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O bserving that Hindus in the country felt “insulted” over remark made by the Supreme Court while post- poning Ram Mandir hearing to January that it had its own pri- orities, the RSS on Friday urged the apex court to reconsider its priority on the “sensitive” issue and said if need be, it would launch a 1992-like agitation to demand construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya. Addressing a news confer- ence at the end of a three-day All India working committee at Uttan Thane district, RSS’ gen- eral secretary Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi expressed dissatisfaction over the inordinate delay in a judicial verdict over the Ram Mandir issue. Responding to a specific question if the RSS would launch a 1992-like agi- tation to demand the con- struction of Ram Mandir, Joshi said, “Avashyakta padi to karenge (If need be, we will launch an agitation). “We were expecting some good news about the Ram Mandir before the Diwali. But, the Supreme Court refused to hear the Ram Mandir case and also postponed the hearing indefinitely. The Supreme Court has powers to decide on legal matters like this. I don’t want to talk about its jurisdic- tion. When the apex court was asked when it would fix the date for start of hearing, the Judge said the apex court has different priorities. This remark has caused anguish among crores of Hindus in the coun- try,” Joshi said. “The Hindu community feels insulted about the manner in which the Judge sought to respond to a query regarding an issue that involves the faith of crores of Hindus. The fact that an issue which involves the faith of crores of Hindus does not fit into the priorities of the Supreme Court is surprising, anguishing and we as Hindus feel insulted. Hence, we urge the court not to treat the issue like this but reconsider it and change its priorities so as to expedite matters relating to the litigation,” Joshi said. Replying to a question, Joshi said the RSS had never disrespected the judicial pro- nouncements. “We are among those who believe in the Constitution. While we respect the judiciary, it also becomes the responsibility of the courts to respect the sentiments of the people. That’s what we expect. We are not saying anything about the verdicts by the court. All we are asking the Supreme Court to give priority to the Ram Mandir issue,” RSS gen- eral secretary said. Joshi said it is for the Government to decide when to come out with an ordinance or a bill to acquire the disputed land and hand it over for the construction of Ram Mandir. “We understand that till the Supreme Court does not decide on the issue, even the Government has its own diffi- culty in taking decisions (in matters relating to promulga- tion of ordinance or introduc- tion of a bill in Parliament),” he said. Asked as to why the BJP had not resolved the Ram Mandir issue despite having been in power at the Centre for three terms since 1992 and why it revived the issue during elec- tions, Joshi said, “It is not question of our putting pres- sure on the Government. Things are decided on con- sensus. The Government func- tions balancing the issues relat- ing to Constitution and senti- ments of the people. All the Governments have so far wait- ed for a verdict from the courts. If we (the Government) were among those who did not respect the courts, we would have enacted law to facilitate construction of Ram Mandir a long ago.” T he US has agreed to tem- porarily allow eight coun- tries, including India, to con- tinue buying Iranian oil after it reimposes crippling sanctions on Tehran on November 5, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, citing significant reduction in imports of oil from the Persian Gulf nation. Earlier in the day, Bloomberg quoted a US official as saying that the eight coun- tries being exempted from sanctions include India, Japan and South Korea. While the US had previ- ously wanted the countries, including India, to completely halt oil purchases from Iran by November 4 when its full sanc- tions against Tehran come into force, it seems to have relent- ed considering the havoc the move to completely take out Iranian supplies from the mar- ket would have had on prices. India, which is the second biggest purchaser of Iranian oil after China, is willing to restrict its monthly purchase to 1.25 million tonnes or 15 million tonnes in a year (3,00,000 bar- rels per day), down from 22.6 million tonnes (4,52,000 barrels per day) bought in 2017-18 financial year, sources in New Delhi said. Pompeo said, the US is to issue temporary exemption to eight “jurisdictions” from Iranian sanctions recognising their significant reduction in imports of oil from Iran. The names of the jurisdictions would be released on Monday. The US will allow the eight nations to import Iranian oil but only at much lower levels after the reimposition of sanc- tions on Monday, Pompeo said. The US will also demand the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) global financial network stop supporting Iranian banks as part of enforcing sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear pro- gramme and alleged support for terrorism. C hief Minister Yogi Adityanath is set to lay foun- dation of the groundwork for building the much-awaited 107- metre statue of Lord Ram on Diwali at Ayodhya on the banks of Saryu River. Yogi is likely to lay the bricks for building the sprawling pedestal on which the towering statute will be built. The height of the statue will be 151 metres as it will be put on a 44-metre pedestal on the bank of Saryu and will be part of Tourism department’s plan coined ‘Naya Ayodhya’. An offi- cial said on Friday the actual place where the statue will be installed was yet to be decided but it would not be very far away from Saryu the River. Yogi on his visit to Ayodjhya on November 6 will lay foundation of the pedestal and the statue will be installed later, the official said. T he State Cabinet, which met under the chairman- ship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat on Friday, approved proposals for restructuring of Geologist cadres under the Directorate of Ground Water Development and the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Departments. With the restructuring, posts of eight news Geologists, three Deputy Director, two Joint Director and one Additional Director have been created. Besides, a decision was taken to create three geol- ogy water divisions and two ground water development cir- cle (geology). With this, the number of cadres in the Odisha Geologist Service under the Directorate of Ground Water Development went up to 48 from 34. After restructuring, the cadre strength in the RWSW will be increased from 19 to 39. Similarly, the Cabinet approved a proposal of restruc- turing of the cadre of Odisha Welfare Service and Odisha Subordinate Welfare Service. Accordingly, 71 additional posts of ADWOs, nine addi- tional posts of DWOs, eight additional posts of Deputy Directors, three additional posts of Joint Directors and a post of Additional Director would be increased. A proposal to amend the Odisha Fisheries Service Group- A and B (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules 2013 was also okayed by the Cabinet. The amended rules would facilitate the pro- motional avenues of the officers and enhance competitiveness in the process of recruitment of Assistant Fisheries Officers conducted by the OPSC, an I n a significant move, the Orissa High Court Bar Association on Friday expelled three Senior Advocates from the association and issued show-cause notice to Senior Sdvocate and Bar Council of Odisha (BCO) chairman Dr Tahali Charan Mohanty for their alleged attempt to “weak- en” the ongoing Statewide lawyers’ agitation being spear- headed by the association for over two months now. “The general body of the association resolved to sus- pend the membership of Senior Advocate Asim Amitav Dash, Milan Kanungo and Banshidhar Satapathy. Since Dr Mohanty has already ten- dered an apology, he has been issued a notice to show cause as to why his membership of the association shall not be sus- pended,” said association sec- retary Satyabrata Mohanty. Mohanty further informed that the general body also resolved to continue the lawyers’ agitation till November 9, the date fixed by the High Court to hear all the three writ petitions pertaining to the lawyer-police strife arising out of the August 28 police assault on a Cuttack advocate. On that date, Crime Branch IGP Arun Bothra has also been asked to submit final reports on the relevant criminal cases. Demanding arrest of four policemen, who had assaulted advocate Devi Prasanna Patnaik, the lawyers across the State are on strike since August 29. In the meantime, advocate Patnaik, who had also been booked in three cases, has approached the High Court for quashing of the FIRs against him and has also sought inter- im protection. All his petitions are scheduled to be taken up on November 12. In another related devel- opment, secretary of Cuttack Criminal Court Bar Association Pradeep Kumar Parida through his advocate Prashant Kumar Nayak on Friday issued a legal notice to Cuttack city DCP Akhileswar Singh. Parida alleged that Singh had tried to defame him in public eyes by taking his name among those advocates who had apparently negotiated with the police to call off the lawyers’ strike. Singh had earlier this week alleged that office-bearers of the bar association and some other advocates, including Parida, had reached an agree- ment with the police at the Naraj IB on September 25 to call off the strike if at least two policemen are arrested. “Although the arrests were made, the lawyers did not keep their words and the strike con- tinued,” the DCP had said. Taking umbrage to the DCP’s allegation, Parida claims that he was not present at the Naraj IB when the so-called agreement was reached. “The utterances of the DCP were intended to defame my client; and if the DCP does not apol- ogise for giving false state- ments in media, my client will take legal action in appropriate court,” said Parida’s counsel Nayak.

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Page 1: Ram Mandir issue,” RSS gen- · 2019. 3. 4. · priority on the “sensitive” issue and said if need be, it would launch a 1992-like agitation to demand construction of the Ram

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Observing that Hindus inthe country felt “insulted”

over remark made by theSupreme Court while post-poning Ram Mandir hearing toJanuary that it had its own pri-orities, the RSS on Friday urgedthe apex court to reconsider itspriority on the “sensitive” issueand said if need be, it wouldlaunch a 1992-like agitation todemand construction of theRam temple at Ayodhya.

Addressing a news confer-ence at the end of a three-dayAll India working committee atUttan Thane district, RSS’ gen-eral secretary Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’Joshi expressed dissatisfactionover the inordinate delay in ajudicial verdict over the RamMandir issue. Responding to aspecific question if the RSSwould launch a 1992-like agi-tation to demand the con-struction of Ram Mandir, Joshisaid, “Avashyakta padi to

karenge (If need be, we willlaunch an agitation).

“We were expecting somegood news about the RamMandir before the Diwali. But,the Supreme Court refused tohear the Ram Mandir caseand also postponed the hearingindefinitely. The SupremeCourt has powers to decide onlegal matters like this. I don’t

want to talk about its jurisdic-tion. When the apex court wasasked when it would fix thedate for start of hearing, theJudge said the apex court hasdifferent priorities. This remarkhas caused anguish amongcrores of Hindus in the coun-try,” Joshi said.

“The Hindu communityfeels insulted about the manner

in which the Judge sought torespond to a query regardingan issue that involves the faithof crores of Hindus. The factthat an issue which involves thefaith of crores of Hindus doesnot fit into the priorities of theSupreme Court is surprising,anguishing and we as Hindusfeel insulted. Hence, we urgethe court not to treat the issuelike this but reconsider it andchange its priorities so as toexpedite matters relating tothe litigation,” Joshi said.

Replying to a question,Joshi said the RSS had neverdisrespected the judicial pro-nouncements. “We are amongthose who believe in theConstitution. While we respectthe judiciary, it also becomesthe responsibility of the courtsto respect the sentiments of thepeople. That’s what we expect.We are not saying anythingabout the verdicts by the court.All we are asking the SupremeCourt to give priority to the

Ram Mandir issue,” RSS gen-eral secretary said.

Joshi said it is for theGovernment to decide when tocome out with an ordinance ora bill to acquire the disputedland and hand it over for theconstruction of Ram Mandir.“We understand that till theSupreme Court does not decideon the issue, even theGovernment has its own diffi-culty in taking decisions (inmatters relating to promulga-tion of ordinance or introduc-tion of a bill in Parliament),” hesaid.

Asked as to why the BJPhad not resolved the RamMandir issue despite havingbeen in power at the Centre forthree terms since 1992 and whyit revived the issue during elec-tions, Joshi said, “It is notquestion of our putting pres-sure on the Government.Things are decided on con-sensus. The Government func-tions balancing the issues relat-

ing to Constitution and senti-ments of the people. All theGovernments have so far wait-ed for a verdict from the courts.If we (the Government) wereamong those who did notrespect the courts, we wouldhave enacted law to facilitateconstruction of Ram Mandir along ago.”

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The US has agreed to tem-porarily allow eight coun-

tries, including India, to con-tinue buying Iranian oil after itreimposes crippling sanctionson Tehran on November 5,Secretary of State MikePompeo said on Friday, citingsignificant reduction in importsof oil from the Persian Gulfnation.

Earlier in the day,Bloomberg quoted a US officialas saying that the eight coun-tries being exempted fromsanctions include India, Japanand South Korea.

While the US had previ-ously wanted the countries,including India, to completelyhalt oil purchases from Iran byNovember 4 when its full sanc-tions against Tehran come intoforce, it seems to have relent-ed considering the havoc themove to completely take outIranian supplies from the mar-ket would have had on prices.

India, which is the secondbiggest purchaser of Iranian oilafter China, is willing to restrictits monthly purchase to 1.25million tonnes or 15 million

tonnes in a year (3,00,000 bar-rels per day), down from 22.6million tonnes (4,52,000 barrelsper day) bought in 2017-18financial year, sources in NewDelhi said.

Pompeo said, the US is toissue temporary exemption toeight “jurisdictions” fromIranian sanctions recognisingtheir significant reduction inimports of oil from Iran. Thenames of the jurisdictionswould be released on Monday.

The US will allow the eightnations to import Iranian oilbut only at much lower levelsafter the reimposition of sanc-tions on Monday, Pompeo said.The US will also demand theSociety for WorldwideInterbank FinancialTelecommunication (SWIFT)global financial network stopsupporting Iranian banks aspart of enforcing sanctionsover Tehran’s nuclear pro-gramme and alleged supportfor terrorism.

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath is set to lay foun-

dation of the groundwork forbuilding the much-awaited 107-metre statue of Lord Ram onDiwali at Ayodhya on the banksof Saryu River. Yogi is likely to laythe bricks for building thesprawling pedestal on whichthe towering statute will be built.

The height of the statue willbe 151 metres as it will be put ona 44-metre pedestal on the bankof Saryu and will be part ofTourism department’s plancoined ‘Naya Ayodhya’. An offi-cial said on Friday the actualplace where the statue will beinstalled was yet to be decidedbut it would not be very far awayfrom Saryu the River. Yogi on hisvisit to Ayodjhya on November6 will lay foundation of thepedestal and the statue will beinstalled later, the official said.

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The State Cabinet, whichmet under the chairman-

ship of Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik at the Secretariat onFriday, approved proposals forrestructuring of Geologistcadres under the Directorate ofGround Water Developmentand the Rural Water Supply

and Sanitation Departments.With the restructuring,

posts of eight news Geologists,three Deputy Director, twoJoint Director and oneAdditional Director have beencreated. Besides, a decisionwas taken to create three geol-ogy water divisions and twoground water development cir-cle (geology).

With this, the number ofcadres in the Odisha GeologistService under the Directorateof Ground Water Developmentwent up to 48 from 34.

After restructuring, thecadre strength in the RWSWwill be increased from 19 to 39.

Similarly, the Cabinetapproved a proposal of restruc-turing of the cadre of Odisha

Welfare Service and OdishaSubordinate Welfare Service.Accordingly, 71 additionalposts of ADWOs, nine addi-tional posts of DWOs, eightadditional posts of DeputyDirectors, three additionalposts of Joint Directors and apost of Additional Directorwould be increased.

A proposal to amend the

Odisha Fisheries ServiceGroup- A and B (Recruitmentand Conditions of Service)Rules 2013 was also okayed bythe Cabinet. The amendedrules would facilitate the pro-motional avenues of the officersand enhance competitivenessin the process of recruitment ofAssistant Fisheries Officersconducted by the OPSC, an

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In a significant move, theOrissa High Court Bar

Association on Friday expelledthree Senior Advocates fromthe association and issuedshow-cause notice to SeniorSdvocate and Bar Council ofOdisha (BCO) chairman DrTahali Charan Mohanty fortheir alleged attempt to “weak-en” the ongoing Statewidelawyers’ agitation being spear-headed by the association forover two months now.

“The general body of theassociation resolved to sus-pend the membership of SeniorAdvocate Asim Amitav Dash,Milan Kanungo andBanshidhar Satapathy. SinceDr Mohanty has already ten-dered an apology, he has beenissued a notice to show causeas to why his membership ofthe association shall not be sus-pended,” said association sec-retary Satyabrata Mohanty.

Mohanty further informedthat the general body alsoresolved to continue thelawyers’ agitation till November9, the date fixed by the HighCourt to hear all the three writpetitions pertaining to thelawyer-police strife arising outof the August 28 police assaulton a Cuttack advocate. Onthat date, Crime Branch IGPArun Bothra has also beenasked to submit final reports onthe relevant criminal cases.

Demanding arrest of fourpolicemen, who had assaultedadvocate Devi PrasannaPatnaik, the lawyers across theState are on strike since August29. In the meantime, advocatePatnaik, who had also beenbooked in three cases, hasapproached the High Court forquashing of the FIRs againsthim and has also sought inter-im protection. All his petitionsare scheduled to be taken up on

November 12.In another related devel-

opment, secretary of CuttackCriminal Court BarAssociation Pradeep KumarParida through his advocatePrashant Kumar Nayak onFriday issued a legal notice toCuttack city DCP AkhileswarSingh. Parida alleged that Singhhad tried to defame him inpublic eyes by taking his nameamong those advocates whohad apparently negotiated withthe police to call off the lawyers’strike.

Singh had earlier this weekalleged that office-bearers ofthe bar association and someother advocates, includingParida, had reached an agree-ment with the police at theNaraj IB on September 25 tocall off the strike if at least twopolicemen are arrested.“Although the arrests weremade, the lawyers did not keeptheir words and the strike con-tinued,” the DCP had said.

Taking umbrage to theDCP’s allegation, Parida claimsthat he was not present at theNaraj IB when the so-calledagreement was reached. “Theutterances of the DCP wereintended to defame my client;and if the DCP does not apol-ogise for giving false state-ments in media, my client willtake legal action in appropriatecourt,” said Parida’s counselNayak.

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BJD supremo and ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik on

Friday once again targeted theBJP-led NDA Government atthe Centre over the longstand-ing demand for SpecialCategory State status to Odisha.

Addressing party workersat a Jana Sampark Padayatraheld here, Patnaik said, “SpecialCategory State status to Odishawas the first agenda in the 2014poll manifesto of the BJP.However, the party forgot itspromise after coming to power.”

Patnaik stated that youthsof Odisha would be more ben-efited in terms of employmentif the Centre accords SpecialCategory status to the State.

He further said, “OnceOdisha gets the SpecialCategory status, the State’sshare in various Centre-spon-sored schemes will reduce from50-50 to 90-10 so that wewould be able to spend remain-ing funds on education, health,

infrastructure and other devel-opmental activities.”

Stating that Odisha isincurring a heavy loss due tonatural disasters every year,Patnaik questioned as towhether natural calamities arenot a strong ground for theSpecial Category status.

He challenged the Centrethat people of Odisha wouldmake the BJP recall its 2014promise in the 2019 elections.

“Special Category statusfor Odisha is our right. TheBJD will continue to fight forit,” Patnaik asserted.

Regarding the schemesundertaken by his GovernmentPatnaik said, “I had told youabout four essential things,food security, shelter, health andsocial security. Many eligiblefamilies were deprived of thesenecessities as per the norms setby the Union Government. Itpained me. Hence, we havestarted Biju Pucca Ghar, BijuSwasthya Kalyan Yojana, Statefood security programme andMadhubabu Pension Yojanaand other social security pro-grammes with the State’smoney.”

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Delhi-based journalist Abhijit IyerMitra on Friday appeared before the

House Committee of Odisha Assembly forthe second time over an alleged breach ofprivilege of the legislators.

He was asked to be present before thepanel again on Saturday as he failed to sub-mit an affidavit for his remarks against themembers of the Assembly.

Earlier, Mitra had appeared before theHouse Committee on October 23 for aninquiry into the breach of privilege. He hadsigned the paper containing his statements

over the allegations. The panel headed byLeader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra

had asked him to appear before it onNovember 2.

Mitra is currently lodged at theJharpada jail in Bhubaneswar for alleged-ly abusing Odisha culture and derogato-ry remarks against the Konark Sun Temple.

Notably, Mitra was arrested by theBhubaneswar police soon after his appear-ance before the House Committee onOctober 23. The Konark police had takenhim on remand for interrogation on hisabusive remarks against the Sun Temple.After completion of the remand, he wasagain sent to the Jharpada jail.

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The recent electrocution ofas many as seven elephants

at Kamalanga of Dhenkanaldistrict sparked off a country-wide indignation and calls foraction against the guilty.

A week has passed. Whathas been the outcome? A fewlower-level forest officers andsome district-level electricalengineers and lower staffs ofthe Cesu have been suspended.Of course, a junior engineer ofCesu has been dismissed fromservice.

Imagine the outrage if sevenhuman beings had died at thespot had they accidentallytouched the sagging 11KVoverhead power line. Theseengineers who were guilty ofnegligence or rather criminalnegligence would have beenbooked and arrested for murderof the second degree caused bycriminal negligence since theirculpability was clear and visible.

The forest department hadbeen regularly warning thedistrict electrical officials aswell as the Managing Directorof Cesu about the saggingoverhead wires in Dhenkanalsince the last two years.

They had recommendedinsulated overhead wires for atleast 136 running km whereelephants regularly pass.

Forest MinisterBijashreeRoutray was wellaware of this issue sinceWildlife Society of Orissa(WSO) has written three letters

to him over the last one yearabout the sagging overheadpower lines in Dhenkanal dis-trict and the immense dangerthey pose to passing elephants.The department officials havealso informed him about thelack of cooperation from theEnergy Department and Cesu.

Why did he remain quiet?Did he take this up with theEnergy Minister? Did he seekthe CM’s intervention to saveelephants? I am quite certain ifthese simple steps had beentaken these innocent elephantsand the rest which have died byelectrocution during his tenurefrom May,2017 would havebeen saved.

The Minister never both-ered and hence, this lack ofconcern is unpardonable. If hehad any remorse, he wouldhave owned moral responsi-bility and resigned by now.What a shame for us to havesuch a Minister who has failed

wildlife on all fronts!Among the many unnat-

ural reasons like poaching,electrocution, train and roadkills and even falling into openwell, electrocution deaths isamong the top two leadingcauses for unnatural deaths ofelephants.

Angul and Dhenkanal dis-tricts both under Cesu distri-bution network have emergedas a hotspot for electrocutionhaving lost 12 elephants sinceApril in just seven months.

Power lines sag at danger-ous low levels posing immensedanger to even humans apartfrom elephants. There are nosafety systems like fuses.

Between 2000 and 2010,there were 77 electrocutiondeaths, mostly due to saggingpower lines averaging less thaneight elephants in a year.

During this period, theGovernment had not takenany preventive steps to control

electrocutions.From 2010 onwards,

despite some preventive stepstaken by the Government,including allocation of ade-quate funds for strengtheningof power lines, the electrocu-tion death rates have not comedown. From April , 2010 toOctober 27, 2018 (8.7 years )the State has lost102 elephantsto electrocution, averagingabout 12 elephants in a year.

Live wire poaching traps,sagging overhead lines andelectrified fences are the threemethods of electrocution of ele-phants in Odisha.

60 per cent of the electro-cution deaths are now due tolive wire poaching. Before 2010,majority of the unnatural ele-phant deaths, approximately 80per cent, were due to saggingpower lines. Since 2010 out of102 electrocution deaths, 42 aredue to sagging lines and 60 aredue to live wire poaching which

reveals absence of patrolling.These deaths could have

been prevented had the dist-coms like Cesu been moreresponsible by lifting them.

The distcoms violateCentral Electricity Authority(CEA) guidelines for laying andmaintenance of 11/33-KVtransmission/distribution linesin area critical for wildlife.Rule 77 is violated which pro-vides minimum ground clear-ance for conductor at variousplaces like across streets, alongstreets and other places at min-imum of 4.6 metres. 11-KV linehas to be minimum height of5.5. metres above ground. Lackof testing of all apparatus,cables and supply lines peri-odically poses a grave danger.

No Earth Leakage Circuitbreaker (ELCBs) to discon-nect the supply instantly onoccurrence of earth fault andno safety fuse or isolated lineseither. This was an important

recommendation of the fourmember expertMoeFCCcommittee in 2010.

RTI information aboutinspection of power lines forthe period from April 1, 2011to December 15, 2016 (nearlysix years) obtained on February4, 2017 revealed no inspections.

Sagging lines reported tothe Discoms not followed up.There is no local Reward sys-tem to prevent any hooking forlive wire poaching. Not a sin-gle Discom official has beenconvicted and jailed underWildlife (Protection) Act, 1972despite death of nearly 120 ele-phants caused by sagging over-head lines. No action againstsenior officers for dereliction ofduties. No action in Angul casewhere two elephants werekilled in 10 days by electrocu-tion due to lack of patrolling.The DFO or Range Officernever faced any proceeding.

It is against this backdrop

that there is a need to set upreinforced electric poles fittedwith spikes to prevent ele-phants rubbing against themand lifting of sagging overheadpower lines. This is yet to bedone in many jungle areas.

Also insulate overheadwires across all elephant habitatand elephant movement zonesand remove / dismantle alldefunct solar powered fences.

(Dr Mohanty is secretary,Wildlife Society of Orissa(WSO), E-mail:[email protected])

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BJP State president BasantPanda on Friday demand-

ed that the State Governmentadmit farmer suicides and pro-vide adequate compensation tothe families of such deceasedfarmers soon.

“Farmers are committingsuicides due to crop losses andloan burdens. The StateGovernment should admit thisfirst and then provide adequatecompensation to bereaved fam-ilies. The Government shouldalso provide interest-free loansto farmers in lines with the BJP-ruled States,” demanded Pandaat a Press meet here.

He further alleged that

farmers are suffering a lot aspaddy is not being procuredfrom them at minimum supportprices (MSP). The millers arepaying PC to the Governmentand, hence, they are troublingfarmers, he alleged.

“While the UnionGovernment has increased thepaddy MSP by Rs 200, it is dis-appointing that farmers arenot getting right prices.Reduction of five to 10 kg perquintal of paddy is adding tothe woes of the farmers only,”Panda alleged further.

Demanding that theGovernment waive farm loansand pay compensation todrought-affected farmers,Panda said the BJP KrushakMorcha would be forced to taketo the streets if demands aren’tmet at the earliest.

Among others, BJPKrushak Morcha State presidentShibaji Mohanty was present.

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Odia mountaineer NilachalParida, who on September

18 trekked one of the top peaksof Asia, the Mount StockKangri Summit, and sets eyesto touch the highest peak of theworld, the Mount Everest, hassought support from the StateGovernment as well theCentral Government to achievehis dream.

A resident of Baramundahere and a driver by profession,Parida belongs to a very poorfamily and lost his father whenhe was two years’ old.

When asked why he didn’tclimb the Kilimanjaro peak inAfrica on October 27, as partof his plan to climb highestpoints of the seven continents,the Seven Summits, Paridasaid, “Due to very low financialstatus, I was not able to takepart in it.”

The mountaineer, who hascompleted his basic moun-taineering course at the JawharInstitute of Mountaineering(Jammu and Kashmir) withGrade-A, has been supportedby some people to continue hisdream of climbing.

Also working as a trafficvolunteer in the city, Parida,with tears in his eyes, seeksfinancial and motivational sup-port from the State and CentralGovernments, “To achieve mydreams I request the govern-

ments to support,” he said andhoped that everything goodwould happen.

Parida, who is inspired byPurna Chandra Das, Odisha’sfirst male Everester GaneshJena and Dillip KumarPradhan, thanked DGP Dr RPSharma, Linka Subudhi,Dhamnagar MLA MuktikantaMandal, Odisha PoliceCommandant Bijay KumarSahoo, Seva Prayas Foundation,Rudra Narayan Samantray andAmbika Maharana for their

supports.He has climbed the

15,700-foot Highest Summitin Himachal Pradesh(Avimas), 12,500-feet three-Treks Summit In Jammu andKashmir, and 3,336-meterSandakphu Peak Summit inDarjeeling on the India-Nepalborder for the OdishaGovernment Expedition. Hehas also climbed two peaks inHimachal Pradesh, NarkandaHatu Temple Summit andHimrikufri Summit Trek,while taking part in theNational Adventure Camp.Besides, he has also takenpart in the State AdventureCamp and the 21-km BSFMarathon.

Recently, a 14-memberOdia team, including 12 boysand two girls, under the lead-ership of Parida completedtheir Basic Mountaineeringcourse in Kashmir onSeptember 20.

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The city is going to have atechnology-driven citizen-

friendly city bus service, whichis likely to be launched onNovember 6.

The bus service will usemobile app through which cit-izens can book tickets and knowabout locations of the vehicle.

The Capital Region UrbanTransport (CRUT) has alreadyreceived 125 buses for registra-tion. Besides, 75 more buses arelikely to join the fleet very soon.

The new city buses, besideshaving technology driven fea-tures, will have urban features,including spacious cabins.Designed as per the Urban BusDesign Code, the buses will becomfortable for use of urbanpublic and far better than theprivate-owned public transportbuses.

The CRUT has plans toinduct new buses under itsambitious Bhubaneswar CityBus Modernization Plan(BCBMP). After a detaileddemand analysis by a leadingtransport consulting firm, it hasdecided to revamp the existingpublic transport facility in threephases spanning over 2018 to2027.

Along with it, 200 new busqueue shelters (BQS) are alsobeing developed to provide pas-senger convenience.

In second phase, the CRUTwill introduce 90 electric busesand develop special depot facil-ities to maintain these electricbuses. It has also planned to add300 more BQS during the sec-ond phase.

In third phase, 300 newbuses will be procured in newdeveloped or uncovered areas ofBhubaneswar, Puri and Cuttack.

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The All India Federation ofGeneral Insurance

Pensioners held its office-bear-ers’ meeting at Puri recently.

The delegates expressedimmense displeasure that theUnion Government was onlygiving 15 per cent of the pen-sion amount to the widows ofthe deceased pensioners; whileunder similar circumstancesthe widows of other CentralGovernment employee are get-ting 30 per cent of the pensionamount.

A resolution was unani-

mously passed with a decisionthat the widows of the deceasedpensioners along with womenpensioners will stage a peace-ful demonstration.

The delegates also appealedto the managements of thenon-life insurance companies’to revisit their pension arrange-ment with the LIC which hasbeen “unscrupulously”designed to benefit the LICmost at the cost of non-lifecompanies.

The federation alsoappealed to Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik to implementreservation of seats for thesenior citizens in bothGovernment and private busesas has been done inMaharashtra.

Federation Odisha unitpresident Ashok BehariMahapatra and secretary BijaySahoo under stewardship ofinsurance think-tank RajendraPrasad Samal would take upthe matter with the CM.

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high wall of a bakery unit col-lapsed on them in Baramunda’sPaikanagar here on Friday.

The injured were rescuedand admitted to the CapitalHospital. The identities of theinjured were yet to be ascer-tained.

According to sources,around six to seven labourerswere engaged in the construc-tion of a drain near the facto-ry, when the huge wall of thebakery collapsed trapping someof them under it.

On getting information,police, Fire Services andODRAF personnel rushed tothe spot and rescued threelabourers trapped under thedebris.

Sources said the rescueteams were engaged in remov-ing the debris as it was sus-pected that some others mighthave got trapped below it.

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In another instance of thesorry state of affairs in

Government-run schools inthe State, 40 students of theTarlakota residential schoolunder Korukonda block inMalkangiri district jumpedover the boundary wall of theschool hostel and walked milesto put forth their grievancesbefore the district Collector.

Sources said the studentswere starving as the hostelauthorities did not serve themfood on Thursday night. Withno option left, the studentsdecided to bring the matter tothe notice of the Collector.The 40 hostel inmates jumpedover the boundary and startedwalking in the dark to meet theCollector, 25 km away from the

hostel.Some locals spotted the

students and called up thepolice, who rushed to the spotand took the children back to

the hostel in auto-rickshaws.The cops also provided snacksto the children before droppingthem at the hostel.

Later, the District Welfare

Officer reached the spot andassured the locals that the mat-ter would be investigated andaction would be taken accord-ingly.

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The Forest Department onFriday suspended two of its

staffs for negligence in dutyafter a carcass of a female wildelephant was found buriednear Putulia village in theSonakhan section area underthe Rajgangpur Forest Range inSundagarh district.

The two suspended offi-cials were identified as ForesterHarish Jena and Forest GuardSabita Kishan. The RajgangpurRange Officer has been serveda show-cause notice in con-nection with the incident,informed Rourkela DivisionalForest Officer (DFO) SanjayKumar Swain.

“We received the informa-tion of the elephant beingkilled and buried yesterday.After preliminary investiga-tions, one person was arrestedin connection with the inci-dent. Meanwhile, three teams

have been formed to nab theother persons involved in theact,” added Swain.

Reports said that somemiscreants set the carcass of theelephant on fire. Kerosene-filled cans, logs and axes werealso found from the spot. Forestofficials were yet to reach thespot.

It was alleged that the sus-pended officials Jena andKishan along with some vil-lagers had set the big animal onfire to destroy evidences.

“However, we have notreceived any informationregarding the elephant carcassset on fire. I will visit the spot;and after a detailed investiga-tion, stringent action will betaken against the personsinvolved in the incident,” saidthe DFO.

Reports said that a herd ofelephants were straying in theregion and often destroyingcrops. In a fit of rage, some vil-lagers killed an elephant andburied it in the forest.

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After the Maoists faced a lotof flak for the killing of

Odia Doordarshan video jour-nalist Achyutananda Sahu in anattack by them in Chhattisgarh,the Leftwing extremists haveclarified in a release that theyhad no intention to kill thejournalist.

The Darbha DivisionCommittee (DVC) of Maoistson Friday claimed that they hadno intention to target themedia, but Sahu was killed afterbeing caught in the ambush.

“The security personnelhave been forcefully allowingconstruction of road fromAranpur to Burgum area sinceOctober 1 without caring aboutthe destruction of cultivation ofpoor tribals in the process.Protesting the development wehad carried out an ambushnear Aranpur and as the secu-

rity personnel reached the spotwe attacked them. But we hadno idea that a media team wasalso accompanying them. Wehad no intention of killingmediapersons since they arenot our enemies but friends,”the statement by the Maoistssaid.

Condemning mediareports of their intentionalattack on journalists, theMaoists have also urged themedia and other persons not toaccompany police especiallyfor poll-related duties.

Notably, Sahu, a videojournalist from Ghusuramundavillage of Balangir district along

with two other security per-sonnel were killed in an attackby Maoists while carrying outan election coverage pro-gramme near Nilabaya ofAranpur area in Dantewadadistrict of Chhattisgarh onOctober 30.

Meanwhile, on Friday aprayer meeting was organisedby Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting and by PrasarBharati for Sahu in whichInformation and BroadcastingMinister Rajyavardhan Rathorepaid tributes to Sahu for hisdedication to duty and alsoexpressed his sympathies to thecameraman’s family.

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The Kosal Mukti Rath rolleddown by the Kosal Janata

Dal, a newly registered politi-cal outfit of Odisha, reachedBonaigarh in Sundargarh dis-trict on Thursday.

Launched on October 2with an avowed mission of cov-ering all district headquarters,subdivisions, blocks and pan-chayats of western Odisha, therath in its first phase hasalready covered Rourkela andits peripheral areas.

The caravan coveringSundargarh, Jharsuguda andDebgarh districts would cometo an end by November 30, saidparty president Baidyanath

Mishra in a Press conference.Rest parts of Western

Odisha would be covered inDecember in three to fourphases with an objective to gen-

erate mass awareness amongthe domiciles of WesternOdisha on the need for a sep-arate State, he added.

During the programme,several members joined the newoutfit amid enthusiasm andglee. Umesh Chandra Patra andLingraj Dandia were selected aspresident of Lahunipada andGurundia block, respectively.

Mishra said the party plansto field at least 30 candidates inthe coming Assembly Electionsstretching out to all parts of theState. For the party, Narla,Patnagarh, Rourkela, Deogarhand Redhakhol are the key con-stituencies and all resourceswould be put together to cre-ate a win situation, addedMishra.

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The meeting of the CuttackRavenshaw English

Department alumni was heldrecently. This was the secondmeeting.

Glowing tributes were paidhere to Prof Sarbeswar Dashand the former studentsremembered their associationswith Prof Dash and his teach-ing style. Homage wwas alsopaid to the memory of late ProfBJB Mohapatra, ProfSadananda Mishra , ProfRamachandra Tripathy besidesformer students like NageshRao, Pratap Mohanty andJitamitra Mohanty.

Also, all wished quick heal-ing of Gunanidhi Jena, who is

undergoing treatment.Prominent among other

old faces were Bijay Mania,Arabinda Panigrahi, PoetPrafulla Subudhi, BallavBalabantaray,Omar Khan,Shaym Sundar Tripathy, SureshRath, former IPS ChintamaniPanda.

A joint endavour was madeby former bureaucrat RabiNanda, Prof Santosh Bez, ProfSouri Mohan Udgata, KhirodAcharya and Khirod Mallick tomake the programme a success.

Noted Indo- Anglican poetRP Samal and former PrincipalProf Manjushree Dwivediserved as rapporteurs on thismemorable occasion. The nextmeeting will be held in January,it was decided.

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Afarmer died while his wifewas rescued in a critical

condition after the elderlyfarmer couple attempted sui-cide by jumping into a pondat Tuna village under Koksarablock of the district on Fridayallegedly over crop failure.

Though locals managed torescue the woman and rushedher to a hospital, the manidentified as Sudarsan Majhi(65) drowned.

Reports said Sudarsan hadcultivated rice in his five acreland. But due to scanty rain-fall, his crops were damaged.Unable to bear the trauma,

Sudarsan along with his wifetook the extreme step.

“He was telling me yes-terday that his crops got dam-aged and how he could lookafter his family? He wasdejected,” said a villagerKailash Majhi.

“The post-mortem reportwould establish the exactcause of the death. The fami-ly of the deceased will begranted assistance as per therules,” informed KokasaraTehsildar Mausumi Nayak.

After an inquiry into thematter, it will be knownwhether the suicide was due tocrop failure or not, addedNayak.

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Land ownership is central toagriculture growth but lakhs

of rural landless poor aredeprived of homestead andcultivable land as the landreforms laws are not beenimplemented in last 70 years.The results of this apathy arefound in the form of farmersuicides, distress sale of agro-products, distress migration,hunger and malnutrition, foodinsecurity and less farm pro-ductivity in the State. The mainobjective of the Land ReformsAct was doing away withunequal holding of land anddistribution of surplus landout of land ceiling. It aims atabolition of large holdings andall kinds of intermediaries,enforcing ceiling, distributionof land, consolidation of frag-mented holdings, reform intenancy, recognising rights ofagriculture workers and share-croppers, completion of surveyand settlement, preparation ofland records, protection of SCsand STs from land alienationand reform in land revenueadministration.

In order to fulfil theseseries of objectives, laws havebeen enacted by the StateGovernment as land is underthe State List. The laws include,

The Estate Abolition Act, TheOdisha Land Reforms Act, The

Survey and Settlement Act,The Odisha Government LandSettlement Act, The OdishaPrevention of LandEncroachment Act, TheConsolidation of FragmentedHoldings Act and The BondedLabour Abolition Act etc. Butthese acts are not being imple-mented by revenue bureaucra-cy in the interest of the land-less poor.

The Estate Abolition Actand The Land Reforms Acthave not been implemented forlast 25 years because of cases incourts by the then kings andZamindars against theGovernment challenging theimplementations of variousprovisions of the laws. Finally,these Acts get a place in theNinth Scheduled of theConstitution of India. So,almost 25 years have beenwasted in enforcing the impor-tant provisions of land reforms,especially in the abolition ofestate, enforcement ceiling lawsand distribution of ceiling sur-plus land.

The land owning feudalclasses have benefited withcompensation for abolition ofestate and managed to holdhuge land by cunningly avoid-ing the ceiling laws. But on the

contrary, the real farmers havebeen deprived of record ofrights over the land they havebeen cultivating since genera-tions. In the absence of surveyand settlement and distributionof land, a vast majority offarmers, sharecroppers andlandless agricultural workers,have been deprived of record ofrights. The huge land availablewith temples and mutts hasbeen taken over by theGovernment under the OdishaHindu Religion EndowmentAct, but they have been left toits trustees for managementwhereas it was expected todistribute this among the cul-tivators.

The post-90s experienceshows the move of theGovernment in allocating landto the corporates, companies forvarious commercial and non-agriculture purpose but not tothe landless farmers for culti-vation and also it is unfortunatethat the different categories ofassigned land reserved for dis-tribution such as ceiling surplusland, waste land, Bhoodan landand Anabadi land are beinggiven to the companies but notto the farmers. The shift in non–agricultural use of land andnon-availability of private landfor agriculture has led to depri-vation and penury of agricul-

tural workers and sharecrop-pers of the State.

The implementation ofland reforms was one of themajor recommendations of theNational Commission forFarmers (NCF)in the context ofthe ongoing agrarian distress inthe country, but no attempt hasbeen made by the Central orState Government to addressthis issue of land ownership. Itis said in the NCF report thatland reforms are essential toensure access of a major sectionof farmers, especially landlesssharecroppers, Dalit andAdivasi farmers and small andmarginal landholders to landfor both crop and livestock.Studies have established thatthe inequality in land owner-ship has been impacting thestatus of food and nutritionsecurity for a long time.

The NSS report 1991-92says the share of bottom 50 percent of rural households (12percent) are landless; and 40percent having sub-marginalholdings below one acre) ownonly 3 per cent of the country’stotal land whereas the top 10per cent above five acresowned about 55 per cent ofland. The huge inequality inproductive assets ownershiphas many ramifications oversocial, political and economic

life of the country; and it is verymuch linked to the continuedagrarian crisis.

There are landless share-croppers cultivating land ofabsentee land owners and priv-ileged land owners those whocannot cultivate. Tribal andDalit farmers without recordsof right over the land have beencultivating for generations.

A majority of the informalsharecroppers are illiterate andunorganized having no accessto formal institutional credit,having no bank accounts andformal identity as farmers. Inthe majority of suicide cases inOdisha, it was revealed thatmost of the farmers who com-mitted suicide are sharecrop-pers and deprived of institu-tional credit and access to com-pensations of the Governmentand insurance companies tomeet the crop loss.

The new trend shows ashift of sharecropping due toentry of corporate and contractfarming where the absenteeland owners prefer to lendtheir land to companies forcontract farming which assuresguaranteed higher return,rather than giving it to thelandless poor sharecropperswho have no resources to investover the land except their phys-ical labour. This process has

encouraged concentration ofproductive assets in the handsof a few and has deprivedmany poor households of own-ing land; and they are ulti-mately prohibited from pro-ductive engagement. Themonopolization of productionwill pave the way of depen-dency of more numbers ofpoor people on food subsidyschemes of the Governmentout of public funds.

Record of right over land isconsidered as the basis of afarmer’s identity and access toany kind of Government sub-sidy scheme considering theimportance of the issues theNCF has recommended fordistribution of ceiling-surplusland and wasteland among thelandless farmers. The NCF hasalso recommended that theprime agricultural land and for-est must not be diverted to thecorporate sector for nonagri-cultural purpose. But there hasbeen no attempt to impose anyform of restriction over thenonagricultural use of land.The huge diversion has beenrestricting the access of mar-ginal farmers to common prop-erty resources, forest, grazingland, pastures, water bodiesand other forms of bio-resources for agriculture-basedlivelihood. During last fifty

years, due to involuntary dis-placement, many farmers havebecome marginalised and fur-ther pushed into the peripheryafter losing traditional access tocommon property resources.

The linkage of landreforms with the issue of mar-ginalised farmers and theirvulnerability has not been suf-ficiently discussed in publicdomain. The Government hasalmost no initiative for creationof new land for agriculture andforestry purposes by reclama-tion of wasteland, specially themined-out land in the miningareas of the

State. Also, thousands ofacres of land have becomewasteland because of defor-estation and soil erosion. Thesecategories of land can be devel-oped for their productive useby distributing/leasing to land-less farmers for integrated agri-culture, animal husbandry, fishfarming, herbal garden andagro forestry to generateemployment and boost growthby using existing agriculturaltechnologies.

The production of milk,meat, egg, fruits and vegetablesand fish in the State can beimproved to meet the growingdemand of the domestic mar-ket and for export. This willbring food and nutritional

security of the rural householdsengaged in agriculture.

Land being a State subject,it is the duty of the StateGovernment to implementland reforms, especially landdistribution, to ensure assetequality, agriculture productionand growth to build an inclu-sive

Odisha. The Governmentmust implement the law in atime bound manner and pro-vide 10 decimals of home-stead land and five acres of cul-tivable land to each landlessfamily in the State and a spe-cial session of the StateAssembly be convened forholding discussion on the landissues and to enact theHomestead Land Right Actand the Odisha Sharecropper’sProtection Act.

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In a dowry death case registeredat the Tirtol police station

three days ago, police arrested thekiller husband on Thursday andforwarded him to court.

Reports said that Pramila,wife of Prasanta Das of Olagadavillage under Kolara panchayatin Tirtol block died on Monday.Her parental brother DevendraDas lodged an FIR alleging thathis sister was murdered by herhusband and in-laws due non-fulfilment of dowry demandduring marriage.

In another case inJagatssinghpur district, a manwas arrested from Anantapur vil-lage in the Balikuda area onThursday for allegedly molestinga minor girl in the same village.

The girl’s parents had lodgeda complaint at the Anantapurpolice outpost in this regard.Police acted promptly, sent thevictim for medical examinationand arrested the accused.

PNS n PARADIP

Union Minister of Statefor Road Transport andHighways, Shipping,Chemical and Fertilizer andMSME Mansukh Mandaviyawas on a visit to Paradip.Attending a meeting, he toldthat by a special project, allbanks will provide loan andtechnical support to startmicro, small and mediumindustries.

The PPT, PPL, IFFCO,Paradip Refinery will play amajor rule for the MSMEproject. It will create newemployment opportunity forlocal unemployed youths,Mandaviya told.

Rs 10 lakh loan will beprovided without any mort-gage to start a project,Mundaviya said and praisedPM Narendra Midi for hisgood governance.

Some traders received

loans from different banks fortheir proposed projects. UnionMSME Principal SecretaryNikunja Kishor Sundarray,PPT Chairman Rinkesh Ray,Paradip ADM Kahnu CharanDhir were present.

Before the Minister'sarrival to Paradip, the town

BJD held a drarna and closedthe NH 5(A) near Tarenigadafrom 10 am to 12am demand-ing repairing of the NH 5Aroad from Paradip toChandikhol and gave a mem-orandum to the NHAI author-ity through the KujangTehsildar.

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The office of AccountantsGeneral, Odisha observed

the concluding ceremony of theVigilance Awareness Weekwith this year’s theme“Eradicate Corruption - Builda New India” here on Friday.

Vigilance Director DebasisPanigrahi, Principal

Accountant General (A and E)Madhuniita Basu, PrincipalAccountant General (E andRSA) Yashodhara RayChaudhuri and AccountantGeneral (G and SSA)Bibhudutta Basantia attendedas guests.

Panigrahi emphasised onGandhiji's ideas on trans-parency and focused on erad-icating corruption by three‘E’s’, i.e, Enforcement,Education and Empowerment.He also appreciated initiativestaken by the AG offices in

empowering the pensionersand GPF subscribers andstressed on creating better cor-ruption-free atmosphere forthe next generation.

Basu elaborated the twoways to handling vigilance, i.e,handling through preventiveactions and handling throughcorrective actions.

Chaudhuri elicited theneed for learning skills to auditin a digital environment whichhas new challenges andBasantia reminded the Auditand Accounts fraternity the

necessity of carrying out theirservice functions diligently andwith integrity and honesty.

On the occasion, the guestsfelicitated the winners in theessay writing, elocution andslogan writing competitionsconducted during the weekand distributed certificates ofmerit to meritorious staffs inappreciation of their sincerityand commitment to work.

A Hindi play “LAALACH”was played on Vigilance aware-ness written and directed bySurjyamani Rana.

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Responding to arequest by the

Doordarshan (DD)employees' associa-tion, KIIT and KISShave extendedhelping hand to thefamily ofA c h y u t a n a n d aSahu, the DD cam-eraman who wasrecently killed byMaoists inChhattisgarh. He issurvived by his wifeand a daughter.

The DDemployees' associa-tion had requestedKIIT & KISS founder ProfAchyuta Samanta to provideassistance to the family. ProfSamanta immediatelyannounced to provide a job tothe widow of the martyred video

journalist along with all possibleassistance to the family.

Prof Samanta saluted thecourage of Sahu and con-demned the Maoist attack onpolice and mediapersons.

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Police on Friday arrested sevenpersons allegedly involved in

looting a huge quantity of ganjafrom the Kandhamal courtMalkhana recently.

The arrestees included themastermind of the caseRashmiranjan Behera,

Rakesh Digal, Sunil Beheraof Gudari, Susant Behera ofDanken, Sukant Kumar Digal ofMulagudari, Sunil KumarBehera of Adenigada of Boudhdistrict and a juvenile.

Police seized 34 kg ganja,three motorbikes, two scooters,one computer, Xerox machine,and cash of Rs 40,000. Loot ofa SBI ATM and a mobile phone

shop case is also pending againstthe gang, said Kandhamal SPPratik Singh at a Press meethere.

The gang had kept a watchon the police PCR van and afterit left after routine patrol, theybarged into the court Malkhana,terrorised the security guards onduty by brandishing lethalweapons and decamped withthe contraband. Police are inves-tigating whether any other per-sons are involved in the inci-dent.

Phulbani Sadar SDPO SNMurmu, Town PS IICSatyabrata Rout, KhajuripadaPS IIC Anita Kida and SS Aldacomprised the police teamwhich cracked the case.

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To give a boost to the smalland medium enterprises

(SME), Union Minister of SteelChaudhury Virendra Singhunveiled ‘Sahajog and Sampark’in Puri on Friday.

As the PM Narendra Modilaunched the flagship pro-gramme for SME in hundreddistricts of the country atVigyan Bhaban on Friday, Puriis one of them which theMinister unveiled amid a gath-ering of thousands of entre-preneurs here.

The Minister said that thesmall and medium entrepre-neurs would directly benefitfrom the new initiatives of thePM.

The programme wasorganised by the Ministry ofSME in collaboration with theUCO Bank.

With close cooperation ofseveral ministries such as theMSME, the

Commerce, the Labourand Employment, the

Chemical and Fertilizers, theRural Development, the SkillDevelopment, the FoodProcessing, the Pharmaceuticaland Textiles, the programmenamed ‘Gram Swaraj Abhijan’(GSA) will be operational in100 selected districts in thecountry.

The aim and objective ofprogramme is to facilitate thesmall and medium entrepre-neurs in entry to market, gainof knowledge about variousschemes, purchase and sale oftheir products and their directtransaction and benefits.

To give proper guidance to

the entrepreneurs in imple-mentation, the office bearers(Pravari) in those districtedhave been appointed since

October 26. Keeping coor-dination with the officials of theMSME, the Pravaris wouldhelp the entrepreneurs in themarket.

Under the initiative, stepshave been taken for MSMEsolution, trade

receivable discounting sys-tem, cluster development, skilldevelopment, rural self-employment training andGovernment e-marketing plus,etc.

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In the most sensational mur-der case of Parshuram

Pradhan, a former Sarpanchand RTI activist of Salebhatapanchayat under Rairakholsub division, the two mainaccused surrendered beforethe police on Friday.

The Rairakhol policearrested the duo who are alsobrothers and forwarded themto court. They were abscond-ing since the murder onAugust 27.

The arrested persons wereidentified as Dasarath Dhaland his elder brotherRushidhar Dhal. Dasarathwas a former secretary ofSalebhata Cooperative

Society.Parshuran, the deceased

former sarpanch, sought forsome information on RTI oncooperative matters thatenraged Dasarath. Further,on the basis of the allegationsof Parsuram, the Vigilancehad arrested Dasarath.

All these infuriated theaccused duo brothers andthey, with help of four others,brutally attacked Parshuramon August 27 evening and thelatter succumbed to hisinjuries just after a few hours.The police had arrested twopersons earlier in the case.

Two other accused in thecase are also absconding,Rairakhol SDPO HadibandhuSwain informed.

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Aseven-member team ofthe Central Government,

led by Ministry of HomeAffairs Joint Secretary SKShahi, visited the Titli-affect-ed Gajapati district on Fridayto make assessment of thedamages caused by thecyclone.

The team visited the vil-lages of Khamunga,M a n i k a p a t n a ,Burungi,Chammunida andBaraghara village ofGangabada panchayat whereover a dozen people werekilled in a landslide which wastriggered by the heavy rain fol-lowing the cyclone.

The team spoke to theaffected villagers about therelief and rehabilitation mea-sures undertaken by the dis-trict administration.

Later, they held a meetingwith Gajapati CollectorAnupam Saha and linedepartment officials at thedistrict Collectorate.

The team in its first phaseof visit on Thursday had vis-ited the cyclone and flood-devastated areas in Patrapur,Surada and Dharakote blocksin Ganjam district. They inter-acted with the people andblock-level officials to assessthe prevailing situation in thedistrict.

The team also held meet-ing with the Chief Secretary

and senior officials of differ-ent line departments of StateGovernment at the State sec-retariat in Bhubaneswar afterreturning from the visit.

MHA Joint SecretaryShahi said cyclone Titli hascaused widespread damage inthe district. After making adetailed assessment the teamwould submit a report to theCentral Government.

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Union Petroleum andNatural Gas and Skill

Development and EnterprisesMinister Dharmendra Pradhanon Friday urged the buddingentrepreneurs to leverage theirsupport to the ecosystem cre-ated in the country by theNarendra Modi Government toenhance productivity of theMSMEs in various sectors.

He attended a district-level

programme held on the side-lines of the Prime Ministerlaunching a programme tosupport the Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises (MSMEs)through credit plus services inNew Delhi on the day.

The programme organisedby the Union Ministry ofMSME in collaboration withthe UCO Bank in Cuttack,Pradhan said Utkal GourabMadhusudan Das had a visionof New Odisha with an objec-

tive to provide employment tothe youths of the State byrecognising the traditionalindustry into an organisedindustry.

He also felicitated six suc-cessful entrepreneurs ofCuttack district who haveestablished their business suc-cessfully in the different fieldswith support of the MUDRAYojana. Besides, 10 beneficia-ries were also provided finan-cial assistance under the UCO

Trader and MUDRA schemesto start their business.

Among others, UCO BankED Charan Singh, SECI MDJatindra Nath Swain, GST andCentral Excise CommissionerSG Dewalwar, bank GMChanchal Majumdar, MSMECuttack Director Dr SK Sahoo,FICCI Odisha State HeadSatyajit Mohanty and USRSS(Filigree Association) presi-dent Brahmananda Maharanawere present.

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Led by former Nilgiri MLAand senior leader Pratap

Sarangi, thousands of BJPworkers gheraoed Sadar Blockoffice of Puri on Friday protest-ing corruption and fraud of theBJD Government.

In a huge rally, the BJPmembers reached the blockand staged protests against theNaveen Patnaik Government’sfinancial irregularities in theState, besides corruption inSadar block office by PuriMLA and Revenue MinisterMaheswar Mohanty.

In the part of block gheraoprogrammes starting fromOctober 27 in the whole State,the BJP members also stagedprotests in Brahmagiri and

Pipili blocks on Fridayagainst the mal-governance

and corruption of the rulingBJD.

Looking at any untowardincidents in the rally, the policebarricaded the block office.However, the rally was peace-ful limiting to protests, address-es and sloganeering againstthe Naveen Patnaik and

Maheswar Mohanty, towhom the BJP leaders chargedas fraudsters.

Sarangi in his address crit-icized the CM’s inability tospeak Odia after 20 years andcondemned Minister Pradip

Maharathy’s slangs againstwomen. In a scratching attack,Sarangi said that chit fundoperators in close association ofCM Naveen Patnaik cheatedthe poor of the State thousandsof crores of rupees. He allegedthat the CM was involved inmany other scams like coal,iron ore irrigation, ration card,paddy procurement, fertilizer,besides innumerable fraudsand irregularities over pasttwo decades. He called uponthe people to topple theGovernment.

Besides, local BJP leadersslammed Puri MLA for mas-sive corruption in the blockoffice through a temporaryBDO. They also alleged that theMLA is instrumental in grab-bing all the funds of develop-mental schemes through aproxy Chairman.

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Minister, PK Mishra has saidthe Government is makingefforts with an integratedapproach and has initiated"multiple reforms" in order toachieve the target of doublingfarmers' income by 2022. Healso emphasised the need toanalyse as to "why the past ini-tiatives could not accomplishthe desired results" in the agri-culture sector.

Addressing the 78thAnnual conference of theIndian Society of AgriculturalEconomics on Thursday,Mishra said that the presentGovernment has for the firsttime ushered in a paradigmshift in the approach, fromgrowth of production toincrease in farmers' income.

Some of the initiativestaken to address price and

yield risks in the last four yearsinclude setting up of electron-ic National Agriculture Market(eNAM), upgradation of ruralhaats, new scheme PradhanMantri Annadata AaySanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), Pradhan MantriFasal Bima Yojana.

This is a major shift in theapproach — a clear focus onfarmer and farmer welfarerather than simply productionand productivity, he said.

"For this purpose, a holis-tic strategy for the agriculturesector was visualised. Effortsare being made to follow thiswith an integrated approach byinitiating multiple reforms andprogrammes with an overallobjective of doubling farmersincome," Mishra said.

In February 2016, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hadsaid farmers' income would bedoubled by 2022 to mark 75years of India's independence.

He further noted that, there isa need to analyse as to why thepast initiatives could notaccomplish the desired resultsand highlighted the need foragricultural research.

"Policymakers and practi-tioners need to look at how onecould address the farmers' risk— that affects his income andwelfare and linking activities ofnon-agriculture sector. This isalso an area of agricultureresearch," he said.

The senior PMO officialsaid that Indian Society ofAgricultural Economics (ISAE)should focus its research on top-ics like why does farmers distresshappen in areas where there ishigh agricultural growth andhow to modernise agriculture.

"Agricultural growth has astrong correlation with pover-ty reduction. In order to alle-viate rural poverty, we need tofocus on agricultural produc-tivity and farmers' income."

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The BJP on Friday releasedits first list of 177 candi-

dates for the Madhya PradeshAssembly polls, slashing tick-ets of 63 MLAs and fieldingChief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan from the Budhniseat, scotching speculation thathe may change his constituen-cy.

Among the 177 namesannounced out of the total of230 Assembly seats, 14 arewomen candidates, even as 63sitting MLAs, who have beendenied tickets, replaced withnew faces. The party alsorepeated 95 MLAs who wonthe election during 2013.

Chouhan would continueto file his nomination from histraditional Budhni seat.

The party also announcedcandidates for 28 Assemblyseats in Telangana and 24 inMizoram.

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Being ardent followers of SardarVallabhbhai Patel, Shekhar Sharma and

his friends, all hearing impaired youth, wereglued to the TV during the recent event forthe unveiling of the statue of the IndianIndependence icon but could not make aword what Prime Minister Narendra Modisaid in his speech.

They could, however, look forward tounderstanding such speeches in the days tocome.

Realising the importance of sign lan-guage interpreters (SLIs) in reaching out tothe hearing impaired persons like Shekharand his friends as well speech impaired per-sons during such important events, theGovernment has asked all the Ministriesand Departments to ensure arrangement ofSLIs in all their meetings, seminars, work-shops and conferences.

The measure, if implemented in rightearnest, will not only sensitise the peopletowards the sector but also create jobs forthe SLIs, said the activists in the sector, wel-coming the move. India has around 80 mil-lion people with disabilities. According tothe 2011 census, there are over 5 millionpeople with hearing disabilities and 2 mil-lion with speech impairment in the coun-try.

Shakuntla Gamlin, Secretary of thePersons with Disability Department underthe Ministry in a letter recently drew theattention of all the Ministries to the rightsof Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act2016 which came into force from April lastyear which recognises sign language as ameans of communication with hearing andspeech impairment.

She reminded the officials concernedthat "As per the provision of the Act, it isincumbent upon the Government to cre-ate a barrier free environment for personswith disabilities not only in respect of builtenvironment but also in the area of trans-

portation, ICT eco system and other facil-ities and services.

"As such it is incumbent upon all theMinistries and department to take steps inthis direction so that all information is avail-able in accessible format for the use of allcategories of the persons with disabilities."

Further with a view to reach out to thepersons with hearing impairment it wouldbe appropriate if sign language interpreta-tion is made available in all Governmentmeetings/workshops/organised by theMinistries /Department, Gamlin added.

Dr Satendra Singh, a disability rightsdefender, called the step as the much-need-ed one. "I had written to the NHRC to makeSLIs mandatory in hospitals. We don't seethat. Imagine a deaf patient needing emer-gency operation, how will the doctors takeconsent? It was strange that theDoordarshan did not interpret the Prime

Minister's speech at Statue of Unity launch.Diversity should be viewed as a norm andnot exception."

It needs to become a culture else the ini-tiative will fail. As we see at present, manyof the circulars on DEPwD websites aren'taccessible to visually impaired," Dr Singhrued.

Alok Bhuwan from ManovikasCharitable Society, echoed similar views say-ing that there may be some challenges suchas shortage of SLIs at various locations,absence of standardisation of contextualvocabulary for ISL etc.

However, this gap can be met throughdeploying ICT Technology solutions suchas closed captioning. The Governmentshould also consider investing in encour-aging research and innovation for locali-sation of such technology solutions, Bhuwansuggested.

To ensure supply of the SLIs and to pro-mote usage of sign language in the coun-try, the Centre on its part, in 2015, set upIndian Sign Language Research andTraining centre in Delhi, a first of its kindin the country. Last year, it came out witha dictionary with over 3,000 signs, relatingto words commonly used in academic, legaland medical circles.

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court onFriday quashed an FIR against BJP MPAnurag Thakur, former HimachalPradesh Chief Minister Prem KumarDhumal and others in a case related toalleged irregularities in granting land onlease for construction of the Dharamshalacricket stadium.

A bench of justices A K Sikri, AshokBhushan and Ajay Rastogi said, "We allowthe appeal. The FIR registered isquashed."

Thakur, Dhumal and HimachalPradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) had challenged the HimachalPradesh High Court order refusing toquash the FIR registered during the thenVirbhadra Singh Government in theState.

The High Court on April 25, 2014,had refused to quash the FIR and stay thecriminal trial pending before specialjudge, Dharamshala, in a case registeredfor cheating and criminal conspiracy, andunder provisions of the Prevention ofCorruption Act.

Thakur, who is a BJP MP fromHamirpur and was then the HPCA pres-

ident, had contended in the apex courtthat the case was actually a civil disputebut the then Virbhadra Singh-ledCongress Government had made it acriminal case for political reasons.

The FIR in the case was registered bythe Dharamshala off ice of the Vigilance Bureau on August 1, 2013,months after the Congress Governmentassumed power in December 2012. PTI

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Fridaydismissed the CBI appeal against the DelhiHigh Court's 2005 verdict discharging allthe accused, including the Hinduja broth-ers, in the politically-sensitive �64 croreBofors pay-off case.

The apex court rejected the CBI pleaseeking condonation of the 13 year delayin filing the appeal against the May 31, 2005judgement of the High Court saying it isnot convinced with the grounds furnishedby the agency.

"We are not convinced with thegrounds furnished by the petitioner for theinordinate delay of 4,522 days in filing thepresent Special Leave Petitions," said abench, headed by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi.

The apex court said the CBI can raiseall grounds in the appeal against the highcourt verdict filed by advocate Ajay Agrawal,who has also challenged the judgement.

The top court has already admitted thepetition filed by Agrawal, the BJP leader,who had contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elec-tion against the then Congress presidentSonia Gandhi from Rae Bareilly.

"Furthermore, we have noticed that inthe criminal appeal filed against the verysame order by the complainant, the peti-tioner herein i.e. Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) is a party and wouldbe heard in the said appeal. We, therefore,are not inclined to entertain the presentSpecial Leave Petitions," the bench, alsocomprising Justices K M Joseph andHemant Gupta, said.

The CBI had filed the appeal onFebruary 2 this year.

Attorney General K K Venugopalasked the top court to make it clear in itsorder that dismissal of CBI appeal wouldnot preclude the probe agency from car-rying out investigation in the case.

The apex court, however, did notmention anything in its order on this issue.

The High Court in its 2005 judgementhad quashed all charges against the threeHinduja brothers — S P Hinduja, G PHinduja and P P Hinduja — and othersunder the Prevention of Corruption Act.

In December 2016, during the hearingof Agrawal's appeal, the apex court hadasked the CBI why it had not filed the appealwithin the mandatory time limit of 90 days.The agency had said that it did not get thenod from the previous UPA Government.

After the NDA Government came topower, there were speculations that the CBIwould take a call to either respond asrespondent in Agrawal's petition or prefera separate appeal.

After lot of deliberation, the CBI thisyear got the nod from the NDAGovernment to file an appeal in the apexcourt. PTI

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court hasdirected the AAP Government to "redo"the exercise of fixing the minimumwages for the scheduled employment"afresh" within three months.

The top court said that the minimumwages for all classes of workmen in allscheduled employment would be gov-erned by the notification issue by the AAPGovernment on an interim basis.

A bench headed by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi, however, made it clear that,at this stage, no arrears need to be paidbut the current wages will be as per thenotification dated March 3, 2017 till thetime it decides the appeal against theDelhi High Court judgement.

"We also make it clear that the ques-tion of arrears under the notificationdated March 3, 2017 will be governed bysuch wages as may be re-fixed pursuantto the fresh exercise ordered to be under-taken.

"We also make it clear that no recov-ery of amount paid shall be made byemployer(s). Needless to say, in the denovo exercise ordered to be carried outwill be open for all the stakeholders toraise all issues as may be relevant," thebench also comprising Justices U U Lalitand K M Joseph, said.

The high court on August 4 hadquashed Delhi Government's March 2017notification revising minimum wagesfor all classes of workmen in all scheduledemployment, saying the "hurried" deci-sion was taken without hearing theemployers or employees.

As per the notification, the minimumwages for unskilled, semi-skilled andskilled labour were fixed at �13,500,�14,698 and �16,182, respectively.

The decision by the court came onseveral pleas filed by various industrialunits and companies who employ work-ers on minimum wages.

The high court had also set aside aSeptember 2016 notification by which aMinimum Wages Advisory Committeefor all scheduled employments

was set up, saying that its constitutionwas "completely flawed". PTI

Dharamshala: BJP MP Anurag Thakur onFriday welcomed the Supreme Courtorder quashing an FIR against him relat-ed to alleged irregularities in a land dealfor a cricket stadium here, saying the pre-vious Congress Government in HimachalPradesh was against the development ofsports in the State.

He said this is the victory of all thebudding players and sports lovers in thestate.

"The cricket stadium in Dharamshalawas created for promoting the game in

Himachal Pradesh, but the Congress gov-ernment took every possible step againstit," he said.

"The intention of that government wasnot towards development, but for destruc-tion of sports," the Hamirpur MP said.

The Supreme Court Friday quashedthe FIR filed against Thakur, formerHimachal Pradesh chief minister PremKumar Dhumal and others in a case relat-ed to alleged irregularities in granting landon lease for construction of theDharamshala cricket stadium. PTI

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Releasing the report onsouthwest monsoon 2018,

the India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) said onFriday that the country hasreceived 91 per cent rainfallthis year. As per data, 95 percent rainfall received in June,94 per cent in July, 92 per centin August, and 76 per cent inSeptember.

"Out of the total 36 mete-orological subdivisions, 23subdivisions constituting 68per cent of the total area of thecountry received normal sea-son rainfall, one subdivisionreceived excess rainfall (oneper cent of the total area), and12 subdivisions (31 per centof the total area) received defi-cient season rainfall. Out ofthe 12 deficient subdivisions,5 subdivisions were from East& Northeast India (ArunachalPradesh, Assam & Meghalaya,Gangetic west Bengal, Biharand Jharkhand), 3 subdivi-sions each were from theCentral India (Saurashtra &Kutch, Gujarat region andMarathwada) and SouthPeninsula (Rayalaseema,North Interior Karnataka andLakshadweep) and one sub-division (West Rajasthan)from Northwest India," theIMD said.

During the season, 10

monsoon low pressure sys-tems (one cyclone, one deepdepression, one depressions,two well marked low pressureareas and two low pressureareas) formed against an aver-age of six depressions andeight low pressure areas.

The IMD claimed thatforecast for monsoon onsetover Kerala for this year wasvery accurate, as both theforecasted and realised date ofonset of monsoon over Keralawas May 29.

The season witnessed avery large number of 'HighImpact weather events, ofwhich 'floods' remained to bethe most frequent and wide-spread phenomenon.

"During the 2018 south-west monsoon season, thoughthe warming trends in the seasurface temperatures (SSTs)over equatorial Pacific indi-cated evolving El Nino, SSTsremained below the El Ninothreshold value. Hence, warmENSO neutral conditions pre-vailed over the equatorialPacific. The atmospheric con-ditions were also indicatingneutral ENSO conditions," itsaid.

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New Delhi: Joining the cho-rus for the construction of aRam temple in Ayodhya,Union Minister Vijay Goel onFriday said it should be doneat the earliest through anymean — constitutional, leg-islative, judicial or commu-nity dialogue.

The Union Minister ofState for Parl iamentar yAffairs claimed that the build-ing of the temple is a "matterof faith" for "crores of people"and ways should be found to"amicably resolve" the issue topave the way for its con-struction.

He said a campaign, 'EkDiya, Ram ke Naam', will belaunched Saturday, seekingto promote the bid for theconstruction of the temple inAyodhya.

He also took a dig atCongress saying, i f its president Rahul Gandhi isalso visiting temples, "theparty should not have anyobjection to it (constructionof temple)".

"A number of peoplefrom different walks of lifewill converge at my officialresidence here tomorrow tolight up thousands of 'diyas'seeking to send a symbolicmessage for building of theRam temple," he said.

"It is a wish of crores ofpeople that Ram templeshould be constructed. So, thetemple should be built at the

earliest through any way, be itconstitutional or legislation orcourt or through dialoguebetween al l the part iesinvolved," Goel told PTI.

He said lighting up of'diyas' is part of the campaignthat will go on till November7, and people can also showsupport on social media byusing hashtag of#JalaoEkDiyaRamMandirKeNaamKa.

Incidentally, a big cutoutof a temple has been erectedat the main entrance of hisresidence at 10, Ashoka Roadand a mock-up model of atemple on its premises.

A three-judge bench,headed by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi, recently saidthe appropriate bench willdecide the future course ofhearing in January on theappeals filed against theAllahabad High Court verdictin the Ayodhya land disputecase.

As many as 14 appealshave been filed against the2010 High Court judgementthat suggested that the 2.77acres of disputed land be par-titioned equally among threeparties — the Sunni WaqfBoard, the Nirmohi Akharaand Ram Lalla.

Many experts have saidthat the matter should betaken up by the court after2019 elections, as it mightaffect the voters. PTI

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Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress onFriday said it will soon bring outa "report card" of Chief MinisterVasundhara Raje-led StateGovernment's performance,highlighting its "unfulfilledpromises".

Addressing a press confer-ence here, Rajasthan Congresspresident Sachin Pilot said the"report card" would be an analy-sis of the promises made by theGovernment and those fulfilledin the last five years.

Speaking about theCongress' list of candidates for

next month's assembly elec-tions, he said the first will bereleased after Diwali.

Pilot said the party's mani-festo will incorporate sugges-tions and demands of all sectionsof society.

The Congress had earliersaid the manifesto would be

announced by the second weekof this month.

Party manifesto committeein-charge Harish Chaudharysaid people can give their sug-gestions by calling a toll-freehelpline number, messaging orthrough short videos.

He said the suggestions canalso be given through Facebookwithin a week's time.

Polling will be held inRajasthan on December 7. Theresults will be announced onDecember 11 along with fourother States.

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New Delhi: The Supreme Courton Friday said it would hear aftereight weeks a plea which hasalleged that the Centre has been"indefinitely sitting" on thenames recommended by theapex court collegium forappointment of judges in thehigher judiciary.

The plea, stating that thegovernment cannot "frustrate"the process of appointment ofjudges in the apex court and highcourts in "an oblique way" by sit-ting on collegium's recommen-dations and not responding tonames reiterated by it, came upfor hearing before a bench head-ed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.Senior lawyer Dushyant Daveand advocate Prashant Bhushan,appearing for petitioner NGOCentre for Public InterestLitigation (CPIL), told the benchthat the Centre has been sittingon several names for appoint-ment as judges in the higher judi-ciary. The bench, also compris-ing Justices K M Joseph andHemant Gupta, asked Davewhether he knew the number ofnames which the collegium hasreiterated to the Centre. Davesaid, "As far as I know, there are13 names".

To this, the CJI told Dave, "Itis three times more. Papers arelying on my table." Dave request-ed the court to issue notice to theCentre on the plea but the benchsaid it would hear the matterafter eight weeks. PTI

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JD(S) supremo HD DeveGowda who is in a calculat-

ed way pitching for Congress’president Rahul Gandhi as theprime ministerial candidatefor the 2019 general electionshas to face a litmus test in thebattlefield Ballari, a by-electionfor Lok Saba on Saturday. TheCongress candidate VSUgrappa, supported by thecoalition of JD(S) and Congressis facing the heat in the dustyterrain of Ballari where miningbaron Reddy brothers arevigoursly campaigning for JShantha of the BJP. Shantha isthe sister of powerful ScheduleTribe leader J Sriramulu. Ballariis reserved ST constituency.The by election was necessi-tated by the resignation ofSriramulu from Lok Sabha ashe had won the election toKarnataka Assembly.

Many insiders in the rulingGovernment feel it is really atough fight taking on Reddybrothers and the stronghold ofSriramulu. It is also testing timefor the JDs- Congress combinewho dream of taking this unityto the 2019 general elections tofight the BJP and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and Amit Shah.

Karnataka is witnessingthree by polls to Ballari,Shivamogga and Mandya andtwo assembly seats atRamanagara and Jamakhandi

on Saturday. Even though theelections are not an indicator ofthe future keeping in mind2019 general elections, it is cru-cial for all the three politicalparties, Congress, BJP and JDsto establish their supremacy inthe political sphere of the State.

In Jamakhandi, the lateMLA’s son AnandNyamagouda is contesting onCongress ticket, but faces seri-ous challenge from BJP’sShrikant Kulkarni. Kulkarni isa BJP veteran in local politicsand confident of sailingthrough. At Ramanagaraassembly constituency in anembarrassment to BJP its can-didate L Chandrashekharretired from the fray in supportof Anita Kumaraswamy, thewife of Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy.

At Shivamogga lok sabaconstituency which is facing bypolls after Lingayat strongmanBS Yeddyurappa got elected toassembly, his son BYRaghavendra is contesting andfighting a fierce battle facing theson of former Chief MinisterMadhu Bangarappa of the JDs.Another candidate Mahima Patilof the JD(U) and son of lateChief Minister JH Patel is alsoin the fray. In Mandya the coali-tion combine has put up JDscandidate L Shivarame Gowdafacing BJP’s Siddaramaiah.

At Ballari it is a keen con-test between Congress Minister

DK Shivakumar and BJPstrongman J Sriramulu. Theyare fighting to establish polit-ical supremacy in the crucialHyderabad Karnataka.

In Ballari the Congresshas been leaving no stoneunturned to clinch the seatfrom the BJP in a bid to regainits lost glory, which it hadenjoyed ever since electionswere held in 1952 till 2000. Theparty is also in buoyant moodafter it won six out of nineAssembly seats in the recent-ly concluded elections. Casteplays a major role in Ballariand it’s controlled by STs andother backward communities.

The Congress won six outof the nine assembly seats inMay, but the electorate hasmore often favoured the BJP innational elections. Sriramulu,who had left the BJP before2013, rejoined the party and hadsuccessfully contested the 2014Lok Sabha election and 2018assembly polls. In May, he choseto retain his assembly seat.

Meanwhile in anotherpolitical development theKarnataka BJP , which wasstumped on Thursday by thewithdrawal of its candidate inthe Ramanagara Assembly bye-poll favouring JDs candidateAnita Kumaraswamy just twodays ahead of the election, hasnow sought the polling to bepostponed in the seat. Theyhave petitioned the EC.

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When the helicopter carry-ing Chief Minister Nitish

Kumar and his officials liftedup from the airport at Gayaafter the sunset, when he hada pleasant surprise to see belowthe streaks of lights on theentire fully illuminated routedown to Patna. He asked hissecretaries to take out theirmobile phones and take thepictures. “This was a real pleas-ant surprise,” he said whileaddressing a meeting to markthe completion of his ambitiousproject “Har ghar bijli” underhis seven resolves. All thehouseholds in Bihar have beenconnected with power in arecord time and two monthsprior to the deadline ofDecember 31, 2018.

What a huge contrast! InFebruary 2004, The Economistin A Survey of India specialsupplement said, “Satellite pho-tos of India at night showBihar at centre of an area ofdarkness. Electricity is a spo-radic luxury.”

Nitish and his EnergyMinister Bijendra Prasad Yadavhave another interesting folkstory to link with darkness ornon-electricity in rural areas.They revealed a “bhoot” (ghost)story at the glittering pro-gramme to mark the sixth foun-dation day of Bihar State PowerHolding Company (BSPHC)hours after the Halloween dayobserved across the world .

“The mothers used to dis-allow children going out ofhome by scaring them thatbhoot in the darkness will catchthem. Now with electricityeverywhere the bhoot has beendriven away. This is a big socialreform,” said Nitish. “Under thelight they read, play and moveout without a fear because moth-ers can no longer scare themwith ghosts of darkness. Theghost is gone”, Yadav added ,

Energy department princi-pal secretary and BSPHC CMDPratyaya Amrit said under themission mode all hands in thecompanies worked constantlybeating the weather woes tocomplete the gigantic task.

Bihar is eighth States toachieve total electrification.Until 2005 electricity was a lux-ury and even in big townsincluding State capital 24 hourspower was beyond imagination.

Amrit said “har ghar bijli”scheme was launched by theCM on November 15, 2016 fix-ing a target to take power to allthe households desirous tohave connection by December31, 2018. “We worked withdedication and zeal andachieved this goal two monthsearlier. Our work becamemodel for the country andteams from other States andCentre visited to see it. TheCentre adopted this schemeunder its Saubhagya Yojna,”said Amrit under whose lead-ership the herculean task oflighting Bihar turned a realityin just few years. “2719 un-elec-trified villages and 26,000 set-tlements were electrified inonly 87 days and our team didit with precision,” he added.

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Family members of formerFinance Minister and

Congress strongman PChidambaram got a major reliefin a legal battle against theCentre as the Madras HighCourt on Friday quashed a sanc-tion order by an income tax offi-cial to prosecute them under the

Black Money (UndisclosedForeign Income and Assets) andImposition of Tax Act of 2015.

Nalini Chidambaram(lawyer wife of Chidambaram),Karti P Chidambaram (son)and Srinidhi KartiChidambaram (daughter-in-law)had challenged the prosecutionprocess launched against themby the Department of IncomeTax under the above mentioned

Act. They had contended thatthe Principal Director of IncomeTax (Investigation) was not thecompetent officer to launchprosecution under Section 50 ofthe Act and hence the complaintfiled against them should bequashed.

Justices S Manikumar andSubramonium Prasad who heardthe petition quashed the sanctionorders issued by the Income Tax

official stating that the sanctionhad not been given in accor-dance with law. The judges alsoquashed the private complaintslodged by the Income TaxDepartment against the familybefore the MetropolitanMagistrate Court in Chennai.

The judges ruled that thesanction had not been given inaccordance with the law. Thepetitioners had told the courtthat the Principal Director ofIncome Tax (Investigation )was not the competent author-ity to launch prosecution underSection 50 of the Act and hencethe complaint filed against themshould be quashed. The ChiefMetropolitan Magistrate Courtat Egmore Chennai was notdesignated as a special courtunder the act, they argued.

The cases were filed after ithas been found by the Income Taxdepartment that Karti, his moth-er and wife had purchased a prop-erty in London (5, Holben Close,Barton, Cambridge, UK). The ITDepartment found that the prop-erty was purchased for �5.37

crore but this was not disclosed inthe IT returns filed by them.

The petitioners also con-tended that if any proceedingswere initiated by the ChiefMetroplitan Magistrate basedon the prosecution complaintfiled by the second respondent(Principal Director), who isincompetent to file the com-plaint, it would cause prejudiceto the respondents. “The peti-tioner does not have any undis-closed foreign asset and hencedoes not come within thepurview of the Black MoneyAct,” the petitioners had claimed.

But G Rajagopal, addi-tional solicitor general whoappeared for the Governmentsaid the Income Tax depart-ment would definitely chal-lenge Friday’s decision of theMadras High Court as theChief Metroplitan MagistrateCourt was the competent courtfor the trial of the case andthere was no discrepancy in theprincipal director initiatingprosecution proceedingsagainst the petitioners.

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Assam Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal on

Friday warned stern actionagainst those involved in themassacre of five Bengali Hinduin Tinsukia district of easternAssam on Thursday eveningand said that the Governmentwill also take action against asection of people, organisationsand public representatives whomade inflammatory statementsin the past that led to the inci-dent on Thursday.

Three Ministers of theChief Minister SarbanandaSonowal led Assam cabinetvisited the place of occur-rence on Friday and interact-ed with the people to assuresecurity to them. TheGovernment have alsoannounced ex-gratia of �5lakh and Government jobs tothe next keen of the victims’family.

“We will take strongestaction against the perpetratorsof this heinous crime. I havedirected all law enforcing agen-cies to maintain peace andtake stern action against any-body trying to destabilise ourpeaceful society and State,”Sonowal tweeted on Friday.

“I strongly condemn thecowardly attack on innocentpeople at Sadiya. My hearfeltcondolence to the family mem-bers of those who have losttheir lives Sonowal tweeted onFriday. “My police departmenthas started taking actionagainst the culprits involved inthe killing,” said Sonowal inanother tweet on Friday.

“Some individuals, organi-

zations, a section of media,social media and inflammato-ry statements by a section ofpeoples’ representatives haveled to the situation yesterday.We appeal all to maintainrestrain or we will be forced totake action against them,”Sonowal said.

Interestingly, the anti-talkfaction of Ulfa, who the policehad suspected to be behind theincident, denied their involve-ment in the incident on Friday.

Assam DGP KuladharSaikia refused to name any par-ticular outfit behind the inci-dent on Friday and only saidthat the police have started theinvestigation to bring the cul-prits to the book. “Our first jobis to instill a sense of securityamong the people living hereand we are doing that. I hopethat police will arrest the cul-prits soon,” said the DGP.

In another development,police in Assam’s capital townGuwahati have arrested MrinalHazarika, a senior leader of thepro-talk faction of Ulfa for

allegedly making inflammatorystatements against a particularcommunity a few days back.

Police said that Hazarikawhile speaking against theCitizenship (Amendment)Bill recently had threatenedthe Bengali Hindus of direconsequences.

It may be mentioned herethat Assam has been witnessingsevere protests over the BJP ledGovernment’s move to pass inthe parliament the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill, 2016—a con-stitutional amendment bill thatseeks to grant citizenship topersecuted minority commu-nities in Bangladesh, Pakistanand Afghanistan. While severalorganizations including theindigenous communities areopposing the Bill, some of theHindu Bengali organizations aresupporting the Bill. SeveralHindu Bengali organization hadalso planned to organize a rallyin support of the Bill onNovember 17, to which, howeverthe BJP led Assam Governmentdenied permission.

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Thiruvananthapuram: Withthe Sabarimala temple set toopen for a day on Monday, theCongress on Friday accused theKerala Government of "creatingtrouble" over the temple issue.

Addressing the media here,Leader of Opposition RameshChennithala said that instead ofdousing passions, it was mostunfortunate that the LeftGovernment was trying to cre-ate frictions.

"The BJP and SanghParivar have one agenda. TheVijayan Government shouldhave come out with a properplan to avoid any trouble. Theirdecision to appoint 1,500 partyworkers on temporary basis inthe temple town for the twomonth long pilgrimage seasonis a challenge to peace in thetemple town," said

Chennithala."The Government has no

business to interfere in the pil-grimage," he added.

Ever since the SupremeCourt ruled that women of allage can visit the Sabarimalatemple, the Kerala Governmenthas said it will uphold the ver-

dict, angering tra-ditionalists. TheKerala High Courthas patted the StateGovernment.

In a relateddevelopment, anorganisation of theHindu Nair com-munity which hastaken a standagainst the LeftGovernment hadthree of its officesattacked, forcing

its General SecretarySukumaran Nair to warn theCPI-M on Friday "not to playwith them".

"We know who is behindthe attacks," said Nair, addingthat the need of the hour wasto resolve the Sabarimala issue.

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Even as situation remainedtense in communally sen-

sitive Kishtwar after the 'brutal'killing of a top BJP leader, AnilParihar, and his elder brother,Ajeet Parihar, on ground zerofear is lurking in the minds oflocal residents over the revivalof terrorism in the region.

Deputy Commissioner,Kishtwar, Angrez Singh Rana,had imposed curfew restric-tions in the area late Thursdaynight to contain public angeragainst the killing. Mobileinternet services were snappedin the hilly districts whileInternet services were sloweddown across Jammu region toprevent spread of rumours andcommunally sensitive propa-ganda material/literature.

Parihar was one of thebravest right wing politicians inthe region and had counteredseparatism and terrorism 'firm-ly'. He along with his brother wasrunning a stationary and sportsgoods business in Kishtwar. Theduo were returning home when'unidentified' gunmen hit themin the head,leading to their sud-den death.

Recently, he had publiclyopposed calls for support ofArticle 35A at the peak ofcontroversy over granting spe-cial status to the State of J&K.

Almost 25 years ago onMay 10, 1993 one of the mostvocal and popular leader ofVishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP),Satish Bhandari, too was gunneddown in the same area by'unidentified' terrorists. He wastargeted by the terrorists tospread panic among the mem-bers of the Hindu community tofled away from the hilly district.

On the same pattern sus-

pected terrorists, believed to becadre of Hizbul Mujahideen, tar-geted Anil Parihar to eliminatetall leaders and instil fear in theirminds, local residents alleged.

Former BJP Minister and alocal MLA, Sunil Sharma,echoed similar sentiments inKishtwar ahead of their cre-mation ceremony.

Speaking to media per-sons at his residence SunilSharma said, "it is due to thefailure of the security agencieswe have lost such a senior BJPleader who represented voice ofthe people of Kishtwar regionand played key role in ongoingfight against revival of terror-ism in the region".

Sharma said, series of eventswhich have taken place clearlyindicate attempts are being madeto once again revive terrorism inthe region to scare away Hindupopulation.He also raised ques-tion marks over the decision todisband Special Operations

group (SOG) from the area,chiefly responsible for tacklingthe threat posed by terrorists.

He said each and every BJPworker present in Kishtwar isalert and ready to foil sinisterdesign of anti national forces.

Before the cremation cere-mony Army columns stagedflag march in Kishtwar andneighbouring Bhaderwah townin Doda district to restore peacein the region. Protests rockeddifferent district headquarters ofJammu region where BJP work-ers and various other socio-politico organisations stagedprotest demonstrations andshouted anti-Pak slogans.

Former Deputy ChiefMinister Kavinder Guptademanded high level probebehind the brutal killing. Hesaid it could be a case of polit-ically motivated murder and ahigh level probe should beordered to unravel the mys-tery behind the attack.

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Jammu: Minister of State inthe Prime Minister's OfficeDr Jitendra Singh was 'heckled'by angry mourners after thecremation ceremony was overin Kishtwar on Friday.

Surrounded by thick posseof security personnel whenDr Singh was stepping out ofthe cremation ground, localresidents tried to approachhim but were prevented fromcoming closer.

Agitated residents thenstarted raising the issue of 'selec-tive' killing of members of the

minority community and poorsecurity arrangements in thedistrict to ensure their safety.

Section of the people alsovent their ire highlighting longabsence of MoS PMO from hisparliamentary constituency. Atthis moment Inspector Generalof Police, Jammu range Dr SDSingh Jamwal escorted Dr Singhsafely from the spot and whiskedhim away in his official car.Slogans were also raised againstthe district police and localauthorities for failing to ensuresafety of residents. PNS

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Trinamool Congress andCPI(M) erupted in a big

way condemning Thursday’sTinsukia killings with BengalChief Minister MamataBanerjee on Friday turningher social media display pictureblack as a mark of solidaritywith the Assam victims’ fami-lies and lambasting the BJP forinjecting fear in every house-hold of the country.

Five people of Bengalicommunity were brutallygunned down by unknownassailants at Tinsukia onThursday evening.

While the CPI(M) tookout a rally on Friday eveningTMC MP and AbhishekBanerjee led a huge rally in thenoon demanding Assam ChiefMinister’ Sarbanand Sonwal’sresignation for “presiding overa Government of killers” andfailing to protect the lives ofinnocent, hapless people.

The TMC leaders tweeted“in solidarity, on Protest day tocondemn the brutal killings ofBengalis by a State ruled by theBJP we are turning outTwitter/FB DPs into black,”adding street protests wouldcontinue throughout Bengaleven as an embarrassed BJPleadership wondered why theTrinamool and the Left weremaking an issue out of the inci-dent as “the AssamGovernment has taken promptaction over the issue.”

Calling the Thursday’skillings as an “extension ofAssam Government’s NRCdrive” the Bengal ChiefMinister said “the people whowere killed on Thursday belongto the poorest of the poor sec-tion of the society” wonderingwhether the killings were adirect fallout of the animosityprovoked by the NRC drive inthat State.

The BJP was driving outthe Biharis from Gujarat,

Bengalis and UP wallahs fromAssam so that it had becomedifficult to survive peacefullyin one’s own country, Banerjeealleged saying her party wouldalways remain by the side ofthe victims of such massextraditions.

“Under this Government(in Centre) India is in the gripof fear. Every household is infear. There is fear of demon-etisation, there is fear of mur-der like the one happened inTinsukia, the fear of beingejected in the name of NRC,the fear of central Agencies,”Banerjee said.

Attacking the BJP for creat-ing a rift among the people of thecountry the Chief Minister saidthose who were talking aboutnationalism and unity of thecountry were actually trying todivide its citizens along thelines of religion, caste, language.

Her nephew and party MPAbhishek Banerjee who ledthe Friday’s rally too demand-ed immediate halt in persecu-tion of Bengalis in Assam say-ing “there is a clear BJP handin the Assam killings. The factof the matter is that the ChiefMinister of that State who hadled the NRC movement shouldimmediately resign for failingto protect the lives of the inno-cent citizens.”

CPI(M) which also tookout an impressive rally onFriday evening said the partywould continue to carry outprotest movements against theBJP’s divisive politics. “Eversince the BJP has come topower either in Delhi or inAssam or anywhere the placesconcerned have seen killingslike this. These are no ordinarypolitical murders but they con-tain communal and sectarianvenom which may have farreaching effect,” CPI(M) centralcommittee member SujanChakrabarty said.

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Accompanied by his Gujaratcounterpart Vijay Rupani,

Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministerand star campaigner of rulingBJP for the upcoming LokSabha polls Yogi Adityanath onFriday paid tribute to SardarVallabhbhai Patel by visiting‘Statue of Unity’ – the talleststatue of the world situated nearSardar Sarovar Dam.

Yogi, who was personallyinvited by Gujarat CM Rupanicouldn’t remain present inthe inauguration ceremonyof the Statue on the birthanniversary of Sardar Patel onOctober 31 in presence ofPrime Minister NarendraModi. Sources in Gujarat BJPsaid that other BJP ruled CMswould visit the statue site incoming days. Even PresidentRamnath Kovind is alsoscheduled to visit the statue onDecember 15.

Meanwhile, during his briefinteraction with the local mediaYogi praise GujaratGovernment’s efforts to pay

befitting tribute to the ‘Ironmanof India’ by constructing histallest statue at Sadhu Bet situ-ated on the River Narmada.Despite repeated questionsabout Ram temple at Ayodhya,Yogi didn’t make any remarksbefore a group of newsmen.

“It was Sardar’s vision tomerge more than 550 PrincelyStates into Union of Indiaimmediately after the inde-pendence. The statue wouldgive inspiration for unity to

generations in future,” he saidadding that the Statue of Unitywould also bring prosperityand employment opportunitiesin the tribal dominatedNarmada district.

Officials of Sardar SarovarNarmada Nigam Limitedbriefed the UP CM about the‘Statue of Unity’ project. Healso visited ‘Valley of Flowers’near the Statue apart fromclimbing the statue up to view-ing gallery.

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The men and women inkhaki, all trainee consta-

bles, on Friday went on ram-page, attacking and assaultingtheir seniors and vendalisingthe new police line, hitting atthe media people and com-moners breaking their camerasand equipment and vehicle.They were protesting over thedeath of a woman constableSavita Pathak due to dengueand denial of leave to her. Theofficials including city SP, ruralSP, DSP and sergeant majorwho reached the spot wereabused and chased with ram-paging cops throwing stone atthem. A DSP rank official wasseen bleeding with his uniformblood soaked.

In bid to ensure that theirvandalism was not video-graphed they assaulted the cam-eramen and broke their equip-ment. Those who tried to filmtheir acts on their mobile phoneswere also attacked and phoneswere snatched and smashedunder their boots. They alsorampaged a temple adjacent tothe police line and smashed itsCCTV camera unit. Over tenpolice vehicles were ransacked.

Even the tough and nonon-sense SSP of Patna ManuMaharaaj could not dare to

enter the police line. It was likea police revolt against thepolice force when the juniorpolicemen were seen attackingand assaulting with sticks andstones violently the senior offi-cials. Ten rounds were alsofired but to no avail.

The daughter of a DSP rankofficial Maslehuddin Ahmad,whose residence is inside policeline said they numbered no lessthan 300 and smashed over tenvehicles badly with flower potsand showed her own scootywhich was destroyed.

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Author Lew Wallace had oncesaid, “The monuments of thenations are all protests againstnothingness after death; so arestatues and inscriptions; so is

history.” Yet, from the momentous zeal oftheir commemoration, they get easilybronzed over with layers of interpretationthat settle one over the other till the curat-ed gleam is gone. Then they descend intothe heat and dust of everydayness, becom-ing a part of the gush of life that doesn’t real-ly care what they stand for or not. And theyend up being a scaffolding of life itself, aperch for natural life forms, a shelteringshadow for refugees who have nowhere togo and a landmark for people to map theirjourneys with. This is the fundamental truthof extraordinary efforts that in the endbecome ordinary statistics.

Yet statues have a visual narrative thatnobody in the world can unstring them-selves from. They are the most visible mark-ers of our civilisational history, from theEgyptian pyramids to the Bamiyan Buddhas.And their unshakeable giganticism seeks totranscend time and space, sometimesimprinting themselves, at other timesencroaching on collective consciousness.They even acquire a spiritual aura as a repos-itory of collective faith. Do we really thenneed statues in an information age? Yes,because there is no scale-flexing in a flatworld of digital uniformity. So we want tostand out more in the physical world. Thisexplains why the Chinese demolished thestatus of the Statue of Liberty as the tallestwith its Buddhist statue at Henan and Indiatoppled that with its Statue of Unity dedi-cated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, nevermind if Buddha is India’s most successfulexport to China or that the Patel statue hasChinese bronze. Both examples of shininghuman endeavour and might, they gentri-fy the appreciation of it in the process…wehave it, you don’t. Even making the digitalplane subservient to them.

In fact, statues continue to be a focalpoint of posturing and messaging. One justhas to go back to the viral images of anAfrican-American woman climbing andclinging to the skirts of the Statue ofLiberty, protesting against US PresidentDonald Trump’s immigration policies andpolice trying to talk her down. That imagewas the most potent reminder of what theAmerican nation was born of and stood for,an instant reckoner of history and itsobfuscation too. If there was collective amne-sia about the essence of the proverbialAmerican dream, one unremarkable womancould get that back by courting at the feetof the Statue of Liberty. Simply because itwas there to anchor history in the first place.What could be a tokenism turned into amilestone on a civilisational timeline.

That explains the current swirl of opin-ionating on the statue on the banks of theSabarmati at Kevadiya in Gujarat. And per-

haps in a post-truth world,myth-making becomes easierwith statues embodying theviewpoint of the story-teller. Inthat sense, statues, museumsand public monuments aremutual extensions of each other,offering a manicured version ofhistory as well as encouragingits dissidence in the publicspace. So for critics questioningthe delayed iconisation ofSardar Patel as an appropriationof his legacy for political mon-gering by the ruling BJP, factremains that it was necessary torescue him from his relativeanonymity in the Congressannals. Yes, he was the architectof the modern republic as weknow it today, uniting theimpossible princely states andtackling internal emergenciesand Kashmir with a deft hand.In that sense he was a truenationalist. However, out ofthe Gandhi-Nehru aura, hedrifted to the right end of theCongress spectrum and there-fore, policy-wise, found a reso-nance in today’s BJP, which ispositing itself as his rescuer inhistory and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi as a fellowGujarati appropriating the goodintentions of a “son of the soil”like himself. The BJP may notend up practising Patel’s ideolo-gies as such but the fact remainsthat the statue was a historicalnecessity of sorts too amid aplethora of commemorativeplaques, platitudes, busts andmemorials.

Statues around the worldhave been installed anddethroned in this continuousprocess called revision of histo-ry. Be it the desecration of theConfederate statues in the US orthe tumble of Lenin-Stalinshrines with the collapse of

Communism, or the neo-recla-mation of BR Ambedkar andother Dalit icons by a flurry ofmonoliths commissioned byBSP chief Mayawati, all seem toharp on the need to archive anddocument history as is and notits coloured versions. It’s for thesame reason that the busts ofBengal revolutionaries contin-ue to be venerated in that state,once by the Left and now by theTrinamool Congress, simplybecause they do not find duespace in the Congress-dominat-ed retelling of our story ofIndependence. And even ifthere’s inclusivity in texts andrecorded material, truth is therecannot be denial in the publicspace, which ought to allowdemocratic discourse, onewhere everybody can find a res-onance, can invest his identityand claim a stake. Such coop-tion and acceptance of ideaswill, therefore, for some time tocome, rest with public monu-ments. And perhaps whenevery ship finds a lighthouse,will we wake up to our fullpotential as an eclectic culture.Right now, we are in the processof historical correction and stillquite a long way away fromaccepting guilt too for the manyindiscretions of societal violenceand genocide. Will these too fig-ure in statues like the SaltMarch of Dandi?

So statues will continue toendure, either by their installa-tion or their decimation ortheir reinterpretation, simplybecause people look up to tan-gible, tactile heroes and feel atransformative moment of ris-ing to their potential, if onlybriefly. People like to look up toa Netaji Subhash Chandra Bosethan the many netajis of con-temporary politics who have

eroded the allure of leadership.So they make a hue and cry inKolkata when his bronzed like-ness gets crusted with birddroppings. Or feel respectfulenough to not even smokearound the statue ofVivekananda in Kanyakumari,his bigness reminding them toelevate themselves momentar-ily. And nobody may haveheeded the angst of RohithVermula when he was alive butthe Dalit student, who commit-ted suicide driven by casteistmoves against him, has man-aged to galvanise a movementin his university and ensure thathuman rights are executed, notgiven out as a dole. Talking infront of his newly-constructedstatue, one of the student lead-ers Sreerag P had said, “Rohithwas an imperative force, whothrough his memories, rekin-dles the ethos of resistancewhich are carved into our polit-ical psyche.”

Call it retributive, restora-tive or retrospective justice buttill we deal with falsification anddenials of history tellers, the pol-itics and debates around build-ing statues will continue togather steam. And since we area far cry from developing livingicons, except in the spiritualsphere, and humans cannoteasily become demi-gods, therewill be no easy answers. Hadthat been the case, we would becelebrating modern shrines likethe Jammu & Kashmir Railway,an unimaginable feat and tem-ple of modern India among theshifting Himalayas with theworld’s highest arch bridge. Butwe have not yet learnt to cele-brate or acknowledge the effortsof little big men.

(The writer is AssociateEditor, The Pioneer)

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Sardar Patel: New India’scrisis man”(October 31) bySuresh Prabhu. The writer hasrightly paid rich tributes toSardar Patel, the unsung hero ofindependence, and has given thefinest detail about his contribu-tion towards India’s indepen-dence and its unity. It is a factthat history books in schoolshave less space for Patel.Instead, our present generationor even generations post India’sIndependence were forced tolearn again and again aboutthose very leaders who werealready declared national heroes.

Currently, the presentGovernment at the Centre hasdone the right thing to haveinstalled the Statue of Unity inremembrance of the Iron Man.The statue is not only the tallestin the world, but it spreadsacross the message that it wasbecause of Sardar Patel’s effortsthat India stands untied today.His contributions to the nation’scause are taller than his statue onthe banks of the Narmada river.

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Save the world” (November 2).We, humans, are the mostdestructive animals on this plan-et Earth. While other species killonly for food, we kill for pleasure.Further, our appetite for killingremains insatiable. We destroyforests to satisfy our greed with-

out thinking that we are destroy-ing the environment.

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Sir — This refers to the edito-rial, “Sardar Patel: New India’scrisis man”(October 31) bySuresh Prabhu. The Statue of

Unity, the tallest in the world,inaugurated by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in Gujarat willserve as a reminder to the entireworld and also future genera-tions about the courage, capabil-ity and resolution of the Ironman (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel)who did the holy work of thwart-ing the conspiracy to disintegratemother India into pieces. Thestatue will also remind those

who keep questioning India’sexistence since it is the talleststatue in the world made of purebronze.

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Sir — This refers to the edito-rial, “Cure worse than disease”(November 1). It is not that onlyoutlived vehicles running onDelhi’s roads are responsiblefor the air pollution. There areothers factors, too, that need tobe dealt with all seriousness.Factory emissions in and aroundthe National Capital Regioncontribute greatly in the form ofcarbon emissions. Farmers, too,resort to burning of their agri-cultural wastes.

Action should be taken toreduce the emission from facto-ries and ways should be devisedto destroy the agricultural wastesbesides banning outdated auto-mobiles polluting the air in theNCR.

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Businesses today are on the con-stant lookout for an increasingcompetitive advantage by

improving employee engagement,increasing productivity and expand-ing globally, while ensuring securityand cost management. The move-ment from desk-first to mobile-firstis the primary driving force behindworkplace evolution across the globe.

The fruitful combination of realestate, technology and human behav-iour results in successful workplacetransformation — by crafting flexibleand innovative set-ups. To trulyembrace the evolution of workplacesand derive a wholesome collaborativeenvironment, what’s required is a newway of thinking — the fruition of tra-ditional beliefs of ‘from work being a

place’ to ‘work being a concept’.There has been a fundamental

shift in workspaces from the idea ofsupervision to the idea of fulfillingobjectives. The older format of run-ning cubes was majorly driven by thebelief that if the employees are notpresent in the manager’s line ofvision, they must not be working.However, latest surveys show that thetrust factor between employees is theprimary force behind meeting dead-lines. This breaks the fundamentalnotion behind standard set-ups, giv-ing way to more open layouts andflexible formats.

Open plans, that are economical-ly efficient, predicate on establishingparity across the workspace toenhance employee experience andwell-being, whilst eliminating thephysical metaphors of authoritarian-ism. It also dissolves traditionalnotions of professional hierarchy andembraces democratic engagement.Infrastructure, too, steers collabora-tive and transparent environment.

There is a growing shift towardsdesigning workplaces that reflect an

egalitarian structure through recep-tive design, disregarding orthodoxnorms. As the role of employees isbeing imagined beyond a static loca-tion, their spaces have become moredynamic and temporal according tothe changing nature of work.

Work needs to be portrayed assomething more than the confine-ment of a cubicle-dynamic in its fun-damental approach. Cubicle set-upsare rigid, often forcing individuals toget through the assigned work froma location, which hampers humanpotential as different kinds of spacesthat are required to drive differentrequirements at work environments.

The dynamic nature of spacesallows for a differentiated group for-mation and activity, which benefitsteam-building efforts. Every individ-ual is unique and tackles situationsdifferently. What is needed as per theever-evolving corporate space is a wayto substantiate the requirements of all,while managing to achieve the deco-rum of a workplace. This means pro-viding collaborative spaces, meetingspaces, team rooms and allowing peo-

ple to work from any corner of a set-up that helps them achieve efficien-cy. As the spaces become sociallyreceptive, the transfer of informationand networks acquires differentforms, thereby inviting collabora-tion. Such a breakdown of hierarchyin workplaces is a new concept.Offices should be transformed toaccommodate the kind of work thatsupports business outcomes.

Beyond developing a new mind-set, these transformations are a directoutcome of three areas: Real estate,technology, and people. For the realestate, it is imperative to move awayfrom assigned seating to open seat-ing, where organisational teams canfunction together. Providing a varietyof seating spaces for employees tomove around and work according totheir requirement is not only feasible,but is also modular. More needs canbe identified using data analysis tomeet the changing spatial require-ments. To decouple the physicalspace, consumption from employeeheadcount to lower real estate cost isimperative to provide spaces that

remain economically inclusive forsmaller organisations.

With growth in consumer-basedtechnology, the need of the hour is toleverage existing investments in wire-less infrastructure and remote accesscontrol. Collaboration tools are thenew meeting rooms. With employeesspread across the globe, it is impor-tant to have everyone on one portalto facilitate discussions. Here, theemployees’ choice of device often endsup being a vital factor in meetingdeadlines with productive work. So,the choice of device is the fundamen-tal factor behind the design of spaces,delineating the nature of their use.

The present trend of globalisationhas created a combinatorial explosionof ideas amongst people, wheredesires, needs and choices are notdefined by region, but by approach.The present rate of globalisationrequires everyone to be prompt withnew devices and techniques of collab-oration. Training sessions to bringeveryone on the same platform willenhance productivity and engage-ment. Collaboration is being encour-

aged via meeting rooms and tools.Flexible workstations are a must.

Transformed workplaces, in linewith the requirements of an organi-sation, often result in happier employ-ees. They also enable better hiring,thus bringing in the most qualifiedcandidates for the position as locationno longer dictates success. This alsoenhances space utilisation, as seatingis only provided based on the employ-ees coming in on a day, which resultsin greater employee engagement andcompetitive advantage for the busi-ness. Thus, a collaborative approachto workplaces is not only a market-ing approach, but a performance-based intervention that retains cre-ative output. Thus, workspaces aretransforming from product-centricenvironments to customer-centricenvironments, being able to incorpo-rate a research-based, operation-based and consultancy-based atmos-phere within the confinements of asingle space, which is evidently muchmore sustainable.

(The writer is COO of a designconsultancy firm)

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Any economic growth, beyond justtransactional trade and investments,is based on people-to-people links,starting at the leadership level. TheIndia Economic Strategy (IES) 2035

report, authored by Peter N Varghese,Chancellor, University of Queensland, recognis-es the importance of people-to-people links asa part of the bilateral architecture and is lead-ership driven.

This diplomacy approach includes political,bureaucratic, business and sectoral leaders at theground level to build trust, social understand-ing and cultural capacity between countries overa period of time consistently, and goes beyondongoing arts and cultural exchanges or pro-grammes between the countries. Crisis such asthe Doklam conflict between India and Chinawas diffused by a well-planned “informal”meeting between Prime Minister NarendraModi and Chinese President Xi Jinping atWuhan, China. The summit was set with socialand cultural exposure to reiterate the bondbetween the two leadership, translating to abilateral relationship.

In a similar way, it was a conscious decisionby Prime Minister Modi to bond with formerAustralian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbullwith a metro ride to the Akshardham Templeto establish leadership trust. In doing so,Narendra Modi signalled that India’s foreignrelations have grown in strength not onlybased on its strategic and economic priorities,but also its history, multi-cultural values andsocial equity.

Cultural intelligence and capacity: Indiaand Australia both have a multi-cultural soci-ety and work environment that requires theGovernment and leaders across various sectorsto be equipped with cultural intelligence as askill. Cultural intelligence not only plays animportant role among stakeholders in shapingdiplomatic, domestic and international policies,but also nurtures businesses, industries, com-munities and society. Cultural intelligence is alsoknown within businesses as cultural quotient(CQ), which is a theory within management andorganisational psychology. This is a critical gapI see where bilateral stakeholders are unable toapply this skill, which is commonly misunder-stood for cultural exposure or knowledge of acountry.

Cultural intelligence and capacity will makepositive impacts at three broad levels forAustralia in context of bilateral relationship:

��� Diplomacy and policy: In Australiandiplomacy, bureaucrats and political leadershipneed to consider shifting from the lens of‘Anglospheric or Anglo-Saxon’ to a ‘socio-cul-tural’ lens of India for bilateral engagement. Thiswill allow Australia to interpret India’s vision ofdevelopment and build a new strategic narra-tive from non-alignment to multi-alignment incontext to India’s foreign policy of a new glob-al order. Australia’s foreign policy towardsIndia can lend a new dimension with relevantinclusion of cultural diplomacy, which is stillconventionally viewed as state-sponsored/sup-ported arts and cultural exchange.

Cultural diplomacy needs to have an inclu-

sive approach of bringing theGovernment and business leaders toconsult with the social sector and sus-tainability and cultural leaders for pol-icy development. The case for suchpolicy consultation required is thateconomic investments can’t be madein any geography without a social, eco-logical and cultural audit of theregion. Socio-cultural insights makethe deployment of investments effec-tive and mitigates on-ground resis-tance or bottlenecks, such as theAdani case. Australia’s own domesticpolicies for a multi-cultural societyand economy could benefit frombuilding cultural capacity among pol-icy-makers and influencers. A positivestart in this direction has been thelaunch of ‘Victoria’s India strategy’ in2018, underpinning the importance ofcultural understanding in its domes-tic policy approach and Indianengagement.

��� Trade and business: India’ssocio-cultural diversity and complex-ities can be leveraged as a demograph-ic dividend with an access to thelargest youth population in the world.The report highlights this opportuni-ty in each sector and state-wise focus.Australian trade and business ecosys-tem is inclined towards short-termresults. It is transactional rather than

long-term relationship, unlike theIndian counterpart that prioritisestrust and relationship building as apropeller for transactional trade andbusiness collaborations. MacquarieCEO, Shemara Wikramanayake, hademphasised on Australia looking atIndia for business with patience andnurturing a long-term relationship.The bilateral ecosystem of stakehold-ers, including bodies like AustraliaIndia Business Council, need to inte-grate cultural capacity as a tool ofengagement for business and tradeopportunities. Australian corporatecompanies, that also employs a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic workforce,would benefit from cultural intelli-gence skills in their work environmentas they expand across the Indo-pacif-ic region.

��� Education and exposure:Leadership starts with education andcommunity engagement. TheAustralian education sector can leadtowards capacity-building of cultur-al intelligence among education lead-ers and student community as futureleaders. Education is Australia’s thirdlargest export sector and is also hometo the second largest student popula-tion from India. Cultural capacity isan ideal tool to bring diverse studentpopulation (including local Australian

student’s cultural capacity) acrossAustralian universities, not just toleverage this skill in their educationor work environment, but also in theirrespective communities/societies. Thisskill is also helpful to the Australianleadership, team and faculties withinuniversities to be more effective inattracting Indian students to study. Butmost importantly, it helps in mentor-ing students to thrive as working pro-fessionals and positive contributors tothe society.

Additionally, there is a critical gapbetween the Australian mainstreammedia and the online platform’s pres-ence in India for consistent and on-ground coverage of our diverse coun-try. A biased exposure and skewedinterpretation of India hasn’t helpedthe Australians with the current multi-dimensional perspectives of India.

The strategy and opportunitieslaid out in the IES 2035 report can berealised when leadership across thebilateral spectrum recognise culturalcapacity as a multiplier of growth.Cultural diplomacy and intelligencecan be a strong lever that can propelthe economic prosperity vision of2035 for Australia with India.

(The writer is Director,Collaborative Community and SteeringCommittee member of AIYD)

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Investor wealth rose by �1.72lakh crore Friday helped by a

smart rally in the broader mar-ket where the BSE benchmarkindex surged almost 580 points.

Tracking gains in stocks,the market capitalisation ofthe BSE listed companiessurged by �1,72,870.06 crore to�1,40,78,702.09 crore.

The 30-share key indexsoared 579.68 points, or 1.68per cent, to end at 35,011.65.

“After a flat start toNovember, stock markets Fridaytraded with a strong positivemomentum and registered sharpgains. Trading sentiment got aboost amid a fall in global crudeprices and rising rupee. Positiveglobal cues also triggered buy-ing,” said Abhijeet Dey, seniorfund manager-Equities, BNPParibas Mutual Fund.

The rupee on Fridayclocked its biggest single-daygain in over five years, surgingby 100 paise to close at 72.45against the US dollar.

Brent crude, the interna-tional benchmark, droppedbelow the $73-mark to quote ata seven-month low of $72.65 byfalling 3.48 per cent.

From the 30-share pack, 25stocks ended with gains led byMaruti Suzuki India, TataMotors, Vedanta and InduslndBank.

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The Indian rupee on Friday clocked its biggest single-day gainin over five years, surging by 100 paise to close at 72.45 against

the US dollar on easing crude oil prices and possibility that theUS might grant waivers to India from sanctions on Iranian oilimports.

Besides, a bullish trend in the equity market and fresh for-eign fund inflows provided support to the domestic currency,which has witnessed a massive 150 paise rise in the last two trad-ing sessions. The domestic currency had Thursday gained 50paise.

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, thedomestic unit Friday opened on a higher note at 73.14, thengained further ground and touched an intra-day high of 72.43,a jump of 102 paise. It, however, closed at 72.45 against the green-back, showing a rise of 100 paise — the best day for the Indianunit since September 2013.

With crude oil prices constantly dipping, concerns overwidening current account deficit have slightly eased, helping therupee claw back some lost ground.

The reports have suggested that the Trump administrationis considering granting waivers to India and some other coun-tries, which will allow these nations to continue buying oil fromIran, despite the renewal of US sanctions from next week.

The US had told various countries, including India, to cutoil imports from the Persian Gulf nation to “zero” by November4 or face sanctions.

“Broad-based weakness in dollar along with fall in crude oilprices boosted the Indian rupee, which climbed 1.40 per centto 72.44. Local currency had a single biggest day gain in five yearsamid improvement in macro environment. Foreign funds haveturned buyer in domestic equity and debt market,” an analyst said.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, was trading at$72.98 per barrel.

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The Government on Fridaypromulgated an ordinance

to amend the companies law, asenior official said.

The proposal to issue anordinance to amend theCompanies Act, 2013, wascleared by the Cabinet onThursday.

The official said the ordi-nance had received assent fromPresident Ram Nath Kovindand has been promulgated.

Details about the proposedamendments could not beimmediately ascertained.

The Corporate AffairsMinistry, which is implement-ing the Act, has been lookingat ways to promote ease ofdoing business as well as ensurebetter compliance levels.

In August, a Government-appointed panel suggested var-ious changes to the Act, includ-ing restructuring of corporateoffences under the companieslaw and an in-house adjudica-tion mechanism to ensure thatcourts get more time to dealwith serious violations.

Apart from restructuring ofcorporate offences to relievespecial courts from adjudicat-ing routine offences, the panelhas mooted “re-categorisationof 16 out of the 81 compound-able offences” under the Act.

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The Reserve Bank shouldprovide a liquidity credit

line of �30,000-40,000 crore tonon-banking financial com-panies (NBFC) as a temporaryrelief from tight liquidity con-ditions, Assocham said onFriday.

In a statement, the cham-ber’s Secretary General UdayKumar Varma said such stepswere essential in view of thecurrent ‘liquidity crisis’ faced bythe Indian economy. He alsovoiced industry concerns andthe growing unease amonginvestors and businesses atlarge.

Varma observed that inview of the liquidity challenges,monetary policy easing by wayof lowering interest rates wouldgive the necessary boost toinvestor confidence.

He highlighted that due tothe various factors that havetriggered this liquidity crunch,“beginning with the IL&FSdefault and measures to keepthe rupee from depreciatingfurther, the money marketshave seen higher costs of bor-rowing capital”.

Seeking urgent attention tothe crisis, he appealed forimmediate measures to infuseliquidity into the system by

RBI.Varma reiterated the need

for decisions to be guided bypublic interest and therequirements of the Indianeconomy, given that there aremultiple trade influences andfactors.

He highlighted that whilethe government continues toundertake favourable measuresand its progressive policieshave catapulted India to the77th rank in Ease of DoingBusiness, certain segments suchas NBFCs and micro, small andmedium enterprises (MSMEs)have been affected by the liq-uidity crisis.

“This warrants seriousattention, given the fact thatNBFCs being the strong linkbetween the banks and theMSMEs are under seriousstress,” he said.

The chamber noted that forIndia to transition from beinga developing to a developedeconomy with commensuratenorms, it is pertinent thatgrowth of 7-9 per cent bemaintained to improve percapita income.

“This calls for a radicalshift towards flexible policiesamidst a conducive environ-ment, rather than continuingon a stringent regulatory path,”Assocham said.

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Two subsidiaries of cash-laden Infrastructure

Leasing & Financial Services(IL&FS) on Friday havedefaulted on a total interestpayment of �63.60 crore of var-ious debt instruments.

The group’s non-bankingfinance arm, IL&FS FinancialServices (IFIN) on Friday saidit has defaulted on repaymentof various debt obligationworth �61.31 crore, due onThursday, the company said ina filing to exchanges.

“The company was unableto service its obligations of inter-est on cash credit facilities/short-term loans/term loans worth�61.31 crore,” the company said.

IFIN, on Thursday, alsodefaulted on repayment of �106crore of term loans and �0.77crore of interest on short termloan, due on October 31, 2018.

In a separate filing toexchanges, IL&FS Transportationalso Friday said it has defaultedon payment of interest worth�2.29 crore on non-convertibledebentures (NCD), which waspayable on November 2, 2018. Ithad defaulted on interest pay-ment of a similar amount on adifferent NCD, which wasNovember 1, 2018.

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National Stock Exchange ofIndia Limited (NSE),

India’s leading stock exchange,through its Electronic BiddingPlatform, NSE- EBP, facilitat-ed the �2000 crores debt rais-ing program for India’s leadingbank, the State Bank of India.This Debt program will helpmeet SBI’s entire Tier II capi-tal requirement for the currentfinancial year.

The capital raise was of thenature of Non-Convertible,Taxable, Redeemable,Subordinated Bonds, whichare Basel III compliant. TheBonds are Unsecured Debtinstrument issued in the formof debentures. The issue size ofthese Tier II Bonds was �2000crore, with Green Shoe optionto retain over subscription.The issue was oversubscribedover two times of the issue sizeand is the largest single tranchesuccessful issue in currentfinancial year with acceptedsubscription of more than4,000 crore for a 10-year tenureon Electronic BiddingPlatform.

Vikram Limaye, MD andCEO, NSE, congratulated SBIfor successfully raisingAdditional Tier 2 Bonds on theNSE EBP Platform at a verycompetitive pricing and achiev-ing oversubscription of aroundtwo times.

“It is encouraging to seesuch widened investor partic-ipation that led to an efficientprice discovery for the Bank.NSE EBP has been the pre-ferred choice of marqueeissuers for their private place-ments and we thank SBI forpartnering with us,” Limayesaid.

Prashant Kumar, DMDand CFO, SBI, said “Investorshave reposed their faith in SBIby oversubscribing the issue bytwo times. NSE-EBP hasbroadened our access to thewider pool of investors and thisdigital initiative will surely leadto creation of vibrant primarydebt markets in India.”

The Bonds are priced atpar with face value of �10Lakhs per bond andredeemable after 10 years fromthe deemed date of allotment,with an exercisable call optionafter five years.

The Electronic BiddingPlatform (EBP) is an initiativeby SEBI mandated for privateplacement of debt issues by cor-porates. This Platform has beenutilized by Banks, NBFCs,Housing Finance companiesand other corporates to raisedebt funding. The platformhelps widen the issuer access toinvestors including PensionFunds, Provident Funds,Insurance Companies, MutualFunds, Banks and other QIBsand non QIBs.

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The country’s largest steelmaker SAIL Friday posted

a standalone profit of �553.69crore for the July-Septemberquarter of 2018-19 driven by animpressive growth in income.

The steel PSU had posteda standalone loss of �539.06crore in the July-Septemberperiod of the previous fiscal.

The standalone incomeduring the second quarterincreased by 23.1 per cent to�16,832.37 crore, compared to�13,666.05 crore in the year-ago period, according to a reg-ulatory filing by SAIL.

“Raising volumes, targetingto operate at rated capacitiesand focussing to meet therequirement of the railways interms of rails and wheels andaxles are our foremost priori-ties, along with upholding safe-ty practices at the core”, SAILChairman Anil KumarChaudhary said.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook voiced optimism that the Indian governmentwill at some point agree to allow the technology giant to bring in its

stores as he lauded the country’s bold reforms, saying he is a “big believ-er” and “very bullish” on India.

Cook was responding to a question on whether Apple is at a disad-vantage in India, as compared to other markets, in terms of ability to ownstores and manufacture its products.

“We’ve had really great productive discussions with the Indian gov-ernment and I fully expect that at some point, they will agree to allowus to bring our stores into the country. We’ve been in discussions withthem and the discussions are going quite well,” Cook said during the fourthquarter 2018 earnings call Thursday. Cook said that in India there areimport duties in some or most of the product categories that Apple is inand in some cases they compound. “This is an area that we're giving lotsof feedback on. We do manufacture some of the entry iPhones in Indiaand that project has gone well. I am a big believer in India. I am very bull-ish on the country and the people and our ability to do well there,” hesaid. Cook said that despite the challenges, including currency weakness,he was very optimistic about his company's future growth in the Indianmarket.

With the rupee touching 74 to a dollar, Cook said the currency weak-ness has been part of Apple's challenge in India, "as you can tell from justlooking at the currency trends, but I sort of view these as speed bumpsalong a very long journey though, and the long term is, I think is very,very strong there (India). “There’s a huge number of people that will moveinto the middle class. The government has really focused on reform in amajor way and made some very bold moves and I applaud them for doingthat, and sort of can't wait for the future there,” he said.

On some deceleration in key emerging markets, Cook said the emerg-ing markets that Apple is seeing pressure in are Turkey, India, Brazil, Russia.

“These are markets where currencies have weakened over the recentperiod. In some cases, that resulted in us raising prices and those mar-kets are not growing the way we would like to see,” he said. Cook said Apple'sbusiness in India in Q4 was flat. “Obviously, we would like to see that bea huge growth. Brazil was down somewhat compared to the previous year.And so I think, or at least the way that I see these, is each one of the emerg-ing markets has a bit of a different story, and I don’t see it as some sortof issue that is common between those for the most part,” he said.

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Benchmark Sensex surged almost 580points to end at a one-month high of

35,011.65 Friday as the rupee staged asharp upmove amid a resounding rally inglobal equities.

Trading sentiment got a boost afterAsian and European markets soared oneasing concerns over the US-China tradewar, while global crude oil prices eased.

Back home, the rupee gained a mas-sive 95 paise to trade at 72.50 per dollar(intra-day), which added to the momen-tum, brokers said.

The 30-share Sensex got off to astrong start at 34,743.95 points andreclaimed the 35,000-mark to hit a highof 35,190.20 but profit-booking trimmedthe gains. It finally settled 579.68 points,or 1.68 per cent, higher at 35,011.65.

This is its highest closing sinceOctober 4, when it had finished at35,169.16.

The NSE Nifty leaped 172.55 points,or 1.66 per cent, to 10,553 after touchinga high of 10,606.95 during the session.

On a weekly basis, both the Sensexand Nifty halted their two-week losingstreak by surging 1,662.34 points or 5 percent, and 523 points or 5 per cent,respectively.

Brent crude, the internationalbenchmark, dropped below the USD73-mark to quote at a seven-month low

of USD 72.65 by falling 3.48 per cent onhigher supply from the world’s major pro-ducers.

Adding to the upbeat mood, GST col-lections in October crossed the �1 lakhcrore mark, after a five-month gap, on theback of festive spending and anti-evasionmeasures.

The Finance Ministry on Thursdaysaid 67.45 lakh businesses filed Goods andServices Tax (GST) returns in Octoberand deposited �1,00,710 crore as taxes.

Auto stocks were the centre of briskactivity during the session after someautomakers came out with encouragingsales figures for October month.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs),which had been selling on the Indianbourses, made fresh purchases worth�348.75 crore Thursday, while domesticinstitutional investors (DIIs) sold sharesto the tune of � 509.17 crore, provision-al data showed. “Expectation of globaltrade deal and cheer in domestic autosales numbers supported the market toextend its rally. Any consensus in US-China trade negotiation could settleglobal market volatility and will attractinvestors to the beaten down stocks.Additionally, continued fall in oil pricesand drop in yield eased liquidity con-cerns," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research,Geojit Financial Services.

Maruti Suzuki was the star performer

in the Sensex pack, surging 6.37 per cent,followed by Tata Motors at 6.29 per cent.

Shares of Bajaj Auto rose 2.31 per centafter the company on Friday reported a 32per cent jump in total sales at 5,06,699units in October.

Other major gainers included VedantaLtd 6.04 per cent, IndusInd Bank 5.29 percent, Adani Ports 4.46 per cent, M&M 3.87per cent, Hero MotoCorp 3.62 per cent,HDFC Ltd 3.59 per cent, Bharti Airtel 3.30per cent, Tata Steel 3.07 per cent and YesBank 2.77 per cent.

However, Wipro, TCS, SBI, Infosysand Sun Pharma ended lower by up to3.29 per cent.

Shares of state-run oil marketingcompanies such as HPCL, BPCL and IOCgained up to 6.69 per cent, supported byfalling crude prices in the global market.

Sector-wise, the BSE auto indexemerged the best performer by climbing4.05 per cent, followed by metal (3.04 percent), oil and gas (2.46 per cent), con-sumer durables (1.85 per cent), FMCG(1.52 per cent), infrastructure (1.42 percent), bankex (1.42 per cent), capital goods(1.30 per cent), PSU (1.07 per cent), power(0.79 per cent) and realty (0.12 per cent).

In contrast, IT, teck and healthcareindices ended in the negative zone, fallingup to 1.32 per cent. The broader marketstoo were in a better shape after investorswidened their portfolios, lifting the BSEmid-cap and small-cap indices by up to0.84 per cent. The BSE and NSE will con-duct a special 'Muhurat' trading session onWednesday, November 7.

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The government Friday promulgated an ordi-nance to amend the companies law, a senior

official said. While details about the ordinancecould not be immediately ascertained, it isbelieved that amendments mainly pertain torestructuring of corporate offences under theCompanies Act, 2013. The proposal to issue anordinance to amend the Act was cleared by theCabinet Thursday.

The official said the ordinance had receivedassent from President Ram Nath Kovind and hasbeen promulgated. The Corporate Affairs Ministry,which is implementing the Act, has been lookingat ways to promote ease of doing business as wellas ensure better compliance levels. In August, agovernment-appointed panel suggested variouschanges to the Act, including restructuring of cor-porate offences under the companies law and anin-house adjudication mechanism to ensure thatcourts get more time to deal with serious viola-tions.

Apart from restructuring of corporate offencesto relieve special courts from adjudicating routineoffences, the panel has mooted "re-categorisationof 16 out of the 81 compoundable offences" underthe Act. The committee had also recommendeddisqualification of directors in case they have direc-torships beyond permissible limits and capping anindependent director's remuneration.

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Friday posted a staggering loss of �4,532.35 crorefor the second quarter ended September 2018 onrising bad loans. The state-owned bank had a netprofit of Rs 561 crore in the July-September quar-ter of last fiscal 2017-18. PTI

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President Donald Trump hasclaimed that the provision

of birthright citizenship hascreated an entire industry ofbirth tourism in the US withChinese people benefitting a lotfrom this “crazy, lunatic policy”.

Birth tourism refers to thepractice of people travelling toanother country solely to givebirth there. Most leave fortheir home countries rightafter.

In his latest hardline immi-gration rhetoric, the USPresident on Tuesday expressedhis intention to take the path ofan executive order to denyautomatic citizenship to chil-dren born of non-Americanparents in the US.

“This policy (birthrightcitizenship) has even created anentire industry. It’s called birthtourism, where pregnant moth-ers from all over the world trav-el to America to make theirchildren instant lifelong citizenswith guaranteed everything,”Trump told his supporters at anelection rally in Columbia,

Missouri.Trump alleged that the

opposition Democrats want tocontinue giving automaticbirthright citizenship to everychild born to an illegal alien.“Even if they’ve been on oursoil for a mere matter of sec-onds,” he said.

“Hundreds of thousands ofchildren born to illegal immi-grants are made automatic cit-izens of the United States everyyear because of this crazy,lunatic policy that we can end,”he said amidst applause fromhis supporters.

“We need support, but wecan do it. They’re all made

instantly eligible for every priv-ilege and benefit of Americancitizenship. You get nothingmore than they do. They’re fullcitizens,” he said.

This is costing US manybillions of dollars a year.

“You don’t realise what abig industry — it’s an industry.Many come from China. You’llbe surprised. China now isnumber one. We’re not talkingjust South America, LatinAmerica. We’re talking aboutChina, parts of Asia. It’s crazy,”he said.

“Think of it. You’re anenemy of our country. You’re ageneral with war on your mind.You’re a dictator who we hateand who’s against us. And thatdictator has his wife have ababy on American soil.Congratulations. Your son ordaughter is now an Americancitizen. Does anybody thinkthis makes sense?” he asked theaudience.

“It’s crazy. But we’re gettingit all worked out,” he saidassuring his supporters that hewill work to end birthright cit-izenship.

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United Nations: The killing ofjournalists around the worldfor doing their job is “outra-geous” and should not becomethe “new normal,” UN chiefAntonio Guterres said.

In just over a decade, some1,010 journalists have beenkilled for reporting the news,and in nine out of 10 cases, theperpetrators are never broughtto justice. In 2018 alone, at least88 journalists have been killedaccording to the UN.

Many thousands morehave been “attacked, harassed,detained or imprisoned onspurious charges, without dueprocess,” Guterres said in avideo message for TheInternational Day to EndImpunity for Crimes AgainstJournalists, marked annuallyon November 2.

Secretary-General Guterrespaid tribute to the reporters inthe field “who do their jobsevery day despite intimidationand threats.” And he called onthe international community“to protect journalists and cre-ate the conditions they need todo their work.” PTI

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US President Donald Trumpappeared to be considerate

to the hundreds of thousandsof skilled professionals includ-ing Indians patiently waitingfor years to receive green cards,saying they have done every-thing perfectly and they aregoing to enter America.

His comments came amidtension over a caravan of anestimated 5,000 to 7,000 peo-ple mostly from three LatinAmerican countries ElSalvador, Honduras andGuatemala who are currentlymarching towards the southernUS border of Mexico with theintention to enter the US.

As per the official esti-mates, more than 600,000Indians in the US are waitingto receive green cards or legalpermanent residency, whichis a step short of American cit-izenship. Letting illegal immi-grants enter the country inthousands and then lettingthem take advantage of the“catch and release” policy isquite unfair to these skilledprofessionals.

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Islamabad/Karachi: PakistanArmy on Friday warned hun-dreds of radical Islamists hard-liners not to test their “patience”and asked them to end thestandoff peacefully to avoidthe use of force as the massprotests against the acquittal ofa Christian woman for blas-phemy entered its third day.

Asia Bibi, a 47-year-oldmother of four, was convictedin 2010 after being accused ofinsulting Islam in a row withher neighbours. She alwaysmaintained her innocence, buthas spent most of the past eightyears in solitary confinement.

The apex court’s judge-ment, which was pronouncedlast Wednesday, triggeredprotests across Pakistan withprotestors led by Islamic polit-ical party Tehreek-i-LabaikPakistan and other groups.

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Washington: NASA’s pioneer-ing Dawn spacecraft — whichorbited the two largest objectsin the asteroid belt — has runout of fuel, ending a historic 11-year mission that unravelledmany mysteries of our solarsystem, the US space agency said.

The USD 467 millionDawn mission, launched in2007 to study the protoplanetVesta and the dwarf planetCeres, missed scheduled com-munications sessions withNASA’s Deep Space Networkon October 31 and November1, NASA said in a statement.

After the flight team elim-inated other possible causes forthe missed communications,mission managers concludedthat the spacecraft finally ranout of hydrazine. PTI

Colombo: In a boost fornewly-appointed Sri LankanPrime Minister MahindaRajapaksa, a lawmaker fromthe main Tamil party defectedto the premier’s side and wasmade a minister on Fridayeven as President MaithripalaSirisena agreed to summonParliament on November 7 fora floor test to end the politicalturmoil. Rajapaksa claims henow has enough numbers toprove his majority and at leastfive of ousted premier RanilWickremasinghe’s men havedefected to his side.

The current suspension ofParliament is seen as key to

Rajapaksa negotiating forenough defections.

Rajapaksa was further bol-stered by the defection of TNAMP S Vilenthiriyan from theeastern district of Batticaloa,who was made the deputyminister of eastern develop-ment. Wickremasinghe’sUnited National Party saidthey have handed over amotion of no confidenceagainst new Prime MinisterRajapaksa.

Senior UNP memberLakshman Kiriella saidSecretary General ofParliament was informed of themotion. PTI

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China on Friday reportedlyagreed to provide $6 billion

in aid to Pakistan, which isgoing through a “low point”, tominimise the cash-strappedcountry’s dependence on anIMF bailout package as PrimeMinister Imran Khan heldtalks with Chinese President XiJinping.

Khan, who is here on hismaiden visit, met Xi in theGreat Hall of People where thetwo leaders also held one-on-one meeting besides delega-tion-level talks, Pakistani media

reports said. Pakistan is expect-ed to receive $6 billion eco-nomic package from Chinaduring the visit, Geo TV quot-ed sources as saying.

A loan of $1.5 billion is alsoexpected to be offered, alongwith an additional package ofUSD three billion for theChina-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC), the reportsaid.

The loan and the invest-ments were reportedly part ofthe $6 billion package.However, there was no imme-diate official comment fromBeijing on the report.

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region has 486 million peoplewho go hungry as progressstalls in improving food secu-rity and basic living conditions,a United Nations report saidFriday. Even in relatively well-to-do cities like Bangkok andthe Malaysian capital KualaLumpur, poor families cannotafford enough good food fortheir children, often with dev-astating long-term conse-quences for their health andfuture productivity, says thereport.

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known as the ‘godfather ofTaliban’, was stabbed to deathat his residence in the garrisoncity of Rawalpindi on Friday,his family said. Haq, 82, wasthe head of the Islamic religiousseminary Darul UloomHaqqania in KhyberPakhtunkhwa’s Akora Khattaktown and also the chief of thehardline political party JamiatUlema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S).

Haq, a heart patient, waskilled by unidentified attackerswhile he was resting in hisroom, his son MaulanaHamidul Haq was quoted assaying by Geo News.

His personal guard hadgone out to the market andwhen he came back he saw Haqlying “in a pool of blood” onthe bed, Hamidul added. JUI-S’s Peshawar president alsoconfirmed Haq’s death follow-ing an assassination attempt inRawalpindi. Initially there wereconflicting reports about howHaq was killed. Some Pakistanimedia had reported that he was

killed in a gun attack. Haq’s sonhas clarified that the clericwas attacked with knife.Mulana Abdul Majid Hazarwi,a close associate of Haq, alsoconfirmed that he was attackedwith knife. So far, no outfit hasclaimed the responsibility ofthe killing. Haq was electedtwice to Pakistan’s parliamenton Islami Jamhoori Itehad tick-et. He was also the chairman ofthe Difa-e-Pakistan Council— an umbrella coalition ofmore than 40 groups, includ-ing Hafeez Saeed-led Jamat-udDawa (JuD) and the bannedSipah-e-Sahaba.

Haq’s madrassa in AkoraKhattak is known for havingseveral top Afghan Talibanleaders among its alumni,including Mullah Omar whohad received an honorary doc-torate from the seminary.

Haqqani Network founderJalaluddin Haqqani, Al-Qaedain the Indian Subcontinent(AIQS) leader Asim Umar andslain Afghan Taliban chiefMullah Akhtar Mansoor werealso among the alumni of theseminary which is dubbed asthe “University of Jehad”.

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Riverdale is a thrilling dramafilled with secrets, mysteries

and scandals and far removedfrom the Archie Comics it isbased on. The genre-bendingshow follows the story of the res-idents of the not-so-sleepy town ofRiverdale. While the first seasonunravelled the saga surroundingthe tragic death of high school boyJason Blossom, the second seasondealt with the mystery of theBlack Hood and the third one isfollowing a separate genre of itsown. We catch up with ColeSprouse, who plays Jughead Jonesin the show, to find out how sea-son three will pan out.

What excites you the most aboutJughead’s storyline in seasonthree? Jughead’s mother [played by GinaGershon] and his sister [played byTrinity Rose Likins] are comingback into town, so that will shakeup his family dynamic. For awhile, Jughead was the only onewithout a second parent in the pic-ture - but that’s no longer the case.

How will Jughead be a differentleader to his father, FP [played bySkeet Ulrich]?Jughead’s a tactician. He’s a cere-bral leader. He doesn’t think thatmight is right. He was a pacifist formuch for season two, and he’sgoing to be bringing that feelinginto the Serpents; how do werebuild without making so manyenemies while simultaneouslystanding our ground? It’s going tobe interesting.

Season two ended in a bit of amess for the Serpents. Howmuch danger will they face in theupcoming season? The Serpents are in a rag-tag place.Their ranks are really depleted, soa lot of it is about recruitment anda lot of it is about building back up.For much of the season, Jugheadis going to be tested as the leaderof the Serpents. He’s in a muchmore calm and collected placenow that he’s had this near-deathexperience, so he’s not as hot-head-ed anymore. That helps.

Is Jughead out for revenge?I don’t know if revenge is part ofhis leadership quality. I don’tknow if revenge really suits him.I think he’s going to be calm and

collected and more tactical abouthow he approaches leadership. No,I don’t think revenge is in the pic-ture.

How will the arrival of Jughead’smother and sister change his roleas the leader of the Serpents?It’s going to breed some discontentbetween him and his leadership.He’s also got some people testingthemselves against his leadership,so we’ll see where that goes, too.

What do you hope to see happenin season three? We are still in the dark for most ofit but I want to find out aboutJughead’s relationship with hisyounger sister. I want to see whatthat means to him. I want to seehow protective he is towards her.

He will introduce her to this sh*t-show that’s going on around hislife, which is going to be a reallyinteresting and fun dynamic toplay. I also want to see how theSerpents react to his family.

At the end of season two, Jugheadasked Betty [played by LiliReinhart] to be his Serpentqueen. What exactly does thatinvolve?I have no idea. It is a bit ambigu-ous and we actually address thatin the first episode [of seasonthree]. We clarify exactly what thatmeans. I think it’s more of a part-nership thing. It means, “I’ve gotyour back, and you’ve got myback.” His unwillingness to includeher in the Serpents before was anattempt to protect her, so his will-

ingness to include her now is anattempt to say, “I feel confidentabout you.”

What else can fans expect to seein season three of Riverdale? Every season seems to have a dif-ference in genre. Season One wasa murder mystery. The first partof Season Two was a horror andthe second was a mafia crimedrama. This season, it’s looking likea cult narrative is going to be theover-arching theme, which isgoing to be super-interesting.

There are rumours that there willbe a supernatural element to sea-son three.It seems like some of the supernat-ural elements that [Riverdale exec-utive producer] Roberto [Aguirre-Sacasa] has been training his penon for Sabrina have woven theirway slightly into the show.

What do you think of the show’ssoaring success?We’re very lucky on Riverdale. Wework really hard on the show. Allof us do. We’re taking a propertythat already had a built-in fan baseand we’re adding interesting peo-ple, interesting actors, interestingcasting and interesting narrativesto the plot and we hope that ittakes off. In some way or anoth-er, as long as we do that justice,then we’re going to end up in agood place and people are goingto continue to like the show. (Season Three of Riverdale airsevery Thursday at 10 pm on ColorsInfinity)

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Filmmakers Sriram Raghavan and SujoyGhosh have joined a new initiative to recog-

nise short filmmakers in India. The mediumfinds most ground in the digital space but theamount of effort and talent needed is same asthat of a feature.

The standard of the Critics Choice ShortFilm Awards is expected to be extremely highwith such fine minds coming together tojudge it.

Ghosh shares, “It’s a great challenge to beable to do storytelling in short film format butthey are great learning platforms for peoplewho want to get into filmmaking, especially

when you have tolearn about script-ing, editing, cine-matography andmore from scratch.All faculties aresame as a featurefilm and the onlything that is differ-ent is the medium ofpresentation. Ibelieve a short filmhas to be a veryclever project andhigh on content aswell.”

NVS Media, a company owned by theVistas Media Capital Pte Ltd (Singapore) hasalso become associated with the Critics’ ChoiceShort Film Awards.

Sujoy shares, “A short film’s publicitydepends on word of mouth. And for that it hasto leave an impact on the viewer so he/she isable to talk further about it. To make your shortfilm as a commercial product is a challenge. It’sa great learning experience at the same time.I personally feel it’s an incredible initiativebecause it gives some legitimacy to short film-makers and will hopefully encourage more andmore creative minds.”

Film Critics Guild in partnership withMotion Content Group is all set to present thefirst-ever short film awards Critics Choice ShortFilm Awards. The event will be held inMumbai in December.

Kolkata was once the intellectual andcultural capital of the nation but

today it’s become hard to find a succinctdescription that would do justice to thecity of joy. The state is no longer calledWest Bengal and the city too is caughtbetween modernity and colonial times.With dilapidated structures from the Rajbeing torn down and a 62-floor build-ing standing tall in the central businessdistrict of Chowringhee and moreexpansion planned, the urban landscapeis no longer the one we read about it inByomkesh Bakshi novels or films ofUttam Kumar.

The book features black and whitepictures of places such as Mother House;the Marble Palace, built by the Mullicksof Sovabazar, who were bullion mer-chants; pictures of the Great BengalFamine of 1943 claiming the lives of threemillion; another shows what used to bethe city’s lifeline — the tram.

In visuals depicting the modern lifein the city, one of them shows wrestlersand bodybuilders on the banks ofHooghly.

In another, a man with perfectlyparted hair sits besides the carriage dri-ver and seems unaffected by the staresfrom the cars nearby. This photo of thequintessential Bengali Babu is just one ofthe many fascinating images found in thetwo-part book published by Roli. It cap-tures the essence of a people tornbetween their habits and forces ofchange. The book is a sweeping ode to

the city and narrates the story of mod-ern India’s first capital through its pastand present.

Author Sunanda K Datta-Ray, whocaptured the ‘Calcutta Then’, dives intothe rich history of the city using rareimages of its iconic monuments, includ-ing the Victoria Memorial under con-struction and the Howrah bridge thatcrosses the Hooghly river. Many of thephotos in the book have never been seenbefore. Founder-publisher of Roli Booksand also the photo editor of the book,Pramod Kapoor said, “I met around 40old families living in the city, some ofthem were formerly zamindars (land-lords) or linked to the maharajas, andsome who settled there many years agofor business. I got disappointed at someplaces but also succeeded at others.” Headded, “I have an umbilical connectionto the city. I was born in Jorasanko andhave very fond memories of the timespent there. I have visited Kolkata manytimes since my birth, but it wasn’t untillate last year when I was researching forthis book that I realised those memoriescannot be that easily erased.”

Author Indrajit Hazra of ‘KolkataNow’ said that “for visitors and those whoonce left the city, like I did, it can be awalk through time, a ride on a tram, ora constant return to the scene of oldhappy times on Park Street.”

The book was launched onNovember 1 by the Ambassador ofFrance, Alexandre Ziegler.

Performance art can traversecontinents, bridge differ-ences among communities

and trace commonalities but thereis a delicate balance that needs tobe maintained with respect to theimperative of politics and culturediplomacy. However, that doesn’tmean that one would stop trying.“There is work to be done inAustralia in giving the right spaceto the Aboriginal people, whogained voting rights only in 1976.They then pushed for land rightsand recently a change in the con-stitution was sought but we did-n’t have the opportunity to vote onthat. The government has beenslow to take initiatives but we trythrough Bangarra Dance Theatreto make indigenous culture acces-sible, not political but education-al. That’s what we’re trying todemonstrate. If you find the rightbalance, you can really broadenpeople’s mind and connect. Indiacould do with that too,” saidPhilippe Magid, executive direc-tor of the dance company that hadstarted 30 years ago with the aimto showcase only traditional per-formance art of the first nationpeople of Australia.

“Performance art can bringpeople together and Bangarra isthe purest form of reconciliation.We focus on inclusion, changingperceptions and making peopleunderstand the oldest living cul-ture in the world needs to be hon-oured,” he said.

During their India tour, theyconnected with the tribes of Indiain Mizoram, Bengal’s Purulia dis-trict and Madhya Pradesh. In thelast, they did a workshop with theforest-dwelling community ofBaigas, who are spread acrossMadhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarhand Jharkhand. They also met theAttakkalari dance company inBengaluru. He mentioned that theworkshops could lead to collab-orations in the future. “We taught

traditional aboriginal dance andTorres traditional dance. It wasabout the cultural exchangethrough dance theory and move-ment. In fact, a contemporarychoreographer in Northeast wasinterested in working with us inthe future,” he said.

The multi-city tour was partof the company’s commitment toAsia for a cultural exchange.After India, they will be visitingJapan, and spending more time inAsia next year.

The performance theybrought to India was a mix of con-temporary and traditional perfor-mance art from different indige-nous communities of mainlandAustralia and Torres Strait islandsapart from their older creations

that date as far back to 1996. Whatstood out most were the narrative-based stories of creation. Theirstyle is grounded in the earthunlike ballet, which is more up inthe air. They don’t just mix thecontemporary with the tradition-al, the preferred word for folk,they also let the latter shinethrough between sections. Theirspecific style evolved over a peri-od of 30 years and has becomesought after because of the inno-vations they factored in.

One of the stories performedwas from 2007, about the artistNyapanyapa Yunupingu, who is afamous indigenous artist DownUnder, and is an exploration ofhow she paints. “We show smokein an evocative way, which in abo-

riginal culture is used as a cleans-ing medium. There are three sec-tions in which we work with claythat is used to paint the dancersbody. One of them is a tradition-al male dance, warrior style andit transitions woman’s story, whichis ethereal and beautiful. Anothercreation story called Moth, isabout its unravelling from acocoon,” Magid said.

He added, “We are deliberate-ly increasing the number of com-munity engagement activities toset a benchmark for future. We’reproud to share the resilience andstrength of Australia’s First Nationpeople with other indigenouscommunities and groups and arelooking forward to continue ourtradition globally.”

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ence with her impeccable perfor-mance in Patakha and BadhaaiHo, shared insights about herinterest in dance and cooking ina candid conversation with actressand comedian Mallika Dua on thesets of Midnight Misadventureswith Mallika Dua.

She revealed that she is a self-taught dancer, and has beenactively dancing since young. “Istarted dancing when I was threeto four years old and performedon Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mastsong. Dance makes me reallyhappy and after my fifth or sixthfilm, I would like to take a sab-batical to learn the tap danceform.”

Talking about her love forfood, Sanya, said, “I love to cook,especially for my friends. ForPatakha, I had to put on 12 kg andthat was the best part about thatfilm. I used to eat bananas, icecream shakes, pan cakes, fries, dalchawal which is my favouritefood. It was amazing.”

(The show will be aired onTLC and its official YouTube pageRISE BY TLC on November 5.)

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For around six decades he has beenmesmerising both adults and

teenagers with his vivid and variedcharacterisation, gripping plots, andimpeccable story telling. A deep loveof humanity and humane values, witand humour are the hallmarks of hisshort stories and novels, where thosein teens love to get lost in a world offantasy and funny ghosts and theequally lovable good and bad people.On Friday Mukhopadhyay turned 84.

Meet Sahitya Akademi awardeeShirshendu Mukhopadhyay, rated asone of the finest and popular writersof modern Bengali literature. As hestepped into his 84th yearMukhopadhyay is least bothered abouthis advancing age, and has adaptedmagnificently to a new world of lap-tops and tabs. “I am not at all con-cerned about my age, or that I amgrowing old. I consider myself young.I still play pranks on my grandchildren.I face no issues with the change in tech-nology as I am in favour of the change.I myself use new gadgets and devicesand practice writing on them. I havebeen using laptops for a long time.Currently I am writing stories on mynew tab,” Mukhopadhyay said.

Mukhopadhyay, who has pennednearly 100 books of short stories andnovels for the adult readers, and 34 forteenagers — most of them best sellers— does not believe that emergence ofe-books would put writers in trouble.

“I believe e-books are the future.We can get almost 40 to 50 novels with-in one small portable device and readthem any time we want. It is of greatconvenience to the readers.” said theauthor, who won the Sahitya Akademiin 1989 for his novel Manabjamin.

He himself uses various socialmedia platforms.

“Social media allows free interac-tion between the author and readers.It has opened up new horizon for thewriters as they can reach out to morepeople easily and also use the platformto advertise their books if needed. Ihave accounts on various social mediaplatforms like Facebook and Whatsappbut I do not use them a lot as I don’t

get time but the impact of socialmedia on writers have been positive,”he said.

Mukhopadhyay, who was mas-sively influenced by the works ofRabindranath Tagore and BankimChandra Chattopadhyay, rued thatgreat translations commissioned by theSahitya Akademi remain unsold aspeople do not know about them. Hesuggested Sahitya Akademi set up itsown retail shops to get more visibilityamong the literature enthusiasts.

Born in Mymensingh (now inBangladesh) in 1935, his family migrat-ed to Kolkata during the partition.However, Mukhopadhyay spent his for-mative years shuttling between variousplaces as his father had a transferablejob.

“I came across a great variety ofpeople, This obviously helped me inportraying a wide array of characters.The experience of staying in differentmofussil and rural areas greatly shapedbackdrop of my novels and stories,” saidMukhopadhyay, whose first publishedstory was Jol Torongo in 1959. The firstnovel Ghunpoka came out in the mid-sixties.

A deep undertone of spiritualityruns through his works. They add tothe depth, but never hinder the flow.Mukhopadhyay credits this to theinfluence of his guru (spiritual guide)Thakur Anukulchandra. “I believe, toportray some idealism in one’s writing,it is important to first assimilate theideals. Otherwise it would sound likean advertisement. I could do it success-fully. The reference to Thakur in mywritings comes from my belief in hisphilosophy,” he said.

Mukhopadhyay’s magnificentouvre of adult fiction includes suchevergreen books like Kagojer Bou,Durbin, Ujaan, Akranta and Parthibo.Many of his works have been translat-ed into various languages.Mukhopadhyay delved into the worldof children’s literature much later, in themid- 1970s, and got instant successwith the novel Manojder Adbhut Bari.

“I don’t face issues in writing forthe children and the grown ups simul-taneously. I have been doing it for manyyears. But the truth is there is no secretformula behind this. I won’t be able toexplain how I do it. May be, it is some-thing within me,” he said.

His treasure trove of children’s lit-erature is enriched with elements likethrill, suspense, humour, colloquialismand often the not-at-all-scary supernat-ural entities. His Goshaibaganer Bhoot,Goynar Baksho and Chhayamoy, all ofwhich were turned into movies, havethe presence of ghosts. “I believe inghosts. But what’s more significant, Ifeel the ghosts too believe in me. Theycome to grace my writings wheneverI need them. I have a mutual relation-ship with them,” Shirshendu said in histrademark humorous style.

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If you have the skills, you may have to strug-gle but success can be yours, says actor ManojBajpayee who hails from a small town in Bihar,

shifted to Delhi to study and then moved toMumbai to make a mark.

“You can’t complain about nepotism by justsitting in a small town. Come to Bombay, startstruggling, do theatre and learn some skills. If onehas to compete with film industry children, youreally have to be good. It is skills versus oppor-tunities, and I feel skills matter the most,”Manoj said.

The 49-year-old actor’s initial journey inBollywood was full of struggle and hardships. Butit was his dedication which helped him to achieveheights in his career.

Manoj said: “After doing Bandit Queen, Ishifted to Mumbai and living in Mumbai was noteasy. I was not getting work. People were notbelieving in my abilities. I felt dejected and start-ed doubting my capabilities.

“I was not having any work, I started feelingthat my theatre work was just a fluke. But I did-n’t quit. I got up, started knocking at the doorsand worked on my skills.” After Bandit Queen theactor did crime thriller Satya for which he gotimmense fame and also his first National Award.

For Manoj, getting a National Award wasalways his big dream.

He said: “The 1990s was a dark age ofcinema and Satya came right at the end.

It was a landmark film of Indian cine-ma and changed the face of our indus-try. I always had a dream of achieving

National Award. Getting this awardmeans getting into league of

legends and big actors. Itcame as a surprise and I feelfortunate that I did film likeSatya.”

Manoj is inDharamshala for theo n g o i n gD h a r a m s h a l aInternational FilmFestival, where hisBhonsle will bescreened. He engagedin a discussion onfilms and about his“ideal way of direc-tion” during a session.

“When I am infront of the camera, Ijust want to be leftalone. I want to beobserved by mydirector. If I am real-ly going wrong, then

I want my director tocounter me. Sometimes,

directors give too much infor-mation during the shots which I

feel disturbing. I like to be briefedbefore the shots,” he added. ?&6��

It is a known fact thatFantastic Beasts: The crimes

of the Grindelwald is the pre-decessor of the Potter series.The film is based on J.K.Rowling’s wizarding worldwhich was set 70 years beforethe Harry Potter booksexplored the adventure of“magizoologist.” The screen-writer and producer of boththe series, JK Rowling confess-es that Albus Dumbledore isher favorite character of theseries. However, the belovedHogwarts’ future headmasterDumbledore does not make anappearance in Fantastic Beastsand Where to Find Them. Heonly returns in the secondinstallment.

Rowling feels, “Within theFantastic Beasts franchise, I amtelling a story that is onlyhinted at in the Harry Potter

books — the rise ofGrindelwald, who profoundlythreatened both the wizardingand non-wizarding worlds,and his antagonist,Dumbledore, who, of course, isa key figure in the Potter sto-ries. Grindelwald is first men-tioned in Harry Potter and thePhilosopher’s Stone, so he wasthere from the beginningthough he was more of a mys-terious background character.You know that he must havebeen important to figure soprominently in Dumbledore’sown history, but it is only whenyou reach the end of the Potterseries that you find out justhow important he was and youmight also intuit that theremust be much more to tell. Ithink this was the story I wasmost interested in revisitingbecause it’s so crucial to under-

standing Dumbledore, who ismy favorite character,” sheacknowledges.

The film which is not a re-introduction to the magicalworld but is the legitimatebuild off from the world JKRowling established, in whichJohnny Depp playsGrindelwald — the dark andpowerful wizard who has oncebeen a friend of Dumbledore.Others in the cast includeEddie Redmayne, KatherineWaterston, Alison Sudol, JudeLaw, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller,Claudia Kim, ZoëKravitz andBrontis Jodorowsky.

The film is written by JKRowling and directed by DavidYates. The film is set to releasePan India on November 16 inEnglish, Hindi, Tamil andTelugu by Warner BrosPictures India.

Long ago, tunes of legendary actorRaj Kapoor’s iconic song “Sir parlal topi roosi, phir bhi dil hai

Hindustani” would echo on the streetsof Moscow and St Petersburg. The linkbetween the two nations is subliminaland Bollywood, arts and politics haveplayed a major part in maintainingthem over the years. Which is why gen-erations have grown up on nostalgia.But it is the generation next that thechildren’s folk dance group calledKalinka is intent on nurturing, indica-tive of an ethno-surge that is sweepingboth countries at the moment.

Directed by Natalya Levitskaya-Flippova, the traditional folk dancegroup from Russia celebrated the 15thanniversary of its first concert in Delhiand recently performed at the RosatomFestival of Science and Culture.

“Besides showing the best part ofRussia, we meet representatives ofdifferent cultures from all around theworld and learn a lot from them. Thebest way to learn a new culture is byexperiencing it. Arts and culture arefree of politics so when people sharewhat they have, the world becomes abetter place. Such programmes shouldhappen more often,” Natalya says.

Founded in 1986 by AlexanderFlippov, the Kalinka has trained morethan 20,000 children in 50 years. It isa legacy that Natalya has followed since

her childhood. She says thatAlexander Flippov was a “verybright person,” who created ateam that “gives joy and love toboth — children, who dance,and spectators, who come to theconcerts.”

Talking about how the grouphas evolved over the years, sheadds, “We are trying to preservewhat he had created as much aswe can. There haven’t beenmany changes since it had start-ed. There has been developmentwith time and there is alwaysspace for some improvement.The team’s task is not just tochange but to take itself to an all-new level through choreogra-phy, stunts and elements whilekeep its originality intact,” shebelieves.

One of the most uniquefeatures were that the teamcame with 3,000 hand-sewn costumes. Fromsarafan (peasant pinaforedress), red headdresses,white skirts, kokoshnik,kosovorotka to plaindark-coloured trousers,the stage was filled withfrills for their folkdances: Lozhkari, therhythm of spoons, and

Yablochko, the dance of the Russiansailors.

With the focus on choreography,the dances by both boys and girlsreflected the richness of the nationalculture with many regional spices.Natalya believes that India and Russiashare a similarity, i.e. both have a richand diverse heritage in arts. “Russianculture differs from one region toanother. I think it’s the same in Indiaas well,” she says.

It takes a lot of preparation when itcomes to leading a team on the interna-tional forefront, so what were Natalya’sstruggles and practices? She answers, “Wehave performed abroad for several years.Though pre-activities don’t take toomuch time, we choose the programmecarefully and then do the necessary num-ber of rehearsals. It’s always interestingto come to different countries like Indiato perform. We have daily rehearsalsbefore we travel abroad.” On an average,20-30 dancers go on the tour. Followinga discipline during the rehearsals, itbecomes simple for the trainers to workbackstage as well as onstage.

This time, only 11 children per-formed. “I can’t say it was a challenge forus because we were ready to perform ina number as big as up to 100 people andmore as well,” she says.

She loves watching different kinds ofclassical Indian dances. “Indian dance

consists of thousand of symbols, whereevery gesture means something. Since Iam an amateur from the point of viewof Indian culture, I do not undertake per-forming it for the fear of doing somethingwrong. I would love to consider anopportunity to work with an Indianchoreographer and create somethingtogether,” she says.

She shares one of her experiencesof collaborating with Indian dancers.“We performed with a few Indiangirls. And it turned out to be awe-some. Our children watched theIndian dancers open-mouthed,” shesays.

She believes that thepeople of India are its“biggest asset. They arehighly sensitive whenit comes to their tastein art, especiallymusic and dance.”

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India leg-spinner YuzvendraChahal broke into the top-10of the ICC rankings while

Shikhar Dhawan dropped fourplaces in the batsmen standingsfollowing a lean home seriesagainst the West Indies.

India captain Virat Kohlicompleted 10,000 ODI runs on hisway to a series aggregate of 453runs and has consolidated hisposition as the top-ranked bats-man.

He earned 15 points, whichhas lifted him to 899 points, 28ahead of second-ranked team-mate Rohit Sharma, who has col-lected 29 points following hisseries total of 389 runs. His pointstally of 871 is his highest to-date.

Dhawan, who failed to regis-ter a half century in the fiveinnings against the West Indies,has slipped four places to beninth.

In the bowlers' table, Chahal,Akila Dananjaya and RavindraJadeja have made big impacts,while number-one-ranked JaspritBumrah has achieved a career-high 841 rating points, which is

the highest in ODI bowling sinceShaun Pollock had 894 points in2008.

Bumrah leads third-rankedKuldeep Yadav by 118 points.

Yadav is also at a career-high 723rating points.

Chahal has entered the top-10for the first time in his career byrising three places to eighth, Sri

Lanka's Dananjaya has achieved acareer-high ranking of 13th afterhis nine wickets helped him jumpeight places, and Jadeja hasclimbed 16 places to move to 25th

spot after picking up seven wick-ets.

For the West Indies, ShaiHope and Shimron Hetmyer arethe biggest gainers in the batsmenrankings.

Hope scored 250 runs in theseries at 62.50 and has beenrewarded with a jump of 22 placesthat has not only put him in 25thposition but has also confirmedhis status as the highest-rankedWindies batsman.

Hetmyer, who captained theWindies to the ICC U19 CricketWorld Cup title in 2016, was hisside's leading run-getter with 259runs at 51.80. This performancereflects in the latest batting tableas the left-hander has vaulted 31places to claim 26th position.

The two batsmen are enjoyingtheir career-high rankings and arenow separated by only ninepoints. But, more importantly, theWindies now have two represen-tatives inside the top-30 amongbatsmen.

England are the number-oneranked side, while India are sec-ond. India trail England by fivepoints, but lead third-ranked NewZealand by nine points.

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All-rounder Shivam Dubey'ssmashing hundred comple-

mented by pacer TusharDeshpande's late evening burstsaw Mumbai gain upperhandagainst Railways on the secondday of the Ranji Trophy group Aencounter on Friday.

After Siddhesh Lad (99)missed out on a hundred, Dubey(114) struck his maiden centuryin only his second first-classgame as Mumbai scored 411 intheir first essay.

The Railways were down inthe dumps at 115 for 6 withDeshpande (3/29 in 11 overs)struck a double blow with thesemi-new ball.

Dubey on his part took awicket while senior seamerDhawal Kulkarni also got a wick-et.

For Railways, their senior proArindam Ghosh is at the creasehaving crawled his way to 39 off115 deliveries.

At the start of the day, Lad,who hit a couple of boundariesto reach into the 90's was bowledby left-arm spinner AvinashYadav with a just a run requiredfor his coveted three-figure mark.Lad faced 189 deliveries and hit14 boundaries.

However left-handed Shivamplayed a counter-attackingknock, hitting 13 fours and foursixes in 139 balls.

He was severe on the spintroika of Harsh Tyagi (4/83),Avinash Yadav (3/99) andMadhur Khatri (0/77 in 17overs).

Dubey shared a 56-run sev-enth wicket stand with skipperKulkarni (22) and then upped theante alongside tailenders to gethis side passed 400-run mark.

He was the ninth batsman tobe dismissed after Tyagi found anick which was pouched by rivalskipper Mahesh Rawat.

Nicely warmd up after hishundred, Dubey then came on asfirst-change bowler to removeopener Saurabh Wakaskar (22)after Deshpande and Kulkarnigot rid of Nitin Bhille and PSSingh respectively.

Reduced to 62 for 4, Rawat(30) and Ghosh added 49 runsfor the fifth wicket beforeDeshpande struck twice at the fagend of the day.

Elsewhere in Dindigul RajatPatidar missed out on a well-deserved double century by fourruns, but helped MadhyaPradesh make 393 against TamilNadu in Elite Group B Match.

Test spinner R Ashwin andpaceman M Mohammed fin-ished with four wickets each tohelp TN restrict MadhyaPradesh from posting a hugetotal.

The home team was zero forno loss in two overs at stumps onday two.

Resuming at the overnightscore of 214 for 3, Patidar forgedanother useful partnership withShubham Sharma (43) to put theteam in a strong position.

However, things went awryafter the exit of Sharma as theyslid from 317 for 4 to 393 all out.

Shubham Sharma wassnapped up by wicketkeeper NJagadeesan off Rahil Shah'sbowling following which Patidarand Yash Dubey (6) added 42runs.

Patidar defied the TamilNadu bowlers like he did onThursday.

He slammed 17 fours and asix in his 406-ball knock.

Mohammed and Ashwintook over after the exit of Patidarto engineer a collapse.

Ashwin snapped the lastthree wickets to fall (AveshKhan, Ishwar Pandey andKuldeep Sen) to finish with 4 for85 from 38.4 overs. Mohammedended with 4 for 98.

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Fast bowling great Jeff Thomson onFriday said India are favourites to

"steamroll" Australia in the Test seriesDown Under due to the absence of theexperienced duo of Steve Smith andDavid Warner.

Thomson, arguably the fastest bowlerin Test cricket history, said the Australianbatting looks ordinary in the absence ofSmith and Warner, who both were hand-ed 12-month bans for their involvementin the infamous ball-tampering scandal inCape Town.

"You (India) have a solid team, a verygood fast bowling unit and you should winif you play hard in the upcoming series.There is no reason why you should notsteamroll Australia which will be withoutSmith and Warner. Without these two, theAustralian batting line-up is very average,"said the 68-year-old Thomson.

"You see the footwork of theAustralians during the series againstPakistan (in the UAE which they lost 0-1). They lack technique, they just want tosmack the ball out of the park, which is dueto playing too many T20 and ODI match-es," said the Australian, who took 200 wick-ets in 51 Tests between 1973-1985.

India will tour Australia for a four-Testseries beginning December 6 at Adelaide.

Thomson said the ball-tamperingcontroversy had embarrassed theAustralian sports fraternity but felt the 12-month ban imposed on Smith and Warnerwas not justified.

"Banning them for such a long peri-

od of 12 months is ridiculous. I heard thatthe ban was to be for six months but oneperson (the Australian Prime Minister)who has no business in the issue called upand it was changed to 12 months," he said.

Thomson did not give a definitiveanswer when asked if Virat Kohli is thenew Sachin Tendulkar.

"I feel Virat Kohli is emerging as a greatplayer but he might have played differentlyin an earlier time. These days, a batsmanwill not score for two overs and then scorea boundary with a stupid shot. At times,not getting out is the mindset of a bats-men," he said.

"I think other team members (thanKohli) should play tough cricket like heplays. When he is out, other membersshould show the fighting spirit. If you score300-350 you should win (in Australia)," headded.

He said he must have clocked 110

miles/hr in his playing days if the mea-surement was done similar to the currentpractice.

"During my time, the speed was mea-sured at the impact of the ball with the batand now it is done when the ball leaves thehand. I think I must have clocked 175km/hr in the current measurement sys-tem," he said.

On the playing conditions now-a-days,he said, "It is heavily tilted towards bats-men. The balls are a problem, pitches havechanged and have become flat, boundariesare smaller, bats are heavier and miss hitscan go to boundaries."

Asked to name the five best batsmenin the world he has bowled to during hiscareer, he mentioned Brian Lara, VivianRichards, Sunil Gavaskar, Greg Chappelland Barry Richards.

Lara though started playing after hisretirement.

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Former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds

says the 'monkeygate' incidentduring the home series againstIndia in 2008 triggered hisdownfall in internationalcricket and even led to boutsof "binge drinking".

Symonds accusedHarbhajan Singh of callinghim a 'monkey' in the SydneyTest, a claim that the Indianspinner denied. The infamousincident led to Harbhajanbeing banned for three gamesbut it was overturned after theIndian team threatened topull out of the tour.

The 43-year-old recalledhow the entire episode affect-ed him.

"From that moment onthat was my downhill slide. Istarted to drink heavily as aresult of it and my life was

starting to dissolve aroundme," Symonds told theAustralian BroadcastingCorporation.

"I felt the pressure and theweight of dragging thosemates of mine into the caul-dron of this cesspit that should

never have got to this sort ofpoint where we felt guilty.

"I was dealing with it thewrong way. I felt guilty that I'ddragged my mates (team-mates) into something I did-n't think they deserved to beinvolved in."

Symonds happened toplay his last game forAustralia in May 2009 and amonth later his CricketAustralia contract was with-drawn after he was sent homefrom the World T20 for"breaking a number of teamrules related to alcohol andother issues".

On the 'monkeygate' inci-dent, Symonds remained firmon his claim that Harbhajanhad abused him on multipleoccasions.

"I'd spoken to Harbhajanthe series before in India, he'dcalled me a monkey before inIndia.

"I went into their dressingroom and said, 'Can I speakto Harbhajan for a minuteoutside please?' So he cameoutside and I said, 'Look, thename-calling's got to stop orelse it's going to get out ofhand.'"

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Virat Kohli is a "superstar" whowill be at the forefront of keep-

ing Test cricket alive, feels formerSouth African captain Graeme Smith.

The year 2018 has been great forthe Indian captain, who has producedsome exceptional ODI feats includ-ing the fastest to reach the 10,000club, elevating his stature as the bestbatsman in the world.

"World cricket is lacking hugeamount of superstars. May be one ortwo in England. I think Virat (Kohli)is that guy (superstar)," Smith said inhis address at the Jagmohan DalmiyaAnnual Conclave (Chapter II) hereFriday.

"The fact that he loves Test crick-et and puts in performances, it keepsTest cricket relevant in a country thatloves the game with IPL and otherT20s. It's huge for the game.

"As long as Virat keeps promot-ing Test cricket as an icon and super-star, we all have the chance to keepthe game relevant," he added.

Smith, who played 117 Testswhile captaining South Africa in 109of them, criticised the Kookaburraballs for adding to Test cricket'smisery.

This has come at a time whenmembers of the Indian team, includ-ing Kohli, who have slammed thequality of SG balls.

Terming the quality ofKookaburra balls as huge issue,Smith said: "The Kookaburra balls inparticular is letting people down.

"It's a ball that softens and doesnot swing for a long period of time.I think Test cricket cannot afford tohave boring draws.

"It needs the ball to spin, itneeds the ball to swing and move-ment in the air. It needs competitionbetween the bat and the ball so as tokeep Test cricket stay relevant," headded.

There has been a lot of debateover tweaking Test cricket to keep italive and the 37-year-old SouthAfrican offered a "simple solution" tobring in more competitiveness in theformat.

"Unfortunately in Test cricket, wehave lost a few dynamic teams.There are teams who are going

through transformation phases. Ibelieve if world cricket is competitiveall formats will work," he said.

"Test cricket is the ultimate testof your ability and skill and yourphysical state. The challenge is to getcompetitive teams outside the topthree. Then if we add some of thenuances people will start take seri-ously."

India will be in Australia for a fulltour starting next month with an aimto script a maiden series DownUnder.

In their recent overseas tour toEngland, India suffered a 1-4 drub-bing while earlier this year they lost1-2 in South Africa.

Showering praise on India's paceattack, Smith said India have it inthem to win Down Under this time.

"They (India) will be disap-pointed that they have not won a Testseries in South Africa and England.Certainly the ability is there. I thinkthey can challenge teams in their ownconditions. They have the talent andability to do well in Australia," hesaid.

"India's seam attack is one of thebest that we have seen. Not just one,but the whole attack is outstanding.You now have young seamers whocan hurt the opposition," Smithsigned off.

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South Africa promised not to wind up Australia over ball-tampering on Sunday when they meet for the first time since

this year's ill-fated Test series, when a cheating scandalplunged Australian cricket into disgrace.

The three-game, one-day series is a chance for Australia tomove on from a miserable eight months, which began with thetampering row and continued with some grim results on theroad.

Australia lost the Test series to South Africa and anotheragainst Pakistan, and crashed badly in a one-day series toEngland.

They returned home to a scathing independent review thisweek that slammed Cricket Australia for creating an "arrogant"and "controlling" atmosphere that fostered a win-at-all-costsattitude.

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis, who played in the 'sand-paper-gate' Testthat culminatedin lengthy bansfor Steve Smith,David Warnerand CameronBancroft, insistedhis team won'tdredge up thepast.

"I don't thinkus as a teamwould go there,"he told reporters."It's got nothingto do with thecricket -- it's inthe past. For us,it's business asusual." SouthAfrican fans laidinto theAustralians dur-ing the Testseries, holding upsigns mockingthe team. Oneyoung supporterreportedly triedto get bowler Nathan Lyon to autograph a piece of sandpaper.

When South Africa toured Australia in 2016, du Plessis wasfined for ball-tampering after he sucked on a mint and thenshined the ball. He disputed the finding.

The Proteas have brought virtually their strongest team toAustralia for the one-dayers in Perth, Adelaide and Hobart, anda single Twenty20 clash on the Gold Coast. While missingHashim Amla (finger) and JP Duminy (shoulder) for the tour,fast bowler Dale Steyn is back and joins Kagiso Rabada, LungiNgidi and Imran Tahir in a formidable attack.

All-rounder Chris Morris also returns after recovering froma lower back injury, although South Africa's tour didn't startwell with a four-wicket loss to a young Prime Minister's XI inCanberra on Wednesday.

After recent failures, Australia have dumped Tim Paine asone-day captain, with explosive batsman Aaron Finch assum-ing the role.

Spin veteran Lyon has also been axed, along with all-rounderMitch Marsh. But fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cumminsreturn from injury to spearhead the attack alongside JoshHazlewood.

Finch said batsmen's staying at the crease was a key focusleading into the series after recent capitulations.

"We've struggled with the bat for quite a while now and it'sup to us guys who get first go of it in Perth next Sunday againstSouth Africa to start rewriting that last probably 18 months,"he said.

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Handed an unforgiving start asArsenal's first new manager fornearly a quarter of a century,

Unai Emery has quickly put defeats toManchester City and Chelsea behindhim with a 13-game unbeaten run toearn the respect of the Gunners' sup-port.

However, the real test of how farEmery's Arsenal have evolved sincebeing outclassed by City on the open-ing weekend of the season comeswhen Liverpool travel to the Emirateson Saturday.

Arsenal have won 12 of those 13games unbeaten, the only slip comingat Crystal Palace last weekend whenthey conceded two penalties in a 2-2draw.

Yet, they haven't faced any of thePremier League's top six from last sea-son in that run, with defeats of Watfordand Everton their only victories oversides in the top half of the table.

Emery still seems to be searchingfor the right balance, while also gettingtwo star centre-forwards in AlexandreLacazette and Pierre-EmerickAubameyang into the side.

Lacazette and Aubameyang havealready combined for 14 goals betweenthem this season and their firepowerhas so far got Arsenal out of trouble,particularly late in games with Emery'smen yet to enjoy a half-time lead in thePremier League.

It is to Emery's credit that his

changes have often impacted the gamepositively for his side, and that Arsenalonly trail league leaders City andLiverpool by four points heading intothis weekend.

The priority for Arsenal this sea-

son remains a topfour finish and areturn to theChampions Leaguerather than a title

challenge, and Emery is well oncourse for that goal

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Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp says Arsenalboss Unai Emery has proved himself asa top manager as the two coaches prepareto go head to head for the first time sincethe 2016 Europa League final.

Emery, then in charge at Sevilla, gotthe better of Klopp in the final in Basel,

with his side coming from behind to win3-1, and subsequently won the Frenchleague title with Paris Saint-Germain.

Klopp believes Emery has wonenough in his career —three successiveEuropa League titles and five major tro-phies at PSG — to warrant the respect hiscurrent 13-match unbeaten run deserves.

"All people in football knew howgood he is but I am not sure all Arsenalfans were over the moon at first whenthey heard it would be Emery," saidKlopp.

"But that's England a little bit, youwant the poster boys. Unai was inFrance and before that in Spain in asmaller club, so you can go a bit underthe radar.

Klopp's record against Arsenal sincearriving in England is impressive. He hasnever lost against the Gunners, with threewins and two draws from five matches.

The fixture has a history of highscores, with the past nine PremierLeague matches bringing 42 goals.

"It doesn't look like that willchange. They score a lot of goals and

are really good offensively," saidKlopp.

"We have to see how this game willdevelop. With two very offensive-orien-tated teams it can often happen. It does-n't have to — we saw in the ManchesterCity game (a goalless draw) that, but itis possible at least."

Klopp will still be without mid-fielders Jordan Henderson and NabyKeita, who are not likely to be in con-tention for a recall until next weekend.

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Roger Federer's bid for a100th career title

remains on as he beat FabioFognini 6-4, 6-3 onThursday to reach the ParisMasters quarterfinals.

If he wins that, againstKei Nishikori, he could faceNovak Djokovic in the semi-finals - but Federer is think-ing more about winning theseason-ending ATP Finals,which start November 11.

"My objective is

London. If I can do well herein Paris and beat (Djokovic),all the better," Federer said."But I'm not there yet. We'llsee."

Federer, 37 and return-ing to the tournament forthe first time since 2015, washardly tested as he beatFognini for the fourth timein four matches. He wasfresh after Milos Raonicpulled out injured beforetheir second-round matchon Wednesday.

"It was welcome because

my body needed it," Federersaid. "I needed an extra dayand this is what I got. It wasa lot of luck."

Third seed Federer isplaying the Paris Masters forthe first time since 2015 andis bidding to clinch thetournament for just the sec-ond time after winning it in2011.

"I think both of us werefar from our best, but wefought with what we hadand at the end I think Imaybe served a bit better in

the important momentsthan Fabio did," Federersaid.

A double break of serveput Federer 4-1 up beforeFognini broke back with abackhand winner down theline. Fognini had a chance topressure Federer in the 10thgame when the 20-timeGrand Slam champion was15-40 down on serve.

But Federer, who gotthrough a few difficult situ-ations last week on his wayto winning the Swiss

Indoors for the ninth time,saved both and then held toclinch the first set.

Federer responded wellin the eighth game of thesecond set, again saving twobreak points at 15-40 downon his way to leading 5-3.Fognini cracked in the nextgame and was broken tolove, double faulting onmatch point.

Federer was given astanding ovation after hiswin.

"It was wonderful to

have such a welcome fromthe French public," he said."The atmosphere was won-derful."

Nishikori, seeded 10,made the quarter-finals bybeating Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-4 to avenge his defeat tothe big South African inSunday's Vienna final.

Federer leads Nishikori6-2 in career meetings hav-ing won their last four clash-es. The Japanese's last winover the 20-time major win-ner came in 2014.

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Jose Mourinho believesManchester United can still

secure a top-four finish in thePremier League, saying anunkind fixture list is partly toblame for their early seasonstruggles.

United are languishing ineighth place in the table, fivepoints from a ChampionsLeague qualification position,as they prepare to visitBournemouth on Saturday.

But the manager believeshis team have been hinderedby a series of difficult back-to-back away fixtures, citing thefact they must travel toManchester City in thePremier League on November11, four days after aChampions League trip toJuventus, and that they visitLiverpool in December after aEuropean away game againstValencia.

He did not mention thatUnited have also had back-to-back home games three timesacross all competitions alreadythis season and have onlyplayed two of the current topsix in their opening 10 leaguegames.

Mourinho, in his pre-

match press conference, saidhe believed the picture at OldTrafford would be rosier at thebeginning of the New Year.

"I always say that in theend of the season you play 19matches at home and awayand it doesn't matter when butthe reality is that the way thefixtures are coming, some-times they have an influence inthe moment.

"We had a double fixtureaway in September (at Burnleyand Watford). Now we have adouble away league fixture atBournemouth andManchester City.

"We will have Juventusaway before we go toManchester City, and we willhave Valencia away beforeLiverpool.

"In this part of the season,we play away against possiblythe three biggest candidates forthe title, in Liverpool, Chelseaand Manchester City, so the

calendar was not nice to us."But I think by the end of

December, which is the end ofthe first half of the PremierLeague season, we are notgoing to be in the position weare now. We will be in a bet-ter position."

���,��*��,,����H�Mourinho has refused to

rule out a challenge for the titlebut says the first priority mustbe to climb into the top four.

"When you are outside thetop four I don't think youshould speak about the title,"he said. "When you are in thetop four, which I believe we aregoing to be, you can look up,see the distance, look to the fix-tures, to the calendar."

He declined to revealwhether striker RomeluLukaku would be recalled atBournemouth, having beendropped after going eightgames without scoring.

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Kevin De Bruyne suffered an injuryscare as League Cup holders

Manchester City moved into the quar-ter-finals with a 2-0 win against Fulham.

There was concern for De Bruyneafter the City midfielder limped off withwhat appeared to be a knee injury in theclosing minutes on Thursday.

De Bruyne, 27, only recentlyreturned from another knee problemthat forced him to miss two months thisseason, limiting him to five appearancesto date.

City manager Pep Guardiola willhope his influential Belgian star is ableto make a quick recovery as they headinto a busy period featuring crucialChampions League fixtures and theManchester derby.

"He's being checked by the doctor.Right now I don't know if it's nothing orsomething serious," Guardiola said.

Until the injury, Guardiola felt it wasthe most complete performance of DeBruyne's comeback, but now he must fretover his fitness again.

"I think today Kevin is back. TheKevin we know," he said. "Today he wasinvolved in offence and defence.Hopefully what happened in the lastminute is not serious."

De Bruyne's injury overshadowed amemorable evening for youngsterBrahim Diaz.

Diaz was making only his thirdappearance of the season and the promis-ing Spanish striker seized his chance with

a brace at the Etihad Stadium.The 19-year-old's goals ensured

City advance to face Leicester orSouthampton in the last eight as they bidto retain the trophy.

Diaz has been linked with a move toReal Madrid among other top Europeansides, but Guardiola confirmed City arekeen to hold onto their hot prospect.

"He knows the desire we have andwhat we want for all the young players,"Guardiola said.

"They know how we want to protectthem and to try to help them understandthe way we want to play.

"We want him. In the end it won'tdepend on us, it is them. It is the agent,him, his family, they will decide."

With the English champions havingwon at Tottenham in the Premier League

on Monday, Guardiola rested many of hisstars among 10 changes.

Diaz was one of those who came in,while De Bruyne, Phil Foden and GabrielJesus also featured against PremierLeague strugglers Fulham.

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