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B ulandshahr Police has arrested four persons for the murder of Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh Rathor who was posted at Siana police station in the district. Subodh was murdered by a mob of Bajrang Dal activists who were protesting the pres- ence of a cow carcass in sugar- cane field of Mahav village under the jurisdiction of Siana police station on Monday. “It appears to be a cold- blooded murder as rioters had come fully armed with arms, iron rods, spears and wooden sticks and they specifically tar- geted Inspector Subodh,” a police officer said on the con- dition of anonymity. Circle Officer (CO) of Siana Satya Prakash Sharma escaped death as police force arrived on time and he was taken out to safety from a locked room. Inspector Subodh could not escape as rioters attacked with deadly sharp weapons and did not allow the rescue team to take him to hospital. By the time he was taken to hos- pital, he had succumbed to bul- let injuries in the head. Bajrang Dal district con- vener Yogesh Raj, main accused in the killing, is on the run, police officials said. According to sources in Bulandshahr Police, it appears that those behind the murder of Inspector Subodh Kumar had come prepared to bump him off as they did not heed to the continuous assurance given by him to lodge an FIR after a carcass of cow was found hang- ing in a sugar field on Monday morning. “Inspector Subodh Kumar, who had reached the spot immediately after getting the call, tried his best to assuage the irate crowd and he was joined by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Siyana who kept on announcing via a loudshailer that exemplary action was being taken against those found guilty of killing coes. However, there were cer- tain elements who were not in a mood to listen and they egged on the irate crowd to take revenge. Situation went out of hand and soon there was free of all as the police team led by Inspector Subodh Kumar was outnumbered. The mob, that was baying for his blood, tar- geted Inspector Subodh Kumar and snatched away his .32 bore licensed gun and three cell- phones, including the one with the CUG number of the Uttar Pradesh Police. They shot in the head with his revolver. As other policemen tried to take him to hospital, the mob attacked them,” said police. Police have named 27 per- sons in the FIR under various IPC Sections and Section 7 of the Criminal Amendment Act. According to the FIR lodged on the statement of Sub-Inspector Subhash Chand of the Siana Police station who witnessed the gory murder of his immediate superior Subodh Kumar, 27 accused who were identified have been named in the FIR. They are: Yogesh Raj, Vishal Tyagi, Satendra Rajput, Chaman, Devendra, Upendra Raghav, Ravi Saini, Ashish Chauhan, Shikhar Agrawal, former Pradhan Raj Kumar, Jeetu alias Fauzi, Sachin, Ramesh Joshi, Vineet, Saurabh, Sumit, Chhotu, Satish, Vikas Tyagi, Pawan, Vikrant Tyagi, Bablu, Ankur, Robin, Tinku, Guddu and Harendra. Names of about 60 persons have been men- tioned as unidentified. I n a big diplomatic victory, the Indian Government on Tuesday night brought back AgustaWestland chopper scam prime middleman Christian Michel from the UAE. On arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Michel was formal- ly arrested and taken the CBI headquarters. He will kept in a safehouse before being pro- duced in Patiala House Court on Wednesday. The agency will seek his custodial inter- rogation, said a senior CBI official. The CBI press release said the deportation of Michel from the UAE was coordinated by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and CBI interim chief M Nageswar Rao. According to senior offi- cials, the UAE Government ordered Michel’s deportation on Tuesday afternoon and within hours Michel was hand- ed over to Indian authorities, led by CBI Joint Director Sai Manohar, who were in Dubai for the past two days. UAE Government’s final order on the deportation came after Michel lost his appeal in the apex court there. Incidentally, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is in Dubai for high-level talks with her UAE counterpart. The Modi Government had approached Dubai author- ities in early 2015, demanding the deportation of Michel, who was the main middlemen accused of bribing top Congress leadership for the controversial purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from Italian firm AgustaWestland. Michel entered into con- spiracy with co-accused, including public servants, by altering the tender guidelines and downgrading service ceil- ing from 6,000 metres to 4,500 metres. Service ceiling denotes the operational height at which a helicopter can operate. During the trial court pro- ceedings in Italy, the prosecu- tion produced documents and communications between Michel and his partner Guido Haschke and alleged that Michel paid around 400 crore as a bribe to senior politicians and Indian Air Force officials in the 3,600 crore deal. The communications showed Michel claiming to Haschke that he (Michel) shared proximity with then Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her political sec- retary Ahmed Patel, who is named in the communication as AP. T he Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Income Tax Department to re- assess the tax of top Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi for 2011-12 in connection with the National Herald case. The apex court, however, restrained the department from “giving effect” to its order in the proceedings against Rahul, who is the Congress president, and his mother Sonia till the penden- cy of the matter before the court. A bench of Justices AK Sikri, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer said that it is not going into the merit of the case but passing an interim order as the limitation period for com- pleting the assessment is expir- ing. “Since the limitation peri- od for completing the assess- ment is expiring, in the mean- time, it would be open to the Assessing Officer to complete the assessment and pass the assessment order as well. However, till the next date of hearing that would not be given effect,” the bench said. The limitation period was to expire on December 31 and assessment has to be com- pleted before that. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Income Tax department, said the court should not restrain it from implementing the assessment orders against the Gandhis and others. A fter dangerous selfies and multiple accidents at Delhi’s newly built Signature Bridge, it is now the turn of thieves, who have started lift- ing nuts and bolts from the iconic bridge that can endan- ger the very structure of the bridge that hinges on nuts and bolts. “Thieves are emboldened since there are no CCTV cam- eras on the bridge. To make matter even worse is the absence of security guards that has given an unbridled run to these enterprising thieves. Though construction is still going to finish the incomplete work, anti-social elements are having a field day especially during nights,” said an official on the condition of anonymi- ty. According to Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) engineers, on Monday they found 12 nuts and bolts installed at the bridge which connects the pylon with the surface missing. Talking to The Pioneer, an engineer at the site said that now they are left with only one choice that is to weld the whole section to avoid such theft incidents in the future. “These parts were not missing earlier, this is an extremely shocking act. If the sufficient numbers of bolts are removed, this seemingly sim- ple act of vandalism can become a safety hazard which can risk lives of people. We will find a solution with stronger welding or by deploying guards,” said the DTTDC offi- cial adding that he had written a letter to authorities to install CCTV camera at the bridge. The work is still pending on upper segments where the viewing gallery will be built, hence the DTTDC has not yet handed over the bridge to the Public Works department (PWD). The DTTDC has planned to close down the bridge from 11 pm to 5 am for completing the unfinished work. The vandalism at the Delhi’s Signature Bridge is not new as recently a few trans- genders were seen stripping, unclothing in the public and posing for photos near the Signature Bridge which had resulted in unruly scenes at the spot. After a chain of accidents were reported at the Signature Bridge in Wazirabad, the Delhi Police has deployed 12 traffic police personnel from 8 am to 8 pm at the bridge and its approaching road from Khajuri side in the national Capital. “There is no complaint by DTTTDC officials. We on daily basis do ‘Integrated Checking’ where local police personnel, traffic police and a PCR man are deputed on a picket to keep a check on any mischievous activity. Our pick- ets are organised at the end of the bridge and we avoid pick- ets at peak hours time for smooth traffic flow,” said a senior police official. T he son of the police inspec- tor killed in mob violence over alleged cow slaughter in Bulandshahr said his father wanted him to be a good citi- zen who doesn’t provoke vio- lence over religion. “My father has lost his life in this Hindu-Muslim dispute. Whose father is next?” Abhishek Singh said. Inspector Subodh Singh, who had initially probed the 2015 lynching of Dadri resident Mohammed Akhlaq over rumours about beef consump- tion, and a 20-year-old man were killed Monday during an attack on policemen. Detailed report on P9 Lucknow: Defending Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal in the Bulandshahr vio- lence on Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday said that it would be premature to name a Hindu outfit for the fracas before the probe was completed. “I am deeply sad- dened by the incident in Bulandshahr. The State Government has constituted a SIT which is probing the mat- ter threadbare,” he said. Detailed report on P9 D ays after Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj announced to remain away from Lok Sabha polls on health grounds, her cabinet colleague and the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti here on Tuesday said she would not contest Lok Sabha polls next year and would focus on the Ram temple issue. Earlier in February this year, Bharti had announced to take three year gap from active politics over health issues. While talking to media persons here, she said, "I would remain in politics all through my life but won't contest Lok Sabha poll next year." Presently the former MP Chief Minister Bharti is an MP from Jhansi in UP. She told that a positive atmosphere should be created for bringing an ordinance on the Ram temple construction at Ayodhya and blamed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for vitiat- ing the atmosphere. The BJP leader, who rose to prominence during the Ram Janmbahoomi movement in the 90s, said the Ram temple issue should be discussed with all political parties. "This (Ram temple) mat- ter should be discussed with all political parties as court said that it (construction of the temple) is a matter of a dispute of land and not a dispute of faith," she said. The firebrand BJP leader affirmed the struggle for con- struction of Ram temple would continue. BJP would win the assembly poll in Madhya Pradesh and Shivraj Singh Chouhan would become Chief Minister for the fourth time, she opined. Despite being at odds with CM Shivraj, Bharti was named among party's star campaigners in the just concluded election campaign in MP. Bharti was among the prominent faces who had actively participated in Ram Janmbhoomi andolan in 1990s. H ours after the Congress party approached Election Commission alleging mishandling of EVMs in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress workers found postal ballots lying unat- tended inside a canteen of MP Police Headquarters (PHQ) here on Tuesday. The voting through postal ballots was undertaken in Bhopal on November 18 and around 4,000 of these paper ballots were issued to police staffers who were engaged in poll duties. Personnel from the police, special armed forces (SAF), home guards, spe- cial police officers had taken part in these postal ballots which need to reach the EC by December 11 the day of counting. Meanwhile, the Congress workers had found these postal ballots from a canteen of Home Guards' office which is situat- ed besides police headquarters in Bhopal in Jehangirabad local- ity. Congress leader Krishna Ghatge told, "I had received an input and as I reached the Home Guard canteen on Tuesday, I found three envelopes of postal ballots outside the canteen and there were around 250 more such envelopes inside, unattended. I had learnt the postal ballots were lying at the canteen for last three days." Ghatge alleged saying the party would complain to Chief Electoral Officer MP over this serious lapse on Wednesday. While talking to media persons, Congress candidate from Bhopal South-West PC Sharma said, "We had recovered the postal ballots on the table of Home Guard canteen unattended and some of the envelopes were open." He alleged that the authorities have made a mockery of the polling process in MP while referring to the EVMs and other anomalies. The officer present on the spot expressed ignorance about the reason why postal ballots were lying in the open. The incident comes close on the heels of several incidents which have put question marks on the safety of EVMs. It start- ed with a polling officer who was found with EVMs in a hotel room in Shujalpur a night prior to polling and then large num- bers of EVMs malfunctioned in MP especially at Satna on the day of polling on November 28. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 C M Y K C M Y K

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Bulandshahr Police hasarrested four persons for

the murder of InspectorSubodh Kumar Singh Rathorwho was posted at Siana policestation in the district.

Subodh was murdered bya mob of Bajrang Dal activistswho were protesting the pres-ence of a cow carcass in sugar-cane field of Mahav villageunder the jurisdiction of Sianapolice station on Monday.

“It appears to be a cold-blooded murder as rioters hadcome fully armed with arms,iron rods, spears and woodensticks and they specifically tar-geted Inspector Subodh,” apolice officer said on the con-dition of anonymity. CircleOfficer (CO) of Siana SatyaPrakash Sharma escaped deathas police force arrived on timeand he was taken out to safetyfrom a locked room.

Inspector Subodh couldnot escape as rioters attackedwith deadly sharp weaponsand did not allow the rescueteam to take him to hospital. By

the time he was taken to hos-pital, he had succumbed to bul-let injuries in the head.

Bajrang Dal district con-vener Yogesh Raj, main accused

in the killing, is on the run,police officials said.

According to sources inBulandshahr Police, it appearsthat those behind the murder

of Inspector Subodh Kumarhad come prepared to bumphim off as they did not heed tothe continuous assurance givenby him to lodge an FIR after a

carcass of cow was found hang-ing in a sugar field on Mondaymorning.

“Inspector Subodh Kumar,who had reached the spotimmediately after getting thecall, tried his best to assuage theirate crowd and he was joinedby the Sub-DivisionalMagistrate (SDM) of Siyanawho kept on announcing via aloudshailer that exemplaryaction was being taken againstthose found guilty of killingcoes. However, there were cer-tain elements who were not ina mood to listen and theyegged on the irate crowd to takerevenge. Situation went out ofhand and soon there was freeof all as the police team led byInspector Subodh Kumar wasoutnumbered. The mob, thatwas baying for his blood, tar-geted Inspector Subodh Kumarand snatched away his .32 borelicensed gun and three cell-phones, including the one withthe CUG number of the UttarPradesh Police. They shot inthe head with his revolver. Asother policemen tried to takehim to hospital, the mobattacked them,” said police.

Police have named 27 per-sons in the FIR under variousIPC Sections and Section 7 ofthe Criminal Amendment Act.

According to the FIRlodged on the statement ofSub-Inspector Subhash Chandof the Siana Police station whowitnessed the gory murder of

his immediate superiorSubodh Kumar, 27 accusedwho were identified have beennamed in the FIR. They are:Yogesh Raj, Vishal Tyagi,Satendra Rajput, Chaman,Devendra, Upendra Raghav,Ravi Saini, Ashish Chauhan,Shikhar Agrawal, former

Pradhan Raj Kumar, Jeetu aliasFauzi, Sachin, Ramesh Joshi,Vineet, Saurabh, Sumit,Chhotu, Satish, Vikas Tyagi,Pawan, Vikrant Tyagi, Bablu,Ankur, Robin, Tinku, Gudduand Harendra. Names of about60 persons have been men-tioned as unidentified.

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In a big diplomatic victory,the Indian Government on

Tuesday night brought backAgustaWestland chopper scamprime middleman ChristianMichel from the UAE.

On arrival at the IndiraGandhi Internat ionalAirport, Michel was formal-ly arrested and taken the CBIheadquarters. He will kept ina safehouse before being pro-duced in Patiala House Courton Wednesday. The agencywill seek his custodial inter-rogation, said a senior CBIofficial.

The CBI press release saidthe deportation of Michel fromthe UAE was coordinated byNational Security Adviser AjitDoval and CBI interim chief MNageswar Rao.

According to senior offi-cials, the UAE Governmentordered Michel’s deportationon Tuesday afternoon andwithin hours Michel was hand-ed over to Indian authorities,led by CBI Joint Director SaiManohar, who were in Dubaifor the past two days.

UAE Government’s finalorder on the deportation cameafter Michel lost his appeal inthe apex court there.Incidentally, External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj is inDubai for high-level talks withher UAE counterpart.

The Modi Governmenthad approached Dubai author-ities in early 2015, demandingthe deportation of Michel,who was the main middlemenaccused of bribing topCongress leadership for thecontroversial purchase of 12VVIP helicopters from Italianfirm AgustaWestland.

Michel entered into con-spiracy with co-accused,including public servants, byaltering the tender guidelinesand downgrading service ceil-

ing from 6,000 metres to 4,500metres. Service ceiling denotesthe operational height at whicha helicopter can operate.

During the trial court pro-ceedings in Italy, the prosecu-tion produced documents andcommunications betweenMichel and his partner GuidoHaschke and alleged thatMichel paid around �400 croreas a bribe to senior politiciansand Indian Air Force officialsin the �3,600 crore deal.

The communicationsshowed Michel claiming toHaschke that he (Michel)shared proximity with thenCongress president SoniaGandhi and her political sec-retary Ahmed Patel, who isnamed in the communicationas AP.

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The Supreme Court onTuesday allowed the

Income Tax Department to re-assess the tax of top Congressleaders Rahul Gandhi andSonia Gandhi for 2011-12 inconnection with the NationalHerald case.

The apex court, however,restrained the departmentfrom “giving effect” to itsorder in the proceedingsagainst Rahul, who is theCongress president, and hismother Sonia till the penden-cy of the matter before thecourt.

A bench of Justices AK

Sikri, Ashok Bhushan and SAbdul Nazeer said that it is notgoing into the merit of the casebut passing an interim order asthe limitation period for com-pleting the assessment is expir-ing.

“Since the limitation peri-od for completing the assess-ment is expiring, in the mean-time, it would be open to theAssessing Officer to completethe assessment and pass theassessment order as well.

However, till the next date ofhearing that would not begiven effect,” the bench said.

The limitation period wasto expire on December 31and assessment has to be com-pleted before that.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for theIncome Tax department, saidthe court should not restrainit from implementing theassessment orders against theGandhis and others.

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After dangerous selfies andmultiple accidents at

Delhi’s newly built SignatureBridge, it is now the turn ofthieves, who have started lift-ing nuts and bolts from theiconic bridge that can endan-ger the very structure of thebridge that hinges on nuts andbolts.

“Thieves are emboldenedsince there are no CCTV cam-eras on the bridge. To makematter even worse is theabsence of security guards thathas given an unbridled run tothese enterprising thieves.Though construction is stillgoing to finish the incompletework, anti-social elements arehaving a field day especiallyduring nights,” said an officialon the condition of anonymi-ty.

According to DelhiTourism and TransportationDevelopment Corporation(DTTDC) engineers, onMonday they found 12 nutsand bolts installed at the bridge

which connects the pylon withthe surface missing.

Talking to The Pioneer, anengineer at the site said thatnow they are left with only onechoice that is to weld the wholesection to avoid such theftincidents in the future.

“These parts were notmissing earlier, this is an

extremely shocking act. If thesufficient numbers of bolts areremoved, this seemingly sim-ple act of vandalism canbecome a safety hazard whichcan risk lives of people. We willfind a solution with strongerwelding or by deployingguards,” said the DTTDC offi-cial adding that he had written

a letter to authorities to installCCTV camera at the bridge.

The work is still pendingon upper segments where theviewing gallery will be built,hence the DTTDC has not yethanded over the bridge to thePublic Works department(PWD). The DTTDC hasplanned to close down the

bridge from 11 pm to 5 am forcompleting the unfinishedwork. The vandalism at theDelhi’s Signature Bridge is notnew as recently a few trans-genders were seen stripping,unclothing in the public andposing for photos near theSignature Bridge which hadresulted in unruly scenes at thespot.

After a chain of accidentswere reported at the SignatureBridge in Wazirabad, the DelhiPolice has deployed 12 trafficpolice personnel from 8 am to8 pm at the bridge and itsapproaching road from Khajuriside in the national Capital.

“There is no complaint byDTTTDC officials. We ondaily basis do ‘IntegratedChecking’ where local policepersonnel, traffic police and aPCR man are deputed on apicket to keep a check on anymischievous activity. Our pick-ets are organised at the end ofthe bridge and we avoid pick-ets at peak hours time forsmooth traffic flow,” said asenior police official.

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The son of the police inspec-tor killed in mob violence

over alleged cow slaughter inBulandshahr said his fatherwanted him to be a good citi-zen who doesn’t provoke vio-lence over religion.

“My father has lost his lifein this Hindu-Muslim dispute.Whose father is next?”Abhishek Singh said.

Inspector Subodh Singh,who had initially probed the2015 lynching of Dadri residentMohammed Akhlaq overrumours about beef consump-

tion, and a 20-year-old manwere killed Monday during anattack on policemen.

Detailed report on P9

Lucknow: Defending VishwaHindu Parishad and BajrangDal in the Bulandshahr vio-lence on Monday, DeputyChief Minister Keshav PrasadMaurya on Tuesday said thatit would be premature toname a Hindu outfit for thefracas before the probe wascompleted. “I am deeply sad-dened by the incident inBulandshahr. The StateGovernment has constituted aSIT which is probing the mat-ter threadbare,” he said.

Detailed report on P9

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Days after Minister forExternal Affairs Sushma

Swaraj announced to remainaway from Lok Sabha polls on

health grounds, her cabinetcolleague and the formerMadhya Pradesh Chief MinisterUma Bharti here on Tuesdaysaid she would not contest LokSabha polls next year and wouldfocus on the Ram temple issue.

Earlier in February thisyear, Bharti had announced totake three year gap from activepolitics over health issues.

While talking to mediapersons here, she said, "I wouldremain in politics all throughmy life but won't contest LokSabha poll next year." Presentlythe former MP Chief MinisterBharti is an MP from Jhansi inUP.

She told that a positiveatmosphere should be createdfor bringing an ordinance onthe Ram temple construction atAyodhya and blamed Congresschief Rahul Gandhi for vitiat-ing the atmosphere.

The BJP leader, who roseto prominence during the RamJanmbahoomi movement inthe 90s, said the Ram templeissue should be discussed withall political parties.

"This (Ram temple) mat-ter should be discussed with allpolitical parties as court saidthat it (construction of thetemple) is a matter of a disputeof land and not a dispute of

faith," she said.The firebrand BJP leader

affirmed the struggle for con-struction of Ram temple wouldcontinue. BJP would win theassembly poll in MadhyaPradesh and Shivraj SinghChouhan would become ChiefMinister for the fourth time, sheopined.

Despite being at odds withCM Shivraj, Bharti was namedamong party's star campaignersin the just concluded electioncampaign in MP. Bharti wasamong the prominent faceswho had actively participated inRam Janmbhoomi andolan in1990s.

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Hours after the Congress party approached ElectionCommission alleging mishandling of EVMs in Madhya

Pradesh, the Congress workers found postal ballots lying unat-tended inside a canteen of MP Police Headquarters (PHQ) hereon Tuesday.

The voting through postal ballots was undertaken in Bhopalon November 18 and around 4,000 of these paper ballots wereissued to police staffers who were engaged in poll duties. Personnelfrom the police, special armed forces (SAF), home guards, spe-cial police officers had taken part in these postal ballots whichneed to reach the EC by December 11 the day of counting.

Meanwhile, the Congress workers had found these postalballots from a canteen of Home Guards' office which is situat-ed besides police headquarters in Bhopal in Jehangirabad local-ity.

Congress leader Krishna Ghatge told, "I had received an inputand as I reached the Home Guard canteen on Tuesday, I found

three envelopes of postal ballots outside the canteen and therewere around 250 more such envelopes inside, unattended. I hadlearnt the postal ballots were lying at the canteen for last threedays." Ghatge alleged saying the party would complain to ChiefElectoral Officer MP over this serious lapse on Wednesday.

While talking to media persons, Congress candidate fromBhopal South-West PC Sharma said, "We had recovered the postalballots on the table of Home Guard canteen unattended and someof the envelopes were open." He alleged that the authorities havemade a mockery of the polling process in MP while referring tothe EVMs and other anomalies. The officer present on the spotexpressed ignorance about the reason why postal ballots werelying in the open.

The incident comes close on the heels of several incidentswhich have put question marks on the safety of EVMs. It start-ed with a polling officer who was found with EVMs in a hotelroom in Shujalpur a night prior to polling and then large num-bers of EVMs malfunctioned in MP especially at Satna on theday of polling on November 28.

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Dedicated to the ‘girlpower’ and the females of

the society from differentwalks of life, Hindi playDeepshikha talks about thewant for a son and the strug-gle of daughters.

Parents learnt about theimportance of daughters in ahouse as the Hindi play‘Deepshikha’ was staged atShaheed Bhavan on Tuesday.

The play was directed byRajiv Shrivastava and waswritten by Vivek Savrikar.The play was presented by theartists of Mandali Theatretroupe, Bhopal.

During the play as manyas 18 senior and young artistsshowcased their acting talenton stage leaving the audienceenthralled.

The story of the play sur-rounds the life of Sharmafamily. There is a desire for ason in the family followingthe superstitious beliefs. Butthe family has two daughtersSumita and Anita. Afteryears, the family is blessedwith a son. As it was a longdesire for having a son, hegrows up in much love andcare.

Each family memberloves him to an extent thateven his wrong doings are

considered and he is forgiv-en every time. With this sit-uation, Sumita and Anita arestruggling in the family.

They are given least atten-tion as they are the daughters

of the Sharma family.But with their hardwork

and perseverance theybecome better persons andgood professionals. Anitabecomes a g ynecologist

whereas, Sumita is happilymarried to her husband.

But the over-loved son ofthe family is influenced by hispeers and get involved inbad habits.

As the play goes to thenext level, it showcases thathow daughters bring laurel tothe family making their par-ents proud. At the same time,they try and bring theirbrother on the right track.Theplay was wonderfully pre-sented leaving the audiencemesmerized till the end.

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Dabur Chyawanprash hasbeen committed to helpingevery Indian achieve thestrongest immunity for over100 years.

We will attempt to reachout to provide protection tounderprivileged kids by high-lighting the importance ofImmunity besides providingChyawanprash to these Kids,said Dabur India LtdM a n a g e r - C o r p o r a t eCommunications DineshKumar while speaking withmedia on Tuesday.

Under this campaign,Dabur Chyawanprash hasjoined hands with leadingNGOs from 12 cities in Indiai.e. Varanasi, Lucknow,Amritsar, Jaipur, Ahmedabad,Kolkata, Patna, Bhopal,Raipur, Pune, Nagpur andChandigarh.

During cycles of season-al change there is a suddentemperature change, whichleads to illnesses like cough,cold & flu.

Enhancing immunity isan effective way to fight dis-eases like Cold, Cough,

Respiratory problems etc.Dabur Chyawanprash is aneffective solution to boostone’s immunity needs throughchanging weather cycles.

As part of its commitmentto safeguard the health of thefuture generation, DaburChyawanprash todayannounced the launch of amega awareness initiativeaimed at securing the healthof underprivileged kids acrossthe country.

Under this initiative,Dabur Chyawanprash –together with Dr ParmeshwarArora, MD (AY) BHUVaranasi Gold Medalist &Senior Consultant- AyurvedicDepartment,

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital -Delhi – wil l conductImmunity awareness sessionsto educate children about theneed to build a strongerimmune system to fightagainst changing season,common bacteria and virus-es.

The drive was flagged offin Bhopal on Tuesday with aspecial session conducted formore than 200 kids fromAarushi Foundation.

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In the 62nd national pistolshooting championship MP

players performed brilliantly,by bagging the three gold, twosilver and three bronze medals.

The championship wasplayed in Trivandrum, Kerala.

Expressing his content-ment on this achievement bythe players of the Academy,Director Sports and YouthWelfare S.L. Thoussen con-gratulated the medal winners.

In the championship, theAcademy's player RubinaFrancis presented the won-derfully by winning three goldmedals in different individualevents, to Madhya Pradesh.

Rubina Francis madeMadhya Pradesh proud bywinning one gold medal in 10meter senior, 10 meter juniorand 25 meter junior event.

Similarly, the trio ofAcademy player Saif Khan,Udit Joshi and Ashwin Joshiearned the silver medal in the25 meter Sports Pistol JuniorMen Team event.

Academy champion SoftYadav and Bismah Ansari pairgave bronze medal to MadhyaPradesh at the 10m PistolYouth Woman Team event of

the championship.On the last day of the

championship today, pistolplayers won two bronzemedals. Under the 50 meterfree pistol junior team event ofthe boys category, Academy'splayer Saif Khan and Indoreplayer Raghav Gupta andAbhay Singh trio won a bronzemedal.

It is notable that in thepast, Academy's player ChinkiYadav has won silver medal inthe 25m Sports Pistol SeniorWomen PersonalChampionship bronze and SaifKhan Air Pistol Junior MixedTeam event. The players aretrained under the guidance ofthe Chief Advisor of MadhyaPradesh Shooting Academyand Chief Instructor of PistolJaspal Rana and TrainerJaywardhan Singh.

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Anushka Shrivastava, stu-dent of Sagar Public

School, Saket Nagar, Bhopalreceived APJ Abdul KalamIGNITE 2018 award by PranabMukherjee, former President ofIndia in Gandhi Nagar.

The competition is orga-nized by the NationalInnovation Foundation (NIF)in which over 90,000 submis-sions of students from 643 dis-tricts of all States and UnionTerritories of India werereceived out of which only 21projects got selected in 2018.

This year 31 students from11 States were awarded fortheir 21 ideas / innovations

Anushka had submittedthe project of BiodegradableWater Bottle using local mate-rial has brought fame and lau-rels to state with creation ofeco-friendly bottle with selec-tion at First position on inno-vative invention in APJ AbdulKalam IGNITE Competitionorganized by NationalInnovation Foundation- India(NIF) in association withCentral Board of SecondaryEducation (CBSE), Honey BeeNetwork and other partnersevery year to promote creativ-ity, originality and innovation

amongst children.In her eco-friendly bottle,

she used two layers of coir withsphagnum moss in betweenwith khuss inner lining.

A mixture of urad daal, jag-gery and vinegar has beenused as binder.

Coir makes the bottle waterresistant, the moss layer acts asan insulator, and khuss layerkeeps the water fresh for a longperiod of time.

Anushka had submitted

this project work under theguidance of ShubhangiNemade working as a PGTBiology in Sagar Public School,Saket Nagar.

Sudhir Agrawal,Chairman, Sagar Group andPankaj Sharma, Principal, SagarPublic School, Saket Nagarhave congratulated AnushkaShrivastava for her achievementand recognized the efforts ofher mentor Shubhangi Nemadein bringing laurels to school.

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The Moot Court was orga-nized at Career College of

Law here on Tuesday. Thestudnets discussed the HemrajDouble Murder Case duringthe moot court.

The defence lawyer wasChanchal Tiwari and theprosecution was PramodSharma. Moreover, RaginiSharma was the judge at thecourt. During the Moot CourtGajanand Dubey as a CBIOfficer and Sakshi Jain gavehis testimony as a gynecolo-gist.

The argument began with“My lord Rajesh Talwar andNupur Talwar are the mainaccused. This is clear from theinvestigations of the CBI offi-cer, from the statements of theBharati Mandal,

who was the maid of thehouse, from the post mortemreport and from the MedicalOfficer's report.” Judge RaginiSharma said that in view of allthe evidence and witness andpublic prosecutor PramodSharma, the decision was

taken to their side, consider-ing all the evidences andarguments.

On this occasion,Ashutosh Mishra, Secretary,Bhopal, District Legal ServicesAuthority was present as theChief Guest in the pro-gramme,.

Addressing the students,Mishra said that the Bachelorof Law of India and theUniversity of Law the MootCourt Practical has beendeclared compulsory for eachstudent so that before thegraduation of the law, thestudent becomes aware abouthow the courts work.

Mishra wished studentsfor their bright future.

At the start of the pro-gramme, guests were wel-comed by Prof. Professor ofCareer College of Law, P.N.Tiwari.

The programme was con-ducted by Prof. Sonam Jainwhile Prof. P K Gupta gave thevote of thanks. There were alarge number of law students,including academic and non-academic staff.

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Aworkshop on SexualHarassment of Working

Women in the Workplace wasorganized on Tuesday. Theworkshop was organized byBhopal ManagementAssociation (BMA) foremployees of BSNL.

Workshop on SexualHarassment (Prevention,Prohibit ion andDiscrimination) Act, 2013was conducted on. SeniorAdvocate and BMAExecut ive Member GKChhibbar, who has experi-ence of more than 36 years oflabour, women and child law,gave lectures in detail aboutworking women andanswered the questions of theemployees present.

As many as 70 employees/ members of BSNL employ-ees, Sagar college teachers,various professional institutesand BMA Bhopal were presentin the workshop, regardinginformation related to sexualharassment (prevention,rebuttal protest) Act 2013

regarding workplace womenby PowerPoint PresentationReceived Officers present atthe program concluded thattheir institutions will keep theenvironment suitable foreveryone and be aware of theproblem of sexual harassment.

The experts said that sex-ual harassment in workplaceand related cases are increas-ing day by day. So it is reallyimportant to spread aware-ness about it among people.

They also shared that notonly physical but mentalharassment is also increasingamong corporates especially.Women should know how totackle these situations legallyso that such cases should notincrease.

Mahesh Shukla, ChiefGeneral Manager, BSNL, AlkaShukla, President, and otherpresent women expressed hap-piness at the organizing of thisworkshop. Vishvas, HonorSecretary told about the activ-ities of BMA.

The program was run byAnand Krishna.BSNLexpressed gratitude to BMAfor organizing the programme.

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The two-day internationalevent specialized in

Adventure travel, one of itskinds in ASIA, successfullyconcluded by MP tourismfrom Tuesday at the newInternational ConventionCentre here. It focused onadventure tourism by com-bining marketplace (chowkBazar), meetings, networkingopportunities, inspirationalspeakers and educational ses-sions together for nationalattendees as well as delegationsfrom aboard.

The successful conventionwas witnessed by nearly 200attendees including globalbuyers, international/nationalmedia representatives, sellersand office bearers of theAdventure Tour OperatorsAssociation and hotels, hos-pitality and tour operatorswho came to expand theirknowledge spectrum and itin-erary offerings. To grace theevent, Suman Billa- JointSecretary, Ministry of Tourismand Swadesh Kumar-President of ATOAI andAkshay Kumar- Chairman ofAdventure NEXT committeewere also present.

Speaking on the occasion,Principal Secretary Tourismand Managing director,Madhya Pradesh TourismBoard Hari Ranjan Rao said,“Madhya Pradesh is truly hon-ored and privileged for beingthe ever f irst host ofAdventureNext in Asia. Wethank ATTA and all therespected international buyers,felicitators, media and nation-al delegates who came togeth-

er to make this event a grandsuccess. The AdventureNextnot only brought together thenetworking sessions but it alsogave a unique definition to thehidden treasures of adven-ture tourism in India. Withthis we focus to promote theadventure travel aspect withfull pace in Madhya Pradesh aswell.”

Speaking on the same,Shannon Stowell, CEO ofAdventureNext, AdventureTravel Trade Association said“We were honored and proudto present the worldAdventureNext'18 with MP

tourism. The extraordinaryvariety of adventure travelMadhya Pradesh preserves isworth experiencing.Adventure NEXT capturedIndia’s religious heritage,mythological, historical,wildlife, and beautiful archi-tectural spots clubbed withphysical activities and journalsfor the attendees. This is justthe beginning, ATTA alsoplans to introduce more tourswhich are adventure drivenpanning across the unexploredexploratory destinations ofIndia.”

The event encapsulated

the theme ‘Pulse of Tomorrow’indulging delegates to explorefuture-driven business oppor-tunities from Madhya Pradesh,the heart of incredible India.The indulgent agenda fea-tured trending topics such aseconomics of wildlife tourismand immersive technologywhile the educational work-shops like traditional GondArt show kept attendeesengaged. For the prestigiousevent, the cultural programsincluded performances of pop-ular Indian dances- BharatNatyam, Mohini Attam, trib-al folk dances.

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The TT Nagar police havenabbed four miscreants

from Ambedkar ground whowere planning to steal cashfrom a bank ATM at PanchananBhawan late in the night onMonday.

Police said that acting on atip-off, Police swung into actionand nabbed four dacoits fromthe Ambedkar Maidan andwhen they were searched asharp edged weapon, iron rod,chili powder, metal cutter andrope were recovered from theirpossession.In the initial inves-tigation when the four werequizzed they confessed target-ing of SBI ATM as it do not havesecurity guard in the night.

After the preliminary inves-tigation the police have regis-tered a case under Sections 401and 34 of the IPC and startedfurther investigation.

The five nabbed accusedwere identified as Vishal Sonkar,Jitendra Kushwaha, ShekhSamar alias Kala Shanu andRaju Mandloi.

All four nabbed accused arehabitual offenders and havebeen booked for several crimi-nal cases. Shanu was booked forrobbery.

Meanwhile, Gautam Nagarpolice have nabbed miscreantwho was externed and recov-ered a sharp edged weapon atHanumanganj on Monday.

Police nabbed a miscreantwho was trying to extort moneyfrom a shopkeeper inHanumanganj area.The mis-creant was identified as BadshahKhan.

Police found that theexternment period of twomonths was left of the miscre-ants but he was found in the dis-trict and was extorting moneyfrom a shopkeeper.

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Asoldier attached to theMorar cantonment in

Gwalior took the extreme stepto end his life. According tosources the diseased soldierwas under depression for twomonths.

The 24-year-old soldier,belonging to Karnataka leavesbehind his wife who is sevenmonths pregnant.

The soldier, Shivaji alleged-ly committed suicide by con-suming poison at his quarterssituated in the cantonmentarea. He was rushed to theMilitary Hospital where hebreathed his last during treat-ment.

The body, after post-mortem is being flown to hisnative village in Karnataka for

the funeral rites. A case hasbeen registered at the MorarPolice Station and inquest pro-ceeding initiated.

Earlier in the day, thedeceased had sent his wife offto his native village inKarnataka, saying he was goingon a two months training pro-gram. After returning fromthe Railway Station he con-sumed some poisonous sub-stance.

Hearing the sound of hisvomiting a neighbor informedthe higher authorities, whorushed to his quarters beforetransferring him to the MilitaryHospital where he died.

His wife had reached Datia,which is about 80 kilometersfrom Gwalior when newsreached her that her husbandwas admitted in the MilitaryHospital.

She rushed back toGwalior only to see the deadbody of her husband.Everyyear successive governmentshave been claiming that they

are taking a number of mea-sures to reduce stress amongsoldiers, but the ground reali-ty is that cases of suicides dueto depression among the mil-itary personnel are on the rise.

In another tragic incidentin the Gole Ke Mandir area ofthe city, a 12 year old boyhanged himself to death.Devendra, the only son of hisparents was alone at home inthe morning.

His parents, both laborershad gone for work when thetragic incident occurred.When his mother returned atnoon, she found the door of thehouse locked from inside.

She raised an alarm andwhen the neighbors broke openthe door they found the bodyof the child hanging from theceiling. Gole Ke Mandir Policehave registered a case and aremaking further inquiries.

The Police suspect that theboy might have accidentlyhanged himself while playingin the room.

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Gold jewelry and �70000cash were burgled from

Retghat under Talaiya policestation area on Monday.

Police said that the victimMohammad Faraz Khan alongwith family had gone to Gunaon November 29 and when hereturned in the afternoon onMonday the valuables werefound burgled.

A complaint was lodgedwith the police by the victim inwhich the victim stated that healong with the family had goneto meet relatives in Guna andon his return the door of thehouse was found open and onentering, the valuables werefound burgled.

The police said that aspart of the investigation, CCTVcameras of the locality will beinvestigated. The neighbourshave expressed ignorance overthe burglary.

In the incident, three goldchains and �70000 cash wereburgled. The total loss in theburglary is around �2 lakh.

Based on the complaint

after the preliminary investi-gation the police have regis-tered a case under sections 457and 380 of the IPC and havestarted further investigation.

Domestic help and securi-ty guards would be questionedin the further investigation.

Meanwhile, Kamla Nagarpolice have nabbed a 38-year-old miscreant involved in oper-ating betting at Prempura latein the night on Monday andrecovered �11000 from hispossession.

Police said that acting on atip off a man was nabbed andbetting receipts were recoveredfrom his possession and�11000 from his possession.

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Two persons including awoman died and three per-

sons were injured after an autorickshaw and mini truck col-lided head-on near Bhadbhadaunder Ratibad police stationarea late in the afternoon onTuesday.

Five injured persons wererushed to the nearby hospitalafter where two of them weredeclared dead while threeescaped with injuries.

The deceased were identi-fied as Shakuntal (40) ofRatibad and Kapil Patel (24) ofNeelbad. One of the injuredwas taken to Sharda hospitaland was identified as SaritaChandravanshi.

Police said that the identi-ty of the two injured was estab-

lished as Premnarayan andGaurishankar. The accidenttook place around 4 pm andproved fatal for two persons.The two vehicles collided head-on resulting into death of twopersons on the spot whilethree escaped with injuries.

All the five were passengerswho were in sharing auto rick-shaw while no one in the mini

truck was injured or died in theaccident.

The bodies got stuck afterthe auto rickshaw got damagedbadly due to the collision.Theaccident occurred due to highspeed as the drivers failed tocontrol and collided. The minitruck driver escaped the spotand is still missing.

The bodies were sent for

the post mortem and a caseunder section 304 A of the IPCwas registered against theerrant driver.

The mini truck and autorickshaw were seized by thepolice and case has been reg-istered against both the drivers.Auto-rickshaw was not havingregistration number as itrecently bought.

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During State assembly election cam-paigning in Hyderabad, Chief Minister

Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday exud-ed confidence that the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) would get a comfortablemajority in the just-concluded Assemblyelections in the state.

"We will get a good majority. It's notcorrect to say a number. I don't lie.

You will see on (December) 11th(counting day). The BJP will get a com-fortable majority," Chouhan, who is hereto campaign for his party in the TelanganaAssembly polls, said.

Some individuals might have facedanti-incumbency at some places, but notagainst the government, the chief minis-ter said, asserting that there was no anti-incumbency.

On the concerns raised by the Congressover electronic voting machines in MP,Chouhan said, "The speciality of theCongress is that it starts searching for rea-sons for loss even before the defeat and pre-pares a prelude to it.

The Election Commission is a consti-tutional body and we all have faith in it."

"Can it happen in today's age thatEVMs changed and power went off?" heasked.

When it was pointed out that the EChad itself said the electricity went off fortwo hours in a strong room in Bhopal,Chouhan said the commission was respon-sible and it would look into it.

On the mob violence in Uttar Pradesh'sBulandshahr district in which a police offi-

cer was one of the two persons killed in theincident, Chouhan said the BJP was againstviolence and action would be taken as perthe investigation.

Alleging that the ruling TelanganaRashtra Samithi (TRS) in Telangana haddisappointed people on various fronts,Chouhan said BJP was the alternative.

Describing the alliance among theCongress, the TDP, CPI and Telangana JanaSamiti for the Telangana polls as "oppor-tunistic", he claimed that it was a failure".

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Soon after the intense election campaignrevolving around farm crisis conclud-

ed in Madhya Pradesh, the farmers seemto have returned to their normal hasslesincluding bumper crops and dippingprices especially that of onion and garlic.

Prices of onion and garlic havedropped to between 50-90 paise and Rs2 per kilogram respectively in MadhyaPradesh's Neemuch Mandi, leading to dis-tress among farmers.

While some of them returned with-out placing their produce for sale, othersdumped it in the market and left, said offi-

cials Tuesday.An official, however, said thelower rates were mainly for that part of thestock which was of poor quality, addingthat oversupply was a factor in bringingdown prices.

Neemuch which is a prominent krishimandi in Malwa region witnessed whole-sale onion prices falling to 50 paisa a kgon Sunday. In addition to onion, garlic tooemerged as tearjerker for farmers as itsprices too plummeted to Rs 2 per kg amidproduction boom.

"On Monday, the onion price wasbetween Rs 90 and Rs 900 per quintal (100kilograms). The price of garlic wasbetween Rs 200 to Rs 3900 per quintal.

Only a small amount of onion and garlicwas sold at lower price due to their poorquality," Neemuch Mandi secretary SanjivShrivastava claimed.

As per the estimate provided by theMandi official, the wholesale price for onionwas 90 paise per kilogram while it was Rstwo for garlic. Shrivastava claimed that theaverage rate of onion on Monday inNeemuch Mandi was Rs 600 per quintalwhile this was around Rs 1000 for garlic.

Shrivastava said around 5,000 quin-tals of onion and 8,000 quintals of thegarlic arrived at Neemuch Mandi onMonday.

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Amid the ongoing contro-versy over the efficacy of

EVMs, Union minister UmaBharti Tuesday said theElection Commission (EC)should let people secretly proveif the machines can be tam-pered with or not.

The former MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister, whoonce opposed the EVMs,added that many countries inthe world, including the US,were not using ElectronicVoting Machines (EVM)despite being much advancedtechnologically and scientifi-cally as compared to India.

The statement comes inthe wake of the Congress rais-ing doubts over the security ofEVMs which contain the votescast in the November 28 elec-tion for the 230 Assemblyseats in Madhya Pradesh."Once the EC had invited allpolitical parties to prove ifEVMs can be tampered with,

but it did this openly andnobody came forward."

"Therefore, if someonewants to share secretly with it(EC) (if tampering is possible),then it should maintain theconfidentiality of that person,"she told reporters at her offi-cial residence here.

"Because there are manycountries in the world, likeAmerica, which are muchahead of us in the field of sci-ence and technology, but theyare not using EVMs.

We have experimentedwith the EVMs and if politicalparties have any doubts, then

it is the duty of the EC to takeeveryone along and satisfythem," she said.

"Whatever the issues, theyshould be addressed.Otherwise, these doubts mayescalate and threaten the coun-try's democratic system," theUnion Drinking Water andSanitation Minister said.

"The EC should alsounderstand what types oferrors may take place. If thereis an error and someone pointsthat out in case of two-threeassembly seats then the ECshould look into it," Bharti fur-ther said.

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Following the disappearanceof the nine girls including a

minor from Sanskar AshramGirls Home in Dilshad Garden,Delhi Commission for Women(DCW) Chairperson SwatiMaliwal on Tuesday visitedthe Ashram to inspect the shel-ter and has asked for the caseto be transferred to the CrimeBranch of Delhi Police.

As of yet, police haven’tbeen able to trace the girls.Senior police officials ofShahdara district said thatpolice teams were on the job tolocate the missing girls and

bring them back to the shelterhome.

DCW chairperson whiletalking to the media onTuesday stated that the Ashramis in a terrible condition. “Wefound out that the girls whohave gone missing had beenrescued earlier from GB Road,by DCW itself.

It is disheartening that theCommission, at great risk man-ages to rescue the girls from GBroad who end up being re-traf-ficked,” she said.

“The girls residing in theAshram were not given prop-er food and clothing. The girlscomplained of not being shownto doctors and it was observedthat their regular medicalcheckup was not done,”Maliwal said.Maliwal alsoalleged that the traffickers atGB road were definitelyresponsible in the abduction of

these girls and there were highchances of the girls ending upback in GB road.

DCW Chief appealed toLieutenant Governor of DelhiAnil Baijal to crackdown on thebrothels working in GB roadarea. “Brothels at GB road arehubs of trafficking and each girlthere is raped by 30 men daily.The Police Station at 200mremains a mute spectator atbest and colludes with the traf-fickers at worst,” she added.

Expressing disappointmentin the police for not being ableto trace the girls, Maliwal hasappealed to Delhi PoliceCommissioner Amulya Patnaikto transfer the case to CrimeBranch.Further she hasappealed to the DelhiGovernment to ensure bettercondition in shelter homes aswell as create rehabilitationschemes for survivors of traf-ficking.

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With the arrest of three per-sons, Delhi Police

claimed to have busted an ille-gal arms selling cartel.

Two persons identified asAman Bhardwaj (25) andVishal Gahlot (28) were arrest-ed from Dwarka,

while one AnkurChaudhary (22) was arrestedfrom Ghaziabad by Dwarkadistrict’s Anti-Auto TheftSquad (AATS), police said.“On October 29, this year,information was receivedregarding two arms suppliersAman and Vishal who weresaid to be arriving in Sector-11,Dwarka in Delhi.

A trap was laid and ataround 6.15 pm the duoarrived.

Police staff moved quick-ly and were able to arrest thetwo after a short scuffle,”Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (Dwarka) AntoAlphonse stated.

According to police, twoloaded illegal pistols wererecovered from their posses-sion. “Both accused werearrested and produced in court.During their three days PCremand, they disclosed where-abouts of another arms supplierAnkur Chaudhary inGhazibad. One more loadedPistol was recovered from Ankur Chaudhary,” said

the DCP.During interrogation, it was revealed that Ankur

who hails from Aligarh (UP),instigated Aman and Vishal toindulge in illegal arms tradingas he was in contact with several persons in Aligarh whoare in the illegal arms tradingbusiness.

“The accused persons toldthe police that Ankur moved toGhaziabad and enrolled inBharat Academy at PratapVihar on the pretext of preparing for competitiveexamination.

But the main purpose ofhis stay in Ghaziabad was that it facilitated his contactswith arms suppliers of Aligarh,”the DCP said.

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Opposing the ChandniChowk redevelopment

project, traders’ body will meetLieutenant Governor AnilBaijal and Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal.

Traders are demandingthat the Shahjahanabad Boardofficers are initiating cam-paign to destroy the com-mercial character of the areain the name of development ofChandni Chowk.

Traders’ body also claimedthat local citizens, traders’organisations were not takeninto confidence by the Board;this impractical scheme is notacceptable to us.

The body also appealed toDelhi Government to developall the three car parking atDangal Maidan, GandhiMaidan and Lal Quila andChandni Chowk be declaredas Zero Parking areas to helpsolve the problem.

Claiming Chandni Chowka traders’ hub and not a touristplace, traders’ association saidthat in last two decades many schemes were framedbut could not be implement-ed because the concernedofficers framed scheme treat-ing Chandni Chowk as atourism centre.

“It is a vibrant trade cen-tre where thousands of citizens resides and everydaylakhs of people come for theirtrading.

All of us want beatifica-tion but not such beautification which will make the lives of children,senior citizens living in thearea difficult and destroy the

trade,” a trader said. “We were never

consulted by theShahjahanabad Board. Initially we were called in ameeting but when we opposed“no vehicle zone beatifica-tion scheme”, then we were not invited in the subsequentmeetings.

In this redevelopmentproject, BSES and DJB are themajor agencies, in first phase- from December 1, 2018 toSeptember 30, 2019 — BSESwill construct ducts andrequired infra for shifting oftransformers and movingoverhead cables underground.

As per the UTTIPEC plan, 5.5 m wide carriagewayon the both sides with a central verge, there will be afootpath along northern and southern carriageway of5.75 m and 12.75 m widerespectively.

In second phase — fromDecember 15, 2018 to April30, 2019 — the DJB willcarry out work of installationof water pipelines and sewera n dafter this construction of pedestrian zone and devel-opmental of central vergewill start.

According to DelhiTraff ic advisory for theUTTIPEC project — thevehicles coming from DelhiGate and intending to go toChandni Chowk will bediverted on SP MukherjeeMarg. These vehicles may beparked in the parking lots ofGandhi Maidan (HC SenMarg), Dangal Maidan (SPMMarg) Church Mission roadparking.

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Delhi BJP leader VijenderGupta has urged Union

Women and ChildDevelopment Minister ManekaGandhi to form a special taskforce to carry out “in-depthinspection” of shelter homesfor women and girls in thenational Capital.

His request comes a dayafter Delhi Deputy ChiefMinister Manish Sisodia sus-pended two senior officials ofthe Women and ChildDevelopment Department forlaxity in duty after eightwomen and a minor girl werereported missing from a shel-ter home in east Delhi.

The Delhi Commissionfor Women has claimed thatthe matter came to light onDecember 2, six months afterthe inmates had gone missing.The same day Delhi Police reg-istered an FIR in connectionwith the matter.

“A special task force shouldbe formed to carry out in-depth inspection of every shel-ter home in Delhi.

There must be investiga-tion of the facilities provided,the security measures andrehabilitation programmesbeing undertaken by shelterhomes,” he said.

Gupta, the leader of oppo-sition in Delhi Assembly, saidthe mere suspension of the dis-trict officer and the shelterhome superintendent wasinadequate to bring any posi-tive change at these facilities.

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Delhi Police have arrestedfour women suspected of

being involved in a prostitutionracket in Rohini’s Sector-20 onMonday after members of theResident Welfare Association(RWA) allegedly lodged a com-plaint regarding suspicious activ-ities pertaining to the flat. Thefour were arrested for reported-ly indulging in obscene activitiesin a public place. “A FirstInformation Report (FIR) reporthas been registered at BegampurPolice Station.

Four women were arrested fromthe flat in Sector-20, Rohini

under sections 292 (selling, adver-tising etc of obscene materials)and 294 (engaging in obscene actat a public place) of the IndianPenal Code (IPC),” said DeputyCommissioner of Police (Rohini)Rajneesh Gupta.

According to police, a PoliceControl Room (PCR) call wasreceived at around 7 pm onMonday. On reaching the spot,locals alleged that some personswere running a prostitutionracket and creating nuisance inthe area.

Police revealed that theaccused were living as tenants,and all the four women weremajor.

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The Bharatiya Janata YuvaMocha (BJYM) would hold

a youth conference titled ‘NuaOdisha Yuba SanjojakaSammilani’ involving youthconvenors of all 147 Assemblyconstituencies here onWednesday to decide actionplans to fight against alleged PC(percentage) taking practiceand press for creation ofemployment opportunities inthe State.“The State Governmenthas made rules to distributeprojects worth up to Rs 5 lakhwithout tenders. Now, BJDMLAs have turned contractors indisguise and are taking all pro-jects. Thus, unemployed youthshave been deprived of gettingincome sources,” alleged MorchaState president TankadharTripathy on Tuesday.

Tripathy said BYJM con-venors from all Assembly con-stituencies would gather here todecide strategies against suchillegal practices being adoptedduring the Naveen PatnaikGovernment. He said UnionMinister Dharmendra Pradhanwould attend the conference aschief guest.

He further informed thatslogans be given to the effectthat youth activists would go topeople and make them knowhow BJD leaders have becomecontractors and taking awayGovernment funds and callupon youths to get united andfight for their rights.Amongothers, Morcha national vice-president Thakur Ranjit Das,State general secretariesBishwaranjan Jena and NRajendra Kumar and secretaryOm Prakash Mishra were pre-sent.

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The BJD has severely criti-cised Union Petroleum

Minister Dharmendra Pradhansaying that he made false alle-gations that the StateGovernment changed ‘no tender’norms in public works from Rs50,000 to Rs 5 lakh and, thus, encouraged cor-ruption.

“Union Minister Pradhandoesn’t know that the UnionMinistry of Road Transport andHighways had framed such a ruleto which the OdishaGovernment followed. His alle-gations are false and baseless. Itseems that Pradhan is desperatelytrying to hoodwink people ofOdisha,” said BJD spokesperson

Dr Sasmit Patra in a statment.Patra said the Ministry of

Road Transport and Highwaysfirst changed the norms for ‘notender’ in public works from Rs50,000 to Rs 5 lakh. Later, theState Government, intending toimplement it, brought the mat-ter before the Public AccountsCommittee (PAC) of the OdishaLegislative Assembly which hasrepresentations from theCongress and BJP MLAs apartfrom the BJD. The PAC recom-mended that such a norm changeshould be undertaken.Accordingly, the StateGovernment implemented theCentre’s financial norms.

“Unaware of Central norms,the Union Minister is wasting toomuch of his time in touringOdisha neglecting his own workin Delhi. His repeated falsestatements are unbecoming of aCentral Minister and he shouldcheck facts before making irre-sponsible comments,” saidPatra.

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The revised price list ofAbadha (Mahaprasad)

would be pasted in AnandaBazar in the Shreemandirpremises here in a few days’ time, said Shree Jagannath TempleAdministration (SJTA)Chief AdministratorPradipta Moahaptra on Tuesday.

Mohapatra said that theSJTA supplied requiredration items and engaged‘Suars and Mohasuars’(cooks) in cooking Mahaprasad for costassessment on an experimental basis. Thecooks would give expenditure details of allitems to a committee within a few days andthen the committee would fix prices of dif-ferent items of Mohaparasad and bring ina final rate chart for public in the AnandaBazar within a week, he said.

He said fixing a rate chart for Abhadaitems is a part of administrative reformsand would ensure that devotees would getMahaprashad at right prices.

Mohapatra further informed that tem-

ple administration wouldsoon oust all unotherisedoccupants from the AnandaBazar soon.

Regarding the proposed‘online ticket system forDarshan of the Trinity, theSJTA chief said the managingcommittee (MC) memberfrom the Pratihari Nijog hasbeen assigned the charge ofdrafting a modality in thisregard.

The ticketed systemwould be implemented onbasis of report, saidMohapatra.

He said that many devo-tees want special views of

deities on payment like ‘ParimanikDarshan’. The proposed ticketed darshanis only meant for such devotees, he said.

Besides, he informed that the arrange-ments and time schedules for ‘PahiliBhoga’ (dawn offerings) rituals onDecember 16, January 1 and ‘MakarSankaranti’ would be prepared.

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When the catch-phrase‘Skilled in Odisha’ has

been Odisha Government’sbuzzword in skill development,a reality check for Odisha iswhile Odisha didn’t earn a placein top-10 States with maxi-mum hiring in 2018, it alsofailed to make into top-10 Stateswith maximum employable tal-ent in coming new year 2019.

The worse is outlook forhiring intent in Odisha in 2019looks dim as industries hereshow meagre interest in hiringin the New Year.

More shocker isBhubaneswar, which toppedcountry in Smart City list, isnowhere in top-10 employ-able cities, where Guntur(Andhra Pradesh) at number 3and Thane (10th), Nashik (7th)from Maharashtra have madetheir way into top-10 in 2018.

Employability meansworkforce joining jobs marketthat can get readily absorbed inthe industries as per their skillrequirement.

Such a grim noting was tothe fore in recently released

India Skills Report-2019.Wheebox, India’s leadingonline talent assessment com-pany, PeopleStrong, India’sleading HR solutions and tech-nology company, CII, Pearson,World’s learning company,AICTE and Association ofIndian Universities (AIU) haveconducted a WEST (WheeboxEmployability Skill Test) andIndia Intent Hiring surveyacross 29 States covering overa three lakh plus students,120-plus employers to assessground situation of employa-bility, employment in country.The survey and WEST wereconducted during July –November 2018.

According to Hiring Intentsurvey, Odisha didn’t figure intop-10 States nationally withmaximum hiring activity in thecountry, where neighbouringBihar sits prettily at number 2and West Bengal at number 10nationally. The damning fact tofore in the survey is Odisha fig-ured in bottom-10 as below 2per cent employers in Odishaexpressed intent to go for hir-ing in 2019, despite the fact thatnationally Core Sector (steel,minerals, power, oil and gas)

figuring among top-3 hirers in2019.

This makes it pretty clearthat the core sector in theState is not in the pink of healthand Odisha model of skillinglooks unable to stand tall.

Odisha didn’t make intotop-10 States in the country inindex of talent availability,despite State’s skilling missionis led by noted expert SubrotoBagchi. Andhra Pradesh (1st),Uttar Pradesh (9th), WestBengal (10th), figured in top-10 list in talent availability.Coincidentally, none of min-eral-bearing States, exceptGujarat, Karnataka and AP,figured in top-10 States in tal-ent availability.This againmeans new-age job churningStates walk away as a big draw-er of employment in THEcountry. India Skill Report2019 shows States having a wellentrenched new-age jobs infra-structure are among the top-10in employment.The report hasa big hint for Odisha as it saysthe three most sought- afterskills in the country in today’sbusiness environment are:communication skills, adapt-ability and learning agility.

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The 113-year-old ‘TheChurch’ in the mission

compound here as well as the107-year-old ‘CommunityCentre’ in the leprosy homeMurgabadi near here are short-listed as heritage buildings, forwhich steps have been taken asstated by Union Minister ofCulture Dr Mahaesh Sharma.

He assured a delegation ofthe Etani Trust led by DrSubhankar Ghosh when theyapproached him.

The Etani Trust earlierpassed a resolution in its boardmeeting to pursue the matterwith the Centre to considerthese two buildings as heritagestructures.

‘The Church’ is an epitomeof God’s love for the peoplewho are mostly leprosy suffer-ers. Under the British regime,the Mayurbhanj Maharaja’sregent and Mrs Kidell, MrsGilbert, Grace Allenby andmany more came fromAustralia and England time totime.

Later Miss Alcorn andMiss Stevens were joined withthe ‘Charitable missionaries’leprosy services and especiallyboth had very popular stand-

ing with the people ofMayurbhanj.

Then as the last expatriatemissionaries of the mission,Graham Staines also served theleprosy people in the samechurch and building.

Graham’s wife GladysStaines received Padmashreeaward for her lifelong servicesin Mayurbhanj and left unfor-gettable memories along withthe church buildings and thecommunity centre.

The then MayurbhanjMaharaja Shree RamachandraBhanjadeo had gifted the landto Miss Kate Alanby, a mis-sionary from Australia in 1896.

Miss Alanby constructedthe church in 1905 in the mis-sion compound.

In a similar manner in1907, for the benefit of leprosy-

affected people of Mayurbhanj,a community centre was con-structed in the leprosy homecampus. The Maharaja hadprovided all the support forboth the buildings along withcampuses.

Dr Subhankar Ghoshexplained to Minister DrSharma about the importanceof the buildings and why it isnecessary to declare them asheritage buildings.

Dr Ghosh said, “A struc-ture of more than a hundredyears old in its original formscan be considered as a heritagebuilding.

Though it is not too late,the Center has taken initiativein this regard. This is a pride forOdisha and an honour to theLate Maharaja ShreeramChandra Bhanjadeo.”

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Hundred of guests invited tothe Konark Festival fumed

over the hospitality of theOTDC staffs during a dinner.After witnessing the festival,they had a dinner in OTDCrestaurant. However, the man-ner the restaurant staffs treat-ed irked the guests.

The guests have now raisedquestions on hospitality of theOdisha Tourism whose ethicshave long been based on ‘AtithiDebo Bhaba’ (guests are equalto God). On the opening day ofthe Konark Festival, more thana hundred of guests, includingartists, journalists, besides emi-nent personalities were invitedby the Tourism Department.OTDC buses carried them toKonark from Bhuabaneswarand Puri besides other places.At the end of the festival, theguests were taken toChandrabhaga beach by bussesfor visiting the sand art exhi-bition.

Before return they hadtheir supper at the nearbyOTDC restaurant.

However, a rude reminder

for guests was that they had towait in a queue before the foodcounter for half an hour withplate in hand.

In the middle of the dinner,many guests walked to counterfor supplementary dishes as nowaiter came to their tables.Many complained of foodscarcity while seeking for sec-ond time.

Even some guests preferredto enter private eateries watch-ing a shameful condition here.For serving so many gueststhere were few waiters in thecafeteria.

“I was ashamed to watchthe hospitality of OTDCtowards its invitees. If it is forus then what would have beenfor the tourists,” questionedBijay Mishra, a Puri basedsenior journalist.

“Really it was sad to jointhe dinner hosted by OTDC. Iwas better to choose a privaterestaurant than entering here,”commented tabla-artist SankarBehera, who returned homeemptied stomach.

He charged the higherauthorities of Odisha tourismfor mismanagements.

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Procurement of pulses andoilseeds by the Government

from farmers shot up by 13times during the four-and-half-year rule of the Modiregime as compared to theprocurement done during theUPA period. This benefitted asmany as 54 lakh farmers whoseannual income registered anincrease of �80,000 on an aver-age, the Government hasclaimed.

According to theAgriculture Ministry, between2009-10 and 2013-14 — whenthe Congress — led UPA wasin power-only 7.28 lakh met-ric tonnes of pulses andoilseeds valuing �3,117.38crore was procured at theminimum support price(MSP) whereas from 2014-15to 2018-19, a quantity of 93.97lakh MT of pulses and oilseedsvaluing �44,142.50 crore wasprocured. Of these, procure-ment of 78.84 Lakh MTamounting to �35,800 crorealone has been contributed bythe States of Madhya Pradesh,

Gujarat, Rajasthan, UttarPradesh, Maharashtra,Telangana and AndhraPradesh.

"The country has reportedproduction of 25.23 MT ofpulses during 2017-18 againstproduction of 14.66 MillionTonnes in the year 2009-10, anincrease of 72.10 per cent.Similarly, the production ofoilseeds has increased from24.88 Million Tonnes to 31.3Million Tonnes during thesame period, registering anincrease of 25.80 per cent," thenote said. For the procurement,the Cabinet has already sanc-

tioned an additional guaranteeof �15,053 crore, it said.

As against a Governmentguarantee of �2,500 crore up tothe year 2013-14, aGovernment guarantee of�18,250 crore for the Years2018-20 has been made avail-able for smooth conduct ofPrivate Procurement andStockist Scheme (PPSS)."Besides, this is the first timethat Food Corporation of India(FCI) is participating in theseoperations for ensuring MSPfor pulses and oilseeds growingfarmers," it said.

In 2017-18, prices of most

crops including pulses andoilseeds fell below Governmentannounced support prices fol-lowing a record harvest. Part ofthe reason for the plunge inprices to levels significantlylower than MSP is the missingtrader-the key price maker inthe market.

Food Corporation of Indiaand National AgriculturalCooperative MarketingFederation of India Ltd(NAFED) will procure 44 lakhtonne of oilseeds and pulsesunder the new scheme —Pradhan Mantri Annadata AaySanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AAASHA) — aimed at ensur-ing assured and better returnsto farmers.

The NABARD All IndiaRural Financial InclusionSurvey (NAFIS) shows thataverage agriculture householdincome has increased from�6,426 to �8,931 per month in2016-17. Apart from a paltryincome, farmers are facing ris-ing indebtedness, lesser finan-cial inclusion, and absence ofinsurance facility, accordingto the report.

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New Delhi: Blaming the Congress foragrarian distress, Finance MinisterArun Jaitley on Tuesday said the poli-cy of the NDA Government to pump inmore resources into rural areas hasimproved agricultural productivity andthe quality of lives of the people in vil-lages.

Jaitley said with the current level of investment in the nexttwo decades, the infrastructure in rural areas will come at parwith that in the cities.

The Minister's remarks came in the backdrop of Oppositionparty's allegations of ignoring rural India and agriculture sec-tor and the last week's massive protest in the national Capitalby farmers across the country. "The NDA Government haspumped in resources into the rural areas, which have improvedinfrastructure, the quality of life of people living therein andincreased agricultural productivity, Jaitley wrote in a blog titled''India's rural sector'.

The Government, he noted, has increased expenditure on ruralroads, housing and healthcare as well as launched schemes likeSwachh Bharat, rural electrification, JanDhan, Ujjwala Yojana andMudra Yojana with an aim to improve the agrarian sector. PTI

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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has

attached movable and immov-able properties worth �117crores of Prakash Industries ina money laundering case inconnection with coal blockallocation scam.

The CBI had registered anFIR against Prakash IndustriesLtd., alleging that the compa-ny had applied for allocation ofCoal Block vide an applicationdated January 12, 2007 to theMinistry of Coal in response toan advertisement issues onNovember 13, 2006.

According to the CBI FIR,the application was found to becontaining false net-worthdetails and on the basis of suchmisrepresentation, the com-pany got allocated FatehpurCoal Block on February 6,2008. The block was subse-quently de-allocated in theyear 2014 after the coal scamwas unearthed. Taking cog-nizance of the CBI FIR, the EDregistered a case underPrevention of MoneyLaundering Act August 30,2014.

The ED probe revealedthat the company filed falsedeclaration with the BombayStock Exchange (BSE) onNovember 17, 2007 intimatingallocation of the coal blockwhich was actually awarded on

February 6. 2008 jointly toPrakash Industries Ltd. andSKS Ispat Power Ltd.

"As a result of filing of thisfalse declaration, the shares ofM/s Prakash Industries record-ed an astronomical rise intheir value. At one point intime i.e. on 02.04.2007, theshare price was �31 per sharewhereas on 04.01.2008, theshare price was �351 pershare," the ED said in a state-ment.

In order to encash the arti-ficially created rise in the sharevalue, the company issued62,50,000 preferential shares ata premium of �180 per shareand sold these shares to fiveselected companies. In theprocess, the company generat-ed �118.75 crores in the formof share capital.

The amount of �118.75crores, which was generated asa result of the offence underPMLA and amounted to "pro-ceeds of crime".

"On investigation to theeffect, it was found that theabove said proceeds of crimehad been generated and used inthe continuous expansion relat-ed to manufacturing activi-ties, therefore the value of�117.09 crores was attached inthe form of movable andimmovable properties of thecompany under the provisionsof PMLA," the agency state-ment added.

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The Congress on Tuesdayurged the Election

Commission (EC) to issue anotice to BJP chief Amit Shah fora statement he had made inTelangana, which the Oppositionparty alleged was aimed at cre-ating a communal atmosphere inthe poll-bound State.

Senior Congress leadersAhmed Patel, Kamal Nath andKapil Sibal met EC officials andraised a number of issues, rang-ing from EVM-related com-plaints in Madhya Pradesh andShah's statement to the arrest ofthe Opposition party's workingpresident in Telangana.

Shah's statement inTelangana was absolutely falseand misrepresented some pointsof the Congress's poll manifestoin the southern State, Sibal told

reporters after meeting the ECofficials. The statement of theBJP chief was aimed at creatinga communal atmosphere, healleged, adding that the Congresshad urged the poll watchdog to

issue a notice to Shah for hisremarks.

Sibal said the other issuethey raised with the EC was ofthe arrest of Telangana Congressworking president A Revanth

Reddy, who had called a "bandh"to protest against TelanganaRashtra Samithi (TRS) chief andthe state's caretaker ChiefMinister K Chandrasekhar Rao'spublic meeting in the Kodangal

Assembly constituency. "He (Reddy) was arrested at

3 am and was not told why washe arrested. We requested (theEC officials) that such arrestsshould not be made during thetime of elections," he added.Reddy was taken into preventivecustody early Tuesday. The otherissue that was raised with the ECwas of the Telangana ChiefMinister calling a Cabinet meet-ing and giving directions, Sibalsaid.

Sibal also criticised UttarPradesh Chief Minister YogiAditynath for choosing to attendelection campaigns in Telanganainstead of looking after the sit-uation in his State where seniorpolice official was killed by amob identified from right winggroup.

Nath said the issue of com-plaints related to electronic vot-

ing machines (EVMs)at variousplaces in Madhya Pradesh wasalso raised with the EC officials."We have demanded that actionbe taken against the officials atthese places, from where suchcomplaints are coming," theMadhya Pradesh Congress chiefsaid. Sibal said they cited exam-ples such as EVMs being trans-ported in private school buseswithout registration numbers.Another issue that was raisedwas that the second round ofcounting of votes should startonly after the process for the firstround was over, he said.

While Assembly electionshave already been held inChhattisgarh, Madhya Pradeshand Mizoram, Rajasthan andTelangana will go to polls onDecember 7 and the results forall the five States will beannounced on December 11.

New Delhi: Foreign SecretaryVijay Gokhale on Tuesday heldtalks with Chinese Vice ForeignMinister Kong Xuanyou andreviewed the progress made inthe bilateral ties since theWuhan summit between PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andPresident Xi Jinping.

The External AffairsMinistry said the two sides alsoexchanged views on regionaland international issues ofcommon interest.

"The two sides reviewedthe progress made in India-China bilateral relations sincethe Informal Summit betweenthe Prime Minister andPresident Xi Jinping in Apriland discussed the agenda forbilateral engagement in thecoming months," it said.

The meeting betweenKong and Gokhale took place10 days after border talksbetween National SecurityAdvisor Ajit Doval and ChineseState Councillor Wang Yi atDujiangyan in China's south-western Sichuan province.

In their informal summitin Chinese city of Wuhan,Modi and Xi decided to issue"strategic guidance" to theirmilitaries to strengthen com-munications so that they canbuild trust and understanding.

The informal summit hadtaken place seven months afterthe Doklam standoff.

Troops of India and Chinawere locked in a 73-day face-off in Doklam from June 16 lastyear after the Indian sidestopped the building of a roadin the disputed area by theChinese Army. The impasseended on August 28. PTI

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday asked Biharand Kerala to set up specialcourts in each of their districtsfor the trial of pending crimi-nal cases against present andformer MPs and MLAs.

Earlier in the day, the topcourt was informed that therewere 4,122 criminal cases pend-ing, some for over threedecades, against present andformer members of Parliamentand legislative assemblies.

A bench of Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi and Justices S KKaul and K M Joseph passedthe directions for setting upspecial courts in every districtof the two states and alsosought compliance reports fromthe Patna and Kerala highcourts by December 14.

The apex court directed thehigh courts to send back casesfrom special courts, which werealready constituted, to juris-dictional district courts.

The Supreme Court hasgiven the liberty of constitutingas many courts as required inthe districts of these two statesfor trial of cases against the leg-islators.

The apex court also said thespecial courts would take up lifeterm cases on a priority whilehearing pending matters againstMPs and MLAs.

The court was hearing a PILfiled by lawyer and BJP leaderAshwini Upadhyay seeking a lifetime ban on politicians con-victed in criminal cases besidesthe setting up of special courtsto expeditiously try cases involv-ing elected representatives.

The apex court had soughtdetailed data on the pendingcriminal cases against the pre-sent and former legislators fromthe states and various highcourts so as to enable the set-ting up of adequate number ofspecial courts for expedited

trial in these cases.Senior advocate Vijay

Hansaria who is assisting thecourt as amicus curiae in thematter along with advocateSneha Kalita had filed the datareceived from states and highcourts and submitted it to theapex court.

The data compiled hadstated that in 264 cases, trial hasbeen stayed by high courts.Further, the report said in sev-eral cases which have beenpending since 1991, chargeshave not yet been framed.

In a previous hearing, theapex court had considered thesubmission of Hansaria thatearmarking a particular court ineach district both at sessionsand magisterial level and direct-ing them to treat the cases ona priority basis could be aviable option to ensure timelycompletion of proceedings.

The top court was alsoinformed that 12 special courtsset up to try lawmakers exclu-sively have not been constitut-ed on a uniform pattern, andtheir number needs to be raisedto 19 for trying cases at the ses-sions level. PTI

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Against the backdrop of therow it generated, the HRD

Ministry has withdrawn theKashmiri translations of cer-tain sentences under its“Bhasha Sangam” initiative.

Last week, the Ministry'sDepartment of SchoolEducation and Literacy hadinitiated the “Bhasha Sangam”,a celebration of linguisticdiversity, with an aim to famil-iarise every child with simpledialogues in all the 22 lan-guages under Schedule 8 of theConstitution.

The row erupted over thewrong translations of sen-tences from English toKashmiri, from Kashmiri toRoman and from Kashmiri toDevanagari.

"Sentence translations inKashmiri under BhashaSangam were prepared by NCERT in association with language experts fromDept of Education, J&K &University of Kashmir.@HRDMinistry is sensitive tothe comments raised & hastherefore decided to withdrawthem," the Ministry said in atweet.

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With an aim to build a con-sensus for a smooth con-

duct of the proceedings in theUpper House, Rajya SabhaChairman M Venkaiah Naiduhas called an all-party meetingon December 10, a day beforethe commencement ofParliament's winter session.

The Rajya Sabha chair-man has called the meeting ofthe floor leaders of all the par-ties in the Upper House at hisresidence. Among others, themeeting is expected to beattended by Leader ofOpposition Ghulam Nabi Azadand the Leader of the House,Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

This will be the last full-fledged Parliament sessionbefore the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls and the Bharatiya JanataParty-led Government will bekeen to make it productive. Forthe Opposition, it will be thelast chance to take on theGovernment in the House.

The Government will pushfor the passage of the "tripletalaq" bill pending in the RajyaSabha in the upcoming session.

It had earlier promulgated anordinance to make the practiceof instant triple talaq a penaloffence.

The results of the Assemblyelections in five states, in whichboth the ruling BJP and theCongress have high stakes, arebound to cast a shadow on theparliamentary proceedings. Theresults of the Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh,Telangana and MizoramAssembly polls will beannounced on December 11.

On several occasions,Naidu has expressed concernover the deadlock between theruling and the opposition sidesthat has halted the smoothfunctioning of the House.

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Jaipur: Stepping up his attackagainst the Congress, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onTuesday alleged Kartarpurwent to Pakistan at the time ofindependence because theparty leaders of that time hadno vision and did not respectSikh sentiments.

Referring to the recentopening of the Kartarpur Sahibcorridor across the India-Pakistan border, Modi said,"Correcting Congress's mis-takes was my destiny."

As electioneering forDecember 7 assembly polls inRajasthan nears its end, theprime minister addressed ral-lies in Hanumangarh, Sikarand Jaipur.

Congress president RahulGandhi also held a series of

public meetings in the state.At one rally, Modi took on

Gandhi for mocking him forchanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai' atevery meeting. The prime min-ister said he will continue to doso despite Gandhi's ‘fatwa' on it.

Gandhi had taunted inAlwar that Modi should beginhis meetings by saying 'AnilAmbani ki Jai', 'Mehul Choksiki Jai', 'Nirav Modi ki Jai' and'Lalit Modi ki Jai'.

Modi suggested that theCongress leadership had bun-

gled during Partition."They could not see any-

thing beyond the 'Rajgaddi'(power), so Kartarpur went toPakistan,” he said.

"The then policy makers ofthe Congress in the countrywere in a hurry to come topower. Partition happened andin that too several mistakeswere made because of whichKartarpur Sahib went toPakistan," he said.

"A little bit of wisdom andsensitivity at that time wouldhave ensured that Kartarpur,which is just 3 km away (fromIndia), would not have beentaken away from us. It was theirlack of vision and sensitivitythat they did not respect thesentiments of the Sikh com-munity," Modi claimed. PTI

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Farrukhabad (UP): Tibetanspiritual leader the Dalai Lamaon Tuesday said Muslim coun-tries like Bangladesh, Pakistanand Syria should learn aboutreligion from India so thatthere is peace in the world.

"There are various religionsand traditions in India havingpopulation of over 125 crore.Muslim countries should learnfrom India. So that there ispeace. There is coordinationamong all the religions here anddue to non-violence principle,modern India is developing,"the Dalai Lama told reportersduring a brief interaction here.Asked about Doklam dispute,the spiritual guru only said,"Both the countries should sitand resolve the issue. The slo-gan of 'Hindi-Chini bhai bhai'should be relevant." PTI

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James Baldwin, a renowned novel-ist and one of the most recognisedand respected voices of the civilrights movement in the UnitedStates of America, famously said,

“Not everything that is faced can bechanged but nothing can be changed untilit is faced.” Baldwin’s quote eloquentlyexplains that while dealing with any formof exploitation or injustice, it is nearimpossible to move forward from itwithout exposing it in its barest and mostbrutish form. In this week’s article, I willfocus on how we as a country need toexamine the state of tribals in India anddiscuss the historical injustice that hasbeen meted out to them to enable us tomove forward and actually begin to healthe wounds of the past.

The tribal population in India hap-pens to live in States that are extremelyrich in minerals and other resources, suchas the State of Jharkhand. Though it maybe difficult for many to appreciate, therelationship of tribals with their land is notone of mere ownership or possession buta relationship with significant cultural sig-nificance. Since land is considered to besacred to a number of tribes who view thepreservation of their land as preservationof their culture, each tribe has its own cus-tomary laws that typically govern theirland and these customary laws have beenin existence even prior to British rule. Thenature of this unique relationship oftribals with their land was recognised bythe British as well as the IndianConstitution, as is evident from the FifthSchedule of our Constitution.

Over time, however, these rights havebeen increasingly diminished as the rightsof the tribals to their land were weighedagainst the need to develop such areas andthe demand for the resources in this land.This led to a systematic diminishing ofrights, which has now made the tribalsamong the most exploited communities inthe country, where even though tribalsaccount for less than 10 per cent of the totalpopulation of the country, they account forover 40 per cent of the total population thathas been displaced due to infrastructureprojects in India since Independence.

What is worse is that more than 75 percent of the tribals who have been displacedare estimated not to have been rehabili-tated in any way, leaving them without ahome, any means of earning a livelihoodand devoid of their cultural heritage. Tomake matters worse in Jharkhand, theRaghubar Das-led BJP Government hasthrough its tenure pushed amendments tothe Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act, 1908 andthe Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, 1949and introduced the Right to FairCompensation and Transparency in LandAcquisition, Rehabilitation andResettlement (Jharkhand Amendment)

Act, 2017, all of which are anti-tribal and have madethe displacement of tribalsmuch easier.

We, therefore, as a coun-try must take a moment andintrospect. The question ishow do we try to move for-ward and exhibit sincerityand commitment in address-ing these wrongs? One way inwhich atrocities of the pasthave been dealt with in othercountries is through a truthcommission that examinesand documents the extent ofinjustices that has been suffered.

The Truth andReconciliation Commissionin South Africa is probably themost well-known commissionwhich sought to heal SouthAfrica by uncovering the truthabout the human rights viola-tions that occurred during theperiod of apartheid. While allsuch truth commissions seemto have a common threadrunning through them, that oflaying bare the truth of theexploitation suffered by a com-munity, an examination of theTruth and Justice Commissionin Mauritius may be especial-ly instructive.

The Mauritian Truth andJustice Commission exam-ined a system of deprivationof land that extended to over300 years and the mandate ofthis Commission was to gath-er information and enquireinto the legitimate claims ofpersons and families whowere dispossessed of theirland, among other things.

The Commission as part of itsmandate examined socio-eco-nomic class abuses and thepossibility of reparations forthe community.

While arguing for the cre-ation of the Commission, thePrime Minister of Mauritius,Navin Chandra Ramgoolam,stated: “This Commission willpave the way to reconciliation,social justice and nationalunity through the process ofre-establishing the historicaltruth. It is the legitimate expec-tation of everyone to know ourtrue history. It is only after wehave been faced with this real-ity that we can consolidateunity in our country. It isimportant, therefore, that werecognise our past history andlay that past to rest so that wecan move on to reconciliation,justice and national unity.”

As part of its report, theCommission recommendedcertain steps to heal the coun-try, including memorialisingslavery and encouraging abetter and more inclusiveaccount of Mauritian historyand culture.

A similar approach is nec-essary and called for in thecontext of tribals in India inrelation to the displacementthat has been suffered bythem. It is imperative for us toknow our entire historyincluding this one. Only aftersuch recognition and docu-mentation can we begin toheal the wounds of the pastand start a constructive dia-logue with those who havebeen displaced. Without it, we

will remain in the dark and beleft prodding at the problemwith willful ignorance ratherthan illuminating knowledge.

Critics of such anapproach may state that estab-lishing such a commissionand conducting an enquiry todetermine the displacement oftribals will require resources,commitment and a stomachfor uncomfortable questions. Itmay also be argued that anexamination of TruthCommissions around theworld, including the MauritianTruth and Justice Commission,suggests that a number of rec-ommendations of theseCommissions have not beenincorporated as yet and, there-fore, the results are far fromsatisfactory.

To these critics, I wouldlike to draw their attention tothe words of MahatmaGandhi: “Truth stands, evenif there be no public support.It is self sustaining.” Therefore,while there will be hurdles, wemust strive to improve thestate of tribals and put ourbest foot forward in imple-menting the recommenda-tions of such a commission; itis important to rememberthat the pursuit, determina-tion and documentation ofthe displacement and abusesuffered by tribals in ourcountry are in itself a goalworth striving for and an endworth achieving.

(The writer is JharkhandPCC president, former MPand IPS officer. Views are per-sonal)

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“A curious case” ( December 3).No one is indispensable in anyfield and that includes sports.There is no iota of doubt thatMithali Raj’s contribution toIndian women’s cricket has beenimmense.

In fact, she brought glory tothe nation on several occasions bymemorable knocks at the interna-tional tournaments. It is unfortu-nate that due to politics taking anupper hand, Mithali was sidelinedin a crucial match in an interna-tional tournament. Even thoughshe is at the fag end of her longillustrious cricketing career, thetreatment meted out to her bycoach, Ramesh Powar, and amember of BCCI, Diana Edulji, isdeplorable.

Careers of many eminentIndian cricketers were cut shortdue to ego clashes. Hence, MithaliRaj should consider that aspect inthis profession and continue toconcentrate on her career. She hasstill got a few more years leftbefore hanging up her boots andexit gracefully in style.

KR SrinivasanSecundèrabad

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Farmers’ plank” (December 3). Itis ironical that our farmers haveto work hard in fields under allweather conditions to feed ourmouths but themselves go to bedon an empty stomach. At timesthey even take extreme stepsunder mental stress following

outstanding bank loans and debts.This burning problem cannot

be afforded to be tackled by wayof waiving short-term loans aloneunless and until farmers areallowed to retrieve their costs andcontrol over resources, like land,water for irrigation, insurance,knowledge management andmarket, and are also facilitated bythe state-of-the-art agriculturaltechnologies in terms of the cli-

mate resistant measures. A per-manent solution to this perenni-al agrarian crisis is not only in thefarmers’ interest but in the nation-al interest as well. Aggrieved overthis very sorry state of affairs, therevolutionary Urdu poet DrMohd Iqbal had said: “Jis khet sedehqan ko mayassar nahi rozi uskhet k har khosayen gandum kojalado” (fire should be set toevery corner of the field that can-

not provide two square meals tothe farmers themselves).

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Sir — The recent claim of JusticeKurian Joseph drew the attentionof the entire nation creating anew controversy. He claimedthat the previous Chief Justice ofIndia, Dipak Misra, was workingunder the influence of an “exter-nal source”, and this had impact-ed the delivery of justice.

Of course, it is a matter ofconcern that even our country’sjudiciary system is not sparedfrom external interference. It istrue that the entire nation blind-ly trusts the apex court but thiskind of controversial remarkserodes the trust factor. Everyinstitution, be it the CBI, RBIand now the Supreme Court, isgetting tainted by allegations.The authorities must protecttheir autonomy.

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Farm distress refuses to go away.This time around, the steeprise in prices of fertilisers — a

key input used in crop production— during the current year hasincreased farmers’ miseries. DuringKharif (April-September) 2018, theprice of di-ammonium phosphate(DAP), a major source of phosphateor ‘P’ nutrient supply, increased by30 per cent over Kharif (April-September) 2017. Likewise, theprice of complexes and muriate ofpotash (MoP) — main source of ‘P’and ‘potash’ or ‘K’ nutrient —increased by 15-60 per cent duringKharif 2018 over Kharif 2017.

The escalating trend continuedduring Rabi (October 2018-March2019) season as well. The price of

DAP had increased by a further 12-13 per cent during Rabi (October18-March 19) over the level prevail-ing during Kharif 2018. The priceof MoP during Rabi (Oct 18-March19) is higher by 25-30 per cent overthe Kharif 2018. This has affectedfarmers as minimum support price(MSP) for crops do not capture theimpact of higher fertiliser price.

According to rating agencyICRA, whatever benefit they got onaccount of implementing the Dr MSSwaminathan Commission recom-mendation by the ModiGovernment (it allows them 50per cent profit over the productioncost), has been nullified by higherfertiliser price.

Under the Nutrient BasedSubsidy (NBS), the Centre fixes uni-form subsidy on per nutrient basisfor all manufacturers/importers ofcomplex fertilisers/MoP. The latterin turn arrives at the MRP of thesefertilisers after deducting the sub-sidy amount from the cost of pro-duction/import and distribution.

The Government determines

the subsidy keeping in mind itsoverall budgetary position and noti-fies the rates well before com-mencement of the year. Given theoverarching need to maintain fiscaldeficit within the target, it eitherkeeps the subsidy unchanged oreven reduce it. Rarely in the past, ithas sanctioned any hike.

For the current fiscal (April2018-March 2019), the Governmentkept the subsidy rates unchangedeven as there was increase in thecost of raw materials viz phos-phoric acid, ammonia and MoPused in the production of complexfertilisers. This left the manufactur-ers/ importers with no other optionbut to increase the MRP.

Meanwhile, the MRP of urea —a major source of nitrogen or ‘N’ —has remained unchanged despitesignificant increase in the price ofgas, the fuel used in its productionas well as increase in cost of import-ed urea (this contributes over 20 percent of its consumption). TheGovernment controls its MRP at alow level and excess of the cost over

it is reimbursed as subsidy to man-ufacturer/importer.

Given its enormous appeal tovote bank politics, the urea MRP isalmost cast in stone. The currentprice is more or less the same as itwas one-and-a-half decades ago. Itwon’t be hiked till March 31, 2019 asper the decision taken by theNarendra Modi dispensation in 2015to freeze it at the prevailing level. Thisimplies ever increasing subsidy butgives no jolts to the mandarinstasked with reining in fiscal deficit.

While handing out step-moth-erly treatment to P and K, policy-makers often forget that these nutri-ents are as much important as N toincreasing yield and crop quality. Yet, for close to threedecades, successive Governmentspursued discriminatory policiesresulting in excessive use of ‘N’ vis-à-vis ‘P’ and ‘K’. Diminishing returnsto fertiliser use, deteriorating soilhealth and adverse impact on theenvironment and human health —seen in most parts of the country —are the inevitable consequence of

the increasing imbalance in fertiliser use.

It is not as if they are unawareof these problems (read theEconomic Survey presented on theeve of Union Budget). Yet, anycredible action to alter the course isstymied by sheer populism. But thiscannot be postponed indefinitely.

There is an urgent need forincreasing urea MRP and reducingthe price of DAP/complex fertilis-ers/MoP. One way is to reduce sub-sidy on the former and increase onthe latter even as the Governmentcontinues with extant controls andsubsidy regime. But this stereotypedapproach is not sustainable.

A preferred course would be todecontrol urea (non-urea fertilisersare already decontrolled) and stoprouting subsidy through fertilisermanufacturers/importers. The sub-sidy — computed as per kg nutri-ent rate multiplied by quantity ofnutrient N, P, K used per hectare —should be directly transferred tofarmers’ account.

Sans subsidy, the manufactur-

ers/importers will set prices under amarket-driven environment. Thecompetition will force them to keepprice low. The farmer will be able toput subsidy to better use by buyingmore of P&K fertilisers and less urea.There can’t be a better way of com-bating the problem of imbalance infertiliser use. This will also entailhuge saving in subsidy by curbinginefficient use and inflated pay-ments to manufacturers/importersgermane to existing cost-based dis-pensation.

India is overwhelmingly depen-dent on import for meeting its fer-tiliser requirements viz 100 percent in ‘K’, 90 per cent in ‘P’ andnearly two-third in ‘N’. That makesus vulnerable to changing globaldemand-supply scenario. Theindustry will, therefore, need toexplore innovative ways to increaseself-reliance. A market-driven envi-ronment will give a big push to theseefforts as well. Is the governmentlistening?

(The writer is a freelance jour-nalist)

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While corporate social responsibility(CSR) was for a long time consid-ered a voluntary matter to be exer-cised by companies in the interestsof stakeholders, it is increasingly

acquiring legal status in different countries, partic-ularly like India, whereby, with the passage ofCompanies Act 2013, every company of a certain sizehas to offer a CSR policy. Following this amendment,India is the first country in the world to make CSRmandatory. Businesses can invest their profits in areassuch as education, poverty, gender equality and foodsecurity. Large companies are required to spend astipulated amount, ie, at least two per cent of theiraverage net profits made during the three immedi-ately preceding financial years, in pursuance of theirCSR policy towards specified activities.

Over the past few years, CSR as a concept hasbeen the focus of many deliberations and research.It has grown in importance both academically as wellas in the business sense. It captures a spectrum ofvalues and criteria for measuring a company’s con-tribution to social development. As the term CSR isused continually, many complementary and over-lapping concepts, such as corporate citizenship, busi-ness ethics, stakeholder management and sustain-ability have emerged. These extensive ranges of syn-onymously used terms indicate that multiple defi-nitions have been devised for CSR, mostly from per-spectives and by those in facilitating roles like the cor-porate sector, Government agencies, academics andthe public sector.

Worldwide, there are enough examples of com-panies that have incorporated CSR in their opera-tions. The New York-based natural foods company,KIND Snacks, which in its first 10 years has grownfrom zero to over 450 million units sold and withits famous rainbow-wrapped bars found in over150,000 retail stores, believes in both “making prof-it and making a difference” by achieving mass dis-tribution and making healthy products. There areseveral companies from start-ups to huge conglom-erates that are increasingly incorporating social andenvironmental initiatives in their strategies. Microsoftpartners with the non-profit NetHope to create ITapprenticeships in Kenya. The Disney Company isproviding $ 3 million in conservation grants this yearto protect wildlife. Gap Inc. has a programme thatteaches health awareness and literacy to women gar-ment workers in Cambodia and India. JPMorganChase has The Fellowship Initiative, a programmedesigned to help American Black young menachieve academic and professional success. Mattelis committed to using sustainably sourced paper andwood fibre in its packaging and products.

Although good to achieve, initiating and sustain-ing social initiatives takes time, talent and resources.But increasingly, it is what investors, customers,employees and other stakeholders have come toexpect and demand, particularly the young gener-ation which makes for the industry’s new and futurecustomers and casts a particularly keen eye on com-panies’ commitment to social impact. So how are thecompanies from emerging countries, who are fight-ing for survival and success in the global economy,paying attention to CSR? There are some high-pro-file examples of emerging multinational companiesengaged in socially or environmentally impactfulactivities. Chinese battery maker BYD brought outthe first mass-market electric plug-in car in 2008 and

despite a rocky entry into the US market,it has built more than 1,000 electric busesand sold them in Asia, South America andEurope. Natura Cosmeticos, one ofBrazil’s top cosmetics manufacturers,focusses on sustainability and socialresponsibility and is serving as a found-ing member of the Union for EthicalBioTrade, which promotes biodiversityconservation and uses only natural ingre-dients in its formula. It has forgedalliances with indigenous Amazon Basincommunities to source herbal raw mate-rials. India’s Tata Group, one of India’slargest conglomerates with revenues ofover $100 billion, as a company, is longrenowned for its commitment to socialpurpose and carries out various CSR pro-jects, most of which are communityimprovement and poverty alleviationprogrammes. Through self-help groups,it is engaged in women empowermentactivities, income generation, rural com-munity development, and other socialwelfare programmes.

In the field of education, the TataGroup provides scholarships and endow-ments for numerous institutions. Thegroup also engages in healthcare projectssuch as facilitation of child education,immunisation and creation of awarenesson AIDS. In some cases, CSR should bedesigned to address the concerns ofstakeholders and are strategic, not justphilanthropic. For example, CSR pro-grammes of big soda companies such asCoke and Pepsi are often focussed onissues such as obesity and water usage indeveloping nations. These are pro-grammes addressing issues that people areconcerned about with those companies.By addressing them, they reduce the like-lihood of protest and aggressive regula-tion, and they also build relations withstakeholders who could otherwise beattacking them.

An ongoing project by Coke, in whichthe company is investing in numeroussmall African mango plantations, is help-ing small farmers in Africa to grow theirlivelihoods beside also creating a muchbigger stock of mangoes for Coke to cre-ate a mango-based beverage globally.Through this the company is achieving theultimate metric of CSR success of driving

shareholder value and accomplishinglong-term sustainable performance.

However, when it comes to socialimpact, there are some differencesbetween developed-world firms andemerging multinationals. In the developedcountries, more companies have beendragged into this and they now realise thebenefits whereas emerging markets dis-play much more polarised strategies withsome companies embracing corporatesocial responsibility from the beginningwhile other companies are reluctant or failto see the value of it.

It is seen that Chinese companies inparticular are slow in adopting sociallypurposeful activities overseas because oftheir own political system. They are of theopinion that the Government shouldundertake CSR activities as that is whathappens in China and social developmentin the country is the Communist Party’sresponsibility. Businesses do not getinvolved. In other countries whereChinese multinationals operate, theyhave begun to build up CSR after a lot ofprotests for not being more responsibleand for not doing the kind of things thatWestern companies do.

This clearly shows that an emergingmultinational’s attitude toward socialpurpose may stem from the way itachieved its original business success. Itmight have had to “survive in a very dif-ficult, fraught environment” and hencemight be more inclined towards socialresponsibility. On the other hand, thecompanies that have been successful intaking advantage of a gap in the marketand, therefore, built monopoly, throughcorruption or any Government kickbacks,don’t think at all about CSR.

Odebrecht, a Brazilian conglomer-ate with a large construction subsidiary,is an example of a business that surviveda difficult situation and nearly wentbankrupt when the CEO reached out tosuppliers and buyers for financial back-up. The company survived the crisis, andas a result, the CEO has always had thisreally strong relationship with his stake-holders — with the people in the supplychain and all around his facilities. Thecompany, which does business in Africa,is involved not just in big construction

projects but is also trying to win the heartsof the people. For example, while compet-ing for a large construction contract inLuanda, Angola, Odebrecht took theunusual step of taking on a street-sweep-ing contract, which gave them some veryvisible PR — the employees, sportingorange Odebrecht vests, were seen tack-ling one of downtown Luanda’s funda-mental problems by cleaning up itsstreets. Another bonus was that many ofthese individuals, who would eventuallywork on Odebrecht’s construction sites,were acquiring basic job skills such as fol-lowing processes and arriving on time.Odebrecht projects itself as a company thatknows what it means to come from a poorcountry with a clear understanding of thebasic problems and as a result, an abilityto make a connection with the people.

By contrast, Brazil’s EBX is a multi-national that ignored CSR. Its chairman,Eike Batista, had a net worth of $30 bil-lion in 2012 but his wealth sank to $200million due to debts and his company’splummeting stock prices. His mines hadnothing in terms of socially responsiblebehaviour and his company wasn’t basedon success in the community, which ulti-mately led to bankruptcy.

An emerging multinational in thehealthcare space and the one very muchfocussed on social purpose is NarayanaHrudayalaya in India. This not-for-prof-it company, founded in 2000 and nowwith 56 facilities in India and one in theCayman Islands, was started by heart sur-geon Devi Shetty to provide low-cost orfree cardiac procedures to the poor. It hassince expanded to treat other medical con-ditions as well.

For any company, profit-making isthe most important agent for its sur-vival. At the same time, it should notturn a blind eye towards social oblig-ation. Worldwide, businesses havemoved from a shareholder model to themore encompassing stakeholder model.And to stay in tune with the times, com-panies have to recognise their respon-sibilities towards employees, customers,neighbourhoods and regions in whichthey operate.

(The writer is Assistant Professor,Amity University)

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An international conspiracyto subvert the proposed

Container Trans — ShipmentTerminal has come to light fol-lowing the detention andrelease of two local journalistsof Kanyakumari district inTamil Nadu. D Anandakumarand M Sriram were detainedand released by Tamil NaduPolice to interrogate them fol-lowing reports that they hadassisted two French citizens,claiming to be accredited jour-nalists of that country.

“The French citizens whowere accompanied by the localjournalists visitedKanyakumari and surroundingareas and videographed pic-tures of various locationsincluding the proposed sitefor the international port. Laterthey held a secret meeting atthe residence of a retiredGovernment servant who isactively campaigning againstany kind of development worksin Kanyakumari,” said Sundar,who is in charge of theKanyakumari office of UnionMinister of State for Financeand Shipping PonRadhakrishnan.

Sundar said the meetingheld at the residence of theretired Government official onNovember 24, was attendedamong others by eight to tenCatholic Church priests and theFrench citizens. “I do not knowwhat happened in the meetingand it is the responsibility of theintelligence wing of the policeto find the same. But the wholeoperation of the French citizens

was enmeshed in mystery,”said Sundar.

Pon Radhakrishnan, whilespeaking to The Pioneer toldthat he suspects of some kindof subversion with regard to theInternational Trans-ShipmentContainer Terminal in the dis-trict. “There are many forcesworking against this project. Iwas told by media persons inKanyakumari about the visit ofthe French citizens and theiractivities which has arousedsuspicions in their minds,” saidthe Minister who expressedhis shock over the participationof activists who were opposedto the Kudankulam NuclearPower Plant in theKanyakumari meeting.

He pointed out that theFrench citizens checked into thehotel at Kanyakumari under theguise of Indian journalists.“What is the need for them tocheck-in under fake names if itis for honest work?. There issomething which misses theordinary eyes,” said PonRadhakrishnan. He said thereare some forces inKanyakumari district whichopposed any kind of develop-mental activities under the pre-text of environmental destruc-tion. “We have alreadyannounced that the port project

in no way would affect the ecol-ogy and environment in the dis-trict. But the activists havesome hidden agenda,” he said

M Ravinson, president,Kumari Maha Sabha , anorganisation of professionalsfrom various fields in the dis-trict said that any developmentof Kanyakumari would be pos-sible only if the Trans ShipmentTerminal project was imple-mented without delay. “Peoplewith ulterior motives are caus-ing roadblocks for all kind ofdevelopmental works in thedistrict,” alleged Ravinson,himself a lawyer.

An organisation by nameAlliance For Media Freedomhas questioned the logic behindthe police detaining the TamilNadu journalists M Sriram andD Ananthakumar who hadaccompanied the French citi-zens. “The French citizens hadcome to Kanyakumari to studythe impact of beach sand min-ing and also about the threatsto the safety of the journalists,”said the proprietor of a dailypublished from Chennai. Butno explanation was forthcom-ing about the trips made by theFrench citizens to the port siteas well as Indian Rare Earths,which come under the pro-tected areas list.

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BJP legislators here onTuesday accused JD(U)

National vice-presidentPrashant Kishor of meddling inthe Patna University Students’Union (PUSU) elections, forwhich voting is scheduled onWednesday.

BJP MLAs Nitin Nabin,Sanjiv Chaurasia and ArunSinha, along with other partyleaders, sat on a dharna outsidethe Pirbahore police stationhere, protesting the arrest ofAkhil Bharatiya VidyarthiParishad (ABVP) activists forvandalising the vehicle ofKishor on Monday night, afterhe came out of the universityVice Chancellor’s residence.

The ABVP activists hadalleged that Kishor’s visit to theVC’s residence violated themodel code of conduct that wasin force in view of the PUSUelections, and pelted his vehi-cle with stones.

Kishor later tweeted,addressing the ABVP, an affil-iate of the BJP’s parent bodythe RSS - “You need to do bet-ter than let a few hooligans andanti-social elements becomeyour face in Bihar. The ner-vousness over the possibility ofa defeat in PUSU polls will notgo away by hurling stones atmy vehicle”.

The BJP legislators saidthat the poll strategist- turned-politician was “flouting” allnorms to boost the prospects ofChhatra JD(U) and the admin-istration, and police is “vic-timising” the ABVP to remainin the good books of the ruling

party.“We urge Bihar Chief

Minister Nitish Kumar to takenote... We demand all theABVP activists be released andthat Kishor hand himself overto the police by way of‘prayashchit’ (repentance),” thelegislators added.

Asked about their ownmeeting with Governor LaljiTandon late on Monday nighton the issue, the MLAs toldreporters that they wanted todraw his attention to the allegedbreach of regulations.

“The Governor is also thechancellor of all State univer-sities. So, we had visited the RajBhavan to draw his attentiontowards the flouting of normsin Students’ Union polls, whichseems to have the tacitapproval of the ViceChancellor. The Governor hastaken note of our complaintand assured that he will lookinto the matter,” they said.However, JD(U) spokesmanSanjay Singh said Kishor was atthe VC’s residence when ameeting on setting up of a dis-aster management centre at thePatna Science College wasunderway.

“He was accompanying arelative who was taking part inthe meeting. Those jittery overthe growing support base of theJD(U) are coming up withbaseless allegations,” Singh said.

Trouble has been brewingbetween the alliance partnersever since some ChhatraJD(U) candidates wereroughed up near the PatnaWomen’s College last week,leading to a police raid on theABVP office in the city, whichwas strongly condemned byBJP legislators staging thedharna in a joint statementissued on Sunday.

The BJP lawmakers had atthat time refrained from men-tioning Kishor’s name, refer-ring to him in an obliquemanner.

Meanwhile, the episodehas also drawn criticism fromthe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP),which alleged that members ofits students’ wing CYSS wererounded up as well on Mondaynight, for staging a protestoutside the VC’s residence.

RJD heir apparentTejashwi Yadav attacked NitishKumar in a series of tweets andtook potshots at Deputy CMSushil Kumar Modi, a seniorBJP leader, for keeping mumover the issue, even as MLAsof the party were staging ademonstration.

Rashtriya Lok SamataParty chief and UnionMinister Upendra Kushwaha,too, slammed the CM and hisparty, alleging blatant violationof Lyngdoh Committee rec-ommendations for Students’Union elections.

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The Panaji bench of theBombay High Court on

Tuesday directed Goa ChiefSecretary to file an affidavitspecifying the health status ofChief Minister ManoharParrikar on Wednesday.

The direction by JusticeRM Borde follows a petition bylocal politician TrajanoD’Mello, who had sought toknow the health status ofParrikar, who is suffering fromadvanced pancreatic cancerand has not attended any official meeting or functionoutside his private residence for more than a month now.

D’Mello in his petitionfiled earlier this month hadasked the court to direct StateChief Secretary DharmendraSharma to evaluate the formerDefence Minister’s health by apanel of expert doctors andrelease a medical report in

public domain.Parrikar has been in and

out of hospitals in Goa,Mumbai, New York and Delhifor nearly nine months.

He returned from NewDelhi’s All India Institute ofMedical Sciences on October14 and has not moved out of hisprivate residence for any offi-cial event since then.

The Opposition as wellruling coalition allies havebeen demanding the resigna-tion of the Chief Minister,

claiming that the administra-tion has come to a standstilldue to Parrikar’s absence.

Ever since Parrikar’shealth started deteriorating,there has been no health bul-letin, as demanded by theOpposition, from the ChiefMinister’s Office, barring sev-eral informal intimations tothe media from Parrikar’soffice, which suggested thathe was suffering from “indi-gestion” and “mild pancreatitis”.

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Ruling BJP ally, IPFT, willrestart its agitation from

Wednesday to press for itsdecade-old demand for a sep-arate State for the tribals inTripura, a party leader said hereon Tuesday.

The Indigenous People’sFront of Tripura (IPFT) aspart of its agitations wouldobserve a 12-hour shutdown inthe Tripura Tribal AreasAutonomous District Council(TTAADC) region onWednesday.

It will also hold a sit-indemonstration in Delhi onDecember 11 and submit amemorandum to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andHome Minister Rajnath Singhdetailing the party’s demands,the tribal leader said.

“The IPFT and its sevenfrontal organisations havecalled for the strike onWednesday in the TTAADCareas in support of the party’slong pending demands,” IPFT’sspokesman and AssistantGeneral Secretary MangalDebbarma told the media.

The other demands includeintroduction of the NationalRegister of Citizens (NRC) inTripura, withdrawal of theCitizenship (Amendment) Bill,2016, introduction of inner-linepermit in the TTAADC areasand inclusion of tribals’Kokborok language in the 8thSchedule of the Constitution.

The IPFT has been agitat-ing since 2009 for a separateState to be carved out byupgrading the TTAADC,which has a jurisdiction overtwo-thirds of the State’s 10,491sqkm area, home to over12,16,000 people.

In the nine-memberCouncil of Ministers, there aretwo IPFT Ministers — RevenueMinister Narendra ChandraDebbarma (IPFT President)and Tribal Welfare and ForestMinister Mevar Kumar Jamatia(General Secretary).

Meanwhile, another tribalbased party — IndigenousNationalist Party of Tripura(INPT) — has also called aroad and rail blockade inTripura on December 10 onalmost the same lines.

The State’s oldest tribal-based political party, INPT, aswell as the ruling BJP, opposi-tion Congress and CommunistParty of India-Marxist-led LeftFront have, however, beenopposed to IPFT’s separatestatehood demand.

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All is not too well in theKarnataka Congress. At

the time former Chief Ministerand chairman of the coordina-tion committee Siddaramaiahis fighting hard to finalise thelist of some of the Congresscandidates to be included in theexpansion of the four monthsold fragile coalition, the rebel-lion hit century old party is onthe defensive and shaken.

Siddaramaiah has said theparty will take a decision ofinclusion of candidates andexpansion on Thursday, alreadywaves of dissent has started hit-ting them, making them morecautious in their entire opera-tion. Kumaraswamy has beeninvited to attend the meeting.

In a significant politicaldevelopment on Tuesday apowerful Congress leader fromthe Belagavi and MLA SatishJarkhiholi who turned a rebelto the Congress leadership hasopenly said that many MLAs inthe party are unhappy andparty leadership is trying toconvince them. This has sentshock waves and the Congressand JD(S) leaders whichinclude Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy, powerful lob-byist and Congress strongmanDK Shivakumar and formerChief Minister Siddaramaiah inconsultation with JD(S) supre-mo HD Devegowda have beentrying to douse the fire.

“Some of them are nothappy. They may not be 25 to30 in numbers but there are 6to 7 of them. MLAs are unhap-

py and our leadership is con-vincing them,” Jarkiholi said.

“The opposition party istrying since the beginning toform the government by thesupport of Congress legislatorsby horse-trading the MLAs, butas of now, there are only 6-7MLAs who are unhappy and wewill convince them.” He added.

Jarkiholi also said that he,however, is not leaving theparty and claimed to be morepowerful than many ministers.

“I had a word with our pres-ident Dinesh Gundu Rao onthis issue. The high commandis active and our State leadershipis working on it,” he said. “Theyare not going anywhere andespecially I am not going to anyparty or anywhere else. I ammuch powerful than some min-isters but I have asked for onemore ministerial post forBelgaum district. Let us wait andsee, everything will be clearedsoon,” he added.

Meanwhile BJP chief BSYeddyurappa has got into a reju-venating centre in Kerala for hispain in the hand amidst allthese developments. Even if BJPpoaches 7 to 8 MLAs can desta-bilise the present coalition gov-ernment ahead of 2019 elections.

In May this year, the elec-tion result for 222 out of 224assembly constituencies ofKarnataka had resulted in afractured mandate, with theBharatiya Janata Party emergingas the single largest party with104 seats, only nine seats shortof the simple majority mark of113. However, the Congressparty with 78 seats and JD(S)

with 37 seats, along with twoindependent candidates,stitched up a post-poll alliancewith a total of 117 MLAs.

In another related politicaldevelopment an audio-clip con-taining an alleged conversationbetween a confidant of a formerBallari BJP MP B Sriramulu anda Dubai-based businessman hastriggered allegations of attemptsbeing made by the BJP to top-ple the Congress-JD(S) coalitionGovernment in Karnataka.However Sriramulu stronglyrefuted the charges and blamedthe Congress hatching a con-spiracy to defame the BJP.

In the audio, which hasgone viral, the confidant isallegedly saying at least 10 to 11lawmakers from the Congressand JD(S) were ready to switchsides with specific names beingmentioned.

“They have been offered�20 crore to �25 crore and min-istership. By the second week ithas to happen,” the confidant isallegedly saying in the audio.

Former Karnataka ChiefMinister and the convener of theCongress-JD(S) coordinationcommittee Siddaramaiah hit outat the BJP for its alleged attemptsto dislodge the Government.

Slamming the BJP,Siddaramaiah said, “Where willthey get the money if they aresaying that they will pay �25crore (to each MLA)? Whosemoney it is? It is corruptmoney. Aren’t they ashamed fortrying to topple theGovernment? ThisGovernment will continuedespite their attempts.”

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Aday after the murder ofBulandshahr police inspec-

tor West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on Tuesdayalerted her own police officersagainst getting lynched by “riot-mongers” and asked them tokeep strict vigil along the bor-ders of Jharkhand and Odisha.

“We are running throughbad times when riot-mongersare on the prowl,” she warnedadding “they are out to set onecommunity against the other,”so as to polarise the electoratebefore the next year’s elections.

“You have to remain cau-tious. All the inspectors in-charge and other police offi-cials should watch out for sus-picious elements and move-ments. Keep a strict vigil alongthe borders of Jharkhand andOdisha. Employ CCTV cam-eras at vantage points if needbe because these people go toany extent,” Banerjee said.

“Only yesterday an honestpolice officer was murdered fordischarging his duties without

bias,” Banerjee said. “I am toldthis officer was investigating alynching case,” she addedwarning her own police brassto take supreme care againstmischief mongers.

“We will have to be extracautious because festival seasonis round the corner. We havethe Ganga Sagar Mela andChristmas coming. It is uponyou to see that no untowardincident like the one in UPtakes place here,” Banerjeesaid. The Chief Minister wasaddressing officials during hertwo-day visit of Midnapore.

Upping the ante on theUttar Pradesh Governmentanother senior Bengal Ministerand new Kolkata Mayor Firhad

Hakim said, “Today UP is intotal chaos and the Governmentthere has miserable failed totame the situation.”

Attacking UP ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath for hisalleged ‘communal ways’ Hakimsaid, “There are two kinds ofsadhus. Like the genuine saffronclad monks there also those fakeand communal ones. The pre-sent UP Government is ruled bythese fake sadhus.”

Attacking Yogi he said “heis a communal person who hasruined the law and order situ-ation of the State. Today the UPGovernment is run by uncul-tured, uncivilised gang of peo-ple who have no regard for theConstitution.”

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Kolkata: The BJP has onceagain rescheduled PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’sBengal tour. Now the PrimeMinister who was supposed tobegin his Bengal tour onDecember 24 with a rally atKrishnagar, will not start hiscampaign from Siliguri instead.

Modi’s rally at the NorthBengal city will take place onDecember 16, State BJP sourcessaid adding the reschedulinghad been done following arequest from the PrimeMinister’s office. Modi hadexpressed his wishes to start thecampaigns from North Bengal.

The Prime Minister willaddress four mass meetingsduring the course of RathYatras in the State. The pro-posed rallies would be inaddition to the fifth and finalone at the historic BrigadeParade Ground in Kolkatapresumably on January 23.

“The Prime Minister him-self has expressed his willing-ness to address these rallies inthe course of the Yatras,” BengalBJP president Dilip Ghoshearlier said adding the Stateparty was elated and was intouch with the Prime Minister’soffice for the purpose.

The rallies were likely to beheld at Durgapur, Birbhum,Siliguri and most probablyCoochbehar in North Bengal.The State BJP will take outthree Rath (chariot) Yatrasfrom Ganga Sagar, Birbhumand Coochbehar. The threeYatras will commence onDecember 5, 7 and 9 and willbe inaugurated by BJP presi-dent Amit Shah.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday alleged

that the Congress party wastrying to stop him from raising‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ slogan inelection rallies.

Addressing a rally here,Modi said that the Congressparty’s ‘naamdar’ (an allusionto Congress President RahulGandhi) had issued a ‘fatwa’against him to stop him fromsaying ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.

Modi raised the slogansmultiple times before he beganhis speech.

“Who are they (Congress)to stop the youth of this coun-try from hailing Bharat Mata?This is a slogan jawans raisewhile conducting surgicalstrikes (across LoC),” Modisaid.

He claimed that somesenior Congress leaders stoppeople from raising such slo-gans in their meetings andinstead ask people to say ‘SoniaGandhi Ki Jai’.

Rajasthan is due to vote fora new Assembly on December7.

Earlier, addressing an elec-tion rally at Jhunjhunu inRajasthan, Rahul Gandhi saidModi shouts “Bharat Mata KiJai’ in every rally but it sounds‘hollow’ coming from him.

He said Modi did not talkabout issues of farmers, womenand youth — who comprise‘Bharat Mata’ — and onlyraised slogans.

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Amid freezing cold and sepa-ratist sponsored shutdown in

several poll bound areas, theauthorities on Tuesday conduct-ed seventh phase of panchayatpolls in Jammu & Kashmirrecording anoverall poll per-centage of 75. 3 per cent turnout.

According to the ChiefElectoral Officer J&K ShaleenKabra an impressive 84.8 per-cent polling was witnessed inJammu division and 30.3% inKashmir division.

Giving district-wise details,Kabra said that Bandipora wit-nessed 25.2% polling , Kupwara45%, Baramulla 17.8%,Ganderbal 30.9%, Budgam13.1%, Anantnag 15.5%,Ramban 83%, Reasi 86.7%,Samba 85.5%, Jammu 83.7%,Rajouri 84% and Poonch 86.6%.

The polling was held at2714 polling stations across theState including 576 in Kashmirdivision and 2138 in Jammudivision.

At the end of 6 Phases ofPanchayat Polls, an overallvoter turnout of 73.6% wasrecorded across the State, witha poll percentage of 46.1% inthe Kashmir division includingLeh & Kargil and 82.8% in theJammu division for the first 6phases.

Pertinently in phase 6 ofpanchayat polls held onDecember 1, overall poll per-centage of 76.9% was wit-nessed across the State includ-ing 84.6% in Jammu divisionand 17.3% in Kashmir division.In Phase-5 which went to pollson November 29, the Statewitnessed a polling percentageof 71.1% including 33.7% inKashmir division and 85.2% in

Jammu division. In Phase-4,the state witnessed a pollingpercentage of 71.3%, including

82.4% polling was witnessed inJammu division and 32.3% inKashmir division.

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Nagapattinam: More than 1.77lakh people, including 29,000children, are staying in 252 reliefcamps in cyclone-Gaja hit areasof Nagapattinam district, TamilNadu Handlooms Minister OSManian said Tuesday.

Relief works have beentaken up on a war footing inthe district, he said.

“A total of 2.32 lakh treeshad been uprooted in thecyclonic storm and we havecleared 1.99 lakh trees. Of the46,000 electric poles that weredamaged, 28,600 poles havebeen re-erected. Over 440transformers have beenreplaced,” the Minister said.

“About 6,200 personnel ofthe electricity department areworking on power restorationworks,” he said. More than12,000 workers from otherdepartments such as PWD,agriculture, horticulture, localadministration, animal hus-bandry and health departmentswere engaged in relief works inthe district, Manian said.

Rural development minis-ter SP Velumani, senior IASofficers J Radhakrishnan andGagandeep Singh Bedi wereamong those present at thereview meeting.

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Defending Vishwa HinduParishad and Bajrang Dal

in the Bulandshahr violence onMonday, Deputy ChiefMinister Keshav PrasadMaurya said that it would bepremature to name a Hinduoutfit for the fracas before theprobe was completed. “I amdeeply saddened by the inci-dent in Bulandshahr where aninspector and a youth werekilled. The State Governmenthas constituted a SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) whichis probing the matter thread-bare and will submit its find-ings in the next two days.Hence, it will be hasty to holda Hindu outfit responsible forthe incident," said Maurya inLucknow on Tuesday.

“We should wait for the SITfindings and until the probe iscompleted it will not be properto draw conclusions,” he assert-ed. “What happened inBulandshahr was deeply tragicand we are saddened by the inci-dent. The locals should haveshown restraint and the police

should also have been careful indealing with the development.Tragedy has struck the famliesof inspector Subodh KumarSingh and 20-year-old Sumit,who died in the incident. I wantto assure that those responsiblefor the incident will be broughtto justice,” said the DeputyCM.

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The son of the policeinspector killed in mob

violence over alleged cowslaughter in Bulandshahr saidhis father wanted him to be agood citizen who doesn’t pro-voke violence over religion.

“My father has lost his lifein this Hindu-Muslim dis-pute. Whose father is next?"Abhishek Singh said.

Inspector Subodh Singh,who had initially probed the2015 lynching of Dadri resi-

dent Mohammed Akhlaq overrumours about beef con-sumption, and a 20-year-oldman were killed Monday dur-ing an attack on policemen.

The Inspector’s sisteralleged the killing was a “con-spiracy” by the police.

“My brother was killed ina conspiracy by the police ashe was probing a cow slaugh-ter case (the Akhlaq lynchingcase),” Sunita Singh toldreporters Tuesday.

“He should be given amartyr’s status and a memor-

ial should be constructed inhis name in our native place,"she said.

“The cow is our mother, Iaccept that. My brother hasgiven his life for her. The CMused to chant ‘gau, gau, gau’.Why can’t he come for cowprotection?” she said in anemotional outburst againstChief Minister YogiAdityanath.

Abhishek Singh said thelast time his father called heasked about his studies and ifhe had eaten.

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Samajwadi Party leaderAzam Khan on Tuesday

questioned the circumstancesleading to the slaying of inspec-tor Subodh Kumar inBulandshahr on Monday andasserted that if carcasses foundin the vicinity were indeed ofcattle, it must be probed as tohow the remains were broughtthere.

Khan also questioned thecredibility of SpecialInvestigation Team set up bythe State Government to probethe violence in Bulandshahr.

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The new simplified GSTreturn forms will be rolled

out from April 1, 2019,Revenue Secretary AjayBhushan Pandey said onTuesday.

He exuded confidence thatthe Government will achievethe budgeted target for Goodsand Services Tax (GST) col-lection and said the revenuedepartment is getting inputsabout entities which are evad-ing taxes.

In the first eight months(April-November) of the cur-rent fiscal, the government hasmopped up over �7.76 lakhcrore from GST. The 2018-19budget had estimated annualGST collection at �13.48 lakhcrore, which means a month-ly target of �1.12 lakh crore.

“We are short by �4,000crore this month (November).To arrive at any conclusion wehave to have some moremonths’ data. But we are con-fident that we will be able toachieve our target. Our month-ly target is around �1 lakhcrore. This we want to increaseto �1.10 lakh crore,” Pandey

said. GST collection inNovember was �97,637 crore.

Speaking to reporters onthe sidelines of the Directorateof Revenue Intelligence (DRI)Foundation Day, the secretarysaid the refund process is beingfurther streamlined to make itcompletely online and taxpay-er friendly.

When asked about the roll-out of the simplified returnforms, Pandey said, “we are tar-geting from April 1”.

In July, the Central Board

of Indirect Taxes and Customs(CBIC) had put up in publicdomain draft GST return forms‘Sahaj’ and ‘Sugam’ and soughtpublic comments. These formswould replace GSTR-3B (sum-mary sales return form) andGSTR-1 (final sales returnsform).

Pandey further said thenext meeting of the GSTCouncil, chaired by UnionFinance Minister and com-prising state counterparts, willbe held this month.

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The dispute settlement bodyof World Trade

Organisation (WTO) hasagreed to set up a panel toassess if high customs dutiesimposed by the US on certainsteel and aluminium productsinfringes global trade norms,an official said.

India had approachedGeneva-based WTO for settingup of the dispute panel as boththe countries failed to resolve theissue in a bilateral consultationprocess under the dispute set-

tlement mechanism of the WTO.“The dispute settlement

body has agreed to establish apanel to rule whether additionalduties imposed by the US onimports of certain steel and alu-minum products comply withWTO rules,” the official added.

Consultation is the first stepof the dispute settlement processat the WTO. If the two countriesare not able to reach a mutual-ly agreed solution through con-sultation, a country can requestfor a WTO dispute settlementpanel to review the matter.

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Market benchmark indicesbroke their six-session

rising streak on Tuesday as cau-tious investors weighed a hostof factors like depreciatingrupee, rising crude prices andweak global cues.

Besides, a caution ahead ofRBI policy meet outcome anduncertainty over the longevityof recently enforced US-Chinatrade truce impacted marketsentiments.

The BSE Sensex endedlower by 106.69 points, or 0.29per cent, to close at 36,134.31.Similarly, the broader NSENifty edged up by 14.25 points,or 0.13 per cent, to end at10,869.50.

Pharma major Sun Pharmaremaind the worst loser in theSensex pack for the second dayin a row after report that reg-ulator Sebi may reopen theinsider trading case againstthe company.

HDFC twins were theother major laggards in the 30-share index.

The Indian rupee Tuesdayfurthered losses by 19 paise to

70.65 (intra-day) against the USdollar amid strengthening ofthe US dollar and rising crudeprices.

Brent crude, the interna-tional benchmark, was trading2.40 per cent up at $63.17 perbarrel.

Meanwhile, market par-ticipants are keenly awaitingthe Reserve Bank’s bi-month-ly policy meet outcome, to beannounced Wednesday after-noon, which is expected to setthe tone for the markets in thenear term.

Analysts said market trad-ed range-bound with somenegative bias amid cautionahead of RBI policy meetresults and rebound in oilprices.

“Rupee gave up some gainswhile the fall in India’s 10 yearbond yield to 7.5 is giving a signof dovish policy from the RBI,”they added.

Investor sentiment was alsocautious on weak cues fromglobal markets after the eupho-ria over US-China trade settledand uncertainty over negotia-tions between the two countriesresurfaced.

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Ahigh-level panel on Tuesdayrecommended market reg-

ulator Sebi to allow direct list-ing of Indian companies onoverseas bourses and of foreignfirms on Indian exchanges.

Currently, Indian compa-nies can list their sharesthrough depository receiptsabroad, while foreign compa-nies need to go through theIndian Depository Receiptroute for listing of equities.

Moreover, Indian firms canlist their debt securities directlyon international exchangesthrough a security instrumentknown as ‘Masala Bonds’.

In its 26-page report, thecommittee has suggested fordirect listing of Indian companiesoverseas and vice versa. It hasrecommended that the frame-work should allow listing only onspecified stock exchanges in‘Permissible Jurisdictions’.

Permissible Jurisdiction,includes a jurisdiction whichhas treaty obligations to shareinformation and cooperatewith Indian authorities in theevent of any investigation.

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Weeks after public bicker-ing between two top CBI

officials, Finance MinisterArun Jaitley on Tuesday laidout cardinal principles forinvestigative agencies rangingfrom maintaining the utmostlevel of professionalism toremaining faceless and resist-ing the temptation of rushingto media when a probe starts.

He said the Directorate ofRevenue Intelligence (DRI),which is the apex intelligenceand investigative agency formatters relating to violation ofthe Customs Act and smug-gling, should maintain highestintegrity and professional stan-dards and endeavour tobecome a “near perfect organ-isation”.

“If I look at the cross sec-tion of various investigativeagencies, including the policewhich is the basic investigativeagency with largest network inthe country, it goes to thecredit of DRI that by and largeit has remained free from anycollateral controversies,” hesaid.

DRI has concentrated in itscore area of competence anddeveloping expertise in areawhere it is primarily supposedto check the economic harmbeing done to the country and

national security, he added. Speaking at the 61st foun-

dation day of DRI, the minis-ter laid out “few cardinal prin-ciples” which every investiga-tive agency should follow toachieve the utmost level ofperfection.

These principles includethe need for investigative agen-cies to maintain utmost level ofprofessionalism and be guidedby one sole purpose, which isdetection of crime.

The investigating officers,Jaitley said, have to make surethat no innocent is harmed orharassed, but at the same timethey have to ensure that noguilty gets away.

“They have to resist thetemptation of making a lot ofsong and dance when the ini-tial investigation starts andthen rushing to the media.They must, as professionals,concentrate on strengtheningthe investigative processes andevidence,” he said.

“The lesser it is in mediacontroversy or news, the betterit is for them. No news is goodnews as far as investigativeagencies are concerned.Therefore, tom-toming suc-cesses (of initial probe) andthen the cases not being estab-lished do not add to the statureof the investigative agencies,”the Minister said.

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Petrol and diesel may soonagain become cheaper in

Delhi as compared to adjoiningcities of Uttar Pradesh as advalorem duty structure hastranslated into a bigger reduc-tion in daily prices in thenational capital.

While petrol and dieseltraditionally have been cheap-er in Delhi than most States inthe country, due to lower localsales tax or VAT, the October5 cut in the VAT by BJP-ruledStates led to fuel being availableat cheaper rates in places suchas Ghaziabad and Noida - theUP towns that adjoin thenational capital.

However, the differencethat had peaked to over �3 perlitre in case of petrol and about�2.3 in diesel on October 5, hasnow come down to just 44-57paisa in petrol and about �1 indiesel, an analysis of the dailyprice revision notificationissued by State-owned oil firmsshowed.

Petrol prices in Delhi onTuesday stood at �71.72 a litreas compared to �71.15 inGhaziabad and �71.28 inNoida. A litre of diesel in thenational capital is priced at�66.39 as opposed to �65.31 inGhaziabad and �65.44 inNoida.

Industry sources said thegap will extinguish in the nextfew days if the falling trend

continues. Fuel in Delhi may bynext week turn cheaper in thenational capital when com-pared with adjoining towns,they said.

While the slump in inter-national oil prices has led to analmost equal reduction in baseprice of petrol and diesel acrossthe country, the actual cut inrates differs from State to Statedepending on local VAT.

Retail pump price is cal-culated after adding centralexcise duty, dealers commissionand VAT to the base price.While excise duty is fixed at�17.98 per litre in case ofpetrol and �13.83 a litre indiesel and do not change withany variation in base price, theincidence of VAT in most stateschanges as the levy is ad val-orem or a percentage of thetotal of the base price plus cen-tral excise duty.

According to price notifi-cations, Delhi levies a VAT of27 per cent on petrol. The sameon diesel is 16.75 per cent plus�250 per kl air ambiencecharge.

VAT on petrol in UttarPradesh is 23.78 per cent or�14.41 a litre, whichever ishigher. In case of diesel, VAT is14.05 per cent or �8.43 a litre,whichever is higher.

Sources said when rates arefalling, VAT in Uttar Pradesh islevied on fixed per litre termbecause that is higher than advalorem rate. And so the reduc-

tions in the States have beensmaller when compared withDelhi.

The Union Governmenton October 4, slashed thepetrol and diesel price by �2.50by reducing excise duty andasking State-owned oil firms tobear subsidy. This was matchedby several States which reducedlocal sales tax or VAT.

BJP-ruled UP too followedsuit. Prior to the cut, it levied26.80 per cent or �16.74 alitre, whichever is higher asVAT on petrol and 17.48 percent or �9.41 a litre on diesel.

Since Haryana too cut VAT,petrol in Gurugram costs�70.51 a lire and diesel �65.51Tuesday.Petrol price has beencut by �11.11 per litre anddiesel by �9.3 in Delhi in thepast six weeks in step with thereduction in international oilrates.

Rates have been on thedecline since October 18. Thishas wiped off all of the pricehike on petrol and diesel in twomonths beginning August 16.

Petrol price had touched arecord high of �84 per litre inDelhi and �91.34 in Mumbaion October 4. Diesel on thatday had peaked to an all-timehigh of �75.45 a litre in Delhiand �80.10 in Mumbai.

Prices had started to climbfrom August 16. Petrol in Delhiwas priced at �77.14 per litreand in Mumbai, it cost � 84.58on August 15.

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The Gems andJ e w e l l e r y

Export PromotionCouncil (GJEPC)on Tuesday said itwas struggling toretain the creditlimit for theindustry.

The gems andjewellery sector has alreadyseen a credit squeeze afterbanks imposed extra caution-ary measures in the aftermathof the $2-billion PNB fraudcase.

“We will be happy if thecurrent total credit limit for thesector is retained at about�60,000 crore for 2019-20 giventhe circumstances,” GJEPCexecutive director SabyasachiRay said.

“GJEPC is urging to offerthe credit in dollar terms as atleast 80 per cent of our creditis used to import diamond andgold meant for exports,” hesaid.

Ray said the industry wasalso facing credit crunch withthe banking system not dis-bursing the ‘standby credit’,despite the sector losing 10-15per cent of its limit due todepreciation of the rupee.

In the last six months, theIndian currency has depreci-ated by 15 per cent, he said.

“The sector wants that col-lateral demand from banksshould be restricted at about 30per cent and not beyond,” Raysaid, adding, the council has ascheduled meeting with financeministry officials next week.

The gems and jewellerysector has witnessed a dip inexports, with April-Octobershipments contracting by 4.35per cent in dollar terms, hesaid.

Ray, however, expects thatthe Christmas season willimprove trade, led by theUnited States.

The US is the largest mar-ket for diamonds from India,GJEPC chairman P K Agarwalsaid. It accounted for 19-20 percent of total industry exports ofaround $33 billion in 2017-18.

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The telecom industry woesaccording to ICRA is

expected to persist amidintense competition and pric-ing pressures. A recovery,backed by restoration of pric-ing power with the telcos, is stillnot in sight.

The recovery, which wasanticipated on the back of aconsolidated industry struc-ture and data usage withgreater price-inelasticity, hasbeen prolonged. To add tothese, the recent rupee depre-ciation and increase in dieselprices would hurt the industryfurther.

The sector has been goingthrough a phase of turbulenceduring the last few years, withintense competition and pric-ing pressures leading to adecline in revenues and prof-itability.

Consistent downward revi-sion in prices has resulted inone of the steepest falls in theindustry average revenue peruser (ARPU) levels with theestimated blended ARPUfalling from �169 in Q1FY2017 to �116 in Q1 FY2019– with the industry adjustedgross revenue (AGR) fallingfrom �44,570 crore to �25,580crore in the same period.

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Iran’s President HassanRouhani struck a defiant

stance against US sanctions onTuesday, renewing his threat tocut off international oil salesfrom the Gulf.

“America should know... itis not capable of preventing theexport of Iran’s oil,” Rouhanisaid at a televised rally inSemnan province.

“If it ever tries to do so... nooil will be exported from thePersian Gulf,” he added.

Since the 1980s, Iran hassaid repeatedly it would block-ade the Gulf in response tointernational pressure but hasnever carried out the threat.

Washington has reimposedsanctions, including an oilembargo, since withdrawingfrom a landmark 2015 nucleardeal between Tehran and majorpowers in May.

It has vowed to reduceIran’s oil sales to zero, but hasgranted temporary waivers toeight countries.

Rouhani last threatened toclose the Gulf in July when hewarned the US “should not playwith the lion’s tail.” The presi-dent downplayed the econom-ic impact of sanctions, accus-ing the media of exaggeratingthe country’s problems.

“No hyperinflation, nomassive unemployment willthreaten us. People should stopsaying such things in thepapers,” he told the crowd.

The latest inflation report

from Iran’s central bank saysfood prices rose 56 percentyear-on-year in October.

Rouhani acknowledgedthere were “some problems”,but said these would beaddressed in the new budgetplan to be presented onDecember 16.

He said the governmentwould maintain subsidies onessential goods and increasepublic sector wages and pen-sions by 20 per cent.

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The French Government’sdecision to suspend fuel tax

and utility hikes on Tuesday didlittle to appease protesters, whocalled it a “first step” and vowedto fight on after large-scalerioting in Paris last weekend.

In a major U-turn for thegovernment, Prime MinisterEdouard Philippe announcedin a live televised address thatthe planned increases, whichwere set to be introduced inJanuary, were now being post-poned until the summer.

The backpedalingappeared to be designed tocalm the nation, coming threedays after the worst unrest onthe streets of Paris in decades.

“No tax is worth puttingthe nation’s unity in danger,”

said Philippe, just three weeksafter insisting that the govern-ment wouldn’t change courseand remained determined tohelp wean French consumersoff polluting fossils fuels.

Protesters wearing theirsignature fluorescent yellowvests kept blocking several fueldepots Tuesday and manyinsisted their fight wasn’t over.

“It’s a first step, but we willnot settle for a crumb,”Benjamin Cauchy, a protestleader.

More than 100 people wereinjured in the French capitaland 412 arrested over the week-end in Paris, with dozens ofcars torched. Shops were loot-ed and cars torched in plushneighborhoods around thefamed Champs-ElyseesAvenue.

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The world needs a “realitycheck” on the threat posed

by climate change, NASA astro-naut Mae Jemison said Tuesdayat a UN summit to chartmankind’s path away fromrunaway global warming.

Jemison, the first African-American woman in space,brought a little galactic per-spective to the COP24 talks inPoland, calling on delegatesfrom nearly 200 countries totackle “the most difficult prob-lem we’ve ever faced.”

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British Prime MinisterTheresa May on Tuesday

prepared to open a debate inthe House of Commons on herBrexit deal, setting the stage fora showdown with MPs acrossparty lines opposed to the pro-posals on offer.

The marathon debate is setto last five days before a crunchvote on the WithdrawalAgreement struck with theEuropean Union on December11. An embattled May hasbeen combatting pressure fromdifferent sides of the House,including the Northern IrishDemocratic Unionist Party(DUP) which props up herConservative Party govern-ment by providing crucial 10MPs for a majority in theCommons. The deal negotiat-ed by her and the EU has to bebacked by a majority of MPs ifit is to come into force.

While the prospects of itpassing through Parliamentremain in doubt, the govern-ment faced a rare a contempt-of-Parliament challenge over itsdecision not to release the fulllegal advice on the Brexit deal.

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Embattled MahindaRajapaksa on Tuesday filed

an appeal in Sri Lanka’sSupreme Court against a courtorder that barred him from act-ing as Prime Minister.

The Court of Appeal in aninterim order Monday tempo-rary halted Rajapaksa and hisCabinet from functioning intheir positions in response to acase filed by 122 legislatorsagainst his disputed govern-ment. The court set the hear-ing of the case for December 12and 13.

MP Gamini Lokuge saidthe appeal was filed in theSupreme Court against the

interim order issued by theCourt of Appeal, Daily Mirrorreported.

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In a strong message toPakistan, US Defence

Secretary Jim Mattis has said itis time for “every responsiblenation” to support the efforts ofthe UN, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and all thosewho are trying to maintainpeace in South Asia.

Pakistan must take on asubstantive role in peace talkswith the Taliban if the war inneighbouring Afghanistan is tobe ended, he said.

Mattis was responding to aquestion from reporters abouta letter written by PresidentDonald Trump to PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan.

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The humanitarian crisis inYemen, already the world’s

worst, will deteriorate in 2019,the UN said on Tuesday, warn-ing that the number of peopleneeding food aid is set to jumpby four million.

The grim forecast for theembattled country came as theUnited Nations humanitarianoffice OCHA released its pro-jected needs assessments fornext year.

“The country with thebiggest problem in 2019 isgoing to be Yemen,” OCHA chief MarkLowcock told reporters inGeneva.

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Luka Modric saw off competitionfrom a host of French World Cupstars as the Real Madrid and Croatia

midfielder won the 2018 Ballon d'Or onMonday, ending the 10-year strangleholdon the award by Cristiano Ronaldo andLionel Messi.

Modric, 33, was announced as thewinner of the prestigious prize in a glitzyceremony held in Paris. Ronaldo was sec-ond, with France and Atletico Madridstriker Antoine Griezmann completingthe podium.

Paris Saint-Germain's teenage for-ward Kylian Mbappe came fourth, leav-ing Messi to settle for fifth position.Another Frenchman, Modric's Madridteammate Raphael Varane, was sev-enth, just behind Liverpool's Egyptianforward Mohamed Salah.

"As a kid we all have dreams. Mydream was to play for a big club and winimportant trophies," Modric said.

"The Ballon d'Or was more than justa dream for me and it is really an hon-our and a privilege to hold this trophy."Mbappe, who does not turn 20 until laterthis month, picked up the consolationprize of the Kopa Trophy for the bestyoung player.

The gala ceremony also saw awomen's Ballon d'Or named for the firsttime, with Lyon's prolific Norwegianstriker Ada Hegerberg taking that award.Modric — the oldest winner since Italy'sFabio Cannavaro, also 33, in 2006 — wascrowned after an outstanding year inwhich he starred in the Real side thatretained the Champions League beforeheroically helping drag his country to thefinal of the World Cup for the first timein their history.

The prize comes after Modricclaimed the Golden Ball for the best play-er at the World Cup before picking upUEFA's prize for player of the season andFIFA's best player award in September.

Ronaldo and Messi were among 30nominees for the Ballon d'Or, organisedby France Football magazine and whichtakes votes from 180 journalists fromaround the world.

The Portuguese star played withModric in the Madrid side that won theChampions League before moving toJuventus in a typically prolific year, whileMessi has again been outstanding withBarcelona.

The pair had won the prize fivetimes each in the last decade but bothare now in their 30s and neither stampedtheir authority on the World Cup. Messi

finishes outside the top three in the vot-ing for the first time since 2006.

The World Cup was always likely toplay a key role, and France had hopedto see one of their stars take the awardon home soil.

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Ballon d'Or came in 1998, whenZinedine Zidane was rewarded for star-ring as Les Bleus won that year's WorldCup. But perhaps the lack of a singlestandout French candidate cleared thepath for Modric — Hugo Lloris, Paul

Pogba and N'Golo Kante had also beenin the running, as had TottenhamHotspur and England striker HarryKane, the World Cup's top scorer.

"I won the Europa League and theWorld Cup, so it's been a great year, butit is true that it was a little bit disap-pointing after I was told what the podi-um was," said Griezmann.

Modric has won 14 trophies sincejoining Real in 2012, including fourChampions Leagues. He could add tothat as Real take part in the Club WorldCup later this month.

Hegerberg, 23, won the women'sprize after starring for French side Lyonas they successfully defended theChampions League title and won a 12thconsecutive French title.

"I want to say thanks to my team-mates because this would not havebeen possible without them, my coachor our president Jean-Michel Aulas," Adasaid. "I also want to thank FranceFootball. This is a huge step for women'sfootball."

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Inter Milan's Argentina striker Mauro Icardi won theSerie A Footballer of the Year award at the Gran Gala

del Calcio ceremony in Milan on Monday night.The 25-year-old becomes the first player outside

Juventus to win the Italian Players' Association award,voted for by his peers, since Zlatan Ibrahimovic with ACMilan in 2011.

Icardi was joint top scorer with Lazio's CiroImmobile in Serie A last season with 29 goals.

The Argentine also won the best goal award for hisspectacular backheel during a four-goal haul againstSampdoria last March.

Icardi disagreed with the choice, insisting his "one(goal) at AC Milan was more beautiful".

Juventus were voted top team with MassimilianoAllegri winning coach of the year after the Turin sidewon a league and Cup double for the fourth consecu-tive year.

"It's a group of great men, with a great club behindus," said Allegri, who has won the award four times.

"I'm fortunate to have worked with so many mar-vellous players and tonight I see the maestro Andrea Pirlotoo." Allegri's side are on track for an eighth straight SerieA title, with Allegri hailing the impact of five-time Ballond'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo who arrived last sum-mer.

"Ronaldo has brought professionalism, competi-tiveness and is a humble guy," said Allegri.

Fiorentina's Italian international defender AliaGuagni won the Serie A women's Player of the Yearaward.

Roma legend Francesco Totti and former AC Milanand Juventus great Pirlo both received LifetimeAchievement Awards.

Meanwhile, Gianluca Rocchi won the award for thebest referee 24 hours after being whistled off the pitchat the Stadio Olimpico over his decision not to awardRoma a penalty in a 2-2 draw against Inter Milan.

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Jose Mourinho needs to liftManchester United's morale

quickly as a deflating run of per-formances threatens to throwtheir season off track completelybut he faces a daunting taskagainst a revitalised Arsenal.

Mourinho's team have notlooked themselves at Old Traffordfor much of the season, with theirpast two matchesproducing aninsipid goallessdraw against CrystalPalace and anunconvincing late ChampionsLeague victory over Swiss sideYoung Boys.

On their travels, they hadlooked as if they were getting backto form as October turned toNovember, with the side produc-ing fine displays in drawing atChelsea and beating Juventus.

Yet perhaps those perfor-mances were just papering over thecracks. United recovered from atwo-goal deficit to draw atSouthampton on Saturday andRomelu Lukaku scored his firstclub goal since September 15 butthere was much to be alarmedabout.

Mourinho claimed his players,with the exception of MarcusRashford, were meek, lacking thespirit of what he called "maddogs".

According to Duncan Castles,a British journalist with close

links to Mourinho'sagent Jorge Mendes,the United managercompared midfielder

Paul Pogba to "a virus" afteranother poor performance atSouthampton, saying the Franceinternational lacked respect forboth his teammates and fans.

The manager's frustra-tion at not being able to signa top-class centre-back hasbeen raked over repeatedlybut his defensive team selec-tion at Southampton baffledeven his most loyal sup-porters.

With Chris Smalling and EricBailly unfit, Mourinho elected toplay two midfielders — ScottMcTominay and Nemanja Matic— in a three-man central defenceagainst a team that had not wonat home all season. It did not work.

Failure to win on the southcoast further damaged United'schances of finishing in the top four— the ticket to Champions Leaguequalification — and Mourinho

himself appears to believethat is now a long shotwith his team lagging eightpoints behind fourth-placed Arsenal.

Asked by Braziliantelevision what his aims

were for the remainder of the sea-son, he said: "Try to win as manypoints as possible and try (toachieve) almost the miracle of fin-ishing fourth.

Arsenal, like United, spent rel-atively little in the close-season,bringing in Bernd Leno, SokratisPapastathopoulos, Lucas Torreiraand Matteo Guendouzi for rela-tively modest sums, yet look revi-talised under Unai Emery's man-

agement.They have gone 19 games

unbeaten in all competitions sincelosing their first two matches of theseason, and are playing a thrillingbrand of aggressive, high-pressingfootball.

According to Uruguay mid-fielder Torreira, the manager'swords are making as much of animpact as his actions — as evi-denced by his half-time team talkon Sunday before the Gunnersrecovered to beat Tottenham 4-2.

"He told us to be calm,"Torreira said. "We listened to themanager and we improved manythings. That worked for us to getthe victory."

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Arkadiusz Milik came off thebench to snatch a late 2-1 win

for Napoli over Atalanta onMonday that consolidated secondplace in Serie A and reduced thegap on leaders Juventus toeight points.

Polish forward Milikscored the winner five min-utes from time shortly aftercoming on after Fabian Ruizhad put the visitors aheadjust two minutes into theclash in Bergamo and for-mer Napoli man Duvan Zapata hadpulled Atalanta level 11 minutesafter the break.

Napoli close the gap onJuventus, who pulled 11 pointsclear with a 3-0 win at Fiorentinaon Saturday.

"It's a very, very important goalfor all of us," said Napoli coachAncelotti.

"Milik went through a difficultperiod because he didn't play con-sistently, but he remained moti-vated and focused, so deservesthis."

Ancelotti's side came out fir-ing on all cylinders after their titlehopes took a serious hit with a

goalless draw against bot-tom club Chievo last week-end.

The coach stuck withthe same starting line-upthat beat Red Star Belgrade3-1 in the ChampionsLeague midweek.

Captain Marek Hamsikstarted the move that led to theopener with just a minute on theclock, passing to Lorenzo Insignewho crossed for Spaniard Ruiz totap in his third goal since joiningNapoli from Real Betis.

Insigne was ruled offside earlyas his volley rattled the bar with alob shortly after the Italian inter-national forward shot wide as he

slipped.Zapata tested Napoli goal-

keeper David Ospina in the firsthalf with defender Raul Albiol alsoclearing off the Colombian afterthe break.

But the former Napoli forwardbroke though on 56 minutes whenHans Hateboer headed the balldown and he blasted in from closerange.

Milik came on for DriesMertens after 81 minutes and fourminutes later picked up a MarioRui cross to fire in the winner forhis fifth goal this season.

And the Polish striker said thewin gaves his side confidenceahead of next week's decisiveChampions League clash againstLiverpool at Anfield.

"Before the ChampionsLeague, we have another toughSerie A game against Frosinone. Ofcourse we want to beat Liverpool,we know it won't be easy, but webelieve in ourselves," said Milik.

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Pep Guardiola is confident thatwinger Leroy Sane will sign a

new long-term deal with ManchesterCity despite delays in ongoing con-tract negotiations between the twoparties.

The 22-year-old has recoveredwell from the disappointment of asummer in which he was not select-ed in Germany's World Cup squadand then returned to England to dis-cover he had lost his starting placeunder Guardiola.

Sane has still only started sevenof City's 14 league games this seasonbut four goals in his past fivePremier League games suggests heis rediscovering his impressive formof the past two seasons.

And even though Sane is yet tojoin a list of senior stars such asSergio Aguero, David Silva, KevinDe Bruyne, Raheem Sterling,Ederson, Gabriel Jesus and NicolasOtamendi in signing new long-term contracts with the club,Guardiola is convinced that will hap-pen.

"I don't have any info about theclub, about being in trouble withLeroy," said the City manager, whoseside travel to Watford on Tuesday.

"The last info I had was that it'sgoing well but the process is not oneday — Raheem Sterling it was notone day. Except Kevin De Bruyne,it was in one or two days done, theother ones sometimes take longerbut hopefully he can stay here formany, many years." Sane's task atCity this season has been further

complicated by the summer club-record signing of $76 millionLeicester winger Riyad Mahrez.

The pair have been effectivelyengaged in a straight fight for thewide left position in Guardiola'sattack, with Mahrez having madeone less start than Sane but havingbeen involved in one more leaguegame when substitute appearancesare factored in.

Pep has not ruled De Bruyne,who has played just 81 minutes ofleague football this season due to twoknee injuries, out of the weekendvisit to Chelsea. "He's started train-ing. It's day by day," he said.

"This kind of situation, if theplayer himself decides it feels good,he will train with the team. We willsee."

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Spanish international CesarAzpilicueta, one of the longest-

serving players at Chelsea, signed anew four-year contract on Tuesdaywhich if he sees it out will take himto 10 years with the Premier Leagueclub.

The 29-year-old defender —who joined the Blues in 2012 fromFrench outfit Marseille and has wonthe Premier League title twice as wellas captained them this season in the

league — says his desire to fight forthe club is stronger than ever.

Azpilicueta, who is two appear-ances short of 300 for the club, hasbeen a pivotal player in the brightstart to the Maurizio Sarri reignwhich sees them lying in third spot.

"Delighted to be a blue until2022," the 25-times capped Spaniardsaid on his Twitter account.

"Since I arrived in 2012, mydesire has been always to give my bestand fight for this club, and now morethan ever, I feel the responsibility tobring more success to this family."

Azpilicueta's previous deal wasdue to expire in 2020 after he signeda three-and-a-half-year contractextension in 2016.

Club director Maria Granovskaiasaid Azpilicueta's new contract wasreward not only for his loyalty butalso his consistently high-level dis-plays.

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�������The Strathclyde Business

School, Glasgow, is invitingapplications for MSc FinancialTechnology course starting inSeptember 2019. The course is12 months full-time, with twosemesters of classes followed byprojects during the summer.

Financial Technology(FinTech) is the future. It com-bines the theory and knowl-edge behind capital marketswith the technology thatmakes financial transactionsmore efficient. The courseteaches the big data techniques,computer programing and ana-lytics that banks and insurancecompanies prize.

The MSc FinTech is joint-ly provided by the top rankeddepartments of Accounting,Finance and ManagementScience.

Students will gain a com-prehensive skill set using ablended learning approach thatcombines theory, intensivepractice and engagement withFinTech start-ups.

Eligibility: An honoursdegree, or equivalent, inaccounting, economics, busi-ness studies or a subject areawith a strong quantitative bias.The programme requires noprior knowledge of finance.IELTS (Academic): 6.5 overall(no individual band less than5.5)

Fee: The fee for overseasstudents is £21150 for 2019/20.For more information email [email protected] log on tohttps://www.strath.ac.uk/cours-es/postgraduatetaught/finan-cialtechnology/

�����The NIIT University (NU),

a not-for-profit, announcesearly admissions for its BTechprogrammes in ComputerScience Engineering;Electronics andCommunication Engineeringand Biotechnology along withfour-year Integrated MBA andfive-year Integrated MTechprogrammes.

Integrated MBA pro-gramme offers specialisation inMarketing & MarketingAnalytics, Family Business andEntrepreneurship, Finance,Banking & Fintech, BusinessAnalytics, Communication &Media Studies, and Digital &Social Media Marketing.

Students applying for earlyadmissions will get a provision-al admission to the programmeof their choice, even beforetheir Class XII exam. They willalso get an opportunity toexperience campus life at NUbefore joining the universitythrough Camp Future – aunique two-day programmeat NIIT University for Class XIIStudents to experience the uni-versity life.

Selection process:Admissions are processedthrough a unique AdmissionInteraction Process (AIP).AIP consists of three parts—questionnaire, a test basedon Class XII subjects andPersonal Counsell ingInteraction (PCI). The PCIbetween the applicants andtheir parents/ guardians withdesignated officials from NUis an important prerequisite.AIP can be scheduled as perthe student’s preferred time,online or at any nearest AIPlocation.

Scholarship: To encourageand support meritorious can-didates, NU has implementedvery distinctive merit scholar-ship programme — NUScholar Search Programme.Merit scholarships are availableon first-come-first-servedbasis.

Deadline: The last date toapply for round one of earlyadmissions is December 22,2018. Students can apply onlineat www.niituniversity.in.

The annual South Zone InterUniversity Women’s

Badminton began at VelloreInstitute of Technology havebegun. Kondi Mani, Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Togo,inaugurated the tournamentthat will be held over five days.CA Bhavani Devi, winner ofthe Gold Medal for fencing atthe Commonwealth Games,was the guest of honour.

More than 400 playersfrom 82 universities from allover South India are takingpart in the tournament.

Speaking on the occa-sion, Mani said that the twocountries had great ties witheach other and wished stu-dents to perform to the best oftheir abilities and earn laurelsfor their excellent perfor-mance.

Bhavani Devi, who wonthe Gold in Fencing at theCommonwealth Games heldin Sydney, hoisted the tourna-ment flag and said thatwomen athletes were beinglaurels to the country, whenonce upon a time, they wereonly looked at as being deco-rative objects. For women totake part in sports and gamesand to excel, it required the

support of the family andsociety. She said that it wasimportant for women ath-letes to possess a burningdesire to excel and win inwhichever sports they take up.Bhavani Devi said that athletescould win only if they practicevery hard every day andadded that she was an exam-ple. “The Government hadmade arrangements for fundsand has also created the nec-essary sports infrastructureand young athletes shouldmake proper use of thesefacilities, practice well and winin tournaments,” she said.

S Narayanan, Pro Vice-Chancellor, hoisted the tour-nament flag and formallydeclared open the tourna-ment. He also handed overmementoes to the guests whotook part in the inauguralfunction. The first four teamsin the South Zone InterUniversity Tournament will betaking part in the All IndiaWomen's BadmintonTournament, to be held at VITfrom December 10, 2018.

Sixteen teams fromNorth, East, West and Southwill be competing in the four-day tournament.

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Following the success of Hindi Word of theYear in 2017 which declared Aadhaar the

word of the Year, Oxford Dictionaries is nowcalling on Hindi speakers from across thecountry to help choose a Hindi Word of theYear for 2018. The 2018 Word of the Year willbe announced in January 2019 at the JaipurLiterary Festival.

It will be a word or expression that hasattracted a great deal of interest over the last12 months. The chosen word should reflectthe ethos, mood, or preoccupations of theyear. It is not necessarily a new word, butshould be one that is strongly linked some-how to 2018.

Following the public suggestions, theWord of the Year will be chosen by the HindiDictionaries team at Oxford UniversityPress along with an advisory panel of lan-guage experts who each bring a unique per-spective.

The panel includes Ashok KumarSharma, Hindi Language Champion, advi-sor, Public Relation Society of India; KritikaAgrawal, Hindi Language Champion, lawyer(Oxford), polyglot, and Indian languageexpert; Namita Gokhale, writer, publisherand festival director; Randhir Thakur, asso-ciate commissioning editor, Hindi, OxfordUniversity Press India and many others.

How to apply: People are invited to sub-mit suggestions on the Hindi LivingDictionaries website at https://hi.oxforddic-tionaries.com/hindi-word-of-the-year.

Deadline: The last date to apply isDecember 9, 2018.

Sports in India is one of the fastestgrowing sectors thanks to thecommercial growth of sports

sector in our country. The commer-cial part of it has opened floodgatesfor various skilled professionalsincluding the growth of professionalsports management companies, eventorganisers, sports and physical edu-cation curriculum providers, andnonprofessional sports teams andleagues in India.

According to reports, India con-tributes a mere 0.35% of the $700 bil-lion global sports industry. However,with the increase of professionalcourses in India, the numbers are seento improve. India is now investing inmillion dollar deals and is organisingevents worth crores.

Considering the fact that mostsports enterprises are driving towardsthe data driven model where theystudy the game and players on thebasis of the data analytics available,shows the huge opportunity that pro-fessionals have today.

While many people dream ofrepresenting their country at nation-al and international tournaments,playing a sport is not the only part ofit. People who have the exquisiteknowledge and understanding of thegame are much needed in the market.This can be done by gaining theknowledge of the same at the educa-tional level.

A proper course in sports man-agement helps a student analyse theintricacies of every aspect of a sport,

starting from the rules of the game tothe rules of the business.

.�'����������� �����LApart from the packages and

excitement that sports managementoffers, there is a whole array ofopportunities that it opens up for anindividual. �Widens career opportunities fora person: The profession offershandsome packages as and when youbecome expert in this domain. Indiais a country which is crazy about itssports and teams, and hence this isone field which can never go intodepression. �Converts your sports passioninto a career choice:

Someone who is passionateabout sports but could not manageto be part of any team or leagues, stillgets an option to work closely withthe game. �Gain skills relevant to the busi-ness world: Ones love for sports cannever go in vain. No matter whicharea of sports management oneworks in, they have great opportu-nities to build their network, improvetheir communication skills, build aportfolio of their professional workand be of huge demand in theindustry.

In order to choose this field, oneneeds to do a bachelors degree insports management and/or pursuean MBA degree/ Masters in SportsManagement. Post this, there are var-ious job opportunities to choose

from. Some of the interesting jobs tochoose from are listed below:

�������� �����������A sports marketing specialist is

responsible for handling the market-ing/ public relations for a particularevent/ game/ brand. They areresponsible for deciding on the tac-tics of the game, coordinating activ-ities for the event, planning thepromotions for the event and every-thing from media partners to spon-sorship partners.

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for negotiating the contracts andproduct endorsement deals.Successful sports agents are bestnegotiators and are best at network-ing to find the best deals for theirclients. Apart from being on theirtoes, they have the perfect knowledgeand expertise in marketing, financeand legal sectors. An MBA degreecomes a lot handy because it preparesthe students for this.

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responsible for being the channelbetween the teams and the media.They are responsible for creating thepress releases and maintaining rela-tions with the media on behalf of thecompany. They also organize pressconferences for the players and thecoaches. They are also responsiblefor ensuring that the company has a

positive light in the minds of people.The entire content that goes out inthe media is handled by the sportsinformation director.

����������� ��A degree in Sports Management

gives you a podium to become a tal-ent manager. Let’s tell you the funpart: You will be able to get your fairshare of tickets for sporting events.A lot of the job will involve the per-son making sure that the players areselected and trained and hence oneneeds to keep his ears and eyesalways open on the ground. Talentmanager generally spends a lot oftime at sporting events, not onlykeeping an eye on their currentclient, but scouting for others.

�������A person with a degree in Sports

Management, can become a lectur-er. Apart from imparting the knowl-edge about every sport and its prac-tices, they can teach about the legaland ethical part of sports manage-ment. It is really an interesting pro-fession for a person who is interest-ed in being a lecturer and also is pas-sionate about sports.

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The Institute of CompanySecretaries of India (ICSI) has

signed an MoU with LovelyProfessional University (LPU),Jalandhar, for mutual cooperation —recognition to Company Secretaryqualification as equivalent to PGdegree for admission to PhD inManagement or Commerce or Lawon November 28, 2018 at Jalandhar.

Under this partnership, the ICSI

will conduct specialised training pro-grammes at the university for the fac-ulty, research scholars and students inareas of mutual interest. The univer-sity will nominate ICSI members foracademic Board/syllabus reviewBoard of colleges/university. Exchangeof faculty members will allow sharingof expertise for training programmesor workshops organised by ICSI.

Joint organise workshops, semi-nars, continuing education and train-ing programmes like training of

trainers (ToT) for professionals, cor-porate executives and faculty mem-bers, research scholars and studentsof LPU will be organised as well. TheICSI and university will work jointlyfor teacher congruence by organisingspecialised programmes together.

Moreover, regularly an exchangejournals published by the partieswill also get featured in each other’spublications. There will be exchangeof course materials, case studies,research publications and other aca-

demic and research inputs. With theJoint Meeting of CurriculumDevelopment Committees, both willalso extend help and co-operation indeveloping each other’s academiccurriculum and education pro-grammes.

The ICSI and the university willalso undertake joint research projectsand will reciprocate participation intheir National and International con-ferences.

The university will be providingan exemption in university subjectsfor the students of ICSI in topics suchas Corporate Governance. The ICSImay also assist LPU in devising up aGovernance Code for the university.

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The EuroSchool, a network of K-12 schools, has announced the

launch of its new campus in Pune —EuroSchool West Campus in Wakad.This will be the third school in Puneand the 11th across the country.

EuroSchool’s unique engage-ment programmes focus on buildinglateral and critical thinking, creativ-ity, logical reasoning and essential lifeskills that help in holistic develop-ment and building 21st-century cit-izens.

The campus will follow the cur-riculum in accordance with the

ICSE Board, providing the best inclass learning for students fromJunior KG to Class X. The new cam-pus has been envisioned in a 2.25acre plot with state-of-the-art edu-cational and co-curricular facilities.The well-equipped campus will con-sist of a football field, swimmingpool, skating rink, squash court, 300-seater auditorium, indoor sportsarena and fully functional labs as wellas activity rooms for dance, musicand art, to provide a holistic learn-ing experience for students.

The campus aims to provide anenvironment that stimulates, inspiresand promotes learning with class-

rooms that feature the latest audio-visual systems for tech enabled cur-riculum delivery.

The seating arrangements areergonomically planned to promotegood posture and comfort for stu-dents. EuroSchool has been recog-nised as India’s first certified safeschool network and thus safety andwellness of the students is of top pri-ority.

The campus will also look intothe wellness of its students byemploying the Student Bag Weightloss programme, which mandatesthat children carry school bagsweighing only 10 per cent of their

body weight.“Our new school marks a signif-

icant milestone and reinstates ourposition as a leading educationalbrand in India. We have a proventrack record of adopting best prac-tices and innovative learningmethodology for Delivering the Joyof Learning. Through our philoso-phy of Discover Yourself, we encour-age children to recognise their latenttalent, certain areas of interest andhone individual skills so that theydiscover varied facets of their person-ality,” said Prajodh Rajan, co-founderand group CEO, EuroKidsInternational.

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institutional capacity to meet the demandof current industry. To this end the qual-ity of education and compliances aresupervised by the Ministry of HumanResources Development through its reg-ulatory body-UGC. Apart from this AllIndia Council for Technical Educationand National Assessment andAccreditation Council has played amajor role in enriching the quality of edu-cation. Under privatisation of higher edu-cation a number of institutes have grownrapidly in last three decades. Some ofthem have shown excellence in provid-ing quality education and developing rel-evant skills, however many of them havebecome centre for selling degrees. Suchinstitutions are more in professionalcourses like Engineering, Pharmacy,Education and Management. This hasreflected in employment statistics,according to McKinsey almost 75% ofIndian engineering graduates are notemployable and the reason is substandardeducation which is outdated and irrele-vant, not meeting the current demand ofthe industry. This has led higher educa-tion governing bodies to bring in radi-cal reforms.

Students look for better optionsrather than taking admission in sub-standard institutes. For last two decadesmany students have preferred westernuniversities. The various reasons are easeof admission, high quality education andimmigration. However, for last five years,the west is going through a number ofissues. Their economic and politicalscenarios are in trouble. Their own cit-izens are unemployed due to lack of jobopportunities. Industries in the UK andthe US are not creating enough jobs fortheir locals. This has made theirGovernments to enforce stringent visarules for foreigners to work in their owncountries. Such initiatives by theirGovernment have put Indian students introuble as most of them choose to studyabroad expecting jobs there after com-pletion of the studies. Non-availability ofjobs and difficulty in obtaining work visacompel Indian students with foreigndegrees to return home. However,

although they spend huge amount ontheir study many of them feel that thereare better opportunities in their homecountry due to economic growth andimproved job prospects.

Looking at the pace with which Indiais moving forward in creating world classinfrastructure and urban development toboost the national economy is excep-tional. I am of an opinion that the younggeneration must capture this opportu-nity to make career in this sector whichwill become world’s third largest con-struction market by 2025. TheGovernment has realised the require-ment of human resources to meet thedemand supply gap and skills required.

Huge spending by the IndianGovernment in construction sector,demand supply and skill gap. SkillIndia has attracted local and well-known foreign institutes in built envi-ronment to collaborate with Indianuniversities. Such collaborations havebrought in good pedagogy practices,thus developing students with requiredskill sets and standards to serve the con-struction industry which is at par withwell-known foreign institutions.Constant monitoring from higher edu-cation governing bodies enforcing high-er pedagogy standards has raised thelevel of Indian education.

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sion to the institutes located inDelhi, Kolkata, and Kakinada (AP).The test was conducted acrossvarious centres in the country.The two hour exam had no sec-tional time limit. However, therewere six sections this time —Verbal Ability (VA) and ReadingComprehension (RC) as separatesections along with LogicalReasoning (LR) and DataInterpretation (DI). Students need-ed to manage their time across sec-tions deftly to ensure that they gopast the sectional cut-offs.

There were six sections thisyear as against four last year. Eachof the sections had sectional cut-offs applicable. Below is the snap-shot of various sections (Set — A).

Section 1: The RC passages,though fairly lengthy, were defi-nitely readable. A person withmoderate to good reading skillsshould not have faced much of aproblem in reading the passages.However, most of the questions thatfollowed the passages were difficultin nature owing to the ambiguityof the options. The big change isthat there were five passages, withfour having three questions eachand one having four questions. Thepassages were from similar areas.While one was on Culture, anoth-er one was on Sociology. There wasone on economics. The remainingtwo were on Information (Science)

and Liberal Arts. The cut-off in thissection could be around three-fourmarks. Around seven-nineattempts can be considered verygood in this section. The cut-off inthis section is expected to be in therange 2.33 to 3.

Section 2: The questions in theVA were predominantly on vocab-ulary — jumbled words, origin, Fillin the blanks, and word-analogies.English Grammar did have a pres-ence but in the form of two differ-ent models of sentence-correctionquestions — both reasonably sim-ple. The vocabulary part was rea-sonably challenging, with quite afew unfamiliar words making anappearance.

The questions based on originwere challenging. The two para-jumbles could be worked out moreby elimination than by actuallysolving. Overall the section waschallenging barring a couple ofgrammar questions, and onlysomeone who understands wordswell would have been able to get agood score. 10-12 would be agood number of attempts in thissection. The cut-off is expected tobe around 3-3.5.

Section 3: The difficulty levelof QA this section was higher ascompared to that from last year onaccount of lengthier and tougherquestions. There were only aboutfive questions which could be clas-sified as relatively easier ones —two from Logarithms, one fromSimple Equations, one from Time

& Work, one from Time &Distance. The remaining questionswere either moderate or difficult tohandle during the test. A good can-didate would’ve been able to attemptaround seven-nine questions in QA.The cut-off in this section is expect-ed to be three-four marks.

Section 4: Another of thenever-ending difficult sections inthe test, DI was a definite tough nutto crack. With large quantum ofdata/graphs to work with, there wasno relief to the students.

There were a total of five setsof four questions each. All the setswere based on Tables and or LineGraph/Bar Graph. Almost all thequestions were calculation intensiveand were very lengthy. However,there was one set (related to LPIindicators) where the calculationswere easier.

Section 5: The LR questions onInput-output were time-consumingand would have needed a goodamount of concentration. Thequestions based on ‘distribution’ —job fair, though a little time con-suming were relatively easier tosolve. The missing number ques-tion might have seemed slightlytrickier in the first glance; howev-er, it was actually pretty simple.

The case-let on VennDiagrams, which had a minorerror was on the tougher side (if themistake is not identified). Theselections based question needed agood grasp of basic concepts.Compared to last year, this year’s LR

section was relatively much moredifficult. The overall difficulty levelof this section can be classified asmoderate-difficult. A good num-ber of attempts in this section canbe considered to be 6- 8 questionswhile the cut-off is expected to bearound 4 to 4.67 marks.

Section 6: (GeneralAwareness): This section, thougheasier than last year, still was onthe tougher side. The questionswere from diverse topics likePersonalities, sports, corporatelogos, corporate entities,International trade organisationsand currencies. This implies thatthe students needed to beextremely well prepared to clearthe cut-off in this section.

Unlike last year, the questionswere not lengthy in nature. Thiswould have enabled students toattempt the section in five-10minutes. Some very difficult ques-tions like the one on ‘SouthIndian sea ports’ must have baf-fled the students. Historically,the sectional cutoff for this sectionhas been very low, though thisyear there may be a tiny move-ment northward.

The cut-off in this section lastyear was 0.82 marks and is expect-ed to be little higher this year —to around one-two marks. Six-eight questions could be consid-ered to be a good number ofattempts in this section.

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course towards development. The ChiefMinister of Himachal Pradesh, JAI RAMTHAKUR, informs that his governmenthas identified some priority sectors,under which 30 projects have beenmarked with proper budget provisions,and is working with a focused approachto achieve the goals in a time-boundmanner. Excerpts from the interview:

● How is the government workingtowards the socio-economic upliftmentof the senior citizens of the state?After coming to power, in one of ourfirst meetings, we reduced the age limitof social security pension for the old agepersons from 80 years to 70 years thattoo without any income criteria. Thisdecision has benefitted about 1.3 lakhelderly people of the state. We are tryingto not only provide social security butalso give the senior citizens an opportu-nity to live a respectable life. The socialsecurity pension is being provided toabout 4.47 lakh people in the state. Abudget provision of �443 crore has beenmade in this current financial year.Various social security pensions arebeing provided to the eligible people inthe state including the Old-Age Pension,the National Old Age Pension, theNational Widow Pension, the NationalDisability Pension, and the DisabilityRelief Allowance and so on. The old agepension of �750 is being provided forthose above 60 years old where the annu-al income does not exceed �35,000 andfor those who are above 70 years or morewill be given a monthly pension of �1300barring any income criteria.

● Please elaborate on the ‘Gramin JanManch’ programme of the governmentIt has been observed that citizens oftenface difficulties in accessing benefits pro-vided by the government in vital sectorslike pensions, health, and education andso on. For registering such grievanceswith the local authorities they have tospend both time and money. We believein the ‘government at the door step of thepeople’ and thus we announced the con-cept of ‘Jan Manch’ which was envisagedas a high level grievance redressal mech-anism. Under this programme, all the

ministers of the state government regu-larly organise ‘Jan Manch’ in the remoteareas of every district to solve the prob-lems of the people at the spot. The offi-cers of each department are to be presentto facilitate decision making. The objec-tives are to identify and resolve the griev-ances effectively, especially of the under-privileged. It is seen as an equitable,accessible, friendly and approachableprogramme to debunk the perceptionthat only the work of the influential getsdone. Apart from grievance redressal, the‘Jan Manch’ also targets delivery of citi-zen centric services like delivery of vari-ous kinds of certificates and completionof documentation under variousschemes; saturation of select governmentschemes such as 100 per cent immunisa-tion, 100 per cent LPGfication, 100 per-cent piped drinking water supply to allhouseholds; physical inspection of opera-tional schemes and ongoing workamongst others. However, it does notdeal with issue like transfers, court cases,demand for government jobs and newschemes. It is organised assembly con-stituency-wise on the first Sunday ofevery month and the Ministers-in-chargerotate every month to cover all the con-stituencies, systematically. Publicity cam-paign is conducted 15-20 days before thedesignated date, informing the citizensabout the proposed ‘Jan Manch’ which isto be held at the designated venue. Thismodel has been so successful that manyother state governments are now lookingat it as a case study to implement in theirrespective states.

● Himachal Pradesh launched its ownscheme to provide LPG connections tovarious households of the state. What isthe purpose of this?The Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hadlaunched the Pradhan Mantri UjjwalaYojana to provide LPG connections tothe women in the households in order toreduce the usage of coal and other non-renewable sources as fuel. Though thescheme has been quite successful, weobserved that many households in ourstate could not get the benefit of thescheme.Thus, on the sidelines of thesame, we introduced the GrahiniSuvidha Yojana (GSY) under which thestate government is giving LPG facility toall the families for two years. Besides, the

government will also provide securityamount to get LPG connection and a gasstove to those families who were not cov-ered in Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.A budget of �12 crores has beenapproved for this. Within four months ofthis scheme, almost 35,000 families havebeen given gas stoves in their homes,thus fulfilling the larger objective of asustainable environment.

● What are the measures being intro-duced to stem the tide of migration ofyoungsters from the hills in search oflivelihood?The youth are the strength of the coun-try and the future. However, there isrampant unemployment among themand it is not possible to provide govern-ment jobs to all. Thus, to offer incen-tives to the youth to become entre-preneurs, we introduced theMukhyamantri Yuva SwavalambanYojana (MYSY) for the unem-ployed youth in the state. All theunemployed youth between theage group of 18 to 35 years areeligible for this scheme. Thejobless young citizens arebeing given a subsidy of 25per cent on machinery onmaking an investment of�40 lakh in the industryof their livelihood,whereas the womenhave are being given asubsidy of 30 per centunder the same. Onloans up to �40 lakhs,the government willprovide an interest sub-sidy of five percent forthree years and has alsooffered to provide govern-ment land to the youth onrent at just one per cent. Wehave also announced to reducestamp duty from six per centto three per cent on the pur-chase of land. This schemewill ensure that adequateself-employment opportuni-ties are created in the stateto reduce the unemploy-ment problem. Moreover,each youth will be self-suffi-cient and will also hopefullybecome a job creator. We

have made a provision of �80 crore forthe successful implementation of thisscheme.

● Tourism has been identified as a cru-cial project in Himachal. What are theplans in place to develop the state forthis sector?Himachal Pradesh is known as ‘DevBhoomi’ and is renowned world-overfor its natural resources and scenicbeauty. The law and order in the state isalso quite good, which attracts a lot oftourists, both domestic and foreign. Weare working on this sector with afocused approach and plan to developsome virgin, unknown destinations,

beyond the popular ones. For this, wehave introduced a projectnamed—‘Nayi Rahein, NayiManjhile’. We have got anapproval for a �1,900 croretourism infrastructure devel-opment project to be fundedby the Asian DevelopmentBank (ADB). This project willfocus on diversification oftourism and spreading it tonew areas by developingrelevnt infrastructure. It willhave both hard and soft com-ponents and will include beau-tification of towns, develop-ment of unexplored areas, con-servation and restoration ofheritage buildings, infrastruc-

ture development in adventure,eco and rural tourism with

emphasis on community partici-pation. It will also help us to gener-

ate employment for the local youthand showcase Himachal Pradesh as thebest nature tourism destination. Thisproject has been designed based on thedetailed baseline data, a study conduct-ed of 324 sites in 12 districts of the state,suggestions obtained from over 90,000tourists and is designed in line with thesustainable tourism guidelines for theHimalayan states. Some of the new des-tinations that have been identified arethe Chanchal area, Janjehli, Kangra andthe Pong Dam. The Chanchal area hasbrilliant slopes that are apt for skiingand this would be further developed foractive, hard adventure activities. Janjehliwill be developed from the perspectiveof eco-tourism. Bir Biling in the Kangra

district will be developed as an interna-tional destination for paragliding whilethe lakes and the Pong dam in the statewill be developed for water sports activ-ities as a new tourism product to thetourists to the state.

● How is the state addressing issues ofconnectivity?Connectivity, to and from various loca-tions in Himachal Pradesh, has been achallenge for us over the years. We aretrying to address the same with projectsin place to improve road, rail and airconnectivity. Under the Udaan-II schemeof the government, various destinationsin the state will be connected by air asflights will be made operational fromJanuary 2019 onwards. The ChiefMinister of the states is provided with ahelicopter for quick visits. However,times when the helicopter is sitting idle,we have offered to deploy it betweenShimla and Chandigarh three times aweek for the purpose of heli-taxis. Soon,we will also begin joy rides to Rohtang.

● The state is also working on increas-ing its power capacity. What are thenew projects?Himachal Pradesh was known as thepowerhouse of the country but overthe years we have not been able tomake much progress in the power sec-tor. Our Power Policy has had somestringent rules which discouragedmany investors to come to the state.We have identified these issues andtried to crease out the hiccups aftermeeting with the investors. Also, wehave recently allocated the 780-MWJangi-Thopan- Powari hydro electricproject in the Kinnaur district to thepublic sector, Satluj Jal Vidyut NigamLimited (SJVNL) on a Build, Own,Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis fora period of 70 years. The company is inthe process of implementing variousprojects, which are at different stages ofdevelopment. Upon completion, theywill add 4,018 MW capacity. We planon conducting an Investor’s Meet nextyear where we will bring together alltypes of industries including agricul-ture, horticulture, pharmaceuticals,power, and tourism and so on to bringmore funds to the state for the fast-track development of Himachal.

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New Delhi: Online food ordering and delivery platform FoodpandaIndia Tuesday said smaller cities and towns are now contributing over 40per cent to the company’s business in the country. The company is alsolooking to double the number of on-board restaurant partners from thepresent 60,000 by January 2019, Foodpanda said in a statement. “We arethrilled about bringing the first online food experience for millions of cus-tomers in many of these tier 2 and 3 cities,” Foodpanda India CEO PranayJivrajka said. These markets are already contributing to over 40 per centof the company's national business and we are confident that they will fuela majority share of business in the near future, he added. “Cities like Jaipur,Lucknow, Bhavnagar, Rajahmundry, Bikaner, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Ujjain aresome of our fastest growing markets today and we are thrilled to buildsuperior food experiences for our customers in India’s 100 cities andbeyond,” Jivrajka said.

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every six months once it starts selling vehicles in India from mid-2019but is not considering the high-volume compact cars segment, a top com-pany official said on Tuesday. The company, which has set a target to beamong top five players in three years in India, is looking to position itselfas a premium brand in the mass segment. “Yes, we are considering sixmodels in three years, which is one model every six months,” Kia MotorsIndia CEO and managing director Kookhyun Shim told PTI here. The com-pany, however, is not considering the compact cars segment which accountsfor about 70 per cent of the total Indian passenger vehicles (PV) segmentthat stood at around 3.3 million units in 2017-18.

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New Delhi: Farmers' Welfare tops the agenda of the Govt. In contextof the objective of Doubling Farmers Income by 2022, the Govt. has striv-en to ensure a remunerative and stable price environment for farmers toincrease the production and productivity. In this regard the Governmenthas undertaken various interventions to boost the pulse and oilseeds pro-duction during last four and a half years to achieve the self-sufficiency inthe country.

The country has reported production of 25.23 Million Tonnes of puls-es during 2017-18 against production of 14.66 Million Tonnes in the year2009-10, an increase of 72.10%. Similarly, the production of oilseeds hasincreased from 24.88 Million Tonnes to 31.3 Million Tonnes during thesame period, registering an increase of 25.80%.

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Auto major Tata Motors isplanning a large-scale over-

haul of its sales network acrossthe country over the next oneyear as it prepares to bring innew products, including premi-um SUV Harrier, a top compa-ny official on Tuesday said.

The company, which plansto have all its future products onjust two platforms -- Omegaand Alpha, currently hasaround 790 dealerships acrossthe country. “We acknowledgethat our showrooms and work-shops need complete overhaul-ing and accordingly we havehired a global consulting agencyto look into upgrading all ourshowrooms,” Tata MotorsPresident Passenger VehiclesBusiness Unit Mayank Pareektold PTI in an interview.

The work on upgrading theshowrooms starts from nextmonth and would go on for atleast one year, he added.

It would include bringingin new technologies, enhancingambience and workforce acrossthe dealerships, he added.

“We have decided to havewi-fi in all the showrooms.There should be lounge whereyou can come and sit and notjust necessarily buy a car,”Pareek said. Similarly, the com-pany is upgrading its work-shops and is in the process of

hiring over 800 sales executivesjust for Harrier, which is set forlaunch in January.

Tata Motors is also lookingto more than double the num-ber of its dealerships by the endof financial year 2021-22, withhalf of the number expected tobe based on virtual experi-ence.

“We plan to have 2,000dealerships by 2021-22 andthese will not be all brick andmortar (showrooms). We aregoing to use digital technologyspecially with 4G and 5G,which is expected to come,”Pareek said. It is possible toutilise augmented reality andvirtual reality platforms to cre-ate showrooms experience, headded. When asked if the com-pany would phase out oldermodels like Safari, going aheadwith the company deciding tohave all its products on just twoplatforms, Pareek said: “Slowlysome of them will go. Honestlyit is a natural thing to do. Howlong can you sustain a prod-uct?” “And also, it would bevery difficult to upgrade someof these products with newnorms coming in...We havedecided all our new productwould be on two new plat-forms,” he added.

Tata Motors has alreadyphased out models like Indica,Indigo, Manza and Vista.

“The Indian market ismaturing so we need newproducts. So we will comewith new products,” Pareeksaid adding that the process isa trade-off whether “you investin existing products” or you donew products.

“We want to have a newshowroom with all new-look-ing cars,” he noted.

On electric cars, Pareeksaid that all future Tata Motorsproducts would be electricready. Currently, four of itsproducts — Tiago, Tigor, Boltand Zest have design capabil-ity allowing them to be con-verted them into electric vehi-cles.

Speaking about having justtwo platforms going ahead,Pareek said: “Harrier is firstproduct based on Omega andour next product will be onAlpha. We will just have thesetwo platforms...a product basedon Alpha platform can comearound second quarter of nextyear (July-September).”

When asked if the compa-ny plans go for a price hike,Pareek said the company is inthe process of working out thequantum. “We are in a doublejeopardy. On one hand, inputcosts have gone up, and sec-ondly sales have been declin-ing. We want to grow on a sus-tainable basis. Because of thiswe will have to take a call onthis in the second half of thismonth,” he added.

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The task force set up to redraftIncome Tax law will focus on

removing the ambiguities, rather thansuggesting dramatic policy changes andtweaking of tax rates, the panel's con-venor Akhilesh Ranjan said Tuesday.

Ranjan said the 6-member taskforce formed to redraft the over 50-yearold I-T law will meet shortly to draft anew law which will be more comprehen-sible.

“Tax rate is prima-facie not the mainfocus area of this task force.... (task forcewill focus on) simplification which canremove the ambiguities,” Ranjan toldreporters here. He said there are claus-es, provisos and explanations which havebeen added to the I-T Act, 1961 overtime which need to be streamlined insimple language.

“We have been adding provisionsafter provisions, explanations afterexplanations, they have become incon-sistent, ambiguous. So let us clarify thereal intent of the law. In that processthere may be some new policy initiativeswhile trying to make things clear.

“The focus is not on coming outwith a new tax policy but focus is onmaking the law more comprehensible,”said Ranjan, who is member legislationin the Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT). The task force was set up bythe finance ministry in November last.Arbind Modi was made the convenor ofthe panel and he retired on September30. On November 26, Ranjan wasappointed as the new convenor, who hasbeen mandated to submit the report byFebruary 28, 2019.

Asked if the panel would submit any

report before the interim budget onFebruary 1, Ranjan said it is unlikely.

The NDA government would bepresenting its interim Budget for 2018-19 on February 1. The full 2018-19Budget would be presented after thegeneral elections due sometime in themid of 2019.

In September last year, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, had said in anevent that the Income-tax Act, 1961needs to be redrafted.

Other members of the task forceinclude Girish Ahuja (chartered accoun-tant), Rajiv Memani (Chairman andRegional Managing Partner of EY),Mukesh Patel (practicing tax advo-cate), Mansi Kedia (Consultant,ICRIER) and G C Srivastava (retired IRSand advocate). “I am having a meeting(of task force) very shortly. I'm sure thatthey have done a lot of work and I wouldlike to know what is the work that hasbeen done till now and we will take itforward,” Ranjan said.

The panel was tasked to draft directtax laws in line with the laws prevalentin other countries, incorporating inter-national best practices, and keeping inmind the economic needs of the coun-try. Former Finance Minister PChidambaram had in 2009 proposed adirect taxes code (DTC) to replace thecumbersome IT law to embody the prin-ciple of keeping taxes low and remov-ing exemptions. The NDA govern-ment, since coming to power in 2014,has already implemented general anti-avoidance rules GAAR. In 2016, FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley also promised tolower corporate tax rate to 25 per centin 5 years.

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Residential real estatedemand may pick up in the

medium-term followingimprovement in end-user par-ticipation on rising affordabil-ity, increasing launch of unitswith mid-income ticket sizesand implementation of RERA,according to a report.

Resolution of the recentliquidity issues in non-bankfinance companies (NBFC),however, would be key, Crisil

Ratings said in a report.In the short term, demand

is likely to remain muted andprices will remain under pres-sure on account of slowdown involumes due to on-going liquid-ity concerns.

As of FY19, affordability in

most cities is estimated to be inthe range of 6-8 times comparedwith 11-13 times five yearsback, it said.

Ticket sizes, it said, havebeen coming down as develop-ers launch units with reducedaverage area per house, led by

both market needs and theimpetus to affordable housing,it said.

The capital values in the res-idential segment have beenunder pressure of late, with adecline of 5-20 per cent acrossmicro-markets in the last 2-3years, and are likely to remainrange-bound because of unsoldinventory, it added. mplemen-tation of Real Estate (Regulationand Development) Act, 2016,(RERA), is also expected to givea fillip to demand, which has

been lacklustre so far.With most RERA websites

operational and a grievance-handling mechanism in place inkey states, end-user participa-tion is expected to improvegradually for under-construc-tion properties as well, thereport said.

“Between fiscals 2019 and2021, residential demand isestimated to log a compoundannual growth rate of 4 per centled by key micro-markets ofBengaluru, Hyderabad and

MMR. Though marginal, thegrowth will be driven by firsttime buyers eyeing units inmid-income tickets typicallypriced between �25 lakh to � 1crore,” Crisil research directorRahul Prithiani said.

Meanwhile, the report saidthe commercial portfolio is see-ing steady lease rentals andhealthy demand, with a goodnumber of assets changinghands. With large private equi-ty firms and property managerson the prowl, just 15 of the larg-

er marquee deals over the lastfive fiscals have totalled around�30,000 crore.

This has helped cushion theblow for developers, who havebeen refinancing and taking onmore debt for construction asresidential demand remainstepid.

With limited incrementalfunding to the sector frombanks, which grew at just 2 percent in fiscal 2018, NBFCs andHFCs came to the developers’rescue.

However, given the currentpressure on liquidity for NBFCs,a potential cascading effect onselect projects and developers,could make access to fundingmore difficult.

For the top 20 developersalone, support extended to theresidential segment from theircommercial portfolio hastotalled around �33,000 crore inthe last three years, boththrough sale of assets and addi-tional top-up debt in opera-tional properties.

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Delhi Daredevils was renamed asDelhi Capitals on Tuesday with a

hope that it would bring a change in for-tunes of the franchise after a poor trackrecord over the past 11 IPL seasons.

Co-owners Parth Jindal, represent-ing JSW Sport, and KiranKumar Grandhi of GMR,unveiled the new name ofthe team.

Jindal, whose JSWsport acquired a 50 percent stake in the Delhifranchise last year, alsoannounced that ShreyasIyer will continue to leadthe team despite the presence of ShikharDhawan.

Dhawan returns to Delhi for the2019 season after being traded bySunrisers Hyderabad. Australian greatRicky Ponting will continue to coach theteam.

Jindal explained why his team zeroedin on the new name of the team.

"Delhi is the power centre of thecountry, it is the capital, therefore thename Delhi Capitals," he said.

The team has retained the old redand blue colour in the new team logo.

"Our logo has been inspired by the

design of Parliament House. Tiger is ournational animal and the three tigers ideais derived from the Ashok Chakra," saidJindal.

Delhi have � 25 crore to spend at theIPL auction on December 18 and Jindalsaid the team has its plans in place.

"We obviously can't share them withyou. The core of the teamhas remained the same forthe last couple of years. Weneed to invest more in theyouth and going forward,that is something we willcontinue to focus on," saidJindal.

"With Dhawan, wehave got more solidity at

the top. And the young guys who havebeen with us (Prithvi Shaw and RishabhPant) are doing well for India. The cap-tain and coach are the same, there is con-tinuity there," said the JSW Director,when asked about the team's dismal runseason after season.

Pravin Amre remains a part of thesupport staff and joining him next sea-son will be Mohammad Kaif.

The team had finished at the bottomof the standings last year when GautamGambhir stepped down as captain mid-way into the IPL. Iyer was then given theleadership role.

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Veteran Indian opener Gautam Gambhir,who played a pivotal role in India's two

World Cup triumphs, on Tuesday announcedretirement from cricket, saying the "irritablenoise of 'It's over Gauti'" has triumphed overhis will to continue.

The 37-year-old, in a video message onhis social media pages, said the Ranji Trophygame against Andhra Pradesh startingThursday will be his last competitive match.

The aggressive opener was India'stop-scorer in the finals of the 2007 WorldT20 in South Africa and the 2011 ODIWorld Cup, both of which the country won.

"The next Ranji Trophy game againstAndhra will be my last day in the sun. It iscoming to an end where it all started at theFeroz Shah Kotla ground," Gambhir saidin the more than 11-minute long video post.

Gambhir, one of the most successfulbatsmen for India, has been out of favourwith the national team for a while now aftera dip in form and last played a Test backin 2016 against England.

"The thought has been with me day andnight. It has travelled with me on flights likean irritable excess baggage; it has accompa-nied me to practice sessions, mocking at melike a menacing bowler. On certain otherdays, it has made my dinner taste horrible,"

Gambhir said, elaborating on his thoughtprocess leading up to Tuesday's decision.

Gambhir made 58 Test appearances forIndia, accumulating 4154 runs at an averageof 41.95. His 147 ODI games fetched 5238runs, while in 37 T20 Internationals, hescored 932 runs.

The capricious left-hander, whocourted controversy of late for his out-spoken views on political issues as well, hada prolific first-class career, which spanned197 matches and produced 15,041 runs. HisList A run count stands at 10,077.

Gambhir, who recently drew criticism forcherrypicking his Delhi Ranji appearances,said he tried hard to make a comeback in thisyear's IPL but could not make it count.

"After a decent 2017 domestic season, Ientered this year's IPL with confidence as my

best buddy. I thought all those negativenoises were dead. But I was wrong. Sixgames of IPL for Delhi Daredevils it wasback. And this time it was louder thanbefore. Perhaps, my time was up. Yes, mytime was up," he said.

"So, here I am, after more than 15years of cricket for my country I want toretire from playing this beautiful game,"he added.

He refused to call his internationalcareer, which began in 2003 with an ODIagainst Bangladesh, completely satisfactory

but certainly the kind he would look back atfondly.

"I feel I was good enough for a lot more,"he said.

In the video, Gambhir thanked hiscoaches, teammates and family members forstanding by him.

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Indian vice-captain Ajinkya Rahaneon Tuesday tagged Australia as thefavourites ahead of the first Test and

said the visitors will have to come upwith long partnerships to win theirmaiden series Down Under.

Rahane cited the example of his262-run partnership with Virat Kohli atMelbourne in 2014-15 and said that theAustralian focus on the India's star bats-man helps other batsmen do their jobsilently at the other end.

"Each and every batsman's role willbe to contribute for the team and I thinkfor us it is important to get those longpartnerships together (like last time).That will be really helpful in (winningthe series) in Australia," said Rahane.

"Last time both of us really enjoyedthat partnership at the MCG. MitchellJohnson was going after Virat Kohli andI was enjoying from the end as well asplaying my own game. Virat at the otherend was really aggressive and going afterthe bowlers, verbally as well.

"That really helped me focus on mygame and I played my natural attackinggame at the other end. But I was still bat-ting completely opposite to Virat. As anindividual you have to understand thateveryone's role is completely different.This is a team sport and Virat alsounderstands that."

The Indian batting line-up hascome under immense criticism fortheir twin failures in South Africa andEngland, wherein Kohli was the only

one to defy the opposition."People will criticise or appreciate,

but for us it matters to stay together indifficult times. In England conditionswere really challenging and even Englishbatsmen struggled a lot. Apart fromAlastair Cook's last Test innings, no onescored (big runs) for them. So it isimportant not to focus on criticism oreven on people who appreciate," saidRahane.

"It is important to start fresh in eachand every series. In England and SouthAfrica, we learnt a lot and there are def-initely areas to improve. When you tour

abroad, in countries like England, SouthAfrica and Australia, it is important tostart well." When asked about his per-sonal growth as a batsman since he firstcame here as part of the 2014-15 tour-ing party, Rahane said, "As a batsmanin 2014, personally I thought I did real-ly well but what the team's performancematters more. When you do well as ateam, you feel really good."

His focus is on playing long."Personally I learnt a lot from last

tour (in Australia). In South Africa,Johannesburg match was really crucialfor me. I thought I did well.

"In England I got a couple goodstarts - 80-odd in Nottingham andanother half-century in Southampton.For me as a number five batsman, it isimportant to convert those starts intobig hundreds rather than thinkingabout targets."

There is also intense spotlight on theAustralian batting line-up and how theywill cope in the absence of Steve Smithand David Warner. Rahane said thatplaying at home, Australia start asfavourites.

"I feel any team that plays at homeis really good and Australia are stillfavourites to win the series. Yes they willmiss Smith and Warner but I don't thinkthey are vulnerable. Look at their bowl-ing attack - they have really goodbowlers. When you have to win Testmatches and Test series you have to havea good bowling attack.

"Definitely Smith and Warner are

quality players, and I will not take any-thing away from them. But on a givenday anyone can score runs. UsmanKhawaja and Aaron Finch are equallydangerous in their conditions. Theyknow how the wicket behaves and it isall about intent as batsmen."

After enjoying a day off on Monday,India got down to business in a bid toprepare for the first Test. All top-orderbatsmen had an intense work out in thenets, with the team management like-ly to go in with six full-time batsmen.

The new-ball bowlers —Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrahand Ishant Sharma — worked upintense pace in the nets and troubled thelikes of KL Rahul and Murali Vijay.

Rahane said that irrespective ofwhether there is another specialist bats-man after him or not, his role in the sideis to bat as long as possible and converthis starts/half-centuries into tall scores.

"When you bat at number four orfive, it is important to give yourself sometime, first 15-20 minutes, and youshould visualise the situation fromdressing room.

"Then, when you bat with lower-order batsmen, you perhaps knowwhether to attack or play a defensivegame and have a partnership withthose guys.

"Kookaburra ball, after 30-35 overs,is relatively easy to bat against. Whenyou bat in England against Duke's ball,you know you are never set in those con-ditions. You have to go with a positivemindset,” he said.

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The talk is all about Virat Kohli right now but the Australianbowlers' preparation for other Indian batsmen is as detailed

and anyone who thinks otherwise is plain "silly", all-rounderMitchell Marsh said on Tuesday.

Gearing up for the four-match Test series that startsThursday here, Marsh said his team's bowlers have strategiesin place and would be aiming for perfect execution when theaction begins.

"We all know Virat is a great player. We'll have our plansfor him and hopefully we can execute them. But if people thinkwe're not prepared for the other batsmen in the Indian team,who are all very good players, then they'd be pretty silly," saidMarsh.

Marsh said thenew faces and inex-perience in theAustralian battingline-up should beseen as an opportu-nity, rather than asign of weaknessfor the hosts.

"There's obvi-ously been a lot oftalk about that andit's been a big buildup to this Testmatch but there's agreat feeling aroundthis group...Now it'sabout going out there and hopefully putting it together as abatting unit. But we all feel really good at the moment," hesaid.

The Australian vice-captain was also asked about the spinchallenge that India poses and the fact that the visiting tweak-ers have never had a particularly good run in this country.

"We know R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadejda and Kuldeep Yadavare all world-class spinners. History shows that Indian spin-ners haven't had as much impact over here as they have inIndia. But they're world-class bowlers and we're very preparedfor them. It will be a great contest," he replied.

Marsh is expected to return to the Australian middle-orderdespite a poor outing in the UAE against Pakistan.

He and brother Shaun Marsh will form the backbone ofthe home team's middle-order and look to replicate their formfrom the Ashes last summer.

"He's my brother and my best mate. I look up to him inevery single way... Hopefully people respect him for the facthe's never given up. He keeps coming back, keeps workinghard. Hopefully he can keep proving a few people wrong. Ijust want him to have a great summer," he said.

The all-rounder said he is also fully fit to bowl and hopesto be a vital fifth cog in the Australian attack, comprising ofthree pacers and Nathan Lyon.

"I have got some good overs under my belt the last cou-ple of weeks for Western Australia. My goal for this summeris to start chipping in with the ball and get a few more wick-ets for the team.

"I love coming on in the graveyard shift, 70 to 80 overswhen the ball's doing nothing and trying to sneak in a wick-et. I really want to take my bowling to the next level in thisteam," he said.

"I think number six is a great position to bat especially ifyou've bowled a few overs. I'm doing my best to make the num-ber six position my own in this team, so that's all I can do,"he added.

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Azhar Ali struck a fighting half cen-tury to help Pakistan recover to 139-

3 at close on the second day of the thirdand final Test against New Zealand inAbu Dhabi on Tuesday.

It marked a good recovery from 17-2 after Kiwi pace bowler Trent Boultripped out openers Imam-ul-Haq andMohammed Hafeez.

Azhar was unbeaten on 62 at theclose having shared a dogged, unbrokenfourth wicket partnership of 54 withAsad Shafiq who will resume on 26.

Pakistan are still 135 runs adrift ofNew Zealand's first innings total of 274in which BJ Watling made a gutsy andvital 77 not out.

Azhar remains key for Pakistan ifthey are to build any kind of firstinnings lead.

The 33-year-old dropped anchor andfound the boundary just four times as hecrawled through to his 32nd Test half

century. His 62 not out was carvedpainstakingly from 169 deliveries as thePakistan scoring rate struggled to riseabove two an over.

The equally-experienced Shafiq hitthe same number of fours in his 26 whichhas so far occupied 85 balls.

However, Pakistan's top order wasjolted by Boult's double strike either sideof lunch.

Hafeez has been struggling for form

for a while, having made just 66 runs inseven innings since scoring a hundredagainst Australia in Dubai in October,following his recall to the Test side aftera two-year absence.

It was no surprise when Boult hadhim caught low down at second slip byTim Southee for a fourth-ball duck in hisfirst over, right before the lunch inter-val.

In the fourth full over after the break,Imam-ul-Haq took his eye off a Trentbouncer and was hit on the back of thehelmet. Next ball, he edged to Southeeat third slip and was on his way for justnine.

It was Watling, with an unbeaten 77,who carried New Zealand's overnighttotal from 229-7 and added an invalu-able 45 runs over the last three wicketsto frustrate Pakistan.

During his five-and-a-half-hourknock in his 56th Test Watling becamethe 14th New Zealander to pass 3,000runs.

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Pakistan's seasoned batsmanMuhammad Hafeez on

Tuesday announced his retire-ment from Test cricket after fail-ing again in the first innings of thethird and final match against NewZealand in Abu Dhabi.

Hafeez, who wasplaying in his 55th Test,fell for a duck on thesecond day andannounced his retire-ment, insisting that hehad been ponderingover the decision for thelast two weeks. He, how-ever, said that he willcontinue to play limited-over cricket.

"It is a personal decisionand I have not taken it underany pressure. I have no regretstaking this decision," he toldreporters after the day's playin Abu Dhabi.

The 38-year-old Hafeezmade his Test debut in 2003

against Bangladesh andsince then has

appeared in 54matches, besides

playing in 203 ODIsand 89 T20

Internationals.Before this Test, Hafeez

has scored 3644 runs at anaverage of 38.35, with 10

hundreds to his kitty. Hehas also taken 53 wickets.

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Two-time champions Australia firm-ly remained on course for a hat-trick

of titles by becoming the first team toqualify for the quarterfinals of themen's hockey World Cup with a com-fortable 3-0 win over England in a PoolB match here on Tuesday.

World number 1 Australia scoredthree goals in the final quarter to regis-ter their second consecutive win in PoolB at the Kalinga Stadium.

The win took Australia to the top ofPool B with six points from two gamesand secured their place in the quarter-finals of the 16-team event.

The Kookaburras became the firstto seal a direct quarterfinal berth afterChina sprang yet another surprise byholding higher-ranked Ireland to ahard-fought 1-1 draw in the other PoolB match.

Jin Guo scored from a penalty cor-ner for China in the 43rd minute before

Ireland's Alan Sothern drew parity in thevery next minute.

The Kookaburras had earlier defeat-ed Ireland 2-1 in their tournament open-er, while China drew 2-2 with England.

While Australia will finish at the topof the pool, world number 17 China areplaced second ahead of Ireland (1

point) and England (1).Australia play China in their last

pool match on December 7, whileEngland will be up against neighboursIreland.

The battle between world's numberone side Australia and number 7England witnessed a dull first quarter

with both the teams struggling to makeinroads into the rival citadel.

It took Australia 21 minutes to cre-ate a real scoring chance in the form ofback-to-back penalty corners but analert George Pinner in front of Englandgoal averted danger on both occa-sions.

England got their first penalty cor-ner a minute away from half-time butwasted the chance as both the teamsfailed to break the deadlock in the open-

ing two quarters.The game continued in the same

vein after the change of ends as the thirdquarter witnessed just a penalty cornerawarded to Australia, which went abeg-ging.

After the barren three quarters, theKookaburras looked a completely dif-ferent side in the final 15 minutes of thegame as they pumped in two goals in aspan of four minutes to race to a 2-0lead.

Whetton finally broke the deadlockin the 47th minute when he scored afterreceiving a pass from Tom Craig. Threeminutes later, Govers dou-bled Australia's lead byslamming from the top ofthe circle past England goal-keeper George Pinner.

Four minutes from the final hoot-er, Australia pumped in another goalthrough Corey Weyer whose reverse hitcrashed into the England goal pastPinner.

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Belgium's Emmanuel Stockbroek has beenwithdrawn from the squad due to a hamstring

injury sustained in hisside's 2-2 draw againstIndia on Sunday. He willbe replaced by AntoineKina, a 22-year-old with 29caps to his name.

Canada too wereforced to make a changeafter Brandon Pereira waswithdrawn because of an

injury. Forward Floris van Son will replacePereira in the 18-member squad.

The replacements were made afterboth Belgium and Canada sought approval

from the International Hockey Federation (FIH).Both the players will be involved in their team's

final Pool C matches on Saturday. While Belgiumwill take on South Africa, Canada will play hostsIndia. PTI

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