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After Cabinet nod, Citizenship Chidambaram gets bail in
Bill ready for tabling in House money laundering case
SC paves the way for his release from jail after 106 days
Hyderabad ignored for
It will not apply to the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura
Krishnadas Rajagopal
Defence Corridor: KTR
Govt. confi dent
Vijaita Singh NEW DELHI
HYDERABAD New Delhi The Supreme Court on Wed
IT Minister K.T.Rama Rao said
that a suggestion for the
The Union Cabinet chaired
by Prime Minister Narendra
RS will pass Bill nesday granted regular bail
to former Union Finance Mi
development of a Defence
Industrial Production
Modi cleared the Citizenship While the fate of the nister P. Chidambaram, who
Corridor between Hyderabad (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on Citizenship Amendment is facing money laundering
and Bangalore has not cut ice Wednesday paving the way Bill in the Lok Sabha is a charges levelled against him
with the Centre. for its introduction in Parlia foregone conclusion, the by the Enforcement Directo
TELANGANA A PAGE 4 ment on December 9. Union government seems rate (ED) in the INX Media
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Minister Prakash Javadekar confi dent of clearing it in case, thus paving the way for
told the media the interests the Rajya Sabha too, his release from jail after a
of everyone have been taken where the BJP does not period of 106 days.
care of and “people will wel have the required A Bench of Justices R. Ba
come it as it is in the interest numbers. A PAGE 10 numathi, A.S. Bopanna and Relief at last: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
of the nation.” DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Hrishikesh Roy reminded coming out of the Tihar Jail on Wednesday. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
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ITBP jawan kills fi ve Govt. sets up special court for speedy trial in vet murder
colleagues, shoots self Police get custody
rape and murder of woman
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> We need to ascertain
from the accused
ments from the side of the
veterinarian will commence accused on the petition seek
Two injured in fi ring at Chhattisgarh of accused for with the Shadnagar court, 50 several facts to ing their police custody.
kms from here, on Wednes connect them with The petition for their cus
Press Trust of India them,” he said. seven days day allowing a petition of the the crime. tody was fi led on Monday. No
Raipur ITBP spokesperson Vivek Cyberabad police seeking Investigators arguments were presented
MARRI RAMU
An ITBP soldier allegedly Kumar Pandey said in New custody of the four accused that day as the local prosecu
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opened fi re at his colleagues Delhi that Rahman killed his in the case. Tight security arrange tor was not available. The
in Chhattisgarh’s Narayan colleagues and then shot The Telangana government Three days after the inves ments were made in the vi prosecutor from Jadcherla
pur district on Wednesday, himself dead, adding that he issued an order on Wednes tigators fi led a petition, the cinity of the court in Shadna district court eventually ap
killing fi ve personnel and in was not shot by the others. day designating the First Ad Shadnagar court passed an gar town in Rangareddy peared on behalf of the pol
juring two, before killing Earlier, the Bastar range ditional District and Sessions order allowing them to take district. No journalist was al ice.
himself, the police said. IG had said: “It is not yet Judge of Mahbubnagar as the custody of the accused for lowed inside the court hall to On Tuesday, notices were
The incident took place clear whether Rahman Special Court for speedy trial seven days. As the order was cover the proceedings. The issued to the accused
in a camp of the IndoTibe killed himself or died in re of the rape and murder of issued late in the evening, accused were not brought to through the court on the
tan Border Police’s 45th bat taliation by his colleagues. the vet. The Registrar Gener the police are likely to take Protests continue: People holding a rally demanding justice for the court for hearing argu matter. They were informed
talion in Kadenar village, Weapons of the slain jawans al of the High Court would is them into custody on Thurs the rape victim in Hyderabad. G. RAMAKRISHNA *
ments on the custody peti that the investigators wanted
around 350 km from Raipur, will be checked to ascertain sue further directions on the day from Charlapally Central tion fi led by the police. With to take them into custody for
Inspector General of Police whether they retaliated.” matter, the order said. Prison where they are pre to the Charlapally prison and crime. How they shifted the the Shadnagar, and the Mah further probe in the case. On
(Bastar range) Sundarraj P. Those killed are head sently lodged. take the accused into custo victim’s body after violating bubnagar district bar asso Wednesday, the court fi nally
said. “ITBP constable Masu constables Mahendra Singh Crime reconstruction The court order copy did dy for further interrogation. her and several other dots ciations vowing that none of issued an order for their pol
dul Rahman fi red at the and Daljit Singh, and consta On the other hand, the cru not reach the police. They “We need to ascertain are to be linked,” the investi their members would repre ice custody.
troopers following some un bles Surjit Sarkar, Biswa cial part of reconstructing are likely to collect the order from them several facts to gators unwilling to be named sent the accused in the case,
known dispute among roop Mahto and Bijeesh. the sequence of events in the copy on Thursday, proceed connect them with the said. there were no counter argu RELATED REPORTS A PAGE 3
They’re upset with our rise in society: OBC groom Now, women can carry
Dharmendra Parmar was thrashed for riding horse in Madhya Pradesh village during marriage procession pepper spray on Metro
Sidharth Yadav munity in the village, said On November 30, his son
Agar Malwa Mr. Parmar, who earns was pushed off the horse for
Decision taken following persistent demands after Disha case
Pushed off a horse by Rajput ₹ 12,000 every month. a diff erent reason. As he took Special Correspondent rape and killing of ‘Disha’ tures,” he said. Shuttle ser
men during his wedding pro “You expect us to own a out his wedding procession, HYDERABAD last week near the ORR toll vices introduced from
cession last week, Dharmen tractor? We’d not be allowed Rajput men tore his shirt,
Hyderabad Metro Rail has gate at Shamshabad. several popular stations
dra Parmar, who belongs to to live here if we had one,” thrashed his father, pelted
decided to follow the Benga The MD said travelling on along Corridor One and Cor
an OBC community, realised chuckled Saraswati Bai, his stones on guests and bat
luru Metro example in allow the metro trains was safe for ridor Two were also provid
the worth of his education mother. tered their cars and motorcy
ing women passengers to women passengers as there ing crucial fi rst and last mile
and job only then. Kaluram Parmar, his fath cles, as Mr. Parmar was rid
carry pepper spray cans was a 360 degree surveil connectivity to passengers
“They are threatened by er, said the situation was bet ing a horse.
with them and necessary in lance by CCTVs both at the at nominal fares, Mr. Reddy
our assertion, and rise up ter 35 years ago when he got The procession was the
structions have been issued stations and in the trains. added.
the social ladder. Why married. “I was riding a fi rst one after 20 years to be
to security persons at the “Our stations are also Hyderabad Metro Rail
should we consult them for horse without any qualms. taken out by a backward
stations to allow the same well lit always even after the running across two full cor
every decision since we are Keeping watch: Police personnel outside Dharmendra But suddenly, fi ve of my Raj community in the village that
when they board the trains, services are shut down. We ridors of C1 L.B. Nagar to Mi
educated?” asked Mr. Par Parmar’s house in Agar Malwa, Madhya Pradesh. A.M. FARUQUI * put friends sprang up from did not go on motorcycles or
said managing director got this idea after taking yapur (Green Line 29 km)
mar, 28, who holds M.Com nowhere and pulled me off tractors, according to the
N.V.S. Reddy on Wednesday. feedback from various wo and C2 Nagole to Raidurg
and B.Ed. degrees, and is The only Parmar family of two cows and 15 goats, four the horse. They dragged me, Rajput diktat, said sarpanch
The decision was taken men’s groups during the (Blue Line 28 km) is carry
employed at a cooperative Bhadwasa village of Agar houses and two motorcy and I resisted. In the begin Kailash Malviya, who hails
following queries and persis construction of the metro ing close to four lakh passen
bank. “We refused to work Malwa district in Madhya cles. This accumulation of ning, I was shy, but I gave in. from a Dalit community.
tent demands raised by sev rail project about incorpo gers, of which 3540% are
their fi elds too, which riled Pradesh owns 9.5 bighas of wealth over time piqued the We danced together,
eral organisations after the rating several safety fea women.
them further.” land, a well, two buff aloes, Rajputs, the dominant com drenched in sweat.” CONTINUED ON A PAGE 10
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Thursday, Dec. 05
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Timings
Civic body to identify 60 new Govt. to take up ‘zero FIR’
RISE 13:17 SET 00:33
Friday, Dec. 06
RISE 06:33 SET 17:41
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garbage transfer stations system for women’s safety
Saturday, Dec. 07 The idea is to increase the frequency of collection, says Lokesh Kumar Several other proactive measures to be implemented
RISE 06:33 SET 17:41
RISE 14:26 SET 02:08 Special Correspondent
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grounded on December 10,
said Mr. Lokesh Kumar.
Special Correspondent
HYDERABAD Student held for comments
GHMC is going to further de This apart, concrete roads In the wake of the Disha inci
centralise garbage collec were being laid in small dent, the Telangana govern Staff Reporter Crime police on Wednesday
tion, by identifying sites for stretches of 10 to 40 metres, ment has swung into action HYDERABAD based on a suo motu case.
setting up smaller transfer where waterlogging had and decided to implement a A 22yearold B. Tech stu K. Sai Nath made the com
stations in a month or two. been a chronic problem. The series of proactive measures dent from Guntur, who ments under the screen
The proposal is directed government had directed de and an action plan to be made objectionable com name ‘Simley Naani’. Mean
towards increasing the fre velopment of 10 km of con adopted by the departments ments on a social media while, police arrested the
quency of garbage collec crete roads in each consti of Police, Education, Wo platform, against gangrape 28yearold man from Nal
tion, said GHMC Commis tuency, using Vacuum men Development and Child and murder of Disha was ar gonda for his comments
sioner D. S. Lokesh Kumar. Dewatered Cement Con Welfare and Panchayat Raj, rested by Hyderabad Cyber against K. Kavitha.
At a press conference on crete to avoid frequent dam collectively. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Wednesday, Mr. Lokesh Ku age to the road, he said. These decisions were ta
mar said initially the corpo Works worth ₹ 284 crore ken at a highlevel review FIR system”, which means displayed in all educational
ration was planning to Trash zone: The GHMC garbage transfer station at had already been sanctioned meeting convened by Home without reference to juris institutions right from prim
launch 60 new transfer sta Qutbullahpur. NAGARA GOPAL
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for, among others, road re Minister Mohammed Mah diction of a police station ary schools to colleges, on
tions, smaller than the exist pairs and maintenance. It mood Ali on the instructions teams should be swung into public transport vehicles,
ing ones. It was also pro To process the remainder LRS applications needed to was hoped that SRDP works, of Chief Minister K. Chan action instantly. autos and cabs, besides ev
posed to set up collection from the 6,400 MT daily gar be processed before Decem stopped owing to lack of drasekhar Rao here on Wed The meeting proposed va ery government offi ce, bus
points for construction and bage collected from the city, ber 31. Offi cials would be funds, would be resumed nesday. Ministers Sabitha In rious long and short term stand, railway station and
IN BRIEF demolition waste near every four or fi ve new dump yard available at circle and zonal once bank loans were fi nal dra Reddy, Satyavathi measures to evolve a system Metro station. These hel
such transfer station. sites would be identifi ed in a offi ces between 3 p.m. and 5 ised. Already, tendering pro Rathod, Errabelli Dayakar driven approach by involv pline numbers should also
Festival Choristers to “If the results are encou year, said Mr. Lokesh Kumar, p.m. every day, and eff orts cess was on, and the bids Rao, principal secretaries of ing various departments to be displayed on school text
perform today raging, we will increase the emphasising that the GHMC were being made to contact would be opened on Decem the departments concerned, wards the safety and securi books, they said.
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locations to 300 in fi ve to six aimed to bring the city gar all applicants through call ber 7. About ₹ 400 crore to the DGP and other higher of ty of women. These include The other decisions in
Festival Choristers will
months,” he said. bage down to zero through centres, and voice and text ₹ 500 crore would be needed fi cials attended the meeting. strengthening She Teams, cluded that SHGs should vi
perform at Ravindra Bharati
The wastetoenergy plant all these eff orts. messages. The aim was to for land acquisition alone. The government has ta making HawkEye App more sit police stations and sensi
in Hyderabad at 7.30 p.m. on
at Jawaharnagar landfi ll As part of the construc contact each applicant at Proposal to facilitate online ken up fast track investiga userfriendly and extending tise police on women and
Thursday. The programme,
this time, will have classical
would become operational tion and demolition waste least 10 to 12 times so as not transactions in transferable tion into the Disha incident. it to the entire State, aware children related issues, Pan
music, semi-classical and by Januaryend, and another collection drive, a total of to miss anyone. developmental rights It was decided on Wednes ness on available police hel chayat secretaries should be
light Christmas music, would be launched by June 13,821 MT of debris have The Comprehensive Road through TDR banks had day’s meeting that cases of plines such as 100, 181 and asked to give information to
including Hindi, Telugu, Latin July. Both together would been collected across the ci Maintenance project, aimed been sent to the government crime against women and 1098, and common number, police about youth with ab
and French songs. There use up to 2,300 metric ty, he said. at handing over mainte for approval. missing women should be 112, for the entire nation in normal behaviour in every
would also be a short session tonnes of garbage, while On the Layout Regularisa nance of 709 km of major He said about 35 locations registered immediately by case of emergency. village, and gender sensitisa
of community singing in the about 2,500 MT was being tion Scheme, the Commis thoroughfares in the city to had been identifi ed for con the police after receiving the Notice boards with these tion lessons in school curri
end of the programme. used for composting. sioner said a total of 28,000 private agencies, would be struction of busbays. complaint following a “Zero helpline numbers should be culum.
Ex-MLC: Don’t
neglect varsities Pharmacology Yoga and drill Woman who got married 10 days ago found dead
performed Victim’s father Preliminary investigation 22. After marriage, they on Annapurna, she was
Special Correspondent
Hyderabad
meet from today simultaneously suspects role of
husband
indicated that P. Annapurna
ended her life, police said.
The woman’s father A. Pra
started to live in a onebed
room house at Ramarao
Nagar.
found dead. “We have regis
tered a case under Cr. PC. 174
(suspicious death),” said K.
Noted academic and form
er MLC Chukka Ramaiah Talk on molecular screening techniques Special Correspondent sad Rao lodged a complaint Sanathnagar SI T. Paidi Chandra Sekhar Reddy, Sa
Hyderabad Staff Reporter stating that they suspect her Naidu said that after cele nathnagar inspector. A post
urged the government not Special Correspondent of the biggest challenges in Sri Chaitanya Educational HYDERABAD husband Karthik (28)’s role brating Karthik’s birthday on mortem was conducted at
to neglect universities as HYDERABAD modern therapeutics. Institutions has joined A 25yearold woman soft in her death. Monday night, the couple Gandhi Hospital and the bo
they are vibrant places of
The Indian Council for Med There has been major hands with Fit India Move ware engineer, who got mar Annapurna was working got into an argument but dy was handed over to the
democracy and paths for
ical Research (ICMR)Na technical progresses which ment to promote yoga ried ten days ago, was found with a software fi rm in Mad patched up later. The SI said family.
the society’s bright future.
tional Institute of Nutrition have revolutionised screen among children. dead at her home in Rama hapur. She got married to that on Tuesday afternoon (Roshni - Suicide preven-
He was speaking after in
(NIN) in association with the ing and emphasised their As part of it, 1,42,000 rao Nagar, Sanatnagar limits, Karthik, who is into real es Karthik was sitting in the hall tion helpline:
augurating the oneday
International Union of Basic importance to India’s health students of 390 Sri Chaita on Tuesday evening. tate business, on November and when he went to check +914066202000.)
deeksha taken up by OU re
and Clinical Pharmacology care sector. nya schools spread across
search scholar Chanagani
(IUPHAR) and the Indian Thus, we dedicate the diff erent States performed
Dayakar seeking recruit
Pharmacological Society congress to this revolution”, yoga and drills at the same
ment for fi lling up all
(IPS) is organising the Fifth said Dr. B. Diensh Kumar, time in multiple venues.
vacancies.
World Conference, for the head of the drug safety divi This was a record for
Congress MLAs Duddilla
fi rst time in India, from De sion at ICMRNIN and orga most of the participants
Sreedhar Babu and Seeth
cember 57. nising secretary. performing drills and do
akka and former MP V. Ha
ICMR director general In the threeday meet, an ing yogas simultaneously.
numantha Rao also visited.
Balram Bhargava will be the entire day will be dedicated More than one lakh stu
chief patron while NIN di to new molecular screening dents from Grade 1 to 5
0 rector R. Hemalatha will be
chairperson of the confe
techniques driven by world
experts.
from Chaitanya of seven
states did sports drill for se
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IN BRIEF
Centre ignoring Hyderabad for Defence Corridor: KTR
Regional compulsions seem to outweigh nationally important locations, says the miff ed Minister at the CII’s Defence Conclave
N. Ravi Kumar galore, the Defence Minister Hyderabad said they were quipped: “We import signifi
HYDERABAD had told him that it has been being asked to consider eith cant portion of our defence
Industries and IT Minister decided to set up one in UP er Nagpur, Gujarat or Rajas equipment, which is a
JNTU student killed in
K.T.Rama Rao said on Wed in Bundelkhand region and than. “It is a travesty that shame.”
accident; two serious
SANGAREDDY
nesday that a suggestion for another in Chennai. even in matters such as in
An engineering student was the development of a De vestments coming into India Good ecosystem
killed on the spot while two fence Industrial Production ‘Ecosystem in place’ in important sectors like de For Hyderabad, the defence
others were injured when an Corridor between Hydera Mr. Rao said when he sought fence, also have to [be] and aerospace industry was
unidentified vehicle hit their bad and Bangalore has not to know the grounds on weighed based on our politi one of the most important
motorcycle on Wednesday. cut ice with the Centre. which decision was made cal and our geopolitical con sectors and complemented
According to P Naresh, Circle “It appears to me that “they gave me some reason siderations. I think govern by a well entrenched ecosys
Inspector, Patancheru, one even in strategic sectors like which made no sense. They ment of India needs to take a tem comprising public sec
Rajkumar Naik, 21, a final- aerospace and defence, I simply decided to overlook serious relook into its strate tor defence labs, manufac
year B. Tech student of guess regional compulsions Hyderabad and Bangalore.” gies,” Mr. Rao said, seeking turing facilities of large,
JNTU., along with two of his sometimes outweigh the na This despite Hyderabad hav to highlight the need to globally wellknown compa
friends were going to tionally important loca ing an “ecosystem, some en “raise above petty political nies, and over 1,000 SMEs.
Patancheru when the tions,” Mr. Rao said, refer terprising minds and an in and geopolitical equations. Telangana has four dedicat
incident took place. ring to a meeting with one of dustry ready workforce and It can’t just be about winning ed aerospace and defence
the four Defence Ministers [it] made absolute, perfect an election…” The Minister, parks in Hyderabad and 50
he had met in the last fi ve sense [to host a defence cor who said he wanted to speak general engineering parks in
Police announce new years. ridor.] The strategic location his mind, chose the inaugu which too there are several
WhatsApp number
Without mentioning the of the city was also reason ral session of the 3rd edition precision engineering com
SANGAREDDY
name of the Minister, and why [public sector] defence of CII’s Defence Conclave, or panies. Telangana stood a
The Sangareddy district
police announced a new
when the meeting hap labs were set up here de ganised here by the industry good chance to attract large
WhatsApp number, pened, Mr. Rao who is cades ago,” he added. body’s Telangana chapter, to number of investments in
9490617000, effective from working president of the rul Again without mentioning make these observations. the defence sector due to
Wednesday. People can lodge ing TRS said when he had names, Mr. Rao recalled how Underscoring the signifi these advantages, besides
their complaints at this Minister K.T. Rama Rao along with CEO of Kalyani Rafeel Advanced Systems Pvt. Ltd., Rudra suggested that such a corri one of the OEMs in the de cance of encouraging more the State’s progressive poli
number, said SP S. Jadeja (left), Chairman CII, Telangana, D. Raju, and Convenor CII, Telangana Defence and dor be established between fence sector that he was indigenous defence produc cies, and world class infras
Chandrasekhar Reddy. Aerospace Panel, Raminder Singh Soin (right) at a meeting on Wednesday. NAGARA GOPAL *
Hyderabad and possibly Ban wooing very hard to bring to tion capabilities, Mr. Rao tructure, he added.
Search intensifi es for State will support genuine industries: Minister
next chief secretary 11,620 industrial enterprises with an investment of ₹ 1.73 lakh crore given clearance under TSiPass
Staff Reporter Industries and Commerce
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Speculation rife Offi cials do not rule out
some other offi cers such as Industries and Commerce
Principal Secretary Jayesh
Ranjan said that in the past,
on contenders Somesh Kumar and Chitra Minister K T Rama Rao on applicants would have to lug
Ramachandran being consi Wednesday opined that on documents in suitcases and
Special Correspondent dered for the top post. Since the one hand there is a need run from pillar to post for ap
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the formation of Telangana, to reduce the cost of doing provals. These approvals
Who will be Telangana’s the State has seen Rajiv Shar business and on the other, would take eight to 10
next Chief Secretary? This is ma as the fi rst Chief Secre while industries are being set months. Now, he said, Telan
the question that is doing tary of Telangana. up, their impact on the envi gana stands as a role model.
the rounds in bureaucratic Chief Minister K. Chan ronment must not be Invoking the example of the
circles with the present drasekhar Rao chose to go overlooked. Lockheed Martin unit, Mr
Chief Secretary S.K.Joshi S.K. Joshi is likely to step by the seniority and his suc Mr. Rao was speaking at Ranjan said that its Chief Ex
due for superannuation by down on December 31. cessor Pradeep Chandra, se the fi veyear celebrations of ecutive Offi cer mentioned
December end. lected on the basis of being TSiPass. As many as 11,620 that it was set up in a short
Mr. Joshi,who got close to most bureaucrat presently the seniormost bureaucrat. industrial enterprises with time period of just 12
twoyear tenure as CS, will with the Centre. And, then Mr. Chandra after one an investment of ₹ 1.73 lakh months.
step down on December 31 comes Ajay Mishra, a 1984 month tenure was succeed crore were given clearances Commissioner of Indus
and there are no indications batch offi cer, who has been ed by S.P.Singh. by means of TSiPass since its tries Ahmad Nadeem de
that the government is keen in the State for a long time. However, Mr. Joshi super inception. scribed TSiPass as a ‘unique
on seeking extension for Offi cial sources watching seded Mr. Acharya as Chief Addressing the gathering, Ministers K.T. Rama Rao and Ch. Malla Reddy presenting a cheque to entrepreneurs during the piece of legislation’ which
him. This leaves the race for the developments point out Secretary. It was pointed out Mr. Rao said that cost of do 5th anniversary of TS-iPASS in Hyderabad on Wednesday. NAGARA GOPAL
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has carved a brand for itself
the successor among the that Mr. Mishra too stand a that the cases against Mr. ing business and corruption and is closely associated with
cadre of Special Chief good chance if the other two Acharya went against him. will come down when appro the red carpet is being rolled alreadyidentifi ed land par ployment will be taken back. Telangana. The initiative in
Secretary. seniors are overlooked. He But, some offi cers point out vals are given in 15 days. He out for foreign industries, cels, with a common effl uent Mr. Rao said that Chief Mi tegrates 27 departments and
Going by virtue of seniori has seven months of service that in neighbouring AP, said that the cost of setting this has to be done in an en treatment plant, outside the nister K. Chandrasekhar Rao 35 services. Of the over
ty, 1983 batch offi cer B.P.A and enjoys reputation as an L.V.Subramanyam, who also up industries and companies vironmentfriendly fashion. Outer Ring Road (ORR). is desirous of ‘revolutions’ in 11,500 approvals, 8,500 have
charya, DG, MCRHRD is se aff able, seasoned, noncon faced charges in the quid in parks will decrease when He said that the Telangana Indicating the State go the fi elds of food processing commenced operations.
niormost. But interestingly, troversial and effi cient offi c pro quo case of Y.S.Jaganmo these approvals are accord government is committed to vernment’s seriousness to so as to create employment, In due course of the event,
he was superseded by Mr. er who keeps a low profi le han Reddy was made the ed on time. make the city and State pol encourage genuine indus dairy products, an aquacul Awards of Excellence were
Joshi as CS last time. If Mr. and does the assigned work Chief Secretary. If that crite Touching upon the impact lutionfree and steps are be tries, he said that land par ture and fi sheries, and meat given to best performing dis
Acharya misses the bus, Bi without much ado, they ria is followed, Mr. Acharya of industries on environ ing taken to move some in cels given to those industries production through sheep tricts and departments for
noy Kumar is next senior pointed out. still stands a chance. ment, Mr. Rao said that while dustries on 13 which do not generate em distribution. TSiPass implementation.
Landmine blast averted, claim police NRC can fuel communal trouble: CPI(M)
Special Correspondent mandal when they were An alert combing party and “Maoist courier” Krish Special Correspondent in Assam. Asserting that the and the government has not
BHADRADRI-KOTHAGUDEM HYDERABAD
nabbed on Wednesday nabbed two Maoist militia na Murthy, 41, of Pusuguppa illegal immigrants should be taken up any remedial mea
Bhadrachalam subdivision morning. members, including one in Charla mandal. The Communist Party of In dealt with in accordance sures so far,” he said.
police claimed to have Police said that the plot to from Chhattisgarh, while Police said that Podium dia (Marxist) has expressed with the existing laws, he Prime Minister Modiled
thwarted an alleged plot by resort to violence by trigger they were allegedly handing Edamaiah was allegedly in concern that the National said there are several provi government is doling out
Maoists to trigger a landmine ing landmine blasts was over 30 gelatin sticks and 12 volved in a total of 12 cases of Register of Citizens (NRC) sions like Aadhar to identify concessions to the tune of
explosion apparently target hatched by a group of top detonators to a courier in a Maoist violence, including proposed by the BJPled Un genuine citizens of the coun ₹ 3.5 lakh crore to the corpo
ing police personnel en Maoist leaders, who met in remote area near the Talipe four murder cases reported ion government is likely to try. He demanded that the rates and the rich, but is fail
gaged in combing operations the dense forest area near ru dam in the early hours of in the limits of Charla police have an adverse impact on government withdraw its or ing to initiate any measures
at Pusuguppa forest area the Puttapadu village along the day, police said. station in Bhadrachalam the national integrity and B.V. Raghavulu ders enabling setting up of to enhance the purchasing
with the arrest of two the TelanganaChhattisgarh Police identifi ed the ar Agency. said the party was opposed NRC camps in Assam. capacity of the common
“Maoist militia members” border in connection with rested trio as “Maoist militia Bhadrachalam ASP Rajesh to the Centre’s moves to im among people on communal On the economic develop man. He demanded that the
and a “courier”. the ongoing 19th CPI members” — Podium Eda Chandra presented the ar plement NRC across the lines. “The BJP’s moves to ment front, Mr. Raghavulu government implement loan
The accused were carry (Maoist) anniversary of the maiah, 29, of Yerrampadu in rested trio before the media country. implement the NRC across recalled Prime Minister Na waiver for farmers across the
ing explosive material near People’s Liberation Guerilla Charla mandal and Vanjam in Bhadrachalam town on Party Polit Bureau mem the country is tantamount to rendra Modi’s claims of mak country, besides ensuring
the Taliperu dam in Charla Army (PLGA). Masa, 23, of Chhattisgarh — Wednesday afternoon. ber B.V. Raghavulu criticised spread of communal hatred ing the country’s economy that steps are taken to en
Union Home Minister Amit across the country,” he said. into a fi ve trillion dollar eco hance their income levels.
Shah for saying that the NRC Mr. Raghavulu spoke to nomy in the coming years Steps should be taken to
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States and that the govern ty’s twoday extended State should be over 8% annually like road and rail connectivi
The Adivasis of erstwhile
identity cards to each
individual bearing his name, Cong. cadre on REMEMBRANCE
united Adilabad district may mobile phone number and
‘Bharat Bachao’ DEATH
not have seen the country’s
capital city, New Delhi, but
they have known of its
Aadhaar card number
besides the name of the Rai
centre. All those who are
mission for GPs, says FGG
existence since centuries. attending the meeting will
“We don’t know much be in white clothes with a Special Correspondent Special Correspondent ing allocated in the last few
Hyderabad HYDERABAD
about our connection with green stole slung from the years.
the national capital but we neck,” divulged youth leader About 4,000 Congress Forum for Good Gover No special budget was al
have a song sung as part of Kotnak Barik Rao who is leaders and workers from nance (FGG) appealed to so given for the 30day ac
our DandariGhusadi festival coordinating the journey. Telangana will participate Chief Secretary Shailendra tion plan to clean villages,
which mentions Dilli The Adivasis will board a in the Bharat Bachao prot Kumar Joshi to see to it that apart from the general re
Hastinapur ruled by special train from Adilabad est to be held in New Delhi suffi cient funds are provid lease of funds to the tune of
Pandavas to be our sacred An Adivasi displaying his identity card issued for the railway station at 8 p.m. on on December 14. The prot ed for gram panchayats ₹ 172 crore, he said.
place,” revealed Raj Gond December 9 public meeting to be held in New Delhi. December 7 and return on est is called by the All India across the State on par Information obtained by
elder and former chairman *
S. HARPAL SINGH December 11. A lot of 20 Congress Committee with those provided by the the FGG had shown that the
of the Aboriginal Tribes passengers will be led by a (AICC) against the econom Central government so that Central government had al
Welfare Advisory Adilabad who will attend the To achieve the objective, team leader during this ic policies of the BJP go they are selfsuffi cient. located about ₹ 928 crore,
Committee, Sidam Bheem December 9 public meeting however, those headed for period. vernment and the falling In a communication ad ₹ 1,071 crore and ₹ 844.93
Rao. in Delhi called to highlight the national capital must Many others are reaching growth rate in the Indian dressed to the Chief Secre crore respectively from 2017
The disclosure came on the demand for expulsion of observe certain rules, he Delhi in fl ights, by specially economy leading to job tary, a copy of which was re onwards till 2019 whereas
Wednesday at a meeting of Lambada tribe from the list cautioned. “You should stay hired buses and four losses. The meeting leased to the media on the State had released
about 50 Adivasis belonging of Scheduled Tribes. “We away from liquor and wheelers. Arrangements to chaired by the AICC in Wednesday, forum secre ₹ 19.02 crore, ₹ 40.84 crore
to the Keslapur and Ginnera are going to sacred Delhi to tobacco during your sojourn receive them and their stay charge for Telangana, R.C. tary M. Padmanabha Reddy and ₹ 291.35 crore, hence
Rai centres or Adivasi take part in the meeting in and not carry even a match are under way in Delhi Khuntia discussed the mo charged the government there is a need to improve
advisory councils, who are the belief that we will box,” he stipulated to those under the supervision of bilisation plans and the with paying lip sympathy to the fund allocation to the
among the few thousand succeed in our fi ght,” who attended the meeting at Adilabad MP Soyam Bapu coordination between dif the gram panchayats, consi gram panchayats, Mr. Reddy
ethnic people from old observed Mr. Bheem Rao. Keslapur. Rao. ferent wings of the party. dering the meagre funds be added.
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IN BRIEF
AP discoms propose tariff hike
Power users with consumption levels less than 500 units a month exempted
N. Rahul panies) together projected posed an increase in tariff by cial establishments, religious
HYDERABAD their ARR at ₹ 44,840.86 90 paise a unit for domestic places, corporate farmers,
Barring domestic consumers crore and total revenue at consumption above 500 un hatcheries and feed mixing
UoH professor appointed
with consumption levels less current tariff s, including its. For up to 500 units, the plants and liftirrigation
V-C of Odisha varsity
HYDERABAD
than 500 units a month, all nontariff income, additional DISCOMS proposed to dis schemes. A fl at tariff of ₹ 200 TSPB Vice-Chairman B. Vinod Kumar, TSCHE Chairman T. Papi Reddy, Shrikant Sinha, CEO,
Senior academic, I. other categories of power surcharge and cross subsidy pense with categorisation of per horse power (HP) per TASK, and others at a meeting in Hyderabad on Wednesday. ARRANGEMENT *
Ramabrahmam, who recently consumers in Andhra Pra surcharge, at ₹ 30,399 crore. consumers based on con month was proposed in
retired from the Department
of Political Science, School of
Social Sciences, University of
desh were targeted for tariff
hike in the Aggregate Reve
nue Requirement (ARR) pro
While the southern DISCOM
estimated the revenue defi cit
at current tariff at ₹ 10,301.18
sumption during previous fi
nancial year and instead levy
charges based on current
place of energy charges of ₹
2.50 a unit for corporate
farmers. Sixteen lakh farm
‘Complement degrees with skill
Hyderabad (UoH), has been
appointed Vice-Chancellor of
the Central University of
posals submitted on Wed
nesday by the two power
distribution companies in
crore, the eastern DISCOM
pegged it at ₹ 4,140.06 crore.
The revenue impact due
month in three groups — (A)
less than 75 units, (B) more
than 75 units and up to 225
ers will benefi t from nine
hour free power supply to
agriculture. The ARR fi ling
development programmes’
Odisha. He will serve as the State to Andhra Pradesh to proposed tariff s in south units and (C) more than 225 was done by southern DIS
Vice-Chancellor for five years Electricity Regulatory Com ern DISCOM was estimated units without any tariff in COM Chairman and Manag Study Singapore programmes for implementation in TS: offi cial
from his date of assuming mission (APERC). at ₹ 766.66 crore and ₹ 514.43 crease up to 500 units. ing Director H. Harinath Rao
office. Prof. Ramabrahmam The southern and eastern crore in eastern DISCOM. Tariff was also enhanced and his eastern DISCOM Special Correspondent Mr. Vinod Kumar said that tives and Programmes at the
has over thirty years of DISCOMS (distribution com Both the DISCOMS have pro for function halls, commer counterpart Nagalaxmi. Hyderabad ITES, Singapore has sup TSCHE offi ce on Wednesday
teaching experience and has ViceChairman of the Telan ported these States in setting attended by T. Papi Reddy,
published over 100 research gana State Planning Board, up Skill Towers and Councils Chairman, TSCHE; V. Venka
Case registered against MLA
papers in National and Woman, infant ‘burnt
B. Vinod Kumar has suggest to identify, train and prepare ta Ramana, ViceChairman,
International journals. alive’ in Prakasam dist.
ed that Telangana State all the youth to be better em TSCHE; N. Srinivasa Rao, Se
ONGOLE
Dr. Reddy’s launches A 25-year-old woman and her
Council of Higher Education ployed. He also suggested cretary, TSCHE and Shrikant
injection for cancer in US Raja singh accused of making derogatory statement one-year-old baby were (TSCHE) and other agencies that a delegation from Telan Sinha, CEO, TASK, Telanga
HYDERABAD ‘burnt alive” at Maddipadu in should study the arrange gana can visit select univer na. He also suggested that
Staff Reporter through the video. ments being entered into by sities and agencies in Singa apart from the formal de
Drugmaker Dr. Reddy’s Prakasam district late on
Laboratories has launched
HYDERABAD “A case under Section Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, pore and come out with an gree programmes the stu
Tuesday. Probe revealed that
Bortezomib for injection 3.5 Bahadurpura Police regis 295A (Deliberate and mali Delhi and Rajasthan States action plan from the year dents should have an oppor
an unidentified man doused
mg/vial in the US market tered a case against Gosha cious acts, intended to out with diff erent Skill Develop 2020 and title it as “Skill tunity to pursue skill
them with petrol and set
making use of a new drug mahal MLA T Raja Singh for rage religious feelings of any ment Organisations in the 2020”. development programmes
them ablaze following a tiff.
application approval pathway. allegedly making a derogato class by insulting its religion Special teams were formed to country so as to replicate it He was addressing a which off er continuous and
It was approved by USFDA, ry statement. Finding objec or religious beliefs) was re nab the accused. in Telangana. meeting on Skilling Initia lifelong employment.
the Hyderabad- tion to Mr. Raja Singh specif gistered against Mr Raja
headquartered pharma major ically taking the name of an Singh,” said A Narsimha
said on Wednesday. accused in the rape and Rao, Bahadurpura Police
Bortezomib for injection is murder of 27yearold veteri Raja Singh SubInspector. In a video Mr.
indicated for the treatment of narian in Shadnagar, a com ing a statement made in the Singh released in reaction to
adult patients with multiple plainant from Kishanbagh video, the complainant re the case, he questioned on
myeloma and for the found it insulting to their quested police to take strict what basis the Bahadurpura
treatment of mantle cell community. action against Mr Singh at police registered the case
lymphoma who have received Mr Raja Singh uploaded a the earliest. The police regis and added that the four ac
at least one prior therapy. video on November 29. Cit tered a case after going cused should be hanged.
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IN BRIEF
Jana Sena Party chief hints KSCA committee member
at patching up with the BJP held in KPL betting case
Shinde had ties with Thara, who was the fi rst to be arrested
Denial of SCS had led to a rift with saff ron party, says Pawan
Special Correspondent presence at the matches and
IT, Excise offi cials search
Koliwad’s residence
Special Correspondent scious decision’ on ideologi condemn any such attempt Bengaluru the parties and see if they
HUBBALLI
TIRUPATI cal grounds to maintain dis to encroach into the space of The Central Crime Branch had a role to play in the
Hours after the deadline for Jana Sena president Pawan tance from both parties. other faiths,” he said. on Wednesday arrested Kar scam,” said a senior police
public campaign for the Kalyan dropped hints of his “YSRCP MLAs should be He minced no words in nataka State Cricket Associa offi cial.
byelection in Karnataka party patching up with the grateful to me for this oppor reiterating his commitment tion (KSCA) committee
ended, the residence of the BJP, saying that the party on tunity,” he said. to secularism and cautioned member Sudhindra Shinde 9 held so far
former Speaker and Congress ly maintained distance as the people against ‘pseudosecu in connection with the al Till now, nine people —
candidate for Ranebennur latter failed to fulfi l its pre ‘Faith matters’ larists’ who, he said, were leged betting and matchfi x players, coaches, team own
constituency K.B. Koliwad election promise of accord Mr. Pawan Kalyan came out out to disturb communal ing case in the Karnataka ers and bookies — have been
was searched by sleuths from ing the Special Category Sta openly against religious con harmony by pitting one com Premier League (KPL). arrested in the case. “Sever
the Income Tax and Excise tus (SCS) to the State. versions and demanded that munity against the other. A team raided Shinde’s Sudhindra Shinde al actors and actresses were
departments on Tuesday Replying to a query by Jana Sena Party president the State government make house in Domlur here on in touch with the players
night. Congress leaders media persons whether his Pawan Kalyan addressing its stand clear on the issue. Offi cials’ indiff erence Monday after his name touch with bookies in Dubai and other accused. They will
accused the BJP of misusing party was moving closer to the media in Tirupati on He announced his commit Recalling recent ‘mass con cropped up during the and Mumbai, and targeted be called for interrogation,”
official machinery and the BJP, Mr. Pawan Kalyan Wednesday. ment to protecting Hindu version’ of 40 Hindus at investigation. budding cricketers by luring the offi cial added.
indulging in political retorted: “You tell me when Dharma, even while staying Krishna Pushkar Ghat in Vi According to CCB sourc them with parties, accom Many of the celebrities
vendetta.
did I move away from the (YSRC) leaders frequently secular. jayawada, he wondered how es, Mr. Shinde — a former modation, and cash. under the scanner are those
Rahul seeks speeding BJP?” taunting him as “TDP’s Team He insisted that every reli offi cials of Endowments De Karnataka Ranji player and “Shinde, too, is a part of the with ties to Thara.
up of work on rail line Asked if he would revive B” or acting at the behest of gion should be respected partment, remained indiff e coach of Belagavi Panthers — racket,” he added. “Thara and Shinde start
NEW DELHI the links with the saff ron the BJP, Mr. Pawan Kalyan and given the due space for rent to it. “The State govern had ties with the team’s ed this matchfi xing network
Speaking during the Zero party, he said he really did wondered where the YSRCP its followers. “One should ment owes an explanation owner, Asfaq Ali Thara, who Actors in focus? along with the bookies. They
hour in the Lok Sabha on not know what was in store leaders would be today had not shout ‘Jai Bhavani’ at Ka on religious conversions, or was one of the fi rst to be ar With the arrest of Shinde, managed to get other KPL
Wednesday, former Congress for the JSP and would not a he decided to fi ght the elec dapa Dargah, chant ‘Jai Sri else, people will have to take rested in the scam in the CCB is now training its owners to pick players from
president Rahul Gandhi said hazard a guess at this tions together with the TDP ram’ at Medak church or say it as happening with the tacit September. guns on actors from the Kan the cricket club and through
the NanjangudWayanad juncture. and the BJP. ‘Hail Jesus’ at the Venkates approval of the Chief Minis “We took him in for ques nada fi lm industry. “We have them ran the matchfi xing
Nilambur rail line had been a On YSR Congress Party He said it was his ‘con wara temple at Tirumala. I ter,” he said. tioning following the raid. questioned cricketers, racket,” said a CCB source.
longheld dream of the Shinde ran a cricket club in coaches and other stakehol “Thara was wellconnected.
people of his constituency Jayanagar, and would select ders over the last few weeks. Along with bookies, he used
(Wayanad). Highlighting the
plight of the project, he said,
“It will considerably reduce
Trupti Desai taken into ‘Act against those who players from there for KPL
teams,” said a police offi cial
Our probe points to the par
ticipation of some actors
celebrities to honey trap
cricketers who were then
who is part of the probe. who attended KPL parties. blackmailed and asked to
the travel time between
Bengaluru and
Thiruvananthapuram and
preventive custody revealed victim’s name’ Thara was allegedly in We will be investigating their play in a particular way.”
create new opportunities for Authority of India on the pe
that Mr. Rao was attending
the people of Wayanad.”
A.P. increases insurance
Press Trust of India
Hyderabad
Women’s rights activist
Trupti Desai and six others
weddings and had no time
to meet the victim’s family
members.
Staff Reporter
New Delhi
The Delhi High Court on
Wednesday sought a res
tition, and listed the case for
December 16. SC to hear woman’s plea for
coverage for policemen
VIJAYAWADA
The Andhra Pradesh
government has increased
were on Wednesday taken
into preventive custody af
ter they attempted to stage a
The police said they did
not have any appointment
to meet the Chief Minister.
ponse from the Centre on a
petition seeking action
against certain media hous
An off ence
The petition fi led by a Delhi
based lawyer Yashdeep
protection to visit Sabarimala
group insurance coverage for protest near Telangana They assembled near the es that revealed the identity Chahal had sought the in Legal Correspondent er” of Sri Swamy Ayyappa in moved the top court, accus
police personnel in the State. Chief Minister K. Chandra Pragathi Bhavan and tried to of the Hyderabad rape itiation of appropriate pro NEW DELHI the Sabarimala temple, ing the Kerala government of
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan sekhar Rao’s offi cecumre create a law and order issue victim. ceedings against the media The Supreme Court on Wed would be listed for urgent giving a “free hand” to un
Mohan Reddy approved the sidence, Pragati Bhavan, by raising provocative slo A Bench of Chief Justice houses and individuals who nesday decided to hear a hearing next week. lawful elements to harass
proposal at a review meeting here over the gangrape and gans against the Telangana D.N. Patel and Justice C. Ha had allegedly revealed the plea by a woman in her thir Ms. Fatima has sought and attack women aged bet
on Wednesday. For murder of a woman government and were ri Shankar also issued notic identity of the rape victim, ties for police protection “comprehensive” police aid ween 10 and 50 years en
constables, the coverage is veterinarian. hence taken into preventive es to the governments of Te which is an off ence under during her intended pilgrim against any sort of attack on route to worship at the Saba
increased from ₹ 13 lakh to When Ms. Desai, founder custody. langana, Andhra Pradesh the law. age to the Sabarimala tem her during her proposed vi rimala temple. Noting that
₹ 20 lakh; for subinspectors of Bhumata Brigade, a social “We will seek answers and New Delhi, including Under Section 228A of ple this year. sit to the temple. She also the Supreme Court judg
and inspectors, it is hiked to rights organisation, along from the Chief Minister. some media houses and so the Indian Penal Code, dis
₹ 35 lakh; and for Deputy
A Bench, led by Chief Jus asked the Supreme Court to ment of September 28, 2018,
with some of its members There is public outrage over cial networking platforms closure of identity of victim tice of India Sharad A. direct the police to take ac had not been stayed in re
Superintendents of Police and on the petition. of certain off ences, includ
reached the spot to hold a the gruesome act in the Bobde, on a mentioning tion against those behind view, Ms. Bindu accused Ker
higher cadre officials, the
protest, the police prevent country, but the govern The court sought the res ing rape, is punishable with made by senior advocate Co online attacks and threats ala of acting in gross con
amount is increased to ₹ 45
ed them and whisked them ment here seems to be not ponse of the Press Council imprisonment of a term that lin Gonsalves, said the peti against her. tempt of the court’s decision
lakh. The insurance amount is
away in their vehicles. serious about this incident,” of India and the News may extend to two years tion of Rehana Fathima, who Her petition comes short to allow entry to women of
increased to ₹ 30 lakh for
unnatural/accidental deaths. The protesters alleged Ms. Desai alleged. Broadcasting Standards and a fi ne. said she is a “strong believ ly after Bindu Ammini menstruating age.
Bengaluru beckons
Malankara church dispute gets a push from TDB
Dialogues are futile, says Catholicos
Board seeks change in its alignment
Special Correspondent thodox Church has never in
KOCHI terfered in the internal mat RADHAKRISHNAN KUTTOOR
Catholicos of the East and ters of other Churches,” the PATHANAMTHITTA
Malankara Metropolitan Ba head of the Malankara Or The Travancore Devaswom
selius Mar Thoma Paulose II thodox Syrian Church said Board (TDB) will give top
has turned down the off er of on the willingness ex priority to implementing
mediation made by various pressed by certain Church the cargo ropeway project at
Church denominations to denominations to mediate a Sabarimala, board presi
defuse the tension between dialogue between the war dent N. Vasu has said.
the Orthodox and Jacobite ring factions of the Malanka The TDB chief told The
factions of the Malankara ra Church. Hindu that the highpower
Church. committee for the imple
“There’s no need for a CM welcomes it mentation of the Sabarimala
mediated dialogue over and Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Mi Master Plan, and the Forest
above the decision of the Su nister Pinarayi Vijayan wel Department, should consid N. Vasu
preme Court [which was in comed the readiness of oth er changing the alignment
favour of the Orthodox fac er Churches to intervene in of the proposed ropeway to Plastic exchange
tion in a case of control over the matter. “The govern NilackalSannidhanam, in counter opened
PATHANAMTHITTA
parishes],” he said categori ment has been trying to re stead of PampaSannidha
Saji Cherian, Kerala MLA,
cally while inaugurating a solve the dispute. The go nam. This would reduce hu
inaugurated a cloth bag
“protest of suff ering” organ vernment will therefore man intervention at Pampa
counter opened by the
ised by the Orthodox Chris provide all support to the ef in the Sabarimala foothills.
Sanitation Mission, for
tian Youth Movement here forts taken by the SyroMala distributing cloth bags to
on Wednesday. bar Church, Latin rite of the Cargo transport Sabarimalabound pilgrims as
“Going by our expe Catholic Church, Mar Tho Mr. Vasu said the ropeway part of the Mission Green
rience, dialogues are rather ma Church, SyroMalankara project was primarily aimed Sabarimala programme of the
futile. Some are actually out Church and Church of South Chilling out: The sun setting over the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The city has been experiencing cold weather at transporting goods to the Pathanamthitta District
to mislead other Churches India resolve the issue and dirzzles over the past four days. K. MURALI KUMAR * Sannidhanam, replacing the Sanitation Mission, at the
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Kumram Bheem Asifabad district Jagan to lay foundation on Dec. 26
vironmental pollution, he
said.
As many as 75 tractors,
and the goods could be
transferred to the ropeway
from Nilackal itself. Destruc
including those owned by tion of forests too would be
Despite CJ’s side of the 22 km stretch of and carts under the Conser its under CCDP, the ITDA has Staff Reporter the TDB, are operating in Sa minimal as a major portion
intervention, their road in Kerameri mandal of
the district connecting Hatti
vationCum Development
Plan (CCDP) and 2BHK hous
cited its existing initiative to
develop the Kolam habita
VIJAYAWADA
The Andhra Pradesh go
barimala. Offi cial records
show that the annual re
of the proposed Nilackal
Sannidhanam ropeway
condition remains and Jodeghat. The latter is es, particularly at Jodeghat. tions of Linepatar and Shiv vernment on Wednesday quirement of jaggery alone passed above the Attathode
unchanged where Kumram Bheem was
martyred by the Nizam’s
The response of the adminis
tration was slow and
guda in saturation mode. Fi
nally, for economic support
gave its nod for a proposal for prasadam preparation
at Sabarimala in the pre
valley, he said.
The TDB chief said Devas
to set up an Integrated Steel
S. Harpal Singh forces in 1940, to study pro disheartening. schemes, the reply stated Plant (ISP) at Sunnapuralla vious year was 40 lakh kg, wom employees would be
ADILABAD blems facing the villagers. In a letter dated Novem that the ITDA funds are in palli and Peddanandluru vil besides 7 lakh kg of rice and provided with inservice
The initiative by Adilabad Mr. Rao collected peti ber 2, the Tribal Develop suffi cient, and the schemes lages of Jammalamadugu 10 lakh kg of miscellaneous courses to enhance their ef
District Legal Services Auth tions from villagers and ment Offi cer (DTDO) M. Di will be taken up once it re mandal in Kadapa district items. This is other than the fi ciency. He said discipline
ority (DLSA) on the orders of coordinated with the district leep Kumar informed a land ceives funds from the with private investors, or on huge quantity of building should be ensured at all
Telangana High Court Chief administration to get the is survey will be conducted to government. its own, if needed. materials required for con temples.
Justice, Raghavendra Singh sues addressed. verify claims for FRA pattas The old problem of lack of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy struction work, and provi Mr. Vasu said the quality
Chauhan, exposed problems Among major issues iden before approval by the com communication infrastruc Mohan Reddy will lay the sions and vegetables for An of temple prasadam could
plaguing the dozen tribal vil tifi ed by the DLSA was de mittee concerned. Regard ture in hilly habitations re foundation for the project corporation given by the Mi nadanam. The entire cargo be ensured by setting up a
lages associated with legen mand for rights pattas to ing the issue of LST certifi main unaddressed owing to on December 26, with a pro nistry of Corporate Aff airs is now transported by centralised purchase and
dary Advasi martyr Kumram pieces of forest land under cates required for lower level reluctance of BSNL in setting vision of ₹ 250 crore for it in had been submitted to it by tractors. supply system for all tem
Bheem. However, there is no the Scheduled Tribes and government jobs, the letter up mobile towers. It cites the 20192020 Budget. the nodal offi cer of the ISP. ples attached to the TDB. He
evidence of desired progress Other Traditional Forest stated the Project Offi cer, In economic unviability as the The State government al The government had since For increased utility said quality sandal paste for
on villagers’ issues. Dwellers (Recognition of For tegrated Tribal Development reason.DLSA Secretary K. so took steps for incorpora ratifi ed the incorporation of Mr. Vasu said utility of the distribution as prasadam at
On September 25, the est Rights) Act (FRA), 2006, Agency, Utnoor, has ordered Prasad said: “We will con tion of the A.P High Grade the A.P High Grade Steels Li ropeway would increase various TDB temples too
then DLSA secretary Uday for Local Scheduled Tribe all Tahsildars to expedite the duct another meeting with Steels Limited under the mited. The steel plant is to manifold if it was esta would be provided through
Bhaskar Rao visited the 12 certifi cates, for economic process. offi cials and visit the villag Companies Act, 2013, and a be set up as per the A.P. Re blished between the Nilack the proposed centralised
villages which lie on either support schemes, bullocks Regarding demand for un es.” copy of the Certifi cate of In organisation Act, 2014. al base camp and the San system.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2019
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IN BRIEF
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oilseeds proposed for this season
PM-AASHA target was 37.59 lakh metric tonnes; just 1.08 lakh tonnes purchased ED records statement
of former Haryana CM
Special Correspondent they are promised for their net statement at the time of NEW DELHI
NEW DELHI crops each year. launch. The Enforcement Directorate
Less than 3% of this season’s Apart from initiatives to The main crops covered on Wednesday recorded the
sanctioned amount of pulses allow cash payment to farm under the scheme this sea statement of former Haryana
and oilseeds have actually ers or procurement by priv son are moong, urad, arhar, Chief Minister Bhupinder
been procured so far under ate traders, PMAASHA’s groundnut and soyabean. Singh Hooda in connection
the oncehyped PMAASHA main feature was a price sup The late arrival of the with the alleged Gurugram
scheme, Agriculture Minis port scheme whereby Cen monsoon means that har land scam case. Mr. Hooda
try data show. Arrivals of tral agencies would procure vests and crop arrivals also appeared before the agency
these crops began in Octob pulses and oilseeds directly began slightly later than ex in Chandigarh. The ED probe
er and will end by February. from farmers. pected, especially for arhar is based on an FIR registered
A total of 37.59 lakh me or tur dal, so procurement is by the CBI, alleging
tric tonnes of procurement ‘Holistic approach’ likely to continue, though ta irregularities in the
had been sanctioned under The Centre had budgeted pering, until February. Ho acquisition of 1,417 acres in
the Centrallyfunded ₹ 15,053 crore over two years wever, procurement is still Gurugram.
Out of the wilderness: A twodayold leopard cub was rescued by forest offi cials from Yewoor scheme. Arrival of pulses and to implement the scheme lagging badly in most States.
hills in Thane on Wednesday, after morning walkers alerted them. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT *
However, only 1.08 lakh oilseeds began in October apart from an additional go The highest sanctioned BHU students resume
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tonnes have been procured and will end by February. vernment credit guarantee procurement is in Maharash dharna against professor
LUCKNOW
so far, according to data of ₹ 16,550 crore for agencies tra, where 10 lakh tonnes of
Unsatisfied with the written
SC against spike in
placed in the Lok Sabha on han Mantri Annadata Aay undertaking procurement. soyabean procurement were
Reject mercy Tuesday. In fact, of the ele Sanrakshan Abhiyan, was “The government is work sanctioned, apart from
explanation given by the
administration, Banaras Hindu
ven States that opted for the announced with great fan ing with a holistic approa 58,000 tonnes of moong and
plea of rapist: scheme this season, pro fare in September 2018, as ch...Increasing MSP is not urad dal.
University (BHU) students
Weather Watch
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
Forecast for Thursday: Thunderstorm accompanied with light
ning very likely at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
and Karaikal.
city rain max min city rain max min
Agartala................ —....26.7....13.3 Kozhikode.................... —....34.0....24.5
Ahmedabad ........... —....29.8....19.4 Kurnool .................... 1.6....31.7....22.0
Aizawl................... —........ —........ — Lucknow...................... —....26.1......9.2
Allahabad.............. —....26.8......9.6 Madurai .................... 0.5....31.6....22.6
Bengaluru ............. —....26.0....18.9 Mangaluru ................... —....35.5....22.0
Bhopal .................. —....26.6....14.3 Mumbai ....................... —....34.7....23.4
Bhubaneswar......... —....28.6....18.0 Mysuru ........................ —....27.5....18.6
Chandigarh ........... —....22.8......7.7 New Delhi ................... —....24.0......7.9
Chennai ............. 0.5....30.5....26.4 Patna .......................... —....25.2....11.2
Coimbatore ........ 0.2....29.6....20.6 Port Blair..................... —....30.5....26.8
Dehradun .............. —....22.6......7.5 Puducherry ............... 0.6....30.2....23.2
Gangtok ................ —....15.1......6.6 Pune............................ —....28.1....19.7
Goa....................... —....32.7....24.5 Raipur ......................... —....29.2....18.6
Guwahati .............. —....27.7....13.2 Ranchi ......................... —....22.4....10.5
Hubballi ................ —....27.0....20.0 Shillong....................... —....17.6......4.9
Hyderabad ............ —....27.5....20.6 Shimla......................... —....17.1......7.0
Imphal .................. —....24.1......8.3 Srinagar....................... —........ —........ —
Jaipur ................... —....26.4......9.2 Thiruvananthapuram...... 0.9....34.4....24.6
Kochi .................... —....32.4....24.0 Tiruchi...................... 0.4....30.9....23.4
Kohima ................. —....25.2......7.0 Vijayawada .................. —....30.2....22.0
Kolkata ................. —....27.2....17.0 Visakhapatnam ........ 29.8....23.4........ —
(Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius)
Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday
CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE
Ahmedabad..... 109 .74 29 .....— .....— ....* In observation made at
Bengaluru ....... .04 .55 88 ... 65 ...81 ....* 6.00 p.m., Patna, Bihar
Chennai .......... .13 .10 13 . 105 ...86 ....* recorded an overall air
Delhi .............. .06 .42 52 . 368 .287 ....* quality index (AQI) score of
386 indicating a dangerous
Hyderabad ...... .15 .55 45 . 223 .....— ....* level of pollution. In
Kolkata ........... .14 100 32 . 298 .224 ....* contrast, Maihar, Madhya
Lucknow ......... .08 .36 50 . 335 .....— ....* Pradesh
Mumbai .......... .05 .41 16 ... 62 ...76 ....* recorded a healthy AQI
Pune............... .85 .21 49 ... 76 ...73 ....* score of 38.
Visakhapatnam .10 .39 33 . 117 .109 ....*
Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI)
SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system,
making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air
particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues
and monuments.
NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by
reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.
CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to
critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause
dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.
PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes,
nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced
lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature
death in people with heart or lung disease
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democracy presumes the possibil tired of minority appeasement less venal and powerhungry, and
‘creamy layer’ norms can be extended to SCs Irfan Nooruddin ity that voters might shift their and betrayal and, now that it has more focused on getting the right
loyalty depending on the issues its turn in power, will not relin answer. But this plays right into
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he time may have come for an authoritative pro
most salient to them. Today’s quish power. the hands of populist leaders
nouncement on the question whether the con
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he story of democracy in the healthcare voter might be tomor whose primary objective is to un
cept of ‘creamy layer’ ought to be applied to last century was claiming the row’s national defence voter and Pressure on judiciary, media dermine the legitimacy of the pol
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The Union go right to rule for majorities day after’s climate change voter. By framing their responsibility as itical process. Democracy is the
vernment has called upon the Supreme Court to form a from unrepresentative elites. The This fl uidity means that rational being to the ‘true’ national inter casualty — mocked by technocrats
sevenjudge Bench to reconsider the formulation in M. form varied — seizing indepen voters fully expect to be in the op to win on the basis of policy pro est, represented by the majoritar and populists, it is stripped of its
Nagaraj vs Union of India (2006) that it should be ap dence from colonial empires un position at some point, and, when mise requires state capacity — fi s ian coalition that brought them to constitutional guardians. This is
plied to the SC and ST communities. This verdict was a der the rallying cry of national self that happens, want to know that cal space and bureaucratic where power, populists accuse counter the irony of democracy: govern
reality check to the concept of reservation. Even while determination; overthrowing dic their rights will not be trampled withal — to deliver government majoritarian checks and balances ment of the people, for the people,
tatorships of the left and right upon by the newly empowered. services broadly and fairly, includ on executive authority, as antina and by the people, works best
upholding Constitution amendments meant to pre
whose governments ruled by fi at This is the point of constitutional ing to those who might not have tional. Indeed, rather than guar when it is protected from ‘the peo
serve reservation in promotions as well as consequen and with military force; question democracy: the constitution gua voted for the government. But dians of liberty, judges and jour ple’, or, more accurately, those
tial seniority, it contained an exposition of the equality ing the divine right of kings to rule rantees us certain inalienable when state capacity is limited or nalists are portrayed as whose hubris and ambition allow
principle that hedged reservation against a set of consti and replacing royal courts with rights that cannot be rescinded by nonexistent, politicians target antimajority, against the will of them to claim to speak for the peo
tutional requirements, without which the structure of parliamentary debates — but the the whims of those in power. their eff orts to narrower slices of the people, and therefore funda ple. The responsibility for this de
equal opportunity would collapse. These were ‘quanti implication was the same: the only society. To get credit for the target mentally antidemocratic. It is bacle is equally shared by the left
fi able data’ to show the backwardness of a community, legitimate source of power was the Confronting abuse of power ed provision of public goods, polit hardly a surprise that populists ex and the right — for every Viktor Or
people. If the majority’s interests are re icians must target on the basis of a pend so much eff ort undermining bán in Hungary who openly calls
the inadequacy of its representation in service, and the
presented by the government, clearly identifi able marker, such as these institutions. Judges are for ‘illiberal democracy’ is an Evo
lack of adverse impact on “the overall effi ciency of ad Election to power then the minority’s rights must be religion, caste, language, or threatened and coerced, and polit Morales in Bolivia who abrogates
ministration”. This placed a question mark on the con The success of this seachange in protected by institutions of the ethnicity. icians use appointment powers constitutional term limits to pre
tinuance of quota policies of various State governments popular imagination is evident in state capable of checking govern In this equilibrium, politicians and infl uence to install pliant judg serve his grip on power in the
due to noncompliance with these parameters. In Jar- the ubiquity of elections around ment action that infringes upon do not represent ideas or policy es on the bench who are more at name of the people.
nail Singh (2018), another Constitution Bench reaf the world. Today a mere handful minority rights. Of course, govern positions, they stand for groups of tentive to majoritarian sentiments Democracies work best when
fi rmed the applicability of creamy layer norms to SC/ of states, clustered mainly in the ments can enact all manner of pol people. Think of any state election than to minority rights. The media we remember that there is no one
Arabian Gulf, remain the only icy that is not liked by those in the in India. What are the policy is choked and vilifi ed until the on people and no one party or politi
STs. On this ground, it felt that Nagaraj did not merit re
places not to use elections as the opposition — elections have conse planks on which politicians and ly rational response is to be a cian has a monopoly on knowing
consideration. However, it ruled that Nagaraj was means of allocating national pow quences after all or why bother parties compete? (I could not mouthpiece for the government what the people want. Unless to
wrong to require a demonstration of backwardness for er. But everyone else uses elec holding them. But when govern answer this question either and I rather than its adversary; much ea day’s winners can expect and ac
the Scheduled Castes and Tribes, as it was directly con tions, even when only one party is ment’s overreach threatens to vio study Indian politics for a living.) sier to hide behind the fl ag than to cept that they might be tomor
trary to the ninejudge Bench judgment in Indra Sawh- allowed to compete and no one late constitutional principles, the No wonder that election analysis defend it. Not even staid bureau row’s losers, electoral democracy
ney (1992), which had laid down that there is no need believes the election is free or fair. courts and the press are obliged to in India is couched more in terms crats in their dusty cubicles are is doomed. And unless today’s los
for a test of backwardness for SC/STs, as “they indubit The quality of these elections not step in to confront this abuse of of ethnic combinatorics, what safe — ask awkward questions ers can have confi dence that their
withstanding, the point of elec power. Such countermajoritarian pundits refer to as castecommun about environmental impacts of rights will be defended by demo
ably fall within the expression ‘backward class of
tions is simple: they are an effi institutions such as the judiciary ity arithmetic. infrastructure projects, and run cratic countermajoritarian institu
citizens’.” cient way of determining the will and the press are critical to the Populists understand this dy the risk of being added to the rolls tions, they have no reason to keep
It is curious that Jarnail Singh accepted the presump of the majority. health of democracy. Ironically, by namic. Their instinct is to build of the ‘tukde tukde gang.’ faith with elections. When that
tion of the backwardness of Scheduled Castes and Yet if establishing democracy constraining the abuse of power identitybased coalitions that har For advocates of democracy, happens, the populists win, the
Tribes, but favoured applying the ‘means test’ to ex required replacing unelected by the majority, countermajori ness a majoritarian impulse. The these are worrying times. Over the people lose, and democracy dies.
clude from the purview of SC/ST reservation those who elites with the representatives of tarian institutions preserve the legitimacy populists claim is past 30 years, national elections
had achieved some level of economic advancement. In the ‘people’, then preserving de legitimacy of majority rule. cloaked in the will of the majority, worldwide are more likely to result Irfan Nooruddin is the Hamad bin Khalifa
mocracy requires defending it The jousting and interplay bet but the premise of their appeal is in the deterioration of democracy Al Thani Professor of Indian Politics in the
this, it specifi cally rejects an opinion by the then Chief
against the ‘people’. Democracy ween governments and opposition that the majority has hitherto than its deepening. The populist Walsh School of Foreign Service at
Justice K.G. Balakrishnan in Ashoka Thakur (2008) that requires two things: rulers who re is sustainable when winning elec been undermined by the minority. revolt dovetailed with a techno Georgetown University and author of
the ‘creamy layer’ concept is a principle of identifi ca fl ect the majority’s choice, and tions are constructed on program This accusation can be augmented cratic middleclass scepticism ‘Elections in Hard Times: Building
tion (of those who should not get reservation) and not respect for those in the minority. matic appeals. But for politicians — the minority might be antina about the ‘state’. Politics becomes Stronger Democracies in the 21st Century’
one of equality. While the Centre has accepted that the
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he terror attack last week in core member of a group that had and intelligence agencies. Every have chosen to stay away from
upheld to protect reservation in promotions as well as
London by a ‘lone wolf’, Us been ‘solidly indoctrinated’. He terrorist attack refl ects the collec schools, as Usman Khan did. To
consequential seniority. Another landmark verdict in
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man Khan, 28, of Pakistani was heavily infl uenced by the al tive failure of many agencies. The compound the situation they are
the history of affi rmative action jurisprudence may be origin, has rightly drawn interna Qaeda’s online propaganda. We four Muslim youths detonated roles of the judiciary, parole exposed to the insidious propa
needed to settle these questions. tional attention. What do we know must not forget that he was in his three homemade bombs on the boards and intelligence agencies ganda, either online or in person.
about the attacker? Only assiduous teens when he took part in the plot London Underground system and come into focus. Whether this appalling situation is
Close encounters investigation can now shed some
light on why he went on the deadly
to attack the London Stock Ex
change. He is said to have been in
a London doubledecker bus. The
explosions led to over 50 deaths. Internal dynamics
the result of governmental neglect
or wilful spurning of public educa
Security forces must be trained to desist from off ensive. The fact that he was no spired by two wellknown Islamic The latest incident reaffi rms the tion facilities is debatable; but it is
longer incarcerated but was enjoy ideologues, one of these was An Fallout of cuts in policing belief that if one country unwit a matter of shame.
panic responses while dealing with extremists ing more than a measure of free war alAwlaki, a radical American Since the 2005 incident there have tingly ‘breeds terrorism’ it is the The incident painfully breaches
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t will be hard for security forces in Chhattisgarh to dom had obviously not chastened cleric of Yemeni descent. AlAwla both daring attacks and attempts U.K. which has become a fertile our confi dence in measures aimed
live down the assertion by the Justice V.K. Agarwal him. He had been convicted in ki was a great online motivator and at sabotage. These include the ground for the growth of extre at reforming hardened criminals.
2012 for being part of a group that recruiter and it is not surprising March 2017 attack (ramming a car mism on account of the interplay The many eff orts by the U.K police
judicial enquiry commission that no evidence exist
had planned an attack two years that he managed to convince the into pedestrians) near Westmin of several factors. The country is to deradicalise Muslim youth do
ed to support the claim that the 17 people who died in earlier on the London Stock Ex then young Usman Khan that vio ster Bridge in which four persons perhaps paying the price for its not seem to have succeeded. Inci
the “encounter” on the night of June 2829, 2012, in change. Originally sentenced to an lence alone could help Islam make died, and the May 2017 suicide earlier excessively liberal and in dents such as the Usman Khan one
three villages in Bijapur and Sukma districts were “Nax indeterminate period, he was re forays into the Christiandominat bombing at a concert in Manches discriminate immigration policy. pose a dilemma to votaries of re
alites”. In the offi cial narration, two teams led by a DIG leased on parole, in December ed West. ter; 22 people died. Fortunately, a Despite a tightening of immigra form and rehabilitation of off en
marched into the forests to outfl ank subversives in a 2018, on appeal. This was after The other preacher was Anjem few other attacks were foiled or tion and asylum rules, the impact ders. How far does one trust pri
meeting only to be surprised by gunfi re. And when the several conditions had been im Choudary, the wellknown British contained using intelligence tip has still to be felt on the ground. soners who display remorse is a
light of day penetrated the fog of battle, 17 Naxalites lay posed on him. These included the Islamist and a staunch Islamic off s or by alert citizens. But the How will this play out when tricky proposition.
wearing of a GPS tag to track him State (IS) supporter. He was con U.K., like many nations, cannot Brexit becomes a reality? With Recidivism is a complex pheno
dead, and six uniformed personnel hurt. But the com
and living in police approved victed for fi ve years in 2016 for an depend solely on fortuitous cir fewer numbers now of ‘doubtful menon. A prisoner on parole or
mission found no evidence of a gunfi ght, and held that housing. It is ironic that he went open appeal for support to the IS, cumstances. It needs a dedicated cases’ of attempted infi ltration, remission is not always driven by
fi ring had been onesided beginning to end. berserk inside a building, Fish which had been banned in the police force with large resources there is hope that the mischief reason, but he does fall victim oc
The fi ndings are a chilling and sordid catalogue of mongers’ Hall, north of the Lon country. Choudhury had also and a free hand to deal with law makers among applicants (exam casionally to emotions of revenge
how truth can be subverted and buried by the very of don Bridge, where he was attend played a signifi cant role in the for breakers. It also needs a strategy ple, Pakistan), will be kept away. against a system that he believes
fi cers who are supposed to enforce the law. Though the ing a conference on prisoner mation of alMuhajiroun, which that pays greater attention to the This is however no guarantee that had been unfair to him. It boils
commission puts it down to a disproportionate reaction rehabilitation run by Cambridge held several antiWest demonstra grievances of the large Muslim seg there will be no future terrorist at down to reading the mind of a pri
University. tions in the U.K. and was subse ment of the population. tacks from among those already soner who claims he wants to keep
from the antinaxal formation, the fi ndings make it
quently outlawed. If Usman Khan Successive governments have entrenched in the land. off from crime. We know how the
clear that the entire operation was botched from the Shadow of indoctrination had come under the spell of two been guilty of eff ecting many cuts That youth of particular com best of psychiatrists have failed in
start by poor intelligence, inadequate training, lack of There is no report that the police such fi ery preachers, it is not very in the police budget, in turn lead munity and impressionable age this exercise.
communication, and hasty reaction. The more worry had any inkling of what he was go surprising that he eff ortlessly ing to an appreciable depletion of are being shown up repeatedly as
ing part was afterwards. Postmortem reports showed ing to do that day. The judge who moved into terrorist domain. manpower.The U.K. police is still being the perpetrators of violence R.K. Raghavan is a former CBI Director
injuries on 10 of those killed were on their backs, not convicted Usman Khan and his fel Let’s move to July 7, 2005 when very understaff ed if one takes into cannot be ignored. A majority are and a former High Commissioner of India
consistent with claims the fi ring had been in selfde
fence. Instead, the nature and location of the injuries
suggested they were fi red upon while fl eeing, and in no
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Rape, impunity and state of denial The neglected foot soldiers
The government is showing utter lack of will despite the availability of Verma committee’s suggestions of a liberalised economy
panded on various proposals which
had already been made. The sugges India’s contract workers need greater state protection
tions included changes in school and
college syllabi to educate young peo
ple on the social values of equality
and respect for women’s autonomy;
Brinda Karat ensuring safe public transport, city
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and street lighting, CCTV cameras;
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mapping unsafe areas and provision
The horrifi c violence, gang rape and of increased police patrolling in such Alok Ray
murder of the young woman veteri areas; and a slew of other steps. If
narian on a national highway close to these measures had been imple
Hyderabad has led to national out mented seriously, perhaps the young Editorials and articles have been written on
rage and protests in several States. woman veterinarian would be alive the proposed merger of BSNL and MTNL.
Around the same time in Tonk, Ra and safe today. Permanent employees of the two telecom
jasthan, a sixyearold child, return munication companies are planning to opt tation of a comprehensive social security
ing home after having attended a rienced physical and/or sexual vio on the statute book. Global expe Basic safety measures for lucrative voluntary retirement schemes scheme. It had very rightly recommended
school sports competition, went mis lence but only 1.5% had sought help rience is clear enough that such pun The Verma report stated: “What is and a generous package also awaits the se that after two years of working for an organ
sing. Later, her bloodied body was from the police. Accurate data collec ishments have not led to a decrease even more shocking is the incapabil nior employees. But what about the thou isation, a contract worker should be treated
found, sexually brutalised. In Coim tion is very important to inform pol in crimes. The issue, as repeatedly ity of the government of India and of sands of contract labourers, contractual and as a permanent worker. However, the apex
batore, a student of Class XI, return icy initiatives. Unfortunately, the pre stressed by activists, is not just the the various State Governments to im temporary workers — who have served the court in SAIL vs. National Union of Water
ing from celebrating her birthday, sent Central government prefers to extent and stringency of punish plement even the most basic safety two organisations for several years for far front Workers and others (2001) overruled
was abducted and gang raped. In suppress or to rubbish statistics that ment, but as much the certainty of it measures with any amount of effi ca less wages and without any substantial social some of its earlier judgments and decided
Ranchi, an Adivasi law student was reveal its failures. through swift and fair procedures cy... Despite numerous recommen security benefi ts? It is not an exaggeration to that the law does not provide for automatic
abducted and gang raped by a group The terrible crime in Hyderabad that discourage crime. There has dations, deliberations, consulta say that these workers constituted the rudi absorption of contract labourers upon its
of armed men. also showed the callousness of elect been no improvement on this score. tions, studies, directions from the mentary service pool of these organisations. abolition and that the principal employer
The week of dreadful sexual ed leaders. The Chief Minister of Te judiciary and, most importantly, the But now, after doing unpaid work for many has no liability to regularise them.
crimes brings home the reality that langana has not yet cared to visit the Huge backlog of cases protests of civil society, the state con months, many of the desperate employees
there is a national emergency in In grieving family. In Parliament, when The NCRB report shows that the tinues to fall woefully short of ensur are committing suicide. Hire and fi re the norm
dia as far as crimes against women, the issue was raised, Amit Shah, the backlog of cases, including cases of ing the safety of women in this coun The BSNLMTNL case is not an aberration. It is true that our labour laws are stringent
specifi cally sexual crimes, are con Home Minister, was conspicuous by child rape, is huge. For all crimes try.” And now six years after this There are thousands of employees in the in and protective, but this statement applies
cerned. A rape culture embodied in his absence. Delhi is directly under against women, the pendency of cas report, the government asks Parlia formal sector, a majority of them engaged only to the fortunate permanent employees,
the brutal power of male sexual entit his watch. It is the most unsafe city es is as high as 89.6%. In 2017, there ment for further suggestions, dis through contractors, working in precarious who constitute roughly 10% of the total
lement and impunity seems to have for women. Has he even once re were as many as 1.17 lakh rape cases playing an utter lack of political will. service conditions. But, who will rehabilitate workforce. Hire and fi re is the rule for the
gained strength. But the government viewed the issue with the police in from previous years pending trial. Under the present regime, retro these victims of an emerging market econo contract labourers. Laissez faire is in full
is in a state of denial. Since 2016, the the capital or expressed concern? That year, 28,750 more cases were gressive approaches to women’s my where most graduates are not employa bloom. Paradoxically, a rigid labour law sys
annual National Crime Research Bu The safety of India’s women and chil sent for trial. How many accused in rights have become more prominent. ble due to skill defi ciency and there is an tem has also contributed to greater contrac
reau (NCRB) reports have been sup dren does not seem to be on his list this huge number of cases under trial Ministers and elected representa acute shortage of job opportunities? tualisation of the workforce. And, engaged in
pressed. The 2017 report was re of priorities. Meanwhile, in response were convicted? Just 5,822. This utter tives openly side with the rape ac substantial numbers as contract labourers
leased only in 2019. Apart from the to the anguish expressed by several failure to reform the justice system cused as in Kathua or Shahjahanpur. Noncompliance are people from vulnerable caste groups.
deliberate omissions in reporting members during the parliamentary and ensure conviction leads to an in It is the victims who are named, The Contract Labour (Regulation and Aboli The Contract Labour Act, 1970, is applicable
lynching cases and honour crimes, discussion on the Hyderabad case, crease in the impunity with which shamed, and blamed. Women’s as tion) Act, 1970 and the Inter State Migrant only to organisations and contractors who
the report showed an alarming in Rajnath Singh, who was standing in crimes against women are commit sertions for a right to safe public Workmen (Regulation of Employment and are employing 20 or more workers. Hence,
crease in registered crimes against for the Home Minister, said “all sug ted. A UN report on steps required to spaces are met with a ferocious back Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 have been in the number of such workers could be much
women. Specifi cally, on an average, gestions given by everyone present provide safety and security for wo lash. In particular, Dalit and Adivasi place for long; but noncompliance is the or more than what the numbers suggest.
around 1,000 crimes were registered here will be taken and a law can be men states that “women’s safety in women, poor women working in the der of the day. Similarly, manual scavengers, In the liberalised Indian economy of the
every day, over 3.5 lakh in the year. formed if needed. Our government is volves strategies and policies that most unsafe conditions created by most of them employed as contract labour 21st century, such labourers are treated as sa
On an average, 93 women were vic open to every suggestion anyone has take place before violence has oc resurgent caste and class hierar ers, are still forced to do cleaning jobs under crifi cial goats. Pay Commissions are always
tims of rape every day. Onethird of to give to curb such heinous crimes. curred to prevent perpetration or chies, are the most vulnerable. The the most inhumane conditions, despite this very gracious to upgrade the salary structure
them were minors. Around 87,924 We are willing to do whatever it takes victimisation... Prevention eff orts in struggle against sexual violence is barbaric practice having been outlawed of permanent employees on a periodical ba
women registered cases of sexual ha to ensure that the most stringent volve strategic, longterm, compre equally a struggle against the policies through successive pieces of legislation. The sis, but the genuine needs of contract work
rassment, an average of 241 a day. Ev rules be implemented.” hensive initiatives that address the and cultures which disempower Supreme Court, in judgment after judgment, ers are repeatedly ignored by the state. Un
ery day, on an average, 28 women Once again, the government delib risk and protective factors related to women. has ruled that contract workers should be less our policymakers ensure strong
were burnt to death in cases regis erately turned attention to the issue perpetration, victimisation and bys The way forward is through in paid the same wages as permanent em enforcement of policies linked to such work
tered as ‘dowry deaths’. of extent of punishment, instead of tander behaviour.” creased public action for social ployees for similar jobs, but these orders ers, suicides, as in the BSNLMTNL case, will
focusing on the urgent steps required In India, after the Nirbhaya case, change and enforcement of a code of seem to exist only to be taught in law classes, continue. Parliament has already enacted
Most cases go unreported for the prevention of such crimes. the committee set up under Justice accountability and responsibility on not for compliance by employers. the Code on Wages, 2019. Indeed, we do
These fi gures, shocking as they are, Every time the government is held J.S. Verma had made a series of re the Central and State governments to Similarly, Unorganised Workers’ Social Se need reform in our labour laws to enhance
refl ect only a small percentage of the accountable, it diverts attention to commendations for prevention of implement the recommendations curity Act, 2008, has largely been a cosmetic globalisation. But, at the same time, we also
crimes committed against women. the “stringency” of punishment. In crimes. It placed the responsibility necessary to make India safe for its exercise. The second National Commission need a comprehensive umbrella of social se
As is known, most cases go unreport this context, Jaya Bachchan’s call for on the Central and State govern women and children. on labour, in the year 2002, had strongly re curity for these foot soldiers of growth and
ed. For example, the National Family public lynching is dangerous and ments to ensure the social and phys commended abolition of the exploitative development.
Health Survey4 revealed that every should be withdrawn. The death pe ical infrastructure to prevent crimes Brinda Karat is a member of the CPI(M) Polit contract labour system in course of time
third married woman had expe nalty for rape and murder is already against women. It added to and ex Bureau and a former Rajya Sabha MP and, in the meantime, suggested implemen Alok Ray is a Kolkata-based lawyer and labour law expert
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It is crisisridden, understaff ed and underfunded The woes of Lok Sabha Speaker
A graphic account of the Speaker’s woes and
Mohini Bishnoi mies. It is not surprising, then, that
the encroachment by members on his time
Indian universities rank low in both
was given by the Speaker, Mr. G.S. Dhillon in
The furore surrounding fee hikes at research and teaching. The Council
the Lok Sabha today [December 4, New Del
the Jawaharlal Nehru University has of Scientifi c and Industrial Research,
hi]. He complained that members streamed
spurred deeper questions about the at rank 155, was our highest in the Sci
into his room with a variety of requests just
quality of university education. In mago Institutions Rankings (SIR) for
as he was studying papers relating to the
dia’s higher education system is research while six Chinese institutes
day’s business in the House. Since he had to
structurally fl awed and underfund fi gured in the top 50.
come to the House at 11, the half hour pre
ed. This crisis will aff ect innovation
ceding that was most precious to him. Mem
and human capital, the two pillars of Macroeconomic impact
bers coming to him at that time gave notice
labour productivity and GDP growth, Such fl aws could aff ect macroeco
of adjournment or other motions and, what
while cheating India’s largest demo nomic indicators such as labour pro
was more, pressed for his verdict on them in
graphic of its potential. ductivity, which is determined by in
the House immediately thereafter. All this,
The mammoth system deserves novation and human capital, among
he said, detracted from the concentration he
better than the superfi cial data that is other things. The workers of tomor
had to bestow on his work. He said that in
being bandied about. For example, a row need to transition to the formal,
the House of Commons, members saw the
surge in women’s enrolment has nonagricultural sector, armed with
Speaker only once a month. Besides, there
been muchtalked about but this higher education credentials. In ad
was a fi rst rehearsal as to how a member
does not necessarily imply better dition, an increase in research could
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said he was not suggesting such rigid system.
port’ suggests that only 47% of Indian my, which might in turn drive up la DATA POINT “Nevertheless, I must mention how mem
graduates are employable — a pro bour productivity. Higher education
bers do not even spare me when I am in the
blem exacerbated by startlingly low has a potential twofold eff ect on pro
bath. Surely, I must be given more consider
faculty fi gures. ductivity. The government released a
ation by members”, he added.
Draft National Education
Faculty shortage Policy (DNEP) in June
Faculty vacancies at go 2019, which proposed A HUNDRED YEARS AGO DECEMBER 5, 1919
vernment institutions are ambitious reforms. The Parties in India.
at 50% on average. A De DNEP aims to double
loitte gathering of 63 education spending to (From an Editorial)
Deans of toptier institu 6% of GDP, and close the Party politics are quite new in this country
tions revealed that 80% of researchteaching divide and it is not surprising that many of our
those listed lack of quality in higher education. This countrymen who are unused to some phas
faculty as their biggest is coupled with an ‘Insti es of it, are shocked at the way in which
concern. The problem lies in in tutions of Eminence’ programme speakers express themselves as regards
creased demand, and stagnant sup started in 2018 that gave increased those with whose opinions they disagree.
ply. The number of institutions has funding to some research universi We published yesterday a letter on the ques
surged in India since the 2000s, ties. Experts, however, are doubtful tion of social amenities to the extended to all
while the number of students doing about whether the dramatic increas the delegates who have returned from En
PhD has remained constant. Mean es will be politically feasible, and gland. Other letters are published today
while, there are over a 1,00,000 In whether the implementation of such more or less relating to the same subject.
diaborn PhDs in universities around reforms will go the path of previous The communication from a ‘Friend’ de
the world, kept away by paltry salar NEPs — watered down and eventually serves notice because, though it is unsigned,
ies and poor funding. China solved shelved. its anonymity is due to the writer holding a
this problem by attracting Chinese What lies ahead? The government high offi cial position. We fear he has taken
origin PhDs back home with dollar needs to recognise the systemic an an exaggerated estimate of the situation.
salaries and monetary incentives for ger at play, and ensure that higher The Madras Mail says: “There is a surfeit of
published research. Tsinghua Univer education’s role in innovation and Lime House in Indian Party speeches, and
sity, for example, is designed on the human capital is not ignored. The unfortunately there is in India, a seriousness
Western model of teaching and re DNEP is a great fi rststep, but the re behind it which is not to be found in the tub
search, and is even ahead of MIT in forms must be pushed through and thumping to party rivals in England. Mr.
terms of published papers. must lead to legislation that will fund Lloyd George’s famous philippic against the
However, Indian universities per researchbased universities. Only this peers were largely disconnected by the gen
sist in separating research and teach can bring a culture of discovery and eral understanding that he had no personal
ing activities, depriving students of accountability to India’s higher edu animosity against the persons he so rigo
exposure to cuttingedge ideas. Mo cation institutions. rously attacked. Can the same be said of the
netary incentives for academia are Indian partisans?’’ We ask, why not? There
practically nonexistent, and Indian is no more reason to attribute personal ani
R&D expenditure at 0.62% of GDP is Mohini Bishnoi is pursuing a Masters in mosity to Indian politicians when attacking
one of the lowest in emerging econo Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School their opponents than among Englishmen.
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HYDERABAD
Citizenship Bill ready While it has majority in the Lok Sabha, the party appears to be sailing through in the Rajya Sabha too
for tabling in House Sobhana K. Nair will be shared on the fl oor of there are many Sikhs from
New Delhi both Houses.” Pakistan and Afghanistan
The purpose of the Bill says not be treated as illegal mi The Citizenship Amendment who have been living in India
India must be generous
that it will enable acquisi grant” for violating provi Bill cleared by the Union Ca Abstentions likely for the past 25 years. This Bill
with neighbours: Minister
tion of Indian citizenship by sions under Passport Act, binet on Wednesday is ex The AIADMK, which has 11 will confer citizenship rights NEW DELHI
persons who were forced to 1920 or the Foreigners Act, pected to be tabled in Parlia members, said that it has not on them,” party leader Na India must be nonreciprocal
seek shelter in India due to 1946 that pertains to fo ment next week. While its so far decided its stand. “We resh Gujral told The Hindu. and generous with smaller
persecution or fear of it on reigners entering and stay fate in the Lok Sabha is a for have to obtain a copy of the BSP leader Veer Singh told neighbours of South Asia,
grounds of religion and will ing in India illegally. gone conclusion, the govern Bill based on which we will The Hindu that the party has said External Affairs Minister
extend the facility to the The Bill also proposes to ment appears confi dent of consult our party before de not formulated its position S. Jaishankar at an event to
class of persons presently protect the applicants un clearing it in the Rajya Sabha ciding,” party leader A. Na and is waiting for the draft celebrate the centenary of
facing hardships and diffi der this category from all too, where the numbers are vaneethakrishnan said. Bill to be circulated. late Prime Minister Inder
culties in acquiring citizen pending legal cases. tricky. AIAMDK sources, however, The Biju Janata Dal (7), Kumar Gujral here. The
ship. “On and from the date of Those opposed to the Bill Taking questions: Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaking in said that while expressing re TRS (6) and YSR Congress (2) Minister said the Gujral
The earlier form of the commencement of the Citi include the Congress (46 the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. PTI *
servation on the Bill, the par are likely to support the Bill. Doctrine was crafted in the
Bill cleared by the Lok Sab zenship (Amendment) Bill, members), Trinamool Con ty may abstain or walk out, “I think as of now we are 1990s when relationship with
ha in January did not have 2019, any proceedings gress (13), Samajwadi Party tially unconstitutional since have no objections to the indirectly helping the go planning to support the Bill, Pakistan had “some
these provisions. pending against a person (9), RJD (4), Left parties (6), it uses religion as a criterion Bill, but we will decide once vernment. but we have to go into the de optimism”, which has eroded
Northeastern States under this section in respect DMK (5), AAP (3) and IUML, to extend citizenship. we read the Bill,” Shiv Sena The other key ally, Janata tails,” TRS leader Keshava after the series of cross
erupted in protests against of illegal migration or citi JD(S) and Kerala Congress The BJP with 81 members leader Sanjay Raut told The Dal (U), is confl icted on the Rao said. border terror attacks.
the Bill as it will nullify the zenship shall stand abated (M) (one each), besides two is currently the biggest party Hindu. contentious Bill in view of Biswajit Daimary of the Pirates kidnap 18 Indian
provisions of the Assam Ac on conferment of citizen Independent members and a in the Rajya Sabha. Its erst “As of 9.30 p.m. on Wed the upcoming Bihar Assemb Bodoland People’s Front (1) sailors off Nigerian coast
cord of 1985, which fi xed ship to him,” the Bill says. nominated member. while ally Shiv Sena, which nesday night, the Trinamool ly election in November and K.G. Kenye of the Naga NEW DELHI
March 24, 1971, as the cutoff The immediate benefi ci It remains to be seen has three members in the Parliamentary Party hasn’t 2020. Sources indicated that People’s Front (1) told The Eighteen Indians on board a
date for deportation of all il aries of this amendment whether the Congress, House, has not so far made seen a copy of the Bill as the party may follow the Hindu that they will support Hong Kongflagged vessel
legal immigrants, irrespec would be the nonMuslim which had walked out of the up its mind, though sources passed by Union Cabinet,” AIADMK in either abstaining the Bill if Home Minister were kidnapped by pirates
tive of religion. people out of the over 19 Lok Sabha in January when said the party saw no reason Trinamool’s RS fl oor leader or walking out if it comes Amit Shah’s commitment to near the Nigerian coast, said a
The National Register of lakh people who were ex an earlier version of the Bill to change its earlier stand. Derek O’ Brien said. “From down to vote. protect areas that fall under global agency tracking
Citizens (NRC) in Assam was cluded from Assam’s Na was presented, will vote The Shiv Sena had supported what is being reported in the The Akali Dal, which has sixth schedule of the Consti maritime developments in the
updated as per the accord. tional Register of Citizens against it in the Rajya Sabha. the Bill during its last outing media, BJP is bringing this three members, is likely to tution and exempt Inner region. According to ARX
The Bill says the six non (NRC) published on August The party has so far main in the Lok Sabha. “It’s not a Bill for cheap, narrow politi support the Bill. “We are for Line Permit States from the Maritime, the vessel VLCC,
Muslim communities “shall 31. tained that the Bill is essen political issue for us. We cal gains. My party’s position the Bill primarily because Act stands true. NAVE CONSTELLATION was
attacked by pirates
during the evening hours of
December 3. PTI
Chidambaram gets bail in The Bill is unconstitutional, says Opposition LS passes Supplementary
Demands for Grants
money laundering case NEW DELHI
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday
It will aff ect our culture, language and even our political power, says former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi passed the first batch of the
The eff ect of such off ences holds any government post. Supplementary Demands for
on society has to be indeed It said Mr. Chidambaram Special Correspondent tion was what Mahatma press conference here. Grants allowing the
kept in view while granting cannot be blamed if a wit New Delhi Gandhi, Nehruji, Maluana Calling it unconstitution government to spend an
bail. However, on the other ness had refused to cooper Senior Opposition members, Azad, Dr. Ambedkar have al, the CPI(M) has demanded additional ₹ 21,246.16 crore,
hand, there cannot be a ate as there was no evidence including Congress leader said — that religion cannot the immediate withdrawal of including over ₹ 8,800 crore
blanket ban against granting of coercion. Shashi Tharoor and Commu determine nationhood,” Mr. the Bill. “Citizenship cannot in the newly formed Union
bail to accused in such case nist Party of India(Marxist) Tharoor said. be determined by or linked Territories of Jammu and
s.“Even if the allegation is Sealed covers (CPIM) general secretary Sit “Ours is a country for eve to religion. This is what Kashmir and Ladakh in the
one of grave economic of “The appellant [Chidamba aram Yechury on Wednes rybody, and everybody, ir makes the Citizenship current fiscal.
fence, it is not a rule that ram] is aged about 74 day said that the Citizenship respective of religion, has Amendment Bill (CAB) unac
bail should be denied in ev years... has suff ered two Amendment Bill “violated equal rights in this country, ceptable and unconstitution Left parties spar with
the basic tenets” of the and the Constitution that al,” Mr. Yechury tweeted. BJP over UAPA arrests
ery case since there is no bouts of illness during incar
NEW DELHI
such bar created in the rele ceration and was put on an Constitution. they wrote refl ected that. To “We are opposed to this.
Left members sparred with
vant enactment passed by tibiotics... In that circum “I think the Bill is funda day, this Bill undermines this violates the 1985 Assam Ac Chowdhury, however, said By abrogation of Article 370
their BJP colleagues in the
the legislature nor does the stance, the availability of mentally unconstitutional fundamental tenet of the cord. “The Bill will also af the party would decide its of they plunged Jammu and Rajya Sabha on Wednesday
bail jurisprudence provide the appellant for further in because the basic idea of In Constitution,” he said, but fect [our] culture, language fi cial stand on the Bill after Kashmir into turmoil and after ruling party member
so,” Justice Bopanna held. vestigation, interrogation dia has been violated in the called these his personal and even our political pow seeing in what form it is in now, by bringing the Citizen G.V.L. Narasimha Rao, while
Each case for bail has to and facing trial is not jeopar Bill. Those who believe that views. er,” Mr. Gogoi said, as the is troduced in Parliament. “We ship Amendment Bill they referring to the arrest of two
be weighed according to its dised. He is already held to religion should determine Former Assam Chief Mi sue had led to protests, will have to see in what form, will push the whole country CPI(M) activists under the
individual circumstances, be not a ‘fl ight risk’ and nationhood... that was the nister Tarun Gogoi indicated when the government had [and] manner the Citizen to the brink, especially the Unlawful Activities
the court said. Courts can there is no possibility of idea of Pakistan, they creat that the party’s State unit earlier brought the Bill. ship Bill is brought, then we northeast,” Communist Par Prevention Act in Kerala, said
not blindly follow any un tampering the evidence or ed Pakistan. We have always would move the Supreme Congress leader in the will decide on our stand,” ty of India general secretary that party insiders wanted to
iform precedent while deal infl uencing/intimidating the argued that our idea of na Court against the Bill as it Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Mr. Chowdhury said at a D. Raja said. shield the two men.
ing with bail applications in witnesses. Taking these and
economic off ence cases. all other facts and circum
BSNL will get
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Justice Bopanna pointed stances including the dura
out that Mr. Chidambaram tion of custody into consid
In the nick of time
was in custody of the ED for
over 45 days and he was
eration the appellant in our
considered view is entitled 4G spectrum,
available for questioning.
The ED had objected to
to be granted bail,” the Su
preme Court ordered. Lok Sabha told
the bail, arguing that they The apex court came
still wanted him for exten down heavily on how the SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
sive questioning in connec prosecution side presents NEW DELHI
Google offi cials step Sabha on Wednesday.
Union Minister for Tele
com and Information Tech
They are upset with our review the available infor
mation,” he added.
The Minister also ex
between India and China on
the Line of Actual Control
(LAC) but the two countries
and State Councillor Wang
Yi is set to visit India later
this month to hold
countries for the boundary
talks. Mr. Wang will also
hold talks with External
er it has extended reserva
tion for two seats in the Lok
Sabha for the AngloIndian
glo Indian community have
been nominated in the Lok
Sabha since the adoption of
Four soldiers killed in avalanche, blizzard
special correspondent four were trapped in Gurez la, died in a Srinagar hospi from Hardiya in Rajasthan;
Srinagar
sector. The rescue teams tal. “Owing to the inclement Sepoy Amit, 28, from Mund
Four soldiers were killed and managed to locate and re weather and high altitude, sa Jhaggar village in Harya
four were rescued after an trieve all personnel from Akhil developed severe med na; and Sepoy Kamal Kumar,
avalanche struck the Tangh both the incidents. Despite ical condition. After imme 21, from Rajasthan’s Sahawa.
dar sector in Kupwara dis best eff orts by the rescue diate fi rst aid, he was evac Lt. Gen. K.J.S. Dhillon,
trict and a blizzard hit Gurez and medical teams, three Ar uated to the 92 Base Hospital commander of the Chinar
in Bandipora on Tuesday my personnel in Tangdhar at Badami Bagh Cantonment Corps, paid tributes to the
evening. The avalanche hit sector and one soldier in Gu where he unfortunately suc deceased soldiers.
an Army post and the bliz rez Sector have succumbed,” cumbed,” the Army spokes This is the third weather
zard entrapped an Army a Srinagarbased Army spo man said. related incident in the past
patrol. kesman said. The other deceased sol few weeks where Army per
“Four jawans were buried Naik Akhil S.S., 28, from diers were identifi ed as Ha sonnel and civilians had lost
in the Tangdar sector and Veeranakavu village in Kera valadar Rajendra Singh, 36, their lives.
Uddhav agrees to
withdraw 700 cases
They pertain to Koregaon protests
Sharad Vyas
Mumbai
Maharashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray has
agreed in principle to with
draw nearly 700 cases relat
ed to the Bhima Koregaon
and Maratha agitations.
The State Home Depart
ment on Wednesday for
warded a status report to
the Chief Minister recom Uddhav Thackeray
mending him withdrawal of
cases which have been scru said a senior offi cial of the
tinised by two authorised Home Department.
committees, a Cabinet sub
committee headed by the Fi Flooded with demands
nance Minister and the oth The new Chief Minister has
er headed by the Additional been fl ooded with demands
DirectorGeneral of Police for withdrawal of cases for
(Law and Order), who have various agitations during
both scrutinised a number the previous Bharatiya Jana
of cases. ta Party government. Mr.
However, while the with Thackeray has so far an
drawal may start in patches, nounced withdrawal of cas
the total process will take es related to Aarey forest ag
nearly one year to com itations, cases related to
plete, offi cials said. protests against the Nanar
According to the status Refi nery and cases related
report submitted to the to the agitation demanding
Chief Minister, 323 cases for construction of Ambedkar
withdrawal are related to memorial in Mumbai’s Indu
Maratha reservation while Mill.
another 386 are scrutinised In 2018, violent protests
and will be taken back in the had broken out after thou
Bhima Koregaon agitation. sands of Dalits visiting a war
About 114 cases are of se memorial at Bhima Kore
rious nature and cannot be gaon in Pune district came
withdrawn yet. under attack. The same year
“We have forwarded the Maratha community started
report to the CM today and a Statewide agitation de
he has taken a call on it. manding quota in jobs and
These will be forwarded to education.
the Director General of Pol Both protests had turned
ice, who will then forward it violent resulting in loss of
to the judiciary for starting property over ₹ 20 crore, of
the process of withdrawal,” fi cials said.
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Trump abused offi ce for own gain: report U.S. House passes Bill seeking
Impeachment inquiry concludes that he made eff orts to ‘bend’ U.S. foreign policy to target rivals action over Uighur crackdown
Sriram Lakshman the basis of a whistleblower cles against Mr. Trump.
Washington DC complaint that sparked the The White House also dis
United States President Do impeachment inquiry, was missed the fi ndings of the re
It urges sanctions on Chinese offi cials; Beijing vows retaliation
nald Trump used his offi ce neither the start nor the end port. “At the end of a one
Reuters
for personal political gain of Mr. Trump’s eff orts to sided sham process, Chair WASHINGTON/BEIJING
and obstructed a Congres “bend” U.S. foreign policy man Schiff and the
sional inquiry into his con for personal gain. Democrats utterly failed to The U.S. House of Represen
duct, a 300page scathing re VicePresident Mike produce any evidence of tatives on Tuesday over
port released by House Pence, Secretaries of State wrongdoing by President whelmingly approved a Bill
Democrats on Tuesday con (Mike Pompeo) and Energy Trump,” Press Secretary Ste that would require the
cluded. (Rick Perry), as well as White phanie Grisham said in a Trump administration to
“The evidence is clear that House Acting Chief of Staff statement. “This report re toughen its response to Chi
President Trump used the Mick Mulvaney and others fl ects nothing more than na’s crackdown on its Mus
power of his offi ce to pres “were either knowledgeable their frustrations. Chairman lim minority, drawing swift
sure Ukraine into announc Mounting pressure: House Intelligence Committee Chairman of or active participants in an Schiff ’s report reads like the condemnation from Beijing.
ing investigations into his Adam Schiff speaking to reporters in Washington. AFP *
eff ort to extract from a fo ramblings of a basement The Uighur Act of 2019 is
political rival, former Vice reign nation the personal blogger straining to prove so a stronger version of a Bill
President Joe Biden, and a raine announcing the and advisers to produce doc political benefi ts sought by mething when there is evi that angered Beijing when it Tough stand: Women confronting Chinese paramilitary police
debunked conspiracy theory investigations. uments and testify to Con the President”, the inquiry dence of nothing.” passed the Senate in Sep during a protest at Urumqi in Xinjiang, China. REUTERS/FILE *
Trump calls Trudeau ‘twofaced’ Indianorigin Congressman likely to lead Asia panel
Despite diff erences, NATO leaders vow to stick together
Democrat Ami Bera is a strong rate sources on Capitol Hill cosponsored an amend subcommittee would bring
Agence France-Presse deau “twofaced” after a and one former Congres ment to the annual defence objectivity and impartiality
Watford group of allied leaders were proponent of closer IndiaU.S. ties sional staff er told The Hindu. authorisation Bill, recognis to the panel.
NATO leaders vowed to stick caught on video at a Buck Contingent on Mr. Sher ing India as a ‘Major Defence Following the October 22
together against threats ingham Palace reception Sriram Lakshman tober 22 hearing on human man shifting out to the capi Partner’ of the U.S. In Sep hearing, it was reported that
from Russia and terrorism mocking the U.S. leaders’ Washington rights in Kashmir and South tal markets subcommittee, tember this year, he cospon Indian offi cials had been ta
and recognised the chal rambling press An imminent shuffl ing of po Asia that caused a diplomat Mr. Bera could be voted into sored a “Sense of the House” ken by surprise by the focus
lenge of a rising China on appearances. sitions in the U.S. Congress ic and political challenge for the Asia subcommittee as resolution (i.e. advice, gui of that day’s panels on In
Wednesday, despite another Delicate ties: Donald Trump Mr. Trump cancelled his could be of particular signifi the Indian government. early as the end of this week. dance from the House of Re dia’s actions in Kashmir rela
summit overshadowed by with Justin Trudeau in planned fi nal news confe cance to India with Indian While Mr. Bera, a physi A vote for the capital mar presentatives) that India tive to a discussion on Pakis
U.S. President Donald Watford, Britain. REUTERS *
rence to fl y directly back to American Congressman Ami cian and California Demo kets subcommittee is being should be a permanent tan’s sponsorship of terror in
Trump’s angry outbursts. Washington, despite boast Bera likely to take over a cru crat, is a strong proponent of held on Wednesday after member of the UN Security the region. During the hear
The 29 leaders meeting ween several of the heads of ing of having convinced his cial Foreign Aff airs subcom closer IndiaU.S. ties, his po noon, a Congressional aide Council. ing that also discussed the
outside London to mark the state. European allies to boost de mittee on Asia, the Pacifi c tential leadership of the Asia told The Hindu. National Register of Citizens
70th anniversary of the Atlan But the bad blood conti fence spending and Turkey and Nonproliferation. subcommittee does not While he was cochair of ‘Will ensure objectivity’ in Assam, Mr. Bera empha
tic alliance agreed a joint nued to the end of he two to drop its objections to the The Committee, which is mean the Indian govern the Congressional Caucus on A source on the Indian side sised India’s foundation as a
statement despite divides day get together, with Mr. adoption of an updated de currently headed by Demo ment will get a free pass on India and Indian Americans told The Hindu on Wednes secular democracy and
over spending and strategy Trump branding Canada’s fence plan for the Baltic crat Brad Sherman, was in Kashmir and human rights in the 114th Congress ( Janu day that they had hoped Mr. called for an easing of res
and sharp exchanges bet Prime Minister Justin Tru states and Poland. the news recently for an Oc and related issues, two sepa ary 2015 January 2017), he Bera’s leadership of the Asia trictions in Kashmir.
Climaterelated disasters on the uptick 629 Pakistanis sold as brides in China
Japan worsthit, India ranked fi fth for water shortages, crop failures and fl ooding Govt. pressure has curtailed probe as it doesn’t want to hurt ties with Beijing
Reuters water shortages, crop fai Powerful storms also left a Associated Press police, refused to testify be
Madrid lures and worst fl ooding, trail of destruction in 2018, LAHORE cause they were either threa
Worsening heatwaves are Germanwatch said in a with the Philippines second A total of 629 girls and wo tened or bribed into silence,
taking a heavier toll on rich report. in the climate risk index due men from across Pakistan according to a court offi cial
as well as poor countries, ac “Recent science has con to large losses when it was were sold as brides to Chi and a police investigator.
cording to an annual ranking fi rmed the longestablished battered by topstrength Ty nese men and taken to Chi The two spoke on condition
that measures the damage link between climate change phoon Mangkhut. na. The list, obtained by As of anonymity because they
done by extreme weather to and the frequency and sever sociated Press, was feared retribution for speak
human life and economies. ity of extreme heat,” it added ‘Crisis can’t be ignored’ compiled by Pakistani inves ing out.
The Global Climate Risk in a statement. Madagascar was the fourth tigators determined to break At the same time, the go
Index, published on Wed In 2018, a severe summer Bangladesh is closing down most weatheraff ected coun up traffi cking networks ex vernment has sought to cur
nesday by environmental heatwave in Japan killed 138 illegal brick factories to cut try as two cyclones killed ploiting the country’s poor tail investigations, putting
thinktank Germanwatch, people and caused more high smog levels. AFP * about 70 people and forced and vulnerable. The list gives “immense pressure” on offi
rated Japan as the mostaf than 70,000 people to be 70,000 to seek refuge. the most concrete fi gure yet A survivor of illegal traffi cking showing a picture of her cials pursuing traffi cking
fected country in 2018, while hospitalised with heat stroke Across Europe, extreme Laura Schaefer, a policy for the number of women Chinese husband, in this fi le photo. AP *
networks, said Saleem Iqbal,
Germany was in third and exhaustion, the report heat spells are now up to 100 adviser with Germanwatch, caught up in the traffi cking an activist who has helped
position. said. times more likely than a cen told journalists at the UN cli schemes since 2018. because of pressure from go In October, a court in Faisa parents rescue several young
Both of the industrialised And in Germany, the pe tury ago, says the report. It mate talks in Madrid that the But since the time it was vernment offi cials fearful of labad acquitted 31 Chinese girls from China.
nations were hit hard by riod from AprilJuly 2018 was noted that the impact of index results showed that put together in June, investi hurting Pakistan’s lucrative nationals charged in connec Asked about the com
heatwaves and drought that the hottest ever recorded in heatwaves on African coun the “signs of climate crisis”, gators’ aggressive drive ties to Beijing. tion with traffi cking. Several plaints, Pakistan’s interior
year, as was India — in fi fth the country, leading to the tries may be underrepre on all continents, could no against the networks has lar The biggest case against of the women, who had in and foreign ministries re
position — which suff ered deaths of over 1,200 people. sented due to a lack of data. longer be ignored. gely ground to a halt, largely traffi ckers has fallen apart. itially been interviewed by fused to comment.
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Cabinet okays bond ETFs Nod for Data Protection Bill
Classifi es passwords, fi nancial data as ‘sensitive personal’
Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 62.88 ddddddddddddddd3.73
Bharat Bond ETF would be India’s fi rst corporate bond exchange traded fund
Special Correspondent
Special Correspondent ₹ 1,000, it said, would help NEW DELHI
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 21408.00. . . . . . . 35.25 Exchange Traded Fund CPSEs, CPSUs, CPFIs and Court judge B.N. Srikrishna.
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 123.25. . . . . . . . -0.30
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785.40. . . . . . . . . 3.10
(ETF) to create an additional other government organisa The Bill deals with the broad data can be processed only data, which will then be only
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1125.50. . . . . . . . . 0.95 source of funding for Central tions an additional source of guidelines on the collection, with the explicit consent of processed in a server or data
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2322.40. . . . . . . . . 2.70 Public Sector Undertakings meeting their borrowing re storage, and processing of the person, and this consent centre located in India.
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1251.65. . . . . . . . -3.75
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 2439.00. . . . . . . 16.60
(CPSUs), Central Public Sec quirements, apart from bank personal data, the consent needs to be informed, clear, Personal data is to be
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.10. . . . . . . . . 5.10 tor Enterprises (CPSEs), fi nancing. of individuals, penalties and and specifi c, as defi ned by stored in India, but can be
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2048.00. . . . . . . 19.55 Central Public Financial In “It will expand their inves compensation, and a code of the Bill itself. processed outside with the
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529.25. . . . . . . 19.90 stitutions (CPFIs), and other itially AAArated bonds. they will be issued in two se tor base through retail and conduct. consent of the person.
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1544.30. . . . . . . . -0.40
Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 248.95. . . . . . . . . 0.50 government organisations,” “The unit size of the bond ries, of three years and 10 HNI [high net worth indivi The draft Bill classifi es Right to be forgotten The draft Bill also speci
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.85. . . . . . . 10.50 the government said in a has been kept at just ₹ 1,000 years. dual] participation, which ‘sensitive personal data’ as The draft bill also has a pro fi es penalties for not follow
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 126.85. . . . . . . . -1.65 release. so that retail investors can “Bond ETF will provide can increase demand for including passwords, fi nan vision for the right to be for ing its provisions, including
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.15. . . . . . . . -0.90
JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.80. . . . . . . . . 2.55 “Bharat Bond ETF would invest and it’s not a matter of safety (underlying bonds are their bonds,” the govern cial data, health data, sex gotten, where the person a penalty of ₹ 5 crore or 2% of
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1651.25. . . . . . . . . 4.50 be the fi rst corporate bond having crores to invest,” Fi issued by CPSEs and other ment added. “With increase life, sexual orientation, bio “shall have the right to res turnover, whichever is high
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285.10. . . . . . -28.10 ETF in the country,” it ad nance Minister Nirmala Sith governmentowned enti in demand for their bonds, metric data, genetic data, trict or prevent continuing er, if no action is taken on a
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.55. . . . . . . . . 2.65
Maruti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7076.10. . . . . . -62.70
ded. The ETF will comprise a araman said at a press confe ties), liquidity (tradability on these issuers may be able to transgender status, intersex disclosure of personal data”. data leak.
Nestle India Ltd. . . . .. 14306.25. . . . . . -47.25 basket of bonds issued by rence following the Cabinet exchange) and predictable borrow at reduced cost the status, caste or tribe, and re There is also a provision The Personal Data Protec
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.80. . . . . . . . . 0.25 the CPSEs, CPSUs, CPFIs, meeting. tax effi cient returns,” the go reby reducing their cost of ligious or political belief or for the central government tion Bill will likely be intro
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.05. . . . . . . . . 2.40
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 188.40. . . . . . . . -1.00
and other government or Each ETF will have a fi xed vernment release added. borrowing over a period of affi liation. The draft Bill says to notify categories of perso duced in Parliament during
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1552.70. . . . . . -26.20 ganisations and all will be in maturity date and initially The low unit value of time.” that such sensitive personal nal data as critical personal the ongoing Winter session.
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.85. . . . . . . . . 5.60
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 443.70. . . . . . . 10.10
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 169.40. . . . . . . 11.20
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.30. . . . . . . . . 9.65
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2078.50. . . . . . . 27.50
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 758.80. . . . . . . 12.55
Titan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1174.65. . . . . . . 16.50
ICICI insurance arms, HDFC SEBI can take action against auditors: Tyagi
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 4197.15. . . . . . -14.55
UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570.25. . . . . . . . . 0.75
Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.20. . . . . . . . . 4.50
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.20. . . . . . . . . 5.40
Life exit CSB Bank at 62% gain Regulator has mandate to protect investors’ interests, he says
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YES Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.00. . . . . . . . . 3.50 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT deregistering auditors. We
Zee Entertainment . . . . . . 281.35. . . . . . . . . 1.45 Stock makes stellar debut, closes at 54% above issue price MUMBAI
The capital markets regula
PW from auditing don’t have the authority and
we don’t wish to have that
listed fi rms for 2
MANOJIT SAHA The insurers picked up shares of the company were tor has reiterated that it has years for its alleged authority,” he said.
EXCHANGE RATES Mumbai stake in the bank about traded on the BSE during powers to take action against
role in the Satyam
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit The insurance arms of ICICI three years ago at ₹ 120 per the day. The company’s mar auditors who act in a man SC sets aside SAT order
except yen at 4 p.m. on December 04 Computers matter
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL Bank — ICICI Prudential Life share. They have now exited ket capitalisation stood at ner that is detrimental to the Interestingly, the SEBI
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 71.33. . . . . . . 71.65 Insurance and ICICI Lom at ₹ 195 apiece, which is a ₹ 5,205.41 crore. interests of public see that it is done and there chief ’s statements come
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 78.95. . . . . . . 79.31 bard — HDFC Life Insurance gain of 62.5%. During the The IPO was primarily to shareholders. is no trouble there. It goes to close on the heels of the Su
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 93.07. . . . . . . 93.49
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 65.64. . . . . . . 65.94
and Edelweiss Tokyo Life In comparable period, Sensex meet regulatory require Speaking at a function or the basic issue of investor preme Court setting aside an
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 10.11. . . . . . . 10.16 surance, which had picked gave a return of 56% while ments since the bank was ganised by the Association of protection being the parlia order by the Securities Ap
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 72.12. . . . . . . 72.44 up 5% each in CSB Bank Bank Nifty’s return was 75%. well capitalised. CSB report Investment Bankers of India Ajay Tyagi mentary mandate of SEBI,” pellate Tribunal (SAT)
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 52.30. . . . . . . 52.54
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 53.70. . . . . . . 53.96
three years ago, have exited CSB shares debuted at ed a profi t of ₹ 44 crore for (AIBI), the umbrella body of he added. which, while hearing an ap
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 17.08. . . . . . . 17.17 the company during the in ₹ 275 on the BSE or 41% high the half year ended Septem merchant bankers, the Se companies based on which He, however, added that peal fi led by Price Water
Source:Indian Bank itial public off ering at more er than the issue price. Dur ber 2019 compared with a curities and Exchange Board investors are investing and if SEBI was not the regulatory house (PW), ruled that the
than 60% gain. ing the day, it rose 57.43% to loss of ₹ 197 crore loss for the of India (SEBI) Chairman we fi nd that that work has body that registers auditors capital markets regulator
The old generation priv ₹ 307 and later closed at full fi nancial year 201819. Ajay Tyagi said if those who not been done properly and and the capital markets reg does not that have the auth
BULLION RATES CHENNAI
ate sector lender — earlier ₹ 300.10, a sharp gain of The bank has put its audit listed entities do not do in investors’ interest, then ulator was not eyeing any ority to bar auditors.
December 04 rates in rupees with pre-
vious rates in parentheses known as Catholic Syrian 53.90% over the issue price. house in order in the last few their job properly, then, they audit fi rms should not be al such authority. In January 2018, SEBI had
Retail Silver (1g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.5. . . . . . . (47.9) Bank — made its stock mar CSB’s IPO, which was to years after IndoCanadian should not be allowed to au lowed to audit listed compa “It’s not our case that SEBI barred PW from auditing list
22 ct gold (1 g) . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 3648. . . . . . (3628) ket debut on Wednesday, raise ₹ 410 crore, was over billionaire Prem Watsa’s dit listed companies. nies for some time,” said Mr. is the agency which registers ed entities for two years for
closing at about 54% over subscribed 87 times. Fairfax India picked up ma “Our position is very sim Tyagi. “It is our parliamen or regulates the auditors. It is its alleged role in the Satyam
the issue price, on the BSE. A total of 40.27 lakh jority stake in the lender. ple. If they are auditing listed tary mandate, I would say, to nothing like that...We are not Computers matter.
IN BRIEF
Reliance Jio to increase IL&FS reports
UBL pitches for lower tax, duty Bharti board
₹ 22,527 cr. net okays raising
tariff by up to 40%
New charges to take eff ect from Dec. 6
loss for FY19 to help bring down beer prices up to $3 bn
Special Correspondent
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
MUMBAI
Firm unveils fi rst nonlager beer from Kingfi sher stable Reuters
Bengaluru
MUMBAI Infrastructure Leasing & Mini Tejaswi brewed with authentic Bel Bharti Airtel Ltd. said on
Reliance Jio has announced Financial Services (IL&FS) Bengaluru gian wheat beer recipe, of Wednesday it would raise
JLR unveils new Jaguar an up to 40% increase in ta reported a standalone net Beer is increasingly gaining fering a refreshing, light and up to $3 billion via debt
XE at ₹ 44.98 lakh riff s with eff ect from Decem loss of ₹ 22,527 crore for the acceptance as a social cata sessionable taste. Coming and equity, as it looks for
MUMBAI ber 6, with the company fi scal to March 2019, as lyst in India, but their prices with an ABV (alcohol by vol ways to pay down overdue
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) claiming its customers will against ₹ 333 crore in the are not yet attractive to a ume) lower than 5%, the fees it owes the Centre.
India, part of Tata Motors, get 300% more benefi ts previous fi scal. It reported Last month, Airtel and
large number of consumers beer is a rich blend of natu
has introduced a new version than its rivals’ tariff plans. a revenue of ₹ 824 crore, Vodafone Idea warned that
thanks to unfriendly taxes ral extracts of orange and
of Jaguar XE with prices Reliance Jio’s ‘New allin down from the ₹ 1,734 crore their ability to operate
and excise duties that now coriander, spices sourced
starting at ₹ 44.98 lakh one plans’ starts at ₹ 199 for in the previous year. would depend on relief
exshowroom India. “The
prevail in India, according to from Belgium and aromatic
a month, ₹ 399 for two This is the fi rst earnings United Breweries Ltd. (UBL). hops sourced from the U.S, from the government, after
Jaguar XE has always been a
months, ₹ 555 for three announcement after the Debabrata Mukherjee, as per the company. the Supreme Court upheld
distinctly designed executive
months and ₹ 2,199 for 12 the Jio consumers, uphold government sacked its chief marketing offi cer, UBL, taka has the highest levies Mr. Mukherjee said, “Be a demand by the telecoms
sports saloon that provides
exhilarating performance.
months. The customers will ing the Jio promise of pro board in October last year. told The Hindu, “Some on beer. ing a lead player in beer, it is department that telcos pay
The New Jaguar XE is an get free 1,000 minutes, viding the best quality ser As of end March 2019, amount of tax rationalisa The State charges an addi important that Kingfi sher overdue levies and inter
illustration of how 2,000 minutes, 3,000 mi vice at the lowest price total assets stood at ₹ 4,148 tion will bring beer prices tional excise duty of 175% made multiple varieties of est. Airtel said it would
enhancements in its design, nutes and 12,000 minutes of globally. crore, a pale shadow of down in the country and un and 150% on beer brewed in beer available in India to ca raise $2 billion via qualifi ed
technology and driving talk time respectively for “These plans will go live ₹ 23,868 crore a year ago. der such a scenario, beer microbrewery and draught ter to all categories of institutional placement
dynamics can rewrite the calls made to nonJio on December 6, 2019 and Liabilities rose to ₹ 21,083 consumption will go up beer, respectively. customers. and $1 billion via bonds
rules,” Rohit Suri, president network. can be opted from all exist crore from ₹ 18,276 crore. further. Consuming beer is a UBL on Thursday forayed “We will be able to quick and debentures.
and MD, JLR India Ltd., said Besides, these plans off er ing touchpoints,” the com As of October 8, 2018, sociallyaccepted thing in In into the alternative beer ly scale up this business Vodafone Idea and Bhar
unlimited free calls on Jio pany said in a statement. the group has an external dia now; however, prices market with the launch of through our existing supply ti Airtel will have to pay a
Three banks fi le appeal toJio network with 1.5 GB of On December 3, Voda fundbased debt of ₹ 94,216 come as a stopper.’’ Kingfi sher Ultra Witbier, the chain and manufacturing fa bulk of the $13 billion
at SAT in Karvy matter data per day. fone Idea and Bharti Airtel crore and an additional Beer is a State subject and fi rst nonlager beer from the cilities, and take the product owed. Both carriers have
MUMBAI “These plans will provide increased their tariff s by nonfund based debt of therefore each State has its Kingfi sher stable. across the country in the approached the court to re
HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and up to 300% more benefi ts to between 20% and 47%. ₹ 5,139 crore. view the October ruling.
own duty structure. Karna The craftstyled beer is next six months.’’
IndusInd Bank have fi led an
appeal in the Securities
Appellate Tribunal (SAT)
challenging the exparte
order by the Securities and SEBI plugs systemic issue with Ujjivan IPO Steel fi rms to start 2020 on dull note
Exchange Board of India subscribed Profi tability will decline due to soft demand, says Moody’s
(SEBI) in the Karvy Stock
Broking matter. The three
banks have lent money to
new margin framework 166 times Piyush Pandey
MUMBAI
mission to build 19.5 million
homes over the next two
the brokerage on the basis of
pledged securities and since Anomaly of penalty for ‘insuffi cient’ margins addressed SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Indian steel players led by years and $140 billion
the depository has
MUMBAI Tata Steel, JSW Steel and Jin spending on railways, roads
transferred bulk of the ASHISH RUKHAIYAR same day. The commodity on Friday on margining sys The IPO of Ujjivan Small Fi dal Steel and Power Limited and metros.
shares from Karvy's account MUMBAI derivatives segment is, ho tem takes care of this struc nance Bank, which closed ( JSPL), are likely to start the Global brokerage UBS has
to client accounts, the banks The new margining system wever, open till 11:30 pm for tural issue and it is a progres for subscription on Wed new decade on a negative downgraded Tata Steel to
have fi led the appeal. for commodity derivatives select commodities and sive step by SEBI for nesday, was subscribed footing as the profi tability ‘sell’ from ‘buy’ and slashed
markets, which was an hence the existing frame development of commodity 165.7 times, with bids re will further weaken due to its target price on the stock
PrimeInvestor.in unveils nounced by the Securities work was not managing the markets,” said Narinder ceived for 2,053 crore equi softening demand, falling to ₹ 360 from ₹ 675 as it ex
mutual fund rating tool and Exchange Board of India margin requirement eff ec Wadhwa, president, Com ty shares as against 12.4 steel prices and rising prices pects weak India earnings to
CHENNAI (SEBI) on Friday last, has tively. modity Market Participants crore equity shares on off of iron ore, a key raw delay deleveraging. Tata
PrimeInvestor.in, an plugged a systemic issue For instance, if there is a Association of India (CPAI). er in price band of ₹ 36₹ 37. material. growth remains the stron Steel’s net debt to increased
investment research as a wherein penalties were be spike in volatility post 3:30 Sanjit Prasad, MD and The category reserved The profi tability of the gest in Asia. However, the from ₹ 95,000 crore in
service (RaaS) platform for ing levied on members even pm, a shortage in margins CEO, Indian Commodity Ex for high net worth inves steel makers, measured by country will continue to re March 2019 to ₹ 1,07,000
retail investors, has launched though there was no shor could be reported even change (ICEX), said that the tors was subscribed a mas EBITDA per tonne, will de main the world's secondlar crore in September 2019 in
its mutual fund rating (MF)
tage of margins. though the member has suf new framework would help sive 486 times with bids re cline a further 5% in 2020 gest steel producer behind spite of commitments to cut
tool, Prime Ratings. The tool
fi cient funds to meet the ad in removing a ‘bottleneck’. ceived for 1,330 crore following a sharp decline of China, after having overta debt by $1 billion.
is an attempt to overcome
Current framework ditional margin require “Calling of margin by ex equity shares, as against around 25% in 2019 because ken Japan in 2018. According “The slowdown had im
the limitations of other MF
rating systems now available
Currently, the risk manage ment. Importantly, due to changes beyond banking 2.74 crore shares on off er. of soft demand, according to to India Ratings and Re pact on the working capital.
for retail investors. It uses a ment framework for the insuffi cient margins being hours posed a big hurdle to The segment reserved Moody’s Investors Service, search (IndRa), the steel in Capex numbers may see
more diverse combination of commodity segment is simi reported, penalties were be members and clients despite for institutional investors which has negative outlook dustry’s net leverage and in more reductions in the com
risk and return metrics and lar to that of the equity mar ing levied on members. having funds available with was subscribed nearly 114 for the Asian steel sector in terest coverage are likely to ing quarters,” Tata Steel
looks at fund categories ket, which shuts at 3:30 pm. As per last week’s circu them. The new cutoff time times while that for retail 2020. The growth pace of In deteriorate in FY20 due to Group CFO Kaushik Chatter
based on their characteristics Thereafter, the margin re lar, the cutoff time for deter of 5 pm shall help in remov investors was subscribed a dia’s steel demand is likely to compressed EBITDA mar jee told The Hindu.
and investment purpose and quirement is computed for mining the margins has been ing this bottleneck for all the little over 50 times. Total slow because of weak auto gins. The demand for steel in JSW Steel has deferred its
not just their SEBIdefi ned members and the shortfall, fi xed at 5 pm. bonafi de members and their worth of bids received was and manufacturing demand India is likely to be driven by capex of ₹ 4,700 crore to the
category. if any, is collected on the “The new circular issued clients,” Mr. Prasad said. nearly ₹ 76,000 crore. even as India’s demand the “House for all by 2022” next fi scal.
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‘I don’t think it’s an opportunity to replace Hardik’ Kapil laid the foundation,
Shivam Dube stays focused on the series at hand and hopes to do well Kohli building on it: Bishop
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> Imyself
V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM am preparing need to be good in all depart On his cricketing skills, he
HYDERABAD
for any given ments of the game,” Dube said that he is trying to im Press Trust of India “Now it’s been built on
For someone who is widely situation and, more said. “I have done something prove with each game. “I am NEW DELHI with a captain who likes fast
believed to be a strong con on fi tness and have im trying to learn from lots of Former West Indies speed bowlers, who believes in
importantly, being a
tender for an allrounder’s proved. I wish to move furth people, have seen many in ster Ian Bishop said the them.
bowler completing foundation of India’s “anoth
slot in Indian team in the ab er,” he added. ternational bowlers and am “But also the fact that
the full quota er level” fast bowling unit
sence of the injured Hardik trying to pick a few new you’ve found a generational
Pandya, Shivam Dube Dube, who played three Confi dent things watching them,” Dube was laid by the likes of Kapil talent in Jasprit Bumrah.
doesn’t think he is here to re T20Is against Bangladesh in On the likelihood of donning said. Dev and built on by current Generational because he
place the former. the recentlyconcluded se the role of a frontline bowler On the atmosphere in the captain Virat Kohli, who be plays all formats of the game
“I don’t think it’s an op ries and returned with his with India likely to prefer a dressing room, he thanked lieves in attack. very well. And (Mohd.) Sha
portunity (to play the T20 In best bowling fi gures of 3/30 fi veman attack, Dube said captain Virat Kohli, his team Bishop said Kohli’s pas mi has taken his game to
ternationals against West In in one game, feels the shift he is confi dent of his bowling mates and the support staff sion to put together a strong another level. Ishant (Shar
dies) to replace Hardik. from domestic to interna coming good. for making him feel confi fastbowling unit has made it ma) has also gone up anoth
“But, I think I have got a tional cricket has been “In a T20 game every dent, relaxed and happy. easier to build on the foun er level,” he added.
chance and I will try to do tough. bowler gets a bad and a good Dube felt that the Kieron dation that Kapil laid. The 52yearold Bishop
well for my country. I have “It is really diffi cult play game. I am preparing myself Pollardled West Indian side “Let’s remember that this Kapil Dev... the one who said he couldn’t have pred
got a job for my country and ing for your country. As an for any given situation and is very good. “But, we have group of bowlers did not started it all. PTI *
icted that India’s fast bow
I will try to do that better,” allrounder, it is a diffi cult more importantly being a prepared nicely and India emanate right now. lers would come to the Ca
Dube said during a media in job and more importantly proper bowler completing being the best team in world “The foundation was laid nath, Zaheer Khan, Munaf ribbean and do to the West
teraction here on for me to have the kind of the full quota of four overs,” cricket, it is going to win the — if you go back to Kapil and Patel, Sreesanth,” Bishop Indians what they did to oth
Shivam Dube. *
K.V.S. GIRI Wednesday. preparations on fi tness. You the allrounder said. series,” he said. down the line, Javagal Sri said. ers so many decades ago.
wondo (3 gold, 2 silver and 1
Kumar 29m, 32s. Long jump: & A. Amalraj bt Sanil Shetty & third Spaniard to win the European players. $6 million for relief
Gold: S. Lokesh 7.87m; Silver: Sudhanshu Grover 8-11, 11-7, award. “I read an article that be eff orts. Hero MotoCorp each eagle and $2,500 for Fund and Munjal are
bronze), fi ve from triathlon Swamynathan. Discus: Gold: 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 12-10.
(2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze) Rahm takes great pride in fore he started playing golf, Chairman Pawan Munjal any holeinone made. hopeful that Bahamas will
Kirpal Singh 57.88m; Silver: Women’s doubles: Madhurika being mentioned in the same there were about 10,000 announced that the Hero The tournament, which regain its spot as a top
and two gold medals from Gagandeep Singh. Patkar & Sreeja Akula bt Sutir-
kho kho. breath as Ballesteros. For it 15,000 licensed golfers in World Challenge commences at Albany, tourist nation, after a
Taekwondo: Gold: Laitika tha Mukherjee & Ayhika Muk- features Woods and 17
was Ballesteros — the excep Spain, and when he retired, tournament will make recent dip in visitor
Some of India’s medals on day Bhandari (women’s under herjee 2-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 5-
tionally talented former there were over 3,50,000. donations of $500 for other elite golfers. numbers due to the
three: 53kg), Jarnel Singh (men’s un- 11, 11-5.
World No.1 — who helped the “A massive number of golf each birdie, $1,000 for The ONE Bahamas hurricane.
Athletics: Women: 200m: der 74kg), Rudali Barua (wo- Mixed doubles: Harmeet & Su-
men’s over 73kg). Silver: Sau- tirtha Mukherjee bt Amalraj & sport gain popularity in courses were built thanks to
Gold: Archana Suseendran
23.67s; Bronze: A. Chandra rav (men’s under 63kg) and Ayhika 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, Spain. him too.
Lekha. Discus: Gold: Navjeet Gangjot (women’s 62kg); 11-8. “Seve is a huge reference “Golf in Spain is what it is “A lot of what I do is trying “Hopefully I can do my Rahm added.
Kaur Dhillon 49.87m; Silver: Bronze: Chaitnya Inamdar Kho-kho: Gold: Men: India bt in the world of golf, especial thanks to him,” Rahm said, to emulate him. I want to part to elevate the game not (The writer is in Nassau
Survi Biswas. Long jump: (men’s over 86kg). Bangladesh 16-9; Women: In- ly so for a small country like on the eve of the Hero World make my little mark in the only in Spain, but in Europe on invitation from Hero Mo-
Bronze: Sandra Babu. Table tennis: Gold & silver: dia bt Nepal 17-5. Spain. He was the biggest Challenge here on Tuesday. history of golf. and around the world,” toCorp)
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51kg which Mary has virtual
Select results (prequarterfi
even a single Major after be V.V. Subrahmanyam nals): Light fl yweight (48kg):
ing crowned World cham HYDERABAD ly made her own the last few Minakshi (Pun) bt Grace Yum-
pion in August, shuttler P.V. There was panic for a years, is one of the young nam (Man) 5-0. Flyweight
Sindhu is determined to fi n brief while at the Gopi girls keen to make a mark. (51kg): Jyoti Gulia (Rly) bt Mo-
ish the year on a high in the Chand Academy on And the fourth Elite Nation nika (Chd) 3-2; Mansi Sharma
al women’s boxing cham (UP) bt Ananaya Das (Ker) 4-1.
BWF World Tour Finals, to be Wednesday when
pionship at the Mundayad Bantamweight (54kg): Mee-
held at Guangzhou (China) World champion P.V.
indoor stadium has given nakumari Devi (Pol) bt Kanika
from December 11 to 16. Sindhu went down in Chaudhary (UP) RSC-3; Sabiha
The 24yearold Sindhu, serious discomfort her a wonderful chance to
DeRozan stars in Spurs’ Khanam (Jha) bt Hema Ambala
who is the defending cham after being hit by the fi ght Mary later this month.
win over Rockets (Tel) 5-0. Featherweight
pion and the only Indian in shuttle in her right (57kg): Sonia Chahal (Rly) bt Y.
SAN ANTONIO “This championship’s
DeMar DeRozan scored 23 the fray, is not bothered eye. Sandhyarani Devi (Pol) 4-1.
gold and silver medallists
points, including the game- about the poor run after the Sindhu, trying to
have been invited for the Lightweight (60kg): Shashi
winning free throws with 3.3 gold in the Worlds. master net dribbles, Chopra (Har) bt Rinky Sharma
trials to pick the boxer for
seconds to play in the second “There have been a lot of was hit when she (UP) 5-0; Rekha Tweatia (AP)
next year’s Olympic quali
overtime, as San Antonio ups and downs this year. Ap lunged forward. bt Divya Ganesh (Ker) RSC-3.
fi ers, so that is my target
Spurs came back from 16 parently, the Worlds gold was Physio Sumansh Light welterweight (64kg):
now. Since Mary and Nikhat
points down in the fourth the highpoint as it was a tru Sivalanka and fellow Pwilao Basumatary (Rly) bt
Zareen are not here as they
quarter to beat the visiting ly brilliant performance,” players rushed to Aarti Rawal (Del) RSC-3. Wel
are boxing in the Big Bout terweight (69kg): C.S. Mayori
Houston Rockets 135-133 on Sindhu said in an exclusive attend to Sindhu and
League, they will also be do (Man) bt Shaik Nasreen (A)
Tuesday. chat with The Hindu at Gopi after getting an ice
The results: Detroit 127 bt ing the trials,” said Railways’ 5-0. Heavyweight (+81kg):
Chand Academy here on Close call: P.V. Sindhu being attended to by physio Sumansh Sivalanka . *
V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM pack treatment, the
Cleveland 94; Orlando 127 bt Jyoti, the 2017 World youth Kavita Chahal (Pol) bt M. Yami-
Wednesday. Olympic medallist cut
Washington 120; Miami 121 bt champion, after winning ni (TN) RSC-1.
“I don’t think the tag of be did focus on some of the mis Sindhu added that the new or 10 in the world. The onus short her training
Toronto 110 (OT); Dallas 118
bt New Orleans 97; San
ing a World champion and al takes I committed. I am much coach Park Tae Sang, whom is to keep improving all the session.
Antonio 135 bt Houston 133
(OT); LA Lakers 105 bt
Denver 96; LA Clippers 117 bt
so going there to defend the
title would mean any pres
sure. I would just like to treat
stronger mentally and physi
cally now.
“Everyone knows about
she has known for a long
time, is helping her in becom
ing a much better player. “He
time.”
Sindhu doesn’t believe her
poor run has anything to do
Sindhu, however,
was soon playing with
her nephew, who
Gagan may fi nd it tough
Portland 97. REUTERS it like any other Major even my game now and I have to is giving some really impor with the hectic schedule. came to the academy
while being fully focussed change accordingly, though it tant tips and I hope to get the “You can’t do anything. Have along with her father
Change of car and talented rivals
India downs and keen to repeat last year’s doesn’t necessarily mean results soon.” to plan, train and play ac P.V. Ramana. will pose a challenge
New Zealand performance,” Sindhu said. anything drastic. A bit of ad About her biggest chal cordingly. Ultimately, you “These things do
CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA) “The BWF Finals throw fresh justments techniquewise lenge, Sindu said: “Every have to be consistent to be a happen. Just don’t wheels of a Datsun Readi
The Indian junior women’s challenges and I am prepared against some of the top match in any tournament is champion. My ultimate goal worry,” noted JK HORNBILL RALLY Go. He was on a Gypsy last
hockey team started its for them, thanks to more players should help my important as there is little is to win the Olympics gold,” Ramana. Rayan Rozario year and he mastered the
campaign at the three-Nation than two weeks of training. I cause.” that separates the topeight Sindu signed off with a smile. Kohima diff erent terrains in a rather
tournament on a positive It may not be that easy for confi dent manner. “It is not
note, beating New Zealand defending champion Gagan just the car but there are at
2-0 here on Wednesday.
Espada saves EB Sethi from Delhi and his co least seven good competi
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Striker Lalrindiki (15th driver Sabathullah Khan tors who can make it really
minute) and midfielder
(Kolkata) in the JK Tyre tough for me,” said Gagan.
Prabhleen Kaur (60th) were
Hornbill Motor Rally, a TSD Last year mobile apps
the scorers.
Yatendra scalps six
His 77thminute goal cancels out event, which was fl agged off came into play and this time
India will play host Australia 43 runs.
in its second match on
for Madhya Pradesh
HYDERABAD: Good spell by The scores: Krizo’s strike for Real Kashmir at The Heritage here on the participants will be al
Thursday. PTI
Wednesday. lowed to use the rally calcu
Yatendra Prajapati (6/33) Osmania University 214/5 in 25 counterattack was planned The twotime champion lator. About the route, he
helped Madhya Pradesh overs (Koushik Reddy 74, Surya I-LEAGUE and executed perfectly, Kri found the journey smooth said he has no clue.
bundle out Hyderabad for Teja 46 n.o.) bt Bharath IHER, Amitabha Das Sharma zo slotting home off the last year. The title came as a “I assume it might be si
144 in the second innings on Chennai, 171/7 in 25 overs KOLKATA team’s fi rst big move. sweet surprise for him as milar to that of last year. I
the third day of the fourday (Samatu Babu 98, Uma East Bengal scored a late The Ivory Coast forward well. am going to keep it simple
All India Vijay Merchant Shanker 36). equaliser through Marcos latched on to a long ball But, this time around, the and basic. Being calm is
Trophy (under16) AP football team for Espada to hold Real Kash from his own half and a mis Delhi star sounded a bit another thing and I have de
quarterfi nal at Gymkhana mir FC 11 in their opening communication between sceptical about his chances cided not to carry any extra
junior Nationals
Coyle named Ground here on Wednesday. assignment of the 13th edi East Bengal defenders Kas as he would be on the pressure on my baggage.”
CFC head coach The scores: Andhra Pradesh squad to
tion of the ILeague at the sim Aidara and Mehtab
CHENNAI Hyderabad 276 in 108.2 overs take part in the Junior
Kalyani Stadium on Signh at the top of the box
A few days after John & 144 in 60.4 overs (Dheeraj national football
Wednesday. presented him an opportun
Gregory’s exit, Chennaiyin FC Goud 36, Pranav Varma 37, championship, to be held in
Mandi (Himachal) from Real went ahead midway ity.
(CFC) announced, on Aryan Pandey 4/40, Yatendra
Wednesday, that 53-year-old December 10, has been through the opening half Krizo made no mistake,
Prajapati 6/33) vs MP 166 in his angular shot beating the
Scotsman Owen Coyle would named. when Gnohere Krizo found
53.5 overs & 74/4 in 39.3 overs G. Siva Kumar (India Stars, East Bengal custodian.
be the club’s new coach in The squad: the target.
(Devang Vyas 30, Jatin Rajput 138 n.o.). East Bengal doubled its
the Hero-Indian Super Still in search of its mai
33). Jagadeesh, Deepak Chandu, V. eff orts after the break and fi
League. Coyle’s CFC journey Telangana, 4. Chandigarh. den ILeague crown, three
begins with a challenging trip Tanmay to lead Kanakaraju, Pradeep, B. nally got it right in the 77th
Hyderabad Srinivas moves up Sivasankar, B. Raju, Ch. time NFL winner East Ben
to Jamshedpur FC on
V. Srinivas Reddy defeated minute when Espada’s fi ne
Tanmay Agarwal will lead Akshith, P. Mahaboob Basha, gal began well but was
December 9 at the JRD Tata
B. Joji Reddy 61, 61 in the fl ick off a Juan Mera pass
Hyderabad against Gujarat N. Srihari, C. Dileep, thwarted by the visitors’
Sports Complex. Coyle, a beat Lachenpa.
former English Premier in the Ranji Trophy cricket 55 years and above category Madhubabu, J. Bunny, tight defence and Real goal
The result: East Bengal 1 (Mar-
League manager with Burnley championship league match fi rst round of the GVKAISTA Parameswar Reddy, Praveen keeper Phurba Lachenpa.
cos Espada 77) drew with Real Raring to go: Gagan Sethi says that he is going to keep it
and Bolton Wanderers, joins to be played here from Senior national (veterans) Kumar, Vamsi, P. Rahul, T. In the 33rd minute, Real’s Kashmir 1 (Gnohere Krizo 33). simple and basic this time around. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
*
CFC on a contract till the end December 9. tennis tournament at LB Kalyan Ram, Laxman Bohara
of the season. The team: Tanmay Agarwal Stadium tennis complex and Sairam.
here.
(Capt.), P. Akshath Reddy, K.
Rohit Rayudu, B. Sandeep
The results (fi rst round):
Siva Kumar Australia
slams ton
Man City (Vice-capt.), Himalay Agarwal, 65 years & above: Jeewa
Williams bt P. Ram Kumar 6-1, G. Siva Kumar cracked a drawn with
K. Sumanth, Mehdi Hasan,
thrashes Saketh Sai Ram, M. Ravi Kiran,
Mohammed Siraj, Chama
6-0; Thulasi Ram bt M. Sai
Ram Babu 6-3, 6-0; Sunder
matchwinning century for
India Stars (138 n.o., 61b, Argentina
Burnley Milind, Tanay Thyagarajan,
G.A. Shashidhar Reddy,
Vadi Velu bt D.S.N. Raju 6-2,
6-3; B.G. Reddy bt K.S.R.
8x4, 13x6) against Waltair
Cricket Club in the 34th D.
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16 LIFE HYDERABAD
Bikram fi lm caught in copyright row
A yoga college and a writer claim their materials were used without permission
Namrata Joshi amounts to copyright infrin Netfl ix on November 20.
Mumbai gement”. In a demand letter dated
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Preda- Meanwhile, Choudhury, November 29 (a copy of
tor, the critically acclaimed who left the U.S. and faces an which is with The Hindu) to
documentary that spotlights arrest warrant issued by a Thomas Benski, CEO and
rape and sexual harassment Los Angeles judge for non founder of producer Pulse
charges against controver payment of about $7 million Films, patents and trade
sial yoga guru Bikram in compensation and puni mark attorney Martha Engel,
Choudhury, has landed in a tive damages in a civil suit writing on behalf of GYC, Pa
copyright row. that he lost, is likely to lead a junen and Armstrong, as
Kolkatabased Ghosh’s Yo yogacumsightseeing pack serted that an attribution to
ga College (GYC), yoga exp age tour titled ‘Bikram’s Le the content from their mate
ert and GYC ambassador Ida Bikram Choudhury. gacy Tour of India 2020’ in rials was not to be found
Pajunen and Jerome Arm * GETTY IMAGES January. anywhere in the fi lm.
strong, the author of the The documentary on the Emails seeking comment
book Calcutta Yoga: Buddha about some images and con fugitive yogi premiered at from Pulse Films, fi lmmaker
Bose and the Yoga Family of tent having been used in the the Toronto International Orner, producer Anthony
Bishnu Ghosh and Yoganan- fi lm without permission and Film Festival in September, and Netfl ix did not receive a
da, have expressed concern due credit “in a manner that and became available on response.
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