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Page 1: ˘ˇˆ˙˘˝˛˚˚˜ · 2019-10-11 · to watch Ramayan serial in courtyard of middle school, Sinduria village on Tuesday night. A Co-villager Rupesh Sao, who was there, snatched

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Palamu administration willsend reminder to secretary

Home, Prisons & DisasterManagement (HP&DM) tomake available allotment tothe tune of �6, 10,000 as out-standing dues of a surren-dered CPI Maoist zonal com-mander Aeynul Miyan aliasGovind ji.

DC Palamu ShantanuKumar Agrahari saidHP&DM will be approachedagain for this allotment andonce it comes here the out-standing dues of Govind ji thesurrendered zonal comman-der of Maoist would becleared. Govind ji carrying areward of �10 lakhs had sur-rendered in September 2017here in Daltonganj before theDIG of police Palamu VipulShukla.

He was given 10 lakhs ofrupees under the provision ofthe new surrender policy ofthe State. Govind ji also gotfour decimals of land in thedown town Pahari Mohalla inDaltonganj, where he liveswith his wife Sarwari Khatoonand children.

However police sourcessaid Govind ji was to get totalof �16, 10,000 out of which hewas paid only 10 lakhs pend-ing 6,10,000 since 2017year inwhich he surrendered.

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The Nagar Untari police havearrested two persons in con-

nection with gang rape of aminor girl. While two personshave been arrested, their thirdaccomplice is still on the run.The accused duo has been iden-tified as Rupesh Sao (25) andanother juvenile (17).

SDPO Nagar Untari NirajKumar said, “On the occasion ofDurga Puja the victim had goneto watch Ramayan serial incourtyard of middle school,Sinduria village on Tuesdaynight. A Co-villager RupeshSao, who was there, snatched hermobile phone. When she asked

to returned her mobile, RupeshSao alongwith Birendra Sao andHansraj Sao dragged her awayforcible and gang raped after gag-ging her duppata,” he said.

The victim approached thepolice and lodged an FIR againstthree men. Banshidhar NagarWomen cell police began theirinvestigation. On Thursday,police nabbed Rupesh Sao (25)and another juvenile (17) in con-nection with the case and sentthem to judicial custody saidSDPO Niraj Kumar, adding thatthe search for the third accusedis still underway. Rupesh alsowanted accused in connection ofa rape case since long, the SDPOadded.

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Five youth have been arrest-ed so far in connection

with a petrol pump loot case atBirni in Giridih. The accusedpersons were arrested onThursday evening while theywere trying to flee the area withthe money looted from PrernaKisan Sewa petrolpump,Barkathha said SP,Giridih Surendra KumarJha .

All the culprits have con-fessed their involvement in theincident and an amount Rs1,260 has also been recoveredfrom them. Of the five arrest-ed,identified as Dinesh Yadav,Vishal Yadav, Dilip Yadav,Ramkishor Yadav andManohar lal Yadav, two are res-ident of Sihodih in Muffasilwhereas three others are resi-dent of Mahuatand.

According to police, today’sarrest was made at Mahuatandand Sihodih in Giridih whenSaria DSP Binod Kumar Mahtoalong with InspectorRamnarayan Chaudhary and

Officer in-Charge Muffasil andBirni police stations namelyRatnesh Mohan Thakur andArjun Kumar Mishra raidedtwo different places after tip-off.Upon search, police recov-ered one motorbike and fourmobile phone pistol and Rs1,260 bearing label of the petrolpump.

Police said on October 1late evening at about 8 pm fivecriminals entered into thecounter room of Kishan Sewapetrol pump which is situatedat NH-2 near Barkathha. Atthat time the all staffs of thepetrol pump was there and thearmed criminals snatched Rs1260 sale amount from themand escaped with the lootedmoney.

After their departureowner informed Birni policeabout the incident and in themeantime locals also gotassembled at the petrol pumpwhile Birni police immediate-ly informed other police sta-tions but the criminals suc-cessfully escaped.

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Against the backdrop of theseventh century monu-

ment of Pancha Ratha, over-looking the Coromandel Coastof Bay of Bengal, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andChinese President Xi Jinpingon Friday took a stroll andsipped fresh coconut water ina relaxed informal setting, cre-ating positive atmospherics inbilateral ties strained over theKashmir issue.

Dressed in a Tamil attire ofVeshti (dhoti), white shirt andan angavastram, Modi playedthe perfect host and took Xi fora guided tour of the famousworld heritage sites of Arjuna’sPenance, Krishna’s Butterball,the Pancha Ratha and Shoretemple in Mahabalipuram.

The Prime Ministerexplained to the Chinese leaderthe historical significance of themonuments. Xi was seen show-ing keen interest in the seventhcentury monuments built dur-ing the Pallava dynasty in thiscoastal town which had his-torical links with China’s Fujianprovince.

Modi and Xi, assisted byone translator from each side,sat down for around 15 min-utes at Pancha Ratha com-plex, an example of monolith-ic Indian rock-cut architec-ture, and engaged in intensetalks while sipping coconutwater — images reflectingwarmth in personal chemistry

between the two leaders of twoemerging economies.

From Pancha Ratha, thetwo leaders visited the beauti-fully lit-up Shore temple — asymbol of cultural heritage ofthe Pallava dynasty. Afterspending some time together,Modi and Xi were joined by topdelegates of both sides.

Minutes later, the two lead-ers witnessed a cultural per-formance against the back-drop of the Shore temple.

Irrespective of whether thetwo heads of States wouldmake any breakthrough in thedecades old border dispute,claims on each other’s territo-ries and the nagging trade

deficit figures, the informaltalks paid off rich dividends inthe form of an internationalendorsement for dhothi andangavastram (shawl), the tra-ditional attire of Tamil Nadu.

Xi, who was in his cus-tomary black trousers andwhite full sleeves sans any tieand suit, was welcomed by the

dhoti-clad Modi much to thedelight of the onlookers. Thetwo leaders took a stroll alongthe beach of Mahabalipuramhand in hand while Modi wasseen explaining the details ofthe artistic sculptures dottingthe beach side to President Xi.

According to historians,Mahabalipuram (Mamalla-

puram in Tamil) has a 1700-year-old Chinese connection.

Earlier, Xi arrived inChennai to a red carpet wel-come for his second informalsummit with Modi amid arealisation of lot is riding on thebilateral ties strained over hard-line approach on the Kashmirissue by both sides.

Tamil Nadu GovernorBanwarilal Purohit and ChiefMinister EK Palaniswami andDeputy Chief Minister OPanneerselvam and IndianAmbassador to China VikramMisri welcomed the Chineseleader at the Chennai airport.

“Welcome to India,President Xi Jinping!” Moditweeted, shortly after theChinese leader arrived on an

Air China Boeing 747 aircraft,accompanied by a 90-memberdelegation, including ForeignMinister Wang Yi, Polit Bureaumember of Central Committeeof Chinese Communist PartyDing Xuexiang and StateCouncilor Yang Jiechi.

A brief cultural ceremonyreflecting Tamil Nadu’s cultur-al heritage was organised at theairport to welcome the visitingleader.

The two leaders will havearound six-hours of one-on-one free-wheeling talks, offi-cials said.

On Saturday morning,Modi and Xi will have a com-prehensive one-on-one meet-ing to be followed by delegationlevel talks.

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Cases of stubble burning inUttar Pradesh, Punjab and

Haryana reported in the first 9days of October have registereda sharp decline of 58 per centthis year compared to the cor-responding period last year.

According to the Ministryof Agriculture’s data, UP hasrecorded the maximumdecline of 75 per cent, Haryana48 per cent and Punjab 60 percent from October 1 to 9 thisyear as compared to the cor-responding period last year.Normally, rampant stubbleburning is common duringthis time of the year.

Amid sharp reduction incrop residue burning, UnionAgriculture Minister NarendraSingh Tomar on Fridayclaimed there will be furtherdecline in cases of stubbleburning as the Centre is sub-sidising machinery requiredfor the crop residue manage-ment.

The encouraging dropmay bid well for Delhi and theNational Capital Region.

The Ministry has released�273.80 crore to Punjab,�192.06 crore to Haryana and

�105.29 crore to Uttar Pradeshto check stubble burning whichis a major cause of air pollutionin the national Capital.

As per the Ministry’s data,as many as 165 cases of stub-ble burning have been detect-ed in Punjab between October1 and 9 this year as comparedto the 405 cases last year dur-ing the same period.

Similarly, 193 cases ofstubble burning were detectedin Haryana as compared to 370cases in 2018 during the sameperiod. In UP, 49 cases weredetected as compared to 196last year.

Sources in the Ministrysaid that monitoring of stubble

burning is being done throughsatellites, Sumi and NPP, inthree States. On October 8,satellites detected 146 cases inthese three States.

Of them, 59 were detectedin Punjab, 69 in Haryana and18 in Uttar Pradesh. In Punjabmost of the burning wasdetected in Amritsar and TarnTaran districts. In Haryana,burning was scattered acrossKaithal, Karnal andKurushetra.

“Over all, the total caseswere recorded 58 per cent less

than in 2018 till date,” the offi-cials said. Speaking on thesidelines of the function onFriday, Tomar claimed thescheme is running successful-ly and helped reduce the stub-ble burning cases. “The burn-ing will further come downthis year,” he said.

Sources said that a cen-tralised control system hasbeen set up to keep an eye onthe stubble burning in fourStates. The burning is beingmonitored through severalsatellites.

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Concerned about stubbleburning in neighbouring

States, Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal on Friday said,“Smoke emanating from theseStates was resulting in ‘severe’pollution in the national Capitaland hoped that all agenciesand institutions, including theSupreme Court and theNational Green Tribunal

(NGT), will take concrete stepsto eradicate the problem.”

Highlighting the problemof stubble burning in Punjab,Haryana and West UttarPradesh, Kejriwal tweeted,“Pollution in the city reducedby 25 per cent in the earlier partof the year. But the burning ofstubble in neighbouring Statesin October and November isresulting in severe pollution.

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Chief Minister Raghubar Dastoday distributed �452

crore among 11.51 lakh farm-ers of the State, who have beencovered under the MukhyaMantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojna(MMKAY). In a function atTata College Chaibasa onFriday, the CM also distributed10,000 sleepers among primi-tive tribal groups, handed overhonorarium among people ofDeori community and laidfoundation of extra rooms in168 schools.

The Government has cov-ered more than 26 lakh farm-ers under the MMKAY till datedistributing �900 crore amongthem. Addressing the gatheringon the occasion, the CM saidthat farmers are the axis of the

culture of the State. “India is acountry of villages and farmerswhere people's livelihood isbased on agriculture, but for

decades, no initiative was takenin the direction for the pros-perity of farmers and makingthem self-reliant. Farmers were

forced to commit suicide. Theybecame indebted.

But after 2014, initiatives weretaken for the prosperity of the farm-

ers. On the lines of Kisan SammanNidhi Yojna, the MMKAY waslaunched in Jharkhand. On August10, 2019, under the scheme, anamount of �482 crore was trans-ferred to 13.60 lakh farmers in theiraccounts. Today, an amount of �452crore is being transferred to theaccounts of 11.51 lakh farmers whowere left out from the scheme,” saidthe CM.

“The amount being pro-vided is 50 per cent of the firstinstallment. The farmers of thestate will get 25 per cent of thesecond installment beforeDiwali. By November-December, farmers will get thethird installment. In this way,the State Government will pro-vide �3,000 crore in the accountof 35 lakh farmers of the Stateto raise their economic pros-perity and agricultural

resources,” he added.Das said that farmers are

getting benefit of the CentralGovernment's Kisan SammanNidhi Yojana and the StateGovernment's MMKAY. “Thethird installment of KisanSamman Nidhi Yojna will soonbe available to the farmers.With the money in the accountof the farmers, they will nothave to be dependent on any-one for agricultural work andthey will easily gather resourcesrelated to agriculture.

Farmers who are deprivedof taking advantage of thisscheme should not be dis-turbed. Make sure to get the reg-istration in the Block Office byobtaining permission from theGram Sabha. It is the priority ofthe government to ensure thatfarmers get their rights,” said he.

The CM said that the wayfarmers are being providedfinancial assistance in raisingresources for agricultural work;similarly, farmers will also getwater facilities. Because there isa great need for water to do agri-cultural work properly.

“The farmers of the Statecould do multi-crop farming.Work is being done in thisdirection, because after cropproduction, farmers migratein search of work. We have tostop this migration under anycircumstances. Apart from agri-cultural work, farmers shouldalso come forward in the fieldof animal husbandry. TheGovernment is providing twocows to women at 90 per centgrant. Male Farmers will also beprovided cows at 50 per centgrant. Farmers should take ini-

tiative in this direction.Especially taking advantage ofthis scheme of the Government,the young farmers should doanimal husbandry,” he said.

The CM said that 69 vil-lages of Gudri in Kolhan wereuntouched by electricity anddevelopment. “There were noroads. After 2014, these villagesin Gudri were lighted. Roadsare the indicators of develop-ment. Water is being carried outthrough street lights, paverblock roads and solar ener-gy.But people accuse the gov-ernment that it will take awaythe land. We are not going tosnatch the land, but electrify thepowerless village, build roads inroadless village, provide puredrinking water, relief womenfrom smoke and provide betterhealth care,” he said.

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Chief Minister Raghubar Dason Friday attacked former

Chief Minister Shibu Sorenand his family for “looting andplundering” Jharkhand’s wealthduring the second phase ofJohar Jan Ashirwad Yatra atHata near Jamshedpur. Hetermed Soren family as thebiggest exploiter of the tribals.

Addressing the gathering,Das alleged that said that mostof the CNT-SPT Act violationshave been done by Soren fam-ily in the State alone. The fam-ily bought large chunk of landsmisusing the act, he added.

In his trademark style,Raghubar Das accused JMMworking president HemantSoren of usurping tribal land indifferent parts of the State,while counting achievements ofhis own Government due to thedouble engine sarkar (a termreferred to Narendra Modi ledBJP Government at center andBJP Government in State).

He said that Soren endedthe recognition of tribal lan-guage from JPSC by passing aBill by Cabinet in 2013, whilethe present government includ-ed nine tribal languages in theUPSC. He noted that there is

a need to understand the char-acter of JMM. Das further saidthat despite being the SanthalChief Minister Soren did noth-ing for the Santali language.While the present governmenthas ensured the education ofclasses one to five in Ol Chiki.Santhali language is also beingused for making announce-ment at Santhal railway stations.Appointment of teachers isbeing done to educate childrenin Santali language. He recalledhow an independent MLA (

Madhu Koda) was made ChiefMinister just for exploiting theresources of the State for per-sonal ‘benefits’. This resulted toscam of Rs 4000 crore.

“Had the former ChiefMinisters of UPA worked sin-cerely the development andprogress would have been pos-sible manifolds. It is reallyshocking the way this State hasbeen governed. It is high timefor the people to vote for BJP toensure better tomorrow,” notedDas. The Chief Minister also

said that the upcomingAssembly elections will decidethe fate of the State so the peo-ple need to vote accordingly.Jharkhand has the potential toscale new heights in terms ofprogress but the State needs abetter Government to rule.People should show faith in BJPvote the party in power again.

Das also addressed a pub-lic meeting as part of Johar JanAshirwad Yatra at Jhikpaniarea under West Singhbhumdistrict.

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Keeping in mind the roleplayed by social media in

2014 and 2019 general elec-tions, the State BJP has onceagain decided to use the toolsof mass communication inyear-end Assembly election.

Terming the party'ssocial media volunteers ascyber warriors, the State BJPunit has asked its cyber war-riors to spread the works ofCentre and State at the sametime counter the lies spreadby Opposition against PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andChief Minister Raghubar Das’Government.

Aiming to have maxi-mum utilization of socialmedia by its cadres inAssembly elect ion, theBharat iya Janata YuvaMorcha (BJYM) the youthwing of BJP on Friday organ-ised a day long training ses-sion of its members on socialmedia. State BJP election in-charge Nand Kishore Yadav,who was the chief guest at

BJP’s social media volunteersmeet held at RIMS auditori-um said that the volunteersneed to use their creativeminds to defeat opponentsand give a befitting reply tothose spreading lies againstcentre and state government.

Yadav, who is also minis-ter of road constructiondepartment in Nitish Kumar’s

Cabinet said, “The secondtenure of Narendra ModiGovernment has achievedmilestone by abolishingArticle 370, triple talaq andothers.

It is very important thatpeople should knowledgeand information about thework carr ied out byNarendra Modi government

and in this direction socialmedia can play an importantrole.” Yadav said as country’s65 per cent population arebelow 35 years of age, thesesegment of society who areactive in social media canplay an important role inhighlighting the works ofcentre and StateGovernment.

Having a word of praisefor Prime Minister NarendraModi and Union HomeMinister Amit Shah for abro-gating Article 370, Yadavsaid, “Jan Sangh and there-after BJP political slogan wasJahan hue balidan Mookerjee,wo Kashmir hamara hai, as itwas wish of every BJP cadresand Indians to remove Article370 from Kashmir.

The jodi the Modi/Shahnot only removed Article 370but without any noise.” Thesocial media cadres have tospread this fact which will becounter all the lies of oppo-sition. The one day socialmedia workshop was attend-ed by Devang Dave is an

entrepreneur and NationalConvener-IT at BharatiyaJanata Yuva Morcha, StateBJYM chief Amit Kumaramong others. Kumar said,“Social media, video apps,messaging services and othernetworking platforms havebecome new tools in election.

What started as novelideas in 2014 have maturedinto full blown digital cam-paign for all political par-ties?” Amit said, “We haveasked BJYM members tomake at least one volunteer atrespective educational insti-tutions and the volunteer hasto create a whatsapp group inwhich more than 20 peoplefrom same institution will bemember.”

Dave on the occasiongave various tips to BJYMmembers how to counter thelies spread by opposition.

He asked the BJYMmembers in rural areas to bemore active in social mediathus highlighting the achieve-ments of both Centre and theState.

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State BJP spokesperson PratulShahdeo on Friday said that

the Narendra Modi govern-ment at Centre and RaghubarDas Government at State havedone immense work to makefarmers self-reliant, while theOpposition in the name offarmers has done only politicssince Independence.

Pratul said that the amountreceived from the Centre andState under two farmers’schemes will make Annadata(farmers) self-sufficient andthey will free from the clutch-es of Mahajans (moneylen-ders).

Pratul said that sinceIndependence, farmers becamedebtors due to CongressGovernment’s wrong farmers’policy leading them to evencommit suicide. Initiatives weretaken for the prosperity offarmers after 2014.

On 10 August 2019, under

the Mukhyamantri KrishiAashirwad Yojana, an amountof Rs 482 crore was transferredto 13.60 lakh farmers in theiraccount. Today again, theRaghubar Das’ Governmenttransferred an amount of Rs452 crore in the account of11.51 lakh farmers, who wereleft out of the scheme.

The BJP spokesperson saidthat Raghubar Governmentwill transfer 25 per cent of thesecond installment of KrishiAshirwad Yojana to the farm-ers of the State beforeDeepawali and third install-ment too will also be trans-ferred by end of this year.

The State Government willprovide Rs 3000 crore rupees inthe account of 35 lakh farmersof the State by end of this year.

Shahdeo said that theMukhyamantri KrishiAshirwad Yojana clearly showsthe vision of Chief MinisterRaghubar Das towards farmers’uplift. Pratul said that tribal and

moolvasi of State will get themaximum benefit of KrishiAshirwad Yojana.

The State Government iscommitted for the developmentof these groups.

The BJP leader said thatthat the Jharkhand MuktiMorcha (JMM) and Congresshad used farmers as vote banks,but Raghubar Das’Government has taken a his-toric step brining them with themainstream so that they canenjoy the fruits of development.

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The team of the CrimeInvestigation Department

(CID) has intensified investi-gation on Friday againstNirmal Hriday a shelter homerun by Missionaries ofCharity for allegation of sell-ing children from the shelterhome.

A team of CID raided atthe institution’s office situat-ed at East Jail Road in Lalpurpolice station area in the StateCapital.

The CID team on Fridayreached there to question theoffice bearers of NirmalHriday. Raids are being con-ducted under the leadershipof Inspector Ravikant Kumar,in-charge of the team of CIDRanchi.

Kumar informed that theCID raided the institutionsoffice and gathered some doc-uments to investigate the caseproperly. “The search and

investigation is going on andright now the team is not ableto say anything related to thecase. It is too early to discloseabout the case. We have gath-ered enough documentsabout the institutions,” headded.

In July 2018, a case wasregistered against NirmalHriday at the Kotwali PoliceStation of the State Capital oncharges of child trafficking.

At that time the policearrested some people andsent them to jail during theinvestigation. Some of thechildren allegedly sold by theoffice bearers were also recov-ered by the police. Then it wasrevealed that the records ofmany children are not avail-able to the police.

Despite having clearknowledge of Juvenile JusticeAct in the FIR, the directorsof the institution allegedlyhave also been accused of sep-arating the children from the

mother to another couple. Inview of the seriousness of thecase, its investigation wasentrusted to the CID.

The CID also conducteda raid on 23 September 2019in Nirmal Hriday, an organi-zation of Missionaries of

Charity. The raid was con-ducted under the leadershipof Inspector Ravikant Kumar,in-charge of CID Ranchiteam. But no responsible per-son of the institution wasfound there. So the CID hadto return empty-handed.

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With Congress alreadyannouncing to give

prominence to young and freshfaces in the Assembly elections,the party has handed over theresponsibility of managing theelections in 35 constituenciesto the State youth Congress.The State Congress with anaim to have larger participationof youths in election so thatactive youth Congress contestelection on Friday carried outa training session of youthCongress members.

The training session wasattended by Krishna Allavaru,Youth Congress president andJoint Secretary, Indian NationalCongress and leaders fromstate youth Congress.

Allavaru said, “We havedecided to give adequate rep-resentation to youth Congressin this Assembly election. Wehave discovered several youthCongress leaders having

potential to win the election inten to eleven seats. If there arechances of their winnabilitythey will defiantly be giventickets.” Allavaru, who islawyer by profession and asso-ciated with student politicssince his days at the Universityof Delhi said, “The INC thistime has given tickets to manyyouth Congress leaders inHaryana and Maharashtra,based on their potential andwinnability. Same formula

will be adopted in ticket dis-tribution in Jharkhand too asthe Congress believes in givingmore representation to youths.”Krishna Allavaru, an LLMfrom Georgetown Universitylends his logical brain to IYCand points out the lacunae inthe policies adopted by ModiGovernment. He said, “Toattract youngsters the YouthCongress in July launched acampaign under which leadersfrom youth Congress were

given task Assembly wise. Thetask is monitored at monthlybasis as the first assessmentwas done in July followed byAugust, September andOctober.” Echoing the views ofAllavaru, State Congress vicepresident, Kumar Raja said,“The youth Congress has giventhree task which is ways ofinteraction and attract young-sters to Congress fold. Thethree tasks are renewal of newvoters, use of social mediaand constitution of booth com-mittee and zone sector.”

Raja said under the renew-al of new voters, the youthCongress are targeting suchvoters who are enrolled invoter list this time and the taskis to bring these voters inCongress fold.Raja furthersaid, “As the social media hasemerged as biggest tool ofmass communication in elec-tion, youth Congress has beenasked to give much importanceto social media.

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Birsa Munda Stadium atKhelgaon of the State

Capital became witness to anew national record in thewomen 100 meter race onFriday.

Star sprinter Dutee Chandbroke her own national recordduring ongoing 59th NationalAthletic Championship, whichis going on at the stadium andFriday is the second day of thefourth day of the mega sportsevent.

This is another historicday for the ace athlete repre-senting Odisha, completed therace with timing of 11.22 sec-onds and broke her own record

which was 11.24 seconds.Chand inched closer to the

Tokyo Olympic target which is11.15 seconds. She needs toshave off another 0.07 sec-onds to book her berth for theOlympic Games.

Chand breached her recordin semi final of the event andlater won the gold medal withtiming of 11.25 seconds on theday. Union Minister for TribalAffairs and former ChiefMinister Arjun Munda andace athlete and formerOlympian PT Usha had joint-ly inaugurated the mega eventon Thursday.

Artists from Saraikela pre-sented Chhau Dance on theoccasion. Jawans of SikhRegiment, Ramgarh displayedband on the occasion of inau-

guration of the mega event. A total of 740 athletes are

representing 31 different teamsfrom across the Country andalmost all renowned athletesare participating in the eventwhich is earlier scheduled to beorganized in Bengaluru. A totalof 253 women athlete and 457men athletes are participatingin the championship includingsome players from Malaysia.

The event will decide fateof the athletes for TokyoOlympic 2020.

Almost all star playersrelated to the games are par-ticipating gathered in the StateCapital to book their berth forTokyo Olympic 2020 whichscheduled to start on July 24

and continue till August 9.Almost all star athlete includ-ing Javelin Thrower Anu Rani,Olympian Muhmmad Anas,VK Vishmaya, ace LongJumper Srishankar, JinsonJhonson and start Shot Putthrower Tejindar Singh areparticipating in the champi-onship. The athletes are con-testing for a total of goldmedals.

Till the time of filing thereport not a single athlete fromthe State have managed wonany medal in the mega event.On the concluding day of theevent on Sunday Urban andHousing DevelopmentMinister of the State CP Singhwill be chief guest.

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Volkswagen India, a leadingcar manufacturer,

launched two new cars- Poloand Vento for the Ranchi mar-ket in the State capital onFriday. Former Chief Justice ofJharkhand High Court JusticeRK Merathia was the chiefguest on the occasion. Regionalsales manager Manas Rastogi,Directors Rohit Kataruka andRajeev Kataruka were presentat the event. The sportier,

dynamic and power packedcars are now available for cus-tomers across Jharkhand at anintroductory price of Rs 8.76lakh for the new Vento and Rs5.82 lakh for the new Polo. Thecars will have a new GT Lineedition featuring black roof, GTLine side foil and fender badgeblack CRVM cap and rearspoiler.

With sporty side skirts,new smoked tall lamps, GTIinspired honeycomb front grilleand bumpers, the cars come inthree variants-Trendlind,Comfortline and Highline.From September 1, the brandhas also introduced a five-year warranty or one lakh Kms(whichever happened first) forall diesel cars. For petrol carsthe brand is offering four-

years warranty or one lakh Kmsfrom the same time.

Speaking on the occasionRastogi said, "At Volkswagenwe believe in power to play.Keeping in mind the ever-changing technology, innova-tion is a regular feature with us.

The cars have a remotecontrol system for not just forlocking or unlocking the carbut also for operating the win-dows. With the ongoing festiveseason, the brand is also offer-ing benefits of up to Rs 1.50lakh and exchange offersamong other." Equipped with

the mandatory safety featuresunder AIS 145 norms whichincludes speed alarms, rearparking sensor, seat belt warn-ing, the cars also come fittedwith four air bags, anti- pinchguards and an electronic sta-bility programme.

Enhancing the aestheticappeal the cars are available ina vibrant new colour- SunsetRed. Other colour optionsinclude Reflex Silver, CarbonSteel, Lapiz Blue and ToffeeBrown. On the occasionRanchi showroom DirectorRohit Kataruka said, "In Ranchi

we intend to offer a hassle freeexperience to our existing andprospective customers. Thetwo new cars launched areavailable at the showroom forcustomers to feel and take fora test drive." Located in theheart of the City, the showroomis at Karamtoli while the servicefacility is at Kokar IndustrialArea.

The showroom has beenoperational in the city for thepast three- months. The othercars available at the showroomare Volkswagen Tiguan andVolkswagen Ameo.

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Union Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar on

Friday said farm and allied sec-tor cooperatives have a hugepotential to play a key role inmaking India a $5 trillioneconomy in next five years andthe cooperatives need a push tocompete in the global market.He was speaking at the inau-guration of the first ever three-day India InternationalCooperatives Trade Fair atPragati Maidan.

The minister alsolaunched startup scheme 'YuvaSahakar' and NGO SahakarBharti's 'Simply Desi' brand topromote products manufac-tured by cooperatives.

"The prime minister hasgiven a target of achieving $5trillion economy. We canachieve this if we focus on"Gaon, Gharib and Kisan (vil-lages, poor and farmers). Andcooperatives have potentialand can play a big role inachieving this target," Tomarsaid.

The cooperative culture is

not new to India and there is aneed to strengthen and enablethem to compete in the globalmarket, he said. Some cooper-atives like IFFCO and Amulhave been able to operate on alarge scale in the country aswell as compete at global level.But there is potential andopportunity for other cooper-atives to rise, he added.

The Minister said promo-tion of farm cooperatives canhelp in doubling farmers'income as well as boost agri-export from the current $30billion to $60 billion in next fiveyears. Stating that the centralgovernment resources are notsufficient to promote cooper-atives, Tomar said state gov-ernments need to give thrustand support them.

Cooperatives should not justlimit to lending and runningration shops, he said.

The international cooper-ative trade fair provides anopportunity to over 120 par-ticipating cooperative units tolearn branding, marketing aswell as cooperative businessmodel of other countries, headded.

The trade fair is beingorganised by NationalCooperative DevelopmentCorporation (NCDC) in asso-ciation with Bangkok-basedinternational organisationNEDAC and India's coopera-tives like Nafed with support ofagriculture, commerce andexternal affairs ministries.

Ministers of State forAgriculture PurushottamRupala and KailashChoudhary, Meghalaya DeputyChief Minister PrestoneTynsong, UttarkhandCooperative Minister DhanSingh Rawat, AgricultureSecretary Sanjay Agarwal andNCDC Managing DirectorSundeep Kumar Nayak werealso present at the event.

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Leading fertiliser cooperativeIndian Farmers Fertiliser

Cooperative Ltd ( IFFCO) onFriday reduced the retail pricesof its complex fertilisers includ-ing di-ammonium phosphate(DAP) by �50 per bag, amideasing raw materials and man-ufactured fertilisers prices glob-ally. However, the retail price ofneem coated urea, which iscontrolled by the Government,continues to remain steady at�266.50 per 45 kg bag.

"We have cut the retailprices of DAP and all com-plexes fertilisers taking intoaccount the softening trend inglobal prices of raw materialsand manufactured fertilisers,"

IFFCO Managing Director U SAwasthi said.

IFFCO has reduced themaximum retail price of DAPto �1,200 per 50 kg bag from�1,250 a bag, he said. Theprice of NPK-I complex hasbeen reduced to �1,200 a bagfrom �1,250 a bag, while theprice of NPK-II complex hasbeen slashed to �1,210 per bagfrom �1,260 per bag.

The price of NP complexhas been reduced by �50 to Rs950 per bag. The new retailprices of DAP and complex fer-tilisers, that includes GST, havecome into effect from October11, Awasthi added.

IFFCO had last cut the retailprices of DAP and complex fer-tilisers in July this year.

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Currently in Tihar jail in con-nection with the INX Media

corruption case lodged by theCBI, former Finance Minister PChidambaram's custody wassought by the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) on Friday.

The ED told the Courtthat they have to interrogateChidambaram regarding thehuge money flow in his 17 bankaccounts in connection with theINX Media case. Judge Ajay

Kumar Kuhar ordered produc-tion of Chidambaram in Courton Monday at 3pm. Earlier inthe day, the Delhi High Courtissued notice to Chidambaramand son Karti on CBI and ED'sappeal against the anticipatorybail granted in Aircel-Maxiscase by trial Judge OP Saini, whoretired last month. The SupremeCourt is scheduled to hear hisbail petition in CBI case in INXMedia that is scheduled forOctober 15 before the Benchheaded by Justice Bhanumati.

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RSS Delhi unit head AlokKumar on Friday

described the West BengalGovernment as " apathetic"over the murder of one of theRSS worker, his wife, and theirchild in Murshidabad districtand sought imposition ofPresident's Rule in the State "if Government remains apa-thetic and political violencecontinues".

"I believe that all thosewho believe in democracy,inclusiveness , and right to dis-sent must assert and raise theirvoice against the continuedviolence and intimidation inWest Bengal", said the RSSleader who is also internation-al president of Vishwa HinduParishad (VHP).

" If the Government con-tinues to be apathetic andpolitical violence continues , inmy opinion, it is a fit case ofimposition of Presidential rule",he said.

On apparent aversion ofa section of political parties tocondemn the incident, the RSS

leader said the attempt to turna blind eye to the loot, rape andmurders of political opponentsis hurting and surprising.

RSS worker, his pregnantwife, and their eight-year-oldson were on Wednesday foundmurdered in West Bengal'sMurshidabad district.

The bodies of RSS workerBondhu Gopal Pal, a 35-year-old primary school teacher,his wife Beauty, and eight-year-old son were found lyingin a pool of blood inside theirresidence on Tuesday in Jiaganjarea of the district, accordingto the police.

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CPI general secretary DRaja on Friday wrote to

Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman urging her toreconsider the 18 per centGST on the annual GroupHealth Insurance Policy ofretired bank employees.

He said this comes toabout �4,000 to �5,000 peryear, burdening these seniorcitizens. "For the in-serviceemployees, the premium ispaid by the bank managementand hence employees do notfeel the burden, but in the caseof the retired staff, the pre-mium and the GST on it arepaid by these senior citizens,"Raja said in his letter.

"The rate of premiumitself is going up every yearand hence this 18 per centGST on it is a big financialburden on them (senior citi-zens)," he said."Looking tothe genuine plight of thesesenior citizens, I strongly urgeupon you to reconsider thematter and remove the premi-um paid on Group HealthInsurance Scheme from theGST list," he said.

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The Centre has substantial-ly reduced the charges to

the States for deployment ofCentral Paramilitary Forcesfor various law and orderduties, including communaltensions and insurgency-relat-ed violence, Home Ministryofficials said on Friday.

According to the revisedrates, a general category Statewill have to pay �13.7 croreannually to the CentralGovernment for deployment ofa seven-company battalionduring financial year 2019-20,excluding the actual cost oftransportation and movementof the forces. The charge was�52.40 crore during 2018-19deployment in similar areas.

A paramilitary companywill comprise not less than 90personnel. The charges for thedeployment of the same num-ber of troops in general cate-gory States for financial year2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and2023-24 would be �15.40 crore,�17.36 crore, �19.65 crore and�22.30 crore, respectively,according to a Home Ministrycircular sent to the States.

From financial year 2014-15 to 2017-18, the amountwas fixed with an annualincrease of five per cent. Thedeployment charges for finan-cial year 2014-15, 2015-16,2016-17 and 2017-18 were�43.10 crore, �45.26 crore,�47.52 crore and �49.90 crore,respectively.

The amount recoverableper annum for deployment ofone battalion in high risk andhigh hardships areas will be�34.26 crore (2019-20), �35.96crore (2020-21), �37.93 crore

(2021-22), �40.21 crore (2022-23) and �42.86 crore (2023-24).

Amount recoverable perannum for one battaliondeployed in high risk and mod-erate hardships areas will be�25.18 (2019-20), �26.88 crore(2020-21), �28.85 crore (2021-22), �31.13 crore (2022-23)and �33.78 crore (2023-24),according to the circular issuedon September 8.

There was no categorisa-tion of high risk, high hard-ships or moderate hardshipsbetween 2014-15 and 2018-19.The revised charges were com-municated to the StateGovernments by the UnionHome Ministry recently.

The new rates will be applic-able with effect from financialyear 2019-20.Union Territories(UT) without legislatures will beexempted from payment of thedeployment charges.

The States and the UTs arerequired to bear the cost of suit-able and adequate accommo-dation and allied facilities suchas water and power supply forthe CAPF contingentsdeployed. Such costs will not bereimbursed by the CentralGovernment.

The payments receivedfrom the borrowing states andUTs within 90 days from thedate of claim shall get a rebateof 5 per cent and a delay wouldattract a cumulative quarterlypenalty at the rate of 2.5 percent, another official said.

The northeastern States,Jammu & Kashmir, HimachalPradesh, Uttarakhand and theNaxal-affected States will payonly 10 per cent of the deploy-ment charges applicable toother States during the next fiveyears.

New Delhi: Noted environ-mentalist and social activistChandi Prasad Bhatt has beenawarded the Indira Gandhiaward for national integrationfor the years 2017 and 2018.

The award was institutedby the Congress in the memo-ry of the former prime minis-ter and it would be presentedon October 31 in a function atJawahar Bhawan.

"The 31st Indira GandhiAward for National Integrationfor the year 2017 and 2018 hasbeen awarded to ChandiPrasad Bhatt for his services inpromoting and preservingnational integration in thecountry," a statement from theparty said.

This award consists of acitation and Rs 10 lakh in cashto be given to the awardee by

chairperson Sonia Gandhi, theCongress president. It would bepresented on October 31, theday former prime ministerIndira Gandhi was killed.

Bhatt (85), who hails fromUttarakhand, had founded theDasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh(DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964,which later became a motherorganisation to the ChipkoMovement, in which he wasone of the pioneers.

He has earlier been award-ed the Ramon MagsaysayAward for community leader-ship in 1982, followed by thePadma Bhushan in 2005. Hehas also been a recipient of theGandhi Peace Prize.

"In order to uphold thecause of national integrationand understanding which wasdearest to Indira Gandhi''s

heart, the Congress in its cen-tenary year instituted the''Indira Gandhi Award forNational Integration'', to giverecognition to outstandingcontribution to this cause byindividuals or institutions,"said Motilal Vora, membersecretary of advisory com-mittee of Indira GandhiAward for national integration.

Some prominent recipi-ents of the award include RajivGandhi, APJ Abdul Kalam,Shankar Dayal Sharma, SwamiRanganathananda, Aruna AsafAli, Beant Singh, Bharat Scoutsand Guides, PN Haksar, MSSubbulakshmi, Shyam Benegal,Javed Akhtar, AR Rahman,Ramakrishna Mission Ashram,Gulzar, MS Swaminathan, T MKrishna. PTI

New Delhi: Law Minister RaviShankar Prasad on Friday saidthe Government had acceptedthe Supreme Court's 2015judgement striking down alaw which sought to give theexecutive a greater say inappointment of judges but hehas "very strong reservations"on the "patently flawed" logicgiven in the order.

He also referred to illus-trations of Lord Ram, Krishna,Hanuman in the originalConstitution of India, sayingthese represent the culturalheritage of the country.

"Had the Constitution beenframed today with these illus-trations, what kind of storm itwould have triggered," he won-dered.

The apex court verdictwhich struck down theNational Judicial AppointmentsCommission Act had said thatthe presence of the law minis-ter would compromise on theindependence of the body toselect judges.

Addressing a gathering atthe launch of a book, Prasadsaid when the prime minister

can be trusted with the nucleararsenal of the country andappointment of constitutionalauthorities such as the ChiefElection Commissioner andthe Chief VigilanceCommissioner, how can hisrepresentative in the NJACcannot be trusted with appoint-ing good judges.

"I have very, very strongreservations at the flawed logicgiven in the judgement... Thegovernment has accepted andrespects the judgement," he said.

He said even before the col-legium system came into beingin 1991, good judges wereappointed.To drive home hispoint, he said a judge appoint-ed by the collegium was hauledup by the Supreme Court forcontempt.On October 16, 2015,a Constitution Bench ofSupreme Court by a 4:1 major-ity upheld the collegium systemand struck down the NJAC asunconstitutional.

Referring to those whoaccuse the BJP of pushing itsphilosophy of "nationalism",Prasad said there is a lot ofdebate on the issue. PTI

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Nearly a month after theCRPF withdrew the

monthly Ration MoneyAllowance to about three lakhpersonnel, the CRPF hasrestored the facility followingrelease of funds from theCentre.

Through a note issued onSeptember 13 and circulatedacross all the formations of theparamilitary, the CRPF hadstopped payment of RMA dueto non-grant of Rs 800 croresought by the Force from theUnion Home Ministry.

Every eligible person of theCRPF is entitled for a month-ly RMA of over Rs 117 per dayand the same is credited to theaccount of the personnel alongwith the monthly salary that iscredited on the last workingday of every month. However,

for the month of September,the allowance was creditedseparately on October 9,sources said.

The move comes afterreports of stoppage of rationmoney allowance due to lack offunds. CRPF Director GeneralRR Bhatnagar had issued a cir-cular for payment of the moneyand was personally monitoringthe matter, officials said.

When asked, CRPFDeputy Inspector General(intelligence) and ChiefSpokesperson MosesDhinakaran said, "The HomeMinistry has released the fundsand the troops have been paidtheir RMA for the month ofSeptember." He said there aresufficient funds for the pay-ment of the RMA for themonth of October and beyond.

RMA is spent by the troopsfor their daily meals providedby the respective messes of dif-

ferent formation. The Central Reserve Police

Force (CRPF) with a strengthof over three lakh personnel isthe lead agency for counter-insurgency and anti-terroristoperations in the theatres ofNortheast, Naxal affected Statesand Jammu and Kashmir.

The internal note issuedlast month by the CRPF saidRMA will not be paid for themonth of September as HomeMinistry had not released Rs800 crore despite reminderssent by the paramilitary inJuly, August and September.

All non-gazetted CRPFpersonnel like constables, headconstables, assistant sub-inspectors, sub-inspectors andinspectors are entitled forRMA. A few personnel contacted by The Pioneerexpressed happiness and reliefover the resumption of theRMA.

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Metro trains in smallercities could run on rubber

tyres. The Ministry of Housingand Urban Affairs is bringinga policy to run a metro withrubber tyres, instead of steelwheels, to reduce costs. Themove follows the Ministry'smetrolite initiative that entailstrains with lesser number ofcoaches.

A committee has beenformed to draft a set of stan-dards and specification formetro on rubber tyre-wheels.Such a metro is running suc-cessfully in many countriesincluding Paris and HongKong. This metro also runs onrailway tracks, but wheels areused in tyres. It was first usedin Paris.

Union Housing and UrbanAffairs minister Hardeep SinghPuri on Friday said, "When thecommittee comes out with itsreport there will be a process ofapproval and then it will be pre-sented in public domain forstates to adopt. We have notfrozen on the standards andspecifications for it yet."

This is much cheaper thanboth the Metro Rail andMetrolite. While the per kilo-meter cost of metro rail is�300 crore, metrolite is �100crore and metro on tyres willcost �60 crore.

The minister said that themetrolite has been approved bythe ministry and the Board ofthe Directors of Delhi Metrohas also given its not for its usein a 20 km stretch fromDwarka sector 25 to KirtiNagar. Now, the ministry will

await the proposal to comefrom the Delhi government touse the metrolite. The maxi-mum operational speed of theMetrolite is 60 km per hour...In any case, even with failure ofon-board signalling, the speedis restricted to 25 km per hour.The train is to accommodatearound 300 passengers.

A similar process, he saidwill be followed in case ofmetro on tyres.

In August this year, theMaharashtra cabinet clearedthe mass transport system'Metro Neo' for better connec-tivity across Nashik. However,Nashik will have to wait for thereport of the committee andthe final approval from theunion ministry before it beginsbuilding, the Union Housingand Urban Affairs SecretaryDurga Shankar Mishra said.

As per the Nashik model,the metro on tyres will like alllines have an elevated corridorand its coaches will operate onelectricity and battery and plyon elevated viaducts with state-of-the-art terminals. "Nashikare the prime movers in thiscase and its from there that wegot the idea. However, theyhave to wait for the standardsand specifications," saidMishra.

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The Konkan belt along thewest coast of Maharashtra,

which with 75 assembly seatsaccounts for over one fourth ofthe total 288 constituencies,will be a keenly watched bat-tleground in the October 21polls and their result will decidewho rules the State for next fiveyears.

Key issues like the Nanarrefinery, metro carshed atMumbai’s Aarey Colony andPMC Bank scam, among oth-ers, are expected to dominatecampaign scene in the region,parts of which are dotted withscenic beaches.

Mumbai, which is part ofthis vast region, alone accountsfor 36 seats, but all eyes will beon the Worli seat from whereShiv Sena youth leader AadityaThackeray is making his debutin electoral politics.

The region, considered aSena-BJP stronghold, was hitby large-scale desertions fromopposition ranks ahead of polls,handing the saffron alliance anadvantage at the hustings.

An urbanised region,Konkan is expected to see astraight fight between theSena-BJP and the Congress-NCP alliances, with somesmaller outfits also trying tomake their present felt.

The Congress is contesting44 of the 75 seats, including 29in Mumbai. Its alliance part-ner NCP has fielded candidateson 18 seats, including five in

Mumbai.Among the saffron allies,

the Shiv Sena has fielded 44candidates in the region, 19 ofthem in Mumbai.

The BJP, which is other-wise the senior partner in theruling front, is contesting less-er number of seats in theregion than the UddhavThackeray-led party.

The Amit Shah-headedparty is contesting 29 seats inKonkan, 17 of them inMumbai.

A proposed refinery pro-ject at Nanar in Ratnagiri dis-trict had become a flashpointbetween the Shiv Sena and theBJP in the past. The Sena hassaid the multi-billion refinerywill damage the fragile ecolo-gy of Konkan.

A metro carshed at AareyColony, a green belt in subur-ban Goregaon, where over2,000 trees have been hacked,

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NCP president SharadPawar on Friday criticised

top BJP leaders, including AmitShah and the Prime Minister,for repeatedly using his namein campaign speeches in poll-bound Maharashtra and saidthey must speak about issuesrelated to economy and farm-ers.

The top issue on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, Shahand Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis’s campaign agenda is‘Sharad Pawar’, he said.

Without naming Shah at apoll rally in Uruli Kanchan nearhere, Pawar reiterated the“jail” jibe, saying those whowere “inside” are now runningthe country’s administration,but added he has no complaintas one has his/her rights indemocracy.

Pawar said the NCP wel-comed scrapping of Article370, which gave special statusto Jammu and Kashmir, and

asked the Centre to also inval-idate Article 371 that disallowsbuying of land in north-easternstates, including Nagaland andMeghalaya.

The former defence min-ister accused Modi of seekingmileage out of valour shown bysecurity forces during theBalakot air strike, carried outafter the Pulwama terror strikein February, during the April-May Lok Sabha polls.

In a veiled attack at Shah,the NCP veteran said, “Thereis a ‘big’ person, quite ‘big’. Didyou get who it is? He has comefrom Gujarat. He is experi-enced. He was in a jail inMaharashtra for five-sixmonths.”

Mumbai: The Maharashtra poll scene presentsan interesting picture with candidates fromvaried backgrounds — from royal families,celebrities to fourth estate — trying to enterthe Assembly’s hallowed corridors and shapethe State’s destiny over the next five years.

A whopping 3,239 candidates are in thefray for 288 seats, polling for which will beheld on October 21, but the main fight is like-ly to be between the ruling BJP-Shiv Senaalliance and the opposition Congress-NCPcombine.

Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale, a descendantof the family of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,who recently switched from the NCP to theBJP, has been given ticket from Satara and ispitted against former party colleague DeepakPawar.

Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale is a three-timeMLA and his father Abhaysinhraje Bhosalehad represented the seat several times. Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale’s cousinUdayanraje Bhosale is contesting the SataraLok Sabha bypoll as the BJP candidate.Udayanraje Bhosale was earlier in the NCP. PTI

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Expressing confidence that the BJP-Shiv Senaalliance would once again come to power inMaharashtra, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray onFriday said his party wants to make farmers debt-free.

He was addressing a campaign rally here forSena candidates Preeti Band who is contestingfrom Badnera, Sunita Fiske (Achalpur) andRajesh Wankhade (Teosa), and BJP’s Dr SunilDeshmukh (Amravati).

Shiv Sena’s manifesto for assembly polls willbe released on Saturday, Thackeray said, adding,“The Sena aims to make farmers debt-free, ratherthan making them avail loan waiver.”

Praising the Modi Government’s crop insur-ance scheme and the Pradhan Mantri UjjwalaYojana, he said he would make every effort to pro-vide six free gas cylinders per year to those in the`extremely poor’ category.

He also promised to provide a full meal at Rs10 to the poor in rural areas, and primary healthcheck-up at �1.

Talking about the outcome of the October 21Assembly polls, he said, “You can imagine thepredicament of a batsman who has to score lotsof runs in very few balls. But I have no such ten-sion. My score is decided and the target fixed. Ihave already won the match.”

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi willaddress nine rallies, including one in

Mumbai on October 18, forMaharashtra Assembly polls slated forOctober 21, Union Minister SmritiIrani said on Friday.

On October 13, PM Modi willaddress rallies in Jalgaon and Sakoli (inBhandara district), she said.

On October 16, he will address ral-lies in Akola, Panvel in Navi Mumbaiand Partur, she said, adding that thePM’s rallies in Pune, Satara and Parli willbe held the next day.

On October 18, the prime ministerwill hold a rally in Mumbai, Iraniinformed.

Mumbai: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Fridayreleased its manifesto for Maharashtra Assembly pollsslated for October 21 and promised to “re-engineerMaharashtra which has been reduced to a failed State”.

The party is contesting 24 of the 288 Assembly seatsin the state.

Maharashtra AAP co-convener Kishore Mandhyansaid the 32-page manifesto, titled ‘Aapla Maharashtra,Ananda Maharashtra’, aims to bring about a political cul-ture without money and muscle power.

“We want to re-engineer Maharashtra which hasbeen reduced to a failed state. We plan to rejuvenate infrastructure at four levels- environmental, social, socio-economic and physical infrastructure,” he said.

AAP secretary Ruben Mascarenhas said tariff onwater and electricity would be brought down like it wasdone in Delhi where the party is in power. PTI

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Maharashtra Minister andBJP leader Ashish Shelar

has slammed NationalistCongress Party chief SharadPawar, stating his stand onscrapping of Article 370 wassimilar to that of PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan.

He mocked the pre-pollcollaboration between theMaharashtra Navnirman Senaand the NCP and said when“one zero joins another zero,

the result will remain zero”.Shelar was campaigning

for BJP nominee and sittingMLA Sanjay Kelkar at a pollrally in Maharashtra’s Thanedistrict on Thursday evening.

“If Sharad Pawar feels thathe should not be asked ques-tions that will put him in trou-ble, then we will surely ask himrepeatedly why he is opposedto the scrapping of Article 370in Jammu and Kashmir,” hesaid, taking a jibe at theMaratha strongman.

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Addressing poll rallies inMaharashtra, Union

Home Minister Amit Shah onFriday raked up the issue ofCongress’ UK unit discussingKashmir with Labour Partyleader Jeremy Corbyn, andslmmed both Congress andNCP over dynasty politics.

He also said that afterDevendra Fadnavis becamechief minister, Maharashtra gotpolitical stability.

Shah targeted Congressleader Rahul Gandhi over theparty’s UK unit meetingCorbyn and discussingKashmir.

“Rahul Gandhi must apol-ogise for this as it is againstIndia’s stated stand that therewill be no third party role inKashmir and the state is India’sinternal matter. Rahul Gandhishould clarify his stand on theissue,” he said.

The Congress has said thatits UK unit was not authorisedto talk on India’s internalmatters with outsiders.

At a rally at Chikli inBuldhana district, Shahslammed the opposition forcriticising scrapping of Article370 of the Constitution.

“The people ofMaharashtra have a choice tomake. The Congress and NCPwork for the welfare of theirrespective families, whereasthe BJP and Shiv Sena haveonly the country’s interest inmind,” Shah said.

Modi’s first decision afterwinning a second term was toscrap Articles 370 and 35A,which were impediments incomplete integration of Jammuand Kashmir with India, hesaid.

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The ruling Trinamool Congresson Friday dismissed BJP’s claim

that the murder of three membersof a family of an RSS activist was politically motivated even as BengalGovernor Jagdeep Dhankar calledthe “barbaric” murder a “seriousreflection on the (law and order) sit-uation” of the State.

“There are many people whohave even given their judgment onthe murder calling it politically motivated and even going to theextent of finding a TMC hand in it.But the fact is the police are yet tocrack the case. They are still investigating the case and whyshould a small worker be murderedt oprovide publicity to the BJP whichhardly has any presence inMurshidabad,” Soumik Hussein adistrict TMC leader said.

However, expressing deepanguish over the situation GovernorJagdeep Dhankar said the “barbar-ic” murder was itself a “seriousreflection on the situation” of theState.

“This is a gruesome incidentthat has put humanity to shame. Ateacher, a young child and a preg-nant woman were killed in a bar-baric manner but there has been noresponse from the State machinery.This is a serious reflection on the sit-uation in which we are living,”Dhankhar said demanding an “hon-est and fair probe” into the murder.

“I have spoken to the authori-ties and sought an update on the sit-uation and hope that the investiga-tion is conducted in a fair manner to findout the truth,” said a “worried”Governor reminding that the inci-dent was serious and “slur on ourdemocratic working. It is shocking

to see that someone can be so bar-baric and bold to murder an entire family in such a manner.”

Meanwhile the police haddetained a couple of persons forquestioning.”It seems prima faciethat the murder was a outcome ofsome family issues. There is a diarywhich holds the key to the entireepisode. We are analysing it andexpect an early breakthrough,” asenior official said while the districtBJP workers said the police haddeliberately wasted time and “mostprobably allowed the criminals toslip into neighbouring Bangladesh.”

The iterated that the murderwas the political fallout of risingprowess of saffron forces in the area.

An RSS worker Bandhu GopalPal, his eight months pregnant wifeBeauty and six-year-old son werefound brutally murdered at their res-idence in Murshidabad’s Jiyaganjarea on Tuesday.

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Like the previ-ous five years

the BengalGovernment onFriday celebratedthe DurgaCarnival in styleexhibiting thegrand march-pastof 74 idols fromvarious clubsalong with their respective themes at the historic RedRoad.

Organised much along the line of theIndependence Day parade in New Delhitableaux taken out by each Puja clubcame out with a theme ranging fromwomen’s empowerment to pollution to‘safe drive’ a phrase coined by ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee to encouragesane driving.

Durga Puja Carnival a brainchild ofthe Chief Minister is primarily held toattract international tourist and showcase

Durga Pujas as the biggest carnival onearth. “It is perhaps beiger than the oneheld in Rio,” Banerjee earlier said adding“no where on earth will you find theintermingling of mysticism with mate-rialistic ideas with such finesse andnowhere on earth you will find crores ofpeople roaming the streets 24x7 hoppingPuja pandals ... this is why we call it thebiggest carnival on earth.”

Hundreds of foreign dignitaries andforeign media men and more than a lakhpeople witnessed the Durga Carnival onFriday.

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Terrorists in Kashmir are facinga shortage of arms which is

why they try to snatch or lootweapons from SPOs and policestations, Northern ArmyCommander Lt Gen Ranbir Singhsaid on Friday.

He said Pakistan is in a fix overthe situation and is trying differentways to send in the weapons.

Speaking to mediapersons inBhaderwah, Singh also refutedreports about infiltration of Afghanmilitants into the valley.

Terrorists are facing a shortageof weapons in Kashmir. So they tryto snatch weapons from SpecialPolice Officers (SPO) or loot themfrom police stations, the Armycommander said.

Even Pakistan has been caughtin a difficult situation so it uses var-ious ways to provide weapons to theterrorists in Kashmir, he said.Responding to questions aboutreports of Afghan militants infil-

trating into Kashmir, Singh said theyhave not been corroborated. He saidthat the Army’s counter-infiltrationgrid is very strong and the force isalert to foil any such attempts. If atall any infiltrators manage to crossover, they will be eliminated, headded.

Asked about the terrorists train-ing camps and launch pads alongthe Line of Control (LoC), Singhsaid, “We are able to thwart the infil-tration bids at the LoC itself. It is amulti-tier grid. If they (militants)pass through the first tier, they willget caught up in second tier or maybe in the following ones.”

Nearly 500 terrorists are wait-ing in various training campsalong the Line of Control in Pak-occupied Kashmir, looking foropportunities to sneak into Jammuand Kashmir, a top Army officersaid on Friday. He also said 200to 300 terrorists are operating inhinterland of J&K to keep theregion in turmoil with Pakistan’ssupport.

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One Army jawan, injured crit-ically in Pakistan firing along

the Line of Control in Nowsherasector of frontier Rajouri districtsuccumbed to his injuries incommand hospital, Udhampurlate Friday evening.

Meanwhile, tension prevailed in several forward vil-lages along the line of control inRajouri and Poonch districts forlast 48 hours amid intense mor-tar shelling by Pakistan army.Two civilians were injured inPoonch on Thursday while sev-eral residential houses also borethe brunt of heavy shelling inthese villages.

In strong retaliatory action,the Indian Army is learnt to havedemolished some of the forwardposts and ammunition dump ofthe Pakistan Army. Media reportsclaimed, Pakistan army too hadsuffered fatal injuries.

In Jammu, Defence PRO Lt-Col Devender Anand said,“Ceasefire violation was report-ed in Nowshera sector of Rajouridistrict between 5.50 to 7.30 a.mon Friday”.

He said, an army jawaninjured in the Pak firing was evac-uated to command hospitalUdhampur. He later succumbed

to fatal injuries”. Defence PROsaid, “the martyred jawan hasbeen identified as 25 year oldNaik Subash Thapa”. He hailedfrom village Panighata, PostOffice Bagdogra, Siliguri Tehsil,Darjeeling, West Bengal. He issurvived by his mother PadmaThapa.

Meanwhile, Northern Armycommander Lt General RanbirSingh Friday said, “500 terroristsare waiting in various trainingcamps along the Line of Controlin Pak-occupied Kashmir, look-ing for opportunities to sneakinto Jammu and Kashmir”

He also claimed that terror-ists are facing acute shortage ofarms and hence are attempting tosnatch the weapons from PoliceStations or from Special PoliceOfficers (SPOs).

“There is no doubt that ter-rorists are facing a big shortage ofarms and are attempting to snatchit from Police Stations or from

Special Police Officers. Pakistanis in crisis and also trying differ-ent means to sent arms insideJammu and Kashmir,” said RanbirSingh said while addressingmedia persons on the sidelines ofa function in Bhaderwah.

He said deploying drones toarm terrorists is one of the newmodus operandi of Pakistan, saidLt General Singh in reply to aquestion over the issue of drop-ping arms through drones inPunjab by Pakistan.

“But I want to ensure you thatIndian Army is capable anddetermined to foil Pakistan’s anyunholy design.

Their designs will not beallowed to succeed,” he said.

He said that Pakistan is try-ing to disturb peace in Jammuand Kashmir.

He further said that about200-300 terrorists are trying todisturb peace in Jammu andKashmir while approximately500 of them are being trained atlaunch-pads across the border. Hesaid these figures keep changingas per their training schedule.

“Whatever be the number, weare capable to stop and eliminatethem to ensure peace and nor-malcy in this region,” he added.

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In what is being seen as a serious security lapse, five

Tibetans managed to reach thegates of Hotel Chola, the superdeluxe hotel where ChinesePresident Xi Jumping wasscheduled to arrive by Fridaynoon.

Though the route fromChennai International Airportto the hotel and the East CoastRoad to Mahabalipuram wereunder heavy security blanketsince Tuesday, the police andother security agencies weretaken aback by the surpriseshowdown by the rebels whowaved Tibetan national flagand shouted anti Chinese slo-gans. But the police managedto thwart their efforts to createa commotion and whiskedthem away within minutes.

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The Army on Friday said violence in the Kashmirvalley has gone down since the abrogation of the

Article 370 on August 5.Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the

‘Sangam Youth Festival’ at University Campus,Bhaderwah, General Officer Commander in Chief,Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh said hehad high hopes from the valley’s youngsters.

“The situation in valley is under control. Eversince the abrogation of article 370 on August 5, therehas been significant improvement in all the violenceparameters in Kashmir,” Lt Gen Singh told reportershere.

“There has been reduction in terrorist initiat-ed incidents. There has been reduction in stone pelt-ing incidents. There has also been reduction in theprotests that were carried out by the people or thelarge number of crowds coming out,” he added.

But the situation remains fragile, becausePakistan continues with its designs to push in infil-trators so that they can keep the state of Jammu andKashmir in a constant State of turmoil, the Armycommander said.

“We are prepared to foil their designs,” he added.Replying to a question, he said there was no changein the role of the UN along the Line of Control.

Speaking about the festival, he said: “This is veryhumble contribution from the Army to provide aplatform to the youth in Bhaderwah for nurturingtheir talent.”

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Large number of MataVaisnho Devi bound pil-

grims and regular commuters,travelling on the Jammu —Pathankot National HighwayFriday faced many hardshipsdue to opening of new toll plazaat Tarore in Samba district.

Due to poor managementand lack of adequate facilities,motorists remained strandedfor about 1-2 hours in long traf-fic jam on the busy highway.

Ironically, the staff sta-tioned at the poll plaza was seenthreatening motorists to doleout toll tax. Few among themwho raised serious concernswhile remaining stranded in thelong jam were even abused,thrashed and slapped by the‘goons’ stationed at the tollplaza. Earlier, the toll plazawas inaugurated by Ajay KumarRajak, Project Director NHAIin presence of officials ofDistrict administration, NHAIstaff and others.

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Congress leader RahulGandhi on Friday pleaded

‘not guilty’ and was granted bailin a criminal defamation casefiled against him here forcalling Union Home MinisterAmit Shah a “murder accused”.

Gandhi also appearedbefore a second court herewhere he is facing anotherdefamation case, for claimingthat Ahmedabad DistrictCooperative (ADC) Bank wasinvolved in a currency swap-ping scam post-demonetisa-tion.

Shah is one of the directorsof the bank.

Additional chief metro-politan magistrate R B Etaliya,hearing the defamation suitfiled by BJP corporatorKrishnavadan Brahmbhattagainst Gandhi for calling Shaha murder accused, granted theCongress leader bail on a bondof �10,000.

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Justice S Mani Kumar was onFriday sworn in as the new

Chief Justice of the KeralaHigh Court here.

He was administered theoath of office by KeralaGovernor Arif MohammedKhan.

Mani Kumar is the 36thChief Justice of the high court.

He succeeds JusticeHrishikesh Roy, who was ele-vated to the Supreme Court.

Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan was also present at theswearing-in ceremony held atthe Raj Bhavan.

Among others presentwere former Governor PSathasivam, state ministers AK Balan, M M Mani, DrThomas Isaac and

Kadannappalli Ramachandran.Buela Rajakumari, wife of

Justice Mani Kumar, sonSathyadev, daughter Sahithya,Swami Durai, father of JusticeMani Kumar and former Judgeof Madras High Court, werealso present, a Raj Bhavanpress release said.

Some judges of the highcourt also attended the cere-mony.

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One person was killed andthree others, including a

security personnel, wereinjured in a fresh round ofcommunal violence in thiscentral Bihar town on Fridaywhere tension has prevailedsince members of two com-munities clashed the previousday during a procession forimmersion of idols of goddessDurga.

District Magistrate NaveenKumar confirmed death of oneperson and wounds received bythree others in the latest vio-lence. Giving details, he saidresidents of Jakarganj localityattacked Vishnu Yadav andBittu Kumar in Gaurakshmicolony early Friday morning,leading to the death of the for-mer at a hospital where the lat-ter who received bullet injuryin his leg is undergoing treat-ment. The DM said "we havearrested 12 residents ofJakarganj and a number ofswords have been recoveredfrom their houses.

"After opening fire, theattackers hurled stones at secu-rity personnel who rushed to

the spot. One Rapid ActionForce commando and a localresident were injured in theincident. They are being treat-ed at a hospital".

Situation is tense, butunder control, the DM added.

Talking to PTI-Bhasha inPatna, Director General ofPolice- Gupteshwar Pandey-confirmed the casualty besides"bullet injury to only one per-son" which he blamed on "skir-mish between anti-social ele-ments which followed openingof fire from one side".

Situation had been broughtunder control on Thursdayitself. The immersion of idolstoo took place late in theevening. Situation has onceagain been brought under con-trol after the early morningincident, the DGP said. Troublebegan on Thursday morningwhen a stone was thrown at theprocession being taken out forimmersion of idols near theArwal More. The devoteesblamed by-standers belongingto another community for thesame after which both sidesindulged in heavy stone-peltingwhich had left 14 peopleinjured.

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Strongly defending hisGovernment's flood relief

measures, Karnataka ChiefMinister B S Yediyurappa onFriday said his administrationhas taken steps "beyond its lim-its".

Listing out the financial aidbeing given to the affectedand displaced, he claimedthat no other State had beenable to give such a largeamount of relief in the past.

Replying in the assembly tothe debate on the situation inflood ravaged regions and reliefwork taken up so far, he point-ed out that rains in earlyAugust was a record in 110years, resulting in floods andlarge-scale destruction.

"TheState Government hasgone beyond its limits to giverelief to the affected and dis-placed due to rains and floods..

Within our limits we havedone the best possible and inthe next budget we will provi-sion more to help those affect-ed," Yediyurappa said.

He claimed that it was thefirst time that any StateGovernment was providingsuch large-scale relief.

"I'm saying this withresponsibility... We fully under-stand that if a Governmentcannot respond to the needs ofits people in distress, it is likedead."Noting that �five lakheach was being given for recon-struction to those whose hous-es have been damaged, he said�one lakh was being releasednow for laying foundation.

On crop loss compensa-tion, he said NDRF normsstipulated that �6,800 perhectare was to be given. Thestate would now add �10,000per hectare to it, he said.

For horticulture crops, thestate would add �10,000 perhectare to the �13,500 perhectare that was to be given asper norms, he said.

For irrigated land Rs18,000 per hectare is the normand the Government wouldadd �10,000 per hectare, hesaid. Yediyurappa said � 25,000would be given to damaged

looms and shops and pointedout that for the first time �10,000 has been given as imme-diate relief to people affected byfloods, which was to the tuneof �203 crore.

A total of 2798 villages in103 taluks of 22 districts was hitby floods and around sevenlakh people were shifted tosafer areas.

Ninety one people diedand about 3,400 heads of cat-tle perished in the rains andfloods. In his reply, RevenueMinister R Ashoka said com-plete transparency was beingmaintained in providing reliefas money was being depositedin bank accounts of beneficia-ries through RTGS.

"We have taken precautionso that there is no room for cor-ruption," he said. He said7,54,191 hectares of agriculturecrops, 1.09 lakh hectares ifhorticulture crop, 1.06 lakh hacoffee and 244.48 ha of silkwere damaged in the floodsand 21,818 km of roads, 11,063Government buildings werealso damaged.

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Assam Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal has

ordered an inquiry into ruptureof water pipeline in NEEPCO'sKopili Hydel Power Project inDima Hasao district, officialsources said on Friday.

In view of the incident inNorth Eastern Electric PowerCorporations (NEEPCO) pro-ject in Umngsu, leading todamage of properties in thepower plant, the chief ministerinstituted an inquiry by DIGSouth Assam Division P KDutta, said a governmentrelease here.

The chief minister alsoasked Minister in charge of HillAreas Development, Minesand Minerals- Sum Ronghang-to visit the accident site with

a high-powered team to takestock of the situation.

The team will also havelocal MP Haren Sing Bay,MLAs- B B Hagjer and DrNomal Momin- ChiefExecutive Member of DimaHaso Autonomous CouncilDebolal Gorlosa, the releasesaid.

Sonowal held a meetingwith the senior officers of state-run NEEPCO during the dayand took first hand informationabout the incident.

He also asked them to taketechnology driven remedialsteps to avert recurrence ofsuch incidents in the future.

Hill Areas Developmentminister, Additional ChiefSecretary Home and PoliticalKumar Sanjay Krishna,Chairman APDCL Vinod

Kumar Pipersenia, ChiefMinisters Principal SecretarySanjay Lohiya and the officersof NEEPCO were present at themeeting, the release added.

The three officials ofNEEPCO and one worker, whowere feared trapped inside apump house, remain untracedand could not be rescued evenafter five days of the burst in apipeline at the hydro-powerplant due to non receding ofwater level, according to DimaHasao Deputy Commissioner-Amitabh Rajkhowa.

The NEEPCO authoritiesexpect that the water level willtake two to three more days torecede and after that a thor-ough rescue operation can belaunched to trace the missingpersons.

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West Bengal BJP presidentDilip Ghosh on Friday

accused Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee of trying todivert attention from the “anar-chic and lawless situation” pre-vailing in the state by organis-ing the grand Durga PujaCarnival in the city.

The programme is alsoaimed at diverting attentionfrom the failures of the TMCGovernment and Banerjee toprotect the people, he said.

Claiming that several BJPworkers were killed in WestBengal during the puja, heasked “Will the people be ableenjoy a carnival when so manypeople are getting killed every-day in the state?”

Ghosh told reporters thatduring Durga Puja five BJPworkers had been killed,

excluding the triple murder inMurshidabad. “The schoolteacher who was killed inMurshidabad was our partysupporter. This only reflects thelaw and order situation in thestate and how it has complete-ly broken down.

“The State organising thePuja carnival is nothing but anattempt to divert attentionfrom the anarchic situation inthe State,” he said.

The BJP has sought timefrom President Ram NathKovind and Union HomeMinister Amit Shah to apprisethem about the “completebreakdown” of law and order inWest Bengal national generalsecretary of the party KailashVijayvargiya said earlier in theday.

The State BJP leaders saidthe carnival is an attempt towoo the section of Hindus

who have deserted the TMCdue to its appeasement politics.

“The TMC is trying tocreate a hype as it wants toreach out to the Hindus in thestate, post its dismal perfor-mance in the Lok Sabha polls.The poll results have sent outa strong message that Hinduscan’t be taken for granted inBengal,” said a senior BJPleader. Referring to the TMCGovernment’s decision duringa previous year to restrict theimmersion ceremony due toMuharram, state BJP generalsecretary Sayantan Basu allegedthat under TMC rule Hindusare not being allowed to freelypractice their religion in thestate.

“The TMC Governmentshould apologise to the peoplefor restricting the immersionceremony of Durga Puja forMuharram. There are also

instances of Saraswati Puja notbeing allowed in various partsof Bengal. Now after the LokSabha election result TMC hasrealized that their days inpower in the state are num-bered,” Basu said.

The BJP bagged 18 out ofthe 42 Lok Sabha seats in thestate in 2019, just four less thanthe ruling TMC. The TMC’stally came down from 34 in2014 to 22 seats.

The Trinamool Congress,however, refused to attachmuch importance to Ghosh’scomment and said the BJPwas trying to deflect attentionof the people from the eco-nomic downturn facing thecountry.

“The BJP should stop mak-ing baseless allegations. The lawand order situation in Bengalis fine and the BJP is trying todisturb it.

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Congress president SoniaGandhi has asked leaders

of the party's West Bengal unitto conduct joint movementwith the Left Front against theruling TMC and BJP, seniorCongress leader AbdulMannan said on Friday.

Mannan had met Gandhiat her residence in New Delhitwice on Thursday eveningand discussed the political sit-uation in the state.

According to Congresssources, Gandhi's go-ahead tothe Congress-LF alliance ispolitically significant given thefact that the party is losingground and Bengal is fast turn-ing into a BJP stronghold.

"We discussed the politicalsituation with Sonia Gandhijiand she has asked us to con-duct joint movements with theLeft Front in order to build apublic opinion about the pro-posed LF-Congress alliance inthe state. She asked us to con-duct joint movements with

Left Front against TrinamoolCongress and BJP in the state,"Mannan said.

"During the meeting shetold me that had the Left andCongress alliance been intactafter the 2016 assembly polls,the political situation in Bengalcould have been different andBJP would have never gainedground in the state," Mannan,who is also the leader of oppo-sition in West Bengal assembly,said.

During a meeting withWest Bengal PCC presidentSomen Mitra in August,Gandhi had given her nod tothe proposed Congress-LeftFront alliance in West Bengalfor the upcoming assemblyby-polls in the state in view ofthe party's dismal performancein the Lok Sabha polls.

The leaderships of WestBengal Congress and theCPI(M) had recently sealed aseat adjustment for the upcom-ing bypolls in three assemblyseats in the state to stop themarch of the BJP and the rul-

ing Trinamool Congress.It was decided that

Congress will contest theKaliaganj seat in NorthDinajpur district andKharagpur in West Midnaporedistrict, while the CPIM)-ledLeft Front will contest theKarimpur seat in Nadia dis-trict.

The Kaliaganj seat fellvacant after the death of sittingCongress MLA ParmathanathRoy, while the election toKharagpur seat is being held asits MLA Dilip Ghosh, the stateBJP chief, is now an MP afterwinning the Medinipur LokSabha seat. Karimpur MLAMahua Moitra of TMC hadwon the Krishnnanagar LokSabha seat. The Congress andthe CPI(M) had come togeth-er for the 2016 Assembly pollsbut had failed to impact TMC'sperformance. Their attempts toseal a pre-poll alliance for theLok Sabha elections this timefailed after they could notagree to a seat-sharing formu-la.

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Pilot of the helicopter carry-ing Maharashtra Chief

Minister Devendra Fadnavisseemed to have had some trou-ble while landing on muddy ground in neigh-bouring Raigad district onFriday.

The incident, which was"not much serious", took placeat Pen Borgaon at 4.25 pm,said a local police official.

Directorate General ofCivil Aviation also took note ofthe incident and launched aprobe.

Video aired by a regionalnews channel showed thechopper touching down, then

lifting off a bit before turningand making a safe landing.

Fadnavis was visiting thedistrict for the Assembly elec-tion campaign.

A temporary helipad hadbeen prepared for his visit by the Public WorksDepartment, the police officialsaid.

The aircraft was carryingFadnavis, his personal assistant,an engineer, co-pilot and pilot,he said.

Raigad superintendent ofpolice Anil Paraskar said theincident was "normal". "As perthe information provided bythe pilot, there was no prob-lem with the landing," the SPsaid.

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Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister PemaKhandu on Friday stressed on connecting

Bhutan by road from Tawang to boost tourismin both the countries.

He made the point when Bhutanese ConsulGeneral Phub Tshering paid a courtesy call onhim here.

The Consul General accompanied by ConsulSherub Phuntsho is on a two-day visit toArunachal, which not only shares border withBhutan but also has close cultural and religiousaffinity, particularly with the eastern

districts of the state, according to the CM office.

During the discussion, Khandu said the roadon Indian side in Tawang district is almost ready,however construction is yet to begin on theBhutan area.

He informed the Consul General, havingconsular jurisdiction over Arunachal Pradesh,Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland, that with thesupport of the Union government, surface andair connectivity in the state have received a majorfillip in the recent years.

While rail connectivity to Tawang fromBhalukpong is expected to be complete by 2020,proposal has been made to build an airport inTawang.

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The newly appointed UPCC pres-ident Ajay Kumar Lallu reached

here on Friday to assume his newresponsibilities, vowing to make theCongress party again "the voice ofthe deprived" in Uttar Pradesh.

Lallu, who took a UP Roadwaysbus to reach Lucknow, was given arousing welcome on his arrival as theparty workers and supporters, car-rying welcome posters and banners, accompanied him in anearly

four-km-long march from thePolytechnic Crossing to the UPCCHeadquarters, Nehru Bhawan atMall Road here.

On the way to the party head-quarters, Lallu along with his sup-porters stopped at the statues of B RAmbedkar, Sardar Patel, MahatamaGandhi and Rajiv Gandhi and paidhomage to them.

"The Congress will become thevoice of the deprived, harassed,farmers, youths and women in UttarPradesh. We have several challengesbefore us but with the blessings of

seniors and the support of youths, noone will be able to stop the partyfrom coming to power in 2022,"Lallu said addressing the workersand supporters after taking charge asthe new UPCC president.

Lallu exhorted workers to over-come all hurdles through determi-nation and hard work, and workunitedly for taking the party ahead.

Thanking Congress working president Sonia Gandhiand general secretary PriynakaGandhi Varda, he said, "Alongwithother challenges, the bad shape of theeconomy is also a challenge and withit there is also a challenge to uprootthose in power. We all will have totake a pledge for it."

"If there is any leader who hasfought against the BJP and RSS fordefending the nation's democracy, itis our leader Rahul Gandhi.

But this government made allout efforts by spending �4,000 croreand using social media to launch acampaign against him," he said.

"Was it his fault that he foughtfor the poor and farmers?" he asked.

In the past eight months,Priyanka Gandhi has given a clearmessage that she is ready to strug-gle with the grassroot workers, saidLallu, recalling her recent visits to thestate for justice to the poor andoppressed.

The new UPCC president, whowas welcomed among others by theformer MPs Pramod Tewari and PL Punia, intermingled with theworkers and leaders to greet thempersonally.

In an informal interaction withmediapersons, Lallu said the onlypath for the Congress to moveahead is the struggle.

"The manner in which theBritish were thrown out, theCongress too will be strengthenedand brought back to power by itsworkers treading on the path dialogue and struggle," hesaid on being asked about hisroadmap to strengthen the party.

Among various other frontalorganisations, Congress Sewa Dalamong also welcomed Lallu on hisarrival at the PCC headquarters.

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Pakistan has a unique political phe-nomenon of staging sit-ins, a strat-egy that is routinely deployed toexpress political or religious protestsand bring the sitting Government

to its knees. Typically, protesters camp in thearterial intersections of the capital city,Islamabad, and openly dare the Governmentinto succumbing to its demands. So far, suc-cessive Pakistani Governments have beenunable to devise an effective counter-measureagainst the virtual seizure of the capital and,thus, the nation. All half-hearted and petu-lant measures like the deployment of addi-tional security forces, barricading, barbedwires and shipping containers have practical-ly remained ineffective against the imminentspectre of a civic clampdown, vandalism andtorching of property. Forcible eviction of theprotesters is usually not an option as they havea tendency to fuel fire and lend dangerous cre-dence to the protest issues in an increasing-ly restive, angry and regime-wary Pakistan.

Therefore, any organisation, with even abasic modicum of public support and aninflammatory cause to boot, can cripple thesitting Government. Competing interests ofvarious stakeholders in the Pakistani “estab-lishment” have ensured that there is an invari-able and unstated conflict of interest amongthe political classes, clergy, judiciary and aboveall, the Pakistani military. This results inintrigues, deceits and behind-the-scenesmanoeuvers to outwit each other, which givesthe protests a lot of unimagined and unac-knowledged energy.

A few years ago, an unknown religiousorganisation, Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya RasoolAllah, had organised a powerful “sit-in”against an amendment to the oath of officefor national and provincial Assemblies,wherein the semantics had changed from “Ibelieve” to “I solemnly swear” regarding theaffirmation of the Holy Prophet as the finalProphet. Though the Government attributedthe unintended change to a clerical mistake,the emotions generated were powerfulenough to evoke protests across the countryand soon, the Law Minister was forced toresign. The then Opposition leader, ImranKhan, smelt political opportunity to soundholier-than-thou and sought the resignationof the Law Minister and the Prime Minister.

Even the Pakistani military played balland resisted from taking action against “ourown people” and, instead, embarrassed the sit-ting Government by offering its good officesto “mediate” at a time when the latter washopelessly capitulating. The Government ofthe day came out of the episode looking meekand the protesting zealots (aided immeasur-ably by politicians like Imran Khan, the cler-gy and the Pakistani military) made sure thatthe religiously-concerned electorate are delib-erately manipulated by the turn of events.

Crucially, stage management of the saidprotest by vested stakeholders also laidwaste to any hope of changing the blasphe-my laws, even though leaders like Imran

Khan played the role of an “all-rounder” by endearing them-selves to the middle class and theintelligentsia by posturing sup-posedly reformist agenda, whilesimultaneously winning overthe hardliners by partaking suchopportunistic dramas.

Much earlier, too, thesestakeholders had tested thewaters by organising the inquilabor azadi march that culminatedin a familiar “sit-in” at Islamabad.That time, too, Imran Khanhad teamed up with a cleric,Tahir-ul-Qadri, and sought toexpose, embarrass and weakenthe sitting Government — a pro-ject that had unmistakable fin-gerprints of the Pakistani militarywrit all over.

Today, time and tide havechanged and the Pakistani polit-ical instinct for “sit-in” protestslooms large over Imran Khanhimself, who had gainedimmense political clout by engag-ing with extremist religiousorganisations during hisOpposition days. Now it is theturn of yet another maulana-politician, Fazal-ur-Rehman, thepresident of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), to threaten yet anoth-er azadi march on October 27.

Like Imran Khan himself,the maulana has had a history ofselective flip-flops with variouspositions to nurture his politicalgrowth — incredulously even

with the Americans, who are seenas an influential lobby within thenarrative of Pakistani gover-nance. WikiLeaks had releasedcables, stating that the thenAmerican Ambassador notedabout the maulana, “He hasmade it clear that his still signif-icant number of votes are up forsale” in a desperate bid to seekWashington’s blessings in themaulana’s hope to become thePrime Minister. The sham of themaulana’s anti-American andpro-Taliban rhetoric was exposedin the same manner as ImranKhan’s “Naya Pakistan” should becontextualised with the earningof the contradictory sobriquet ofTaliban Khan.

Pakistani politics has adynamic of its own that is neitherconsistent nor linear and is onlycircumstantial. The fear of thenew azadi march is not in theamount of clout that the maulanacarries by himself but more fromthe resultant force that can begenerated with either the silentacquiescence or the active sup-port of various elements of thePakistani “establishment.”

Key players like the Pakistanimilitary could also “tolerate” themaulana’s protestations to keepImran Khan in check and remainvulnerable — power play in suchevents is an opportunity to flexinstitutional muscles and sendmessages to other stakeholders.

The expeditious war cry of “Islam is in danger” is somethingthat can be easily invoked by thewily maulana to corner ImranKhan — it is an age-old tact thatnever wanes and something thatImran Khan himself was com-plicit of in the past.

This line could spin off intoanti-American and pro-Talibanrealms that run contrary to theinternational image of a reformistthat Imran Khan is trying to cul-tivate. While other political par-ties are egging on the maulana totake on Imran Khan himself, theyare stopping short of over com-mitting themselves since they arenot sure of the exact quantum ofanimus that the Imran KhanGovernment has generated with-in the palace intrigues betweenIslamabad and Rawalpindi.

In Pakistan, the position ofthe Opposition is clearer, pro-nounced and articulate sincethey can cry themselves hoarseover corruption, ineptitude, reli-gion and the handling of Indiawhile taking on the Government.Imran Khan now faces the geniethat he himself had unleashedearlier as yet another ambitiousleader with a similarly duplicitousrecord in seeking to replicate acrippling “sit-in.”

(The writer, a military veteran, is a former Lt Governorof Andaman & Nicobar Islandsand Puducherry)

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Churlish move” (October11). The reason given by the BJPGovernment to deny permis-sion to Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal to attend the C-40 climate summit in Denmarklacks credibility. The Centre doesenjoy the veto power in decidingwho should travel abroad but indoing so, it should give prece-dence to merit rather than polit-ical considerations.

The Ministry of ExternalAffairs (MEA) was of the opinionthat the conference was sup-posed to be attended by mayorsand that the Chief Minister wouldbe demeaned by speaking at thesummit. But it did not even con-sider the fact that Delhi’s experi-ence in tackling air pollutioncould have helped other citiescombat the same. The decisionshould have been left to Kejriwal.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)national spokesperson RaghavChadha was correct when he saidthat when former Delhi ChiefMinister Sheila Dikshit wasallowed to attend the C-40 sum-mit, there is no reason why thecurrent Chief Minister should be

denied permission. This is a polit-ical motive to refuse permission.The BJP Government probablyexpected Kejriwal to react wildlybut the optics backfired as theChief Minister acted more mature-ly. Undeterred by the Centre’smove, he addressed the summitvia video conference. If the Centrewants to avoid any such controver-

sies further, it should come upwith better reasons.

N NagarajanVia email

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Sir — This refers to the article,“China’s impunity complex”

(October 11) by Vivek Mishra. Yetanother Sino-Indian meet is cur-rently under way, this time inChennai. Chinese President XiJinping’s main agenda is to seekIndia’s consensus for RegionalComprehensive EconomicPartnership (RCEP), which is afree-trade agreement betweenthe 10-nation ASEAN bloc and

six other Eastern countries: India,China, Japan, Australia, NewZealand and Singapore. This, toensure that his country remainsthe Asian trading hub.

While this may have its ownconsequences for Indian indus-tries, we cannot remain out of thebloc as that will lead to completeisolation. Our options are verylimited but we must drive a hardbargain while negotiating tosecure as much foreign marketaccess as possible.

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Sir — Even as the prices foronions are yet to stabilise, retailprices of tomatoes have shot upand are being sold at �80 per kg.The Government has attributedthe current rise in prices to sup-ply disruption caused by heavyrains in key growing States,including Karnataka. But the cre-ation of artificial shortage cannotbe ruled out in both cases.

ManishaVia email

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The Indian economy lost �1,17,253 crore in2018 due to smuggling in five key sectorsand about 16.36 lakh worth of livelihood

opportunity. These figures, cited by a FICCI(Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerceand Industry) study, are alarming given that theglobal economy is suffering and India’s fiscalhealth is also not robust. The Indian economygained momentum in 1991 with the three-pronged steps of liberalisation, privatisation andglobalisation taken by the then Narasimha RaoGovernment. Though passing through ups anddowns, since then, in general, the economy hasbeen doing much better than before.

However, at this moment, the scenario is notencouraging, not entirely due to domestic fac-tors. Many manufacturing sectors like automo-biles, textiles, Micro, Small and MediumEnterprises (MSMEs) are not doing well, whichbesides other consequences for the country haveresulted in creation of fewer jobs.

Besides all these factors, another elementwhich has had a huge negative effect on the econ-omy is the fast-growing high volume of illicittrade. Smuggling and counterfeiting are normal-ly seen only from the prism of the loss of rev-enue to the exchequer. However, it has manymore facets that impact our economy, society, lawand order and employment generation.

Over the years, the rate of growth of illicittrade has outpaced the growth of the economy.It has credibly been estimated that by 2022, themarket size of illegal business at the global levelwill touch $3 trillion. No country is immune tothis problem and there is no product, the coun-terfeit of which is not available in the market.

According to a report by the United StatesTrade Representative (USTR), pharmaceuticalsand Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) arefacing a big problem due to the illicit market as20 per cent of pharmaceuticals sold are eithercounterfeit or sub-standard and in the case ofFMCG products, seven to nine per cent of themarket share has been taken away by smuggledor counterfeit goods, which result in an annualloss of �21,000-�31,000 crore to the industry.

One alarming aspect of the illegal businessis that money generated through this is the mainsource of financing terrorism across the globe.Different terrorist organisations indulge insmuggling and counterfeiting of specified prod-ucts. While the Islamic State deals in cigarettes,petroleum, oil and lubricants and mobile phones,the Hezbollah trades in drugs and medicines, theAl Qaeda in clothing and bags, the IrishRepublican Army in pirated discs and clothing,the Hamas in drugs and food products and theBoko Haram in cigarettes. Illicit trade in tobac-co products is considered a low-risk, high-rewardeconomic activity and this evil business istermed as the crime of the 21st Century by theUS security service the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation. The online sale of counterfeit goodsis also burning a major hole in the economy, ofthe world and India, as nearly one in threeIndians reported receiving counterfeit productsonline. An Organisation for Economic Co-oper-ation and Development (OECD) report ofMarch 2019 shows that worldwide the percent-age of counterfeit footwear is about 22 per cent,clothing 16 per cent, leather goods 13 per cent,

electric equipment 12 per cent and soon. It is important to note that sincebrands stand for social status, trust,quality, originality and so on, anyactivity that compromises with this hasto be curbed effectively. In order to finda holistic and permanent solution to theproblem in India, a unified voice isneeded so that the Government makespolicies and legislations to serve the bestinterests of consumers and the coun-try. Vigorous consumer awarenesscampaigns need to be undertaken ona large scale apart from multimediacampaigns such as the Government’sJago Grahak Jago initiative. This willenable consumers to differentiatebetween genuine and fake products.The Indian industry must also takesteps to safeguard the integrity of sup-ply chains of their products, check noto-rious markets regularly and use tech-nology to track and trace movement oftheir original products in transit. Theindustry has to give a thrust to riskassessment and make more investmentsin intelligence services. However, tocheck this menace, the whole-heartedsupport of the Government is necessaryand it has to establish a nodal vigilanceagency for regular monitoring of ille-gal activities.

A constant dialogue with interna-tional stakeholders will also help in dis-seminating global best practices andlegal provisions dealing with suchcrimes need to be reinforced as extantbail provisions are not severe and con-victions are low. In order to effective-ly curb illegal trade, bail bonds shouldbe high, there should be stringentmonetary penalty for offences andimprisonment should be more rigorousand for a longer term.

It has been observed globally thatcertainty about infliction of penalty ismore effective than the severity of the

penal action. Hence, investigation andprosecution must end in a specifiedperiod. For this, we need separate com-mercial courts manned by specially-trained judges. Dynamic injunctionscoupled with punitive damages andmaking the provision of arbitrationapplicable for such offences are alsovital. There is a need for a comprehen-sive national legislation to deal effective-ly with organised crime.

According to a Thought ArbitrageResearch Institute (TARI) study com-missioned by FICCI-CASCADE(Committee Against Smuggling andCounterfeiting Activities Destroying theEconomy), titled Invisible Enemy:Impact of Smuggling on Indian Economyand Employment, revenue and liveli-hood opportunities are lost due tosmuggling in five specified industries,namely textiles, tobacco products,readymade garments, machinery andparts and consumer durables like elec-tronics. The report highlights the keychallenges posed by smuggling and sug-gests possible solutions to make com-pliance and related processes morerobust with the overarching objectiveof arresting the spread of smuggling.

The study also took into accountthe impact on direct employment,backward linkages and multiplier effectsof these industries as per universallyaccepted norms. The report statedthat the total direct livelihood oppor-tunity lost in these five industries wasabout 5.01 lakh in FY18. Out of this,3.55 lakh was in readymade garmentsand tobacco products, which arelabour-intensive industries.

Estimates of cigarette smugglingbased on consumption approachshowed that the quantum of smugglingof cigarettes was �8,750 crore in FY18,resulting in 14 to 20 per cent of outputloss to domestic tobacco manufactur-

ers. Estimated smuggling in the ready-made garments industry rose to �5,509crore in FY18. The study recommend-ed strengthening of domestic manufac-turing and reducing the demand-sup-ply gap by making more goods avail-able through legal channels. It also bat-ted for urgent review of Governmentpolicies such as emphasis on enforce-ment action and priority on coordina-tion between different Governmentagencies. It sought leveraging of tech-nology for trade facilitation and mon-itoring; capacity building of enforce-ment agencies; strengthening risk man-agement capabilities of customs depart-ment; better coordination amongenforcement agencies engaged in anti-smuggling and greater internationalcoordination and cooperation.

Keeping this in mind, CASCADEhas been pursuing a pan-India cam-paign to raise awareness among con-sumers, policy-makers and enforce-ment agencies, like the police, customsand the judiciary. Each year it holds itsf lagship international eventMASCRADE (Movement AgainstSmuggled and Counterfeit Trade),which is attended by delegates fromIndia and abroad. Since, theGovernment wants the Indian econo-my to reach the $5 trillion mark by 2024and illicit trade has a serious deceler-ating effect on growth, it must becurbed substantially. This will happenonly if concerted effort is made by allstakeholders to ensure that an effectiveand workable deterrence is createdwithout any loss of time. In absence ofsuch an action, it would be difficult toarrest the growth of illicit trade in Indiaand the world.

(The writer is former Chairman,Central Board of Indirect Taxes andCustoms and Advisor, FICCI-CAS-CADE.)

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Afew days ago I had written anarticle, An appeal to myKashmiri brothers and sis-

ters, in which I mentioned that therestrictions in Kashmir for over 60days after abrogation of Article 370of the Constitution on August 5 havemade the lives of Kashmiris in theValley (and also those living outsidetrying to contact their relatives in theValley) miserable. I said that Internetand mobiles are not luxuries butnecessities today and being deprivedof them for even one day, what to sayof 60 days (along with curfews andother restrictions), would makeone’s life hell. I therefore appealed toKashmiris to wear a black wristbandas a token of protest against these

oppressive restrictions; boycottGovernor Satyapal Malik as well ashis advisers; refuse to serve touriststill the inhuman and unwarrantedrestrictions are removed and publishand circulate a leaflet stating thatabrogation of Article 370 was onlya gimmick to divert attention fromthe economic crisis by a belea-guered Narendra Modi Governmentwhich does not know how to solveit.

In response to the article, Ireceived two emails from KashmiriPandits. The first states, “Dear Sir.After reading your latest appeal toKashmiris, I would like to suggestyou take the logical next step in yourcampaign by forming a govern-ment in exile, like Subhas ChandraBose. I am also certain that PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan, whowas after all reading from your scriptat the UN General Assembly in NewYork, will credit you swiftly as thepresident of the government ofIndia in exile. Jai Hind.”

The second email states, “Thosewho greeted Narendra Modi inHouston were all my friends. They

are not buffoons. I support them. Wemay have different beliefs, but we canbe kind to each other and civilised.”

These letters reveal the typicalmindset of almost all KashmiriPandits. I, too, am a KashmiriPandit, and I know what horribleatrocities were committed on themin the 1990s leading to their exodusfrom the Valley out of fear. I wrotea piece on Kashmiri Pandits on myblog Satyam Bruyat several years ago,describing the wrongs done to them.So I have every sympathy for them.

But what I found in almost allmembers of my community is ablind hatred for Muslims, because ofwhich they ignore the atrocities onKashmiri Muslims.

After all, two wrongs don’t makea right. What was done to KashmiriPandits in the past was somethingvery wrong and condemnable. Butdoes it justify and exonerate thewrongs being done to KashmiriMuslims today? Moreover, the atroc-ities on Kashmiri Pandits were donea quarter of a century ago. The pre-sent Kashmiri Muslim youths werenot even born then, or were toddlers.

To blame them would be like blam-ing the present Germans for what theNazis did to the Jews in the 1930sand 1940s.

The viciousness of the firstemail making a personal attack onme shows the mindset of mostKashmiri Pandits, who will not pre-sent cool, logical arguments but sub-stitute them by abuse. If this gentle-man is deprived of his mobile andInternet for one day, he will raise hisvoice, cursing those who inflictedsuch an Inquisition on him. But heis not bothered about people dyingin Kashmir because they could notget proper medical attention forsome illness since communicationsare shut down. He is not botheredabout the tension in the minds ofKashmiris living outside the Valleysince they are unable to communi-cate with their relatives living inside.If such persons had been Hindus,probably he too would have con-demned the restrictions but sincethey are Muslims he probably thinksthey deserve it.

As for Imran Khan benefitingfrom my appeal, let me tell the gen-

tleman that I will condemn allatrocities on all human beings,whether Hindu, Muslim or of anyother faith, and I am least concernedwhether Khan or Modi or anyoneelse benefits from it. If the gentlemanlacks human feelings, that is hisproblem, not mine.

The second email I mentionedwas from a Kashmiri Pandit woman.Evidently she is a strong supporterof Modi (like almost all KashmiriPandits, both in India and abroad).I may invite this lady’s attention tomy article All the perfumes of Arabia,which was published in The Hindusome years ago. In this article I havegiven strong proof of the massacreof about 2,000 Muslims in Gujaratin 2002 and this is further corrobo-rated by the statement of Lieutenant-General Zameeruddin Shah, whosaid his unit was kept at Ahmedabadairport for three days and notallowed to enter the city when themassacre was going on. It is also cor-roborated by the affidavit of SanjivBhat, the brave police officer, givenin the Supreme Court (for which heis suffering in jail). I may also invite

her attention to the lynchings ofMuslims and other atrocities onthem since 2014 when Modi cameto power. Evidently, since the victimsare Muslims, she is not bothered likemost Kashmiri Pandits.

The lady seems upset because Iwas uncomplimentary about the50,000 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)present at the Howdy Modi functionin Houston. But how else should Idescribe them when Modi braggedmeretriciously in his speech,“Everything is fine in India.” Herepeated this in several languages,although everyone knows that thisis a brazen lie.

The economy has tanked, withthe Gross Domestic Product (GDP)slipping to five per cent; the auto sec-tor is suffering with September fig-ures showing a 24 per cent declinein passenger vehicle sales and awhopping 62.11 per cent fall in thecommercial segment; InformationTechnology, power, real estate and soon, are in the dumps; unemploymentis rising to record heights in 45 years(as admitted by the National SampleSurvey); every second child is mal-

nourished (as recorded by the GlobalHunger Index, UNICEF etc); 50 percent of our women are anaemic,farmers are committing suicide andthere is almost total lack of properhealthcare and good education forour masses. Onion and tomatoprices are skyrocketing and atroci-ties on minorities and Dalits are con-tinuing.

When Modi made this astound-ingly mendacious statement, not oneof these 50,000 NRIs, whom the ladycalls her friends, had the moralcourage to stand up and say, “MrPrime Minister, what you are sayingis just not true. Nothing is fine inIndia.”

And the lady accuses me ofbeing uncivilised for calling a spadea spade! Dear lady, you and yourNRI friends may carry on support-ing Modi and the Bharatiya JanataParty (since Muslims were “put intheir place” in 2002 in Gujarat, andare being “put in their place” todayin Kashmir ) but I regret I cannotjoin your ranks.

(The writer is a former judge ofthe Supreme Court of India.)

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11th consecutive month inSeptember as the onset of thefestive season failed to liftbuyer sentiment and pull theindustry out of a prolongeddownturn, auto industry bodySIAM said on Friday.

However, with buoyantdemand witnessed during thisyear's Navratri, the Society ofIndian AutomobileManufacturers (SIAM) said,"green shoots are visible now"and hoped that various stepstaken by the government toboost the economy will helpsustain it.

According to the latest databy SIAM, passenger vehicle(PV) sales during Septemberdropped by 23.69 per cent to2,23,317 units, down from2,92,660 units in the year-agoperiod.

Similarly, PV sales plum-meted by 23.56 per cent in theApril-September period ascompared with the same peri-od last year.

PV sales had witnessed

the worst fall in over twodecades in August, slumping by31.57 per cent to 1,96,524 unitsfrom 2,87,198 units a year ago.

In September, domesticcar sales were down 33.4 percent to 1,31,281 units lastmonth as against 1,97,124 unitsin the year-ago month, SIAM

said.The month saw motorcy-

cles sales dropping to the low-est ever level in over twodecades while commercialvehicle sales also declined theworst since January 2009, whenthe sales had declined by 67.6per cent.

Motorcycle sales inSeptember declined 23.29 percent to 10,43,624 units asagainst 13,60,415 units a yearearlier.

Total two-wheeler sales inSeptember declined 22.09 percent to 16,56,774 units com-pared to 21,26,445 units in theyear-ago month.

Similarly, sales of com-mercial vehicles were down39.06 per cent to 58,419 unitsin September as comparedwith 95,870 units in the sameperiod of last year, SIAM said.

Vehicle sales across cate-gories registered a decline of22.41 per cent to 20,04,932units from 25,84,062 units inSeptember 2018, it added.

SIAM President RajanWadhera said the PV segmentwas impacted due to a slowingeconomy, floods in key marketslike Uttar Pradesh, Bihar andMaharashtra and low demandrural markets.

He, however, expressedhope that with the governmentannouncing various measuresto lift the economy, the autoindustry may see thingsimproving over the next few

months."We have seen things

improve over the last 10-12days. Green shoots are visiblenow. The festive season, mea-sures announced by the gov-ernment and high discountshave enabled sales growth andhelped in improving buyersentiment in general," headded.

The industry has seenmuch higher footfalls andmuch higher sales conversionhappening at this time,Wadhera said.

"We believe this could bethat fly wheel that the industrywas looking forward to and Ithink on the small base of lastyear's second half, this year'ssecond half could probablygive us little bit growth," headded.

Wadhera said that all indi-cators pointed out towardssales picking up even in therural areas going ahead with abumper crop expected inregions which were not impact-ed by the floods this monsoon.

"We are very hopeful thatthings will improve from hereon," he added.

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Chinese and US trade offi-cials resumed bargaining

efforts on Friday as optimismgrew for the two sides toreach an interim agreementand mark a pause in theirincreasingly damaging tradewar.

Wall Street was poised torally at the open as investors beta partial pact would seePresident Donald Trump post-pone next week's scheduled tar-iff increases on hundreds of bil-lions of dollars in Chineseimports.

Trump was expected tomeet with Beijing's top tradeenvoy Liu He later Friday in asign the two sides likely expectto make a positive announce-ment.

The president toldreporters on Thursday the talkshad so far gone "very well."Overnight, meanwhile, China'ssecurities regulators set atimetable for removing for-eign ownership limits infinance companies in 2020 --helping attract foreign invest-ment as China's economy slowsbut also removing constraintson foreign capital.

In Beijing, ForeignMinistry Spokesman GengShuang told reporters thatChina hoped "to promote pos-itive progress" in the talks.

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The country's foreignexchange reserves surged

by USD 4.24 billion to touch arecord high of USD 437.83 bil-lion in the week to October 4,according to the latest datafrom the Reserve Bank ofIndia.

In the previous week, thereserves had surged by massiveUSD 5.02 billion to USD433.59 billion.

The increase in reserves inthe reporting week was onaccount of rise in foreign cur-rency assets (FCA), a majorcomponent of the overallreserves.

FCA increased by USD3.99 billion to USD 405.61 bil-lion in the week ended October4, the RBI said.

Expressed in US dollarterms, the foreign currencyassets include the effect ofappreciation or depreciation ofnon-US units like the euro,pound and the yen held in theforeign exchange reserves.

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Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd(IBREL) on Friday

announced a buyback of up to5 crore shares at Rs 100 each,which could cost the companyup to Rs 500 crore.

The buyback price is morethan thr double of the currentshare price, which is ruling atRs 43.40 on the BSE.

In a regulatory filing,IBREL informed that its boardof directors on Friday"approved a proposal of Rs 500crore of buyback of up to 5crore fully paid-up equityshares...Representing approxi-mately 11 per cent of its totalexisting paid-up equity capitalat Rs 100 per share".

The buyback would bethrough the tender offer route,as prescribed by markets reg-

ulator SEBI.All eligible existing hold-

ers/beneficial owners of theequity shares (including per-sons who become shareholdersby cancelling GlobalDepository Receipts andreceiving underlying equityshares), on a proportionatebasis, could participate.

The board has constituteda buyback committee and del-egated it powers to oversee andimplement the process.

As per the current share-holding, promoters have 23.36per cent stake in IBREL, whileBengaluru-based EmbassyGroup has nearly 14 per centshareholding.

On Thursday, EmbassyGroup CMD Jitu Virwani saidthe group has no immediateplans to increase its stake inIBREL.

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Reflecting the deepening eco-nomic crisis arising from

both structural and cyclicalissues and a massive fall in con-sumption demand, bank cred-it growth rate, for the first timethis fiscal, slowed to singledigit at 8.8 percent to Rs 97.71lakh crore during the fortnightto September 27, according theReserve Bank of India data.

In the first fortnight of thefiscal ending April 12, thecredit demand grew 14.19 per-cent after closing the previousfiscal at 13.24 percent.

Throughout this fiscal sofar, credit growth has been inthe low-double-digit.

On Thursday, global ratingagency Moody's slashed itsGDP growth forecast to 5.8 per-cent from 6.2 percent earlier.

The downward revisioncame in after the first quarterGDP printed at a six-year lowof 5 percent forcing a "sur-prised" RBI to massively slashits forecast by a full 80 bps to6.1 percent within a span of justtwo months and by 140 bpsfrom its April forecast.

Since the Q1 GDP, therehas not been any positive datacoming out, barring inflation,which remains tamed. Be it IIPnumbers or exports or core sec-tor data, everything has beenheading south month aftermonth.

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French automaker Renaultsaid Friday that it had dis-

missed its chief executiveThierry Bollore, just ninemonths after he was named inthe wake of the arrest of the pre-vious boss, Carlos Ghosn, oncharges of financial misconduct.

The company gave no rea-son for the sudden move, onlysaying that chief financial offi-cer Clotilde Delbos would takeover temporarily as it searchesfor a new CEO.

In an exceptional boardmeeting earlier Friday "the Boardof Directors decided to end themandate of Mr Thierry Bolloreas chief executive officer ofRenault... With immediateeffect," it said in a terse statement.

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The Reserve Bank's centralboard on Friday discussed in

detail the regulatory and super-visory architecture of commer-cial and cooperative banksagainst the backdrop of Rs 4,500crore scam at the PMC Bank.

The meeting of the centralboard, held in Chandigarh,came a day after FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanannounced setting up of apanel to recommend legislativechanges to ensure better gov-

ernance at cooperative banks.Besides, the board

reviewed the current econom-ic situation, global as well asdomestic challenges, and var-ious areas of operation of theReserve Bank of India (RBI).

"In this context, the boardalso discussed in detail the cur-rent state of the financial sec-tor with special focus on theregulatory and supervisoryarchitecture of commercial andcooperative banks as alsoNBFCs," the central bank saidin a statement.

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Investors pulled out morethan Rs 1.5 lakh crore from

mutual fund schemes inSeptember with liquid fundscontributing the most to suchoutflows amid persisting weakconfidence in debt-orientedplans.

This comes after a netinflow of Rs 1.02 lakh crore inAugust, according to data bythe Association of MutualFunds in India (Amfi).

In recent months, themutual fund industry has beengrappling with redemptionpressure in the wake of debt

crises at various groups, includ-ing IL&FS, Essel and DewanHousing Finance Corporation(DHFL).

According to the data,mutual fund schemes wit-nessed a redemption of Rs1.52 lakh crore last month.

The massive redemptioncould be attributed to debt-ori-ented schemes, which saw anoutflow of Rs 1.58 lakh crore.

Among debt-orientedschemes, liquid funds -- withinvestments in cash assets suchas treasury bills, certificates ofdeposit and commercial paperfor shorter horizon --- saw anoutflow of Rs 1.41 lakh crore.

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Equity benchmark BSESensex jumped 247 points

on Friday amid positive cuesfrom global markets enthusedby hopes of a trade trucebetween the US and China.

After swinging 608 pointsin a volatile session, the 30-share Sensex ended 246.68points, or 0.65 per cent, high-er at 38,127.08. It hit an intra-day high of 38,345.41 and a lowof 37,737.85.

The broader NSE Niftytoo rose 70.50 points, or 0.63per cent, to close at 11,305.05.

Infosys was the top gainerin the Sensex pack, rallying4.19 per cent, ahead of itsquarterly earnings.

Vedanta, Tata Motors,ONGC, Tata Steel, HUL, HCLTech, Tech Mahindra andBharti Airtel too rose up to 3.96per cent.

On the other hand, YesBank, M&M, RIL, TCS, HeroMotoCorp, IndusInd Bank andNTPC declined up to 3.30 percent.

Market rallied trackinggains in global markets after USPresident Donald Trumpoffered an positive assessmentof US-China trade talks, traderssaid.

“We just completed a nego-tiation with China. We’re doingvery well. We’re having anoth-

er one tomorrow. I’m meetingwith the Vice Premier over atthe White House,” Trump toldreporters at the White Houseon Thursday.

In Asia, ShanghaiComposite Index, Hang Seng,Kospi and Nikkei settled sig-nificantly higher.

Equities in Europe werealso trading on a positive notein their respective early ses-

sions.Meanwhile, the Indian

rupee appreciated marginally to71.03 against the US dollarintra-day.

Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, surged1.79 per cent to USD 60.16 perbarrel, after reports of missilestrikes on an Iranian tanker inSaudi Arabia sparked freshsupply concerns.

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demand, according to HDFC Securities.The yellow metal had closed at ��39,034 per 10 gram

on Thursday.Silver prices also jumped ��380 to ��46,900 per kilo-

gram from Rs 46,520 per kilogram in the previous trade,according to the data from HDFC Securities.

“Spot gold prices for 24 karat in Delhi was trading upby ��126 as festival demand kicks in and on weaker rupeewhich fell by around 17 paise against the dollar from theopening levels,” HDFC Securities Senior Analyst(Commodities) Tapan Patel said.

In the international market also, gold prices were trad-ing higher at USD 1,502 an ounce and silver at USD 17.71per ounce.

Gold prices traded higher on Friday with COMEX inter-national spot gold prices recovering to USD 1,502 on weak-er dollar index and geopolitical risks, he added.

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Leading fertiliser cooperative IFFCOon Friday reduced the retail prices

of its complex fertilisers including di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) by ��50per bag, amid easing raw materials andmanufactured fertilisers prices global-ly. “We have cut the retail prices of DAPand all complexes fertilisers takinginto account the softening trend in glob-al prices of raw materials and manu-factured fertilisers,” IFFCO ManagingDirector U S Awasthi told PTI.

IFFCO has reduced the maximumretail price of DAP to ��1,200 per 50 kg

bag from �� 1,250 a bag, he said. Theprice of NPK-I complex has beenreduced to ��1,200 a bag from ��1,250a bag, while the price of NPK-II com-plex has been slashed to ��1,210 per bagfrom ��1,260 per bag.

The price of NP complex has beenreduced by ��50 to ��950 per bag.

The new retail prices of DAP andcomplex fertilisers, that includes GST,have come into effect from October 11,Awasthi added.

However, the retail price of neemcoated urea, which is controlled by thegovernment, continues to remain steadyat ��266.50 per 45 kg bag.

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India, the world’s largest milk pro-ducer, on Friday signed a memoran-

dum of interest (MoI) with Sri Lanka forsupply of milk and milk products.

The MoI was signed at the inaugu-ration of the country’s first-ever IndiaInternational Cooperatives Trade Fairbeing organised at Pragati Maidanhere. “Three MoIs have been signedwith the Sri Lanka government whichshown interest to buy milk from India.The quantity and price has not beenquoted yet,” a senior official of NationalCooperative Development Corporation

(NCDC) said.The Tamil Nadu Milk Cooperatiave

Federation that owns ‘Aavin’ brand,Puducherry Milk CooperativeFederation that owns ‘PonLait’ brandand fertiliser company Indian PotashLtd have signed a separate pact with theSri Lanka government for supply ofmilk, the official added.

India is the world’s largest milk-pro-ducing nation, with around 70 millionproducers. The country’s milk output isexpected to reach 175 billion litres thisyear, nearly twice what the US, the sec-ond-biggest milk-producing nation, isexpected to produce.

Script Open High Low LTPIBULHSGFIN 190.95 215.00 176.60 209.95YESBANK 41.00 41.95 37.00 39.60TCS 1933.00 1994.40 1929.00 1987.05INDUSINDBK 1240.00 1253.85 1192.00 1223.25BANDHANBNK 535.15 608.30 535.15 583.40RBLBANK 289.50 291.75 256.95 266.75SBIN 256.70 261.40 251.60 254.50TATASTEEL 333.25 342.50 332.05 339.40INFY 785.95 823.35 777.00 815.70BAJFINANCE 3973.00 4015.00 3925.20 3975.70AUROPHARMA 466.00 466.00 435.00 438.10RELIANCE 1365.00 1366.00 1337.00 1352.40CIPLA 425.00 443.05 389.55 441.55TATAMOTORS 117.70 122.15 117.25 121.35CREDITACC 645.05 645.60 621.60 630.00HINDUNILVR 1995.00 2016.00 1976.90 2004.75ICICIBANK 429.40 433.30 422.15 428.40HDFCBANK 1213.00 1224.10 1189.10 1198.55AXISBANK 675.10 685.90 668.70 672.50KOTAKBANK 1592.00 1624.90 1575.75 1588.10HDFC 2000.00 2024.90 1980.80 2010.05GRUH 287.90 327.30 287.90 302.85BHEL 43.50 43.70 42.05 43.00MARUTI 6650.00 6719.25 6630.00 6700.15BANKBARODA 88.65 91.20 86.35 90.80ASHOKLEY 69.50 69.50 66.80 68.60PEL 1380.00 1391.00 1325.75 1358.95ZEEL 246.00 249.30 235.10 242.45JINDALSTEL 96.45 100.20 95.30 97.45ORIENTELEC 161.50 165.65 157.05 165.00FEDERALBNK 84.50 85.45 83.50 84.15BPCL 489.00 492.45 478.75 487.80BHARTIARTL 376.40 385.50 372.55 382.65LT 1432.40 1449.90 1420.50 1427.45PNB 56.80 57.45 55.70 56.80DMART 1837.00 1851.70 1805.20 1843.25IPCALAB 857.40 906.70 854.00 862.85VEDL 142.90 148.20 141.30 146.95JSWSTEEL 215.50 220.80 212.80 217.15IDEA 6.05 6.15 5.83 6.00TITAN 1240.00 1249.00 1215.10 1243.25BANKINDIA 60.10 61.40 58.40 59.50TRITURBINE 99.15 103.75 99.15 101.35RVNL 23.40 25.95 23.20 25.75INDHOTEL 152.25 153.90 149.85 150.85NMDC 95.50 97.80 94.85 96.70ADANIPORTS 407.30 410.00 396.10 408.85HCLTECH 1057.80 1089.85 1042.50 1080.15HDFCLIFE 584.05 600.00 584.05 590.55SUNPHARMA 386.95 388.90 381.60 386.30IOC 148.00 148.90 140.75 143.35BIOCON 242.40 250.20 239.50 247.50ADANIGREEN 74.60 79.45 74.15 78.80ITC 243.00 246.20 241.25 244.10DLF 141.75 146.80 140.90 145.55NCC 49.90 50.60 47.50 49.00HINDALCO 184.95 189.05 183.80 187.15RECLTD 125.70 126.10 122.15 123.00M&M 570.00 575.50 554.30 559.80BERGEPAINT 472.00 484.40 463.00 477.90RAJESHEXPO 694.90 694.90 673.25 673.85ESCORTS 605.95 610.75 590.00 597.75TATAGLOBAL 269.95 274.00 266.35 272.95BAJAJFINSV 8224.00 8328.70 8106.00 8159.40MARICO 389.00 389.00 381.10 383.70HINDPETRO 311.50 313.85 302.50 308.45RITES 275.30 295.50 275.00 283.05COLPAL 1495.20 1518.40 1491.95 1499.45CHOLAFIN 283.50 288.10 280.60 284.10JUSTDIAL 620.00 621.00 604.00 617.05L&TFH 82.00 82.55 78.95 80.55BATAINDIA 1704.50 1727.00 1700.55 1708.70INDIGO 1797.00 1800.00 1741.05 1748.20ASIANPAINT 1782.00 1801.60 1764.55 1790.00NBCC 34.00 34.20 32.45 32.65CANBK 179.00 181.75 175.55 179.00UPL 582.50 593.00 581.00 590.10SPICEJET 124.60 125.85 120.10 121.45TATAELXSI 619.00 635.65 610.00 632.05ULTRACEMCO 3982.00 4098.80 3970.00 4075.80MOTHERSUMI 96.85 97.40 95.15 95.90ADANIPOWER 64.00 64.00 61.85 62.45HEROMOTOCO 2618.80 2634.00 2568.90 2596.80LTTS 1542.75 1570.15 1540.00 1557.70SAIL 32.40 32.80 31.65 32.20ONGC 125.45 129.80 125.45 129.10COALINDIA 185.00 190.20 185.00 189.05UNIONBANK 48.70 49.95 48.05 49.00APOLLOHOSP 1417.20 1455.60 1410.40 1449.25TECHM 702.50 723.75 698.05 721.55NESTLEIND 13840.00 14060.00 13840.00 14038.60EICHERMOT 18209.20 18329.75 17934.00 18186.30JUBLFOOD 1330.00 1341.20 1302.30 1323.15IDFCFIRSTB 36.80 37.75 36.80 37.45BEL 106.60 106.60 104.00 105.05EQUITAS 97.55 100.85 95.45 100.05IGL 371.00 378.05 370.30 372.10LICHSGFIN 370.00 378.45 366.60 370.25HONAUT 28797.80 28926.40 28313.30 28632.55ADANIENT 137.70 138.80 134.55 136.90GRASIM 700.00 705.80 688.25 691.25UJJIVAN 299.00 304.35 292.60 297.65IBVENTURES 100.10 108.50 99.10 104.05POWERGRID 199.90 204.15 199.00 201.00BRITANNIA 3049.00 3096.90 3038.10 3083.65CEATLTD 918.40 937.30 916.30 931.40SRF 2740.00 2744.80 2686.95 2693.10TATAPOWER 61.70 61.95 60.75 61.05

HEG 914.00 927.00 883.10 892.85DISHTV 17.40 17.45 16.50 16.75ACC 1435.00 1450.00 1422.00 1442.75GRAPHITE 275.00 276.50 263.50 265.10GAIL 127.40 128.60 124.25 124.80EDELWEISS 73.45 74.80 67.10 71.35LUPIN 703.70 704.05 682.80 701.50PFC 92.95 93.20 90.50 91.45STAR 315.00 327.20 309.75 324.90HDFCAMC 2742.00 2750.00 2713.25 2724.75MCX 1010.00 1019.90 990.00 1002.15MINDTREE 716.00 743.15 715.00 724.75NATIONALUM 42.00 42.90 40.60 41.10BBTC 1075.05 1138.40 1075.05 1104.20WIPRO 237.60 240.25 236.70 239.35SRTRANSFIN 1099.00 1099.00 1056.15 1059.85SIEMENS 1573.70 1595.00 1566.00 1575.50SUNTV 468.95 475.95 463.00 467.35ICICIPRULI 440.80 451.80 436.00 441.05HAVELLS 662.80 667.20 654.55 660.10FRETAIL 381.90 384.35 368.00 382.70INDIACEM 82.00 83.30 81.40 81.90M&MFIN 327.90 331.35 321.40 322.65WHIRLPOOL 2111.20 2140.00 2019.95 2073.60NIITTECH 1360.10 1417.90 1360.10 1413.00NTPC 116.70 118.25 115.95 116.65NAUKRI 2303.80 2305.95 2226.75 2259.00BEML 909.90 923.25 896.15 902.75WOCKPHARMA 252.00 256.50 246.80 250.40TATAMTRDVR 52.60 54.45 51.85 53.85PIDILITIND 1366.65 1381.95 1361.15 1367.40TVSMOTOR 387.00 397.20 382.65 394.05VOLTAS 677.50 683.10 672.95 678.80DIVISLAB 1661.00 1699.00 1652.20 1692.25IDBI 30.50 30.50 29.15 29.50DELTACORP 173.00 174.00 164.50 169.95DRREDDY 2652.35 2660.70 2607.80 2649.30GODREJCP 681.10 694.70 680.00 691.10RELCAPITAL 19.90 20.25 17.05 17.50ICICIGI 1197.00 1220.00 1186.35 1206.90RNAM 263.45 273.30 262.40 267.85MANAPPURAM 137.10 141.80 137.10 140.15MGL 920.00 927.00 912.40 915.70SUNTECK 402.00 403.75 395.00 400.75GLENMARK 293.50 293.50 280.35 286.35BOMDYEING 69.30 72.60 69.00 70.80CONCOR 569.65 571.00 558.60 563.80PVR 1780.00 1819.95 1780.00 1793.05BAJAJ-AUTO 2878.00 2924.50 2878.00 2898.40PETRONET 258.60 259.35 255.30 257.20BHARATFORG 423.95 424.00 413.55 418.05AMBUJACEM 189.60 190.90 186.90 189.15PCJEWELLER 31.00 31.20 29.40 29.85IBREALEST 41.35 43.40 41.35 43.40TORNTPHARM 1690.10 1690.10 1638.45 1643.70VENKYS 1651.75 1653.95 1576.55 1617.15PIIND 1294.30 1336.70 1281.50 1324.20TEAMLEASE 3115.90 3147.00 3028.85 3113.25PAGEIND 21414.00 21522.50 20730.60 20848.75FORTIS 138.00 139.85 137.40 137.95AJANTPHARM 978.90 994.95 964.30 971.90ADANIGAS 139.40 142.00 137.30 137.65BALKRISIND 742.90 764.70 740.05 748.90IRB 64.45 64.50 56.10 60.85RPOWER 2.32 2.32 2.06 2.10TATAMETALI 535.95 579.80 530.45 563.50MRF 61482.50 61840.00 61100.00 61689.00HEXAWARE 354.75 370.15 353.65 368.70RAYMOND 588.45 592.10 571.40 576.10MUTHOOTFIN 677.00 678.10 655.00 663.50APOLLOTYRE 168.50 170.25 165.80 166.45RELINFRA 24.20 24.20 21.00 22.15TATACHEM 582.00 595.00 579.60 594.00STRTECH 145.40 146.75 141.90 142.55BALRAMCHIN 152.70 154.90 150.10 151.35SBILIFE 826.00 842.85 826.00 839.55DABUR 440.55 446.90 440.25 445.65ADVENZYMES 148.15 151.00 146.60 147.65DEEPAKNI 303.60 310.00 302.70 303.90JUBILANT 472.25 478.00 469.25 471.50ORIENTBANK 52.70 53.50 50.00 51.05GNFC 201.95 203.15 196.50 200.60UBL 1313.90 1313.90 1246.35 1263.50HFCL 16.90 17.35 16.90 17.05

CADILAHC 234.95 234.95 228.50 230.10GILLETTE 7065.95 7133.95 7035.00 7099.00PNBHOUSING 531.95 543.50 501.00 505.45DCBBANK 182.65 189.40 182.10 187.65SWANENERGY 104.05 105.85 103.40 105.10NAVINFLUOR 729.50 747.50 720.40 725.15CASTROLIND 132.60 135.10 131.65 133.10KTKBANK 71.10 72.00 70.35 71.05VIPIND 453.20 456.70 435.00 445.90TORNTPOWER 282.55 286.00 281.60 282.70GODREJPROP 980.00 994.35 975.10 992.60DBL 378.00 386.65 367.45 370.75JAICORPLTD 75.65 77.10 73.90 74.40ABB 1475.00 1505.45 1470.20 1483.05SUZLON 2.40 2.70 2.40 2.63BOSCHLTD 13400.50 13400.50 13008.60 13132.30OMAXE 193.25 193.25 189.10 189.25OBEROIRLTY 510.90 510.90 482.20 496.50INFRATEL 256.70 259.60 252.60 258.45GODFRYPHLP 983.50 1000.65 973.30 978.60NOCIL 104.00 104.95 101.15 103.05ABCAPITAL 79.90 80.45 78.35 78.65SCI 43.80 44.40 42.55 42.80GMRINFRA 17.45 17.45 16.95 17.20HINDZINC 206.15 209.20 205.50 207.30LTI 1474.10 1490.00 1465.00 1476.35AVANTI 358.55 362.45 353.00 355.25IRCON 374.90 387.00 372.05 378.45SPARC 116.50 117.80 114.60 115.80EXIDEIND 185.05 188.05 182.40 183.30SOUTHBANK 10.40 10.40 10.06 10.11PFIZER 3114.35 3139.55 3098.00 3129.70ITI 84.05 84.80 81.15 82.30MPHASIS 911.00 911.00 880.30 883.65PHILIPCARB 113.70 115.35 111.60 112.30ATUL 3928.95 4055.00 3885.00 4041.70WELCORP 130.65 131.45 127.35 129.90ABBOTINDIA 11001.05 11001.05 10940.55 10986.60KANSAINER 515.75 522.00 505.00 507.40GLAXO 1370.00 1372.00 1350.10 1358.90SUVEN 247.85 260.00 247.85 257.70MFSL 410.40 413.75 402.95 409.50RCF 44.30 46.00 44.10 45.05DHFL 21.65 22.45 21.15 21.15UFLEX 205.30 210.25 204.55 207.70NHPC 22.55 23.10 22.50 23.05AMARAJABAT 686.10 688.10 673.25 679.25CANFINHOME 392.10 398.75 382.10 383.85CUMMINSIND 565.25 569.95 559.75 565.35JISLJALEQS 14.40 15.15 13.85 14.60PTC 55.10 55.30 54.30 54.70RAIN 86.00 87.20 84.20 84.65GHCL 208.20 210.10 203.70 204.45JKTYRE 66.00 66.85 64.75 65.50INOXLEISUR 330.65 335.90 323.75 332.90TAKE 101.55 102.55 99.60 100.50HAL 715.00 727.00 702.65 718.55IDFC 31.75 31.75 30.80 31.05KEI 535.00 537.85 532.95 534.75TRENT 500.00 509.25 498.00 507.80PGHL 4400.00 4490.00 4380.05 4424.55ENGINERSIN 111.80 113.10 110.65 110.90GUJALKALI 429.00 444.00 418.15 433.15GUJGAS 171.00 172.85 169.05 171.00FORCEMOT 1100.00 1100.00 1082.60 1084.90HINDCOPPER 30.25 30.60 29.80 29.95RAMCOCEM 714.00 723.85 704.95 718.75OIL 148.45 149.50 147.00 148.95COROMANDEL 403.20 405.40 401.20 403.90WABAG 245.35 246.75 235.00 239.70RALLIS 168.90 176.65 168.90 172.35FSL 46.60 47.20 46.25 46.65INDIANB 113.75 115.70 111.30 112.00PGHH 11254.00 11609.65 11253.95 11500.40HSCL 76.20 76.75 74.35 74.60RADICO 299.35 301.70 293.35 294.90NESCO 567.00 569.00 553.15 564.80GSFC 77.15 78.75 75.50 77.80AUBANK 644.00 660.00 638.90 654.70METROPOLIS 1293.60 1293.60 1227.00 1283.40ITDC 240.10 248.00 236.50 240.60SOBHA 438.90 443.60 414.00 436.80VGUARD 227.00 231.60 225.00 230.75APARINDS 500.00 511.50 489.70 508.80JINDALSAW 82.15 83.45 81.50 82.60SONATSOFTW 296.00 306.60 295.80 302.20GSPL 207.55 213.60 207.55 211.25SJVN 24.05 24.05 23.90 23.95KAJARIACER 566.25 568.50 557.00 564.00WELSPUNIND 49.90 50.25 49.40 49.75GRANULES 102.45 102.45 98.25 101.00MOIL 132.90 134.65 131.80 132.60BAJAJHLDNG 3660.00 3660.00 3512.90 3525.85JAMNAAUTO 35.10 35.50 34.25 34.65LALPATHLAB 1380.00 1385.45 1337.00 1376.85POLYCAB 669.95 675.00 663.00 665.30ABFRL 206.60 207.50 203.30 205.20COFFEEDAY 42.50 42.50 39.90 39.90CUB 221.80 223.20 219.65 221.15SYNGENE 309.00 313.30 300.60 307.90MAHLOG 360.05 367.00 360.05 365.35GALAXYSURF 1488.90 1500.00 1458.10 1477.25TATACOFFEE 75.60 75.60 74.20 74.95PARAGMILK 162.45 163.35 153.25 155.25BASF 966.00 997.40 953.90 972.75SHANKARA 283.00 286.60 268.00 269.30KEC 274.80 279.60 271.40 278.45REDINGTON 109.25 110.05 107.00 107.10EVEREADY 43.95 44.15 40.65 42.15

AAVAS 1643.30 1653.00 1626.75 1635.35DEEPAKFERT 92.05 92.70 89.20 89.40TIMKEN 782.95 789.80 766.85 771.65GREAVESCOT 136.45 137.75 134.70 135.25FCONSUMER 24.00 24.45 23.90 24.15HATHWAY 19.45 20.50 19.40 19.60MEGH 51.00 51.25 49.00 49.25SANOFI 5708.75 5878.00 5684.95 5866.00MMTC 15.05 15.15 14.70 14.90ORIENTCEM 87.15 88.05 83.00 85.753MINDIA 20488.00 20488.00 19800.00 20013.90ADANITRANS 223.10 226.00 221.55 222.10J&KBANK 32.30 32.50 31.50 31.75THOMASCOOK 138.15 141.50 136.20 139.45QUESS 479.15 481.60 466.95 467.95JSWENERGY 61.65 61.90 60.40 61.05ZYDUSWELL 1609.50 1669.55 1583.00 1654.30SHREECEM 18383.70 18534.95 18314.10 18368.20NIACL 98.45 99.20 97.00 97.20INFIBEAM 39.70 40.15 39.15 40.00JPASSOCIAT 2.36 2.36 2.19 2.24SUDARSCHEM 376.45 387.30 373.80 375.65MINDAIND 345.60 358.75 342.15 353.50BALMLAWRIE 166.00 171.95 165.05 165.35AEGISLOG 167.60 168.00 164.45 166.10INTELLECT 182.30 184.40 179.90 180.80JBCHEPHARM 355.00 362.60 353.15 360.80CARERATING 522.00 536.25 508.20 533.80TATAINVEST 789.60 799.00 772.15 776.30SOMANYCERA 190.50 207.00 190.50 195.40APLLTD 540.50 549.50 533.85 546.30MASFIN 697.15 718.75 690.60 707.40ALBK 26.45 26.65 25.80 25.95JSLHISAR 64.45 66.30 63.60 65.70AIAENG 1644.50 1700.00 1633.50 1690.50GODREJAGRO 474.70 477.00 467.50 472.75TV18BRDCST 22.15 22.45 21.85 22.05SYNDIBANK 25.55 25.55 25.05 25.10IFBIND 646.70 679.95 646.60 659.70GICRE 208.40 213.10 208.35 210.65ASTRAZEN 2147.60 2213.85 2147.60 2198.85CAPPL 404.00 406.50 397.50 400.70RELAXO 493.45 500.50 492.25 499.00MAHSCOOTER 4481.80 4550.00 4480.00 4506.75JKCEMENT 1036.00 1055.00 1030.85 1039.65CHENNPETRO 162.95 162.95 157.30 158.75MAHABANK 10.42 10.50 10.07 10.36TNPL 182.35 184.90 180.30 180.65HEIDELBERG 184.40 184.80 182.25 182.95BLUESTARCO 814.35 821.95 803.30 807.80ASHOKA 97.80 100.50 96.60 97.90CENTRALBK 17.30 17.50 16.95 17.00CHAMBLFERT 148.50 151.20 147.90 148.25HUDCO 32.60 32.70 32.10 32.45CROMPTON 258.30 260.50 255.60 256.00OFSS 3091.50 3121.60 3061.30 3108.60MRPL 51.05 51.20 50.50 50.90

JYOTHYLAB 160.00 160.00 157.30 158.10GESHIP* 296.50 296.50 279.90 293.65GODREJIND 383.80 384.75 377.40 378.85CGPOWER 13.80 13.80 13.21 13.25ISEC 272.00 274.00 264.50 266.35TTKPRESTIG 6000.00 6088.60 5924.10 5940.45NATCOPHARM 553.35 562.65 552.30 559.75COCHINSHIP 336.00 342.10 332.00 338.75VBL 616.60 624.45 608.00 621.80RCOM 0.78 0.79 0.76 0.76TRIDENT 55.20 55.80 55.05 55.40PRSMJOHNSN 77.75 78.90 76.50 78.30HERITGFOOD 336.90 336.90 324.55 327.60GSKCONS 8513.40 8608.95 8470.20 8559.40BAJAJCON 240.50 244.85 239.60 242.65ASTRAL 1164.00 1185.00 1160.00 1174.65FINOLEXIND 585.85 588.00 579.20 587.00GEPIL 720.90 736.50 715.20 720.10IEX 124.15 128.50 123.50 125.30THERMAX 1125.00 1127.00 1101.15 1121.50SCHNEIDER 69.80 69.80 68.75 69.30ALKEM 1942.00 1960.10 1928.65 1947.55IFCI 6.58 6.63 6.35 6.43AKZOINDIA 1849.55 1849.55 1822.00 1836.20SUNDRMFAST 460.95 461.00 450.95 456.55MAHINDCIE 146.40 147.45 143.00 143.85GICHSGFIN 135.00 137.60 131.25 134.30BIRLACORPN 517.10 527.30 515.00 523.35CENTURYPLY 161.00 163.00 155.55 160.35EMAMILTD 301.00 303.25 299.85 302.45THYROCARE 527.05 532.35 513.00 517.80BAJAJELEC 380.00 385.40 372.55 383.40LAXMIMACH 3380.00 3380.00 3291.55 3313.05ALLCARGO 98.35 98.95 97.00 98.25

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11257.70 11362.90 11189.40 11301.25 66.70CIPLA 422.55 443.00 389.55 442.05 19.90INFY 781.50 823.80 776.60 815.00 31.95VEDL 142.55 148.20 141.15 146.70 5.55TATAMOTORS 118.05 122.20 117.25 121.15 4.35ONGC 126.30 129.90 126.10 129.45 3.95HINDALCO 183.50 189.20 183.30 187.30 5.05TATASTEEL 335.00 342.45 332.00 338.60 8.65ULTRACEMCO 3986.00 4099.90 3965.00 4075.00 98.70COALINDIA 185.25 190.25 185.25 189.00 4.45ADANIPORTS 401.25 410.25 395.90 409.00 9.10HINDUNILVR 1985.85 2016.90 1975.50 2007.00 38.25BHARTIARTL 374.95 385.35 372.60 384.45 7.20NESTLEIND 13819.85 14075.00 13819.85 14050.00 230.15BRITANNIA 3048.90 3096.95 3043.30 3085.00 47.25HCLTECH 1050.00 1090.00 1048.00 1078.40 14.90TECHM 701.30 723.90 697.50 721.00 9.70MARUTI 6626.30 6720.00 6626.30 6692.80 87.35JSWSTEEL 215.00 220.90 212.80 216.35 2.60ICICIBANK 427.95 433.25 422.10 427.90 4.20HDFC 1997.95 2025.50 1980.25 2007.00 19.05POWERGRID 199.05 204.25 198.90 200.75 1.65EICHERMOT 18091.00 18349.00 17900.00 18200.00 147.50UPL 584.20 593.20 581.00 587.80 4.35DRREDDY 2645.00 2659.00 2607.00 2651.40 17.90TITAN 1242.05 1249.00 1215.00 1242.00 7.30INFRATEL 256.65 259.60 252.35 258.35 1.45BAJFINANCE 3979.00 4015.00 3925.00 3969.90 21.00ASIANPAINT 1787.60 1801.80 1764.05 1787.60 9.00BAJAJ-AUTO 2898.00 2925.00 2883.55 2899.50 13.25ITC 243.20 246.20 241.10 244.15 0.95KOTAKBANK 1595.20 1625.00 1575.20 1589.35 4.55SBIN 256.20 261.40 251.50 254.65 0.50WIPRO 237.00 240.40 236.50 239.60 0.40LT 1431.00 1450.00 1420.20 1426.05 0.95SUNPHARMA 387.40 389.35 381.50 387.30 0.25INDUSINDBK 1235.95 1253.95 1191.35 1227.00 -1.50AXISBANK 676.55 686.00 668.30 672.10 -0.85HDFCBANK 1213.40 1224.00 1188.95 1198.15 -2.40HEROMOTOCO2614.85 2635.00 2567.90 2594.90 -6.95NTPC 117.20 118.35 115.90 116.85 -0.40BPCL 488.15 492.55 478.60 487.10 -2.80GRASIM 696.10 705.80 688.00 692.00 -4.60BAJAJFINSV 8224.00 8328.85 8105.00 8147.55 -54.30TCS 1931.00 1995.00 1925.00 1989.00 -15.45ZEEL 246.55 249.25 235.00 242.95 -2.05RELIANCE 1363.70 1365.60 1336.55 1350.10 -12.65M&M 568.55 574.30 554.10 559.75 -6.30GAIL 127.25 128.65 124.55 125.10 -2.25YESBANK 41.00 42.00 37.00 39.75 -1.20IOC 147.20 147.85 140.65 143.30 -4.90

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The Government has kickedoff strategic disinvestment

exercise for this fiscal by invit-ing bids from advisers for saleof its controlling stake in threePSUs of Container Corporationof India (Concor), NEEPCOand THDC India.

Earlier this month, theUnion Cabinet cleared a pro-posal of 30 per cent stake salein Concor. Presently, the gov-

ernment has 54.80 per centshareholding in the companyand with the stake sale, the gov-ernment will lose the manage-ment control.

Besides, the Cabinet hadcleared government's stake salein power companies THDCIndia and North EasternElectric Power Corporation(NEEPCO) to NTPC.

In strategic disinvestment,a buyer also takes the manage-ment control.

"Government of India isconsidering selection of trans-action adviser/legaladviser/asset valuer separatelyfor two strategic disinvestmentof Government of India exist-ing paid up equity sharehold-ing in two CPSEs under the

administrative control ofMinistry of Power," theDepartment of Investment andPublic Asset Management(DIPAM) said while invitingbids.

THDC India is a 75:25 percent joint venture between theCentre and the Uttar Pradeshgovernment. The central gov-ernment owns 100 per centstake in NEEPCO.

Without naming Concor, aseparate public notice said, theGovernment of India is con-sidering partial disinvestmentof its existing total paid upequity shareholding in a gov-ernment company underMinistry of Railways alongwith transfer of managementcontrol.

Proposals are invited byNovember 4 from reputed enti-ties with required experienceand eligibility to act as trans-action adviser/legal adviser/asset valuer to assist and advisegovernment in the process.

So far during the currentfinancial year, the governmenthas mobilised Rs 12,357.49crore through disinvestmenttransactions, according to data available on DIPAMwebsite.

The government is target-ing to mobilise Rs 1.05 lakhcrore from disinvestment pro-ceeds and achieving this hasbecome more critical after itdoled out Rs 1.45 lakh crorestimulus by way of a cut in cor-porate tax.

Disinvestment proceedswill be critical for the govern-ment to meet the fiscal deficittarget of 3.3 per cent of theGDP in the year ending March31, 2020.

Officials said strategic salemay involve two-stage biddingbeginning with an expressionof interest (EoI) or a prelimi-nary intent showing bid, and afinal financial bid. Pre-bidmeetings with likely biddersand roadshows to attractpotential investors will formpart of the process to provideclarity on every aspect of thestake sale.

Also, a data centre will beset up for bidders to look forinformation on the PSUs up forsale, they added.

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EU member States on Fridaygave Brexit negotiator

Michel Barnier the go-aheadfor more intense talks withBritain, diplomatic sourcestold AFP.

Barnier's meeting withambassadors was still going on,but officials with knowledge ofthe talks said that the 27 otherEU countries had respondedpositively.

"Yes, confirmed," one toldAFP. "Green light to enter intointense negotiations with UK,"another texted. EU spokes-people declined to comment.

Barnier's team has been in"technical talks" with Britishofficials for some time, butthese were not making enoughprogress towards a treaty textthat could forestall a chaotic"no-deal" Brexit in three weeks.

Barnier on Friday met hisBritish opposite number, Brexitminister Stephen Barclay, fortalks that both sides describedas "constructive" -- withoutgiving details.

Following the breakfastmeeting, Barnier began a brief-

ing with ambassadors fromthe other 27 EU capitals, seek-ing their input on enteringpolitical negotiations on a text.

It is still far from clearwhether the talks will producea workable draft text before thekey European Union summitstarting on October 17.

United Nations: The five European membersof the UN Security Council called on Thursdayfor Turkey to halt its offensive against SyrianKurdish forces.

"We are deeply concerned by the Turkishmilitary operation in northeast Syria," thecountries — France, Germany, Britain, Belgiumand Poland — said in a joint statement afteran emergency meeting. "We call upon Turkeyto cease the unilateral military action as we donot believe it will address Turkey's underlyingsecurity concerns," they said. AFP

Tall Tamr: Syria's Kurds battled to hold off a Turkishinvasion on Thursday as thousands of civilians fledair strikes and shelling that deepened fears of ahumanitarian crisis.

US President Donald Trump tried to justify thede facto green light he gave his Turkish counterpartRecep Tayyip Erdogan for an assault seen as a bla-tant betrayal of Washington's erstwhile Kurdish allies.

Later Trump suggested that Washington couldmediate between Turkey and Kurdish groups anda US official said Trump has asked American diplo-mats to broker a ceasefire. AFP

Nicosia: EU Council PresidentDonald Tusk condemned asattempted "blackmail" Friday athreat by the Turkish presidentallow millions of refugees tohead to Europe if the bloc crit-icises Ankara's offensive in Syria.

"Turkey must understandthat our main concern is thattheir actions may lead to anoth-er humanitarian catastrophe,which would be unacceptable,"Tusk said on a visit to EUmember Cyprus.

"Nor will we ever acceptthat refugees are weaponisedand used to blackmail us. Thatis why I consider yesterday'sthreats made by President(Recep Tayyip) Erdogan total-ly out of place," he added.

Erdogan made his com-ments on Thursday in the faceof mounting condemnationfrom European governments ofAnkara's long-threatened oper-ation to enforce a buffer zonein northeastern Syria to accom-modate some of the 3.6 millionrefugees currently living inTurkey.

"Hey EU, wake up. I say itagain: if you try to frame ouroperation there as an invasion,our task is simple: we willopen the doors and send 3.6million migrants to you," theTurkish leader said. AFP

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House Democrats con-ducting an impeach-

ment inquiry into PresidentDonald Trump for abuse ofpower issued a subpoena fordocuments on Thursday tohis Energy Secretary RickPerry.

The subpoena from theHouse IntelligenceCommittee asks Perry toturn over documents relatedto his dealings with Ukraineby October 18.

Democrats in the Houseare investigating whetherTrump withheld military aidfor Ukraine in exchange foran investigation into hispotential 2020 Democraticpresidential rival Joe Biden.

The White Housereleased the transcript of aJuly 25 phone call betweenTrump and UkrainianPresident VolodymyrZelensky in which Trumpasked Zelensky to "look into"Biden with his personallawyer, Rudy Giuliani, andAttorney General Bill Barr.

Trump has denied hedid anything wrong and theWhite House has said it willnot cooperate with theimpeachment inquiry.

"Recently, public reportshave raised questions aboutany role you may have playedin conveying or reinforcingthe President's stark messageto the Ukrainian President,"the committee letter to Perrysaid.

"These reports have alsoraised significant questionsabout your efforts to pressUkrainian officials to changethe management structure ata Ukrainian state-ownedenergy company to benefitindividuals involved withRudy Giuliani's push toget Ukrainian officials tointerfere in our 2020 elec-tion," it added.

The committee noted apress report that claimed itwas Perry who urged Trumpto call Zelensky and that theenergy secretary attendedZelensky's May 2019 inau-guration instead of VicePresident Mike Pence.

Tehran: Suspected missile strikes hit an Iranian oil tankernear the Saudi coast on Friday, its owner said, the first Iranianvessel targeted since a spate of attacks in the Gulf Washingtonblamed on Tehran.

Oil prices surged more than two percent on the news,which raised new supply concerns with tensions still highafter last month's attacks on two Saudi crude facilities.

The National Iranian Tanker Company, which owns theship, said the hull of the Sabiti was hit by two separate explo-sions off the Saudi coast, saying they were "probably causedby missile strikes".

The news sent Brent surging 2.3 per cent to USD 60.46,while West Texas Intermediate jumped 2.1 per cent to USD54.69. Prices had already been rising on growing hopes fora breakthrough in the China-US trade talks.

The blasts come just weeks after two of Saudi Arabia'sbiggest oil installations were hit, wiping out five percent ofglobal production.

The National Iranian Tanker Company said the hull ofthe vessel was hit by two separate explosions about 100 kilo-metres (60 miles) off the Saudi coast.

It identified the tanker as the Sabiti and said theblasts were "probably caused by missile strikes". AFP

Oslo: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been award-ed the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his effortsto end his country's long-running border conflict with Eritrea.

The Norwegian Nobel Institute on Friday also praisedthe "important reforms" that Abiy, Ethiopia's leader since April2018, has launched at home.

Chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said some people mayconsider it too early to give him the prize,but "it is now that Abiy Ahmed's efforts needrecognition and deserve encouragement."

Abiy, 43, took office after widespreadprotests pressured the longtime rulingcoalition and hurt one of the world's fastestgrowing economies.

Africa's youngest leader quicklyannounced dramatic reforms and"Abiymania" began.

In a move that caused surprise in thelong-turbulent Horn of Africa region, hesaid Ethiopia would accept a peace agree-ment with Eritrea, ending one of Africa'slongest-running conflicts.

Within weeks, Eritrea's longtime leader,visibly moved, visited Addis Ababa andcommunications and transport links wererestored. AFP

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France said on Friday that EUsanctions against Turkey

over its offensive againstKurdish forces in Syria are "onthe table", after Europeannations failed to convince theUN Security Council to con-demn the operation.

"Obviously it's on the table,"Europe Minister Amelie deMontchalin told France Interradio, saying potential reprisalsover Turkey's incursion intonortheast Syria would be debat-ed during a European Councilmeeting next week.

"Our condemnation isstrong but it's not just that... We'regoing to act," Montchalin said.

"You can imagine that we'renot going to stay on our side ofthe table and say, 'Well youknow, we recognise that thingsare complicated'," she said.

Turkey launched artilleryand air strikes Wednesdayagainst Kurdish People'sProtection Units (YPG) militiaafter US President DonaldTrump surprised Washington'sallies in the fight against theIslamic State extremist group bypulling out US troops along theSyria-Turkey border.

Ankara considers the YPG,the backbone of the SyrianDemocratic Forces which haveled the fight against IS with USbacking, a terrorist group wag-ing a separatist fight on Turkish

territory.But the claims are not shared

by many countries, who hail thekey role played by the Kurds indislodging the Islamic Stategroup from Syria after years offierce fighting.

They have set up institutionsin the territory they control inSyria, where they have taken cus-tody of thousands of Islamistinsurgents, including many for-eigners who came to fight.

Turkey announced Fridaythe first death of one of its sol-diers in the operation in north-ern Syria, while dozens ofKurdish fighters and severalcivilians have been killed, accord-ing to the UK-based SyrianObservatory for Human Rights.

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Actor Mona Singh has craftedher career simply by challeng-ing convention, much before

the dawn of the content era. The firsttime around she burst upon our col-lective imagination with Jassi JaisiKoi Nahin, she went on to shatter theaccepted definition of beauty on thescreen, be it big and small. She worebig school marm specs, her teeth tieddown with braces and in the mostunflattering of salwar suits with astarched and folded dupatta. And shewent on to become an overnight sen-sation. People, who earlier believedin unattainable standards of beauty,now adored the shine of honesty andself-belief in Jassi’s eyes. And 16 yearsafter the serial was first aired, she isback again to what she does best,making people look beyond theobvious.

The actor is now seen in theshort film Lutf, which captures theissue of mental health and createsawareness about it. It revolves aroundMeghna Joshi (Mona) and a fear thatshadows her life. She struggles tohelp herself come out of it but herhusband Ravi Joshi and family arenot supportive. A therapist Dr VipulAgarwal (Vinay Pathak) helps her todeal with her fear.

What appealed to her the most?“Touching a subject like mentalhealth is appealing in itself. The mostinteresting part about my characterwas that she is not a cry baby or sadabout life but she is a fighter,” saysMona. There are times when sur-vivors of mental illness feel helplessand have negative thoughts aboutthemselves. But Meghna wants tohelp herself by finding a solution. Shewants to dig out the reasons that“why can’t she do a certain thing andwhat is she scared of,” adds Mona.

The actor admits that she hasnever done a film like this before, asthis issue has not been discussedmuch. She says, “In India whensomeone goes to a psychiatrists toseek professional assistance, peoplestart labelling them as mad. They say,‘wo pagal hai kya jo pagalo ke doc-tor ke paas ja rahi hai.’ Their familyand friends do not support them.They should instead help the affect-ed person come out of the trough.”

It is high time we normalisemental illness like any other physi-cal one. People need to broaden theirmindset so that it becomes easy forthe survivors to come out and talkabout it. At some level things areimproving. Many Bollywood celebri-

ties have come out to discuss this sothat the stigma attached to it can beremoved.

Mona agrees with it and says, “Itis an intense subject and can harmpeople. It can ruin relationshipsand entire lives. On top of all this, thesurvivors have to face denial fromthesociety. This is the worst thing fora depressed person.” This is the rea-son people are ashamed of beingdepressed. What can be worse thanthis?

In this fast-paced life, which hasso much stress, anxiety and unpre-dictability, everyone gets depressedat some point or the other. Monafeels it is important for people tounderstand that depression is not apersonal failure, it is just a state ofmind which demands professionalcare.

The film focusses on the simplejoys of life, but we usually don’trealise them. This has been beauti-fully depicted in the film. This sim-plicity is what helps the film connect

with the audience and especially thesurvivors closely. They would see thisas a step towards normalising theircondition.

The actor is hopeful that the film

will have a far-reaching impactbecause even the people in smalltowns have access to the digitalplatforms. This topic would interestthem as its fresh for them.

Director Prateesh Nair hasresearched in-depth and was veryclear about what he wanted fromeach character. Mona says, “When Imet him (Prateesh) for a workshop,he told me that he wants Meghna tobe a very normal girl who is not cry-ing in every situation and is rathertrying to help herself.” The actor wassure about doing this role then andshe found that she could relate to itin real life too. “I think like Meghnawhen I am going through any issuein my life. I seek help from my fam-ily and friends. I have no shame inthat,” says she.

The film is streaming live on aOTT platform. With the digitalwave one can clearly witness theimprovement in quality as well asquantity of stories that are being toldwhich wouldn’t have made the cutotherwise. These platforms are giv-ing a chance to people to showcasetheir skillls. “Digital is a beautifulchange. A subject like mental illnesswill not work on TV or cinemabecause there people like to watchdrama, love and romance. And theGeneral Entertainment Channel(GEC) channels have a lot of restric-tions because they are family chan-nels. In such a case a digital platformhas the upper hand because theyhave no such restrictions,” says she.

The actor is glad about gettingdifferent kind of roles, which she sayscome to her. She never chases them.In her recent one, Mission Over Mars,she played a Bengali scientist whichwas a complicated and grey charac-ter.

“Not only this, my plate is fullwith more diverse roles now. I am inthe third season of Kehne koHumsafar hai and one more,” addsshe.

Recalling her journey, Monasays, “When I started my career withJassi, I had no idea what was in storefor me. But after coming to Mumbaiand giving such a hit show, there wasno looking back. I started getting dif-ferent kinds of roles which helped meto work on myself. I hosted shows,dancing, acting and theatre. I amalways excited to do something thatchallenges me and helps me find anew zone for myself.”

(The film is streaming live onSonyLiv.)

Nobel Prizes for literature wereawarded to two writers

enmeshed in Europe’s social andpolitical fault lines — a liberal Polewho has irked her country’s conser-vative government and an Austrianaccused by many liberals of beingan apologist for Serbian war crimes.

The rare double announce-ment — with the 2018 prize goingto Poland’s Olga Tokarczuk and the2019 award to Austria’s PeterHandke — came after no literatureprize was awarded last year due tosex abuse allegations that rocked theSwedish Academy, which awardsthe literature prize.

Yet if prize organisers hoped toget through this year’s awards with-out controversy, they will likely bedisappointed.

The Swedish Academy calledHandke, one of the most influen-tial writers in Europe and praisedhis work for exploring “the periph-ery and the specificity of humanexperience.”

But the 76-year-old author haslong faced criticism for his vigor-ous defense of the Serbs during the1990s wars that devastated theBalkans as Yugoslavia disintegrat-ed. He spoke at the 2006 funeral offormer Serbian leader SlobodanMilosevic, who at the time was fac-ing war crimes charges, callinghim a rather tragic man.

Handke — who once called forthe Nobel Prize to be abolished —said he was “astonished” to receivethe literature award. “I neverthought they would choose me.This kind of decision by theSwedish academy is very coura-geous,” said he.

If Handke’s victory causeduncomfortable ripples, the choice ofTokarczuk was welcomed by liber-al-minded authors and readers inher native Poland and beyond.

The 57-year-old novelist,known for her humanist themesand playful, subversive streak, hasoften irked Poland’s populists andconservatives. The academy said

she was chosen for works thatexplore the crossing of boundariesas a form of life.

Already a major cultural figurein Poland, Tokarczuk has a grow-ing international profile, especial-ly since she won the BookerInternational prize in 2018 for thenovel Flights.

She said that she was terriblyhappy and proud that her novels,which describe events in smalltowns in Poland can be read as uni-versal and can be important forpeople around the world.

Handke has been a big name inEuropean literature for decades,crafting works — starting with hisfirst novel, The Hornets, in 1966 —that combine introspection and aprovocative streak. One early play

was called Offending the Audienceand featured actors insulting the-atergoers.

He has written screenplays,several of them for German direc-tor Wim Wenders, who also filmedHandke’s 1970 novel, The Goalie’sAnxiety at the Penalty Kick.

He was praised by the SwedishAcademy for writing powerfullyabout catastrophe, notably in ASorrow Beyond Dreams, his 1972autobiographical novel about hismother’s suicide.

But his staunch support of theSerbs during the 1990s Balkanswars has set him at odds with manyother Western intellectuals.

In a 1996 essay, Justice forSerbia, Handke accused Westernnews media of always depicting

Serbs as aggressors. He denied thatgenocide was committed whenBosnian Serb troops massacredsome 8,000 Bosnian Muslim menand boys in the enclave ofSrebrenica in 1995, and was anopponent of NATO’s airstrikesagainst Serbia for that country’s vio-lent crackdown in Kosovo in thelate 1990s. Earlier this year, Handkesaid those behind the bombingdon’t belong to Europe and theplanet Earth.

Handke’s views led novelistSalman Rushdie in 1999 to call hima contender for “InternationalMoron of the Year.” Rushdie’s pub-licist at Penguin Random Housesaid that Rushdie stood by what hewrote in 1999.

Novelist Jennifer Egan, presi-dent of PEN America, said the writ-ers’ group deeply regretted thechoice of Handke.

“We are dumbfounded by theselection of a writer who has used

his public voice to undercut histor-ical truth and offer public succor toperpetrators of genocide,” she said.“At a moment of rising nationalism,autocratic leadership, and wide-spread disinformation around theworld, the literary communitydeserves better than this.”

In 2006, Handke turned downthe Heinrich Heine award from theGerman city of Duesseldorf after hisselection sparked a row among thecity’s politicians. His selection aswinner of the International IbsenAward for drama in 2014 alsoprompted protests from humanrights groups.

That same year, he said that theNobel Prize should be abolishedbecause of its false canonisation ofliterature.

Serbian officials and mediahailed Handke as a great friend ofSerbia, but Kosovans reacted angri-ly to his Nobel Prize. Vlora Citaku,Kosovo’s ambassador to the UnitedStates, tweeted that “In a world fullof brilliant writers, the Nobel com-mittee chooses to reward a propa-gator of ethnic hatred and violence.Something has gone terribly wrong.”

Albanian Foreign Minister GentCakaj, who was born in Kosovo,tweeted that the award was “an igno-ble and shameful act.”

In contrast, the win byTokarczuk — Poland’s fifth Nobelliterature laureate — was greetedwith praise even by her erstwhilecritics.

Tokarcuzk has been attacked byPolish conservatives — and receiveddeath threats — for criticisingaspects of the country’s past, includ-ing its episodes of anti-Semitism.She is also a strong critic of Poland’scurrent right-wing government.

Her 2014 novel The Books ofJacob tackles the forced conversionof Polish Jews to Catholicism in the18th century. Her book Drive YourPlow Over the Bones of the Dead isa crime thriller with feminist andanimal-rights themes that offers asometimes unflattering depiction of

small-town Polish life.Culture Minister Piotr Glinski,

who said earlier this week that hehas not finished any of Tokarczuk’sbooks, tweeted his congratulationsand said he now felt obliged to goback and read her books all the waythrough.

Polish President Andrzej Dudacalled it a great day for Polish liter-ature.

Tokarczuk is only the 15thwoman to win the Nobel literatureprize in more than a century. Of the11 Nobels awarded so far this week,all the other laureates have beenmen.

Both literature winners willreceive a full cash prize, valued thisyear at 9 million kronor ($918,000),a gold medal and a diploma at a cer-emony in Stockholm on Dec. 10.

The literature prize was can-celed last year after an exodus ofmembers from the exclusiveSwedish Academy following sexabuse allegations. Jean-ClaudeArnault, the husband of a formeracademy member, was convictedlast year of two rapes in 2011.

The Nobel Foundation hadwarned that another group wouldaward the literature prize if the acad-emy didn’t improve its tarnishedimage, but said in March it was sat-isfied the Swedish Academy hadrevamped itself and restored trust.

The 2018 and 2019 awardswere chosen by the SwedishAcademy’s Nobel Committee, anew body made up of four acade-my members and five “externalspecialists.” Nobel organisers say thecommittee suggests two names thatthen must be approved by theSwedish Academy. It’s unclearwhether academy members simplyrubber-stamped the experts’ choice.

The literature awards followNobel Prizes in physics, chemistryand medicine handed out earlier thisweek. The Nobel Peace Prize will beawarded on Friday and the econom-ics award on Monday.

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shouldn’t restrict themselvesonly to films and film par-ties. Rather, people shouldtravel more often, spendtime with friends and fam-ily, read books and watchfilms to become the bestversion of themselves.

“I think if you are anartiste, you need to have afull life. I feel people relat-ed with creative fieldsshould travel more often,they should spend timewith friends and family. Itis also important to readbooks, watch films andvisit museums,” saidSonam, when asked how anartistes of the film industryshould plan their time.

“By restricting yourself,your world gets smaller,and you don’t realiseyour potential. For that,you have to do propertime management. Ithink I am passingthrough a good phase.It’s because I priori-tise my time,” sheadded at the launchof new Pilot watchcollection.

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Filmmaker MSN Karthik asks me if Iknew something about vipassana? Ididn’t. He explains that it is a medita-

tive practice, which enables one to see thingsas they really are. It’s a way of transform-ing oneself through self-observation. It isthis observation-based, self-exploratoryjourney to the common roots of mind andbody that dissolves mental impurity, result-ing in a balanced mind, full of love andcompassion.

This is exactly what his recent film,Bodh Gaya: The Seat of Enlightenment aimsto depict. A part of The Inner Path, a festi-val on Buddhist Film, Art and Philosophy,it revolves around the kind of transforma-tion Buddhism can bring in people’s livesand the role it can play in today’s chaoticworld.

As a part of his research, the filmrequired that he read Buddhist literature andwatch several decades-old documentarieson Buddhism. So did he personally expe-rience the transformation that the practicecan bring? Well, he says, “After completingthe film, I went to one of the meditationretreat centres for vipassana in NagarjunaSagar in Andhra Pradesh. It happens for 12days at a stretch where you are not allowedto talk to anyone, you don’t have phones,no networks and you just have to sit thereand meditate for 12 hours everyday. Youcan’t even sleep at night because through-out the day you are sitting with your eyesclosed. That was a life-changing experience for me as sincechildhood, I have never been away from myfamily and during those 12 days I hadnobody but myself. It’s like a detox from theregular worldly affairs and gives youenough time to reflect upon your life. It’smore of an inward journey. I really cannotexplain it in words because it’s very expe-riential,” he says.

Bodh Gaya captured his interestbecause of its rich cultural and historical sig-nificance. Every year more than two mil-lion people visit there from all across theglobe and it’s also a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site. But most importantly heselected the place because he encountered

Monlam Puja, a world healing prayer. Hesays, “It’s special because almost four to fivethousand monks and practitioners fromvarious countries come there at the time ofpuja. You can spot hundreds of them every-where. I was very enchanted with the site.I thought if I have to film something, whynot start from this sacred place. And that’show it all started.”

His filming was divided into three dif-ferent categories. First, he elaborates, “Ispoke to the authorities of the temple, whereI concentrated more on cultural significanceof the place, the history of Buddhism andthat of Buddha, how he got enlightenmentunder the Bodhi tree. Second, I spoke to

almost 12 to 15 monks. I can recall oneinstance, where a monk, who was from theUS, had left his country almost 20 years ago.He came to India and settled in HimachalPradesh. He talked about his experience ofadopting Buddhism, how it changed his lifeand the way he sees the world now. Third,it was discussion in terms of how and whythey think that Buddhism can bring achange in this chaotic world. It was moreof a philosophical thing. The film touchesupon historical and cultural significance, thepersonal experiences and last, howBuddhism can bring a change in this world.”

Initially, Karthik’s goal was to makesomething on Bodh Gaya. He just wanted

to capture the essence of the place and tellpeople what they can expect if they visit it.But his focus shifted towards capturingBuddism because of the paucity of the infor-mation on the place. “When I researched,I couldn’t find anything substantial on BodhGaya. There were some documentaries andstandard information but they were just notsufficient to make a film from them. I did-n’t have any strong direction point to takethe film forward,” he says.

For many, films are a hobby. For some,they are a passion. But Karthik is the kindof person who always lived his life in 24frames. Films were what shaped him sincechildhood. He says that he watched Robin

Williams in awe, as he stood up on his deskto inspire his students to “seize the day”, inDead Poets Society. Films seemed to be apowerful medium to communicate ideasand he wanted to become a filmmakerwhen he grew up. But he had to take up asoftware job after graduating from IIT.However, the filmmaking bug never diedin him. He realised that storytelling waswhat defined him and that he would wantto pursue it forever. So he started travellingacross India in search of untold stories.From Bodh Gaya in the East to Rajasthanin the West and Himalayas in the North toMunnar in the South, he covered a lot ofplaces and launched his first travel filmseries My Great Escape. Such a vast coun-try seemed very small in front of his questto tell an engaging story.

His latest film narrates the story of

monks, who are seeking peace and harmo-ny, because this is what we all lack in ourlives. From time to time we all experienceagitation, irritation, disharmony. And whenwe suffer from these miseries, we don’t keepthem to ourselves, we often distribute themto others around us. Unhappiness perme-ates the atmosphere around someone whois miserable and those who come in con-tact with such a person are also affected.Certainly, this is not a desirable way to live.

And this is the sole reason why every-body visits Bodh Gaya, to find peaceamong all the chaos, Karthik tells us. “If youvisit the place you’ll understand that thereare people from various countries, who fol-low all kinds of religions and speak a vari-ety of languages. You have Christians,Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus coming there.They all respect Buddha in the same waybecause they don’t see him as a god. He isa person, who showed the ‘Path ofEnlightenment’. Everyone is following theirown customs and praying in their own lan-guages yet there is peace. Bodh Gaya, alongwith being religious, is a place for globalpeace and harmony,” says the filmmaker.Even the film depicts the same towards theend.

Ask him how these film festivals helpdirectors like him to take such stories to thepublic? He says, “Today’s film scenario dif-fers from what it was a decade ago whenthere was no YouTube and OTT platforms.I think, there is a specific role that film fes-tivals play. While online platforms providescale and take your content to the public,film festivals give you a lot of importancein terms of the contacts that you get. Theygive you recognition in the film fraternitybecause of which you start getting collab-orators for your next projects. And you startgrowing.”

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When you’ve got a 15-yearshow and people have watched itfrom the very beginning to the end,you want them to feel like it wasworth their time. If they think for327 hours (for 327 episodes), it isa big-time investment. Even if youwatch the show 24 hours a day, itwould take a week and a half moreto see every episode. So you don’twant to leave people feeling hollowand cynical. You don’t want themto think that we don’t take theirtime and effort seriously. Thatdoesn’t mean the ending has to benecessarily happy, but it definite-ly has to be worth it. It has to cometo a place where everyone feels likeit was worth taking that trip.

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�How do you cope with the pres-sure of the final season and theexpectations of the fans?

I think you just have to realisethat you cannot make everybody

happy. You have to do what makessense; not just to yourself, but toother people on the sets too. Forexample, fellow executive produc-er, Bob Singer, the actors andeverybody who have worked onthe show for so many years. We allhave very strong opinions aboutthe way it’s going to go, but we havedecided to tick the boxes for allthose people at the ending point.So, at some point it’s important foryou to put your trust in those peo-ple.

�How does it feel to say goodbyeto the show?

It’s interesting for us, becausewe’re still working on it. We hadsomebody come to our office awhile ago to say, “So, we need toplan the wrap party. We will do alot of things. Whenever you guysare ready to leave your offices, just

let us know.” I said that I’ve beenin this office for 12 years. So I don’tfeel like leaving. But, I don’t thinkthey understand that. I live thereeven now. I’m going to be like thePhantom of the Opera. Even afterthe new people move in next year,I’ll still be there.

�Supernatural has been trail-blazing in many ways, includingits efforts to shine a light on theemotional side of masculinity.How does it feel to be a part ofsomething that’s so ground-breaking for the genre?

The nice thing about thegenre is that you can address cer-tain social issues in a way thatdoesn’t feel too preachy andSupernatural has done that. It’sinteresting to look at Sam andDean in this light. Though theyare tough men who drive a coolcar and shoot cool guns but theyare probably two of the most emo-tional male characters on TV.That is one of the most subversivethings about this show. Eventhough we are not going out ofour way to talk about prominentsocial issues a lot of the time, thefact that these characters exist inthe way they are shines a light onmasculinity that isn’t often seenon television, certainly not in thisgenre of television or on a prime-time television show.

�Will other directors from thepast return to the show in itsfinal season?

Yes, they will. In the last sea-son, we also have a lot of direc-tors who were standby go-todirectors in early seasons, andhave gone to do different things.A lot of them are coming back totake one more bite of the apple.It’s going to be a lot of fun.

(Supernatural, Season 15, airsfrom October 20 at 9 pm on AXN.)

Stop saying yes if you want to say no,’‘Stop staring at me,’ ‘When some-

thing doesn’t feel right, don’t do it,’ ‘Letnobody tell you who are you,’ ‘Femaleis the revolution, let them know’. Thesemessages flashed on the screen at thebackground of the runway while theSocial Addicts band belted out tuneslike Girls Like You and I’ve Got theMoves Like Jagger, during FalguniShane Peacock’s show at the FDCI’sLotus make-up India Fashion Weekday 2.

The designer duo showcasedtheir 70s fashion and music-inspiredpret spring/summer collection.Explaining the idea behind such atheme and messages in the back-ground, Shane said, “We wanted tomake people think about what’s hap-pening around them and question it.In this social media-driven age, wehave forgotten to be ourselves and seekvalidation from outside. What wewant to convey through this collectionis that no one should tell you who youare. The 70s were our inspiration asduring those years there was nosocial media. Today, we have becomeaddicts, who are constantly on ourphones, watching and judging people,either putting them down or praisingthem. And all this is driven by thenumber of likes.”

Falguni, donning an all-blackattire, went on to add that one should-n’t feel bad for whoever they are orlook like. “If people don’t like you ortroll you on social media, it should-n’t matter. Their comments would dono good. If you have a good dress,wear it twice or any number of timesthat you wish to. Nobody is judgingyou. It’s you who is judging yourself.Go ahead and live the life you wantto. Don’t be an addict of social media.”

She added, “Our collection is aheady amalgamation of the posterperiod of individualistic fashion andtoday’s anti-conformist dressing.”

The ramp dazzled with shimmer,fringed silhouettes, androgynous-meets-gusto fashion garments. Therock athleisure in blinding-brightglitter hues and denims of the 70s tele-

ported the audience back in time. Inbold hues of poppy red, twilight pur-ple, moss green, turquoise, teal,Kelly green, and softer tones likethose of pool blue, ceramic, mintgreen, yolk yellow, the colour palettebrought all shades of boldness underone roof. However, it was the glit-tery long boots which were the high-light of the show as they were thefirst to attract attention and secondglances. These were denim boots

studded with mini glittering stoneswhich created assorted patterns.

In a one-sided off-shoulder,teal-printed dress and a bouffant, themid-1960s famous hairdo, show-stopper Yami Gautam had the audi-ence in gasps.

When a model doesn’t fit intothe designer’s outfit properly, eventhough she is looking pitch-perfect,it can cause some uneasiness.However, Yami felt effortless in herattire and said, “There are timeswhen our outfit might look comfort-able but deep down, we are strug-gling with it. It is sticking andmaking you feel uneasy. But whenyou fit in your garment perfectly andmove around in it swiftly, it becomesa part of you. You are able to beyourself. You don’t have to choreo-graph your moves. You just have towalk the ramp, enjoy it and comeback.”

Yami said that the designer duohas been on “everyone’s wishlist” andhence, she was glad to have walkedthe ramp for them. “The attire verywell matches with their theme ofbeing oneself,” added Yami. Well, “ifyou’re being watched constantly,especially on social media,” Shanesaid, “then better be dressed for it!”

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India captain Virat Kohliblended grace with determi-nation to raise his record-

breaking seventh double hun-dred which grinded down ahapless South Africa on the sec-ond day of the second Test,here on Friday.

With Kohli scoring acareer-best unbeaten 254, Indiaburied the Proteas under amountain of runs, putting onboard a mammoth 601 for five.

Kohli surpassed legendarySachin Tendulkar and VirenderSehwag, who had scored sixdouble tons each.

He also equalled RickyPonting's record of 19 hun-dreds as Test skipper eventhough record belongs toGraeme Smith (25).

Ravindra Jadeja (91) alsohelped himself with someheavy duty hitting before miss-ing out on his second Test hun-dred as Kohli declared imme-diately after his dismissal.

At stumps, South Africawere reeling at 36 for three asIndia aim to wrap the series upinside four days.

Umesh Yadav got rid ofboth the openers — DeanElgar (6) and Aiden Markaram(0) —while Mohammed Shamisaw the back of Temba Bavuma(8).

Kohli effortlessly shiftedgears, toying with an attackwhich looked resigned after the

first session as India took completecontrol. In the first session, a beau-tiful straight drive off VernonPhilander brought up Indian cap-tain’s 26th Test and 69th interna-tional hundred and the muted cel-ebration was more about content-ment than elation.

The final boundary count inhis innings was an enviable 33 fours

and two sixes in 336 balls. It was amarathon knock as he alone faced56 off 156.3 overs bowled in India’sinnings.

Kohli was an epitome of con-centration and with dependablevice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (59)he raised a 178-run fourth wicketstand which broke the spirit of theProteas attack.

The partnership of 225 runswith Jadeja in 39.1 overs was likeadding insult to the injury.

Not for once did he look in anysort of hurry to complete the mile-stone as Kohli was ready to respectthe good deliveries, slowly trudg-ing his way to the coveted three-fig-ure mark.

South Africa will certainly feel

dejected as their bowlersput up a good show eventhough the scoreboardsuggested otherwise.

Kagiso Rabada (3/93in 26) and Philander (0/66in 26 overs), for the sec-ond day in a row, bowleda probing morning spell,albeit with little luck.

Credit to the skipperand his deputy for themanner in which theynegotiated the first hour.

Kohli, in particular,was leaving anything thatRabada bowled on theoff-stump channel for thefirst few overs. The onlyblemish was fishing at an

away swinger fromPhilander, which a divingwicketkeeper Quinton deKock failed to latch onto.

The bowler’s back-drive off Rabada camesoon after as Kohli start-ed opening up. AnrichNortje also again tried tobowl short but Kohliplayed his trademarkshort-arm pull in-frontof the wicket.

Once the ball got old,the South African spin-ners neither had the guilenor the big heart neededin adverse conditions totrouble a champion bats-man like Kohli.

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double tons in his illus-trious career.

The Indian skipper,who now has 26 Testhundreds and 69 inter-national tons (43 inODIs), also went pastBradman's Test tally of6,996 runs.

The 30-year-oldnow has scored morethan 7,000 Test runssince making his debutagainst the West Indiesin 2011 to break into thetop 50 Test run-scorers,a chart led by battingmaestro SachinTendulkar.

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The medal haul is the same as lasttime but four Indian boxers,

spearheaded by the indomitable M CMary Kom, would be fighting to bet-ter the colour of those medals in thesemifinals of the Women’s WorldChampionship here on Saturday.

The third-seeded Mary Kom(51kg), assured of an unparalleledeighth world medal, would be aimingfor a seventh Gold and standing in herway in the semifinals is Turkey’sEuropean champion BusenazCakiroglu. Cakiroglu is seeded sec-ond.

Besides six world titles, MaryKom’s incredible career is also stud-ded with an Olympic Bronze medal(2012), five Asian titles, Gold medalsat the Asian Games and theCommonwealth Games, besidesnumerous other international topfinishes.

The spotlight will also be on twovery impressive debutants — ManjuRani (48kg) and Jamuna Boro —besides last edition's Bronze-medal-list Lovlina Borgohain (69kg).

“All of them have performedexceptionally well. We are keeping ourfingers crossed for all of them to reachthe final,” national coach MohammedAli Qamar, who also happens to beIndia’s first Commonwealth Games

Gold-medallist in boxing, told PTI.All of them have tough opponents

lined up but all of them have shownthemselves to be completely unfazed bythe prospect of going up against a strongchallenger. “One can never be satisfied.We are happy that our performance has

not dipped since the 2018 edition but itis a bit disappointing that we couldn’tbetter it. We could have had six semi-finalists but for a couple of close loss-es,” said Qamar.

One of the most outstanding per-formers this time has been Manju Rani.

The boxer from Haryana, who didn’t geta break in her home state, claimed thenational title by competing for Punjaband came into national camp only thisyear.

“She has been unstoppable definite-ly. She has made every one of her oppor-tunity and that includes a Silver medalat Strandja Memorial (one of Europe’soldest boxing tournaments),” Qamarsaid.

Her next opponent is going to beThailand’s Chuthamat Raksat, whoupstaged fifth seed Yuliyanova Asenovain the quarterfinals.

Boro, an Assam Rifles employeewhose mother worked as a vegetablevendor to support her boxing dreams,is another one to have impressed con-siderably.

The 22-year-old will take on topseed and former Asian Games bronze-medallist Huang Hsiao-Wen of ChineseTaipei.

Borgohain is the more seasoned oneand she will face China’s Yang Liu, whoshocked top seed Chen Nien-Chin.Borgohain is in pursuit of a medal bet-ter than the bronze she won the last timearound.

India’s best performance in theevent remains the one in 2006 when thecountry snared eight medals, includingfour Gold, one Silver and three Bronze.

Mary Kom was one among theGold-medallists that year too.

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Skipper Mithali Raj andPunam Raut smashed

impressive fifties to guide theIndian women's team to aseries-clinching five-wicketwin over South Africa in thesecond ODI here on Friday.

India first restricted SouthAfrica to a competitive 247-6after electing to field andthen returned to overhaul thetarget with two overs to spareand take an unassailable 2-0lead in the three-match series.

Pacer Shikha Pandey(2/38), left-arm spinner EktaBist (2/45) and leg-spinnerPoonam Yadav (2/42)returned with two wicketseach to keep the visitors to abelow-par score.

Chasing 248 to win, theIndian women lost openersPriya Punia (20) and JemimahRodrigues (18) early to slip to66 for two in 12.5 overs.

However, Punam (65 off92) and Mithali (66 off 82)resurrected the chase by shar-ing a 129-run partnership forthe third wicket.

Marizanne Kapp (1/29)broke the stand when shehad Mithali caught by LauraWolvaardt in the 40th over.

In the next over, Punamtoo departed when she holedout to Kapp off AyabongaKhaka, leaving India at 196for four in 40.1 overs.

Harmanpreet Kaur then

hit an unbeaten quick-fire27-ball 39, laced with fiveboundaries and a six, to takeIndia home with 12 balls tospare.

Earlier put into bat, open-ers Lizelle Lee (40) and LauraWolvaardt (69) gave SouthAfrica a solid start, takingthem to 76 in 15.4 overs.

Once Lee was removed byPoonam, Trisha Chetty (22)gave company to Wolvaardt,adding 51 runs.

Shikha provided Indiatwin breakthroughs, dismiss-ing Chetty and Wolvaardt, asSouth Africa slumped to 142for 3.

M du Preez (44) and LaraGoodall (38) took the visitingteam past the 200-run mark.

However, once Goodallwas dismissed in the 43rdover, skipper Sune Luus (12)couldn't stay long either.

Du Preez took SouthAfrica close to 250 beforefalling in the last over.

India will now play SouthAfrica in the third and finalODI on October 14.

Brief Scores:South Africa: 247/6 in 50

overs (L Wolvaardt 69, M duPreez 44, S Pandey 2/38)

India: 248/5 in 48 overs (PRaut 65, M Raj 66, A Khaka3/69).

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Belgium became the firstteam to qualify for the2020 European

Championship f inals asRomelu Lukaku scored twicein a 9-0 thrashing of SanMarino in Brussels onThursday, while theNetherlands needed a latecomeback to beat NorthernIreland.

Lukaku took his recordBelgium international tallypast 50 goals as RobertoMartinez’s Group I leadersopened up an unassailable 11-point lead over third-placedCyprus with three gamesremaining.

The world-number-oneranked side booked their spotat next year’s tournament,which will be played at 12venues across Europe, afterseven straight qualifyingwins. Russia appear set totake the second automatic slotfrom the group, after a 4-0win over Scotland movedthem eight points ahead ofCyprus.

Belgium will be one of thefavourites as they look to lifta first major internationaltitle when the Euros getunderway on June 12.

“In my eyes, nine coun-tries have the talent to win theEuro," said coach Martinez. “What will make the differ-ence is how you face adversi-ty. It’s necessary to sacrificeyourself for your teammates.”Their victory at the KingBadouin Stadium matchedtheir record winning marginof nine goals, having previ-ously beaten Zambia andGibraltar 9-0 in 1994 and2017 respectively and ham-mered San Marino 10-1 in2001.

“Nine-nil is a good resultbut we would have loved tohave scored one more andbroken that all-time record,”said Inter Milan strikerLukaku.

The first breakthrougharrived when Leicester mid-fielder Youri Tielemans fedLukaku, who fired home his

landmark goal in the 28thminute.

The f loodgates thenopened, as Nacer Chadli slot-ted into the corner from theedge of the area three minuteslater, and visiting defenderCristian Brolli scored a com-ical own goal 10 minutesbefore the interval.

Lukaku wasted little timein making it 51 Belgiumgoals, before TobyAlderweireld and Tielemansmade it six before half-time.

Substitute Christ ianBenteke drilled in numberseven with 11 minutesremaining, 18-year-old YariVerschaeren scored his firstinternational goal from thepenalty spot, and Atalantadefender Timothy Castagnecompleted the rout in the90th minute.

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Memphis Depay’s latebrace rescued theNetherlands a 3-1 win overNorthern Ireland which sentRonald Koeman's men top ofGroup C.

The Oranje, bidding toreach a first major finals

since finishing third at the2014 World Cup, are level onpoints with both Germanyand Northern Ireland, whohave played a game more, butlead on head-to-head record.

Michael O’Neill’s visitorswere dreaming of a first-everaway win over the Dutchwhen substitute JoshMagennis headed them infront with a quarter-hour toplay.

But Depay levelled in the80th minute, and Luuk deJong bundled the ball home atthe back post in the firstminute of injury time to denyNorthern Ireland a crucialpoint before Depay grabbedhis second.

“We are devastated withthe nature of the defeat,”O’Neill told Sky Sports. "Wehave to win our two remain-ing games, they are very dif-ficult, Netherlands home andGermany away.” Russia sentScotland tumbling to a fourthstraight qualifying defeatwhich leaves the NationsLeague playoffs next March asthe Scots’ only possible routeto Euro 2020.

Artem Dzyuba’s excellentdouble and goals from

Magomed Ozdoev andAleksandr Golovin meanRussia will qualify with adraw in Cyprus on Sunday.

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Croatia took control ofGroup E by beating Hungary3-0 in Split, while Slovakiajumped into second despitebeing held to a 1-1 home drawby Wales.

Luka Modric's f ifth-minute strike and two goalsfor Bruno Petkovic sent lastyear’s World Cup runners-upCroatia four points clear ofthird-placed Hungary.Slovakia fell behind in the firsthalf when former lifeguardKieffer Moore scored on hisinternational competitivedebut for Wales, but secureda draw thanks to Juraj Kucka’sbrilliant 53rd-minute volley.

Elsewhere, RobertLewandowski netted a hat-trick, taking his tally this sea-son to 18 goals for club andcountry, as Poland won 3-0 atLatvia to strengthen theirposition at the top of Group G.

They sit three points clearof closest challengers Austria,who saw off Israel 3-1.

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Roger Federer was given apoint penalty as he fol-

lowed Novak Djokovic out ofthe Shanghai Masters quarter-finals in a bad-tempered defeatto Alexander Zverev on Friday.

The 22-year-old Germanwon 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-3 as theSwiss legend was penalisedafter twice hitting the ball outof the court in anger and row-ing with the umpire.

The sixth-ranked Zverevfaces Austria’s Dominic Thiemor Matteo Berrettini of Italy inthe semi-finals on Saturday.

Former number oneFederer evaded questions aboutthe umpire afterwards, shrug-ging his shoulders and firingback at one reporter: “So youcan write something on Twitter,yeah? “Next question.”

The 20-time Grand Slamchampion saved five matchpoints to force a deciding set,but he then became engaged ina continual war of words withthe chair umpire.

The 38-year-old’s trade-mark cool evaded him as thenew generation of men’s tennisstars took centre stage inShanghai.

His point deduction cameat 3-0 and 30-15 down in thethird set, as he threatened tounravel.

He said that he “playedalright”, but was effusive aboutthe rise of Zverev, DaniilMedvedev and StefanosTsitsipas, all in the semi-finalsin Shanghai.

“The young guys areknocking on the door big time,it's exciting, it's great,” he said.

Tsitsipas said that he scaresthe “Big Three” after the youngGreek stunned world numberone Djokovic in their quarter-final.