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posure in Afghanistan, the north Kashmir, especially edly died of suocation thevehicle.Allofthemwere
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Crouching leopard, gun-toting Minister

Maharashtra Irrigation Minister goes looking for leopard, armed with a pistol
Alok Deshpande MinisterSudhir
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becameatalkingpointand Thehunt: AvideograbshowsMinisterGirishMahajanwitha armedwithagun.Helater
theOppositionparties pistol,lookingforthecat. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT *
saidhecarriedtheweapon
demandedhisresignation, forselfdefence,andhe
Mr.Mahajanclaimedthat tehsil.Whilehewas seenparticipatinginthe hadnotbeeninvolvedin
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scaretheanimalandnotto condolencestothefamily, pistolinhishand. OnMonday,Ivisitedthe
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OnMonday,Mr.Mahajan localityinWarkhedevillage. thegunforwhichIhavea leopard,sowedecidedto
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Rajasthan govt. makes anthem

mandatory in State-run hostels Noisy scenes witnessed in Punjab Assembly
Press Trust of India hesaid. AAP demands CBI investigation into alleged audio clip; Shiromani Akali Dal seeks discussion on farm crisis
Jaipur
The Rajasthan government 800 hostels VIKAS VASUDEVA crisis. tandem.TheAAPwantsthat Partyhadturnedthesacro
hasmadesingingofnational The order came into force CHANDIGARH Both the Bains brothers the government should not sanct precincts of the As
anthemmandatoryinallgo onNovember26,celebrated Noisysceneswerewitnessed hadclaimedthattheconver target Mr. Khaira and to semblyintoanakhara[bat
vernmentandgovernment astheConstitutionDay. in the Punjab Assembly on sationintheaudioclipper achieve this it has aban tleground], Capt.
aidedhostelsintheState. Therearecloseto40,000 Tuesdayaslegislatorsofthe tainedtoapaymentmadeto doned all publicrelated is Amarinder told reporters
SocialJusticeandEmpo students in nearly 800 Aam Aadmi Party and the a judge to allegedly act sues.That'swhyyouaresee outsidetheVidhanSabha.
werment Minister Arun Staterun hostels in ShiromaniAkaliDalstormed against Sukhpal Khaira in a ing both the Congress and TheCMsaiditwasagainst
Chaturvedi said the move Rajasthan. into the Well of the House drugsmugglingcase. theAAPtargetingtheSAD, Parliamentary traditions to
wouldinstilasenseofna TheJaipurMunicipalCor and disrupted the Shiromani Akali DalBJP healleged. disrupt Question Hour dur
tionalismamongstudents. poration had last month proceedings. members, meanwhile, ac Punjab Chief Minister ing which serious public is
Students will sing Jana startedthedailypracticeof While the AAP MLAs led cusedtherulinggovernment Amarinder Singh accused suesaretakenup.TheOp
GanaManainthemorning playingthenationalanthem byLeaderoftheOpposition ofnotkeepingitspromiseof the Opposition of wasting position should have raised
meeting at 7 a.m.. Hostel at the start of the day and Sukhpal Singh Khaira complete farm loan waiver Aam Aadmi Party legislators staging a walkout from the public money and time of any other concerns during
wardenswillhavetobepre the national song in the stormed into the Well, de andshoutedslogansagainst Punjab Assembly, demanding a CBI inquiry into the audio clip the House by disrupting ZeroHour,hesaid.
sentduringsuchsessions, evening. mandingaCBIinvestigation thegovernment,demanding scandal, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. AKHILESH KUMAR *
Question Hour and not al TheChiefMinistersaidit
into the alleged audio clip, a discussionontheongoing lowingtheAssemblytofunc wasrsttimethattwoOppo
which was released by Lok crisisinthefarmsector. has now taken a Uturn. In conference. tion.TheOppositionmade sitionpartieswereghtingin
Insaaf Party MLAs Simarjit Weweredemandingdis fact, the government's false Mr.Badalsaid:Theman a mockeryoftheHousepro the House between them
Singh Bains and Balwinder cussion...the government announcementshaveruined nerinwhichtheHousewas ceedings and prevented it selves instead of taking up
SinghBainsonNovember27, has betrayed farmers by farmers, SAD president conducted today [Tuesday] fromconductinganyserious meaningfulissuesinthein
the SAD members demand makingannouncementsofa SukhbirSinghBadaltoldre proved that the Congress business..theShiromaniAka terest of the people of the
ed a discussion on farm complete loan waiver but porters at a press andtheAAPwereworkingin li Dal and the Aam Aadmi State.
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Its not human versus robot

There should be meaningful collaboration between intelligent machines and professionals with both bringing their superior skills to the partnership
Ritesh Gandotra mation in these occupations tion has led to a greater need ical for businesses. Challenge
will have created new tasks for non-routine, high-skill to reskilling will be stiff as
T
echnology is ushering in for humans. It can be easily work that pays high wages new jobs will keep replacing
a new age of automa- assumed healthcare, manu- and also for low-skill work old ones at a rapid pace. And,
tion. Every day, across facturing, retail, banking and that pays lower wages. upskilling will be made chal-
industries, smarter machines auditing will be among sec- Against this backdrop, we lenging by the fact that much
are deployed to manage the tors that are first to adopt should seek to make com- of what students learn in a
growing scale of work. automation in its infancy. Cer- puters and humans co-part- technical course at college
Computer technology has tain forms of automation will ners. will become outdated when
eliminated some tasks and be skill-based, aimed at rais- On the computer side, this they reach the employment
lowered the demand for ing the productivity of high- means creating programmes stage.
some workers. A recent study skill workers, and at the same that augment human skills. With job requirements in
by McKinsey & Company es- time, reducing the demand As described by IBM data sci- state of flux, the future will
timates that almost half of all for low-skill and middle-skill entists, humans and ma- witness a greater demand for
current tasks are subject to workers. chines will need to collabor- multi-skilled employees who
automation, providing fodder It however has to be borne ate to produce better results, have the necessary founda-
for the argument that wide- in mind that automation cre- each bringing their own su- tion to be able to pick up new
spread technology-induced ates efficiencies that lower perior skills to the skills fast.
unemployment is impending. production costs, thereby partnership. But, there will still be some
However, computers can play stimulating demand and cre- On the human side, people workers who will not be able
an oversized role only in five ating more jobs. Examples in- have to be trained for tasks to gain the skills necessary to
percent of occupations, elim- clude ATM machines leading computers cannot perform. address new challenges. The
inating all tasks currently per- to increased bank teller em- This means prioritising sci- ultimate challenge lies in en-
formed by humans. In the re- ployment, and cost savings ence, technology, engineer- suring that the number of
maining 95 percent of the created by robots actually ing and math (STEM) educa- such employees is really low.
occupations, there will still be leading to greater human em- tion. But thats not the only (Ritesh Gandotra is Dir-
plenty of tasks for humans to ployment in warehouses. In solution. Upskilling and ector, Global Document Out-
perform, says the study. Auto- the overall economy, automa- reskilling employees is crit- sourcing at Xerox India.) ILLUSTRATION: K.B. JAWAHARR
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THE HINDU
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Cabinetranintoalegal erdignitariestookarideona PrimeMinisterNarendra orinpresentTelanganaand ChiefMinisterN.ChandrababuNaiduandVicePresidentM.
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fileda20croredefamation RailHyderabad(L&TMRH). bon. erations for passengers will isinpowerhere,Mr.Modi shoulderwiththeState Countrysdestinyisshapedinclassroom
suitagainstseniorpolice Mr.RamaRao,seatedbe run from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. said,addressingBJP government.
officerD.Roopaforbringing sideMr.Modi,andL&TMRH Special mobile app between Nagole and Miya workersgatheredatthe TermingHyderabada Special Correspondent upin1964.Hesaidpeopleof
himunderacloudofbribery chairman S.N. Subrama He unveiled special mobile pur via the Ameerpet inter Begumpetairporthereon wonderfulcity,hesaidthe INAVOLU Andhrawereinherentlyta
allegationsoverpreferential nyam were seen explaining app,tsavaari.com,andvisit changestationwiththreecar Tuesday. worldhaditssightonthe The Google search engine lented.Here,notonlythe
treatmentgiventojailed toMr.Moditheprojectand edaphotoexhibitionanda trainstoberunevery15mi Thoughourpartyhas citynowasitwashosting mayoeranswerstomany lands,butthebrainsareal
AIADMKleaderV.K.Sasikala its operations. Earlier, the coupleofpromotionallms, nutes with a capacity of notbeenblessedwithan theGlobal questions asked by stu soveryfertile,hesaid.
intheCentralPrisonhere.PTI PrimeMinisterunveiledthe which showcased the fea 1,000passengers. opportunitytoservethe EntrepreneurshipSummit. dents,butitcanneverbea
substituteforaguru(teach Conducive ambience
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The UN Environment Programme says other Indian cities should be looking at the towns handling of solid waste liketheancientgurushish Stating that technology
yaparamparawhereinguru was changing at a rapid
Staff Reporter municipalitieslike landllsitein2014. fromDecember4to6.Five wasaveneratedperson,the pace,hewantedstudentsto
Alappuzha Alappuzha,theUNEPsaid. Sincethen,thecity,often ofthe50antipollution currentagestudentsgetin keeppacewithit.Universi
Alappuzha,Keralas referredtoastheVeniceof actionslistedinaUN formation they want at the tiesshouldstrivetodevelop
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itscanals,isamongtheve Alappuzhaaddressedthe andcoastallagoonswhere directlytosolidwaste.One searchmaybeveryinforma and produce multiskilled
citiesrecognisedbythe problembyintroducinga touristsrenthouseboats, emphasisesthatcarefully tive but it can never be a students,hesaid.
UnitedNationsEnvironment decentralisedwaste hadintroduceda craftedpoliciesand substitutetoyourguru,he The VicePresident rued
Programme(UNEP)asglobal managementsystem,the decentralisedwaste regulationatthenational said,advisingstudentsnev thatnotevenoneofthe760
successstoriesinsolvingthe agencysaid.Afewyears managementsystem.Under levelarevitaltomoving ertoforgettheirteachers. universitiesinIndiahadthe
problemofsolidwaste. ago,roadsidesandcanals this,biodegradablewaste economiesontoamore He said education must wherewithal to compete
TheUNEPsreporttitled lledwithstinkinggarbage wassegregatedattheward sustainabletrack.Butitis resultinemancipation,en with the world institutions
Solidapproachtowaste: werethreateningcoastal level,andtreatedinsmall usuallyuptocitiesand lightenment,empowerment inexcellence,andsaidthere
how5citiesarebeating (Slovenia),Penang addressthemountainsof Alappuzhasstatusasa compostingplants.This townstoimplementthem andempathy.Employment wasaneedforinstitutesof
pollution,notesthatmany (Malaysia)andCajic trashpilinguponthestreets touristdestinationaswellas providesmanyofits ontheground,UNEPsays. comeslater.Thedestinyofa higher learning to raise
urbancentreshavenotrisen (Colombia)aretheother andinlandllsacrossIndia. exposingresidentsand 1,74,000residentswith Alappuzhaisamonga country is shaped in the standards,improvepedago
tothechallenge,butthe winners. Toimplementit,cities visitorsaliketocloudsof biogasforcooking,theUN handfulofmunicipalities classroom, he said, citing gy,enhanceresearchactivi
Keralatownandthefour PrimeMinisterNarendra acrosstheworldssecond iesanddiseasespreading reportsaid.Pollutionisthe thatreceivedtheCleanCity theobjectivesoftheIndian tiesandformgreaterlinkag
othercitieshaveadopteda Modi,thereportsays,chose mostpopulousnationcould mosquitoes.Protestsby themeofthe2017UN AwardfromtheCentrefor Education Commission, es with industry to equip
solidapproachtowaste. WorldEnvironmentDay doworsethanfollowthe localresidentsledtothe #
EnvironmentAssembly,to ScienceandEnvironment popularlyknownasKothari students to face the chal
Osaka( Japan),Ljubljana 2017tolaunchadriveto exampleofprogressive closureofthecitysmain beheldinNairobi,Kenya (CSE)in2016. EducationCommission,set lengesoftheworld.
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THE HINDU
IN BRIEF
Copkilledingunght NHRCnoticeto Weather Watch
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
Maharashtragovt.
withliquorsmugglers Over expulsion of a student who
accused an Army man of rape
Presidenttoarrivein Station in-charge hurt; van with foreign liquor seized in Bihar
Staff Reporter aboutbeingrapedbyanAr
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PresidentRamNathKovind
Patna tles of foreign liquor, said the police have got some TheNationalHumanRights mised her marriage. The
willarrivehereon One policeman was killed Samastipur Superintendent clues about their identity, CommissiononTuesdayis police reportedly harassed
Wednesdayonatwoday andanotherinjuredinagun ofPoliceDeepakRanjan. hesaid. sued notices to police and the girl and demanded
visittoMizoram.The battlewithliquorsmugglers Thesmugglerswillbear government authorities in 50,000toregisteranFIR,
Presidentwilladdressthe in Bihars Samastipur dis rested soon, said a senior Violationsgalore Maharashtra over the al whichwasnallylodgedaf
MizoramLegislative trictonMondaynight. ocer at the State police Last Sunday, Chief Minister legedexpulsionofaschool ter the family approached
AssemblyonThursday, The smugglers ed from headquarters. It appears NitishKumarhadreleaseda student in Latur after she the superintendent of pol
officialssaidonTuesday. the spot leaving behind a that the policemen did not surveyreportdetailinghow complained of rape by an ice.
Hewillinauguratethe vanfullofliquorbottles.Dis expect the smugglers to the ban on liquor in Bihar Armypersonnel.
HousingforthePoorProject trictpoliceocerssaidthe openreatthem,theoc hadimprovedthequalityof Taking suo motu cogni Sadisticattitude
atafunctioninRajBhavan, incidenttookplaceatHalai ersaid. life, especially for women sanceofmediareportsthat TheNHRCsaidthattheme
theofficialssaid.PTI undertheSarairanjanpolice andgirlsinruralareas.The appeared on Tuesday, the diareportspointedtowarda
station. Outofdanger State Cabinet recently ap NHRCissuednoticestothe highlysadisticandunethi Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
Twostudentscommit
In the encounter, a Bihar provedthecreationofanew Chief Secretary and Direc calattitudeofthelocalpol
suicideinOdisha Forecast for Wednesday: Heavyrainislikelyatisolatedplaces
Smugglersee Military Police havildar postofInspectorGeneralof torGeneralofPoliceofMah ice and the school
BHUBANESWAR
Therewasinformationthat (headconstable)AnilKumar Police (Prohibition) for the arashtraaswellastheLatur administration. overNicobarIslands.Densetoverydensefogislikelyatisolated
Twogirlstudentsallegedly placesoverAssam,Nagaland,Manipur,MizoramandTripura
committedsuicidebyhanging a group of smugglers was sueredabulletinjurytohis eectiveimplementationof district magistrate, asking The school authorities,
city rain max min city rain max min
intheirrespectivehostelrooms passing through the area chest.Hediedatalocalhos thestringentliquorlawen for reports within four instead of taking steps to Agartala................. .... 28.1.... 16.1 Kozhikode ............... .... 34.0.... 25.4
intheStatecapitalandat carryingahugequantityof pital.Sarairanjanpolicesta forced in the State from weeks.TheNHRCalsosent counselandsupportthevic Ahmedabad............ .... 31.9.... 12.0 Kurnool ................... .... 32.5.... 19.6
BarbilinKeonjhardistricton liquor. As soon as a police tioninchargeManojKumar Aprillastyear. a copyoftheproceedingsto tim, decided to expel her Aizawl ................... .... 28.1.... 11.6 Lucknow.................. .... 27.2.... 11.2
Allahabad .............. .... 29.8...... 9.6 Madurai...............10.1.... 30.2.... 25.6
Monday,thepolicesaid.Inthe team reached the spot, the was shot in his arm and is Ever since Bihar was de the Union Defence Secre fromtheschoolinthename Bengaluru .............. .... 29.6.... 18.2 Mangaluru............... .... 35.6.... 23.4
Statecapital,aBBAstudentof smugglersopenedre.The undergoing treatment. He claredadryState,morethan tary. ofthereputationoftheinsti Bhopal................... .... 30.3.... 11.1 Mumbai................... .... 33.6.... 18.5
a privateBSchoolwasfound policeretaliatedandthegun isoutofdanger,saidtheSP, 70,000peoplehavebeenar Asperreports,a15year tution.Thisisacaseofgrave Bhubaneswar ......... .... 31.0.... 14.9 Mysuru.................... .... 29.5.... 17.7
Chandigarh ............ .... 24.7...... 8.6 New Delhi ............... .... 28.4...... 8.6
hanginginherhostelroom,the battle continued for some adding that the liquor bot rested for violating the law oldgirlinLaturdistrictsaid violationofhumanrightsof Chennai ...............2.8.... 29.5.... 28.0 Patna ...................... .... 27.8.... 10.6
policesaid.Athirdyearstudent time,afterwhichthesmug tles and the vehicle have andovereightlakhlitresof shehadapproachedthepol the victim, the NHRC ob Coimbatore............ .... 31.2.... 23.6 Port Blair ................ .... 31.4.... 25.8
ofgovernmentrunITIofBarbil glers ed, leaving behind a beenseized.Wewillarrest liquorhavebeenseized. ice to lodge a complaint served. Dehradun............... .... 24.1...... 8.7 Puducherry..........12.1.... 29.2.... 24.0
Gangtok...............4.7.... 15.0...... 6.8 Pune ....................... .... 30.6.... 11.5
allegedlycommittedsuicideby
Goa ....................... .... 34.3.... 20.8 Raipur ..................... .... 30.2.... 14.5
hangingfromtheceilingfanof Guwahati ................3.... 25.6.... 16.6 Ranchi..................... .... 26.5.... 11.6
herhostelroom.PTI
Elephants can walk tall in South Odisha forests

Hubballi................. .... 29.0.... 17.0 Shillong................... .... 15.1...... 4.5
Hyderabad ............. .... 31.2.... 14.1 Shimla..................... .... 16.6...... 7.5
Threekilledinroad Imphal................... .... 24.0...... 8.8 Srinagar .................. .... 14.0...... 1.0
Jaipur .................... .... 29.7.... 12.0 Trivandrum ...........6.3.... 32.0.... 24.0
accidentinHaryana Kochi......................9.... 31.0.... 24.8 Tiruchi ................12.1.... 30.0.... 24.0
CHANDIGARH Kohima.................. .... 18.8.... 10.0 Vijayawada .............. .... 31.1.... 19.4
Threeyouthswerekilledand Kolkata.................. .... 29.0.... 15.8 Visakhapatnam ......... .... 31.6.... 22.0
anotherinjuredonTuesday
Discom increasing height of electric poles, using metal spikes to protect pachyderms from electrocution Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday
whentheirmotorcyclewas CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE
hitbyadumpertruckin Staff Reporter manager(GM)SouthcoUtili due to electrocution bet toit,ringsofmetalspikesare Ahmedabad ........68 ..64 33 ..236 ..... ....*
BERHAMPUR ty,P.K.Choudhury. weenJune2010andOctober being used on these poles. Bengaluru ......... ..9 120 70 ..... ...79 ....* In observation made at 4.00 p.m.,
JhajjardistrictofHaryana,the
Chennai .............49 ..30 37 ..107 ..... ....* Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh recorded an
policesaid.Allfourofthem, Increasingtheheightofelec The thrust on electrica 2012.Afterthat,noelephant These spikes prevent wild Delhi..................54 128 67 ..360 .345 ....* overall air quality index (AQI)
tricpolesandusingringsof tionofremotevillagesinfor death due to electrocution elephantsfromcomingclose score of 411
agedbetween2123years, Hyderabad .........19 ..56 67 ..198 .145 ....* indicating an unhealthy
werestudentsofalocal metal spikes around them estareasincreasedthedan occurredinthisforestrange tothepoles.Earlier,theele Kolkata ............. .. ... . ..... .......... level of pollution.
Lucknow ............13 ..92 76 ..369 ..... ....* In contrast, Thiruvananthapuram
college,theysaid.PTI have resulted in reduced ger of electrocution of wild becauseofthemeasuresta phants were tilting and Mumbai .............16 ..15 54 ..144 .176 ....* recorded a healthy AQI score of 61
number of electrocution elephants manifold. Eec kentoprotectwildelephants uprooting these poles lead Pune ..................34 ..22 69 ..100 .116 ....*
ATMwith12lakhinside deaths of wild pachyderms tive measures such as in fromelectricalsupplylines, ingtotheirelectrocution. Vishakhapatnam .15 ..12 60 ..192 .125 ....*
stoleninM.P. intheelephantcorridorsof creasing the height of elec saidforestocials. In the rst and second Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI)
KANNOD
southOdisha. tricity supply poles, using phase,thesemeasureswere SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system,
Unidentifiedpersonsstolean making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air
Accordingtotheauthori metalspikesaroundthemas Intermediarypoles initiated in 116 locations in particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues
ATMlocatedonlyafew
ties of Southco Utility, in fencingwereinitiatedtopro Underthisproject,interme Ganjam, Boudh, Kandha and monuments.
metresawayfromapolice Heightenedelectricpoles NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by
volvedinpowerdistribution tectthewildelephantsmov diarypolesareusedtohold mal,Rayagada,Koraputdis
stationatKannodinMadhya ttedwithmetalspikesto reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.
Pradeshintheearlyhoursof
insouthOdishadistricts,by inginthearea. naked electricity supply ca trictsatacostof2.66crore. CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to
theendofMarch2018,most preventelectrocutionof Eectiveness of this pro bles up so that they do not The third phase of the pro critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause
Tuesday.Theyapparently elephantsinKhaliikote dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.
triedtobreakopentheSBI elephantcorridorsinthere jectcanbeassessedfromthe sag and touch elephants jectiscovering309locations PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes,
gion would be safe for wild forestrangeinGanjam data compiled in Khallikote movinginthearea.General inGajapati,Ganjam,Boudh,
ATMatBahirawadNaka,and district. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced
uponfailing,removedand elephantherds. forestrangeunderBerham ly, the height of electric Kandhamal, Koraput and lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and
premature death in people with heart or lung disease
tookawaytheentiremachine The third phase of the cution in their movement purforestdivisioninGanjam poles is eight meters but in Rayagada districts in south (Individual pollutant data for various cities are averages for the previous day)
with12lakhinside,the project, taken up to save areas,isexpectedtobeover district.Fivewildelephants #
theelephantcorridorstheir Odishaatanestimatedcost
policesaid.PTI wildelephantsfromelectro by that time, said general haddiedinthisforestrange heightisninemeters.Added of22.64crore.
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IN BRIEF Indialosesbillions
HadiyareturnstocollegeinSalem toairpollution:UN
PostSCorder,theKeralawomanwastakentoahostelatSuramangalamamidtightsecurity
Highlevelpoliticalcommitmentstressed
Syed Muthahar Saqaf
SALEM
Nobaron SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT production patterns conti
Mamatasnephewsues
Mukulfordefamation
A day after the Supreme
Courtfreedherfromthecus
husband NEW DELHI
Indiahadthehighestshare
nue as they are, the linear
economic model of take
KOLKATA
TrinamoolCongressMPand
todyofherfathertopursue
herstudies,HadiyaaliasAk
meetingher ofwelfarecosts(oralossof
income from labour), of
makedisposewillseriously
burden an alreadypolluted
MamataBanerjeesnephew
AbhishekBanerjee(in hilaofKerala,wasbroughtto about $220 billion (about planet,aectingcurrentand
the Sivaraj Homoeopathic Special Correspondent
picture)onTuesdayfileda 1.4 trillion), in South and future generations, the re
New Delhi
criminaldefamationsuitina Medical College and Re SouthEastAsiaofacom portsforewordconcludes.
courthereagainstBJPleader searchInstituteinSivadapu Hadiya alias Akhila Aso bined total of $380 billion To curb pollution in va
MukulRoyforsayingthat ram, about 10 km from Sa kan, the 25yearold wo from mortality due to air riousforms,theUNEPcalled
BiswaBanglawasnota lem, from New Delhi amid man who was freed from pollution,accordingtoare forstronghighlevelpolitical
governmententitybuta tight police security. On thecustodyofherparents port by the United Nations commitment and engage
companyownedbyhim.PTI reaching the college cam by the Supreme Court on Environment Programme ment of the local govern
pus, which was completely Monday,canmeetherhus (UNEP). ment,civilsocietyandother
Nestle,distributors cordoned o by the police band Shan Jahan at the Theglobalmortalitycosts stakeholders.Pollutionisa
fined62lakhinU.P. and kept out of bounds for Salem college where she from outdoor air pollution universalchallenge[but]the
LUCKNOW thepublic,sheenteredPrin was allowed to return to areprojectedtorisetoabout goodnewsisthatwealready
MultinationalgiantNestleis cipal G. Kannans room complete her homoeo $25 trillion by 2060 in the knowwhatweneedtodoto
underthescanneronceagain around7p.m. pathyinternship. absence of more stringent preventandreduceit,UN
asthecompany,alongwith Duringher40minutestay Freeatlast:HadiyagettingdownfromapolicevehicleattheSivarajHomoeopathicMedical An NIA ocial said the measures. At regional and EP Executive Director Erik
itsdistributors,hasbeen insidethePrincipalsroom, CollegeandResearchInstituteinSalemonTuesday. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT SCorderdidnotbarMr.Ja
*
national scale, Chinas wel Solheimsaidinastatement,
fined62lakhbythe the Kerala police, who es hanfrommeetingMs.Ha fare costs from mortality stressingthatnowtheres
Shahjahanpuradministration diya, and he could meet
cortedherfromNewDelhi, oneyearinternship.Thelet ChancelloroftheDr.M.G.R. thehostel.Hesaidthatnobo werethehighestatnearly$1 ponsibility is on govern
inUttarPradeshafter heratthecollegehostel.
gavealetterformallydeclar ter to the university would MedicalUniversityforcon dy would be allowed to trillion followed by the Or ments, businesses, cities
samplesofitspopular OnTuesday,Ms.Hadiya
ing the handing over of the besentonWednesdayitself, donationofthebreakofstu speak to her without the ganisation for Economic and local authorities, civil
noodlesMaggitestedsub told reporters in Delhi, I
standard.Thetestsfound
studentbacktothecollegeas thePrincipaltoldmediaper dies period and seek per Principalspermission. Corporation and Develop society and individuals
pertheSupremeCourtsor sons. mission for resuming the A groupofstudentsledby have not been able to ment(OECD)countrieswith aroundtheworldtocommit
thattheMaggisampleshad
der. An acknowledgement Ms.Hadiyajoinedtheve studies, the sources said. A activistM.ValarmathiofPe speaktomyhusbandyet.I a combinedtotalof$730bil toacttobeatpollutioninall
ashcontentwayabovethe
for the same was issued by andahalfyearBHMScourse PTIreport,quotingthecol riyarUniversitymadeanat hopeIcandosoinSalem. lion,thereportaddedquot itsforms.
permissiblelimit.Thesamp
lesweretakenfortestingin Mr. Kannan. Media person waybackin2010.Shehadal legePrincipal,saidMs.Hadi tempttospeaktoMs.Hadi Ms.HadiyasfatherK.M. inga2016projectionbythe Toachievehighlevelpol
2015,thecompanysaid. nelwereallowedentryinto ready completed the four ya would continue her stu ya, but in vain. They held AsokanwasquotedbyPTI OECD. itical commitment in key
the college only after frisk andahalfyear course and dies under her previous placards and raised slogans assayingthathewelcomed economicsectors,thereisa
Muzaffarnagarwoman ing.Shewasthentakenamid hadtoundertaketheintern Hinduname,Akhila. suchas,FreeHadiya,Stand the Supreme Court deci Serious burden needtogobeyondtheenvi
rapedbycousins,uncles tight security to the hostel ship programme for one in solidarity with Hadiya, sionallowinghisdaughter Although certain forms of ronmentalministriesandin
MEERUT run by the college at Sura year.Withthis,theprospects Slogans raised standupagainstjudicialter tocontinueherstudiesbut pollutionhavebeenreduced clude other relevant minis
A womanfromMuzaffarnagar mangalam, about 10 km of her continuing and com Thecollegewouldallowher rorism, Hindu Fascism, Pa didnotwantaterroristin as technologies and man tries.
wasrapedallegedlybyher fromthecollegecampus. pleting her Bachelor of Ho to continue the internship triarchalfascism. thefamily.Thecourthas agementstrategieshavead The report, Towards a
cousinsandtwounclesasshe Mr. Kannan said the col moeopathic Medicine and programme and complete Earlier,Ms.Hadiyaarrived notgivenanyoneguardian vanced, approximately 19 pollutionfree planet, was
elopedandmarriedamanof legewouldwritetotheTamil Surgery(BHMS)undergrad theBHMScourse,iftheUn at the Coimbatore airport ship, including Shan Ja million premature deaths launched during the rst
a differentcaste.According Nadu Dr. MGR Medical Un uate degree programme iversityauthoritiesagreedto around4.15p.m.andleftfor han,ofmychild,Mr.Aso are estimated to occur an ConferenceofPartiesforthe
topolice,thevictim,a iversitythealiatingbody were bright, said college condone her break, the Salembyroadafewminutes kanwasquotedbyPTI.He nuallyasaresultoftheway Minamata Convention,
residentofDhanedavillage, forthecollegeseekingper sources. As per rules, the sources said. Mr. Kannan thereafter. Said that only close rela societies use natural re whichaddressesmercuryis
waskidnappedbyhercousins missionforreadmittingher studenthadtoapplythrough said that Ms. Hadiya would (WithinputsfromKarthik tiveslikehimwereallowed sourcesandimpacttheenvi sues, and ahead of the an
atthebehestofherfather andpermittinghertodoher the Principal to the Vice stayalongwith114othersin MadhavaninCoimbatore) tomeethisdaughter. ronmenttosupportproduc nual UN Environment As
andbrothers,andwasgang
tion and consumption, it sembly, to be held in early
rapedforoveramonth.
notes.Ifconsumptionand December.
S Durga notscreenedatIFFI ITDept.crackdown Agencytodiscuss

continuesinChennai IITsproposals
Inanunprecedentedmove,CBFCwithdrawscerticateoverchangeintitle
S. Vijay Kumar TheHindu. Raidswerecon Vikas Pathak Kanpur for nances aimed
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FilmFestivalofIndia(IFFI),
which concluded on Tues
Peacock places outside the city as
part of their continuing
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boost infrastructure, espe
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seeking proposals from all
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day evening, with the Cen crackdown on suspected dationsrunsSpectrumMall tories,inhighereducational ago.ApartfromtheveIITs,
Special correspondent
tralBoardofFilmCertica PANAJI
shell companies and tax atPeramburinnorthChen institutionsisreadytodis the National Institute of
tion (CBFC), in an evasion. nai. cussandapproveproposals TechnologyatSurathkalhas
unprecedentedmove,with Moroccoborn French di Theraidswerebasedon Theocialsaidtheraids for nancial support from alsosoughtsupport,sourc
drawingitscerticatetothe DirectorandleadactorofS Durga SanalKumarSasidharan, rector Robin Campillos specicinputsoflargescale werenotrelatedtotheones thetopveIITs. essaid.
lm over a change in the right,andKannanNayarholdingaprotestattheIFFIvenue. drama 120 BPM won the taxevasion,moneylaunder conducted earlier on the Thebodyisallsettomeet Thequantumofnances
title. coveted Golden Peacock ingandmisappropriationof premises of jailed AIADMK todiscusstheproposalssent to be facilitated will be de
Following the ( jury) contentiousandthattheIn lead actor of S Durga Kan Awardatthe48thInterna fundsthroughshellcompa leaderV.K.Sasikalaandher inbyIITsofMumbai,Delhi, cided by HEFA, based on
screeningofthelm,certain dian Panorama jury which nan Nayar staged a token tionalFilmFestivalofIndia nies, a senior ocial told kin. Chennai, Kharagpur and theproposals.
issuesrelatedtothecertica watchedthelmonMonday protestneartheIFFIscreen (IFFI)onTuesday.
tion of the lm with refe had complained about the ingfacility. TheGoldenPeacockcar
rencetothetitlewereraised. change. The chances of it being ries a cash prize of 40
This was referred to the A communiqu from the screened at the upcoming lakh,tobesharedequally
CBFC for clarication. As a CBFC oce, Thiruvanan InternationalFilmFestivalof betweentheproducerand
consequencetotheordersof thapuram division, signed Kerala now appear bleak. thedirector.
CBFC,thelmcannotbeex by Dr. Pratibha A. and re KeralaStateChalachitraAca The Best Actor (Male)
hibitedtilltheissuesarere ceivedhereonTuesdaysaid, demyocialshadonTues AwardwenttoNahuelPe
solved,festivaldirectorSu ...now we have received day said that a special rez Biscaryat for his por
nitTandonsaidinaletterto complaintsfromtheIFFIju screening would be organ trayalofAIDSactivistSean
Mr.Sasidharan. ryatGoathatthetitleofthe ised for the awardwinning Dalmazoin120BPM.
According to sources, at lm on the title card is lm.Sincetheboardhasor Chinese Vivian Qu won
thescreeningheldherelate shown by the lmmaker as dered for recensoring the theBestDirectorAwardfor
onMondayevening,thejury S###Durga whichhastotal lm,itcanbescreenedhere her2017lmAngels Wear
voted74infavourofscreen lydierentimplicationsand onlyifitclearsthatprocess, White.
ing the lm at the festival. are eectively undermining said academy chairman TheBestActor(Female)
But the CBFC has now said andattemptingtodefeatthe Kamal. award went to Parvathy
that the change in the title very basis of the title regis (With inputs from S.R T.K.fortheroleofanurse
fromSexyDurga toSDurga trationandchangeseected PraveeninThiruvananthap inMaheshNarayanansMa
andthentoS###Durga was thereby.Mr.Sasidharanand uram) layalamlmTakeO.
Bewaryof Mehboobaays
radicalforces,
Bengalurged assaultonprisoners
Spaecial Correspondent proper security for the in
Special Correspondent Srinagar matessothatsuchincidents
Kolkata Jammu and Kashmir Chief donothappenagain.
PresidentRamNathKovind MinisterMehboobaMuftihas On Monday, the High
onTuesdayurgedtheWest sought the intervention of Court termed as very dis
Bengal government to UnionHomeSecretaryRajiv turbing the alleged attack
guardagainsttheforcesof Gaubaintotheallegedbeat oninmateslodgedinahigh
radicalismandextremism ing up of Kashmiri inmates riskwardinjailnumber1on
withcrossborderlinkages bytheTiharjailauthorities. thenightofNovember21.
whichexploitedthedemo Anocialspokesmansaid
craticspaceinthecountry. here on Tuesday that Ms. Without any reason
Being a border State Muftiexpressedconcernov TheHighCourtwashearing
givesBengalcertainadvan erthereportsofallegedha a PIL by advocate Chinmay
tages,italsogivesitcertain rassment and manhandling Kanojia,whoallegedthathis
responsibilities. Forces of of some inmates from the clientShahidYousuf,sonof
radicalismandextremism, StateatTiharJailinNewDel Syed Salahuddin, currently
some of them with cross hibyateamoftheTamilNa beinginvestigatedbytheNa
border linkages, seek to duSpecialPoliceonNovem tional Investigation Agency
take advantage of our de ber21night.Thespokesman (NIA) and undergoing trial,
mocratic spaces. We must saidMr.Gaubaassuredherof was beaten up without any
guard against them, Mr. athoroughprobeandpun reasonbytheTiharjailsta.
Kovind said at an event in ishment to the culprits for When the incident was
Kolkata violatingthejailmanual. brought to the attention of
ThePresident,whowas Meanwhile, the Tihar jail theHighCourtonNovember
onhismaidenvisittoWest authorities said they will 22, the court had set up a
Bengal after assuming the cooperate with the three committee of senior High
highestoce,wasgranted member factnding com Courtjudicialocialstolook
a civic reception by the mittee formed by the Delhi intothematter.
State government. Speak High Court to inquire into The committee, in its re
ing on the ambitious Act the incident in which 18 in port,opinedthattheinmates
East Policy of the Union mateswereallegedlybeaten werebeatenupwithoutany
government, Mr. Kovind upbythejailstaonNovem justiablereason.Thecourt
said the people of Bengal ber 21. The jail authorities xed the matter for further
werecrucialtothepolicy. said that they will ensure hearingonDecember19.
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8 EDITORIAL NOIDA/DELHI

THE HINDU
ThedreamandtherealityofAAP
Thegapiswidebutonecannotgrudgeitacelebratorycakeevenwhilelookingcriticallyatitsnextmove
Panza. party that had heroically battled
Also,theBJPkeptgnawingatits thedrugmenaceandbroughtitto
Freedomrst edges,playingtotheambitionsof
lesserplayers.Forallitspublicised
publiclight.Thebattletocreatea
moreopenbudget,tohaveamore
senseofideologicalrectitude,the inclusiveeducationalmodel toral
TheSupremeCourtsorderallowingHadiya BJPwaspragmaticaboutenticing lythepublicaroundpollutionwas
freedomofmovementwaslongoverdue shiv visvanathan oorcrossers.TheBJPcouldcom notasconvincing.Onecannotde
bine hypocrisy and pragmatism cide whether it was a failure of
B
yfreeingHadiya,a25yearoldfromKeralawho
while AAP was expected to be communication or halfchewed
converted to Islam, from her parents custody,
T
heAamAadmiParty(AAP)is idealistic.Yetforallthis,itwasthe ideas of governance. As a sym
theSupremeCourthasprotectedherfreedomto veyearsold.WhenIreport voter that insisted on sustaining pathiser remarked sadly, as an
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choose her religion and her freedom of movement. edthistoafriendofmine,he thedreamofAAP,convincedthat asthmatic,Mr.Kejriwalcouldhave
Suchanorderwaslongoverdue,consideringthatshe laughedandsaidthatAAPisacon AAPasahypothesis,analternative brought a dierence passion to
hasbeenlivingwithherparentsagainstherwilland ceptthatunfortunatelydegenerat ideamustsurvive.AAPremained solvingpollution.
wishedtobeallowedtobewithherhusbandandprac edintoaparty.AAPwasasetof theonepartythatcouldtrounce Byyearve,fromanepidemic
idealsandonewasexcitedbythe nongovernmental organisation joinedthepartyfoundthemselves the BJP. The BJP had to live with dreamofalternativepolitics,AAP
tiseherreligion.Itisamatterofsatisfactionthatthe
number of idealistic people who and political party, and be naive atoddswithit,infactsometimes the irony that it swept India but had become a more modest hy
courthasnowemphasisedherpersonallibertyrather joineditstudents,activists,IFS enoughtobequixotic.Thebegin conveyinganaestheticdistastefor could not win Lutyens Delhi. It pothesis.Yetitcreatedasenseof
than curtailing her freedom on a totally unrelated ocers.Infact,therstcasualty ningwasalmostlikeareverie.Sad it. Second, many who joined it was an irony it must have found excitement among people across
ground,namelythatshewaslikelytoberadicalised. ofAAPwasitsideals.Itshedalot ly,hisTeoncoatedattitudetofe promisinganewsenseofsolidari painful as all its sanchalaks won India. There was a magic to the
Hadiya, whose original name was Akhila, had been ofitsearlyexemplarstobecomea minist issues did not work and ty across a variety of styles deredwhenthefairystorycalled idea which almost has an exis
practisingIslamfornearlytwoyears,andhadtoface moremundaneparty.Onewishes instead of sounding progressive, seemedtoreturntotheiroldnar ArvindKejriwalwouldend. tenceparalleltothetravailsofthe
judicialproceedingstwiceattheinstanceofherfather, AAPhadremainedanexperiment, he betrayed hints of a khap pan cissism. Each was an egoist who Butwhatlocalbossescouldnot actualparty.Peopleoftentalkof
a perpetualhypothesisreworking chayatmindset.Yet,hisaudience thought he was the party. Third, do,theLt.Governorcould.Hebe inventinganAAPinChennai,Thi
whoallegedthatherconversionwasinvoluntaryand
theideaofpoliticsandeventheri wasloyal.Eachofuscouldreelo AAPasanideabecameination cameabarriertoAAP,moreloyal ruvananthapuram,orBengaluru.
partofaploybycommunalgroupstoradicaliseherand tualofthepolitical.Thebanalisa thenamesofidealisticpeoplewho ary. It threatened to promise an than the king. Many AAP experi AAP as an unocial dream ap
sendherabroadtojointheIslamicState.Thecourthas tionofAAPmightbeitsbiggesttra hadjoinedhim.Theycamefrom allIndiaimpactwhenitwasstilla mentswerestillbornasheassert pears to have a life of its own.
nowallowedHadiyatogotoSaleminTamilNaduand gedy. many walks of life and helped localphenomenon.Thedreamof edhisprimacyoverAAP.Itwasan Thereisanoptimismaboutsuch
complete her internship as part of a homoeopathy create a halo of expectation AAP was bigger than the reality oddcaseofthelawupholdingan politics that is both moving and
course.Itissomewhatironicthatittooknearlyayear A longjourney aroundtheparty. called AAP. Oddly, it is this very appointedoveranelectedocial. endearing.
andalongspellofjudiciallyorderedconnementfor When it appeared, there was so Therewasalsoasenseofmoral reaching for the impossible that The battle between Mr. Kejriwal Yet,onesensesareversetrend
mething carnivalesque about it. luckbecausetheCongresswasat brought it down. As Humpty andNajeebJungbecametheCapi around Delhi. Aspirational Delhi
Hadiyatooptforthesamecourseofactionthatwasof
AnnaHazareappearedlikeanOld theheightofitsinanity.IftheBha Dumpty,itcouldbeputtogether talsfavouritePunchandJudybat seems to have dropped ideals as
feredtoherbytheKeralaHighCourtinDecember2016. Testament prophet and Arvind ratiya Janata Party (BJP) had be againonlylocally. tle as the Congress and the BJP unnecessary or unconvincing.
TheHighCourthadbeenallsettopassorderstoenable Kejriwal, who is now Delhi Chief comeformidableasthemainbet, Thelocaldramaswereofadif watched this development with Delhi prefers the grim realism of
hertogotoSalemforthesamepurpose,whenonDe Minister, as a milder version al manyfeltAAPasasidebetwould ferent and more mundane kind. obviousdelight. PrimeMinisterNarendraModi,or
cember21,2016,shedisclosedthatacoupleofdaysear mosthadthegentlenessofalater sustainamorecreativepolitics.In Theyhadamoreroutinequalityto thecynicalpowerofBJPpresident
lier she had married a man called Shan Jahan. The Testament. Mr. Hazare smelt thebeginning,theverydisorderof them, from factionalism to the Ageingfast AmitShah.Yetthereisaloyaltyto
High Court then annulled her marriage, calling it a Gandhian, more Swadeshi rather AAPconveyedthatsenseofeer predictablemelodramaofcorrup As time went by, AAP seemed to Mr.Kejriwalandhisdreamofade
shamandarusetoscuttletheproceedings. Swaraj,buthisbattleagainstcor vescence. There was a gossip of tion.Forapartythatcameinlikea agefaster.ArealisticMr.Kejriwal centralisedpolityamongmigrants
ruption and alcohol had an old thenew,arealsenseofpluralism, bunch of Savonarolas, its private echoing the problems of gover toDelhi,amongthemarginsofthe
Whateverthetruthabouthermarriage,therewere
fashionedstyletoit.Hereekedof a bilingualidealismwhereEnglish livesweremorequestionablethan nancewaslessimpressiveanden middle class, people who still
serious reservations about the High Courts observa nostalgia and India wanted the speakingcollegestudentsandHin itspublicface.Asenseofscandal gagingthathisearlierquixoticin senseanauthenticityandhopein
tionstotheeectthatawomansmarriagerequiresthe nostalgia of Gandhi and the na dispeakingactivistsfoundameet ateintotheparty.OddlyMr.Kejri carnation,thepartysymbolofthe hisprogrammesandarereadyto
involvementofherparentsandthatevenifshehadat tionalmovementforawhile.But ingpoint.Formanyofthem,polit wal,asaleader,seemedstrangely broom less magical than before. wait.
tainedtheageofmajorityshewasstillatavulnerable onesensedanauthoritarianstreak ics oered the possibility of a oblivioustoallthis.Heseemedto Comrades who were once core A new party has survived ve
age.Theeasewithwhichthefreedomofanadultwo inhim,andMr.Kejriwalseemedto career which allowed for both read it as teething pains, con members claimed more prime years.Onecannotgrudgeitacele
mantomakelifedecisionscouldbecurtailedbyjudi be more netuned to the new idealsandarealimpact.AAPfora vincedthatsomekindofnaturo timethanMr.Kejriwal.Yogendra bratory cake even as one looks
generation. few months seemed to be the pathywouldcurebothhisasthma YadavandPrashantBhushanwere criticallyatitsnextmove.
cialordersleftmanyaghast.Itisdoubtfulifsimilarre
AsaformerIndianInstituteof harbingerofanewfuture. and the partys growing sense of moreeectiveatdentingthepre
markswouldhavebeenmadeiftheconvertwasaman. Technology student and revenue disorder. Also, he seemed less tensions of AAP than in building
Fromthisperspective,theSupremeCourtsorderisto ocer,heseemedmorereal.His Tooinationary quixotic.Itisasifhehadswitched their own constituencies with Shiv Visvanathan is Professor, Jindal
bewelcomedasitgivesprimacytoawomansfreedom arrivalwasgreetedwithasenseof Butthreethingshappenedwhich costumestobeHamletwhileMan SwarajAbhiyan. Global Law School and Director, Centre
tochoosehermannerofliving.TheSupremeCourthas unprecedented joy. AAP seemed vitiated these possibilities. First, ish Sisodia, Delhis Deputy Chief TheresultsinPunjaboereda for the Study of Knowledge Systems, O.P
alsomadeitclearthattheNationalInvestigationAgen amphibious enough to be both many outstanding people who Minister,continuedtoplaySancho small breather as AAP was one Jindal Global University
cycancontinueitsongoingprobe.Thispreservesthe
scopeforalawfulinvestigationintothesuspicionthat
thereisanorganisedcampaigntorecruityoungpeople
foroverseasoperations.Anyprobeintothisphenome
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tizens to trophy hunt. However, sport hunting; these are embed
theliftingofimportbansforele Impactonconservation dedindierentculturalcontexts,
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epalvotedonSundayintherstphaseofparlia
yearold blackmaned male Criticsfearthatlionsmayonce out in about 1.4 million sq km in tionistshasrealconsequencesfar
mentaryelectionsunderitsnewConstitutionof
lion,strolledoutofHwangeNa againbeatarget.Giventhatpopu Africa,morethan22%ofareaco away (from their homes) in rural
2015andwiththeelectoralbattlelinesredrawn tionalParkinZimbabwe(somesay lationsofbothelephantsandlions veredbynationalparksinAfrica. Africawhereanimalsandpeople
inarecentlyalteredpoliticallandscape.Therstround hewasbaitedandluredout),and andmanyotherspeciesremainof To increase the scope of ecotou live in close proximity with each
wasmostlyconcentratedintheupperhillregions,with fell prey to an American trophy conservationconcern,itiswidely rism (the most frequently pro other. An undue focus on issues
therestofthecountryscheduledtovoteonDecember hunter, a furore ensued. The un believed that actions to protect ties,populationsseemtobedoing posedrevenuegenerationalterna such as trophy hunting can take
7.UniquelyforNepalshighlyfragmentedpartypolitics, fortunate lion happened to be a such species must continue. But better. tive) to this level seems unviable awayfromrealproblemssuchas
these elections witness a direct battle between two studyanimalcollaredandtracked several questions remain unan Trophy hunting has also been given that many of these land conictaswellaswidespreadhab
fronts.Therst,thedemocraticalliance,isledbythe byOxfordUniversity,andbeloved swered:Istrophyhuntinggoodfor favourablyimplicatedintherecov scapes are not conducive to tou itatlossanddegradation.Thelat
oftouristsonaccountofhisreadi conservationordoesitcontribute ery of individual species such as rism. Moreover, some experts ter are enabled by the massive
Nepali Congress and includes the former Panchayat
ness to provide easy photoops. topopulationdeclines?Ishunting the black rhino and the straight claim that compared to ecotou landgrabsperpetratedbymultina
partiesandMadhesigroups;thesecond,theleftal Cecilsdeathsooncatalysedanin ethical,andbywhosestandards? hornedmarkhor,aspeciesofwild rism, highvalue trophy hunting tional companies on the conti
liance,bringstogether,inasurpriseagreementham ternationalslangingmatchwhere Should hunting be banned, and goatfoundinPakistan.Inthespec has a lower ecological footprint. nent.Theongoingtrophyhunting
meredoutinearlyOctober,theCommunistPartyofNe animalrightsactivistsandcelebri whodecides? ic case of lions, WildCRUs own Thecaution,however,isthatlike andanimalrightsdebatesaswell
pal(UniedMarxistLeninist)andtheCommunistParty ties traded insults with hunters Theequationisnotsimple;ge report identies habitat loss and other marketbased mechanisms as the conservation politics sur
ofNepal(Maoist Centre).Onthefaceofit,thisisan and their supporters. While the neric hunting bans do not auto degradation,aswellasthelossof such as payments for ecosystem rounding large charismatic spe
electoral battle between the forces belonging to the conservation community was di maticallyleadtoincreasesinwil preybase and conict with local services or ecotourism, trophy cieshavebeenelementsofalong
videdinitssupport,localAfrican dlife. For example, in countries communitiesoverlivestocklosses hunting is also riddled by pro term,whitedominatedgamethat
centrerightandthecentreleft,buttoreduceittoan
voiceswerehardlyheard. such as Kenya and India, where asprimarythreats.Trophyhunt blemssuchaslackoflocalregula isalsoindicativeofadistinctcolo
ideological battle would be misleading. The NC, the hunting bans came into force in ing,itconcludes,couldbeproble tion,rentseekingandcorruption, nial hangover reminiscent of the
UML and the Maoists have been in power at various Accidentalmascot the1970s,wildlifepopulationsdo matic only for some populations which can derail such projects. Scramble for Africa, that once
pointsinthelastdecadeandhavedonelittletodistin Following this incident, trophy not seem to fare better than in butreiteratesthatthereislimited Trophy hunting therefore has again ignores African voices and
guish themselves by way of implementing socioeco huntinghasreceivedmuchpress countrieswherehuntingisongo evidencetoshowthatithassub mixedresults,withavarietyoffac groundrealities.
nomicpoliciesorintermsofperformance.TheConsti andaction.Thankstothisacciden ing.Onthecontrary,inbothSouth stantial negative implications at tors determining its success or
tutionwritingprocesswascompletedinfartoomany tal mascot, nancial support for AfricaandNamibiawherewildlife nationalorregionallevels.Infact, failure.
OxfordsWildlifeConservationRe has been commoditised (trophy the report states that the most Atthesametime,thispragmatic Meera Anna Oommen is Associate
ts and starts largely due to shortsighted battles for
searchUnit(WildCRU)pouredin. hunting, wildlife tourism, com fundamental benet of trophy approachtoconservationclashes Director at Dakshin Foundation,
oneupmanship among these parties in Kathmandu Amongthekeyactions,subspecies mercialmeatproductionaswellas huntingtolionconservationisthat frequentlywiththeanimalrights Bangalore and Kartik Shanker is Director,
since2008.Populismdominatestheideologicalposi oflionsatriskfromdierentpop localconsumption)andmanaged itprovidesanancialincentiveto philosophies embedded within ATREE, Bangalore. The views expressed
tionsofthemajorpartiesandthepoliticsofpatronage ulationpressureswereplacedon forthebenetoflocalcommuni maintain lion habitat that might the wildlife conservation debate. are personal
hasgovernedtheirengagementwiththepeople.The
consequenceofthishasbeenlackofmovementonkey LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
issuesfacingtheunderdevelopednationstate.
One such issue that dominated the political dis HopeforHadiya allegationofHindugirls inthemuchpublicised indenyinghertherightto coreofit(EditorialSink awayavaluableasset:
courseinthelasthalfdecadehasbeentheneedforde WhattheSupremeCourt beingluredintomarriageto Hadiyacase,bytellingher convertonherownvolition yourdierences,November analyticalthinking.
centralisationandrepresentationofthemarginalised didonthedayitheard itslogicalconclusion. thatshemusthaveabilityto andmarryapersonofher 28).Judicialoverreach/ Absorbing,analysingand
communities.Madhesisandjanajatis (tribals)havecon Hadiyawasmixed.Itdid Therightsofafreecitizen standuponyour ownfeet choice.Thehallmarkofour activism,theperceived criticisingareessential.
tinuedtoclaimthattheirdemandsforadequatestate therightthinginfreeing inafreecountrycannotbe andlivealifeofdignity,for Constitutionisthefreedom inertia ofthegovernmentin Vidhya B. Ragunath,
restructuringandfederalismwerenotmetinthenew herfromparentalcustody suspendedinthismanner. whichshemustreturnto tofollowthereligionofones publicaairs,andanopacity Thanjavur,TamilNadu
Constitution. The new electoral alliances have sub andlettinghernishher Thereisnovirtuein collegeandnishherstudies choice,whichincludesthe injudicialappointmentsare
internship.Atthesame conformingtothe there.Thisconveysthegreat righttoconvert,andgender someissues.Iftheexecutive Islamabadstando
sumedsuchdierenceswiththeMaoists,whowere
time,inwithholdingits dominantpoliticalnarrative message thatall students justice.InHadiyascase, andthejudiciaryaretosink Therecentturmoilin
willingtograntsuchdemandsforamendmentstothe decisiononhermarriage, withoutthestrengthofthe shouldconcentrateontheir thesefundamentalrights theirdierences,the Pakistanmakesmoreexplicit
newConstitution,joininghandswiththeUML,whichis thetopcourtdidnotcrown law.Nothingcanbemore studiestostandupontheir wereviolated.Forced responsibilityrestsmore thedecayedpolitical
strongly opposed to any concessions. Similarly, the itselfwithgloryasan unjustandinhumanthan ownfeetandlivealifeof conversionofanadultis withthejudiciary.Aperson landscapewithinthecountry
NayaShaktiParty,aedglingsocialistparty,hasbroken upholderofrightsand preventingamarried dignity.Unfortunately, unfathomableandfar mustbelivingunderastone (EditorialRoadtochaos
awayfromtheleftallianceandaligneditselfwiththeNC freedomsguaranteedby couplefromlivingtogether manyyoungstersdotend fetched.Theconceptoflove ifhethinksthatjudicial andClosingdowna
despitesignicantdierencesoverstaterestructuring theConstitution. underthesameroofon strayawayfromthepath, jihadisconfusingand appointmentsarecompletely country,November28).
Mostdisquietingly,byits imsypoliticalreasons. maybeoutofignorance, subjecttovarying onthebasisofmerit. Eversincethecivilian
andotherissues.Thepoliticaluxhasmeantthatvital
silence,thecourthas Hadiyahasstoodbyher illconceiveddreams,and interpretations.Whileonly Kiran Babasaheb Ransing, politicalleadershipwasgiven
issuesofeconomicdevelopmenthaveremainedlargely perhapsunwittingly lenta husband withcourageand evenwrongguidance.That forcedconversionisan Kedgaon,Ahmednagar,Maharashtra someshape,ithaswielded
unaddressed, belying hopes that Nepals transition semblanceofcredenceto determinationinthefaceof herreligiousconversion, oence,thereisnovalid limitedpoweraslongasit
fromamonarchytoarepublicwouldforegroundthe therightwingsbogeyof adversityandprovedthat allegedlovemarriageandall reasonfordenyingtherights Onereading wasatthepleasureofthe
peoplesconcerns.Theclearcontest,forthersttime, lovejihad.Itshouldhave loveisthemarriageoftrue otherissuesraisedinthe duetoHadiya. Likeotherthings,ereading military.Butthereishopeas
betweentwoprepollalliancesmaynallygiveanideo avoidedwadinginto minds.Sheshouldnotbe case wereofsecondary S.V. Venkatakrishnan, hasitsprosandconstoo thejudiciaryhasbeentrying
logicalandpoliticalshapetotherepublicanpolityasa politicalterritoryand sacricedonthealtarof importanceisalsoanother Bengaluru (Teachstudentstoeread, toset thingsright.Till
assertedthecentralityof religioushatred. lesson. November28).Withthe democracyinitstruesense
battle of ideas, and mark a break from the years of
individualfreedomasthe G. David Milton P.R.V. Raja, Dierencesintheopen adventoftheInternet,the prevailsinPakistan,wemust
squabbling over positions of power in Kathmandu. cornerstoneofthe Maruthancode,TamilNadu Pandalam,Kerala Thereappearstobea educationsystemhas be vigilant.
Clearly,thevotersarenotcynical: theturnoutinthe Constitution.Itcouldhave simmeringconictbetween undergonedrasticchanges. Sreerag Raman Sreenivasan,
rstphaseonNovember26wasestimatedtobe65%. takenitsquestionwhyit Itisforallparentsand TheSupremeCourthas theexecutiveandthe Thoughereadinghelpsusin Thiruvananthapuram
Thepoliticiansmustnowdeliver. shouldnotdelinkthe theirchildrennottoforget steppedintosetrightthe judiciary,withsome reducingour dependenceon more letters online:
HadiyacasefromtheNIAs theSupremeCourtsadvice injusticecausedtoanadult, fundamentalissuesatthe theprintmedia,itistaking www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/
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THE WEDNESDAY INTERVIEW | PRAKASH KARAT
CPI(M) cannot be part of an alliance with the Congress

The former general secretary of the CPI(M) on coalition politics, and why extra-parliamentary struggles are crucial
Sobhana K. Nair government has been in pread protests at all levels, reaching out to the youth.
power continuously since withtheLDF(LeftDemocrat Thishastobedone.
At a time when the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is de- 1993,thatis24years.Tripura ic Front) government itself As far as the CPI(M) Cen
bating its political tactical line that will determine its position is a wellgoverned State un takingthelead. tral Committee (CC) is con
under the Opposition umbrella, the partys former general se- dertheManikSarkargovern cerned,bythetimesomeone
cretary Prakash Karat argues that there is no place for the ment.Ithasanexemplaryre In 2011, Marxist historian comes to the CC, it takes
CPI(M) in a Congress-led alliance. With the CPI(M) line to be cordinimplementingsocial Eric Hobsbawm, when around 2025 years of work
decided at the crucial party congress in April 2018, he discuss- welfareschemes,inbecom asked to list the global in the party, either in the
es the current political scenario, the challenge the Left faces in ingthemostliterateState,in events that had surprised Statesorinthemassorgani
Tripura, and CPI(M)-RSS tensions in Kerala. Excerpts: providing the highest num him, counted the Left sations.ButattheStatelevel,
berofmandaysofworkun governments defeat in West youngerpeoplearetakingup
What is your overall together ahead of the 2019 dertheMGNGREGA,andso Bengal as one. What is the responsibilities.Around20%
assessment of the current Lok Sabha elections, on. Above all, it is the Left CPI(M) doing to resuscitate of party membership is be
political scenario? especially after the Front government which itself in West Bengal? low31years.
experience of the failed broughtpeacetotheStateby
TheBJP,sincethe2014Lok Mahagatbandhan in Bihar? eectivelycounteringtheex TheLeftFrontgovernment CPI(M) ranks are woefully
Sabhaelections,hasexpand tremist insurgency, and ruled in West Bengal for 34 short of women. How does
ed its inuence. It has Itisunrealistictoexpectall maintainingtribalnontribal years,winningsevensucces the party plan to improve it?
emerged as the dominant the secular Opposition par unity. So whatever antiin sive Assembly elections. It
politicalpartyattheallIndia ties to come together for a cumbencyisthere,itwillbe lostin2011andin2016.This Notwoefullyshortbutin
M. PERIASAMY

level, displacing the Con grand alliance. The expe overcome by these positive is not just an electoral set sucient. More than 15% of
gress.Thisisthenewreality. rienceoftheMahagatband factors. back,itispartofaviciousan partymemberswerewomen
However, in the last six haninBiharisthere.With The BJP has become the tiLeftcampaigninwhichthe in2015.By2018,wehopeto
monthsorso,wehaveseen out a clearcut programme, main Opposition by taking TMC has resorted to terror increaseitto25%.Oneofthe
increasingdiscontentamong Oppositionunitywillbeop cooperation in taking up fascism. Do you believe fromtheCongressandTMC andviolencetosuppressthe taskswehavesetintheOr
dierentsectionsofthepeo portunistic and unsustaina specicissuesinsideandout that the situation has <
> Withoutaclearcut
programme, MLAs and leadership. It is CPI(M)andLeft. ganisational Plenum is to
pleresultingingrowingresis ble. There are dierences sideParliamentwithsecular changed? Oppositionunity trying all methods to dis Wehavebeenworkingto promotemorewomeninthe
tanceandstruggles.Thewi and social contradictions Opposition parties. We can lodgetheLeftuseofhuge reconnect with the people electedcommitteesatallle
willbe
despread farmers struggles among these parties. Uttar also forge wider unity for a ItisnotwhatIsay.OurPar money power, encouraging and to lead struggles and vels.
opportunisticand
inMaharashtra,MadhyaPra Pradesh is an illustration. broadplatformagainstcom tyCongressinApril2015had the Indigenous Peoples campaigns of all sections of
desh and Rajasthan in this Canwereallythinkofanal munalism. warned that the advent of unsustainable. Front of Tripura and tribal thepeople.Wehavealsore An unending cycle of
period are examples. You liance between the SP (Sa theModigovernmentpres extremiststodisruptpeace. cognised some mistakes political violence has been
saw the Mahapadav of majwadiParty)andBSP(Ba What were the reasons for ages growing authoritarian believe is the key to dislodge Butwearecondentthatthe made,suchasthelandacqui going on in Kerala. Both the
workersinParliamentStreet hujan Samaj Party)? There not attending Lalu Prasads ism. Now after three and a the BJP-led government? people of Tripura will see sitionpolicy.Ourpriorityis RSS and the Left are blaming
in Delhi, involving over a hastobeunitybetweenlike BJP Bhagao, Desh Bachao halfyearsofthatrule,wecan through these disruptive to win the peoples con each other. Do you foresee a
lakhworkers,whichwasig minded parties based on a rally this August in Patna? say we are faced with an AsIjustsaid,thereisgrow moves and rearm their dence and regain lost break in this cycle?
nored by the media. There commonprogramme. authoritariancommunal re ing resistance and struggles condenceintheLeftFront. ground. That process is on.
arethestrugglesofstudents The Patna rally was an gime. It has been put in againsttheModigovernment Onlyafterthatcanweseeit That will depend on the
inuniversities,ofDalits,etc. Can such a coalition be led nounced long before the JD place.Thereareincreasingly anditspolicies.Ourmainef Why was the Left not able to reectedintheelections. RSS changing its approach.
So, we are at a turning by the Congress? (U)[ JanataDal(United)]left fascistictypeattacksthatare fortistodevelopthesestrug build a credible protest PeopleoutsideKeraladonot
point. While the BJP was at thealliance.Itwasmeantto boundtohappen,giventhe glesandwidentheirscope.It against demonetisation The average age of leaders in knowthattheRSShasbeen
thepeakofitsinuence,the Some coalition, with the project the Mahagatband factthattheRSSiscontroll isthroughthesemassmove despite controlling bank the CPI(M) Central resorting to violent tactics
seeds of opposition and re Congress leading, may be hanatthenationallevel.We ingtheleversoftheBJPgo mentsthattheBJPcanbeiso employees unions? Committee is 60. Despite formorethanfourdecades,
sistancewerealsosown.This possible. But it wont be an arenotforthisconcept.For vernment.Ifyousetitinthe lated and defeated. Unlike having a strong presence in particularlyinKannur.They
willbethebeginningofare allOppositionalliance.Asfar instance, Mamata Banerjee international context, there thenonLeftOppositionpar There is no connection universities, Left parties do seeitasawaytodisruptthe
versal. What is required at as the CPI(M) is concerned, was prominent in the rally. are a number of rightwing ties, we believe that mere between opposition to de not get the youth vote Communistmovement.After
this juncture is to project a wecannotbepartofit.For Can the CPI(M) have a joint authoritarian regimes with electoral tactics are insu monetisation and the bank during polls. How do you theBJPcametopoweratthe
realalternativetotheBJP,in us, opposition to neoliberal political platform with the strong men ruling them. cienttoundercuttheBJP.Itis employeesunions.Demone explain this dichotomy? Centre,theyarehighlighting
termsofpoliciesandideolo economic policies is as im TMC (All India Trinamool This is not fascism as such, the extraparliamentary tisationwasapolicydecision theRSSCPI(M)clashes.Even
gy.Thiswillhelpbringallthe portant as ghting commu Congress), while they are butexhibitssomeofitsauth struggles and movements ofthegovernmentwhichthe Itisnottruethatyoungpe recently,theMayorofThiru
ghtingforcestogether. nalforces.Wecannotbepart suppressingdemocracyand oritarian features including thatwillmatter. bankshadtoimplement.The opledonotsupporttheCPI vananthapuramwasinjured
ofanalliancewiththeCon playing a role in communa the targeting of the other bank employees worked (M)duringelections.Other in an attack by BJP council
Do you see all the secular gress which stands for such lising politics in Bengal? andultranationalism. In Tripura, along with anti- hardtofulltheirduties.The wise,howarewewinningin lorsandRSSmen.Itisnotin
Opposition parties coming policies. What is possible is Evencoalitionpoliticshasto incumbency of 20 years, oppositionhadtocomefrom KeralaandTripuraandear theinterestoftheCPI(M)and
beprincipledpolitics. The 2015 political resolution you are battling a strident outside the banking sector. lierinWestBengal?Inmany the LDF government to en
of the CPI(M) had stated that BJP. How does the Left plan Infact,wherevertherewere universities,Leftstudentor courage violence. That is
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Congresswhichstandsforsuchpolicies authoritarianism, not struggle? If not, what do you stronghold. The Left Front bestexampleitsawwides the Left is not eectively toendtheconict.
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willbewellonitswaytowardsbecomingadevelopednation thesiteofatensefaceo shifted.Thepolicestarted rain, now pouring down
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predatory journal? police and protesters of theprotestersbarricaded hadnotroubleshakingo
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Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
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InvestinIndia,PMtellsentrepreneurs India,Russia
updatepact
Dontcommenton ModiinauguratesGlobalEntrepreneurshipSummitinthepresenceofIvankaTrump onsecurity
Padmavati,saysSC N. Ravi Kumar
HYDERABAD
Womenrst,Prosperityfor
allasthetheme.Morethan
NEW DELHI
Prime Minister Narendra 50% of the delegates are IndiaandRussiahavecon

TheBench,alsocompris judicethemindofCBFC. ModionTuesdaysaidhisgo women. cluded a comprehensive
ing Justices A.M. Khanwil It should be borne in vernment understood that agreementonsecurityand
karandD.Y.Chandrachud, mind that we all are go an environment of transpa Educating women reviewedtheimplementa
askedtheCBFCtotakethe vernedbytheruleoflaw,it rentpoliciesandtheruleof Ms.Trumpunderscoredthe tion of the Agreement on
decisiononthecertication said,addingthatwhenper lawprovidingalevelplaying importanceofeducationand Information Security
of the movie with utmost sons holding responsible eldwerenecessaryforen technologyforwomenentre signed in October 2016
objectivity. positionssaycertainthings trepreneurshiptoourish. preneurstomakeamarkin during the justconcluded
In his plea, lawyer M.L. onthecontentofthemovie, Inaugurating the Global theirchoseneld. visitofHomeMinisterRaj
Sharma had also sought a itviolatedtheruleoflaw. Entrepreneurship Summit Participatinginthepanel nathSingh.
directiontotheCBItoregis (GES) here, in the presence discussion on Be the Mr. Singh, who paid a
ter a case against director Rule of law of U.S. Presidents Adviser change: womens entrepre threeday visit to Russia,
Sanjay Leela Bhansali and TheBenchaskedAdditional Ivanka Trump, a couple of neurialleadership,shesaid methiscounterpart,Niko
othersforvariousoences SolicitorsGeneralManinder Union Ministers and Telan technology was disrupting lai Patrushev, and signed
including defamation and SinghandP.S.Narasimhato ganaChiefMinisterK.Chan every sphere of life. It was deals on disaster manage
violationoftheCinematog conveytheirviewsthatsuch drasekhar Rao, Mr. Modi importanttotrainwomenin mentandnarcoticssmug
raphyAct. statements should not be called upon entrepreneurs digital literacy, computer gling. An updated and
made as they violated the from across the globe to scienceandgivethemaccess more comprehensive
Objectionable contents principleofruleoflaw. come,makeinIndia,invest toskilltraining. agreementonCooperation
The Bench expressed At the outset, senior ad inIndia,forIndiaandforthe DefenceMinisterNirmala onSecuritybetweenMinis
shock at certain objec vocates Harish Salve and world. Sitaraman, elaborating the tryofHomeAairsofIndia
tionablecontentsofthepe ShyamDivan,appearingfor Iinviteeachoneofyouto Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ivanka Trump at the GES in Hyderabad. *
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT priority being given to en andtheMinistryofInterior
titionandtermedthemun the producers, informed becomeapartnerinIndias courage startups and wo of the Russian Federation
warranted and thecourtthattherewasno growthstory...assureyouof trystransformation,hesaid ment to improve business vernment bond ratings. men entrepreneurs, said was signed, said the In
scurrilous and ordered intentiontoreleasethemo wholehearted support, he eachofthemhadsomething environment,towardsbetter Thisupgradecomesaftera thatpushshouldcomefrom dianEmbassyinMoscow.
their deletion.The court vieabroadonDecember1, toldthegatheringofpartici valuable to contribute to investorfriendly climate as gap of almost 14 years, he women themselves. Wo
said it was not imposing as alleged.The petitioner pantsfromnearly150coun wards creating a new India well as to curb the parallel said. mensskillswereunderesti
costsonthelawyerforling hadallegedthatgravedam tries,agoodchunkfromIn by2022. economy, tax evasion and The threeday GES, co matedbywomen.Theenvi
suchamisconceivedpeti agewouldbedonetosocial dia and the U.S. Describing Seekingtomakethemost blackmoney,thePrimeMi hosted by the U.S. and In ronmentinthecountrywas EDsummons
tion as he was a practising harmonyifthemovieisal young entrepreneurs from of the forum that the GES nister said the eorts had diangovernments,istherst conducive to promote wo
lawyeroftheapexcourt.It lowed to be released out India as vehicles of change presentedtohighlightmea beenrecognisedbyMoodys inanannualseriestobetra menentrepreneurship. RabriDevi
took serious note of the side India. Earlier too, the andinstrumentsofthecoun suresinitiatedbythegovern recentupgradeofIndiango vellingtoSouthAsia,andhas (With M.L. Melly Maitreyi)
statements made by politi apex court had dismissed again
cians, saying these tanta hispleaseekingdeletionof
mountedtoprejudgingthe certain alleged objectiona Special Correspondent
movie.
This is not done, the
Bench said. One thing
blescenes.
Viacom18,themakersof
thelm,hadsaidtheyhave
Chabaharportready,nextstageforIndia NEW DELHI
The Enforcement Directo

rate has yet again sum
which we must say is that deferred the release, origi moned former Bihar CM
whenthematterispending nallyslatedforDecember1. RouhaniwillinauguratetherstphaseonSunday,NitinGadkariislikelytoattendthefunction Rabri Devi in connection
and going to be dealt with Thesetofthemoviewas with the Railway hotels
bytheCBFC,noone,whois vandalisedtwiceinJaipur Special correspondent thefunction. GhaniinMay2016,ocials pleted the ZaranjDelaram maintenancecontractcase,
holding public oce, and Kolhapur and direc NEW DELHI ThebuildingofPhase1of said. highway in Afghanistan, thistimeaskinghertoap
shouldbesayingsomething tor Bhansali was roughed Iranian President Hassan theChabaharporthasbeen The inauguration of the which would facilitate the pearinPatnaonFriday.
whichwouldtantamountto upbymembersofKarniSe Rouhaniwillinauguratethe completed by the Iranian port on Sunday will eec tradetoKabulandeventual Thedirectoratehadear
prejudging and may pre naearlierthisyear. rst phase of the Chabahar side,anocialsaid.Presi tivelypavethewayforIndia ly, beyond to Central Asia. lier issued multiple sum
portdevelopmentprojecton dentRouhaniwillinaugurate to carry forward the next Mr.Gadkari,whovisitedIran monsunderthePrevention
Sunday, with senior Afghan theportwithallregionalbe phase of construction and inAugust,saidtherstpart of Money Laundering Act,
Biharbanslmtill andIndianMinisterstravell
ingfortheevent,diplomatic
neciariesandneighbouring
countries.
development of two berths
for its use, particularly for
of Indias construction
wouldbenishedin2018.
seeking Ms. Devis pre
sencebeforetheinvestigat
sources said here on IranianmediaquotedPre trade with Afghanistan. Atpresent,Indiaisusing ingteam.However,shehad
controversyends Tuesday.
The External Aairs Mi
sidentRouhaniassayingthat
theportwillenhancetrade
Next, the government,
which has committed $500
theportsexistingcommer
cialroutetotransportmore
failedtoappear.
It has already recorded
nistry would not conrm in the region, with a nal Hassan Rouhani million to the port project, than 1.1 million tonnes of the statement of her son
Ocials who attended the Earlier, BJP MLA from who would represent India aimtoconnectnotjusttoAf willdevelopafreetradearea wheat to Afghanistan, of and former Bihar Deputy
reviewmeetingsaidMr.Ku Chhatapur constituency in attheinauguration,butIra ghanistanviarailbutalsoto lis,recentlyratiedthetrilat aroundtheport,andnally whichtherstconsignment ChiefMinister,TejashwiYa
marexpressedtheviewthat Supauldistrict,NirajKumar nian ocials said they ex the 7,200km International eraltradeagreementsigned willcompletetheloopwitha of 15,000 tonnes from the dav,whiletheCBIhasexa
Rani Padmavati (played by SinghBablu,whoisaRaj pected Road Transport and NorthSouthTransportCor by Prime Minister Narenda $1.6billionrailwaylinetoZa KandlaportcametoZaranj, mined him and his father,
actress Deepika Padukone put, expressed his displea ShippingMinisterNitinGad ridortoRussia.
#
Modi, Mr. Rouhani and Af hedan. viaChabahar,onNovember Lalu Prasad, who was the
inthelm)shouldnothave sureoverthelminanovel karitotraveltoChabaharfor Iransparliament,orMaj- ghanistan President Ashraf India has already com 11. thenRailwayMinister.
beenshowndancing. protest.
Chief Ministers of Mad WhenhecametotheAs
hyaPradesh,Rajasthan,Ut sembly to attend the ongo
tarPradeshandGujarattoo
had expressed their con
ing winter session his car
boot displayed posters of ShakeupinPIB,ocersupset RakeshAsthanas
cern over distorted por
trayalofRaniPadmavatiin
SanjayLeelaBhansali,direc
torofthelmandSamajwa appointmentlegal:SC
thelm,sayingtheywould
notallowthemovietobere
diPartyleaderAzamKhan
garlanded with shoes and
SeniormostIISocergetsadditionalchargetohandleHome,SportsMinistries
leasedintheirStates. slippers. Sobhana K. Nair an order, it is our duty to whoweretransferredoutof New Delhi
New Delhi complywithit,Ms.Kapur, Delhi. The Supreme Court on
In an order on Monday however,said. Inasimilartransferexer Tuesday rejected a plea
Pakistantryingto night,theUniongovernment
gave Neelam Kapur, senior
Her appointment is part
ofawiderangingreshueof
cise on November 20, DG,
PIB,IraJoshi,wasappointed
challenging the appoint
ment of a senior Gujarat
most Indian Information the PIB. On November 24, DG, Doordarshan News, cadreIPSocer,RakeshAs
reviveHuMinJ&K Service ocer, additional
charge to handle the Minis
nearly 50 IIS ocials were
reassignedtasks.Sourcessay
and DG, PIB, Ghanshyam
Goel,wasappointedDG,Di
thana, to the post of CBI
Special Director, saying it
tries of Home and Sports more transfers are to be rectorateofAdvertisingand couldnotquestionaunani
A counterinsurgency o knowntohavefoughtinAf along with her present expected. VisualPublicity. mousdecisiontakenbythe
cial said Pakistan handlers ghanistan from 1989 up to chargeasheadoftheDirec The November 24 order Mr. Goels predecessor selectioncommitteeandthe
areremanagingmilitancy 2001.InKashmir,itwasac torateofFieldPublicity. includes transfer of K.S. and 1984batch IIS ocer, decisionwasnotillegal. Rakesh Asthana
inanattempttoratchetup cused of abduction of ve In2014,whentheNaren Dhatwalia, DG, PIB, who Ether Kar, who is just four Oncetherewasconsulta
operationsinKashmir. WesterntouriststhroughAl dra Modi government took Neelam Kapur washandlingtheHomeMi months short of her retire tion,thecontentofthecon consideredopinionthatthe
FirstJaisheMuhammad FaraninJuly1995. over,rulesweretweakedto nistry. ment,wasputoncompul sultation was beyond the appointmentofRakeshAs
( JeM) was pushed to take Senior HuM members shift her from the post of vernmentcanbeheadedby Hehasbeenredesignated sorywait. scope of judicial review, thana Respondent No. 2
centre stage in terms of MaulanaMasoodAzharand Principal DirectorGeneral, anocerofthatrank. DG(NorthEast)andwillbe thoughthelackofeective herein,tothepostofSpecial
command of attacks in OmarSheikhwerereleased Press Information Bureau basedinImphal.Ms.Kapur Continuing process consultationcouldfallwith Director,CBIdoesnotsuer
south Kashmir and groups onDecember24,1999inex (PIB), to the Directorate of Changes humiliating takes over Mr. Dhatwalias The process of reshue in the scope of judicial re fromanyillegality.Thewrit
likeHizbandLashkarside change for hijacked Indian FieldPublicity. Thenewordershaveraised portfolio. had began when M. Ven view,itsaid. petition fails and is dismis
lined.Now,HuM,whichhas planepassengers. The directorate till then eyebrowswithmanyPIBo kaiahNaiduwasMinisterfor A Bench of Justices R.K. sed,theBenchsaid.
Afghan war veterans as Thereafter, Azhar hadbeenheadedbyano cialsspeakingtoThe Hindu, Ministers meet Information and Broadcast AgrawalandA.M.Sapresaid Wecannotquestionthe
trainers, is being revived. launchedhisownKashmir cial of the rank of Director otherecord,callingithu Accordingtosources,forthe ing. He wanted seniorlevel the selection committee, decisiontakenbytheselec
Its not a good signal from centric militant outt JeM General or Additional miliating. rsttime,UnionInformation ocials posted outside the whichconsistedofhigho tioncommitteewhichisun
Pakistan,saidtheocial. and the HuM became de Secretary. As Principal DG of the and Broadcasting Minister capitalforbetteroutreach, cials, had discussions with animous and before taking
HuM men are widely funct. The Modi government PIB,she[Ms.Kapur]wasin Smriti Irani met all ocials a seniorgovernmentocial theCBIDirectorandconsi the decision, the Director,
madethePrincipalDirector charge of information oc oftherankofAdditionalDi said. deredrelevantmaterialsbe CBI,hadparticipatedinthe
General post a oating ers attached to every rectorGeneralforaoneon Out of the 24 IIS ocers foretakingthedecision. discussions and it is based
Telecomregulator one, which means any of
thesixmediaunitsofthego
Ministry.
The Ministry has issued
onemeeting.
She briefed the ocials
transferred, 12 were moved
outofDelhi.
Inviewoftheforegoing
discussion, we are of the
on relevant materials and
considerations.
backsNetneutrality
The Cellular Operators mendationtohaveawider
SaeedmovesUNtoget Tejasasuperbaircraft,says K.J.Alphons
AssociationofIndiasaidthe
recommendations were
approach.
In contrast, the Internet nameoutofterrorlist rejectsYlevel
principally in agreement
with the industry submis
AssociationofIndia(IAMAI)
called the recommenda
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
LAHORE
SupremeCourtadvocate
Navid Rasul Mirza, who
SingaporeDefenceMinister security
sionsbutitwasdisappoint tions progressive and in
The 26/11 attack master ownsthislawrm,saidon Dinakar Peri Press Trust of India
edthattheauthoritydidnot linewiththedebatesinthe
mind,HazSaeed,hasled Tuesday that the rm had NEW DELHI New Delhi
adopt the industry recom industryandusergroups.
a petitionintheUN,seeking recentlyledthepetitionin The Light Combat Aircraft UnionMinisterofStatefor
the removal of his name theUN. (LCA) Tejas is a superb air Tourism K.J. Alphons has
from the list of designated Mylawrmhasledthe craftandIamprivilegedto declinedYcategorysecuri
CBIbooksformerED terrorists, on the ground

thatnoneoftheallegations
petitiononHazSaeedsbe
halfattheU.N.,seekingre
y it, said Singapore De
fence Minister Ng Eng Hen
ty,choosingtotravelwitha
personal security ocer
instead.
against him has been movalofhisnamefromits onTuesday,whoewasor
DeputyDirector provedinPakistanicourts.
The head of the banned
listofdesignatedterrorists.
MysonHaiderRasul,whois
tieattheKalaikundaairbase.
They oered a ride. It
According to sources,
Mr.Alphonssaidhedidnot
JamaatudDawah ( JuD), directorofthisrm,islook wasabeautifulight...Ithas need additional security
Special Correspondent Chandigarh. He joined the who carries a $10million ingafterthiscase,Mr.Mir veryimpressiveavionics,itis anditwasanunnecessary
New Delhi ED on deputation and had bountyonhisheadforter zasaid. a superb plane, Dr. Ng Safe landing: Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen after a wasteofresources.
TheCentralBureauofInves beenwiththeagencyfrom roractivities,walkedfreeon Saeedwasplacedonthe said in response to a ques sortie on LCA Tejas in Kalaikunda on Tuesday. PTI *
The Minister is very
tigationhasbookedaform March2012toJanuary2017, Friday after the Pakistani terrorism black list by the tionfromThe Hindu. particular about these
er Deputy Director of the following which he was governmentdecidedagainst UN under the Security HewasspeakingonIndia valexercises,withhisIndian are keen because Andaman things. He does not avail
EnforcementDirectoratefor repatriated. detaininghimfurther. Council Resolution 1267 in SingaporerelationsatBrook counterpart, Nirmala Sitha is geographically very close himself of businessclass
allegedly amassing dispro DuringhistenureasDe Hehadbeenunderhouse December2008. ingsIndia. raman,onWednesday. totheStraitsofMalaccaand travel, he does not stay
portionateassetsestimated putyDirector,Enforcement arrestsinceJanuary. Wehaveenoughground TalkingonIndiasActEast Ms. Sitharaman and I sea lanes of communica anywhere except in go
at1.54crore. Directorate, he amassed The Lahorebased law to ght our case. The UN policyandtherelationswith would discuss Indias rela tionIwouldseeatasmore vernment guesthouses
The parent organisation huge properties/amount rmMirzaandMirzaLaw shouldtakeupourpetition theAssociationofSouthEast tions with ASEAN which condence building mea while travelling and does
of the accused, Gurnam through corrupt illegal Associates has led the and remove Haz Saeeds Asian Nations (ASEAN), Dr. could include multilateral suresandasasignalaswhat notusehisocialvehicle
Singh,istheCentralForen means and as benami pro petitiononbehalfofSaeed namefromthelist,Mr.Mir Ngsaidhewoulddiscussthe exercisesbothintheIndian multilateralism can be, he for private visits, said an
sic Science Laboratory in perties,theFIRsays. intheUN zasaid. possibilityofmultilateralna andAndamanseas.Thatwe added. ocial.
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ItsabattleafterthewarinBecharaji POLL POURRI
Ground Zero of the violent Patidar agitation, the constituency is bracing for a set-piece contest in this election
Nistula Hebbar The Congress campaign ofthecommunity.
BECHARAJI (MEHSANA) willcollapsebecauseitisso It is natural that people
Youareattheepicentreof mutuallycontradictory.The are aggrieved, he says, but
theepicentre,saysMukesh Anaamat Andolan [Patidar adds that he hopes better
Patel, member of the Con agitation for reservation] sense on the possibilities of
gress taluka committee of wasstronghere,butbyeld getting OBC status has now
Mehsana, describing the ing Mr. Thakor, from Al prevailed. The coalition BJPleaderRaviShankarPrasadaddressingthe
Becharaji constituency, peshs group, the Congress thattheCongressisattempt mediainAhmedabadonTuesday. PTI *
wheresomeofthemostvio has scored a selfgoal. The ingisanonstarter.Willthe

lentincidentsofthePatidar Thakors are against includ Patidar community vote for BJP dares Congress to reveal quota plans
AHMEDABAD
agitationforreservationtook ingPatidarsintheOBCcate Alpeshsman,heasks.
UnionMinisterRaviShankarPrasadonMonday
place. gory.Thereisnolegalwayof The constituency has
accusedtheCongressofmisguidingthePatidar
The Patidardominated doing so. Had a route been roughly 2,31,000 voters, communityovertheissueofreservation,and
constituency is the site of a there,wouldntBen[former with 59,000 Patidars, askedthepartytorevealtheroadmapunder
setpiece battle in this elec 50,000Thakorsand13,000 whichithadpromisedquotatothemabovethe
tion:theBJPhasagaineld
edRajniPatel,MLAandthen <
> Alpeshbhai has
very clearly said
Darbars as the major domi
nantgroups.
50%capsetbytheSupremeCourt.Mr.Prasad,
whilereferringtosevendifferentSupremeCourt
Gujarat Home Minister that he will accept AttheCongressstehsilof judgments, allegedthattheCongressreservation
whosehousewastorchedby Patidars in the OBC cewhereMr.BharatThakor talkwasheightofpoliticalopportunismaimed
protesters at the height of category if it can be isvisitingforameetingtose onlyatgettingPatidarvotesduringtheGujarat
the agitation, and the Con cure support, the mood is Assemblyelections.PTI
done legally
gresshasgiventickettoBha upbeat.
rat Thakore, owing alle Bharat Thakor Alpeshbhai has very
giancetotheKshatriyaSena Congresscandidate
clearly said that he will ac Modi stooping to a new low: Congress
GANDHINAGAR
ofAlpeshThakor. Chief Minister Anandiben ceptPatidarsintheOBCca
At Mr. Patels election of Patel]doit,saysSanjayPa tegoryifitcanbedonelegal SeniorCongressleaderAnandSharmaonTuesday
lashedoutatPrimeMinister
ce o the Modera bypass, tel,acloseaideofMr.Patel. ly, says Mr. Bharat Thakor.
NarendraModiforspreading
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NEW DELHI existpeacefullywithIsrael. the IsraeliPalestinian dis nentMissionofIndiaatthe Joint Statement issued dur commitment to the Palesti
Special correspondent phaseonWednesday. India on Tuesday reiterated Wehopeforearlyrealisa pute is based on this UN. inghisvisitthisyeardidnot nianpeopleandsaid,India
LUCKNOW On Sunday, when Luck the need for an early re tionofasovereign,indepen resolution. mentiontheneedtocreatea is an active development
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missingfromthevoterrolls phase, there were com betweenIsraelandthePales estine,coexistingpeacefully inthebackdropoftheongo Mr. Modis statement adds mentionedtheneedformu gagedinextendingtechnical
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Commissionhasdecidedto recorded 14% voting till withthePalestinianpeople, Twostatesolution resumptionofdialoguebet mandforaPalestinianstate issue. tinuetosupportthedevelop
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civic bodies across 26 dis chairman and 29 for the tiesbythePalestinians,and was adopted on this day in Thestatementwassentto statesincehisvisittoIsrael Modisvisit. solidarity with the Palesti
tricts in the third and nal wardrepresentative. urged for the creation of a 1947. the United Nations a few lastJuly. The Prime Minister also nians.
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PopeavoidsRohingyainspeech IrishDeputyPM
Callsforademocraticorder,ruleoflawandrespectforeachethnicgroupandidentityinMyanmar
resignstosavegovt.
Reuters Moveavertsanocondencevote
Naypyidaw
Pope Francis on Tuesday

Oxfordstrips Agence France-Presse
urgedtheleadersofmajori
tyBuddhistMyanmar,mired
SuuKyiof Dublin
Kenyatta sworn in for IrishDeputyPrimeMinister

2nd term amid protests in a crisis over the fate of
MuslimRohingyapeople,to
honorictitle FrancesFitzgeraldisresign
NAIROBI inginabidtoeaseapolitical
commit themselves to jus Agence France-Presse crisis that was threatening
KenyanPresidentUhuru
London
Kenyattawassworninon tice, human rights and res to bring down the govern
MyanmarleaderAungSan
Tuesdayforasecondterm, pectforeachethnicgroup ment, Irelands public
SuuKyihasbeenstripped
buthisvowtohealthe anditsidentity. broadcaster RTE reported
oftheFreedomofthe
countrysdivisionswas ThePopeavoidedadiplo onTuesday.
Cityhonorgivenby
overshadowedbyprotests maticbacklashbynotusing The crisis erupted last
andapledgefromRaila Oxford.
the highly charged term weekandcouldhaveledto
Odinga,hisrival,tostagehis Todaywehavetaken
Rohingyainhisaddresses snap elections before
owninauguration. AFP theunprecedentedstepof
toocials,includingleader Christmas,atacriticaltime
strippingherofthecitys FrancesFitzgerald.
AungSanSuuKyi. for Ireland ahead of an EU *
AFP
3 militants killed in highesthonorbecauseof
However,hiswordswere summitwherethefutureof
Bangladesh police raid herinactioninthefaceof
applicabletomembersofthe theIrishborderafterBrexit ing to extract guarantees
DHAKA theoppressionofthe
ThreeallegedIslamist
beleaguered minority, who willdominate. fromBritainthatitsborder
minorityRohingya
extremistsbelongingtothe Myanmardoesnotrecognise RTEsaidMs.Fitzgerland withBritishruledNorthern
population,thecity
JamaatulMujahideen ascitizensorasmembersof toldCabinetcolleaguesthat Ireland will remain open
councilsaid.
Bangladeshwerekilledon a distinctethnicgroup. she was resigning for the even after Brexit ahead of
OxfordUniversity
Tuesdayinaraidby More than 620,000 Roh Seeking peace: PopeFranciswithMyanmarsStateCounsellorAungSanSuuKyiinNaypyidaw sake of the country and to theEUsummitnextmonth.
removedherportraits
Bangladeshpolice. The ingya have ed to Bangla onTuesday. AFP * avoidageneralelection. The domestic political
fromitswallsin
incidenthappenedinChapai desh where the Pope The resignation means crisis in Ireland has been
September.
Nawabganjdistrictwhere, heads on Thursday since Rohingyaanditsuse,with worded and crafted to Italian, said that as it thatanocondencemotion brewingeversinceapolice
followingatipo,police theendofAugust,escaping most people instead refer avoidantagonisinglocalau emerged from nearly 50 put forward in Parliament whistleblower scandal dat
urgedthoseholedupinside
tosurrenderbuttheyopened
from a military crackdown
thatWashingtonhassaidin
ringtotheMuslimminority
inRakhineStateasillegalmi
diences.Hehasclearlyta
ken the advice of his cardi
yearsofmilitaryrule,Myan
mar needed to heal the Plantohouse by the main Opposition
FiannaFailpartyhasbeen
ingbackto2015andcentred
on Ms. Fitzgeralds role at
reinstead. AFP
German pro-refugee
cluded horrendous atroci
ties aimed at ethnic
grants from neighbouring
Bangladesh. The Pope had
nalstoavoidweighingintoo
heavilyontheRohingyacri
woundsofthepast.
Rohingya droppedandsotoohasthe
threat of a preChristmas
thetimewhenshewasJus
ticeMinister.
Mayor stabbed
BERLIN
cleansing.
Pope Francis made his
used the word Rohingya in
twoappealsfromtheVatican
sis, but he certainly alludes
to it with a message in his
Inclusive social order
Hecalledforajust,recon approved election,RTEreported.
Fianna Fail has propped
Opposition parties had
demandedherresignation.
AndreasHollstein,theMayor commentsinNaypyidaw,the thisyear. speechonsomeofthespecif ciledandinclusivesocialor up Prime Minister Leo Va However,Mr.Varadkarhad
ofwestGermantownof countrys capital, where he icpointsthathemakes,Mr. der,addingthattheardu Agence France-Presse radkars minority govern refusedtosackMs.Fitzger
Altena,whoisknownfor wasreceivedbyMs.SuuKyi, Risky trip Horseysaid. ousprocessofpeacebuilding Dhaka
mentsinceaninconclusive aldandshehadruleditout
pursuingliberalmigrant theNobelpeacelaureateand Butbeforethediplomatically Vaticansourcessaysome and national reconciliation Bangladeshapproveda generalelectionin2016. as late as Monday, saying
policies,wasstabbedinthe champion of democracy riskytrip,thePopesownad in the Holy See believe the canonlyadvancethrougha controversial$280million The crisis erupted last shewouldgiveevidencetoa
neckatakebabshopon whohasfacedinternational visersrecommendedthathe tripwasdecidedtoohastily commitment to justice and projecttotransform week,justasIrelandistry judicialinquiryinstead.
Mondayeveningandseriously criticism for expressing notuseitinMyanmar,lesthe afterfulldiplomatictieswere respectforhumanrights. BhashanCharisland,a
hurtinanattackthatofficials doubtsaboutthereportsof setoadiplomaticincident establishedinMayduringa Myanmar's Army, whose desolateislandoits
suspectwaspolitically
motivated.AFP
rights abuses against the
Rohingyaandfailingtocon
demnthemilitary.
thatcouldturnthecountrys
military and government
against minority Christians.
visitbyMs.SuuKyi.
The Pope met privately
withMs.SuuKyiatthepresi
leaders the Pope met on
Monday, has been battling
various autonomyseeking
southerncoast,intoa
temporarycampfor
1,00,000Rohingya
EmbattledChinese
North Korea has fired a
ballistic missile
SEOUL
The future of Myanmar
must be peace, a peace
Humanrightsgroupssuchas
Amnesty International,
dentialpalaceinthissparse
ly populated town that be
ethnicminorityguerrillasfor
decades.
refugeesonTuesday,
despitewarningsthatthe generalkillshimself
NorthKoreafiredaballistic basedonrespectforthedig whichhasaccusedtheArmy came the capital in 2006, The military has denied siteisuninhabitable.An
missileonWednesday,South nityandrightsofeachmem of crimes against humani andthentheybothmadepu the accusations of murder, economiccouncilchaired ZhangYangwasunderprobeforgraft
KoreannewsagencyYonhap ber of society, respect for ty, had urged him to utter blic addresses at a confe rape,tortureandforceddis byPrimeMinisterSheikh
reported,citingSouthKoreas each ethnic group and its it.AhardlinegroupofBudd rencecentre. placement of the Rohingya Hasinagavethegreenlight. Reuters
JointChiefsofStaff.The identity,respectfortherule histmonkswarnedonMon Ms. Suu Kyi said in her thathavebeenmadeagainst PlanningSecretaryZiaul Beijing
missileflewtotheeastand oflaw,andrespectforade day that there would be a speech that there had been it. The Rohingya exodus Islamsaiditwashopedthe A prominentChinesegener
theSouthKoreanmilitaryis mocraticorderthatenables responseifhespokeopenly an erosion of trust and un fromRakhineStatebeganaf islandwouldbeready al under investigation for
analysingdetailsofthe each individual and every abouttheRohingya. derstanding between com ter August 25, when Rohin fromMaytoaccommodate corruption has committed
launchwiththeUnited groupnoneexcludedtooer RichardHorsey,aformer munities of Rakhine State, gyamilitantsattackedsecuri someofthe6,20,000 suicide,statemediasaidon
States,SouthKoreasjoint itslegitimatecontributionto UNocialandanalystbased but did not refer to the ty posts and the Myanmar RohingyaMuslimswho Tuesday,thelatestdevelop
chiefssaid,accordingtothe thecommongood,hesaid. in Yangon, said the Popes Rohingya. Army launched a havecrossedtheborderin ment in a sweeping anti
report.REUTERS Myanmarrejectstheterm speechwasverycautiously PopeFrancis,speakingin counteroensive. thepastthreemonths. graftcampaign.
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onAug.28toinvestigateMr.
Zhang, who had lost his
moral bottom line and
Associated Press up a fake story likely de Ms.Phillipsapproachedone erals Guo Boxiong and Xu used suicide as a means to
arbitrators,saysreport New York
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spaperhassaidthatProject
signed to embarrass the
newspaper.
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ofitsreportersearlierinthe
month as Mr. Moore faced
severalaccusationsofsexual
Caihou, the ocial Xinhua
newsagencysaid.
TheinvestigationintoMr.
escape punishment from
thepartyandcountry,an
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Veritas, a conservative ryonMondayaboutitsdeal misconduct. Zhang,66,hadveriedthat act.
BritainsChristopherGreenwoodisonthelist group,triedtoplantafalse ingswithMs.Phillips. In a series of interviews he gravely violated disci Mr.Zhangsdownfallwas
storythatallegedthatAlaba Earlierintheday,repor overtwoweeks,shetoldthe pline, was suspected of foreshadowedinSeptember
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London The work risked causing Article16oftheICJssta Mooreimpregnatedagirlas Ms.Phillipswalkingintothe ual relationship with Mr. and the origin of a huge of303militarydelegatesto
ChristopherGreenwood,the reputational damage to the tutestatesthatnomember a teenager. New York oces of Project Moorein1992thatledtoan amount of assets was un the ruling Communist Par
Britishjudgewhowithdrew court which as the worlds of the court may exercise Mr. Moore has been ac Veritas, a conservative abortionwhenshewas15. clear,Xinhuasaid.Onthe tyskeyveyearlycongress.
asBritainsnomineeforthe most important and res any political or administra cused of multiple instances group with a long track re She repeatedly pressed afternoonofNov.23,Zhang Chinas military, the
International Court of Jus pectedcourthadtobeheld tive function, or engage in of sexual misconduct. But cordoftargetingDemocratic the reporters to give their Yang hanged himself at worlds largest and under
ticeafteritbecameclearhe tothehigheststandardsof any other occupation of a The Post determined that groups and major media opinionsontheeectsthat home,theagencysaid. going an ambitious moder
didnt have the backing in independence, said Direc professionalnature,adding one accuser who ap outlets,oftenbyhidingtheir herclaimscouldhaveonMr. A commentarycarriedon nisationdrive,hasbeenan
the Security Council and toroftheIISDNathalieBer thatanydoubtscouldbeset proached the newspaper identities and using hidden Moores candidacy if she both the Defence Ministry important focus of Presi
General Assembly (paving nasconiOsterwalder,noting tled by a decision of the earlierinthemonth,identi cameras. The Post reported wentpublic,thenewspaper and militarys ocial web dent Xi Jinpings ght
the way for Justice Dalveer thatthe78arbitrationcases court. edasJaimePhillips,made on Monday afternoon that reported. sites said the CMC decided againstcorruption.
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moonlightedasanarbitrator with represented roughly whiletheannualsalaryofan
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pute settlements as well as
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ternationalInstituteforSus was also involved in nine kiaandtheCzechRepublic, Kano Markaz (centre in Arabic),
tainable Development, such cases. Judge Bhandari Mr. Greenwood, who has ThehomeofBokoHarams whichcomprisedamosque
whichnotedthatsevencur hasnotbeeninvolvedinany been an ICJ judge since founderistobeturnedinto andhislivingquarters.
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eventforNavajoveterans founded the group in 2001
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killedinpolicecustodyafter
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capital,Maiduguri. between Boko Haram sup
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with his prepared remarks woretheirmilitaryuniforms dent of the Navajo Nation,
andtookaimatMs.Warren fortheoccasion,juxtaposed calledthementionofPoca
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You were here long be who, they say, was here a dents penchant for racial
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Ambuja Cements. . . .. . . . . . 263.05. . . . . . . . . 0.65
the World Trade Organisa dead. The DDA is as impor rules. better than the Peace theWTOtalks,Indiawillalso
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1171.00. . . . . . . 14.50 tions (WTO) highest deci tant as it was before and it The existence of such a Clause. very aggressively push its
Aurobindo Pharma . . . . . . 705.65. . . . . . -13.80 sionmakingbody,Indiawill will be taken forward, the subsidy element is deter Sinceacountrythatwants proposal for Trade Facilita
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562.55. . . . . . . . . 3.15
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3289.15. . . . . . . 17.75
notcompromiseonitsinter Minister,whowillbeleading minedbycomparingpresent to invoke the Peace Clause tion in Services (which,
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1766.40. . . . . . . . -6.85 estsincludingensuringfood Indiaatthetalks,said. dayadministeredpriceswith has to comply with several amongotherthings,aimsto
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 492.00. . . . . . . . -6.00 securityaswellasprotecting xedreferencepricesofthe stringentconditions(onnoti ease norms on the move
Bosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18982.45. . . . . . . 52.90
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.60. . . . . . . . -0.85
itsresourcepoorandlowin Permanentsolution 198688periodwhichisun cation and transparency mentofskilledworkersand
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611.80. . . . . . . . -3.00 come farmers and sher Mr. Prabhu said the highest realistic. Developing coun andcommitmentonprohibi professionalsacrossborders
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.35. . . . . . . . . 2.70 folk,accordingtoCommerce priorityforIndiawastoen tries are nding themselves tion of exports from public for shortterm work), Mr.
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 2290.90. . . . . . . . -3.90
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 30536.55. . . -219.15
MinisterSureshPrabhu. surethatapermanentsolu hamstrung by the existing stockholding), India is keen Prabhusaid.
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 462.50. . . . . . . . -4.95 Speaking to The Hindu, tion on the issue of public rules in running their food that a permanent solution Criticising attempts by
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859.25. . . . . . . . -1.45 Mr.PrabhualsosaidIndia stockholdingforfoodsecuri stockholding and domestic does not have onerous rid certain countries to under
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1725.50. . . . . . . 14.50
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1865.35. . . . . . . . . 7.80
at the December 1013 ty purposes is a part of the foodaidprogrammes. ers.Healsosaidmeaningful mine the WTOs DSM by
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 3673.60. . . . . . . 10.60 (WTOs) Ministerial Confe Buenos Aires meeting out Currently,aninterimme reforms in agriculture can blockingtheappointmentof
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.65. . . . . . . . . 1.00 rence in Buenos Aires, Ar comes. chanism called the Peace happen only when the dis new judges, the minister
HPCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.65. . . . . . . . -6.05
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1267.85. . . . . . . . . 7.55 gentinawillholdrmonits Mr. Prabhus predecessor Clauseisavailablefordeve proportionately large subsi said,theDSMisanimpor
Indiabulls HFL . . . . . . . .. . . . 1200.05. . . . . . . 18.85 position against the inclu Focus on food security: India is keen on a permanent solution Nirmala Sitharaman had loping nations including In diesofthedevelopedcoun tant pillar on which the en
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.20. . . . . . . . -3.80 sionofnewissuessuchase said, without a permanent dia,accordingtowhichthey triesarereduced. tire multilateral trading sys
to the issue of public stockholding, says Suresh Prabhu. AP *
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1678.25. . . . . . . 17.65

Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 377.85. . . . . . . . -8.75 commerceandinvestment solution,publicstockholding cannotbechallengedatthe temstands.
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984.70. . . . . . -14.05 facilitationintotheongoing makesurethatthedevelop Indiawillstandrmonall programmes in India and WTODisputeSettlementMe Sustainableshing Wewillnotallowittobe
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 390.60. . . . . . . . -2.00 round of multilateral trade ment agenda (to improve theissuesthatithasraisedso other developing countries chanism (DSM) even if they Ontalkstoeliminateharm be weakened. Eorts must
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.00. . . . . . . . -2.25
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029.85. . . . . . . . -6.60 negotiations,withoutrstre the developing countries far, and will not make any willbehamperedbythepre breach the cap of the pro ful sheries subsidies, the betakentoquicklyllinthe
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1211.70. . . . . . -13.05 solvingtheoutstandingones trading prospects) of the compromise or dilute its sentceilingondomesticsup ductspecic domestic sup ministersaidIndiawillpro vacanciesas,withoutjudges,
Lupin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832.30. . . . . . . . . 0.85
includingfoodsecurity. talks, which began in Doha stand.Wewillnotdirectlyor portwhichispeggedat10% port(10%ofthevalueofpro tectitssmallandsubsistence the DSM will not be able to
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1435.00. . . . . . . . . 4.00
Maurti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 8624.15. . . . . 115.55 Besides,hesaidIndiawill in 2001, is not subverted. indirectlyreduceourability of the value of production, duction). sherfolk,andwewantsus function.
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.80. . . . . . . . -3.55
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.25. . . . . . . . -2.80
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 208.35. . . . . . . . -1.80
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 943.35. . . . . . . . -8.00
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.00. . . . . . . . -3.65
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 543.15. . . . . . . . -8.40
SharmatoheadGST Bharat22ETFgains3.78% Indiaseeingincreasing
proteeringwatchdog formalisation:Jaitley
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 415.95. . . . . . . . -5.45
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703.85. . . . . . . . . 1.30
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2685.30. . . . . . . . -0.55
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 499.70. . . . . . . . . 0.95
Fundmakesdebut,aspartofCentresdivestmentplan
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 4275.90. . . . . . . . . 3.90
UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761.70. . . . . . . . . 6.40 NAAtoensureGSTsopstrickledown SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
MUMBAI
exchangetradedfundthatis retain 14,500 crore of the Paytmpaymentsbankinaugurated
Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.80. . . . . . . . -2.45 partofthegovernment'sov total32,000croreworthof
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.85. . . . . . . . . 0.05
YES Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.00. . . . . . . . -0.30
Special Correspondent Chauhan, Chairman, Tax Bharat22,anexchangetrad erall disinvestment bids. Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI Tribunal, Himachal Pra edfund(ETF)thatispartof programme. TheETFmirrorstheS&P NEW DELHI
Zee Entertainment . . . . . . 586.65. . . . . . . 11.40
The government on Tues desh,BijayKumar,Principal the government's divest BSEBharat22Index,which Thecountryiswitnessinga
daysaidthatithadappoint Commissioner, GST, Kolka mentprogramme,gainedal Disinvestmenttarget comprises government new chapter in history be
ed B.N. Sharma as the rst ta, C.L. Mahar, Principal most3.8%onitsdebutona In a recent note, India Rat ownedrms,stakesheldun ingwrittenwhereeveryday
EXCHANGE RATES
Chairman of the National Commissioner, GST, Mee day when the benchmark ings and Research (IndRa) dertheSpeciedUndertak isseeinganewinitiativethat
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit
except yen at 4 p.m. on November 28 Antiproteering Authority rut, and R. Bhagyadevi, Sensex declined 100 points hadsaidthatthesuccessful ingoftheUnitTrustofIndia furtherexpandstheformali
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL (NAA),whichistaskedwith ADG,Systems,Chennai. or0.31%. subscription of Bharat 22 andpublicsectorbanks. sation of the economy, Fi
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 64.22. . . . . . . 64.54 ensuringthebenetsofthe The appointments help On the BSE, the ETF ETFhashelpedthegovern Theindexhasdiversied nanceMinisterArunJaitley
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 76.33. . . . . . . 76.72
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 85.38. . . . . . . 85.82
GoodsandServicesTaxare reassureconsumersofGo opened at 36.30, higher mentmoveclosertoitsover representationfromsixBSE saidonTuesday.
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 57.68. . . . . . . 57.97 passedontoconsumers. vernments commitment thanitsissuepriceof35.97. all nondebt capital receipt sectors including indus Itisagreattributetoen
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 9.73. . . . . . . . . 9.78 The Union Cabinet had that GST would result in Ittouchedanintradayhigh target of 72,500 crore for trials,nance,utilities,ener trepreneurshipinIndiathat
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 65.37. . . . . . . 65.70
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 47.76. . . . . . . 48.00 lastweekapprovedthecrea lower prices of goods and of37.38beforeclosingatad thenancialyear201718. gy, FMCG and basic inveyearsapaymentgate Arun Jaitley
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 50.22. . . . . . . 50.48 tion of the posts of Chair services,astatementssaid. lowerfromthehighat37.33 As of November 24, the materials. way started its operations,
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 15.65. . . . . . . 15.74 man and technical mem OncetheAuthoritycon a premium of 3.78% over governmenthadraisedinex Thetotalexpenseratioof grew so rapidly, and ex is increasing the formalisa
Source:Indian Bank bersoftheNAAunderGST. rmsthereisjusticationto itsissueprice.Therstday cessof52,300crore,itsaid. Bharat22ETFisupto1basis panded its activities to in tionoftheeconomy,head
Mr.Sharma,anIASocerof applyantiproteeringmea of trading saw transactions Thenewfundoer(NFO), point(bps),thelowestinthe clude online banking, Mr ded.Paytmhas28croreus
1985batchoftheRajasthan sures,ithastheauthorityto worth close to 380 crore which was open between IndianETFmarket. Jaitleysaidwhileinaugurat ers, recorded 250 crore
BULLION RATES CHENNAI
cadre,iscurrentlypostedas order the business con withmorethan10croreun November14andNovember A discount of 3% on the ingPaytmspaymentsbank. annualtransactionsfrom50
November 28 rates in rupees with pre-
Additional Secretary in the cerned to reduce prices or itsexchanginghands. 17, was subscribed more reference market price of Thisisanewchapterin lakh merchants, with tran
vious rates in parentheses DepartmentofRevenue. return undue benet ICICI Prudential Asset than four times the initial underlyingconstituentswas historybeingwrittenthatal sactionvalueofof80,000
Retail Silver (1g) . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30. . . . . (42.60) The technical members availed,withinterestatthe ManagementCompanyLtd. amount of 8,000 crore. alsooeredtoallcategories most every day some such crore, said Vijay Shekhar
22 ct gold (1 g) . .. . . . . . . . . . . 2,813. . . . . (2,816)
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of the NAA include J.C. rateof18%toconsumers. ismanagingtheopenended Thegovernmentdecidedto ofinvestors. initiativeistakingplacethat Sharma,Paytmfounder.
Kharola
appointed
Indiamustintegratewith
CMD of AI globalvaluechain:ADB
New Delhi
BanksIndiachiefagspoorinvestments,urbanplanning
SeniorIASocerPradeep Special Correspondent governmenttoincreasethis.
SinghKharolahasbeenap NEW DELHI And,despiteincreasingper
pointed as the Chairman The manufacturing sectors capitaGDPgrowth,thechal
and Managing Director of shareinIndiasGDPhasre lengestillremainsofbridg
Air India, ocial sources mainedstagnantdespitethe ing the wide gap between
saidonTuesday. governments eorts to in theIndianstates,headded.
Mr. Kharola, a Karnata creaseit,accordingtoAsian We expect GDP growth
kacadreocer,wouldre DevelopmentBankCountry thisyeartobe7%,Sabyasa
placeRajivBansal,whohas Head Kenichi Yokoyama, chi Mitra, Deputy Country
beenservingastheinterim who added that India must Director, ADB, said. Next
CMD. The appointment do more to integrate with year,weexpectittoincrease
comes days after Bansal the global value chain in to7.4%.Thereisanupturn
wasgivenanextensionfor whichitcurrentlyonlyplays India plays only a small part intheglobaleconomy,trade
three months. Currently, a smallpart. in the global value chain, ispickingup,andthecapital
Mr. Kharola is the Manag Mr. Yokoyama also high says Mr. Yokoyama AFP*
expenditurehasbeenfront
ing Director of Bangalore lightedproblemswiththein loaded.
Metro Rail Corporation equality between Indian pitethegovernmentseorts Evenleadindicatorssuch
Ltd.Thechangeofguardat states, the inadequate in in this direction, said Mr. as the index of industrial
Air India comes at a time vestment in the infrastruc Yokoyama. Theheartofthe production,saleofcommer
whenthegovernmentisin ture sector and the poor globalvaluechainresidesin cialvehiclesandindirecttax
the process of nalising planning behind urban de southeast Asia at the mo collectionsallpointtohigh
modalities of the strategic velopment. The share of ment,andIndiaplaysonlya er GDP growth looking
disinvestment of the na manufacturing in Indias smallpartinthat. ahead,saidAbhijitSenGup
tionalcarrier. GDPhasbeenstagnantdes We are working with the ta,EconomistatADB.
Govt.wantsratecutbeforeMarch
Fearsofoilpricerisefuellinginationarespurringthedemand:Ministrysources
Reuters transientorsustained. order to revive currently
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI OnThursday,Indiawillre anaemicprivateinvestment.
Impatientforfastereconom leaseGDPdatafortheJuly A Finance Ministry spo
ic growth, Indias govern September quarter, having kesman declined to com
mentislobbyingforareduc seeneconomicgrowthslow mentonitsdiscussionswith
tioninocialinterestrates toathreeyearlowof5.7%in theRBI.Thecentralbankal
in coming months as it ex thepreviousthreemonths. sodidnotcomment.Asare
pects ination to stay close sult of the new Goods and
to a 4% target, Finance Mi Investmentchallenge Services Tax harmonising
nistryocialssaid. The weak growth means 3 centralandstatelevies,the
At its last meeting in Oc 1/2 years into his 5year Finance Ministry expects
tober, the Monetary Policy Urjit Patel term,PrimeMinisterNaren lower prices for some 200
Committee(MPC)leftthere draModiisfallingalongway goodstosubdueretailina
porateat6.0%,nearaseven bertheninitsnextpolicyre shortofhispromiseofady tion,whichhadstruckase
yearlow,andaReuterspoll view, one Ministry ocial namic economy to create venmonthhighof3.58%in
found that economists ex toldReutersonconditionof jobsforthemillionsofyoung October. We see ination
pectedtheratetostaythere anonymity. After that, he Indians joining the labour remaining around 4% until
throughtothesecondquar said,higheroilpricescould forceeachyear. Marchandascopeforarate
terofnextyear. fuelination,makingitmore His government cant af cut of 25 basis points, a se
diculttocutrates. ford to boost public invest cond Ministry ocial said,
Timepressure AtitsOctober4meeting, ment without endangering also speaking on the condi
The Finance Ministry, ac the MPC voted 51 to keep the commitment to scal tionofanonymitybecauseof
cordingtoocials,wantsa rates unchanged, and mi consolidation that helped thesensitivityoftheissue.
rate cut sooner than that, nutes released on Oct. 18 persuadeMoodysInvestors Butanocialawareofthe
putting a focus on the MPC showed RBI Governor Urjit Servicethismonthtoaward Reserve Bank of Indias
meeting on Dec. 56, or Patelaggingriskstothein Indiaitsrstsovereigncredit thinking said the MPC
when it convenes in Febru ationoutlook,andtheneed rating upgrade in almost 14 shouldbemindfuloftherisk
ary. for more evidence to show years. That leaves most of of suddensupply side
WeexpecttheRBItocut whetherheadwindsholding the pressure on the RBI to shocks,andsetpoliciesthat
policyrates,ifnotinDecem backeconomicgrowthwere loosen monetary policy in aordspacetoabsorbthem.
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THE HINDU
IN BRIEF
Goodricke banks on acquired Kolkataporteyesauto
brands for pan-India presence exportstoboostrevenue
Aimstodoublemarketshare;towidenreachinU.P.,Bihar,J&K,Maharashtra TataMotorsshipmentstoBangladeshsetspaceforKoPT
Special Correspondent a yearofoperationalisingthe Special Correspondent thatthiscouldyieldupto12
HyundaiIndiarollsout KOLKATA deal,whichbecameeective KOLKATA crorerevenueannually.Mr.
itsvemillionthcar Goodricke Group Ltd. is November 1. Goodricke has KolkataPortTrust(KoPT)is Kumar said that as part of
CHENNAI planning to double its mar begunretailingtheacquired eyeing a new revenue KoPTs plans to utilise its
HyundaiMotorIndiaLtd. ketshareinthepackagedtea brands, sourcing the teas streamfromexportofauto landholdings, it will seek
(HMIL),Indiassecond segment, riding piggyback fromitsowngardensaswell mobilestoBangladeshusing bidsforleasingout20plots
largestcarmanufacturer, onitsacquisitionofthepack asthroughauctions. theportsfacilities. aggregating70acres.
onTuesdaysaidithad etteabrandsofGodfreyPhi The expectation follows Thisispartofthe93par
rolledoutitsvemillionth lipsLtd. 8-mn kg production therecentuseoftheports cels (200 acres) identied
carinIndia,aNextGen Right now, we have a Goodricke produces 8 mil facilities by Tata Motors, for long term lease. To a
Verna.Hyundaihad
largeshareofthemarketin lionkgofteaannuallyatits which exported a consign question he said that the
notchedupitsrstmillion
MadhyaPradeshandasignif gardens in Assam, Dooars mentof240truckstoMogla monetisation would be
in2007,or8yearsand7 VinitKumar
icantpresenceinWestBen and in Darjeeling, some of portinBangladeshthrough through upfront payments
monthsaftercommercial
productionbeganin1998.
gal,PunjabandHaryana.We whicharedecadesold. the Netaji Subhas Docks of Chamber of Commerce & andthroughrentals.
HMILloggeditsfth will leverage the acquired Itspresenceinthepacket KoPTlastweek.Earlier,the Industry. KoPT cargo handling
millionjusttwoyearsafter brands to strengthen our teamarketismainlythrough auto major had used the grewbyyearonyear12%to
crossingthefourmillion reachinBihar,U.P.,Jammu some premium Darjeeling land route through the Pe 1,000 vehicle capacity 24.6 million tonnes in the
shipmentsmark. & KashmirandinMaharash Showmethemoney: GodfreyPhilipshaddecidedtoexitthe tea brands, green tea and trapole border, which typi Pointingoutthatthiscould rsthalfofthisscal.Itsop
tra,saidA.N.Singh,MD and packetteabusinesswhichcontributedonly3%toitsrevenue. CTCteabrands.Italsosells callyheldupconsignments be KoPTs new revenue erating income increased
NCLTordersinsolvency CEO,Goodricke. throughauctionsandprivate forclosetoafortnight. stream, he said that there 12.1% in 201617 to 1778.2
processforTrivitron Goodricke has acquired centlysolditspacketteabu quarter ended September deals.Itplanstoleveragethe Their vehicles arrive wascapacityforsendingup crorein201617.
CHENNAI thepacketteabrandsowned sinesstoGoodrickeina20 30,2017thecompanymade strong brand recall of the fromJamshedpurandPant to four such monthly con Chamber president He
TheNationalCompanyLaw byGodfreyPhilipsacompa croredeal. a lossinitsteaandotherre Godfrey Philips brands in nagar and this [the port] signmentsupto1,000veh mant Bangur said the port
Tribunal(NCLT)herehas nyengagedincigarettes,to Godfrey Philips had de tailproductsbusiness. thewesternandnorthernIn routewilltakeonlyarounda icles. wasonarevivalpathafterits
orderedinitiationof bacco, tea and other retail cided to exit the packet tea Mr. Singh said that Goo dian markets where the week,KoPTchairmanVinit We urge other automo decline since 200809 due
corporateinsolvency products. GPL, which was businesswhichcontributed drickewasaimingtodouble brandhasastrongpresence Kumartoldmembersofthe bilecompaniesalsotoavail to loss of crude cargo and
proceedingsagainst incorporatedin1988,hadre only3%toitsrevenue.Inthe itsmarketshareto4%within especiallyinmodernretail. citybased Merchants thisoption,hesaid,adding lownavigability.
ChennaibasedTrivitron
HealthcarePvt.Ltd.for
paymentdefault.A
RCom to sell Bharti Airtel
directiontothiseectwas
issuedbytheTribunalto
theRegistryonNovember DTH arm to
IndianinvestorsshouldntmissSriLankanbus partners
24followingacomplaintby
RNBDesignArcSystems Pantel Tech IndianCEOforumagsopportunitiesinislandnation;backsvisafreeentryforSriLankans Coursera
againstTrivitron. Italso
orderedtheappointmentof
Meera Srinivasan thebus,Mr.Gautamsaidin inSouthAsia,withtotalbilat
Special Correspondent COLOMBO aninterview. eraltradein201516surpass Special Correspondent
aninterimresolution MUMBAI BENGALURU
professionalundertheIBC. Therehasneverbeenabet ing$6billion.
Reliance Communications tertimeforIndianstoinvest Easier to do business Thetwocountriesarecur BhartiAirtelLtd.onTues
Ltd.(RCom)hasagreedto inSriLanka,theIndianCEO WhiletheWorldBanksEase rently negotiating an Eco dayannouncedapartner
Lodhagroupraises sell its DirecttoHome Forum here said, even as it of doing business rankings nomic and Technology shipwithonlineeducation
$125mntorepaydebt (DTH)unitRelianceBigTV company Coursera to
invited the Indian private for 2017 place India at 100 CooperationAgreement(ET
NEW DELHI
Ltd.(RBTV)toPantelTech sector to take advantage of and Sri Lanka at 111, the is CA),buildingonanexisting equipemployeesofIndias
RealestatermLodha nologiesandVeeconMedia largest telecom operator
grouphasraisedan
the current business envi landnationismorebusiness freetradepact.Thebusiness
& Television. The buyers ronmentintheisland. friendly, according to Mr. communityinSriLankaisdi withadvancedskills.
additional$125million
would acquire the entire There is tremendous Gautam.Frommy30years vided, with a section op Itisofforemostimpor
throughbondstoprepay
shareholdingofRBTVand scopeforinvestmentinma experience of living and posed to the proposed ac tance for companies to
itscostlierdebtandreduce
interestexpenses.Its
its business on an asis, nysectors,fromfoodtoap Vastopportunity: Thereistremendousscopeforinvestmentin working in Sri Lanka, I can cordcitingnontaribarriers keep the workforce ready
subsidiaryLodha whereis basis, according parel to electrical applianc SriLanka,saysIndianCEOForumsUmeshGautam. AFP *
tellyouthattheeaseofdoing imposedbyIndia. forthefuture,saidRaghav
DevelopersInternational toacompanystatement. es, said Umesh Gautam, business is far greater here Making a case for ETCA, Gupta,Indiacountrydirec
hadraised$200millionin Big TVs DTH licence president of the Colombo chain in Sri Lanka to reex were here during the war, thaninIndia. Mr. Gautam said: Much of tor, Coursera, in a
March2015throughissue wasbeingrenewed,RCom based organisation, which porttotheIndianmarket. during the most troubled Indiamustalsomakeitea theopposition...stemsfrom statement.
ofbondsmaturingin2020. said.Thedealwouldhelpit hascloseto60Indianinves Mr.GautamistheCEOof times.Butnow,keenontap sierforSriLankanstovisit, personal inconveniences Coursera will oer
Thermhasnowraisedan pareliabilityofunsecured tors and corporate leaders LankaAshokLeyland,setup pingthecountryspeacedi he said. India must enable thatSriLankanbusinessmen courses in machine learn
incremental$125million creditors, benetting all operating in Sri Lanka. In in1982asajointventurewith vidend, many other coun visafree travel for Sri Lan havehadinIndia.Oncethat ing,datascience,cyberse
throughbondswiththe stakeholders, including dian businesses could o the Government of Sri Lan tries are rushing to invest kans.TheislandnationisIn is addressed, everyone will curity, cloud technologies
samematuritydate. PTI lendersandshareholders. shore part of their supply ka. We [Indian investors] #
here. India should not miss diaslargesttradingpartner welcometheagreement. andInternetofThings.
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the world: Muralitharan intransigenceremains
SriLankanlegendlaudstheIndianospinnerforbeingthequickestto300 DeadlineshavebeenmissedandtheBCCIhasignoredrulingsandgotawaywithit
ducedtoasinglememberDianaEdul and to deal through that body as it is
ji in May next year when Vinod Rai done in other countries. You cannot
turns70andstepsdown. dealwiththeplayersdirectlyonevery
The Supreme Courts reluctance to issuefromscheduletopaymentsto
llthevacanciesfollowingresignations anything else. They need to be left
byRamachandraGuhaandVikramLi alonetoplaycricket.
BETWEEN WICKETS mayeandtheCoAsownrecommenda
tionthatitshouldbehandedoveradmi
Yet the Supreme Courtmandated
PlayersAssociationisnowhereinsight.
suresh menon nistration of the BCCI do not augur ThisissomethingtheCoAshouldhave
well. putinplace.
ArethingscomingtoaheadinIndian Initsfthstatusreportsubmittedto TheBCCIsallergytoaplayersasso
cricketadministration?Itisdicultto theSupremeCourtinAugust,theCoA ciationwhichitseesasapeskytrade
tell,althoughalltheelementsarelaid hadsaidthatthegovernance,manage unionisalongone.Ironically,players
outbeforeus. mentandadministrationoftheboard haventbeentookeenoniteither.This
TheSupremeCourtmay(ormaynot) behandedovertoitalongwithapro isbecauseofthestarsystem.ASachin
decide today that it has had enough, fessionalgroupheadedbyCEORahul TendulkaroraViratKohlinditeasier
andthatdecisionshavetobemadein Johritillelectionsareheld. to call a board bigwig than to go
thecauseofIndiancricket.TheBoard Deadlines have been missed and throughanassociation.This,evenif,as
of Control for Cricket in India, which thenextended,theSupremeCourthas hashappenedinthepast,whatisgood
has decided to hold its muchpost alternated between acting tough and for Tendulkar is not necessarily good
ponedannualgeneralbodymeetingon keeping silent, the BCCI has ignored forIndiancricket.
December11,willbeonlytoohappyto rulingsandgotawaywithit.Thereisan ThesuggestionbyRaithatIndiaplay
continuedoingwhatithasbeendoing old joke about cricket that if you a minimum 80 days of international
resist, delay, defer, procrastinate, wanted rain, play a cricket match. cricketinayearmaysoundreasonable
confuse. Cricket administration in India seems tillyourealiseitsnottheminimumthat
Sage advice: WhilehailingR.Ashwinsachievements,MuttiahMuralitharanfeelsthatheneedstostayinjuryfreetotargetmore Theanniversaryofthesackingofthe to have evolved a joke of its own. It Kohli is worried about, but the maxi
gloryandthatthingswillgettougheroncehehits35. K.R. DEEPAK *
presidentandthesecretaryoftheBCCI doesntmatterwhoisincharge,soon mum.Thisyear,Indiahadscheduled97
by the Supreme Court is around the everythingresemblestheBCCI. days of international cricket, South
hisachievement. litharansrecordofbeingthe Asked about the issue, corner,butinthatperiodnothinghas When the Indian captain says that Africa83,England82andAustralia75.
LANKANS IN INDIA
I want to congratulate fastestto400,500,600,700 Muralitharangaveatongue changed.Ifitwasmeanttoshakeupthe toursoughttobebetterplanned,and With the World Championship of
Press Trust of India him (Ashwin). Its a big and800Testwickets. incheekreply. BCCI, it didnt; the individuals may thatplayersdeserverest,tworespons Test cricket set to commence in 2019
New Delhi achievement as getting 300 He(Ashwin)ishardly31, I cant say there is too have changed, but the intransigence esseemnatural.One,whynow?Why andthevariousdomesticT20tourna
SriLankanspinlegendMut Test wickets is not an easy 32yearsoldandcanplayfor much of (IndiaSri Lanka) hasremained. squeeze in a pointless home series mentscuttingintothescheduleinma
tiah Muralitharan feels In job. another 45 years at least. cricket but maybe Virat againstSriLanka(notpointlessforthe ny countries, there is obviously need
diasR.Ashwinispresently Denitely,heisthebest But it will also depend on (Kohli) is getting bored of CoAs predicament channelwiththeTVrights,perhaps)at forbalance.
thebestspinnerintheworld spinner in the world at the how he performs and re winningeverytime,hesaid. TheCommitteeofAdministrators,the all? Thecurrentlotmaybethelastsetof
and his achievements with moment,Muralitharansaid mainsinjuryfree.Onlytime third arm of the administration, has Itwasthankstothecaptainthatthe playerswhichbelievesthatTestmatch
the ball are a testimony to inaninterviewhere. willtellasitwillbeveryhard Muralitharan also ex beenacommitteeoftwosincetwoof originalfourTestseriesinSouthAfrica esaretherealcricketandtheoneto
hisgreatness. HeisnotintheOneDay for him after 35, said pressed serious concern the original members resigned. The was reduced to three. South Africa aspireto.Andevenamongthemtrue
Ashwin on Monday be team but hopefully he will Muralitharan. about the sorry state of Sri CoA,unsurewhetherithastoprovide wantedaBoxingDayTest,Indiawant across the world there are a signi
came the fastest bowler to return and do wonders in Lankancricket. thebigpictureorhandlethenittygritty ed rest after the Sri Lanka series and cant number which thinks that white
reach the milestone of 300 the shorter formats also, Tongue-in-cheek reply Alarm bells (in Sri Lan of everyday administration, has been thatwasthat. ballcricketistherealthing.
Test wickets in his 54th said the spin legend, who Not just the quality of the kan cricket) rang twothree doingbothwhenitwassupposedtodo Thesearediculttimesfortheinter
match,breakingDennisLil holds the world record of two teams but overkill of yearsago.Formeitsamat neither.Itstaskwastoensurethatthe Case for players association nationalgame.Indiahasamajorroleto
lees record during Indias capturing800wicketsin133 contests have taken the terofgreatconcern.Youlose variousassociationsandtheBCCIitself YetViratKohlimakesapoint.TheCoA playinkeepingtheocktogetherand
convincingwinoverSriLan Testmatches. sheenoutofIndiaSriLanka sometime but this (Sri Lan made the changes necessary to bring haspromisedtomeettheplayersdur leading the way in the direction the
kainthesecondTest. Having eclipsed Lilles series, a fact which was re kan)teamislosingalotand theminlinewiththeSupremeCourts ingtheDelhiTesttodiscussthis.The gamewillgo.Uncertaintyistheenemy
Muralitharancongratulat feat,therealchallengenow cently endorsed by India thatisamajorworry,head ruling.Itisinchargeoftransition. betterwaywouldhavebeentoensure ofprogress,somethingallarmsofthe
edtheIndianospinneron forAshwinistobreakMura captainViratKohli. ded. The twomember CoA will be re thataPlayersAssociationwasinplace administrationshouldbeconsciousof.
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Makeitbestofsix Pujara second in Test rankings
newtelevisiondealin Special Correspondent tan. India has told the ICC Press Trust of India againstSriLankainNagpur. (942) and Ricky Ponting JereyVandersay. * AP
September. NAGPUR thatitwillnotbeabletogive Dubai Hehasbeenrewardedwith (942),andatparwithPeter
A seniorboard TheBCCIhastoldtheInter anyassuranceofplayingPa India batsman Cheteshwar 22 points, lifting him from May(941). Press Trust of India
ocial,speakingon national Cricket Council kistan. The ICCs Womens Pujara jumped a couple of fourthtosecondonacareer In the bowlers rankings,
New Delhi
conditionof (ICC) that the second edi Committee has been in rungstosecond,whileskip high888points. Ravindra Jadeja has re VeteranSriLankaspinner
anonymity,saidthat tion of the ICC Womens formed about BCCIs perViratKohliheldontothe Kohlihasvaultedfrom817 claimedthesecondposition. Rangana Herath was on
theplayerswanta Championship should be a position. fth spot in the latest ICC to877afterscoringhisfth Tuesday ruled out of the
raiseandthatKohli, Bestofsixamongtheeight TheBCCIhasalsotoldthe rankings for Test batsmen, careerdoublecentury. R.Ashwinhasconsolidat thirdTestagainstIndiadue
alongwithMahendra teams because of the Go ICCthatitwillabidebythe issuedhereonTuesday. For his performance, ed his fourth position by toasoreback,compound
SinghDhoniandRavi vernment of Indias stand GovernmentofIndiasposi PujaratrailsAustraliacap Smithhasgainedvepoints gaining nine points, which ingthevisitingteamspro
Shastri,willmeetthe onbilateralties. tiononbilateraltiesfeatur tainSteveSmith butthenext toriseto941points,making helpedhimto849points. blems in the ongoing se
headoftheCommittee The eight teams in the ing the mens team. Here four batsmen are separated himjointfthintermsofthe The India ospinner is ries. Legbreak bowler
ofAdministrators championshipareAustralia, againtheBCCIwasconvey byjust11pointsinthelatest highestpointstallyinbatting now42pointsbehindnum Jerey Vandersay yet to
VinodRaitodiscuss England, New Zealand, ingitsinabilitytoplayPakis rankings. history in Tests behind Sir berone ranked James An makehisTestdebuthas
thisissue. West Indies, South Africa, tanintheICCWorldCham Pujara returned to num Don Bradman (961), Len derson, who has dropped beenaddedtothesquadas
Sri Lanka, India and Pakis pionshipLeague. CheteshwarPujara. *
PTI ber two after scoring 143 Hutton (945), Jack Hobbs vepoints. Herathsreplacement.
Coach Marijne happy with Indias preparations

Bhubaneswaralldeckedupfortheworldlevelevent;ticketsforIndiamatchesandknockoutssoldout
erydayIndiaisinaction, with the recovery and theAsiaCup,butforusit
HWL FINALS andtheknockouts. performances of the isaboutgoingalloutfor
UTHRA GANESAN The crowds have also playersreturningfromin thebestresults,Marijne
BHUBANESWAR madeanoteoftheIndian jury. Local favourite Bi added.
Huge hoardings of the team and its training rendraLakrawillbeplay The last time the city
tournament and key schedule. The warmup ing a major worldlevel hosted a major tourna
players welcome arrivals matchagainstEnglandon tournament after almost mentwastheChampions
attheBijuPattnaikInter Tuesday had almost 200 18months. TrophythatsawIndian
nationalAirporthere. peoplewatching. Hedidmakeabriefco ish fourth after losing to
FromtheretilltheKal Therewereenoughpe mebackduringtheAsian Pakistaninanuglysemi
inga Stadium, where the ople at the BelgiumGer Champions Trophy but nalthattriggeredamajor
HockeyWorldLeagueFi many practice game as hurtthesamekneeagain. faceobetweenthetwo
nals will be played, the well, more than what Getting ready: BelgiumandGermanyprepareforthe Rupinder Pal Singh, too, federations which conti
roadsareankedbymore some domestic tourna tournamentwithapracticematchattheKalinga returnsfromagroininju nuestilltoday.
of the same. The Odisha mentsmanage. Stadium. BISWARANJAN ROUT
* ryandbothwillbeteam It was a huge success
Government and the or The India coach was ingupafteralongtimein back then and, going by
ganisers have made sure happy with the prepara We did good yester forthemedals,thatsnor thedefence. the interest among the
the city knows it is host tions.SjoerdMarijnehas day,wewerebettertoday. mal for every athlete. If I am absolutely satis general public so far,
ingabigsportingevent. beenseekingconsistency Thatswhatwearepush we do that, the develop ed with their recovery seems set to repeat after
Ticketsfortherstday fromtheteamandpush ingfor,gettingbetterwith ment process will auto andmatchtness. threeyears.
50 and 250 denomi ingharderforhisrstbig everygame. maticallyfollow,Marijne Ofcourse,thecompe The Indian team, ho
nationshavebeensold challenge, regardless of Everytimeweentera said. titionwillbeatadierent wever,willbehopingfor
out.Asareticketsforev theAsiaCuptriumph. tournament we try to go He was also satised level here compared to betterresults.
CM A ND-NDE
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16 SPORT NOIDA/DELHI

THE HINDU
IN BRIEF
Hyderabadsalvagesadraw Majumdar scores
Rohit Rayudu cracks maiden century, Sandeep unlucky to miss out
ton in each innings
V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM Hyderabad1stinnings: 205.
Amitabha Das Sharma two.
HYDERABAD
KOLKATA Thescores:
Hyderabad2ndinnings: Tan
Chawrasia,Lahiriin Anustup Majumdar com Bengal1stinnings: 379.
Rohit Rayudu cracked his mayAgarwalcsubbMishra42,
Goa1stinnings: 310.
AtwalledTeamAsia maiden Ranji Trophy AkshathReddycShoreybLalit pletedahundredineachin
Bengal2ndinnings: Abhish
SHAH ALAM (MALAYSIA)
hundred (103, 239b, 10x4, 107,RohitRayuducsubbMis nings to see Bengal qualify
ekRamanbGarg10,Abhima
S.S.P.Chawrasia(inpic)and hra103,B.SandeepcTokasb for the quarternals of the
AnirbanLahiriwereon
1x6) in his second match nyuEaswarancsubbGarg21,
Mishra93,K.SumanthcShorey Ranji Trophy. Bengal se
while B. Sandeep (93, 193b, SudipChatterjeelbwbAlemao
Tuesdaytodaynamedinthe b Mishra 0, T. Ravi Teja lbw b curedtherstinningslead
8x4,1x6)missedathorough 35,ManojTiwarycGovekarsub
ArjunAtwalledTeamAsiafor Shorey17,AkashBhandaricsub whiledrawingtheconclud
ly deserved one as Hydera b Garg8,ShreevatsGoswami
theEurAsiaCupgolf b Shorey3,MehdiHasancSho
bad salvaged a creditable ing Group D match against lbwAlemao20,AnustupMa
tournamenttobeheldhere rey b Mishra 12, Saaketh Sai
GoaattheEdenGardens. jumdar(notout)108,Writtick
fromJanuary12to14.Also drawagainstDelhi. Ram(notout)35,PragyanOjha
Chatterjee (not out) 102; Ex
(not out) 2; Extras (w1, b21, Majumdars consistency
makingthecutwerecurrent It nished on 442 for tras (nb3, w5, b10, lb12):
OrderofMeritleaderGavin lb6):28;Total(foreightwick withthebatwasthereason
eight, after being forced to 30;Total(forvewicketsdecl.
Green.Othermembers: ets declared in 155.1 overs): Bengal got the muchneed
followon,onthenaldayof in80.5overs):334.
KiradechAphibarnrat,Li 442. ed points for qualication. Fall of wickets: 116,274,3
theirfourdayGroupARanji
Haotong,Phachara Fallofwickets: 198,2213,3 Bengalnowplaysdefending 89,4110,5120.
Trophy match at the Rajiv
Khongwatmai,Poom 357,4357,5374,6392,7395, champion Gujarat in the Goa bowling: Lakshay Garg
Gandhi Stadium here on
Saksansin,YutaIkeda; 8411. quarternalsatJapiur. 25.54743,FelixAlemao22
ByeonghunAn,Hideto Tuesday.
Delhibowling: VikasTokas20 HavingsavedBengalfrom 1712, Amogh Desai 7.10
Tanihara,NicholasFungand The two overnight bat 8230, Akash Sudan 20.15 a crisisalongwithShreevats 300, Sumiran Amonkar 30
SunghoonKang(allcaptains smenRohitandSandeep 440,KulwantKhejroliya153 170,AmulyaPandrekar100
Goswami with a 213run
pick).PTI showed ne discipline and 350, Manan Sharma 23.22 590, Darshan Misal
Itsdone: HyderabadsRohitRayudusaysasilentprayerofthanksafterhittinghismaidenRanji partnership for the fth
Indianduosettles sensible stroke selection, 840,LalitYadav245581,Vi 12.50610.
Trophycentury. V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM wicket in the rst innings,
which made Delhis pacers
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forsilver Majumdarremainedcentral
looklessmenacingthanthey after handling the pacers edhitendedupinasimple motehopeofaDelhiwinbut Shorey 16.45472, Himmat meshGawascAmitbDinda4,
DHAKA
Singh1070,KunalChandela
to the hosts revival yet SwapnilAsnodkarcEswaranb
Indiascompoundmixedteam wereintherstessay. prettywell. catchinthedeep. Saaketh Sai Ram (35, 48b, againashepairedina214
1010. Dinda 0, Amogh Desai (not
VennamJyothiSurekha Rohitthrivedinthecom However, from a very The 24yearold Mishra 4x4) and Pragyan Ojha (2, runstandforthesixthwick out) 22, Snehal Kauthankar
andAbhishekVerma pany of the more assured healthy343fortwoatlunch pickeduphisfthvewicket 42b)battedsensiblyandim et with Writtick Chatterjee (not out) 53; Extras (nb3,
settledforasilvermedal Sandeep. Two dropped Rohiton101andSandeep haulinhis28thRanjimatch portantlyconsumedtimeto inthesecondinnings. b4):7;Total(fortwowickets
losingouttoKoreanduoKim chances(whenon75and97) on73therewasacollapse. which also fetched him the forceadraw. in26overs):86.
MajumdarandChatterjee
JonGhoandSoChaeWon Mishra struck twice in the manofthematchaward. Delhi got three points to Fallofwickets: 13,28.
eventually allowed him to remained unbeaten on 108
153157inthefinalofthe Bengalbowling: AshokeDinda
completeacenturywhenhe fourth over after the break Soon parttimer Dhruv nishwith27pointstobese and102respectivelybefore
20th AsianArchery 52132, Kanishk Seth 40
sweptVikasMishra. sendingbackRohitandcap ShoreydismissedT.RaviTe cond in the group behind Bengal declared its second
championshiphereon 210,SayanGhosh5250,B.
Mr.DependableSandeep tainK.Sumanthfornoscore. ja and Akash Bhandari in Karnataka (32). Hyderabad inningsat334forve.
Tuesday.Inthecompound Amit30120,WrittickChat
womenscategoryJyothi wascondencepersonied. Later,heinducedanirres quick succession to reduce gotonetobefourthwith16. Given404runstochase, terjee 4270, Manoj Tiwary
Surekhareachedthelast Heoftensteppedouttothe ponsible stroke from San Hyderabadto397forsix. Thescores: Goabattedouttheremain 40150,ShreevatsGoswami
eightstage. spinnersandpickedthegaps deep whose attempted loft Suddenly,therewasare Delhi1stinnings: 415. ing 26 overs scoring 86 for 1090.
Gowtham derails Railways chase RANJI SCORES: ROUND SEVEN, DAY FOUR Sahilstuns
Vijay Lokapally
GroupA
AtHyderabad: Delhi415drew
nolossbtJharkhand242&183
in62overs(ViratSingh52,Har
three in 37 overs (Devendra
Bundela50notout).Madhya
Kunal
NEW DELHI withHyderabad205&442for dikPatelfourfornine).Gujarat Pradesh6(21),Odisha0(6). Sports Bureau
TheKarnatakabowlers,not eight in 155.1 overs (Akshath 7 (34),Jharkhand0(8). GroupD RAIPUR
Reddy 107, K. Rohit Rayudu AtJaipur: Saurashtra534drew AtAmritsar: Punjab645forsix Qualier Sahil Gaware
ably ospinner K. Gow
103,B.Sandeep93,VikasKish with Rajasthan 275 & 394 for decl.&95forvein6.1overs knocked out fourthseed
tham, joined the perfor orevefor116).Points:Delhi3 seven in 101.2 overs (A.V. drewwithServices315&458in
mance chart by scripting a KunalVazirani63,57,75
(27),Hyderabad1(16). Gautham 100, C.D. Bist 109, 105overs(RahulSinghGahlaut
209run victory over Rail in the rst round of the
AtNewDelhi: R.K. Bishnoi 103, D.A. Jadeja 124, Ravi Chauhan 112, Vikas
waysinaGroupARanjiTro Rs.10lakhGondwanaCup
Karnataka434 vefor167).Saurashtra3(26), Hathwala 41, Raj Bahadur Pal
phy match at the Karnail in 111 overs & Rajasthan1(6). 52). Punjab 3 (18), Services 1 AITA ranking tennis tour
Singh Stadium here on 275 for four AtLahli: Haryana208&173in (10). namentformen.
Tuesday. decl.in71ov 78.3overslosttoKerala389. AtKolkata: Bengal379in99.3 SahilwillplaytheAsian
ers (R. Sa Kerala7(31),Haryana0(9). overs&334forvedeclin80.5 juniorchampionNitinKu
Group topper marth 56, GroupC overs(AnustupMajumdar108 marSinhaintheprequar
MayankAgar AtVadodara: Baroda309&197 notout,WrittickChatterjee102 ternals. Gaurang beat
Gowthamclaimedsevenfor
wal 134, D. btTamilNadu274&130in65.1 notout)drewwithGoa310& formernationalchampion
72asKarnatakawrappedup Nischal45)bt overs(B.Aparajith60,L.I.Me 86fortwoin26overs.Bengal
thegameinstyletotopthe Bowled: ShivakantShuklahasnoanswertothisK.Gowthamspecial. * SANDEEP SAXENA andsixthseedMohitMay
Railways 333 riwala four for 22, Swapnil 3 (23),Goa1(6). ur 64, 61. Gaurang will
group with 32 points, fol It was a little deceptive. er, as compared to the last AmbikeshwarMishra212691, & 167 in 63 Singh four for 21). Baroda 6 At Nagpur: Himachal Pradesh
lowed by Delhi (27), Maha play Anvit Bendre who
Wehaveplayedonlowpitch two years, at least we have ShivakantShukla20100. #
overs (K. (16),TamilNadu0(11). 353&323foreightdecl.in96.1
rashtra(16),Hyderabad(16), Gowtham se AtIndore: Odisha147&388in overs(N.R.Gangta101notout, beat another former Na
esbutthiswasslowandlow, some kind of standing. Railways2ndinnings: Shiva tionalchampionVijayKan
Railways(14),UttarPradesh soitwasagoodexperience Hopefully,wewillseemore kant Shukla b Gowtham 13,
venfor72).Karnataka6(32), 138.2overs(RajeshDhuper88, S.L. Verma 59, Rishi Dhawan
(5) and Assam (2). The top Railways0(14). SubhransuSenapati125,Mihir 53) drew with Vidarbha 456. nan57,63,64.
forustolearnalotofthings. youngsterssteppingupnext MrunalDevdharbGowtham24,
Therstroundlosersre
twoadvancetotheknockout GroupB Hirwani ve for 97) lost to Vidarbha3(31),HimachalPra
We were going for an year. P.S.SinghlbwbGowtham36,
stage. Nitin Bhille lbw b Mithun 15,
AtRanchi: Gujarat411&16for MadhyaPradesh388&113for desh1(14). ceived11,750each.
outright win and had to at Thescores:Karnataka1stin
Resumingat208forone, nings: 434. ArindamGhoshlbwbGowtham
tackthebatsmensmind. 0,ManishRaobGowtham22,
Karnatakaadded67runsbe Railways1stinnings: 333.
foredeclaringtheinnings.
The target for Railways
The superb spell carried
Gowthamsleaguetallyto27
Karnataka 2nd innings: R.
Samarth lbw b Mishra 56,
MaheshRawatlbwbGowtham
22,VidyadharKamathcNairb
TENNIS
Mahak Jain prevails
was 377 but it was bundled
outfor167asGowthamspun
a deadlywebwithhisaccu
wicketsfrom200.1overs.
In the rst innings we
were thinking of giving as
Mayank Agarwal c Ghosh b
Dhulap134,D.NischalbThakur
45,KarunNair(notout)20,K.
Gopal 20, Vineet Dhulap b
Gowtham5,AmbikeshwarMis
hra (not out) 1, Karan Thakur
lbw b Gopal 0, Extras (b5,
Banthiaenters over Sai Samhitha
quarternals
racy, that fetched him four lessrunsaspossible.TodayI Gowthamst.RawatbThakur1,
nb4): 9; Total (in 63 overs):
stucktooneline,keepingit ShreyasGopal(notout)12,Ex Sports Bureau The results: Singles (rst
bowledandthreelegbefore 167.
tras (b5, nb2): 7; Total (for INDORE round): DezHerdzelas(Bih)bt
dismissals. in one area, Gowtham
four wkts. decl. in 71 overs): Fall of wickets: 116, 254, 3 National champion Mahak SaraYadav62,60;YeXinMa
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I am going to keep it simple Lalnunfela stars for Aizawl India makes

pre-quarters
The visitors hold a strong East Bengal
Tiger Woods says he doesnt yet know how his body will hold up Sports Bureau
Marseille
Rakesh Rao
I-LEAGUE IndialosttoMalaysia21in
NASSAU a Pool H match of the
Amitabha Das Sharma
Forthersttimeinnearly10 KOLKATA World mens team squash
months,TigerWoodswilltee William Lalnunfela found championshiponTuesday
o in a competitive golf thetargettwicetohelpde butmadetheprequarter
eventthisweek. fendingchampionAizawlFC nals by virtue of nishing
The Hero World Chal overcome a decit of two secondinthegroup.
lenge, which brings in the goalsandholdastrongEast The results: Group H: India
elite of the sport, sees the Bengal 22 in an exciting I lost to Malaysia 2-1 (Saurav
manwith14Majortitlesmak GhosallosttoNaizwanAd
League match at the Salt
inga10thcomeback. nan118,811,511,114,119;
LakeStadiumonTuesday. MaheshMangaonkarbtMohd
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surgeries, on April 19 this thesecondhalfasboththe 511;HarinderpalSandhulost
year,keptWoodsonthebed sides doubled their attack to Eain Yow Ng 711, 115,
for the better part of the ing plans after a barren 118,611,115).
year.Physically,Icouldnot openingsession.
dosomethingasbasicasgo
tothetoilet.
Having missed a number
of chances in the rst half,
India opens
Determined to return to
what he does best, the 41
the host nally broke
through midway through
against
yearannouncedthedecision
to play the event which he
thesecondhalfwhenitsBra
ziliandefenderEduardoFer
Pakistan
hostsonthePGATour. reirafoundthenet.
OnTuesday,thewinnerof Japanese midelder Kat Hero of the day: WilliamLalnunfelasbracewas Gold Coast (Australia)
79 PGA titles looked happy sumiYusadoubledthelead instrumentalinAizawlFCstealingapointo
justtobeabletoplay.Thefo for East Bengal a few mi EastBengal. FILE PHOTO: RAJEEV BHATT
* India will open its cam
cus of all attention, Woods dentsCupthisyear,andgot suremounts?Iwantedtosee hit it. The rst ball I hit, a nutes later before William paignagainstPakistanina
showednosignsofpressure toknowthemwell. that. How would I react? driver,Ismokedittoabout Lalnunfela capitalised on keeperAvilashPaul.Plazas away with a victory, Aizawl mouthwatering mens
and was forthcoming as he IplayedaroundwithDJ HowwouldIfeel? 130 yards (laughs). I was twosetpiecestoleveltheis thirdeortinthe35thstruck pulledonebackinthe74th hockeycontestofthe2018
took questions from The (Dustin Johnson), JT ( Justin What were his expecta afraid to hit it. Each day I sueforAizawl. theframework. minute. Gold Coast Common
Hindu. Thomas), Rickie (Fowler) tionsthisweek?Iwouldlike progressed further. The Afterthebreak,Eduardo Lalnunfelanishedafree wealthGames.
Whenaskedhowitfeltto so lots of them are my tosaythatIamheretowin goodthingaboutmeramp Missed chances foundthenetinthe66thmi kick taken by David Lalrin According to the sche
be back in the mix with friends. I miss playing with thedamnthing,likeIalways ingupwasthatIcoulddoit In the opening, half East nute, nodding home a cor muanabeforeheutilisedthe duleannouncedbytheIn
thosewhogrewupwatching myfriends.Gooutthereand do. But this is dierent. It everyday. Bengalearnedatleastthree nerfromKatsumi. second opportunity that ternationalHockeyFedera
his exploits, Woods said, play,obviously,forawager. feels dierent because I Irememberwhatmydad clear chances to nd the The hardworking Japa came his way, this time tion (FIH) on Tuesday,
Its been fantastic coming IdiditbecauseIwanted dont know my body yet. I usedtosay:KISSKeepIt leadbutitsTrinidadandTo nese midelder found the throughacornerinthelast Asian champion India is
backandplaying.Allthese to see how far I was from dontfullyunderstandwhat Simple,Silly.SoIamgoingto bago striker Willis Plaza target in the 72nd minute minuteofaddedtime(90+6) placedinPoolBalongside
cantcallthemkidsyoung them. Ive been away from itcando,yet. keepitsimpleandseehowit couldnotndthemark.His when he diverted home an tospoilthehostsparty. Pakistan, last editions
guyshavebeengreatintry thegameforaverylongtime Igotagoaheadfrommy goes. rsteortintheseventhmi attempt from Mohammad The result: East Bengal 2 bronzemedallistEngland,
ingtohelpmemakeacome and dont know how good surgeon a month ago. He (The writer is in the Baha- nutewentwidewhilehisse Raque. (EduardoFerreira66,Katsumi MalaysiaandWales.
back.Iwaswiththeminthe myskillsare. said,Goaheadandhitit.I mas at the invitation of Hero condinthe14thminutewas Justwhenitappearedthat Yusa72)drewwithAizawlFC2 Fivetimechampionand
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land,SouthAfrica,Canada
and Scotland feature in
Bhakti Kulkarni shocks Mary Ann on a black day PoolA.

The Indian mens team
willplayPakistaninitsrst
matchonApril7,followed
Padmini maintains her sole lead with 3.5 points by games against Wales
(April 8), Malaysia (April
black pieces. One of those threepointsP.V.Nandhid sons to be pleased after de weakmovesfromMaryandI
NATIONAL CHESS women who won from the haa, who surprised Swati feating Mary Ann Gomes in wasabletoconsolidate,said
10)andEngland(April11).
Meanwhile, the Indian
P.K. Ajith Kumar black side was defending Ghate, S. Meenakshi and 31movesfromtheblackside Bhakti. womens team has been
SURAT champion Padmini Rout, third seed Soumya Swami ofaRetiOpening. The results (fourth round): Ma clubbed in Pool A, which
Six games. Six decisive re who thus maintained her nathan. Seven rounds The mate was just three ryAnnGomes2losttoBhakti consists of current silver
sults. You could not have soleleadwith3.5points. remain. movesawayforthetopseed Kulkarni2.5;KiranManishaMo
medallist England, South
But,thebignewswasthe Bhaktiishopingtoconti hanty1.5losttoPadminiRout
askedformoreondayfourof whenshenallygaveup.Her Africa,MalaysiaandWales.
3.5; Samriddhaa Gosh 0.5 lost
theIwasa44thNationalwo defeatofMaryAnnGomesat nueherturnaroundinthose king was being intimidated Title holder Australia,
toSoumyaSwaminathan3.
mens chess championship thehandsofBhaktiKulkarni, roundsaswell. by blacks rook on the se NewZealand,Scotland,Ca
P.V. Nandhidhaa 3 bt Swati
Big win: BhaktiKulkarni(right)stunnedMaryAnnGomesin attheSuratTennisClub.And seededfourth. Afterapoorstart,shehas venthrank,andthequeen. Ghate1.5;SrishtiPandey0lost nadaandGhanaareplaced
#
thefourthroundoftheNationalwomen'spremierchess four of those wins were Halfapoint behind Pad now scored two wins in as I had a better position to Sakshi Chitlange; S. Mee in Pool B of the womens
championshipatSurat. P.K. AJITH KUMAR
* achieved by players with mini are three players on many rounds. She had rea early,becauseofacoupleof nakshi3btP.BalaKannamma1. competition.
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Origami inspires super robots Amchangevictiondrive

Foldingtechniqueusedtocraftarticialmusclesthatarelowcost,yetstrong drawsakfromactivists
Toprmsteamupto Agence France-Presse edactuatorswithproperties
buildahybridplane
FRANKFURT
Miami similartonaturalmuscle,we 400familiesmovedoutofwildlifesanctuaryinAssam
Inspiredbythefoldingtech canimaginebuildingalmost
Airbus,SiemensandRolls Staff Reporter
nique of origami, U.S. re any robot for almost any
Royceareteamingupto Kolkata
developahybridpassenger
searchers have crafted task.
planethatwoulduseasingle cheap,articialmusclesfor Researchers built dozens Inalargescaleevictiondrive
electricturbofanalongwith robots that give them the of muscles, using metal in the Amchang Wildlife
threeconventionaljet power to lift up to 1,000 springs, packing foam or SanctuaryinGuwahatiinAs
enginesrunningonaviation timestheirownweight. plastic in a range of shapes sam,morethan400families
fuel.Thefirmsaimtobuilda Theadvanceoersaleap andsizes. were evicted by police and
flyingversionoftheEFanX forwardintheeldofsoftro They created muscles ForestDepartmentocials.
technologydemonstrator botics, which is fast replac that can contract down to The drive has generated
planeby2020.AP inganoldergenerationofro 10%oftheiroriginalsize,lift severediscontentamongthe
bots that were jerky and a delicate ower o the members of the Mishing
rigidintheirmovements,re ground,andtwistintoacoil, tribe, which accused the
searcherssay. allsimplybysuckingtheair StateGovernmentofresort
Its like giving these ro outofthem,saidthereport. ingtoantipeoplepolicies.
bots superpowers, said se Thearticialmusclescan Local rights activists al
nior author Daniela Rus, Softpower:Scientistshavemadearticialmusclesthatcan generate about six times leged that about 15 people
professor of electrical engi helprobotslift1,000timestheirownweight. AFP/SHUGUANG LI *
more force per unit area wereinjuredduringtheev Stiresistance:Awomanputsherselfinharmswaywhile
neering and computer than mammalian skeletal ictiondriveaspoliceresort protestingagainstthedemolitiondriveinsidetheAmchang
scienceattheMassachusetts cles employ, allowing them onMars,miniaturesurgical musclecan,andarealsoin edtolargescaleringofrub WildlifeSactuaryinAssam. RITU RAJ KONWAR
*
UshaUthupplaysroleof Institute of Technology to contract and expand as devices,wearableroboticex credibly lightweight, it ber bullets and tear gas
AngloIndianinnewlm (MIT). The muscles, known commanded,usingvacuum oskeletons, deepsea explo added. shells as well as baton changWildlifeSanctuaryin who resorted to excessive
KOLKATA
as actuators, are built on a powered air or water rationdevicesoreventrans According to coauthor charge. Guwahati. useofforce.TheAssamgo
PopiconUshaUthupis
frameworkofmetalcoilsor pressure. formablearchitecture. Daniel Vogt, research engi CommissionerofPoliceof Fifteen people were in vernment is claiming that
essayingtheleadroleofa
lonelyAngloIndianwomanin
plasticsheets,andeachmus Articial musclelike ac neer at the Wyss Institute, Guwahati Hiren Chandra juredduetoindiscriminate theevictiondrivewasbeing
a Bengalishortfilm.Her clecostsaround$1tomake, Deep sea exploration tuators are one of the most the vacuumbased muscles Nathdeniedtheallegations. baton charge and rubber conducted for the sake of
characternamedDebramakes said the report in the Pro- The skeleton can be a important grand challenges have a lower risk of rup Theevictionorderwasis bullet ring by police and preservationofwildlife,but
plansforaChristmasdinner ceedings of the National Aca- spring,anorigamilikefold in all of engineering, said ture, failure, and damage, suedbyGauhatiHighCourt four are in a critical condi it is nothing but shameless
atherhomeinalocalitythat demy of Sciences,apeerre ed structure, or any solid coauthorRobWood,profes andtheydontexpandwhen duringasuomotupublicin tion, local rights activist oppressionofthepoor,said
haspeoplefromdifferent viewedUSjournal. structure with hinged or sor of engineering and ap theyre operating, so you terestlitigationin2013. Ashraful Hussain told The PritiRajDoley,amemberof
communities.Thefilmwillbe Their origami inspiration elastic voids, said the re plied sciences at Harvard canintegratethemintoclos Police and Forest De Hindu. theMishingtribeandalead
releasedontheInterneton derivesfromazigzagstruc port. Possible uses include University. #
ertting robots on the hu partment ocials evicted The protest was totally eroftheKrishakMuktiSan
December25.PTI ture that some of the mus expandable space habitats Nowthatwehavecreat manbody. 408 families from the Am peaceful and it was police gramSamity.
Russiasatellitefailstoenterorbit
ItisthesecondbotchedlaunchsincetheVostochnycosmodromemadeitsdebut
Associated Press the United States. It wasnt
Vostochny immediatelycleariftheMe
A Russian weather satellite teorandothersatellitesfell
and nearly 20 microsatel into the ocean or were
lites from various nations strandedinloworbit.
failedtoentertheirdesignat The glitch follows other
edorbitsonTuesdayfollow failed launches in recent
ingthelaunchfromRussias yearsthattarnishedtherep
new cosmodrome, another utationofRussianspacein
blow to the nations space dustries.Someoftheglitch
program. es were traced to
RussiasRoscosmosspace manufacturingaws.
agency said it has failed to Asked about the failed
establish communications launch, President Vladimir
withtheMeteorM21satel Putins spokesman Dmitry
litethatwaslaunchedatopa Blastintospace:ASoyuz2.1brocket,carryingtheMeteorM Peskov refrained from im
Soyuz2 booster rocket on satelliteand18smallsatellites,liftsofromtheVostochny mediate comment, saying
Tuesday from Russias new launchpadinRussia. AP *
thattheKremlinwasexpect
Vostochnylaunchpadinthe ingspaceocialsreporton
FarEast.Theagencysaysits ported the likely cause was aw. The booster also car the situation. The failed
trying to determine what thefailureoftheboosters ried18microsatellitesbuilt launch is the second since
happened. nal stage, the Fregat, possi inCanada,Germany,Japan, theVostochnycosmodrome
Russiannewsagenciesre bly caused by a software Norway,Russia,Swedenand madeitsdebutinApril2016.
Confucius Classroom Its a May

wedding for
opened in Kolkata Harry, Markle
Reuters
London
WilloertraininginChineselanguageandculture The wedding of Britains
PrinceHarryandhisan
Staff Reporter cee Meghan Markle will
Kolkata takeplaceinMayatStGe
IndiasrstConfuciusClass orgesChapelinWindsor,a
room,acentreforteaching spokesman said on Tues
Chinese language and cul day.QueenElizabethIIhas
ture,wasinauguratedbythe expressed delight at the
Consul General of China in newsoftheengagement.
KolkataMaZhanwuonTues Prince Harry has said
day. thatheandhisancehope
Thecentreisajointven to start a family in the fu
ture between the Yunan ture.Headdedthathefell
Normal University of China for Markle the rst time
andaKolkatabasedprivate wemet.
institute that has been re
ceiving support from the
Consulate General of China
intermsofstudentexchange
programmes with Chinese Aculturalprogrammeorganisedtomarktheinaugurationof
schoolsanduniversities. theConfuciusClassroominKolkataonTuesday. SOUMYA DAS *
Wehaveworkedclosely
with the School of Chinese language teaching, training jobsandthosewhowantto
Language, a private institu in dance and martial arts engageinbusinesswithChi
tion.Weencouragethemto willalsobeoered. naandvisitthecountrywill
takecareoftheChineselan Mr.MasaidthattheCon wanttograspthelanguage,
guage courses and the Chi fucius Classroom will help saidMr.Ma.
nese language tests here in jobseekersndlucrativeop BeijingispushingConfu
thispartofIndia,theCon portunities. Those who cius institutes across the
sulGeneralofChinainKol havestudiedChinesewillbe world to promote cultural
kata Mr. Ma said. Besides able to nd better paying diplomacy.
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CourtonTuesday. LGhadsupremacyoverthe nanceMinistry. Ravinder, a vendor at
onTuesdaymorning.The
Referringtothereportof citydispensationinadminis Mr. Kutty, a 1985 batch Shivaji Bridge railway sta
blazewasbroughtunder
a committee and several teringthenationalCapital. IASoceroftheUTcadre, tion, deposed before the JunaidKhan
controlinthreehours.
AccordingtotheDelhi apex court judgments, the will replace Dinesh Shar courtofAdditionalDistrict
Police,acondemnedbus Centre submitted before a Capital belongs to all ma, a 1983 batch ocer and Sessions Judge Y.S. RailwayPolice,anddoctors
parkedtherecaughtfireat vejudge constitution Turfwar: TheSCishearingappealsagainstanHCverdict TheCentrehadmaintained whoissuperannuatingon Rathor saying he had not YatenderandShivShankar
6.40a.m.Thefirethen Bench headed by Chief Jus holdingtheLGastheadministrativeheadoftheCapital. thatthenationalCapitalbe Thursday. Mr. Kuttys sold the knife used in the werealsoexaminedbythe
spreadtofourotherbuses ticeDipakMisrathataUnion longedtoallIndiansandnot transfercomesjustayear commissionofthecrimeto court. Dr. Yatender had
onecondemnedandthree Territory (UT) cannot be administrative head of the Mr.SinghsaidunlikeStates, justtothoseresidinginDel after he was appointed as the accused. He further conducted Junaids
luxurybusesthatwere raisedtothelevelofaState national capital. Mr. Singh the LG was not bound by hi, while also arguing that Delhi Chief Secretary on toldthecourtthathesold postmortem.
parkedonthepremises. undertheConstitutionandit saideveryUTwastobego the aid and advice of the Article239AAoftheConsti November29,2016. torchesandnotknives.Mr. During crossexamina
CITY A PAGE 4 has to be administered by vernedbythePresidentand CouncilofMinistersandthe tution, which deals with Ravinder claimed that the tion,defencelawyerShek
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD thePresidentofIndia. the power of the President ultimate authority lay with power and status of Delhi, Year-long tenure police had forced him to har Anand Gupta, who re
does not diminish with re thePresident. was a complete code in Inhisyearlongtenure,Mr. signblankpapers. presents accused Naresh,
Luxurycar,safestolen Constitutional provision gardtoDelhi. Theargumentsfromthe itself. KuttyandtheAamAadmi The police had claimed soughttoknowfromDr.Ya
fromvehicleshowroom Designation does not No exclusive executive otherside[theAAPgovern Parliament has made it Party dispensation had a thatNareshhadboughtthe tender whether death in
NEW DELHI change status. A UT [Delhi] power is with the Delhi go ment]hasbeenthatthoughI clearthatDelhiisaUTand few runins. Earlier this knifefromMr.Ravinder. the case could have been
A gangofburglarsallegedly remains a UT and it is not vernment and granting ex amaUTbutraisemylevelto therewasnodoubtaboutit year,Mr.Kuttyhadmoved the result of negligence of
madeawaywithaluxury equivalent to a State. The clusivepowerwouldnotbe the status of a State. This andthecitygovernmentwas theDelhiHighCourtseek No impact on case attendantsovernotprovid
vehicle,alicensedrevolver,a LieutenantGovernor[LG]is inthenationalinterest,the cannot be done, he said. empowered to take care of ing to stay contempt pro The vendor also told the ing necessary medical aid
300kgsafe,12carkeys notequivalenttoGovernors lawocersaid,whilerefer Theadvancingofarguments daily utilities of the Capital ceedings started by the judge that Naresh did not availableattherailwaysta
worthnearly25,000each ofStates,AdditionalSolici ringtothereportofapanel remained inconclusive and but the real administrative Delhi Assembly against accompanythepoliceteam tionbutthejudgedeclined
and10lakhfromacar him. The Questions and
torGeneralManinderSingh, thathaddealtwiththepow would resume on powerswerevestedwiththe whentheycametohim.Ad thequestion.
showroominwestDelhis
arguingfortheCentre,told erswhichcanbeconferred Wednesday. CentreandthePresident,it Reference Committee of vocate Nibrash Ahmed, Nareshs brother Suresh
KirtiNagaronTuesday
theBench,whichalsocom to the local government of Earlier, the Central go hadsaid. theAssemblyhadinstruct who represents the com alleged that the trial was
morning.Accordingtothe
prised Justices A.K. Sikri, theCapital. vernmenthadsaidtheCon On the other hand, the ed the Chief Secretary to plainant,saidthatthestate not being conducted in a
police,showroomowner
LokeshMunjalwason A.M.Khanwilkar,D.Y.Chan The Bench then referred stitution did not provide Delhi government had ac includeadverseremarksin mentofMr.Ravinderwould fair manner. He said the
vacationwithhisfamilyin drachud and Ashok to the constitutional provi verticaldivisionofpowers cused the LG of making a theannualcondentialre notmakeanyimpactonthe doctorhadrepliedintheaf
Rajasthanwhentheincident Bhushan. sionandsaidthatneitherthe betweentheCentreandDel mockery of democracy, portofanocial,whichhe case. rmativetothequeryofthe
happened.Hewasinformed Thetopcourtishearinga LG, nor the Council of Mi hiwhichenjoysaspecialsta saying he was either taking declined to do, citing or Mr. Ahmed alleged that defencelawyeronwhether
abouttheburglarybythe clutchofappealsledbythe nisterscantakedecisionson tusamongallUTs. decisions of an elected go ders from the Lieutenant Ravinder had changed his the death could have be
showroomguard. AAP government challeng theirown. IthadreferredtotheCon vernment or substituting Governor that all services statementunderduress. causedduetonegligenceof
ing Delhi High Courts ver Citing various judgments stitution, the 1991 Govern them without having any related matter should be Besides Mr. Ravinder, attendantsbutthecourtde
CITY A PAGE 4
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dict holding the LG as the tobuttresshissubmissions, mentofNationalCapitalTer #
power. referredtohim. SubInspector, Haryana clinedthequestion.
Displaylocationofchild OutcomeBudgetreview:govtthreatenstocutfunds Domestic

helpdiedof
lock:govttocabowners Saysfailuretoimplementprogrammesshouldreectinservicerecordofocersconcerned strangulation
Moveintheinterestofwomenssafety Damini Nath tychecks.Thematterwould
NEW DELHI betakenupinthereviewsof Press Trust of India
Staff Reporter Failure to implement pro the Delhi Jal Board and the Greater Noida
New Delhi grammes as per the targets IndustriesDepartment,said Thedomestichelp,whose
The Delhi government on setoutintheOutcomeBud theocial. body was found hanging
Tuesdaydirectedcabown getshouldreectintheser During the review of the at a doctor couples resi
erstoprominentlydisplay vicerecordoftheocercon FoodandCivilSuppliesDe dence in AWHO society
the location of child lock cerned, the Aam Aadmi partment,Mr.Sisodiadirect here, died of strangula
aboardtheirvehiclesinthe Party government ordered edocialstoconductanin tion,accordingtotheau
interestofsafetyofwomen onTuesday. dependentstudyoffairprice topsyreport.
passengers. This,despite,theelected shops to see if customers While the couple
governmentnothavingcon werehappywiththeservice. claimed it was due to
Four stickers troloverallmattersofservic About 500 to 600 shops hanging, the domestic
Tocomeintoeectinlate es, which are directly con would be covered through helps family alleged her
December,theStateTran ByDecember,cabsshould trolled by the random sampling and the employers strangulated
sportAuthority,AutoRick havestickersdisplayingthe LieutenantGovernor so study would begin in a herandhangedherbody.
shaw and Taxi Unit, said positionofthelocks. mething the AAP govern tionedintherecordsofthe toldthatfundswouldbecut suredirectionsfromApriltill month,saidtheocial. Herparentsclaimedthere
four such stickers needed mentiscontestingintheSu headofthedepartmentand for schemes that were not September. However, the Meanwhile,thereviewof wereinjurymarksonher
to be axed aboard such dlesandthebacksofboth premeCourt. theocialconcerned,sourc meetingtargetsandallocat DPCCwasunabletogiveda the Social Welfare Depart head.
vehicles. frontseats. essaid. edelsewhere. ta on the number of units ment was scheduled for KasnaSHOJitendraKu
Inordertoensuresafe Meeting targets Thedetailedgoaloriented On Tuesday, the review that were actually closed, Tuesday afternoon, but did mar said, According to
ty of women commuters, Black and yellow Starting the second quarter Outcome Budget with 1,938 started with the Environ saidanocial. nothappenastheChiefSe the autopsy report, the
thepermitholderandthe As per the directive, the reviewoftheOutcomeBud dierentindicatorswaspre mentdepartmentsworkbe cretary was not present, cause of the death was
driver of the MotorCab stickersmustbeprintedin get 20172018 on Tuesday, sented in March, with the ing assessed, with Mr. Siso DPCC data leading Mr. Sisodia to ex strangulation.Itcouldbe
[taxi] shall ensure that a black letters on a yellow Deputy Chief Minister Man rstreviewbeingheldinJuly dia and Environment and TheDPCCdataalsoshowed presshisdispleasure,saidan duetohanging...whether
stickerofthesize[6x3], backgroundandreadSa ishSisodiatoldChiefSecre this year. The second quar Forest Minister Imran Hus that 25% of 360 samples, ocial present. The Centre itisamurderismatterof
asperthefollowingformat fety Precaution Specially tary M.M. Kutty and Princi ter review will end on De sainpresent.Duringthere 35% of 156 and 20% of 562 issued an order for the probe.
shall be axed/pasted at for Women, Before Jour palSecretaryofFinanceand cember7. view, the Delhi Pollution samples taken by it from transfer of Mr. Kutty, who The19yearolddomes
four places, the order ney, Ensure Child Lock Is Planning Departments S.N. Accordingtoocials,ata Control Committee submit sewage treatment plants, waspresentforthereviews tic help was found hang
readbeforespecifyingthat Disabled, The Position of Sahaithatiftheperformance meetinglastweektoprepare ted that it had issued 1,640 common euent treatment of the Environment and ingatthedoctorcouples
these must be displayed ChildLockIsbeforespec ofaschemedidnotmeettar forthereview,ocialsofdif showcausenoticestopollut plants and euent treat Food and Civil Supplies de residenceinAWHOsocie
near both rear door han ifyingthesame. gets,thenitshouldbemen ferent departments were ing industries and 128 clo mentplantshadfailedquali partments,onTuesday. tyonSundaynight.
7yearoldsuccumbstodengue Passengerslapsairlinesta,getsslappedback
DeathtollduetothediseaseinCapitalthisyearuptoseven
IncidentatTerminal3ofIGIA;argumentaswomanwasdeniedboardingpassafterarrivinglateforight
Press Trust of India ported in October by the
New Delhi <
> Hewasshifted
RMLhospitalon SouthDelhiMunicipalCor Staff Reporter then asked to approach the then slapped her back, he
Dengue has claimed one November20and poration, which tabulates NEW DELHI dutymanagerwithwhomshe said.
more life, that of a seven thedatafortheentirecity. A 40yearoldwomanpassen continuedtoargue.Theargu Mr. Bhatia said that both
hiscondition
yearoldboy,takingthetoll Thecivicbody,however,is ger allegedly slapped an Air ment turned into a scue women were then taken to
deteriorated
duetothevectorbornedis yet to acknowledge two India staer on Tuesday and the passenger slapped SafdarjungHospitalformedi
easeintheCapitaltoseven further.Hehad dengue deaths reported morningattheIndiraGandhi thedutymanager,whoreta cal examination where the
thisyear. only5%chancesof fromLokNayakHospital. InternationalAirporthereaf liated by slapping the natureofinjurywasfoundto
Accordingtotheauthori survival.Hedied Atleast347casesofden terarguingoverarrivinglate passenger. benonserious.
tiesofRamManoharLohia onNovember22 guewerereportedintheci forheright.Theairlinesta Both of them were then
(RML)Hospitalhere,Shau Senior doctor tylastweek,takingtheto erallegedlyslappedthepas Medical examination takenbacktothepolicesta
RamManoharLohiahospital
rya Pratap Singh died on tal number of people sengerinretaliation.Thepol DeputyCommissionerofPol tionwheretheyapologisedto
November22,twodaysaf RMLhospitalonNovember aected by the vector icesaidthematterendedina ice(IGIAirport)SanjayBhatia eachotherandstatedinwrit
terhewasadmittedtothe 20,wherehisconditionde bornediseaseto8,896,ac compromise,thepolicesaid. saidthatthepolicereceiveda ingthattheywantnopolice
hospital. teriorated further. He had cording to a municipal re call at 4.55 a.m. regarding a action in the matter. Hence,
only5%chancesofsurviv portreleasedonMonday. Carrier rules quarrel at Terminal3 of the no FIR was registered, he
15 days on ventilator al. He died on November The number of malaria According to the police, the airport. said.
Hewasinitiallyadmittedat 22, a senior doctor at the andchikungunyacasesre passenger, a resident of Ha Whenthepolicereached Laterintheday,AirIndia
Gurugrams Medanta hos hospitalsaid. corded till November 25 ryanas Panchkula, had Fightoright: NoFIRhasbeenregisteredinthescuethat thespot,itwasfoundthatthe issued a statement wherein
pital, where it was con Dengue had claimed its stood at 1,128 and 901 res bookedanAirIndiaightto involvedanAirIndiaemployee. FILE PHOTO *
passenger had reported for theysaid,Onepassengergo
rmed that he was suer rst victim in the city this pectively.Of8,896dengue Ahmedabadwhichwassche checkinat4:18a.m.andwas ing to Ahmedabad arrived
ing from dengue. He was yearonAugust1whena12 cases, 4,556 patients be duledtotakeoat5a.m.on minutes prior to the sche ter, they refused to give her denied entry to the ight. lateatairportandmissedher
also kept on ventilator for yearold boy died of den longed to Delhi, while Tuesday. duled time of departure ac the boarding pass citing the Therewasanargumentbet ight. There was an argu
15daysashisconditionwas gueshocksyndromeatthe 4,340hadcometothecity However, the passenger cordingtotherules. rulesofthecarrierbutsheal ween the passenger and Air ment with the counter sta
extremelycritical. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. for treatment from other reached the airport around When the passenger ap legedly started arguing with India staer and the former and the same has now been
He was shifted to the Threemoredeathswerere states,thereportstated. 4.20 a.m. as opposed to 75 proachedtheboardingcoun the sta. The woman was slappedthelatter.Thestaer resolved.
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THE HINDU
IN BRIEF
JNUtooerdigitalcourses ITnoticerevengeforCMs
ExecutiveCouncilgivesnodforsettingupaSpecialCentreforELearning Gujaratappeal,saysSisodia
Staff Reporter programmes, said Rana
New Delhi PratapSingh,RectorIII. ActionadayafterKejriwalurgedvoterstodefeatBJPinState
Inaneorttomakeeduca Headdedthattheonline
tionmoreaccessibletoall, centre would help JNU Staff Reporter
JawaharlalNehruUniversi share its academic excel New Delhi
GB Pant Hospital
ty( JNU)willbelaunchinga lence with those who do Denyingallegationsofirreg
pulled up for lapses
SpecialCentreforELearn not get a seat as well as ularitiesintheAamAadmi
NEW DELHI
OfficialsoftheGBPant
ing(SCEL)withtheaimof thosewhocannotaordto Partys (AAP) donations,
Hospitalwerepulledupby developing online version studyatJNU. DeputyChiefMinisterMan
ChiefMinisterArvindKejriwal of courses currently being The university said that ishSisodiaonTuesdaysaid
onTuesdayafterhereceived taughtattheuniversity. the faculty was actively thattherecentIncomeTax
complaintsthatthefree The university adminis workingtogetthematerial Department notice to the
medicinesandsurgery tration said on Tuesday ready so that they could AAP was revenge for
schemeswerenotbeing that the executive council participate in the UGCs ChiefMinisterArvindKejri
implementedfully.TheCM hadrecentlyapprovedthe Better access: JNUishopingtoparticipateinMassiveOpen Massive Open Online walsappealtoGujaratvo
gavethehospitalsdirectora establishment of the spe OnlineCoursesoeredonSWAYAMplatform. FILE PHOTO *
Courses oered at its terstodefeattheBJP.
weektoaddressthe cialcentre. SWAYAMplatform. On Sunday, Mr. Kejriwal
concerns.STAFF REPORTER JNU vicechancellor M. Ja excellence but also for its SWAYAM is a pro hadappealedtoGujaratvo Coming clean: DeputyCMManishSisodiawithapileofpapers
Ivory towers gadeshKumar. inclusiveacademicandso gramme launched by the ters to vote for any party thatheclaimedhaddetailsofeverydonationmadetothe
Universitiesshouldnotre Headdedthattheinitia cial character. Thousands Centre to make the best other than the BJP in the AAP,atapressconferenceonTuesday. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
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Cant act as CBIs post mainasivorytowers.They tive would help students of aspirants apply each teaching resources availa upcoming Assembly elec
office, says High Court
shouldreachouttosociety. fromtheremotestpartsof yeartocomeandstudyin ble for all. Courses deli tions.Adaylater,theITDe missionofIndia. donations.
NEW DELHI
Onewayofdoingthisisto the country get access to JNU, but only a handful veredthroughSWAYAMare partmentconrmedthatit This is an attempt to
TheDelhiHighCourton
Tuesdaysaiditwouldnotact
make high quality educa JNUs vast intellectual [2%]makeittotheuniver available free of cost, ho had issued a notice to the Targeted by Centre muzzle the voice of the
asapostofficefortheCBI tion more inclusive resources. sityduetothelimitednum wever, students wanting AAPtorecover30.7crore. He said that the AAP was AAP.Thenoticewassentaf
anddirectedanNGO,which throughtimeandspacein JNU has been known berofstudentswhocanbe certications will have to Sitting next to a pile of theonlypoliticalpartythat terMr.Kejriwalsappealto
wasseekingaprobeinto dependent learning, said not only for its academic admitted in its academic register. documents, which he said hadbeentransparentinits the people of Gujarat to
allegedcorruptionbyBSNL weredetailsofeverydona funding,butwasbeingtar vote against the BJP in the
officials,toplaceevidence tionreceivedbytheparty, getedbytheCentre. upcoming state assembly
beforetheinvestigating
agency.PTI HandoverGSCASHlestoICC:HCtoJNU Mr. Sisodia said that the
Aam Aadmi Party had
maintained records of its
CitingtheAssociationfor
DemocraticReforms(ADR)
reports, the minister
polls,hesaid.
TheAAPiscontestingon
limited seats in Gujarat,
donations and submitted claimed the BJP and the where elections are slated
NGT:ensure Ordersoceofdisbandedsexualharassmentpaneltobeopenedtotakeoutles thesametotheITdepart Congress had the highest forDecember9andDecem
mentandtheElectionCom percentageofunaccounted ber14intwophases.
parkingban Press Trust of India
New Delhi
cameonaplealedbysome
teachers and students of
Khanna and Pratibha M.
Singh directed that the
victims, accused and wit
nesses, which should be
inSarojini
Nagarmarket
The Delhi High Court on
Tuesdayorderedthatthere
cordsofcomplaintslyingin
JNU,opposingthequashing
of the university order su
persedingtheGenderSensi
sealed oce be opened in
thepresenceofmembersof
the erstwhile GSCASH and
broughtbeforeitinasealed
cover on December 19, the
nextdateofhearing.Itsaid
Issuewhitepaperongovt
theoceofJawaharlalNeh tisation Against Sexual Ha the ICC and the records of thattheoceroomshould
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI
ru Universitys disbanded
sexualharassmentpanelbe
takenoutinordertoenable
rassment (GSCASH) by the
ICC and a Registrars circu
larputtingonholdtheelec
pending complaints be ta
kenout.
beresealedthereafter.
The court had earlier
asked the JNU to maintain
schools,BJPtellsAAP
TheNationalGreenTribu the newly formed Internal tion of the students repre Pending matters statusquoonsealingofthe
nal on Tuesday directed ComplaintCommittee(ICC) sentatives to the dissolved It ordered preparation of a oceofGSCASHcommittee GuptasaysgroundrealitycontradictsclaimsmadebySisodia
the deployment of trac toproceedwithitsinquiries. independentbody. list of pending matters by which was superseded by
police in Sarojini Nagar The courts direction A BenchofJusticesSanjiv suppressing the names of theICC. Staff Reporter principalsandteachershad
Market, to ensure that di New Delhi beendeployedintheEduca
rections pertaining to TheAamAadmiParty(AAP) tionDepartmentonclerical
parkingarecompliedwith. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC governmentmustcomeout and administrative duties,
A BenchheadedbyNGT with a white paper on the headded.
chairpersonSwatanterKu Flower power statusofschooleducationin Releasingguresfromthe
marpassedthedirections schools administered by it, Directorate of Education
after the counsel for the LeaderoftheOppositionin (DoE), Mr. Gupta said that
New Delhi Municipal theDelhiAssemblyVijender thenumberofstudentsap
Council(NDMC)submitted Gupta demanded on pearing in exams and the
that the authorities were Tuesday. pass percentage had de
facingresistancefromthe Atapressconference,the VijenderGupta clined.
marketassociation. #
BJP legislator from Rohini
saidthatthelatestdatafrom budget for education, sent Pass percentage
Multi-level parking the Education Department teachers for international In 201213, the number of
OnNovember17,thegreen revealed a sharp decline trainingandmakingmodern students who appeared in
panel had rejected a plea in the number of students classroom in government class X exam was 1,97,934.
by the shopkeepers and appearinginclassXandXII schools.Wearedoingsoin Thisdeclinedto1,55,263in
bannedtheparkingofcars exams and their pass per Delhi,theMinistertweeted. 201617. This gure for go
on roads surrounding the centage contrary to the Mr.Guptaaccusedthede vernmentaidedschoolsde
SarojiniNagarMarket. claims of Deputy Chief Mi putyCMofclaimingrevolu clinedfrom16,839to13,394.
We nd this request nisterandEducationMinis tionaryprogressintheeld In201213,thenumberof
notonlyopposedtoenvi terManishSisodia. ofeducation.Headdedthat students who appeared in
ronment protection but Idarethegovernmentto contrary to government classXIIexamwas1,39,003.
without any substance as come out with white paper claimsthatlandisnotavaila This declined to 1,21,681 in
well. The shop owners as onthestatusofeducationso bleforconstructingschools, 201617. This gure for go
wellasthecustomerscom thattruthisknowntoevery 29plotsearmarkedforthe vernment aided declined
ingtothemarketarepark one,hesaid. purposearelyingvacantfor from13,815to10,775.
ingtheircarsontheroads, wantofconstruction. The pass percentage in
causing heavy trac con Deputy CM hits back Hefurtherallegedthatin governmentschoolsin2012
gestion, the Bench had Reacting to the accusation, the name of constructing 13 was 88.65. This declined
observed. Mr.Sisodiaaccusedboththe more than 8,000 class in 201617 to 88.27. The
BJPandtheCongressofdes rooms,thegovernmenthad gure for aided schools de
Multi-level parking troying governmentrun madetemporarystructures clined from 85.20 to 79.47.
Directingauthoritiestoen schools through collusion exposing children to heat The pass percentage of pu
surethatcarsareparkedat with private schools and andcold. blic and independent
the multilevel parking, twisting statistics to misre Thefailureofthegovern schoolsdeclinedfrom91.22
theNGT had said that an presentfacts. menttollup27,000vacant to 84.20. This belies the
environmentalcompensa IdareboththeCongress posts of teachers has badly claims of the Deputy Chief
tion of 5,000 would be and the BJP to name one damaged education stan Minister that pass percen
imposedonthosewhovio No waste: WorkerscollectusedowersforthenewlyinauguratedGreenWasteReprocessormachineatNigambodhGhatin Statewheretheyhavebeen dards, even as despite tageundergovernmenthas
latedtheorder. NewDelhionTuesday.Themachinewillconvertusedowersintoworshipmaterial. R. V MOORTHY * inpowerandincreasedthe claimedshortageinsta,82 sharplygoneup,healleged.
6.8lakhformotherof Student
leaderstalk
Congreadytomovecourt Noidasnewparking
5yroldaccidentvictim politics againstMetrofarehike policydelayed
Driverranoverchildwhilereversing Staff Reporter WillcomeintoeectfromJanuary
New Delhi Makensaysfarepanelreportnotfullybindingonthegovt
Nirnimesh Kumar Their counsel further TheCentrefortheStudyof Staff Reporter
New Delhi submitted that the driver Developing Societies Staff Reporter Ltd. in the Mumbai High Noida
A Motor Accident Claims wasnotrashandnegligent (CSDS)onTuesdayorgan New Delhi Court and obtaining a stay, Noidasnewparkingpolicy,
Tribunal has awarded a in driving the oending ised a dialogue with stu AccusingtheCentreandthe Mr.MakensaidtheDelhigo which was supposed to
compensation of 6.8 lakh vehicle. dentleadersonthetopicof AamAadmiParty(AAP)go vernment could have also come into eect from De
tothemotherofaveyear Thecounselfortheinsur Student Politics in India: vernmentofsittingonthe movedcourt. cemberthisyear,willnow
oldboywhowascrushedto er said that the accident IssuesandChallenges. report of the Fare Fixation beimplementedfromJanu
deathbyavehiclelastyear. tookplaceduetothenegli The panel included Committee (FFC) for 15 Subsidise hike: Maken ary 2018. Under the new
Thechildhaddiedonthe genceonthepartofthede Sreerag Parayil, president months,DelhiCongresspre HeaddedthatiftheAAPgo policy,theNoidaAuthority
spotwhenthedriverofthe ceasedwhowasridingatri of Hyderabad Central Un sidentAjayMakenonTues vernment would not chal will hire fresh agencies to
oendingwasreversingthe cycleandanotherchildwho iversity; Mahamedhaa Na day said the party would lengethefarehike,thenthe manage surface parking
vehicle.Thevictimwasrid waspushinghim.Therewas gar,secretaryoftheDelhi movecourtagainstthehike DelhiCongresswoulddoso lotsacrossthecity. MarketsinNoidawitness
ingatricycleatthetimeof no fault on the part of the University Students Un inmetrofaresiftheDelhigo AjayMaken inpublicinterest. A senior Authorityo tracchaosduetoillegal
theaccident. driveroftheoendingvehi ion;andBhanupriyafrom vernmentwouldnt. Mr. Maken said the issue cial said on Tuesday that parking. PICTURE FOR
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Thoughthemotherofthe cle, counsel for the insu Rajasthan University, dis Citing the report of the aspertherecommendations couldberesolvedifthehike theyareinaprocessofex REPRESENTATIVE PURPOSE ONLY
victimhadsettledtheclaim rancecompanyfurthersaid. cussing Student Politics fourthFFC,Mr.Makensaid oftheFFC. wassubsidisedbytheCentre tendingtheoldagreement
withtheinsurerofthevehi ButtheTribunalrejected andImaginationofPolitics ChiefMinisterArvindKejri However, citing para 3.5 andDelhigovernment. of parking contractors for Currently their are
cle, the Tribunal rejected theirarguments. inContemporaryIndia. wal only started opposing of the fourth FFCs report, As per the Metro Direc 41parkingsites. around 41 authorised lots
the settlement and stated The discussion was thehikewhenitwasrolled Mr. Maken said that the re tors Report of 201617, the inNoidaandasperthecur
that it was not in conso Negligent driver chaired by Aditya Nigam out on October 10, months portwasnotbindingonthe total ridership was 100.79 Contracts extended rentpolicy,theNoidaAuth
nancewiththeprinciplesof From a careful examina fromtheCSDS.Mr.Parayil afteritwasrstrecommend government in totality. In crore,saidMr.Maken.Since Thedecisiontoextendthe oritycharges20forpark
computation of tionofthewitnessanddoc spokeabouttheriseofthe edbythecommitteeandan the para, the report states the maximum hike was 10 old contracts has been ta ing fourwheelers and 10
compensation. umentaryevidence,itisevi Ambedkar movement in nouncedbytheDelhiMetro thatthepresentfareforthe and the weighted average kenbytheauthorityasthe for twowheelers for 14
Counsel for the driver dent that the accident had student politics. Ms. Bha RailCorporation. Airport Express Line was can be 7.5, the impact of companies for the new hours (9 a.m. to 11 p.m.)
andtheownerofthevehicle occurred due to rash and nupriya talked about the lessthanthemaximumfare hike on passengers was parking contracts for 96 alongtheroadsinthemar
submittedbeforetheTribu negligent driving of the of lack of women leaders in Airport Express Line recommended by the third 755.92crore,hesaid. sites is yet to be nalised. kets.Thecontractsofthe
nalthatawitnesstotheacci fending vehicle. The fact studentpolitics.Thepanel HeaddedthatthethenDelhi FFCandthattheDMRChad TheCongressleadersaid Once we are through with oldtendersweresupposed
dentsaidthatthedriverwas thatthewitnesshasnotat also discussed why stu Chief Secretary, K. K. Shar notproposedanychanges. that since the MoU for theentireplan,weshallim to end by Novemberend
reversingtheoendingveh tributed any negligence to dents leaders must resist ma, was the governments Referring to the Maha PhaseI and PhaseII of the plement it. We have just buttheyhavebeenextend
icleslowlywiththehelpof thedriverincausingtheac thegovernmentsproposal representative on the FFC rashtra Metropolitan Rail Metrostatedthatlosseshave pushed the date by one ed. We have already given
his brother by blowing the cident would have no im to grant nancial autono and did not object to the Development Authority to be shared by the Centre month,saidSandipChan 60 new parking lot con
horn,andthedeceasedrid pact, presiding ocer of my to colleges, which hike.Afterthefareswerein challenging the fare hike and Delhi government dra, senior project engi tracts to new agencies
ing a tricycle suddenly hit theTribunalSanjaySharma would end the inclusive creased, the governments proposedbytherstFFCof equally,755.92crorecould neerattheNoidaAuthori throughanetenderinOc
theoendingvehicle. said. characterofuniversities. maintainedthatthehikewas theMumbaiMetroOnePvt. begivenassubsidy. ty. tober,Mr.Chandrasaid.
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IN BRIEF
Crime reported during Bawanamurder:fthaccusedheld
Trade Fair drops by 70% Victimwaskilledforobjectingtotheaccusedurinatingoutsidehishouse
Staff Reporter complainant Hans Raj, a and Pradeep had already andPardeephadconsumed
NEW DELHI driver by profession, was ed by then, said Deputy alcohol on the night of the
Just32FIRsregisteredover14daysthisyear,showsdata A manhasbeenarrestedfor standing in his balcony CommissionerofPolice(Ro incident.
Plea alleges irregularities his alleged involvement in around 11.20 p.m. when he hini)RajneeshGupta. He said the brothers
in PWD contracts Hemani Bhandari themurderofaBawanaresi saw Naveen and his friend slappedNaveenandPardeep
New Delhi
NEW DELHI dent who had objected to Pardeep, a tenant in their Secondcall for urinating outside their
A pleahasbeenfiledinaDelhi Lakhs of people visited the theaccusedsfriendsurinat building,urinatingnearthe The two men came back house and the duo decided
courtseekinglodgingofan India International Trade ingoutsidehishouseonthe house. Monu, who reached withotherfriendslaterthat to take revenge. Pardeep
FIRagainstMinisterSatyendar Fair(IITF),whichstartedon nightofNovember22. home at that moment, saw night,attackedthebrothers called his cousin Parveen,
JainandthreePWDofficials, November14andendedon The police have already the two soiling the wall ob withknivesandedagain. who came along with Anil
allegingirregularitiesof90
Monday, at Pragati Maidan arrestedfourotheraccused. jectedtotheiractions. A second PCR call was andJoni.Theveofthemen
croreinawardingcontractsfor
here.Interestingly,thenum Joni alias Vikas was madeandtheinjuredbroth teredthevictimshouse,at
roadanddrainworksinDelhi.
berofcrimesreportedatthe nabbed on Sunday while PCRcall erswererushedtoanearby tacked them and ed, said
Thechiefmetropolitan
magistratesentthematter
IITF Pragati Maidan police Parveen, Pardeep, Naveen, Hans Raj also came down hospital where Monu was Mr.Gupta.
beforetheMagistrate stationthisyearwasjust32 and Anil were arrested ear and supported his brother declared brought dead and The police said that Joni
concernedforhearingin or about 70% less than the lier for allegedly killing after which the two parties HansRajsueredinjuriesto has a criminal history and
December.PTI numberreportedin2016. BhramaliasMonuandinjur started quarrelling. A PCR hischest,stomachandback. was allegedly involved in
According to the data inghisbrotherHansRaj. callwasmadeandthepolice Duringinterrogation,Joni morethan20casesoftheft
HC asks Centre for rules shared by the Delhi Police, According to the police, reachedthespotbutNaveen told the police that Naveen androbbery.
on threat complaints 32 rst information reports
NEW DELHI (FIRs) were registered over
Minor apprehended for

TheDelhiHighCourton
TuesdayaskedtheCentreto
14 days compared to 166 in
2016and280in2015. teasing was reported this realisedthatamanhadsto States told
placebeforeittheguidelines
andproceduresadopted 36arrests
year.Thiswasduetodeploy
ment of special teams like
lenhisphonefromhisjacket
pocket. to submit
whenacitizencomplainsof
havingreceivedthreatstohis
life.Thecourtsoughtthe
This year, 25 cases of theft
were registered along with
anti eveteasing teams in
plainclothes,saidAddition
As the victim chased the
accused and raised an stabbing cousin to death action plan
informationduringthe
onecaseofsnatching,veof
pickpocketing and one of
alDeputyCommissionerof
Police (New Delhi) Kumar
alarm, police ocers de
ployednearbyapprehended by Dec 4
hearingofapleabyAAP
leaderAshishKhetanalleging
rashdriving.Thirtysixper Gyanesh, who supervised theduo. Victimallegedlycriticisedhiminfrontofhisfriends
deaththreatfromRightwing sons were arrested in con thefunctioningofthepolice Theaccusedwereidenti Staff Reporter
organisations.PTI nection with cases regis station. edasSandeepandAbhish Staff Reporter suspiciousasthevictimand littled him in front of NEW DELHI
tered this year and the ek from Jharkhand. Seven New Delhi thejuvenilefoughtquiteof friends. The boy claimed TheNationalGreenTribu
police claimed to have Mobilephones stolen mobile phones were A 17yearold was appre ten, said Deputy Commis the victim insulted him in nal (NGT) on Tuesday di
Ex-Cong solved10ofthesecases.
In 2016, there were 140
TheIITFPragatiMaidanpol
ice station becomes func
recovered from their pock
ets, said a senior police
hendedonNovember25for
allegedly stabbing to death
sionerofPolice(outer)M.N.
Tiwari, adding that a case
frontoffriendsoverhisbad
habits and drug addiction.
rected Delhi, Punjab, Ha
ryana, Uttar Pradesh and
casesoftheftandtwocases tional for a fortnight every ocer. his 23yearold cousin over under Section 302 (punish They fought often because RajasthantosubmitbyDe
MLA held ofmolestationofwomen.In
2015,149casesoftheftwere
year during the event and
falls under New Delhi dis Variousmeasures
the victims criticism of his
drug addiction, the police
ment for murder) has been
registered.
ofthat,saidMr.Tiwari.
Thevictimrecentlythrew
cember4adetailedaction
plan with regard to tack
Staff Reporter registered. trictoftheCapital. Talking about policing this saidonTuesday. theminorsmotorcycleina lingairpollution.
New Delhi Notasinglecaseofeve Most cases of thefts con year, Mr. Gyanesh said va Kanjhawala resident Saj Tipo canalinMajraDabasaftera A BenchaskedtheStates
TheCrimeBranchonMon cerned mobile phones, ac rious measures were taken jan Singh was allegedly When the police started ght. Thats when the ac toensurethattheplanin
day arrested former Con cording to the FIRs. Seven totacklecrime.Thesemea stabbedover20timesbythe looking for the minor, they cused decided to kill him. cludesstepstobefollowed
gress MLA Rajesh Jain for <
> eve-teasing
Not a single case of
was
mobile phones were reco suresincludeduseofCCTV minoronNovember20.Mr. found he was absconding. Accordingtothepolice,the incaseofincreaseinpollu
allegedly using fake bank veredfromtwothieveswho cameras, technical surveil Singhsrelativesubmitteda Followingatiporegarding minor asked the victim to tionlevels.Stepsforpre
accounts to exchange old reported this year werearrestedonNovember lance, night teams at halls murder complaint and ex his arrival at a bus stop in drinkwithhiminaeldon ventingandcontrollingair
1,000and500notesfor due to deployment 19. andocersinplainclothes pressed suspicion over the Chandpur to ee the city, thenightofNovember19. pollutionshouldautomati
new 2,000 and 500 of special teams... The complainant, a resi atcheckinggates. juvenilesinvolvementashe the police apprehended Once the victim got in cally come into play and
notes during Kumar Gyanesh dentofUttamNagar,wasgo Allthiswasinstrumental had seen the duo together him,saidMr.Tiwari. ebriated, the accused notdependonthedecision
AdditionalDCP(NewDelhi)who
demonetisation. supervisedthefunctioningofthe
ing towards the food court inpreventionanddetection onNovember19. The accused allegedly stabbedhimtodeathusinga of government ocers in
Mr.Jaincameunderpol IITFpolicestation fromhallnumber11whenhe ofcrime,headded. The complainant was toldthemthathiscousinbe knife,saidMr.Tiwari. anyoftheStates,itsaid.
icescannerfollowingaraid
onthepremisesofT&Tlaw
rmownerRohitTandon.
Accordingtoaseniorpol
iceocer,Mr.Jainalleged
Targetedbysnatchers,
lyconspiredwithMr.Tan
don and made several womanfallsfrombike
dubious transactions dur
ingdemonetisation.
Intheraidconductedon Cash,golditemsworth75,000stolen #
December 10, 13.5 crore

was seized from the law Staff Reporter wefell.Thepillionridergot
rmsoceinGKI.Ofthis, New Delhi othebikeandsnatchedmy
2.6crorewasinnewcur A 45yearold woman and purse before eeing the
rencynotes.Mr.Jainalleg hertwosonsfelloamov spot,shesaid.
edly conspired with Mr. ing bike after they were al Thevictimseldersonad
Tandon to make illegal legedlytargetedbymotorcy ded, She fell unconscious
transactions worth 50 clebornesnatchersinnorth fromtheimpact.Wecalled
crore using forged docu DelhionTuesdayafternoon. thepoliceandtookhertoa
ments and shell company The woman alleged that hospital. My brother and I
accounts,thepolicesaid. thesnatchersmadeowith suered scratches on the
The former MLA also her purse that had gold legsandweredischargedaf
came under the Enforce itemsandcashworthnearly terrstaid.
mentDirectoratesscanner 75,000. The police have regis
formoneylaunderingafter Gulzar Sai and her two teredacaseofrobberyand
theDelhiPoliceregistered sonssustainedinjuriesafter eorts are on to trace the
a rstinformationreportin theaccusedkickedtheirmo suspects.Theyarescanning
connection with illegal torcycle near Geeta Colony footagefromCCTVcameras
transactions. The ED yover, the police said, ad installed on the possible
searchedhishomecumof ding that Ms. Sai is out of routes taken by the
ceinMay. danger. snatchers.
Mr.Jainisalsobeingin I was on the way home Wehaveformedseveral
vestigated for his alleged withmysonsAbdullah[24] teams and are scanning
linkswithbusinessmanGa and Ubedullah [15] when CCTVfootagefromthearea.
gan Dhawan, who was ar twomenonamotorcyclein We will identify and arrest
rested by the ED recently tercepted our bike around thesuspectssoon,saidDe
inconnectionwithmoney 12.15 p.m. The pillion rider puty Commissioner of Pol
laundering. kicked the motorcycle and ice(North)JatinNarwal.
DELHI TODAY
Talk: Panel discussion on Tagging
andTypecastingWomenPanellists:
Urvashi Butalia, Bulbul Dhar James,
Amrinder Kaur Bajaj, Garima Gupta,
IAS,PrincipalSecretary,HigherEdu
cation, and Allana Gonmei, at IIC, 6
p.m.
Talk: Seminar on India and Japan:
Growing Convergences by Ambas
sador Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, IFS
(Retd.),atIIC,3p.m.
Music and Dance: Aarambh a
seriesofclassicalmusicanddanceof
theyoungergeneration.Performers:
HindustanivocalistTaraKannanand
Bharatnatyam dancer Ramaa
VenugopalanatAllianceFranaisede
Delhi,6.15p.m.
Exhibition: Art NOW 17, a group
exhibitionatLalitKalaAkademi,11
a.m.7p.m.
Art: Parwaz Sapno Ke Udhan
groupartshowatAIFACS,11a.m.7
p.m.
Screening: We Can Do It Italian
lmscreeningwithEnglishsubtitles
atItalianEmbassyCulturalInstitute,
Chanakyapuri,7p.m.
(Mailyourlistingsforthiscolumnat
cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in)
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4 CITY NOIDA/DELHI

THE HINDU
5 buses gutted in Timarpur

Blaze at DDAs cluster parking doused in three hours; no one injured
Staff Reporter
New Delhi
FivebusesparkedattheDel
hiDevelopmentAuthoritys
clusterparkinginTimarpur,
locatedadjacenttoapolice
station,caughtreonTues
daymorning.Theblazewas
brought under control in
threehours.
Nocasualty
Accordingtothepolice,one
ofthetwocondemnedbuses
parked there caught re at
6.40 a.m. The re then
spreadtofourotherbuses
one condemned and three
luxury buses parked on
thepremises.
Thebusdrivercalledthe
policecontrolroomandve Disaster prevented: AreghterdousingamesattheDelhiDevelopmentAuthorityscluster
retenderswerepressedin parkinginTimarpuronTuesday.(Below)Acondemnedbusparkedtherecaughtreearlyinthe
toserviceimmediately.The morning.Theblazespreadtofourotherbusesparkednearby. R.V. MOORTHY, PTI *
rewasbroughtundercon
trolby9.30p.m.Nocasual past several years. Nearly
ties have been reported, 200 buses from various
said Deputy Commissioner Statesparkheredaily.There
of Police (North) Jatin Nar areseveraleateriesandauto
wal,addingthatreocials mobilerepairshopsnearby.
areyettoascertainthecause Vagabonds visit the
oftheblaze. groundfrequently.Eitherso
He added that forensic meonewasinvolvedinmis
and crime teams have exa chief or they threw a ciga
minedthespot.Accordingto rette butt inside the bus.
preliminary probe, the Foam and articial leather
ground has been used for on the seats only fed the
temporary parking for the re,saidapoliceocer.
IN BRIEF
Luxury car, revolver, 300-kg
safe stolen from showroom
Guard was missing from designated spot during robbery
Tihars response sought Staff Reporter brother Kapil, who regis two of the accused put the
on plea by Bawana
NEW DELHI
New Delhi teredapolicecomplaint. safeinacar,whiletheothers
A DelhicourtonTuesday A gangofburglarsallegedly A case of burglary has edwithaluxurycar.
soughttheresponseofthe made away with a luxury been registered at Moti Na The showroom guard,
TiharJailauthoritiesona vehicle,alicensedrevolver, gar police station, said De who was allegedly missing
petitionfiledbyimprisoned a 300kg safe, 12 car keys puty Commissioner of Pol from his designated spot at
gangsterNeerajBawana, worth nearly 25,000 each ice(West)VijayKumar. thetimeoftheincident,has
seekingtoberemovedfrom and 10 lakh from a car beenquestioned.
solitaryconfinementinthe showroom in west Delhis CCTVcameras
#
prison.PTI Kirti Nagar on Tuesday The incident was captured Changingstatement
morning. on CCTV cameras installed The guard claimed that he
Spread awareness on According to the police, at the showroom. The four wasillandinthewashroom.
defacing of properties showroom owner Lokesh accusedmanagedtogainac However,theCCTVfootage
NEW DELHI Munjalwasonvacationwith cess to the showroom doesnotsupporthisclaim,
TheDelhiHighCourton hisfamilyinRajasthanwhen around 3 a.m. and tried to thepolicesaid.
Tuesdaysaidthat the incident happened. He break open a 300kg safe. They added that the se
governmentsshouldrun wasinformedaboutthebur Unsuccessful, they took it curity guard has been
awarenessprogrammeson glary by the showroom withthem. changing his statement fre
consequencesofdefacing guard.Mr.Munjalcalledhis According to the police, quently.
publicandprivateproperties,
similartotheSwachhBharat
Abhiyan.Thecourtwas
hearingapleaDUSUpolls.PTI
DCW issues notice to police
Provide electric heaters
to guards, RWAs told For sending 13 of 17 rescued girls back to GB Road brothel
NEW DELHI
TheDelhigovernmenton
Tuesdaydirectedall
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI
<
> TheCWChadtold
thepoliceto
Further, a statement by
theDelhiPoliceisbeingre
residentswelfare
The Delhi Commission for conductage ported that the girls were
associations(RWAs)to
provideelectricheatersto Women(DCW)saidonTues vericationofthe sent[back]tothebrothelas
nightsecurityguardsandto daythatithasissuedanot girlsanduntilthen, they were allegedly staying
ensuretheyarenotforcedto icetotheJointCommission ithadordered,that thereoftheirownwill.Ho
burncoalorwoodtokeep er of Police, Crime Branch, all17girlsbe wever, the police failed to
warmduringchillynights.PTI overlapsesinrescueof17 housedinashelter note that in case the girls
girls from G.B. Road here. home... turn out to be minors they
TheCrimeBranchhasbeen were to be rescued regard
Delhi Commission for Women
askedtorespondtothenot less of their consent, read
Train derails icebyDecember3. grounds that their identity theDCWsletter.
proofs showed they were
near Okhla CWCorders notminors. Detailsofocers
station, The DCW has questioned
theDelhiPolicesdecisionto
However, the DCW said,
TheCWChadtoldthepol
Callingitalapseonthepart
of the police, the Commis
none hurt send the girls back to the
brothel despite orders by
ice to conduct age verica
tion of the girls and until
sion asked them why the
girls were sent back to the
the Child Welfare Commit then,ithadordered,thatall brothel. Additionally, the
Staff Reporter tee(CWC). 17girlsbehousedinashelter Commissionalsosoughtde
NEW DELHI TheCommissionandthe home.Despitestrongreser tailsoftheocersinvolved
A localtrainderailednear CWC had on November 24 vationsanddirectionsfrom intheoperationandunder
Okhla railway station in rescued17girlsfromabroth statutory authorities, the whoseapprovalthedecision
southeast Delhi on Tues elatG.B.Road.Thepolicela girls were sent back to the tosendthegirlsbackwasta
day morning. No injuries tersent13ofthembackon brothelbythepolice. ken.
were reported in the inci
dent,thepolicesaid.
The EMU was going
from Palwal to Ghaziabad Groundwater extraction: Begging not
andtherstcoachderailed
when the train was about NGT slams govt, DJB a crime if
toreachtheOkhlarailway
station.Onewheelofthe
done due to
coach came o the tracks For nod to industries extracting water poverty
at9.55a.m.,saidasenior
Staff Reporter
policeocer. NEW DELHI
facilitieslikewater?
As soon as the matter Further,thegovernment Press Trust of India
New Delhi
wasreported,railwayo The National Green Tribu cameunderreforabusing
cials and police reached nal (NGT) on Tuesday aninterimorder.Youare Begging should not be a
thespotandmadearrange rapped the Delhi govern trying to take advantage of crime if it is done due to
mentstoevacuatethepas ment and the Delhi Jal aninterimorderpassedby poverty, the Centre told
sengers. All the passen Boardforpermittingopera the Tribunal to perpetuate the Delhi High Court on
gersweresafelyevacuated tionofindustrieswhichcar illegality,saidtheBench. Tuesday after the court
and sent to Nizamuddin ry out illegal extraction of The NGT had in 2014 wondered if anyone begs
railway station in another groundwater,leadingtode passed an interim order out of compulsion or by
EMU,theocersaid. pletionofwaterlevels. whichstatedthatifthein choice.
Meanwhile,eortswere A BenchheadedbyNGT dustryisawaterpackaging TheCentresstandcame
madetoxthewheelback chairperson Swatanter Ku industry and is extracting on two PILs seeking basic
and investigation into the mar said, You have deve waterforthatpurpose,that human and fundamental
reason of derailment be lopedtheindustrialareabut unit shall pay a sum of rights for beggars in the
gun.Thereasonisnotyet notprovidedwater.Thatis 50,000peryearperbore Capitalandfordecrimina
known. Its being investi whytheyareextractingwa well for utilisation. The lisingbegging.ABenchof
gated by ocials con ter. You were supposed to NGT has asked the govern Acting Chief Justice Gita
cerned,saidtheocer. provide a plan and three ment to appear before the Mittal and Justice C. Hari
Accordingtothepolice, years have passed since... Bench on Thursday after Shankar asked, ...Have
therewasnomajordisrup How can you set up indus taking appropriate action you ever seen somebody
tionintraintrac. triesifyoudonthavebasic againsttheseindustries. beggingoutofchoice?
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2017 SHOWCASE 5

TABLE FOR TWO
Wisdom from the heart

and hearth
As they set out on their international tour, Bhairav Se Bhairavi Tak,
legendary vocalists Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra explain how music
and food nurture humanity
S. RAVI them that they did not want to concerts, morning and evening
disturb the harmony created by justasinHouston.InLondonwe
Contrary to general perception, themusic.Thatisoneofthebest willstartat1p.m.AddingRajan
thosedevotedtoartsandculture complimentswehavebeenpaid Mishrasays,Bhairavisanimpor
donotliveasislands.Thisispre ever. tant raga which is sung at dawn
cisely what the worldwide tour Has singing given them tran justwhensunraysstartdissipat
Bhairav Se Bhairavi Tak being quillity? Besides name and ing darkness, has mircotones of
undertaken by renowned vocal fame, it has given a spiritual di RishabhandDhaiwatbeingused.
ists,PanditRajanandSajanMis mensiontoourlifemakingusat ThereareseveraltypesofBhairav
hra,whichcommencedfromVa peace.Beitriyaazorconcert,we like Lalit, Ahir, Bairagi and Nat.
ranasi recently, signies. We remember Goddess Saraswati Bhairavi,araginiofBhairav,uses
were seized of the ongoing vio andourforefathersandseektheir many surs and shudh surs and
lence and terrorism world over, blessings and start. Closing our bringsdowncurtainonaperfor
whichonlyharmshumanitywith eyeswearelostandsingtooursa mance. His short demo of the
out serving any purpose. Won tisfaction ensuring the audience twohaveheadsturningaroundin
deringwhattodo,wedecidedto followsandtheydo.Recentlyat aweandadmiration.
propagate peace and brother DelhiUniversitysShivajiCollege, Withsandwichandsaladbeing
hood through our music, ex wesangforthreehourswithout laid, we take a break. Tasting
plains Rajan Mishra as we settle anystudentleavingthehall. them, the two approve much to
downforaquietlunchatShangri Drivinghomethepoint,Sajan the delight of the sta. Bahut
Las Eros Hotels Tamra restau Mishra recalls that once they achha hai, remarks Rajan Mis
rant. Agreeing Sajan Mishra, rushedfromaGaneshUtsavreci hra,wholovesfoodandiseager
adds, music has tremendous talatPunetoMumbaitocatcha totasteallthingsnew.Ilikeal
powertomovehumanhearts. ight to Malaga in Spain for most all regional cuisines, be it
Weaskforgreenteatobefol anothershow.Wedidnotsleepa Gujarati, Rajasthani, Uttar Pra
lowed by som tam, the Thai pa wink. Reaching the venue, we desh,PunjabiorSouthIndian.My Complementing each other: Pandit Sajan Mishra and Rajan Mishra at Tamra restaurant in Shangri-Las Eros Hotel *
SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
payasalad.Thestasuggeststo splashedwaterandchangedinto favourites include dalchawal,
matoandbocconcinisandwichto freshclothes.Wewerebonetired khichdi,khandvi,undhiyu,rohu be washed before being cut. It strawberry.InvestigatingIfound ciology, Sajan Mishra graduated hrallsinhisabsence.Mainun
which they readily agree. As in yetonthestagewithtanpuraand sh,bhaatjhol,dosa,idli,paniha didntgetcookeddespiteseveral myselfstaringattheredkadhiasI fromBanarasHinduUniversity. ko workout karata hoon, bhai
music where we keep exploring tablaasaccompaniments,wefelt ramandappam.Foodlikemusic helpings of ghee and oil. Our hadusedstrawberrycurd.Quiet Withgreatmastersatconstant sahib daud lagwate hain (I give
ragas, we also experiment with nofatigueandgaveamemorable isalabourofloveandbringshap friend sarod player, Ashok Roy ly,Idumpeditfaraway.Nowon attendance,itmusthavebeenad workout while brother makes
foodtoo,quipsSajanMishra. performance. piness,satisfactionandpeaceto and his wife, dropped in. They der, they say, raag rasoi pagdi vantageous.Yes,wewerehelped themrun),hejestsmakingRajan
Sowillthiswhirlwindtourin onemakingaswellaseating.Sa enjoyeddalandgobhiandquietly kabhi kabhi bandh jaye (music, by nature and nurture but they Mishrasmile.
Power of music volve long concerts encompass janMishra,prefersfoodfromUP, atethebhindiwithoutanycom foodandpagdisometimesturns neverfavouredus.Thetaalimwas With the brothers declining
Onewondersastohowmusiccan ingallragasfromBhairavtoBhai RajasthanandPunjab.Theyare ment,quipsSajanMishra. to be excellent), he chuckles without fear or favour. They in desserts,onewondersifisapre
help?Theentireplanetandna ravi.SajanMishraexpounds:We richintaste.Theseregionsoer Suchishisloveforfoodthatat loudly. structedustolistentoothergreat cautionary measure? No, we
ture is enveloped in music. Our aretalkingaboutthewholespec greatvarietylikedalbatichoor Vlodrop, Holland, during a tour On a serious note, Rajan Mis masters and imbibe their quali love khoye ki mithai, sandesh,
voice is sound or swara and the trum and bouquet of ragas and ma,kachhimethikiandsangria organised by Maharishi Mahesh hra,isappalledwiththeburden ties.Sowelearntthegrasponsur Banarasijalebiandsohanhalwa,
heart and pulse beats are layas. notnecessarilyfromearlymorn ki subzis, dierent parathas and Yogi,onndingthefoodplacid, ofstudiesonchildrenthesedays. fromPanditBhimsenJoshi,while repliesRajanMishra,andasfor
Nobody is beyond music as it ingtoevening.Inlotsofplaces, dahi. Sajan Mishra, decided to use Inourtime,westudied,played, UstadVilayatKhan,sitarmaestro precaution,youwillbesurprised
strikesachordwithalllivingbe there are issues concerning au Whenaskedifhecooks,Rajan sometadkainthedalandvegeta indulged in pranks and also taughtusthatthetempooflaya we eat everything. Finding me
ingsinstantly.Infact,thewhole dience, auditorium, timings, or Mishrarepliespromptly:Mujhe bles.Ipurchasedginger,garlic, bunked to watch movies. They andtaanshouldalwayssynchro surprised, he says, Eating is
cosmicenergymovesinrhythm. securityandsokeepingthosein tohnimbubhikatnanahiata.He chillies and other condiments couldnt be serious. We had nise,repliesRajanMishra. closelyrelatedtopsychology.The
Wehaveformedrapportthrough mindwehaveworkedoutvarious quietly lets it slip in that Sajan and decided to use the electric been caught and punished too. momentyouthinkgolgappapani
musicwitheventhosewhodonot permutations and combinations Mishraisafabulouscookreputed kettle.Abouttostart,Maharishis Our gurus, grandfather, Bade New generation singers will aect the throat, it will. We
knowourlanguage.InParis,the tobringforetheavourofragas. forhisdalandchickenprepara nephewGirishdroppedinunex RamDasJiMishra,father,Hanu Talkingaboutthenewgeneration eateverythingbindaaschutni,
audienceapproachedusforauto In Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Delhi tions.Ineverhadformaltraining pectedly. Getting the fragrance, man Prasad Mishra and uncle, of singers, Rajan Mishra says, aachar, papad, chaat, bhel puri,
graphs with tears rolling down andBengaluru,wearedoingtwo and dont depend on recipes. he remarked, Can we also have GopalPrasadMishrainsistedthat Theyareextraordinarilytalent dahi bhalla, pav bhaji, sev puri,
their eyes. Such is the power of Havingobservedmymotherand someofthis,andIsaidjointhe sportsisrequiredtokeeptand ed. All they need is stay away icecreamsanddrinkchilledwa
melody,relatesRajanMishra. <
> Nobody is beyond music
as it strikes a chord with
chachi,Istartedoutwhenwehad party.Once,Ritesh,mynephew, healthy. They insisted on com fromdiversionslikemobile,tele ter. It has never aected our
SajanMishracitestheexample tofendonourowninDelhimany requestedforkadhi,whichIhad pleteconcentration,singingwith vision, internet and computer. voice. Sajan Mishra adds, Ri
of their concert at Maastricht, all living beings instantly. years ago. Recalling what I had nevermadebefore.Witheveryth
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Holland,whereaudiencedidnot In fact, the whole cosmic observed,myrstattemptyield ingready,Iusedthecurdinthe itasadrill.Thathelpedustodo book, they need to concentrate youknowBegumAkhtarusedto
clap. Wondering what went energy moves in rhythm eddeliciousdalandgobhisubzi. fridge and later the whole place wellinstudiestoo. WhileRajan onstudiesandmusic.RajanMis eatpaananddrinkicewaterbut
wrong,wewerelaterinformedby Rajan Mishra ThebhindiIdidnotrealisehadto waslledwithastrongaromaof Mishrahasamastersdegreeinso hralovestoteachwhileSajanMis hervoiceremainedgolden.
Prescription of the beauty queen SHORT TAKE
Manushi Chhillar says that as a medical student and the Miss World her goals
in life are the same
Atif Khan Youshouldknowthatmostofthe themareactors.IfIgetachance,I notaboutlearninghowtowalkor
achieversfromthestateinthelast would like to work with Aamir carryyourselfbutitwasaboutself
Theearlymorningchillturnedin fewyearsaregirls.Iamhappythat Khanashemakesintelligentlms discoveryandpresentingthebest
towarmthasMissWorldManushi peopleinHaryanaarelookingdif whicharesociallyrelevantaswell. versionofyourselftotheworld. Monsoon Shootouts novel
Chhillar gracefully walked into a ferently towards their women. I believeinworkwhichgivesback Shepromisedtocontinuework trailer
vestarhotelinAerocityforher Earliertherewasnotmuchparti somethingtothesociety. ing in menstrual hygiene space Nawazuddin Siddiqui's
rst press conference in the city cipation in beauty pageants and through her initiative Project next crime thriller Monsoon
afterwinningthecrown.Withthe thefocuswasonsportsbutIbe The role model Shakti,withwhichshestartedaf Shootout hascreatedquitea
tiara in place, the levelheaded lieve now more girls will take it Talking about her preparation ter becoming Miss India. Now I buzz after the launch of its
Manushi,dressedinethnicwear, forward. for the pageant, Manushi said, havethesupportoftheMissWorld poster and teaser recently
remindedthegatheringthatwith She said that if a girl from a Forthosewhoknowmefrommy organisation,Iwouldwanttohelp showingtheactorinagrue
greatpowercomesgreatresponsi community becomes someone, childhood,theywouldvouchthat underpriveleged women by pro some grey shaded character
bility.ThemedicalstudentatBha the bias against the girl child I didntundergoanygroomingat viding cheaper sanitary pads ontherun.Scheduledtore
gatPhoolSinghGovernmentMed would disappear. When you set home. I was completely into acrossthecountry. lease on December 15, the
icalCollegeforWomeninSonipat anexample,ithelpsothergirlsto books but these threeandahalf Shealsotouchedupontheissue lmisgoingbeyondthetra
assertedthatitwouldbehergoal dream.Ithinkchangehasbegun monthschangedmyoutlook,re oflackofbasicmedicalfacilitiesin ditional way of releasing its
toinuenceothergirlstopursue anditstartedfrommyowncom vealed Manushi. She added that thecountry.Iwouldliketoseea trailer.Forthersttimethe
higher studies and study smart. munity. There was a tradition of herrstinspirationwashermoth changeintheeldofmedicinein audiencewillgetachoiceto
Successisnotjustaboutbeinga ring guns at the wedding func erfromwhomshelearnthowto thecountry.Asamedicalstudent seethecontentofthetrailer
hardworker,itisaboutbecoming tionstoshowmaledominancebut balancethingsinlife.Butshecon and the Miss World, my goals in in two dierent aspects.
a smart worker as well. I was a therewasnosuchringwhenIbe sidersReitaFariaasherrolemo life are the same. I just want to Says,producerGuneetMon
physics topper in my school and came Miss India, related Ma del.Sheisnotonlyagreatgynae make the lives of others more ga,Thestoryandnarrativeis
usedtoencouragemyjuniors.Itis nushi,addingthatonlyeducation cologistbutshewastherstAsian comfortable. Once women start something dierent from
educationwhichcanliberateyou couldchangethemindsetofpeo towintheMissWorldcrown. feeling that there is no problem whattheaudienceshaveseen
andIbelievegirlsshouldgetthe ple. A trained Kuchipudi dancer, with their bodies, they will feel so far. The central character
besteducation. Sheunderlinedthatshewasnot Manushisaidshehadapassionfor morecondentaboutthemselves. playedbyVijayVermaistorn
Calling her win a big moment rushing for a role in Bollywood adventuresportswhichshewant The health of a mother deter in a split second decision to
forHaryana,Manushisaid,Itisa and that there was much more edtopursueassoonasshefound mines the health of a society. shootornottoshootacrimi
very big achievement for girls in work to do after becoming the time. I want some time out to Stubborn as they are, ashbulbs nalsuspect.Sokeepingthat
Haryana. People presume that Miss World. There were ve In readnovelsaswell,shechuckled. arerefusingtoleaveherface,but inmind,theaudiencewillget
girlsarelookeddownuponinthe dian women before me who be The journey from Miss India to her voice demands equal atten tochoosewhattheywantto
Change-maker: Manushi Chhillar in New Delhi *
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT statebutnowthingsarechanging. cameMissWorldbutonlytwoof MissWorldpageant,shesaidwas tion. seeinthetrailer.
5 EVENTS WORTH-YOUR-WHILE
PERFORMANCE MUSIC/DANCE FILM EXHIBITION TOURIST

Qual aur Qawwali Aarambh We Can Do It Mediterranean Food Festival
The Italian Embassy Cultural Institute will be
The Aesthetic Joy: Holi and Carnival
Ustad Imamuddin Khan Dagar Indian Music Art & Raza Foundation in collaboration with Alliance IIC and Embassy of Brazil present The Aesthetic Janpaths travel restaurant Tourist is celebrating
Culture Society and the Dagar Archives will Franaise de Delhi is organising the third screening We Can Do It, an Italian comedy film
Joy: Holi and Carnival which through Mediterranean Festival promoting cuisine of
present Qual aur Qawwali to connect one with programme in the Aarambh series of classical with English subtitles. Directed by Giulio
photographs of Ailton Silva and Natasha that region. The menu includes red kidney bean
the divine soul. It will present qawwali music and dance to promote young talent. It will Manfredonia it is set in Italy in the early 1980s
Hemrajani will showcase colour, music and dance falafel salad and grilled chicken salad,
performance by Dhruv Sangri (Bilal Chishty showcase the performances of Hindustani and follows Nello (Claudio Bisio), the recently
of the landscape of two celebrations separated Mediterranean meat balls with herbed yogurt
Sangari) along with an interaction with scholars vocalist Tara Kannan and Bharatnatyam dancer hired director of a newly developed work
by more than 12,000 kilometres: Holi and sauce, beer batter chicken/fish, Mediterranean
and artists. Ramaa Venugopalan. cooperative of former mental patients.
Carnival. chickpeas and feta wraps among others.
Venue: Amaltas Hall, IHC, New Delhi Venue: M.L.Bhartia Auditorium, Lodhi Estate Venue: 50-E, Chandragupta Marg, New Delhi
Venue: Art Gallery, IIC Annexe, Lodhi Estate Venue: 1, Scindia House, Janpath
Time: 6.30 p.m. onwards Time: 6.15 p.m. onwards Time: 7 p.m. onwards
Time: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Time: 12 noon to 1 a.m.
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AUTO NEWS
MadeinIndiaEtiosgetsfourstarGlobal
NCAPcrashtestrating
In the latest round of crash tests conducted under the Safer
Cars for Africa initiative by the Global New Car Assessment
Programme (GNCAP) and AA South Africa, Toyota Etios and
Datsun GO+ were two of the made-in-India cars evaluated. The
hatchback, Etios Liva, bagged a four-star rating in the frontal
crash, conducted at 64kph, certified as stable and a car
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: offering good overall protection for adult passengers. It scored
three stars in child safety, where Toyota-recommended child
MAN AND MACHINE seats were used. The Datsun GO+ miserably failed the test,
scoring a one-star rating, being unstable in the frontal crash. In
Lurking on the highway the child-occupant safety test, it scored only two stars.
MahindratosupplyEVstoUber
Mahindra & Mahindra has announced a collaboration with
Uber to supply electric vehicles, and a pilot run will
commence in Delhi and Hyderabad in the first phase.
Be in the know and stay alert to dangers from unlikely quarters when elements. Motorists regularly tra
velling to hilly reaches will know Mahindra will supply hundreds of e2o Plus hatchbacks
youre on a long drive: not just animals cutting across your path how some of these areas behave and eVerito sedans to Uber. Both companies plan to
expand the deployment of electric vehicles to several
duringcertainseasons.Forexam
other cities in the long term. The alliance will also include
cumulatedalongthemedian.This handingoutanadvisorytodrivers ple,duringheavyrains,ahillysec
insurance, maintenance and financing. Both companies
demonstratesthenecessityofcon andriderstakingtheExpressway. tionoftheYercaudtoSalemRoad will work closely with public and private players, who are
servancystakeepingacloseeye These gangs are said to throw issaidtobelandslideprone.Avail in the process of setting up a common-use charging
onthisroad,andofmotorcyclists sharpobjectsinthepathsofmoto abilityofsuchinformationcanso ecosystem across multiple locations in India.
exercisinggreatercaution. riststogetthemtostoptheirvehi metimes make all the dierence
Often,softriversandmeantfor cles.Peoplehavebeenadvisedto betweenlifeanddeath.
construction work is dumped on driveon,evenintheeventofthe Now,acrosstheworld,whenit
Prince Frederick ourroads,posingathreattothesa vehicledevelopingaattyrefrom comes to accidents involving ani
fetyofmotorcyclists.Aboutthree a sharpobjectungatit. mals,certaincommonrules,some
WhenIhittheroadfromThaiyur yearsago,agoryaccidentwasre According to media reports, in mandated by law, and others by
to Kayar recently, an exercise by portedfromSaltLakeCityinKol July 2016, a gang using a similar kindness, are followed. Unfortu
theForestDepartment,tosensitise kata, in which a young motorcy modus operandi struckontheDel nately, these rules are rarely fol
motorists to the presence of ani clistwasrunoverbyabusafterhis hiKanpurHighway.Theywaylaid lowedinIndia.Oneofthemisin
mals,ashedbyeveryhalfakilo vehicle skidded due to construc a family from Noida travelling to forming the police about the
metre.Locatedontheouterrimof Tacklingmananimalconict: tionsandlyingontheroad. Shahjahanpur,bythrowinganiron accident.Iftheanimalisdead,the
Chennai,thisroadcutsthrougha On our roads Government agencies engaged rodatthevehicle,whichforcedthe policecouldgetthenecessarypeo
forest and is marked by concrete in design and maintenance of driver to stop the machine. The pleonboardtohavethecarcassre
signboardsthatexhortmotoriststo vels.One,governmentauthorities roadsandupkeepoflawandorder gangsters looted the family and moved. And if the animal is in
slowdownandensurethesafetyof shouldhelpraisemotoristsaware shouldprovideadvisoriesonsuch rapedawomanandherdaughter jured,theycouldensureitreceives
roadcrossing animals: black ness.Two,motoristsshouldthem unexpected dangers and clamp whoweretravellinginthecar. medicalattention.
bucks,foxesandrabbits,andifIre selvesstayalivetothepossibility. downoncontributingelements. Heres an advisory that should
member right, wild boars too. Weathering it out beputupinplacesknownforani
WithduecredittotheDepartment Slippery sand Gangs of the road Butitsnotjusthumandisruptive mal crossings: Driving slow in FCArecallsJeepCompassinIndiaover
for this initiative, I would have Recently,areaderofthisnewspap A sectionoftheYamunaExpress theseareaswillensurenotonlythe
loveditmoreiftheseboardshad erpointedoutthedangerofmotor way,acontrolledaccessroad,has animalssafety,butalsothesafety
airbagissue
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has initiated a recall of the Jeep
alsodweltonthedangertomoto cyclistsskiddingonthesoftbeach been in the news continually for of many people, including the
Compass in India to rectify an issue with the passenger side
ristsfromanimalhits.Therecould sandblownontotheMarinaLoop robberiesandrapesbygangsthat Tackling the conflict motorist., those within the car
airbag. The recall affects 1,200 units of the Compass
also have been an advisory on Road,aconcreteroadthathugsa target travellers. They also attack Mortality as a result of
andpassersbyaswell. manufactured between September 5 and November 19, 2017,
whattodointheeventofanani sectionofChennaisMarinabeach. motorists taking the exits o the collisions with trains When an animal crosses his a company spokesperson said. The move is part of a global
malhit.Moreaboutthis,later. Itisbusyduringrushhour,astraf highway. In July this year, a gang showed that between
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path,amotoristwillinstinctive recall announced on November 22, 2017, that affects 7,000
Now,preventingmotoringacci cisroutedthroughittodecongest waylaidafamilytravellingfromJe 2011 and 2015, tigers, lyswerve,whichcouldresultin units of the SUV in the US and around 1,000 units in Canada
dentsinvolvingwildandstrayani anarterialstretch.Thisroadseems wartoahospitalinBulandshahr. bisons, elephants, collisionwithanothervehicleor and Mexico. The recall has been initiated to repair the loose
mals is part of the larger issue of tobesweptclearofbeachsandev Afterrobbingthefamilyofvalua Nilgai, and vultures, were killed. with pedestrians and cause a far fasteners, which may have found their way undetected into
motorists being aware of danger ery day. However, one gusty day bles, the gangsters killed a man Topping the list were elephants, more serious accident. So, slow the airbag module during the assembly process. The carmaker
fromunexpectedquarters.Thisis this monsoon season, I noticed a andgangrapedfourwomen. with 29 in 2013 and 11 in 2015. and ready helps you complete said the loose fasteners may pose a hazard in case the front
suehastobeaddressedontwole signicantamountofsandhadac Atthetollplazas,thepoliceare yourjourney,safely. passenger airbags deploy.
Bond with it over treacherous terrain and show it you have

confidence in its abilities.
Thereareroadsthatmostcarswillbaulkat,butforanSUV,these
Nourish its soul by often willbelikeashotofadrenaline.Itsfeatures,likeunderbodyarmour,
driving it in the environment 4WDandbucketsoftorque,meanthatitcanhandleroadsthatare
it is meant to be driven deemedunmotorablefornormalcars,orroadsmarkedJeeps
YourSUVwasnevermeant TrackOnly.YourSUVwillthrivewhenitfacesawatercrossing,ice
tobesittinginurbantrafficor andsnow.And,youllbeamazedathowmuchconfidenceitinspires
toannounceyourarrivalinthe atthewheeloverterrainlikethis.Infactyoullbejumpingwithjoy!
poshporticosofhotels.Itis
turkingtogetitswheelsmuddy.
Itwantstoputitsmassive
torquetouse,whichdozesoff
whenitsbeingdrivenovercity
roads.Takeitoffroadingorto
thehighHimalayastoallowit
(andyourself )todiscoverits
fullpotential.
GET,
SET, GO
on your Go to extremes.
SUV...
YourSUVwas
meanttogo
beyondthe
ordinary,into
temperatures
thatborderon
Six ways to give your 4WD an crazy,onroads
thatarelayered
enriching existence withsnow,and
acrosswaterfalls
Take it camping and RIShad saam mehta
thathavefrozen
set up house in the
infullflow.Itwill
middle of nowhere
meangettingout
Oneofthejoysof
ofyourcomfort
havinganSUVisthat
zonetoo,but
youcancarryyour
youwillbe
campinggearalong,get
surprisedathow
offthebeatenpathand
muchathome
setuphomeata
yourSUVmakes
pristinelocation.Infact,
youfeel.
evenifyoudontowna
tent,seatconfigurations
inmostSUVsaresuch
thatyoucanflattenrear
seatsintoasortof
doublebed.SUVsalso Make a gang of fellow SUV owners and
oftenhaveaminimumof discover new high roads. Once in a while, warm the cockles of its heart.
threeelectricaloutletsto Itsgreatfungoingoffthebeatentrackwithlikeminded WhatthismeansisthateventhoughyourSUVismeantforroughandtoughstuff,do
juiceupyourgadgets. companions.Plus,thereisalsosafetyinnumbers.Ifonegetsstuck, lookafteritandpamperitonceinawhile.Thismeanscheckingtyrepressuresoften,to
otherscancometotherescueandwinchhimorheroutorgoand ensurethattheyareoptimalfortheterrainyouaregoingtodriveon,andtheloadinthe
gethelp.Roadtripslikethesewithsuchbeautifulsceneryandsuch car.Itcouldalsomeanbuildingafireunderits(metal)fueltanktomeltthedieseloilthat
dramaticlandscapesbreedcamaraderie. couldhavefrozenovernightinextremetemperatures.
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