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A s the Supreme Court on Monday turned down the plea for expeditious hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi land dispute case and said the mat- ter will be dealt with by an appropriate Bench in January, the court faced harsh criticism from several quarters and demand for an Ordinance for the construction of Ram Temple grew louder within the BJP, RSS and various Sangh Parivar outfits .The Congress exercised restraint saying that the apex court verdict should be awaited and the issue be not linked with vote-bank poli- tics. With the country warming up to the Lok Sabha polls, around six months away, the BJP and the RSS called for bringing a legislation to expe- dite the temple construction at Ayodhya apprehending that the court proceedings on the issue may not conclude too soon. Outlining the Government’s stand, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, at the same time, said a lot people in the country want the case to be heard quickly. Addressing a press conference in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, Prasad said the BJP never linked the Ram Mandir issue with polls. “The Supreme Court today said the hearing (on the Ayodhya land title dispute cases) will be held in January. As a Law Minister, I should not say anything else, as you under- stand that there are certain lim- itations,” Prasad said. “I would like to humbly say that a lot of people in the coun- try want that the hearing on the issue should be completed soon,” he said. The RSS said the Supreme Court should make an early decision on the Ram Janmabhoomi land dispute and the Union Government should bring a legislation to remove hurdles, if any, in the way of the construction of a Ram temple at the site. RSS chief spokesperson Arun Kumar said the Allahabad High Court in its verdict has accepted that the site is the birthplace of Lord Ram and a temple existed there. The HC judgment, deliv- ered in four civil suits, had said the 2.77-acre land be divided equally among three parties — the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. “The Sangh believes a grand Ram temple should be constructed soon at the birth- place of Lord Ram. And land should be allotted at the birth- place for temple construction. With the construction of the temple, an atmosphere of unity and harmony will be created. With this in view, the Supreme Court should make an early decision and if there are any difficulties, the Government should make a law to remove all hurdles in the way of giving land for temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site,” Kumar said in a statement. “Ever since this andolan was started by sants, we have supported it and will continue to support them in their deci- sions in future,” he said. BJP leader Vinay Katiyar alleged that the issue was being delayed “under pressure” from the Congress, which denied the charge. “The decision is being delayed under pressure from the Congress. People like Kapil Sibal and Prashant Bhushan are pressing for delay- ing the issue. Till when will Ram bhakts (devotees) wait? In 2019, the Congress will come to know,” he said. Former Union Minister and BJP leader Sanjeev Baliyan said, “I am surprised at the pri- orities of the court. I am of the view that the Ram Temple should be constructed. The Government should explore all possibilities.” BJP’s ally Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said the Ram tem- ple is an issue of faith and demanded that the Government comes out with an Ordinance soon. “It is a matter of faith. The court cannot decide on this. The Government should bring an ordinance,” he said. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, however, main- tained that it was a familiar story every five years before the elections when the BJP tries to polarise the issue. Continued on Page 4 T he Supreme Court on Monday refused to enter- tain the Uttar Pradesh plea for early hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, saying it has different priorities. The court fixed the case for the first week of January before an “appropriate Bench” which will decide the schedule of hearing. The court’s decision is a big blow to the temple pro- tagonists who had hoped for an early resolution of the dis- pute and day-to-day hearing of the case that could have paved the way for building of the Ram temple before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. “We will fix the date of hearing of the Ayodhya dispute case before the appropriate Bench in January,” said a three- judge Bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and comprising Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate CS Vaidyanathan, appearing for the UP Government and deity Ramlala respectively, sought early listing of the appeals in the case after refer- ring to their long pendency. But the Bench remained unim- pressed and clearly indicated the case was not a priority for it. “We have our own priori- ties. Whether the matter will be heard in January, February or March, the appropriate Bench will decide,” the Bench said. Hopes for expeditious set- tlement of the Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid land dispute case were revived after a three- judge Bench, by a 2:1 majori- ty last month, refused to refer to a five-judge Constitution Bench the issue of reconsider- ation of the observations in its 1994 judgment that a mosque was not integral to Islam. The matter had arisen during the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute. The majority view by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and Justice Ashok Bhushan ordered that the hear- ing in the main Ayodhya title suit appeals should resume from October 29. Continued on Page 4 A s the Supreme Court on Monday banned 15-year- old petrol vehicles and 10- year-old diesel vehicles from plying in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), nation- al Capital air quality has been predicted to deteriorate “dras- tically” on Tuesday. The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) on Monday said stubble fire counts has increased “tremendously” in past 24 hours. The Supreme Court also instructed the transport depart- ment to impound such vehicles if they are found on the road. “A list of these vehicles should be published on the websites of the Central Pollution Control Board CPCB) and the trans- port department, and an adver- tisement should be published in newspapers,” said the court. The Supreme Court passed these directions on a note placed before it by advocate Aparajita Singh, assisting the court as amicus in the air pol- lution matter, seeking urgent directions to correct the pre- vailing situation of pollution. The court also directed the CPCB to immediately cre- ate a social media account on which citizens could lodge their complaints directly about pollution. Appropriate action could be taken by the author- ities concerned on the written complaints, the SC added. The court has posted the matter for hearing on November 1. In 2015, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned 15-year-old petrol vehicles and 10-year-old diesel vehicles. The following year, the NGT directed authorities in the NCR and Delhi to begin dereg- istering all diesel vehicles in the capital that are more than a decade old. During the hearing on Monday, the Bench referred to media reports that people should not go on morning walk due to the high levels of pollution. “Have you gone to old Delhi railway station? Poor people there have to work to earn their livelihood. The kind of exertion they undergo is much more than those walking in the morning at Lodhi Gardens,” the Bench told Additional Solicitor General (ASG) ANS Nadkarni, appear- ing for the Centre. “They are doing heavy duty manual work. You cannot tell them that you stop your work because it is unsafe for you to work in the morning. This is a very critical situ- ation,” said the Bench, adding, “It is horrible”. The Bench told Nadkarni that authorities would have to do their work properly and find out solutions. Continued on Page 4 A 16-year-old teenage French girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 45-year-old busi- nessman in whose house she was staying while on a student exchange programme in India. The French national was a friend of her assaulter’s daugh- ter who stayed at the victim’s house in France in May-June being a part of the same exchange programme. According to the victim’s complaint, on October 18 while she was packing clothes and other belongings in her bags before leaving for a trip to Jaipur, the 45-year-old inap- propriately “touched” and forcibly “hugged” her. The girl narrated her ordeal to her teacher in Jaipur who informed the French Embassy. Continued on Page 4 A ll 189 passengers, the Indian pilot and crew aboard a crashed Indonesian Lion Air jet were likely killed in the accident, rescue officials said on Monday, as they announced they had found human remains and would continue the grim search through the night. The Boeing-737 MAX, which went into service just months ago, vanished from radar 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport, plunging into the Java Sea moments after it had asked to return to Jakarta. Websites that display flight data showed the plane speeding up as it sud- denly lost altitude before it dis- appeared, with authorities say- ing witnesses saw the jet plunge into the water. Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja, 31, captained the plane, Indian Embassy here confirmed. Some 40 divers are part of about 150 personnel at the scene, authorities said, with the plane wreckage some 30 to 40 metres deep in the water. Earlier, video footage apparently filmed at the scene of the crash showed a slick of fuel on the surface of the water and pictures showed what appeared to be an emergency slide and bits of wreckage bear- ing Lion Air’s logo. The carrier acknowledged that the jet had previously been grounded for unspecified repairs. The disaster is a setback for Indonesia’s airline industry, which just emerged from decadelong bans by the European Union and the US Over safety concerns. PTI T he much-talked about “green” firecrackers would not be available in the market before Diwali and the existing ones will continue to pollute the air despite the Supreme Court allowing only the sale of “green and improved” fireworks that emit lesser toxic emissions. The Government’s premier scientific research agency, the Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR), has developed eco-friendly crackers, but they are yet to get approval for production. This means they will not be available in the market for consumers befor the festival of lights. Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said it was unlikely that “green” fire- crackers would be available in time for this Diwali, though the technology to make them has been developed by the CSIR labs and the fire-crackers man- ufacturers will have to come forward to avail it. These crackers have been named as safe water releaser (SWAS), safe minimal alu- minium (SAFAL) and safe thermite cracker (STAR). Talking to reporters at the Press conference, Dr Vardhan said the tests have shown a decrease in emission of partic- ulate matter, smoke, noise and toxic gases. Listing a string of steps to make further improvement in the firecrackers, he said that it is for the first time in the coun- try an emission testing facility has been established at CSIR- NEERI and extensive testing is in progress for conventional and green crackers for moni- toring the emissions and sound”, he said. This facility uses all sophis- ticated instruments for mea- surement and sampling when firecrackers are used. “First, we set up an emis- sion testing facility at NEERI in Nagpur, where all the existing firecrackers and green crackers have been tested. Then we tested with dif- ferent chemicals for things like colour, smoke, ability to burst,” he said, adding that the exist- ing firecrackers had four key components that were replaced — aluminium, barium, potasi- um nitrate and carbon — all of which are polluting and were replaced. Continued on Page 4 C ongress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday began his two-day tour of politically significant Malwa-Nimar region in the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh by offering prayers at the famous Mahakaleshwar Temple, devot- ed to Lord Shiva, here. Clad in a dhoti, he per- formed puja at the ancient temple, which is one of the 12 ‘Jyotirlingas’ (special shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva) in the country. It was Gandhi’s second visit to the shrine. He had last visited the temple in 2010, a party leader said. Wearing cream-coloured dhoti, the Congress chief entered the sanctum sanctorum along with state party unit president Kamal Nath and campaign committee chairman Jyotiraditya Scindia. The 48-year-old Amethi MP performed the puja amid chanting of ‘mantras’ (hymns) by temple priests. The Gandhi scion per- formed the puja of Lord Mahakal (Shiva) for around half an hour. The Congress, had last year, said Gandhi was an ardent Shiv bhakt. In August this year, he had undertaken Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to seek blessings of Lord Shiva. Madhya Pradesh, where the Congress is in opposition since 2003, will go to polls on November 28. During his two-day tour, the Congress chief will visit Malwa-Nimar, a politically cru- cial region which accounts for 66 of the 230 Assembly seats in the State. During his tour, Gandhi will address rallies in Jhabua, Indore, Dhar, Khargone and Mhow. Indore: In poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi after offering prayers at Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar temple, addressed two election rallies and signed it off with a roadshow in Indore amid chants of “Har Har Mahadev”. While the BJP retorted, saying Gandhi was trying to build his image as that of a “Shiv bhakt” with his temple visits, the Congress chief hit out at the Narendra Modi Government at the Centre and the Shivraj Singh Chouhan regime in Madhya Pradesh, alleging failures on several fronts, including jobs and cor- ruption. Continued on Page 4 C ongress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made mistakes on Jammu & Kashmir, as a result of which the State is on fire. Addressing a public meet- ing here, Gandhi also alleged that the ‘One-Rank, One- Pension’ (OROP) scheme has not been implemented so far and the Prime Minister was speaking lies on the issue. He said a couple of days back, a delegation of ex- ser- vicemen met him and said they had trusted Modi over OROP but were disappointed now. The Prime Minister claims that ‘One-Rank, One-Pension’ (OROP) has been implement- ed. He speaks lies. ‘One-Rank, One-Pension’ (OROP) has not been implemented so far. Modi ji claims but ex-servicemen said it was not executed, the Congress leader said. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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As the Supreme Court onMonday turned down the

plea for expeditious hearing ofthe Ram Janmabhoomi landdispute case and said the mat-ter will be dealt with by anappropriate Bench in January,the court faced harsh criticismfrom several quarters anddemand for an Ordinance forthe construction of RamTemple grew louder withinthe BJP, RSS and various SanghParivar outfits .The Congressexercised restraint saying thatthe apex court verdict shouldbe awaited and the issue be notlinked with vote-bank poli-tics.

With the country warmingup to the Lok Sabha polls,around six months away, theBJP and the RSS called forbringing a legislation to expe-dite the temple construction atAyodhya apprehending thatthe court proceedings on theissue may not conclude toosoon.

Outlining theGovernment’s stand, UnionLaw Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad, at the same time, saida lot people in the country want

the case to be heard quickly.Addressing a press conferencein poll-bound Chhattisgarh,Prasad said the BJP neverlinked the Ram Mandir issuewith polls.

“The Supreme Court todaysaid the hearing (on theAyodhya land title disputecases) will be held in January.As a Law Minister, I should notsay anything else, as you under-stand that there are certain lim-itations,” Prasad said.

“I would like to humbly saythat a lot of people in the coun-try want that the hearing on theissue should be completedsoon,” he said.

The RSS said the SupremeCourt should make an earlydecision on the RamJanmabhoomi land dispute andthe Union Government shouldbring a legislation to removehurdles, if any, in the way of theconstruction of a Ram templeat the site.

RSS chief spokespersonArun Kumar said theAllahabad High Court in itsverdict has accepted that thesite is the birthplace of LordRam and a temple existedthere. The HC judgment, deliv-ered in four civil suits, had said

the 2.77-acre land be dividedequally among three parties —the Sunni Waqf Board, theNirmohi Akhara and RamLalla.

“The Sangh believes agrand Ram temple should beconstructed soon at the birth-place of Lord Ram. And landshould be allotted at the birth-place for temple construction.With the construction of thetemple, an atmosphere of unityand harmony will be created.With this in view, the Supreme

Court should make an earlydecision and if there are anydifficulties, the Governmentshould make a law to removeall hurdles in the way of givingland for temple at the RamJanmabhoomi site,” Kumar saidin a statement.

“Ever since this andolanwas started by sants, we havesupported it and will continueto support them in their deci-sions in future,” he said.

BJP leader Vinay Katiyaralleged that the issue was being

delayed “under pressure” fromthe Congress, which denied thecharge. “The decision isbeing delayed under pressurefrom the Congress. People likeKapil Sibal and PrashantBhushan are pressing for delay-ing the issue. Till when willRam bhakts (devotees) wait? In2019, the Congress will cometo know,” he said.

Former Union Ministerand BJP leader Sanjeev Baliyansaid, “I am surprised at the pri-orities of the court. I am of theview that the Ram Templeshould be constructed. TheGovernment should exploreall possibilities.”

BJP’s ally Shiv Sena leaderSanjay Raut said the Ram tem-ple is an issue of faith anddemanded that theGovernment comes out with anOrdinance soon. “It is a matterof faith. The court cannotdecide on this. TheGovernment should bring anordinance,” he said.

Senior Congress leader PChidambaram, however, main-tained that it was a familiarstory every five years before theelections when the BJP tries topolarise the issue.

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The Supreme Court onMonday refused to enter-

tain the Uttar Pradesh plea forearly hearing of the RamJanmabhoomi-Babri Masjidland dispute case, saying it hasdifferent priorities. The courtfixed the case for the firstweek of January before an“appropriate Bench” which willdecide the schedule of hearing.

The court’s decision is abig blow to the temple pro-tagonists who had hoped foran early resolution of the dis-pute and day-to-day hearing ofthe case that could have pavedthe way for building of theRam temple before the 2019Lok Sabha polls.

“We will fix the date ofhearing of the Ayodhya disputecase before the appropriateBench in January,” said a three-judge Bench, headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi, and

comprising Justices SK Kauland KM Joseph.

Solicitor General TusharMehta and senior advocateCS Vaidyanathan, appearingfor the UP Government anddeity Ramlala respectively,sought early listing of theappeals in the case after refer-ring to their long pendency.But the Bench remained unim-pressed and clearly indicatedthe case was not a priority forit.

“We have our own priori-ties. Whether the matter willbe heard in January, Februaryor March, the appropriateBench will decide,” the Benchsaid.

Hopes for expeditious set-tlement of the Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute casewere revived after a three-judge Bench, by a 2:1 majori-ty last month, refused to referto a five-judge ConstitutionBench the issue of reconsider-ation of the observations in its1994 judgment that a mosquewas not integral to Islam. Thematter had arisen during thehearing of the Ayodhya landdispute.

The majority view byChief Justice of India (CJI)Dipak Misra and Justice AshokBhushan ordered that the hear-ing in the main Ayodhya titlesuit appeals should resumefrom October 29.

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As the Supreme Court onMonday banned 15-year-

old petrol vehicles and 10-year-old diesel vehicles fromplying in Delhi and NationalCapital Region (NCR), nation-al Capital air quality has beenpredicted to deteriorate “dras-tically” on Tuesday.

The System of Air Qualityand Weather Forecasting AndResearch (SAFAR) on Mondaysaid stubble fire counts hasincreased “tremendously” inpast 24 hours.

The Supreme Court alsoinstructed the transport depart-ment to impound such vehiclesif they are found on the road.“A list of these vehicles shouldbe published on the websites ofthe Central Pollution ControlBoard CPCB) and the trans-port department, and an adver-tisement should be publishedin newspapers,” said the court.

The Supreme Court passedthese directions on a noteplaced before it by advocateAparajita Singh, assisting thecourt as amicus in the air pol-lution matter, seeking urgentdirections to correct the pre-vailing situation of pollution.

The court also directed

the CPCB to immediately cre-ate a social media account onwhich citizens could lodgetheir complaints directly aboutpollution. Appropriate actioncould be taken by the author-ities concerned on the writtencomplaints, the SC added.

The court has posted thematter for hearing onNovember 1.

In 2015, the NationalGreen Tribunal (NGT) hadbanned 15-year-old petrolvehicles and 10-year-old dieselvehicles. The following year, theNGT directed authorities in theNCR and Delhi to begin dereg-istering all diesel vehicles in thecapital that are more than adecade old.

During the hearing onMonday, the Bench referred tomedia reports that peopleshould not go on morning

walk due to the high levels ofpollution. “Have you gone toold Delhi railway station? Poorpeople there have to work toearn their livelihood. The kindof exertion they undergo ismuch more than those walkingin the morning at LodhiGardens,” the Bench toldAdditional Solicitor General(ASG) ANS Nadkarni, appear-ing for the Centre.

“They are doing heavyduty manual work. You cannottell them that you stop yourwork because it is unsafe foryou to work in the morning.

This is a very critical situ-ation,” said the Bench, adding,“It is horrible”.

The Bench told Nadkarnithat authorities would have todo their work properly and findout solutions.

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A16-year-old teenage Frenchgirl was allegedly sexually

assaulted by a 45-year-old busi-nessman in whose house shewas staying while on a studentexchange programme in India.

The French national was afriend of her assaulter’s daugh-ter who stayed at the victim’shouse in France in May-Junebeing a part of the sameexchange programme.

According to the victim’scomplaint, on October 18 whileshe was packing clothes andother belongings in her bagsbefore leaving for a trip toJaipur, the 45-year-old inap-propriately “touched” andforcibly “hugged” her. The girlnarrated her ordeal to herteacher in Jaipur who informedthe French Embassy.

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All 189 passengers, theIndian pilot and crew

aboard a crashed IndonesianLion Air jet were likely killedin the accident, rescue officialssaid on Monday, as theyannounced they had foundhuman remains and wouldcontinue the grim searchthrough the night.

The Boeing-737 MAX,which went into service justmonths ago, vanished fromradar 13 minutes after takingoff from Jakarta SoekarnoHatta International Airport,plunging into the Java Seamoments after it had asked toreturn to Jakarta.

Websites that display f light data showed the plane speeding up as it sud-denly lost altitude before it dis-appeared, with authorities say-ing witnesses saw the jet plunge

into the water.Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja,

31, captained the plane, IndianEmbassy here confirmed.

Some 40 divers are part ofabout 150 personnel at thescene, authorities said, with theplane wreckage some 30 to 40metres deep in the water.

Earlier, video footageapparently filmed at the sceneof the crash showed a slick offuel on the surface of the waterand pictures showed whatappeared to be an emergencyslide and bits of wreckage bear-ing Lion Air’s logo.

The carrier acknowledgedthat the jet had previously been grounded forunspecified repairs.

The disaster is a setback forIndonesia’s airline industry,which just emerged fromdecadelong bans by theEuropean Union and the USOver safety concerns. PTI

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The much-talked about“green” firecrackers would

not be available in the marketbefore Diwali and the existingones will continue to pollute theair despite the Supreme Courtallowing only the sale of “greenand improved” fireworks thatemit lesser toxic emissions.

The Government’s premierscientific research agency, theCouncil for Science andIndustrial Research (CSIR),has developed eco-friendlycrackers, but they are yet to getapproval for production. Thismeans they will not be availablein the market for consumersbefor the festival of lights.

Union EnvironmentMinister Harsh Vardhan said itwas unlikely that “green” fire-crackers would be available in

time for this Diwali, though thetechnology to make them hasbeen developed by the CSIRlabs and the fire-crackers man-ufacturers will have to comeforward to avail it.

These crackers have beennamed as safe water releaser(SWAS), safe minimal alu-minium (SAFAL) and safethermite cracker (STAR).

Talking to reporters at the

Press conference, Dr Vardhansaid the tests have shown adecrease in emission of partic-ulate matter, smoke, noise andtoxic gases.

Listing a string of steps to

make further improvement inthe firecrackers, he said that itis for the first time in the coun-try an emission testing facilityhas been established at CSIR-NEERI and extensive testing isin progress for conventionaland green crackers for moni-toring the emissions andsound”, he said.

This facility uses all sophis-ticated instruments for mea-surement and sampling whenfirecrackers are used.

“First, we set up an emis-sion testing facility at NEERI inNagpur, where all the existingfirecrackers and green crackershave been tested.

Then we tested with dif-ferent chemicals for things likecolour, smoke, ability to burst,”he said, adding that the exist-ing firecrackers had four keycomponents that were replaced— aluminium, barium, potasi-um nitrate and carbon — all ofwhich are polluting and werereplaced.

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Congress president RahulGandhi on Monday began

his two-day tour of politicallysignificant Malwa-Nimarregion in the poll-boundMadhya Pradesh by offeringprayers at the famousMahakaleshwar Temple, devot-ed to Lord Shiva, here.

Clad in a dhoti, he per-formed puja at the ancienttemple, which is one of the 12‘Jyotirlingas’ (special shrinesdedicated to Lord Shiva) in the country.

It was Gandhi’s secondvisit to the shrine. He had lastvisited the temple in 2010, aparty leader said.

W e a r i n gcream-coloureddhoti, the Congresschief entered thesanctum sanctorumalong with stateparty unit presidentKamal Nath and campaigncommittee chairmanJyotiraditya Scindia.

The 48-year-old AmethiMP performed the puja amidchanting of ‘mantras’ (hymns)by temple priests.

The Gandhi scion per-formed the puja of LordMahakal (Shiva) for aroundhalf an hour.

The Congress, had lastyear, said Gandhi was an ardentShiv bhakt. In August this year,

he had undertakenKailash Mansarovar Yatrato seek blessings of Lord

Shiva. Madhya Pradesh, wherethe Congress is in oppositionsince 2003, will go to polls onNovember 28.

During his two-day tour,the Congress chief will visitMalwa-Nimar, a politically cru-cial region which accounts for66 of the 230 Assembly seats inthe State.

During his tour, Gandhiwill address rallies in Jhabua,Indore, Dhar, Khargone andMhow.

Indore: In poll-bound MadhyaPradesh, Congress chief RahulGandhi after offering prayers atUjjain’s Mahakaleshwar temple,addressed two election ralliesand signed it off with a roadshow in Indore amidchants of “Har Har Mahadev”.

While the BJP retorted,saying Gandhi was trying tobuild his image as that of a“Shiv bhakt” with his templevisits, the Congress chief hit outat the Narendra ModiGovernment at the Centre andthe Shivraj Singh Chouhanregime in Madhya Pradesh,alleging failures on severalfronts, including jobs and cor-ruption.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi had made mistakes onJammu & Kashmir, as a resultof which the State is on fire.

Addressing a public meet-ing here, Gandhi also alleged

that the ‘One-Rank, One-Pension’ (OROP) scheme hasnot been implemented so farand the Prime Minister wasspeaking lies on the issue.

He said a couple of daysback, a delegation of ex- ser-vicemen met him and said theyhad trusted Modi over OROPbut were disappointed now.

The Prime Minister claimsthat ‘One-Rank, One-Pension’(OROP) has been implement-ed.

He speaks lies. ‘One-Rank,One-Pension’ (OROP) has notbeen implemented so far. Modiji claims but ex-servicemensaid it was not executed, theCongress leader said.

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Three roller skaters fromCampion School Bhopal

performed very well in CBSEWest Zone competition andbagged four gold and one sil-ver medal. This CBSE westzone roller skating comple-tion held recently fromOctober 24 to 27 in the skatingrink of RMG English SchoolSurat in Gujarat. This west zonecompetition was organised bythe CBSE.

The students who broughtlaurels for the school includedTegbeer Singh of std VI U-12won 2 Gold in 300 & 500 mtrsquads skate, Anmol Dhanesh ofstd XII U-19, won 2 Gold in300 & 500 mtrs quads skate andMohd Anas Baksh std VII U-14 won 1 Bronze medal in 500mtrs Inline category respec-tively along with Trophy andCertificate of Merit in their dif-

ferent age and categories.All the skaters prepare

themselves for this competitionunder the guidance of theircoach Sanjay Mishra. By theirextraordinary performances inthis State Level competitiontwo Campionites TegbeerSingh and Anmol Dhaneshhave been selected or qualifiedfor the CBSE National LevelRoller Skating Competitionwhich is going to be held in thefirst week of upcoming monthNovember in RaipurChhattisgarh.

More than 2000 Skatersfrom different CBSE schoolsfrom Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,Rajasthan, Daman and Diuparticipated in the competi-tion. Principal Fr Athnas Lakra,SJ, Vice-Principal Fr Amrit lalToppo SJ and PE DepartmentHOD Johnsy Koshy congratu-lated the coach and the students.

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Neta App, a first of its kindtechnology platform that

lets voters rate and reviewtheir political representatives,was launched in MadhyaPradesh on Monday. Neta Appaims at fostering politicalaccountability by being an earlyindicator of how a leader’s per-formance is being perceived bythe voters.

The platform has regis-tered 35 Lakh verified voters across 230 constituenciesin Madhya Pradesh, ahead of Assembly elections in the State.

The platform was launchednationally in August by formerPresident of India PranabMukherjee.

In Madhya Pradesh, theapp is increasingly finding

adoption not only in the met-ros but across Tier 2 and 3towns like Amla, Bhind andDamoh as well.

While launching the App,Founder of Neta App PrathamMittal claimed that over 35 lakhpeople in the State are alreadyusing his App to rate andreview their leaders.Countrywide, the platform isbeing used by 1.6 crore sub-scribers to date.

The app is available onAndroid, iOS and web in 16languages, keeping in mindthe diverse user profile.

In order to ensure partici-pation across demographics,including the rural heartlands,Neta app uses multiple medi-ums like the app itself, IVRcalls, SMS and even offline acti-vations with the help ofAashawadi and Aanganwadiworkers, to gather data on theevolving political inclinations.

According to the data col-lected through 35 lakh users ofthe platform in the MadhyaPradesh, BJP faces serious anti-incumbency in the State.

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BHEL Ladies Club the otherday celebrated the pre-

diwali festival with great zealand fervour. On this occasionPratibha Thakur PresidentBHEL Ladies Club was presentas the Chief Guest. Thakur inher address urged the gather-ing present to plant as manytrees as possible.

The programme began withthe performance of Durga Stutiby Dakshayani Thakur andDeep dance by Kumari RitikaSingh. During the celebrationrangoli and kalash decorationcompetition was also organisedfor the club members as well asthe employees of the club.

A fashion show was alsoorganised on the occasionwhich received immenseappreciation from all quarters.

Amita Agarwal won theFashion Queen title whereas

Rima Lakra and Alka VaniAgarwal won the second &third runners up title respec-tively. Swati Baghel received theconsolation prize. Rima Lakrawon the Best Smile prize,Megha Singh won the prize forMost Confident Personality,Sumita Sarna for BeautifulEyes and Swati Baghel won theExotica title.

Tanu Patil and Rashmi

Saxena were present as thejudges during the programme.In the Rangoli and Kalash dec-oration competition Welfarecentre won the First prize,BLEW Computer the SecondPrize and Technical Centrewon the Third prize. In themember category AartiAgarwal won the First prize,Swati Baghel the Second prizeand Rajashri Choudhary won

the Third prize. Nandita Gardeand Rashmi Saxena were thejudges of the competition.

Navita Nigam Vice-President planned the entireprogramme. Manisha SharmaCultural Secretary coordinatedand Aarti Agarwal Treasurerproposed the vote of thanks.Archana Sharma, JointSecretary contributed in plan-ning the programme.

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Minutes after landing inGwalior the maverick

seer, Computer Baba called aPress conference to attack theBJP Governments in the cen-ter and the State. The seer is intown to oversee the prepara-tions for the Sadhu-Sant MahaSammelan to be held at theKoteshwar Mandir premiseson the 30th of this month.

Speaking to the media per-sons, the Baba alleged that theBJP Government does notrespect cows honestly andallows flagrant and unashamedillegal mining of sand from theNarmada River.

He added the BJP will nei-ther protect cows nor NarmadaRiver. He added there has beenlarge scale corruption in theplantation of 6 crore saplingsalong the river Narmada andillegal sand mining.

The dissident seer alsoaccused the Government ofplaying with the sentiments of

ordinary citizens in the nameof religious issues.

He said the BJPGovernment at the Centre wasnever serious about the con-struction of Ram Mandir. He

also remarked that the dual faceof the BJP is there for all to seein the way they handled theRam Mandir and the AtrocitiesAct issues.

He wondered how a party

which came to power using theRam Mandir issue could be socallous towards the construc-tion of the Mandir.

He stated that now it is upto the sadhus and sants to con-struct the Ram Mandir. Theseer said that a meeting of over1,500 sadhus will be held on theOct 30 to create awareness onthe issues of Ram Mandir, cowprotection and keeping thesanctity of the Narmada River.

Taking a dig at Modi’s‘Man Ki Baat’, the seer said thatnow it is the turn of the sadhusto tell their ‘man kibaat’.

When asked about hisambition to contest elections,the Sadhu said that as of nowhe has no plans to contest theelections. He added he has notdemanded ticket from anyparty. On the Sabarimala issue,the seer said that his currentpriority is to get rid of the anti-Hindu BJP Government andthat he will respond to theSabarimala issue at an appro-priate time later on.

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Cyber crime, Bhopal Police,have nabbed a Betul based

youth who created eight fakefacebook profiles to postobscene photographs of victimgirl after she refused his loveproposal.

Police said victim lodgedcomplaint after accused posted her obscene pho-tographs by creating fake face-book profile.

The accused continued tocreate fake Facebook profilesafter the victim complainedregarding fake facebook profileand created around eight morefake facebook profiles. Basedon the complaint accused wastracked and nabbed.

The accused was identifiedas Sunil Ghorse of Betul.

The accused tried to evadearrest by using SIM cardsissued in the names of differ-ent people and would operatethe fake facebook profiles farfrom his house in farms orother places to avoid locatinghis position.

Despite of all his tactics thecyber cell narrowed on theaccused and nabbed him and recovered SIM cardsand mobile phone used in the crime.

The accused told the policethat he was in love with the vic-tim and used to visit her house.He proposed the victim but sherefused and which made theaccused frustrated.

He created fake facebookprofile and posted obscenephotographs of the victim.

After the victim came toknow about the fake facebookprofile she lodged complaintand profile was closed butusing SIM cards of differentpeople he continued to harassthe victim.

Police have registered acase under sections 66 C, 67and 67 A of the IT Act and sec-tions 354 D and 201 of the IPC.

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The Deep Utsav 2018 beingorganised at Gauhar Mahal

offers great shopping experi-ence for the shopaholics of thecity this Diwali. From earthendiyas, to decoration materialsand from trendy outfits tosparkling accessories all areavailable at the historical shop-ping hub of the city.

The fair is evoking a goodresponse by the female partic-ipants as they are enchantedwith the home décor itemavailable at the mela. As themela shares a major collectionof dress materials and footwears are enthralling the ladies.

Moreover, the stalls of

household decoration are cap-tivating a big crowd at the spot.One could find a wonderfulcollection been designed indifferent patterns and prints.

There are printed materi-als beautifully embroideredwith Batik Print, Dabu Print,Hand-Block Print and one ofthe most renowned and lovedin all seasons, Bagh Print. Theimitation jewellery has become

a major attracting point for thecollege going girls at the fair.

The Handicraft andHandloom stuff from acrossthe State is being loved by thebuyers. Especially the earthendiyas, household accessories,show pieces, decoration items,sculptures and many more aremuch in demand.

The fair not only includesvarieties of diyas but, it has a

special candle. The candles range also

includes perfumed candles aswell in various designs. Thehistorical shopping hub of thecity has it all. The mela exhibitsmaterials from the districts ofMadhya Pradesh. People areseen satisfied as they buy newbed sheets, cloths and otherdecorative items for this Diwali.

People are not only buyingstuff for themselves, but also asa gift purpose they are inclinedtowards Deep Utsav 2018. Themela will continue tillNovember 4.

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Shahpura police have solvedthe case in which an attempt

was made to kidnap a four-year-old girl from play schoolin Gulmohar on October 4; thealleged kidnappers went tobring their niece but went towrong school and asked for vic-tim who was having samename of their niece.

Meticulous investigationlead to the solving of allegedkidnapping case in which twomen went to a play school andleft the school after staff refusedto take the kid with them.

Later, it was found thatmen went in confusion tobring their niece while victimgirl had the same name andthey asked to take other girlwith them.

The incident occurred onOctober 4 when two men wentto take four year old girl with

them and at they never visitedthe school staff asked them tocall the parents after which theyescaped the spot.

After sometime victim’smother reached the school andstaff detailed the incident andsame was reported to her hus-band who lodged complaintwith the Shahpura police.

After the photographs ofthe two emerged on social media and newspaperAnil Malviya contactedShahpura police and revealedthe truth.

He told the police that hiswife was undergoing treat-ment at hospital and he told hisbrother-in-law LakhanlalMalviya and Bunty Malviya tobring his daughter.

They went to the wrongKids Play Paradise and as thename of my daughter is sameas that of Nilesh’s daughter con-fusion was created.

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The special CBI Judge,Vyapam Cases, Bhopal has

sentenced Ashish Awaliya (can-didate) and Jai Singh Handa(impersonator/solver) toundergo five years RigorousImprisonment in a Vyapamrelated case.

The CBI had registered thecase in compliance of the ordersdated July 9, 2015, of SupremeCourt of India and taken overthe investigation of said casewhich was earlier registered atPolice Station STF, Bhopal.

It was alleged that the can-didate Ashish Awaliya hadused unfair means in PoliceConstable Recruitment Test(PCRT)-2013 and got selectedin the said test. During inquiry,he allegedly admitted to havearranged a solver to take theexamination in his place for anamount of Rs 1.50 lakh.

During investigation, CBIhad traced the impersonator/solver Jai Singh Handa, who

had appeared in the writtenexamination of PCRT-2013 inplace of Ashish Awaliya atexamination centre, Misrod,Bhopal on April 7, 2013.

After probe, CBI filedchargesheet against the accusedAshish Awaliya (candidate) andJai Singh Handa (imperson-ator/solver) under IPC Sections120-B, 419, 420, 467, 468 and471 and Section 3 (D) (1), (2)/4of MPRE Act, 1937 in theCourt of Special Judge, CBI,Vyapam Cases, Bhopal. TheTrial Court found the accusedguilty and convicted them.

Meanwhile, the specialJudge, CBI Cases, Bhopal hassentenced Sanjay Sehgal, thenBranch Manager, Porsa Branchof Satpura Narmada KshetriyaGramin Bank (SNKGB),Morena to undergo three yearsRigorous Imprisonment withfine of Rs 5 lakh and VinodSharma, proprietor of M/sSharma and Brothers, residentof Sethra Ahir, Tehsil-Porsa,Morena to undergo three years

Rigorous Imprisonment withfine of Rs 4 lakh.

The CBI had registered acase under sections 120-B and420 of the IPC and under sec-tions 13 (2) and 13 (1) (d) ofthe PC Act, 1988, on April 16,2012 on a complaint. It wasalleged that Sanjay Sehgal, thenBranch Manager, SatpuraNarmada Kshetriya GraminBank (SNKGB), hatched theconspiracy with Vinod Sharma,proprietor of M/s Sharma andBrothers and others andobtained sanctioned loan incontravention of rules and bymisappropriating the stockkept in Indian Warehouse infavour of the Bank. An allegedloss of Rs 1,90,49,359 (approx.)was caused to the Bank.

After completion of inves-tigation, charge-sheet was filedon November 23, 2012 in theCourt of Special Judge for CBICases, Bhopal against theaccused persons. The TrialCourt found the accused guiltyand convicted them.

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BJP general secretary KailashVijayvergiya on Monday

said the Congress should apol-ogise for its MP ShashiTharoor’s remarks againstPrime Minister Narendra Modiand Shivlinga, and sack him if it found the statementderogatory.

Notably, Tharoor onSunday claimed that anunnamed RSS source had tolda journalist that Prime MinisterModi was like a scorpion sittingon a Shivlinga who cannot beremoved by hand or hit with achappal (slipper).

Referring to Congress chiefRahul Gandhi’s visit onMonday to the Mahakaleshwartemple in Ujjain as part of histwo-day tour of poll-boundMadhya Pradesh, the BJPleader asked if the formerwould apologise to the peopleof the country while standingin the Mahakal temple”.

He also asked whetherGandhi believed what Tharoorhad said was proper. “Will youapologise to the people of thecountry while standing in theMahakal temple? But if youreally agree with Tharoor’sstatement, then I don’t have tosay anything as in that casepeople of the nation will cometo know that you are sportinga tilak on forehead and janeu(sacred thread) to fool them,”Vijayvergiya said.

“Otherwise you (Gandhi)have to throw him (Tharoor)out of the party and apologise

to the nation,” he said, claim-ing that Tharoor by his remarkshad shown his level.

He also lashed out at theCongress over its senior leaderand former Madhya Pradeshchief minister Digvijay Singhstaying away during Gandhi’svisit. While Singh tweeted thathe was not present duringGandhi’s visit to Indore earli-er in the day as he had beenassigned an important work bythe Congress president,Vijayvergiya claimed that Singhhad been prevented fromattending.

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Hindi play Kanyadaan wasspectacularly staged at ShaheedBhavan auditorium here onMonday. The play was per-formed on the fifth day ofVibha Mishra MemorialTheatre Festival.

The play revolves around ayoung woman from a politi-cally active family that regardsitself as progressive and liber-al, decides to marry a sociallyinferior, but talented man.Tendulkar explores the tex-ture of modernity and socialchange in India through theforces this marriage unleashes.

The play was directed byShiv Kant Verma and was per-formed by the artists ofTrikarshi Theatre Troupe.

As the title suggest,‘Kanyadaan’ deals with thetheme of marriage.

Nath Devlalikar is an MLAand his wife Seva is a socialworker. Jayprakash is an M. Sc.student and Jyoti is an intelli-gent girl.

This Brahmin familybelongs to the upper-class.

Nath’s daughter Jyotiinforms her parents her deci-sion to marry Arun Athavle, a

Dalit youth. Seva is shocked toknow it but Nath is relaxed andhappy inside because he wantsto remove the class-systemwhich is his dream. He con-sents Jyoti to get married withArun.

Nath wants to experimentwith this marriage, which is asort of political act. In the sec-ond scene of the act one, Jyotibrings Arun, who is dark Dalityouth doing his B. A. Jyoti isvery much interested in hispoetry and his autobiography.Arun feels uncomfortable inbig house and gets nervous andfinally leaves home.

Later, Jyoti arrives per-plexed and looking unhappy.Then Arun follows, ratherdrunk.

He asks for Jyoti’s forgive-ness as he had beaten her.Jyoti leaves with him again. Atthis juncture also, Nath doesnot want his dream to get bro-ken before his eyes though he’saware of the plight of his owndaughter.

The end of the dramaleaves a question in the read-ers mind as to what is thefuture of Jyoti’s marriage?

The mature acting skillsand the strong lighting effectmade the audience watch theshow with rapt attention.

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It was a delightful experiencefor the theatre goers wit-

nessing the lifespan of a kingwho adopted Buddhism after he saw bloodshed whilefighting a war as a stage per-formance.

King Ashoka is one of thebravest kings of MauryaEmpire. But, after Kalinga War,the entire life changing inci-dents of his were portrayedthrough a Hindi play ‘SamratAshoka’.

The play was staged hereon Monday at Bharat BhavanAuditorium marking the sec-ond day of theatre festival‘Rang Ekagra’. The play is writ-ten by Daya Prakash Sinha andwas directed by ChittranjanTripathi. The play was pre-sented by the artists of SanaskarBharti theatre troupeGorakhpur.

The writer of the play basi-cally highlighted the eventsfrom Ashoka’s life that hap-pened after the Kalinga War.The war is said to have the

most bloodshed of Indian his-tory that shattered Ashoka andhe turned towards Buddhism.In the words of the famousmonologue “What have I done?Is this a victory or a defeat? Isthis justice or injustice? Is itvalour to kill innocent childrenand women?”

He was disowned by the

kingdom and his people. Afterthis he was drawn to the teach-ings of the Buddha and soonbecame a devout Buddhist.The play stresses that all world-ly achievements are indeedephemeral. He donated tons ofgold to various Buddhist insti-tutions and for humanisticcauses but towards the end he

could donate just an apple to aBuddhist monk this is theabysmally miserable fall of anemperor.

The special music effectsand light design were the cap-turing point of the play. Theplay was worthwhile watchingwith its serious and intense act-ing skills.

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Special contact campaign forvisiting door-to-door was

launched here on Monday.Senior BJP leaders visited dif-ferent areas of Bhopal.

Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan, BJP State pres-ident Rakesh Singh and sever-al senior leaders reached dif-ferent places in processions tomeet people.

During the campaigningalong with discussing achieve-ments suggestions were soughtfrom people to make MadhyaPradesh prosperous.

Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan campaigned atBaghsewania of Saket Nagarmandal. Rakesh Singh visitedward 82 of Kolar. NationalVice president and state in-charge Vinay Saharshbuddhevisited Bheem Nagar of

Pansheel mandal, UnionMinister Thawarchand Gehlotvisited Barkheda Pathani ofAwadhpuri Mandal, National

Vice president Prabhat Jha vis-ited Shaheed Nagar of Agresenmandal, senior leaderSatyanarayan Jatia visited

Mangalwara of Chouk mandal,National General SecretaryKailash Vijayvargiya visited SaiBaba Nagar of Arera mandal,

Vikram Verma visitedShahjehanbad , KrishnamurariMoghe visited Subhash Colonyof station mandal, NandkumarSingh visited Ibrahimpura ofbus stand mandal, FagganSingh Kulaste visitedAmbedkar Nagar of NehruNagar mandal, ministerNarottam Mishra visitedBairagarh of Sant Hirdarammandal, Rajendra Shukla vis-ited Durga Chowk of Barkhedimandal, Bhupendra Singh vis-ited Banganga of TT Nagarmandal, Lal Singh Arya visit-ed F sector of Ayodhya Nagarmandal, Mahila MorchaPresident Lata Ailkar visitedSatnami Nagar of Indrapurimandal, Ramkrishan Kusmariavisited CTO ward of GandhiNagar mandal and formerMLA Virendra Singh visitedArcharya Narendra Dev Nagarof Subhash mandal.

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Gautam Nagar police havebooked two persons and

nabbed one for deterring pub-lic servant from discharge of hisduty and assaulting police menon Sunday.

Nabbed accused was iden-tified as Nadeem a resident ofKarond and works as autorickshaw driver. The incidenttook place in the afternoonwhen patrolling policemenSanjay Singh Raghuvanshi andGovindram instructed a vandriver to play music in lowvoice as code of conduct is

imposed and while they weredealing with driver LuckySharma the accused Nadeemintervened and took side of thevan driver and when he wastold to stay away as they were only trying to maintainthe orders Nadeem abused and scuffled with the twopolicemen.

Police said that Nadeemabused and scuffled with thetwo policemen in which uni-form of one of them got torn.The two informed the seniorofficials and based on the infor-mation police team rushed tothe spot and detained theaccused. The accused wasarrested for obstructing police-men in discharging their dutywhile the van driver LuckySharma who left the spot was

also booked. A case under section 353 of

IPC was registered againstNadeem and was nabbed.

He was produced in thecourt and was sent under judi-cial custody. The incident tookplace near to the Gautam Nagarpolice station.

Meanwhile, valuablesworth �30,000 were burgledfrom Kalyan Nagar underChola Mandir police stationarea on Sunday.

The victim Naseem Khanalong with his family had goneto meet his relatives and whenhe returned on Sunday thevaluables were found burgled.A mobile phone, Rs 12000cash were burgled. Police haveregistered case and startedinvestigation.

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Adistrict court in Raisen onMonday awarded death

sentence to a man for rapingand killing a three-and-a-half-year-old girl, saying his bar-baric crime showed that heeven lacked sensitivities foundin animals.

According to police, deathsentence has been awarded in14 cases involving minor vic-tims in Madhya Pradesh in2018, the highest number ofcapital punishments in childrape cases secured in a year inany State. Additional SessionJudge of Gauharganj (Raisendistrict) Surekha Mishra con-victed Jitendra Uike (24) hereunder IPC Sections 376 (A)(rape causing death) and 302(murder) and sentenced him todeath, prosecution officer AnilKumar Tiwari said.

He was also found guiltyunder other IPC sections aswell as those of the Protectionof Children from SexualOffences (POCSO) Act, headded.

According to Tiwari, whiledelivering the verdict, judgeMishra observed that even ani-

mals don’t behave in such a manner with those wholove them.

But the convict has com-mitted barbaric crime with thedaughter of his nearest relative, who gave him shelterin his home.

His action shows that henot only lacks human feelingsbut also is not having sensitiv-ities found in animals.

The prosecution officersaid that Uike was a close rel-ative of the victim, who used tocall him chacha (paternaluncle). According to prosecu-tion, on August 13 this year, theaccused picked up the victimfrom her grandparents’ homeon the pretext of dropping theminor at her father’s home.However, en route Uike rapedand strangulated her and thendumped the body in the forest,he said.

Director General (PublicProsecution) Rajendra Kumarsaid capital punishment wasawarded in 16 cases during thisyear in MP. Of these, 14 caseswere related to rape, one ofsodomy, all involving minorvictims, and another of murder,he informed.

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Chief Electoral Officer VLKantha Rao in a meeting

held with the recognised polit-ical parties has informed thatnomination forms can be submitted in the offices ofthe Returning Officers between11 am and 3 pm fromNovember 2 to 9, 2018.

Nomination forms will not

be submitted owing to thepublic holiday on November 4and 7 due to Deepawali.Candidates are required tosubmit nomination forms in 4set maximum. At the time ofsubmitting nominations forms,maximum 3 vehicles and max-imum 5 persons (1+4) will bepermitted in the perimeter of100 meters of the office of thereturning officer.

Candidates are required todeposit Rs 10,000 against secu-rity deposit, whereas candidatesof scheduled caste and sched-ule tribe category are requiredto give security deposit of Rs5,000 thousand for VidhanSabha election.

The form A, Form Bshould be handed over to thereturning officer till 3 pm of thelast day of submission of the

nomination form.Candidates are required to

give affidavit as per the orderdated September 25, 2018 ofthe Supreme Court, in whichformat C1, C2 and C3 will beprovided in connection to thedeclaration about the ongoingcriminal cases and cases of con-viction besides its publication.

Each candidate will open aseparate bank account for elec-

tion expenses.The bank account can also

be opened jointly with electionagent. It is essential for the can-didates to take oath before thereturning officer immediatelyafter the submission of nomi-nation form.

Formats of checklist and a booklet of directives willbe provided by the returningofficer.

Candidates, their electionagents, one proposer and onemore person authorised inwriting by the candidate assamyak can present at the timeof scrutiny of the nominationforms by the returning officer.

The returning officer willscrutinise nomination formone by one and videographywill also be done to ensuretransparency.

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The list of Congress candi-dates for the Assembly elec-

tions would be declared aftertwo visit of the state byCongress National presidentRahul Gandhi’s return to Delhi;the list is likely to beannounced late in the night onOctober 31.

Decision on 200 candi-dates have been done byCongress, while candidates on30 seats are yet to be finalizedwhich would done possiblyafter BJP’s fielding contestantson these seats.

With patience Congress isplaying wait and watch policyon 30 constituency seats whichwould contested by big wigs ofBJP and after BJP wouldannounce candidates on these30 constituencies, Congress islikely to field its contestantswho could give a tough fightand have potential to claim vic-tory. Senior leaders, formerand sitting Member ofParliament could be fielded byCongress on these 30 con-stituency seats.

The strategy of Congress isto focus mostly on Malwa,Gwalior –Chambal division,Vindhya and Mahakoushalregions of the state. The reasonto devise strategy is the massive

outrage against SC-ST Act inthese regions and Congress isaiming to gain maximum polit-ical mileage.

The guideline which hasbeen made for providing tick-ets to candidates is to meticu-lous screen in selecting the can-didates and those with taintedimage, criminal backgroundand strongmen would not befielded.

Congress MLA havinggood image in public would begiven chance to contest. Thesurvey conducted by Congresshave minutely investigatedimage of probable candidates.

Losing candidates who lostwith less margin or around3000 votes and those wining byover 20000 or more than 20000votes could be given chance tocontest. Possibility of refrainingfrom contesting few of the sit-ting 46 MLAs could not bedenied.

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The Vigilance AwarenessWeek from 29th October to

November 3 is being observedat Indira Gandhi RashtriyaManav Sangrahalaya. Director,IGRMS, Prof Sarit KumarChaudhuri administeredpledge of integrity’ to officersand staff of the Sangrahalaya.

Addressing all officers andemployees, Prof Chaudhurisaid, “We should continuous-ly strive to bring about integri-ty and transparency in allspheres of our activities andwork unstintingly for eradica-tion of corruption in all spheresof life. We should alwaysremain vigilant and worktowards the growth and repu-

tation of our museum.”In the series, Indira Gandhi

Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalayawill organize a Debate compe-tition, topic on “Problems inthe making of corruption freeIndia, Yes or not?”, on Tuesdayfrom 11 am, at the Rock-ArtConference Hall. In this com-petition, about 30 schools’ stu-dents will participate from dif-ferent schools of Bhopal. Thiscompetition will be organisedby the Security Officer, IGRMS,Colonel Nitin Raj.

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The Regional CoachingCenter (RCC) of TT Nagar

Stadium emerged as the runnerup in the 41st State Level SubJunior Boys’ CategoryVolleyball Championship.

The championship wasplayed from October 26-28 inRajgarh (Bawra). In the com-petition showcasing a brilliantperformance, RCC teamemerged as the runner up ofthe championship andRajgarh's team was the winner.

RCC Bhopal team defeat-ed Jabalpur and Shahdol divi-sion by 3-0 in the first and sec-ond matches respectively in theset. However, in the quarter-finals, Gwalior defeated IndoreDivision in the semi-finals andtook the final place in thefinal.

In the first set of the finalmatch played between the hostsRajgarh and RCC Bhopal, 26-24 in the second set, 29-27 inthe second set and 25-23 in thethird set, the team of Rajgarhbecame the winner and the

RCC Bhopal team won the titleof the runner-up Receivedfrom In the competition,Assistant Trainer Amit SinghParihar and Manager RishabhGurjar participated in thecompetition.

Director Sports and YouthWelfare S. L. Thoussen con-gratulated the players whileexpressing happiness over theperformance of the RCCBhopal team. It is worth men-tioning that the players ofRegional Coaching Center,operating at TT NagarStadium, are receiving thetraining of the Volleyball fromVolleyball Instructor PranavMajumdar.

Meanwhile, at the MadhyaPradesh State Boxing Academy,these days, the boxing coach-

es from Cuba, Roman RomeroDrake (Tuvuud KudumbaTantam) are being taught thespecifications of the boxing bygiving special training of thegame to the players of theacademy. The internationalboxing coach will providetraining to the players for box-ing for three months.

Director Sports and YouthWelfare S.L. Thoussen toldthat the International BoxingInstructor from Cuba has beeninvited in order to preparehim for the participation ofBoxing Academy players atthe Commonwealth and AsianGames, which are going to beheld in 2022 so that the play-ers' talent can be brushed up.

He said that this trainingwould help in preparing inter-national level players. He saidthat the players of the academywere sent to Kazakhstan toreceive special training in theboxing game last day. Thesports operator said that theplayers of this special trainingwill also get the benefit in theforthcoming national games.

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Madhya Pradesh PrivateUniversity Regulatory

Commission has awarded theMedi-Caps University, Indoreas an excellence University ofMadhya Pradesh and Dean ofEngineering faculty DevendraPanda was honored withExcellent Teacher award onthe occasion of Commission’s10th Establishment Day.

On this occasion, themembers of the Commission(Administrative) Swaraj Puri,Chief Executive Officer KPSahu and President ProfAkhilesh Kumar Pandeywished Medi-Caps University,Indore to be on the path of con-tinuous progress.

Remember that MadhyaPradesh government has estab-lished in order to facilitate thestudent of the state,

‘The Madhya Pradesh NijiVishwavidyalaya (Sthapanaevam Sanchalan) Adhiniyam

2007’. In compliance with theprovisions of section 36 (chap-ter IV) of the Act, the StateGovernment vide Gazette noti-fication No; R-691-CC-09dated October 8, 2009, estab-lished a RegulatoryCommission, the MadhyaPradesh Niji VishwavidyalayaViniyamak Aayog, for the pur-pose of providing a regulato-ry mechanism at the Statelevel

And for working as aninterface between the StateGovernment and the centralregulatory bodies for the pur-pose of ensuring appropriatestandards of teaching, exami-nation, research, extensionprogramme, protection ofinterest of the students and rea-sonable service conditions ofthe employees.

Prof Sunil K. Somani, theVice Chancellor congratulatedDevendra Panda and acknowl-edged the team work of the fac-ulty and staff

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The Indian Army onMonday retaliated “strong-

ly” to Pakistan’s ceasefire vio-lation by carrying out “puni-tive” strikes on Pakistan Army’sbrigade headquarters oppositePoonch sector in general areaof Hajira in Pakistan OccupiedKashmir (POK).

According to groundreports, the Pakistan Armysuffered heavy damages in thearea. But till the time of filingthe report, the exact scale ofdamage was not known.

Local residents of bordervillages reported that theycould see smoke emanatingfrom the Pakistan Army’sadministrative unit headquarters.

The Indian Army sent thestrong signal to Pakistan inresponse to Pak Army’s firingof stray shells on Poonch and

Jhallas on October 23, 2018. Poonch-based Brigade

headquarters of the Indian Army had come attackfor the first time on October23 after 1997. Ministry ofDefence spokesman in Jammuhad claimed, “Pakistan Armyhad used recoilless gun (Rcl)with a calibre of 105/106 mmto target the Poonch brigadeheadquarters.”

Sources said while giving

befitting reply, the Indian Armyexercised maximum restraintdespite continuous provoca-tion by the Pakistan Army.

The thickly populated civil-ian areas on the other side ofthe line of control namelyHajira tehsil, Bandi, Gopalpur,Nikial, Samani and Khuirattawere not targeted in the retal-iatory firing.

A huge population of ex-servicemen of the Pakistan

Army and retired Governmentservants are settled in the areaagainst the wishes of the localpopulation.

The Indian Army had ear-lier undertaken “surgicalstrikes” in September 2016 todemolish terrorist launch padsacross LoC in POK in responseto Pakistan-sponsored terror-ist strikes in Uri and Nagrota inJammu & Kashmir.

Meanwhile, in Jammu KVijay Kumar, Adviser to J&KGoverner visited BSF Frontierheadquarters in Paloura CampJammu and InternationalBorder in Samba/KathuaSector to take stock of the oper-ational preparedness in pre-vailing security scenario.

ADG BSF WesternCommand, Kamal NayanChoubey, Ram Awtar IG BSFJammu Frontier also attendedthe security review meetingand gave a detailed opera-tional briefing and assessmenton the threat perception andthe various measures under-taken by BSF to strengthen theBorder domination grid.

After the briefing, K VijayKumar visited BOPs Londi(Tapan) and Katao as well asTarna and Bein Nallahs to seefor himself the border domi-nation on ground.

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Three men who were sittingon railway track near

Nangloi railway station andconsuming alcohol were runover by Bikaner-Delhi Expresstrain after they failed to move

off the track despite driverfrenetically hooting the hornon Monday around 7.20am.

According to eyewitnesses,the train driver reportedlysounded the siren but the triodid not move away from thetrack near

The driver could no applybrakes that would have derailedthe train, and the train justsliced them.

Police immediately movedthem to a nearby hospitalwhere they were declaredbrought dead. They were iden-

tified as Mukesh Verma (50),Sushil Kumar (25) andPrashant. Their body has beensent for post-mortem exami-nation at Sabzi Mandi Morgue.

Police said people in thevicinity tried to alert the booz-ers but they refused to moveobviously under the influenceof alcohol. DCP (Railway)Dinesh Gupta said police foundtwo-country made liquor bot-tles from the spot. Eyewitnessestold police that they were sit-ting on the track for quitesome time while they merrilyconsumed liquor.

Police said loco pilotRandhir Singh is also beingquestioned. The deceasedMukesh Verma is a resident ofDharm Enclave, Prem Nagar.Sushil Kumar and Prashantwere reported to be residents ofMangolpuri.

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Justice S Abdul Nazeer, ina stinging dissent, observedthat the question of what isessential and what is not in areligion cannot be hastilydecided as is being done by themajority on the Bench now.

As many as 14 appealshave been filed against theHigh Court judgment, deliv-ered in four civil suits, that the2.77 acre land be partitionedequally among three parties —the Sunni Waqf Board, theNirmohi Akhara and RamLalla.

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that he supports the suggestiongiven by the amicus about cre-ating a social media account sothat citizens could lodge com-plaints about pollution.

The amicus referred to anote prepared by EPCA chair-man which contained detailsand photographs of garbageburning in several parts ofDelhi, including Bawana,Narela, Dwarka, Nangloi andMundka.

The Bench, after perusingthe photographs, termed it as“terrible state of affairs” andasked the Delhi Governmentand Delhi State Industrial andInfrastructure DevelopmentCorporation Ltd (DSIIDC) tofile their affidavits in this regardwithin two days.

The petitioner told theBench that citizens in thenational Capital are facinghealth emergency due to pol-lution and currently the airquality was under “very poor”level. She said Badarpur powerplant and coal based powerplants have been closed inDelhi

From Page 1According to Devesh

Srivastava, Joint Commissionerof Police, Southern range, theaccused has been abscondingsince the complaint was filedon October 23 at the Neb Saraipolice station in south Delhi.“We are also questioning thefamily and friends of the busi-nessman to know details of hiswhereabouts. We are alsosearching possible hideouts ofthe accused in Delhi and near-by areas,” said Join CP.

Sources said the business-man has filed for anticipatorybail in the Delhi High Court.

From Page 1Potasium nitrate (a known

carcinogenic) has beenremoved or reduced, barium(leads to heart and kidneydamage) has been removed,aluminium (leads to skin issuesand bioaccumulation) has beenreplaced with less toxic metalslike magnesium, he said.

Rakesh Kumar from CSIR-National EnvironmentalEngineering Research Institute(NEERI) explained that thesystem of the firecrackers issuch that water molecules willbe produced, thus suppressingdust in the air.

These formulations havenow been sent to Petroleumand Explosives SafetyOrganisation (PESO) which isthe authority responsible forframing rules under theExplosives Act 1884 andInflammable Substances Act1952. PESO has beenapproached to analyse and test

SWAS/STAR/SAFAL frompoint of view of safety, stabili-ty and other related issues.

Vardhan added theGovernment didn’t want togive a “shock treatment” tomanufacturers and had keptthem in the loop throughoutthe process of creating these“green” crackers.

“We didn’t want to give ashock treatment to the manu-facturers but we are moving inthe direction that is less harm-ful since it is also an emotion-al issue...they have to apply forthe license from PESO forlicenses and then they canmake these fire crackers,” hesaid, adding the technology wascreated while keeping in mindthe existing manufacturingfacilities at different fire crack-er factories.

Brain of scientists of at leastnine laboratories of CSIR,including Central ElectronicsEngineering Research Institute,

Central ElectrochemicalResearch Institute, CentralMechanical EngineeringResearch Institute, CentralLeather Research Institute,Indian Institute of ChemicalTechnology, Indian Instituteof Toxicology Research,National Botanical ResearchInstitute, National ChemicalLaboratory, NationalEnvironmental EngineeringResearch Institute are involvedin the project for reduced emis-sion fireworks.

Environment Minister alsoinformed that a raw materialcharacterisation facility is alsocoming up as “it has beenfound that many times thepoor quality raw materials usedin fire crackers are the majorsources of particulate matterpollution.” CSIR will be detail-ing further strengthening byinstallation of additional facil-ities for raw materials testing atSivakasi, he said.

From Page 1Earlier in the day, Gandhi

addressed public meetings atUjjain and Jhabua. TheCongress had last year saidGandhi was an ardent “Shivbhakt”.

In August, he had under-taken the Kailash MansarovarYatra to seek the blessings ofLord Shiva.

Clad in white kurta-pyja-ma, Gandhi waved at the peo-ple from an open-top vehicleand shook hands with some ofthem during the three-kmjourney from the Bada Ganpatiintersection in the state’s com-mercial capital to the historicRajwada.

His vehicle passed throughdense commercial areas like theTory Corner, Lohar Patti andJawahar Marg, before reachingits destination.

He was greeted with thechants of “Har Har Mahadev”(hail Lord Shiva) by the partyworkers at many places.

Addressing a corner meet-ing from his vehicle at Rajwada,Gandhi attacked the BJP-ledcentral government over theimplementation of the Goodsand Services Tax (GST), whichhe often dubs as the “Gabbar

Singh Tax”.“Did the shopkeepers of

Indore benefit from the GabbarSingh Tax? This tax regime hasadded to the difficulties ofsmall traders,” the Congresschief said.

The GST would be imple-mented in a “correct manner”if the Congress was elected topower after the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls, he said, adding that hisparty would bring in “a cor-ruption-free system of one-tax,lower-tax”.

Gandhi accused theChouhan government of “fail-ing” to provide employment tothe youth in the state and“ruining” the traditional textileindustry of Indore.

He alleged that the Centrewaived the debts of crores ofrupees of 15 rich people in thecountry, “but it does not wantto waive the debts of farmers,labourers and small shopkeep-ers”.

The Congress chief wasaccompanied by the party’sstate unit chief, Kamal Nath,and Jyotiraditya Scindia, whoheads its state campaign com-mittee. Indore is considered abastion of the ruling BJP. In the2013 State Assembly polls.

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Mobility is as essential as food,” says

Physiotherapist Dr AnantSingh.

Physiotherapy is some-times overlooked by patientsand they go for different treat-ments, but Physiotherapy is sci-entifically proven to be one ofthe most effective ways to treatand prevent pain and injury. Itstrengthens muscles andimproves function.

City’s Physiotherapist DrAnant Singh shared some factsabout physiotherapy and casesthat he solved during his prac-tice with The Pioneer to tellhow Physiotherapy is the besttreatment to heal any injury. DrAnant Singh is one of the bestPhysiotherapists in Bhopal.Practicing Physiotherapy for 10years, he is a qualified MPTh/MPT. He is currently associat-ed with Physio Consultant inAYUSH Department, Gove-rnment of Madhya Pradesh.

While talking to ThePioneer he said, “I believe thatmovement is as important asfood for the body. A person canstay hungry without eatingfood for a week or 10 days butmobility is very much impor-tant. The joints, bones, musclesget freezed if not taken care of.”

Elaborating further he saidthat Physiotherapy is basicallythe science of diagnosing and

treating injuries or diseases byusing mostly physical means.Main aim is to reduce pain andminimise dysfunction by usingevidence based techniques.Physiotherapy encompasses allareas of the lifespan from infantsto elderly in areas such as mus-culoskeletal, orthopaedics,rheumatology, respiratory, neu-rology, sports injuries andwomen’s and men’s health.

Now here Physiotherapistplays the vital role, added DrSingh. “If we tell patients thatyou will be treated with exer-cise, then the patients react ina very different manner. Theexercises that are conducted bya physiotherapist are not theusual ones, but they are pre-scribed especially for thepatients dealing with injuries,”he added.

Physical therapy is used toimprove a patient's quality of

life through examination, diag-nosis, prognosis, physical inter-vention, and patient educa-tion. It is performed by physi-cal therapists.

“The major role that weplay in somebody’s life is tobring back those old dayswhere they were absolutely fitand were able to do any task,”said. On asking about how hedeals with the patients havinga mental trauma after a majorinjury, Dr Singh simply said,“We train their brain to be con-fident and positive. Of courseit takes a lot of time, but this iswhat is required to treat thepatient. If the mind is not con-fident, then the patient willthink that he or she will neverbe able to move. We have totreat that mindset to bring thepatients back to normal.”

He explained it by sharingcase of a lady.

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position is that the matter isbefore the Supreme Courtand everyone should waituntil the Supreme Courtdecides... We should not jumpthe gun,” he told reporters.

To a question on possibil-ity of an ordinance for con-struction of the temple, hesaid the Ordinance has to bedecided by the Governmentand not by Parliament. “Ifsomeone asks for anOrdinance, the PrimeMinister has to respond tothem, but as you know, he willnot respond to any issue,” hesaid.

On allegations by someBJP leaders that the delay wasunder pressure from someCongress leaders,

Chidambaram said, “TheSupreme Court will decidewhen to hear the case. We don’tdecide when the court willhear the case.”

Another Congress leaderAnand Sharma said, “Everyoneshould patiently wait for theSupreme Court verdict.Congress party has stated thatit will welcome and accept theSupreme Court verdict.”

He said religion is a matterof faith and linking this issue tothe vote-bank politics will be adisservice to the nation.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen(AIMIM) leader AsaddudinOwaisi dared the Governmentto bring an Ordinance, sayingthe BJP refers to the RamTemple again and again. “Ifthey have the courage, they

should bring an Ordinance onRam Temple construction.They are trying to scare usabout bringing an Ordinance,why don’t they bring it,” he said.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) working president AlokKumar said Hindus cannotwait eternally for a court judg-ment on the Ayodhya landdispute case and asked thegovernment to bring a law forbuilding a Ram temple.

He urged the NarendraModi Government to bring alegislation in the WinterSession of Parliament. “TheSupreme Court has once againadjourned the hearing. Thisfortifies the VHP’s stand thatthe solution to the RamJanambhoomi issue is not ineternally waiting for hearing ofappeals pending for over seven

years. “We reiterate our request to

the Union government to enacta law to clear the way forbuilding a grand temple ofLord Ram at his birthplace inAyodhya,” Kumar said.

The VHP has called a two-day ‘Dharam Sansad’, a meet-ing of seers, on January 31 andFebruary 1 next year to discussthe Ram temple issue.

This will be held on thesidelines of the Kumbh Mela inAllahabad.

CPI leader D Raja said thematter is sub-judice but the BJPleaders are making statementsregarding the temple con-struction through Ordinanceroute. “We are not an autocraticsystem, democratic institutionsshould take cognisance of thesekinds of statements,” he said.

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Kevadiya (Guj): The head-men of 22 villages situatednear the Sardar Sarovar Damon Monday wrote an open let-ter to Prime Minister NarendraModi stating that villagerswould not welcome him at theinauguration of the Statue ofUnity on October 31.

Local tribal leaders havealso announced a boycott of thefunction citing destruction ofnatural resources due to thememorial.

The Statue of Unity, amemorial to Sardar Patel, is sit-uated on an islet here and, at182 metres, is touted as theworld’s tallest statue.

“These forests, rivers,waterfalls, land and agriculturesupported us for generations.We survived on them. But,everything is being destroyednow and celebrations are alsoplanned. Don’t you think itsakin to celebrating someone’sdeath? We feel so,” the letter,having common content andsigned by sarpanchas of 22 vil-lages, stated.

“We all villagers want to tellyou with extreme grief that wewill not welcome you onOctober 31,” it added.

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New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Monday stayed theBombay High Court orderrefusing extension of time tothe State police for filing chargesheet in the Koregaon-Bhimaviolence case.

Recently, the Bombay HighCourt had set aside the lowercourt’s order allowing extensionof time to police to file its probereport against the rightsactivists in the violence case.

Taking note of the appealof the MaharashtraGovernment, a bench headedby Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoistayed the High Court orderand issued notice to rightsactivists on the plea.

Earlier, the apex court hadrefused to interfere with thearrest of five rights activists by

the Maharashtra Police in con-nection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case anddeclined to appoint a SIT forprobe into their arrest.

The Pune Police hadarrested lawyer SurendraGadling, Nagpur Universityprofessor Shoma Sen, Dalitactivist Sudhir Dhawale,activist Mahesh Raut andKerala native Rona Wilson inJune for their alleged linkswith Maoists under theUnlawful Activities(Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The arrests had followedraids at their residences andoffices in connection withthe Elgar Parishad conclaveheld in Pune on December 31last year, which, the policehad claimed, had led to vio-lence at Bhima Koregaon thenext day.

The MaharashtraGovernment had on October25 moved the apex court chal-lenging the Bombay High

Court order by which theextension of time granted tostate police to conclude probein the Koregaon Bhima vio-lence case was set aside.

In the previous hearing, thebench had considered the sub-missions of lawyer NishantKatneshwar, appearing for theMaharashtra Government, thatthe appeal needed to be heardon an urgent basis.

The lawyer had said that ifthe High Court order is notstayed then accused in theviolence case would becomeentitled for grant of statutorybail for want of non-filing ofcharge sheet within the stipu-lated period.

Under the UAPA, a chargesheet must be filed within 90days of arrest. However, theprosecutor can file a reportbefore the trial court, explain-ing the reasons for the delay,and seek more time. If satisfied,the court can extend the timeby 90 days. PTI

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The Congress on Monday hitout at Prime Minister

Narendra Modi over reportsthat US President DonaldTrump has not accepted India’srequest to be the chief guest atthe Republic Day parade nextyear and termed it a “diplo-matic faux pas”.

Former Union MinisterAnand Sharma said Modi’sapproach is “frivolous” and hisconduct of diplomacy lacks

gravitas. He said Modi mustunderstand that engagementwith strategic partners cannotbe transactional or episodic.

“President Trump’s non-acceptance of invitation to bethe chief guest for RepublicDay was an avoidable embar-rassment. Extending theinvite without assured accep-tance was a diplomatic fauxpas.

“Never before this honourhas been declined by a head ofstate... He (PM Modi) mustknow that engagement withstrategic partners can not betransactional or episodic,” hesaid.

Sharma said such a thinghas never happened in the

past.Another Congress leader

Manish Tewari said, “NotSurprising. I was inWashington DC when news ofIndia’s Republic Day invite toDonald Trump broke in July2018. Asked a senior WhiteHouse official would Trumptravel to India, the personsmiled and said-needs to beforward movement on a bunchof issues”.

Trump is unlikely to acceptIndia’s invitation to be thechief guest at the parade,sources said Sunday.

The US is understood tohave conveyed to New Delhithat Trump may not be able tohonour the invitation as he will

have pressing engagements,including his State of TheUnion address, around thetime India will celebrate itsRepublic Day.

This comes at a time whenIndo-US ties have witnessedsome strain after India wentahead and sealed a deal withRussia to procure a batch of S-400 air defence missile systems,notwithstanding US threat ofpunitive action under CAAT-SA (Countering America’sAdversaries Through SanctionsAct).

Sources said India hasshortlisted names of two-threeheads of states for extendinginvitation to be the chief guestat the parade.

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Women and Child DevelopmentMinister Maneka Gandhi on

Monday asked the Mother Teresa-found-ed Missionaries of Charity (MoC) to“come back into” the Government’s systemof adoption services.

The MoC had decided to stop puttingchildren up for adoption under theGovernment’s Central Adoption ResourceAuthority (CARA) system following anideological row with Ministry in 2015 overissues such as the organisation’s denial togive children to separated or divorced par-ents.

Maneka met a MoC delegation led bySister Mary Prema Pierick, who heads theorganisation after Mother Teresa, and

requested them “to come back into” theCARA system of adoption.

The CARA functions as the nodalbody for adoption of children and is man-dated to monitor and regulate in-countryand inter-country adoptions.

The Union minister said the moveaims to bring children living in the 79 MoChomes into family care.

“Prema agreed to my request to workjointly on each of these homes so that thechildren in the MoC homes can be on-board-ed into CARINGS expeditiously,” she tweet-ed. The Women and Child DevelopmentMinistry and the MoC have been involvedin a number of rows in the past.

In July this year, Maneka had orderedall states to get the child-care homes runby the MoC inspected, after cases of alleged

illegal adoptions carried out by the homescame to light. A shelter home run by theMoC in Ranchi has allegedly been involvedin “selling” three children and “givingaway” another one.

Taking cognisance of the cases ofalleged illegal adoptions carried out by theMoC in Jharkhand, Maneka ordered all thestates to get the child-care homes run bythe organisation inspected immediately,the ministry had said in a statement in July.

There was also a conflict in 2015 overthe MoCs not allowing adoption by sep-arated or divorced or single parents.

Maneka had then said the governmentwould have to derecognise the organisationif it continued to defy the revised guidelinesbut the Missionaries of Charity itself decid-ed to stop putting children up for adoption.

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Sugar production is likely to decline by3 per cent to 31.5 million tonnes (MT)

in the current marketing year due tountimely rains and pest attacks that affect-ed the cane crop. Diversion of cane juicefor ethanol is also a reason for decline insugar production.

Sugar production reached at an all-time high of 32.5 million tonnes in the2017-18 marketing year (October-September). The Indian Sugar MillsAssociation (ISMA) in July had projecteda production of 35 MT in the 2018-19 sea-son that started this month, taking intoaccount higher cane acreage and forecastof normal monsoon.

In its forecast issued Monday, theISMA reduced the sugar production esti-mate for the 2018-19 marketing year as thesugarcane crop in the three main growingstates of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra andKarnataka, which contribute around 80 percent to the total sugar output, have beenimpacted adversely.

“Sugar production in 2018-19 wouldbe around 32 MT. However, this figure maybe lower if we consider the expected diver-sion of sugar to ethanol...The sugar pro-duction estimates for 2018-19, after con-sidering this diversion into ethanol, will be

around 31.5 MT tonnes,” the statementsaid.

The association said that there wouldbe surplus availability of sugar in the coun-try despite estimated fall in productionbecause of huge carry-over stocks from theprevious marketing year. The total avail-ability of sugar would be 42.7 MT during2018-19 as against the annual domesticdemand of 25.5-26 MT. Even if millsexport 4-5 MT of sugar, the closing stockwould be significantly high at 11-13 MT,it added.

According to ISMA, sugar productionin UP was expected to be higher becauseof higher cane area under the high yield-ing variety Co0238. “However, severalareas in UP have had untimely rainfall inSeptember 2018 which has adverselyaffected the growth of the sugarcane atthis very important maturity period.Further, some areas have reported water-logging and in some parts of Western UP,there has been sugarcane lodging also,” itsaid.

As a result, sugarcane yields andsugar recovery would be impacted.Accordingly, ISMA has revised its sugarproduction estimates for UP from 13-13.5MT tonne made in July 2018 to 12.1 MT,which is almost similar to 12.04 MT in2017-18.

In Maharashtra, sugar production isestimated at around 9.5 MT as against10.72 MT in 2017-18. In July, ISMA hadpegged output at 11-11.5 MT. “These esti-mates were made considering a normalrainfall during July — September 2018which has a big influence on the sugarcaneyields and sugar recovery. However, dur-ing the last 2-3 months, the rainfall in mostof the sugarcane areas in Maharashtra hasbeen substantially lower than last yearsame period as well as below normal aver-age of the last three years,” it said.

Moreover, white grub has infested asignificant area in the districts ofAhmednagar, Solapur and Marathwadaand to a lesser extent in Kolhapur, Sangli,Satara and Pune. In some small areas with-in the above districts, the crop has beenso seriously infested that either farmershave uprooted them or the crop has notsurvived.

“The northern part of Karnatakabeing contiguous to sugarcane grown insouthern part of Maharashtra, have alsosuffered due to lower rainfall as well assome infestation of white grub. Theimpact is, however, lower thanMaharashtra,” ISMA said.

Sugar production in Karnataka isnow estimated at 4.2 MT from 4.48 MTprojected in July.

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Just as Delhi is gasping forbreath due to increasing air

pollution, a WHO reportreleased on Monday increasedthe concerns as it pointed outthat everyday 98 per cent ofkids globally, under the age of15 years, breathe air that istoxic, putting them to severehealth risk. Alarmingly, 14 outof the 20 most polluted cities inthe world are in India, thereport stated based on its studyin 2016.

Air pollution is fatal too asaround 600,000 children diedfrom acute lower respiratoryinfections caused by dirty airduring the study year, as per thereport titled, “Air pollutionand child health: Prescribingclean air.”

The report examines theheavy toll of both ambient(outside) and household airpollution on the health of the

world’s children, particularly inlow and middle-income coun-tries including India.

The report is beinglaunched on the eve of WHO’sfirst ever Global Conference onAir Pollution and Health at thefirst Global Conference on AirPollution and Health beingheld in Geneva from 29October — 1 November to rallythe world towards major com-mitments to fight this problem.

The conference will raiseawareness of this growing pub-lic health challenge and shareinformation and tools on thehealth risks of air pollution andits interventions.

The WHO report alsotalked about the health hazardsof toxic air on pregnantwomen. They are more likely togive birth prematurely, andhave small, low birth-weightchildren, it said.

“In low- and middle-income countries around theworld, 98% of all childrenunder 5 are exposed to PM2.5levels above WHO air qualityguidelines. In comparison, inhigh-income countries, 52%of children under 5 are exposedto levels above WHO air qual-ity guidelines,” the study says.

“Globally, 93 per cent of theworld’s children under 18 yearsof age are exposed to ambientfine particulate matter (PM2.5)levels above WHO air qualityguidelines, which include the630 million of children under5 years of age, and 1.8 billionof children under 15 years,” thereport said.

The PM2.5 (or particleswith a diameter of less than 2.5micrometres present in theair), also called “fine particu-lates”, can be a matter of moreserious health concern thanPM10 (those with a diameter ofless than 10 micrometres).

PM2.5 poses greater harmas being finer, it can easily beinhaled into the respiratorytract.

The WHO report cited acase study that investigatedwhether exposure to PM2.5during pregnancy was associ-ated with low birth weight inan integrated rural-urban,mother-child cohort in TamilNadu.

“The researchers recruit-ed 1285 women in the firsttrimester of pregnancy in pri-mary health care centres andurban health posts and fol-lowed them until the birth of

their child to collect data onmaternal health, prenatal care,exposure to air pollution dur-ing pregnancy and the birth-weight of the child,” the studysaid.

The findings indicate thatmaternal exposure to PM2.5should be considered withother risk factors for low birth-weight in India.

The report also quoted acase-control study in Indiawhich showed a correlationbetween exposure to HAP fromsolid fuel combustion and therisk of contracting TB in chil-dren less than 5 years of age.

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The CBI has shared all thefiles pertaining to allega-

tions against CBI Director AlokVerma to the CVC that is con-ducting a probe against himeven as the Delhi High Courton Monday asked the agency tomaintain status quo in thebribery case against the CBISpecial Director RakeshAsthana who has soughtquashing of the FIR.

The CVC probe againstVerma is being monitored byretired Supreme Court judgeAK Pattnaik. Earlier, Vermahad stalled CVC probe againsthimself by not sharing thesefiles with the anti-corruptionwatchdog despite repeatedreminders.Verma and Asthanawere divested of their roles inthe CBI.

Citing Verma’s non-coop-eration as “unprecedented”,the CVC had passed orders todivest Verma along withAsthana of the “functions,power, duty and supervisory

role in the cases registered bythe CBI under the Preventionof Corruption Act. The CVChas the authority of superin-tendence over the CBI in casesrelating to PC Act. Verma didnot furnish the files related toAugust 24 complaint byAsthana that is the subjectmatter of the CVC enquirydespite repeated adjourn-ments.

The Government hasappointed CBI Joint DirectorM Nageshwar Rao as the inter-im chief of the agency. CBIsources said the agency hassubmitted a number of files tothe CVC as and when demand-ed by the superintendingauthority. The Delhi HighCourt on Monday directed the

CBI to maintain status quo tillNovember 1 on the criminalproceedings initiated againstAsthana, who has challengedthe FIR lodged against him onbribery allegations.

Justice Najmi Waziri ques-tioned the CBI for not filing itsresponse to the petitions ofAsthana and the agency’sDeputy Superintendent ofPolice Devender Kumar, whohas been in CBI custody sinceOctober 23.

The high court, in lasthearing on October 23, hadasked CBI to file its response byMonday. It had ordered theagency to maintain status quoon the proceedings againstAsthana. When CBI’s SpecialProsecutor K Raghavacharyuluprayed for a “little” more timeto file its reply, the court askedas to why it has not been doneyet. The CBI prosecutor toldthe high court that the delay infiling of reply occurred as thecase files have been sent toCentral Vigilance Commission(CVC).

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday favoured cancellingthe 2017 SSC examination, whose declaration of results it hadstayed in August, and holding it afresh by the National TestingAgency (NTA) or the CBSE “in the interest of students”.

The top court observed it was difficult to ascertain the realbeneficiaries of the irregularities in the “tainted” examinationand hence it should be scrapped.

It refused to agree with the contention of Centre that theexamination held in February this year got “tainted” due to atechnical snag and a fresh examination of one paper had beenconducted thereafter.

The examination papers of the SSC CGL were allegedlyleaked, leading to huge protests from job seekers for several days.Amid the protests, the SSC had recommended a CBI probe intothe allegations of paper leak following the demands by the protest-ing job aspirants.

A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao askedthe Centre to go through the status report and file its reply byNovember 13.

“We had stayed declaration of results for the examinationsas there were prima facie material. It is in the interest of studentsthat whole thing is scrapped and held afresh,” the bench said.

The court said that even after the CBI probe or investiga-tion by any agency, there was no mechanism by which it can bedetermined who all were tainted and who all were innocents.

“Sometimes a hard decision has to be taken to send a mes-sage to those involved that these kind of activities would not ben-efit and every thing can be washed off,” it said. PTI

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Army chief General BipinRawat said here on Monday

the army is verifying reportsthat snipers have enteredKashmir valley to target secu-rity forces. His comments camein the wake of reports that atleast three security men werekilled in sniper attacks by ISItrained Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM) militantssince mid-September forcingthe security forces to redrawtheir strategy to meet the newchallenge.

Responding to the patternof attacks, the Army chief saidthe Army was studying whetherthe attacks were carried out bysnipers. “Whether these attackshave been done by snipers ornot, this is something we arestill studying. “But to say thatsnipers have infiltrated andthat they have sniperweapons...We have not foundany sniper weapon,” he toldreporters on the sidelines of anevent here.

Rawat also said to saysnipers have come into theValley was “premature.”

Based on intelligence inputs,security agencies believe that atleast two separate ‘buddy’groups of the proscribed JeMcomprising two terrorists eachentered Kashmir Valley in earlySeptember and have entrenchedthemselves in South Kashmir’sPulwama district with the helpof some overground supportersof the outfit.

These terrorists, accordingto the officials, have beentrained by ISI for carrying outsniper attacks in the Valley andhave been armed with M-4carbines, used by the US-ledallied forces in Afghanistan.

Rawat, however, said nor-mal weapons could have beenused to target the security per-sonnel in the recent attacks asa good rifle has the range of200-300 metres. He also saidthe security forces were able totrace some snipers and “that weare fully aware that people havebeen trained in sniping

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New Delhi: As Delhi continuesto battle alarming pollution lev-els, a new study has found thatthree of the world’s largest nitro-gen dioxide emission hotspotsthat contribute to formation offiner particulate matter causingair pollution are in India, withone in the Delhi-NCR.

The study by Greenpeacecomes as Delhi’s pollution levelclimbed to alarming levels. Airquality continued to remain inthe “very poor” category as athick haze engulfed the cityMonday. NO2 is a dangerouspollutant in itself and also con-tributes to the formation ofPM2.5 and ozone, two of themost dangerous air pollutants.

The largest number ofhotspots, a total of 10, is foundin China, eight in the Arabworld, four in the EU and three

each in India, the US and theDR Congo, according to ananalysis of new satellite datafrom June 1 to August 31.

Delhi-NCR, Sonbhadra inUttar Pradesh and Singrauli inMadhya Pradesh and Talcher-Angul in Odisha are the identi-fied hotspots in India. Sonbhadraand Singrauli are considered aspart of a single hotspot.

“Air pollution is a globalhealth crisis, with up to 95 percent of the world breathingunsafe air. With hotspots acrosssix continents, ranging fromcities to industrial clusters toagricultural areas, this newanalysis shows us more clear-ly than ever before just how biga part of the picture NO2 pol-lution is,” Lauri Myllyvirta,Greenpeace Nordic air pollu-tion campaigner, said. PTI

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in p

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espe

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by

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alam

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mon

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ntri

fam

ily. T

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inclu

de th

e

right

to li

ght t

he M

akar

avila

kku

(per

form

art

iat

a te

mpl

e in

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nam

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med

u, n

ot o

pen

toth

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the

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deity

with

fore

st ho

ney

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enjo

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ja r

ight

s at

sub

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rines

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the K

arim

ala te

mpl

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ng th

e way

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barim

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majo

r cus

tom

s, in

cludi

ng 41

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at a

nd re

stric

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(not

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wom

enin

a sp

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c age

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m tr

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d tr

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koor

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raya

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proa

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o pr

otec

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age-

old

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ms u

nder

the

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st Ri

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mun

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ve e

stab

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ore i

t cam

e und

er th

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view

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hill

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mun

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of w

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m t

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ore t

he Su

prem

e Cou

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as in

tend

-ed

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s gen

uine

dev

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es ga

ther

ed fo

r the

pilg

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n th

e shr

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open

ed o

n O

ctob

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7, t

hey

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pers

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o ga

te-

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lly, t

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mpl

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out v

iola

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five d

ays l

ater

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a m

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pro

voca

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on O

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team

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a t

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nspe

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d Re

hana

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of K

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fam

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nd K

avith

a Jak

kal, a

repo

rter

from

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o TV,

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o th

e shr

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ates

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forc

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fter b

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earin

g bul

letp

roof

jack

ets a

nd h

elm

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iven

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he p

olic

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os-

sible

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latio

n of

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e Ac

t). L

ater

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ySw

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retu

rned

mid

way

afte

r bei

ng ch

al-

leng

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y vi

gila

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hakt

as.

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that

the

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have

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than

it

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chew

,D

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wom

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pally

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ndra

nur

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activ

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hol

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ace

to p

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lam

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r esc

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m tr

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the

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cror

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r sea

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en d

one

to i

mpl

emen

t th

eSa

barim

ala

Mas

ter P

lan

of 2

007.

A re

view

by

the K

eral

a Gov

ernm

ent a

nd D

evas

wom

Boa

rd

on O

ctob

er 9

, 201

8, fo

und

evid

ence

of d

efor

-es

tatio

n an

d m

ajor

dev

iatio

ns fr

om th

e pl

an.

At N

ilakk

al b

ase c

amp,

tree

s wer

e cut

to m

ake

park

ing

area

s, w

hile

driv

er sh

elter

s, do

rmito

-rie

s an

d ho

tels

have

bee

n bu

ilt, d

isreg

ardi

ngm

aste

r pla

n sp

ecifi

catio

ns.

At th

e nex

t sto

p alo

ng th

e sac

red

Pam

ba, s

ev-

eral

build

ings

hav

e bee

n co

nstru

cted

with

in 50

-m

etre r

adiu

s of t

he ri

ver, i

nclu

ding

a G

over

nmen

tho

spita

l. The

gree

n zo

ne in

fron

t of t

he h

ospi

tal

has b

ecom

e a pa

rkin

g lot

. The

bio-

toile

ts ar

e ina

d-eq

uate;

sewa

ge tr

eatm

ent p

lant d

ysfu

nctio

nal, a

ndun

treat

ed fa

ecal

waste

is b

eing d

umpe

d in

to th

eriv

er. T

he tr

ee co

ver a

t San

nidh

anam

is le

ss th

an20

per

cen

t, as

opp

osed

to 5

0 pe

r cen

t rec

om-

men

ded

in th

e mas

ter p

lan.

A st

udy

by tw

o ex

pert

team

s has

war

ned

of la

ndsli

ps an

d tre

mor

s at t

he h

oly h

illoc

k du

eto

ext

ensi

ve c

oncr

ete

floo

ring

at

the

Sann

idha

nam

, but

the D

evas

wom

Boa

rd is

con-

tinui

ng c

onstr

uctio

n w

orks

at

Pam

ba a

ndSa

barim

ala.

Whi

le o

rdin

ary

devo

tees

mer

elyde

sire c

lean

and

hyg

ieni

c lod

ging

s, a

holy

dip

in a

cle

an r

iver

, the

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd B

oard

inva

riabl

y st

art

prep

arat

ions

at

the

elev

enth

hour

and

fail

to se

rve t

he p

ilgrim

s.Sh

ops a

re au

ctio

ned

at h

igh

rate

s at P

amba

,Sa

nnid

hana

m an

d alo

ng th

e rou

te, a

nd p

ilgrim

sar

e fle

eced

by

trad

ers e

ven

thou

gh m

any

vol-

unta

ry an

d re

ligio

us b

odie

s are

will

ing t

o pr

o-vi

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ree

food

and

bev

erag

es t

o de

vote

es.

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rts s

ay p

ilgrim

s do

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eed

mul

ti-sto

rey

com

plex

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hey

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tem

pora

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elter

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prop

er sa

nita

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wat

er, w

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istur

b th

e eco

logy

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cred

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ate

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ernm

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pons

ible

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ildlif

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nce.

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r the

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.W

hat h

as h

it th

e nei

ghbo

urin

g co

un-

try,

Sri L

anka

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lmos

t the

pol

itica

lve

rsio

n of

an ea

rthq

uake

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sudd

enpo

litic

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evel

opm

ent

ends

an

over

thre

e-ye

ar-o

ld co

aliti

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nmen

tth

at w

as f

orm

ed b

y Sr

i La

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iden

t Mait

hrip

ala S

irise

na an

d fo

r-m

er

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e M

inis

ter

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emes

ingh

e on

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rom

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mba

t cor

rupt

ion

and

finan

cial i

rreg

-ul

ariti

es.

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sena

, w

ho w

as R

ajap

aksa

’s

Min

ister

of H

ealth

, bro

ke a

way

from

him

to c

onte

st th

e pr

esid

entia

l ele

c-tio

ns. N

ow S

irise

na h

as m

ade

a dr

a-m

atic

vol

te-fa

ce. H

e ha

s pr

oved

that

ther

e ar

e ne

ither

per

man

ent f

riend

sno

r per

man

ent e

nem

ies i

n po

litic

s.

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ough

ther

e w

ere

spec

ulat

ion

but n

obod

y tho

ught

that

Siri

sena

and

Raja

paks

a wou

ld cl

ose r

anks

so so

on.

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whe

el h

as n

ow tu

rned

a fu

ll ci

r-cl

e an

d a

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iden

t, w

ho u

ncon

stitu

-tio

nally

said

that

he

wou

ld n

ot m

ake

Mah

inda

Raj

apak

sa t

he P

rim

eM

inist

er e

ven

if he

had

the

num

bers

in A

ugus

t 201

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as n

ow m

ade

him

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e M

inist

er w

ith n

o ha

rd in

dica

-

tion

of w

heth

er t

he n

umbe

rs h

ave

turn

ed ag

ains

t Ran

il W

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emes

ingh

eor

not

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t th

at is

the

gam

e of

pol

itics

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dia

can

onl

y ho

pe th

at o

rder

will

emer

ge o

ut o

f cha

os a

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untr

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e dev

elopm

ents

in th

e isla

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atio

nap

pear

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onsti

tutio

nal a

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ave

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ck a

blo

w o

n de

moc

racy

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e

retu

rn o

f Mah

inda

Raj

apak

sa c

asts

ash

adow

on

Sri L

anka

n po

litic

s. Th

ede

volu

tion

of p

ower

s to

the

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ould

not

be f

orgo

tten

in th

e pro

cess

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japa

ksa

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to le

an to

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t Sar

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s birt

h an

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rsar

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ctob

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ved

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spite

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ress

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pros

perit

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try.

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ute

this

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t visi

on-

ary’s

effo

rts t

o un

ite In

dia a

nd b

e uni

t-ed

in sp

irit a

nd ce

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ate o

ur d

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si-ty

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e m

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The b

ig c

ats

— li

on, t

iger

and l

eopa

rd —

are s

usce

p-tib

le to

dise

ases

as

they

large

ly pr

ey u

pon

dom

es-

tic an

imals

, inclu

ding

dogs

and

pigs

, wh

ich a

re a

car

rier

ofpa

thog

ens.

Dom

estic

lives

tock

cons

ti-tu

te o

ver 4

0 pe

r cen

t of t

he fo

od fo

rlio

ns a

nd a

bout

60

per c

ent f

or th

eleo

pard

s. D

epen

denc

y of t

he ti

ger o

ndo

mes

tic li

vesto

ck is

also

hig

h bu

tles

ser

than

the

oth

er t

wo b

ig c

ats.

Dog

s are

the

main

sour

ce o

f rab

iesde

aths

, con

tribu

ting t

o ab

out 9

9 pe

rce

nt o

f all

rab

ies t

rans

miss

ions

to

hum

ans.

Case

s of le

opar

d dea

ths d

ueto

rab

ies w

ere

repo

rted

durin

g th

eBr

itish

perio

d. In

abse

nce o

f ade

quate

repo

rt, it

is d

ifficu

lt to

ass

ess d

eath

sof

tige

rs, l

ions

and

leop

ards

due

tora

bies

but

hig

her p

ossib

ilitie

s exi

st.

The c

arca

ss of

ever

y rab

ies in

fect-

ed do

g or l

ivesto

ck is

eaten

by th

e car

-ni

vore

s, pr

imar

ily bi

g and

small

cats,

hyen

a, jac

kal, w

olf,

foxe

s, an

d ho

ney

badg

er. A

few

deat

hs o

f lio

ns a

ndtig

ers t

oo w

ere s

uspe

cted d

ue to

rabi

esatt

ack i

n th

e pas

t. Vac

cinati

ng do

gs is

the m

ost c

ost-e

ffecti

ve st

rateg

y to p

re-

vent

rabi

es in

hum

ans a

nd ca

rnivo

res.

The

first

fatal

attac

k of

Can

ine

Dist

empe

r Viru

s (CD

V) an

d Bab

esia

Prot

ozoa

was

con

firm

ed in

the

Gir

lions

whe

n 23

out

of t

he 2

6 kn

own

infec

ted

lions

died

in a

shor

t per

iod

in S

epte

mbe

r th

is ye

ar. T

iger

s an

dleo

pard

s are

solit

ary a

nim

als an

d the

irso

cial l

ife is

diff

eren

t fro

m th

e lio

ns.

Exce

pt fe

male

s wi

th c

ubs,

none

of

thes

e two

big c

ats liv

e in

grou

ps. T

hus,

the d

eath

of ea

ch on

e of t

hem

due

tosu

ch d

iseas

e is u

suall

y no

t det

ecte

d,an

d are

repo

rted a

s natu

ral d

eath

s. In

the c

ase o

f dea

th o

f a n

omad

lion

or

a sm

all gr

oup o

f lion

s, by

viru

s or p

ro-

tozo

ans,

incid

ence

wou

ld h

ave b

een

igno

red

even

with

tho

roug

h hi

gh-

level

inve

stiga

tion

of th

e dise

ase.

But

it ca

nnot

be i

gnor

ed w

hen

the n

um-

ber o

f dea

ths e

xcee

d ha

lf a d

ozen

ina s

hort

perio

d of

just

two w

eeks

. The

pres

ence

of

viru

s or

pro

tozo

ans

amon

g the

big

cat i

s not

rare

but

has

neve

r bee

n re

porte

d be

caus

e the

sci-

ence

of vi

rolo

gy ha

s not

been

integ

rat-

ed w

ith w

ildlif

e man

agem

ent.

In a

majo

rity

of p

laces

, the

y do

not d

ie du

e to t

heir

imm

unity

syste

m.

Whe

n im

mun

ity is

lowe

red

again

stth

e atta

ck o

f any

viru

s, th

e atta

ck o

fCD

V a

nd B

abesi

atu

rns f

atal

to th

e

anim

al. P

erha

ps th

is wa

s the

case

for

large

-sca

le de

aths

of G

ir lio

ns.

Two

scien

tific

insti

tute

s for

the

first

time r

epor

ted

in 20

11 ab

out t

helio

n de

ath

in G

ir du

e to h

ighl

y inf

ec-

tious

Pes

tedes

pet

its ru

min

ants

viru

s(P

PRV

). Ac

tive v

iral s

urve

illan

ce in

neig

hbou

ring

Gir

villa

ges f

or P

PRV,

simila

r to C

DV, w

as al

so re

com

men

d-ed

by

an in

stitu

te. S

ubse

quen

tly, i

tap

pear

ed i

n ne

wspa

pers

tha

t th

efo

ur G

ir lio

ns se

nt to

Eta

wah,

Utta

rPr

ades

h, d

ied o

f CD

V d

urin

g 20

14-

16. T

his c

alled

for v

accin

ation

of do

gsan

d oth

er su

ch an

imals

again

st CD

V.H

owev

er, a

ctio

n co

uld

not b

e put

inpl

ace d

ue to

som

e rea

sons

.As

iatic

lions

face

serio

us th

reat

sto

their

futu

re as

abou

t half

of t

hem

live o

utsid

e the

core

habi

tat of

the G

irfo

rests

and h

unt d

omes

tic liv

esto

cks,

along

with

live

stock

and

blu

e bu

ll.Li

ons i

n th

e per

iphe

ral z

one a

lso hu

ntdo

mes

tic li

vesto

ck in

the v

illag

es o

rm

aldha

ri ne

sses

. A la

rge n

umbe

r of

leopa

rds h

unt d

ogs a

long

with

oth

erpr

eys a

nd so

met

imes

their

kill

s are

appr

opria

ted by

the l

ions

. Pro

babi

lity

of tr

ansm

issio

n of

viru

s, ba

cteria

and

othe

r suc

h di

seas

e is v

ery h

igh

in th

eAs

iatic

lions

. Epi

dem

ic di

seas

e risk

sfo

r lio

ns in

frag

men

ted

small

pop

u-lat

ions

beco

me s

ignifi

cant

ly hi

gher

asco

ntac

t with

dom

estic

anim

al po

pu-

latio

ns, in

cludi

ng do

gs, b

ecom

e mor

efre

quen

t as a

resu

lt of

alte

ratio

ns in

micr

oclim

ate an

d lan

dsca

pe ec

olog

y. Th

e too

ls to

pred

ict, p

reve

nt, a

ndre

spon

d to

thes

e ris

ks a

re n

ot w

elles

tabl

ished

in co

nser

vatio

n m

anag

e-m

ent.

But d

eath

s of G

ir lio

ns d

ue to

the f

atal

dise

ase i

s exp

ecte

d to

ope

na

new

chap

ter

in w

ildlif

e m

anag

e-m

ent.

Cruc

ially,

res

cue

oper

atio

nan

d wi

ldlif

e hea

lth m

anag

emen

t are

the

best

in li

on c

onse

rvat

ion

land-

scap

e in

our c

ount

ry bu

t not

enou

ghto

addr

ess t

he ch

allen

ges e

ffect

ively.

In

Ser

enge

ti, th

e lio

ns ar

e pro

neto

sim

ulta

neou

s ou

tbre

aks

of C

DV

and B

abesi

a Pro

tozo

a. Ca

nine

diste

m-

per i

s a v

irus t

hat a

ffect

s dog

’s ga

s-tro

inte

stina

l, res

pira

tory

and

cent

ral

nerv

ous s

yste

ms a

s well

as t

he c

on-

junc

tival

mem

bran

es o

f th

e ey

es.

CD

V, a

dis

ease

tha

t re

sults

in

ence

phali

tis an

d pne

umon

ia, is

tran

s-m

itted

by d

omes

tic d

ogs;

Babe

siosis

is ca

rried

by a

tick

-bor

ne b

lood

par

-as

ite ca

lled B

abesi

a. Sy

mpt

oms o

f the

CDV

atta

ck in

clude

feve

r, ey

e inf

la-tio

n, d

ischa

rge

from

eye

s and

nos

e.CD

V o

r Bab

esio

sis a

lone

are

n’t th

eth

reat

s to

lion

s in

Ser

enge

ti. It

is a

com

binati

on of

CDV

with

a hi

gh-le

vel

of ex

posu

re to

Bab

esiat

hat k

illed

the

lions

in A

frica

in 1

994

and

2001

. Co

-infec

tion

by m

ore

than

one

path

ogen

can

acc

elera

te e

xpec

ted

trans

miss

ion

rate

s and

viru

lence

of a

dise

ase.

Envi

ronm

enta

l pe

rturb

a-tio

ns ca

n als

o ch

ange

the h

ost p

ara-

site’s

relat

ions

hip.

In a

majo

rity o

f the

case

s, lio

n po

pulat

ions

are

infec

ted

with

at le

ast o

ne, a

nd m

ost w

ith m

ul-

tiple

path

ogen

s, of

ten

with

mul

tiple

strain

s of p

atho

gens

.Sc

ientis

ts su

spec

ted

that

the d

is-ea

se —

iden

tified

from

bloo

d and

tis-

sue

sam

ples

as C

DV

— c

ame

from

dom

estic

dog

s in

the v

illag

es ar

ound

the S

eren

geti

perim

eter

. Blo

od sa

m-

ples

from

the d

ogs s

howe

d th

e pre

s-en

ce o

f CD

V. In

the

villa

ges w

here

lions

hunt

lives

tock

, dom

estic

dogs

are

very

com

mon

. Ca

nine

dist

empe

rsp

read

s mos

tly v

ia sn

eezin

g. It

was

likely

that

the v

irus t

rave

lled

dire

ct-

ly to

the G

ir lio

ns fr

om th

e dom

estic

dogs

or it

was m

ore p

lausib

le th

at th

elio

ns ca

ught

the v

irus f

rom

othe

r car

-ni

vore

s — hy

enas

, jack

als, o

r leo

pard

s. H

yena

s an

d jac

kals

are

scav

-en

gers

that

frequ

ent v

illage

s, an

d leo

p-ar

ds h

unt d

omes

tic d

ogs o

r eat

car-

cass

es. L

ions

wou

ld co

me i

nto

con-

tact w

ith th

ese i

nfec

ted sp

ecies

at ki

lls.

In a

nd a

roun

d G

ir fo

rests

, ove

r 625

leopa

rds h

unt d

omes

tic an

imals

, pri-

mar

ily do

gs. T

he po

ssibi

lity o

f app

ro-

priat

ing

thes

e kill

s by

the l

ion

is no

tru

led ou

t. A m

ad le

opar

d, in

fected

byra

bies

, can

chall

enge

lion

and

what

alio

n ca

n do

to su

ch le

opar

d is

well

know

n. Li

ons a

re sc

aven

gers

and t

hey

feed o

n de

ad an

imals

. The

se an

imals

,in

cludi

ng n

atura

lly de

ad do

gs, c

an be

a sou

rce o

f tra

nsm

issio

n to

the l

ion.

Alth

ough

two d

ozen

lions

died

offat

al di

seas

es, s

imila

r inc

iden

ces m

aybe

occu

rrin

g in

othe

r car

nivo

res t

oo.

Why

is it

that

the

wild

dog

pop

ula-

tion

sudd

enly

drop

ped

in p

rote

cted

area

s in

cent

ral a

nd so

uth

Indi

a, an

dth

en r

ecov

ered

in

two-

thre

e ye

ars

befo

re th

e nex

t dro

p? W

hy is

it th

atth

e num

ber o

f jac

kals

is re

giste

ring a

down

fall?

Perh

aps,

a sol

utio

n to

their

prob

lem l

ies i

n sc

ientif

ic wi

ldlif

ehe

alth

man

agem

ent.

Also

, the

fata

latt

ack o

f CD

V an

d de

aths

of lio

ns in

a lar

ge nu

mbe

r can

be a

lesso

n to

use

the

scien

ce o

f wi

ldlif

e di

seas

es i

nwi

ldlif

e man

agem

ent.

Alt

ern

ativ

e h

ome

for

Asi

atic

Lio

ns:

The

Spec

ies

Surv

ival

Com

miss

ion

of t

he I

nter

natio

nal

Unio

n fo

r Co

nser

vatio

n of

Natu

repu

blish

ed g

uide

lines

on

strat

egic

plan

ning

for

spe

cies

cons

erva

tion,

which

hav

e sin

gle p

opul

atio

n in

one

geog

raph

ic re

gion

. The

Asia

tic lio

n is

one o

f the

m w

hich

has

the o

nly w

ildpo

pulat

ion

in th

e wo

rld in

the

Gir

fore

sts. A

grou

p of le

adin

g con

serv

a-tio

nists

decla

red t

hat a

n ext

incti

on cr

i-sis

is fa

cing t

he w

orld

’s lar

gest

carn

i-vo

res, i

nclu

ding

the b

ig ca

ts. T

he su

per

cats

— li

ons a

nd ti

gers

— n

eed

very

large

area

as th

ey n

eed

huge

trac

ts of

natu

ral h

abita

t to s

urviv

e. D

ue to

their

large

size

and

thre

ats,

they

are

less

resil

ient t

han

man

y sm

aller

spec

iesan

d les

s abl

e to

hand

le th

e thr

eat.

Big c

arni

vore

popu

latio

n, re

strict

-ed

to a

sing

le sit

e, fa

ce a

var

iety

of

extin

ctio

n th

reat

s fro

m p

oach

ing,

inte

ntio

nal k

illin

g and

envi

ronm

en-

tal f

acto

rs. C

atas

troph

es, s

uch

as a

nep

idem

ic or

fata

l dise

ase,

rem

ain th

em

ain f

acto

rs f

or l

oss

of s

pecie

s.Re

intro

duct

ion

of th

e las

t fre

e-ra

ng-

ing

popu

latio

n of

Asia

tic li

ons t

o an

alter

nativ

e site

to en

sure

their

long

-ter

m vi

abilit

y bec

ame a

majo

r con

ser-

vatio

n ag

enda

. Con

sider

ing t

his,

the

first

trial

to in

trodu

ce A

siatic

lion

inC

hand

ra P

rabh

a Sa

nctu

ary

inVa

rana

si wa

s don

e in

1959

by tr

anslo

-ca

ting

few li

ons b

ut th

e ex

perim

ent

faile

d af

ter i

nitia

l suc

cess

. Su

bseq

uent

ly, th

e G

ujar

at S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent

orde

red

the

Bard

aW

ildlif

e San

ctua

ry in

197

9 to

esta

b-lis

h an

alter

nativ

e for

the A

siatic

lion,

but t

he de

cisio

n rem

ains o

n pap

er du

eto

lac

k of

a b

old

decis

ion

by t

heau

thor

ity. S

ubse

quen

tly, a

fter a

long

exer

cise,

Kuno

Wild

life

Sanc

tuar

y(K

uno W

LS) i

n M

adhy

a Pra

desh

has

been

iden

tified

as an

alte

rnat

ive si

te.A

fter

a lo

ng l

egal

bat

tle i

n th

eSu

prem

e Co

urt,

decis

ion

went

in

favou

r of K

uno W

ildlife

Sanc

tuar

y, bu

tev

en fiv

e yea

rs aft

er th

e dec

ision

, it ha

sno

t bee

n im

plem

enta

ted.

Th

e clim

ate of

the a

ltern

ative

site

is a m

ajor i

ssue

whi

ch n

eeds

exam

i-na

tion

befo

re th

e tra

nslo

catio

n of

the

anim

als th

ere.

The l

ion

evol

ved

and

flour

ished

in te

mpe

rate

and s

ub-tr

op-

ical

envi

ronm

ent,

and

the

clim

atech

ange

s, es

pecia

lly te

mpe

ratu

re va

ri-ati

ons,

impa

cted i

ts m

igrati

on, d

isper

-sio

n an

d dist

ribut

ion

in E

urop

e, As

ia

and

Afric

a sin

ce it

evol

utio

n.

Revie

w of

clim

atic p

aram

eters

ofpa

st an

d pre

sent

lion

area

s acr

oss t

heth

ree c

ontin

ents

indi

cate

that

the l

ion

perh

aps n

ever

flour

ished

in ho

t tro

p-ica

l env

ironm

ent,

and

lion

habi

tats

may

have

a hi

gh ri

sk of

extre

me t

em-

pera

ture

in th

e hot

sum

mer

. At p

re-

sent

, majo

r pop

ulat

ions

cont

inue

tosu

rvive

in su

b-tro

pica

l env

ironm

ent

in o

ver t

wo d

ozen

coun

tries

, and

insm

all p

opul

atio

ns in

tem

pera

te a

ndm

oder

ate tr

opica

l clim

ate in

Afri

ca.

In I

ndia

, te

mpe

ratu

re o

f th

eAs

iatic

lion

distr

ibut

ion

rang

e in

tropi

cal c

limate

is ar

ound

the G

ir fo

r-es

t. Th

e she

lter o

f eve

rgre

en ri

verin

eve

geta

tion

along

the s

even

per

enni

-al

or

sem

i-per

enni

al r

iver

s an

dPr

osop

is co

ver a

long

Sha

trunj

i rive

ror

alon

g the

coas

t pro

vide

cool

envi

-ro

nmen

t for

the l

ions

. Alte

rnati

ve si

tefo

r lio

n in v

ery h

ot en

viron

men

t of t

heKu

no W

S in

the V

indh

yaya

n re

gion

is de

bata

ble.

The l

ogic

of th

e sur

vival

of th

e lio

n in

the n

orth

-wes

t Ind

ia 15

0ag

o in

Min

i Ice A

ge (1

300 A

D to

1850

AD) d

oes n

ot h

old

grou

nd.

Disa

ppea

ranc

e of t

he lio

n ou

tside

Guj

arat

coin

cide w

ith th

e end

of t

heM

ini-I

ce A

ge w

hen

aver

age t

empe

r-atu

re in

nor

th In

dia w

as lo

wer t

han

the p

rese

nt te

mpe

ratu

re. I

n fa

ct, c

li-m

ate th

en in

the n

orth

Indi

a was

nea

rsu

btro

pica

l. Th

e di

strib

utio

n of

the

Asiat

ic lio

n sin

ce it

s ent

ry in

Indi

a to

the

pres

ent n

eed

exam

inat

ion

with

resp

ect t

o th

e clim

ate.

In b

ackg

roun

d of

thes

e fa

cts,

the

Gov

ernm

ent

has

few

opt

ions

whi

ch s

houl

d be

und

erta

ken

tom

inim

ise th

reat

fact

ors w

hich

can

caus

e th

e ex

tinct

ion

of t

he s

ub-

spec

ies.

Firs

t, th

e sci

ence

of g

enet

-ics

, for

ensic

and

viro

logy

shou

ld b

eus

ed in

tens

ively

for l

ong-

term

con-

serv

atio

n of

the l

ion.

Seco

nd, s

atel-

lite a

reas

shou

ld b

e man

aged

in li

neof

Gir

prot

ecte

d ar

ea b

y enh

anci

ngad

min

istra

tive

staf

f and

res

torin

gha

bita

ts. T

hird

, an

alte

rnat

ive

site

for

the

lions

shou

ld b

e de

velo

ped

with

out d

elay

. Bar

da S

anct

uary

ison

e of t

he g

ood

optio

n. S

ucce

ss in

this

case

is

high

bec

ause

sim

ilar

type

of

adm

inist

ratio

n, w

ith a

llfa

cilit

ies

and

know

-how

, ca

n be

trans

plan

ted

ther

e. If

it is

not d

one

shor

tly o

r not

pos

sible

due t

o so

me

reas

on, t

he G

over

nmen

t sho

uld

not

hesit

ate

to d

evelo

p an

alte

rnat

ive

site f

ar aw

ay fr

om th

e Gir

fore

st.

(Thi

s is t

he se

cond

art

icle

in a

two-

part

serie

s on

Asia

tic L

ions

. The

first

part

appe

ared

in th

ese c

olum

nson

Mon

day,

Oct

ober

29. T

he w

riter

is M

embe

r, N

atio

nal

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d fo

rW

ildlif

e)

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An

artis

te li

ves t

hrou

gh h

is cr

eatio

nsan

d th

ose

who

are

exc

eptio

nal,

get

imm

orta

lised

. SD

Bur

man

, dad

a, as

he is

refe

red

to, b

elon

ged

to th

e lat

ter c

at-

egor

y. It

is no

w m

ore t

han

four

dec

ades

that

we l

ost h

im b

ut h

is m

usic

of t

he fi

fties

and

sixtie

s stil

l app

ears

to h

ave a

flav

our o

f effe

r-ve

scen

t you

thfu

l bou

nce.

It w

as th

e gen

ius

in h

im th

at d

espi

te th

e obv

ious

gene

ratio

nal

gap,

his

mus

ical s

core

s hav

e ret

ained

an el

e-m

ent o

f con

tem

pora

ry fr

eshn

ess.

Com

para

tive

ly a

lat

e co

mer

to

Mum

bai,

as h

e was

alre

ady i

n hi

s lat

e thi

r-tie

s, hi

s kn

owle

dge

of B

angl

a fo

lk a

ndRa

bind

ra S

ange

et, c

oupl

ed w

ith h

is fle

x-ib

ility

and

inn

ovat

iven

ess,

help

ed h

imes

tabl

ish h

imse

lf. V

ery s

oon,

he w

as b

eing

coun

ted

in t

he f

ront

ran

ks a

long

side

Nau

shad

, G

hula

m M

oham

mad

and

Khe

mch

and

Prak

ash.

Not

aver

se to

taki

ngris

ks, d

ada

as h

e was

affe

ctio

nate

ly ca

lled,

was

look

ing f

or a

new

voice

and

foun

d on

e,by

cha

nce,

in h

is ne

ighb

ourh

ood.

G

eeta

Gho

sh R

oy C

haud

hary

(la

ter

Gee

ta D

utt)

, who

m h

e had

seen

in a

cho-

rus s

ong,

was

giv

en a

brea

k in

194

7 w

here

she s

ang

for K

amin

i Kau

shal

on

scre

en fo

rD

o Bha

i. Th

e son

g m

era

sund

ar sa

pna

beet

gaya

was

an in

stan

t rag

e and

from

then

on

ther

e was

no

look

ing b

ack.

Lat

er, d

ada

was

to m

ake

ampl

e us

e of

the

husk

y vo

ice

ofG

eeta

Roy

to g

ive m

any

mor

e mem

orab

lem

elod

ies .

A

lway

s ye

arni

ng fo

r so

met

hing

new

and

expe

rimen

tal,

dada

was

look

ing

for a

lyric

ist f

or N

auja

wan

in 1

950,

whe

n he

foun

d Sa

hir w

ho w

as ye

t to

esta

blish

him

-se

lf in

Mum

bai.

Sere

ndip

itiou

sly , a

fter h

erde

but

in M

ahal

in 1

949

and

late

r on

Bars

at,

Lata

Man

gesh

kar

was

tak

en o

nbo

ard

for N

auja

wan.

Th

is co

mbi

natio

n of

thre

e gen

iuse

s —da

da,

Sahi

r an

d La

ta —

pro

duce

d an

imm

orta

l co

mpo

sitio

n th

andi

haw

ayei

n.Th

e mus

ic o

f thi

s son

g is

such

that

it le

nds

to th

e lyr

ics a

n at

mos

pher

e of b

reez

ines

s.Ti

ll da

te, i

t rem

ains

one

of t

he b

est a

ndfa

vour

ites

of L

ata.

In

fact

, lat

er, s

ever

al

com

pose

rs t

ook

up a

nd a

dopt

ed t

hesh

ades

of t

his v

ery

popu

lar t

une

in th

eir

own

com

posit

ions

.Th

e su

cces

sful

ass

ocia

tion

of S

ahir

with

dad

a, w

hich

beg

an w

ith N

auja

wan,

cont

inue

d fo

r 17

mor

e fil

ms,

givi

ng o

nehi

t afte

r ano

ther

, lik

e Ja

al, B

aazi

, Dev

das,

Taxi

Driv

er, M

unim

ji, H

ouse

No 4

4, P

yasa

,am

ong

othe

rs. B

ut w

ith tw

o te

mpe

ram

en-

tal a

nd se

nsiti

ve a

rtist

es, w

ho c

onsid

ered

them

selv

es th

e mas

ters

of t

heir

craf

t, co

m-

ing

toge

ther

, som

e sp

arks

wer

e bo

und

tofly

. For

Baa

zi,

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Tamil Nadu polit icsplunged into another cri-

sis on Monday as the SupremeCourt refused to adjourn thehearing of a petition filed bythe DMK seeking disqualifi-cation of 11 AIADMK MLAs,including O Panneerselvam,the Deputy Chief Minister, fordefying a party whip and vot-ing against the EdappadiPalaniswami-led Governmentin the trust motion onFebruary 18, 2017.

The Madras High Courthad dismissed the DMK petitionin April this year ruling that theCourt does not have the juris-diction over the powers of theSpeaker. The DMK laterapproached the apex court witha petition challenging theMadras High Court verdict.Since the court has paved theway for the hearing the appeal,the AIADMK Governmentwould be on tenterhooks as anyadverse verdict from the apexcourt means the loss of 11 MLAsfor the ruling dispensation whichis surviving only because of theproverbial ‘wafer thin majority’.

The AIADMK has 115members (including theSpeaker) in the House with atotal strength of 234. TheOpposition has 98 memberswhich include TTVDhinakaran, the lone memberof the AMMK. Chances arethat five members are all set to

cross over to the Dhinakarancamp which means theAIADMK would be left with99 members making thePalaniswami Government alame duck.

The day began with M KStalin, the DMK president,declaring at a marriage cere-mony that his party had col-lected all documentary evi-dence of ‘big-time’ corruptioncommitted by the EdappadiPalaniswamy Governmentover the last two years. “Wehave concrete proof of the cor-rupt practices of the chiefminister, his deputy and othermembers in the council ofMinisters. The day thisGovernment falls and ourGovernment takes over theadministration, all these cor-rupt ministers includingEdappadi Palaniswami,Panneerselvam and otherMinisters would end up injail,” declared Stalin.

He accused thePalaniswami Government of

running away from the elec-torate without holding eventhe local body elections. “ThisGovernment is unlikely tohold even the 20 by-pollsnecessitated by the disquali-fication of the 18 MLAs andthe demise of two MLAs,”charged Stalin.

Earlier in the day, theAIADMK leadership includ-ing Palaniswami,Panneerselvam and seniorleaders and Ministers wentinto a huddle following theSupreme Court’s refusal toadjourn the hearing of thepetition filed by the DMKseeking disqualification ofPanneerselvam and ten partyMLAs. Despite the MadrasHigh Court’s verdict uphold-ing the Speaker’s order dis-qualifying the 18 MLAs owingallegiance to VK Sasikala andDhinakaran, the Palaniswami-Panneerselvam camp extend-ed olive branch to the rebelMLAs as well as party func-tionaries with a request toreturn to the mother party.

The rebel camp is yet todecide on the future course ofaction. Though TTVDhinakaran told reporters atSivaganga on Saturday that thedisqualified MLAs would seekre-election as and when the by-polls are held, his party was yetto decide whether they shouldfile an appeal in the SupremeCourt challenging last week’sMadras High Court order.

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A‘Light & Sound Show’ onSardar Vallabbhai Patel, a

part of the Statue of Unity pro-ject, would be inaugurated byPrime Minister Narendra Modion Wednesday after he woulddedicate the world’s tallest stat-ue of Sardar Patel at Kevadiya.

The Light & Sound Showwill be shown in the exhibitionhall built at the pedestal of182-metre tall Statue of Unitybeing unveiled downstreamthe Sardar Sarovar Project(SSP) dam on River Narmadaon the occasion of the birthanniversary of the Sardar onOctober 31, 2018.

The show will depictSardar Patel’s fight against theBritish rule with reference to

partition of India, unifica-tion, the support of tribalpeople, construction of thedam and related issue.

A short video on theprocess and stages of con-structing the Statue of Unity,billed as the world’s talleststatue, will also be screened onthe wall from an audio-videokiosk for the visitors.

It took the time and toil ofpeople, besides collecting soiland iron for the statue, fromall over India.

The 73 feet high exhibi-tion hall spread on 4,637square metres will also screen16 films shot by famous direc-tors on the life and times ofSardar Patel with footagesfrom the history during amal-gamation of princely statewith Union of India duringIndependence.

The hall will also have alibrary of books on SardarPatel published over a periodof time.

An 18-foot tall bronzestatue of Sardar has also beeninstalled at the exhibition hallas centre of attraction.

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of former Social WelfareMinister Manju Verma, sur-rendered in the court onMonday and was sent to judi-cial remand. After this it isstrongly believed that she toocould surrender very soon asa warrant against her is withthe police.

Verma was wanted inconnection with the infa-mous sexual harassment ofminor girls at a Government run shelter home inMuzaffarpur and had goneunderground for over threemonths when his name sur-faced in this case with his calldetailed record showed hewas in constant touch withthe main accused Brajesh Thakur.

He was also accused ofvisiting the shelter home allalone and spending good timebehind closed door.

His wife Manju Verma,who was then Social WelfareMinister in Nitish Kumarcabinet had to quit after hishusband’s name figured inthis case and many victim

girls alleged about the visit ofa “pot-bellied uncle” and sex-ual assault by him.

This reference was sup-posed to be about Vermawho came on the radar on theinvestigating agency CBI.

After the Patna high courtrejected his anticipatory bailpetitions and Supreme Courtexpressed displeasure overpolice inaction in arrestinghim, Verma had little optionleft but to surrender inManjhaul sub-divisionalcourt.

Warrant was issuedagainst the former Ministerthis month after her antici-

patory bail plea was rejectedby the high court.

The police had filed a casagainst her under Arms Actafter the recovery of 50 car-tridges of different bores,some of them banned forpublic use, from her home inher constituency CheriaBeriarpur during a searchoperation.

Manju Verma is alsoabsconding after submittingher resignation to the CM in August. A warrant was issued afterBegusarai police filed FIRagainst her in September andthe high court turned downher anticipatory bail petition.

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Monday said that the Governmentof Assam has decided to bring themaster roll and casual workersemployed by the StateGovernment under pay-scaleswhich will ensure increased finan-cial benefit to them. The Ministersaid this while addressing a pressconference at Dispur and addedthat the decision will benefit13,860 master roll and casualworkers working under 52departments of the State.

"The average wage of thesemaster role workers used to bebetween �3000 to �6.000 permonth. However after they werebrought to the pay scale system,their average monthly salary willbe �18,000 approximately," saidthe Minister. Sarma said that themove will cost the State exchequerwith an additional expenditure ofclose to �177 crore per year. Hesaid that the Government willissue the notification in this regardsoon and will be executed fromMonday itself.

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The �100-crore indigenous-ly developed high-tech,

energy-efficient, self-propelledor engineless train was flaggedoff by Railway Board ChairmanAshwani Lohani here onMonday.

Soon after Lohani waved thegreen flag, the white-colouredtrain with a dash of blue moveda few yards in the IntegralCoach Factory (ICF) amid thebeating of drums in celebration.

Officials said India's firsttrainset — Train 18 — will bea game-changer for the IndianRailways.

The train was developedat nearly half the cost that isnormally incurred for suchdevelopment.

Speaking to IANS earlier, S.Mani, General Manager, ICF,said the train with a capacity totouch speed of 160 kmph willreplace the Shatabdi Express.

"With 16 coaches, the trainwill have the same passengercarrying capacity. There arenow separate power cars. But itis about 15-20 per cent energyefficient and leaves less carbonfootprint," Mani said.

Officials said the trainsetwas conceived, designed anddeveloped in about 18 months'time as against the industry

norm of about 3-4 years.The trainset has aerody-

namically designed driver cab-ins at both ends for quickerturnaround at destinations.

According to an ICF offi-cial, every alternative coach ismotorised, to ensure even dis-tribution of motive power andfaster acceleration/ deceleration.

The train sports advancedregenerative braking systemwhich saves power.

Mani also said the fully air-conditioned train offers betterpassenger comfort and safety, asall equipment are fixed under

the carriage/ coach, so thatmore space is available on board.

In the Executive Class, theseats are rotatable to match thetrain direction.

Train 18 will have modernlook with continuous windowson the exterior and the totalseating capacity will be 1,128.

On safety front, TrainManagement System in thedriver's cab will ensure precisebrake control and automateddoors control.

The coach doors will openonly when the train toucheszero kmph and the train will

start only when all the coachdoors are properly closed.

The train will have auto-mated sliding steps uptil theplatform avoiding the risk of apassenger falling. The drivercan also monitor the move-ment of passengers on theplatform via closed circuit tele-visions (CCTVs) in his cabinbefore closing the door.

There are emergency talk-back units (through which pas-sengers can talk to crew in caseof emergency) and CCTVs areprovided in all coaches for safeand secure travel, officials hadsaid earlier. CCTV cameras onboth sides of driving cab wouldhelp the driver monitor themovement of passengers on theplatform before closing thedoors and starting off.

ICF would roll out six suchtrainsets.

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At least three personnel ofthe Border Security Force

(BSF) were injured when ter-rorists attacked their vehicle atPantha Chowk on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway onthe outskirts of Srinagar city onMonday evening.

Security sources said theterrorists fired upon theBorder Security Force (BSF)vehicle at Zewan Crossing leav-ing at least three personnelinjured. They said the injuredhave been shifted to nearbyhospital for treatment.

In another incident, thesecurity forces arrested threesuspected Over GroundWorkers (OGWs) on SrinagarBaramulla highway in the out-skirts of Srinagar city.

Sources said suspected ter-rorists travelling in a vehiclejumped over a police check-point (Naka) while opening firetowards security guard per-sonnel near Shalteng inSrinagar outskirts.

The security forces alsoretaliated and one among threesuspects on board the vehiclewas injured in the brief

shootout.Later, two suspected mili-

tants or Over Ground Workerswere intercepted in the fleeingvehicle and overpowered nearNarbal. They were taken intocustody for questioning.

The injured militant hasbeen taken to nearby JVCHospital for treatment.

Arms and ammunitionwere also recovered from thearrested trio.

Reports said the trio wastraveling from Pulwama insouth Kashmir and belonged tothe same area. However, Policehave not revealed identity ofthe arrested persons.

“A vehicle-borne terroristwas intercepted by a naka partyat Narbal leading to a brief

exchange of fire in which oneterrorist sustained injury whiletwo others were apprehended.The injured has been evacuat-ed to hospital for medicalattention. Their identity isbeing ascertained,” a policespokesman said.

“Incriminating materialincluding a huge quantity ofarms and ammunition wererecovered from the spot,” he said.

A case has been registeredand the investigation has beeninitiated, the spokesman said.

Meanwhile, terroristsattacked residence of a formerlegislator in south Kashmir’sShopian district.

Reports said that unknownmen hurled a grenade towardsthe residence of a former MLAof Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Abdul Razaq Zawoora,in Zawoora Shopian.

However, the grenadeexploded outside the boundarywall of his residence and therewas no damage reported fromthe site.

Security forces have cor-doned off the area and man-hunt has been launched to nabthe assailants, reports said.

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The Reang tribals, shelteredin Tripura for over 20 years,

have demanded the setting upof polling stations in refugeecamps to cast their votes for theNovember 28 MizoramAssembly polls, a refugee leadersaid on Monday.

ver 35,000 Reang tribalrefugees, comprising 5,907families, fled from Mizoramand have been staying inTripura's Kanchanpur andPanisagar sub-divisions sinceOctober 1997 following ethnictension after a Mizo forestofficial was killed in the neigh-bouring state.

Among the refugees, onlya little over 11,000 immigrantsare eligible to vote in nextmonth's elections to constitutea new Assembly in theCongress-ruled Mizoram.

"Though the names of lit-tle over 11,000 refugees areenrolled in the electoral lists ofMizoram, but there are over5,000 more people among theimmigrants who have the eli-gibility to become voters butdue to the negligence of theMizoram administrations,their names are yet to beenrolled in the electoral lists,"refugee leader Bruno Mshatold IANS over phone fromKanchanpur.

Msha, who is the GeneralSecretary of the refugees' apexbody Mizoram Bru DisplacedPeople's Forum (MBDPF), saidthat the Election Commissionand the Mizoram ElectionDepartment were yet torespond to their demand forsetting up the polling stations.

A senior official of theMizoram election departmentsaid that the issue of setting upthe polling stations was dis-cussed when the full ElectionCommission headed by ChiefElection Commissioner OmPrakash Rawat visited the stateon October 16.

"However, the Commissionhas not yet communicated itsdecision to us in this regard,"the official said.

Meanwhile, leaders of var-ious political parties includingthe Congress and the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) are visitingthe seven refugee camps as partof their election campaign.

The BJP-led alliance gov-ernment on October 22resumed the supply of food andrelief material to the refugeesafter the relief was stoppedfrom October 1.

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The verbal duel betweenShiv Sena and NCP,

sparked by Sena presidentUddhav Thackeray's Ram tem-ple construction pitch, hasintensified with a close relativeof NCP chief Sharad Pawarassailing the Sena leader.

Rohit Pawar, son of SharadPawar's nephew Rajendra, hitback at Thackeray over hiscriticism of formerMaharashtra Deputy ChiefMinister Ajit Pawar over the

temple issue.Addressing a rally in Jalna

last week, Ajit Pawar, nephewof the NCP chief, said UddhavThackeray had failed to con-struct a memorial in the nameof his father, Bal Thackeray, butwas "harping" on constructionof Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The Sena had hit back,with an editorial in partymouthpiece Saamana callingAjit Pawar a "gutter insect" ofPune politics who lives off hisuncle Sharad Pawars fortune ashe was left with no importance

in Maharashtra politics.In a counter attack, Rohit,

in a Facebook post Sunday,said, "During his last day,Balasaheb had appealed peopleto look after Uddhav. Yesterday,we learnt what he meant whenhe made the appeal. His wordsmeant his son was gullible andtherefore should be taken careof," Rohit said.

The late Sena founder wasa clever and big leader who hadcommand over language andwould attack political oppo-nents through the weekly mag-azine Marmik and Saamanabut those who engage in poli-tics using Bal Thackeray's namehave insulted his pen bylaunching tirade against AjitPawar, Rohit said.

"Uddhav Thackeray nei-ther got elected through pub-lic, nor has he toiled to seeMaharashtra by stepping out ofMatoshree (the Thackeray fam-ily residence in Mumbai).While Maharashtra is on fire,this man is hoodwinking peo-ple by sharing power (withBJP)," Rohit said.

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said that saf-

fron was the colour of Sikhismand it was adopted byBharatiya Janata Party as Sikhsare an integral part ofHinduism and the BJP prop-agates this philosophy withoutany hesitation.

“It is only the BJP which hasadopted Sikh’s saffron colour.Those organisations which haveused Muslims as vote bankdesist from using saffron in theircolours. This is really a bigmockery of the political system,”Yogi said while addressing aSikh Sammelan in Lucknow onMonday to commemorate the550th birth anniversary of GuruNanak Dev.

The Chief Minister saidthat there was no differencebetween Hindu and Sikh fam-ilies. “But attempts are beingmade to divide them byspreading canards. Peoplewho are doing this do notknow the history of Khalsa.They were born to protect

Hindus. Sikhs and Hindushave always lived in harmonyand will continue to do so infuture also,” he said.

Yogi declared that out ofthe eight medical colleges com-ing up in Uttar Pradesh, onewill be named after GuruNanak Dev.

“Some institutions will also

be named after Guru GobindSingh and Guru Teg Bahadur,”he added.

Deputy Chief MinisterKeshav Prasad Maurya saidthat Sikhs had played a stellarrole in making Narendra Modithe Prime Minister of India.

“They (Sikhs) played thesame role in Uttar Pradesh by

ensuring a resounding victoryof the BJP, paving the way formaking Yogiji the ChiefMinister of the State,” he said.

Deputy Chief MinisterDinesh Sharma said that theparty which was instrumentalin killing Sikhs in the 1984 riotshad no right to seek vote andsupport of the community.

“Opposition parties likeCongress, Samajwadi Partyand Bahujan Samaj Party arein the ICU and their revival isnext to impossible,” he commented.

President of LucknowGurudwara PrabandhakCommittee, Rajendra SinghBagga, demanded that BaldevSingh Aulakh be made a CabinetMinister in the YogiGovernment.

Aulakh is junior ministerin the Minority Welfare depart-ment. In his address, Aulakhsaid that the Yogi governmentwas working for the welfare ofthe people. He strongly advo-cated the construction of Ramtemple at Ram Janmabhoomicomplex at Ayodhya.

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The summit is a follow-upof the announcement for set-ting up a rail ancillary park inUttar Pradesh.

The announcement wasmade by Railway MinisterPiyush Goyal during the UPInvestors’ Summit held inLucknow in February this year.

Chief Secretary AnupChandra Pandey said here onMonday that the rail park wasbeing developed on 254 acreland in Fatehpur district.

“The rail park will augmentproduction capacity of existingModern Coach Factory at RaeBareli. The rail park will bedeveloped by ABA InfratechPvt. Ltd., Lucknow,” he said.

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Market benchmark Sensex on Monday rallied by718 points to end above the 34,000-level buoyed

by heavy buying mainly in financials like ICICI Bankand SBI coupled with revived optimism relating toRBI's move to ease liquidity crunch.

The broader 50-share Nifty too rose over 220points to close above 10,250. Among the Sensex con-stituents, ICICI Bank was the biggest gainer with 11per cent jump, followed by State Bank of India, whichrose 8.04 per cent. The index heavyweight ICICI Bankcontributed over 200 points to the Sensex gains. Thecountry's top private sector lender ICICI Bankswung into profit in the second quarter of this ongo-ing fiscal. The bank had reported a net loss of �119.55crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal.

On year-on-year basis, ICICI Bank, however,reported a 42 per cent drop in its consolidated netprofit to �1,204.62 crore in the September 2018 quar-ter. Other top Sensex gainers were Adani Ports, L&T,Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, Tata Steel and TCS,rising up to 7.33 per cent.

Market sentiments were further revived by theReserve Bank's decision to pump in �40,000 crore intothe system in November through purchase of gov-ernment securities, with an aim to tackle liquiditycrunch. "Markets bounced out of extremely poor sen-timent and oversold conditions. A good sign shortterm as we may have started a short-covering rally in

equities," said Rohit Srivastava, Fund Manager - PMS,Sharekhan by BNP Paribas.

"The rise was broad-based which is a good signand weak sectors like PSU banks were strong per-formers. Given the double bottom in the bank nifty,it appears the trend may continue in the near term,"he added. Snapping its two-day losing streak, the 30-share index ended 718.09 points, or 2.15 per cent,higher at 34,067.40. It had opened 173.33 points, or0.52 per cent, higher at 33,522.64.

The NSE Nifty too surged 220.85 points, or 2.20per cent, to reclaim the 10,250 mark. It had opened44.25 points, or 0.44 per cent, higher at 10,074.25.

Bucking the uptrend in a majority of Sensex con-stituents, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, Kotak Bankand Bharti Airtel fell up to 2.26 per cent.

Meanwhile, the rupee was trading flat at 73.43against the US currency.

According to Friday's provisional data, foreignfunds sold shares worth a net of �1,356.66, whiledomestic institutional investors bought shares to thetune of �1,875.89 crore.

Dr Reddy's too surged 5.29 per cent to �2,531.65on the NSE after the company reported a 77 per centjump in profit-after-tax for the quarter endedSeptember 30 at �504 crore against �387.6 crore inthe second quarter of FY18.

Oil prices fell on Monday. Brent crude oil futureswere down 31 cents at USD 77.31 a barrel, while WTIFutures fell by 28 cents to USD 67.31.

Meanwhile, concern over China's slowing econ-omy kept Asian stocks subdued. Shanghai Compositeended 2.2 per cent lower, while Hang Seng Index rose0.4 per cent. Japan's Nikkei closed 0.2 per cent down.

European shares climbed on strong earnings DAXwas up 0.7 per cent while STOXX50E rose 0.5 per cent.

Meanwhile, investor wealth soared over Rs 3 lakhcrore Monday driven by a rally in the broader mar-ket where the BSE benchmark index zoomed 718points.

Sharp gain in stocks, send the market capitalisa-tion of the BSE-listed companies higher by Rs3,11,665.6 crore to Rs 1,36,43,642.98 crore.

Snapping its two-day losing streak, the 30-shareBSE index ended 718.09 points, or 2.15 per cent, high-er at 34,067.40. "The equity markets remained buoy-ant throughout the trading session with impressivebuying across sectors including PSU banks, power andtech. The market assumed an upward push with manyof the factors of the past two weeks probably brushedaside for the time being," said Joseph Thomas, HeadResearch, Emkay Wealth Management.

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The rupee ended almost flat at 73.45 againstthe US dollar Monday after its initial gains

were erased by a late dollar demand fromimporters despite strong equity markets and theRBI's move to ease liquidity crunch.

Despite the initial bounce, the home unitappeared to struggle, as the dollar remainedbroadly firm.

Foreign investors also pulled out �2,230.79crore from capital markets Monday amid thedollar hovering near 10-week high and hitting96.66 against the basket of six global currencies.

The rupee opened higher at 73.33 amidsharp gains in local stock markets.

The local currency, however, gave up initialgains due to capital outflows and a firming dol-lar to hit a session low of 73.53.

The rupee made a comeback in the closinghour to settle at 73.45, showing gains of just 2paise over the previous close.

Brent crude oil futures were down 31 centsat USD 77.31 a barrel, while WTI Futures fellby 28 cents to USD 67.31.

Meanwhile, market benchmark Sensex ral-lied over 718 points to end above the 34,000-level, while the broader 50-share Nifty rose over220 points to close above 10,250.

At the same time, the Reserve Bank's deci-

sion to pump in �40,000 crore into the systemin November through purchase of governmentsecurities, with an aim to tackle liquiditycrunch, failed to bring cheer to the forex mar-ket, but arrested any significant fall in the rupee.

In an another development, India andJapan Monday concluded a USD 75 billion bilat-eral currency swap agreement, a move that willhelp in bringing greater stability in foreignexchange and capital markets in the country.

"India and Japan has signed currency swapagreement worth $75 billion – a step will go longway in soothing frayed nerves of Rupee bulls,"said V K Sharma, Head PCG & Capital MarketsGroup, HDFC Securities.

The Financial Benchmark India Private Ltd(FBIL) set the reference rate for the rupee/dol-lar at 73.4181 and for rupee/euro at 83.6942. Thereference rate for rupee/British pound was fixedat 94.2644 and for rupee/100 Japanese yen at65.62.

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New Delhi: Tata Sons, the promoter ofmajor operating Tata group companies,has severed ties with celebrity consultantSuhel Seth, following allegations of sex-ual misconduct by several women,according to a company official.

Ever since several women, includingmodel Diandra Soares, filmmakerNatasha Rathore and writer Ira Trivedi,accused Seth of sexual misconduct,

Tata Sons stopped dealing withCounselage, a brand consultancy firmowned by Seth. When asked to confirmif Tata Sons has severed ties with Sethafter allegations of sexual misconduct in#MeToo campaign in India, a companyofficial said "Yes". "Post the allegations,Tata Sons has not engaged withCounselage," a source said. When con-tacted, a Tata sons spokesperson said,"Counselage's contract with Tata Sonswill end on November 30, 2018."

Although the company did not elab-orate on the future of its contract withCounselage, the source, however, saidconsidering the backdrop it would not berenewed. Comments could not be imme-diately obtained from Seth, who isamong the leading brand consultants inthe country.

He played a key role in rebuilding theTata brand after crisis hit one of the mosttrusted corporate brands in India in thewake of abrupt sacking of then Tata Sonschairman Cyrus Mistry in 2016. PTI

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India and Japan on Monday con-cluded one of the largest bilateral cur-

rency swap agreements at USD 75 bil-lion that will help in bringing greaterstability in foreign exchange and cap-ital markets in the country.

The agreement will furtherstrengthen and widen the depth anddiversity of economic cooperationbetween the two nations.

"With a view to enhancing finan-cial and economic cooperation, gov-ernments of Japan and India wel-comed the agreement to conclude aBilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) ofUSD 75 billion," said India-JapanVision Statement.

The statement was released afterIndia-Japan Annual Summit betweenPrime Minister Narendra Modi and hisJapanese counterpart Shinzo Abe inTokyo.

Commenting on the development,Economic Affairs Secretary S C Gargsaid in a tweet: "Bilateral swap arrange-ment with Japan for USD 75 billion isone of the largest swap arrangementsin the world.

"Accepting Japanese request, Indiaagreed to do away with requirement of

mandatory hedging for infrastructureECBs of 5 years or more minimumaverage maturity".

The finance ministry said the cur-rency swap agreement should "aid inbringing greater stability to foreignexchange and capital markets inIndia...This facility will enable theagreed amount of foreign capital beingavailable to India for use as and whenneed arises".

The facility will also help in bring-ing down the cost of capital for Indianentities while accessing foreign capitalmarket, it added.

Recognising the unparalleledpotential for development of relationsbetween the two countries, Modi andAbe reviewed the significant mile-stones achieved over the last four yearsand outlined a shared vision for thefuture of India-Japan relations.

The two leaders remain committedto synergising India's demographicdividend and Japan's capital and tech-nology to realise the true potential ofthe India-Japan economic partnershipfor a prosperous future.

"In this regard, India welcomedJapan's strong support for key trans-formational initiatives such as Make inIndia, Skill India and Clean India

Mission, through sharing of resourcesand advanced technologies, and activemobilisation of Japanese public and pri-vate sector investments," said the visiondocument.

The two leaders "reviewed with sat-isfaction" the progress made, includingthe signing of the Exchange of Notes foryen loan, on the Mumbai-Ahmedabadhigh speed rail project, which is animportant symbol of India-Japan col-laboration.

They also welcomed the continuedcooperation on metro projects whichsupport smarter development of Indiancities.

"India further appreciated Japan'srole in promoting connectivity throughquality infrastructure projects such asthe Western Dedicated FreightCorridor and the Delhi-MumbaiIndustrial Corridor," said the visiondocument.

Modi and Abe welcomed theexpansion of Japan's FDI in Indiaunder the "India-Japan InvestmentPromotion Partnership”, the progressmade in Japan Industrial Townships(JIT) and other initiatives included inthe Japan-India Roadmap forInvestment Promotion. Both leaderswelcomed the launching of a compre-

hensive India-Japan DigitalPartnership with a vision todevelop IoT and AI solutions forsocietal benefits and explorecollaboration in emerging tech-nologies by utilising 'Japan-IndiaStartUp Hub' in Bengaluru andNASSCOM's IT corridor projectin Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Bengaluru has witnessed thehighest decline in unsold

housing stock among sevenmajor cities in the last one yearat 25 per cent on the back ofbetter sales, according to prop-erty consultant Anarock.

The unsold housing stockin Bengaluru stood at 76,500units at the end of July-September quarter (Q3 of 2018calendar year), down 25 percent from 1,02,740 units in theyear-ago period.

Pune reported a 10 percent fall in unsold inventoriesto 90,610 units in Q3 2018 asagainst 1,01,020 units in Q32017.

The Delhi-NCR marketalso saw 9 per cent decline inunsold stocks to 1,90,650 unitsfrom 2,09,430 units.

There were marginal drop

of 1-2 per cent in unsold stockin Mumbai MetropolitanRegion (MMR) andHyderabad, while there wereincrease in Chennai andKolkata by 7 per cent and 1per cent, respectively.

"Bengaluru's real estatemarket has out-performed allother cities in terms of shed-ding unsold housing invento-ry. Bengaluru saw a remark-able decline of 25 per cent inthe total unsold stock acrossthe top cities," Anarock said inits report, which was releasedat ACETCH 2018 inBengaluru last week.

The report trackedBengaluru's residential realestate trends since 2013, fac-toring in the city's evolution interms of infrastructure devel-opment, transport and con-nectivity.

"Burgeoning commercial

activity, a cutting-edge start-up culture and realistic prop-erty prices dictated by end-user demand have keptBengaluru's real estate marketvibrant, and generally moreresilient than in other cities,"said Anuj Puri, Chairman -Anarock PropertyConsultants.

IT/ITeS sector continuesto drive most of the city's res-idential demand and supply,and housing sales haveremained healthy despite allmacroeconomic headwinds,he added.

Bengaluru's housing salesincreased by 26 per cent in Q32018 over the same period lastyear, the highest amongst allcities. Overall unsold stockdeclined by 32 per cent andstood at 76,550 units in Q32018 in contrast to 1,12,995units in Q3 2015.

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Delhi-Mumbai IndustrialCorridor (DMIC) and smartcities besides railways, andpublic transport, Commerceand Industry Minister SureshPrabhu has said.

The minister also said thatin the November 23 trilateralmeeting on International NorthSouth Corridor (INSTC), allissues are expected to beresolved in order to opera-tionalise the route as early aspossible.

INSTC is an initiativetaken by India, Russia andIran to promote transportationcooperation and to enhanceconnectivity with central Asiancountries.

It is the shortest multi-modal transportation routelinking the Indian Ocean andPersian Gulf via Iran to Russiaand North Europe.

The estimated capacity ofthe corridor is 20-30 milliontonne of goods per year andwill reduce time and cost by 30-40 per cent. These issues werediscussed during the meetingof Prabhu and Russian businessdelegation on Saturday here.

"There is a possibility forRussian investments in DMIC,smart cities, railways, publictransport, sanitation and lowcost housing," the ministrysaid in a statement quotingPrabhu.

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Bangladesh’s ailing formerPrime Minister Khaleda

Zia suffered a major setback onMonday when a court herejailed her to seven years in asecond corruption case forembezzling millions from acharitable trust in her late hus-band’s name, ahead of generalelections.

Zia, 73, is already behindbars after being handed a five-year term in February in anoth-er case related to embezzlementof funds of an orphanagenamed after her husband latePresident Ziaur Rahman.

The latest sentence, whichcomes ahead of general elec-tions in December, is relatedthe Zia Charitable Trust.

According to the case, Ziaand three others abused theirpower and collected $3,75,000for the trust from unknownsources.

Judge MohammadAkhtaruzzaman announcedthe verdict from the temporarypremises of the court at the oldcentral prison at Dhaka’sNazimuddin Road.

The final trial proceedingsin the case went ahead in the

absence of Zia, the leader of theBangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP), after the prison author-ities repeatedly failed to bringher to the court.

She had recently com-plained to the court that shewas losing feeling in her handand in a leg.

The Zia Charitable Trustgraft case was filed by theAnti-Corruption Commissionin 2011.

Zia’s former political affairssecretary Harris Chowdhury,his former aide and formerBangladesh Inland WaterTransport Authority actingdirector Ziaul Islam Munnaand former Dhaka mayorSadeque Hossain Khoka’s per-sonal secretary Monirul IslamKhan are the three others con-victed in the case.

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All 189 passengers and crewaboard a crashed

Indonesian Lion Air jet werelikely killed in the accident, res-cue officials said Monday, asthey announced they hadfound human remains andwould continue the grim searchthrough the night.

The Boeing-737 MAX,which went into service justmonths ago, vanished fromradar 13 minutes after takingoff from Jakarta, plunging intothe Java Sea moments after ithad asked to return to theIndonesian capital.

Websites that display flightdata showed the plane speed-ing up as it suddenly lost alti-tude in the minutes before itdisappeared, with authoritiessaying witnesses saw the jetplunge into the water.

“My prediction is thatnobody survived because thevictims that we found, theirbodies were no longer intactand it’s been hours so it is like-ly 189 people have died,” search

and rescue agency operationaldirector Bambang Suryo Ajitold reporters.

Some 40 divers are part ofabout 150 personnel at thescene, authorities said, with theplane wreckage some 30 to 40metres deep in the water.

Earlier, video footageapparently filmed at the sceneof the crash showed a slick offuel on the surface of the waterand pictures showed whatappeared to be an emergencyslide and bits of wreckage bear-ing Lion Air’s logo.

The carrier acknowledgedthat the jet had previouslybeen grounded for unspecifiedrepairs.

“It’s a really mystery whatcould have happened,” saidGreg Waldron, Asia managingeditor of industry publicationFlightglobal.

“Hopefully they will beable to locate the (cockpit)voice data recorders.”

The plane had been enroute to Pangkal Pinang city, ajumping off point for beach-and-sun seeking tourists on

nearby Belitung island, when itdropped out of contact around6.30 am (2330 GMT).

One Italian national wasaboard the plane which wasflown by an Indian pilot, thetransportation ministry said.

Images filmed at PangkalPinang’s main airport showed

families of passengers cryingand hugging each other, withsome calling out to god.

“This morning he calledasking about our youngestson,” said a sobbing Ermayati,referring to her 45-year-oldhusband Muhammed Syafii,who was on board.

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Indonesian plane he captainedwith 188 passengers and crewon board the budget carriercrashed in the Java Sea, IndianEmbassy here confirmed.

Suneja, 31, was flying theLion Air flight JT610 which lostcontact with the ground offi-cials 13 minutes after taking offfrom Jakarta Soekarno HattaInternational Airport.

The Boeing 737 MAX 8aircraft en-route to PangkalPinang city crashed nearKerawang, 32 miles east ofJakarta.

“Our deepest condolenceson the tragic loss of lives in theLion Air Plane crash, off thecoast of Jakarta today. Mostunfortunate that Indian PilotBhavye Suneja who was flyingJT610 also lost his life,” IndianEmbassy in Indonesia said in atweet.

“Embassy is in touch withCrisis Center and coordinating

for all assistance,” it said.The flight carried 178

adults, 1 child and 2 infants.The plane also had 3 crewunder training and 1 techni-cian, the statement said.

The aircraft was com-manded by Captain Sunejaand co-pilot Harvino with sixcabin crew members.

Suneja has 6,000 flighthours and the co-pilot morethan 5,000 flight hours, the air-line said in a statement.

Captain Suneja was a res-ident of Jakarta. He is originallyfrom New Delhi and attendedAhlcon Public School in EastDelhi’s Mayur Vihar.

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Maithripala Sirisena to imme-diately reconvene parliament toallow the democratically elect-ed representatives in the coun-try decide who will lead theirGovernment following a polit-ical turmoil sparked by the sud-den sacking of Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe.

Sirisena on Friday sackedWickremesinghe and appoint-ed former strongman MahindaRajapaksa as the new PrimeMinister, triggering politicalchaos in the Indian Oceanisland nation. Next day, hesuspended Parliament afterWickremesinghe, who hadtermed his sacking as illegaland unconstitutional, sought anemergency session to provehis majority.

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Washington: President DonaldTrump on Monday accused themedia of being “the true Enemyof the People” in the wake of amass shooting and a mail bombplot.

Trump tweeted: “There isgreat anger in our Countrycaused in part by inaccurate,and even fraudulent, reportingof the news.”

He added that the media“must stop the open & obvioushostility & report the newsaccurately & fairly.”

The president’s commentsfollow a mass shooting at aPittsburgh synagogue that left11 dead and a mail bomb scaretargeting Democrats and CNN.

The election season vio-lence rattled a deeply dividednation and prompted ques-tions about whether Trump

should tone done his rhetoric.Trump strongly con-

demned the Pittsburgh attackas an act of anti-Semitism andhas denounced political vio-lence and called for unity.

But with eight days to gobefore the midterm elections,he has continued to hold hispolitical rallies, complete withharsh criticism of Democratsand the media.

At a rally Saturday night,Trump was somewhat mutedbut still offered his standardcampaign attack lines, includ-ing citing Hillary Clinton andRep Maxine Waters, both ofwhom were targeted in thebomb plot.

On Twitter on Sunday, hesavaged billionaire business-man Tom Steyer, another tar-get of the mail bombs. AP

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Sao Paulo: In some of his firstwords to the nation as presi-dent-elect, far-right politicianJair Bolsonaro has promised todefend the constitution andunite a bitterly divided popu-lace.

His left-wing rival imme-diately vowed to mount a vig-orous opposition, while rightsgroups warned against a roll-back of civil liberties.

That juxtaposition under-scored that the end of the elec-tion was not the end of acri-mony and that myriad chal-lenges lay ahead for LatinAmerica’s largest nation.

Bolsonaro appeared to tryto allay those concerns Sundaynight, saying he would “pacify”Brazil following a race thatrevealed deep divisions and wasrepeatedly marred by violence.

The candidate himself wasstabbed and almost died whilecampaigning in earlySeptember, and there werenumerous reports of political-ly motivated violence, espe-cially directed at gay people.

“This country belongs toall of us, Brazilians by birth orby heart, a Brazil of diverseopinions, colors and orienta-tions,” he said, reading off asheet of paper in a live televi-sion address. AP

Geneva: Exposure to toxic airboth indoors and out killssome 6,00,000 children underthe age of 15 each year, theWorld Health Organisationwarned on Monday.

Data from the UN healthbody shows that every day, 93percent of children under theage of 15 — a full 1.8 billionyoungsters, including 630 mil-lion under the age of five —breath dangerously pollutedair. This has tragic conse-quences: In 2016 alone, some600,000 children died fromacute lower respiratory infec-

tions caused by polluted air, theWHO report found.

“Polluted air is poisoningmillions of children and ruin-ing their lives,” WHO chiefTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesussaid in a statement.

“This is inexcusable. Everychild should be able to breatheclean air so they can grow andfulfil their full potential.”

According to WHO data,more than nine out of 10 peo-ple on the planet breath dan-gerously toxic air, causing someseven million premature deathseach year. AFP

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Britain’s Treasury chief willsplash out on health ser-

vices in a spending plan to beannounced on Monday, sig-nalling the easing of eight yearsof austerity — Brexit permit-ting.

Philip Hammond is set topledge 2 billion pounds (USD2.5 billion) more for mentalhealth services as he delivers hisfinal budget before the countryleaves the European Union, hisoffice said.

In advance of the presen-tation, he told the BBC he alsointends to increase NationalHealth Service funding by 20billion pounds a year by 2023.

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assumed charge as Sri Lanka’snew Prime Minister even asdefiant Ranil Wickremesingheasserted that he still com-mands the majority in parlia-ment amid warning by theSpeaker that there could be“bloodbath” on the streets if thepolitical crisis is not resolvedimmediately.

Rajapaksa assumed theduties in the prime minister’ssecretariat which was not usedby the ousted Prime MinisterWickremesinghe.

President MaithripalaSirisena’s new Cabinet was alsosworn in and Rajapaksa wasnamed the new minister offinance and economic affairs.

The new Cabinet was lim-ited to just 12 ministers, oneminister of state and onedeputy minister. Among the

new ministers, three belongedto the ousted Wickremesinghe’sUnited National Party (UNP)who have defected.

The rest of the ministersare from Sirisena’s previousCabinet with Wickremesinghewho have been given sameportfolios which they had han-dled under the unity govern-ment.

One new addition is fromthe northern district of Jaffna,Douglas Devananda, a Tamilwho has been named theMinister of Resettlement,Rehabilitation, NorthernDevelopment and HinduReligious Affairs.

Devananda while in oppo-sition had backedWickremesinghe during theno trust motion in April whichWickremesinghe won to retainhis premiership with supportcoming from Tamil andMuslim minority parties.

Arumugam Thondaman,

representing the Tamils ofIndian origin from central teaplantations, has been namedthe minister of Hill CountryDevelopment.

President Sirisena onFriday night sackedWickremesinghe and appoint-ed Rajapaksa as the new primeminister in a surprise move thatis being debated as a constitu-tional coup.

Sirisena also suspendedparliament till November 16after Wickremesinghe soughtan emergency session to provehis majority.

Sri Lankan parliamentSpeaker Karu Jayasuriya haswarned that there could be“bloodbath” as some peoplewere trying to resolve a powerstruggle between the presidentand his ousted premier on thestreets. Addressing reporters inKandy, Jayasuriya said the issueshould be resolved insideParliament.

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Lewis Hamilton claimed hisfifth drivers' world champi-onship to draw level with

Juan Manuel Fangio in theFormula One record books whenhe finished fourth behind a vic-torious Max Verstappen in theMexican Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton claimed hisfifth drivers' world championshipto draw level with Juan ManuelFangio in the Formula One recordbooks when he finished fourthbehind a victorious MaxVerstappen in the Mexican GrandPrix.

Hamilton's success - the thirdtime he has taken the title with-out finishing on the race podium- elevated him to a supreme clubalongside Fangio with only seven-time champion MichaelSchumacher ahead of him.

He was adding the 2018crown to his championship winsin 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2017.

The 33-year-old Briton's onlyremaining championship rivalSebastian Vettel of Ferrari, whoneeded a victory, with Hamiltonoutside the top seven, to keep hishopes alive, finished second onSunday.

He celebrated by executing'doughnut' wheel spins for thecheering crowd before leap-ing out of his car and intothe arms of his team.

After being congratu-lated by Vettel,Hamilton said: "It's avery strange feelingright now."

After survivingwhat turned into abattle of attrition atthe AutodromoHermanos Rodriguezhe added: "It was a hor-rible race... I really don'tknow what happened.

"We were strugglingboth Valtteri (Bottas) and Iand we had to just hang onand bring the car home.

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since I was 13 and to completethis, when Fangio had done itwith Mercedes, is an incredi-ble feeling and it is very surreal tome at the moment.

"I just feel very very humble,of course I dreamed about this butI never thought I'd be standinghere as a five-time champion."

Four-time champion Vettelheaped praise on his rival.

"It is not easy today but welldeserved for him and I want tocongratulate Lewis. They did asuperb job all year. We need tostand there, accept that and sendcongratulations. We would haveliked to have hung in there longer,but it was not to be."

Reflecting on his seasonHamilton added: "It has been thetoughest year physically, mental-ly and personally with everything

I'm committed to, but I haveamazing support.

"Mercedes and my team havejust been the most incredibleunit and worked to raise the bar.In my mind it is just another dayof fighting and I have more racesto win, it is not over.

"In my mind I have to work,go to the brief andtry to win in Brazil.

Hamilton, whostarted third on the

grid, struggled withchronic tyre-wear

after making a strongstart in his Mercedes

and settled for a cautiouscruise to the title without

a podium finish.Max, upstaged by his

Red Bull team-mate DanielRicciardo in qualifying onSaturday, came home 17.108seconds ahead of Vettelafter the luckless Australianpole-sitter retired with ninelaps remaining.

"I didn't sleep verywell last night," saidVerstappen.

"I was very determinedto win and we've done that- we had the right tyres andthe car was working verywell... "It was a shame tolose Daniel. We wantedtwo of us on the podium.

A puff of smoke sig-nalled an engine failure

and his eighth 'Did Not Finish'(DNF) of the season while his 21-year-old Dutch tyro team-matesecured a repeat of his 2017 tri-umph, his second win this seasonand the fifth of his career.

Vettel's Ferrari team-mateKimi Raikkonen came homethird ahead of Hamilton and hisMercedes team-mate ValtteriBottas. Nico Hulkenberg wassixth for Renault ahead of CharlesLeclerc of Sauber, StoffelVandoorne of McLaren, MarcusEricsson in the second Sauber andPierre Gasly of Toro Rosso.

For Ferrari, it was a firstdouble podium success in Mexicosince 1990 with Alain Prost andNigel Mansell.

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Novak Djokovic can completea stunning return to world

number one at the Paris Mastersthis week as Rafael Nadal hits thecomeback trail for the first timesince limping out of the USOpen.

Roger Federer could alsoresurface in the French capitalafter a three-year absence,although the 20-time Grand Slamchampion said a decision on hisparticipation will be made onTuesday.

The Swiss star won his 99thcareer title in Basel over theweekend but hasn't played inParis since 2015 due to a combi-nation of injury and selectivescheduling.

Djokovic also missed lastyear's event as he dropped out-side the top 10 for the first timein over a decade, but the Serb,who was lingering down at aranking of 22nd as recently asJune, arrives having won 27 of hislast 28 matches.

"In both the US Open andShanghai, I've played as good asever," said Djokovic, who claimedhis 14th major championship inNew York.

"So I really enjoy tennis at themoment and enjoy competing,because obviously when you'rewinning that many matches youhave a lot of confidence."

However, it was just monthsago that doubts were raised overhis future following a dramaticdecline as he battled to recoverfrom a nagging elbow injury. Heunderwent surgery after a fourth-round loss at this year'sAustralian Open but admittedlyrushed his return and suffered aseries of early exits that knockedhis confidence.

The 31-year-oldthough outlastedNadal in an epicWimbledon semi-final before sweepingKevin Andersonaside to claim his first GrandSlam since the 2016 FrenchOpen.

He then completed a sweepof Masters victories by downingFederer to claim an elusiveCincinnati title.

"We are very, very pleasedwith what was achieved in the lastfour, five months," said Djokovic.

"And with Rafa's injury andhim not playing China and soforth, it put me in a position tobe very close to him in rankingsand to fight for a year-end No 1.

"So of course right now I'maware of it and I'm going to givemy very best to try to achieve it."

"I do think that I'm playingat my best at the moment and Ialways feel like I can improve, butI feel like this is a very high level,"he added.

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one Nadal has not played since aknee injury led to him retiringfrom his US Open semi-final

against Juan Martin del Potro.The Spaniard, for all his successat Roland Garros, has never lift-ed the trophy at the Paris Masters- his best showing came when helost the 2007 final to DavidNalbandian.

Nadal withdrew before hisquarter-final last year, and hemust match Djokovic's perfor-mance to retain top spot goinginto the season-ending TourFinals in London.

"I stop for a while after theUS Open so then I started topractice slow step by step. Andthat's it. Here I am. Happy to behere," said Nadal.

"It's nothing new for me.Something that happened in mycareer a couple of times. Somore or less we know the process

and we know the thing thatworks well for us, the things thatdon't work well.

"I am not thinking about bigimprovements or big things. I amjust thinking about smallimprovements, and that's thegoal."

"This city so special for me.So that's little bit more motiva-tion to be here," he added.

Marin Cilic and DominicThiem are in position to claimthe remaining two Londonberths, with Kei Nishikori and2016 Paris runner-up John Isnerstill with an outside chance ofqualifying.

With 1,000 points to defendthis week and 400 to drop offfrom London, defending cham-pion Jack Sock faces crashing outof the top 100 if he loses in hisopening match.

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maintained the No 1 spot in theWomen's Tennis Associationrankings released on Mondaywith 6,921 Points, ahead ofGermany's Angelique Kerber.

Elina Svitolina of Ukraineclimbed three spots after pre-vailing over Sloane Stephens ofthe United States 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 onSunday, becoming the firstUkrainian player to win the sea-son-ending WTA Finals title.

Japan's Naomi Osaka fell onespot down to the fifth, whilePetra Kvitova of the CzechRepublic dropped two places toworld No 7.

Further down the ranking,Viktorija Golubic of Switzerlandjumped 16 positions up to worldNo. 91, following her triumph atITF France 20A on Sunday overRussian Natalia Vikhlyantseva3-6, 6-1, 7-5.

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38 in the latest ATP rankings.The left-handed Sharan, who has been one of the most con-

sistent players on the doubles circuit with partner Artem Sitak, hasheld the numero uno position in the country for the first time inhis career.

Bopanna dropped nine places to 39 while Leander Paes gainedtwo places to be 60 in the world now.

Another consistent player Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan touched acareer-high rank of 72 with a jump of three places.

"It feels pretty amazing to have become the highest ranked play-er in India today. It's not easy by any means with Mahesh, Leanderand Rohan having dominated the doubles circuit for the last cou-ple of decades but they have carved thepath and set the trend for the rest of us,"the 32-year-old Sharan said.

"We have had as many as seven play-ers from India ranked in the top 100 thisyear which is impressive. Personally it'sbeen another positive year for me whereI was able to achieve my best ranking of36 and win a Gold medal for India at theAsian Games," he said.

Sharan has won only one Challengerthis season but reaching the Wimbledonquarterfinals was the highlight of the 2018season for him. He also reached semifinal stage of various ATP 250tournaments this year.

In the singles, Yuki Bhambri dropped a place to 108 and wasfollowed by Ramkumar Ramanathan (121, +3), PrajneshGunneswaran (142, +4) and Sumit Nagal (311, +1).

In the WTA charts, Ankita Raina remains India's lone singlesplayer in the top-200 at number 197. Karman Kaur Thandi, whoended runner-up at Nanning on Sunday, was static at 215. Her pointsfrom Nanning will be added next week.

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Kylian Mbappe responded tobeing dropped by coming off

the bench and scoring the open-er as Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 at Marseille on Sunday to makeit 11 wins out of 11 in Ligue 1 thisseason and match a long-standingEuropean record.

Mbappe was a shock omissionfrom the PSG starting line-up bycoach Thomas Tuchel, withbroadcaster Canal Plus reportingthe move was a punishment afterthe teenage World Cup winnershowed up late for the pre-matchteam talk.

But he was sent on in the62nd minute of 'Le Classique' forEric-Maxim Choupo-Moting andscored the breakthrough goal justthree minutes later, being releasedby Angel di Maria and racing clearto finish past Steve Mandanda.

It was Mbappe's 10th Ligue 1goal this season, and JulianDraxler then wrapped up thevictory in stoppage time.

An 11th win on the bouncefrom the start of the campaign for

PSG means they have equalledTottenham Hotspur's record fromthe 1960-61 season, the best in anyof Europe's big five leagues.

"It was what the team needed,"Mbappe told Canal Plus of hiscameo off the bench.

"A great team relies on itsleaders and they need to be able

to make the difference in keymoments. I can take on that roleand I did it today."

The win record is a superbachievement for Tuchel, even if itis marred somewhat by PSG'spatchy performances in theChampions League, including afortunate 2-2 draw at home toNapoli in midweek.

But the German admittedthat the result had been over-shadowed by the decision to dropMbappe, which he intimated wasa necessary measure.

"I don't like to play withoutKylian. I hate playing without himin a match like this," he said.

In Ligue 1, PSG are eightpoints clear of second-placedLille, who beat Caen 1-0 onSaturday and visit the Parc desPrinces next Friday. Marseille,meanwhile, are fifth, already 14points behind the league leaders.

OM have now failed to beattheir greatest rivals in 18 meetingsin all competitions going backseven years, although theymatched the reigning championsfor long spells of this game.

While Neymar started, Tuchelleft both Mbappe and AdrienRabiot on the bench at kick-off.

Edinson Cavani missed thegame due to injury, so Cameroonstriker Choupo-Moting made hisfirst start since his surprise arrivallate in the summer transfer win-dow.

Dimitri Payet played the fur-thest forward in a Marseille sidelacking a proper striker, and thebest chance in the first half camein stoppage time as KevinStrootman cleared off the linefrom Di Maria.

Payet forced Alphonse Areolainto a good stop from his free-kickjust before the hour mark, butMbappe then made his entranceand needed little time to put thevisitors in front.

Jordan Amavi hit the postwith a long-range pile-driver butMarseille could not find anequaliser and Paris wrapped upthe victory with the last kick of thegame.

Mbappe found Neymar, andhis shot was going wide of the farpost before Draxler turned it in.

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Dries Mertens grabbed a lateequaliser to snatch Napoli a 1-

1 draw with Roma on Sunday whichsaw Carlo Ancelotti's men cutJuventus' lead at the top of Serie Ato six points.

After seeing Paris Saint-Germain steal a last-gasp 2-2 in theirmidweek Champions League clashat the Parc des Princes, this time itwas Napoli's turn to salvage a pointat the death.

Stephan El Shaawary's earlyopener for Roma looked to havewon the game for the visitors, butBelgian international Mertenspounced in the 90th minute to limitthe damage for Napoli.

Reigning champions Juventusremain well clear after CristianoRonaldo scored a double, includinga thunderous 25-yard winner, in a2-1 win at Empoli on Saturday.

But last year's runners-upNapoli are now unbeaten in their lastfive games in all competitions sincea 3-1 loss at Juve in September.

Just seconds after Edin Dzekohad seen a long-range shot fly nar-rowly wide, El Shaarawy gave Romaa 14th-minute lead with his thirdgoal of the season.

Dzeko failed to get a touch onTurkish winger Cengiz Under's lowcross, but the 26-year-old El

Shaarawy was on hand to slotthe ball in off the post, despitethe best efforts of KalidouKoulibaly on the line.

The hosts quickly went insearch of an equaliser, but Romagoalkeeper Robin Olsen didwell to deny both Arkadiusz Milikand Marek Hamsik in quick suc-cession.

Napoli dominated possession inthe second half, but struggled to cre-ate many clear-cut chances, withMertens seeing two late effortsruled out for offside.

But the 31-year-old wingerlatched onto a miskick from JoseCallejon to smash into the roof ofthe net and score his fifth goal of the

campaign.

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Higuain hit a crucial equaliser andSuso fired a second-half winner asAC Milan got back on track in SerieA with a 3-2 win over Sampdoria.

Coach Gennaro Gattuso wasunder intense pressure after a last-gasp derby loss to Inter last week wascompounded by a 2-1 defeat by RealBetis in the Europa League onThursday.

But the former Rangers andMilan midfielder has won respite,for the moment at least, after afourth league win in nine outings left

Milan fifth, albeit 13 pointsadrift of leaders and champi-ons Juventus.

Milan looked to be underthe cosh when Sampdoriatook a 2-1 lead through FabioQuagliarella on 31 minutes

after Riccardo Saponara had levelledPatrick Cutrone's 17th-minuteopener for the San Siro giants.

But Higuain responded on 36minutes and, amid a second half thatsaw few real chances, Spanish for-ward Suso provided an impressivewinner. "I have to thank my playersfor a performance of character andquality," added Gattuso. "We've gotto keep working, getting better andenjoying each others' company."

��-&��$�D�India advanced into the semi-finalsof the SAFF U-15 Championship when theyblanked Bhutan 4-0 in their last group league matchhere on Monday.

Shubho Paul scored a brace while SubbaKushang and Xalxo Aman struck one apiece. Indialed 1-0 at half time.

The Indians were off to a great start with thefirst goal coming as early as the 4th minute whenShubho converted from the spot - placing it to theright of rival goalkeeper Gyeltshen Dorji.

The Indian boys stayed patient while the rivalsmanaged to sneak into the visiting box on a cou-ple of occasions, especially immediately afterresumption.

Their perseverance soon paid dividends as thesecond goal came in the 66th minute, thanks to ashow of individual brilliance.

Receiving a loose ball in his own half, the irre-pressible Subba ran past the entire rival defence,dribbled past three, entered the box and placed intothe far corner.

The third goal came in the 83rd minute asShubho completed his brace. It was a build-upwhich started in India's half and after some casu-al exchanges, Shubho followed up a vicious longball, sped past all and put it in.

Aman completed the rout in the 89th minutewhen he tapped into an empty net after the rivalgoalkeeper had misread a Harsh Patre free-kick.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has said hedecided to leave Real Madrid for

Juventus after sensing that the Spanishclub's president, Florentino Perez, nolonger saw him as being "indispens-able".

"I felt within the club, especiallyfrom the president, that I was nolonger considered in the same way asI was at the beginning," Ronaldo saidin an interview with France Footballmagazine.

"For the first four or five years, Ifelt like Cristiano Ronaldo. Less soafter.

"The president looked at me in away that suggested I was no longerindispensable, if you know what Imean. That is what made me thinkabout leaving."

The 33-year-old Portuguese super-star joined Juventus in a 100 million-euro ($115 million) deal in July, end-ing a glorious nine-year associationwith Real.

His last act with the Spanish clubwas to participate in them winning theChampions League for a third con-secutive season by beating Liverpoolin the final in May.

But Zinedine Zidane departed ascoach in the wake of that game,

something which Ronaldo admitsconfirmed to him that it might be timeto move on.

"My decision to leave was notbased on him going. That said, it wasone of the little details that con-firmed to me what I had been think-ing about the situation at the club,"Ronaldo said.

He added that he would "deserve"to win the Ballon d'Or this year, andin doing so would pass Lionel Messiby taking the award for a sixth time.

The winner of the prize, awardedby France Football, will be announcedin early December.

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Lewis Hamilton on Monday deflected all sug-gestions that he might be the greatest Formula

One driver of all time, saying that seven-timechampion Michael Schumacher remains the manwho most deserves that label.

The 33-year-old Briton, who on Sundayclinched his fifth drivers' title when he finishedfourth for Mercedes in the Mexican Grand Prix,rejected consideration of him-self as the greatest in history,citing his father Anthony'smantra to "do your talking onthe track."

Hamilton's achievementdrew him level with the sport's 'godfather' JuanManuel Fangio on five titles with only GermanSchumacher ahead on seven. Schumacher, with91, also has more race victories, another targetfor Hamilton during the two remaining years ofhis current Mercedes contract.

But the Englishman put such statisticalambitions into a distant perspective when headopted a modest role on his own triumphantcareer.

"Firstly, I could never personally classifymyself as the best," said Hamilton.

"Obviously, within myself, I know my abili-ties and where I stand, but ultimately, as my dadalways told me since I was eight years old -- hesaid 'do your talking on the track'.

"So I just try to let my results and the resultsfrom the things that I do outside of my sport,hopefully, also contribute to that. So people canhopefully create a decent opinion.

"But Michael's still quite far ahead in racewins so you have to say he is still the GOAT(greatest of all time)."

Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997champion, said that he felt the way in whichHamilton had succeeded throughout his careerput him way "miles" clear of Schumacher in theevaluation of the greats.

Villeneuve said that Schumacher's career hadbeen accompanied by "too many negative stories- too many question marks on how some racesor championships were won. And being a greatchampion is about more than just winning races."

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heroines. She was strong yet vulnerable.She could be rescued by the hero but wasalso capable of rescuing him right back.She was dusky when that singularattribute could push you into Bollywoodoblivion. When one spoke of ChitrangdaSingh or Geeta Rao, the character thatshe played in Hazaaron KhwaisheinAisi, she was as flesh and blood and con-temporary as any other woman could be.But just like a shooting star, Chitrangdadisappeared, as troubles in her marital lifedominated.

She turned producer with Soormarecently, appeared in an item in Gabbaris Back and is now seen in Baazaar whichreleased this Friday to rave reviewswhere she plays, Mandira Ben who ismarried to Shakun Kothari, the charac-ter played by Saif Ali Khan. “I am ahome-maker, married to this man whois ambitious as hell and trying to be aspowerful as much as possible. She comes

from a rich family and is nota career person as opposed tothe others in the film. She isalmost like the conscience ofthe film as she is the purestcharacter,” says Chitrangdadressed in a black dresswhich has some elementsof bling. She elaboratesthat her take on life, ambi-tion and power is very dif-ferent from the others.“She is trying to hold on tothis man and bring him backfrom this game that he has got intobut eventually gets sucked into it andhow it affects their marriage and rela-tionships,” she adds.

Coming to the #MeToo movementand the way it has affected the indus-try, she recalls one of her earliermovies, Inkaar which released in2012 and grappled with the issue ofharassment. “Everything that Ihave done has come too early,

no?,” she says and laughs throwingher head back and goes on to add,“Bad timing. At that time Iremember having this discussionwhen Sudhir (Mishra, the direc-tor) got in some people very high

up from a leading ad agency.One of them discussed so

many similar real-lifesituations. The forms

of harassment arenot always obvi-

ous. Even in themovie, we did-

n’t want it to bein your face. The

mental pressure thatyou are put to and the

professional setbacks thatyou possibly have for not giv-ing in are immense. A womanhas to work harder to proveherself. What I really likedabout the film was that it wason that thin line and was sowell-balanced.”

In real l ife too,Chitrangda took a standwhich cost her a movie. Sheleft the shoot ofBabumoshai Bandukbaaz,

midway as there was discrep-ancy between the way it was scriptedand the way the film’s director KushanNandy wanted to shoot it. “It was writ-ten that they make passionate love.What is your interpretation of thatyou have to tell me beforehand. If youdon’t, you can’t try and get away withanything on the set by pushing meinto it because we are there andshooting. The language that he used,the way he behaved and shouted at me

was unacceptable. He was so livid thathe was shaking with anger. I think Iam someone who can keep myselftogether quite a bit but I was crying.The worst part was that it didn’t mat-ter to anyone. That’s not the way Iwould like to be treated,” she saysrecalling the time. She preferred towalk out lost out on a film. “Sadly, notmany people took a stand. What I did-n’t like was that during film promo-tions, Nawaz laughed and joked aboutme not wanting to kiss a dark com-plexioned man. I used to get these hatetweets from his fans saying that Irefused to kiss him because he wasdark. He went on to say on a radiostation that, Humne to do do baarmaze le liye. (I enjoyed myself twice).Somewhere you feel that just not sen-sitive about what the other person isgoing through. But the actual personwho did it was not Nawaz so you can-not take his name in that sense. It isnot fair.”

She does agree that harassment wasrampant in the industry and she didhear about it often. “I’ve been fortunateenough not to go through a really hor-rendous experience. But I heard aboutit all the time. Sometimes I got a senseof what was expected out of me so Iwould take a step back,” she says.

But was it because of her stand thatshe isn’t seen as often? “Nobody is mak-ing films like Hazaaron... or maybe theyno longer think of me when they makefilms like that. And I have been awayfor fits and starts every time. I supposethis affected my work. Other thanthat… ,” she trails off and shrugs whileleaving whatever is on her mind unsaid.

However, Chitrangda has upped

her game in an altogether differentdirection. “As a producer you are look-ing at things differently. It is a muchlonger process. You are trying to get theright people together which is a muchlonger process. You can’t pick up thephone and say acha chalo ye karte hain.It takes a long time for film to comeas a producer. As an actor you aremostly concerned about your vans andyour role. It is different as you are con-fined to yourself. But production is alot more satisfying. You see it comingto life from baby steps. I made a threeminute presentation pitch and thenwrote out those 30 pages and then youfinally have the film. I think theamount that I learnt in those two anda half years, I wouldn’t have otherwise.Also, there is more respect for produc-ers,” she says.

Having taken up something new,she is ready to venture further intounchartered territory. She is readingsome interesting scripts for digital con-tent. “The kind of production valuesand the writing that is done is great.Everything has improved — the con-tent, writing and the directors onboard running the show. It is a greatplace to be in.”

On another note, she is happyabout the way the industry is chang-ing. “It is moving in the right direction.Having superstars on board is nolonger a guarantee of a film doing well.I am so happy the audience havechanged. They want good content andthey have really evolved so all credit tothem. This has to do with the interna-tional exposure which has made all thedifference,” she says as she hopes some-thing similar comes her way as well.

Bird Of Dusk, a docu-featurebased on the life story of lateNational Award-winning

Bengali filmmaker RituparnoGhosh, offered an absorbing expe-rience to the audience during itsIndia premiere at the 20th MAMIMumbai Film Festival with Star.

The movie left the audienceemotional about the filmmaker’spersonal journey.

Directed by Sangeeta Datta, thedocu-feature captures Ghosh’stransformation from the copy-writer of an ad agency to a cultur-al and fashion icon of Bengal withhis celebrated films. The movieincludes several interviews of actorslike Nandita Das, Sharmila Tagore,Arjun Rampal, Aparna Sen,Konkona Sen Sharma along withcinematographers, and other film-makers who had a long associationwith Ghosh.

Ghosh’s personal creative jour-ney touched the audience, andmany budding filmmakers andyoungsters regretted not knowingGhosh and his contributions to theIndian cinema, well enough.

A 19-year-old viewer said, “Iloved this documentary and now Icannot wait to binge watch

Rituparno Ghosh’s films.Unfortunately, I had not muchidea about his personality, thoughI have watched some of his worklike Chokher Bali.”

The docu-feature also showsGhosh’s transformation from being

a man to coming out of the closetas one of the third gender. Dattahad worked closely as an associatedirector with Ghosh.

Asked if she had any conversa-tion to know Ghosh’s opinion onthe third gender and his frame of

mind after coming out of the clos-et, she said, “There was a time whena number of his friends stood backwhen he started experimentingwith his own body. We knew thathe was diabetic and such an oper-ation would be risky for his body,which eventually turned out lethal.

“During Chitrangda (a film inwhich Ghosh acted), he talkedabout the possibility of changefrom male to female and thenexplaining that it is not that simple,from one gender to another, but itis about androgyny. In fact, we hadseveral conversations on androgy-ny. Ritu would ask me, ‘What is it?’and I would explain how I interpretthe concept of Ardhnarishwar,which has a reference in our ancienttext. Yet, our society will not acceptthat concept,” she said.

That was an emotionally darktime for Ghosh.

Dutta said, “At one point, a larg-er group felt laid down because Ritudid not go through sex reassign-ment surgery and that remains atopic of conversation in the Bengalifilm industry. The question washanging on if Ritu is a man or awoman... but Ritu did not answerany of them.” F����

Food that is as different fromthe mainstream north

Indian cuisine as much as pos-sible. Then there are the silks— extremely durable and hasa natural yellowish-golden tintwith a shimmering, glossy tex-ture. Earlier, it was reserved forthe use of royalty. The secondis a woolly white silk, which isoften referred to as the fabricof peace as it is processedwithout killing the silkworm.The offerings are as unique asthey are diverse. So not surpris-ingly, the sixth edition of theNorth East Festival had visitorsfrom the capital queuing up.

And it was not curiositythat got them here to have adekko. The food-stall owners,weavers and first time entrepre-neurs were elated by theresponse to the three-day cul-tural extravaganza. Not onlydid their crafts, foods andartefacts get an internationalrecognition but it also gavethem their due credit in thedomestic and internationalmarket. It has also opened thedoors to collaborate with sev-eral well-known names.

Entrepreneur SushantPhukan earned �1,80,000, thistime around, the highest in thethree years since he has beenputting up his textile stall.Most of his wares found inter-national buyers. He deals withNorth Eastern fabrics includ-ing cotton, Muga and Eri silk,which he mixes to get a finetexture. “This time the businessis better than previous years.Last year, people just looked atthe products. This time theyare aware about the products,so they are confident to pickthem,” he said.

Not just the products eventhe food is finding takersamong the audience. Most ofthe specialities got over muchbefore the day ended. EthnicKitchen, and Assam specialitycuisine restaurant has beenselling non-vegetarian itemslike fried pork, chicken andvegetarian ones like paneer,chole and daal. Its owner,Hemanka Gogoi, said he did-n’t expect a turnover of�3,50,000 in three days.

“We are happy that peoplehave discovered a taste for ourfood. It’s not only the peoplefrom North East, craving for ataste of home, but even NorthIndians who are enjoying. Oneof the couples complimentedus saying that they haven’teaten a tastier pork gravy intheir lifetime,” Gogoi said.

It’s not only Assamesecuisines or crafts which were ahit among the festival-goers butalso the food from Meghalaya,Sikkim and Tripura. A first-time stall owner, DavidsonShangpliang from Shillong wasamazed at the reception thathis Khasi food received. “I didnot expect that Khasi foodwould be in demand. We didnot anticipate that there wouldbe so many people lining up.We lacked adequate manpow-er of just five people whomanaged everything. But wedidn’t fare too badly. We earnedmore than �75,000,” he said.

Debutant Juhaal, an onlineauthentic Assamese kitchenproduct and ready-to-cookfood items, too registered itspresence with the shop thatthey had put up to showcasetheir items. “We are very happyas our launch took place theway we expected it to. We gota really good response from thebuyers. We will get to work onour drawbacks. So far, we havesold items worth �2,25,000 inthree days. It was a good expo-sure,” said co-owners OlenkaDilip and Krishnazina Thakur.

Interestingly, collabora-tions too were forged at the fes-tival. The Sikkim food stallRomaroo, for instance, wasapproached by a Delhi foodjoint. “We used organic ingre-dients from Sikkim to give cus-tomers authentic food. Our selroti, pork momo and gundrukpickle are the best selling prod-ucts. We couldn’t accept thedeal received from a Delhirestaurant as we didn’t want tochange our base,” said TikaSharma, owner.

Shyamkanu Mahanta, chieforganiser of festival, is glad thatthe fest has given exposure tothe budding entrepreneurs.“We haven’t charged a singlepenny from the stall owners. Iam glad that they had a goodbusiness here. I wish themluck,” he said.

From meaty kebabs, prettydesserts, scrumptious rolls, spicychaat, to even ice-cream shakes,boozy fruit drinks, they have it all.And it’s not just restaurants or cafesthat offer such delicacies today.Courtesy to many food festivalswhich are ruling the hearts and arenow perhaps as many as the num-ber of winter days.

The evolution of these food fes-tivals over the years is captivating.Not just big and established brandsbut the startup food outlets too aremaking their way to these. Some ofthe most favoured food fests likeGrub Fest, ELP (Eat.Love.Party)Food Fest, Horn Ok Please, havetheir own speciality and genre ofvisitors. While Grub fest is moreabout disparate restaurants andmusic bands, Horn Ok Please is anultimate one-stop-shop for all thestreet food lovers. It’s not necessarythat people who will visit ELP willtrudge down to the other festivalsas well. However, those who pro-claim to be foodies, it is simply thecase of more the merrier.

Jai Manish Sharma, organiserof ELP fest says, “People haveadapted new terminologies andhave become more experimentalwhen it comes to food. They pre-

fer something new every time inorder to please their taste buds. Ithink food fests are not only forsavouring delicacies and signaturedishes, rather they have become amajor source of entertainment.

“We try to do innovationsevery year. This time, instead of get-ting only well-known artists to per-form, we have planned to go to var-ious colleges and get bud-ding artists from thereto perform. This isbasically to providethem a bigger plat-form so that theycan showcasetheir talent to awider audience.These kind ofadditions engagesthe audience morethan just givingthem palatable experi-ence.”

He adds, “I don’t thinkthere’s a better platform than a foodfestival for the newer brands to pro-mote their outlets. It’s out an outpromotion plus one gets to actual-ly make people taste your food. Theaudience gets the whole touch andfeel factor of a new brand.”

Jai feels that food fests are also

a great reach for brands who arelooking to expand in the areas thathaven’t been tapped yet.

It becomes a research activityfor them as they get to see the typeof crowd, whether their brand fitsin well or not and if their food andconcept would be welcomed.

Bhavya Anand, who is one ofthe organisers of Horn Ok Please

says, “Going back in time,food festivals used to

be more of gov-ernment-drivenfests. Now thesefests accommo-date all kindsof cuisines, forall of agegroups. Itcaters to a big-

ger market.Festivals like these

play a vital role inadding to the food

industry as they are the rea-son for promoting and helpingsmall outlets and startups to getthemselves established. Startupsdon’t have resources to marketthemselves, and these fests helpthem do just that.”

He feels there is so much ofbrand exposure that small ventures

get a great chance to showcase theirculinary skills in front of the wideaudience.

Organiser of the Grub Fest,Aman Kumar says, “Other than justfood, fests like these have variousother sections where the visitorscan have a great time. We kept aselective and a closed audience fora masterclass this time for the ulti-mate foodies who not only love toeat but also aspire to be mas-terchefs. They could learn the sig-nature cuisines from executivechefs of distinguished outlets withlive cooking demonstrations andmasterclass sessions. We also hada carnival zone this time withinteractive games and challengeslike Power Hammer, ShowtownKnockdown, Shoot and Aim, HookA Duck.”

So food festivals aren’t justabout a weekend to devour deli-cious food, even though that isunquestionably one of the bestthings about them.

These festivals are all packedwith various workshops and enter-taining events. What makes suchfestivals even more special andinteresting is that they provideequal opportunity to the newerbrands.

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Imagine discovering a size nine PeterLord shoe box full of images captur-ing life in India a century ago in one

of Scotland’s national collections. CuratorOmar Khan stumbled upon such a post-card from a collection called WomenBaking Bread. These postcards from theBritish Raj come with exotic tales.

Opened at Art Heritage, Globetrotters,Early Postcards from the IndianSubcontinent, from the prestigious AlkaziFoundation, are a selection of picturepostcards that capture the many moodsand nuances of a country under a foreignyoke in the years leading toIndependence.

The exhibition has a representationof the Presidency states of Bengal andMadras, also Delhi, Agra and Bengaluru,and covers the larger South Asian ambitof postcards in Ceylon.

One section is devoted to images ofMumbai (erstwhile Bombay), seen notonly in the cityscapes and elite commu-nities but also the mythological, allegor-ical works of Ravi Varma, who foundeda press just outside the city. Another sec-tion explores popular images from Delhiand the hill stations (Shimla, Ooty) andKashmir, and concludes with imagesfrom the Independence movement.

CULTURE AND CUSTOMSThe show encompasses key themes

important to postcard publishing. Itstraddles religion, dancers, teas andsoaps, famines, fakirs, humour, warfareand the role of postcards in theIndependence movement. It presentsstories of the first postcard publishers ofthe sub-continent between 1892 and1947, most of whose images have notbeen seen since they were published acentury ago.

VICTORIA MEMORIAL TERMINALAND CASHMERE GATE

Monochromatic and magnificent isthe Clifton & Co postcard of VictoriaMemorial Terminal with a note writtenin 1903. The Chhatrapati ShivajiTerminus, formerly known as VictoriaTerminus Station, in Mumbai, is an out-standing example of Victorian Gothic

revival architecture in India, blended withthemes deriving from Indian traditionalarchitecture. The building, designed bythe British architect FW Stevens, becamethe symbol of Bombay as the “GothicCity” and the major international mer-cantile port of India. Built over 10 years,starting in 1878, according to highVictorian Gothic design based on latemedieval Italian models, its architectur-al detailing of remarkable stone dome,turrets, pointed arches and eccentricground plan is close to traditional Indianpalace architecture. It exemplifies theblending of two cultures, of brilliantBritish architects working with Indiancraftsmen to include Indian architectur-al tradition and idioms, thus forging anew style unique to Bombay.

Yet another beauty is Cashmere Gate.It reminds us of the Moghuls and theirarchitecture, it also reminds us of mon-uments touched by the ravages of time.This monochromatic image with hints ofgreen foliage stands as a residue of its glo-

rious past. Delhi used to be enclosed byhigh walls; had 14 gates as entry and exitpoints from different directions.

MEN AND WOMENA number of postcards depicting men

and women becomes an emphasis that hasvast narrative possibilities of this deceptive-ly elementary medium. The diversity ofindividuals represented speak clearly tothis. The telegraph person’s attire, the sarisworn by Parsi women, the cast of charac-ters sitting in a group, and the people punc-tuating a street scene. There are no detailsbut there are specifics of cultural ethos anda certain lighter hint of the brown skins.

The Parsi lady sitting at a Singersewing machine with another bejewelledwoman watching her sewing is a charm-ing image of candour and caprice. Thenthere is a black and white image of school-girls from Madras and yet another capti-vating image of Hindu girls of that peri-od. It was interesting to see the flounces intheir blouses, some short with a baremidriff and some longer. The settingseems Maharashtrian by the look of theway they have worn their sarees but whatis even more intriguing is the manner inwhich they are all engrossed and wrapt inconversation.

Omar Khan as a curator affirms thetruth that postcards being circulatedamong the masses over time became a formof knowledge dissemination, as they pro-jected images of prosperity, poverty anddegrees of power that lay within andwithout among common people.

While we are looking atvignettes of everyday lives, we arealso looking at images fromcolonies as it were. Each citybelongs to an album of mem-ories, and you walk away withnostalgia writ large.

(Globetrotters, EarlyPostcards from the IndianSubcontinent runs till November17, 2018)

The sea’s immeasurable coastline, sky-scraping mountains, the ever floating

clouds, the dark blue night sky, the petalsof ethereal roses and the golden forests...the intricacies of the changing naturescapecome to the fore on the canvas of artistHeerina Misra.

Using various pigments, mica powder,metals, acrylic and even shells, the artist’sresin paintings are a tribute to the flora,fauna, the sea and natural mineral forma-tions from the beginning of creation. Andto highlight the ebb and flow of life, shehas created her own wave lashes on thewhiteboard wood canvas. She adds corals,fresh water pearls and shells to work in abeach-like texture, the sand her preferredmetaphor for the end of a creative process.Striking a difference between resin paint-ings and oil paintings, she explains howother kinds of art don’t require spontane-ity or even any kind of time constraint,unlike resins, which are much more dif-ficult and challenging. “For oil paintings,one can spend hours, days and weeksworking on it and completing the samepainting. One can redo some parts whichare not painted properly.”

But in case of resin, she adds, “thestructuring work needs to be

done within 20-30 minutesof beginning. Given its

level of spontaneity,it’s extremely diffi-cult. One has towork with large can-vasses and small sec-tions at a time andwork on it for nine to

10 hours at a stretch.With normal paint-

ings, I can put my brushdown and go for a break.

Resins don’t require brushes.Two or more colours are mixed togeth-er in a cup and then poured on the can-vas. Following that, there is a 20-

minute working time for whatever youwish to do on it as it then starts to spreadacross. And then it cannot be playedaround with any more.”

The artist, who “likes all colours in herpalette,” has used quite a range for her resinpaintings. “I generally use a lot of blues,greens and reds. However, this series hasa lot of black that I’ve never dominantlyused before. I have also used a lot of metal-lic shades and gold to give it a shimmer.”

Lustrous like glass but composition-ally similar to plastic, resin effortlessly pairsform with functionality, giving away a daz-zling crystalline look showcasing the ver-satility of the material. She explains, “It’sa two-part polymer that can be mixedtogether and when it dries out, leaves avery shiny and glossy surface.”

As Misra names her series of paint-ings as Unparalleled Forms, she tells thatit’s because of the impossibility of recre-ation that comes with resin paintings. “Itis a very different form of art that cannotbe recreated. If you see a scene that is cap-tured in your mind, or if you come acrossa beautiful painting, you will try to cre-ate it in your way and may be you succeedin creating a replica of it. But through resin,every painting will look different.”

For Misra, art has to be “evocative.”What’s the point of something that does-n’t even get noticed? “Sometimes you lookat something and just walk past it and noteven notice that it was in the room. Butsometimes there are paintings that juststrike your sight and they really evokesomething in your conscience,” she says.

While we use our smartphones for

networking, the 42-year-old artist used itto browse for resin painting ideas. “It wasover many hours of browsing and learn-ing the ways that I could understand theprocess of resin art,” she says. And whenshe finally could understand its basic func-tionality, she moved to an art school inGermany to “hone my skills.”

As the artist has always been paintingdivine figures on her canvas, she explainsthat it’s the first time that she is display-ing her newly-explored resin art. She ismore drawn towards the abstract natureof resin, relishing the unpredictability ofthe method and ultimately emerging vic-torious to the art’s challenge. “I wanted toexplore the abstract form of art and tomove ahead of the traditional gods andgoddesses.”

She believes that even though she is“mostly a self-taught artist when it comesto resin,” it was only in Germany that shecould understand well about what mate-rials she would require for her paintings.

Her art practice brought her closer toGerman art cultures. She found out thatresin art is not very prevalent in India andthat “Germany is far ahead. The right typeof material isn’t even available in the coun-try. In fact, this is one of the first exhibi-tions in the city for resin paintings.”

There isn’t any particular lens shewants her art to be seen through. She givesan example of one of her paintings,which people sometimes infer as LordKrishna’s Morpankh or peacock’s feather.“Sometimes they see it as just another pat-tern reflecting the cosmic waves and irreg-ular oceanic patterns.”

Explaining few of her paintings, shetalks about Eye of the Tiger, which is “basi-cally the last thing that the hunter seesbefore he kills it.” The other one isGolkonda that has many textures showingmountains and layers of earth, with a goldand silver foiling on its top. The next inline is Sapphires, which is highly inspiredby the geo formations, and they are foundunder the rocks and mines. The paintinghas blue textures with shimmery goldenlines on the top. While Bed of Roses show-cases a number of red spots with goldensprinkles on their head, Diamonds in theSky is inspired by constellations. One ofthe most striking paintings is NewZealand, that makes one go back to won-dering about how a squirrel got its stripes.The only difference is of its colour — blue— with shells and pearls at the bottom ofthe white canvas.

Lessons learnt well are never forgot-ten. There is one that Misra never forgetswhen it comes to understanding about art.“I believe that all art begins with imitationand ends with innovation. Every artist firstcopies from his/her teacher and tries tomake something exactly like that. Andthen when he gets the concept, he startsinnovating it.”

(The show, curated by Payal Kapoor,is on display till November 15 at ArushiArts, Greater Kailash II.)

An energetic drummer got onthe stage with an ensemble of

musicians from Iran, Spain,Reunion Island - and fromRajasthan in India - to set on a col-laboration in pairs and in quartets.The occasion was the finale of theannual Jodhpur RIFF — and themusicians awed the gathering withwhat they laid forth in themoments that followed.

People in the audience were allset as the stage of the city’s annu-al Rajasthan International FolkFestival (RIFF) was soon to presentthe most sought after event of thefestival — “RIFF Rustle”, which isnothing short of magic.

The Jodhpur RIFF had itsfinale stretching from enthusiasticnight-time revelries like rustle atthe majestic Mehrangarh Fort tofinally concluding at the dawn con-cert with the recital of thumri anddadra by Hindustani classicalsinger Vidya Rao against the back-drop of a temple at Jaswant Thada.

The annual folk music anddance festival has a tradition ofholding a large collaboration eventwhere one artist, referred to as the“rustler”, gathers others to performtogether. At its 11th edition,Australian drummer GenePeterson curated the set.

The line-up of artists for thefestival is usually designed bykeeping the tastes of a variety ofaudiences in mind, fusion is cer-tainly their forte. So, the muchanticipated rustle had Iraniansounds and their instrument tar

fused with Peterson’s drums andshowcase of human beatboxing byhis very talented companion fromAustralia Tom Thum. Thum con-tinued his incredible technique ofvocal percussion using his mouth,lips, tongue, and voice to resonatewith the voice of the Iranian artistMakan Ashgvari.

Then came Spanish girls OlaiaManeiro, Sabela Maneiro and AidaTarrio with their tambourines,accompanied a man on accordionand another one on the guitar tojam with Peterson.

In an earlier performance, thegirls collaborated with theRajasthani men. The two styles res-onated in a way that it didn’t soundlike there were musicians from dif-ferent countries playing two dis-parate kinds of instruments. It wassomething like never heard before.

Post their performance,Festival Director Divya Bhatia, ina conversation with the girls,admitted that in the last 11 yearsof RIFF, this was the first time thata band with female leads fusedwith the Rajasthani musicianswith instruments like Khartaal,

Kamaicha, Morchang, andSaarangi among others.

The rustle had TilounRamoune from Reunion Islandalong with his band members ondrums and Congo collaboratingwith Rajasthani dhol players.

Towards the end, the audiencewitnessed a fantastic jugalbandibetween the Australian men andthose from Rajasthan, which goteverybody on the floor moving andgrooving. The audience got numb

when Thum did beatboxing wherehe presented a glimpse of musicfrom parts of the world.

Earlier in the day, Australianband Bush Gothic, performedtheir unique oeuvre of sung-stories.Defiantly modern but achinglyold, this daring band fromMelbourne performed songs ofcriminal women and desperatemen from an era of transportation,adventure and gold.

A unique Welsh-Indian collab-

oration that began at RIFF in2017 came back this year in a newformat — story teller AngharadWynne and composer, singer-songwriter Gwilym Morus-Bairdcreated a tapestry of story and songtogether with classical Sufi singerSmita Bellur, master kamaichaplayer Dharra Khan Manganiyarand others.

The annual Jodhpur RIFF hascarved a niched for itself in theIndian music space, and aims togive back to the society by involv-ing local musicians in workshops,seminars and residencies, wherethey are trained by the masters andare provided with musical instru-ments.

Unlike most other culturalfestivals in India, the JodhpurRIFF does not run on the sponsor-ships but is a joint initiative of theMehrangarh Museum Trust, JohnSingh and Jaipur VirasatFoundation. The festival has beenpreviously endorsed by UNESCOas a “People’s Platform forCreativity and SustainableDevelopment.”

Timed every year to coincidewith the “Sharad Purnima”, thebrightest full moon of the year innorth India, Jodhpur RIFF featuresa series of spectacular concerts andevents based in and aroundMehrangarh Fort.

(The 11th edition of the festi-val that brought to fore an eclec-tic mix of roots musicians was heldfrom October 24-28.)

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India embarrassed the WestIndies by 224 runs in the fourthOne-day International here

Monday for one of their biggest winsand a 2-1 lead in the five-matchseries.

Rohit Sharma (162) and AmbatiRayudu (100) struck belligerentcenturies to guide India to animposing 377 for five after thehosts opted to bat.

The duo took centre stage aftera rare failure by skipper Virat Kohli.

Rohit's 21st century came off137 balls with the help of 20 foursand four hits over the fence, whileRayudu decorated his 100-runknock with eight boundaries andfour sixes.

Chasing 378, West Indies sim-ply caved in against India's clinicalbowling attack on what was a bat-ting-friendly wicket to be bundledout for a paltry 153 in 36.2 overs.

Young pacer Khaleel Ahmed(3/13) impressed upfront beforechinaman Kuldeep Yadav (3/42))ran through the West Indies' tail.

The Indians dished out animpressive effort on the field, inflict-ing two run outs besides Rohit hold-ing onto three fine catches in theslips.

This is India's third biggest winin the format. Their biggest-ever winin ODI remains the 257-run demo-lition of Bermuda in the 2007 ICC

World Cup.West Indies' chase never really

got going as they lost half of theirside inside the 50-run mark withKhaleel doing the bulk of the dam-age.

Except for skipper Jason Holder(54 not out), no other West Indianbatsmen could withstand the Indianattack, as the visitors lost wickets atregular intervals and were neverreally in the hunt.

West Indies lost two wickets —Chandrapul Hemraj (14) and Shai

Hope (0) — in the fifth over. WhileHemraj gave a sitter to Rayadu offBhuvaneshwar Kumar, Hope wasrun out courtesy a stunning directhit by Kuldeep from mid-on.

Matters became worse for thevisitors after Kieran Powell (4) was

run-out in the very next over byKohli.

Wickets kept tumbling and thenext to be dismissed was ShimronHetymar (13), who was trapped infront by Ahmed in the 10th over,even though the batsman went foran unsuccessful review.

The 20-year-old Ahmed was onfire as he picked up two more wick-ets in quick succession. He firstcleaned up Rovman Powell (1) andthen accounted for Samuels, whoedged one to Rohit in the first slip.

Batting first, India made a quickstart with Rohit and Shikhar

Dhawan (38) and added a run-a-ball71 for the opening stand before thelatter pulled a Keemo Paul shortdelivery straight to Powell at themidwicket boundary.

Kohli, who hit three consecutivetons before Monday's match, playedaggressively for his 16 before edginga Kemar Roach delivery to Hopebehind the stumps.

Rohit and Rayudu held fort andcontinued to play aggressive brandof cricket.

The duo continued theonslaught and made the West Indiesattack look ordinary, picking up

boundaries and sixes at will.After Kohli's dismissal, Rohit,

who had scored a match-winningunbeaten 152 in the lung-opener atGuhawati, and Rayudu built theinnings and in the process shared abreezy 211-run stand for the thirdwicket, which came off just 163deliveries.

Rohit didn't spare a single WestIndian bowler and made his inten-tions clear when he opened theaccount with a boundary over point.

The Mumbaikar initially playedsecond fiddle to Dhawan but afterhis half century, that came off 60balls, he upped the ante.

Rohit displayed all the shots inthe book — the drives, pulls, flicksand cuts — before he departed in the44th over.

Rayadu, on the other hand,took time to settle down, but thenhammered the bowlers with hisexquisite stroke-play — first inRohit's company and then alongsideveteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni(23).

Kedar Jadhav (16) and RavindraJadeja (7) remained unbeaten as thehosts amassed 116 runs in the last10 overs.

India won the first ODI by eightwickets before the second gameended in a tie. West Indies bouncedback to win the third ODI by 43runs. The final match of the serieswill be played inThiruvananthapuram on Thursday.

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Cricket Australia will notreconsider reducing the

ban on Steve Smith, DavidWarner and CameronBancroft in the ball-tam-pering case despite a seriesagainst a full-strength Indiaawaiting them next month.

Skipper Smith and hisdeputy Warner wereslapped with a one-yearinternational ban whilerookie Cameron Bancroftwas suspended for ninemonths by Cricket Australiain March this year for theirrole in the ball-tamperingscandal in South Africa.

The AustralianCricketers' Association(ACA) termed the punish-ment on the trio "harsh"and called for a reconsid-eration but CA chairmanDavid Peever remained

adamant and turned downthe plea.

"Sanctions were carriedout and imposed by theboard after a very full andthoughtful process. So thesanctions stand," saidPeever.

"As chairman of theboard of CA, I acceptresponsibility for what hap-pened in South Africa, butI'm also very confident thatwe're positioned to moveforward from here.

"We've learned manylessons and of course therehas been a lot going onsince then. Both within theplaying group and withinthe organisation itself tomove things forward."

Bans imposed onWarner, Smith and Bancroftfor their role in theNewlands ball-tamperingscandal should be re-exam-

ined in light of systemicfailings raised by the inde-pendent reviews into CA,the players union presidentGreg Dyer said.

The scandal involvedthe three players conspiringto use sandpaper to illegal-ly alter the shape of the ballin the third Test againstSouth Africa in Cape Town.

Calls have been grow-ing for Smith and Warnerto return to the interna-tional fold after a string ofpoor performances by thenational team.

The series against Indiawill get underway fromNovember 21, comprisingthree T20Is, four Tests andthree ODIs. The series willend on January 21. Thebans on Smith and Warnerwill be in effect till April2019, while Bancroft's sus-pension ends in January.

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India captain Virat Kohliagain backed Ambati Rayudu

for the critical number four slotafter the "intelligent" batsmanreposed his skipper's faith witha less-than-a-run-a-ball centu-ry in the fourth ODI against theWest Indies here on Monday.

India recorded one of theirbiggest wins in the 50-overcricket with a 224-demolitionof the visitors, following blaz-ing hundreds by Rayudu andRohit Sharma.

"Rayudu has taken hischance with both hands. Weneed to back him till the 2019World Cup. He reads the gamewell, so we are happy thatsomeone intelligent is battingat number four," Kohli said atthe post-match presentationceremony.

India were ruthless, barelytwo days after the shockingdefeat in Pune, to take a 2-1lead in the five-match series.

"Yes, (we) ticked all theboxes. We were clinical in alldepartments. We got intorhythm. We are known tobounce back and it was anoth-er example. Khaleel (Ahmed)was good with pitching it in theright areas, making the balltalk, and swinging it both

ways," the skipper said.Defending 377, young

pacer Khaleel (3/13) impressedupfront before chinamanKuldeep Yadav (3/42)) ranthrough the West Indies' tail tobowl them out for 153 in 36.2overs.

This was Rohit's 21st ODIcentury and seventh 150-plusscore, having notched up onein the series opener.

"Very clinical right fromthe start. After losing two wick-ets, I had mentioned this ear-lier about having a big part-nership and that was a game-changing partnership," saidRohit, who as declared as theman-of-the-match.

He added, "Once you are

set, you got to make it countand that is what me andRayudu did in the middle. Wecarried for as long as we did.

"Heartening to see the waywe bowled as bowling unit. Itwas a long time coming, thiskind of performance from thebowlers."

The Mumbaikar alsopicked up three catches inwhat was an all-round displayby him and his team.

"I've been doing some slip-catching for a while. I canhear Virat laugh there.

"Especially if you're fieldingin the slips for Kuldeep, it isn'teasy to read his hands. Whenyou play him in the nets, it iseasy to understand when he is

going to bowl that googly andI got to be ready for it," Rohitsaid.

The West Indies chasenever really got going as theylost half of their side inside the50-run mark with Khaleeldoing the bulk of the damage.

"We didn't play wellenough. We allowed them toscore too many runs. We nevergot going with the bat and theapplication definitely was notthere. Lost wickets up front anddidn't get enough momen-tum," West Indies captain JasonHolder said.

The Indians dished out animpressive effort on the field,inflicting two run outs besidesRohit's three fine catches in theslips.

Holder said, "Run-outs aresomething that you don't wantin One day or in any limitedovers cricket. Two of our bet-ter players as well and it reallyset us back up front. It was a lotto do to rebuild to get up to 370odd.

"Obviously I have beenhearing that (batting up theorder) for a long while. Thestructure of the team probablyneeds to be looked at andobviously I want to get up theorder as well. Probably, nextgame you could see that."

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India's Akashdeep Singh wasadjudged player of the tourna-

ment but the team had to share theAsian Champions Trophy withPakistan after the much-anticipat-ed summit clash was abandoned dueto heavy downpour here.

Heavy rain delayed the start ofthe final on late Sunday night andeven though the skies relented later,the damage had already been doneby then.

The turf was completely water-logged because of thunderstorm andheavy showers and after discussionwith both the coaches of India andPakistan, the tournament directordecided to call off the match anddeclare both the teams as jointwinners.

India won the toss of coin andearned the right to take home thetrophy of the biennial tournamentfor the first year. It will be given toPakistan for the next year.

Since the Indians took home thetrophy, the tournament gold medalswere presented to the Pakistaniplayers. Asian Hockey FederationChief Executive Dato Tayyab Ikramsaid gold medals will soon be sentfor the Indian players.

Akashdeep was adjudged Playerof the Tournament while P RSreejesh was declared best goal-keeper. Pakistan's Abu BakkarMahmood was named EmergingPlayer of the Tournament whileMalaysia's Faisal Saari emergedhighest scorer.

India remained unbeaten inthe tournament having topped the

round robin stages with 13 points,courtesy four wins and a draw outof their five games. Pakistan endedthe round robin stages on the sec-ond spot with 10 points.

India had earlier defeatedPakistan 3-1 in the round robinstage.

Malaysia claimed the bronzemedal by prevailing 3-2 in thepenalty shootout against Japan afterthe two teams were tied 2-2 in reg-ulation period.

It was both India and Pakistan'slast international outing before theseason-ending FIH men's WorldCup to be held in Bhubaneswarfrom November 28 to December 16.

India and Pakistan had won thetitle twice each before the currentedition. India came into the tour-nament this year as defendingchampions having won the last edi-tion in 2016 after their title triumphin the inaugural edition in 2011.

Pakistan won the title twice in2012 and 2013 besides finishingrunners-up in 2011 and 2016. Indiatoo have finished runners-up oncein 2012.

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Opener Babar Azam struck a half-cen-tury and leg-spinner Shadab Khanclaimed three wickets as Pakistan

secured a 3-0 T20 series whitewash overAustralia with a 33-run victory in Dubai.

Azam's 40-ball 50 lifted Pakistan toanother challenging total of 150-5 beforeShadab's 3-19 helped bowl Australia out for117 in 19.1 overs on Sunday.

It is Pakistan's first-ever whitewashagainst Australia in a limited-over series andtheir 10th series win under Sarfraz Ahmedsince he took over as captain in September2016.

Pakistan justified their world-number-one ranking in the shortest format of thegame, following a 66-run thrashing in AbuDhabi with an 11-run win in Dubai.

Australia's batting line-up never recov-ered from being bowled out for 89 in thefirst game.

Only Mitchell Marsh (21), BenMcDermott (21) and Alex Carey (20)looked like getting big scores on Sundayagainst a varied Pakistan attack.

Carey, promoted to open the innings,smashed two fours and two sixes in ImadWasim's first over of the innings but theylost wickets at regular intervals.

Skipper Aaron Finch failed yet again,scoring only one while Chris Lynn (15) andGlenn Maxwell (four) also inflicted littledamage as seamer Hasan Ali finished with2-14.

Sarfraz said the series win was "a rewardfor hard work".

"I would say that all the boys haveworked hard in all facets, the result is justthe reward," said Sarfraz.

"Whoever has got an opportunity hasdone well. We wanted to carry forward themomentum to the New Zealand series, theway we bowled and took our catches wassuperb tonight."

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to come up so short when chasing 151 to

win."We had our chances in all three

games," said Finch. "You back yourselfwhile chasing under 150, you back yourbatsmen to get the side over the line butit didn't happen.

"Our bowling was very impressive allseries, keeping them to below 150 wasgreat. We're looking forward to a toughseries against South Africa (at home)."

Earlier, Azam scored his second fiftyof the series after the hosts had won thetoss and batted.

Azam and Sahibzada Farhan gavePakistan an excellent start — their open-ing stand of 99 their highest againstAustralia in T20 internationals — in12.5 overs, but Pakistan could not capi-talise on that start.

Farhan, dismissed for a first-ballduck in his only previous match againstAustralia in Harare in July, hit a 38-ball39.

But after the openers, onlyMohammad Hafeez managed to scorefreely during his 20-ball 32 not out.

Shoaib Malik scored 18 and becamethe second-highest run-scorer in T20international history, passing NewZealand's Brendon McCullum.

Another New Zealander MartinGuptill is at the top of the charts with 2,271runs in 75 matches — 118 more thanMalik.

Pakistan next play New Zealand inthree Twenty20 internationals, three ODIsand three Tests, starting with the firstTwenty20 in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

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New Zealand for the three-matchTwenty20 series which whitewashedAustralia in United Arab Emirates.

Pakistan beat Australia by 33 runs inthe third Twenty20 international onSunday to clinch the series 3-0 — their firstwhitewash against Australia in a limitedover series — prompting selectors not tomake any changes.

Pakistan face New Zealand in thethree-match series with the first in AbuDhabi on Wednesday, followed by the lasttwo in Dubai on Friday and Sunday.

No change means experienced pacespearheads Mohammad Amir and WahabRiaz continued to be left out, while fastbowler Rumman Raees is still not fit aftersuffering a knee injury.

Meanwhile, New Zealand have addedsecond specialist spinner to their Twenty20squad, with left-armer Ajaz Patel drafted

in from New Zealand A side.New Zealand's new coach Gary Stead

said Patel was on form and would offer thenecessary balance to the side consideringthe conditions in the UAE.

"It's no secret that spin is crucial in thispart of the world and with the wickets onthe slower side, we've taken the option ofa second spinner to bring our squad up to14-players," said Stead.

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