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A head of the upcoming Assembly election in Delhi, around 40-50 lakh people liv- ing in 1,797 unauthorised colonies in the national Capital will be given ownership rights. As per the Union Cabinet’s decision on Wednesday to legalise these unauthorised colonies, the ownership right will be given after payment of regularisation charge based on carpet area/plot size. For colonies on private land, the regularisation charge will be half of the charge on Government land. The rights will be con- ferred on payment of nominal charge based on carpet area/plot size. For colonies on Government land, the charge will be 0.5 per cent for less than 100 sqm, 1 per cent for 100-250 sqm and 2.5 per cent for greater than 250 sqm, of the circle rate of highest category of locality of the residential area surrounding the unau- thorised colony. Making the announcement after the Cabinet’s decision, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the Centre will bring a Bill in the Winter Session of Parliament beginning November 18 to this effect. Puri called it the most “far-sighted, progressive, revolutionary step” for Delhi since Independence. The Minister termed the move as a “Diwali gift” to the poor residents. The Cabinet decision does not apply to 69 affluent colonies such as Sainik Farms, Mahendru Enclave and Anantram Dairy. The decision is politically significant as unauthorised colonies, which account for a sizeable vote base, have been a key issue in Delhi and has fig- ured prominently in the man- ifesto of political parties in each election. The term of the Delhi Assembly ends in February. The proposed Bill is aimed at recognising general power of attorney (GPA), will, agreement to sell, purchase and possession documents. This will give a one-time relaxation to the res- idents of these colonies. The Bill will also provide for regis- tration charge and stamp duty on last transaction and also address the issue of income tax liability on account of less than circle rate charges. Puri also slammed the Arvind Kejriwal Government, accusing it of trying to “delay” the decision to grant people from low-income groups own- ership rights. Puri said the city Government had sought time till 2021 to give the inputs sought from it for taking the decision and added that the Modi Government decided to “take the initiative when it became clear that the Delhi Government will do nothing”. The DDA will lay down a simplified procedure for issuing conveyance deed and registra- tion of property and fix the boundaries of these colonies. There will be no penalty and external development charges (EDC). Multiple plots/flats holders will be charged on the rate applicable to area by club- bing all properties. Residents will have option to pay charge in three equal installments to be paid in a year. “Any person paying full amount in one installment will get the ownership rights imme- diately. Provisional rights will be given on payment of two installments, which will be converted to permanent rights after full and final payment. The late payment will attract simple interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum. Conveyance deed will be exe- cuted for residential purpose, irrespective of use,” the state- ment said. As per the existing regula- tions of 2008, the process of regularisation was to be coordinated and supervised by the Delhi Government. T he Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar in a money laun- dering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), saying he cannot tamper with the evidence or influence witnesses. Justice Suresh Kait said the Congress leader was “entitled” for grant of bail as no material has been shown to indicate that he was a flight risk. Earlier in the day, Congress president Sonia Gandhi met Shivakumar in Tihar Jail and assured him of all support from the party. Sonia was accompanied by Congress gen- eral secretary Ambika Soni and Congress MP DK Suresh, who is also the brother of Shivakumar. Sonia had met for- mer Finance Minister P Chidambaram when he was lodged in Tihar Jail in connec- tion with the INX Media case. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and ex-Chief Ministers HD Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah welcomed the High Court granting bail to the Congress leader. Kumaraswamy had met Shivakumar at Tihar Jail on Monday and said that the Congress leader was “bold” to fight “vengeance politics”. Shivakumar and Kumaraswamy, both Vokkaliga strongmen, have been bitter political opponents in the old Mysuru region, until they came together for the formation of the Congress-JD(S) coalition Government, after 2018 Assembly polls. I t took more than three months for the Congress leadership to appoint a new president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday. The seat had fall- en vacant after the death of three-time Delhi Chief Minister and two-term DPCC president Sheila Dikshit on July 20 this year. Subhash Chopra had ear- lier served as DPCC president for four years. Chopra, a three- time MLA from Kalkaji seat, had also served as the Speaker of the Delhi Assembly. Former BJP MP Kirti Azad has been made the chairman of Campaign Committee. W elcoming the Union Government’s decision to regularise unauthorised colonies in the national Capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the Centre should speed up the process. Soon after the announce- ment made by the Union Cabinet, Kejriwal said the road map for the regularisation of 1,797 colonies was based on a proposal sent by the Delhi Government in July month. “The Centre has taken an important decision, it was a long pending decision and there should be no further delay,” Kejriwal said. While the most challenging task before the Government is mapping of these colonies which will be most likely done by land owning agency — the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). However, Kejriwal has advised to consider the map- ping work to be done by Geospatial Delhi Limited of Delhi Government. A CRM team of the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry led by Dr Himanshu Bhushan here Wednesday said that the Odisha Government is pro- viding quality healthcare to people free of cost and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s 5T initiative would certainly make the ongoing process proactive. The committee visited health facilities like DHH, SDHs, CHC and PHCs at dif- ferent places in Kandhamal and Mayurbhanj districts and conducted studies. They too held discussion with doctors, paramedics, Anganwadi Workers and elect- ed members of the Panchayati Raj Institutions. Besides, they inspected records and talked to patients, their attendants and common people. The inspected infrastruc- tures, sanitation systems, free distribution of medicines under the Niramay scheme, free detection of diseases under the Nidaan scheme and free services of dialysis and chemotherapy. The team also expressed happiness over increase in institutional delivery of preg- nant women, declined in infant mortality rate (IMR) and control in non-commu- nicable diseases. They also stated that the State has taken remarkable step in implementation of Urban Health Mission. They suggested for an increase in human resources, training to health workers and awareness programmes. BHUBANESWAR: Counting of votes in the by-election to the Bijepur Assembly con- stituency, which was held on October 21, will be undertak- en on Thursday. The results are expected by early evening. While the ruling BJD is pretty confident of victory for its candidate Rita Sahu, the opposition BJP and the Congress also claim success for their nominees Sanat Gadtia and Dilip Panda, respectively. There was an impressive polling of 78-98 per cent in the by-poll. PNS CUTTACK: Members of the Orissa High Court Bar Association on Wednesday decided that the association for the time being would not be an intervener in the matter which is currently being adjudicated by the Supreme Court pertaining to the functioning of the Orissa High Court against the backdrop of the ongoing cessation of work by the lawyers. After Tuesday’s order by the Supreme Court suggesting pos- sible deployment of paramilitary forces to ensure return of nor- malcy in the High Court, the Action-Taken Committee of the lawyers met here on Wednesday and expressed concern over the “misleading” facts presented to the Supreme Court by the High Court’s counsel Siba Sankar Mishra. The High Court Bar Association also suspended Mishra from its membership for presenting “misinformation” on the lawyers’ stir. “The ‘cause of action’ as pre- sented to the Supreme Court by Mishra on Tuesday was far from true; and we are hopeful that the High Court’s counsel will recti- fy himself and present a correct picture before the Supreme Court when the matter is next heard on Thursday,” said High Court Bar Association president Gopal Krushna Mohanty. Basing on the contents made by the High Court counsel that the functioning of the High Court has been completely paral- ysed due to the strike by the lawyers and the State police have failed to restore normalcy, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday had indicated for a possible deployment of Central forces to make the HC functional. On the other hand, a section of lawyers here are lobbying hard to file a contempt petition against advocate Siba Sankar Mishra for misleading the Supreme Court. “The High Court hearing on the suo motu contempt case over the lawyers’ frequent strikes has been adjourned to next month on valid judicial grounds and not for any obstructions as was report- ed,” said an advocate. PNS PURI: A Supreme Court Bench on Tuesday has observed that both Sanskar and Suraksha (reforms and safety) are needed for the Jagannath Temple in Puri. Supporting the Dhadi Darshan (visiting on a row) system for pilgrims already in execution in the temple by the administration, the bench made it compulsory in the shrine for darshan of the holy deities. Going against a system of donations to indi- viduals in the temple, the bench said that it is wrong and must be made in most transparent manner. With some other observations, the bench also cleared that there should be no interference into rites and rituals of the temple and said the reforms are also necessary to be made in the recruitment process for servitors. Besides, during a hearing on the subject of 75 meter ‘safety zone’ towards heritage corridor surrounding the temple, the apex court received the status report from the Government, includ- ing proofs and testimonials from both sides, in the case. PNS BHUBANESWAR: Heavy rains lashed parts of the State since Tuesday night due to a low pressure area over Bay of Bengal, throwing normal life of gear on Wednesday. To make matters worse, more downpours were forecast in the next three days. The low pressure area, formed over the west-central Bay of Bengal, is likely to inten- sify into a depression by Thursday night, the Regional Office of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) here said. Under its impact, light to moderate rain would lash most parts of the State till Saturday while many areas may receive heavy downpour. Heavy rains in Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Malkangiri, Koraput and Rayagada districts since Wednesday morning inundated several low-lying areas and dis- rupted vehicular movements. Also, the IMD has predicted that a squally weather condition with gusty surface winds of up to 50 kmph velocity is likely to prevail along and off the south Odisha coast, advising fishermen not to venture into the sea. PNS BHUBANESWAR: Raising concerns about the financial health of banks, the State Government has directed all the departments to take precaution while depositing Government funds in any bank. In a letter to all the depart- ments, Finance Secretary AKK Meena said the departments, PSUs or other State agencies have to be very careful while keeping deposits in any bank and proper enquiry must be done about the financial health of the concerned bank for mak- ing any deposit. “It shall be the personal responsibility of the concerned authority for such deposit,” the letter read. The Secretary further asked the departments to utilise the Government funds directly from treasury through Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) instead of parking the amount in any bank account. The letter also mentioned that withdrawal of money from trea- sury without sufficient grounds and depositing the same in bank account shall be construed as a financial irregularity. Worth mentioning, each depositor in a bank is insured up to maximum of Rs 1 lakh for both principal and interest amount held by him. The Finance Secretary has written the letter to depart- ments asking them to keep in mind the norm that in the eventuality of closure of any bank the deposits are insured only up to Rs 1 lakh and not beyond that. The State Government has empanelled 17 PSU banks, eight private sector banks, one small finance bank, two regional rural banks and one co-operative bank for the purpose of handling business and deposits of State PSUs, State Level Autonomous Societies for the year 2019-20. PNS C hief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday felicitated 11 persons for vol- untarily vacating their prop- erties for making Puri a world heritage city. In a programme held at the Loka Seva Bhawan here, Patnaik presented silver filigree idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra idols to the 11 persons. “I am very happy that you accepted my appeal and gave away your lands for Shreemandir security. People of Odisha will be indebted to you for t h i s ,” Patnaik said. “Your sacrifice will add a new history in the service of Lord Jagannath. The future generations of Odisha will remember your sacrifice,” he said. Patnaik pointed out that the State Government is offer- ing a good package for the affected people. “As many as 11 families have accepted the offer. I urge others also to avail the benefits of the offer and cooperate in strengthening the security of the Lord Jagannath temple,” he added. Notably, the Government has launched a demolition drive around the Jagannath Temple to free it from encroachments. Besides, unsafe structures, including mutts, have been razed in view of the security of the shrine.

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Ahead of the upcomingAssembly election in Delhi,

around 40-50 lakh people liv-ing in 1,797 unauthorisedcolonies in the national Capitalwill be given ownership rights.

As per the Union Cabinet’sdecision on Wednesday tolegalise these unauthorisedcolonies, the ownership rightwill be given after payment ofregularisation charge based oncarpet area/plot size. Forcolonies on private land, theregularisation charge will behalf of the charge onGovernment land.

The rights will be con-ferred on payment of nominalcharge based on carpetarea/plot size. For colonies onGovernment land, the chargewill be 0.5 per cent for less than100 sqm, 1 per cent for 100-250sqm and 2.5 per cent forgreater than 250 sqm, of thecircle rate of highest categoryof locality of the residential area surrounding the unau-thorised colony.

Making the announcementafter the Cabinet’s decision,Union Housing and UrbanAffairs Minister Hardeep SinghPuri said the Centre will bring

a Bill in the Winter Session ofParliament beginningNovember 18 to this effect. Puricalled it the most “far-sighted,progressive, revolutionary step”for Delhi since Independence.

The Minister termed themove as a “Diwali gift” to thepoor residents. The Cabinetdecision does not apply to 69affluent colonies such as SainikFarms, Mahendru Enclave andAnantram Dairy.

The decision is politicallysignificant as unauthorisedcolonies, which account for asizeable vote base, have been akey issue in Delhi and has fig-ured prominently in the man-ifesto of political parties in eachelection. The term of the DelhiAssembly ends in February.

The proposed Bill is aimedat recognising general power ofattorney (GPA), will, agreementto sell, purchase and possessiondocuments. This will give aone-time relaxation to the res-idents of these colonies. TheBill will also provide for regis-tration charge and stamp dutyon last transaction and alsoaddress the issue of income taxliability on account of less thancircle rate charges.

Puri also slammed theArvind Kejriwal Government,accusing it of trying to “delay”

the decision to grant peoplefrom low-income groups own-ership rights. Puri said the cityGovernment had sought timetill 2021 to give the inputssought from it for taking thedecision and added that theModi Government decided to“take the initiative when itbecame clear that the DelhiGovernment will do nothing”.

The DDA will lay down asimplified procedure for issuingconveyance deed and registra-tion of property and fix theboundaries of these colonies.There will be no penalty andexternal development charges(EDC). Multiple plots/flatsholders will be charged on therate applicable to area by club-bing all properties. Residents

will have option to pay chargein three equal installments to bepaid in a year.

“Any person paying fullamount in one installment willget the ownership rights imme-diately. Provisional rights willbe given on payment of twoinstallments, which will beconverted to permanent rightsafter full and final payment.The late payment will attractsimple interest at the rate ofeight per cent per annum.Conveyance deed will be exe-cuted for residential purpose,irrespective of use,” the state-ment said.

As per the existing regula-tions of 2008, the process ofregularisation was to be coordinated and supervised bythe Delhi Government.

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The Delhi High Court onWednesday granted bail to

Karnataka Congress leader DKShivakumar in a money laun-dering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate(ED), saying he cannot tamperwith the evidence or influencewitnesses. Justice Suresh Kaitsaid the Congress leader was“entitled” for grant of bail as nomaterial has been shown toindicate that he was a flight risk.

Earlier in the day, Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi metShivakumar in Tihar Jail andassured him of all supportfrom the party. Sonia wasaccompanied by Congress gen-eral secretary Ambika Soniand Congress MP DK Suresh,who is also the brother ofShivakumar. Sonia had met for-mer Finance Minister P

Chidambaram when he waslodged in Tihar Jail in connec-tion with the INX Media case.

Former Prime MinisterHD Deve Gowda and ex-ChiefMinisters HD Kumaraswamyand Siddaramaiah welcomedthe High Court granting bail tothe Congress leader.

Kumaraswamy had metShivakumar at Tihar Jail onMonday and said that theCongress leader was “bold” tofight “vengeance politics”.

Shivakumar andKumaraswamy, both Vokkaligastrongmen, have been bitterpolitical opponents in the oldMysuru region, until they cametogether for the formation ofthe Congress-JD(S) coalitionGovernment, after 2018Assembly polls.

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It took more than threemonths for the Congress

leadership to appoint a newpresident of the Delhi PradeshCongress Committee onWednesday. The seat had fall-en vacant after the death ofthree-time Delhi ChiefMinister and two-term DPCCpresident Sheila Dikshit onJuly 20 this year.

Subhash Chopra had ear-lier served as DPCC presidentfor four years. Chopra, a three-time MLA from Kalkaji seat,had also served as the Speakerof the Delhi Assembly. FormerBJP MP Kirti Azad has beenmade the chairman ofCampaign Committee.

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Welcoming the UnionGovernment’s decision

to regularise unauthorisedcolonies in the national Capital,Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal said the Centre shouldspeed up the process.

Soon after the announce-ment made by the UnionCabinet, Kejriwal said the roadmap for the regularisation of1,797 colonies was based on a

proposal sent by the DelhiGovernment in July month.

“The Centre has taken animportant decision, it was along pending decision andthere should be no furtherdelay,” Kejriwal said.

While the most challengingtask before the Government ismapping of these colonieswhich will be most likely doneby land owning agency — theDelhi Development Authority(DDA).

However, Kejriwal hasadvised to consider the map-ping work to be done byGeospatial Delhi Limited ofDelhi Government.

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ACRM team of the UnionHealth and Family

Welfare Ministry led by DrHimanshu Bhushan hereWednesday said that theOdisha Government is pro-viding quality healthcare topeople free of cost and ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik’s 5Tinitiative would certainly makethe ongoing process proactive.

The committee visitedhealth facilities like DHH,SDHs, CHC and PHCs at dif-ferent places in Kandhamaland Mayurbhanj districts andconducted studies.

They too held discussionwith doctors, paramedics,Anganwadi Workers and elect-ed members of the PanchayatiRaj Institutions.

Besides, they inspected

records and talked to patients,their attendants and commonpeople.

The inspected infrastruc-tures, sanitation systems, freedistribution of medicinesunder the Niramay scheme,free detection of diseasesunder the Nidaan scheme andfree services of dialysis andchemotherapy.

The team also expressedhappiness over increase ininstitutional delivery of preg-nant women, declined ininfant mortality rate (IMR)and control in non-commu-nicable diseases.

They also stated that theState has taken remarkablestep in implementation ofUrban Health Mission.

They suggested for anincrease in human resources,training to health workers andawareness programmes.

BHUBANESWAR: Countingof votes in the by-election tothe Bijepur Assembly con-stituency, which was held onOctober 21, will be undertak-en on Thursday.

The results are expectedby early evening.

While the ruling BJD ispretty confident of victory forits candidate Rita Sahu, theopposition BJP and theCongress also claim success for their nominees Sanat Gadtia and Dilip Panda, respectively.

There was an impressivepolling of 78-98 per cent in theby-poll. PNS

CUTTACK: Members of theOrissa High Court BarAssociation on Wednesdaydecided that the association forthe time being would not be anintervener in the matter which iscurrently being adjudicated bythe Supreme Court pertaining tothe functioning of the OrissaHigh Court against the backdropof the ongoing cessation of workby the lawyers.

After Tuesday’s order by theSupreme Court suggesting pos-sible deployment of paramilitaryforces to ensure return of nor-malcy in the High Court, theAction-Taken Committee of thelawyers met here on Wednesdayand expressed concern over the“misleading” facts presented tothe Supreme Court by the HighCourt’s counsel Siba SankarMishra.

The High Court BarAssociation also suspendedMishra from its membershipfor presenting “misinformation”on the lawyers’ stir.

“The ‘cause of action’ as pre-sented to the Supreme Court by

Mishra on Tuesday was far fromtrue; and we are hopeful that theHigh Court’s counsel will recti-fy himself and present a correctpicture before the Supreme Courtwhen the matter is next heard onThursday,” said High Court BarAssociation president GopalKrushna Mohanty.

Basing on the contents madeby the High Court counsel thatthe functioning of the HighCourt has been completely paral-ysed due to the strike by thelawyers and the State police havefailed to restore normalcy, aDivision Bench of the SupremeCourt on Tuesday had indicatedfor a possible deployment ofCentral forces to make the HCfunctional.

On the other hand, a sectionof lawyers here are lobbyinghard to file a contempt petitionagainst advocate Siba SankarMishra for misleading theSupreme Court. “The HighCourt hearing on the suo motucontempt case over the lawyers’frequent strikes has beenadjourned to next month onvalid judicial grounds and not forany obstructions as was report-ed,” said an advocate. PNS

PURI: A Supreme Court Bench on Tuesday hasobserved that both Sanskar and Suraksha(reforms and safety) are needed for the JagannathTemple in Puri.

Supporting the Dhadi Darshan (visiting ona row) system for pilgrims already in executionin the temple by the administration, the benchmade it compulsory in the shrine for darshanof the holy deities.

Going against a system of donations to indi-viduals in the temple, the bench said that it iswrong and must be made in most transparentmanner.

With some other observations, the benchalso cleared that there should be no interferenceinto rites and rituals of the temple and said thereforms are also necessary to be made in therecruitment process for servitors.

Besides, during a hearing on the subject of75 meter ‘safety zone’ towards heritage corridorsurrounding the temple, the apex court receivedthe status report from the Government, includ-ing proofs and testimonials from both sides, inthe case. PNS

BHUBANESWAR: Heavy rains lashed partsof the State since Tuesday night due to a lowpressure area over Bay of Bengal, throwingnormal life of gear on Wednesday.

To make matters worse, more downpourswere forecast in the next three days.

The low pressure area, formed over thewest-central Bay of Bengal, is likely to inten-sify into a depression by Thursday night, theRegional Office of the Indian MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) here said.

Under its impact, light to moderate rainwould lash most parts of the State tillSaturday while many areas may receive heavydownpour.

Heavy rains in Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri,Jagatsinghpur, Malkangiri, Koraput andRayagada districts since Wednesday morninginundated several low-lying areas and dis-rupted vehicular movements.

Also, the IMD has predicted that asqually weather condition with gusty surfacewinds of up to 50 kmph velocity is likely toprevail along and off the south Odisha coast,advising fishermen not to venture into the sea. PNS

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BHUBANESWAR: Raisingconcerns about the financialhealth of banks, the StateGovernment has directed all thedepartments to take precautionwhile depositing Governmentfunds in any bank.

In a letter to all the depart-ments, Finance Secretary AKKMeena said the departments,PSUs or other State agencieshave to be very careful whilekeeping deposits in any bankand proper enquiry must bedone about the financial healthof the concerned bank for mak-ing any deposit. “It shall be thepersonal responsibility of theconcerned authority for suchdeposit,” the letter read.

The Secretary further askedthe departments to utilise theGovernment funds directly fromtreasury through IntegratedFinancial Management System

(IFMS) instead of parking theamount in any bank account.The letter also mentioned thatwithdrawal of money from trea-sury without sufficient groundsand depositing the same inbank account shall be construedas a financial irregularity.

Worth mentioning, eachdepositor in a bank is insured upto maximum of Rs 1 lakh forboth principal and interestamount held by him.

The Finance Secretary haswritten the letter to depart-ments asking them to keep inmind the norm that in theeventuality of closure of anybank the deposits are insuredonly up to Rs 1 lakh and notbeyond that. The StateGovernment has empanelled17 PSU banks, eight privatesector banks, one small financebank, two regional rural banksand one co-operative bank forthe purpose of handling businessand deposits of State PSUs, StateLevel Autonomous Societies forthe year 2019-20. PNS

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Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik on Wednesday

felicitated 11 persons for vol-untarily vacating their prop-erties for making Puri a worldheritage city.

In a programme held at theLoka Seva Bhawan here,Patnaik presented silver filigreeidols of Lord Jagannath, LordBalabhadra and Devi Subhadraidols to the 11 persons.

“I am very happy that you

accepted my appeal and gaveaway your lands forShreemandir security. Peopleof Odisha will be indebted toyou for this,” Patnaik said.

“Your sacrifice will add anew history in the service ofLord Jagannath. The futuregenerations of Odisha willremember your sacrifice,” hesaid.

Patnaik pointed out thatthe State Government is offer-ing a good package for the

affected people. “As many as 11families have accepted theoffer. I urge others also to availthe benefits of the offer andcooperate in strengthening thesecurity of the Lord Jagannathtemple,” he added.

Notably, the Governmenthas launched a demolitiondrive around the JagannathTemple to free it fromencroachments. Besides,unsafe structures, includingmutts, have been razed in viewof the security of the shrine.

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The method of short-listingand selection adopted by

the Higher EducationDepartment in a recent requi-sition for recruitment to 606posts of Lecturers for degreecolleges has disappointed job-seekers as it stifles competitionand kills meritocracy.

Instead of adopting a trans-parent method of recruitmentbased on objective written testand interview for lecturers innon-Government Colleges, theHigher Education Departmenthas adopted career assessmentas the selection method despitean advisory by OPSC and GADepartment that it is faulty,cumbersome and an injusticeto meritorious candidates.

Further, the department isalso contemplating to adopt

interview as the only method ofselection after protests againstcareer assessment from variousquarters which raises ques-tions on the transparency andintegrity of the whole recruit-

ment process. Time and again,the High Courts and theSupreme Court have frownedupon viva-voce being used asa sole method of recruitment.

Due to the faulty methodof short-listing and selection inthe previous recruitment heldin 2018 for an advertisement in2017, a very large number ofcandidates were denied achance to compete for theadvertised post. For example,out of 104 eligible candidateswho had applied for 24 posts inEnglish, only 23 candidateswere called for viva-voce, mak-ing the viva-voce a mere for-mality. Further, out of those 23candidates only 18 were rec-ommended for appointmentfor the 24 advertised posts, thusdepriving a large number ofcandidates of competing for theposts.

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Today is the United NationsDay. The intergovernmen-

tal organisation came into exis-tence on October 24, 1945after 29 nations had ratified theCharter essentially for main-taining worldwide peace andsecurity; Developing relationsamong nations; fostering coop-eration between nations inorder to solve economic, social,cultural or humanitarian prob-lems and resolve all interna-tional issues of dispute.

On April 1, 1945, an EasterSunday, the bloodiest Battle ofOkinawa, last of all majorWorld War II battles, had beenfought. The US Navy’s FifthFleet and more than 180,000US Army and US MarineCorps troops descended on thePacific island of Okinawa for afinal push towards Japan. Theinvasion was part of ‘OperationIceberg', a complex plan tooccupy the Ryukyu Islands, ofwhich Okinawa was a part.Interestingly on this day, holedup in a bunker under his head-quarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitlercommitted suicide. He firstswallowed a cyanide capsuleand then shot himself in thehead. Soon after this, Germany

surrendered to the Allied forcesunconditionally, ending Hitler'sdreams of a '1,000-year’ Reich.

The biggest war havingbeen over, the 26 nations at warwith the Axis powers congre-gated in Washington to sign theDeclaration of the UnitedNations endorsing the AtlanticCharterpledging to use theirresources against the Axis. Atthe Quebec Conference, a draftof declaration was preparedthat for ‘a general internation-al organisation based on theprinciple sovereign equality ofall nations'. It was issued aftera Foreign Ministers Conferencein Moscow in October 1943. InNovember 1943, Roosevelt,while meeting Stalin in Tehran,proposed an internationalorganisation comprising anassembly of all member statesand a 10-member executivecommittee to discuss socialand economic issues. TheUnited States, Great Britain,Soviet Union and China wouldenforce peace as ‘the fourpolicemen'. Meanwhile a set oftask-oriented organisations:the Food and AgriculturalOrganisation, the UnitedNations Relief andRehabilitation Administration,the United Nations

Educational, Scientific, andCultural Organisation, theInternational Monetary Fund,the World Bank, and theInternational Civil AviationOrganisation had been set up.

In August-September 1944,they drafted the charter of apost-war international organ-isation based on the principleof collective security. Votingprocedures and the veto powerof permanent members of theSecurity Council were finalisedat the Yalta Conference in 1945when Roosevelt and Stalinagreed that the veto wouldnot prevent discussions by theSecurity Council. By June 1945,the UN had taken full shape. Inaddition to a General Assemblyand a Security Council, theCharter provided for anEconomic and Social Council,an International Court ofJustice, a Trusteeship Councilto oversee certain colonial ter-ritories and a Secretariat underthe Secretary General. Thefirst two pledges of the Charterread thus: to end ‘the scourgeof war' and to regain ‘faith infundamental human rights’.

In 1948, the UN pro-claimed the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rightsincluding the right not to beenslaved, to free expressionand the right to seek from othercountries asylum from perse-

cution.However, many of the

rights expressed remain unre-alised even today, particularlyto education, equal pay forequal work and nationality.

Unfortunately, the UNGeneral Assembly, though pro-jected as a prominent stage, isvirtually powerless today. Everyautumn, the General Assemblysessions open creating the stagefor Presidents and PrimeMinisters to give speeches thatcan be soaring or clichéd; orthey can deliver long, incoher-ent tirades such as the one bythe late Libyan strongmanQaddafi in 2009.The event iscolossally starry, but criticscontend that it is little morethan a glorified gabfest.Hundreds of resolutions areintroduced annually. But sadlynothing is legally binding.

Though in principle, all nationshave equal voice, the genuinepower resides elsewhere. Thebig, wealthy countries call allshots.

The Security Council has15 members, but the big per-manent five -- Britain, China,France, Russia and the UnitedStates resolve all contentiousissues as suits them best.Hence, the so-called powerfulSecurity Council is actually aparalysed body when it comesto integrity of decision making.However, by and large, theCouncil is the UN’s most pow-erful arm as it can impose sanc-tions against erring nations. Ithad punished Iran and Libyaheavily. All the same, it is themost anachronistic part of theUN. Its five permanent mem-bers are the victors of WorldWar II. The other 10 weakmembers are elected for onlytwo-year terms. Efforts toexpand the permanent mem-bership of the Council byincluding rising powers such asIndia, Japan and Germany haveinvariably been stymied. Anymember of the permanent fivecan veto any measure. Each hasunfailingly used this power toprotect it and allies. Since 1990,the US has vetoed Councilresolutions 16 times, mostlyconcerning Israeli-Palestinianrelations; Russia 13 times,

including four times over Syria.Although the Charter allowsthe General Assembly to act if,because of a veto, internation-al peace and security are threat-ened, it is rarely done.

The Security Council’s jobis to maintain internationalpeace. But its ability to do sohas been severely constrainedin recent years, mainly due tobitter divisions between Russiaand the West. Not surprising-ly therefore, the Council hasbeen feckless in the face ofmajor conflicts, particularlythose in which permanentmembers have a stake. Mostrecently, its starkest failure hasbeen the handling of the con-flict in Syria, with Russia back-ing the government ofPresident Bashar al-Assad andthe United States, Britain andFrance supporting some oppo-sition groups. The Council hasnot only failed to halt thefighting but has also beenunable to ensure the delivery offood aid and the safety ofmedical workers. SimilarlyNorth Korea, an ally of China,has repeatedly ignored UNprohibitions against conductingnuclear tests.

The UN Secretary Generalhas a huge global reach, but hisrole is considered vague andfleeting because of lack ofjurisdiction and discretionary

authority. The Charter, whenkeenly observed, appears vaguein defining the duties of theSecretary General. He or she isexpected to show nofavouritism to any particularcountry, but the SecretaryGeneral turns puppet towealthy, powerful members ashis office is largely dependenton the funding and the goodwill of these nations. TheSecurity Council, notably thepermanent five, chooses theSecretary General, by secretballot to serve a maximum oftwo five-year terms. Thismakes it rather difficult for theSecretary General to play hisrole independently as the P5keeps watch to know if he orshe is doing anything againsttheir interests. Further, theSecretary General has no armyto deploy. If the highest office-holder is made truly indepen-dent, he or she could summonwarring parties to the peacetable and have all issuesresolved instantly.

The 10-year tenure of cur-rent Secretary General BanKi-moon has repeatedlyrevealed the limits of hisauthority. For example, Banwas persuaded in vain for twoyears in a row to chasten pow-erful countries whose militaryforces had killed and maimedchildren. Coincidentally, not a

single woman has becomeSecretary General since thebeginning. All the eight havebeen men.

The UN’s future looksbleak. No matter who takesover as Secretary General onJanuary 1, he or she will inher-it a body facing the unenviabletask of demonstrating the UN’srelevance in a world con-fronting challenges that wereinconceivable 70 years ago.

Some questions to know ifthe UN will ever have influenceover the member states:�Can the Security Council takeaction against countries thatflout international humanitar-ian law? And can the P5 mem-bers look beyond their owninterests to find ways to end the‘scourge of war'?�Can peacekeeping operationsbe repaired so the protection ofcivilians is ensured?�Can the UN persuade coun-tries to come up with newstrategies to handle massmigration?�Can the Secretary Generalpersuade countries to keeppromise if curbing carbonemissions and to help thosesuffering from the conse-quences of climate change?�Can the UN get closer toachieving its founding mandateof making the world a better,more peaceful place?

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All vehicle pollution testing centres(PUCs), RTO offices and driving

testing tracks in Odisha would be list-ed in Google Maps soon. A directive inthis regard has been issued by the StateTransport Commissioner.

“You are advised to issue instruc-tions to all PUCs operating in your juris-diction to add their centres in GoogleMaps so that vehicle owners can easilyfind the nearest PUC centre usingGoogle Maps. After adding the location,the PUC centres should claim that loca-tion on Google Maps and mention theopening hours of business,” theTransport Commissioner said in a let-

ter to RTOs and other concerned officials.

“Citizens find it difficult to locateour offices and driving testing tracks.Adding the location of RTO offices anddriving testing tracks to Google Maps

will help the citizens to easily locate ouroffice and track. Hence, you are instruct-ed to add your office and driving test-ing track to Google Maps. You shouldalso claim that location so that you canpost replies,” the letter added.

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An Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) of the PunjabNational Bank (PNB) was found looted near the

Nandankanan Zoological Park main gate on the out-skirts of city on Wednesday.

It is suspected that taking advantage of the absenceof security personnel, unidentified miscreants cutopen the ATM with a gas cutter and looted cash onTuesday night.

The CCTV cameras installed at the ATM kioskwere also found vandalised.

The loot came to light after some locals spottedthe ransacked currency notes vending machine in thekiosk.

They immediately informed the police whorushed to the spot and initiated an investigation.

According to reports, looters dismantled theCCTV camera first and then broke open the ATM toloot all the cash stashed in it. While they succeededin their attempt, the exact amount of cash looted bythem was yet to be known.

Notably, taking advantage of absence of securitypersonnel at the ATMs, the looters are finding themsoft targets and have gone on a looting spree acrossthe State. Though the police have asked the bankersto engage security personnel to guard the ATMs, ithas not been done.

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The State ElectionCommission (SEC) has

issued a notification to con-duct by-polls in four ZillaParishad zones in three dis-tricts.

The zones are Chhatrapurin Ganjam district, Danagadiin Jajpur district and Pottangi

and Dasmantapur in Koraputdistrict.

Voting will be done onNovember 27 from 7 am to 12pm and the results will bedeclared the next day.

Aspirants can file nomi-nation papers betweenOctober 31 and November 2.The final list of the candidateswill be announced onNovember 7, informed thenotification issued onWednesday.

Bb-polls will be conduct-ed to elect 17 Sarpanches, 21Panchayat Samiti Membersand 303 Ward Members,according to the notification.

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To promote ecotourism, theState Government has

decided to launch a houseboatproject for Chilika andBhitarkanika.

After attending a meetingof Tourism AdvisoryCommittee here onWednesday, Tourism SecretaryVishal Dev said a decision hasbeen taken to purchase newboats for the project.

The department wouldalso sign a memorandum withthe Surfing Federation of Indiato execute the project, heinformed.

A ‘Buddhist Circuit Grand’would be constructed to pro-mote the Buddhist sites in theState. Some of the projectswould be completed beforeDecember this year, he said.

The department wouldcarry out infrastructure devel-opment activities in 13 touristdestinations, including

Rambha and Chilika. Besides,new hotels and resorts wouldcome up in these destinations,he added.

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Non-flowering trees andunder flyover spaces will

be decorated with indigenousand other ornamental creepersto give the city a new look andbetter aesthetics.

This will be undertaken byBhubaneswar DevelopmentAuthority (BDA) andBhubaneswar MunicipalCorporation (BMC) ownedparks and road-side spaces aswell across the city.

The creepers that bloomnot only serve practical pur-

poses (erosion control, weedsuppression etc) in this role butalso add great beauty to thelandscape. Because they growso quickly, creepers are ideal forfast and noticeable changes tolandscape aesthetic.

Plantation will be carried outin 11 parks including 5 city-levelparks and 6 colony level parks,in this initial stage. They will beimplemented in other parksacross the city later this year.

Creepers will also be plant-ed on roadside trees, with spe-cial attention given to creeperswhich bloom in winter, as it is

the major tourist season andthe Temple City attracts itsmajor tourism footfall duringthe winter days.

Horticulture and landscapeexperts working for BDA andBMC have found that the non-flowering plants despite havingdense and beautiful foliagecould not attract gaze of the vis-itors to the parks and roadsidelandscapes but with an addi-tional flowering creeper overthem could enhance theirpotential a lot and would besmart, beautiful and full ofgreenery.

BHUBANESWAR: The OdishaGovernment on Wednesday invitedpotential investors to invest in the foodprocessing sector in the State.

“The Government will assist all theinvestors and industrialists to set upunits in the State,” Industries andMSME Minister Dibya Shankar Mishrasaid.

The Industrial Promotion andInvestment Corporation of Odisha(IPICOL) organised a session here toenlighten potential investors and currentstakeholders on the investment oppor-tunities in the food processing sector.

He said food processing is one of themost promising sectors in the State witha high potential for growth. With thecountry’s agro and food processing sec-tor expected to reach a size of $530 bil-lion by 2020, Odisha has been facilitat-ing creation of an ideal business eco-sys-tem to make the State a hub in the east-ern region, the Minister said.

Odisha is endowed with naturalresources, long coastline and favorableclimatic conditions for production of avariety of agri-produce, fruits, vegeta-bles and marine produce, he added.

The State ’s robust, dedicated andentrepreneur-friendly processing poli-cy and guidelines, which make Odishaa favourable destination for investing infood processing sector, were highlight-ed in course of the session.

Industries Secretary HemantSharma said, “With availability of rawmaterials, 10 agro-climatic zones, agri-culture resources, seafood, farminglandscape and easy connectivity to theASEAN region, Odisha has all the ingre-dients required for the food processingand seafood sector to flourish in theState. We are further providing severalsubsidies to encourage investors tochoose Odisha.” PNS

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An Indian Police Service(IPS) officer was on

Wednesdayappointedas theS p e c i a lSecretary toC h i e fM i n i s t e rN a v e e nPatnaik.

T h e1997-batcho f f i c e rDhirendraS ambh aj iKutey iscurrent lyposted asOfficer onS p e c i a l

Duty (OSD) to the ChiefMinister. This is the first timethat an IPS officer is appointedas a Special Secretary to the CM.

BHUBANESWAR: UnionMinister Dharmendra Pradhan,who is currently on a five-dayvisit to Russia, onWednesday said he hasinitiated steps to establishdirect trade links betweenRussia and Odisha.

“The VladivostokPort in Russia and theParadip Port in Odishacan have links. Crude oiland coking of Russia canbe transported from theVladivostok Port toParadip Port directly and,thus, a direct trading linkbetween Russia and

Odisha cab be established,” saidPradhan.

Pradhan said this after visit-

ing the Devjada ship projectand holding discussions withRosneft CEO in Russia. PNS

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Members of the MahilaCongress on Wednesday

staged a protest in front of theoffice of the Superintendent ofPolice, Jajpur at Panikoili,demanding a CBI probe intothe mysterious death of VillageLevel Worker (VLW) SmitaraniBiswal at a guesthouse onOctober 16.

Hundreds party activiststook out a rally from PanikoiliChhak to the SP Office andgheraod the office. The activistsalleged SP Charan SinghMeena is not taking steps tonab the culprits involved in thealleged murder of the VLWunder the pressure of theGovernment. They demandedimmediate transfer of the SP.

MLAs Suresh Routray andMohammed Moquim and

senior leader Satya PrakashNayak joined the protest,among others.

“We want justice availed tofamily members of SmitaraniBiswal. We will intensify ourprotest and launch a statewideprotest in coming days if ourdemands are not met at the ear-liest,” said State MahilaCongress vice-presidentBandita Parida.

Adequate police personnelwere deployed in the area toavoid any untoward incident

during theprotest.

In a sim-ilar develop-ment, a silentprotest wasstaged by theJ a j p u rPa n c h ay atE x e c u t i v eO f f i c e r s ’Associationand the

Gram Rojgar Sevak Sanghdemanding a judicial probeinto the VLW’s death.

Besides, the BJP too tar-geted the State Governmentand the police alleging theimproper ongoing probe intothe death of the VLW.

Addressing a Press meet,BJP vice-president SamiMohanty and others allegedthat police are only looking intothe personal aspects whileneglecting the real facts in theinvestigation.

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K Sudharshan Chakraverthyexpressed displeasure during areview in a road safety meetingas some of the issues which werepointed out in the last meetingwere not implemented satisfac-torily.

In the previous meetingwhile he had stressed on the sub-mission of accident report by thepolice, RTO and NHAI within24 hours of an accident, the samewas not complied with.

Chakraverthy furtherobserved that illegal parkingand encroachments were basiccauses of accidents. He directedthe department personnel totake steps for no parking at theservice roads adjacent to the NHroads and over bridges andinstead emphasized on creatinga safe parking places in thoseplace with signages and sign-boards.

He too expressed displeasure

over the tardy progress of workin the six-laning of the NHbetween Baleswar and Bhadrakwhile he asked to demolish theunused (abolished) toll gate con-structions at Santoshpur andreplacing the defunct CC cam-eras at the installed places. Hetoo directed the NHAI to beginrepair works for all the serviceroads connecting fly overs andNH by November 15.

He also emphasised on morepreventive measures at the iden-tified black spots. Chakraverthyfurther directed the departmentofficials to undertake eviction onroad stretch connecting busstand and Remuna Golai.

Further, he directed the offi-cials to initiate action againsttransporting goods in the pas-senger buses. The RTO andpolice were asked to enforceagainst the traffic rule violators,including offences under rashdriving, irregular number platesand silencers. RTO BikashChaudhary, DSP Rajat KumarRay , the officials of PWD , rep-resentatives of NHAI and truckand bus associations attendedthe meeting. PNS

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The Gosaninuagaon policehave seized firecrackers

worth over �5 crore kept ille-gally in 56 shops at theBalunkeswar cracker market inthe city.

During raids in the last twodays, the police shops one afteranother, evaluated cost ofcrackers and relocked them inthe presence of the magistrate.After raids, adequate policepersonnel have been deployed

in the bazaar.While permission had not

been given to sell firecrackersin the Balunkeswar crackermarket, traders had procuredthe crackers illegally to sellthem to retailers ahead ofDiwali festival. Cracker retail-ers from Ganjam and other dis-tricts are dependent on thismarket. After police action, itis apprehended that commonpeople might face difficulties ingetting firecrackers for Diwalifestival.

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Apassenger of a bus wasseriously injured in an

arrow attack near Bali Hillunder the Daitari police limitsin tribals-dominated Keonjhardistrict on Tuesday evening.

Unidentified miscreantslaunched multiple arrowstowards the bus in which thevictim, identified as UttamMahanta, a worker at a mine atDaitari, and other workerswere returning from work-place.

One of the arrows enteredinside the bus through its win-dow and penetrated Uttam’sbelly, leaving him criticallyinjured.

He was rushed to the TataHospital at Duburi, where doc-tors removed the arrow fromhis body safely.

Police have started aninvestigation into the incident.

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The Ganjam District Biju PatnaikSenior Citizens’ Forum has submit-

ted a memorandum to the BrahmpuarSub-Collector and Tehsildar demandingallotment of either a house or a plot freeof premium in the name of forum at theearliest.

The forum specifically asked the offi-cers to allocate the unused office of theSC and ST Development department onthe backside of the Tehsil office in itsname.

Members expressed unhappinessthat higher authorities of the RevenueDepartment have not responded to let-ters of the Sub-Collector and theTehsildar.

Among others, forum presidentRash Bihari Dash, general secretarySimanchal Prasad Bisoyi, vice-presi-dent Suryakanta Patro, secretariesBasudev Lima and BishmachariyaChoudhury, treasurer Purna ChandraMoharana were in the team.

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Putting at rest to the controversy over themysterious kidnapping of a scribe of

Oupada area, the district police after res-cuing the kidnapped person from Egraarea of West Bengal arrested three personsincluding the key accused.

Srikrushna Sahu was allegedly kid-napped by unknown miscreants on Sundaynight, at around 8 pm when he wasreturning home in his scooty from localmarket.

The miscreants rounded up by policewere identified as key conspirator KhagenMajhi of Egra under East Medinapur ,Tapan Das and Manoj Parida ofMandarpur village under Remuna policestation limits

According to police sources, involve-ment of at least 5 more had come to thefore during investigation, adding the inci-dent is a fallout of business rivalry.

Khagen had engaged hired goonsfrom Remuna and Panjibag area to exe-cute the crime.

A source in police said , Sahu used toengage crop cutting machines in Egraarea in rent. He had engaged a caretakerto utilize machine as well as to collect dues.

The caretaker had requested to arrangeone second hand crop cutting machine forhim and for which he had paid �5 lakh inadvance to Sahu.

Yet, Sahu neither supplied him the sec-ond hand machine nor returned themoney. For extracting money from Sahu,he contacted the criminals.

These criminals, belonging to Baleswarafter hiring a Bolero had gone to Oupadaon Sunday evening. Finding an opportu-nity, they forcibly kidnapped him andtook to an unknown destination.

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Nilgiri SDPO Sudam Charan Sahu isinvestigating the case.

The police could get the lead afterlearning the number of the Bolero used forthe crime. They could further learn thatthe miscreants changed to another vehiclefrom Basta and went to Bengal.

The Bolero vehicle used by the mis-creants has been seized by te Opadapolice.

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An awareness programme against insur-ance frauds was organised for intending

customers at the Nayagarh SP office here onTuesday with an aim to sensitise them on ‘dosand don’ts’ for a better policy.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Kolkatabranch Deputy Manager Ashutosh Singhattended as chief guest in the programmepresided over by SP Sashi Bhusan Satpathy.

Discussions were held on laws againstinsurance fraud and their implementations.

Another such programme was also organ-ised wherein police officers were also sensi-tised about the laws based on insurancefrauds.

DSPs, police station IICs and other policeofficials of the district attended.

The campaign titled ‘The Moment ofTruth’ to help out customers seeking to havehealth insurance policy.

“Educating and empowering the con-sumer with relevant information helps themgain access to quality healthcare. But thisintent has to be backed with the right exe-cution,” said Raghu Bhat, founder, ScarecrowM and C Saatchi.

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AGovernment Railway Police (GRP)Constable was injured when he was

attacked by two youths with a sharpweapon at the Bamra railway station inthe district on Wednesday.

The Constable was identified asParsuram Bibhor.

Reports said that the two accused,who alighted from the Rajya RaniExpress were questioned by Bibhor onsuspicion.

But they stabbed Bibhor with a knifeand tried to flee from the spot. But hear-ing the Constables scream the otherpolice personnel at the station managedto nab one of the attackers, identified asNarayan Dakua.

But another miscreant managed to

give a slip to police.During Dakua’s interrogation it was

ascertained that the two youths wereinvolved in ganja peddling.

Later, Bibhor was rushed to theGovindpur Hospital.

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ganja and arrested a person atChariabandha village underBadasindhaba gram pan-chayat in Gajapati districtearly on Wednesday morn-ing.

A team of police led byASI Hemant Kumar Sethicame across one Thomas

Nayak, who was standingsuspiciously with sevengunny bags, at a bush near Chariabandha.

When inspected, it wasfound that the gunny bagscontained 180 kg of ganjaworth over �9 lakh.

Accused Thomas Nayak,a resident of Bhaliaganda vil-lage, was forwarded to courtafter interrogation, said IICSujit Kumar Nayak.

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An Inspector of Police wassentenced to five years’

rigorous imprisonment (RI)by the Vigilance Court here forimplicating a person in a falsecase and assaulting him at thepolice station in 2010.

The convict was identi-fied as Nalini KantaMohapatra. He was working asBissamcuttack police stationIIC in Rayagada district.

Mohapatra had demandeda bribe of Rs 10,000 from oneRadhakanta Das and threat-ened him to implicate him ina false case in 2010.

Later, the complainant hadreported the matter to the anti-graft agency. Accordingly, atrap was laid and Mohapatrawas caught red-handed whilereceiving the bribe money.

A case was registeredagainst Mohapatra followed bythe filing of charge-sheet.

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Ayouth was arrested onWednesday by the Joda

police in the district for alleged-ly circulating intimate picturesand videos of his girlfriend.

The accused identified asDebasish Mohanta, a native ofNandipada village under theChampua PS in the district,allegedly posted some intimatepictures and videos of his for-mer girlfriend on social mediaplatforms.

Sources said Debasish wasin a relationship with a victimfrom his school days. He hadcaptured intimate pictures andvideos on his mobile phonewhile they were in good terms.

Later, livid with rage overtheir break up the accusedallegedly circulated the pho-tographs and videos on socialmedia platforms.

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History of Paradip, writtenby late educationist and

writer Dr Satyanada Panda, aformer professor of UtkalUniversity, was released onOctober 20 here.

Original history basing onfirsthand filed research is needof the hour than being heavi-ly dependent British periodreference books, opined formerMinister Dr Damodar Rout,speaking at the launch of thebook.

He wished the book wouldhelp understand the regionand growth around Paradip.

Calling the book monu-mental retelling of Odisha’smaritime history, StateConvener of INTACH Amiya

Bhushn Tripathy said writingof regional history must beencouraged to understand ourculture better.

This is a pioneering studyproviding rare cultural andanthropological perspectivesof the region, said noted his-torian Dr Nivedita Mohantyon the book which has beenpublished by Dr SatyanandaPanda Memorial Trust, formedby his well-wishers to carry

forward the legacy of theauthor.

Assistant Director,National Archives,Bhubaneswar, Dr LalatenduDash Mohapatra explainedhow socio-economic and polit-ical process evolved around theregion and noted writer andauthor Anil Dhir, whoseAmadeus Press publishinghouse has published the book,praised the book.

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Paradip is facing a grave problem of air pollu-tion with iron, coal and gypsum dust circu-

lating in air besides IOCL gas and other pollu-tants severely damaging the environment.

In this connection, the Paradip YouthEngineers’ Association (PYEA) on Wednesdaydemonstrated against the growing pollutionand took out a silence march to spread aware-ness from Atharbanki square to Gandhi Square.

The PYEAgave a memoran-dum to theJa g a t s i n g h p u rCollector throughthe Paradip ADM.

The pro-gramme was ledby PYEA presidentLaxmi PrasadBehera, vice presi-dent SamarpanOjha, general sec-

retary Saroj Kumar Das and coordinated by all members. It is to be noted that owing to a hueand cry by locals and environmentalists, certainmassive pollution control measures were under-taken by the port authorities such as sprinklingof water in the coal and iron ore stacking yard,road sweeping by machines etc.

The PYEA alleged that agencies transport-ing gypsum dust, iron and coal in uncovered lor-ries are creating air pollution in a massive way.

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Abody of a youth, who hadjumped off the Trisulia

bridge on river Kathjodi hereon Tuesday evening, was recov-ered from the riverbank onWednesday morning.

Some locals first spottedthe body of the deceased iden-tified as Debabrata Majhi ofGadhakana under theMancheswar police station inBhubaneswar and immediate-ly called up police. A policeteam along with Fire Servicespersonnel reached the spotand recovered the body.

On Tuesday evening,Debabrata had jumped into theriver leaving his motorcycleand mobile phone on thebridge. Soon after, ODRAF

and Fire Services personnelwere pressed into service tosearch for him, but they failedto trace him.

Earlier this month, a manfrom Niali had jumped off theKathajodi bridge in Cuttackover a domestic feud with hiswife. His body was recoveredalmost after a week from riverDevi near Rahamba under theGobindpur police station inCuttack district.

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After inordinate delay totake a decission to reha-

bilitate the translocated furioustigress "Sundari " at the SatkosiaTiger Reserve in Angul district,a three-member team of theNational Tiger ConservationAuthority (NTCA) visited andreviewed about the properhabitation of the tigress onTuesday.

‘Sundari’ who mauled twopeople to death last year hasbeen confined in an enclosedforest area at Raigoda . Theteam comprising former FieldDirector of Kanha TigerReserve Dr Khageswar Nayak,Assistant Inspector General ofForests, NTCA KH Bhaskarand Deputy Director, NTCAVK Sharma has reviewed theproposal to increase theenclosed area to 25hectares.The team alsoreviewed the tiger prey area .

Earlier, the NTCA had

expressed strong displeasureover poaching and confine-ment of two tigers , Mahabirand Sundari who were translo-

cated from Madhya Pradesh toSatkosia Tiger Reserve

Mahabir that was shiftedfrom Kanha National Park fell

victim to poachers’ snare andwas killed and Sundari, thatwas translocated fromBandhavgarh, has been kept in

a solitary confinement despiteNTC advisories. These tigerswere shifted under tiger aug-mentation project consideringpotential, connectivity and his-tory of STR.

Earlier, NTCA IG had vis-ited Satkosia Tiger Reserve onNovember 16 and 17 last year.

The NTCA has reiteratedtime and again to ensure ade-quate preparedness in field,habitat enrichment, commu-nity engagement, capacity-building, equipment to avoidand address any kind of con-flict.

The NTCA had alsoreported that Sundari has beenput through tremendousstress/trauma and needs to beconditioned before it is fit forrelease into the wild. The ‘reha-bilitation enclosure holdingthe tigress needs adequatewilderness enrichment andmodification. Tiger augmen-tation process will have to

remain in abeyance beforemultiple issues flagged are sort-ed out, the NTCA report hadsaid.

Capacity building of staff,community engagement, relo-cation of villages, prey aug-mentation and distributionassessment, vet care and capac-ity, real time monitoring, ele-phant squad, RRT, STF need tobe seriously functional indesired manner, before anattempt to restart tiger aug-mentation process, presentlykept in abeyance, the reporthad suggested.

n view of the earlier reportof the NTCA, the visiting teamhas discussed in detail on thematters with the concernedofficials of the StateGovernment.

Meanwhile, the Citizens’Action Forum, in a letter to theChief Minister urged to takeimmediate action against thoseofficials responsible for thedisaster of the Tiger Project.

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Vigilance officials onWednesday raided office

room and houses of WaterResources Executive Engineer(EE) Sarbeswar Senapati atmultiple places in Baleswarand Bhubaneswar to detectassets, possessed by him, dis-proportionate to his knownsources of income.

The Vigilance sleuths con-ducted simultaneous raids atSenapati’s office and residencein Bhubaneswar, his house atBhaskarganj in Baleswar, hisparental house at Bahardha inthe Remuna area of Baleswarand his in-laws’ house atRanipatna.

Till last reports came in,

raids were underway and cal-culation of the value of hismovable and immovable prop-erties was yet to be completed.

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The father of one of the twoyouths, who was thrashed

and forced to do sit-ups by thedoctors and medicos of VIM-SAR, on Wednesday, lodged acomplaint with the OdishaHuman Rights Commission(OHRC) in Bhubaneswar.

Thana Sundar Behera,father of one of the victim’sMukesh Behera, alleged thatthe assaul by doctors, whoalso forced his son to do sit-ups, have brought humiliationfor his family.

Behera expressed resent-ment alleging that despite con-crete evidence, no action wastaken against the accusedmedicos and AssistantProfessor Suryakant Patjoshi,who are still moving scot-free.

Demanding justice for hisson and his brother-in-law

Tularam Rout’s son, who wasalso allegedly thrashed by themedicos, Behera demandedre-investigation of the case.

“The medical students whothrashed my son with ironrods are roaming free. Butironically, police have detainedmy son,” said Rout.

Earlier, Health MinisterNaba Das on Tuesday said thata senior official of the HealthDepartment was probing theincident and action would betaken only after the submissionof an investigation report.

Police have also issuednotice to the VIMSAR author-ities to submit the CCTVfootages of the fateful. Range SPHimanshu Lal had assuredquick and impartial investiga-tion into the case, adding thatevidence was being gatheredand action would be taken asper law.

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In view of the revelationsmade in a report of the

National Crime Record Bureau(NCRB) that crimes againstwomen are on the rise inOdisha, the BJP on Wednesdayseverely criticised the StateGovernment for the situation.

“The BJD Government hasfailed to protect women despitebeing in power many years.Criminals with support of theruling party leaders have com-mitted crimes. Though manygirls have been raped andkilled, yet they have not got jus-tice,” alleged BJP spokespersonGolak Mohapatra.

Mohapata said rape caseshave risen in the State by 9.7per cent in 2017 compared to2016.

According to NCRBreport, cases of offence againstwomen in Odisha hadincreased to 20,098 in 2017from 17,837 in 2016. Odishacontributes 5.6 per cent ofoffences against women in thecountry. Disrobing of womencases have also risen by 11.6 percent in the State in 2017.Odisha stands third in offencesagainst women and fifth in sex-

ual harassment cases. As manyas 62.7% rape victims are under18 years’ age. In dowry anddowry-related killing cases,Odisha is in the sixth position.

Mohapatra demanded thatChief Minister tell the peoplewhat steps his Governmentwould take to protect womenin view of the NCRB revelation.

However, Minister of Statefor Home Dibya ShankarMihsra said the StateGovernment has taken all pos-sible steps to check crimesagainst women. “We will makepolice stronger to handle suchcases and ensure that more cul-prits are brought to book,”Mishra told reporters.

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nized in the KiiT InternationalSchool on Wednesday.

The theme was‘Concoction of Spirituality,Modernity and Art’. Eminentspeakers like senior member,Awakening India,Bramhakumari Society SisterDeepa, Head, StrategicManagement, MICA College,Ahmedabad Dr FalguniVasavada and eminent sandartist Padma Shree SudarshanPatnaik delivered talks on spir-ituality, modernity and art

respectively. Delivering talk on spiritu-

ality, Sister Deepa said Indianeeds ignited minds to becomeworld power.

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Dr Falguni Vasavada said outermake up and beauty is notmodernity. Modernity is inter-nal make up and is about evo-lution.

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Plan India’s GirlChangemakers from 10

States in India stepped into theroles of Ambassadors and HighCommissioners from 22Diplomatic Missions to markthe International Day of theGirl Child (IDG) on Tuesday.

Girls in several districts ofOdisha also took over impor-tant gram panchayat andGovernment positions. Everyyear, on October 11, girls fromPlan-supported communitiestake over positions of powerand significance, demonstrat-ing their potential to lead theway into the future, champi-oning girls’ voice, power andleadership to achieve genderunder the ‘Girls Get Equal’campaign.

The symbolic takeoverswere organized in collaborationwith the Delegation of theEuropean Union to India, alongwith 22 Diplomatic Missions in

New Delhi including Australia,Belgium, Slovakia, Canada,Czech Republic, Denmark,Norway, Estonia, Finland, NewZealand, Germany, Israel,Poland, Slovenia, Mexico,Lithuania, Latvia, Ecuador,Sweden, Bulgaria, Argentinaand Switzerland.

Apart from the Embassytakeovers, about 29 Plan India’sGirl Changemakers fromOdisha took over importantGram Panchayat positions intheir respective cities. Theagenda of the village takeoverswas women empowermentthrough representation of peo-ple in sphere of local gover-nance, along with facilitatingparticipation of disadvantagedcommunities in local self-gov-ernance to ensure their devel-opment and welfare.

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CorrigendumIOC has rejected The Pioneer’s report: “Bangladeshis resid-ing within Paradip IOLC boundary walls” published onOctober 16. It said “being a Central Government PSU, wealways abide by the law of the land. We would like to conveythat the report was misleading”. The inadvertent error is regretted.

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Giving a huge boost to theailing Government tele-

com companies BSNL andMTNL, the Union Cabinet onWednesday approved theirmerger and announced arevival package of �68,751crore. The Government willalso provide 4G spectrum tothe merged unit, pay theirGST and other dues, and offeran attractive VRS scheme toemployees above 50 years.

“In case of BSNL andMTNL, the Government’s viewis clear. These are strategicassets of India. The entireArmy network is maintainedby BSNL,” said TelecomMinister Ravi Shankar Prasad,reiterating no privatisation ofthese two telecom companies.

Prasad said that MTNLwill be merged with BSNLsoon and will operate as a sub-sidiary of BSNL. The packageincludes raising of �15,000crore sovereign bonds to meetthe immediate capital require-ment of both the companies,4G spectrum allocation worth�20,140 crore, �29,937 crore forVRS covering 50 per cent oftheir employees, and �3,674

crore for goods and services taxthat will be levied on allocationof radio waves.

“The VRS packageapproved by the Cabinet willgive eligible employees 125per cent of income that theywould have earned by servingthe company till the age of 60years. With this decision, wehave taken care of the interestof lakhs of employees of thesePSUs,” Prasad said. BSNL hasaround 1.68 lakh employeesand MTNL around 22,000.

“The VRS is voluntary;nobody can be forced to opt forit,” he said. The total debt on boththe companies stood at �40,000crore, of which half of the liabil-ity is on MTNL alone whichoperates in Delhi and Mumbai.Both the companies have beendemanding spectrum to start 4Gservices to remain competitive inthe market. Telecom SecretaryAnshu Prakash said the spec-trum will be allocated to both thecompanies administrativelywithin a month.

“The spectrum allocationto BSNL worth �14,115 crorewill be in lieu of equity sharesand about �6,295 crore forMTNL in lieu of preferentialshares,” Prakash said.

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Five months after eliminatingZakir Musa, chief of Ansar

Ghazwat-Ul-Hind — a groupaffiliated with al-Qaeda — ajoint team of security forces onTuesday evening gunned downhis successor Hamid Lelhari inAwantipora area of SouthKashmir’s Pulwama district.

After the successful oper-ation, which was conducted onreceipt of specific intelligenceinput about the presence ofthree terrorists in the area, thesecurity forces identified the prize catch on Wednesday morning.

Confirming the elimina-tion of one of the top com-manders in the Valley, theState police chief Dilbagh Singhat a Press conferenceannounced, “The AnsarGhazwat-ul-Hind terror outfit

has been wiped out with theelimination of Hamid Lelhari.”

He said, some elementswho are overground workersare still there. They suddenlycrop up and join terror ranks.But, as of now, the AGH hasbeen wiped out from Kashmir,”he added. 30-year-old Lelhariwas trapped by the securityforces inside a house as theytimely launched a cordon andsearch operation in the areawithout wasting precious time.

Addressing a Press confer-ence in Srinagar, State policechief Dilbagh Singh said, “Allthe killed terrorists as perpolice records were part of theZakir Musa group and werewanted by police for their com-plicity in a series of terrorcrimes, including attacks onsecurity establishments andcivilian atrocities.”

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The CBI on Wednesdaybooked former

Uttarakhand Chief MinisterHarish Rawat, his then Cabinetcolleague Harak Singh Rawat(now in the Cabinet headed bycurrent CM Trivendra SinghRawat) and CEO of Noida-based television news channelSamachar Plus, Umesh Kumarand unknown others foralleged attempts of horse trading and threatening dissident Congress MLAs in2016. The alleged bribery bidwas caught on tape by Kumarthrough his mobile phone.

The FIR follows aPreliminary Enquiry registeredby the agency on April 25, 2016when the then Government

under President's Rule referredthe horse trading allegations fora CBI probe.

The agency had sent thevideo of the conversationbetween the accused personson March 23, 2016 to theForensic ScienceLaboratory(FSL), Gandhinagarin Gujarat for examination.The FSL opined that there is no addition/dele-tion/insertion/tampering/mor-phing in the video files indi-cating that the recordings aregenuine.

The video purportedlyshowed the Congress leaderdiscussing money and officepositions in the Government towin back the support of disgruntled MLAs who hadcrossed over to the BJP so that

he could get back to power. Theeditor of the news channelhad allegedly arranged a meet-ing with Harish Rawat in theVIP lounge of DehradunAirport on March 23, 2016 andrecorded the conversation

between him and HarishRawaat by using his mobilephone. Kumar met HarishRawat to convey the demandsof Harak Singh Rawat includ-ing the post of Deputy CM, twodepartments and cash.

Recently, the UttarakhandHigh Court allowed the CBI togo ahead with it’s investigationin the case and lodge an FIRagainst Rawat after the agencysubmitted a report in a sealedcover on the findings of the PreliminaryEnquiry(PE).

The CBI has slapped

Indian Penal Code sectionrelating to criminal conspiracyand relevant provisions of thePrevention of Corruption Actincluding bribery.

During the PE, the CBIhad questioned Harish Rawatand Umesh Kumar.

The PE revealed that afterpassing of the Finance Bill onMarch 18, 2016 in theUttarakhand Assembly, dissi-dent MLAs of the Congressalong with members from BJPleft Dehradun by a charteredflight and shifted to Gurgaon.Umesh Kumar met Harak Singh Rawat, one of thedissdent MLAs. “During thismeeting, they entered into acriminal conspiracy for thepurpose of demanding gratifi-cation from Harish Rawat in

lieu of his supportto the CongressGovernment. Inpursuance of thecriminal conspira-cy, Harak SinghRawat asked UmeshKumar to meetHarish Rawat, thenChief Minister,Uttarakhand andconvey his demandfor the post ofDeputy CM, twodepartments andcash,” reads thecomplaint filed byDeputy SP of CBIRL Yadav onOctober 1 this year.The complaint isnow part of theFIR.

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In a relief to the Uttarakhand TV jour-nalist Umesh Kumar, the Supreme

Court has stayed the criminal proceedingsin three cases lodged against him and oth-ers by the State police after the channelheaded by him last year conducted a sting operation allegedlyexposing corruption at the highest level.

The cases of extortion, cheating,forgery, criminal conspiracy and otheroffences under the Indian Penal Codewere lodged against Umesh KumarSharma and others this year. One of thecases dates back to 2007.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumaron Wednesday batted for full state-

hood for Delhi and also prohibition —an issue close to his heart — in the cityas his party Janata Dal (United) gearedup for contesting the Assembly pollshere due early next year.

Addressing workers of the JD(U),a BJP ally, Kumar also reiterated his demand for special status for Bihar, which theModi Government had earlier rejected.

“We have always been in favour offull statehood for Delhi. Like we want special status for Bihar, we havealways wanted statehood for Delhi,”Kumar said. He also demanded thatprohibition be implemented in Delhias his Government had done so inBihar.

“Prohibition is a very importantthing and it should be implemented inthe entire country. Why should it notbe implemented in Delhi? Alcohol is

such a bad thing that we banned it(sale and consumption) in 2016. Weimplemented prohibition on therequest of women. There has been adecline in domestic fight and law andorder has also improved,” he said.

The JD(U)'s alliance with the BJPhas remained confined to Bihar andit has been fighting polls on its ownoutside the State. The party is eyeingmigrant voters from Poorvanchal and

Bihar to make an impact in the citywhere the ruling Aam Aadmi Party,BJP and the Congress are key contenders. If people from Bihar stopworking even for a day, Delhi willcome to a standstill, Kumar said.

“Delhi is the national Capital andit belongs to the entire country. Peoplefrom various other cities reside here.People from Bihar reside here in

large numbers and they have a hugerole to play here. Earlier, they weremade fun of but now they say withpride that they are from Bihar,” he said.

Kumar urged his party workers totalk to people about how developmentwork has been undertaken in Biharand how the State has progressedunder his Government. “We haveimproved law and order situation inBihar and brought peace and harmo-ny in the State. We have worked forwomen's empowerment in Bihar,” Kumar told party workers. On a day when the Unioncabinet approved a proposal to grantownership rights to people living inunauthorised colonies in Delhi, Kumarurged party workers to start a cam-paign for regularisation of unautho-rised colonies. He also talked about launching a campaign for clean drinking water forDelhiites, just like his Government is running a campaign 'Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal’ inBihar.

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To provide relief to people of thenational Capital from high

tomato prices, the Ministry ofFood and Consumer Affairs onWednesday directed KendriyaBhandar, Mother Dairy andNational Cooperative outlets toreduce the prices by 3 per kg fromThursday.

The Ministry has also direct-ed cooperative Nafed to providemilled-tur dal at �82 per kg andTur dal at �80-85 per kg at 'no-profit no-loss' basis through Safal,Kendriya Bhandar and NCCF out-lets in the national Capital region.Mother Dairy, Kendriya Bhandarand cooperative NCCF were alsoasked to sell tur dal at �80-85 perkg through their retail outlets.

An official of the Ministry ofFood and Consumer Affairs saidthat the decisions were taken afterthe review of the prices of keycommodities at a high-level meet-ing, chaired by Consumer AffairsSecretary Avinash K Srivastava.

In case of pulses, the officialsaid Nafed has been asked to pro-vide milled-tur dal at �82 per kgto the Delhi government. These agencies will sell the buffer stockof pulses created by theGovernment. Tur dal rates in thenational Capital have crossed �100per kg, though the Governmentdata shows �97/kg on Wednesday.Besides, the Ministry has also prepared a list of wholesale sup-pliers of pulses so that they couldkeep an eye on hoardings. Therewere intelligence reports that thereis no shortage of pulses in thecountry and several wholesalesuppliers have stopped the supply

to disrupt the retail supply. This hasled to increase of pulses rate acrossthe country.

In case of tomato, MotherDairy has been directed to reducethe rates of all three varieties by�2-3 per kg from October 24, theofficial said.

The official further said theCentre has decided to boost thesupply of hybrid variety of toma-to in Delhi in the next few days.Hybrids have a longer shelf life andare of better quality. It wasinformed in the meeting thattransportation of tomatoes fromAndhra Pradesh was not feasible.

Tomato prices have shot up to�60-80 per kg in the national cap-ital and some other parts of thecountry due to rains in key grow-ing state of Maharashtra. In thecase of onion, prices have startedlowering at some places. EvenLasalgaon onion suppliers haveurged the Centre to lift curb onexport as the supply has beenimproved in the past few days.

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India on Wednesday launched anational protocol for enumeration

of the snow leopard, an elusivepredator found in high-altitudes,and exhorted the 12 range nations toaim towards doubling the populationof the mystic cats whose number isaround 7,000 world over.

Faced with habitation loss, preyreduction and poaching, there arejust 700 snow leopards left in India,mainly spotted in Himalayan regionsof Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand,Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu& Kashmir and Ladakh.

Addressing the inaugural sessionof the fourth steering committeemeeting of the Global Snow Leopardand Ecosystem Protection (GSLEP)programme here, UnionEnvironment Minister PrakashJavedkar on Wednesday said that anational protocol on Snow leopardpopulation assessment in India hasbeen finalized.

“Once we get a total count of thesnow leopards, each of the countrieswill then strive to double the popu-lation of this endangered wild ani-mal, which is immensely critical for

our ecosystem,” he said on the occa-sion of the International SnowLeopard Day on Wednesday.

Every year, October 23 is cele-brated to protect and conserve thesnow leopards and preserve thebeautiful wildlife of the Himalayas.

The Minister said, India will havea separate programme on snowleopards to include green pathwaysin the Himalayan region.

As many as 12 range countries,including China, Russia,Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia,

Pakistan, Krgyzstan, Nepal,Bhutan, Uzbekista andKazakhstan are participating inthe two-day steering commit-tee meeting being organized toassess the efforts being made toconserve the animal's habitatand curb poaching and illegalwildlife trade.

The Snow Leopard is fight-ing a battle of survival withonly 7,500 of them estimatedto have been left in the moun-tain ranges of Central Asia andSouth Asia, where they are fac-ing rising pressure due to habi-tat loss. Known to be amongthe top predators in the

Himalayan ecosystem, the animal islisted among the 'vulnerable species'in the IUCN Red List of threatenedspecies.

India is believed to have the thirdhighest population of snow leopards,after China and Mongolia, however,an exact count is not yet available.

Union Environment SecretaryCK Mishra said that the protocol hasbeen developed by the WildlifeInstitute of India (WII) and NatureConservation Foundation, in dis-cussion with the five Himalayan

States. With the guidance of the SPAIprotocol the snow leopard rangestates in India will be able to estimatedistribution and population of snowleopards and prey using uniformmethodology, such that estimatesfrom the different States are compa-rable and a national level estimatemay be achieved.

“ This protocol will inspire otherrange countries of snow leopardacross Asia to develop their countryspecific protocols”, said Mishra.

In 2017, at the InternationalSnow Leopard and EcosystemConservation Forum in Bishkek,the range country governments for-mally endorsed a plan to develop aglobal snow leopard populationassessment. The ambitious initiative,called PAWS (Population Assessmentof the World's Snow Leopards), aimsto produce a robust estimate of thethreatened cat's population statuswithin the next 5 years.

It is being overseen by theSteering Committee of the GlobalSnow Leopard & EcosystemProtection Program (GSLEP), whichis comprised of the EnvironmentMinisters of all twelve snow leopardrange states.

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Rejecting reports of clamp-down in Jammu & Kashmir,

a group of intellectuals and academicians in their report onthe State said things were normalin the three regions of the Statebut suggested confidence-build-ing measures to ensure equitabledevelopment of all regions andpeople.

“Overall Kashmir is goingthrough intense churning.Kashmiris across the board seekhealing from a corrupt, oppressive, social and politicalculture that has emerged inKashmir for the past 70 yearsand more intensely in the last 30years,” said the report submittedby the group to Union MinisterJitendra Singh.

It said the team could feel the

freedom in the air.“People of Jammu region

have welcomed the historic deci-sion of the Indian Parliament on5th and 6th August 2019 for set-ting aside of Articles 370, 35-A(of the Constitution) and allrelated provisions. Particularlythe victims of Article 35-A arejubilant as they see a normal lifefor themselves henceforth. Theyfeel that they have become likeany other citizen of the state andthe country. For these sections

of the society, independence wasachieved on 5th August 2019,”the report said.

However, it would be theresponsibility of the state and theCentre to provide a healingtouch to the already wrongedsections of society, it said.

Founded in 2015, the Groupof Intellectuals and Academicians(GIA) is a group of profession-al women and entrepreneurs,mediapersons and academi-cians committed to social justiceand nation-building.

Members of the team includeMonika Arora, advocate,Supreme Court; SonaliChitalkar, Assistant Professor,Miranda House (DelhiUniversity); Ritu Mathur,Assistant Professor, Zakir HusainCollege (Delhi University); andPoonam Bachheti, educationist.

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The Supreme Court onWednesday refused to set

up a special bench to urgentlyhear the pending petition ofthe Goa Government seekingresumption of construction ofa greenfield airport at Mopa inthe State.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi was toldby Attorney General K KVenugopal, appearing for theState Government, that theconstruction of the airport hasbeen stalled for the last ten

months and the petition of theState Government is pendingbefore the apex court.

“We are not in a position toconstitute a special bench now.Mr attorney, our present situation does not permit us todo this,” the bench, which alsocomprised justices S A Bobdeand S A Nazeer, said.

One of the lawyers appear-

ing for the firm, GMR GoaInternational Airport Limited(GGIAL), said that a benchheaded by Justice D YChandrachud has alreadyheard this petition partly andthe matter needs to be con-cluded at the earliest.

GGIAL had won the bidfor the airport under the build-own-operate and transfer(BOOT) scheme.

The bench asked thelawyers to request the presid-ing judge (JusticeChandrachud) “to release thematter”.

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ITBP chief SS Deswal onWednesday said India and

China have very good under-standing, and well understoodand agreed mechanisms toresolve all issues arising at theborder. Both sides patrol dis-puted pockets along the Line ofActual Control and the ITBPhas got trained 200 men andofficers in Mandarin (Chinese)language to facilitate bettercommunication with theChinese troops on the LAC.

The ITBP, guarding theLine of Actual Control (LAC)with China, has “enhanced” its

capacity to reach upto the farthest borderpoint and added 25border out posts inthe past five years toensure effective pre-paredness andpatrolling on thefrontier, he said.

Addressing reporters onthe eve of the 58th Raising Dayof the Indo-Tibetan BorderPolice (ITBP), Deswal said the“status quo” at the 3,488-kmLAC between India and Chinais maintained and that theparamilitary force is makingefforts to have “better capaci-ty” than the neighbour.

Asked about thenumber of incidentsof transgressions orincursions by theChinese PLA troopsin the recent past,Deswal refused to giveabsolute numbers but

said the Indian side is “asaggressive” as the Chinese.

“We are continuouslyincreasing border posts, wehave increased patrolling andin the last five years we havecreated 25 new border outposts or BOPs,” Deswal said,adding each BOP was a “com-pany level strength”, implyinghundred troops.

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Seeking to stem the discontent within thebeleaguered party due to the non-conduct of

the scheduled nationwide 10-day mass protestthis month against the Modi Government oneconomic issues, the Congress on Wednesdayannounced new dates for the protest.

A day after The Pioneer reported howtongues are wagging within the Congress circles as the protest slated to be held betweenOctober 15 and 25 at all levels did not take off,party general secretary KC Venugopal claimedthe programme had to be postponed because ofthe just concluded Assembly elections.

The protests will now be carried outbetween November 5th and November 15th, he

said. Questions were being raised over why the

Congress protests failed to take off even as theexit polls have predicted yet another poll debacle for the party in Haryana andMaharashtra.

The party had officially announced a monthago to undertake a massive protest betweenOctober 15 and 25 with the participation of partychief Sonia Gandhi, her predecessor RahulGandhi, former Prime Minister ManmohanSingh and top party leaders.

AICC insiders even pointed to the possibilityof the protest being 'sabotaged' by a section ofleaders midway during the poll campaign forAssembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra.

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German Chancellor AngelaMerkel will pay a three-

day visit to India beginningOctober 31 with an aim to fur-ther broadbase strategic ties inan array of key areas includingdefence and security.

Official sources saidMerkel and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, in their wide-ranging talks, will particularlyfocus on giving a new momentum to the bilateral tiesby significantly scaling upcooperation in several sectors.

During her visit fromOctober 31 to November 2,

Merkel will also meet top executives of major Indiancompanies which are active inGermany.

The two sides are likely toexplore ways to further ramp-ing up ties in areas of defence,security, renewable energy,high technology, skill devel-opment, railways, education,water and waste managementand urban development,sources said. Modi and Merkelare also expected to deliberateon key regional and globalissues including the situation inAfghanistan, West Asia andKorean peninsula.

In June, Modi and Merkel

met on the sidelines of the G20summit in Japanese city ofOsaka and discussed ways toenhance cooperation in areaslike artificial intelligence andcyber security.

India and Germany havebeen strategic partners since2001. Both the countries havea mechanism of intergovern-mental consultations at thelevel of head of Governmentswhich allows for a compre-hensive review of cooperationand identification of fresh areasof engagement. India is amonga select group of countrieswith which Germany has sucha dialogue mechanism.

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Tiwari, 45, was shot once onhis face and the bullet wasfound stuck below his chin. Healso had multiple injuries on hisface and neck, according to theautopsy report.

In order to serve justice inthe shortest possible time, UttarPradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath on Wednesday askedofficials to seek trial by a fast-track court of the main suspectsin Kamlesh Tiwari murder case.

Ashfaq Sheikh (34) andMoinuddin Pathan (27), thetwo men who allegedly killedhim, were arrested by theGujarat anti-terror squad (ATS)on Tuesday evening.

Adityanath on Wednesdayannounced immediate financial

help of �15 lakh to KamleshTiwari's wife and sanctioned ahouse for the family in Sitapurdistrict's tehsil Mehmoodabad,an official said.

Expressing satisfaction overthe arrest of the two men,Tiwari's family called for capitalpunishment.

"I am very happy with thearrest of the killers. Now, theyshould be hanged," victim'smother Kusum Tiwari toldreporters.

The Chief Minister direct-ed officials that the mainaccused should be tried in a fast-track court, a UP Governmentstatement said.

Tiwari, 45, was found mur-dered at his home in NakaHindola area of Lucknow lastFriday.

According to experts, itappears that the assailants firstfired at Tiwari. They apparent-ly tried to fire a second bullet but

it got stuck in the pistol.Tiwari was then repeatedly

stabbed with a knife and anoth-er pointed object, the post-mortem report indicated.

There were two knifewounds on the right side of thevictim's chest, seven woundscaused by some pointed objecton its left side, a cut on thethroat 6 cm below the chin, adeep wound mark on the neck,two wound marks on the leftshoulder, a wound mark on theback and another on the rightshoulder.

The police have alreadyrecovered the pistol and theknife allegedly used by thetwo men arrested Tuesday bythe Gujarat ATS near Shamlajion the State's border withRajasthan.

Preliminary interrogationrevealed that they committed thecrime "in retribution to the pur-ported statements by Tiwari", an

ATS release said in Ahmedabad.Sheikh, a resident of the

Limbayat area in Surat, used towork as a medical representa-tive. Pathan, a resident ofUmarwada, was employed as afood delivery boy.

"After committing thecrime, the duo went to Nepaland then started their journeyback to Gujarat after reachingShahjahanpur (in UttarPradesh).

"Since they ran out of cash,the accused duo contacted theirfamily members and acquain-tances for more money. Basedon technical and physical sur-veillance, they were eventuallytraced today evening," therelease said on Tuesday.

Six men, including threefrom Surat and one fromNagpur in Maharashtra, havealready been taken into cus-tody in connection with themurder case.

The Surat link came to lightafter the UP police found a boxof sweets, bearing the logo of“Dharti Sweets” located in theUdhna area of the diamond city,at Tiwari's home.

In a joint operation earlier,the UP police and the GujaratATS had arrested three othersuspects in Surat. They wereidentified as Mohsin Shaikh,Faizan and Rashid Pathan.

A local court late onTuesday night remanded thethree men, alleged to be con-spirators in the murder, to policeand later judicial custody for atotal of 14 days.

The UP ATS producedthem at the home of InchargeChief Judicial Magistrate SudeshKumar after flying them infrom Surat on transit remand.

Meanwhile, a team of theUttar Pradesh police landed inSurat on Tuesday to furtherprobe the killing. PTI

Bengaluru: As rains poundedthe regions battered by floodhavoc two months back,Karnataka Chief Minister BSYediyurappa wondered onWednesday whether the stars areto be blamed for nature's furyagain.

"There was downpour lasttime. It seems our stars are notgood," he said.

"Once again the Rain God(Varuna) is furious and ispounding many districts, sub-merging many villages. Deathshave taken place and vehicleshave been swept away," he toldreporters.

The heavy downpour inAugust this year in Karnatakaled to floods in 22 districts, lead-ing to the deaths of 84 people inrain related incidents.

About 5.5 lakh acres of landwere inundated, while crops inabout 2.3 lakh acres was com-pletely ruined.

About 1.5 lakh houses weredestroyed in August's flood andheavy rains.

Yediyurappa said he washolding discussions with the dis-trict authorities and video con-ferencing with them on provid-ing relief to the rain affected peo-ple. The Chief Minister saidwhatever support was extendedto the flood victims two monthsago would be provided to theaffected people this time also.

Belagavi, Bagalkote,Vijayapura, Kalaburagi, Gadag,Hubballi-Dharwad, parts of

Mysuru, Kodagu andChikkamagaluru bore the bruntof heavy downpour once again.

Landslips were reported inmany places while vehicularmovement was hit in severalparts of the state.

At Gokak, the administra-tion toiled hard to remove ahuge rock in the MallikarjunaHills which rolled down andstopped just before it hit a majorsettlement of homes. Had itrolled its entire course, it couldhave severely damaged severalhouses, officials said. PTI

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Though Tamil Nadu is beingbattered by heavy down-

pour of northeast monsoon inthe last quarter of every yearsince 2015, the StateGovernment has failed to putin place an effective flood mit-igation system, according toformer bureaucrats who arespecialised in town planning.

The Indian MeteorologicalDepartment has forecast heavyrain in the State from October25 as part of the northeastmonsoon. But there is no fool-proof storm water drains inChennai or other major cities,if reports appearing in Tamilnews channels and local mediaare any indication.

The 2015 flood crippledChennai and surrounding

areas and claimed more than200 lives. Absence of stormwater drain was cited as one ofthe reasons for the flood whichravaged the metropolis foralmost three weeks. “Evennow, the general public are inthe dark about storm waterdrains. They cannot distin-guish between storm waterdrain and sewage drainage,”said Prof S Vincent, formerhead of Tamil Nadu StateCouncil for Science andTechnology. He had submittedan action plan to the ChennaiCorporation in 2009 itself tofortify the storm water drainsin the city. He had scanned theentire drain length with GPSand had pointed out the miss-ing links as well as the regionswhere the storm water drainsand sewage drains were mixedup. “It seems no concrete

action has been taken,” said DrVincent.

On Tuesday, ChiefMinister EdappadiPalaniswami convened a meet-ing of all government officialsto prepare an action plan tocounter any kind of floodswhich may pose threat to thecity. The 2015 flood had causedthe city Rs 26,000 crore accord-ing to officials in the StateSecretariat. But a recent reportby the Inter GovernmentalPanel on Climate Change hascome out with a report inwhich it is mentioned thatcoastal cities like Chennai andMumbai loss $6 billion peryear because of this recurringfloods.

The Tamil NaduGovernment said in a releaseon Tuesday that it has posi-tioned nearly 10,000 first

responders across the Stateand steps have been taken tostore the excess water. “TheGovernment has kept ready121 multi-purpose halls, 4768schools, 105 colleges, 2394marriage halls and communi-ty centers to accommodatethe victims of the flood,” saidthe release.

Chennai becomes the mostunwelcome of all places oncerain lashes out across the city.The roads get water logged andtraffic comes to a grinding halt.Deaths due to electrocution aregalore in the metropolis asTamil Nadu Generation andPower DistributionCorportaion’s live wires fallinto pools of water. For thenext few months, Chennaiturns into a forbidden land,according to KA Johnny, writerand commentator.

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Union Minister and seniorBJP leader Raosaheb Danve

landed in trouble on Wednesdayafter a video — in which he isreportedly telling a Muslimgathering that no one wouldstop them from undertakingslaughter of cow progeny —went viral on social media.

Campaigning for his sonSantosh Danve who is con-testing the State Assemblypolls on a BJP ticket fromBhokardan in Jalgaon districtin Maharashtra’s Marathwadaregion, Danve is heard astelling a Muslim gathering:“For the first time when ban onthe slaughter of cow progenywas imposed and that too atthe time of Bakri-Id, somepeople from here came to meand told me they were notbeing allowed to slaughter theanimal as a sacrifice during thefestival. I told them: As long asRaosaheb Danve is there, noone will stop you from slaugh-tering”.

The video is of part of thespeech that Danve purported-ly delivered at the Muslim-dominated area of KatoraBazar in Bhokardan onOctober 19, the last day ofcampaigning for the StateAssembly polls held onOctober 21.

Danve is also heard saying:“there is illegal business of riceand sandalwood here (inBhokardan). Should I stop it?I can stop it in just one day”.

After the video went viral,Danve in a statement clarifiedthat the video had been “doc-tored” and he had not madeany statement relating to cowslaughter. "I would like to clar-ify that I have made no suchcomment regarding cowslaughter and the video that isbeing shared online is manip-ulated to convey a wrong mes-sage in the society," the min-ister said in his statement.

Meanwhile, one NiteshOza lodged a complaint withthe police at Sangli in westernMaharashtra against Danve. Inhis complaint, Danve allegedthat Danve had hurt the sen-timents of the Hindu com-munity and demanded that aFIR be registered against theminister for his purportedremarks.

In a related development,NCP’s Mumbai unit president

and party’s state spokespersonNawab Malik demanded thatDanve be arrested for advisingthe people to break the law.

“Danve is playing the reli-gious sentiments of the peopleby advising and encouragingthe people to break the lawagainst cow slaughter. Hence,the police should register anFIR and arrest him,” Malik said.

“On one hand, Muslimcommunity members are beingtargeted and mob lynched inthe name of cow slaughter. Onthe other, a minister is tellingMuslim community membersto undertake cow slaughter. Ifwe have such a Minister in ourmidst, we can realise what ishappening in the country,” theNCP spokesperson said.

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister K Palaniswami onWednesday said the State policeforce has come in for praisefrom Chinese authorities forproviding good security duringChinese President Xi Jinping'srecent visit here.

The Chinese authoritieswere "amazed" at the securityarrangements put in duringJinping's visit, he said.

The Chinese leader hadvisited Chennai on October 11and 12 to meet Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for their sec-ond informal summit at thecoastal town of Mamallapuram,located about 50 km fromhere.

Palaniswami said bothModi and Chinese authoritieshad appreciated the state policeforce for the security arrange-ments provided then. PTI

Bengaluru: Madikeri BJPMLA Appachu Ranjan on Wednesday demanded thatthe lesson on Tipu Sultan, thecontroversial 18th century ruler of erstwhile Mysore king-dom, be removed from text-books as it carries wrong infor-mation.

"The lesson on Tipu Sultancontains wrong information.

It should be removed. Ihave written to EducationMinister SSuresh Kumar thathe (Tipu Sultan) is not a free-dom fighter," Ranjan told PTIon Wednesday.

He said Tipu Sultan had a"history of plunderingandexpanding his kingdom" andrun his administrationinPersian language.

"Hence, he is not a freedomfighter," headded.

"I came to Bengaluru topersonally hand over the letterto the minister, but he is inBelagavi.

Once he comes here, I will give it to him with docu-ments and other proof, substantiating my claim," the MLA said. Ranjan alleged that Tipu Sultan hadconverted more than 20,000Christians and 10,000 Kodaguresidents. PTI

Kottayam: A nun, who filed arape case against Bishop FrancoMulakkal, has approached theNational and State Women'sCommissions besides theNational Human RightsCommission, accusing thepriest and his supporters of"harassing" her through variousonline platforms.

Acting swiftly, the KeralaWomen's Commission regis-tered a case on the basis of thecomplaint and directed thecyber wing of the Kerala policeto investigate the matter.

The commission observedthat the nun's complaint was"very serious" in nature anddirected the State police chiefand the cyber wing of Keralapolice to submit a report in 10days.

Chairperson of the KeralaWomen's Commission M CJosephine said no womanshould be harassed throughsocial media and directed policeto take strong action against theculprits.

In her complaint, the nunalleged the Bishop and his sup-porters were humiliating anddefaming her and her fellownuns who are witness in thecase through social media and

youtube channels."From the time the sexual

assault was reported, I havebeen subjected to extremehumiliation and intimidationsin various forms," the nun saidin her complaint to the NationalHuman Rights Commission.

She further alleged thatfrom the time the sexual assaultFIR was registered, she and herfellow nuns have been "sub-jected to the vilest forms ofcharacter assassination."

"Attempts have been madethrough church authorities andvarious church social mediaorganisations to spreadrumours against me and mycompanion sisters who are alsokey witnesses in the case.

False statements, imputa-tions and fabricated stories tar-nishing our reputation andcharacter are being systemati-cally spread through theYouTube channel, and webelieve Bishop Franco and hisgroup are behind this agenda,"she claimed.

The nun pointed out thateven after registering a caseagainst the said channel, sever-al videos were being circulatedpublishing her photograph andrevealing her identity. PTI

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Srinagar: Defending the teamthat probed the Kathua rapeand murder case last year,Jammu & Kashmir police chiefDilbag Singh on Wednesdaysaid no witnesses were torturedand the court's directive of anFIR against the investigatingpolice officials would be fol-lowed.

The police chief 's com-ments came a day after aJammu court directed police toregister an FIR against sixmembers of the SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT),which probed the case of therape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua, for alleged-ly torturing and coercing wit-nesses to give false statements.

The court order is beingexamined and all necessaryaction will be taken, Singhtold reporters during a briefingabout an encounter in whichthree terrorists were killed inTral, south Kashmir.

He also made it clear thatevery FIR is not necessarilybased on facts. "Sometimes

there is an aim, motivation andthe Court's direction came andwe will see. We investigatethousands of cases. We havemore than 17,000 cases regis-tered every year.

"It does not mean that wepick up people and torturethem. So there are cases, high-profile cases, where peopleresort to this kind of actionsand reactions. We will certain-ly take action as per law andthere is nothing to worryabout,” he said.

The Jammu court washearing an application fromSachin Sharma, Neeraj Sharmaand Sahil Sharma, friends ofone of the accused, Vishal

Jangotra, who was subse-quently acquitted.

The court directed that anFIR be registered against thenSSP RK Jalla (now retired), ASPPeerzada Naveed, DeputySuperintendents of PoliceShetmbari Sharma and NissarHussain and Sub-InspectorsUrfan Wani and Kewal Kishore.It also asked the SSP (Jammu)to give a compliance report bythe next date of hearing onNovember 11.

Sources in the police forcesaid an application quashingthe lower court's order wouldbe moved before the Jammu &Kashmir High Court soon.

The Kathua rape and mur-der case ended with the con-viction of six people, includingthe main accused Sanji Ramand dismissed Special PoliceOfficers Deepak Khajuria andParvesh Kumar who were sen-tenced to life imprisonment.Three dismissed policemenAnand Dutta, Tilak Raj, andSurender Verma were sen-tenced to five years in jail. PTI

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Jammu: The maiden Jammu &Kashmir Block DevelopmentCouncil (BDC) polls on Thursdaywill see 1,065 candidates in the frayacross 310 polling stations, withCongress, NC and PDP boycottingthe first electoral exercise afterabrogation of the special status.

There are 26,629 electors —8,313 women and 18,316 men —for the polls to elect chairpersonsof BDCs, officials said.

They said adequate securityarrangements have been made atthe polling stations, and for panch-es and sarpanches, who will vote inthe BDC elections.

There are 316 blocks in thestate, but the election will be heldin 310 as two are without electedpanches and sarpanches, and fourblocks reserved for women have nowomen candidates, the officialssaid. Ballot boxes will be used in theelection. They said 1,092 nomina-tions, including 853 Independents,were found eligible after scrutinyand withdrawal. Twenty-sevencandidates were elected chairper-sons in various BDCs unopposed,leaving 1,065 in the fray, the offi-cials said.

The highest number of candi-dates are in north Kashmir'sKupwara district (101) and the low-est in south Kashmir's Shopian (4).Congress, CPI(M), NationalConference (NC) and People'sDemocratic Party (PDP) are nottaking part in the elections whichare being held on party basis.

The Congress has announcedits decision to boycott the electionsciting "indifferent attitude" of thestate administration and continueddetention of its leaders in Kashmir.

There are 90 candidates inBaramulla, 82 in Jammu, 76 inRajouri, 74 in Doda, 72 in Kathua,58 each in Udhampur andBudgam, 44 in Kishtwar, 43 inRamban and 39 in Reasi, the offi-cials said.

Leh and Kargil districts togeth-er account for 74 candidates, 38from Kargil and 36 from Leh.Fivecandidates are in the fray fromSrinagar district.

There would be one pollingstation for one BDC, and accord-ingly, 310 polling stations havebeen setup in the state, one in eachblock where elections are to beheld, the officials said. PTI

Jammu: On the eve of the maiden Block DevelopmentCouncil (BDC) elections in Jammu & Kashmir, the state unitof Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP of making a"mockery of democracy" by "forcing" the main oppositionparties to stay away from the electoral exercise.

The Congress along with the main regional parties —the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party— have boycotted the BDC elections citing indifferent atti-tude of the state administration and continued detention ofthe party leaders in the valley.

"Holding of elections to BDCs at this juncture and forc-ing the major opposition parties to stay away from the elec-tion is betrayal with the electorates and mockery of democ-racy," Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee(JKPCC) chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said.

He said this is the first such election in the history ofthe State and the country when only the ruling party is inthe contest. "The Government went ahead with the BDCelection that too on party basis without caring for the basicdemocratic, rich traditions and fundamental essence for elec-tions in the country. The entire opposition leaders weredetained for more than two months (in Jammu) and stillmost of opposition leaders in Kashmir are not permittedto move out," he said. Despite holding the elections on partybasis, no prior consultation was held with the political par-ties, he said, adding no attempt was made to make the atmos-phere conducive for the elections by setting the Oppositionleaders free. The Congress leader said the Govt has arbitrarilyforced these elections on the people against all basic normsof democracy by creating such an atmosphere and condi-tions for mainstream opposition parties so that they can stayaway from the election process. "Such kind of farce exer-cise has not added value to the democratic system besidesit has deprived the Panchayati Raj Institutions of the full ben-efits of 73rd Amendments when the entire constitution ofIndia stands applied to the state in the aftermath of the abro-gation of Article 370," he said. PTI

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Amid a prediction by anexit poll that the ruling

BJP would win 143 seats —just two seats short of a major-ity in the 288-memberMaharashtra Assembly, its allyShiv Sena on Wednesday wentto town, saying that it wouldbag more than 100 seats andthat its senior alliance partnerBJP would not be able toform the next Government inthe State, without its support.

A day ahead of the count-ing of votes in the StateAssembly polls, Shiv Sena MPand spokesperson Sanjay Rautsaid: “ The Shiv Sena will winmore than 100 seats (out ofthe total 288 seats in theState). Even if it wins morenumber of seats than us, theBJP will not be able to form aGovernment in the State with-out the Shiv Sena’s support”.

“The BJP had won 122seats in the 2014 Assemblypolls. It is but natural that theBJP wants to win more num-ber of seats than it had baggedlast time. Being in the seat ofpower, it (BJP) has addition-al wherewithal that gives itadditional advantage,” Rautsaid, while speaking to a lead-ing Marathi news channel.

Raut said that both theBJP and Shiv Sena had noalternative to each other andthe to saffron parties wouldform the next Government inthe State. “The question is

which of the two parities(Congress and NCP) wouldemerge as the principalOpposition party,” he said.

Reiterating that a ShivSena man would occupy thepost of the Chief Minister inthe State, Raut said: “Ourparty president UddhavThackeray has already saidthat a Sena’s man will be thenext Chief Minister of thestate. We have full confidencein his (Uddhav’s) leadershipand strategy. We all will tryout best to achieve his objec-tive".

Given that the BJP isexpected to have an upperhand in terms of numbers inthe new Assembly, Raut’sremarks are being seen asmere political posturing thananything else.

In the various exit polls —results of which came out onthe evening of October 21, thepollsters have predicted thatthe BJP-Shiv Sena alliancewould win anywhere from166 seats to 243 seats in theAssembly polls. The two exitpolls have given individualwinning tallies of the saffronalliance partners have saidthat while the BJP would winanywhere from 130 to 140 onits own strength, the ShivSena would win anywherefrom 70 to 113 seats.

In the 2014 polls, the BJPand Shiv Sena — which hadcontested separately — had on122 and 63 seats respectively.

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Yasin Malik, who had escapedjudicial scrutiny in the case

related to the killing of four IAFpersonnel in 1990, appearedthrough video conferencing,after a long gap of 29 years, in aTADA court in Jammu onWednesday.

Four IAF personnel, includ-ing a squadron leader, RaviKhanna, were killed in the grue-some attack led by Yasin Malikon January 25,1990 in Rawalporaarea while 22 other personnelwere injured. Malik is currentlylodged in Delhi’s Tihar jail inconnection with terror fundingcase through the Pak HighCommission.

The next hearing in the caseis scheduled to take place onNovember 5th. Out of sevenaccused in the case, five wereproduced in the court and YasinMalik appeared via video con-ferencing. The seventh accused,Showkat Bakshi, currentlylodged in a Srinagar jail,remained absent. The Judgedirected that his appearance ismust in the next hearing.

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Srinagar: Normal life remainedaffected in Kashmir for the 80thconsecutive day on Wednesdaywith main markets shut andpublic transport off the roads,officials said.

Some shops opened for afew hours early in the morningin some areas, including in thecommercial hub of Lal Chowkin the city here, but downedtheir shutters around 11 am,they said.

The officials said mainmarkets and other businessestablishments were howevershut. Private transport was ply-ing and the number of vehicleswas higher than Sunday, lead-ing to traffic jams at variousspots in the city, they said.

Auto-rickshaws and a fewinter-district cabs were alsoseen plying in some areas of theValley, they added.

However, the other modesof public transport were off theroads. There was huge rush ofprivate vehicles in some areasof the city, including commer-cial hub of Lal Chowk andJehangir Chowk, causing mas-sive traffic jams in some areas,prompting authorities to pressin more police personnel to reg-ulate the movement of thevehicles, the officials said.

Internet services — acrossall platforms — continued to besnapped in the Valley, they said.

Schools and colleges wereopen, but students stayed awayas parents continued to keeptheir wards at home due toapprehensions about their safe-ty, the officials said. Whilelandline and postpaid mobilephone services have beenrestored across the Valley, allinternet services continue to

remain suspended since August5 when the Centre announcedits decision to abrogate Article370 of the Constitution anddivide the state into two unionterritories. Most of the top leveland second rung separatistpoliticians have been taken intopreventive custody while main-stream leaders, including twoformer Chief Ministers — OmarAbdullah and Mehbooba Mufti,

have been either detained orplaced under house arrest.

Another former ChiefMinister and sitting Lok SabhaMP from Srinagar FarooqAbdullah has been arrestedunder the controversial PublicSafety Act, a law enacted by hisfather and National Conferencefounder Sheikh MohammadAbdullah in 1978 when he wasthe Chief Minister. PTI

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The Jammu & Kashmiradministration has pro-

cured around 1.34 lakh boxesof apple from fruit growers insouth Kashmir under theMarketing InterventionScheme (MIS), officials said.

As many as 1,34,000 appleboxes have been procured fromFruit Mandi Batengoo inAnantnag district and Rs 2.50crores have been paid to fruitgrowers under recentlylaunched MIS under thedepartment of Horticulture,they said.

The basic objective of MISis to provide remunerativeprices to the farmers in case ofglut in production and fall inprices.

Officials said the depart-ment of Horticulture has alsodistributed 19 irrigationpumps and 20 tubewells worthRs 3.23 lakh to the orchardistsand emphasis is being laid onhigh-density plantation.

Out of 66,335 hectare landunder cultivation, 38,756.75hectares are under Kharifcrops and 26,279 hectares areunder Rabi crop, officials saidat a meeting chaired byAdvisor to Governor FarooqKhan on Tuesday.

Besides, 24,036.97 hectareshave been brought underpaddy cultivation, 10,676hectares under maize, 1,678hectares under pulses and1,454 hectares have beenbrought under oil seeds pro-duction in the district, theysaid. PTI

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Two overground workers(OGWs) of Hizbul

Mujahideen, including thebrother of top Hizbul terroristJehangir Saroori, were arrestedby the police in Jammu &Kashmir’s Kishtwar district,officials said.

As part of the ongoingoperation against terrorists andtheir supporters in the state,

police raided a place in Kishtwarhills and arrested the twoOGWs on Tuesday night, theysaid.

They have been identifiedas Abdul Kareen, brother ofHizbul terrorist Amin Bhatalias Jehangir Saroori, andDanish Naseer of Dacchan belt,they said.

12 terrorists and their sup-porters have already been arrest-ed as part of the operation. PTI

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Wing Commander JagMohan (Jaggi) Nath of theIndian Air Force (IAF) isthe first of six Indian offi-cers to have twice been

awarded the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC),India’s second highest war-time militarydecoration. For 11 years, the 90-year-oldWing Commander had the privilege to flythe famous Canberras, out of which, foreight years, he worked for the top-secret106 Squadron. He received his first MVCfor his role in reconnaissance missions overthe Aksai Chin and Tibet between 1960and 1962.

Even during the Sino-Indian War(October-November 1962), he regularlyflew over Tibet. The MVC citation says:“[He] fulfilled a number of hazardous oper-ations involving flying over difficult moun-tain terrain, both by day and night, inadverse weather conditions and in completedisregard of his personal safety.”

His missions proved immensely use-ful to learn about the Chinese militarybuild-up on the Tibetan plateau in the yearspreceding the 1962 war but unfortunate-ly, the political leadership refused tobelieve the hard evidence gathered duringhis sorties and draw logical conclusionsfrom the information gathered.

Nath’s conclusions were that in 1962,China had no Air Force worth the nameon the Tibetan plateau. The fate of theSino-Indian war could have been totallydifferent had India used its own AirForce but the then Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru and VK Krishna Menon,the Defence Minister, chose to ignore thefindings of the daring airman.

In an interview, the Wing Commandertold this writer: “If we had sent a few air-planes into Tibet, we could have wiped theChinese out and everything could have beendifferent in the 1962 war. The political lead-ership did not believe me that China hadno Air Force. Can you imagine what wouldhave happened if we had used the IAF at thattime? The Chinese would have never dareddo anything.” It is one of the greatesttragedies of India’s modern history.

The Wing Commander remembered:“The job of the 106 Squadron was to sur-vey these areas.” He recalled his first recon-naissance flight with 106 Squadron over theAksai Chin: “My Commanding Officer[later Air Marshal] Randhir Singh was onleave at that time, I was alone. I was briefedby the Western Air Command to go, findout from where the Chinese have come andtake photographs.”

One day, at the end of 1960, Air-ViceMarshal DAR Nanda, then IAF’s DeputyChief, told him: “You go and take picturesand I will send an escort with you.” AnotherCanberra escorted Nath to protect himwhile he was taking pictures of Daulat BegOldi (DBO) at the edge of the Aksai Chinin Ladakh.

Nearly 60 years after theevents, he is still very emotion-al: “I kept going down and sud-denly, I saw the Chinese there.I took photographs of theChinese soldiers all over theplace. I could have taken theirportraits. They were all around.”After he returned to Delhi, hewent straight to the office ofKrishna Menon with Nandaand in his words: “KrishnaMenon did not ask anything, hejust said ‘Did you see theChinese soldiers?’ I answered‘Yes Sir, I saw them’. ‘That’salright, you can go’.” Nath knewthat Menon later passed theinformation to Nehru. No reac-tion either.

On September 8, 1962, theDhola Post in the Tawang sec-tor was surrounded by some600 Chinese soldiers; the IndianArmy responded aggressively.Six weeks later, Mao’s LiberationArmy massively attacked the 7Infantry Brigade headquarteredon the Namkha chu (river). Thedebacle which followed is wellknown. What is not known isthe extent of knowledge the IAFhad about the People’sLiberation Army (PLA)’sdeployment and the absence ofthe Chinese Air Force in Tibet.

On October 11, 1962, anote by China’s Ministry ofForeign Affairs in Beijing wasgiven to the Embassy of Indiain China. It brings more lighton the reconnaissance workdone by the 106 Squadronbefore (and during) the war.

The Chinese note says: “Inthe night of October 10, 1962,an Indian aircraft intruded intoChina’s air space over the sub-urbs of Lhasa at 20.15 hours forreconnaissance and then flewnorthward along the Chinghai-Tibet (Qinghai-Tibet) highwayto Damshune [Damchung]where it made reconnaissancecirclings over a Chinese airfieldand then flew away in thedirection of India.”

Damchung, north of Lhasa,was the only airport used by theChinese in Tibet at that time; ithad no air defence.

The note from the ChineseMinistry of Foreign Affairscontinued: “The deep intru-sion of Indian aircraft intoChina for flagrant reconnais-sance over the capital city of,and an airfield in Tibet, wasobviously an action coordinat-ed with the current militaryattacks by the aggressive Indiantroops in the eastern sector ofthe Sino Indian border. TheChinese Government… warnsthe Indian side that it must giveserious thought to the graveconsequences of such increas-ingly frantic activities ofaggression.”

What to conclude? Chinahad no Air Force able to counterthe Indian reconnaissanceflights and no air defence ableto shoot down the planes. HadIndia extensively used its AirForce, what could have been dif-ferent? We would have proba-bly won the 1962 war.

One can also imagine thatcasualties would have been lesson the Indian side and more onthe Chinese. Further, the num-ber of Indian PoWs, who suf-fered for seven months in Tibet,would have been far less. TheLine of Actual Control wouldhave remained where it was inSeptember 1959 and the borderdispute with China would notbe as acute as today. TheShaksgam Valley would nothave been offered to China byPakistan in 1963. There wouldhave been no scar on India’s psy-che as there is today.

The fate of the Tibetanpeople would have certainlybeen different. In China, MaoZedong would have lost his joband perhaps no CulturalRevolution would have takenplace three years later. As aresult, China would have beencompletely different today.

In 1965, Pakistan wouldperhaps have thought twicebefore venturing into OperationGibraltar to create insurgencyagainst Indian rule in Jammu &Kashmir, ultimately resulting inthe Indo-Pakistan War of 1965.Three years later, India learnt itslesson that the Air Force can beuseful…and by that time, therewas a more decisive Chief of AirStaff (Marshal of the Air ForceArjan Singh). It is when Nathwas awarded his second MVC.But sadly, history can’t berewritten.

(The writer is an expert onIndia-China relations)

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Sir — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)chief Amit Shah seems to have ahand on the pulse of the voters. Hisprediction — that his party will winhands down in Maharashtra —seems to be as good as that of fourout of six pollsters, who are givingthe saffron combine more than 200seats. If the exit polls are anythingto go by, though they are knownto be wrong in the past, DevendraFadnavis, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s handpicked ChiefMinister, is due for a second com-ing. Fadnavis had already set therecord of becoming the first ChiefMinister in Maharashtra to com-plete a full five-year term in near-ly 50 years.

That said, if the results indeedreflect the exit polls, the more sig-nificant takeaway is for theOpposition. Rarely in recentIndian democratic history has theelectoral contest been as one-sided as it is now. A strongOpposition party at the Centrecan certainly change the waypolitics is being played out in thenational theatre. The BJP couldhave faced a tougher Oppositionheaded by a strong national party.And the Congress, too, could

have enjoyed a more assertive roleand a larger maneuvering spacein the Opposition bloc. Manyparties would have dared not dis-count the Congress’ ability to takeon the BJP in these tough times.

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Sir — In a landmark decision thatwill bring great changes in thesocial milieu, the Assam Cabinethas decided to deny Governmentjobs to people with more than two

children. It may be recalled thatin September 2017, the AssamAssembly had passed the“Population and WomenEmpowerment policy of Assam,”which specified that candidateswith two children would be eli-gible for Government employ-

ment and the existingGovernment staff were to strict-ly follow the two-child familynorm. Assam Finance MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma, who waspushing for the population poli-cy to be adopted, recently said,“While the State’s populationrose by 46 lakh from 2.66 crorein 2001 to 3.12 crore in 2011, apreliminary analysis has shownthat it has increased by one crorein 16 years between 2001 and2017. This increase is not onlyalarming but also unacceptable.”

The alarming increase in pop-ulation was due to the early mar-riage in communities living in char(riverine), tea gardens and tribalareas. Girls in these areas marrybetween 14 and 16 years, whileboys have been found to be mar-rying between 16 and 20 years.Thus, the reason for the alarmingincrease in population being earlymarriage, the Government muststrictly implement existing rules toforestall early marriage amongpeople. Taking a cue from Assam,the Central Government, too, canimplement this idea.

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India is booming but its children are starving.Here is a remarkable tolerance of inequity andhuman suffering. Despite the spectacular

strides made in economic growth and the techno-logical boom, the country still continues to strug-gle to attain freedom from hunger. It is bearing wit-ness to a triple burden of malnutrition — the coex-istence of undernutrition, micronutrient deficien-cies and overnutrition.

India has slipped from 95th rank in 2010 to102nd in 2019 on the Global Hunger Index (GHI),with the increase in prevalence of wasting (lowweight for height) among children under five con-tributing the most to the country’s poor perfor-mance. Over a longer-term horizon, the fall in thecountry’s rank is sharper: From 83rd out of 113countries in 2000 to 102nd out of 117 now. Indiais the lowest ranked South Asian country, evenbehind Pakistan, which is ranked 94th.

India accounts for more than three out of 10stunted children globally, largely owing to a lackof good quality food, poor care and feeding prac-tices, inadequate water, sanitation and health ser-vices. Other than increased susceptibility, thechronic impact of long-term malnutrition inhuman and economic terms is well-known.Undernourishment is highly damaging to childrenand overshadows their childhood, impairs theirmental and physical development and damages thecountry’s economic prospects.

Malnutrition threatens a child’s physical as wellas mental well-being for many years to come. Formany children, chronic malnutrition begins in thewomb, with 20 per cent having a low birth weight.As 90 per cent of our brain develops in the firsttwo years of birth, the quality of nutrition duringthis stage determines the long-term physicalhealth, learning ability and future productivity.Undernourishment can lower a child’s IQ, increasethe risk of diet-related non-communicable diseasessuch as diabetes and heart diseases and reduce pro-ductivity.

Proper sanitation facilities are essential to pre-vent child infections on account of related ailmentslike diarrhoea and pneumonia, which impair nutri-ent absorption. Fortification of staple food vehi-cles such as flour, salt, oil and milk is now beingseen as a crucial component for tackling food andnutrition security as well as child malnutrition.Since several staple foods produced, procured andconsumed in the organised sector are not easilyamenable to fortification, the Government mustmandate the use of fortifiable commodities in allits food-based schemes, including the Mid-DayMeal Scheme (MDMS) in schools, the IntegratedChild Development Services (ICDS) and the PublicDistribution System (PDS).

The full impact of the various interventionscan be amplified if we adopt a multi-sectoral andintegrated approach looking at maternal and infanthealth, water and sanitation, poverty alleviation,and behavioural change communications as inter-related challenges.

No country has ever succeeded in reducingpoverty without having the active engagement ofthe Government in creating the proper conditionsand opportunities for individuals to rise frompoverty. As author Pallavi Aiyar has written in herexcellent book Smoke and Mirrors: An Experienceof China, “if born rich, it is better to be Indian, ifborn poor, it is better to be Chinese.”

Studies have shown that malnutrition and

hunger impede children’s ability to graspeven basic skills and they fail to devel-op to their full cognitive potential. Eventhough India has a host of schemes tofight hunger, structural deficiencies haveleft a large number of poor in the coun-try at a risk of malnourishment.

There is also growing evidence of thebenefits to mother and infant if breast-feeding is initiated within one hour ofbirth. This ensures skin-to-skin contact,which is important in preventinghypothermia and establishing the bondbetween the mother and baby. It alsoreduces a mother’s risk of post-partumhaemorrhage, one of the leading causesof maternal mortality.

Contemporary research has con-firmed the crucial importance of nutri-tion in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life.The nutrition provided in the periodbetween conception and the child’s sec-ond birthday is critical for its optimumcognitive and physical development.Breastfed infants are more likely tohave better physical and mental health,well into adulthood.

Much less investment is required tomaintain adequate nourishment forchildren than is required to repair bro-ken children. A package of basic mea-sures — including programmes toencourage mothers to exclusively breast-feed their children for up to six months,fortifying basic foods with essential vit-amins and minerals and increased cashtransfers targetted at the poorest fami-lies — can turn the tide.

Fortification of staple food vehiclessuch as flour, salt, oil, and milk is nowbeing seen as a crucial component fortackling food and nutrition security aswell as child malnutrition. Since sever-al staple foods produced, procured andconsumed in the organised sector are noteasily amenable to fortification, theGovernment must mandate the use offortifiable commodities in all its food-based schemes, including the MDMS, the

ICDS and the PDS.The tragedy is that India produces

enough food to meet the needs of itsentire population and has at its dispos-al arable land that has the potential toproduce food surplus for export. Yet, itis unable to feed millions of its people,especially women and children. As youtrudge through the mire of anyGovernment-run food auction yard orwholesale food market, you will find pilesof supposedly fresh produce lying every-where, rotting in the sun and competingwith mangy dogs and scampering micefor attention. A lack of education on post-harvest practices often results in poorquality control and food being damagedduring handling. One of the majorways of enhancing food security in Indiais by simply controlling wastage andthrough better processing and recycling.

Imagine a land mass greater thanChina. Now imagine that land is onlyused to produce food. Then suppose allthe crops and produce from those 2.5 bil-lion acres are not eaten and left to rot.Imagine all of that — and you get an ideaof the amount of food the world wastesevery year. It is almost a third of theworld’s total food supply.

The Food Corporation of India(FCI) was set up in 1964 to offer impe-tus to price support systems, encouragenationwide distribution and maintainsufficient buffer of staples like wheat andrice but its performance has been woe-fully inadequate, in comparison to theneeds of the country. Around one percent of the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) gets shaved off annually in theform of food waste. The FCI has neitherthe warehouse capacity nor the manpow-er to manage this humongous stockpileof foodgrains.

Every year, the Government pur-chases millions of tonnes of grain fromthe farmers to ensure that they get a goodprice for their produce, for numerousfood subsidy programmes and to main-

tain an emergency buffer. The cruel truth,however, is that most of the produce isleft out in the open, vulnerable to rainand attacks by rodents or stored inmakeshift spaces, covered by tarpaulinsheets, thus increasing the chances ofspoilage. Several countries are nowusing metal grain silos to guard againstfungus attacks on the grain stock.

Added to the wastage of food, thereis a depletion of precious resourcesinvolved in its production. According tothe United Nations, India is estimated touse more than 230 cubic kilometres offresh water annually, for producing fooditems that will be ultimately wasted. Toput this into context, this amount of wateris enough to provide drinking water to100 million people every year. Besidesthis, nearly 300 million barrels of oil usedin the process are also wasted.

Reforming the faltering PDS whichsupplies subsidised grain to the poor andmodernising other areas, such as com-puterisation of outlets and satellite con-trol over the movement of transport vehi-cles can go a long way in plugging theleakages of foodgrains for the poor.

In recent years, numerous initiativesand interventions have been undertak-en by the Government and local andinternational actors to target food lossand wastage across the agriculturalvalue chain. The Government is seekingto streamline and modernise agricultur-al value chains, through reformation ofthe PDS to reduce the waste associatedwith the distribution and storage of grain.

India needs to mobilise large-scaleinvestments in cold storage methods,refrigerated transport and other modernlogistics to modernise its food supplychain. Apart from this a strong will bythe political class to act and an imagina-tive thinking on the part of the policy-makers are needed.

(The writer is Member, NITI Aayog’sNational Committee on Financial Literacyand Inclusion for Women.)

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ural habitats. Our streets, mountains,lakes, oceans, rivers and even sew-ers are clogged with this non-degrad-able material that does not get recy-cled fast enough, even as more andmore of it continues to be pushedinto the environment. Though we arewell aware of its detrimental effects,yet it is still the most favoured “go to”item for consumers and manufactur-ers alike.

Quite clearly, environmentalconcerns take a back seat over con-venience and bottom lines. What elsecan explain the fact that despite thenumerous bans initiated against itsuse over the years, plastic continues

to pervade every aspect of our lives?Though the recent effort of the

Government to end single-use plas-tic is one more welcome step,whether it will succeed in its objec-tive of dissuading the common manfrom it is anybody’s guess. Yet, if theGovernment’s ambitious plan ofdoing away with single-use plasticworks, it may actually pave the wayfor much larger restrictions on theuse of all types of plastic.

This weaning away is vital as thescale of plastic proliferation and theharm that it does to the environment,especially to the marine ecology ismind-numbing. The equivalent of atruckload of plastic enters the oceanevery single minute. Once in themarine environment, plastic breaksinto smaller and smaller pieces andaccording to studies, there are an esti-mated 50 trillion plastic particles inour oceans today. These are ofteningested by marine animals, who,then die horribly painful deathsbecause, of it. In response to grow-ing public concern over convention-al plastics, many companies are

swapping single-use plastics derivedfrom fossil fuels with bio-basedplastics that are made from renew-able resources like corn, potatoes,rice, soy, sugarcane, wheat, and veg-etable oil instead of non-renewablepetroleum-based resources. Bio-based plastics are made by creatingplastic polymers from these materi-als, through either chemical or bio-logical processes.

Though these are often erro-neously promoted as biodegradable

or compostable, the fact is that theseplastics are as difficult to biodegradeor recycle as conventional plastic.

One again, corporate profitabil-ity is taking the lead over environ-mental responsibility and concerns.The Government, too, seems to be atsea when it comes to pinning downthe exact sources of plastic prolifer-ation. Due to this ambiguity, even theincidence of the recently-banned sin-gle-use plastic is now steadily creep-ing up.

The plastic pollution crisis willonly be resolved when companiesthat profit from single-use plasticdeclare a state of “peak plastic” andcommit to urgent reductions in theamount of single-use disposablepackaging units they sell. An obvi-ous first step is immediately elimi-nating unnecessary and excessivepackaging, such as coffee capsules.Firms will also need to adopt a pub-licly available, comprehensive plan toinvest in new ways to bring productsto consumers in reusable and refill-able packaging that is durable, afford-able and more responsibly pro-duced. Many diverse reuse and refilloptions exist currently and withinnovation, more could be devel-oped. Fundamentally, companiesalso need to reimagine their businessmodels based on the recognition thatwe cannot continue to produce dis-posable packaging that is used forseconds but pollutes our planet forgenerations.

India must script a re-use revo-lution that will eventually transcendborders and set international bench-

marks in reducing, reusing and recy-cling. As a priority, the Governmentmust first call for the reduction ofunits sold in single-use packagingand at the same time encourageinvestment in solutions focussed onreusing, refilling and so on, that arenot dependent on disposables.

Ultimately companies need torethink how products are deliveredto the consumer and this is what theGovernment must facilitate. In tran-sitioning from throwaway plastic,India must visualise replacing virginplastic with non-toxic. Recycled andrecyclable plastic only has a limitedrole in addressing the plastic over-production problem. However, thereis no silver bullet, one-size-fits-alloption for new reusable or refillablepackaging that will be applicable toevery company, product or geogra-phy. Therefore, it is pertinent that fastmoving consumer goods (FMCG)firms and retailers urgently prioritiseinvestment into the delivery of reuseand refill options.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist)

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In the biggest reform in fuelretailing sector in almost

two decades, the Governmenton Wednesday relaxed normsfor setting up petrol pumps,allowing non-oil companies toventure into the business - amove that could help privateand foreign firms to enter theworld's fastest-growing market.

At present, to obtain a fuelretailing license in India, acompany needs to invest �2,000 crore in either hydro-carbon exploration and pro-duction, refining, pipelines orliquefied natural gas (LNG)terminals.

Companies with a networth of �250 crore will beallowed to sell petrol and diesel

subject to condition that theyinstall facilities for marketing ofat least one new generationalternate fuel such as CNG,LNG, biofuels or electric vehi-cle charging within three yearsof start of operations,Information and BroadcastingMinister Prakash Javadekarsaid here.

The retailers will necessar-ily have to set up 5 per cent ofthe total outlets in rural areaswithin five years, he said whilebriefing reporters on the deci-sion taken by the CabinetCommittee on EconomicAffairs (CCEA) headed byPrime Minister Narendra Modi.

"The new policy will bringin more investment and give afillip to 'Ease of DoingBusiness'. It will boost directand indirect employment in thesector. Setting up of more retailoutlets (ROs) will result inbetter competition and betterservices for consumers," he

said.The Government had last

set fuel marketing conditions in2002 and the review now isbased on the recommenda-tion of a high-level expertcommittee.

The move will facilitateentry of global giants such asTotal SA of France, SaudiArabia's Aramco, BP Plc of UKand Trafigura's downstream

arm Puma Energy.Total in partnership with

Adani Group had in November2018 applied for a license toretail petrol and diesel through1,500 outlets. BP too hasformed a partnership withReliance Industries to set uppetrol pumps, but is yet tomake a formal application.

While Puma Energy hadapplied for a retail license,

Aramco was in talks to enterthe sector.

State-owned oil market-ing companies — Indian OilCorp (IOC), Bharat PetroleumCorp Ltd (BPCL) andHindustan Petroleum CorpLtd (HPCL) — currently ownmost of 65,554 petrol pumps inthe country.

Reliance Industries, NayaraEnergy— formerly Essar Oil—and Royal Dutch Shell are theprivate players in the marketbut with limited presence.Reliance, which operates theworld's largest oil refining com-plex, has less than 1,400 outlets.

Nayara has 5,344 whileShell has just 160 pumps.

BP plc of UK had a coupleof years back secured a licenseto set up 3,500 pumps but has-n't yet started doing so. It isnow venturing into the busi-ness with Reliance with plansto scale up Reliance's presentnetwork strength to 5,500.

"The entities seeking mar-ket authorization for petroland diesel are allowed to applyfor retail and bulk authoriza-tion separately or both," an offi-cial statement issued on CCEAdecision said.

The companies have beengiven flexibility in setting up ajoint venture or subsidiary formarket authorization.

"In addition to conven-tional fuels, the authorizedentities are required to installfacilities for marketing at leastone new generation alternatefuel, like CNG, LNG, biofuels,electric charging, etc.

At their proposed retailoutlets within 3 years of oper-ationalization of the said out-let," it said.

"An individual may beallowed to obtain a dealershipof more than one marketingcompany in case of open deal-erships of PSU oil marketingcompanies but at different sites."

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Mumbai: Equity indices foundfirmer ground on Wednesday,led by IT, finance and autostocks, as investors trackedcorporate results amid mixedcues from global markets.

After swinging over 330points in a choppy session, the30-share BSE Sensex ended94.99 points, or 0.24 per cent,higher at 39,058.83. It hit anintra-day high of 39,196.67and a low of 38,866.08.

The broader NSE Niftytoo advanced 15.75 points, or0.14 per cent, to settle at

11,604.10.HCL Tech was the top

gainer in the Sensex pack, ris-ing 2.93 per cent, ahead of itsquarterly results.

Maruti Suzuki, SBI, HDFCand Hero MotoCorp gained upto 2.55 per cent.

Infosys rebounded 1.16per cent after a massive sell-offin the previous session follow-ing a whistleblower complaint.

On the other hand, BhartiAirtel, Vedanta, ONGC, RIL,Kotak Bank and Yes Bank shedup to 3.59 per cent.

"Markets largely remainedpositive throughout the day ledby selective buying in large capsnamely in banking and ITstocks. Auto and consumerstocks witnessed some resur-gence on expectation that the

worst-case scenario is factoredin the stock prices.

"Due to corporate tax cut,Q2 earnings growth is better,however market will review theoutlook for revenue growth toassess any potential for re-rat-ing," said Vinod Nair, Head ofResearch, Geojit FinancialServices.

Sectorally, BSE auto, IT,consumer durables, power,FMCG, teck and financeindices rose up to 1.18 per cent.

On the other had, BSEtelecom, oil and gas, energy,realty, industrials, capital goodsand metal indices tumbled upto 3.04 per cent.

Broader BSE midcap indexended marginally lower, whileBSE smallcap index advanced0.25 per cent.

Global equities were cau-tious after British PrimeMinister Boris Johnson lost thecrucial Brexit bill timetablevote on Tuesday, leaving indoubt his vow to exit theEuropean Union by the end ofthe month.

Elsewhere in Asia, bours-es in Shanghai, Hong KongTokyo and Seoul endedmixed.Markets in Europe werealso trading on a choppy notein their respective early deals.

Meanwhile, the Indianrupee appreciated marginally to70.92 against the US dollarintra-day.

Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, fell 0.85per cent to USD 59.19 per barrel. PTI

New Delhi: The Governmenton Wednesday hiked the min-imum support price for wheatby �85 to �1,925 a quintal andfor pulses by up to �325 perquintal.

A decision in this regardwas taken at a meeting of theCabinet Committee onEconomic Affairs (CCEA),headed by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

The MSP is the rate atwhich the Government buysgrains from farmers.

"In a move to increasefarmers' income, the Cabinethas increased the MSP of rabi(winter-sown) crops for thecurrent year," Information andBroadcasting Minister PrakashJavadekar told reporters afterthe meeting.

The CCEA has approved�85 per quintal hike in wheat

MSP to �1,925 per quintal forthe 2019-20 rabi crop, up from �1,840 per quintal lastyear.

Barley MSP has also beenincreased by �85 to �1,525 perquintal from �1,440 per quin-tal last year.

To encourage cultivation ofpulses, the support price ofmasoor has been increased by�325 to �4,800 per quintalfrom �4,475 per quintal lastyear.

Similarly, the MSP forgram has been hiked by �255

to �4,875 per quintal for thisyear from �4,620 per quintallast year.

Among oilseeds, rape-seed/mustard MSP has beenincreased by �225 to �4,425 perquintal for 2019-20 rabi cropfrom �4,200 per quintal during2018-19.

The minimum supportprice for safflower has beenhiked by �270 to �5,215 perquintal from �4,945 per quintal last year.

The MSP for rabi cropsannounced for this year is inline with the recommendationof the Government's farm priceadvisory body CACP.

Wheat is the main rabicrop, sowing of which willbegin next month.

The crop will be marketedfrom next April onwards. PTI

New Delhi: Shares of Infosyson Wednesday bounced back,rising over 1 per cent, after amassive sell-off in the previoussession on concerns over awhistleblower complaintagainst the company's top exec-utives.

The scrip closed the day at�650.75, up 1.16 per cent on theBSE. During the day, it jumped2 per cent to �656.40.

On the National StockExchange, it rose 1 per cent toclose at �650.35.

Shares of Infosys onTuesday plummeted nearly 17per cent, marking their worstintraday fall since April 2013,

wiping �53,451 crore off itsmarket valuation.

A complaint by a groupthat calls itself 'EthicalEmployees' of Infosys hasalleged CEO Salil Parekh andCFO Nilanjan Roy wereindulging in "unethical prac-tices" to boost short-term rev-enue and profits.

The IT services giant onTuesday said it is investigatingthe anonymous whistleblowers'claims.Meanwhile, leadingexchange BSE on Wednesdayasked Infosys to explain why itdid not make a disclosureabout the whistleblower complaint. PTI

Mumbai: The Indian rupeerose 3 paise to close at 70.91against the US dollar onWednesday amid lack of trig-gers and geopolitical uncer-tainties.

Easing crude oil pricespropped up the local unit,though fresh capital outflowscapped the gains, forex traderssaid.

Trading in emerging marketcurrencies was subdued afterBritish Prime Minister BorisJohnson lost the crucial BrexitBill timetable vote.Besides, mar-kets are also awaiting fresh cueson the potential US-China tradedeal, they added.At the inter-bank foreign exchange, therupee opened lower at 71.01then fell to 71.03 against thegreenback. PTI

New Delhi: Telecom operatorReliance Jio recorded over 2.5times higher average datadownload speed of 21 megabitper second in September 2019,compared to its closest competitor Bharti Airtel,according to data released by the sector regulator Trai.

Bharti Airtel networkrecorded average downloadspeed of 8.3 mbps inSeptember. It was followed byVodafone with 6.9 mbps andIdea Cellular with 6.4 mbpsdownload speed.

Both Vodafone and IdeaCellular have merged theirbusinesses but their network integration is still on. PTI

New Delhi: Gold prices onWednesday rose �177 to�38,932 per 10 gram in thenational capital on strongerrupee and firm global trends,according to HDFC Securities.

Silver also gained �290 to�46,560 per kg. In the previoustrade, it had closed at �46,270

per kg.Gold closed at �38,755per 10 gram in the nationalcapital on Tuesday.

"Spot gold for 24 Karat inDelhi was trading higher by�177 on stronger rupee andfirm global prices," HDFCSecurities, senior analyst —commodities, Tapan Patel said.

The ongoing festivaldemand may keep gold pricesfirm with rise in jewellery con-sumption, he added.

In the international mar-ket, gold was trading up at USD1,493 per ounce, while silverwas also trading in the green atUSD 17.57 an ounce. PTI

Mumbai: The Government should overlookpolitical expediencies, instead prioritise itsspending to meet the needs of a struggling econ-omy, engineering major Larsen & Toubro saidon Wednesday.

The Government is delaying payments, lead-ing to pressure on working capital, the man-agement of the engineering major said, addingit cannot "afford" such a situation.

"The Government has to prioritise allocationof funds to projects and contractors and also itsvendors. It is very important that the Governmentspend is not confined to political ends, but divert-ed towards economic ends," chief financial offi-cer R Shankar Raman told reporters whileannouncing the second quarter numbers.He wasreplying to a specific question on what can bedone to revive the tottering growth. PTI

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Sources said the regulatorhas already asked the stockexchanges to collate tradingdata of Infosys' shares as well asabout derivative positions.PTI

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Dropping for the fourthconsecutive month, invest-

ments through participatorynotes (P-notes) in the Indiancapital market stood at �76,611crore at the end of September.

P-notes are issued by reg-istered foreign portfolioinvestors (FPIs) to overseasinvestors who wish to be partof the Indian stock marketwithout registering themselvesdirectly after going through adue diligence process.

Investments through P-notes have been continuouslydeclining since June, accordingto the latest data from marketsregulator Sebi. The total valueof P-note investments in theIndian markets — equity, debt,and derivatives — declined to�76,611 crore till September-end, from �79,088 crore atAugust-end, showed the data.

At the end of July, theIndian capital market saw atotal inflow of �81,082 crore viaP-notes, a fall as compared to�81,913 crore till June-end.The investment had stood at�82,619 in May.

In July, the board of Sebihad approved a proposal torationalise the framework forissuance of P-notes — aninstrument once very popularwith foreign investors.

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The International MonetaryFund (IMF) sees Indian

economic growth reboundingto around 7 per cent in the nextfinancial year, supported bymeasures like monetary policy stimulus and corporateincome tax cuts.

“We see the Indian econo-my rebounding from our pro-jected 6.1 per cent growth thisfiscal year to something like 7per cent in the next fiscal year(2020). We see the factors thatwill support growth, includingmonetary policy stimulus,working their way through thepipeline,” Jonathan Ostry,Deputy Director, Asia PacificDepartment at the IMF, toldreporters.

The recent tax cuts,Government's progress inaddressing lingering weakness-es in the financial sector andmeasures to support growth sec-tors as seen as factors under-pinning growth in the nearterm, Ostry said. Talking aboutthe slowdown in Indian econ-omy in recent quarters, he said:“indeed (it) took many of us bysurprise, including the IMF.

"There wasn't a single causefor the slowdown… there weremany different causes at workincluding corporate and regu-latory environmental uncer-tainties, the stresses in the

non-bank financial sector,(and) stresses in the rural sec-tor, among others," he said.

Asked about the RegionalComprehensive EconomicPartnership (RECP), whichIndia is reportedly cautious tosign as the multi-lateral tradepact negotiations are widelyexpected to be concluded in thecoming months, he underlinedthe importance of having ser-vices included in the free-tradepartnership agreement.

Much greater attention tointegration type issues is essen-tial to sustain growth in southAsia, he said, adding "Thisneeds to include not only goodstrade, but more importantlyservices trade — which couldprovide a substantial engine ofgrowth for India and othersouth Asian economies goingforward,” said Ostry.

There is a need to takesteps to invigorate the deliber-ation process and structuralreforms more generally because

India has a potential enor-mous demographic dividendover the next couple of decadesthrough which about 150 mil-lion people will be entering theworkforce, he pointed out.

“We consider services as animportant source of growthand productivity to enhanceinvestments in the periodahead,” he underlined.

India's success in the ser-vice sector has been especiallyremarkable as its share of theworld's information and com-munication technologies ser-vice exports almost tripled ina decade, from 6.3 per cent in2000 to 17.8 per cent in 2010,recording the largest increaseglobally for the sector, accord-ing to the IMF report.

“This performance wasstrongly associated with anemphasis on tertiary educationand a low degree of regulationof the sector,” said the region-al economic outlook 'Asia andPacific — Caught in ProlongedUncertainty: Challenges andOpportunities for Asia, releasedhere on Wednesday.

Asked for comments aboutthe reported relocation of UScompanies out of China amidstthe trade tension with theUnited States, Ostry said a keyconcern in this trade tensionhas been the undermining ofthe global supply chains andglobal technology chains.

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IT major HCL Technologieson Wednesday posted a 6.9

per cent rise in its consolidatednet profit to �2,711 crore for theSeptember 2019 quarter, andraised its revenue growth fore-cast to 17 per cent for 2019-20.

The company, which hadregistered a net profit of �2,534crore in the year-ago period asper the Indian AccountingStandards (IndAS), has alsoannounced a bonus share offer.

Its revenue from opera-tions grew 18 per cent to�17,527 crore in the quarterunder review, from �14,860crore in the year-ago period.

The company has raised itsrevenue growth outlook to 15-17 per cent for 2019-20 from itsprevious forecast of 14-16 percent topline growth in constantcurrency terms. HCLTechnologies’ board has declareda dividend of �2 per share. It hasalso announced a bonus shareoffer under which one bonusshare will be given for everyshare held. The proposal is sub-ject to approval of shareholdersand regulatory nods.

“HCLites have deliveredyet another outstanding quarterwith a 20.5 per cent year-on-year growth, translating to amore than 14 per cent industryleading organic growth. Oursharp focus on pricing and costlevers over the last 6 months

have helped deliver a solidEBIT (earnings before interestand tax) of 20 per cent,” said CVijayakumar, president andchief executive officer, HCLTechnologies. In dollar terms,the net profit grew 5.5 per centto USD 376.2 million for theSeptember 2019 quarter, whilerevenue surged by 18.4 percent to USD 2.48 billion as com-pared to the year-ago period, asper the US Generally AcceptedAccounting Principles (GAAP).

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Indian Bank onWednesday reported over atwo-fold rise in net profit at�358.56 crore for theSeptember quarter. The state-owned lender had posted a netprofit of �150.1 crore in theyear-ago quarter. Total incomeincreased to �6,045.32 crore forthe September quarter, from�5,129.16 crore in the sameperiod last year, the bank saidin a regulatory filing.

Asset quality remained sta-ble with the gross non-per-forming assets (NPAs) mar-ginally rising 7.20 per cent ofthe advances as on end-September 2019, as against 7.16per cent by September 2018.However, net NPAs declined to3.54 per cent of the advances atthe end of second quarter of thisfiscal, from 4.23 per cent in theyear-ago period. The bank’s

provisioning for bad loans andcontingencies declined to�909.36 crore for the quarterunder review, from �1,004.3crore in second quarter of2018-19. Provision for badloans too declined to �720.90crore for the July-Septemberquarter, from �752.47 crore inthe year-ago period.

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JSW Steel on Wednesdayreported a 21.51 per cent jumpin its consolidated net profit to�2,536 crore for the quarterended September 30. Thedomestic steel major had clockeda consolidated net profit of�2,087 crore in the correspond-ing period of the previous finan-cial year, JSW Steel said in a BSEfiling.

The company’s total incomedropped to �17,728 crore, com-pared with �21,608 crore in theyear-ago period. However, itstotal expenses during the quar-ter fell to �17,025 crore, against�18,583 crore a year ago.

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HDFC Life InsuranceCompany on Wednesday post-ed 7.5 per cent rise in stand-alone net profit to �308.69crore for the second quarterended September 30. The com-pany’s net profit in the year-agoperiod stood at �286.98 crore.

Total income of the insur-ance firm rose to �8,661.56crore from �7,902.10 in thesame quarter a year ago, HDFCLife said in a regulatory filing.The asset under the manage-ment of insurance firm rose to�1.3 lakh crore.

“We have delivered strongperformance across all keymetrics and have continued tosustain our profitability.Despite a challenging macro-environment, we have grownby 35 per cent on individualweighted received premium,compared to industry growthof 11 per cent,” HDFC LifeInsurance Managing DirectorVibha Padalkar said.

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Non-banking financialcompany Muthoot CapitalServices has reported 34.6 percent decline in standalone netprofit to �14.02 crore for the sec-ond quarter ended September.The company had profit of�21.42 crore in July-Septemberquarter of 2018-19, MuthootCapital Services said in a state-ment. However, the total incomerose to �145.02 crore for the sec-ond quarter this fiscal as against�132.14 crore in the year-agoquarter. The company disbursedtwo-wheeler loans amounting to�463.2 crore and had a total dis-bursement of �487.8 crore dur-ing the quarter, it said.

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AMBUJACEM 197.95 197.95 193.25 196.75EQUITAS 102.50 102.50 99.10 100.70ORIENTBANK 52.50 52.75 51.15 51.45TATAMTRDVR 58.40 60.10 56.65 59.55SBILIFE 994.90 1011.90 970.65 986.15SUNPHARMA 405.55 411.30 403.25 405.30OMAXE 197.90 197.90 186.00 186.85ESCORTS 643.00 659.30 636.00 655.35HINDALCO 186.00 187.50 184.10 185.10AUROPHARMA 479.00 488.00 472.50 476.40DELTACORP 191.00 204.60 186.10 196.20FEDERALBNK 83.80 84.50 83.00 83.25SRF 2727.20 2890.05 2703.85 2841.40DLF 178.20 178.60 173.95 174.85RAJESHEXPO 682.00 682.00 669.20 671.35HINDPETRO 317.95 318.50 308.00 308.70TV18BRDCST 22.50 23.75 20.85 23.50VENKYS 1859.00 1889.45 1800.10 1808.85HEG 1084.85 1097.00 1014.00 1024.00BBTC 1169.20 1247.90 1160.00 1206.60RPOWER 3.01 3.33 2.85 3.33ALBK 25.85 26.60 25.70 26.25M&MFIN 341.00 346.75 328.55 333.25DMART 1920.00 1927.15 1873.00 1900.65

IRB 74.00 85.65 71.65 80.95PIIND 1345.90 1347.45 1319.10 1332.20INDIACEM 79.00 83.60 79.00 82.70BANKINDIA 64.85 66.70 63.65 66.35INDIANB 127.05 148.50 126.40 142.90GRAPHITE 314.75 316.40 293.05 295.15APOLLOTYRE 184.85 185.30 181.50 183.40SPICEJET 116.50 119.00 115.30 115.65BERGEPAINT 480.00 491.75 475.00 487.65WHIRLPOOL 2186.60 2204.00 2138.35 2153.00LICHSGFIN 374.95 376.20 369.95 375.10L&TFH 87.00 88.60 85.60 87.65ADANIENT 178.00 178.45 172.45 176.30LTTS 1494.85 1517.25 1477.50 1500.60COALINDIA 210.00 211.65 206.65 208.50TECHM 718.00 734.00 716.60 726.00SRTRANSFIN 1117.75 1123.00 1068.00 1076.15INDIGO 1691.00 1691.00 1641.85 1650.95TVSMOTOR 452.00 469.25 446.40 462.95SAIL 35.70 35.90 34.75 35.15JUSTDIAL 629.95 652.15 625.00 647.00DRREDDY 2817.90 2839.95 2756.10 2819.25SYNDIBANK 25.10 25.30 24.75 25.25COLPAL 1548.70 1586.00 1529.95 1560.35UJJIVAN 319.90 319.90 299.00 300.65IOC 146.45 147.55 144.05 144.25ULTRACEMCO 4265.70 4299.50 4214.85 4252.75STRTECH 157.50 159.55 145.15 147.20MANAPPURAM 158.45 161.25 155.00 159.05JAICORPLTD 83.50 89.80 81.60 85.05DALBHARAT 807.00 866.20 801.00 810.00M&M 595.00 599.70 587.10 591.60PAGEIND 22529.50 22850.00 22207.35 22509.25NAUKRI 2400.65 2405.30 2316.30 2349.20CREDITACC 646.75 646.75 626.70 633.20SIEMENS 1672.00 1716.55 1660.25 1673.95AVANTI 456.80 461.00 425.30 455.30PIDILITIND 1370.00 1370.00 1321.55 1326.60NMDC 109.40 110.20 106.60 107.35NIITTECH 1452.30 1475.00 1434.05 1470.00BOMDYEING 78.90 81.80 76.80 79.05LUPIN 747.90 748.05 730.85 736.00JUBILANT 545.05 575.25 545.05 567.30NESTLEIND 15099.00 15120.00 14932.15 15001.35ICICIPRULI 480.00 487.90 479.00 485.00RECLTD 133.25 138.15 130.95 137.20IBREALEST 49.00 51.10 46.60 50.35PNBHOUSING 470.00 477.90 446.45 453.85BIOCON 264.50 264.50 253.70 258.20STAR 352.40 353.75 336.35 342.05BATAINDIA 1768.00 1787.00 1763.75 1772.00RITES 279.65 292.70 278.50 289.60POLYCAB 759.00 791.00 754.05 782.15BEL 115.20 116.60 113.30 113.90PCJEWELLER 36.00 36.80 35.50 35.90ADANIPOWER 63.05 63.60 61.80 62.25BEML 972.50 976.00 941.15 951.25VOLTAS 694.00 708.90 689.00 707.45DEEPAKNI 334.25 348.25 331.25 341.50ADANITRANS 256.00 272.00 255.65 262.30ACC 1543.30 1549.00 1521.00 1525.10DISHTV 14.90 15.15 12.75 12.95GODREJCP 699.90 723.40 692.40 714.65GRANULES 115.40 118.80 113.40 115.70LTI 1622.15 1649.00 1615.00 1649.00ADANIGREEN 87.90 89.90 84.75 86.60POWERGRID 204.15 206.95 202.50 206.25ABCAPITAL 83.05 85.85 81.90 82.70SUNTV 517.50 524.80 512.55 516.05MFSL 430.90 436.20 416.50 420.85GRASIM 759.95 759.95 735.90 743.20BHARATFORG 445.80 459.10 444.60 453.90RELINFRA 25.30 26.40 23.40 26.40SCI 52.80 53.15 51.00 52.10WIPRO 254.50 255.55 250.20 254.35NTPC 120.95 121.65 120.40 121.00DEEPAKFERT 95.00 102.40 93.35 100.00BALRAMCHIN 162.20 166.95 157.70 158.55KAJARIACER 553.35 565.40 544.25 561.10INOXLEISUR 356.55 368.40 350.75 354.20CONCOR 609.00 617.40 603.10 611.00EDELWEISS 97.10 97.15 91.70 91.70AUBANK 694.75 700.00 677.05 696.00CORPBANK 14.35 14.80 14.35 14.55GLAXO 1484.05 1533.75 1472.20 1490.60IDFCFIRSTB 39.95 40.00 38.50 39.65PVR 1762.50 1781.25 1750.45 1770.80VIPIND 475.00 489.00 465.80 485.75HEXAWARE 372.80 379.00 363.15 366.35DABUR 472.00 478.15 468.60 471.45UPL 596.75 600.25 591.90 597.05ISEC 290.00 316.00 290.00 308.85CIPLA 459.00 459.00 447.90 454.95GHCL 213.05 225.70 212.75 220.70PETRONET 276.00 277.25 268.20 269.20FRETAIL 380.95 394.75 372.10 385.70HINDZINC 209.30 211.60 208.00 210.00ITDC 359.95 367.80 334.05 340.65SUNTECK 397.00 411.30 389.20 407.70INFRATEL 256.40 260.60 252.80 259.60BAJAJCON 249.75 256.00 241.00 248.00WELCORP 141.45 147.70 138.00 143.75IBVENTURES 94.30 98.40 90.10 94.70RELCAPITAL 14.50 14.80 13.50 14.80ASTRAZEN 2442.60 2589.80 2433.10 2533.40NATIONALUM 44.00 44.40 43.20 43.60TATAGLOBAL 284.85 284.85 277.65 277.65CEATLTD 952.00 977.00 943.45 969.15GNFC 198.30 206.00 195.40 199.80

GICRE 262.05 271.35 243.00 246.80CASTROLIND 135.00 135.40 133.10 134.10GMRINFRA 19.10 19.80 18.65 19.75GLENMARK 300.00 301.70 293.00 298.40PRESTIGE 292.60 326.25 292.60 309.50BANDHANBNK 563.90 566.40 551.00 555.90MUTHOOTFIN 689.60 696.35 682.10 683.45CANFINHOME 393.25 398.50 387.00 388.25MARICO 396.00 396.00 390.00 393.70INFIBEAM 43.00 44.00 42.45 43.65SWANENERGY 107.70 107.70 103.70 105.45GAIL 130.00 130.00 128.15 128.70DIVISLAB 1742.05 1751.65 1726.95 1734.95IGL 372.10 372.10 364.40 365.00INDHOTEL 151.50 155.00 150.00 150.55TRENT 522.00 540.00 520.00 525.40COROMANDEL 424.00 458.35 424.00 449.80APOLLOHOSP 1532.50 1532.50 1511.15 1516.75HONAUT 28636.80 29039.00 28389.00 28930.00DBL 422.40 422.40 399.90 403.20FORCEMOT 1077.30 1081.15 1048.00 1051.70COCHINSHIP 335.90 354.25 335.90 340.70WOCKPHARMA 278.00 278.00 268.00 269.55SHREECEM 19800.00 19961.95 19469.00 19802.15RADICO 306.35 314.95 302.15 314.85ADANIGAS 152.90 152.90 146.70 147.10KTKBANK 71.90 73.15 71.60 72.00CHOLAFIN 296.00 298.25 285.10 286.95EXIDEIND 181.00 181.00 178.20 179.10UBL 1332.00 1344.05 1319.00 1331.40ITI 82.15 84.00 81.60 82.35GODREJPROP 966.95 966.95 944.00 949.25HFCL 17.50 17.55 16.95 17.05BOSCHLTD 14500.10 14697.25 14423.60 14562.50NOCIL 118.15 118.55 115.15 115.70SPARC 132.00 133.80 127.85 129.30MGL 959.00 967.00 946.55 952.00NIACL 136.45 142.80 133.20 134.50IRCON 404.00 418.45 402.00 408.00DCBBANK 189.90 189.90 179.30 180.00BLUESTARCO 867.25 881.00 854.00 857.15CUMMINSIND 577.80 587.50 576.65 579.25RCF 51.70 53.30 51.35 52.35IDFC 33.05 33.55 32.35 32.65RAYMOND 620.00 623.05 593.00 598.75MRF 64455.00 64500.00 63996.05 64300.00MINDTREE 730.95 734.00 716.80 717.40FINEORG 1982.60 1992.35 1903.85 1921.05ABB 1551.70 1566.55 1531.00 1531.00NHPC 23.20 23.70 23.10 23.60RVNL 24.15 24.30 23.80 23.90JSWENERGY 67.05 68.35 66.15 68.00TATACHEM 627.80 627.80 607.20 611.35BALKRISIND 825.00 836.30 819.80 829.95GUJGAS 182.00 184.45 178.10 178.10TORNTPOWER 280.10 283.40 277.50 279.00WELSPUNIND 56.60 56.60 52.65 53.10HINDCOPPER 39.50 39.55 38.35 38.85SUVEN 285.85 294.00 285.65 286.95IDBI 30.80 31.05 30.35 30.75TORNTPHARM 1683.00 1685.90 1649.95 1681.70AMARAJABAT 677.10 678.95 656.05 662.253MINDIA 22077.05 22077.05 21518.00 21647.30SHK 125.65 145.90 125.20 139.65DCAL 153.60 156.40 137.25 139.65OIL 161.50 168.20 161.50 165.70HUDCO 34.25 36.25 34.10 35.40JAMNAAUTO 40.50 43.25 39.30 41.85LALPATHLAB 1549.00 1549.00 1450.00 1469.60BAJAJHLDNG 3706.10 3731.50 3652.05 3663.30GODREJIND 398.15 403.00 392.60 399.15ORIENTELEC 181.00 185.00 172.30 184.15PFIZER 3267.00 3316.60 3265.05 3282.00HSCL 75.90 77.25 73.80 74.20CROMPTON 266.50 269.65 261.30 261.30FSL 52.50 52.50 50.80 51.25ANDHRABANK 16.85 16.85 16.20 16.45RAIN 95.10 95.80 92.25 92.85PHILIPCARB 126.00 126.00 122.10 122.95ABBOTINDIA 10700.05 10988.00 10700.05 10913.30GSFC 77.00 80.05 76.55 79.30GICHSGFIN 165.05 169.70 160.60 161.00ENGINERSIN 107.90 109.70 107.55 108.75SUZLON 2.74 2.85 2.60 2.69MOIL 141.15 147.30 140.85 143.70MEGH 51.90 52.55 50.55 50.95NAVINFLUOR 779.90 787.00 751.65 760.00GODFRYPHLP 1095.50 1108.40 1076.55 1078.35GESHIP* 309.00 314.75 304.05 309.30GSKCONS 9055.80 9072.70 8980.00 9072.70MASFIN 690.00 757.30 680.05 740.00JYOTHYLAB 178.40 182.00 172.30 175.80BLISSGVS 136.60 141.00 135.50 138.85GSPL 209.15 218.90 205.40 212.80TATACOFFEE 76.25 79.00 76.05 76.90ATUL 4255.00 4319.00 4174.90 4225.90CYIENT 426.00 427.65 421.30 423.35ABFRL 206.50 210.50 205.00 205.40CADILAHC 245.50 248.90 243.30 246.70THOMASCOOK 119.40 120.05 115.05 116.50PHOENIXLTD 740.80 742.60 718.25 718.25KEI 538.85 543.50 533.10 540.00PTC 56.10 56.45 55.65 56.05SYNGENE 333.60 342.45 330.00 330.00FINOLEXIND 622.00 627.00 606.50 609.70KEC 277.00 277.00 270.30 271.60VGUARD 240.50 243.90 240.50 242.45JPASSOCIAT 2.16 2.40 2.16 2.37BAJAJELEC 400.00 409.70 386.40 393.90

OBEROIRLTY 527.00 527.00 492.00 494.15WABAG 195.45 203.50 194.00 195.60CHENNPETRO 165.00 165.20 157.00 158.20PGHL 4374.85 4424.60 4340.05 4346.00RELAXO 526.40 540.00 513.30 529.20KANSAINER 525.50 539.30 523.00 539.30CHAMBLFERT 157.50 161.50 156.40 160.00EIDPARRY 161.05 172.00 159.00 164.65PARAGMILK 157.70 160.25 156.00 157.60CRISIL 1379.50 1400.05 1345.00 1394.05JISLJALEQS 10.85 11.40 10.50 11.40AJANTPHARM 1003.55 1017.45 999.85 1003.95SOUTHBANK 10.42 10.45 10.29 10.35JINDALSAW 87.90 88.05 86.55 86.95TIMKEN 796.00 797.45 785.00 788.30WESTLIFE 356.50 359.00 338.10 340.40INTELLECT 189.00 191.00 182.70 185.50CUB 211.20 211.30 207.65 209.65DCMSHRIRAM 391.25 406.60 391.25 397.15RAMCOCEM 750.35 766.00 748.85 751.05ZYDUSWELL 1731.95 1736.75 1688.30 1690.00SUPREMEIND 1219.00 1219.10 1190.00 1196.00APLAPOLLO 1377.00 1430.00 1365.00 1421.00RCOM 0.73 0.74 0.70 0.70IBULISL 64.10 67.00 64.10 64.10RALLIS 164.50 164.50 160.50 163.50MAHABANK 11.90 11.90 10.81 10.88GILLETTE 7818.40 7865.00 7722.00 7765.00REDINGTON 121.45 124.85 116.90 120.15TVTODAY 315.20 325.00 313.30 315.00ZENSARTECH 208.70 208.70 185.00 186.35ENDURANCE 1027.45 1032.70 994.30 1006.80JKTYRE 66.95 66.95 65.45 66.05ASTRAL 1170.50 1170.50 1131.70 1134.00CENTURYPLY 168.45 170.75 163.65 163.70HIMATSEIDE 146.90 157.00 146.90 156.05BALMLAWRIE 183.90 184.50 178.80 180.65MMTC 17.50 17.65 16.70 17.30LAXMIMACH 3799.00 3870.00 3769.30 3783.80PGHH 11835.75 12020.00 11785.00 11921.25MOTILALOFS 622.35 622.35 610.00 616.55HEIDELBERG 191.90 191.90 186.50 186.85OFSS 3106.80 3106.80 3046.45 3046.45CCL 223.60 224.50 217.25 218.10FCONSUMER 24.25 24.55 23.85 23.95EMAMILTD 339.00 342.70 334.20 334.90IPCALAB 933.80 949.80 933.40 943.05MAHLIFE 413.00 421.10 397.50 402.70GODREJAGRO 520.45 521.35 505.00 505.95PERSISTENT 615.00 615.55 601.05 601.90TNPL 189.50 190.90 185.00 186.80AKZOINDIA 2055.70 2059.60 2001.00 2025.00SHANKARA 309.00 315.70 303.00 315.70TAKE 110.80 114.45 110.80 112.25GREAVESCOT 132.30 133.60 130.50 133.00IEX 145.25 148.20 143.25 144.00COFFEEDAY 32.90 32.90 30.50 30.50ASHOKA 109.90 109.90 106.45 106.90METROPOLIS 1350.00 1371.50 1346.00 1359.35UFLEX 200.05 201.00 196.20 196.90VMART 2021.55 2027.25 1956.25 1960.15QUESS 472.35 474.55 463.95 466.30VINATIORGA 2140.00 2147.00 2112.45 2142.90CARERATING 532.80 551.65 532.55 543.20NETWORK18 21.20 22.50 20.75 21.95CENTRALBK 17.15 17.40 17.10 17.35MRPL 50.95 51.50 50.20 50.45NATCOPHARM 578.55 580.65 567.00 575.00GALAXYSURF 1495.15 1523.00 1493.10 1523.00AAVAS 1675.50 1684.00 1645.00 1670.00MPHASIS 914.00 937.20 914.00 930.15JBCHEPHARM 361.95 361.95 352.70 355.45MAHSCOOTER 4565.00 4588.70 4471.35 4541.50GUJALKALI 455.60 465.35 452.60 457.20SKFINDIA 2122.00 2154.65 2122.00 2135.00SANOFI 6114.05 6180.00 6085.85 6150.00JKCEMENT 1120.00 1120.00 1100.30 1108.20LAURUSLABS 343.55 360.00 341.55 349.00HAL 709.30 723.00 709.30 714.50INOXWIND 32.90 37.00 32.10 35.10NLCINDIA 57.70 58.15 57.00 57.45J&KBANK 32.05 32.10 31.35 31.45SIS 927.00 950.00 916.00 928.60BIRLACORPN 578.95 586.60 560.45 563.60SCHNEIDER 70.75 72.85 70.75 72.40MAHLOG 375.00 375.00 358.20 361.45WABCOINDIA 6180.00 6180.00 6103.00 6103.00TCNSBRANDS 714.00 780.00 714.00 721.00MAXINDIA 65.40 66.20 64.70 65.95BAYERCROP 3377.30 3391.00 3315.00 3316.10SCHAEFFLER 4069.50 4071.80 3994.00 4025.65VBL 635.65 635.65 622.00 623.00TIMETECHNO 61.00 62.60 59.95 61.00SONATSOFTW 318.00 319.80 310.05 311.30KALPATPOWR 453.25 455.00 449.00 454.50TTKPRESTIG 6220.20 6240.00 6050.00 6114.90MINDAIND 369.35 369.60 359.60 362.15BDL 289.35 300.00 289.35 294.70BASF 965.00 987.20 959.85 966.00SUNDRMFAST 460.00 465.75 456.60 460.80DHFL 19.40 19.40 19.40 19.40MAHINDCIE 152.20 154.20 148.00 149.15TRIDENT 57.95 59.80 57.95 59.15CENTRUM 24.00 24.00 23.00 23.00AEGISLOG 179.00 179.15 174.45 176.65IFCI 7.00 7.28 7.00 7.12STARCEMENT 94.90 94.90 90.00 94.00TATAINVEST 801.00 811.00 791.05 811.00ALKEM 1973.85 1973.85 1955.00 1968.90

TEAMLEASE 3049.15 3049.45 2978.00 3002.00ALLCARGO 99.10 101.00 98.55 99.35ORIENTCEM 83.00 83.00 79.20 79.45TIINDIA 372.00 373.30 364.50 364.50CARBORUNIV 297.80 306.90 295.85 305.15KRBL 232.00 232.00 222.85 229.30JSL 34.75 34.90 34.10 34.25GULFOILLUB 870.00 889.00 860.00 885.00GMDCLTD 58.60 59.90 57.55 58.15SJVN 25.60 25.60 24.70 24.90EVEREADY 42.50 43.45 41.25 43.45SOBHA 445.00 445.00 432.75 438.25IOB 9.85 9.90 9.71 9.80FINCABLES 404.00 404.00 372.90 376.00ITDCEM 42.95 42.95 40.55 41.70

ASTERDM 125.10 125.45 124.10 124.70TATAMETALI 571.05 579.00 566.40 573.00NILKAMAL 1230.70 1238.00 1222.05 1234.60GAYAPROJ 125.00 125.00 121.80 124.50SUDARSCHEM 379.55 383.55 375.20 376.20UCOBANK 12.95 12.95 11.81 11.92GDL 95.30 95.30 92.90 92.90VSTIND 3928.00 3999.00 3858.05 3890.00SOMANYCERA 189.65 193.70 187.90 193.70LINDEINDIA 556.00 556.00 528.00 539.00TRITURBINE 99.65 99.70 94.60 97.70DBCORP 156.50 157.25 154.60 154.60TEJASNET 81.05 81.05 77.00 77.00GEPIL 716.75 716.75 702.30 705.05JMFINANCIL 74.30 75.20 73.50 74.90JKLAKSHMI 300.95 300.95 284.95 287.80KNRCON 228.00 231.65 228.00 229.00MINDACORP 84.00 84.40 80.85 81.55PRSMJOHNSN 79.10 79.55 77.45 77.80THERMAX 1136.30 1140.65 1126.30 1127.35SHILPAMED 266.00 272.80 262.00 270.50INDOSTAR 192.00 192.00 182.25 185.00SREINFRA 8.74 8.74 7.90 8.08APLLTD 523.00 540.45 523.00 535.20CGPOWER 14.80 15.12 14.21 14.77ADVENZYMES 159.55 160.10 157.25 159.30SYMPHONY 1249.80 1249.80 1220.00 1221.00MAGMA 54.00 55.65 51.50 52.15ECLERX 432.00 432.00 424.15 424.15CAPPL 389.00 391.25 382.50 383.85MHRIL 220.25 220.40 216.00 217.50IFBIND 699.75 712.35 688.00 690.00AIAENG 1731.40 1771.50 1718.80 1743.80SHRIRAMCIT 1332.00 1332.00 1323.70 1331.60REPCOHOME 286.95 286.95 284.00 286.40EIHOTEL 177.40 178.00 173.60 174.00SADBHAV 138.00 140.70 135.35 137.50IIFL 117.80 119.45 116.65 117.65LAOPALA 174.15 179.00 173.10 179.00ESSELPRO 117.35 119.20 117.10 118.20LEMONTREE 56.35 56.60 56.05 56.10HATHWAY 20.40 20.50 20.15 20.15LUXIND 1205.15 1232.25 1196.90 1225.00NBVENTURES 74.45 76.00 74.00 75.20FLFL 398.80 403.60 393.25 403.60GPPL 79.80 80.00 79.00 79.45DHANUKA 293.00 293.70 291.00 291.00NESCO 571.90 572.80 557.20 560.80JSLHISAR 65.00 65.50 64.00 64.35VARROC 472.10 484.65 468.00 479.60SOLARINDS 1100.00 1100.00 1075.00 1075.10PNCINFRA 172.65 173.60 171.30 171.30NH 241.05 244.00 236.25 240.25THYROCARE 531.60 531.60 513.05 517.30UNITEDBNK 7.34 7.48 7.34 7.45FDC 162.10 162.10 158.10 159.00BLUEDART 2335.00 2335.00 2335.00 2335.00CERA 2585.50 2585.50 2538.85 2538.85HERITGFOOD 318.00 322.00 311.55 313.35JAGRAN 58.00 58.00 57.10 57.10SUPRAJIT 188.00 189.30 180.00 183.40TVSSRICHAK 1801.70 1826.50 1787.00 1787.00LAKSHVILAS 17.15 17.15 17.15 17.15MAHSEAMLES 359.65 360.00 351.50 351.50JCHAC 2059.90 2075.00 2059.90 2065.60VTL 908.70 916.00 908.70 910.55KPRMILL 599.10 599.10 592.35 593.50ERIS 425.60 425.65 416.10 416.10SHOPERSTOP 396.45 398.50 389.25 392.40SFL 1241.00 1260.00 1235.00 1235.00CHOLAHLDNG 459.60 463.65 459.60 460.10JSWHL 2700.00 2773.90 2700.00 2773.90GRINDWELL 614.90 614.90 609.15 609.15APARINDS 514.95 515.05 512.50 513.30GET&D 186.80 192.20 186.25 188.35CHALET 333.00 345.00 324.60 335.00RATNAMANI 915.50 915.50 915.50 915.50

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In an appalling tragedy, 39people were found dead on

Wednesday near London in acontainer of truck, which camefrom Bulgaria, and police havearrested the driver of the vehiclefor questioning.

Essex Police said they werecalled by the local ambulanceservice on Wednesday earlymorning after the discovery atWaterglade Industrial Park atEastern Avenue in Grays area ofEssex, south-east England.

British Prime Minister BorisJohnson said he was “appalled bythis tragic incident” and UKhome secretary Priti Patelexpressed shock at the discoveryin Twitter statements.

While there is no confirma-tion of the nationalities of the vic-tims, officials said the truckcame from Bulgaria and enteredthe UK via Holyhead port in

Wales on Saturday.According to Essex Police,

early indications are that 38adults and one teenager havedied, with no information of anysurvivors.

Essex Police Chief

Superintendent Andrew Marinersaid officers were trying to iden-tify victims as their enquiriesremain ongoing after the arrestof the 25-year-old driver fromNorthern Ireland.

He said: “This is a tragicincident where a large numberof people have lost their lives.Our enquiries are ongoing toestablish what has happened. Weare in the process of identifyingthe victims, however I anticipatethat this could be a lengthyprocess. “We have arrested thelorry driver in connection withthe incident who remains inpolice custody as our enquiriescontinue,” he said.

A police cordon remains inplace at the industrial estatewhere the discovery was made.

“I am receiving regularupdates and the Home Officewill work closely with EssexPolice as we establish exactlywhat has happened. My thoughtsare with all those who lost theirlives and their loved ones,” Britishpremier Johnson said.

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Hong Kong authorities onWednesday withdrew an

unpopular extradition bill thatsparked months of chaoticprotests that have since mor-phed into a campaign forgreater democratic change.

Secretary for Security John

Lee told the semi-autonomousChinese territory’s legislaturethat the Government sus-pended the bill because it hadresulted in “conflicts in society.”

In order to clearly spell outthe Government’s position, “Iformally announce the with-drawal of the bill,” Lee told law-makers. Pro-democracy law-

makers immediately tried toquestion him, but he refused torespond.

There are no signs that thewithdrawal of the bill willdampen the protests, now intheir fifth month.

The rallies have snowballedinto the city’s biggest politicalcrisis in decades, expanding todemands for universal suffrageand an investigation into alle-gations of police abuses, mostrecently including the sprayingof a mosque and bystanderswith high-pressure blue-dyedwater from an urban assaultvehicle.

The long-expected scrap-ping of the bill was overshad-owed by the drama surround-ing the release from a HongKong prison of the murder sus-pect at the heart of the extra-dition case controversy.

Chan Tong-kai, who com-pleted a separate sentence formoney laundering, toldreporters after his releaseWednesday that he wished toturn himself in to authorities inTaiwan, where he’s wanted forkilling his pregnant girlfriend,Poon Hiu-wing.

Taiwan announcedTuesday that it was willing tosend a delegation to bringChan back to the self-ruledisland for trial, but Hong Kongrejected the offer, saying thesuspect should be allowed to flyunaccompanied to turn himself in.

The controversy is rootedin the unwillingness of HongKong to recognise the legiti-macy of the legal bodies inTaiwan, which communistleaders in Beijing consider abreakaway province.

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European leaders were decid-ing whether to postpone

Brexit and for how longWednesday, while PrimeMinister Boris Johnson’s eyesturned towards a snap generalelection.

In tense parliamentaryvotes on Tuesday, Johnson wonpreliminary backing for thedivorce deal he agreed with theEU, which would have seenBritain leave the bloc onOctober 31.

But, in a fresh twist to thedivorce saga, MPs also reject-ed his bid to curtail parlia-mentary scrutiny of the bill andrush it through in a matter ofdays. European CouncilPresident Donald Tusk hasrecommended that EU’s 27other member states grant a

flexible extension until January31, 2020 — to be cut short ifBritain ratifies the deal beforethen.

But the decision on howlong a prolongation will lastwill fall to member state lead-ers, many of whom would pre-fer a shorter delay to keep thepressure on Westminster toapprove the deal quickly.

Ireland’s prime minister,Leo Varadkar, told Tusk in acall that he supports theJanuary 31 date, but Germanand, especially, French officialsare talking in terms of a muchshorter timeline.

“If it’s a question of push-ing back the date by two orthree weeks, to give MPs inLondon a chance to ratify,then it’s not really a problem,”German foreign minister HeikoMaas told RTL television.

Beijing: China on Wednesdayrejected a media report that itis drawing up a plan to removeHong Kong’s beleaguered ChiefExecutive Carrie Lam, describ-ing it as a “political rumourwith ulterior motives”.

Foreign MinistrySpokesperson Hua Chunyingrejected the report by London-based Financial Times, whichclaimed that China plans toreplace Lam with an interimchief executive.

“It was a political rumourwith ulterior motives behind it,”

Hua told the media here whenasked for her reaction to the FTreport.

It was not clear yet whetherChina is playing down thereport as Lam’s resignation is aprime demand of the pro-democracy protestors. Beijinghad also declined to permitLam to withdraw the contro-versial extradition bill, whichsparked the protests. The billwas withdrawn on Wednesdayby the Hong Kong governmentin the local legislature in bigwin for the protestors. PTI

New Delhi: US Space agencyNASA has once again failed totrace Chandrayaan 2’s Vikramlander on the lunar surface.

A NASA spacecraft clickedphotos of the landing site ofVikram earlier this month, butcouldn’t capture the lander.

A NASA scientist said thespacecraft failed to traceVikram because of two reasons— one, Vikram is located out-side the area the US agencyphotographed, second, becauseit’s lying in a shadowed part ofthe moon.

On July 22, the �978-croreChandrayaan-2 was launchedinto space by India’s heavy liftrocket GeosynchronousSatellite Launch Vehicle-MarkIII (GSLV Mk III) in a textbook style.

The Chandrayaan-2 space-craft comprised three segments— the Orbiter (weighing 2,379kg, eight payloads), Vikram(1,471 kg, four payloads) andPragyan (27 kg, two payloads).

After five earth-boundorbit raising activities,Chandrayaan-2 was insertedinto the lunar orbit. OnSeptember 2, Vikram separat-ed from the orbiter. It made ahistoric landing attempt onSeptember 7.

According to NASA,Vikram attempted a landing ona small patch of lunar highlandsmooth plains betweenSimpelius N and Manzinus Ccraters.

This event was India’s firstattempt at a soft landing on themoon. IANS

Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry onWednesday welcomed a recent dealbetween Turkey and Russia aimed atkeeping Kurdish forces away from Syria’sborder with Turkey.

“Iran welcomes any measure thatwould honour territorial integrity andnational sovereignty of Syria,” Xinhuaquoted the Foreign Ministry SpokesmanAbbas Mousavi as saying in a statement.

Iran regards the deal as a “positivestep to restore stability and tranquility tothe region”, he said.

“We hope that this agreement wouldaddress Turkey’s security concerns as wellas Syria’s territorial integrity and nation-al sovereignty,” he added.

On Tuesday, Russian and Turkishpresidents agreed their forces to jointlypatrol parts of northern borders of Syria.

Under the deal, Russian militarypolice and Syrian border guards will alsofacilitate the withdrawal of Syrian Kurdishforces from the Turkish border. IANS

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrivedin Baghdad on Wednesday, as chaos

swirled along the Turkey-Syria border andIraqi leaders chafed over reports the USmay want to increase the number oftroops based in Iraq at least temporarily.

Esper has said that under the currentplan, all US troops leaving Syria will go towestern Iraq and the military would con-tinue to conduct operations against theIslamic State group to prevent its resur-gence in the region. He later added that thetroops would be there temporarily untilthey are able to go home, but no time peri-od has been set. He said on Wednesday thatthe US has no plans to leave those troopsin Iraq “interminably.”

Iraq’s military, however, said onTuesday that US troops leaving Syria andheading to neighboring Iraq do not havepermission to stay in the country, even as

the American forces continue to pull outof northern Syria after Turkey’s invasion ofthe border region. Esper said Wednesdayhe plans to talk with Iraqi leaders about thematter.

Meanwhile, Russia and Turkey reachedan agreement on Tuesday that woulddeploy their forces across nearly its entirenortheastern border to fill the void left byPresident Donald Trump’s abrupt with-drawal of US forces. It was unclear onWednesday what that means for US forces.

Trump ordered the bulk of the approx-imately 1,000 US troops in Syria to with-draw after Turkish President Recep TayyipErdogan made it clear in a phone call thathis forces were about to invade Syria topush back Kurdish forces that Turkey con-siders terrorists.

The pullout largely abandons theKurdish allies who have fought the IslamicState group alongside US troops for sev-eral years.

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When Brand India isabout wellness, sustain-ability, luxury, crafts-

manship why are Indians unableto leverage it soft power?” ques-tioned fashion designer Ritu Beriand added, “Be it Basmati,coconut or haldi, where is theglobal branding of India-authen-tic treasures? Why can’t Indiansstake claim to their glorious her-itage?”

She explained that luxurywasn’t looked upon as a goodterm for several years. Initiallywhen she started The LuxuryLeague Symposium, four yearsago, people didn’t understandwhat it meant. “However, today,with all the arts and cultureinvolved, the concept of luxuryhas evolved. People are open toit. The Government’s policiesnow respect and regard arts andcraft. I think there is a huge rev-olution and we are really evolv-ing,” added Ritu.

Areas like fine dining, per-sonal care, electronics, luxurytravel and jewellery have seenincreasing revenues and areexpected to grow by 30 to 35 percent over the next three years.Spending on luxury cars hasalso risen upto 18 to 20 per cent.Even the luxury beauty productsmarket has witnessed a fast-paced growth.

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The first session was a mas-terclass on the all-inclusive cor-relation of fashion, beauty, well-ness and grooming. Speaking atthe session, panelist ChinarStudio, design director ChinarFarooqui, said that finding like-minded consumers wasn’t diffi-cult for her luxury products.“People who responded wereusually a set of artists, skilledcraftspersons, designers andthose who knew the value of artsand craft. Of course, it didn’t

come as easily. It was extremelyorganic and gradual. We didn’taim at numbers but the demandonly grew with an increase in thenumber of people recognisingthat such products have a qual-itative edge and are made to suittheir preferences better,” saidshe.

For designer Rina Singh,comfort is the new luxury, espe-cially when it comes to clothing.It is something that you cannotsurvive without. She explainedfurther, “So luxury clothingshould be meaningful and soul-ful. It is something that can beinspired by even your grand-mother’s wardrobe, which hasevery kind of old jewellery anddesigns, even though the origi-nals are not preferred today.That is luxury — a couture con-cept, deep rooted in the past andthe very own rich Indian heritageof textiles.”

Most brand makers todayrealise that the consumers’approach is that when they actu-ally come across their own pre-ferred and quality-like product,they are ready to splurge on it.Gaurav Jai Gupta, textile andfashion designer, talked abouthow a change in the outlook ofdesign has transformed the def-inition of luxury. “Earlier, it wasonly about Western fashion indesign schools. Today, it hasbecome more about finding anIndianness to the designs andgiving them an aesthetic touch.We just need to hear our ownvoice,” he said.

Well, for UK-based celebri-ty hairstylist Dar, luxury is “tolook good everyday of your life.And this is very much evidentwhen people fly to London forhaircuts.”

Akcelina Cvijetic, England-based wellness expert, said thatgood health is the only luxuryone should have. “When yourouter world seems less chaotic,

you live a luxurious and health-ier lifestyle. Today, we have for-gotten the art of what it means tobe a human being. Stress andanxiety have become our great-est friends. Hence, I would liketo point out that mindfulness isimportant rather than becomingmanic,” she said and demonstrat-ed it by saying one thing — ‘Ihave to do this work’ — in twodifferent tones — one, hurried-ly with anxiety and tension andtwo, in a slower pace with a bitmore satisfaction and calmnessin her voice. She showcased thedifference between working withanxiety and working with a calmand peaceful mind which impactour level of productivity. Pointingtowards morning hours, she saidthat they are a golden period forhuman beings and could be oneof the greatest lux-ury anyone canafford.

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At the secondsession, panellistsdiscussed why arewe as a nationpresenting to theworld throughour culturaltourism, thecharm of localc o m mu n i t i e s ,traditions, folk-lore, arts, spacesand our values.

Speaking atthe session,VijaiVardhan, addi-tional chief secre-tary, Departmentof Tourism,Government ofHaryana, point-ed towards howtourism is yetanother factor thatdetermines the quali-ty of luxury that we, asa country, can offer. “I was sur-

prised to see a huge man-madepond in Kurukshetra, which isknown as the Brahmasarovar —unknown and undiscovered. It isa huge area where many saintsand sages from various parts ofthe country come and live. Youwill be surprised to know howthese people, who do not comefrom the upper echeleons ofsociety, reside there for days andmonths. They never live in anyhotels or resorts, but prefer theashrams where they prepare theirown food and survive on theirown,” he said and added that afew kilometres near Kurukshetra,there is also the Geeta UpdeshSthal, where Lord Krishna gavethe sermon in Mahabharata.“Even that has never been pro-moted as a tourist destination.There is a light and music showthat takes place at the sight,depicting an episode from theepic too,” said he as he pointedout a few other monuments andheritage sites in the state whichhave not yet been completelyexplored.

So now the challenge for theHaryana Government, Vardhanpointed out, was about how topromote such spots, makingthem a brand and opening for thepeople.

Lal Tyabji added that today,people no longer want to look atdead monuments, the walls ofwhich are stained with people’snames or paan splotches. “Theywant to see the live country andthat is where the tangity of artsand craft comes in.Encouraging them to look atsuch monuments is itself mak-ing them in the light of luxu-ry. Tourism could be onething that can make theBrand India big,” she said andadded that luxury is nolonger the preserve of theroyals but have much moreto it today, when even theusual public can have it.

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National Award-winning actress and film-maker Konkona Sen Sharma says she

loves to watch and share films at film festi-vals because she feels the audience compris-es pure movie-lovers and she belongs to that“film-watching” community.

Konkona was present at Jio MAMI 21stMumbai Film Festival with Star, whereSeema Pahwa’s directorial debut RamprasadKi Tehrvi, which features her, was screened.

“I have been attending MAMI from evenbefore I shifted base to Mumbai. I was soyoung then, I would come here with friends,sit in a bus and run around to watch filmsfrom one venue to another. I love film festi-vals because I feel that I belong to the film-watching community. These people, stand-ing in long queues and watching films oneafter another, are the true film-lovers,”Konkona said.

She added, “They do not care aboutbox-office numbers and other commer-cial aspects. What matters to them is thestory and other creative aspects of a film.So whenever I attend any film festival, Ifeel the vibe of a community that lovesfilm for film. That is how even I start-ed loving films. I just hope that theyoungsters are getting the opportu-nity to watch world cinema throughthe film festival,” said the actress.

Konkona apart, Ramprasad KiTehrvi, features Naseeruddin Shah,Vinay Pathak, Supriya Pathak andVineet Kumar.

The film screened at Jio MAMIunder the Spotlight section, and thecast and crew got a chance towatch it along with the audience.Konkona said the audience madethe film special.

“I watched the film with theaudience for the first time and it wasso exciting to see their reaction.They laughed and sniffed, reactingto specific scenes and it was fun.Also this is an audience of true film-lover. They are here to watch thefilm because they are movie buffs,”said Konkona.

Sharing her experience ofworking with veteran actress-turned-director Pahwa,Konkona said: “Seema ji is abrilliant and experienced sto-ryteller, so all the actors felt weare in good hands. The filmhas all the great actors of the

business, and I was initially intimidated. Iwanted to run away seeing such brilliant tal-ents! But then Ma (her mother is the iconicactress-filmmaker Aparna Sen) said that youcannot just stick to your comfort zone. Youhave to push yourself to grow as a performer.So, I finally started shooting and that tensiongot eased.”

“I have always carry some nervous ener-gy at the beginning of my projects, whetherit has been a new film or my directorialdebut,” shared the actress who has appearedin films such as Mr and Mrs Iyer, Page 3,Omkara, Luck By Chance, and Wake Up Sid.

Konkona recently travelled to BusanInternational Film Festival with AlankritaShrivastava’s forthcoming film Dolly Kitty AurWoh Chamakte Sitare, and has lately alsoworked with celebrated female filmmakers

such as Meghna Gulzar, AlankritaShrivastava, and Tanuja Chandra infilms such as Talvar, Lipstick UnderMy Burkha and A Monsoon Daterespectively.

“Over the last few years, I haveonly been working with female

filmmakers and I can say that isa positive change. When we

went to Busan and the screen-ing of Dolly Kitty Aur WohChamakte Sitare took place,we were quite surprised tosee how the Korean audi-ence was relating to a storythat is set in India. Duringthe interactive session,they were also askingpointed questions andthat made us understandthat the audience wasfeeling connected withthe story.”

Dolly Kitty Aur WohChamakte Sitare featuresKonkona with BhumiPednekar, and is set in

Delhi. “I think there is acommonality among

women worldwide. Whether theyare rich or poor, married or unmar-ried, or they come from a rich coun-try, the lives of women are all thesame. They have a common thread,something that is relatable. I believeour film got appreciation at film fes-tivals because of that,” said theactress.

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There is a saying in Arabic whichmeans ‘The one who has health,

has hope. And the one who hashope, has everything’. To save theworld, we need to save humans andto save humans, we need to takecare of their health. In this way, theconcern for protecting humanhealth is the concern to save theworld.

The question is how are we ful-filling our responsibilities towardsprotecting human health.According to World HealthOrganisation's report, situation inmany nations of the world isextremely shocking. One of themajor threats that the world hasbeen facing is of malnutrition.According to United Nations, everyyear in India, nearly 10 lakh chil-dren below the age of five years diebecause of it.

Each state of India has formu-lated its own strategy to deal withhealth-related challenges, especial-ly malnutrition eradication. Theenormity of this challenge inChhattisgarh is way more as com-pared to the other states. OnNovember 1, Chhattisgarh would

complete 20 years of formation.Around 43 per cent of the land wascovered in forest while naxalismposed as a major challenge. Tilldate, major chunk of the populationliving in remote areas of the statedo not have access to the basic facil-ities. This is the reason why mal-nutrition took a monstrous shapein the state.

Approximately 41.50 per centof the girls and women of age 15 to45 years are anemic. It is evidentthat most of these people belong totribal communities and BPL cate-gory. If we recall the quote — ‘mal-

nutrition is a kind of epidemic’, wecan fathom the seriousness of thesituation. State Government hasmarked the indicators of health-related challenges in Chhattisgarhand has started implementing thestrategic action plan. Initial resultsof this action plan has turned outto be extremely promising. Newgovernment of the state has taken‘Gadhbo Naya Chhattisgarh’ as itsmotto, which means — ‘we will cre-ate new Chhattisgarh’. All kinds ofmeasures are being taken to achievethe goal of providing basic facilitiesto even the remotest area.

With the aim of makingChhattisgarh malnutrition-free,Chief Minister, Bhupesh Baghel, onthe occasion of 150th anniversaryof Mahatma Gandhi ji, launchedfive new schemes simultaneously,which includes four schemesdirectly related to nutrition andhealth. New government hasrevised the previously existing PDSsystem and transformed it intoUniversal PDS-APL System. Underthe new system, every section of thesociety will be provided nutritiousfood.

Every basic facility, lack ofwhich has been included in the listof major threats by WHO, is beingprovided effectively by the govern-ment under Chief Minister Haat-Bazaar Clinic Scheme and ChiefMinister Urban Slum HealthScheme, thus minimising thethreat. Objective of the former is toprovide health facilities to even thelast person living in remote area,especially tribal regions of thestate. Under this scheme, govern-ment mobile clinic facility is pro-vided in weekly haat-bazaars,wherein check-up, treatment andmedicines along with regular healthservices are provided. Before the

launch of this scheme at state-level,it was started as a pilot project intribal areas.

Despite the sufficient avail-ability of government and privatehospitals, ultramodern equipment,buildings, qualified doctors andtrained health workers in the state,a major part of Chhattisgarh hasbeen waiting for the ray of hope forgood health. And this is the part,where soul of the state resides.Finally the time has come, when thesoul of the state will be illuminat-ed.

(The author is IAS commissioner, Public Relations,Chhattisgarh.)

The Frankfurt Book Fair came to anend on October 20. It saw partic-

ipation of nearly 7,500 exhibitorsfrom 109 countries. Norway was theGuest of Honour country this year.

National Book Trust of India,which has been participating since1970 and has the rare distinction ofpresenting India as the Guest ofHonour country at the fair twice (in1986 and 2006), had a very rich andengaging participation this year too.

NBT, India had put up a collec-tive exhibit of more than 200 titles of32 Indian publishers and also hadVigyan Prasar as co-exhibitor. Thebooks of the collective exhibit weredonated to the library of the Consulate

General of India, Frankfurt for furtheruse for the local readers.

The NBT, India delegation hadmeetings and interactions with near-ly 45 delegates representing 25 coun-tries including Chief ExecutiveOfficers, Managing Directors andother senior professionals from pub-lishing houses, International BookFair Authorities, International BookTrade Journals, Rights Agencies,International Book Distributors.

The three-member delegationfrom NBT, India led by its Chairman,professor Govind Prasad Sharma,included Kumar Vikram, Editor andProject Head, and Mayank Surolia,Deputy Director.

Ever y year All IndiaConference of Intellectuals

(AICOI) recognises the ser-vices of imminent and illustri-ous Indians who have made sig-nificant contribution towardsmankind following the princi-ples of humanism, national-ism, peace and by setting highethical standard in their chosenfields.

In this context, the execu-tive committee of AICOI hasunanimously chosen CA Shweta

Pathak, vice chairperson, ICAI,for the prestigious and covetedDelhi Ratan Award for her out-standing contribution as womenempowerment/social activist,in an award ceremony during40th AICOI Annual Conferenceon Sunday at India InternationalCentre (IIC).

The conference will beattended by a large number ofeminent diplomats, dignitaries,bureaucrats, journalists andinvitees from pan India.

AICOI, extends a warmwelcome for her participationand congratulated her for heroutstanding achievements inher chosen field.

The organisation is in exis-tence for last four decades. It isa non-governmental organisa-tions committed to promotenationalism, humanism, peaceand brotherhood without anydistinction of caste, creed,colour, gender or religiousbelief.

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Jamaica offers scenic beauty, gracioushospitality and excellent infrastructure asthe destination opens its arms for Indianweddings looking for exotic destinations.Jamaica Tourist Board is committed to sup-port and facilitate Indian weddings.

�How are you encouraging Jamaica as awedding destination?

Jamaica has won The World TravelAwards’ designation as The World’s LeadingWedding Destination in 2014, 2016 and2017, and the country consistently ranksat the top in wedding and honeymoon des-tination. Jamaica’s landscape provides theideal backdrop for couples and newlywedslooking to create romantic memories.With its jagged coastline of thick foliagethat opens to breath-taking waterfalls andidyllic secluded beaches, the destinationoozes romance. With many flights tochoose from, it is easy to get to Jamaica.Gather your friends and family in Jamaicato make a joyful noise as you solidify yourunion with your loved one. Tying the knotwith your partner is one of the most excit-ing adventures of your life. Let us help makethis happy time your fondest memory.

�What are the different kinds of settingson offer for holding a wedding?

With its many years as world’s top des-tinations for romance, every facet ofJamaica’s tourism infrastructure is experi-enced in satisfying the needs of couples (forweddings, honeymoon and romantic vaca-tion). Blessed with year-round moderatetemperatures, Jamaica’s hotels, resorts, vil-las and guest house, match the needs ofevery couple, and their guests. There arewedding planners who take care of everydetail and offer packages that range from,free for the basic arrangements to as elab-orate and luxurious as the couple’s dream.Couples can marry after 24 hours afterarriving in Jamaica, providing prior appli-

cation has been made and approved, for amarriage license to the Ministry of Justice.

�What are the special activities inJamaica that make it an ideal destinationfor honeymoon?

Paint your picture of romance inJamaica. While on their honeymoon toJamaica, couples can choose from diverseJamaican experiences for a perfect roman-tic retreat. Nature adventures are amongJamaica’s top attractions, couples can takea guided hike or serene raft ride to viewspectacular settings of natural beauty,including cascading waterfalls.

A relaxing river ride on Martha BraeRiver (Montego Bay), allows couples to sitback and enjoy the sight and sounds ofchirping birds, leaves rustling in the windand cascading waterfalls as they relax ona three-mile bamboo raft ride, driftingalong this serene tree-lined stretch ofwater, piloted by a raft captain.

Romantic dinner for two: perched onvolcanic cliffs above the blue waters ofPristine Cove, makes the couples enjoypanoramic views, soothing cool breezes,

majestic sunsets and new Caribbean cui-sine at Rockhouse restaurant (Negril).

Open air pampering: Enjoy a couple’smassage, along with the warm Caribbeanbreeze, the sight of blue skies and the soundof waves caressing the shore.

Nature Adventures: Take a guided hikeup Reach Falls (Port Antonio) for a blendof adrenaline rush and gorgeous setting —the lush green scenery of Montane Forest,a waterfall cascading down a rock face intoa refreshing emerald river pool. A trip intothe Blue Mountains (Kingston) reveals lush,

mist-filled hills creating a dreamy andmajestic ambience.

Getaway Sail: Take a one-mile voyageto the one-of-a-kind Pelican Bar made ofpalm branches set in crystal clear watersnear Treasure Beach on the shores ofJamaica.

Rainforest Adventure: Fly throughthe air, zipping through tropical rainforests at Mystic Mountain. Cool offtogether with a slide into the pool withviews of Ocho Rios and the Caribbean Seabelow.

Sunset Catamaran Ride: Take a roman-tic sunset cruise, sip rum punch as the sunmakes it way colourful towards the hori-zon.

Get into the Rhythm of Jamaica: Enjoylive music on Negril’s Seven Mile Beach andWest End. Monday and Saturday nightsheat up with live reggae show at BourbonBeach.

With all the above and much more,make your adventure truly memorable bysharing it with your better half. Nothingmakes the bond of love stronger than a tan-

dem kayak down the river or a horse ridethrough the mountains. In Jamaica, we spe-cialise in turning big dreams into roman-tic realities.

�In between the wedding functions,what are some of the more interestingplaces that the tourists can visit or activ-ities that they can engage in?

A temperate year-round climate,adventure-packed activities, swoon-worthyscenery, rich culture, and a romanticrhythm. Jamaica specialises in wide rangeof experiences to please the couple andguests of every age. They can kickstart theadventures at Blue Lagoon or discover theamazing treasures of Dunn’s River Falls,climb the tropical forest till the peak ofMystic Mountain or explore Jamaica’sinnerworld at Green Grotto Caves. What’smore? They would love to sail up the coast-line or snorkel over the Caribbean reef atMontego Bay Marine Park. The surrealbeauty of Glistening Waters’ LuminousLagoon, a naturally glowing night-timeattraction, is sure to awestruck the guestswith illuminated memories of experienc-ing a wedding in Jamaica while enjoyingthese rich tastes amidst the rustic elegantatmosphere and unique cultural reggaevibe.

�Are there any special hotels which areideal for honeymooners?

This Caribbean island, with countlessintimate settings, is for the couples whodream of enchanting island with sultry sun-sets, magical moonlit nights and lazymornings. It has the best five-star hotels,luxury beach resorts and charming bou-tiques at exotic locales. Round Hill Hoteland Villas, The Caves, Sandals RoyalPlantation, Iberostar Grand Hotel Rose Hall,Sandals Montego Bay, Hotel Riu Palace, aresome of the best all-inclusive resorts inJamaica. If you are looking for a place oflove, happiness, and adventure, then Jamaicashould be your next destination.

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Raheem Sterling and KylianMbappe both scored sec-ond-half hat-tricks in

UEFA Champions Leagueaction on Tuesday asManchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and TottenhamHotspur all recorded big victo-ries.

Bayern Munich alsolaboured to win in five-goalthriller on a night which brought30 goals in eight games, a thirdof which were scored by PremierLeague clubs.

Sterling’s three goals came11 minutes apart in the secondhalf as Pep Guardiola’s Citythumped Atalanta 5-1 at theEtihad Stadium to maintaintheir perfect record in Group C.

The Italians had earliertaken the lead from RuslanMalinovskyi’s 28th-minutepenalty, but they were soonoverrun and remain without apoint in their debut campaign.

Sergio Aguero equalisedfrom a Sterling assist and theArgentine scored a penalty toput City ahead before the break.Sterling then took over, althoughCity finished with 10 men asPhil Foden was sent off late on.

“I should have had four.Riyad Mahrez put me throughand I was looking to put one ona plate for him. But I wentthrough and should have fin-ished it,” Sterling admitted to BTSport.

City’s will seal a place in thelast 16 if they win away toAtalanta next, as nearest rivalsShakhtar Donetsk and DinamoZagreb played out a 2-2 draw inUkraine earlier.

Yevhen Konoplyanka andBrazilian substitute Dodo nettedfor Shakhtar, with Dinamo’sgoals coming in between fromDani Olmo and a Mislav Orsicpenalty.

Compared to Sterling,Mbappe took a sluggish 22minutes to score his three goalsin PSG’s 5-0 romp away to for-mer European Cup runners-upClub Brugge in Belgium inGroup A.

Mauro Icardi scored twicefor the French champions, whowere without the injuredNeymar but had Angel Di Mariain exceptional form — theArgentine set up four goals.

According to sports statisti-cians Opta, the last player tocome off the bench and score ahat-trick in the ChampionsLeague was Spaniard JosebaLlorente for Villarreal in2008.

“I wanted to start andI thought I was going tostart, but the coach madehis choice and I had toaccept it. I alsowanted to show thatit’s difficult to get bywithout me,” Mbappe toldFrench broadcaster RMC Sport.

PSG have a maximum ninepoints, are yet to concede a goalin Europe this season and will bethrough to the last 16 with a winat home to Club next month.

RED STAR THRASHINGMeanwhile, there was a

welcome win for MauricioPochettino’s Tottenham, who

crushed Red StarBelgrade 5-0 innorth London, threeweeks on from their 7-2 humiliation at thehands of Bayern

Munich at the samevenue.

Captain HarryKane scored twice

for Spurs eitherside of a SonH e u n g - m i n

brace and an ErikLamela goal as they movedup to second place in Group Bon four points.

“We know we have had atough run of results and thatwas the perfect way torespond,” said Kane.

LEWANDOWSKI AGAINThey remain five points

behind group leaders BayernMunich, for whom Robert

Lewandowski bagged two ina 3-2 win at Olympiakosthat maintained their per-fect record.

The Pole has 18goals this season and 58career ChampionsLeague goals — onlyCristiano Ronaldo,Lionel Messi, Rauland Karim Benzemahave more.

Youssef ElArabi gaveOlympiakos thelead, butLewandowski’sbrace either sideof half-timechanged thegame andC o r e n t i nTolisso fired ina magnificentthird before

G u i l h e r m epulled one back.

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Real Madrid came away fromIstanbul with three crucial

Champions League points onTuesday with a 1-0 away win atGalatasaray thanks to a first-halfToni Kroos goal and EdenHazard’s threatening creativity.

Pressure on coach ZinedineZidane will be alleviated afterMadrid had been beaten intheir first European game byPSG, before they had to fightback from 2-0 down at home toClub Brugge to snatch a pointin their second match of thecampaign.

The thirteen-timesEuropean champions arrived inIstanbul needing a win againstmotivated opponents backed bypassionate and noisy support-ers.

Zidane said on Monday hewas ‘bothered’ by rumours ofhis imminent replacement inthe Madrid hot-seat, and hepaced the touchline with ahaunted look at times in theTurkish capital.

Belgian star Hazard shoneand it was a clever cut-backfrom him that provided Kroos

with a shot on goal, and hissnap-shot was deflected pastgoalkeeper Fernando Muslera,who kept the visitors at bay forthe rest of the proceedings.

Karim Benzema was alsobusy but curled two shots widewhen he might have done bet-ter.

Captain Sergio Ramos wascolossal at the heart of the Real

defence with an ever presentcontribution despite his everytouch being roundly booed.

Behind him Belgium ‘keep-er Thibaut Courtois kept acool head when stopping sev-eral Turkish attempts on hisgoal notably with efforts fromFlorin Andone and YounesBelhanda.

Hazard hit the crossbarafter cutting round Musleralate on and was swiftly subbedby Zidane.

Madrid now has four pointsin three games while Bruggehave two and Galatasaray oneafter three games.

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Maurizio Sarri praisedJuventus for not losing

their heads as Paulo Dybala’squick-fire second-half doublerescued a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Lokomotiv Moscowin their Group D clash in Turinon Tuesday.

The Italian champions hadtrailed the Russians with 13 min-utes to go in the Allianz Stadiumafter Aleksei Miranchuk had putthe visitors ahead after half anhour.

But Dybala pulled the hostslevel on 77 minutes and addeda second two minutes later tokeep Juventus on course inGroup D with seven pointsafter three games.

Sarri’s side had drawn withAtletico Madrid and beatenBayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the lasttwo games.

Atletico also have sevenpoints, after beating Leverkusen1-0 in Spain on Tuesday, withLokomotiv third with threepoints.

“It wasn’t an exceptionalday, we play every three days, soa less brilliant day,”said formerChelsea boss Sarri.

Cristiano Ronaldo missedthe chance for another record ofscoring against a 34th differentChampions League club.

“I’m very happy, Ireally needed two goalslike this,” said Dybala.

“It was a difficultgame but tonight youcould really see the levelof experience of our

team. We alwaysremained calm untilwe finally scored.”

The Argentine wassubstituted after hisdouble to an ovationfrom the home crowd.

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Defending champions RiverPlate booked a place in the

final of the Copa Libertadoreson Tuesday despite losing atense semi-final to rivals BocaJuniors at a packed Bombonerain Buenos Aires.

A goal from 19-year-oldVenezuelan forward JanHurtado 10 minutes from full-time set up a frantic finale butRiver held on to go through 2-1 on aggregate.

The “Millionaires” will playthe winners of all-Brazilianclash between Flamengo andGremio in the final in Santiagonext month.

Urged on by 50,000 fans,Boca failed to get revenge in arepeat of last year’s final, thesecond leg of which was played10,000 kilometers away inMadrid — and two weeksbehind schedule — after theoriginal match was twice post-poned.

The tone was set for ascrappy encounter when thekick-off was held up by 15minutes to allow groundsmenusing leaf-blowers to clear thepitch of thousands of papersheets released like ticker tapeby the fans.

When the match did even-tually get underway, it was pre-dictably breathless as Boca —two goals down from the firstleg — desperately sought anearly breakthrough.

But with Ramon Abila toooften an isolated figure upfront, Boca struggled for anyfluidity, and River’s center-halves Lucas Quarta and JavierPinola cleared everything thatcame their way.

Boca’s Toto Salvio sweptthe ball into the net after 20minutes but celebrations were

cut short when it was rightlydisallowed for a clear handballwithout the ref needing a VARcheck.

The ball struck defenderEmmanuel Mas on the arm ashe collided with teammateAugustin Almendra whenflicking on Alexis Mac Allister'sdeep free kick.

River played the morecomposed football as the halfwore on and the nearest Bocacame to threatening FrancoArmani’s goal was a slicedclearance by Enzo Perez thatdrew a point-blank reflex savefrom the Argentina goalkeep-er just before half-time.

Boca were better in thesecond half but still struggledfor composure.

Still, substitute LucasPratto could have sealed it forRiver but the striker opted topass instead of shoot when heburst through on goal towardsthe end.

Former ManchesterUnited and Juventus center-forward Carlos Tevez — a subin the first game — playedfrom the start here but failed tocreate enough chances.

“We left everything on thepitch. There’s nothing more wecould do,” Tevez said after thegame.

The goal, when it came,was suitably scrappy. MauroZarate hoisted a free kick intothe box, Lisandro Lopez wona header and with Armanistranded, Hurtado got the lasttouch as three Boca playersscrambled for the loose ball.

FRANTIC FINALEIt set up a frantic finish, as

Boca peppered River’s boxwith crosses. SubstituteSebastian Villa had a shotsaved by Armani at his near

post, and Mas rose highest tohead a free-kick narrowly wideof Armani’s right-hand post atthe end of six minutes ofinjury time.

Brazilian referee WiltonSampaio handed out eight yel-low cards in a niggly matchwhere chances were few andfar between.

“At times, when you can’tplay, you have to fight,” saidRiver's Pinola, admitting histeam lacked the spark theyshowed in the first leg.

Flamengo play Gremio inthe other semi-final at Rio deJaneiro’s Maracana Stadiumon Wednesday, with the matchpoised at 1-1.

It was a satisfying night forRiver Plate manager MarceloGallardo, who mastermindedlast year’s 3-1 final victory overBoca after weeks of controver-sy.

“There were a lot of stop-pages. There were adverseconditions for us. We knowhow to suffer and today wesuffered. We had to fight. Wemade the difference in the firstleg,” Gallardo said after thegame.

River ran out comfortable2-0 winners at theMonumental in the first leg,thanks to goals from RafaelBorre and Nacho Fernandez.

Boca’s players had refusedto play the second match oflast year’s two-legged finalafter their team bus cameunder attack from home fansat River.

Boca appealed to SouthAmerica’s football governingbody CONMEBOL and theCourt of Arbitration for Sportto have the trophy awarded tothem, but both bids failedand they were beaten inMadrid.

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The rearranged Clasico between Barcelona andReal Madrid will be played on December 18

despite opposition from La Liga, the SpanishFootball Federation (RFEF) confirmed onWednesday.

Spain's most prestigious fixture, which wasdue to take place at Camp Nou on Saturday, waspostponed last week because of violent pro-inde-pendence protests in Catalonia.

La Liga had proposed December 4 or 7 andhave said they are considering an appeal. “Theleague does not agree with the decision,” La Ligasaid in a statement.

“It is studying the documentation to decidewhether to appeal, against whom and before whatbodies.”

An earlier statement from the RFEF read:“The decision of the Competition Committee hastaken place after analysing in recent days the pro-posals of both clubs, who were invited to agree a

date and decided on December 18.“It has also analysed a report from the RFEF

Competitions Area as well as numerous reportssubmitted by La Liga, which are not binding.

“At today’s meeting, the Committee alsoanalysed the latest reports from both clubs, whomaintain their initial proposal to play the matchon 18 December.”

It means Barcelona, who wanted the matchto go ahead as originally planned this weekend,will face a testing few weeks before Christmas.

In December, they are already scheduled toplay away at Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan in theChampions League and Real Sociedad, who sitfourth in La Liga.

Real Madrid will play away at Club Bruggein the Champions League and then Valencia, justbefore travelling to Barca.

But both clubs swiftly settled on Wednesday,December 18 last week, hours after being instruct-ed to agree a new date by the RFEF.

La Liga, who originally proposed the post-ponement, disagreed, claiming December 18would clash with fixtures in the Copa del Rey andharm the economic interests of the clubs involved.

COMMON SENSE“The decision to change the date of the most

important La Liga match cannot be left to the deci-sion of the two participating clubs,” La Liga saidon Friday, adding that they have a responsibilityto “maximise income” from television rights.

La Liga initially suggested swapping the twoClasicos, with the first one being played at theSantiago Bernabeu in Madrid, and then proposedthe weekend of December 7, when Barcelona andMadrid already have fixtures.

Their last proposal was Wednesday, December4, which comes just after Barca play away atAtletico Madrid.

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said onTuesday he hoped the two clubs would not bedrawn into a political "war" between La Liga andthe RFEF, who have clashed on various issues inrecent years.

“I would like common sense to prevail,”Valverde said “I would like there to be a date set-tled and for the internal wars between La Liga andthe RFEF not to involve us.”

Barcelona, who visit Slavia Prague in theChampions League, moved top of La Liga lastweekend, one point ahead of Real Madrid.

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The new 2024 Olympicslogo is supposed to evoke

French history but has insteadearned ridicule online for itsapparent resemblance to astereotypical Parisian woman.

Unveiled on Monday, thedesign incorporates the artdeco style in vogue the lasttime Paris hosted the Gamesin 1924, depicting an Olympicflame within a Gold medal.

It also incorporates thelips and outline of Marianne,the personification of libertyand the French Republic sincethe revolution of 1789 — anaddition that some mockedfor adding an unnecessarilyseductive character to themotif.

“The French Olympiclogo tumbles out of bed on aParisian morning,” wroteParis-based journalist MeganClement on Twitter.

“She tousles her messybob, dons breton stripes andballet flats and whisks downthe stairs from her fifth-floorapartment to grab a baguettebefore enigmatically textingtwo men who are pursuingher romantically.

“(She) has an expressoand a cigarette for lunch. Shehops on a vintage bicycle andpedals past the Eiffel Tower onher way to a cafe where shewill sit and read Baudelairewith her fluffy white dog at herfeet.”

Others compared theflame motif to the logo of dat-ing app Tinder and suggestedthe silhouette of Mariannebrought to mind the retrohairstyle made popular byJennifer Aniston in theAmerican sitcom “Friends”.

“The artist’s muse, thepoet’s dream, and the girlyour mother warned youabout. She’s fashionably late foreverything. She’ll make outwith your husband at a partyand then wonder why you’remad,” said one Twitter user.

“I want to follow theFrench Olympic logo onInstagram,” wrote another.

Parisians got their firstglimpse of the new logo whenit was unveiled at the Frenchcapital’s famous Grand Rexcinema on Monday.

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India’s Kidambi Srikanth andParupalli Kashyap were both

ousted in the opening round ofthe men’s singles event at theFrench Open here onWednesday.

While Srikanth fought hardfor 55 minutes against secondseed Chou Tien Chen ofChinese Taipei before losing15-21, 21-7, 21-14, Kashyapwas no match for Hong Kong’sNg Ka Long Angus, losing 11-21, 9-21. Another Indian maleshuttler Sameer Verma to suf-fered the same fate as he lost 22-

20, 18-21, 18-21 to Japan’s KentaNishimoto in the first round.

Shubhanker Dey now

remains the lone Indian in themen's singles contest, havingprogressed to the second round

where he will be up againstShesar Hiren Rhustavito ofIndonesia.

India’s challenge, however,came to an end in the openinground of the mixed doublesevent with the ouster of the pairsof Satwiksairaj Rankireddy andAshwini Ponnappa and PranaavJerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy.

While Rankireddy andPonappa lost 17-21, 18-21against fourth seed Seo SeungJae and Chae Yujung of Korea,Chopra and Reddy combinationwas shown the door byEngland's Chris Adcock andGabriellle Adcock 13-21, 18-21.

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Clad in his captain’s navy blue blaz-er, Sourav Ganguly on Wednesdaypromised a “corruption-free, same-

for-all BCCI”, a philosophy that, he said,guided his tenure as India skipper from2000 to 2005.

Elected unopposed to the top positionin the world’s richest cricket Board, thebespectacled 47-year-old also gave enoughindications that he would run the show theway he wants and is unlikely to be influ-enced.

“I will do it the way I know, I will doit the way which I feel is best for the BCCIwith no compromise on credibility.Corruption-free and same for all BCCI.That’s the way I led India and that’s the wayI will take this organisation forward,” saidthe man with more than 18,000 interna-tional runs under his belt.

Hard to miss at his maiden press inter-action after taking charge was the Indiablazer that he was wearing.

“I got it when I was captain of Indiabut I did not realise that it is so loose. But

I decided I will wear it,” he said as scribeschuckled.

He will be at the helm for nine monthsbecause the Supreme Court-mandatedreforms require a cooling off period aftera six-year run as an office-bearer. Gangulyhas already been Cricket Association ofBengal Secretary and President.

Ganguly couldn’t help but recall thetime he took over as team captain.

The sport’s integrity was in tatters thatyear after the 2000 match-fixing scandaland Ganguly was handed the responsibil-ity of resurrecting it.

Resurrection is once again what isrequired after three years of administra-tive limbo, incidentally also caused by cor-ruption — the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scan-dal.

Ironically, Mohammed Azharuddinwas at the centre of the 2000 scandal andwill now be his Board colleague asHyderabad Cricket Association President.The two former teammates hugged eachother after Wednesday’s meeting.

“Coincidentally, fortunately or unfor-tunately, there was a similar situation when

I took over as captain and captained Indiafor six years,” Ganguly said referring to,what are widely considered, the dark daysof Indian cricket.

“It’s a similar sort of a situationwhere things need to be brought back toplace, reforms need to be done, hugeamount of money to be paid to state asso-ciations so it’s a lot of work,” he added.

Laying down his immediate priorities,Ganguly said a call to current skipper ViratKohli is in order.

“Virat Kohli is the most importantman in Indian cricket, we will listen tohim. I will speak to Virat Kohli tomorrow,we will support him in every possible way,whatever he wants,” he said.

“We are here to work for Indian crick-et. We will do that to the best of our abil-ity,” he added.

He reiterated his commitment toimproving the domestic cricket structure.

“The structures are there, the tourna-ments are there. In the last three years thematches have doubled actually. When Iplayed for Bengal and some of my col-leagues played for the other states therewere about 1000 games to be played at.Now there are 2000 games between statesand the affiliates.

“So we have to account for it. We haveto make sure the best tournament in thecountry is competitive, and it remainsimportant to everyone now because that’swhere you get the Kohli’s and MS Dhoni’s,Ajinkya Rahane’s and Rohit Sharma’s ofIndian cricket,” he said.

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BCCI President Sourav Ganguly onWednesday called Virat Kohli “the

most important man in Indian cricket”and promised the captain all possible sup-port to make his life “easier and not dif-ficult”.

After taking charge as the BCCI boss,Ganguly said he will be speaking to theIndian skipper on Thursday to discuss theway forward.

“I will speak to him tomorrow(Thursday). He is the most importantman in Indian cricket as captain of India.I look it at that way. So we will have aword with him and as I said we will sup-port him in every possible way, he wantsto make this team the best in the world.It has been a great team to be honest with

the way they have played in the last threeto four years,” said Ganguly.

Ganguly said he will also sit with theteam management which also includeshead coach Ravi Shastri.

“It will be a proper discussion andeverything will be mutually discussed butbe rest assured, we are here to make theirlife easier, not make their life difficult.Everything is on the basis of perfor-mance,” the BCCI president was clear.

“Performance is the most importantthing and will decide the future ofIndian cricket. Virat is the most impor-tant man in the entire context. We willsupport him, we will listen to him. I havebeen a captain myself so I understand.Mutual respect will be there, opinions anddiscussions will be there and we will dowhat is best for the game.”

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Former India captain SouravGanguly on Wednesday took

charge as the BCCI president, easilythe most high-profile name to head theworld’s richest cricket board that hasbeen mired in administrative turmoilfor the past three years. The 47-year-old Ganguly was officially entrustedwith the task of heading Indian crick-et for the next nine months at theBCCI’s General Body meeting here,ending a controversial 33-month reignof the Supreme Court-appointedCommittee of Administrators (CoA).

His appointment as the BCCI’s39th President was finalised last week.He succeeds C K Khanna, who was theinterim head of the Board since 2017.

“It’s an honour that I have beenasked to take this role. It’s a new startfor the BCCI,” said Ganguly, clad in hisIndia blazer which was given to himduring the time he served as India cap-tain.

“I find myself in a position whereI can make a change and it’s a chal-lenge,” he added.

In the meeting that was also areunion of sorts for some of thefamiliar faces associated with theboard before the CoA’s institution,Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s sonJay Shah was made the secretary.

During his tenure, Ganguly willlook to coordinate with old guard suchas former President N Srinivasan andex-Secretary Niranjan Shah, whosechildren are now part of the BCCI.

Mahim Verma of Uttarakhandbecame the new vice-president.

Former BCCI president and cur-rent junior finance minster AnuragThakur’s younger brother ArunDhumal became the treasurer whileKerala’s Jayesh George took the jointsecretary’s position.

“It’s a very young group. We willhave to do a lot of hard work to under-stand what’s been going on. Therehave been no AGMs, no workingcommittees in the last three years, sowe have no idea how it has been done.We will take note of everything,”Ganguly said.

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Rohit Sharma has become thethird India batsman to reach

the top 10 of ICC rankings in allthree formats after a memorableseries against South Africa inwhich he donned the new role ofTest opener.

Rohit emulated captain ViratKohli and retired opener GautamGambhir as his knock of 212 inthe third Test in Ranchi helpedhim advance 12 places to 10thposition in the ICC Test PlayerRankings.

Ajinkya Rahane’s knock of116 in Ranchi has helped himequal his career-high rank offifth place, achieved earlier inNovember 2016. He remains thethird-best Indian batsman interms of Test rankings after Kohliand Cheteshwar Pujara.

With Mayanka Agarwal in

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India skipper Virat Kohli’s work-load could be a topic of discussion

while Rishabh Pant could have pro-lific Sanju Samson for cover duringthree T20s when the selection com-mittee picks the squad for theupcoming series against Bangladeshhere today.

Kohli has featured in 48 out ofthe 56 games India have playedacross formats since October 2018.However, the selection committeewill leave it on Kohli to decidewhether he needs a break or contin-ue playing.

There is expected to be seriousdiscussions about rookie Mumbaiall-rounder Shivam Dube, whomight replace an injured HardikPandya for the all-rounder’s slot, pri-marily based on his big-hittingprowess.

Apart from the three-match T20series which starts in New Delhi on

November 3, followed by matches atRajkot and Nagpur, Bangladesh willalso play two Tests as a part of theWorld Championship in Indore andKolkata.

Samson, who recently hit a dou-ble hundred for Kerala in the VijayHazare Trophy, is expected to comein but only as second option to Pantfor the time being.

“There is no harm if bothRishabh and Sanju are there in theteam. They have played together inIPL also. Rishabh has had limitedsuccess in shorter formats but he isa long-term investment and weneed to persist with him,” a BCCIofficial privy to developments inselection committee said.

“At the same time, Sanju is aplayer with game-changing abilities.Keeping World T20 in mind, theteam management needs to checkother options also as everyone knowsthat it’s time to look beyondMahendra Singh Dhoni,” the sourceadded.

With Kohli not there in thesquad, Samson is being seen as aback-up batsman but it will be inter-esting to see if Manish Pandeyretains his place in the squad thatplayed against South Africa.

Mumbai all-rounder Dube hasnow pipped Vijay Shankar as the sec-ond choice all-rounder in the short-est format, based on big-hittingprowess.

It is unlikely that the famed wristspin duo of Kuldeep Yadav andYuzvendra Chahal will get a look inas Rahul Chahar and WashingtonSundar are set to get another oppor-tunity.

K L Rahul, after his good showin Hazare Trophy, is likely to retainhis place in the side.

Veteran opener Shikhar Dhawanhas been horribly out of form but theselectors might continue with himfor one more series.

In case there is a question ofdropping Dhawan, Mayank Agarwalcould be a choice as reserve opener.

Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Sainiand Khaleel Ahmed are expected tobe the three frontline pacers.

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KL Rahul hit 88 (111 balls, 6 fours, 1 six)and shared a century partnership with

fellow opener Devdutt Padikkal (92) topower Karnataka to a nine wicket overChhattisgarh and into the final of theVijay Hazare Trophy here on Wednesday,where it will face Tamil Nadu, which beatGujarat by five wickets in the other semi-final.

Chasing 224 for victory, the hostromped home in 40 overs as Rahul andPadikkal and then Mayank Agarwal (47, 33balls, 3 fours, 4 sixes) toyed with theChhattisgarh attack.

For Chhattisgarh, Amandeep Khare(78, 102 balls,4 fours) held fort and SumitSureshrao Raikar (40, 37 balls, 1 four, 2sixes) helped cause with some late hittingbefore the innings ended in the final overat 223.

While Kaushik finished with 4 wickets,Mithun (2/44), offie K Gowtham (2/30) andleggie Pravin Dubey (2/43) were among thewickets.

In the Tamil Nadu-Gujarat encounter,the Dinesh Karthik led side chased down the

rival’s 177 for 9 in a game reduced to 40overs due to a late start owing to overnightrain and a wet outfield, with an over tospare, thanks to an enterprising half-cen-tury by the talented M Shahrukh Khan.

Gujarat couldn’t recover from the earlyloss of their batting mainstays-Parthiv Pateland Priyank Panchal and could only make 177for 9 in 40 overs.

Dhruv Raval was the top-scorer with 40while Axar Patel (37) and tail-ender C T Gaja(24) were the other important contributors.

For Tamil Nadu, medium-pacer MMohammed with 3 for 33 was the best bowler,while Washington Sundar, R Ashwin and leg-gie Murugan Ashwin (1/33) and T Natarajanscalped a wicket each.

In reply, Abhinav Mukund (32, 65 balls,3 fours), who has been in good form in theleague phase and Dinesh Karthik (47, 47 balls,5 fours) steadied the ship.

However, the loss of three quick wicketsput Tamil Nadu under pressure beforeWashington Sundar (27 not out, 43 balls, 2fours) and the young M Shahrukh Khan (50not out, 46 balls, 3 fours, 3 sixes) took the teamhome in style, winning with an over to spare.

The final will be played tomorrow.

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BCCI president SouravGanguly needs no intro-

duction but the four otheroffice-bearers who were elect-ed unopposed here onWednesday do. Following isthe synopsis of their journeyin cricket administration.

Jay Shah, (secretary): The31-year-old is the youngestoffice-bearer in the BCCI.Jay, who is Home MinisterAmit Shah’s son, has been with

the Gujarat CricketAssociation (GCA) since2009. He was elected GCAjoint-secretary in September2013.

Arun Singh Dhumal,(treasurer): He too hails froma political family with hiselder brother Anurag Thakurcurrently being a Minister ofState (Finance and Corporateaffairs). Thakur was removedas BCCI president in January2017. Dhumal, 44, served asvice-president of Himachal

cricket body, HPCA between2012 and 2015 when Thakurwas its president.

Dhumal also led a three-member ad-hoc committeewhich was formed to runHPCA in the wake of Lodhapanel recommendations toreform Indian cricket. He alsohas the experience of repre-senting HPCA in the BCCI.

Jayesh George, (joint sec-retary): The 50-year-old hasyears of experience in cricketadministration, having beenpart of Kerala CricketAssociation (KCA) as its sec-retary, joint secretary, treasur-er and most recently the pres-ident. He has been part of theKCA since 2005.

Mahim Verma, (vice-president): His father P CVerma has served as secretaryof the Cricket Association ofUttarakhand (CAU). Mahim,45, himself was CAU’s joint-secretary for 10 years untilSeptember when he was elect-ed the association’s secretary,soon after the body got BCCI’srecognition.

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Ganguly said he doesn’t now what is inDhoni’s mind but promised that a player of hisstature will be given respect.

“It depends on him. You know champions don’tfinish quickly. I don’t know what’s in his mind andwhat he thinks about his career. So we will deal withthat you know,” he said.

“He is one of the greats of the game and Indiais proud to have MS Dhoni over a period of time.If you even sit down and take a note of what hehas done, you say, ‘Wow, MS Dhoni’,” Ganguly said.

Legends of the game have often had uncere-monious exits and Ganguly knows it more thananyone else how it feels to fight speculations andcriticism.

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