.30 172.15MHRIL 209.00 210.45 204.80 208.05LAOPALA 171.50 178.90 167.25 175.00RELAXO 501.00 505.25 495.50 497.35GPPL 80.00 80.45 77.15 79.20MAXINDIA 64.05 65.00 62.00 64.25ECLERX 394.80 397.95 381.05 390.45QUESS 471.00 472.10 466.35 469.60CENTRUM 22.05 23.70 20.65 22.95MAHLIFE 454.15 454.15 432.25 437.80HATHWAY 21.50 21.55 21.30 21.55EIDPARRY 153.45 156.40 153.00 154.55ADVENZYMES 147.15 148.25 146.05 146.45JPASSOCIAT 2.18 2.20 2.09 2.12MAHSCOOTER 4506.25 4514.00 4475.00 4503.85HIMATSEIDE 140.00 140.60 137.40 138.15CAPPL 399.75 403.00 396.35 397.85KNRCON 228.40 236.35 226.25 233.50INDOSTAR 204.00 204.00 190.05 190.80STARCEMENT 93.90 98.65 93.00 93.40TEAMLEASE 3080.70 3170.55 3052.75 3131.55JSWHL 2760.00 2833.50 2735.00 2776.20DBCORP 146.30 148.75 140.00 146.50KPRMILL 554.85 559.30 553.60 558.60SOMANYCERA 194.00 196.00 187.40 191.00BLUEDART 2271.10 2298.00 2267.00 2276.00TVTODAY 306.90 306.90 296.00 297.95CARBORUNIV 286.90 289.40 280.60 285.60NILKAMAL 1173.70 1181.20 1170.40 1177.10ERIS 426.05 430.60 416.00 421.90SHILPAMED 259.55 269.50 256.80 269.50SOLARINDS 1095.50 1105.00 1078.00 1097.70TIINDIA 375.35 375.40 362.40 364.95ASTERDM 116.95 118.65 116.95 118.50TIMETECHNO 58.70 59.05 56.85 57.70IFBIND 670.75 674.65 666.00 666.45NH 235.00 238.00 232.90 232.90HERITGFOOD 321.00 330.00 321.00 325.10LINDEINDIA 513.75 517.15 511.45 514.75PHOENIXLTD 698.95 698.95 686.90 695.20COROMANDEL 403.25 407.40 400.95 405.90TVSSRICHAK 1792.50 1792.50 1745.50 1755.00TRITURBINE 100.00 104.85 100.00 104.10GULFOILLUB 878.00 880.00 870.00 874.75EVEREADY 40.05 40.30 38.10 38.10VMART 2033.00 2033.00 1987.00 2002.35JAGRAN 58.00 58.50 55.25 58.35NBVENTURES 73.35 74.00 72.70 73.30SADBHAV 131.80 132.10 129.80 131.10CHOLAHLDNG 465.00 468.00 461.00 464.80SCHAEFFLER 4101.95 4125.00 4085.00 4125.00MAGMA 47.75 48.50 47.50 47.65MINDACORP 82.45 83.55 80.45 80.95SYMPHONY 1273.40 1284.65 1268.10 1277.25SUPRAJIT 178.15 185.00 175.70 184.10DHANUKA 306.85 306.85 298.50 300.95ESSELPRO 117.05 117.80 115.05 116.10INOXWIND 33.00 33.00 31.55 31.65SIS 840.00 877.05 800.00 874.95LAKSHVILAS 22.10 22.10 22.05 22.05IBULISL 81.85 81.85 81.85 81.85TCNSBRANDS 706.15 706.15 696.30 698.15RATNAMANI 933.00 933.00 921.00 925.80CHALET 322.00 325.00 312.95 315.30

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Istanbul: President RecepTayyip Erdogan said Tuesdaythat Turkey’s operation againstKurdish militants in northernSyria would not stop until“our objectives have beenachieved”.

Turkey is in the seventh

day of its assault against theSyrian Kurdish People’sProtection Units (YPG), whichit sees as a “terrorist” off-shootof Kurdish insurgents in itsown territory.

“God willing, we willquickly secure the region

stretching from Manbij to ourborder with Iraq and ensurethat, in the first stage, one mil-lion, and then two millionSyrian refugees return to theirhomes of their own free will,”Erdogan said in a televisedspeech in Baku, where he wasattending a regional confer-ence.

He said 1,000 square-kilo-metres of Syrian territory hadso far been “liberated from theseparatist terrorist organisa-tion”.

Turkey plans to establish asafe zone stretching acrossnorthern Syria, to which it canrepatriate many of the 3.6 mil-lion refugees that it is hostingfrom the Syrian conflict. AFP

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Washington: ProtestingTurkey’s military offensive innortheast Syria, US PresidentDonald Trump has announcedsanctions against Turkish offi-cials, raising of steel tariffsand ending negotiations on a$100 billion trade deal.

Trump has signed an exec-utive order that empowers hisadministration to slap sanc-tions on Turkey.

The treasury departmenthas already placed TurkishDefence Minister Hulusi Akar,Interior Minister SuleymanSoylu and Energy MinisterFatih Donmez on its sanctionslist, while Trump in a letter toSpeaker Nancy Pelosi of the USHouse of Representatives hasdeclared the Turkey issue anational emergency.

On Wednesday, Ankaralaunched a cross-border assaulton Kurdish fighters after the USdecided to withdraw troopsfrom Syria, a move criticised bythe Republicans, with someterming it a “betrayal” of theKurds.

“This (executive) order willenable the US to impose pow-erful additional sanctions onthose who may be involved inserious human rights abuses,obstructing a ceasefire, pre-venting displaced persons fromreturning home, forcibly repa-triating refugees or threateningthe peace, security or stabilityin Syria,” Trump said in astatement.

Turkey’s military offensiveis endangering civilians andthreatening peace, security andstability in the region, he said,adding that he has been per-fectly clear with his Turkishcounterpart that his action isprecipitating a humanitariancrisis and setting conditions forpossible war crimes. PTI

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Tal Tamr (Syria): Kurdishforces held out in a key bordertown Tuesday seven days intoa deadly Turkish invasion ofnortheastern Syria that hascaused mass displacement andreshaped the political map.

The United States slappedsanctions on its NATO ally in a bid to stop an assault that its own troop withdrawalfrom the area triggered butAnkara showed no sign ofrelenting.

Using a dense network oftunnels, berms and trenches,Kurdish fighters from theSyrian Democratic Forces(SDF) have been mounting adesperate defence of Ras al-Ain. AFP

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Beijing: China on Tuesdaycalled on Turkey to stop itsmilitary action in northernSyria and “return to thecorrect way of political resolution”, with Ankara’soperation against Kurdishmilitants in its seventh day.

Turkey launched anassault last week against the Syrian Kurdish People’sProtection Units (YPG),which it sees as a “terrorist” offshoot ofKurdish insurgents in itsown territory. AFP

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ally Turkey’s controversial oper-ation against Kurdish forces innorthern Syria on Tuesday, say-ing Ankara had acted against an“imminent threat”. Turkey hashelped Qatar weather the effectsof a two-year regional eco-nomic embargo led by Riyadhover claims of support for Iranand Islamist extremism, deniedby Doha. But Ankara has facedwidespread condemnation forits deadly incursion, with theUS imposing sanctions onprominent Turkish leaderswhile France and Germanyhave halted arms sales. AFP

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Kabul: Hundreds of peoplewere killed or wounded in vio-lence related to Afghanistan’srecent presidential election sea-son as the Taliban sought toundermine the democraticprocess, a UN agency said onTuesday.

The United NationsAssistance Mission inAfghanistan (UNAMA)reported that 85 people werekilled and another 373 wound-ed in election violence duringthe period from June 8 toSeptember 30.

On polling day alone, 28

civilians were killed and 249injured. Children accountedfor more than one-third of thevictims.

Despite the high toll,Afghan security forces saidelection day was a successbecause the Taliban failed topull off any large-scale attacksthat stole the headlines.

The majority of Talibanattacks involved the use ofrockets, grenades and mor-tars, as well as homemadebombs planted near pollingcentres, including schools, thereport found. AFP

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Human Rights Watchwarned European coun-

tries on Tuesday against trans-ferring foreign jihadist sus-pects from prisons in war-torn northeastern Syria to Iraq.

The New York-basedwatchdog expressed concernthat some countries with sig-nificant contingents of prison-ers in Syria were seeking tomove them across the border.

A Turkish invasion of areascontrolled by Kurdish forceshas sparked deep concern inEurope about the potential formass breakouts by members ofthe Islamic State group.

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Hong Kong: Hong Kong’sleader said on Tuesday that “it’stotally irresponsible andunfounded” to suggest thesemi-autonomous Chinese ter-ritory is becoming a policestate as her Government grap-ples with protests now in theirfifth month.

Carrie Lam has defendedHong Kong’s 30,000-strongpolice force, now widely detest-ed by protesters for its riot-con-trol methods and nearly 2,600arrests.

Responding to criticismfrom visiting US Senators, Lam

also said that she challengesevery politician to ask them-selves what they would do iffaced by the scale of violenceseen in Hong Kong.

The protests started in Juneover a contested extradition billthat would have allowed somecriminal suspects to be sent fortrial in mainland China andhave snowballed into an anti-government, anti-police andanti-China movement.

The protests have increas-ingly ended in violence betweenhardcore demonstrators andpolice. Police on Monday said

a homemade, remote-con-trolled bomb intended to “killor to harm” riot control officerswas detonated as they deployedagainst renewed violence inHong Kong over the weekend.Police say the device explodednot far from a police vehicle, butno one was injured.

An 18-year-old was toappear in court Tuesday facinga charge of intentional wound-ing for a slashing attack Sundaywith a sharp blade, described asa box cutter by Hong Kongmedia, that cut a police officer’sneck and severed a nerve. AP

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Luxembourg: EU Brexit nego-tiator Michel Barnier said onTuesday that a deal with Britaincould be reached this week, butwarned more tough talks are stillneeded.

British and EU officials areracing to reach a deal on Britain’sexit terms before a summit ofEU leaders starting on Thursday,as Prime Minister Boris Johnsonseeks to fulfil his vow to takeBritain out on October 31.

As he arrived inLuxembourg to brief the other27 EU states on the state of the

closed-door talks, Barnier strucka cautiously upbeat note.

“This work has been intenseall along the weekend and yes-terday because even if the agree-ment will be difficult — moreand more difficult to be frank —it’s still possible this week,”Barnier told reporters.

“Obviously any agreementmust work for everyone — thewhole of the United Kingdomand the whole of the EuropeanUnion. Let me add also that it ishigh time to turn good inten-tions into legal text.” AFP

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Jakarta: Indonesian policesaid they have arrested morethan two dozen suspectedmilitants after members of anetwork linked to theIslamic State (IS) group triedto assassinate a GovernmentMinister.

The world’s biggestMuslim majority nation ison high alert ahead ofPresident Joko Widodo’s sec-ond-term inauguration onSunday, with some 27,000troops expected to bedeployed in the capitalJakarta. AFP

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MBA in Information TechnologyBusiness Management is anextensive course with spe-

cialised streams, designed to inculcateand amplify the necessary skills with-in students, which will help themunderstand the business requirementsand devise potential technology solu-tions for the successful execution of thesame. The programme aims at devel-oping professionals with excellent lead-ership, management and entrepre-neurship qualities. MBA in IT BusinessManagement is a two-year post-grad-uate programme. It is one of the mostadvanced courses present in the edu-cation world today.

MBA (ITBM) trains the students tolead their organisations with proficiencyand with caliber. This course gives theman opportunity to transform themselvesinto multifaceted experts in theInformation Security industry. MBA(ITBM) has an extremely comprehen-sive scope as it offers various speciali-sations to the students and lets themselect the field they would like toexplore. This opens a plethora of pro-fessional doors for a fresh graduate toenter. The specialisation streams ofMBA (ITBM) include systems, infor-mation security management, soft-ware solutions management, IT infra-structure management & data science.

The systems specialisation providesinsights, knowledge, and practice on thevital amalgamation of business andtechnology, and builds the mastery itdemands to manage and balance both.This programme focuses on equippingtech into business processes through theapplication of innovative strategies.The industry-centric course contentcovers all the essential aspects, includ-ing enterprise resource planning, ser-vice-oriented architecture, require-ments engineering, enterprise perfor-mance management, six sigma forprocess optimisation and more. Thecareer prospects in this specialisationinclude functional consultancy, require-ments engineering, process optimisa-tion, business development, ERP plan-ning and implementation, businessanalysis, quality management and busi-ness process management.

Information Security Managementspecialisation emphasises on the man-agement of risks associated with oper-ating systems, databases, applications,routers and firewalls and others inorganisations that are evolving andexpanding each day. Alleviating theserisks on each level has become anabsolute necessity of a growing business.The Information Security Managementspecialisation aims at developing pro-fessionals who are capable of under-standing information workflows andthe risks associated with them so thatthey can form strategies for an infor-mation secured business environment.Prospective career profiles for thisspecialisation are information riskmanagement, IT security consulting, ITadvisory services, information securi-ty audit, identity and access manage-ment, BCM & ISMS implementation,HIPAA auditing and implementation,

compliance and due diligence, IT pro-ject advisory.

Software Solutions Managementspecialisation teaches students the artand process of fetching effective solu-tions to the problems concerning thebusiness of an organisation. They learnabout management information sys-tems, principles of marketing, finance,HRM, data warehousing & the conceptsrelated to business intelligence. MBASSM students comprehend how to han-

dle technology, along with possessingstandard managerial skills. They alsogain knowledge about different anddiverse domains like manufacturing orlogistics and banking or finance.prospective career profiles for this spe-cialisation are IT sales and marketing,business process analysis, softwaresolution development, quality verifi-cation, enterprise solutions architecture,techno-functional consultancy, softwarearchitecture and devops.

IT Infrastructure Managementspecialisation gives students a detailedoverview of emerging technologieslike unified communications, enter-prise-wide networks, and next-gener-ation intelligent network solutions,which are needed collectively to fulfillthe growing needs and demands of anorganisation. Professionals who canplan, design, deploy and monitor largeand complex networks, it is a distinc-tive role that demands a strong under-standing of business and technologicaldomains.

Prospective career profiles for ITinfrastructure management are networksecurity and audit, data centre man-agement, IT advisory services, networkinfrastructure sales, IT infrastructuremanagement services, BCP/DR con-sultant, business development IMS, net-work solution and design, infrastruc-ture project management.

Data Science specialisation willprovide intensive training to build therequired skillsets for a successful careerin the big data & business analyticsindustry. Students of this specialisationwill procure the skill needed to offercustomised solutions for the contem-porary data problems surfacing in thebusiness sphere. Prospective careerprofiles for this specialisation are bigdata analysis, market analyst, behavioralanalytics, social network & sentimentanalysis, business development, busi-ness process analysis, consumer ana-lytics, business process management,business analytics.

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With the aim of creating strong strategiesand roadmaps to make school exami-

nations less stressful, the NorthwestAccreditation Commission, USA (NWAC)hosted a conference titled De-stressingExamination organised by Council of Boardsof School Education in India (COBSE) lastweek. The conference was inaugurated by for-mer UGC Chairman Professor Ved Prakash.The event gave special focus on De-StressingExamination on the lines of Draft NationalEducation Policy 2019.

Director General of National TestingAgency (NTA) Vineet Joshi also attended theconference and spoke about the importanceof coordination among all the boards and NTA,

to enable proper verification of students at theapplication stage of exams conducted byNTA.

Dr Sanyam Bhardwaj, Controller ofExaminations, CBSE gave a detailed presen-tation on the way CBSE is bringing about achange in the evaluation and examinationprocess to reduce the stress.

“The biggest challenge in front of educa-tors today is to come up with a curriculum thathas a futuristic orientation. The educationboards do not only have the responsibility ofcertifying students, but they also have theresponsibility to prepare the children fortomorrow’s world. Students must not be edu-cated on age-old patterns rather they shouldbe made future-ready,” Ved Prakash said on theoccasion.

Around 1000 students fromover 10 schools visited the

Techno Blizz, an open house andscience and technology exhibi-tion at the Department ofElectronics and InstrumentationEngineering (EIE) at Tech Parkin SRM Institute of Science andTechnology, KattankulathurCampus.

A total of around 14 labswere set up with various kinds ofinstruments, prototypes andequipment to help studentsunderstand the intricacies ofelectronics and instrumentationengineering. A few of these dis-

plays were developed by the stu-dents and faculty of the EIEDepartment.

This Techno Blizz was donein collaboration with IndiraGandhi Centre for AtomicResearch (IGCAR), Kalpakkam.

A team of scientists and engi-neers from the Nuclear ResearchCentre displayed scientific mod-els and explained to students thebasic functioning of the center.Speaking about the Open House,Head of the Department, Dr AVimala Joseph said: “The two-day event provided informationabout the department andSRMIST at large. The childrenalso got hands-on experience andinsight into the different aspectsof Electronic andInstrumentation engineeringthrough orientation and workingmodels.”

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The 28th IEEE Conferenceon Robot and Human

Interactive Communication(RO-MAN 2019), whichkicked off on Monday here,hosts a series of technical talks,special sessions, workshops,tutorials exhibitions and awardsfunction during the four-day-long event. With the theme“Responsible Robotics and AIfor the Real World” — expertsand delegates underlined theimportance of developingresponsible technology in anera where robotics and AI are

intruding various aspects of oursocial as well as private lives.

The four-day conferencefrom October 14-17, 2019brings in all dimensions ofresearch and development inRobotics and AI.

This is the first time IEEERo-MAN Conference is takingplace in the Indian subconti-nent. The idea is to connect theIndian and international com-munities in the fast-growingsector of Robotics & AI. Nearly205 high-quality papers arebeing presented in 25 oral ses-sions and one poster sessionspread over four days.

Qualifying for the interview ofUPSC engineering services,

which is the final stage of selectionhas always been a dream for its aspi-rants. Everyone wants to performtheir best at this stage. Afterall, theselected candidates are among the0.5 per cent who manage to crackthe IES examination. Nearly 1 lakhstudents compete for around 600vacancies every year for differentengineering branches.While thewritten test evaluates the technicalknowledge of the candidates, the IESinterview gauges their personalitycombined with their field-relatedknowledge. The interview also triesto bring out qualities like intuitivepowers, spontaneity, practicality,soft skills, leadership qualities, con-fidence level and team spirit of thefinalists. That said, it is the 200marks and a set of rigorous ques-tions that ultimately decides the fateof those 0.5 per cent candidateswhether they can manage to getthrough one of the most sought-afterengineering recruitment examina-tions. Sounds gruelling? Fret not! Allyou need is a well-defined plan andsome extra efforts to tackle all yourapprehensions and give your bestshot. Here is a list of preparation tipsand tricks for the upcoming IESinterview:

Pay attention while filling theDetailed Application Form (DAF):

Prior to your interview, the mostcrucial thing is to fill the DAF verycarefully. Because, a lion’s share ofthe interview questions will bebased on your own profile such asyour previous job experience, hob-bies, your hometown, college andothers. You cannot afford to gowrong while answering those ques-tions and stick to the informationwhile you are talking at the inter-view.

Focus on current affairs: Thecandidate must stay updated withthe latest national and internation-al affairs. So flip through the news-

papers, surf the current affairs blogsand news pieces and take quizzes asmuch as possible.

Keeping the knowledge aboutyour subjects and the final year col-lege project in place: The interviewboard pays a lot of attention to acandidate’s technical and subjectknow-how. So make sure you getyour basic concepts right and pre-pare two/three of your favouritetechnical subjects and their practi-cal applications as you will be askedquestions about your understandingof the subjects

Emphasise on the tricky ques-

tions: The interviewer might askquestions related to your state/cityand its historical importance, yourhobbies, your weaknesses, the rea-son behind joining IES and muchmore. These questions should beanswered tactically to avoid creatingany negative impression on thepanel. For instance, while talkingabout your weaknesses, direct youranswers smartly towards yourstrengths.

Never create answers: Not sureabout your answer to a particularquestion? Say it clearly to the inter-viewer. Never try to say anythingnegative or create answers to some-thing you are not sure about. It willonly create a negative impact andconfusion.

Groom yourself well on the D-day: We all must have heard the say-ing, the First impression is the lastimpression. So, make sure you areformally dressed and well-groomedfor the interview as this will createa lasting impression on the inter-viewer from the time you enter theinterview room.

Remember, it is the selection dayso give your best shot at the inter-view with patience, confidence andclarity. This will increase yourchances of getting through theinterview with utmost success.

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Knowledge is believed to be tran-scending international bound-

aries overcoming regional barriersmore widely and quicker than everbefore. People along with their chil-dren are travelling the globe pro-viding the young ones an enhancedexposure to experiences and moreopportunities to learn new things.Educators believe that there is a needto scout for more innovative ways forchildren to gain relevant knowledgeand skills in an easy and impactfulway.

Experiential education is onesuch well-structured methodology oflearning. It enables children toorganise their pattern of thought andtransform it into action more effec-tively. It helps them understandtheir existing environment and bebetter prepared to deal with real-lifescenarios, as they grow older. Beinga parent or guardian, one wouldobserve that when children returnfrom school they are more likely toinitiate discussion about what alltranspired that day rather than shar-ing what was actually taught in theclassroom. Such is the power of anexperience that allows more reten-tion and can leave an ever-lastingimpact on a child’s mind, over andabove any traditional method oflearning.

The benefits of experientiallearning are embedded deep within

the core of a child’s learning process.This methodology helps breakdowncomplex knowledge into simplercontent that is engaging and quick tolearn. As we know, in a traditionalclassroom setup the dominant modeof learning is listening, however, inan experience based environmentlearning goes beyond the classroomand forces a child to use cognitiveabilities in combination with phys-ical skills to take a desired action.This brings out various aspects of achild’s personality to the forefrontand helps them recognise their skillsand interests in unique ways.

When a child is rewarded fortaking a particular action, it encour-ages them to further undertakethose tasks repeatedly, thereforebecoming better with each play.

Experiential education starts

with a basic visit organised by theschool to a Museum, voluntarywork in the local community, or pro-ject oriented visits to National parksand so forth. These experienceswere widely used across the globe asa part of the curriculum to makereal-life scenarios informative andfun for children.

Later we saw that there truly wasa need for more engaging means oflearning for children. This gave riseto digitalisation of classrooms, edu-cational toys, show events, and edu-tainment or theme-based parks withnewer attractions. To complementthese means, technologies likerecorded audio headsets, audiobooks, simulated games can also beused to give on-ground learning anew dimension altogether.

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returned to Kolkata amid a grandwelcome the former Cricket Indiacaptain said there was no politicsto be read into his getting nom-inated as the boss of Indiancricket.

Soon after landing at theNSI Airport the cricketing south-paw said, “there was no politicalpressure on me; neither is thereany political deal,” behind his get-ting the priced post. When askedas to whether he saw a shinningpolitical future ahead of himparticularly after the 2021 BengalAssembly elections, he remainednon-committal saying “there wasno talk with anyone on my polit-ical future.”

Incidentally hours beforebeing tipped off to be the firstcricketer to become a BCCI pres-ident Ganguly had a brief meet-ing with Home Minister AmitShah which many critic saw as aprelude to his becoming theBoard president.

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him he said “there is nothingwrong if any politician wantsgood people to join politics.There is nothing wrong if MrAmit Shah or Mamata Didi wantgood people to join their parties.”

On his future chemistry withBCCI secretary designate JayShah he said “Jay and I have beenvery good friends.

Both of us are young andboth of us have experience andboth of us want to do somethingfor the Indian cricket. So it willbe a great inning for both of us.There will not be lack of any

effort … whether I will be suc-cessful or not I can’t say but I cansay that I will work to the best ofmy capability for the cause ofIndian cricket.”

Dwelling on his priorities asthe BCCI chief he said “my firstpriority is the whole lot of firstclass cricketers. It is this pool ofcricketers from where the toppayers emerge. But the remaininglot of first class cricketers getsvery little for them. So it will bemy first priority to do somethingfor them. We will work collective-ly and change their lives.”

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Injured India opener SmritiMandhana has lost her

number one status after beingtoppled by New Zealand’sAmy Satterthwaite in the bat-ting chart of the latest ICCODI rankings.

Mandhana, who has 755points, slipped to the numbertwo spot after she missedIndia’s recently concludedODI series against SouthAfrica due to injury.

The 23-year-old suffereda fracture in her right toe afterbeing struck by a ball duringa net session before the startof the ODI series againstSouth Africa which India won3-0.

Among others batters,skipper Mithali Raj moveddown to the seventh spotwhile her Harmanpreet Kaurrose in the rankings to theoccupy the 17th place.

In the bowlers’ rankings,Jhulan Goswami, ShikhaPandey and Poonam Yadavmoved down to be placedsixth, eighth and ninth respec-tively.

Among the all-rounders,Deepti Sharma has moveddown to the third place whileShikha Pandey broke into thetop 10.

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The demoralising defeats atthe hands of India in the

first two Tests has forced SouthAfrican paceman KagisoRabada to think if his side canbe put under more pressure.

India’s top-order fired inunison to bury South Africaunder a mountain of runs inboth the Tests, where theyamassed 500 and 600 in the firstinnings in Visakhapatnam andPune.

“We’ve been put underimmense pressure. I don’t knowif we can be put more pressurethan that,” Rabada toldreporters.

The 24-old year old pace-man acknowledged that notonly Indian batsmen but theirbowlers also outsmarted them.

It’s been a long time whenSouth Africa took 20 wickets in

a Test match and Rabada, whois South Africa’s leading seam-er, only has four wickets fromtwo matches in this series.

“They got the ball toreverse and they bowled well asa collective. Their whole attackput pressure on us in every sin-gle aspect. Their spinnersbowled well and when the ballwas reversing their seamerscould exploit that. We didn’treally get the ball to reverse andthat’s a major weapon of ours,”he explained.

Rabada is hoping that thisphase will be over soon.

“It’s never nice to lose,especially in the manner we’relosing right now but we’regoing through a transition peri-od. Our team is fresh andyoung, so the best thing we cando is look at where we canimprove and remember ourstrengths and build on them.”

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Head coach-cum-chief selec-tor Misbah-ul-Haq is

extremely disappointed with theattitude of some Pakistani play-ers, who shy away from propertraining, lack discipline anddon’t adhere to professional stan-dards.

Pakistan recently suffered awhitewash against Sri Lanka inthe three-game T20I series athome and Misbah remains verydisappointed at the way the top-ranked side capitulated to SriLanka in front of home crowds.

“What has disturbed Misbahthe most in his first assignmentas head coach and the chiefselector is the reluctance of someplayers to follow directions of themanagement and do propertraining to keep high fitnessstandards,” one source said.

“He is unhappy that someplayers are just too relaxed andtake training lightly and are notworking on improving theircricket discipline. He has also notbeen encouraged by the attitudeof captain, Sarfaraz Ahmedwhom he feels shies away fromtaking responsibility when thechips are down.”

Another source said thatMisbah was surprised by thebehaviour of three senior play-ers — Wahab Riaz, Imad Wasim,and Haris Sohail.

“Several times he felt theywere making excuses to shyaway from training and propernets. He got the feeling they hadsome sort of excuse ready to goeasy on their training,” the sourcesaid.

“Batsman, Haris Sohail hasdeveloped a painful habit ofmaking excuses for having someniggling problem or pain whenasked to push himself in training.

“Another problem whichconfronts Misbah is that most ofthe players don’t appear to havethe cricket discipline to followand execute plans on the fieldwhich are discussed in the dress-ing room.”

The source said at one stageMisbah even felt that the deci-sion of former head coachMickey Arthur to keep left-armpacer Wahab Riaz out of theteam was understandable.

The long-serving formerPakistan captain is also notpleased that some players are alsonot displaying the required pro-fessional standards.

“Two players bluntlyinformed their team’s headcoaches that they would reachfor the National T20Championship matches inFaisalabad on the morning of thegames. When Misbah came toknow about this he told thehead coaches they should bemore firm with the players andensure they joined their provin-cial team a day before the match-es,” one source said.

Misbah is also surprised thatArthur and the ex-support staffdidn’t pay enough attention todeveloping proper batsmen in allformats and didn’t look beyondBabar Azam.

“It is not a very happy situ-ation now and one can expectMisbah to take some hard deci-sions as chief selector whileselecting the T20 and Test squadsfor the coming tour of Australia,”he said.

Zahid Mahmood, a leg-spin-ner who in the past has beenignored by the selectors andcoaches, is now under the consid-eration of Misbah who is not sat-isfied with the form of currentteam leggies, Yasir Shah andShadab Khan.

Similarly, Misbah is also onthe lookout for some new pacebowlers and youngster NaseemShah is under his scanner for theAustralian tour.

The source said it will also beinteresting to see whether Misbahsupports Sarfaraz Ahmed to con-tinue as a Test captain when theboard meets to decide on the cap-tains for the Australian tour.

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With the VIVO ProKabaddi League Season

Seven entering its penulti-mate phase, the semi-finals,all eyes are on the star athleteswho have pushed their teamstowards the coveted title.Defending championsBengaluru Bulls have rode onPawan Sehrawat’s raidingbrilliance all season but theywill be up against Leaguetoppers Dabang Delhi KC,who have with them anotherbrilliant talent in raiderNaveen Kumar. In the secondsemi-final, Bengal Warriorswill face an in-form UMumba side, who outclasseda strong Haryana Steelersunit in the Eliminators.

BATTLE OF RAIDERSFor most parts of this sea-

son, Pawan Sehrawat haslooked the best Kabaddi play-er in the country, and he hascarried that form into thecrucial, knockout stages ofthe competition. His 20-pointperformance was vital inBulls’ comeback victoryagainst UP Yoddha in theEliminators and the defend-ing champions will onceagain be reliant on the High-Flyer for the raid pointsagainst Delhi, especially withRohit Kumar still lookingtroubled by his back injury.Pawan has 328 points from 23matches this season, includ-ing 17 Super 10s, but theraider will be facing a famil-iar foe in Delhi’s left cornerRavinder Pahal. Interestingly,the ‘Hawk’ has a better head-to-head histor y againstPawan in duels (8-7), and willtake belief from NiteshKumar’s performances forUP against the raider fromthe same position.

At the other end, NaveenKumar will be keen to launchthe wrecking ball onto a leakyBulls’ defence. BarringMahender Singh, no defend-er looked convincing in theirgame against UP, and inNaveen they will be facing araider of another class. The19-year-old, a produce of the

Future Kabaddi Heroes(FKH) programme, has 19consecutive Super 10s thisseason (268 points from 21matches), and will be a forceto reckon with. With both theraiding departments lookingstrong, the match will mostlikely be won by the defence.

“WELL-BALANCED” SIDESBengal Warriors,

arguably, have been the mostcomplete side in Season 7,with their defence and attackfiring hand in hand. But theywill be facing a U Mumba,often called a defence-reliantteam, who have discovered anew dimension through twoyoung raiders — AbhishekSingh and Arjun Deshwal.The duo scored 32 points forthe Mumbai side in theirEliminator round, and with UMumba also peaking at theright time, the second semi-final will be a tactical warfare.Baldev Singh (averaging 2.59tackles per match) and RinkuNarwal have been in goodform for the Warriors andthey will be keen to make lifedifficult for Mumbai’s youngraiders. Maninder Singh’sinjury concerns will be aconcern for the Bengal teamthough, especial ly withMumbai corners of FazelAtrachali (top scoringdefender in season seven with

81 points so far) and SandeepNarwal in red-hot form. Butin K Prapanjan andMohammad Nabibakhsh, theWarriors have a great raidingunit to support Maninder.

The eliminator roundswere testimony to the factthat there can be no clearfavourites in a Kabaddimatch. Expect nothing shortof fireworks as the mostfiercely competed season ofVIVO PKL enters the finalstages.

The players had a takeon the semi-final match:

Talking about the semi-finals Pawan Hi-FlyerSehrawat, Captain ofBengaluru Bulls, said “It wasa great match yesterday, Ihave never played such a high

quality match. During myschool days I played a matchwhich ended in a draw andafter that I played a tied gamein the knockout stage yester-day and it was a great experi-ence to be part of it. I had losthope of winning but then ourcoach motivated me and wehad Rohit bhai's support alsothat kept me going. Therewere so many excitingmoments in the match that inthe end turned it turned inour favour. It was a completeteam effort. Our match withDabang Delhi KC is going tobe challenging, they are agood and balanced team withgood quality defenders andraiders and like the previousone it is going to be a closecall. A blockbuster of a Raid

Fest for sure!” Talking about the semi-

finals Fazel Sultan Atrachali,Captain of U Mumba, said“The last match with Haryanawas very difficult as Haryanahad played us very recentlyand they knew our gameplay.They had strategized accord-ingly to ensure the best result.However, it was a very impor-tant time for me because inthe last season, we qualified tothe playoffs and then could-nt go further so I wanted tonot repeat the same mistake.Yesterday's game was reallygood because we won such atough match so the team isvery motivated and confi-dent. We have strategizedfocusing on defence and whenwe have a controlled defencewe perform really well. EvenBengal Warriors has a gooddefence but I think we canovercome that. We need toconcentrate on team workand not depend on any oneplayer during the match,everyone has to support eachother and play as a unit.”

Talking about the semi-finals Joginder Narwal,Captain of Dabang Delhi,said “The season has beentough and the competitionduring the league stage ishigh. The team worked hardand emerged as table toppers,we wish to continue themomentum and give our bestduring the semi-finals. Wehave always taken one gameat a time and will do so evenfor our match againstBengaluru Bulls. Our aim is topick the cup this year, and weare working towards it.”

Talking about the semi-finals Nabibaksh, BengalWarriors, said “U Mumba putup a good game, they were onpoint with their defence andoffence. We are preparing forthe semi-finals and practicingrigorously to make sure wekeep the pressure on ouropponent from the begin-ning. The match against UMumba will be a neck-to-neck battle and we will giveour best to make sure weemerge victorious andadvance to the finals.”

��7���L� Phil Simmons hasreturned to take charge of theWest Indies three years afterbeing dismissed in controver-sial circumstances, CricketWest Indies has announced.

In a statement CWI said onMonday that Simmons wouldbe head coach for the next fouryears. He led the Windies to the2016 Twenty20 World Cupbefore being booted out amidtensions with his paymasters.

“Bringing Phil Simmonsback is not just righting a pastwrong, but I am confidentthat CWI has chosen the right

man for the job at the righttime,” said CWI presidentRicky Skerritt.

Former West Indies all-rounder Simmons, 56, wassacked in September 2016 for“differences in culture andstrategic approach” betweenwith the cricket hierarchydespite their remarkable T20World Cup triumph.

Simmons’ success in theT20 arena however was notmirrored in Test cricket.During his reign the WestIndies won only one of 14Tests. PTI

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Ireland captain GaryWilson wants his side

to ensure they finish"right at the top again" inthe upcoming 2020 T20World Cup qualifyingtournament, but Nigeriaand Jersey are amongthose chasing a "dream"appearance on the glob-al stage.

Scotland are thehighest-ranked team inthe competition, with 14nations vying for sixplaces in the openinground of next year'sWorld T20 in Australia,where they would joinBangladesh and SriLanka in attempting toreach the 'Super 12s'.

Ireland are the onlyTest team having to gothrough qualifying,which starts on Friday inthe United ArabEmirates, and will beexpected to book a sixthstraight appearance inthe tournament.

"We are here to com-pete at the world stage,"said Irish skipper Wilson."We have a great recordin the Middle East andthe boys are looking for-ward to a great tourna-ment and ensure we fin-ish right at the top again."

The winners of eachgroup of seven will qual-ify automatically, withthe four remaining spotsto be decided in playoffs.

Scotland, 11th in theworld T20 rankings,claimed their first-everwin at a global ICC tour-nament in the 2016 edi-tion by beating HongKong, but will be lookingto put the pain of agonis-ingly missing out on the50-over World Cup ear-lier this year behindthem.

They had twochances to secure a placeduring last year's qualify-ing in Zimbabwe, butlost to Ireland before raincut short their tense runchase against two-timeworld champions theWest Indies.

"We know everyteam is dangerous in thiscompetition," saidScotland captain KyleCoetzer. "It is vitallyimportant not only for usas Scotland but for everyteam here."

JERSEY CHASING 'DREAM'The Netherlands,

who reached the 'Super10' round in 2014,Oman, Hong Kong andhosts the UAE will all beamong the favourites toqualify.

But the l ikes ofNigeria, Jersey andSingapore insist they arenot going to just makeup the numbers as theybid to give cricket aboost in their countries.

There was already ashock in the Asianregional qualifiers, withSingapore reaching thisstage ahead of Nepal, theworld's 13th-ranked out-fit.

Island team Jerseyare playing in their sec-ond consecutive qualifi-er, having fallen shortfour years ago despitesurprise victories overHong Kong and Nepal.

"For Jersey, it wouldprobably be the biggestthing that has happenedin our sporting history,"admitted captainCharles Perchard.

"It's a dream of oursto potentially play in aWorld Cup next year...

"We're a small island

and in a lot of sports wedo punch above ourweight, especially incricket and qualificationwould be massive forour country."

Nigeria havereached the final stage ofqualifying for the firsttime as cricket continuesto grow in the Africancountry, with their youthside booking a spot atnext year's Under-19World Cup in SouthAfrica.

"It would be a greatthing to be at the WorldCup. It would be a greathistory for Nigeria," saidtheir skipper AdemolaOnikoyi, after his teamtook the place ofZimbabwe followingtheir suspension by theICC.

"Our juniors will beat the World Cup nextyear in South Africa, sowe want to do that aswell."

Singapore, led byAmjad Mahboob, arealso debutants at thequalifying event, whileBermuda will be lookingto repeat the heroics oftheir side who famouslyreached the 2007 WorldCup.

The qualifiers getunderway on Friday,with Scotland facingSingapore in the openingGroup A game, whileIreland take on HongKong and the UAE playOman in Group B.

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Domestic cricket stalwart andformer India opener Wasim

Jaffer on Tuesday slammed the“unfit” pitches being used inVadodara for the Vijay HazareTrophy.

Jaffer took to Twitter to vent outhis frustration.

“Absolutely unfit pitches to playin ‘List A’ matches in Vadodara,” hewrote.

Later Jaffer, who is the highest-run scorer in Ranji Trophy, said thatthe pitch at the Motibaug ground was“close to being dangerous”.

“Yes, specially the pitch atMotibaug is close to being danger-ous. Two-three players were hit by aball and nobody is scoring more than150-160 runs.

“Our tournament was (sup-pose) to start on 24th (September)but then there was rain for two

weeks. So, I don’t know why theBaroda Cricket Association first of alltook up (the job) to host VijayHazare,” Jaffer said.

All the Group B matches havebeen played in Baroda and Jaffer’steam Vidarbha won only two of theirnine matches, losing four. Three oftheir games had no result. They arelanguishing at the 8th spot in theElite Group B standings and 13th inthe combined Group A and B stand-ings.

“And the matches we are playingon, if you look at the scores, you willget to know what kind of wickets weare playing on. In Bengaluru, Jaipurand Dehradun they are getting goodpitches to play (on), so its just feelsvery sad,” Jaffer said.

A senior member of theVidarbha’s coaching staff believesthat the match-referee should submita detailed report about the conditionof pitches to the BCCI.

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Former India captain SouravGanguly, who is set to be the

new BCCI president, wants theVirat Kohli-led national team toreverse the trend of losing theknock-out games in ICC events.

“India are a good team. Iknow they have not won a bigtournament. But they play well inbig tournaments except the semi-finals and the final. Hopefully,Virat can change it around. He isa champion player,” Gangulytold reporters here on Tuesday.

India have not won an ICCevent since the 2013 ChampionsTrophy. The team finished run-ner-up in the 2017 ChampionsTrophy final after losing toPakistan.

In the World Cup earlier thisyear, India were one of thefavourites to win the title butended up losing the semifinal toNew Zealand.

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Ukraine beat Portugal 2-1 on Mondayto clinch a place at Euro 2020

despite Cristiano Ronaldo scoring his700th career goal.

Roman Yaremchuk and AndriyYarmolenko put Ukraine two goals upafter 27 minutes.

Although Ronaldo scored his land-

mark goal from the penalty spot in the72nd minute and Taras Stepanenko wassent off, Ukraine held on to secure firstplace in Group B.

Ukraine join already qualifiedPoland, Russia, Italy and Belgium at nextsummer’s finals, while second-placedPortugal, who are eight points behind

Ukraine, have Serbia just a point behindthem with two matches remaning afterthey beat Lithuania 2-1.

“There are days like these, when theball just doesn’t want to go in,” saidPortuguese midfielder Danilo. “No needto do the maths now: we just need to winthe next two games to reach Euro

2020.”Yaremchuk pounced from close

range in the sixth minute. The centre for-ward reacted fastest after Rui Patriciodived to parry Serhiy Kryvtsov’s head-er from a corner, and poke the ball acrossthe line.

Yarmolenko added the second whenoutpaced the Portuguese defence to fin-ish a swift counter attack with a low, crispfirst-time shot.

Portugal dominated the second halfand finally achieved a breakthroughwhen Stepanenko blocked a shot with hisarm, receiving his marching ordersbefore Ronaldo blasted home the penal-ty to make it 700 goals for club and coun-try.

The goal was his 95th for Portugal.The 34-year-old is now just 14 goalsbehind the all-time international recordof 109 held by former Iran striker AliDaei.

While the exact number of goalsscored by some of the game’s legends isthe subject of debate, Ronaldo is agreedto be the sixth player to reach 700 afterAustrian Josef Bican, Brazilians Romarioand Pele, Hungarian Ferenc Puskasand German Gerd Muller.

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England manager GarethSouthgate said his side

made a statement by decidingto complete a 6-0 Euro 2020qualifying win over Bulgariaafter the match was twice halt-ed by racist chanting.

The visitors led 2-0through early goals fromMarcus Rashford and RossBarkley when play was firststopped and an announcementmade to supporters that thegame could be suspended ifoffensive chanting continued.

Once restarted, Englandquickly made it 3-0 throughBarkley before a second stop-page as Croatian referee IvanBebek held discussions withplayers and coaching staff fromboth sides.

Raheem Sterling then net-ted twice either side of half-time before Harry Kane round-ed off the scoring to takeEngland to the brink of quali-fication.

“We know it is an unac-ceptable situation,” Southgatetold British broadcaster ITV.

“I think we’ve managed tomake two statements really bywinning the game, but also wehave raised the awareness ofeverybody to the situation.

“The game was stoppedtwice and I know for some peo-ple that won’t be enough, but Ithink we were as a group onboard with that process.”

In a statement, The EnglishFootball Association said theirplayers “were subjected toabhorrent racist chanting” andcalled on UEFA to investigateimmediately.

Tyrone Mings was one ofthose targeted on his Englanddebut. The Aston Villa defend-er believed that stopping thegame did have the desiredeffect of reducing racist abusein the second half.

“The correct steps thatwere taken definitely helped,”said Mings.

“We made the decision athalf-time to come out and playthe game which we thought

was the right decision. If any-thing else happened, we wouldhave taken appropriate action.”

A comprehensive victorywas the perfect riposte forSouthgate’s men to their shock2-1 defeat at the CzechRepublic on Friday and opensup a three-point lead at the topof Group A.

However, the focus wasagain on the stands as anotherEngland match blighted byracism from opposition fans.

After several English play-ers suffered racist abuse in aqualifier away to Montenegroin March, Southgate had pre-pared his side to follow UEFA’sthree-step protocol for report-ing racist incidents that canlead to matches being aban-doned.

A section of 5,000 seats atthe Vasil Levski NationalStadium was already closed

for the game after racist inci-dents during games againstKosovo and the Czech Republicin June.

“I have to say the officialswere onto everything veryquickly,” added Southgate.

“We reported everythingimmediately when we heardthings, we had constant com-munication with the fourthofficial and the referee.”

On the field, Southgate’sdecision to make five changesfrom the side beaten in Pragueon Friday was fully vindicated.

Rashford was one of thoserecalled put his ManchesterUnited woes behind him bysmashing the opener into theroof of the net after just sevenminutes before Barkley tappedhome a second at the back post.

The first stage of UEFA’sprotocol followed as the gamewas temporarily stopped and awarning played over the loud-speaker in both Bulgarian andEnglish that the match could besuspended after monkey chantswere aimed at England players.

That warning was notheeded as after Barkley head-ed home Kane’s cross, there wasa second, longer stoppage inplay.

A number of Bulgarianultras were then ejected fromthe stadium.

When play did got backunderway there were six min-utes of stoppage time addedand the visitors used it toincrease their advantage whenKane crossed for Sterling to thistime apply an easy finish.

Southgate’s men could havescored plenty more in the sec-ond-half against the dispiritedhosts on a terrible night allround for Bulgarian football.

Sterling’s second arrivedmidway through the second-half with Kane again the creatorbefore the England captainfinally got on the scoresheethimself five minutes from time.

England now need just apoint from their final two qual-ifiers against Montenegro andKosovo next month to sealtheir place at next year’s Euros.

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India snatched a 1-1 draw fromthe jaws of defeat against muchlower ranked Bangladesh to

dent their chances of qualificationin a Group E Asian Qualifiers forthe FIFA World Cup tie at thepacked Vivekananda Yuba BharatiKrirangan here on Tuesday.

A first-half strike from SaadUddin in the 42nd minute helpedBangladesh take a shock leadagainst India, who are 83 placesabove them and drew 0-0 againstAsian champions Qatar in their lastgame.

The hosts had a flurry ofchances to peg back with AnasEdathodika's shot headed out byMohammad Ibrahim on thegoalline in the second half. It wasonly in the 88th minute that cen-tre-back Adil Khan headed in a goalto equalise.

Bangladesh too, could havedoubled their advantage asMohammad Ibrahim's shot found

the crossbar in the second-half andAdil made a goalline clearance.

The result means India move totwo points from three games afterlosing their campaign opener toOman. Bangladesh, who prior tothis game had lost both theirmatches against Afghanistan andQatar, logged their first point butremained at the bottom of thefive-team group.

India missed defensive main-stay Sandesh Jhingan and holdingmidfielder Rowliin Borges due toinjury and suspension respective-ly.

Chhetri got a chance to getIndia ahead in the 5th minutewhen his first-time volley afterreceiving a pass from AshiqueKuruniyan went straight to visitinggoalkeeper Ashraful Islam.

India enjoyed the lion's share ofball possession and tried hard toopen up the Bangladesh defencebut the away side held firm as thehosts fluffed their lines in the finalthird.

Bangladesh got their firstopportunity in the 31st minutewhen Biplo Ahamed sneaked intothe box only for Anas to interceptat the right time.

Four minutes later, Bangladeshgoalkeeper Ashraful was forcedinto a fingertip save from ManvirSingh's looping header as India keptknocking at the door.

But against the run of play,Bangladesh nosed ahead three min-utes before halftime. Skipper JamalBhuyan swung in a delectable freekick for Saad to nod in pastGurpreet who failed to catch theball.

After the break, Bangladeshmissed a golden opportunity todouble their advantage when SohelRana cut in from the left to set upMohammad Ziban, whose shotwas saved well by Gurpreet.

India then fluffed two gilt-edged chances at and just after thehour mark as Anas' header was firstsaved on the goalline by Ibrahimand then in the 66th minute,

Manvir mistimed his run to spurna header from close range.

At the other end, Adil made anacrobatic clearance to saveGurpreet the blushes after Zibangot behind the defence and lobbedthe ball past India's tall custodian.

Chhetri wasted wide from sub-stitute Brandon Fernandes' cornerin the 76th minute as India threwthe kitchen sink at their lesser fan-cied rivals.

The effort paid off as Adilpowered in a header fromBrandon's corner at the near postto send the crowd into raptures.

Chhetri dribbled past twodefenders soon after but the 35-year- old's shot was weak as the sta-dium reverberated with his chants.

The packed 65,000 spectatorswere left high and dry in the endas India could not record a winwhich was expected. The resultmeans Bangladesh, ranked 187,remain unbeaten in their last threemeetings against India, ranked104.

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World Champion P VSindhu made an

impressive start to her cam-paign at the Denmark Open,claiming a straight-game winover Indonesia’s GregoriaMariska Tunjung in thewomen’s singles competitionhere on Tuesday.

Fifth seed Sindhu, whohad made early exits in Chinaand Korea, got back her bear-ing as she overcame formerWorld Junior ChampionGregoria 22-20, 21-18 in 38minutes to keep her 5-0record intact against theIndonesian.

The Olympic Si lvermedallist will now faceKorea’s An Se Young next.

World ChampionshipsBronze medall ist B SaiPraneeth also made it to thesecond round beating thelegendary Lin Dan 21-14,21-17 in a 35-minute openinground clash.

The Hyderabad shuttler islikely to meet world No 1 andtwo-time world championKento Momota of Japan next.He had lost to Momota at theWorld Championships inBasel, Switzerland.

Thailand Open champi-ons Satwiksairaj Rankireddyand Chirag Shetty also madea good start to their men’sdoubles campaign, beatingKorean pair of Kim Gi Jungand Lee Yong Dae 24-22, 21-11 in 39 minutes.

Former CommonwealthGames champion ParupalliKashyap, who had reachedthe semifinals at Korea Open,failed to cross the openinground after losing 13-21, 12-21 to Thailand’s SitthikomThammasin in the men’s sin-gles. National championSourabh Verma, who hadclinched the HyderabadOpen and Vietnam Openthis year, also made an earlyexit after going down 21-19,11-21, 17-21 to Mark Caljouwof the Netherlands.

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