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H eavy rain and flash floods in the north India have killed at least 11 people, includ- ing eight in Himachal Pradesh, even as the a “high alert” has been sounded in Punjab, which is bracing for inundation as flood gates of Pong Dam in HP's Kangra district may be opened on Monday night as the water level is running above the danger mark. The situation in Haryana too is grim with rivers over- flowing and Government issu- ing advisory to the people not to venture near water bodies, rivers or canals. Schools in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab have been closed for Tuesday fearing more rain in the States. While three people were washed away in Beas near Manali after their vehicle fell into the river, two other people were washed away in Parbati river in Manikaran valley on Sunday midnight. A bus and a truck were washed away in the swelling Beas river in Kullu district. Several hous- es were also swept away in flash floods as the Beas is flowing at a dangerous level. Later in the day, the Himachal Cabinet reviewed the losses, rehabilita- tion and rescue operations. In the Cabinet meeting, held in Shimla under the chair- manship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, it was informed that 120 stranded persons were rescued from Koksar in Lahaul-Spiti, 23 from Marhi and 31 from Rohtang (Kullu). Apart from it, 33 persons stranded at Phojal in Kullu were also rescued. Out of these, 21 persons were rescued by Air Force and 14 persons were rescued by other means. As many as 45 vehicles were retrieved from Koksar in Lahaul-Spiti. Similarly, 600 stu- dents and teachers were shift- ed from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyala Chamba and 100 stu- dents from Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Mehla in Chamba district. In addition to this, three families of Rakh in Chamba district were also shifted to PWD Rest House. The Cabinet was also apprised that 12 tourists from Sikkim State have been evacu- ated from Keylong in Lahaul- Spiti to a Hotel at Keylong. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of incessant rain in the catchment areas of the Beas river, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) issued an advisory to Punjab ahead of releasing “excess” water from the Pong dam. The BBMB authorities said they have been constantly monitor- ing the water-level situation. Heavy rain led to landslides which blocked the roads to Badrinath, Kedarnath and Yamunotri, affecting the Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand. “Due to high pattern inflow in the Pong reservoir and considering forecast of heavy rain in the Beas catch- ment area, excess water from the Pong dam can be released. All necessary steps be taken by all concerned to avoid any damage or loss of life and property in the downstream areas,” said the BBMB adviso- ry. BBMB Chairman DK Sharma apprised Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh about water-level situa- tion in Bhakra and Pong dams on Monday. The chief minister Monday called an emergency meeting to review arrange- ments in the wake of incessant rain. Capt Amarinder also ordered a special girdawari (survey) to assess possible crop damage. Chairing an emergency meeting to assess the situation arising out of continuous rain, he announced a special gir- dawari for assessing crop dam- age due to heavy rain. He asked the Financial Commissioner Revenue (FCR) to issue detailed guidelines to the Deputy Commissioners for initiating the process of gir- dawari immediately after the water level recedes. In Chandigarh, the iconic Sukhna Lake's water level crossed the danger mark of 1,163 feet and Chandigarh Administration opened two floodgates of the man-made water body. Before this, it was in the year 2008 when flood gates of the lake were opened after the water level had crossed 1,163 feet. E ven as Congress president Rahul Gandhi renewed his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafael deal, a delegation of senior Congress leaders met the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on Monday and sought registra- tion of a case in the alleged cor- ruption in the fighter jet deal. The meeting comes days after a Congress delegation met the CAG and urged the apex auditor to prepare a report on the alleged irregularities in the deal and present it in Parliament. The BJP on the other hand has hit back at Rahul and said he has been lying on the price of the fighter jet and there was a nexus between him and for- mer French President Francois Hollande. The BJP alleged Rahul is involved in a “conspiracy, internationally” and the for- mer French President is part of the “nexus” to sabotage the Rafale deal. While Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke about an “international dimension” to Rahul’s attack on the PM over the deal and said Hollande’s comments were not a coincidence, Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat alleging that the UPA Government had called off the multi-billion dollar deal after a private company linked to Robert Vadra was not chosen as a broker. B enchmark BSE Sensex on Monday suffered its worst single-day loss in seven months, extending its fall for a fifth day due to a meltdown in banking and auto stocks on liq- uidity concerns and a rout in global markets. The 30-share index tanked 536.58 points or 1.46 per cent to settle at a two-month low of 36,305.02, logging its biggest single-day loss since February 6 when it declined by 561.22 points. This is the weakest closing since July 11 when it settled at 36,265.93. The index dropped a total 1,785.62 points or more than 5 per cent in five sessions, wip- ing out 8.48 lakh crore of mar- ket wealth. Factors like crude oil prices hitting a four-year high, liq- uidity concerns after defaults by IL&FS, the rupee retreating a low of 72.73 against the US dol- lar beset investors. The broad-based Nifty of the National Stock Exchange crashed below the 11,000 mark, declining by 168.20 points or 1.51 per cent to end at 10,974.90. Detailed report on P10 T he strongman president of the Maldives on Monday conceded defeat in elections, easing fears of a fresh political crisis in the archipelago at the centre of a battle for influence between India and China. “The Maldivian people have decided what they want. I have accepted the results,” President Abdulla Yameen said in a televised address to the Indian Ocean nation a day after the joint Opposition can- didate, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, unexpectedly triumphed. “Earlier today, I met with Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who the Maldivian electorate has chosen to be their next presi- dent. I have congratulated him,” Yameen said. There had been concerns at home and abroad that Yameen might not accept the outcome. He had borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars from China for an infrastructure blitz, to the alarm of the Maldives’ tra- ditional backer India. At the last election in 2013, the Supreme Court annulled the result after Yameen trailed former president Mohamed Nasheed, giving Yameen time to forge alliances and win a sec- ond round of voting that was postponed twice. Results from Sunday’s elec- tion showed Yameen on 41.7 per cent of the vote, well behind Solih on 58.3 per cent. Related report on P12 T all claims of “Digital-India” have apparently fallen flat at Incredible India’s “Paryatan Parv” organised in the heart of national capital’s Rajpath Lawns by the Tourism Ministry, as many stalls show- casing the diversity of India and selling various indigenous products don’t have the facili- ty of digital or e-transaction and are accepting only cash as a mode of payment. However, most of the vis- itors in the Parv were ready to purchase items using their debit or credit card. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision regarding ‘cash- less economy’ seems to be a dis- tant dream as in flagship of Paryatan Parv itself many of the stalls did not have the facility of e-payment. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Suman Billa told The Pioneer, “We have advised everybody to have swipe machines, however, some of the TRIFED stalls and others do not have it. The swipe machines are linked with the bank accounts and it is on the part of shopkeepers to have it and the Government doesn’t make it available to them. However we are working on the issue and it would be resolved soon.” Due to it many visitors who do not carry cash are facing the problem since the stalls don’t have Point of Sales (PoS) machines for e-transactions or swapping of the bank cards. Adding to their woe is the fact that ATMs are not easily acces- sible in the area and neither any mobile ATM van can be seen. Many of the stalls selling handlooms, handicrafts and other products from all across India do not have the facility of e-transaction and are accepting only cash. Though some of the shops or stalls which do not have any e-mode of payment said they manage to accept through Paytm. A shopkeeper named Nizamuddin running handi- craft stall of Uttar Pradesh selling world-famous carpet from Bhadohi and other hand- icraft products said he cannot accept card payment as he doesn’t have the POS facility. He said it is not his shop alone but almost all shops of Uttar Pradesh do not have e- payment facility. Similarly, stalls both of handicrafts and handlooms like DC Rajasthan, DC Odisha, DC Jammu & Kashmir, DC handicraft Delhi don’t have the facility of POS payment due to which many buyers were left high and dry. There were about 15 stalls of Tribes India organised with the help of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) while most of the stalls didn’t have the swipe machine or the PoS while rest said they have the facility of e-payment through swipe machine. “On one hand the Government is promoting ‘Digital India’ and ask us to switch over to the e-mode of payments using BHIM App and other modes while on other hands in its own fest organised by Ministry of Tourism many stalls do not have PoS machines or other e- payment modes. I ncessant rain coupled with intermittent heavy down- pour crippled traffic many parts of the national Capital. Heavy rain caused waterlog- ging and traffic snarls on major intersections in the city. A ndhra Pradesh has topped the chart among States in terms of the “Ease of Living Index” rankings under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). Andhra Pradesh is fol- lowed by Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh has also outperformed 28 other States and seven Union Territories (UTs) to be the best in India for conducting business. Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015, AMRUT aims at ensuring robust sewage net- works, water supply and other infrastructure to improve the quality of life of people in urban areas. Speaking at the National Dissemination Workshop on Ease of Living Index, 2018, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the index will encour- age all cities to move towards an “outcome-based” approach to urban planning and man- agement, and promote healthy competition among cities. P rime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mega congregation of BJP workers, termed as world’s largest con- vention, during his visit here on Tuesday. BJP president Amit Shah will also speak at the event being held on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Hindutva icon and Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) idealogue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. BJP spokesman Rajneesh Agrawal said that the event will be the world's largest congre- gation of political workers. “BJP president Amit Shah will also address party workers on the occasion,” he said. The venue has been named as ‘Atal Mahakumbh Parisar’ in memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away in New Delhi in August. Modi will arrive at the Bhopal airport around noon and will reach the venue in a helicopter along with other BJP leaders to avoid inconve- nience to people, party leaders said. The prime minister will remain in the state capital for nearly three hours, they said. BJP workers from 65,000 polling booths spread across the 230 Assembly seats in the state will take part in the pro- gramme, said Agrawal. An exhibition hall named after BJP leader and former Union minister, late Anil Madhav Dave, has also been set up at the rally site. "It will showcase the jour- ney and works of BJP stalwarts, including Vajpayee, Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan," Agrawal said. In the exhibition, BJP and BJS stalwarts - Upadhyay, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Vajpayee, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia and Kushabhau Thakre - have been depicted as the five strong pillars of the BJP, he said. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), established in 1980, is the successor party of the BJS. The party has booked nine special trains from different parts of the state to bring BJP workers for the event, Agrawal said. Police have made elabo- rate security arrangements for the high-profile event and also Modi's visit. Inspector General (IG) Bhopal Jaideep Prasad informed that adequate secu- rity arrangements have been made for the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday by deploying nearly 6,000-strong force, including 4,000 personnel from the cen- tral and reserve forces. Nearly 22 senior IPS offi- cers have been deployed to coordinate security details, he said. Along with Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram will also go to polls by the year-end. Modi and Shah, two star poll campaigners of the BJP, will be in Bhopal days after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi visited the state capital. Gandhi has held a road- show and later addressed Congress workers and office- bearers during his September 17 visit. Both the national parties are in poll campaign mode in the state, where the BJP is in power since 2003. While the saffron outfit will seek a fourth straight term in office in the year-end elec- tions, the Congress will look to wrest power from the BJP in a state which was once its strong- hold. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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Heavy rain and flash floodsin the north India have

killed at least 11 people, includ-ing eight in Himachal Pradesh,even as the a “high alert” hasbeen sounded in Punjab, whichis bracing for inundation asflood gates of Pong Dam inHP's Kangra district may beopened on Monday night as thewater level is running above thedanger mark.

The situation in Haryanatoo is grim with rivers over-flowing and Government issu-ing advisory to the people notto venture near water bodies,rivers or canals.

Schools in HimachalPradesh and Punjab have beenclosed for Tuesday fearingmore rain in the States. Whilethree people were washed awayin Beas near Manali after theirvehicle fell into the river, twoother people were washed awayin Parbati river in Manikaranvalley on Sunday midnight. Abus and a truck were washedaway in the swelling Beas riverin Kullu district. Several hous-es were also swept away in flashfloods as the Beas is flowing ata dangerous level. Later in theday, the Himachal Cabinetreviewed the losses, rehabilita-tion and rescue operations.

In the Cabinet meeting,held in Shimla under the chair-manship of Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur, it was informedthat 120 stranded persons wererescued from Koksar inLahaul-Spiti, 23 from Marhiand 31 from Rohtang (Kullu).

Apart from it, 33 personsstranded at Phojal in Kulluwere also rescued. Out of these,21 persons were rescued by AirForce and 14 persons wererescued by other means.

As many as 45 vehicleswere retrieved from Koksar inLahaul-Spiti. Similarly, 600 stu-dents and teachers were shift-ed from Jawahar NavodayaVidyala Chamba and 100 stu-dents from Kasturba GandhiBalika Vidyalaya Mehla inChamba district. In addition tothis, three families of Rakh inChamba district were alsoshifted to PWD Rest House.

The Cabinet was alsoapprised that 12 tourists from

Sikkim State have been evacu-ated from Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti to a Hotel at Keylong.

Meanwhile, against thebackdrop of incessant rain inthe catchment areas of theBeas river, the Bhakra BeasManagement Board (BBMB)issued an advisory to Punjabahead of releasing “excess”water from the Pong dam. TheBBMB authorities said theyhave been constantly monitor-ing the water-level situation.

Heavy rain led to landslideswhich blocked the roads toBadrinath, Kedarnath andYamunotri, affecting theChardham Yatra inUttarakhand.

“Due to high patterninflow in the Pong reservoirand considering forecast ofheavy rain in the Beas catch-ment area, excess water fromthe Pong dam can be released.All necessary steps be taken byall concerned to avoid anydamage or loss of life andproperty in the downstreamareas,” said the BBMB adviso-ry.

BBMB Chairman DKSharma apprised Punjab ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh about water-level situa-tion in Bhakra and Pong damson Monday. The chief ministerMonday called an emergencymeeting to review arrange-

ments in the wake of incessantrain. Capt Amarinder alsoordered a special girdawari(survey) to assess possible cropdamage.

Chairing an emergencymeeting to assess the situationarising out of continuous rain,he announced a special gir-dawari for assessing crop dam-age due to heavy rain.

He asked the FinancialCommissioner Revenue (FCR)to issue detailed guidelines tothe Deputy Commissioners forinitiating the process of gir-dawari immediately after thewater level recedes.

In Chandigarh, the iconicSukhna Lake's water levelcrossed the danger mark of1,163 feet and ChandigarhAdministration opened twofloodgates of the man-madewater body.

Before this, it was in theyear 2008 when flood gates ofthe lake were opened after thewater level had crossed 1,163feet.

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Even as Congress presidentRahul Gandhi renewed his

attack on Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in the Rafaeldeal, a delegation of seniorCongress leaders met theCentral VigilanceCommissioner (CVC) onMonday and sought registra-tion of a case in the alleged cor-ruption in the fighter jet deal.

The meeting comes daysafter a Congress delegationmet the CAG and urged theapex auditor to prepare a reporton the alleged irregularities inthe deal and present it inParliament.

The BJP on the other hand

has hit back at Rahul and saidhe has been lying on the priceof the fighter jet and there wasa nexus between him and for-mer French President FrancoisHollande.

The BJP alleged Rahul isinvolved in a “conspiracy,internationally” and the for-mer French President is part ofthe “nexus” to sabotage theRafale deal.

While Defence Minister

Nirmala Sitharaman spokeabout an “internationaldimension” to Rahul’s attackon the PM over the deal andsaid Hollande’s commentswere not a coincidence, UnionMinister Gajendra Shekhawatalleging that the UPAGovernment had called off themulti-billion dollar deal aftera private company linked toRobert Vadra was not chosenas a broker.

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Benchmark BSE Sensex onMonday suffered its worst

single-day loss in sevenmonths, extending its fall for afifth day due to a meltdown inbanking and auto stocks on liq-uidity concerns and a rout inglobal markets.

The 30-share index tanked536.58 points or 1.46 per centto settle at a two-month low of36,305.02, logging its biggestsingle-day loss since February6 when it declined by 561.22points.

This is the weakest closingsince July 11 when it settled at

36,265.93. The index dropped a total

1,785.62 points or more than 5per cent in five sessions, wip-ing out �8.48 lakh crore of mar-ket wealth.

Factors like crude oil priceshitting a four-year high, liq-uidity concerns after defaults byIL&FS, the rupee retreating alow of 72.73 against the US dol-lar beset investors.

The broad-based Nifty ofthe National Stock Exchangecrashed below the 11,000 mark,declining by 168.20 points or1.51 per cent to end at10,974.90.

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The strongman president ofthe Maldives on Monday

conceded defeat in elections,easing fears of a fresh politicalcrisis in the archipelago at thecentre of a battle for influencebetween India and China.

“The Maldivian peoplehave decided what they want.I have accepted the results,”President Abdulla Yameen saidin a televised address to theIndian Ocean nation a dayafter the joint Opposition can-didate, Ibrahim MohamedSolih, unexpectedly triumphed.

“Earlier today, I met withIbrahim Mohamed Solih, whothe Maldivian electorate haschosen to be their next presi-dent. I have congratulated him,”Yameen said.

There had been concerns athome and abroad that Yameenmight not accept the outcome.He had borrowed hundreds ofmillions of dollars from Chinafor an infrastructure blitz, tothe alarm of the Maldives’ tra-ditional backer India.

At the last election in 2013,the Supreme Court annulledthe result after Yameen trailedformer president MohamedNasheed, giving Yameen timeto forge alliances and win a sec-ond round of voting that waspostponed twice.

Results from Sunday’s elec-tion showed Yameen on 41.7per cent of the vote, well behindSolih on 58.3 per cent.

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Tall claims of “Digital-India”have apparently fallen flat at

Incredible India’s “ParyatanParv” organised in the heart ofnational capital’s RajpathLawns by the TourismMinistry, as many stalls show-casing the diversity of India andselling various indigenousproducts don’t have the facili-ty of digital or e-transactionand are accepting only cash asa mode of payment.

However, most of the vis-itors in the Parv were ready topurchase items using theirdebit or credit card.

Prime Minister NarendraModi’s vision regarding ‘cash-less economy’ seems to be a dis-

tant dream as in flagship ofParyatan Parv itself many ofthe stalls did not have thefacility of e-payment.

Joint Secretary, Ministryof Tourism, Suman Billa toldThe Pioneer, “We have advisedeverybody to have swipemachines, however, some of theTRIFED stalls and others donot have it. The swipe machinesare linked with the bankaccounts and it is on the part ofshopkeepers to have it and theGovernment doesn’t make itavailable to them. However weare working on the issue and itwould be resolved soon.”

Due to it many visitors whodo not carry cash are facing theproblem since the stalls don’thave Point of Sales (PoS)machines for e-transactions or

swapping of the bank cards.Adding to their woe is the factthat ATMs are not easily acces-sible in the area and neither anymobile ATM van can be seen.

Many of the stalls sellinghandlooms, handicrafts andother products from all acrossIndia do not have the facility ofe-transaction and are accepting

only cash. Though some of theshops or stalls which do nothave any e-mode of paymentsaid they manage to acceptthrough Paytm.

A shopkeeper namedNizamuddin running handi-craft stall of Uttar Pradeshselling world-famous carpetfrom Bhadohi and other hand-icraft products said he cannotaccept card payment as hedoesn’t have the POS facility.

He said it is not his shopalone but almost all shops ofUttar Pradesh do not have e-payment facility.

Similarly, stalls both ofhandicrafts and handloomslike DC Rajasthan, DC Odisha,DC Jammu & Kashmir, DChandicraft Delhi don’t havethe facility of POS payment due

to which many buyers were lefthigh and dry.

There were about 15 stallsof Tribes India organised withthe help of Tribal CooperativeMarketing DevelopmentFederation of India (TRIFED)while most of the stalls didn’thave the swipe machine or thePoS while rest said they havethe facility of e-paymentthrough swipe machine.

“On one hand theGovernment is promoting‘Digital India’ and ask us toswitch over to the e-mode ofpayments using BHIM Appand other modes while onother hands in its own festorganised by Ministry ofTourism many stalls do nothave PoS machines or other e-payment modes.

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Andhra Pradesh has toppedthe chart among States in

terms of the “Ease of LivingIndex” rankings under the AtalMission for Rejuvenation andUrban Transformation(AMRUT).

Andhra Pradesh is fol-lowed by Odisha and MadhyaPradesh.

Andhra Pradesh has alsooutperformed 28 other Statesand seven Union Territories(UTs) to be the best in India forconducting business.

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Minister Narendra Modi inJune 2015, AMRUT aims atensuring robust sewage net-works, water supply and otherinfrastructure to improve thequality of life of people inurban areas.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi will address a mega

congregation of BJP workers,termed as world’s largest con-vention, during his visit here onTuesday.

BJP president Amit Shahwill also speak at the eventbeing held on the occasion ofthe birth anniversary ofHindutva icon and BharatiyaJana Sangh (BJS) idealoguePandit Deendayal Upadhyay.

BJP spokesman RajneeshAgrawal said that the event willbe the world's largest congre-gation of political workers.“BJP president Amit Shah willalso address party workers onthe occasion,” he said.

The venue has been namedas ‘Atal Mahakumbh Parisar’ inmemory of former PrimeMinister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,who passed away in New Delhiin August.

Modi will arrive at theBhopal airport around noonand will reach the venue in ahelicopter along with otherBJP leaders to avoid inconve-nience to people, party leaderssaid. The prime minister willremain in the state capital fornearly three hours, they said.

BJP workers from 65,000polling booths spread acrossthe 230 Assembly seats in the

state will take part in the pro-gramme, said Agrawal.

An exhibition hall namedafter BJP leader and formerUnion minister, late AnilMadhav Dave, has also been setup at the rally site.

"It will showcase the jour-ney and works of BJP stalwarts,including Vajpayee, Modi andMadhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan," Agrawal said.

In the exhibition, BJP andBJS stalwarts - Upadhyay,Syama Prasad Mookerjee,Vajpayee, Rajmata VijayarajeScindia and Kushabhau Thakre- have been depicted as the fivestrong pillars of the BJP, he said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), established in 1980, isthe successor party of the BJS.

The party has booked ninespecial trains from differentparts of the state to bring BJPworkers for the event, Agrawalsaid. Police have made elabo-rate security arrangements forthe high-profile event and also

Modi's visit.Inspector General (IG)

Bhopal Jaideep Prasadinformed that adequate secu-rity arrangements have beenmade for the visit of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onTuesday by deploying nearly6,000-strong force, including4,000 personnel from the cen-tral and reserve forces.

Nearly 22 senior IPS offi-cers have been deployed tocoordinate security details, hesaid.

Along with MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan,Chhattisgarh and Mizoram willalso go to polls by the year-end.

Modi and Shah, two starpoll campaigners of the BJP,will be in Bhopal days afterCongress chief Rahul Gandhivisited the state capital.

Gandhi has held a road-show and later addressedCongress workers and office-bearers during his September17 visit.

Both the national partiesare in poll campaign mode inthe state, where the BJP is inpower since 2003.

While the saffron outfitwill seek a fourth straight termin office in the year-end elec-tions, the Congress will look towrest power from the BJP in astate which was once its strong-hold.

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The book lovers of the citycan suggest their favourite

authors to each other. SwamiVivekananda Library hasbrought a new collection of fic-tion books and a review processat the library.

Swami VivekanandaLibrary, Assistant Manager,Yatish Bhatele said that in thelast few years it has beenobserved that the trend ofmembers in non-fiction bookshas increased. It can be seen bygathering the suggestionsreceived by members that read-ers are trending on whichbooks. It has been found in thesurvey that even today thenumber of fictitious books inthe books issued by the libraryis the highest, but besides this,history, self development, biog-raphy and relegious are pre-ferred.

He further said that todayreaders are also aware of newauthors and titles. After read-ing the reviews coming inother website such as GoodReads, Amazon, members rec-ommend their collection forlibrary collection. From timebook reviews are added in thelibrary.

The authors whose reviewshave been collected till nowinclude Yuval Noah Harari,who has secured a degree fromOxford University on WorldHistory. The books written bythem were Sepenians: A BriefHistory of Human Kind andHomo deuce. His third book is

21 Lessons for the 21stCentury. In this book, he hasattracted the attention of read-ers on issues related to today'sissues such as nuclear war,technological obstacles, ter-rorism etc.

Yatish Bhatele, also saidthat the history of developmentof the last 100 thousand yearsof human beings has beenbrought down in his bookSapiens.

Other than this, booksincluding Devil's Advocate TheUntold Story by Thapar, WhyI am a Hindu by ShashiTharoor, God Save theSupreme Court by FaliNariman and Reflections of aStar by Amitabh Bachchan areincluded in the library.

Apart from this, membersin Swami Vivekananda Librarycan give suggestions for eachother.

Members can write thereview on Member ReviewBoard and can give theirfavorite books as suggestionsfor other members.

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Marking the second day ofthe 28th All India GV

Mavalankar ShootingChampionship being playedin the State capital, the play-ers from across the countryexhibited their shooting talent.

The championship isbeing played at the MadhyaPradesh State ShootingAcademy. Here on Mondaythe players competed witheach other in the Trap event.

Under the competition,the players from Punjab,Har yana, Maharashtra,Gujarat, Delhi andUttarakhand maintaineddominance. While the Armyplayers are ahead in the ser-vice category.

In the junior men's indi-

vidual event under the cham-pionship, Punjab’s playerGurpreet Singh, DavyankMohan of Haryana and shoot-er Sehajpreet Singh of Punjabmaintained their lead for thefirst, second and third posi-tions respectively. In the TrapMen's event, Devi Mohan ofHaryana secured first posi-tion, Sehajpreet Singh ofPunjab secured second posi-tion and Ronald of Delhisecured third position.

In the Trap Women eventof the championship, Delhi'splayer Arusha Verma, SushmaSingh of Uttarakhand andHaryana's player Kiran, main-tained the lead at the first, sec-ond and third positionsrespectively. In the Trap JuniorWomen event, Delhi's playerPravasi Tripathi, Haryana's

player Kiran and Rajasthan'splayer Harshita lead the scoreboard with first, second andthird positions respectively.

In the Men's Veteran’s cat-egory, Maharashtra's PraveenSingh and Gujarat's JahanBaksh lead the score boardwith securing first and secondpositions respectively. In theservice category, Amit Singh,Harshvardhan and RajeshSingh of the Army are leadingin the first, second and thirdpositions respectively.

Here on Monday, Punjab’sGovernor V. P. Singh Badnourconducted training in theTrap event of Veteran’ss cate-gory. It is noteworthy that onTuesday, the competition willbe played in the Trap event inwhich V. P. Singh Badnourwill also perform.

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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan will dedicate the

Narmada-Malwa Link Projectat the junction placeKalmervadi of Narmada at5.00 pm. on September 27.

This project wasannounced by Chouhan in theyear 2012 for a permanentsolution to the water crisis ofMalwa region. Before the ded-ication programme, the ChiefMinister will address farmers atDepalpur village. The projectcompleted within the stipulat-ed time will facilitate water forirrigation on 50,775 hectare(1.25 lakh acre) of 164 villagesalong with potable water tohundred of villages.

It may be mentioned thatNarmada water will reachMalwa region after lifting itupto 427 meter height at 15

cubic meter per second capac-ity from the main canal locat-ed at the right bank of theOmkareshwar project. Underthe project, which was thechallenging task of the civilengineering field, water will belifted by 68.142 long k.m.pipeline of 3 meter diameter

through the remote forest area.Finally, the challenging task tobring Narmada water to BadiKalmer village, the junctionplace of Indore district has beencompleted in 3 and half yearsperiod. The Narmada-Gambhir confluence site hasbeen developed as the place oftourists’ attraction. Snan ghatshave also been constructed forvisitors at this place, whereNarmada water will be releasedin the form of water fall inGambhir river.

Besides, Chief MinisterChouhan will perform bhoomipoojan of the First Phase of theNarmada-Kalisindh LinkProject at Sonkacch of Dewasdistrict on September 27.Before this, he will also performbhoomi poojan of Narmada-Kshipra Multipurpose MicroIrrigation Scheme at Tarana vil-lage on September 26.

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The State Cabinet here onMonday granted approval

to extend the Bhopal andIndore Metro Rail Projects.Approval was also granted to abank loan of 500 m euro fromthe European Investment Bankfor the Bhopal Metro RailProject.

The Cabinet took decisionregarding 129 posts for theProject Management Unit and274 posts of ProjectImplementation Units. It grant-ed approval of creation of twoposts separately of AdditionalManaging Director for Bhopaland Indore. MPMRCL willhave the authority of filling thevacancies, recruitment process,honorarium and of determin-ing the requirement of qualifi-cation and experience.

The Cabinet decided tostart the Mukhya MantriAvivahita Pension Yojanathrough the Department ofSocial Justice and DisasterWelfare.

In this, a pension amountof �300- per month will be

given to unmarried eligiblewomen in the 50-79 age groupand �500 to the eligible womenof 80 years or more.

The Cabinet grantedapproval for a CPS Diplomacourse in hospitals of the state.Permission was granted tobegin CPS Diploma course inGynaecology (DGO),Pediatrics (DCH),Anaesthesiology (DA), GeneralMedicine (DGM),Psychological Medicine(DPM), Pathology andBacteriology (DPB), GeneralSurgery (DGM), MedicalRadiology and Electrology(DMRI) and EmergencyMedicine (DEME) in the state’shospitals. The Cabinet took thedecision to consider CPSDiploma equivalent to PGDiploma and to ensure eligi-bility to all the benefits toMedical Officers pursuing thediploma course and to validatethe CPS Diploma for promo-tion to the posts of Specialists.

The Cabinet decided toprovide free coaching to out-standing graduate and qualifiedstudents to prepare for the

Union Public ServiceCommission (UPSC) exami-nation in Delhi under theHigher EducationDepartment’s new scheme.Under this scheme, meritoriousstudents who cannot get coach-ing at their own expense areselected. Under this scheme100 students from various sec-tions of the society will beselected in accordance with theset standards and will be sentto coaching institutes of Delhifor UPSC exam preparation.

The Cabinet also approvedconstitution of gram panchay-at Sirali, Harda district andgram panchayat Malanpur,Bhind district as municipalcouncils and forward the pro-posal to the Governor.

Similarly, the Cabinetapproved the formation ofGhoradongri MunicipalCouncil, Betul district, ShahpurMunicipal Council, Betul dis-trict, Surkhi district MunicipalCouncil, Sagar district andNiwali Bijurg MunicipalCouncil, Barwani district andforwards the proposal to theGovernor.

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Students preparing for civilservices are being informed

about the various aspects of IASexaminations. A workshop onMPPSC, IAS and UPSC prepa-ration was being organised atSP Student’s Point here onMonday.

As the preliminary exam-inations of civil services arenear and it is the time for thestudents to get acquainted withmore and more information,further to carry out the prepa-rations well the demo classeswill be held at its premises.Notably the demonstration

classes along with the mocktests will be held with properpreparation so that the studentscan check their knowledge aswell as how they are preparingfor the exam.

Notably, current affairs andits knowledge is one of the vitalpart of the civil services exam-inations. Most often studentsprepare current affairs accord-ingly and most often preparethem through self study.Moreover, the students some-times leave the most importantand rare topics which can beasked in the examinations.This workshop and demo classwill help them to prepare them

well on current affairs.All the doubts regarding

subject selection, appropriateselection of books, compilationof PIB and NIOS, proper pat-tern of creating summary willbe resolved in this workshop.Anyone interested to appear forUPSC exams can participate inthe workshop and try their IQknowledge and also can checktheir preparations.

Notably, the students willalso be made acquainted withthe exact pattern of UPSCexaminations and the questionpaper format. The studentswill be benefitted with theworkshop.

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The tale of valor and braveryof Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon

was told through the film‘Shradhanjali’. The movie basedon Sekhon’s life was screened atShaurya Smarak theatre hereon Monday.

Flying Officer Nirmal JitSingh Sekhon, PVC was anofficer of the Indian Air Force.He was posthumously award-ed the Param Vir Chakra,India's highest military deco-ration, in recognition of his

lone defence of Srinagar AirBase against a PAF air raid dur-ing the Indo-Pakistani War of1971.

He is the only member ofthe Indian Air Force to be sohonoured.

The life of Sekhon wasshowcased through this film. Itis to be noted that he wasawarded with Param VirChakra for Indo-Pak war.During the Indo-Pakistani Warof 1971, he was serving with theNo.18 Squadron, "The FlyingBullets" of IAF, flying the

Folland Gnat fighter aircraftbased at Srinagar. On 14December 1971, Srinagar air-field was attacked by sixPakistan Air Force F-86 jets of26 Sqn from PAF basePeshawar.

Flying Officer Sekhon wason readiness duty at that time.As soon as the first aircraftattacked, Sekhon rolled fortake-off as No 2 in a two-Gnatformation, with Flt LtGhumman in lead, just as thefirst bombs were falling on therunway.

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The first convocation of Medi-Caps Universitywas held on Sunday in the university cam-

pus.The convocation was graced by Akhilesh

Pandey, chairman Madhya Pradesh PrivateUniversity Regularity Commission (MPPURC).The ceremony began with an amazing andcolourful convocation procession where the chiefguest, governing body, board of studies, boardof management, parents, students and facultymembers of Medi-Caps University Indorewalked through the aisle towards the convoca-tion venue.

There was then a group photograph sessionof chief guest along with all the dignitaries. Afterthe photograph session the chief guest was givena floral welcome by Chancellor RC Mittal.

He congratulated the students for graduat-ing and encouraged them to stay positive forwhat they have dreamt of. ‘Graduating fromMedi-Caps Indore is a responsibility for you tomaintain the brand name as you all are theambassadors of the University now. He advisedthe students not to focus on rewards but on out-comes. Many CEOs are known for power andachieving financial targets, but not muchremembered after they step down. Be a leaderwho not only excels in work, but also contributesto the society as a whole. Grab the opportuni-ties as they come to you’, he said.

He concluded his address advising the stu-

dents not to be the prisoner of mark sheets. “Ifyou scored high, does not mean you will alwaysbe success; and if you scored low, doesn’t meanyou will never achieve success. Look for foun-tains of knowledge around, and you’ll always besuccessful,” he concluded.

Vice Chancellor Sunil K Somani and thechief guest distributed the medals to the studentswho graduated this year. After the distributionconferment of degrees took place. It was doneby the Chief guest, Chancellor and ViceChancellor.

The chief guest appealed the students to fol-low the Indian culture and urged that knowl-edge is incompact students can learn by anybody.By taking the example of Ramayana, Geeta,Mahabharat he motivated the students.

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Crime branch of Bhopalpolice nabbed two fraud-

sters who duped seven peopleto the tune of �74 lakh in thename of providing loan; detailsregarding money are underinvestigation, said police.

Police said that twoaccused Adesh Kumar Tiwari(44) and Sameer Khan (24)were nabbed who wereinvolved in cheating four vic-tims on the pretext of availingloan and renting their house tobank to open branch.

The victim Vijay Dongrelodged complaint with the MPNagar police about cheating byAdesh Kumar Tiwari and SameerKhan in the name of facilitatingloan and renting house to bankto open branch. The accused col-lected money from IndrapalSingh Rajput, Puneet Jain, LaljiPal, Rahul Pal, Shailendra Tiwariand Awdesh Singh who wereprovided with fake loan sanctionletter and fake cheque.

Victims have providedmoney through cheque andcash and the total money theyhave provided was �74 lakh.

Providing modus operan-di accused revealed that the twoused to introduce themselves asbank officer and employee andcould facilitate availing loan atlow interest rate. They used toprovide fake loan sanction let-ter and would escape withexcuses if victim would ask fortransfer of loan money. Laterthey would escape. The policehave registered a case undersections 420 and 34 of the IPCand started further investiga-tion. Adesh holds past criminalrecord he has been booked byMumbai police for fraud in theyear 2015 and in the year 2018he was booked by Aishbaghpolice under excise act fortransporting for liquor illegal-ly. The other accused Sameer isinvolved in work of interiordesigning.

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A32-year old man was attacked with steel rods by three mis-creants including a woman at Dangroli under Berasia police

station area late in the evening on Sunday; police have nabbedtwo accused.

According to the police, a man was attacked by two men anda woman and was rushed to anearby hospital where his con-dition is reportedly stable. Policewere informed and on the receiptof the information a teamreached the spot and after pre-liminary investigation registereda case against the accused.

The victim was identified asOm Prakash Shakya and themiscreants have been identifiedas Bal Krishna Kori, ShishupalKori and Radha Bai.

During the investigation, it was found that the Om Prakashhad a fight with Bal Krsihna over cleaning near the boundariesof his house and soon he was joined by Shishupal and RadhaBai and was attacked by iron rods by the accused injuring himin his head.

Based on the complaint police nabbed Bal Krishna andShishupal while Radha Bai is yet to be detained.

The victim is undergoing treatment at Hamidia hospitalwhere he has kept under observation. The victim lost blood whichmade the condition worse after the attack.

The police have registered a case under section 294, 307 and34 of the IPC and have started search for the miscreants.

Victim and accused are neighbours and they had fights inthe past but were pacified by the locals but on Sunday the fightturned violent injuring victim severely.

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The 15th meeting of theBoard of Directors of Jal

Nigam was held here under thechairmanship of Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan.Chouhan said at the meetingthat the construction works ofthe scheme should be com-pleted within the given timelimit with the best quality. Heinstructed that constant vigi-lance of the works should bemaintained. Public HealthEngineering Minister KusumMehdele and Chief SecretaryBP Singh were present at themeeting.

It was told during themeeting that 48 group watersupply schemes are beingimplemented by the Jal Nigamout of which 16 schemes worthRs one thousand 42 crore hadbeen completed. With the com-

pleted schemes, about 9 lakhpopulation of 694 villages aregetting clean tap-water. About32 group tap-water supplyschemes worth more than total3,059 crores are under con-struction. These schemes willbenefit 30 lakh population of2,478 villages.

During the meeting it wasinformed that 9 schemes worthtotal Rs 4,512 crore for 33 lakhpeople of 3,467 villages havebeen approved under NDB.Five schemes out of theapproved projects are underconstruction while the remain-ing 4 projects are under tenderprocess. The projects underconstruction include Satna-Bansagar, Pawai dam,Kundaliya, Mohanpura andPahadgarh. Projects under ten-der process include Payali,Bayama, Kandela andGadakota.

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Special attention was paid onincluding women in the

EPIC list reviewed whichhelped to increase the genderratio from 905 to 917, saidChief Electoral Officer ofMadhya Pradesh VL KantaRao while addressing media atmedia briefing on Monday.

The Election Commissionof India (ECI) today said thatthe Second Summary Revisionof the photo electoral roll forMadhya Pradesh will be pub-lished on September 27.

While talking to mediapersons here on Monday,Madhya Pradesh ChiefElectoral Officer VL KanthaRao told, “Subsequent to thepublication of draft electoral

roll on July 31, a total of31,75,048 applications hadbeen received till the last datefor filing claims and objections.Of them, 16,72,805 applicationspertained to addition of names,7,43,489 to removal of namesand 6,52,086 to transfer ofnames in the same assemblysegment.”

He further said that thegender ratio showed improve-ment increasing from 905 to917 per thousand of malesduring the summary revision.Likewise, the number of servicevoters increased from 57,106 to59,826.

To a query over a com-plaint by the Congress over themisuse of government machin-ery by the BJP for theKaryakarta Mahakumbh, Rao

said that response has beensought from the GeneralAdministration Department.He said that appropriate actionwould be taken if anyone isfound guilty.

The gender ratio is likely toincrease till the publication ofthe final list which is scheduledon September 27, 2018.

Replying to query on ver-ified Whatapp account ofElection Commission Raoreplied it has been applied andwithin 10-15 days it would beverified.

Social network accountsof Election Commission wouldbe handled by a governmentbased agency from Delhi. Afterthe first published EPIC list fiveapplications of Non- ResidentIndians have been received.

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Preparations for making oneof the largest congregations

of political party workers andleaders, the police have madeall essential arrangements tomaintain smooth flow of traf-fic for visitors and commutersacross the state capital duringthe visit of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to the Statecapital on Tuesday.

The venue Jamboreeground of the State capitalwhich would witness one of thebiggest congregation of politi-cal party workers and leadersof BJP is likely to witness arecord gathering of around 10lakh party workers. Propertraffic diversion plans havebeen made to regulate vehiclesmovement in and around thevenue.

The vehicles coming fromIndore will reach the venue atBHEL Jamboree Maidan pass-ing through Khajuri Sadak,

Bakaria, Lambakheda,Chopara Kalan and PatelNagar.

Same arrangements havebeen made for vehicles comingfrom Rajgarh (Biora) they willreach passing throughMubarakpur Jod, LambakhedaJod, Patel Nagar, Anand Nagarto Jamboree cut point to reachthe venue.

For those coming fromSagar or Raisen have to passcome from Patel Nagar andthen via Anand Nagar theycould reach the venue.

Similarly, the vehicles fromHoshangabad road will reachthe venue through 11-mile toJhagaria road from where theywould take route Patel Nagar,Anand Nagar.

The party workers arrivingat state capital through trainsand alighting of at Habibganjrailway station could opt forroute from Saket Nagar,Barkheda to Mahatma Gandhischool through Vijay market.

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As part of reforms in theJagannath Temple, its

administration has decided toset up a Gurukul for the servi-tors.

Following discussion withSupreme Court-appointedAmicus Curiae GopalSubramanium, the ShreeJagannath TempleAdministration (SJTA) hasagreed to execute a proposal to

set up a ‘Sevayat Gurukul’ byreducing the number of servi-tors for making their childrenhighly educated and learned.

As per the decision, thechildren of the servitors wouldbe enrolled at the Gurukul,which would offer coursesrelated to Hindu scriptures inthe CBSE pattern.

The practical classes in thesubjects would be held at theJagannath Temple to make thestudents expert in conducting

the rituals of deities in asmooth manner. Theservitors’ children, whowill be studying at theGurukul, would be pro-vided education free ofcost.

Sources knowledge-able about the develop-ment said that the tem-ple administration hasacquired around 10 acresof land in the Samagaraarea near Malatipatpurfor establishing theSevayat Gurukul.

The process forintroducing the coursesis expected from nextyear.

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Ayouth allegedly hacked his wife to death over dowry demandsat Chikatnali village under the Tikayatpali police station in

the district on Sunday.Reports said Gandua Oram (20) of Chikatnali and Binita

Oram (20) of Kendudihi village under the Lahunipada police sta-tion had eloped one and a half year ago after having a love affair.

A few days ago, they had returned to the village with theirthree-month-old baby. On Sunday afternoon, the duo had a hotexchange of words after Gandua asked Binita to bring somemoney from her father.

The argument turned fatal as Gandua picked up an axe andhacked Binita with it. She died on the spot. On being informed,police reached the village late in the night and detained theaccused for questioning.

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Former Kantabanji MLAPrasanna Pal passed away

on Saturday at a private hospi-tal in Bhubaneswar.

He was elected from in1977, 1980 and 1985 as aCongress candidate and in1990 on a Janata Dal ticket.Many Government offices wereopened at Kantabanji duringhis tenure.

Former PCC president andformer Balangir MP SaratPattanayak mourned Pal’sdeath and recalled his efforts todevelop the Kantabanji con-stituency.

Former KantabanjiCongress MLA Santosh Singh

Saluja also condoled the deathPal and described him as aleader who strived for devel-opment of the Kantabanji con-stituency by establishingschoola, colleges and variousGovernment offices.

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In a first of its kind, to takeradio to the common people,

a Soochana Kendra was runfrom a panchayat office inKendrapada.

Chittaranjan Behera,sarpanch of Bhagabatpur grampanchayat, said he is a great lis-tener of radio and he wants thatthe people of his area get allinformation from it.

The Soochana Kendra was

inaugurated on August 15 bydistrict Collector DasarathiSatapathy.

Behera has purchased 10mike sets and transistor unitmachines and amplifiers at acost of Rs 70,000 and installedmikes in the electric poles ofeight wards of Bhagabatpurvillage and also at Balia market.

As many as 6,000 audi-ences have got the opportuni-ty now to listen to radio in hispanchayat everyday, saidBehera.

The technician of the con-trol room switches on the radioat 7 am in the morning everyday for providing an opportu-nity to the people to listen tothe regional bulletin (anchali-ka sambad) broadcast on AIR,

Cuttack and later, Odia newsbroadcast at 1.50 pm followedby news bulletins of AIR, Delhi

at 2 pm, at 6.45 pm in eveningand 7.10 pm.

Meanwhile, Sarpanch

Behera plans to set up mike setsin all the villages to cover thewhole panchayat under hisSoochana Kendra .

Very soon, the secondphase work of installing mikesets are going to be made in theremaining villages , Beherasaid.

One can see groups ofpeople congregating near theelectric poles fitted with thepublic address system to listento the radio news bulletinsand other programmes inradio, said Manoj Kumar Rana,a youth. “When the newscomes in public address systemin our area, ear goes automat-ically to it,” said BijayalaxmiBehera, a house wife. It is real-ly a good job, she added.

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Amemorandum on behalf ofthe Mukti Mandap of the

Jagannath Temple was handedover to Supreme Court-appointed Amicus CuriaeGopal Subramanium onSaturday stating to take this seatof the pundits into confidencein the reform process of thetemple. It demanded revival ofthe rights the Mukti Mandaphas lost over the years in thetemple.

While many of its rights torituals have already been

encroached by the servitors,some are remaining unprac-ticed these days, the memo-randum informed.

It further stated that sincethe Mukti Mandap is the high-est advisory body on rites andrituals, hence it be given muchpriority in the reforms of tem-ple in order to get its prestigeback. The demands includeSeva Nos. 8, 9,10 and 15, whichare Puja Panda Seva,Badapanda Seva, Puspalak Sevaand Palia Mekap Seva, respec-tively. Earlier, these Sevaswere in the hand of the MuktiMandap. However, later, it lostto the Sevayats of the temple,cited the memorandum.

Urging Subramaniam foractions against the Mukti

Mandap Pandit Sabha, thememorandum stated that aparallel body registered underthe Society Act, 1860 is quiteun-maintainable since it isunconstitutional in the templetraditions. Citing statements oftemple administratorMahimohan Tripathy way backin 1994 that the decisions anddirectives of Mukti MandapPandit Sabha are not at allmandatory upon the devotees,it urged Subramaniam to banthe parallel body in the temple.

Notably on September 10,the Mukti Mandap had given amemorandum to the three-member Reform Committee indemand of the rights, besidesa ban on the Mukti MandapPandit Sabha.

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The Manav AdhikarSuraksha Manch’s held its

61st Ghanta Yatra (cymbalbeating rally) here on Mondaydemanding stringent actionagainst the doctors, who areinvolved in irregularities com-mitted in Nidan and Niramayaschemes.

The members alleged thatMKCH Medical CollegeHospital doctors are floutingthe rules of the different med-ical schemes and are forcing thepatients to go private hospitalsfor the diagnostic services.

Alleging that freeNiramaya medicines are notavailable at medicine centres,

they alleged that doctors areprescribing other medicines,which are available privatemedicine stores. Patients areforced to buy the medicinesfrom the private stores, theyadded. While the Nidanscheme, implemented by theState Government, providesfor free diagnostic services,including the MRI, CT scan, X-Ray, such facilities are notavailable in the MKCG now,they alleged further.

Among others, Manchcoordinator Abani KumarGaya, Ranindra Kumar Nayak,Pravat Nayak, Laxmi NarayanRout, Maguni Nahak andManoj Kumar Tarai were pre-sent.

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Stray dogs, some of themvery dangerous and brutal

are becoming a serious prob-lem in the city. Till few monthsback, the menace of these straydogs was limited to barkingincessantly or fighting withone another thereby often scat-tering the garbage but now thecondition has become grim asthese dogs have started bitingand chasing people, especiallysmall children.

On Sunday night two stray

dogs on the rampage bit aneight year old child at the GudiGudi Nakka area of the city.The girl child, Deepti, daugh-ter of Sunil Dhakkad wasreturning home after attendingthe tuition classes around 8 inthe night when the dogsattacked her.

Two youths who werestanding nearby chased thedogs away and rushed Deeptito her home. She is being treat-ed at the JAH and is said to beout of danger. She was alsogiven the anti-rabies injection

as the doctors fear the dogscould be infected as they werenot given the vaccination.

In another incident atGond wali Sadak, a stray dogbit an eighteen year old SalimKhan and two of his brothers.The locals caught the dog andbeat it to death.

Eight more incidents ofattacks by stray dogs werereported from various areas ofthe city last night. According tosources about 70 people reachJAH every day for treatment forstray dog biting.

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Hundreds of women led byKamakhyanagar Assembly

segment BJP Kishan MorchaPravari Er Debashisha Hota onMonday held a Jail Bharo agi-tation in front of the Bhubanpolice station here demandingproper investigation into ‘mys-terious’ death of MamataPothal and her daughterJyotsna at Godipatana inDhenkanal district onSeptember 7.

The agitators, who includ-ed parental family members ofthe deceased, demanded actionagainst Bhuban hospital’s doctor and fire officers whilealleging that they suppressedthe facts behind death of thetwo to protect the accused.

Before the Jail Bharo agi-tation, the women took out arally from Nua Bhuban ShibaMandir to the police station.

SDPO Suprasan Mallickcame and talked to Hota anddeceased Mamata’s fatherGagan Chandra Bihara andshowed them a post-mortemreport of the SCB MedicalCollege Hospital, Cuttack.However, agitating womenwere not satisfied with the

report.Earlier, Mamata’s father

had lodged a complaint in thepolice station alleging that in-laws killed his daughter andgranddaughter and crematedthem without conducting anautopsy.

On September 14, Hotaand others had met DhenkanalSP Santosh Nayak anddemanded an inquiry.

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The Energy Department’sservice provider Enzine

Global Company’s JuniorEngineer (JE) PriyabrataMahalik was arrested by policeon Sunday on the charge ofsiphoning off Rs 2 lakh, whichhe had collected from the elec-tricity consumers.

Mahalik was working inEnzine Global’s Dihasahi office,was assigned the duty of col-lecting electric bills from thevillages under theJagatsinghpur electric division.

Later, an Enzine Globalteam after a probe detected thatthe JE after collecting the con-sumers’ electric bills did notdeposit it in company’s bankaccount. It was ascertainedthat Rs 2 lakh was embezzledby him.

Later, the accused JE wasasked to deposit the moneyimmediately.However, hedeposited five cheques worthRs 2 lakh issued in the name oftwo different persons. But thecheques bounced due to insuf-ficient funds in the bankaccounts. Then the companyauthorities asked him todeposit the money immediatelyor face legal action.

Fearing arrest the JEabsconded and didn’t respondto the company’ repeatedreminders for the last sixmonths.

Finding no other alterna-tive, company’s project man-ager Rudra Pratap Das lodgedan FIR at the Jagatsinghpurpolice station. Basing on thecomplaint, police arrestedMahalik on Sunday and for-warded him to court, informedJagatsinghpur PS IIC RajaniKanta Misra.

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Chief Minister TrivendraSingh Rawat attended the

21st meeting of the CentralZonal Council presided overby the Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh at Lucknow inUttar Pradesh on Monday.Rawat requested speeding upof particular road wideningworks and connectingHindon airbase toPithoragarh via regular airservice. He also spoke of theneed to make amendments inthe Bhagirathi eco sensitivezone notification.

A total of 22 issues werediscussed in the meeting with17 of them being resolved anddirections being issued inthree issues. The remainingtwo issues will be taken up inthe next meeting of the coun-cil. Roads, Pradhan MantriGramin Sadak Yojana, meansto tackle left wing extremism,modernisation of police force,MNREGA, infrastructure ofairports, food grain storage,minimum support price,national health mission,school police caded and otherissues related to schools werethe major issues taken up inthe meeting.

The Union HomeMinister said that the byincreasing cooperat ionbetween the Centre andStates, the zonal councils havean important role to play inresolving important issuesrelated to the public.

He said that all the zonalcouncils had been madeactive during the past fouryears. Speaking at the meet-ing, the Uttarakhand ChiefMinister requested swift com-pletion of the widening ofMuzaffarnagar-Haridwar andHaridwar-Dehradun nation-al highway. An air service

should be started fromHindon airbase toPithoragarh.

A regular commercial airservice between Dehradunand Pantnagar should also bestarted. Regardin theBhagirathi eco sensitive zone,he said that there is a need formaking amendments in thenotification. He also request-ed that funds be provided formodernisat ion ofUttarakhand’s police forceand facilitation of housing forpolice.

For compensator yaf forestat ion, the StateGovernment and corpora-tions should also be accord-ed persmission for suchafforestation on degradedland as is granted toGovernment of India enter-prises. Uttarakhand’s chiefsecretary Utpal Kumar Singhand other senior officers werealso present in the meeting.

Earlier, the CM met hisUttar Pradesh counterpartYogi Adityanath at his resi-dence. Rawat informed himabout the notice issued tofamily members of VeerChandra Singh Garhwali byUP forest department.

Adityanath assured Rawatof necessary action to providerelief to Garhwali’s familymembers. He also informedRawat that budgetary provi-sion had been made for pen-sion dues of employees allot-ted from UP to Uttarakhand.

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Punjab Cabinet Minister forForests and Wildlife Sadhu

Singh Dharamsot on Mondayaccused the previous ShiromaniAkali Dal-Bharatiya JanataParty Government of makingPunjab bankrupt from allaspects saying that the Badalfamily ruined the State morethan even terrorism.

Dharamsot, while address-ing the gathering of party work-ers during the Congress partyconference at Chhapar village,said before the SAD-BJP cameto power in 2007, it was a com-mon saying that terrorismdamaged the State the most.“But during the 10 years ofSAD-BJP rule, people now say

that the previous Governmentdamaged the State more as theState exchequer was looted andinnocent people were beatenacross the State,” he said.

Taking an aim at the Badalfamily, Dharamsot said that itwas during SAD-BJP’s tenurethat our youth fell prey tovicious circle of drugs, besidesthe Badal family looted our nat-ural resources as well as everybusiness. He said SAD playedan important role for bringingdark days in the State, but it wasformer Chief Minister BeantSingh who sacrificed his life forbringing golden days back.

“Whenever the State or itsresidents were in danger, theBadal family proved oppor-tunistic and saved their per-

sonal interests first. On theother hand, Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh hasalways worked wholeheartedlyfor safeguarding the interests ofPunjab and Punjabis,” he said.

Ludhiana MP RavneetSingh Bittu, during his address,said culprits of desecration ofreligious Granth’s as well as ofBargari issue will be sent to jailat every cost. He assured gath-ering that the AmarinderGovernment is following up thematter with utmost devotionand seriousness.

“The recent massive victo-ry of Congress party in ZilaParishad and Panchayat Samitielections has proved that theparty has strengthened at grass-roots level,” said Bittu.

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organised crime control unit(OCCU) has solved Muktsar’sblind murder case wherein a52-year-old was killed in broaddaylight by some unidentifiedmen on March 11 with thearrest of four from the DevinderBambiha gang.

Giving details, IGPIntelligence (OCCU) KunwarVijay Pratap Singh said thatinvestigations revealed thatmotive behind the killing wascar-jacking as the criminalswanted to snatch Swift Dzire carof the victim.

During the investigation,the OCCU team found thehands of Bambiha gang in thecase. “One member of this gang,Ajay Faridkotia, was intensive-ly questioned in this case who

confessed the crime and namedother culprits Amna Jaito,Amritpal Baba, Rakesh Kakuand Komaljit Singh aliasKomal,” said Kunwar Vijay.

He said that Ajay Faridkotiawas arrested sometimes back inMoga who was involved in atleast two dozen cases of seriousnature. Subsequently, AmanJaito (Faridkot) was brought onproduction warrant who wasalready arrested by a team ofOCCU, he said.”When the casewas solved and the investigationteam was able to connect themissing links, Amritpal Baba(Muktsar) and RakeshKaku(Bathinda) were alsoarrested. The weapon used inthis crime was .32 bore pistolwhich was also recovered fromthe accused,” he said. PNS

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India and China will sign aninternal security cooperation

agreement during the forth-coming visit of China’s Ministerof Public Security. The firstsuch agreement between thetwo countries will mark a newbeginning in bilateral relations,officials said on Monday.

Zhao Kezhi, China’sMinister of Public Security, isexpected to visit India nextmonth and hold meetings withHome Minister Rajnath Singhduring which they will discussvarious aspects of security coop-eration between the two coun-tries. During the visit of theChinese leader, an agreement oninternal security cooperationbetween the two countries willbe signed, a home Ministry offi-cial said.

The proposed pact is

expected to cover areas of intel-ligence sharing, exchange pro-gramme, sharing of best prac-tices, cooperation in disastermitigation besides others, anofficial said.

The move comes just ayear after a two-month-longborder stand-off between theIndia Army and the China’sPeople’s Liberation Army atDoklam on the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction.

Prime Minister NarendraModi and Chinese President XiJinping held an informal sum-mit in Wuhan, China, in Aprilthis year which helped repairbilateral ties.

A Chinese delegation metan Indian team on August 28 tohold discussions on the forth-coming visit of the ChineseMinister of Public Security andthe proposed pact on securitycooperation between the two

countries, the official said.This will be the first such

agreement between the author-ities of India and China whichlook after internal security of therespective countries, the officialsaid. While Singh is the head ofeight central armed police forceswith a combined strength ofabout 10 lakh personnel, Zhaois responsible for day-to-day lawenforcement in China and com-mands about 19 lakh personnel.

The forthcoming meetingmay lead to a future India-China agreement on exchangeof sentenced prisoners, anoth-er official said.

Currently, India does nothave an extradition treaty withChina, nor a pact to exchangeeach other’s sentenced prisoners.

There are at least 10 Indiansin Chinese prisons and an equalnumber of Chinese citizens inIndian prisons.

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The Home Ministry on Monday dis-missed Congress President Rahul

Gandhi’s allegations about RSS infiltra-tion in SPG as “baseless” and “devoid offact”. In a statement, Home Ministry saidthat the former SPG Director VivekSrivastava never had any talks on thematter with Rahul.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi’srecently in a meeting said that a formerSPG chief had to quit because he refusedto accept a list of officers handpicked bythe RSS. “The comment reportedlymade by Gandhi through the media isbaseless, devoid of fact and unfortunate,coming from an SPG protectee,” theministry said in a statement.

“The matter has been verified. Theofficer in question, Vivek Srivastava, for-mer Director, Special Protection Group(SPG), has specifically averred that hedid not have any such conversation withRahul Gandhi at any point of time. Theofficer has stated that as part of his pro-fessional duties he interacted with SPG

protectees; however, he has categorical-ly stated that during his interaction withShri Gandhi, there was no talk whatso-ever regarding the appointment of a newDirector, or the reasons for his leavingSPG,” said Home Ministry..

The SPG is a professional organisa-tion that takes its task of protecting serv-ing prime ministers, former prime min-isters and their families entrusted to itssecurity very seriously, and in the high-est professional spirit, the ministry said.

Rahul Gandhi, at an interaction withacademicians here Saturday, had allegedthat educational institutions, theSupreme Court and the ElectionCommission of India and others are “sys-tematically being captured” by theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Citing an example, the Congresschief had alleged, “When Mr (Narendra)Modi came to power, a person fromGujarat was chosen to head the SPG. Ina short time, he left the position. He toldme that he refused a list of SPG officershandpicked by the RSS, and that is whyhe was sent home.”

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As a follow up to CBI SpecialDirector Rakesh Asthana’s

complaint against CBI ChiefAlok Verma for allegedly inter-fering in the cases under hisprobe team, a senior agencyofficial on Monday met theCentral VigilanceCommissioner KV Chowdaryand submitted documentssought by the anti-corruptionwatchdog.

A senior official of thepolicy wing of the CBI met theCVC at his office for about anhour and is learnt to have sub-mitted the files of the casessought by the Commission inconnection with the Asthana’sallegations against his boss.

Asthana had recently senta complaint to the PMO alleg-ing Verma was interfering inthe probes undertaken by him.The Government referred thecomplaint to the CentralVigilance Commission follow-

ing which the Commissionthrough communications datedSeptember 11 and September14 sought files of various casesfrom the CBI.

The CVC exercises super-intendence over the CBI forinvestigation of offences underthe Prevention of CorruptionAct, 1988; or an offence underthe Criminal Procedure Code.

The CVC can direct theCBI to “inquire or cause aninquiry or investigation to bemade on a reference by theCentral Government.” TheCVC can also inquire or causean inquiry or investigation tobe made into any complaintreceived against any officialbelonging to the CentralGovernment. In addition, theCVC is also empowered toreview the progress of investi-gations conducted by the CBIinto offences alleged to havebeen committed under thePrevention of Corruption Act,1988.

Asthana’s complaint to theGovernment that was subse-quently routed to the CVC fullycomes under the jurisdiction ofthe Commission which isexpected to take a call into reg-istration of a case againstVerma after verifying the alle-gations. If the allegations areunsubstantiated, the CVC mayjunk the complaint.

Earlier, Verma hadopposed Asthana’s promotionas CBI Special Director duringa selection panel meeting led bythe Chief VigilanceCommissioner following whichthe infighting between the twotop officers has come to thefore.

Despite Verma’s objections,the CVC unanimously clearedAsthana, a Gujarat-cadre IPSofficer, last year for appoint-ment as Special Director inCBI.

Verma has trashedAsthana’s complaint as “mali-cious and frivolous”.

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Congress on Mondayaccused Prime Minister

Narendra Modi of deflectingthe country’s attention fromkey issues like “corruption” inthe Rafale deal by raising theissue of Pakistan.

Congress chief spokesper-son Randeep Surjewalacharged that “an unnerved,frustrated and worried ModiGovernment is now seekingshelter of Pakistan to deflectattention of the country” as itwas faced with corruption“exposed” in the Rafale scam.

He told reporters thatModi should answer questionsraised on corruption in Rafaledeal and other issues and notteach lessons to its leaders onnationalism. The Congressleader charged that every timedemonetisation-like “disaster”happens and people suffer,Modi remembers Pakistan.

“Every time a MehulChoksi or ‘chhota Modi’ NiravModi runs away with India’smoney, the Modi Governmentremembers Pakistan. Everytime a bank scam where gov-ernment is guilty, the ModiGovernment remembersPakistan”. Now that Rafale

scam has exposed rampantcorruption, the ModiGovernment is again seekingshelter behind Pakistan. Pleaseanswer questions of the nationfor the nation seeks account-ability from you Mr PrimeMinister. We want to ask cer-tain questions to the PM,” hesaid.

Surjewala also took a dig atModi for his “sari-shawl diplo-macy” saying it was done whenPakistan was indulging inceasefire violations. “Was yourlove for Pakistan not apparent

when you were indulging insari -shawl diplomacy asPakistan was doing ceasefireviolations and killing our sol-diers. Was it not your love forPakistan Modi ji when you hadgone as an uninvited guest toPakistan as Pakistan attackedour Pathankot airbase,” heasked.

“Was it not your love forPakistan when you invited thedreaded ISI who is the harbin-ger and protector of terroristswho come to India every dayfrom Pakistan soil, when you

invited them to investigate thePathankot airbase attack andthe same ISI went back andaccused India of killing itsown soldiers, “ he queried.

“Was it your love forPakistan when you formed aGovernment in J&K with PDPand in presence of our PrimeMinister, the PDP ChiefMinister thanked not people ofIndia or J&K not Indian armyor election commission butthey thanked Pakistan and theseparatists.”

He also asked whether itwas his love for Pakistan whena leader, whom the Congressalleged belonged to the BJP ITcell of Madhya Pradesh, wascaught spying for the ISI.

“Was it your love forPakistan when your deputyCM Nirmal Singh in J&K pub-

lically said that Burhan Wanithe terrorist would not havebeen killed by security forceshad they known that the ter-rorist was inside. Was it yourlove for Pakistan when ModiGovernment proceeded toinvite Asiya Andrabi as theposter girl for ‘Beti Bachao BetiPadhao’.

“So the connection of ter-rorists with BJP is well known.Don’t preach us lessons onnationalism. We have servedthis country with our ownblood. The history of this coun-try is written with the blood ofMahatma Gandhi, IndiraGandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, SardarBeant Singh, Nand KumarPatel and many many others.Answer the questions don’tdeflect,” Surjewala said at AICCbriefing.

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The average speed of the trains islikely to increase by 10-15 per

cent by 2021-22 once the IndianRailways achieves 100 per cent elec-trification of its network. RailwayBoard Member (Traction)Ghanshyam Singh on Monday saidthat with the network being electri-fied through and through, it willincrease average speed of trains andcut down travel time.

“Electrification will not onlyincrease the speed of trains by 10 percent to 15 per cent but also linecapacity by the same amount,” Singhsaid. While 29,000 route kilometershave already been commissioned,13,000 route kilometers more werejust approved, Singh said, adding thatwork is underway in 20,000 routekilometers.

The Indian Railways plans tocomplete electrification of its broad-gauge routes by 2021-22. It will alsorun freight trains in dedicated freightcorridors on electricity.

He said the railways is planningto convert all those diesel locomo-tives among its 5,500 fleet which haverun for 18 years (mid life) into elec-trical locomotives, while the 1,000diesel locomotives to be delivered byGeneral Electric (GE) will be used for“disaster management and strategicneeds.”

“Converting them would costus �2 crore per engine, while theirmid-term rehabilitation after 18years is around �5 crore. These con-verted locos will have 5,000 horse-power. These are completely ‘Make inIndia’ and a matter of great pride,”Singh asserted. He said the newengines will be less polluting, moreefficient and involve brand newtechnology.

While two such locos havealready been converted at the DieselLocomotive Works (DLW), a pro-duction unit of the Indian Railwaysin Varanasi, another two is in theprocess of being converted, he said.This year, around 100 locos areexpected to reach the 18-year mark.

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In a tribute to the formerPrime Minister Atal Bihari

Vajpayee, the Government hasdecided to organise the fourthedition of India InternationalScience Festival (IISF) in hishometown in Lucknow in UttarPradesh. To be attended byapproximately 10,000 delegatesincluding students and teach-ers from India and abroad, aworld record attempt will bemade to “isolate DNA” by 500students from class 8th to 10thstandard.

The festival will be inau-gurated by President RamnathKovind.

Union Science andTechnology Minister Dr HarshVardhan said that it was theformer Prime Minister whohad brought Science to the cen-tre stage of national agenda. “It was Vajpayee who had addedJai Vigyan to Lal BahadurShastri’s slogan of “Jai Jawan, JaiKisan”, he added while

addressing a curtain raiser ofthe festival here.

Dr Harsh Vardhan said,IISF is the biggest platform inthe country to bring togetherstudents, researchers, innova-tors, artists and general publicto celebrate India’s achieve-ments in science and technol-ogy. The Minister said that IISFis a medium to encourage theyoung minds towards the fieldof science and to promote thenetworking of stakeholdersworking towards the propaga-tion of science.

IISF-2018 with its focal

theme “Science forTransformation” will have 23special events. The GlobalIndian Science & TechnologyStakeholders Meet (GIST),Industry Academia Meet andScience & Technology forHarnessing Innovations(SATHI) - A National startupentrepreneurship summit andStudent Science Village aresome of the important events,being organized. The ScienceVillage program is linked withthe Pradhan Mantri SansadAdarsh Gram Yojana to reachout to the rural masses and

propagate science and for seek-ing scientific solutions to thediverse challenges facing oursociety, particularly rural India.

Secretary Department ofBiotechnology, Dr RenuSwaroop said that the specialrole of women scientists andentrepreneurs in shaping thescientific growth trajectorywill be another highlight of thefestival. “The programmeaspires to develop new entre-preneurship and explore newvistas of opportunities in thefield of science and technolo-gy among the women.Approximately 800 womenscientist/entrepreneurs willattend the event,” she said.

There will be a specialeffort to engage with stake-holders of the Northeast andthe aspirational districts.Another feature of IISF-2018will be mega science and indus-try expo that will highlight theoutstanding contributions ofIndia in the field of science,technology, and industry.

New Delhi: The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) will soon file aprosecution complaint(chargesheet) under the Preventionof Money Laundering Act againstthe Sandesara brothers, promotersof a Gujarat-based pharmaceuticalcompany Sterling Biotech and want-ed in a case worth over �5,000 crorebank loan fraud case.

The ED will subsequently seekInterpol Red Corner Notices againstthe accused brothers and otherseven as their exact locations remainsunknown. The brothers are sus-pected to be changing locationsfrom UAE to Nigeria, officials said.The charge sheet under PMLA isexpected to be filed before a specialcourt here within the next fortnight,they said.

The ED had earlier filed fewcharge sheets case against otheraccused persons.

The agency said it had registereda PMLA case against the Sandesarabrothers—Chetan JayantilalSandesara and Nitin JayantilalSandesara—and their Vadodara-based company Sterling BiotechLimited and others on October 27 lastyear, two days after a case of allegedbank fraud of �5,700 crore and cor-ruption was filed against them by theCBI. “Loans to the tune of �5,700crore was disbursed by various banksduring the years 2004-2012. LookOut Circulars (LOCs) were openedagainst the accused in August, 2017.During the course of investigation,three persons were arrested, one ofthem Gagan Dhawan, who was closeto the power centre when the loanswere sanctioned,” the ED said in astatement.

It added that the agency hasalready attached properties worth�4,703 crore and is looking for“more properties and trails for theproceeds of crime” in this case.

The ED and the CBI havebooked the company, its directors-- the Sandesara brothers, DiptiChetan Sandesara, RajbhushanOmprakash Dixit, Vilas Joshi, char-tered accountant Hemant Hathi,former director Andhra Bank AnupGarg and some unidentified personsin connection with the alleged bankfraud case. PNS

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Amidst the raging controversysurrounding the Nehru

Memorial Museum Library(NMML), the Jawaharlal NehruMemorial Fund, chaired by SoniaGandhi and housed in the TeenMurti Estate in New Delhi , hasbeen asked by Ministry ofHousing and Urban Developmentto vacate the premises on groundsof “unauthorised occupation”,which the Fund has refuted in“unequivocal terms”.

In a letter dated September11 from the Directorate of Estatesunder the Ministry of Housingand Urban Affairs, a copy ofwhich is with IANS, theJawaharlal Nehru MemorialFund had been asked to vacatethe Teen Murti Bhavan bySeptember 24.

The letter said that NMML

is in “dire need of space” andalleged that the Jawaharlal NehruMemorial Fund is occupyingthe premises “without anyauthority of law”.

“Having coming to knowabout your unauthorised occu-pation of the building in pur-suance of the communicationsreceived from NMML and hav-ing realised that you are in unau-thorised occupation of thedemised premises which is badlyrequired for the objects ofNMML, you are directed tovacate the premises… not laterthan 24.09.2018… failing whichfurther action will be takenunder the Public Premises(Eviction of Unauthorised occu-pants) Act 1971,” the Ministry ofHousing and Urban Affairswarned in its letter.

The letter signed by G.P.Sarkar (Deputy Director, Estates)further said that JawaharlalNehru Memorial Fund is “liableto pay damage charges for illegaloccupation of the premises w.e.f.

28.08.1967”. Responding to the notice, N.

Balakrishnan, AdministrativeSecretary of the Jawaharlal NehruMemorial Fund, refuted itspremise and asked that it bewithdrawn.

“I hereby refute in unequiv-ocal terms your charge of unau-thorised use or unauthorisedoccupation of the present officepremises by the Jawaharlal NehruMemorial Fund in the TeenMurti Estate,” Balakrishnan saidin his response in a letter (thatIANS has has access to) onSeptember 20.

The five-page letter elabo-rated at length that the premis-es has been in its occupationsince 1967, and has “remainedunchallenged and never ques-tioned and has been cemented”.

Notably, it was NMML thathad requested the CentralGovernment (vide letter datedJune 14, 2018) “that a portion ofTeen Murti Estate” occupied bythe Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial

Fund “be vacated”. “The NMML is in need of

space. People want to watchmicro films, the library is alwayscrowded… I want to shift allnon-academic departments outof the library but there is nospace. The part of the premisesoccupied by the JawaharlalNehru Memorial Fund is theonly possible and viable space inthe Teen Murti Complex,”NMML Director, Shakti Sinhatold IANS at his office.

He further alleged that thereis “no organic relationship”between NMML and theJawaharlal Nehru MemorialFund.

“I do not know what is theirmanagement structure and howthey function. A lot of money hasbeen passed on by the govern-ment to the Fund in the past. Inthe two years that I have beenhere, they have had no interac-tion with me. I wish them bestbut I also need more space for thelibrary,” Sinha stressed.

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The Supreme Court on Mondaytermed as “serious” the allegations

made by the wife of arrested former IPSofficer Sanjiv Bhatt that he was not beingallowed to sign any document in custodyto enable him approach the apex court.

A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi andNavin Sinha said the GujaratGovernment should file a reply to theallegations levelled by Shweta SanjivBhatt in her petition, on or beforeOctober 4.

“Before we go into the merit of thecase, we would like Gujarat Governmentto respond to the allegations. Accordingto us, the issue raised is serious as it per-tains to allegation made against thestate that it is preventing a citizen toapproach us,” the bench said.

Advocate Divyesh Pratap Singh,appearing for Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt saidthey have also challenged the remand ofBhatt, who was arrested by the GujaratCID on September 5 in connection with

a 22-year-old case of alleged planting ofdrugs to arrest an advocate.

“We are not on remand at present.We are not on individual hardship. If acitizen is not allowed to come to courtand his wife has to come before us, thenit’s a very serious issue,” the bench said.

At the outset, the bench asked Bhatt’slawyer to read the averments made in thepetition and said it had taken note of it.

Singh said Bhatt was not allowed tosign any documents includingVakalatnama for filing an appeal againstthe high court order.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi,appearing for Gujarat government, saidit will file an affidavit with regard to theaverments made in the petition.

The bench then listed the matter forOctober 4.

Bhatt and seven others, includingsome former policemen attached with theBanaskantha Police, were initiallydetained for questioning in the case.Bhatt was the Banaskantha district super-intendent of police in 1996.

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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s(RSS) unprecedented outreach effort viawell-planned and executed lectureseries by its Sarsanghchalak, MohanBhagwat, before an invited cosmopoli-

tan audience in the Capital should dispel muchof the apprehensions that have been voicedabout this organisation for many decades.

Having attended this event and heard Bhagwatas he touched upon a wide range of issues andchose to take the RSS’ opponents head on, I wouldsay that his thoughts on core issues that are cen-tral to our democratic existence, like secularism,pluralism, diversity, rights of religious minorities,gay rights, the central ideas in our Constitution,the National Flag and the National Anthem, wouldhave left most of the Sangh’s detractors speechless.Much of what has been said to condemn the RSSand to debunk the genuinely secular aspirationsof the majority of citizens, was, to use a cricket-

ing phrase, smacked out of the boundary and thestadium by the RSS chief.

While these assertions constitute the mostsignificant outcome of this lecture series, whatBhagwat had to say about Guru Golwalkar’sBunch of Thoughts, clearly points to the Sangh’sharmony with India’s democracy, diversity andliberal values. Although Guru Golwalkar, thesecond Sarsanghchalak of the RSS, saw Muslims,Christians and Communists as internal ene-mies, Bhagwat signaled that the RSS had decid-edly chosen to move away from Golwalkar’spostulates. He said some things are said in a cer-tain context. The RSS had now come out witha publication that had Golwalkar’s thoughtswhich were relevant at all times (Sadaa kaal keliye upyukt vichaar) — this means thatGolwalkar’s views on minorities, which are inconflict with India’s contemporary reality,have been edited out. Bhagwat said the RSS isnot hidebound and that, as ordained by itsfounder, Dr Hedgewar, it had a duty to adaptitself to the changing times.

Here is a quick run down on the key issueshe touched upon.

On the Constitution: Bhagwat spoke of theRSS’ unequivocal acceptance of and adherence tothe Constitution of India. The Constitution rep-resents national consensus. It is the duty of everycitizen to respect and follow the Constitution. Ithad been drafted by persons of great calibre who

took into account a variety of factors specific toBharat. Everything was thought-through and everyword was weighed before its incorporation and thisincludes the Directive Principles of State Policy andthe Fundamental Rights. “It is our consensus. Webelieve we must all be bound by it.”

Talking about the Preamble, he specifical-ly mentioned the reference to fraternity, dig-nity of the individual and the unity andintegrity of the nation. Fraternity encapsulat-ed the idea of Vividhata Mein Ekta (Unity inDiversity). The thought of taking everyonealong, which is embedded in the Constitution,makes it a liberal document espousing univer-sal values. That is what Hindutva is about. TheRSS supremo’s categorical remarks regarding theefficacy of the Constitution should silence thosewho believe that the Sangh is anti-Constitution.

On diversity: One of the oft-repeated accu-sations against the Sangh Parivar is that it is aHindu communal organisation and that it abhorsdiversity. Bhagwat’s well-articulated position on thisissue is probably the RSS’ first serious effort at thenational level to challenge its accusers. He told hisaudience that diversity is a matter of celebration.One should not fear diversity. On the other hand,we must celebrate and respect diversity. This is whatHindutva is all about. “My welfare depends on thewelfare of all, this is Hindutva.” For the RSS, noone is an outsider (paraay). The effort is to uniteeverybody (Sampoorn samaj ko jodna hai). We

must work towards a society that is devoid of divi-sions (bhed rahit samaj).

On the fear among Muslims vis-à-vis the RSS:Bhagwat invited Muslims to come to RSS pro-grammes and institutions, and see the RSS frominside and get a first-hand feel of what the organ-isation stands for. A memorable quote from thelecture series was that Hindutva does not meanthere is no place for Muslims. “The day it is saidso, it will not be Hindutva any more.”

On mob lynching: Mob lynching and suchother acts of violence in the name of cow pro-tection is an offence and is unacceptable. At thesame time, one must also raise one’s voice inregard to cow smuggling because theConstitution accords cow protection.

On gay rights: They (LGBTQ communi-ty) are a part of society. They should not feelisolated.

On the Uniform Civil Code: Bhagwat saidthat the RSS believed in ‘one nation, one law’.But at the same time, one must be aware of howdiverse society is. Even among Hindus, thereis so much diversity in these matters. Therefore,it is essential to ensure that there is no conflicton this issue.

On building the Ram Temple in Ayodhya:A grand temple must be built at that site. Lord Ramrepresents Bharatiya maryada. He was evencalled the Imam-e-Hind. There was a temple atthat site before. It is a matter of faith for crores of

people. The matter should not have dragged onso long. The temple should be built and when itcomes up, “a big reason for tension betweenHindus and Muslims will end.”

On reservations: The RSS supports allConstitutional provisions relating to reservations.Those who derive benefit from reservationsmust take a call on the continuance or otherwiseof the policy of reservations. There is no problemin regard to reservations. The problem lies in thepolitics around reservation. Further, the law to pro-tect Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribesmust be strictly enforced. It must also be ensuredthat the law is not misused.

As can be seen from these responses, exceptfor the Ayodhya issue, much of what he said shouldbe acceptable to individuals across the politicalspectrum. Interestingly, he told the packed hall thathe was not there to either convert or convince any-one about the core ideals of the RSS. He was thereonly to convey and extend an open invitation towhoever was interested to visit the Sangh and itsShakhas, and make their own assessment of whatwent on there. This is indeed the moment of truth.The Nehruvians and Marxists, who have viewedthe RSS with utmost suspicion, must pick up thegauntlet and see the RSS from within and maketheir own assessment of what this organisation isall about. In other words, they too need to revis-it their bunch of thoughts.

(The writer is Chairman, Prasar Bharati)

����������� ���Sir — This refers to the report, “Maoistsgun down TDP MLA, ex-legislator inT” (September 24). It is shocking thatthe Maoists killed two MLAs belong-ing to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).At a time when Naxalism is on thewane, this outburst of their outpouringof vengence is nothing but terrifying.This portends a jittery future for thenation.

Naxalism is a scourge and it has tobe wiped out any rate. Where doesNaxalism linger? And what is its mainattraction? Naxalism grows where

there is a breakdown of the justice sys-tem. Also, huge ecocnomic disparityand poverty play an importanrt role intaking root of this social outfit. So, asan immediate measure, theGovernment must address the coreproblems of the Maoists.

Once the socially marginalisedpeople, who often fall prey to the rev-olutionary principals of annihilation,are taken to the mainstream of thecountry by providing them all thatneeded basically, Naxalism will van-ish for sure.

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����������������� ��Sir — This refers to the editorial,“French gust of wind” (September 24).By now, it is clear enough that theCongress is trying to make a Boforsout of the Rafale deal.

While there may not be an iota oftruth in the Congress allegations butthe way Prime Minister NarendraModi has been silent on the issue, itis difficult to fathom.

Modi-led Government’s biggestUSP is its clean governance record sofar and the Congress is trying to hurtthe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

where it hurts the most. BJP strategists know it better how

to handle the stuation but they shouldremember that perception plays a big-ger role than reality. In view of theupcoming elections, the Congress isnot leaving any stone unturned tochange the people’s perception aboutPrime Minister Modi.

The BJP may think that it mayanswer voters at the right time butthey need to assess the damage whichis being done on whatever possiblepretext by the Opposition.

Bal GovindNoida

�������������Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Forgender equity” (September 22). TheGovernment’s use of the ordinanceroute to criminalise instant tripletalaq shows its desperation for votebank. It should have instead dis-cussed the issues that were raised bythe Opposition. The move also showsits dictatorial attitude.

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The RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh(RSS), which had beenunder sever criticismby a section of political

leaders and the social ‘chatterati’,in an unprecedented move,arranged for a high-profile meet-ing in Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawanfrom September 17 to September19. A galaxy of people from allwalks of life, including foreigners,were invited. Opposition leaders,including Congress presidentRahul Gandhi, too were invitedbut they refused to attend.

This writer, while on tour, gota call from Suresh Kulkarni, a self-effacing RSS national representa-tive of the Sangh’s affiliate VanvasiKalyan Ashram, and a seniorPracharak, who asked him if hecould attend this meet to knowabout his organisation’s philoso-phy on the “future of Bharat”. Thiswriter had been in touch with theVanvasi Kalyan Ashram on relat-ed matters and agreed to attendthe programme.

The meet got massiveresponse, as the plenary hall of theVigyan Bhawan, which has a seat-ing capacity of 1,285, was full toits capacity during the three-daymeet. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat,as per the schedule of the pro-gramme, spoke for about one-and-half-hour each for two days.

He also solicited questions inwriting, on topics that touchedupon by him, that were handedover to the volunteers to be repliedon the last day of the event. TheSarsanghchalak was heard with raptattention by the audience.

The RSS chief was frank andspontaneously effortless in hisdiscourse on a wide range of subjects. Those who heard him,unanimously agreed that it wasone of the f inest speeches delivered by any Indian in the pastfew decades on issues close to theirheart. The event will be remem-bered in the history of the RSS asone of the best exposition of itsprinciples, philosophy of life,changes in approach on multipleissues from the past with a collat-

erally beneficial commentary onwhat the Indian culture is, andlofty ethos of sustaining a digni-fied human life.

On day one, Bhagwat startedwith establishment of the RSS andthe l ife of Keshav BaliramHedgewar, who founded the RSSin 1925 in Nagpur with the inten-tion of promoting the concept ofunited India, rooted in Hindu ide-ology. After propounding the phi-losophy of the Sangh, he, step bystep set aside prevailing misgivingsabout the organisation.

Bhagwat asserted that the RSSrespects the National Flag andcited the example of 1936 Faizpur(Jalgaon district of Maharashtra)session of the Congress, in whichRSS volunteer Kishan Lal, one ofthe many who attended the ses-sion, hoisted the tricolor. He waspraised by Jawaharlal Lal Nehru.

Bhagwat also refuted the crit-icism that the RSS was opposed toMahatma Gandhi and cited manyinstances of the Sangh’s support tohim and vice-versa. He stressedthat the Sangh had no desire toimpose itself on the country.

Further, the RSS chief mad eitclear that neither does the Sanghremote controls its affiliate organ-isations nor does it allows itsoffice bearers to participate inpolitical activities.

He asserted that the Sanghdefinitely raises issues of nation-al security, like infiltration of for-eigners. Individual members, how-ever, are free to join any politicalparty and espouse the cause oftheir chosen field.

The RSS, therefore, concen-trates on transforming the individ-uals as good human beings tomake a vibrant society. If this isensured, nations around the worldwould be integrated as a worldcommunity — it is the bedrock ofHindutva and Indian civilisation.In nutshell, this is the crux ofHinduism.

The term ‘Hinduism’ neverexisted in Indian texts and wascoined by foreign invaders. Itcame to use only in the seventhCentury AD. Bhagwat assertedthat Hindutva encompassedIndian Muslims as other forms ofworship and that segregating peo-ple into different groups is theantithesis of the RSS’ values.

The foundation of Indiancivilisational values is based onunity in diversity that isVasudhaiva Kutumbakam, which

means that the entire world is onesingle family. Without this veryconcept, the Sangh cannot exist.This is the biggest statement evermade by any Sangh chief. In doingso, Bhagwat set the record straightabout his organistaion’s view onreligion.

He, thus, effectively coun-tered propaganda spread by fewthat the Sangh is anti-minority,especially an anti-Muslim body.He said that in RSS’ parlance, thereis no scope for minoritism as itbelieves in oneness of the people.

On the last day, he declared hisorganisation’s support for allConstitutional provisions, lawsand judicial interpretations andfully supported the reservationpolicy till the time those who arebeneficiaries, renounce it them-selves.

He also asserted that the RSSstands opposed to the caste sys-tem. He, however, categoricallydemanded that the Ram Temple

should be made in Ayodhya assoon as possible as it has beenproved beyond doubt that it is thebirth place of Lord Rama, and ifMuslims agree, it will strengthenthe bond between the two com-munities.

The RSS chief also reiteratedthe views of the RSS on Jammu &Kashmir for abrogation of Article370 and Article 35A and said thatRSS volunteers are working withthe local population to achievesocial harmony.

However, he evaded a directanswer on the Supreme Court’sdecision on Article 377 but saidthat he believed that an inclusiveapproach should be adopted onthis. Mohan Bhagwat also sup-ported the Government’s decisionon the Court’s order on atrocitieson SC/ST, but said that thereshould not be any discriminationand misuse of the Act.

Bhagwat deplored cow vigi-lantes for taking law into their

hands but at the same time pitchedthe idea of ‘cow conservation’ soas to make small farmers self-sufficient.

The RSS supremo demandeda new population policy whichshould take into account demo-graphic balance for a better futureof the country. He also vehe-mently opposed the idea of choos-ing none of the above (NOTA)while voting.

On a question on conversion,he said that God is not for tradein the market — voluntary conver-sion is needed, devoid of anyulterior motive. On language issue,he asked the Hindi speaking Statesto adopt teaching of one non-Hindi language.

Overall, it was a good publicrelation exercise interspersed witha changed matrix vision in whichthe master speaker walked awaywith a gold medal.

(The writer is a retired civil servant)

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Marriage Act of 1872, the Indian Divorce Actof 1869, the Married Women’s Property Act,the Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities)Act of 1928, the Special Marriage Act of 1923and subsequently 1954, the Parsi Marriage andDivorce Act of 1936 and eventually theHindu Marriage Act of 1955, were enacted tocodify personal laws of various communities,pertaining to issues of marriage, succession,guardianship and maintenance.

Muslim radicals, however, resisted changesto their personal laws, leading to the ShariatApplication Act of 1937. However, the Sharia’hwas never codified, and hence, its legal stand-ing tantamounts to nothing, despite the hul-labaloo by the All India Muslim Personal LawBoard (AIMPLB), which in any case is sim-ply another NGO with no legal sanctity, set upunder the aegis of Indira Gandhi in 1973, forminority appeasement.

Also, the AIMPLB is primarily a SunniMuslim body and does not represent Shias,Bohras or Ahmadiyya Muslims. Hence, whatit says is hardly representative of the broaderMuslim opinion. The Dissolution of theMuslim Marriages Act of 1939 in India, whichgave recourse to legal help to Muslim women,too, remained a non-starter, thanks to manyself-seeking ulemas and maulvis who wilful-ly wanted to subjugate Muslim women by mis-interpreting Sharia for their vested interests.

Ancient India’s civil codes have progres-sively evolved over centuries from the Vedasand Manusmriti, which are a comprehensiveset of sermons and smritis by Manu, Bhrigu,Yajnavalkya and Narada, on human duties,rights, laws, virtues, inheritance and otheraspects of ethics as applied to various sectionsof Hindu society. Regressive traditions, likepolygamy, sati, child marriage, dowry andfemale infanticide stopped having legal ormoral sanction in India or in Hindu customs,eons back. The moot point here is most Hindulaws have also been applied to Jains, Buddhists

and Sikhs, with the exception of ScheduledTribes, over the last several decades.

While other communities, ethnic and reli-gious groups realised the omnipotence of theIndian Constitution and the Indian Penal Codein the post-colonial period, patriarchal Muslimmen were the only ones who refused to changewith changing times, under the garb ofSharia’h. Much of the Sharia’h today owes itsallegiance to radical schools of thought likeHanbali, Maliki, Shafi’i and the Hanafi schoolof thought, which was the governing diktatbetween 1664-1672 for the likes of EmperorAurangzeb and other bloodthirsty Musliminvaders thereafter. Needless to add that theSupreme Court declared instant triple talaq asunconstitutional on August 22, 2017. TheNarendra Modi Government’s righteousefforts to make instant triple talaq a punish-able crime as per provisions of the MuslimWomen Protection of Rights in Marriage Act,2017, were stalled by the Opposition in theRajya Sabha on January 3, 2018 and again onAugust 10, 2018, on flimsy grounds.

In the given circumstances, the ModiGovernment’s decision to bring an Ordinanceon September 19 to declare triple talaq a pun-ishable offence, is historic. In 1985, formerPrime Minister Rajiv Gandhi destroyed theconfidence of India’s Muslim women by over-turning the Supreme Court’s 1985 verdict anddenying Shah Bano, a hapless Muslim divorcee,a mere monthly alimony of �179.

The wrongs done by the Congress werefinally corrected by the current BJP-led dis-

pensation after 33 long years, under theastute leadership of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. Naysayers from theCongress would do well to recall 70Ordinances under Nehru, 77 under IndiraGandhi and 61 under Manmohan Singh,before criticising the Modi Government onopting for the Ordinance route to end tripletalaq. Criminalising triple talaq sets the stagefor a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which inany case has been provided for under Article44 of the Directive Principles. But sincethese principles are not legally enforceable,a suitable law is long overdue. Those whooppose UCC on the frivolous pretext thatit will end India’s diversity and plurality,should know that family laws can neveroverride the Constitution, which is thecountry’s only Holy Grail that is both legal-ly tenable, and the one that has and alwayswill, stand the test of time.

The case for the UCC was amply demon-strated by Justice Khehar and JusticeChandrachud, when a PIL by Catholic advo-cate Clarence Pais, who wanted divorce grant-ed by Church courts to be held legally valid,was junked by the apex court in January 2017.The Court categorically stated that despiteChristian marriages being solemnised by aparish priest in the Church as per the ‘canonlaw’ (Christian Personal Law),when it came todivorce-related matters, only divorce grantedby courts under the Indian Constitution andunder the Indian Divorce Act of 1869, are legal-ly valid. Family laws or Church courts have noplace in a democratic society if such person-al laws interfere with the basic tenets of theIndian Constitution or relevant parliamentarylegislations contained therein.

The fact that personal laws run subservientto the Constitution had in any case been decid-ed way back in 1996 in the divorce battlebetween Molly Joseph and George Sebastian,and the 2017 judgement against Clarence Pais,only reaffirmed the 1996 verdict. Be it mak-ing Christian divorce laws ‘gender equal’ in2001, or amending Hindu succession laws in2005, if there can be a common criminal code,there is absolutely no reason why Indiashould not have a common civil code. Theessence of secularism implies removing anytrace of religion from family laws, and thatbeing the case, UCC is an idea that now needsto be implemented to keep India’s secular andrichly diverse moral fabric intact.

(The writer is an economist and chiefspokesperson for BJP, Mumbai)

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In an atmosphere surchargedwith emotions and anger,

the funerals of the two TeluguDesam party leaders gunneddown by Maoists were per-formed in Visakhapatanamdistrict of Andhra Pradeshon Monday.

A large number of sup-porters attended the funeral ofTDP MLA from Araku KadiriSarveshwara Rao at Paderu.Two State Ministers - AyyannaPatrudu and N Ananda Babu -represented the Government atthe funeral. The cremation wasdelayed due to heavy rain.

Former MLA Siveri Somawho was also killed in the CPIMaoist attack on Sunday wasburied according to theChristian customs at his nativeplace Battivalasa near Araku. Alarge number of tribal peopleand TDP workers bid a tearfulfarewell to him. Earlier theDistrict Superintendent of PoliceRahul Dev Sharma visited Arakuand laid wreaths and paidrespects to the slain leaders. Healso visited the police stations atAraku and Dimbriguda whichwere burnt and vandalised by theangry supporters of the two

leaders Sunday afternoon hold-ing the police responsible for fail-ing to protect their lives.

Meanwhile, State DirectorGeneral of Police RP Thakurannounced that the sub-inspec-tor of police Amarnath wasbeing put under suspension inconnection with the Maoistattack as well vandalism at thepolice station. He also said thata special investigation team willinvestigate the Maoist attackand establish the cause of thefailure of security in preventionof the attack.

Security was tightened inand around Araku and theadditional DGP Harsh Guptaand DIG Ch Srikant were camp-ing in Araku and Paderu tosupervise the security arrange-ments and combing operations.

Normal life was hit in theagency or tribal areas ofVisakhapatanam as the busservices of State RoadTransport Corporation weresuspended since last evening inview of the Maoist attack andprotests in Araku. This has putthe ordinary people and com-muters to a great hardship.Even the special police forcesdispatched to the area found itdifficult to travel last night.

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With the targeting of tworuling Telugu Desam

party leaders, including MLAK Sarveshwara Rao theAndhra-Odisha border zone isback in focus as a stronghold ofthe outlawed CPI Maoist party.

As the Visakhapatnamagency area was reeling undertension and a further flare-upof violence appears quite like-ly, the top officials of AndhraPradesh police were analysingthe reasons for the failure ofsecurity leading to the killing ofthe two tribal leaders so closeto Araku, a major town andtourist spot.

The reason the failure hasbecome more stark was that theMaoists had issued a clear threatto attack the MLA from Arakuin April last. There were alsofears that the Maoists mightcarry out a spectacular attack onthe occasion of the 14th for-mation day of the CPI Maoist.However, it now appears that noheed was paid to the threat.

"A combination of factorsincluding intelligence failure andthe over-confidence on the partof the police seems to have ledto this tragedy", said a top APpolice official, adding that cor-rective measures will be takenonce the probe was completed.

He also felt that the MLA alsodid not follow the procedure ashe ventured into the interiorswithout informing police.

AP police was confidentthat the Maoists will not ventureinto their area from Odishahacking suffered severe set-backs during last two yearsincluding the killing of 32Maoists in a joint operation byGreyhounds of AP and specialforce of Odisha police. The inci-dent in October 2016 atRamgarh was seen as a backbreaking blow to the outlawedorganisation. Since thenMaoists made several unsuc-cessful attempts to carry out aretaliatory attack but sufferedmore losses leading to the com-placency on the part of police.

Police officials feel that thetriangle of Andhra-Odisha-Chhattisgarh border due to itstopography and forests had thepotential to once again becomea stronghold of the Maoists andcould be used by them asspringboard for more attacks.

Ever since the CPI Maoistcompletely lost their fortress inNallamalla forest in AndhraPradesh they could not findanother foothold till now. Asthe Maoists were quite strongand active in Odisha andChattisgarh they could stageattacks in Andhra as well asBhadradari-Kottagudem dis-trict of Telangana, the policeofficial said.

Six teams of AP police havelaunched combing operations in

Visakhapatnam agency areaagainst the Maoists involved inthe killings. Sources said that thefforts to nab or kill them werebeing coordinated with theOdisha police which was alert-ed soon after the attack.

State police officials believethat Andhra Odisha BorderSpecial Zone CommitteeMilitary Commission ChiefPratapreddy Ramchandea Reddyalias Chalapati could be themain brain behind the attack.The organisation had movedhim to Odisha after the Ramgarhencounter in 2016 and accord-ing to the intelligence sources hereturned to Andhra side a fewdays back. Chalapti's wifeChaotanya alias Aruna heads theNandapur area committee in thesame area on Andhra Odishaborder. Police believes that thiscommittee provided logisticalsupport to the action team ofmilitary commission in execut-ing the decision taken at a highlevel in CPI Maoist party.

The other name of possibleexecutioner of the plan was TVasudev Rao alias Vasanna whowas also involved in the bid toassassinate Chief Minister NChandrababu Naidu in a mineblast in Tirumala and wasbelieved to be active in the area.Visakhapatnam incident alsohad its echo in neighbouringTelangana where police havegone on alert in districts ofWarangal and Karimnagar,strongholds of Maoists in thepast.

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Hyderabad, one of the fastestdeveloping cities in India,

today added another feather toits cap with the opening of thesecond phase of Metro Raillinking Ameerpet in the heartof the city to LB Nagar, a busyeastern suburb. The 16-kmlong route was formally inau-gurated by Governor ESLNarasimhan at Ameerpetaround noon. The service wasopened to the public in the evening.

The Governor, who trav-elled in the inaugural servicefrom Ameerpet to LB Nagar,said, “I urge all the citizens ofHyderabad to use the Metroextensively to reduce the pollu-tion and fuel consumption".Lauding the efforts ofHyderabad Metro Rail Ltd andL&T Metro company officials tomake Hyderabad project worldclass, Narasimhan said that theHitech City route should becompleted by December 15.

After returning from LBNagar by metro Narasimhanrode a bicycle from Khairatabadstation to Raj Bhavan.

Speaking on the occasion,Minister Taraka Rama Raosaid that every station of Metrowas built to the internationalstandard and the project waswinning international awards."It can compete with any MetroRail project in the world", hesaid pointing out that with 46kms long Metro already oper-ational Hyderabad Metro hadbecome the second biggestsuch project after Delhi leavingother cities including Chennai

and Bengaluru behind. The L&T Metro which was

executing the project has spent�12,000 crore on it while theState Government acquired thenecessary land and propertiesfor the project, KTR said. Withthe opening of this stretch entire29 kms long corridor fromMiyapur to LB Nagar was oper-ational. The Miyapur-Ameerpetand Ameerpet-Nagole route wasopened by the Prime MinisterNarendar Modi last year.

Of the 71 kms Metro lineon all the three corridors theservice has started on 46 kmsand work was moving fast tocompete the corridor 3 fromSecunderabad to MahatmaGandhi bus stand at Imlibun.

The Imlibun metro stationwill be the biggest and thetallest in the entire city as twocorridors will join at this pointand the people can interchangeto different routes.

It has corridor stations on 1stand second floors, the corridorIII stations will be on the two topfloors NVS Reddy, managingdirector of the HMRL said thattwo skywalks will connect theMetro stations with the centralbus station on one side andChadarghat area on the other toensure smooth flow of the commuters. Another aspect ofthe project was the developmentof five kms route from stateassembly station to the MGBSpoint as heritage precincts. Aspart of this effort to beautify thestretch road aides will be pavedwith Deccan stones and railingswill be in Indo-Persian style tomatch with the architecturalcharacter of Hyderabad.

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The first day of the autumnsession of the Assam

Legislative Assembly startedwith a noisy note with both rul-ing and Opposition legislatorsraising voice of concern over

the issue of recently-declareddraft National Register ofCitizens (NRC) in Assam.

BJP legislator, ShiladityaDev raised his voice of con-cern over the issue by show-ing a placard which read “MyLord do not discriminate yourown children”. Dev explainedthat he was referring to the recent decision of theapex court to drop five doc-uments from the list of doc-uments for filing claims andobjections and said that it isdiscrimination.

It may be mentioned herethat the process of claims andobjection for inclusion ofnames in the NRC will com-mence from September 25. Atotal of 40,07,707 people wereleft out of the draft NRC pub-lished by the Assam govern-ment in August this year.

State NRC coordinatorPratik Hajela had earlier pro-posed to the Supreme Court tobring down the list of docu-ments from 15 to 10 for thosecalming for inclusion in the

NRC. The five documents thatproposed to be dropped werethe 1951 NRC, pre-1971 voters’lists, citizenship certificate,refugee registration certificateand ration cards (as supportingdocuments).

“The idea of NRC upda-tion is to weed out illegalimmigrant and ensure thatgenuine Indian cit izen’snames are there in NRC. Thecourt has asked Hajela not togive any details to any one inCentre or State Governmentand this is unfortunate,” Dev said.

He added, “As a MLA weare supposed to know somedetails from NRC Departmentso that we can explain topeople. Is there somethingwrong in NRC, is NRC trans-parent?. Tomorrow if NRCfails what will happen therewill be law and order problem.What is the point of keepingaway the Centre and stategovernment from the NRC process.”

“Till now NRC directoratehas not been able to do map-ping and cannot say with pre-cision what is percentage of leftout in each district. If 1951NRC is not acceptable as a doc-ument for claim and objectionwhat purpose will the NRC of2018 serve?” he asked.

Nearly 14 organizationsparticipated in a protest out-side assembly demandingouster of Hajela.

BJP State president RanjeetKumar Das along with MLAsShiladitya and Ashok Singhalmet the agitating organisa-tions. “We have met Union

Home Minister, Rajnath Singhand requested him file affidavitin Supreme Court againstHajela’s proposal,” Dass said.

“We met Assam chief min-ister, Sarbananda Sonowalrequesting him to file affidavitand accordingly state govern-ment filed affidavit in theSupreme Court. The StateGovernment has also request-ed the Supreme court to con-sider pension slip as one of thedocuments,” he said.

Inside the assembly thecongress MLA, AbdulKhaleque sought ouster ofHajela. Industry Minister,Chandra Mohan Patwaryreplied that both Centre andState Government has statedthat details of NRC must beshared with both Centre andState as it is a sensitive mat-ter and law and order is Statesubject. “We are clear that nota single genuine Indian citi-zen name will be left out ofNRC and ensure that there isnot a single illegal immi-grants name in NRC.”

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With 2019 Lok Sabha pollscoming closer, the stage

is being set for new politicalequations in Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s home StateGujarat as OBC leader andCongress MLA Alpesh Thakormay join the BJP.

The 42-year-oldRadhanpur MLA’s futurecourse of action is the hottesttopic of discussion in politicalcircles of Gujarat. If sources inthe Congress as well as BJPhave to be believed, Thakor isin contact with the top lead-ership of the saffron brigadefor the past few months.

He had founded ‘OBC, SC,ST Ekta Manch’, to counterHardik Patel’s agitation. His risein the Gujarat’s political arenais at supersonic speed. Playinghis cards smartly, just couple ofmonths before the 2017 assem-bly polls Thakor joined the old-est political party in India andwent on to become a Memberof the Legislative Assembly.

Sources close to Thakorclaimed that the OBC leaderwas not happy with the GujaratPradesh Congress Committee(GPCC), as the GPCC leader-ship didn’t give due importanceto him. Thakor remained silentover surging petroleum pricesand inflation, says a seniorGPCC leader adding that evenduring the recently completed

monsoon session of GujaratAssembly his participation tooppose ruling party wasextremely cold.

In fact on the issue ofincrease in the salary of MLAs,Thakor criticised Congress leg-islators for supporting the rul-ing party’s Bill. He publicly saidthat on one hand Congressparty was up in arms againstBJP for increasing prices, butthey wouldn’t mind takinghuge hike in salary which onlyadd burden on the taxpayers.

Thakor’s entry in BJPmeans a lot for Gujarat BJP ata time when a section ofPatidar community is nothappy with the ruling party inwake of ongoing pro-quotareservation stir of the 25-year-old Hardik Patel. If Thakorwould join the saffron brigade,the deficit of votes due to a sec-tion of Patidar community’s slat

towards Congress would becompensated, said a seniorBJP leader requestinganonymity.

“In case Alpesh would joinBJP, he is expected to contestfrom Patan Lok Sabha con-stituency in North Gujarat.That is not enough. Along withhim five other sitting CongressMLAs belonging to Thakorcommunity will also join thesaffron party,” he claimed.

Just four days ago formerCongress MLA and Patidarleader from Surat Dhiru Gajerahad resigned from the partywith his nine supporters.Gajera has also indicated tojoin BJP. Strong Koli leader ofSaurashtra region who electedfrom Jasdan constituency inRajkot district on Congressticket in 2017 assembly pollshad also joined the BJP in Julyearlier this year.

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In the backdrop of the death of11 Asiatic lions in its last

abode – Gir Forest - the Stateforest department suddenlydecided to form 64 teams toscreen sick and weak big catsand immediately shift them torescue centre.

According to the claims ofGujarat forest officials, thelions died because of infightingand territorial war. Later on theofficials added that besidesinfighting, the big cats died ofinfections also. Looking to theseriousness of the incidents, aCentral Government team ofwildlife experts has also flownin to Gujarat to find out thereasons for the death of theendangered cat family species.

During the span of 11 to 19September, 11 carcasses of lionswere found which rocked theentire Government machinery inthe State. Gujarat’s AdditionalChief Secretary of forest RajivGupta said that viscera samplesof the dead animals have beensent to Pune-based NationalInstitute of Virology to find outthe exact reason of death.

Once report of the institutewould come, it would be easi-er to take further course ofaction in order to save lions,said Gupta adding that morethan 270 personnel have beendeployed in 64 teams for thescreening purpose. The stateforest department carries out alion census every five years. The2005 survey counted 359 lionswhile the number grew to 411in 2010. The latest census in2015 found 523 lions, 109 ofwhich were male, 201 female,140 cubs and 73 sub-adults.

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�90 per litre in Maharashtra onMonday, with the retail outletsin Mumbai selling the fuel at�90.08 per litre and the pricetouching an all-time high of�91.91 in Parbhani town inMarathwada region of the State.

Petrol was sold in retail inat least 13 cities in the State inthe range of �90.08 to �91.91.The petroleum dealers attrib-uted the hike to dip the valueof rupee and rise in interna-tional oil prices.

In Mumbai, the petrolprice was hiked 11 paise perlitre from �89.97 to �90.08,while diesel price was hiked byfive paise per litre.

The fuel prices peaked inParbhani town, where petrolwas sold at �91.91 and dieselat �79.15.

According to theFederation of MaharashtraPetroleum Dealers Association(FAMPEDA), petrol was sold atNanded at the rate of �91.61 perlitre, at Amravati �91.31 perlitre, at Ratnagiri �91.14 per litreand at Jalgaon �91.01 per litre.Meanwhile, the OppositionCongress slammed the BJP-led NDA Government for theunchecked increase in petrol prices.

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Maharashtra Congress per-formed 'shraadh-puja' of cansof petrol, diesel and US Dollaron the first day of 'Pitrupaksh'.Hitting out at the NarendraModi Government for the spi-raling petrol prices, MumbaiCongress chief Sanjay Nirupamsaid: “Today is black day,since the petrol has breachedthe barrier of �90 per litre in 13cities across the State,Nandurbar, Parbhani, Mumbai,Nanded, Latur, Jalna, Jalgaon,Hingoli, Gondia, Buldhana,Beed, Aurangabad andRatnagiri.

In his cr it icism ofMaharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis not cut-ting local tax on petrol anddiesel, Nirupam said: “TheChief Minister should hanghis head in shame. Four Stateslike Andhra Pradesh, WestBengal, Karnataka andRajasthan have reduced localtax on petrol and diesel. I amsurprised that our Govt hasnot bothered to reduce localtax on petrol and diesel. Wewill continue to protest till theState Government takesappropriate action”.

Nirupam said that therise in the fuel prices hadstarted showing a directimpact on some products ofthe FMCG sector like deter-gents, soaps, hair oil and edi-ble oil among others.

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After the Bihar leaders of theRLSP disapproved of the

talks on seat-sharing amongthe NDA partners, party chiefand Union Minister UpendraKushwaha on Monday sum-marily rejected the possibility ofa 20:20 formula of seat-sharing.Instead of rejecting in clearcutterms, he said some peoplewere introducing cricket formatin politics but “I am not inter-ested in cricket rather I used toplay gilli-danda.”

The talks in the NDA cir-cles had been going on thatunder the 20:20 formula BJPwould contest half of the total40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar andgive 20 to its three allies; 12 toJD(U), five to six seats to LJP

of Ram Vilas Paswan andremaining two to Kushwaha’sparty. But there was no officialword from either the BJP orLJP and JD(U).

The only reaction, that toosymbolically, came fromKushwaha after Bihar RLSPleaders Nagmani and BhagwanSingh Kushwaha rejected it say-ing their party would not toler-ate discrimination and theywanted as much seats as allottedto JD(U) or rather more claim-ing their party represented 10 percent of population of Kushwahaas compared to less than two percent vote share of Kurmis.

“There have been, so far,no talks on seat sharing. Oncethere is talk on this matter I willtell you,” the RLSP chief toldmedia people on Monday.

Union Minister Paswansaid his party was neither wor-ried nor in a haste on seatsharinge. He said he was notaware of such talks betweenJD(U) and BJP. Kushwaha whocreated a stir early this month bysaying that he has planned toprepare kheer and its ingredientswould include milk fromYaduvanshi and rice fromKushwaha. On Monday he saidhe was going to launch his“Paigham-e-Kheer” on Tuesdayfrom Patna and the message ofsocial unity would go down tovillages across Bihar. “My mes-sage was meant to unite all sec-tions of the society. Dalits andPundits will sit together to savourour kheer. All castes and class willbe welcomed in this pro-gramme,” he said.

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Monday (September 24)being the last day to file

the nominations for thebyelections to the KarnatakaLegislative Council (UpperHouse ) for the three seats,surprisingly the OppositionBJP has decided not to filepapers. The byelections forthe council will be held onOctober 4 for three vacant seats.

The BJP took the decisionfollowing lack of strength towin the election. In the 224member House the BJP has104, while JDS-Congress,which have joined hands toform the coalit ionGovernment, put togetherhave 117 MLAs. However therumour mill was abuzz thatBJP tried to lure Independentand disgruntled MLAs of JDSand Congress but failed in itseffort to garner support for a

candidate. This made the saffron

party to backtrack from thecouncil polls which is seen ascrucial as the political situa-tion is fluid and uncertain.

Former Minister NazirAhmed and M C Venugopal ofthe Congress and RameshBabu of JDS have filed theirnominations on the last dayclearing way for their unani-mous election.

Monday was the last datefor filing nomination.

The BJP State President BS Yeddyurappa, though theparty had emerged as singlelargest party by winning 104seats in the May 12 Assemblyelection and swearing in asChief Minister, had to stepdown as he could not mustermagic number of 113 to provemajority on the floor of theHouse within 24 hours asdirected by Supreme Court .The Congress moved the Apex

Court for its intervention. JDS and Congress joined

hands and formed theGovernment to keep the saf-fron party away. However BJPunder its strongman BSYeddyurappa is still trying foroperation lotus to poach dis-gruntled MLAs from both theCongress and the JDs. This hasescalated the war of wordsbetween Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy who is headinga fragile coalition with theCongress and BJP Lingayatstrongman BS Yeddyurappa.The seats had fallen vacant fol-lowing resignation of DeputyChief Minister GParameshwara (Cong),Opposition Leader in theLegislative Council K SEshwarappa and V Somanna(both BJP), on being elected tothe Legislative Assembly. It issaid that in the process of thepolitical development formerChief Minister Siddaramaiah

who is calling shot has suc-ceeded in nominating his can-didates to the council. Thisshows he still controls theparty and the coalitionGovernment banks on him.

The byelection was origi-nally scheduled for October 3but was deferred by a day toOctober 4 due to the GeneralHolidays of Muharram onSeptember 21 and 4th Saturdayof September 22 andSeptember 23 being Sundayeffectively curtailing the num-ber of days available for thecandidates to file their nomi-nation papers.

New schedule wasannounced by fixing last datefor filing nomination onSeptember 24, scrutiny onSeptember 25, last date forwithdrawal of nominations isSeptember 27 and polling onOctober 4. Counting of voteswill be taken up on the sameday 5pm onward.

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The sensational killing of aformer Mayor of

Muzaffarpur, Samir Kumar, byAK-47 on Sunday in the northBihar town has once againexposed the fact that the crim-inals are going bold and fear-less in Bihar.

The use of sophisticatedweapon in hitting the targets inseveral murders in recent timesalso showed that AK-47 is inthe possession of the criminalsin abundance.

In most of the recent highprofile murders in Bihar, AK-47 was used. This dreadedweapon is not only beingsmuggled in to the State butalso assembled and sold for aprice of �3-4 lakh.

Recently some assaultrifles were seized in Mungerwhich had been smuggledfrom Madhya Pradesh andthe involvement of an ord-nance factory was also sus-pected.

According to eye witness-es Samir was murdered nearBanaras Bank Chowk inMuzaffarpur by four bikeborne criminals and they firedno less than 50 rounds killingformer mayor and his driveron the spot.

Only a couple of days backone history sheeter Tabrez,said to be sharp shooter of for-mer Siwan MP MohammadShahabuddin was gunneddown just behind the Kotwalipolice station in broad daylight. Some of the criminalsarrested for killing Tabrezrevealed they wanted to useAK-47 but could not because ofthe crowd there so usedrevolver. This was an admissionthat they too had this sophis-ticated weapon. Last month anRLSP functionary was mur-dered in Hajipur by AK-47 andan RJD worker in Samastipur.

“Criminals no more usecountry made pistol and theyprefer AK-47,” commentedRLSP chief and Union MinisterUpendra Kushwaha who camedown heavily on the BiharGovernment for poor law andorder situation. RJD vice pres-ident Raghubansh PrasadSingh reacted, “It is beyonddoubt that criminals have moreAK-47 than the security forces.”

While Muzaffarpurobserved bandh on Monday, allthe opposition parties strong-ly condemned the “governance”of Chief Minister Nitish Kumarleaving little space for NDA

leaders to defend theGovernment.

After the recovery of eightAK-47 in Munger and arrest ofsome accused names of somewhite collared people andpoliticians have been revealedby the arrested persons whichexposed that this weapon wasnot only being purchased bythe Naxalites but also thepoliticians and their muscle-men in Bihar and Jharkhand.DGP K S Dwivedi has handedover the monitoring of theinvestigation into the smug-gling of the AK-47s to Mungerrange DIG Jitendra Mishrawho is likely to submit hisreport to the headquarters innext few days.

What is more intriguingthat the police have far badlyfailed to check the crime despitea high level marathon meetingby Nitish last week duringwhich the CM gave a sternwarning to IGs, DIGs and SPs.

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Ahead of the secondanniversary of the 'surgical

strike,' security forces are onsong in Jammu & Kashmir.

In the last two monthsmore than 50 terrorists havebeen killed by the joint teamsof security forces in clinicaloperations.

According to officialsources, " a total number of 25terrorists were eliminated indifferent operations across theState in the month of August2018, highest in a single monththis year".

For the second consecutivemonth this year the securityforces have managed to elimi-nate more than 25 terrorists ina single month.

Till September 24, thesecurity forces have alreadyeliminated 28 terrorists whilerelentless operations weregoing on in South Kashmir dis-tricts to ensure smooth con-duct of the civic/Panchayatpolls in the State.

According to official sources,"since January 1, 2018 a totalnumber of around 170 terror-ists/infiltrators have been elim-inated in the State this year".

Addressing a press confer-ence in Srinagar on August 24,2018 the Director General ofCentral Reserve Police Force(CRPF), RR Bhatnagar hadclaimed, "a total number 142terrorists have been eliminat-ed in anti-terror operations in

Jammu & Kashmir sinceJanuary 1 this year".

Rough estimates suggestedthe total number of active ter-rorists in the State hoveraround 300 out of which anestimated number of 180 arebelieved to be local cadre andrest comprise foreign terrorists.

In the aftermath of killingof Hizbul Mjahideen com-mander Burhan Wani on July8, 2016 large number of localyouth from South Kashmirdistricts had joined ranks ofdifferent militant outfits.

According to policerecords, "126 local youth hadjoined ranks of militant outfitsin 2017 and over 130 havealready joined this year withShopian emerging as hub oflocal militant cadre".

In 2017, a total number of218 terrorists were eliminatedby the security forces in J&K.

In the wake of Municipaland Panchayat polls in thestate the security forces haveincreased their footprints in theSouth Kashmir districts.

To ensure safety of candi-dates and create conducive

atmosphere ahead of thepolling dates the security forcesare also conducting massivecordon and search operations(CASO) to track down thehiding groups of terrorists.

On the other hand to ter-rorise voters and different can-didates from participating inthe polls the different terroristoutfits are resorting to pressuretactics and issuing threateningletters to prevent them fromtaking part in the polls.

In some pockets of SouthKashmir especially in Shopianand Pulwama the terroristsare regularly abducting kithand kin of security forces orpolice personnel and eliminat-ing them to avenge killing oftheir top commanders.

Three police personnel werekilled last week by terrorists inShopian district after abductingthem from their homes.

On the other hand, in theabsence of mainstream politi-cal parties National Conferenceand Peoples Democratic Partyfrom the poll arena the politi-cal activity is yet to pick paceon ground zero.

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Awhole system of rail androad communication was

on Monday literally hijacked bya relatively unknown pressuregroup in the Jangalmahal areaof Bengal area demanding,among other things, officialrecognition of Santhali andOlchiki languages, appoint-ment of Santhali teachers inschools and construction oftribal-specific hostels.

Called by Bharat Jakat MajhiPargana Mahal, a relatively newface in the history ofJangalmahal, the bandh took anoppressive character by theevening when the passengersand the authorities wereinformed that what started as adawn-to-dusk blockade wouldcontinue indefinitely, sourcessaid.

“We have been petitioningthe Government since 2003 forinclusion of Santhali in the listof official language. But thoughit has been recognised by theConstitution, it is yet to be usedas an alternative official lan-guage in Government offices,”

a BJMPM leader said.“We want Santhali and

Olchiki to be recognised as offi-cial languages, besides we wantthese languages to be taught inthe schools and for that teach-ers will have to be appointed.We also want Adivasi hostels invarious places,” another leadersaid adding the bandh wouldnot be called off until someassurance came from therespective Governments.

Even as the Central and

State Governments were luke-warm in their response inreacting to the situation tens oftrains remained vulnerable andstranded, some of them inopen fields. Railway serviceswere heavily disrupted inH o w r a h - K h a r a g p u r ,Kharagpur-Tatanagar,

K h a r a g pu r- B h a d r a k ,Kharagpur-Adra sections astrains remained stranded atPurulia, Bankura, Adra,Nekursuni, Basta, Salboni,

Balichak and other places.Sandwiched between the

tribal demands andGovernmental indifference werethousands of helpless passen-gers, students, women, chil-dren, patients desperately askingfor food and water through theday and throughout the nighteven as none from the powersthat be tended to come forwardto account for the affairs.

At least four districts ofPurulia, Birbhum, WestMidnapore and Bankura cameunder the impact area of thesudden bandh. The nationalhighways linking Bengal withJharkhand, Odisha and theentire South and Western Indiawere also affected. Even astracks were blocked withstranded trains in many placesin Bengal, Jharkhand andOdisha sources in the South-Eastern Railways said at leastnine trains from Kolkata hadbeen cancelled. Apart fromthese a number of trains hadbeen rescheduled, sourcesmaintained.“We are returningfrom an educational trip toVishakhapatnam with 73 girl

students. Now we are standingin the middle of nowherethough the Railways have pro-vided us with some securityguards,” S Sen the Principal ofthe BSS School said.

Falling in the mainlinebetween Howrah and Madrasthe route is a busy one fre-quented by hundreds ofpatients travelling betweenKolkata and Vellore. “We havea number of patients returningfrom South India. Their con-dition is precarious,” a studentof the school said.

Meanwhile, the TrinamoolGovernment and the BJPlocked horns over a Bengalbandh called by the saffron out-fit on September 26 in protestagainst death of two schoolchildren in an alleged police fir-ing in Islampur block of NorthDinajpur district. “We will notallow any bandh to take placein Bengal. All the Governmentoffices and transport willremain open,” State EducationMinister Partho Chatterjee saidadding all leaves ofGovernment employees hadbeen cancelled.

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Kolkata: Bridges continued toexhibit unpredictability asanother under-constructionviaduct, this time over aSunderban river, collapsed onMonday morning, sources said.

The labourers working atthe site had a providential escapeas they were about to join workin half-an-hour when a part ofthe bridge over Kalnagini rivercollapsed at about 9 am.

Sunderban DevelopmentMinister Manturam Pakhirasaid an inquiry had beenordered and the guilty wouldbe taken to task.

“No injuries have beenreported neither has there beenany casualty," South 24Parganas District Magistrate YRatnakara Rao said.

This was the fourth suchincident in the recent pastafter Majherhat Bridge col-lapsed in South Kolkataclaimed three l ives late last month. PNS

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Five infiltrators and a soldierwere killed as army foiled a

major infiltration bid inTangdhar sector of northKashmir’s Kupwara district. Theprolonged operation continuedthrough Monday as the securi-ty forces apprehend presence ofmore infiltrators in the area.

Defence spokesman saidthat three infiltrators werekilled on Monday during mas-sive search operation in thearea. The first contact with theinfiltrators had been estab-lished late on Sunday when thearmy shot dead two infiltrators.The more members of theinfiltrators’ group had dis-persed in the dense forest.

The spokesman said thatsearch operations were inprogress in the difficult moun-tainous area along Line ofControl. During the gunfight asoldier was critically wounded.He was immediately evacuatedfrom the area but succumbedto his injuries later.

Meanwhile, the normal liferemained affected on fourthconsecutive day in northKashmir’s Bandipora town inresponse to killing of five ter-rorists in Shokhbaba village ofSumlar area.

Even as the security forcesclaimed that the slain terror-ists belonged to Lashkar-e-Tayyeba outfit and were for-eigners, Hizbul Mujahideenoutfit on Monday claimed thatthey were local cadre of theoutfit. The outfit also identi-fied the slain terrorists.

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Although deportation of illegalBangladeshi infiltrators remained the

main poll plank for most of the parties inAssam, yet the successive governments runby different parties in the state coulddeport only 29,795 illegal foreigners so far.

Assam Industry minister ChandraMohan Patowary said this on Mondaywhile replying to a question in the Assamlegislative Assembly. A total of 91,609 per-sons have so far been declared or convictedas foreigner by different Foreigners’Tribunals in Assam. The Minister furthersaid that out of this only 1,037 declared for-

eigners are living in six detention campsof Assam. The 1,037 also includes 31 chil-dren, he added.

“According to the data received fromBorder wing of Assam Police, the for-eigners tribunals have declared 91,609 per-sons as foreigners till March 31, 2018.While 128 of them have been deported tillAugust 31, 2018, four other of them havealso been expelled during this period. Priorto this, the State Government has pushedback a total of 29,663 declared foreignersand convicted persons to Bangladesh tillDecember 31, 2017,” said Patowary.

“The 1,037 declared foreigners are keptunder detention in detention camps at

Goalpara, Kokrajhar,

Silchar, Dibrugarh, Jorhat and at Tezpur, heinformed the House. The revelation by theminister assumes significance consideringthe fact that Assam had witnessed a six yearlong students’ movement from 1979 to 1985seeking to detect and deport the illegalBangladeshi foreigners living in the state.

A total of 855 young men and womenwere killed and hundreds of others weremaimed by police and security forces dur-ing the period for taking part in the move-ment and agitating against the then Congressled Government. It may be mentioned herethat the BJP led Assam Government is nowupdating the National Register of Citizens(NRC) which is expected to detect the ille-gal Bangladeshi infiltrators living in the State.

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Benchmark BSE Sensex onMonday suffered its worst

single-day loss in sevenmonths, extending its fall for afifth day due to a meltdown inbanking and auto stocks on liq-uidity concerns and a rout inglobal markets.

The 30-share index tanked536.58 points or 1.46 per centto settle at a two-month low of36,305.02, logging its biggestsingle-day loss since February6 when it declined by 561.22points.

This is the weakest closingsince July 11 when it settled at36,265.93. The index droppeda total 1,785.62 points or morethan 5 per cent in five sessions,wiping out �8.48 lakh crore ofmarket wealth.

Factors like crude oil priceshitting a four-year high, liq-uidity concerns after defaults byIL&FS, the rupee retreating alow of 72.73 against the US dol-lar beset investors.

The broad-based Nifty ofthe National Stock Exchangecrashed below the 11,000 mark,declining by 168.20 points or1.51 per cent to end at 10,974.90.

Liquidity concerns andreports that China has calledoff planned trade talks with theUS weighed on the market sen-timent, brokers said.

“This turmoil which was

triggered last week by housingand NBFC’s continued to trou-ble the market as panic spread.In spite of assuring statementsby key government and insti-tutional leaders, market wasconcerned about the near-termheadwinds like quality andincreased cost of funds alongwith tighter liquidity,” VinodNair, Head of Research, GeojitFinancial Services Ltd, said.

Brent crude prices hit afour-year high before tradingup 2.34 per cent at $80.07 a bar-rel while WTI gained 1.81 percent to $72.06 a barrel.

Of the 30 Sensex scrips, 24declined with Mahindra &Mahindra emerging as the

biggest loser. Mahindra andMahindra fell by 6.46 per centwhile Maruti and Bajaj Autodecline by 3 per cent and 1.7per cent respectively.

Financial stocks led byHDFC also took a hit. HDFCdropped 6.22 per cent,IndusInd Bank by 4.94 percent, ICICI Bank by 2.8 percent, Kotak Bank by 2.6 percent, HDFC Bank by 2.16 percent, and SBI by 2.04 percent.

Yes Bank fell by another0.35 per cent, taking its totallosses to more than 29 per centafter the RBI curtailed theterm of its founding CEO RanaKapoor.

Finance Minister ArunJaitley said Monday that thegovernment would take allmeasures to ensure adequateliquidity for non-bankingfinancial companies (NBFCs)

and mutual funds.The Reserve Bank of India

(RBI) and market regulatorSebi said on Sunday that theywere closely monitoring thedevelopments in the financialsector and were ready to take“appropriate actions” to calmthe jittery investors.

Other index losers includ-ed Bharti Airtel, Adani Ports,Tata Motors, Tata Steel, AsianPaint, Wipro, Hero MotoCorp,Sun Pharma, HUL, ITC Ltd,L&T and PowerGrid whichfell up to 4.94 per cent.

Bucking the trend, ITstocks TCS and Infosys rose by4.5 per cent and 1.5 per cent.Coal India rose by 2.1 per centwhile Reliance gained 1.27 percent.

In the broader market, theBSE small-cap index fell by 2.72per cent while the mid-capindex shed 2.40 per cent.

Aviation stocks fall as brentcrude price crosses $80 per bar-rel.

SpiceJet stock fell by 7.20per cent to �71.50 andInterGlobe Aviation stock wasdown 4.97 per cent to �860.65.

Shares of Dewan HousingFinance Corporation rebound-ed nearly 11.79 per cent afterthe company stated that it hadnot defaulted on any bonds orrepayment nor had there beenany single instance of delay onany of its repayment of any lia-bility.

The company’s shares hadtumbled 42.43 per cent in theprevious session on Friday fol-lowing massive selling overfears of a liquidity crisis.

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Spiralling fuel prices contin-ued their upward march on

Monday as petrol price inMumbai crossed the landmarklevel of �90 per litre. Dieselprices also hit new highs for thesecond consecutive day.

Petrol was sold at �90.08per litre in country’s financialcapital Mumbai, up from�89.97 on Sunday, data on theIndian Oil Corp’s websiteshowed.

In the other key cities ofDelhi, Kolkata and Chennai,the fuel was priced at �82.72,�84.54 and �85.99, respective-ly, against the previous levels of

�82.61, �84.44 and �85.87 perlitre.

The recent surge in trans-portation fuel prices comesamid increasing crude oilprices. On Monday, the price ofBrent crude oil crossed the $80-per-barrel mark.

Diesel prices also rose onMonday in tandem with petrolprices.

Cost of diesel in the fourmetros of Delhi, Kolkata,Mumbai and Chennai was at�74.02, �75.87, �78.58 and�78.26 respectively, against theSunday’s levels of �73.97,�75.82, �78.53 and �78.20 perlitre. Prices in all the four citiesare at their record levels.

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With petrol and dieselprices scaling record

highs, S&P Global RatingsMonday said the Governmentmay opt to control retail fuelprices to cushion inflationaryshocks.

India imports almost 80per cent of its crude oil require-ments. Rising crude prices andthe recent 10 per cent slide inthe rupee has translated intohigher fuel prices for con-sumers.

“This puts pressure onconsumers and results in high-er inflation, a sensitive subject,given the impending federaland state elections over the next12 months,” S&P GlobalRatings credit analyst VishalKulkarni said.

“We don’t expect any rever-sion to the subsidy mechanismsimilar to before 2014 in India,even though the incumbentgovernment may opt to controlretail fuel prices, using othermeans, to cushion the infla-tionary shocks,” Kulkarni

added.The US-based agency said

it assumes a Brent crude oilprice per barrel of $70 for therest of 2018, $65 for 2019, and$60 for 2020, against the cur-rent spot price of almost $80per barrel in our financial pro-jections.

Petrol price Mondaycrossed the �90-mark inMumbai, while it was at �82.72per litre in Delhi. Diesel atIOC’s outlets in Mumbai costs�78.58 a litre, while in Delhi thefuel costs �74.02 a litre.

The Government freedpetrol price from its control inJune 2010 and diesel inOctober 2014. It now providesa limited subsidy on LPG andkerosene. S&P said amid risingcrude oil prices, tight imple-mentation of retail fuel-pricingpolicies will influence the lever-age of Indian oil companies.

“While rising oil pricesbolster the cash flows ofupstream businesses, cross sub-sidies from upstream to down-stream segments could limitsuch benefits,” Kulkarni said.

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitleywill meet the heads of pub-

lic sectors banks (PSBs) onTuesday as part of the annualfinancial performance reviewexercise.

The meeting is expected todiscuss a host of issues, includ-ing progress made with regardto reduction in non-perform-ing assets, sources said.

The meeting will happenagainst the backdrop of the‘Alternative Mechanism’ (AM)to merge three public sectorbanks — Bank of Baroda,Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank —with a view to create a global-size lender, which will bestronger and sustainable.

Besides, the finance minis-ter will also discuss creditgrowth and bad loan situation,they said, adding that variousrecovery measures by banksand legislative steps taken by thegovernment to expedite recov-ery are also part of the agenda.

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The Government is consid-ering developing nation-

wide specifications for publicprocurement of goods byCentral Government agenciesto encourage domestic suppli-ers to plan their productionschedule, an official said.

The proposal is likely to beincluded in the new industrialpolicy being prepared by thecommerce and industry min-istry.

The policy may also sug-gest extending the offset poli-cy in public procurement insectors beyond defence such aselectronics and ICT.

The official said standard-ised specifications of products

would enable Governmentdepartments and public sectorunits (PSUs) to release largeorders helping the industryachieve economies of scale.

The Government and PSUsprocure goods and servicesworth over �5 lakh crore everyyear, as per estimates.

Standardised specificationswould also help domesticindustry plan their productionand technology well in advance.

“Policy actions can helppublic procurement add sig-nificant value to the domesticindustry,” the official added. The ministry has developed ane-marketplace portal (GeM)for buying of goods and ser-vices by different Governmentagencies and departments.

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The Government is consid-ering selling its 65.61 per

cent stake in state-ownedPower Finance Corporation(PFC) to Rural ElectrificationCorporation (REC), whichcould fetch the exchequerabout �13,000 crore.

“The discussions are at apreliminary stage. TheGovernment sees a lot of syn-ergy between the two NBFCsfunding power sector projects,”an official said.

At the end of 2017-18financial year, the totalresources of REC stood at over�2.46 lakh crore, of which‘Reserves and Surplus’ stood at�33,515.59 crore. The net worthof the company stood at�35,490 crore and ‘cash andbank balance was at �1,773crore at the end of March 2018.

Stock of REC was tradingat �98.90, down 7.35 per cent,while PFC scrip was trading at�79.60, 1.18 per cent lower overprevious close on the BSE.

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Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), which hasdefaulted on a series of interest payments, needs to resolve issues

on its own, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Gargsaid.

“IL&FS is independent of Government. It has independent

board and shareholders. So, IL&FS needs to resolve its issues onits own and I think it is capable of doing it,” Garg said in an inter-view.

Although Government has no holding in the company, someof the state-owned financial firms including LIC and SBI areshareholders of the non-banking financial company (NBFC).

“It has assets, it has liabilities to take care. There might be sometemporary mismatch, so it is IL&FS, which willdeal with the problem. The Government is notinvolved directly,” Garg said.

Earlier this month, IL&FS Group defaulted oninter-corporate deposits and commercial papers.

On September 4, it came to light that IL&FShad defaulted on a short-term loan of �1,000crore from Sidbi, while a subsidiary has alsodefaulted on �500 crore dues to the developmentfinancial institution, which reportedly forcedSidbi to ask its chief general manager in chargeof the risk management department to resign.

State-owned LIC is the largest shareholderwith a fourth of the firm’s equity, while OrixCorporation of Japan owns 23.5 per cent.

Other shareholders include Abu DhabiInvestment Authority with 12.5 per cent stake,IL&FS Employees Welfare Trust with 12 per cent,HDFC with 9.02 per cent, Central Bank of Indiawith 7.67 per cent and State Bank of India (SBI)with 6.42 per cent at the March-end 2018.

In a letter to its employees, IL&FS hadclaimed that if funds worth �16,000 crore stuckwith concession authorities were released on time,it would not have landed in this mess.

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The Spiritual Guru Sri SriRavishankar along with

Hema Malini inaugurated Kent’snew Manufacturing Facility inNoida, Uttar Pradesh. Kent’snew facility is India’s largest ROWater Purifier manufacturingunit and with this facility, KentRO will double its currentcapacity for RO water purifiersfrom 5 lacs units a year to 10 lacsunits a year.

Spread on a total area of23000 square meters & havinga built up area of 3.5 lac squarefeet, Kent’s new manufacturingfacility has been planned inphases. The newly inauguratedphase-1 of the plant, con-structed at a cost of �150 croreswould undertake manufactur-ing of Next Gen range of ROpurifiers. The new plant willfulfill capacity expansion andmeet the increasing demand.

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Seeking to calm the nerves ofworried investors, Finance

Minister Arun Jaitley said onMonday that the Governmentwould take all measures toensure adequate liquidity fornon-banking financial com-panies (NBFCs) and mutualfunds.

The minister’s remarkscome in the wake of stock mar-kets witnessing sudden andstiff fall in intra-day trade onFriday over concerns of liq-uidity crisis being faced bysome of the NBFCs.

“The Government will takeall measures to ensure that ade-quate liquidity is main-tained/provided to the NBFCs,the mutual funds and

the SMEs,” Jaitley tweetedahead of the opening of stockmarkets.

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The surprise victory of oppo-sition candidate Ibrahim

Mohamed Solih in the Maldives’third multiparty presidentialelection will shake up politics inthe Indian Ocean archipelago.

Famed for its sandy whitebeaches and luxury resorts,the Maldives under outgoing

President Yameen AbdulGayoom saw economic growth,in part due to China’s growinginfluence and investment inSouth Asia. But after beingelected in 2013, Yameen rolledback democratic freedoms, jail-ing rivals and controllingcourts, and was expected tohold onto power.

An election-eve raid of

Solih’s main campaign officecast a pall over Sunday’s bal-loting, triggering fears that thevote would be rigged. But theturmoil did not appear to detervoters, who waited in rain andtropical heat to cast ballots.

The election commissionreleased provisional results onMonday showing Solih had

won with 58.3 perc ent of thevote, with voter turnout of89.2 per cent in the country of4,00,000 people. Officials saidvoting proceeded smoothly,with no reported incidents.

After meeting with Solih,Yameen conceded defeat andpromised to work on a smoothtransition of power.

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Confronting the dangers ofNorth Korea’s nuclear

threat, President DonaldTrump arrived at the UnitedNations on Monday striking afar less ominous tone than ayear ago, announcing he like-ly will hold a second summitwith Kim Jong Un “quite soon.”

Twelve months afterTrump stood at the rostrum ofthe UN General Assembly andderided Kim as “Rocket Man,”the push to denuclearise theKorean Peninsula is a work inprogress, although fears of warhave given way to dreams ofrapprochement. The president’sbellicose denunciations ofPyongyang have largely givenway to hopeful notes.

“It was a different world,”Trump said Monday of hisone-time moniker for the NorthKorean leader. “That was adangerous time. This is one yearlater, a much different time.”

He added preparations areunderway by Secretary of StateMike Pompeo for a secondpresidential meeting with Kim“quite soon.”

Trump arrived at the UNon Monday morning for a

meeting on the global drugtrade, ahead of a sit-down withSouth Korean President MoonJae-in, who comes bearing apersonal message to Trumpfrom Kim after their inter-Korean talks last week.

Trump and Moon areexpected to sign a new versionof the US-South Korean tradeagreement, one of Trump’s firstsuccesses in his effort to rene-gotiate trade deals on morefavorable terms for the USEven so, some US officialsworry that South Korea’s eager-ness to restore relations withthe North could reduce sanctions pressure onKim’s government, hamperingefforts to negotiate a nuclearaccord.

The nuclear threat was onthe agenda at Trump’s firstmeeting in New York, a dinnerwith Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe in Manhattan onSunday night.

Abe stands first amongworld leaders in cultivating aclose relationship with thepresident through displays offlattery that he has used toadvance his efforts to influencethe unpredictable Americanleader.

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China and the United Statesimposed new tariff hikes

on each other’s goods onMonday and Beijing accusedWashington of bullying, givingno sign of compromise in anintensifying battle over tech-nology that is weighing onglobal economic growth.

US regulators went aheadwith a planned 10 percent taxon a $200 billion list of 5,745Chinese imports includingbicycles and furniture. China’scustoms agency said itresponded at noon by begin-ning to collect taxes of 5 or 10 per cent on a $60 bil-lion list of 5,207 Americangoods, from honey to industrialchemicals.

The conflict stems from USPresident Donald Trump’scomplaints Beijing steals orpressures foreign companies tohand over technology.

American officials sayChinese plans for state-leddevelopment of global com-petitors in robotics and othertechnologies violate its market-opening obligationsand might erode US industri-al leadership.

China’s leaders offered tonarrow their politically sensi-tive, multibillion-dollar tradesurplus with the United Statesby purchasing more natural gasand other American exports.But they have rejected pressureto change industry plans thecommunist leadership sees asa path to prosperity and glob-al influence.

Tehran: Iran’s Supreme leaderon Monday said the attackerswho killed 24 people at a mil-itary parade in the southwest-ern city of Ahvaz were fundedby Saudi Arabia and the UnitedArab Emirates.

“Based on reports, this cow-ardly act was the work of thosevery individuals who are res-cued by the Americans when-ever they are in trouble in Iraqand Syria and who are fundedby the Saudis and the (United)Arab Emirates,” Ayatollah AliKhamenei said, in remarksposted on his official website.

He did not give any furtherdetails on the identity of thosebehind what he called a “ter-rorist attack”. In the immediateaftermath of the attack on

Saturday, Iranian authoritiessaid they suspected Arab sep-aratist groups were behind theattack, none of whom is knownto have a presence in Syria.

Khamenei, who was speak-ing to a group of Iranian athletes,

said the attack “once again showsthe Iranian nation faces manyenemies on its proud path ofprogress and development”. “Wewill most certainly rigorouslypunish the perpetrators of thisattack,” he added. AFP

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President Donald Trump staunchly defendedhis embattled Supreme Court nominee

against a new allegation of sexual misconductMonday, calling the accusations against JudgeBrett Kavanaugh “totally political.”

The president spoke a day after a second alle-gation emerged against Kavanaugh, a develop-ment that further imperiled his nomination tothe Supreme Court, forced the White House andSenate Republicans onto the defensive and fueledcalls from Democrats to postpone furtheraction on his confirmation.

Trump, at the United Nations for his secondGeneral Assembly meeting, called the allegations

unfair and unsubstantiated, made by accuserswho come “out of the woodwork.”

He also questioned the political motivationsof the attorneys representing the women, say-ing “you should look into the lawyers doing therepresentation.”

On Kavanaugh, Trump stressed, “I am withhim all the way.”

The new accusation landed late Sunday ina report from The New Yorker, just a few hoursafter negotiators had reached an agreement tohold an extraordinary public hearing onThursday for Kavanaugh and Christine BlaseyFord, who accuses him of sexually assaulting herat a party when they were teenagers. Kavanaughdenies the accusation.

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Colombo: Maldives PresidentAbdulla Yameen on Mondayconceded defeat in elections andsaid he would arrange a smoothtransition for President-electIbrahim Mohamed Solih.

“I have accepted the resultsfrom yesterday,” Yameen said ina televised address to the nationafter Sunday’s election gavethe joint Opposition candi-date 58.3 per cent of the vote.

“I accept the defeat,”Yameen said. “I will enable a

smooth transition.” There hadbeen concerns that Yameen,who has borrowed hundreds ofmillions of dollars from Chinafor an infrastructure blitz,might not accept the outcome.

At the last election in 2013,the Supreme Court annulledthe result after Yameen trailedformer president MohamedNasheed, giving Yameen timeto forge alliances and win a sec-ond round of voting that waspostponed twice. AFP

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The Indian cricket team will hope that itsuntested middle-order gets some game timeahead of the grand finale when it takes on

an ever-improving Afghanistan in the final'Super Four' encounter of the Asia Cup here onTuesday.

India have been on a roll after an unim-pressive start against Hong Kong, with couple ofone-sided victories over arch-rivals Pakistan andan equally facile one against Bangladesh.

With a spot in Friday's final sealed, skipperRohit Sharma may want some of his untestedmiddle-order batsmen to get quality time in themiddle against someone of Rashid Khan's cali-bre.

Often in cricket, the 'Law of Averages' catch-es up with the best performing teams at a criti-cal juncture.

Shikhar Dhawan (327) and skipper Rohit(269) have done the bulk of the scoring in the fourmatches so far with very little contribution beingrequired from the other batsmen in the line-up.

The next highest scorer is Ambati Rayudu(116 runs) because he comes in at No 3.

The problem has been lack of batting timefor the likes of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, KedarJadhav and Dinesh Karthik so far.

Sample this: Rohit and Shikhar have so farfaced 284 and 321 deliveries respectively. The nextbest Rayudu has played 162 balls.

However, Karthik (78 balls), Dhoni (40 balls)and Kedar (27 balls) can be found wanting if thereis a top-order collapse on the big day.

Rohit had given Dhoni an opportunity tocome in at No 4 against Bangladesh and the for-mer captain scored 33 runs. But it was a pressure-free situation.

Dhoni's achilles heel of late has been to keepthe scoreboard ticking in pressure situations thatthe middle-overs throw up.

If the likes of Rashid Khan and Mujeeb urRahman can put pressure, it will be a good warm-up for the middle-order trio before the finalmatch.

The Indian captain might fancy batting firstin case he wins the toss, which in turn will givehis team a chance to bat 50 oversinstead of chasing another modesttotal.

The Indian bowlers have beensplendid on the slow DubaiInternational Stadium track with allthe bowlers enjoying an economyrate of less than five runs per over.

The spinners have been on a roll withYuzvendra Chahal (5 wickets at 4.61 runs perover) and Kuldeep Yadav (5 wickets in 4.01 runsper over) have been tight as usual while JaspritBumrah (7 wickets with 3.37 runs per over) has

been exceptional at the death withhis yorkers.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (6 wicketsat 4.08 per over), in his comebacktournament, has also been consis-tent.

There is a possibility that India might restboth Bhuvneshwar and Bumrah before the sum-mit clash to help them recharge their batteries.

In such a scenario, two among DeepakChahar, Siddharth Kaul and Khaleel Ahmed willtake their spots in the playing XI for the game.

For Afghanistan, a win against the fanciedIndian side will be a great end to the tournamentwhere they have been competitive throughout,only losing out due to lack of experience.

Having packed off Sri Lanka in the groupleague stage and crushed Bangladesh, Afghanistanwere done in by inexperience during the fag endof the Super Four matches against Pakistan andBangladesh.

Against Pakistan, their bowlers couldn'thold nerve in the final over while their batsmenfound it difficult to read Mustafizur Rahman'svariations in the final over.

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Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MSDhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Chahal,Bhuvneshwar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed,Deepak Chahar, Siddharth Kaul, Manish Pandey

Afghanistan: Mohammad Shahzad,Ihsanulluah Jamat, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah,Asghar Stanikzai, Hasmat Shahidi, MohammadNabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, NajibullahZadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Aftab Alam,Samiullah Shenwari, Munir Ahmed, SayedAhmed Sherzad, Ashraf, Momand Wafadar.

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India captain Rohit Sharmawas all praise for his bowling

unit, which has consistentlykept opposition teams on tightleash ensuring the side's smoothpassage into the Asia Cup final.

The Indian bowlers haverestricted Pakistan to 162 and237 in two games while bowl-ing out Bangladesh for 173.

"The entire bowling unitstuck to their task and hats offto them. Repeated perfor-mances are challenging in theseconditions and I don't want totake any credit away frombowlers," said Rohit, who wasinvolved in a double hundredpartnership with ShikharDhawan.

Rohit mentioned JaspritBumrah for his exceptionalbowling in the ongoing tour-nament.

"I think he's (Bumrah)matured as a bowler now, playedgreat amount of cricket and heunderstands his bowling. I thinkthat's very very important forany individual; Bumrah under-stands what fields he needs toset and knows how to keep ittight. Bhuvi also did the same,"the skipper said.

Rohit was also happy thatthe strategy of playing fourspinners, including part-timerKedar Jadhav, has clicked so farwith Ravindra Jadeja's come-back adding a new dimension.

"When Hardik got injured,

the challenge was to field fourspinners and we thought abouta few combinations (3 seamers,4 spinners) and in these condi-tions it is important to take thepace and not give much pace.For Jadeja, to come out and per-form like that is amazing."

They now have 13 centuryopening partnerships and Rohitfeels batting with Dhawanbecomes easy as both of themare clear about their roles.

"With Shikhar, I don't needto talk much. It's important tolet him be himself. We have bat-ted enough to know each otherto start off like that and we clear-ly know our roles. We alwaysknew that the new batsman willfind it difficult to keep goingstraightaway and Shikhar and Iknew it."

Pakistan captain SarfrazAhmed rued the couple ofdropped catches of Rohit, whichcost his team dearly in the end.

"We made it tough for our-selves by dropping those catch-es. We were 20-25 runs shortand if we would have held on toour catches we could have pos-sibly made things interesting.

"The wicket was a bit diffi-cult to play on as the cracks hadwidened up. It wasn't easy for anew batsman walking in. Hadwe got early wickets, this chasewould have been certainly dif-ficult. We have been losing a lotof wickets in the early overs andhence it becomes difficult torecover from such situations."

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We often give love the waywe want to receive it eventhough sometimes we may

not know our partner’s love lan-guage. Partners may wonder whythey aren’t getting love in the waythey want even though they are giv-ing love in that way. For example,you are giving your partner gifts butwhat they want is quality timetogether.

Few couples like to admit it, butconflict is common to all marriages.We have had our share of conflictand some of our disagreementshave not been pretty. We couldprobably write a book on what notto do.

There are times in all relation-ships when things don't runsmoothly. Often, this is because peo-ple have conflicting expectations aredistracted with other issues, or havedifficulty expressing what is ontheir minds in ways that other peo-ple can really hear and understandwhat is being said. Sometimes theyjust don't know what to do to makea good relationship. The followingmaterial is about ways of enhancingrelationships and working withcommon problems.

The key to a healthy relationshipisn’t an absence of conflict or differ-ences. It’s handling conflict success-fully.

Start with two selfish peoplewith different backgrounds andpersonalities. Now add some badhabits and interesting idiosyncrasies,throw in a bunch of expectations,and then turn up the heat a littlewith the daily trials of life. Guesswhat? You are bound to have con-flict. It’s unavoidable.

Since every marriage has its ten-sions, it isn’t a question of avoidingthem but of how you deal withthem. Conflict can lead to a processthat develops oneness or isolation.You and your spouse must choosehow you will act when conflictoccurs.

One reason we have conflict inmarriage is that opposites attract.Usually a task-oriented individualmarries someone who is more peo-ple-oriented. People who movethrough life at breakneck speedseem to end up with spouses whoare slower-paced. It’s strange, butthat’s part of the reason why youmarried who you did. Your spouseadded a variety, spice, and differenceto your life that it didn’t havebefore.

But after being married for awhile the attractions become repel-lents. You may argue over small irri-tations—such as how to properlysqueeze a tube of toothpaste—orover major philosophical differ-ences in handling finances or rais-ing children. You may find thatyour backgrounds and yourpersonalities are so differentthat you wonder howand why God placedyou together in thefirst place.

It’s importantto understandthese differences,and then toaccept andadjust to them.God gave you aspouse whocompletes you inways you haven’teven learned yet.

All of our dif-ferences are magni-fied in marriagebecause they feed what isundoubtedly the biggestsource of our conflict our self-ish, sinful nature.

Maintaining harmony in mar-riage has been difficult since Adamand Eve. Two people beginning theirmarriage together and trying to gotheir own selfish, separate ways cannever hope to experience the one-ness of marriage as God intended.

No matter how hard two peo-ple try to love and please each other,

t h e ywill fail.

With fail-ure comes hurt.

And the only ultimate relief for hurtis the soothing salve of forgiveness.

The key to maintaining anopen, intimate, and happy marriageis to ask for and grant forgivenessquickly.

Emotional support for eachother is critical. This means givingyour partner a feeling of being

backed, supported; you're behindhim or her no matter what. Thisdoes not necessarily mean agreeingwith one another all the time.Realistically, no two people willagree on all occasions.

Time spent apart and timespent together is another commonrelationship concern. You may enjoytime together with your partner andyour partner may want some timetogether with you, but you also mayenjoy time alone or with otherfriends.

Giving up your personal friendsshould not be a requirement of

being in a relationship. Neithershould it be assumed that your part-ner will like your personal friendsas much as you do. There is certain-ly no reason to share with your part-ner a friend who she or he does notenjoy. You can see those friendssomewhere else or you can see themat home at a time when your part-ner is out doing something else. Youdo not have to give up your friendswho mean a great deal to you. It'simportant to talk with your partnerabout friendships with others, tonegotiate them and to recognize thateach of you needs to continue your

friendships even when you are inti-mately involved with one another.Typically, after an argument, healthycouples end up feeling supported,heard and understood. Healthycouples believe that each partner hasa valid point of view, whether theyagree with them or not.

Relationships change over time.This is neither a good nor a badthing, but it is a fact. What you wantfrom a relationship in the datingstages might be quite different fromwhat you want after you have beentogether a number of years. Changesin other areas of your life, outside

your relationship, will have animpact on what you want and needfrom the relationship.

The most important thing isthat you need to do a great deal ofcareful, respectful listening to whateach wants, and a lot of careful, clearcommunication about what each ofyou wants. Change of any sorttends to be at least a little stressful,yet because it is inevitable, welcom-ing change as an opportunity toenhance the relationship is morefruitful than trying to keep changefrom happening. Planning forchanges together can lead the rela-

tionship into new and excitingplaces.

Try to see things from theother's point of view. This doesn'tmean that you must agree with oneanother, but rather that you canexpect yourself and your partner tounderstand and respect your differ-ences, your points of view andyour separate needs. Where criticaldifferences exist in your expecta-tions, needs, opinions or views, tryto negotiate. Have compassion foreach other and yourself if you real-ize that there are too many differ-ences for the relationship to work.

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Ilove Delhi’s jams,” pronounces authorParo Anand with a laugh and explains

the reason. “I have my laptop with me,put on my headphones and I write. Whenthe traffic starts to move and the jamopens up, a voice in my head seems to say,‘no no wait wait let me get back into thejam,’’’ she says. Dressed in a white andgold Chanderi sari, she is all set to be apart of a session of “Talking Books” withSunil Sethi at The Full Circle Bookstorein Khan Market.

When one asks her how she startedwriting, pat comes the reply, “I fell downthe magical hole of Alice. I was chasingmy own rabbits!” However, there weredeeper reasons than imagination runningamok. “I was basically a drama teacherand couldn’t find any Indian plays thatboth the children and I wanted to put up.If they were Indian, they were mytholo-gy and folk tales. There was nothing thatreflected the kids’ own life, surroundingsor conversations. There was no contem-porary children’s literature.”

With her kind of books, Anand triesto expose her young readers to reality andequip them to cope with the worldaround them. “Fiction is a safe space tomake children aware because the char-acter is fictional as is the situation. Thishelps children relate to real issues andtalk about them in a way they are unableto if you asked a direct question. Once Irelated a story about domestic violenceand a number of children said that they

had witnessed similar situations intheir homes. However, if I had just

asked them directly, they wouldhave never admitted as much. Stories

are a really powerful medium.” While most parents want to protect

their children from harsh realities, shebelieves that young adults are ready forvaried content. “We are not exposingthem to something that they don’t know

already,” she says. She points to the exam-ple of the word “rape”, which did not fea-ture in the vocabulary of young adults 20years ago as compared to today wheneven three-year-olds know it. “There’s awonderful saying, ‘Do you prepare thepath for your child or do you prepareyour child for the path?’ You can preparethe child for what youknow lies ahead even ifshe doesn’t know any-thing about it.” She saysher key words areinclusiveness andempathy. “Children feela strong sense of injus-tice and helplessness.And I am trying togive them hope, empa-thy and the tools tocope with it,” she says.

These two con-cepts are the primefocus of her latest book,The Other: Stories of Difference, whichas the name indicates talks about youngadults grappling with a situation wherethey are confronted with someone whois different from what they themselvesare. From a girl trapped in a boy’s bodyto physical otherness, the author tries tomake her readers empathise and under-stand the world of people who do notmake the cut of being ‘normal’. “We think

we can’t expose our child to danger. Inthis book there is a story of a girl who hasnightmares because she couldn’t step upwhen she saw another young womanbeing attacked. Initially in the story thefather said you must be the one to protestbut the editor pointed out that this wasunlikely. So I presented it as a dilemmathat we feel.”

In her novel, Nomad’s Land, which isa work in progress, the protagonists area Kashmiri Pandit and a Tibetan girl whoare dealing with displacement. “I am tak-ing them out of these regional specifics.I am not going to say what is their polit-ical or geographical situation. I want tomake it about displaced people and notjust about two kinds of displacements,”she says.

Casting aside concerns aboutwhether young adults are reading or not,hooked as they are to electronic devices,Anand points out that children are read-ing a lot more than 20 years ago whenthey couldn’t name a single Indianauthor. “Now many know my work inti-mately. In Ooty, I was asked the most phe-nomenal question. A student said that Iwas 27 books old and how has my jour-ney grown from Pepper, the capuchinmonkey to The Others.”

Adults, she feels, should first lookwithin to find out how much they arereading themselves. “If a child gets a book

that s/he really loves and can’t stop read-ing, s/he will stick.” Recalling her ownexample, she says that in her house ofreaders, time was set apart for readingwhich she hated till the time she foundBorn Free.

While children enjoy her booksimmensely, it is parents and teachers thatsometimes have objections to her books.“People had objections to Like Smokewhere a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl fallin love and share a fleeting kiss. But Ibelieve adults should be reading bookslike mine because it gives them aninsight into their wards’ lives, fears andissues.”

Anand has faced issues bigger thanobjections. At the Jaipur Lit Fest, whenshe took to the stage to speak aboutbanned books, some people in the audi-ence positioned themselves strategicallyto ask motivated questions. “I had to bepractically smuggled out of the event ina car. But then, if it is easy, why would Iwant to do it?”

There are other ways as well thatAnand tries to make a difference. Shestarted Literature in Action Programmewhen she set up libraries in rural Indiawith the National Book Trust. “I met agirl in a place where children had neverseen books, who said that they were liv-ing in ignorance and were perfectlyhappy that way. ‘Now that you’ve shownus this world and we cannot go back tothat state of ignorance,’ she told me. Untilthen, my books were fun and light. Irealised that when children have accessto just one book, these would have to bemore meaningful.” She started a worldnewspaper project with 3,000 children.“At that time, I realised children have fan-tastic stories to tell and we have to givethem that platform. Literature in Actionconnects children with stories and givesthem that.”

Imagine a house with fourrooms, all attached to eachother and each filled with

wine glasses, fruits, green andblack glass bottles around thewalls and shelves, frames,colours and lights. It evokesquite the epicurean decadenceof royalty, an unending feast.

Master distiller Dr BillLumsden, also Glenmorangiecompany’s director of whiskycreation, walked us down thepavilion into four such surrealcubicles, each with a uniquetheme, opening doors towhisky-lovers and connois-seurs of whisky to enlightentheir tastebuds and make themhave a multi-sensorial experi-ence into the whisky brand,launching its ‘Taste TheDifference’ campaign.

The first cubicle showcasedhuge glass cylinders and barrel-like containers full of ingredi-ents like oranges, ginger, spices,pineapples, jaggery, apricots,and many more with which thewhisky is prepared while tellingus about its evolution overtime. Two sections catch the eyeas one enters the room — ‘TheLasanta’ on one hand and ‘TheOriginal’ on the other.

“The first room talks aboutthe company, tradition and thehistory of Glen. It tells abouthow it has evolved over theyears since 1843, when its firstdistillery was established. Youcan see how this room bringsabout the difference betweenGlen’s two most cherisheddrinks and their uniqueness.First, The Original, the classicmalt which is stored for 10years to derive its best taste —creamy and fruity. Second, the12-year-old, The Lasanta,which is Gaelic for warmth andpassion. Do you know why itsays that? It blends cream anddark chocolate, dry fruits andfresh honey. You will never findits textures hard to swallow.They are as mild and soft.”

The room was full of pic-tures of bourbon casks in whichThe Lasanta gets matured inbefore being moved to Olorosoand Pedro Ximenez Sherrycasks for their finishing period.

While the first room mightenlighten one with what the

whisky brand has come upwith, the second cubicle isabout the methods that wereused in the primitive ages tomake the designer casks andthe processing and selection ofthe wood for the same. AsLumsden says, “It talks aboutthe wood that we choose tomake the casks.”

As around 60 per cent ofthe whisky’s flavour comesfrom the cask, hence selectingand crafting the highest quali-ty of oak is simply essential. Itproduces a subtly fragrant spir-it with 140 aromas.

The company, based inScottish Highlands, uses

American white oak whichgives it the elegant taste. Thewood comes from the OzarkMountains of Missouri, whichhas slow growth-wood whichbrings the greatest maturationeffects. The slow-growth timbercontains more of the porousgrowth which takes place inspringtime and it is this woodwhich goes into their ‘design-er casks’. But first it is air-dried(not kiln-dried). All dryingreduces astringency and furtherimproves the wood’s permeabil-ity, but it is air-drying whichadditionally brings out the softand smooth qualities of theirwhisky.

Lumsden talks about thethird room that “takes into theworld of the most prestigiousmalt whiskys of Glenmorangieintroducing its exclusive edi-tion, Spios.”

Glenmorangie Spios,which is Scots Gaelic for spice,beautifully evokes the whisky’sorigins. It has been maturedsolely in casks that previouslyheld American rye whisky, aspirit known for its distinctive,spicy characteristics. Spios hasa herbal nose and a rich, spicypalate, followed by a long,sweet finish. It is the ninth lim-ited edition bottling in the dis-tillery's Private Edition series,and the first single malt to haveever been entirely matured inAmerican rye whisky casks.

“The most unique featureof this single malt whisky is thatit brings together rare cinna-mon and American rye,” hesaid. It is aged for 10 years inwooden casks before serving,he added.

The whisky’s texture is oilyand full of apricot, peaches,avocados and oranges.

Lumsden took us into thefour cubicles, while introducingthe process and ingredientsthat go into making the singlemalt whisky.

Speaking about this newera of innovation, Stephane deMeurville, managing directorMoet Hennessy India said,“Glenmorangie is a ground-breaking single malt scotchwhisky, wonderfully complexand exceptionally smooth. Weare among the pioneers ofextra-maturation, and contin-ue to keep pushing the bound-aries of wood finishing. Tocelebrate this, we have launched‘Taste The Difference’, a for-ward-thinking experience fromthe Glenmorangie maisonwhich elevates the consumerunderstanding about the brandin India. Being among theleading markets forGlenmorangie in Asia today,‘Taste The Difference’ presentsus with an opportunity toenhance our consumer engage-ment by setting new bench-marks in this market.”

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Not many actors from Bollywoodhave been Hollywood success

stories. But we keep at it. Oneamong them is Fukrey actor AliFazal, who hasn’t only made amark in Bollywood but has alsoattempted crossovers more thanonce.

Talking about how differentboth the industries function interms of work as well as budgets, Alihighlighted a few points, striking ahuge contrast between both. “Whilecomparing both the industries, youalso have to understand the eco-nomics and their work dynamism.A small budget film for Hollywoodis a big budget film for Bollywood,”he said.

Apart from making acameo in Fast & Furious7, Ali was seen in 2017’sVictoria & Abdul, whichwas based on ShrabaniBasu’s eponymously-named book. He cited anexample of the film’s bud-get, saying that it was“considered amedium bud-get film as itwas made in20 milliondollars butthat amounthere in Indiais way hefty.The filmmade a prof-it of over 90million dollarsworldwide. Itwas a huge suc-cess as per theIndian currency.”

So why areactors wanting toshift to Hollywoodthese days? He felt,“Apart from PriyankaChopra, there isn’t muchhype over the issue, Ibelieve. Hollywood isundoubtedly at least 15years ahead of India, tech-nologically, and that isthe reason why peopleprefer working there.”

Working with a veter-an actress like DameJudith Olivia Dench (JudiDench) in the role ofQueen Victoria, wasabsolutely a “feast” for Ali.He said that it was “leg-endary” working with herand that “it couldn’t have gotany better. This is what feelslike when dreams come trueas she was one of the actress-es on my check list. And thismovie is directed by myfavourite filmmaker so my biggesthonour was also to work with theiconic Stephen Frears.”

He learnt while working withthe actress that “there’s no replace-ment for hard work or for practiceas Judi is an ardent believer of it.”Sharing experiences from the film,he added, “We had lines to practiseand I even had to teach her Urduthroughout the film. I have learntso much from her because she usedto say keep practising usually all thetime.”

Ali shared that the film was bet-ter than the book. Said he,“Definitely the film was better forme. The book is no doubt informa-tional, so if you want informationon that particular chapter, readthat book but if you want to enjoythe story and know what happenedbetween them, then you must watchthe film.”

“Honestly I told everybody thatI had read the book but actually Ihad not. I started reading it but thenI thought it was taking me awayfrom the film because the script wasvery interestingly written. I didn’twant to spoil the experience.WhenI read it later, I realised it was worldsapart. It could have been a very long

and devastatingly heartbreak-ing film, it still was in manyways, but I think Stephen Frearsmade a little lighter fit andshowed us romance and love in

its true form with a bit of fanta-sy involved,” Ali added.

It was by chance thatAli got his first break inFast and Furious 7.

“I did a cameothat was my first bigstint in Hollywoodand surprisingly itworked out,” saidhe.

Ali Fazal, whohails fromLucknow, is cur-rently working onT i g m a n s h uDhulia’s MilanTalkies andrecently com-pleted theshooting forthe film in the

city. “It feelsweird to beshooting inLucknow. I’velived here andknown these gal-lis and mohallas(streets andcolonies) all mylife. I had neverthought I’ll beshooting here,” headded.

The next inline for Ali is alsoDeva Katta’sPrasthanam, oppo-

site Amyra Dastur,which is a Hindi

remake of the Telugupolitical thriller. The

film will alsomark thereturn ofSanjay Dutt to

Bollywood in the capacityof a producer. His last productionventure was 2011 film Rascals.

“Sanjay Dutt is playing the roleof my father. It’s set in a politicalbackdrop and is a family drama atthe same time. It showcases aconflicted story between a fatherand his son. There are a lot of lay-ers to the film as it’s a remake andpeople know the story. But Deva isalso planning a few changes in thescript as he wants the film to caterto the pan-Indian audience thistime,” Ali added.

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The high priestess of Indiancontemporary art, Pooja Sood,has breathed new life into

Jaipur’s Jawahar Kala Kendra with herexpertise and her keen eye for theoriginal. The first Indian CeramicTriennale: Breaking Ground is onesuch endeavour. The show had somehits and misses in terms of artistsselected and the works they installed.If the brick installation under thedome with eyes was deeply disap-pointing, it was Vipul Kumar’s instal-lation of Nature’s Signature with thelight falling on its contours thatinvited you for a deeper reckoning ofthe master and guru Ray Meeker.While looking at the show it seemedas if it was important and vital to lookat three works by Ray Meeker andtwo curators of the Triennale —Vineet Kacker and MadhaviSubramaniam. Because the role andimpact of curators magnify whenthey are also participants of an epicventure such as this.

��,�������In the centre of the small court-

yard strategically placed by the designgenius Peter Nagy, who knows allabout design dynamics, Ray Meeker’sRio Stela: America First!, a stonewareobelisk, is a critique of the UnitedStates’ stance at the Rio de JaneiroEarth Summit in 1992. Porous andfull of succinct structural marks andundulations, this tall pyramidalinstallation harks us back to theMesopotamian civilisations andbrings us forward into the marvellousparadigms of textures and tonalityand the materiality of minerals. Thework testifies Meeker’s gravitas, hisunderstanding of both balancing fir-ing techniques and creating maximalimpact with the spatial dictates thathe creates with years of experiencebehind him.

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Landscape is inspired by his travelsthrough the high Himalayan regions,

as well as a personal engagement withEastern spiritual thought. Over theyears, Kacker has used Buddhistimagery and philosophy to createworks in the meditative mould.Endless Landscape draws upon asense of self experiencing whenwalking through the mountains andencountering the mys-tical, magical andtimeless. The senseof unending vastnessperceived on theexternal plane intu-itively reveals thesame within one-self, altering indeli-bly the internallandscape. Twoparallel series oflandscapes, evoca-tive of summerand winter, referto the cyclical innature. As onewalks closertowards them,the endlessreflections drawthe viewer into

the terrain of folded undulationsthat seem to flow in lithe lyricallines.

������������������While you gaze at the mini-

malist mood of Vineet Kacker’sworks you are drawn into the

maw of Madhavi Subramaniam’sinstallation that echoes the vitality ofunderstanding both materials as wellas the dynamism of playing with theshades and shadows of viscerality.Subramaniam stands in her ownstead, on her own accord for her felic-ity with small as well as intriguingintricacies that detail the dialectics ofdesign. While the two walls facing

each other give us an ephemeral ele-gance of the Forest of Shadows, it isthe alchemy of the three walls thatspeak to us about the environment,about the man made as well as thetransitory nature of what is real aswell as virtual.

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was the installation of Japanese artistHoshino Satoru that enchanted for itsability to translate into a landscapewith the language of ceramics as anincantation of ideologues. In aninterview, Satoru said, “I engage in adialogue with the clay as it sits in fromof me, as a soft, flexible lump of mat-ter. This dialogue is carried outthrough a form of body language: theprimitive action of pressing parts ofmy body (my fingers) against thebody of the clay... This is not a rela-tionship in which I am active and theclay is passive, even if I am the firstto speak, the dialogue can only takeplace if I empathise with the mater-ial, adjusting myself to the time con-tained in the clay and the rhythms ofnature.”

Hoshino has created a large scaleinstallation that fills an entire wall. Acurious concentric circled urn likestructure sits in the foreground whilea stupendous spiral sits as if in atrance on the wall. It’s as if the instal-lation invites us to look at the engage-ment of man and his environment,and also talks to us about the powerof mortality in myriad ways. Hoshinoreflects the power of repetition butwith a contemplative aura — He is therole model example of a modernceramicist. The beauty of this instal-lation is that it is open-ended, bornof inner rhythms of sorrow as well asan understanding of what is raw andnatural, with an emphasis on theessence of clay and its earthy origins.The success of this brilliant creationis that it points to the tenor of quietcontemplation while it exhibits asense of tensile and tactile simplici-ty.

There needs to be equalspace for contemporary

and indigenous artists andtheir artworks, believesAnubhav Nath, curatorialdirector of OJAS Art Gallery.And, it is with this thought thatRahul Kumar conceptualisedthe Ascending Roots art exhi-bition. “Roots go down, I’mtrying to say that these artistsare rooted and yet flying high,”said Kumar.

In an endeavour to cele-brate both the art forms underone roof, young artists havebeen hand-picked from eachof the categories of folk-con-temporary and urban-con-temporary. There is no com-mon theme that binds theworks. For Nath, it is aboutexploring the cross-pollinationof thoughts and emotions,media and techniques, andstyle and imagery across thetwo categories. It is an invitefor the spectators to ponder ifthe boundary lines separatingthe groups can be erased.

The art gallery has beenawarding different indigenousart every year in collaborationwith the Jaipur Lit Festival. Theworks are displayed at the fes-tival in Jaipur and also overseas

at Boulder, Colorado. Apartfrom that they explore a sep-arate genre annually throughthe Satrangi annual exhibition.

“In contemporary folk art,artists have been pursuingtheir practices without beingaffected by the market forces.In the urban art space, thereare artists who create work forthe market,” said Nath. Askedif the traditional form wasbeing lost in a bid to contem-porise the folk arts, he said,“Art cannot grow or be segre-gated in a vacuum. It is evolu-

tionary and will evolve basedon its environment.”

The artists have not stuckto any one medium andinstead the exhibition displayspaintings, lithographs, sculp-tures, intaglio, drypoint, draw-ings, water colours, acrylic oncanvas and oil on canvas by 10artists like Ashish Kushwaha,Abhishek Verma, DeepakKumar, Jignesh Panchal,Mahalaxmi, Mayur & TusharVayeda, Mayank Shyam,Shahanshah Mittal and SherSingh Bheel. Viewers can per-ceive the depths of an artist’swork when they are freedfrom the limitations of atheme. The artists’ internal andindividualistic vision resonateas they have worked on theirmost preferred subject for thisexhibition.

“I consciously did not keepa theme to tie down the artists.The way to look at these twotogether is to see them ascontemporary artists. Theindigenous, tribal or folk artistsare also individuals living incities and use a traditional stylewhether it’s Warli, Bheel, Gondor Patachitra. Their concernsand issues are surprisingly, ifyou dive deeper into the works,

similar like gender equality,sustainability, the effects ofurbanisation on changinghumanity, climate change anduse of plastic. I’m leaving it tothe audience to draw the par-allels or just enjoy the two gen-res under one roof,” saidKumar, who called the artists“promising.” All of them havecompleted their formal educa-tion in the last five years.

Said Kumar, “More peopleare now engaging with con-temporary art, there are web-sites that are selling them andartists have their ownFacebook pages. The way peo-ple are able to reach out is phe-

nomenal.” He added that morecould be done commercially.

For the audience to spendon art, there needs to be anunderstanding that spendingmoney on an original piece ofart than a sofa is better. “Thereare a lot of people interested inacquiring art. Twenty yearsago, there were fewer artistsand buyers. Younger andupwardly mobile people arecertainly interested in invest-ing in art now,” he added. “Tobegin with, one buys art toshow off and it’s a conversationstarter. Sometimes, they don’tunderstand if the art has beenput the right side up and still

want it and sometimes theywant to buy so that they cansell it at a profit, but art meansdifferent things to people andthat’s okay,” he said. However,he would buy art that hewould like to see everyday andwouldn’t want to sell it but to“each his own”, he concludes.

For the exhibition, Kumardepended on Nath’s expertiseand engagement with the folkartists since his expertise liesin contemporary.

He shrugged away frombeing called a curator, for thisshow, since he only conceptu-alised it. “By definition, thereneeds to be more engagementwith the artists when onecurates. It’s not just about thechoice of artist but also con-cept and theme. I want to saysomething as a curator but Iam not the artist. I can onlyweave a set of artworks to tellyou that story. I will work withthe artist to ensure that whatthey make is aligned to thetheme and then put the worksin a particular order. A cura-tor is like a jeweller who buysthe beads and has a design inmind but won’t be making thebeads. The makers are theartists but the one puttingthem together is the curator,”he said. He chastised thosewho call themselves curatorsfor choosing artworks andputting them together.“Curating is not well under-stood in the country,” he said.

(The exhibition is at OjasArt@1AQ, Near Qutab Minar,till September 30.)

Seventy years after the assas-sination of Mahatma

Gandhi in 1948, the pho-tographs of Swiss photograph-er Walter Bosshard(1892–1975), sheds new lighton the Independence move-ment, the salt march to Dandiin 1930 and the personality ofits leader. Bosshard precededthe illustrious photographersHenri Cartier-Bresson andMargaret Bourke-White, whocame to India in the late 1940sto photograph the Mahatma,by documenting this first vitalgesture of the CivilDisobedience movement.

This exhibition at theKiran Nadar Museum of Art isco-produced by FotostiftungSchweiz (Winterthur) andCritical Collective (Delhi), andbrings together 51 ofBosshard’s iconic portrays ofGandhi and Mao. The originalnegatives have been digitisedin Switzerland in order toproduce high quality exhibi-tion prints in India. Exhibitionalso includes a 1921 silentfilm on Mao shot by Bosshard.

In a dream assignment bythe Münchner IllustriertePresse, Bosshard was sent toIndia to report on the growingunrest and the Independencemovement. In March 1930 hestarted on an eight-monthjourney of Asia; he crossed20,000 km by car, to numerouscities and countries, and cameinto contact with over 5,000people of various backgrounds.

The highlight of hisassignment appeared on May18, 1930 when the MünchnerIllustrierte published WalterBosshard’s story on MahatmaGandhi. The cover of the mag-azine showed Gandhi deeplyimmersed in reading, his headleaning on his hand. Inside themagazine, the viewer encoun-tered the Mahatma in intimatesituations – while he hadonion soup, while he shaved,and even while he slept.

The photographs chal-lenged Gandhi’s own ambiva-lent attitude to photography, asBosshard noticed. When askedfor permission to take pho-tographs, the camera-shyMahatma replied: “I havesworn never to ‘pose’ for aphotographer! Try your luck,perhaps it might even turn outwell.”

The impressions of hisjourney through India werepublished by Bosshard in hisbook Indien Kämpft! in 1931.A few years later, Bosshardtravelled to China to docu-ment Mao Zedong and the

Red Army training in thecaves of Yan’an. He had visit-ed China in 1921 and madethe first silent film on MaoZedong, the emergent revolu-tionary. Living and working inChina between 1933 and 1939,Bosshard photographed dailylife, the bombing of Hankonand China’s nomadic com-munities. Most importantlyhe photographed Mao Zedongin the caves of Yan’an, thetraining of the Red Army,Chiang Kai-shek and SoongMei-ling.

Bosshard occupies a sin-gular place in 20th centuryphotographic history. Todaynearly 90 years later, his pho-tographs offer a compellingcomparison between twodominant figures of Asia,Gandhi and Mao as viewedfrom a single lens.Photographs of the DandiMarch and the training of theRed Army, the message of

nationalism and the symbolsof resistance that these leadersadopted, reveal salient aspectsof Asia’s history.

Bosshard was a pioneer inthe field of photojournalism. Amaster of both the word andthe camera, he made a namefor himself as a bridge builderbetween Asia and Europe,reporting on key politicalevents and daily life in Asia inthe 1930s. Today, his pho-tographs and films are a richsource of information forunderstanding global history.Bosshard’s archive is preservedby the Swiss Foundation forPhotography in Winterthur(Zurich), a national institutionfounded in 1971, tasked withcaring for the photographicheritage of Switzerland.

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American fans will be licking their lipsif this is what awaits Miami's HardRock Stadium in January after

Barcelona and Girona played out anenthralling 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou onSunday.

There were four goals, one for LionelMessi and two for Girona's CristhianStuani, not to mention a controversial redcard shown to Barca defender ClementLenglet.

Gerard Pique salvaged a point for thehosts to complete his own blockbuster night,after clearing one shot off the line and mak-ing mistakes for each of Girona's goals.

By the end, Barca had surrendered theirperfect record in La Liga, as well as a two-point advantage over Real Madrid. Theyreturn to the top of the table, but only ongoal difference. Girona move up to sixth.

"For us, this is a triumph," Stuani said."Coming here and getting this result is sovaluable for us." Hanging over this game wasalways the wider prospect of it not beingreturned, given La Liga's desire to move thereverse fixture at Girona's Estadi Montilivion January 26 to the United States.

For all the opposition, however, therewas a noticeable lack of complaint at theCamp Nou, where there were chants forCatalan independence but precious little inopposition to a trip to Miami.

A point may not be viewed as a badreturn either for Barca, having playedthrough the best part of an hour with 10men, but changes made by coach ErnestoValverde failed to hit the mark.

Lenglet came in for Samuel Umititi, pre-sumably to bed in next to Pique, givenUmtiti is suspended for Barcelona'sChampions League game against Tottenhamlater this month.

But he was, perhaps harshly, sent off inthe 35th minute with Barca one up, and theythen conceded before Umtiti came on athalf-time. Arthur and Arturo Vidal - alsobrought in - were substituted before thehour.

"When we got the red card, our inten-tion was to make a change but we had tolet him (Umtiti) warm-up," Valverde said."It looks like an error on my part." Messi and

Pique had changed too, each shaving theirbeards, but it had contrasting effects basedon the evidence of the first half.

Within 19 minutes, Messi had put Barcaahead, a slick finish into the corner finish-ing off Vidal's pass for the Argentinian'seighth goal in six games. Pique, however, wasat fault for the equaliser, a lethargic attemptat a clearance allowing Stuani to poke theball past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Girona had been spurred on by Lenglet'sred card, after VAR showed the Frenchdefender landed an elbow into the face ofPere Pons, and referee Jesus Gil deemed itdeliberate.

The red card rippled through theFrench contingent as Lenglet's dismissalmeant Ousmane Dembele was replaced byUmtiti at half-time.

It made little difference as Girona, and

Stuani, scored another six minutes after therestart, with Pique again the one culpable.

First, he was outrun by Portu and thenhe brought the striker down from behindfor what was probably a penalty. Portu's shotwas pushed away by Ter Stegen but Stuanibanged in the rebound.

Valverde replaced Vidal and Arthurwith Philippe Coutinho and Ivan Rakitic,and Messi struck the crossbar with a free-

kick soon after.He was involved in the last goal too as

a brilliant exchange with the lively LuisSuarez saw the latter's shot loop across thebox. Pique leapt high to head in.

Earlier, Ben Yedder scored a hat-trickas Sevilla thrashed Levante 6-2 while RealBetis came from behind to draw 2-2 at hometo Athletic Bilbao. Valencia and Villarrealdrew 0-0.

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Cristiano Ronaldo erased the frustrationof his Champions League red card mid-

week by scoring the opener and setting upFederico Bernardeschi for a second asJuventus kept their perfect record in SerieA after five games with a 2-0 win a pro-moted Frosinone on Sunday.

The Portugese star hadthreatened several times at theStadio Benito Stirpe but final-ly found a way through nineminutes from time, and thenhelped Italian Bernardeschi toscore Juve's second, four min-utes into injury time.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner hadscored his first goals last week with a dou-ble in a 2-1 win over Sassuolo, before the33-year-old was sent off on Wednesday ina 2-0 Champions League win over Valencia.

Juventus — the only unbeaten team inSerie A — have 15 points from five games,three points ahead of Napoli who beatTorino 3-1 earlier on Sunday.

Seven-time reigning championsJuventus and Napoli, last season's runners-up, will go head-to-head next Saturday inTurin.

Frosinone had frustrated the champi-ons for long periods but caved in late andhave now conceded 12 goals to remain sec-ond bottom of the table with just one point.

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Goalkeeper Niraj Kumarturned out to be the hero

as India held heavyweightsIran to a goalless draw in theAFC U-16 Championshiphere on Monday, the firsttime in 33 years.

The young custodianfrom Punjab blocked a 76thminute penalty to deny thefancied Iranians full points.

The last time India man-aged to hold Iran, across allage groups, was in December1984 in the Asia Cup Finalsin Singapore. That game alsoended in a goalless stale-mate.

On expected lines, Iran asserted theirdominance early in the game and had a cou-ple of attempts saved by Niraj. The Asian giantscame very close to scoring in the 23rdminute, but the shot from a corner kick hit thebar, much to India's relief at the Bukit JalilStadium.

Then, pressing football backed by confi-dent defensive organisation and some sharpcounter attacks helped India's cause.

For all the possession that Iran enjoyed,

it was India who had two ofthe easiest opportunitiestowards the end of secondhalf.

Ravi Rana missed thefirst one as his chip wentinches over the Iraniangoal while the second shotmissed the target by awhisker as Sailo, afterrounding the Iranian cus-todian, could not finishfrom close range.

The match also sawNiraj displaying his talentunder the bar. He stayedconfident all throughoutand was unbeatable in theaerial balls, leaping higherthan all every time to col-

lect the crosses from the flanks. He also divedfull length to make a stunning save to denyIran in the 16th minute.

"We could have won the match. It was thatclose. But the boys gave their hundred percenton the pitch and they performed according tothe game plan," said head coach of the IndianU-16 side Bibiano Fernandes.

"We are happy with a draw, though weaimed for a win and now we focus towards thenext match against Indonesia (on Sept 27)."

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Grappler Ritu Phogat will replace her injuredcousin Vinesh Phogat in the 50kg category for

the World Championship, the WrestlingFederation of India said on Monday.

Vinesh, who was a medal favourite, sufferedan elbow injury on Friday during practice and wasruled out.

The WFI had entered Ritu's name in the 53kgafter original choice Pinki refused to appear in are-trial recently.

However, in the changed scenario, the WFIwas left with no option but to bring back Ritu forher original weight category, 50kg.

It also means that Pinki will now compete inthe 53kg and will not miss the prestigious eventof the United World Wrestling (UWW).

"We have asked Ritu to compete in 50kg andbrought back Pinki in 53kg. Vinesh missing outis a loss for us, the injury is unfortunate," WFI assis-tant secretary Vinod Tomar said.

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Saina Nehwal and Sameer Vermawill look to put their best foot for-

ward when they lead Indian challengeat the $ 600,000 Korea Open WorldTour Super 500 tournament begin-ning here on Tuesday.

Saina, who had skipped theJapan Open earlier this month afterwinning a Bronze at 18th AsianGames, will look to get over the dis-appointment of her first-round exitat China last week when she takes onKorean Kim Hyo Min.

Fifth seeded Saina, ranked 10thin the world, has done well in themajor events this year, grabbing a sec-ond Gold at Gold CoastCommonwealth Games and a Bronzeat the Jakarta Asian Games. Butthe Indian has been inconsis-tent in the BWF events.

Saina, who had reachedthe finals at the $ 350,000Indonesia Masters in January,was ousted by Korea's Sung JiHyun last week at China and willhave a tough task at hand as she islikely to face third seed JapaneseNozomi Okuhara in the quarterfinals.

In men's singles, Sameer Vermawill carry the Indian flag afterKidambi Srikanth pulled out after

playing back-to-back tourna-ments in Japan and China inthe last two weeks.

Sameer has been trou-bled by injuries but he has

done well when he has been fit,winning titles at Swiss Open in

February and Hyderabad Open earlythis month.

The 23-year-old Dhar, who hadfinished runners-up at 2016 HongKong Open, will play Denmark'sAnders Antonsen in his openingmatch.

He had beaten the Danish shut-tler at India Open in January thisyear. If the Indian crosses the open-ing round, he is expected to meetreigning world champion KentoMomota of Japan.

Young women's shuttlerVaishnavi Reddy Jakka will alsocompete in the tournament, taking onformidable sixth seed Beiwen Zhangof USA in the opening round. Amongothers, Ajay Jayaram will take onChina's Zhao Junpeng in the quali-fiers.

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Tiger Woods scored his first victory inmore than five years on Sunday, com-

pleting a two-shot win at the TourChampionship to crown a fairy tale come-back after a near two-year absence.

The 42-year-old, 14-time major winnercarded a one-over-par 71 at Atlanta's EastLake Golf Course to claim the 80th title ofhis glittering career.

Woods, who finished with an 11-under-par aggregate 269, raised his arms indelight after the victory, with several thou-sand fans ringing the green roaring theirappreciation.

Woods admitted he had nearly beenovercome with emotion as he walked up the18th fairway.

"I was having a hard time not cryingcoming up the last hole," Woods said, whosemost recent before Sunday had come 1,876days ago at the 2013 WGC-BridgestoneInvitational.

"I kept saying 'Hey, I could still play thisout of bounds.' But once I got the ball on thegreen I gave (caddie) Joey (LaCava) a highfive because I knew it was done."

It was an emotional finale to a yearwhich saw Woods return to the highest levelafter he had once feared he may never playgolf again.

"It was just a grind out there," Woodssaid of his final round. "I loved every bit ofit. The fight, the grind, the tough conditions.

"Beginning of the year (winning) was a

tall order. But as the year progressed I foundmy swing and put the pieces together andI knew I could do it."

Woods later revealed he had been closeto tears on the final green as he prepared forthe par putt to complete the win. "I realisedall of sudden I was going to win the tour-nament," he said.

"My eyes started tearing up a little bit.I just can't believe I pulled this off after I'vegone through. It's been tough. I've had a not-so-easy last couple of years. I've worked myway back. I couldn't have done it without thehelp of all the people around me.”

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Europe retained their Laver Cuptennis crown here on Sunday as

Alexander Zverev defeated KevinAnderson to complete a 13-8 win overthe World team.

Germany's Zverev came from a setdown to complete a 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 10-7 over Anderson as the Europeans suc-cessfully defended the title won inPrague last year.

"It was such a close match allaround, not only this one but all week-end, a few points here and there andit could have been different," saidZverev.

"I'm just happy to get the win andwe defended the title, that's the mostimportant thing."

Zverev's win was the final act ofan enthralling day of action atChicago's United Center, where theWorld team had roared back into con-tention in the day's first rubber.

American duo John Isner and JackSock fought off two match points todefeat Zverev and world number twoRoger Federer in a gripping doublesbattle.

Isner and Sock prevailed 4-6, 7-6(7/2), 11/9 to give the World team an8-7 lead with the three singles rubbersremaining.

Europe responded superbly afterthat early setback however, with the

37-year-old Federer returning tosecure a vital three points against Isnerin the first singles match of the day.

The Swiss ace came from a setdown to defeat the big-serving Isner6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (8/6), 10/7.

The win was testimony toFederer's remarkable physical condi-tioning. The 20-time Grand Slam sin-gles champion outlasted Isner less thanan hour after he had been beaten inthe day's opening doubles game.

Federer celebrated the win by per-forming push-ups on court with his

teammates to the delight of thecrowd.

Europe skipper Bjorn Borg mean-while praised the performance of theWorld team, who were captained byhis old rival John McEnroe.

"I'm very proud of my team, weknew it's going to be very difficult tobeat Team World with John as the cap-tain," Borg said. "He has a great team,they're very professional." The nextLaver Cup, which is named afterAustralian legend Rod Laver, will bestaged in Geneva in September 2019.

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Serena Williams says she is trying to "move on" fromthe meltdown that overshadowed her US Open final

loss but remains perplexed at her coach's admission heillegally signalled to her.

The 23-time GrandSlam champion lost thedecider in straight setsto Japan's Naomi Osakaafter a fiery confronta-tion with chair umpireCarlos Ramos that shelater blamed on sex-ism.

Williams calledRamos a "thief " and a"liar" in a running rowwith the Portugueseofficial that eventuallysaw her docked a game.

In an interviewwith Australia's Channel Ten, the American superstar saida male player would not have been treated the same way.

She said women could not get away with "even halfof what a guy can do".

"Right now we are not, as it's proven, in that same posi-tion," she said in an interview that aired late Sunday.

"But that's neither here nor there. I'm just trying mostof all to recover from that and move on." Williams saidshe felt "on the cusp of this amazing moment" before the6-2, 6-4 loss to Osaka.

A win would have taken her to 24 Grand Slams,equalling Australian Margaret Court's all-time record.

The dispute with Ramos began when Williams wasissued a warning for coaching, something her coach sit-ting in the player's box, Patrick Mouratoglou, admittedto doing.

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