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I n an apparent rebuff to the Congress-led Bharat Bandh call over the rising fuel prices, oil companies once again hiked the prices of petrol and diesel on Monday even as the shut- down met with mixed response across the country. The bandh turned violent in some parts of the country and normal life was affected in both the Hindi heartland and in south India. Except Trinamool Congress, all major Opposition parties had backed the bandh. Normal life remained unaf- fected in Delhi with offices, schools and colleges opening at their regular time and vehicles plying on the roads. The protest remained largely “peaceful”. In the national Capital the day began with Congress presi- dent Rahul Gandhi and senior party leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, offering prayers at Rajghat and then leading protests that led to traffic congestion in the New Delhi area. Nationalist Congress Party’s Sharad Pawar and Loktantrik Janata Dal’s Sharad Yadav were also present. Addressing a protest rally at Ramlila Grounds, Rahul questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on rising fuel prices and the Rafale fighter jet deal, in which the party has alleged a scam. Rahul said the country is being divid- ed under Narendra Modi, and hence a united Opposition will defeat the BJP in the next elec- tions. “People believed in him and helped form his Government,” he said. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was time for all Opposition parties to shed their differences and move forward unitedly “to save” sovereignty and democ- racy in the country. The Narendra Modi Government has acted against the interests of the country and has now “crossed the limits”, Singh said. Hitting out at Modi, Sharad Pawar said that the BJP-led Central Government has “failed” to deliver on its promis- es. RJD leader and Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha said that people are suffering due to the unprecedented hike in petrol and diesel prices. While in Bihar, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, the bandh received good response and saw spo- radic incidents of violence, it met with mixed response in West Bengal and Tripura. Normal life was also affected in BJP-ruled Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha. T he BJP on Monday slammed the Opposition parties for the Bharat Bandh called over rising in fuel prices and said the inflationary trend was temporary and caused by global factors which were beyond the control of the Central Government. Hitting out at the Congress and its allies, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that they resorted to violence during the Bandh due to lack of support from the masses. “We are standing with the people in their concern, but this is a problem whose solution is not in our hands,” he said. The Modi Government has worked a lot to bring down inflation and has achieved suc- cess as well, said Prasad, adding that inflation was 10.4 per cent between 2009 and 14 of UPA rule and is now 4.7 per cent. “The people were indiffer- ent to the nationwide shut- down, because they understand the rise in fuel prices, though temporary, is because of factors beyond the control of the Indian Government,” he said. Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also criticised the Congress say- ing it has been a “history- sheeter” on the issue of price rise whenever it was in power and is now shedding crocodile tears. Accusing the Opposition of tying to create a “negative atmosphere” in the country since Modi came to power in May 2014, he wondered if some “invisible hand” gave “supari(contract) to destroy the progress India has made. “The Congress is a cruise of corruption and whichever party joins it will sink with it,” he said, adding this is the rea- son several Opposition parties have kept away from the ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by the Congress. S amajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav criticised the Modi Government on Monday for hiking the prices of petroleum products on the day Opposition parties staged ‘Bharat Bandh’. Akhilesh said the Government attitude shows its “insensitivity” towards common people. Akhilesh said, “While the Opposition is protesting, prices of petrol and diesel have been hiked again this morning. This reflects the Government’s audacity and arrogance and insensitivity towards the common man.” T he BJP has registered strong objection over Congress party spreading myth and adopting political double standards regarding hike in prices of petrol and diesel, State BJP president Dharamlal Kaushik said on Monday. Kaushik in a statement said it is glob- al pressure which is reason for hike in petroleum prices. Shortage of production of petrol and diesel globally and sudden hike in crude oil prices have been the rea- son for such a hike. In addition to it , the US dollar has further strengthened when compared to other currencies, he said. State BJP chief said BJP-ruled States when compared to other States have less VAT where Chhattisgarh has 26% while Punjab ruled by Congress has 35% tax. It means petrol is Rs 8 cheaper in Chhattisgarh, he said. During Congress regime in 2013, petrol was sold at Rs 82.07 per litre. Congress is trying to establish false- hood again and again, Kaushik said. During the Congress government, when crude oil was at 160 US dollars per barrel, then petrol and diesel was not cost- ly but the price of daily items and food materials registered unprecedented hike. But in present condition, even after such hike in petrol and diesel prices, the prices of daily use commodities and food products are under con- trol, he said. Citing examples, he further said that in year 2013, the pulse was selling at Rs 110 per kg, sugar at Rs 42 per kg and onion at Rs 55 per kg but now pulse is selling at Rs 60 per kg, sugar at Rs 35 per kg and onion at Rs 18 per kg. Appreciating the economic policy of Central government, Kaushik said that inflation rate from 9.6 percent has been reduced to 4.2 percent which is stable. On GDP growth rate, he said in year 2008, GDP growth rate was 6.7 while in 2013 it was 4.7 but today it has increased to 7.7 per cent. The country is emerging as an economic power in the world, he said. All the achievements have been made by not putting any additional burden on the exchequer. The Congress party is demand- ing to reduce VAT in BJP ruled states but in states ruled by the Congress it has increased taxes like in Karnataka, he said. Kaushik urged the Congress leaders to face the truth and not to indulge in spreading rumours. The failure of bandh is a lesson for Congress to indulge in pos- itive politics, he said. T he Chhattisgarh Cabinet on Monday endorsed the proposal that in the inhabitant land (Present/Secured) occu- pied by families eligible under Prime Minister Housing Scheme as beneficiaries, they would be given beneficia- ries certificate and assistance amount for con- struction of houses. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at his official res- idence here. Under House for All Mission 2022, the Prime Minister Housing Scheme was started in year 2015 and in all 168 urban bodies of the State, the Mission work is being implemented. There are many beneficia- ries who are eligible for the scheme but are living on encroached government/civic body land and they do not have ownership validity certificate. The Chief Minister on July 18, 2018 during review of scheme had considered the problem and directed to pro- vide alternative certificate for the beneficiaries. Based on the certificate, the scheme benefits can be extended. Thus, after necessary modification it has been cleared by the Cabinet. In another decision, for farmers involved in growing vegetables, fruits and flowers, a Chhattisgarh Shaakambhari Board would be constituted. A large category of farmers are involved in farming in river beds and river banks. Out of total 37.46 lakh farmer families, around 80 percent are small and minor category farmers. The Board would try to resolve the problems faced by them along with overall devel- opment, commencement of new schemes, improvement in existing scheme, processing and value addition, logistic support among these can be provided. Through forming groups, direct market access along their active participation can be ensured. The Board would have Chairman and five non-gov- ernment members. The State Government would nom- inate them. Ex-officio Member would be Agriculture Production Commissioner, Water Resources and Energy Department Secretary nomi- nated representative, Commercial Tax and Industries, Agriculture and Horticulture Department Director, State Mandi Board Managing Director would be members. Agriculture/ Horticulture Department Deputy Director will be Board's Member Secretary. In the meeting, it was decid- ed that for Kharif Marketing Year 2018-19, Cooperative com- mittee for paddy procurement data-entry operators would be deputed by committees instead of outsourcing through agencies. The process has been kept sus- pended for a year. The expens- es would be borne but Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Marketing Federation, the Government would compensate it. It would benefit around 2000 data entry operators. C hhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday said highway development has wit- nessed unprecedented growth dur- ing tenure of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The CM made this statement during a foundation laying and inaugural ceremony of National Highways projects worth Rs 4,239 crore in Chhattisgarh in the pres- ence of the Union Minister. Speaking at the event, Singh said, "If we compare the work that has been done in the highway department since Independence to 2014 and from 2014 to 2018, we will find that 10 times more work has been done in last four years during the tenure of Nitin Gadkari. He has approved projects worth Rs 35,267 crore which is 10 times more than projects that were approved from Independence to 2014." Comparing the past devel- opment with the present scenario, he said, "Chhattisgarh was one such state of India where there were National Highways of soil which has all been converted to concrete now. Roads have been constructed in all parts of the state and they have also been widened by 10 metres." After Gadkari took charge, he created a web of roads with a bud- get of Rs 35,000 crore to Rs 36,000 crore. It is him who has facilitat- ed the construction of all bypass- es of the State. Some internal roads are left which we want him to approve as well, Singh said. Chhattisgarh is fastest growing state among the three states consti- tuted by former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2000, said Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Gadkari . Later, Gadkari along with Chief Minister Raman Singh con- ducted public dedication and ‘bhoomi pujan’ of works worth Rs 4251 crore, eight construction works. On the occasion, he also announced upgrading of five roads and four bypass routes and con- struction of five new bypass routes at cost of Rs 2,218 crore. The Union Minister said Chhattisgarh can become Bio-fuel hub in the country. There exists ample potential. In Nagpur, around 1,000 tractors are being run on bio- fuel. Today there is need for research in bio-fuel sector. Recently, mixing ethanol with petrol the successful experiment to run vehicle has been done. It has to be promoted. Chhattisgarh which grows paddy, the hay can be used to pro- duce ethanol, which would bene- fit the farmers economically and also help in reducing the rates of petrol, he said. On request of the Chief Minister, Gadkari sanctioned the upgrading of 37 kilometres Jhalmala to Serpur at cost of Rs 268.11 crore, Madanguda to Khutagaon bordering to Odisha with distance of 27.60 kilometres at cost of Rs 169 cr, Serpur to Kohka having 47 km at Rs 368.70 crore, Rs 304 crore Mungeli to Podi 42 km road and Abhanpur to Pond 31 kilometres road at cost of Rs 262.98 crore. Similarly, at cost of Rs 229 crore the Takhatpur, Mungeli, Pandariya and Pondi bypass road upgrading work has been sanctioned. Gadkari also announced new bypass road construction at a cost of Rs 458 crore at Kondagaon, Jagdalpur town, Lakhanpur, Kawardha and Bemetara. C ongress leaders led by Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Chhattisgarh Assembly, Kawasi Lakhma, complaint on Monday to the Chief Electoral Officer of the State Subrat Sahoo against Sukma District Collector for being biased towards the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and can- vassing for it through Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme. Congress leaders called on the CEO, Sahoo and lodged a complaint that Sukma Collector Jaiprakash Maurya was acting as a BJP agent in the Naxal-hit district. The BJP State President, Dharamlal Kaushik had already said that several other IAS officials too are in line to join the party fold after former Raipur Collector O.P. Choudhary recently joined BJP. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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Page 1: English News Paper | Breaking News | Latest Today News in … · 2019-03-04 · Chhattisgarh is fastest growing state among the three states consti-tuted by former Prime Minister

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In an apparent rebuff to theCongress-led Bharat Bandh

call over the rising fuel prices,oil companies once again hikedthe prices of petrol and dieselon Monday even as the shut-down met with mixed responseacross the country. The bandhturned violent in some parts ofthe country and normal lifewas affected in both the Hindiheartland and in south India.Except Trinamool Congress, allmajor Opposition parties hadbacked the bandh.

Normal life remained unaf-fected in Delhi with offices,schools and colleges opening attheir regular time and vehiclesplying on the roads. The protestremained largely “peaceful”.In the national Capital the daybegan with Congress presi-dent Rahul Gandhi and seniorparty leaders, including SoniaGandhi and Manmohan Singh,offering prayers at Rajghat andthen leading protests that led totraffic congestion in the NewDelhi area. NationalistCongress Party’s Sharad Pawarand Loktantrik Janata Dal’sSharad Yadav were also present.

Addressing a protest rallyat Ramlila Grounds, Rahulquestioned the silence of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onrising fuel prices and the Rafalefighter jet deal, in which theparty has alleged a scam. Rahulsaid the country is being divid-ed under Narendra Modi, andhence a united Opposition willdefeat the BJP in the next elec-tions. “People believed in himand helped form hisGovernment,” he said.

Former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh said it wastime for all Opposition parties

to shed their differences andmove forward unitedly “tosave” sovereignty and democ-racy in the country. TheNarendra Modi Governmenthas acted against the interestsof the country and has now“crossed the limits”, Singh said.

Hitting out at Modi, SharadPawar said that the BJP-ledCentral Government has“failed” to deliver on its promis-es. RJD leader and Rajya SabhaMP Manoj Jha said that peopleare suffering due to theunprecedented hike in petroland diesel prices. While inBihar, Maharashtra andRajasthan, the bandh receivedgood response and saw spo-radic incidents of violence, itmet with mixed response inWest Bengal and Tripura.Normal life was also affected in BJP-ruled Assamand Arunachal Pradesh andOdisha.

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The BJP on Mondayslammed the Opposition

parties for the Bharat Bandhcalled over rising in fuel pricesand said the inflationary trendwas temporary and caused byglobal factors which werebeyond the control of theCentral Government.

Hitting out at the Congressand its allies, Union MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad allegedthat they resorted to violenceduring the Bandh due to lackof support from the masses.

“We are standing with thepeople in their concern, but this

is a problem whose solution isnot in our hands,” he said.

The Modi Government hasworked a lot to bring downinflation and has achieved suc-cess as well, said Prasad, addingthat inflation was 10.4 per centbetween 2009 and 14 of UPArule and is now 4.7 per cent.

“The people were indiffer-ent to the nationwide shut-down, because they understandthe rise in fuel prices, thoughtemporary, is because of factorsbeyond the control of the IndianGovernment,” he said. UnionMinister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvialso criticised the Congress say-ing it has been a “history-

sheeter” on the issue of price risewhenever it was in power and isnow shedding crocodile tears.

Accusing the Opposition oftying to create a “negativeatmosphere” in the countrysince Modi came to power inMay 2014, he wondered if some“invisible hand” gave “supari”(contract) to destroy theprogress India has made.

“The Congress is a cruiseof corruption and whicheverparty joins it will sink with it,”he said, adding this is the rea-son several Opposition partieshave kept away from the‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by theCongress.

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Samajwadi Party presidentAkhilesh Yadav criticised

the Modi Government onMonday for hiking the pricesof petroleum products on theday Opposition partiesstaged ‘Bharat Bandh’.Akhilesh said theGovernment attitude showsits “insensitivity” towardscommon people.

Akhilesh said, “Whilethe Opposition is protesting,prices of petrol and dieselhave been hiked again thismorning. This reflects theGovernment’s audacity andarrogance and insensitivitytowards the common man.”

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The BJP has registeredstrong objection over

Congress party spreading mythand adopting political doublestandards regarding hike inprices of petrol and diesel,State BJP president DharamlalKaushik said on Monday.

Kaushik in a statement said it is glob-al pressure which is reason for hike inpetroleum prices. Shortage of productionof petrol and diesel globally and suddenhike in crude oil prices have been the rea-son for such a hike. In addition to it , theUS dollar has further strengthened whencompared to other currencies, he said.

State BJP chief said BJP-ruled Stateswhen compared to other States have lessVAT where Chhattisgarh has 26% whilePunjab ruled by Congress has 35% tax. Itmeans petrol is Rs 8 cheaper inChhattisgarh, he said. During Congressregime in 2013, petrol was sold at Rs 82.07per litre. Congress is trying to establish false-hood again and again, Kaushik said.

During the Congress government,when crude oil was at 160 US dollars perbarrel, then petrol and diesel was not cost-ly but the price of daily items and foodmaterials registered unprecedented hike.

But in present condition, evenafter such hike in petrol anddiesel prices, the prices ofdaily use commodities andfood products are under con-trol, he said. Citing examples,he further said that in year2013, the pulse was selling atRs 110 per kg, sugar at Rs 42

per kg and onion at Rs 55 per kg but nowpulse is selling at Rs 60 per kg, sugar at Rs35 per kg and onion at Rs 18 per kg.

Appreciating the economic policy ofCentral government, Kaushik said thatinflation rate from 9.6 percent has beenreduced to 4.2 percent which is stable.

On GDP growth rate, he said in year2008, GDP growth rate was 6.7 while in2013 it was 4.7 but today it has increasedto 7.7 per cent. The country is emergingas an economic power in the world, he said.All the achievements have been made bynot putting any additional burden on theexchequer. The Congress party is demand-ing to reduce VAT in BJP ruled states butin states ruled by the Congress it hasincreased taxes like in Karnataka, he said.

Kaushik urged the Congress leadersto face the truth and not to indulge inspreading rumours. The failure of bandhis a lesson for Congress to indulge in pos-itive politics, he said.

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The Chhattisgarh Cabineton Monday endorsed the

proposal that in the inhabitantland (Present/Secured) occu-pied by families eligible underPrime Minister HousingScheme as beneficiaries, they would be given beneficia-ries certificate and assistance amount for con-struction of houses.

The meeting was chairedby Chief Minister Raman Singh at his official res-idence here.

Under House for AllMission 2022, the PrimeMinister Housing Scheme wasstarted in year 2015 and in all

168 urban bodies of the State,the Mission work is beingimplemented.

There are many beneficia-ries who are eligible for thescheme but are living onencroached government/civicbody land and they do not haveownership validity certificate.

The Chief Minister on July18, 2018 during review ofscheme had considered theproblem and directed to pro-vide alternative certificate forthe beneficiaries. Based on thecertificate, the scheme benefitscan be extended. Thus, afternecessary modification it hasbeen cleared by the Cabinet.

In another decision, forfarmers involved in growing

vegetables, fruits and flowers,a Chhattisgarh ShaakambhariBoard would be constituted. Alarge category of farmers areinvolved in farming in riverbeds and river banks. Out oftotal 37.46 lakh farmer families,around 80 percent are small

and minor category farmers.The Board would try to

resolve the problems faced bythem along with overall devel-opment, commencement ofnew schemes, improvement inexisting scheme, processingand value addition, logisticsupport among these can beprovided.

Through forming groups,direct market access along their active participation can be ensured.

The Board would haveChairman and five non-gov-ernment members. The State Government would nom-inate them.

Ex-officio Member wouldbe Agriculture Production

Commissioner, WaterResources and EnergyDepartment Secretary nomi-nated representative,Commercial Tax andIndustries, Agriculture andHorticulture Department

Director, State Mandi BoardManaging Director would bemembers. Agriculture/Horticulture DepartmentDeputy Director will be Board'sMember Secretary.

In the meeting, it was decid-

ed that for Kharif MarketingYear 2018-19, Cooperative com-mittee for paddy procurementdata-entry operators would bedeputed by committees insteadof outsourcing through agencies.The process has been kept sus-

pended for a year. The expens-es would be borne butChhattisgarh State CooperativeMarketing Federation, theGovernment would compensateit. It would benefit around 2000data entry operators.

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Chhattisgarh Chief MinisterRaman Singh on Monday said

highway development has wit-nessed unprecedented growth dur-ing tenure of Union Minister forRoad Transport and HighwaysNitin Gadkari under leadership ofPrime Minister Narendra Modi.

The CM made this statementduring a foundation laying andinaugural ceremony of NationalHighways projects worth Rs 4,239crore in Chhattisgarh in the pres-ence of the Union Minister.

Speaking at the event, Singhsaid, "If we compare the work thathas been done in the highwaydepartment since Independence to2014 and from 2014 to 2018, wewill find that 10 times more workhas been done in last four yearsduring the tenure of Nitin Gadkari.

He has approved projects worthRs 35,267 crore which is 10 timesmore than projects that wereapproved from Independence to2014." Comparing the past devel-

opment with the present scenario,he said, "Chhattisgarh was onesuch state of India where there wereNational Highways of soil whichhas all been converted to concretenow. Roads have been constructedin all parts of the state and they havealso been widened by 10 metres."

After Gadkari took charge, hecreated a web of roads with a bud-get of Rs 35,000 crore to Rs 36,000crore. It is him who has facilitat-ed the construction of all bypass-es of the State. Some internalroads are left which we want himto approve as well, Singh said.

Chhattisgarh is fastest growingstate among the three states consti-

tuted by former Prime Minister lateAtal Bihari Vajpayee in 2000, saidUnion Minister for Road Transport& Highways, Shipping and WaterResources, River Development &Ganga Rejuvenation Gadkari .

Later, Gadkari along withChief Minister Raman Singh con-ducted public dedication and‘bhoomi pujan’ of works worth Rs4251 crore, eight constructionworks. On the occasion, he alsoannounced upgrading of five roadsand four bypass routes and con-struction of five new bypass routesat cost of Rs 2,218 crore.

The Union Minister saidChhattisgarh can become Bio-fuel

hub in the country. There existsample potential. In Nagpur, around1,000 tractors are being run on bio-fuel. Today there is need for researchin bio-fuel sector. Recently, mixingethanol with petrol the successfulexperiment to run vehicle has beendone. It has to be promoted.

Chhattisgarh which growspaddy, the hay can be used to pro-duce ethanol, which would bene-fit the farmers economically andalso help in reducing the rates ofpetrol, he said.

On request of the ChiefMinister, Gadkari sanctioned theupgrading of 37 kilometres Jhalmalato Serpur at cost of Rs 268.11crore, Madanguda to Khutagaonbordering to Odisha with distanceof 27.60 kilometres at cost of Rs 169cr, Serpur to Kohka having 47 kmat Rs 368.70 crore, Rs 304 croreMungeli to Podi 42 km road andAbhanpur to Pond 31 kilometresroad at cost of Rs 262.98 crore.Similarly, at cost of Rs 229 crore theTakhatpur, Mungeli, Pandariya andPondi bypass road upgrading workhas been sanctioned.

Gadkari also announced newbypass road construction at a costof Rs 458 crore at Kondagaon,Jagdalpur town, Lakhanpur,Kawardha and Bemetara.

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Congress leaders led byDeputy Leader of

Opposition in the ChhattisgarhAssembly, Kawasi Lakhma,complaint on Monday to theChief Electoral Officer of theState Subrat Sahoo against Sukma DistrictCollector for being biasedtowards the ruling BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) and can-vassing for it throughSystematic Voters Educationand Electoral Participation(SVEEP) programme.

Congress leaders called onthe CEO, Sahoo and lodged acomplaint that SukmaCollector Jaiprakash Mauryawas acting as a BJP agent in theNaxal-hit district.

The BJP State President,Dharamlal Kaushik had alreadysaid that several other IASofficials too are in line to jointhe party fold after formerRaipur Collector O.P.Choudhary recently joined BJP.

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The Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Monday moved

for custodial interrogation of for-mer Finance Minister PChidambaram's son Karti inAircel-Maxis probe.

In its detailed petition in the2G Special Court, the EDcharged Karti with being evasivein replying to questions anddelaying his appearance, citingthat the interim protectiongranted by the trial court is total-ly misused by him. After hear-ing the arguments of AdditionalSolicitor General Tushar Mehtaand Karti's advocates, the SpecialJudge OP Saini sought replies

from Karti by September 18.Detailing the various inci-

dents of Karti's evasive andaggressive nature during thequestioning and delaying tactics,ASG Tushar Mehta argued thatthe agency must need the cus-todial interrogation of Karti.Mehta informed the trial judgeOP Saini that Karti was totallymisusing the interim protectiongranted by the trial court andsaid that the agency is going toapproach SC for getting moretime for completion of theprobe.

As per the Supreme Court,CBI and ED have to finish theprobe by September 12. "Weneed his custodial interrogation.

He is totally evasive to basicquestions. He is not answeringto questions like is this emailsend by him or not," said Mehta,reiterating that Karti was mis-using the interim protectiongranted by Judge OP Saini.

In the petition, ED saidthat Karti is arguing his "right ofsilence" during questioning."Whenever he was confrontedwith the documents, he showedhis irritation, sometimes angerand then conveniently avoidedto answer the questions on onepretext or the other," said EDnarrating the tantrums played byKarti due to interim protectionfrom arrest granted by Judge OPSaini.

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The Supreme Court onMonday asked a local

authority in Uttar Pradesh todeposit �66.82 crore, receivedfrom realty firm Unitech Ltd,with its registry to refund thosewho have opted out of one ofits housing schemes in theGreater Noida area.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice Dipak Misra, however,made it clear that the aggriev-ed persons, who had bookedplots in the Uniworld City-UniHomes Plots Sector-MU atGreater NOIDA of the project,could approach the consumercourt for redressal of theirgrievances.

The bench, which alsocomprised Justices A MKhanwilkar and D YChandrachud, asked lawyerPawan Shree Agrawal, assistingthe court as an amicus curiae,to verify the names and otherdetails of the plot applicantswho wanted refund.

Earlier, the court had askedAgrawal to create a portal forregistering the names of thebuyers of homes or plots of theUnitech Ltd who wantedrefund by opting out of therealty firm's housing schemes.

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In an effort to make the Army"lean and mean" to fight a

modern-day war, Army ChiefGeneral Bipin Rawat willreview the ongoing studies torestructure the force with hiscommanders here on Tuesday.The four studies entail reduc-ing the 13-lakh strong Army byat least 1,50,000 over the nextfew years and revamping thecadre to optimise the func-tioning at various levels. It willsave �5,000 to 7,000 croreannually in revenue expendi-ture.

The idea is to place thestudies for a threadbare dis-cussion at the Army'sCommanders Conference nextmonth and finalise the modal-ities and roll them out byNovember-December, officialssaid.

The four studies now on byseparate study groups with 7-8 officers each are tasked tolook into restructuring of ArmyHeadquarters. The restructur-ing includes cutting down thestrength, cadre review of offi-

cers and review of terms andconditions of JuniorCommissioned Officers (JCO)and Other Ranks (OR).

The proposed reductionin strength, which will be in aphased manner, is expected tosave at least �5,000-7,000 croreannually and will add at least20% to the existing capitalexpenditure of the budget, theysaid.

The Army is facing anincreasing burden of revenueexpenditure and pensions leav-ing very little funds for newpurchases and modernisation.In this year's defence budget,the Army's share was �1,28,076crore for revenue stream while�26,688 crore was the capital

allocation. The current revenueto capital ratio is around 83:17which is unviable. While theideal ratio is 60:40, the target is65:35 which itself will be a greatachievement, officials said.

Apart from reducing thestrength to make the forceleaner and better equipped,the Army is also mulling doingaway with the rank of Brigadierand brigade headquarters aspart of the officer cadre review.This is expected to free up sig-nificant number of officerswho will be available for fieldduties. Army headquarters toois likely to see a major churnwith several departments doingoverlapping functions mergedor off-loaded away from theheadquarters.

In fact, the Governmenthas already approved rede-ployment and revamping of thenearly 58,000 including offi-cers, soldiers and civilians.Last year, a decision was alsotaken to close down British era39 military farms in a timebound manner. Similarly, nodwas given to refashion thevehicle maintenance and repair

depots besides some other suchunits to free up more soldiersfor combat duties from theexisting static functions whichcan be outsourced.

Moreover, such steps weretaken to reduce expenses andimprove teeth to tail ratio asrecommended by a committeeheaded by Lt General (retired)D B Shekatkar. It was man-dated to suggest ways toincrease combat effectivenessof the Army and rebalancingdefence expenditure. The com-mittee submitted its report in2016 and the CabinetCommittee on Security(CCS)approved some measures likeclosing down military farmslast year.

Among other reformsapproved by the CCS arerestructuring of base work-shops, advance base work-shops, streamlining of ord-nance depots, restructuringinventory control mechanisms,better utilisation of supply andtransport echelons, animaltransport units and closure ofarmy postal units in peacelocations.

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The Railways has decided tobuild 100 additional barracks

at key locations to depute RailwayProtection Force (RPF) personnel.The decision comes following acrucial meeting between RailwayBoard Chairman Ashwani Lohaniand RPF Director-GeneralDharmendra Kumar on the safe-ty and security issues of passengers and rail properties.

DG RPF mentioned about non-availability of barracksand said it was essential for the secure and safe operationsof railways. He requested barracks be built on priority.Lohani has now directed the zonal railways to identify loca-tions and take immediate steps to ensure availability of bar-racks. "In fact, a need for 100 additional barracks for theRPF personnel was highlighted by the RPF DG. In phaseone, 10 locations have been short-listed for expeditious con-struction of the barracks," said a senior rail official.

There are 744 barracks in the country for residentialfacilities of RPF and RPSF personnel while 740 posts and527 outposts of the RPF across the railway network. Thebarracks are usually built near railway stations for easy accessto them.

The 10 barracks include one each near station premis-es in West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri and Kolkata Terminalin Sealdah, Kishanganj in Delhi, Raipur in Chattisgarh andRayagada in Odisha. There would be two barracks each inDanapur, one for women personnel, and Lumding in Assam.

The railways board had said that basic amenities likedrinking water, toilets and vehicles for the railways' secu-rity personnel, both at their barracks and work, should beimproved as it had been pending for decades.

The RPF is a security force of India entrusted with pro-tecting railway passengers, passenger area and railway prop-erty of the Indian Railways. It also has the responsibility ofescorting passenger trains in vulnerable areas.

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The Supreme Court on Monday soughta report in sealed cover from a lower

court judge on how he intended to completethe trial in the Babri Masjid demolition caseinvolving BJP veterans LK Advani, MurliManohar Joshi and Uma Bharti within theApril 2019 deadline.

A bench of Justices R F Nariman andIndu Malhotra also issued notice to the UttarPradesh Government on a plea of trial courtjudge S K Yadav, who is adjudicating theBabri Masjid demolition case.

Maintaining that his promotion to thepost of district judge was due, Yadav hassought a direction of the court to this effect.

The bench told the counsel for Yadavthat it was issuing notice on the plea.

"We also issue notice for a report to bepresented in a sealed cover as to in whatmanner is the district judge going to com-plete the trial with the specified time limit,"the bench said.

Yadav had moved the top court after hispromotion was stayed by the AllahabadHigh Court on the ground that the apexcourt had directed him to complete the trial.

On April 19 last year, the apex court hadsaid BJP stalwarts Advani, Joshi and UmaBharti would be prosecuted for seriousoffence of criminal conspiracy in the polit-ically- sensitive 1992 Babri Masjid demoli-tion case and ordered day-to-day trial to beconcluded in two years, that is April 19, 2019.

The apex court had then dubbed thedemolition of the medieval-era monumenta "crime" that had shaken the "secular fab-ric of the Constitution" and allowed theCBI's plea on restoration of criminal con-spiracy charge against the VVIP accused.

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The Supreme Court Monday agreedin principle that filing of a false affi-

davit during an election is a "corruptpractice" but refused to directParliament to enact a law to disquali-fy such a person from contesting thepolls.

The top court said it "agrees thatthe election affidavit should be treat-ed seriously, but we cannot direct fora legislation".

A bench of Justices S A Bobde andL Nageswara Rao tagged the pleaalong with the pending petition andsaid all the petitions will be heardtogether.

"We agree with you in principlethat the affidavit should be treated seri-ously. We agree with you on morality,but we cannot direct for a legislation.We cannot direct Parliament that they

should include it in corrupt practices,"the bench said.

The bench was hearing a petitionfiled by BJP leader and advocateAshwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking adirection to the Centre to take appropriate steps to make false declaration before the ElectionCommission and Chief ElectoralOfficer an electoral offence in line withthe important electoral reforms pro-posed by the poll panel.

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India will work with Africa tokeep the oceans open and free for

the benefit of all nations, ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swarajsaid on Monday and asserted thatthe two sides must work togetherto ensure that the second largestcontinent does not again turn intoa "theatre of rival ambitions".

Swaraj said the two sideswill work together for a "just, rep-resentative and democratic" glob-al order that has a voice and a role

for one-third of humanity thatlives in Africa and India.

India's own quest for reformsin global institutions is incom-plete without an equal place forAfrica, she said.

"We will work with Africa tokeep the oceans open and free forthe benefit of all nations. India'svision of Indian Ocean Security iscooperative and inclusive, rootedin security and growth for all inthe region. We must all worktogether to ensure that Africa doesnot once again turn into a theatre

of rival ambitions, but becomes anursery for the aspirations ofAfrica's youth," Swaraj said.

The Indian Ocean has beenwitnessing a growing presence ofChina. The African continent toohas been witnessing increasingpresence of Beijing.

Swaraj was speaking at thesigning of an agreement betweenthe Ministry of External Affairsand TelecommunicationsConsultants India (TCIL), a gov-ernment owned enterprise, forthe e-VBAB Network Project.

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In a big jolt to the Congressleadership, the Delhi High

Court on Monday dismissedthe pleas of Sonia Gandhi,Rahul Gandhi and OscarFernandes challenging thereopening of their tax assess-ments for 2011-12.

The Income TaxDepartment had issued ordersto re-assess their tax returns,after finding that the Congressleaders did not reveal theirdirectorship in the firm YoungIndian, which took over theNational Herald newspaperpublishing firm AssociatedJournals Limited (AJL).Dismissing the petitions, theBench comprising Justices SRavindra Bhat and AK Chawlasaid that the Income TaxDepartment has the right toissue such orders and directedthe petitioners to approachthe appropriate forum, ifaggrieved by the Income Tax'sorder.

Sonia Gandhi was repre-

sented by former FinanceMinister and senior lawyer PChidambaram and RahulGandhi was represented bynoted tax lawyer Arvind Datar.The Court has already rejectedthe Congress leaders' demandfor restraining media housesfrom publishing the news relat-ed to Income Tax process in theNational Herald cases.

The Income TaxDepartment had in December2017, fined Young Indian � 250crore for suppressing the tax-able income of �414 crore in2011-2012. After this IncomeTax issued orders in March2018 for re-assessing theincome of the leaders as theyhad suppressed the director-ship in Young Indian.

The High Court had onAugust 16 reserved its order onthe pleas of the three leadersafter the Income TaxDepartment had contendedthat Rahul Gandhi's tax assess-ment for 2011-12 wasreopened as material factswere concealed. The bench

had orally asked the tax depart-ment not to take any coercivestep against Sonia, Rahul andFernandes till pronouncementof its verdict.

Appearing for the IncomeTax Department, AdditionalSolicitor General Tushar Mehtahad argued that the Congressleaders had alleged mala fide onthe part of the tax departmentbut had not made any aver-ments in this regard. Congressleaders accused Income Tax for"coercing" and acting on thecomplaints of the BJP leaderSubramanian Swamy.

The Income TaxDepartment also found thatthe Congress claim of giving�90 crore to AJL was bogusand this claim was floated toacquire the assets of AJL,which has more than �5000crore land assets across thecountry. The tax departmenthad said the shares Rahul hasin YI would lead him to havean income of �154 crore andnot about �68 lakh, as wasassessed earlier.

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NCP chief Sharad Pawar onMonday announced that

he may contest the forthcom-ing Assembly polls inRajasthan, Madhya Pradeshand Chhattisgarh on its ownbut will ensure that it does nottake any steps to harm theprospects of the Congress tothe advantage of the ruling BJPin these poll bound States.

Pawar announced this aftersharing the platform withCongress chief Rahul Gandhi,former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh and UPAChairperson Sonia Gandhi atthe Congress called BharatBandh to protest rising fuelprice.

Pawar said that the partywas contemplating to contestRajasthan on its own for longas the party feels that it is strongin this agricultural State. Theformer Union Minister duringthe Manmohan SinghGovernment also announcedthe joining of former Congressleader Umed SinghChampawat whom he appoint-ed as the Rajathan State unitNCP chief. Champawat hasbeen a former legislator andhad once taken on BJP stalwartlate Bhairon Singh Shekhwat inBali which he lost by a whisker.

Pawar said that joining of

Champawat who is an oldhand in the State will certain-ly boost the party's prospect inRajasthan and will certainlyhelp Opposition Congress toseal a good number in forma-tion of the next Government.

"Ruling BJP is in bad shapein the State and Congress hasa good chance there. We willadd on to their prospect andcontesting elections does notmean to dent Congress votes.We will contest on seats whereBJP has been and is strong foryears and thus add onCongress numbers for theassembly polls. We will cer-tainly look for an alliance andeven if there is not any, NCPwill contest those seats whereit will feel either the seats areworthy or the candidates arewinnable," Pawar said flankedby party General SecretaryPraful Patel and Champawat ata Press conference in his Delhiresidence.

On a question whether theRajasthan model will be repli-cated in MP and Chhatigarh aswell, Pawar said we havealready contest there in pastand the party have strongstates' units in these regions."We will only help Congressand in a large way consolida-tion of the Opposition againstthe Modi regime which hasfailed in all fronts," he said.

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As many as 31,475 real estate projects and 24,000 realestate agents ( developers and property dealers)

have been registered under Real Estate RegulatoryAuthority (RERA) across the country.

According to Union Housing and Urban AffairsMinistry, 28 States and Union Territories (UTs) havenotified the rules under RERA, except Jammu &Kashmir; 6 North Eastern States (because of land issues)and West Bengal. Of them, 12 have set up regularAuthorities while 16 are interim authorities. As manyas 20 States / UTs have set up the Real Estate AppellateTribunals so far while 21 have set up web portals bygiving facility of online registration.

Earlier, addressing the inaugural address at the "FirstRegional Workshop on RERA — a New Era ofTransparency and Accountability in Real Estate — 2years of implementation and way forward, UnionHousing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep SinghPuri said: "The NDA Government at the centre is com-mitted to provide positive solution to the problems ofhome buyers, so that they get their home as soon aspossible."

Stating that the real estate sector has witnessedtransformative reforms in the last few years, Puri said,"According to CREDAI-JLL report, the contribution ofhousing sector to the Indian GDP is expected to be 11percent by 2020, up from current 5 to 6%" the Indianreal estate market is expected to touch $180 billion by2020 and $350 billion by 2027 — where the productswill be more structured and pre-planned".

According to a report by property consultantANAROCK, over 5.76 lakh housing units worth�4,64,300 crore are delayed in seven major cities/regions— Mumbai, NCR, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad,Kolkata and Pune — of India despite the implemen-tation of RERA that came into effect May last year.

According to the report, the residential real estatelaunched in or before 2013, that is stuck in variousstages of (non) completion, is collectively worth�4,64,300 crore for a total of 5,75,900 units.

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State Home MinisterRamsevak Paikra on

Monday said that in tribaldominated regions ofChhattisgarh, it is the outsidersthrough Naxalism who are cre-ating hurdles in the develop-ment process.

During the last 15 years,there had been a phenomenalrise in the strength of policepersonnel in ChhattisgarhPolice which had been makingcitizens feel more secure in theState, he said.

The Chhattisgarh govern-ment is working to fully elim-inate insurgency in southernparts of the State while havingwiped off Naxalism from itsnorthern parts , Paikra said.

Addressing the 17 Deputy

Superintendents of Police(DSPs) after their ConvocationParade at the Chhattisgarh StatePolice Academy at Chandkhurihere, the Minister said that theAcademy had a been providingpsychological and physicaltraining to the recruits.

He said that the new offi-cers need to establish them-selves as role models in front ofcitizens.

The Minister said that it isthe responsibility of the officersto remain impartial and dotheir duty with dedication.

Director General of Police(DGP) A. N. Upadhyay saidthat police service is based onscience and principles; so bring-ing it on to the field level dutyis also an art .

Police Academy providesbasic training during service

period, but an officer continueswith training during his entire

service period. It is the respon-sibility of the officers to retain

all human sensitivity and takestern action against criminals

within the legal frameworkalong with winning the faith of

people, he said.The Home Minister later

gave away citations and medalsto best trainees. The names oftrainees who received citationsand medals were-- AbhinavUpadhyay, Unnati Thakur,Bhavesh Kumar Samarth andUnnati Thakur besides severalothers .

The ‘Union Home MinisterMedal 2015’ was also given tothe officers and employees.They were-- Tushar KantMazumdhar, CompanyCommander, Ravi KumarThapa, Head Constable, VijayKumar Nimbalkar of CTJWCollege, Kanker and others.

The special guest on theoccasion was Labchand Bafna,Parliamentary Secretary, Home,Jail and PHES, Arang MLANaveen Markandey, ADGPSanjay Pillai and other seniorofficials who were also present

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Chhattisgarh being the mostaffected State receives a

substantial share of theresources committed by theCentre for combating LeftWing Extremism, the CentralGovernment has informed.

The success of the strategyis evident in reducing securityvacuum and increasing reach ofgovernance to interior areas, itinformed.

The Central Governmentassists the State Governmentsin every manner possible. TheGovernment has a multi-pronged strategy in place todeal with the LWE menace.

The strategy involves securityrelated measures, develop-mental interventions andensuring rights & entitlementsof local communities etc.

Security related measuresinclude assistance to LWEaffected States by providingCAPF Battalions, helicopters,UAVs, construction of fortifiedpolice stations, funds for mod-ernization of State Police forces,arms and equipment, trainingassistance, sharing of intelli-gence etc.

On development side,apart from flagship schemes ofthe Central Government ininfrastructure, education, skilldevelopment etc, several ini-

tiatives have been taken specif-ically for development of LWEaffected areas.

These include focussedschemes for development ofroads, installation of mobiletowers, skill development,improving network of banksand post offices and educationfacilities, particularly in the 35worst affected districts.

Recently the Governmenthas approved the SpecialCentral Assistance Schemewhich envisages an outlay of Rs1000 crore per annum for threeyears for the 35 worst affectedLWE districts to cover gaps incritical infrastructure and ser-vices.

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The Congress sponsoredBandh against spiralling

fuel prices across Chhattisgarhpassed off peacefully onMonday with a majority ofcommercial establishmentsdowning shutters.

The petrol pumps andcinema halls also remainedclosed and private transportvehicles also remained offroads.

Government schoolsremained open, privateschools opted to close on theday in the capital city and thedistrict administration decid-ed not to get open the schoolsas a precautionary measure.

The commercial banksfunctioned but witnessed thinattendance. So was the casewith various governmentoffices.

The Bandh was sponta-neous across the state and noincidence of violence wasreported from any district.

The Bandh supporters ofCongress party were out onthe streets right from earlymorning to appeal to the own-ers of business establishmentsnot to open their shops before3 pm.

As the Bandh was sup-ported by ChhattisgarhChambers of Commerce andIndustries (CCCI) andOpposition parties such asleft front, the agitators did nothave to push hard to make theBandh successful.

The senior leaders ofCongress party too were onthe roads appealing to tradersfor participating in the Bandh.Chhattisgarh In-charge of AllIndia Congress Committee(AICC), P.L. Punia moved inan open jeep on the roads of

capital city Raipur. On the other hand, Leader

of Opposition T.S. Singhdeoled the agitators at NorthernChhattisgarh’s headquartersAmbikapur while DeputyLeader of Opposition, KawasiLakhma led the agitation inSouth Chhattisgarh (Bastar).

To highlight their protest,Congress leaders of Bilaspurtook out a bullock cart rallywhile Congress party workersin Raipur organized a streetplay in the heart of the city atJaistambh Chowk.

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Congress party devoidof any key issue akin to

its culture created anatmosphere of fear and vio-lence in the country includ-ing Chhattisgarh.

The party wants politicsbased on aggression. Thepeople of the country andthe State have rejected the‘Bharat Bandh’, said StateBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Spokesperson ShrichandSundrani on Monday.

Terming the ‘BharatBandh’ as act of creatingterror in minds of people,he said the people have givena befitting reply by ignoring it.

In Chhattisgarh also, peo-ple have not given any impor-tance to the Bandh.

The UPA led by Congressparty is responsible for such ahike as they have put heavydebt on the country and BJPgovernment is trying to eraseit, Sundrani said.

The Government does nothave any control over theprices of petroleum products

he said , adding, the BJP gov-ernment in this direction isfinding solutions for positiveand long term results.

He said that due to Bandhthe school childrens' educationwas affected and even the illwere not allowed to reach thehospitals. The public transportwas also affected.

The daily earners werethe worst hit as the Congressleaders had forced them tokeep off work , Sundrani said.

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State Agriculture Departmentwill be organising two-day,

State-level Workshop on ‘ZeroBudget Natural Farming’ onSeptember 11 and 12 in thecity.Agriculture and WaterResources Minister BrijmohanAgrawal would inaugurate theevent at GovernmentAgriculture College at 2.00pm.

Chief Secretary Ajay Singhwould be present in theWorkshop.

Special guests on the occa-sion would be Additional ChiefSecretary and AgricultureProduction CommissionerSunil Kujur, Indira GandhiAgriculture University(AGAU) Vice Chancellor Dr SK Patil, Zero Budget Natural

Farming expert PadmshreeSubash Palekar and T. VijayKumar, Advisor to AndhraPradesh government.

T Vijay Kumar wouldthrow light on the differentprogrammes of AndhraPradesh Government on ‘ZeroBudget Natural Farming’.

Padmshree Subash Palekarwould be holding six technicalsessions during the two-dayWorkshop.

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NMDC Ltd, in its diamondjubilee year has won one

more prestigious nationalaward at the ‘India GreenEnergy Award - 2018’ ceremo-ny held recently in New Delhi,a company press releaseinformed on Monday.

The said prestigious awardwas presented by SureshPrabhu, Union Minister ofCommerce & Industry andCivil Aviation and the awardwas received by E.R.Sreekumar,ED(Engg.) on behalf ofNMDC.

The programme was orga-nized by Indian Federation of

Green Energy (IFGE) andNMDC bagged this presti-gious award in the category“Outstanding RenewableEnergy Generation Projects byPublic Sector-Wind” for theinstallation and operation ofthe 10.5MW capacity WindMills at Chitradurga District inKarnataka State.

NMDC is also known forits Eco-friendly mining oper-ations for which all its MiningComplexes are awarded 5 Starrating by the Ministry of Mines,Government of India, itinformed.

In the recent past NMDCreceived the prestigious S&PPlatts Global Metal Award

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The ‘Shikshakarmis' who arenow teachers are going to

organize a ‘Teachers’ Conclave’at Sardar Balbeer Singh JunejaIndoor Stadium here onSeptember 30 to thank ChiefMinister Raman Singh formerger and regularization oftheir services with SchoolEducation Department.

In a press conference heldhere on Monday, the StateConveners of the Teachers’organization, Veerendra Dubeyand Kedar Jain informed thatthe Chief Minister had given hisconsent for being present at thefunction as a Chief Guest whileChhattisgarh State AssemblySpeaker, Gaurishankar Agrawal

would preside over the func-tion, they said.

“The Shikshakarmi systemwas inherited in Chhattisgarhstate from undivided MadhyaPradesh where it was enforcedin the academic year 1994-95”,the leader duo informed.

After a long struggle, theChief Minister Raman Singhdeclared of merger of our

services on June 10 and thedecision took shape with cab-inet decision on June 18, theysaid.

It was a fulfillment of a longcherished dream and with thehistoric decision ofChhattisgarh government, aprocess of making 1.10 lakhShikshakarmis, governmentemployees begins, they said.

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Hundreds of tribals ofNageshia community under

leadership of Surguja DistrictGeneral Secretary of KisanCongress, Ramjivan Nagesh, onMonday extended support toformer Chief Minister Ajit Jogi’soutfit Janata CongressChhattisgarh (JCC) (J.)

Addressing a press confer-ence here, Jogi said several lead-ers of the party were leaving theorganisation , but many werejoining too.

Jogi earlier welcomed theNageshia tribals and gave themmembership of the party.

The leaders of Nageshiacommunity after joining JCC (J)blamed the two political partiesCongress and Bharatiya JanataParty of cheating their tribalcommunity.

They expressed hope that

Jogi will fight for their rightsalong with the rights of 2.5crore people of the state.

Speaking before the mediapersons, the leaders of Nageshiacommunity said they will soonorganise a massive public meet-ing of the community in Surgujato felicitate Jogi.

The prominent leaders ofthe community who joined JCC(J) include Ramjivan Nagesh,Hariprasad, Somar Sai, Chetram,Chamsu, Suna Sai, Cangras Sai,Manik, Vinod, Mohan Ram,Chanpalal Nagwanshi, Pitan Rai,Somar, Khulan Ram, and RajeshNageshia.

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Noisy scenes, heated alter-cations and Opposition’s

walkout marked the second dayof the monsoon session ofHaryana Assembly on Monday.

The Opposition parties—Indian National Lok Dal andCongress–lambasted theManohar Lal KhattarGovernment on the issues ofnon-completion of SutlejYamuna Link (SYL) canal andenforcement of ESMA to banstrike by government employ-ees in the state.

As soon as the questionhour ended, Leader of opposi-tion in Haryana Assembly andINLD’s senior leader AbhaySingh Chautala demandedmoving an adjournmentmotion to discuss the issue ofSYL canal.

Lashing out at the StateGovernment, Chautala saidthat the government is delib-erately delaying the construc-tion of SYL canal. The issue isnot sub-judice in the Court andthe BJP is trying to mislead thegeneral public on the issue ofSYL canal, he alleged.

The INLD had on

September 8 held ‘HaryanaBandh’ to press for the demandof construction of SYL canal.

“Despite the directions ofSupreme Court, both BJP ledCentral and HaryanaGovernments have failed toensure completion of SYLcanal, which is a lifeline offarmers of the state,” Chautalasaid.

He also slammed the StateGovernment for enforcing theEssential Services MaintenanceAct (ESMA) to prevent thestrike of roadways employees inthe state.

“The employees are againstthe privatization and the strikewas called against the StateGovernment’s decision to hiremore than 700 private buses toply outside and within thestate. But, this government isbusy in implementing its anti-employee policies,” the INLDleader alleged.

Kiran Choudhry, Leader ofthe Haryana CongressLegislature Party, also backedthe demand of discussion onissues of SYL canal and prob-lems of government employees.

The Speaker Kanwar PalGujjar, however, rejected the

motion of adjournment sayingthat since the matter related toSYL canal is sub-judice, it can-not be discussed in the House.

Kanwar Pal said that thelegislators were allowed tospeak on the SYL canal issueduring the budget session of

Haryana Assembly and theadjournment motion cannot beaccepted now.

Following this, all INLDlegislators were on their feetand started shouting slogansincluding ‘Kisan Virodhi SarkarMurdabad’, SYL Virodhi Sarkar

Murdabad’, KaramchariVirodhi Sarkar Murdabad’against the State Government.

Amid sloganeering byINLD legislators, the CongressMLAs rushed to the well andsought time from the Speakerto speak on SYL canal issue and

problems of governmentemployees. Earlier CongressMLAs Kuldeep Sharma andKaran Singh Dalal had alsorushed to the Well demandinga discussion on the problemsand protest of governmentemployees in the state.

After the Congress legisla-tors returned to their seats, theINLD MLAs led by AbhayChautala trooped into the Wellof the House and demandedthe Chair accepts the adjourn-ment motion on SYL canalissue.

The Speaker then askedChautala to return to his seatand speak on Dadupur Nalviirrigation project and otherissues during calling attentionmotion.

Even as the INLD legisla-tors returned to their seats, theycontinued sloganeering againstthe State Government despitea warning by the Speaker.

As soon as the Speakerstarted ‘naming’ the INLD leg-islators for their ‘unruly behav-ior’, they staged a symbolicwalkout from the House on theissue of SYL canal and returnedafter a minute to attend theHouse proceedings.

The noisy scenes, sloga-neering followed by a walkoutcontinued for more than halfan hour in the House.

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The second day of themonsoon session of HaryanaAssembly on Monday began ona stormy note with the oppo-sition parties—INLD andCongress—accusing the BJP ofneglecting the sportspersons ofthe state.

As soon as the Houseassembled for the day, HaryanaSports and Youth AffairsMinister Anil Vij said that theHouse should congratulate themedal winners from Haryanain Asian Games.

He informed that theHouse that sportspersons fromHaryana won 17 medals inthese games held at Jakartarecently. In these games,Haryana won 5 gold medals, 5silver medals and 7 bronzemedals, he said.

He also mentioned thenames of medal winners andassured to give them prizemoney and jobs as per the

sports policy of the StateGovernment

While the Sports Ministerwas showering praise on sportspolicy of HaryanaGovernment, the INLD andCongress MLAs accused thegovernment of neglecting themedal winners.

INLD MLAs ParminderSingh Dhull and NaseemAhmad alleged that the medalwinners in CommonwealthGames were ignored by theState Government and theyalso held protest as their prizemoney was proposed to bereduced.

Reacting to this, Anil Vijsaid that the government willgive cash reward and a job ofHCS/HPS to medal winners asper its sports policy.

Former Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda alsoattacked the State Governmentsaying that its behavior towardssportspersons is condemnable.

Earlier, CLP leader KiranChoudhry and MLA KaranSingh Dalal raised objection onthe statement of the SportsMinister and said that suchissues should be raised duringthe zero hour.

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Setting up a new tradition inthe Vidhan Sabha, Haryana

Chief Minister Manohar Lal onMonday announced severaldevelopment works for Jindassembly constituency on thebasis of demands of MLA LateHari Chand Middha which hewas scheduled to take up in thecurrent monsoon session.

Manohar Lal was speakingon the second day of ongoingsession of monsoon session ofHaryana Assembly.

Middha who was repre-senting Jind assembly con-stituency passed away onAugust 25.

The Chief Minister saidthat today, Middha is no morewith us but fulfilling thedemands of his area would bethe real tributes to him. Ninequestions of Middha includingeight starred and one un-starred were lined up for theSession, he said.

On the basis of demands ofMiddha, Manohar Lalannounced that three newroads for his constituency andsaid that the work for the set-ting up of 132 KV Sub Stationin Sector -9 Jind would be com-pleted by December 2018.

He said though there is noproposal to upgrade theGovernment Girls High Schoolat village Barsola yet we havedecided to upgrade it toGovernment Girls SeniorSecondary School as a tribute toMiddha.

Replying to a questionwhich was to be raised byMiddha, the Chief Ministersaid that from the year 2014 totill date, 12 Government HighSchool have been upgraded toSenior Secondary School andeight Primary School to MiddleSchool in the Jind AssemblyConstituency.

The 76-year-old Jind MLAwas suffering from a kidney ail-ment and had died at the hos-

pital in Delhi.Middha was first elected to

public office as a municipalcouncillor in Jind in 1986. Hewas elected as MLA of Jind,considered the political heart-land of Haryana, for two con-secutive terms in 2009 and2014.

While the Chief Ministerwas making announcementsfor Jind, the Congress allegedthat the announcements arebeing made as the BJP is wor-ried about the Jind by-elections.

On the other hand, Leaderof opposition and INLD’s seniorleader Abhay Chautala askedthe State Government to acceptall demands of Midha which hehad raised during the last fouryears, if they are serious aboutgiving a tribute to him.

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Haryana Governmentwould soon launch a toll free

number for farmers to prompt-ly inform about the damagecaused to crops due to naturalcalamities. Till now, only theCentral Government has madeavailable such toll free number,said Agriculture and Farmers’Welfare Minister, OP Dhankarwhile replying to a question.

Dhankar informed theHouse that during last threeyears, the State Government hasdistributed Rs 932 crore underPradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana (PMFBY).

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Haryana Health MinisterAnil Vij on Monday informedthe State Assembly that 222shops have been raided in thestate including Jhajjar, whereChinese salt was being sold ille-gally.

Replying to a question, Vijsaid that generally this saltwhich is known as

Monosodium Glutamate and isnot banned under GoodsManufacturing Practices(GMP) Act. Thus as per FoodSafety Regulations with properlabelling and level, it can bemixed in Chinese Food likeNoodles, Pasta etc.

Classes at MedicalUniversity will be started soon:CM

Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal said that while theKalpana Chawla MedicalCollege, Karnal has been inau-gurated and started, a MedicalUniversity in the name of Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyay is beingset up in village Kutail of districtKarnal.

The Chief Minister alsosaid the as per the announce-ment, work has been started forthe setting up of a MedicalUniversity in village Kutail afterthe name of Pt. Deen DayalUpadhyay and the classes arelikely be started from next aca-demic session.

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Punjab panchayat polls onMonday took a bloody turn

with the “murder” of AamAadmi Party’s candidate forGill Kalan Zila Parishad.

The 42-year-old HarvinderSingh Hinda was found dead athis home in Jethuke village inBathinda district on Mondaymorning with the police sus-pecting that he was killed.

Hinda had filed nomina-tion papers from Gill KalanZila Parishad zone, whichcomes under Maur assemblysegment represented by AAPMLA Jagdev Singh Kamalu.

The elections to ZilaParishads and PanchayatSamitis in Punjab are slated tobe held on September 19, andcounting will take place onSeptember 22.

As per preliminary investi-gations, the police has observedthat Hinda was being mur-dered, and the deceased wasalready familiar with his attack-ers. “We came to know aboutthe killing of Harvinder SinghHinda on Monday morning.There was an injury mark onhis head. We are investigatingthe matter,” said BathindaSenior Superintendent of Police(SSP) Nanak Singh.

SSP said that we have beeninformed that three personshad come to meet Hinda theprevious night, and the nextmorning, he was found dead.We suspect that “these threepersons”, who know him, arehis murderer. Deceased report-edly bore an injury mark on hishead. “The deceased's wifedoes not know them, but webelieve that the AAP leader is

already known to them.Harvinder Singh was killedafter receiving injuries at head.Police has already started inves-tigating the case after registra-tion of the FIR,” said the districtpolice chief.

Meanwhile, AAP MLA andthe Leader of Opposition in theVidhan Sabha Harpal SinghCheema sought immediatearrest of those who killedHinda, while at the same timeaccusing the Congress of try-ing to win the Zila Parishadelections “by using force andthreatening people”.

“AAP candidate HarvinderSingh Hinda was brutally killed last night. We condemnthis incident and we demand from the PunjabGovernment to immediatelyarrest those who were behindthis,” Cheema said.

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The State Government onMonday carried out a

major reshuffle in the OdishaAdministrative Service (OAS)cadre and transferred as manyas fifteen officers.

A General AdministrationDepartment notification saidBiswajit Biswal was appointedas the Shree Jagannath TempleAdministration (SJTA) NitiAdministrator.

While Pradip Das wasposted as the AdditionalSecretary of Water ResourcesDepartment, Pramod Prustywas appointed as the DeputyCommissioner of BhubaneswarMunicipal Corporation(BMC).

The State Governmentposted Rabindar Nath Mishraas Deputy Chairman ofCuttack DevelopmentAuthority (CDA). BiswaMohan Ray was appointed asManaging Director of the SmallIndustries Department.

Similarly, Sukant Tripathywas appointed as SambalpurDRDA Project Director, whileJyoti Shankar Mohapatra post-ed as Deputy Director ofRecruitment.

Similarly, the State gov-ernment appointed NarayanMurmu as Additional Collectorof Koraput. Tarinisen Nayakwas appointed GeneralManager of Odisha ForestDevelopment Corporation(OFDC).

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The five-day 24th OMCGuru Kelucharan

Mohapatra Award Festival con-cluded here on Sunday.

This year, the Nalco GuruKelucharan Mohapatra Awardwas conferred on Dr SachiDas for his contribution to thefield of theatre and dramaticsand on Lingaraj Behera forOdishi dance on Sunday.Additionally, the Nalco GuruKelucharan Mohapatra YuvaPrativa Samman was present-ed to four meritorious youngartistes in the area of classical

dances and Odishimusic.

They include SonaliM o h a p a t r a(Bhubaneswar) andSubikash Mukherjee(Kolkata) for Odishidance, Swati Sinha (NewDelhi) for Kathakandand Rohan SureshDahale (Mumbai) forOdishi music.

A book namely“Dancing into Eternity”,an endearing view ofthe multifaceted life andwork of Guru Keluc-haran Mohapatra, published bySrjan director RatikantaMohapatra was inaugurated.

Srjan opened the eveningwith Kirwani Madhurima, aneo-classical Odishi dance pre-sentation, scripted by Pt

Nityananda Misra to the orig-inal music composition of DrVyzarsu Balasubramaniam andthe choreography of RatikantMohapatra. They then pre-sented a special performance‘Maati’, derived from an inspir-

ing and popularpoem by the icon-ic Odia poetRadha MohanGadanayak. Thedance choreogra-phy was done byR a t i k a n tMohapatra. Themusic composi-tion was made byLaxmikant Palitand the scriptadaptation was byJaydev Das.Dancers RajashriPraharaj, Ritu

Sengupta, Pragna Parimita Das,Riyanka Chakrabarty,Aishwariya Singhdev, SipraSwain, Maya Krishnamurty,Preetisha Mohapatra and Reebdhita Barua present-ed the show.

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The Media and PR Cell ofXavier Institute of

Management, Bhubaneswar(XIMB), IlluminatiX, held thefifth edition of annual mediaconclave Communiqué on“Changing paradigms of themedia landscape in the digitalage” here on Sunday.

India Today TV NationalAffairs Editor RahulShrivastava, The Hindu,Business Line, Chennai editorR Srinivasan, InsideIIM.com,Kampus Konversations Appcreator Ankit Doshi, ChetChatfounder Chetna Vasishth andTanvi Bhatt Internationalfounder and CEO Tanvi Bhattattended as guests.

Chetna Vasishth enlight-ened on the three big gamechangers in the future of sto-rytelling- Technology, Data,and Democratisation of story-telling. She also said tradition-al media played a significantrole in embedding precon-

ceived opinions and notionsamong people while, in thisgolden age of content creation,all you need is an idea.

R Srinivasan shared hisreservations regarding inves-tigative journalism and genuinedata collection not being doneeffectively and suggested thatstories made should be wellinformed to make a difference

and media houses should honeon their strengths for story dis-covery. He opined that tech-nology has not changed theprocess, but just made infor-mation easily accessible.

Ankit Doshi elucidated theimportance of expressing your-self. Tanvi Bhatt talked aboutpersonal branding and how anindividual can be both a medi-

um and the content. She alsodifferentiated between a story-teller and a story shaper, whileurging the audience to be thelatter.

Rahul Shrivastava, whocould not attend the event senta message to the students through a video whichencompassed social mediabecoming a personal evange-

lizer of audience-centric mar-keting.

He also stated how digital-isation has enabled more socialparticipation than before.

On the occasions, an inter-active question and answersession was held and the sec-ond edition of Communiqué,the yearly newsletter byIlluminatiX was released.

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Jagatsinghpur BJD leaders onMonday met BJD supremo

and Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik here and soughtParadip MLA and formerMinister Damodar Rout’sexpulsion from the party.

A group of leaders led byJagatsinghpur BJD district pres-ident Bishnu Das andBalikuda-Erasama MLAPrashant Muduli met Patnaikat the Naveen Niwas and sub-mitted a memorandum to himdemanding Rout’s removal

because of anti-party activitiesby him.

Bishnu Das alleged thatRout has supported BapuParida, a close associate ofarrested gangster Sayed UsmanAli alias Tito.

Rout has been continu-ously making statementsagainst the party chief, otherparty leaders and Dalits. Hisstatements are giving a badname to the party inJagatsinghpur district. So, heshould be removed from theBJD, said Das. Notably, theChief Minister had onDecember 22, 2017 removedRout from his Cabinet over hisseveral controversial remarks,including those against theBrahmin community.

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The State Assembly was onMonday adjourned for a

whole day till Tuesday asCongress and BJP membersprotested against the fuel pricehike and the horticulturesapling scam, respectively.

At the outset, Congressmembers rushed into the Wellof the House and shouted slo-gans against both the UnionGovernment and the StateGovernment while protestingskyrocketing of petrol, dieseland gas prices. BJP memberstried to climb up to theSpeaker’s podium demandinga probe into the alleged saplingand cooperative bank loan

scams.Chief Minister Naveen

Patnaik was late by four min-utes to reach the House.

Amid protests and sloga-neering, Speaker PradeepKumar Amat adjourned theHouse at 10.34 am till 10.30 amon Tuesday.

“Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik had to give reply toquestions regarding HomeDepartment during theQuestion Hour, but he arrived

in the Assembly late by fourminutes. This shows that theBharat Bandh called by theCongress has been successful,”Opposition Chief Whip TaraPrasad Bahinipati toldreporters outside the House.

On the other hand, BJPMLA Pradip Purohit allegedthat due to a secret under-standing between the BJD andthe Congress, the ChiefMinister intentionally camelate to the Assembly.

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Sweden faced political dead-lock on Monday after the

far-right made gains in legisla-tive elections that left the ques-tion of who will form the nextgovernment up in the air.

The Prime Minister is usu-ally the leader of the party withthe most votes, but Sweden’sfragmented political landscapeafter Sunday’s election makes itimpossible to predict who willform the next Government.

As expected, neither thecentre-left nor the centre-rightbloc obtained a majority.

The far-right SwedenDemocrats solidified theirposition as third-biggest partyand kingmaker, albeit with alower score than they hadexpected.

Far-right parties havegained strength in elections inrecent years in severalEuropean countries, includingGermany and Italy.

Politicians in Sweden willnow “need a lot of imagination”to form a government, dailySvenska Dagbladet wrote.

“However the dramaticbloc battle plays out, it lookslike it will be difficult forSweden to have a functioninggovernment,” paper of refer-ence Dagens Nyheter wrote inan editorial. Social DemocraticPrime Minister Stefan Lofven’s“red-green” left bloc enjoys arazor-thin one-seat lead overthe centre-right OppositionAlliance.

Fewer than 30,000 votes

separate the blocs and nearly2,00,000 ballots have yet to becounted, including votes cast inadvance and abroad. The SocialDemocrats won 28.4 percent ofvotes, down 2.8 points from the2014 elections, their worstscore in a century.

“Nevertheless, voters madethe Social Democrats Sweden’sbiggest party,” Lofven said.

He has extended an invi-tation to the Opposition in abid to break the deadlock.

“We need a cross-bloccooperation,” he told his partysupporters. Lofven was meet-ing Monday with his partyexecutive to discuss the roadahead. The four-party Alliancehas however rejected his offer,urging him to step down andmake way for them to build aGovernment.

“This Government has had

its chance. It has to resign,”Alliance Opposition leader UlfKristersson told his conserva-tive Moderate party supporters.

Lofven is seeking a newfour-year mandate but he willhave difficulty forming a stablegovernment. He, like all of theother parties, has categorical-ly ruled out any cooperationwith the far-right. He could tryto build a similar Governmentto the one he formed in 2014:a minority coalition with theGreens that relies on the infor-mal support in parliament ofthe ex-communist Left Party.

But it would then be underconstant threat from theSweden Democrats, out to top-ple it at the first opportunity.They are ready to block anyattempt to pass legislation,such as the autumn budget bill.

Lofven could also invite the

Centre and Liberal parties tojoin him at the negotiatingtable.

“If the red-green bloc isbigger, the Centre and theLiberals hold the key and notJimmie Akesson,” the SwedenDemocrat leader, saidUniversity of Gothenburg polit-ical science professor MikaelGilliam on Swedish publicradio. With one major caveat:the Centre and Liberals aremembers of the Alliance,together with the Moderatesand Christian Democrats.Despite their differences,notably on immigration policy,the Alliance parties that ruledSweden from 2006 to 2014 haveagreed to try to form a gov-ernment together.

But that is no easy task.The Alliance would need

the far-right’s support to obtaina majority.

It would have to eithermake policy concessions inexchange for the SwedenDemocrats’ support or offerkey positions on parliamentarycommittees that draft legisla-tion. The Sweden Democratswon 17.6 percent of votes — upalmost five per cent from theprevious election. The party’sleader Akesson told Swedishpublic radio on Monday heexpected to wield major influ-ence.

“He who understands firstthat he can talk to me will havethe easiest time building agovernment and leading thiscountry for the next four years,”he said.

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Afghanistan’s beleaguered secu-rity forces in a spate of attacksacross the country’s north, offi-cials said on Monday, as diplo-matic efforts to end the 17-yearwar intensify.

Heavy fighting overnightin four provinces followed awave of violence across thewar-torn country in recentweeks that has left hundreds ofcivilians, police and soldiersdead.

After seizing a militarybase in Sar-e-Pul, Taliban fight-ers were threatening theprovincial capital in a situationthat could result in “disaster” ifreinforcements were not sent,the area’s police chief Abdul

Qayom Baqizoy warned.Baqizoy compared the

threat to the Taliban’s extraor-dinary raid last month on theprovincial capital of Ghazni --fighters held large parts of thecity located just two hoursfrom Kabul for days.

At least 17 security forceshave been killed near Sar-e-Pulcity after militants seized acheckpoint in Sayyad districtand burned it to the ground,provincial governor ZahirWahdat told journalistsMonday. Air support has beencalled in, he said. About 39Taliban fighters have beenkilled and 14 wounded.

“The fighting is still ongo-ing near the city and the cen-tral government is going tosend more reinforcementssoon,” Wahdat said.

Elsewhere in Afghanistan’snorth, the Taliban’s elite Redunit attacked several policeposts in Kunduz, killing atleast 19 officers and woundingaround 20, Dasht-e-Archi dis-trict chief Nasruddin Saaditold AFP.

Insurgents also raided twopolice checkpoints in Dara-e-Suf district of Samanganprovince, killing 14 officers,northern Afghanistan policespokesman Sarwar Hussainisaid.

In Jowzjan province hun-dreds of Taliban fightersstormed Khomab district cen-tre, near Turkmenistan, killingeight security force membersand seizing control of govern-ment headquarters, provincialdeputy police chief AbdulHafeez Khashi told AFP.

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a large-scale military operationagainst the rebel-held Syrianprovince of Idlib could create“the worst humanitarian cata-strophe” of this century.

“There needs to be ways ofdealing with this problem thatdon’t turn the next few monthsin Idlib into the worst human-itarian catastrophe with thebiggest loss of life in the 21st

century,” Mark Lowcock toldreporters in Geneva.

His remarks came as Syriantroops, backed by Russia andIran, massed around the north-western province ahead of anexpected onslaught against thelargest rebel-held zone left inthe country.

Since 2015, Idlib has beenhome to a complex array ofanti-regime forces: secularrebels, Islamists, Syrianjihadists with ties to Al-Qaeda— and their foreign counter-

parts.It is home to some three

million people — around halfof them displaced from otherparts of the country, accordingto the United Nations.

Lowcock acknowledgedthat “there is a large number offighters there, including ter-rorists from proscribed organ-isations.”

But he stressed that “thereare 100 civilians, most of themwomen and children, for everyfighter in Idlib.”

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Islamabad: Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan’s newlyelected government plans torenegotiate the agreementsreached under China’s ambi-tious Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) as it “unfairly benefitsChinese companies”, accordingto a media report.

The projects concerned arepart of the multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) plan - the most ambi-tious part of the BRI, whichseeks to connect Asia andEurope along the ancient silkroad, The Financial Timesreported.

The ministers and the advi-sors of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government said theagreement “unfairly benefitsChinese companies,” the paperreported.

The CPEC, launched in2015, is a planned network ofroads, railways and energyprojects linking China’sresource-rich Xinjiang UyghurAutonomous Region withPakistan’s strategic GwadarPort on the Arabian Sea.

Prime Minister Khan, whowas elected on a platform ofanti-corruption and trans-parency, in the past had criti-cised jailed former PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif for thelack of transparency and cor-ruption in the CPEC projects.

Khan has pledged to pub-lish details of existing CPECcontracts whose detailsremained closely guardedsecrets.

“The previous governmentdid a bad job negotiating withChina on CPEC — they didn’tdo their homework correctlyand didn’t negotiate correctly sothey gave away a lot,” AbdulRazak Dawood, Prime MinisterKhan’s Adviser on Commerce,Textile, Industry & Productionand Investment, was quoted assaying by the UK-based paper.

“Chinese companiesreceived tax breaks, manybreaks and have an undueadvantage in Pakistan; this isone of the things we’re lookingat because it’s not fair thatPakistan companies should bedisadvantaged,” he said. PTI

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Aspecial court hearing thetreason case against

Pakistan’s former dictator Gen.Pervez Musharraf on Mondayasked the Interior Ministry tofind ways to extradite theabsconding ex-president fromthe UAE.

While deciding to conductdaily proceedings fromOctober 9 against the formermilitary ruler, a three-membertribunal lead by Justice YawarAli asked prosecution lawyerNasser-ud-Din Nayyer to guidethe court if Musharraf ’s state-ment can be recorded througha video link.

The previous PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had filed thetreason case against the ex-army chief Musharraf in 2013over the imposition of extra-constitutional emergency inNovember 2007.

Adjourning the case onMonday, the court said it will

be heard against the 75-year-old Dubai-based ex-presidenton a daily basis from October9. Justice Ali asked the InteriorMinistry to give in writinghow Musharraf “could bebrought back to Pakistan”.

“Is there not anotheroption besides Interpol to bringhim back?” he asked, addingthat the ministry shouldapprise the court during thenext hearing.

“We now have to rule onthis case and bring it to its finalconclusion,” the judgeremarked.

Musharraf left Pakistan forDubai for medical treatment onMarch 18, 2016 with a com-mitment to come back. Hemanaged to go abroad after hisname was removed from theExit Control List on the ordersof the Supreme Court.

A few months later, how-ever, the special court declaredhim a proclaimed offender andordered the confiscation of hisproperty owing to his no-show.

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Former UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon and

billionaire businessman andphilanthropist Bill Gates willhead an international com-mission on climate change tolaunch next month, the Dutchgovernment said on Monday.

The commission, to beco-hosted by the GlobalCenter on Adaptation, hostedby the Netherlands in part-nership with the WorldResources Institute, seeks to“convince countries across theglobe to take measures to armthemselves against the conse-quences of climate change,” theDutch minister for infra-structure and water manage-ment said.

World Bank CEOKristalina Georgieva will alsooversee the Rotterdam-basedcommission, which styles itselfas a ‘solutions broker’ to speedclimate reform linkingGovernments and inter-

Governmental bodies, the pri-vate and public sectors accord-ing to the announcementwhich came two days afterglobal climate protests.

“We hope that the need toadapt to climate change may befelt on a global scale,” said theminister, Cora vanNieuwenhuizen, who added aplan of action would beunveiled on protecting thezones most vulnerable to cli-mate change in September ofnext year.

“Today’s announcementsby the Government of theNetherlands is a critical stepforward to set in motion morevigorous attention to andaction around climate adapta-tion,” said Ban, who said thecommission was embarkingon a “worldwide mission toaccelerate adaptation”.

Ban, Microsoft founderGates and Georgieva will be inthe Netherlands on October 16for a conference officiallylaunching the commission.

Lyon: French Police arrested aman on Monday following ahigh-speed chase on the run-way at Lyon airport after thedriver rammed his car into theterminal and drove through thebuilding.

Police said they began pur-suing the white Mercedes whenit was spotted speeding thewrong way down a nearbyhighway. The driver firstsmashed through a securitybarrier at the Lyon-Bron busi-ness airport before changingdirection and heading to Lyon'smain Saint-Exupery airportabout 20 kilometres away.

There he rammed intoautomatic glass doors near themain entrance to Terminal 1and drove through the build-ing, smashing through anoth-er set of doors before emergingonto the runway, chased byabout a dozen police vehicles aswell as a helicopter.

A video posted onlineshowed the car smashing intothe building with a bang andshowed the view afterwards ofthe smashed doors on eitherside. AFP

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Opposition supporters stagedprotests across Bangladesh onMonday demanding immedi-ate release of their leader andthree-time former premierKhaleda Zia, jailed early thisyear for graft. Zia, 73, is cur-rently on trial on more cor-ruption charges in a makeshiftcourtroom inside a 19th-cen-tury British-built prison whereshe is the only inmate and infailing health, her lawyers say.

A police official told AFPthat some 4,000 activists of themain opposition BangladeshNationalist Party (BNP) joinedprotests outside the NationalPress Club at the heart of cap-ital Dhaka. Thousands morejoined similar demonstrationsin cities and towns across thecountry.

But Opposition spokesmanFakhrul Islam Alamgir hassaid some 20,000 protesters,many shouting slogans callingZia's jailing illegal and a sham,turned up at the Dhaka rally.

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Congr

ess p

resid

ent R

ahul

Gan

dhi’s

asse

rtio

n th

at h

is pa

rty

was

not

invo

lved

in th

e ba

rbar

ous

assa

ult

on th

e Sik

h co

mm

unity

afte

r Ind

iraG

andh

i’s as

sass

inat

ion

in 1

984

flies

in th

e fac

e of t

ruck

load

s of e

vide

nce t

hat w

aspl

aced

bef

ore s

ever

al co

mm

issio

ns an

d co

m-

mitt

ees

of in

quir

y th

at p

robe

d th

e vi

olen

ce.

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estim

onie

s of t

hous

ands

of w

itnes

ses n

oton

ly es

tabl

ished

inst

igat

ion

of fr

enzi

ed m

obs

by C

ongr

ess p

oliti

cians

but

also

the u

npar

don-

able

par

alys

is of

the

adm

inist

ratio

n an

d th

epo

lice f

orce

s in

the n

atio

nal C

apita

l and

man

yot

her c

ities

in n

orth

Indi

a whi

le th

e mob

s wer

eru

nnin

g am

ok.

The

anti-

Sikh

pog

rom

beg

an a

lmos

tim

med

iately

afte

r the

Gov

ernm

ent a

nnou

nced

on th

e eve

ning

of O

ctob

er 31

, 198

4, th

at In

dira

Gan

dhi h

ad su

ccum

bed

to th

e bu

llets

of h

eras

sass

ins.

As n

ews o

f her

assa

ssin

atio

n sp

read

,th

e Gov

ernm

ent j

ust p

acke

d up

. A h

uge m

ob

of C

ongr

ess

wor

kers

that

had

col

lect

ed o

ut-

side t

he A

ll In

dia I

nstit

ute o

f Med

ical

Sci

ence

sbe

gan

targ

etin

g Sik

hs fo

und

in th

e vic

inity

and

this

set t

he tr

end

for a

kin

d of

sava

gery

that

Indi

a had

not

witn

esse

d sin

ce P

artit

ion.

The

irbe

llige

renc

e tur

ned

into

slog

ans l

ike K

hoo

n k

ab

ad

la k

ho

on s

e le

nge

(w

e w

ill a

veng

e bl

ood

with

blo

od) i

n Te

en M

urti

Bhav

an w

here

Indi

aG

andh

i’s b

ody

lay

in s

tate

and

thi

s w

as n

oem

pty t

hrea

t. Fo

r the

nex

t thr

ee d

ays,

Cong

ress

cadr

es ro

amed

the n

atio

nal C

apita

l and

citie

sin

the n

orth

torc

hing

Sik

h pl

aces

of w

orsh

ip,

esta

blish

men

ts a

nd p

rope

rty

and

the

vict

ims

had

now

here

to

go b

ecau

se p

olic

e st

atio

nsclo

sed

shop

and

a goo

d pa

rt o

f the

pol

ice f

orce

rend

ered

ove

rt an

d co

vert

supp

ort t

o Co

ngre

ssho

odlu

ms.

With

in h

ours

of t

he an

noun

cem

ent o

f the

deat

h of

Indi

a G

andh

i, he

r son

Raj

iv G

andh

iw

as sw

orn

in a

s Prim

e M

inist

er a

nd, t

echn

i-ca

lly s

peak

ing,

a n

ew G

over

nmen

t w

as i

npl

ace,

but t

here

was

no

Gov

ernm

ent.

The s

tate

had

with

ered

aw

ay. I

n al

l 2,7

32 S

ikhs

wer

eki

lled

in th

ose r

iots

— 2

,146

in D

elhi

and

586

in so

me

othe

r tow

ns in

the

nort

hern

regi

on.

The S

ikhs

suffe

red

loss

of h

omes

and

prop

er-

ty in

an

unpr

eced

ente

d sc

ale.

The

Just

ice

Nan

avat

i C

omm

issi

on o

fIn

quiry

, whi

ch p

robe

d th

e rio

ts, fo

und

shoc

k-in

g ev

iden

ce o

f the

com

plic

ity o

f the

pol

ice i

nth

e rio

ts in

Del

hi. A

lthou

gh th

e vio

lenc

e was

spre

ad a

ll ov

er t

he n

atio

nal

Cap

ital,

the

poli

ce h

ad r

egis

tere

d on

ly 5

87 F

irst

Info

rmat

ion

Repo

rts (

FIRs

) aga

inst

the m

ob-

sters

and

even

of t

hese

,the

pol

ice d

ecla

red

241

case

s as

“un

trac

ed”

and

anot

her

253

case

sen

ded

in a

cqui

ttals.

Fur

ther

, 11

FIRs

wer

equ

ashe

d an

d in

anot

her 1

1 ca

ses,

the a

ccus

edw

ere

disc

harg

ed. T

he C

omm

issio

n w

as to

ldth

at o

ne c

ase

was

pen

ding

inve

stig

atio

n an

d42

cas

es w

ere

pend

ing

tria

l.A

fter

wei

ghin

g th

e ev

iden

ce t

hat

cam

ebe

fore

it, t

he C

omm

issio

n ca

me t

o th

e fol

low

-in

g co

nclu

sions

: Slo

gans

like

Kh

oon

ka

ba

dla

khoo

n

se

len

ge

wer

e ra

ised

by t

he m

obs.

Rum

ours

wer

e circ

ulat

ed w

hich

had

the e

ffect

of i

nciti

ng p

eopl

e ag

ains

t th

e Si

khs

and

prom

pt th

em to

take

reve

nge;

ther

e w

as e

vi-

denc

e to

sho

w t

hat

at s

ome

plac

es,

mob

sin

dulg

ing i

n vi

olen

t atta

cks h

ad co

me i

n D

elhi

Tran

spor

t Cor

pora

tion

buse

s with

wea

pons

and

infla

mm

able

mat

eria

ls lik

e ker

osen

e, pe

trol e

tcor

wer

e sup

plied

such

mat

erial

s “so

on af

ter t

hey

wer

e ta

ken

to th

e lo

calit

ies

whe

re th

e Si

khs

wer

e to

be

atta

cked

”; th

ere

was

evi

denc

e to

show

tha

t “..

.per

sons

who

cou

ld o

rgan

iseat

tack

s wer

e con

tact

ed an

d gi

ven

inst

ruct

ions

to k

ill S

ikhs

and

loot

thei

r hou

ses a

nd sh

ops;

the a

ttack

s wer

e mad

e in

a sys

tem

atic

man

ner

and

with

out f

ear o

f the

pol

ice,

alm

ost s

ugge

st-in

g tha

t the

y wer

e ass

ured

that

they

wou

ld n

otbe

har

med

whi

le c

omm

ittin

g th

ose

acts

and

even

ther

eafte

r”; m

ale

mem

bers

of t

he S

ikh

com

mun

ity w

ere

take

n ou

t of

the

ir ho

uses

,be

aten

and

bur

nt a

live;

and

tyre

s w

ere

put

roun

d th

eir n

ecks

and

then

set o

n fir

e by p

our-

ing

kero

sene

or p

etro

l on

them

.Th

is is

just

a br

ief s

umm

ary o

f the

gra

ph-

ic d

escr

iptio

n of

the

cru

elty

per

petr

ated

by

Con

gres

s go

ons

that

the

Com

miss

ion

took

note

of.

As r

egar

ds th

ose

who

inst

igat

ed th

em

urde

rous

, fre

nzie

d m

obs a

gain

st th

e Si

khs,

the C

omm

issio

n m

ade t

he fo

llow

ing o

bser

va-

tions

: Lar

ge n

umbe

r of a

ffida

vits

indi

cate

that

loca

l Con

gres

s (I

) le

ader

s an

d w

orke

rs h

adei

ther

inci

ted

or h

elpe

d th

e m

obs

in a

ttack

-

ing

the S

ikhs

. But

for t

he b

acki

ng an

d he

lp o

fin

fluen

tial a

nd re

sour

cefu

l per

sons

, kill

ing

ofSi

khs

so s

wift

ly a

nd in

larg

e nu

mbe

rs c

ould

not

have

hap

pene

d; i

n m

any

plac

es t

heri

otou

s m

obs

cons

isted

of

outs

ider

s an

dbr

ingi

ng t

hem

fro

m o

utsid

e re

quire

d an

orga

nise

d ef

fort;

ther

e is e

vide

nce t

o sh

ow th

atou

tsid

ers w

ere s

how

n th

e hou

ses o

f the

Sik

hs;

whe

n Si

khs c

ollec

ted

at a

Gur

udwa

ra to

def

end

them

selv

es,

the

polic

e pe

rsua

ded

them

to

retu

rn to

thei

r ho

mes

on

the

assu

ranc

e th

atth

ey w

ould

be p

rote

cted

; the

reaf

ter t

he m

obs

took

ove

r and

the p

olic

e loo

ked

the o

ther

way

.A

ffida

vits

filed

bef

ore

the

Com

miss

ion

show

that

loca

l pol

itica

l lea

ders

exp

loite

d th

esit

uatio

n; th

e affi

davi

ts sta

te th

at C

ongr

ess l

ead-

ers a

nd w

orke

rs w

ere b

ehin

d th

e rio

ts; “n

o ot

her

pers

on o

r or

gani

satio

n…in

alle

ged

to h

ave

take

n pa

rt in

thos

e inc

iden

ts”; t

he sl

ogan

s rais

eddu

ring

the r

iots

also

indi

cate

that

som

e of t

hepe

rson

s w

ho c

onst

itute

d th

e m

obs

wer

eC

ongr

ess

wor

kers

or

sym

path

isers

. So

me

mat

eria

l was

also

put

bef

ore

the

com

miss

ion

whi

ch in

dica

ted

that

Raj

iv G

andh

i, w

ho h

adbe

com

e Pr

ime

Min

ister

soon

afte

r his

mot

h-er

’s as

sass

inat

ion

had

told

one

of t

his o

ffici

als

that

“the

Sik

hs sh

ould

be t

augh

t a le

sson

”. Th

eco

mm

issio

n ho

wev

er d

id n

ot p

ursu

e th

isbe

caus

e th

e ev

iden

ce a

vaila

ble

was

vag

ue.

How

ever

, the

com

miss

ion

indi

cted

the g

over

n-m

ent

for

the

com

plic

ity o

f th

e po

lice

and

adm

inist

ratio

n wi

th th

e rio

ters

and

for t

he in

or-

dina

te d

elay

in ca

lling

in th

e ar

my.

The

Indi

an st

ate

was

in a

stat

e of

par

aly-

sis af

ter I

ndira

Gan

dhi’s

assa

ssin

atio

n an

d th

isis

expl

aine

d by

the s

hock

ing

non-

resp

onse

of

the t

hen

Pres

iden

t Gia

ni Z

ail S

ingh

to th

e plea

sfo

r pro

tect

ion

from

the S

ikhs

. The

not

ed w

riter

Patw

ant S

ingh

told

the C

omm

issio

n th

at h

e was

part

of a

del

egat

ion

of em

inen

t citi

zens

whi

chca

lled

on t

he P

resid

ent

on t

he m

orni

ng o

fN

ovem

ber 1

. The

y tol

d hi

m h

e had

a m

oral

and

Con

stitu

tiona

l obl

igat

ion

to en

d th

e vio

lenc

e.Th

e Pr

esid

ent

said

he

“did

not

hav

e th

epo

wer”

to in

terv

ene.

The d

elega

tion

aske

d Za

ilSi

ngh

if he

was

sayi

ng h

e had

no

powe

r to

stop

anac

hy a

nd b

lood

shed

? “T

he P

resi

dent

rem

aine

d sil

ent”.

But

the d

eleg

atio

n pe

rsist

edan

d ur

ged

the P

resid

ent t

o sp

eak

forc

eful

ly to

the

Prim

e M

inist

er. Z

ail S

ingh

said

“I w

ill d

oso

in th

ree

or fo

ur d

ays

time”

! Tha

t was

the

thre

e or

four

day

s in

whi

ch th

e m

ass m

urde

rof

Sik

hs to

ok p

lace

.

Ther

e is

suffi

cien

t evi

denc

e to

indi

ct th

eCo

ngre

ss o

n tw

o co

unts

— fo

r unl

eash

ing b

ru-

talit

y of

the w

orst

kin

d on

mem

bers

of a

reli-

giou

s min

ority

and

for t

he G

over

nmen

t’s co

l-la

bora

tion

with

the

perp

etra

tors

of v

iole

nce.

Rahu

l G

andh

i is

only

rub

bing

sal

t on

the

wou

nds o

f the

Sik

hs b

y now

clai

min

g th

at h

ispa

rty

was

not

inv

olve

d. H

e m

ust

read

the

Nan

avat

i Com

miss

ion

repo

rts

and

the

affi-

davi

ts fi

led

befo

re it

.(T

he

wri

ter

is C

hai

rman

, P

rasa

r B

har

ati)

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r —

Thi

s re

fers

to

the

edito

rial,

“Thr

ee st

rikes

...” (S

epte

mbe

r 10)

. The

mos

t st

riki

ng f

eatu

re o

f th

e 2+

2D

ialo

gue

betw

een

Indi

a an

d th

e U

Sw

as th

at it

bro

ught

wom

en p

ower

toth

e fo

re. T

he i

mag

e of

tw

o w

omen

Min

iste

rs,

Sush

ma

Swar

aj a

ndN

irmal

a Sith

aram

an, b

eing

a pa

rt an

dpa

rcel

of c

ruci

al ag

reem

ents

conc

ern-

ing

the c

ount

ry sp

oke v

olum

es ab

out

the

capa

bilit

ies o

f the

two

wom

en in

hand

ling

high

-pro

file

jobs

. Ku

sum

Via

emai

l

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����

Sir

— T

he B

hara

th b

an

dh

cal

led

byO

ppos

ition

par

ties o

ver a

n in

crea

se in

pric

es o

f pet

rol/d

iese

l was

unw

ante

d.Th

e fac

t of t

he m

atte

r is t

hat t

he o

cca-

sion

was

use

d to

show

thei

r str

engt

han

d un

ity. I

t is w

ell-k

now

n th

at In

dia

and

othe

r cou

ntrie

s are

witn

essin

g a

stee

p ris

e in

oil

pric

es d

ue t

o th

ere

turn

of U

S sa

nctio

ns o

n Ir

an, w

hich

has

forc

ed t

he l

atte

r to

low

er i

tsex

port

s. Be

sides

, flu

ctua

tions

in th

egl

obal

mar

ket t

oo a

re re

spon

sible

. Th

ese a

re th

ings

bey

ond

our c

on-

trol

. In

any

cas

e, t

he O

ppos

ition

,

incl

udin

g th

e

Con

gres

s,

the

Com

mun

ist P

arty

of I

ndia

(Mar

xist

)as

also

oth

er p

artie

s, m

ust g

et th

eir

acts

toge

ther

in su

gges

ting

way

s and

mea

ns t

o co

ntro

l the

situ

atio

n th

atde

man

ds im

med

iate

atte

ntio

n.Sr

avan

a Ra

mac

hand

ran

Che

nnai

����

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r —

It

seem

s b

an

dh

s an

d h

art

als

have

bec

ome a

par

t and

par

cel o

f our

daily

liv

es.

Polit

ical

org

anis

atio

nslo

se n

o tim

e to

decl

are b

an

dh

s, im

mi-

nent

ly to

pro

test

eve

ry a

ctio

n of

the

Gov

ernm

ent a

t the

hel

m. T

hey

clai

mth

at it

is th

eir r

ight

to p

rote

st. T

heir

argu

men

t is

that

the

Con

stitu

tion

guar

ante

es th

e rig

ht to

form

ass

ocia

-tio

ns a

nd r

ight

to

free

spe

ech

and

expr

essio

n. T

hat’s

true

. But

it is

also

a fac

t tha

t the

righ

t is n

ot an

abso

lute

one.

One

mus

t pro

test

, but

pea

cefu

l-ly,

with

out

ham

peri

ng d

aily

bus

i-ne

ss. W

hile

laun

chin

g ba

nd

hs,

par

ties

forc

e the

peo

ple t

o ob

ey th

eir o

rder

s.Th

is i

s no

thin

g bu

t ho

olig

anis

m.

They

inf

ringe

on

the

fund

amen

tal

right

s of c

itize

ns. T

his m

ust e

nd.

Jube

l D’C

ruz

Mum

bai

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Sir

— T

his

refe

rs t

o th

e ed

itoria

l,“T

hree

str

ikes

...” (

Sept

embe

r 10

).Th

e 2+2

Dia

logu

e bet

wee

n In

dia a

ndth

e US

was

a su

cces

s. O

ne h

opes

that

issue

s an

d irr

itant

s w

ith r

egar

d to

Indi

a im

port

ing

oil f

rom

Iran

will

inno

way

affe

ct th

e lan

dmar

k pa

ct. T

heca

ll to

Pak

istan

to e

nd te

rror

ism to

om

ust n

ot b

e le

ft un

hear

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ashi

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emai

l

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t Ban

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as su

cces

sful a

cros

sthe

coun

try. A

t lea

st no

w, th

e Gov

ernm

ent

shou

ld re

duce

price

s and

men

d its

ways

. —

Senio

r Con

gres

s lea

der

ASHO

K GE

HLOT

Ever

yone

has a

righ

t to p

rotes

t but

what

isha

ppen

ing to

day?

Seve

ral li

ves a

re be

ing pu

tat

risk.

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ress

mus

t ans

wer.

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ion M

iniste

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The In

dian

educ

ation

secto

r,as

also

the g

loba

l indu

stry,

stand

s at c

ross

road

s. In

aco

mpl

ex w

orld

, indi

vidu

-als

, gro

ups a

nd n

ation

s are

tryin

g to

find

solu

tions

to m

ater

ial

and

polit

ical p

robl

ems t

hrou

gh ed

u-ca

tion.

In a

world

that

has

lost

dire

c-tio

n an

d wh

en ev

eryo

ne w

ants

to ge

tm

ater

ially

ric

h an

d af

fluen

t,G

over

nmen

ts an

d pa

rent

s wan

t edu

-ca

tion

to d

evelo

p co

mpe

tenc

ies th

atca

n he

lp th

em ea

rn m

ore m

oney

and

get m

ateria

lly ri

ch. E

duca

tion

has,

infa

ct, le

d to t

he de

struc

tion

of an

indi

-vi

dual’

s cr

eativ

ity a

nd h

appi

ness

inste

ad of

bein

g a ‘m

an m

akin

g’ an

dso

ul-se

arch

ing p

roce

ss. M

ost in

divid

-ua

ls, w

ho su

cces

sfully

pas

s thr

ough

the

syste

m o

f ed

ucat

ion,

bec

ome

mor

e self

-cen

tere

d an

d m

ateria

listic

.Th

is is

what

our

pre

sent

sys

tem

isge

ared

to

impa

rt. I

nstit

utio

ns a

rebe

ing a

ssesse

d on

the s

alary

the g

rad-

uate

s get

and

not o

n ho

w ha

ppy t

hey

are i

n lif

e. Ar

ound

125 y

ears

back

, in 18

93,

Swam

i Vi

veka

nand

a, du

ring

his

Chi

cago

add

ress

to

the

Wor

ldPa

rliam

ent

of R

eligi

ons,

had

very

clea

rly

delin

eate

d th

e es

senc

eH

indu

ism; a

nd th

e ess

ence

of ed

uca-

tion

cann

ot be

anyt

hing

but w

hat w

asde

scrib

ed b

y Swa

miji

as th

e ess

ence

of H

indu

ism. T

he o

bjec

tive

of a

nysy

stem

of e

duca

tion

or a

uni

vers

ityca

nnot

be

diff

eren

t to

wha

tVi

veka

nand

a sp

oke o

f at t

he W

orld

Parli

amen

t as t

he p

hilo

soph

y of

life

and

Hin

duism

. Tod

ay, th

e wor

ld h

assta

rted

view

ing e

duca

tion

as an

end

in it

self;

whe

reas

the n

eed

is to

see i

tas

a m

eans

to an

end.

Ed

ucat

ion

has t

o be

a se

arch

for

truth

and

this

jour

ney

cann

ot h

ave

a beg

inni

ng o

r an

end

date

. It h

as to

be a

life-

long

pro

cess

. Our

uni

vers

i-tie

s do

not

im

part

skill

s to

kee

pse

arch

ing f

or tr

uth

and v

alues

, whi

chca

n co

nver

t in

divi

duals

into

sou

l-se

arch

ing i

ndivi

duals

. Stu

dent

s com

eto

uni

vers

ities

to ea

rn a

degr

ee. T

hebe

tter t

he qu

ality

of th

e deg

ree i

e, th

ebe

tter t

he re

puta

tion

of th

e un

iver

-sit

y, hi

gher

are t

he ch

ance

s of g

ettin

ga g

ood

salar

ied jo

b. Un

ivers

ities

as di

vers

ity in

unity

cent

res:

Indi

vidu

als h

ave

diffe

rent

idea

s and

belie

fs. T

hey a

re to

be n

ur-

ture

d du

ring

the

early

yea

rs a

nd a

sth

ey co

me t

o th

e ter

tiary

leve

l, th

eym

ust b

e exp

osed

to d

iffer

ent s

hade

sof

idea

s so t

hat t

hey d

evelo

p as t

hink

-in

g in

divi

duals

. Sw

ami

Vive

kana

nda

belie

ved

that

edu

catio

n ha

s a d

ual p

urpo

se—

that

of c

reat

ing

new

kno

wle

dge

thro

ugh

cutti

ng-e

dge r

esea

rch

and

reac

hing

the

ben

efits

of

rese

arch

and

know

ledg

e fo

r the

cre

atio

n of

a co

mm

on p

erso

n. U

nive

rsiti

esca

nnot

affo

rd to

be

Eiffe

l Tow

ers.

If w

e lo

ok a

t our

anc

ient

sys

tem

,ex

actly

the s

ame w

as o

ur sy

stem

of

educ

atio

n. M

oder

n ed

ucat

ion

cre-

ates

indi

vidu

als w

ho b

ecom

e pa

rtof

the

sys

tem

. Thi

s br

ings

mor

ebe

nefit

s to

the r

ich an

d th

e affl

uent

and

mise

ries f

or th

e po

or a

nd th

edo

wnt

rodd

en.

Educ

ation

is es

sent

ially

a pro

cess

of l

earn

ing

to l

ive

in d

iver

sity.

‘Tol

eran

ce’ is

the k

ey w

ord.

We n

eed

to d

evelo

p to

leran

ce f

or d

iffer

ent

idea

s, id

eolo

gies

, cu

lture

s. Bu

t in

toda

y’s t

imes

, we

are

witn

essin

gm

ore

and

mor

e in

toler

ance

on

our

cam

puse

s. W

hen

Pand

it M

adan

Moh

an M

alviya

ji wa

s esta

blish

ing t

heBa

nara

s H

indu

Uni

vers

ity, h

e wa

sas

ked

to r

eser

ve s

eats

for

the

loca

lpe

ople.

He

had

defin

ed th

e un

iver

-sit

y as a

‘visw

a’ gl

obal

insti

tutio

n an

dsa

id th

at a

s suc

h th

ere

coul

d be

no

rese

rvat

ion

for t

he lo

cal.

Toda

y, we

can’t

fin

d stu

dent

s in

a u

nive

rsity

com

ing f

rom

mor

e tha

n 50

or a

100

kilo

met

ers.

Our

uni

vers

ities

hav

ebe

com

e loc

al in

stead

of b

eing

glob

-al.

Thi

s is t

he ou

tcom

e of i

ntol

eran

ceon

cam

puse

s for

anyt

hing

not

loca

l.St

uden

ts fro

m o

ther

par

ts of

the

coun

try ar

e ofte

n un

der t

he th

reat

ofun

equa

l tre

atm

ent.

This

is ne

ither

the H

indu

idea

lno

r the

idea

l of a

uni

vers

ity w

hich

Swam

ijiha

d ta

lked

abou

t. W

e hav

eco

nven

iently

forg

otte

n ab

out t

hem

.In

rec

ent

past,

we

find

mor

e an

dm

ore

univ

ersit

y ca

mpu

ses

unde

rtu

rmoi

l. St

uden

ts ar

e up

aga

inst

teac

hers

or st

uden

ts an

d te

ache

rs ar

eup

in ar

ms a

gain

st th

e vice

-cha

ncel-

lor a

nd ad

min

istra

tive s

taff.

For

one

or th

e ot

her

reas

on, t

he te

achi

ng-

learn

ing p

roce

ss is

stall

ed or

the u

ni-

vers

ity i

s clo

sed.

Inc

iden

ts at

the

Jaw

ahar

lal N

ehru

Uni

vers

ity, N

ewD

elhi;

Bana

ras

Hin

du U

nive

rsity

,Va

rana

si;

Man

ipur

Uni

vers

ity,

Imph

al; a

nd o

ther

s sp

eak

volu

me

abou

t th

e m

anag

emen

t of

hig

her

educ

atio

n in

our

coun

try.

Educ

atio

n m

ust

expa

nd i

tsho

rizon

: Edu

catio

n m

ust h

elp u

s see

beyo

nd th

e app

aren

t. Som

eone

, who

has

been

to th

e un

iver

sity

and

got

good

educ

ation

, sho

uld b

e abl

e to s

eebe

low

the s

urfa

ce. T

his w

ould

mea

nno

t bein

g ca

ught

up

in th

e na

rrow

bigo

try o

f m

unda

ne l

ife. S

wam

iji,

thro

ugh

an a

necd

ote

of a

frog

, had

expl

ained

how

a fr

og, w

ho li

ved

allth

roug

h hi

s life

in a

well

, cou

ld n

otco

mpr

ehen

d th

e vas

tnes

s of t

he se

a.H

indu

ism, w

ith its

long

and d

eep p

hi-

loso

phy a

nd li

tera

ture

, tea

ches

us t

oas

simila

te d

iffer

ent p

eopl

e fro

m d

if-fer

ent c

ultu

res a

nd b

ackg

roun

ds. I

nsp

ite o

f peo

ple f

rom

diff

eren

t fait

hsco

min

g to I

ndia,

it co

uld

not d

estro

yth

e bas

ic ten

ets of

Hin

duism

. Hin

dus

have

giv

en sh

elter

to p

eopl

e dr

iven

from

their

own

land

in In

dia

with

-ou

t los

ing i

ts ow

n id

entit

y. Si

mila

rly,

our i

nstit

utio

ns m

ust b

ecom

e cen

tres

of le

arni

ng w

here

peop

le fro

m al

l dif-

feren

t par

ts of

the c

ount

ry an

d wo

rldm

ust c

onve

rge

and

learn

to li

ve in

peac

e. U

nfor

tuna

tely,

our

edu

ca-

tiona

l cam

puse

s hav

e bec

ome m

ost

into

leran

t to

diffe

rent

ideo

logi

es.

Ever

sin

ce t

he B

ritish

esta

b-lis

hed

univ

ersit

ies in

Indi

a, es

pecia

l-ly

afte

r In

depe

nden

ce, u

nive

rsiti

esha

ve n

ot be

en se

en as

cent

res o

f lear

n-in

g an

d kn

owled

ge c

reat

ion,

but

as

cent

res f

or cr

eatin

g sub

jects

to se

rve

the m

aster

s. Id

eals

of th

e Ind

ian ed

u-ca

tion

have

bee

n lo

st. U

nive

rsiti

es

mus

t hav

e au

tono

my

to d

ecid

e on

what

to te

ach

and

how

to te

ach.

U

nfor

tuna

tely,

agen

cies o

utsid

eth

e uni

versi

ty de

cide o

n wh

at un

iver-

sities

shou

ld te

ach.

It is

grea

ter m

is-fo

rtune

, it m

ust b

e said

in th

e sam

eve

in, t

hat w

here

ver

auto

nom

y wa

sex

ercis

ed, it

has

ofte

n be

en m

isuse

dby

our

plan

ners

. One

ideo

logy

has

been

prom

oted

over

othe

rs. T

he pu

r-po

se a

nd id

eal o

f the

gre

at In

dian

univ

ersit

y ha

s be

en d

erail

ed.

We

need

to re

vers

e the

proc

ess.

We n

eed

an e

duca

tion

polic

y w

hich

rise

sab

ove n

arro

w bi

gotry

and

aspi

res f

orea

ch i

ndiv

idua

l to

atta

in m

oksh

ath

roug

h th

e pro

cess

of ed

ucat

ion

—Sa

Vid

ya y

a V

imu

ktay

e. Ed

ucat

ion

is a

cont

inuu

m:

Swam

iji,

in h

is ad

dres

s in

Chica

go,

had

men

tione

d th

at it

is sa

id th

at th

eV

edas

neit

her h

ave a

beg

inni

ng n

oran

end.

Thi

s nee

ds to

be u

nder

stood

in c

onte

xt. H

e ha

d als

o m

entio

ned

that

the

re i

s on

e tru

th a

nd t

hepr

oces

s to

rea

ch c

an b

e di

ffere

nt.

Trut

h ca

nnot

be m

any.

The c

once

ptof

uni

vers

ity in

Indi

a is t

he se

arch

for

truth

— th

e ulti

mate

one.

Unive

rsitie

ssh

ould

be t

he ag

encie

s to

sear

ch fo

rth

at u

ltim

ate t

ruth

. V

edas

talk

of al

l diff

eren

t are

as of

hum

an k

nowl

edge

, in

cludi

ng s

ci-en

ce, b

ut w

e do

not f

ind

it an

ywhe

rein

our

curr

iculu

m. W

e hav

e reje

cted

all t

hat i

n th

e na

me

of m

oder

nity.

Educ

ation

shou

ld n

ot b

e a p

roce

ss of

trans

plan

ting

the

recip

ients

of th

eirow

n cul

ture

s but

that

is wh

at ha

s bee

nth

e pro

cess.

We n

eed t

o brin

g bac

k our

own k

nowl

edge

syste

m in

to th

e main

-str

eam

with

out k

eepi

ng th

e mod

ern

out o

f our

sylla

bus.

Con

clus

ion:

Succ

essi

veG

over

nmen

ts i

n In

dia,

sin

ceIn

depe

nden

ce,

have

al

way

spr

omise

d a

new

edu

catio

n po

licy

base

d on

Indi

an va

lues

and

syste

ms.

But t

hey h

ave f

ailed

to co

me u

p wi

tha

polic

y th

at c

an b

e ca

lled

a tru

lyIn

dian

pol

icy or

syste

m of

educ

ation

.Ev

ery

Indi

an, w

ho h

as b

een

con-

cern

ed a

bout

the

con

tent

and

proc

ess

of e

duca

tion,

esp

ecia

llysin

ce In

depe

nden

ce, w

hich

has

been

a con

tinua

tion

of M

acau

lay’s v

ision

of In

dian

educ

atio

n an

d pr

o-eli

te, is

amaz

ed w

hy w

e hav

e not

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n ab

leto

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ound

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stem

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the

issue

of

relig

ious

rad

icalis

atio

n in

Pak

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,ha

ve al

mos

t squ

arely

conc

entra

ted on

the p

ro-

lifer

ation

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e mor

e bell

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rand

s of t

heM

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band

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gh bo

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e min

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sub-

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akist

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ey be

gan

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joy s

trateg

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tesu

ppor

t fro

m th

e 198

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ward

s — es

pecia

l-ly

when

Pak

istan

bec

ame a

fron

tline

stat

e in

the

insu

rgen

cy a

gain

st th

e So

viet

-bac

ked

Gov

ernm

ent

in A

fgha

nista

n. T

he S

unni

Bare

lvi su

b-se

ct, th

at a

majo

rity o

f Pak

istan

isbe

long

to, d

id n

ot h

ave a

ny h

istor

ical t

radi

-tio

n re

lated

to ar

med

jihad

. The

refo

re, th

e stat

eof

Pak

istan

, with

help

from

the U

S and

Saud

iAr

abia,

fork

ed o

ut m

illio

ns o

f dol

lars t

o pu

llin

rad

ical

Deo

band

i ele

men

ts fro

m t

hefri

nges

and

into

the m

ainstr

eam

. Eve

r sin

ce19

th an

d ear

ly 20

th ce

ntur

ies, b

oth D

eoba

ndis

as w

ell a

s Wah

abis

had

histo

ries o

f org

anis-

ing

them

selve

s dur

ing

upris

ings

, ena

cted

inth

e nam

e of j

ihad

. The

Bar

elvis

did

not.

The B

arelv

is em

erge

d as a

Sunn

i sub

-sect

in t

he la

te 1

9th

cent

ury.

It wa

s a

reac

tion

again

st th

e th

eolo

gica

l on

slaug

ht o

f th

eD

eoba

ndis

agai

nst

the

tradi

tions

of

the

majo

rity o

f Mus

lims,

who,

durin

g the

500-

year

Mus

lim ru

le in

Indi

a, ha

d mer

ged v

ario

us el

e-m

ents

of Su

fism

with

the r

ituals

of pr

e-Isl

amic

cree

ds ex

istin

g in

Indi

a. Th

e Bar

elvi w

ere n

ever

an or

gani

sed

lot. F

or ex

ampl

e, wh

en in

1919

,th

e D

eoba

ndi c

lerics

org

anise

d th

emse

lves

into

a la

rge

polit

ical p

arty

in I

ndia

— th

eJa

miat

Ulem

a-i-I

slam

Hin

d (JU

IH)

— th

eBa

relvi

figu

rehe

ads (

pirs

) ins

tead

join

ed va

r-io

us n

on-r

eligi

ous p

oliti

cal o

utfit

s.Fo

r exa

mpl

e, in

stead

of f

orm

ing

a par

tyof

their

own,

they

first

join

ed th

e Uni

on P

arty

(in P

unjab

) and

then

, in 19

45-4

6, Jin

nah’s

All-

Indi

a Mus

lim L

eagu

e. H

owev

er, a

yea

r afte

rPa

kista

n’s cr

eatio

n in

1947

, a gr

oup

of B

arelv

icle

rics f

orm

ed th

e Jam

iat-i-

Ulem

a Pak

istan

.Bu

t acc

ordi

ng to

Muj

eeb A

hmad

in h

is es

say

in S

tate

an

d N

atio

n B

uild

ing

in P

akis

tan

:B

eyon

d Is

lam

an

d Se

curi

ty, th

e JU

P ha

rdly

reg-

ister

ed o

n Pa

kista

n’s p

oliti

cal l

ands

cape

till

1970

. Nev

erth

eless,

Alix

Phi

llipon

, in th

e sam

ean

thol

ogy,

poin

ts th

at e

ven

thou

gh t

heBa

relvi

majo

rity

was p

oliti

cally

scat

tere

d, it

sso

cial i

nflu

ence

was

not

lost

on th

e sta

te o

f

Paki

stan.

In he

r boo

k, A

rgu

ing

Sain

thoo

d, Ka

ther

ine

Prat

t Ewi

ng ch

arte

d in

det

ail h

ow th

e sta

te of

Paki

stan

(and

vario

us G

over

nmen

ts) m

ould

-ed

and

rem

ould

ed re

ligio

us im

ager

y re

lated

to B

arelv

i beli

efs t

o fit

wha

teve

r or h

owev

erth

e sta

te, a

t the

tim

e, wa

s dem

onstr

atin

g as

the c

onte

nts o

f Pak

istan

’s nat

iona

list-e

xiste

n-tia

list n

arra

tive.

Sinc

e th

e ve

nera

tion

of th

ede

ceas

ed a

s well

as l

ivin

g sa

ints

is a

cent

ral

plan

k in

the

Bare

lvi b

elief

syste

m, t

he st

ate

tried

to m

onop

olise

the w

ritin

g of t

he h

isto-

ries o

f the

sain

ts. E

wing

dem

onstr

ates

how

,on

the

sugg

estio

n of

Jave

d Iq

bal,

the

Ayub

Khan

regi

me

(195

8-69

) neu

tralis

ed th

e pi

rs(a

nd al

so cl

erics

) by b

ringin

g und

er st

ate co

n-tro

l the

coun

try’s

Sufi

shrin

es, m

osqu

es an

dm

adre

ssah

s. Th

is wa

s do

ne b

y fo

rmin

g a

depa

rtmen

t call

ed A

uqaf

.Th

en, th

e hist

ory o

f var

ious

fam

ous S

outh

Asian

Sufi

sain

ts wa

s writ

ten

by A

uqaf

in th

elig

ht of

how

the A

yub r

egim

e was

expr

essin

gits

elf. A

ccor

ding

to bo

th E

wing

and P

hillip

on,

the l

itera

ture

pro

duce

d by

Auq

af d

urin

g th

eAy

ub er

a des

crib

ed sa

ints

to b

e enl

ight

ened

and

forw

ard-

look

ing m

en as

opp

osed

to th

ecle

rics

whos

e lit

erat

ure

pres

ents

itself

as

bein

g rea

ctio

nary

. The

sain

ts we

re p

rese

nted

as a

ncien

t pro

jectio

ns o

f Ayu

b’s ‘m

oder

nist’

appr

oach

towa

rds I

slam

.Th

e sa

ints’

per

sona

lities

wen

t thr

ough

anot

her

rewr

ite d

urin

g th

e ‘so

cialis

t’ ZA

Bhut

to re

gim

e (1

971-

77).

Analy

sing

the

lit-

eratu

re pu

blish

ed by

Auq

af du

ring t

he B

hutto

perio

d, E

wing

not

ed h

ow t

he s

aints

now

beca

me p

opul

ist m

en w

ho o

ppos

ed o

ppre

s-siv

e kin

gs, f

euda

l lord

s and

‘their

agen

ts’ (i

.e.th

e orth

odox

mul

lahs).

Phi

llipon

sugg

ests

that

this

was d

one t

o brin

g the

histo

ries o

f the

sain

tsin

line w

ith B

hutto

’s ide

a of ‘I

slam

ic So

cialis

m’.

It wa

s also

durin

g the

1970

s tha

t the

JUP

beca

me a

lot m

ore p

oliti

cal. I

ts lea

ders

rejec

t-ed

the i

dea o

f Suf

ism th

at w

as fo

rmul

ated

byth

e Ayu

b and

Bhu

tto re

gim

es. A

hmad

writ

esth

at th

e JU

P sa

w th

e sa

ints

as b

eing

‘pure

Mus

lims’.

In h

er b

ook,

Pow

er F

ailu

re, S

yeda

Abid

a Hus

sain

writ

es th

at th

e JU

P “u

sed

the

anti-

Shia

card

” in

Jhan

g dur

ing t

he 19

70 el

ec-

tions

. In 19

74, th

e JU

P be

cam

e one

of th

e thr

eem

ain re

ligio

us o

utfit

s to

dem

and

the o

uste

rof

the A

hmad

iyya

from

the f

old

of Is

lam.

The

Bare

lvi

majo

rity

was

even

tuall

yov

erwh

elmed

by th

e pol

itica

l rise

of D

eoba

ndi

mili

tanc

y du

ring

the

Zia

dict

ator

ship

.H

owev

er, E

wing

’s stu

dy de

mon

strate

s tha

t the

cons

erva

tive Z

ia re

gim

e, to

o, re

mou

lded

the

imag

e of

the

Suf

i sa

ints.

The

y we

re n

owex

plain

ed a

s be

ing

‘Islam

ic sc

holar

s’ an

dim

ams.

But

as t

he r

ise o

f sta

te-b

acke

dD

eoba

ndi m

ilita

ncy

in th

e 198

0s ev

entu

ally

led to

the f

orm

atio

n of

vario

us an

ti-sta

te m

il-ita

nt g

roup

s, th

e M

usha

rraf

Gov

ernm

ent

(199

9-20

08) r

eviv

ed th

e ide

a of

usin

g sta

te-

spon

sore

d Su

fism

to

colo

ur h

is re

gim

e’s‘m

oder

nist’

disp

ositi

on.

A N

atio

nal S

ufi C

ounc

il was

form

ed an

dth

en a

Rum

i For

um. B

oth

gene

rate

d ac

ade-

mic,

pro

mot

iona

l and

cultu

ral p

arap

hern

alia

prom

otin

g Suf

i phi

loso

phy,

poetr

y and

mus

ic.Th

is tim

e, Su

fi sa

ints

were

expl

ained

as be

ing

men

who

pro

mot

ed ‘t

rue e

lemen

ts of

Islam

’:Pe

ace,

love a

nd to

leran

ce. In

teres

tingly

thou

gh,

Phill

ipon

writ

es th

at fr

om w

ithin

this

narr

a-tiv

e, “w

ittin

gly or

unwi

tting

ly”, e

mer

ged a

n ide

awh

ich e

quate

d th

is ve

rsio

n of

Suf

ism w

ithPa

kista

n’s m

ajorit

y Sun

ni su

b-se

ct, th

e Bar

elvi.

It is

true t

hat t

he re

ligio

us B

arelv

i lead

er-

ship

was

stau

nchl

y ag

ainst

extre

mist

gro

ups

of o

ppos

ing

Sunn

i sub

-sec

ts. B

ut w

hat w

asov

erlo

oked

was

that

they

wer

e equ

ally o

ppos

edto

the i

dea o

f Suf

ism b

eing f

orm

ulate

d by

the

state.

Thi

s was

firs

t dem

onstr

ated

by th

e JU

P,an

d late

r, mor

e bell

igere

ntly,

by ou

tfits

such

asth

e Sun

ni T

ehre

ek. T

he ra

dica

l Bar

elvi f

inal-

ly di

scov

ered

their

crus

adin

g nich

e by b

ecom

-in

g the

self-

claim

ed p

rote

ctor

s of t

he Se

cond

Amen

dmen

t and

Ord

inan

ce (r

egar

ding

the

ouste

r of t

he A

hmad

iyya f

rom

Islam

), an

d the

1986

clau

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Atwo-year old girl died dur-ing Bharat bandh on

Monday in Bihar’s Jehanabadwhen her father failed to take herto hospital as bandh supportersdid not allow the auto to passthrough. A youth was shot at acritically wounded when theprotestors chased him and firedat his residence in Muzaffarpur.

After a great persuasionwhen the auto carrying sick girland her father was allowed toproceed it was too late and thechild breathed her last.Cradling the corpse of Gauri,her father Pramod Manjhi ofBalabigha village said she wassick and on Monday her con-dition deteriorated. “I crosseda swollen rivulet and tried tofind out a vehicle but could notdue to bandh. Somehow I gotan auto but it was not allowedto move ahead by the bandhsupporters. Had there been nobandh she could have reachedSadar Hospital and saved,” saida wailing Manjhi.

In Muzaffarpur a youthSwayam Prakash Choudharywas shot at after he had heatedexchange with bandh support-

ers on zero mile under Ahiyapurpolice station. As he fledtowards his home nearby somemiscreants carrying weaponschased and fired several rounds.The injured was rushed toSKMCH hospital from wherehe was referred to private hos-pital under critical condition.

Violence, clashes and ram-page marked the Bharat Bandhagainst rising fuel prices acrossBihar. The Congress was sup-ported by other oppositionparties like RJD, Left parties,HAM and Jana Adhikar Party(JAP) of Pappu Yadav.

Apart from vehicular traf-fic, movement of trains wasbadly affected in almost all rail-

way divisions in Bihar andlocal as well as long distancetrains were stopped at manystations with bandh supporterssquatting on tracks. Sometrains were also brick batted.

The workers of JAPindulged in violence and ram-

page in Patna who smashedwindscreens of several vehiclesincluding Government buses.Shops were forcibly closed andcommon people faced a lot ofproblems in reaching to theirdestinations. Public transportsystem was fully paralysed.Private educational institutionsremained closed.

All the senior leaders ofCongress and RJD hit the roadsand claimed success to theirbandh call with spontaneoussupport. In Bhojpur, Gaya andJehanabad the Left parties par-ticularly CPI(ML) took thelead in ensuring shut down.

However, the death of a 2-years old girl came as a blot onthe parties behind bandh butthey pleaded she did not die ofbandh. Leader of OppositionTejashwi Prasad Yadav saidthe child died due to serious ill-ness and she was sufferingfrom diarrhoea for some days.“Our workers were very disci-plined and they did not indulgein hooliganism, claimed BiharRJD president Ram ChandraPurbey. State Congress chiefKaukab Quadri blamed BJPand RSS workers of indulgingin violence to give a bad nameto bandh supporters.

The BJP leaders includingUnion Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad and former UnionMinister Shahnawaz Hussainstrongly condemned the deathof child and violence in Biharand asked who was responsi-ble for the death.

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Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister N Chandrababu

Naidu on Monday announcedreduction of �2 per liter inprices of petrol and diesel. Heannounced the reduction in the

value added tax on the fuel in theState Assembly when most of thenon BJP political parties wereobserving Bharat Bandh (coun-try wide shut down) and protest-ing against the steep hike in thefuel prices in the recent months.While the TDP did not official-

ly supported the shut down callof Congress party, its workersorganised protest programs.

The new prices will come into effect from Tuesday morning.�2 per liter reduction will put aburden of �1,120 crore on thestate exchequer, Naidu said.

A n d h r aPradesh hasbecome thesecond State inthe countrya f t e rRajasthan, aBJP ruledS t a t e .R a j a s t h a nChief MinisterVasund haraR a j eannounced onWe d n e s d a ynight reduc-tion of 4 percent VAT onfuel which willresult in reduc-tion of pricesby �2.5 perliter both ofdiesel andpetrol.

Poi nt i ngout that mostof the taxes onthe fuel weregoing in thekitty of theCentre, Naidusaid that the

Union Government shouldalso decrease the taxes to savethe people from the burden ofburgeoning prices of dieseland petrol.

“The increase in the pricesof petrol and diesel has becomean unbearable burden for thepeople of all sections. It ispainful that the Centre has nottaken any measure to reducethe prices which was causingacute financial difficulties tothe people.

In solidarity with thecountrywide protest TeluguDesam supporters also tookactive part in protest pro-grams and expressed theresentment of the people”,Naidu said in a statement inthe State Assembly,

Central Government wasdoing propaganda that theprices were increasing becauseof the increase in the crudeprice in international marketand increase in the VAT by theState Government. UnionPetroleum MinisterDharmendar Pradhan has saidthat reducing the petroleumprices was not possible. This isfar from truth and an attemptto hoodwink people. I con-demn it”, he said.

“The way the Centre andthe oil companies haveincreased the prices over thelast four years has causednationwide anger among thepeople. Extraordinary responseto today’s Bharat Bandh is aproof of it”, he added.

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The Bharat Bandh called bythe Congress, Left and

other parties against theincreasing fuel prices drewnear total response in BJPruled Assam and other statesin the northeast.

In Assam capital townGuwahati and in other places,Congress leaders and sup-porters took to the streetsshouting slogans against thespiraling price of fuel pricesand against the failure of theBJP led governments to keepits promises of bringing the change.

Some of the bandh sup-porters blocked the roads inmany places by burning tyresand putting up obstacles onroads in different parts of the,which have also led to strayincidents in different parts.There is also report of someminor clashes between bandhsupporters and opposinggroups in some places.

“ The ruling BJPGovernment is cheating thepeople across the country.Whatever they are doing nowis anti-people and contradic-tor y to what they havepromised before the last elec-tions. They have failed tocontrol the price of fuelswhich is spiraling the pricerise of essential commodities,”said AICC incharge of thenortheast Harish Rawat.

President of the AssamPradesh Congress Committee(APCC) Ripun Bora, HarishRawat and several otherCongress leaders, who hadregistered a massive protest infront of Assam Secretariat atDispur, were detained by thepolice. They were however,released later.

Apart from the move-ment of vehicular traffic, thethe movement of the trainshave been affected to a greatextent due to the bandh.

Chief Public RelationOfficer of the NF Railway, PJSharma said that at least ninemail/ express and passengertrains had to be detained andwere delayed by 20 to 80minutes due to picketersobstructing tracks at variousstations in Lumding andTinsukia division of NFRailway.

“Seven other trains had tobe cancelled, two trains short-terminated and four trainshad to be diverted because ofdamage to tracks due to heavyrain last night in AlipurduarDivision. Picketers had resort-ed to blockade of railway tracksat Silchar, between Kalkalighatand Baraigram, betweenMoranhat and Sibsagar Town,at Digboi, and betweenNakachari and Mariani.

However, these blockadeswere l i f ted later and train services resumed,”Sharma said.

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against undemocratic forcesBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Monday said, pro-viding the reason why sheresisted the general strike in herState regardless of her supportto the issues behind the BharatBandh called by the Congressand backed by the Left Front.

Congratulating the peopleof the State for foiling anotherattempt to bring economicactivities to a standstill she said,“I too condemn their(Narendra Modi Government)policies for ruining the Indianeconomy. I have been contin-uously fighting against themisrule perpetrated by them.But I think bandh is not theanswer to their misrule,” shesaid.

Her statements came evenas the 12-hour bandh came toa close evoking minor responsewith most educational institu-tions, industrial establishmentsincluding the IT sectors andGovernment offices reporting

near-normal attendance.Barring some stray inci-

dents the bandh passed peace-fully with some interruptions intrain and bus services in themorning. As the day pro-gressed things came back tonormal, police said.

Attacking the ChiefMinister for using theGovernment agencies to foilthe bandh CPI(M) State secre-tary Suryakanto Mishra said“Mamata Banerjee cannot goagainst Narendra Modi becauseher life is in his hands. This iswhy she is suppressing thepeople’s wishes by trying to foilthe bandh.”

Banerjee however said she“fully endorse the issues forwhich the bandh was called buton principle I am against call-ing bandhs as a first weapon.”

“Bandh cannot be the firstweapon of resistance but a lastresort to fight the undemocra-tic forces,” she said even as theState Congress lambasted herfor circuitously backing theModi Government.

“In Delhi her party leaderSukhendu Shekhar Roy is join-ing Sonia Gandhi’s dharna andin Kolkata her Government isattacking the Congress workerscalling the bandh. The peoplehas seen through herhypocrisy,” PCC presidentAdhir Chowdhury said adding“Narendra Modi will be happy

that Mamata Banerjee is doingeverything to strengthen hishands.”

Banerjee made such state-ments in a Government func-tion ahead of the next month’sDurga Puja. Warning the peo-ple and the police against the“nefarious designs of a partic-ular party” (read the BJP)which was trying to igniteriots and trigger clashesbetween various groups inBengal, Banerjee said “DurgaPuja is coming and so isMuharram. We must remainalert about a political ideolo-gy that has been newly import-ed in Bengal with a view toignite clashes between groupsand reap political dividends.”

Complaining how in 2017how malicious campaigns weremade through the social mediaaround an administrative orderearmarking two different slotsfor the immersion pro-grammes, post Durga Puja andMuharram, Banerjee said “theywill try to create nuisance butwe will have to remain alert.”

Banerjee on Mondaygranted �10,000 each for theState’s 28,000 Durga Puja com-mittees. “The State will have tospend �28 crore from theCommunity DevelopmentProgramme funds so that thepeople can observe their festi-vals in a better manner,” she said.

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The Opposition parties inTelangana have taken their

first step towards forming aMaha Gathbandhan or GrandAlliance against the rulingTelangana Rashtra Samiti in theforthcoming Assembly elec-tions. Telugu Desam party andthe Communist Party of Indiahave reached a broader under-standing to fight the electiontogether. This has come aheadof state TDP President LRamanna’s proposed metingwith the State Congress meet-ing N Uttam Kumar Reddy toexplore the possibility of a tieup. TDP was also in talks withnewly launched Telangana JanaSamit (TJS) of Kodandram,the convenor of the erstwhileTelangana Joint ActionCommittee under the banner ofwhich the movement for sepa-rate State was spearheaded.

However despite the moves,the State was likely to witness amulti corner contest as the BJPhas said it will field its candiatesin all the constituencies. JanaSena party of film star PawanKalyan and the CommunistParty of India – Marxist (CPIM)were planning to have theirseparate tie up. YSR Congress

party of Jaganmohan Reddywas also likely to enter the fray.

Congress and CPI reachedthe understanding at a meetingL Ramanna had with the StateCPI Secretary Chada VenkatReddy. “We have decided to havean understanding to effectivelycounter the ruling TRS and putan end to its autocratic and antipeople rule. The state which wasachieved by crores of people isnow under a dictatorship”,Venkat Reddy told the media.

TJS leaders were holdingdiscussions within the partyon how to avoid split in the antiTRS votes. ThoughKodandaram was insisting fromtime to time that his party willcontest the elections on its own,party sources said that in viewof the present political situationthe party was willing to joinhands with other parties. In caseof party joining the GrandAlliance it will seek 30 seats.

However these develop-ments can spell trouble for themain opposition Congress partyas it was not in a position to leavetoo many seats for the other par-ties. Many Congress leaderswere worried that if party had toforego too many seats it willharm the long term interest ofthe party.

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Bharat Ratna, the country’stop civilian award, has

become the new weapon forthe ruling AIADMK and theopposition DMK , the twomain protagonists of TamilNadu politics

By Sunday evening, theState cabinet which met toinvoke Article 161 of theConstitution seeking remis-sion from life sentence for theseven assassins of formerPrime Minister RajeevGandhi, also disclosed that ithas recommended to theCentre to honour late ChiefMinister CN Annadurai withBharat Ratna.

Annadurai was thefounder of the DMK and wasChief Minister of the State ofTamil Nadu from 1967 to

1969. He had demandedDravida Nadu, a separatecountry for Tamils in India.As member of the RajyaSabha, Annadurai delivered apower packed speech on May1, 1962 demanding secessionfrom the Indian union toform the Dravida Nadu.

But the Chinese aggres-sion forced him to put thedemand for a separate nationin backburner.

The Constitution of theDMK specifically states thatcreation of a separate DravidaNadu is the agenda of theparty, according to KThirunavakarassar, the party’sideologue and chronicler. Howcan a person who spoke againstthe integrity of India and ledthe anti- Hindi riots could behonoured with Bharat Ratna isthe question all Dravidian par-ties refuse to answer.

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Acourt in Hyderabad hassentenced two convicts of

twin blast case to death whilea third convict was sentencedto life imprisonment onMonday.

Second AdditionalMetropolitan Sessions Judge TSrinivas Rao awarded capitalpunishment to accused oneAnique Shafeeq Sayeed andaccused two Akbar IsmailCoudhary and ordered them tobe hanged till death. Earlier onSeptember 4 the court hadfound them guilty of conspira-cy and planting bombs, murderand many other offences. Thecourt also imposed a fine of�10000 each on the two convicts.

Earlier on Tuesday morn-ing the court also convictedthird accused Tarique Anjumon charges of provision shelterto the two other accused in

Delhi after the blasts in2007.The court sentenced him to life

imprisonment. The verdict came more than

11 years after the terror attack inthe heart of Hyderabad.

Judge pronounced thepunishment on Mondayevening after hearing thearguments of prosecution andthe defence. The prosecutionhad demanded capital punish-ment in view of the gravity ofthe crime. The blasts on August25, 2007 in Lumbini Park,Open Air Theatre and GokulChat Bhandar eatery in crowd-ed Kothi area had killed 44people and injured 68 otherswhile third bomb planted atDilsukhnagar failed to explode.

Defence lawyers said theywill challenge the verdict inHigh Court. They argued beforethe court that the accused wereinnocent and the evidenceagainst them was only circum-stantial but the court on thebasis of eye witnesses accountfound them guilty.

The court had found A1Anique Shafeeq Syed andAkbar Ismail Choudhary, both

from Pune, guilty on Tuesdaylast while acquitted two othersFarooq Sharfuddin Tarkashand Sadiq Israel Shaikh ofMaharashtra.

The first two accused wereconvicted on many accountsincluding planting bombs intwo crowded public places.Three other accused RiyazBhatkal, Iqbal Bhatkal andAmir Raza Khan wereabsconding.

Prosecution has chargedthe accused with hatching con-spiracy and executing the blaststo avenge the bomb blast in his-toric Mecca Masjid on May17,2007 during Friday con-gregation killing 8 and injuringdozens of others. Prosecutionclaimed that the accused knewthat the blast in Mecca Masjidwas carried out by Hinduextremist groups and they car-ried out counter attacks totake revenge.

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CPI(M)-led ruling LDF andCongress-headed OppositionUDF to protest fuel price risebrought Kerala to a virtualstandstill on Monday. Theresponse to the hartal,observed in response to theCongress’s call for BharatBandh, was total in the Statewhile isolated incidents ofstone-pelting and violencereported from some areas.

Shops, commercial estab-lishments and offices remainedclosed while Governmentoffices recorded skeletal atten-dance. The public transport

system was paralysed withbuses of private operators andthe State-owned KSRTC,autorikshaws and taxis keepingoff the roads. Not many privatevehicles were seen on the roadsin cities and major towns.

Incidents of stone-peltingand other small-scale violencewere reported from severalplaces. UDF workers alleged-ly indulged in violence exten-sively in Kollam district. Theyblocked the vehicle of ShahidaKamal, member of the State

Commission for Women, androughed up her in Kollam fol-lowing which she was hospi-talised with injuries.

“A group of Congress work-ers attacked me as I was goingto Pathanapuram. They brokethe car’s windowpanes andpulled on my hair. They attackedme physically and beat me in theface. They also abused me bycalling me a traitor. They alsoattacked my driver,” Shahidasaid. The incident took placeduring early hours of the hartal.

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Congress party in wakeof increasing prices ofpetroleum productsevoked mixed responsein the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s home-State Gujarat on Monday.

In the biggest city ofthe State Ahmedabadeducational institutesremained closed.However, petrol pumpsand majority markets inthe commercial capitalof the State remainedopen. However in someareas, Congress workersforcefully closedownpetrol pumps. Schoolsalso remained closed inother major cities like

Rajkot, Surat andMehsana.

Interestingly StateGovernment schoolsremained open in thesecities.

Protesting Congressworkers blocked roads inChhota Udepur, Suratand Bharuch areas. Insome places they burntold tyres and as result ofit ST bus services wereadversely affected inparts of Gujarat.

Though there wasno major untoward inci-dent reported, more than300 Congress workerswere detained by thepolice as part of precau-tionary measure. Amongthose detainees wereGujarat Congress in-charge Rajiv Satav andGujarat PradeshCongress Committeepresident Amit Chavda.They were detained fromLal Darwaja area ofAhmedabad. Leader ofOpposition in GujaratAssembly PareshDhanani was detainedfrom his home-town inAmreli by the policewhen he set on protest.

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JDS- Congress ruled Karnataka wit-nesssed a good response to the ‘Bharath

Bandh’ call given by various organisationsand supported by opposition parties toprotest against rising prices of petrol,diesel and LPG.

With coalition partners Janata Dal (S)and Congress the State extending supportto the bandh, the entire State witnesseda shutoff of business establishments,public transport was totally suspendedand while essential services were exempt-ed from the bandh.

However, flood ravaged KodaguDistrict was exempted from the Bandh asrehabilitation works are going on in war-footing. The District Congress unitexempted itself from participating in theBandh stating that it would affect the ongo-ing works and people will suffer further.

Almost all business establishmentsremained closed and public transport ser-vices, including Karnataka RoadTransport Corporation bus service, taxisand auto-rickshaws remained off theroads, while the State government hadannounced holiday for schools and col-leges as a precautionary measure.

Air passengers were warned by theirrespective aircraft operators yesterday itselfabout Bharat Bandh and possibility of non-availability of transport from the airport toreach their respective destinations.

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The “Bharat Bandh” called bythe Congress against the ris-

ing fuel prices evoked a mixedresponse in Mumbai and otherplaces across Maharashtra onMonday, as the protesters dis-rupted briefly public transportservices and forced closure ofshops and business establish-ments but normal life remainedby and large unaffected.

The day began with pro-testers belonging to variousOpposition parties, particu-larly the Congress and MNS,staging “rail roko” at varioussuburban and metro railwaystations in the metropolis andthe neighbouring Thane andPalghar district.

Maharashtra Congresspresident Ashok Chavan andMumbai party chief SanjayNirupam led the charge bystaging a noisy protest outsidethe Andheri station bus depot,later blocked the railway tracksand shouted anti-governmentslogans.

Following the protests,100-odd Congress leaders andworkers, including Chavan,Nirupam, Naseem Khan,Manikrao Thakre, BabaSiddiqui and Suresh Shetty,were detained by the police.

The police also detainedscores of protesters when theystaged a “raik roko” at Dadarrailway station.

Stone throwing was report-ed in north-central and north-east Mumbai in the early part ofthe day, with protesters vandal-ising at least 15 BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation (BMC)-run BEST buses across themetropolis.

However, suburban trainsoperated normally for mostpart of the day. Auto-rick-shaws and taxis were on theroads. However, thousands ofoffice-goers took advantage ofthe bandh and chose to stayaway from work.

While the shops, hotelsand business establishmentsremained closed in most partsof the metropolis, schools,colleges, banks and officesfunctioned normally.Essential services had beenspared from the bandh. InMumbai, the MNS activiststried unsuccessfully to waylayto Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis’s motorcade nearSiddhivinayak Temple innorth-central Mumbai,where he had come for an event.

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The Bombay High Court onMonday upheld the dis-

charge granted by a trial courtof ex-Gujarat ATS chief DGVanzara and five other policeofficers Gujarat and Rajasthan,in the case of encounter of sus-pected gangster SohrabuddinShaikh, his wife and aide, afterholding the pleas challengingtheir discharge were "devoid ofmerit".

Dismissing revision appli-cations filed by RubabuddinShaikh, brother of deceasedSohrabuddin Shaikh, and theCentral Bureau of Investigationchallenging the discharge offive police officers in thealleged fake encounters, JusticeAM Badar of the High Courtgranted relief to former IPSofficers Vanzara, RajkumarPandian and NK Amin of theGujarat police, Dinesh MNand Dalpat Singh Rathod of theRajasthan Police.

Justice AM Badar also dis-charged Gujarat police officerVipul Aggarwal, a co-accusedin the encounter ofSohrabuddin Shaikh, his wifeKausar Bi and their aideTulsiram Prajapati.

Justice Badar held thatthere was not enough evidenceagainst the accused police offi-cers to directly link them withthe alleged fake encounters ofSohrabuddin, Kausarbi andTulsiram Prajapati. Heobserved that prior sanction toprosecute a public servantunder Section 197 of CrPC wasrequired in the case and thatthe accused police officersenjoyed this protection underlaw.

“In the instant case, asallegations made against thedischarged accused in chargesheets filed by the prosecutingagencies show that the alleged

offence was committed by therespondent/discharged accusedno.1 in discharge of his officialduty and under the colour ofoffice, even if it is assumed thatthe discharged accused acted inexcess of his official duty, thenalso he is entitled to claim pro-tection of section 197 of theCode of Criminal Procedure,”the Judge noted.

The Prosecution’s case wasthat in order to curb the nui-sance created by SohrabuddinShaikh, who was “a dreadedcriminal”, accused police offi-cers from both Gujarat andRajasthan had entered into acriminal conspiracy to elimi-nate him which they did and infurtherance of this conspiracy,they killed Kausarbi andTulsiram Prajapati. The GujaratPolice had earlier claimed thatSohrabuddin had links withDawood Ibrahim and the ISI.

The police officers, whomthe High Court granted relief,were among the 33 accused inthe "fake" encounters ofSohrabuddin Shaikh, Kausar Biin November 2005 andPrajapati in December 2006.

The alleged Sohrabuddinfake encounter case was trans-ferred to Mumbai in September2012 at CBI’s request for fairtrial. In 2013, the SupremeCourt had clubbed TulsiramPrajapati’s encounter killingcase with that of Sohrabuddin.

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The rupee weakened fur-ther to hit a fresh low of

72.48 against the US currency,falling 75 paise in late morningdeals on Monday on risingcrude oil prices, strengtheningdollar and a widened currentaccount deficit.

Earlier the rupee resumedslightly lower at 72.18 againstlast Friday’s closing level of71.73 a dollar at the InterbankForeign Exchange here.

The domestic unit wit-nessed intense volatility andtraded between 72.07 and hitall-time low of 72.48 duringmorning deals.

India’s current accountdeficit (CAD) widened to USD15.8 billion in April-June invalue terms this year as againstUSD 15 billion in the same quar-ter of 2017-18, mainly due to ahigher trade deficit, according toRBI data released on Friday.

Domestic macro situationand dollar’s strength amid fearof currency crisis continued tospook the rupee, a dealer said.

Overseas, the US dollaredged higher against a basket

of currencies in early Asiantrade on strong US August jobsdata and fears of an escalationin the China-US trade conflict.

Meanwhile, the 30-shareBSE Sensex is trading lower by238.01 points, or 0.62 per cent,at 38,151.81 at 1055 hrs.

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Stock markets tanked morethan 1 per cent to close at

three-week low levels onMonday following a globalslide in equities due to tradewar concerns which alsodragged the rupee to a recordlow of 72.67 in day trade.

The benchmark 30-shareBSE Sensex closed at a three-week low of 37,922.17, down by467.65 points or 1.22 per cent,which was its biggest single-dayfall since March 16 when it lost509.54 points.

The 50-share NSE Niftyalso dropped below the 11,500-level by plunging 151 points or1.30 per cent — its biggest sin-gle-day fall since February 6 —to close at 11,438.10, the lowestclosing since August 16. Intra-day, it hit a low of 11,427.30.

Negative leads from glob-al markets as investors turnedcautious amid fears of a possi-ble escalation in the US-Chinatrade conflict hit the marketsentiment.

“Markets slid as fears ofescalating US-China trade wardented the confidence. As a

direct impact of rising crude oilprice, widened current accountdeficit and strengthening dol-lar on account of a strong USjob data, rupee succumbed toa new low and 10-year yieldrose further,” Vinod Nair, Headof Research, Geojit FinancialServices Ltd said.

US President Donald Trumpon Friday threatened to slap tar-iffs on all Chinese imports, fan-ning fears of intensifying tradewar between the two majoreconomies and their rippleimpact on emerging markets.

Beijing also warned ofretaliation if the US goes aheadwith any new measures.

Sentiment also took a blowafter Moody’s Investors Servicesaid sustained weakening of therupee is “credit negative” forIndian companies which gen-erate revenue in rupees but relyon US dollar debt to fundtheir operations.

The Indian rupee hasdepreciated 13 per cent so farin 2018 and touched a historiclow of �72.67 to a dollarMonday before a rebound onstrong intervention of theReserve Bank.

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Sustained weakening of the rupee is “credit negative” for Indiancompanies which generate revenue in rupees but rely on US

dollar debt to fund their operations, Moody’s Investors Service saidon Monday.The Indian rupee has depreciated 13 per cent so farin 2018 and has touched a historic low of �72.32 to a dollar.

“Nevertheless, most rated India-based corporates have protec-tions in place — including natural hedges, some US dollar revenuesand financial hedges — to limit the negative credit implications ofa potential further 10 per cent weakening of the rupee to the USdollar from Thursday’s (September 6) rate (of 72.11 a dollar),”Moody’s VP and Senior credit officer Annalisa DiChiara said.

Of the 24 Moody’s-rated India-based corporates across thehigh-yield and investment grade categories, 12 generate most oftheir revenue in US dollars or have contracts priced in US dol-lars, providing a natural hedge, and thus limiting the effect a weak-ening in the rupee could have on their cash flows, it said. These24 corporates include those in the IT, oil and gas, chemicals, auto-mobiles, commodities, steel, and real estate development sectors.

“A sustained weakening of the rupee would be credit nega-tive for its rated Indian companies, particularly those that gen-erate revenue in rupees but rely on US dollar debt to fund theiroperations and have significant dollar-based costs, including cap-ital expenses,” Moody’s said.

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Moody’s Investors Serviceon Monday said robust

steel demand, especially fromthe domestic construction,infrastructure and automotivesectors will keep end-productprices high, even as rising costsfor key inputs, coking coaland iron ore pressure prof-itability.

In its latest report, Moody’ssaid the outlook for the Asiansteel industry is stable, reflect-ing the consideration that theprofitability of rated producerswill increase moderately overthe next 12 months against thebackdrop of overall steady

regional demand, it said.For India, the US-based

agency said that “with minimalnew steel capacity expected tobe commissioned until 2021 inIndia, robust steel demandespecially from the construc-tion, infrastructure and auto-motive sectors will keep end-product prices high, even as ris-ing costs for key inputs, cokingcoal and iron ore, pressureprofitability.”

Meanwhile, India’s steelsector consolidation will driveimprovement in the industry’scapacity utilisation levels and

mute the pressure on prof-itability, Moody’s said.

India has set a target ofincreasing its steel makingcapacity to 300 million tonneby 2030-31.

It further said India will bethe brightest spot over the next12-18 months, with the coun-try’s steel consumption rising atleast 5.5-6 per cent every year,tracking strong GDP growth of7.3-7.5 per cent.

Under the new steel poli-cy, the country aims to increaseper capita steel consumption tothe level of 160 kg by 2030.

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India’s second largest soft-ware services firm Infosys

said on Monday it has signeda three-year partnership withthe Australian Open as its offi-cial digital innovation partner.

Infosys will leverage itsexpertise in emerging technolo-gies like Big Data and Analytics,Artificial Intelligence as well asVirtual and Augmented Reality,to provide unique, innovativeand engaging experiences forfans, Infosys said in a statement.

The financial details of thedeal were, however, not dis-closed.

“Partnering with Infosys isan exciting next step in ourongoing quest to innovate theAustralian Open and engage

new audiences across theworld,” Craig Tiley,Tournament Director,Australian Open, said.

Tennis Australia is the gov-erning body of tennis inAustralia, promoting and facil-itating participation the sportat all levels, as well as con-ducting national and interna-tional tournaments and events.

The partnership is aboutcreating new ways of experi-encing the Australian Open,Infosys CEO and ManagingDirector Salil Parekh said.

“We are really excited aboutthe opportunity to showcasehow digital technologies canenhance the boundaries of thistournament, to change the waythe Australian Open is watched,analysed and played,” he added.

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Jack Ma, one of China’s rich-est men, announced on

Monday he would step down asAlibaba’s executive chairmannext year as he unveiled anunprecedented succession planon his 54th birthday, namingthe e-commerce giant’s CEO ashis successor.

Ma will remain Alibaba’sexecutive chairman during theyear-long period to ensure a“smooth and successful” tran-sition, and stay on as anAlibaba director until a share-holder’ meeting in 2020, HongKong-based South ChinaMorning Post, which is ownedby Alibaba, reported.

Ma will hand over the keysof his company to 46-year-oldDaniel Zhang in an unprece-dented succession plan that willslowly take the focus off one ofChina’s most recognisable cor-porate names over the next 12months, the Post report said.

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India’s economic growth isexpected to moderate in the

second half of this financialyear after a strong first quarter,owing to tighter financial con-ditions, high oil prices andslowing global growth, says aUBS report.

The global financial ser-vices major expects real GDPgrowth to slow to 7-7.3 per centin the second half of this fiscalfrom 8.2 per cent in June 2018quarter.

“We believe headwinds,including tighter financial con-ditions, high oil prices, slowingglobal growth and a still mutedprivate corporate capex recov-ery on legacy issues of highdebt and weakened balancesheets will weigh on India’sgrowth momentum,” UBSSecurities India’s EconomistTanvee Gupta Jain andStrategist Rohit Arora said in aresearch note.

According to official data,the Indian economy grew at a

two-year high of 8.2 per cent inthe April-June quarter of cur-rent fiscal on good show bymanufacturing and farm sec-tors.

On the monetary policyfront, the report said that theMonetary Policy Committee(MPC) of the Reserve Bank isexpected to take a breather inthe near-term amid rising glob-al uncertainties like trade warsand oil prices.

“In a scenario where tradewars drag global growth andpush commodity prices lower,India might benefit as a disin-flationary environment lowersexternal stability risks. Rateswill likely be kept on hold inthis case,” the report said.

However, “in an alterna-tive scenario where India con-tinues to be affected by theheadwinds of rising oil prices,capital outflows, populistspending and political uncer-tainty leading to financial sta-bility concerns, a 50 bps hikeis likely for the rest of this fis-cal,” it noted.

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The major fac-tor for rising

prices of petroland diesel is theglobal macro sit-uation, saidindustry bodyASSOCHAM butexpressed hopethe tax burden would bebrought down to some extent.

“It has been our stand thatpetrol and diesel should bebrought under the Goods andServices Tax (GST). However,it may not be feasible at thispoint of time”, ASSOCHAMsecretary general, Uday KumarVarma, told.

The major factor, at thispoint of time, for rising pricesof petrol and diesel is the glob-al macro situation, impactingthe entire pack of EmergingMarkets, with India being noexception, he said.

The US dollar, Varma said,has been appreciating againstmost currencies of the world,

so the weakening of rupeeagainst the dollar has to be seenin that context.

With India being a largeimporter of crude oil, the cur-rency depreciation does havean impact on the landedprices, he said. Besides, thecrude, in any case, has beenrising amidst a firm globalsentiment.

“We, in the ASSOCHAM,are confident that the govern-ment and the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) are seized of thematter and are consideringvarious options including theoption of bringing down thetax burden to some extent,” hesaid.

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The NSE Academy Limited,a wholly owned subsidiary

of National Stock Exchange ofIndia Limited (NSE),Knowledge@Wharton (K@W),the online journal of researchand business analysis of theWharton School of theUniversity of Pennsylvania andWharton Executive Education(WEE) have signed aMemorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) toimpart financial knowledge

and skills to Indian high schoolstudents across the country.

The 9th and 10th gradestudents in Tier II and IIIcities would get a great oppor-tunity to have access to thecourses from one of the world’smost renowned businessschool, Wharton School.Wharton’s specialized globalcourses will be offered to stu-dents in smaller towns throughstate of art technology.

The think-tank at the NSEand Wharton are in the processof designing developmental

and customized content forthe course based on materialsdeveloped byKnowledge@Wharton HighSchool and Wharton ExecutiveEducation. This course will bedelivered through a digitalplatform and will enable stu-dents to understand intricaciesof finance.

Limaye, MD & CEO, NSEand Michael R Gibbons,Deputy Dean, Wharton School,University of Pennsylvania,signed the MoU at TheWharton School of the

University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia.

NSE Academy, WhartonExecutive Education andKnowledge@Wharton will col-laborate to educate high schoolstudents in India about financeand investment. They will alsowork together to furtherexpand theKnowledge@Wharton HighSchool (KWHS) InvestmentCompetition, which has beenoffered to high school stu-dents in India and other coun-tries in recent years.

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Delhi invites on behalf of President of India, online item rate single/two bids for followingwork:-1. NIT N0.59/2018-19/EE(E)-I/CCW-AIR/ Delhi.Name of Work:Non- Comprehensive main-

tenance of Cinema Projection Sound System in Auditorium-I,II,III&IV at Sirifort Auditorium,New Delhi, (i) Estimated cost Rs.589599/-, (ii) Earnest Money Rs.11792/- Period ofcompletion:-12 months, Last date & Time of submission of bid 3.00 P.M on 17/09/2018.

2. NIT NO. 60/2018-19/EE(E)-I/CCW-AIR/Delhi. Name of Work: Maintenance of CCTVsystem and allied equipments at Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi, (i) Estimated costRs.567082/-, (ii) Earnest Money Rs.11342/- Period of completion: -12 months, Lastdate & Time of submission of bid 3.00 P.M on 17/09/18.

3. NIT NO. 61/2018-19/EE(E)-I/CCW-AIR/Delhi. Name of work: - RMO Early Fire Alarm& Fire Fighting System at Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi. (SH : Repairing and servic-ing of Air smoke ventilation and pump sets i/c Replacement of defective accessories)(i) Estimated cost Rs. 815186/-,(ii) Earnest Money Rs.16304/- Period of completion: -20 Days, Last date & Time of submission of bid 3.00 P.M on 17/09/18.

4. NIT NO.62/2018-19/EE(E)-I/CCW-AIR/ Delhi.Name of Work: RMO EFA & Fire FightingSystem at NBH, AIR, New Delhi during 2018-19. (SH: Round the clock operation andgeneral maintenance EFA & Fire Fighting system), (i) Estimated cost Rs.976776/-, (ii)Earnest Money Rs.19536/- Period of completion: -12 months, Last date & Time of sub-mission of bid 3.00 P.M on 17/09/2018.

Note: - The bid forms and other details can be obtained from the website: - www.tender-wizard.com/AIR.

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Alastair Cook scored 147 in hisfinal innings in company of skip-per Joe Root, who was back in

form with a three figure mark asEngland reached 364 for 6 at tea on thepenultimate day of the fifth Test.

England now enjoy an overall leadof 404 runs and the 259-run stand forthe third wicket between Cook and Root(125) killed the contest.

While Cook made it a memorableending to his illustrious career with a33rd hundred, Root scored his first hun-dred in 28 innings as Indian bowlersstruggled in absence of an injuredIshant Sharma.

While Cook's 286 ball knock had 14boundaries, Root hit 12 fours and a sixoff 190 balls as both were dismissed offsuccessive deliveries by debutantHanuma Vihari (2/24).

In the post lunch session, the duolooked to build on their partnership andfurther frustrate the Indian bowlers,bringing up their 200-stand off 303 balls.

Root, on 94, got a second life asCheteshwar Pujara dropped him at firstslip off Mohammed Shami (2-97) in the77th over. He then went on to score his14th Test hundred off 151 balls.

Thereafter, Root started attacking asEngland crossed 300 in the 88th over.India were a bowler short with Ishantleaving the field due to ankle pain.

Vihari struck twice in the 95th over.First, Root holed out and then Cook wascaught behind, with the opener walkingoff to a standing ovation as well as con-gratulatory handshakes from the Indianteam.

Shami then got reward as JonnyBairstow (18) played on and RavindraJadeja (2-147) removed Jos Buttler fora duck as England looked to score somequick runs in sight of a declaration.

Earlier, Cook's hundred helpedEngland reach 243-2 at lunch. Startingfrom overnight 114-2, first up he reachedhis half-century off 127 balls.

He and Root continued to plunderruns at an easy pace as 55 runs came inthe first hour of play, and 129 runs over-all in this morning session, the best ofthis fifth Test.

In doing so, the duo raised their 100-partnership off 171 balls as Cook start-ed breaking records. First, on 76, he wentpast Kumar Sangakkara as the highest-

scoring left-handed batsman in Testcricket history, and will finish as thefifth-highest run-scorer overall afterSachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting,Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid.

Meanwhile, at the other end, Rootscored his half-century off 81 balls asEngland crossed 200 in the 63rd over.He had been dropped at slip by AjinkyaRahane, on 46, off Jadeja in the 56thover.

The big moment then came in the70th over of this innings as an overthrowfrom Jasprit Bumrah (0-61) gave Cookhis 33rd Test century off 210 balls, sur-passing Australia's Steve Waugh (32).

Additionally, Cook became only

the fifth batsman in Test cricket histo-ry to score hundreds in his first and lastmatches, after Australians Reggie Duff,Bill Ponsford, Greg Chappell and India'sMohammad Azharuddin.

Further, this was his seventh Testhundred against India, more than anyother English batsman, ahead of KevinPietersen's six hundreds. He is now alsothe second-highest run-scorer in Testcricket after Ponting (2555 runs).

With 15 hundreds in second inningsin Test cricket, he also over tookSangakkara (14 hundreds).

India seemed to have gone off theboil especially with one strike bowlershort, as the duo ground them for runs.

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Legend has it that Sir Don Bradman was teary-eyedwhen he was beaten by Eric Hollies' googly in his

final Test match at the Oval in 1948.However, just over 70 years later at the same ground,

Alastair Cook showed no such emotions as he scoredanother workmanlike hundred, his 33rd and final onein Test cricket, against India.

Interestingly, his debut hundred was also againstIndia, at Nagpur in 2006.

Not many have scored a hundred on their debut andfarewell Test and Cook joined the elite club which alsohas Greg Chappell and Mohammed Azharuddin.

He is only the fifth such cricketer with the other twobeing Bill Ponsford and Reginald Duff.

While Chappell's was an official retirement, in caseof Azhar, the Test match against South Africa was his

99th and last one as he was never picked again due tomatch-fixing allegations.

Purists equate left-handed batsmen with grace butCook was a paradox with his effective batting that wasdevoid of elegance.

David Gower's cover drive remains a stuff of leg-ends but Cook has been a working class hero as JohnLenon would have put it.

If the ball is on his pads, he would just whip it anddeliveries with width would be ferociously cut.

However, it will be difficult to remember Cook'sshots even though the impact of his innings has alwaysbeen felt if one looked at the larger picture.

"He is totally committed to England and hedeserved a sweet send-off," said Sunil Gavaskar, whoscored one century more than the former England cap-tain. Cook's daughters were present and the applausewas generous as the Oval gave him a standing ovation.

But it never felt like an event taking place in anamphitheatre like it happened with Sachin Tendulkarat the Wankhede.

The celebrations were as minimal as it they havebeen for his eighth, 17th or 23rd century. Happy andmatter of fact.

After all, he had a job at hand. To frustrate the Indianattack no end and kill the match as a contest.

Rahul Dravid's team tasted it first in 2006,Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men suffered in 2011, 12 and14 and now it was the turn of Virat Kohli's band to meetthe same fate in 2018, albeit the last time.

Cook said that he had "nothing left in the tank" butwhat he didn't say was that there was a last ounce pre-sent and it was meant for the 'Three Lions'.

There was no place for any over-riding emotionsand he was as focussed against Ishant Sharma's angu-lar deliveries on third evening as he was against rook-ie Hanuma Vihari's off-breaks at the stroke of lunchMonday.

In the end, he has given it his all and even ensuredthat Mick Jagger donates 20,000 pounds for charity ashe had promised if someone scored a century or tookfive wickets. Really, he had nothing left in the tank andas his one-time teammate Graeme Swann aptly put it"Cookie is the oldest 33-year-old on the planet."

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Abundle of nerves ahead of hisTest debut, Hanuma Vihari

said a phone call to Rahul Dravidput his mind at ease and helpedhim get the maiden fifty that res-cued India from a difficult situationagainst England.

Vihari scored 56 and put on avital 77-run partnership withRavindra Jadeja (86 not out) to helpIndia post 292 in their first inningson Sunday.

"I called him the day before Imade my debut. He spoke to me fora couple of minutes and I thoughtit eased my nerves a little bit. Heis a legend of the game; and hisinputs especially in the battingdepartment (helped me)," Viharispoke about the influence of theformer captain, who is currentlythe India A coach.

"He just told me that 'you havethe skill set; you have the mind setand the temperament, just go outthere and enjoy yourself '...I wouldlike to give him a lot of creditbecause my journey with India Awas very important for me tocome here, his inputs made me abetter player."

Vihari said that he was nervouswhile facing James Anderson andStuart Broad in his maiden innings.

"Initially I felt the pressure tobe honest...But once I got myself in,it eased my nerves and it was animportant partnership betweenJadeja and me," he said.

"They are world-class bowlers.They have 990-odd wicketsbetween them. Going out to bat, Ijust wanted to be positive in my

intent. Especially when Virat isthere, you just have to be there withhim, rotate the strike and try tobuild a partnership.

Vihari also credited skipperVirat Kohli for guiding him in hisTest debut.

"...Having Virat at the othermade my job a little easier I guess.His inputs helped me initially. Hegave me some cues so that I couldplay it comfortably," he said.

"I will give a lot of credit to himfor helping me out initially. Butonce I settled down, the wicket wasvery good to bat on especially withthe medium pacers it got a lot slow-er yesterday," he added.

Vihari said that he found outabout his selection in the team aday before the final Test.

"Obviously, I was very thrilled.Because that was my dream, grow-ing up playing cricket. I firstinformed my family about it andthey were very happy as well.

"It's just the start. I know I haveto do a lot of things to cement myplace in the Indian team, which Idefinitely want to do. Getting a 50on debut is just the start. Going for-ward, scoring a lot of runs for Indiais my main goal."

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Proud of his players for com-peting well against a superi-

or French team, India's U-19football head coach Floyd Pintosaid his boys proved that theybelonged on the same pitch astheir elite opponents.

The Indian U-19 team wentdown 0-2 against the French U-19 side in the four-nation tour-nament, which concluded onSunday.

"I am happy with the team'sperformance in the tourna-ment," Floyd said.

"The boys stood firm andrestricted a far superior oppo-nent for most of the match.Considering some of the Frenchplayers are playing in FrenchLigue 1, our boys did a brilliantjob. They proved that theybelonged on the same pitch astheir elite opponents," he added.

A goal in each of the twohalves helped France eke out a2-0 victory.

"In such matches, it is

imperative that we defend well.The two goals we concededcame from minor errors. Weneed to work on that aspect," hequipped.

The Indian team had earli-er lost by a late goal againstSlovenia (0-1) and had gonedown 0-5 to Croatia in its firstmatch.

"All three games wereagainst high quality opponents,preparing for the Euro U-192019 qualifiers. I am extremely

proud of my boys. Lookingback, we were unable to take ourchances, especially those againstSlovenia. The only blip was thefirst half against Croatia wherewe conceded a lot of goals,"Floyd said.

The team will now departfor the Serbian shores where thecolts will clash against the hostsin back-to-back Internationalfriendlies on September 13 and17.

"Serbia will be another chal-

lenge and we are hopeful aboutcarving out a win. Those match-es will further help us in ourpreparation for the seasonahead," Floyd said.

In the match, goalkeeperPrabhsukhan Gill denied theFrench colts a scoring opportu-nity in the eighth minute but theopponents grabbed the lead inthe 18th minute.

India had a chance in the34th minute to level proceedingsbut Aniket Jadhav was unable toget the ball past the French goal-keeper.

Goalkeeper Gill came upwith another acrobatic save inthe 44th minute as both teamsheaded to the interval withFrance enjoying a 1-0 lead.

Changing over, Aniket hadanother chance to level the pro-ceedings in the 65th minute buthis lob went inches over thecrossbar.

France sealed the fate of thematch in the 73rd minute, mak-ing it 2-0. India ended the tour-nament without a win.

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Srikar Bharat hit a splendidton and his century stand

with Kuldeep Yadav put IndiaA in command over AustraliaA in the second unofficial Testat Alur on Monday.

Bharat struck a brilliant106 off 186 balls with 12boundaries and a six andtogether with Kuldeep (52)shared crucial 113 runs for theeighth wicket to take India A to505 all out in their first inningsin reply to Australia A's 346.

At stumps on day three,Australia were 38 for two intheir second innings, still trail-ing India A by 121 runs.

Earlier resuming the day at223 for three, India A lostcaptain Shreyas Iyer (42) first,cleaned up by Mitchell Marsh.

Then Bharat walked intothe middle and built a 41-runpartnership for fifth wicketwith Shubman Gill (50), whowas bowled by Chris Tremainbefore lunch.

In the second session, IndiaA lost two more wickets—Krishnappa Gowtham (20)

and Deepak Chahar (6) withthe scoreboard reading 370 forseven.

But then Bharat andKuldeep managed to hold thefort and stitched a fine stand tohelp India A post a mammothtotal.

Ashton Agar (3/87) andTremain (3/41) picked up threewickets apiece for Australia A.

Australia A began theirsecond innings on a disastrousnote, losing Kurtis Pattersonand Matt Renshaw early.

Patterson (4) was picked byGowtham while Renshaw (19)fell to Shahbaz Nadeem.

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Indian football team headcoach Stephen Constantine

says the upcoming SAFF Cupsemifinal against arch-rivalsPakistan will be "just anothermatch".

India's back-to-back victo-ries against Sri Lanka andMaldives helped them book asemi-final clash with Pakistan onWednesday.

"We are aware of the contest.But that is nothing different. It'sjust another match. We can't letthe occasion get over us andhopefully, we will beat them toadvance to the final,"Constantine said on Monday.

The two sides last played anofficial match in September2013 in Kathmandu. India hadpiped Pakistan by eking out asolitary goal on that occasion.

Incidentally, Pakistan havequalified for the last-four ofSAFF Cup after 13 years andthey now lock horns with theseven-time champions, India.

Constantine also lauded

Nepal's achievements and calledthem deserving entrants into thesemifinals.

"Nepal have played somestupendous football and theyhave deservingly reached thesemis. Hopefully, we get a winagainst Pakistan and face Nepalin the final," he maintained.

Nepal will play Maldives inthe other semi-final.

Meanwhile, Manvir Singh,who was declared the MostValuable Player for his perfor-mance against Maldives, stated

his first international goal washis "most delightful moment" asa footballer.

"Scoring for the country isalways special. The first goal - it'sa different emotion. I was sniff-ing around but the goal waseluding me," he quipped.

"So finally, when I made it,it was the most delightfulmoment for me as a footballer.The win has been a result of ourteam game and now we're look-ing forward to the semi-finals,"he added.

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The Indian women's teamwill tour Sri Lanka from

September 11 to 16 for thethird round of the ICC Women'sChampionship, cricket's gov-erning body announced onMonday.

The bottom four sides in thepoints table — Sri Lanka, India,West Indies and South Africa—will look to make up groundon Australia, England, Pakistanand leaders New Zealand in therace to qualify for the ICCWomen's World Cup 2021.

The ICC Women's WorldCup 2017 finalists, India, areplaced sixth with a tally of fourpoints after six matches, bothwins coming in a 2-1 series winover South Africa, while SriLanka are yet to earn a pointafter completing their engage-ments against Pakistan and theWest Indies.

Sri Lanka will host Indiafrom September 11 to 16 in aseries that is important for bothteams.

For India, it is a chance tobounce back after their recentdefeat at the hands of defendingchampions Australia at home.While Sri Lanka will look to cap-italise on the opportunity toopen their account in home con-ditions while trying to forgettheir 0-3 series loss to India inthe last edition of the tourna-ment.

"We will definitely play toour calibre and potential tohelp us gain maximum pointsfrom our series against SriLanka. We look forward toclimb up the table and willwork together as a team," Indiacaptain Mithali Raj said.

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Novak Djokovic clinched his third USOpen title on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6(7/4), 6-3 triumph over Juan Martin del

Potro, taking him level with Pete Sampras's markof 14 Grand Slams.

Djokovic, playing in his eighth final in NewYork and already the champion in 2011 and2015, is now just three Slams behind RafaelNadal and six back from the record 20 held byRoger Federer.

It was also the third time the 31-year-oldSerb —who missed last year's tournament withan elbow injury which sent his career into a mini-crisis — completed the Wimbledon-US Opendouble.

For world number three Del Potro, it was aheartbreaking experience coming in just his sec-ond Slam final, nine years after he was crownedUS Open champion.

It was Djokovic's 15th win over theArgentine and fifth in five at the Slams. Victoryalso means that 50 of the last 55 majors have beenwin by the 'Big Four' of Federer, Nadal, Djokovicand Andy Murray.

After taking just two points off Del Potro'sfirst three service games, Djokovic, in hiseighth final in New York and 23rd at the majors,pounced to break for 5-3.

The key was his success with a lung-bust-ing 22-shot rally and he pocketed the set whenthe 29-year-old del Potro netted a forehand.

It was only the second set dropped by theArgentine at the tournament.

For Djokovic, it was an illustration of himgrowing into the championships as he took hisrun of consecutive sets won to 14, stretching backto the second round against Tennys Sandgren.

Djokovic was soon 3-1 up in the second setbefore Del Potro carved out his first break pointof the match to level at 3-3.

He had three more chances in the eighth,all saved by Djokovic in a marathon 20-minutegame which left even Hollywood superstar MerylStreep clasping her head in astonishment.

The effort took its toll on a suddenly weary-looking Del Potro as a 95-minute set was claimedby Djokovic in the tiebreak.

Del Potro was looking at having to becomethe first man since Pancho Gonales in 1949 towin the US title from two sets down. Djokovicsprinted into a 3-1 lead in the third set beforea battling Del Potro clung on, hitting back for3-3.

But off the back of a 24-shot rally, Djokovicbroke again for 5-3 and he was within tantalis-ing touching distance of his 14th Grand Slam

title, just three months after he had left RolandGarros in despair after a shattering quarter-finalexit.

A �3B��6������/�����-Novak Djokovic was thrilled to match Pete

Sampras with a 14th Grand Slam title at the USOpen on Sunday, but he said it's Roger Federerand Rafael Nadal who have made him the play-er he is.

"Pete Sampras is one of the biggest legendsever to play the game," Djokovic said after earn-ing a third US Open crown with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4),6-3 victory over Juan Martin del Potro.

"He was my childhood idol. He was some-one I was looking up to. The first actual thingI saw related to tennis on the TV was his firstor second Wimbledon championship. Thatinspired me to start playing tennis.

"There is a lot of significance of me beingnow shoulder to shoulder in terms of GrandSlam wins with him." The victory puts Djokovicthree Slam wins away from Nadal's 17 and six

behind Federer's record 20.It will also see him rise to number three in

the world behind Nadal and Federer — the rank-ings again reflecting the "Big Three" status theyhave shared for so long.

Djokovic had tumbled down the rankings,slowed last year by an elbow injury and a lossof confidence that accompanied a 54-week titledrought.

Since bursting out of the slump with anunexpected Wimbledon title he has gone from

strength to strength, adding a long-awaitedCincinnati Masters title to his resume beforeadding the US Open title to those he won in 2011and 2015.

Djokovic faced neither of his greatest rivalsen route to the title in Flushing Meadows.

Seeded to face Federer in the quarter-finals,he found himself instead across the net fromJohn Millman after the unheralded Australianstunned the Swiss great.

Nadal hobbled out of a semi-final matchagainst Del Potro after two sets. Djokovic wouldhave relished taking on either — or both,although he admits that early in his career thatwasn't always the case.

"Maybe 10 years ago I would say I'm not sohappy to be part of this era with Nadal andFederer," he said.

"Today I really am. I feel like these guys, rival-ries with these guys, matches with Federer andNadal, have made me the player I am, haveshaped me into the player I am today."

"I owe it to them."

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Juan Martin del Potro believesNovak Djokovic can end his

career as the most successfulGrand Slam title winner, sur-passing Roger Federer's currentmark of 20.

Djokovic clinched his thirdUS Open title on Sunday with a6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 triumph overdel Potro, taking him level withPete Sampras's mark of 14 GrandSlams.

The 31-year-old Serb is nowjust three behind Rafael Nadaland six back from Federer.

"Of course he can," said DelPotro when asked if Djokoviccan claim the record over

Federer who is almost sixyears his senior.

"He has 14 already. Hewon two Grand Slams inone year. He's healthy. Hehas a great team workingwith him.

"Hopefully him, Rafa,Roger will still fight for Grand

Slams, because it is so nice towatch them fighting for thehistory.

"We just do what we canagainst them. But Novak haseverything to make records inthis sport." Del Potro was play-ing in his first Grand Slam finalsince lifting the US Open title in2009 at the age of 20, beatingNadal and Federer back-to-back.

He owns 10 wins over worldnumber one players — the mostby anyone who has neverreached the top ranking them-selves.

This year he defeatedFederer in the Indian WellsMasters final while in 2016 hewas a key figure as Argentinawon a first Davis Cup.

Playing at a career highthree in the world, Del Potroinsists he is happy to be playingin the era of Djokovic, Federerand Nadal.

"Of course, it is a big chal-lenge to take these kind of tour-naments to them. But also Ithink we are proud to be close to

these legends," said the 29-year-old.

"I've been during all mycareer learning with Novak,Roger, Rafa, seeing them win-ning these events very often. It'samazing.

"I don't feel sad that I could-n't win Grand Slams because ofthem. I am just one of the guysthat have lucky to be in the sameera as them, and it's great."

Del Potro went into Sunday'sfinal buoyed by seeing offdefending champion and worldnumber one Nadal who wasforced to quit their semi-finalwith injury.

But he had a 4-14 losingrecord against Djokovic, includ-ing four at the Slams — two ofthem at the US Open in 2007 and2012.

"When you see a friend hold-ing the trophy, it's good. I'm gladthat Novak is the champion."

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The WTA is calling for equal treatmentof all tennis players and coaching to be

allowed across the sport in the aftermath ofthe US Open final.

Serena Williams was given three codeviolations by chair umpire Carlos Ramos inher 6-2, 6-4 loss to Naomi Osaka onSaturday, and Williams and critics inside andoutside of tennis argued that she wasn'ttreated the same as some male players.

The women's pro tour agreed."The WTA believes that there should be

no difference in the standards of toleranceprovided to the emotions expressed by menvs women and is committed to working withthe sport to ensure that all players are treat-ed the same. We do not believe that this wasdone last night," CEO Steve Simon said ina statement.

Men's champion Novak Djokovic saidhe thought Ramos should not have pushedWilliams so hard.

"Just maybe changed - not maybe, buthe did change the course of the match,"Djokovic said. "Was, in my opinion, maybeunnecessary. We all go through our emo-tions, especially when you're fighting for aGrand Slam trophy."

But he disagreed with Simon that menand women are treated differently.

"I don't see things as Mr Simon does. Ireally don't," Djokovic said. "I think men andwomen are, you know, treated in this way

or the other way depending on the situation.It's hard to generalize things, really. I don'tsee it's necessary really to debate that."

The first violation given to Williams wasfor coaching, which isn't allowed during anymen's matches but is permitted on thewomen's tour except in Grand Slam tour-naments.

Though Williams said she follows therules and never receives coaching during amatch, coach Patrick Mouratoglou acknowl-edged that he does it and says it's well knownthroughout the sport that all coaches do.

"We also think the issue of coachingneeds to be addressed and should beallowed across the sport," Simon said. "TheWTA supports coaching through its on-court coaching rule, but further review isneeded."

3�����A�����6-US Open champion Naomi Osaka on

Sunday tweeted that she was "grateful" forthe chance to take on childhood hero SerenaWilliams for her first Grand Slam title.

Osaka became the first Japanese play-er to win a Grand Slam with a 6-2, 6-4 vic-tory over Williams.

"So there's been a lot going on but I justwant to say, I was grateful to have the oppor-tunity to play on that stage on Saturday.Thank you," tweeted the 20-year-old Osaka,who is projected to rise to seventh in theworld rankings on Monday.

She posed with her trophy at Top of theRock Observation Deck at RockefellerCenter in New York.

Osaka's victory was overshadowed bythree code violations meted out to Williams,which led to an emotional outburst from the23-time Grand Slam champion in the sec-ond set and made for a chaotic end to thematch.

Williams was hit with a $17,000 fine forthe violations, and debate raged as towhether it was the actions of chair umpireCarlos Ramos or of Williams herself thatwere more deserving of censure.

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Ahistoric Asiad Silver added to herpath-breaking career collection, ace

Indian shuttler P V Sindhu would be des-perate to break the final jinx that hasplagued her for a while when she com-petes at the Japan Open starting Tuesday.

Sindhu has been outstanding this sea-son with Silver medals in all the majorevents this year -- the CommonwealthGames, the World Championship and theAsian Games.

They are all medals to be cherishedbut a hectic schedule leaves her with verylittle time to stay in the moment.

Add to it, the questions that have beenstaring at the Olympic Silver-medallist fornot being able to go the full distance inmarquee summit clashes.

Heading into the Asian circuit events,which include China and Korea, Sindhuwould look to put these questions to rest.

The third-seeded 23-year-old beginsher campaign against Japan's SayakaTakahashi.

She is expected to reach the quarter-

final where she islikely to face thethree-time eitherworld championCarolina Marin

or the formidable Akane Yamaguchi ofJapan.

Saina Nehwal, who won a Bronzemedal at the Asiad, has pulled out of the$ 700,000 BWF World Tour Super 750.

Among the men, Kidambi Srikanthand HS Prannoy will look to get over thedisappointing campaigns in the Worldchampionship and the Asian Games andgo deep into the draw.

Srikanth, a former world No 1 whosebest finish this season has been a semifi-nal appearance at the Malaysia Open, willface China's Huang Yuxiang. Prannoy willtake on Jonathan Christie, the Indonesianwho earned his country a maiden AsianGames Gold in August.

Sameer Verma, who clinched theHyderabad Open Super 100 tournamenton Sunday, will look to continue his goodrun when he faces Korea's Lee DongKeun.

However, B Sai Praneeth, who wonthe Singapore Open last year, withdrewfrom the tournament. The reasons for hispullout are not known.

In men's doubles, CommonwealthGames Silver-medallists SatwiksairajRankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who alsowon at Hyderabad, will square off againstthird seeded Japanese Takeshi Kamuraand Keigo Sonoda.

Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy willmeet Malaysia's Goh V Shem and TanWee Kiong.

CWG Bronze-medallists AshwiniPonnappa and N Sikki Reddy will fightit out with Korean combination of ChangYe Na and Jung Kyung Eun in women'sdoubles.

In mixed doubles, Pranaav JerryChopra and Sikki Reddy, who lost thefinals at Hyderabad on Sunday, facethird-seeded Indonesian pair of TontowiAhmad and Liliyana Natsir.

Satwik and Ashwini, on the otherhand, will hope to put it past second-seed-ed Chinese pair of Wang Yilyu andHuang Dongping.

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Aussie tennis great MargaretCourt has offered little sym-

pathy to Serena Williams after hercontroversial blow-up in the USOpen final believing that being out-played by Naomi Osaka led toSerena’s meltdown in on Saturday.

Serena has been criticised by24-time major champion MargaretCourt for her dramatic outburst atthe umpire during her US Openfinal loss to Naomi Osaka.

In incredible scenes at FlushingMeadows, Williams, aiming toequal Court's record of grand slamtriumphs, received a series of codeviolations en route to a 6-2, 6-4defeat to her 20-year-old opponent.

Williams initially felt hard doneby when handed a first-set warningfor what chair official Carlos Ramosbelieved to be on-court coaching.

The home favourite was thendocked a point for racket abuse,having been broken in the secondset, subsequently brandishingRamos a "liar" and a "thief ", com-ments which the umpire deemed tobe verbal abuse, warranting a gamepenalty.

Williams felt she had been

treated more harshly than a manwould in the same situation, butCourt, whose tally of Grand Slamsingles titles is being chased byWilliams had little sympathy for the36-year-old.

"We always had to go by therules," said Court, in quotes report-ed by The Australian.

"It's sad for the sport when aplayer tries to become bigger thanthe rules.

"Because the young player out-played her in the first set, I thinkpressure got her more than any-thing."

After the match, Williams''class' was hailed by the USTA pres-ident Katrina Adams, though plen-ty in the tennis world were lesscomplimentary.

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