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A fter registering FIR against the management of Ryan International School for violat- ing provisions of Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act following the murder of Class II student Pradhuman Thakur on the campus in which bus conductor Ashok Kumar was arrested after publicly con- fessing to slitting the throat of the student who he tried to sex- ually abuse inside the toilet at Ryan, the Gurugram Police on Monday arrested two top school officials. Francis Thomas, regional head of the Ryan group of insti- tutions, and HR head Jeyus Thomas were produced before the court of and sent to two days police custody. Apart from breaching the norms of JJ Act, the duo was also accused by police of tampering with evi- dence at the crime spot. Police have detained the acting principal Neerja Batra for questioning in connection with the gruesome murder. Gurugram Police Commissioner Sandeep Khairwar said she is likely to be arrested soon. Fourteen police teams con- stituted to probe the case, which has sparked huge pub- lic outrage, are questioning the school staff while an SIT team is headed to Mumbai to interrogate school CEO Ryan Pinto and director Albert Pinto, who on Monday moved the Bombay High Court for antic- ipatory bail. Amid the ongoing probe, bus driver Saurabh Raghav has claimed that the Gurugram police and school management forced him to confess that knife used in the crime was part of the bus tool kit and also that he gave false statements against conductor Ashok. Raghav also alleged he was beaten up by police. Earlier in the day, angry and concerned parents staged protest outside Ryan in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj and Rohini and in Noida and Gurugram as well. Parents alleged that school administration was not con- cerned about the safety and security of the student. Had they taken corrective measures after the tragic death of 6-year-old Devyansh Kakrora in the Vasant Kunj’s branch premises last year, the murder of Pradyuman could have been averted. Parents submitted a com- plaint to the Delhi Police about lack of security in and around school premises, CCTV cam- eras are non-functional and there is no restriction on the entry of outsiders inside school. Meanwhile, Assistant Director General of Haryana Police (law and order), Mohammad Akil also visited the school campus on Monday. “The accused in the case has been arrested. The investigation team will leave no stone unturned for speedy justice. The charge sheet in the case will file on time,” the ADGP, said. In a related action, the Police Commissioner sus- pended Inspector Arun, the SHO of Sadar police station at Sohna, Arun for negligence,” ACP and Chief PRO of Gurgaon Police Manish Sehgal said. SHO was suspended for ordering baton charge on protesting parents and media- persons who were present there to report the developments. Continued on Page 4 Related reports on P3, 7 F ollowing the brutal murder of a seven-year-old school- boy inside Ryan International School in Gurugram, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Centre and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a peti- tion by the deceased child’s father demanding a probe by the premier investigating agency into the incident. His petition also raised the issue of safety and security of children in school and demanded guidelines to be framed for fixing responsibil- ity on school management when incidents of this nature takes place under the care and protection of the school. In this regard, the Bench issued notice to the Ministry of Human Resources Development, the Haryana Government and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) seeking their responses in three weeks. Speaking to mediapersons at a separate event, Union Human Resources Develo- pment Minister Prakash Javadekar said, “Our depart- ment will definitely reply to the Supreme Court…we are talk- ing to schools and parents’ associations to come up with a better solution to ensure safe- ty of children.” Continued on Page 4 T aking forward his Swachchh Bharat Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wondered whether people who littered and dirtied the country had any right to chant Vande Mataram and asserted that those who keep the country clean have the first right to chant the nation- alist slogan. “As I entered, I heard peo- ple loudly chanting Vande Mataram...The value of patri- otism fills my heart. I am ask- ing all countrymen whether we have the right to chant Vande Mataram. I know this will hurt many people. “We chew betel leaves and spit the betel juice out on Mother India (Bharat maa par pichakaari marte hain) and then chant Vande Mataram. We throw garbage and then chant Vande Mataram... The sanitation and cleaning work- ers have the first right to say Vande Mataram,” he said. The Prime Minister was addressing a students’ conven- tion at Vigyan Bhawan to mark 125 years of Swami Vivekananda’s address at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago and the centenary celebrations of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. Urging the people to keep their surroundings clean, Modi told the gathering that people may or may not keep their sur- roundings clean, but nobody had the right to dirty places. The comments come in the back- drop of the Government’s efforts to ‘clean India’ by October 2, 2019, the 150th birth anniver- sary of Mahatma Gandhi. Modi also batted for inno- vation and promoting skills among the youth and asked them to work for a modern India. The world evaluates the country, where it is today, not what it was 5,000 years ago or during the times of Lord Rama or Buddha, the Prime Minister said. Modi said Vivekananda supported exper- imentation and innovation and his Government was working according to the ideals shown by the spiritual leader. Continued on Page 4 I f Assam and Arunachal Pradesh were inundated with floods recently, then some other North East States like Manipur were rain-deficient. Overall, the country has witnessed a six per cent defi- cient rainfall till September 10 this year. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), there is a six per cent overall shortfall in rainfall across the country as 17 States have reported large deficient of rainfall while nine States have reported deficient rainfall. Only eight States, like Arunachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir, have received either normal rainfall or excess rain this year. The Met department still has a positive outlook and believes that deficiency is expected to be covered up by September 30. “The deficiency up to four per cent is consid- ered as a normal in Hydrometeorology science. Presently it is two per cent less from the normal rainfall. The Met Department is hopeful to recover this deficiency. The final report on rainfall in India is expected to be released after September 30,” said Dr Charan Singh of Met department. The country gets 782.2 mm rainfall in normal mon- soon every year. Currently, the entire India has recorded 738.8 mm rainfall till date. Last week, the Met Department had predicted that the second half of the monsoon season is likely to be 100 per cent of the Long Period Average. The rainfall during August is recorded 99 per cent. Going by the rainfall data of Met department, overall Nagaland has registered 29 per cent rain deficient while Manipur recorded 45 per cent rain deficient till September 10. Dimapur, Kiphire, Kohima, Phek, Wokma in Nagaland have deficient rainfall. Similarly Thoubal, Bishnupur, Churachandpur and Senapati in Manipur received less rainfall till date. Aizawal in Mizoram also recorded defi- cient rainfall till September 10. The overall rain deficient in Uttar Pradesh was recorded 28 per cent while Haryana was 26 per cent rain deficient till date. The NCT Delhi also recorded 34 per cent less rainfall this year. The rain deficient in Madhya Pradesh was recorded 26 per cent till date. Goa has also recorded 23 per cent less rain- fall. In September, Karnataka has received good rainfall but overall deficient is 10 per cent while Kerala also recorded 10 per cent deficient. A total 26 States in country have faced deficient rainfall till date. Continued on Page 4 I n a shocking incident that has come on the heels of the Ryan murder, a missing Class VII student of a Government school in Faridabad was found murdered in a forest along the National Highway on Monday. An 18-year-old accused, who was arrested on Monday, con- fessed to kidnapping and sodomising 12-year-old Rahul before killing him, said police. Rahul — son of Ram Sagar, a juice vendor in Sikri village in the district — had been missing from his school since August 24. His family had lodged a complaint with police on the same day. After 18 days of intensive search, the skeleton of the child was found, police said, adding that the same has been sent for post-mortem. According to police, Suraj called Rahul out of the school during lunch time and took him behind the school where he sodomised him. The Suraj killed Rahul and threw his body into bushes, police added. On being questioned about negligence by the school, the principal said he had joined the school just two days ago and therefore he did- n’t have any knowledge about the crime. New Delhi: The Delhi Government has sought suspension of the casualty medical officer of the Chacha Nehru hospital and disciplinary action against its director over “grave negligence” in connection with treatment of five-year-old girl who was raped in a school, said Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday. The minor was allegedly raped by a peon on the premises of a pri- vate school in Shahdara in East Delhi on Saturday. The victim should have been treated in the hospital itself and should not have been referred to LNJP Hospital, he said. P3 H aving taken note of the gruesome murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur in the toilet of Ryan International School’s Bhondsi branch, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi Government on Monday ordered schools to install CCTV cam- eras covering their entire premises and complete police verifi- cation of their non-teaching staff within three weeks. The directive comes amid increased concerns over the safe- ty on school premises after the killing of Pradyuman and alleged rape of a five-year-old girl at her school in Shahdara. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia held a meeting of school principals, police officers and other stakeholders on the issue of safety of students and formed a high level- committee to frame guidelines. Continued on Page 4 T he appointment of Public Relations Minister Narottam Mishra in the com- mittee for deciding information commissioners, has triggered a war of letters between Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the leader of the Opposition Ajay Singh. Two days ago, Ajay Singh has written to the Chief Minister objecting the appoint- ment of Minister Narottam Mishra, alleging that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has disqualified him. Challenging legality of Mishra’s appointment as mem- ber of the panel which would appoint two Information Commissioners, Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Ajay Singh raised concern that Mishra has been declared ineligible by Election Commission of India and his case is still pending in Delhi High Court. He demanded another person in place of Mishra and failing to which he would not attend meeting for selection of two Information Commissioners, he added. However, in reply to Singh, Chouhan on Monday stated that there would be no change in the three-member commit- tee set up to select Information Commissioners in Madhya Pradesh. In a letter to Singh, Chouhan said Public Relations Minister Mishra’s unseating by the Election Commission in June had since been stayed by the High Court. The Chief Minister and Ajay Singh are members of the selection committee. Continued on Page 4 C hief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that loan of 10 lakh to 2 crore will be pro- vided to the farmers’ children for establishment of Food pro- cessing Units. Guarantee for loan will be given by the State Government. Food processing units will help increasing the income of the farmers. He was addressing the State Level Master Trainer Workshop and inaugural session of block level agriculture conventions’ series held at Samanvay Bhavan here on Monday, Chouhan mentioned that diversion is not must for the farmer to construct house for personal use at his/her own agriculture field. He inaugu- rated Mukhyamantri Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana’s portal www.mpeuparjan.nic.in on the occasion and described it as revolution in agriculture sector of the State. He urged the farmers to visit the portal for registration. Chouhan said that farmers’ conventions will be organised in the State from September 15 to October 15 in all the dis- tricts. Deliberations on strate- gy to double the farmers’ income will take place in the conventions. Separate road map for each block will be pre- pared, he added. Besides, Chouhan stated that Kisan Bazaars will be made in 378 cities where farm- ers could sell their produces directly to the consumers. Land will be made available by the concerned municipality, nagar parishad and mandi board will provide assistance to develop bazaars’ infrastructure. He informed that the State Government will give 50 per cent subsidy to the farmers for construction of ware houses for storing onion. Chouhan further stated that the State Government is committed for doubling the income of each farmer in the next 5 years. This is a chal- lenging activity but possible with the help of the farmers. He mentioned that drought is like- ly to be faced this year but we will handle this crisis. Emergency situations do arise in agriculture activities, he added. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. 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After registering FIR againstthe management of Ryan

International School for violat-ing provisions of Juvenile Justice(JJ) Act following the murder ofClass II student PradhumanThakur on the campus in whichbus conductor Ashok Kumarwas arrested after publicly con-fessing to slitting the throat ofthe student who he tried to sex-ually abuse inside the toilet atRyan, the Gurugram Police onMonday arrested two topschool officials.

Francis Thomas, regionalhead of the Ryan group of insti-tutions, and HR head JeyusThomas were produced beforethe court of and sent to twodays police custody. Apart frombreaching the norms of JJ Act,the duo was also accused bypolice of tampering with evi-dence at the crime spot.

Police have detained theacting principal Neerja Batra forquestioning in connection withthe gruesome murder.Gurugram Police CommissionerSandeep Khairwar said she islikely to be arrested soon.

Fourteen police teams con-stituted to probe the case,which has sparked huge pub-lic outrage, are questioningthe school staff while an SITteam is headed to Mumbai tointerrogate school CEO Ryan

Pinto and director Albert Pinto,who on Monday moved theBombay High Court for antic-ipatory bail.

Amid the ongoing probe,bus driver Saurabh Raghav hasclaimed that the Gurugrampolice and school managementforced him to confess thatknife used in the crime waspart of the bus tool kit and alsothat he gave false statementsagainst conductor Ashok.

Raghav also alleged he wasbeaten up by police.

Earlier in the day, angry andconcerned parents stagedprotest outside Ryan in Delhi’sVasant Kunj and Rohini and inNoida and Gurugram as well.Parents alleged that schooladministration was not con-cerned about the safety andsecurity of the student. Had theytaken corrective measures afterthe tragic death of 6-year-oldDevyansh Kakrora in the VasantKunj’s branch premises last year,the murder of Pradyuman couldhave been averted.

Parents submitted a com-plaint to the Delhi Police aboutlack of security in and aroundschool premises, CCTV cam-eras are non-functional andthere is no restriction on theentry of outsiders inside school.

Meanwhile, AssistantDirector General of HaryanaPolice (law and order),Mohammad Akil also visited

the school campus on Monday.“The accused in the case hasbeen arrested. The investigationteam will leave no stoneunturned for speedy justice.The charge sheet in the case willfile on time,” the ADGP, said.

In a related action, thePolice Commissioner sus-pended Inspector Arun, theSHO of Sadar police station atSohna, Arun for negligence,”ACP and Chief PRO ofGurgaon Police Manish Sehgalsaid. SHO was suspended forordering baton charge onprotesting parents and media-persons who were present thereto report the developments.

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Following the brutal murderof a seven-year-old school-

boy inside Ryan InternationalSchool in Gurugram, theSupreme Court on Mondaysought the response of theCentre and Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) on a peti-tion by the deceased child’sfather demanding a probe bythe premier investigatingagency into the incident.

His petition also raised theissue of safety and security ofchildren in school anddemanded guidelines to beframed for fixing responsibil-ity on school managementwhen incidents of this naturetakes place under the care and

protection of the school. In thisregard, the Bench issued noticeto the Ministry of HumanResources Development, theHaryana Government and theCentral Board of SecondaryEducation (CBSE) seeking theirresponses in three weeks.

Speaking to mediapersonsat a separate event, UnionHuman Resources Develo-pment Minister PrakashJavadekar said, “Our depart-ment will definitely reply to theSupreme Court…we are talk-ing to schools and parents’associations to come up with abetter solution to ensure safe-ty of children.”

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Taking forward hisSwachchh Bharat Mission,

Prime Minister Narendra Modion Monday wondered whetherpeople who littered and dirtiedthe country had any right tochant Vande Mataram andasserted that those who keepthe country clean have thefirst right to chant the nation-alist slogan.

“As I entered, I heard peo-ple loudly chanting VandeMataram...The value of patri-otism fills my heart. I am ask-ing all countrymen whether wehave the right to chant VandeMataram. I know this will hurtmany people.

“We chew betel leaves andspit the betel juice out onMother India (Bharat maa parpichakaari marte hain) andthen chant Vande Mataram.We throw garbage and thenchant Vande Mataram... Thesanitation and cleaning work-ers have the first right to sayVande Mataram,” he said.

The Prime Minister wasaddressing a students’ conven-tion at Vigyan Bhawan to mark125 years of SwamiVivekananda’s address at the

World Parliament of Religionsin Chicago and the centenarycelebrations of PanditDeendayal Upadhyaya.

Urging the people to keeptheir surroundings clean, Moditold the gathering that peoplemay or may not keep their sur-roundings clean, but nobodyhad the right to dirty places. Thecomments come in the back-drop of the Government’s effortsto ‘clean India’ by October 2,2019, the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Modi also batted for inno-vation and promoting skillsamong the youth and askedthem to work for a modernIndia. The world evaluates thecountry, where it is today, notwhat it was 5,000 years ago orduring the times of Lord Rama or Buddha, the PrimeMinister said. Modi saidVivekananda supported exper-imentation and innovation andhis Government was workingaccording to the ideals shownby the spiritual leader.

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If Assam and ArunachalPradesh were inundated with

floods recently, then someother North East States likeManipur were rain-deficient.Overall, the country has witnessed a six per cent defi-cient rainfall till September 10this year.

According to the IndiaMeteorological Department(IMD), there is a six per centoverall shortfall in rainfallacross the country as 17 Stateshave reported large deficient ofrainfall while nine States havereported deficient rainfall. Onlyeight States, like ArunachalPradesh, Uttrakhand, Assam,Meghalaya, Punjab, HimachalPradesh, Rajasthan and Jammuand Kashmir, have received

either normal rainfall or excessrain this year.

The Met department stillhas a positive outlook andbelieves that deficiency isexpected to be covered up bySeptember 30. “The deficiencyup to four per cent is consid-ered as a normal inHydrometeorology science.Presently it is two per cent lessfrom the normal rainfall. TheMet Department is hopeful torecover this deficiency. Thefinal report on rainfall in Indiais expected to be released afterSeptember 30,” said Dr CharanSingh of Met department.

The country gets 782.2mm rainfall in normal mon-soon every year. Currently, theentire India has recorded 738.8mm rainfall till date.

Last week, the Met

Department had predicted thatthe second half of the monsoonseason is likely to be 100 percent of the Long PeriodAverage. The rainfall duringAugust is recorded 99 per cent.

Going by the rainfall dataof Met department, overall

Nagaland has registered 29 percent rain deficient whileManipur recorded 45 per centrain deficient till September 10.Dimapur, Kiphire, Kohima,Phek, Wokma in Nagalandhave deficient rainfall. SimilarlyThoubal, Bishnupur,

Churachandpur and Senapatiin Manipur received less rainfall till date. Aizawal inMizoram also recorded defi-cient rainfall till September10.

The overall rain deficient inUttar Pradesh was recorded 28per cent while Haryana was 26per cent rain deficient till date.The NCT Delhi also recorded34 per cent less rainfall this year.The rain deficient in MadhyaPradesh was recorded 26 percent till date. Goa has alsorecorded 23 per cent less rain-fall. In September, Karnatakahas received good rainfall butoverall deficient is 10 per centwhile Kerala also recorded 10per cent deficient. A total 26States in country have faceddeficient rainfall till date.

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Ryan murder, a missing ClassVII student of a Governmentschool in Faridabad was foundmurdered in a forest along theNational Highway on Monday.An 18-year-old accused, whowas arrested on Monday, con-fessed to kidnapping andsodomising 12-year-old Rahul

before killing him, said police.Rahul — son of Ram

Sagar, a juice vendor in Sikrivillage in the district — hadbeen missing from his schoolsince August 24. His familyhad lodged a complaint withpolice on the same day.

After 18 days of intensivesearch, the skeleton of thechild was found, police said,adding that the same has beensent for post-mortem.

According to police, Surajcalled Rahul out of the schoolduring lunch time and tookhim behind the school wherehe sodomised him. The Surajkilled Rahul and threw hisbody into bushes, policeadded.

On being questionedabout negligence by the school,the principal said he hadjoined the school just twodays ago and therefore he did-n’t have any knowledge aboutthe crime.

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New Delhi: The Delhi Government has sought suspension ofthe casualty medical officer of the Chacha Nehru hospital anddisciplinary action against its director over “grave negligence”in connection with treatment of five-year-old girl who was rapedin a school, said Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday. Theminor was allegedly raped by a peon on the premises of a pri-vate school in Shahdara in East Delhi on Saturday. The victimshould have been treated in the hospital itself and should nothave been referred to LNJP Hospital, he said. P3

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Having taken note of the gruesome murder of seven-year-oldPradyuman Thakur in the toilet of Ryan International

School’s Bhondsi branch, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led DelhiGovernment on Monday ordered schools to install CCTV cam-eras covering their entire premises and complete police verifi-cation of their non-teaching staff within three weeks.

The directive comes amid increased concerns over the safe-ty on school premises after the killing of Pradyuman and allegedrape of a five-year-old girl at her school in Shahdara. Deputy ChiefMinister Manish Sisodia held a meeting of school principals,police officers and other stakeholders on the issue of safety ofstudents and formed a high level- committee to frame guidelines.

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The appointment of PublicRelations Minister

Narottam Mishra in the com-mittee for deciding informationcommissioners, has triggered awar of letters between ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan and the leader of theOpposition Ajay Singh.

Two days ago, Ajay Singhhas written to the ChiefMinister objecting the appoint-ment of Minister Narottam

Mishra, alleging that theElection Commission of India(ECI) has disqualified him.

Challenging legality ofMishra’s appointment as mem-ber of the panel which wouldappoint two InformationCommissioners, Leader ofOpposition in the StateAssembly Ajay Singh raisedconcern that Mishra has beendeclared ineligible by ElectionCommission of India and hiscase is still pending in DelhiHigh Court. He demanded

another person in place ofMishra and failing to which hewould not attend meeting forselection of two InformationCommissioners, he added.

However, in reply to Singh,Chouhan on Monday statedthat there would be no changein the three-member commit-tee set up to select InformationCommissioners in MadhyaPradesh.

In a letter to Singh, Chouhansaid Public Relations MinisterMishra’s unseating by theElection Commission in Junehad since been stayed by theHigh Court. The Chief Ministerand Ajay Singh are members ofthe selection committee.

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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan said that loan of

�10 lakh to �2 crore will be pro-vided to the farmers’ childrenfor establishment of Food pro-cessing Units. Guarantee forloan will be given by the StateGovernment. Food processingunits will help increasing theincome of the farmers.

He was addressing the StateLevel Master Trainer Workshopand inaugural session of blocklevel agriculture conventions’series held at Samanvay Bhavanhere on Monday,

Chouhan mentioned thatdiversion is not must for thefarmer to construct house forpersonal use at his/her ownagriculture field. He inaugu-

rated Mukhyamantri BhavantarBhugtan Yojana’s portalwww.mpeuparjan.nic.in on theoccasion and described it asrevolution in agriculture sectorof the State. He urged thefarmers to visit the portal forregistration.

Chouhan said that farmers’conventions will be organisedin the State from September 15to October 15 in all the dis-tricts. Deliberations on strate-gy to double the farmers’income will take place in theconventions. Separate roadmap for each block will be pre-pared, he added.

Besides, Chouhan statedthat Kisan Bazaars will bemade in 378 cities where farm-ers could sell their producesdirectly to the consumers. Land

will be made available by theconcerned municipality, nagarparishad and mandi board willprovide assistance to developbazaars’ infrastructure. Heinformed that the StateGovernment will give 50 percent subsidy to the farmers forconstruction of ware houses forstoring onion.

Chouhan further statedthat the State Government iscommitted for doubling theincome of each farmer in thenext 5 years. This is a chal-lenging activity but possiblewith the help of the farmers. Hementioned that drought is like-ly to be faced this year but wewill handle this crisis.Emergency situations do arisein agriculture activities, headded.

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TVS Motor Companylaunched the new Premium

edition of the iconic, TVS Victorwith stylish features for the fes-tive season. The senior manag-er of TVS Kendra Joshi and areamanager (Bhopal) Anuragunveiled the new TVS Victorpremium edition on Monday atan event organised at JehanNuma Palace.

At the launching event, Joshiinteracted with the media per-sons. He said, “With a strongpresence in the executive motor-cycle segment, the Premiumedition of TVS Victor sets thebenchmark even higher with itsdynamic design language, classleading technology, fascinatinginterplay of attractive graphicsand superior performance.”

Notably, the 110cc motor-cycle has a new sticker schemeand comes with a body colored

pillion handle. The chromedetails on the side panels add atouch of style. The gold detailingon the engine cover case accen-tuates the premium feel and alsoit comes with LED DRL(Daylight Running Light) whichadds to Safety and Fuel efficien-cy. The motorcycle also comeswith a chrome crash guard,which adds to the visual appealof the new variant.

Commenting on the newoffering, he said, “This premium

edition of TVS Victor now offersquality and performance withbold styling and personality. Weare sure that our consumers willenjoy on the road as they enjoythe Ultimate Joy of Riding ontheir TVS Victor, thanks to theadvanced O3C 3V Engine.”

He further said that MP isone of the important marketsfor TVS Victor. It will shortly beavailable at all the showroomsof TVS in Bhopal at the price of�56,225, informed Joshi.

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Theatre is such an art form which consistsof different mediums including music,

painting, poem, dance, set design, propsmaking, Yoga, meditation and more say the-atre experts.

A theatre workshop is being organisedfor the youngsters who want to create a nichefor themselves in theatre industry or to learnthe skills of stage performance or to evenbrush up their theatrical skills.

To learn about theatres and brush thetheatrical skills, the youngsters are tryinghard to get acquainted with this art moreperfectly.

The workshop is being organised by EkRang Socio Cultural Society Bhopal atMayaram Srujan Bhavan.

During the three months workshop par-ticipants will learn the basic of all art formsfrom well-known experts who we have invit-

ed for this workshop. Notably, these days theyoungsters are getting more influenced bythe theatrical activities and to make acareer in acting, they have to learn the basicsof acting which are being taught in thisworkshop.

The participants are being taught thebasic acting exercises to strengthen their act-ing foundation. This training programmewould further train the students to free themfrom self consciousness and strengthen theirconcentration through sensory exercises.The participants are given assignments toapply in their theatrical personality and per-formances.

While informing about the workshop,artist Vibha Shrivastava said that the par-ticipants will interact with different theatrepersonalities of the city to know more aboutthe profession. It will be a golden opportu-nity for the aspirants to know the do’s anddon’ts of theatre.

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Showcasing an outstandingperformance at the

International Shooting GameFederation (ISGF) JuniorWorld Cup ShotgunChampionship, player ManishaKeer from Madhya PradeshState Shooting Academybagged a bronze medal bring-ing laurels to the State.

With putting up an impres-sive show at the championshipManisha secured third positionin trap mix double event at thechampionship. It is to be notedthat the championship wasplayed at Italy from August 14to 20.

Here on Monday, the play-ers met Minister of Sports andYouth Welfare Yashodhara Raje

Scindia at TT Nagar stadium. While expressing her

deep contentment over thesuccess of the players,Yashodhara Raje Scindia said,“Daughters of the State arebringing laurel to State, coun-try and Academy continuous-ly from International sportscompetitions.”

Elaborating further, shesaid, “We are proud of our play-ers as they have put in greatefforts and glorified the nameof State at international plat-form.” She also wished themluck for their future endeavoursand said that they should main-tain their success in comingchampionships as well.

Director of Sports andYouth Welfare DepartmentUpendra Jain also congratulat-

ed the players and asked themto play well at the champi-onship. Notably, the playerManisha Keer has bagged manymedals for her outstandingperformance at national andinternational platforms.

Meanwhile, Scindiareviewed the developmentworks being carried out bysports department on Mondayat Dhyan Chand Hall of TTNagar Stadium. While interacting with the officials,Scindia gave them necessaryinstructions on various sportsactivities.

During the meeting,Director of Sports and YouthWelfare Department UpendraJain, Joint Director VinodPradhan, BS Yadav and otherofficials were present.

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To intimate the Muslimwomen about the triple

talaq issue, a mass gathering‘Jalsa-e-Aam’ was organised atIqbal Maidan here on Monday.At the gathering the partici-pants were informed about theverdict taken by All IndiaMuslim Personal Law Board(AIMPLB) working committee.

They were also informedabout the Shariat. The massgathering was addressed bydirector of the Borad RabeHassan Madani, general secre-tary of the law board, MaulanaWali Rahmani, a gynecologistand a member of AIMPLBfrom Hyderabad Asma Zehraand Sheher Qazi Mushtaq AliNadvi.

While addressing the gath-ering Zehra informed that aMuslim Women Helpline tollfree number has been launchedto reach out the problems facedby the Muslim women. The tollfree number is 1800-1028-426over which any woman canregister her complaint regard-ing the issue or can ask any

query if any.Sayed Jalaluddin Umri

member of AIMPLB said thatAIMPLB does not oppose theverdict declared by theSupreme Court, but respect it.“Right now we are discussingon the various aspects relatedto Supreme Court’s decision,”he added.

Zafaryab Jilani member ofAIMPLB from Lucknow saidthat they would not tolerate any

interference in the communi-ty’s personal law. He furthersaid that they will boycott thetriple talaq.

Another member of AIM-PLB Maulana Khalid Rasheedfrom Lucknow said that peopleshould know about theShariyat. But, those who do notfollow the Shariat can marryunder ‘Special Marriage Act’.“We will prepare the men tofollow the Shariat,” he added.

Bhopal: Media Entrepreneurship Centre will be set upin the State capital in Makhanlal Chaturvedi NationalUniversity of Journalism and Communication. TheCentre will work as per the initiative of NITI Aayog.The centre is considered to be an important one forentrepreneurship training for media, media manage-ment and skills in more than one medium.

Decision in this regard was taken in the manage-ment sub-committee, chaired by Chairman ofManagement Sub-Committee and Public RelationsMinister Narottam Mishra on Monday at Mantralaya.Approval was given to open the centre after detaileddiscussion on its utility. University Vice-Chancellor ProfBrij Kishore Kuthiala, Rector Lajpat Ahuja andDirector Public Relations Anil Mathur were present inthe meeting.

It was informed in the meeting that training willbe available at the centre, first of its sort in the coun-try, according to present scenario. The AcademicCouncil of the University has already granted itsapproval to open this centre. Action to choose expertsand associate institutions for the centre will soon becarried out. Discussion was held to open a research cen-tre in the university, considering the need of intensiveresearch on social media in today's meeting.

It was informed there that university associate cen-tre will be conducted in each block in the state, whichwill connect students with different courses. Along withthis, decision was taken to promote use of informationtechnology in different departments of the universi-ty. Discussion was also held on issues related with con-struction of Rewa campus, grant affiliation to new studycenters with the university and approval. SR

Bhopal: Rainfall and thunderyactivities were witnessed acrossthe State for the past two days,thus, making the weather con-ditions comforting. Met officialssaid that good moisture incur-sion has reduced the day tem-perature and same weather con-ditions remained throughoutthe day.

A trough line and systemover south west Rajasthan andadjoining areas have induced theweather conditions in the State.Heavy rainfall would be wit-nessed at isolated places. Theweather pattern would be wit-nessed for the next 2-3 days.

Good moisture incursionfrom Arabian Sea. Thunderyactivities and cloudy conditionswould be witnessed in the city.Day and night temperatureshave been witnessed at higherlevels and slight decrease hasbeen recorded after rainfall in thepast two days. City recorded daytemperature at 32.7 degreeCelsius and night temperature at24.2 degree Celsius.

Indore, Bhopal and Ujjaindivisions recorded rainfall atmost of the places whileHoshangabad and Gwalior wit-nessed rainfall at several places.

According to the forecastIndore, Ujjain, Hoshangabad,Bhopal, Jabalpur, Shahdol,Gwalior and Chambal divisionsand Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur andSagar districts are likely to wit-ness rainfall and thundery activ-ities in the next 24 hours.

The day temperature roseafter the lull period withoutrainfall. Gwalior recorded thehighest day temperature at 38.4degree Celsius among the majorcities on Monday. After theweather pattern changed fewregions recorded good amountof rainfall. Betul recorded 5 cmof rainfall, Budni and Kolarasrecorded 4 cm of rainfall,Garhakota, Vidisha, Petalvadand Ratlam recorded 3 cm ofrainfall and Garoth,Narsinghgarh, Badwani andSagar recorded 2 cm of rainfall.

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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan has issued instruc-

tions that special drive should beconducted by all departments relat-ed with agriculture to double farm-ers' income for next five years. Allconcerned departments will prepareaction plan in this regard.

Chouhan issued these instruc-tions in Agriculture Cabinet meet-ing held here on Monday. Membersof Agriculture Cabinet and officialsof concerned departments werepresent in the meeting.

Chouhan said that all depart-ments concerned should make seri-ous efforts, following different andinnovative steps and give maximumefforts. Farmers' income can beincreased by planned efforts. Milkproduction has huge prospects.Work in mission mode for increasein milk production. Make efforts onwar footing for increasing produc-tion. It would help in rise of farm-ers' income. Launch a campaign toimprove quality of animal. Providebenefit to farmers from increase inmilk production. Efforts should bemade to increase fishermen'sincome by increasing fishery pro-duction. Planned efforts should be

made for sericulture production. Itshould be ensured that no shortageof electricity remains for irrigation.

It was informed in the meetingthat ten lakh new members will beincorporated in primary agriculturecooperatives societies. All farmers inthe state will be linked with coop-eratives. Kisan Credit Cards (KCC)are being provided to all farmers.Pilot projects will be launched inRaisen and Dhar districts for pro-cessing of tomato and onion at locallevel through cooperative society.Plan has been made to increase irri-gation capacity up to 57 lakh hectareby the year 2022 in the state.

Similarly, 22 lakh hectare irri-gation capacity will be developedthrough micro irrigation. MadhyaPradesh is at the third position afterUttar Pradesh and Rajasthan in milkproduction. Special efforts are beingmade for livestock development.Fishery production is more than thenational average in reservoirs in theState. Target has been set to increasefishery production from 1.15 lakhmetric tonne to 2 lakh Mtonne innext five years. Twenty major and100 small fish markets will beopened in the state. Efforts areunderway to increase sericultureproduction in clusters.

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Madhya Pradesh policehave bagged three plat-

inum awards under the excel-lent category of Skoch award-2017; awards were present onSeptember 8 and 9, 2017 toDial -100 team.

The award is given for bestworking States, governmentorganisations and organisa-tions working withGovernment department atlocal level, State level andnational level. These awards aregiven for implementation ofGovernment schemes and bestpractices and models of goodgovernance in providing ser-vices.

For the past several yearsSkoch group has been provid-ing awards in different areas.This year for the 49th Skochsmart governance award 5000nominations were received and200 nominations were selected.

This time a 100 memberjury reviewed the nomina-tions, popular votes and votesof delegates to select awards inthree categories Platinum, goldand silver.

Madhya Pradesh policehave received three platinumawards state Dial 100 services,state level CCTV surveillancesystem and Madhya PradeshTelecommunication head-quarters. On September 8 and9, 2017 awards were presentedat Constitution Club of IndiaNew Delhi. The award was pre-sented to ADG(Telecommunication) AnveshMangalam, SP Dial 100 AmitSaxena, SP (Radio) NeetuThakur received the award.

At the award functionUnion Minister for RuralDevelopment and PanchyatRaj Narendra Singh Tomarand Information TechnologyMinister of Telangana KTRamarao praised the schemesof the Madhya Pradesh.

The Madhya Pradesh Dial100 services nominated in thefinal round of the SkotchAward received good responsefrom the State people whohave voted online in favour ofMadhya Pradesh Dial-100 andit received votes which arearound twice of the votes for allthe other schemes across thecountry.

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In the wake of increasing inci-dents of child abuse and

crimes against children, toavoid any untoward incident,DIG Santosh Kumar Singh hasgiven instructions for policeverification of drivers, conduc-tor and support staff of educa-tional institutions compulsory.

With an aim to provide safeand secure atmosphere forschool and college studentsDIG Bhopal Santosh KumarSingh has given instructions forpolice verification of staffemployed with buses opera-tional at all schools and collegesunder Bhopal range.

The process of verifica-tion has to be done by schooland college management andbus operators and has beencompulsory for all the schoolsand colleges. The school andcollege management and busoperators would be responsiblefor completing the police ver-ification properly and should

achieve 100 percent verificationof the staff employed with thebus services.

According to the instruc-tions school and collegesshould take cognisance andensure the police verificationwhich would help in tighteningthe security for their studentswho could be in danger in thepresence of person with evil.

In case if instructions arenot followed and any crime iscommitted or involvement incrime is found by driver, busconductor and support staffthen school and college man-agement and bus operatorwould also be held responsiblefor the negligence.

In the same context around246 buses have been checkedand documents have been ver-ified and police verification of20 driver, conductor and sup-port staff has been done by traf-fic police in coordination withschool and college bus opera-tor association in a specialdrive.

Indore: Indore Mayor MaliniLaxman Singh Gaud reviewedthe developmental works of var-ious wards of the city at MayorSecretariat, here on Monday.

The Mayor reviewed thedevelopmental works and infra-structure related works of zone9 and 10. She reviewed theworks of wards 44, 45, 46 and 47of zone 9 and wards 38, 39, 40,42 and 43 of zone 10.

While reviewing the works,Mayor found out that the con-tractors and agencies even afterthe tender process do not takeinterest in agreement and start-ing of work after agreement.

Mayor was also informedthat the contract given to theagencies did not start withinspecified time which led to delay.It was also informed that whilethe work is done, a lack ofexpected quality is also seen.With such a situation the devel-opmental works get affected.

Mayor was also told thatthe agency — GanrajDevelopers — was given thework of supplying drinkingwater at ward 44 in November2016. But, the work was notcompleted by the agency.Hence, taking a strict actionagainst it, Mayor has prohibit-ed the Ganraj Developers toparticipate in tender process infuture.

In the review meetingSpeaker of Indore MunicipalCorporation (IMC) Ajay SinghNaruka, IMC CommissionerManish Singh, corporators of therespective wards including SurajKero, Roopnarayan Devlia,Premchand Jaarwal, UsmanPatel, Rubina Khan, AnitaPatidar were also present. PNS

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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan said that the con-

cept of CM Fellows is a resultof out of box thinking process.Efforts are being made to eval-uate monitoring as well assupervision of schemes andgood governance from outsidebesides institutional arrange-ments.

Chouhan was addressingthe orientation programme ofCM Fellows at Atal BihariGood Governance Institute onMonday. The fellows will pre-sent a report to the CMSecretariat after conducting astudy of Government schemesin all the districts.

CM Chouhan urged the fel-lows to come forward to buildpoverty, insanitation, corrup-tion, terrorism, casteism, com-munalism free India and giveinnovative ideas and sugges-tions. Besides, Chouhan toldthe fellows to travel widely inthe district and contact people.Collect feedback on schemes incoordination. Provide new sug-gestions and ideas based onpractical and theoretical expe-riences without any hesitationfor changes utilising their per-sonal talents. Chouhan toldthe fellows to think and workwith open heart.

It is remarkable opportu-nity for service to people whichwill become invaluable forthem in future. Their practicalthoughts on institutionalreforms will be consideredwith utmost seriousness.Giving reference of variousepisode of ancient tales, storyand prevalent beliefs, heencouraged them to work withpatience, enthusiasm, positiveapproach, without ego andconsidering everyone as theirown. He mentioned that theyshould go amid the peoplewith simple behavior, sweettone and sentimental heart.Utilise this historical opportu-nity in the best manner for con-

tribution in the welfare of peo-ple of the State.

Chouhan stated thatMadhya Pradesh Governmentis a sensitive Government.Schemes and programmes arebeing implemented in the stateconsidering people as membersof the family. Several initiativeshave been taken for socialsecurity and good governancewhich have been emulated byother States.

Land ownership rights forhousing of each person, publicservice guarantee act to provideservices within time limit, feefor pursuing higher studies formeritorious students, onlineservices, CM helpline,Samadhan online, Jan-Sunvai,Ladli Laxmi, reservation forwomen in local bodies besidesother schemes and organisingpanchayats of all the sections ofthe society with public partic-ipation is innovation.

All this became possible byfollowing definite road map.Works have been carried out ontarget of basic amenities likeelectricity, water and roads,increase in agriculture income,women empowerment, welfareof poor, roti, kapda and makaanfor all and education. The esti-mated agriculture growth rateis 29.08 per cent this year.Irrigation facility has beendeveloped on about 40 lakhhectare area. There are total 24lakh 50 thousand LakhpatiLadli laxmis in the State.

Bhopal: Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan was called onby the representatives of vari-ous industries at Mantralaya onMonday. Minister forCommerce and IndustriesRajendra Shukla and MPChintaman Malviya were alsopresent on the occasion.

Chouhan mentioned thatno stone will be left unturned toprovide all the facilities and tofulfill requirements of theinvestors in the State. Moreover,he informed that the StateGovernment is making effortsfor providing skilled labour tothe industries as per theirrequirements. Global Skill Parkis being made with the cooper-ation of Singapore. Chouhandirected the officers ofCommerce-Industries andTechnical Education depart-ments for obtaining informationfrom the industries for theirrequirements of trained labourand accordingly coordinate withtechnical educational institutesto ensure its availability.

Promoter of Altis IndustriesPvt Ltd Pithampur ManojKataria and Anil Khasgiwalinformed the Chief MinisterChouhan that industrial atmos-phere of the state is favourable forthe investors. All the arrange-ments related to establishment ofindustry are of best quality.Referring to their experienceregarding proposal for estab-lishment of industry, they saidthat the quick land allotment tothem without any hassle forestablishment of industry is aremarkable experience. Theyalso gave suggestions regardingnecessary amendments in the

courses of technical education fortesting lab of electronic productsand skilled manpower.

During the meeting withChouhan, Chairman Fair DealExports Cooperative SocietyPradeep Kedia, Vice ChairmanRajesh Jain and Bhagwan DasVaishnav informed that a tex-tile industrial park on 57 acreat Burhanpur is being devel-oped by 166 members of thesociety. In context to makeavailability of land throughexchange, consent in principlewas given to the proposal in themeeting for providing landtowards construction ofapproach road for the park.

Managing Director M/sVSL Ltd VG Krishan Prasadinformed that his unit is a jointundertaking of Steel Authorityof India. Steel processing unitis being established at industrialarea Bandka district Ujjain byhis company. Chouhan direct-ed the officials for their coop-eration in providing water asrequired by the unit. ChairmanM/s Amba Shakti Udhyog ltd.Kamal Goyal and DirectorHemant Gupta also metChouhan on the occasion.

Chief Secretary BP Singh,Additional Chief SecretaryIqbal Singh Bains, PrincipalSecretary Commerce andIndustries MohammadSuleman, principal SecretaryMicro, Small and MediumIndustries VL Kantarao,Principal Secretary RevenueArun Pandey, PrincipalSecretaries to CM AshokVarnval and SK Mishra werealso present on the occasion.

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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan honoured the

beneficiary who constructedthe most beautiful house of thecountry under the PrimeMinister Housing Scheme andalso the State’s one lakh bene-ficiary on Monday.Congratulating both, Chouhanmentioned that they are aninspirational source for otherbeneficiaries.

He expressed gratitudetowards the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for introducingthe scheme for the welfare ofthe poor. It may be mentioned

that Madhya Pradesh tops inthe country for constructingmaximum houses under thescheme.

Chouhan honoured pre-senting a cash reward of �11thousand each to BalluDhaniram Yadav of Budela vil-lage, Damoh district, who is aone lakh beneficiary of theState and Ramkrishna Tiwari ofSalaiya village, Umaria dis-trict, who constructed mostbeautiful house of the countryunder the Prime MinisterHousing Scheme at CM Houseon Monday. While praisingtheir works, Chouhan con-gratulated them. Besides, he

said that example has been setthat better houses can be builtby the beneficiaries.

Chouhan said that provi-sion of houses for poor is thekey point of the poor welfare

agenda of the Government.Prime Minister HousingScheme plays an important

role in this. Expressing happi-ness, he stated that maximumhouses have been constructedfor poor in Madhya Pradeshunder the scheme.

A target has been set toconstruct 3 lakh houses tillOctober end and 7 lakh hous-es till the year end. Total 1.15lakh houses have been com-pleted in the State till date.

A total of 7.62 lakh hous-es have been sanctioned underthe scheme. Financial assis-tance of �1.20 lakh is provid-ed for house constructionbesides toilet to the beneficia-ry and 90 days labour under theMNREGA.

Expressing contentment,both the beneficiaries said thattheir families are at conve-nience owing to the puccahouse. Additional ChiefSecretary Panchayat and RuralDevelopment RS Julaniya andPrincipal Secretary to CM SKMishra were present on theoccasion.

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The Madhya PradeshGovernment is going to

honour the Microsoft for itsimmense contribution to pro-motion and use of informationtechnology through Hindi lan-guage.

The Department of Culturegives award to IT companiesfor their outstanding contri-bution in the field of softwaresearch engine, web designing,digital language laboratory,programming, social mediaand digital audio visual editing.

The decision to honorMicrosoft has been taken onthe recommendations of a jury.Award giving ceremony willtake place on the Hindi DiwasSeptember 14, 2017 at a grand

function at Bhopal. The Awardcarries Rs one lakh and a cita-tion.

It may be noted thatMadhya Pradesh has maxi-mum number of sofrwares inHindi.

Shivraj Singh Chauhan hastaken a pledge to do officialwork in Hindi and make soft-ware in Hindi only. As a result,all key sectors are using Hindisoftwares. They are being usedfor departmental promotions,revenue cases disposal, CMDashboards.

The biggest forum for pub-lic participation- mp.mygov.in-is working in Hindi. A numberof Hindi based softwares arebeing used. Official corre-spondence is taking place inHindi Unicode.

According to officialsources, the Department ofCulture has selected the worldbiggest IT giant Microsoft forthis recognition appreciatingpromotion of Hindi. ThePrincipal Secretary, Culturehas conveyed department'sdecision to the Microsoft pres-ident of India.

with Microsoft five moreHindi Awards will be given foroutstanding contributions.They include Gunkar Award,Nirmal Verma Award, FatherKamil Bulke Award and HindiSeva Samman. Each of theseAwards carries Rs one lakh,plaque, shawl. Award givingceremony will take place on14th September, 2017 at TribalMuseum, Shyamala Hills,Bhopal at 7 pm.

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Former Minister and seniorCongress leader Mahendra

Singh Kalukheda passed away atMedanta hospital on Monday.The last rites would be per-formed in his home villageKalukheda in Jaora (Ratlam dis-trict) on Wednesday.

Kalukheda, representingMungawali constituency ofAshoknagar district, in Madhya

Pradesh assembly, was sick forquite some time and was admit-ted in Medanta hospital ofGurugram. Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan andsenior Congress leaderJyotiraditya Scindia had visitedhim to enquire about his health.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan,Scindia and Leader of theOpposition in the State AssemblyAjay Singh have expressed pro-found grief over his demise.

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Terming as a desperate andfutile bid to wriggle out of

his own responsibility in thematter, Punjab Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh onMonday flayed his Haryanacounterpart Manohar LalKhattar for blaming Punjab forthe violence that followed theindictment of the Dera SachaSauda chief.

Dubbing Khattar’s chargesagainst the PunjabGovernment as “ludicrous”,Capt Amarinder said thatHaryana Chief Minister wastrying desperately to “coverup” his own Government’s fail-ure in preventing the carnagein the wake of the verdictagainst Ram Rahim.

Khattar’s despair was evi-dent from the fact that evenafter suspending five of theirown police personnel over thealleged conspiracy to whiskRam Rahim away post thejudgement, he was now tryingto fix responsibility for theentire affair on Punjab police,said Capt Amarinder, addingthat nothing could be moreridiculous than this.

“Why did his Governmentsuspend the five Haryana copsin the matter if they were notguilty,” asked Capt Amarinder,in a statement.

Capt Amarinder alsolashed out at Khattar for blam-ing Punjab over the accumu-lation of over one lakh Dera fol-lowers in Panchkula ahead ofthe judicial verdict in the rapecase against Ram Rahim. “Thedeath count, and the number ofpeople injured in the violencethat erupted in Panchkula afterthe verdict, clearly shows thatthe bulk of the followers gath-ered there were from Haryana,”he pointed out, asking howcould the Punjab Governmenthave been expected to con-trolled entry into Haryana.

Haryana alone was respon-sible for maintaining law andorder in Panchkula and failedto prevent aggregation of peo-ple in the area despite intelli-gence reports warning of an

adverse fallout of the courtjudgement, Capt Amarindernoted, assailing Khattar’sattempt to divert public atten-tion from his government’scatastrophic failure in the mat-ter.

“Khattar seems to haveeither forgotten or has conve-niently chosen to ignore thefact that not only did Punjabwitness only a few sporadic andminor incidents but reportedno loss of life in the fallout ofthe Panchkula bloodshed,” saidCaptain Amarinder.

If the majority of the followers gathered in the townhad been from Punjab, the situation in this state wouldhave been much worse, headded.

Capt Amarinder addedthat even the judiciary hasalso blamed the HaryanaGovernment for allowing thesituation to escalate out ofcontrol, while urging Khattar torefrain from playing dirty pol-itics over the issue which hadled to huge loss of life and prop-erty.

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Aday after the three-daylong mammoth exercise to

carry out “sanitization” of thesprawling Dera Sacha Saudasect headquarters at Sirsaended, curfew around thedera premises was relaxed forone hour in the morning andthree hours in the evening onMonday.

Sirsa DeputyCommissioner PrabhjotSingh said that curfew wasrelaxed around the derapremises from 8:30 to 9: 30and then, 4 pm to 7 pm. Thesituation is peaceful in thearea, he said.

Curfew was imposedaround dera headquarters in

Sirsa on August 24.Haryana Government has

also resumed all mobile anddongle internet services inSirsa district on Monday. Theservices were suspended forthree days on September 8when a search operationunder the supervision ofretired judge AKS Pawar hadbegan in the Dera SachaSauda sect headquarters atSirsa.

The search was launchedon the Dera premises in thewake of conviction of sectchief Gurmeet Ram RahimSingh in two rape cases lastmonth and the subsequentviolence by his supporterswhich left 35 people dead inclashes in Panchkula. Six oth-

ers died in Sirsa.The sect chief has been

jailed for 20 years for rapingtwo of his disciples.

The sprawling Sirsa deracomplex includes a townshipwith schools, a sports village,a hospital, a shopping malland a cinema hall. The prop-erty is also home to an osten-tatious ‘7-star MSG resort’with replicas of Eiffel Tower,Taj Mahal, Kremlin andDisney World inside.

The search operationremained peaceful and vari-ous teams engaged in thisoperation have submittedtheir report to the court com-missioner, who will now sub-mit his report to the Punjaband Haryana High Court.

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From Page 1“All schools, whether

Government-run or private, willhave to mandatorily installCCTV cameras in classrooms,washroom area and playgroundsas well. Schools have been askedto conduct police verification ofall their non-teaching staff be itsanitation workers, security staffor drivers, within three weeks,”Sisodia told reporters after themeeting.

He said the schools will berequired to submit the detailsabout police verification on theportal of the Directorate ofEducation (DoE). They will alsohave to give the details on thenumber of CCTV camerasinstalled and the number offunctional ones.

A high-level committeechaired by the DoE Director,including school principals,police officials and other stake-holders as members, has been setup to frame guidelines for thesafety of students in schools.

“The committee will lookinto all aspects be it transportsafety or the conduct of the non-teaching staff and submit its rec-ommendations within a month,”Sisodia said.

He said if a CBI probe hadbeen ordered, as he had demand-ed, in the death of a student lastyear by drowning inside a tankin the Ryan International School

Vasant Kunj, this (Gurugram)incident could have been avert-ed.

“There are certain schoolswhich enjoy political protec-tion. The parents have to protestfor fees and admission but safe-ty is a very serious issue,” he said.

Sisodia, who is also Delhi’sEducation Minister, said therape of the girl by a school peonon September 9 on schoolpremises is also another unfor-tunate incident and a magister-ial probe has been ordered in it.

Meanwhile, a senior officialsaid the Delhi Police will carryout the verification process onpriority basis.

“Additional Commissionerof Police (Traffic) Bhairon Singhhas been nominated on thehigh-level committee. We alsourge schools to deploy sufficientsecurity guards from recognisedsecurity agency only,” saidRavindra Yadav, JointCommissioner of Police (EasternRange).

There is a list of people con-victed for sexual offences on theDelhi Police website and “wehave asked schools to have a lookat the list before hiring staffers”,the JCP said.

Police officers are also inter-acting with school authoritiesand sensitising them about safe-ty measures that need to be inplace for children, he said.

From Page 1Emphasising that Vivekananda’s historic

September 11 address in the US was a message oflove and brotherhood, Modi said the devastating9/11 terror strike might not have happened if thesignificance of Vivekananda’s speech had not beenforgotten.

PM also asked colleges to hold culturalevents to celebrate other States and added in a light-hearted vein that he was not against celebratingdays like ‘Rose Day’. Students should do more,Modi said, asking them to hold a Tamil Day in aHaryana college or a Kerala Day in a Punjab col-lege to strengthen the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat,Shreshtha Bharat (One India, Great India)’. “Thereis no better place for creativity and innovation thanuniversity campuses...There is no life without cre-ativity. Let our creativity also strengthen our nationand fulfil the aspirations of our people,” he said.

He said many promises were made during uni-versity election campaigns but nobody pledged tokeep campuses clean. Modi also said that only thosewho respect women can take legitimate pride inthe opening words of Swami Vivekananda’saddress, “Brothers and sisters of America”.

Referring to the correspondence betweenVivekananda and Jamsetji Tata, asking the indus-trialist to set up industry in India, he said it showsthe spiritual leader’s concerns regarding India’s self-reliance.

Stressing the importance of the Skill IndiaMission, the Prime Minister said his Governmenthad created a separate Ministry for the purposeand added that youth should be groomed in a waythat they don’t depend on anyone for employment.“They should not be job seekers but job creators,”he said, referring to various programmes of theGovernment like Start Up India, Stand Up Indiaand the Mudra scheme.

Vivekananda, the Prime Minister said, gave theconcept of ‘One Asia’. He quoted him as saying that‘One Asia’ would have the “strength to show theway” when the world was surrounded by problems.Modi said India’s standing in the world had risen,and credited ‘jan shakti’ (people’s power) for this.“When I go to different countries, I feel that thereis change in the way it perceives India (dekhnaykaa najariya badal chukka hai). This is not the polit-ical strength but people’s power (jan shakti),” hesaid.

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From Page 1Planting of kharif crops

this season has slipped behindlast year’s figure largely due touneven spread of rainfall insome parts while less rainfall insome parts during July-Augustsowing months. According tolatest numbers from theAgriculture Ministry, kharifcrop planting has covered1,041.17 lakh hectare fromJune up to September 8, a 0.83per cent decline from 1,049.87lakh hectare a year earlier.Pulses and oil seeds saw themost decline, followed by riceand coarse cereals. Planting offood crops suffered as farmersmoved to more remunerativecash crop such as cotton andsugarcane due to lucrative pric-ing.

Officials of AgricultureMinistry said rainfall has alsobeen below normal in Punjab

and Haryana but officials saidthese States have adequate irri-gation facilities to keep thecrops healthy but there is panicin agriculture sector that defi-cient rainfall will not onlyimpact the farmers or theGovernment’ move to doublefarmers income but also it willimpact on “aam admi” day today life.

In 2016, rainfall deficiencyof 50 per cent or more wasexperienced in 3 per cent areaof the across the county. Asmany as over 16 per cent areaof districts was under rainfalldeficiency between 25 per centand 50 per cent where as 79 percent area of the districts ofIndia was with less than orequal to 25 per cent rainfalldeficiency or without any defi-ciency in rainfall. Data of 2 percent area of districts was notavailable.

From Page 1SHO’ suspension came

after Haryana Chief Ministertook cognisance of theunsavoury incident and directed police chief to takeaction. At least 50 people,including nine scribes andphoto journalists, were injuredon Sunday when police baton-charged a group of protestorsin front of the school buildingon Sunday.

On September 8, policearrested Ashok, for the murderbut many believe that he wasmade a scapegoat. The man’sfamily too claimed he wasfalsely implicated since he waspoor. Ashok was also present-ed before the court as histhree-day police custody hadfinished and was sent to 14days judicial custody.

All Ryan group schools inGurugram have been orderedto remain shut on Monday andTuesday following directions ofthe district administrationamid heightened security at theschool premises.

A fact-finding sub enquirycommittee has highlighteddeficiencies in the installationof CCTV cameras at the school,lack of separate toilets for dri-vers and conductors, unsafe toi-lets, broken boundary wall,lack of ramps, expired fireextinguishers and lack of policeverification of employees.

The district administra-tion has asked the school toensure safety at its premises andgave it 15 days’ time to reply toa show-cause notice.

Chief Minister ManoharLal Khattar has asserted thatthere will be no leniency andthe school management will beheld accountable.

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On the third day of his hec-tic 4-day visit to the

embattled Jammu & Kashmir,Union Home Minister RajnathSingh on Monday talked toughagainst terrorism in Kashmirbut appeared to be reconcilia-tory on talks with stakeholders,including the separatists. Hesaid the situation in Kashmir isnot the best but has improveda lot as compared to last year.He sought to alley apprehen-sions on the threats to specialstatus of J&K and said theCentre was committed toresolve issues and problems ofthe State to ensure peace, dig-nity, honour and developmentof all the people in the State.

Rajnath reiterated his com-mitment to finding perma-nent solution — based on fiveC’s-compassion, communica-tion, coexistence, confidencebuilding and consistency — toJ&K problem.

Rajnath said during his stayin Kashmir he can confidentlysay that trees of peace have notwithered in Kashmir but theirgreen roots are visible.

Flanked by Union MoS inPMO Dr Jitendra Singh andDeputy Chief Minister DrJitendra Singh at a Press con-ference at Pari Mahal GuestHouse, with conspicuousabsence of Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti or any seniorPDP Minister, Rainath said theGovernment led by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi isalways willing to talk to allstakeholders, including sepa-ratists to resolve issues withopen heart and mind. He, how-ever, regretted that the sepa-ratists were not forthcoming onthe Government’s offer. Hedeclined to send a formal invi-tation to the separatists for talksand said that he has clarified

umpteen times that the doors ofdialogue were open for thosewho were willing to engage. Hesaid the Government is sincerelypursuing the PM’sIndependence Day announce-ment that resolution of Kashmirissue requires hugging peoplerather than hurling bullets andabuses on them.

He said a permanent solu-tion is based on five C’s-com-passion, communication, coex-istence, confidence buildingand consistency. When askedabout the C of the constitu-tional safeguards to J&K in thebackdrop of threats to Articles370 and 35 A, he said theGovernment would not goagainst the sentiments that areassociated with the preserva-tion and protection of specialstatus and related statutes per-taining to J&K within theConstitution of India.

He conceded that in thepast commitments made toKashmiris have not been ful-filled that led to erosion of faithin the political system.

The Home Ministerannounced that the Centrewill accommodate the costescalation in the projects underPM’s Development Package(PMDP) announced in 2015.The cost escalation has crossedRs 80,000 crore to more thanRs 100,000 crore. He said hedirected the concerned author-ities to expedite the imple-mentation of the ongoing pro-jects under the developmentpackage.

The Home Minister said allout efforts were being made bythe Government to bringpeace, development, dignityand honour to the people of theState.

Rajnth expressed satisfac-tion over the considerableimprovement in the overallsecurity situation in Kashmir

Valley. He said the situation isimproving in the Valley and thecountry wishes to see smiles onthe face of Kashmiri people.

He appealed to country-men and people abroad to visitKashmir as people were readyto welcome the guests. He saidKashmir is safe and secure asthere is no threat to the tourists.He announced that the Centrewill undertake special tourismpromotional drive to promotetourism in Kashmir and otherregions of the State.

The Home Minister said theterrorism has adversely affect-ed the tourism sector, the youth,businessmen, workers and thepoor. He said the Governmentwill not allow another genera-tion to go waste in Kashmir asseveral generations were wast-ed due to militancy.

Rajnath said Government’spolicy of zero tolerance willcontinue against the terrorismand violence. He advised theKashmiri youth to stay awayfrom stone pelting, terrorismand violence. He said, “The ter-ror has devastated a lot of gen-erations and we won’t allowanother generation to be per-ished.” Terrorism would not bewelcomed at any cost and theywould be dealt with sternly, headded.

The Home Minister alsosaid the minors in Kashmirdetained by the J&K Policeshould be sent to juvenilehomes and not jails. He said theyoungsters below 18 yearsshould not be treated as crim-inals but as juveniles. He askedthe authorities to undertakeproper counseling of suchyouths.

Rajnath said he directed allsecurity forces agencies to avoidexcessive use of force and col-lateral damage while main-taining law and order situationand during anti-militancy

operations. He said the StateGovernment must take cogni-sance of the complaints regard-ing use of excessive force thatled to deaths.

He said his interactionwith about 55 delegations --comprising civil society mem-bers, traders, students, teachersand mainstream political par-ties -- reflected intense desireof cross section of people forpeace, dignity and developmentin Kashmir.

Replying a question,Rajnath said NIA raids inKashmir were no arm-twistingby the Government againstthe separatists or others. Hesaid NIA is an autonomousbody but it should ensure thatnobody is harassed during theraids and its investigations.Rajnath said the aggrievedpeople having any issue withthe NIA raids or investigationsshould seek redressal in thecourt of law.

Responding to anotherquestion, Rajnath said Indiawants friendly relations withPakistan. He, however, regret-ted that Pakistan continued tomeddle into J&K affairs. Hesaid Pakistan must stop infil-tration of militants into thisside of State and take tangiblemeasures to improve bilateralrelations.

After staying for three daysin Kashmir, Rajnath flew toNowshera in Rajouri district inJammu region this afternoon.He visited Army camp and hadinteraction with jawans. Healso had interaction withschoolchildren. The HomeMinister also met people livingin border areas who havemigrated to camps due toceasefire violations on LoC inJammu region. He is slated tointeract with civil society, busi-ness fraternity and cross sectionof people in the Jammu region.

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As many as seven Lok SabhaMPs and 98 MLAs from

across the country are beingprobed by the Income Taxauthorities for declaring assetsbeyond their known sources ofincome. The names of theseelected representatives will besubmitted by the Central Boardof Direct Taxes (CBDT) to theSupreme Court on Tuesday.

The disclosure comes lessthan a week after the apexcourt had sought informationfrom the Centre on whetherany action was taken againstMPs and MLAs whose wealthincreased by upto 500 to 1000times within a span of fiveyears. A list of 26 Lok SabhaMPs, 11 Rajya Sabha MPs,and 257 MLAs was forward-ed by NGO Lok Prahari to theCBDT for verification of theirelection affidavits. Invariably,their income and assetsrecorded an increase farbeyond their known sourcesof income.

Dealing with the issue, theCBDT filed an affidavit in theSupreme Court on Mondaystating that the verificationinto the election affidavits bythe Director General Income

Tax (Investigations) has indi-cated prima facie “discrepan-cy” with known sources ofincome in the case of sevenLok Sabha MPs and 98 MLAs.The verification is pendingagainst nine Rajya Sabha MPsand 42 MLAs.

But on the disclosure ofnames, the affidavit statedthat investigation report byDGIT is exempt underSection 24 of the Right toInformation Act 2005. Hence,these reports cannot be sharedin public. However, the CBDTadded, “The certified truecopy of the reports receivedfrom DGIT (Investigation)

will be submitted separately insealed cover for the perusal ofthe Supreme Court.”

The matter is listed forhearing on Tuesday. The listof re-elected MLAs and MPswhose assets showed “sub-stantial accretion” in theirpresent election affidavit ascompared to their previousaffidavit was prepared byAssociation for DemocraticReforms (ADR), which too isa petitioner before the Courtthat has demanded election candidates to dis-close their source of incomeand asset details of depen-dents as well.

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In a major setback to the fam-ily of former Railway

Minister Lalu Prasad, theIncome Tax Department onMonday issued a final attach-ment order to the RashtriyaJanata Dal (RJD) chief ’s daugh-ter Misa Bharti and her hus-band Sailesh Kumar. Theattachments include a farm-house in South Delhi’sBijwasan, a house in theCapital’s Defence Colony areaand another property in Patna.

In a separate development,Lalu and his son TejashwiYadav sought more time fromthe CBI to appear before it forquestioning in connection witha case related to alleged irreg-ularities in tender process oftwo hotels of Railways. Lastweek, the CBI had summonedboth of them to come to CBIheadquarters on September 11and 12 for questioning.

Officials of Income Taxdepartment said that the finalattachment order came 90 daysafter the Department had pro-

visionally attached the properties. In June, the department

had served notices of attach-ment of assets to Lalu, his wifeRabri, son Tejashwi (formerBihar deputy chief minister)and daughter Misa Bharti, andson-in-law Shailesh Kumar.

The attachment notice wasissued by the tax departmentunder section 24(3) of theBenami Transactions(Prohibition) Act; Prasad’s wife,son and daughter have beenidentified as beneficiaries of thebenami properties, which arespread across Delhi, Gurugram,Rewari and Patna.

The department hadattached about a dozen plotsand buildings in Delhi andBihar, including a farm houseand land in the Palam Vihararea, a residential building inthe upmarket New FriendsColony area of south Delhi,nine plots on a 256.75 decimalland area in Phulwari Sharifarea in Patna, where a shoppingmall was being constructed,among a few others in the samearea in Bihar’s Capital.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi andhis Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe

will look at ways to enhance “multifac-eted” relations between the two countriesand carry forward their special strategicand global partnership when they meetfor the annual Summit on Wednesday.

Abe begins his two-day visit onWednesday during which he and Modiwill hold the 12th India-Japan annualSummit in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar.

The summit takes place amid ris-ing tension in the Far East after NorthKorea tested a hydrogen bomb,launched a ballistic missile over Japan,and the growing Chinese assertivenessin the South China Sea.

This will be the fourth annualsummit between Modi and Abe.

The two leaders have met 10 timesin the last three years, with the last beingon the sidelines of the G20 Summit atHamburg in July. Prime Minister Modi

had visited Japan in November last year.“The two leaders will review the rec-

ent progress in the multifaceted cooper-ation between India and Japan under theframework of their special strategic andglobal partnership and will set its futuredirection,” MEA said in a statement.

Apart from attending a businessplenary, the two leaders will also takea tour of Dandi Kutir in Gandhinagar,which is India’s largest museum show-casing the life and teachings ofMahatma Gandhi.

India-Japan ties are on an upswingin a range of areas, including defenceand security. At their annual defencedialogue last week, the two countrieshad resolved to collaborate closely indefence production, including on dualuse technology.

When asked about the talksbetween the two sides on defence,including the sale of amphibious aircraftShinMaywa US-2 to India, PranayVerma, joint secretary (East Asia), didnot go into details, but noted thatdefence cooperation remains an area ofpriority between New Delhi and Tokyo.

Verma was responding to mediaqueries at a briefing on Abe’s visit.

Replying to a question on whetherwork on any project had commencedafter the Indo-Japan civil nuclear coop-eration deal came into force in July thisyear, Verma said, It is for the two sidesto start discussions to look at how to takethis forward in a manner that contributesto India’s civil nuclear programme.

The nuclear pact, signed inNovember 2016, is expected to help for-

eign players build atomic power reac-tors in India with equipment fromJapan. Responding to a question onAsia-Africa Growth Corridor, Vermasaid, talks were going on and India wasl3ooking at collaboration with Japan inthird countries. “This (the talks) isacquiring gradual maturity.”

The initiative is not only being dis-cussed between India and Japan, butalso with third countries, Verma added.

Launched in May this year, theAsia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC)is an economic cooperation agreementbetween the governments of India andJapan. Verma said development innortheast India is an area where the twonations have agreed to cooperate.

“Discussions are clearly to begin indepth....What kind of projects andwhat sectors...It will be in consulationwith the stakeholders, with the con-cerned departments of government ofIndia as well as the northeastern states.That is still a work in progress,” he said.

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Want to know what typeof rare genetic diseases

you might get in future? Ofcourse, it is possible to knownow, thanks to the scientistsat the Council of Scientific &Industrial Research (CSIR)-Institute of GenomicsIntegrated Biology (IGIB)who have developed a uniqueDNA-based technolog yGOMED (Genomics andother Omics technologies forEnabling Medical Decision).

It can help clinicians toidentify various genetic dis-eases such as Turner syn-drome and Gaucher’s diseasethat an individual is suspect-ed to get in future. In fact, theGOMED is already widelysought after by clinicians andover the short span of oneyear has been able to provideaccessible genetic testing forover 500 patients who other-

wise could not have affordedthe costly tests.

The CSIR-IGIB, underthe Union Science andTechnology Ministry, whichhas developed the technology,after intensive clinical trials,is in talks with various diag-nostic laboratories like PathLabs and others to launch iton commercial basis andmake it available to a com-

mon man.Dr Anurag Agar wal,

senior scientist at IGIB saidthat the present portfolioincludes tests spanning over80 genes and screening formitochondrial disorders andis continuously updated.Presently, the IGIB is offeringthe genetic analysis services toits network of clinicians forthe benefit of patients.

“In a short span, we havecatered to over 500 patientsfrom across the countrythrough a clinical networkencompassing over 25 majormedical centres spanning thelength and breath of the coun-try,” he added.

The programme is fund-ed through the Fast-TrackTranslat ion (FT T) pro-gramme of CSIR.

Dr Agarwal explainedthat it has been estimated thatgenetic diseases affect over 70million Indians and a total ofover 300 million worldwide.In majority of the cases, anappropriate diagnosis is notarrived at , due to lack of general awareness ongenetic diseases, absence ofaccess and high cost of appro-priate genetic diagnostic ser-vices.

For example, early genet-ic diagnosis and treatment ofa large and increasing numberof genetic diseases like achon-droplasia, Turner syndromeand Gaucher’s disease inadulthood is also equallyimportant as this couldpotentially prevent the trans-mission of genetic diseases tothe future generat ionsthrough counseling and orcompanion prenatal geneticdiagnositics, Dr Agarwaladded.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi and his Japanese

counterpart Shinzo Abe wouldperform the customaryBhoomi Pujan at Sabarmati inGujarat for India’s ambitiousbullet train project onThursday.

Railway Minister PiyushGoyal on Monday announcedthat Railways will be trans-formed and revolutionised onthe day Modi and Abe wouldlay the foundation stone for theover �one lakh crore projectfunded by the JapaneseGovernment.

“The coming of bullettrains to India will not onlyboost employment but infuture India will be able toexport it too,” said Goyalannouncing the formal com-mencement of the work projectfor the Ahemdabad-Mumbaihigh speed corridor.

The ground breaking cer-emony or bhoomi-pujan willbe performed on September 14by Modi and Abe nearAhmedabad’s Sabarmati rail-way station. Modi and Abe areexpected to stay in the city forthree days, starting fromSeptember 13.

“Japanese PM Shinzo Abeand our PM would arrive in

Gujarat on September 13 after-noon. The next morning, theywould attend the ground-breaking ceremony of the high-speed rail project at theSabarmati railway station. Bothof them are expected to leaveon September 15 morning,”said a close aide of Goyal.

Goyal, who took over asRailway Minister from SureshPrabhu last week, added thatthe PM has given directions fora holistic development of theIndian Railways. Goyal saidthat the country’s transportsector is all set to change andit is indeed a matter of cele-bration.

While former RailwayMinister Lalu Yadav was first totalk about a Bullet Train inIndia almost a decade ago, itwas however expedited duringthe tenure of Prabhu who hashence been shifted toCommerce Ministry. Prabhuhad also held meetings withJapanese experts on manyoccasions and was successful inseeking a soft loan of mere 0.1per cent from Japan.

“It has been a zero accidenttrain in Japan and I am sure thetrack record will remain thesame in India,” Goyal said at hismaiden Press conference asRailway Minister at RailBhawan.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Monday said India

attaches the highest priority toits ties with Afghanistan andpromised strong support tothe trouble-torn country’s fightagainst terrorism “imposed”on it, an apparent reference totrouble fomented by Pakistan.

Modi, while receivingAfghan Foreign MinisterSalahuddin Rabbani here, alsoreiterated India’s full support tothe Government and people ofAfghanistan, including throughhumanitarian and develop-ment assistance, in their effortsto build a peaceful, united,democratic and prosperousnation, a PMO statement said.

During the meeting,Rabbani briefed the PrimeMinister on the situation inAfghanistan.

“Both agreed that theAfghan peace process has to beAfghan-led, Afghan-ownedand Afghan-controlled,” thestatement said.

It said Modi affirmed thatIndia attaches the highest pri-ority to its ties withAfghanistan.

“The prime minister reit-erated India’s strong support toAfghanistan in fighting terror-ism imposed on that countryand its people,” the statementadded.

The statement did not elab-orate on the issue of “terrorismimposed” on Afghanistan butit was an apparent reference totrouble fomented by Pakistanin that country.

Afghanistan has been say-ing that terrorism in that coun-try emanates from Pakistanwhere the “safe havens” exist

with the patronage of thePakistani Army. Rabbani is inIndia for the 2nd meeting of theIndia-Afghanistan StrategicPartnership Council that he co-chairs along with ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Earlier, after the StrategicPartnership Council meeting,Rabbani said India andAfghanistan have agreed tostrengthen security coopera-tion.

“India has further agreed toprovide assistance to Afghannational defence forces,” hesaid.

India agreed to providefurther assistance to Afghandefence forces during a meet-ing between External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj andRabbani.

Asserting that its relation-ship with Afghanistan is an“article of faith” for India,Swaraj said the two countriesremain united in overcomingthe challenges posed by crossborder terrorism and safehavens and sanctuaries.

Addressing a joint pressmeet after co-chairing theIndo-Afghan strategic part-nership council with Swaraj,Rabbani said India andAfghanistan have agreed tostrengthen security coopera-tion.

“India has further agreed toprovide assistance to Afghannational defence forces,” hesaid. Afghanistan has long beenpressing for greater Indianassistance in defence suppliesand capacity building.

He also asserted that hiscountry’s friendship with Indiadoes not mean hostility to anyother country and added thatit is not a zero-sum game.

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In an effort to facilitate “quick-er decision making”, newly-

appointed Defence MinisterNirmala Sitharaman has decid-ed to make a departure from theset norms. She will hold meet-ings with the three Servicechiefs and the Defence Secretarydaily. Moreover, the meeting ofthe Defence AcquisitionCouncil (DAC), which clearsacquisition proposals, will beheld every fortnight.

Earlier, any Defence Min-ister used to meet the three Serv-ices chiefs whenever requiredbased on the urgency of the issue.Also, the DAC meetings chairedby the Defence Minister used totake place once a month.

The decision to confer withthe three chiefs and the Defence

Secretary and hold DAC meet-ing every 15 days was announcedhere on Monday.

Sitharaman, who formallytook charge on Wednesday lastweek, has hit the ground run-ning as she has to ensure that thepace of momentum of opera-tional preparedness of the armedforces is sustained. Facing threatfrom Pakistan in the west andChina in the east, the armedforces have to maintain vigil atall times and for this they needstate of the art weapons andother allied systems.

The NDA Governmentcleared defence proposals worthover �2 lakh crore since it cameto power in 2014. While someprojects have taken off, someothers, including the manufac-ture of six submarines, here aspart of Make in India policy arelagging behind. This proposalworth over �60,000 crore wasgiven the nod two years back.

Sitharaman is racing againsttime as the tenure of the NDAregime comes to an end in 2019

and it will like to showcase to thepeople that the Governmentbelieves in delivering. Keepingthis in backdrop, the decision tohold DAC meetings every 15days was taken, officials said.

The new Minister will alsohave to address the issue of short-age of arms and ammunitionspeedily. The Army has ammu-nition for just ten days to fightan intense war as it faces criticaldeficiency of ammunition andcritical spares. In fact, theComptroller and AuditorGeneral (CAG) had also flaggedthe issue in its report tabled in therecently concluded Monsoon

Session of Parliament.With Prime Minister

Narendra Modi repeatedlystressing the need for Make inIndia to reduce dependence forimport of weapons, the Gover-nment recently announced theStrategic Partnership policy. Itallows the Indian private andpublic sector companies to forgejoint ventures with foreign orig-inal equipment manufacturersfor building warships, sub-marines, fighter jets and artilleryguns in the country.

The submarine projectcomes under the StrategicPartnership as well as the IAF’s

need for at least 100 light weightfighter jets to replace the ageingMIG21s and Mig 27s. The pro-jected cost of this is more than�60,000 crore and the IAF is like-ly to float the global tender in thecoming months. Two internati-onal aerospace giants namely Lo-ckheed Martin of US and SAABof Sweden have tied with Tatasand Adani group respectively inanticipation of bagging the deal.Lockheed manufactures F 16while SAAB builds Gripen jets.

As the Prime Minister wantsto make India a hub for manu-facturing world class hi-techweapon systems, Sitharamanwill have to clear the blockadesto ensure smooth implementa-tion of Strategic Partnership andother contracts. Incidentally,defence contracts have a longgestation period before the dealsare inked and the new Ministerwill have to speed up the variousprocurement processes.

The Defence Ministry com-muniqué issued about the twodecisions on meetings said Sith-

araman held a number of meet-ings with senior officials tofamiliarise with the activitiesand functioning of the Ministryof Defence and gave clear direc-tions on critical issues. Specialemphasis was laid by theMinister on the need to step upthe pace of acquisition propos-als. Towards ensuring timebound and speedy disposal, it hasbeen decided to hold DAC meet-ings on a fortnightly basis.

A whole range of meetingshave been scheduled with thethree Defence Service chiefs toreview defence preparednessand allied issues of strategicinterests. Daily morning meet-ings with the three Service Chiefsand a separate daily meeting withthe Defence Secretary have beenformatted as a new practice forquick decision making.

Other areas of focus wouldbe settling all outstanding landrelated issues for infrastructureprojects and matters relating towelfare of Defence personnel andtheir families, it said.

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There can be little doubt that theSupreme Court’s judgementin the triple talaq case takes usa step forward in ending apractice which is demeaning to

women, but it would be too optimistic tosee this as a major advance towards aUniform Civil Code, as enshrined in theDirective Principles of State Policy in theConstitution of India.

We need to be circumspect becausein this case, the apex court dealt with thelimited issue of validity of triple talaq.The court was clear that while any legislation was open to challenge ongrounds of arbitrariness, the law that gov-erned Muslims in matters such as mar-riage, divorce, inheritance, maintenance,gifts, guardianship, intestate successionetc, was the Muslim Personal Law(Shariat) Application Act 1937.

An important judgement of theSupreme Court, which is cited by thejudges who heard the triple talaq case, isShamim Ara vs State of Uttar Pradesh,which was decided in 2002. In this case,the apex court said, “...The correct law oftalaq, as ordained by the Holy Quran, isthat talaq must be for a reasonablecause and be preceded by attempts at rec-onciliation between the husband and thewife by two arbiters — one of them fromthe wife’s family and the other from thehusband’s; if the attempts fail, talaq maybe effected”.

In the present case, Justices RFNariman and UU Lalit said that given thefact that triple talaq is instant and irrev-ocable, it is obvious that any attempt atreconciliation between the husband andthe wife by two arbiters from their families, which is essential to savethe marital tie, cannot ever take place.They declared that triple talaq was man-ifestly arbitrary in the sense that the marital tie can be broken capriciously andwhimsically by a Muslim man without any attempt at reconciliation soas to save it.

This form of talaq must, therefore, beheld to be violative of the fundamentalright contained under Article 14 of theConstitution of India. The judges heldSection 2 of the 1937 Act to be void. Theysaid that it must be struck down as beingvoid to the extent that it recognises andenforces triple talaq.

As regards the protection given to cit-izens under Article 25 to freely “profess,practice and propogate religion”, thejudges cited judgements of the apex courtand said that “only what is an essentialreligious practice is protected underArticle 25”. While one judgement said “apractice does not acquire the sanction ofreligion simply because it is permitted”,another judgement discussed what con-

stitutes an essential part of religion. The court had held that “essential

practice means those practices that arefundamental to follow a religious belief.”“The test to determine whether a part orpractice is essential to a religion is to findout whether the nature of the religion willbe changed without that part or prac-tice...It is such permanent essential partswhich are protected by the Constitution”.

Applying this test, Justices Narimanand Lalit have concluded that triple talaqwould not form part of “any essential reli-gious practice”. Further, “it is clear thatthe fundamental nature of the Islamicreligion, as seen through an IndianSunni Muslim’s eyes, will not changewithout this practice”.

Justice Kurian, in a separate judge-ment, said the simple question thatneeded to be answered in this case waswhether triple talaq had any legal sanc-tity. He said that the Supreme Court hadheld in the Shamim Ara vs State of UttarPradesh case, “though not in so manywords” that triple talaq lacked legalsanctity, and as per Article 141 of theConstitution, Shamim Ara is the law thatis applicable in India.

He said as per Section 2 of theMuslim Personal Law (Shariat)Application Act 1937, the law that isapplicable to Muslims in regard to “mar-riage, dissolution of marriage, includingtalaq” shall be their personal law, name-

ly the Shariat — “nothing more, nothingless”. He agreed with Justices Narimanand Lalit that a legislation can be chal-lenged on the ground of arbitrariness. “Iam also of the strong view that constitutional democracy of Indiacannot conceive of a legislation which is arbitrary”.

Justice Kurian said the verses of theQuran, dealing with talaq, were “clear andunambiguous”. The Holy Quran hasattributed sanctity and permanence tomatrimony. However, in extremelyunavoidable situations, talaq is permis-sible. But an attempt for reconciliationand if it succeeds, then revocation, are theQuranic essential steps before talaqattains finality.

“In triple talaq, this door is closed,hence, triple talaq is against the basictenets of the Holy Quran and consequent-ly, it violates Shariat”. He said the aboveview had been endorsed by various highcourts, finally culminating in the ShamimAra judgement “which has since beentaken as the law banning triple talaq”.

Over the years, several judges havetaken up cudgels on behalf of Muslimwomen. One of them was Justice KrishnaIyer. In A Yousuf Rawther vs Sowramma,which he decided as a judge of the KeralaHigh Court, he said that the view that aMuslim husband enjoys an arbitrary, uni-lateral power to inflict instant divorcedoes not accord with Islamic injuctions.

“If he abandons his wife or puts heraway in simple caprice, he draws uponhimself the divine anger, for the curse ofgod, said the Prophet, rests on him whorepudiates his wife capriciously”.

Justice Iyer said commentators on theQuran had rightly observed that the hus-band must satisfy the court about the rea-sons for divorce.

However, “Muslim law, as applied inIndia, has taken a course contrary to thespirit of what the Prophet or the HolyQuran laid down and the same miscon-ception vitiates the law dealing with thewife’s right to divorce…..”.

Long years ago, Justice Khalid of theKerala High Court also raised many ques-tions in great anguish in regard to tripletalaq. In Mohd Haneefa vs PathummalBeevi, he asked: “Should Muslim wivessuffer this tyranny for all times? Shouldtheir personal law remain so crueltowards these unfortunate wives? Can itnot be amended suitably to alleviate theirsufferings? My judicial conscience is dis-turbed at this monstrosity. The questionis whether the conscience of the leadersof public opinion of the community willalso be disturbed”.

Going by the majority opinion in thetriple talaq case, a major step has beentaken to address the concerns expressedby Justice Khalid.

(The writer is Chairman, PrasarBharati. Views expressed here are personal)"

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Mamata’s brazen admission ofMuslim appeasement” (September9) by Anirban Ganguly. Thewriter’s powerful indictment ofWest Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee as a new face of‘secular fascism’ takes us back tothe pre-partition Bengal whenunder the then Prime Minister,Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy’srule and the founder of Pakistan,Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s ‘directaction’, Hindu Bengalis werestripped off of their dignity.Unfortunately, West Bengal’s pre-sent popularly elected ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee is pre-siding over a repeat of that grimtragedy. Thus, who is moreresponsible for Banerjee’s ‘fas-cism’? The answer is unmistak-able: The so-called intelligent,educated and intellectually awareBengali community.

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Justice to Lankesh” (September 8).The murder of journalist GauriLankesh outside her Bengaluru res-idence was a ghastly act. Journalismis the fourth pillar of a democracy,the others being — the executive, thelegislative and the judiciary, and ithas to be as strong as the other threeare. It has been days since the grue-some murder happened. Yet, therehas been no breakthroughs in hav-ing the culprit(s) identified, letalone being nabbed.

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Karnataka, instead of ordering aCentral Bureau of Investigationinquiry into the case, as desired bythe victim’s family, constituted aSpecial Investigation Team inves-tigation. Is the Government obliv-ious to the fact that in the MMKalburgi murder case, back in2015, there has not yet been anybreakthrough? Yet, the same SITwere constituted for this case. Thiscase is more worrisome though, asin the previous one, Kalburgi’s wifewas the prime witness. Whereas inthis case, there were none who sawthe murder being committed.

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Sir — A series of 13 blasts in quicksuccession ripped through variouslocations of India’s financial cap-ital on March 12, 1993. The blastcase cannot be closed or put to restunless the masterminds behind theattack are brought to book. Aftermore than 24 years after the inci-dent, an anti-terror court sen-tenced two convicts to death andthree others to between 10 yearsand a life term in jail. This marksthe conclusion of the second leg ofthe longest-running terror trial inthe country. While internationalpressure needs to be built upon thePakistan Government to own upto Dawood’s presence in Pakistanand to extradite him to India toface the law, a stricter view needsto be taken of the role of other con-spirators in the heinous act.

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APress statement was issued onthe Ministry of External Affairs’(MEA) twitter handle titled,

‘Doklam disengagement understand-ing’, and just like that, the tense twomonth stand-off between India andChina came to an end. In fact, thestand-off came to light when the MEAtweeted that there were “issues” withpilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar viaNathu La, which is close to Doklam.

The use of twitter to announce theend of the stand-off and the wordingsshows that the Government under-played the seriousness of the stand-offand the maturity with which it handledit, even as China was waging a psycho-logical war via its state-controlledmedia, telling that India will be taughta lesson better than 1962. It even went

to the extent of making videos withracial connotations.

India provided China with a facesaver which boxed itself with very lit-tle maneuvering space with its belliger-ent statements over the preceding twomonths. New Delhi had a clear statedobjective of restoration of pre-June 16status quo and stopping Chinese roadconstruction. Once that was agreed to,India gave China the face saver theyneeded by moving out the troops first.

The low key manner in which thedisengagement was announced and theabsence of any chest thumping by theGovernment or the media, showed thatIndia was sensitive to Chinese concernsof its prestige for its domestic audience,unlike what happened after the surgi-cal strikes against Pakistan. TheGovernment did not create a difficultsituation for China by claiming victo-ry after its stated objective was achieved.

In the commentaries that haveappeared since the stand-off ended,many have counseled that India shouldnot learn the wrong lessons and takethe Doklam resolution as template forfuture crises which is bound to take

place due to both the slight the Chinesewould be feeling about India and alsothe long unresolved boundary.

But it will not be in India’s inter-ests to learn the wrong, wrong lessons.India used diplomacy to resolve theDoklam crises backed by strong mili-tary posture by mobilising a large num-ber of troops. More importantly, it puton alert both its conventional cruisemissiles and strategic assets as stated byLt Gen HS Panag, the former northernArmy Commander, in his columnrecently. India showed the intent to fightif its strategic interests were hurt.

India’s National Security Advisor,Ajit Doval, visited Beijing while thestand-off was on, to participate in theBrics summit and met with Chineseofficials to discuss the stand-off. Dovalwould have conveyed that India will notcompromise on its security which wasthreatened by China’s land grab inBhutan. Doval was portrayed in theChinese state media as the “mainschemer” of the Doklam stand-off.

India’s experience of losing its ter-ritory of Aksai Chin to China is a les-son it cannot forget. India was oblivi-

ous to the fact that China was build-ing its national highway 219 connect-ing Tibet with Xinjiang through AksaiChin during the 1950s which openedofficially in 1958. By the time Indiaprotested the highway, it was too late.

Beijing told New Delhi that AksaiChin was its territory and that any fur-ther negotiation will have to considerthe facts on the ground. The same wasattempted in Doklam which India wasquick to stop, although this was inBhutan’s territory but with a bearing onIndia’s security. This template of build-ing infrastructure and grabbing landhas been used by China in the seas ofSouth China Sea as well.

China claims the entire SouthChina Sea and undertook massive landreclamation on various islands whichwent unopposed by other nationsclaiming them. China militarised thereclaimed land by installing air defencesystem, making 10,000 feet runwaysand ports that can handle large jets andwarships. China exercises de factocontrol over these islands and the abil-ity to control the entire South ChinaSea. The US has conducted numerous

freedom of navigation operations usingits warships close to these islands butit doesn’t change the ground reality.

The nations of Indo-Pacific, reel-ing under China’s land and watergrab, will have watched the resolutionof the stand-off closely. Rory Medcalfof Lowy Institute opined in his columnthat “the firmness on the ground, com-bined with the patient and low-keynature of India’s diplomatic negotiationsmay provide a new template for han-dling Chinese coercion and that Japan,the Republic of Korea, Taiwan,Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines,Singapore and Australia, will be watch-ing with more than academic interest.”

The stand-off, however, throws upthe need for India and China toengage in creating larger confidencebuilding measures from the existing anagreement for border management.Both, China and India are nucleararmed countries with missiles capableof reaching every major city. China’ssecond artillery corps has in its inven-tory, thousands of ballistic and cruisemissiles. India has deployed cruise mis-siles on the border with China and has

ballistic missiles armed with nuclearwarheads. India also has opera-tionalised its first nuclear ballistic mis-sile submarine, INS Arihant, with andlaunched its second in class submarinethe INS Aridhaman with plans to addmore and increasingly capable nuclearsubmarines that will be armed withlong range ballistic missiles.

China refuses to recognise India asa nuclear weapons power and discussany nuclear confidence building mea-sures. It is also the reason why it blocksIndia’s entry into the Nuclear SuppliersGroup. India has the opportunity topropose new confidence building mea-sures which gets China to recogniseIndia as a nuclear weapons state anddiscuss ways to avoid any misunder-standings about each other’s intentions.

Prime Minister Modi, in his meet-ing with President Xi during the recentBrics summit discussed the need tobuild trust. If India convinces China todiscuss nuclear confidence buildingmeasures, it will be a positive outcomefrom the Doklam stand-off.

(The writer is editor, Defence Forum India)

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The introduction of 360-degreeappraisal system in the countryhas created widespread resent-

ment among Government servants.This system, which was prevalent inthe corporate world, was introducedin Government systems in April2016, by the Department of Personneland Training (DoPT), under thePrime Minister’s Office (PMO) for theappraisal and promotion of officersfrom joint secretary rank. The reasonwhy the Government opted to bringthis poor, cut and paste 360-degreeappraisal system in Governmentmechanism, is an intriguing questionbecause it already had a well-defined,legally valid appraisal system, like the Annual Confidential Report (ACR), now known as theAnnual Performance AppraisalReport (APAR).

Terming the newly inducted 360-degree appraisal system as opaqueand non-transparent, a recent reportby the Parliamentary StandingCommittee said that this system,which is used for promotion of high-er officials, lacks legal standing andresults in manipulations. The report,recently tabled in the monsoon ses-sion of Parliament, observed that thissystem, used in the corporate world,is not at all suitable in a Governmentmechanism as inputs for appraisal ofofficers are collected in informalways and are, therefore, subjective.

“The committee finds the present360-degree appraisal system opaque,non-transparent and subjective. Theconcerns of the Second AdministrativeReforms Commission have not beensuitably addressed. Feedback in thisprocess is obtained informally, mak-ing the process susceptible to beingmanipulated. Further, the feedbackreceived from subordinates and stake-holders may be biased and lack objec-tivity, particularly if the officer had todiscipline his subordinates or he wasunable to meet the unjustifieddemands of stakeholders.”

Further, the ParliamentaryStanding Committee on Personal,Public Grievances, Law and Justice inits 33-page report said, “Acting onfeedbacks so received puts the con-cerned officer in a disadvantageousposition as the remedies available tohim in case his APAR/ACR has notbeen written objectively, are not avail-able to him in this process. Acting onsuch feedback behind the back of theofficer may not be legally tenable, par-ticularly if it adversely affects hisempanelment prospectus. Moreover,there is no statutory backing to thescheme and it is based on executiveinstructions only. The Committee,therefore, impresses upon theGovernment to take necessary steps tomake the process of empanelmentmore objective, transparent and fair.”

The introduction of the 360-degree appraisal system has literallysidelined the current ACR/APAR sys-tem. Apart from APAR, the 360-degree appraisal, collected throughinformal ways, is seen as a huge prob-lem in the bureaucracy. In the 360 sys-tem, information and appraisal of anofficer is collected from juniors, retiredsenior officials and other stakeholders.Many associations of officials haveraised their voices against this kind ofsystem practiced in private companies.

The committee report, on sever-al occasions, pointed out that the 360degree appraisals system is not at allsuitable for the Government machin-ery. The DoPT under the PMO imple-mented this new mechanism alongwith the mandatory APAR/ACR forthe empanelment of joint secretariesand above level officers. This newmechanism was not at all appreciat-ed by officers due to its informal wayof collection of feedback about themfrom their juniors, retired officials andeven from private persons. Therewere criticism on the part of officersthat even anonymous complaintsduring their promotion time wereconsidered as feedback.

The Parliamentary StandingCommittee, headed by Congressleader and MP, Anand Sharma, point-ed out that due to the informal andnon-legal nature, officials have beendeprived of remedies when feed-backs are found negative in the 360degree appraisal system. It also saidthat the method of collecting feedbackfrom stakeholders, like from privateparties, about an official, is totallyambiguous and not suitable in aGovernment mechanism.

Since April 2016, this informal wayof gathering information about officers

is being used for appraisal and promo-tion of officers belonging to the AllIndia Civil Services and UnionGovernment’s Group A services.

But the reason why such an ille-gal way is being implemented in aGovernment machinery has not yetbeen answered. There have been onlyinformal replies or justification fromtop echelons in the Government thatthis new 360 degree appraisal systemis a success in the corporate world.However, the so-called success in thecorporate world is a bogus claim. Weare now witnessing the dark side of thecorporate world. There have beenmurky battles in Tata and Infosys.These battles in private business hous-es have exposed the fact that merit isnot the key, and that for the powerfulman/woman, loyalty matters the most.

But the question is: Why did theGovernment adopt this non-transpar-ent way for appraisal at all? Actually,the Government machinery uses theIntelligence Bureau (IB) and other vig-ilance reports for appraisal and promo-tion of senior officers. The reports ofIB and vigilance are treated as infor-mal ways and this system is not sub-ject to legal scrutiny and is hencefound to be very efficient.

Then what is the use of anothernew informal system called the 360degree appraisal system which has nolegal value and no sanctity? Anotherexcuse cited by the Government forusing this kind of system is that it isbeing used in countries like the UK,the European Union and alsoAustralia. But these kind of excuses arenot sufficient to practice a systemwhich lacks legal validity.

The secrecy in the process of 360degree appraisal is not at all justifiable.The officers must have the right to

know how the appraisal mechanismworks. The continuation of this systemwill ultimately open floodgates of lit-igations in Central AdministrativeTribunals and various other courts.

The Parliamentary StandingCommittee observed that “there is anelement of subjectivity” in thisprocess. “Also, there would be an ele-ment of fear as peer and subordinateswill also be consulted under 360degree evaluation. The 360 degreeevaluation system, which overridesthe assessment based on APAR sys-tem, needs to be transparent. Officersnot recommended by the 360 degreeevaluation panel should be told thereason and they should get a chanceto represent before the empanel-ment decision is finalised,” said thepanel report, urging for transparentguidelines and legal framework for360 degree appraisal system.

After all, what is its relevance incollecting information from juniorofficers and retired officials? In thisnew system, information is expectedto be collected from five to seven per-sons, including private persons.Seeking information from privateparties named as stake holders, linkedto the Government, about an officeris not at all a suitable method.

What is the meaning of a stake-holder? Private contractors associatedwith the Government or private per-sons engaged with Governmentoffices? This will in-turn turn out tobe a tool to settle scores in the end ifinformation collected from privateparties. At the end of the day the 360degree appraisal system will createchaos, anarchy and arbitrariness in theGovernment machinery.

(The writer is a SpecialCorrespondent, The Pioneer)

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Kumar spoke to his Haryanacounterpart Manohar LalKhattar twice over the grue-some murder of a seven-yearold boy Pradyuman Thakur inRyan International School atGurugram and urged him foran impartial enquiry into theincident and prompt actionagainst the perpetrators of thecrime and those found respon-sible for it.

Nitish said in Patna onMonday that it was a heartwrenching incident and imme-diate action was required. “Ispoke to Khattar yesterday andhe said he was monitoring thecase. Our DGP also contactedthe DGP of Haryana and alsothe Police Commissioner ofGurugram in this connection.Our Resident Commissioner inNew Delhi also went thereand met the bereaved family. Iagain spoke to Khattar thismorning after having talkswith mother and uncle of thevictim and urged him that tohonour the wishes of the fam-ily an impartial enquiry shouldbe held and I am confident thatthe CM will do it because he

himself is quite concernedabout the incident,” said Nitish.

Pradyuman’s family belongsto Bihar’s Madhubani district.The child was knifed to death bya school bus driver inside thewashroom of the school wherethe child went to relieve justbefore the prayer session. Thedriver was suspected to haveattempted to physically assaultthe child and when failed slit histhroat with a kitchen knife.

The CM said he sent hisemissary Sanjay Jha to meet andconsole the bereaved familyand through him spoke tomother and uncle of the mur-dered child. This is a heinouscrime and we all are highly con-cerned. We want that the fam-ily should get justice and per-petrators of the crime booked.

On RJD chief Lalu Prasad’sattack on him for the multicrore rupees Srijan scam ofBhagalpur, Nitish said, “I hadbrought this scam in publicdomain on August 9 and rec-ommended for CBI inquiry. Ifanybody has lack of faith in theCBI, he is free to move to thehigh court or Supreme Courtand make appeal for judicialmonitoring since theGovernment has no such juris-diction to request for.”

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Chief Minister Nitish Kumarappeared unperturbed over

the Supreme Court order seek-ing reply of ElectionCommission of India (ECI) overa complaint against him onMonday in the 18-year-old caseregistered with Pandarak policestation under Barh sub-divisionof Patna related to the murder ofone political activist during thepolling for Lok Sabha pollsNitish had been contesting. Thecomplaint case sought the ter-mination of the membership ofNitish from Legislative Council.

Nitish said, “The finalreport had been submitted ofthe case of which cognisancehas been taken. The court tookcognisance on a complaintcase and when he filed the affi-davit with the ElectionCommission cognisance hadnot been taken at that time.When there was no court cog-nisance how could I mention itas a pending case in my affi-davit in 2012?” The apex courthas sought reply from the ECI.

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Stage is set for a crucialAIADMK general council

meeting on Tuesday which inall probability would see theeasing out of VK Sasikala fromthe post of general secretary ofthe party. The Madras HighCourt on Monday dismissed acivil petition filed by P Vetrivel,MLA , who had requested thecourt to restrain the mergedfactions led by Palaniswamiand Panneerselvam from hold-ing the general council meet-ing. The court order is beingseen as a morale booster to theEPS-OPS combine as well as amajor setback to the Dinakaranfaction.

But Dinakaran struck lateMonday evening by declaringthat the MLAs owing alle-giance to him would voteagainst the PalaniswamiGovernment if the Oppositionbrings in a no-confidencemotion. Speaking to reportersat Madurai, Dinakaran saidthis was the surgical strike hisfaction has been planning for

some time now. With theannouncement of Dinakaran,the fate of PalaniswamyGovernment is almost sealed.

Vetrivel, a camp follower ofDinakaran, was imposed a fineof �1 lakh by Justice C VKarthikeyan who termed thepetition a vexatious litigation.The judge said in his order thatit has become a condemnablepractice for the litigants to filecivil suits by making men ontheir sides as defendants so thatthe latter could stab otherdefendants on their back at anopportune moment.

The judge expressed hissurprise over the petitioner’saction in violating an orderissued by the court early thisyear that any petition againstMLAs and Ministers filed by anMLA should be routed throughthe Chief Justice. JusticeKarthikeyan asked the peti-tioner to either attend the gen-eral council meeting honouringthe invitation extended to himor ignore the invite and stayaway from the venue.

The petitioner had con-

tended that the general coun-cil meeting was illegal andpleaded to the court to stay itbecause only the general sec-retary or the deputy generalsecretary were the only com-petent persons to convene sucha meeting.

The last general councilmeeting of the AIADMK washeld on December 29, 2016 fol-lowing the demise of thenparty chief J Jayalalithaa. Thatmeeting saw the election ofSasikala as new general secre-tary which set the tone for thedisintegration of the AIADMK.Though the December 29meeting held at Chennai hadunanimously elected Sasikala,the party underwent majorsplits and merger since then.

S Semmalai, seniorAIADMK leader, had told ThePioneer that Sasikala may notbe axed in Tuesday’s meeting.“We may abolish the post ofgeneral secretary once and for-ever as Jayalalithaa has bentermed as the life-long gener-al secretary of the party,” saidSemmalai.

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In what could be a blow toshoestring budget tourists vis-

iting Goa, Chief MinisterManohar Parrikar on Mondayordered a crackdown on cook-ing in the open by groups oftourists, in a bid to deter litter-ing of the State’s countryside andcoastal areas which annually seessix million tourists every year.

At a meeting chaired byParrikar, which was alsoattended by heads ofGovernment agencies includ-ing tourism, police and tourismand travel industry stakehold-ers from the private sector,Parrikar also re-iterated that aformal ban on swimming alongGoa’s beaches after sunsetwould be announced soon.

“The Chief Minister

ordered the police to crack-down on these tourists whocook in the open. It destroys thebeauty of our villages and alsocauses a lot of garbage which isthen left in the open areas bytourists,” Ajgaonkar said.

The popularity of Goa as atourism destination over theyears, has also resulted in groupsof budget tourists visiting theState in jeeps or buses withcooking gear, which is used toserve meals for the travellers.

There have been severalinstances of conflict betweensuch tourists and villages, whohave complained of litter leftbehind by them. Tourismindustry stakeholders have alsocomplained to the Governmentin the past about the lack ofrevenue due to promotion oflow budget tourism.

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BJP president Amit Shahwants the Bengal party unit

to go for a target-orientedgrowth by activating the sym-pathisers who want to work forthe outfit.

Not fully satisfied with theprogress report of the party inBengal in recent past, the BJPpresident, who held a closed-door meeting with State lead-ers, set a target for the workersto be complied by October. Theleader would return in Januaryto take stock of the situation.

Wondering whether theparty had been able to activatethe 40 lakh applicants whohad expressed their desire tojoin the party through a“missed call” programmeafter the BJP came to powerin 2014, he said the partywould now have to get backthe 40 lakh applicants and

reach out to them.Shah’s formula was sim-

ple, sources present in themeeting said. “The 40,000party workers will have to fanout in the 77,000 both areasand locate these 40 lakh appli-cants and involve these peo-ple in party work.”

Locating these sympathis-ers should be completed byOctober, he said and then byDecember they should be con-tacted so that they could beinvolved in party work, hereportedly said.

Though the party had wit-nessed a healthy expansion inthe State in the recent years the“saturation point has yet notbeen reached,” a senior Stateleader quoted Shah as saying.Sky was the limit for the saffronworkers in the State and “theultimate goal of BJP would beto form Government in Stateslike Bengal,” Shah said.

The BJP chief, who was ona three-day visit of the State,held the meeting of party menat the Indian Council forCultural Relations auditorium— a comparatively smallervenue — as the State Govern-ment got the permission tohold the meeting at NetajiIndoor Stadium revoked earli-er.

Senior leaders from theState like State party presidentDilip Ghosh, BJP nationalgeneral secretary KailashVijayvargiya and UnionMinisters SS Ahluwalia andBabul Supriyo were present inthe meeting.

Asking the partymen to pullup their shocks he said it was notenoughto talk about problemsall the time rather it was moreimportant to overcome thoseproblems, sources said.

The BJP president onTuesday will also meet theworkers from various districtswho have been victims ofTrinamool aggression.

Inside sources said thatthe leadership wanted the partyto chart a confrontationistapproach instead of takingTrinamool attacks lying down.

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BJP’s in-charge for theGujarat Assembly polls

and Union Finance MinisterArun Jaitley suggested seniorparty leaders in the State tocontest upcoming Assemblyelections on developmentplank coupled with perfor-mance of the BJP-ruledGovernment in the State.

Jaitley and DefenceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman,who is also co-election in-charge, on Monday held aworkshop for BJP media andsocial media unit members atthe State party headquarters –Shree Kamalam situated onthe outskirts of the State capi-tal Gandhinagar.

The Finance Ministerinsisted to stay focused onvarious social media plat-forms to counter criticism ondevelopment achievements ofthe BJP Government. ‘‘Ourparty has deep roots in theState. We will contest theAssembly polls on the basis ofGujarat Government’s perfor-mance and development agen-da,’’ he said asking the socialmedia unit members to takethe criticism (especially fromsponsored by opposition par-ties) head on.

Sitharaman said that as aco-incharge for the StateAssembly polls she was givenresponsibility of the Saurashtraregion which has representa-tion of 58 seats out of 182 in theState Assembly.

Both these leaders visited

the State first time after theywere given responsibility forthe Gujarat assembly polls.After the meeting Jaitley toldthe media persons that heand Sitharaman had detaileddiscussion with the core teamof Gujarat BJP to chalk outpoll strategy along with theworkshop for around 500members of media unit whoare handling media and social media.

It is worth mentioningthat opposition Congress

party has initiated a campaignon BJP’s development claimson social media handles aswell as by putting hoardingsacross the State. Congressparty’s satire on ‘Vikas’(development) in a funnyway has drawn attention ofyoungsters. The ruling BJPhas become alert on the cam-paign launched Congressparty. BJP’s national presidentAmit Shah termed the cam-paign as ‘false propaganda’ ofthe opposition party duringhis interaction with young-sters on Sunday.

He appealed the young-sters not to believe such pro-paganda and trust on theirown eyes and experiencesover the development processin the State.

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Union Defence MinisterNirmala Sitharaman vis-

ited Golden Katar Division inAhmedabad on Mondaywhere she was received byGeneral Bipin Rawat and othersenior officials. After takingover as Defence MinisterSitharaman started visitingnumber of Army, Air Forceand Naval establishments.

She was given an opera-tional update and briefedabout the operational capabil-ity of the premier Southern

Command including matterspertaining to operational logis-tics and administration.

The Minister was informedover the state of mission relia-bility and morale of troops. Sheassured that she would lookinto the shortcomings andinstitute remedial measures.

She said she would lookforward to more such onground outings. Beforereturning to Delhi, theMinister also visited somefield units in Gujarat.

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Why did the BJP chooseNizamabad, instead of

Hyderabad to conduct its pub-lic meeting to celebrate“Telangana Liberation Day”,marking the merger of NizamState into Indian Union 69years ago?

Many in the State politicalcircles believe that the decisionwas not incidental but appearsto be part of a larger game planto wrest the prestigiousNizamabad Lok Sabha seat,now represented by K Kavitha,daughter of the Chief MinisterK Chandrasekhar Rao.

Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh and many othersenior leaders of the BJP willaddress the public meeting atthe end of the Statewide cam-paign, meetings and demon-strations to urge the TRSGovernment to celebrate theday officially.

The BJP is going all out tomake the event a big success toenliven the party rank and fileand create confidence in themthat the party is going to cap-ture power in the State in 2019.

As part of the plan manyleaders of other parties, includ-ing D Ravi, the son of seniorTRS leader, and Rajya Sabhamember D Srinivas will beinducted in the party on theoccasion.

Already many senior partyleaders, including general sec-retary P Murlidhar Rao, havevisited Nizamabad to assess thesituation.

Party sources said thatapart from Hyderabad andSecunderabad, where the partyhad won five Assembly andone Lok Sabha seat in 2014,BJP planners will be focussingon entire North Telanganawhere BJP was strong till TRSswallowed its supporters dur-ing the Telangana movement.

The BJP was trying its bestto woo them back with themagic wand of NarendraModi effect. “There is noother alternative to the TRSother than the BJP”, saidMurlidhar Rao explaining whythe party was expecting alarge number of leaders ofother parties to join it.

The party was speciallyhopeful of winning NizamabadLok Sabha seat as it had a goodchunk of votes. In the past, it’sleader Y Lakshminarayana hadwon Nizamabad assembly seatonce. In 2014, he contested LokSabha seat and came thirdwith about 21% votes behindMadhu Yashki of Congresswho polled 26.32% votes.Kavitha who won the seat withmore than 42% votes appears tobe strong on the basis of hergood work and close rapportwith the constituency.

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The lone Muslim Ministerin the Yogi Adityanath

Government and Minister ofState for Minority Welfare,Mohsin Raza was electedunopposed to the LegislativeCounci l in Lucknow on Monday.

Returning Officer andPrincipal Secretary (Assembly)Pradeep Kumar Dubeyannounced the election of

Raza after approval from theElection Commission. Razalater came to the Assembly toreceive the winning certificateand was accompanied by hisfamily members.

Raza was elected to theCouncil seat vacated byThakur Jaiveer Singh ofBahujan Samaj Party, wholater joined the BJP. TheMinister’s term in theLegislative Council will endon May 5, 2018.

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On Monday when IndianHome Minister Rajnath

Singh was touring forwardareas along the Line of Controlin Nowshera sector of frontierRajouri district along with topbureaucrats and senior officersof Border Security Force (BSF)Pakistan army shattered peaceby initiating ‘unprovoked’ceasefire violation in neigh-bouring Poonch district.

The ‘indiscriminate’ firingfrom the Pakistani side startedaround 1.45 p.m and continuedtill late evening.

According to field reportsPakistan army had turnedtheir guns towards civilianareas and fired mortars, smallarms and automatic weapons totarget forward Indian posts. Inresponse the Indian sidestrongly retaliated the fire tosilence roaring Pak guns.

Despite heavy exchangeof fire along the LoC UnionHome Minister went aheadand attended series of pro-grammes aimed at boostingmorale of the border resi-dents and brave soldiersguarding the frontiers of theMother Nation.

On his arrival RajnathSingh visited an army camp inNowshera and later met dis-placed border residents camp-ing in a relief camp.

Acknowledging the role ofborder residents and theirsacrifices Singh said peopleliving in border areas are our‘strategic assets’. He said it isour duty to look after theirbasic needs. “I have instruct-ed the authorities to increaserecruitment of people living inborder areas in our securityforces”,he added.

Responding to the longpending demand of affectedpopulation Home Minister alsoannounced that those who suf-fer more than 50 percent dis-ability due to ceasefire viola-tions will receive �5 lakh ascompensation

Later he attended a PrahariSammellan at a BSF camp in

Nowshera. He also took stockof the operational preparedness

on the line of control and theInternational Border.

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Kancha illaiah, famous authorand Dalit rights activist, has

received threatening calls fromunknown persons.

Dr Illaiah, author of sever-al books including “why I amnot Hindu” on Monday lodgeda formal complaint at theOsmania University police sta-tion. In his complaint Illaiahalleged that the threatening callwere being made by the mem-bers of Arya Vysya communityas they were angry with his lat-est book.

Later speaking to themedia he expressed apprehen-sion that there was a seriousthreat to his life. “They may killme like Gauri Lankesh”, hesaid without naming anybody.Gauri Lankesh, a famousKannada journalist and activistwas shot dead in Bangalore byunknown assailants.

He said he also gave copiesof his books to the police.

Threatening calls have comeat a time when the Arya Vysyacommunity was up in armsagainst Kancha Illaiah's latestbook. Members of the commu-nity were holding protests againstthe book saying they were den-igrated and mocked in it. Theyhave also lodged complaint withthe police. Earlier another book“Why I am not a Hindu” hadalso evoked angry reaction fromvarious right wing Hindu groups.

Kancha Illaiah who writesin English and Telugu ispresently working as director,centre for study of social exclu-sion and inclusive policy atMoulana Azad National UrduUniversity, Hyderabad. Hisbooks have been translated inmany other languages.

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Swine flu has claimed the lifeof a senior police officer of

Warangal district. 47 year old Durgaiah

Yadav, assistant commissionerof police of Vardhannapet inWarangal district died In a hos-pital in Hyderabad.

Diegaiah, who was earliertreated at a private hospital inHanmakonda was rushed toHyderabad as his conditionworsened.

He was put on ventilatorbut succumbed on Sunday.

Through several cases ofswine flu were registered inWarangal district this is the firstdeath caused by the disease.

Doctors at YashodaHospital said that he wasbrought very late, six days afterthe symptoms were noticed.Moreover he had uncontrolleddiabetes, his kidney and lungswere badly affected.

Swine Flu is an airbornedisease with symptoms of fever,cough and body pain.

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In what came as a surprise, thename of its senior State NCP

leader and former State WaterResources Minister Sunil Tatkaredid not figure in the charge-sheet filed by State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)before a special court at Thanein the Kondhane dam scam case.

Though there had for sometime been speculation in theState political circles that Tatkaremight be named as one of the

accused in the scam, the ACBdid not name him as an accusedas it filed a 3,000 page charge-sheet against six former irriga-tion department officials in theKondhane dam scam case.

Having registered a caseunder various sections of theIndian Penal Code andPrevention of Corruption Actat Thane’s Kopri Police stationSeptember 3, 2016, a SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) of theACB had investigated the scamfor the past one year under sec-tion 173 (8) of Cr.PC.

In its charge-sheet, the SITnamed Nisar Fateh Khatri, part-ner of FA construction of FAConstruction and FA Enterprisesand five officials of the KonkanIrrigation DevelopmentCorporation (KIDC) —Devendra Shirke, executive

director, R D Shinde, P BSonawane, both former chiefengineers, AP Kalokhe,Superintendent Engineer andRajesh Rite, then executive engi-neer – as accused in the case.

Tatkare and NCP’s formerdeputy Chief Minister AjitPawar, who was the StateIrrigation Minister between1999 and 2010, have beenunder the scanner for thealleged irregularities in theirrigation projects in Raigaddistrict in Konkan region dur-ing the previous DFGovernment’s rule.

Both Pawar and Tatkarehad been questioned by theState ACB in connection withthe alleged irregularities in the

projects executed by executedby the KIDC.

Tatkare had taken over as theState Water Resources Minister,after Pawar was elevated as thedeputy Chief Minister and hand-ed the portfolios of Finance andEnergy in 2010.

The Kondhane project,which involved the construc-tion of a across Ulhas river atKarjat in Raigad district, wasapproved by the previous DFGovernment on May 19, 2011.Immediately afterwards, theState Government called forquotations. FA Constructionsand FA Enterprises submittedseparate quotations eventhough both belonged to thesame owners. The StateGovernment granted the con-tract to FA Constructions eventhough it had allegedly failed to

fulfil the terms and conditions. The project’s cost estimates

were increased from the orig-inal �80 crore to �327 crore. Nopermission was taken for thecost escalations. The damheight was allegedly increasedin violation of rules for the ben-efit of the private companywhich had submitted bids inthe name of two smaller firms.

The SIT investigations haverevealed that the project wasundertaken even before thedam designs were approved bythe Design Institute and per-missions were obtained fromthe Forest Department andEnvironment Ministry.

Though the project hadbeen approved way back in1984, it had remained on paperbefore KIDC’s executive direc-tor, R D Shinde in 2010.

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Trinamool Congress’ never-ending encounter with the

CBI-ED tended to continuewith senior leaders like MukulRoy and Suvendu Adhikarybeing grilled on Monday fortheir alleged involvement in theNarada payoff case.

While Roy a former RailwayMinister and Rajya Sabha MP isstill the party’s vice president,Adhikary a former MP andcurrently a State Minister wasChief Minister MamataBanerjee’s Nandigram spear-head between 2007 and 2011.

Roy deposed before theCBI at Nizam Palace andAdhikary who had earlier failedto respond to the summonswas quizzed by the ED at theCGO Complex. Though, therewas no reaction from the two

leaders sources close to themsaid they would cooperate withthe central agencies.

A sting operation con-ducted by Narada News pur-portedly showed a dozen ofTrinamool leaders acceptingcash from a sting journalistwho posed as a prospectiveinvestor in the State.

Before Monday’s interro-gation a host of TMC MPs andMinisters like Saugato Roy,Prasun Banerjee, AparupaPoddar and Subroto Mukherjee,Sovan Chatterjee were grilled bythe CBI in the past week.

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In a landmark judgment, theMadurai Bench of the

Madras High Court orderedthe Tamil Nadu Government toprovide all infrastructure facil-ities to the union ministry ofhuman resource developmentfor launching NavodayaVidyalayas in the State from theacademic year 2018.

Justice K K Sasidharan anJustice G R Swaminathandemolished all arguments putforward by the Government ofTamil Nadu which literallyplayed hide and seek game withthe court by not furnishingcounter arguments to the pointsraised by the petitioners whohad sought a directive from thecourt to the State Governmentfor opening NavodayaVidyalayas in the State.

Tamil Nadu is the onlyState which had not allowed theopening of NavodayaVidyalayas, a concept schoollaunched in 1985 for the ben-efit of children in rural areas toget quality education in publicschool atmosphere. All Statesother than Tamil Nadu boast ofNavodaya Vidyalayas offeringCentral Board of SecondaryEducation syllabus free of cost.The uniqueness of theseschools are that they have beenset up in the remotest places ofeach district in the country toaid and help rural children.

The Government of TamilNadu (both the AIADMK andthe DMK) had opposed theidea of Navodaya Vidyalayas in

the State because they arguedthat such schools imposed Hindiand Sanskrit over Tamil students.

The Government Pleader inhis affidavit had shocked thecourt by stating that Hindi andSanskrit were unwelcome inTamil Nadu. The pleader alsosubmitted before the court thatthe Navodaya Vidyalaya planwas not in agreement with theTamil Nadu Education Policywhich focussed on Tamil language.

But the CentralGovernment stated in the courtthat the Navodaya Vidyalayaplan was in full agreement withthe Tamil Nadu education Policyas it did not discriminate againstTamil. “Tamil is compulsory inNavodaya Vidyalala up to 10thstandard. Similarly in otherStates, the respective language iscompulsory up to 10th stan-dard,” the Central Governmentsaid in its submission.

Interestingly, the StateGovernment did not file reply tothe submission by the Centrewhich upset the Court. When itwas known that the StateGovernment was dilly-dallyingthe issue, the Court delivered theknock out punch on Monday bydirecting the State Governmentto make all arrangements for thecommencement of NavodayaVidyalayas in the State fromJanuary 2018.

Many educationists andlawyers told The Pioneer thatthe governments which ruledTamil Nadu all these yearsmade unconscionable sin bydenying quality education tothe rural poor.

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The police in Kashmir onMonday offered terrorists

to shun violence and lay downarms for promotion of peacein the Valley. The offer cameafter a local militant and anover ground worker werearrested during live encountersin past two days.

“Adil Dar of Shopian couldhave been killed by the forces.There was no other way out.We preferred to save him bygiving a chance to lay down hisarms,” Inspector General ofpolice (Kashmir range) MunirKhan told reporters. He saidthe police wanted Dar to joinhis parents. He said the mes-sage has been conveyed to thelocals terrorists (through spar-ing Dar) that they would bereceived with open armsshould they decide to surren-der their arms.

Khan was accompanied byMajor General B S Raju,General Officer Commanding

of Army’s Victor Force thatoversees anti-insurgency oper-ations in south Kashmir andparts of central region and IGOperations of the CRPF inKashmir, Zulfiqar Hassan dur-ing the briefing.

A Lashkar-e-Tayyebacadre, Adil Dar was capturedby the security forces duringan encounter during the nightstraddling between September9 and 10, in Shopian area ofsouth Kashmir. His two asso-ciates were killed in theencounter. In a separate oper-ation in neighbouring Kulgam,an overground worker ArifAhmad Sofi surrenderedbefore Police, during an oper-ation that also left two mili-tants dead. The two surren-dered militants were shown tomedia persons but were disal-lowed to speak.

“It is not necessarily thatterrorists may surrender dur-ing the encounters, even nowthey can come and join themainstream,” Khan said.

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Domestic passenger vehi-cle sales grew 13.76 percent in August as con-

sumers tried to make the mostout of price cuts after GSTimplementation ahead of animminent hike in cess rates.According to the data releasedby the Society of IndianAutomobile Manufacturers(SIAM), passenger vehicle saleswere at 2,94,335 units in Augustas compared to 2,58,737 unitsin the same month last year.

Car sales were up 11.8 percent to 1,98,811 units as against1,77,829 units in August lastyear, the SIAM said.

Last month, the utilityvehicles segment clocked thesecond highest monthly salesfor the ongoing fiscal at 78,664units as against 65,760 units inthe year-ago month, up by19.62 per cent. In July this year,the segment saw the biggestsales for 2017-18 at 86,874units with 35.5 per cent growth.

“Overall the market iscoming back, whether it issustainable or not, we will haveto wait and see,” SIAM DirectorGeneral Vishnu Mathur told

reporters here on Monday.Elaborating on the rea-

sons for growth in passengervehicles sales in August, hesaid, “Besides pent up demandcontinuing from July post-GST price cuts, many con-sumers also advanced pur-chasing vehicles as reportscame about the imminent hikein GST cess rates.”

Earlier this month, thegovernment notified hike inGST cess on a range of cars toa maximum of 25 per cent,from earlier 15 per cent. OnSaturday, the GST Council

approved increasing cess onmid-sized cars by 2 per cent,large cars by 5 per cent andSUVs by 7 per cent and it hascome into effect from Monday.

In August, market leaderMaruti Suzuki India's passen-ger vehicle sales grew by 26.16per cent at 1,51,270 units. Itscar sales were at 1,15,897 unitsduring the month, a growth of28.39 per cent, while that ofutility vehicles (UVs) grew by27.59 per cent at 21,442 unitsin August.

Rival Hyundai MotorIndia's passenger vehicles sales

rose by 9.03 per cent at 47,103units. The company's car saleswere at 36,639 units, up 5.5 percent, and UVs clocked 10,410units, up 22.86 per cent.

Homegrown utility vehiclemajor Mahindra & Mahindraclocked a growth of 5.91 percent in its passenger vehiclesales at 19,325 units during themonth. The SIAM said totaltwo-wheeler sales in Augustgrew 14.69 per cent to18,91,062 units compared to16,48,871 units in the year-agomonth. “The growth in thetwo-wheeler segment is areflection of the rural marketcoming back to normalcy withthe impact of demonetisationwearing off,” Mathur said.

Motorcycle sales lastmonth jumped by 12.93 percent to 11,35,699 units asagainst 10,05,654 units inAugust 2016. Market leaderHero MotoCorp posted 12.23per cent increase in its motor-cycle sales at 5,83,852 units asagainst 5,20,226 units inAugust last year.

Rival Honda Motorcycleand Scooter India's (HMSI)bike sales were at 1,91,949units as compared to 1,29,926

units in the same month lastyear, a jump of up 47.74 percent. Bajaj Auto’s motorcyclesales were down 1.75 per centat 1,71,664 units as against1,74,719 units in the corre-sponding month last year.

In the scooters segment,total sales were at 6,73,444units last month as against5,67,782 units in August lastyear, a growth of 18.61 per cent.Segment leader HMSI's scoot-er sales rose by 17.22 per centduring August at 3,94,288 unitsas against 3,36,363 units in theyear-ago month.

Chennai-based TVS MotorCo sold 1,09,465 units of scoot-ers last month as compared to73,761 units in August lastyear, a growth of 48.4 per cent.Hero MotoCorp followed with77,638 units as compared to81,015 units in the corre-sponding month a year ago,down 4.17 per cent.

Sales of commercial vehi-cles rose by 23.22 per cent to65,310 units in August, theSIAM said. Vehicle sales acrosscategories registered a growthof 14.49 per cent to 23,02,158units from 20,01,802 units inAugust 2016, it added.

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MUMBAI: Jet Airways chair-man Naresh Goyal on Mondayset at rest the speculation aboutEtihad exiting the carrier and anew investment partner com-ing on board. There are noplans to sell stake in Jet Airwaysfor now and all suchtalks are only specula-tion, Goyal toldreporters on the side-lines of the 25th annu-al general meetinghere.

Goyal also saidthe Abu Dhabi-basedcarrier is not exitingfrom his airline, when askedwhether he was taking on boardanother investment partnerand that the Etihad was look-ing to deboard from his airline.When the Government in 2012had allowed up to 49 per centinvestment in the domesticcarriers by foreign airlines,Goyal was the first one to grabthis opportunity and managedto sell 24 per cent stake in theairline to Etihad Airways for�2,069 crore in April 2013.

It was ironic as he was avocal critic of foreign invest-ment in the aviation space.

Besides the equity investment,the two carriers have forged anextensive code share partner-ship and Etihad has assisted Jetin raising soft loans from Gulfbased banks.

Of late, there have beenplenty of rumoursabout both the part-ners looking to partways, after theGovernment inJune 2016 liber-alised foreign directinvestment in theaviation sectorwherein 100 per

cent FDI has been allowedprovided the foreign investor isnot an airline operator and 49per cent if the investor is anoverseas airlines.

Some reports even sug-gested that the US carrier DeltaAirlines was in talks with Goyalfor a possible stake purchase inthe carrier. This gained furthercurrency after the two airlinesextended their codeshare part-nership early this year.

The Goyal’s carrier hasdeep commercial collaborationwith Delta. Earlier this year, Jethad also announced expan-

sion of its codeshare with AirFrance-KLM.

These codeshare arrange-ments allow Jet passengersaccess to 34 American citiesapart from 43 European desti-nations via Jet's European hubin Amsterdam and 27 cities viaParis through Air France-KLMpact. Addressing shareholders,Goyal described fiscal 2017 asa year when Jet Airways oper-ationally ‘ran as a tight ship.’

He said fiscal prudenceand laser-sharp focus on costand a cautious expansion hasensured that the airline endedevery quarter in FY17 in prof-it, with the March quarter netincome being the eighthstraight quarter of profitability.The airline closed the fiscal year2017 with a consolidated prof-it of �438 crore on a revenue of�23,407 crore that grew only 2.2per cent. Goyal also credited hisairline’s partnership with Etihadas one of the major reasons forthe improved all-round per-formance which has primarilyhelped the airline gain on net-work growth, revenue increase,operational efficiencies andcost improvement. PTI

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NEW DELHI: Private lenderIndusInd Bank has initiatedtalks to explore merger optionswith Bharat FinancialInclusion Ltd (BFIL) — thecountry’s second-largestmicrofinance company — amove that would help increasethe bank's size and reach.

The announcement comestwo months after another pri-vate lender IDFC Bank andShriram Capital agreeing toexamine the merger possibili-ty with a view to creating oneof the country's largest retailbanks, which could be valuedat over �65,000 crore. BFIL,formerly SKS Microfinance,had a customer base of 68 lakhand loan portfolio of �7,709crore as of June 30.

However, the microfi-nance company suffered a lossof �37 crore for the quarter toJune as against �236 crore inthe same period a year ago.For 2016-17, the companyhad recorded a profit of �290crore. If the deal goesthrough, the merger will takeplace with a share swap asboth are listed. PTI

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NEW DELHI: The upper agelimit for joining the NationalPension System (NPS) hasbeen raised to 65 years from thecurrent 60, the Pension FundRegulatory and DevelopmentAuthority (PFRDA)announced on Monday.

PFRDA ChairmanHemant Contractor made theannouncement at a confer-ence here on “TransferringSuperannuation Funds toNational Pension System” andsaid the pension regulator’sboard had already approvedthe change and it would benotified shortly.

“NPS is currently open forpeople between 18 and 60,and our Board has approvedraising the age limit for joiningto 65,” Contractor said.

“The scheme anyway hasthe option of continuing andmaking contributions up to theage of 70,” he added.

Explaining that the ratio-nale behind governmentreforms in pensions is to facil-

itate ‘portability’ -- or the trans-fer -- of superannuation fundsby making the NPS moreattractive and customer-friend-ly, he said the measures weredesigned to give the pensionscheme an unbundled archi-tecture to make it as competi-tive as possible.

“The aim is to open uppensions to sectors that arewithout pensions,” he said,noting that only 15-16 percent of employees in India arecovered by pensions becausean overwhelming 85 per centof the workforce is found inthe unorganised, or ‘infor-mal’, sector.

Elaborating on the bene-fits of the NPS, Contractorsaid it is the lowest-cost pen-sion product in the worldtoday. “Costs are importantbecause even one per cent dif-ference in cost over 25-30years, makes around 15-16per cent difference at the endbecause of the compoundingfactor,” he added. IANS

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MUMBAI: A somewhatrestrained posturing by NorthKorea calmed the frayed nervesof investors as the Nifty onMonday closed beyond the10,000-mark for the first timesince August 7. The Sensexwent up 195 points, powered byauto stocks after a less-than-expected GST cess hike and ris-ing vehicle sales.

Investors are looking for-ward to August CPI inflationand July IIP data on Tuesdayfor any turnaround after thedisruption caused by GST.“Investors heaved a sigh ofrelief as the North Koreanleader abandoned his weekendplans of launching anothermissile in favour of a party.Benchmark indices in Indiaopened the day in the greenand continued to trade withstrength through the day to hittheir highest intra-day levels inmore than a month,” saidKarthikraj Lakshmanan, Senior

Fund Manager – Equities, BNPParibas Mutual Fund.

The 50-share Nifty indexreclaimed the 10,000-mark tohit high of 10,028.65 beforeending up 71.25 points, or 0.72per cent, at 10,006.05 -- itshighest closing since August 7.Because of the buying pick-up,the 30-share BSE indexopened higher and hit theday's high of 31,952.87, butsettled at 31,882.16, up 194.64points -- 0.61 per cent. It hadgained 25.55 points in theprevious two sessions in acautious trade.

Investor wealth as mea-sured in terms of market capi-talisation soared by �99,164.33crore to �134.58 lakh crore.Auto stocks jumped after theGST Council on Saturdayexempted small and hybrid carsfrom any hike, but decided tolevy an additional 2 per cent to7 per cent cess on mid-sized andluxury cars as also SUVs. PTI

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The situation in Myanmar isa ‘textbook example of eth-

nic cleansing’, the UnitedNations said today, as the num-ber of Rohingya Muslims flee-ing Myanmar for Bangladeshtopped 300,000.

The Rohingya, a statelessMuslim minority, have faceddecades of persecution inMyanmar where they areregarded as illegal immigrants.

But since the latest upsurgein violence on August 25, hun-dreds of thousands have flood-ed across the border intoBangladesh bringing stories ofentire villages burned to theground by Buddhist mobs andMyanmar troops.

Today the UN humanrights chief Zeid Ra’ad AlHussein accused Myanmar ofwaging a ‘systematic attack’ onthe Rohingya and warned that‘ethnic cleansing’ seemed to be

under way.“Because Myanmar has

refused access to human rights

investigators the current situ-ation cannot yet be fullyassessed, but the situationseems a textbook example ofethnic cleansing,” he told theUN Human Rights Council.

Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace lau-reate, has come in for stronginternational criticism over themilitary crackdown on theRohingya, which began whenmilitants ambushed securityforces on August 25.

The UN special rapporteuron human rights in Myanmarhas said the latest violencemay have left more than 1,000dead, most of them Rohingya.

A further 27,000 ethnicRakhine Buddhists as well asHindus have also fled violencethat has gripped northernRakhine, where internationalaid programmes in Rakhinehave been severely curtailed.

Fellow Nobel peace laure-ates Malala Yousafzai andArchbishop Desmond Tutuhave urged Suu Kyi to intervene.

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While the UScontends with

the destructioncaused by two fero-cious hurricanes inthree weeks,Americans also aremarking theanniversary of oneof the nation’s most scarring days.

Thousands of victims’ rela-tives, survivors, rescuers andothers are expected to gatherMonday at the World TradeCenter to remember the terrorattack on American soil.

Sixteen years later, the quietrhythms of commemorationhave become customs: a recita-tion of all the names of thedead, moments of silence andtolling bells, and two powerfullight beams that shine throughthe night.

Yet each ceremony also takeson personal touches. Over the

years, some name-readers have addedmessages rangingfrom the universal(“the things wethink separate usreally don’t we’re allpart of this oneEarth”) to the per-sonal (“I love youand miss you. Go

Packers!”).“Thank you, New York, for

continuing to honor the victimsof 9/11 and the privilege ofreading their names,” JudyBram Murphy added last year.She lost her husband, BrianJoseph Murphy.

Nearly 3,000 people diedwhen hijacked planes slammedinto the trade center, thePentagon and a field nearShanksville, Pennsylvania, onSeptember 11, 2001, hurlingAmerica into a new con-sciousness of the threat ofglobal terrorism.

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Hurricane Irma that pum-melled Florida all through

Sunday and early Monday hasclaimed at least five lives,plunged nearly six millionhomes in darkness andremained a major risk for flashfloods despite weakening to atropical storm.

The most powerful hurri-cane in recent memory thatprompted the authorities toorder a record evacuation ofmore than six million peoplehas left a vast trail of devasta-tion across the ‘Sunshine State’.

Irma, which made landfallin the Florida Keys on Sundaymorning as a Category 4 hur-

ricane with 140 miles per hourwinds with a storm surge of 10feet, was reported to haveweakened by Monday morningto Category 1 storm. It laterdropped below 75 miles perhour and was classified as atropical storm.

The diminished powernotwithstanding, authoritiessaid Irma still retained itspotential for torrential rainsand flash floods as the stormwas set to move through north-west Florida into Georgia,Alabama and Tennessee.

After having claimed atleast 27 lives in a host ofCaribbean islands before ham-mering Florida, reports putthe death toll in the State at five.

A sheriff ’s deputy and acorrections officer were bothkilled in a car accident inHardee County, about 60 milesinland from Sarasota, ABCNews reported. A man died inKey West after he lost controlamid the high winds. Anotherdeath was reported from a car

crash near Orlando.“On the forecast track, the

center of Irma will move nearthe northwestern coast of theFlorida Peninsula this morning,cross the eastern FloridaPanhandle into southernGeorgia this afternoon, andmove through southwesternGeorgia and eastern Alabamatonight and Tuesday,” theNational Hurricane Centre saidin a Monday morning update.

Miami on Florida’s eastcoast and Naples on the westcoast were among the worst hitby Irma. Naples was ripped bywind speeds of 140 miles anhour and 12 inches of rain.Miami was struck by windgusts of nearly 100 miles anhour that saw two giant con-struction cranes collapse.

There was no immediateword on how soon Floridawould be able to restore nor-

malcy with power supply hav-ing been knocked out to morethan six million homes.

FPL, the biggest powercompany in Florida, said thecompany’s system will need tobe rebuilt, particularly in thewestern part of the state. “Thatrestoration process will be mea-sured in weeks, not days,” a topexecutive commented. The util-ity’s two nuclear plants, how-ever, were reported safe.

As many as 155,000Floridians were staying put inmore than 570 public sheltersopened by the State Government.Many of them could think interms of moving back only afterrestoration of power supply.

The Miami InternationalAirport authorities spoke of “sus-tained significant water damage”.

President Donald Trumpsigned a disaster declarationlate Sunday in a bid to speed upfederal funding to damagedareas in Florida and reimbursethe State Government and localcommunities.

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Agunman killed seven peopleat a home in the US state of

Texas before he was shot dead bypolice, media reported.

The incident happened onSunday night in Plano, a Dallassuburb. It is believed the shoot-out was prompted by a“domestic dispute” at the partyfor fans of NFL team the DallasCowboys, the US mediareported.

Police spokesman DavidTilley said the shooter was killedby the first responding officerafter an exchange of gunfire.

Seven bodies were found inthe house. Two others werewounded in the shoot-out andtaken to a hospital, the author-

ities were quoted as saying by theNew York Times.

The motive behind theshooting had not been estab-lished yet.

“That’s still unclear,” saidOfficer David Tilley, aspokesman for the Plano police.“We’re still trying to figure thatout.”

The episode began a fewminutes after 8 p.m., when thepolice received reports of shotsfired at the house. “Our firstresponding officer heard gun-shots, made entry in the houseand confronted the suspect,ultimately shooting and killingthe suspect,” Officer Tilley said.

One witness said she heardbetween 30 and 40 shots firedaround 8 p.m. local time.

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Life for many has moved out-doors in the quake-shocked

city of Juchitan, where a thirdof the homes are reporteduninhabitable and repeatedaftershocks have scared peopleaway from many structuresstill standing.

The city yesterday was lit-tered with rubble fromThursday night’s magnitude8.1 earthquake, which killed atleast 90 people across southernMexico at least three dozen ofthem in Juchitan itself.

Officials in Oaxaca andChiapas states said thousands ofhouses and hundreds of schoolshad been damaged or destroyed.Hundreds of thousands of peo-ple were reported to be withoutwater service. Many peoplecontinued to sleep outside, fear-ful of more collapses, as strongaftershocks continued to rattlethe town, including a magnitude5.2 jolt yesterday.

Some Juchitecos seekingsolace trekked through thedestruction to find an open-airMass on Sunday since many ofthe churches were either dam-aged or left vacant until theycould be checked.

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Senator John McCain says theUS needs to step up actions

against North Korea and senda message to leader Kim JongUn that aggressive acts will leadto his country’s destruction.

The Senate Armed Serviceschairman spoke on CNN’s‘State of the Union.’ McCainsays Kim needs to know that “ifhe acts in an aggressive fashion,the price will be extinction.”

The Arizona senator saysthe US should provide missiledefense in South Korea andcontinue working with China“to put the brakes on Kim JongUn” and his efforts to developnuclear weapons.

McCain stressed a need tostrengthen ties with allies Japanand South Korea.

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pay a heavy price if a propos-al Washington is backing toimpose the toughest sanctionsever on Pyongyang is approvedby the UN Security Councilthis week.

The North’s ForeignMinistry issued a statementearly today saying it is watch-ing the United States’ movesclosely and threatened it is‘ready and willing’ to respondwith measures of its own.

The United States hascalled for a vote on today, NewYork time, on new UN sanc-tions against North Korea.

Last Tuesday, the US cir-culated a draft resolutionproposing the toughest-everUN sanctions on North Korea,including a ban on all oil andnatural gas exports to thecountry and a freeze on all for-eign financial assets of theGovernment and its leader,

Kim Jong Un.Security Council diplo-

mats, who weren’t authorizedto speak publicly because talkshave been private, said the USand China were still negotiat-ing the text late Sunday.

Previous UN resolutionshave been negotiated betweenthe US and China, and havetaken weeks or months. But theTrump administration isdemanding a vote in six days.

“The US is trying to use theDPRK’s legitimate self- defen-sive measures as an excuse tostrangle and completely suffo-cate it,” the statement said,using the acronym for NorthKorea’s formal name.

“Since the US is revealingits nature as a blood-thirstybeast obsessed with the wilddream of reversing the DPRK’sdevelopment of the statenuclear force which has alreadyreached the completion phase,there is no way that the DPRKis going to wait and let the U.S.Feast on it.”

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Dubai: An Emirati pilot and sol-dier have been killed in separateincidents in Yemen while takingpart in a Saudi-led military cam-paign, the United Arab Emiratesmilitary said on Monday.

First Sergeant NasserGharib al-Mazrouei ‘died ofwounds’ he suffered whilstfighting in Yemen, the UAEmilitary said in statement car-ried by the country’s officialWAM news agency.

Hours later, it said pilotSultan al-Naqbi had been‘killed by a technical malfunc-tion’ on his plane.

The spokesman for theSaudi-led coalition battlingrebels in Yemen offered moredetails on the plane crash viaSaudi Arabia’s official SPA newsagency.

Colonel Turki al-Maliki saidthe Emirati pilot had been on areconnaissance mission thismorning off Yemen’s Red Seacoast when his plane went down.

The UAE is playing a keyrole in a Saudi-led militarycampaign launched in 2015 tosupport the government ofPresident Abedrabbo MansourHadi after Houthi Movementrebels forced him into exile.

The role of the UAE hasexpanded over the course of theconflict.

Last month, Emirati-trained Yemeni special forceslaunched a major US-backedoperation against Al-Qaeda inthe Arabian Peninsula, whichhas exploited years of conflictto expand its presence in south-ern Yemen. AFP

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Chief Justice of Pakistan SaqibNisar on Monday said that

judges don’t write judgments to‘please’ someone or to ‘settlescores’, a day after ousted PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif ’s daugh-ter criticised the judiciary for dis-qualifying her father in thePanama Papers case.

In its landmark verdictearlier this year, the SupremeCourt’s five-judge larger benchhad unanimously disqualifiedSharif as Prime Minister due tohis failure to disclose ‘unwith-drawn receivables, constitutingassets’ in his nomination papersfiled ahead of the 2013 gener-al elections.

Sharif ’s daughter, MaryamNawaz yesterday had said thatthe judges’ oaths should now

include words denoting thattheir decisions are ‘merit-basedand judicious.’

Terming her father’s dis-qualification a joke, 43-year-oldMaryam, who is apparentlybeing groomed to succeedSharif, wondered if the judgesannounced the decisionbecause of some grudge orunder pressure.

“I don’t know if the (judgesarrived at this) decision becauseof some (personal) grudge or(they were) under some pres-sure, holding our three gener-ations accountable and internalfamily affairs were discussedduring court proceedings,” shesaid at an election rally.

Apparently responding toher remarks, Chief Justice Nisarsaid judges don’t write judg-ments to ‘settle scores’.

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Rafael Nadal entered the 2017 GrandSlam season on a 2 and a half-yeardrought without so much as one

appearance in a major final, let alone a title.He ends it having reasserted himself,capped by a US Open final that shaped upas quite a mismatch — and turned out tobe exactly that.

His game at a higher level than it need-ed to be by the end of an unusually easypath through the field, Nadal over-whelmed Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win his third champi-onship at Flushing Meadows.

"Of course, after a couple of yearswithout competing at this very high,high level," Nadal said, "veryhappy to be back."

The No 1-ranked Nadalcollected his 16th GrandSlam trophy overall and athis news conference, he worea white T-shirt listing thedate and site of each one.Among men, only RogerFederer has more, with 19.Each of those two longtimerivals won two of the fourmajors this season, markingtheir return to the heights oftheir sport.

Nadal has dealt with kneeand wrist problems, both like-ly a result of his physicalbrand of play, over his career,but 2015 and 2016 were hisfirst seasons without reachingat least one Grand Slam finalsince 2004, when he was stilla teenager.

Seems safe to say that, atage 31, he is once again theNadal of old.

"I mean, I've always said he'sone of the, obviously, greatestplayers of our sport, obviouslyfeeling very confident,"Anderson said. "He seems tohave turned around a lot ofthose injuries he's experiencedthe last couple of years. I guesstime will tell on that."

Nadal added to his USOpen triumphs in 2010 and2013 and improved to 16-7 inGrand Slam finals. For the firsttime since 2013, he appeared inthree in a single season, losing

to Federer at the Australian Open inJanuary, then beating Stan Wawrinka for hisrecord 10th French Open trophy in June.

It was not as daunting as usual.Nadal did not need to deal with

Federer: The potential for a semifinal,which would have been their first US Openmeeting, was dashed when Juan Martin delPotro eliminated Federer in the quarterfi-nals. Nadal then beat del Potro, the 2009champion but now ranked 28th, in the

semis.Much like Nadal's 6-2, 6-3, 6-1

win against Wawrinka atRoland Garros, the only

beauty of this match wasnot in its competi-

tiveness — notby a long shot —but in an appre-ciation for one

p a r t i c i p a n t ' sabsolute superior-

ity.F o r e h a n d s

whipped up the line.Two-handed back-hands ripped cross-

court with ferocity.The spinning, back-to-

the-net returns of serves thatdarted in at him at more than130 mph (210 kph) andhelped him break Andersonfour times. "I learned a lot oflessons," Anderson conced-ed. "It was a difficult match,up against somebody whohas been on that stage over20 times before."

Nadal even came upwith some terrific volleys,winning the point on all

16 of his trips to the net.Anderson, meanwhile, fin-ished 16 for 34 in that cate-gory. Another difference-maker: Nadal never faced abreak point, although thatwas more a reflection of histalent once the ball was inplay than any particularlydominant serving. WithNadal standing way back toreceive serves, nearly backinginto the line judges, he neu-tralized Anderson's most

effective skill. Andersoncame in having won 103

of 108 service games

across six matches, but Nadal accumulatedbreak points at will from the get-go - twoin a six-deuce game at 1-all, another two ina five-deuce game at 2-all. Anderson begantrying to end points quickly with a volley.Two problems with that: Anderson is notusually a serve-and-volleyer and so is noexpert at that tactic; Nadal is superb at sum-moning passing shots at extreme speeds andangles, especially when facing the sort of tar-get provided by the 6-foot-8 Anderson, thetallest Grand Slam finalist in history.

At 3-all, 30-all, Anderson double-fault-ed to offer up Nadal's fifth break point ofthe match, then badly pushed a forehandwide. That only made the score 4-3 , but thestatistics were telling: Anderson had 21unforced errors, Nadal just four. A patternhad been established. "That," Nadal said,"changed the rest of the match. I alwaysaccepted all the challenges that my careerpresent to me. The good news and the neg-ative news, I accepted in the same way, ina very natural way. I am a person that I don'thave much ups and downs. When I am ina negative moment, I don't go very down.When I am in a positive moment, proba-bly like now, I don't believe that I am thatgood," Nadal said. Rest assured, Rafa. You're good.

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Kevin Anderson walked outside to greet his SouthAfrican supporters, some having already climbed

to the top of their sport.There were golfers Charl Schwartzel and Louis

Oosthuizen, who have won major championships. And Johan Kriek, the last South African to win a

Grand Slam tennis title who traveled two days in hopesof seeing another.

Anderson will have to hope for a second chance tojoin their club.

His first appearance in a Grand Slam final endedSunday with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 loss to Rafael Nadal, whohandled the big serve and forehands that were the cat-alysts of the No 28 seed's surprising run.

"I definitely felt I was playing good enough tennisto give myself a chance tonight," Anderson said.

"It didn't work out that way, up against a very toughopponent."

Anderson managed just 10 aces — about half whathe averaged in his previous six matches — and was introuble in many service games starting early in thematch.

Once Nadal locked in on the 6-foot-8 Anderson'sserve, it was clear Anderson would have to get intoNadal's, but he never even got a break point.

"It was definitely difficult," Anderson said, "and Ithink he had a pretty good read on my serve, and hewas getting my serve games and he was holding quitecomfortably."

But his success this summer, including another finalsappearance in Washington, has the 31-year-oldAnderson's career headed back in the right direction.

His ranking had tumbled to No 80 in January, it’slowest in 6 and half years, during a difficult start to hisyear that included a hip injury that forced him to missthe Australian Open.

Anderson was hurt again in June, forced to retirefrom his fourth-round match at the French Open againstMarin Cilic with another leg injury that slowed hisWimbledon preparation.

But after coming into New York at No 32 — hewould have been the lowest-ranked US Open champi-on — Anderson will be back to the top 15 after his per-formance in Flushing Meadows.

He's eyeing a return to the top 10, where he was inOctober 2015. "It's great to sit back at the end of the weekand see the jump that I have made and the spots I havebeen able to climb, something I can be very proud of,"he said. We will see more of Anderson in future.

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Former National under- 13 championInternational Master Harsha

Bharathakoti of Telangana and womenInternational Master Mahalakshmi fromTamil Nadu won the Khadi India NationalJunior Chess Championship for boysand girls respectively.

The 11-round championship con-cluded at the Patliputra sports complexhere on Monday.

IM Harsha Bharathakoti tied withKarthik Venkatraman of Andhra Pradeshwith 9.5 points. He was declared the win-ner because he had defeated Karthik intheir individual encounter. While Karthikfinished second, International MasterKrishna Teja N of Andhra Pradesh fin-ished third with 8 points.

In the final round, former worldunder-12 chess champion WIMMahalakshmi outwitted Rutuja Bakshi of

Maharashtra to bag the crown in the 32ndedition, The Maharashtra girl scored 9points followed by Sakshi Chitlange ofMaharashtra with 8.5 points Karnataka'sIsha Sharma also scored 8.5 points, but sheneed to be content with the third spotbecause she lost in her direct contest toIsha Sharma. In the boys section, reign-ing champion Kumar Gaurav of Bihar gotthe 19th position.

Players shortlisted on the basis of their

rankings in the championship will repre-sent the country in the world age-groupevents.

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Bihar will soon have a sports academy atRajgir close to the upcoming NalandaUniversity. The state government hasalready approved plan outlay of the acad-emy for �600 crore and land also acquired,said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at theprize distribution ceremony.

Expressing happiness over the hold-ing of the chess championship, a first everevent in the State, Nitish said many pro-jects for the promotion of sports werebeing undertaken and work on many ofthem was going on.

Sports stadium were being con-structed across the State on demand of theyouths. "There is no dearth of sports tal-ent in Bihar," he said.

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world over. Unfortunately, Chanderi is one of suchgreat tourist destinations, the overall distinctionof which is overshadowed by a particular specialthing. The handmade Saris manufactured inChanderi no doubt deserve the recognition anddistinction that they enjoy, but the calm and peace-ful city surrounded by lush green and exception-ally beautiful Vindhya ranges offers a lot more tothe visitors than mere Saris. The town finds men-tion in the Mahabharat as the capital of ChediJanpad ruled by great warrior king Shishupal whowas killed by Lord Krishna. It is also referred toin the Matasya Purana and Shiv Purana.

A recent visit as the Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan has added a new dimension toChanderi. He accorded the status of tourist spotto Chanderi by sanctioning �3 crore for its devel-opment to link it to the tourist circuits. He alsodedicated Chanderi Handloom Park constructedat a cast of �30.69 Crore.

The small town, rightly called the entrance toBundelkahand and Malwa due to its location onNorth-South Highway, represents a rare blend ofunmatched natural beauty, enviable archaeolog-ical heritage, unique architecture and stone crafts,pilgrimage centres of Hinduism, Jainism and Islambesides a fort and palaces breathing myriad talesof heroism and gallantry.

Chanderi has over 600 monuments. Some ofthe must-visit places Chanderi include BadalMahal Gate, the fort, Kaushak Mahal or KushkMahal, Kati Ghati (a gate carved out of a singlerock), Khandar Gir (having the unique distinctionof possessing Bamihan like rock-cut statues of all24 Jain Tirthankars), Bada Madarsa (famous forintricate stone carving), Battisi Baori, Sirpur Mahal,Shahi Shikar Gah, Jama Masjid, Ramnagar Mahal,graves of the descendants of great Sufi saintNizamuddin Auliya, Laxman Temple, beautifulParameshwar Lake, Shehzadi Ka Roza, DilliDarwaza, Raja Rani Mahal, Idgah, Choubisi JainMandir (the only place in India where idols of all24 Jain Tirthankars are available at one place),Jageshwari Temple, round the year live waterstreams, Hazrat Makhdoom Shah Ki Dargah toname a few. The most important of monumentsat Chanderi is the Samadhi Sthal of legendary clas-sical vocalist Baiju Bawara (Pandit BaijnathPrasad). This 16th century singer was a disci-ple of great saint singer Haridas and is saidto have defeated his co-discipleTansen, the court singer

of Mughal Emperor Akbar, in a duet competition.The rock paintings at Chaderi are also very

strikingThe Fort- Chanderi has a unique fort that pro-

vides a breathtaking panoramic view of this beau-tiful town. It is said to be built by Maharaja Kirtipalof Gurjar-Pratihar dynasty in 1018 AD. It has aSun Set Point and Sun Rise Point. Spread in over5 km area the fort is perched on a hill, 560 meterabove the sea level. It is among the most ancientforts of Central India. Khooni Darwaza isanother attraction of this fort. Legendary trav-eler Ibne Batuta is said to have spent a consid-erably long time at this fort. In his travelogue hehad described Chanderi as one of the biggestcities of Central India with many busy marketsand crowed places.

A beautiful building on the fort premise hasbeen converted to a heritage hotel by MPTourism Development Corporation. The finish-ing touches are being given. It has 4 well-facili-

tated suits.The Samadi Sthal of Baiju

Bawara is an added attractionat the fort.

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Masjid— This unique mosque distinguished byits intricate carving and Indo-Islamic architecturewas built in the 13th century AD by GhayasuddinBalban. It enjoyed the distinction of being thebiggest and oldest mosque of Bundelkhandregion.

Chanderi has a unique complex having 22monuments standing side by side includingShehzadi ka Roza, Laxman Temple, ParmeshwarLake and Chhatris of Bundela rulers.

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cultural heritage. Muslims constitute over40 percent of the population of Chanderi.

The Hindus and Muslims celebrated allthe festivals and fairs

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plary unity and amity. These include Raze MiyaKa Mela, Goga Beer Ka Mela, Bhujariyon ka Melaand Gangor ka Mela.

Our guide Muzaffar Ansari, popularly knownas Kalle Bhai informed us so strong have been thebonds of love and affection in the town that atthe time of country's partition one Muslim fam-ily decided to vote by foot for Pakistan. All theHindu families visited the head of that family andpersuaded him to stay on saying, “Are we notyour brothers?”

There is a concentration of weavers in EktaBunkar Colony. It has a mixed population andevery family has a working loom. Most of thefamilies have all their members in weaving work.They live in a climate of peace and amity shar-ing the moments of joy and sorrow without anydistinction. The cleanliness and sanitation in thecolony is very distinctive. Over 50 families livein this colony.

Earlier, only Muslim Ansaris were engagedin weaving industry but now people of all thecommunities have joined with and are earningwell.

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Chanderi is most famous for the inimitablehand woven Saris. Making these Saris is a house-hold industry in entire town. Out of the total33,000 population of the town, 21,000 people i.e.60 percent are engaged in manufacturing theseSaris. These are popular not only in India butalso in other countries like Indonesia,Bangladesh, Malaysia, UAE, US, Germany,France, Italy, Nepal, Pakistan, England,Philippines, Sri Lanka etc. The annual turnoverof Chanderi Saris exceeds Rs. 500 crore.

The manufacturing of Saris at Chanderistarted in 1911.Before it only royal dresses weremade here. The weavers have not gone for diver-sification and are now manufacturing scarfs, fur-nishings, Salwar suits, etc. The Fab India has itsproduction office at Chanderi.

The raw material for the Saris is importedfrom outside. Cotton is sourced fromCoimbatore, Zari from Surat, silk fromBengaluru and Varanasi. The master craft per-sons only contribute their skill.

Chanderi is perhaps the only place in Indiawhere over 4000 looms are working. The mostdistinct feature of Chanderi Saris is that theseare 100 percent hand woven. Only naturalthreads are used. Silk is used in Tana (thread thatruns length wise) and cotton in Bana (that runsacross).

The weavers came to Chanderi in 1304 fromDhaka (Lakhnawati). Till 15th century Chanderiwas famous only for the turbans and Safas usedat that time.

Efforts are being made towards modernisa-tion of Chanderi Sari industry. Their designs arebeing changed to suit the modern trends with-out compromising their originality. About 20thousand designs have been digitised with the

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From matured love stories, tolove by chance to amorous

triangles and misfit romancing,we have seen different shades ofthe most universal emotion onthe small screen. But to bring atwist, Colors is coming up witha new show Ishq Mein Marjawan– professedly a different lovestory shrouded with betrayal,revenge and layered with sus-pense. That’s what caught theattention of telly heartthrobArjun Bijlani who immediatelysaid yes to this project.

“I play Deep Raichandwho is a rich and shrewd busi-nessman and owns a tea estate.It is a very different love storywhere Deep’s selfless love makeshim take revenge from Aarohi,played by Alisha Panwar. It willbe interesting to see how theirtrust breaks and what happensafter that. It’s not a lovey-doveystory where the couple fall foreach other, have a nice courtshipperiod, surpass all the hurdlesand get married and live happi-ly ever after. The story is aboutwhat love makes you do whenwe are so deeply in it,” Bijlanisays, who was last seen inNaagin and Pardes Mein HaiMera Dil.

The show will go on airfrom September 20 at 7:30 pmand will replace the long-run-ning Sasural Simar Ka. Bijlani,who has always played a typicalgood boy on shows like Remix,Left Right Left, Miley Jab HumTum and Teri Meri Love Stories,will be seen in a different avatar.“There are different layers of mycharacter that make it very dif-ferent from my other roles. Heis charming, intimidating, buthis action will make you thinkwhat is he doing? That is whatmakes it intriguing. He is verymanipulative at times and what-ever he desires, he knows howto get it. Having said that, he isalso a die-hard romantic andknows how to woo a woman,”the actor explains.

Alisha Panwar, who waslast seen in Thapki Pyar Ki andJamai Raja, feels that very fewshowmakers experiment andmake an out-and-out lovethriller. The storyline is soappealing, she feels, that nobodywould have said no to it. Talkingabout her role, Panwar says, “Toget a chance to portray such astrong woman is difficult in

today’s time. Coming from amiddle class family, Aarohi isvery graceful and simple girl-next-door who believes in her-self and has confidence. Her ideaof love is like a faily-tale storywhere a Prince Charming willcome and propose marriage fora happy ending. Her wish doescome true when she meets DeepRaichand. The axis spins on howthey fall in love with each other,how many other elements likefaith, trust, obsession are woveninto it, how situations complicatetheir relationship and test theirlove and trust.... This is a lovestory with a real twist.”

To be on the same page,both Bijlani and Panwar wentthrough a series of workshops tostrike a right chord. “This showis different and it required a lotof preparation to get into theskin of the character. One scenewould have different takes andcould be done in 10 differentways. Through the workshops,we achieved what we are tryingto show. It is a little complicat-ed show, but if you show it cor-rectly, people will really hook onto it,” argues Bijlani.

The acting bug bit Panwarever since she was a kid and shehas worked towards her dreamto get her ticket out of a smalltown. “When I was a kid, I usedto enact a lot of actors and want-ed to become like them. Hailingfrom a small town in Shimla,there was less scope to pursueacting but my deepest desirepropelled me and I kept attend-ing theatre and acting work-

shops. After giving back to backauditions, I bagged my firstshow Begusarai on &TV andshifted my base to Mumbai.Since then there was no lookingback. I started treating my pro-fession as my God. I don’t thinkI will ever want to leave it. Theartist gives birth to a characterevery time he/she does a newshow. In one lifetime, actors liveso many lives. That’s what makesme love my work,” Panwar says,adding that one should keep try-ing and if you are capable, youwill definitely get the best.

Bijlani enjoys entertainingpeople by living different roleson the small screen. “I want toact throughout my lifetime. I liketo do roles which are inspiringand make a difference in people’slives. I have done non-fictionshows like Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa aswell but if you analyse realityshows, they look more or less thesame. The dance show gave mean opportunity to live my pas-sion for dancing. But it is onlyby playing different charactersthat you grow as an actor. Likethis role, which is poles apartfrom my real life. I took the riskto do something out-of-the-box and it will definitely get meout of my comfort zone,” he says.

Having done a lot of showswith commendable ratings,Bijlani is now eyeing Bollywood.“I am waiting for the rightscript. As compared to films, TVis little stressful because youwork long hours. But films giveyou focus.”

Photo: Pankaj Kumar

�Your character in thefilm says, ‘Callum has togo into the Animus ofhis own free will,’ but atthe same time he’s beingheld captive in Abstergo.How does she justify thatduality?

Marion:Well, this is avery complex and myste-rious character. And whatyou said is part of thiscomplexity. What wasmore interesting in thecharacter is that she’s ascientist. She uses people,but at the same time, she’semotionally connected tothem. So she doesn’t dowhat she does for money,recognition or morepower. I think she reallybelieves in what she does,and what she wants toachieve is to makehumanity better, which ispretty dangerous when itcomes through the desireof controlling humanity. Imean, some people triedbefore, and it obviouslydidn’t work. And itharmed humanity insteadof helping. But what shewants to do, which iskind of a very noble questthat she thinks she has, isto change humanity fromthe outside by controllingthem.

�There’s a stigmaattached with the moviesthat are adapted fromvideo games. What prob-lems did you identifywith adapting a videogame to the big screen,and what did you dowith Assassin’s Creed tofix those problems?

Justin: The level ofdiscussion and debatethat we were constantlyhaving about this gameand the ideas in it, is initself an incredible mate-rial to be the base anoriginal story. And I was-n’t aware of the game,apart from the iconicimager y which isextremely strong. Sowhen Michael started dis-cussing it with me, it real-ly felt like a film. It felt likea piece of narrative andfrom then on, even thediscussions with Ubisoftwere about story, narra-tive and were about howwe were going to land thisas a separate piece of nar-rative from the game.

How can you take outwhat is underneath thegame? An incredible

amount of research andthe fact that it exists with-in a real world and isplausible. How do youtake all that and put it intoa singular narrative. Thatwas, I must say, one of thebiggest challenges – thedevelopment of the story.

The other aspect washow to do something inreality that’s been createdartificially? But with realfantastic actors and reallocations doing real stuntswas something I neverexpected. I was a bit of asnob about these sort offilms and video gamefilms as I hadn’t seenmany. So to be able towork on something likethis by putting a lot ofeffort just like my otherfilms was a real joy.

�What were some of theways you tried to sort ofcreate that connectionbetween the cold, clini-cal, modern Abstergoworld and the warmth ofthe Spanish Inquisitionalong with the heat ofthe Iberian Peninsulawithin two time peri-ods?

Justin: I think shoot-ing in real locations, be itValletta in Malta,

Almeria and Seville, alongwith building real sets,make these two worldsfeel quite real. I think theAnimus became a reallygreat bridging in-betweenthe two. I know in thegame you bypass theAnimus and you get intothe history of it reallyquickly. But what wasreally fascinating aboutthis was how history wasbeing revealed through apresent-day character.

So I think we wantedto make the Animus –setting it in a kind ofTemplar Byzantinechurch — and created atheatrical space in which

the past could live andbreathe and interact withMichael. That actuallybecame a great conduitbetween the two differentlooks and feels of thefilm.

Once we kind ofcracked the fuel behindthe Animus and what wewanted it to be, then itwas able to kind of bridgethe two worlds. But wewere also loving the con-trast. It created an omi-nous, clinical world ofAbstergo and then wehad these wonderfulrollercoaster rides backinto the past.

�Sofia’s father would useelements of her speechand he was going to getcredit for finding theApple of Eden. It seemedto symbolise the idea ofwomen in society whodon’t really get creditfor their work. Was thatsomething intentional?

Marion: This form ofrelationship does exist alot – behind a great manthere is very often a greatwoman. The relationshipbetween Sofia and herfather evolved when Istarted to work on thecharacter. I think it’sinteresting she’s the realpowerful and smart per-son there.

Justin: But if you lookat Henry Ford, he didexactly the same thing tohis son. So it doesn’t nec-essarily have to be a thingof the sexes. It’s just some-times a very powerfulperson finds it very diffi-cult to acknowledge theachievements of their sib-lings. When we weredeveloping this, we want-ed to have female charac-ters in this movie whoseobjective did not dependon the arc of the malecharacters, which hap-pens so often. Both Sofiaand Ariane’s character arevery strong – with theirown goals independentof the men around them.In fact, Ariane’s characteris a mentor to Aguilar.Usually it would’ve beenthe other way around,but it was very importantfor us to have that in thisfilm.

Assassins Creed willpremiere in India only onStar Movies and StarMovies HD on September17 at 1:00pm and 9:00pm.

India, Asia’s third-largest producerand exporter of coffee, has started pro-ducing the world’s most expensive cof-

fee, made from the poop of civet cat, ona small scale in Coorg district ofKarnataka.

The civet coffee, also called as luwakcoffee, is expensive because of theuncommon methods of producing it. Itis produced from the coffee beans digest-ed by civet cat. The faeces of this cat arecollected, processed and sold. It is high-ly priced because it is claimed to be morenutritious. Besides it involves a high costoperation in sourcing the animal drop-ping, wastage during processing and qual-ity certification.

Civet coffee is considered the drinkof the elite and is consumed widely in theGulf nations and Europe. It is sold for�20,000-25,000/kg.

Balinese and Javanese coffee make forsome of the finest varieties of the world.In Bali, an entire hillside is cultivated withcocoa and coffee trees, orange andbanana groves, spice trees and shrubsraising their heads in between, mostly

canopied by the large-leaved cassava.Young girls are always busy cherry-picking and sorting the male and femalecoffee beans.

Simply put, the male versions comein a single-chamber pod and are wholelike a mini rugby ball. The female beansare halved, split as they are into two podchambers. Because of the wholesomenessof the male bean, it is called a peaberrythat has a more rounded finish, is less bit-ter and has less caffeine. The trick is, theycan only be hand-sorted; no mechanisa-tion works. But the real boutique expe-rience lies in tasting luwak kopi (animal

coffee). This involves the civet cat, foundaplenty in these parts. Nocturnal crea-tures, they have an innate ability to scentout the best cherries and ingest them.While the civet digests the fruit, the beanremains intact in its stomach, gets fer-mented and infused with secretions of themusk gland. Plantation workers then sortout the enriched bean from the animalpoop on the forest floor. They are thenwashed over and over, resulting in a veryfine flavour, and left to dry like the nor-mal beans.

In our largest coffee-growing state ofKarnataka, a start-up firm, Coorg

Consolidated Commodities (CCC), hasmade a humble beginning of making theluxury coffee on a small scale and has alsodecided to open a cafe to serve the brewlocally.

“Initially, 20 kg of civet coffee wasproduced. After establishing the start-upfirm, 60 kg was produced in 2015-16 and200 kg last year. We hope half a tonneproduction from the new crop to be har-vested from October,” shared NarendraHebbar, one of the founders of CCC.

The exotic coffee is being sold local-ly under the brand Ainmane. He said thatthe company has only one outlet at ClubMahindra Madikeri Resort where it sellslocally produced coffee, spices and otherproducts. Hebbar also shared that thecompany sources the animal poop fromplantations located close to forest fromwhere civet cats come to eat the ripest cof-fee bean cherries.

“A civet cat eats flesh of the coffeecherries and not the bean. Naturalenzymes in civet’s stomach enhance thebean flavor and that’s why this coffee isunique,” he said.

Now, farmers are understanding theimportance of this coffee and “we pro-duce it in natural form unlike other coun-tries where civet cats are caged and force-fully fed with coffee beans,” he noted.

It is being sold at �8,000 per kg here,while it is available at ��20,000-25,000per kg overseas, he said.

Asked if the company plans toexport, Hebbar said it is not viable toexport in view of high certification costgiven the current low production lev-els.

“We want to promote this coffeelocally. We will open a cafe soon. Wewill sell Coorg Luwark Coffee alongwith other varieties like Cappuccino andExpresso,” he added.

A senior Coffee Board official alsoconfirmed that civet cat coffee is beingproduced in small quantities in parts ofCoorg and Chamarajnagar districts.

“It is very small quantity, done byindividuals. They produce and marketas a speciality coffee, a niche productwhich is very expensive,” he said.

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sical singer from Banaras, anoted exponent of the Kiranagharana of the Hindustaniclassical music, especially theKhayal and the Purab Ang –Thumri.

Mishra was born on August3, 1936, in Varanasi, UttarPradesh in a family of leg-endary musicians. He has beenawarded the prestigiousShiromani Award, SangeetNatak Akademi Award andPadma Bhushan in 2010.

On September 9,SPICMACAY’s Music in thePark series organisedHindustani classical music con-cert by the great vocalist PanditChannulal Mishra at JaipurCentral Park in association withRajasthan Tourism. Mishra wasaccompanied by his grandson,Krishna Upadhyaya on thetabla, Pandit Vinay Mishra onharmonium and Aman Jain onvocals and tanpura. His daugh-ter Namrata Mishra came fromMathura to attend her father’sconcert.

Mishra has always appreci-ated the contribution of SPIC-MACAY whose core purpose isto have the youth experience theinspiration and mysticismembodied in Indian and worldheritage. He even meet andcongratulated Dr Kiran Seth,founder of SPICMACAY, for thecompletion of 40 years of theirsuccessful journey.

Mishra presented his vocalin vilambit khayal moulded inRaag shyam kalyan bandish andthe wordings were Ae Kartaar.It was followed by a perfor-mance of Shankar ShivdaaniBholanaath in teen taal andChain na aawat piya binu tarasein chhota khayal. The audienceenjoyed his performance, dadrain Tore naina ki lagi katar sajniand were later spellbound by hismusic as well as the depth ofunderstanding for bhakti-gyan.

Excerpts from a conversa-tion with Mishra after the con-cert:

�What has your source ofinspiration been?

My father Pandit BadriPrasad Mishra was the constantsource of inspiration since mychildhood. He was a very strictguru and a great mentor. Hewould always wake me up at 5in the morning, followed by vig-orous hours of practice of theHindustani music.

Inspite of all the punish-ments and scolding I followedhim as part of the family tradi-tion. While my father was theepitome of classical music, mymother taught me religiousHindu granth – the Ramayanand Sundar Kand from which Iwas able to grasp deep knowl-edge and understanding of lit-erature. Today, I can sing morethan 150 ghazals without evenglancing over a book.

�With the changing trends inthe music industry, where isIndian classical music headed?Can these changes be takenpositively?

Today’s music is totally dif-ferent from our classical musicbecause of the extensiveinvolvement of fusion. And Iconsider this fusion music as“confused music.”

This trend of fusion is real-ly popular among the youngmusicians who are gaining pop-ularity in a very short span oftime. However, it is essentialthat the younger generationrespects our tradition, learnsclassical music and keeps ourheritage intact and deep root-ed.

�What message would youlike to convey to the younggeneration which wants topursue Indian classical music?

The elementary part oflearning anything is patience,especially while learning music.One should believe in whatthey are doing, only then willthey excel.

Just like the artists in thepast who inherited their artfrom their forefathers, today’sgeneration needs to look up tomusic as the only possiblemeans through which a humanbeing can connect with God.

�How was you artistic jour-ney? What were the challengesthat you had to face?

Back then we lived in a rent-ed house and we were in a real-ly bad financial condition. Eventhen, my father took me toUstad Abdul Ghani Khan saheband asked him to take me as hisdisciple under the guru-shishyaparampara and nurture me as aclassical singer.

I would walk down toUstad’s place in the scorchingheat. We would finish all thehousehold work first. I stillremember his wife used to callme Channu. Once the dailychores were completed, Ustadwould give me lessons beforedinner. So the journey has notbeen easy, rather full of strug-gles.

But I am glad that now myson, Pandit Ram Kumar Mishrais also renowned tabla player.He learned from his mother,Manorama Mishra, who is thedaughter of Pandit AnokhelalMishra. Now, my musical lega-cy will be carried forward by mythree grandsons.

�If not for music, which fieldwould you have chosen as acareer?

I would have been riding arickshaw or would have been apoor farmer. One needs to dosomething to fill the stomachand we as a family didn’t havea family business to run.

Luckily, I developed a keeninterest for classical music andcompletely devoted my life to

The upcoming edition of Teamwork Arts’ Jazz IndiaCircuit(JIC) is all about getting into the groove, the sub-

tleties of rhythm, and the power of percussion with leg-endary jazz drummers headlining a slew of concerts andfestivals in the country. Jazz India Circuit 2017-18 kicks offwith the JIC launch concert in Delhi, followed by JIC’s GoaInternational Jazz Live Festival in December and twin con-certs in Delhi in February and March of 2018.

This edition of Jazz India Circuit will treat jazz-loversand music aficionados to the best jazz being made by thegeniuses behind the drum kit.

The 2017-18 seasonkicks off with the JIClaunch concert onDecember 1, in Delhi,headlined by JoostLijbaart, one of the mostrespected exponents ofdrumming in theScandinavian scene andthat is saying a lot, con-sidering that some of themost innovative jazz isbeing crafted in theregion’s jazz conservato-ries.

Lijbaart performsat JIC as part of his pro-ject Under the Surface, animprovisation trio withvocalist Sanne Rambagsand guitar player BramStadhouders. Bram isone of the most promis-ing new young musi-cians in the European improvisation circuit who hasreceived many awards and Sanne is one of the few singersof her generation who is able to improvise with self-writ-ten texts and poems, sometimes by positioning herselfcompletely between the musicians. This gives her voicean instrumental function which is beautifully in line withthe open group sound and the playing of Lijbaart andStadhouders.

The Jazz India Circuit then heads to the Stone WaterEco Resort in Goa on December 9 and 10 for JIC’s GoaInternational Jazz Live Festival (GIJLF), an experimental,up-tempo, funky celebration of contemporary jazz. The 2017edition of GIJLF bears witness to the fist-pumping, head-shaking music that has become synonymous with the Swiss-born genius, Jojo Mayer, and his music collective NERVE,along with fellow headliner and equally gifted trumpeterEric Truffaz in collaboration with Mumbai-based ambientelectronic musician Riatsu, and a stunning line-up of Indianand international acts that transcend diverse contemporaryinterpretations of jazz.

For the bulk of his early career, Sir KarlJenkins was known as a jazz and jazz-

rock musician, playing baritone and sopra-no saxophones, keyboards and oboe, anunusual instrument in a jazz context. Hejoined jazz composer Graham Collier’sgroup and later co-founded the jazz-rockgroup Nucleus, which won first prize at theMontreux Jazz Festival in 1970. Today, heis known for his compositions for ThePrince of Wales, Bryn Terfel and theLondon Symphony Orchestra among manyothers.

The Symphony Orchestra AutumnSeason 2017, which will be hosted betweenSeptember 13 and 28, will see Sir KarlJenkins, the most-performing living com-poser in the world, taking stage.

�What will you be performing at TheSymphony Orchestra of India ?

I will be performing Alem The Universe(Alem means ‘the universe’ in Kazakh)commissioned by Marat Bisengaliev and hisAlmaty Symphony Orchestra for Expo2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The work is apersonal reflection of how I perceive the uni-verse, since only twelve people have ever setfoot on “terra firma” in space - the Moon;and then each one, only once. The text is justlike Adiemus in that it consists of my invent-ed language (with one exception), using thevoice as an instrument and not as a conveyorof a narrative.

�What made you perform in India withSymphony? What are you expecting?

As often happens, the true story is assimple as the fact that I was asked! I have aclose musical bond with Marat Bisengalievwho is the musical director of TheSymphony Orchestra of India. I’ve writtena great deal of music for him, including aviolin concerto. I’ve been there conducting,about ten years ago, so I know what toexpect. I had a fantastic time then.

�What do you think about the music scenein India?

I can’t really comment on this since I’veonly been to India once, apart from this nextvisit.

�What gives you the inspiration to per-form till now as you are known as the mostperforming living composer?

Well there may be a misunderstandinghere. My music is apparently the most per-formed, globally, by a living composer butthat does not mean I am there when it is per-formed, just like dead composers (Mozart,Beethoven etc) are performed. I conductonly five or so concerts a year and only ofmy own music. My life is mainly compos-ing. The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace hasbeen performed over 2000 times and I’veconducted probably only 50 or so of them.

�Can you share any memorable anecdote?One time in Europe, after a Soft

Machine concert, the audience (who lovedthe music) stormed the stage and stole someof the instruments that were never recov-

ered.�With the advent of electronic music,

what difference can you observe in com-position patterns today?

There are all kinds of electronic music.Much ‘pop’ and ‘sound design’ is prevalentin film music. They all have their place buteverything I compose is 100% acoustic.

�Which is your most celebrated perfor-mance till date and why?

Impossible to answer. I’ll mention two.Five consecutive nights of Adiemus inTokyo, the first, the day before 9/11 and theother, 10 years later, conducting The ArmedMan: A Mass for Peace on the 10th anniver-sary of 9/11.

�What is that one thing which can beheard clearly in your compositions?

It’s not for me to quantify. Although Idraw on other cultures outside the Europeantradition, I endeavour to make it sound asthough the music has come from one placeand not just some disparate styles boltedtogether. I’m also told I write sacred musicfor secular people.

�How do you make sure that people jointhe choirs while you perform?

It doesn’t work like that. If I’m invitedto conduct one of my works (as in Mumbai)it is up to the local promoters to ensure alocal choir and orchestra of sufficient stan-dard is available.

�How does your composition differ fromyour son, Jody?

Jody writes film music, I write music forconcert and CD. However we (me and mywife Carol Barratt who is also a composer)share similar tastes and we were all educatedclassically.

�Is there any plan for retirement? No! It is not a job, it’s a way of life. There

is an old saying: “if you love what you doto make a living, you never have to workagain.”

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competition for a third straight year, a featnot achieved since Bayern Munich in the1970s.

Here's a look at the eight groups:

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stage may have been smoothed by itsfierce rival Barcelona, which weakenedBorussia Dortmund by signing OusmaneDembele.

Tottenham will be hoping for betterresults. The venue is their temporaryhome of Wembley Stadium, where theEnglish team lost two of its three groupgames last season and hasn't won eitherof its Premier League games there thisseason.

APOEL famously reached the quar-terfinals in 2012 against the odds.��!���

Jose Mourinho can be happy withhow Manchester United's return after aone-year absence is shaping up, alongwith his own quest to be the first personto coach three different clubs to European

glory. Benfica is a consistent performerin the second tier of Europe's elite; Baselhas been weakened by persistent sales oftop players since eliminating United inthe 2011 groups; and CSKA Moscow fin-ished last in its group in each of the lastfour seasons — including one that con-tained United in 2015. With their win-ning run in Premier League, Mourinho’sside will begin as group favorite.

��!���Neymar made it his big goal to win

the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain after securing his world-recordtransfer from Barcelona for 222 millioneuros in July. Advancing to the knock-out stage should be a formality for hisnew team, which also includes teenagestriker Kylian Mbappe in a new-look andexciting forward line. Neymar's firstEuropean campaign with PSG will takehim to five-time champion BayernMunich. Celtic are likely to be fightingit out with Anderlecht for third place.��!�:�

Qarabag is the first Azerbaijani teamto reach this stage and its reward is oneof the most competitive groups. AtleticoMadrid has reached the final twice in thepast three years, losing both times to Real

Madrid, while Chelsea is the currentEnglish champion and has recovered afteran uncomfortable start to the PremierLeague.

��!���It will be a major surprise if Juventus

and Barcelona, European champions acombined seven times, fail to qualifyfrom the group. They met in the 2015final, with Barca's prolific front three ofNeymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarezinspiring a 3-1 win in Berlin. Juventuslost last season's final to Real Madrid andhasn't won the Champions League since1996. Olympiakos and Sporting are reg-ular qualifiers but rarely advance.

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Liverpool came through the playoffs andgets a chance to avenge its loss to Sevillain the 2016 Europa League final, whichdenied the English team a place in lastseason's Champions League. SpartakMoscow is in the group stage for the firsttime since 2012-13, while Slovenianteam Maribor is the big outsider in itsthird attempt to reach the knockout stage.This will likely be considered the weak-est of the eight groups.

��!���Pep Guardiola's Manchester City

avoided tougher options by being drawninto top-seeded Shakhtar's group. TheUkrainian champion is always fightingagainst the disadvantage of not playinga real home game in three years due tothe conflict involving pro-Russian sep-aratists around its home city. Still, Napoliwas one of the more difficult opponentsfor City from the third-seeded teams andeased past Nice in the playoffs round.Feyenoord returns to the group stage aftera 15-year absence and is likely to face asteep learning curve.

��!���Monaco, last season's surprise semi-

finalist, is the top seed but has been hurtby the departure of key players this sum-mer. The French team comes up againstPorto in a rematch of the 2004 final.Leipzig didn't even exist then - the clubwas created in 2009 - and is a newcom-er at this level. But the Bundesliga run-ner-up was the team from the fourthseeds that most of the continent's heavy-weights wanted to avoid. Monaco won itsgroup as a fourth-seeded team last sea-son.

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Australia all-rounder James Faulkneron Monday said experience of play-

ing in the IPL and last year's ICC WorldTwenty20 in India will hold the visitorsin good stead in the upcoming limitedover series here.

India and Australia will play fiveODIs and three T20 Internationals,starting with the first 50-over game hereon September 17.

And Faulkner said it would be a "test"of character for Australia to beat in-formIndia at home. "Most of the boys haveplayed here in the IPL and T20 WorldCup. So those experiences will help us,"Faulker said after the team's training ses-sion at the MA Chidambaram stadiumhere. "They (India) have played a lot ofone-day cricket in the recent past. Theyare in really good nick right now. It isgoing to be a test."

Faulkner will return to the sideafter missing out on the ChampionsTrophy earlier this year.

And Faulkner said it was tough to beout of the side for a while but it gave himthe chance to reflect and come backstronger. The big-hitting all-rounder, whobowls left-arm medium- pace, said hewas happy to be back in the team andlooked forward to putting up a solid per-formance against India. "Obviously if youmiss out any time on selection it istough. I was four months awayfrom the game. I had a bit ofpre-season which has beennice, to get strong andfitter," Faulkner said.

Faulkner saidhe had put in a lotof hard work inthe time he wasout of the nation-al team.

"I have beenbattling to behonest, probablythe last 18 months.It is good to beback with my team-mates and hit the gymhard. I'm happy now.

"It was pretty tough. I think you askany player when he gets left out it is notgreat fun. At the end of the day, it's upto you to be back. I am excited to backin the group. I don't really want to talkabout the past. It is a good opportunityagainst a tough opposition in their owncountry. I didn't get too much feedback(from the selectors) to be honest. Thepace had dropped down a little bitmaybe. I went back and reflected andwanted to get back into the team. I putthat aside and worked as hard I could,"he added.

Faulkner, who has played a fewmatch-winning knocks in the past againstIndia and was man-of-the-match in the2015 World Cup (50 overs) final, said hewas looking forward to the upcomingseries. "We are obviously looking forwardto playing a warm-up game before theseries starts. The conditions here inChennai are tough, it is hot and sweat-ing too much. The boys are eager to getout there and play some good cricket, itis going to be a good series. The last timewe were here we had some good, toughcricket, so we are all excited.

"All the boys love playing here, thefans are so passionate about cricket. It hasalways been a good rivalry between Indiaand Australia. I am looking forward toplaying in India," he added.

Asked about the so-called 'X-factor',the Australian said: "I suppose it is thevariation and depth with both the bat andball. I don't know about the X-factorregarding myself. There are players withX-factors in both the teams and that isinternational cricket.

“My aim is todo as well as Ican and play mypart in thesec o n d i t i o n swhich are dif-ferent from back

in Australia."

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Locking horns with an inexperienced sideis not an ideal preparation for the real test

ahead but Australia would look to get intothe groove and be ready for the five-matchODI series against India when they take ona relatively weak Board President's XI, hereon Tuesday.

The Australians, led by Steve Smith,arrived here from Bangladesh after drawinga two-Test series and the match tomorrowwould give them opportunity to at leastswitch to the One-day format.

The reigning 50-over World Championshave struggled to counter spin and captainSteve Smith has admitted it will a big chal-lenge for them to adapt to spin-friendly con-ditions.

The line-up that they face has only onecapped player in captain Gurkeerat SinghMann. He played three ODIs againstAustralia early in 2016 and has sinceremained on the fringes after that.

With most of the Indian players involvedin Duleep Trophy, the selectors had to name

an XI comprising of relatively unknown play-ers but it is a chance that they would relishbecause it is not often that they get to faceinternational opposition.

More than Australia, it's the BoardPresident XI players, who will be richer ingaining experience.

Australia skipper Smith and his deputyDavid Warner, who scored two centuries inBangladesh, are the key batsmen for the side.Smith would hope that experienced AaronFinch, Glenn Maxwell and others also stepup.

There are plenty of all-rounders in the

visitors camp - James Faulkner, MarcusStoinis, Nathan Coulter-Nile, who all have theexperience of playing on Indian pitches, cour-tesy IPL.

A good show in the practice game wouldput them ahead in the race to win a spot inthe starting XI for the first ODI on Sunday.

For Maxwell and wicket-keeper MatthewWade, the series would be crucial as they hadan average tour of Bangladesh.

Smith has already said that perfor-mances in this series would count as the selec-tors look to identify the player to fill the vitalNo.6 spot in the Test team and the keeper'sslot for the Ashes, which that begin inNovember.

While the warm-up tie presents a chanceto the batsmen to get some game time aheadof the first ODI, the bowlers would be aim-ing to find their rhythm early and adapt tothe humid Indian conditions.

For the home players such as RahulTripathi, Nitish Rana and WashingtonSundar, who have performed well in the IPL,taking on the Australians would be a big challenge.

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Faf du Plessis believes the World XI tourto Pakistan is bigger than the game and

can help revive international cricket in thecountry.

The South African will captain a star-studded team of players from seven coun-tries in a three-match Twenty20 seriesagainst Pakistan in Lahore over the nextfour days. "It's fair to say that this will bethe first time when we actually come intoplay cricket for something which is muchbigger than the game itself," he toldreporters hours after arriving amid tightsecurity. "We look forward to what will bea great week of cricket."

Pakistan hasn't hosted internationalcricket since terrorists attacked the SriLanka team bus in Lahore in 2009.

The Pakistan Cricket Board tried towin back the confidence of foreign coun-tries over security concerns, but onlyZimbabwe visited the city two years ago fora short limited-overs series.

The successful Pakistan Super Leaguefinal in March helped showcase the coun-try's ability to host international matches,with foreign players such as the West Indies'Darren Sammy and Marlon Samuels com-peting.

Working closely with the InternationalCricket Council's Pakistan Task Force teamheaded by Englishman Giles Clarke, thePCB managed to draw international play-ers and prove once again it's safe to playmatches in the country.

Former Zimbabwe captain AndyFlower is the coach of the World XI and

convinced players from various countriesto tour Pakistan.

The ICC has sent security experts tomonitor the three T20s at the GaddafiStadium, while at least 500 meters of themain road leading to a five-star hotel whereteams are staying is completely cordonedoff. Du Plessis said security was obvious-ly the players' main concern before agree-ing to take part. "When this whole thingcame about, you do think about that (secu-

rity) sort of things," he said. "But as soonas we spoke to the people who were in con-trol of the security, the planning ... as a play-er all you want was that peace of mind andthey gave it to us. They are very confidentthat this will be smooth sailing. We justwanted to get here and experience whatwas going to be something that was goingto be huge turnaround in world cricket."

Flower took feedback from hisyounger brother Grant, who has been thePakistan team's batting coach the past threeyears. "Obviously I spoke with him afterGiles Clarke had first approached this ideawith me," he said. "I was quite comfortablewith the feedback that he gave.”

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Australia opener Aaron Finch will miss thewarm-up match against Board President's XI

to be played at MA Chidambaram stadium here onTuesday.

However, the right-hander is not in any doubtfor the ODI series opener against India on Sunday,cricket.com.au has reported.

The norm of resting a few seniors during warm-up games is not uncommon. All-rounder HiltonCartwright missed Monday's training session dueto illness and is also in doubt, with a decision onhis participation to be made on Tuesday morning.

Finch had injured his calf playing for Surrey inEngland six weeks ago and has been working close-ly with physiotherapist Alex Kountouris over thepast two days in order to be fit for Sunday's seriesopener. All fit members of Australia's squad areexpected to play some role against President's XIas the match is not an official List A fixture mean-ing each team can field more than 11 players.

Meanwhile, the Board President's XI captainGurkeerat Singh Mann told reporters ahead thegame that he was excited about playing theAustralians. "I am excited to play. I made my debutagainst the Australians. Am happy to get an oppor-tunity to play them again," he said.

Despite having little time to practice and plan,he said the players were ready.

"You need to be ready all the time. All of us havebeen playing. I have been playing back home. It isalso a good opportunity for us to get runs/wicketsand carry forward the form to domestic cricket.

"Wherever you get selected, you need to per-form. It is about giving our best. We need to keepit simple and perform to our potential," the all-rounder, who has played three ODIs for India said.

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