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Canada arrests
Huawei CFO
C fastest growing
hinese smartphone giant
Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanz-
hou was arrested in Canada on
December 1 and faces extradi-
tion to the US, which may infla-
me Sino-US trade tensions
afresh. Her arrest is related to
US sanctions, sources said. P15
‘Nel’ Jayaraman
dies of cancer
N el Jayaraman, 54, who
revived more than 160
traditional paddy seeds,
died in a Chennai hospital
on Thursday morning of
cancer. Jayaraman is sur-
vived by his wife and a
son.P5
Three Pondy BJP
MLAs get SC nod
I n a blow to the Congress dis-
pensation in Puducherry,
the Supreme Court upheld
the Madras high court order
validating the nomination of
three BJP men as members of
the legislative assembly in
the Union territory. P 7
Raj, T’gana go
to polls today
R ajasthan and Telangana
will vote on Friday in a
high-stakes poll that could be
a primer for the next year’s
general election. While more
than 4.74 crore people will
vote in Rajasthan, Telanaga-
na has 2.80 crore voters. P12
UK mission wants
access to Michel
T he government is “ex-
amining” a request by
the UK high commission in
New Delhi for consular ac-
cess to AgustaWestland
middleman Christian Mi-
chel. The MEA has forwar-
ded the request to the CBI.
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TN assembly urges Centre to
revoke Mekedatu report nod
Resolution
Slams CWC
& Karnataka
Julie.Mariappan
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu As-
sembly on Thursday unani-
mously passed a resolution con-
demning the Central Water
Commission and the Karnata-
ka government for going ahead
with a detailed project report
for constructing a reservoir at
Mekedatu across the interstate
Cauvery river.
The resolution moved by
chief minister Edappadi K Pa-
laniswami, which demanded
Court hints at
middle path in
CBI vs CBI case
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eserving its verdict in the
CBI vs CBI case, the SC
dropped broad hints on
Thursday that it
might chart a
middle path —
neither giving
the CBI director
absolute immu-
nity from disci-
plinary action nor any handle to
the Centre to interfere with the
CBI chief ’s functioning during
his two-year fixed tenure. CBI di-
rector Alok Verma and NGO
Common Cause challenged the
validity of the Centre’s move to
divest Verma of all powers pend-
ing a CVC inquiry into allega-
tions levelled against him by his
deputy Rakesh Asthana. P 11
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CAUVERY WAR ROUND 2 BEGINS
Centre must direct K'taka
not to take up any con-
It's a balancing
reservoir, there is
struction work at Mekedatu or any no question of us misusing
other place in Cauvery it. Tamils are our
basin without TN's brothers. We don't
consent, violation want to fight with
of SC order them." DKS, K'taka
PALANISWAMI, TN CM water minister
Governor Purohit, who will meet the PM in New Delhi
on Friday, is likely to discuss the issue with him
that the Union ministry of wa- violation of the final order of
ter resources immediately ask the Cauvery tribunal and judg-
the CWC to withdraw the nod, ment of the Supreme Court.
“strongly condemned and op- CM Palaniswami, who for-
posed the action.” The resolu- warded the resolution to Prime
tion also requested the Centre Minister Narendra Modi seek-
to direct Karnataka not to take ing action, said that in the guise
up any construction work at
Mekedatu or any other place in
of storing water to meet the
drinking water needs of Benga-
the Cauvery basin without the luru, Karnataka wants to in-
consent of Tamil Nadu and in crease its storage and irrigation
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➤ Pujara’s 16th Test ton took him
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➤ At this stage,
Pujara’s career
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similarity with
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capacity. The project will jeop-
ardize TN’s right and liveli-
hood, and Karnataka will whol-
ly appropriate the waters, the
chief minister said.
Meanwhile, Karnataka wa-
ter resources minister D K Shiv-
akumar, who wrote a letter to
CM Palaniswami seeking an ap-
pointment to clear misconcep-
tions about the issue, said the
project was the “right of Karna-
taka”. After a two-hour all-par-
ty meet in Bengaluru in which
former CMs and ministers and
legal experts took part, the min-
ister — against whom TN had
filed a contempt plea in the SC
— said the project was aimed at
addressing Karnataka’s power
and drinking water needs and
not irrigation.
 Oppn in favour, P 4
NRI billionaire
to invest in
Jet Airways?
et Airways promoter Na-
resh Goyal is learned to
have approached Abu
Dhabi-based NRI billio-
naire M A Yusuffali seeking
investment in his strug-
gling airline, reports She-
noy Karun. Goyal is also in
talks with Abu Dhabi’s Eti-
had to get the latter to raise
its stake in Jet from 24% to
anywhere up to 49%. A
source said: “Goyal had
called up Yusuffali 10 days
ago. They had a detailed
conversation. But Yusuffali
(the richest Indian billio-
naire in the Arab world) is
apprehensive about invest-
ing in an industry that loses
so much money.” P 18
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‘17 of world’s 20
cities are in India’
Surat No 1; 3
Cities In TN
Among Top 10
Surojit.Gupta
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The list of fastest
growing cities is dominated
by India with 17 among the top
20 cities in the world, accord-
ing to a global economic re-
search report.
With Tirupur at five, Tri-
chy at eight and Chennai at the
ninth spot, three TN cities
have made it to the top-10 list.
“When future GDP
growth rates are compared,
the story is mostly very differ-
ent. In particular, 17 of the 20
fastest-growing cities in the
world between 2019 and 2035
will be Indian, with Bengalu-
ru, Hyderabad and Chennai
among the strongest perform-
ers,” said a report from Oxford
Air pollution causes one in
eight deaths in India: Report
Sushmi.Dey
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: One in every eight
deaths in India can be attribu-
ted to air pollution, which now
contributes to a bigger disease
burden than smoking.
The average life expectan-
cy in India would have been 1.7
years higher if the air pollu-
tion level was less than the mi-
nimal level, shows the first
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Rank City Growth (%)
1 Surat
2 Agra
3 B’luru
4 Hyd
6 Tirupur
Trichy
8
9 Chennai
Source: Oxford Economics
Economics, a research house
engaged in global forecasting
and quantitative analysis.
Surat, which is a major
diamond trading and process-
ing centre and also has a
strong information technolo-
gy sector, tops the list of top 10
fastest growing cities in the
world between 2019 and 2035, fol-
lowed by Agra and Bengaluru.
 Financial services, P 18
comprehensive estimates of
deaths, disease burden and life
expectancy reduction associa-
ted with air pollution in each
BIGGER PROBLEM
THAN SMOKING
state, released by Indian Coun-
cil of Medical Research on
Thursday. Around 77% of the
population is exposed to out-
door air pollution levels above
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members had
asked for slain
cop’s transfer
Sandeep.Rai@timesgroup.com
Meerut: Three days after in-
spector Subodh Kumar Singh
was shot dead in mob violence
following alleged reports of
cow slaughter in Sayna tehsil
9.2
8.6
of Bulandshahr, a three-
month-old letter has surfaced
revealing that local saffron
8.5
leaders were not “comfort-
8.5 able” with the officer.
In their letter to Buland-
8.4
shahr MP Bhola Singh on Sep-
8.3 tember 1, 2018, BJP function-
aries of Syana, where Singh
8.2 was posted as station officer,
had sought the officer’s trans-
fer, accusing him of obstruct-
ing Hindus religious func-
tions.
Sanjay Shrotiya, who is
Bulandshahr city general sec-
retary of BJP and one of the
signatories to the letter, con-
firmed that a letter against
the “high-handed attitude” of
Syana SO Subodh Kumar
Singh had been sent to the
local MP.
 ‘Rude inspector’, P 11
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards safe limit, the re-
port says. In 2017, air pollution
accounted for 12.4 lakh deaths,
including 4.8 lakh deaths due
to household air pollution, in
the country. With 18% of the
global population, India suffe-
red 26% of premature mortali-
ty and health loss attributable
to global air pollution.
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MADRAS HIGH COURT TELLS OFFICIALS TO REISSUE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS NOMINATION OF THREE
DURAIMURUGAN’S PASSPORT | 5 PUDUCHERRY BJP LEGISLATORS | 7

How zero civic infra along OMR Panel on more marks for
govt docs in interiors meets
lets this 1,000cr cartel flourish TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: The seven-mem-

Sewage Tanker Strike Exposes Civic invested in properties across OMR, pur-
chased apartments despite knowing
that the areas branching out of the IT
Vulnerability Of OMR Where Lorries corridor were bereft of basic civic infra-
structure. They hoped things would fall
The committee will
seek information
maximum permissible in-
centive marks – 4% of marks
over and above their NEET
from collectors
running the tanker business said 1.20
crore litres of water was distributed
ber state committee headed
by retired judge Justice A
Selvam formed to decide on
before its second
score for every year, not exce-
eding 30%.
However, several in-ser-
along OMR daily of which 50% is used
meeting that is
by business establishments.
“We have been abandoned by multi-
the remote, difficult and ru-
ral areas of Tamil Nadu for likely in a week
vice doctors and govern-
ment doctors’ associations

Control Water Supply, Sewage Disposal
Yogesh.Kabirdoss@timesgroup.com
in place once residents moved in. But in
reality, things fell apart for developers
sold them a pipedream with proposed
between Madhya Kailash and Padur civic projects yet to take off.
ple government agencies. Water is
power-centric issue on OMR as streets
where the elected representatives live
have piped water connections,” Koda
which in-service candidates
would be given incentive
marks for PG medical admis-
sions met for the first time on
tus is issued,” said a senior
official.
In 2018, a six-member
moved court against the
implementation of the re-
commendation. The court la-
ter directed the state to set up

A
fter living in rented accom-
modations for four decades,
retired bank employee R Ra-
maswamy made Old Ma-
habalipuram Road his home
in 2009. The 69-year-old moved into his
dream home at Kumaraswamy Nagar
in Sholinganallur, but it was the begin-
ning of a nightmare for Ramaswamy.
“We were unaware about the poor
infrastructure. We are at the mercy of
sewage tankers as the road does not have
an underground sewerage system,” he
said. “There is no groundwater during
summer and we are dependent on water
tankers,” Ramaswamy said. Annually,
he spends `21,000 to source water and
dispose of sewage.
With no basic amenities, every year,
residents and business establishments
HELD TO RANSOM
Dotted with skyscrapers housing flats and offices, OMR lacks basic civic amenities
THE NUMBERS
3L homes on
OMR
between Madhya
1.20cr litres of
water
sourced from outside for
Kailash and Padur
OMR every day; 50% of
this is used by IT firms
spend `1,000 crore to procure water The consequent dependence on said. Adding to the woes, Metrowater’s Thursday. committee under Tamil Na- a committee under a retired
and flush out sewage. water tankers and vacuum trucks proposal for underground sewerage and The committee, framed du Medical Services Corpo- judge and release the recom-
Federation of OMR Residents means whenever there is a strike, water network is moving at a snail’s as per court directive, will se- ration chairman P Umanath mendations before 2018 ad-
Associations (FOMRRA) esti- life comes to standstill. OMR’s pace. “Our sector has been raising the ek information from all dis- used “hybrid” methods to missions.
mated that the arterial road vulnerability was exposed plight of OMR with the respective au- tricts collectors before its se- work out difficult and remo- This year, students will
has a population of 12.5 twice in the past three thorities for 10 years. But nothing seems cond meeting which is likely te areas based on terrain, appear for PG 2019, NEET ex-
lakh. “Had we invested months when water tank- to be happening,” a sector representa- to be scheduled within a we- doctor-patient ratio and va- amination on January 6 and
this money (`1,000 crore ers refused to ferry fol- tive said. ek. The committee members cancies in the government results are expected on Janu-
per annum) on water lowing a high court or- Urban planners blamed planning include Tamil Nadu Medical hospitals. Postings were di- ary 31. Counselling for ad-
supply and sewage der banning commer- authorities for the mess. Former profes- Services Corporation chair- vided into three categories of mission under the state quo-
disposal, an exclu- cial exploitation of sor of urban engineering at Anna Uni- man P Umanath, directors which two groups received ta will begin after at least one
sive desalination groundwater in versity K P Subramanian said Chennai of medical services, public benefits. Category A will re- round of counselling by the
plant could have October and this Metropolitan Development Authority health and medical educa- ceive 100% of the maximum directorate general of he-
been construct- week when vacu- and Mamallapuram Local Planning Au- tion, selection committee se- permissible incentive marks alth services under the all-
ed,” said um tankers pro- thority approved isolated multi-storeyed cretary and a demographer – 10% of marks over and abo- India quota. “We have adequ-
Harsh Koda, tested the hike in developments without bothering about from the University of Mad- ve their NEET score for eve- ate time to publish recom-
coordinator of charges for sew- an integrated development. “They ras. “We are planning to co- ry year, not exceeding 30%. mendations before the pro-
FOMRRA. age disposal at should have prepared a plan to provide me out with a comprehensi- The second group, category spectus is published,” said
Like Ramas- treatment plants a grid of feeder roads by widening and ve report before the prospec- B, will receive 40% of the one of the members.
wamy and Koda, operated by strengthening existing roads and provi-
residents, who Metrowater. Those sion of missing links with water supply
and sewer network,” he said.
But a Metrowater official said a
report was being prepared for under-
ground drainage. “We have begun
Auditorium in Anna library
work for piped water connection at
Karapakkam and Sholinganallur,” he
said. In addition, the corporation said
reopens after three years
245 roads would be laid by March. TIMES NEWS NETWORK ment as per rules, the release
“This would bring 95% of the areas said.
under the purview of the civic body Chennai: Three years after A rent of Rs 2,31,224 ex-
connected with newly-laid roads,” a it was shut down, a spacious cluding taxes has been fixed
corporation official said. auditorium at the Anna Cen- for a day to use the facility. A
But will those roads have water pipes
and sewage lines beneath them?
tenary Library in Kotturpu-
ram reopened for public use.
60% discount would be given
for art and culture events, in-
The facility can be used to cluding book releases, on
THE PROBLEMS host events connected with daily rent.
Absence of piped or piped water supply and Tiruporur is art, culture and education. It The hall in the library can “There was a huge de-
water connection to completely saline, no will not be let out for mar- accommodate 1,280 people mand when the auditorium
600 IT/ITES
firms 3.2L people
employed residential
localities
Groundwater in most
areas is saline
freshwater available
Entire IT Corridor
riage, political and religious
events. state industrial conferences,
was closed three years ago
following leakage issues...
Water Freshwater available at the mercy of water The air-conditioned facil- policy meetings of embas- Though corporate meetings
3,500 1,000cr supply by local till 50 feet in Perungudi tankers and vacuum ity has a capacity to accom- sies and high commissions are permitted, parties and

12.5L
residents
and other
business
a month spent by
spent in
bodies confined
to old villages
but groundwater
turns saline beyond
trucks modate 1,280 people, said a
statement from the directo-
of various countries func-
tioning in Chennai, annual
cooking will not be allowed,”
a library official said.
establishments
an apartment 100 feet at THE rate of public libraries. It general body meetings of na- Food prepared from out-
occupying a year to Chennai
dweller on water
source water
Sholinganallur SOLUTION can be utilised to conduct tional and multinational side can be served. A medical
apartments/ supply and Metropolitan Water government functions, uni- companies, workshops of firm has booked the audito-
and dispose Supply and Sewerage An exclusive
independent
houses and villas
on OMR
70% of water
consumed
churned out as sewage
sewage
disposal sewerage Board is yet to provide
sewerage connections
Groundwater
between
Kelambakkam
water supply and
sewerage network
versity convocations, an-
nual day events of schools,
noted educationalists and
scientists and other events
rium for an annual event of
employees in the last week of
musical events, national and permitted by the govern- December, the official said.

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Chennai: After a brief lull, the pro-
be by Central Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI) into the gutka scam in Ta-
mil Nadu has sprung back to life. On
Friday, Saravanan, a close aide of he-
U alth minister C Vijayabaskar, was
summoned to appear before the
arrested by the CBI in the probe.
Apart from gutka manufacturing
company representatives A V Mad-
hava Rao, Srinivasa Rao and Uma
Shankar Gupta, the agency has ar-
rested Senthil Murugan, a food safe-
ty officer, N K Pandiyan an officer in
the central excise department and
medicines for former chief minister J Jayalalit-
haa in 2015 appeared before the Justice (retd) A
Arumughaswamy commission on Thursday.
The commission is probing the circumstances
surrounding the hospitalisation and eventual
death of Jayalalithaa in December 2016.
Dr Sivagnana Sundaram, sources said, depo-
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Sivakumar another health inspec-
tor. All of them were arrested by the
agency after questioning.
The case was being investigated
by Directorate of Vigilance and An-
ti-corruption (DVAC) and was trans-
ferred to CBI on April 26 by the Mad-
ras high court based on an PIL.
The scam pertains to illegal sale
of banned tobacco products in Tamil
Nadu which first came to light in
2016 after an income tax search at
MDM tobacco owner Madhava Rao’s
residence unearthed evidence of
bribes to a minister, top government
officials and police officers. Vijaya-
baskar, Rajendran and George were
allegedly part of the list.
CBI has indicated to the high co-
urt that the possibility of implica-
ting ministers and top policemen
was not ruled out.
during her hospitalisation. On Wednesday, Dr U
Meenakshisundaram, a neurologist with Apollo
Hospitals, appeared before the commission.
The commission wanted to know the protocol
for the diagnosis of brain death from Dr Sunda-
ram, sources said.
Dr Meenakshisundaram was not among the
doctors who saw or treated Jayalalithaa in the
hospital, but had treated her earlier.
The commission wanted to know how long it
would take after cardiac arrest to declare a per-
son brain dead. It is the commission’s contention
that in Jayalalithaa’s case the supply of oxygena-
ted blood to the brain may have stopped during
the cardio-pulmonary resuscitation after she got
a cardiac arrest on December 4 evening as there
was no blood supply for 25 minutes while the doc-
tors carried out the CPR and sternotomy, sources
said. The doctor told the commission that two ne-
urological examinations are conducted in inter-
vals of six hours each which would determine
brain death.
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TOI
A passenger gets his first
ticket from the second entry
passenger ticketing centre at
Avadi railway station after
member of Parliament P
Venugopal inaugurated it
Booking office
at Avadi station
inaugurated
Member of Parliament P
Venugopal on Thursday
inaugurated the second
entry passenger ticketing
centre (booking office) at
Avadi railway station here.
Built at a cost of `20 lakh,
the ticketing centre will
have three counters to
cater to the increasing
passenger footfall at the
station. Avadi station is
being developed as an
Adarsh Station now. Apart
from serving more than 20
villages around, the station
also serves the Armed
Vehicle and Ammunition
Depot of India, Tube Prod-
ucts of India, Avadi Railway
Car Shed and other indus-
trial establishments. State
Tamil culture minister K
Pandiarajan, Chennai
divisional railway manager
Naveen Gulati and others
were present.
NCST visits IIT Madras,
interacts with students:
The National Commission
for Scheduled Tribes
(NCST) visited the Indian
Institute of Technology
Madras campus on Thurs-
day. The delegation met
Bhaskar Ramamurthi,
director, IIT Madras, and
other senior officials of the
institute. Led by Nand
Kumar Sai, chairperson of
NCST, the delegation com-
prised Anusuiya Uikey,
NCST vice chairperson and
other members of the
commission. The commis-
sion also interacted with
faculty and students from
the scheduled tribes com-
munity. Nand Kumar Sai
said, “It is perhaps only our
country in the world that
considers the entire world
as one family. We have to
take all sections of the
society together. Only then,
the country will progress.”
Ambedkar’s death
anniversary observed:
The Tiruvallur district
collectorate hosted an
event on Thursday to mark
the death anniversary of Dr
B R Ambedkar. Member of
parliament and AIADMK
leader, P Venugopal, who
was the chief guest at the
event, spoke about the
various contributions of Dr
Ambedkar, the architect of
India’s constitution. “Some
incredible contributions
include section 155 that
ensures that a governor is
appointed and not elected
by people as Sardar Patel
wanted. Ambedkar was of
the belief that if governor
of the state is elected by
public there would be two
governments running at the
same time.”
Changes in trains to
Rameswaram: Due to
suspension of traffic over
Pamban Bridge, all trains
originating/ terminating
from Rameswaram are
partially cancelled between
Mandapam and Rameswa-
ram. Consequently, all
trains originating/terminat-
ing from Rameswaram will
instead originate/ termi-
nate at Mandapam until
further advice, Southern
Railway said.
HC orders probe into missing idols at Srirangam temple
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: The Madras high
court has directed the idol
wing CID to conduct a preli-
minary probe into the alle-
ged theft of 42 ancient temple
idols and artefacts from Sri-
rangam Temple during its re-
novation, and file a report to
the court in a week.
A special bench of Justice
R Mahadevan and Justice P D
Audikesavalu issued the in-
terim direction on the pleas
moved by Rangarajan Nara-
simhan and advocate Elep-
hant G Rajendran seeking di-
rection to the wing to regis-
ter an FIR based on their
complaints on the missing
idols. When the plea came up
for hearing, Rajendran sub-
mitted that 52 antique doors
of the temple and many anci-
ent stones and other arte-
Girl crushed to death by tanker lorry Woman held for
Jemima Was
Going To
School On Her
Uncle’s Bike
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A 13-year-old stu-
dent riding pillion on her un-
cle’s bike was crushed to de-
ath by a Metrowater tanker
on New Avadi Road in Kil-
pauk on Thursday morning,
police said. The victim was
identified as Jemima Achu
Mathew, a Class VIII student
of Union Christian Public
School and a carol singer.
The accident occured
around 7.45am, police said,
when Jino Alex, with his
daughter in the front and ni-
ece Jemima in the back, rea-
ched the New Avadi Road-
Canala Road junction. The
driver of the Metrowater
tanker (TN-20 BL 9598) wan-
ted to overtake his bike and
was honking continuously.
Three escape with
walkie-talkie from
constable, arrested
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A three-member
gang attacked a police head
constable and snatched his
walkie-talkie at Madhava-
ram milk colony. Police ar-
rested Dinakaran, 32,
Manikandan, 32 and Prem
Kumar, 35, all autorickshaw
drivers.
Police said Karrupasa-
my, 52, head constable atta-
ched to Madhavaram Milk
colony police station, was
patrolling near Manjambak-
kam when he intercepted a
three-member gang who
came speeding on bikes. He
Woman stages
burglary
drama, let off
after warning
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A 52-year-old wo-
man staged a robbery drama
after hiding the `6.5 lakh her
husband got as gratuity on his
retirement recently as she fea-
red he may hand the money
over to his first wife in Avadi.
Police personnel let the wo-
man off with a warning.
Police said Usha made a
distress call to the city police
control room at 3am on Thurs-
day stating that a robber snat-
ched her gold chain and esca-
ped with `6.5 lakh cash from
the almirah.
She claimed she went to at-
tend nature’s call and when
she stepped out of the bathro-
om she saw a masked robber
who snatched her gold chain
and ran away.
She informed police that
the almirah was open and the
cash missing.
Ambattur assistant com-
missioner of police, Karnan,
inspector of police, Siva Sub-
ramanian, and a few police
personnel conducted a check
and discovered the stolen gold
chain lying a stone’s throw
away from the window.
Upon questioning her, Us-
ha confessed to having lied to
police. They recovered `6.5
lakh, which was also intact in-
side a cooker.
Police personnel conduc-
ted a detailed inquiry and let
the woman off with a war-
ning.
THEFT: Srirangam temple (L), Kapaleeshwarar temple
facts were removed/repla-
ced from the temple during
its renovation. “There are
two types of thieves who ste-
al temple properties. One ste-
als idols and the other steals
temple jewellery. The latter is
mostly officials of Hindu Re-
ligious and Charitable En-
Unable to tolerate it, Jino ga-
ve way but the tanker hit his
bike from behind. Jino and
his child fell on the left while
Jemima fell on the right and
came under the rear wheels
fo the tanker.
“It was unfortunate. Be-
fore Jino could pull Jemina
to safety, she was crushed,”
said Roshan Thomas, a fami-
ly friend.
The lorry driver stopped
the vehicle as he could not
escape in the peak hour traf-
fic. Passersby who witnes-
sed the accident alerted poli-
ce. A team went to the spot
and took Jemima
government Kilpauk Medi-
to
cal College and Hospital
where doctors declared her
brought dead.
Jemima lived with her
mother and her uncle on
Mandapam Road Kilpauk,
while her father Oman Mat-
hews looked after their farm
in Tiruvalla, Kerala. Her un-
cle used to drop her at school
everyday. A case has been
registered and the driver Go-
vindarajan, 23, of Arako-
nam was arrested.
asked them to produce vehi-
cle documents for verifica-
tion. The trio who were
drunk picked up an argu-
ment with Karrupasamy
and snatched his
walkie-talkie and escaped
from the scene.
Karrupasamy informed
the control room through a
patrol police. Madhavaram
milk colony police registe-
red a case and launched a
hunt for the trio, whose iden-
tity was established with the
help of CCTV footage.
Police said the trio
went to Mathur MMDA after
snatching the walkie-talkie.
NEW LOOK FOR THE COOUM
CLEANED UP: The banks of river Cooum River at Aminjikarai near Poonamallee High Road in Chennai
are being spruced up after encroachments were removed recently
Met forecasts cloudy skies,
light rain likely
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: The city is set to
see cloudy skies but possi-
blity of rain is remote in
the coming days. A met
department forecast says
that the sky is likely to be
generally cloudy. Light
rain is likely to occur in
some areas.
A met official said that
light rain is forecast be-
cause of an upper air circu-
lation but chances are re-
mote for rain in the city un-
less a new weather system
dowments department,” Ra-
jendran said.
In one particular case, an
official of the department
stole a jewellery from a temp-
le and tried to sell it off in
Bangalore. Fortunately, the
jeweller whom the official
approached was the one who
TIMES CITY
13-year-old Jemima(L), the Metrowater tanker that crushed her
She mesmerised everyone with her singing
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Jemima Achu
Mathew was a ‘celebrity’ —
her vocal strength
mesmerizing everyone at
her school as well as the
church she went to, say those
close to her.
The 13-year-old resident
of Mandapam Road in Kil-
pauk, who died tragically in
a road accicdent on Thurs-
day, was preparing for
SI attacked for asking
shops open late to shut
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A six-member
gang attacked a sub inspec-
tor who asked them to close
the hotel, which was functio-
ning till late on Wednesday
night. Police arrested six
men in connection with the
incident.
Marudhu, sub-inspector
at Triplicane police station
in the law and order wing,
was on night patrol duty
when he found two hotels on
Anna Salai open at 1 am.
The sub-inspector got
down from the patrol vehicle
and asked them to close up as
they were not permitted to
stayt open so late.
forms.
The day temperature
will be back to above 30 de-
grees celsius on Friday and
Saturday as there is not
much chance for rain.
However, rain may oc-
cur if it moves up towards
north east along the Tamil
Nadu coast. Met depart-
ment says that it would be
known only after a couple
of days.
An inference by the Met
department says that yes-
terday’s cyclonic circula-
tion over the Equatorial In-
donated the jewel to the
temple. Later, based on a
complaint from the jeweller
the official was arrested,” he
added.
To this, counsel represen-
ting the department submit-
ted that since a similar comp-
laint was already filed by Na-
TOI
Christmas celebrations at
her school on Saturday. A few
of her classmates and she
planned to perform a shadow
play.
Several of her schoolma-
tes said the daily assembly
opened with the choir, with
Jemima in the lead.
Her classmates remained
inconsolable and some of
them kept visiting the
Government Kilpauk Medi-
cal College and Hospital
“The hotel employees bo-
ught some time claiming
that a few customers were
having food,” said an investi-
gating officer. He left the sce-
ne asking them not to take
any more orders and close it
before he arrived in a couple
of minutes for another
check.
Marudhu, who arrived 30
minutes later, still found the
hotels open and doing brisk
bunisess.
Enraged, he ordered
them to immediately down
shutters. But they refused to
budge and six employees ca-
me to talk with the sub in-
spector.
A heated argument broke
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dian Ocean and adjoining
southwest Bay of Bengal
and extending upto 3.1
kilometres above mean sea
level persists. Yesterday’s
trough of low at mean sea
level over Southeast Bay of
Bengal and adjoining
Equatorial Indian Ocean
persists and now extends
upto 0.9 kilometres above
mean sea level. Under its
influence, a low pressure
area is likely to form over
Southeast Bay of Bengal
and neighbourhood
around December 9.
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rasimhan and the wing had
already commenced the pro-
be there could not be yet anot-
her FIR for the same issue.
Recording the submis-
sions, the bench tagged the
pleas and directed the wing
to conduct a preliminary pro-
be to ascertain whether pri-
Passersby who
witnessed the
accident alerted
police. A team rushed
to the spot and sent
Jemima to government
Kilpauk Medical
College and Hospital
where doctors
declared her brought
dead. The driver was
arrested
mortuary where the body
was kept for post-mortem.
“She was a multi-talen-
ted individual. She was
good at dancing, academics
and stage play. She was also
very friendly,” said her
classmate Kevin, fighting
back tears.
She was a regualr partici-
pant at annual day events
and had won accolades in
dancing, singing and stage
play last week.
out. The six employees who
encircled the police constab-
le stood their ground saying
it was not possible for them
to close immediately.
When Marudhu called
them to the police station,
they hit him. Based on a
complaint from Marudhu,
police arrested six people –
Rasukutty, 26, of Arani,
Krishnamoorthy, 53, of Tho-
mas Road, Sasikumar, 40, of
Puducherry, Thirunavukka-
rasu, 34, of Ariyalur, Sunil,
43, of Mallapuram and Ab-
dul Rehman, 32. They were
booked for preventing a pub-
lic servant from discharing
his duty and for criminal in-
timidation.
Teenager
waylaid by 2,
robbed of
mobile, `300
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A two-member
gang waylaid a 15-year-old boy,
made him to remove his shirt,
snatched his cell phone and
`300 at Abiramapuram on
Wednesday night.
Police said the victim
Karthik was employed at a
shop selling idly batter in Abi-
ramapuram. He was on his
way to buy food for his owner
when the incident took place.
No passers-by were present to
help the boy as the road was
Police said Karthik was
on his way to buy food
for his owner when the
incident took place
deserted.
Two men on a bike inter-
cepted Karthik and snatched
his mobile phone and `300.
They also made him to remove
his shirt though he resisted.
Later, they took away the shirt
too.
Karthik reached Abirama-
puram police station and lod-
ged a complaint. He also men-
tioned the identity of the duo
who robbed him.
Police suspect the duo to be
previous offenders. “We are
also looking at the CCTV foo-
tage. Even if we check the re-
gistration number of the bike,
it could be a stolen one, said an
investigating officer.
ma facie case was made out
and file a report to the court
within one week.
Similarly, in the plea alle-
ging theft of an antique pea-
cock idol from Kapaleeshwa-
rar Temple, Mylapore, the
department informed the co-
urt that a high-level team
comprising joint commissio-
ners of Rameshwaram and
Madurai had been constitu-
ted to probe the allegation.
The department also sought
the court to direct the idol
wing to not to interfere in its
actions.
Recording the same, the
bench said the department
could proceed further with
the inquiry. The court, howe-
ver, made it clear that the idol
wing could also proceed with
its probe notwithstanding
the inquiry being conducted
by the department.
3
sexually abusing
17-year-old boy
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A 28-year-old wo-
man has been jailed under
the Pocso Act for sexually as-
saulting a 17-year-old boy at
Ayanavaram.
Police arrested Swetha
alias Vasanthi after the boy’s
sister filed a missing person
complaint with the Ayanava-
ram police as he had disappe-
ared from home on Novem-
ber 27. The boy’s sister found
that Swetha who lived near- Police said the woman,
by had also gone missing the Swetha alias Vasanthi,
same day.
Shwetha and the boy, a who had married
class 8 dropout who worked twice, met the boy
as a labourer, had met at the while visiting a hospital
government hospital while
visiting relatives. On Wed- nior officers before slapping
nesday, they both turned up a case under the POCSO Act
at the Ayanavaram police against the woman.
station. Police said Shwetha The Ayanavaram police
admitted that she had taken arrested Swetha and she was
the boy to a friend’s empty remanded in Puzhal prison.
house at Teynampet and that Police said the woman
they had stayed there for had married twice, Paul
three days. Vannan in 2008 with whom
In the presence of juveni- she had a daughter. She sepa-
le justice board members rated from her first husband
and NGO volunteers, the po-
lice asked the boy if the wo-
man had assaulted him. The
and in 2015 married Muru-
gan, a divorcee with two
children.
boy told them that she had As Murugan worked in
sexually assaulted him seve-
ral times.
Following this, the Aya-
Bengaluru, Swetha lived
with his children in Ayana-
varam. Before she took the
navaram assistant commis- 17-year-old to Teynampet,
sioner of police, S Balamu- she had dropped the child-
rugan, discussed the matter ren off with their father in
with legal experts and se- Bengaluru.
HC directs govt to
come up with plan
for Madrasa-i-Azam FILE PHOTO from permitting demolition,
modification or alteration of
the heritage school building,
which is about 200 years old.
In December 2017, a divi-
sion bench of the court admit-
ted the plea and passed an in-
terim order against demoli-
tion of the building till the fi-
nal disposal of the plea. The
Govt. Madrasa-i-Azam Hr. Sec. bench also directed the autho-
School rities to justify why the heri-
tage structure must be demo-
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: The Madras high
lished. When the plea came
up for hearing on Thursday,
petitioner's counsel R Abdul
court has directed the Tamil
Nadu government to come In December 2017, a
out with a comprehensive division bench of
scheme to renovate the go- the court admitted
vernment’s heritage building
Madrasa-i-Azam higher se-
the plea and passed
condary school on Anna Salai an interim order
here. against demolition
A division bench of Justi-
ce Vineet Kothari and Justice Mubeen submitted that re-
Anita Sumanth issued the the presentations had already be-
interim order on a PIL moved en sent to the government for
by Abdul Basith, an executive adoption of the school and its
member of the Parent-Stu- campus by Prince of Arcot
dent Association of the scho- Endowments. The court has
ol. The petitioner wanted the posted the matter to Decem-
court to restrain authorities ber 20 for further hearing.
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Youth held
for cheating Cancel contracts to
huge garbage dumping yard fruit vendor
Chennai: Police arrested an
18-year-old youth for cheating
a few, corpn urged
a fruit vendor by promising to
predict her future.
The vendor, 55-year-old
Will Ensure working in the corporation
taking contracts for 40-odd
years and want healthy com-
contract announced in the
tender bulletin. Recently, he
was shocked to learn that ro-

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mosquitoes, pigs giving street names
and others – Divya
and other locators
Shylesh
Mallika of Maduranta Thot-
tam in Kancheepuram, spot-
ted the suspect on the streets
and alerted police. A team cor-
nered the youngster and took
him to the station where he re-
vealed his name as Dinesh and
said he lived in Poiyya Kulam
near Kancheepuram.
Police have apprehended
the suspect after six months.
Inquiries revealed that the yo-
ungster appeared before the
fruit vendor six months ago
and promised to predict her
future, egging her on by revea-
ling some past incidents in
her life, which Mallika had
maintained as secret.
Believing him,she took the
boy to her house where he loo-
ted her cash and jewellery, po-
lice said. TNN
Action against
Better Job
Distribution,
Say Officials
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A group of more
than 100 contractors met
Greater Chennai Corpora-
tion officials on Thursday
and submitted a petition de-
manding allocation of work
after cancelling the tenders
given only to a ‘select few’.
The contractors alleged
that some officials were ta-
king 18% commission on eve-
ry work, and changing the
pre-qualification terms.
“Even the I-T papers are be-
ing forged and we cannot
work that way. We have been
Will review problems in
petition. We don’t want them
to offer us work. We will com-
pete and win tenders,” said
Karna, a contractor.
The contractors deman-
ded that the corporation
scrap tenders awarded to a
select few as they claimed
these were rigged and the
contractors colluded with
each other. “We have eviden-
ce which has been furnished
to the commissioner as well.
All details of tenders should
be furnished in the bulletins
and we should be allowed to
make bank transfers for
EMD (earnest money depo-
sit),” said Suresh, another
contractor.
A class four contractor,
who requested anonymity,
said he used to regularly take
up work but in the last four
years had not seen a single
ad and drain work for
`740crore, park maintenan-
ce for `22crore, and work on
bus route roads for `240crore
were announced. All these
were termed packages and
only those who had taken up
projects of nearly `1 crore
were deemed eligible to bid.
Another contractor, H
Chandrabose, said “Even
class A contractors who are
eligible for these projects are
not allowed to take part in
the tenders.”
The principal chief engi-
neer, M Pugalendi, whom the
contractors met, said the
corporation had accepted
their petition and would in-
vestigate the allegations. Se-
nior engineers also said they
had assured the contractors
that work would be broken
up and given to more people.

Vijay fans
Chennai: The cyber crime
wing of the Chennai city poli-
ce has solved the case of two
youngsters, who appeared in a
video threatening those oppo-
sing actor Vijay’s movie ‘Sar-
kar’. The clip in which the two
BONE-RATTLING RIDE sickle-wielding men claimed
they were the actor’s fans
This stretch of Thiruvottiyur High Road, from Ellaiamman temple went viral on social media.
to Aakash hospital, is full of potholes, worsened by the rain. Will G Prakashkumar lodged a
the corporation authorities take action? – Gnanavelu Ganesan complaint at the Chennai poli-
ce commissioner’s office, de-
manding action.
A case was registered and
the cybercrime wing of the ci-
ty police took up the probe.
Meanwhile, police personnel
traced the suspects as Linga-
durai and his friend Sanjay.
They are yet to arrest these
VITAL DRAIN CHOKED two men. TNN
tenders, says corpn chief
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Chennai: The city corpora-
tion is scrutinising the ten-
der documents and will look
into discrepancies, said
commissioner D Karthike-
yan on Thursday.
On Wednesday, a group of
50 contractors had submit-
ted a petition to the commis-
sioner stating that most ten-
ders of the civic body were
fixed beforehand for a small
set of contractors.
Talking to reporters he-
re, the commissioner said
that all tender discrepancies
would be loo-
ked into. “As a
first step, we
have cancel-
led a few ten-
ders. We will
take necessa-
ry action like blacklisting
them soon,” he said.
On construction of the
storm water drain network,
he said after the December
2015 floods, 15 IAS officials
had monitored various loca-
tions and proposed projects
to reduce water-logging. “It
is only this year that we final-
ly got funds for it and so we
are implementing it. Resto-
ration work has begun in the
Adyar and the Cooum rivers.
For the Kosasthalaiyar ba-
sin, we have applied to the
Asian Development Bank for
which we await the Centre’s
nod,” he said
On the privatisation of
garbage collection, he said
that the corporation had re-
vised the norms and it would
not be on tonnage basis any-
more but on key performan-
ce indicators. “A company
named IB Global has prepa-
red the guidelines, and we
will call tenders for two
packages covering four zo-
nes each,” he said.

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Chennai: University of
Madras has assured the
Madras high court that it
will not interfere with the
functioning of the new prin-
cipal of Stella Maris College
years of teaching experience
and was one of the senior-
most faculty members
serving as associate profes-
sor in the department of
mathematics, was appointed
purely based on her qualifi-
cations.
the college management
contended that the UGC Ru-
les regarding such appoint-
ments would not apply to mi-
nority institutions like Stel-
la Maris College.
It was further submitted
that the Supreme Court had
O
Cast: Sara Ali Khan, Sushant Singh small-town setting, where locals treat
pposition parties, in-
Rajput, Nitish Bharadwaj Hindu pilgrims with utmost respect and ● Kedarnath (ked)
cluding the DMK, the
Direction: Abhishek Kapoor where Muslim porters have no qualms
Congress, IUML,
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute in praying to Shiva and sharing the faith ● Seemathurai (see)
AMMK, MJK and the KIP, sup-
Language: Hindi (U/A) of the devotees. The writing by Abhishek
ported the government’s reso- ● Dhoni Kabadi Kuzhu (dho)
58888 code: ked Kapoor and Kanika Dhillon subtly
lution.
reflects upon the secular dynamics of To read/rate the movie, go to
DMK president and oppo-
Kedarnath. There’s also a brief comment review.timesofindia.com
sition leader M K Stalin, who
on the commercialisation with hotels,
exhorted the state to “fight
courageously”, slammed the
malls and tourism, which has impacted
the ecological balance of places like

in the administration of the
institution.
Counsel for the universi-
ty gave the undertaking, on a
plea moved by the college
challenging the decision of
the university denying
approval for appointment of
Rosy Joseph as principal.
According to the college,
Rosy Joseph, who had 19
Subsequently, as manda-
ted, the college sent the appo-
intment proposal to the uni-
versity in June last year for
confirmation.
The university, however,
said its syndicate had deci-
ded not to grant approval
and told the college to follow
the UGC Regulations, 2010.
Challenging the order,
already declared that the
rights conferred on minori-
ty institutions under Article
30(1) of the Constitution we-
re intended to be real and ef-
fective and a promise of rea-
lity and not a teasing illu-
sion. Such rights cannot be
allowed to be whittled down
by any measure masquera-
ding as a regulation.
AIADMK government for not
getting a court stay against
Karnataka’s plan or taking an
all-party representatives/
MPs’ team to meet the PM on
the issue.
The state assembly had
adopted resolutions in De-
cember 2014 and March 2015
urging Centre to stop Karna-
taka’s Mekedatu plan.
■ Mandakini aka Mukku (Sara Ali
Khan) is a feisty, young girl living in
Kedarnath with her family. Her father
(Nitish Bharadwaj) is a local priest and
things get complicated when Mukku
falls in love with a Muslim boy and local
BLoCKBuSTtTASTE
Kedarnath and contributed to natural
calamities. These pertinent issues,
which had a lot of potential, are briefly
touched upon and then left in deep
waters.
The focus remains strictly on the love
story, and while Mukku and Mansoor
share some beautiful moments, the
narrative does take a tad too long to set
up their romance. Sara Ali Khan as
Mukku is a live wire. She reminds you
of a young and boisterous Amrita Singh
(her mother) in films like Betaab and

259 touts held, `57.65L tickets seized this year
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: The Railway Pro-
RPF train escorts have
been instrumental in
Similar drives were carri-
ed out in Palakkad and Thiru-
vananthapuram Divisions
curity of women passengers,
four women’s special trains
in the Chennai Division are
pithoo (human porter), Mansoor
(Sushant Singh Rajput). While the
romance between characters of different
faiths forms the core of the story, no one
anticipates the other life-changing event
that is about to take this holy place by
storm.
Chameli Ki Shaadi. Her confidence and
on-screen charm are a testament to her
ability and talent. She looks gorgeous in
the desi-girl avatars and she owns every
scene that she’s present in. Sushant
Singh, in a slightly underplayed role, setting is what makes a difference,
supports Sara’s efforts, but we’ve seen because the simple and predictable love

tection Force wing of Sout-
hern Railway has been con-
ducting intensive drives at re-
gular intervals to curb unaut-
horised ticketing.
Special squads are deploy-
ed all over the zone to nab to-
uts at PRS centres and unaut-
horised travel agencies. Until
November 30 this year, speci-
al teams nabbed 259 touts un-
der the Railways Act and sei-
zed e-tickets and PRS counter
tickets worth `57.65 lakh.
Of the arrested touts, 60
were convicted by the Judici-
al Magistrate Courts concer-
ned and fined `3.9 lakh. The
remaining cases are under
investigation.RPF wing of
the Chennai division recove-
red railway reserved tickets
worth `36.44 with the arrest
prevention and
detection of crimes,
seizure of contraband
goods, rescuing of
destitutes and
missing/runaway
children left over by
passengers.
of 104 touts. Trichy division
seized reserved tickets worth
`1.27 lakh with the arrest of 21
touts while in Madurai Divi-
sion, special RPF squads re-
covered tickets worth `4.67
lakh and arrested 31 touts. A
total of 22 touts were appre-
hended in Salem Division
and reserved tickets worth
`3.23 lakh were recovered.
and reserved tickets worth
`4.95 lakh (50 touts were held)
and `7.12 lakh ( 31 touts were
held) were recovered.Safety
and security of passengers
has always remained one of
the principal goals, say se-
nior RPF officers.
One of the most effective
measures taken to fulfil this
responsibility is providing
escort for passengers on tra-
ins.In Southern Railway, on
an average, 316 Mail/Ex-
press/Passenger/Suburban
trains are escorted by 529
RPF personnel daily. Besides,
130 EMU trains running over
the Chennai suburban sec-
tion during night hours are
escorted by RPF.
As a unique initiative, in
order to ensure safety and se-
escorted by ‘Sakthi Padai’, a
women RPF squad.
RPF train escorts have be-
en instrumental in preven-
tion and detection of crimes,
seizure of contraband goods,
rescuing of destitutes and
missing/runaway children
and securing valuables and
luggage left over by passeng-
ers.
All India Security Helpli-
ne 182 has been functional
throughout the Southern Ra-
ilway network from Decem-
ber 2014 to deal with rail secu-
rity-related complaints pro-
mptly. This year, up to Octo-
ber, a total of 18,360 messages
for help were received from
rail passengers and were red-
ressed on a real time basis, sa-
id an RPF release.
K
edarnath features an all-too- him give finer performances before. story doesn’t really rise above the water
familiar love story that gets a boost, For a love story, there are no romantic level. The clever use of CGI mixed with
thanks to the climactic floods that tracks that really hold your attention. live-action shots to depict moments like
devastated civilisation in the Apart from the song Namo Namo, Amit cloudburst and the pilgrim city
mountaineous town of Uttarakhand in Trivedi’s music doesn’t create the submerging underwater create an
2013. The screenplay has its strengths required mood for a love saga like authentic impact. The execution in these
and weaknesses, but through the crest Kedarnath. Director Abhishek Kapoor’s areas, along with a memorable debut by
and trough of dramatic waves, what attempt to make a film set against the Sara, is what keeps the film afloat.
stands out as a solid force is young backdrop of a natural calamity of this
debutante Sara Ali Khan. Her first proportion is ambitious and sincere. The — Rachit Gupta
Seemathurai (Romance/Drama) ★★
Cast: Geethan, Varsha Bollamma, Viji Chandrsekhar,
Kayal Vincent, Aadhesh Bala, Kaasi Rajan
Direction: Santhosh Thiyagarajan
Duration: 1 hours 55 minutes
Language: Tamil (U)
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your typical filmi Dhoni Kabadi Kuzhu (Sports/Drama) ★★
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2 rob woman of gold hero, whose only
responsibility is to stalk-love
Cast: Abhilash,Leema, Thenali, Saranya, Senthil, Pugazh,
Vijith Saravanan
Poorni (Varsha Bollamma),
Pay Homage.... TIMES NEWS NETWORK a college student, until she
Direction: P Iyappan
Duration: 2 hours
Pay Respect.... Chennai: Two men barged into a house at Ti-
accepts his 'love'. But then,
Language: Tamil (U)
trouble comes in the form of
.... to your beloved ones ruttani, about 90km from Chennai, in the wee the local big shot (Adesh
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hours of Thursday and fled with gold and cash Bala). This rural romance

at just Rs.520/-per sqcm * A

after up tying up a woman who was alone. At le- has colourful group of youngsters in a villagers who are crazy about cricket
ast four sovereigns of gold jewellery, some cash cinemato g raphy by learn about the history of kabadi and take up the sport, but
and 500 grams of silver articles and other mate- Thirugnanasambandam and a rivalry with a neighbouring village poses a life-threatening
rial were taken away.
(Bookings accepted till 9 pm) some lively songs by Jose challenge. Despite its honorable intention of glorifying kabadi,
After the robbers fled, the woman, G Vasavi, Franklin, but the clichéd Dhoni Kabadi Kuzhu is an amateurish exercise that struggles to
Kesavan @ 9962511006 27, screamed for help. A few of her neighbours and socially irresponsible keep us hooked, mainly due to the bland performances are bland,
'f.ndl..n .ppIY rushed to the house and took her to a private ho- treatment work against it. and the flat filmmaking.
spital. The woman informed her husband Gu-
To pay tributes, rumurthy about the incident before lodging a
TRASH ★ | POOR ★ | ELOW AVERAGE ★★ | AVERAGE ★★ | ABOVE AVERAGE ★★★ |
complaint with the Tiruttani police. RATING SCALE
log on to http://tributes.timesofindia.com GOOD ★★★ | VERY GOOD ★★★★ | VERY GOOD+ ★★★★ | OUTSTANDING ★★★★★
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2018 TIMES CITY | REGION 5

The man who renewed life Reissue

passport to
State Assembly Condemns CWC Nod For Mekedatu Reservoir

for native varieties of paddy Duraimurugan,

TOI
MT.Saju@timesgroup.com experiments and observa-
tions that Jayaraman reali-
Chennai: The pain his can- sed that native varieties of
cer-ravaged body endured on paddy are best suited for the
one side, memories of the jo- coastal districts, which are
urneys that he made into the prone to climatic variations.
rural pockets in search of Jayaraman has won the Best
HC tells govt
Ignored TN anguished by
Centre’s unilateral act: EPS
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: In a reprieve to
DMK treasurer S Duraimuru-
gan, the Madras high court set
aside an order passed by the
Regional Passport Officer Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com

paddy seeds on the other. For
the last three months since he
was admitted to a private ho-
spital in the city, ‘Nel’ Jayara-
man struggled to strike a ba-
lance. Apparently, the memo-
ries took over most of the ti-
me, making him talk about
the seeds he revived to those
who visited him at hospital.
But the humble farmer, who
revived more than 170 tradi-
tional paddy seeds since he
began a journey with his gu-
ru Nammalvar more than a
decade ago, breathed his last
on Thursday morning.
Doctors in Apollo Specia-
lity Cancer Hospital at Tey-
nampet said his condition
turned critical on Wednes-
day and the end came at
5.19am on Thursday. He was
54 and is survived by his wife
and a son.
The death of Jayaraman,
however, will never stop the
journey. At least 125 traditio-
‘Nel’ Jayaraman
from whom the seeds had be-
en collected.
M J Prabhu, an agri jour-
nalist, who accompanied Jay-
araman in his seed-collection
drive, said Jayaraman’s initi-
ative helped laid-back places
like Kancheepuram get back
to farming. “Today, Kanchee-
puram boasts of three seed
1964-2018
banks. Jayaraman gave 13 se-
eds specific to the region. It’s
because of his contribution
that many raise eyebrows
and foreign media, farmers
and scientists are visiting the
seed banks,” he said.
A school dropout-turned
Organic Farmer Award in
2012 and 2013 from the state
agriculture department.
It was a turning point in
the history of paddy cultiva-
tion when Jayaraman began
distributing the revived nati-
ve seeds to the farmers by or-
ganizing seed festivals every
year in Adhirengam, his nati-
ve village. This great service
gave him a name ‘Nel’ Jayara-
man. A month ago, 51 rice li-
nes from Jayaraman’s collec-
tion were handed over to the
Indian Council of Agricultu-
ral Research to be preserved
in a vault at the National Bu-
reau of Plant Genetic Resour-
ces (NBPGR).
“Jayaraman was working
on developing a transparent
market to help traditional
farmers get good price for
their products. The organic
agriculture has lost a giant
whose vacuum can’t be fil-
led,” said Prabhu.
(RPO) denying re-issuance of
passport on the grounds of ex-
istence of ad-
verse police re-
cord. Allowing
a plea moved
by the former
minister, Justi-
ce Pushpa Sat-
hyanarayana directed the aut-
horities to consider his appli-
cation to re-issue the passport,
in accordance with law, or pass
appropriate orders within fo-
ur weeks.
“It is to be noted that the
application of the petitioner
was rejected by the authorities
on the ground that there were
criminal cases pending aga-
inst the petitioner, which lead
to adverse profile report. It is
relevant to note that there is no
material placed before this co-
urt to show that the magistrate
concerned had taken cogni-
zance in the alleged criminal
cases registered in 2015, and
W
ith the opposition turn-
ing the heat on the state
government for its fail-
ure to prevail upon the
Centre on the Mekedatu
issue, chief minister Edappadi K
Palaniswami on Thursday attacked the
Narendra Modi government for granting
permission to Karnataka, without getting
the consent of Tamil Nadu, to prepare a
detailed project report for the reservoir.
The Union government should have
treated both states equally, he said. “The
unilateral action of the Centre, without
considering the representations of Tamil
Nadu in the Cauvery water dispute, caus- ON THE SAME PAGE: Members of the assembly on Thursday passed a resolution against
es anguish,” Palaniswami said, recalling the Centre's go-ahead for the Mekedatu project, terming the decision autocratic
the numerous representations made to the
Centre during the tenures of J Jay-
alalithaa, O Panneerselvam and himself,
seeking Centre’s intervention to stop the One with govt in K’taka water
neighbouring state from going ahead with
min seeks to
the multi-crore project that would leave
Tamil Nadu in distress. The Mekedatu
reservoir will impound intermediate flows
among Krishnarajasagar, Kabini dam and
fight, says oppn meet EPS
Biligundulu, the inter-state border. TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Palaniswami said his government on

nal paddy seeds that he revi-
ved have been documented.
Jayaraman even brought out
a book in Tamil with details
of each seed that he collected
from farmers. The book on
native paddy varieties and
their medicinal qualities
even has numbers of farmers
farmer, Jayaraman revived
the seeds as part of the Save
our Rice (SoR) Campaign, a
national movement aimed at
conserving traditional varie-
ties of paddy. A native of Thi-
ruthuraipoondi near Adi-
rangam in Tiruvarur dis-
trict, it was through various
Chief minister K Palanis-
wami, DMK president M K
Stalin and other party lea-
ders condoled the death of Ja-
yaraman. His mortal rema-
ins were shifted to his native
place Thiruthuraipoondi
where cremation will take
place on Friday.
hence, the same cannot be sta-
ted to be the criminal procee-
DENIED DUE TO
CRIMINAL CASES
ding pending before the court
of law,” the judge said.
It is well-settled principle
that the pendency of the FIR
on the file of police station
Wednesday filed a contempt petition
against the Central Water Commission and
the Karnataka government for flouting the
apex court order. “When we all expected
to get our due share of Cauvery after a long
legal battle, the commission’s nod to Kar-
nataka has infuriated us. All of us in Tamil
Nadu are opposing it strongly,” he said,
moving a resolution. In a letter to TN in
2014, Karnataka had said it would not con-
struct the dam without informing SC.
P S
ledging full cooperation to the ruling AIAD- eeking an amicable solu-
MK in the fight against Mekedatu dam, the tion to the Mekedatu con-
main opposition DMK on Thursday exhorted troversy, Karnataka water
the EPS government to “fight courageously” and
force the BJP government at the Centre to with-
resources minister D K Shiva-
kumar on Thursday wrote to
draw the nod given to Karnataka for reservoir's Tamil Nadu chief minister
detailed project report. Edapaddi K Palaniswami, re-
In the assembly, DMK president M K Stalin said questing an appointment for
the Centre had crippled the Cauvery Water Man- him to present details of the
agement Authority by not appointing a full-time Mekedatu project and to clear
chairman. “We should have been careful when all misconceptions.

Multi-crore water scam: HC asks

cannot be equated with pen-
dency of criminal procee- Later, when Karnataka allocated `25 crore Karnataka CM openly said permission would come The letter arrived just
dings before the court of law. to prepare a project report, 55 MPs from in a week. It is because of our failure that the CWC hours before the Tamil Nadu
Even after filing of chargeshe- Tamil Nadu and Puducherry met Modi in gave its nod without our consent. It is an auto- assembly met to discuss the

DMK functionary to name all cos
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A youth wing secretary of the DMK
has approached the Madras high court see-
king to constitute a special investigation team
(SIT) to probe the alleged `4,566 crore loss to
the exchequer, due to illegal supply of water
to industries in Tuticorin by the state
authorities.
When the plea came up for hearing on
Thursday, a division bench of Justice M Sat-
hyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam
wondered why the petitioner had not implea-
ded the industries which were alleged to be be-
nefitted by the scam. The bench then directed
the petitioner, S Joel, to implead all the indu-
stries that were alleged to be benefitted from
the irregularity and adjourned the plea after
two weeks.
According to Joel, the authorities of Tamil
Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board mi-
sused a scheme meant for supply of drinking
water and diverted the water exclusively for
industrial purposes in the district. He alleged
that the board was supplying treated water to
the industries for a meagre price of `10 per
1,000 litres while the market price was `170 per
1,000 litres of untreated water, despite a rest-
raint order by the National Green Tribunal.
“Even the Tuticorin corporation is char-
ging more than `170 for 1,000 litres to the pub-
lic. Through such an illegality, the authorities
have caused an estimated loss of `4,566 crore
to the government,” he added.
et by the police, only after the
magistrate issues process, af-
ter taking cognizance, it can be
construed that the procee-
dings are pending before the
court, the judge added.
Duraimurugan was issued
with a passport in October 2013
which is valid up to October
2023. However, as the passport
booklet was fully used in view
of his frequent travels and he
applied for re-issuance of
another passport on Novem-
ber 9.
His application was retur-
ned by the passport authoriti-
es citing adverse police report
and criminal cases pending in
courts.
March 2015 demanding necessary action.
Palaniswami also hit out at the chair-
man of the Cauvery Water Management
Authority, S Masood Husain, who is also
chairman of the CWC, for giving nod to
Karnataka, while maintaining that Tamil
Nadu’s consent was required for the pro-
ject. “The Supreme Court had allocated
14.75tmcft of Cauvery water additionally
to meet Bengaluru’s water needs. Despite
getting additional water, the move of Kar-
nataka to build 67tmcft capacity reservoir
is nothing but an ulterior motive to make
Tamil Nadu a desert. The CWC extending
support to this is condemnable,” the chief
minister said. Karnataka water resources
minister D K Shivakumar’s frequent in-
spections at Mekedatu were unnecessary
and only served to inflame the passions of
Tamils, he said.
FOR GAJA
cratic act and violation
NO EXTENSION of the tribunal award
and SC order,” Stalin
said. The EPS govern-
dam project.
After holding a two-hour
all-party meeting in Bengalu-
ru, Shivakumar said while the
ment should have ob- SC had ordered Karnataka to
tained a stay from the court on the Mekedatu plan. release only 177.25 tmcft Cau-
It would have stopped the Centre too from creating very water to Tamil Nadu,
disharmony among states, he said. whenever there was good rain,
Congress floor leader K R Ramasamy alleged Karnataka ended up releasing
that the BJP government had favoured Karnataka up to 350 tmcft of
to draw political mileage in the general elections. water to the low-
Like in Karnataka, political parties in TN should er riparian
stand united in the fight against the dam, he said. s t a t e. Ta m i l
Independent MLA and AMMK leader T T V Dhi- Nadu uses
nakaran said, “I support the government’s resolu- only 150 tmcft
tion.” IUML, MJK and U Thaniyarasu of KIP also out of it and
supported the resolution. Speaker P Dhanapal did the balance
not heed to the demands of Stalin and Ramasamy gets wasted
to extend the session for one more day to discuss in sea, he
relief work related to Cyclone Gaja. said.

Kitty Full Of Orders, French Co Alstom To Produce 10 More CMRL Trains From April
1 Thanjavur: A group of colle-
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Solar recharging stn to help
FROM RACK TO RAIL: people in Gaja-hit village
Journey of a metro train
Deepak.Karthik
@timesgroup.com
ge students and a Coimbato-
Pics: R Ramesh Shankar re-based startup have instal-
led a solar-powered rechar-
ging station in Ramakrish-
3 napuram village near
Pattukkottai, to help the vil-
lagers tide over the delay in
power restoration after cy-
clone Gaja.
The station has been set
up at an estimated cost of `1
lakh, and around 30 mobile
phones and 30 rechargeable
LED bulbs can be recharged
at a time. Around 400 people
in Ramakrishnapuram and
THE STOPS: 1. Stainless steel outer shell arrives at the car
Punalvasal villages are bene-
body shell shop 2. Structure of the train-side and end wall is
fiting from the recharging
welded with the roof and under-frame to make the body of
station, which functions for
the coach 3. Electrical components including the traction
8-10 hours.
system, cables and wheelset are installed under the body of
A week after cyclone Gaja
the coach in the fitting shop 4. The mask of the train
wreaked havoc in delta dis-
operator cabin is fitted to steel frame 5. After a series of
2 tests, the bogies are sent for integration before trial runs
tricts, a survey by ‘Climate
Smart Technologies’ and stu-
dents of Holy Cross college in
Trichy found the villagers so-
between AG-DMS and Washer- ught portable equipment to
EU announces
¤1,05,000 aid
Chennai: The European Union
(EU) on Thursday announced
an emergency assistance of
¤1,05,000 to the communities
most affected by Cyclone Gaja.
In a statement, the EU said the
aid would directly benefit
17,500 people in the worst-hit
districts of Nagapattinam,
Tiruvarur and Thanjavur
districts. The aid would be
distributed through the Indian
Red Cross. TNN
Subsequently, PSG Colle-
ge in Coimbatore and other
good samaritans funded to
hire eight 2KW panels, inver-
ter and batteries for making
the recharging station. “We
wanted to provide a sustai-
nable solution, so we decided
to install a solar-powered
charging station. An SHG in
the village was appointed as
the custodian,” said Jeeva-
nandhan Duraisamy, foun-
`7.6cr set aside to
buy machinery
Chennai: The state government
on Thursday sanctioned `7.6
crore to procure machines to cut
and remove fallen trees in
Cyclone Gaja-affected districts.
Agriculture secretary Gagand-
eep Singh Bedi issued an order
on Wednesday to purchase 500
heavy duty chainsaws, wood
chipper machines, winch
machines, wood splitter
machines and shredder-cum-
pulverizers (all 20 each). TNN
nologies.
While the solar panels
that were hired will be taken
back by the start-up and col-
leges involved, the battery
units and inverter will be
handed over to the SHG in the
village. Students involved in
designing the charging sta-
tion added that authorities
would be approached to in-
stall such models in every
hamlet as part of disaster

F
rench train manufac-
turer Alstom will start
work in April, at the
plant in Sricity, on 10
new trains for the 10km
North Chennai metro line.
Alain Spohr, Alstom manag-
ing director, India and South
Asia, said the trains would have
more components sourced in
India, including the stainless
steel for the outer shell
and power supply
cabinets, com-
pared to the 42
trains made for
phase-1. “We
will deliver the
last train set for
Chennai metro
by February
2020,” he said.
At present, 70%
of the components
are sourced from domes-
tic players, while major compo-
nents such as the stainless steel
are imported from Japan and
Europe. On Thursday, the com-
pany handed over the last of the
42 trains for the 45km phase-1 of
Chennai metro and flagged off
the last of the 22-train set for the
Sydney metro.
The delivery of the last of the
42 trains comes at a time when
CMRL has started trial runs on
the last leg of the 45km phase-1,
menpet. On Thursday, state in-
dustries minister MC Sampath
inspected AG-DMS metro sta-
tion prior to the trial run.
Chennai Metro has several
unique features installed for pas-
senger comfort including lug-
gage compartments, as the net-
work will take commuters to the
airport and railways stations at
central and Egmore. “Chennai
metro is probably the only metro
to have a special first-class
coach. They wanted a
customised layout
and we provided
it,” Spohr said.
With several
new projects in-
cluding metro
trains for Mon-
treal and Mumbai
ready to hit the
shop floor in 2019,
Spohr said they were
also hoping to compete for
the contract to build trains for
CMRL’s ambitious 107.55km
phase-2 project. “We heard
CMRL was discussing with
JICA to have a tied loan, which
means trains will come from
Japan in return for the loan. But
their price will be high. We got
an indication that our customer
(CMRL) was willing to reopen
the competition, in which case
we would be more than happy to
participate,” Spohr said.
4 recharge their cellphones. der of Climate Smart Tech- management measure.
ASI nod to group for erecting
pandal in Big Temple draws flak R Baskar
Vincent.Arockiaraj@timesgroup.com
Thanjavur: Activists and archaeologists have
slammed the Archaeological Survey of India
(ASI) for allowing the Art of Living Founda-
tion to set up a temporary structure on the Big
Temple premises to conduct an event, violat-
ing the rules for protection of ancient monu-
ments and archaeological sites.
ON THE SHOPFLOOR PROJECTS What has provoked them is a big ‘pandal’
beside the main gopuram of the temple to con-
COMPLETED duct a yoga programme.
Manufacturing Lucknow Metro | 20 trains
capacity | Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Chennai Metro | 42 trains is participating in a two-day spiritual event or-
20 coaches ganized by the district development council as POINT OF CONTROVERSY: The pandal erected
a month/ TO BE COMPLETED part of the programme commencing on Fri- near the main gopuram by Art of Living foundation
a coach a day Kochi Metro | 25 trains day. The pandal has been erected using metal for a yoga event
sheets on the south side of the main gopuram
Workers International
to accommodate around 300 people. Activists the historical monument. That’s why we have
strength | Sydney Metro | 22 trains say the Big Temple is not only a religious place, erected the pandal without digging even a pit.
around
Upcoming (2019) but a heritage site too recognised by Unesco. We have hundreds of volunteers to safeguard
450 “Conducting a private event will definitely be a the environment. Since Thanjavur is the birth-
Montreal, Canada | 350
threat to the inscriptions and sculptures and place of Swamiji (Ravi Shankar), we decided to
Train trains – to start in Oct
other structures of the temple. Moreover, Ravi hold the event here”, he added.
dimensions | Mumbai Metro | 278 Shankar has a track record of polluting the en- When contacted, an official from ASI,
trains – to start in Nov
2.9m vironment through such events,” he said. Thanjavur sub-circle said they had given per-
wide, 22 to 5 Chennai Metro | 10
trains – to start in April
However, member of the district develop- mission since it was a spiritual event and that
23m long Kochi Metro train ment council, G Kasthurirangan, refuted the the pandal was put up by organisers since it
charges. “We have the responsibility to protect was rainy season.
 6 South Pole: A Deep Dive Into Politics, Society And Culture
Stringent Norms Force Filmmakers To Alter The Script; Tech Options Too Expensive
Scene change: Rules limit
screen presence of animals
UPCOMING
ENTERTAINERS
Here are some Tamil films
which will be released over
the next couple of months
featuring all kinds of animals
GORILLA | A heist thriller
starring actor Jiiva includes
a chimpanzee that helps
the gang steal
KUMKI 2 | Taking off from the
first part, the sequel further
explores the relationship
between an elephant and his
caretaker
GURKHA | Actor Yogi Babu will
be seen with a dog who plays
a pivotal part
Neeraja.Ramesh@timesgroup.com
M
ore than 50
years after the
release of
MGR’s ‘Parak-
kum Paavai’, a
full blown film on circuses, the
recent ban on animals in mobile
entertainment is a reminder of
how narratives in Tamil films
too have changed.
Films with two-legged and
four-legged entertainment ran
to packed houses for decades.
From MGR’s ‘Nalla Neram’ to
Rajinikanth and Kamal
Haasan’s ‘Annai Oru Aalayam’
and ‘Apoorva Sagodharargal’ to
Surya’s ‘7aum Arivu’, the indus-
try was famous for using birds
and animals. Now any kind of
animal presence is going to be
a risky proposition be it bulls or
domesticated ones. Filmmakers
have to run from pillar to post
to get permissions from various
organizations to shoot for a sin-
gle scene featuring animals.
In the 1950s and 1960s, pro-
ducer Sandow Chinnappa De-
var was one of the names that
popularized use of animals to
notch up the entertainment
value. Puli Govindarajan was
the key person for the industry
to provide animals for various
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Jiiva with a chimpanzee in a shot from his upcoming film ‘Gorilla’
shoots, whether it was trained
tigers, bears and horses or pet
dogs and cats, remembers actor
Kutti Padmini. “In the film
‘Shankutala’ (1966), I rode on a
real tiger. It signified valour and
victory. In several of my other
films I have shared screen space
with animals. But now things
have changed, the animal wel-
fare board is no longer in Chen-
nai, we have to fly to Faridabad
to get certification if we have to
use them.” The cumbersome
process even for a simple scene
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where animals have been mis-
handled but that has made
things difficult for others who
have treated them well. Those
who still want to shoot they of-
ten go abroad, where rules may
be lenient, she says. “Actor Jiiva
has been shooting in Bangkok
for his latest flick ‘Gorilla’.”
Despite the hurdles, a few other
upcoming films like ‘Kumki 2’
and ‘Gurkha’ too have animals
an integral part of the plot.
Some directors feel a real
animal is almost irreplaceable
in certain stories. “The dog
Karuppi in ‘Pariyerum Peru-
mal’ conveys an emotion, it is
not just about using an animal,”
says director Mari Selvaraj.
“My brother’s dog was used and
I wanted to convey the soul and
emotion of my script through
Karuppi. Though it belonged to
our family, I had to get a certifi-
cate from the board and a doctor
came to the sets for a regular
checkup. An official also used
to make regular visits to ensure
the dog was treated well. The
dog enjoyed the role so much
that it wanted to stay with the
crew long after pack up.”
Director of ‘Haathi Mere
Saathi’ and ‘Kumki 2’ Prabhu
Solomon, who is shooting in As-
sam and Thailand, said, “I take
pride in using elephants in mov-
ies. Though it is financially
nonviable and involves a lot of
approvals, I get immense pleas-
of such thrills. For my serials ure in shooting them, they will
too I don’t want to run from pil- always play a pivotal character.”
lar to post for a scene of me feed- Though tormenting animals
ing a biscuit to a dog, I’d rather for entertainment is unpardon-
avoid it,” she says. Veteran actor able, film critic Vamanan says
Jaya Chithra says animal in- ruling them out is a
volvement changed perceptions drastic step. “A
of people too. “The movie ‘Vel- blanket ban
likizhamai Viratham’ not only should not hap-
catapulted me to the big league, pen. A filmmaker
it also changed the notions who believes on
about snakes. A snake charmer co-existence will
was always on the set and made not ex-
sure we did not tire it out. At the
time, we just had to approach
one board for paper work. That
was an advantage and many
such movies followed suit.”
Actor Padmini agrees that
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ploit animals.” Though the num-
ber of such movies has reduced
drastically, the revival he says
will depend on people who show
society that they are not here to
torture animals but respect their
rights as well.”
A former member of Per-
forming Animals Sub-Commit-
tee Dinesh Baba, says negli-
gence on the part of some have
called for stringent rules. He
underlines that the approval
procedure is not as difficult as it
is made out to be. “Most of them
do not go through the board for
approval. Payment of `500 and
details on how an animal will be
used in movies is considered a
tough task. They opt for an easy
approach by involving middle-
men and invent ways to torture
animals. Exotic birds are shown
flying when they shouldn’t be let
lose. Many are irresponsible but
a few show maturity. In ‘Pari-
yerum Perumal,’ the director
followed rules, which is a posi-
tive trend,” he says.
The rules are pushing film-
makers to try computer graph-
ics, the way Shankar does. ‘The
Jungle Book’ showed how evo-
lution of computer-assisted
filmmaking. Andy Serkis’
‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’
that is releasing this week has
also used live action/perfor-
mance-capture technology.
Maybe a balance between hu-
mane treatment and techno-
logical alternatives is the way
forward.
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HC issues
SC upholds nomination 2 more held for sexual assault of Raj woman
TIMES NEWS NETWORK mes after the Kumbakonam gang near bypass road in Na- hani woman too.

of 3 Pondy BJP MLAs

West police arrested S Dhi- chiyarkovil around mid- Bar Association of Kum-
notice to min Trichy: The two other accu- nesh, 24 and M Vasanth, 21on night on December 1. The wo- bakonam convened a general
sed in the sexual assault of a Wednesday. man brought the incident to body meeting on Thursday

M adurai bench of the

Madras high court
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File photo
25-year-old Rajasthani wo-
man were detained by police
The youth were booked
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Law Prevailed in Kumbakonam in Thanja-
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“We appeal to other bar asso-
motorcycle without wearing
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In The End, haman, of Moopanar Nagar
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The accused had recorded
ciations not to appear for
them,” its president, advoca-
‘Traffic’ Ramasamy moved
the bench two weeks ago
seeking action against the
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Thursday morning when Dr
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anchsheel
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2 4 H r s w a t e r , l s t Flr ,
Opp To Ambaeu , Esule Bus Sta nd
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RPG 3BHK 1500sft, 6th
mmunity&close jayach 9677058450
Flr, Lift, CCP, Gated. EXCLUSIVE NEAR CHETPET
Sri Suprabhatham Esssar Realtor. andran textile.swandra BRIDGE ABOUT
construction9790915016 NEIGHBOURHOOD.
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22246564/ 9884344005
9003154298
PHOTOS ON
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I FLOOR FOR OFFICE.
GUINDY 2260Sft High MEDAVAKKAM 1537 W WW.YERCAUDH ILLS
EGMORE, 3BHK,
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end New 4 BHK Near SPT , 3 B H K D U P L E X GRANITES Polished
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TATION.COM: +91 and antiskid flamm- ...................... Room, Swimming Pool
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LAST 40 Plot Opp to Mahindra 9OO 22R9Fi9 HOMES 99947 75578 Bank Loan Arranged quality manufacturer Ct: 9840084600
UNITS LEFT City Contact:9710088999 price: 9940056553.
EGMORE High Road
SELAIYUR 1900BIt
950UDS 3BHK 1CCP
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above 1 Acre Land
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ADYAR Indira Nagar
A c c e s s o r i e s , Steel ,
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CCP S e m i - f u r n i s h e d
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R e d d y R e al t y H o u s e S al e / J V
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obtained. Buyers only 1.63Grounds East Board , Ply Wood , For
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ONWAM
Contact: 9488457850. Facing Hanu Reddy Sq. Ft. Ground Floor at Egmore
kKh.W
MRC Nagar RM Tow- R e a l t y 7338730848 / esoosrr OFFICE L ast with 3 Cabins . 4 Work Stations.
THE KEY TO HAPPINESS ers 2BHK 1532 sft GF VIRUGAMBAKKAM , 7824868459 Facing, Modern Front Desk & Toilet -
READY NO WILL SOON BE YOURSI Corner 10y NE fully independent, office 9840842842
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TO OCCUPY GST furn Gated Commun-
Koyambedu ,Maduravo
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yal , 1800SFT , lGr , 2Gr Sipcot Pillaipakkam Contact: 8523987277
Ct:9799 997495 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
VELACHERI 98 1Sft No brokers. Space
KOCHAR CAW 2Bhk lstflr North Faci WANTED for Rent/- Solutions - 9884611337 COWVILRCIAL space COMMERCIAL Space
HOMES
ng 2whl Park No ,8 , 100
GUDUVANCHERRY Buying Flats,Bungal- for sale (u, Madipakkam
DTCP App Plots. Per f o r R e n t 6 00 S q . F t
www.kocharhomes .com DHARGA ROAD
Feet R o a d T h i r u v a ows,Office Spaces @ suitable for Clinic , Lab
PALLAVARAM Sqft Rs.1400 . 90%Bank Alwarpet Adyar Be- Second Floor @
(Close to Pallavaram Rly. Stn .) rangam Flat .9444747472
l o a n . 9 0 8 7 5 4 5 4 5 4 , sant Nagar Thiruvan-
and Office. Open Hall. Guindy. Ct: 9840209412
1 3 BHK 1591 - 1622 ON O M R T h o r a i ., H C: 39.J s 9087556786 miyur Velachery ECR Farm Land Ct: 9840719645 / 9444488263
", I I ' II I pakkam 1220sft , posh OMR. Esssar Realtor
For Sale @ COMMERCIAL Space avail
Handing over : March 2019 2BHK flat N f a c i n g SRIPERUMBUDUR to 9003154298 able for Bar/Restaurant/Banks
oragadam 61ane Rd Nr . / O f f i c e / D e n t a l / l a b / e t c on
SITHALAPAKKAM 2 BHK SOLD OUT F.Furnish 97L backup
Near Medavakkam ccp wtp gym.7299904855
i I -f DTCP , 4800sft. face -N lease/rent approx. 5700sqft on
PRESTIGE Bella
www.kri sh n ag rou p.ventu res ECR ,Sholinganallur. Akkarai
Ready To occupy 50' wide rd suit wareho Herbal Trees,Mango , Corner. Mob:.8825879511
Vista , New 1BR , 700sft,
............................................................................................
use/godown.9884201815 12th Flr , Gated Com-
KF 2BHK - 31L Including SALIGRAMAM Coconuts Grove
All : 7338904419. near Axis Bank 3BHK Available. STAND ALONE Bldg munity Rs .16000, Fam-
O OMR, Rs.89L (free
GF 950SFT CCP 24/7
Water 2 Split ACs For
INJAMBAKAM -115
Anna Nagar - 40. Posh Pomegranate, Chikku, N.Usman Rd Suit to
build approx 20000sft
ily. Ct: 9444917139
M 25L worth of Interior) Sale Ct - 9444421760 Area Plots. Direct Guava,Amala with good frontage &
O 2080Sft 3BHK Apart- ADAMBAKKAM , EB 2BHK 1st FLR 929 Sqft
Owner sale. CMDA ADYAR LB Road , 1200 Additional Farming with Prime jewellery hub
I
T ment very Posh semi PLOTS Appd. Call 7667786688 sqft First Floor suitable Registration & 3 Years Ct : 9840080899.
..3.9.
C o l o n y , 2 B H K , 720 CCP 450 Sqt UDS(d, NEAR Agaram Peru-
furnished overlooking for Corporate Office
sft ,N facing,G fir , OCP , Maintenance Free GOOD
Bay of Bengal,Muthu-
kadu Lake: 9840480407 Rs.39 L , Loan available.
Ramapuram. 24Hr Wa-
ter Supply. Broker Ex-
PORUR Madhanand-
apuram , Maran Aven-
etc ., Ct: 9444311154 Rent Yielding
prime properties in kil-
mal Koil & Loco stn
2BHK & 2 bath / 920
No Brokers. 9940072277 cuse CT: 9909929171 ue , 1200 SFT Vacant sqft Gr.Flr.Preferred
pauk , Mount Road , An-
ANNANAGAR Near VILLAS l a n d for sale . Ct
CHITLAPAKKAM
naNgr ,T.Nagar Agents Brahmins. No Agents
13.9.
BANK Property 2bhk M.Rd selaiyur new Off
LEO & SBOA School
Thirumullaivoyal/Av-
MADURAVOYAL 929 89397373.45 /bank/shop GF 1515sft Excuse 9R407712R2 Ct: 044-26702812.
Proposed New Flat for Sft ,2BHK ,lst Floor with Tiled Flr CCP shuter
Sale 2&3BHK CCP Ct :
adi 21-26L OMR Pa-dur
Dining&Covered car SRIPERUMPUDUR E.Face - 9840569744 COMMERCIAL Space
Mantri Synergy 1400 GATED COMMUNITY DTCP PLOT Opp.Rajiv For R e n t IT P a r k ,
98410 42906 2bhk 50L. 9384670427 parking. Ct: Natraj @ EMI AVAILABLE ARMENIAN Street Hospital , Hotels , Shops
G a n d h i N a t i o n a l Inst.
98843 09180 COMMERCIAL Prop- (Chennai-1) Ground + 3
In all O v e r Chennai DUPLEX A p a r t m e n t
A M B A T T U R AMINJIKARAI for y o u t h Rs . 7 .41 Lks .
e r t y 665 Sft G r o u n d Floors in 946 Sft land fully furnished 3Bhk+
924sqft 2BHK CCP Lift Ayyavoo Colony 2BHK THORAIPAKKAM , onwards. Ct.92452 33650 for sale. Ct:8400059000/
Call: 9444400578.
Floor Fully Furnished Pooja , 4Balcony & open
Vaastu 38L onwards, G r d Fir 940 Sft UDS chandrasekaran Aven- ADYAR Kasturba Ngr 9383385100/ 9383385000/
ECR I n j a m b a k k a m with work station and terrace,CCP Rent 45K
Ethiqs Reality - 597Sft OCP Semi Furn ue , 10 yrs ,1400 sft semi 50x60 & 55x72 Land in a cabi n (w CP Ramasamy 9444985200 Brokers ex- LEASE & RENT
No Brokers 9884071840
73972 82777 / 888. 7.5Gr CMDA Appd 120ft
75L Nego . 9840924608 I n d e p .D u p l x h o u s e , G o o d L o c a t i o n KTK North Facing Rs.1.5Cr/ Rd , Alwarpet for Rent cuse CHENNAI
1200cft TI17S 9840763599 Sundaram RERA per Grnd , Full Cheque , Ct:9791097910
MADURAVOYAL ANNA Ngr West 2BHK Agent: 98403 46209 WAREHOUSE Rental-
SRIKRISHNA Nagar , ANNANAGAR , Z Outright Ct: 9840088611
ROYAPET Lloyds Rd 7500Sft Near Vandalur
1033sft GF CP Green block 1100sf 1 3 b h k .
27th Street , 2BHK ,CCP , Zoo , 600Sft Office Rent-
Field A p r t s , Nr.Life OFF K . B.Dasan Road Stand Alone Buldg G+3 PARANGUSAM St,
9003235197. Line Hospital No Bro
9500013446. Brokers ex-
F1r 11000sf 12 CCP for al (d;Ashok Nagar. FAMOUS b u i l d i n g GF Flat 2BHK, 3 BR ,
cuse 1.4 Grounds 50Ft Fron- Contact: 9710088999 3100sft 3.5Bk 2Cp Spool Study , OCP, 1300 sq ft.
kers 79L . 9677070119 t a g e 30Ft R o a d G + 1. C o r p o r a t e/ B a n k s/
ANNANAGAR 1, 2 ,3 EGMORE High Road servant 1.10L . Kilpauk For Rent 23K. Contact:
BHK Ready to occupy, SHOLINGANALLUR CMDA Apvd plots@ Hanu Reddy Realty Govt . SMS- 9R409 55855
Ph Rd 3300sft 4Bk 80k 7299163012
46Lac onwards , CCP& ANNA NAGAR NEAR , 182Osft Fully Furnished mannivakkam, 1km 733R730817 / 7824868457 N e a r I C I C I 1st 2nd
FSH 9003026878
KORATUR ORCHID 3BHK L u x u r y A p a r t - from 400feet Ring Rd & OFFICE Space Avail- Floor each 7 1lSft Fur-
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C P Schnnl c 9R41 R 1 R67R 3BHK , 1336SFT CLUB ment in Gated Com- TOWNSHIP Colony able for Rent @Guindy, nished Office for Sale T . T.H. R oad , 1 BHK , Flat , Andavar Nagar,
station: 9940288908 Prime Location,
GYM ETC ARUN PROP m u n i t y "EUPHORIA" Ambattur, Athipet, 9884449995 2nd Floor terrace
3000sq.ft. First Floor o n l y for B r a h m i n s .
READY to O c c u p y 9842879077 at Elcot Avenue OMR Approx 14 Grounds.
with Fully Furnished, WEST M a m b a l a m a p a r t m e n t, 625 sq.ft. R e a d y to O c c u p y Ct:
N a n m a n g a l a m 2BHK with UDS 1120sft 2CCP Ct: 98400-80899 Vegetarians only. Call:
720sft , 738sft , 753sft
ASHOK Ngr 6th ave Price 1.36Cr.9841640000
25 Workstation, 5 Man- Near Kalibari Temple
9444073008.
q444251735/9894511763
168OSft 2Yr Cp v e g MOGAPPAIR(W) ager Cabin, Confer- 31311 Hall P a n t r y 1800
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16-year-old girl raped in
Kannur, accused include
dad and DYFI leader
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kannur: Eight more people
were arrested in connection
with the alleged gangrape of a
16-year-old girl at a lodge in Pa-
rassinikkadavu in the district,
police said on Thursday.
Those arrested on Thursday
included the student’s father
and a DYFI leader, police said. So
far 13 people have been arrested.
Investigators from four dif-
ferent police stations, including
the Women’s Cell, Kannur, ar-
rested the accused. Police said
the Women’s Cell arrested a
man Adarsh, 19, for sexually
abusing another minor girl, a
schoolmate and friend of the
survivor.
One person, K V Sandeep,
arrested on Wednesday in Tha-
liparamba, was arrested by Paz-
hayangadi police in another
case involving the same survi-
vor on Thursday.
Thaliparamba police said,
two others, Sajin and Shyam
Mohan, were arrested under
the Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act for
abusing the girl in some other lo-
cality other than the lodge,
where she was gang-raped by
Injecting kids with hormones
could be Pocso offence soon
Ambika.Pandit@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Administering in-
jections, chemical substances or
hormones to a child below 18
years to induce early sexual ma-
turity and then force the child in-
to sexual activity may soon be-
come an offence under the “ag-
gravated sexual assault” clause
under section 9 of the Protection
of Children Against Sexual Of-
fences Act 2012.
This is one of the amend-
ments that is part of the proposal
of the ministry of women and
child development that also
seeks to introduce stronger puni-
tive measures against those in
possession of pornographic ma-
terial involving children.
Forwarding such content on
social media platforms and
WhatsApp is sought to be made
punishable. The offence would
invoke a punishment of not less
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The girl’s father had
been abusing her for
the past two years
four men. In Valappattanam,
three people, Ashith Valsaraj,
DYFI leader Nikhil Mohan and
Mridul M have been arrested.
Incidentally, Mohan had led a
protest rally, demanding the ar-
rest of the Parassinikkadavu
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Besides Sandeep, Pazhayan-
gadi police arrested Vaisakhan
of Thaliparamba, Vadakkan-
chery, and Jithin of Matool. Af-
ter arresting Adarsh, the Wom-
en’s Cell said information of the
second girl surfaced while re-
cording the first girl’s state-
ment. Though the two cases
were not connected, one man,
who was yet to be arrested, had
reportedly abused both the
girls.
District police chief G Siva
Vikram said the role of a racket
could not be ruled out.
Since the girl’s father had
been abusing her for the past
two years, she apparently had
no inclination of the gravity of
the exploitation and it might
have made her an easy target,
the officer said.
than five years imprisonment
that may extend to seven years
and fine. The proposal with
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approval from the law ministry
is learnt to have been approved
by WCD minister Maneka Gand-
hi. The final proposal is likely to
be soon sent for approval of the
Cabinet.
The proposal also includes
amendments to Pocso to extend
the Criminal Law (Amendment)
Act 2018 that prescribes death
penalty to those convicted of rap-
ing girls below the age of 12 years,
to the male child survivor as well.
The amendment to the crimi-
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Three Congress lawyers defending
Michel to save family, says BJP
‘Gandhis Want
Own People
To Be In Touch
With Fixer’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The BJP ac-
cused the Congress on
Thursday of providing
“three Congress lawyers” to
AgustaWest-land middle-
man Christian Michel in its
bid to protect “the family
from the fallout of the inves-
tigation.”
BJP spokesperson Sam-
bit Patra said all three law-
yers, including now ex-
pelled Youth Congress func-
tionary Aljo K Joseph, who
appeared for Michel in a
Delhi court had links with
the Congress. Although the
Congress expelled Joseph,
Patra termed it a “charade
and drama.”
Patra said that apart
from Joseph, Vishnu Shan-
kar, the son of a Kerala Con-
gress leader, and Sriram Pa-
rakkat, who was an NSUI
member, were part of Mi-
chel’s legal team. “All three
have worked under big Con-
gress lawyers like Salman
Khurshid and Kapil Sibal,”
he claimed.
Patra said the Congress
may have expelled Joseph
but he remained a lawyer for
the accused as “10 Janpath,”
Maha gets its own singing donkey, takes internet by storm
Neha.Madaan
@timesgroup.com
Pune: Donkeys are not
known to make use of their vo-
cal chords to much effect, ex-
cept at making a funny two-
toned call, commonly known
as braying.
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cued by an NGO here has star-
tled everyone by hitting the
high notes whenever she is in
the “mood”. So much so, that
she has already become an in-
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Christian Michel
the residence of UPA chair-
person Sonia Gandhi, want-
ed its own people to be in
touch with the middleman.
“Christian Michel’s ex-
tradition has rattled the
Congress, whose extended
hand is defending the mid-
dleman in the AgustaWes-
tland chopper deal to pro-
tect the family,” the BJP
spokesman alleged at a
press conference.
He said the Congress
had earlier acted against its
leaders like Mani Shankar
Aiyar and Sandeep Dikshit
but they were “promoted”
later. The Congress had sus-
pended Aiyar in December
last year for his “neech” jibe
against PM Narendra Modi.
The suspension was re-
voked in August.
To a question about law-
yers related to top BJP lead-
ers appearing for those ac-
cused of corruption, Patra
said they did not only re-
cuse themselves but also re-
turned the fee paid to them.
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Cong strikes back, lists NiMo,
LaMo & Subrata Roy cases
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Accusing BJP lead-
ers of backing a string of fraud-
sters, the Congress said PM Na-
rendra Modi should sack his se-
nior ministers and party col-
leagues who have regularly
fought in courts
for fugitives
and financial
offenders fac-
ing law.
The strong
counterattack
against the rul-
ing party came
in the wake of
the BJP mak-
ing an issue of a
lawyer with the
Congress links
arguing the
case of Agus-
taWestland ac-
cused Chris-
tian Michel.
AICC
spokesman Jai-
ON CONG’S veer Shergill
HIT LIST said, “If the BJP
is linking the
Congress with Michel on the ba-
sis of a lawyer, they should an-
swer on finance minister Arun
Jaitley’s family members taking
fees from Mehul Choksi-Nirav
Modi, Union minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad representing
Subrata Roy and Rajasthan CM
itable Trust, said their video
on Instagram was viewed by
over 20,000 people, while that
on Facebook was watched by
nearly 4,000 people.
The officials claimed that
since the video was posted,
people had been asking about
her health, requesting an ap-
pointment to meet her.
Tina Mohandas from the
NGO’s communications team
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of Pune in a critical condition
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Pradeep.Thakur
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New Delhi: Former Congress
president Sonia Gandhi’s son-
in-law Robert
Vadra has been
ED to seek extradition of Sandesaras issued a third
New Delhi: The Enforcement than `8,100 crore. A case has summons by
Directorate on Thursday said also been filed against them the Enforce-
it will shortly file an under the Fugitive Economic ment Directo-
extradition request with Offenders Act to confiscate rate asking him
Nigeria for Nitin and Chetan their properties. The ED has to appear before the investigat-
Sandesara, the promoters of attached their personal assets ing officer in the Bikaner land
Sterling Biotech group which and those of associated group deal money laundering case for
is accused of `8,100 crore bank companies worth `4,700 crore. questioning.
fraud and money laundering. The adjudicating authority Vadra, whose Sky Light Hos-
The Sandesara brothers, of the Prevention of Money pitality Pvt Ltd is being investi-
who fled the country soon Laundering Act (PMLA) on gated for “fraudulently” acquir-
after cases were registered Thursday confirmed the ing land in Bikaner meant for re-
against them by the CBI and attachments and ED can take habilitation of poor villagers,
the ED last year, are wanted possession of these has avoided two previous sum-
for bank loan fraud of more properties. TNN monses. The last summons was
issued for his personal appear-
Vasundhara Raje giving an affi- was the complainant and the ance this week when he chose to
davit in favour of fugitive Lalit prosecutor against Agusta West- send his representatives in-
Modi in London.” land and played the lead part in stead.
Shergill said Jaitley had also exposing the corruption,” Sher- Sources in the agency said
represented stock scam accused gill said. Vadra was wilfully avoiding
Ketan Parekh, and Union Car- Slamming PM Modi for “act- summonses where his personal
bide blamed for the Bhopal gas ing holier than thou” in Agusta appearance is necessary to re-
tragedy in which over 3,500 per- case, Shergill said UPA opened cord his statement in connec-
sons died. the case in Agusta deal and tion with evidence gathered
“The BJP is a one stop shop blacklisted the firm while reco- against Sky Light Hospitality
which provides full service to vering more money than was over the last three years. Under
scamsters and fraudsters by act- paid to the company. the Prevention of Money Laun-
ing as their adviser, lawyer,
boarding pass agents, ticket
agents, and police protection
In contrast, he said the Modi
government watched quietly
while the Italian courts twice
dering Act, the agency has the
power to seek custodial interro-
gation of an accused who is wil-
agents,” he added.
The Congress claimed it con-
ruled that there was no case of
corruption in the deal. Shergill
fully avoiding joining investiga-
tion.
sidered representing Michel as asked why has the Modi govern- Vadra had called the repeat-
indiscipline which was the rea- ment not filed an appeal in the ed summonses “political witch-
son for expelling Aljo Joseph higher courts in Italy against the hunt” and accused the agencies
from Youth Congress. “It is indis- exoneration by lower courts of of having an “agenda” to tar-
cipline because the Congress the country. nish his reputation.
In December 2017, the ED
had arrested two accused in the
Bikaner land scam, Jaiprakash
Bagarwa and Ashok Kumar.
The latter, according to the ED, is
a close associate of Mahesh Na-
after she had delivered a baby. a song every now and then,” gar, the authorized representa-
“When we found her, she said Mohandas. tive of Sky Light Hospitality. Va-
could barely stand and her ba- Recently, Harriet, a don- dra and his mother Maureen are
by had died. We rushed her to key, became a sensation in Ire- directors in the company which
the RESQ centre, where we be- land after a local resident post- is accused of money laundering.
gan her treatment. Initially, ed a video of her singing on a Rajasthan police had filed
Emily did not like people or social media site. cases against Sky Light Hospi-
other animals around her, and Neha Panchamiya, the tality and others in August 2014
was clearly in emotional pain, president of RESQCT, said after the NDA government came
besides physical pain.” while she cannot offer any to power at the Centre. In Sep-
It took persistent efforts to medical or scientific explana- tember 2015, the ED registered a
heal Emily. “Today, Emily gets tion as to why some donkeys case against the company and
along well with other donkeys sing but it seems that they others under PMLA based on
at RESQ.. Emily shows us the break into a tune when they the FIRs and 20 chargesheets of
trust and love by breaking into are very happy. Rajasthan police.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2018 TIMES NATION 11
After lab blast,
IISc to frame Does fixed tenure make CBI chief Parkinson’s drug all
set to enter India
norms relating
to equipment
untouchable, asks Supreme Court TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bengaluru:Fifteen years after

and other western countries.
“It stimulates the nerve cells in
the brain and provides quick

Manash.Gohain
@timesgroup.com
Reserves The situation
which compelled the
building for over three
months. It is not that the sit-
uation emerged suddenly
government cannot take any
action against him without
prior sanction from the se-
being in use in the West, a drug
with proven efficacy against
Parkinson’s disease is set to en-
and effective relief to patients,
improving their quality of life,”
said Dr Prashanth LK, neurolo-

New Delhi: Preliminary in-

vestigation points towards
breach of protocol which
could have led to the explosion
at the laboratory of the Indian
Institute of Science (IISc),
Bangalore killing one and in-
juring three other research-
ers on Wednesday.
The ministry of human re-
source development said that
the three-member expert
group formed to look into the
incident will also frame guide-
lines on “equipment related
security protocol” for all re-
search institutions and that
IISc would soon announce an
ex-gratia payment of `10 lakh
each to the injured scholars of
the institution. The ministry
has also sent a senior official
to IISc who will submit his re-
port on returning to Delhi.
The blast occurred around
2.30 pm when 32-year-old Ma-
noj Kumar, who died in the
Verdict In CBI
Vs CBI Case
Dhananjay.Mahapatra
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Thursday reserved
its verdict in the CBI vs CBI
case but dropped broad hints
that it might chart a middle
path — neither giving the
CBI director absolute immu-
nity from disciplinary ac-
tion nor any handle to the
Centre to interfere with the
CBI chief ’s functioning dur-
ing his two-year fixed ten-
ure.
A bench of Chief Justice
Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S
K Kaul and K M Joseph re-
served its order on petitions
filed by CBI director Alok
Verma and NGO ‘Common
Cause’ — both challenging
the validity of the Centre’s
October 23 decision to divest
Verma of all powers pending
a CVC inquiry into allega-
tions levelled against him by
special director Rakesh
Aathana.
Before reserving its ver-
dict, the CJI-led bench posed
difficult questions to the
action on October 23 is
not something which
emerged overnight but
one which was building
for over three months. It
is not that the situation
emerged suddenly and
not taking any action at
that moment would have
made the institution
crumble
RANJAN GOGOI
Chief Justice Of India
Centre, the CVC and Verma.
Puncturing the Centre’s ar-
gument that the fight be-
tween Verma and Asthana
forced it to take action, the
CJI said, “The situation
which compelled the action
on October 23 is not some-
thing which emerged over-
night but one which was
and not taking any action at
that moment would have
made the institution crum-
ble.
“It is argued (by Verma
and the NGO) that transfer
or divesting of powers of the
CBI director would require
sanction from the selection
committee as the director
has a two-year fixed tenure.
If you (Centre and CVC)
want to adopt some other
method, it will be contrary to
the Vineet Narain judgment
of the apex court.
“It is always better to con-
sult than not consult at all.
The government may have
its reasons not to consult.
But the more acceptable
mode is to consult the com-
mittee.”
Verma’s counsel Fali S
Nariman and the NGO’s
counsel Dushyant Dave said
“during the CBI director’s
fixed tenure of two years, the
lection committee (compris-
ing the PM, the leader of op-
position and the CJI) even if
he was caught red handed in
a crime”.
“Is there any kind of spe-
cial protection to the CBI di-
rector except his two-year
tenure? Does fixed tenure su-
persede all kind of disciplin-
ary powers to make the CBI
director virtually untouch-
able? That is what we have to
decide, whether the director
is above all disciplinary ac-
tion? Parliament has given
such protection to the CVC.
But why has it not given such
protection to the CBI direc-
tor?” the CJI asked.
The SC decided that the
legal issue in the case —
whether the government
could have divested the CBI
director without taking pri-
or sanction from the selec-
tion committee — needed to
be adjudicated first.
ter India. Apomorphine, much
sought-after by neurologists, is
awaiting clearance from the
Drug Controller General of In-
dia to be sold here. Dr NK Ven-
kataramana, renowned neuro-
surgeon, attributed the delay in
the drug’s availability in India
largely to its suffix: morphine.
“This is the only injectable
drug which is available for
treating Parkinson’s but its suf-
fix must have played spoilsport.
We have, on many occasions,
requested the government to
make the drug available in In-
dia but Apomorphine was seen
as a derivative of the narcotic
morphine and has not been not
available so far,” he explained.
UK-based Britannia Phar-
maceuticals, which manufac-
tures the drug, has tied up with
Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru,
for initial distribution. The
drug, which comes in the form
of injection and infusion
pump, is popular in the UK, US
gist and Parkinson’s disease
and movement disorder spe-
cialist.
“We will finally make it to
India, though it is very late
compared to the drug’s availa-
bility in other countries. An in-
jection with 3ml of the drug is
likely to be priced at `1,500-
2,000,” said Robert Wood, direc-
tor, Britannia Pharmaceuti-
cals.
Currently, the only two op-
tions for Indian patients are to
take oral medication or go in for
deep brain stimulation surgery
(DBS) if they are in advanced
stages. DBS is an expensive op-
tion (Rs 10-15 lakh), where elec-
trodes are placed deep inside
the brain through small holes
in the skull and are connected
to a battery-powered stimula-
tor placed on the patient’s
chest. The process stimulates
the brain. Dr Prashanth said
the drug would spell relief for
many patients in India.

UP CM Yogi meets Tracking down those behind TIMES ascent

blast, and his colleagues were
working on an experiment at
the Laboratory for Hyperson-
ic and Shock Wave Research
in IISc.
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opposition party in the Lok
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Memorial Act, 1951. An
amendment bill could be
brought in Parliament in the
winter session beginning
December 11.
Briefing reporters on the
over charges of poor law and
order after the Bulandshahr
violence in which two persons,
including a police inspector,
were killed.
Yogi met the family of the
slain inspector before he left
for the national capital to meet
the PM. Official sources said
accused in Bulandshahr
violence, Bajrang Dal leader
Yogesh Raj claimed innocence
in a video, a fresh clip has been
uploaded on social media by
yet another accused on the run,
Shikhar Agarwal, claiming
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nance minister Arun Jaitley
said the trust is perhaps the
only government body
where a member is from one
the two leaders discussed
Kumbh preparations and also
the ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas’
to be organised in Varanasi on
January 21-23. Sources said Yo-
gi officially invited the PM for
Subodh Kumar Singh. “When
we were transporting cow
carcasses to Chingrawati
checkpost, it was Singh who
resisted us. He intended to bury
the carcasses. When I said this
T
he handwritten letter, signed by six BJP
functionaries of Syana — including lo-
cal block pramukh Pramendra Yadav —
says that inspector Singh’s behaviour with the
common citizen was absolutely rude. “While
the cases of theft and cattle slaughter are on
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Therefore, we wrote to the local MP on Septem-
ber 1last,” Shrotiya said. Former BJP corpora-

political party. He said it was
“unfair” that only one politi-
cal party was represented in
the trust. “The decision
aims to suitably amend the
Jallianwala Bagh National
Memorial Act, 1951 to secure
representation as trustees,
the leader of opposition rec-
ognised as such in the house
of the people (Lok Sabha), or
where there is no such leader
of opposition, then the lead-
er of the single largest oppo-
sition party in the house,” an
official statement said. PTI
Kumbh. He will call on Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind on Fri-
day to invite him for the event.
Hundreds of Indians set-
tled in various countries at-
tend the Pravasi meet, which is
being organized for the first
time in Varanasi, Modi’s Lok
Sabha constituency. The event
coincides with Kumbh and del-
egates will be taken to Prayag.
This was the UP chief min-
ister’s first meeting with Modi
after his government found it-
self in the eye of a storm over
the killing of police officer
was a grave crime and the
public should know of it, he
threatened to shoot me but we
still managed to reach the
checkpost. It was he who made
friends with Muslims and
orchestrated an attack ,” said
Agarwal in the video. TNN
Subodh Kumar Singh by a mob
in Bulandshahr.
Yogi had announced com-
pensation of `40 lakh for
Singh’s wife, `10 lakh for his
parents and a government job
for a family member. TNN
the rise, local people are being unnecessarily
harassed and fleeced in the name of vehicle-
checking,” the letter says.
“He is in the habit of creating obstacles for
Hindu religious functions, because of which
anger is brewing in the Hindu society. There-
fore, he and other local police officers should
be transferred immediately and departmental
action against initiated against them,” the
two-paragraph letter concludes, adding it was
the demand of all local BJP workers.
“There were several examples of conflict
between him and us,” said Shrotiya. “We re-
quested him not to penalise people for riding
without helmet as it was not required in the
city area and that only those should be fined
ommm
tor Manoj Tyagi, who had also signed the letter,
says: “We had asked for his transfer due to his
high-handed attitude. All the local office-bear-
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forest department, a farmer
informed them about foul
smell from his farm. Forest
officials on inspection found
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Kakwan police area of the
district on Wednesday night.
Arun Kumar, a resident of
Nadiha Dhamu
village, is recovering
in Lala Lajpat Rai
hospital after surgery.
Police said Arun was
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He was seen pinning
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 DANCE Of DEMOCRACY
RUN-UP TO 2019 THE LAST BIG FIGHT BEFORE LOK SABHA POLLS
In Telangana & Rajasthan, it’ll
be a vote on CM’s performance
KCR Faces His 2nd Polls, While Raje Battles Her 4th Election
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Hyderabad/Jaipur: It’s a ref-
erendum on the chief minis-
ter. In both the country’s
youngest state, Telangana,
and its largest, Rajasthan, Fri-
day’s vote will be a mandate for
or against the current chief
minister.
In Telangana, it is K Chan-
drasekhar Rao who’s facing
the test and his second elec-
tion, while Rajasthan’s Va-
sundhara Raje is leading her
fourth consecutive election
battle, but this time having to
counter the impression of be-
ing imperious and inaccessi-
ble.
The Telangana election is a
vote on two key aspects:
Whether CM KCR sustained
his image as the statehood su-
perman, and whether his gov-
ernment did enough to touch
people’s lives. The main criti-
cism of KCR is that he was in-
accessible even to his legisla-
tors, and that he kept power
within his family.
Even the opposition
framed its debate around KCR.
PM Narendra Modi, BJP presi-
dent Amit Shah, Congress
EC allays Congress’ BJP, Jethmalani bury
doubts about EVM hatchet, approach
‘tampering’ in MP court to end suit
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The Election
Commission on Thursday
said it was as per the poll pan-
el’s instructions of July 2018
that power supply of the EVM
strongroom in Bhopal was
disconnected after it was
sealed, to rule out a short-cir-
cuit. As for the CCTV cameras
and LED screen installed out-
side the strongroom, it said
they were functional right
from sealing of the stron-
groom till interruption of
power supply at 8.19 am on No-
vember 30 due to “local fault of
electricity arrangement”,
which was restored at 9.35 am.
The commission, in a de-
tailed response to Congress’
complaint dated December 4
alleging illegalities in deposit
of EVMs in the strongroom
and incidents related to re-
serve EVMs in Madhya Pra-
desh, stated that when DEO
(district election officer),
Bhopal visited the stron-
groom in the morning, he
found its security as per
norms. “The in-charge of
CISF stated that there was
temporary power cut during
above mentioned period and
no person visited during this
time and EVM strongroom is
secured as per norms,” it add-
ed.
Senior leader
Haseeb Drabu
resigns from PDP
Srinagar: The PDP suffered
another jolt on Thursday
when its senior leader and for-
mer finance minister Haseeb
Drabu announced his resigna-
tion from the party.
In his resignation letter,
Drabu, a well known econo-
mist who has also served as
chairman of the Jammu and
Kashmir Bank, said his legis-
lative engagement has prema-
turely come to an end with the
dissolution of the state as-
sembly. “I don’t agree with the
timing and manner in which
it was done. It doesn’t credit ei-
ther the democratic system or
its custodian participants
with any glory, whatsoever.
“Be that as it may, the time
has come for me to bid adieu!”
Drabu, who was the editor of a
business daily earlier in his
career, said. The letter, which
was posted by Drabu on his
personal twitter handle, said
his exit from the PDP had been
coming for a while now. “Even
though I have not been a dis-
sident... I have disengaged
myself from party affairs for
quite some time now,” he
wrote in the letter.
He said he did not believe
in precipitating the matter be-
cause he thought it to be mor-
ally and ethically wrong to
leave the party under whose
aegis he had contested his
maiden elections to the state
assembly. “Now that it is over,
I am hereby resigning from
the Jammu and Kashmir
PDP,” he said. PTI
PREPARING HARD: Polling officials checking their EVMs before
leaving for their respective polling stations in Hyderabad on Thursday
president Rahul Gandhi, UPA
chairperson Sonia Gandhi
and TDP president and And-
hra Pradesh chief minister N
Chandrababu all targeted
KCR and his family. As Con-
gress’ Uttam Kumar put it,
“It’s a battle between the peo-
ple of Telangana and KCR’s
family.”
At poll rallies, KCR’s son K
T Rama Rao declared, “Sim-
ham singlega vasthadu (a lion
comes alone).” Apart from li-
Put Bengal rath
yatra on hold,
HC tells BJP
Kolkata: The BJP suffered a
major jolt on Thursday after
Calcutta high court denied
permission to its 41-day rath
yatra that was scheduled to
commence from Cooch
Behar on Friday. The HC
chose to go with the state
that held the rath yatra might
disrupt communal harmony
in the north Bengal district
bordering Assam.
The court directed BJP to
put the yatra on hold till the
next hearing of the case on
January 9. “I am not giving
any relief to the petitioner. It
will be difficult for the police
to comply with my order in a
short span of time. I
therefore direct to defer the
BJP rath yatra till January 9,”
said Justice Tapabrata
Chakraborty. TNN
The EC further stated that
DEO had mistakenly in-
formed the media that the
power failure was due to a
power cut by the electricity
board, while “it was due to lo-
cal fault of electricity ar-
rangement.”
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50% deaths due to air pollution in
persons below 70 years: Report
From P 1
O
ver half of the deaths
due to air pollution
were in persons less
than 70 years of age, the re-
port said. States in east and
north India had some of the
highest levels of both ambi-
ent particulate matter and
household air pollution, es-
pecially Bihar, UP, Rajasthan
and Jharkhand. Delhi, Ha-
ryana and Punjab had some
of the highest ambient par-
ticulate matter pollution ex-
posure.
The report, published in
the Lancet Planetary Health,
assumes significance as it
Nirav’s illegal bungalow to be razed
Rosy.Sequeira
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: The illegal sea-fac-
ing bungalow of fugitive busi-
nessman Nirav Modi
on Alibaug beach will
be demolished as per
the order of the Rai-
gad district collector,
the Maharashtra gov-
ernment told the Bom-
bay high court on
Thursday.
Modi was permitted con-
struction on 376 sqm in Ki-
him, but he occupied 1,071sq m
— 674 sqm in excess.
The government action is
kening his father to a lion
fighting his battles alone, the
comment also refers to the fact
that Congress had to stitch to-
gether an alliance with a one-
point agenda of dethroning
KCR. The Praja Kutami (peo-
ple’s alliance) made sworn ri-
vals, Congress and TDP, join
hands and also brought on
board Telangana Jana Sa-
mithi (TJS) and CPI.
When KCR dissolved the
assembly on September 6, he
Swati.Deshpande
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: Former Union law
minister and eminent counsel
Ram Jethmalani says BJP
president Amit Shah has ex-
pressed “sin-
cere regret”
over the party
having ex-
pelled him in
2013 – for six
years from his
primary membership. Five
years after the expulsion and
two years after Jethmalani
took the BJP to court, both
sides have decided to bury the
hatchet. Jethmalani and the
BJP jointly approached a Delhi
court on Thursday to put an
amicable end to his challenge
to the expulsion.
The joint application was
filed before the court of addi-
tional district court Judge Su-
mit Dass, Patiala House, New
Delhi. The court is expected to
consider it and pass its order on
Friday.
Jethmalani is now 95 going
on 96. He expressed happiness
at the turn of events. He also
conveyed to TOI that at this
stage of his life he wants peace
and goodwill with all.
Jethmalani had in 2016 filed
a suit before the Patiala House
court against BJP and others.
follows several such reports
by the World Health Organi-
sation, which has already de-
tailed the major health risks
posed by foul air in the coun-
try.
A special report released
by WHO on Wednesday at
COP 24 said India can get
massive health gains— up to
$8 trillion by pursuing global
warming limit of 1.5°C. The
UN agency had recently also
linked air pollution with in-
creasing child mortality. In
2017, India witnessed 1.10
lakh premature deaths of
children due to air pollution,
highest in the world in the
category of children under
not related to the Punjab Na-
tional Bank fraud, in which
Modi is the main accused, and
dates back to 2010 when he was
issued a demolition notice.
As many as 58 other
such constructions by lo-
cals on Alibaug beaches
will also be razed.
The high court was
hearing a PIL by NGO
Shambhuraje Yuvakran-
ti against the state’s inac-
tion against illegally-con-
structed bungalows of celeb-
rities and businessmen, in-
cluding Modi, in the coastal
regulation zone (CRZ) areas
in Alibaug. Earlier this Sep-
declared it would be a ‘one-sid-
ed war’, and named candidates
for 106 of 119 constituencies the
same day. Little did he know
that Congress and TDP would
join hands, making a one-sid-
ed fight a multi-front battle.
In the northwest, in Rajas-
than, Friday’s vote is crucial to
BJP’s Vasundhara Raje, and
Congress’ Ashok Gehlot and
Sachin Pilot. Raje has to retain
her chair and emerge as a mass
leader. Gehlot and Pilot, the
strongest contenders for the
CM’s post if Congress wins,
are also competing for their
space in the party hierarchy.
Congress is believed to
have the edge in the desert
state, which has earned a repu-
tation of voting the ruling par-
ty out, as it won recent bypolls.
Rebellion among senior mem-
bers rocked the boat for both
parties and could split votes.
Former BJP members Ghan-
shyam Tiwari and Hanuman
Beniwal have each floated par-
ties and fielded candidates in
55 seats.
Whether the vote goes pro-
CM or anti-CM in either state,
the outcome will indicate the
road to 2019.
Ram Jethmalani says
BJP president Amit
Shah has expressed
“sincere regret” for
expelling him in 2013
He had challenged his expul-
sion as “null and void” and
without jurisdiction. He had al-
so sought `50 lakh as damages.
While the suit was pending,
the application, a copy which
TOI accessed, said that Shah
and BJP general secretary
Bhupender Yadav paid him a
visit and they expressed their
sincere regret at his expulsion
by an order of May 28, 2013.
The application says that
Jethmalani “acknowledges the
gracious conduct of Amit Shah
and Yadav”. It said that the par-
ties have amicably settled the
issue before the court and
hence filed a joint application
for a decree of disposal.
Both sides “consented” to
filing the plea.
Jethmalani who had been
critical of the BJP leadership
and spoken out against Nitin
Gadkari at the time was ex-
pelled from the primary mem-
bership of the party for six
years on charges of “breach of
discipline” in May 2013. He was
then 89 years old and a member
of the Rajya Sabha.
Full story in www.toi.in
five years of age. The India
State-Level Disease Burden,
conducted jointly by ICMR
along with Public Health
Foundation of India (PHFI)
and Institute for Health Met-
rics and Evaluation (IHME)
in collaboration with the
health ministry, shows a
marked variation between
states, with 12 times differ-
ence for ambient particulate
matter pollution and 43 times
difference for household air
pollution.
However, the report rec-
ognizes the increasing public
and policy attention to con-
trol air pollution in India.
Full story in www.toi.in
tember, while directing an in-
quiry by the divisional com-
missioner (Konkan region) in
respect of nearly 160 illegal
constructions in Alibaug, the
court had referred to Modi’s
case “by way of illustration”.
On Thursday, assistant
government pleader Priyab-
hushan Kakade told a bench
of Chief Justice Naresh Patil
and Justice Makarand Kar-
nik that Raigad collector Vi-
jay Suryawanshi issued the
demolition order on Wednes-
day after reviewing an earlier
order in 2011by the then collec-
tor.
Full story in www.toi.in
Where polls
are an uphill
task & test
vocal chords
Parul.Kulshrestha
@timesgroup.com
Jaipur: This polling booth, the
highest in Rajasthan, literally
shouts out every vote cast from
atop a hill. Tucked away at a
height of 4,921 feet, a primary
school at the small village of Ut-
traj in Sirohi district near
Mount Abu, is the highest poll-
ing booth in the state. Teams trek
4km of hilly terrain to reach it.
Its 325-strong electorate has
many from the nearby Shergaon
village, who walk 5km to vote.
“Special instructions have
been issued for this polling
booth. Only young and energetic
officers are posted here. The ar-
ea is out of mobile network cov-
erage, so one of our workers
climbs a hilltop to give instruc-
tions to start the mock poll or
give the information on voter
turnout,” says returning officer,
Ravindra Goswami.
With no roads, medical or
mobile phone facility, polling of-
ficers climb down from Guru
Shikhar range, the highest peak
of Rajasthan, to reach here a day
before election. Climbing down
takes half an hour but returning
uphill to Guru Shikhar takes
around two hours.
Equally challenging is the
voters’ task. Half the voters from
Shergaon arrive in Uttraj a night
before polling day and return to
their village the next day after
casting their vote.
Full story in www.toi.in
LS polls: BJP
mulls fielding
Madhuri Dixit
from Pune
Mumbai: The BJP is consider-
ing fielding Bollywood actor
Madhuri Dix-
it-Nene from
the Pune Lok
Sabha constitu-
ency in the 2019
general elec-
tions, party
sources said.
In June this year, BJP chief
Amit Shah had met the actor at
her residence in Mumbai dur-
ing his party’s ‘Sampark for Sa-
marthan’ (Contact for Support)
programme and briefed her on
the achievements of the Naren-
dra Modi government. A senior
state BJP leader said on Thurs-
day that her name has been
shortlisted for the Pune Lok Sab-
ha seat. “The party is seriously
considering giving candidature
to Madhuri Dixit in the 2019 gen-
eral elections. We think the
Pune Lok Sabha constituency
will be better for her,” he said.
“The party is in the process
of finalizing the list of probables
for several Lok Sabha seats and
Dixit’s name has been shortlist-
ed for the Pune constituency,”
the leader said. AGENCIES
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HC talks tough on errant
poll officials, seeks report
SagarKumar.Mutha
@timesgroup.com
Hyderabad: Taking a tough
stance against poll code viola-
tions, the Hyderabad high
court on Thursday directed
Telangana chief electoral offi-
cer (CEO) Rajat Kumar to fur-
nish sealed cover reports on
eight sensitive assembly con-
stituencies in Hyderabad’s
Old City area, particularly of-
ficials whose conduct is con-
trary to the EC directives on
impartiality of poll staff.
“Give us the names of the
poll officials who violate the
EC directives in sealed covers. sion of India (ECI) and its among other measures.
We will punish them (offi- CEO in Telangana roping in Jandhyala Ravi Shankar,
cials) in accordance with the any uniformed force in case of the counsel for petitioner Fe-
powers vested with the court any emergency situation aris- roz Khan, also sought suffi-
under provisions of Article ing during Friday’s Telanga- cient arrangements to ascer-
226 of the Constitution,” said na assembly polls. tain the identity of voters.
the bench of Chief Justice TB The petitioners had ex- EC counsel Avinash Desai
Radhakrishnan and Justice pressed apprehensions about informed the bench that they
SV Bhatt while dealing with some elements muffling the have identified 15 sensitive as-
two pleas filed by Congress voice of citizens with their sembly segments in Hydera-
party’s Nampalli candidate muscle power and sought ar- bad district, of which eight
Feroz Khan and the Majlis Ba- rangements like CCTV cam- are in the Old City, and said
chao Tehreek (MBT) political eras, deployment of central that arrangements have been
party. forces, not allowing anyone made for video-graphing the
The bench also said it is other than poll staff and can- poll process.
open to the Election Commis- didates at polling booths, Full story in www.toi.in
Gwalior ‘EVM Dalit BJP MP
quits party, says
hacker’ duped 2 it’s playing
more Cong netas ‘divisive politics’
Lucknow: After being at odds
P.Naveen@timesgroup.com
with her party for long, BJP MP
Bhopal: A day after the arrest of a man in Gwalior who
claimed to be an expert in hacking EVMs and offered to
manipulate the machines for a candidate, two other Con-
from Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich
district, Savitri
Bai Phule re-
gress netas on Thursday approached police alleging the ac- signed from its
cused had cheated them too, promising party ticket pre- primary mem-
tending to be from party chief Rahul Gandhi’s office.
Believing the con, Congress netas Kashiram Dehelwar
bership
Thursday, ac-
on
and Bhikam Singh Gurjar alleged they had paid `10,000
each to the accused. They were seeking tickets from Gwa-
lior and Murar (rural) constituencies.
cusing the party
of being anti-dalit and playing
“divisive politics”.
Investigators believe that several candidates or ticket Phule began her political ca-
aspirants from various political parties, including the BJP, reer as a BSP sector coordinator
Congress and the BSP were approached by the hacker in in 2002 before joining the BJP in
the last two months. Now, call detail records of his phone 2012. The fault lines between
are being examined. Phule and the BJP began to ap-
Accused Abhay Joshi, 30, who claimed to be techie pear in April following incidents
from Delhi, has been identified as a native of Jalon district of dalit atrocities.
Choosing the 63rd death an-
PROMISED THEM PARTY TICKETS niversary of dalit icon BR Am-
bedkar to make the announce-
in UP with a residential address in Ujjain. Police said he ment, Phule said that instead of
has multiple cases of forgery registered against him at var- working for dalits, the ruling
ious police stations in Indore and Ujjain. party was spending money on
He was arrested from Gwalior railway station on statues and temples.
Wednesday after he approached a Congress candidate “I have resigned from the
from Bhind – Ramesh Dubey – offering to ‘hack or tamper’ party. But I will continue as a
EVMs in his favour. The accused offered a deal to tamper Lok Sabha member till the end
EVMs at `2.5 lakh per unit. of my tenure,” Phule said.
Police on Thursday produced him in Gwalior court, Addressing a press confer-
that remanded him to police custody for further investiga- ence in Lucknow, Phule did not
tion. Two more cases have been registered against Joshi, rule out the possibility of join-
first at GRP, Gwalior and second at Padav police station, ing Mayawati-led BSP. “I am a
Gwalior. follower of BSP founder (Kan-
Dahelwar told GRP police that Joshi took Rs 10,000 shiram) and will always work
from him on the pretext of being a member of Congress IT for the progress of Bahujan Sa-
cell and had demanded Rs 5 lakh for a party ticket. “I got a maj,” Phule said.
call from him when tickets were being finalised. He Phule, who has been accus-
claimed himself to be an AICC surveyor and we believed ing the BJP of conspiring to do
him. I met him at the VIP meeting room of Gwalior station. away with reservation for dalits,
After taking Rs 10,000 for what he called ‘membership’, he claimed that she would do an-
said Rs 5 lakh should be paid to him after my name appears other “dhamaka” at a rally in
in the list,” Kashiram Dahelwar told TOI over phone. Da- Lucknow on December 23. TNN
helwar was keen on a party ticket from Gwalior (south). Full story in www.toi.in
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New Delhi: The Centre on Thurs-

day approved implementation of
the Shahpurkandi Dam project
on the Ravi in Punjab. The move
will allow India to use the water
which at present goes “waste”
flowing through the Madhopur
Headworks downstream to Pakis-
tan. Once completed in June 2022,
it will improve irrigation poten-
tial of farmers in Jammu & Kash-
mir and Punjab.
Though the project was
planned 17 years ago at an esti-
mated cost of over Rs 2,285 crore,
it could not be implemented due
to paucity of funds with the state.
The Centre will provide financial
assistance of over Rs 485 crore
(for the irrigation component) to
the state for implementing the
project over five years from 2018-
19 to 2022-23.
The decision in this regard
was taken by the Union Cabinet,
keeping in view the provisions of
the Indus Water Treaty. Under
this 1960 treaty, India has full
rights for utilisation of waters of
the three eastern rivers Ravi,
Beas and Satluj. The project will
create an additional irrigation
potential of 5,000 hectares in
Punjab and 32,173 hectares in
J&K. In addition, Punjab will al-
so be able to generate 206 MW of
hydro-power.
The project was initially ap-
proved by the Planning Commis-
sion in November 2001 and was
included under the accelerated
irrigation benefits scheme of the
water resources ministry for
funding its irrigation compo-
nent.
Revised cost of the project
was approved by the advisory
committee of the ministry in Au-
gust 2009. Work on the project
could not progress much due to
non-availability of funds on the
part of the Punjab government
for the power component and lat-
er due to inter-state issues with
J&K.
India says Pak politicizing Kartarpur
issue as Imran slams ‘negative’ press
Islamabad: The Pakistan military said on Thursday that it wants better
relations with India but regretted that the BJP-led government was not re-
sponding positively to efforts by Islamabad for the resump-
tion of dialogue.
The comments came even as India said its neighbour
was politicizing the Kartarpur issue even as it expressed
hope that Pakistan would take “all necessary steps” to im-
plement announcements.
Earlier, PM Imran Khan also spoke about the Kartar-
pur ceremony at a cabinet meet. “The Sikhs have responded very positive-
ly to the effort. It is to them what Medina is to Muslims. We hope India will
also respond positively in return,” Khan said. “We have other religious
sites that are important for Hindus and Buddhists. We should open them
up also.” — Omer Farooq Khan | TNN
which 60 people died has cleared Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s
wife Navjot Kaur, who was chief guest at the Dussehra
event, of responsibility. The report indicted the son of a
Congress councillor who organized the event and offi-
cials of the Amritsar district administration, a source
said. Accepting the magisterial probe report findings,
chief minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered
strict action against the organizers as well as the gateman of the Joda
Phatak railway crossing and others. TNN
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in Government Medical Colleges Jabalpur. Gwalior, Rewa & Indore

rival mobilization hold authorities accountable’ 1. Government Medical Colleges (Jabalpur , Gwalior , Indore & Rewa) have invited
applications from eligible candidates to fill up the posts of Super specialists in
Superspeciality hospitals/Center of Excellence being set up in these colleges.
Interested candidates are required to submit applications with all details to the
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till 5.00 pm_
2. These vacancies are in the discipline/subjects of Anesthesia , Neurology,
...But no road
AmitAnand.Choudhary
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JULY 15, TOI Neurosurgery, cardiology, Interventional cardiology, Nephrology, Urology,
Gastroenterology, Surgical Gastroenterology, Neonatology, Paediatric Surgery,
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on
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Ophthalmology and Community Ophthalmology. Number of vacant posts are as per
alarming number of deaths on Indian
roads due to potholes, the number be- agency in sight table below:-
No. Name of Post Min. Monthly Number Place of Vacancy
ing far in excess of those killed by ter- Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com age Salary Of
rorists and on the border, and said the (yrs) (Rs.In Lakh) Posts
authorities concerned should be held New Delhi: On average about 32,000 1 Director 35 3.50 01 Indore
accountable for it and compensation people are murdered in a year, while
2 Professor 30 3.00 70 Jabalpur, Indore, Rewa, Gwalior
paid to the family of every such vic- the number of people killed in road
tim. deaths take place due to potholes on accidents stand at about 1.45 lakh. De- 3 Associate Professor 30 2.50 69 Jabalpur, Indore , Rewa, Gwalior
TIGHT SECURITY Calling it “unacceptable” and roads. To add to the problem, there is spite this trend, neither states nor the 4 Assistant Professor 25 1.50 133 Jabalpur, Indore , Rewa , Gwalior

Arshad Afzaal Khan TNN
Ayodhya: The 26th anniver-
sary of the demolition of the
Babri Masjid passed peaceful-
ly amid heavy security in
Ayodhya on Thursday, even as
Hindu outfits reiterated their
pledge to construct a Ram tem-
ple at the disputed site “at any
cost” while Muslim organiza-
tions appealed to PM Naren-
dra Modi to initiate action to
punish those accused of de-
molishing the mosque in 1992.
Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas
president Mahant Nritya Go-
pal Das said the date for start-
ing the construction of the
Ram temple would be an-
nounced during next month’s
Kumbh. That would be a true
tribute to the karsewaks who
laid down their lives in the
Ayodhya movement, he said.
Hindu organizations cele-
brate December 6 as “victory
day” while Muslims of the ar-
ea mark it as a “black day.”
“We have been observing De-
cember 6 for the last 26 years.
This must end and a peaceful
solution must come with the
efforts of the Prime Minister,”
said Iqbal Ansari, one of the
main litigants in the title suit
over the disputed land.
Another litigant, Haji
Mahboob, said, “We are ready
for talks. But before that, the
anarchy of the saffron forces
must be controlled.” Mean-
while, activists of Hindu Ma-
ha Sabha gathered at the
banks of river Saryu and took
a pledge to fight the “final bat-
tle to liberate Ram Janmab-
hoomi.”
There was a heavier secu-
rity cover in Ayodhya than in
previous years, with the ad-
ministration sealing the area
around the disputed Ram Jan-
mabhoomi site in view of past
attempts by some organiza-
tions to breach the peace and
the Supreme Court’s order to
maintain status quo at the site.
“frightening”, a bench of Justices Ma-
dan B Lokur, Deepak Gupta and He-
mant Gupta sought response from the
Centre on how to address the problem,
after consulting the state govern-
ments.
Potholes claimed nearly10 lives ev-
ery day with total deaths at 3,597 in
2017, a more than 50% rise over the toll
for 2016. The magnitude of can be un-
derstood from the fact that terror at-
tacks in India, including naxal strikes,
killed 803, including terrorists, securi-
ty personnel and civilians, in 2017.
Advocate Gaurav Agrawal, who is
assisting the court as amicus curiae,
told the bench that the SC-appointed
committee on road safety had com-
piled data which showed as many as
14,936 deaths due to potholes in last five
years (2013 to 2017).
“This is obviously a very high
number and it indicates that the au-
thorities concerned-whether they are
municipal corporations or state gov-
ernments or National Highway Au-
thority of India or other such bodies
or organizations— are not maintain-
ing roads effectively. It is not at all ac-
ceptable that such a large number of
no provision for grant of compensa-
tion to the legal representatives of the
victims who have to live with an un-
foreseen tragedy which arises only
due to lack of concern by the author-
ities. There is also, unfortunately, no
criminal action taken against the au-
thorities concerned for their negli-
gence,” the bench said.
“We would like the response of the
Union of India whose response
should be in consultation with all the
state governments /UTs to remedy
the situation and provide succour to
the relatives of the victims whose
death is caused due to pothole acci-
dents,” it said.
The court had earlier expressed
similar concern and directed the
states and UTs to set up road safety
committee in each district compris-
ing superintendent of police and offi-
cer from departments like health,
PWD, NHAI, road transport and mem-
ber of the civil society to take mea-
sures to prevent road accidents. It had
also directed states to set up trauma
centre in each district for quick care of
accident victims besides mandatory
audit of roads on safety parameters.
1 1
Centre have taken any concrete steps 5 Superintendent 35 15600-39100 04 Jabalpur, Rewa, Gwalior, Indore
to set up accident investigation cen- +5400
tres or to train cops to investigate ac- 3. Details can be seen on respective website of the colleges as below:-
cidents scientifically and not just
Medical College Website of the college Extended date of
point a finger at drivers in their FIRs.
submission of
The debate on whether govern- application
ments and particularly law enforce-
ment agencies have failed to priori- 20/1 2/2018 till 5.00 pm.
tize prevention of accidents was re- NSCB Jabalpur www.nscbmc.ac.in
vived after Rohtak police chief GRMC Gwalior www.grmcgwalior.org
Jashndeep Singh Randhawa recently SSMC Rewa www .ssmcrewa.com
shared with experts during a meeting
MGMC Indore www .mgmmcindore. in
that last year the district in Haryana
recorded 75 murders and the number Interested candidates are advised to carefully go through the "Madhya Pradesh
of people killed in road crashes was Superspeciality Aspatal Chikitsa Shikshak Aadarsh Seva Niyam , 2018"
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According to National Crime Re- special perks and privileges offered to Super specialists under the Rules.
cords Bureau, nearly 34,000 people Some important features of Rules are as below:-
were murdered in 2014 and the num-
ber reduced to 30,450 in 2016. The re- 1. 8 % per annum increment in Salary.
port for 2017 is yet to be published. On 2. 20% Revenue Share from Ayushmaan/Paid Patients.
the other hand, the number of road 3. 50% Revenue Share from Paid OPD.
fatalities in India increased from 4. Time Bound Promotion irrespective of vacancies as per MCI Regulations
nearly 1.4 lakh in 2014 to about 1.51 by upgrading posts.
lakh in 2016. The fatalities decreased 5. Reimbursement of air fare to attend workshops/seminars (twice a year
marginally to 1.48 lakh in 2017. in India and once abroad).
Road safety experts have demand- 6. No Private Practice will be allowed,
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invite for Supply, Installation , Testing and Commissioning of Corrigendum if any, to this publication would appear only on the sa id websites and will regard to this tender , if any, shall be published only at the above stated website and rot through press
not be published' , Executive Director (Engg.) advertisement. Manager - Procurement Request for Proposal (RFP) for selection of Procurement of Implementing Agency for
'300TB usable Storage Solutions for Data Backup' for its day-to- Supply of E-vehicles for Solid Waste along with supporting swapping infrastructure
day research activities. including O&M for a period of 5 years in Visakhapatnam urder Smart City Missior
(2nd Call)
Issue of Due date & Opening of Earnest I h I I
Tender Tender Last date of Submission of bid :17/1212018 @ 05. 00 PM
Time for Money
Form Fee Technical Deposit For furt her details visit http :l/www.apeprocurement .gov.in
Tender
Submission Bids EMD Emai : visakhapatnamsmar tcity@gmail .com
CC: prabhu.sheelavantha@aecom.com
06.12, 2018 Z500 1- 10 Jan. 2019 10 Jan. 2019 Z 1 , 40 ,000.00 Sd/xxx
to Tel No ./Fax:0891.2746300 MD & CEO
Non-re upto upto N OTICE INV ITI NG TE N DER PUNS MU
03 .01 . 2019 fundable (2 1.40 Lakhs) Mobile No: 09901472092 . 07729995934. GVSCCL
(Working days ) 15:30 hrs 16:00 hrs Tenders are invited from experienced and eligible contractors for structural
repairs and restoration work of canard Bank bulklklg at Beads Road, MI
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Detailed advertisement is available on ourwebsite: www .hri .res.in.
ilticerln - 628001,1gmllnadu. EsUrnated cost :Rs.235 Lalds.For details , Name of the Work: Suppl y of Fastening System for Ballastless Track for North-South
Any further amendments etc. shall only be published on our website Comdor-1 and East-West Corndor-2 Including Connectivity to Depot (Vanaz & Range Hill) of
visit Bank's website www.canarabank.com (Mrwunoe nenls). PSPCL own.
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Reg d. Office : PSEB Head Office . T h e Mall , Patiala-147001
regarding the tender from our e-tcrder portal https:// mahametrorail .etenders.in from 16:00 Corporate identity number : U40109PB2010SGCO33813
Institute may be contacted. Registrar, HRI , Allahabad hosted in Bank's website onl y. sd/-
hours on 07 .12.2018. Website : www.pspcl.in
interads Date : 07.12.2018. Assistant General Manager. General Manager ( Procurement), E-Tender Enquiry No. 7D931P-4/EMP-11501 dtd. 04-12-18 & I D : 40464
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL COLLECTOR , G.N.S.S. CHP
Qty: As per NIT
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' ?68. 30/11/2018 , and the last date of submission upto 13/1212018 (15.00 Hrs ) instead of for corrigendum issue , if any. No corrigendum shall be published in
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Superintending Engineer, ESD,ESG, GSO
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Soy` 3o. a S v L4.6 6DOdba wtCm 4460 68c o dr&2 56506 3!A DELHI JAL BOARD: GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI Ground Floor, Annexe-2 building, NR Square, Bengaluru-560002.
Email: eeprojectscentral2@gmail.com Mob:9480683985
(^d6Saob4) ewt OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (PROJECT) W- III
a 5 v 510 ROOM NO, 402: VARUNALAYA PHASE-I: KAROL BAGH. NEW DELHI-5 No: EEIPC-21TENDI0312018-19 Date : 05.12.2018
1:4d5no61) :SdSom N.I.T. NO.08 (2018-19) Tender ID: 2018_DJB_l63170_1 INVITATION FOR SHORT TERM TENDER (IFT )
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Through GOK e-Procurement Portal only) - 2nd Call
Name of Work Replacement of 900mm dia old PSC triplicate water
1 614/142 2.29 0.50 Sono Lt LSw d4 614/1,1 614/ 1,3 614/19) 615
main emanating from Wazirabad WW in between The Executive Engineer, Project Central - 2, BBMP, invites tenders
goLC nsd ,er aG
Shantivan to Samta Sthal stretch with 900 mm dia on behalf of the Commissioner , BBMP, Bengaluru from eligible
2 616/ 1£ 4.70 0.36 ,ono eS ar 617 616/1, 615 616/1, e `
a
M.S. lined and coated pipe. Tenderers for the Construction of works detailed in the table below .
Apprx. Amount
Tender Amount (Rs.) Rs. 2,53,73,451/- EMD
a Name of the Work put to Te n der
3 618 1 0.94 0.22 aono noF 5 618 617 618 1 618 la cj
V InCror ) (r ^ c al
Date of Release of Tender in 05/12/2018
White Topping on Selected Roads in Bengaluru
4 618/2£ 2.06 0.33 ,ono nofiae. 621 618/16 618/2A 618/2, e-Procurement Sakrtion 26.01 2.60
City, under Phase 2, Package 7.
dole a6 b e 2 Last Date and time for receipt of Tender 18/12/2018 (3.00 PM) White Topping on Selected Roads in Bengaluru
5 621/2 3.96 0.83 wwSvo ( 678 618 621/3 621/1 Through e-Procurement Solution City, under Phase 2 , Package 8. 23.41 2.34
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6 674/1. 11.82 0.01 }Q256ov6 fi LSD
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ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) Sd/- from the e-procurement portal of the Government of Karnataka from
Advt. No.J.S.V. 567/2018-19 Executive Engineer (Project) W-III 06.12.2018 . (2) Tenders must be submitted online through e-procure
-ment portal on or before 04.01.2019 before 5:30 pm. (3) Last Date
65 ,`6sa
675 674/11D 674/1£ 675
for Receipt of Queries is 18.12.2018 upto 5:30 pm. (4) Pre-Bid Meeting
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will be held on 20.12.2018 at 4:00 pm in the Office of the Chief Engineer,
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3.w S 6e ft e1 Department of Atomic Energy (Projects Central). (5) Technical Bids will be opened on 07.01 . 2019 at
General Services Organisation 4:00 pm in the Office of the Executive Engineer, Project Central-2.
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Engineering Services Group Further details may be obtained from the above office during off ice
7 674/1£ 11.82 0.22 q'Si2aus fi L%
Notice Inviting Tender hours on working days or from website: https ://eproc.kamataka .gov.in
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SECURITY PAPER MILL, NOSKANGABAN-461005 IM.P.I
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T 33 ,200% T 590/- (Three)
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Months
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6CLe *- Trimming of tree branches , Planting . .
Email : purchase spm@spmcil com , Website : http://spmhoshangabad .spmcil.com
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2019 - 2020.
Lakhs Months NOTICE INVITING TENDER
11 680/2£ 0.81 0.11 Sgt eiy 680/1 ) 680/30 680/22b 680/2, The General Manager, Security Paper Mill, Hoshangabad, Pin 461 005
3 (M . P.) invites sealed tenders for supp ly of following materials and
d6 ° o^dSvw GSO/CED/CE/ Improvement works at Bio-Gas Plant in i9.50 ? 19,000/- 590/. (Three) empanelment of vendors. Interested Manufacturers / Tenderer for detailed
12 680f3£ 0.79 0.10 s. rUZ6d5rd 680/20 677 680/3 680/3, Tr-1002/2018 DAE Township at Kalpakkam. Lakhs
Months tender specifications/ terms and conditions may please visit /downloads on our
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Tender documents available for sale from 10/12/2018 to 21/12/2018. Last date of submission / recei pt of
13 681/2 8.06 0.98 ovs 3oseto65xa
tenders upto 2411212018 (15:00 Hrs) and tender will be opened on 28/12/2018 (15:00 Hrs). Tender No. Material Description Qty. Last date and time
dole ervS& of receipt of Tender
Detailed NIT including eligibility criteria and other requirements can be seen from website
hftp://www. igcar aov .in/aso . For further information , please contact - 044-27481238 and 044-27480500 Up to 11:00 Hrs.
doLe aqere j 693 680 676 68 1/1 Extn .85803. 6000011888 Purchase of Oil Purification and 18.12.2018
Chief Engineer, ESG , GSO Water Separation Unit (Oil
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tender
15 704/61) 2.88 0.41 5J0 66 6at 65aj 704/71) 669 704/6A 704/6, ] 6000011901 Supply of different types of Knifes enquiry 21.12.2018
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Maharashtra Krishna Valley 6000012102 Supply of Cordless Floor Cleaning
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08.01.2019

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6000011927 Particle Charge Detector 22.01.2019
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Engineer , Ujjani Canal Division No 8, Solapur on behalf of Maharashtra Krishna TENDER FOR SALE OF NEWSPRINT WASTE,
Valley Development Corporation from Registered contractor from any central PRESS GARBAGE AND PRODUCTION SCRAP ITEMS
QUARTERLY TENDER -1ST JAN 2019 TO 31ST MAR 2019
or state Government organization. Tender Documents are available for on line
4S?S3osdSi6 SEALED TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR THE SALE OF SCRAP ITEMS ON "AS IS
21 708/1£ 0.76 0.20 ;Ovs 0v6 L.6-j65% 713 708/1A 708/2, 707
bid preparation & Submission on above website from 07/12/2018 to 01/01/2019 WHERE IS" BASIS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING PRINTING CENTRES
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MADURAI.625008.
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,vovs 309bo-6x APPROACH ROAD Contractor ITEM NO.1 NEWSPRINT WASTE ITEMS SUCH AS PRINTED WASTE (APPX. QTY
= 100 MT.) UNPRINTED TEAR OFF (APPX.QTY= 25 MT) REEL ENDS SNP WHITE
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KETS, DIRT OIL WITH DRUMS,EMPTY OIL AND GREASE DRUMS,CORE PLUGS
PLASTIC AND WOODEN , WOODEN SCRAP, IRON SCRAP, COPPER CABLES,
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begin tense negotiations in
hopes of ending a trade war
that has been pummeling both
economies.
Those talks now face an
even steeper challenge. The
aim will be for the US to ease its
tariffs; in exchange, China will
Assange can leave embassy: Ecuador prez
Quito: Ecuador’s president
has ramped up pressure on
Julian Assange to leave his
country’s embassy in Lon-
don, saying that Britain had
provided sufficient guaran-
tees that the WikiLeaks foun-
der won’t be extradited to fa-
ce the death penalty abroad.
Lenin Moreno’s com-
ments in a radio interview
Thursday suggest that
months of quiet diplomacy
between the UK and Ecuador
to resolve Assange’s situa-
tion is bearing fruit at a time
when questions are swirling
about the former Australian
hacker’s legal fate in the US.
“The road is clear for As-
sange to take the decision to le-
Woman sues
Hilton for $100m
over nude video
New York: A Chicago woman
is suing Hilton Worldwide for
$100 million saying that she
was filmed naked in the shower
by a hidden camera while a ho-
tel guest — in footage uploaded
with her name onto multiple
porn sites. The unnamed plain-
tiff sued the hotel giant for neg-
ligence. The woman was a gu-
est at a Hampton Inn and Suites
hotel in Albany, the capital of
New York state, in July 2015.
She was recorded, fully nu-
de, while taking a shower by a
hidden video camera, the 19-pa-
ge lawsuit claims. But she was
ignorant until September 2018,
when she received an email sa-
ying “this is you right?” with a
link to the video on a porn site.
The same person then sent
multiple threatening emails.
Her colleagues, friends also
received a new version of the
video, sent from a fake email
address set up in her name.
The extortionist then deman-
ded hush payment of $2,000
followed by $1,000 a month for
a year, the lawsuit claims.
“We take the safety and well-
being of our guests incredibly
seriously,” said a spokesperson
for Hilton, the parent company
of Hampton Inn. “We commit to
supporting the independent
ownership and management of
the property as they investiga-
te, respond and cooperate with
any law enforcement investiga-
tions,” the statement added. AFP
‘Vice’ gets 6 Golden Globe nominations
Los Angeles: Movies about
race, politics and music domi-
nated nominations for the
Golden Globe awards on
Thursday, setting the stage for
the long Hollywood awards se-
ason leading up to the Oscars
in February. Dark comedy
“Vice,” a scathing look at the
career of former US Vice Pre-
sident Dick Cheney, led all co-
mers with six nods, followed
by the Lady Gaga musical re-
make of “A Star is Born,” Bri-
tish historical comedy “The
Favourite” and road trip mo-
vie through 1960s segregated
America “Green Book” with
five nods apiece.
“Vice” director Adam
McKay, who was also nomina-
ted, described the film as “an
amazing portrayal of power.”
The movie line-up inclu-
des several films about racial
amid fears of laundering
Meng Wanzhou (inset) was arrested while changing planes in Canada
and she is facing unspecified charges, claimed Huawei in a statement
be expected to lower trade bar-
riers and further open its mar-
kets to American businesses.
“The arrest of a family
member linked to Huawei’s
founder indicates how the ten-
sion between the two sides is
rapidly escalating,” said T J
Pempel, a professor of politi-
Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno
said Britain had provided sufficient
guarantees that the WikiLeaks
founder won’t be extradited to
face the death penalty abroad
ave,” Moreno said, referring to
written assurances he said he
had received from Britain.
Moreno didn’t say he wo-
uld force Assange out, but sa-
id the activist’s legal team is
considering its next steps.
Assange has been holed up
in the Ecuadorian embassy
since 2012, when he was gran-
ted asylum while facing alle-
gations of sex crimes in Swe-
den that he said were a guise to
‘Facebook used user data
as competitive weapon’
I
nternal Facebook docu-
ments released by a UK
parliamentary committee
offer the clearest evidence yet
that the social network has
used its enormous trove of
user data as a competitive we-
apon, often in ways designed
to keep its users in the dark.
Parliament’s media com-
mittee accused Facebook on
Wednesday of cutting special
deals with some app develo-
pers to give them more access
to data, while icing out others
that it viewed as potential ri-
vals. In other documents,
company executives discus-
sed how they were keeping
the company’s collection and
exploitation of user data.
That included quietly collec-
ting the call records and text
messages of users of phones
that run on Google’s Android
operating system without as-
king their permission.
The UK committee relea-
sed more than 200 pages of
documents on the tech gi-
ant’s internal discussions
about the value of users’ per-
sonal information. While
they mostly cover the period
between 2012 and 2015 — the
first three years after Facebo-
ok went public — they offer a
rare glimpse into the compa-
ny’s inner workings and the
extent to which it used peo-
LEADING THE PACK: A still from the film ‘Vice’ shows Christian
Bale as Dick Cheney (L) and Sam Rockwell as George W Bush
injustice — “If Beale Street
Could Talk” from Barry Jen-
kins and director Spike Lee’s
“BlacKkKlansman” — along
with black empowerment su-
perhero movie “Black Pan-
ther.” “Green Book” star Vig-
go Mortensen, who was nomi-
nated along with Mahershala
Ali, said the film combines ho-
pe and compassion and asks
TIMES GLOBAL
Reuters
cal science at the University
of California, Berkeley, who
specialises in East Asian poli-
tics and economy.
Meng, who joined Huawei
in 1993 and is also a deputy
chairwoman, was taken into
custody in Vancouver on De-
cember 1, said Ian McLeod, a
extradite him to the US.
But his relations with his
hosts have soured to the po-
int that Moreno earlier this
year cut off his access to the
internet, purportedly for
violating the terms of his
asylum by speaking out on
political matters.
Assange in turn sued, sa-
ying his rights as an Ecuado-
rian — he was granted citi-
zenship last year as part of
Reuters
UK Parliament’s media
committee accused Facebook on
Wednesday of cutting special
deals with some app developers
to give them more access to
data, while icing out others that
it viewed as potential rivals
ple’s data to make money
while publicly vowing to pro-
tect their privacy. The compa-
ny’s critics said the new reve-
lations reinforced their con-
cerns over what users actual-
ly know about how Facebook
treats their data.
“These kinds of schemes
are exactly why companies
must be required to disclose
exactly how they are collec-
ting and sharing our data,
with stiff penalties for com-
panies that lie about it,” Sena-
tor Ron Wyden, an Oregon De-
mocrat, said in a statement.
Facebook called the do-
cuments misleading and sa-
id the information they con-
tain is “only part of the sto-
ry.” “Like any business, we
had many internal conver-
AP
audiences to “think profound-
ly about our society’s past and
present.” “Crazy Rich Asi-
ans,” the first major Hollywo-
od movie in 25 years with an
all-Asian cast, diversified the
Globes contenders with nods
for best comedy and best ac-
tress for Constance Wu.
Music featured strongly in
picks like “Bohemian Rhapso-
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spokesman for Canada’s Jus-
tice Department. He said she
was “sought for extradition by
the US” but did not give a
reason for what prompted the
arrest. A bail hearing has been
set for Friday.
Huawei, China’s largest
telecom equipment maker,
has been under investigation
into whether it had broken
American trade controls to
countries including Cuba,
Iran, Sudan and Syria.
This year, the Treasury
and Commerce Department
also asked the Justice Depart-
ment to investigate Huawei
for possibly violating eco-
nomic sanctions against
Iran, according to an official
who spoke on the condition
of anonymity.
In response, a spokesman
for the Chinese embassy in
Canada said in a statement
that “the Chinese side firmly
opposes and strongly protests
an apparent attempt to name
him a diplomat and ferry
him to Russia — were being
violated. The mounting ten-
sions has drawn Moreno clo-
ser to the position of Brita-
in, which for years has said
it is barred by law from ex-
traditing suspects to any ju-
risdiction where they would
face capital punishment.
But nothing is preventing
it from extraditing him to the
US if prosecutors there were
to pledge not to seek the de-
ath penalty. Assange has long
maintained the he faces
charges under seal in the US
for revealing highly sensiti-
ve government information
on his website. AP
sations about the various
ways we could build a susta-
inable business model for
our platform,” the company
said in a statement. “But the
facts are clear: We’ve never
sold people’s data.”
In a Facebook post , com-
pany CEO Mark Zuckerberg
sought to put the documents
in context. “Of course, we
don’t let everyone develop on
our platform,” he wrote. “We
blocked a lot of sketchy apps.
We also didn’t allow develo-
pers to use our platform to re-
plicate our functionality or
grow their services virally in
a way that creates little value
for people on Facebook.”
The UK committee seized
the documents from app de-
veloper Six4Three, maker of
a now-defunct bikini-picture
search app. Six4Three acqui-
red the files as part of a US
lawsuit that accuses Facebo-
ok of deceptive, anti-compe-
titive business practices. The
documents remain under co-
urt seal in the US.
The cache includes emails
from Zuckerberg and other
key members of his staff. The
emails show Zuckerberg and
other executives scheming to
leverage user data to favor
companies not considered to
be threats and to identify po-
tential acquisitions. AP
dy,” featuring Rami Malek as
late Queen frontman Freddie
Mercury, “A Star is Born” —
the Lady Gaga and Bradley
Cooper remake of the classic
show business romance —
and “Mary Poppins Returns,”
a sequel to Disney’s beloved
1964 film. “Vice,” won nomina-
tions in major categories, in-
cluding for actors Christian
Bale, as Dick Cheney, Amy
Adams as Lynne Cheney, and
Sam Rockwell as former US
President George W Bush.
Mexican director Alfonso
Cuaron’s “Roma” was nomi-
nated in the foreign language
category. Cuaron also won a di-
recting nod. Olivia Colman
won a best actress nod for her
turn as a petulant Queen Anne
in “The Favourite,” along with
supporting stars Emma Stone
and Rachel Weisz. REUTERS
BORIS JOHNSON APOLOGISES TO UK PARLIAMENT FOR
FAILING TO DECLARE TIMELY INCOME ON 9 OCCASIONS
over such kind of actions” and
urged the authorities “to im-
mediately correct the wrong-
doing and restore the personal
freedom of Meng.”
Beijing asked Washington
and Ottawa to explain the rea-
son for Meng’s arrest, said a
foreign ministry spokesman,
Geng Shuang. He said arrest-
ing her without that violated
her human rights.
Huawei said in a statement
that Meng was arrested while
changing planes in Canada
and that she faced unspecified
charges. “The company has
been provided very little infor-
mation regarding the charges
and is not aware of any wrong-
doing by Meng,” Huawei said,
adding that it complies with all
laws where it operates.
The White House, Press
representatives for the Justice
Department and the US Attor-
ney’s Office declined to com-
ment. NYT NEWS SERVICE
2 killed in car
bomb attack
on police HQ
in Chabahar
Dubai: At least two policemen
died and 48 people were injured
in a rare suicide car bomb at-
tack by a Sunni jihadi group on
a police headquarters in the
port city of Chabahar in sout-
heast Iran on Thursday, state
media reported.
While suicide bombings
are rare in Iran, Sunni militant
groups have carried out seve-
ral attacks on security forces in
recent years in Sistan-Balu-
No justification for
terrorism: India
I ndia strongly condemned the
terrorist attack in Chabahar,
Iran, and called it despicable.
The MEA reiterated that there
could be no justification for terr-
orism. “We express our condole-
nces to the government and the
people of Iran and the families of
the victims of this attack. We
wish speedy recovery to those
injured. The perpetrators behind
this dastardly attack should be
brought to justice expeditiously.
There can be no justification for
any act of terror,” said the stat-
ement. India is developing the
Chabahar port along with Iran
and Afghanistan. TNN
chestan province, where Cha-
bahar is located.
State television also repor-
ted shooting in the area on
Thursday. “Two policemen we-
re killed in the terrorist attack
in Chabahar this morning,”
Hadi Marashi, deputy gover-
nor for security affairs, told sta-
te TV, which reported the figure
of 48 hurt. Video clips posted on
Twitter, purportedly from Cha-
bahar, showed thick smoke ri-
sing. TV reported that four
children, a pregnant woman
and 10 policemen were among
the wounded. The Washington-
based SITE Intelligence Group
and state media reported that
Sunni jihadi group Ansar al-
Furqan had claimed responsi-
bility for the attack. REUTERS
Macron hints at
concessions to
rein in protests
Paris: The French govern-
ment hinted at more conces-
sions to ‘yellow vest’ protes-
ters on Thursday in a bid to he-
ad off another wave of violen-
ce in the capital.
With protesters calling on
social media for “Act IV” — a
fourth weekend of protest on
Saturday — Prime Minister
Edouard Philippe promised
“exceptional” security measu-
res amid fears that radicals
and troublemakers will take
advantage of the moment to se-
ed chaos. Philippe said 65,000
police would be drafted in to
stop a repeat of last Saturday’s
mayhem in Paris. Philippe al-
so told the Senate he was open
to new measures to help the lo-
west-paid workers.
The rush of sweeteners to
soothe public anger began
with Philippe’s climb-down
on fuel tax hikes, the first ma-
jor U-turn of Emmanuel Ma-
cron’s presidency. AGENCIES
Indians, Chinese To Get Permanent Residency
Naomi Canton
London: The “golden visa”
route to enter the UK that we-
althy Indians have used to get
the right to live and work in
Britain has been suspended
amid money-laundering fears.
The UK tier 1 investor vi-
sa, established in 2008, was
the most favoured route that
high net worth individuals
from India, China and Russia
used to get permanent resi-
dency in the UK. The British
government suspended it
from midnight on Thursday
to prevent abuse of the sche-
me, thought to include mo-
ney laundering and crime.
There have been fears
among some quarters that
the scheme was open to misu-
se. It is widely believed that
the poisoning of a former
Russian agent and his daugh-
ter in Salisbury in March
triggered the suspension.
One source told TOI: “I
think diplomatic pressure
has come to bear on the UK
from a number of countries,
including India, to prevent
fugitives coming to England,
and the Skripal scandal has
created a national security
issue. After Brexit, Britain
will need all the assets it can
get so I suspect they will devi-
se a new scheme.”
An October 2018 report by
Global Witness and Transpa-
rency International UK cla-
It’s my deal, no deal or no
Brexit at all, says May
London: Parliament’s vote
on British PM Theresa Ma-
y’s Brexit deal will go ahead
on December 11, her office sa-
id on Thursday, despite a
newspaper report ministers
had sought a delay to prevent
a defeat so big it might bring
down the government.
May has repeatedly said
that if lawmakers reject her
deal with Brussels, which
would see Britain exit the EU
on March 29 with continued
close ties, the only alternati-
ves are leaving without a de-
al or reversing Brexit.
The British parliament is
mid-way through a five-day
debate on the Brexit deal,
ahead of the crunch vote
which will define Britain’s
departure from the EU and
could determine May’s own
future as leader. She current-
ly looks set to lose that vote.
AROUND THE WORLD
FESTIVE CHEER: People dine at a hanging restaurant modelled after Santa Claus’ mythical flying
sleigh with reindeers and a mannequin of St Nicholas, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday
Rapper files lawsuit
against makers of
‘Fortnite’ videogame
R apper 2 Milly filed a law-
suit Wednesday against
the makers of video game
“Fortnite,” saying they are
illegally using a dance he
created in their wildly popular
video game. The Brooklyn-
based rapper alleges that
North Carolina-based “Fort-
nite”-maker Epic Games
misappropriated his moves
without compensation or
credit in the lawsuit filed in
federal court in Los Angel-
es.The lawsuit states that the
dance known on “Fortnite” as
“Swipe It,” , is taken from
“Milly Rock”, which he re-
leased in 2011.
THE ACHE FOR HOME
LIVES IN ALL OF US, THE
SAFE PLACE WHERE WE
CAN GO AS WE ARE AND
NOT BE QUESTIONED
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CRACKDOWN
ims that the scheme, which
brings £498 million (about Rs
4,510 crore) into the UK annu-
ally, had a loophole until re-
cently, — namely that mini-
mal checks were undertaken
on an applicant’s wealth until
April 2015. This loophole was
closed. “During this ‘blind fa-
ith period’ over 3,000 high-net-
worth individuals entered the
UK, bringing with them at le-
ast £3.15 billion (about Rs
28,516 crore) of questionable
legitimacy,” it states.
“The sale of EU citizens-
hip poses corruption risks
that threaten the integrity of
the EU,” the report, titled “Eu-
ropean Getaway: Inside the
Murky World of Golden Vi-
sas”, says. “These schemes po-
se inherent risks for corrup-
tion, as people who steal mo-
ney from their home countries
need other jurisdictions to
escape to when the going gets
tough. There are numerous
examples of high-risk busi-
ness people and oligarchs en-
joying all the benefits that gol-
Can UK renounce Brexit? EU court
to give verdict on Monday
T he European Court of Justice is expected to announce on
Monday whether or not Britain can unilaterally halt its march
towards Brexit, a day before a make-or-break vote by MPs on the
divorce deal. Europe’s top court has been asked to rule on
whether, having activated the so-called “Article 50” countdown
towards departure, London could simply stop the clock. One of the
Union’s advocates general, a senior legal adviser, has already
issued an opinion suggesting that Britain can indeed unilaterally
suspend its departure. But the court must first confirm it accepts
jurisdiction in the case, which is based on a request lodged by a
group of anti-Brexit Scottish politicians. AFP
The Times newspaper re-
ported that senior ministers
were urging the PM to delay
it for fear of a rout.
May used an interview on
BBC radio on Thursday to
press on with her bid to persu-
ade lawmakers to back her de-
al. “There are three options:
one is to leave the European
Solo British sailor being
rescued after losing mast
A British woman sailing solo in
a round-the-world race is
being rescued after losing her
mast and being knocked
unconscious in a vicious storm
in Southern Ocean. Goodall is
said to be “safe and secure”
after losing her mast in the
Southern Ocean, 2,000 miles
west of Cape Horn near the
southern tip of South America.
Chilean authorities have
directed the MV Tian Fu to
rescue her.
Dutch court clears way for
deer cull in nature reserve
A Dutch court has given the
go-ahead for a cull of hun-
dreds of red deer in a nature
reserve north of Amsterdam,
in a wildlife management case
den visas have to offer.”
To enter the UK via this
route, applicants simply had
to be from outside the EU and
prepared to invest £2 million
(Rs 18 crore) in UK treasury
stock or trading entities. In
return they were allowed to
work, study or set up a busi-
ness in the UK, though they
did not have to. The £2 mil-
lion had to remain invested
for five years before the indi-
vidual became eligible for
permanent residency.
There was also a fast-track
route for the superrich who
could get permanent residen-
cy after two years if they in-
vested £10 million (Rs 90 cro-
re), or three years if they in-
vested £5 million (Rs 45 crore).
It is not believed that Ni-
rav Modi entered the UK this
way as it is thought he may ha-
ve Belgian citizenship. Vijay
Mallya has had permanent re-
sidency in the UK since 1992.
Luke Hexter, director,
Knightsbridge Capital, Lon-
don, which sells citizenship
and residence-by-investment
schemes, said the visa had be-
en suspended only “whilst the
government implements mo-
re stringent auditing proces-
ses”. “This is to ensure only
legitimate and genuine inves-
tors are accepted, as there
have been some cases where
the source of funds has come
into question,” Hexter, said.
Full report on www.toi.com
Union with a deal ... the other
two are that we leave without a
deal or that we have no Brexit
at all,” she said.In one small
potential change, May said she
was speaking to lawmakers
about giving parliament a big-
ger role in deciding whether to
trigger a so-called Northern
Irish backstop. REUTERS
AFP
that has sparked fierce opposi-
tion from animal rights activ-
ists. Thursday’s ruling clears
the way for marksmen to
begin shooting hundreds of
deer in the Oostvaardersplas-
sen, a wetland reserve created
for wild birds but which also is
home to hundreds of deer,
horses and cattle.
Couple steal boat for
Cuban honeymoon
Authorities say a Florida
couple quit their jobs, stole a
40-foot (12-meter) catamaran
sailboat and sailed to Cuba for
their honeymoon. The Miami
Herald reports 46-year-old
Aaron Burmeister and 32-year-
old Ashley McNeil pleaded
guilty November 13 to charges
of conspiracy to transport a
vessel in foreign commerce.
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A thought for today

More than 60% of irrigated agriculture and 85% of
drinking water supplies are dependent on groundwater
WORLD BANK
Promises To Keep
Reforming contract enforcement and dispute resolution is key to unshackling India

The Missing Half Shailesh Pathak

If India is to become the

third largest economy
due to bankers within a specified time
period. However, this termination
payment is almost never seen in practice.
NHAI takes the termination dispute
Rajasthan and Telangana see few women in in the world by 2028, a
mere decade from today,
into arbitration, and the bank loan
proceeds, in stately fashion, towards
poll fray, their concerns also get short shrift dispute resolution and being classified as NPA.
contract enforcement The Chennai-Tada Tollways Ltd

A
s Rajasthan and Telangana head to polls today, the shockingly would need very radical improvement.
low number of women candidates shows that most political In the World Bank’s ease of doing
parties only pay lip service to women’s issues. In both states, business index, India has shown great
less than 10% of the contestants are women. This, despite the fact improvement to rank 77 in 2018 from 142
in 2014. However, contract enforcement
that around 50% of the Rajasthan electorate are women. In Telangana was India’s worst parameter in both 2014
women voters outnumber men in several constituencies. Of course and 2018.
political parties have promised everything from better women’s Its 2018 contract enforcement rank is
safety and healthcare to monetary support for marriage of girls. 163 out of 190 countries, the lowest
But their commitment to gender justice stops far short of giving among G-20 countries. While India has
tickets to women candidates. introduced a time limit of 12 months on
arbitration, appeals against arbitral
The dichotomy exposes where political parties stand on women’s awards in high courts and Supreme
empowerment today. While women are increasingly seen as a vote Court take years, if not decades, to
bank, this doesn’t translate into genuine political representation. The finally get concluded. Lack of contract
few women politicians who do make it to the highest tier of politics are enforcement and dispute resolution is
often from well-known political families. Being proxies for male hurting both governments and businesses
relatives or not having grown from the in India, especially MSMEs.
Government officials often overlook
grassroots may explain why these the sanctity of contract, and seldom make
women politicians fail to solve women’s payments as per contract, especially for
problems when they are in power. claims and disputes, until a long-winding
In western Rajasthan it is water that court battle is settled. Similarly, the
is a central concern for women, many private sector’s cost of doing business
of whom express disappointment at increases since contract non-enforcement
costs are factored in upfront. Further, in
how the woman CM has addressed
their woes. Four consecutive years of
public procurement, gaming the system
by unscrupulous bidders is widespread:
drought have been particularly hard bid to win, then renegotiate without
for the women of the region given their fear of penalty. This makes it difficult
role in fetching water. Many parts of for ethical companies to compete, and
Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Udaipur districts are severely produces undesirable outcomes. Indeed,
the much-lamented corruption in
drought hit. Yet, say critics, the administration hasn’t attended to the India is a direct consequence of lack of
plight of women who are having to trudge longer distances or shell contract enforcement.
out more household monies to buy water. Piped water supply hasn’t In government procurement, there
been suitably expanded. Western Rajasthan sends 53 legislators to are numerous instances where contracts
the state assembly. If 50% of the candidates here were women, their see lack of performance from the
struggles would have been better reflected in these polls. counter parties. In most G-20 countries,
government authorities would invoke
In fact, women’s struggles with water cut across states, including damages for non-performance and go
Telangana, where as in Rajasthan groundwater has depleted for a fresh procurement process. This
worryingly. This has serious implications for the food security, seldom happens in India, for the real risk
livelihoods and economic growth of all Indians. But women are of getting stuck – the counter party would
doubly burdened because of the traditional division of labour. If take the dispute to court, the matter
they enjoyed more political space, women’s issues like this would would remain in suspended animation
and procurement would not happen.
get greater attention. Promises by male politicians simply aren’t Instead, the authority pragmatically
enough. We need to hear women’s voices in politics. Women don’t prefers to somehow work with the
need handouts; they need equal opportunities. And breaking
patriarchy’s hold over politics is crucial.
underperforming counter party, hoping
for acceptable outcomes.
Delhi’s poor air quality is in part
due to lack of contract enforcement.
Under a Supreme Court monitored
process, the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal
expressway was awarded in 2006 and
construction started. However, when
work ground to a halt, it took over six
years for the government authority to
terminate the contract and award the
project to another bidder. The project
was finally inaugurated in November
2018, and will divert trucks going
through Delhi city, improving air
quality. But every Delhi resident suffered
air pollution for a decade because
contract enforcement was delayed.
The Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link
bridge would connect the island city to
the mainland, leading to many positive
outcomes. However, when the project
was bid out in 2005, one consortium
went to court against being disqualified,
while another consortium submitted
their bid that was opened and disclosed.
After a long process, the disqualified
consortium was allowed to submit its
bid, an extremely aggressive number. In-
Indeed, the much-lamented
corruption in India is a direct
consequence of lack of
contract enforcement
stead of enforcing contract conditions,
the government authority preferred to
cancel the entire bid process. At long
last, the project has now been awarded.
In Chennai, a third desalination
plant was bid out, but a bidding party
went to the high court, which stayed the
bidder prequalification process for
three years. After the court cleared
prequalification in 2018, another bidder
went to court seeking disqualification
of a competitor. There will be undue
delay in good water availability for
Chennai residents.
National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) enters into a contract
called concession agreement (CA) with
a private partner called concessionaire,
to develop a highway. If there is a
termination of contract, NHAI is
required under the CA to pay the debt
(CTTL) project was awarded in
November 2007 after a competitive bid by
L&T IDPL. The CA was signed in June
2008 between NHAI and the SPV,
CTTL. Loans for CTTL were tied up with
IDBI Bank as the lead in a four-bank
consortium. Construction started in
April 2009, and work completed on all
available right of way (land) within the
specified 30 months. However, even after
six years, 30% of land was not made
available by NHAI. This was a condition
precedent in the CA, and should have
happened by July 2009. Hence the project
was terminated in June 2015 and handed
over by CTTL to NHAI. After termination,
toll is being collected by NHAI and being
deposited with IDBI Bank.
However, since NHAI did not abide
by the contract condition for making
termination payment, IDBI Bank
tagged CTTL as a defaulter, for no fault
of the concessionaire. Further, the
SPV and its holding company suffer
reputational loss, as also potential
consequences of debarment for
acquiring fresh assets under various
provisions. Arbitration in this instance
is ongoing, and an award may come
by May 2019, for a project terminated in
June 2015. However, this would almost
certainly be appealed against in the
high court, and further in the Supreme
Court – a dispute that may not be finally
resolved even till 2028.
Indian governments and business,
especially its legal ecosystem, need to ur-
gently transform contract enforcement
and dispute resolution processes, so that
all commercial disputes may be resolved
within one year at most, including
hearing of appeals and final disposal.
There are many global best practices,
and several professionals who could be
roped in to make this happen, if India is
serious about its aspirations of becoming
the third largest economy by 2028.
The writer is CEO of L&T Infrastructure
Development Projects Ltd

‘Most of World War I sepoys were peasant-warriors, soldiering

Protecting Witnesses was a source of livelihood … a war medal had a certain aura’
For long they fended for themselves against World War I saw the service of 1.3 million had reached the battlefields of empire, by economic incentives; in 1917, we see based. And his admiration for the bravery
Indians. With the four-year commemoration they have become fodder in the the beginning of the use of force, though of the soldiers, though warm and genuine,
influential accused. That changes now of the centenary drawing to a close, author experimental laboratory of Gandhi for in combination with more traditional is fused and confused with a certain
and academic Santanu Das spoke to the ‘greater cause’ – be it moral philosophy, incentives and methods; and from imperial fantasy of the ‘brave Indians’

T
he formalisation of a witness protection scheme is a Manimugdha S Sharma on hidden empire or the nation. April to November 1918, it was largely fighting for Pax Britannica.
landmark moment with the potential to improve India’s low voices of the war: ■ Tell us something about coercion coercion. Water supply for irrigation ■ Did caste and class influence
conviction rates. The failure of many criminal cases after as a tool of recruitment in India. was cut off and, in a few extreme cases, racism?
witnesses turn hostile in court and reject the prosecution case ■ Did MK Gandhi feel that the service Soldiers are often turned either into women were kidnapped, if a village Class and caste are equally important
epitomises a dysfunctional criminal justice delivery system. A pro- of Indian troops in WWI wasn’t some- loyalist imperial heroes or colonial failed to recruit the set quota of soldiers. factors. Thus, fellow officer MacGregor
thing Congress could leverage cannon fodder or, more recently, ■ You have researched accounts of warmly mentions the martial races –
secution witness contradicting the chargesheet points to two
for greater political rights? into ruthless mercenaries. I argue many British soldiers of WWI. What Sikh, Muslim and Hindu sepoys – but
scenarios: either the accused has been falsely implicated or the witness Soon after the outbreak of the that we need to find a more do we deduce from it with reference the tone changes as he speaks about the
has been threatened/ influenced. Both damage the credibility of the war, in 1914, Gandhi volunteered psychologically and culturally to Anglo-Indian relations? ‘low caste swines – nai, mochi and
state that prosecutes and the police that investigates. to raise an Ambulance Corps in nuanced framework to under- Nuance is essential. What countless kahar caste only … I feel like getting into
This is where a witness protection scheme reassures witnesses London. Upon his return to India, and stand their inner worlds and complex examples show is that, in spite of the an antiseptic bath after every parade
that their security and interests will be safeguarded. The Asaram particularly in 1918, he threw himself motives. Most of the sepoys were peasant- racist and often brutal imperial ideology with them’. So it’s not straightforward
into the recruitment campaign. He toured warriors, and soldiering was a source of with its power hierarchies – which made racism but gets mixed with class and
rape case in which multiple witnesses were killed
villages in Gujarat and Bihar and gave a livelihood. Money therefore was quite Indian soldiers go and fight in a war not caste prejudices.
was the trigger for reform but the new scheme series of recruitment speeches. central, but fused and confused with their own – there were pockets ■ Do you think that even after a
must scale beyond high-profile cases. Power For Gandhi, war service was not it were social aspiration, family of intimacy and warmth century, Indians still haven’t got the
relations and a climate of impunity lurk behind just a matter of political strategy for the traditions, land grants, masculinity between individual British big picture of the war?
many offences and witnesses are particularly post-war reward of India’s Dominion and perhaps a residual sense of officers and sepoys. Both in the UK and in India today, the
vulnerable. Take rape victims who face immense status. Gandhi’s experience in the ‘izzat’, whatever that may mean. A classic case is the Indian sepoy is always invariably turned
imperial wars convinced him that it was A contemporary war poster diary of ‘Roly’ Grimshaw, into a colonial hero. While the four years
pressure to compromise and recant their
the military – an institution trained to promises ‘Good Food, Good Pay, an officer with the 34th have successfully challenged the colour
testimonies during trial. If the scheme works, kill – that fostered some of the qualities Good Treatment, and a Healthy Poona Horse which saw of memory, I think it is important
the presently abysmal 25% conviction rate in he held most dear: self-discipline, self- Life’; at the same time, a war action in France. He is now to go beyond just ‘remembering’
rape cases will improve significantly. sacrifice, courage, resilience, qualities medal had a certain aura and often outraged at the treat- and ‘commemorating’ into inquiring
The scheme revolves heavily around a “competent authority” essential to nation-building. Ahimsa, prestige, particularly in the ment of the sepoys in the what these practices mean, and whom
which will adjudicate on witness protection demands and seek for Gandhi, was not absence but active martial village societies that hands of his fellow English and why do we ‘remember’? A more
renunciation of violence, and to renounce went beyond the colour of money. officers but he attributes it critical thinking space needs to be
“threat analysis” reports from the police. It envisions constant
something, he argued, one should at first The whole recruitment to individual ‘short- created which would include combatants
police protection to witnesses, lodging them in safe houses or need to know it. campaign can be coming’ rather as well as labourers and doctors, women
giving them new identities if necessary. But the ground reality It makes certain philosophical sense divided into three than the and children, VC (Victoria Cross) winners
is a manpower crunch which makes it difficult for cops to keep track but becomes seriously contentious as we rough phases: fundamental and deserters and conscientious
of witnesses and even ensure their presence in court. This allows move from philosophical ether to the from 1914-16, it racist structure objectors; the war is not just combat
the accused to freely intimidate witnesses and spurs police to muddy reality of the trenches. And the was largely on which the but a conflict spawning plural narratives
lives of so many young men are involved. ‘voluntary’, whole imperi- and it is important to pay attention to
broker settlements. From watching haplessly as cases fail, state
It is as if even before the Indian soldiers even if propelled al ideology is the diverse voices.
governments have another opportunity to professionalise police
forces. To ensure the success of witness protection, states must
implement Supreme Court guidelines on police reforms too.
dilbert Sacredspace
My Temple
OMG it’s an MOG The moment I have realised
God sitting in the temple
Thanks to emojis, we can talk to of every human body,
each other without any words and I see and revere God
in every human being – that
Jug Suraiya
moment I am free from
In the beginning was the Word. And it was a jolly useful thing bondage, everything that binds
to have. vanishes, and I am free.
Thanks to the Word – which soon proliferated and became
many words – we could write down grocery lists of what to buy Swami Vivekananda
when we went to the local kirana shop to get our daily needs,
and no longer had to trudge all the way back because though

Crossing The Road Is Not All That Simple

we’d remembered to get the atta, and the chawal, we’d clean forgot the urad dal.
Words saved us a lot of time and energy. Words also enabled people to make
speeches, full of tall promises, which gave us politics and political parties.
Apart from politics and politicians, words also gave us poetry and poets, like
Kalidas, and Shakespeare, and Tagore. Swami Kriyananda existence? The answer is like those real- every day we face new challenges, new then, while holding the breath, think of
Then along came Modern Technology, and stood there, hands on hips like a stern seeming, but illusory, divisions of Zeno’s, opportunities to grow and to learn. what you want to change in your life.

A
schoolmaster, and looked at all the words we were using to have shopping lists, and ncient Greek philosopher Zeno in the simple act of crossing a road. We can ‘chop’ time further still and say, Focus that thought in strong affirmation
politics, and poetry, and decided that all this verbiage was far too time-consuming. proposed that it’s not possible to Each life, as we live it, seems so real as some yogis do, that every inhalation is at the point of concentration between
What was needed was something smart and snappy. So technology gave all cross a road. He reasoned that one to us in its immediacy. Yet the shastras like a new birth; every exhalation, like a the eyebrows, the ajna chakra. Tense
those redundant words a pink slip and invented SMS to replace them. must first go half the distance, then half say that it is illusory. Krishna, new death. (In fact, when we are your body, fill it with new energy. Then
SMS was words Simply Made Simpler. Like ‘See you the remaining distance, then half of the in chapter two of Bhagwad born our first act is to inhale; exhale – cast out of your consciousness
later’ became ‘CUL8r’, and ‘Great’ became ‘Gr8’. SMS also remainder still. No matter how far one Gita, tells Arjuna that the soul when we die, our last act is to your mental identity with the habit
jugularvein made use of acronyms by squeezing words tight so only goes, he must forever go half the remain- never dies, and is never born; it exhale.) We may divide time you’ve determined to change. A
their initial letters were left. ‘For your information’ ing distance before he can complete the is eternal. We know, that we finer still and say that every strong affirmation of will can change old
became ‘FYI’, and ‘LOL’ stood for ‘Laugh out loud’, which indicated that journey. One might go on forever, chopping come into our bodies at physical fresh thought brings us new life; habits in a day.
someone had cracked a joke, and ‘OMG’ stood for ‘Oh my God’, which meant increasingly microscopic distances in birth, and leave them at death. every fading one, a new death. Remember, every lifetime is as
just about anything you wanted it to mean. half, but never reach the other side! Krishna says, our birth is no Yogis teach that, with every fleeting as that single breath. You are not
But technology still wasn’t satisfied. It wanted something even zippier and What Zeno’s logic overlooked is that more than the assumption of breath, there is a corresponding likely to identify yourself with one
easier to communicate than SMS. So it created emoticons, or emojis, or MOGs. motion doesn’t depend on going from new clothing for our souls. the rising and sinking of energy breath, or with one day in your life. So, tell
An MOG is based on the principle that a picture is worth 10,000 words. MOGs
can cover the entire span of human thought and emotion, from happiness (smiley),
point to point in space: It has a reality of
its own. Indeed, motion produces the
Death, then, means we merely
shed that clothing again. speaking in the spine. This rising and
descending accompanies
yourself that this identity you’ve accepted
with this one body is illusory also. You, in
to sorrow (upside down smiley), to anger (scowly) to approval (two thumbs up). space it moves in. The points along In light of Zeno’s paradox, tree every flicker of desire. your true essence, are eternal! You are as
Every day, technology is creating more and more MOGs and in doing so is that journey only give the illusion of and of the deeper reality of the soul’s In practical terms, we can use these old as Brahmn! Live in the consciousness
literally taking the words from our mouths, leaving us speechless ... being stationary. constant movement through time, we facts to affirm any wholesome change in of timelessness, to be freed from the
jug.suraiya@timesgroup.com What part, in the vast parabola of may say with equal validity that each our lives. Try it. If you want to change temporary disappointments and
blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/jugglebandhi time, does one lifetime play in our total day is, for us, a new incarnation. With some quality, try simply inhaling deeply, triumphs of one short lifetime.
THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAI
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2018 TIMES TRENDS 17
SHORT CUTS

Extinction warning for Oz’s

Pollution can up miscarriage risk Reuters

truffle-eating ‘rat kangaroo’ Even Short-Term of miscarriage during a three- or

AFP
Exposure Can Be
Bad, Say Experts
Washington: Exposure to air pol-
lution, even for a short term, may
significantly increase the risk of
miscarriages, a study has found.
Air quality has been associat-
ed with numerous adverse health
outcomes from asthma to pre-
term birth. Researchers at the
seven-day window following a
cross-over study that estimated a
woman’s risk of miscarriage
spike in the concentration of multiple times in a month where
three common air pollutants:
small particulate matter (PM
air pollution exposure varied.
This approach removed other
2.5), nitrogen dioxide and ozone.
The study excluded women
risk factors, like maternal age,
from the study.
who lived outside Utah. Scientists were unable to as-
“We are really only seeing the certain the age of the fetus at the
most severe cases during a small time of the miscarriage and
window of time,” said Claire were unable pinpoint a critical
Leiser, from University of Utah. period when the fetus may be
The results suggest there most vulnerable to pollutants.
could be an increased risk for an “While we live in a pretty
GASPING FOR BREATH individual. The team found a 16% unique geographic area, the prob-

‘Aliens may have

University of Utah in the US increased risk in miscarriage for lems we face when it comes to air
found women living along the sian, 38% Hispanic, and other/ women exposed to elevated lev- pollution are not unique. As the
most populous region in the state missing 8%; average age 28 years). els of nitrogen dioxide. planet warms and population
of Utah had a higher risk (16%) of The women in the study Although small particulate booms, air pollution is going to be-

visited us already
miscarriage following short-term sought help at the emergency de- matter does track with nitrogen come a bigger problem not only in

A truffle-eating Australian marsupial known as the

rat kangaroo has suffered a dramatic population
decline and could become extinct without urgent
exposure to elevated air pollution.
The study, published in‘Fertil-
partment following a miscar-
riage (up to 20-weeks gestation)
dioxide, these results did not sig-
nificantly associate with an in-
the developing world but across
the US,” said Matthew Fuller, as-
sistant professor of Surgery and
ity and Sterility’, consisted of between 2007 to 2015. creased risk of miscarriage.
action to save the species, a report warned on

but we missed it’

over 1,300 women (54% Cauca- The team examined the risk The team conducted a case senior author on the paper. PTI
Thursday. The World Wildlife Fund said only two
populations of the northern bettong remained in the

Couples want painters at weddings

wet coastal tropics of northern Queensland state,
numbering at most 2,500 individuals, down 70% in Man implants Chelsea Ritschel
Getty Images/iStockphoto

the past 30 years. The nocturnal, rabbit-sized be-

ttongs are at risk from feral cats, land-clearing and bluetooth compass
A
Nasa scientist says Earth
wildfires, which have become more frequent and
fierce in Queensland due to climate change. “We
know particularly with climate change a massive
wildfire could be just around the corner,” said Tim
to capture moments in a unique way AP
into chest, claims it
gives ‘new sense’
may have already been
visited by extraterres-
trials — but that humans may
not have noticed.
Cronin, WWF’s senior manager for species conserva-

K
atie Curry wanted a sentimen- In a research paper, Silvano
tion in Australia. “Any situation where you have one

tal wedding keepsake that de-
population isolated and that's all you have in the picted the joyous moments af-
wild, it puts you at a really high risk.” Cronin said it
ter her ceremony as she and her hus-
was critical to establish an “insurance population” of
band, John, walked back down the
the northern bettong, protected from pests and fire,
aisle on a bluff overlooking the Pa-
and consider raising the species’ status from “en-
cific Ocean.
dangered” to “critically endangered”.
What she didn’t want was a por-
trait that included the backs of the
Thanks to technology, Brits having fewer
guests’ heads. She had a photogra-
face-to-face conversations: Over half of 2,000
pher and a videographer, but her
adults polled for a new survey thought that the rise ideal came to life in a painting creat-
of technology meant they had fewer personal ed by a live-event painter, Laura
face-to-face conversations than they did five years Swytak, who attended the August 4
ago. One in 10 also said they have gone longer than ceremony in Malibu, California.
three whole days without a face-to-face interaction The painting, which shows the
with another person. “Technology has made our beaming newlyweds and their im-
lives more convenient, and we are supposedly more mediate family members but none
connected than ever before,” said Dr Becky Spel- of the seated guests, now hangs
man, psychologist and spokesperson for Novotel, above the fireplace in the couple’s
which commissioned the study. “But our research home inCalifornia.
suggests that, despite having more ways to interact “It brings us a lot of joy, and it’s
with one another, we feel the absence of that very unique,” Curry said. “I know
particular connection we experience when we speak you can commission a painting af-
face-to-face. ter the wedding based on a photo-
graph, but that’s why I wanted to do
Narcissists less likely to support it live. She was there and could get a
democracy, says study: Narcissists are more feel for the event.
likely to not support democracies and believe that Live-event painting at weddings,
countries would be better run by strong leaders or when an artist paints a scene during
the military, a study has found. Researchers from the event, is still a small trend, ac-
the University of Kent in UK suggest that narcis- cording to Ivy Jacobson, senior digi-
sists tend to feel entitled and superior to others, tal editor of wedding website The
which results in lower tolerance of diverse political Knot. The site’s 2017 survey of about
opinions. In contrast, people who take a positive, 13,000 couples found that 1% had an
non-defensive self-view and trust others are more event painter at their weddings.
likely to show support for democracy, the study “We believe it will catch on in
found. years to come, especially in this digi-
tal age,” Jacobson said.
A wedding painting by Laura Swytak. Watching the painter at work has also
become a form of live entertainment for the wedding guests
Watching the painter at work al-
so becomes a form of live entertain-
ment for the wedding guests. Jacob-
son notes that today’s couples are
looking to delight and surprise their
guests with unexpected forms of en-
tertainment.
“The guests did think it was
cool,” said Curry, who learned about
the trend on Instagram. Curry’s art-
ist, Swytak, who is based in Laguna
Beach, California, paints about 35
weddings a year, and was perhaps a
pioneer in the business, starting in
2006. She works with couples to de-
termine what part of the wedding
they want her to paint, usually a
I
t’s the latest trend in tech that
sees people implanting chips
under their skin. Now, one
‘biohacker’ has taken things fur-
ther, implanting a Bluetooth
compass into his chest. Liviu Ba-
bitz, 38, claims that this chip gives
him a ‘new human sense.’ The
electronic chip is attached to
the skin with two titanium bars,
and includes a compass chip
with a Bluetooth connection.
The chip vibrates every time
Babitz faces north, transform-
Liviu Babitz claims
the chip vibrates
every time he faces
north, transforming
his body into a
scene from the ceremony or first functioning
dance, and whether she should fo-
cus primarily on the couple or play
navigational system
up the crowd as well. ing his body into a functioning
Unlike a photograph of a single, navigational system.
defined moment like the bouquet Speaking to BBC, he said:
toss, she likens her paintings to “a “You walk on the street staring at
dreamy panorama” in which she your phone. You want to get some-
paints “the best moments of every- where but you have no idea what’s
body” and “collages a lot of different happened in the world around you
moments together”. because all you did was stare at the
The price range for a wedding screen on the way. Imagine if you
painting varies, depending on fac- didn’t need it, you could navigate
tors as the amount of detail, the the world exactly like a bird and
hours spent on the piece, and the art- you would know exactly where
ist’s level of expertise. Swytak’s you were all the time — blind peo-
work ranges from $2,500 to $5,000. AP ple could navigate.” DAILY MIRROR
P Colombano, a computer sci-
entist at Nasa Ames Research
Centre and a professor, sug-
gests that aliens may look vast-
ly different than the expecta-
tions that humans have of
them — such as being carbon-
based organisms — which
would allow them to remain
undetected.
“I want to point out the fact
that the intelligence we might
find and that might choose to
find us (if it hasn’t already)
might not be at all produced by
carbon-based organisms like
us,” Colombano wrote in the
paper.
According to Colombano,
scientists must “revisit our
most cherished assumptions”
and consider the idea of differ-
ent characteristics — as well as
the possibility that interstellar
travel is already feasible for ex-
traterrestrials.
“The size of the ‘explorer’
might be that of an extremely
tiny super-intelligent entity,” he
hypothesised. “If we adopt a
new set of assumptions about
what forms of higher intelli-
gence and technology we might
find, some of those phenomena
might fit specific hypotheses.”
Colombano also suggests
that it is worth re-considering
what civilisation may actually
UNNOTICED? The reasons UFO
phenomena may have been
overlooked are because, in
addition to assuming a low
likelihood of extraterrestrial
travel and a high likelihood of
hoaxes, the subject is generally
avoided by scientific community
look like when scanning the uni-
verse and “considering further
that technological development
in our civilisation started only
about 10,000 years ago and has
seen the rise of scientific metho-
dologies only in the past 500
years”.
Additionally, Colombano
suggests the reasons UFO phe-
nomena may have gone unno-
ticed or overlookedare because,
in addition to assuming a low li-
kelihood of extraterrestrial
travel and a high likelihood of
hoaxes, the subject is generally
avoided by the scientific com-
munity.
The paper concludes by
proposing a “more aggres-
sive” approach by considering
such things as a “willingness
to stretch possibilities as to the
nature of space-time and ener-
gy” and speculation about
“what kinds of societies we
might expect to find.” THE INDE-
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Worst Time To Make Money
In Markets Since 1972?
Market statisticians are falling over each other in 2018
to describe the pain being felt across asset classes.
One venerable shop frames it this way: Things haven’t
been this bad since Richard Nixon’s presidency. If the
markets are divided into eight big asset classes —
everything from bonds to US & international stocks
to commodities — not a single one of them is on
track to post a return this year of more than 5%, a
phenomenon last observed in 1972
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#
Govt may infuse `2,000cr in
loss-making non-life PSUs
Fin Services Dept Tasked With Preparing Plan For Insurers
Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The government
is likely to come out with a
proposal for recapitalisation
of loss-making public sector
non-life insurance compani-
es. The department of finan-
cial services has been asked
to prepare a plan, which sour-
ces said would require about
Rs 2,000-crore infusion in the
near future.
The issue of the govern-
ment-owned insurance compa-
nies incurring losses and how
they were finding it tough to be
in the business was raised at a
recently held meeting chaired
by Prime Minister’s principal
secretary Nripendra Mishra
and officials from IRDAI and
other departments.
“There is a fear that if cor-
rective steps — including pum-
ping in of fresh capital — are
not taken, these companies
may have to reduce the scale of
their business,” said a source.
In his February 2018 bud-
IndiGo 1st
Indian co to
fly 200 planes
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: IndiGo on Thurs-
day became the first Indian air-
line to have 200 aircraft in its fle-
et with a brand new Airbus
A320 Neo flying into Delhi from
Toulouse, France, to join the
low-cost carrier. The airline,
which started operations on
August 4, 2006 with a Delhi-Imp-
hal flight, has so far placed or-
ders for 530 Airbus A320 family
planes and 50 ATRs. It is yet to
receive about 220 A320 Neos, 150
A321 Neos and over 40 ATRs
from the orders placed earlier.
According to DGCA data, in
October 2018, IndiGo had almost
43% share of the domestic air
travel market. When it flew over
50 lakh domestic passengers in
October, it became the first Indi-
an airline to reach that scale in
monthly travel figures. The airli-
ne announced its first ever quar-
terly loss of Rs 652 crore for July-
September 2018 since its listing
three years ago.
E-discounts irk old economy cos
Digbijay.Mishra
@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru: India’s internet
businesses are facing increa-
sing pushback from traditio-
nal outfits. The latter is begin-
ning to band together to fight
and defend their turf.
Cab-hailing companies
Uber and Ola saw it. Swiggy
and Foodpanda have had stri-
kes by delivery partners. Now,
online travel agency (OTA)
major MakeMyTrip-Ibibo has
got complaints from national
hotel associations against
predatory pricing and steep
discounting. The associa-
tions are gearing up for na-
tionwide protests if the issue
is not resolved.
“It’s a two-way street —
they (OTAs) can’t survive wit-
hout us. After taking rooms at
an agreed rate, online players
are discounting it further and
charging higher commis-
Small businesses tap hackathons for talent
Sindhu.Hariharan
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: At a time when large
companies descend on college
campuses across the country to
hire talent, smaller niche enter-
prises place higher reliance on
hackathons to hire industry-re-
ady talent better suited to sup-
port their digital goals, a study
has revealed.
In a study undertaken by
HR tech startup Mettl of over
200 companies across India
(with equal representation of
small and large players), 23%
small organisations use hack-
athons to source candidates as
opposed to just 11% large orga-
nisations that hire from these
challenges. “The larger com-
panies use hackathons more
as a platform for engaging
with their community and as a
TIMES BUSINESS
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
800
Source: Bloomberg
PROVIDING SUPPORT
➤ Recapitalisation
is injection of fresh PROFIT/LOSS
capital, mainly through
equity investment by
the government to
financially strengthen
entities 176cr
➤ Since the government
is majority shareholder
of public sector
insurance companies,
responsibility of
adding capital to them
rests on it
get, finance minister Arun Ja-
itley had announced the mer-
ger of three non-life insurers
— United India Insurance,
National Insurance and Ori-
ental Insurance — to create
the largest non-life company.
The merged entity was
subsequently expected to go
for a listing. The companies
had invited proposals from
consultants for the merger.
Have more ground to cover
in India, says Twitter CFO
Digbijay.Mishra
@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru: India is an un-
der-penetrated market for
Twitter relative to the oppor-
tunity, company CFO
Ned Segal said in an in-
teraction with analysts
after a tech-conference.
Segal said Brazil too
had enormous potenti-
al for growth for Twitter.
Segal was responding to a
question by an analyst.
Twitter does not disclose
its India user base separately,
but it is estimated to have clo-
se to 30 million active users
now, according to Statista, a
statistics portal.
When contacted by TOIon
the statement, Twitter said,
“India is one of Twitter’s lar-
gest and fastest growing audi-
ence markets globally. As we
look ahead to 2019, we are focu-
sed on making Twitter a healt-
GROWING PROBLEM
➤ Additional discounting by
online players, on
top of mutually
agreed
arrangements
➤ As e-players
get stronger, they
negotiate for better terms
➤ Increased commission
charged by online companies
is hitting old economy players
sions. They are also changing
agreement clauses more often
than ever,” said Gurbaxish
Singh Kohli, VP, Federation of
Hotel & Restaurant Associa-
tions of India (FHRAI).
He said such practices by
OTAs are making it difficult
to do business with other plat-
forms or via their own orga-
nic route. “Why would anyone
book a room for Rs 4,000 if a
platform is giving it for, say, Rs
3,000? And we are forced to sell
WHAT’S A HACKATHON
It’s usually a day-long coding
competition where software
programmers, designers,
developers, etc come
together to build and
design something cool
Cos say hackathons
democratise hiring by making it
branding exercise, while
SMEs and startups evaluate
and hire talent,” Siddhartha
Gupta, chief revenue officer,
Mettl, told TOI.
For instance, Virtusa, a mid-
tier niche digital player, conclu-
ded the second edition of Neu-
ral Hack, a 24-hour hackathon to
discover talent with AI, IoT and
other skills. Partnering with
colleges nation-wide (including
those in tier-2 and -3 cities), Vir-
Developed, Emerging Stocks, Treasuries Are Down For The Year
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (L)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
United
561cr India
National
Insurance
New India
Assurance 635cr
Oriental
Insurance 111cr
However, sources said that
shortfall of capital was an im-
pediment. The government
had last year listed New India
Assurance and GIC Re, and ra-
ised over Rs 17,500 crore by
way of disinvestment.
According to guidelines is-
sued by the sector regulator IR-
DAI, insurance companies ne-
ed to maintain a solvency ratio
of 1.5 times, which is a statuto-
hier and valuable everyday
service for people across In-
dia. We’re continuing to intro-
duce improvements that ma-
ke it easier for people to follow
events, topics and interests on
Twitter. We’ll also conti-
nue to invest and drive
growth of our adverti-
sing business through
video and other creative
solutions to help brands
and partners derive greater
impact and connect with an
influential, receptive global
audience on the platform.”
Segal’s comment comes
within days of Twitter CEO
Jack Dorsey drawing flak
for holding a poster that re-
ad ‘Smash Brahminical Pat-
riarchy’ on a visit to India.
The visit itself marked the
growing importance of the
market for the US-based
company as it looks at emer-
ging markets to grow its
monthly and daily active
rooms for rates shown on web-
sites/apps online,” he said,
adding that platforms like Bo-
oking.com have brought com-
missions down after consulta-
tion with hotel partners.
Oyo Rooms has also been
accused of predatory pricing.
“Rate negotiations have be-
come the norm now. Online
companies, after on-boarding
inventory at attractive rates,
are asking for a bigger pie of
each booking as more people
prefer these platforms to book
rooms. This is a clear business
issue where traditional outfits
are getting hurt after experien-
cing an initial high,” said an se-
nior industry executive who
did not wish to be named since
he works with the involved par-
ties on a regular basis.
Sources said senior execu-
tives of MakeMyTrip are ex-
pected to meet officials of
FHRAI in Mumbai on Friday
to look for solutions before it
all about individual skills, and
remove the institution’s
brand out of consideration
Pay packages offered
to high performers in
such challenges is
almost 50% higher than
the industry average
tusa picked 26 candidates to ma-
ke job offers out of the total
29,000 students who applied.
“Hackathons promote cultural
diversity — how the candidates
work as a team can be seen, thus
evaluating the cultural fit with
the organisation,” Krithivasan
Sivaramakrishnan, lead (India
campus hiring), Virtusa, said.
The 26 students offered jobs
at Virtusa hail from colleges in
Trichy, Pollachi, Kakinada,
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MSCI EAFE* Index (R)
2,200
2,100
2,000
998
1,900
1,820
Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov
ry requirement. Two out of the
four government-owned insu-
rance companies — Oriental
Insurance and New India As-
surance — were compliant
with the norms at the end of
the first quarter of 2018-19.
United India has a solven-
cy margin of 1.21, which is an
improvement from 1.1% du-
ring the previous financial ye-
ar, but it’s still lower than re-
gulatory requirements. The
insurance company has ma-
naged to reduce capital requi-
rement by shrinking business
with premium income falling
15% in the first quarter.
The other public sector in-
surance firm, National Insu-
rance, has claimed a solvency
ratio of 1.43, but it has not be-
en cleared by IRDAI.
New India Assurance, the
only listed company among
the four, is the most comfort-
able in terms of capital with a
solvency ratio of 2.66. Orien-
tal Insurance has a solvency
ratio of 1.65%.
user base. Globally, it recent-
ly witnessed a drop in its
monthly active users. At the
end of the third quarter,
Twitter had 326 million
monthly users globally, down
from 335 million users in the
preceding quarter.
“But when you look at
even the more developed
markets like the US and Ja-
pan, we see a whole other seg-
ment that looks just like the
group of people that use
Twitter in those markets and
we feel like they ought to be
using Twitter more regular-
ly too. The work is for us to
make it easier to find things
that they are looking for on
the platform,” Segal added.
Google and Facebook ha-
ve a bigger presence in India
compared to Twitter. India is
one of the largest markets for
Facebook-owned WhatsApp.
Twitter’s India head Taran-
jeet Singh had recently quit.
snowballs into a bigger pro-
blem, like it did recently for
Ola and Uber, when drivers
went on strike.
Jaspal Singh, partner at Va-
loriser Consultants, said the
disruptive nature of these tech-
led businesses is triggering the
conflict more frequently than
ever. “Hotels, cabs, food delive-
ry and other such sectors being
disrupted by online players
had their own way of opera-
tions, largely unorganised.
Now, that is being standardised
on both pricing and transpa-
rency. That is putting pressure
on the old economy businesses.
Consumers have more options
than before,” Singh said.
A spokesperson for Make-
MyTrip said the company is
actively engaged with its part-
ner hotels and are in dialogue
with FHRAI as well. “We are
confident that we will be able
to resolve any concern ami-
cably,” she said.
Bheemavaram, Coimbatore
and Noida, among others. Siva-
ramakrishnan noted that pack-
ages offered to some of the best
performers went up to “50% and
sometimes even 2X” higher
than industry standards. “The
candidates are ready to be deplo-
yed in niche projects of chal-
lenging nature,” he added.
Venkatesan L, placements
director, Ramakrishna Group,
Coimbatore, said pay packages
tend to be almost “35-50%” hig-
her for students hired via hack-
athons. “Such challenges also
promote access to the hidden ta-
lent in colleges across the count-
ry,” he said.
Travel portal Goibibo.com
conducts annual hack challeng-
es to hire for engineering roles
such as full-stack developers
and UX engineers. “It’s always
good to see folks who can think
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Conduent
moves NY BPO
work to Infy
from Cognizant
Shilpa.Phadnis@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru: Xerox’s BPO
spin-off Conduent, which fi-
led a $150-million lawsuit
against Cognizant for breach
of contract in the New York
Department of Health’s Medi-
caid Management Informa-
tion Systems (NY MMIS) deal,
has moved IT outsourcing
work from Cognizant to Info-
sys, sources said.
Conduent had alleged Cog-
nizant breached a contract
that was part of the restated
master outsourcing services
agreement effective October
2012. Sources told TOI that
Conduent’s total contract va-
lue from NY MMIS was over
$500 million. The develop-
ment, sources said, is testimo-
ny to Infosys’s execution engi-
ne brought on board to salva-
ge the situation.
TO FETCH INFY
$45-50M/YEAR
Ashok Vemuri-led Condu-
ent had sent a termination noti-
ce to Cognizant in the first qu-
arter of 2018 following a lawsuit
that alleged breach of contract
including the latter’s failure to
perform its obligations as sub-
contractor to Conduent in the
NY MMIS contract.
The NY state Department
of Health is responsible for
the administration of the NY
Medicaid Program factoring
in several parameters, inclu-
ding eligibility of the recipi-
ent and detection of possible
fraud and abuse. Cognizant
has asserted counterclaims
against Conduent seeking da-
mages in excess of $22 million.
Conduent has responded to
Cognizant’s counterclaims by
denying the allegations. Sour-
ces told TOI that the contract
value for Infosys could be in
the range of $45-50 million an-
nually, and the scope of work
includes application develop-
ment and maintenance.
Naresh Goyal ‘taps’ NRI tycoon
for investing in cash-strapped Jet
Shenoy.Karun@timesgroup.com
Kochi: Jet Airways promoter
Naresh Goyal is learned to have
approached Abu Dhabi-based
NRI billionaire M A Yusuffali
for investing in his struggling-
to-survive airline. Goyal is also
in talks with Abu Dhabi’s Eti-
had to get the latter to raise its
stake in Jet from 24% to any-
where up to 49%.
Jet’s founder needs a part-
ner to meet the norms that a do-
mestic carrier’s substantial
ownership and effective control
(SOEC) must remain with Indi-
an entities.
Yusuffali, the richest Indian
billionaire in the Arab world, al-
so known for his proximity to
the Abu Dhabi royals, may
board Jet Airways only in tan-
dem with Etihad.
“This would be a deal be-
tween Etihad and Yusuffali to
take charge of the Indian carri-
er. It must be seen in the context
of Etihad’s deal with Goyal,”
said a person familiar with the
matter.
Etihad has had frosty ties
with Goyal after investing $380
million in Jet Airways five
years ago. Etihad doesn’t want
the airline to be grounded espe-
unconventionally and have
ideas that can build future-rea-
dy platforms for us,” said Sra-
van Rajnayan, senior manager
(HR), Goibibo.com.
Bengaluru-based tech star-
tup HackerEarth, which offers
a platform for end-to-end ma-
nagement of hackathons, said
in a recent report that globally
India is at the second spot in
conducting hackathons, only
after the US. Hackference In-
dia 2018, an open source hack-
athon supported by GitHub,
Google, Mozilla and others,
has a separate job fairs seg-
ment.
The jobs come with pay
packages in the range of `6-10
lakh CTC per annum, Arkody-
uti Saha, co-founder, Hackfe-
rence India, said. Hackference
will be held in Bengaluru on
December 15-16.
1,050
969
1,000
950
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Govt clears sale
of 53% REC
stake to PFC
Deal Expected To Get
Exchequer About `15K Cr
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The Cabinet
Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) on Thurs-
day gave its ‘in-principle’
approval for a strategic sale
of the government’s exis-
ting 52.6% of total paid-up
equity shareholding in Ru-
ral Electrification Corpo-
ration (REC) to Power Fi-
nance Corporation (PFC),
along with transfer of ma-
nagement control.
The deal is expected to
fetch the government aro-
und Rs 15,000 crore and
help it inch closer to the dis-
investment target of Rs
80,000 crore set for the cur-
rent financial year. Latest
data showed that the go-
vernment has so far raised
Rs 32,737 crore as disinvest-
ment proceeds.
“The acquisition in-
tends to achieve integra-
tion across the power cha-
in, obtain better synergies,
create economies of scale
and have enhanced capabi-
lity to support energy
access and energy efficien-
cy by improved capability
to finance the power sector.
It may also allow for chea-
per fund-raising with in-
crease in bargaining power
for the combined entity,”
according to a government-
issued statement.
Last year, the govern-
ment had said it would
explore mergers and acqui-
sition in state-run enter-
prises. It had said that
there are multiple entities
doing similar work in the
PSU space and pursuing
Pilots to get 75% of Oct salary this month
J et pilots’ union tells members that as per the payment
schedule discussed in a meeting on Thursday, they will get
75% of October salary this month, out of which 25% will be
credited on Thursday. “(The remaining) 25%
pay of October and 75% of November salary will
be paid in January 2019. 25% of November, 100%
of December and 25% of January, 2019, will be
paid in February 2019. 75% pay of January plus
100% of February will be paid in March 2019,” the
union of Jet’s Indian pilots, National Aviators’
Guild (NAG), told members on Thursday. After
that, the airline management has promised salary will be paid on
time with 100% of March pay being given in April.
cially after India’s largest con-
glomerate Tata, which had
evinced interest in a takeover,
slowed down negotiations.
On its part, Jet said it “does
not comment on speculation”.
Yusuffali said: “I have no inter-
est in buying an airline. My fo-
cus will be on my core areas of
retailing and hospitality, where
Iwill continue to invest.”
However, a person privy to
this development said: “Goyal
had called up Yusuffali 10 days
ago and discussed his buying a
strategic share in the airline.
They had a detailed conversa-
tion. But Yusuffali is apprehen-
sive about investing in an indus-
try that loses so much money.”
Chennai, B’luru, Hyd home to
large financial services firms
From P 1
H
yderabad is in fourth
place, followed by Nag-
pur, Tirupur, Rajkot,
Trichy, Chennai and Vijaya-
wada. Chennai, Bengaluru
and Hyderabad, best known
as tech hubs, are home to
large financial services
firms.
Outside of India, Phnom
Penh is the fastest-growing
city in the world in the 2019-
2035 forecast, with Dar es Sa-
laam the leader among Afri-
can cities.In terms of pop-
ulation in 2035, Mumbai fig-
ures in the top 10 cities. “By
2035, the combined GDP of
Indian cities will still be
small compared with Chi-
Years Of Crash And What Rallied
1974
Commodities
2008
Treasuries
S o far this year, nothing’s worked — not large or small-cap
stocks in the US, not international or emerging equities, not
Treasuries, bonds, commodities or real estate. Most are down,
and the ones that are up are in the low single-digits
M&As would lead to econo-
mies of scale, optimise
returns and help build big-
ger companies.
UNLOCKING
VALUE
The REC-PFC deal is nearly
similar to the acquisition
of the government’s 51.1%
stake in oil refiner HPCL by
ONGC last year, fetching
the government
36,915 crore
from the selloff
Both REC
and PFC
are central
public sector
enterprises
under the
power
ministry
Power Finance Corpo-
ration, incorporated in
1986, is a Navaratna PSU
and is a leading non-ban-
king financial company
and a specialised financial
institution in the sector.
Rural Electrification
Corporation (REC) was set
up in 1969 with the objective
of providing financial assi-
stance for rural electrifica-
tion in the country. REC
was declared a public fi-
nancial institution under
Section 4-A of the Compa-
nies Act in 1992. In Februa-
ry 1998, the corporation
was registered as an NBFC
under Section 45-1A of the
RBI Act, 1934, according to
the company’s website.
The reason why Goyal ap-
proached Yusuffali is that the
latter is not new to aviation and
both the businessmen have ve-
ry strong ties in and with the
Gulf. Jet has, for years, been
serving the Kerala-Gulf market
and the relations between the
two businessmen are learned to
be very good.
Yusuffali was on the board
of Air India from 2010 to 2013. He
is also an investor in two air-
ports in Kerala — Cochin Inter-
national Airport Ltd and the
newly-built Kannur Interna-
tional Airport Ltd (KIAL).
If Yusuffali and Etihad
agree, Jet Airways could get the
funds needed to survive, with
nese (or indeed, North
American and European) ci-
ties. However, in terms of
GDP growth, it is Indian ci-
ties that are star performers
in our forecast,” said Ri-
chard Holt, head of global ci-
ties research at Oxford Eco-
nomics.
However, Chinese cities
will contribute significantly
when it comes to aggregate
GDP. Shanghai will join Lon-
don as the world’s fourth-
largest urban economy in
2035. According to the fore-
cast, in 2027, the aggregate
GDP of all Asian cities will
for the first time exceed the
combined GDP of all North
American and European ci-
ties. “By 2035, we project it
2002
REITs#
2018
Nothing Yet
Sensex dives
572 points as
Huawei arrest
roils markets
Mumbai: The sensex buckled
under selling pressure for the
third straight day on Thursday,
in step with a global sell-off
triggered by the arrest of a top
executive of Chinese telecom
giant Huawei in Canada. Asian
markets nosedived after Hua-
wei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who
is also the company founder’s
daughter, was arrested in Ca-
nada for extradition to the US
for suspected Iran sanctions
violations, dealing another
blow to US-China relations.
Dow Jones falls
750 pts, recovers
U S stocks slumped for a
second day as the sell-off in
risk assets persisted amid
concern that the rate of global
economic growth has peaked.
Oil slid as Opec ministers met
in Vienna. The S&P 500 fell as
much as 2.9% and losses in the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
topped 750 points before major
averages bounced off of key
technical levels. BLOOMBERG
The BSE sensex plunged
572 points, or 1.6%, to close at
35,312. Similarly, the broader
NSE Nifty fell 182 points, or
1.7%, to 10,601. All sectoral
indices on the BSE and the NSE
ended in the red, led by metal,
oil and gas, pharma and finan-
cial stocks. Sun Pharma was
the lone gainer in the 30-share
sensex pack.
A weakening rupee, which
plunged below the 71-per-dollar
mark intraday, and fresh fore-
ign fund outflows further den-
ted investor sentiment, ana-
lysts said. “The nervousness is
quite evident, as there is a
sharp sell-off across the indu-
stries, and especially in those
stocks where there are corpo-
rate governance concerns,” sa-
id Jagannadham Thunugunt-
la, senior VP and head of rese-
arch wealth, Centrum Bro-
king. AGENCIES
Goyal still remaining an impor-
tant figure in the airline. “It is
not going to be a simple transac-
tion as a rights issue may be
needed for Goyal and an Indian
partner to hike their stake to
meet SOEC norms while Eti-
had also ups its ownership in
Jet,” said an aviation insider.
According to Jet’s latest sha-
reholding pattern on BSE web-
site, the airline’s two promoters
— Naresh and wife Anita Goyal
— held 51% stake in the airline
in September 2018. Of the 49%
ownership with public, Etihad
has 24%.
“For Jet to get life-saving
funds with Yusuffali or some
other Indian partner, and Eti-
had or any other foreign airline
picking up or hiking stakes in
the airline, a rights issue may be
essential,” said the aviation in-
sider.
Goyal’s talks with Tata
Group are learnt to have hit a
roadblock as the Tatas were re-
portedly keen that the Jet pro-
moter exits the airline.
The airline is bleeding heav-
ily and requires infusion of
funds quickly to stay alive. Jet
has had three quarterly losses
of `1,000 crore each since Janu-
ary-March 2018 period.
will be 17% higher, with Chi-
nese cities alone generating
more output than all cities in
North America or Europe,”
the report said.
New York will still be the
largest urban economy in
the world in 2035, with the
largest finance and business
services sector. It will be fol-
lowed by Tokyo and Los An-
geles, with Shanghai tied
with London for the fourth
place, the report said.
The research house said
the modelling and results in
the report were based on in-
formation provided by third
parties, “upon which Oxford
Economics has relied in pro-
ducing its report and fore-
casts in good faith”.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2018
Olympia buys Eveready land in bookmarks
Thiruvottriyur for `100 crore
To Develop Office Cum Mall Space At Former Battery Facility
D.Govardan@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Property developer,
Olympia Group has bought a
six and half acre land parcel of
Eveready Industries India for
`100 crore. A battery manufac-
turing facility was located on
the site, in Thiruvottriyur in
north Chennai, for over five
decades.
“The company has execut-
ed an agreement for sale…with
Alwarpet Properties Private
Ltd (part of the Olympia Group,
Chennai) for sale of its land sit-
uated in Chennai, for a consid-
eration of `100 crore,” Everea-
dy Industries informed the
BSE.
The battery manufacturing
facility, had become unviable. It
was lying idle, the company
NHPC to
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New Delhi: State-owned NHPC
has bagged debt-laden Lanco’s
500 MW Teesta hydro power
project under insolvency pro-
ceedings for a tentative value of
`900 crore, a senior official said.
NHPC is expected to complete
the takeover in the next three to
four months and can finish the
project in three to four years as
its construction is almost 50%,
the official added. “NHPC Ltd
has emerged as the successful
bidder for the 500 MW Lanco
Teesta Hydro Power project.
NHPC will acquire the project
for around `s 900 crore,” the se-
nior company official said.
Earlier in the day, NHPC al-
so confirmed the development
in a BSE filing. “...NHPC Ltd
has been declared as the suc-
cessful resolution applicant by
the committee of creditors of
Lanco Teesta Hydro Power
Ltd,” it said. However, the com-
pany said this would be subject
to final approval by the Nation-
al Company Law Tribunal
(NCLT).
Lanco Teesta Hydro Power
is building a 500-megawatt (125
MWX4) hydropower project on
the Teesta river in Sikkim. The
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Kolkata: Buoyed by the grand
success of the campaign ‘Mu-
tual Fund Sahi Hai,’ the Asso-
ciation of Mutual Funds in In-
dia (AMFI) looks all set to
launch a new commercial fo-
cusing on the debt products of
MFs. The tagline could be like
‘FD jaisa lagta hai’ comparing
the MF debt products with
fixed deposit in terms of re-
turns and the risk involve in it.
So far, AMFI has focused on
equity aspect of MFs in its se-
ries of campaigns, where the
debt aspect was not in the fore-
front. But with the volatile mar-
ket, the debt product could well
be a good choice for retail inves-
tors, feels AMFI.
AMFI deputy CEO of AMFI
Balkrishna Kini disclosed this
during an interactive session
on mutual funds here recently
organised by Ticker Plant in as-
sociation with Bengal National
Chamber of Commerce & In-
dustry (BNCCI). Kini pointed
out that it is now planning to
promote mutual fund debt
products as well. “There will be
new campaign including TV
commercial on debt products
soon. The motto is to popularise
the MF debt products among re-
tail investors. We are also try-
ing to make MFs from push to
pull product,” he said.
Unlike the equity products
of mutual funds, the debt prod-
ucts are predominantly institu-
tional, where retail participa-
tion is minimal.
“So far, the debt products is
a tool of treasury manage-
ment,” he added. According to
him, AMFI has also got an ap-
proval from Sebi for appointing
brand ambassador for MF cam-
paigns. However, he pointed out
Arindam Saha, joint CEO
and director of Ticker Plant, al-
so feels that there is a need to
promote debt products as well.
“When the market is volatile
and uncertain pure debt funds
or at least hybrid funds are bet-
ter options. However, people
may have to scale down their ex-
pectations, still investors can
achieve more than FD related
returns. Such calculations and
understanding requires ana-
lytical software supports. A
back office software like Ticker
Wealth not only helps entrepre-
neurs in MF products distribu-
tions but can also provide MF
related analytics,” he added.
Earlier, Kini added that the
systematic investment plan
(SIP) has reached `8,000 crore
mark per month.
“This is the power of retail.
We are getting `96,000 crore
yearly from SIP, which is retail
money. Now, long-term retail
money is coming which would
help to stabilise the market and
the dependence on foreign in-
stitutional investors will also
go down,” he added.
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and opening of bids is
extended upto 15:00 hrs on
17.12.2018 and 15:30 hrs. on
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Transformer and its associated 220 KV and 132 KV Bays at 400 KV
Percentage rate tender and composite tender
S/s Kashipur against tender specification No. PTCUL/E- from approved and eligible contractors of
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firms for the following work . The cost of work will be financed out of the proceeds of the ODA Rs.57 ,8601- Period of Completion : 2
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MOURINHO’S MANCHESTER UNITED RALLY TWICE MALCOM SCORES IN BARCELONA’S 4-1 WIN OVER
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‘Pitch is not
easy to bat
on, has turn’
PUJARA, LONE
Sumit.Mukherjee@timesgroup.com

Adelaide: He is as tough as a nail. In

terms of grit and gumption, he is sec-
ond to none in world cricket. Tired af-
ter battling with the Australians for six
RANGER Hits 16th Test Ton, Guides India
From 41/4 To 250/9 On Day One
wide delivery from Cummins
and was done in by the extra
bounce. The edge flew to Us-
hours on Day One of the first Test here, man Khawaja, who flung him-
Cheteshwar Pujara was, however, hap- self to his left in the air and
py that his gritty 123 has given his team plucked the ball out of thin air
a decent platform (250/9) in the first with his left palm.
innings. The situation got worse
“It is a decent total because the pitch when vice-captain Ajinkya
is already yielding turn. Ashwin will Rahane, who signalled his in-
come into play. It is not an easy pitch to hit by Cummins at the non- tent by lofting Nathan Lyon
bat on. Because of the grass, the odd
ball is skidding or holding up. It is two-
TIMES IN striker’s end, prompted the
umpires to end the day’s pro-
for a huge six over long-on,
became the fourth Indian
paced and it will not be easy to bat last,” AUSTRALIA ceedings. player to perish while trying
Pujara summed it up nicely. Earlier, Indian batsmen to drive. Rahane, who was
Sumit.Mukherjee
Asked how he managed to keep his showed that they had learnt dropped by debutant Marcus
@timesgroup.com
composure in the middle when wickets nothing from the twin deba- Harris at short-leg off Lyon,

were falling around him, Pujara said:
“I had prepared well for this series and
my overall experience came in handy
today. It is one of my top innings in Test
cricket and will figure in my top five.
My teammates also think this knock is
one of my best.”
Pujara is hoping that this knock
will shut up his critics who claim that
he only scores runs in home condi-
123
Adelaide: Cheteshwar Pujara
single-handedly brought India
back from the dead with a
gritty 123 as India recovered
Pujara’s innings off 246 balls is from a precarious 41 for four
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his highest vs Australia in to end Day One of the first
Australia, obliterating the 73 Test against Australia here on
in Dec 2014 250 for nine wickets.
SENSIBLE Pujara, who arrived at the
cles in South Africa and Eng-
land this year. Their top-order
batsmen brought about their
own downfall by attempting
expansive drives only to be
caught in the slip cordon.
On a two-paced surface
that offered good bounce and
carry, Josh Hazlewood drew
first blood by sending back the
chased a wide delivery from
Hazlewood into Peter Hands-
comb’s hands at second slip.
Pujara — strokeless and
patient — and Rohit Sharma
— preferred over Hanuma Vi-
hari by the team management
— saw India through to lunch
at 56 for 4. Rohit, who began
by driving Lyon stylishly

16
tions. “People always say that I have INNINGS: No of crease after just two overs, shaky KL Rahul, who drove through cover, went after
scored more runs in India. It is true but Cheteshwar centuries by waged a heroic battle against loosely from outside his off Cummins post lunch and
they must also realise that we have Pujara’s Pujara in 65 Australia’s three-pronged stump without moving his feet smacked him for two sixes and
played more matches at home. At measured Tests, pace attack, comprising and was well caught by Aaron a boundary.
times, I have had a bad phase overseas, approach including six Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazle- Finch at third slip. Just when he was making
but in general I am confident of playing was in stark in 29 overseas Tests. His third wood and Pat Cummins, who Murali Vijay’s return to it look so easy, Rohit commit-
in different conditions — be it England, contrast to vs Australia is his 10th in 37 had accounted for four of In- the opening slot ended uncon- ted hara-kiri and holed out to
South Africa or Australia. I had decent the loose Tests under Kohli’s captaincy dia’s top five inside 21 overs, vincingly. Starc angled a full- Harris at deep square-leg after
time to prepare before the Test series strokeplay of including skipper Virat Kohli, length delivery across his having been reprieved by the

and it is paying off,” said Pujara, who
battled heat and humidity all day.
“They bowled well in the first two
sessions and I knew that I had to be
patient and wait for the loose balls.
After batting for two sessions, I was set
and I knew what shots I could play. It
was only after Ashwin got out that I
decided to accelerate,” said Pujara,
who credited Pat Cummins for scoring
50.28
the rest of
the top order
Average recorded by Pujara
thanks to his Adelaide
hundred. As against his home
average of 61.86, Pujara’s
overseas average is now 37.72
who won the toss and elected
to bat first.
India’s ‘crisis man’ put his
head down for the next six
hours and absorbed the pres-
sure even as wickets kept tum-
bling at the other end. He qui-
etly played out the first two
sessions, and having assessed
the pitch and the conditions,
body, drawing Vijay into the
drive and all he managed was
a tickle into Tim Paine’s
gloves.
Kohli, who looked busy and
purposeful during his short
stay in the middle, looked well
on his way to becoming Cum-
mins’ ‘bunny’ when the pacer
dismissed him with his third
same fielder on the boundary
off Lyon’s previous delivery.
Rishabh Pant contributed
a comical 25 off 38 balls as he
played, missed, edged, con-
nected and misconnected be-
fore feathering one off Lyon
to Paine behind the stumps.
Pujara found an ally in R Ash-
win (25) and the duo added 62

8
a direct hit to run him out. No times Pujara has opened out in the final hour, delivery of the day. Cummins, runs for the seventh wicket
been run-out in Tests. reaching his 16th Test century who had scalped Kohli in the — best of the innings — with
Just two Indians have with a flurry of boundaries. Ranchi Test last year with the the former finally emerging
To be honest we should have batted better but recorded more run- He also completed 5000 first ball he had ever bowled out of his shell.
they also bowled well in the first two sessions. I outs - Rahul Dravid runs in Test cricket in his 65th to the Indian captain, has now Pujara was himself run
knew that I had to stay patient and wait for the (13) and Sachin Tendulkar (9) match and 108th innings, be- dismissed him twice in four out while trying to steal a sin-
loose balls. They bowled in the right areas. I also felt that our coming only the 12th Indian balls! gle, but not before he had
top order should have batted better but they will learn from batsman to do so. His run out, Kohli couldn’t resist the made sure the bowlers had
the mistakes. Hopefully we will bat well in the second the result of a brilliant direct temptation to drive a full and something to bowl at.
innings. As far as my innings is concerned, I had prepared
well and overall I have the experience of first-class and Test Getty Images

cricket and that came in handy today. It was one of my top

innings in Test cricket, I could say top five. Teammates who
were appreciating said that this is one of the best.”
—Cheteshwar Pujara | INDIA
Careless Rohit fails
“Of course, I was disappointed to
get out, but I had to take a single as only
two balls were left in the over and I 12.16 the test, yet again
wanted to retain the strike. So I took a Average by Murali Sumit.Mukherjee@timesgroup.com more time by picking him ahead of all-
chance but he (Cummins) fielded bril- Vijay while making rounder Hanuma Vihari, Rohit, yet
liantly… credit has to be given to him,” 146 in eight overseas Adelaide: It is unlikely that Rohit again, let himself and his team down
Pujara said. Tests (12 innings) Sharma would have heard of with an outrageous shot that can only
after scoring 82 vs John C Maxwell, or his hugely be the result of a brain-fade.
Sri Lanka in Colombo successful book, ‘Talent Is Rohit (37 off 61 balls), who came into
in August 2015: the Never Enough’. Had he bat with India precariously placed on
Starc: We bowled sequence of scores
being 7, 1, 13, 46,
cared to flip through
the pages of this
41 for 4 in the 21st over, mixed caution
with aggression to counter Australia’s

exceptionally well 9, 8, 25, 20, 6, 0,

0 & 11
in first four hours
Sumit.Mukherjee@timesgroup.com
Adelaide: A remarkable bowling dis-
play by Australian pacers Mitchell
Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cum-
mins, backed up by Nathan Lyon’s ef-
fective off-spin tied India down. The
four frontline bowlers operated with
sustained aggression in the heat and
humidity. Starc, who led the at-
tack, was pleased with the
show. “I think we’ve planned
and prepared really well
for this week and had a lot
of vision to look at, and
how India have played in
the past,” he said.
“It was hard work, but
it’s Test cricket. And the
positive for us is we took nine
wickets and we’ve got two tailend-
ers in. Hopefully we can come back in
the morning having recovered really
I thought we bowled
really well for four hours,
probably pretty well for
another hour and probably got it a bit
wrong at the end there. Cheteshwar
Pujara batted a lot of time. He’s
someone who likes to absorb
pressure and bat a long time,
and credit to him he scored a
fantastic hundred. I think if you
asked us at the start of the day
if we’d take losing the toss and
India being 9 for 250 at stumps I
think we’d bite your arm off.”
—Mitchell Starc | AUSTRALIA
SCOREBOARD
India (1st innings): M Vijay c Paine b
Starc 11, KL Rahul c Finch b
Hazlewood 2, C Pujara run out 123, V
Kohli c Khawaja b Cummins 3, A
Rahane c Handscomb b Hazlewood 13,
R Sharma c Harris b Lyon 37, R Pant c
Paine b Lyon 25, R Ashwin c
Handscomb b Cummins 25, I Sharma b
Starc 4, M Shami batting 6; Extras (lb-
1): 1; Total (for 9 wkts in 87.5 overs):
250; Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-15, 3-19,
4-41, 5-86, 6-127, 7-189, 8-210, 9-250;
Bowling: Starc 19-4-63-2, Hazlewood
19.5-3-52-2, Cummins 19-3-49-2, Lyon
28-2-83-2, Head 2-1-2-0
wonderful self-help
book, Rohit would
have probably done
something to maxi-
mize his god-gifted
talent instead of simply
sitting on it. Maxwell main-
tains that while talent is neces-
sary for success, it is never suffi-
cient… that most successful people
aren’t necessarily the most talented and
it is by using their belief, initiative, fo-
cus, perseverance and character that
they can maximize their innate talent.
Unfortunately, Rohit seems happy to
measure his success only in terms of
his exploits in limited-overs cricket.
It is a pity really, because the quality
of his natural talent has the entire
cricket world salivating. You can hardly
blame the selectors for going back to him
again and again, hoping against hope
that he has matured enough to focus and
work hard on his game in order to scale
new heights in Test cricket.
As the Indian team management
reposed faith in his innate talent one
AP
pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazle-
wood and Pat Cummins. In the process,
he managed to stitch together a valua-
ble 45-run partnership for the fifth
wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara.
But just when the Australian bowl-
ers were beginning to wilt under the
scorching sun and the road ahead for
India looked smooth, Rohit went for a NOT CUT OUT FOR RED-BALL
wild slog-sweep off Nathan Lyon and CRICKET? Rohit Sharma
was lucky to survive as debutant Mar- takes the long walk back
cus Harris caught the ball on the mid-
wicket boundary but failed to arrest his
momentum and carried the ball over
the rope. Undeterred by the let-off, Rohit
slog-swept Lyon’s next delivery again
and ended up popping up an easier
catch to Harris this time.
It was a pre-meditated shot that the
senior pro should have shunned for his
side’s greater good. Social media went
into a tizzy and Rohit bore the brunt of can’t Rohit be handed similar punish-
the trolls. One of them wanted to know ment? It is lack of focus and Pujara-like
that if the legendary Kapil Dev could mental resolve that has prevented Rohit
have been dropped by the selectors from from rebuilding a Test career that has
the Test team for playing an indiscreet floundered after a dream debut against
shot against England in 1984-85, why the West Indies in 2013.

QUICKEST TO 200 TEST WICKETS

well and take that wicket early on and
Yasir breaks 82-year-old record but
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let our batters get to work.”
Bowler For Tests Time Ave at
taken end of the
Hussey presents cap to Harris
NZ ride on Williamson masterclass
Test/inns
Former Australian batsman Mike Y Shah Pak 33 4y 42d 28.43
Hussey on Thursday presented Test
debutant Marcus Harris with his Bag- C Grimmett Aus 36 10y 353d 24.91 Yasir Shah Getty Images
gy Green at the Adelaide Oval on coach R Ashwin Ind 37 4y 321d 25.06 remains the Abu Dhabi: Record-breaking Yasir he reached the 200-wicket mark in
Justin Langer’s request. D Lillee Aus 38 9y 3d 23.15 only bowler to Shah had to share the day’s honours just his 33rd Test. “Ever since I knew
bag 14 wickets with New Zealand skipper Kane Wil- this record it became my dream to
W Younis Pak 38 6y 23d 20.61
in a Test vs liamson on Thursday as the third and take fastest 200 wickets and it came
ACTION TODAY D Steyn SA 39 5y 175d 23.05 New Zealand final Test headed towards a gripping true today,” said Yasir.
final day in Abu Dhabi. The early The key moment for Pakistan in
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(Sony TEN 1)
the only Pakistan bowler to reach 200 Test wickets. at square-leg. Yasir was also the fast-
CRICKET: Australia v India Test 1 Day 2,
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5:30 am (Sony SIX), Pakistan v
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Tests Yasir had taken to reach innings, and was 139 not out as the bowler to take 200 or more wickets in
the 100-wicket milestone in Kiwis reached 272-4 by the close. SEIZING THE DAY: Kane Williamson a list topped by fast bowler Wasim
Tests, the quickest for Pak and Williamson had great support bats on Day Four at the Sheikh Zayed Akram’s 414 in 104 Tests.
joint-quickest among Asian from Henry Nicholls who made 90 not Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi SCOREBOARD: New Zealand (1st in-
bowlers. Only England’s out during an unbroken fifth wicket nings): 274; Pakistan (1st innings): 348;
George Lohmann had taken less Tests (16) for partnership of 212 that has given the third over. He needed just one New Zealand (2nd innings, overnight 26-
this milestone New Zealand a lead of 198 with six wicket to break a record set 82 years 2): K Williamson batting 139, W Somer-
wickets remaining. With the series ago by the great Australian leg-spin- ville lbw Yasir 4, R Taylor c Asif b Afridi

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Arrows, 2 pm; ISL: Kerala v Pune, 7:30 Tests taken by Yasir to race to tied at 1-1, the final day of this last ner Clarrie Grimmett, who had 22, H Nicholls batting 90; Extras (b-5,
(Star Sports 3) 150 wickets, the second Test promises to be fascinating with needed 36 Tests to reach the mile- lb-1, nb-1): 7; Total (for 4 wkts in 104
KABADDI: PKL: Telugu Titans v Gujarat, joint-quickest along Waqar both sides capable of winning. stone of 200 Test wickets. overs): 272; FoW: 3-37, 4-60; Bowling:
8 pm; Patna v Pune, 9 pm (Star Sports Younis. England’s Sydney The day began in high anticipa- When Yasir trapped nightwatch- Hasan Ali 13-5-37-0, Afridi 16-5-55-2, Yasir
Select 2) Barnes had taken 24 Tests tion with New Zealand resuming at man Will Somerville leg before for 37-8-107-2, Asif 36-6-62-0, Azhar 1-0-2-0,
—Stats: Rajesh Kumar 26-2 and Yasir taking the ball to bowl four with his 13th delivery of the day, Hafeez 1-0-3-0. AFP
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TALE OF TWO TRANSITIONING

RIVER JOIN BOCA
IN MADRID FOR
LIBERTADORES DECIDER
Argentinian giants River Plate landed in Madrid

DYNASTIES
Reuters

SARRI SLAMS Thursday ahead of their long-anticipated

CHELSEA’S
COMPLACENCY
Maurizio Sarri accused his
Chelsea players of over-
UNITED, ARSENAL PROFIT FROM confidence after throwing away
a lead to lose 2-1 at
Libertadores Cup decider against bitter rivals
Boca Juniors. The first leg of the two-leg final —
the first to pit the Buenos Aires rivals against
each other — ended 2-2 at Boca’s Bombonera
ground last month.
River were set to host the return at their El
Monumental stadium on November 24 but it
was postponed after River Plate fans attacked

MISTAKES IN 2-2 STALEMATE Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Mark Critchley
Manchester: It is not too long ago
that encounters between these two
sides represented the apex of Eng-
lish football — relentless attacking
play, all-out aggression but above all
else, quality. Manchester United and
Arsenal set the standard.
What, then, to make of this — a
chaotic 2-2 draw that was defined by
two teams in transition, profiting from
each other’s mistakes? Nobody ever
expected the late 1990s to early 2000s
peak from this 2018 edition, though it
demonstrated how far both sides have
to go to reach those heights.
For the first time since the sum-
mer of 1986, neither Alex Ferguson
nor Arsene Wenger were watching
this fixture from one of the two dug-
outs, allowing us to simultaneously
Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored an
the Boca Juniors team bus. As punishment,
South America’s football federation Conmebol
early opener but two goals in ruled that River would lose home advantage.
four second-half minutes saw The second leg is scheduled to be held at
CHAOTIC Wolves secure their first win in Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium on
NIGHT: seven games and inflict just Sunday. Boca arrived on Wednesday and with
United’s Sarri’s second defeat since River joining them in the Spanish capital, both
Jesse taking charge in the summer. teams are expected to train on Thursday.
Lingard “Sometimes my players show The south American giants were initially
(right) me that they have too much opposed to proposals to play their decisive
EPL make it confidence,” Sarri said. second leg in Spain. AFP AP
2-2 Liverpool stormed back to beat
Burnley 3-1 and cut the gap on
leaders Man City to two points.
Results: Burnley 1 (Cork 54)
Liverpool 3 (Milner 62, Firmino 69,
Shaqiri 90+1); Everton 1 Newcastle
1; Fulham 1 Leicester 1; Manchester
United 2 (Martial 30, Lingard 69)
Arsenal 2 (Mustafi 26, Lacazette
68); Tottenham 3 (Kane 9, Moura 51,
Son 55) Southampton 1 (Austin
90+3); Wolves 2 (Jimenez 59, Jota HAIRY SITUATION: A Boca fan turns up in a
63) Chelsea 1 (Loftus-Cheek 18). AFP Maradona wig outside the team hotel in Madrid

Power clubs take next step

take in two very different re-builds.
Arsenal under Unai Emery is
only a few months old and yet sound
foundations have seemingly been
laid. United, five years down the line,
are struggling to get off the ground.
If the post-Ferguson Manchester
United was an episode of Grand De-
signs, this is the point where the
kitchen is flooded, the staircase does
not fit and Kevin McCloud is asking
why three costly water features are
sat in the garage collecting dust.
Jose Mourinho dropped Paul
Pogba and Romelu Lukaku, the two
most expensive signings in United’s
history, were dropped to the substi-
tutes’ bench. Fred, the fifth-most
SUPERCOPPA ITALIA
TO BE PLAYED IN
SAUDI ARABIA
Italy’s Supercoppa match between
Juventus and AC Milan will be staged in
Saudi Arabia next month, the Serie A
league said. Serie A said the annual fixture
would take place at the King Abdullah
Sports City stadium in Jeddah on Jan. 16.
The match between the Serie A and Coppa
expensive, was not included in the
matchday squad. Mourinho cited
“technical and tactical” reasons for
his decisions on Pogba and Lukaku.
In their place came the likes of
Matteo Darmian, making only his
third league start of the season. Dio-
go Dalot was making only his second
league appearance, while it was Mar-
co Rojo’s first outing of any kind.
Mourinho asked for ‘mad dogs’
after the draw at Southampton and
Rojo perhaps embodied this madness
more than any other one of his charg-
es, whether it was grabbing Pierre-
Emerick Aubameyang by his ankles
to bring him down or slide-tackling
Matteo Guendouzi for having the te-
Italia winners has been played abroad
several times with the United States,
China and Qatar the previous foreign
venues. Juve won the double last season
so Milan qualified for the showpiece
match as Coppa Italia runners-up.
CAVANI SAVES A POINT FOR PSG
Edinson Cavani saved a point for Paris
Saint-Germain as the Ligue 1 leaders
slipped for the second time in a week
with a hugely entertaining 1-1 draw at
merity to block his goal-bound shot.
Yet ‘madness’ is a double-edged
sword, and demanding it from a lim-
ited set of players carries attendant
risks. Rojo played every minute with
blood rushing to his head and paid
the price midway through the second
half. When his miscontrol allowed
Henrikh Mkhitaryan to dispossess
him, he tried to make amends by tack-
ling Alexandre Lacazette, only to di-
vert Lacazette’s attempt into his own
net to put Arsenal 2-1 up.
It was a moment symbolic of the
game’s general sloppiness. Rojo was
not the only guilty party. Arsenal, for
example, immediately allowed United
back in, conceding from the kick-off
Strasbourg. The Uruguayan striker fired
home a 71st-minute penalty to maintain
PSG’s unbeaten record after 16 games.
HENRY, VIEIRA CLASH CALLED OFF
AMID SECURITY CONCERNS
A Ligue 1 clash between Thierry Henry’s
Monaco and local rivals Nice has been
postponed, the French league (LFP) said
Thursday, amid fears of more violent
“yellow vest” protests in France over
rising living costs.
due to a collective defensive failure
which allowed Jesse Lingard to level.
Even David de Gea’s night did not
go unblemished. De Gea, usually so
composed, had gifted Arsenal their
first by applying his own spin to what
we will loosely label the ‘Jordan Pick-
ford’, palming Shkodran Mustafi’s
downward header into the air and
over his own goal-line.
For Arsenal, the errors and impre-
cise play can and will be passed off as
teething problems post-Wenger. Yet for
United, five years on from losing their
own ‘great man of football’, two-and-a-
half years into Mourinho’s regime, the
question is whether these creases will
ever be ironed out. © THE INDEPENDENT
LEICESTER CITY CRASH HELICOPTER
ROTOR PEDALS FAILED: PROBE
Disconnected cockpit pedals caused the
helicopter crash that killed the Thai
billionaire owner of Leicester City
football club and four others on October
28, a British investigation found on
Thursday. “The loss of control of the
helicopter resulted from the tail rotor
actuator control shaft becoming
disconnected from the actuator lever
mechanism,” the report said. AGENCIES
AP
Madrid: Atletico Madrid was so poor in the first
half against fourth-division visitor Sant An-
dreu that a shock Copa del Rey elimination
wasn’t a far-fetched possibility. But three goals
in the opening 10 minutes of the second period
guided Atletico’s second-string team to a 4-0 vic-
tory at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on
Wednesday. Barcelona and Sevilla also beat
lower division clubs, while Villarreal
recorded an 8-0 rout of second tier KING’S CUP
Almeria with four goals by Cameroon striker
Karl Toko-Ekambi. YOUNG AT ART: Vinicius Junior (r) celebrates his
On Thursday, Real Madrid too notched up a goal with another goalscorer Javier Sanchez
facile 6-1 win over Melilla. Marco Asensio and
Isco scored a brace each while youngsters Javi- eral other regular starters were rested by Sime-
er Sanchez de Felipe and Vinicius Junior were one, who was banned from the bench as he
also on target. Yacine Qasmi reduced the mar- served the second of a three-game suspension
gin through a penalty in the 81st minute. following a rant in a Copa match.
Thomas Lemar scored for Atletico in the 48th Barcelona advanced 5-1 on aggregate after
minute, Nikola Kalinic in the 53rd, Angel Cor- their reserves cruised past third division Cul-
rea in the 55th and Victor “Vitolo” Machin in tural Leonesa 4-1 at Camp Nou Stadium. Denis
the 81st to secure Diego Simeone’s team a place Suarez scored a goal in each half while Munir
in the last 16 following a 5-0 aggregate victory. El Haddadi and Malcom were on target before
“We struggled in the first half. We weren’t halftime. Josep Sene netted in the second period
able to play with quick transitions,” said Sime- for Cultural, the club owned by the Qatari state.
one after his 400th Atletico match. Toko-Ekambi became the first Villarreal player
Atletico were without Diego Costa because to score four goals in a match this century, lead-
of injury, while Antoine Griezmann and sev- ing the club to an 11-3 aggregate win. AGENCIES

SNAPSHOTS Ranji Rd 5, Day 1

Women’s coach
Mumbai add to CFC TN fight back after initial wobble ● ELITE GROUP A: In
Valsad: Gujarat 340/8 in 88

woes with 2-0 win

B A Raju overs (P Chawla 109*) vs
selection: CoA Indrajith, Shahrukh Help Railways; In Rajkot:
Saurashtra 288/9 in 91overs
proposes, CAC Anil.Dias@timesgroup.com Hosts Reach Position Of (Suchith 5/104) vs
Karnataka; In Vadodara:
refuses to oblige Comfort Against Kerala Chhattisgarh 129 (Swapnil
Mumbai: The usually pen-
The BCCI's Committee of 5/23). Baroda 165/7 in 45
sive Mumbai City coach Vivek.Krishnan@timesgroup.com
Administrators (CoA), overs; In Pune:
Jorge Costa couldn’t stop
comprising Vinod Rai and Maharashtra 298/3 in 87
smiling from ear to ear when Chennai: In the lead-up to their Ranji Tro-
Diana Edulji, on Thursday overs (S Gugale 101) vs
local lad Raynier Fernandes phy clash against Kerala here, Tamil Na-
wrote to Sachin Tendulkar, Mumbai; ● ELITE GROUP B:
put his team ahead against du’s No. 7 slot was expected to be a toss-up
Sourav Ganguly and VVS In Delhi: Andhra 266/7 in 86
defending champions Chen- between J Kousik and C Varun. In the end,
Laxman— perceived mem- overs (Bhui 150*; S Bhati
naiyin FC at the Mumbai MAN OF THE MOMENT: it was M Shahrukh Khan who got the nod,
bers of the Cricket Advisory 5/35) vs Delhi; In Indore:
Football Arena on Thursday. Mumbai City’s Raynier making his first-class debut for Tamil Na-
Committee (CAC) — inviting Hyderabad 124 (Avesh
The Portuguese seemed to be Fernandes (C) celebrates with du four years after his maiden List A ap-
them to participate in the 7/24). MP 168/1 in 46 overs;
enjoying the way his team teammates after scoring pearance.
selection of India's new In Chandigarh: HP 244/5
was finally playing some Shahrukh’s inclusion proved to be ever
national women’s team in 90 overs vs Punjab; ●
time setting up Modou Sou- so crucial on his first day in first-class
ELITE GROUP C: In
coach. TOI understands that
all three CAC members are
ISL-5 gou in an even better fashion cricket as he stayed unbeaten on 82 on Day
Porvorim: Services 184
in the 55th minute. Bastos 1to help Tamil Nadu fight back from 31for 4
reluctant to come on board. (Prabhudesai 5/52). Goa
good attacking football. made a stunning run all the and reach 249 for 6 in 90 overs. Skipper B In- GOTCHA! Kerala’s Rahul, fielding at forward short leg, completes a catch to send Tamil Nadu’s
It’ll be interesting to see how 27/1in 14 overs; In Jammu:
While Mumbai have been way from the half-line to re- drajith played an equally important role, N Jagadeesan back at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday
the CoA now goes about J&K 290 (Saurabh 6/90). UP
criticised for their defensive ach just outside the Chennai- scoring 87 from 188 balls at No. 4 after the
with the process considering 31/3 in 14 overs; In Ranchi:
approach under Costa, they yin box before unleashing a other senior batsmen had let him down. disintegrate without a fight. Indrajith and stumps with M Mohammed (25 batting),
the SC order that makes it J’khand 172 (Mohanty 5/44).
showed their attacking side, powerful shot. It was howev- Just an hour into the morning session, Ta- Shahrukh, however, had other ideas. stitching together an unbroken 65-run
mandatory for them to Odisha 27/3 in 13 overs; In
and in some style, as they er blocked by the trailing foot mil Nadu found themselves in all sorts of While the recovery started with a 50-run partnership. “I had a vague idea during
consult with the CAC. The Jaipur: Assam 108
blanked struggling Chennai- of Eli Sabia but luckly for trouble courtesy the Kerala new-ball pair stand between the captain and N Jagadee- practice on Wednesday that I may get a
BCCI is also ready with a (Choudhary 5/38).
yin 2-0 to go to second on the Mumbai, it fell directly on to of Sandeep Warrier (3-42) and Basil Tham- san, who fell on the stroke of lunch after a chance to play. Indrajith had texted me this
separate list should the CAC Rajasthan 153/2 in 56 overs;
Indian Super League table. the head of Sougou, who just pi (2-53). sharp catch by the short-leg fielder Rahul (Thursday) morning that I might play. Go-
continue to refuse. In Agartala: Haryana
Fernandes was the star of had to nod it into the open net. While the home side had chosen to bat to Jalaj Saxena’s (1-77) off-spin, it was the ing out to bat at 81/5, I was just positive in
258/7 in 90 overs (Dagar 114)
the show as he broke the Chennaiyin did have their on a pitch that wasn’t as abrasive as for the 103-run partnership for the sixth wicket my mindset. If I can put my head down and
F1’s 21-race calendar vs Tripura; ● PLATE GROUP:
deadlock in the 27th minute fair share of chances, espe- game against Bengal, there was sideways that really brought TN back into the con- start fresh on Friday, 350 will be a good
gets a green signal: In
after a brilliant set-up by Ra- cially in the dying minutes of movement early on for the seamers and test. score,” Shahrukh said after the day’s play.
Formula One’s 21-race Wayanad:
fael Bastos. The Brazilian got the match, but weren’t able to the Kerala duo made full use of it. Opener They managed to negotiate the second With the pitch witnessing turn as the day
calendar for 2019 has been Puducherry
possession of the ball at the breach the solid Mumbai de- Abhinav Mukund was the first to depart, session without losing a single wicket, re- progressed, Warrier conceded TN had a
approved, with Melbourne as 418/4 in 90
left wing. He then made a fence. Playmaker Anirudh trapped lbw to Warrier for a golden duck in aching the tea interval at 177 for 5. Perhaps, slight edge.
usual hosting the season- overs
quick sprint before passing it Thapa did team up well with the very first over. Kerala captain Sachin Baby missed a trick Scoreboard: Tamil Nadu (1st innings): K Gandhi c
opening Australian Grand (Paras
to Fernandes who found him- Thoi Singh initially but they A few overs later, Warrier uprooted Ap- by giving Warrier and Thampi all of seven Arun Karthick b Thampi 16, A Mukund lbw b War-
Prix at Albert Park on March Dogra 253)
self some space just outside failed to make any inroads arajith’s middle stump with a ball that overs in the afternoon session. After tea, rier 0, B Aparajith b Warrier 3, B Indrajith b War-
17. Governing body FIA said vs Sikkim; In Patna:
the box. He then let loose a and cut frustrated figures. came back in. In the very next over, Tham- Baby rightly reverted to Warrier and rier 87, D Karthik c Arun Karthick b Thampi 4, N
after a meeting of its World Arunachal Pradesh 84. Bihar
shot that went through the Mumbai will be boosted pi too joined in the act with the wicket of M Thampi, who were getting quite a lot of re- Jagadeesan c Rahul b Saxena 21, M Shahrukh
Motor Sport Council in St. 250/1in 48 overs (Kumar
legs of defender Eli Sabia and by this result, a victory which Kaushik Gandhi. But the prize catch was verse swing with a ball that was more than Khan batting 82, M Mohammed batting 25; Ex-
Petersburg on Wednesday 127*); In Dimapur:
into the bottom left corner, ensured they are unbeaten in that of Dinesh Karthik, who fell to Thampi 60 overs old. And it promptly accounted for tras (nb-1, b-4, lb-6): 11; Total (for six wickets in 90
that 11 races would be held Nagaland 126. Manipur
beyond the reach of Chennai- six straight games. Chennai for just 4 after a brilliant diving catch by Indrajith, who fell for 87 after an inside overs): 249; FoW: 1-1, 2-19, 3-23, 4-31, 5-81, 6-184;
in Europe, five in Asia, four in 173/3 in 46 overs (M Raghav
yin goalkeeper Sanjiban are languishing in eighth po- KB Arun Karthick at first slip. Four wick- edge on to the stumps to an inswinging de- Bowling: Warrier 21-7-42-3, Thampi 15-3-53-2,
the Americas and one in 109*); In Dehradun:
Ghosh. Bastos ensured his sition with this being their ets down with just 31 on the board, it livery from Warrier. Shahrukh, though, Akshay Chandran 13-2-30-0, Saxena 25-1-77-1,
Australia. Meghalaya 294/5 in 84 overs
team double the lead, this eighth loss in 11games. seemed as though TN’s campaign would carried on unperturbed through to Joseph 16-1-37-0
(P Bisht 154) vs Utt’khand.
Hamza gets SA call-up:
South Africa have named
uncapped middle-order
batsman Zubayr Hamza and Tudor Treasure for Chennai event Dabang Delhi edge AB’s Spartans beat
fast bowler Duanne Olivier in
their squad for the three-Test
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Hot Jet (8) Star Imperial (2) Arithmeti- (10) Queen Latifa (8) Zafran; 6) The Ash-
past Thalaivas 37-33
home series against Pakis-
tan starting in Pretoria on
Boxing Day.
Chennai: Tudor Treasure is fan-
cied for the South India 1000 Gui-
neas(Grade-2), the main event of
ca; Day's Best: QUEEN REGENT (7-9),
Good Double: SAIBYA (1-1)-STORM
FLAG (4-6);
Note: A sum of Rs 1,00,000 will be
oka Chakra Cup(1800M),For
3yrs.old&over,4-15pm. (2) Watchmy-
script (3) Big Sur (4) Shaman; 7) The
Pratap Stud Plate(1400M),Rtd.(45-65)
New Delhi: Dabang Delhi continued their fine
form as they beat Tamil Thalaivas 37-33 in an
inter zone Pro Kabaddi League clash at the at
Faf’s Paarl Rocks
Viv Richards side for so long. It was a clash
Squad: Faf du Plessis (captain),
races to be held here on Friday. added to the jackpot pool on Friday r4-45pm. (10) Full Moon (1) Good Time the Thyagaraj Sports Complex here on Thurs- worth waiting for and it was ul-
Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma,
Following are the Selections: 1) The races. Indeed (9) Lady Legend; 8) The Long- day evening. Meraj Sheykh scored 9 points for THE mid-week clash between timately AB de Villiers’ Spar-
Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de
Commanche Plate(1800M),Rtd.(20- champ Plate(D-1),(1100M),Rtd.(15-35) the hosts while teammate Vishal Mane too Faf du Plessis and AB de Vil- tans who beat Paarl Rocks in a
Kock, Dean Elgar, Zubayr
45)1-30pm. (1) Saibya (5) Excellent HORSE RACING 5-15pm. (3) Yerwazan (1) Birchwood (5) managed five points. Thalaivas' skipper Ajay liers turned out to be an abso- low scoring game that went
Hamza, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden
Rainbow (2) Semele; 2) The Golden Varsha; Day's Best: WATCHMYSCRIPT Thakur had a stellar outing as he scored 14 lute nail-biter at Centurion. down to the last over. The Spar-
Markram, Duanne Olivier,
Temple Plate(1400M),Rtd.(0-25)2pm. Watchmyscript best for Ashoka (6-2), Good Double: DIAMOND RAYS points, but it wasn't enough. Both found themselves on op- tans came in to this match with
Vernon Philander, Kagiso
(5) Open Offer (7) Be My Secret (8) Chakra Cup: Watchmyscript is (5-9)-FULL MOON (7-10). In the other match, UP Yoddha produced a posite ends after playing along- the strategy of not only win-
Rabada, Dale Steyn.
Dancing Belinda; 3) The Esquire Plate fancied for the Ashoka Chakra Zodiac triumphs: Zodiac won the superb allround display to eke out a thrilling ning but getting that much
German quits Gokulam
(1400M),Rtd.(20-45)2-30pm. (2) In Ex- Cup, the main event of the Benga- Seabiscuit Plate, the main event of 30-29 win over Haryana Steeler. Shrikant Jad-
e,o- needed bonus point to keep

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cess (1) Country's Grace (13) Oliver luru races to be held on Friday. the races held here on Thursday. hav and Prahsant Rai scored 8 points each to their campaign on track. On a

FC: English Antonio German
Twist; 4) The Bangalore Turf Club Cup
parted ways with Gokulam
(1200M),For 2yrs.old only,3pm. (6)
Kerala FC on Thursday.
Storm Flag (5) Royal Rules (2) Dom-
According to club’s official
inant; 5) The South India 1000 Guineas
statement, the Granada
international, who was with
(Gr.2),(1600M),For Fillies 3yrs.old on-
ly,3-30pm. (10) Tudor Treasure (2) Cher
the club since start of the
Amie (5) Mea Gulpha; 6) The S.Parthas-
season, had asked the club
arathy Trophy(D-1),(1200M),Rtd.(60-
to cancel his contract due to
personal reasons and has
85)4pm. (8) Pinewood (5) Star Baron
(4) Soothsayer; 7) The S.Parthasarathy
left for the UK as soon as the
Trophy(D-2),(1200M),Rtd.(60-85)4-
Gokulam agreed to his
30pm. (9) Queen Regent (8) Excellent
request. TNN/AGENCIES
Rainbow (3) Fast Car; 8) The Karaikudi
Plate(1200M),Rtd.(40-65)5pm. (6) Red
Following are the Selections: 1) The Gul-
barga Plate(1200M),Rtd.(0-20)1-
45pm. (1) Arrogance (6) Music Divine (3)
Glorious Days; 2) The Bugs Bunny Plate
(1100M),For Maiden 2yrs.old only,2-
15pm. (4) Star Cavalry (2) Here And Now
(8) Port Of Beauty; 3) The Longchamp
Plate(D-2),(1100M),Rtd.(15-35)2-
45pm. (5) My Lexicon (6) Scholasticus
(1) Stars In His Eyes; 4) The Madhugiri
Plate(1200M),Rtd.(30-50)3-15pm. (3)
Rosebrook (9) Panama (10) Pink Smile;
5) The Stewards Trophy(1200M),Rtd.
(60&above)3-45pm. (9) Diamond Rays
Results: 1) Her Majesty Plate: Oh My-
win, Amazing Kitten-2nd, Cabernet-3rd;
2) Seabiscuit Plate: Zodiac-win, Plati-
ni-2nd, Regal Tribute-3rd; 3) December
Plate: Cacharel-win, Shinkasen-2nd,
Heart Of Gold-3rd; 4) Madras Race Club
Cup: Royal Currency-win, Butterfly-2nd,
Glorious Destiny-3rd; 5) Himalaya Plate
(D-2): Rafaele-win, Rhapsidion
Rose-2nd, Naattamai-3rd; 6) Himalaya
Plate(D-1): Sprit Of Zion-win, Manander
& Tencendur-dead-heated for 2nd; 7)
Silver Arrow Plate: Embassy-win,
Queen Of Venice-2nd, Star Dreams-3rd.
SUPER
lead Yoddha to a crucial victory. Monu Goyat pitch that was cracking up, the
scored 11 points, while Vikash Khandola con- spinners were able to click.
tributed with 7 points but it wasn't enough as Rocks’ bowlers did not let
Haryana Steelers failed to qualify for the play- Spartans get much-needed
offs. Shrikant Jadhav and Prahsant Rai scored
eight points each to lead Yoddha to victory at
LEAGUE boundaries. With two overs to
go, an easy win seemed like a
the Thyagaraj Sports Complex here. now«w by nerve-racking end.
Monu Goyat scored 11 points, while Vikash Frylinck, though held his
Khandola contributed seven points but it a nerves to pull off the win with
wasn’t enough as the Steelers failed to qualify his 22 off 21. Sipamla deserved
for the playoffs. The Steelers made a strong / clown
the Player of the Match award.
start and led for the majority of the first half. He broke through whenever
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2 lm?Om?9• the Rocks were building part-
with a super raid when Yoddha trailed 5-7. PTI nerships. ITW
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2018

French toast: A KO berth

Lowly European Side POINTS TABLE (POOL A)
Ramkumar to cut down
on Challenger events
Beats Argentina To Country M W D L Points Shilarze.Saharoy
R Ramesh Shankar Srinivasan. “My trainer
Suresh introduced me to
@timesgroup.com
Show Spain The Door ARG 3 2 0 1 6
Chennai: Ever since Ramku-
Ramji a few days back. Then I
also spoke to my coach San-
Manuja.Veerappa@timesgroup.com FRA 3 1 1 1 4 mar Ramanathan made the chez Emilio and we chalked
NZL 3 1 1 1 4 Chennai Open quarterfinals out a programme. Earlier, I
Bhubaneswar: The last time France back in 2016 and went on to used to train in a group at the
played Argentina in a World Cup ESP 3 0 2 1 2 beat world No. 8 Dominic academy but this is the first
match was in 1998. It was also their last Thiem last year, there was a time I am doing it at an indi-
World Cup appearance prior to this tions during the 60 minutes of his sense of expectation around vidual level with proper focus
tournament. countrymen’s stunning encounter. the TN lad. He came closing to on each aspects of my body,”
Much has changed since then. Ar- French coach Jeroen Delmee’s men winning an ATP event this said Ramkumar, who says
gentina are Olympic champions and came up with a top-of-the-line show to year when he made the New- that he is gorging on home
ranked second in the world, while the turn the table on their fancied oppo- port final in July beating Vic- food.
French are the lowest ranked in the nents in a goal fest. tor Estrella, Denis Kudla, Va- The 133-ranked player is
competition at 20. One thing that didn’t New Zealand rally to hold Spain: sek Pospisil and Tim Smyc-
FITNESS MANTRA: Ramkumar
also aware of the kind of im-
change though was the result. In their With New Zealand down 0-2 and less zek before going down to provements his game re-
works out with trainer Ramji
last meeting in Lahore, France had than 10 minutes to go, coach Darren Steve Johnson in the summit quires to make an impression
beaten Argentina 1-0. The result be- Smith decided to take a gamble and re- clash. But the high of playing And his advice helped. For in ATP events. “I have been
tween the two side was the same in place goalkeeper Richard Joyce with a in an ATP 250 event final has now I am focused on the Mah- working a lot on my back-
France’s debut in 1971as well. ROARING AHEAD: Victor Charlet celebrates after scoring from a penalty corner kicking back. Even as Joyce prepared stayed on with the 24-year-old. arashtra Open and Austra- hands and side movements.
On Thursday, the unfancied French for the exit, Hayden Phillips found the Ramkumar says that he lian Open and of course the Whenever I get a chance, I try
came up with an electric performance Despite the loss, Argentina topped sure their passage to the crossover spot under the cross bar off a pass from will now be focusing on play- Davis Cup next year. But I to focus on backhand returns
to stun Argentina 5-3 in the last Pool A the group to enter the quarterfinals, stage, but the French clearly had other Hugo Inglis to signal his team’s come- ing more ATP 250 and 500 want to play a lot of ATP 250s and return of serves,” he said.
clash. In the process, they knocked while New Zealand and France made plans. Spanish coach Frederic Soyez, a back. For the next six minutes, New events rather than featuring and 500s next season and I am Fancy our chances in Davis
Spain out of the competition. The Spa- the crossovers, finishing second and Frenchman whose dream of playing Zealand attacked with 11 people on the in Challengers. And he has al- probably going to pick and Cup, says Ramkumar:
niards were held to a 2-all draw by a third in the pool. Spain needed Argen- the World Cup remained unfulfilled, field earned a penalty corner which ready resumed training even choose the Challengers,” India will face Italy in the
never-say-die New Zealand side. tina to win or draw (5-all or less) to en- was no doubt filled with mixed emo- was converted by Kane Russell. as his season drew to a close Ramkumar, who has return- Davis Cup World Group play-
two weeks back when he won ed home after eight months, offs in Kolkata and Ramku-
the doubles event at the Pune told TOI here after his train- mar says that India have a

Pak captain and deputy Competition and the level of Challenger. “It’s not only
about the feeling of playing in
an ATP 250 final but the kind
golf in PGTI is getting better of lessons you learn from the
ing session late on Wednes-
day.
In a bid to achieve his goal,
strong chance since the
match will be played on grass.
“The Kolkata grass court
Ramkumar says remaining could give us an edge consid-

ruled out of last pool tie

experienced campaigners. fit will be crucial. In fact, this ering Italians don’t play well
Chiragh Kumar coming out and emerging on One day, I was sending down is the first time that the Chen- on grass. But then players like
top, not only in India but on the about 100 serves when Lean- nai lad has chalked out an ex- Fabio Fognini are extremely

B
engaluru, a city emerging international stage as well is der Paes came up to me and tensive fitness regime and is talented and we can’t afford to
Manuja.Veerappa as a major golfing hub in the PGTI providing a fantastic taught me how to use the wind training under former India take them lightly,” Ramku-
@timesgroup.com the last few years, is host- platform for players to play and to my advantage in Newport. cricket team trainer Ramji mar said.
India skipper Manpreet skips ing the second edition of the compete on. A lot of players,
Bhubaneswar: In a double Bengaluru Open and I for one myself included, have played a
blow to the Pakistan team at practice with sore throat have really been looking for- number of years on the PGTI
the World Cup here, their
India captain Manpreet Singh missed the practice session on
ward to this tournament. before heading out to higher Introducing
Technoloascally Advanced New Chip Cards
captain and vice-captain The Impeccable KGA Golf tours such as the Asian Tour.
Thursday due to a sore throat. But coach Harender Singh
are set to miss the last Pool Course is again living up to its The competition and the
assured that he will be available for the match. PR Sreejesh
match on Sunday. Skipper reputation of being one of the level of golf on the PGTI is get-
was, meanwhile, back in training. “Yes he is completely fine.
Rizwan Muhammad, who best golf courses in the country. ting better year on year. This
His father is also doing well and he has shifted to a general
injured his little finger dur- A golf course where precision year we have already seen a
bed,” said Harender after the team underwent a practice
ing the team’s 1-1 draw off the tee is a must, the KGA is number of new winners and I
session at the pitch two of Kalinga Stadium.
against Malaysia on a true test of a player’s overall would not be surprised if this •
Wednesday, has been ruled game as it demands every de- trend continues. As for me, the
(deliberate, reckless or
careless physical contact
or the decision after the
match. I was sent an email
partment being sharp to post a
good score.
season has not been my best,
the recurrence of a wrist inju-
RuPa
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between players in the much later. We were called We have seen plenty of play- ry that happened last year set
course of play) towards Fai- for a hearing and we have ers emerging from Bengaluru me back a bit in the earlier part
sal Saari in the 40th minute appealed against the deci- and when you have conditions of the year and it has been a bit
of the match against Malay- sion.” as demanding as these it’s of a hindrance for me to get
out for the remainder of the sia. The Pakistan team man- Sardar said, “It is said bound to sharpen up a player’s back to my normal routine. I • •' Card Will •• • • • 1 1 1 '

tournament. agement has appealed
Vice-captain Ammad
Butt was given a one-match
against the suspension and
the same will be heard by
suspension by the FIH for
breach of code of conduct
the FIH appeal jury on Sat-
urday. At the hearing, Butt
did not accept the alleged
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I am not a singer,
but I love to sing
…says Aditi Rao Hydari, who recently
recorded her first song in Tamil
Lakshmi.V@timesgroup.com

e’ve heard her sing at various events

W — a Tamil music reality show, awards

ceremonies and even at AR Rahman’s
London concert. And now, Aditi Rao Hydari
has officially turned playback singer in
Kollywood. The actress recently recorded a
song, which has been composed by GV
Prakash, for Vasanthabalan’s Jail.
“Actually, GV told me that he first sent me a
message on Instagram, but I hadn’t checked it
at all. So later, he contacted me through a com-
mon friend and said he would like me to sing
for one of his films. I said, ‘sure’, but also gave
him a disclaimer — I am not a singer, but if you
feel I can do it, I am happy to do it. So, check it
out for yourself. GV told me that this song
would sound nice in my voice. He had heard me
when I sang in Rahman sir’s concert. He also
told me to send him a couple of audio clips, and
I, like a good girl, sent him a voice note of me si-
nging whatever he sent! So, he heard that and
said we can record whenever I was ready and
he could do it even the next day. But I had a pa-
cked schedule and asked him to wait. If it was
any other person, they would have recorded the
song with someone else, but GV was patient
and waited for me all this while,” Aditi begins.
The song in question is a love song. So, was it
in her comfort zone? “See, I am not a singer, but
I love to sing. There’s a big difference between
singing in tune and in being a singer. GV guid-
ed me very well, and even when I was in front of
the mic, I kept listening to him. I’ve been
brought up around music, but there’s so much
to singing professionally. I always listen to my
dialogues and never sit and practise them.
Since I was shooting all the while, I kept listen-
ing to the tune on a loop. I hope I have managed
to sing it well and people won’t kill me,” she
says with a laugh.
The recording happened in Mumbai a few
days ago. “We finished our session very late in
the night. I actually told him I’d come to
Chennai to record it, but I think he was quite
nervous that I’d run away again,” she chuckles.
Meanwhile, Aditi has been juggling sched-
ules of her films with Dhanush and
Udhayanidhi Stalin. She adds, “I’m almost done
with Dhanush’s film. We’ve had an amazingly
efficient schedule and completed major por-
tions already. For Mysskin’s film Pyscho (with
Udhayanidhi), I’ve just done one schedule. But
I’m looking forward to these two films.”

‘I don’t have the knowledge

or experience to contribute
to the political sphere’ Lokesh Kashyap

I HAVE NEVER
BEEN OFFERED A
ROLE THAT IS REALLY
MODERN AND CLOSE
TO MY ACTUAL
PERSONALITY. I
SHRUTI WOULD LOVE TO NOT
HAASAN JUST PLAY MYSELF,
BUT A GIRL
LIKE ME
– Shruti Haasan
Riya.Sharma@timesgroup.com are comfortable speaking to you, and I am ong his last as an actor. Shruti says that
not always the most social person, so, I had she supports him in whatever he does.
am writing something that is from the to really learn to be connected.” “Whatever he feels like doing will make

I depths of my experience and soul,”

says actor Shruti Haasan — dramati-
cally stressing on the last part of her sen-
tence in her deep, husky voice — talking
about her English music album that is
keeping her occupied. Shruti currently
has many things on her plate — from pro-
ducing her next feature film with mother
Sarika, to preparing for the release of her
next Hindi film directed by Mahesh Man-
jrekar — but her main focus is still her in-
dependent album. She speaks to us about
the things that are keeping her preoccu-
pied, why it is important for her to be a
good producer and why she can’t comment
on joining politics anytime soon.
STILL LOOKING FOR THAT
PERFECT ROLE
“I am looking for something that I haven’t
done, something that breaks perceptions,
and also I have never been offered a role
that is really modern and close to my ac-
tual personality, and I would love that.
She adds, “I’d love to not just play myself,
but a girl like me.” Shruti, who is currently
hosting Hello Sago, a talk show, admits
that working on TV has been challenging
for her. She says, “I did not know that it’d
require so much thinking on your feet and
being spontaneous, but it has helped me
know people much better. It has helped me
understand the different sides of people,
so it has been a really good experience.
When we have conversations with guests
on our show we have to make sure they
Music is something that Shruti wishes
to focus on more. She says, “I am doing
much more music than I have ever done
in the past, I started out as a musician and
people have been asking, ‘When are you
doing music again?’ It has been about 10
years, so it was about time. I am current-
ly working on my independent English al-
bum, and it is very exciting even though
I am trained in Hindustani music, I find
it easier to express in English. I am writ-
ing something that is from the depths of
my experience and soul.”
WILL SHE ALSO JOIN POLITICS
LIKE HER DAD?
Earlier this year, her father Kamal Haasan
announced that his upcoming films — In-
dian 2 and Thevar Magan 2 — will be am-
I DID NOT KNOW THAT
TV WOULD REQUIRE SO
MUCH THINKING ON YOUR
FEET AND BEING SPONTA-
NEOUS. BUT IT HAS
HELPED ME KNOW PEOPLE
MUCH BETTER. IT HAS
HELPED ME UNDERSTAND
THE DIFFERENT SIDES OF
PEOPLE, SO IT HAS BEEN A
REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE
me happy. Of course, you have to give peo-
ple the space and time to do whatever they
choose to in life, and that is really the true
support of a fan, isn’t it?” asks Shruti.
When asked if she is also thinking about
entering the world of politics, Shruti says,
“I don’t have the knowledge or the expe-
rience to contribute to the political sphere
at the moment, so I’d not comment on it.”
ON TURNING A PRODUCER
As she is producing her first feature film,
we ask Shruti the kind of movies that she
wishes to produce. “Movies that I always
wanted to do but never could, and movies
I wanted to see but never did. It is such an
interesting time in the business. I love pick-
ing up subjects where people say, ‘How is
this going to work?’ and trying to find a
way to make it work because every story
needs to be told,” she tells us. Shruti adds
that though she has no prior experience
in production,her acting career has taught
her one thing — to pay her actors and
those who work with her well. “I am work-
ing with my mother on our production
house, and she has had more experience,
there are also people who have been in
the business for a long time and are now
working with us as consultants. My ex-
perience has been limited to what I have
seen and learnt as an actor, which is a lot.
Because a lot of producers did not pay me
I make sure that I pay those who work for
me. I am going to be a good producer who
pays my people first.”
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of stardom’ SARA ALI KHAN tweeting

WE STARTED THE HANDLE
@VIJAYFANSTRENDS, DEDICATED TO
SHARING NEWS ABOUT VIJAY SIR AND HIS
FILMS. TODAY, WITH 120K-PLUS FOLLOWERS,

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he’s taking her first step onto the sil-

ver screen this Friday. She sparked
conversations with the media just a
few weeks ago, and yet, when Sara Ali
unstoppable. She’s been romancing the cam-
eras (read paps) for a while now, and she’s
one of their hot faves, but she honestly
admits that, “People have been more gra-
cious and loving with me than I deserve. I
hope it is not short-lived.” With her debut
Kedarnath trailer launch), you thanked the
press for being warm and accepting. Until
the film promotions started, your media
interactions were mostly about posing for
the paps. But now, once you are out there on
to trend IT IS ONE OF THE MORE INFLUENTIAL FAN
ACCOUNTS OF THALAPATHY
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dom or experience, it’s hard to
believe. At 25, Amrita Singh
and Saif Ali Khan’s gor-
geous daughter, Sara,
charms you with her
candour and confi-
dence. Chatting with
her is a smooth
drive, no speed-
breaks or jerky
halts. She is suave,
sassy and seems sort-
ed. Ask her about any-
thing — from her mod-
ern family, liberal
upbringing to Indian histo-
ry and movies — she’s on a roll,
hitting the screens, followed by
Rohit Shetty’s Simmba in a
Every few weeks, the actress says
single day spent that this is what she
on set, makes me dreamt of all her life.
want this dream more
Well, it appears that if
the only way to get
than ever before. there is to climb a
Honestly, I don’t have mountain, Sara
undoubtedly will.
experience, wisdom, or Excerpts from a conver-
the craft. Right now, sation with this debu-
tante, whose energy is
what I have is gut uncontainable. Read on…
and heart In your first official interac-
tion with the media (at the
an actress, and judged on various other
parameters. In the creative field, it’s neces-
sary to be open to criticism. How ready are
you for that?
In the profession that I have chosen, I can’t
ask for half of your cup of tea and half of WHAT IS PLASTIC? WHY IS THE
mine. It will leave a bad taste. I have to be
willing to accept the whole package that TN GOVERNMENT BANNING IT?
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with the way you gave me a hug now, there
#PLASTICGOTTAGO
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The flip side to all this is the scrutiny that
will follow. That’s okay, as I signed up to be
SOME MORE OF ALL THINGS
a public figure. PLASTIC
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Cast: Sarath Kumar, Nayanthara,
Napoleon, Vadivelu, Prakash Raj,
Rohini, Lakshmi, Malavika
Drama: A family drama set against
Tenkasi, which involves the confusion
between two families.
saturday, dec 8
Siruthai, Vijay TV, 4.00pm
Cast: Karthim Tamannaah,
Santhanam, Manobala, Bhumika
Chawla, Rajiv Kanakala, Mayilsamy,
Santhana Bharathi
Action: Rocket Raja is a smalltime thief
in Chennai. One day, a girl comes to him
claiming that he is her father. Later, it is
revealed that there is a look-alike of
Raja, Ratnavel Pandian, a dedicated
police officer, who was chased by some
goons. How the look-alike take care of
baddies forms the rest of the story.
Rating ★★★
sunday, dec 9
Bhaagamathie, Zee Tamil,
9.00am
Cast: Anushka, Jayaram, Unni
Mukundan, Murali Sharma, Prabhas
Seenu, Asha Sharath
Thriller: To dig up some dirt on a
minister who is Mr Clean, a CBI offi-
cer goes after his imprisoned personal
secretary. They transfer her to a dilap-
idated palace, which is believed to be
haunted by the ghost of a cruel queen,
and things take an eerie turn.
Rating ★★★
Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Star Gold HD,
9.05am
Cast: Salman Khan, Harshaali Malhotra,
Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui,
Om Puri, Deepti Naval
Drama: Devout Bajrangi meets a speech-
impaired child in India, separated from
her family — in Pakistan. Can Bajrangi
ensure she gets home safely — and he
does too?
Rating ★★★★
Fukrey Returns, &pictures,
1.51pm
Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma,
Manjot Singh, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadha,
Priya Anand, Vishakha Singh
Comedy: Just as Hunny (Pulkit Samrat),
Choocha (Varun Sharma), Lali (Manjot
Singh) and Zafar (Ali Fazal) are reaping
the fruits of their misadventures from
one year back; they are pulled up by the
dreaded don, Bholil. She is back from
prison early and wants to continue from
where they left off.
Rating ★★★½
Main Tera Hero, Zee Cinema HD,
8.00pm
Cast: Varun Dhawan, Ileana D’ Cruz,
Nargis Fakhri, Saurabh Shukla,
Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav, Arunoday
Singh
Comedy: Seenu loves Sunaina, but
they’re chased by a stalking cop, an infat-
uated beauty and her mafia don dad —
can Seenu’s heroics work?
Rating ★★★
2.0 (U/A) (3D) ★★★
58888 Code: two
Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy
Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey
An ornithologist who commits suicide
returns as fifth force to wreak
vengeance on mankind for harming
birds with mobile phone radiation.
The only thing that is standing in his
way is 2.0, the upgraded version of
Chitti, the robot.
Rohini 10.00 & 11.45am, 1.00, 3.15,
4.00, 6.45, 7.15, 10.15 & 10.45pm;
Escape 11.50am, 12.00, 12.30,
3.15, 3.30, 3.55, 6.40, 7.00, 7.30,
10.15, 10.35 & 10.50pm; Palazzo
12.00, 12.10, 12.25, 12.30, 12.45,
3.30, 3.35, 3.45, 3.50, 4.05, 6.50,
7.00, 7.05, 7.15, 7.25, 10.10, 10.25,
10.30, 10.35 & 10.45pm; Sathyam
11.40 & 11.45am, 12.00, 3.15, 3.20,
3.30, 6.45, 7.00, 7.00, 10.15, 10.30
& 10.40pm; PVR VR 11.40am,
12.30, 12.50, 3.00, 3.50, 4.10, 6.20,
7.10, 7.30, 9.40, 10.30 & 10.50pm;
Abirami 1.00, 4.15, 7.15, 7.20, 7.30,
10.30 & 10.45pm; AGS Navlur
12.10, 12.25, 3.25, 3.40, 6.40, 6.55,
7.10, 10.00 & 10.15pm; AGS T
Nagar 11.30am, 12.20, 12.40, 3.00,
3.40, 4.00, 6.30, 7.10, 7.25, 10.00 &
10.45pm; AGS Villivakkam 12.00,
12.15, 12.45, 3.20, 3.45, 4.00, 6.40,
7.00, 7.15, 10.00, 10.20 & 10.45pm;
AGS Maduravoyal 12.00, 12.15,
12.30, 3.25, 3.40, 3.55, 6.50, 7.05,
7.20, 10.15, 10.30 & 10.45pm; INOX
National 9.30am, 12.00, 12.20,
3.25, 3.45, 6.20, 6.50, 7.10, 9.50,
10.15 & 10.35pm; Sri Ganga
11.45am, 3.05, 6.45 & 10.15pm; GK
12.15, 3.15, 3.30, 6.45, 7.01 &
10.30pm; INOX Chennai Citi Centre
9.40am, 12.15, 12.30, 3.35, 3.50,
6.55, 7.10, 10.15 & 10.30pm; Luxe
12.05, 12.20, 12.35, 1.35, 3.15,
3.30, 3.45, 6.30, 6.45, 7.00, 7.15,
7.45, 9.45, 10.00, 10.15, 10.35 &
11.00pm; Jothi 11.30am, 2.30, 6.30
& 10.00pm; Janatha 11.30am, 2.30,
6.30 & 9.30pm; Kumaran 11.30am,
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7.00, 10.00 & 10.30pm; MSM
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10.00pm; Mayajaal 8.30, 9.00,
10.00, 10.20, 10.35, 11.00, 11.30,
11.40 & 11.55am, 1.00, 1.35, 2.00,
2.30, 2.55, 4.00, 4.20, 4.35, 5.00,
5.30, 5.50, 7.00, 7.20, 7.35, 8.00,
8.30, 8.45, 10.00, 10.20, 10.35,
11.00, 11.30, 11.35 & 11.40pm; PVR
Ampa 11.20am, 12.00, 2.40, 3.20,
4.00, 6.00, 6.40, 9.20, 10.00 &
10.40pm; PVR SKLS Galaxy Mall
11.35am, 12.20, 2.55, 3.40, 6.15,
7.00, 9.35 & 10.20pm; PVR Grand
Galada 8.40 & 11.20am, 12.00, 2.40,
3.20, 6.00, 6.40, 9.20 & 10.00pm;
PVR Grand Mall 11.20am, 12.00,
2.40, 3.20, 6.00, 6.40, 9.20 &
10.00pm; Parimalam 11.45am,
3.00, 6.30 & 9.45pm; Shree Radha
11.30am, 2.45, 6.30 & 10.00pm; SB
11.30am, 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00pm; S2
Perambur 12.10, 12.20, 12.30, 3.25,
3.35, 3.45, 6.40, 6.50, 7.00, 10.05,
10.15 & 10.25pm; Sivasakthi
11.30am, 2.45, 6.30 & 9.45pm; Sri
Venkateshwara 11.30am, 2.30,
6.30 & 9.45pm; Vigneshwara
11.30am, 2.45, 6.30 & 10.00pm; S2
Theyagaraja 12.10, 12.30, 3.40,
4.00, 7.00, 7.30, 10.30 & 10.50pm;
Woodlands 11.45am, 3.00, 6.30 &
10.00pm; PVR PXL VR 12.20, 3.40,
7.00 & 10.20pm; Sangam 12.20,
12.25, 3.45, 7.15, 7.20 & 10.40pm;
Devi 12.00, 12.45, 3.15, 4.00, 6.45,
7.15, 10.00 & 10.30pm; Ega 12.15,
7.15 & 10.50pm; Kasi 11.30am,
3.00, 6.30 & 10.00pm; Udhayam
11.30am, 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00pm;
Rakki 11.30am, 3.00, 6.30, 7.00 &
10.15pm; Murugan 11.40am, 3.05,
6.40 & 10.30pm; IDREAMS
11.30am, 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00pm;
Meenakshi 11.30am, 3.00, 6.30 &
10.00pm; Vettri 11.30am, 3.00,
6.30, 6.40, 10.00 & 10.10pm;
Varadharaja 12.00, 3.15, 6.45 &
10.10pm; Vidya 11.30am, 2.45, 6.30
& 9.45pm; Vela 11.30am, 2.30, 6.30
& 9.30pm; Ganesh 11.30am, 2.45,
6.30 & 9.45pm; Gokulam 11.30am,
2.45, 6.30 & 9.45pm; Gopikrishna
11.45am, 3.30, 7.15 & 10.30pm;
Bharath 11.30am, 3.00, 6.30 &
10.00pm; Lathaa 11.00am, 2.15,
6.00 & 9.15pm; Rakki 11.30am,
3.00, 6.30 & 10.00pm; Velco
11.15am, 2.30, 6.30 & 9.50pm; Arul
Muruga 11.30am, 2.30, 6.30 &
9.30pm; Sri Kumari 11.00am, 2.30,
6.30 & 9.45pm
2.0 (U/A) (2D) ★★★
58888 Code: two
Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy
Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey
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10.00pm; Sri Brinda 11.30am, 2.45,
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58888 Code: kaa
Jyotika, Vidaarth, Lakshmi
Manchu
Vijayalakshmi, a homemaker, is con-
tent in the small world of hers. But
she has a dream — to carve an ide-
ntity for herself — and she gets a
chance to realise it when she lands a
job as an RJ for a night show.
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10.05pm; PVR VR 1.30pm; INOX
Chennai Citi Centre 3.20pm;
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12.30pm; PVR SKLS Galaxy Mall
1.15pm; Kamala 12.45pm
MORTAL ENGINES (U/A) (DUBBED
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58888 Code: mor
CINEMA
Hera Hilmer, Hugo Weaving,
Stephen Lang, Robert Sheehan
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& 10.35pm; Sri Ganga 12.00, 3.20,
7.00 & 10.20pm; Kasi Talkies 3.15
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RATSASAN (U/A) ★★★½
58888 Code: rat
Vishnu Vishal, Amala Paul,
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A serial killer is murdering school
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down.
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SARKAR (U/A) ★★★
58888 Code: sar
Vijay, Keerthy Suresh, Varalaxmi
Sarathkumar, Radha Ravi, Pazha
Karuppaiah, Yogi Babu
An NRI picks up a fight against a
politician after his right to vote gets
denied.
Kamala 7.15pm; PVR VR 3.45pm;
Albert 11.30am; PVR Ampa
1.00pm; PVR Grand Mall 6.15pm;
PVR Grand Galada 1.00pm; PVR
SKLS Galaxy Mall 7.15pm;
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3.00pm; Sathyam 3.15pm; PVR VR
3.45pm; Abirami 1.00pm; Mayajaal
10.25pm
SEEMATHURAI (U)
58888 Code: see
Geethan Britto, Varsha Bollamma
Rohini 10.00am; AGS Villivakkam
1.00pm; AGS Maduravoyal 1.00pm;
Luxe 4.00pm; Mayajaal 2.00pm;
Meera 10.30am, 2.30, 6.30 &
9.30pm; PVR Grand Galada
1.15pm; Rakki 11.30am; AGS
Villivakkam 1.00pm; AGS
Maduravoyal 1.00pm; Lathaa
2.15pm
THIMIRU PUDICHAVAN (U/A)
★★½
58888 Code: thi
Vijay Antony, Nivetha Pethuraj,
Sai Deena, Lakshmy
Ramakrishnan
A cop tries to bring a lot of positive
changes in a city which is polluted
by a goon’s actions.
Malliga 11.15am, 2.15 & 6.15pm
HINDI
2.0 (U/A) (3D) ★★★
58888 Code: two
Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy
Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey
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12.35, 3.55, 7.15 & 10.35pm;
Mayajaal 11.35am, 1.20, 2.35,
5.35, 8.35 & 11.35pm; PVR Ampa
12.40 & 7.20pm; Sangam
10.40pm; Ega 3.45 & 10.50pm
2.0 (U/A) (2D) ★★★
58888 Code: two
Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy
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ANDHADHUN (U/A) ★★★½
58888 Code: and
Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika
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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (U/A)
★★★★
58888 Code: boh
Lucy Boynton, Rami Malek, Mike
Myers, Aidan Gillen, Joseph
Mazzello
A biographical musical about the
British rock band Queen and its
frontman, Freddie Mercury.
Escape 12.30pm; Sathyam
6.45pm
CREED 2 (U/A) ★★★½
58888 Code: cre
tessa Thompson, Michael B
Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph
Lundgren
Adonis Creed faces his biggest test
when he takes on Viktor Drago, the
son of Ivan Drago.
Escape 6.40pm; Palazzo 12.25pm;
Sathyam 12.20pm; PVR VR
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FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES
OF GRINDELWALD (U/A) ★★★½
58888 Code: fan
Johnny Depp, Jude Law
Newt Scamander is approached by
former mentor Dumbledore to take
on the wizard, Grindelwald.
Luxe 1.30pm
MORTAL ENGINES (U/A) (IMAX)
58888 Code: mor
Hera Hilmer, Hugo Weaving,
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Palazzo 9.00 & 11.45am, 2.30,
5.20, 8.10 & 11.00pm; Luxe 1.35,
4.40, 7.45 & 11.00pm
MORTAL ENGINES (U/A)
58888 Code: mor
Hera Hilmer, Hugo Weaving,
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Rohini 4.01pm; Escape 4.20 &
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& 9.45pm; PVR VR 1.00pm; AGS
Navlur 4.20pm; AGS T Nagar
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RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET:
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★★★★
58888 Code: ral
John C Reilly, Mandy Moore,
Kristen Bell
Vanellope and Ralph are forced to
step out of their arcade lives into the
vast, and the often perilous world-
wide web.
Escape 4.05pm; Luxe 4.45pm
THE POSSESSION OF HANNAH
GRACE (A)
58888 Code: the
Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Stana
Rohini 1.00, 7.01 & 10.00pm;
Escape 2.00 & 7.15pm; Palazzo
1.30, 4.55 & 7.20pm; Sathyam
4.30 & 9.50pm; PVR VR 1.30 &
8.00pm; AGS Navlur 10.45pm;
AGS T Nagar 10.15pm; AGS
Villivakkam 10.30pm; AGS
Maduravoyal 10.00pm; INOX
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4.50 & 10.20pm; Devi 4.15 &
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TELUGU
2.0 (U/A) (3D) ★★★
58888 Code: two
Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy
Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey
Rohini 1.00, 4.00, 7.00 & 10.00pm;
Mayajaal 8.45 & 11.45am, 2.40,
2.45, 5.40, 5.41, 8.35, 8.40 &
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KAVACHAM (U/A)
58888 Code: kav
Srinivas Bellamkonda, Kajal
Aggarwal, Mehreen Pirzada
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PVR VR 10.15pm; AGS Navlur
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AGS Villivakkam 12.35pm; AGS
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Grand Mall 10.30pm; S2
Perambur 7.15pm; Ega 7.20pm
TAXIWAALA (U/A) ★★★
58888 Code: tax
Vijay Devarakonda, Priyanka
Jawalkar, Malavika Nair, Ravi
Prakash, Uttej
Escape 12.55pm; Palazzo 6.40pm
MALAYALAM
JOSEPH (U/A) ★★★★
58888 Code: jos
Joju George, Dileesh Pothan
Rohini 4.00 & 7.00pm
ORU KUPRASIDHA PAYYAN (U/A)
★★★★
58888 Code: oru
Tovino Thomas, Nimisha Sajayan,
Luxe 10.40pm; Mayajaal 2.25 &
8.05pm
KANNADA
ORANGE (U/A)
58888 Code: ora
Ganesh, Priya Anand, Sadhu
Kokila
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#PLASTICGOTTAGO CHENNAI TIMES
3

P
LET’S TALK PLASTIC
lastic — that material that we see so often and every-
where, that we do not stop to think about what it
is, where it comes from or where it goes once
we’ve used it. Plastic is widely used in the packag-
ing of food, personal care, and household prod-
ucts. It is used in construction, electrical and
electronics, automobiles, textiles, medical,
furniture, among countless other products.
POLYPROPYLENE 23%
TYPES OF PLASTIC
There are five standard types of plas-
tics that account for 85% of all plastics
by weight. These five plastics with
shares in global demand are: polyeth-
ylene (32%), polypropylene (23%),
polyvinyl chloride or PVC (16%), poly-
styrene (7%), polyethylene terephtha-
late or PET (7%).
POLYETHYLENE
(HDPE + LDPE)
THUMBS UP FOR
THE BAN
POLYVINYL
CHLORIDE
(PVC) 16%
POLYSTYRENE
(FOAM/THERMOCOL) 7%
POLYETHYLENE
TEREPHTHALATE
(PET) 7% WHERE DO PLASTICS create fissures and cracks in deep aquifers, making the water poisonous
rocks through which oil and gas can and even explosive. The production of
COME FROM? flow freely. Once extracted, oil is plastics requires the use of plasticis-
Plastics are almost entirely made from
processed by a range of methods, ers, flame retardants, antioxidants,
chemicals sourced from crude oil, gas,
32% OTHERS
32%
and coal. These are all fossil fuels that
have formed over millions of years
including by distillation, polymerisa-
tion, and purification.
Extraction and processing of plastic
acid scavengers, light and heat sta-
bilisers, lubricants, pigments, antistat-
ic agents, slip compounds and thermal
from organic matter, having trapped
carbon. They are extracted from the
feedstock — oil, gas and coal — pro-
duce massive amounts of greenhouse
stabilisers. Many of these chemicals
can migrate from the plastic to other
earth by drilling and recovery. One
gases into the atmosphere, adding to materials that they are in contact with,
such process is fracking or hydraulic
climate change. Certain processes of such as food, water and air, even at low
fracturing, wherein a mixture of
extraction, such as fracking, are or ambient temperatures, and are
water, sand and other thickening
known to cause methane migration to known to interfere with the hormones
agents are injected into the earth to
water wells and underground of humans, animals and fish.

TAMIL NADU IS ON THE RIGHT WHAT HAPPENS TO PLASTIC life — from extraction to processing
to disposal. After use, plastic ends up
TRACK! BY BANNING SINGLE- AFTER WE HAVE USED THEM? in landfills or in the oceans.
Plastics are not biodegradable —
Common plastics emit greenhouse
USE PLASTICS, TAMIL NADU IS they only break into little pieces but
gases as they degrade in the environ-
never decompose in the natural envi-
ment, further accelerating global
DEMONSTRATING THE ronment. As a result we have mil-
warming. A large part of plastic
lions of tonnes of plastic overflow-
CRITICAL LEADERSHIP AND ing in landfills and spilling into
waste is typically burned, emitting
carbon monoxide and carbon diox-
waterways and oceans. So how do we
POLITICAL WILL REQUIRED prevent this pollution and loss of
ide, acid gases and unintentional
persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
FROM LOCAL AND STATE resources? One solution that is put
forward is recycling, which is any
such as dioxins. A direct conse-
quence of climate change is extreme
GOVERNMENTS TO EXTRICATE OUR SOCIETIES AWAY recovery operation by which waste
weather events, such as storms,
materials are re-processed into prod-
FROM THE PLASTIC POLLUTION CRISIS. OUR ucts, materials or substances
floods, droughts and sea-level rise.
As a coastal city, Chennai is suscep-
whether for the original or other
ADDICTION TO PROBLEMATIC, SINGLE-USE AND purposes. It includes the re-process-
tible to — and is already experienc-
ing — these extreme and intense cli-
DISPOSABLE PLASTICS MUST END. WE HOPE OTHER ing of organic material.
However, it does not include ener-
mate impacts.
In reality, of the estimated 8.3 bil-
STATES IN INDIA, AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN ASIA FOR gy recovery and the re-processing
lion tonnes of plastic produced since
into materials that are to be used as
the 1950s, only 9% has been recycled
THAT MATTER, WILL FOLLOW TAMIL NADU’S LEAD fuels or for backfilling operations.
and another 12% incinerated.
— Von Hernandez, Global Coordinator Thermal treatments, such as incin-
Multiple labels such as bio-based,
of the Break Free from Plastic movement eration, pyrolysis, gasification, and
bio-plastics, biodegradable, com-
refuse-derived fuel (RDF), do not
postable only confound consumers,
count as recycling. Similarly, this
who then wrongly believe the plastic
excludes cement kilns and road-lay-
THE BLIGHT OF PLASTIC BAGS ing as options.
can be thrown in the garden and left
to degrade. These labels are also
For recycling to work, products
TAKES A DEVASTATING TOLL ON have to be separated into near per-
irrelevant for animals and birds that
mistake these for food. Bio-based
OUR STREETS, OUR WATER AND fect categories. In modern single-
stream recycling systems, contami-
plastics also place pressure on the
use of scarce land and potential
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, AND nation from foil-lined plastic packag-
impacts or monoculture. Using
ing and food-contaminated products
terms such as waste-to-energy and
WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO have downgraded recycled plastic
recycling undermine real efforts to
markets significantly. In addition, re-
PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. AS processing plastic is costly and vir-
reduce plastic production and use.
If we are to make a meaningful
gin plastic is relatively cheap. This is
THE OLD PROVERB GOES: ‘WE why few plastic products are
change, we fundamentally have to
change course, and that means find-
DID NOT INHERIT THE EARTH, WE designed to last and are in fact, pre-
dominantly designed for single use.
ing systematic solutions that elimi-
nate disposable plastic in
ARE MERELY BORROWING IT WHY IS THE PLASTIC favour of reusable and compostable
FROM OUR CHILDREN BAN TIMELY? options. This is why the upcoming
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WE HAVE THE
TWEETS READY

TWITTER TRENDS
AND ONCE THE FIRST
LOOK OR A LINK TO THE
TRAILER IS OUT, WE POST
THE TWEET, AND THE
FANS WHO FOLLOW US

GOING SOUTH!
PICK UP THE HASHTAG
— Krish, administrator,
Ajith fan handle

they are going on the platform. He opines that it is

 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
The top trend of 2018 is Vijay’s
Sarkar. Ever since its announcement,
the film was most-awaited because
Vijay and director AR Murugadoss
were coming together for the third
time after their previous hits,
Thuppakki and Kaththi. And one con-
troversy or the other dogged Sarkar
right from the time its first look was
released, intensifying the buzz around
it. Anbumani Ramadoss had issues
with the first-look poster, which
showed Vijay smoking; then, there was
the plagiarism controversy that made
the film a talking point right until its
release; and post-release, the Tamil
Nadu government ensured that talk
didn’t die down by forcing the film
makers to
cut shots that took potshots at
its freebies scheme and its late leader
Jayalalithaa.
Noufal Babu John, a key member of
Online Thalapathy Fan Club, an
umbrella organisation for online Vijay
fan clubs, reveals that Vijay fans have
been active in the online space even
from the time of Orkut. “Once
Facebook took off, we, fans, migrated
there and by around 2009-10, there were
heated fan wars between Vijay fans
and Ajith fans. They created pages to
troll Thalapathy and we created a few
in return. But in 2014, there was an
effort to group the most active online
Vijay fans who also had knowledge of
social media, without any official sup-
port from our star. We also mobilised
to make any only fans of Tamil, Telugu and
announcement Bollywood stars who are very active on
When we quizzed Twitter whether
regarding the the platform. “For fans here, getting the top 10 trends implied that south
film,” he says, their star or his film to trend on India has more presence on the plat-
but adds that pro- Twitter means a lot, and they make a form compared to north India, the
duction houses do concerted effort to do this,” he says. spokesperson said that while they
not share the con- Lokesh, however, cautions against giv-
tent (say, a first- ing too much importance to Twitter are seeing a rise of active south
look or the trailer) trends. “Twitter trends can be influ- Indian audiences,“that does not take
beforehand. enced, unlike in most countries, where away from the engagement of the
As for Viswasam, topics trend in an organic way. I can get wider population.” “Twitter drives
which is No 2 on the a hashtag to trend by paying influ-
list, with Ajith and encers to tweet it. This is, in turn,
conversations of national and global
Nayanthara starring in picked up by their followers, and in the significance across topics and
the film, fans of both the next couple of hours, your hashtag will regions, including #MeToo, #IPL,
actors kept the conversa- become one of the top trends,” he says. #KeralaFloods, #JusticeForAsifa,
tion around the film going. When we quizzed Twitter if fans have #AsianGames2018 and more. The
Quite a few Thala fans were started gaming its system when it
also unhappy with the choice of comes to trending topics, its spokesper- Golden Tweets from Sunil Chhetri
the director, Siruthai Siva, as he son said, “We see very active fan and Virat Kohli for example, gained
had let them down with Vivegam engagement, but it is not the only con- support across the nation,” the
(Rajinikanth’s teaming up with his sideration. The hashtag volumes are spokesperson said.
Kabali director Pa Ranjith for Kaala measured across all verticals and
(No 6), too, evoked a similar response). industries, not just entertainment.”
The first and second-look posters and Three Tollywood movies rounded
trolled instantly. However, there are
fans the suspense over the release of its the top five this year — Bharat Ane
also doubts over how organic his fan
on the teaser (which is yet to be out) managed Nenu, Aravinda Sametha Veera
following was because all that support
g r o u n d to keep this film a trending topic. Raghava and Rangasthalam. Bharat
Krish, who is one of the administra- Ane Nenu became a talking point due hasn’t translated into a career boost
as well. We
for Kaushal post the show.
started the tors of @ThalaAjith_FC, a fan handle to two reasons — one, it was Mahesh
The #MeToo movement finally creat-
h a n d l e with 340K followers (one of the largest Babu’s comeback film after a couple of
ed an impact in India after actress
@VijayFansTrends, for any star in India), says that there flops, so his fans were naturally excit-
Tanushree Dutta spoke out against
which was entirely dedi- are three to four key fan handles of the ed. Secondly, the film, which has the
actor Nana Patekar. Soon, the issue
cated to sharing news about star which ensure that his film trends superstar playing a chief minister,
caught on like wildfire with women
Vijay sir and his films. Today, with when an event like a first-look or a won the admiration of Telengana’s IT
from various professions taking to
120K-plus followers, it is one of the trailer launch happens. “There are 20- Minister, KT Rama Rao, who even held
Twitter to recount their #MeToo
more influential fan accounts of 30 of us who discuss amongst our- an interactive session with Mahesh
selves on the hashtag that we and the film’s director Koratala Siva. episodes. And down south, singer
Thalapathy,” he shares.
should use. We have the While NTR Jr’s fan base ensured Chinmayi became the face of the
With respect to
tweets ready and once the that there was talk around his film movement after she levelled allega-
Sarkar, Noufal
first look or a link to Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava, tions against National Award-winning
reveals that the IT
wing of the pro-
TWITTER TRENDS the trailer is out, we even though it wasn’t as huge a hit as lyricist Vairamuthu and became a
duction house, CAN BE INFLUENCED, post the tweet, and his previous films, Rangasthalam voice for other women who had faced
sexual harassment at their workplace.
the fans who fol- became a trend because its star Ram
too, collabo-
rated with
UNLIKE IN MOST low us pick up the Charan was returning to the big screen After a two-year ban, Chennai Super
fan handles COUNTRIES, WHERE hashtag,” he after a gap of almost one-and-a-half Kings returned to the IPL in 2018, and
naturally, the team’s fans and support-
says. years, and also because it turned to be
to keep the
buzz going.
TOPICS TREND IN AN Lokesh Jey, a a well-loved blockbuster. ers of rival teams had a lot to talk
“Fans know ORGANIC WAY. I CAN GET digital market- While seven of the top 10 trends about. The team repaid the faith its
fans had in them by winning the tro-
what works A HASHTAG TO TREND ing consultant in
Chennai, says
were that of movies, the TV show, Bigg
Boss Telugu: Season 2 was also much phy, increasing the buzz even further.
the most, so
they would BY PAYING INFLUENCERS that with respect talked about. The reason: the title win- The conversations around CSK also
ensured that IPL 2018 figured in the top
discuss the TO TWEET IT to Vijay and Ajith,
and their films, the
ner Kaushal Munda, who had an
‘army’ of fans on Twitter, who could trends of the year.
hashtags that
— Lokesh Jey, digital rivalry between fans not stop talking about him; in fact,
might work and marketing consultant
ensures that there is such was the craze that anyone who (With inputs from
would alert us if
constant talk about them was critical of the reality star was Suhas.Yellapantula@timesgroup.com)

GARFIELD BIRTHDAY TODAY hearted desire may leave

ARCHIE
ARIES March 20 - April 18A good
chat can lift your spirits. Commu-
PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz NANCY By Guy and Brad Gilchrist nication is the heart of any rela-
tionship. Keeping secrets may not
be the best choice. A flexible atti-
tude is best. You are lost in your
own world.
TAURUS April 19 - May 19 This
is a great day to get going on an
artistic project of some kind that
has been at the back of your mind
for some time.Explore your options
to the fullest.You will have a lot of
fun adventures.This is a good time
to get your finances in order.
MARVIN GEMINI May 20 - June 20 You
SCRAMBLE should be feeling especially strong,
Solve the four anagrams and move one letter to each square to form four ordinary words healthy, and charismatic, and are
likely to receive some invitations
HOW TO PLAY to some exciting parties.Emotion-
KWAEO Now arrange the letters marked with an ally, you ebb and flow and that
asterisk (*) to form the answer to the riddle
ARITT or to fill in the missing words as indicated makes you temperamental, emo-
tionally capricious, and unpre-
EEGLNT dictable. You may have to visit
Good habits result from resisting someone who lives far away.
____ - Ancient proverb (10) CANCER June 21 - July 21 Your
ELMOMP
ability to deal with your life situa-
tion is high and you will tackle any
MINDBENDER projects that you have been un-
THE DAILY CROSSWORD able to motivate yourself to start
During a lucky night out at between the sums of money amounts of cash won by Joan recently.Trust your inner voice more
the casino, Joan, Margaret won by Joan and Margaret is and Kathleen. If Margaret than you ever have before,and pay
and Kathleen won £774 twice as much as the made £213, how much
between them. The difference difference between the money did Joan win?
H E A LT H C A P S U L E
LOOP THE LOOP
Y ou need to be more
methodical towards your
work. Avoid cutting corners.
you feeling tired and
drained.You need to turn
Tip: Your lucky colours are your attention to your
violet, mauve and dove-grey.
Your lucky gems are own needs or you will
amethyst, diamond, moon- feel depressed.
stone and pearl. SAGITTARIUS Novem-
You share your birthday with:
Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer ber 21-December 20
Carpenter Pull out your leadership
robes and put them on
attention to your dreams. Look on proudly. Be careful, that
it as a great learning opportunity. your head doesn’t get so big that
LEO July 22 - August 21 Don’t it ends up breaking your neck.Don’t
miss opportunity to pursue your forget the other people in your life.
dreams in every sense of the word. Some actions might affect you and
There may be a powerful trans- your relationship with colleagues.
formation that takes place within CAPRICORN December 21 -
you as you start to wield your pow- January 19You could induce some
er instead of giving it away blind- pretty deep thinking,leading to de-
ly to the people around you. You cisions that could actually alter the
have a great deal of power at your course of your life in some way.
disposal today. Engage in activities that exercise
VIRGO August 22 - September your mind and body. There is an
21 You are restless today, you find aggressive tone to things that will
it hard to settle down and stay in not be easily ignored.
one place for long. A victory of so- AQUARIUS January 20 - Febru-
me kind has come your way,which ary 18 This is not a good day to
contributes to your uplifted mood. sit around.Your mood today should
Life eases up on you as you are be optimistic and positive,and you
back on your path of tranquillity. could be full of utopian schemes
LIBRA September 22 - October for the future. You will be able to
22 Visualising what you want to see the solution to your dilemma.
achieve helps turn it into reality. PISCES February 19 - March 19
Don’t hesitate to make independ- You know you want to be in a phys-
ent decisions. Be willing to exper- ically and emotionally healthy liv-
iment on this day. True intimacy ing situation. You are more gre-
comes from a sense of acceptance garious than usual and both old
and open exchange of feelings. and new friends could seek out
SCORPIO October 23 - November your company.You are likely to have
20 Let your brain slow down and a dispute over who is holding the
allow yourself to think clearly with- reins. Be prepared for fight with
out any distractions. Your good- people.
FACT OF THE MATTER
During his time as a Congressman
and later as U.S. President,
John F Kennedy
donated all of his salary to charity

SPELLATHON
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How many words of four or more
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today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter
S R may be used once only. Each word must con-

R
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tain the central letter. There should be at least
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Rules SOLUTIONS TO GAMES

■ Connect adjacent
dots with TIMES SU-DOKU LOOP THE LOOP
vertical or horizontal
lines, creating a single
loop (Fig A).
■ Crossover’s or (Fig A) Not allowed (Fig B)
branches are not allowed (As shown by the dotted lines in Fig B).
■ Numbers in the puzzle indicate the number of lines that should sur-
round it, while empty cells may be surrounded by any number of
lines.
■ You can’t draw lines around
zeroes.
■ Each puzzle has just one unique solution.
How to begin: Example (Fig A) - Begin with the zero next to 3. Since
no lines can be drawn around zero, mark crosses around it, as shown.
Level: Medium Now there is a cross in one space around 3. So we know the three
lines of 3 can only be drawn in the remaining three spaces. Next,
HOW TO PLAY these lines can only be
Fill in the grid so that every horizontal row, every vertical extended in one direction each. Continue,
column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9, without using the same logic. SCRAMBLE: from resisting temptation - stir, STIRRER, tier, tire
repeating the numbers in the same row, column or box.You Hints: Keep eliminating possibilities by marking crosses in spaces Words: Awoke, trait, gen- Ancient proverb WHATZIT:
can’t change the digits already given in the grid. Every puzzle between dots where a line isn’t possible, i.e., if you have already tle, pommel SPELLATHON: Horseplay
has one solution. completed required lines or where a line extension may create a Answer: Good habits result rise, riser, rite, sire, site, MINDBENDER: £303.
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ART
WHAT’S HOT l CHENNAI TIMES
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Through the needle’s eye, a peek into this ancient art

rtist Anita Fedver from Croatia is displaying one of the ancient art

A forms, Gobelin, existing back in the 16th century that she says is on
the verge of becoming one of the dying arts. “I want to show Gobelin
art because I know this for sure, Gobelin is not going to be existing 20 years
from now. This is an ancient form of tapestry, something like embroidery
that is carefully created by sewing thread on canvas using a fine needle.
When looked at from a distance, this form of Gobelin is barely distinguish-
able from an oil painting. This could be the reason why a great number of
Gobelins are replicas of well-known masterpieces. The finer details are cre-
ated using ‘petit point’ which is a very intricate form of Gobelin work,” says
Anita. Titled ‘Through The Needles Eye’ Anita adds that this art work was
passed on to her from her grandmother to her mother and then to her.
“Today, there is hardly anyone who continues to practise or pass on this to
the next generation,” she says.
— Purnima.Sah@timesgroup.com
Through The Needles
Eye, A Collection Of
Fine Gobelin Work By
Anita Fedver, @Focus Art
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The Beginning Of The Journey, Park Hyatt, 39, Velachery Main and
Vardhana.
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show on various forms and expressions of Ganesha.
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Mehfil E Kathak, Kalakshetra Foundation, Kalakshetra
Road, Radhakrishnan Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, from
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workshop by Pt Birju Maharaj and Vidhushi Saswati Sen.
Folk Art In The Classroom, DakshinaChitra, SH 49,
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Lunch With Sharan, CurioPlay, 3, Ananda Road,
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based food can reverse lifestyle illness.
Project Embrace, Cowrks OMR, RMZ Millenia Business
Design Your Own Calendar 2019, Kartwheel, 21, I
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Workshop for children in the age group of 5 to 12 years.
Caricature Workshops, CurioPlay, 3, Ananda Road,
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cartoon caricatures from Sri Priyatham.
Alwarpet Street Fest, CPR Road, CP Ramaswamy Road,
Alwarpet, from 11am to 9pm, on Dec 9 and Dec 16; A
Christmas market organised by the retailers that will be filled
with music, decorations, stalls selling food, drink, decora-
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Park, Phase 2, Campus 3A, 11, MGR Main Road, Artist Residency Program, Studio Arnawaz,
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workshop by Pratyay Malakar. Cholamandal Artists Village, Injambakkam,

Spiral Jewellery Workshop, Project Eve, VR Chennai,
Jawaharlal Nehru Salai, Thirumangalam, 3pm onwards,
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phy, and the final works will be exhibited Nagar: Chennai 39, 6th Ave Road, Block Q, Anna Nagar,
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Thiruvanmiyur, from 10.30am to
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EVENTS 24, College Road, Opposite Good Shepherd
School, Subba Road
Nungambakkam, at 7pm, on December 13;
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Cine Club of Alliance Francaise of Madras is

T.NAGAR : South Usman Road , Opp. Bus Terminus. Ph: 4212 6226 1 CHROMPET : GST Road , (Near Shri Balaji Bhavan)
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screening a French movie directed by Sophie Fillières. Ph: 2241 5100 1 ANNA NAGAR : 2nd Avenue , Next to LKS Jewelers Ph: 2621 3312 1 ADYAR : Sardar Patel Road, (Above
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mar, ‘Tholkaappiyam’ echcha iyal. Padupakkam, Triplicane, at 9.30am, on Dec 13; Watch
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City, 142, Velachery Bypass Road, Indira Gandhi
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Safe Place Madras, Backyard, 53/23, 3rd Main
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Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, from 4pm to 6pm, on
Dec 8; Open-mic for anybody who wants to talk, tell sto-
ries, share experiences, sing along to the music, dance,
and act.
Beginners Zentangle Workshop, Sandhya Manne
Studio, A-12,F-2, MGS villa 2nd Avenue,
Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, from
10.30am to 1.30pm, on Dec 8; Learn to create images
and structured patterns. 41111111-

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Alliance Française of Madras, 24, College Road,
Opposite Good Shepherd School, Subba Road
Avenue, Nungambakkam, at 5pm, on Dec 9; Cine
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sport by director Farid Bentoumi.
Impasto Pallete Knife Painting, Karya Space, 78,
132, Dr Radha Krishnan Salai, CIT Colony,
Mylapore, from 10am to 1pm, on Dec 9; Workshop by
Aishwarya Manivannan.
Ullangal Ondragi Thullum Podhile, Russian
Cultural Centre, 74, Kasthuri Ranga Road, at 6pm, 0-
on Dec 9; Nadigar Thilagam Film Appreciation 110
Association is screening song sequences from Sivaji
movies covering various music composers spanning the
period from 1950s to 1990s.
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Fitness, City and Body, Backyard, 53/23, 3rd Main
Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, from 11am to 12pm, on
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city affects your body, and how fitness can be part of life,
followed by games and activities.
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Art Of Inquiry, Backyard, 53/23, 3rd Main Road, r \
Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, from 4pm to 7pm, on Dec 9; A
workshop about questions in which one can explore
what inspires inquiry, understand the different between
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in this workshop that aims to help improve problem-
solving techniques, creative thinking ability, dealing
with ambiguity and building practical solutions.

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Dec 7 ALANGKAR 6.25pm: Hindustani sitar
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TRINITY ARTS FESTIVAL BHAVAN’S CULTURAL 3.30pm: Vocal concert by Dr Subha Dec 12
Ganesan 3.30pm: Vocal concert by Dr Niranjana
OF INDIA FESTIVAL 5pm: Divine Percussion Ensemble by Srinivasan
Apart from centenary celebrations of the Laya Madura, led by Thiruvaarur Sri 5pm: Musical discourse —
Dec 7
legends, Sangitha Kalanidhis DK Pattam- Bhaktavatsalam Kavichakravartiyum Kaviarangam I —
3.30pm: Vocal concert by PV
mal and Balasaraswathi, the following con- 6.30pm: Vocal concert by Malladi Broth- by Dushyanth Sridhar with Anahita and
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certs will be held... ers Apporva Ravindran
5pm: Vocal concert by Geetha Raja
Dec 7 Dec 10 6.30pm: Vocal concert by Dr Krish-
6.30pm: Saxophone concert by Dr Kadri
7pm: Meera — The Lotus Of Prem — Dance 3.30pm: Vocal concert by Vishnudev nakumar and Binny Krishnakumar
Gopalnath
drama by Dr Urmila Sathyanarayanan and Namboothiri Dec 13
Dec 8
the Natya Sankalpaa Ensemble 5pm: Vocal concert by Sankari 3.30pm: Vocal concert by Anahita and
10.30am: Kannadasanai Kaanbom by
Dec 8 Krishnan Apporva Ravindran
Issaikavi Ramanan
2.40pm: Bharatanatyam recital by 6.30pm: Vocal concert by Mambalam 5pm: Vocal concert by Subhashini
3.30pm: Vocal concert by Lavanya Sun-
Jagyaseni Chatterjee Sisters Parthasarathy
dararaman
4.10pm: Kuchipudi recital by Lasya Dec 11 6.30pm: Vocal concert by TV Sankara-
Nithyashree 5pm: Vocal concert by R Suryaprakash
Mavillapalli 3.30pm: Vocal concert by Akshay narayanan
Mahadevan 6.30pm: Vocal concert by Dr Pantula
5.40pm: Bharatanatyam recital by Padmanabhan
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Aniruddha Knight 5pm: Vocal concert by Chinmaya @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Dr Shobana
Dec 9
7.10pm: Dance drama by Roja Kannan Sisters Mada Street, Mylapore, Vignesh
10.30am: Heartbeat Ensemble by
Dec 9 6.30pm: Vocal concert by Dr Shobana
Dr S Karthick and Troupe From Dec 7-13
2.40pm: Dance performance by Shreya Iyer Vignesh
4.10pm: Dance performance by Lucrezia Maniscotti
5.40pm: Dance performance by Shirisha Shashank
7.10pm: Natya Samarpanam — 50 years of Bharatakalanjali — Tribute to the
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1.30pm: Dance recital by Aishwarya Ananth Karthik Dec 7 4.30pm: Concert by Isai Peroli
S Saketharaman Gayathri Venkataraghavan Dr KJ Yesudoss
3pm: Dance recital by Sonali Skandan 7pm: Flute concert by Shashank Dec 10 Dec 13
4.30pm: Vocal concert by Anahita and Apporva Ravindran 8pm: Vocal concert by Mambalam 6.45pm: Concert by Isai Peroli
Malladi Brothers — Sreeramprasad and 4.30pm: Concert by Isai Peroli 4.30pm: Concert by Ramakrishnan
6.45pm: Vocal concert by Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi and Sornalatha Sisters — Vijayalakshmi and Chitra S Mahathi Murthy
Dec 11 Dec 8 Ravikumar
Dec 8 6.45pm: Concert by Isai Peroli Sikkil 6.45pm: Concert by Isai Peroli Tamil
12pm: Vocal concert by Nisha Suresh 7pm: Violin concert by Kumaresh C Gurucharan Isai Vendhar Dr Sudha
2.15pm: Chitra veena concert by Bhargavi Balasubramanian and violin con- 8pm: Flute concert by Shantala 4.30pm: Ashtasaram — Musical
discourse by Vishaka Hari Dec 11 Ragunathan
cert by Dr Narmada Subramanyam 4.30pm: Concert by Isai Peroli Nisha
4.30pm: Vocal concert by K Gayathri 8.30pm: Vocal concert by Deepika and 6.45pm: Hindustani concert by
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6.45pm: Vocal concert by Ramakrishna Murthy Nandika 6.45pm: Concert by Isai Peroli Trichur
Dec 12 Dec 9 Dec 9 TTK Road, From Dec 7-13
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12pm: Vocal concert by V Siddhartha 7pm: Veena concert by Jayanthi
2.15pm: Vocal concert by Subashree Ramachandran Kumaresh
4.30pm: Vocal concert by Amritha Murali 8pm: Hindustani vocal concert by MO
6.45pm: Vocal concert by Nithyashree Mahadevan Parthasarathy
Dec 13 LASYA MARGAZHI MAHA UTSAVAM 4.45pm: Vocal concert by Vishnudev
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2.15pm: Flute concert by JB Sruthi Sagar Manapakkam, From Dec 7-9
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4.45pm: Vocal concert by Sriranjini
6.45pm: Kurai Ondrum Illai: Bliss of Content-
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4.30pm: Vocal concert by S Aiswarya
6.45pm: Vocal concert by Isai Perarasar Padmasri Dr Sirkazhi G
UTSAV Santhanagopalan Dec 12
6.30pm: Vocal 6.45pm: Saranagathi: Total Surrender by Priya 4.45pm: Vittalai Viden: Katha Kutcheri by Dr
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KALARASANA yar songs by Girija Dec 8 manian, Savitha Sriram and Saindhavi
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CULTURALS Hariharan
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4.30pm: Vocal concert by Aarthi Sudha Raghunathan Dec 13
Archana @ Janaki Ammal Dec 9 4.45pm: Vocal concert by VK Manimaran
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4pm: Vocal concert by Chaitra Sairam
6.15pm: Concert by Ashok Ramani,
Nagai Muralidharan and NC Bharadwaj
Dec 8
9.15am: ‘Sthalams and Treatises’ — Lec-
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Rajan
9.30am: ‘Sthalams in and
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11am: ‘Pillaithamizh’ by
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Thoda Saaf Bol, Sir Pitty Thya-
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A stand-up comedy by Abhishek Up-
manyu.
High On Laughter, Steam and
Whistles, Grand Chennai by GRT
Hotels, 120, Sir Thyagaraya Road,
Little Theatre’s 24th
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of fresh content from Sriram, Yogi,
Karthi Durai, Abishek Kumar and
Smarabh Sriram.
‘Thiruppugazh’
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Dec 9
9.30am: ‘Ram Charith Manas’ by Sriram
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Veg /non-veg: Both; Credit Card: Accepted
Alcohol: Yes; Timings: 18:00 to 23:45
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Parasuram different world, leaving my troubles right outside
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11am: ‘Chaturdandi Prakashika’ by Sum-
ithra Vasudev hanging from the ceiling, reminding me of quiet
RATING: ■ Food: 4.25
5pm: ‘Ragas in treatises with special ref- temple bells shining their light on the bar, with ■ Service: 4.00 ■ Décor: 4.00
erence to Ragalakshanamu by Sahaji’ by wine racks forming it's backdrop. I climb up the
Dr Hemalatha stairs and… right there, in front of me, the wine
Do you agree? Write your own
6.30pm: ‘Silappathikaram’ by Narthaki racks continue, climbing up, shelf by shelf, right
review and give it a
Natraj to the ceiling of the first floor. But I don’t gaze at
rating at
Dec 10
4pm: Chitra veena concert by Vishal
those bottles for long. I need to look centre- whatshot.in
Sapuram stage, into the bright show kitchen, where chefs (5) Excellent (4) Very good
6.15pm: Concert by Sumithra Vasudev are busy creating their own brand of OTR (3) Good (2) Average (1) Poor
Dec 11 drama.
5pm: Veena concert by Jayalakshmi FOOD ★★★★ ¼ MUST TRY: Open Lasagne, Homemade
Sekhar Taking my seat, I am presented with a flawless Tortellini, Smoked Duck with Barbecue
glass decanter, holding an orange liquid and a Glaze.
@ Arkay Convention Center, OMS bundle of green, grassy herbs that turn out to be
The latest Times Food Guide is different. It
Lakshana, 146, RH Road, Luz, Rosemary and Thyme. Called Spice on Carafe,
Mylapore, Dec 7-11 this one is vodka based. The orange liquid is is classy and comprehensive. Relevant and
orange juice with orange zest. Adding to the crisp. It is all about the best of the best
across India. Available on http://times-
drama, a sugar cube dipped in Cointreau is lit up
in flames and dropped into my glass before the foodguide.whatshot.in, it has reviews of
whole thing is shaken with many other ingredi- the Chennai’s best restaurants and bars,
ents. The end result is a delicious, subtle blend. and introduces you to India’s iconic places,

Savour these delicious and

One bite into the succulent and perfectly cooked complete with success mantras in the F&B
Seared Scallops complete with whole pink pep- industry. You’ll love it.
pers and sting of red Thai chillies jolts me out of
the lull I was enjoying. The dish itself is quite
colourful with pink radish, green microgreens
and arugula. By my second bite, I know what to

healthy home-made beverages

ccording to a study
sugary drinks and lower rat-
something sugary, why not
expect and find the full-bodied, fermented black
bean and chilli sauce quite intriguing.
Truffle, in any form, seems to be the ingredient
of the year, in the fine dining segment. Here, the
Mushroom Soup is scented with truffle oil sup-
&
ported nicely by parmesan foam. I like the tiny
homemade Raviolini, stuffed with a complex
recipe that contains minced mushroom, white
wine, ricotta and mascarpone cheese along with
caramelised shallots. This light soup in a cup
needs a little stir before I sip, and I see why. It
brings all the flavours together.
Before someone whisks that warm, glistening
bread bowl away, I quickly grab my piece of it,
as the fragrance of the garlic soaked in olive oil
that has been squeezed over it is far too tempt-
ing to resist. I eat my first bite plain, then smear
on some chimichurri and enjoy the decadent
softness.
The main course, called On The Plate has a vari-
ety of meats and vegetarian options. I start off
with a jumbo prawn and smear on some blue
cheese sauce on one side and barbecue sauce
on the other. I prefer the blue cheese with this
one, as it has a more individualistic flavour. hazelnut and raspberry coulis that cleanses my
In between, I enjoy the baby carrots, baby corn, palate with its tang in between the sweetness of
broccoli, mashed potato, zucchini and aspara- that glorious chocolate.
gus that are on my plate. Pluses and minuses: On The Rocks, where you
Only the best ingredients will do, I realise as I grill your food according to your liking is THE
take a moist bite of the corn-fed chicken. This thing, as is making your own Hot Pot. The
one has been soaked in beer, thyme, rosemary, newest, third option is to let the chef grill your
hill garlic and red onion. the softness comes meat the way you like it and bring it On The
from the beer. Plate, completing the experience with wine pair-
I end my meal with the sophistication of ing using a wine aerator to open up the red
Chocolate Delicious made entirely of chocolate: wines.

A published in the Jour-

nal Appetite, apart
from being harmful, sugar-
ings of overall well-being.
For the study, all the partic-
ipants, who were obese, were
drink home-made iced tea?
Brew a naturally sweet tea like
apple, cinnamon, mint or berry.
dust included, except for the passionfruit jello,
— AMEETA AGNIHOTRI

sweetened beverages can also
be addictive. The findings of
the study also suggest that peo-
ple between 13 and 18 years of
age, who were deprived of
sugary drinks for just three
days, reported headaches,
cravings and other withdraw-
al symptoms. The study had
about 25 participants normal-
ly consuming at least three
sugar-sweetened beverages a
day before the study. The
youngsters reported the fol-
lowing specific symptoms dur-
ing the three-day period of ces-
sation from sugar drinks —
increased headaches, de-
creased motivation to work,
lack of contentment, inabili-
ty to concentrate, cravings for
asked to consume their nor-
mal beverages for five days,
and once the study began, they
were instructed to consume
only water or plain milk. Ac-
cording to the researchers,
sugary drinks can lead to a
number of chronic diseases.
The researchers claimed that
these drinks may have addic-
tive properties, and their ubiq-
uitous availability and adver-
tising makes it even more
concerning. Here are few
amazing health drinks to keep
your body off any chronic dis-
ease:
ICED TEA
If you would like to drink
Once brewed, leave the glass of
tea with tea bags in the refrig-
erator overnight. If you wish
to make it fizzy, add some soda
to it and sip on any time of the
day.
SMOOTHIES
Smoothies are nothing but
thick, creamy and cold bever-
ages made from raw fruit, veg-
etables, and sometimes dairy
products. It is not only delicious
but also super healthy. You
could enjoy the natural sweet-
ness of the fruits and avoid con-
suming artificial sweeteners.
INFUSED WATER
Flavoured waters are the best
when it comes to staying healthy.
Just add slices of your favourite
fruits or veggies like lemon, wa-
termelon, cucumber or mint to a
pitcher of cold water and let the
water infuse all the goodness in
the fruits and vegetables. Sip the
infused water through the day and
enjoy good health.
HERBAL TEA
If you want a light and delicious
drink, herbal tea is the way to go.
Enjoy the flavours of dandelion,
chamomile, hibiscus, rooibos, and
ginger that are not only good in
taste, but also super healthy.
LIP SMACKING SMOOTHIES!
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writing that the minute the
media stops following these
people, they are not going to
like it. To some degree, we
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be doing. If it all comes time when you were over-
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has it been so far? self-conscious. I did have a
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with me than I deserve. I
hope it is not short-lived
(laughs!). Abhi 7 December
(Kedarnath’s release) ke
baad is when it all matters.
Can you recount your first
day on the set as an
actress and your first
shot?
I can’t ever forget that. It was
freezing (in Uttarakhand)
and our roll time was 7 pm.
The crew was dressed in
thermals and heavy jackets,
while I was wearing a salwar
kameez. We were shooting a
scene in the rain and Gattu
sir (Abhishek Kapoor) asked
me if I was feeling too cold. I
obviously was, so he said,
‘Then, don’t act. That’s the
look, that’s the camera, I am
calling for action’. That was
my first shot… looking into
the camera while I was shiv-
ering. Over the days, I got
used to shooting in the cold. I
think whether it is shooting
a song with high heels or
doing a scene where you are
taking Ganga dubkis,
between action and cut, you
forget what you are personal-
ly feeling. Only when sir
would say pack up, it would
all hit me. Suddenly, I could-
n’t talk (owing to the cold)
and Jharna (my spot girl)
would say, ‘Paanch minute
pehle toh aap theek thi, ab
kya hua?’ On the set, you are
not you, the bare minimum
that is expected from an
actor is to do complete jus-
tice to the character he/she
is playing. That means, what
you are feeling at that point,
does not hold. After a point,
when I was on set, the cold,
my hunger or comfort was
not in my scheme of things.
How much of your time in
your growing-up years and
later on, did you spend on
film sets with your parents?
I have been on the set of
Kalyug (2005) once, and I
remember that I was mess-
ing around with my mom’s
hairdresser. I have been on
the Love Aaj Kal (2009) set,
too, where I hung out with
Deepika (Padukone) and
Anaita Shroff Adajania.
Believe it or not, that’s it. The
first active memory of being
on a film set was watching
Sushant Singh Rajput shoot
on day one of the Kedarnath
schedule. Seeing him doing
the same thing again and
again (there is a close shot,
wide shot, master shot and
more), I was like… ‘Oh, aise
hota hai? Iss liye toh alag
alag dikhta hai.’ It was really
like that.
weight issue and I am not
saying that I was the healthi-
est girl in the world. I made it
MY MOM HAS BEEN ROCK SOLID,
BUT SHE ALSO HAS EVERY DAY TO
PROVE THAT SHE IS ROCK SOLID. MY DAD
HAS ALSO BEEN ROCK SOLID, WITHOUT
HAVING EVERY DAY TO PROVE IT. TO BE
ABLE TO BE A VERY GOOD FATHER, WITH-
OUT LIVING WITH ME… I THINK IT
DESERVES APPRECIATION. HE DIDN’T
EVER MAKE ME FEEL THAT HE IS NOT
AROUND ALL THE TIME, AND I THINK THAT
HE DESERVES 500 POINTS FOR THAT
... with Sushant Singh Rajput in Kedarnath
worse with all the pizzas and
the chocolates. I have PCOD
(Polycystic Ovarian
Syndrome), and it can get
tricky to deal with, because it
is not just about the body
feeling bloated, or the acne
and weight, it’s the hormon-
al imbalance that triggers
other symptoms. You tend to
feel very low, and at that age,
it affects you even more. I
have dreamt of being an
actor since I was four, but
then, I was also academically
inclined. Subsequently, I
went and pursued higher
studies. When I was studying
at Columbia University (in
the US), I was dealing with
PCOD and I was overweight.
So, at some point, I did think
if this (acting) is really for
me. But before the thought
could go any further, I was
like, ‘No! I can’t do this to
myself. I have to at least try. I
don’t want to live my life
thinking… what if ?’ I was
committed to doing what I
really wanted to do, and I lost
about 40 kilos in a year-and-a-
half.
You were living in America
as a student... and now, you
are pursuing a career as an
actress. Was it tougher for
the star-kid to live inde-
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AND THE FINESSE
FATHER HAS, IS
INCOMPARABLE’
pendently, or was it harder coming
back to work in the film industry?
Honestly, the whiplash wasn’t the
star-kid going to America; the
whiplash was the student from
America coming back here. I have
never grown up as a star-kid. I lived
with a single mom who had stopped
doing mainstream lead roles in films
before I was born. And it has been
about 13 years since I have been liv-
ing with just her. Though I am very
close to my father, I have not seen the
day in and day out of stardom. In
fact, even my father, who is working
as we speak, has never been much
into filmi parties and gatherings. My
closest friends are not from the film
industry. The people with whom I
have had the longest conversation on
movies are Abhishek Kapoor and
Sushant. While growing up, I was
divorced from the film fraternity and
the concept of stardom. Of course,
anyone from the industry just has to
see my face and know that it is
Amrita Singh sitting in front of
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them, but I don’t have that familiari-
ty and connect with most people, as I
was never given that opportunity.
Aren’t you glad that you had a ch-
ance to live with some sense of nor-
malcy, before walking into the world
of media frenzy and public scrutiny?
Yes, I am so glad. Whether it is being
on a film set or going to a party, these
places are as much fun if you deserve
to be there, and as boring and uncom-
fortable if you don’t. I am comfort-
able when I know what I am doing.
Like, I am comfortable sitting here
and talking to you, because this is
what we are meant to do now. There
is that dichotomy. When I meet peo-
ple who know me, I always think, ‘Ki-
tna kahe, kitna nahi kahe?’ My par-
ents have strived to ensure that I
have a normal life. My first branded
bag was given to me at the age of 18.
Till date, I have more jootis and ban-
gles in my wardrobe than anything
else. My most expensive pair of jeans
is not from a very high-end brand.
I’m not lying about this. That is the
way it has always been. Maybe one
day, I will wear more expensive jeans,
but I have to earn it for myself.
When you first discussed plans of
being an actor with your parents,
what was their reaction?
Well, it was like saying that the sky is
blue. They knew it before I knew it.
But well, it is different harbouring
this childhood dream, and then
growing up and actually taking the
challenge head-on...
It is different, especially when the
child weighs 96 kilos. I was a large
adult with large dreams (laughs!).
My parents didn’t try to dissuade me,
but they made sure that I had a bal-
anced perspective on what being an
actor entails, so that I am prepared
for it. When people ask me if I am
ready for this, I say that I don’t think
that you can ever be ready to be an
actor, and you can’t even not be ready
for it. It’s one of those things where
you just have to tell yourself, ‘Go for
it!’ Every film and every situation is
different, so somewhere in the mid-
dle of being ready and not being
ready to be an actor is where I am
going to be for the rest of my life.
How influenced are you by your
parents’ body of work?
I think that they are both very good
at their work. I think mom is an ext-
remely spontaneous actress. I think
the innate suave that my father has, I
haven’t really seen that in anyone
else. I am not talking about just act-
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Who is the most nervous about your Bombay Times. For me, all this is a big
debut — mom, dad or you? deal and I don’t want the feeling to end.
I am the most nervous. When you love I am loving this moment and I just don’t
something so closely, the nervousness, want it to end.
anxiety and fear just come with it. This This industry is known for its diploma-
is my dream, and every single day spent cy and political correctness, but you
ing, as we have seen very good actors, on set, makes me want this dream more are candid. Does the ability to engage
than ever before. It is growing on me; in frank talk come from your father?
maybe better or worse, but the suave,
confidence and the finesse that my and every interview I do and every pic- Dad and I are aware that acting is our
father has, is incomparable. ture that I click makes me want this job. We know that if we are going to be
From what it appears, your upbring- more. So of course, there is nervous- doing only that on a personal basis
ness and fear, and I hope all of you will every day, it will get exhausting. And
ing has been very liberal, and the want me as much. Honestly, I don’t have we also know that we tend to get a little
relationship that you share with your experience or wisdom, or the craft (as I lazy sometimes. So, someday soon,
mom and dad... Tell us about it... am honing it). Right now, what I have is when we get lazy and stop pretending,
Mom and I live together, so we talk gut and heart. The minute a script you will catch us. So, it is better that you
about everything. I have never held a appeals to me, I will do it. I did Simmba know us for who we are today, than wait
boy’s hand without my mom know- with equal passion that I did for it to happen later. I don’t give correct
ing about it. I don’t think that I have Kedarnath. In the years to come, if I am answers, as I don’t think I know them.
ever gone out and then lied about it at given the opportunity, I will continue In 20 minutes, I will come up with some
home. My mom is my best friend. doing films with the same enthusiasm. rubbish, so I might as well say it right
Well, boyfriend... I’ve had just one till But your first will always be your first. away with honesty. Main spontaneous-
now, long ago... there is nothing that I The first time you read a script, the first ly bakwaas hi karoongi. And sponta-
wouldn’t tell my mom. I believe that time you faced the camera, the first neous bakwaas is better than
nobody in the world will have your time you even gave an interview to rehearsed bakwaas (laughs!).
better interest at heart than your
mom. I am lucky to have her in my
life. So, whether it is career, fashion
or boy advice, I will be an idiot to not
be 500% transparent with her.
And your dad?
My father often says that we are fri-
ends. I don’t like saying that, because f
he can’t be my friend, as there is way
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too much respect and adulation in
our equation. He’s my friend, plus all
that. I am extremely close to him and 0
comfortable with him, but because '
he is my father, chances are that I
won’t tell him, ‘Arrey yaar, woh ladka
phone hi nahin kar raha hai’. We are
open about all other conversations. I
was a tad bit more scared of mom
while growing up, also, because I live
with her, she had to be the discipli-
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