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T he Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed serious displeasure over the purported leak of CBI Director Alok Verma’s reply to the CVC’s findings against him over cor- ruption allegations as also the publication of sensational charges levelled by the agency’s DIG Manish Kumar Sinha and told their lawyers none of the parties “deserved” any hearing. Making it clear that the court is not a “platform” where people can come and express “whatever they want”, an anguished Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi heard the matter twice during the day and said it would not hear any party, including the CVC, and confine itself to the purported leak and publication of Sinha’s allegations in the media. The court was apparently irked over the publication of contents of Sinha’s petition in newspapers and Verma’s reply to a questionnaire to the CVC in a news portal. The court had earlier directed all the parties to maintain the practice of submitting report and replies in sealed cover in order to protect the credibility of the institution of the CBI. The Bench that included Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph vent its ire at the start of the hearing and reminded the parties that its earlier order asking them to maintain con- fidentiality of the CVC’s pre- liminary enquiry report and Verma’s response to it was intended to ensure “respect” and the integrity of the CBI. As soon as the hearing commenced, the Bench referred to an article published by a news portal and solicited response from senior advocate Fali S Nariman, representing Verma, by saying, “It is only for you Mr Nariman and not as a counsel for Alok Verma. We have given this to you as you are one of the most respected and senior members of the institution. Please help us.” After going through the news report, Nariman asserted it was totally “unauthorised” and he was very “disturbed and shocked” by the “leak”. He also questioned the move by lawyer Gopal Shankaranarayanan, who is also representing Verma, to mention the matter in the court on Monday to seek additional time to file the reply on behalf of the CBI Director. After providing the copy of the news report to Nariman, the Bench adjourned the hear- ing to November 29 on Verma’s plea challenging the Centre’s decision to divest him of duties and sending him on forced leave, saying, “We do not think any of you deserve any hear- ing”. Nariman, however, re- entered the courtroom after a few minutes and mentioned the case seeking re-hearing which was allowed. When the hearing re-com- menced, Nariman told the court that the news article in question was published by the portal on November 17 and it was related to Verma’s reply given to the CVC during the preliminary enquiry proceed- ings. The SC order asking the CBI chief to respond to the vig- ilance probe’s finding was passed only the previous day, Nariman contended. During the first round of hearing of the day, Nariman while referring to the media report said, “This gives a new twist to the word responsible press and freedom of press.” Nariman also said the news portal and its journalists con- cerned be summoned by the court. “How can this come? It’s a leak. I myself am shattered the way it has been done,” he said. The Bench also referred to Nariman about the news arti- cles published based on the allegations levelled by CBI’s DIG Sinha in his separate plea challenging his transfer to Nagpur following the shake-up in the agency after Verma and his deputy Rakesh Asthana were benched. “Yesterday, we had refused the mentioning (seeking urgent listing of Sinha’s plea) and we had expressed that highest degree of confidentiality was to be maintained. But here is a lit- igant who mentions it before us and then goes out to distribute the petition to everyone,” miffed Gogoi said. “Our efforts to maintain the respect of this institution are not shared by these people. They are giving it to every- body,” the CJI added. When Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CVC, stood up to argue, the Bench tersely told him, “We will not hear anything. We will not hear anybody.” The Bench then told Nariman about the news arti- cles on Sinha’s plea and said, “This is yesterday’s article. We want to know what is going on. This court is not a platform for people to come and express whatever they want. This is a place where people come for adjudication of their legal rights. This is not a platform and we will set it right.” When the matter was being re-heard, Shankaranarayanan referred to the arguments advanced by Nariman and said that he wanted to “clear his name” which has come under the “cloud”. Shankaranarayanan said Nariman has submitted that he was not authorised to mention the matter and seek time for fil- ing Verma’s reply without the consent of the senior lawyer. “We are not prepared to hear Mr Gopal Shankaranarayanan. We are prepared to hear Mr Nariman only. We want this place clear. As far as this court in con- cerned Mr Shankaranarayanan, nobody is under any cloud,” the CJI said. Sinha on Monday dragged the names of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Union Minister Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary and CVC KV Chowdary over alleged attempts to interfere in the probe against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana. The Union Minister named by Sinha has termed the allegations as baseless and malicious. C iting health reasons, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday made a major announcement saying she will not contest next Lok Sabha polls. The senior BJP leader told reporters at Indore that she has “made up her mind” not to contest the elections. “It is the party which decides, but I have made up my mind not to contest the next (Lok Sabha) elections,” she said in Indore. Sushma, 66, has been elected to the current 16th Lok Sabha from Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh. She repre- sented Vidisha in the 15th Lok Sabha as well. Until 2014, Sushma was one of the contenders for the Prime Ministerial post and even skipped the Parliamentary Party meeting when Narendra Modi’s name for the Prime Minister’s post was about to be announced by the party ahead of the 2014 elections. She was Leader of Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha in place of Lal Krishna Advani and retained this posi- tion till May 2014. Though inducted as External Affairs Minister in Modi’s Cabinet at the Centre, she was seen to be on the mar- gins in terms of decision mak- ing , with the PMO itself play- ing lead role in the matter of foreign affairs. According to sources, if the party puts its seal of approval on Sushma’s decision to retire from the Lok Sabha contest, she may still be brought to Parliament through the Rajya Sabha route. Continued on Page 4 D elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Tuesday after a 40- year-old man threw chilli pow- der at him outside the Chief Minister’s chamber on the third floor of the high security Delhi Secretariat when the CM was leaving for lunch. The man, Anil Kumar, was detained, said police, adding that he was later handed over to IP Estate police station of Central district. Addressing the media immediately after the incident, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader termed the attack as politically motivated. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said it would not be cowed down by these petty tactics by the BJP. Delhi BJP unit president Manoj Tiwari said, “Such inci- dents cannot be tolerated or justified by anybody and called for a high-level probe.” Kumar was targeting the bespectacled CM’s eyes, offi- cials said. His spectacles broke but his eyes seemed to have been spared any damage, they added. Kumar, whose Aadhaar card has been recovered, brought the chilli powder to the secretariat in packets of ‘khai- ni’ (chewing tobacco), they said. After throwing chilli pow- der at Kejriwal, Kumar threat- ened to shoot him after he comes out of jail, an official recounted. AAP’s national spokesper- son Raghav Chadha, who was behind Kejriwal when the inci- dent took place, tweeted, “Was right behind CM @ArvindKejriwal at the Secretariat when he was sud- denly attacked on 3rd floor right outside his office. Shocking lapse of security. Is this Delhi Police’s incompetent effort to protect an elected CM? “While today just the CM’s glasses fell to the floor and broke, an unacceptable securi- ty lapse nonetheless. Imagine if attacker were to be wielding a more dangerous weapon. Who were to have prevented a tragedy from occurring?” Sisodia told reporters. “Recently BJP Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari reached near stage during the inauguration of signature bridge. Continued on Page 4 A 19-year-old hardened criminal who had raped and murdered nine minor girls in Delhi, Gurugram, Gwalior and Jhansi has been arrested by the Gurugram Police after they found his involvement in the brutal rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Sector 66 on November 11. The girl’s body was dumped in Gurugram Sector 66. The accused confessed to raping and killing three minor girls in Gurugram, four in Delhi, one in Gwalior and Jhansi each. The accused identified as 19-year-old Sunil Kumar, a casual labourer, was hiding in his native village in Jhansi dis- trict. Meticulous investigation by a 15-member police team tracked his movements and nabbed him on Monday, said a senior police official. He was produced before a local court on Tuesday and sent to eight days of police custody. Kumar had lured the child with sweets, took her to an empty room at a labourers’ colony in Sector 66. The autop- sy report revealed that she was subjected to brutality during rape causing severe injuries to her private parts. Continued on Page 4 J ustice delayed is justice denied” goes the saying and it was amply manifested on Tuesday when a city court pro- nounced first ever “death sen- tence” in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case probed by a Special Investigation Team (SIT). A Delhi court awarded death penalty to Yashpal Singh for killing two men during the riots. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey awarded life-term to co-convict Naresh Sherawat in the case. On November 1, 1984, Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh were attacked and killed by a mob in Mahipalpur in South Delhi. It is the first conviction in the cases reopened by the SIT of the Central Bureau of Investigation. The Delhi Police had closed the case in 1994 for want of evidence. However, a SIT reopened it. The verdict was pronounced on Tuesday in Tihar Jail after the local police moved a petition in the High Court citing security reasons and possibility of attack on the convicts on the premises of the Delhi court, said police. The SIT is investigating nearly 60 cases related to the riots, while it has filed “untraced report” in 52 cases.While this is the first death penalty after the SIT was formed, one Kishori was earlier given the death penalty by a trial court in a related case. C hhattisgarh recorded 72 per cent polling on Tuesday in the second and concluding phase for 72 Assembly seats across 19 districts amid alle- gations of EVM tampering and malfunctioning in several areas. Amid higher turnout, BJP, Congress and JCC-BSP alliance claimed victory ahead of results on December 11. The Election Commission said that polling percentage could go up to 76-78 per cent as it was still in the process of compiling data. The EC reject- ed the allegations of wide- spread malfunctioning of the voting machines and asserted that faulty EVMs were prompt- ly replaced without any dis- ruption to the voting process. Tuesday’s polling has sealed fate of nine Cabinet Ministers of Chhattisgarh’s BJP Government and four chief ministerial contenders from the Congress. Chhattisgarh’s Chief Electoral Officer Subrat Sahoo told reporters that polling was peaceful and from first-time voters to centenari- ans, people from all walks of life queued up to cast their votes at 19,336 polling booths. Among the oldest of 1.54 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise were 106-year- old Samudri Patel from Baikunthpur in Korea district and 102-year-old Raj Kunwar from Boriyakala in Raipur district. Continued on Page 4 M egastar Amitabh Bachchan has claimed that he has helped 1398 farm- ers from Uttar Pradesh by pay- ing off their loans. In a late night blog post on Monday, the 76-year-old actor revealed he has personally arranged for 70 selected farm- ers to travel to Mumbai and receive their bank letters. Bachchan had earlier helped 350 farmers from Maharashtra by paying off their loans. “Gratitude leans across to the desire of removing some of the burdens that farmers con- tinue to suffer from... It was Maharashtra first, when over 350 farmers loans were taken care of... Now its UP and 1398 of them that had out standings of loans on banks has been done with an outlay of 4.05 crore. “And the inner peace it generates when the desired is completed,” he wrote. P rime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said he used the "bit- ter medicine" of demonetisation to bring back money into bank- ing system and to give "proper treatment to deep-rooted cor- ruption system" in the country. Addressing a poll rally here for the November 28 Assembly elections, Modi also said his gov- ernment has so far disbursed loans to 14 crore people, "that too without guarantee", under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. "The amount of work we (BJP- led government) have done in four years, Congress would be able to do it in 10 years," Modi said. "Remember the time when Congress was in power here in Madhya Pradesh, what was the con- dition of people? Madhya Pradesh does not deserve a government which never thinks about the state's welfare," Modi said, targeting the Congress party. Modi said that during the Congress' 55 year rule in Madhya Pradesh, 1,500 schools were made, but Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan estab- lished 4,000 schools in the state in just 15 years. "Our mantra is to provide education to boys and girls, income for youth, irrigation facility to farmers and medicines to elders," Modi said. Modi said the Congress promised to waive farmers' loans in Karnataka, but instead of doing so, issued warrants against peasants and sent them to jail. "My government is aiming to double farm- ers' income by 2022," the prime minister said. On 'housing for all', Modi said, "My dream is to provide 'pucca' houses to everyone in the country by 2022. We have so far given keys of such houses to 1.25 crore people". E xternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Tuesday stunned every politi- cian with her announcement that she would not contest Lok sabha poll over health issues. Speaking to the media in Indore, Swaraj said she has con- veyed her decision of not contest- ing Lok Sabha polls to the party leadership and briefed them about the health issues she was facing. The Union Minister told the scribes that after a surgery she has developed allergy for dust. To add, Swaraj has not been well since she underwent kidney transplantation in the year 2016. She had stopped coming to Vidisha as well on health issues of late, claim locals. Sushma represents Vidisha parliamentary constituency in MP she won in 2009 and again in 2014. Vidisha is also known as saf- fron citadel which gave parlia- mentarians like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Sushma herself and Shivraj Singh Chouhan who won from here consecutive five times in row from 1991 to 2006. Besides prominent personal- ity from Jana Sangh Ramnath Goenka too had got elected from Vidisha in 1971. The district is also known for being the home of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi. Still, the region constituen- cy lacked on development indi- cators and the trend was affirmed when a Neeti Ayog report put Vidisha among the most backward district in Madhya Pradesh early this year. Swaraj had clarified then the that poor monitoring led to beneficiaries not availing ben- efits of govt schemes and stressed on micro management. The announcement from Sushma has fuelled specula- tions that whether she is back- ing out from Vidisha. After she failed to turn up in Vidisha for long, missing MP posters too had cropped up in Vidisha last year. Many also believe Swaraj could also had fears about a ticket in 2019. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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The Supreme Court onTuesday expressed serious

displeasure over the purportedleak of CBI Director AlokVerma’s reply to the CVC’sfindings against him over cor-ruption allegations as also thepublication of sensationalcharges levelled by the agency’sDIG Manish Kumar Sinha andtold their lawyers none of theparties “deserved” any hearing.

Making it clear that thecourt is not a “platform” wherepeople can come and express“whatever they want”, ananguished Bench headed byChief Justice Ranjan Gogoiheard the matter twice duringthe day and said it would nothear any party, including theCVC, and confine itself to thepurported leak and publicationof Sinha’s allegations in themedia.

The court was apparentlyirked over the publication ofcontents of Sinha’s petition innewspapers and Verma’s replyto a questionnaire to the CVCin a news portal. The court hadearlier directed all the partiesto maintain the practice ofsubmitting report and replies insealed cover in order to protectthe credibility of the institution

of the CBI.The Bench that included

Justices SK Kaul and KMJoseph vent its ire at the startof the hearing and remindedthe parties that its earlier orderasking them to maintain con-fidentiality of the CVC’s pre-liminary enquiry report andVerma’s response to it wasintended to ensure “respect”and the integrity of the CBI.

As soon as the hearingcommenced, the Benchreferred to an article publishedby a news portal and solicitedresponse from senior advocateFali S Nariman, representingVerma, by saying, “It is only foryou Mr Nariman and not as acounsel for Alok Verma. Wehave given this to you as youare one of the most respectedand senior members of theinstitution. Please help us.”

After going through thenews report, Nariman assertedit was totally “unauthorised”and he was very “disturbed andshocked” by the “leak”. He alsoquestioned the move by lawyerGopal Shankaranarayanan,who is also representingVerma, to mention the matterin the court on Monday to seekadditional time to file the replyon behalf of the CBI Director.

After providing the copy of

the news report to Nariman,the Bench adjourned the hear-ing to November 29 on Verma’splea challenging the Centre’sdecision to divest him of dutiesand sending him on forcedleave, saying, “We do not thinkany of you deserve any hear-ing”.

Nariman, however, re-entered the courtroom after afew minutes and mentioned thecase seeking re-hearing whichwas allowed.

When the hearing re-com-menced, Nariman told thecourt that the news article inquestion was published by theportal on November 17 and itwas related to Verma’s replygiven to the CVC during the

preliminary enquiry proceed-ings. The SC order asking theCBI chief to respond to the vig-ilance probe’s finding waspassed only the previous day,Nariman contended.

During the first round ofhearing of the day, Narimanwhile referring to the mediareport said, “This gives a newtwist to the word responsiblepress and freedom of press.”Nariman also said the newsportal and its journalists con-cerned be summoned by thecourt.

“How can this come? It’s aleak. I myself am shattered theway it has been done,” he said.

The Bench also referred toNariman about the news arti-

cles published based on theallegations levelled by CBI’sDIG Sinha in his separate pleachallenging his transfer toNagpur following the shake-upin the agency after Verma andhis deputy Rakesh Asthanawere benched.

“Yesterday, we had refusedthe mentioning (seeking urgentlisting of Sinha’s plea) and wehad expressed that highestdegree of confidentiality was tobe maintained. But here is a lit-igant who mentions it before usand then goes out to distributethe petition to everyone,”miffed Gogoi said.

“Our efforts to maintainthe respect of this institutionare not shared by these people.They are giving it to every-body,” the CJI added.

When Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta, appearing forthe CVC, stood up to argue, theBench tersely told him, “Wewill not hear anything. Wewill not hear anybody.”

The Bench then toldNariman about the news arti-cles on Sinha’s plea and said,“This is yesterday’s article. Wewant to know what is going on.This court is not a platform forpeople to come and expresswhatever they want. This is aplace where people come for

adjudication of their legalrights. This is not a platformand we will set it right.”

When the matter was beingre-heard, Shankaranarayananreferred to the argumentsadvanced by Nariman and saidthat he wanted to “clear hisname” which has come underthe “cloud”.

Shankaranarayanan saidNariman has submitted that hewas not authorised to mentionthe matter and seek time for fil-ing Verma’s reply without theconsent of the senior lawyer.

“We are not prepared tohear Mr GopalShankaranarayanan. We areprepared to hear Mr Narimanonly. We want this place clear.As far as this court in con-cerned Mr Shankaranarayanan,nobody is under any cloud,” theCJI said.

Sinha on Monday draggedthe names of National SecurityAdviser Ajit Doval, UnionMinister Haribhai ParthibhaiChaudhary and CVC KVChowdary over allegedattempts to interfere in theprobe against CBI SpecialDirector Rakesh Asthana.

The Union Ministernamed by Sinha has termed theallegations as baseless andmalicious.

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Citing health reasons,External Affairs Minister

Sushma Swaraj on Tuesdaymade a major announcementsaying she will not contestnext Lok Sabha polls.

The senior BJP leader toldreporters at Indore that she has“made up her mind” not tocontest the elections.

“It is the party whichdecides, but I have made up mymind not to contest the next(Lok Sabha) elections,” she saidin Indore. Sushma, 66, hasbeen elected to the current16th Lok Sabha from Vidisha,Madhya Pradesh. She repre-sented Vidisha in the 15th LokSabha as well.

Until 2014, Sushma wasone of the contenders for thePrime Ministerial post andeven skipped theParliamentary Party meetingwhen Narendra Modi’s namefor the Prime Minister’s postwas about to be announced bythe party ahead of the 2014elections. She was Leader ofOpposition in the 15th LokSabha in place of Lal KrishnaAdvani and retained this posi-tion till May 2014.

Though inducted asExternal Affairs Minister in

Modi’s Cabinet at the Centre,she was seen to be on the mar-gins in terms of decision mak-ing , with the PMO itself play-ing lead role in the matter offoreign affairs.

According to sources, if theparty puts its seal of approvalon Sushma’s decision to retirefrom the Lok Sabha contest, shemay still be brought toParliament through the RajyaSabha route.

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal had a narrow

escape on Tuesday after a 40-year-old man threw chilli pow-der at him outside the ChiefMinister’s chamber on the thirdfloor of the high security DelhiSecretariat when the CM wasleaving for lunch.

The man, Anil Kumar, wasdetained, said police, addingthat he was later handed overto IP Estate police station ofCentral district.

Addressing the mediaimmediately after the incident,the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)leader termed the attack aspolitically motivated. DeputyChief Minister Manish Sisodiasaid it would not be coweddown by these petty tactics bythe BJP.

Delhi BJP unit presidentManoj Tiwari said, “Such inci-dents cannot be tolerated orjustified by anybody and calledfor a high-level probe.”

Kumar was targeting thebespectacled CM’s eyes, offi-cials said. His spectacles brokebut his eyes seemed to havebeen spared any damage, theyadded.

Kumar, whose Aadhaarcard has been recovered,brought the chilli powder to the

secretariat in packets of ‘khai-ni’ (chewing tobacco), theysaid. After throwing chilli pow-der at Kejriwal, Kumar threat-ened to shoot him after hecomes out of jail, an officialrecounted.

AAP’s national spokesper-son Raghav Chadha, who wasbehind Kejriwal when the inci-dent took place, tweeted, “Wasright behind CM@ArvindKejriwal at theSecretariat when he was sud-denly attacked on 3rd floorright outside his office.Shocking lapse of security. Is

this Delhi Police’s incompetenteffort to protect an electedCM?

“While today just the CM’sglasses fell to the floor andbroke, an unacceptable securi-ty lapse nonetheless. Imagine ifattacker were to be wielding amore dangerous weapon. Whowere to have prevented atragedy from occurring?”Sisodia told reporters.

“Recently BJP Delhi chiefManoj Tiwari reached nearstage during the inaugurationof signature bridge.

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A19-year-old hardenedcriminal who had raped

and murdered nine minor girlsin Delhi, Gurugram, Gwaliorand Jhansi has been arrested bythe Gurugram Police after theyfound his involvement in thebrutal rape and murder of athree-year-old girl in Sector 66on November 11. The girl’sbody was dumped inGurugram Sector 66.

The accused confessed toraping and killing three minorgirls in Gurugram, four inDelhi, one in Gwalior andJhansi each.

The accused identified as

19-year-old Sunil Kumar, acasual labourer, was hiding inhis native village in Jhansi dis-trict. Meticulous investigationby a 15-member police teamtracked his movements andnabbed him on Monday, said asenior police official.

He was produced before alocal court on Tuesday and sentto eight days of police custody.

Kumar had lured the childwith sweets, took her to anempty room at a labourers’colony in Sector 66. The autop-sy report revealed that she wassubjected to brutality duringrape causing severe injuries toher private parts.

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Justice delayed is justicedenied” goes the saying and it

was amply manifested onTuesday when a city court pro-nounced first ever “death sen-tence” in a 1984 anti-Sikh riotscase probed by a SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT). ADelhi court awarded deathpenalty to Yashpal Singh forkilling two men during theriots. Additional Sessions Judge

Ajay Pandey awarded life-termto co-convict Naresh Sherawatin the case.

On November 1, 1984,Hardev Singh and Avtar Singhwere attacked and killed by a mobin Mahipalpur in South Delhi. Itis the first conviction in the casesreopened by the SIT of theCentral Bureau of Investigation.The Delhi Police had closed thecase in 1994 for want of evidence.However, a SIT reopened it.

The verdict was pronounced

on Tuesday in Tihar Jail after thelocal police moved a petition inthe High Court citing securityreasons and possibility of attackon the convicts on the premisesof the Delhi court, said police.

The SIT is investigatingnearly 60 cases related to theriots, while it has filed “untracedreport” in 52 cases.While this isthe first death penalty after theSIT was formed, one Kishori wasearlier given the death penalty bya trial court in a related case.

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Chhattisgarh recorded 72per cent polling on Tuesday

in the second and concludingphase for 72 Assembly seatsacross 19 districts amid alle-gations of EVM tampering andmalfunctioning in several areas.Amid higher turnout, BJP,Congress and JCC-BSP allianceclaimed victory ahead of resultson December 11.

The Election Commissionsaid that polling percentagecould go up to 76-78 per centas it was still in the process ofcompiling data. The EC reject-ed the allegations of wide-spread malfunctioning of thevoting machines and assertedthat faulty EVMs were prompt-ly replaced without any dis-ruption to the voting process.

Tuesday’s polling has sealedfate of nine Cabinet Ministersof Chhattisgarh’s BJPGovernment and four chief

ministerial contenders fromthe Congress. Chhattisgarh’sChief Electoral Officer SubratSahoo told reporters thatpolling was peaceful and fromfirst-time voters to centenari-ans, people from all walks of lifequeued up to cast their votes at19,336 polling booths.

Among the oldest of 1.54crore voters eligible to exercisetheir franchise were 106-year-old Samudri Patel fromBaikunthpur in Korea districtand 102-year-old Raj Kunwarfrom Boriyakala in Raipur district.

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Megastar AmitabhBachchan has claimed

that he has helped 1398 farm-ers from Uttar Pradesh by pay-ing off their loans.

In a late night blog post onMonday, the 76-year-old actorrevealed he has personallyarranged for 70 selected farm-ers to travel to Mumbai andreceive their bank letters.

Bachchan had earlierhelped 350 farmers fromMaharashtra by paying offtheir loans.

“Gratitude leans across tothe desire of removing some ofthe burdens that farmers con-tinue to suffer from... It wasMaharashtra first, when over350 farmers loans were takencare of... Now its UP and 1398of them that had out standingsof loans on banks has been donewith an outlay of 4.05 crore.

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ter medicine" of demonetisationto bring back money into bank-ing system and to give "propertreatment to deep-rooted cor-ruption system" in the country.

Addressing a poll rally herefor the November 28 Assemblyelections, Modi also said his gov-ernment has so far disbursedloans to 14 crore people, "that toowithout guarantee", under theambitious Pradhan Mantri MudraYojana.

"The amount of work we (BJP-led government) have done in four years,Congress would be able to do it in 10 years," Modisaid.

"Remember the time when Congress was inpower here in Madhya Pradesh, what was the con-dition of people? Madhya Pradesh does notdeserve a government which never thinks aboutthe state's welfare," Modi said, targeting theCongress party.

Modi said that during the Congress' 55 yearrule in Madhya Pradesh, 1,500 schools were made,but Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan estab-lished 4,000 schools in the state in just 15 years.

"Our mantra is to provide education to boysand girls, income for youth, irrigation facility tofarmers and medicines to elders," Modi said.

Modi said the Congress promised to waivefarmers' loans in Karnataka, but instead of doingso, issued warrants against peasants and sent themto jail.

"My government is aiming to double farm-ers' income by 2022," the prime minister said.

On 'housing for all', Modi said, "My dreamis to provide 'pucca' houses to everyone in thecountry by 2022. We have so far given keys of suchhouses to 1.25 crore people".

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Tuesday stunned every politi-cian with her announcement thatshe would not contest Lok sabhapoll over health issues.

Speaking to the media inIndore, Swaraj said she has con-veyed her decision of not contest-ing Lok Sabha polls to the partyleadership and briefed them aboutthe health issues she was facing.

The Union Minister told thescribes that after a surgery she hasdeveloped allergy for dust. To add,Swaraj has not been well since sheunderwent kidney transplantationin the year 2016. She had stopped

coming to Vidisha as well onhealth issues of late, claim locals.

Sushma represents Vidishaparliamentary constituency inMP she won in 2009 and again in2014. Vidisha is also known as saf-fron citadel which gave parlia-mentarians like Atal BihariVajpayee, Sushma herself andShivraj Singh Chouhan who wonfrom here consecutive five timesin row from 1991 to 2006.

Besides prominent personal-ity from Jana Sangh RamnathGoenka too had got elected fromVidisha in 1971. The district is alsoknown for being the home ofNobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi.

Still, the region constituen-cy lacked on development indi-

cators and the trend wasaffirmed when a Neeti Ayogreport put Vidisha among themost backward district inMadhya Pradesh early this year.Swaraj had clarified then thethat poor monitoring led tobeneficiaries not availing ben-efits of govt schemes andstressed on micro management.The announcement fromSushma has fuelled specula-tions that whether she is back-ing out from Vidisha.

After she failed to turn upin Vidisha for long, missing MPposters too had cropped up inVidisha last year. Many alsobelieve Swaraj could also hadfears about a ticket in 2019.

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To observe the first anniver-sary of YONO- ‘You Only

Need One’, country’s firstlifestyle and digital bankingplatform offering Banking andother Financial Services, agrand function was organisedat State Bank of India, LocalHead Office, Bhopal onTuesday.

Speaking on the occasion,Rajesh Kumar, Chief GeneralManager, told that YONO is aone of its kind platforms thatis Omni channel ie it can beaccessed on the mobile phones,both android and iOS, as alsoon the web through a browserand allows a seamless cus-tomer experience.

YONO offers an array ofbanking facilities like FundTransfer, Bill Payment,Application for Loans and var-ious Service Requests.Convenience of Loan againstfixed deposit and Pre ApprovedPersonal Loan attracts lot ofcustomers to YONO. YONO isalso the first to offer online pur-chase and viewing of MutualFunds and Insurance policieswithin the portal, without redi-

recting customers to respectiveservice providers.

This ensures uninterrupt-ed access and purchase ofinvestment products and finan-cial services. YONO also allowscustomers to meet their lifestyleneeds for which the Bank haspartnered with more than 85 e-Commerce Merchants across19 categories like Electronics,

Automobiles, Fashion, Homefurnishing, Education, Traveland Hospitality, Jewellery,Healthcare, Grocery, Gifts,Food, Entertainment, CabOrdering, Train Booking etc.

SBI has tied up with coun-try’s top e-Commerce compa-nies such as IRCTC, Amazon,Croma, Tata Cliq, Hyundai,Ford, Tata Motors, Jabong,

Myntra, etc. In a short periodof one year, YONO has becomethe preferred lifestyle and dig-ital banking platform of all,with more than 1.25 Croredownloads.

Rajesh Kumar, ChiefGeneral Manager, felicitatedHarshita Tomar, BronzeMedallist (Sailing) in Asiad-2018 and Syed Jallaluddin

Rizvi, Hockey Olympian play-er. Kumar also flagged off‘YONO Rath’ to take the aware-ness to a higher level. TheYONO Rath will visit variousColleges/ Universities atBhopal.

It is pertinent to mentionthat ‘YONO Shopping Festival’was also organised by SBI fromOctober 16 to 21 on its digitalapp YONO, in which specialdiscounts were offered by var-ious e-commerce merchantswith additional discounts forSBI Credit and Debit Cardholders. YONO ShoppingFestival was a huge Pan-Indiasuccess.

Also present on the occa-sion were General Managers ofthe Circle CR Powar andKaushik Sinha along with staffmembers.

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Achild rights truck special-ly designed for propagat-

ing key messages on childnutrition, breastfeeding, moth-er and child health, hand-washing, immunization andeducation was launched hereon Tuesday.

It was launched by BhopalMunicipal Corporation (BMC)Commissioner AvinashLavniya and Michael Juma,Chief UNICEF, MadhyaPradesh. This is joint effort ofUNICEF and its partnerSanidhya.

Speaking at the launchMichael Juma, Chief, UNICEF,Madhya Pradesh said that childrights are entitlements forevery child and within theframework World Children’sDay, advocating for theirawareness and inclusion intopolicy decisions is certainlycritical in giving children a fairchance to address issuesimpacting them.

BMC CommissionerAvinash Lavniya said that

Bhopal Municipal Corporationis committed to work for clean-liness, health and sanitationand for children of Bhopal.With World Children’s Dayand World Toilet day, we arehappy to be work withUNICEF, #GoBlue and stand

for child rights.Dance performance was

done by troupe 9 members ofblinders guns dance academy.

The truck has TV and 21films from Aadha Full, a seri-al film which have interestingreach and underlying mes-sages of gender, nutrition,immunization, child health,education and maternal health& nutrition.

The team with the rath hasbeen trained to use the films asthey are accompanied by dis-cussions and games with com-munity. The Rath will move inBhopal urban and rural areasand then go to Jhabua. Theduration as of now is for oneand half months.

Anil GulatiCommunication Specialist,UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh,Sumit Pathak of Sanidhya,Sonali Tiwari and Amit mem-bers of Young Indian andUNICEF specialist of Health,Nutrition, Communication forDevelopment, Water andSanitation were present at thelaunch.

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Ratibad police have solved arobbery case in which two

miscreants robbed a person ofdigital camera worth � 20,000on November 16 at KerwaDam. The one of the accusedis booked by MP Nagar policewhile the other remainsabsconding.

According to the Ratibadpolice, one of the miscreantswas found nabbed by MPNagar police booked for pos-session of arms illegally.

SHO of Ratibad policeSunil Bhadoria said that acting

on a tip off regarding miscre-ant involved in robbery thevictim was shown pho-tographs of an accused bookedby MP Nagar police and vic-

tim recognized the accused.The victim told that accusedalong with one of his accom-plice robbed his camera in themorning on November 16.

The accused was identi-fied as Shareef alias BacchaKhan (28) who has beenbooked for around two dozencases in the past by differentpolice stations. He confessedrobbery with his aide Saffualias Safeeq (25) of Bhadbhadaarea, search for Saffu has beenstarted, he added.

During the investigation itwas found that victim PranjalSahu and Piyush Gupta who

have gone to Kerwa Dam forphotography were robbed oftheir digital camera by twoyouths who were on whitescooter. The victim initiallythought that the two miscre-ants might have thrown theircamera but failed to find itand later approached thepolice. A complaint waslodged with the police andbased on the complaint a caseunder section 392 of the IPCwas registered. Police havestarted search for the abscond-ing accused. In the furtherinvestigation more crimeswould be revealed.

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Close contest is likely onBhopal Central (Madhya)

Assembly constituency whichis in possession of the BJP andthis time too voting on com-munal lines is expected todecide the fate of the candi-dates.

BJP MLA from BhopalCentral Assembly constituen-

cy and BJP candidateSurendranath said that theissues of shifting of slaughterhouse and fish market have tobe dealt on top most priority.For every development projectproposals have been submit-ted.

It could not be deniedthat major factor whichdecides Bhopal Assembly con-stituency seats are caste and

religion above developmentwork in the constituency andBhopal central assembly con-stituency has clear demarca-tions on the basis of commu-nities.

The candidate who couldinfluence votes of other com-munities would have an upperhand and probability of hiswinning the contest would befar greater.

Both candidates have theirvote bank at the lowest strataof the society which forms thelargest number of people whovote for single reason which isto support them and makingbasic facilities available and thepolitical party do not hold anyground for them but casteand religion also impact theirdecision to caste vote.

Congress candidate Arif

Masud has established imagein his community but it isgood or bad remains a toughquestion as the communityseems divided on the issue stillas he belongs to their religionand community he manages togarner votes in his favourwhich was witnessed in the lastassembly election when helost by around 6000 votes.

Arif Masud said the prob-

lems in the constituency havebeen there for the past fiveyears and BJP MLA remainednegligent towards solvingthose problems.

Referring to the fewermargin the contest could beevenly poised and mobiliza-tion among masses, cam-paigning and work for thepeople could come handy thistime for contest.

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In order to prevent mosquito-borne diseases in the State,

94.68 lakh medicated mosquitonets will be distributed in col-laboration with the CentralGovernment. Medicated mos-quito nets are being delivered tonine nodal points for distribu-tion including Bhopal, Betul,Dhar, Ratlam, Gwalior, Guna,Shahdol, Seoni and Panna.Arrangements are being made todeliver these mosquito nets atthe development block levelfrom these points.

Director Health ServicesDr BN Chouhan informed thatsupply of the medicated mos-quito nets in the state startedfrom October 24. Nearly 6.12lakh mosquito nets have beendistributed in Bhopal divisionbetween October 27 andNovember 19 during the distri-bution work.

General Manager, CentralMedical Services Society of theCentral Government, Dr RajeshBajaj informed that the qualityof all the nets will be checkedrandomly once they are deliv-ered at the nodal point. Thischeck will be carried out at thenational level laboratory. Thesemedicated mosquito nets will bedistributed to users only whena standard level report isreceived.

Out of 9 nodal pointsmade in the state, work of dis-tribution of mosquito nets in4 nodal points of Ratlam,Dhar, Guna and Betul hasbeen completed. Total 72pieces of the medicated mos-quito nets in four nodal pointshave been sent to the test lab-oratory for quality test.Samples are being taken forquality testing of mosquitonet in the remaining 5 nodalpoints. Quality testing takes 15to 20 days on average. Whenstandard level reports arereceived, arrangements will bemade to distribute themamong the users. The med-icated mosquito nets can beused on an average up to 5years.

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Accusing Congress for notgoing into pre-poll alliance

in Madhya Pradesh, Samajwadichief Akhilesh Yadav here saidthat his party had declinedCongress’ offer of few seats,because Congress was not readyto include the BSP in the pro-posed coalition.

Launching his party’s man-ifesto for MP Assembly polls inBhopal, Yadav was talking tomedia persons. “At one point, itoffered us some seats but wemade it clear that if they werenot taking the BSP along keep-ing in mid the national politicalscenario, they were not inter-ested in any coalition,” he added.

Yadav lambasted Congressfor going solo saying it was goodthey did not chose us or the BSPas now we have the chance tohighlight their mistakes.

“Congress is responsible forBJP ruling the country,” said theSP supremo claiming had it

been an alliance amongCongress, SP, BSP andGondwana Gantantra Party, the

coalition could have mustered200 plus seats in MP.

Claiming SP had once won

eight seats in MP, Yadav hopedthe party would improve thetally in MP and this would alsohelp them while planning anational level party.

In a scathing attack on UPChief Minister Yogi Adityanath,Yadav claimed we have a priestCM in UP who suggests torecite Hanuman Chalisa to keepmonkeys away and orderedindiscriminate encounters tokeep law and order in check.“The law and order issue is soexhausting in UP, our CM wastaking a nap in an election rallyin MP recently.”

To a query regarding UPstill having back-bending roadsamid his claims of express-ways, Yadav took a swipe at PMNarendra Modi saying whetherthe person concerned travelledto Banaras or on a NationalHighway Authority of Indiaroad.

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Special Police Establishment (SPE) of Lokayukta caughtan Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Tax (Tax

Audit Wing) Vishal Meda accepting �50,000 from a petrolpump operate to adjust tax of � 10 lakh; action was takenin the morning on Tuesday.

The victim Deepak Kori runs a petrol pump in Ashtaand was having a tax liability of Rs 10 lakh which was actu-ally Rs 6 lakh according to him and when he went to dis-cuss the issue at the office the accused AssistantCommissioner Vishal told him that the amount would bereduced but he had to pay Rs 1 lakh in return of the set-tlement of the tax.

Lokayukta DSP Naveen Awasthi said that the victimDeepak Kori was told by accused Meda to provide Rs 1 lakhfor facilitating deduction in the tax over the sale at petrolpump.

Later the accused agreed on Rs 80000. The victim wasasked to shed money on November 18 but he decided tolodge complaint and based on the complaint he providedRs 10000 on Monday. On Tuesday victim had gone with themoney to the Bittan Market office of the accused and whenhe was accepting the money Rs 50000 from victim he wascaught red-handed.

After the preliminary investigation a case under sections7 and 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act and started fur-ther investigation.

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Chief ElectionCommissioner of the

Election Commission of IndiaOP Rawat, ElectionCommissioner duo, SunilArora and Ashok Lavasa fromDelhi acquired informationfrom the Central Observersappointed in the forthcomingssembly elections in 2018about the activities prior to thevoting in the State through thevideo conference from Delhi.

The Commission hasappointed 198 GeneralObser vers, 127 ExpenseObservers and 53 PoliceObservers in the state. DeputyCommissioner ChandraBhushan and AdditionalDirector General ShefaliSharan were present duringthe video conference.

The Election Commissiontook detailed informationregarding photo voter slips,basic facilities at polling cen-ters, arrangements for thedisabled, law and orderarrangement besides tour ofsensitive areas from the pointof view of law and order,deployment of central policeforces, CCTV, meeting of col-lectors and superintendents ofpolice of bordering districts,organizing promotional activ-ities to make voters aware,various IT applications, reg-istration of complaints, C-Vigil and marked copy of thevoters list.

Chief Electoral Officer,VL Kantha Rao told theCommission that basic ameni-ties have been provided atpolling booths. Plans havebeen prepared for the deploy-ment of CCTV and CentralSecurity Forces in sensitiveareas. Strict action will betaken to put check on illicitliquor, a truck full of alcoholhas been seized in Panna dis-trict and investigation is inprogress.

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)Supremo Mayawati here

on Tuesday hinted a majorpolicy shift promising welfareof Sarva Samaj like ‘what sheensured’ during her fourGovernments in UttarPradesh, if she comes topower in MP.

The BSP chief evenclaimed she wrote to BJP gov-ernment for offering reserva-tion to the disadvantaged sec-tions of the upper castes.

Launching her electioncampaign in Madhya Pradeshon Monday, the former UPChief Minister addressing anelection rally in Bhopalexplained the reason behindunfruitful alliance talks with

Congress al leging theCongress wanted to offer weakseats to the BSP so as to endits existence in the state. Shealso accused the grand old

party of being unnerved afterseeing BSP’s growing clout inareas adjoining Uttar Pradesh.

“This is the reason theCongress leaders started lev-

eling baseless allegationsagainst BSP after collationtalks failed,” said the BSPchief at BHEL Dussehraground.

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Atalk on how to monetize ashort film and the screening

of a short film ‘Chhotu’ was heldhere on Tuesday at Central Kafe.

The event was organised byMadboxx Media. The event wasbased on the concept of tellingpeople that how difficult it is toactually shoot a film and gener-ate revenue from the same. Morethan 40 people were present towatch the screening of the shortfilm. Along with the screening ofthe short film Chhotu, the offi-cial promotional song was alsolaunched which has been creat-ed by Dhaiwat-The Band fromIndore. The short film is basedon the real life story of RaghavDiwan and has been co-pro-duced by Abhishek K Nair.Sheena Chohan and RaghavDiwan have played the leadroles in the film. The film wasappreciated by audience withhuge applause.

Chhotu has been released on

Sony LIV and has received accla-mation in many internationalfilm festivals like Los AngelesCinefest 2018, Miami IndieFestival 2018, AAB InternationalFestival 2018, Filmsaaz 2018,Virgin Spring Cinefest andCalcutta Cult Film Festival 2018.The talk session was about howone can create a good short filmin limited resources and how itcan be monetized, RaghavDiwan, actor and writer of thefilm Chhotu explained howeven a mobile can be used toshoot a short film using the var-ious online tools and applica-tions available on the web. “Thefirst important thing is the ideaand the story of the film. Nextis the shooting of the filmwhich you can do even with agood mobile phone using var-ious tools available online anduse the applications available forediting. If you get stuck some-where, then you can use Googleand learn how to use the appli-cations and tools.

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Union Minister RaviShankar Prasad here on

Tuesday accused Congresspresident Rahul Gandhi ofmisleading people on demon-etisation and GST.

While talking to mediapersons Prasad said the notesban exercise and implementa-tion of GST helped the coun-try in the long run and stepstaken by the centre had madeIndia the fastest growing econ-omy in the world.

He further said theCongress president has beentaking up the issue of demon-etisation and GST during theelection campaign. He is mis-leading people. These stepshave benefited the Indian econ-omy in the long run.

He said 2.24 lakh fakecompanies were caught afterdemonetisation wasannounced; adding that morethan Rs. 4,000 crore had beendeposited in the accounts ofthese companies.

The union minister saidthe tax base had also increasedin the country with the num-ber of people filing Income TaxReturn (ITR) rising from 3.82

crore in 2013-14 to 6.86 crorein 2017-18.

Besides, Prasad claimed,income tax collection was Rs6.38 lakh crore in the fiscal2013-14, which had increasedto over Rs 10 lakh crore. "Indiais the fastest growing economyin the world due to steps takenby the centre. Now our econ-omy is the sixth largest in theworld," he claimed.

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Indira Gandhi RashtriyaManav Sangrahalaya are

organising a five-day winterschool on ‘Intangible Heritage,Oral Culture and TraditionalMusic’ from November 29 toDecember 3, 2018 at IGRMSBhopal.

This Winter School aims tocombine theoretical and prac-tical knowledge with no previ-ous experience required. Inthe first three days the WinterSchool convener, Rolf Killius,former Curator, Oral andMusical Cultures at the BritishLibrary / Qatar FoundationPartnership and Consultant,National Museum of Qatar,will provide an overview aboutintangible heritage, intellectu-

al property, copyright, tradi-tional cultural expressions, oralhistory, traditional music andethical aspects ofrecording/filming and docu-menting people.

The fourth day is a practi-cal training session, whichincludes interview techniques,ethical issues, use of micro-phones and audio recorder.The fifth day will be a record-ing event of traditional musicand /or oral history.

This Winter School is opento all. However, it is expectedthat participants will have min-imum graduate degree in anyrelevant disciplines/subjects.There are 30 seats for thisWinter School and allotmentwill be purely on first come firstserve.

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Harshita Tomar, talentedplayer of Madhya Pradesh

Water Sports Academy, exhibit-ing a brilliant performancebagged a gold medal at theSenior National SailingChampionship.

The championship wasorganised by YachtingAssociation of India fromNovember 12 to 16. Harshitawon the medal while perform-ing brilliantly at the OlympicClass Laser Radial Event.

It is worth mentioning thatthe Academy's player HarshitaTomar is a bronze medalist ofAsian and she has honored thecountry and the region by win-ning a medal in various inter-national and national competi-tions. Harshita Tomar, won thegold medal and participated inthe championship in the lead-ership of GL Yadav, ChiefInstructor of Water SportsSailing Academy and ArjunArvadi. In the championship,Academy’s player Ekta Yadav

won the first rank in the 49Er(Fx) class boat.

Harshita Tomar, whoreturned to Bhopal after win-ning the gold medal in SeniorNational Sailing Championshipheld in Mumbai met theDirector Sports and YouthWelfare SL Thoussen. SportsDirector Thoussen congratu-lated him on expressing his hap-piness on the accomplishmentachieved by Harshita Tomar.

Interestingly, HarshitaTomar brought first individualmedal for the State in AsianGames. Expressing happinessover the achievement ofHarshita Tomar, YashodharaRaje Scindia said that HarshitaTomar is a talented player ofMadhya Pradesh SailingAcademy and has given thefirst individual medal toMadhya Pradesh, leaving themale players behind in theAsian Games. Harshita is beingtrained by GL Yadav technicalconsultant and chief coach ofMadhya Pradesh State WaterSports Academy.

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The college students talkedabout the role of libraries

in the upliftment of educa-tion and research. the talkmarked the conclusion ofNational Library Week atSanchi Bodh University hereon Tuesday.

On the occasion a web-s ite of the univers ityw w w. l ibrar ysubi s .word-press.com and a webpagewww.youtube.com wasreleased. Vice Chancellor ofthe University, Yagneshwar S.Shastri released the websiteby clicking on the start page.This website covers theworld 's dig ita l content ,library websites, journals andopen source content.

L ater, Ph.D. s tudentPuspa Lata said that libraryworks like the CPU of acomputer. Dhananjay, a PhDresearcher, compared thelibrary to the heart of thebody. In this competition,about 17 students of MPhil,PhD, and MA shared theirviews with the audience. The

students told about the var-ious libraries (libraries) of theworld. He told about thelibraries and their utilities ofthe US Library of Congressas well as Nalanda, Taxila andVikramshila universities.

Students said that IITKharagpur has set up

National Digital Library andhas tried to digitize the avail-able books in most of thecountry's libraries on theportal, making it available onthe web.

On the occasion of thel ibrar y week, a generalknowledge competition washeld on Monday, in which 60students took part. The win-ners of the competition wonthe competition, Ravi Yadav,the student of MSc Yoga,found Anish Kumar PhDHindi in the second place,and Prashant Khare, foundthird place.

Univers ity ' s NaveenMehta said that libraries area repository of knowledgeand students should go to thedaily l ibrar y and booksshould be their friends.University Vice ChancellorYagneshwar Shastri said thatbooks are important intoday's digital era becausebooks can be touched andspellbound. Librarian AmitTamarkar has built the web-site of Sanchi University'sCentral Library.

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From Page 1The senior BJP leader

who all along been a memberof the BJP’s highest decision-making body, theParliamentary Board, under-went a five-hour kidneytransplant in December,2016, at AIIMS, New Delhi.

The organ was harvestedfrom a living unrelated donor.

One of the high points ofSwaraj rise in the BJP rankswas her high-voltage contestagainst Congress supremoSonia Gandhi in Lok Sabhapolls in 1999 from Bellary inKarnataka.

She also raked contro-versy by opposing Sonia’scandidature as Prime Ministerand threatened to shave offher head if Sonia became thePM.

Swaraj began her politicalcareer with Akhil BharatiyaVidyarthi Parishad in the1970s. Her husband, Swaraj

Kaushal, was closely associ-ated with the socialist leaderGeorge Fernandes.

Sushma became a part ofGeorge Fernandes’s legaldefence team in 1975. Sheactively part icipated inJayaprakash Narayan’s TotalRevolution Movement. Afterthe Emergency, she joinedthe BJP.

Swaraj has also served asDelhi’s Chief Minister fromOctober 13 to December 3,1998 and was its first womanChief Minister.

She has held severalimportant portfolios at theCentre, including that ofInformation andBroadcasting.

A former Supreme Courtlawyer, Swaraj is serving asthe Minister of ExternalAffairs since May 26 ,2014.She is the second woman tohold the office after IndiraGandhi

From Page 1Police said Sunil has con-

fessed to the crime. He said hemurdered the girl as she couldhave identified him.

A team of 15 police per-sonnel led by sub-inspector(SI) Raj Kumar had gone toGwalior on Friday after a tip-off that accused might visithis relative’s house.

On Sunday, police gotCCTV footage from Gwaliorwhere the accused was seenhaving dinner at a religiouscommunity kitchen near atemple on Friday. OnMonday, they received a tip-of f f rom a person whoclaimed to have spotted Sunilhaving lunch at a religiouscommunity kitchen around 2pm in Jhansi.

Later the accused wasarrested on Monday after-noon from a village in hisnative Jhansi district.

“Sunil used to eat atcommunity kitchens, sleepon the roads and did not use

mobile phone, the police said,adding that he also did notcontact his family over thisperiod.

“We recovered somemoney from his possessionand we are investigating thesource of the money,” saidSumit Kuhar, DeputyCommissioner of Police(Crime). “

He was also involved infive cases of rape and murderin which two he committed inGurugram and four in Delhi.He used to target minor girlswho came to communitykitchens without their par-ents.”

A case under relevant sec-tion of the Indian Penal Code,and POCSO Act had beenregistered at Sector 65 policestation. Police had launched amassive manhunt for theaccused with 70 teams com-prising 1,200 police personnelround-the-clock on combingoperations and raids in Delhiand Uttar Pradesh.

From Page 1Chhattisgarh Chief

Minister Raman Singh who isheading the BJP Governmentin the mineral-rich State sinceDecember 2003, claimed thatthe BJP would formGovernment for the recordfourth successive term.

“Voters are coming out inlarge numbers from their hous-es to exercise their franchise tokeep the BJP in power to spurgrowth in the State,’’ Singhremarked at Kawardha townafter casting his vote alongwith his spouse Veena Singh.

The Congress which isdesperate to return to power,too claimed that people votedagainst BJP regime to get rid ofcorruption. A Congress dele-gation led by Congress nation-al general secretary PL Puniamet the EC in the nationalCapital over the alleged“attempts to misuse and tam-per with EVMs inChhattisgarh”.

Punia said the BJP “wary oflosing the polls, was trying toinfluence the polling processthrough malpractices”.

“People want a CongressGovernment. There are reportscoming in from majority ofareas about heavy pollingagainst the BJP Government,Congress is all set to form thenext Government,’’ remarkedCharandas Mahant after cast-ing his vote with family mem-bers in Korba. The formerUnion Minister Mahant is oneof the top contenders for thechief ministerial post if theCongress is voted to power.

Meanwhile, the formerChief Minister Ajit Jogi, whomade the 2018 polls a three-way fight in Chhattisgarh afterhaving an alliance with the BSP,announced that people havecast votes in bulk only to seehim as the next Chief Minister.

“Don’t be in confusion theJCC-BSP alliance is going toproduce shocker for theCongress as well as for the BJPon December 11 when resultsto be announced’’ Jogi toldreporters.Chhattisgarh has total90 Assembly seats and pollingfor 18 seats was held onNovember 12.

From Page 1BJP in collusion with Delhi

Police is hatching a conspiracyto attack the chief minister,” hetold reporters.”We are notgoing to be cowed down byBJP’S petty tactics,” he added.

AAP spokespersonSaurabh Bhardwaj accused theBJP for the attack. “The BJP isbehind the attack and theaccused are being aided by theModi Government,” he alleged.Officials close to Kejriwalaccused the Delhi Police ofbeing lax in providing himsecurity and alleged that thiswas the third attempt to harmhim in less than a month. TheAAP alleged that water bottleswere thrown at Kejriwal byTiwari at the inauguration cer-emony of Signature Bridge ear-lier this month. “Around thetime of Dussehra, an uniden-tified man had barged insideKejriwal’s residence and hadtried to attack the CM,”Bhardwaj added.In a statementissued later, the Delhi Policesaid the man is a resident ofNairana in South-west Delhi.

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Lashing out at Sukhbir Badalfor his totally unwarranted

and politically-motivated alle-gations against him on theAmritsar grenade attack inci-dent, Punjab Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh onTuesday accused the SAD pres-ident of playing with the reli-gious sentiments of the peoplefor promoting vested inter-ests.

Reacting sharply toSukhbir’s “blatantly false andunsubstantiated” accusationthat Capt Amarinder wasresponsible for the grenadeattack, the Chief Minister saidthat the SAD chief, in his des-perate bid to divert attentionfrom the SIT probe against himin the Bargari sacrilege case,was resorting to cheap andpetty politicking.

Pointing out that Bargariwas the creation of the Badals-led SAD, Capt Amarinder saidthat his Government was try-ing to clean up the mess andthe SIT formed by it was inves-tigating the matter thorough-ly.

“Clearly cornered by theseinvestigations, Sukhbir wasindulging in frivolous politicalgames,” said the Chief Minister,lambasting the SAD presidentfor his “thoughtless and frivo-lous” statements on a seriousissue, which had the potentialof once again plunging Punjabinto the dark days of terrorism.

Capt Amarinder expressedshock at the repeated attemptsof the Badals to exploit religionto divide the people of the State,unmindful of the devastatingeffects this could have in thelong term.

“While the Government isgoing all out to fight radical andextremist elements, which aretrying to destabilize the State atthe behest of ISI-backedKhalistani and Kashmiri ter-rorist groups, the Akalis areindulging in politics over theserious issue,” he lamented.

He said that it wa s typicalof the Badals to use religion tofurther their personal andpolitical ambitions. “And this

trait had assumed grave pro-portions since they were uncer-emoniously ousted from powerby the people of Punjab, whohad seen through their deceit-ful games and voted en masseagainst them,” he added.

Capt Amarinder also camedown heavily on Sukhbir fortargeting the Gandhi familyand seeking to hold themresponsible for the recent inci-dents involving terrorist forcesin Punjab. “It is ridiculous toeven contemplate that theGandhis, who had been theworst victims of terrorism inthe country, could think of pro-moting or encouraging radicalforces in any way,” said theChief Minister.

Sukhbir’s allegationsagainst the Gandhis smacked ofsheer desperation and frustra-tion at the complete alienationof the Badals, not just at thehands of the people but also bysenior Akali leaders, he added.

The Chief Minister warnedSukhbir against playing withfire by undermining the grow-ing threat of revival of terror-ism backed by cross-borderforces. “This is not the time forany political party or leader toplay politics over the issue butto join hands with the govern-ment in fighting the menaceand protecting Punjab from therenewed threat of revival of ter-rorism,” he stressed.

SPEAKER CALL FORRESTRAINT ON TERRORATTACK

Punjab Vidhan Sabha

Speaker Rana KP Singh onTuesday urged all the politicalparties to exercise restraint onthe issue of the Amritsar terrorattack.

He appealed to all thepolitical parties across theboard to let the investigationagencies do their job.

“It is a serious matter andany attempt to make politicalcapital out of this situation willnot only be unfortunate butdisastrous for the State,” he said.

Expressing displeasure overthe way certain leaders of var-ious political parties were try-ing to politicize the event, hesaid: “This is reflective of theoverall decline and degradationin the political discourse thatwe have seen over past severalyears.”

“This is a fight we have tofight together against the ene-mies of the State and the coun-try and there must not be anyblame game against anyone”,Rana said, while hoping thatthe political leaders across theboard will show their sagacityand realize the gravity of the sit-uation.

The Speaker pointed outthat Punjab was yet to heal thewounds of the dark era of ter-rorism of 1980s and 90s. “Thescars are still there as we lostabout 30,000 innocent lives tothat dark era”, he observed,while adding that the disastrouseconomic situation the statewas facing was the result of thatera only.

He said that although thechallenge was serious, yet it wasnot difficult to defeat thedesigns of those behind suchincident. “Their aim is to sab-otage the hard-earned peaceand we must not do anythingthat will help our enemies insabotaging our peace,” he said.

Rana said that Punjab hasalways been at the forefront todefend the nation against all theenemies and Punjabis havealways laid down immensesacrifices for the same. “And weare faced with yet anotherchallenge and we will face itsuccessfully for which the needof the hour is unity andrestraint”, he remarked.

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The first internationalBuddhist festival is slated to

be held in Dehradun onNovember 25. This event willhave various features that willbe seen for the first time in thestate, said the Uttarakhanddeputy advocate general inSupreme Court, ManojGorkela.He informed that theevent being organised underthe aegis of the internationalBuddhist festival organisingtrust, with the support ofUttarakhand state governmentwill be the first event of its kindto be held in the state. Therewill be 1,000 Buddhist monksat the event where 1,000 copiesof the constitution and 1,000copies of Buddhist literaturewill also be distributed. He fur-ther informed the media per-sons that vice chancellors andother eminent personalitiesfrom across the nation andabroad will be attending thisevent.

They will also be express-ing their views on how toboost the development ofUttarakhand state.International peace and justicemedal would also be present-ed to selected persons from the

state for their contributions, hesaid. Gorkela, who also hailsfrom Uttarakhand, said thatdevelopment of a Buddhisttourist circuit in the statewould attract a considerablenumber of tourists to the state.About 15 crore tourists wouldvisit the state from across Indiaand abroad if the Buddhisttourist circuit is developed inthe state as also envisioned bythe state government and itstourism and culture ministerSatpal Maharaj. He furtherinformed that the State’sfinance and parliamentaryaffairs minister Prakash Pantwould be the chief guest at thecelebration of the ConstitutionDay which would also be com-memorated on the same day.The organising body plans tohold a bigger event to mark theconstitution day next year, hesaid. Gorkela also informedthat he plans to established thestate’s first Buddhist universityin the Kumaon region forwhich he is currently searchingfor land in the Champawatarea. All students would beprovided free education in thisplanned university, he said.The chief minister’s mediaadviser Darshan Singh Rawatwas also among those present.

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Aday after polling was held for the urban local body electionsin the state, both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress

have complained to the State Election Commission about the largenumber of people deprived of exercising their franchise due totheir names missing from the voters list. While the BJP hasdemanded a high level inquiry and action against those respon-sible for names missing from voters list, the Congress has allegedthat names of Congress supporters were purposely omitted fromthe final voters list. Both the national parties have alleged thatthe names of their supporters were missing from voters list.

The BJP state president Ajay Bhatt stated that names ofnumerous electors missing from the voters list and other anom-alies are very serious matters. Demanding a high level inquiryinto this, he said that those responsible for such anomalies shouldbe identified and action should be taken against them. Bhatt saidthat party leaders and activists from various parts of the statewere complaining about the names of party supporters missingfrom the voters lists in various areas. In addition to this, the namesof many voters were listed wrong. On the other hand the namesof underage citizens were included in the voters list.

“This is a serious matter. Due to the negligence of the offi-cers and employees concerned, a large number of voters werenot able to exercise their franchise. This is against the basics ofdemocracy and cannot be acceptable.

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The Government of India,Government of Jharkhand

and the World Bank todaysigned a $310 million loanagreement to provide reliable,quality, and affordable 24X7electricity to the people ofJharkhand.

The Jharkhand PowerSystem Improvement Projectwill help build new powertransmission infrastructure, aswell as put in place systems toimprove the technical efficien-cy and commercial perfor-mance of the state power sec-

tor utilities. The project willhelp bring in modern technol-ogy solutions such as auto-mated sub-stations, and net-work analysis and planningtools to provide reliable powersupply and enhance customersatisfaction. While a significantportion of the proposed invest-ments are aimed at improvingpower transmission infra-structure, the project will alsofocus on developing institu-tional capacities of State-ownedpower transmission and dis-tribution companies andimproving their operationalperformance.

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India and Russia on Tuesdayinked a 500-million-dollar

deal for construction of twostealth frigates in Goa for theNavy. Russia will providedesign, technology and somematerial to public sector GoaShipyard Limited (GSL)forconstruction of theseGrigorovich class ships.

Incidentally, the two coun-tries signed another one billiondollar deal some weeks back fortwo more stealth frigates of thesame class. Russia will buildthese ships at Yantar Shipyard,Kaliningrad and are expectedto be delivered to the IndianNavy by 2022-23. India andRussia had agreed in 2016 fora deal to build two frigates inIndia and two to be importedfrom Russia.

As regards the two frigatesto be built here, officials saidhere the agreement for theproject was signed betweenGSL and Russia's state-rundefence majorRosoboronexport under thegovernment-to-governmentframework for defence coop-eration. Construction of theships will begin in 2020 and thefirst one will be ready for

induction in 2026 while secondone will be ready by 2027.

In another development,Russia emerged as the lowestbidder for a 1.5 billion dollardeal for supplying very shortrange air defence systems tothe Indian Army. These mis-siles are shoulder fired to takedown aerial targets and theproposed deal envisages supplyof around 5,180 missiles andabout 800 launchers, officialssaid. The other two contendersin the race were France andSweden.

The firming up of theagreement to build two frigateshere came nearly six weeksafter India signed an agree-ment with Russia to buy abatch of S-400 air defencemissile systems at a cost of

around 5 billion dollars.India is going ahead with

mega defence deals with Russiadisregarding warnings by theUS of sanctions. The Trumpadministration has put sever-al Russian firms under sanc-tions under CounteringAmerica's

Adversaries ThroughSanctions Act (CAATSA). TheUS said countries engagedwith Russia's defence firms

may also face actions underCAATSA. India has been hop-ing to get a waiver from the USon the deals it was signing withRussia.

Russia is time tested strate-gic and defence partners ofIndia and is the largest weaponsupplier to the Indian forces.The defence and security coop-eration has been on an upswingbetween the two countries inthe last few years.

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As many as 2,400 projectsworth �74,000 crore per-

taining to sewerage, drainageand water supply have beenapproved under the AtalMission for Rejuvenation andUrban Transformation(AMRUT). Under the scheme,10 railway stations includingTirupati, Delhi Sarai Rohilla,Nellore, Madgaon, Lucknow,Gomtinagar, Kota, Thane New,Ernakulam Jn. andPuducherry will also be devel-oped.

The AMRUT scheme waslaunched by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in 2015 witha focus to establish infra-structure that could ensureadequate, robust sewage net-works and water supply forurban transformation byimplementing urban revivalprojects.

As per Ministry's data,963 projects worth �2008 crorehave been completed. "At least3,123 projects worth �50,350crore are under progress. "Thedetailed projects report (DPR)of 487 projects worth �7,999 cr

has been approved,"it said.Addressing the gathering

at the National Water,Sanitation and Hygiene(WASH) Innovation Summit,Union Housing and UrbanAffairs minister HardeepSingh Puri said underAMRUT, over 2,400 projectsworth �74,000 crore, targettedtowards ensuring an improvedwater supply, sewerage, anddrainage, have been approvedunder the state annual actionplans for 2015-2020.

"The Government is pro-viding various platforms to

display, promote and recogniseinnovations happening acrossthe nation," Puri said. Thesummit is organised by theNational Institute of UrbanAffairs (NIUA) in associationwith Elets TechnomediaPrivate Limited.

According to officials,Odisha has been ranked sec-ond among States in imple-mentation of the projectsunder the AMRUT. As per thenational level rating frame-work assessment up toOctober 26 2018, AndhraPradesh topped the list while

Madhya Pradesh was placedthird. "The majority of pro-jects under this scheme isrelated water supply and toimprove drainage system,"said officials.

The summit is being heldto create a platform for entre-preneurs, including startups,to showcase their innovativeproducts and solutions in thearea of water, sanitation andhygiene, and provide momen-tum to the innovation ecosys-tem, besides contributing toresolve the pressing issues inthe WASH sector.

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The Congress on Tuesdaysaid CBI DIG M K Sinha's

allegations of corruptionagainst senior Governmentofficials in his affidavit to theSupreme Court are the latestepisode of a crime thriller"Chowkidar is thief " playingout in Delhi. Congress presi-dent Rahul Gandhi again usedthe "chowkidar" jibe to attackPrime Minister Narendra Modiwhich he has been doing forpast many months.

"A crime thriller titled'Chowkidar is thief ' is playingout in Delhi. In the newepisode, a CBI DIG has levelledserious charges against aMinister, the NSA, LawSecretary and CabinetSecretary," the Congress pres-ident said on Twitter. "On theother hand, his partner fromGujarat is busy collectingcrores...," he added.

The party alleged thatPrime Minister as usual hasmaintained a 'Maun Vrat' onthe entire petition. "Officersare tired, trust is broken anddemocracy is crying," theCongress president said, a dayafter Sinha dragged the namesof several officials, includingNational Security Advisor AjitDoval, Union ministerHaribhai ParthibhaiChaudhary and CVC K VChowdhury, over allegedattempts to interfere in theprobe against CBI SpecialDirector Rakesh Asthana.Asthana has been divested ofhis duties and sent on leavealong with CBI director AlokVerma.

Congress spokesmanAbhishek Singhvi said that a

naïve Modi Government whichis a master in enforcing the'Gujarat Model' to deal withbureaucrats, senior officersand treat them as their pup-pets, did not realise their delib-erate denigration in under-mining the authority of CBI—would now reach the doorstepsof the Prime Minister.

"The turmoil created by adespotic Modi governmentwithin the CBI when reachedthe Supreme Court, has nowunleashed a 'CorruptionTsunami' which has hit the topmost powers of the country.The plank of anti-corruptionon which the Modi Sarkarcame to power lies in tatters.The prima facie inference ofManish Kumar Sinha's affidavitin the Supreme Court pointsout to a 'Corrupt Cabal' beingin-charge of premier institu-tions like - CBI, NSA, ED,RA&W & the PMO," Singhvi,also a Rajya Sabha member,said.

The party questioned whatthe PM has to say about aMinister of State for Personnel,Public Grievances andPensions, in-charge of thePMO, being involved to "settle"a matter for MOS HaribhaiChoudhary. It also asked who

was the person in the PMOwho "fixed things" for SamantGoel of RA&W, post whichCBI officers were transferred inthe Midnight Coup.

"There are only twoMinisters in the Ministry ofPersonnel, Public Grievancesand Pensions, one the PMhimself and then a Minister ofState, in either case this is cor-ruption of the highest degree asits at the doorsteps of the PMhimself. Ajit Doval in hiscapacity as NSA has not onlyinterfered in matters such asthe Rafale negotiations, but hasalmost derailed the integrity ofthe investigation in the CBI.Why is NSA Ajit Doval eveninvolved in this matter? Whatconstitutional or legal author-ity does he have," queriedSinghvi.

"The protracted silence ofthe current dispensation is aninsult to our democracy whichmandates a government to betransparent in its dealings.This silence of the BJP, brokenonly by outlandish blog postsor Press Conferences by theirUnion Ministers who are in noway connected to the matter athand, is an affront to the col-lective intelligence of thenation," Singvi said.

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Army Chief General BipinRawat will hold delega-

tion-level talks with his coun-terparts on military-relatedissues during his four-day visitto Vietnam starting November22. Incidentally, the ArmyChief 's visit to Vietnam comestwo days after President RamNath Kovind paid a three- dayvisit to that country.

During the bilateral visit,Rawat will also interact withsenior military hierarchy ofVietnam besides visiting keymilitary formations and estab-

lishments. The Army Chief is sched-

uled to meet and interact withDefence Minister General NgoXuan Lich and Deputy Chiefof General Staff SeniorLieutenant General PhamHong Huong, Deputy Chief ofthe General Staff during thevisit . Rawat will visitHeadquarters of an InfantryDivision near Hanoi andHeadquarters of 7 MilitaryRegion at Ho Chi Minh, offi-cials said here on Tuesday.

During the visit of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi toVietnam in 2016 the relation-

ship between the two countrieswas upgraded to comprehen-sive strategic partnership.Defence cooperation hasincreased exponentially overthe last few years amongst allservices including exchangeprogrammes, training assis-tance and cooperation on var-ious service specific issues.

Rawat's visit will be yetanother milestone in givingimpetus to the strategic part-nership between India andVietnam and taking forwardthe military to military coop-eration to the next level, theysaid.

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The Election Commission(EC) on Wednesday reject-

ed the allegations of wide-spread malfunctioning of theelectronic voting machines(EVMs) and asserted that thefaulty machines were prompt-ly replaced without any dis-ruption to the voting process.

Earlier, on a day whenpolling for the second phasewas underway in 72 con-stituencies of the 90-memberAssembly, a Congress delega-tion led by PL Punia submitteda memorandum and video evi-dence to the poll panel.

The party demanded aprobe into the recovery of threeEVMs from Ved PrakashMishra, a Government highschool headmaster in Chrimiriin Korea district. "After seeingthe trends of the first phase ofpolling (November 12) and real-ising that people are determinedto bring the Congress to power,the ruling BJP is indulging inmalpractices," said Punia.

Rejecting the congress alle-gations, the EC spokespersonsaid that at the 19,336 pollingstations being used in secondphase using 25,640 Ballot Units(BUs), 19,336 Control Units(CUs) and 19,336 VVPATs,only 47 BUs, 37 CUs and 131VVPATs have needed replace-ment during the polls. "Given

sufficient reserves available,the said replacements werehandled swiftly by the localpolling personnel," ECspokesperson said.

Punia said the BJP "wary oflosing the polls, was trying toinfluence and affect the pollingprocess through electoral mal-practices". "Can any officerwhether he is on election dutyor not on election duty, can takeaway EVM machines, which isthe property of the ElectionCommission of India and keepit in his house. But it has hap-pened in Chhattisgarh," theCongress said in its complaint.

There were reports of EVMs

malfunctioned in several boothsacross Dhamtari, Jashpur,Raipur, Ambikapur and Korbaconstituencies, with theCongress accusing the state's rul-ing BJP of indulging in "electoralmalpractices" and "attempting todisrupt" the poll process.

"The recovery of EVMs isa matter of grave concern,especially when the EC hasmaintained that the integrity ofthe EVMs is beyond reproach."This points to a larger inten-tion to subvert the outcome ofthe ongoing State Assemblyelections in Chhattisgarh," saidPunia seeking the EC's inter-vention.

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The top court asked therealty firm to reveal byDecember 3 the details of all itsproperties in the name of direc-tors, their family members,relatives, Chief FinancialOfficers and statutory auditors

in India and abroad. It gave one last opportuni-

ty to Amrapali Group and itsdirectors and promoters tocomply with each and everydirection passed by the courtsince May last year.

A bench of Justices ArunMishra and U U Lalit said thatAmrapali Group will have todisclose each and every detailand activity including financialtransactions by which home-buyers' money was transferred.

"We make it very clearthat Amrapali Group shoulddisclose each and every activ-ity in clear terms it took since2008 onwards related to theconstruction of residential,commercial, personal, officialand financial where the moneywas transferred. If all the dis-closures are not made byAmrapali Group and its direc-tors then the writing is veryclear on the wall," the benchsaid. PTI

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BJP president Amit Shah onTuesday hit-out at the

Pinarayi Vijayan Government'shandling of the situation inSabarimala as "disappointing"and charged it with treating pil-grims as "Gulag inmates" in theforced labour camps in the erst-while Soviet communist regime.

"If Pinarayi Vijayan thinkshe can rise against people'smovement to preserve

Sabarimala by arresting KSurendran, our Thrissur Districtpresident and 6 others, then heis mistaken. We stand firmlywith every Ayyappa devotee,who holds the Sabarimala tra-dition close to his heart," Shahsaid in a series of tweets.

The BJP president said hisparty will not let the LDF "crushpeople's faith with impunity".

"If several reports of flush-ing resting places for devoteesand them having to spend

nights next to pig droppings &dustbin are true, then PinarayiVijayan must realise that hecan't treat Ayyappa devoteeslike inmates of Gulag. We won'tlet LDF crush people's faithwith impunity", he said.

Gulag was a system offorced labour camps establishedduring Communist leaderJoseph Stalin's rule in the SovietUnion who ruled Soviet Unionafter the death of leader ofSoviet revolution V I Lenin.

Shah has been extendingopen support to devotees inKerala protesting the StateGovernment's move to imple-ment a Supreme Court orderlifting the bar on women ofmenstruating age from visitingthe temple. The LeftDemocratic Front (LDF) hasaccused the BJP of politicisingthe court order with the ChiefMinister asserting that it is thejob of a Government to imple-ment the apex court's order.

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New Delhi: Opposition leaderSharad Yadav on Tuesdayalleged that institutions like theCBI and RBI are losing theircredibility because of the NDAdispensation's "stubbornness"and "wrong intention".

He said it was "very unfor-

tunate" that people have start-ed saying that the high ups inthe key institutions on whichthey have confidence have beenwitnessing battles within andlevelling charges of corrup-tion, resulting in losing of theircredibility.

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New Delhi: The NIA onTuesday filed a chargesheetagainst Maulana Abdul RoufAsgar, deputy chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad ter-ror group and brother ofMaulana Masood Azhar, and13 others in connection with acase pertaining to the attack onan Army camp in Nagrota inJammu & Kashmir inNovember 2016, officials said.

The spokesman of the NIAsaid in a statement that thecharge sheet was filed undervarious sections of Ranbir PenalCode (substitute of IPC inJammu & Kashmir), UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act andthe Foreigners Act against theaccused.

"Investigation conductedby the NIA revealed that fourlocal Kashmiri JeM members,namely Mohd. Ashiq Babaalias Mohd. Ashaq, SyedMunir-Ul-Hassan Qadri, TariqAhmad Dar and Ashraf HamidKhandey (all arrested by NIA)had facilitated a group of threeheavily armed Pakistani ter-rorists and transported themfrom International Border inSamba-Kathua sector to HotelJagdamba in Jammu and sub-sequently to Nagrota in theirvehicles for the attack on theNovember 28, 2016 on Officers'

Mess Complex, 166 MediumRegiment of Indian Army inNagrota Cantonment (nearJammu)," the spokesman said.

The three Pakistani JeMterrorists — Khalid alias AbuHissam, Numan and Aadil,who were highly trained andequipped with AK-47 riflesand explosives carried out theattack in which seven Armypersonnel were killed and threewere injured. All the three ter-rorists were killed.

The NIA said the probeshowed that Maulana AbdulRouf Asgar, Deputy Chief ofJaish-e-Mohammad and broth-er of Jaish chief MaulanaMasood Azhar, was the mas-termind of the Nagrota attack.

"He worked out the plan ofFidyeen (suicide) attack andprovided training to abovethree Pakistani JeM terrorists.He also directed Mufti Asgar(launch commander of JeM inKashmir region) to providetraining, funds, equipment andmobile and other logistics tolocal JeM member Mohd.Ashiq Baba.

Mohd Ashiq Baba had vis-ited Pakistan many times andmet JeM terrorists Waseem(Operational commander ofJeM), Abu Talha alias Doctor(deputy commander in Jammu

region) and Qari Zarar (launchcommander of JeM for Jammuregion).

He was taken for a meetingwith Mufti Asgar atMuzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. On reach-ing there he was received byAbdullah alias Al Hijama andTariq Mir, both JeM terroristswho are close associates ofMufti Asgar.

"During meeting with topleadership of JeM comman-ders Mufti Asgar chalked outa detailed plan including themodus operandi to be adopt-ed for infiltration of JeM ter-rorists and he asked Ashiq toactivate local JeM network inJammu & Kashmir for Jehadicause. Ashiq Baba was giventraining at Manshera inPakistan and handed overmoney for arranging logisticsalong with a GPS enabledHuawei mobile phone forcommunication with JeMleaders in Pakistan," thespokesman said.

The NIA has collected evi-dence on the basis of disclosureof the accused, detailed socialmedia analysis, digital evidencethrough requests under MutualLegal Assistance Treaty andanalysis of data extracted fromthe seized digital devices. PTI

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Pakistan Army on Tuesdayprovoked strong retalia-

tion from the Indian Armyafter it targeted its Poonchbased Brigade headquartersfor the second time in last onemonth.

Earlier, Brigade headquar-ters was targeted after a gap of21 years on October 23, 2018.

According to groundreports, "between 7.35 and 7.45am, at least two shells explod-ed in the close vicinity of theempty store inside brigadeheadquarters in Poonch".Pakistan army had earlier usedrecoilless gun with a calibre of105/106 mm shells to target thevital army installation onOctober 23.

Another shell landed inarmy area close to the Brigadeheadquarters spreading panicin the Poonch town.

The district administra-tion immediately ordered shutdown of educational institu-tions along the line of controlto prevent any loss of life incross border shelling. After abrief gap Indian army is learntto have retaliated strongly inDeegwar sector and reported-ly inflicted heavy damages onthe Pakistani side of the line ofcontrol. The exact nature ofdamages were not knownimmediately.

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There is no respite from Talibanassaults in the killing fields ofAfghanistan, from Kandahar inthe east to Farah in the west. Onthe battlefield, the Taliban has the

upper hand. The killing, in October, of themost powerful Afghan police chief inKandahar, Lt Gen Abdul Raziq, also themost formidable political voice in theTaliban heartland, while he was holding ameeting with the new US Field Commander,Gen Scott Miller, who miraculously escapedthe attack, reflects the ascendency of theTaliban. That Taliban suicide bomberscould penetrate the concentric rings of theUS and Afghan security around his strong-hold affirms their military superiority.

But it also reflects the worst ever secu-rity situation in Afghanistan, 17 years afterthe Taliban was ousted from Kabul. Today,they hold/control and have influence overnearly half the country’s space. The drubbingthe Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)are taking is unprecedented, averaging dailykillings of 62 to 80 ANSF. That they are hold-ing out under such attrition is remarkable.

When the Special Inspector General forAfghanistan Reconstruction in 2014 gave hisreport on the combat capability of ANSF, justbefore US troops ended their combat mis-sion, it gave ANSF sufficiency in capabili-ty to independently the withstand Talibanoffensive, but added that it would requireUS Air support and logistic assistance. Itruled out any strategic collapse. Then,Konduz, a provincial capital, fell in 2015 andsince then, district and provincial capitalshave been overrun by the Taliban. In theAugust attack on Ghazni, Pakistan-basedterrorists were involved, prompting AfghanPresident Ashraf Ghani to call it Pakistan’sundeclared war against his country.

US President Donald Trump’s warningto Pakistan, repeated several times by USSecretary of State Mike Pompeo, and thefamous “last chance” missive by DefenceSecretary Jim Mattis, demonstrate the fail-ure of the US’ military strategy. It is a mir-acle that the ANSF is holding out despitedesertions. The US focus is, therefore, nowon reconciliation and kick-starting thepeace process after Taliban supremo MullahAkhtar Mansour, who let down the US ontalks, was droned down in an attack in 2016.

The Trump team stepped up the tempoof talks, and for the first time, engaged indirect talks with the Taliban’s Qatar officeat Doha at two levels: With US AssistantDeputy Secretary of State, Alice Wells in July;and with Special Envoy of the StateDepartment on Afghanistan, ZalmayKhalilzad, in October. The Taliban reject-ed outright talks with the KabulGovernment, which they call US stooges.

The Afghan-led and Afghan-ownedpeace process is only notional despiteoffering unconditional talks. The Taliban hasindicated it will continue talks with the US

on terms and conditions for afull and final withdrawal of for-eign forces from Afghanistan.

Surprisingly, Inter-ServicesPublic Relations (ISPR) MajGen Asif Ghafoor has said thatPakistan does not want foreignforces to leave Afghanistan tillpeace is restored. This is asharp contradiction of theTaliban’s stand, and one whichRawalpindi cites to prove thatthe Taliban is not under itsinfluence, leave alone control.

So far, the Americans havecalled the shots on dialoguewith the Taliban. Their diktathas prevailed with Kabul. Thismonth, Russians jumped in forthe second time this year witha conference to kick-start talks.Kabul had turned down Russia’searlier attempt to begin a dia-logue. Russians are keen thatthey have a key role in dousingthe fires in Afghanistan. Chinahas also dabbled in orchestrat-ing talks which will inevitablyend with too many cooks spoil-ing the broth.

The most visible change isin China’s policy towardsAfghanistan which until recent-ly, was circumscribed by fourNoes: No boots on the ground;No interference in Afghanistan’sinternal affairs; No criticism ofthe US; and No use of northerndistribution network. Policyshift is from development tosecurity.

China worries about accessfrom Afghanistan via theWakhan panhandle to itsXinjiang Province by Uighur(ETIM) militants. For the firsttime Beijing is training andequipping an Afghan Brigade to

be deployed in the mountainousreaches of Wakhan Corridorwith joint patrolling in the area.China has signed an MoU withAfghanistan to connect Kabulwith the China–PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC) aswell as some joint Afghanistan-Pakistan energy projects.

Kabul is extremely disap-pointed that the joint India-China project for Afghanistan ismerely training diplomatsinstead of being a big infrastruc-ture project. While Beijing ispound foolish in Pakistan and SriLanka, in Kabul, it is seen asbeing penny wise in holdingback its investments.

For Trump, hisAfghanistan-Pakistan strategy isin tatters. Still, Pompeo hopesthat the reset in US-Pakistanrelations will lead to Rawalpindicooperating in acting againstTaliban sanctuaries on its soil.

According to Afghanistanexpert Barnett Rubin, there arelimits to the use of US militaryforce against a nuclear-armedPakistan. He added that as longas the US and Nato troops aredeployed in Afghanistan, theKarachi-Kabul lifeline will ren-der Washington hostage toRawalpindi, especially after theUS sanctions against Russia andChina, which make the use ofthe northern distribution net-work untenable.

Pakistan Army Chief, GenQamar Bajwa is upset thatTrump is encouraging India toacquire strategic depth inAfghanistan at Pakistan’s cost.This had never happenedbefore because the US alwayslooked at Afghanistan through

Pakistan’s prism.The prevailing theory is

that the US will not leaveAfghanistan in order to moni-tor activities of Iran, Pakistan,Russia and China from itsstrategic bases in Afghanistan.The stalemate on the ground inwhich the Taliban has a clearupper hand, will prevail not theleast till after presidential elec-tions in Afghanistan in April2020. The campaigning seasonwill soon come to a close butalready, the Taliban has inflict-ed fatal damage on ANSF andthe reputation of US forces inpreventing wholesale attacksacross the country.

India has focussed so far oneconomic assistance and capac-ity-building with an investmentof two billion dollar, coupledwith a commitment to anotherone billion dollar. This hasearned it considerable goodwilland popularity in Kabul but notthe scale of influence thatPakistan enjoys with contiguousborders. It is time that New Delhiscales up its military assistance,including supply of militaryhardware and more specialisedtraining. India will not put bootson the ground — on whichTrump queried Modi — but itcan forward deploy at its AyneeAir base in Tajikistan, a full-fledged training centre as well asa field hospital. Both are urgent-ly needed by the ANSF with itsback to the wall.

(The writer is a retiredMajor General of the IndianArmy and founder member ofthe Defence Planning Staff, cur-rently the revamped IntegratedDefence Staff)

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Sir — The Sabarimala row hasbecome a cause for concern.While the State is piling policeforces in and around the temple,political leaders on the otherside of the divide appear to be try-ing to gain political mileage.They are hell-bent to ensure thatthe situation becomes morevolatile. It appears to be a case ofwho will blink first. Adding tothis is the ‘call’ by certain socialactivists to visit the temple bysurprise. The Supreme Courtneeds to take cognizance of thesituation and ensure that theissue is settled soon.

Sravana RamachandranChennai

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Quota question” (November20). Bringing more castes into thereservation category will onlytake the development clock back-wards. Even as the previousregime in Maharashtra, headedby the Congress-NCP, brought inan order to extend reservation tothe Marathas and Muslims, it was

summarily rejected. It could notstand the scrutiny of the court.The present BJP-Shiv SenaGovernment, too, promisedquota to the Marathas for vote-bank. But this is an exercise infutility as it would meet the samefate as met by the previousregime. In fact, Marathas do notneed reservation because they area progressive community.

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well that quota over and abovecourt stipulated 50 per cent is notpermissible, has made grandioseannouncements to extend quota toMarathas. In doing so it has onlyopened a Pandora’s box with morecastes demanding quota for theircommunity. The Governmentshould create more jobs instead ofmaking false promises.

KR SrinivasanSecunderabad

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Quota question” (November20). There should be no provisionof this unequal system namedreservations. Only meritocracy,based on academic qualifica-tions and performance, should beallowed to flourish in all sectorsof society.

Poverty is a burning issue inIndia. Those who are financial-ly not well-off miss opportuni-ties for higher education despitethe fact that they are no less infe-rior than their privileged coun-terparts in terms of quality ormerit. So, the cases of the under-privileged should be undertak-en with utmost compassion.

But poverty is not the solebastion of any particular demo-graphic group. Underprivilegedchildren should be facilitatedwith free education, coachingservices and study materials sothat they can be brought at parwith the privileged ones to com-pete with them.

Not only does meritocracygets assaulted through these dis-criminatory system, Indian soci-ety is also getting psychological-ly disintegrated, following themuscle-flexing between thereserved and the unreservedleading to a caste war. If a crucialsector like education gets tar-nished by caste factors, can unityever be achieved? The answer isknown to all.

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The most coveted digitalisationand hyper-globalisation havecome for severe criticism by the

UN. This phenomenon helps bigfirms, big countries and leads to con-centration of financial and economicpower. Worst sufferers are pooremerging economies. Trade wars andmonopolisation are creating mam-moths and distorting markets. Digitaltechnology is prying into smallereconomies and tearing them apart.Digitalisation leads to decline indemand for physical goods, ongoingdecline in their price, long-termdecline in the demand fixed capital for-mation as a share of GDP and joblessgrowth, said the UN Conference forTrade and Development (UNCTAD)in its 2018 report.

The global trade war is runningtowards a ‘deeper economic malaise’ at

a time when many countries are grow-ing below their potential, even as theBRICS nations are doing better, thanksto domestic demand. Among them,only Russia is doing better than othersbecause of rising oil prices. The US andChina have indulged in a bitter tradewar, with both the countries slappinghigher tariffs on each other’s imports.This year is unlikely to see a change ofgear, the report said. The USGovernment will gain $280 billion intariff revenues.

Digitisation affects productionthrough computer-aided design andany other 3-D software or artificialintelligence, which creates digital mod-els. Jobs are being outsourced to low-wage regions. This has caused stagna-tion of wages and hit job creation. Thereport said: The world economy isagain under stress. The immediate pres-sures are building around escalating tar-iffs and volatile financial flows butbehind these threats to global stabili-ty is a wider isis, accoe global financialcrisis, accos and volatile financialflows. Behind these threats to global sta-bility is a wider failure,rding to the

report, the five largest exporting firmson an average accounted for 30 per centof a country’s total exports and the 10largest exporting firms for 42 per cent.Since 2008, global debt has soared from$142 trillion to $250 trillion, which isthree times the combined income ofevery nation. Situation is worse thanexpected as global incomes failed tokeep pace with rising debt levels. Thesituation looks so familiar in theIndian conditions even though thecountry is yet to realise that digitalisa-tion is not the solution.

The report even quoted IMF’s 2018observation that said that available evi-dence suggests that the digital sector isstill less than 10 per cent of mosteconomies if measured by value addedincome or employment. It found thatthe ratio of global debt to GDP is one-third higher than before the 2008 crash.Situation is worse in the developedcountries that have borrowed heavilyin recent years from Western banks thatoffered cheap short-term loans.

It quotes anns anns another esti-mate of digital economy being just fiveper cent of the global output and three

per cent of the global employment. Thegrowing mountain of debt, more thanthree times the size of global output, issymbolic of that failure. “Private debthasded, especially in emerging marketsand developing countries, whose shareof global debt stock increased fromseven per cent in 2007 to 26 per centin 2017,” the report said.

Over the same period, the ratio ofdebts, racked up by non-financialbusinesses in the emerging markets,increased from 56 per cent in 2008 to105 per cent in 2017. While the pub-lic sector in advanced economies hasbeen obliged to borrow more since thecrisis, it is the rapid growth of privateindebtedness, particularly in the cor-porate sector, which needs to be mon-itored closely. The growing corporatedebt syndrome has almost bust into apolitical crisis. It also calls for a rethink-ing on the bankisation of society.

The UNCTAD said developingcountries will not be able to digitallyleapfrog on their own. “While manydeveloping countries are striving todevelop their national e-commercepolicies for linking their domestic

producers and consumers to the e-commerce platforms, there is a need torecongise the associated risks.” Thisreduces the domestic markets and pooreconomies lose out on valuable data.This forces flooding of goods frommighty powers and helps thrive uneth-ical corporates.

The UNCTAD was critical ofWhatsApp and Google. It cited how theEuropean Commission fined GoogleEuro 2.42 billion for abusing its mar-ket dominance as a search engine bydemoting shopping service of its com-petitors and denying European con-sumers a genuine choice of service andbenefits of innovation. Is India notfalling prey to Google and monopoli-sation of groups like Amazon?

The corporate rent seeking isleading to market concentration. TheUNCTAD wants a break-up of thelarge firms to prevent the concentra-tion. The US had applied the anti-trustlaw to break monopolies, including thegiant AT&T. The UN wants a check onnational data transfer and wants theWTO to restrict the Government’s out-flow of data of their producers and con-

sumers. It is propagating for a strongregulatory regime, lack of which is cre-ating global disparity. Gains from e-commerce for developing countries canbecome a reality only if they protectnational e-commerce platforms. Thiswill improve the domestic and inter-national market access of their produc-ers. A Chinese e-commerce platform,KiKUU, operates in six African coun-tries, selling only Chinese goods.

The UN does not support robot-ics and artificial intelligence. Robots areconcentrated in a few countries, includ-ing China, but does not invalidate therole of industrialisation as a develop-ment strategy. The use of computersand telecom is estimated to be less thanone per cent for most countriesbetween 2000-2014. Strong regulationsare needed in a digital world to createanti-trust laws. Vietnam, Indonesia andthe Philippines have introduced regu-lations, but they are not wide. This isleading to a global crisis in productiv-ity, market monopolies and high debt.A supposed game-changer is bestow-ing the world with untold difficulties.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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The World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business(EODB) ranking, that saw India’s spec-tacular rise by 65 places from 142 in 2014to 77 in 2018, has been one of the high-est points of the Narendra Modi dispen-

sation. The ranking is further buttressed by theParis-based International Energy Agency (IEA),which in its 2018 report said that 100 per cent elec-trification of all villages in India is the biggest suc-cess story this year in terms of providing univer-sal energy access. Undoubtedly, India’s dramaticjump in global rankings in the last four years is amanifestation of holistic improvement on theground. For instance, till April 2014, under the erst-while Congress-led coalition, the average construc-tion rate of highways stood at barely 11.67 km perday. The current BJP-led regime, however, morethan doubled the rate to a solid 27 km per day infiscal 2017-18. The Modi Government built 9,829km the last fiscal; 8,231 km in 2016-17; 6,061 kmin l 2015-16; 4,410 km in 2014-15.

For 2018-19, the Ministry of Road Transportand Highways is set to achieve an ambitious tar-get of 45 km per day by building more than 16,400km of roads. It is worth noting that the first fouryears of the Modi dispensation saw 73 per cent morehighways being built, versus the last four years ofan inept Congress-led UPA-II. With close to 200road projects worth more than �1.5 lakh crore head-ing towards completion by mid-2019, the BJP-ledcoalition has given infrastructure push a whole newdimension. Again, 416 ongoing and residual pro-jects worth �3.26 lakh crore that are being imple-mented by the National Highways Authority ofIndia (NHAI) and are in various stages of comple-tion, will boost the GDP numbers dramatically inthe next few years. Around 28 ongoing projects inRajasthan worth �21,292 crore and 26 projects inMadhya Pradesh worth �16,245 crore stack up thenumbers.

The Indian cement industry expects a robustvolume growth of eight to nine per cent in the cur-rent fiscal, thanks to projects from the Railways, likethe mega station development initiative worth onelakh crore rupees, dedicated freight corridor pro-jects, Mumbai metro rail, Bullet Train project,among others. Work on the re-development of 400railway stations into world-class facilities at a costof �96,000 crore has already started with the com-missioning of work on Gomti Nagar Station; whilework on other stations, like Thane, Lucknow, Kota,Nellore, Ernakulam, Madgaon, Delhi Sarai Rohillaand Puducherry among others will be taken upsoon.

In May 2014, when the BJP dispensation tookcharge, highway projects worth over one lakh crorerupees were languishing for either want of fundsor failure to get regulatory clearances. Under theCongress regime, trust deficit, policy paralysis, costand time over-runs, flawed risk sharing practices,poor governance, stark misuse of funds and failedsupervision led to a complete collapse of public-pri-vate partnership (PPP), which relied largely on buildoperate transfer model.

True, while the old PPP model has not beenentirely discarded due to past contractual obliga-tions, in a clear and decisive break from past hack-neyed economic conventions, Modinomics large-ly opted for Engineering, Procurement andConstruction (EPC) model to fast-track infrastruc-

ture projects. EPC is a far more efficientmodel with better supervision, singlenodal point of responsibility, guaranteedprice, timeline, delivery schedules, high-er accountability and in the long run,more value for money.

Again, steps to revive commercialvehicle and truck segments, streamlin-ing the exit policy, easier land acquisitionnorms, as also the ‘hub and spoke’ modelof distribution, that is now being followedby more businesses in the consumption-driven sectors due to the new GST lawthat came into effect in July 2017, are fac-tors that have all combined to create a vir-tuous cycle that has fostered a blisteringpace of speedy project execution in thelast four years.

In October 2017, in what can gen-erate 142 million man days of employ-ment, the Modi Government approvedthe �6.92 lakh crore 83,677 km ultramega road and highways plan thatincludes 34,800 km of BharatmalaPariyojana, that will cover 500 districtsfrom the current 300, thereby aiming toraise the number of corridors to 50 fromthe current six, moving 80 per cent ofthe freight traffic to national highwaysfrom the 40 per cent currently, by con-necting 24 logistics parks, 66 inter-cor-ridors, 116 feeder routes and sevenNorth-East multi-modal waterway ports.

That Modinomics has walked thetalk in terms of unlocking India’s infra-structure potential can be guaged by thecommissioning of the country’s first evermulti-modal terminal on the Ganga riverin Varanasi as part of a larger plan tobuild multi-modal terminals in Sahibganjand Haldia too. November 12, 2018, willgo down in the history of India as a land-mark day that saw the country’s firstinland voyage after India gained indepen-dence in 1947. For the first time ever inpost-independent history, after 70 longyears, a container ship on India’s veryown inland vessel, MV RabindranathTagore, carrying 16 containers of

PepsiCo, successfully docked in theholy city of Kashi.

What a pity that the Congress, thatruled India for much of the last 70 years,left India’s rich 7,500 km coastline com-pletely underdeveloped, with the shareof goods transported via India’s inlandwaterways, at less than one per cent. Insharp contrast, the 1,390 km Ganga watercourse is only one of the 111 waterwaysspanning 20,276 km that the ModiGovernment is either planning to reviveor build.

Ditto goes for Sikkim that becamea State in 1975 but got its first airport, thePakyong airport spread over 201 acres,at a height of 4,500 km above the sealevel, only in 2018. Thanks to the visionof the current BJP-led Modi dispensation.To cut to the chase, it is undeniable thatthe spectacular push to India’s infrastruc-ture story under Prime MinisterNarendra Modi laid the foundation forIndia scaling 10 per cent GDP growth.

As a rule of thumb, to achieve 10 percent GDP growth, India’s tax-to-GDPratio would have to rise by at least anoth-er three to four per cent, public invest-ment to GDP would need to go up fromthe current 32 per cent to 40 per cent andinfrastructure investment ratio wouldneed to rise to eight per cent. Is this pos-sible? Of course, yes! Demonetisation hasnot only led to financialisation of savingsbut widened the tax base meaningfullyin the last four years, with the numberof tax filers going up by 80.53 per centfrom 3.8 crore to 6.86 crore between 2014and 2018. Equally, GST collections of�6.8 lakh crore between April-October2018, translating into a monthly run rateof a solid �97,143 crore, is great news.

Tax collections always see a dispro-portionate spike in the last quarter of everfiscal year and if the Government collects�6.2 lakh crore between November andMarch 2018, chances of which look verybright, on the back of a laudable �1.01lakh crore collected in October 2018

alone, the budgeted target of �13 lakhcrore for fiscal 2018-19 will be easily met.

For example, tax to GDP ratio at 11.9per cent in fiscal 2017-18 was the high-est ever since fiscal 2007-08. A target of12.1 per cent in fiscal 2018-19 may againwell be exceeded. In the next four to fiveyears, even at the current run rate, get-ting to a tax to GDP figure of 18-20 percent is pretty much par for the course,with the number of direct tax payers like-ly to double to almost 14 crore, maybemore. Speaking of public investment, get-ting to 40 per cent of GDP is possibleonly if more resources are made avail-able, which in turn mean banks have tobe willing to lend to investible projects.

The �2.11 lakh crore bank recapi-talisation plan announced last October,which includes �1.35 lakh crore ofrecapitalisation bonds, �18,000 crore ofbudgetary support and �58,000 crore ofshare sales, coupled with the pathbreak-ing Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,will go a long way in recoveries andupgrades for the banking sector,besides, of course, boosting creditinflow into commercially viable infra-structure projects.

Last but not the least, recent mea-sures to empower India’s 36 million oddMSMEs, the backbone of Indian econ-omy, including a turnover based clas-sification, mandatory 25 per cent pro-curement by PSUs and Governmentagencies, in-principle approval for a onecrore rupee loan in flat 59 minutes, com-pulsory onboarding of CPSUs and cor-porates with a turnover in excess of �500crore, on the trade receivables and e-dis-counting system platform and, increasein interest rebate for MSMEs from threeper cent to five per cent, in both the preshipment and post shipment periods,are all measures which will set the stagefor a 10 per cent GDP growth for India,which is there for the taking.

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

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Government doctors andmedical professionals

describe Sabarimala shrine asa ticking time-bomb whichmay explode anytime causingpandemic diseases like cholera,typhoid, jaundice and chickenpox. “This is because the entirenetwork of sanitation, sewagesystem, toilets and other basicamenities have gone haywire inthe holy shrine and nearbyareas,” said a medical doctorwho did not want his name tobe quoted for fear of reprisalfrom the authorities.

There is a drastic fall in thenumber of devotees undertak-ing the pilgrimage this yearbecause of the uncertaintiesand tense atmosphere prevail-ing at Sabarimala. “Usually,there will be 600 devotees pack-ing their Irumudykettu (thesacred bag in which offerings todeity are packed under thesupervision of a priest) from ourtemple every day. This time thenumber has not crossed the 200mark,” K Ashok, executivecommittee member,Mahalingapuram AyyappaTemple at Chennai, told ThePioneer. He said the tense situ-ation at the Sabarimala hasfrightened the devotees.

Scathing attack on the CPI-M came from Amit Shah, theBJP chief who reminded ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan of therepercussions created by theStalinist policies of theCommunist parties . “The wayPinarayi Vijayan’s Govt is han-dling the sensitive issue ofSabarimala is disappointing.Kerala police is treating younggirls, mothers and aged inhu-manly, forcing them to take thearduous pilgrimage, withouteven basic facilities like food,water, shelter & clean toilets,”tweeted the BJP national presi-dent on Tuesday.

Responding to reports aboutpolice high handedness at

Sabarimala, Shah said: “If sever-al reports of flushing restingplaces for devotees and then hav-ing to spend nights next to pigdroppings & dustbin are true,then Pinarayi Vijayan must real-ize that he can’t treat Ayyappadevotees like inmates of Gulag.We won't let LDF crush people'sfaith with impunity.”

The charge by ChiefMinister Vijayan that the“trouble makers” (those recit-ing hymns and songs) atSabarimala were RSS and BJP“criminals” was shatteredwhen the rally by the UDFleaders led by former ChiefMinister Oommen Chandyat Sabarimala echoed withhymns and songs praisingLord Ayyappa sing by devo-tees as well as the UDF lead-ers. PS Sreedharan Pillai, ker-ala chief of the BJP toldreporters that his party wouldstand by the devotees irre-spective of the issues forwhich they are agitating.

“The CPI-M Governmenthas a hidden agenda over theAyyappa temple as well as otherplaces of worship. We will notallow their evil designs to seizeplaces of worship,” said Pillai. VMuraleedharan and Nalin Kattil,Members of Marliament, visitedthe shrine on Tuesday and foundto their astonishment the thor-oughly inefficient basic ameni-ties at Sabarimala. “The KeralaGovernment has banned devo-tees from reciting Ayyappa slo-gas and hymns. How is it possi-ble to complete the pilgrimagewithout reciting the devotionalsongs and hymns?” askedMuraleedharan.

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Ayyappa devotees en routeto Sabarimala shrine have

been asked by the police not torecite Ayyappa hymns anddevotional songs. They havebeen also asked to completethe trekking to the shrine andreturn to the base camp in sixhours whether they get thechance to worship or not at theSabarimala temple. This is thesum total of the series ofguidelies issued to the devoteesby the police since Tuesday.

The resentment againstthe Kerala Government hasspread to other south IndianStates by Tuesday because of

the stringent restrictions. The situation in Sabarimala

and nearby areas got aggravatedas Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan blamed the BJP and theRSS for the current unrest inSabarimala. “The RSS and BJPhas entrusted hundreds of crim-inal elements to foment troublesat Sabarimala. The persons whohave been arrested fromSabarimala during the last twodays are leaders of the BJP andRSS with criminal records,” saidthe Chief Minister while address-ing a specially convened mediameet at Thiruvananthapuram onTuesday.

The Police continued itscrackdown in devotees whorecite Ayyappa hymns anddevotional songs in the templepremises. Though the KeralaHigh Court had on Mondayexpressed its displeasure overthe cruelty committed on devo-tees, there was no let up in bru-talities by the cops on Tuesday.Monday night itself saw policethrowing out devotees whowere reciting hymns and didnot allow them to perform the

customary Abhishekam (sacredoffering to the deity).

Hundreds of disappointedAyyappa bhakts includingwomen and children who hadthronged the shrine from allover the country came out of thetemple premises sobbing uncon-trollably because of the policebrutality. Devotees on their wayto the temple have to sigh inpolice stations at Nilackel

/Pampa and are given a set ofprinted regulations and restric-tions as per the directives of theDirector General of Police . Asper the guidelines formulated bythe police ( a copy of which is inpossession of The Pioneer),devotees have to come back tothe base camp within six hoursof their signing the register.They have to perform the pil-grimage in silence and are not

allowed to recite Ayyappahymns. The pilgrims have beentold not to speak to the media.

“Those reciting hymns andAyyappa songs were taken bythe police to closed toiletswhich were overflowing withhuman waste and asked us torecite the hymns standing there,”said Jaganathan, a devotee fromTamil Nadu who had to sufferthe humiliation. Former ChiefMinister Oommen Chandi leda delegation of Congress lead-ers to the Sannidhanam onTuesday challenging the Section144 slapped by the police in thetemple premises.

“These restrictions is aploy to cover up the failures ofthe Government to providebasic amenities to the devotees.The September 28 SupremeCourt verdict which allowedthe entry of women of all agesto the shrine was a result of thechanges made by the presentGovernment in the earlier affi-davit submitted by us. TheCPM is responsible for theimpasse in Sabarimala,” saidChandi while addressing a

meeting at Pamba.Though the police officials

told the former Chief Ministerthat he would not be allowedto address the meeting becauseof Section 144, the Congressleaders reminded him about averdict by the apex court thatbanned the imposition ofSection 144 in temple premis-es which made the police tomake a hasty retreat.

K Ramkumar, seniorlawyer and an authority onhuman rights told The Pioneerthat he would move the HighCourt on Wednesday chal-lenging the Section 144 as wellas the restrictions slapped bythe police. “Their actions willnot stand scrutiny in any courtof law,” said Ramkumar.

T G Mohan Das, anotherlawyer, said that the HighCourt had given directions tothe Government that theyshould ply buses betweenPampa and Sabarimala at therate of a bus per minute, theGovernment by Wednesdaycancelled more than 60schedules.

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Key Mamata Banerjee aid and Bengal Fire andEmergency Services and Housing Department

Minister Sovan Chatterjee on Tuesday resigned fromhis posts for personal reasons, sources at State sec-retariat Nabanna said adding Chatterjee was alsolikely to resign as Kolkata’s Mayor followinginstructions from the Chief Minister.

The resignation comes following months ofwidening distance between the Trinamool Congresschief and the Minister who was allegedly been so“pre-occupied” with his personal issues that he wasunable to discharge his official responsibilities.

The ex-Minister-cum-Mayor who was entan-gled in a marital suit with his wife Ratna Chatterjeehad earlier been relieved of his key organisationalposts in the party. He was divested from the postof Trinamool Congress district president of South24 Parganas and Kolkata.

The Minister who was on Tuesday seen beingrebuked by the Chief Minister at a public pro-gramme of Fire Department and the State Assemblytendered his resignation hours later expressing his

inability to discharge his responsi-bility on account of personalgrounds.

Banerjee reportedly pulled upthe Minister for failing to dischargehis duties properly, sources saidadding the Minister subsequentlywent to the Chief Minister’s cabinand offered to tender his resignation.He submitted his resignation withGautam Sanyal Principal secretaryto the Chief Minister which wassummarily accepted and forwardedto the Governor.

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Tuesday was the day of muchawaited surrenders in Bihar.

First it was high-profile KumariManju Verma, a formerMinister, who surrendered in acourt at Manjhaul in Begusaraidistrict and then in Muzaffarpurthe highly-connected Madhuappeared before the CBI. Bothof them are somehow connect-ed to the infamous Muzaffarpurshelter home sex scandal.

Verma went missing whenCBI team laid hands on illegalammunitions at her ancestralhome in a Begusarai village.She had to resign from theNitish Kumar Cabinet in whichshe was Minister of SocialWelfare department after thename of her husbandChandeshwar Prasad Vermacropped up in the shelter home

case. He allegedly was in con-tact with main accused BrajeshThakur and had been visitingthe shelter home.

Madhu, said to be a closeconfidante of Thakur, wentunderground soon after theFIR was lodged for then sexu-al exploitation of minor girls onMay 31. Thakur was arrestedand now lodged in Patiala jailbut she could not be traced foralmost six months.

A warrant had been issuedagainst Vermas for keepingammunition of different bores,some of them not allowed to beused by civilians. Her hus-band surrendered in the samecourt over a fortnight back. TheMLA from Cheria Bariarpurwas sent in judicial remand forten days and the hearing of thecase for the couple will be heldon December 1.

The Supreme Court hadharshly admonished BiharGovernment, its DGP andChief Secretary for the failurein arresting her and even sum-moned the two top officials to

explain the reasons. This hadcaused great embarrassmentfor the Nitish Government.

Despite its failure for whichthe apex court lashed out atBihar police and administration,the police tried to take credit forthe surrender of Verma. ADG(headquarters) SK Singhalclaimed, “Due to constant policepressure and raids she had tosurrender as she had no otheroption.” He said raids wereconducted at several places inand outside Bihar. “Her movableassets and bank accounts wereseized and immovable assetswere also going to be attached.We made all possible attemptsto arrest her,” he added.

Manju Verma reached theManjhaul court in an auto andwearing a burqa to conceal heridentity. Aftrt surrender shecomplained of illness but thedoctors after tests found herhealthy. She did not speak tothe media people.

In Muzaffarpur Madhudenied having anything to dowith shelter home run by SevaSankalp evam Vikas Samitiand said she was associatedonly with the press run byThakur. The CBI is bringingher to Patna for interrogation.She said, “I was not named inany case. But the CBI wasinquiring about me from mychildren. When I came toknow through media that theagency wanted to ask me I havecome here.” She was accompa-nied by her lawyer.

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Four local Hizbul Mujahideenterrorists and an Army para-

trooper were killed in a fiercegun-battle in Nadigam village ofsouth Kashmir’s Kulgam districtwhile a separatist worker wasshot dead by unknownassailants in Anantnag region.The violent incidents occurredon a day when polling was heldin several districts of the Valleyin the second phase of the pan-chayat elections.

A police spokesman saidthat security forces had “credibleinput” about the presence of mil-itants in Nadigam area of districtShopian before a cordon andsearch operation was launched inthe predawn hours on Tuesday.

“As the search operationwas going on, the search partywas confronted with bulletsfired by the hiding militants.The fire was retaliated leadingto an encounter. In the initialexchange of fire one armyjawan identified as HC Vijay of23 Para sustained injuries andwas evacuated to the hospitalfor medical treatment where hesuccumbed,” police said.

During the encounter fourterrorists were shot dead andthe bodies were retrieved fromthe site of encounter. The slainterrorists were identified asAbid Nazir Chopan, BasharatNengroo, Mehrajuddin Najarand Malikzada Inamul Haq, alllocal cadre of banned HizbulMujahideen outfit.

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Under pressure from differ-ent quarters to gather

details of exact number ofRohingyas — illegal immigrantsfrom Myanmar — settled in andaround different pockets ofJammu, the Jammu & Kashmirpolice has initiated special driveto collect their personal detailsin a proper format.

The drive was launched onthe directions of the CentralGovernment to gather 'bio-metrics' of Rohingyas ahead oftheir deportation to their nativecountry. According to the StateHome Department record, "atotal number of 6523Rohingyas are settled across 39different locations across fivedistricts of Jammu region".

Most of these settlementsare located close to the vitalsecurity installations in andaround Jammu.

While collecting personaldetails of these Rohingyas theState policemen are facing lotof resistance from these immi-grants on ground zero.

"Majority of Rohingyas arenot willing to come forward toshare their personal details. Weare coming here for last twothree days to convince them toshare their personal details in aproper format but they arereluctant to do so" a senior policeofficer supervising the specialdrive told The Pioneer at onesuch location in Narwal Balaarea of Bhatindi on Tuesday.

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The day after sugarcane farm-ers surrounded IT city

Bengaluru demandingMinimum support price fortheir crop, the issue now hasbecome political. The blamegame also started between thecoalition Government and theOpposition BJP. State BJP pres-ident BS Yeddyurappa extendedhis party’s support to the farm-ers’ protest but also blamedKumaraswamy for insultingfarmers in the State. At a Pressconference in Bengaluru onTuesday Yeddyurappa attackedboth Chief MinisterKumaraswamy and his fatherfarmer Prime Minister HDDevegowda as opportunists.

He also called for a Statewide agitation on Wednesdayagainst the apathy of theGovernment in dealing withthe farmers. He also hit outagainst Chief Minister for insult-ing a woman farmer who wasprotesting demanding supportprice for sugarcane at Belagavi. He came down heavily againstJDS-Cong coalition govt andalleged that the State Govt hasfailed to fix FRP for sugarcaneeven after the Union Govtannouncing Fair RemunerativePrice(FRP) three months back.He said the State should fixState Advisory Price (SAP) butChief Minister HDKumaraswamy has failed totake the issue seriously.

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At least six persons werekilled and 10 others injured

when a massive explosion rockedthe Central Ammunition Depot(CAD) at Pulgaon in Wardhadistrict of eastern Maharashtraon Tuesday morning.

The explosion took placebetween 7-7:15 am atSonegaon destruction areanear the CAD-Pulgaon, whenstaffers of the OrdnanceFactor y Khamaria (OFK) from Jabalpur, weredisposing off non-serviceableammunition.

Official sources that theexplosion took place whenthe OFK staffers, along withthe hired casual labourers,were disposing of vintageshells of 23 mm Schilka airdefence ammunition.

The exercise to dispose ofthe expired ammunition beganon November 19 and is sched-uled to continue ti l l December 8.

Spread over 9,000 hectarearea, the CAD-Pulgaon is con-sidered one of the biggestammunition depots in Asia. Awide range of ammunitionranging from bullets to shellsand rockets to missiles arestored here.

Those killed in the mishapcomprised one employee ofOFK and five casual workershired by the authorised con-tractor for digging the pitsand placing sand bags on theexplosives.

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The Devendra FadnavisGovernment’s decision to

accord reservations toMarathas had its first majorbacklash on Tuesday, as aggres-sive Muslim MLAs from dif-ferent political parties createdruckus in the MaharashtraAssembly, clamouring forreservations to their commu-nity and even tried to spiritaway with the Speaker's mace.

The State Assembly plungedinto turmoil, as Muslim MLAsfrom the Congress, MIM andSamajwadi Party rushed to thewell of the House and raisedvociferous slogans against theBJP-led saffron alliance Govt fornot granting quota to the Muslimcommunity.

The protesting MLAs, a fewof whom carried placardsdemanding reservations toMuslims, disrupted the pro-ceedings in protest against theMaha Government’s failure toaddress the genuine concerns ofthe Muslim community in theState. Mocking at Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis’ recentstatement asking the Marathas toprepare themselves for celebra-tions on December 1 over reser-vations, the placards that two ofMIM MLAs read: “ Ami Kadhicelebration karachye, Mukyamantri Tariq saangha ( Whenshould we celebrate, please tell usthe date)”.

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French and Japanese offi-cials scrambled on Tuesday

to reassure investors about thestability of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi alliance, after freshclaims emerged following thearrest of auto industry titanCarlos Ghosn on financial mis-conduct charges.

Nissan and Mitsubishishares plunged Tuesday afterGhosn, chairman at both car-makers, was arrested in Japanfor allegedly failing to report allhis Nissan pay and for inap-propriate use of corporateassets.

Ghosn has not been heardfrom since his arrest, thoughsources confirmed he was beingheld by Tokyo prosecutors.

Nissan’s board has alreadysaid it will seek to oust thearchitect of the three-wayalliance, which combined sellsmore cars worldwide than anyother automaker.

Sources told AFP in Francethat Renault too intends to stripGhosn of his CEO title andhand over control to his num-ber two, Thierry Bollore, intandem with the board’s leadindependent director.

In a statement Tuesday,French Finance Minister BrunoLe Maire and his Japanesecounterpart Hiroshige Sekoreaffirmed their “strong sup-port” for “one of the greatestsymbols of Franco-Japaneseindustrial cooperation.”

Le Maire had told Frenchradio earlier that Ghosn was“de facto no longer in a posi-

tion to lead the group”.Yet investors have been

unloading shares in the threecarmakers since the chargesemerged against Ghosn, thearchitect of an alliance he hasheld together since 1999.

The three companies arejoined through a series ofcross-shareholdings and sharefactories in order to benefitfrom economies of scale.

Nissan shares dropped 5.5per cent in Tokyo andMitsubishi was off 6.8 per cent,while in Paris Renault wasdown a further 3.1 per centafter tumbling 8.4 per cent onMonday.

Ratings agency Standardand Poor’s said Tuesday thatNissan is facing a downgradeafter Ghosn’s arrest, since“rebuilding its managementculture swiftly will not be easy”.

Andre Spice, a businessprofessor at City University ofLondon, told AFP that “withhim out of the picture, old dif-ferences between the compa-nies could come to fore. Thealliance could fall apart.”

The arrest of 64-year-oldGhosn, the superstar executivecredited with rescuing bothRenault and Nissan and thenfusing them into a behemothwhich sold 10.6 million cars lastyear, sent shockwaves throughthe auto industry and beyond.

Japanese prosecutors havesaid Ghosn is being held onsuspicion of under-reportinghis income by around five bil-lion yen (USD 44.5 million)over five years.

Nissan CEO Hiroto

Saikawa said a months-longinvestigation prompted by awhistleblower had uncoveredyears of financial wrongdoing,including the misuse of com-pany assets.

Public broadcaster NHKreported that Nissan had pro-vided Ghosn with houses infour countries “without anylegitimate business reason,”paying “huge sums” for resi-dences in Rio de Janeiro,Beirut, Paris and Amsterdam.

It was a stark indictment ofthe Brazilian-born executiveknown as a hard-nosed worka-holic willing to take drasticmeasures, including shutteringfactories and cutting thou-sands of jobs.

Nissan’s representativedirector Greg Kelly, who wasarrested along with Ghosn,reportedly ordered other exec-utives to “hide salaries”, theYomiuri Shimbun said.

It also reported that somecompensation due to otherexecutives ended up going toGhosn, without specifying howthe process had worked.

Local media reported thatprosecutors had negotiated aplea bargain for only the sec-ond time since Japanese lawchanged this year, potentiallyallowing Nissan executives whoare cooperating to receive less-er charges or lighter penalties.

In France, Le Maire saidofficials had found no evi-dence of wrongdoing byGhosn, though the govern-ment has clashed with himbefore over what it termed“excessive” pay.

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The committee proposed bythe RBI Board for examin-

ing the Economic CapitalFramework (ECF) to deter-mine the appropriate levels ofreserve the central bank oughtto hold will be constitutedsoon, official source said onTuesday.

After a day-long meeting,the Central Board of the RBIhad decided on an expert com-mittee to look into the ECF.

It was also agreed that themembership and terms of ref-erence of the panel will bejointly determined by theGovernment and the ReserveBank of India.

Currently, the capital base ofthe RBI is �9.69 lakh crore, andindependent director andSwadeshi ideologue SGurumurthy and the financeministry have been wanting it tobe lowered in line with globalpractices. The sources furthersaid that guidelines for restruc-turing of loans for the medium,small and micro enterprises(MSME) will also be releasedshortly with a view to help thecash-starved sector.

The central board headed byRBI Governor Urjit Patel, whichmet amid the on-going tusslebetween the Finance Ministryand the central bank over vari-ous issues, also discussed theBasel regulatory capital frame-work, a restructuring scheme forstressed MSMEs, and bankhealth under Prompt CorrectiveAction (PCA) framework.

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The income tax departmenton Tuesday said quoting of

father’s name in PAN applica-tion forms will not be manda-tory in cases where mother ofthe applicant is a single parent.

The Central Board ofDirect Taxes (CBDT) througha notification amended theincome tax rules and said theapplication forms would givean option to the applicant as towhether mother is a singleparent and the applicant wish-es to furnish the name ofmother only.

Currently, furnishingfather’s name is mandatory forthe allotment of PermanentAccount Number (PAN).

The new rules would comeinto effect from December 5.

Nangia Advisors LLPPartner Suraj Nangia said thatthrough the notification, thetax department has addressed

the concerns of those personswhose mother is a single par-ent and, hence, would want toget their mother’s name print-ed on PAN cards instead of theestranged/ deceased father.

The notification has alsomade it mandatory for entitiesthat have made financial trans-actions worth �2.5 lakh ormore in a financial year toapply for a PAN card. Theapplication has to be filed on orbefore May 31 of the assess-ment year for which suchincome is assessable.

Nangia said that now, theresident entities shall have toobtain PAN even if the totalsales/ turnover/ gross receiptsare not or are not likely toexceed �5 lakh in a financialyear.

“This will help the incometax department track financialtransaction, broaden its taxbase and prevent tax evasion,”Nangia added.

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Samsung on Tuesdaylaunched Galaxy A9 in

India, with the world’s 1st rearquad camera, stunning, dualtone, reflective gradient design,vibrant colours, scratch-resis-tant durable glass back, flagshipinfinity display and unmatchedperformance.

Galaxy A9 comes with alarger and wider 6.3 SuperAMOLED infinity display forimmersive viewing experiencewhich is further enhanced byDolby Atmos surround soundmaking an ultimate entertain-ment device. The smartphoneis powered by Octa-CoreSnapdragon 660 processor anda large 3800 mAh battery withfast charging capability that

gives you thehigh speedperformanceyou need, allday, every day.Galaxy A9 ispacked withSamsung’s lat-est, path-b r e a k i n gcamera inno-vations thatenable consumers to do more,experience more and unlockmore possibilities, every day.Galaxy A9 is the perfect com-panion for Instagram hungrymillennials, letting them shootin ways they could never dobefore.

“As a leader in smartphonetechnology, we are all aboutmeaningful innovation. For

the first time ever, we havebrought the rear quad camerawith Galaxy A9. With ultra-wide, optical zoom, low lightcapabilities and live focus,Galaxy A9 has a cameradesigned for every moment inthe life of the young millenni-al,” said Aditya Babbar, GeneralManager, Mobile Business,Samsung India.

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The � rose by 21 paise to endat 71.46 against the US

dollar on Tuesday on increasedselling of the greenback byexporters amid softening crudeoil prices, and persistent foreignfund inflows.

This is the sixth straight ses-sion of gains for the domesticunit as the US dollar weakenedagainst some currencies overseas.In the last six trading sessions,the rupee has gained 143 paise.

“Domestic currencystrengthened for a sixth dayafter RBI’s OMOs supportedrupee’s rise that has been set offby declining oil prices and

continued capital inflows. Theappreciation has happenedeven as Dollar fell to a twoweek low following Fed’s cau-tious comments over a poten-tial global slow down,” AnandJames, Chief Market Strategistat Geojit Financial Services,said.

The Reserve Bank Mondaysaid it will inject �8,000 croreinto the system through pur-chase of government securitieson November 22.

At the Interbank ForeignExchange (forex), the rupeeopened on a firm note at 71.39.It gained further ground to hita high of 71.27, following dol-lar selling by exporters.

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Iran is reintroducing fuelcards that will cap petrol pur-

chases in a bid to combat ram-pant smuggling, state mediareported on Tuesday.

Smuggling has boomed inrecent months as the rial hasplummeted against the dollarin the face of the reimpositionof crippling US sanctions fol-lowing Washington’s with-drawal from a landmark 2015nuclear deal between majorpowers and Tehran.

The Islamic republic hassome of the most heavily sub-sidised petrol in the world, witha pump price of around USD0.08 per litre (less than two UScents per gallon).

Low fuel prices have led to

high consumption, with Iran’s80 million population buyingan average of 90 million litres(20 million gallons) per day,according to state news agencyIRNA.

They have also fuelled veryhigh levels of smuggling — esti-mated at around 10 to 20 mil-lion litres (2.2 million - 4.5 mil-lion gallons) per day, IRNAsaid.Much of it heads across theborder to Pakistan, where petrolcosts 10 times, and diesel around40 times, as much as in Iran.

Fuel cards were first intro-duced in 2007 with a view toreforming the expensive sub-sidies system. High limits wereset — 180 litres (40 gallons) perday for the average driver —since the focus was on curbinglarge-scale smuggling.

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As part of the ‘INDIA 2.0’project, the Volkswagen

Group plans to sustainablystrengthen its position in theIndian market. TheVolkswagen Group in India isrestructuring its managementin order to use the existing syn-ergies more efficiently in thedevelopment of this importantgrowth market.

Gurpratap Boparai, cur-rently Managing Director ofŠKODA AUTO India PrivateLtd., will also becomeManaging Director of theVolkswagen India PrivateLimited (VWIPL) with effectfrom 1 January 2019.

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Afederal judge on Mondayput a temporary halt to a

Trump administration orderdenying the possibility of asy-lum to people who enter the USillegally.

President Donald Trumpissued the proclamation earli-er this month as a matter ofwhat he called national securi-ty as a caravan of thousands ofCentral American migrantsmade its way through Mexicotoward the US border.

US District Judge Jon Tigarin San Francisco issued a tem-porary restraining order againstthe Trump proclamation, thusgranting a request from humanrights groups who had suedshortly after the order wasannounced.

Under the proclamation,Trump said only people whoenter the US at official check-points — as opposed to sneak-ing across the border — canapply for asylum. Judge Tigarwrote that the Immigrationand Nationality Act of 1965states that any foreigner whoarrives in the US, “whether ornot at a designated port ofarrival,” may apply for asylum.

“The rule barring asylumfor immigrants who enter thecountry outside a port of entryirreconcilably conflicts with

the INA and the expressedintent of Congress,” Tigarwrote.

“Whatever the scope ofthe President’s authority, hemay not rewrite the immigra-tion laws to impose a conditionthat Congress has expresslyforbidden,” Tigar added.

The judge’s restrainingorder remains in effect until thecourt decides on the case.Trump’s administration hasargued that he has the execu-tive power to curb immigrationin the name of national secu-rity — a power he invoked rightafter taking office last yearwith a controversial ban ontravelers from several mostlyMuslim countries.

The final version of theorder was upheld by the USSupreme Court on June 26 aftera protracted legal battle.

When the new policy wasannounced by the Departmentof Homeland Security onNovember 8, a senior admin-istration official said it wouldaddress what he called the“historically unparalleled abuseof our immigration system”along the border with Mexico.

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Chinese President Xi Jinpingcalled his visit on Tuesday

to long-time US ally thePhilippines a “milestone”, as heaims to boost blossoming tieson the promise of billions ofdollars in backing for mega-projects.

Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte has proven awilling recipient of Beijing’sattentions, declaring shortlyafter his election in 2016 hisnation’s “separation” from for-mer colonial master the US.

Since then Beijing, which iscompeting with Washingtonfor supremacy in the Pacific,has promised $24 billion ininvestment and infrastructureloans that the developingnation of 105 million deeplyneeds. But over two years later,only a trickle of funding hasarrived, prompting critics toquestion whether Duterte hasbeen duped into pivotingtoward China and giving toomuch ground on the SouthChina Sea dispute.

Xi landed in Manila to a

red-carpet welcome for thefirst state visit from a Chinesepresident in 13 years, whichManila hopes will finally netthose investment deals.

“For the Philippines, this ismore than a reciprocal visit. Itis an historic occasion,” Dutertesaid in welcoming Xi to thepresidential palace for the two-day visit.

The Chinese leader offeredsimilarly sweeping remarks,saying: “My visit will be amilestone in the history ofexchange between our twocountries.” Few details werereleased on the deals inked onTuesday, including an agree-ment to cooperate on oil andgas development.

China has disbursed tens ofbillions of dollars in loans since2013 as it expands its politicalinfluence globally, counteringthe American hegemony thatcharacterised the post-WorldWar II order, especially in Asia.However, even before Xi’sarrival, hundreds of protestorsdescended on the Chineseembassy to voice opposition tocloser ties with Beijing.

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Beijing: China on Tuesday hit out at the Dalai Lama who is ona visit to Japan, saying that countries should not facilitate theTibetan spiritual leader’s “separatist activities”. On the Dalai Lama’sreported comments that China and Tibet should co-exist and pros-per together, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuangsaid here that the Tibet issue is an internal matter of Beijing.PTI

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Islamabad: It would be “good”for Pervez Musharraf if hereturns to Pakistan to face thehigh treason trial, theIslamabad High Court hasobserved as it directed hislawyer to submit the formermilitary dictator’s travel itin-erary at the next hearing.

General Musharraf, 75,who has been living in Dubaisince 2016, is facing the treasoncase for suspending theConstitution in 2007. The for-mer military ruler left forDubai in March 2016 for med-ical treatment and has notreturned since.

The former Army chiefhas been declared an abscon-der due to his persistent failureto appear before a special trialcourt set up to try him in thecase.

A two-judge divisionbench heard the petition filedby Musharraf against the con-stitution of a judicial commis-sion by the special court forrecording his statement. PTI

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Islamic scholars in the Afghancapital on Tuesday, killing atleast 50 people as Muslimsaround the world marked thebirthday of the ProphetMuhammad.

Public Health Ministryspokesman Wahid Majroh saidanother 83 people were wound-ed in the attack, with 20 of themin critical condition and the tolllikely to rise. The suicidebomber was able to sneak intoa wedding hall in Kabul wherehundreds of Muslim religiousscholars and clerics had gath-ered to mark the holiday.

No one immediatelyclaimed the attack, but both theTaliban and a local Islamic Stateaffiliate have targeted religiousscholars aligned with the gov-ernment in the past.

“The victims of the attack

unfortunately are all religiousscholars who gathered to com-memorate the birthday ofProphet Muhammad,” said BasirMujahid, spokesman for theKabul police chief. He saidpolice had not been asked toprovide security for the event,and that the bomber had easilyslipped into the hall. Most wed-ding halls have private security.

Mohammad Muzamil, awaiter at the wedding hall,said he had gone into the backto fetch water for the guestswhen he heard the explosion.

“Everything was coveredwith smoke and dust,” he said.“There were dead bodies allaround on the chairs, in largenumbers.”

Police sealed off roads lead-ing to the scene of the attack.Hundreds of family membersand relatives gathered at localhospitals, looking at lists ofthose killed and wounded thatwere posted outside.

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An Australia in turmoil both onand off the field has made Indiathe firm favourites in the com-

pelling rivalry's latest battle whichbegins with a T20 International serieshere on Wednesday.

In a bid to assert themselves asfavourites for the Test series, which startsDecember 6 in Adelaide, India would behoping to dominate the three T20Is.

The touring side has won its previ-ous seven T20I series dating back toNovember 2017, and its last defeat in theformat was against West Indies in Julylast year.

Not to mention, on their last visithere, the Men in Blue won the T20Iseries 3-0. So, they will be riding highon a wave of confidence and eager tomake an early mark on this trip.

Australian cricket, in contrast, hasbeen dogged by structural reform in thewake of the ball-tampering saga in SouthAfrica in March and it has resulted inturbulence on the field as well.

Only on Tuesday, Cricket Australiaruled out reducing the bans of SteveSmith, David Warner and CameronBancroft in reply to a plea submissionfrom the Australian Cricketers'Association (ACA).

In the absence of Smith and Warner,Australia's results have fallen off a cliff.

Since the ban, they are yet to win aT20I series against an opposition of notesince March.

They lost to England in a one-offgame in June, then lost to Pakistan inthe T20I tri-series final in Zimbabwe,lost 3-0 to Pakistan again in the bilat-eral series in the UAE, and then lost toSouth Africa in a rain-curtailed one-offmatch on Saturday.

It remains to be seen whether beingon home turf would raise the spirits forthe once invincible Aussies.

The one significant change forIndia ahead of this series is the returnof skipper Virat Kohli, who was restedfor the three-match contest againstWest Indies at home.

While it undoubtedly strengthensthe visitors, all eyes will be on how theAaron Finch-led Australian side deals

with the best batsman in world cricketat the moment.

While there are calls from all quar-ters for Australian cricket to keep acheck on aggression and play the gamein right spirit, Kohli has always garneredattention whenever he has visited here.

On his early trips Down Under, hehas never quite been the Australian fans'favourite.

But starting 2014, his battingexploits have taken centre-stage. Hescored 199 runs in three innings dur-ing that 2016 T20I series' whitewash.

South African skipper Faf du Plessishas professed a "silent treatment" toKohli and it remains to be seen if theAustralian cricketers and the public canignore him at all.

Kohli's return to the side means that

one front-line batsman will have tomake way.

In England, the skipper batted atnumber four, allowing KL Rahul to batat number three in light of his stupen-dous form in the 2018 Indian PremierLeague.

Rahul's current form though isnothing to write home about. He man-aged only 16, 26 not out and 17 againstthe West Indies in the recent T20I seriesbut has been retained.

Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant,both of whom have proven to be moreconsistent and explosive in recent timescompared to Rahul, have also beenincluded in the final 12.

The team has instead left outManish Pandey, continuing his run oflimited opportunities of late.

Pant will don the keeping gloves,something that was amply clear duringthe net session as well. He practisedglove-work under the watchful eyes ofcoach Ravi Shastri, while Karthik onlydid some out-fielding.

The bigger concern for India is tofind a balance in their bowling attack inHardik Pandya's absence.

With ample bounce anticipated onthe Gabba pitch, three pacers —Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrahand Khaleel Ahmed — are certainstarters.

Washington Sundar, who played the

last T20I against West Indies, hasexpectedly made way for Bumrah.

The spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav andYuzvendra Chahal have been retainedin the final 12 but remains to be seen ifboth make the playing XI onWednesday.

Krunal Pandya was the all-rounderagainst West Indies, and is expected tocontinue playing after making the final12.

Australia are also considering field-ing a spinner, after taking the fieldagainst South Africa with a full-paceattack on Saturday.

Glenn Maxwell was the lone spin-ner then, but it is understood that thehosts will alter their plans keeping inmind the conditions and bigger dimen-sions of the ground here.

Starting off with the aggressiveshortest format is Australia's best bet toupset India's plans for this summer ofcricket, wherein unlike their prior tripshere, the visitors are already consideredthe better side in all departments.

�����India (Final 12): Virat Kohli, ShikharDhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul,Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, KrunalPandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, KuldeepYadav, Jasprit Bumrah, BhuvneshwarKumar, Khaleel Ahmed.Australia: Aaron Finch, Ashton Agar,Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey,Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, BenMcDermott, Glenn Maxwell, D'ArcyShort, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis,Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.

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India captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday said his team hasnever been the one to start "anything" but will stand up

for itself if the line is crossed by the opposition, while defin-ing aggression ahead of the much-anticipated Australiatour's opening game.

"Aggression depends on how the situation is on field.If the opposition is aggressive towards you then you counterit. India is not a team that starts anything but we alwaysdraw a line of self-respect. If that line is crossed we standup to that," Kohli said.

Ahead of a long summer of cricket, India will startas favourites against a weakened Australian side that ismissing Steve Smith and David Warner desperately.

Kohli said that he expected Australia to challenge ontheir homesoil nevertheless.

"We all saw what happened. I don't know exactly whathappened before those decisions were taken, but some-one in Cricket Australia did make those decisions and hon-estly it is not my place to comment on it.

"Missing out on two of their best batsmen is not anideal thing for any team. There is no denying the quali-ty they have in their sides and still have world-class crick-eters.

"This Australian team still has the quality to make animpact despite missing their two best batsmen. We willhave to be at our best to beat Australia in Australia," hesaid.

When asked about the kind of atmosphere he isexpecting, the skipper said his team will not take anythingfor granted "regardless of any situation".

"You can never underestimate any side, and we havecome here to compete against the whole Australian team.We haven't played Australia after everything that has hap-pened so I cannot really say what the atmosphere is goingto be on the ground like.

"We are not thinking about this is the last opportu-nity to win here. I don't think that's the right mind set tohave. Our limited overs form has been good so we wantto continue that..." "We don't want to be a team that winsodd Tests here or there."

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Skipper Aaron Finch on Tuesday reckoned the T20 Internationalswill be Australia's best chance to challenge an upbeat India in the

absence of leading batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner.The three T20 Internationals will open what will be a string of

big-ticket clashes between the two rivals.Finch said that the shortest format allows the hosts to be aggres-

sive and more competitive against a strong Indian side."Although we lost to Pakistan in the UAE, we are a very good

T20 side. I think we played some good cricket in Zimbabwe and before

that in the tri-series against New Zealand and England last year. Weare very confident in this format," Finch said.

"India have been in great form in all formats over a long time now.But it is going to be a great opportunity for us to come out, play aggres-sively and express ourselves. We can take the game on and really tryto take it to India."

The first match will be played at the Gabba. The T20Internationals will be followed by a four-match Test series and threeODIs.

"T20s are fast-paced short games obviously. At times it can takeone bit of brilliance with bat or ball, or even in the field, and it can

change the dynamics of the match or even the whole series."So it is a great advantage to be able to start off against India in

this format. They have been so dominant in this format that peopleforget where they are playing at times," he added.

Australia fielded an all-pace attack in their one-off T20I againstSouth Africa on Saturday. That is expected to change with a lone spin-ner to come to the playing eleven.

"That will be in the calculations. With the size of this ground andhow good our spinners have bowled here, while they haven't beenhuge wicket-takers, they have bowled well. We have options in AshtonAgar and Adam Zampa.

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The three-fourths of termswill be taught in India, and oneterm at the Johns HopkinsBloomberg School of PublicHealth, USA. The MPH degreewill be awarded by the JohnsHopkins Bloomberg School ofPublic Health and will havesame and equal credentials asthat in the USA.

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The biggest part of thecourse is the individual researchproject. Here students will spendthree months over the summerin Sheffield’s P3 centre for trans-lational plant and soil biology,working with world-leadingresearchers. The centre is devel-oping tools to increase the sus-tainability of agricultural ecosys-tems and your project will con-tribute to the positive impactthat these tools have on globalfood security.

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isation, in collaboration withthe Ministry of Social Justiceand Empowerment, organisedthe 5th National Conferenceon Disability 2018 in NewDelhi. Supporting its theme‘Act to Empower, chief guestSecretary, Department ofEmpowerment of Personswith Disability, Ministry ofSocial Justice andEmpowerment, ShakuntalaGamlin, said: “Nearly 2.67crore children in the countryare in need of institutionalsupport for rehabilitation,inclusive education, skilldevelopment, reducing inten-sity of disability and optimi-sation of abilities. TheDepartment has taken sever-al steps and welfare measuresto empower the disable in thecountry and there is a need toscale up the efforts to enlargethe scope. We need to changeour attitude and perceptiontowards the most margin-alised section of society.”

Dr Jitender Aggarwal,founder-CEO of SarthakEducation Trust, said: “Tilldate, we have placed over14,000 PwDs with the supportfrom 1050 hiring partners. As

per 2011 census, the numberof PwDs was nearly threecrore people in seven types ofdisability and now theGovernment has added 14more types of disability.Hence, with 21 types of dis-ability, the number of PwDs isexpected to go beyond eightcrore and we need to scale upmeasures, schemes andefforts.”

Highlighting the role ofSarthak, Dr Aggarwal furthersaid that through skill devel-opment, 11,000 persons withdisability have been trained tilldate in its 15 centres.“Training is designed with dueconsideration to individual’sdisability, educational qualifi-cation, and job requirementsin mind. Under its inclusiveeducation, the organisationidentified nearly 425 disablestudents in 20 DelhiGovernment schools of WestDelhi. To bring them at parwith their fellow classmatechildren were provided withsupport in terms of remedialclasses and medical rehabili-tation through the right kindof therapy and stimulation.Sarthak encompasses job fairswherein, a single platform isprovided to persons with dis-ability and companies to aidthe process of employment.”

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�How did Manipal University get thestatus of Institution of Eminence?

The Institutions of Eminencescheme which was announced by theMinistry of Human Resource andDevelopment in September 2016,aimed at selecting 10 institutions,each in public and private sector, on thebasis of their overall performance andother factors. More than 110 institu-tions had applied. The committee,headed by former Chief ElectionCommissioner Gopal Swami, asked usto make a presentation with a lookingforward vision of 15-year for the uni-versity in terms of academic, financialand expansion. Three universities wereselected in the private and three in thepublic sector. So, that’s ManipalAcademy of Higher Education(MAHE) got the status.�What does this translate into?

There is a lot of liberty given to us.Universities will be deregulated fromUniversity Grants Commission (UGC)and they will also have the autonomyto create their own content for curricu-lum based on what is needed for theuniversity. They will have the freedomto hire international faculty and set-upscientific method of the fee structurethat is very open and transparent butnot governed by any agency of StateGovernment. They will also have theautonomy to take 30 per cent of theirstudents as international students.�How will the students benefit?

One of the advantages is that it willmake a neet-blind admission processfor the student which means any stu-dent, who meets the merit criteria setby the university, is admitted into theprogramme irrespective of his ability orinability to pay the fees. There shouldbe a robust scholarship programme inplace to enable admitting every studentwho meets the criteria. Thus, any stu-dent, who wishes to join Manipal,money should not be a constraint.

Second, making the curriculumcontemporary. Earlier, the regulatorybody gave us a schedule that this sub-ject should be taught for this much oftime period and so, there was no waywe can innovate and go outside theframework of what is regulated. Butnow we can make the course contem-porary, value-creating and centeredaround recent happenings across theworld so that the students will be glob-ally employable.�Every year, a large number of stu-dents go abroad for higher educa-tion...

Students need not have to goabroad for any kind of education, be itschooling or higher education becausethere are enough opportunities here.Every year, institutes in India are get-ting better and new institutes are intro-duced. So it depends a lot on the mind-set of the people. Having said that, thefocus on research that is laid in abroadis much more than our country.

So, Indian universities have beenlagging behind in research which per-haps is a deterrent for serious studentswho are looking at masters and PhDand not just first degree and jobs. So,the students, who want to take theirdegrees in research, are the ones whoare likely to go abroad and we can seeit happening unless Indian universitiesinvest in research.�How does MAHE plan to achievethe goals set up by the Center?

Our 15-year-old goals are well laidout. We are looking at building threemore campuses — two in India andone overseas. We are looking at con-solidating our research even more.Although we have set up the target ofpublications by our faculty to 500 by2028, I’m confident that we will be ableto do it by 2022.�What are the challenges faced byprivate universities in India?

The challenge is how to have theright faculty. The best of students don’tbecome teachers, researchers or acad-emician. Instead they go for corporatejobs with high pay package. If we cor-

rect this, we can retain the skilled peo-ple in teaching. Moreover, a goodresearcher is a good teacher, thoughthere are exceptions that non-researchers are good teachers andgood researchers are not good teach-ers. Teaching and research go hand-in-hand. �How difficult is to retain a good fac-

ulty?For private universities, it is not that

hard, especially for us because the kindof environment we create for ourteachers is perhaps unique, empower-ing and liberal. Our teachers are paidreasonably well. We have made theGovernment pay structure as a bench-mark but we don’t follow that pay scale.

Our teachers get a quality life andhealthcare for their parents and educa-tion for their children in the campusitself which can’t be replicated anywhereelse, especially in Delhi and Bengaluruwhere it takes almost six hours a dayto come and go back from work buthere it is about three-five minutes.�What are the milestones in Indianeducation system?

A few things that the Governmenthas to change is to deregulate the uni-versities, now it’s six, they need to do20 and then 120. There are other insti-tutions that also deserve to be freed andliberated. Second, to try and get inter-national universities in India. This is aGovernment Bill that has not beenpassed in the last 10 years. So, no twosuccessive governments have failed todo this. There is a strong need to do thatbecause you bring in more universityopportunities at no cost of the countryand second, you also bring good prac-tices and import them into the coun-try so the quality of others with healthycompetition increases and so it willimprove the quality of education.�What is your take on the trend ofthe foreign exchange programme?

First, a student gets a passport ofhis own, this is a stamp of empower-ment which makes them a global cit-izen and give them the liberty to trav-el anywhere in the world. Secondly,these programmes give the students anopportunity to study in abroad and bea part of a different culture. I don’t saywhether it is good or bad but all the stu-dents have been brought up in one setof principles and it is important forthem to experience cultural diversity.They get to study abroad and do aninternship in an overseas companywhich can subsequently.�What advice would you like to giveto the students who often get con-fused in choosing a career?

This is something that has changedin the last 20 years. People are think-ing beyond medicine, engineering,law and a few others that their childwould pursue in future. There are somany opportunities in researching, sci-ence and humanities and all of themare equally important and they allseem to come together. Now there isno longer an oddity to see a studentgraduating in one specialisation, tak-ing a masters degree in another special-isation and doing a PhD in third spe-cialisation. The interdisciplinaryapproach to learning has become anorm and this is what we wanted.

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The caste system of India had,long before the present sce-

narios, created a separate tribe oftraders and businessmen, a tribewhich earned profits from thepurchase, manufacture and saleof goods. The advent of time, thetransformation in governmentalstructures and further the shrink-age of the entire world into aglobal village have all played amonumental role in evolving thebusiness culture and enterprisesas they stand today.

As far as the Indian scenariois concerned, the post indepen-dence era has been one historicjourney. From a draconianlicensing system and regulatorymechanism to the NewEconomic Policy of 1991 to thealtering approach towards pro-viding maximum comfort tostakeholders, the governments,over the years with their variedviews and approaches, havepaved a unique business culturein the economy, one which isquite different from not only itsSouth-Asian counterparts butthe rest of the world as well. Andyet, India is emerging as one ofthe most sought after investmentand stable business destinations.

The recent report of theWorld Bank over the DoingBusiness Index and the 23 pointjump of the Indian economytherein speak voluminously ofthe enlarged vision and focussedapproach of the Government andits various Ministries andDepartments. From 142nd rankin 2014 to 77 in 2018, the

reforms over the past four yearshave metamorphosed the eco-nomic and business scenario ina way that there is a legal struc-ture in place, the regulatorymechanism is functioning and inorder, and yet none of them issuffocating.

While the doing businessindex covers the initiation ofbusiness to the resolution ofinsolvency and everything inbetween, the idiom ‘Well begunis half done’ is taken quite seri-ously. Single forms for companyincorporation PermanentAccount Number (PAN), TaxDeduction and CollectionAccount Number (TAN) andDocument IdentificationNumber (DIN) to online singlewindow for obtaining construc-tion permits come across assome of the biggest contributorstowards reducing the time taken,the cost involved and hence, theriding up in the global ladder ofachievement.

Talk of international businessand what matters or rather holdsutmost significance is the valueof time, timely deliveries andminimal procedural and transitlegalities. Reduced inspections, e-filing of documents, electronicsealing of containers have allplayed their part in simplifyinginternational trades and strength-ened bonds basing them ontrust and self-governance in the

business and corporate arena. That coupled with intro-

duction of laws like Goods andServices Tax (GST), continuousamendments in the CompanyLaw, pan-India coverage ofreforms, a hands-on approach tounderstand the World Bank ide-ologies and ways and areas ofimprovement have each playeda fetching part in remodelling theentire business culture and eth-nicity.

The words of Alvin Toffler,an American writer, futurist,and businessman, “The greatgrowling engine of change -Technology" find relevance andabsolute relativity if the ‘dramat-ic’ change in the Indian rankingis to be studied, observed and

pondered over. The eliminationof personal interface, online sin-gle windows, online registra-tions, mandatory e-payments,digital filings, have all made thedelivery of public service at thetouch of a few buttons andclicks.

Though the process of eas-ing of doing business seems likea completely Government andregulator-oriented activity, thehidden roles of professional bod-ies in providing realistic feed-back, the practical issues and dif-ficulties facing the corporates, thepossible corrective measures andtheir appropriate implementa-tion, can’t be left aside. If the roleof the Institute of CompanySecretaries of India(ICSI) is to bementioned, not only is ICSI, thenation’s GST partner, but is a con-stant support in national refor-mative endeavours on a varietyof fronts.

The ICSI Institute ofInsolvency Professionals (IIP)has been acting as the perfectground for developing and train-ing Insolvency Professionals cov-ering an area which has wit-nessed a 28 point improvementin the last two years on the index,that is, Resolving Insolvency.

The ICSI has been continu-ously striving to analyse andaddress the issues faced by cor-porates in incorporation as wellas post-incorporation related

activities. It is understandablethat any regulatory authority,while putting across a legislativestructure, requires the comfort ofthe fact that such laws, rules andregulations are adhered to andthe intended purpose of suchlaws is accomplished. And it is forthis impetus that the role andresponsibility of professionalslike Company Secretaries pursu-ing the role of GovernanceProfessionals is heightened.

Understanding the trueintent of the lawmakers andpolicy framers, CompanySecretaries, along with otherprofessionals, not only have beenplaying but shall continue to pur-sue a noteworthy role instrengthening the nation and itsvarious pillars.

Irrefutably, with a target of50, as present by Prime Minister,Narendra Modi, the road yet tobe travelled further is equallylong and demanding. What mat-ters and is required for this 27point ascend is a combinedeffort from not just the lawmaking bodies or the profession-al bodies alone but the corporatesand businesses as well to playtheir part and adhere to the legalstructure in true letter and spir-it, thus strengthening the gover-nance scenario and paving wayfor a simplified legal gastronomy.

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fellowship programme— theSocial Alpha Entrepreneursfor Impact (E4i) Programmeand invites application byJanuary 6, 2019. The E4iprogramme is a 12-monthimmersive fellowship thatequips passionate ‘entrepre-neurs-in-the-making’ toleverage India’s deep sci-ence, innovation and entre-preneurship environment.

The first cohort of theE4i programme will focuson finding solutions acrossa few high priority areas likewater, sanitation, health,agriculture, energy and envi-ronment. From observingthe problems on-ground,validating and refining theirtheory of change, convertingprototypes into viable solu-tions, to developing prelim-inary business plans- final-ists will undergo a practicaland hands-on learning expe-rience encompassing all thestrategic ins-and-outs ofrunning an enterprise.

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Newcastle University,UK, is offering scholar-ship support to excep-tional students from Indiafor 2019-20 entry includes13 50 per cent tuition feediscounts and two fulltuition fee discounts aswell as partial tuition feescholarships with a valueof £1,500 to £5,000.Scholarships are availableto applicants applying tostudy at undergraduateand Master’s level foralmost all subject areas.

This announcementbuilds on increased activi-ty in a range of areas,including partnershipwith universities andinstitutions like IIT-Delhiand IIT-Mumbai, researchcollaboration, corporateengagement, and alumnirelations.

In addition to thescholarships schemes theUniversity participates inthe Commonwealth andChevening Scholarshipsschemes which are alsoavailable to Indian appli-cants.

Interested applicantsare encouraged to checkthe application details andeligibility criteria throughthe below link:https://www.ncl.ac.uk/international/country/india/#feesandfunding

The University ofSheffield, UK is delightedto offer 50 InternationalUndergraduate MeritScholarships in 2019. Thescholarships are competi-tive awards worth 50% ofthe tuition fee for anundergraduate degreeprogramme starting inSeptember 2019. Thescholarship is available fornew international (non-EU) students who meetthe eligibility criteria.

You will be able toapply for a scholarship viaMuse for applicants. Youmust have received anoffer by 19 April 2019.

Eligibility: Your pro-gramme must be sched-uled to commence at theUniversity of Sheffield inSeptember 2019. Fortuition fee purposes youmust be self-funded andeligible to pay the over-seas tuition fee. You mustnot be a sponsored stu-dent.

For more terms andconditions visit:https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/international/enquiry/money/ugmerit

Application deadline:The last date to apply forscholarship applications is16:00 (UK time) on Friday26 April 2019.

Scholarship resultswill be announced by16:00 (UK time) on Friday31 May 2019.

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Content writing: Content, beingan immense part of almost every busi-ness, is high in-demand. This brings aprofusion of opportunities for studentsin content writing. To do this internship,all you need to have are good researchand writing skills since as a contentwriter, you have to research on the con-cerned topics and write content in a cre-ative and comprehensive manner. Also,with billions of topics to write on, learn-ing opportunities are abundant in con-tent writing like in Abhipsa's case, she gotto learn about various interesting topicswhile writing articles on them.

Social media marketing: In the lastone decade, social media has seen a sig-nificant boon. People across demo-graphics are actively using various socialmedia platforms to communicate withtheir friends and family, to make newfriends and connections, and to conveytheir messages to the world. Scaling onthe same, businesses have found aneffectual way of marketing over time,called social media marketing. Thisopens up a considerable number ofexciting opportunities for the students.As a social media intern, you are expect-ed to think of creative and feasible ideasto market a company and engaging itscustomers over various social media han-dles including Facebook, Twitter,Instagram, and Snapchat.

Graphic designing: In this era ofhigh competition between companies,customer experience is prioritised ratherhigh. And, since most of the companiesare serving through their online products,a substantial part of good customer expe-rience is through a quality user experi-ence of the product thus putting graph-

ic designers high in-demand. So, if youhave a knack for creativity, then you cando an internship in graphic designing. Asa graphic designer, you might get to workon different aspects of design like UIdesign, UX design, logo designing, andwebsite designing.

Programming: From the continuoustechnological advancement in differentareas like mobile technologies and webtechnologies, it is clearly evident that thefield of computer science and informa-tion technology is constantly on a rise.This provides the students who have aninterest and aptitude for coding with abunch of opportunities in diverse areasranging from software development andweb development to mobile app devel-opment.

Volunteering: There are severalNGOs aiming to help with a diversenumber of societal issues and make achange. Creating numerous volunteeringopportunities for students, these NGOsprovide them with a chance to give backto the society by working for environ-ment conservation, teaching the under-privileged, and helping the elderly.Volunteering internships can help youdevelop your soft skills, try your handson different tasks, and most important-ly, give you a sense of achievement whileyou give back to the society.

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your school has organised pre-Board exams in December orJanuary. Most schools advise thatyou should take these pre-Boardexams extremely seriously, despitethe fact that these marks are notcounted anywhere in the future.

This is true as these exams areimportant. They provide a Boardexam like setting and help youmanage your stress and time. Pre-board exams also show you whereyou stand. Depending on yourmarks, you know whether youshould buck up, or continue at thesame pace. If you are someonewho hasn't started planning forthese exams, here is a strategy tohelp you.

Manage competitive examsand board exams: At this point,you have a fair idea whether youwill be attempting any competitiveexams or Olympiads. If you arekeen on scoring well in theseexams, you should start preparingthese subjects beforehand. Givethem more importance than oth-ers.

Focus on subjects that needpractice: If you are not studyingfor any competitive exam, youshould focus on subjects thatneed extensive practice. Theseusually include subjects withnumericals or diagrams likeMaths, Science, Accounts, andComputer Science. Use this excesstime to prepare each type ofnumerical and practice your dia-grams at length.

Use other interesting subjectsto your advantage: Don’t forgetthat you have other subjects tostudy as well. If you like studyingthe languages or enjoy SocialStudies, study these subjectsbetween the practice- heavy sub-jects. In short, if you have spentalmost six hours studying Maths,try giving yourself a break withEnglish or Hindi.

This also has a lot to do withthe fact that you’re using your leftbrain for calculations and yourright brain for languages and art.This saves you from overloadingyourself and feeling fatigue sinceyou have been studying just onesubject for days on end.

Study what is left: If you have

time till January for your pre-Boards, the second month is whenyou study what you have left of theother subjects like Languages,Environmental Studies and SocialStudies. Here’s what you need toknow and do:

Use the power of flashcards:For any memory-based subject,start with making notes and flash-cards of important dates, move-ments, and events. For example,you can create a timeline for theIndian freedom struggle on achart paper and put it up.

Don’t forget what you stud-ied earlier: Just like last month,introduce breaks in your scheduleby solving questions from subjectsthat you have already studied. Thiswill not only refresh your mindbut also give you a fair idea of howmuch you remember.

Keep calm and keep study-ing: This time can get very stress-ful for you. You probably havethree different sets of exams totake — pre-Board, Board andcompetitive.

Taking healthy breaks, con-tinuing your hobbies, and main-taining a good sleep cycle will help

you study with a fresh mind. Don’tfeel demotivated or intimidated,but just focus on giving it yourbest shot.

During your pre-boardexams: Ideally, you should havefinished your exam portion bynow. If you have, then spend thedays of your pre-boards solvingprevious years' question papersand mock tests. After solvingeach test, go back to your mistakesand make notes about where youhad gone wrong.

If you have not finishedyour exam portion, don’t fret:Remember that you still have timebefore the Boards. Before everypre-Board paper, try to read andunderstand the portion that youhaven’t studied yet, even if youdon’t memorise it 100 per cent.This will help you when you startstudying it for Boards.

Keep your mind calm, main-tain a healthy lifestyle, and alwaysbe motivated. Focus on your syl-labus and previous year questionpapers and put in as much effortas you can.

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Tuesday said it has ramped up the production of its compact SUV VitaraBrezza to reduce waiting period of the model. The company has increasedproduction of the vehicle by 10 per cent to 94,000 units during April-Octoberperiod of the current fiscal as compared with same period of 2017-18. “Withthe Suzuki Motor Gujarat plant operational at its full capacity of 2.5 lakh unitsannually in Gujarat, we are able to increase the output,” MSI senior execu-tive Director (Marketing and Sales) RS Kalsi said in a statement. At present,the model has a waiting period of four-six weeks. The auto major is confi-dent that with the reduced waiting period, it will be able to enhance the carbuying and ownership experience of its customers, he added. Last fiscal, MSIsold over 1.48 lakh units of Vitara Brezza. During the first seven months (April-October) of 2018-19, the company has clocked sales of around 95,000 unitsof the compact SUV. The company has sold over 3.57 lakh units of VitaraBrezza cumulatively since its launch in March 2016.

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New Delhi: India has slipped two places to rank 53rd on a global annu-al talent ranking released by IMD Business School Switzerland on Tuesday,while the top slot has been retained by the Alpine nation itself. WithinAsia, Singapore has topped the charts with a global 13th place on the listthat ranks 63 countries in developing, attracting and retaining talent. Chinais ranked lower at 39th “because of its difficulties in attracting foreign skilledworkers paired with a level of public expenditure in education that is belowthe average of other advanced economies”. Regarding India, the renownedbusiness school said its position has declined from 51st in 2017 to 53rdthis year. “On one hand, the country performs above the average in termsof the quality of its talent pool (Readiness factor, 30th position). On theother, the quality of its educational system and the lack of investments inpublic education heavily penalise the talent potential of the country(Investment and Development factor, 63rd),” it said. The rankings are basedon three factors: Investment and Development, Appeal, and Readiness.These factors include indicators that capture the resources invested in devel-oping local talent, the extent to which a country attracts and retains tal-ent, and the quality of skills available in the talent pool. While Switzerlandhas topped the global ranking for the fifth year in a row, it is followed byDenmark, Norway, Austria and the Netherlands in the top-five. At 6thplace, Canada is the only non-European nation in the top-ten, which alsoincludes Finland (7th), Sweden (8th), Luxembourg (9th), and Germany(10th). The Slovak Republic (59th), Colombia (60th), Mexico (61st),Mongolia (62nd), and Venezuela (63rd) are the last countries in the rank-ing. Among BRICS nations, Brazil is ranked 58th, South African 50th andRussia 46th.

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Breaking its three-day risingstreak, the BSE Sensex

Tuesday fell over 300 points onheavy selling by market par-ticipants, in step with a glob-al selloff despite strengtheningrupee and easing crude prices.

Besides, profit-booking inrecent gainers too fuelled thedownward trend.

The 30-share Sensex, afterstarting off lower at 35,730.77,continued to slide as sellingpressure picked up momentumand hit a low of 35,416.18,before settling 300.37 points, or0.84 per cent, down at35,474.51. The index had risen633 points in the last two ses-sions on the back of increasedforeign fund inflows.

The 50-share NSE Niftytoo dropped by 107.20 points,or 1 per cent, to 10,656.20.Intra-day, it traded between10,640.85 and 10,740.85.

According to SunilSharma, Chief InvestmentOfficer, Sanctum WealthManagement, Europeanindices opened lower asinvestors continued to monitordevelopments on Brexit.

“Technology companieshad been leading the charge inthe US and concerns aboutslowing growth and regulato-ry overhang, along with con-cerns around energy sector

profitability, alongside risinginterest rates led to the sell offin the US,” he said.

Markets are reacting toslowing US economic growthand all eyes remain focused oncommentary out of the Fed, headded. Reflecting the bearishmood, all the sectoral indices,led by metal, teck and health-care, ended in the negativezone. Yes Bank shares saw thesharpest fall among Sensexcomponents, tumbling 6.10per cent after independentdirector RentalaChandrashekhar resigned fromthe board Monday.

Other big losers were TataSteel falling 3.21 per cent,Vedanta 2.89 per cent, NTPC2.42 per cent, Bharti Airtel 2.09per cent, SBI 1.79 per cent,HDFC 1.31 per cent, ICICIBank 1.24 per cent and MarutiSuzuki 1.18 per cent

Also, ONGC fell 1.17 percent, RIL 0.95 per cent, SunPharma 0.95 per cent,PowerGrid 0.90 per cent, CoalIndia 0.83 per cent, Bajaj Auto0.71 per cent, Tata Motors0.54 per cent, Hero MotoCorp0.50 per cent, HUL 0.43 percent, Asian Paint 0.40 per cent,Axis Bank 0.37 per cent, L&T0.24 per cent and ITC 0.11 percent.

Stocks of software servicesexporters also bore the brunton stronger rupee, with TCS,

Infosys and Wipro falling up to2.59 per cent.

Sectorwise, the BSE metalindex dropped 2.82 per cent,followed by IT 1.74 per cent,teck 1.58 per cent, healthcare1.57 per cent, PSU 1.15 percent, consumer durables 1.08per cent, power 1 per cent, auto0.83 per cent, bankex 0.78 percent, FMCG 0.71 per cent,infrastructure 0.62 per cent,capital goods 0.37 per cent andoil & gas 0.35 per cent.

Broader markets, too,reflected a similar trend. TheBSE mid-cap index fell 0.92 percent while the small-cap shed0.86 per cent.

Meanwhile, the rupee con-tinued its rising spree for thesixth straight day, andstrengthened by another 20paise to trade at nearly three-month high of 71.47 againstthe dollar in late afternoontrade after the outcome fromMonday's RBI board's meetremoved uncertainty over agrowing rift over policy deci-sions between the governmentand the central bank.Elsewhere in Asia, ShanghaiComposite Index plunged 2.13per cent, Hng Kong's HangSeng fell 2.01 per cent, Japan'sNikkei down 1.09 per cent andSingapore index down 1.24 percent. Korea's KOSPI andTaiwan index fell 0.86 per centeach.

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French and Japanese officials scram-bled Tuesday to reassure investors

about the stability of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi alliance, after fresh claimsemerged following the arrest of autoindustry titan Carlos Ghosn on financialmisconduct charges.

Nissan and Mitsubishi sharesplunged Tuesday after Ghosn, chairmanat both carmakers, was arrested in Japanfor allegedly failing to report all hisNissan pay and for inappropriate use ofcorporate assets.

Ghosn has not been heard fromsince his arrest, though sources con-firmed he was being held by Tokyo pros-ecutors.

Nissan's board has already said it willseek to oust the architect of the three-wayalliance, which combined sells more carsworldwide than any other automaker.

Sources told AFP in France thatRenault too intends to strip Ghosn of hisCEO title and hand over control to hisnumber two, Thierry Bollore, in tandemwith the board's lead independent direc-tor.

In a statement Tuesday, FrenchFinance Minister Bruno Le Maire and hisJapanese counterpart Hiroshige Sekoreaffirmed their "strong support" for "oneof the greatest symbols of Franco-Japanese industrial cooperation."

Le Maire had told French radio ear-lier that Ghosn was "de facto no longerin a position to lead the group".

Yet investors have been unloadingshares in the three carmakers since thecharges emerged against Ghosn, thearchitect of an alliance he has heldtogether since 1999.

The three companies are joinedthrough a series of cross-shareholdingsand share factories in order to benefitfrom economies of scale.

Nissan shares dropped 5.5 per centin Tokyo and Mitsubishi was off 6.8 percent, while in Paris Renault was down afurther 3.1 per cent after tumbling 8.4 percent on Monday.

Ratings agency Standard and Poor'ssaid Tuesday that Nissan is facing adowngrade after Ghosn's arrest, since"rebuilding its management cultureswiftly will not be easy".

Andre Spice, a business professor atCity University of London, told AFP that"with him out of the picture, old differ-ences between the companies couldcome to fore. The alliance could fallapart."

The arrest of 64-year-old Ghosn, thesuperstar executive credited with rescu-ing both Renault and Nissan and thenfusing them into a behemoth which sold10.6 million cars last year, sent shock-waves through the auto industry andbeyond.

Japanese prosecutors have saidGhosn is being held on suspicion ofunder-reporting his income by aroundfive billion yen (USD 44.5 million) overfive years.

Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa said amonths-long investigation prompted bya whistleblower had uncovered years offinancial wrongdoing, including themisuse of company assets.

Public broadcaster NHK reportedthat Nissan had provided Ghosn withhouses in four countries "without anylegitimate business reason," paying "hugesums" for residences in Rio de Janeiro,Beirut, Paris and Amsterdam.

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JKCEMENT 721.15 -4.75 -0.65JKIL 139.55 -0.15 -0.11JKLAKSHMI 266.60 -2.45 -0.91JKTYRE 103.30 -1.95 -1.85JMFINANCIL 85.80 -0.50 -0.58JPASSOCIAT 6.68 -0.33 -4.71JSL 43.40 -3.30 -7.07JSLHISAR 95.80 -2.45 -2.49JSWENERGY 69.40 -2.20 -3.07JSWSTEEL 328.40 -7.40 -2.20JUBILANT 730.60 -27.45 -3.62JUBLFOOD 1211.60 4.30 0.36JUSTDIAL 510.70 18.85 3.83JYOTHYLAB 186.65 -0.45 -0.24KAJARIACER 446.25 -0.15 -0.03KALPATPOWR 364.70 -4.10 -1.11KANSAINER 419.25 -0.80 -0.19KEC 277.65 -6.55 -2.30KEI 350.20 -0.75 -0.21KIOCL 162.35 -3.65 -2.20KNRCON 191.05 2.05 1.08KOTAKBANK 1173.40 -0.80 -0.07KPIT 205.75 -4.25 -2.02KPRMILL 590.30 -1.35 -0.23KRBL 331.85 -7.75 -2.28KSCL 513.90 1.55 0.30KTKBANK 104.05 -3.75 -3.48KWALITY 8.77 0.30 3.54L&TFH 131.20 -2.45 -1.83LAKSHVILAS 88.05 -1.40 -1.57LALPATHLAB 856.70 13.55 1.61LAOPALA 230.45 3.05 1.34LAURUSLABS 395.00 -4.30 -1.08LAXMIMACH* 5901.15 -29.85 -0.50LICHSGFIN 458.25 0.75 0.16LINDEINDIA 620.75 -4.40 -0.70LT 1412.70 -3.35 -0.24LTI 1584.50 -59.20 -3.60LTTS 1511.05 -31.45 -2.04LUPIN 848.75 -7.20 -0.84LUXIND 1510.95 -29.60 -1.92M&M 782.70 2.35 0.30M&MFIN 425.90 -9.80 -2.25MAGMA 113.75 3.25 2.94MAHABANK 14.18 -0.60 -4.06MAHINDCIE 254.10 -1.05 -0.41MAHLIFE 406.40 -0.50 -0.12MANAPPURAM 84.65 -0.70 -0.82MANPASAND 95.25 -1.35 -1.40MARICO 351.25 -1.00 -0.28MARUTI 7332.15 -85.45 -1.15MAXINDIA 68.35 -3.25 -4.54MCX 706.40 -8.70 -1.22MEGH 67.40 -0.60 -0.88MFSL 429.70 -7.35 -1.68MGL 862.85 13.20 1.55MHRIL 216.40 -1.90 -0.87MINDACORP 130.85 1.90 1.47MINDAIND 322.20 -22.10 -6.42MINDTREE 833.95 -12.30 -1.45MMTC 30.75 0.55 1.82MOIL 171.20 -2.80 -1.61MONSANTO 2481.60 -19.85 -0.79MOTHERSUMI 152.75 -0.05 -0.03MOTILALOFS 634.30 -8.20 -1.28MPHASIS 925.20 -23.15 -2.44MRF 65804.20 -307.30 -0.46MRPL 77.00 -3.00 -3.75MUTHOOTFIN 452.20 -8.95 -1.94NATCOPHARM* 732.60 -12.65 -1.70NATIONALUM 65.55 -2.25 -3.32NAUKRI 1400.15 14.75 1.06NAVINFLUOR 682.85 2.25 0.33NAVKARCORP 62.05 -0.70 -1.12NAVNETEDUL 108.05 -0.75 -0.69NBCC 59.35 -0.30 -0.50NBVENTURES 121.20 -0.50 -0.41NCC 85.55 -3.15 -3.55NESTLEIND 10249.00 -110.60 -1.07NETWORK18 39.20 -0.45 -1.13NH 227.55 -5.80 -2.49NHPC 26.05 -0.10 -0.38NIACL 203.40 -0.95 -0.46NIITTECH 1109.05 -24.10 -2.13NILKAMAL 1528.55 -10.95 -0.71NLCINDIA 81.10 -0.30 -0.37NMDC 99.50 -1.40 -1.39NOCIL 166.25 -2.60 -1.54NTPC 149.35 -3.70 -2.42OBEROIRLTY 419.15 -3.85 -0.91OFSS 3445.90 -46.10 -1.32OIL 202.40 1.35 0.67OMAXE 209.95 0.10 0.05ONGC 152.60 -1.80 -1.17ORIENTBANK 87.25 -2.15 -2.40ORIENTCEM 82.85 -3.30 -3.83PAGEIND 27547.85 1065.60 4.02PARAGMILK 245.70 -5.90 -2.34PCJEWELLER 76.90 -0.25 -0.32PEL 2281.90 -77.10 -3.27

PERSISTENT 551.05 -6.70 -1.20PETRONET 215.20 -0.10 -0.05PFC 102.40 0.10 0.10PFIZER 2820.50 -21.95 -0.77PFS 16.60 -0.30 -1.78PGHH 9475.00 53.60 0.57PHILIPCARB 206.70 -5.30 -2.50PHOENIXLTD 608.40 -18.30 -2.92PIDILITIND 1127.55 5.55 0.49PIIND 835.35 6.15 0.74PNB 71.30 -2.10 -2.86PNBHOUSING 993.95 21.65 2.23PNCINFRA 154.45 2.70 1.78POWERGRID 188.00 -1.70 -0.90PRESTIGE 174.05 -4.75 -2.66PRSMJOHNSN 85.80 -1.35 -1.55PTC 80.25 -2.25 -2.73PVR 1403.70 -24.85 -1.74QUESS 761.20 -5.90 -0.77RADICO 423.10 -16.20 -3.69RAIN 152.65 -2.10 -1.36RAJESHEXPO 570.25 -1.20 -0.21RALLIS 167.20 0.10 0.06RAMCOCEM 627.40 2.50 0.40RATNAMANI 882.95 -6.75 -0.76RAYMOND 788.50 5.40 0.69RBLBANK 554.35 -1.15 -0.21RCF 58.70 -0.75 -1.26RCOM 13.55 -0.55 -3.90

RECLTD 122.50 -1.85 -1.49REDINGTON 91.30 -1.30 -1.40RELAXO 781.05 -3.05 -0.39RELCAPITAL 241.20 -2.05 -0.84RELIANCE 1138.65 -10.95 -0.95RELINFRA 355.80 2.95 0.84REPCOHOME 396.95 4.00 1.02RNAM 166.90 -2.60 -1.53RNAVAL 13.47 -0.22 -1.61RPOWER 30.50 -0.90 -2.87SADBHAV 208.80 -7.50 -3.47SAIL 62.35 -1.95 -3.03SANOFI 6102.55 40.85 0.67SBILIFE 564.95 -0.10 -0.02SBIN 283.05 -5.15 -1.79SCHAEFFLER 5480.95 -16.70 -0.30SCHNEIDER 113.40 -4.30 -3.65SCI 44.45 -0.40 -0.89SFL 1427.55 -5.90 -0.41SHANKARA 843.55 -5.40 -0.64SHARDACROP 307.80 -1.85 -0.60SHILPAMED 377.95 -7.15 -1.86SHK 192.75 -1.00 -0.52SHOPERSTOP 500.05 -0.50 -0.10SHREECEM 15875.70 -76.95 -0.48SHRIRAMCIT 1605.15 5.05 0.32SIEMENS 934.90 -5.50 -0.58SIS 780.90 -13.65 -1.72SJVN 27.50 -0.05 -0.18SKFINDIA 1858.80 -16.05 -0.86SOBHA 475.00 12.35 2.67SOLARINDS 999.05 -0.65 -0.07SOMANYCERA 298.75 -7.95 -2.59SONATSOFTW 319.40 -5.60 -1.72SOUTHBANK 14.34 -0.24 -1.65SPARC 273.60 -2.00 -0.73SPICEJET 78.20 -1.65 -2.07SREINFRA 32.95 -1.50 -4.35SRF 2081.30 -13.25 -0.63SRTRANSFIN 1193.90 -27.10 -2.22STARCEMENT 96.60 -3.30 -3.30STRTECH 340.95 -7.25 -2.08SUDARSCHEM 362.65 -14.10 -3.74SUNCLAYLTD 3530.00 -45.00 -1.26SUNDRMFAST 524.15 1.20 0.23SUNPHARMA 525.50 -5.05 -0.95

SUNTECK 359.90 1.35 0.38SUNTV 609.00 -7.55 -1.22SUPPETRO 199.70 -1.35 -0.67SUPRAJIT 214.90 -2.70 -1.24SUPREMEIND 967.45 -15.90 -1.62SUVEN 245.15 -2.15 -0.87SUZLON 5.43 0.00 0.00SWANENERGY 104.30 -3.60 -3.34SYMPHONY 1011.55 1.50 0.15SYNDIBANK 35.30 -0.75 -2.08SYNGENE 565.75 -1.85 -0.33TAKE 138.90 -3.55 -2.49TATACHEM 693.60 -9.15 -1.30TATACOFFEE 98.15 0.10 0.10TATACOMM 531.45 -5.75 -1.07TATAELXSI 988.95 4.30 0.44TATAGLOBAL 216.10 -7.90 -3.53TATAINVEST 869.40 3.05 0.35TATAMETALI 666.20 -17.10 -2.50TATAMOTORS 183.30 -1.00 -0.54TATAMTRDVR 99.95 -1.45 -1.43TATAPOWER 78.05 1.00 1.30TATASTEEL 563.50 -18.70 -3.21TCS 1877.75 -24.30 -1.28TEAMLEASE 2799.00 1.25 0.04TECHM 709.35 -21.15 -2.90TEJASNET 247.70 -12.90 -4.95TEXRAIL 63.60 -0.75 -1.17THERMAX 983.10 -10.60 -1.07

THOMASCOOK 223.85 -4.25 -1.86THYROCARE 549.30 -1.45 -0.26TIFHL 476.50 -3.25 -0.68TIMETECHNO 113.50 -2.40 -2.07TIMKEN 522.40 -2.65 -0.50TITAN 915.35 -5.35 -0.58TNPL 246.85 -4.65 -1.85TORNTPHARM 1643.55 -25.60 -1.53TORNTPOWER 257.60 -2.55 -0.98TRENT 326.30 -5.30 -1.60TRIDENT 66.55 -1.55 -2.28TRITURBINE 115.70 0.05 0.04TTKPRESTIG 6813.40 -80.55 -1.17TV18BRDCST 36.80 -0.15 -0.41TVSMOTOR 537.85 -17.20 -3.10TVSSRICHAK 2611.00 -12.10 -0.46TVTODAY 379.45 -3.10 -0.81UBL 1290.75 -21.75 -1.66UCOBANK 19.25 -0.60 -3.02UFLEX 301.95 -8.40 -2.71UJJIVAN 217.25 -13.70 -5.93ULTRACEMCO 3976.50 -57.10 -1.42UNICHEMLAB 211.00 -2.15 -1.01UNIONBANK 79.85 -1.75 -2.14UPL 759.75 -16.40 -2.11VBL 781.90 -0.25 -0.03VEDL 205.10 -6.10 -2.89VENKYS 2395.05 -16.10 -0.67VGUARD 193.40 -2.15 -1.10VIJAYABANK 42.70 -1.00 -2.29VINATIORGA 1490.90 -67.45 -4.33VIPIND 473.45 -8.05 -1.67VMART 2403.50 64.00 2.74VOLTAS 547.05 -15.35 -2.73VTL 1072.50 -11.00 -1.02WABAG 290.30 -0.45 -0.15WABCOINDIA 6825.90 -98.30 -1.42WELCORP 162.75 6.05 3.86WELSPUNIND 62.60 -0.05 -0.08WHIRLPOOL 1377.85 -30.75 -2.18WIPRO 321.70 -8.55 -2.59WOCKPHARMA 513.30 -13.10 -2.49YESBANK 192.55 -12.50 -6.10ZEEL 448.85 1.25 0.28ZENSARTECH 237.35 -3.70 -1.53ZYDUSWELL 1132.55 -17.70 -1.54

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 10740.10 10740.85 10640.85 10656.20 -107.20GAIL 338.05 346.00 337.70 344.05 9.35ADANIPORTS 349.85 357.55 347.00 355.50 4.95INDUSINDBK 1535.00 1569.90 1528.35 1552.85 14.90BAJFINANCE 2365.00 2392.95 2345.75 2374.00 13.05ZEEL 444.80 451.95 440.75 449.00 2.20M&M 780.00 792.40 773.35 782.00 0.65HDFCBANK 2013.00 2019.60 1999.05 2012.75 -1.15INFRATEL 260.00 261.25 257.90 259.30 -0.65BPCL 325.20 329.95 321.10 322.00 -0.95ITC 285.00 286.65 281.80 283.50 -1.00TITAN 919.00 925.20 908.85 917.30 -3.25ASIANPAINT 1317.00 1331.05 1304.70 1307.25 -4.90HINDUNILVR 1701.00 1709.90 1685.05 1695.00 -6.40HINDPETRO 246.00 252.50 241.60 243.25 -1.05LT 1410.25 1423.10 1407.70 1410.80 -6.40TATAMOTORS 184.05 188.30 183.20 183.75 -0.85BAJAJ-AUTO 2679.65 2679.65 2655.00 2666.30 -13.35KOTAKBANK 1170.00 1178.30 1162.15 1169.20 -6.05HEROMOTOCO2988.90 2994.95 2941.00 2963.50 -17.15BAJAJFINSV 5715.00 5764.70 5648.00 5675.10 -50.85POWERGRID 191.10 191.10 187.50 187.90 -1.80ONGC 154.55 155.80 152.65 153.00 -1.55AXISBANK 614.70 619.60 609.55 609.95 -6.35HDFC 1890.00 1904.00 1872.05 1878.80 -20.55COALINDIA 264.00 265.60 261.00 261.20 -2.95RELIANCE 1145.00 1155.90 1130.00 1137.00 -13.00TCS 1902.00 1902.00 1874.20 1880.00 -22.45MARUTI 7411.65 7444.50 7311.65 7323.60 -88.05SUNPHARMA 530.00 532.60 521.30 524.70 -6.85EICHERMOT 24897.10 25350.00 24450.55 24550.00 -347.10GRASIM 847.70 863.00 832.30 837.50 -11.90ICICIBANK 362.00 365.45 354.60 357.15 -5.25CIPLA 528.00 529.85 518.65 520.10 -8.15ULTRACEMCO 4033.00 4046.50 3960.00 3966.25 -65.70INFY 651.70 656.00 640.10 640.60 -11.10UPL 771.00 772.80 747.00 760.50 -14.70SBIN 285.90 288.55 282.50 282.60 -5.55BHARTIARTL 333.10 339.45 328.30 329.85 -7.00IOC 143.80 144.90 138.00 139.00 -3.55JSWSTEEL 334.00 334.25 327.00 328.25 -8.40NTPC 152.40 153.10 148.50 148.90 -4.05HCLTECH 1035.00 1035.00 1003.30 1011.65 -28.45TECHM 732.50 732.50 704.05 711.60 -20.95VEDL 210.25 210.90 200.00 205.10 -6.25TATASTEEL 577.00 578.00 562.00 563.25 -19.15WIPRO 330.90 330.90 320.10 321.90 -10.95DRREDDY 2520.10 2520.10 2437.55 2438.25 -90.35IBULHSGFIN 725.55 743.90 700.00 706.00 -27.80HINDALCO 233.85 233.85 220.40 220.60 -13.85YESBANK 198.00 199.75 191.00 192.50 -12.30

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 5027440.25 27508.45 27120.75 27163.15 -345.15OIL 200.00 204.50 199.50 202.50 1.80DLF 169.90 175.65 169.90 174.20 1.45COLPAL 1150.00 1170.60 1149.85 1158.95 8.30HDFCLIFE 382.00 388.70 380.05 385.30 1.30SHREECEM 15950.00 16149.15 15775.90 15901.00 9.20PGHH 9461.00 9489.95 9402.15 9485.00 1.35NHPC 26.10 26.25 26.00 26.10 0.00CONCOR 669.15 685.90 667.00 673.55 0.00GICRE 307.85 309.20 305.65 307.00 -0.05MOTHERSUMI 152.00 155.00 150.00 152.80 -0.10PIDILITIND 1120.00 1133.00 1115.00 1121.25 -1.35MARICO 353.00 354.20 349.40 351.70 -0.85NIACL 205.00 208.00 202.15 202.90 -0.60BOSCHLTD 18790.00 18950.00 18505.10 18633.60 -73.25PETRONET 216.00 219.00 214.30 215.00 -0.85DMART 1412.00 1437.40 1397.65 1404.85 -7.70MRF 66200.00 66330.00 65713.20 65800.00 -390.30LICHSGFIN 454.60 466.50 452.30 455.00 -2.75SBILIFE 572.00 572.00 562.00 565.00 -3.75ICICIGI 836.00 839.75 822.05 830.00 -5.70SIEMENS 945.80 945.80 925.15 934.90 -6.75INDIGO 1036.50 1058.00 1027.15 1035.00 -7.65ICICIPRULI 325.00 326.90 319.10 320.90 -2.35ABB 1348.00 1350.00 1336.90 1340.00 -10.70LUPIN 854.55 861.45 843.00 848.60 -6.90BHEL 67.90 68.05 66.95 67.40 -0.60IDEA 42.00 43.85 41.10 42.30 -0.40ASHOKLEY 108.90 110.25 106.85 107.60 -1.20HINDZINC 266.00 268.50 262.90 263.30 -2.95BEL 93.95 96.00 92.30 92.80 -1.10HAVELLS 683.90 685.50 675.05 676.10 -8.40NMDC 101.00 101.40 98.55 99.50 -1.30OFSS 3499.00 3499.00 3426.00 3442.90 -46.60SUNTV 614.40 623.50 606.50 607.10 -9.95AUROPHARMA 791.00 792.65 777.00 778.50 -14.25BRITANNIA 5970.00 6005.90 5840.85 5880.00 -109.55L&TFH 132.10 134.00 130.20 131.30 -2.45ACC 1491.00 1498.30 1467.30 1470.00 -31.65CADILAHC 361.80 364.05 352.05 355.20 -8.85AMBUJACEM 219.25 219.25 214.05 214.75 -5.65GODREJCP 728.35 728.35 705.10 707.00 -21.35ABCAPITAL 115.65 115.75 112.30 112.75 -3.40BIOCON 625.00 637.85 610.25 611.50 -18.55SRTRANSFIN 1229.50 1229.50 1182.00 1184.00 -36.40SAIL 64.25 64.25 62.15 62.35 -1.95PEL 2332.05 2374.40 2266.85 2283.25 -78.00DABUR 406.00 406.45 393.10 394.20 -14.30BANDHANBNK 475.25 475.25 460.00 460.80 -17.40MCDOWELL-N 651.00 652.00 623.25 624.75 -26.20BANKBARODA 113.20 115.60 109.25 110.00 -5.35

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The celebrated Mary Kom on Tuesday becamethe most successful pugilist in the Women'sWorld Championships history by assuring her-

self a seventh medal while three more Indians reachedthe semifinals to be assured of their maiden medalshere.

The 35-year-old Mary, a mother of three,defeated China's Wu Yu 5-0 in the light flyweight(48kg) category quarterfinals to enter the last-fourstage and be assured of at least a Bronze.

Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), Sonia Chahal (57kg)and Simranjit Kaur (64kg), part of India's youngbrigade in the boxing team, also reached the semi-finals to be assured of medals in their debut WorldChampinshiips.

The 21-year-old Borgohain, an AsianChamprionships Bronze medallist last year, beat Scott

Kaye Frances of Australia in the quarterfinalsin a unanimous decision while Sonia, also

21, was a 4-1 split decision winneragainst Maecela Yeni Castenada of

Colombia.Simranjit, 23, had a difficult

fight against Amy SaraBroadhurst of Ireland buteventually won the quarter-

final bout 3-1. In fact, thePunjab boxer lost the

first and third roundswhile winning the

second. She, how-ever, won in overall

points which read27-29, 28-28, 29-27, 30-26, 29-27.

E i g h tIndians took the

field on Tuesdaybut four of them lost

their bouts.Pinki Rani lost her 51kg

quarterfinal bout against Pang Chol Mi ofNorth Korea in a unanimous decision whileManisha Maun was beaten by top seed and lastedition's Silver winner Stoyka Petrova of Bulgariain a 4-1 decision in 54kg.

Kachari Bhagyabati (81kg) lost 3-2 on splitdecision against Jessica Sinisterra ofColumbia. The Indian was leading in the firstround but the Columbian fought back to dobetter in the next two to clinch the bout.

Seema Poonia (+81kg) was the lastIndian to take the ring but she was no

match for her formidable opponent from China, YangXiaoli, who was the defending champion as well as2014 Gold winner.

With less number of boxers competing in theweight category, Seema was directly competing at thequarterfinals in her first bout of the tournament butshe lost in a unanimous decision.

With four medals assured, India's performanceis set to be the best in recent times. The country'sbest performance ever was the eight medals, includ-ing four Gold, it won in 2006.

After that, India won four medals in 2008, twoin 2010, one in 2012, two in 2014 and one in 2016.

Mary Kom entered the event with a remarkabletally of five Gold medals and a Silver to her credit.She last won a world championship medal in 2010— a Gold in the 48kg category.

"It was a tough bout. Not very tough but not veryeasy also. There are a lot of good Chinese boxers whokeep coming. I have faced a lot of them but this oppo-nent I have not faced earlier," the diminutive starboxer said after her bout.

"But once I got her game I thought out what todo and I had not much of a problem after that," she

added.The Olympic Bronze-medallist next faces North

Korea's Kim Hyang Mi in the semi-final onThursday. The Indian had beaten her in the AsianChampionships last year.

"So, I am confident of winning but not over-confident," she said.

In a bout which saw little action, Mary Kom wasthe better boxer with clean punches. More impor-tantly, the local favourite rarely allowed Wu to get aclean shot at her. The five judges ruled in her favourwith the elaborate scoreline reading 30-27, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28, 30-27.

Mary Kom was tied with Irish legend Katie Tayloron the number of medals won before this edition.

But with Tuesday's win, the Manipuri becamethe most successful boxer in the marquee tourna-ment. Taylor now plies her trade in the profession-al circuit.

Borgohain from Assam produced a dominatingperformance to beat her Australian opponent, whowon a Silver in the 81kg catergory in the 2016 edi-tion but competing in the 69kg here.

Scott also won a Bronze in the Gold Coast

Commonwealth Games in 69kg."It was a tough fight but I think I handled my

opponent well. I am happy to be assured of a medalin my first World Championships," Borgohain said.

"I want to win a Gold and that is my target. Iwill not be satisfied less than a Gold," she added.

Borgohain next faces Chen Nien-Chin of Taipeiin the semifinals on Thurdsay.

"I had faced her once earlier and I lost. But atthat time I was younger and inexperienced. But Iam confident I can beat her this time," she added.

Sonia began with a solid first round but seemedto be in the backfoot in the second. With coachRafaelle Bergamasco yelling at the ringside, she wenton an attacking mode in the final round and clinchedthe bout.

"Rafaelle sir told me you are leading and whyyou are stepping back. He told me to attack in thethird round which I did and won the bout. A medalis assured but I want to win the Gold," she said.

Sonia next faces Son Hwa Jo of North Korea inthe semifinals on Friday while Simranjit takes onDan Hou of China in the last four stage on the sameday.

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Pakistan have "learnt"their lessons from the

2014 Champions Trophycontroversy and are pre-pared to handle the crowdpressure in the hockeyWorld Cup in India, saidcaptain MuhammadRizwan senior.

Four years ago, somePakistani players had goneoverboard with their cele-brations after their semifinalwin over India in theChampions Trophy, trig-gering a major controversy.

"It was not a pleasantexperience, we have learntfrom that," Pakistan skippersaid.

"We have discussed thatincident and it is behind usnow. This time we know weneed to be totally focused onour game and nothing else.

"If we can beat India inIndia great, but our main

objective is doing well in theWorld Cup not about justone match."

The World Cup willbegin in Bhubaneswar fromNovember 28 and Rizwansaid his team is well pre-pared to handle the pres-sures during the prestigioustournament.

"We have trained hardfor this mega event andsince it is in India we havebeen having talks and dis-cussions and have mentally

prepared ourselves to giveour best under any pressuresituation in India," Rizwansaid on Monday.

He said his players candeal with the crowd pres-sures.

"Obviously we knowthe Indian crowds will gen-erally not be supporting usin matches. In the end it isall about hockey and bothteams will want to win andthat should produce a goodcontest," he said.

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Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan SinghRathore on Tuesday said India will be amongst

the top medal-winning nations in the 2028Olympics.

The minister also said that 2018 has turned outto be the best year for India in terms of sportingachievements.

"I have tremendous hope and belief in theIndian youth and their ability to dominate theworld. We have begun the process. The wheels areturning," said the former Olympic Silver medal-list.

"The 2020 (Tokyo) Olympics is very close. Wewill do our level best there. We will exactly knoweven before entering the playing arena, how manymedals we will win.

"My target is Olympics of 2024 and 2028. Theway we are progressing now, India would beamongst the top medal winners at the 2028Olympics," said Rathore.

The 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled tobe held in Paris and the 2028 quadrennial gameswill be held in Los Angeles.

He said Indian players have left their mark on

various sporting events in the present year."Every single international

competition...Commonwealth Games, AsianGames, Para Asian Games, Youth OlympicGames...In each of these games, India has creat-ed history by winning the largest ever number ofmedals.

"In the Para-Asian Games, our medal tallymore than doubled from 30 to 72. In the YouthOlympics, we went 400-500 per cent up from twomedals to 13. All this is happening because theyouth have tremendous potential," he said.

According to Rathore, sports has become a full-fledged career for youngsters, many of whom havewon Commonwealth and Asian Games medals,and are aspiring Olympic medallists.

"They (athletes) have sponsors, they haveendorsements. Many corporate (houses) are nowgetting into sports. The mega push has been givenby the government itself in terms of 'Khelo India'as well as the 'Target Olympic Podium Scheme(TOPS)," he said.

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Virgil van Dijk sent the Netherlands intothe Nations League semi-finals after

completing a dramatic comeback from twogoals down with a 91st-minute equaliserthat saw the Dutch snatch 2-2 draw awayto Germany on Monday.

The Dutch advance from the toughthree-team Group A1 at the expense ofworld champions France after scoringtwice in the final six minutes inGelsenkirchen as Germany were punishedfor not being clinical enough in the secondhalf.

Liverpool defender Van Dijk firedhome to complete the Dutch fight back afterQuincy Promes pulled one back on 85 min-utes following Timo Werner and LeroySane's first-half goals for Germany.

"It was very difficult for us, the Germanswere sharper and faster in the first half,"admitted Dutch coach Ronald Koeman.

"We fought to come back in the secondhalf and pressed.

"They had their chances to finish it off,but the fight and belief we showed wasenough for the point."

The draw was enough to send theDutch into the Nations League knockout

stages as Group One winners, with Francesecond, while bottom side Germany werealready relegated to the 'B' league ahead ofMonday's clash.

Koeman's side showed plenty of heartagainst the Germans, who were 2-0 up afterjust 20 minutes.

"I'm certainly disappointed with theresult, but over the whole season I've seenmore positives than negative," said Germanyhead coach Joachim Loew.

"We were punished and that's bitter.

Thomas Mueller reached the milestoneof 100 Germany appearances as a second-half replacement, but Van Dijk dampenedany celebrations for the hosts.

Germany needed just nine minutes toland the first blow in the clash of theEuropean heavyweights.

There was little on when Gnabry's passfound Werner on the edge of the area, butthe 22-year-old showed ice-cold finishingby hitting the bottom corner of the net pastJasper Cillessen.

Werner ended his barren run of eightinternationals without a goal and Saneadded the second, with the help of a deflec-tion, 11 minutes later to seemingly floor theDutch.

Again, there was little on when ToniKroos floated in a long pass to Sane, whostumbled slightly, but managed to win theball and fired home a shot which clippedthe boot of a defender as it sailed pastCillessen.

The Dutch scored from their first realattack when Promes curled his shot homeon 85 minutes after sustained pressure fromthe hosts. The scene was set for Van Dijkto complete the fairytale comeback whenhe produced a thumping finish to delighttravelling fans just before the final whistle.

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Luis Suarez, a three-time biter ofopposition players, on Monday

said that Barcelona teammateOusmane Dembele should be "moreresponsible" after he reportedlymissed training following a marathonnocturnal video gaming session.

Dembele was dropped by theSpanish champions for last week'sshock 4-3 home defeat to Real Betisfollowing what coach ErnestoValverde called a "sporting assess-ment".

But sports daily As reports thatthe Catalans are worried not only thathe might be addicted to gaming, butalso that it might ruin his career at theclub.

And Suarez, no stranger to disci-plinary issues himself, says that the21-year-old France international,signed for an initial fee of 105 millioneuros, needs to follow the more vir-tuous example set by some of hisBarca colleagues.

"Ousmane knows that football isa privilege for every player, maybe heshould concentrate more and bemore responsible regarding certainthings," the Uruguay striker toldreporters ahead of his country's clashwith France at the Stade de France onTuesday.

"There are examples of profes-sionalism at Barca that he can drawinspiration from. He'll continue tolearn, with that self-confidence thatwill enable him to succeed atBarcelona."

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Local favourite ArjunKadhe stunned second

seed Ramkumar Ramanathanfor the biggest victory of hiscareer while fast-emergingSasi Kumar Mukundknocked out last week's run-ner-up Saketh Myneni at theKPIT-MSLTA Challengerhere on Tuesday.

This is the best win forKadhe in terms of beating ahigher-ranked player as hesent packing world number130 Ramkumar 6-3, 6-2 inthe opening round of the $50,000 hard court tourna-ment.

Prior to Tuesday's win,the most significant win forthe 370th-ranked Kadhe wasagainst world No 200 PedjaKrstin.

It has been a tough sea-son for Ramkumar and itended with a whimper. Kadhewho is playing his second sea-son after returning from USCollegiate circuit, was fluent

with his strokes, especially thedeep returns.

Ramkumar served bigbut unforced errors did nothelp his cause. Kadhe, to hiscredit, was well prepared forhis opponent.

"I was on top of my

game. I knew him fromjunior days and had practisedwith him during the Serbiatie. I knew I can beat anyIndian player," said Kadhe.

Sasi Kumar Mukund,who has a stiff back, pulled offa big win over Myneni, beat-

ing his big-serving opponent6-4, 7-6(1) after saving a setpoint in the opening game.

While Myneni was fluentwith his strokes, it wasMukund who stood out withhis court coverage and sharpreturns.

"It was a close match butI played well on crucialmoments. I kept getting bet-ter. There is nothing specialthat I did. I have not been try-ing to blast the ball but try tokeep the ball in wait for mychances. That's why I am hav-ing decent results," said 21-year-old Mukund.

He is now up againstsixth seed Briton Jay Clarke.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran,the new number one player ofthe country, had a tough firstround in which he prevailed6-4, 6-4 against Taipei'sTsung-Hua Yang.

While it was yet anotherfirst round defeat for SumitNagal, who went down fight-ing 5-7, 2-6 against top seedRadu Albot.

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NEW DELHI: Former Gold-medallist StanimiraPetrova had her world championship accredita-tion revoked by the International BoxingAssociation (AIBA) on Tuesday after the worldbody ruled that her allegation of corruption byjudges was not backed by evidence.

The Bulgarian, a 54kg Gold-medallist in the2014 edition, accused the judges of corruptionafter losing her 57kg world championship pre-quarterfinal bout to India's Sonia Chahal onMonday. Sonia won the bout in a 3-2 split deci-sion.

AIBA's decision to revoke Petrova's accred-itation came a day after her coach Petar YosifovLesov, a former flyweight Olympic Gold-medal-list, was barred from the corner for throwing awater bottle inside the ring after the bout.

Loss of accreditation will deny Petrova accessto the competition area.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the AIBAsaid that by her conduct, Petrova has disrespect-ed her opponent, the judges, the referee, the eventorganisers and the world body itself.

It said the incident will also be forwarded toAIBA Disciplinary Commission for a review.

"Ms Petrova has made false and misleadingstatements regarding the AIBA officials. So,AIBA has decided to extend the removal of theaccreditation to the Bulgarian boxer StanimiraPetrova (57kg) due to her unacceptable andunsportsmanlike conduct," AIBA ExecutiveDirector Tom Virgets said.

"She has shown inappropriate behaviour at theconclusion of her event. Her actions are reflec-tive of her coach who disrespects and tries to dam-age the credibility of the sport," he added.Virgets said any allegation should be supportedby proof, which wasn't done by Petrova. PTI

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