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C lose on the heels of the BJP expressing its inability to form a Government in the State, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday night invited Sena’s Eknath Shinde, the leader of the second single- largest party, to indicate its “willingness and ability” to form the next Government in Maharashtra. Talking to mediapersons, NCP’s State spokesperson Nawab Malik said, “We have not yet come to know of a for- mal decision by the Congress (on the Government formation issue). Our president Sharad Pawar has said the NCP and Congress will take a combined decision in the matter. The Congress MLAs will convey their mood to their party lead- ers who will in turn discuss with their Central party high command. Similarly there will be discussions in our party. The Central leaders of the two par- ties will take a final decision in the matter”. NCP chief spokesperson Nawab Malik told reporters on Sunday evening, “Shiv Sena needs to first exit from the NDA as it has one cabinet post (in the Narendra Modi Government). Unless it leaves the NDA, we will wait and watch the developments.” As the things stand, the three parties will prepare Common Minimum Programme (CMP) to run the Government. Congress general secretary Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday met the party’s newly elected MLAs from Maharashtra, who are staying at a resort in Jaipur, to discuss the political situation in the State while NCP chief Sharad Pawar met some of his party leaders in Mumbai. Later talking to reporters in Jaipur, Kharge reiterated his party’s stand of sitting in the Opposition in Maharashtra, while Pawar said he would react only to an official state- ment from the Sonia Gandhi- led party. In a day of dramatic devel- opments, the BJP leaders had earlier in the evening called on the Governor and conveyed their party’s inability to form a Government after the Shiv Sena refused to extend its sup- port to its senior ally over the contentious issue of equal shar- ing of Chief Minister’s post. Without wasting much time, the Governor sent out an invite to attempt and form the next Government in the State. “On Saturday, Devendra Fadnavis was called upon to express his willingness and ability to form the Government. However, today, he has shown unwillingness. The Governor has, therefore, asked the leader of elected members of the sec- ond largest party, Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde, to convey its willingness and ability to form the Government to him,” a news release put out by Raj Bhavan said. Less than 24 hours after the Governor asked it to convey its “willingness and ability” to form the Government, the State BJP — in its capacity as the single largest party — had earlier backed out of the Government formation race, after its core group members held two rounds of discussions and also confabulated with party’s national president Amit Shah on the party’s inability to form a Government without the Shiv Sena’s support. Shah, through video-con- ferencing from the national Capital, is understood to have advised the State BJP leaders against accepting the invite for forming a Government at a time when it is 25 MLAs short of a simple majority of 145 MLAs in the 288-member State Assembly. The BJP’s experience of Karnataka on May 19, 2018 when BS Yeddyurappa resigned as the Chief Minister without facing a trust vote must have been on Shah’s mind when he asked the State BJP party lead- ers not to have a go at the for- mation of a Government. Earlier in the afternoon, Uddhav in a meeting with the newly elected Sena MLAs, who have been lodged at Hotel Retreat at Madh Island in north Mumbai, expressed confidence that come what may, his party would install its Government. He had also told his party leg- islators that the Sena would not compromise with the BJP on its core objective of installing its man as the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Minutes after the BJP con- veyed its lack of inclination in formation of a Government in the State, hectic activity and deliberations were witnessed in the camps of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress about the emerging political situation that may lead to the formation of a Sena-led Government in the State. While Uddhav held meet- ings with senior party leaders, NCP chief Sharad Pawar con- fabulated with his party col- leagues at his “Silver Oak” res- idence all through the day. In Jaipur where newly elected Congress MLAs are putting up, senior party leaders, including Malikarjun Kharge, former Chief Ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde, Prithiviraj Chavan and Ashok Chavan, deliberated on issues relating to the party extending their support to the Shiv Sena. Now that the ball is in the court of the Shiv Sena, which has a strength of 56 MLAs and claims that it enjoys the support of another eight MLAs, to form a Government, it would have to make all-out efforts to reach out to both NCP and Congress, which together have a strength of 98 MLAs and claim to enjoy support of at least another 10 independent and smaller party MLAs. If they come together, the combined strength of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress will have a combined strength of 172 MLAs. N early 90 people have been arrested and action taken against over 8,000 social media posts as authorities maintained a tight vigil in the temple town and elsewhere in the country in the wake of the Ayodhya ver- dict, while Hindu and Muslim religious leaders exhorted people to maintain communal harmony after a meeting with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Sunday. Action has been taken against 8,275 posts, including 4,563 posts on Sunday, UP police said, adding these had been posted on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. W ith swirling wind ram- ming at a speed of 135 km per hour, cyclone Bulbul wreaked havoc in three districts of coastal Bengal killing at least 10 people and affecting more than 3 lakh on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah reviewing the situation and spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, assuring her all Central aid in the wake of the nature fury. “Reviewed the situation in the wake of cyclone conditions and heavy rain in parts of Eastern India. Assured all pos- sible assistance from the Centre. I pray for everyone’s safety and well-being,” the Prime Minister wrote on Twitter. Making a landfall near Sagar Islands, about 120 km from Kolkata at 9 pm on Saturday Bulbul took into its vortex three districts of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore smashing thousands of houses. “We have information of about 7 deaths out of which five occurred in North 24 Parganas,” said Minister Disaster Management Javed Khan, adding at least 26,000 houses have been partially affected while about 4 thou- sand were fully damaged. “We are running about 400 relief camps hosting 1.78 lakh evac- uees,” the Minister maintained. Unofficial sources put the death toll at 10 which could go further up as a trawler had sunk near the mudflat at Kakdwip. “We have recovered one dead body. Some more people were there in the vessel we are still not sure about their fate,” said a local. A yodhya buzzed with activ- ity on Sunday as devotees flocked various temples to offer prayers amid tight secu- rity arrangements, a day after the Supreme Court’s land- mark judgment over the cen- tury-old Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid dispute. The areas near Hanumangarhi and Naya Ghat were busy from the morning, as people from different walks of life arrived here to pay obeisance to Lord Ram and his ardent devotee Hanuman. As the sun set, bhajans and kirtans echoed in the temple town. There was no let-up in the security arrangements, with police personnel keeping a strict vigil. Intensified patrolling, frisking and search- es continued in full swing. Priest of Ram Lalla, Acharya Satyendra Das said Lord Ram was adorned with a new set of clothes offered by a devotee to mark the day. People in the Rikabganj area of the city and other parts could be seen going through newspapers to under- stand the nuances of the Supreme Court judgment, and also ascertain, what people in other parts of the country feel about the Ayodhya verdict. Continued on page 4 S oon after the five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India(CJI)) Ranjan Gogoi delivered an unanimous ver- dict in the highly sensitive Ayodhya land dispute case on Saturday, the Centre has enhanced their security by deploying additional troops, barricades and mobile escort teams. A fter rounds of meetings in Ranchi and Delhi, the BJP finally came up with a list of 52 party candidates, who would contest Assembly elections starting November 30. The list comprises names of political heavyweights including CM Raghubar Das, State president Laxman Gilua alongwith six Ministers of the Das Cabinet, but misses 10 sitting MLAs of the party. In the presence of BJP national executive president JP Nadda, party’s national gener- al secretary Arun Singh read out the names for 52 seats, which included Raghubar Das for Jamshedpur (East), Laxman Gilua for Chakradharpur, Anant Ojha for Rajmahal, Dr. Louis Marandi for Dumka, Raj Paliwal for Madhupur, Randhir Singh for Sarath, Dr Neera Yadav for Koderma, CP Singh for Ranchi and Ramchandra Chandravanshi for Vishrampur. Sitting MLAs including Alok Chaurasia (Daltonganj), Satyendra Nath Tiwari (Garhwa), Prakash Ram (Latehar), Narayan Ram Das (Deoghar), Naveen Jaiswal (Hatia), Amit Mandal (Godda), Yogeshwar Mahato (Bermo), JP Patel (Mandu), Dhullu Mahato (Baghmara), Bahragoda (Kunal Sarangi), Manoj Yadav (Barhi), Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribagh), Bhanu Pratap Shahi (Bhawanathpur), Raj Sinha (Dhanbad), Nagendra Mahato (Bagodar), Kedar Hajara (Jamua), Nibharya Shahabadi (Giridih), Ashok Kumar Bhagat (Mahagama), Sadhu Charan Mahato (Ichagarh), Maneka Sardar(Potka) and Ramkumar Pahan (Khijri) have found place in the first list. The party has given chance to some new faces and some old ones, which include Surya Hansda (Boriyo), Daniyal Kisku (Littipara), Paritosh Soren (Shikaripara), Virendra Mandal (Jamtara), Suresh Murmu (Jama), Mistri Soren (Maheshpur), Satyanand Jha (Nala), Devendra Kunwar (Jarmundi ), Simon Malto (Barhet), Kishun Kumar Das (Simaria), Janardan Paswan (Chatra), Indrajit Mahato (Sindri), Ragini Singh (Jharia), Lakhan Mardi (Ghatshila), Gurucharan Nayak (Manoharpur), Koache Munda (Torpa), Bishun Kujur (Gumla), Ashok Oraon (Bishunpur), Sadanand Besra (Simdega), Raghupal Singh (Manika), Shasibhushan Mehta (Panki), Pushpa Devi (Chhatarpur). The party has dropped 10 sitting MLAs including RK Kishore (Chhatarpur), Bimla Pradhan (Simdega), Tala Marandi (Boriyo), Hare Krishna Singh (Panki), Shiv Shinkar Oraon (Gumla), Lakshman Tudu (Ghatshila) and others. After the seat announcement Arun Singh said that the party has given tickets to 30 sitting MLAs and 10 have been replaced this time. “The party has given tickets to five women, 13 youths, 6 from SC community, 17 from ST community and 21 from OBC community among the 52 seats announced,” he said. Earlier in the press confer- ence in Delhi, Nadda praised Raghubar Das led BJP govern- ment in the State and said that in last five years Jharkhand has witnessed a sea change in the regime of Das and the govern- ment has received support from all quarters of society. Nadda mentioned schemes like PMKSN, MMKAY, Sukanya Yojna, UJJWALA Yojna, Dakiya scheme, employment genera- tion, pension schemes to sup- port his argument.He said that on the basis of party’s motto, “Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas” the Raghubar Das led Government in the State has been hugely suc- cessful in bringing a discernable change in Jharkhand. He said that the party will again register a historic win in the coming election and devote itself in the welfare of the peo- ple of State. Notably, the party has not yet finalised its alliance structure with AJSU Party, which is demanding more seats than the BJP has offered. AJSU Party chief Sudesh has again left for Delhi on Sunday for a final round of meeting with top BJP leaders. T he number of incidents triggered by Left Wing Extremist (LWE) groups in Jharkhand have come down to more than half since 2010 and the deaths caused in such vio- lence has reduced at least by one third, says the latest Annual Report of 2018-2019, released by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). According to the report, Jharkhand witnessed as many as 501 LWE incidents in year 2010, which reduced to 205 in 2018. LWE groups were responsible for 157 deaths in Jharkhand in year 2010. And in 2018, the number of deaths caused in LWE incidents reduced to 43, the report says. The police attribute this fall in the number of incidents and deaths to the extensive anti- insurgency operations con- ducted by security forces in the past decade or so. Besides, the Government’s aggressive stance towards LWE groups also changed the picture. Director General of Police (DGP) Kamal Nayan Choubey said that the Maoist groups were fast losing the support of people in the vil- lages, which played a major role in reducing their strength. “Their (LWE rebels) followers felt betrayed as the outlawed groups could not fulfill the promises they had made to the innocent villagers. Their fol- lowers also realised that the rebel leaders had vested inter- est and had made a profitable business out of insurgency,” said Choubey. The head of Jharkhand police added that the Government rolled out sever- al schemes and policies that contributed in reducing the LWE menace here. “The Government’s tough stand on rebels and the intensification of anti-insurgency operations by State police as well as central forces have crippled the insur- gents,” he said. The Government also made changes to the Maoist surren- der policy here and offered bet- ter privileges to the rebels who resigned. However, the DGP said that the surrender policy got more takers from the red corridor as the police and secu- rity had forced them on the back foot. “Nobody surrenders if the heat is not on,” he said. As per figures with the MHA, at least 19 of 24 districts in Jharkhand are LWE-affected. Apart from the main CPI (Maoist), there are at least 17 splinter outfits active in the state. The members of splinter groups, police say, are mostly hired guns and thugs who have unleashed a reign of ter- ror on innocent villagers. They are involved in extorting money from businessmen, run- ning illegal opium trade, traf- ficking children and killing for sport, police say. While the MHA report highlights the fall in Maoist activities here, it cannot be denied that LWE incidents witnessed a sudden increase after the recently con- cluded General Elections in Jharkhand. More than a dozen security personnel were severe- ly injured and at least five policemen died in LWE vio- lence here within a couple of months since the declaration of election results. The banned Communist Party of India-Maoist contin- ues to be the most potent among the various LWE outfits in the country and accounted for more than 88 per cent of total LWE violence incidents and resultant deaths, said the latest MHA report. In 2018, Jharkhand witnessed the sec- ond highest cases of Maoist violence in India. Neighbouring Chhattisgarh remains to be the Indian State worst affected by left wing insurgency, report says.

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Close on the heels of the BJPexpressing its inability to

form a Government in theState, Governor Bhagat SinghKoshyari on Sunday nightinvited Sena’s Eknath Shinde,the leader of the second single-largest party, to indicate its“willingness and ability” toform the next Government inMaharashtra.

Talking to mediapersons,NCP’s State spokespersonNawab Malik said, “We havenot yet come to know of a for-mal decision by the Congress(on the Government formationissue). Our president SharadPawar has said the NCP andCongress will take a combineddecision in the matter. TheCongress MLAs will conveytheir mood to their party lead-ers who will in turn discusswith their Central party highcommand. Similarly there willbe discussions in our party. TheCentral leaders of the two par-ties will take a final decision inthe matter”.

NCP chief spokespersonNawab Malik told reporters onSunday evening, “Shiv Senaneeds to first exit from theNDA as it has one cabinet post(in the Narendra ModiGovernment). Unless it leavesthe NDA, we will wait andwatch the developments.”

As the things stand, thethree parties will prepareCommon MinimumProgramme (CMP) to run the

Government.Congress general secretary

Mallikarjun Kharge on Sundaymet the party’s newly electedMLAs from Maharashtra, whoare staying at a resort in Jaipur,to discuss the political situationin the State while NCP chiefSharad Pawar met some of hisparty leaders in Mumbai.

Later talking to reporters inJaipur, Kharge reiterated hisparty’s stand of sitting in theOpposition in Maharashtra,while Pawar said he wouldreact only to an official state-

ment from the Sonia Gandhi-led party.

In a day of dramatic devel-opments, the BJP leaders hadearlier in the evening called onthe Governor and conveyedtheir party’s inability to form aGovernment after the ShivSena refused to extend its sup-port to its senior ally over thecontentious issue of equal shar-ing of Chief Minister’s post.

Without wasting muchtime, the Governor sent out aninvite to attempt and form thenext Government in the State.

“On Saturday, DevendraFadnavis was called upon toexpress his willingness andability to form the Government.However, today, he has shownunwillingness. The Governorhas, therefore, asked the leaderof elected members of the sec-ond largest party, Shiv Sena,Eknath Shinde, to convey itswillingness and ability to formthe Government to him,” anews release put out by RajBhavan said.

Less than 24 hours after theGovernor asked it to convey its

“willingness and ability” toform the Government, theState BJP — in its capacity asthe single largest party — hadearlier backed out of theGovernment formation race,after its core group membersheld two rounds of discussionsand also confabulated withparty’s national president AmitShah on the party’s inability toform a Government withoutthe Shiv Sena’s support.

Shah, through video-con-ferencing from the nationalCapital, is understood to haveadvised the State BJP leadersagainst accepting the invite forforming a Government at atime when it is 25 MLAs shortof a simple majority of 145MLAs in the 288-member StateAssembly. The BJP’s experienceof Karnataka on May 19, 2018when BS Yeddyurappa resignedas the Chief Minister withoutfacing a trust vote must havebeen on Shah’s mind when heasked the State BJP party lead-ers not to have a go at the for-mation of a Government.

Earlier in the afternoon,Uddhav in a meeting with thenewly elected Sena MLAs, whohave been lodged at HotelRetreat at Madh Island in northMumbai, expressed confidencethat come what may, his partywould install its Government.He had also told his party leg-islators that the Sena would notcompromise with the BJP on itscore objective of installing itsman as the next Chief Ministerof Maharashtra.

Minutes after the BJP con-veyed its lack of inclination information of a Government inthe State, hectic activity anddeliberations were witnessed inthe camps of the Shiv Sena,NCP and Congress about theemerging political situationthat may lead to the formationof a Sena-led Government inthe State.

While Uddhav held meet-ings with senior party leaders,NCP chief Sharad Pawar con-fabulated with his party col-leagues at his “Silver Oak” res-idence all through the day. InJaipur where newly electedCongress MLAs are putting up,senior party leaders, includingMalikarjun Kharge, formerChief Ministers Sushil KumarShinde, Prithiviraj Chavan andAshok Chavan, deliberated onissues relating to the partyextending their support to theShiv Sena.

Now that the ball is in thecourt of the Shiv Sena, whichhas a strength of 56 MLAs andclaims that it enjoys the supportof another eight MLAs, to forma Government, it would have tomake all-out efforts to reach outto both NCP and Congress,which together have a strengthof 98 MLAs and claim to enjoysupport of at least another 10independent and smaller partyMLAs.

If they come together, thecombined strength of the ShivSena, NCP and Congress willhave a combined strength of172 MLAs.

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Nearly 90 people have beenarrested and action taken

against over 8,000 social mediaposts as authorities maintaineda tight vigil in the temple townand elsewhere in the country inthe wake of the Ayodhya ver-dict,

while Hindu and Muslimreligious leaders exhorted

people to maintain communalharmony after a meeting withNational Security Adviser AjitDoval on Sunday.

Action has been takenagainst 8,275 posts, including4,563 posts on Sunday, UPpolice said, adding these hadbeen posted on Facebook,Twitter and YouTube.

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With swirling wind ram-ming at a speed of 135

km per hour, cyclone Bulbulwreaked havoc in three districtsof coastal Bengal killing at least10 people and affecting morethan 3 lakh on Sunday withPrime Minister Narendra Modiand Home Minister Amit Shahreviewing the situation andspoke to West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee,assuring her all Central aid inthe wake of the nature fury.

“Reviewed the situation inthe wake of cyclone conditionsand heavy rain in parts ofEastern India. Assured all pos-sible assistance from theCentre. I pray for everyone’ssafety and well-being,” thePrime Minister wrote onTwitter. Making a landfall nearSagar Islands, about 120 kmfrom Kolkata at 9 pm onSaturday Bulbul took into itsvortex three districts of North24 Parganas, South 24 Parganasand East Midnapore smashingthousands of houses.

“We have information of

about 7 deaths out of which fiveoccurred in North 24Parganas,” said MinisterDisaster Management JavedKhan, adding at least 26,000houses have been partiallyaffected while about 4 thou-sand were fully damaged. “Weare running about 400 reliefcamps hosting 1.78 lakh evac-uees,” the Minister maintained.

Unofficial sources put thedeath toll at 10 which could gofurther up as a trawler hadsunk near the mudflat atKakdwip. “We have recoveredone dead body. Some morepeople were there in the vesselwe are still not sure abouttheir fate,” said a local.

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Ayodhya buzzed with activ-ity on Sunday as devotees

flocked various temples tooffer prayers amid tight secu-rity arrangements, a day afterthe Supreme Court’s land-mark judgment over the cen-tury-old Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.

The areas nearHanumangarhi and Naya Ghatwere busy from the morning,as people from different walksof life arrived here to payobeisance to Lord Ram and hisardent devotee Hanuman.

As the sun set, bhajans andkirtans echoed in the templetown.

There was no let-up in thesecurity arrangements, withpolice personnel keeping astrict vigil. Intensif iedpatrolling, frisking and search-

es continued in full swing.Priest of Ram Lalla,

Acharya Satyendra Das saidLord Ram was adorned with anew set of clothes offered by adevotee to mark the day.

People in the Rikabganjarea of the city and other

parts could be seen goingthrough newspapers to under-stand the nuances of theSupreme Court judgment, andalso ascertain, what people inother parts of the country feelabout the Ayodhya verdict. Continued on page 4

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After rounds of meetings inRanchi and Delhi, the BJP

finally came up with a list of 52party candidates, who wouldcontest Assembly electionsstarting November 30. The listcomprises names of politicalheavyweights including CMRaghubar Das, State presidentLaxman Gilua alongwith sixMinisters of the Das Cabinet,but misses 10 sitting MLAs ofthe party.

In the presence of BJPnational executive president JPNadda, party’s national gener-al secretary Arun Singh readout the names for 52 seats,which included Raghubar Dasfor Jamshedpur (East), LaxmanGilua for Chakradharpur,Anant Ojha for Rajmahal, Dr.Louis Marandi for Dumka, RajPaliwal for Madhupur, RandhirSingh for Sarath, Dr NeeraYadav for Koderma, CP Singhfor Ranchi and RamchandraChandravanshi for Vishrampur.

Sitting MLAs includingAlok Chaurasia (Daltonganj),Satyendra Nath Tiwari(Garhwa), Prakash Ram(Latehar), Narayan Ram Das

(Deoghar), Naveen Jaiswal(Hatia), Amit Mandal (Godda),Yogeshwar Mahato (Bermo), JPPatel (Mandu), Dhullu Mahato(Baghmara), Bahragoda (KunalSarangi), Manoj Yadav (Barhi),Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribagh),Bhanu Pratap Shahi(Bhawanathpur), Raj Sinha(Dhanbad), Nagendra Mahato(Bagodar), Kedar Hajara(Jamua), Nibharya Shahabadi(Giridih), Ashok Kumar Bhagat(Mahagama), Sadhu CharanMahato (Ichagarh), ManekaSardar(Potka) and RamkumarPahan (Khijri) have found placein the first list.

The party has given chanceto some new faces and some oldones, which include SuryaHansda (Boriyo), Daniyal

Kisku(Littipara), Paritosh Soren

(Shikaripara), Virendra Mandal(Jamtara), Suresh Murmu(Jama), Mistri Soren(Maheshpur), Satyanand Jha(Nala), Devendra Kunwar(Jarmundi ), Simon Malto(Barhet), Kishun Kumar Das(Simaria), Janardan Paswan(Chatra), Indrajit Mahato(Sindri), Ragini Singh (Jharia),Lakhan Mardi (Ghatshila),Gurucharan Nayak(Manoharpur), Koache Munda(Torpa), Bishun Kujur (Gumla),Ashok Oraon (Bishunpur),Sadanand Besra (Simdega),Raghupal Singh (Manika),Shasibhushan Mehta (Panki),Pushpa Devi (Chhatarpur).

The party has dropped 10

sitting MLAs including RKKishore (Chhatarpur), BimlaPradhan (Simdega), TalaMarandi (Boriyo), HareKrishna Singh (Panki), ShivShinkar Oraon (Gumla),Lakshman Tudu (Ghatshila)and others. After the seatannouncement Arun Singh saidthat the party has given ticketsto 30 sitting MLAs and 10have been replaced this time.“The party has given tickets tofive women, 13 youths, 6 fromSC community, 17 from STcommunity and 21 from OBCcommunity among the 52 seatsannounced,” he said.

Earlier in the press confer-ence in Delhi, Nadda praisedRaghubar Das led BJP govern-ment in the State and said that

in last five years Jharkhand haswitnessed a sea change in theregime of Das and the govern-ment has received support fromall quarters of society. Naddamentioned schemes likePMKSN, MMKAY, SukanyaYojna, UJJWALA Yojna, Dakiyascheme, employment genera-tion, pension schemes to sup-port his argument.He said thaton the basis of party’s motto,“Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas” theRaghubar Das led Governmentin the State has been hugely suc-cessful in bringing a discernablechange in Jharkhand.

He said that the party willagain register a historic win inthe coming election and devoteitself in the welfare of the peo-ple of State. Notably, the party

has not yet finalised its alliancestructure with AJSU Party,which is demanding more seatsthan the BJP has offered. AJSUParty chief Sudesh has again leftfor Delhi on Sunday for a finalround of meeting with top BJPleaders.

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The number of incidentstriggered by Left Wing

Extremist (LWE) groups inJharkhand have come down tomore than half since 2010 andthe deaths caused in such vio-lence has reduced at least byone third, says the latest AnnualReport of 2018-2019, releasedby the Ministry of HomeAffairs (MHA).

According to the report,Jharkhand witnessed as manyas 501 LWE incidents in year2010, which reduced to 205 in2018. LWE groups wereresponsible for 157 deaths inJharkhand in year 2010. And in2018, the number of deathscaused in LWE incidentsreduced to 43, the report says.

The police attribute this fall

in the number of incidents anddeaths to the extensive anti-insurgency operations con-ducted by security forces in thepast decade or so. Besides, theGovernment’s aggressive stancetowards LWE groups alsochanged the picture. DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP) KamalNayan Choubey said that theMaoist groups were fast losingthe support of people in the vil-lages, which played a major rolein reducing their strength.“Their (LWE rebels) followersfelt betrayed as the outlawedgroups could not fulfill thepromises they had made to theinnocent villagers. Their fol-lowers also realised that therebel leaders had vested inter-est and had made a profitablebusiness out of insurgency,”said Choubey.

The head of Jharkhandpolice added that theGovernment rolled out sever-al schemes and policies thatcontributed in reducing the

LWE menace here. “TheGovernment’s tough stand onrebels and the intensification ofanti-insurgency operations byState police as well as centralforces have crippled the insur-gents,” he said. TheGovernment also madechanges to the Maoist surren-der policy here and offered bet-ter privileges to the rebels whoresigned. However, the DGPsaid that the surrender policygot more takers from the redcorridor as the police and secu-rity had forced them on theback foot. “Nobody surrenders

if the heat is not on,” he said. Asper figures with the MHA, atleast 19 of 24 districts inJharkhand are LWE-affected.Apart from the main CPI(Maoist), there are at least 17splinter outfits active in thestate. The members of splintergroups, police say, are mostlyhired guns and thugs whohave unleashed a reign of ter-ror on innocent villagers. Theyare involved in extortingmoney from businessmen, run-ning illegal opium trade, traf-ficking children and killingfor sport, police say. While the

MHA report highlights the fallin Maoist activities here, itcannot be denied that LWEincidents witnessed a suddenincrease after the recently con-cluded General Elections inJharkhand. More than a dozensecurity personnel were severe-ly injured and at least fivepolicemen died in LWE vio-lence here within a couple ofmonths since the declaration ofelection results.

The banned CommunistParty of India-Maoist contin-ues to be the most potentamong the various LWE outfitsin the country and accountedfor more than 88 per cent oftotal LWE violence incidentsand resultant deaths, said thelatest MHA report. In 2018,Jharkhand witnessed the sec-ond highest cases of Maoistviolence in India.Neighbouring Chhattisgarhremains to be the Indian Stateworst affected by left winginsurgency, report says.

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Vehicle checking drive hasbeen intensified to prevent

illegal transportation of cashand objectionable materialsin order to conduct theupcoming Assembly electionsin a peaceful and clean envi-ronment across the Bokarodistrict. The four Assemblyconstituencies of Bokaro dis-trict are scheduled to go forpoll on 12 (Bermo & Gomia)

and 16 December (Bokaro &Chandankiyari) respectively.

Speculations are rife thatpolitical leaders are transfer-ring money to their aidesahead of the elections, so vehi-cle checking has been intensi-fied, said an official.

In order to control theillegal transportation ofmoney, liquor and freebies,special forces have beendeployed at over 50 check-points, he said.

Many Flying Squad Teams(FST) and Static SurveillanceTeams (SST) along with dis-trict administrative officialswere engaged in monitoringand investigation round theclock to conduct a corruption-free poll A team led by KasmarBDO Monia Lata conductedan extensive checking drive

near Bandhdih Chowk; papersof RCs, licenses, pollution andinsurance of at least 95 vehi-cles were checked very close-ly. No objectionable itemshave been received in thecourse of this investigation,said BDO.

In the course of the check-ing, the vehicle of a majorpolitical party was caught andthe illegal flag on the vehiclewas immediately removed. Atthe same time, he was releasedon the condition of strictly fol-lowing the code of conduct,she said.

The district administra-tion is determined to workpeacefully and successfully forthe impending assembly and isworking with full vigilance,said a district administrationofficial.

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XLRI is gearing up forOperations and IT con-

clave Cygnus. It is a two-daysymposium jointly organisedby AXIOM — The OperationsClub and SOCRATES - The ITClub of XLRI. This edition ofCygnus will be held onNovember 16-17 under thetheme “Industry 4.0”. The con-clave will consist of variousevents with emphasis on tech-nologies like IoT, DataAnalytics and Blockchain andtheir implementation inOperations Management.

Variety of events such asWorkshop on Industrial IoTby Arup Chakraborti-Founder, Greenwave SolutionsPvt Ltd, Interactive session onIndustry 4.0 - ShailenderSingh, DGM- BusinessExcellence, from ITC, CaseCompetition on operationsmanagement in associationwith Swiggy, Use-case basedinteractive session/workshopwith professionals from ITC,Guest Sessions on TATA Steel'sjourney in IoT, Guest sessionsby experts from IIT Kharagpurand unveiling XLRI's IoT labduring the conclave will helpmanagement students becomeaccustomed to new technolo-gies and promote innovation

in businesses. Technology pro-motes innovation, makingbusinesses more efficient andcompetitive in the market.Cygnus aims to helping stu-dents staying ahead of thegame and help them makeinformed technology relateddecisions as future leaders.

Every manager must beadept in handling operationsto bring about cost savings andcreating efficient processes isthe norm of the day. The roleof Operations and SupplyManagement in achieving thiscannot be undermined.AXIOM is an initiative, start-ed in 2004 by the students andthe faculty of XLRI to help thestudents gain an insight to theintricacies of industrial andoperations management.

It is an attempt of thissociety to extend the under-standing of the internationalbest practices and developinterest among students for thesame.

We endeavour to spreadawareness and understandingof managing productionprocesses and delivering ser-vices by organizing quizzes,simulations, guest lectures,live projects and plant visits.

We try to facilitateCertifications for the student

community and help inEffective Knowledge Sharing.We further intend to con-tribute to the industry as abody of students and experi-enced faculty, by providing aplatform for industrialists toshare their thoughts.

We release the AXISnewsletter, a compendium oflatest developments in theindustry.

SOCRATES (The Societyfor Rapid Assimilation ofTechnology and Systems) is a

functional committee createdto provide a thrust to theSystems academic area and toupgrade the IT infrastructurein XLRI. It was created withthe intention of bringing tech-nology closer to the globalbusiness leaders of tomorrow.The aim is to provide a plat-form where future managerscan gain experience from real-life issues and problems inManagement of InformationSystems. Socrates overlooksthe maintenance and up gra-

dation of the IT systems atXLRI.

This includes providingnecessary student inputs toAcademic Information System(AIS). We have also developed,on our own initiative, XLDock- a mobile application forstudents to access academiccontent on the AndroidPlatform.

Socrates also provides keyinputs to administration onmaintenance of the networkinfrastructure.

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Apainting competition formaximum polling! The

idea was translated into a bigreality here when Palamuadministration on Saturdayheld a simple but impressivepainting competition amongpeople having age of 50 andabove to promote more andmore polling here onNovember 30. It was a modestsuccess by all standards saidsources.

Shatrunjay Kumar one ofthe senior officials of theSVEEP team here said morethan 100 men and womentook part in this one hour longcompetition with all zeal andheart.

The venue of the competi-tion was Pdt DeendayalUpadhaya Smriti Bhavan inDaltonganj and the chief guestor promoter of polling was dis-trict returning officer cum DCShantanu K Agrahari. Close byhis side was nodal officerSVEEP Bindu Madhav Pd

Singh.The elderly fingers ofmen and women drew paintingwith pencils and sketch pensmaking a very few spectatorsthere to see that there still is artand talent in the fingers of these50 and plus age people. Nonewere any professional but theymade paintings with ease.

Two lady teachers of gov-ernment schools walked awaywith first and third prize whilethe second prize went to a maleteacher of the governmentschool said Shatrunjay Kumar.

Kumar said there were 10pensioners but despite invita-tion to Sainik Board no ex armymen came to take part in thispainting competition.

There were around 35 to 40women of Sakhi Mandals inthis competition and for manyof them the experience to fillcolours was new and exciting.All the participants were seat-ed on carpets except a handfulof them who used cushionedsofa for drawing on woodentables!

Administration handed

down pencils and sketch pensto ten or twelve participantswho came to the venue withoutthese tools said Kumar adding,“Once the competition wasover these people loved carry-ing it back home.”

Conservatism was evidenthere in this competition toowhen administration had seg-mented the venue into 2 com-partments one for male and theother for female! None ogled ateach other as they were past 50years of autumn!

Palamu administration isdoing novel things for a betterpolling as it did a few days backwhen young girls and womendrew rangolis right on a stretchof metallic road across theriver Koyal. Sources said itwas an instant success.

In the last Lok Sabha elec-tion there was held a fashionshow wherein administrationhad to first dispel a notion thatfigures, curves and busts ofbelles would be judged beforegoing for this show which washeld in traditional attire.

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Lions club of Bokaro ther-mal organised a Peace

poster competition at stationclub here on Sunday.Altogether 68 students ofDVC High & Middle school,Kendriy Vidylaya, IndianSchool of learning, CarmelEnglish and Hindi medium,DAV Kathara, Pitts MordernSchool, Gomia and St PaulModern school, Bokaro ther-mal took part in the compe-tition. It was judged by SomaBanerjee, Vikash Kumar Das,Mukesh Mahto andA.K.Singh.

According to Lions mem-ber Inderjit Singh in thisyear’s lions International’sannual inter school peaceposter drawing contest, eightschools from Bokaro Thermaland its surrounding areasparticipated with three oftheir best students in the agegroup of 11 to 13 years.

Two other winners wouldalso be selected for smalltoken of appreciation. Thecontest was organised on thetheme “Share peace,” addedSingh.

Welcoming all the partic-ipants and their teachers andparents, club president Ln B

Laxminih and Ln UK Nairshared about the rules andregulations of the contest andwished that one of the par-ticipants would be eligible towin the international award.

Other lions membersincluding Ln Nilesh Ekka,Ln J Giri, Ln Binod Bhatia, LnSD Singh, and Ln PrakashThakkar shared their experi-ences of the contest.

The 68 participants draw-ing entries, in which afterjudging the best of threeentries have been declaredwere identified as AyushKumar Sharma, AnkitSharma, Aditya Bala, all threestudents of DAV Kathara gotfirst, second and third posi-tion while two others wereTrisa Jha and Nisu Kumariselected for small token ofaappreciation.

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The Panchatantra, probablyworld's oldest collection of

fables, had its origins in Biharmainly as instructive storiesfor the princes of Patliputraduring the Gupta period. Thefolk stories prevalent duringmy own childhood in Bihar infact ran very close to the talesof Panchatantra or of Aesop'sFables and nothing appealedmore to children than theidea of animals and birds talk-ing, be it sense or nonsense.

These stories, whetherretold matter-of-factly or madespicy with wit and humour,were common to almost allBihari villages, cutting acrossthe State's all five major lin-guistic divisions, namelyBhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi,Angika and Vajjika. It's a pityhowever that the folk literatureof Bihar is extremely scarce.

Aside from the 1968Sahitya Akademi publication,'Folk Tales of Bihar' by PC RoyChaudhury, I haven't comeacross any other related bookworth mentioning. This bookhence came my way as a pleas-ant surprise.

Nalin Verma, the author, isa veteran journalist and the co-author of the much-acclaimedLalu Yadav's autobiography,Gopalganj to Raisina: MyPolitical Journey.

Born and brought up in anondescript village in Siwandistrict of Bihar, the authorhad heard many stories fromhis mother, father, grandfather,as well as other villagers dur-ing his childhood. The bookretells all these folk tales thatyoung Nalin Verma had heardand grown up with.

The slim volume has beenneatly divided into six parts.The first two comprise storiesfrom the animal kingdom andare related to the clever jack-al, the mischievous crow, thediligent sparrow, the timidgoat, the wise parrot, and themagnanimous lioness. There'sa comical, and often nonsen-sical, streak to these tales yetthey all have strong moralbehind them.

In 'Survival in the Wild',there's a funny story about'The Fear of Tiptipwa', whichhighlights the importance ofbeing always street-smart.Under 'Folk Fun', there arefun-filled tales about the gos-siper and the simpleton. Thestory of the face-off betweenthe crafty Kayastha (Munshiji)and the blunt Yadav (Raiji) hadme in splits.

In 'Gods, Demons andFaith', the stories aim atpreaching religiosity, triumphof virtue, and the role ofkarma in human life. Theaccepted moorings of societyare well emphasised in thesestories.

The story of the priest and

the three thieves capti-vated me no end.

Most of the talesunder 'Pranks, Intrigues,Struggle andEntertainment' sectionare based on local tradi-tion and may sometimesappear bizarre, yet theyhave been clothed withsome sort of reality.

A few stories, likeThe Malpua Tale, arefirmly rooted to the place.The solitary fairy tale inthe book is about theromantic love lore ofSaranga and Sadabrijwhich, through an aura ofphantasia, appeal to the innerdreamy sub-consciousness ofmind.

The author seems to havelearnt from Lalu Prasad Yadavabout Bhikhari Thakur, themaster folklorist of Bihar. Borninto a poor barber family in avillage in Saran district,Bhikhari Thakur dominatedthe folk scene and his songsand dramas highlightedBihar's rampant social dis-parity, caste divide and othersocial ills. Two of his mostfamous dramas find place inthe book.

While it's necessary topreserve the time-old folktales of a particular region, it'salso imperative to sustain theflow of new folk stories.Ravindra Nath Tagore,Sukumar Ray and a few otherwriters have enriched Bengalichildren literature by writingfolk tales.In the book'sIntroduction, Nalin Vermaalso mentions a couple of newfolk ballads popular in hisnative place.

One of them mocks YahyaKhan, Pakistan's President andMartial Law Administratorduring the 1971 Indo-Pak War(Ae Ahiya tu mahiya chaata !).The other song was rooted inWord War II (Arjun ke avtaar

Hitler duniya ke hilaule baa,Roosh jitlas France ke jitlasEngland niyaraule baa !).

It's about time that otherscholars emulate passionatewriters like Nalin Verma bytaking suitable steps to pre-serve ancient folktales, songsand ballads of Bihar, as also tosustain the flow of neo-folk lit-erature.The book has provedto be an enchanting read.

The common folk tales ofNorth Bihar have been beau-tifully recounted by the authorin some impeccable prose.The witty folktales of Gonu Jhafrom Mithila region are con-spicuous by their absence,however.

Tales, which are intimate-ly associated with specificplaces in North Bihar, like theheroic tale of Allaha and Rudalfrom Bawangarhi village ofChamparan district, are alsonotable by their absence. Thetribal folktales of Chotanagpurand Santhal Parganas region oferstwhile South Bihar aremissing too, besides.

(The reviewer Ajay K Singhis a Joint Secretary rank Officerin the Government ofJharkhand. Singh is a biblio-phile having a voraciousappetite for the reading)

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Tata Steel on Sunday organ-ised the sixth edition of

Tata Steel Jamshedpur Run-a-thon at JRD Tata SportsComplex. More than 4500 par-ticipants participated in the runacross 3 categories, represent-ing 14 states across India. Theevent started from the ArcheryGround, JRD Tata SportsComplex from 6:10 amonwards.

The 10-km and 7-km raceswere open to all (IndianNationals only), while the 5-kmrun was for under-16 boysand girls. The 10-km race is theinternationally approved dis-tance for road races byInternational Association ofAthletics Federations (IAAF).

Tata Steel dignitaries pre-sent at the event were T VNarendran, CEO & MD TataSteel, Ruchi Narendran,Chanakya Chaudhary, VicePresident, Corporate Services

and Sudhanshu Pathak, VPSteel Manufacturing.

Dr J J Irani, former MD,Tata Steel graced the occasionand congratulated the winnersand participants of Run-a-thon2019. Neeraj Kant, MD ISWP,Mr Tarun Daga, MD, JUSCO,and other senior dignitaries ofTata Steel also were present onthe occasion.

Mr Piyush Pandey (IPS),SP Rural, Dr EhteshamWaquarib (IPS), SP RailJamshedpur, Mr ManmohanPrasad, Executive Magistrate(East Singhbhum) and DistrictSports Officer also participat-ed in the event along with othersenior officials.

The winner of the 10-km(male) finished the race in 31mins 18 secs whereas the win-ner of 10-km (female) fin-ished the race in 37 mins 48secs. The 7-km (male) winnerfinished the race in 22 mins 22secs whereas the winner of 7-km (female) finished the race

in 27 mins 29 secs. The 5 km(male) and 5-km (female) win-ners finished the race in 16mins 22 secs and 20 mins 56

secs respectively. It is worth-while to mention that the win-ning timing clocked in the 10-km (male) category last year

was 32 mins 04 secs while thatfor the 10-km (female) catego-ry was finished the race in 37minutes 54 seconds.

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The All India CongressCommittee (AICC) and

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, bothpartners in the Grand Allianceof Opposition parties released alist of five and 3 candidatesrespectively. The Congress’ listincludes two former Ministersand the incumbent State presi-dent—for the first phase ofJharkhand elections. TheJharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM), which is set to play therole of a big brother in theGrand alliance here, is likely toannounce more names onMonday.

An official press commu-niqué from the Congress partyon Sunday said that JharkhandPradesh Congress Committee(JPCC) President RameshwarOraon will contest theLohardaga constituency. FormerJPCC President SukhdeoBhagat, who won the con-

stituency in the bypoll held in2015 and is the incumbent leg-islator from Lohardaga, joinedthe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)last month. His name, howev-er, did not find a mention in thelist of 52 candidates issued bythe BJP on Sunday.

The Congress party fieldedtwo former ministers, KNTripathy from Daltonganj andChandradheskhar Dubey fromBishrampur. The party fieldedRamchandra Singh fromManika and KP Yadav fromBhawanathpur. The Congressparty has eight legislators in the81-member State Assemblyhere. This year, the party willcontest on 31 seats as per a seatsharing equation decided unan-imously by its allies – JMM andRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).The RJD will contest fromseven seats here.

JMM, which will contest 43seats in the elections, had ear-lier announced that it was

release the first list of its candi-dates on November 8. Theparty on Sunday announced itsfirst list of candidates’ with justthree candidates for the upcom-ing State Assembly Elections. Acommuniqué of the partyinformed that JMM SupremoShibu Soren finalized name of

the candidates from Bishunpur(ST) seat, from where sittingMLA Chamra Linda will con-test, from Gumla (ST), BhushanTirkey will be JMM’s candidateand from Garhwa the party’scandidate will be MithileshKumar Thakur. RJD tooannounced the names of five

candidates on Sunday. JMMExecutive President HemantSoren on Saturday met RJDchief Lalu Prasad in Ranchi andsaid that the allies will campaigntogether for the elections.However, speculations abouttussle between the two partiesover a few seats have been rife.

“The differences have been set-tled,” said Bhattacharya onSunday. Elections for the 81Assembly seats in Jharkhandwill begin on November 30 andconclude on November 20. Theelections will be held in fivephases and the final result willbe declared on December 23.

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The AJSU Party on Sundaydecided during its parlia-

mentary board meeting that itwill announce its first list ofcandidates on Monday. Theparty held its parliamentaryboard meeting to chalk outfuture strategy regarding pollpreparation for the upcomingState Assembly Elections.

Addressing a press meetafter the meeting AJSU Party,Central Committee presidentSudesh Mahto said that theparty will announce its first listof candidate on November, 11for the upcoming StateAssembly Elections and theparty will unveil its manifestoon November, 14.

State Drinking Water andSanitation Minister,Ramchandra Sahis informedthat Mahto will go to Delhi to

meet Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) National president, AmitShah to talk on seat sharingagreement and including manyother important issues of theState. “An appointment is fixedwith Shah at 11: 45 pm onSunday to discuss the issues. Ameeting with BJP the State InCharge for the election, OmMathur is also fixed beforemeeting of Shah. Mahto willmeet both the leaders to clearmany issues,” he added.

When asked about whatare the main demands of theparty Sahis replied that theparty is prepared to contest at19 seats and list of the seats hasbeen submitted to the BJP topbrass where the party hasstrong base. “AJSU Party willannounce its future strategyafter the meeting,” he added.

Speaking on the issue ofstalemate created by seats likeChandankiyari and Lohardaga.

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The three-dayannual sports

fest of BirlaInstitute ofT e c h n o l o g y(BIT), Mesra -VAJRA'19- con-cluded on Sundayat the collegecampus inRanchi.

The women’sVolleyball team ofBIT, Mesradefeated Amity University,Ranchi on the penultimate dayof the sports meet. The secondday the tournament witnessedat least nine volleyball match-es for men. In the first match,IIIT Bhagalpur defeated RTC.Later in the day, BCET defeat-ed, BIT Sindri defeated CIT,BIT Patna defeated IIITBhagalpur, AEC defeatedNIFFT and BIT Patna defeat-ed CUJ and RTC. CUJ won thematch against IIIT Bhagalpurand BIT Mesra emerged victo-rious against NIT Jamshedpur.

The table tennis women’steam of BIT Mesra defeatedKGEC, while the team fromNIT Jamshedpur defeatedMMMUT. BIT Sindri wonagains UCET and BIT Mesradefeated NIT Jamshedpur inthe women’s table tennis tour-nament on Sunday.

In table tennis tournamentfor men, St. Xavier’s Ranchidefeated UCET and BIT Patnadefeated Amity Ranchi. NITJamshedpur defeated KGECand BIT Mesra defeated BITSindri. St. Xavier’s Ranchi andBIT Patna defeated BIT Sindriand KGEC respectively.

In Basketball for men, St.Xavier’s Kolkata won the matchagainst AEC and BCET defeat-ed UCET. The women’sBasketball team of St. Xavier’sRanchi defeated SRMU.

In cricket, NIT Jamshedpurdefeated Arka Jain Universityand BIT Mesra defeated RCM.In Chess, BIT Mesra defeatedCIT and Arka Jain University,BIT Deoghar defeated CITand NIT Jamshedpur defeatedBIT Sindri.

In football series, MGMdefeated Amity University inthe first match. KGEC defeat-ed NMCH, BIT Mesra defeat-ed Amity University, RVSdefeated MGM, St. Xavier'sdefeated MMUT and BITPatna won against KGEC.

On the final day of thetournament, NIT Jamshedpurwon the contest in the finalmatch against BIT Mesra onSunday. A total of three footballmatches were played at Ground1 and Ground 2. The first

semi-final match started at 9A.M., at Ground 1 where BIT,Mesra played against St.Xavier's, Ranchi. BIT, Mesrawon the match.Simultaneously, the other semi-final match was played atGround 2 in which BIT, Patnabattled against BIT, Sindri. BIT,Sindri won the match. The finalmatch was played between BIT,Mesra and BIT, Sindri.

The basketball matchesstarted on Friday and con-cluded on Sunday. A total ofthree basketball matches undermen's category were played atCourt A and Court B on thefinal day. In the first match,BIT, Mesra played against NIT,Jamshedpur and won. The finalmatch was played between BIT,Mesra and XISS.

Total of three basketballmatches under women's cate-gory were played at Court Aand Court B on Sunday. Thefirst match started at Court Bwhere NIT, Jamshedpur playedagainst SRMU, Lucknow.

NIT, Jamshedpur won thismatch St. Xavier’s Ranchidefeated BIT Mesra in the sec-ond match. The former playedNIT Jamshedpur in the finalmatch.

The first semi-final forchess was played between NIT,Jamshedpur and Arka Jain.NIT, Jamshedpur won thematch. The second semi-finalwas played between BIT, Mesraand BIT, Sindri. BIT, Mesrawon the match.

In the first semi-final ofVolleyball for men, playedbetween the winners of BIT,Sindri and BIT, Patna, BIT,Sindri emerged victorious. Inthe second semi-final, playedbetween the winners of BIT,Mesra and BCET, at Ground BBIT, Mesra emerged victorious.

In the finals of Volleyballfor women, BIT, Mesra andBIT, Sindri competed atGround B in the finals.

A total of 5 table tennismatches for men were playedon the third day, including thesemi-finals and the finals. NITJamshedpur won the finalsagainst BIT Mesra.

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Lalu Prasad led RashtriyaJanata Dal (RJD) on Sunday

announced first list of its can-didates for the upcoming StateAssembly Elections.

In the first list, RJD hasannounced the names of fivecandidates. Addressing a pressmeet the State RJDSpokesperson Anita Yadav saidthat the party has decided tofield former MLA Sanjay SinghYadav from Hussainabad seat,Sanjay Prasad Yadav fromGodda, Suresh Paswan fromDeoghar, Satyanand Bhoktafrom Chatra and Vijay Ramfrom Chhatarpur.

It may be mentioned herethat the alliance of oppositionINC, JMM and RJDannounced the seat sharingon Friday for the JharkhandAssembly elections. Under theseat sharing agreement JMM

will contest at 43 seats,Congress will contest at 31 seatsand RJD will contest at 7 seatsof the State. The seat sharingwas announced by INCJharkhand In-Charge RPNSingh and JMM, Executivepresident, Hemant Soren.However, no RJD leader waspresent at the press conference.

Addressing the press meeton Friday Soren had said theseat sharing was finalized afterdiscussions with RJD PresidentLalu Prasad Yadav. Speaking onthe occasion Congress leaderRPN Singh said that oppositionparties will contest electionsunder the leadership of JMMand Hemant Soren will be theChief Ministerial candidatefrom the opposition.

Voting for the 81-memberassembly of Jharkhand will beheld in five phases betweenNovember 30 and December20 and counting will take placeon December 23. Soren on

Saturday met jailed RJDsupremo Lalu Prasad at a hos-pital in Ranchi. Soren toldreporters that he called onPrasad to seek his blessings.Serving jail sentences in fodderscam cases, 72-year- old Prasadhas been lodged in a Ranchihospital on account of poorhealth.

As many as 13 constituen-cies will go to polls in the firstphase of elections here onNovember 30. Voting will takeplace in 20 constituencies onDecember 7, 17 constituencieson December 12, 15 con-stituencies on December 16and 16 constituencies onDecember 20.

Capital Ranchi will vote inthe third phase on December12, while Jamshedpur East,Jamshedpur West, Saraikelaand Chaibasa will vote in thesecond phase on December 7,officials from the CEO’s officein Ranchi said.

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Indian Institute ofM a n a g e m e n t ,

Ranchi, conducted thesecond day of the firstedition of the leader-ship talk and industry-connect series ‘SAM-AGAM 1.0: Tryst withthe Business Leaders'on a high note.

The second day ofthe event covered thelatest trends and inno-vations in all three busi-ness domains - Finance,Operations, andStrategy, and was con-ducted jointly by therespective clubs of IIMRanchi. The three-dayevent saw six industryleaders from variousstrata of the corporateworld impart theirknowledge and sharetheir experience withthe students of IIMRanchi. 'Samagam,' anannual event, is aimedat connecting the bud-

ding minds with stal-warts from the industryand engaging the stu-dents with the currentadvancements andtrends by making themaware of the risks, chal-lenges, and opportuni-ties in the field of busi-ness and entrepreneur-ship. Operations andconsulting clubs of IIMRanchi – Sankriya andConundrum respec-tively– conducted mul-tiple sessions with theguest speakers PareshBhagwatkar, Vice-President, RelianceIndustries and currenthead of digital supplychain DigitalTransformation inPetchem division,Anubhav Prashant,COO- Apollo Cradle& Apollo Fertility, SagarAmlani, Vice President,Fenoplast Limited, andPankaj Kumar, CEO atVyapt Consulting.Sankriya, the

Operations andGeneral Managementclub at IIM Ranchi,launched its first-everbusiness conclave withthe theme" T e c h n o l o g i c a lDevelopment inO p e r a t i o n sManagement."

Each speaker pre-sented his views alongwith a presentation (20minutes) followed by aQ&A session (10 min).The presentationfocused on the adventof technology and theimpact it has made inthe industry. PareshBhawatkar talked aboutcloud computing, andthe disruption in thefield of business causeddue to the threats fromasymmetric competi-tors. AnubhavPrashant, in his pre-sentation, talked aboutthe evolution of needswith the changing tech-nology, while Sagar

Amlani kept his pre-sentation extremelyinteractive as he talkedabout how to createbusiness excellence byactually caring aboutthe real needs of people.

Pankaj Kumartalked about the fast-growing 'Gig Economy'in the Indian contextand ways and means toturnaround businessesby efficient consultingthrough the use of tech-nology and network-ing in India. After com-pletion of all thekeynote speeches, apanel discussion of 30minutes was conductedwith all four speakerspitching in the discus-sion by sharing theirideas and opinions. Theevent was moderated byVijaya Dixit, AssistantProfessor at IIMRanchi.

The interactionwith the industry stal-warts continued as the

Finance Club of IIMRanchi, Finopsisbrought on-board theFinance ProdigiesHarshit Gupta, AVP,Royal Bank of Scotland,for an interactive ses-sion with the studentsof IIM Ranchi andendowed them with hisindustry expertise andprowess in the field offinancial risk manage-ment. This was fol-lowed by another lec-ture delivered bySandeep Chatterjee,Associate Director atDeloitte Consulting.

The day two of theevent concluded withour last guest VaibhavJain, partner atEdelweiss Capital,delivering an inspiringsession on Investmentand financial assetmanagement. Theevent concluded withthe panel discussionand facilitation of theguests.

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Two school boys weredrowned but their class-

mate and friend made mirac-ulous escape in Tenughat damhere on Sunday morning.Thedeceased have been identifiedas Ravi Raj and Sohit Rajbelonging to sector VI ofBokaro steel city.

Body of Sohit Raj was laterfished out of water while thebody Ravi Raj could not bedetected and one of theirfriend Aditya Rathhor mademiraculous escaped,sourcessaid.

According to the ASPAnjani Anjan,Tenuhgat, RaviRaj along with his two friendsSohit Raj and Aditya Rathhorhad gone for the picnic onmotorbike to the Tenughatdam without informing theirparents on Sunday.

One of the three friends,identified as Aditya, told thepolice that his friends, Ravi Rajand Sohit Raj neither of whomknew swimming waded intodeep waters, while they werebathing in the dam.

Aditya raised an alarm, ashe realised that his friends weredrowning, following which theothers present on the spotrushed for their help. Whileboth of them were drowned indeep and they could not besaved," police said.

According to policesources one dead body of SohitRaj was later fished out but stillthe body of Rohit Raj could notbe traced. After getting thisinformation TenughatSDM,Prem Ranjan and ASPAnjani Anjan rushed to thespot and said the studentsdrowned while bathing in dan-ger zone of the fall. Till thereport filed drivers wereengaged by the local SDM andASP to search for the secondvictim's body.

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Indian Institute ofManagement (IIM), Ranchiorganized its annual HRConclave 2019, the flagshipevent of HiRe, the HumanResource Club of IIM Ranchi,on Sunday at AryabhattaAuditorium, RanchiUniversity. The theme for thisyear's conclave was ‘Future ofwork, workforce & workplace’– taking inspiration from theproliferation of changes inthe Indian employment sector.

IIM Ranchi hosted anelite panel of industry expertsand HR Heads of severalreputed organizations whothrew light on the scenario ofemployment in India’s con-text. Rashmi Mansharamani,CHRO, The Wave Group said,“Challenging the status quo is what leads to the disruption in business and eventually trans- formation.” Besides

Mansharamani, SatyajitMohanty, CHRO, CromptonGreaves, Sujitesh Das, SeniorVP-HR, Microland, DeepayanSensharma, Director HR,Marsh & McLennan,Chandrashekhar Deshmukh,CHRO, Kokuyo Camlin andRamesh Kumar, Head HR,Wells Fargo were among thespeakers at the conclave.

Dr Debi Saini, ProfessorEmeritus, IIM Ranchi, was thekeynote speaker for the event.

The conclave witnessedthe interaction of thesedynamic HR leaders acrosstop industries who sharedtheir insights on invaluableindustry experience with theaspiring managers of IIMRanchi.

HR Conclave 2019 had anencapsulating question andanswers session about thefuture work systems and pre-

sented an opportunity to dis-cuss and absorb the businessacumen of the corporate intel-ligentsia. Panel discussionsand interactive sessions hadall the great minds brain-storming over various trend-ing topics.

“Digital disruption as anopportunity and not a threatis how an professional needsto look at it.

Innovation and Digitaldisruption are the weapons inour arsenal that will help usshape the future. The conclavewas insightful and I got tolearn a lot” said SaumyaSachdeva, a first year studentof IIM Ranchi

This year's HR Conclavesaw participation of over 200students, 7 corporate leadersand at least ten corporateprofessionals. The event alsowent live on social media.

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“This Sunday holds specialsignificance for us, as we wokeup to a new and transformedSunday, with a feeling of reliefthat the lingering issue ofAyodhya dispute has beenresolved once and for all.”

Shops selling utensils, pujaitems, idols and pictures of godsand goddesses were open, aswere the eateries. Owners of asweets shop in the vicinity ofHanumangarhi temple, AnoopSaini and Vaibhav Gupta, wereseen sifting through pages ofnewspapers and discussing theoutcome of Saturday’s judg-ment.“

After the judgment infavour of Ram Lalla, we knewthat we will fall short of garlands,so we had ordered additionalgarlands from Varanasi andneighbouring cities,” AnoopSaini said.

He added that Ayodhya willnow grow in the right direction.“I am sure that Ayodhya will seeits golden era in coming days.This is the best example of

Satyamev Jayate,” he said. Jaipurresidents Awadhesh Sharmaand Kajormal Sharma said theyfelt proud and blessed to havebeen in Ayodhya when theSupreme Court delivered itsjudgment.

Settling the fractious issuethat goes back more than a cen-tury, the Supreme Court onSaturday backed the construc-tion of a Ram temple by aGovernment trust at the dis-puted site in Ayodhya, andruled that an alternative five-acreplot must be found for a mosquein the Hindu holy town.

Delivering a unanimousverdict on a case that has longpolarised the country and frayedthe secular tapestry of Indiansociety, a five-judge Bench of theapex court headed by ChiefJustice of India Ranjan Gogoisaid the faith of Hindus thatLord Ram was born at the sitewas undisputed, and he is sym-bolically the owner of the land.Ganesh Tare, who along with agroup of 55 tourists, arrived herefrom Bhiwandi (Maharashtra)

on Sunday, said that he felt joyedby the verdict. Rampujan andRamvati were also “feelinghappy” as they arrived inHanumangarhi temple area after‘mundan’ of their son Jankaran.Sunday was a busy day for 58-year-old newspaper hawkerRam Shankar Yadav. “I havebeen distributing newspapers innearly 11 localities of the districtsince 1994. On a normal Sunday,I distribute 500 to 525 newspa-pers, but on tahis Sunday, I dis-tributed 750,” he said.

“This is a new morning, anew Sunday. As barriers havebeen put up at various parts ofAyodhya, the number of devo-tees coming here at this point oftime is a bit less. However, in thenext couple of days, it is likely togo up. There is absolute nor-malcy,” senior priest ofHanumangarhi temple, MahantRaju Das, said.

Later, Raju Das, along withlocal Muslim leader BablooKhan, took a round of work-shop of SriramjanmabhoomiNyas in Ayodhya.

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Pollution levels in thenational Capital remained

in the “very poor” category onSunday with officials claimingthat acting on a slew of direc-tions from the Supreme Court,implementing agencies havetaken “major action” at 13 pol-lution hot spots, includingclosing 23 polluting industri-al units, over the last threedays.

According to privateweather forecast agencySkymet, Delhi’s air qualityseems like plunging once againto the same poor level.Yesterday, Delhi’s air qualitycontinued to remain in “mod-erate” category with a slightimprovement since the daybefore.

After the apex courtdirected a three-memberMonitoring Committee tooversee the implementation ofpollution-control measures,its chairman Bhure Lal visitedthe hot spots of Wazirpur,Ashok Vihar, Punjabi Bagh,Dwarka and RK Puram onNovember 8 and Narela,

Bawana, Jahangirpuri, andMundka on November 9,according to the officials.

In view of the deficienciesobserved by the MonitoringCommittee, the municipalcorporations have lifted 400metric tonnes of constructionand demolition waste, 1,200metric tonnes of garbage, 150kg of plastic waste, and miti-gated 10 incidents of garbageburning.

The Delhi PollutionControl Committee sealed 23units in various industrialareas for violation of environ-mental norms, the officialssaid. Roads have been paved,and pits and potholes filled upat Yojna Vihar, Surajmal Vihar,Mansarovar Park, SultanpurRoad, Mundka to Karala Road,Alipur Road among others.

The Traff ic Policeremoved bottlenecks fromVikash Marg, Malka Ganj,Vivekanand Marg, RK PuramSector-2 and others, andissued 52 challans to violators.

At present, Delhi NCR isexperiencing air quality in“very poor” category. Thesame air quality is likely tocontinue for the next some

days During the last couple ofdays, dry weather conditionsare prevailing over Delhi NCR.The days are slightly warmwith bright sunshine, whilenights are cool especially dur-ing the early morning hours.Also, during the morninghours, shallow fog and mist isprevailing as northwesterlylight winds are prevailingwhich are dry in nature, it said.

South Delhi MunicipalCorporation (SDMC) tookaction against violators of pol-lution related norms andlodged 16 ‘First InformationReport’ (FIR) on Sunday. Thecivic body also inspected 1,788sites and issued 360 challansfor burning of garbage, dump-ing debris and other relatedviolations.

This action was taken asper the order of NationalGreen Tribunal Act 2010under Section 15, a seniorSDMC official said, addingthat the civic body alsoimposed Rs 15,56,200 as finein all four zones.

All three municipal cor-porations have lifted 400 met-ric tonnes of construction anddemolition waste and 1,200

metric tonne garbage duringthe period, the official said.

The SDMC deployed 84water tankers and 24 mechan-ical road sweepers in order tocontrol air pollution, he said,adding that it has also con-structed a special nightpatrolling teams to check vio-lation. The SDMC has lodged290 FIRs in the last few daysagainst various violations relat-ed to air pollution.

SDMC CommissionerGyanesh Bharti had instruct-ed all the officers to be presentin the field and to share thelive locations of their desig-nated spots of inspection.

Bharti instructed officialsto have hourly inspections ofthe five pollution hot spots andsubmits report to the head-quarters.

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To mark the historic 550thPrakash Purb of Guru Nanak

Dev, Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Sundayannounced the State Government’sdecision to install a Chair in thename of the first Guru in 11 uni-versities, including one from Iran.

The Chief Minister made theannouncement at a function at thePunjab Technical University, in thepresence of all the 11 universities,of which seven are in Punjab andthree spread across India. TheChair will be entrusted with thetask of conducting research on thelife and teachings of Guru, hesaid.The event was held to honourand award 400 Nanak Nam Levaprominent Punjabis from aroundthe world for their remarkablecontribution in various fields.

The Chief Minister expressedhappiness at seeing Punjabis mak-ing the state and the countryproud with their achievements.

Capt Amarinder exhorted thePunjabis to remember their rootsat all times and join his govern-ment in helping revive the stateand create opportunities for theprogress of its youth, who had thepower and the inclination to workbut lacked opportunities here atpresent. “Let us all join hands togive them those opportunities,” headded. Pointing out that it was theresponsibility of the present gen-eration to ensure the developmentof the next, the Chief Ministerurged the visiting Punjabis to dotheir bit by making the youthaware of their duty.

A real Sikh would always lis-ten to the ‘baani’ of the Guru, hesaid, calling upon the visitors tospread the `baani’ among theirchildren, whichever part of theworld they live in.

Seeking their help in rebuild-ing Punjab, the Chief Ministerasked the prominent Punjabi per-sonalities from around the worldto become a part of the campaignto work together to restore thestate, which had suffered a doublepartition, to its pristine glory.

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Union Minister JitendraSingh on Sunday

described the northeasternregion as a land of unexploredpotential and unsaturatedavenues, which has somethingto offer to every start-up. Healso said there has been a con-stant effort by the NarendraModi Government in the lastfive years to bring the rest ofIndia closer to the northeasternregion so that all States get toknow what all the area has tooffer.

"The northeast is a land ofunexplored potentials andunsaturated avenues," theUnion Minister forDevelopment of the NorthEastern Region (DoNER) said.Singh said the importance of

the northeastern region is that,as of today, it has something tooffer to every young start-up.

On the sidelines of anevent which showcased theregion's art, culture, dress andcuisine, the Union Ministersaid the response to the three-day event has been good. Singhsaid he was keenly observing asto how many visitors to theevent are from among thosewho belong to Delhi or otherparts of India besides thenortheast.

The Minister said that hewas delighted to note that allstalls and sections at the venuewere thronged by crowds ofpeople, mostly youngsters,belonging to different parts ofIndia including Delhi, Gujarat,Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu andeven NRIs.

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In a move that might resolvethe stubble burning issue in

the National CapitalRegion(NCR) polluting Delhiair, the Centre has grantedclearance to the Indian OilCorporation Ltd (IOCL) to setup a �766-crore biomass-basedsecond generation ethanolplant in Haryana's Panipat dis-trict. IOC is the country'slargest fuel retailer.

The Government hopesthe project would help solvethe problem of stubble burningthat have polluted the air, leav-ing the national capital a gaschamber. Making theannouncement through a tweeton Sunday, UnionEnvironment Minister PrakashJavadekar said, "Happy toinform that EnvironmentClearance is given to IOCL toset up new 2G Ethanol plant inPanipat."

He also said that the pro-ject would help in achieving thegoal of doubling farmers'income. "This project not onlypromotes use of environmentfriendly fuel but also aids in ful-filment of government's goal ofdoubling farmers' income," hetweeted. The proposed plant

will utilise non-food biomass,mainly rice straw and otherligno-cellulosic feed stock,requiring around 473 tonne ofraw material every day.

Recently, the central gov-ernment had notified that noenvironmental clearance wouldbe required by sugar mills toproduce additional ethanolfrom sugarcane juice. "As theproposed project is for thebetterment of the environmentand is an effort towards reduc-tion of CO2 Emission in theatmosphere, in turn it willhave positive impact on the airin Delhi and NCR," said asenior official from theMinistry.

The project will also pro-

vide an opportunity to India toreduce its dependence on crudeoil Imports. It will also reducethe impact of crude oil pricevolatility seen quite often ininternational markets. It willalso help in reducing the sub-sidy burden of the Indian gov-ernment since ethanol (pro-duced locally from agricultur-al residue) displaces petrolfrom imported crude, headded.

"Ethanol produced will beused for blending in trans-portation fuel, the official said."According to various biomassassessment surveys, surpluscrop residue availability inIndia is in the range of 50-60million tonne annually.According to these reports, by2020, the available biomassresidue could in theory beconverted into 10-15 billionliters of second generationethanol annually, sufficient tomeet 20 per cent ethanol blend-ing mandate in India," IOC saidas part of its application.

India's national biofuel pol-icy released last year had set anindicative target of 20 per centblending of ethanol in petroland 5 per cent blending ofbiodiesel in diesel to beachieved by 2030.

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New Delhi: The judgement inthe vexatious Ayodhya caserefers to travelogues by severalpersons who had visited Indiafrom the 17th-19th century,with the Supreme Court sayingit has to make a balanced analy-sis of "loose fragments of for-gotten history" related to the site.

"Travelogues and gazetteerscontain loose fragments of for-gotten history. The evidentiaryvalue to be ascribed to their con-tents necessarily depends uponthe context and is subject to acareful evaluation of their con-tents," a five-judge constitutionbench headed by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi has said.

"Our analysis has includedin the balance, the need for cir-cumspection, as we read in theaccounts of travellers andgazetteers a colonial perspectiveon the contest at the disputedsite," the bench said.

The judgement refers totravelogues by JosephTiefenthaler, RobertMontgomery Martin, PCarnegy, Edward Thornton andWilliam Finch among others,which were considered asexhibits in arriving at a conclu-sion in the case.

As per the travelogues ofauthors and geographers, thetop court said, the oral and doc-umentary evidence showed thatdevotees of Lord Ram hold agenuine, long-standing and pro-found belief in the religiousmerit attained by offering prayerat the site they believe to be thebirthplace of the deity.

"We are looking into his-torical events knit around leg-ends, stories, traditions andaccounts written in a socialand cultural context differentfrom our own. There are dan-gers in interpreting historywithout the aid of historiogra-phy," the bench said.

"Application of legal prin-ciples to make deductions andinferences out of historical con-text is a perilous exercise. Onemust exercise caution beforeembarking on the inclination ofa legally trained mind to drawnegative inferences from thesilences of history. Silences aresometimes best left to wherethey belong -- the universe ofsilence," the bench observed.

One of the several authorswhose work was taken intoaccount was Joseph Tiefenthaler,a Jesuit missionary who hasmentioned in his book'Description HistoriqueetGeographique Del‘inde' abouthis travels to Ayodhya after1740, a little over three decadesafter the death of Mughal rulerAurangzeb.

Tieffenthaler refers to thealleged demolition of the tem-ple and the building of amosque on the site, which theHindus believe to be the birthplace of Lord Ram.

He specifically refers toHindu places of worship,including 'Sita rasoi', 'swargdwar'and the 'bedi' or cradle sym-bolising the birth of Lord Ramand also mentions religious fes-tivals during which Hindudevotees would throng for wor-ship. The account notes that inspite of the alleged demolitionof the structure on which theBabri mosque was built, therestill exists some superstitiouscult in some place or other thatcontinues to worship at thesite. The bench was also pre-sented with 'History,Antiquities, Topography andStatistics of Eastern India' writ-ten by Robert MontgomeryMartin, an Anglo-Irish authorwho has referred in his travelaccounts to the destruction oftemples and building ofmosques.

"Martin has also adverted tothe presence of pillars in themosque made up of blackstone," the court said. "Theaccount narrates that these havebeen taken from a Hindu build-ing which he infers from thetraces of the images observableon some of the pillars."

The bench took into con-sideration the book titled'Gazetteer of the territoriesunder the Government of EastIndia Company and the NativeStates on the Continent ofIndia', written by EdwardThornton who also refers to theextensive ruins, said to be thoseof the fort of Rama.

The bench took intoaccount 'Historical Sketch ofFaizabad With Old CapitalsAjodhia and Fyzabad', writtenby P Carnegy who was postedas the Faizabad officiating com-missioner and settlement officer.

In his book, Carnegy hasattributed the construction ofthe mosque to Babur in 1528and, in his opinion, many of thecolumns of an erstwhile templewere used in the construction ofthe Babri mosque.

Carnegy's account, whichwas published in 1870, hasadverted to the incident thattook place in 1855, involving aconflict between the Hindusand Muslims. He refers to theworship being offered by bothHindus and Muslims at the siteprior to the incident and to theconstruction of a railing there-after with a view to prevent dis-putes.

"Carnegy notes that therailing was put up so as to sep-arate the two communities, byallowing the Muslims to wor-ship within its precincts in themosque, while the Hindus hadoutside it, raised a platform tomake their offerings," thebench said. PTI

New Delhi: The incident ofplacing of idols inside the BabriMosque in 1949, which was fol-lowed by attachment of the dis-puted land by a magisterialcourt, led to the filing of thefirst of five suits in connectionwith the controversial site, theSupreme Court has said in itshistoric verdict on the Ayodhyaland dispute.

The apex court said thatthe run-up to the incident sawthe posting of a police picket atthe site on November 12, 1949due to communal tensions.

Thereafter, a letter was sentto Faizabad District MagistrateKK Nayar by theSuperintendent of Police rais-ing concerns that Hindus werelikely to force an entry into the

mosque to install idols there,the verdict said.

Subsequently, the Waqfinspector gave a report statingthat Muslims were beingharassed by Hindus when theysought to pray in the mosque,a five-judge Constitution benchheaded by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi recalled in its Saturday'sjudgement.

The bench noted thatNayar, who was also theDeputy Commissioner ofFaizabad, had, however, sent acommunication datedDecember 6, 1949 to the UttarPradesh Home Secretary stat-ing there was no need to givecredence to Muslims' appre-hensions over the mosque'ssafety. PTI

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New Delhi: A day after theSupreme Court delivered itsverdict on decades-old Ayodhyadispute, BJP working presidentJP Nadda on Sunday said thatseveral long-pending issues havereached their logical end underthe Modi Government.

Issues like Article 370, GST,triple talaq have reached "logi-cal conclusion" under PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, Naddatold reporters during a pressconference.

Nadda also said theAyodhya verdict has been wel-comed by all sections of the soci-ety. Every section of the societyhas been very positive, he said.

It may be noted that issueslike Ayodhya land dispute,scrapping of the Article 370 andtriple talaq have been settled infavour of the stand taken by theBJP and its Hindutva affiliates.

While the court verdictresolved the Ayodhya issue infavour of Hindutva bodies,which had laid claim on the dis-puted site for building a Ramtemple — a demand backed bythe BJP since 1989 — the ModiGovernment has used its mas-sive majority in Lok Sabha tonullify Article 370 and crimi-nalise the practice of triple talaqby Muslim men.

Both issues, the scrapping ofArticle 370 and stopping thepractice of instant divorce, havebeen among the core planks ofthe BJP.

Article 370 had given theerstwhile state of Jammu &Kashmir, now a Union Territory,a special status.

The BJP-led NDAGovernment had rolled theGoods and Services Tax duringits first term. PTI

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After an uproar over the con-troversial editorial piece on

Ayodhya verdict, the NationalHerald on Sunday issued anapology saying it has no con-nection with the article. Thestatement comes after BJPdemanded an apology from theCongress interim presidentSonia Gandhi over the 'objec-tionable' article.

The statement from thenewspaper read, "The viewsexpressed in the article are thepersonal views of the author anddo not reflect the views of theNational Herald.'' The article has,however, been deleted from itswebsite.

The issue arose after theNational Herald published acontroversial cartoon, with a col-lage, having pictures of 1992Ayodhya and 2019 SupremeCourt, with text reading, 'Whosestick. His buffalo.' The collagepicture is accompanied by a cap-tion, 'Can God dwell in a tem-ple built with force, violence andbloodshed? Even if God decidesto reside there, can we ever prayin such a temple? '

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New Delhi: Vice President MVenkaiah Naidu on Sundaysaid the medium of teaching upto class X should be the moth-er tongue of the student andurged the Government to takesteps in this regard.

He said there is no problemif English is taught but thefoundation should be in themother tongue.

Naidu was addressing anevent organised by the RSS-linked Sanskrit Bharati here.

"We should all make it apoint to learn Sanskrit so thatwe maintain a living link withour rich past and truly under-stand what it means to be anIndian," he told the gathering.

The government and non-governmental organisationsshould join hands to preserve,promote and propagateSanskrit language and litera-ture, he said.

Sanskrit, Naidu said, hasbeen a vital link betweenIndian languages in terms ofvocabulary.

Most of the Indian lan-guages have originated fromSanskrit and it has been India'sunseen unifying force, he said,adding that "we cannot think ofIndia without thinking ofSanskrit".

Naidu also said thatSanskrit has a treasure trove onissues such as water shortage,health and environment. "Thatis why research takes place onSanskrit in several countries,"he said.

Before the advent of for-eign invasion in India, Sanskritwas the medium of education,he said, adding that universitiessuch as Nalanda andTakshashila were teachingalmost all the subjects, includ-ing economics (arthasasthram),astronomy (surya siddhatham),warfare (dhanur veda), andphysics (bouthikam) in thatlanguage. PTI

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As the role of alternative sys-tems of medicine is gain-

ing importance in the ModiGovernment's health care sys-tem, experts from the sectorcongregated at the recentlyheld mega science fest atKolkata to deliberate the role oftherapy and herbs in treatmentof serious ailments like ChronicKidney Diseases and metabol-ic disorders.

This is for the first time, thefifth edition of IndiaInternational Science Festival2019, jointly organised by theUnion Science and TechnologyMinistry and Vijnana Bharati,posit Ayush segment (Unani,Ayurveda, Yoga andPanchkarma among a few oth-ers) as a health science and

knowledge system.In one of the important top-

ics at the 'Wellness conclave', theexperts focused on importanceof herbs in treatment of lifestylediseases such as kidney ail-ments which is on increase inthe country as in the world.

"Substantial amount of evi-dence exist in Ayurvedic systemof medicine which suggests thatthere are some Indian herbs thatpossess a range of importanttherapeutic properties in pre-

venting progression of chronickidney diseases (CKDs)," saidSanchit Sharma, executive direc-tor of AIMIL Pharma, Delhi.

Sharma who was one of thespeakers at the session spoke indetail about the effect of scien-tifically validated herbal for-mulation of NEERI KFT intreating kidney diseases andthat how it also nullify the toxicelements that harms the impor-tant organ of the body.

He explained that NEERIKFT has herbs like Punernava(Boerhaavia diffusa Linn.)whose diuretic, anti-inflam-matory,anti-oxidant and pos-sible antibacterial and car-diotonic effect is well known.By virtue of such properties thisdrug initiates early recovery ofthe kidneys from different dis-eases and facilitates regenera-

tive repair, he added.A study published in The

Indo American Journal ofPharmaceutical research whichgauged the efficacy of Punernavaand other established kidneyprotective herbs in NEERI KFThas shown promising results inexperimental subjects as theherbal drug significantly pre-vented and reduced theincreased levels of kidney func-tion parameters such as serumcreatinine,uric acid and elec-trolytes. It also helped to main-tain histological parameter ofkidneys, as per the study.

The event also highlightedrole of yoga and naturopathy,panchkarma for wellness andthe secrets of Ayurveda method-ology for wellness and preven-tion of metabolic disorders toname a few.

Pitching for affordable andaccessible healthcare, the PrimeMinister at various platformshave been emphasizing Indianmedicine system as country'sstrength. " We have seen the ITrevolution in last 30 years. Now,time has come for a health rev-olution under the aegis ofAyurveda." Let's pledge tostrengthen, revive Ayurveda andtraditional medicines for'Wellness of all,' Modi had saidat an event recently.

"At present, many circum-stances including our lifestyle areleading us towards non-com-municable diseases. WellnessConclave was conceptualizedas an attempt to project howalternative systems of medicineare capable making our societydisease free," said an officialfrom Vijnana Bharati

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New Delhi: The SupremeCourt referred to books onsubjects as diverse as history,culture, archaeology and reli-gion in languages as varied asSanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Persian,Turkish, French and English inits judgment on the political-ly and religiously sensitiveAyodhya land dispute, butexercised caution in makingdeductions saying there were"dangers" in interpreting his-tory.

The apex court bench,headed by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi and comprising JusticesSA Bobde, DY Chandrachud,Ashok Bhushan and SANazeer, perused 533 docu-mentary exhibits, includingreligious texts, travelogues,archaeological excavationreports, photographs of the siteprior to demolition of themosque and details of artifactsfound at the disputed site.

The exhibits also includedgazetteers and translations ofinscriptions on pillars.

On January 10, 2019, thetop court had directed itsRegistry to inspect the recordsand if required, engage officialtranslators.

It, however, exercised cau-tion in making deductionsout of historical context, say-ing interpreting history is an"exercise fraught with pitfalls".

"There are evident gaps inthe historical record, as wehave seen from theBaburnama (a memoir of thefounder of the Mughalempire). Translations vary andhave their limitations. Thecourt must be circumspect indrawing negative inferencesfrom what a historical textdoes not contain," the benchsaid in its 1,045-page judg-ment. It further said therewere dangers in interpreting

history without the aid of his-toriography.

"We are not construing astatute or a pleading. We arelooking into historical eventsknit around legends, stories,traditions and accounts writ-ten in a social and cultural

context different from ourown. There are dangers ininterpreting history withoutthe aid of historiography.

"Application of legal prin-ciples to make deductions andinferences out of historicalcontext is a perilous exercise.

One must exercise cautionbefore embarking on the incli-nation of a legally trainedmind to draw negative infer-ences from the silences of his-tory. Silences are sometimesbest left to where they belong— the universe of silence," theapex court said.

On February 7, 2002,counsel for the petitioners insuit number five filed a reportbefore the Allahabad HighCourt pertaining to theAyodhya Vishnu Hari templeinscription and under thecourt's orders, an e-stampagewas prepared and was deci-phered by an epigraphist, theapex court said.

It also referred to trans-lated versions of Ain-i-Akbari,which was completed in the16th century during Mughalemperor Akbar's regime.

"The Ain-i-Akbari waswork of Abul-Fazl Allami,

who was one of the ministersin Akbar's court. The Aini-Akbari was translated by HBlochmann from Persian toEnglish. By its order datedMarch 18, 2010, the high courtpermitted the text to be reliedon...," the bench said.

It said travelogues ofFather Joseph Tieffenthaler,which were translated fromLatin to French and then itsEnglish translations were filedbefore the high court, wereextensively relied on by coun-sels arguing in the title dispute.

The Supreme Court judgment on Saturday clearedthe way for construction of aRam temple at the disputedsite in Ayodhya and directedthe Centre to allot a five-acreplot to the Sunni Waqf Boardto build a mosque. In theprocess, it settled a fractiousissue that goes back morethan a century. PTI

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New Delhi: The VHP onSunday said the Centre shouldtake swift action on theSupreme Court judgmentpaving the way for a Ram tem-ple in Ayodhya and demandedthe structure be built as per thedesign prepared by architectChandrakant Sompura on itsrequest.

Renowned temple architectSompura was asked to preparethe design in 1989 by thenVHP chief Ashok Singhal andit was circulated among devo-tees across the country, theorganisation's working presi-dent Alok Kumar told PTI.

"We expect the new templeto be build accordingly," Kumaradded.

According to Vishva Hindu

Parishad (VHP) office-bearers,the work on carving stones andbuilding pillars for the templehas progressed a lot and theseshould be used in the con-struction.

In a special meeting ofVHP office-bearers here, itwas decided to urge upon thegovernment to take swift actionin building the temple, theysaid.

"In the implementation ofthis verdict, the roles of the cen-tral government and the stategovernment of Uttar Pradeshhave also been determined.While expressing confidencethat these governments arealert and active towards theirresponsibilities, they were alsorequested to take prompt

action," VHP spokespersonVinod Bansal said in a state-ment.

He said a resolution waspassed extending gratitude toall sants, historians, jurists,experts of ArchaeologicalSurvey of India whose untiringdiligence helped the court oflaw in arriving at this judge-ment.

Settling a fractious issuethat goes back more than a cen-tury, the Supreme Court in ahistoric verdict on Saturdaybacked the construction of aRam temple by a governmenttrust at the disputed site inAyodhya, and ruled that analternative five-acre plot mustbe found for a mosque in theHindu holy town. PTI

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The Karnataka Congresschief Dinesh Gundu Rao

on Sunday said the second listof candidates for Assemblybyelections would beannounced on November 13after the Supreme Court verdict on the disqualifiedMLAs.

The Congress had releasedthe first list of eight candidateson October 31. The decisionon the second list of seven can-didates was taken at a partymeeting here.

We have had a detailed dis-cussion on the selection ofcandidates for the rest of theplaces. There is another meet-ing of the senior leaders onMonday, where we will take afinal decision, Rao toldreporters after the meeting.

He added, We willannounce the names of ourcandidates on November 13after the court verdict, which islikely to come on November 13.By the evening of that day, we

will announce the names of therest of the candidates.”

The State Congress chiefexpressed his confidence aboutthe partys victory in all the 15places where the byelectionswould take place on December5.

Giving reasons for the par-tys good show, Rao said theBJPs popularity graph hasdeclined due to the policies ofthe Centre and the State.

Rao added that the scopefor winning in all the 15 con-stituencies is high becausethere is unity in the party.

In its first list released onOctober 31, the partyannounced that BhimannaNaik would contest fromYellapur, B H Bannikod(Hirekerur) K B Koliwad(Ranebennur) M Anjanappa(Chikkaballapura), MNarayanaswamy (K R Puram),M Shivaraj (MahalakshmiLayout) Padmavathi Suresh(Hosakote) and H P Manjunathwould seek election fromHunsur.

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Alleging that there was complete breakdownof constitutional machinery in Karnataka,

Senior Congress leader K Siddaramaiah has writ-ten to President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking an appointment to apprise him of the sit-uation.

In his November 8 letter, Siddaramaiahreferred to a recent leaked audio clip of ChiefMinister B S Yediyurappa purportedly express-ing anguish against his party leaders at a recentparty meeting in Hubballi over their oppositionto giving tickets to the disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs for the December 5 Assemblybypolls in 15 constituencies.

The former Chief Minister said, “The BJP hasused dubious and illegal methods like misusingCBI, Income Tax and Enforcement Directorateto induce and coerce the legislators, which is evi-dent from Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’sspeech in Hubballi.”

The formation of the present Government isagainst the mandate of the people of Karnatakaand the provisions of the Constitution of India,Siddaramaiah said in his letter.

Alleging that there was a complete breakdownof constitutional machinery in the state,Siddaramaiah said for the sake of power the BJPdefied the established precedents of democraticprinciples.

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Ahead of the model code of conductcoming into effect from Monday in

the 15 Assembly constituencies wherebypolls are scheduled, Chief ElectoralOfficer Sanjiv Kumar said the prepa-rations were afoot for the smooth con-duct of elections on December 5.

The model code of conduct shallcome into force from November 11 inthe district or districts in which thewhole or any part of the assembly con-stituency going for byelection is includ-ed, Kumar told reporters on Sunday.

He said the code of conduct wouldbe applicable to the candidates, polit-ical parties, State Government and theUnion government for the districtsconcerned.

According to the amended schedule for the byelections, the datefor filing nominations starts fromMonday and the last date of nomina-tions is November 18.

The date of scrutiny of nominationsis November 19 and the last date forthe withdrawal of candidates isNovember 21 and the byelectionswould take place on December 5 from7 am to 6 pm.

The counting of votes would takeplace on December 9.

The byelections would take place in

Athani, Kagwad, Gokak, Yellapura,Hirekerur, Ranebennur, Vijayanagara,Chikkaballapura, KR Pura,Yashwanthapura, Mahalakshmi Layout,Shivajinagar, Hoskote, KR Pete andHunsur.

The constituencies have 37.5 lakhvoters, who would exercise their fran-chise at 4,185 polling stations.

We have enough number of EVM-VVPATs for the 4,185 polling stations.We have 200 per cent BU, CU (ballotunits and control units) and VVPATs.They have been kept safely, Kumar toldreporters.

There would be a deployment of22,598 poll personnel.

The Election Commission has setup an integrated complaint monitoringand media monitoring centre at theoffice of the CEO at Khanija Bhavanhere. Besides receiving complaintsthrough letters, emails and nationalgrievances redressal system web portal,people can use the eVIGIL mobileapplication.

Kumar said training has been heldfor the all the officers involved at var-ious levels and another level of train-ing would be organised.

Another important feature of thebyelection is the usage of M3 EVMs,which have advanced features, on alarge- scale in Karnataka.

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With the Supreme Courtsettling the Ayodhya land

dispute case, it was time to bringcurtains down on such “politi-cally motivated” issues andfocus on uplifting millions in thecountry from hunger andpoverty, prominent Muslimleader of Kerala SayyidMunavvar AliShihab Thangal on Sunday said.

The court verdict alsorespected the sentiments of theminorities and no anarchy pre-vailed in the country, the seniorIndian Union Muslim League(IUML) leader said, urging allsections not to fall victims tothe “controversies” being cre-ated by ‘exploiting’ emotiveissues.

“Now the verdict is out. No

one should use Ayodhya issuefor political gains anymore,”Thangal, a senior member ofKerala’s influential Thangalfamily which controls theIUML, told PTI.

He was reacting to theunanimous verdict of the five-member Constitution benchwhich on Saturday cleared theway for the construction of aRam temple at the disputed siteat Ayodhya and directed allot-ment of a five acre plot to theSunni Waqf Board for buildinga mosque.

Thangal said the demolitionof Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in1992 was a blot on secular India.“We respect the verdict. Becauseit was delivered by the apex courtof the country. Emotions of theminorities are also respected inthe verdict.

Hyderabad: AIMIM chiefAsaduddin Owaisi has soughtto know if Babri Masjid wasillegal why were L K Advaniand others being tried in connection with its demolition.

Addressing a public meet-ing here on Saturday night, theAIMIM president said, “IfBabri Masjid was legal thenwhy was it (land) handed overto those who demolished it. Ifit was illegal then why the caseis going on and withdraw thecase against Advani. And if itis legal then give it to me.” “It’sa basic question... We are notsatisfied with this judgement.Babri Masjid is my legal right.

I am fighting for the Masjidand not the land,” Owaisi saidreacting to the Supreme Court’sverdict on Saturday paving theway for construction of a Ramtemple in Ayodhya.

On Sunday, Owaisi tweet-ed “Then what does a Muslimsee today? That there stood amosque, for so many years,which has been demolished.

Now the court is allowinga building to come up on thatsite, on an alleged finding thatthe land belonged to RamLalla.”

“We are being insulted bygiving (alternate) land. Don’ttreat us like us beggars... Weare respectable citizens of India.The fight is for legal right,” hesaid in another tweet.

“... We asked for justice, not

charity. If your house is demol-ished and you go to an arbi-trator, whether the houseshould be given to you or not.Should it be given to thedemolisher?,” he asked whilereiterating that he was not sat-isfied with the judgement.

Claiming that even todayBJP and RSS have a list of sev-eral mosques which they wantto “transform,” Owaisi saidthey (muslims) should fight forthe Masjid.

He also questioned partiesincluding, Samajwadi Party,BSP, Nationalist CongressParty on their “silence” over theapex court judgement.

Asserting that he wouldinform the coming genera-tions of the Babri Masjiddemolition, Owaisi urged theyoungsters of the communityto take part in politics and sup-port his party. PTI

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Hindustani Awam Morcha(Secular) National

President Jitan Ram Manjhi onSunday asserted that he neversaid his party would pull outof the five-party GrandAlliance in Bihar.

The former Bihar chiefminister, however, said that acoordination committee shouldbe formed for taking decisionsregarding the Grand Allianceand for better coordinationamong its partners RJD,Congress, RLSP, HAM(S) andVikassheel Insan Party (VIP).

Speaking to reporters afterHAM(S) youth wing meetingconvened at his residence here,Manjhi said, “I never said myparty will come out of theGrand Alliance... I will remainin it... Though, I firmly spokeabout the formation of a coor-

dination committee for taking decisions of thealliance.”

Manjhi had on November7 announced at the nationalexecutive meeting of HAM(S)that his party would go it alonein the upcoming JharkhandAssembly elections, where ithas not contested any poll sofar.

He also announced that hisparty will field candidates in allthe 243 Assembly segments ofBihar during Vidhan Sabhaelections next year, giving riseto speculations that the Dalitleader may quit the GrandAlliance.

“I had joined the GrandAlliance on the condition thatthere will be a coordinationcommittee and every decisionof alliance will be takenthrough the committee alone,” he told reporters onSunday.

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The main opposition DMKon Sunday condemned the

Centre for what it called “turn-ing Jammu & Kashmir regioninto a huge prison’ anddemanded the release of allthose arrested, including for-mer Chief Minister FarooqAbdullah.

The M K Stalin-led party,which has all along been crit-ical of the Centre’s action onthe Jammu & Kashmir issuehere, demanded that theCentre “respect the sensitivitiesof the people.”

A resolution adopted at itsgeneral council meet here con-demned the Centre for abro-gation of Article 370 and bifur-cation of the region into twounion territories sans the nodof the Jammu & KashmirAssembly and without elicitingthe views of the people there.

Also, it said”...This generalcouncil (meet) condemns turn-ing the region into a hugeprison and betraying the peo-ple; for arrest of leaders likeFarooq Abdullah and placingthem under house arrest whostrove for democracy.”

The party, in its meetchaired by Stalin, urged theCentre to “immediately free allthose arrested and respecthuman rights, the sensitivitiesof the Kashmiri people anddemocratic ethos.”

Most top level and secondrung separatist politicians havebeen taken into preventive cus-tody, while mainstream leaders,including two former ChiefMinisters — Omar Abdullahand Mehbooba Mufti — havebeen either detained or placedunder house arrest.

The Government detainedformer Chief Minister and sit-ting Lok Sabha MP from

Srinagar Farooq Abdullahunder the Public Safety act.

The DMK also soughtwithdrawal of the DraftNational Education Policy(DNEP) 2019 from the Centre,alleging that it was an attemptto impose Hindi and Sanskrit.

The party also wanted edu-cation in the State list from theconcurrent list of theConstitution.

In July, a delegation ofDMK MPs led by Kanimozhihad called on HumanResource DevelopmentMinister Ramesh Pokhriyaland urged withdrawal of thedraft policy.

Many suggestions of theDNEP were against the spirit ofthe Constitution, principles offederalism and social justice,and it had “hidden agendas” todeprive oppressed communi-ties from accessing education,the party had said.

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The Sunni Central Waqf Board on Sundaysaid a decision on whether to accept a

5-acre land for building a mosque inAyodhya will be taken at its meeting likelyon November 26.

In a unanimous verdict, the SupremeCourt on Saturday paved the way for theconstruction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, while directing the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot tothe Sunni Waqf Board for building amosque.

UP Sunni Central Waqf BoardChairman, Zufar Farooqui told PTI that hewas getting diverse views on whether to takethe land.

“Board’s general body meeting is expect-ed on November 26 in which it will be decided whether to take 5-acre land as direct-ed by the Supreme Court or not,” he said.

“The meeting was earlier scheduled onNov 13 but it was postponed and is nowexpected on Nov 26. I am getting diverse

views on taking the land but I personally feelnegativity can be won only with positivity,”Farooqui said.

He said some persons are advising thatland should not be taken for the Babrimosque but “I think it will increase nega-tivity.”

Noting that he had advocated for medi-ation to resolve Ayodhya issue, Farooquisaid, “Though mediation did not succeed myviews are clear.”

“Some persons are also advising that theland should be taken by Waqf board and aneducational institution, with a mosqueestablished in its premises,” he said.

He said as far as land is concerned, gov-ernment has to follow the Supreme Courtverdict.

“We will decide whether we will take itor not. If the Board decides to take land inits meeting, we will decide how it is to betaken and what will be its condition,” headded. “We welcome the Supreme Court ver-dict in the case. The Board has no plans tochallenge it.”

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On the back foot since theNRC in Assam left out

over 12 lakh Hindus, mostlyBengalis, the Supreme Courtverdict on Ayodhya land dis-pute has provided the BJP inWest Bengal fresh ammunitionto polarise the State’s elec-torate ahead of the crucial2021 Assembly polls.

The apex court on Saturdaycleared the way for construc-tion of a Ram temple at the dis-puted site in Ayodhya, anddirected the Centre to allot a5-acre plot to Sunni WaqfBoard for building a mosque.

The BJP which stormedinto Mamata Banerjee’s fortressearlier this year by bagging 18of the 42 Lok Sabha seats —riding on issues of TMC’salleged partisan approach and

the promise to filter out ille-gal immigrants — facedimmense flak when the finalNRC in Assam left out BengaliHindus in large numbers.

Shortly after, panic grippedpeople in Bengal, with theBanerjee-led TrinamoolCongress (TMC) employingthe “anti-Bengali” rhetoricagainst the BJP and tilting thescales in its favour to an extent.

At least 11 people report-edly died or committed suicidein the state due to fear of exclu-sion from the National Registerof Citizens (NRC) — a docu-ment containing names of gen-uine Indians.

With Saturday’s apex courtverdict, however, the BengalBJP hopes to consolidateHindu votes before the 2021Assembly elections.

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Nearly 90 people have beenarrested and action taken

against over 8,000 social mediaposts as authorities maintaineda tight vigil in the temple townand elsewhere in the country inthe wake of the Ayodhya verdict, while Hindu andMuslim religious leadersexhorted people to maintaincommunal harmony after ameeting with National SecurityAdvisor Ajit Doval on Sunday.

There has been no reportof any untoward incident fromanywhere in the country, offi-cials said, adding HomeMinister Amit Shah has tele-phoned several chief ministersover the last two days to ensurepeace in run up to and after theSupreme Court judgement in

the Ram Janmabhoomi-BabriMasjid land dispute case.

Security of the five judges,including Chief Justice of IndiaRanjan Gogoi, who deliveredthe verdict on Saturday hasbeen enhanced with thedeployment of additionaltroops, barricades and mobileescort teams, officials said.

Since Saturday, the UttarPradesh police has arrested 77people, including 40 on Sunday,for allegedly trying to vitiate the

atmosphere throughsocial media posts,according to a policestatement.

Action has beentaken against 8,275 postsincluding 4,563 posts onSunday, it said, addingthese had been posted onFacebook, Twitter and

YouTube.In Madhya Pradesh, eight

people were arrested in Seoniand two in Gwalior for postingobjectionable messages onsocial media and burstingcrackers after the SupremeCourt verdict, police said.Gwalior jail warden MaheshAwad was suspended for burst-ing crackers in Chhaoni areadespite a ban on such post-ver-dict activities by district author-ities.

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Achurning process hasbegun in Tamil Nadu with

exodus of many leaders andcadre from Amma MakkalMunnetra Kazhakam(AMMK) led by TTVDhinakaran and the MakkalNeethi Maiam launched byfilm actor Kamal Haassan postthe results of the bypolls to theAssembly constituencies ofVikravandi and Naguneri.

Both results went in favorof the ruling AIADMK, whichwrested the seats from theDMK and the Congress muchagainst the expectations ofpolitical commentators whohad predicted a cake walk winfor the DMK-led front.

As the State Government isgetting ready to declare theschedule of the local bodyelections (which were due in2016 November and were heldup due to litigations) , formerminister and AMMK leader K

T Pachai Ammal with hun-dreds of cadre rejoined theAIADMK. Pughazhendi, aclose confidante of AMMKleader TTV Dhinakaran hadrebelled against the latter anddeclared his intentions to re-join the AIADMK, his parentorganization.

The AIADMK, which wasobliterated in the April 2019Lok Sabha election by theDMK and was facing uncertainty is limping back tonormalcy with these develop-ments. It is widely believed thatChief Minister EdappadiPalaniswamy is consolidatinghis hold over the party and thegovernment in a slow butsteady pace.

Film actor-turned-politi-cian Kamal Haassan, who cel-ebrated his 65th anniversarylast week got a jolt as three ofthe MNM party leaders whohad contested the Lok Sabhaelections switched over to theBJP. Srikarunya Subramanian,N Rajendran and T Ravi, the

MNM leaders who had unsuc-cessfully contested the April2019 election, said some moresenior leaders of the partywould shift to the BJP in com-ing weeks.

The AIADMK regaining itsconfidence has put theOpposition DMK in an embar-rassing situation. The charge byDr S Ramadoss, founder of thePMK, that the DMK was inpossession of acres and acres ofPanchami land in the State has

added to the woes of the DMK.Though DMK chief M K Stalincategoriaccly denied thecharges by Ramadoss, theNational Commission ofScheduled Caste has summoned the Chief Secretaryof the State with relevant doc-uments as a follow up to therepresentation received by theConstitutional body.

Panchami land is theassigned land which was dis-tributed to people belonging to

the during the British rule in1892. It can neither be sold norreclassified. More than 12 lakhacres of land had been allocat-ed to the SC in Tamil Nadualone. Ramadoss alleged thatthe DMK had built the partyheadquarters and Murasolioffice building in Chennai onPanchami land.

It was TholThirumavalavan, leader of theVCK who came out in supportof the DMK while the Congressand other alliance partners areyet to say something support-ing the Dravidian major in thisregard. “Thirumavalavan hasbecome a burden for the DMKand the party leaders want theVCK out of the front. But hedoes not have anywhere to goand that is the reason behindhis enthusiasm in pleasingStalin,” said a senior DMKleader.

Outfits like the VCK, theCPI(M), the CPI and Islamicgroups in the DMK front wereplanning for a big bargain dur-

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The Congress inMaharashtra on

Sunday said it didn’t wantPresident’s Rule in theState which is in the midstof a political crisis in viewof the BJP’s announce-ment that it would notform Government.

Senior Congress leaderAshok Chavan said newly-elected MLAs of the party willseek advice from the partyhigh-command over its futurepolitical stand in the state.

“We are in Jaipur. We willdiscuss the issue here and will

seek advice for the future polit-ical stand.

The party doesn’t wantpresident’s rule in the state,” hetold reporters.

Chavan said he was infavour of forming a stableGovernment in Maharashtra.

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Reacting to the BJP’s announce-ment that it would not form gov-

ernment in Maharashtra, senior ShivSena leader Sanjay Raut on Sundaysaid the party would install its ChiefMinister at any cost.

“Maharashtra will have Sena’sChief Minister at any cost. UddhavThackeray on Sunday informed theparty MLAs that Sena will have itschief minister,” Raut told reporters.

The BJP on Sunday announcedthat it would not form Governmentin Maharashtra in view of the allyShiv Sena’s stand to not join them inthe efforts. “How will BJP have itschief minister when they are not stak-ing a claim to form Government,”Raut said.

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Congress general secretaryMallikarjun Kharge on

Sunday met the party’s newlyelected MLAs fromMaharashtra, who are stayingat a resort in Jaipur, to discussthe political situation in theState while NCP chief SharadPawar met some of his partyleaders in Mumbai.

Later talking to reporters inJaipur, Kharge reiterated hisparty’s stand of sitting in theopposition in Maharashtra,while Pawar said he wouldreact only to an official state-ment from the Sonia Gandhi-led party.

Former Mumbai Congresschief Sanjay Nirupam here said“it seems the BJP-Shiv Senaalliance has broken”, and that hewould urge his party leader-ship not to encourage

Government formation withthe Sena’s help as it will “notbe a stable Government” andboth the Congress and NCPwill suffer.

“We have not changed ourstand from day one. We havealways maintained that we willsit in the opposition andrespect the mandate,” Khargesaid after meeting theMaharashtra Congress MLAsin Jaipur.

Earlier, senior Congressleader Manikrao Thakare toldPTI that Kharge met theMLAs informally to ascertaintheir views on what stand theparty should take overGovernment formation inMaharashtra.

“Kharge will then conveythe sentiments of the legislatorsto the party leadership,”Thakare said.

All 44 newly elected

Maharashtra Congress MLAs,including senior leaders likeAshok Chavan, PrithvirajChavan and Balasaheb Thorat,were staying at a resort in theCongress-ruled Rajasthan amidfear of ‘poaching’ in view of thestalemate over Governmentformation.

A senior Congress leader,on condition of anonymity,said the All India CongressCommittee (AICC) has deput-ed two observers to hold dis-cussions with the MLAsinJaipur on what stand theparty should take in view of

the impasse on Governmentformation.

“The Congress has todecide if it wants to stop theBJP in Maharashtra or whetherit doesn’t care if the BJP is ableto form a Government. Analternative Government canbe formed only with Congress’support,” he said.

He also said that Khargeheld informal talks with theMaharashtra Congress MLAsin Jaipur in the morning.

He also brushed aside sug-gestions that the Governorcould invite the Congress-NCP

for Government formation asthe ‘second largest’ alliance,claiming no such provisionexisted in the SarkaraiaCommission’s recommenda-tions.

In another development,NCP chief Sharad Pawar alsoheld a meeting with some ofhis party leaders in Mumbai. Refusing to speakon a “non-BJP alliance”, Pawarsaid he would react only toCongress’ official statement.

“I cannot go by newsreports about the decision ofthe Congress. I will react onlywhen the Congress officiallyinforms me about its decision,”Pawar told reporters.

Meanwhile, formerMumbai Congress presidentSanjay Nirupam reiterated hisparty’s stand of not being infavour of entering into analliance with the Shiv Sena.

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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Rauton Sunday hit out at

Maharashtra’s caretaker ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavisand accused him of playingpolitics of fear, while making areference to German dictatorAdolf Hitler in the backdop oflogjam over Government for-mation in the State.

Without naming Fadnavis,Raut, in a fresh attack on theBJP leader amid the ongoingwar of words between the saf-fron allies, said, “When waysof threatening and seekingpolitical support don’t work, itis time to accept that Hitler isdead and the looming clouds ofslavery have disappeared.”

In his column ‘Rokhthok’

in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’,he said Fadnavis, despite beingblessed by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to becomeChief Minister for the secondtime, has not been able toassume the top post inMaharashtra.

“He could not take oathbecause BJP chief Amit Shahhas remained aloof from devel-opments in the State,” Rautsaid. In the October 21 polls,the BJP won 105 seats while allySena won 56 seats. The major-ity mark in the 288-memberstate Assembly is 145.

However, since the pollresults were announced onOctober 24, both the partieshave been bickering over thechief minister’s post, resultingin a stalemate over

Government formation.Raut said even 15 days

after the results wereannounced, Fadnavis couldnot take oath as the ChiefMinister.

“The BJP’s biggest ally ShivSena not ready to speak to theoutgoing Chief Minister is thebiggest defeat (of the BJP).This time, Sena presidentUddhav Thackeray will decidethe next Chief Minister ofMaharashtra,” he said.

NCP president SharadPawar and many Congressleaders have communicatedto their party chief SoniaGandhi that their priority is tohave a “non-BJP” ChiefMinister in the state, the RajyaSabha member said in theMarathi publication.

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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut onSunday said his party would

declare its next strategy once no oneelse is able to form Government inMaharashtra, and asserted thatpolitics was not a trade for his party.

Without taking name of anyindividual or party, he said the bubble of being “invincible” hasburst and the arrogance of “buying”a politician to form Governmentwill no longer work in the state.

The Shiv Sena “will step in” ifnoone forms Government, Raut toldreporters here.

He also welcomed the decisionof Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyarito invite the BJP to formGovernment in the State.

“I welcome the governor’s deci-sion to invite the BJP. The singlelargest party had to be called. Wefail to understand why the BJP didnot stake claim in 24 hours (after

results) if it was confident that ithad the majority,” the Rajya Sabhamember said.

“I don’t think the BJP hasenough strength to stake claim forGovernment formation...I am toldthe governor has asked the BJP toinform him about its decision by8 pm on November 11,” he said.

On the Sena’s future course ofaction, he said, “Let the picture beclear on the first step by governor.The Shiv Sena will declare its strat-egy if no one else is able to form theGovernment.”

He said Sena president UddhavThackeray will be meeting theparty MLAs at 12.30 pm on

Sunday.“He is meeting as a routine. We

will see how the day progresses,”said the Rajya Sabha member.

The BJP won 105 seats in theOctober 21 elections, while themajority mark in the 288-memberAssembly is 145. Its ally Shiv Senawon 56 seats, but the two parties arebickering over the Chief Minister’spost.

Asked if the Shiv Sena hasentered into a ‘deal’ with theCongress and NCP, Raut said, “Weare not traders to make deals.Politics is not a trade for the ShivSena. ‘Profit’ and ‘loss’ (words) arenot in our dictionary.”

He also dismissed the possibility of legislators switchingsides. “I don’t think MLAs of anyparty would defect. If anyone triesto split another party forGovernment formation, I don’tthink it will work this time,” hesaid.

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Rajasthan Congress presi-dent Sachin Pilot said on

Sunday said the BJP has dis-honoured the mandate of thepeople of Maharashtra by itsfailure to form Government inthe State even after 15 days ofthe elections result.

Pilot, who visited Jodhpuron Sunday, said the BJP had notbeen given the mandate forpoliticking.

“Despite a pre-poll alliancewith the Shiv Sena, the BJP hasnot been able to form theGovernment in Maharashtraand by doing so, the party hasdishonoured the mandate ofthe people of the State,” he said.

The Rajasthan DeputyChief Minister also said the BJPparty has been accordingimportance to its personalambitions over the service tothe people and has “engaged inleg-pulling”. Referring to polit-ical postings in various boardsand corporations, Pilot said the

process of listing workers fromvarious districts has alreadystarted and would be complet-ed by December 30.

“Once this process is com-pleted, we would beginappointment in boards andcorporations,” he said, addinghe personally believes thatthese posts should be filled atthe earliest so that develop-mental work could be under-taken in right earnest.

“But it is an elaborate exer-cise and we want to give oppor-tunity to our young workers,who have sweated it out tobring us to the present posi-tion, where we could serve thestate,” he said.

Pilot also hailed theSupreme Court verdict onAyodhya, saying a long-pend-ing, complex issues has finallybeen resolved. “We shouldrespect and welcome this deci-sion and now look forward toleading the country on thepath of development andprogress,” he said.

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The Shiv Sena would have to break awayfrom the BJP-led NDA before the NCP can

think of lending support to the UddhavThackeray-led party for Government forma-tion, the Opposition party’s chief spokesper-son Nawab Malik said on Sunday.

The development came hours after the BJP,which emerged the largest party with 105 seatsin the Assembly polls, stated that it would notstake claim to form the Government as it didnot have the supporting numbers in the 288-member House.

“Shiv Sena needs to first exit from the NDAas it has one cabinet post (in the NarendraModi Government). Unless it leaves the NDA,we will wait and watch the developments,” NCPchief spokesperson Nawab Malik told reporterson Sunday evening. South Mumbai Sena LokSabha MP Arvind Sawant is a Union Minister.

Speaking on the Government formationimpasse, Mailk said, “We do not have enoughnumbers but we also do not want President’srule in Maharashtra.”

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Security forces killed a ter-rorist in a village in

Bandipora district of northKashmir during an operationon Sunday, officials said.

A gunfight between secu-rity forces and terrorists wasstill under way in Lawdara vil-lage, about 55 km fromSrinagar.

The encounter startedwhen security forces launcheda search operation followingspecific information about thepresence of some terrorists, theofficials said.

They said the terroristsopened fire on the security per-sonnel, who retaliated, and inthe ensuing gunfight, a terror-ist was killed.

The identity and groupaffiliation of the terrorist killedis yet to be ascertained, theofficials said.More details are

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The 37-day-old indefinite strike by thetransport employees in Telangana press-

ing various demands would be intensifiedfrom November 11, the unions announcedon Sunday.

TSRTC-Joint Action Committee leaderEAshwathamaReddy said the agitatingemployees would hold protests in front ofthe residences of MPs, MLCs and MLAs ofthe ruling TRS across the State onNovember 11 and on November 12 threeunion leaders would launch an indefinitefast here.

On November 13, they would lodge acomplaint with the National HumanRights Commission and NationalCommission for Women in Delhi, overalleged repression of the employees sincethe launch of strike.

He said they would organise roadblockades across the state on November 18.

The union leader urged the StateGovernment to respect the TelanganaHigh Court directive and invite the RTCworkers for talks.

Nearly 48,000 employees of the cor-poration have been on an indefinite strikefrom October 5 across Telangana, demand-ing merger of RTC with the governmenttransport department, pay revision, amongothers.

Taking a tough stand on the strike,Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao hadsaid under no circumstances would theRTC be merged with the Government.

Terming the stir as “illegal,” he had saidit caused immense inconvenience to thepublic.

Meanwhile, the protesting employeestook out rallies at different places andraised slogans against the TRS Government.

Condemning Saturday’s police actionon the employees and others who took partin the ‘Chalo Tank Bund’ protest across thestate, he said there was no maoist partic-ipation as alleged.

“RTC workers and members of differ-ent political parties voluntarily took partin the agitation. There were no Maoists. Itwas unfortunate and sad that such allega-tions were made,” he said.

He also denounced the detention andhouse arrest of leaders of different politi-cal parties ahead of the ‘Chalo Tank Bund’protest.

The police had taken thousands of pro-testers into preventive custody in the cityand other parts of the state ahead of theprotest march on Saturday.

According to police, TSRTC employ-ees’ unions, who were supported by somefrontal organisations of Maoists and theirfriendly organisations and oppositionpolitical parties hurled stones at the policeand injured seven personnel.

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West Bengal Governor JagdeepDhankhar on Sunday hailed

the “directional” efforts of the stategovernment and other centralagencies to minimise the impact ofcyclone ‘Bulbul’.

Dhankhar also lauded the IndiaMeteorological Department (IMD)for its timely forecast of the severecyclonic storm, which barrelledthrough the coastal districts of WestBengal on Saturday evening.

“The directional efforts of thestate government, its agencies asalso central outfits National DisasterResponse Force, National DisasterManagement Authority, CoastGuard, Navy and others have min-imised the damage due to ‘Bulbul’...”the governor was quoted as sayingin a Raj Bhavan release.

“I would seek to connect withthe Hon’ble’ Chief Minister (MamataBanerjee), who has been keeping adiligent watch, after she made aer-ial survey of the affected areasaround Namkhana and Bakkhali asprojected in media,” it added.

Banerjee had said in a tweet that

she would conduct an aerial surveyof the two affected coastal areas inSouth 24 Parganas on Tuesday.

Appreciating the efforts of theweatherman that contributed tothe preparedness of the agencies,Dhankhar said the “accurate andtimely prediction by IMD is indica-tive of the scientific skills the nationnow possesses”.

The governor also urged NGOsto come forward and assist in therelief and rehabilitation measures.

In a an earlier tweet, Dhankharsaid while in all the coastal districts,the Indian Navy, West Bengal Policeand Coast Guard have been moni-toring the situation and the state hastaken measures, “there has been suf-fering”.

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ has claimed atleast seven lives in different parts ofWest Bengal, official reports said onSunday. The cyclonic storm madelandfall late on Saturday betweenSagar Island of West Bengal andKhepupara in Bangladesh, andmoved northwestwards into theneighbouring country over theSunderban delta.

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Ra j a s t h a nCongress has

postponed Statewide protestsagainst the eco-nomic policies ofthe centralG o v e r n m e n tscheduled forMonday in viewof prohibitoryorders imposed under section 144 of the CrPC inall the districts.

Congress’ planned demonstration against theCentre in the districts on November 11 and in thecapital on November 13 has been postponed till fur-ther orders, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee(PCC) General Secretary Mahesh Sharma said.

The section 144 of the Code of CriminalProcedure prevents assembly of five or more peo-ple at one spot.

“Since section 144 of the CrPC is in force in allthe districts in view of the Supreme Court verdicton Ayodhya case, the party has postponed the plan,”he said.

In a unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court onSaturday paved the way for the construction of a RamTemple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, whiledirecting the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the SunniWaqf Board for building a mosque.

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Thousands of commuterswere stranded as the

Jammu-Srinagar Nationalhighway was again blocked bya massive landslide in Rambandistrict on Sunday afternoon,only hours after trafficresumed on the route.

Traffic on the highway, theonly all-weather road linkingKashmir with rest of the coun-try, resumed around 3 am onSunday after remaining sus-pended for over 13 hours fol-lowing a massive landslide nearMahar -- two kms short ofRamban town.

Road clearing agenciesworked hard to ensure earlyopening of the road, but thefresh landslide, coveringaround 100 metres of the roadwith debris, played spoilsport,officials said.

The landslide struck nearDigdole and at least 12 hoursare needed to make the arter-ial road traffic-worthy. Menand machines have beenpressed into service to clear thedebris, they said.

According to the officials,

hundreds of passenger vehiclesand trucks carrying essentialcommodities to the Valleycrossed the Jawahar Tunnel -- the gateway to Kashmir --since this morning.

However, the fresh land-slide left over 1,300 vehiclesstranded on the highway, theysaid.

Traffic on the highwayremained suspended onThursday and Friday afterKashmir Valley and high alti-tude areas of Jammu region,including Jawahar Tunnel,experienced first major snow-

fall.Heavy rains, which lashed

the highway from Banihal toJammu, was causing frequentlandslides, the officials said.

Meanwhile, the MughalRoad, which connects the bor-der districts of Poonch andRajouri in Jammu region withsouth Kashmir’s Shopian dis-trict, remained closed for the fifth day on Sunday,they said.

The road was closed fortraffic on Wednesday afterheavy snowfall between Pir KiGali and Shopian stretch.

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Muslim devotees throngedmosques to celebrate

Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi with reli-gious fervour as authorities onSunday eased out restrictionsin most parts of Jammu regionbut did not allow any majorprocession due to prohibitoryorders, officials said.

Barring border district ofPoonch and some sensitivepockets, the people wereallowed free movement withpolice and paramilitary per-sonnel removing the blockadesand barbed wire from the roadsearly this morning, they said.

Curfew-like restrictionswere witnessed in most partsafter the authorities imposedprohibitory orders underSection 144 of the CrPC acrossJammu & Kashmir on Fridaymidnight as a precautionarymeasure to maintain law andorder ahead of Supreme Courtverdict in the Ayodhya case.

With the day passing off

peacefully, the curbs on themovement of the people waslifted late Saturday, the officialssaid.

They said the prohibitoryorders which ban assembly offour or more persons are alsolikely to be withdrawn from theentire Jammu region afterfresh review of the security sit-uation by senior officers laterin the day.

The officials said strictrestrictions, however, remainedin force in Poonch district forthe second day on Sunday withheavy deployment of policeand paramilitary personnel.

The roads in some sensi-tive pockets in Jammu,Kishtwar and Ramban districtswere also blocked by securityforces, they said. A hugeMillad procession was allowedin Rajouri district town but noother major religious proces-sions, including ‘nagar kirtan’by Sikhs, were permitted by theauthorities anywhere else, theofficials said.

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West Bengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Sunday claimed that

almost hundred per cent children in thestate have been “completely immunised”.

On World Immunisation Day, Banerjeestressed the importance of immunisationagainst vaccine-preventable diseases andsaid it is essential for a healthy life.

“Today is World Immunisation Day.Immunisation against vaccine-preventablediseases is essential for a healthy life. Youwill be happy to know that almost 100 percent of the children in #Bengal have beencompletely immunised,” Banerjee tweeted.

World Immunisation Day is celebrat-ed every year on this day to raise the aware-ness level of the people about the impor-tance of getting timely vaccinations againstvaccine preventable diseases.

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For more than 100 years, the ratio ofHindu population in the Indian sub-continent has been declining. The

dip, from 75.1 per cent in 1881 to 72.9 percent in 1901, in British India created a para-noid reaction that Muslims would outnum-ber Hindus. This myth has been repeatedafter every census ever since. The share ofHindus in free India continued to drop, from84.1 per cent in 1951 to 79.80 per cent in2011, and the paranoia is now being usedby Islamophobes to rile up Hindus for polit-ical reasons.

Of India’s 1.3 billion people, Muslimsconstitute only 15 per cent. Because of thestaggering gap in these numbers, it isabsurd to think that Indian Muslims wouldever exceed Hindus. It is, however, true thatIndia’s 200 million Muslims possess pendu-lum-swinging voting firepower, especially inminority-dominated areas.

Across India’s eastern borders, theHindu growth rate paints a surprisingly dif-ferent picture. Bangladesh is facing a reversemigration. Hindus have been moving backto Bangladesh from India since PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina recaptured powerin 2009. Confirmation of this trend camefrom no less a person than Shahriar Kabir,a journalist and pro-India man who is wide-ly known as an anti-Islamist activist inBangladesh. “Over the past 10 years, 250,000Hindus have returned to Bangladesh. Therehas been no new migration to India. As aresult, the Hindu population has risen by 2.5per cent.” India’s previous External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj also acknowl-edged the trend. “About the demographicchanges in Bangladesh, as per statistics of theBangladesh Bureau [of Statistics, which com-piles demographic data] in 2011, there were8.4 per cent Hindus in the country, whichhas risen to 10.7 per cent in 2017,” she toldIndia’s Parliament.

Influx raises questions: This suddensurge in the Bangladeshi Hindu population,which had been on a free fall since BritishIndia’s Partition in 1947, has fuelled wildspeculation in Bangladesh: Pro-India Hasinahas imported Bengali-speaking Hindusfrom India to fill key administrative posi-tions in an attempt to tighten her grip on thenation. Hindus had been historically deniedtop government jobs since the Pakistan daysbecause they were suspected to be sympa-thetic to India. But now they seem to beubiquitous. They all too often appear on tele-vision and in newspapers as governmentspokesmen. This phenomenon has caughtpublic attention.

“The calculation of the percentage hereis not clear to me. How did the Hindu pop-ulation growth surpass that of the Muslimsin the last few years? Can we assume that agreat number of Hindus migrated toBangladesh from India over the last fewyears?”asked Masud Kamal, senior news edi-tor, Banglavision, a satellite TV channel inDhaka. The questions have merits. Research

shows the trend defies logic. Astudy, Hindu Population Growthin Bangladesh: A DemographicPuzzle, concluded that “Hindushave lower fertility, higher mor-tality and higher internationalout-migration rates thanMuslims.” Given the demo-graphic characteristics, the nat-ural Hindu growth rate trailsthat of the Muslim. Because ofthis anomaly, the rumour mill isin overdrive as to why theHindu population suddenlysoared in Bangladesh and howHindus so quickly captured somany top jobs. Sceptics dismissthe influx as a hoax, arguing theGovernment fabricated thenumbers to appease India. Butthey fail to explain the surge inHindu high officials, giving cre-dence to the Hindu import the-ory.

No official explanation hasbeen offered. This silence maybe too costly. In the event thehereditary frictions between thetwo communities again flare up,genuine Bangladeshi Hinduscould be targetted by Muslimmobs on suspicion that they are“imported Hindus.” The specu-lation surrounding the Hinduinflux reflects a deep-rootedsuspicion that marks Hindu-Muslim relations, a legacy ofIndia’s age-old caste system.Most of the Bengali Muslimsdescended from oppressed-and-

resentful-lower-caste Hinduswho converted to Islam,rebelling against their higher-caste Hindu oppressors. Thereis still bad blood between theupper and lower castes, orHindus and Muslims.

India’s paranoia: The para-noia towards Bangladesh and itsmajority Muslim populationruns high among some of theelite in India. Some Hindus,especially those in West Bengal,who share a common languageand a rich culture withBangladeshis, accuse theirneighbour of tacitly harboringanti-India terrorism. They alsosound a false alarm, saying ille-gal migration into India ischanging its religious demo-graphics.

This rant reflects the centu-ry-old fear that Muslims wouldsomehow outnumber Hindusand re-establish the Muslimempire in India. It is this fearthat drove Hindutva guru VDSavarkar to oppose a Muslimcountry next to Hindustan. Thenationalist BJP is using thisanxiety against neighbouringBangladesh to galvanise publicsupport.

Bangladesh, the land of 163million Bengalis, including 12per cent Hindus, is India’s mostfriendly neighbour. Still, it hasconcerns about several bilater-al matters, including a fiercely

contentious assertion by Delhithat there are 40 millionBangladeshis illegally living inIndia and that they must bepushed back. This issue spoiledthe talks in Delhi in Augustbetween Bangladesh’s HomeMinister Asaduzzaman Khanand his Indian counterpart AmitShah. The matter became soacrimonious that the two sidesfailed to issue a customary jointcommunique after the talks.

Delhi is going through a cit-izenship verification process todetect non-citizens and hasalready classified nearly twomillion of its long-term residentsas stateless. India’s ForeignMinister SubrahmanyamJaishankar has assured that thecitizenship verification drill isIndia’s internal matter; it will notaffect Bangladesh. Modi hasreassured his Bangladeshi coun-terpart Hasina twice, first at theUnited Nations in Septemberand then in Delhi in October.

What’s behind migrationpolitics? Why did Shah pushKhan for a treaty to deport ille-gal migrants? Why did not theHasina-Modi joint statementinclude the assurance? Therewas no mention of the migra-tion issue at all, a lapse that rais-es suspicions about India’s realintentions. One possible reasoncould be that the BJP nowunderstands the folly of

“Operation Pushback” but stillmust appease its militant saffronwarriors, who want a Muslim-free India. During his electioncampaign, Narendra Modi toldthe migrants in States borderingBangladesh to keep their “bagspacked,” ready to be sent home.But his administration waiteduntil his re-election in 2019 tobring up the deportation issuewith Bangladesh, the mostdensely populated nation onearth and less than five per centthe size of of its neighbour.

India’s anti-Bangladeshparanoia appeared so incendi-ary that it once caught theattention of an American diplo-mat. During a discussion inKolkata with visiting USEmbassy Dhaka’s political offi-cer Denise Rollins, Dilip Mitra,additional director-general ofthe state police for railways, list-ed a lengthy litany of complaints.He was convinced India’s archrival Pakistan had taken overBangladesh; that Pakistan’s mil-itary intelligence agency, backedby Islamic zealots, controlledBangladesh’s army and its spyagency, all of which were work-ing to make India “bleed from1,000 cuts.” On top of all this, hebelieved, illegal immigrationfrom Bangladesh across aporous border was sharplyincreasing the Muslim propor-tion of West Bengal’s population.He vowed to flee the Statebefore the demographic changeoccurred.

Despite all the railingagainst Bangladesh, its peoplestill keep close ties with WestBengal. Nahida RahmanShumona, counsellor at theDeputy High Commission forBangladesh in Kolkata, esti-mated roughly 30 per cent ofBengalis have roots inBangladesh and wish to seetheir neighbour prosper. ManyBangladeshis come to Kolkatafor medical care and go shop-ping in the city’s vibrant marketsand name-brand stores.

The mistrust of someHindus towards Bangladesh isdisturbing. It can only harm theoften-testy relations betweenthe two countries. If the migra-tion issue festers, business com-munities on both sides will gointo hibernation. An economicnosedive will destabiliseBangladesh and India will facean influx of refugees. Keepinglines of communication open isessential to successfully manag-ing the bilateral relationship.

( Khasru is author ofBangladesh Liberation War:

How India, US, China and theUSSR Shaped the Outcome.

His new book, One ElevenMinus Two, Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina’s War on Yunusan America, will be published

shortly.)

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�������������� ����Sir — The verdict by the SupremeCourt on the Ram temple issue,stating that a temple must be con-structed at the disputed site and theMuslims must be compensatedwith five acres of land at a promi-nent place in Ayodhya, is goodnews. The court also asked theCentral Government to formulatea scheme within three months toimplement this ruling, in order tobring the curtains down on a dis-pute that had been hanging fire forseven decades. Hopefully, all stake-holders will abide by the judgmentof the five-judge Bench in thehugely sensitive case, revolvingaround the dispute over 2.77 acresof land in Ayodhya, that has dom-inated political discourse sincethe 1980s. Hindu groups wantedcontrol of the land, saying a tem-ple existed there, but Muslimgroups claimed there was no proofthat a temple existed there. Now,hopefully this ruling will put to restall communal tensions that havebeen simmering in the countryand peace will prevail in India.

R DavidNoida

������������������ Sir — No well-meaning Indian

can find fault with the SupremeCourt’s ruling on the vexedAyodhya issue.

The court, in one stroke, has set-tled the matter and all parties

must respect the verdict andabide by it.

The temple-mosque issue hasheld the development of the coun-try to ransom for long as politi-

cians of all hues have been play-ing divisive politics on the issue.Now, hopefully the NarendraModi-led Government at theCentre will focus on the develop-

ment of the nation, peace in thecountry, preventing the degrada-tion of the environment andrestoring the sinking economy.

Kapil SharmaGhaziabad

����������� ��� �Sir — Now that the much-await-ed decision by the Supreme Courton the Ayodhya dispute is out, onecan only pray that all sides willabide by the ruling. I agree withwhat the Prime Minister said thatthis “verdict shouldn’t be seen asa win or loss for anybody. Be itRam bhakti or Rahim bhakti, it isimperative that we strengthen thespirit of Rashtra bhakti.”

I am glad that almost all polit-ical parties across the countryhave hailed the verdict with onevoice. Even the NationalCommission for Minorities chair-person Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi saidthat the Muslims are happy withthe ruling and slammed the SunniWaqf Board for wanting a review.It’s time the Board shows maturi-ty and accepts the ruling.

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I’ve lived in Berlin for 30 years —but have never gone near theWall or what’s left of it. I spent

so long trying to escape over it thatI can’t bear to be near it. Like mostWest Berliners on that night inNovember 1989, I sat at homealone watching East Germans floodthrough the gates at BornholmerStraße on TV.

I found that moment bitter-sweet: Having finally managed toescape the East in 1985, abandon-ing my family and friends, it fell justfour years later, producing revela-tions about my life as an EastBerliner just four years earlier alongwith the rubble.

I had grown up in EastGermany near Karl-Marx-Stadt(now Chemnitz), but at the age of28 I was granted permission to leave;East Germany had signed up to theHelsinki Accords, which made ittheoretically possible for citizens toapply to emigrate to the West. Inreality, though, the process wastortuous and opaque: You had toapply in person every year and usu-ally your application would be

declined without explanation.The first time you applied,

you were immediately blacklisted bythe SED (the East GermanCommunist Party), making it dif-ficult to get things like jobs and flats.If, years later, your permission didfinally come it came without warn-ing and you were given just fourweeks to settle your affairs and go.

So on December 6, 1985 myparents drove me and my then-hus-band to Friedrichstraße Station,which straddled the Berlin Wall,with platforms in both the East andthe West. My parents were verypolitical, both members of the SED.My father was a head teacher andmy mother worked as a typist for theparty’s Agricultural Department.They were dedicated to EastGermany and couldn’t comprehendwhy I was leaving. It really broketheir hearts. They left us at the cav-ernous glass departures hall atFriedrichstraße station, which wecalled the “Tränenpalast” (the Palaceof Tears). In a very narrow corridor,the GDR authorities stripped me ofall my papers, making me official-

ly stateless, and I wasfree to go.

As artists in theEast, my ex-husbandand I couldn’t exhibitor publish our work,we weren’t allowed tostudy and we wereunder constant sur-veillance. We knewnothing about WestBerlin. All informa-tion about the westernhalf of the city wassuppressed: on ourmaps, West Berlin wasjust a blank whitespace in the middle ofEast Germany. Whenwe arrived we drovethrough the city — it was Christmasand the bright lights made me sodizzy that, on my first night, I did-n’t sleep a wink. For months after-wards I had a recurring nightmarethat I was visiting my parents inKarl-Marx-Stadt, and when I wentto get the train back to the West thedoor of the station was locked.There was, of course, joy at having

left, particularly having the freedomto paint and draw and the fact I hadaccess to proper artists’ materials forthe first time, rather than having topaint on old sheets stretched over abed frame. But there were things Istruggled with in the West.

People seemed so uptight tome. Because almost no one in theEast had their own phone, if you

wanted to talk tosomeone you justturned up at their flat.Sometimes friendswould knock on thedoor at three in themorning and youwould pull on yourclothes and head outwith them for a drink.I had also never expe-rienced sexism beforeI left East Germany.When I had my firstjob interview in WestBerlin as a windowdresser, they said theyliked me but I was 28so would probably getpregnant soon, and

gave the job to a man. It took memonths to find work. Although wewere free, the Stasi continued towatch us. I later discovered that theyhad tapped my phone calls backhome to my family; one time an oldfriend from Karl-Marx-Stadt turnedup at my door saying that he hadbeen given permission to visit theState Library in West Berlin and

could he borrow 10 marks. It turnedout he was also working for the Stasiand wanted to check on me and myhusband’s whereabouts. Not that wehad done anything particularlyseditious — we just wanted the free-dom to do our work. But in EastGermany you didn’t need to domuch wrong to attract the attentionof the secret police.

The biggest change for mewhen the Wall fell was that I couldsee my family again. My sister-in-law came over and visited me inWest Berlin and was disappointedby how modestly I lived — I was awindow dresser and an artist andearned very little. Where was myvideo recorder, she wanted to know.Where were my fitted wardrobes?

I went straight over to our townnear Chemnitz to visit my motherand father, although my mother wasvery sick by then. They were still sadthat I’d left, but we talked everythingthrough and the best point wecould reach was to begrudginglyagree that neither the East nor theWest were perfect.

The fall of the Wall meant that

the Stasi files were opened up andI was able to apply to the new StasiRecords Agency to view all of thefiles that had been kept on me.

I’d been part of a large artists’circle in the East and my first soloshow at a local youth club was a sellout. My files, though, revealed thatthe Stasi had paid the director of theclub to buy the drawings to keep myartists’ circle together so they couldkeep spying on us all, hoping, I sup-pose, that our subversive meetingsand publications would lead to oneof us doing something really trea-sonous. I was devastated. But whatreally broke my heart was theamount of fellow artists and friendswho had informed on me. I cut outanyone that had betrayed us.

Thirty years on, Berlin is stillchanging so fast that I sometimeswonder how long I’ll have a placehere. But I’ve been in the Westlonger than I ever lived in the Eastand I don’t see myself as EastGerman anymore. I suppose, final-ly, I feel like a West Berliner.

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Abig hue and cry has been raised byCongressmen over the withdrawal of SPG(Special Protection Group) security cover

for Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and PriyankaGandhi Vadra, alleging that it is an act of polit-ical vendetta. One wonders what the brouha-ha is all about, because they will still get Z plussecurity, which means that they will have com-mandos from the CRPF in close proximity,besides guards at their homes and where everthey travel in the country. Officials of the UnionHome Ministry say the decision to downgradetheir security was taken only after getting reportsfrom multiple Intelligence agencies that therewas no security threat to the family.

And even if it is “political vendetta” as isbeing claimed by the red-faced Congressmen,the question which needs to be considered iswhether public figures really need such highsecurity at all?

It is my belief, that if public figures do notindulge in misdeeds, they will hardly face anydanger from anyone and will not need securi-ty. That is my personal experience. When I wasa Judge of the Allahabad High Court (1991-2004) I would almost daily go for morning walksfor several miles on public roads without anysecurity guard (I only carried a cane to ward offstray dogs). I never received any threat from any-one, though I sometimes even confirmed deathsentences. I would go daily from my residenceto the High Court and back in a car without anysecurity. When I was appointed Acting ChiefJustice of Allahabad High Court in August 2004,on leaving my residence in my car, I saw a police-man on a motorcycle in front and a Gypsy vehi-cle with half-a-dozen policemen with automat-ic rifles behind my car. I asked my secretary, whowas travelling with me, who these people were.He said they were there to provide me securi-ty cover. I said I didn’t need any security andasked them to leave. My secretary replied thatunder the police regulations a Chief Justice orActing Chief Justice must have security. So I hadno choice in the matter, as the police, and I too,were bound by the rules.

Shortly after I became Chief Justice ofMadras High Court in November 2004, I wentby train from Chennai (the principal seat of theHigh Court) to Madurai, where a new Bench ofthe High Court had been set up. A huge con-tingent of policemen was at the Madurai rail-way station to receive me. From the station, Itravelled to the Madurai High Court Benchpremises by car. I saw policemen posted every100 or 200 yards throughout this 10 mile route,saluting me. In the evening I called theInspector-General of Police (Southern Range)and told him that he should not have postedthese policemen at the railway station and enroute to the High Court premises. I told him thatthe police force was for the protection of the cit-izens of the country. Making half the police forceof Madurai stand throughout the 10 mileroute, saluting me, meant that it had giventhieves, cut-throats and other anti-social ele-ments a field day as the common man was leftunprotected. I said I had no ego problems withnot being accorded that kind of importance andsecurity and requested the officer not to do thisagain.

The first Prime Minister of India, PanditJawaharlal Nehru, used to jump into the jostlingcrowd without security and yet there was neverany threat to him. The famous Chief Ministerof Tamil Nadu, K Kamaraj, always refused anysecurity cover and so did Bidhan Chandra Roy,the famous physician-Chief Minister of WestBengal. This was because at that time mostpoliticians were upright. The need for securityarose only thereafter when politicians startedindulging in misdeeds like corruption. Allegedly,it is widely perceived that the Congress party istotally corrupt and looted hundreds, if not thou-sands, of crores of rupees and took them to for-eign banks or other secret havens abroad.Though technically Manmohan Singh, as thePrime Minister, was the head of the UPAGovernment, it is well known that he was onlya figurehead and the real ruler was SoniaGandhi.

In fact, Manmohan admitted this himself,first when I attended a reception given to himby the then Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi,and second when I went to him to seek pardonfor Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, a chemical engi-neering professor who was a convict in the 1993Delhi bomb blast case, who I thought had beenwrongly convicted (the exact words used byManmohan were, “Justice Katju, I am not a freeman”).

Scam followed scam during the UPA rule,not of just crores but of lakhs of crores of rupees.Though there may not be direct evidence, thereis overwhelming circumstantial evidence thatSonia was the main beneficiary of this loot. Sheand Rahul were the be-all and end-all in theCongress Party and all other Congressmen werenon-entities. Sonia had evidently been taughtby her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi that theNehru-Gandhi family were the royals who hadthe divine right to rule India.

Everyone in the Congress party had toblindly accept their leadership and they treat-

ed other Congressmen with disdain. One proofof this contempt for other Congressmen waswhen the Assamese Congress leader HimantaBiswa Sarma (who later joined the BJP in viewof his ill-treatment by the top leadership of thegrand old party) went to meet Rahul. He couldget an audience only after a long wait, and then,too, only for a few minutes, during which theGandhi scion was feeding his dog.

Indira Gandhi, and thereafter her descen-dants, treated Indians as gullible fools, whowould accept the rule of the “royal” family, nomatter what misdeed they committed. Whyshould the Gandhi family then get any securi-ty, far less SPG security? What is so great aboutSonia, Rahul and Priyanka that their lives mustbe protected even at a huge cost to the exche-quer? Except for the arrogance that they belongto a royal family, what do they contribute to thecountry?

They have no ideas about solving the prob-lems of massive poverty, unemployment, farm-ers distress, child malnourishment, lack ofhealthcare and so on which India faces. And isIndia a feudal despotism in which only one fam-ily must rule, like the Stuarts, Bourbons and theRomanovs ?

Congressmen say that the Nehru-Gandhifamily is indispensable because it is the only gluewhich can keep the party together. This itselfindicates the ideological bankruptcy of the party.Apart from its oft-touted profession of secular-ism, which really means its desire to get the votebank it cultivates consciously, what does theCongress stand for? Nothing. And its deeds showthat its rule was tainted by corruption.

And if they have done no misdeed, theyshould openly say so. They should refuse heavysecurity, like upright Congress leaders in theearly years after Independence such as PanditNehru, Kamaraj and BC Roy did.

(The writer is a former judge of the SupremeCourt of India.)

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Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Sunday

unveiled a book on globalfinance, and said it suggestssolution for challenges thatthe world and Indian economyis currently facing.

Launching the book titled‘The Rise of Finance: Causes,Consequences and Cure’, shesaid it will help “understand thecurrent economic situation fac-ing both the world and Indianeconomy”.

The book is co-authored byV Anantha Nageswaran andGulzar Natarajan.

Nageswaran is dean ofIFMR Graduate School ofBusiness at Krea University.Natarajan is senior managingdirector at Global InnovationFund.

“As a textbook, I am sure itwill become very popular andmore importantly, this will bea book that is very relevant tothose of us, sitting on the pol-icy making table. Secondly, itsrelevance and the timing of thelaunch of the book in India. We

are currently facing a chal-lenging time,” the ministersaid. She said it has come at atime when questions are beingasked about the nature of theslowdown, which is affectingthe global economy and bog-ging it down and indeed ques-tioning if India is actually in aslowdown.

“...The book examines therise of financialisation global-ly. I really commend the pre-scriptive and descriptive nar-

rative that supports the topic offinancialisation and the solu-tions that have been prescribedfor situations that the worldand Indian economy is cur-rently facing,” Sitharaman said.

India’s economic growthslumped to an over six-year lowof 5 per cent in the first quar-ter ended June this fiscal due toslower consumer demand andprivate investment amid dete-riorating global environment.

This has prompted manyglobal agencies to cut India’sGDP growth by various degreesfor 2019-20.

The RBI, in October mon-etary policy review, had cutsharply its economic growthprojection for the country forthis fiscal to 6.1 per cent from6.9 per cent earlier, expressinghope it will recover in the sec-ond half of 2019-20.

The government hasrecently announced a slew ofmeasures, including cut in cor-porate tax rate, capital infusioninto public sector banks, settingup a �25,000 crore fund toboost realty sector, among oth-ers, to boost the economy.

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Iran has discovered a massivenew oil field, President

Hassan Rouhani said Sunday, afind that would boost itsproven reserves by about athird in a rare piece of “goodnews” for an economy batteredby US sanctions.

In a speech aired on stateTV, Rouhani said the country’seconomy had stabilised despitepunishing US measures againstits senior leaders, banking andfinance sectors. The vast fieldin the southwestern province ofKhuzestan holds an estimated53 billion barrels of crude, hesaid. The 80-metre deep reser-voir stretches nearly 200 kilo-metres from Khuzestan’s bor-der with Iraq to the city ofOmidiyeh.

“This is a small gift by thegovernment to the people ofIran,” he said in a speech fromthe central city of Yazd.

“We announce to Americatoday that we are a rich nation,and despite your enmity andcruel sanctions, Iranian oilindustry workers and engi-neers discovered this great oil

field.” The find would addaround 34 per cent to theOPEC member’s currentproven reserves, estimated byenergy giant BP at 155.6 billionbarrels.

Iran, a founding memberof the Organization of thePetroleum ExportingCountries, sits on what werealready the world’s fourth-biggest oil reserves.

The new reserves, ifproven, would lift it to thirdplace, just before regional arch-rival Saudi Arabia.

But it remains to be seenhow much the country canbenefit from the new field.

Iran has struggled to sell itsoil since US President DonaldTrump withdrew from a land-mark 2015 nuclear deal lastyear and reimposed unilateralsanctions. In May, Washingtonended temporary sanctionswaivers it had granted to theeight main buyers of Iranianoil, ratcheting up the pressureon holdouts China, India andTurkey to find other suppliers.

Tehran does not reportexact figures, but says somecrude is still exported via

“unconventional” means.It has hit back at the US

with a series of countermea-sures, stepping up its nuclearactivities and threatening to gofurther unless the deal’spromised economic benefitsmaterialise. It insists its movesare transparent and easilyreversible, calling on the deal’sother parties to honour theircommitments. The remainingparties to the 2015 accord —Britain, China, France,Germany and Russia — havebeen working on measures tohelp it avoid US sanctions, butwith few results so far.

Since the US withdrawal,tensions have cranked up in theGulf with a series of mysteriousattacks on tankers and Saudi oilinstallations, with Tehran andWashington narrowly avoidingan armed confrontation afterthe downing of a US drone overIranian territory.

Iran has experienced asharp economic downturn thisyear, fuelled in part by US sanc-tions, with a plummeting cur-rency sending inflation sky-rocketing and hiking the pricesof imports.

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Key macroeconomic num-bers are likely to drive

stock in a holiday-shortenedweek ahead as quarterly earn-ings season is almost coming toan end and the Ayodhya verdictunlikely to have any majorimpact on overall investor sen-timents, according to analysts.

Equity markets will beclosed on Tuesday for“Gurunanak Jayanti”.

Industrial production dataon Monday, inflation rate onTuesday and WPI inflation onThursday would be keenlywatched by market partici-pants amid economic slow-down concerns.

Coal India Ltd, HindalcoIndustries and NMDC areamong the major companiesset to announce their earningsthis week.

Santosh Meena, SeniorAnalyst at TradingBells, saidAyodhya verdict would nothave any impact on equitymarket until any social unrestarise in the country.

“It could have sentimentalpositive impact for incumbent

BJP government. Otherwise, itwon’t have any major impact onthe political front as well.

“Market is in bullishmomentum where thismomentum will continue,”Meena added.

In one of the most impor-tant and much-awaited judge-ments in India’s history, a five-judge bench of the SupremeCourt headed by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi put an end toover a century-old dispute thathas torn the social fabric of thenation.

The apex court said themosque should be built at a“prominent site”, allotted eitherby the Centre or the UttarPradesh government, and atrust should be set up withinthree months to build the tem-ple at the site that, manyHindus believe, Lord Ram wasborn.

“Equity markets which aretrading near all-time highs willbe facing two important datathis week which can act as acatalyst for an upside breakoutor further pressure,” MustafaNadeem, CEO of Epic Researchsaid.

Developments related toUS-China trade negotiationswill also be tracked byinvestors, analysts said.

Besides, trend in rupee-dollar, crude oil and investmentpattern by overseas investorswill also be crucial for markets,they added.

Equity benchmark BSESensex tumbled 330 points onFriday after Moody’s Investors

Service cut the country’s cred-it rating outlook to negative.

During the last week, theSensex advanced 158.58 pointsor 0.39 per cent.

“While the lowering of rat-ing outlook is negative, webelieve that the government has

been trying to stimulategrowth... Government hastaken various measures includ-ing one of the boldest reformsin the form of corporate taxcut,” Siddhartha Khemka, Headof Retail Research at MotilalOswal Financial Services

Private Ltd, said.He noted that these mea-

sures would take time to workon the ground and that the nearterm concern is on the fiscalfront, with lower tax incomesand higher spending leading toa ballooning deficit.

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Services Export PromotionCouncil has urged the

Commerce Ministry to widenscope of incentive scheme SEISby bringing more servicesunder it to promote the sectorin overseas markets, a seniorofficial has said.

The foreign trade policyprovides tax incentives underService Exports from IndiaScheme (SEIS) to several ser-vices sector. Depending on thenature of services, the govern-ment gives duty credit scrips orcertificates. The scheme offersreward at 5 per cent or 7 percent of net foreign exchangeearned and covers serviceproviders located in India.

“We have asked the com-merce ministry to widen thescope of SEIS by includingmore services in the list like

animation and VFX underaudio visual services,” ServicesExport Promotion Council(SEPC) Director GeneralSangeeta Godbole has said.

She said the council isworking with the CommerceMinistry on the matter.

Currently, nine broad cat-egories of services are there inthe list, including professional,communication, construction,educational, environmental,tourism and transport.

“In each of these cate-gories, we would like to addmore services by broadeningthe list,” she added.

Incentives to servicesexporters under the schemeduring the 2018-19 stood at Rs4,262.8 crore with a total of6,376 number of SEIS scripsissued. This incentive toexporters to offset infrastruc-tural inefficiencies and associ-

ated costs involved to increaseservices export. Scrips or cer-tificates provided under thescheme can be used for paymentof basic and additional customsduties on goods imported.These are freely transferable. Ifan exporter is not in a positionto use the scrip, they can sold inopen market.

Godbole said the counciltogether with the ministry isworking on several steps toboost the exports. They areorganising a three-day GlobalExhibition on Services (GES) inBengaluru from November 26.

“The idea of this exhibitionis to create a vibrant servicesmarket in India,” she said,adding this time the council isorganising e-sports nationscup and an international moot-ing competition for young lawprofessionals on intellectualproperty rights (IPRs).

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The Government mayextend existing anti-dump-

ing duty on imports of clearfloat glass as the commerceministry has recommendedfor continuation of the levy.

Continuation of the dutywas recommended by the min-istry’s investigation armDirectorate General of TradeRemedies (DGTR) after con-cluding a probe into it.

The directorate has saidthere is a likelihood of dumpingand injury to the domestic indus-try, if the existing anti-dumpingduties are allowed to cease.

Due to this, the authorityis of the view that continuationof duty is required againstPakistan, Saudi Arabia andUnited Arab Emirates.

“The authority considers itnecessary to recommend con-tinuation of definitive anti-dumping duty as modified onall imports of the goods fromthese countries,” DGTR said ina notification. The existingduty will expire in December.

Before expiry of the saidduty, domestic producers con-stituting Saint-Gobain India,Sisecam Flat Glass India Ltdand Gold Plus Glass IndustryLtd had filed an application inMarch 2019 before the author-ity, on behalf of the domesticindustry, alleging likelihoodof continuation or recurrenceof dumping of the glass fromthese countries.

They have requested for areview of the same for contin-uation and enhancement of theanti-dumping duties.

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Tiny Singapore hadembraced electric scooters

in a big way, but deaths andfires linked to the two-wheel-ers have prompted authoritiesto introduce tough rules thatcould put a brake on their run-away success.

The contraptions havepopped up in cities worldwidebut pedestrians in many placeshave come to see the silentmachines as menaces, andauthorities have been scram-bling to regulate them.

Tens of thousands floodedSingapore, becoming particu-larly popular among com-muters and workers deliveringfood, but apartment fires

blamed on charging devicesand the death of an elderlycyclist after a September colli-sion stoked public anger.

Last week, officialsannounced a ban on the trendytwo-wheelers on all footpaths.To start with, most riderscaught breaking the rule will begiven a warning but fromJanuary, offenders face beingjailed for up to three monthsand fined. The move surprisedobservers after a panel advisingthe government had recom-mended weaker measures, suchas a mandatory theory test --and angered some who havecome to rely on the scooters.

“It is definitely over-regu-lation,” Venkata Goruganthu,who rode his e-scooter to his

office in the business districtevery day, told AFP.

“There are car accidentsand people are dying, are wegoing to ban cars on the streetsnow?” The 41-year-old techni-cian will now have to commuteby public transport, which willtake him 45 minutes — twiceas long as a scooter ride.

But many others approvedof the effort to rein in the scoot-ers, which now number about1,00,000 in the space-starvedcountry of 5.7 million.

“People are not responsible,they are reckless,” VasukieMayandi, a 51-year-old bankworker, told AFP.

“They feel they want tomove somewhere fast, butthey’re not considering others

who are using the same path-way.” E-scooters were alreadybanned from Singapore’s roadsbut they are now prohibited onall pavements and other foot-paths, and can only be used oncycle paths and a network ofroutes connecting parks.

It drastically reduces thearea where people can ride thecontraptions — Singapore hasabout 440 kilometres (275miles) of cycle paths comparedwith 5,500 kilometres of foot-paths. Officials, however, saycycle paths will be extended tocover 750 kilometres by 2025.

Following the announce-ment, regional ride-sharinggiant Grab said it was sus-pending its scooter-sharingset-up in Singapore while the

government said it would rejectapplications by other firmshoping to start such services.

Singapore is just the latestcountry trying to get control ofthe scooters.

Last week, the French gov-ernment issued new rules,including a ban on using themon pavements — unless a citypermits them in certain areas— and a 25 kilometre perhour speed limit.

Germany does not allowthem on pavements whileLondon has taken the mostextreme approach of majorEuropean cities, prohibitingthe two-wheelers entirelyunless a rider has a drivinglicence, insurance, road tax, ahelmet and a number plate.

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No claimants have come for-ward for about a dozen

dormant Swiss bank accountslinked to Indians, leaving thefunds lying in these accounts atthe risk of getting transferred tothe Switzerland Government.

The Swiss Governmentbegan making details of dor-mant accounts public in 2015to allow their claimants submitnecessary proof to get access tothose funds, which included atleast 10 accounts linked toIndians.

These included someaccounts linked to Indian resi-dents and nationals from theBritish rule era, but ironically nota single dormant account linkedto an Indian has been success-fully claimed in the last sixyears, as per the records availablewith the Swiss authorities.

The claim period for someof these accounts would expirenext month, while a few otherscan still be claimed till the endof 2020. Incidentally, some of

the accounts linked to Pakistanresidents have have beenclaimed since then, as is thecase with several otheraccounts linked to residentsfrom other countries includingSwitzerland itself.

The list included close to2,600 dormant accounts whenit was first made public inDecember 2015, which hadaround 45 million Swiss francs(over �300 crore) lyingunclaimed since at least 1955.There were also nearly 80 safe-ty unclaimed deposit boxeswhen the list was first madepublic for claims from the realowners or their heirs.

More accounts are beingadded every year since thenafter they become dormantunder the Swiss banking lawsand the list now includes near-ly 3,500 accounts.

While Swiss bank accountshave been a matter of heatedpolitical debate for many yearsin India due to suspicion thatthey were being used to hoardalleged black money.

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The Government has givenapproval for setting up four

medical device parks with aview to support Make in Indiainitiative and provide world-class products at affordableprice for treatment.

The four parks will be setup in Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Tamil Nadu andKerala, sources said, addingthat Uttarakhand and Gujarathave also approached theCentre for a go-ahead for suchparks. These parks will providenecessary infrastructure, wherecompanies can easily plug andplay, sources said.

This will not only cutimport bill but will also help ineasy access to standard testingfacilities and reduce cost of pro-duction, they said. The projectof Andhra Pradesh Medtech

Zone for creation of CommonFacility Centre (CFC) forSuperconducting MagneticCoil Testing and Research wasgiven in-principle approvalrecently.

The scheme proposes toprovide Rs 25 crore or 70 percent of the project cost of set-ting up of CFCs, whichever isless, for creation of commonfacilities in any upcoming park.

According to estimates, themedical devices retail market inthe country is of around Rs70,000 crore. The domesticmedical devices industry is verysmall even though India is thefourth largest market in Asia.

India is largely an importerof medical devices, withdomestic industry accountingfor about 2 per cent of the glob-al industry which stands at$250 billion, as per the estimates.

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German luxury carmakerAudi will bring its flagship

SUV Q8 in India in January nextyear as part of its strategy tostrengthen presence in the coun-try by 2025. The company hasalready started taking orders forthe vehicle from the weekend asit looks to re-enter the top endof the luxury vehicles segment.

“In the last couple ofmonths we have been devising‘Strategy 2025’ for the country.Q8 becomes a very criticalpart of it,” Audi India HeadBalbir Singh Dhillon told PTI.

“One of the pillars for us indefining Strategy 2025 is also Cand D segments push. This(Q8) obviously makes a verybig contribution in the D seg-ment, where we will be presentagain,” he added.

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With the current VRS planexpected to cut BSNL’s

staff by almost half, the DoThas instructed the corporationto put in place measures toensure business continuity andsmooth transition, particular-ly for manning telephoneexchanges in rural areas.

At present, various optionsare being discussed for thetransition period.

A source in Department ofTelecom (DoT) told PTI saidthe matter requires urgentfocus, and meetings are on tofind a solution to ensure thereis no impact on day-to-daymanning of exchanges andother operations, once the VRS

plan concludes.On Friday evening, barely

four days after the scheme wasrolled out, the number of BSNLemployees opting for VRS hadswelled to 57,000, and the fig-ures when combined withthose of state-owned MTNL

had exceed 60,000. In all, nearly one lakh

BSNL employees are eligible forthe VRS out of its total staffstrength of about 1.50 lakh.BSNL’s internal target for VRSis pegged at 77,000 employees,which essentially means that ifthe VRS reaches full target, thestaff strength will come downby half. The effective date ofvoluntary retirement under thepresent scheme is January 31,2020.

When contacted, BSNLChairman and MD P K Purwarconfirmed that discussionshave been initiated on the issueand said the corporation isplanning business re-engi-neering and business continuity.

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Police fired tear gas and pro-testers broke windows at a

shopping mall on Sunday inanti-government demonstra-tions across Hong Kong amidanger over a student activist’sdeath and the arrest of pro-democracy lawmakers.HongKong is in the sixth month ofprotests that began in June overa proposed extradition law andhave expanded to includedemands for greater democra-cy and other grievances.Activists complain theGovernment is eroding theautonomy and Western-stylecivil liberties promised whenthis former British colonyreturned to China in 1997.

Police in green fatigueswith riot helmets and shieldsfired tear gas to clear streets inTsuen Wan in the northwestafter chasing protesters in thedistrict’s Citywalk shoppingmall. Officers walked up afour-lane thoroughfare shoul-der to shoulder firing volleys oftear gas ahead of them.

Protesters started a smallfire with debris in the street.The newspaper Apple Dailyreported four men and one

woman suspected of vandaliz-ing shops in Tsuen Wan weretaken away.

In Sha Tin in the north-east, authorities closed a sub-way station after protestersbroke windows and damageda ticket machine. Reporterssaw police arrest three men ata residential complex else-where in Sha Tin but the rea-

son wasn’t clear.In Tuen Mun in the north-

west, about three dozen peo-ple dressed in black, the sym-bolic color of the protests,stormed through a shoppingmall.

Most were peaceful butone used a club to smash win-dows while others overturnedtables in a restaurant.

Spectators on the street outsideshouted “Cockroaches!” atpolice.

Inside the Festival Walkshopping mall in KowloonTong, reporters saw a manlying on a public walkwaybeside a small pool of bloodwith police standing over him.His condition and the reasonfor possible injuries were

unclear.There were brief shoving

matches between police andshoppers, some of whom thrusttheir fists in the air in a gestureof defiance. Police releasedpepper spray inside the mall.

A Government statementsaid one person who wasarrested at Kowloon Tongescaped from police due toclamor caused by protesters.Activists are demanding theresignation of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’sleader, Chief Executive CarrieLam.

The protests have added todownward pressure on HongKong’s economy. It already wasstruggling with declining glob-al economic growth and theUS-Chinese tariff war.

The territory of 7.5 millionpeople tumbled into its firstrecession since the globalfinancial crisis after economicactivity shrank 3.2% in thequarter ending in September.On Saturday, police announcedthe arrest of six lawmakers oncharges of obstructing the localassembly during a raucousMay 11 meeting over the extra-dition bill. All were freed onbail.

Washington: US PresidentDonald Trump has said that hewas likely to release the full tran-script of his April telephoneconversation with his Ukrainiancounterpart VolodymyrZelensky on Tuesday, a daybefore public impeachmenthearings were set to begin in theHouse.

“The witch hunt contin-ues,” Trump told reportersSaturday while departing theWhite House to attend theLouisiana State University Tigersvs. Alabama Crimson Tide foot-ball game.

“The Republicans havenever been so united, and I thinkthe people of our country havenever been so united,” he added.

Trump called Zelensky tocongratulate him in April afterhis victory in that country’spresidential election, and thenagain in July, reports Efe news.

A rough transcript of theJuly 25 call has already beenreleased by the White House.

Meanwhile, HouseRepublicans have asked to call onVice President Joe Biden’s son,Hunter Biden, as well as an

anonymous whistleblowerwhose initial complaint sparkedthe impeachment inquiry.

Representative DevinNunes, the top Republican onthe House IntelligenceCommittee, has submitted a listof eight individual witnessesthat he would like to testify aspart of this week’s public hearingsinto whether the President com-mitted an impeachment offencein his dealings with Ukraine.

Three senior US diplomatswho worked on Ukraine issueswere scheduled to appear inopen hearings, all of whom havetestified behind closed doorsrecently that they were alarmedby the July call in which the pres-ident appeared to link defenceaide to the Ukraine with hisdemands that the country launchinvestigations into the HunterBiden’s work for an energy com-pany there.

“Americans see through thissham impeachment process,”Nunes wrote in a letter addressedto his Democratic counterpart,Adam Schiff, the chairman of theintelligence committee. Nunesoutlined his list of witnesses that

he hopes to call “to provide trans-parency to your otherwiseopaque and unfair process,” hewrote.

Democrats are unlikely toaccede to calling the anonymouswhistleblower, whomRepublicans are eager to hearfrom publicly, or the youngerBiden. Schiff said he was evalu-ating the Republican witnessrequests - but suggested that hewould not allow the hearings tobe used to launch an investiga-tion of Biden, who is running forthe Democratic presidentialnomination and could face offwith Trump in next year’s gen-eral election.

“This inquiry is not, and willnot serve, however, as a vehicleto undertake the same shaminvestigations into the Bidens or2016 that the President pressedUkraine to conduct for his per-sonal political benefit, or tofacilitate the President’s effort tothreaten, intimidate, and retali-ate against the whistleblowerwho courageously raised theinitial alarm,” Schiff said in aSaturday statement. IANS

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many years with heightenedtensions over Catalonia’s sepa-ratist push in the foreground,an issue that has fuelled asurge in support for upstart far-right party Vox.

The repeat polls werecalled after Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez failed to securesupport from other parties fol-lowing an inconclusive electionin April which saw his Socialistparty win the most votes, butno working majority in parlia-ment.

However opinion pollssuggest this new election willfail to break the deadlock.Neither the left nor the rightlook likely to win a rulingmajority in Spain’s 350-seatparliament.

The Socialists are on trackto finish top again, but withslightly fewer seats than the 123they picked up in April, whilethe main opposition conserv-

ative Popular Party (PP) maystrengthen its parliamentarypresence.

But the most strikingdevelopment could be the riseof the far-right Vox party,which could even jump tothird-largest in parliament,according to polling.

After casting his ballot inMadrid, Sanchez urgedSpaniards to head to the polls,saying “it is very important thatwe all participate to strength-en our democracy” and that thecountry “have the needed sta-bility to be able to form a gov-ernment”.

last election produced anear-record 76 percent turnout,which helped Sanchez whohad mobilised left-leaning vot-ers to oppose Vox.

But as of 2 pm (1300 GMT)turnout stood at 37.9 percent,3.5 percentage points lowerthan at the same time duringthe April race. Voting stationswill close at 8:00 pm, withresults expected a few hourslater.

Baghdad: Iraqi security forcesput up concrete barriers in cen-tral Baghdad Sunday, trying tohamper and block protesters’movements a day after forceful-ly clearing three flashpointbridges in a security operationthat killed six anti-governmentprotesters and left more than 100wounded.

Since the unrest began lastmonth, more than 260 protest-ers have been killed by securityforces who have used live ammu-nition, rubber bullets and tear gasin an effort to quell the protests.

Amnesty Internationalcalled it a “bloodbath” and saidIraqi authorities should imme-diately rein in security forces.

“The government of Iraq hasa duty to protect its people’s rightto life, as well as to gather andexpress their views. This blood-bath must stop now, and those

responsible for it must bebrought to justice,” said HebaMorayef, AmnestyInternational’s Middle East andNorth Africa Director.

The widening securitycrackdown reflects governmentintransigence and narrowingoptions for protesters who havebeen on the streets of Baghdadand the mainly Shiite south’scities for weeks. Authorities shutdown internet access andblocked social media sites severaltimes amid the demonstrations.

The leaderless, economical-ly driven protests are targetingIraq’s entire political class andcalling for the overhaul of thesectarian system established afterthe 2003 US-led invasion.

More immediately, they arecalling for the resignation ofPrime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi’s government, who has

held the post for just over a year.He has refused to step down.

“All government promisesof reforms or investigationsring hollow while securityforces continue to shoot andkill protesters,” Morayef added.

On Sunday, security forcesclosed roads near the KhilaniSquare with one-meter highconcrete barriers, trying toblock protesters from reachingBaghdad’s landmark TahrirSquare, the epicenter of theprotests, and the Sanak bridge.

In the southern city ofNasiriyah, security and med-ical officials said 31 peoplewere injured in confronta-tions outside the educationdirectorate as security forcestear-gassed protesters trying toblock employees from reach-ing the building in the citycenter. AP

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Opposition demonstratorsin Bolivia overran two

state-run media outlets andforced them off the air Saturdayand some police stoppedguarding the square wherePresident Evo Morales’ palaceis located, as tensions remainedhigh after a disputed election.

Demonstrators burst intothe offices of Bolivia TV andRadio Patria Nueva and forcedemployees to leave, accusingthem of serving the interests ofMorales, said the director of thelatter of the two, IvanMaldonado.

“We were evicted by forceafter receiving constant threatsfrom people gathered outside,”Maldonado told AFP.

Some 40 employees wereseen leaving the building thatthe two news organisationsshare in La Paz, walking handin hand as a crowd of some 300demonstrators yelled insults.Afterward, both outlets broad-cast only music.

It was the latest thrust ofa movement protest ingalleged vote-counting fraud inthe election last month thatgave Morales a fourth straight

term.Morales denounced the

seizure of the media outlets.“They say they defend democ-racy, but they behave as if theywere in a dictatorship,” hetweeted.

A radio station run by afarmers’ union was also seizedby protesters, Morales said. Hesaid opposition militants hadalso set fire to the home of hissister in the southern city ofOruro as part of what he calledan effort to overthrow him.

Footage on social mediashowed the home of his eldersister Esther partially in flames.The homes of the regionalgovernor and that ofChuquisaca province gover-nor were also set on fire.

Morales called earlier inthe day for urgent, open-endeddialogue with opposition par-ties holding seats in theNational Assembly, but hepointedly excluded the power-ful regional civic committeesopposing him.

London: A spending row hasbroken out after the UK’s rulingConservative Party publishedwhat it claimed would be the costof an opposition Labour gov-ernment over five years, ahead ofthe December 12 general elec-tion, it was reported on Sunday.

The report, compiled by theparty and not the Treasury, isbased on a number of commit-ments from Labour’s annualparty conference but not itsmanifesto, the BBC reported.

Chancellor Sajid Javid saidLabour’s proposals would leavethe UK “on the brink of bank-ruptcy”.

But shadow chancellor JohnMcDonnell condemned thereport as “fake news”.

The Conservatives haveclaimed that Labour’s policieswould cost 1.2 trillion poundsover the course of the next fiveyears, if the party wins nextmonth’s general election.

The figure is based on cost-ing Labour’s 2017 manifestoand other pledges it has madesince then.

But the Labour Party has yetto publish its 2019 election man-ifesto, detailing its policies andspending proposals.

Senior Labour figures willmeet next week to decide whichpolicies passed by the party’sannual conference will becomemanifesto proposals for gov-ernment, with some unlikely tomake the cut.

Labour’s economic planincludes doubling “investment”spending, a 150 billion pounds“social transformation fund”,and a 250 billion pounds “greentransformation fund”. IANS

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US President DonaldTrump will host NATO

chief Jens Stoltenberg inWashington at a time of severestrain within the Atlanticalliance, the White Houseannounced Saturday.

The two leaders will dis-cuss NATO allies’ “progress onincreasing defense spendingand ensuring more equitableburden-sharing,” the WhiteHouse statement said.

Trump has been a fre-quent critic of alliance mem-bers, notably Germany, com-plaining that many have notmet their goal of devoting twopercent of economic output todefense spending.

Trump and Stoltenberg,

who is Norwegian, will alsodiscuss counterterrorism,cyber-security and protectingcritical infrastructure.

The Thursday meetingwill come a week after NATOcame in for cutting criticismfrom French president

Emmanuel Macron, who toldThe Economist magazine that“what we are currently experi-encing is the brain death ofNATO.”

Macron cited a generallack of coordination betweenthe US and Europe and therecent unilateral incursion byTurkey, a key member of the70-year-old military alliance,into northern Syria.

“Strategically and politi-cally,” Macron said, “we needto recognize that we have aproblem.”

Macron was speakingahead of a NATO summitmeeting scheduled forDecember 3 and 4 in London.

But German ChancellorAngela Merkel, speakingalongside Stoltenberg in Berlin

after the Macron interviewcame out, defended NATO as“indispensable.” Macron “useddrastic words,” she said,adding, “that is not my view ofcooperation in NATO.”

In Washington, the NATOchief will also confer Thursdaywith Secretary of State MikePompeo and members ofCongress, the alliance said.

That same day, he willattend a ministerial-level meet-ing of a broad internationalcoalition against the IslamicState group.

This session was request-ed urgently by France afterTrump announced he waspulling US troops out of north-ern Syria, raising fears that thejihadist organization couldstage a comeback.

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The US Republican party onSaturday fought back against

an impeachment probe intoPresident Donald Trump bycalling for the son of his mainrival Joe Biden to be called as awitness.

Trump has accused theBidens of unspecified corruptiondue to Hunter Biden’s role as adirector of Ukraine energy com-pany Burisma when Joe Biden -- now a leading candidate tochallenge Trump in the 2020election -- was vice president.

Devin Nunes, the seniorRepublican on the HouseIntelligence Committee, which isholding impeachment hearings,said Burisma reportedly paidHunter Biden USD 50,000 amonth to sit on its board.

Hunter Biden’s “firsthandexperiences with Burisma canassist the American public inunderstanding the nature andextent of Ukraine’s pervasivecorruption,” Nunes wrote.

Trump has dismissed allallegations of misconduct afterhe pressed Ukraine President

Volodymyr Zelensky to open agraft investigation into theBidens. Nunes said testimonyfrom Hunter Biden would boosttransparency in an “opaque andunfair process.” He also called forthe whistleblower who reporteda July phone call between Trumpand Zelensky to be called as awitness.

Democrats, who control theHouse of Representatives, mustapprove witness requests sub-mitted by Republicans.

Democratic lawmakerAdam Schiff, who is leading theimpeachment probe, said theIntelligence Committee would“give due consideration to wit-nesses within the scope of theimpeachment inquiry.”

But he vowed the inquirywould not be “a vehicle to under-take the same sham investiga-tions into the Bidens... That thepresident pressed Ukraine toconduct for his personal politi-cal benefit.” The Democrats areaiming to make Trump only thethird president in US history tobe impeached, which would seehim go on trial for removal in theRepublican-dominated Senate.

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“No wall that keeps peopleout and restricts freedom is sohigh... that it cannot be brokendown,” she said on Saturday, theBBC reported. The wall had sep-arated Soviet-controlled EastBerlin and capitalist West Berlinduring the Cold War.

Its fall in 1989 was seen as avictory for liberal democracy,and led to Germany’s reunifica-tion a year later.

However, Merkel warnedon Saturday that “the values onwhich Europe is founded - free-dom, democracy, equality, rule oflaw, human rights - they are any-thing but self-evident and theyhave to be revitalised anddefended time and time again”.

“We stand stripped of anyexcuses and are required to doour part of freedom and democ-racy,” she added in a ceremonyat the Berlin Wall memorial.

There has been a rise in thefar-right in many Europeancountries, while theGovernments of EU countriessuch as Poland and Hungaryhave been accused of under-mining the rule of law.

The Berlin Wall fell inEurope, in which several Soviet-imposed communist regimeswere toppled following protests.President Frank-WalterSteinmeier paid tribute toGermany’s neighbours, saying:“Without the courage of the willto freedom of the Poles andHungarians, the Czechs andSlovaks, the revolutions inEurope and Germany’s reunifi-cation would not have beenpossible.” IANS

London: Britain’s top militaryadviser accused Russia onSunday of “reckless” behaviourthat violated international normsand risked sparking a war.

Chief of Defence StaffGeneral Nick Carter saidMoscow was operating in a“grey zone” that weaponisedinformation and used unattrib-utable proxies in conflicts.

He pointed to covert oper-ations by the Wagner Group --a private army the Kremlindenies funding -- in Syria andAfrica as well as disinformationcampaigns as two types of newthreats. “Russia is much moreassertive than it was 10 years ago.It’s got some self-confidencenow as it reasserts itself as a glob-

al power,” Carter told BBC tele-vision.

“Cyber is part of that, whathappens in space is part of that,disinformation, subversion,manipulation, assassinations,and of course the use of merce-naries, which are very easilyundeclared and non-attribut-able,” he said.

“Reckless behaviour and thelack of respect for internationallaw relating to these new typesof ‘weapons’ risks escalation thatcould easily lead to inadvertentmiscalculation,” Carter sepa-rately wrote in The SundayTelegraph.

Russian President VladimirPutin flatly denies the Kremlin’sinvolvement in cyber and

ground operations that Westernintelligence agencies and analystspin on Moscow. But Carter saidthis “deniability” is a tactic nowbeing perfected by Britain’s mainfoes.

His media appearances aretimed to remind Britons of thechallenges they still face onRemembrance Sunday -- theday the country honours thosewho fought and died in WorldWar I and subsequent conflicts.

It also comes with USPresident Donald Trump waver-ing on Washington’s commit-ment to the NATO militaryalliance and French PresidentEmmanuel Macron promotingthe idea of a European army.

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Jalalabad: The Islamic Stategroup’s Afghan branch has been“defeated” in one of the key east-ern provinces where it firstsought to establish a stronghold,a top Afghan security officialsaid Sunday.

The claim comes after thejihadists first burst intoAfghanistan’s conflict in 2015,when they overran large parts ofNangarhar and Kunar provinces,near the Pakistan border.

In the years since, they haveclaimed responsibility for astring of horrific bombingsacross Afghanistan, including ata wedding hall in Kabul, andhave been continually attackedby US, Afghan and even Talibanforces.

ISIS “were defeated inNangarhar, their centres weredestroyed”, acting interior min-ister Massoud Andarabi toldreporters in Jalalabad. AFP

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singer delved into the interiors ofPunjab. A fashion designer drovethrough Karnataka, making herway to Coorg. And a wildlife pho-tographer headed into the wilder-ness of Valparai. HistoryTV18’sfour-part original series, Ride toConquer, directed by RadhikaChandrashekar, has featured fourdifferent journeys of people ridingacross India, through various ter-rains and landscapes in search ofnew and inspiring experiences.

Chef Kunal Kapur travelled toJodhpur and Rajasthan countrysideto explore rural cooking tech-niques and flavours. He tasted tra-ditional Rajasthani dishes thatnever make it to restaurant menusand learnt how vegetables aregrown in the arid desert. All this tocreate an unforgettable meal, mix-ing the State’s traditionality with hisown fine touch.

Fashion designer, Kanika Goyaldrove through lanes of Karnataka,ending her ride in Coorg. On thejourney she took in the verdantlandscape, experienced a coffeeestate, broke bread with a well-known Kodava family and attend-ed a local wedding too. For her,inspiration is key to the creativeprocess. And she drew it fromCoorg for her latest designs. “It wasa journey filled with terrific coffee,landscapes, people, a wedding anddelicious food,” she said. Coorg hadbeen on her bucket list since a

while. “I was always curious aboutKadagu Gowdas, one of the maincommunities there. The one thingthat I absolutely loved about theplace was the colour compositionin the beautiful landscapes. In mynew design, I thought that thecolours should havemore earthy tonesbut I also loved thered in their saris. Igot to know a lotabout the local cul-ture. I was reallyimpressed by theway women ofCoorg wear a sari.While meeting alocal family there, Ilearnt that the Coorgstyle of draping asari involves tuckingthe pleats at the backof the waist, insteadof the front. The endof the sari is broughtbelow the left shoul-der and secured over the right onein a firm knot called molakattu.And I tried incorporating that intomy design — with a dress slightlypleated at the back,” she told us andadded that it did not seem like workat all. “I was just having the time ofmy life. It was such a retreat frommy regular work life or even leisuretime because the things that we didlike attending a local wedding orjust going to somebody’s house, Iwould never do that on a trip if Ihad gone alone. So I think I am

really excited to see what’s in store,”said Kanika.

As she visited the local wed-ding, she came to know that bananastems are sliced by short Coorg tra-ditional Sword. And the bride hasto wear a their tradition sari with

a veil, which is know asMusuk.

Back in herDelhi studio, herinspiration foundexpression into a fab-ulous new apparelthat will be the star inher fall-winter collec-tion.

Singer PalashSen rode into theinteriors of Punjaband got energised bythe incredible talentof Sufi singer ShaukatAli. His meeting withnoted instrumentmaker and musician

Pritam Singh addedanother dimension to the trip.Later he joined local folk legend,Nazar Pandher and his son SaleemKhan to create a rocking new orig-inal song exclusively for the show.

Lastly, a wildlife photographer,Sudhir Shivaram, headed into thewilderness of Valparai, teaming upwith another photographer and aPHD student, studying the enig-matic Lion Tailed Macaque. Theirquest was to find the perfect shotof the elusive Macaques against thebackdrop of the breathtaking

Western Ghats.The show, produced by 24

Frames Films, is all about meetingnew people, rediscovering rich tra-ditions, savouring local flavoursand exploring off-beat spaces. Eachcelebrity sought inspiration just tocreate something fresh and origi-nal on their journey.

Producer Arjun Pandey,Director 24 Frames Pvt Ltd, said,“We get to work on challengingprojects and push the boundariesof storytelling. For me the idea isto inspire people to explore India,its beauty and diversity.”

Unlike other travel shows,Radhika felt that this was aboutconquering the unfamiliar, steppingout of comfort zones and challeng-ing the conventional, that too on avery short deadline. She said, “Itgives viewers a never before insidelook at how inspiration find its wayinto creation. It introduces theaudience to the creative process,leading to the next great original.”

“We had a mad deadline to putthe show on air but it was fun. Itwas a roller coaster ride for all ofour team. The team experience onthe road, mirrored that of ouranchors. We too experienced dif-ferent areas of our country throughdifferent lenses — music, food,fashion and wildlife. I really hopethat magic comes through in theepisodes. I can recall, all of us werebit by leeches on our way, whichwas not at all fun. But it was oncein a lifetime experience,” said she.

It’s not very often that you comeacross a food and music festival thatfocusses on marketing its partici-

pants’ business to make them a recog-nised brand by the time it ends.

The Palate Fest in its sixth editionis gearing itself up to go beyond the reg-ular by stressing upon the B2B and B2Cbusinesses. Aditi Kapoor, co-founderand director of the fest, says, “This yearit is naturally going to be bigger and bet-ter. An array of outlets and cuisines,which have not been discovered by thecity, often treat the Palate Fest as alaunchpad. And then there are other out-lets which wait for the fest to showcasetheir new products.”

Until last year the fest had gamingzones only for kids but this time thereare some for youngsters as well. Co-founder Ruchi Sibal says, “This time wehave a lot more for millennials andteenagers. This is an age group that wedidn’t cater to earlier. Even other thangaming, there are other attractions forthem. It will keep them occupied andentertained.”

The three-day long food and musicfestival will offer an extensive range ofcuisines — Thai, Italian, Continental,Chinese, American, French and Indianwith flavours from You Mee, The Art ofDumplings, The Great Kabab Factory,Koyla Kebab, Orient Heritage, Wok toWalk, Ginger Asian, Dolce Gelato,Border Kitchens, Kafa Cerrado, BiryaniBattuta, Suku Mama, Bira 91 to name afew.

Renowned chefs will conduct mas-terclasses and teach the attendees a fewsignature recipes. Chef Saby, honouredas the best chef of India, and AditiGovitrikar, celebrity chef and a psychol-ogist will showcase their cooking stylesand skills in the culinary masterclass. Itwill promote healthier food habits

among the public. It will also have chefHarpal Singh Sokhi of Turban Tadka anda culinary session by chef NishantChoubey.

The founders attribute their successto many things but the major one,according to them, is the businesses theyoperate with. Aditi says, “Our focus isprimarily on our participants. We do alot of programming for them. We havebusiness hours as it is not only a fun

event, there is also serious business hap-pening as there are various institutionalbuyers.”

We have seen various other fests suchas Grub fest, Horn OK Please, World On

A Platter which also offer food and musicas their two important elements. So whatmakes the Palate Fest different? Ruchisays that this offering is not comparableas they have free entry while the others

are paid. “In fact the multitude of cuisinethat we offer is huge. And the chefs,celebrities and music bands that webring are trendy. All of this sets us apartand garners attention from all over,especially the youth.”

The fest will witness entertainingmusical sessions by DJ Sumit Sethi andmulti-genre Indian band, Astitva. It willalso include an exclusive session onhealth, fitness and food with actorJacqueline Fernandes and a mini concertby singer Kanika Kapoor.

This time the festival is not just goingto be piquant and fun but will also takea step towards becoming environmentfriendly. All the participants are encour-aged to avoid using plastic for dinnerwareand disposals to promote bio-degradablepackaging. The team will also plant over15,000 trees every year to contributetowards the environment.

(The festival starts from November 15.)

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Over the last few years, wehave been witnessing

many incidents of naturalcalamities and destructionthrough tornadoes, cyclones,earthquakes and floods indifferent parts of the world.The recent one being ‘Kyarr’and ‘Maha,’ the two cyclonesthat developed over theArabian Sea. According tothe weather forecastingagency, Skymet, India is pre-dicted to break its previousrecord of having been hit bymost number of tropicalcyclones in a year. Anotherexample is Cyclone Bulbul,brewing in the Bay of Bengal,which also made a landfall inAndhra Pradesh and Odishaon Saturday. It is the seventhcyclone that hit the coasts ofIndia in 2019.

The message is loud andclear — Mother Nature is notin a tolerant mood. The pre-diction that climate changewill one day lead to the col-lapse of human civilisation isbecoming a reality. Differentparts of India are witnessingsevere rains and many partsare battling a severe droughtsituation. There is no doubtthat the water crisis in theseareas is because of a monsoonfailure, yet one cannot denythat this situation arose due toman’s own deeds. The situa-tion across the globe isbecoming so bad that there isonly one thought that comesto everyone’s mind — ‘Is therenothing that we can do againstnature’s fury?’ Does this ques-tion really require an answer? The point that we are miss-ing is a need to look into theroot cause of nature’s fury.Why is that Mother Naturewhich has been nourishing lifewith its bounties over ages,forced to revolt with suchaggression? What has hap-pened to the harmoniousman-nature relationship? Thetruth is that lust, anger, greed,attachment and ego blindedhumans into a mad race ofdevelopment. They plunderednature recklessly, withoutshowing any benevolence orgiving back. Nations madeclaims over things which arefreely available and excludedothers from it. They exhaust-ed these resources on accountof their short-sightedness.The present civilisation isbased on hoarding andexploiting resources ratherthan revering nature. It wasnot so long ago.

Scientists across the world

have repeatedly pointed outthat global warming is theresult of man-made disastersthat have been set into irre-versible motion. And even ifall these were abruptly shutdown, the global tempera-ture would still rise by atleast two degrees. Despite thiswarning, the developed andthe developing world bothwait for each other to sign theprotocol to reduce emissionsfirst, fearing that they wouldlose in the race of progress orbe encroached upon. And inthis game of greed, ego andfear, the earth continues to bepushed to the brink each day.Unless we check and changethe basis of our growthprocess, attune our lifestyle torespect the laws of nature, wecan be sure that nature willcontinue to strike more fero-ciously. And the day is not farwhen everything that we arerisking precious human livesfor may be lying scatteredunder the rubble somewhere.

Our ancestors believedthat the body of a person whohas imbibed the lessonsdemonstrated by five elementsof nature can never be hurt bythe wrath of nature. This is sobecause the natural environ-ment is an extension of ourinternal nature and the distur-bance in the latter is finallyreplicated in the fury ofnature. Natural disasters andupheavals are becoming com-mon because along with mis-using resources of nature,humans have ignored otherlessons that it has to teach. Sowhat we need to understandis that, closer the man is tonature’s benevolence, the morebountiful she becomes.

One of the biggest challenges ofparenting in today’s time israising kids in the ever-

changing digital landscape and moreimportantly, keeping them safe in theonline world. While having regulat-ed access to the internet can havemultifold benefits for school goingkids, there are also many risks asso-ciated along with it.

Technological advancement is adouble-edged sword, if used in theright manner, it can open up awhole new world of knowledge forkids. But we need to be mindful thatthere is a lot of unsuitable content inthe worldwide web. Not only that,digital addiction in teenagers is onthe rise as social networking sites areturning them into ‘screen junkies’.

Here are some tips on how youcan ensure that your child’s inno-cence stays alive in today’s digitalworld:

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have food without being exposed tothe phone screen. Who is to be

blamed? The parents. They initiallyallow mobile phones and later com-plain about their children’s screenaddiction as they grow older.

Hence, it is imperative to startearly. What starts innocently as aneasy way to feed or entertain a babywhen the parents are busy jugglingwork, meals, and other responsibil-ities, can be detrimental to theirhealthy development.

There are many other ways tokeep them engaged, from touch andfeel books to taking them out to thepark.

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You cannot expect children toread a book when you are busyscrolling down a social networkingsite. Set the right example for themfrom a young age. Get them interest-ed in books by reading bedtime sto-ries when they are old enough. Asthey grow older, there is no harm inwatching age-appropriate entertain-ing videos but the important thingis for the parents to be involved.Watch the content with them, discusswhat you saw and learnt from thevideo. If you keep yourself involvedin what they are doing online fromthe beginning, they would see it assomething normal as they growolder.

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access the internet by themselves,monitoring is critical. Install parentalcontrol on websites at home, so theyaren’t exposed to inappropriate con-tent. Other than that, make sure toestablish a trust factor with bothyour child and their friends so thatthey are regularly communicatingabout any oddities they may be fac-ing. Try being your child’s friend toestablish a trust factor that will leadto sharing anything that they mightnot do otherwise.

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you want them to behave online. Theonline world is no different from theoffline one when it comes to beingsafe. They should not interact withstrangers and should not give out anyprivate information such as addressor phone number. Discourage themfrom posting their location every timethey go somewhere. Kids often tendto vent out their feelings on socialmedia. If they are going through a dif-ficult phase and are hesitant to tell youabout it, they should stay away fromposting about it on social media aswell. Discus how this can make themvictims of cyberbullying.

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whole family is allowed some screentime and ban the use of phones dur-ing family meals. Also define thespace where the kids are allowed touse the internet, open spaces such asthe living room are the best. Neverlet your kids access the internet inthe privacy of their bedrooms. Keepa regular check on your child’sbrowser history and content that isbeing accessed.

(The writer is the co-founder ofMamaearth.)

There is no reason to stopgrowing vegetables just

because cold weather hasarrived. Sun-loving ediblescan be cultivated indoors incontainers enriched by sup-plemental LED lights. Butchoose the right plant combi-nations for this four-seasongardening. Some plants aremore demanding than others.

“The amount of moneyand work it takes dependsupon your expectations,” saidTuan Bettes, a horticultureagent with Utah StateUniversity Extension. “Youwon’t achieve (indoors) whatyou would in sunlight.”

Lettuces, leafy greens,sprouted seeds, radishes, car-rots and herbs are among theeasiest plants to grow indoorsin winter. They tolerate cool-er temperatures and limitedlight. They also mature quick-ly, and many, like chives andparsley, don’t grow tall.

Small fruited or dwarfvarieties of tomatoes and pep-pers also will produce in base-ment gardens when exposedto the proper lighting. Beprepared to help pollinateyour tomato plants, though.Shake them occasionally torelease the pollen.

Help avoid plant pests bysegregating vegetable contain-ers from houseplants.

“Never put patio plantsnext to vegetables,” Bettessaid. “That’s a good way to

introduce aphids and scaleinsects.”

Many people take thehydroponic approach to

indoor gardening by design-ing their own systems or bybuying any number of high-tech soil-free containers with

full-spectrum grow lightsattached.

Plants grow naturally andfaster — up to five times

faster — in the ideal climatecreated by water reservoirsand LED lighting systems,said Ben Gill, a spokesman for

AeroGro International Inc,manufacturers of a line ofindoor gardens in Boulder,Colorado.

“There’s no dirt,” Gill said.“That makes it a clean way togrow on benches or counter-tops.”

Many of these smallhydroponic growing kits canbe had in a single package:container, lights, nutrientsand pre-seeded plant pods.“They’re one-stop shopping,”Gill said. “Just add water andyou’ve got everything youneed to start.” LED grow light-ing has come a long way in ashort time. “They’ve quicklybecome our best-sel l ingitems,” Gill said. “They takeless energy to run, grow plantsbetter and you don’t have tochange them (lights) as fre-quently — once every three tofive years instead of everythree to five months.”

Some hydro kits aredesigned to mix the LED lightspectrum to fit growing con-ditions. That means usingdaylight white LEDs for fastgrowth, blue LEDs for largeryields, and red LEDs for morefruit or flowers.

“You can literally start aChristmas tree — a 16-inchspruce — in your AeroKit andthen transplant it,” Gill said.“You can start your outdoorgarden indoors and extendyour growing seasons.”

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India bagged an unprecedented 15Olympic quotas in shooting after

Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and MairajAhmad Khan’s 1-2 finish in skeetand teenager Aishwary Pratap SinghTomar’s Bronze at the AsianChampionship here on Sunday.

There was a shoot-off for themen’s skeet Gold medal and Bajwaprevailed 6-5 against his compatri-ot after both were tied on 56 at theLusail Shooting Complex.

This is India’s best-ever Olympicquota haul, easily surpassing the 12at the 2016 Rio Games and 11 inLondon in 2012.

Speaking after his final, Mairajsaid, “It was not easy, particularly in

the qualifying shoot-off but I wasvery confident and had preparedwell for this competition. So hadAngad and I was very confident ofhim as well. Before the competitionI had told everyone that both Angadand me would win quotas and I amhappy that it came true.”

Earlier in the day, 18-year-oldTomar secured the country’s 13thquota with a bronze in men’s 50mrifle 3 positions.

Continuing India’s impressive

performance at the prestigiouschampionship, the duo of ManuBhaker and Abhishek Verma got thebetter of compatriots SaurabhChaudhary and Yashaswini SinghDeswal 16-10 to win the gold medalin the 10m air pistol mixed teamevent.

Bhaker and Verma shot 577 and387 in the two qualifications, whileChaudhary and Deswal managed576 and 387.

Before India’s exploits in themixed event, Tomar shot 449.1 inthe eight-man final to finish thirdon the podium.

“15 quotas and a very special 1st& 2nd in Skeet. Angad and Mairaj— Bravo boys super proud of youtwo. Way to go team India you

exceeded my estimate by an addi-tional quota!” National RifleAssociation of India (NRAI) pres-ident Raninder Singh tweeted.

Tomar is the second Indian,after veteran Sanjeev Rajput, tohave got a quota place in the 3 posi-tion event.

He also won the team Bronze inthe event, combining with ChainSingh (1155) and Parul Kumar(1154). Individually, Singh finished17th in the qualifications, whileParul Kumar was 20th.

The junior air pistol mixedteam of Esha Singh and SarabjotSingh recorded a facile 16-10 victo-ry over the Korean pair of MinseoKim and Yunho Sung in the Goldmedal match.

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Arsenal manager UnaiEmery pleaded for calm

and patience after his side lost2-0 at Leicester on Saturday tofall eight points behind thePremier League’s top four.

Jamie Vardy and JamesMaddison were the architectsof another fine victory for theFoxes, who moved intosecond, as the English duostruck in the space ofseven second-half min-utes.

A return to theChampions League nextseason was Emery’s tar-get after a summer ofheavy investment in reshap-ing his squad.

“We are very ambitious inour target, but we know weneed time and patience,” saidEmery, who faces an anxiouswait to see if his wish will begranted by the Arsenal boardwith a two-week internationalbreak coming up.

After early signs of promiseat the start of the Spaniard’sreign last season, Arsenal havenow taken fewer points inEmery’s first 50 Premier

League games in charge thanthe final 50 of Arsene Wenger’s22-year tenure.

Arsenal were the first toput the ball in the net whenAubameyang supplied a char-acteristically clinical finish butwas rightly flagged offside.

Vardy has an excellentrecord against Arsenal and

when his chance came, thePremier League’s top scor-er was ruthless with a lowfinish past Bernd Lenofrom Youri Tielemans’spass.

“It was a brilliantgoal and from there Ithought we took con-

trol of the game,” saidLeicester manager Brendan

Rodgers.Vardy turned provider for

Leicester’s second as he laid theball back into the path ofMaddison to drill a low shot infrom outside the box.

“People say they enjoywatching us but we enjoy play-ing so much. It’s a great feeling,”said Maddison.

Arsenal offered preciouslittle after going behind andhave now won just two oftheir last 10 league games.

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Mauro Icardi came off the bench toscore a late winner as Paris Saint-

Germain extended their Ligue 1 lead tonine points despite another unconvincingperformance in a 2-1 victory at Brest onSaturday.

The reigning French champions, whowere beaten by then-bottom club Dijon lastweek before scraping past Club Brugge inthe Champions League, needed Icardi’sninth goal in eight games to secure thethree points.

“We can’t score four goals each time,”said PSG coach Thomas Tuchel.

“I’m very happy. It’s five wins in sixgames. I didn’t expect us to have our bestmatch, but we had to be calm and fight.”

Brest, promoted from the second tierlast season, caused PSG problems through-out and had levelled with 18 minutes

remaining through Samuel Grandsir.Second-placed Angers missed the

chance to cut the gap to seven points asthey were held to a goalless draw at Reims.

The visitors claimed a 39th-minutelead as Angel Di Maria raced clear before

clipping a chipped finish over Brest goal-keeper Gautier Larsonneur to score hiseighth goal of the campaign.

His effort survived a VAR review foroffside to send PSG into the interval ahead.

Cavani wasted two clear-cut chancesin the space of three minutes just after thehour mark, and Brest made him pay.

Substitute Grandsir collected the ballinside the area and fired a low effortthrough goalkeeper Sergio Rico, makinghis Parisian debut after signing on-loanfrom Sevilla.

But the Spaniard redeemed himselfshortly afterwards, keeping out HarisBelkebla’s long-range strike.

On-loan Inter Milan striker Icardi hadthe final say, though, pouncing inside thesix-yard box in the 85th minute to scram-ble the ball over the line after Eric MaximChoupo-Moting’s cross was only partial-ly cleared.

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Nicolo Barella sealed a 2-1win over Verona to send

Inter Milan top of Serie A onSaturday as Napoli were jeeredby their fans after being held toa goalless draw at home byGenoa.

Former Cagliari midfield-er Barella scored his first goalfor Inter with a stunning curl-ing strike seven minutes fromtime, allowing Inter to overtakedefending champions Juventus.

Inter sit two points aheadof Juve, who host 13th-placed

AC Milan in Turin.But Serie A runners-

up Napoli saw their winlessleague run extended tofour games, and are stuckin seventh position, 12 pointsbehind Inter.

Inter coach Antonio Contehad also been furious after hisside threw away a two-goal leadto fall to a 3-2 ChampionsLeague defeat at BorussiaDortmund in midweek.

But the former Juventusand Chelsea boss was happywith the way his team hit back.

Inter had got off to the

worst possible start whenValerio Verre put Veronaahead from the spot on 19minutes after Inter goal-keeper Samir Handanovic

tripped Mattia Zaccagni.Goalkeeper Marco

Silvestri and the Veronadefence held off Inter at theSan Siro before Matias Vecinobroke through, heading homea Valentino Lazaro cross on 65minutes.

Barella completed thecomeback late on, whipping offhis jersey as he celebratedwildly with his teammates.

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Managerless BayernMunich thrashed

Borussia Dortmund 4-0 in‘Der Klassiker’ on Saturday asRobert Lewandowski contin-ued his phenomenal scoringrun with two goals at theAllianz Arena.

Lewandowski’s first-halfheader and 76th-minute tap-inmean he has scored in all ofBayern’s Bundesliga andChampions League games thisseason for a tally of 23 goals.

“We were very focused, weknew we had to give 100 per-cent and improve,” saidLewandowski after the reign-ing Bundesliga championsbounced back emphaticallyfrom last weekend’s 5-1 drub-bing at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Serge Gnabry claimedBayern’s second, while visitingcaptain Mats Hummels scoreda late own goal for his formerclub as Dortmund suf-fered another heavydefeat in Munich after a5-0 rout in April.

“After 10 minutes,we made it clear that wewanted to win,” saidBayern forwardThomas Mueller. “The alibishad all been used up.”

Bayern moved up to third,level on points with second-placed RB Leipzig and fourbehind leaders BorussiaMoenchengladbach, who beatWerder Bremen 3-1 on Sunday.

Interim coach Hansi Flickenjoyed his second win incharge since Niko Kovac wassacked last Sunday.

“It’s not been easy for the

team, we didn’t havethat many training ses-sions,” said Flick.

“They knew theyhad a duty to improveand they did.”

Afterwards, clubchairman Karl-HeinzRummenigge said Flick willstay in charge for Bayern’snext game on November 23 atFortuna Duesseldorf.

Despite their off-field trou-bles, Bayern dominated asLewandowski opened the scor-ing with a superb header froma Benjamin Pavard cross on 17minutes.

Dortmund winger JadonSancho was taken off on 36

minutes after failing to makean impact on proceedings.

Gnabry had a goal ruledout for offside as Bayern wentin 1-0 up at the break, but the

Germany winger struck twominutes into the second half.

When Lewandowski stum-bled with the goal at his mercy,Gnabry fired home.

With an hour gone and hisside 2-0 down, Dortmundcoach Lucien Favre brought onforwards Marco Reus and PacoAlcacer, who have only justrecovered from foot and calfinjuries respectively.

Alcacer had his head in hishands after failing to connectwith an Achraf Hakimi crosswith 20 minutes left asDortmund’s best chance wentbegging.

Bayern’s third came asLewandowski finished anoth-er counter-attack by the hosts,just before Hummels’ owngoal.

“That was a huge disap-pointment, a lot of our playersdidn’t play well. Bayern werebetter,” admitted Dortmundcoach Lucien Favre.

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Lionel Messi delivered an incred-ible dead-ball hat-trick onSaturday to steer Barcelona to a

4-1 victory over Celta Vigo and easethe pressure on his coach ErnestoValverde.

Messi scored with a penalty andthen a pair of sumptuous free-kickseither side of half-time after LucasOlaza had briefly pulled Celta levelwith a free-kick of his own at CampNou. Sergio Busquets drove home tomake sure of the win late on.

A 34th treble in La Liga puts Messiequal with Cristiano Ronaldo, while amuch-needed win sends Barca above

Real Madrid on goal difference andback to the top of the table at the endof a testing week.

“It is impossible not to depend onMessi, he illuminates everything,” saidValverde. “We depend on him like anyteam would depend on him. Heunlocked the game.”

Madrid had briefly claimed firstplace after continuing their own goal-surge by hammering Eibar 4-0, a gamein which Karim Benzema scoredtwice and Eden Hazard exploded intolife.

But while Madrid appear to be hit-ting their stride, Barcelona’s momen-tum had stalled. After losing toLevante and failing to break down

Slavia Prague in theChampions League, scrutinyhad again turned on Valverdeand his future as Barcelonacoach.

Barcelona’s disgruntledfans had whistled their teamagainst Slavia in midweek and whenOlaza equalised for Celta, that tensionand restlessness threatened to return.

Instead, Messi took command, thishat-trick taking his tally to nine goalsin seven games, 612 in total for hisclub.

“Obviously when it’s tight wehave the advantage of having the bestplayer in the world and the best free-kick taker in the world,” said Busquets.

Yet his precision from free-kicksis a skill the 32-year-old has workedon and improved in recent years, hisconversion rate currently at four goalsfrom his last seven attempts in theleague.

The last time a player scored a hat-trick from set-pieces in La Liga waswhen Messi himself achieved thesame feat in 2012 against Espanyol,albeit with two penalties and one free-

kick.There was good news for

Barcelona too in the return ofLuis Suarez, who came off thebench after recovering from acalf strain.

Messi scored his penalty inthe 23rd minute after Joseph

Aidoo had blocked Nelson Semedo’scross with his hand.

It was Messi that conceded the foulfor Olaza’s curling free-kick that waswell-hit enough to beat Marc-Andreter Stegen, even if the goalkeeper mighthave been disappointed not to be ableto get across.

There was little Celta keeperRuben Blanco could do about Messi’sefforts, the first in stoppage time

before the interval and the secondthree minutes after the restart.

They were almost carbon copiesof each other, bending over the walland nestling in the top right-hand cor-ner.

Celta, under their new coachOscar Garcia, never looked likemounting a comeback and Busquetsput the result beyond doubt with a lowshot five minutes from the finish.

Real’s players might have beenwatching on their way home fromIpurua, where they went three upinside 29 minutes, Sergio Ramos scor-ing a penalty between two Benzemastrikes, the second also a spot-kickafter Ramos delegated to his teammate.Fede Valverde added a fourth in thesecond half.

Benzema’s double takes him to 157goals for Real Madrid, above FerencPuskas into sixth in the club’s all-timelist, but his excellent display wastrumped by a creative masterclass fromHazard.

“His first half was very impressive,”said coach Zinedine Zidane. “We arehappy and he will be a huge player forMadrid, for sure.”

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Opening duo of Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhanahammered scintillating half-centuries as the Indian

women’s team notched up a comfortable 84-run win overhosts West Indies in the first T20I.

The 15-year-old Shafali and Mandhana shared arecord 143-run opening partnership as India posted 185for 4 in their stipulated 20 overs at the Darren SammyNational Cricket Stadium.

The visitors then returned to restrict West Indies for101 for 9 to complete the win on Saturday.

Pacer Shikha Pandey (2/22), spin duo of Radha Yadav(2/10) and Poonam Yadav (2/24) claimed two wicketseach, while both Deepti Sharma (1/15) and PoojaVastrakar (1/21) accounted for one wicket.

Put into bat, Shafali, playing only her fifth T20I,smashed six boundaries and four sixes to notch up hermaiden international half-century.

Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma also became theyoungest Indian cricketer to score a half-century in inter-national cricket, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s 30-year-old record.

Shafali achieved the feat at 15 years and 285 days,surpassing batting legend Tendulkar, who had notchedup his maiden Test fifty at 16 years and 214 days.

Mandhana too matched her younger partner,smashing 11 fours in her 46-ball innings as India cruisedto 102 for no loss in 10 overs.

The duo recorded the highest partnership for anywicket by an Indian pair in T20Is, bettering the 130amassed by Thirush Kamini and Punam Raut againstBangladesh in 2013.

Shafali was the first to go when she was dismissedby Shakera Selman in the 16th over.

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur then produced a 13-ball21, while Veda Krishnamurthy provided the late chargewith a 7-ball 15 to take India to a challenging score.

For the hosts, Selman and Anisa Mohammadsnared two wickets each, while Hayley Mathews conced-ed 39 runs from her four overs and Chinelle Henry bled26 from the only over she bowled.

Chasing 186 to win, West Indies struggled to stitchpartnerships with Shermaine Campbelle top-scoring witha 34-ball 33.

West Indies kept losing wickets on the other end.Campbelle too couldn’t push the pace as her 34-ballinnings had just two fours and a six.

The lower-order then crumbled under pressure asIndia took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

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Kento Momota won his10th title of a remark-

able year as Japan’s worldnumber one defeated ChouTien-chen to retain hisChina Open badmintoncrown in Fuzhou on Sunday.

Home hope Chen Yufeisimilarly successfullydefended the women’s titlewith a gritty victory overJapan’s Nozomi Okuhara.

Reigning two-timeworld champion Momotabattled past Taiwan’s worldnumber two Chou 21-15, 17-21, 21-18 in a repeat of lastyear’s final.

Chou saved one matchpoint, but handed Momotathe title by hitting into thenet. The Japanese player fellonto his back and screamedin celebration, his fistsclenched.

Momota lost the final ofthe Indonesian Masters inJanuar y to Denmark’sAnders Antonsen and saidthat defeat sparked hisincredible run of titles.

“I was in form in

Indonesia and I was very dis-appointed when I lost,” saidthe 25-year-old, whose haulin 2019 includes anotherworld crown and the presti-gious All England Open.

“I used that as motiva-tion to work harder. I didn’twant to lose another final soI’ve put in a lot of effort.”

The women’s final was asimilarly gruelling affair andlikewise it also went to threegames.

China’s Chen lost thefirst game 21-9 to Okuharabut recovered to lift theFuzhou title for the secondyear in a row by winning thenext two 21-12, 21-18.

It was more disappoint-ment for Okuhara, who hasnow lost all six finals she hascontested this year.

“I tried my best, but itwasn’t enough,” she said.

“It’s very painful toaccept. I’m very disappoint-ed that I lost another final.”

In contrast, this wasChen’s fifth tournament tri-umph this year.

“I feel honoured andproud of myself,” she said.

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England snatched the Twenty20 series against NewZealand in dramatic fashion in Auckland on

Sunday, with a super over required to break the dead-lock in scenes reminiscent of the World Cup finalfour months ago.

A Chris Jordan boundary on the last ball of theEngland innings brought the tourists level with NewZealand’s 146 pushing the rain-shortened match intoa tiebreaking super over.

Jonny Bairstow, whose thumping man-of-the-match 47 enabled England to catch New Zealandafter they lost three early wickets, partnered EoinMorgan in a 17-run stand in the match and series-deciding over.

But unlike the World Cup final, when even thesuper over wastied, this time NewZealand finishednine runs short togive England thewin and take theseries 3-2.

Somewhat sur-prisingly, TimSeifert openedtheir super overand was out of sixafter four ballswhile the hard-hit-ting Martin Guptillstood unemployedat the non-striker’send.

In a matchreduced to 11 oversper side because of rain, Guptill and Colin Munrogave New Zealand a flying start after they lost thetoss and were sent into bat.

Guptill peppered the short Eden Park bound-aries with five sixes and three fours and needed only19 deliveries to reach his 50 before being removedby Adil Rashid one ball later.

Munro had four sixes and two fours in his 46off 21 balls.

England were rocked early in reply with TrentBoult removing Tom Banton (seven) and EoinMorgan (17), while Tim Southee accounted for JamesVince (1) to have the tourists at 39 for three afterthree overs.

Sam Curran pulled England back into the gamewith 20 runs off Scott Kuggeleijn's sole over andBairstow belted three sixes off Ish Sodhi in the nextover.

The pair put on 61 in 24 balls before they fellon consecutive deliveries with Bairstow caughtbehind on the last ball of a Jimmy Neesham over andCurran (24) stumped on the first ball of MitchellSantner’s next over.

In the final over of regular play, England need-ed 13 from the last three balls by Neesham whenJordan went to the middle and belted six, two, andfour to set up the tiebreaker.

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Ajubilant Kristina Mladenovicand Caroline Garcia led

France to its first Fed Cup titlesince 2003 on Sunday, winninga deciding doubles rubber tocrush Australian dreams 3-2.

In the last tournamentplayed under the current format,the pair kept their focus at PerthArena to overcome AshleighBarty and Samantha Stosur 6-4,6-3, denying the home teamtheir first crown in 45 years.

It was France’s third title andfirst since they beat the UnitedStates 16 years ago, piling moremisery on seven-time championsAustralia who have now lost allnine of the last Fed Cup finalsthey have appeared in.

Mladenovic and Garcia, whowon the 2016 French Open dou-

bles title, bounced back fromgoing an early break down in thefirst set to expose Stosur’s weak-nesses, with the veteran out-of-sorts and making too many mis-takes.

World number one Barty,stunned by Mladenovic in a sin-gles rubber earlier on Sunday,did her best to keep Australia inthe hunt, but the French pairwere clinical, racing to victory astheir team-mates went wild.

“I’m the proudest man onthe planet right now, I’m soproud of my girls and my team.They deserve it because theyfought for a long time for thistitle,” ecstatic France captainJulien Benneteau said.

For Mladenovic and Garciait was sweet revenge after theylost the deciding rubber in the2016 final against the Czech

Republic.“Definitely, it’s lots of emo-

tion to share this with Caroline,”

said Mladenovic.“Three years ago we failed

on the last step of the tie. Today

we just wanted to take this littlerevenge for oursleves and it’s notdescribible how we feel rightnow.”

The final marked the lastFed Cup played under the cur-rent format, with an overhaulnext year seeing 12 nationscompete in a six-day event inBudapest.

That will mean an end tohome ties and the atmospherethey bring, with the 26,951 fansturning up over two days inPerth the second-highest FedCup attendance on record afterRoland Garros (30,000) in 2005.

The doubles clash was set upby Ajla Tomljanovic hauling thehome team back into the tie bybeating France’s PaulineParmentier 6-4, 7-5.

She came on court after40th-ranked Mladenovic upset

Barty 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/1) in anepic.

Croatian-born Tomljanovic,in her Fed Cup debut forAustralia, had been thrashed 6-1, 6-1 by Mladenovic in theopening singles rubber onSaturday.

But captain Alica Molik keptfaith with her and she bouncedback to beat Parmentier 6-4, 7-5.

“We gave everything today,we fell just a fraction short. Thathappens,” said Molik.

Earlier Barty, who has beenin scintillating form crashed ina classic.

“From my point of view Ifought as hard as I could and Ihope that I did my team proudand all Australians proud. Ifought with everything I hadleft,” said Barty.

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Shreyas Iyer andK L Rahulsmashed sublime

half-centuries to propelIndia to 174 for five in the

series-deciding third and finalT20 International against

Bangladesh here on Sunday.It was a maiden T20 half-centu-

ry for Iyer (62 off 33) and the sixth onefor Rahul (52 off 35). Iyer's entertain-ing knock came after he was droppedon 0.

Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullahfollowed the template set in the seriesby winning the toss and opting to field.

India made an unexpected call bydropping a bowler in Krunal Pandyafor middle-order batsman ManishPandey.

The hosts were dealt a body blowin the second over when pacer ShafiulIslam removed their skipper RohitSharma (2), who had made a sublime85 in the series-levelling win in Rajkot.Rohit tried to whip a length ball butonly managed to get an inside edge onto the stumps.

Rahul joined Shikhar Dhawan (19off 16) in the middle and with both thebatsmen under pressure having notmade an impact in the first two games,the situation provided them an idealplatform to deliver.

Dhawan, who has found it toughto accelerate of late, got going with suc-cessive boundaries off Al-AminHossain. Rahul too began his inningsin similar fashion, going for the aeri-al straight drive before punching Islamthrough point.

However, Dhawan could not lastlong after hitting four boundaries,mistiming a slog to be caught in thedeep by Mahmudullah.

India once again could not get toa good start batting first, struggling to41 for two in six overs. It would havebeen three down at that stage if AminulIslam had not dropped a regulationcatch off incoming batsman Iyer atbackward point.

Rahul and Iyer gave a much need-ed boost to the Indian innings with a59-run stand.

Rahul in full flow is always a treatto the eye and that is what the Nagpurcrowd witnessed. He completed his fiftyoff 33 balls before getting caught atmid-off two balls later, leaving India at94 for three in the 13th over.

Iyer, who made a sedate start to hisinnings, went ballistic after Rahul's

departure. He was especially brutalagainst the spinners and hit threesixes over long-on off Afif Hossain.

Iyer, who raced to his 50 off 27balls, ended up hammering five sixesand three boundaries.

Rishabh Pant (6), who has coppeda lot of criticism of late both for his bat-ting and wicket-keeping, disappointedonce again when the team needed himto provide the big hits. He struggled inhis nine ball stay and was eventuallybowled after being deceived by a slow-er one from medium pacer SoumyaSarkar.

Pandey (22 not out off 13), playinghis first game of the series, came upwith welcome boundaries in the deathovers to take the total beyond 170.

With 149 being the average firstinnings score here, Bangladesh willhave to bat really well to chase down175.

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Italian teenager JannikSinner admitted he felt

like Roger Federer orRafael Nadal as he baskedin the spotlight afterdefeating top-seedAustralian Alex de Minaurin straight sets to win theNext Gen ATP Finals onhome soil in Milan onSaturday.

The 18-year-oldSinner, an eighth-seeded

wildcard, saved nine breakpoints to win 4-2, 4-1, 4-2 in just over an houragainst 18th-ranked DeMinaur, who also lost lastyear’s final to StefanosTsitsipas.

The tournament,which began in 2017, fea-tures the eight best playersaged 21-and-under on theATP Tour.

And Sinner came in asa late wild card after a sea-son when he rose almost

500 places to break intothe Top 100.

The player from thenorth of Italy, near theborder with Austria, wasbasking in the spotlight atthe hysterical supportfrom the home crowd.

“It’s something differ-ent,” he said.

“I never had this kindof support, even on court.I don’t know if Roger orRafa are still enjoyingthese kind of things.

“I’m young and I’menjoying it.”

“It’s been an unbe-lievable week,” continuedthe 95th-ranked Italian,who beat another top 20ranked player France’sGael Monfils last monthen route to the semi-finalsin Antwerp.

“I was the last one inand tried to take mychances.

“I played better andbetter with each game.”

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Novak Djokovic easedto a 6-2, 6-1 victory

against Matteo Berrettiniin his ATP Finals openeron Sunday as he targets arecord-equalling sixthyear-end number oneranking.

The Serbian, a five-time champion at the end-of-season event, was lastweek nudged off the topspot in the rankings byRafael Nadal, who is alsoin the eight-man field inLondon.

Djokovic, who wonthe Australian Open and

Wimbledon this season,must reach the final tostand any chance of dis-lodging Nadal but thereare major questions overthe Spaniard’s fitness.

The second seed sawoff the challenge ofBerrettini in just 62 min-utes, converting five ofseven break points andout-serving his 23-year-old opponent.

E i g h t h - s e e dBerrettini, appearing at

the ATP Finals for the firsttime, went toe to toe withDjokovic at the start of thematch but the Serbianbroke twice to take thefirst set 6-2.

Djokovic romped intoa 4-0 lead in the second setas the Italian continued tostruggle with his servebut was pegged back inthe fifth game as Berrettinibroke for the first time.

The unflappable 16-time Grand Slam champi-

on broke back in the fol-lowing game and servedout to take the set 6-1.

Germany’s AlexanderZverev shocked Djokovicin last year’s final at the O2Arena but the Serbian isthe firm favourite to equalRoger Federer's tally of sixATP Finals titles after can-tering to victory at lastweek’s Paris Masters.

Federer, Nadal andDjokovic were the topthree seeds when they firstcompeted together at thetournament way back in2007 and are still the mento beat 12 years later in thetournament.

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