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3 PUNJABIS ARRESTED FROMCALEDON, TORONTO, BRAMPTON

FOLLOWING TRACTOR TRAILER THEFTS

Capt Amarinder with Awaaz-E-Punjab leaders Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu and Pargat Singh who formally joined the Congress party.

MIDWEEK SURVEYWHICH GLOBAL LEADER SHOULD GET

THE PERSON OF YEAR TITLE?

TRUMP NOMINATES SEEMA VERMATO TOP ADMINISTRATION POST

McCallum: Not every internationalstudent but those with more years

will be considered for PR

Minister Bains: Trudeau to visit India soon so went to lay track

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DISCUSSED THEIR PROBLEMS WITH YUDHVIR JASWAL, GROUP EDITOR AND CEO OF YMEDIA ONCHANNEL Y. THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS REGARDING IMMIGRATION RULES, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND LACK OF COMMUNITYSUPPORT. THE SHOW WAS BROADCAST LIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON ONLINE ON SOUTHASIANDAILY.COM

By Shazia MalikBRAMPTON - No new law as a consequence of this trip, but a lot of conver-sation and suggestions to immigration officers that they should be reason-ably accommodating except under serious circumstances and understandthe Indian culture. In many cases they do but it was kind of reinforcing thispoint and I'm hopeful over the time the situation will improve. These com-ments were made by John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugeesand Citizenship. However, when asked about the tussle going on betweeninternational students and the community, the minister did not comment onthat. Giving details of his India trip, McCallum said it was a very productivevisit. He toured Delhi, Chandigarh and Amritsar. I CONTD. ON PAGE 7

FROM LALIT K JHA/WASHINGTON, (PTI) US Presi-dent-elect Donald Trump has nominated an Indian-American woman to a top administration position,making her in charge of a federal agency withinthe US Depar tment of Health and Human Services."I am pleased to nominate (Dr) Seema Verma to serve asAdministrator of the Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices," Trump said in a statement. The announce-ment came along with Trump's nomination of Congressman Tom Price as hisHealth and Human Services Secretary. A leading expert in the country on Medi-care and Medicaid, Verma would serve as Administrator of Centers for Medicareand Medicaid Services. "She has decades of experience advising on Medicareand Medicaid policy and helping states navigate our complicated systems. To-gether, Chairman Price and Seema Verma are the dream team that will transformour healthcare system for the benefit of all Americans," Trump said.

DESK REPORT/TORONTO - In this week's exclusive survey Yudhvir Jaswal,Group Editor and CEO of YMedia asked the community who should be voted as aPerson of Year globally. He was talking in the context of a Time magazine pollsurvey. The community overwhelmingly voted for the Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi followed by AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on number two andWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on number three. Others included US Presi-dent-elect Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indian socialactivist Ana Hazare, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, recently retired Paki-stani army chief General Raheel Sharif, US President Barack Obama, RussianPresident Vladimir Putin, PTI chief Imran Khan, soccer player Neymar, and PPPchief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Surprisingly no one voted for the Chinese President XiJingping. Conducted on Southasian PULSE Prime Time on Tuesday morning be-tween 10am to 12 noon, the station received 104 votes in total. Modi received 34votes making 32.7%; Kejriwal 32 making 30.76%, Assange 8 making 7.7%; Obama8 making 7.7%; Trump 10 making 9.61%, Trudeau and General Raheel Sharif gotthree votes each making 2.88%; Putin 2 making 1.92%; Neymar, Ana Hazare,Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan and Bilawal received 1 vote each making 0.96%.YMedia regularly holds weekly polls on various issues that of interest to thecommunity and publish their results on all five of its media platforms every week.

Narendra Modi: 32.7%Kejriwal: 30.76%Donald Trump: 9.61%Julian Assange: 7.7%Barack Obama: 7.7%Justin Trudeau: 2.88%Gen.Raheel Sharif: 2.88%

Putin: 1.92%Ana Hazare: 0.96%Nawaz Sharif: 0.96%Bilawal Bhutto: 0.96%Neymar: 0.96%Imran Khan: 0.96%

YORK - York Regional Police officers have arrested three men and recoveredtwo tractor trailers loaded with chicken after spotting the stolen vehicles inMarkham and Vaughan. On Monday, November 28, at approximately 8:30am,officers on patrol in the City of Markham observed a tractor trailer in a parkinglot in the area of Bur Oak Avenue and Highway 48 that appeared to be similarto a tractor trailer that had been reported stolen. As officers approached thetruck to investigate it further, three men fled on foot. One of the men wasarrested, while the other two fled the area. The truck and trailer that was fullof frozen chicken were seized.

MIDWEEK EXCLUSIVE

Trade with India increased 30% over last yearBy Shazia Malik

BRAMPTON - Trade with Indiastands at $8.1 bil l ion but im-proved more and there was a 30%increase in the previous year so it isat the growth trajectory. India is a veryimportant market for Canada as it isgrowing at the rate of 7.5%. So mymain focus was mainly on enhanc-ing business ties, concentrate on theacademic level but more importantlybring betterment in the lives of peoplethere.This was said by Navdeep Bains,Minister of Innovation, Science andEconomic Development during anexclusive sitting with Midweek. He

said: "I met Indian Finance MinisterArun Jaitley and we talked about freetrade and foreign investment protec-tion agreement so a lot of positivemovement in those areas. We signedone MoU with the chief minister ofKarnatka that is looking at infrastruc-ture as you know we in Canada arespending $180 billion on infrastruc-ture. The second one was with theRaman Research Institute (RRI) inBangalore as they are working veryclosely with the Waterloo Universityin the field of quantum computingresearch. There was also an aca-demic MoU."Minister Bains said Canada and In-

dia connect at many levels, have along history and a bright future to-gether. "My focus during this trip wasto look at the government, businessand academic level. Also Prime Min-ister Trudeau will be visiting Indiasoon so my work was to do somehomework and lay the track for up-coming his visit. We also wish tostrengthen relations at governmentto government level and seek busi-ness opportunities for Canadian com-panies in India and Indian compa-nies to do business in Canada. And itis exciting at the innovation level."Bains added before Trudeau's visit,he immigration minister John

McCallum wanted to build the mo-mentum. He added: "We are diversi-fying our economy and though US isour number one partner, friend andally, we want stronger relations withChina and India. We have just signedfree trade deal with the Europe, wewant our companies to access to theworld, and India is a very importantpart of that equation."Bains informed a strong vibrantIndian community of over a mil-lion people plus live in Canada so "Itimed my visit with the ImmigrationMinister and we met the HighCommission's staff in Delhi.

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MP Sonia Sidhu co-chair of all-party diabetes caucus

OTTAWA- The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) joined with Par-liamentarians in June 2016 to form the All-Par ty Diabetes Caucus.The Caucus works through all par ties to advance solutions on behalfof the 11 million Canadians living with diabetes or prediabetes. MP forBrampton South Sonia Sidhu is a co-chair of the Caucus, which recently hadits first official meeting in late October. MP Sidhu said, "I have been hard atwork talking to fellow Liberals about what we can do together to reduce therisk of diabetes for Canadians coast-to-coast-to-coast. I published a recentpiece in The Hill Times, which calls for submissions of healthy living ideasthat even the busiest person can implement." The breakfast was to highlight

the CDA's new White Paper on type 2 diabetes. Researchers and expertsspoke about the urgent need for investment in research in order to helpprevent this disease. The CDA will be holding a reception on the Hill onNovember 24, which MP Sidhu is co-hosting, to introduce MPs to the mostcurrent research on this issue. MP Sidhu concluded, "I will not stop trying tomake a real difference on this issue. My experience as a diabeteseducator meeting people who are afflicted by this issue led me intopolitics, so that I could work even harder to better peoples' lives. Ithank everyone who has engaged with me on this issue through theDiabetes Caucus so far, and those who will as we move forward."

NEW CAMPUS AT CENTENNIAL COLLEGE TO PREPARESTUDENTS FOR AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

COUNCILLOR GURPREET DHILLONHOSTS SHUKRANA KIRTAN AT

DASHMESH DARBAR

BRAMPTON - Recently City Councillor Gurpreet Dhillon held ashukrana kir tan at Dashmesh Darbar Gurdwara on EbenezerRd. In his remarks, Councillor Dhillon spoke of his achieve-ments in his first two years including being on the Blue Ribboncommittee that helped bring a new university to Brampton,along with his successful motion to bring up to an additional25,000 jobs and increased employment lands.He also maintained that it was a joint effor t with the residents."Over the course of the past two years, each and everyone ofyou played a special par t in helping move our City forward,"said Councillor Dhillon. "Since my election, we have foundsolutions to the two most important issues mentioned in theprevious election, which were the need for jobs and a univer-sity. We have much more to achieve, however we must remainunited as a City to do so."In attendance were suppor ters, volunteers, provincial nomi-nees, business leaders, and various members of media, com-munity groups, and seniors clubs. Dignitaries included MayorLinda Jeffrey, MP's Ramesh Sangha, Sonia Sidhu, Raj Grewal,Kamal Khera, MPP Harinder Malhi, City Councillors Jeff Bow-man, Pat For tini, Peel School Trustee Harkirat Singh, TorontoSchool Trustee Avtar Minhas, Consul General Dinesh Bhatia,Brampton Fire Chief Michael Clark, and Police Board Chair AmrikSingh Ahluwalia. Also in attendance were Bollywood star PriyankaChopra and Amrinder Gill, who were received a shield fromCouncillor Dhillon on the opening of their new movie 'Sarvann'.

Ontario - Ontario is giving more students oppor tunities to train forhigh-tech manufacturing, robotics and aerospace jobs by investing ina new campus for aerospace programs. Premier Kathleen Wynnejoined representatives from the Government of Canada and Centen-nial College today to make the announcement at the future site of theCentennial College Downsview Park Aerospace Campus in Toronto.The joint investment will make it possible for about 500 new studentsto attend three new aerospace and aviation-related programs. Fourhundred aviation students from another Centennial campus will jointhem at the new Downsview facility. More than 900 students graduateeach year from aerospace and aviation-related programs in Ontario'suniversities and colleges."We are focused on making sure our students have the skills to com-pete in the global marketplace. This new aerospace campus willbenefit students and secure Ontario's position as an innovator in theeconomy of the future." - Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario"Our government is proud to suppor t Centennial College's newDownsview Park Aerospace Campus. It will provide a leading-edgelearning environment for students to prepare for high-tech knowledgejobs in the aerospace industry. Providing access to high-quality edu-cation and training facilities is critical to building the highly skilledworkforce we need to suppor t good jobs and economic growth fortoday and tomorrow, and this investment will help us to do it." - DebMatthews, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development"This once-in-a-generation investment by the Government of Canadais a historic down payment on the government's vision to position

Canada as a global centre for innovation. That means making Canada a worldleader in turning ideas into solutions, science into technologies, skills into middle-class jobs and start-up companies into global successes. This investment willcreate conditions that are conducive to innovation and long-term growth, whichwill in turn keep the Canadian economy globally competitive." -Navdeep Singh Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and EconomicDevelopment, Government of Canada.



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will be considered for PRCONTD. FROM PAGE 3He also paid his respects at the Golden Temple. He said: It was amoving experience to see that religion and witness the beauty andmajesty of it." McCallum also visited a university and the presidentialpalace, and met two governors but said the main objective of this visitwas to meet the staff of the Canadian mission and see what challengesthey face on daily basis. While in Chandigarh the minister found out thatthe visa refusal rates are high and so he held conversations with "indi-viduals and placed plans to improve the situation," the minister said."When I travel to China or Philippines and now to India, I found a lot offraud goes on all over these places. My suggestion to all those desirousof visiting their relatives in Canada, is not to fall in the hands of dishon-est people. So if they are coming for weddings or funerals or whateverthe reason may be, there are legitimate ways of entering Canada. Withdishonest people one loses a lot of money and does not even getthrough." He once again reiterated those entering Canada throughillegitimate means, stand the chance of being turned down, so McCallumsaid he wished to convey this message in India and in Canada, that oneshould not be duped by fraudulent people - one of issues he said thegovernment has to address. But that he said was on a serious note."Overall we had a terrific time, meeting people. The main objective wasalso opening our doors to people from around the world and from India.We are making it easier for international students from India to becomepermanent residents. Just recently I announced additional points forstudents from India because they study here, they speak English andFrench, know about the country and so are the perfect candidates tobecome permanent residents. With these additional points more ofthem would be able to become permanent residents. We are also openfor business for tourists, for students, for visitors."When asked about the main cause of high refusal rates at Chandigarh,the minister said it is because of "fraud and misrepresentation that hasbeen going on for many years and is not new. You should apply on yourown or through an agent but ensure that the one you choose is honestbecause if you use fraudulent means, you will lose money and youwon't even get in. Thus I had honest conversations with the staff there.The staff is getting familiar with cultural things like funeral and others andso are being more accommodating to cultural practices." McCallum in-formed that "some files in Chandigarh will be considered in Delhi, and viceversa. In different cities the files will be considered to improve situation butthe important part also is not to get duped. There is no magic bullet to solvethis problem but there has been some improvement, and after my visit andputting some measures in place, things will improve further." McCallumsaid he has heard positive things from the international students. "I didconsultations over the summer, toured various cities in various provinces,and not everyone agrees on everything but one thing everyone agreed withis that international students are valuable Canadians and citizens and wemust do more to encourage them to become permanent residents. Every-one in the world is after them and so are we. We are persuading them that thecold benches of Canada are better than the sunny beaches of Australia, thatmight take some doings but Canada has many other thing to offer, such as amulticultural society and offering more point to students to court them hereto Canada." McCallum added: "We have an aging society and the interna-tional students are the best group to become permanent Canadians. So Ihaven't heard any complaints, just they only faced a hard ride because of theold system because when you get in the labour market impact assessmentwhich says a company cannot get a Canadian to do the job and for certainjobs that is quite easy. But for the entry level jobs that are the typical jobs,which the students get are more difficult, so the additional points are anaddition." The minister informed that the government gives more points tostudents who have studied for a longer period of time than those who havestudied for the shorter period. He added: "Those who have studied in Canadafor more than three to four years will get more points than those who are herefor only one or two years. We also put a premium on the length of the studyand its seriousness, so I'm not saying that every single international studentwill be accepted, I'm saying a higher proportion will be and in particularthose who have spent a number of years to show they are serious." At theend McCallum said he felt welcomed in India. He was asked in India aboutSikhs being cabinet ministers. To this he replied that those are very capablepeople and also happen to be Sikhs and so they have important positions.Though defence, infrastructure, house speaker and innovation portfolios areimportant but are helmed by able people not because they are Sikhs.

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MP RAJ GREWAL WITH BOLLYWOOD STAR PRIYANKA CHOPRA DURING HER TRIP TO TORONTO.

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NIKKI HALEY'S APPOINTMENT SIGN OF INDIANAMERICANS' POLITICAL EMERGENCEBY ARUL LOUIS

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Nikki Haley's historic appointment to a cabinet-rank post by Republi-can President-elect Donald Trump that caps the election of five IndianAmericans to Congress this year has been welcomed by the commu-nity as a sign of its political emergence. Shalabh Kumar, the founderof the Republican Hindu Coalition, described South Carolina governor'sappointment as United Nations Ambassador as the "Third Diwali"after the festival itself and Trump's election. Echoing a broad senti-ment among community leaders IANS spoke to, he said it was a"proud moment for Indian Americans".Shekhar Narasimhan, a Democratic Par ty activist and fundraiser,said her appointment "shows that we have made it" as a community."We don't have to agree on everything, on policy, but we can celebratethe fact that we now have a place at the most impor tant table inWashington, the cabinet," he said. The job of US Permanent Repre-sentative, or ambassador, to the UN is a cabinet-level position unlikein most countries and goes to political appointees because of its highvisibility in the global arena.Narasimhan said another sign of the community's growing influencein US politics is the number of Indian American members of Congressgoing up from one to five in this year's elections -- all of them Demo-crats. Of them, Kamala Harris, is the first Indian American elected tothe senate. A.D. Amar, President of 'Indian Americans for Trump', saidHaley has achieved the status she deserves and it is good for Indiaand the community.One of the pioneers of non-par tisan community activism, ThomasAbraham, said: "It is a historic moment for the Indian-American com-munity that one of its own has been appointed to a top-level position.As a deal-maker, she will do very well to negotiate terms with UNmember-countries," said Abraham, who is now the Chairman of theGlobal Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Internationaland has been working for about 40 years to get Indian Americans tobecome politically active.

Harpreet Sandhu, executive director of the Friends of the AmericanSikh Caucus, said he was especially excited because Haley is adaughter of Punjab. Trump said he would be inclusive as Presidentand her appointment shows he is living up to it, Sandhu said. DeepakKavadia, the founder of the New York-based Non-Resident IndiansFederation, said, "Trump has said that he would suppor t Indian Ameri-cans, and this is his first step in keeping his word."However, there has been an undercurrent of hostility among someIndian Americans to her because she is a Republican. A DemocraticPar ty activist, Varun Nikore, brought this to the surface questioningher competence because of the lack of foreign policy experience. "It'snot about being an Indian American, but finding the best person for thejob," he said. With her experience limited to governorship and the

state legislature, "she would find it very difficult", said Nikore, who isa Vice Chair of the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) VictoryFund that endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton.Kumar, who has emerged as an impor tant personality in Indian-Ameri-can Republican politics, said, "We believe we have made a crucialdifference in US politics and mobilising Indian Americans has givenTrump an edge in the swing states that finally pushed him to victory."He added, "And that is being recognised." Indian Americans havehistorically identified themselves with Democratic Par ty and Kumarhas been trying to change this. He arranged for Trump to attend a rallyorganised in New Jersey by the Republican Hindu Coalition in themiddle of a hectic campaign. This was the first time any presidentialcandidate had directly reached out to the community.Trump has personally made an impact on the community, said Amar."Many Indian Americans have told me they used to be Democrats butbecause of him they have become Republicans." Kumar, who is alsothe chair of the Indian American Advisory Council of the House Re-publican Conference, said, "Haley's appointment will bring India andthe United States closer together and it is quite possible India will geta push for a (permanent) seat on the Security Council because of her."Kumar noted that Haley attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi'sSquare Garden rally in 2014 and has visited India. From the other sideof the polit ical divide, Narasihman said that both par t ies arerecognising the impor tance of Indian Americans who have talent. Herelevation to a cabinet-level position is a natural evolution in US poli-tics, Narasimhan said. He said that 18 Indian Americans have workedin President Barack Obama's White House in key posts, mostly awayfrom the glare of publicity making their mark, and it was time some-one from the community reached the cabinet level."I am biased and would have preferred that to happen in a Democraticadministration, but I am very glad that with Nikki Haley we havemade it," he said. Although he is a Democrat and the founder of theAAPI Victory Fund, Narasimhan said that for over 20 years he hasbeen pushing Indian Americans to join politics regardless of par tyaffiliation. What is impor tant is that those entering politics should notforget their roots, he said. "Haley has made an effor t to connect to thecommunity."

A huge wail of distress is being heard from small and medium busi-ness enterprises across India that have been hit hard by thedemonetisation of high-value notes. Alarmed by the drastic fall intrade, commerce and business activities by around 75 percent post-demonetisation, traders in Maharashtra have demanded various typesof concessions to help tide over losses since the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000notes were demonetised on November 8 in an ostensible bid to con-trol black money and weed out fake currencies.A delegation of the Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association(FRTWA), led by its President, Viren Shah, met Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis and apprised him of the situation. Similar concerns arebeing express by SMEs across the length and breadth of the nation --and their plight seems to suggest that it is this sector that will behardest hit as the GDP rate takes a beating post-demonetisation: fall-ing to 3.5 per cent, according to an Ambit Capital estimate.Owners of small businesses in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh saythat sales have dropped 50 to 60 per cent since the demonetisation."Our stocks are not coming. We have even been waiting for the glassbottles of our shakes, which are very popular. The transpor ters arenot bringing the stocks," the owner of a popular eatery in Chandigarh'sSector 8, told IANS. Grocers say that sales have dipped becausepeople either don't have the new currency or there is no change. "If

someone brings the new Rs 2,000 currency note and buys thingswor th even Rs 250, we are at pains to return change," said MukeshKumar, a grocer in Patiala town, 80 km from Chandigarh.Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, famous for its gem and jewellery sector,has seen a sharp decline in business. Jewellers say their trade hascome down by almost 50-60 per cent in the last 10 days or so. Asimilar situation prevails with the world-renowned Jaipur quilts. "Ourtrade has seen a sharp decline of almost 60-70 per cent as our quiltswere bought mainly by tourists -- and now they do not have cash,"said a quilt trader in the city.Business activity in the bustling markets in Old Delhi has sloweddown as the demonetisation move continues to hur t local traders,with markets facing a 50-90 per cent slump in their business. "De-spite strong competition from malls and e-commerce por tals, thelocal traders had managed to retain and grow the customer base sofar. However, customers are avoiding shopping at the local marketsnow due to insufficient cash in the system and local traders do nothave an online payment facility," Sanjay Bhargava, General Secre-tary, Chandni Chowk Sarv Vyapar Mandal, told IANS.Trade in potatoes, a much sought-after produce of Himachal Pradesh,is at a standstill owing to the cash crunch after demonetisation. "There ishardly any wholesaler or agro commodity trading house to buy the potatoes in thisarea. Most of the farmers have been forced to sell the produce at rates almost lessthan the actual cost of production," Najaib Gill, a prominent potato grower of Unatown, told IANS.On Goa's beaches, at the beginning of the peak season, the only thing upbeatappear to be the waves. "There is no business. Most foreigners are cash-strapped.Even after standing in queues, they do not get the legal currency notes and wecannot accept old notes. Shacks are suffering because of the demonetisation," AllGoa Shack Owners Association President Cruz Cardozo said.In Hyderabad, Mohammed Ahmed, who deals in hardware and tools, said busi-ness was down by 50-70 per cent in the last two weeks. "Customers are comingeither with spiked notes or new notes of Rs 2,000. There is acute shortage of loosechange which has badly hit our business," said Ahmed of United Agency in theMoazzam Jahi Market area.In Bengaluru, hawkers, street vendors, roadside shops, eateries, retail outlets andsmall traders across the board are the worst-hit, as their business plunged over 50per cent due to the cash-crunch. "Though we managed to serve customers in theinitial days with the cash in hand, we could not do business as before due toshortage of notes from Rs 10 to Rs 100," Sharon Tea Stall owner Abraham toldIANS in Bengaluru's eastern suburb.In Chennai, K. Gopalakrishnan, Managing Partner, TransGears, and past Presi-dent, Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association, told IANS that thecash crunch will aggravate in December when wages have to bepaid. "While workers want wages in cash, some of our suppliersinsist on cash and carry and this is causing us a major problem.



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Trudeau: Canada can help empower youngwomen, girls in Africa to achieve their dreams

IMPROVING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTHCARE IN SCARBOROUGH AND DURHAM

Justin Trudeau with Olympic gold medalist Van Kayak hold meet and greet in Liberia inspiring youth in that country.

MONROVIA - It was a true honour to meet with Nobel Laureate Presi-dent Johnson Sirleaf and others to discuss ways that Canada can helpempower young women and girls across the continent to achievetheir dreams. The President's unique perspective, as Africa's firstwoman to be elected Head of State, and her accomplishments areboth inspirational and a sign of things to come. Trudeau said this onthe conclusion of his first official visit to Liberia. The visit will helpCanada meet several of its top foreign policy objectives: empoweringwomen and girls, promoting human rights, re-engaging with Africa,and addressing the pressing challenges facing the continent.In Monrovia, Prime Minister Trudeau met with Liberian President EllenJohnson Sirleaf to discuss issues of mutual interest, including peaceand security, gender equality, and economic growth which benefitsall Liberians, par ticularly youth. The Prime Minister and PresidentJohnson Sirleaf met with prominent women leaders, includingPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women, MahawaKaba Wheeler, Director for Women, Gender and Development withthe African Union, Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of

the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict,local community activists and youth.Prime Minister Trudeau underscored Canada's commitment to em-powering women and girls, recognizing gender equality as being es-sential to sustainable development and inclusive peace. The PrimeMinister also visited a local school where he saw first-hand howCanadian development assistance and Canadian par tners are play-ing a key role in education, and in helping young Liberians gain theskills needed to par ticipate more fully in society.During his official visit, the Prime Minister announced over $12.5million in new initiatives aimed at suppor ting democracy, peace andsecurity, inclusion, and gender equality in Africa. The Prime Ministerwill now travel to Madagascar where he will par ticipate in the Sum-mit of La Francophonie. Trudeau said: "Without stability, people can-not prosper and development cannot take root. As we strengthenCanada's international engagement, Africans can count on Canada'sunwavering suppor t in its effor ts to achieve a more peaceful, safer,and prosperous continent."

ONTARIO - The Scarborough Hospital, Rouge Valley Health Systemand Lakeridge Health are moving forward with their integrationplans to reduce service gaps and improve access to high-qualityhealth care for patients and families in Scarborough and Durham.The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care has notified the hospi-tals of his full suppor t by issuing a final integration order. Theorder was signed following extensive community engagement, andafter receiving input and feedback from patients and families, staff,physicians and local leaders.Effective December 1st, the Birchmount and General sites of TheScarborough Hospital and the Centenary site of the Rouge Valley HealthSystem will be operated by a single hospital corporation - theScarborough and Rouge Hospital. The Ajax-Pickering site of the RougeValley Health System will become a member of Lakeridge Health. Asa result, Scarborough and Durham patients will benefit from an inte-grated health care system that will provide timely, safe and appropri-

ate access to care.Sixty per cent of the Board of Directors of Lakeridge Health currentlylive or work in West Durham. Lakeridge Health has committed toensuring that West Durham has a strong voice in the future directionof the corporation, including having a leadership presence at eachhospital site, as well as the consideration of expanding the Board byan additional two seats to be filled by representatives from WestDurham. The Board will select a new name for the hospital corpora-tion that reflects the entire Durham region, while also ensuring thatthe local community comes first and foremost in hospital signage."The hospitals have worked hard to arrive at this point in the process.They have gathered input from staff, patients and local residents inorder to create integrated health service organizations that will betterserve their communities. I am confident that together, we can build ahealth care system in the region that will be stronger for generationsto come." - Dr Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.

CAF CONDUCT AIRLIFT OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FRENCHOPERATIONS IN WEST AFRICA, SAHEL REGIONOTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces conducted their first flight under Operation FREQUENCE, providing airlift suppor t to France'soperations in West Africa and the Sahel region. Recently a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 Globemaster strategic airlifter transpor tedpersonnel and equipment from France to West Africa and the Sahel region. Canada has provided airlift support to France, an impor tantAlly, in the past. Op FREQUENCE is the most recent Canadian contribution to stability and security in this region. "The CAF airlift contribution tooperations in West Africa and the Sahel region demonstrates our readiness in bringing valuable capabilities in support to regional and internationalsecurity and stability." - Lieutenant-General Stephen Bowes, Commander Canadian Joint Operations Command

POLITICIANS SHOULD NOTDECIDE THE FUTURE OF CBC:DEEPAK OBHRAICALGARY - Responding to recent comments by politicians to revamp,or altogether abolish, the CBC, Conservative Party Leadership Candi-date Deepak Obhrai, said "why are politicians getting to decide whatwill happen to the CBC? The CBC is funded by Canadian taxpayers;therefore Canadians should decide the future of the corporation." Whenasked why the CBC has become a Conservative Leadership issue, Mr.Obhrai responded by saying, "the reason the CBC is a topic of discus-sion is because many Canadians feel that in the past, the CBC hasdisplayed biased reporting. "I propose a more Canadian approach - anindependent task-force to look at the future of CBC. It would be wise tolook at the issue in terms of addressing Canadian taxpayers' concernsrather than a political agenda. Once we start to threaten our media, westart to threaten freedom of speech."

Ottawa's new CPP law willpenalize women, people livingwith disabilities: NDPOTTAWA - Women and people living with disabilities will be penal-ized under the planned expansion of Canada Pension Plan benefitsif the Liberals don't fix serious omissions in proposed legislation."Women already receive lower average CPP benefits than men,and if this problem isn't fixed this gender inequality will only getworse," said NDP Pensions Critic Scott Duvall. "The Liberals, whoregularly talk about gender equality, must immediately recognizetheir mistake and take action to fix it."The NDP has pointed to a flaw in the Liberals legislation on CPPexpansion, Bill C-26, which does not contain the Child RearingDrop-out Provision. This provision exists in the current CPP so thatparents, mostly women, are not penalized for time taken out of theworkforce to raise children. The Liberal bill also fails to replicate asimilar existing drop out provision for people that have receivedCPP disability benefits."Canadians living with disabilities already face major financialchallenges. They must not be overlooked," added NDP Critic forPersons Living with Disabilities, Cheryl Hardcastle. "This gap needsto be fixed so that the most vulnerable seniors will not be disadvan-taged under the new expanded CPP benefits." In the 1970s, thefederal government under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introducedthe drop-out provision as an important measure to protect the pen-sion benefits of parents who stay home to raise children.

Premier Wynne Departs onMission to Japan, South KoreaONTARIO - Premier Kathleen Wynne departed on a business missionto Japan and South Korea. Premier Wynne is leading a delegation of 45Ontario business and academic leaders to Tokyo in Japan from No-vember 28-30 and a delegation of 48 to Seoul in South Korea fromDecember 1-2. The Premier also travelled to Nagoya, Japan for busi-ness meetings. To encourage investment in Ontario and expand tradenetworks, the Premier met with business and political leaders to buildpartnerships, exchanged information and ideas, and sought opportuni-ties for collaboration. Increasing trade is key to strengthening Ontario'seconomy and creating jobs. By building positive relationships withJapanese and South Korean businesses and leaders, we are creatinga solid foundation for future agreements and partnerships. Ontario'sdiverse and innovative economy, competitive corporate tax rate, strongfinancial sector and talented workforce make it one of the best placesin the world to do business. Building new international partnershipsand helping Ontario businesses compete globally are part of our plan tocreate jobs, grow our economy and help people in their everyday lives. "Ina global economy, international missions deliver local jobs. We are devel-oping a strong, resilient business environment in Ontario to spur innovationand growth. Ontario shares these priorities for economic growth with eachof Japan and South Korea - a strong foundation to expand partnerships. Thismission will make Ontario stronger by generating business agree-ments to increase trade, spur investment in Ontario and createjobs." - Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario.

Canada investing in several programsto prevent gender-based violence,stop human trafficking: TrudeauOTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued the following state-ment on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women:"An estimated one in three women around the world experience vio-lence in their lifetime. This statistic is unacceptable. It is crucial for allof us - women, men, and youth - to work together to put an end to thisviolence. Violence against women is the world's greatest and mostpersistent violation of human rights, leaving women and girls vulner-able and unable to fully participate in society. It damages families,communities, and countries."Violence against women is not a women's issue. Men must boldlywork alongside women to combat this violence - and not simply be-cause they have wives, daughters, or sisters. Women deserve the fulldepth of respect, safety, and dignity, regardless of their relationshipswith men. To change the prevalence of this violence, we must firstchallenge the attitudes and behaviours that allow this violence to exist, andthat allow disrespect for and abuse of women to become commonplace.We must teach our daughters and sons the importance of genderequality and the need to treat everyone with equal respect.


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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan held discussions with new NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller.

Minister Bains: Trudeau to visit India soon so went to lay track

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Trade with India increased 30% over last year

CONTD. FROM PAGE 3The main focus of Mr McCallum was reducing processing time and look intofamily reunifications. He also went to Chandigarh and he is panning andworking on a proposal on how to better immigration services, better out-comes, shorter wait times, and better customer service. We are also invest-ing in it. However, my meeting with the team there was more at the economiclevel." Bains said there is a lot of movement in the area of internationalstudents and the Liberal government is making a lot of efforts to attract them."To put things in perspective, over a 100,000 students in Canada are only fromIndia with a lot of potential to grow. Our main competition is from UK andAustralia, and even USA but I was tracing with those with Commonwealthhistory, who have Westminster-style parliamentary systems, so our focus ison attracting international students here. While in Delhi I visited the IndianInstitute of Technology. We had discussions with students and they askedvery interesting questions and when we answered they looked at us veryfavourably. So we are trying to identify students from good schools particu-larly in science, technology, engineers, mathematics (STEM), that are impor-

tant for our innovation agenda as digital technology science, maths, engi-neers is good for our economy. He also visited the Bombay stock exchangewhere Ryerson university has opened its start-up programme where Bainssaid he is not only trying "to recruit students but small companies to comehere and do business in Canada, and smaller Canadian companies to go toIndia and do business there. So we have bullish relationship with India andthere are opportunities at the economic and student front. I also met some ofmy colleagues from Ryerson who are doing very well there." Talking aboutsmart cities, Bains stated: "India's smart city initiative is very consistent withCanada's innovation agenda and the different application processes for smartcities that the central government is funding. So a number of clearing compa-nies are helping them in development. Now they are digitally connected asthere is Digital India as well. What we can do is that we are doing clusterstrategy, which is not really a smart city but much more elaborate than thatwith multiple cities and multiple jurisdictions." The idea was how to create amagnet for jobs, magnet for companies, grow the best businesses, to growthe best institutes. Like we have here university, business and government

that works together, and so this modelcan be shared with their smart cit-ies. Bains said the Indian governmentwas very open to international col-

laborations. Like Wipro or Tata Consultancy or Tata Group of companies,were very much interested and ready to connect with the smart city initiativefrom India to Canada's super cluster strategy. Talking about research, theminister said it is a broad term but as far as the practical solutions areconcerned, he had a lot of discussion Dr. Harsh Vardhan, minister of Scienceand Technology and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Communications andInformation Technology about social innovation. Bains added: "The day Ireached Delhi there was news that air quality had worsened to that high alevel in 17 and there was a lot of pollution. So we said what kind of technologywe can give from Canada for clean air, clean water, for better food security, asfood also is a problem, where it comes from, what is its quality, no one know.Though research is being carried out in India for clean food, clean security,but it is here that Canada has leadership." The minister said however, oneshould not look at business alone though Canada wishes to have trade dealsand make money but social aspects on how to improve the life of commonpeople, people to people contact are also equally important. He said: "Thereis a lot of promise there and when we said we can create jobs and help them,it touched Indians and businesses in a very special way and that is whereCanada built that very special relationship." He went to Bombay and saw theextremely rich and poor as well, so he said they had to see how to tackle thesocio-economic challenges there and how could Canada play a leadershiprole in it - to give solutions in those areas to improve the quality of life ofpeople, so the two sides also talked about the social innovation. OverallBains said the trip was very positive. A Mississauga-based small companySOTI was also there and they signed three MoUs in India. Bains said: "I'mproud to represent Mississauga-Malton and to help a local company do wellin India, it is very exciting and a point of pride for me."



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MHA PERMITS NIA TO TRY AZHAR,3 OTHERS IN PATHANKOT

Unaccounted deposits to attract50% tax, 4 yr lock-in periodNEW DELHI, (PTI) A minimum of 50 per cent tax may be leviedon unexplained bank deposits made using the banned cur-rency notes up to December 30 along with a 4-year lock inperiod for half of the remaining amount under the amendmentsto tax law the government plans to bring in Parliament shortly.However, a higher 90 per cent tax and penalty could be imposed ifassessees do not declare the unaccounted cash voluntarily.Cash deposits made using the scrapped 500 and 1000 rupee notesabove a threshold that are declared to Income Tax authorities mayattract 50 per cent tax, as per the amendment to the Income Tax Actapproved by the Cabinet last night. Half of remaining deposits, or 25per cent of the original deposit, will not be allowed to be withdrawnfor four years, top sources said. In case such deposits are not de-clared and are detected by tax authorities, a total of 90 per cent taxand penalty would be charged, they said.The government had after the shock demonetisation, given a 50-daywindow beginning November 10 for either depositing the 500 and1000 rupee notes in circulation or exchanging them for new currency.While the exchange, which was limited to a maximum of Rs 2,000per person, has been withdrawn, all old notes without any ceiling canbe deposited in bank accounts. This, sources said, had led to a surgein bank deposits, particularly in zero-balance Jan Dhan accountsthat swelled by over Rs 21,000 crore in just two weeks, raisingsuspicion that these accounts may have been used to launder blackmoney. While the tax authorities had talked of levying a peak rate oftax and 200 per cent penalty on top of it for any unexplained depositabove Rs 2.5 lakh during November 10 to December 30 period, itwas felt that such a move may not have legal backing.

Modi govt turned RBI into Centre'smouthpiece: AAPNEW DELHI, (PTI) The Aam Aadmi Par ty today alleged thatdemonetisation has shown the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)has "turned" into a mouthpiece of the Centre under the Narendra Modigovernment. Party spokesperson Raghav Chadha said the RBI's statusas an institution beyond politicking has taken a hit due to the "fiasco" in thewake of the currency restriction measure announced on November 8."Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned RBI into a BJP mouthpiece. Itmakes misleading statements in the public. Modi has eroded the credibil-ity of all institutions including and the central bank is the latest casualty.Only PM is responsible for the situation RBI finds itself in," he told a pressconference. Chadha and AAP's Delhi Convenor Dilip Pandey also de-manded that a probe be initiated into alleged land deals undertaken bysome BJP leaders days before demonetisation was announced. DelhiChief Minister and AAP's National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal will addresssix rallies across Uttar Pradesh and BJP-ruled Jharkhand, Madhya Pradeshand Rajasthan on demonetisation next month.

Dy CM of Punjab will be fromdalit community: KejriwalGORAYA(PUNJAB), (PTI) In an attempt to woo dalit commu-nity in the state, Aam Aadmi Par ty National Convenor ArvindKejriwal today said that a Dalit will become the deputy chiefminister of Punjab if his party comes to power in state As-sembly polls scheduled next year. He made this announce-ment at the launch of a dedicated manifesto for Dalits, whichconstitute nearly 25 per cent of the state's population."A Dalit will be the deputy chief minister when AAP comes topower in Punjab," said the Delhi chief minister, who has been cam-paigning in the state for the past few days. However, there was no word onthe chief ministerial candidate of the party. AAP is being seen as a seriouscontender in the state that has given four MPs to the party in 2014 LokSabha elections. As Kejriwal seeks to widen his influence outside Delhi,wooing the dalit community has been as a major aspect of party's pollstrategy. After the alleged suicide by Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student fromthe Hyderabad Central University, and flogging of Dalits in Una in Gujarat,the AAP has been attacking the BJP. In Delhi, Kejriwal chose Rakhi Birla,an MLA from the Dalit community, as a replacement for deputy speakerof Delhi Legislative Assembly Bandana Kumari.

THREE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH NABHA JAILBREAKCHANDIGARH, (IANS) Even as security agencies continue the hunt for five of the six prisoners who escaped from the maximum securityNabha Jail on Sunday, three people were arrested on Tuesday by the Punjab Police in connection with the conspiracy for the sensationaljailbreak. The three were identified as Assistant Jail Superintendent Bhim Singh, jail Head Warden Jagmeet Singh and local sweet shopowner, Tejinder Sharma. While the jail officials have been accused of helping the attackers in executing the conspiracy, the sweetshopowner has been arrested for not sharing information about the attack with police. The conspiracy, according to police sources, washatched at his shop near the jail. "They have been arrested on the charges of abetment and criminal conspiracy with the escapees andfacilitating the jailbreak. "Our investigations and raids are continuing. We will get to the bottom of things," a senior Punjab Police officer told IANS here.Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo was arrested at the Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi on Monday, less than 24 hours after heand five others, escaped from the high-security jail as it was attacked by 10-12 armed men.But still at large are militant Kashmir Singh and gangsters Harjinder Singh Bhullar alias Vicky Gounder, Gurpreet Singh Sekhon alias Sonu Mudki, Kulpreet Singhalias Neeta Deol and Amandeep Dhotian. The Uttar Pradesh Police had on Sunday evening arrested Palwinder Singh Pinda, one of the attackers.Pinda - arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district - had confessed to having dropped Mintoo and Kashmir Singh, in Kaithal (Haryana).

NEW DELHI, (PTI) Home Ministry has given sanction to NIA to file acharge sheet against Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azharand three others in the Pathankot terror strike carried out on January2. After receiving sanction under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act(UAPA), the NIA will name Azhar, his brother Rauf Asghar, and han-dlers of four terrorists -- Qashif Jan and Shaid Latif in the chargesheet to be filed soon, official sources said.The four terrorists, after entering into India from Bamiyal area ofGurudaspur, had carried out the strike inside the strategic PathankotIndian Air Force base killing eight people including seven personnelof IAF and NSG. The fresh charge sheet will help India in buildingpressure on the international community to declare Azhar and hisorganisation a global terror group under the United Nations' anti-terrorlaws. The previous attempts were spurned after China exercised itsveto power. The charge sheet will name only four terrorists involvedin the attack as against six claimed by the NSG.According to the NIA, the terrorists, who were killed after two days ofgunfight were identified as Nasir Hussain, Hafiz Abu Bakar, UmarFarooq and Abdul Qayum and they were residents of Vehari (Punjab),Gujranwala (Punjab), Sanghar (Sindh) and Sukkur (Sindh) districts ofPakistan respectively. The NIA's probe will also included looking intothe phone numbers and a conversation that one of the terrorists hadminutes before launching the attack besides a video message of Raufreleased on Jaish-affiliated website minutes after the strike.

In the video message, which was subsequently removed from thewebsite, Rauf had claimed responsibility for the Pathankot attack.The charge sheet will also include evidence of linking the footprints ofone of the terrorists obtained from Bamiyal besides matching of DNAsample found from a soft drink can in the hijacked car of PunjabSuperintendent of Police Salwinder Singh.

Demonetisation, a flop: Delhi CM KejriwalNEW DELHI, (PTI) Calling demonetisation a "flop", Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's "arrogance and obstinacy" has pushed the coun-try 10 years back and that the measure has "failed" to curb blackmoney, corruption, circulation of counterfeit currency and terrorfinancing. Kejriwal claimed that black money and corruption have"increased" by 10 times ever since the ban of high-value cur-rency and demanded that cases of cheating and fraud be lodgedagainst those responsible in the Centre for the mess.The Delhi Chief Minister also alleged that BJP has settled its"black money" before demonetisation move by buying land inBihar and other states. "Today, it has been 20 days of introducingdemonetisation of high currency notes. It has completely failed to curbblack money, funding to terrorism, fake notes and corruption. Demonetisationhas flopped," he said while addressing a press conference.

US AMBASSADOR TO INDIA RICHARD VERMA PAYS HIS RESPECTS THE GOLDEN TEMPLE ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY IN AMRITSAR.


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TRINAMOOL CONGRESS DEMONSTRATION AGAINST DEMONETIZATION.

DEMONITISATION: CASE OF ORGANISED LOOT,LEGALISED PLUNDER: MANMOHAN SINGH

NEW DELHI, (PTI) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh todayripped apar t the demonetisation decision calling it a "case of organisedloot and legalised plunder" and "a monumental failure" as a brief thawmarked the government- opposition stand off in Parliament with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi attending Rajya Sabha for a shor t time.However, a little later the House plunged into chaos with Modi notreturning to the proceedings after lunch, triggering an opposition de-mand for his presence during the entire debate that led to abruptadjournment. The highlight of the resumed debate, which appearedto bring back normalcy in the upper house after five days of con-f ron ta t i on , was a b r i e f speech by S ingh who sa id thedemonetisation and its impact on the economy would lead to dipGDP growth by at least 2 per cent.Earlier with Modi's presence, the opposition and the ruling side cameto an agreement to do away with the Question Hour and resume thedebate, which had been left incomplete on November 16. Leader ofthe House and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the Prime Ministerwill also par ticipate in the debate. The opposition had been demand-ing presence of the Prime Minister for the debate to take place. Modiattended the House during Question Hour as Thursday is the day ofquestions relating to the depar tments under his charge.An economist himself, Singh delivered a speech that was heardin rapt attention and to repeated thumping of desks by those in theopposition. "These measures (demonetisation) convinced me thatthe way the scheme has been implemented, it's a monumentalmanagement failure," Singh said. He aid the decision will result indecline of GDP by 2 per cent, which was an "under-estimate and not

an over- estimate".He said he agreed with the objectives of the scheme to demonetisecurrency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 as spelt out by the PrimeMinister but he wished to highlight the problems that the commonpeople and poor have been subjected to by the move. "It is not myintention to pick holes what this side or other side does. But I sin-cerely hope that the PM even in this late hour will help find us practi-cal and pragmatic ways to provide relief to the suffering of the peopleof this country," the former Prime Minister said.The debate was resumed during the Question Hour, from 12 pm to 1pm, after which the House went into lunch break. When it met again at2 pm, the Prime Minister was not there, prompting the oppositionpar ties to demand his presence again as they wanted him to listen toall the speakers.Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said the discussion should be carriedforward as the Leader of the House has said that Prime Minister willcome. Opposition members then trooped into the Well of the Houseshouting slogans like "bring back black money, stop making falsepromises".Jaitley said his "apprehensions" that the opposition did not want thedebate had come true as they were looking for "excuses" to runaway from the discussion. As pandemonium prevailed, the Housewas adjourned till 3 PM and then for the day as the same situationexisted. The Lok Sabha could not transact any business as theoppos i t ion cont inued i ts pro tes t demanding d iscuss ion ondemonetisation issue under the adjournment motion and a rulewhich entails voting.

BEIJING (PTI): Terming Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's demonetisation moveas "very bold", China's official media onSaturday said it was a "gamble" thatwould create a precedent irrespectiveof whether it succeeds or fails and Chinawill draw lessons from its impact oncorruption. "Modi's move is very bold.We cannot imagine what would hap-pen in China if the country bans its 50and 100 yuan notes," said an editorial inthe state-run Global Times titled 'Moditakes a gamble with money reform'.100 yuan is China's highest currencynote. "To prevent a leak of informationjeopardising the implementation of thedemonetisation reform, the roll out ofthe plan had to be kept confidential+ .Modi is in a dilemma as the reformaims to render the black money use-less but the process goes against the

governance principle of winning sup-port of the public before initiating a newpolicy," the editorial said."As more than 90 per cent of transac-tions in India are made with cash, ban-ning 85 per cent of the currency in cir-culation brings a lot of trouble to people'sdaily life" sparking fierce criticism in-cluding from "former Prime MinisterManmohan Singhwho termed it asorganised loot", it said."Demonetisation can crackdown oncorruption and shadow economy but itis obviously unable to solve the deepersocial and political issues that help breedthe aforementioned problems," the edi-torial said. However, it stated that as faras the root causes of corruption ex-ist, the problems will always re-surface. "In other words, the Modigovernment wishes to turn a long

and arduous reform into a one-offdeal," it said."Demonetisation is a gamble forModi. He bet on both the executionability of the government and thetolerance level of the Indian soci-ety, hoping that the benefits of thisreform can outrun the negative socialimpacts and low morale," the editorialsaid. It asserted that the "Western-style"democratic system of India allows littleroom for such bold moves. "However,he is really carrying it out, and will cre-ate a precedent no matter he succeedsor fails," it said. "Reform is always dif-ficult and requires more than justcourage. Modi's demonetisation camewith good intention but whether it cansucceed depends on the efficiency ofthe system and the cooperation of theentire society.

PM MODI'S DEMONETISATION MOVE'VERY BOLD': CHINA'S GLOBAL TIMES

Phoolka demands immediatearrest of Tytler, Sajjan KumarCHANDIGARH, (PTI) Aam Aadmi Par ty (AAP) leader and Su-preme Cour t lawyer H S Phoolka today demanded immediatearrest of Congress leaders Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumarfor their alleged role in 1984 riots and said that they are beingsaved by the political par ties for their "vested interests."Phoolka said that Tytler was summoned and interrogated bythe CBI for four hours in different cases. Sajjan Kumar wasalso summoned in a case related to allegedly throwingGurcharan Singh in a burning truck in 1984, he said. He saidthe culprits are being saved by political par ties for their vestedinterests. Phoolka said that although Gurcharan Singh escapedalive in the incident but he was unable to walk and bedriddensince 1984 till his death in 2009. He tried to lodge complaintseveral times but no case was registered due to the politicalpressure on police, Phoolka said. The case in this regard wasregistered on August 21, 1999, on the directions of cour t. TheSIT had not initiated investigations till then, he said. The AAPleader said that a case was registered against Tytler for alleg-edly torching Gurudwara Pulvangas Sahib and ki l l ingGurcharan Singh, Santokh Singh and Badal Singh but it wasclosed by Congress government in 2007 and 2009 but wasreopened after cour t orders. The cour t also directed CBI to filea repor t of the case in three months but even after a year, CBIhas been unable to file any repor t, he alleged. "It shows thatnot only Congress but BJP and SAD are also trying to saveboth the leaders," he said. He said that Aam Aadmi Par tygovernment in Delhi formed SIT to investigate cases of 1984genocide but the government was suspended after 49 days.

PM MODI'S BIG MOVE: BJPLAWMAKERS TO SHARE BANKRECORDS AFTER NOTES BANNEW DELHI (PTI) To signal his commitment to his crackdownon tax evasion and corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modihas ordered all his par ty's lawmakers to submit details oftheir bank records from November 8, when he announced aban on high-denomination notes - to December 31, which isthe deadline for submitting the outlawed notes.All parliamentarians and state legislators from the ruling BJPwill have to share their bank transactions for this period withpar ty chief Amit Shah.That's not enough, said the Congress. "Cut the rhetoric & jumla'sModiji. Dare U to make accounts of BJP&RSS public before#DeMonetisation (1st April to 8th November) & not post facto,"tweeted par ty leader Randeep Singh Surjewala. (sic)PM Modi's instructions come as the government has proposednew tax rules for those who surrender black or untaxed moneyby the end of the year. 50% of the amount that is disclosed willbe penalized and taxed, 25% will be placed in a for four yearswith no interest paid to the owner in a special fund for welfareand development schemes, and the remaining 25% will bemade available to the owner for immediate use.The opposition has alleged that the BJP tipped off chosen in-dustrialists and some of its own leaders ahead of the PM's shockannouncement in a television speech on November 8 that declared 500-and 1,000-rupee notes would be illegal just a few hours later. The govern-ment has flatly denied those accusations, but the opposition points to aland-buying spree under taken by the BJP in Bihar before de-monetization was ordered.



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PROTESTERS MARCH DURING AN ANTI-TRUMP RALLY IN USA.

TRUMP CLAIMS 'MILLIONS VOTEDILLEGALLY' COST HIM POPULAR VOTE

NOVEMBER 2016

From Lalit K JhaWASHINGTON, (PTI) In an un-precedented move, US President-elect Donald Trump today allegedthat "millions of people" voted il-legally for Hillary Clinton that pre-vented him from winning thepopular vote too, threatening atruce between them after theirbitter White House race.Trump, who offered no evidence

for his claims, said that he wouldhave won the popular votes in theUS general election "if you deductthe millions of people who votedillegally". "In addition to winningthe Electoral College in a land-slide, I won the popular vote if youdeduct the millions of people whovoted illegally," Trump said in afirst of the series of tweets.He al leged that serious voter

fraud were committed in threeStates of Virginia, New Hamp-shire and California where helost. The allegation by Trump,who won the required votes in theElectoral College to secure thepresidency, comes as Demo-cratic rival Hillary Clinton's leadin the popular vote over Trump hassurpassed 2.0 million votes andis expected to grow to more than

2.5 million as ballots in populousstates such as California continueto be tallied.Clinton has 232 electoral collegevotes in her kitty as against 270required to be declared aselected. The Republican billionaire'sallegations came as steps are beingtaken towards recounting of votes inthe swing state of Wisconsin,which Trump won.

PAK SAYS FOCUS TO REMAIN ON INDIA BORDERFROM SAJJAD HUSSAIN /ISLAMABAD, (PTI) With its new army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa set to take charge, Pakistan has asser tedthat focus will remain on country's eastern border with India, even as the US nudged Islamabad to keep the pledge of not allowing use ofits soil for terror attacks against neighbours. Bajwa will take charge of the world's sixth-largest army by troop numbers from Pakistan'soutgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, who paid farewell visits to President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif here today. Sharif and Hussain lauded Raheel's valuable service as army chief and wished him the best for his post-retirement life, Radio Pakistan repor ted. "The military policy will continue and there will be no immediate change in it (under Bajwa),"Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Geo News."The focus will remain on country's eastern border and the armed forces backed by the nation will meet all challenges," he said. "Thelegacy of General Raheel Sharif would continue in the light of the examples he set," Asif said. The Defence Minister expressed hope thatthe government and military leadership will continue to work together for the betterment of the country.

Kofi Annan to probe reports ofRohingya abuse in RakhineBANGKOK, (IANS) Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annanwas scheduled to arrive in the Rakhine state of Myanmar onTuesday to examine repor ts of abuse against the RohingyaMuslim minority.This will be Annan's second visit to the region since the gov-ernment appointed him head of an advisory commission topropose solutions to the sectarian conflict between the Bud-dhist majority and Rohingyas, EFE news repor ted.Annan had first visited the region in September before an armedattack on October 13 on three police border posts in theMaungdaw districts, which led to the deployment of the armyin the region.The army offensive has already claimed the lives of 69 sus-pects and 17 soldiers and led to the arrest of 434 people, ac-cording to the army, which has barred access to humanitarianaid organisations, observers and the media in the region.At least 30,000 civilians have been displaced due to the vio-lence in Maungdaw, where activists and human rights groupsaccuse the Myanmar military of carrying out killings, rapes,looting and burning over a thousand houses in Rohingya vil-lages.During his visit, Annan wil l hold meetings in Rangoon,Naypyidaw and Rakhine, including the area affected by vio-lence, the former UN Secretary General said."Today I am travelling to Myanmar, where the members of theAdvisory Commission on Rakhine State and I will meet withcommunity leaders across the region, including the borderareas recently affected by violence in the nor th of RakhineState, to better understand the challenges they face," Annansaid.Last week, Annan expressed deep concern over the outbreakof violence in nor thern Rakhine State and urged security ser-vices to act in compliance with the rule of law.

16,000 CIVILIANS FLEE WARRAVAGED ALEPPO: UNGENEVA, (IANS/MAP) Around 16,000 civilians have fled strife-torn parts of Syria's Aleppo as the rebels lost all of the nor th-ern neighbourhoods of their stronghold, UN official said onTuesday, describing the situation as "chilling"."The intensity of attacks on eastern Aleppo neighbourhoodsover the past few days has forced thousands of civilians to fleeto other par ts of the city," UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Briensaid in a statement, MAP news agency repor ted. He pointed torepor ts from the UN's humanitarian par tners on the groundindicating that "up to 16,000 people have been displaced, manyinto uncer tain and precarious situations". O'Brien voiced con-cern over the "deeply alarming and chilling situation unfolding" acrossall of Aleppo. The situation in eastern Aleppo is dire, with intensified groundfighting and indiscriminate aerial bombardment repor tedly kill-ing and injuring many civilians, he said.


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GENERAL QAMAR BAJWA TAKES OVERAS PAKISTAN'S NEW ARMY CHIEF

People protest to oppose the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) between South Korea and Japan.

ROHINGYA REFUGEES FLEETORTURE, RAPE IN MYANMARNAY PYI TAW, (IANS) Fleeing ethnic violence that has plaguedMyanmar's western coastal state of Rakhine for weeks, thou-sands of Rohingya refugees have been f looding intoneighbouring Bangladesh, media repor ts said. Some refu-gees told CNN that they suffered rape, tor ture or saw theirhomes burned down and family members executed."If (the military) finds any boys aged above 10 years old, theykill them. Men are also being picked up by the military," LaluBegum said. "When the military came, we fled from our home.I don't know if my husband is dead or alive." Begum, cur-rently staying at the Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh, saidseveral women in her village were raped by regime soldiers."When they see pretty ladies, they ask for water, then they getinside the house and rape them," she said.An estimated one million Rohingyas live in Rakhine, wherethey are a persecuted, stateless ethnic minority. The govern-ment does not officially recognise the Rohingyas, regardingthem as illegal Bengali immigrants. John McKissick, a UNrefugee agency official in Bangladesh, said the Rohingyasare "the most oppressed people in the world. It seems to bethe aim of the Myanmar military to ethnically cleanse thispopulation," he said.The refugees in Kutupalong said they left their homes in themiddle of the night, trekking from village to village to try andevade the soldiers and make it to the Naf River to cross intoBangladesh. "When we star ted our journey, there were six ofus. We lost three members of our family," Lalu Begum's sis-ter-in-law Nassima Khatun said. "My husband and son werekilled, and another son went missing." The repor ts in thestate could not be verified as the Rohingya area is currentlyunder what the UN terms "lockdown", with access to mediaand aid agencies blocked."We have requested the government to provide us with ac-cess, so we can estimate the actual numbers," McKissicksaid. Bangladesh has tightened security to try and push refu-gees back, as the country struggles to cope with the influx.Thousands of people from Myanmar have already crossedinto Bangladesh and, according to Dhaka, "thousands morehave been repor ted to be gathering at the border". TheBangladesh government summoned the Dhaka-basedMyanmarese envoy on Wednesday to express concern at the"continued deteriorating situation (in Rakhine) following thecountry's military crackdown".

ITALIAN HOSTAGE APPEARSIN SYRIAN JIHADIST VIDEOROME, (IANS/AKI) An Italian allegedly being held captive byjihadists in Syria has appeared in a video and appealed to hisgovernment to save him from possible execution."My name is Sergio Zanotti, I've been a prisoner here in Syriafor 7 months," says the man in the video allegedly sent toRussian website News Front."I call on the Italian government to intervene in my case as Irisk execution, " the man says, speaking with a the accent ofthe nor thern Italian city of Brescia.The man has unkempt grey hair, a long grey beard, is barefootand kneels in an olive grove wearing a long white tunic.He appears grim-faced as he speaks and holds up a placardwith the date 15 November 2016 on it, the same date thevideo was shot, according to News Front.A man dressed in black with his face covered and toting amachine gun stands behind him. News Front also published aphoto of a passpor t bearing the name Sergio Zanotti, statinghis date of bir th as February 23, 1960 and his bir thplace asthe town of Marone in the province of Brescia.

Blast injures 7 presidentialguards in PhilippinesMANILA, (IANS) At least seven members of the PhilippinePresidential Security Group (PSG) were injured on Tuesdayafter a homemade bomb exploded in the city of Marawi, a dayahead of the President's visit.PSG spokesman Lt. Colonel Michael Aquino said the explo-sion took place around 10.45 a.m. (local time), and seriouslywounded one person, Efe news repor ted.Aquino added the blast was being probed but said it was yetto be ascer tained if the attack was directed at President RodrigoDuter te or was linked with clashes between the military andMaute Group Islamist rebels.The seven injured PSG personnel were part of a delegation of50 persons who were visiting Lanao del Sur to organiseDuter te's visit.

ISLAMABAD (PTI): General Qamar Javed Bajwa today took over asPakistan's new army chief, succeeding General Raheel Sharif at aceremony held in Rawalpindi. Gen Raheel Sharif handed over thecommand of the army to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Qamar Bajwa ata ceremony held in the Army Hockey Stadium, close to the GeneralHeadquar ters (GHQ). Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday ap-

pointed Gen Bajwa as army chief by elevating him to the rank of four-star general. General Raheel Sharif, in January, had declared he wouldnot seek an extension. "I will retire on the due date," he had said. There werespeculation that the PML-N government would give him an extension at the elev-enth hour citing reasons that he was needed by the country to lead thewar on terror. The post of Army chief is the most powerful in Pakistan.

KASHMIR ISSUE WILL BE RESOLVEDTHROUGH INDIGENOUS STRUGGLE: AZIZ

ISLAMABAD, (IANS) Days ahead of his visit to India, Pakistan's for-eign policy chief Sar taj Aziz on Friday said the Kashmir issuewould only be resolved through "indigenous" movement withinthe Valley led by the younger generation. Aziz told lawmakers inthe National Assembly that Pakistan would continue extendingpolitical, diplomatic and moral suppor t to the Kashmiri cause oninternational and bilateral fora."We have been taking our diplomatic campaign forward with zealsince Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's speech regarding the Kashmirissue in the United Nations General Assembly. The movement has notlost any of its zeal even after the criticism against the speech, and

Pakistan will continue to suppor t the movement," the Foreign AffairsAdvisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated.He also said that Pakistan is willing to hold dialogue with India on allissues, on condition that the "Kashmir dispute" is brought to the tableand a resolution sought in accordance with United Nations resolu-tions. "Even though we have a policy of neighbourly relations with allcountries in the region, we will stick to this policy on the Kashmirissue," he said. The adviser's statement comes after Indian troops"targeted" a passenger bus and ambulance across the Line of Controlearlier this week, and killed three Pakistan Army soldiers and 10civilians in various incidents of "unprovoked" firing.

UN concerned over India-Pakistan border tensionUNITED NATIONS, (IANS) UNSecretary-General Ban-ki-Moon

expressed serious concern overthe prevailing situation at the Line

of Control in Jammu and Kashmir,an official statement said on Fri-

day. The Secretary-General saidhe was "deeply concerned aboutthe deterioration of the situationalong the Line of Control in Kash-mir in recent days," a statement is-sued by his office said. He called on "allinvolved to prioritise the restoration ofcalm and stability in order to preventany further escalation and loss of life."

Migrant crisis achallenge to Christianunity, claims bishopBRUSSELS, (IANS/AKI) The on-going migrant crisis has caused dis-cord within churches in Europe andraises questions about its identity andfuture, a Catholic bishop told a high-levelEU summit on Tuesday."This crisis has undermined unity inEurope, and, admittedly, also within thechurches in Europe," said the auxiliarybishop of Malines-Bruxelles, JeanKockerols, quoted by Vatican Radio.A common solution to the refugee cri-sis "is a question that touches directlyupon the values and the future of Eu-rope", Kockerols told European Com-missioners and religious leaders attend-ing the summit.



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Is Malaika Arora romanticallyattached to Arjun Kapoor?

DESK REPORT / MUMBAI - For long there were rumours in media thatsomething is brewing between Malaika Arora Khan and Arjun Kapoorand he is the main reason of her separation with husband ArbaazKhan. The two were seen roaming about in the city hand in handand was seen visiting the actress late night at her residence. Sopeople star ted thinking may be the two are romantically linked.However, when asked, Malaika said: "Arjun Kapoor is a very dearfriend, but people misconstrue things."

WHAT IS ANUSHKA SHARMASAYING ABOUT SRK?

NEW DELHI, (IANS) Anushka Sharma is happy to work with superstarShah Rukh Khan for the third time in Imtiaz Ali's next. The actresssays it "is always amazing to work" with him. This is the third timeAnushka and Shah Rukh will be seen in a film together after "Rab NeBana Di Jodi" and "Jab Tak Hai Jaan". The actress made her Bollywooddebut opposite the superstar in 2008 with the film "Rab Ne Bana DiJodi". "It is always amazing to work with Shah Rukh, this is my thirdfilm with him and first with Imtiaz Ali. The working title is 'The Ring' ,it's not the final name of the film," Anushka told IANS over email fromMumbai. "The Ring" is the first time both the actors are collaboratingwith Ali for a film. They had recently wrapped up the Prague scheduleof the shoot. "We spent two months travelling across Europe and hadso much fun shooting this film, you will get to know more about thefilm in coming weeks, it's too early to talk about it, said Anushka, whois the brand ambassador of Elle 18. Talking about her association withthe brand, Anushka said: "The brand stands for the fun, no-fuss girlwho is bold and beautiful.And, I associate my-self with these quali-ties, making us theperfect combination!I love a lot of the prod-ucts offered by thebrand, but my per-sonal favourite wouldbe the El le 18 EyeDrama Kajal, for theinstant spark it adds tomy look."

Irrfan, Kapil challenge BMC notice, HC seeks reply

YUVRAJ SINGH AND HAZEL KEECH DAZZLED IN BLACK AT THEIR SANGEET. ALSO SEEN IN THE IMAGE IS CRICKETER VIRAT KOHLI.

VIRAT KOHLI CELEBRATES AS INDIA BEAT ENGLAND BY EIGHT WICKETS IN MOHALI AND LEAD SERIES BY 2-0.

MUMBAI, (PTI) The Bombay High Cour t has directed the Mumbaicivic body to file its affidavit in reply to petitions filed by stand-upcomedian Kapil Sharma and actor Irr fan Khan challenging the noticeissued against them directing razing of unauthorised structures alleg-edly constructed by them at their flats in suburban Goregaon.A division bench headed by Justice N H Patil directed all par tiesinvolved to maintain status quo in the matter, which means the civicbody cannot initiate action of demolition of the alleged illegal struc-ture. On April 28, the civic body issued notice to Sharma and Khanunder section 351 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, claimingthat certain constructions in the 18-storey residential building 'DLH En-clave' in Goregaon, in which the actors have flats, were illegal and hencewill have to be razed. Apart from Sharma and Khan, another resident andthe developer of the building Dev Land and Housing Private Ltd have alsopetitioned the high court. The high court on Thursday directed the civic body tofile its affidavit in response to the petitions and posted them for hearing on Decem-

ber 8. Sharma, in his petition, claimed that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corpora-tion (BMC) notice was "bad in law" and issued with "mala fide intentions". Thecomedian had kicked up a controversy last month by alleging that he had beenasked to pay a bribe of Rs 5 lakh by an official of BMC which, in turn, claimed thatthe actor had flouted norms not only in his Versova office building but also at hisapar tment in suburban Goregaon. "In March and April 2010, the civicbody issued commencement certificate to the developer granting per-mission to construct the 18 floors. On November 6, 2013, the corporationissued Full Occupation Certificate to the building," Sharma said in hispetition. However, on November 14, 2014, BMC's assistant engineer fromBuilding and Factory depar tment issued notice to Sharma claimingthat he had made some il legal constructions in his flat in thebuilding, and sought his reply. Sharma, in his reply to the BMC,said no unauthorised construction was carried out at his flat in thebuilding. The civic body on December 1, 2014, however, replied refus-ing to accept the actor's clarification.

SALMAN KHAN, IULIA BACKAGAIN, REALLY?

NEW DELHI (AGENCIES)News of Salman Khan'sal leged gir l f r iend Iu l iaVantur leaving the countrysparked rumours of thecouple breaking up. How-ever, recent updates on theRomanian beauty's Instagram tell an entirely different story. Ifa recent post on her Instagram is anything to go by, looks likeIulia is back in the city of dreams. A picture of hers shows herholding a cup of coffee while a Mumbai autorickshaw can beseen in the background. This picture comes amidst buzz thatshe was apparently a par t of Helen's bir thday bash held at aBandra five-star hotel earlier this week. Just recently also too,Iulia posted a rather cryptic message which read, "A lie cantravel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting onits shoes." What truth is she referring to? Our guess is as goodas yours. But rumours mills are making rounds - are the twotogether or have call it quits?

THERE'S NO BLACK MONEY IN FILM INDUSTRY: RATHOREPANAJI, (PTI) Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today sought to correct thenegative public per fection that black money is pumped into films, and said the industry is likely to benefit from demonetisation. "The filmindustry has been transacting through cheques and money loaned from banks. We used to earlier hear that the black money ispumped in the film industry. "I don't think in this age there is any black money used in the film industry. There will be transpar-ency in the film funding due to which good films will get the suppor t," Rathore said talking to the repor ters on the sidelines ofongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here. "It is a team effor t when film is produced. Right from the spot boy to thefilm star, everyone works. If money is transferred in their account directly then they will get the exact rates, specially for thoseworking at lower rung. The industry will get the suppor t due to demonetisation," he said.



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IT'S GOOD TO BE BAD: WHOIS SRK ADVISING?

MUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Alia Bhatt got one advice from her"Dear Zindagi" co-star Shah Rukh Khan, and that is 'its good tobe bad. The actress talked about her personal equation withShah Rukh in an episode of TV show "Yaar Mera Superstar".The second season of the chat show is hosted by Sangeeta,who is also popular as a radio jockey. In the episode, Alia saidthat SRK is her childhood crush. In the trailer of "Dear Zindagi",Shah Rukh is seen giving some deep, meaningful suggestionsto Alia's character. When Sangeeta asked whether Shah Rukhgave some real life advice, Alia said: "It's not like I have gone to him totake any advice but while conversing he gives. Like recently he told me thatit's good to be bad because I am too good for the world, sometimes." "DearZindagi" is a slice-of-life film with Alia playing the protagonist, an aspir-ing filmmaker, who is on the lookout for a lot of unansweredquestions. Shah Rukh is essaying the role of a psychiatristJahangir Khan in the Gauri Shinde directorial. It also featuresAli Zafar, Aditya Roy Kapur, Kunal Kapoor and Angad Bedi, andis slated to release on Friday. The episode will broadcast onSaturday on Zoom channel.

'AE DIL...' BECOMES RANBIR'SSECOND BIGGEST HIT

MUMBAI, (IANS) Filmmaker Karan Johar's "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil"has turned out to be the second biggest hit of actor RanbirKapoor's career so far, claim the makers. "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil",which was surrounded by controversies due to the presence ofPakistani actor Fawad Khan, released on October 28. It alsofeatures Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma. Co-produced by Dharma Productions and Fox Star Studios, the filmalso features a cameo by superstar Shah Rukh Khan.According to a statement issued by the film's makers, the movieraked Rs 112.14 crore (net India business), and amassed $12.4million (gross) overseas till Thursday. Vijay Singh, CEO, FoxStar Studios, said: "'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' has had an amazingrun at the box office and we are thrilled to know that this hasbecome the second biggest hit of Ranbir Kapoor." Singh is happywith the way the film was received by movie buffs."Karan Johar's directorial has become a huge hit because ofthe love the audiences have showered on the content of themovie and we are glad to be partners with him in making cin-ema that stands out," he said. This might come as a respite forRanbir, who had setbacks with "Bombay Velvet", "Roy" and"Besharam". In fact, "Tamasha" also failed to elicit a good re-sponse. Ranbir will next be seen in "Jagga Jasoos".

Actors are always under pressureto look perfect: Sonakshi

MUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Sonakshi Sinha says celebrities arealways under pressure to look perfect, but she makes it a pointthat she promotes a 'healthy body image'. "I think actors arealways under pressure to look perfect all the time. However, itdepends on the par ticular person on how you feel that pres-sure. I have always been somebody who has been projectedas a healthy body image," Sonakshi said at an event here.She added: "I know that young girls take us as an inspiration.They follow us in every way. Therefore, I don't want to give anywrong message regarding health related issues. What I feel isthat you have to be healthy and happy if you want to do some-thing noteworthy in your life." Her film "Force 2" is doing good businessat the box office despite the government's demonetisation move. The ac-tress is happy with the response."Considering the situation, we are happy that 'Force 2' has done goodbusiness at the box office. It could have done better but we are all part of thatsituation. So, whatever collection 'Force 2' has managed to make we arepretty much satisfied," she said. The daughter of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha feels "the im-pact of demonetisation can be seen on everything. For sometime, we have to face little difficulties. The initiative has beentaken for the betterment of the country. I hope it will be fine verysoon". Sonakshi will next be seen in "Noor".

SHAHID STARTS SHOOTINGFOR 'PADMAVATI'

MUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Shahid Kapoor has star ted shooting forfilmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film "Padmavati".The period drama, which also features Deepika Padukone andRanveer Singh, stars Shahid as Raja Ratan Singh. Shahid onThursday shared on Twitter a photograph of himself spor ting abeard. "Day 1. 'Padmavati' wish me luck guys," Shahid captioned theimage. Ranveer will be seen essaying the role of Alauddin Khilji,the medieval-era Delhi sultan, who is enamoured of Padmavati.

BY SHRISHTI NEGIPANAJI, (PTI) He may havegained popularity as a romanticdirector in his decade-old filmcareer but Imtiaz Al i says hewould never let go of a good lovestory just for the fear of being pi-geonholed. The director is bestknown for making refreshing dra-mas like "Jab We Met", "Love AajKal", "Rockstar" and "Tamasha".Imtiaz feels that getting scared ofbeing typecast sometimes leadsto the rejection of good ideas frommind, which he never wants todo with himself."If you get scared you will rejecta lot of thoughts that come intoyour mind. You should understandthat when a story comes tosomeone's mind it doesn't cometo you as a genre, it just comeslike a story," Imtiaz told PTI onthe sidelines of NFDC Film Ba-zaar. "It's only when you pursueit, you find out what genre it couldbelong to. So, I don't worry about

being typecast. If I'm interested in acertain story, I just go with it."According to the director, it is ul-timately his decision to make thekind of films he wants. "It's uptome to make a movie that I want.And, I feel for tunate that I'm usu-ally able to make the films that Iwant." Imtiaz's films generallychronicle the lives of two char-acters and when asked if his lifehas any influence on the storieshe makes, the director says, "Mylife has an influence on my filmsbut it's an indirect influence."It's not as though I write autobio-graphically but then I do go intoplaces and meet people and it'shalf experience of cer tain thingsthat I try to make full in my mov-ies." A meaningful journey isanother impor tant aspect in mostof his stories but Imtiaz says henever "pre-decides" the conceptfor his films. "I just look insideand see what interests me and inwhich direction I'm going. It's not

a pre-decided journey everytime.I just go in the direction that thestory takes me." The "Tamasha"helmer may have been severalpeople's favourite, thanks to hisrefreshing style of writing but hehimself is a big fan of veteranf i lmmaker Bimal Roy. Whenasked about the one filmmaker hewould assist given a chance,

Imtiaz says, "In Indian cinema,Bimal Roy's films had lot of loveand finesse. So, definitely him."Imtiaz is next working on his up-coming film with superstar ShahRukh Khan and Anushka Sharma.The project has a working title"The Ring". "It was really nice towork with Shah Rukh in the film.I'm looking forward to it," he says.

Aamir Khan productions to debutat Film Bazaar in 2017

PANAJI, (PTI) Actor Aamir Khan's pro-duction house will look for interest-ing projects at NFDC Film Bazaarfrom next year. The 51-year-oldactor's wife Kiran Rao announcedthis during her visit here. "FilmBazaar has brought the whole filmcommunity together. It's a fantasticand much needed annual event. Nextyear, Aamir Khan Productions will behere. And we hope to look for projects here,meet people and get talent," she said.

A producer and a director herself,Rao feels that independent film-makers should be given a chanceto show their potent ial . "Thiswas the most necessary inter-vention for Indian cinema, thefilm Bazaar that now is. It haschanged the landscape of howf i lms are made, d is t r ibuted,br inging the f i lm communi tytogether. So, I'm really excitedabout it." I came to see the V iew ingRoom which is such a greatresource that Deepti (DCunha),Programmer of WIP and View-ing Room) has created," shesaid. The four-day festival hasmore than 20 Knowledge seriessessions in which veteran film-makers and producers speak onvarious aspects of the cinema.Indian celebrities who have so farattended Bazaar include the likesof Imt iaz Al i , Rohan Sippy,Ramesh Sippy, Prakash Jha,Shabana Azmi, TannishthaChatterjee and Sudhir Mishra.



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CAST: ALIA BHATT, SHAH RUKH KHAN,

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Gauri Shinde's "Dear Zindagi" is a youth-centric cathar tic film whichgives you a glimpse of how they deal with life, relationships and theissues that bog them down. Perhaps, it is only the youth who willrelate to - the hear taches, seeking their dream job, problems withparents, et al. Kaira aka Koko (Alia Bhatt) is a 25-year-old Mumbaibased cinematographer, who is independent, busy shooting adfilms and longing to shoot her first full length feature. Carefree,happy-go-lucky, she is in and out of relationships, some unrequited,others unfulfilled.She cringes at the very mention of Goa where her parents live as shedoes not enjoy a great relationship with them. A hear tbreak leads herto the couch of a therapist Dr Jehangir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) andher life changes. Alia as the free-spirited, emotional youngster,craving love shines all the way. The film belongs to her and shedoes full justice to her character, emoting effor tlessly, making theaudience empathise with her highs and lows. Whether it is ventingher pent-up pain or playing kabaddi with the waves on a beach, she isa treat to watch.In fact, she almost single-handedly carries the film with a weak ploton her fragile shoulders. Shah Rukh Khan as Dr. Jehangir Khan akaJug, the "Dimaag-ka-Doctor", lights up the screen with his charismaand persona, in an immensely likeable character he por trays, but has

limited scope. He is still SRK and not the character on screen and hisdia logue del ivery st i l l remains very Shah Rukh Khanesque.Yashaswini Dayama and Ira Dubey, as Kaira's friends are lively andmake their presence felt with their por trayals. Kunal Kapoor asRaghuvendra, one of Alia's love interests in the film, is lacklustre andthere is a feeling of deja vu watching him on screen.Ali Zafar as a musician too looks every inch his par t, strumming theguitar and belting out romantic numbers, but is nothing more thanthat. The film belts out life lessons in abundance through verboseexpositions, profound dialogues, some in conversations, but manyin the therapy room, all of which make sense but tend to be re-petitive beyond a point. The film lacks drama and is stretched toover 2.5 hours on a wafer-thin plot, making for tedious viewing.Humour comes in the form of some light-hear ted moments but isnot enough to give respite.The second half of the film drags endlessly, although the pieces of thejigsaw puzzle of her life fall into place as she makes peace with life.Amit Trivedi's music too fails to make an impact and is almost lost.The film expectedly has good production values and the ethos of Goais beautifully captured through the lens of Laxman Utekar. "DearZindagi" could have been a lively, fun film albeit with life lessons,rather than the long-winded slice of life it is.


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LONDON, (IANS) The Spice Girls GEM reunion song "Songfor her" has leaked online. Under the new name of GEMtaken from the names of the bandmates Geri Horner, EmmaBunton and Melanie Brown, the members have cometogether once again to work on new material includingthe track "Song for her" which has been leaked onYouTube, repor ts femalefirst.co.uk."Song for her" is a chorus-heavy track about femaleempowerment, with the girls repeatedly singing inharmony: "This is a song for her, You know you lightit up, You know who you are, Stand up, stand up,She's got that boom-boom pop, That's somethingthey can't stop, She's got that song for her." Bunton,40, insisted earlier this year that "Song For Her",which has appeared on Facebook and YouTube, was"not a single" and was instead the result of the girlsjust having fun in the studio. The girls were origi-nally tipped to reunite this year, which would havemarked the release of their breakthrough hit "Wannabe",but Mel B admitted they are still finalising the details oftheir comeback.

Bruno Mars' world tour sellsover 1 mn tickets in 24 hoursLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Grammy award winning singerBruno Mars's 24K Magic World Tour sold more than onemillion tickets in a single day. Tickets for Mars'Europe and Nor th America tour dates went on saleMonday, following a night of television for the popstar that included a per formance at the AmericanMusic Awards and a 60 Minutes profile that markedhis first on-camera interview in four years, repor tsbillboard.com. Now the 24K Magic World Tour hasadded 15 shows for a total of 100, including fiveshows in the New York City area, four nights atLondon's O2 Arena and four Los Angeles shows atthe Forum in Inglewood, California. The "Uptown funk"hitmaker's tour star ts on March 28 next year and endson November 11.

BEYONCE PERSUADING JAYZ TO REPAIR RELATIONSHIPWITH KANYE WESTLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Following Kanye West's repor tedbreakdown, singer Beyonce Knowles has been persuad-ing her husband Jay Z to extend the olive branch andrepair his friendship with the rapper. According to arepor t in The Sun, Beyonce is urging Jay Z to let by-gones be bygones, and he is coming round to the ideaas he sees West is in trouble, repor ts dailymail.co.uk.The news repor t also claimed that the two rappershave distanced themselves from each other - andthe divide is speculated to have contributed toWest's issues. "No matter what has happenedbetween them, Kanye has always been Jay's littlebro and Jay has always called him his 'familia'.Beyonce and Jay Z are making plans to connect withthe rapper 'quietly and in private to avoid any mediastorm but just to let him know they are there forhim," said a source. There are repor ts that West hashad a 'mental breakdown' from pushing himself toohard with his Pablo tour and design commitments.He was hospitalised after abruptly cancelling theremainder of his Saint Pablo tour earlier this week.The hospitalisation came after a tumultuous weekfor the rapper. During his Sacramento concer t onSaturday night, West went on another rant, takingaim at Beyonce - among others - before asking Jay Z tocall him.

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SHAH RUKH KHAN, ALIA BHATT, GAURI SHINDE PROMOTE DEAR ZINDAGI IN DELHI.

Raftaar to sing solo track in 'Dangal'MUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Aamir Khan's for thcoming film "Dangal" willhave rapper Dilin Nair, who goes by the stage name Raftaar, rappinga solo track. The track composed by Pritam is called "Dhaakad" andfeatures Raftaar singing in Haryanvi, Tamil and Telugu. It will releaseon Thursday. "I believe lady luck is just shining on me. I'm prettyexcited with the projects lined up so far. It has been my childhooddream to work alongside Aamir Khan and this is finally materialising.Moreover, I'm happy to be associated with a project that emphasiseswomen empowerment as that's a cause I truly believe in," Raftaarsaid in a statement. In the past, superstar Shah Rukh Khan roped insinger and rapper Honey Singh while superstar Salman Khan roped insinger and rapper Badshah.

WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH KAREENA: KARISMA KAPOORand "Zubeidaa". Her sister Kareenais one of the top stars and has fea-tured in blockbusters like "Refugee","Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham","Omkara", "Jab We Met" and "3 Idi-ots" Asked if she is keen to work withKareena, Karisma told IANS over e-mail: "(I) would love to work withKareena, provided we get a superscript." Karisma, who is the grand-daughter of legendary actor RajKapoor and daughter of veteran actorRandhir Kapoor, has been a part ofthe film industry for over two decades.Asked how has the role of womenevolved over the years, the "Judwaa"actress said: "I think in a certain way,the role (for women) has alwaysbeen strong. Back in the early 2000sor 1990s, from a role point of view, ifyou're a good artiste, you'll alwaysget good work and good roles; nomatter what the box office status."The actress added that she had donefilms like "'Biwi No. 1" which was acommercial movie with DavidDhawan or films like "Fiza" and"Zubeidaa"."These are roles that were written forwomen. So I think if you're a goodar tiste, you'll always get workaround," she said. The 42-year-oldactress was last seen on the bigscreen in filmmaker Vikram Bhatt's"Dangerous Ishhq" in 2012. What haskept Karisma away from the silverscreen? "My family and kids aremost impor tant to me and I'vespent the last few years reallyinvolved with them. As for mov-ies, you never know; I neverplan anything in my life," saidKa r i sma , who l aunched thethird season of USL - Diageo'sRoad to Safety initiative.The actress says the cause is closeto her heart. "I'm currently support-ing a few causes close to my heartand lending my time to initiativessuch as the Road Safetyprogramme," she added. How im-por tant is it to create awarenessabout road safety?

NEW DELHI, (IANS) Actress KarismaKapoor says she would love to sharethe big screen with her sister and

actress Kareena Kapoor Khan.Karisma made her debut in 1991 withthe film "Prem Qaidi" and since then

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Who wouldn't want to date SalmanKhan: Amy JacksonMUMBAI, (PTI) Actress Amy Jackson says any girl would love to datesuperstar Salman Khan. The actress considers the 50-year-old star a"great friend", who has given her a lot of confidence. There wererepor ts that Salman made a surprise appearance at "2.0" teaser launchto suppor t Amy. When asked would she like to date the "Sultan" star,the actress said, "Who wouldn't like to date Salman Khan? I am totallysingle and I am very happy." Amy was speaking at the launch of amagazine. The actress was par t of Salman's brother Sohail Khan'sdirectorial venture "Freaky Ali"."Salman has been great as a friend and giving me lot of guidance.Also Akshay Kumar has always been helping me," she added. Amysaid she would love to star opposite Salman if she gets an offer. Theactress also praised the star for his fit physique. "Salman has dropped20 kilos now. He was there at the 'Robot 2' launch and I was like howdid you lose that in a month, he has done a brilliant job. He hasincorporated lot of cardio into his routine. He looks fantastic," sheadded.

WOMEN'S CAREER DOESN'TSTOP AFTER MARRIAGE:VIDYANEW DELHI, (PTI) Vidya Balan says it is not tough for married ac-tresses to find good roles in Bollywood as the industry reflects thechanges happening in the society. There was time in Bollywood whenit was believed that an actresses' career is over post marriage. "I'm aproud 37-year-old. Women's career are not stopping after they getmarried or after they have children. So, that's going to be true even infilms. Why should it be any different for female actors?"Writers get inspired by real life people and from real life incidents.And when those changes are happening in society it's bound to beseen on screen," Vidya said while promoting her film "Kahaani 2:Durga Rani Singh" here. She feels more performance oriented rolesare being written for actresses now. "The kind of roles that we'regetting have also really changed. The horizon has widened." Alsopresent at the event was Vidya's co-star from the film, Arjun Rampal,who said age really doesn't matter in movies. "I think age is some-thing in mind only. It's not something which should bother someone,"he said. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh the movie is scheduled to releasethis Friday.

Vidya has notfollowed aneasy path tosuccess:ArjunNEW DELHI, (PTI) Actor ArjunKapoor says his "Kahaani 2:Durga Rani Singh" co-star VidyaBalan is a dynamite package andhas never followed a simple pathto achieve success. The 44-year-old actor says the kind of filmsVidya chooses makes her differ-ent from other actors. "Vidya is adynamite package. She's really a cel-ebration. She's a very unique actor andwe're very lucky to have her in the in-dustry. "She has done some wonderfulwork. She has a great talent in choos-ing and talent is the choices that youmade. She has not taken an easy pathto walk on, which is always more excit-ing," Arjun told reporters during a pro-motional event of the film. The actorsays he met Vidya for the first time onthe sets of the Sujoy Ghosh-directedfilm and she made him feel very com-fortable. "I really didn't know Vidya be-fore this movie. We became friendsduring this film. We used to meet beforebut socially.I've seen her work in the past and Ithought she would be very serious. "Agirl, who sits in a corner and only con-centrates on her character. Undoubtedlyshe is all of them. But when I saw herafter we did one, there was a twinkle inher eyes. She has got a little babinessinside her." Arjun says it's very impor-tant for an actor to keep alive the childinside them. "Every actor needs to havethat kind of babiness inside him or herto be good. It actually makes your imagi-nation good and Vidya has retained that.She made all of us very comfortableon the sets. It was wonderful towork with her." Vidya, who wasalso present at the event, al lpraise for Arjun.

Salman declaresrelease date of SRK'sfilm with ImtiazMUMBAI, (PTI) Superstar SalmanKhan today announced the releasedate of good friend Shah Rukh Khan'supcoming film with director ImtiazAli. Also starring Anushka Sharmathe movie is scheduled to release onAugust 11 next year. The film's work-ing title is "The Ring" and Salmanasked his fans to suggest the of-ficial title for the project. "ShahRukh ki film aa Rahi hai. DateMaine decide kar di hai. Title tumlog decide kardo. (Shah Rukh'sfilm is coming.

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KUMBLE DEFENDS KOHLI ONBALL TAMPERING ISSUE

PAKISTAN COLLAPSE TO FIRST SERIES DEFEATTO NEW ZEALAND IN 30 YEARSNEW DELHI (PTI) New Zealand have pulled off a stunning victory over Pakistan in Hamilton, takingnine wickets in the final session of the match for a 138-run win and a 2-0 series victory.The tourists were set 369 to win on the final day and lost just one wicket in the first two sessions.However, from 1-158 at tea they lost their last nine wickets for 72 runs to crash to a second consecu-tive defeat and their first series loss since 2014.Neil Wagner took the final three wickets in seven balls to end the innings with nine overs to spare.The win ensured New Zealand's first series victory over Pakistan since 1985 and a rise in the Testrankings to six, while Pakistan drop from second to four th.Pakistan, star ting with one run on the board, didn't lose a wicket in the morning session but afterlunch it seemed they would star t blazing.However, Azhar Ali could only get an inside edge on to his stumps to go for 58.It ended Pakistan's second longest opening stand, lasting 360 balls.The second wicket, of Babar Azam (16) after the tea break, was much the same, an inside edge goingonto the off stump. Sami Aslam was third to fall, for 91, when he slapped one from Tim Southee toKane Williamson at mid off to fall nine short of a maiden hundred.

MOHALI, (IANS) Indian cricket team chief coach Anil Kumble on Thurs-day dismissed allegations of ball tampering levelled against Testcaptain Virat Kohli by a British publication. British tabloid Daily Mailhad produced inconclusive evidence on Tuesday to show that Kohliused to shine the ball with the residue of a sweet in his mouth duringthe second Test against England in Visakhapatnam.Referring to television footage of the incident, the newspaper hadclaimed that Kohli put his hands deep in his mouth, and then shinedone side of the ball during the second Test which was played fromNovember 9 to 13. But the doubts raised by the English media seemedto backfire as Kohli's actions were not cited by the umpire or thematch referee after the match. "First of all, I don't want to react to anyrepor ts in the media. As far as I am concerned, the umpires or thematch referee never ever came to us talking about it."It is cer tainly something we will not like to give much wind about. Asfar as I am concerned, there is nothing to worry about. People canallege, they can write what they want in the media. As far I am con-

cerned, there is nothing that our players are a par t of," Kumble toldrepor ters here on Thursday. Kumble also defended South Africa'sstand-in skipper Faf du Plessis who was fined his entire match fee forallegedly tampering with the ball during the recent Test against Aus-tralia in Hobar t."Even for Faf du Plessis, South Africa have played exceptional cricketto beat Australia 2-0 (in the series) and to be told that there has beenball tampering is very silly. It is like making a mountain out of amolehill," the former leg-spinner asser ted. Kumble also praised theIndian bowlers for their performance during the ongoing Test seriesagainst England. England had dominated the drawn first Test in Rajkotbefore India won the second contest in Visakhapatnam to take a 1-0lead in the five-match series. "Very impressed. Like I said in the firstpress conference at the star t of the series that the bowlers have beenbrilliant. It was not easy because they have bowled about close to 240overs in Rajkot and then within three days they bowled almost 200overs in the last Test match," Kumble said.

BRAMPTON - Canadian born Parmeet Gill and his teammateGanga Singh will be putting on the Canadian jersey this Decem-ber in Lucknow, India at the Junior Field Hockey World Cup. Thistournament will take place from December 8-18 at Major DhyanChand Hockey Stadium, India. Canada begins with a matchagainst host India on December 8 and will go head to with SouthAfrica on the 10 and England on the 12.Parmeet and Ganga are both teammates on the Brampton LionsField Hockey Club and have lead the team to many victoriesacross Nor th America. In 2014, Parmeet was an impor tant mem-ber of the Canadian Youth Olympic team that took silver inNanjing China. After drawing the final game, Canada fell short inshootouts against hockey powerhouse Australia. Parmeet islooking to add on to the past success with this Junior World Cup.Ganga Singh also has international experience under his belt.He was par t of the Canadian team that took silver in the JuniorPan-Am games this summer in Toronto. Both Parmeet and Gangacredit their work ethic and dedication in achieving this greatfeat. Star ting at a young age, these teammates have gone on torepresent Ontario in national championships several times andnow look to leave their international mark with the Canadiannational team. We congratulate Parmeet Gill and Ganga Singhon this proud achievement. As fellow Bramptonians and as ac-tive members of the Punjabi community, they both serve asexcellent role models to our youth that wish to excel in anyspor t. We hope more players from Brampton will come forward inthe futureand represent Canada in any sport. We are all sending ourbest wishes to the junior men's Canadian national team and lookforward to an exciting and action packed Junior World Cup.

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Solar Bears Edge Beast With Late Third Period RallyFLORIDA - Orlando Solar Bears forward Tony Cameranesi broke a 2-2 tie late in the third period tospark a late Orlando rally as the home team defeated the Brampton Beast by a score of 5-2 at theAmway Center on Saturday night. Brandon Marino and David Vallorani each lit the lamp for the Beast,who battled hard against the Solar Bears for the second straight night, only to have the Solar Bearssteal one away in the latter half of the game.Beast star ting goaltender Bryan Pitton was sharp in the early going as the Solar Bears offensepeppered him with 17 shots in the opening period alone. The Brampton native stopped every one ofthem to keep the game scoreless heading into the first intermission. After a fast-paced, back-and-for th period that saw the teams combine for 32 shots on goal, it was the Beast who were the first tofind the back of the net early in the second frame.Beast forward David Pacan muscled his way into the offensive zone corner and used his long reachto find Brandon Marino who was parked in front of the goal. Marino got just enough on the puck toredirect it behind Solar Bears star ter Ryan Massa, giving the Beast a 1-0 lead at 4:31.The Solar Bears finally got through Pitton's armour later in the second period as Chris Crane redi-rected a shot through the Beast goaltender to tie the game at 7:34. The remainder of the second periodwas very evenly-matched until the Solar Bears took their first lead of the game late in the secondstanza. Joe Perry beat Pitton on the blocker side on an odd-man rush at 16:27 for the 2-1 Orlando edge.The Solar Bears' lead was shor t lived as the sizzling Beast offense surged once again. David Valloranidanced around two defenders in the offensive zone and ripped a perfect wrist shot over the glove handof Massa at 17:25, tying the game at 2-2 heading into the third. The game remained tied until the 9:50mark of the third period when Cameranesi knocked in a puck from close range to give the Solar Bearsthe 3-2 lead. From that point on, the Solar Bears smelled blood and continued their relentless attack.Austin Block and Taylor Doherty both scored in the final five minutes of play to lead the Solar Bearsto victory. The Beast will seek their revenge on Monday, November 28 as they face the Solar Bears forthe final time at the Amway Centre. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00pm.



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