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O n the 150th birth anniver- sary of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday, the BJP and Congress-led Opposition par- ties jostled to stake claim to his legacy as ruling party chief Amit Shah launched a nation- wide exercise to propagate his ideals while Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had a dig at it, saying the Mahatma’s soul would have been pained by what has been happening in India under the present dis- pensation. The Modi Government Government and the BJP went all out to lay claim to his lega- cy with Modi declaring the country open defecation-free and Shah leading a ‘Padyatra’ as part of the party’s four-month- long exercise to reach out to the masses and inspire them to fol- low ideas and ideals of the Father of the Nation. The entire top leadership of the BJP took part in a a range of programmes, events and ‘Padyatras’ highlighting Bapu’s life and times. Modi said the nation expresses its gratitude to Gandhi for his everlasting con- tribution to humanity. “We pledge to continue working hard to realise his dreams and create a better planet,” Modi wrote on Twitter. Speaking at a “Swachchh Bharat Diwas” programme at Sabrmati Ashram in Gujarat Modi said the world appreci- ated India for providing toilets to over 60 crore people. When Modi launched the ambitious Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign after becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, he had announced October 2, 2019 as the day India will be open defecation free (ODF), citing how Gandhi had laid immense stress on cleanliness and wanted the countrymen to pursue it. “Today rural India and its villages have declared them- selves ‘open defecation-free’,” he said. In a short video on Gandhi, Modi said his message of peace is still relevant to the world community. The PM also referred to the seven perversions Gandhi had cautioned people about. These are: Wealth without work, plea- sure without conscience, knowledge without character, visit without ethics, science without humanity, religion without sacrifice and politics without principles. Modi also wrote 931-word Op-Ed in New York Times titled “Why India and the World Need Gandhi” wherein he wrote, “As a tribute to Gandhi, I propose what I call the Einstein Challenge... How do we ensure the ideals of Gandhi are remembered by future generations? I invite thinkers, entrepreneurs and tech leaders to be at the fore- front of spreading Gandhi’s ideas through innovation.” Earlier in the day , Modi paid homage to Gandhi at Rajghat and later, he visited the Sabarmati Ashram and addressed a gathering in Ahmedabad. Top BJP leaders — such as Shah, party working president JP Nadda and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar — under- took ‘padyatra’, Gandhi’s favoured way to reach out to the masses, as part of “Gandhi Sankalp Yatra” as they gave a call to people to follow the ideals of the Father of the Nation. Shah asked people to fol- low the PM’s call to shun sin- gle-use plastic and said he is the only PM who has made clean- liness a mass movement, after Gandhi. Pointing to the perils of single-use plastic, the BJP pres- ident said it takes nearly 400 years for it to degrade. T op brass of the two main- stream regional parties, National Conference and PDP continue to remain under detention in Kashmir Valley even as the Jammu & Kashmir Government late on Tuesday night ended political detentions of handful of Jammu-based leaders after 58 days with an aim to kick-start political activ- ities ahead of Block Development Council polls beginning October 24. The timing of the release of these leaders, representing dif- ferent political parties, clearly indicated that the Government was keen on shoring up its own image by sending a clear mes- sage to the outside world that the democracy was flourishing at the grass roots level and “all is well” in the State. However, several released leaders have accused the Government of making the mockery of democracy by scheduling BDC polls at a time when every single top leader of mainstream political parties and their workers were in detention for nearly two months. Ironically, these leaders were let off with a clear cut warning not to trigger any political storm by making irre- sponsible statements aimed at provoking public mood in the region. Official sources said, “Leaders from the National Conference (NC), Congress and Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) in Jammu have been freed from their house deten- tion.” They were placed under preventive detention since August 5 after the abrogation of Article 370. I n a bid to curb air pollution and save environment, Delhi along with 20 other cities will pledge to reduce emissions and air pollu- tion on October 11 at Central European Summer Time (CEST) Tivoli Conference Centre, Copenhagen. Officials of the Delhi Government said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will also attend the C40 World Mayors Summit in Denmark between October 9 and 12 where he is expected to share the chal- lenges and successes of Delhi’s effort to curb pollution and improve quality of life and talk about initiatives taken by the city Government that led to 25 per cent reduction in Delhi’s air pol- lution. “Invited as the leader of one of the world’s largest metropo- lises, the CM will join leaders of cities like New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles and Berlin on the high table of urban power- houses to deliberate on the cli- mate crisis impacting the world,” said a statement from Chief Minister Office (CMO). C40 is a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change. C40 supports cities to collaborate effectively, share knowledge and drive meaningful, measurable and sustainable action on climate change. Around the world, C40 cities connect 94 of the world’s greatest cities to take bold climate action, leading the way towards a healthier and more sustainable future. “Representing 700+ mil- lion citizens and one quarter of the global economy, mayors of the C40 cities are committed to delivering on the most ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement at the local level, as well as to cleaning the air we breathe,” said the official. Additionally, the CM will also be speaking during the summit on the future plan of action on air pollution. In a ses- sion titled ‘Breathe Deeply’, city leaders, experts, and business leaders will discuss the innova- tive new solutions underway in cities that are improving air quality and creating healthier, more equitable and prosperous communities. Besides, the CM will also speak about odd-even scheme, improving the supply of electricity and other power sec- tor reforms at the summit called the ‘Asian Mayors and City Leaders Meeting on Low Carbon Inclusive Growth’. A s India steps up its crack- down on suspected black money stashed abroad, Switzerland has issued public notices to former IPL commis- sioner Lalit Modi and his wife Minal following requests made by Indian authorities about Swiss bank details of the couple. In its latest federal gazette notification on assistance sought by foreign jurisdictions under bilateral treaties for exchange of information on matters concerning suspected financial irregularities, Switzerland’s Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has named Lalit and Minal Modi (alias Minalini Modi) among such individuals. Detailed report on P10 I n a major setback for Pakistan, the UK High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of India in a decades-old legal dispute with Islamabad over funds belonging to the Nizam of Hyderabad at the time of Partition in 1947 and deposit- ed in a London bank account. The Nizam’s descendants, Prince Mukarram Jah — the titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad — and his younger brother Muffakham Jah, had joined hands with the Indian Government in the legal battle against the Pakistan Government over around 35 million pounds lying with NatWest Bank plc here. In his judgment handed down at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Justice Marcus Smith ruled that the “Nizam VII was beneficially entitled to the Fund and those claiming in right of Nizam VII – the Princes and India – are entitled to have the sum paid out to their order.” “Pakistan’s contentions of non-justiciability by reason of the foreign act of state doctrine and non-enforceability on grounds of illegality both fail,” the verdict notes. The dispute revolves around 1,007,940 pounds and nine shillings transferred in 1948 from the then Nizam of Hyderabad to the high com- missioner in Britain of the newly-formed state of Pakistan. That amount has since grown into 35 million pounds as the Nizam’s descendants, support- ed by India, claimed it belongs to them and Pakistan counter- claimed that it is rightfully theirs. “We are delighted that today’s judgment recognises His Exalted Highness the VIII Nizam’s rights to funds which have been in dispute since 1948. Our client was still a child when the dispute first arose and is now in his 80s. It is a great relief to see this dispute final- ly resolved in his lifetime,” said Paul Hewitt, partner in Withers LLP, who have acted for the VIII Nizam since Pakistan issued proceedings in 2013. “Justice Smith’s judgment covers a complex historical and legal set of issues, interpreting facts and events that occurred 70 years ago to establish that the funds, which now amount to 35 million, were always held in trust for our client’s grandfather, the VII Nizam. The judgment also makes important findings on justiciability… and whether a nation state can be a trustee,” he notes. In 2013, Pakistan had waived sovereign immunity by issuing a claim for the fund that opened the way for the current case to proceed. The Pakistan Government’s legal team had claimed the fund on two alter- native bases. One, referred to as the “Arms for Money Argument”, claimed that funds were trans- ferred to compensate/reim- burse/indemnify Pakistan for assistance provided in procur- ing/facilitating the supply and/or transportation of weapons. The second ground was that the funds were trans- ferred in order to keep them out of the hands of India, referred to by the judge as the “Safeguarding Argument”. Pakistan had made two further arguments – that the facts of this case were such as to render it non-justiciable because the original transfer was governmental in nature and that India’s annexation of Hyderabad in 1948 was an unlawful act, which tainted India and Nizam VIII’s claim. The UK High Court, dur- ing a trial earlier this year, had been asked to determine the “central question” of who exact- ly is the “beneficial” owner of the funds belonging to the late Nizam, Osman Ali Khan. While the Nizam, who faced the quandary of joining Pakistan or staying with India at the time of the funds transfer back in 1948, had later reportedly sought the return of the funds. NatWest Bank has since held on to the funds deposited into the London bank account of then Pakistan High Commissioner Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola in safekeeping until its rightful legal owner is established. While acknowledging that there was evidence of the sup- ply of arms by Pakistan to Hyderabad around this period, the judge said he had not been persuaded by Pakistan’s Arms for Money argument. T he Congress top leadership on Wednesday unleashed a sharp attack on the BJP claim- ing that the ruling party at the Centre is trying to appropriate the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi while killing Bapu’s very ideals and principles on which the foundation of India as a nation was built. Leading a padyatra on the occasion of 150 years celebra- tion of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said only the Congress has fol- lowed the path of Gandhi and has provided jobs, education and facilities to farmers, accom- plishments which are unparal- leled, no matter what others might claim. She questioned “those” who consider themselves supreme and indulge in the politics of falsehood cannot understand Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of truth, self rule and selfless service. “How can those who can do anything for power under- stand that Gandhiji was a wor- shipper of non-violence? How can those thirsty for power understand the meaning of Gandhiji’s Swaraj? Those who claim to be supreme at the first opportunity, how can they understand the value of selfless service of Gandhiji?” Sonia asked while attacking BJP, RSS and the NDA Government. Sonia also participated in the oath that Congress work- ers took to achieve the India of ‘Bapu’s’ dreams by keeping faith in constitutional values. “Gandhiji’s soul would be saddened by seeing the condi- tion of India in the last four- five years,” the Congress pres- ident said while attacking the current BJP dispensation. Several top Congress lead- ers, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, were among those who paid floral tributes to the Father of the Nation. S enior Congress leader Digvijay Singh here on Wednesday said it was shame- ful that while Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse is being glorified through social media, the country's founding father is being defamed. At an event to mark Gandhi's 150th birth anniver- sary, Singh told media persons, “Mahatma Gandhi was a nationalist, he did not just belong to the Congress. His ideology never dies. We remember him because he adopted the route of non-vio- lence, goodwill and love and took our country to freedom. However, today through social media, the way Mahatma Gandhi is being defamed and Nathuram Godse is being glo- rified, this is very shameful.” Singh said that efforts should be made to inculcate Mahatma Gandhi's ideology into children. Born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar town of Gujarat, Mahatma Gandhi or Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi adopted a non-vio- lent resistance and was the forefront of the freedom strug- gle against the colonial British rule with utmost patience. This led to India finally achieving its independence in 1947. Fondly known as Bapu, his unwavering belief in 'swaraj' (self-governance) and 'ahimsa' (violence) won him accolades across the world. Globally, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary is celebrated as the 'International Day of Non- Violence'. Both Congress and BJP are organising a number of events throughout the country to mark Bapu's 150th birth anniversary. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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Page 1: English News Paper | Breaking News | Latest Today News in ... · On the 150th birth anniver- sary of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday, the BJP and Congress-led Opposition par-ties jostled

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On the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhi

on Wednesday, the BJP andCongress-led Opposition par-ties jostled to stake claim to hislegacy as ruling party chiefAmit Shah launched a nation-wide exercise to propagate hisideals while Congress chiefSonia Gandhi had a dig at it,saying the Mahatma’s soulwould have been pained bywhat has been happening inIndia under the present dis-pensation.

The Modi GovernmentGovernment and the BJP wentall out to lay claim to his lega-cy with Modi declaring thecountry open defecation-freeand Shah leading a ‘Padyatra’ aspart of the party’s four-month-long exercise to reach out to themasses and inspire them to fol-low ideas and ideals of theFather of the Nation.

The entire top leadership ofthe BJP took part in a a rangeof programmes, events and‘Padyatras’ highlighting Bapu’slife and times. Modi said thenation expresses its gratitude toGandhi for his everlasting con-

tribution to humanity.“We pledge to continue

working hard to realise hisdreams and create a betterplanet,” Modi wrote on Twitter.

Speaking at a “SwachchhBharat Diwas” programme atSabrmati Ashram in GujaratModi said the world appreci-ated India for providing toiletsto over 60 crore people.

When Modi launched theambitious Swachh Bharat(Clean India) campaign afterbecoming the Prime Ministerin 2014, he had announcedOctober 2, 2019 as the dayIndia will be open defecationfree (ODF), citing how Gandhihad laid immense stress oncleanliness and wanted thecountrymen to pursue it.

“Today rural India and itsvillages have declared them-selves ‘open defecation-free’,” hesaid. In a short video onGandhi, Modi said his messageof peace is still relevant to theworld community.

The PM also referred to theseven perversions Gandhi hadcautioned people about. Theseare: Wealth without work, plea-sure without conscience,knowledge without character,

visit without ethics, sciencewithout humanity, religionwithout sacrifice and politicswithout principles.

Modi also wrote 931-wordOp-Ed in New York Timestitled “Why India and theWorld Need Gandhi” whereinhe wrote, “As a tribute toGandhi, I propose what I callthe Einstein Challenge... Howdo we ensure the ideals ofGandhi are remembered byfuture generations? I invitethinkers, entrepreneurs and

tech leaders to be at the fore-front of spreading Gandhi’sideas through innovation.”

Earlier in the day , Modipaid homage to Gandhi atRajghat and later, he visited theSabarmati Ashram andaddressed a gathering inAhmedabad.

Top BJP leaders — such asShah, party working presidentJP Nadda and Union MinisterPrakash Javadekar — under-took ‘padyatra’, Gandhi’sfavoured way to reach out to

the masses, as part of “GandhiSankalp Yatra” as they gave acall to people to follow theideals of the Father of theNation.

Shah asked people to fol-low the PM’s call to shun sin-gle-use plastic and said he is theonly PM who has made clean-liness a mass movement, afterGandhi.

Pointing to the perils ofsingle-use plastic, the BJP pres-ident said it takes nearly 400years for it to degrade.

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Top brass of the two main-stream regional parties,

National Conference and PDPcontinue to remain underdetention in Kashmir Valleyeven as the Jammu & KashmirGovernment late on Tuesdaynight ended political detentionsof handful of Jammu-basedleaders after 58 days with anaim to kick-start political activ-ities ahead of BlockDevelopment Council pollsbeginning October 24.

The timing of the release ofthese leaders, representing dif-ferent political parties, clearlyindicated that the Governmentwas keen on shoring up its ownimage by sending a clear mes-sage to the outside world thatthe democracy was flourishing at the grass rootslevel and “all is well” in theState.

However, several releasedleaders have accused theGovernment of making themockery of democracy byscheduling BDC polls at a timewhen every single top leader ofmainstream political partiesand their workers were in

detention for nearly twomonths.

Ironically, these leaderswere let off with a clear cutwarning not to trigger anypolitical storm by making irre-sponsible statements aimed at

provoking public mood in theregion.

Official sources said,“Leaders from the NationalConference (NC), Congressand Jammu & KashmirNational Panthers Party

(JKNPP) in Jammu have beenfreed from their house deten-tion.”

They were placed underpreventive detention sinceAugust 5 after the abrogation ofArticle 370.

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In a bid to curb air pollution andsave environment, Delhi along

with 20 other cities will pledge toreduce emissions and air pollu-tion on October 11 at CentralEuropean Summer Time (CEST)Tivoli Conference Centre,Copenhagen.

Officials of the DelhiGovernment said Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal willalso attend the C40 WorldMayors Summit in Denmarkbetween October 9 and 12 wherehe is expected to share the chal-lenges and successes of Delhi’seffort to curb pollution andimprove quality of life and talkabout initiatives taken by the cityGovernment that led to 25 percent reduction in Delhi’s air pol-lution.

“Invited as the leader of oneof the world’s largest metropo-lises, the CM will join leaders ofcities like New York, London,Paris, Los Angeles and Berlin onthe high table of urban power-houses to deliberate on the cli-mate crisis impacting the world,”said a statement from ChiefMinister Office (CMO).

C40 is a network of theworld’s megacities committed toaddressing climate change. C40

supports cities to collaborateeffectively, share knowledge anddrive meaningful, measurableand sustainable action on climatechange. Around the world, C40cities connect 94 of the world’sgreatest cities to take bold climateaction, leading the way towardsa healthier and more sustainablefuture. “Representing 700+ mil-lion citizens and one quarter ofthe global economy, mayors ofthe C40 cities are committed todelivering on the most ambitiousgoals of the Paris Agreement atthe local level, as well as tocleaning the air we breathe,” saidthe official.

Additionally, the CM willalso be speaking during thesummit on the future plan ofaction on air pollution. In a ses-sion titled ‘Breathe Deeply’, cityleaders, experts, and businessleaders will discuss the innova-tive new solutions underway incities that are improving airquality and creating healthier,more equitable and prosperouscommunities. Besides, the CMwill also speak about odd-evenscheme, improving the supply ofelectricity and other power sec-tor reforms at the summit calledthe ‘Asian Mayors and CityLeaders Meeting on Low CarbonInclusive Growth’.

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As India steps up its crack-down on suspected black

money stashed abroad,Switzerland has issued publicnotices to former IPL commis-sioner Lalit Modi and his wifeMinal following requests madeby Indian authorities aboutSwiss bank details of the couple.

In its latest federal gazettenotification on assistancesought by foreign jurisdictionsunder bilateral treaties forexchange of information onmatters concerning suspectedfinancial irregularities,Switzerland’s Federal TaxAdministration (FTA) hasnamed Lalit and Minal Modi(alias Minalini Modi) amongsuch individuals.

Detailed report on P10

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In a major setback forPakistan, the UK High Court

on Wednesday ruled in favourof India in a decades-old legaldispute with Islamabad overfunds belonging to the Nizamof Hyderabad at the time ofPartition in 1947 and deposit-ed in a London bank account.

The Nizam’s descendants,Prince Mukarram Jah — thetitular eighth Nizam ofHyderabad — and his youngerbrother Muffakham Jah, hadjoined hands with the IndianGovernment in the legal battleagainst the PakistanGovernment over around 35million pounds lying withNatWest Bank plc here.

In his judgment handeddown at the Royal Courts ofJustice in London, JusticeMarcus Smith ruled that the“Nizam VII was beneficiallyentitled to the Fund and those

claiming in right of NizamVII – the Princes and India –are entitled to have the sumpaid out to their order.”

“Pakistan’s contentions ofnon-justiciability by reason ofthe foreign act of state doctrineand non-enforceability ongrounds of illegality both fail,”the verdict notes.

The dispute revolvesaround 1,007,940 pounds andnine shillings transferred in1948 from the then Nizam ofHyderabad to the high com-missioner in Britain of thenewly-formed state of Pakistan.That amount has since growninto 35 million pounds as theNizam’s descendants, support-ed by India, claimed it belongsto them and Pakistan counter-claimed that it is rightfullytheirs.

“We are delighted thattoday’s judgment recognisesHis Exalted Highness the VIIINizam’s rights to funds which

have been in dispute since1948. Our client was still a childwhen the dispute first arose andis now in his 80s. It is a greatrelief to see this dispute final-ly resolved in his lifetime,” saidPaul Hewitt, partner in WithersLLP, who have acted for theVIII Nizam since Pakistanissued proceedings in 2013.

“Justice Smith’s judgmentcovers a complex historical andlegal set of issues, interpretingfacts and events that occurred70 years ago to establish that thefunds, which now amount to 35million, were always held intrust for our client’s grandfather,the VII Nizam. The judgmentalso makes important findingson justiciability… and whethera nation state can be a trustee,”he notes.

In 2013, Pakistan hadwaived sovereign immunity byissuing a claim for the fund thatopened the way for the currentcase to proceed. The Pakistan

Government’s legal team hadclaimed the fund on two alter-native bases.

One, referred to as the“Arms for Money Argument”,claimed that funds were trans-ferred to compensate/reim-burse/indemnify Pakistan forassistance provided in procur-ing/facilitating the supplyand/or transportation ofweapons. The second groundwas that the funds were trans-ferred in order to keep themout of the hands of India,referred to by the judge as the“Safeguarding Argument”.

Pakistan had made twofurther arguments – that thefacts of this case were such asto render it non-justiciablebecause the original transferwas governmental in natureand that India’s annexation ofHyderabad in 1948 was anunlawful act, which taintedIndia and Nizam VIII’s claim.

The UK High Court, dur-ing a trial earlier this year, hadbeen asked to determine the“central question” of who exact-ly is the “beneficial” owner ofthe funds belonging to the lateNizam, Osman Ali Khan. Whilethe Nizam, who faced thequandary of joining Pakistan orstaying with India at the time ofthe funds transfer back in 1948,had later reportedly sought thereturn of the funds.

NatWest Bank has sinceheld on to the funds depositedinto the London bank accountof then Pakistan HighCommissioner Habib IbrahimRahimtoola in safekeepinguntil its rightful legal owner isestablished.

While acknowledging thatthere was evidence of the sup-ply of arms by Pakistan toHyderabad around this period,the judge said he had not beenpersuaded by Pakistan’s Armsfor Money argument.

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The Congress top leadershipon Wednesday unleashed a

sharp attack on the BJP claim-ing that the ruling party at theCentre is trying to appropriatethe legacy of MahatmaGandhi while killing Bapu’svery ideals and principles onwhich the foundation of Indiaas a nation was built.

Leading a padyatra on theoccasion of 150 years celebra-tion of Mahatma Gandhi,Congress chief Sonia Gandhisaid only the Congress has fol-lowed the path of Gandhi andhas provided jobs, educationand facilities to farmers, accom-plishments which are unparal-leled, no matter what othersmight claim.

She questioned “those”who consider themselvessupreme and indulge in thepolitics of falsehood cannotunderstand Mahatma Gandhi’sideals of truth, self rule andselfless service.

“How can those who cando anything for power under-stand that Gandhiji was a wor-shipper of non-violence? Howcan those thirsty for powerunderstand the meaning ofGandhiji’s Swaraj? Those who

claim to be supreme at the firstopportunity, how can theyunderstand the value of selflessservice of Gandhiji?” Soniaasked while attacking BJP, RSS and the NDAGovernment.

Sonia also participated inthe oath that Congress work-ers took to achieve the India of‘Bapu’s’ dreams by keepingfaith in constitutional values.

“Gandhiji’s soul would besaddened by seeing the condi-tion of India in the last four-five years,” the Congress pres-ident said while attacking thecurrent BJP dispensation.

Several top Congress lead-ers, including former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh,were among those who paidfloral tributes to the Father ofthe Nation.

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Wednesday said it was shame-ful that while MahatmaGandhi's assassin NathuramGodse is being glorifiedthrough social media, thecountry's founding father isbeing defamed.

At an event to markGandhi's 150th birth anniver-sary, Singh told media persons,“Mahatma Gandhi was anationalist, he did not justbelong to the Congress. Hisideology never dies. Weremember him because headopted the route of non-vio-lence, goodwill and love andtook our country to freedom.However, today through socialmedia, the way MahatmaGandhi is being defamed andNathuram Godse is being glo-rified, this is very shameful.”

Singh said that effortsshould be made to inculcateMahatma Gandhi's ideologyinto children.

Born on October 2, 1869,in Porbandar town of Gujarat,

Mahatma Gandhi orMohandas KaramchandGandhi adopted a non-vio-lent resistance and was theforefront of the freedom strug-gle against the colonial Britishrule with utmost patience.

This led to India finallyachieving its independence in1947. Fondly known as Bapu,his unwavering belief in 'swaraj'(self-governance) and 'ahimsa'(violence) won him accoladesacross the world. Globally,Mahatma Gandhi's birthanniversary is celebrated asthe 'International Day of Non-Violence'.

Both Congress and BJPare organising a number ofevents throughout the countryto mark Bapu's 150th birthanniversary.

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Chief Minister Kamal Nathhas called upon the

younger generation of thecountry to adopt Gandhiji'svalues and principles andimplement them in life. He saidthat only by keeping Gandhi'svalues safe can we savemankind from trouble. KamalNath was inaugurating the“Gandhi Parv” ceremony orga-nized by the CultureDepartment at Bharat Bhavanon Gandhi Jayanti.

The Chief Minister saidthat Mahatma Gandhi con-nected the whole world withhis ideas, principles and values.His entire life was enveloped inIndian culture. He used tokeep his deeds and conduct thesame. He not only launched anon-violent revolution in Indiain his simple attire, but alsoattracted the whole world tohimself. The Chief Ministersaid that the younger genera-tion must get acquainted withGandhi and his thinking whichincludes the Indian culture

and its diversity, harmony,equality and unity. He said thatby adopting Gandhiji in one’slife, not only will the countrybut the whole world will befreed from various problems.

Culture MinisterVijaylaxmi Sadho said that asmall word like Bapu hadshook the whole of India andthe world. She said that todaywhen the world is facing chal-lenges of arms race, terrorismand religious frenzy in theworld, the ideas of MahatmaGandhi seem relevant. She toldthat the Culture Department isorganizing programmes in theentire state through creativeactivities so that Gandhi jireaches every common man.She said that the patriotic songsbeing sung in various dialectsduring the Freedom Struggle

are being documented.Nath inaugurated the “Phir

Gandhi” art exhibition on“Gandhi Parv”. Pictures, craftsand posters based on Gandhiji'slife and thoughts were dis-played in the exhibition. Anapp developed by SubodhKerkar related to bringingGandhiji to the common peo-ple through modern technolo-gy has also been outlined in theexhibition. The document ofMahatma Gandhi's cardiacexamination in the year 1937has also been displayed in theexhibition.

The Chief Minister alsoinaugurated the Khadi ArtExhibition organized in col-laboration with Gandhi Smritiand Darshan Samiti Delhi andMadhya Pradesh Khadi VillageIndustries Board.

Nath released a book pub-lished 50 years ago on Gandhiji's Madhya Pradesh visits andhis thoughts by the PublicRelations Department, againon the occasion. The book“Umreth Ke Gandhi” writtenby Pandit VishwambharnathPandey on Gandhi ji, “HardaKe Gandhi” written by Prof.Mahesh Dutt Mishra, Interviewmagazine focussed on Gandhiedited by renowned litterateurDhruv Shukla, picture expres-sions based on AshramBhajnavali and Suraaj Geetwere released on the occasion.

On this occasion, theLokayukta Sanstha of Punededicated to Gandhi's thoughts,ideals and philosophy wasgiven the Rashtriya MahatmaGandhi Alankaran Sammanfor outstanding services. As amark of respect, Neeraj Jain ofthe institution was awarded aSamman Nidhi of Rs 10 lakhs,shawl, shriphal and citation.The citation was read byPrincipal Secretary CulturePankaj Rag. Chief Secretary SRMohanty was also present.

Bhopal: Chief Minister KamalNath has said that GandhiPeeth will be established in alluniversities of the State. Also,Gandhi Stambh will be built inevery college. With this we willbe able to make students awareof Gandhiji’s thoughts, princi-ples and their struggles. KamalNath was addressing the ‘Mainhun Gandhi’ ceremony organ-ised on the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhi at theAcademy of Administrationon Wednesday.

Nath said that our youthare the future of the country.They will have to decide withwhom we envisage the coun-try’s future to be secure. He saidthat if today our country standsunder a flag with unity evenamong so many diversities ofcaste, religion, language andculture, the credit goes toGandhiji’s ideology. The ChiefMinister said that the future

generation needs to knowGandhiji because we can keepour country safe by the pathshown by him. He said that theyouth must focus specially ongaining knowledge along witheducation. He said that weattain education in schoolsand colleges but the knowledgeacquired throughout life,makes us capable of facinglife’s challenges.

Higher Education MinisterJitu Patwari said that non-vio-lence, tolerance, harmony,humanity and equality havebeen the main focus ofGandhiji’s ideas. This is also thespecialty of our country. Hesaid that we have launched acampaign in the colleges tofamiliarize the youth with theseideas of Gandhiji.

Acquainting the youthtoday with the personality andwork of Mahatma Gandhi isthe biggest need of the hour.

Patwari said that the futuregeneration will be apprisedwith Gandhian philosophythrough a portal developed on“Main hoon Gandhi” cam-paign.

The Higher EducationMinister said that ChiefMinister is representing theland of Mahakaushal, whichhas been visited by MahatmaGandhi several times.

He said that the ChiefMinister is running a campaignto connect youth with employ-ment and self- employmentthrough skill development asper Mahatma Gandhi’s think-ing.

The Chief Minister inau-gurated and viewed the “MainHun Gandhi” from Mohan toMahatma exhibition. Nathreleased the book “VandaniyaBapu” edited by VijayadattaSridhar, Director of MadhavraoSapre Museum and

“Chitropam Gandhi” by ProfRam Rajesh Mishra, focussedon the whole life philosophy ofGandhiji. On this occasion, adocumentary on MahatmaGandhi was presented. TheChief Minister awarded thewinners of essay, painting andposter competition organisedby the Department of HigherEducation focussing onGandhiji.

Portal of HealthDepartment’s NiramayIncentive Scheme and JananiScheme inaugurated ChiefMinister Nath inaugurated theAyushman Niramay portal andthe portal developed by theHealth Department on highrisk identification and man-agement of pregnant women.Principal Secretary HealthPallavi Jain Govil was present.Principal Secretary HigherEducation Hariranjan Rao pro-posed the vote of thanks. SR

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Chief Minister Kamal Nathhas said that in order to be

free from the tension prevail-ing in the country, the worldand the society today, it is nec-essary to adopt the ideology ofthe Father of the Nation, andfollow the path shown by him.

The Chief Minister tookpart in the ‘Padyatra’ organisedon the 150th birth anniversaryof Mahatma Gandhi heretoday. He undertook a marchfrom Roshanpura intersectionto Gandhiji's statue at MintoHall.

Kamal Nath garlanded thestatue of Mahatma Gandhiand paid tributes to him. Laterhe garlanded the statue of for-mer Prime Minister Late LalBahadur Shastri installed at oldVidhan Sabha Square andoffered floral tributes.

The Chief Minister saidthat Mahatma Gandhi was aleader not just of India but thewhole world. He had made hismark in the whole world withhis personality and actions.

Referring to the President ofthe US, the Chief Ministersaid that Mahatma Gandhi'sportrait was also installed at hisworkplace.

The Chief Minister saidthat there comes a time in his-tory when the need for theright path is felt. Improvementin the situation of our country,society and the whole world

today is possible only by fol-lowing the path of MahatmaGandhi. He said that by fight-ing against the British with hissimple personality and liberat-ing India from them Gandhijihas done an extraordinary andsignificant work.

The Chief Minister saidthat if our country does not fol-low the path of Gandhiji, I have

no hesitation in saying thatboth we and our culture will bedestroyed.

The Chief Minister saidthat the Congress is proudthat it has been led by a greatman like Mahatma Gandhi.Today, if the Congress Partytalks about connecting thecountry with society, then thisis the gift of Mahatma Gandhi.

He said that if we have loyaltyand respect for Bapu, it is forour country and society aswell.

A prayer meet was orga-nized at the Gandhiji’s statue atMinto Hall on the occasion.Vibha Sharma and her groupgave a memorable performanceof Gandhiji’s favourite bhajan“Vaishnav jana to tene kahiyere, je peer parayi jane re” and“Payo ji maine Ram RatanDhan Payo”

GAD Minister GovindSingh, Public RelationsMinister PC Sharma, All IndiaCongress Committee SecretarySanjay Kapoor, MadhyaPradesh Congress CommitteeVice President ChandraPrabhash Shekhar, GeneralSecretary Rajiv Singh, CongressMedia Cell President ShobhaOjha, Congress MediaCoordinator Narendra Saluja,Prakash Jain, Kailash Mishra,Arun Shrivastava, GovindGoyal, Mohammed Saleem anda large number of Congressleaders and workers were pre-sent.

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BHEL, Bhopal today cele-brated Mahatma Gandhi

Jayanti & Shastri Jayanti withtraditional zeal and fervor atKamla Nehru Children’sPark. DK Thakur, ExecutiveDirector BHEL, Bhopal aftergarlanding of the bust ofMahatma Gandhi at thepark, also garlanded the por-t rait of Former Pr imeMinister Late Lal BahadurShastri.

On this occasion, MIsadore, General Manager(HR) ; Kuldeep Mathur,General Manager (SCR) &President (BHECNIS); allgeneral managers, varioustrade union representativesand employees in large num-ber as well as residents of thetownship were also present.

Later, garlanding of theportrait of Shastri was alsocarried out at Shastri Park,Piplani.

Prat ibha ThakurPresident BHEL Ladies Cluband all vice-president ofladies’ club were also presentin the programme.

Thakur addressing thegather ing said thatR ashtrapita MahatmaGandhi and Lal BahadurShastri is a source of inspi-ration and ideal for us, tilltoday.

He further said that thebirth of the two visionarieson the same date is a greatco-incidence.

We wi l l cont inue toreceive inspiration from thelife of the legendary person-alities as Mahatma Gandhiand Lal Bahadur Shastri,added Thakur.

A bhajan programmewas also organized on theoccasion presented by SanjaySharma and Varuni Sharma.At the end, Thakurhnonured the winners of the“Swachhta Hi Seva- 5S” com-p et it ion held dur ingVishwakarma Jayanti.

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To mark the 150 th birthanniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi, the State Bank of Indiacarried out Cleanliness drive atShahpura Lake in Bhopal underthe Swachchhata Hi SevaCampaign. A Cleanliness aware-ness rally was organised by thebank staff on this occasion.

A large number of SBIstaff, led by Chief GeneralManager, State Bank of India,Bhopal Circle (MP & CG),Rajesh Kumar, led the cam-paign and sent a message ofcleanliness. On this occasion,Rajesh Kumar said, onIndependence Day, our PrimeMinister has taken a great ini-tiative to make India PlasticWaste free and put an effectiveban on Single Use Plastic.

Rajesh Kumar said thatthe State Bank of India, beingthe largest bank and a respon-sible corporate citizen, has

always made efforts in thisdirection while discharging itsduties and a large number ofBank staff voluntarily partici-pated in the cleanliness drive toconfirm the fact.

On this occasion, aCleanliness drive was alsolaunched by the bank staff in allthe five staff residential com-plexes of the Bank in Bhopal.For the convenience of theelderly family members of thestaff residing in these colonies,the Bank Management took theinitiative and provided onestretcher and wheelchair ineach Bank Colony. In order todiscourage the use of Single UsePlastics and to promote the useof eco-friendly items, SBI alsodistributed cloth bags to thebank staff and others present atthe programme.

Notably, under SwachhataHi Sewa Campaign, State Bankof India has put effective markson Single Use Plastic in its

internal office work and com-pletely banned the use of plas-tic water bottles, plastic foldersand glasses. The use of alter-native items is being encour-aged. Under Swachhata HiSewa Campaign fromSeptember 11 to October 2,2019, a number of activitieswere organized by 1,567Branches and offices of BhopalCircle in Madhya Pradesh andChhattisgarh for cleanlinessand general awareness to dis-courage the Single Use Plastic.

Chief General Manager,State Bank of India, BhopalCircle (MPCG), Rajesh Kumaralong with General ManagersChandrasekhar R Powar andRajiv Kumar Saxena, otherDeputy General Managers,Office Bearers of SBI OfficersAssociation, Office bearers ofAward Staff Employees Unionand a large number of Staffmembers participated inSwachhata Hi Sewa Campaign.

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Governor Lalji Tandon hassaid that in Indian culture,

the Naad Swar has been con-sidered as Brahama and thosewho articulates Naad, speakswords of Brahama Parmatma.Many notes and expressions ofthe classical music are medi-ums of worshiping God.

Tandon was addressing theaudience at the SangeetSandhya on the occasion of the150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi at RajBhavan today. Padma ClassicalSinger Gundecha brothers per-formed on this occasion.

The Governor said thatGyan (knowledge) has notbeen fully contemplated in anycountry of the world as it hasbeen contemplated in ourcountry. He said that it is a mat-ter of pride for all of us that

Gundecha brothers, therenowned Dhrupad singer havetaken the tradition of classicalmusic to the heights in theworld. He extended best wish-es to the Gundecha brothers tofurther expand the IndianClassical Music in the entireworld.

Tandon further mentionedthat the present system is aresult of the sacrifice and strug-gle of Mahatma Gandhi. Themusical evening has beenorganised at Raj Bhavan toexpress gratitude to him.Mahatma Gandhi lived all his

life with a philosophy. Tandonsaid that by becoming thevoice of the oppressed, he gavea new direction to the world.His message to humanity is hislife. Mahatma Gandhi hasgiven the world the weapons oftruth and non-violence thathave been successfully used indifferent times and countries.

Presentation of ragas, ban-dish, sur and laya in the per-formances of the DhrupadSinger Padma Umakant andRamakant Gundecha made theevent memorable and enchant-ed the audience. In the pro-

gramme, the Gundecha broth-ers gave presentations ofGandhi Ji&#39;s bhajans. Theytransformed the atmosphereinto devotional at Raj Bhavanby presenting ‘Vaishnav Jan ToTene Kahiye’ in Raag Khamajand ‘Sadho Man Ka MaanTyago’ in Raag Hansdhwani.

Dhrupad Singer PadmaShri Umakant and RamakantGundecha were accompaniedby Akhilesh Gundecha andHridesh Chopra on Pakhavaj.Anant and Dhani Gundechaaccompanied them onTanpura.

At the beginning of theprogramme, the Governorfelicitated Umakant andRamakant Gundecha, AkhileshGundecha, Hridesh Chopra,Dhani Gundecha, AnantGundecha and AnirudhVyankatesh presenting shawls,Shriphal and bouquet.

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With spreading the mes-sages in bold like ‘Clean

Bhopal’, ‘Ban Plastic’ and dis-playing the thoughts ofMahatma Gandhi, the Women’sCar Rally was the talk of city onWednesday.

The Women’s Car Rallytitled at ‘Wheeling Women toEmpowerment’ was organisedon Wednesday, observing the150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi. The rallywas organised by BhopalMunicipal Corporation(BMC). The main aim of the allwomen car rally was to spreadthe thoughts of MahatmaGandhi among people and alsoto support plastic ban in India.

From Lamborghini to

Maruti and from powerfulengine cars to 800cc cars couldbe seen running in the rally.The rally was a massive onewherein a large footfall wasnoticed at the starting point atLal Parade Ground.

As many as 180 cars werein the rally. It was flagged off atLal Parade ground by ChiefMinister Kamal Nath. The rallythen covered the areas includ-ing the Upper Lake throughVIP road and ended at Minto

Hall. It is to be noted that atMinto Hall stands one of thelargest statues of Gandhi inMadhya Pradesh.

The award in different cat-egories were also given to thewinners.

Other than this, the eventfeatures other performancesthan car rally. A short skitdepicting the ideologies ofMahatma Gandhi was held atLal Parade Ground. Besides,the children of city exhibitedawareness about plastic ban intheir creative manner. To con-clude the mega event onWednesday, the participantsand visitors wrote their viewson Gandhi at a huge board.

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RGPV nodal level fine artscompetition and state level

chess tournament concluded atSISTec Ratibad with excitingand breathtaking matchesbetween participating teams.The two competitions wereflagged by Chief Guest SampatUpadhyay IPS in presence ofPrincipal, Jyoti Deshmukh,Rahul Mishra - GeneralManager SISTec Ratibad andArun Verma, Sports Officer.

The state level boys andgirls chess tournament wasconducted in seven rounds inwhich participants from vari-ous districts of state partici-pated with Savita Srivastavaand Ravi Shrivastava as ChiefArbiter and Dy. Chief Arbiter.Himanshu Shukla, ManjeetChoudhary from Indore,Eshaan Chandrol fromJabalpur, Adesh Chaudhurifrom Gwalior and SatyamKumar from Bhopal weredeclared winners in boys seg-

ment. Aditi Shrivastava,Harshana, Prakshali fromBhopal, Bhawna Khatri andAastha Sahu from Jabalpurwere the winners in girls cate-gory. All winners have qualifiedfor their nationals.

The fine arts competitionwas held in the campus in cat-

egories of painting, clay mod-eling, poster making and ran-goli making for boys and girls.The participants displayed theirfull enthusiasm and showedtheir unique artistic arc. AfreenQureshi, Anjana Ahirwar andMukesh Kumar Mahto ofSISTec Ratibad and Arushi

Vishwakarma from SISTecGandhi Nagar were declatedwinners in Rangoli, ClayModeling, Painting and postermaking competitions respec-tively. The winners and partic-ipants of competition werefelicitated in an award cere-mony along with their mentors.

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Chief Minister Kamal Nathsaid that benefits of

Government schemes shouldbe ensured to the weaker sec-tion of the society. He men-tioned that it would be truetribute on the occasion of the150th anniversary of Father ofthe Nation Mahatma Gandhithat we should work with com-mitment to work for the uplif-ment of the poor people.

Nath was launching the'Madhya Pradesh Van Mitra'Portal and ‘Mukhya MantriMadad Yojana’ at NoronhaAcademy of Administrationand Managment onWednesday. The Minister forPublic Relations PC Sharmaand Minister for HigherEducation Jeetu Patwari werepresent on the occasion.

Nath mentioned that Bapualways helped the most needypeople. He always made effortsin the direction that such peo-ple must get an opportunity forprogress and an atmosphere

should be created in the soci-ety for them to lead arespectable life. Nath furtherstated that if we want to buildthe society based on thethoughts of Mahtma Gandhithen we will have to give pri-ority first to the welfare of lastperson of the queue.

The Chief Minister saidthat we have prepared 'MadhyaPradesh Van Mitra' Portal and'Mukhya Mantri Madad Yojana'to give rights to the most back-ward people and to supportthem. Nath told to constructGandhi Stambh in all the hos-tels of the scheduled caste and

schduled tribes. He said that itis our duty to acquaint thesesections with the personalityand accomplishments ofGandhi Ji.

Informing about theMadhya Pradesh Van MitraPortal, the Minister forScheduled Tribe WelfareOmkar Singh Markam saidthat the concerned beneficiarycan online register his/herclaim on this portal. The VanAdhikar Samiti will carry outall the process thorough thisportal. The system will ensureavailability of the cases of for-est rights claims with trans-parency on this portal andreasons for eligibility and inel-igibility will also be available onthis portal. As many as 5211Gram Panchayats of 89 JanpadPanchayats in 20 tribal districtsof the state have been given Rs15,000 for digital tablets toaddress the issue of online for-est rights claims. The portalwas launched as a pilot inHoshangabad district and 700applications were received.

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With over a week’s time forwithdrawal to start sev-

eral regions in the State are like-ly to receive heavy rainfall inthe next 24 hours and patternwould prevail for the next oneweek said Weatherman onWednesday.

Most of the parts of Rewa,Satna, Sidhi, Panna, Chhatapur,Tikamgarh, Guna, AshokNagar and Datia districts arelikely to witness heavy rainfallin the next 24 hours. A lowpressure area over northMadhya Pradesh is inducingrainfall.

Weather condition in thestate capital remained pleasantfor the second with little driz-zle. The difference in day andtemperatures have increasedmaking the day little hot stillthe clear sky and sun are wel-comed by people who have wit-nessed heavy and moderaterainfall which continued in

the whole season.Partial cloudy conditions

with thundery activities andfew spells of light showers arelikely to be witnessed in thenext 24 hours according to theforecast.

The temperatures havestarted to soar at few places andNarsinghpur recorded daytemperature at 35 degreeCelsius. The lowest tempera-ture was recorded at 17 degreeCelsius.

The highest rainfall wasrecorded in Orchha at 14 cmwhich was the highest rainfallin the state in the past 24 hours.Bhanpura, Khajuraho,Ajaygarh each recorded rainfallat 7 cm, Mungawali and Kareraeach recorded 5 cm of rainfall.

Among the nearby regionsRaisen recorded 2.5 cm ofrainfall on Wednesday.

In the past 24 hoursChambal and Indore divisionsrecorded significant fall intemperatures.

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Chief Minister Kamal Nathtoday dedicated a book on

“Madhya Pradesh andGandhiji” published by thePublic Relations Department atthe “Gandhi Parv” ceremonyheld on Gandhi Jayanti atBharat Bhawan on Wednesday.

It may be noted that thefirst edition of the book“Madhya Pradesh and Gandhiji” was published on the birthanniversary of Gandhi in theyear 1969. The book has beenpublished again on Gandhiji's150th birthday after half a cen-

tury.This book is an important

document of the compilation ofGandhiji's visits to the thenMadhya Pradesh and his ide-ology. The book has two parts.The first part “Padchinha”focuses on the ten journeys byGandhiji in different zones ofundivided Madhya Pradesh.The second one “Prerna” con-tains a discussion of the free-dom movement evolved bythe Father of the Nation,Mahatma Gandhi, which hadawakened the new mantra ofpublic awareness in the entireMadhya Pradesh.

In the message publishedin the book, Chief MinisterKamal Nath has said thatGandhiji's philosophy andthoughts are beyond the limitsof time and are relevant inevery chronicle. This is the rea-son that even today, the processof proper consideration of anynational issue does not seempossible without Gandhiji.

Commissioner andSecretary Public Relations PNarhari said in the foreword ofthe book that a new generationwill also pave the way forMahatma Gandhi's journey oflife, philosophy, contempla-tion, vision and wealth of ideas.This will also enrich the newgeneration ideologically.

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Miscreants targeted ahouse at Swarn Kunj

Colony and escaped withvaluables worth �2 lakh onTuesday; Katara Hills policehave started investigation.

Police said that the victimRukmani Raman Singh andher husband have gone towork and when she returnedlate in the evening valuableswere found burgled.

A complaint was lodgedby the victim with the KataraHills police and in her com-plaint, she stated that she hadgone to factory in Mandideepwhere she works and later herhusband left the house forwork.

After their return thevaluables were found bur-gled. The victim claimed thatgold and silver jewelry andcash were burgled.

The victim has claimedthat the total loss in the bur-glary is around �2 lakh.

Based on the complaint

after the preliminary investi-gation the police have regis-tered a case under sections454 and 380 of the IPC andhave started further investi-gation.

Police said that the CCTVfootage of the nearby installedcameras would be searched inthe further investigation.

The neighbours were notaware of the burglary.

The domestic help andsecurity guard would bequizzed in the further inves-tigation.

The burglary was com-mitted in a short period oftime during day time whichsuggests that the miscreantswere aware of the where-abouts and routine of the vic-tim.

During the investigationwhen the neighbours werequestioned they expressedignorance over the burglary.The locals would be ques-tioned regarding stranger inthe area on the day of burglary.

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AYouth discussion was heldon Wednesday to observe

150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi. The youthdiscussion was held in SwamiVivekananda Library.

A youth discussion washeld on Swami VivekanandaLibrary on Wednesday on the150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi. In this youthdiscussion, the participants firstdiscussed their autobiography"The Stories of My Experimentswith Truth" while discussingbooks written by MahatmaGandhi and other books written

by Mahatma Gandhi.Swami Vivekananda

Library, Manager Yatish Bhatelesaid that "Mohandas - A TrueStory of a Man, His People andan Empire" written byRajmohan Gandhi was also dis-cussed. After this, the partici-pants discussed their policies likeGandhiji's Dandi March,Satyagraha and non-violence.

In this, Ashutosh Malviyamentioned Gandhi's Khadimovement while describing thestories related to Gandhi. He alsosaid that Gandhi is still a sourceof inspiration for the youth.

The khadi movement byGandhi aimed at boycotting

foreign cloth. Mahatma Gandhi began

promoting the spinning of khadifor rural self-employment andself-reliance instead of usingcloth manufactured industrial-ly in Britain in the 1920s inIndia, thus making khadi anintegral part and an icon of theSwadeshi movement.

Abhilash Thakur readextracts from Gandhi's book. Herecalled Gandhi's contributionin tying the country into a for-mula and starting a movement.It is to be noted that as many as18 to 20 youngsters participat-ed in the discussion andexpressed their views.

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A25-year-old medical stu-dent died after his bike

met accident near BhanpurBridge under Chola Mandirpolice station in the wee hourson Wednesday.

An injured youth wasrushed to nearby hospital wherehe was declared dead. Thedeceased was identified as ArjunSingh who was a medical stu-dent of Peoples Medical College.

The deceased used to live atcollege hostel and was returningafter attending some event. Thedeceased sustained multipleinjuries. The deceased was pro-

fusely bleeding due to injuryand he died of excessive bleed-ing told the doctors.

After the preliminary inves-tigation the body was sent forthe post mortem. Police haveregistered a case under section174 of the CrPC and started tosearch for the accused driver.

The deceased was pursuingmedical studies. He was found inan injured and no one spottedvehicle hitting the bike ofdeceased. Police suspects that thedeceased was hit by a speedingvehicle which escaped the spot.

Meanwhile, a 54-year-oldman committed suicide byhanging with the ceiling at his

house in BDA Colony underAwadhpuri police station arealate in the night on Tuesday.

Police said that the deceasedDeepak Mandal committed sui-cide at his house. The deceasedused to work as carpenter. In theinitial investigation the familymembers told police thatdeceased used to remaindepressed.

On Tuesday, the deceasedwas found hanging with the ceil-ing. Body was sent for the postmortem after the preliminaryinvestigation. The police haveregistered a case under section174 of the CrPC and started fur-ther investigation.

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Berasia police nabbed twomiscreants including a

minor from Bhaisoda trisectionwho were involved in robbingcommuters on two wheelersnear Berasia and recovered365 bottles of liquor and �7,100cash from their possession onTuesday.

According to the police,acting on a tip off regardingmiscreants regarding miscreantcarrying liquor illegally wasnabbed from Bhaisoda trisec-tion. After the miscreant iden-tified as Sonu Kanjar wasnabbed when he was ques-tioned regarding the liquor hefailed to provide documents forpossessing the liquor and con-fessed involvement in trans-porting liquor illegally.

During the further inves-tigation police found that healong with a minor has robbedtwo men on motorbike onSeptember 26 near Berasia.

On September 26 the vic-

tims Irshad Khan and RaeesKhan were stone pelted whileon their way to Berasia andwhen the two fell the twoaccused robbed them of�15,000 cash. The victims man-aged to reach and report therobbery with Berasia police andbased on the complaint a caseunder section 394 of the IPCwas registered.

Based on the investigationpolice stated to search and onWednesday nabbed Sonu with

liquor and based on the reve-lations made by Sonu theminor was nabbed.

Police have recovered�7,100 from Sonu’s house.Police found that the accusedis fond good life style andhabitual drinker and for spend-ing on liquor he used to com-mit burglary and robbery. Thedetails of liquor seized wouldbe investigated. Other crimescommitted by the two would beinvestigated.

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Observing the 150thanniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi Bhopal witnessed thelargest Gandhi's mosaic por-trait created in city onWednesday.

The launch of plastic dona-tion centre was held on 150thAnniversary of MahatmaGandhi at TT Nagar Stadiumin the presence of the CabinetMinister for Higher Education,Sports and Youth Affairs ofMadhya Pradesh JitendraPatwari, Mayor of Bhopal AlokSharma, Nagar NigamCommissioner Vijay Dutta andrenowned artist Wajid Khan.

This Mega AwarenessDrive was organised in city onWednesday wherein almost6000 students participated andwere arranged in such a man-ner to portray Gandhi's mosa-ic, if seen form aerial view. Themosiac was created by arenowned artist from IndoreWajid Khan.

Wajid is also known for hisunique art work by nails andbolts over canvas. OnWednesday, he arranged stu-dents to portray Gandhi'spotrait and was an amazingview. The spectators wereenthralled to watch the spec-tacular artistic tribute toMahatma Gandhi.

The founder of plasticdonation centre Zeeshan khantold that though the first cen-tre inaugurated in Bhopal butsooner we are planning tolaunch more such centresaround India.

He also mentioned thatthe funds which were collect-ed from plastic donation cen-tre will be used to feed the indi-

gent people of the society.Every person present theretook oath of saying no to theuse of plastic. An anthem songfor the occasion is also releasedfor the same.

The menace of plastic isglobally acknowledged, and itis high time for us to give itback to the 'Planet Earth', saidKhan. Plastic Donation Centrehas initiated this much neededawareness campaign to beat theplastic pollution and makepeople realize it's I'll effectwhich will be disastrous for thefuture generations.

Khan appealed all the cit-izens to participate in whatev-er form they can to make it a'Global Revolution'.

More than 6,000 schoolstudents participated in thismega event which is likely toset a world record. Cohesivegovernment policies such asban on single use of plastic willalso benefit this awarenessprogram. However, if thisawareness drive will getmomentum, it will be bigboost to control plastic pollu-tion, added Zeeshan.

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The tribal art workshopbegan at Madhya Pradesh

Tribal Museum. The workshop 'Suraj' trib-

al camp based on regionalsongs of freedom struggle wasinaugurated on Wednesday.

On the camp's first day i.e.on Wednesday, artists paintedthe songs sung during freedomon canvas with their ownexpression in their style.

In these paintings, the folkexpressions of freedom strug-gles are displayed.

The painters expressedthe social unity, confidenceand struggle against the Britishduring independence veryclosely and beautifully throughthe medium of painting.Gandhi also appeared in someof these pictures with his spin-ning wheel somewhere in the

State.He brought a change in

society through his thoughts.All this will be showcased inthe tribal paintings by theartists during the camp.

Gond tribal painters in thecamp include Santoshi Tekam,Chhoti Tekam, Bharti Shyam,Manoj Tekam, Dhawat Singh,Subhash Vyam, Mohan SinghShyam and RamnarayanMaravi.

Bhil tribal painters includeGeeta Baria, Sita Maera, SavitaBaria, Sher Singh Bhabor,Dubu Baria, Jambu Singad andRamesh Katara and Korkutribal painters includePhulwati.

'Suraj' tribal camp is beingorganized in the museumbased on regional songs offreedom struggle from October2 to 6 from 12:00 to 6:00 pm.

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Minister for Bhopal GasTragedy Relief and

Rehabilitation Arif Aqueel willgive one vehicle from the MLAFund for ‘Polythene FreeBhopal Awareness campaign’.This was announced by ArifAqueel during the launch ofVan service for generatingawareness among the people at‘I am a Greater Bhopal’ pro-gramme held at Jawahar LalNehru Hospital today. He saidthat the Awareness andPolythene Collect Campaignshould be conducted dailythroughout the year to makeBhopal polythene free.

Aqueel mentioned that thecountry can prosper only byfollowing the footprints ofGandhi Ji. We all will have tocontribute in this campaign bytaking a resolution to makeIndia clean. He assured theIndian Medical Association toget the place approved for itsoffice soon.

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President Ram Nath Kovind,Vice-President Venkaiah

Naidu and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi led the nation inpaying rich tributes to the fatherof the nation Mahatma Gandhion his 150th birth anniversarythat also saw padyatras andcommemorative events.

“Homage to Bapu on#GandhiJayanti. The 150th birthanniversary of Mahatma Gandhiis an occasion for all of us torededicate ourselves to the val-ues of truth, non-violence, har-mony, morality and simplicity.His message remains relevant forall & he continues to be ourguiding light,” Kovind said.

For his part, Vice-PresidentVenkaiah Naidu tweeted, “Aswe pay reverential homage tothe Mahatma on his 150thBirth Anniversary, let us striveto transform our lives by inter-nalising and implementing theGandhian principles in ourdaily life.”

Modi described theMahatma as the “best teacher”and “the guiding light” who

continues to give courage tomillions globally. In an op-ed inThe New York Times to markthe birth anniversary ofGandhi, Modi talked about theideals epitomised by the apos-tle of peace who inspired suchiconic leaders as Martin LutherKing Jr and Nelson Mandela.

Modi stated that Gandhipossessed a “unique ability” tobecome a bridge between someof the greatest contradictions inhuman society and epitomised trust among allsections of society.

The Prime Minister alsotweeted saying the nationexpresses its gratitude toGandhi for his everlasting con-tribution to humanity. “Wepledge to continue workinghard to realise his dreams andcreate a better planet,” Modiwrote on Twitter.

In a short video on Gandhi,Modi said his message of peaceis still relevant to the worldcommunity. The PrimeMinister also referred to theseven perversions Gandhi hadcautioned people about. These

are: wealth without work, plea-sure without conscience,knowledge without character,visit without ethics, sciencewithout humanity, religionwithout sacrifice and politicswithout principles.

Numerous events wereorganised by various govern-ment departments, ministriesand voluntary organisationsto celebrate life and legacy ofGandhi.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi onWednesday declared that rural India is

now open defecation-free (ODF).Speaking at the ‘Swachchh Bharat

Diwas’ event in Ahmedabad, Modi said,“Today rural India and its villages havedeclared themselves ‘open defecation free’.”

“In 60 months, we have provided toi-lets to over 60 crore people by construct-ing over 11 crore toilets. The world isamazed at our success,” Modi said.

“However, this achievement is just amilestone and we should not stop here.The movement has to continue,” the PM added.

“Today, rural India has declared itselfopen defection-free. This is a great achieve-ment of the Swachchh Bharat movementwhich has people’s participation,” Modi said addressing village heads of20,000 villages.

“On the call of Mahatma Gandhi dur-ing the freedom movement, people of thecountry mobilised for ‘satyagarah’ and theydid the same now for swachhagrah,”Modi said.

It was on October 2, 2014, that thePrime Minister had launched the ambi-tious Swachchh Bharat (Clean India)campaign, setting the target of making India open defecation free byOctober 2, 2019.

“A clean India would be the best trib-ute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary in2019,” Modi had said, while launching thecampaign.

The campaign aimed to build 120 mil-lion toilets across the country by October2, 2019. Its other goals included cleaningup streets and other public infrastructure,achieving 100 per cent door-to-door wastecollection, building solid-waste manage-ment plants in each town, and persuadingIndians to adopt better sanitation practices.

The Government claims that it hasalready constructed over 100 million of the 120 million toilets planned acrossthe country.

However, experts say while the con-struction of toilets has increased, lack ofwater, poor maintenance and slow changesin behaviour have stood in the way of end-ing the practice.

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Emphasizing on promotingcleanliness and fitness

together, Union Housing andUrban Affairs Minister

Hardeep Singh Puri onWednesday f lagged off‘Swachchhata Hi Seva’ Indiaplog run at Rajpath to com-memorate the 150th birthanniversary of MahamtaGandhi. Plog run involves pick-ing up litter while running. Theobjective was to spread aware-ness on the harmful effects ofplastic waste and enlist citizenssupport to eliminate.

Addressing a gathering onthe occasion, Puri said reiter-ated the committed to thePrime Minister’s vision of sin-gle-use plastic-free India.Administering pledge on‘Swachchhata Hi Seva’ andagainst using single-use plastic,Puri said the country hasachieved the dream of an open

defection-free India, except 52local bodies in West Bengal.

“This has been made pos-

sible with the participation ofthe biggest stakeholders of themovement — the citizens of

this country.“We are committed to

Prime Minister NarendraModi’s vision of making Indiafree of single-use plastic. Withthe launch of the India PlogRun, I am confident that the dayis not far when India will be freeof single-use plastic,” Puri said.

On his part, Housing andUrban Affairs Secretary DurgaShanker Mishra said the min-istry has already had over55,000 events conducted by cit-izens across urban area withparticipation of around twocrore people.

The Ministry has been tak-ing several initiatives on plas-tic waste management andpromoting its reuse and recy-cle, Mishra said.

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The nation also observedthe 115th birth anniversary

of former Prime Minister LalBahadur Shastri. PresidentRam Nath Kovind paid tributessaying, “A great son of India, heserved our nation with utmostdiligence and dedication. Hiscourage, simplicity and integri-ty remain an inspiration for the

entire country.” Prime Minister Narendra

Modi recalled the grit anddetermination of Shastri.“Tributes to Former PrimeMinister Lal Bahadur Shastriwho gave the call of ‘Jai Jawan,Jai Kisan’,” Modi tweeted. Healso posted a short video on theleader in which he referred toShastri’s grit and determinationand his love for khadi.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi andCongress president Sonia Gandhi

were among political leaders who paidtributes to Mahatma Gandhi in theCentral Hall of Parliament on Wednesdayon his 150th birth anniversary.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla,Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, PiyushGoyal, Prakash Javadekar, BJP veteranLK Advani, Congress leader RahulGandhi, Leader of the Opposition inRajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad wereamong others who offered rose petalsat the portrait of Gandhi in the historicCentral Hall.

Sonia was greeted by Modi and Birla.However, there was no exchange ofgreetings between Modi and Rahul. Theleaders later paid tributes to former PrimeMinister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 115thbirth anniversary by offering rose petalsat his portrait in the Central Hall.

Earlier, a function to celebrateGandhi’s anniversary was also held in the

Parliament House Complex, near thestatue of the Mahatma. Speaking on theoccasion, Speaker Om Birla said thatMahatma Gandhi had led the freedomstruggle of the country based on the eter-nal principles of truth and non-violence,thereby making it a peoples’ movement

with non-violence as its core. Birla also remembered former

Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri onhis birth anniversary and said Shastri had worked untiringly towards

making the farmers of the country self-sufficient. Consequently, India attained self-sufficiency in food andagriculture.

Earlier, speaking on the occasion,Culture & Tourism MInister PrahaladSingh Patel said the Ministry of Culturewould ensure that the ban on single useplastic is implemented at all importantcultural sites across the country, beforethe birth anniversary of Sardar Patel onOctober 31 this year.

A demonstration of Charkha spin-ning was organised by the Khadi andVillage Industry Commission (KVIC).Birla and other dignitaries also partic-ipated in the spinning of Charkha andpaid rich tributes to Gandhiji.

As part of the celebrations, KVICis organising a three-day exhibition-cum-sales counter from October 2 toOctober 4, 2019, in the foyer near theSBI Bank, Parliament House Annexe,where Khadi dress, fabric and villageindustry products will be sold at dis-counted rates.

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Monsoon forecasts by the IndiaMeteorological Department (IMD)

and the private forecaster Skymet Weatherwere found to be contrary to the outcomethis year as the four-month rainfall seasonended with above normal monsoon.

IMD in April had said the countrywould receive 96 per cent of the LongPeriod Average while Skymet had pre-dicted 93 per cent of the LPA. Both had given an error margin of plus orminus five per cent.

According to the Skymet, 96 per centof Long Period Average (LPA) falls on theborder line of “below normal” and “nor-mal” rainfall. Skymet had cited El Nino asthe reason behind a possible below nor-mal rainfall. However, as the rainfall sea-son ended, IMD recorded a whopping 10per cent more rainfall.

Mrutunjaya Mohapatra, director-gen-eral of IMD, said the department woulddo a detailed analysis. He, however, addedthat IMD was able to gauge the trends likeEl Nino turning neutral and the IndianOcean Dipole turning positive.

Mohapatra said the IMD also did notchange the forecast even when June endedwith 33 per cent deficiency. “We will carryout an analysis on this,” he said, adding thatthere has been a significant improvementin seasonal forecast.

Mohapatra said several global modelshad predicted below normal monsoonbecause of the El Nino but IMD stuck toits prediction and did not revise it.

The El Nino is associated with theheating of Pacific waters, while a Positive

Indian Ocean Dipole is linked to coolingof the Indian Ocean waters. El Nino is aglobal phenomenonm while the IOD isregional and has an impact mostly on theBay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.

“In spite of several global models indi-cating a strong possibility of continuationof a El Nino episode during the monsoonseason and possibly a below normal mon-soon, IMD had predicted a normal rain-fall (96-104 per cent of LPA)

“While issuing the forecasts, based onIMD’s models, it was suggested that the ElNino episode will weaken further and apositive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) eventwill emerge in the Indian Ocean. Moreover,IMD also predicted that the monsoon per-formance would be better in the secondhalf compared to the first half,” a statementby the IMD said.

IMD’s analysis on weakening of ElNino and development of a positive IOD

and the second half monsoon rainfall beingabove normal were thus proved correct, itsaid. “However, quantitatively, realisedrainfall during the second half was morethan what IMD predicted,” it added.

Citing reasons behind the above nor-mal rainfall, Mahesh Palawat Vice-President (Climate Change andMeteorology), Skymet Weather, he said ElNino, most of the time, overwhelms IOD.But this time it was the other way around.Most global models indicated below nor-mal rainfall, Palawat said.

The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)is the major fluctuation in tropical weath-er on weekly to monthly timescales. TheMJO can be characterised as an eastwardmoving ‘pulse’ of cloud and rainfall nearthe equator that typically recurs every 30to 60 days. Palawat said whenever there isMJO, the monsoon activity increases.

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New Delhi: National Security Adviser (NSA)Ajit Doval paid a two-day quiet visit to SaudiArabia during which he apprised Saudi CrownPrince Mohammed Bin Salman about the situ-ation in Jammu & Kashmir after the State’s spe-cial status was withdrawn, official sources saidon Wednesday.

The Saudi side conveyed to Doval that it isaware of New Delhi’s long-held position onKashmir and emphasised on the need for de-escalation of tension between India and Pakistan,they said. The NSA arrived in Saudi Arabia onTuesday.

Doval and Salman also deliberated on arange of bilateral, regional issues including themissile and drone attacks on Saudi oil facilitieslast month and ways to further deepen anti-ter-ror cooperation.

Saudi Arabia is a key pillar of India’s ener-gy security, being a source of 17 per cent or moreof crude oil and 32 per cent of LPG requirementsof India. Notwithstanding the biggest ever attackon its oil facilities on September 14 thatknocked out half of its daily oil production, SaudiArabia assured India that it was committed tomeet the country’s energy security needs. PTI

New Delhi: The Union CultureMinistry has extended the timeperiod of auctioning of over2,500 gifts received by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, fromOctober 3 to October 17, offi-cials said on Wednesday,attributing the decision to a hugedemand for the mementos.

Celebrities, politicians andactivists have shown interest inthe auction, with many likeBollywood stars Arjun Kapoor,Anil Kapoor and singer KailashKher endorsing it. The ministryhad launched the e-auctionon September 14 to sell 2,700mementos received by theprime minister, the proceeds ofwhich will go to the NamamiGange Mission.

The mementos includepaintings, sculptures, shawls,jackets and traditional musicalinstruments. The lowest baseprice is Rs 200 and it goes all theway up to Rs 2.5 lakh. A copyof the Indian Constitution witha base price of Rs 2,000 receivedbids of Rs 33,000. Other itemsinclude a portrait of Modi on asilk saree with a base price of Rs2.5 lakh, a mace with a baseprice of Rs 2,000 and a photo-graph of the prime ministerwith his mother, which receiveda bid of Rs 10 lakh. The collec-tion also includes a jersey of theIndian cricket team. PNS

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Days after he was uncere-moniously axed as head of

the State unit, former HaryanaCongress chief Ashok Tanwaron Wednesday alleged his partyleadership was selling tickets atRs 5 crore and giving tickets toundeserving candidates andto those who joined theCongress recently but werecritical of it not long ago.Haryana will go to Assemblypolls on October 21 and theresults will be declared onOctober 24 along withMaharashtra.

Tanwar was joined by hisclose associates staged a protestand address the party workersfrom Haryana in front ofCongress President SoniaGandhi’s residence in nationalCapital. “I have worked hard

for years, but the people whojoined the party 15 days ago arebeing given tickets by theparty,” Tanwar alleged.

The former HaryanaCongress chief alleged the tick-et for the Sohna Assembly seatin Gurugram was “sold for Rs5 crore.” He said the leadershipin the state has been destroyed.

“We have remained dedi-cated to the party. Why do youhave to give tickets to thosewho recently joined the party,but were critical of the partyearlier?”

Tanwar claimed that hehad been approached by theBJP six times in the last threemonths, but he turned downthe offer as he is “not hungryfor power”. “I had personalissues with Randeep SinghSurjewala (AICC chiefspokesman), but I set aside all

those differences for the party’ssake,” he said.

With Haryana differenceswithin the Haryana Congressleadership growing and soonafter the former HarayanaChief Minister BhupinderSingh Hooda threatened toquit the party, Sonia Gandhiwho had just taken charge as aninterim president of the grandold party effected changes inthe Haryana Congress.

Former Union Ministerand a close aide of the partychief, Kumari Selja wasappointed chief of the HaryanaCongress.

Resnetment againstTanwar was going on for a longtime and went at its peakbefore the Lok Sabha polls butremained at helms of affairssince he was close to the thenCongress chief Rahul Gandhi.

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defend itself, Army ChiefGeneral Bipin Rawat onWednesday said the countryhas no extraterritorial ambi-tions and does not want to“transplant” its ideology onothers.

Without naming Pakistan,he also said India is fighting aproxy war in Jammu &Kashmir and reserves the right to acquire militarycapabilities to counter anysecurity threats.

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addressing strategic affairsexperts and Defence personnelin Male, capital of Maldives,during his ongoing visit there,he said the country will fulfillits regional and global securi-ty obligations as a responsibleemerging power.

His remarks come againstthe backdrop of India playinga crucial role in the strategicallyimportant Indian Ocean regionand ongoing efforts to furtherenhance ties with littoral stateslocated on its rim.

Rawat also said instabilityin energy-rich West Asia hasthe potential to significantlyincrease global tensions and

trigger unrest and that thetension between the US andIran was “worrisome.”

Without naming Pakistan,the Army Chief said Indianarmed forces are countering aproxy war in Jammu &Kashmir on a daily basis andthat India reserves the right toacquire military capabilities tocounter any security threats emanating from itsneighbourhood.

“Our strategic culture flowsfrom two cardinals — we haveno extraterritorial ambitionsand no desire to transplant ourideology on others,” the ArmyChief said.

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The Chinese have either deployed“intimidation” or their famedcheque book diplomacy to “win”over other nations towards theirown purposes. Both as an undis-

puted military and an economic powerhouse,the options for Beijing vary from flexing itsmilitary muscle (as done in the South ChinaSeas) or by ensnaring nations into econom-ic bondage by pouring billions of dollars. Takethe example of the China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC), where a nation-sustaininginvestment of up to $60 billion has been madeto Pakistan, whose economy is cash-starvedtoday. Often, there is a hybrid model inbetween that entails the overlapping of thecommercial-military footprint through strate-gic investments by China.

The attempt to stitch together Chinesepresence along the crucial sea routes, pursuantto the “String of Pearls” policy, is an ostensi-bly commercial initiative, one that will sub-sequently evolve into the invariable presenceof Chinese military’s boots on civilian portssuch as Djibouti. Wherever physical distancestill challenges the Chinese “supply chain abil-ities” to maintain a viable military presence,it can dominate the narrative by out-fundingother donor nations or organisations andchampion these distant lands, such as in theAfrican hinterland or Latin America.

By punting in these distant lands, notonly does Beijing sustain captive sources forraw materials and a ready market for itsChinese end-products but also guaranteesinvaluable political and diplomatic influence.The importance of having such beholdennations can be gauged from the fact that inthe high tables of international diplomacy,like the United Nations, each country’s votecounts as “one.” This theoretically makes thevote of a country like Nauru, that has a pop-ulation of less than 15,000 people, matteras much as that of China with a populationof 1.5 billion.

One global theatre that was spared theChinese radar of urgency was the islandregion of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesiain the Pacific Ocean. The sheer distance, frag-mentation and “non-threatening” idyll ofthese small island nations ensured an isolat-ed tropical paradise that was bereft of anymajor geo-political or geo-strategic postur-ing till now. In an increasingly interdependentand interconnected global waterway of the21st century, three factors have driven a sud-den interest in this region of less than 2.5 mil-lion inhabitants.

First, the growing domestic aspirationswithin these nations. Second, the strategicrelevance of individual nation “vote” in mul-tilateral fora. And third, with increasingreach of the Chinese military-economicmight, these nations offer a breakoutopportunity from the supposed “encir-clement” of China, pitchforking theseisland nations into the competitive calcu-lus of Chinese hegemonic instincts. Eventhese nations are creatively leveraging their

geographical position to“counter-balance” the predom-inant and historical Australiantilt and influence in this regionto extract the maximum atten-tion and benefit of competitivebidding among regional powers.

However, among the fore-most considerations for Chinesediplomacy is also the need to iso-late and “compress” Taiwan inter-nationally by “winning over”those nations that still recogniseits official status. This ongoingChinese concern and project toget nations to switch sides on theTaiwan issue has accelerated inrecent times. A record sevencountries switched sides since2016.

These Pacific island nationshave historically held a pro-Taiwan position and they hadmade a sizeable part of the 25-odd countries that recognised ittill recently. Today the number todo so is a mere 15 countries. Thelatest ones to fall prey to theChinese “buyout” were theSolomon Islands and Kiribati,who were openly assured of“unprecedented developmentopportunities” in order to greasethe deal. The then Prime Ministerof Solomon Islands was candidenough to admit that Taiwan was“completely useless to us”, bothpolitically and economically.

As part of the “switchover”conditions, Kiribati had to severties with Taiwan and re-establishdiplomatic relations with China.

Meanwhile, credible rumoursabound in Kiribati about theChinese largesse in the pipeline,which includes very soft loansand a Boeing 737 to boot. TheTaiwanese are left high and dry,fuming at the obvious play of theChinese cheque-book diploma-cy that brooks no moral, histor-ical or positional consideration.

Traditional dominance offormer colonial powers, likeAustralia, the US, France, NewZealand and Japan in the region,is increasingly diminished as theChinese go about hunting onenation after the other. Beijing’sflush treasury comes handy asdoes the dispatch of an occasion-al bomber flying overhead thesehapless countries.

The Chinese footprint is vis-ible in the under-developed oil-fields of Sudan and as investmentin freight train infrastructure inBolivia. Now the Pacific Islandcountries are its new domain ofattention. All eyes are now in theneighbouring rim of the remain-ing Taiwanese allies in Palau,Tuvalu, Nauru and MarshallIslands to see if they, too, wouldbe enticed or coerced into aban-doning Taipei and joining theChinese “bloc.”

That the Chinese “generos-ity” never comes without stringsattached is something that thesenation states will invariably dis-cover. The Sri Lankan experiencewith Chinese investments todevelop the Hambantota Port

ultimately led to the surrender ofthe same to Chinese authoritiesfor a lease of 99 years. TheChinese bankrolling was also ableto overturn the Filipino bitternessthat had earlier led Manila tolodge a case against China in theInternational Court of Justice andwin the same. Almost immedi-ately, the PhilippinesGovernment incredulouslyembraced the Chinese hand andreneged on its historical relation-ship with the US.

Expectedly, large sums ofChinese investments wereassured and all portents of tradi-tional animosity buried. In reces-sionary times like now, wherecash is the king, the ability ofChina to impress the benefits ofjoining its “bloc” via gargantuancarrots like the “Belt and RoadInitiative” are immense. Thisallows it the freedom to indulgein profligate chequebook diplo-macy that wins it an ever-increas-ing kitty of vassal nations to doits bidding.

Counter-moves like theQuadrilateral meet (QUAD),enjoining the China-warynations like Japan, Australia,India and the US, have yet to gobeyond the conceptual frame-work and discussions as thetransactional dragon ensnares all,anyhow and anywhere.

(The writer, a military veter-an, is a former Lt Governor ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands andPuducherry)

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It is a fact that the two chil-dren belonged to a poor family,who could not afford getting a toi-let constructed inside their house.The panchayat had apparentlysanctioned a house with a toiletfor the family but the sarpanch,a relative of the accused, had scut-tled the proposal. Then who isreally at fault here? The authori-ties or the children? Is it not theresponsibility of the authorities toensure that the poor have accessto basic facilities?

This incident has also tar-nished India’s reputation. Further,one of the accused reportedlydeclared that he had killed thechildren as in his dreams, god hadcommanded him to kill“demons,” justifying monstrosityin the garb of faith. Urgent stepsmust be taken to educate people

who are falling prey to blind faith.Open defecation is an old habit,especially among those living inrural areas. I recently discoveredthat in Tamil Nadu, even well-offfamilies in villages consider itunhygienic to have a toilet with-in the premises of the house andprefer open grounds for defeca-tion. Clearly, a lot more needs tobe done to explain to the people

the need to change this practice.TK Nandanan

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Tame the flood fury” (September1). The wrath of mother nature issuch that nobody, the rich or the

poor, is spared from the horrorsof climate change. That BiharDeputy Chief Minister SushilKumar Modi and his family werestranded and had to be rescued inlifeboats depict just that.

The extended monsoon thisyear has left behind a trail ofdestruction with 1,685 deathsbeing reported by 14 States tillSeptember 30 and hundreds

still missing. Although there is no available

data on the extent of economicdamages, such episodes pose aheavy economic burden for thecountry. Urban planning is in amess, infrastructure is in sham-bles and above all, there is nodearth of governance. If indeed wehave to minimise our losses, wemust start preparing for suchweather events that bring onlydestruction.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Whither Gandhi? (September2). It is indeed ironical that we arecelebrating Gandhi even as weare busy destroying everything hebelieved in and stood for. It istime for us to reflect on why ourcountry has changed so drastically since Independence.Only by ensuring that Gandhi’sideals come true can we truly cel-ebrate him.

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Hai maujazan ek kulzum-e-khoon, kaash yahi ho.Aata hai abhi dekhiye, kya kya merey aage.(A turbulent sea of blood is before me. But seewhat is coming ahead.)

—Mirza Ghalib

Iam in my sunset years (I just crossed 73) andmy remaining time will be spent on educat-ing my fellow Indians (including non-resi-

dent Indians in America — where I am livingat present — who though very good in theirtechnical jobs, are gullible in other respects).

The crux of what I teach is this: There arereally two worlds. One is that of the developed,highly industrialised countries like the US,Europe, Japan, Australia and China and secondis that of the under-developed countries, includ-ing India (which is perhaps the most developedof the underdeveloped nations).

Our national aim must be to transform Indiafrom the second world to the first. In otherwords, from being an under-developed country,we must make it a developed, highly industri-alised one. This is necessary if we wish to abol-ish poverty, unemployment, malnourishment,lack of healthcare and good education and so on.Because only a high-level and widespreadindustry can generate the wealth needed to pro-vide for the welfare of our people and create mil-lions of jobs to wipe out unemployment.

But how is this to be done ? We no doubthad a limited degree of industrialisation after1947 but then the process stalled. And of late oureconomy has tanked; the Gross DomesticProduct (GDP) has declined to five per cent,there have been massive retrenchments in theauto, Information Technology (IT) and otherindustries while real estate and power sectors arein the dumps. In fact, it is to divert attention fromthis economic crisis that the Government hasresorted to gimmicks like cow protection,building the Ram temple, Yoga Day, SwachhBharat Abhiyan, abolition of Article 370, HowdyModi in Houston and so on. But economic slow-downs cannot be wished away by such gimmicksand stunts.

One can win elections on the plank ofHindutva (as happened in the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections) but one can’t live off it. One has to eatfood and to get food, one must have a job. Butjobs are getting less (as the National SampleSurvey, a Government of India organisation,admitted recently). Twelve million Indian youthare entering the job market every year but oppor-tunities are drying up (due to manufacturingdecline). Consequently many Indian youths willend up as criminals, beggars, hawkers or will endtheir lives. I submit that the Indian people mustnow make a choice: Either keep living in theirmiserable conditions characterised by poverty,unemployment, malnourishment (the highest inthe world, with every second Indian child mal-nourished, as stated by the Global Hunger Index,UNICEF), farmers’ distress and the consequentunabated suicides, poor healthcare and educa-tion for the masses, discrimination againstminorities, Dalits and so on. Or else, sacrificeabout 10 per cent of the 1,350 million popula-tion in a gigantic, historical people’s revolutionwhich alone can destroy backwardness, the feu-

dal casteist and communal mindsetsand practices among our people. Thishydra-headed monster was obstruct-ing any progress and keeping uschained to poverty and other socialevils.

Many would say I am presenting ahorrible choice between the devil andthe deep sea and a cruel prognostica-tion and augury. Do we really want our135 million men, women and childrento rise up and set off a revolution? I amnot a bloodthirsty person and I wishthis great historical transformationcould take place peacefully. But unfortunately that is not how historyoperates.

Consider the experiences so far.The transformation of feudal Europeof the 16th century to a modernEurope of the 19th century was notaccomplished peacefully. It witnessedwars, revolutions, chaos, massacres,social churning, intellectual fermentand so on. It was only after goingthrough that fire that modern societyemerged in Europe.

Similarly, after the ChineseRevolution was completed in 1949, theChinese authorities made an investiga-tion about how many people werekilled in this churning (which lasted fora quarter of a century, from 1924 to1949). It was found that about 10 percent of the then 550 million Chinesepeople, which is about 50 million, werekilled. Similarly, about four of the then40 million Vietnamese people werekilled in the liberation war in Vietnam,which lasted from 1945 to 1975. So it

can be assumed that about 10 per centof the people are killed in a revolution.For, after all, what is a historical rev-olution? It is a period when the oldsociety and its values are being uproot-ed and torn apart but new values havenot yet replaced them. Everything is inferment, in chaos.

Can this be a peaceful affair? Notat all. The reactionary elements in theold order will fiercely oppose anychange, as happened in France in theperiod prior to the 1789 Revolutionand even during the one in Vendee in1793. And many of the ordinary peo-ple in society, being conservative bynature, will oppose any fundamentalchange. In India, most people still havecasteist and communal mindsets, andto replace that by modern minds is 10times more difficult than changing thephysical environment.

In India, all our State institutionshave collapsed and become hollow andempty shells. We adopted the parlia-mentary system of democracy butthis has degenerated into caste andcommunal vote banks, as everyoneknows. Casteism and communalismare feudal forces, which must bedestroyed if India is to progress butparliamentary democracy furtherentrenches them. So we have to replaceparliamentary democracy by anothersystem which enables us to rapidlyprogress.

Today, India has two of the threepre-requisites to becoming a modernindustrial giant, like China, namely ahuge pool of technical talent (our IT

engineers are manning Silicon Valley,and many Indians are professors inScience, Maths and EngineeringDepartments in AmericanUniversities), and immense naturalresources. What it lacks is the third pre-requisite — a modern, patriotic polit-ical leadership. Without this, ourtransformation from the second to thefirst world is impossible.

Unfortunately, the political leadersin India today rely either on caste orreligion for winning elections. Takingadvantage of the fact that our societyis still semi-feudal, with rampantcasteism and communalism, theypolarise society further and spreadcaste and religious hatred to get votes.Being mostly corrupt, they have noidea of how to solve our massive eco-nomic problems but are experts inmanipulating caste and communalvotebanks. Obviously such people areunfit to transform India into a mod-ern, highly industrialised country.

It is only modernist, selfless andpatriotic leaders who can solve India’smassive socio-economic problems.Who these movers will be, when willthe revolution which they will leadoccur, what form it will take is impos-sible to predict. But about one thingthere can be no doubt: The next twodecades in our country will be very tur-bulent and bloody. As the great Urdupoet Mirza Ghalib said, “Aata hai abhidekhiye kya kya mere aage. (I wonderwhat lies ahead of me.)”

(The writer is a former judge of theSupreme Court of India)

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Sheikh Hasina to India, beginningtoday. This will be the first visit byHasina after the National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) formed theGovernment for the second consec-utive time at the Centre. The visitcomes at a time when the relationsbetween the two neighbours are a bitstrained over the National Register ofCitizens (NRC) in Assam andBangladesh nurturing defence tieswith China. There are concerns thatsuch issues will affect the relationshipbetween the two nations who havehistoric linkages.

Hasina’s visit provides both NewDelhi and Dhaka the opportunity to

dispel any prevailing doubts about thefuture of the relationship and highlightthe importance India gives to itsfriendship with Bangladesh. Indo-Bangladesh relations made significantprogress under Hasina’s decade-longrule that began with her second termas Prime Minister in 2009. At present,except for some minor irritants, thealliance between New Delhi andDhaka is said to be at an all-time highand India considers Bangladesh atrusted friend and partner in theneighbourhood.

After the Uri attacks, ourGovernment used all possible avenuesto try and isolate Pakistan diplomat-ically. As part of that strategy, itrefused to attend the 2016 SAARCsummit in Islamabad and was sup-ported by Bangladesh. Dhaka wasalso the first nation to back NewDelhi’s entry as an observer in theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperationin 2018, a club open only to Muslim-majority countries.

Recently, after the promulgationof Article 370 and the anti-India pro-paganda by Pakistan and radicalgroups, Bangladesh echoed our stance

that Kashmir was our internal matter.Again, on the NRC, an initiative pri-marily undertaken to identify infiltra-tors from Bangladesh into Assam, theHasina government refrained fromindulging in any negative commentsin public.

India and Bangladesh share adeep sense of bonhomie, especiallyat the Governmental level.Nevertheless, rising scepticismamong the people, particularly inBangladesh, cannot be overlooked.It is an area that demands in-depthintrospection as the importance ofpublic opinion in influencingGovernment policies is established.

In Bangladesh, reasons for appre-hensions among the masses includethe pendency of the Teesta Riverwater-sharing agreement since 2011.India refrained from signing it duringformer Prime Minister ManmohanSingh’s visit after West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee objected tothe draft agreed upon by the twocountries. The delay in the signing ofthe agreement substantially hurtIndia’s credibility in the eyes of com-mon Bangladeshis.

Again, India’s initial reluctance intaking a firm stance on Rohingyarefugees, a vital issue for Bangladeshinundated by the influx of refugees,further dented public perception.India being a regional power, expec-tations from it are always high and anyfall from them leads to resentmentamong the people. The most promi-nent and recent case is India’s disjoint-ed response on the NRC, where oneof the arms of the Governmentassured that none would be deport-ed to Bangladesh while anotherrepeatedly expressed its resolve todeport Bangladeshis and referred tomigrants as a security threat. Besides,the venom spewed againstBangladeshis by some political lead-ers close to the ruling dispensation,who equated them to “termites”, hasadded to the people’s apprehensions.

Similarly, people in India havebeen watching Bangladesh’s growingties with China closely, especially indefence cooperation. In particular,Bangladesh’s recent contract toChina for construction of a subma-rine dockyard has raised eyebrows inIndia because the feeling on the

ground is that such contracts alwayshave some strategic consideration.This unease is despite the fact thatduring her July visit to China, SheikhHasina categorically mentioned thather nation’s relationship with Beijingis economic and with New Delhi, itis organic and cannot be measuredby any monetary benefits.

In the backdrop of these nigglingissues, Hasina’s visit signifies the spe-cial relationship the two countriesshare. During her stay, she will bediscussing a wide range of issues ofbilateral, regional and internationalimportance with Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

A deepening economic cooper-ation is also an important aspect asHasina will be accompanied by alarge delegation of businessmen. Inaddition, she will participate in theIndia Economic Summit, organisedby the World Economic Forum. Soone hopes that the two neighbourswill put a salve on any wounds beforethey fester.

(The writer is a Senior Fellow at theObserver Research Foundation andviews expressed are personal)

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Ahmedabad: India's stature isrising on the world stage and aglimpse of the respect the coun-try has globally was seen duringthe 'HowdyModi' event inHouston, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said here onWednesday.

The world can see that Indiais at the forefront of several pos-itive changes taking place at theworld stage, he said, during anevent organised by BJP's stateunit to felicitate him for hisspeech at the UN GeneralAssembly. "At the Houston pro-gramme, Republicans andDemocrats spoke. Their attend-ing the HowdyModi event wasvery special," he said.

"The fact that India alwaysbelieves in taking everyone alonghas also been noted," Modi said."Respect for India is increasingall over. One can experience thechange," he added.

A large poster of of Modiand US President DonaldTrump was put up on stage.

"The strength and the valueof Indian passport has increased.The world sees those holdingIndian passport with respect,"

Modi said.Modi said 'HowdyModi' has

become a talking point amongall world leaders he met after theevent. "The fact that the USPresident came to the Indianevent and stayed there for sucha long time was great. Afterspeeches, when I requested him,he came for a round of stadiumwithout considering securityprotocol. I thank him and allthose who organised the event,"Modi said.

"In a way, the world is look-ing at India with great eagerness.The world was curious aboutIndia, a huge country with avibrant democracy and it ishopeful that India's participationwill be most significant when-ever there are opportunities tobring about global changes," he

said.India has the capacity to

take the world together due toour ideals, behaviour and cul-ture, he said.

Modi also referred to his2014 proposal in the UN for theInternational Yoga Day, whichhe said was passed in the short-est time.

He said during his US visit,Mahatma Gandhi was given"real tribute" by world leaders atthe United Nations.

"Gandhi was with us, iswith us and will be there forfuture generations," he said.

Modi also spoke of the"immense enthusiasm" at theUN for Mahatma Gandhi's150th birth anniversary cele-brations.

"Take any problem theworld faces, the teachings ofMahatma Gandhi offer solutionsto those challenges," he said.

Singers of over 150 coun-tries rendered Gandhiji's famous'Vaishnav Jan..' bhajan in theirlanguage, Modi said. Thesesingers tried to understand thefeeling, meaning and message ofthe song, he said. PTI

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Kolkata: Processions and com-memorative events onWednesday marked the sesqui-centennial of Mahatma Gandhiin West Bengal, where partiescutting across political linesfought over the legacy of theFather of the Nation.

Since morning various pro-grams like mass prayers andprocessions were organised invarious parts of state and thecity to mark the occasion.

A programme was held atthe Gandhi Ghat in neigh-bouring Barrackpore. In severalparts of the city several nongovernmental organisationsalong with children and foot-path dwellers organised mockkhadi spinning programmesand sang bhajans associatedwith Gandhiji.

Paying her homage toMahatma Gandhi on his 150thbirth anniversary at Mayo Roadhere, West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee inan apparent reference to BJPleadership said the leader of thecountry should follow theGandhian principles and takepeople of every religion and

community along with him."Not only us but the entire

world has learnt fromGandhiji's principles of non-violence, satyagraha and peace.We(TMC) don't want to adviseothers, but we will just say thatthe leader of the countryshould be like Netaji SubhasChandra Bose and MahatmaGandhi, who had led the nationby taking along with thempeople of all communities,castes and religions," Banerjeesaid.

She said the historicGandhi Bhavan located atBeleghata area in the city wherethe nationalist leader had stayedduring Independence 1947 toprotest against communal riotsin the city has been renovatedand developed into a museumby the state government.

It was inaugurated duringthe day.

Rare photographs captur-ing Mahatma Gandhi's 1947stay at Beleghata and articlesused by him during the periodwill be on display at the newlyopened museum.

The Bengal Congress unit

took out a padyatra in the cityand various parts of the statewith posters and placards onGandhiji to mark the day.

West Bengal PCC presidentSomen Mitra, who participat-ed in a march organized by theparty from Subodh MullickSquare to Gandhi statue atMayo Road in the city, used theoccasion to lash out at the BJPgovernment at the Centre overits proposal to update NRCacross the country.

"Both TMC and BJP gov-ernments at the state and at theCentre respectively are unableto understand the principlesand ideology of MahatmaGandhi. So they should stoppretending about respectingGandhiji and his struggle. Onlythose (political parties) whodon't understand Gandhiji talkabout about NRC, driving outMuslims and communal dividein the country," Mitra toldreporters.

Gandhiji had throughouthis life fought for communalharmony. "But those in powerat the state and the Centre aredetermined to destroy that

harmony to serve their politi-cal purpose," he said.

Union Home MinisterAmit Shah had on Tuesday ata seminar here asserted that theNRC is "a must" for nationalsecurity and will be imple-mented but made it clear thatHindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhistrefugees will be granted Indiancitizenship beforehand withthe passage of the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill.

Reacting to Mitra's state-ment, BJP national secretaryRahul Sinha said Congressshould stop behaving as ifGandhiji is the "personal fief-dom" of the Congress party.

"Mahatma Gandhi is thefather of the nation. Gandhiji isnot a personal fiefdom ofCongress party or its first fam-ily - the Nehru-Gandhi family.

"Since Independence they(Congress) had tried to createthis impression as Gandhijiand Congress are synonymous.We don't need to take lessonson Gandhiji from theCongress," Sinha hit back.

The BJP organised SwachhBharat Abhiyan (cleanliness

drive) on the day.TMC secretary general

Partha Chatterjee said the partyhas been at the forefront in thefight against communal politicsand had opposed the imple-mentation of NRC across thecountry.

Last week, West Bengalgovernment had directed theheads of all primary and sec-ondary schools to observe the150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in theirpremises.

The schools organisednational flag hoisting cere-monies, rallies, cultural pro-grammes and seminars onGandhi Jayanti. Some schoolsalso held programmes onGandhiji's thoughts on non-violence, peace, patriotism,communal harmony and uni-versal brotherhood throughevents. The heads of theschools have been asked toencourage the participation ofguardians and locals in the cir-cle-level programmes that willbe continued throughout theyear, a senior state governmentofficial said. PTI

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Jajpur: A newborn baby girl was rescuedfrom a garbage bin in a community healthcentre in Odisha's Jajpur district onWednesday, police said.

The newborn baby was found aban-doned in a garbage bin in the MadhubanCommunity Health Centre (CHC) premis-es under Kuakhia area, said Inspector In-Charge of Kuakhia Police station, ManojKumar Swain.

A sweeper, who had come to collect thewaste from the bin, first noticed the babyinside the bin on Wednesday morning. Heimmediately informed the authorities of thehealth centre.

A doctor on duty of the CHC alongwith other staff of the health centre rushedto the spot and rescued the baby from thegarbage bin

in a critical condition, the IIC said.After primary treatment at the CHC,

the doctor shifted her to the Jajpur DistrictHeadquarters Hospital (DHH).

The CHC authorities also informed theChild Welfare Committee about the new-born baby. On getting information, JajpursDistrict CWC team arrived at the districthospital and inquired about the conditionof the newborn baby.

From the DHH, the baby was againshifted to Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack as hercondition deteriorated this afternoon,police said. PTI

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of Kashmir with the message "everyKashmiri is ours", BJP national gen-eral secretary Ram Madhav onWednesday assured them that theModi government has taken up theresponsibility to safeguard theirinterests on land and culture.

He termed Article 370 "anti-peo-ple and biggest hurdle" in the devel-opment of Jammu and Kashmir,trashing the allegation the provisionwas revoked to own the land but notthe people. He said only 200-250people are in preventive detentionand that this was temporary.

Madhav said scrapping Article370, which gave special status toJammu and Kashmir, has started anew chapter of development basedon Mahatma Gandhi's ideals of non-violence and unity.

"The interest of the people ofJammu and Kashmir, their land,their culture and their development,whatever is their interest, the fullresponsibility of safeguarding these(interests) is taken up by the gov-ernment led by Modiji," he said at anevent here.

He said there is no reason todoubt it.

"This step has been taken in theinterest of the people of Kashmir. Inthe name of Gandhiji, this govern-

ment is dedicated to people," he said.The BJP leader said the govern-

ment's steps with regard to Kashmirare meant to ensure peace, progressand development for each and everymember of the last village inKashmir.

"This is reason for Modi ji to takesuch steps. For us, every Kashmiri isa member of the family of thiscountry," he added.

Trying to strike a chord with thepeople of Kashmir, Madhav saidevery Kashmiri is theirs and everystep is taken to change their destiny.

"When we say Jammu andKashmir is ours, it does not meanonly land is ours. We say everyKashmir is ours," he said.

Madhav said Jammu andKashmir has entered a new era after

the abrogation of Article 370. "Thestep that should have normally beentaken seven decades ago is beingtaken by Modiji after 72 years," hesaid, adding J&K is now a full-fledged part of India, like any otherstate.

Calling on the people to start anew chapter of development inJammu and Kashmir based onGandhi's ideals of non-violence andunity, he said they should move for-ward to achieve new heights.

On the detentions, he said 200-250 people are in preventive custodyand it is a temporary measure. "Theywill get back their political rightswhen situation will become con-ducive. They will soon come out. Itis the administration (which will)decide it," he said.

He said it is important for themto ensure "free flow" of political rightsfor each and every person, even invillages, not just about rights ofsome selected people.

"It is with this aim to providepolitical rights to all people that wehave to put some people in detention.It is done for a big aim," he added.

He said whatever measures havebeen taken are temporary.

"This (J&K) will be a full-fledgedstate and will move forward on thepath of development," he said. PTI

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Thiruvananthapuram: KeralaChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayanon Wednesday said the peoplewho assassinated the Father ofthe Nation are trying to makeMahatma Gandhi their ownand interpret his statements intheir favour.

The CPI(M) leader'sremarks came as the BJP and itsrival parties battled to claimGandhi's legacy on his 150thbirth anniversary.

Paying homage to the Fatherof the Nation, Vijayan said theIndia that Gandhi fought for wasan inclusive one, where no onewas considered a pariah.

In a Facebook post, he saidthe values that Gandhi upheldremain relevant even after a cen-tury. "But today some are tryingto take the country backwardsfrom Gandhi's ideals."

"Those who assassinatedGandhi are trying to makeGandhi their own. They are try-ing to interpret Gandhi's state-ments in their favour," Vijayanwrote.

In this context, this year'sGandhi Jayanti had assumedgreater significance, he said.

Vijayan, who paid floraltributes to Mahatma Gandhi atKerala House in New Delhi,urged people to pledge them-selves to safeguard his ideals.

"Mahatma's life has given usa moral imperative, to upholdthe

secular founding values ofour republic.

"The India he fought for wasan inclusive one, where no onewas considered a pariah. Let'spledge ourselves to uphold thoseideals," Vijayan said in his post.

Kerala Governor ArifMohammad Khan paid tributesto the Father of the Nation at theGandhi statue inside the leg-

islative complex here."... Today, 2nd October, is

the 150th anniversary of thebirth of the Mahatma, whosemessage of non-violence con-tinues to guide us," Khan tweet-ed.

The Kerala PradeshCongress Committee arrangedstate-wide programmes and all-religion prayers along withpadayatras to commemoratethe occasion.

Congress WorkingCommittee (CWC) member AK Antony flagged-off theThiruvananthapuram leg of thepadayatra.

Leader of the Opposition inthe State Assembly RameshChennithala and state Congresschief MullappallyRamachandran launched footmarches from Ernakulam andKozhikode respectively.

Among various pro-grammes across the state, theNational Institute of Speech andHearing (NISH) organised avisual representation of thefavourite bhajans of MahatmaGandhi in Indian Sign Language(ISL) here. PTI

Kohima: Nagaland ChiefMinister Neiphiu Rio onWednesday picked up plasticwaste from a road here with apair of tongs and launched astatewide mass campaign'Shramdaan' (voluntary work)to do away with single-useplastic from the state.

He was also joined by hiscabinet colleagues and MLAson the occasion of 150th birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi.

The state was also declaredas open defecation free (ODF)on Wednesday.

The advisor for urbandevelopment and municipalaffairs departments, MLA DrNeikiesalie, Nicky Kire,declared the state as ODF, inpresence of the chief ministerhere at a function that wasorganised by the state's urbandevelopment department.

Addressing a gathering,Rio said, the mass collection ofplastic waste across the state isin accordance with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'sappeal to keep the environmentclean and also do away withsingle-use plastic, particularlyin urban areas and make Indiaa plastic-free country.

"God has created our plan-et so beautifully. Mother Earthcan provide for our needs butcannot satisfy our greed.Because of our greed, we havecome to face many problems,including climate change andman-made disasters, he said.

The chief minister saidthat it is very easy to blame thegovernment for not cleaningthe town but everythingdepends on the people.

He appealed to all the cit-izens of Kohima and Dimapurto lead the way in keeping thecity clean.

Later, Rio along with hiscabinet colleagues and MLAslaunched three central flagshipprogrammes such as KohimaSmart City Mission, SwachhBharat Mission (Urban) andPradhaan Mantri Awas Yojana- Housing for All (Urban) at theNBCC Convention Centrehere.

"Today, there are very seri-ous issues confronting theurban dwellers unlike before,"he said, adding that inNagaland, there are many set-tlements in the process of tran-sition.

On the occasion, the chiefminister also released an anti-plastic theme song and a 100days promotional video.

He also distributed clothbags among people.

He also launched five waterATMs for public use, flaggedoff 11 sanitation vehicles forurban local bodies under the'Swachh Bharat Mission'(Urban).

"As responsible citizens,we have to learn to manage ourwastes," Rio said.

All these efforts will go along way in ensuring betterquality of life and ease of livingto the urban dwellers, the chiefminister added. PTI

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Patna: The high court's stayon demolition of the cen-turies-old Patna Collectoratehas come as a "ray of hope" topeople striving for its preser-vation and on the 150th birthanniversary of the Mahatma,they urged authorities to linkthe landmark with a Gandhitourism circuit.

Some iconic scenes inRichard Attenborough'sOscar-winning 'Gandhi' werefilmed at the collectorate,whose Dutch-era RecordRoom was doubled up asMotihari jail, while British-built DM Office building wasshown as a court in the movie.

Gandhi's sesquicentenaryevoked the memories of theshooting of the fill in early1980s.

"People have been appeal-ing to the Bihar government to

save the collectorate and use itas a cultural space, but the gov-ernment has been adamantabout its demolition plan. Thestay by the Patna High Courthas sent a wave of confidenceamong heritage lovers," saidAnjum Abdin, a city resident.

"Had it not been for a sus-tained people's movementrunning for around three-and-a-half years to save andpreserve it, perhaps the his-toric Patna Collectorate wouldnot have witnessed this land-mark 150th anniversary ofGandhiji today," he said.

Many residents still fond-ly recall the crowd outside theRecord Room or the artificialrain being created in front ofthe DM Office during theshooting of the biopic.

US-based professionalTwisha Chandra, who hails

from Patna, and also a mem-ber of the ExecutiveCommittee of London-basedGandhi Foundation, recentlyvisited her hometown, andfeels the struggle to save thecollectorate is "bearing fruits".

"The collectorate wasneglected during the hugeChamparan Satyagrah cente-nary celebrations in 2017organised by the Bihar gov-ernment. Now that the courthas stayed its demolition, thegovernment should see themerit in its preservation. And,instead of planning to knockit down, it can link it toGandhi circuit to promotetourism," she said.

Entire world is markingGandhi's 150th anniversaryand hopefully the court's finalverdict will remove the wreck-ing ball dangling over it.

"On the 150th anniversary,a memorial plaque outsidethe building could have beenput up as part of an overallplan to bring the landmark onthe tourism map. In fact, theBihar government should haverestored and gifted the build-ing to the city on the occa-sion," Chandra said.

Incidentally, the GandhiFoundation in 2016, in a let-ter to Chief Minister NitishKumar, had appealed to pre-serve the collectorate and alsosuggested linking the heritagebuilding with the Gandhitourism circuit.

The government's deci-sion in early 2016 to demolishthe collectorate to make wayfor a high-rise complex hadtriggered a public outcry.

A civil society-led cam-paign 'Save Historic Patna

Collectorate', started in Aprilthe same year, too urged theBihar government to link thecollectorate on the banks ofGanges to a tourism circuit.

"The place could bereimagined as a cafe, library,museum and a performingarts centre. And, the Oscar-winning biopic connectionshould be promoted," said J KLall, a veteran architect andconvener of INTACH PatnaChapter.

The Indian National Trustfor Art and Culture(INTACH) had filed two PILs,after which the court stayedthe proposed demolition of thegovernment complex whilerestraining the state authoritiesfrom "causing any harm to thecollectorate building until fur-ther orders".

Anil Kumar, professor of

Ancient Indian History atVisva Bharati University inSantiniketan, West Bengal,also backed the idea of linkingthe collectorate with theGandhi circuit.

"Development shouldmean a harmonious balance ofold and modern. Patna beingan over 2,500-year-old cityhas layers of history, fromancient to modern, and her-itage should not be replaced tobring modernity," he said.

Aditya Jalan, a heritageenthusiast and resident of theiconic Quila House in oldPatna, said, "Patna shouldboast its Oscar connection".

"Tourists go on 'HarryPotter' and 'Game of Thrones'trails and countries wherethey were filmed are show-casing it. Why can't Patna dothe same?" he said. PTI

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Lucknow: The actual reasonfor holding a special session ofUttar Pradesh legislature tomark Mahatma Gandhi's 150thbirth anniversary is not todeliberate on his works but tohide the failures of the BJP gov-ernment, BSP presidentMayawati on Wednesdayclaimed.

In a tweet, she said,"Convening a special session ofthe UP Legislative Assemblyon Gandhiji 's 150 birthanniversary is not to deliber-ate on his works but to hide thefailures of its government bythe BJP. This is why BSP hasdeployed its MLAs in the realpublic service to help the flood

victims."Mayawati was apparently

referring to the absence of herparty legislators from the spe-cial 36-hour-long session.

In a dig at the Congressover its silent march byCongress on Gandhi Jayanti,she said, "In spite of being inpower for the longest time invarious states including UttarPradesh and Centre, whenCongress party could notrealise Gandhiji's dreams evena little bit then what can theynow do by holding padyatrawhile being out of power. Thesame situation is being seen ofthe BJP. Public needs to remainvigilant." PTI

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Jammu: Facing arrest for allegedlinks with Hizbul Mujahideenterror outfit, a senior J-KCongress leader's brotherMohammad Shafi Saroori onWednesday refuted the chargesand claimed the case against himwas "politically motivated".

In a statement, Shafi Saroori,brother of the party's state vicepresident and former ministerGhulam Mohammad Saroori,alleged the registration of FIRagainst him was aimed atmaligning him and his familyand said he is ready for a free andfair probe.

He said he is hopeful thattruth will prevail once such aninvestigation is conducted.

Shafi Saroori is among thedozen people booked in twoseparate FIRs for their allegedlinks with Hizbul Mujahideenterror outfit in Kishtwar districtof Jammu and Kashmir.

While six persons who werenamed in one of the FIRs regis-tered last week were arrested, sixothers including the Congressleader's brother are at large andefforts are on to nab them, offi-cials said.

Saroori, a businessman andformer Sarpanch, said he was inthe category of protected per-sons till last year before his secu-rity was withdrawn by the pre-vious government.

"I strongly refute the alle-gations levelled against me in theFIR No: 229/2019,” he said in astatement here, adding he andhis family had undergone trau-ma since last more than six yearsas his wife was suffering fromcancer and had to travel fortreatment outside the state.

“The house which Kishtwarpolice had claimed to have usedby the militants was abandonedby the family way back. It is

occupied by tenants, includingnon-Muslims and police per-sonnel over the last over sixyears,” Saroori said.

He said he is open to a freeand fair probe as “I have no linkwith any militant or militantorganization. I am hopeful thatthe truth will prevail once thefree and fair investigation is con-ducted”.

As per the FIR(No:229/2019) lodged inKishtwar police station on theweekend, the officials said Shafiand five others -- MasoodAhmad Mattoo, MohammadMuzaffar Shah, GhulamMohammad, Tawseef AhmadGandna and Syed Ahmad –were accused of providing shel-ter and transport to active ter-rorists of Hizbul Mujahideen tocarry out their activities.

They were also chargedwith conspiring with terrorists to

harm the integrity of the nationbesides providing informationon security installations to theterrorists including MohammadAmin alias “Jehangir Saroori” tocarry out attacks, the officialssaid adding they were bookedunder various sections ofUnlawful Activities (Prevention)Act. In the second FIR(230/2019), six persons – NissarAhmad Rather, KousarHussain,Liyaqat Ali,Mohammad Muzaffar Sheikh,Asif Hussain and ImtiyazAhmad Bhat – who were facingsimilar charges - were arrested,the officials said.

After being declared ter-rorism-free over a decade ago,Kishtwar district was rocked bykillings of four persons includ-ing a senior BJP leader and anRSS functionary and twoweapons snatching incidentssince November last year. PTI

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Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar lost his cool in the

face of persistent queries froma journalist about inundation ofmany parts of Patna due toheavy rains and shot back ask-ing whether there was similaroutrage when Mumbai suf-fered a deluge and floods dis-rupted normal life in the US.

The incident took place lateTuesday night when Kumarwhile wading through knee-deep water was approached withquestions from a posse of jour-nalists when he was surveyingthe inundated areas of the city.

As he began explaining atlength how the State's northerndistricts had experienced flashfloods as early as in July, fol-lowed by a dry spell leading toa drought-like situation until itwas ravaged by torrents lastweek, a journalist from thenational Capital who was hereto cover the situation tried tocut him short.

While Kumar was visiblyirritated, the interjection wasresented by the local journal-ists who quarreled with the vis-iting scribe. They were heardshouting Have you come hereto gain prominence for your-self? This is not your Delhi stu-dio. We are based in Bihar andplease let us have the Chief

Ministers soundbite.When the commotion sub-

sided after a few minutes,Kumar resumed speakingabout how the latest disasterwas in a way connected to theproblem of climate change,which his Government wasdoing its bit to tackle.

Kumar was then inter-rupted again by the journalistwho sought to draw his atten-tion to the sufferings of peopleliving in water-logged areas ofthe city for the past few days.

He began explaining thetopography of the city, wherethe worst affected localities likeRajendra Nagar were low-lyingareas and urged for an "honestappraisal of the Government'sefforts and a proper study of thefactors responsible for the cur-rent situation.

When the reporter contin-ued to ask questions on top of

her voice on what his govern-ment did to change thingsafter having ruled the state forclose to 15 years, Kumarsnapped I would like to knowwhether water-logging in Patnahas been the biggest problem.How much concern was shownwhen Mumbai and Americawere water-logged?

You people have failed toeven contribute towards raisingpublic awareness, Kumar saidturning away amid protesta-tions by the scribe who shout-ed raising public awareness iswhat we are trying to do. Pleaseanswer the questions. Look atthis girl shouting here. Thelocal representative of herchannel is nowhere to be seenand she has been sent fromoutside to create mischief, heremarked sardonically as hewas led towards his vehicle bythe security personnel on duty.

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Begusarai (Bihar): The BJP-ledNDA in Bihar, which has beenruling the State for about adecade and a half, owes an apol-ogy to the people of Patna whohave been reeling from inun-dation following heavy rain,Union Minister Giriraj Singhsaid here on Wednesday.

The firebrand BJP leaderalso attacked the Nitish KumarGovernment saying an alerthad been sounded ahead of thedownpour but it failed to ensureattentiveness in the adminis-trative machinery, which couldhave lessened the severity of thecrisis.

"It is not a failure of the peo-ple of Patna. It is our failure.Residents of the city havereposed so much of trust in theNDA, especially the BJP. Weowe an apology to them," saidSingh who is the Lok Sabha MPof Begusarai in Bihar.

Singh, a former member ofthe Nitish Kumar Cabinet, is aknown detractor of the ChiefMinister and his deputy SushilKumar Modi, a senior BJPleader. "The Government issuedan alert asking the people to beon guard. But was it on guarditself? Had it been so, peoplewould not have been com-pelled to suffer so much of mis-ery," he said. On Tuesday also,the BJP leader accused the State

Government of corruption inflood relief and claimed that"floods seem to have become anoccasion for celebration for theState administration".

Patna has been a BJPstronghold since the 1980swhen Lalu Prasad's RJD heldsway over Bihar. In the 2015Assembly polls, which the BJP-led coalition lost badly to theGrand Alliance then comprisingNitish Kumar's JD(U), RJD andCongress, all the four seats thatcover the city were bagged bythe saffron party.

BJP legislators who havewon from the city include StateMinister Nand Kishore Yadav,while Sushil Modi who is nowa Legislative Council member,was a four-term MLA from thenow-abolished Patna Centralconstituency. The State capitalwas pounded by 342.5 mm ofrainfall between September 27and 30, as against the state aver-age of 255 mm, an officialrelease said. At least 42 peoplehave died in rain-related inci-dents in the entire state duringthe period following torrentialshowers. PTI

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While top brass of the twomainstream regional par-

ties, National Conference andPDP, continue to remain underdetention in Kashmir valley,Jammu & Kashmir Governmentlate on Tuesday night endedpolitical detentions of handful ofJammu-based leaders after 58long days with an aim to kickstart political activities ahead ofBlock Development Councilpolls beginning October 24.

The timing of the release ofthese leaders, representing dif-ferent political parties, clearlyindicated that the Governmentwas keen on shoring up its ownimage by sending a clear mes-sage to the outside world that thedemocracy was flourishing atthe grass roots level and 'all iswell' in the State.

Ironically, these leaders werelet off with a clear cut warningnot to trigger any political stormby making irresponsible state-ments aimed at provoking pub-lic mood in the region.

Official sources said,"Leaders from the NationalConference (NC), Congress andJammu & Kashmir NationalPanthers Party (JKNPP) inJammu have been freed fromtheir house detention". Theywere placed under preventivedetention since August 5 afterthe abrogation of Article 370.

NC leaders Devender SinghRana and SS Salathia, Congress'sRaman Bhalla and JKNPPleader Harshdev Singh alongwith others were put underhouse arrest in Jammu andwere barred from attendingpolitical functions and visitingparty offices.

Meanwhile, political leaders,who were detained for last 58days in Jammu, Wednesday vis-ited their party offices in Jammuand held informal discussionson the sidelines of tribute cere-monies on the occasion of 150th Birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi.

Speaking to The Pioneer,former Congress MLC andparty spokesman RavinderSharma said, "it is very unfor-tunate that the Government hasdecided to hold BDC polls with-out consulting leaders of main-stream Opposition parties in theState". Sharma also accused BJPof grabbing power at the grassroots level by holding theseBDC polls on party lines.

He said, for last two monthsBJP leaders were holding polit-ical functions and preparingfor their BDC polls but we wereeven prevented from holdingregular press briefings in partyoffices. Sharma said, "majorityof senior party leaders fromKashmir valley continue toremain under detention andunder these circumstances the

government is proceeding fur-ther to hold these BDC polls".

Senior National Conferenceleader and close aide of OmarAbdullah, Devender Singh Ranaclaimed, "he will first meetsenior party leaders in Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan on Thursdaybefore interacting with themedia". PDP leader DamanBhasin told The Pioneer," theGovernment is making mockeryof the whole election process bygoing ahead without releasingmainstream political leaderscurrently under detention. Atpresent Omar Abdullah andFarooq Abdullah, PDP'sMehbooba Mufti, formerCabinet Ministers, J&K People'sConference's Sajjad Gani Loneand many others continue toremain under house arrest inKashmir valley.

Bhasin claimed, as perguidelines of the ElectionCommission of India, the Statepresident of a regional party isauthorised to give mandate toparty candidates to fight elec-tions. He said, in the absence ofparty chiefs who will give man-date to party leaders to contestBDC polls in Jammu &Kashmir. Jammu & KashmirNational Panthers party leaderHarsh Dev Singh said, "thecredibility of BDC polls isunder scanner". He said, the sit-uation is not conducive to holdpolls in the State.

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Senior BJP leader and formerMinister Eknath Khadse —

who has gone ahead and filed hisnomination for the StateAssembly polls despite his namenot figuring in the first list of 125candidates released by his party— does not seem to be in amood to relent. He has indicat-ed that if denied the party tick-et, he would turn a rebel in thepolls.

A day after he filed hisnomination from his home con-stituency of Muktai Nagar inJalgaon district of Maharashtra,Khadse told local media personson Wednesday: “If I am deniedticket by my party, people arewith me. I also expect co-oper-ation from you (media)”.

F i f t y - s e ve n - ye ar- o l dKhadse, who has gone intosulking mood ever since his

name did not figure in the firstlist of party candidates releasedby the BJP on Tuesday, said: “Ihave been working honestly forthe party for the last 42 years.Never once have I betrayed theparty, despite the fact that Ireceived offers from other polit-ical parties. Because of allega-tions made against me by somepeople, I was kept out of the StateCabinet for three years despitemy having done anythingwrong”

“I will definitely ask myparty leaders as to what wronghave I done that I am beingtreated this way. I would also liketo ask them as to who has poi-soned their minds against me,”Khadse said. Displaying hisshow of strength, Khadse wentin a huge procession and filedhis nomination fromMuktainagar constituency. “Incase, my name figures in the sec-

ond list of candidates, I will fileanother nomination,” he had,after filing the nomination. Itmay be recalled that on June 4,2016, Khadse had resigned fromhis post as the State RevenueMinister over irregularities in thepurchase of a plot of land atBhosari in Pune district. ChiefMnister Devendra Fadnavis hadthen appointed a judicial com-mittee, headed by retiredBombay HC judge DinkarZoting, to probe the allegationsof corruption against Khadse.

The charge against Khadsewas that he, his wife Mandakiniand son-in-law GirishChaudhary had hatched a con-spiracy and purchased a 3-acreplot of land at Bhosri near Puneowned Maharashtra IndustrialDevelopment Corporation(MIDC) in the name of his kinfor �3.75 crore as against themarket price of �40 crore.

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Expressing his satisfactionover Yuva Sena leader

Aditya Thackeray’s decisionto contest the State Assemblypolls, Shiv Sena president andfather Uddhav Thackeray saidhere on Wednesday that hisson worked harder than him,that the Shiv Sainiks hadaccepted him with happinessand love and that it was theSainiks’ responsibility to nur-ture him.

Coming out with his firstreaction after Aditya onMonday announced his deci-sion to take a plunge intoelectoral politics, Uddhav indi-rectly said that his son wouldbe part of the new Governmentin the event of the BJP-ShivSena alliance returning topower in the State. “It is timefor the youth to realise theirdreams by taking to politicsand being part of theGovernment,” he said.

“Late Shiv Sena chief Bal

Thackeray had told me: Sinceyou are my son, I would notthrust you upon the Shiv Sena.In case, people accept you willsucceed in politics. I followedmy father’s footsteps and I amwhere I am. People haveaccepted Aditya. That’s why heis contesting the elections,”Uddhav said.

Dwelling upon Aditya’sdecision to contest theAssembly polls, Uddhav said:“I am satisfied with what ishappening today. Aditya is

very determined and is work-ing for the party with a lot ofinterest. He works harder thanme. The Shiv Sainiks haveaccepted him with happinessand love. That’s why I did notgo to the function where heannounced his decision tocontest the Assembly polls. Ido not want to do things in ahurry. Henceforth, he is theresponsibility of Shiv Sainiks".

“Working for the people isthe tradition in Thackeray’sfamily. I am happy that Adityais carrying forward the tradi-tion. I would like to thank ShivSainiks for this. He is fightingfor the development ofMaharashtra and also to fulfilthe dreams of the youth in thestate,” Uddhav said.

Uddhav, who was speakingat a function organised to wel-come Congress MLC fromNandurbar ChandrakantRaghuvamshi into the ShivSena, said that he would dwellupon in detail about the seat-sharing arrangement with the

BJP and other issues relating tothe State Assembly at theDussehra rally to be held at theShivaji Park in north-centralMumbai on October 8.

Rooting for the youngergeneration entering electoralpolitics, Uddhav said: “Tilltoday, political leaders havesold only dreams to the youth.The youth have been livingwith the same dreams untilnow. However, the youthshould now come forward torealise their dreams by enter-ing electoral politics andbecoming part of theGovernment. The youthshould now bring about trans-formation in Maharashtra andthe country”.

Meanwhile, Aditya — whois the first Thackeray in thefour generations of Thackeraysto have taken a plunge intoelectoral politics — is expect-ed to file his nomination forthe State Assembly polls fromWorli constituency in south-central Mumbai on Thursday.

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Lucknow: Congress leaderPriyanka Gandhi Vadra allegedon Wednesday that rape accusedwere being protected in UttarPradesh and demanded lodgingof a rape case against BJP leaderand former Union ministerChinmayanand.

"Atrocities are being com-mitted against women, especiallyin Uttar Pradesh. Rapists arebeing protected. It is ourdemand that in theShahjahanpur incident, a rapecase should be registered againstthe accused," the Congress gen-eral secretary in-charge of eastUP said on the sidelines of aparty march here to mark the150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi.

Priyanka Gandhi hadexpressed displeasure onMonday over Congressmenbeing stopped from taking outa "nyay yatra" (march for justice)in support of the law studentwho has accusedChinmayanand of rape.

"The UP BJP governmentwants to suppress the voiceseeking justice for the daughterof Shahjahanpur. The padyatrais being stopped. Our workersand leaders are being arrested.What is there to be afraid of?,"she had said in a tweet in Hindi.

About 80 Congress workerswere arrested on Monday at apublic meeting ahead of theplanned march in Shahjahanpurin support of the law student.

Former Union minister JitinPrasada was stopped from leav-ing his Shahjahanpur residencefor the march and placed underhouse arrest, while the bordersof the district were blockedfrom all sides. PTI

Chennai: MNM founder KamalHaasan on Wednesday faulted theTamil Nadu Government forseeking the court's approval toerect banners to welcome PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andChinese President Xi Jinping fortheir informal meet here thismonth.

The actor-politician appealedto Modi to "act as a pioneer" andput an end to the "banner culture."

In a tweet, he said the Tamilpeople were "struggling" to copewith the death of 23-year-oldSubasri who was killed when anillegal hoarding put up by anAIADMK functionary fell onher, with the techie riding a two-

wheeler losing balance. A watertanker coming from behind hadrun over her. "Honourable@PMOIndia While Tamil Naduand Thamizhians (Tamils) arestruggling to cope with the loss ofShubasri's death, the Tamil NaduGovernment has approached thecourts to obtain permission toerect your banners," he said.

"If you act as a pioneer in tak-ing the first step to put an end tothis haphazard banner culture, itwill reflect your concern towardsthe sentiments of Tamils, and thatin itself will garner you the great-est publicity possible. Jai Hind!,"the Makkal Needhi Maiam(MNM) founder said. PTI

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In what may prove to be anembarrassment for the ruling

BJP, its ally Republican Party ofIndia (Athavale) on Wednesdayannounced that it would fieldincarcerated underworld donChhota Rajan’sbrother DeepakNikalje as its candidate for theMaharashtra Assembly pollsfrom Phaltan constituency inSatara district of westernMaharashtra.

Announcing Nikalje’s nameas his party’s candidate fromPhaltan constituency, RPI (A)founder-president RamdasAthavale said that his party —which is a constituent of the BJP-led saffron alliance in the stateand of the NDA at the Centre -- would in all contest six seats in

the State Assembly polls.Athvale said that the

RPI(A) would contest the seatsof Phaltan in Satara district,Malshiras in Solapur district,Bhandara, Naigaon in Nandeddistrict, Pathri in Parbhani dis-trict and Mankhurd- Shivaji

Nagar in Mumbai.Apart from that of

Nikalje, Athavle also releasedthe names of the RPI (A)'s fiveother candidates for the polls.

Phaltan, where Nikalje iscontesting is reserved for thecandidates belonging to theScheduled Caste. Phaltan is thenative place of Chhota Rajan.

This is not for the first timethat Nikalje will be contestingthe State Assembly polls. Hehad in the past contested theAssembly from Chembur as anindependent in the past.

Nikalge has been nominated tocontest from Phaltan, sinceChembur has gone to the ShivSena in the seat-sharingarrangement with the BJP.Nikalje has several cases regis-tered against him in variouspolice stations of Mumbai. Inthe 2014 polls, Nikalje haddeclared assets worth �17 crore.As recently as in the thirdweek of March 2018, theMumbai police had registereda case of alleged rape and sex-ual harassment based on thecomplaint of a 22-year-oldwoman. '

Quoting the complaintlodged by the victim woman, thepolice had said that the woman,who used to reside in SiddharthColony in north-east Mumbai,had alleged that Nikalje hadexploited the victim sexually.

Bengaluru: Senior Congressleader Siddaramaiah onWednesday took exception toDonald Trump calling PrimeMinister Narendra Modi asfather of India, saying the USpresident was 'ignorant' andshould try to learn aboutMahatma Gandhi.

Speaking at a party event onthe occasion of Gandhi Jayantihere, the former Karnataka ChiefMinister said if Modi was a'patriot', he should have protest-ed immediately against Trumpdescribing him as "father ofnation" instead of Gandhi.

There is no much differencebetween Narendra Modi andTrump. He (Trump) called him(Modi) father of nation. I think

Trump is ignorant... He shouldtry to know about MahatmaGandhi, Siddaramaiah said. He(Trump) should have at leastasked Obama (former USPresident Barack Obama) aboutGandhi....If Nanrendra Modi is apatriot he should have protestedthere, in front of Trump,"Siddaramaiah said. Trump hadlast week heaped praise on Modiin New York, when both the lead-ers met. "I remember Indiabefore was very torn. There wasa lot of dissension, fighting andhe brought it all together. Like afather would. Maybe he is thefather of India," the US presidenthad said, a comment which hadalready drawn flak from severalopposition leaders in India. PTI

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Kochi: The Kerala govern-ment on Wednesday rejectedresidents' demand for moretime to vacate their flats infour illegal apartment com-plexes here and said theywould stick to the October 3deadline set for leaving theplace.

Authorities said they weregoing ahead as per the 138-dayaction plan for demolishingthe buildings, and warned theresidents of legal consequencesif they refuse to move out bytomorrow.

"The deadline (for vacat-ing the flats) ends tomorrow.That is the direction (from thegovernment)," a senior officialof the Maradu municipalitytold reporters here.

He said the power andwater supply to the apartment

complexes, temporarilyrestored two days ago for facil-itating the smooth relocationof the residents, would be dis-connected automatically onThursday.

As the deadline for vacat-ing their flats nears, residentsalleged that no temporary

dwellings for them have beenarranged by the administra-tion so far.

The flat owners said theywould not leave the buildingstill the authorities completethe arrangements for theirrelocation.

"We are caught in between

the devil and the deep bluesea," a resident said.

They threatened torelaunch their protest seekinga humanitarian approach fromthe authorities.

According to them, at least10 days were required for therelocation from their flats.

The Ernakulam districtadministration said those whowant assistance in finding ahome can approach authoritiesof Maradu municipality.

The authorities com-menced the eviction processon Sunday by visiting theowners to help them relocate.

On Tuesday, the residentshad said they were receivingembarrassing responses whenthey contact people entrustedby the administration toarrange alternative houses for

them in the city.Earlier, the administra-

tion had claimed that theyhave identified over 500 flatsin the city and its premises forthe relocation of the peopleliving in the four apartmentcomplexes for their temporaryrehabilitation.

The administration hadalso provided mobile and tele-phone numbers of those to becontacted for getting theaccommodation.

The 343 waterfront flatsbuilt in violation of CoastalRegulation Zone norms arelocated in Maradu municipal-ity here.

Adding more woes to theauthorities, people living in theneighbourhood have soughtan assurance from the gov-ernment on the issue of ade-

quate compensation if theirhouses are damaged when theunauthorised buildings aredemolished by controlledimplosion.

Locals have said the areawould witness strong protestsif the authorities do not givethem an assurance on com-pensation.

Authorities have report-edly zeroed in on three firmshaving experience in demol-ishing structures using con-trolled implosion method.

Last week, the SupremeCourt had directed demolitionof the apartment complexeswithin 138 days, a time-linegiven by the KeralaGovernment, and asked theState to pay �25 lakh interimcompensation to each flatowner within four weeks. PTI

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On the occasion of GandhiJayanti, the country's

major e-governance platform-Common Service Centres(CSC) — has been approved byMinistry of Telecom to manageand maintain Bharat Net lastmile access point in more than1.2 lakh Panchayat across thecountry to provide internetaccess at �1 per month.

Sources in TelecomMinistry said the Bharat Netaccess points will now be shift-ed phase wise from Panchayatsto the CSC. "The CSC villagelevel entrepreneurs (VLE) willmaintain and manage the nodesfor enabling citizen to accessinternet. Already CSC has morethan one million subscribers

and consum more than 40 TBof data in a month and thismove will empower the villagesof India like Bapujio dreamt ofempowering the rural areas ofour country," said a ministryofficial. CSC in a SpecialPurpose Vehicle and to beginwith, CSC CEO Dr DineshTyagi on 150th anniversarycelebartiosn of MahatmaGandhi launched the �1 -unlimited data usage for amonth to rural citizen at a func-tion in Ulhadi village of AlwarBlock in Rajasthan. The eventwas also attended by TelecomMinistry Joint Secretary AmitYadav. Yadav said GoI hasannounced one lakh villages tobe made Digital Villages andextend wifi / Bharat net to all2.5 lakh Panchayats.

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Trade deals are not simplearithmetic but much more

complicated as they involve anumber of variables, ExternalAffairs Minister S Jaishankarhas said, exuding confidencethat India and US will “find afix” to their trade disputeswith intense engagement goingon between the two countries.

Trade tensions betweenIndia and the US have been ris-ing with American PresidentDonald Trump complainingthat tariffs imposed by NewDelhi on American productswere “no longer acceptable”.

Trump, championing his‘America First’ policy, has beena vocal critic of India for levy-ing “tremendously high” dutieson US products. He hasdescribed India as a “tariffking”.

Ahead of the New Delhivisit of US CommerceSecretary Wilbur Ross for tradetalks with his Indian counter-part Union CommerceMinister Piyush Goyal,Jaishankar on Tuesday said hewas hopeful that somethingwill come out of this ongoingintense engagement betweenofficials of the two countries ontrade issues.

“My understanding of theconversations is that he (Goyal)has had with his counterpartand (that) his officials, have had– team to team - that there’sbeen a very intense engage-

ment. I am hopeful that some-thing would come out of it,”Jaishankar told a meeting of UScorporate bodies during anevent organised by US IndiaStrategic and PartnershipForum.

Trade officials from thetwo countries would naturallywant progress on what areconsidered to be the outstand-ing issues, he said.

“But I think there’s alsosome desire to look beyond. Sowhen people speak aboutwhat’s gonna be the a tradedeal, we’ll have to see about thatgoes,” he said.

Whether one draws asharper kind of framework forthe certain set of issues, thenlook beyond or does one attacka more ambitious agenda,which will obviously then takemore time, he said.

“So it’s going to be sort of

you trade the size of it and thecomplexity of it for the timeand the energy for it. I thinkthat part of it is still a little open,but again, my understanding isthat they would be talkingwith each other continuallyover the coming days,”Jaishankar said.

Jaishankar said he had seenmuch more difficult issueswhich have been creativelyresolved.

“I can’t believe that peopletoday are less ingenious thanwe were in our time. So I’m rea-sonably confident that we willfind a fix,” the top Indiandiplomat said.

One of the challenges isreally how do one define theissue for which they are tryingto find a fix.

“Are you looking at imme-diate trade frictions? Are thelegacy issues you want to

resolve? Are the things on thehorizon? Are you looking atfuture policymaking? Thoseare decisions which both sidesreally need to have conversa-tions about,” Jaishankar told theaudience at the AtlanticCouncil.

Observing that two coun-tries are dealing with multiple,parallel realities when it comesto trade issues, he said the firstreality is that a lot of theseproblems pre-existed.

They become much moresort of central because the cur-rent administration in the USputs certain salience on thesesets of issues, he said.

“We could have had thosearguments in a differentadministration in a differentway,” he said and acknowledgedthat there are real issues.

“I don’t see anything wrongwith that,” he said.

Earlier, responding to aquestion at the Atlantic Councilthink-tank, Jaishankar cau-tioned against “overstating”that economic friction betweenthe two countries, sayingbecause the numbers are notgoing up.

“The numbers are stillgood, pretty much in everysphere. What has happened isthat there is a degree of spot-light on trade and economicissues, which was not there ear-lier. There is a salience to thoseissues in the overall policymaking in Washington, whichwas not there earlier,” he said.

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India and America will launcha new initiative for clean ener-

gy to fuel economic growth inthe strategically-important Indo-Pacific region where China hasbeen trying to expand its sphereof influence, the US StateDepartment has said.

The US has been pushingfor a broader role by India inthe Indo-Pacific region in thebackdrop of China’s rising mil-itary maneuvering in theregion. China has been tryingto expand its military presencein the biogeographic region,comprising the Indian Oceanand the western and centralPacific Ocean, including theSouth China Sea.

Beijing claims almost all ofthe South China Sea. Vietnam,the Philippines, Malaysia,Brunei and Taiwan havecounter claims over the sea.

Assistant Secretary of Statefor Energy Resources Francis RFannon is travelling to Indiafrom September 30 to October6 to launch the FlexibleResources Initiative (FRI,

“free”), under the US-IndiaClean Energy Finance TaskForce, an official statementsaid on Tuesday.

“FRI will execute the UnitedStates and India’s shared visionfor Indo-Pacific economicgrowth fuelled by clean energy,”the State Department said.

The FRI is also a compo-nent of the broader US-ledAsia EDGE (EnhancingDevelopment and Growththrough Energy) Initiative,which is a whole-of-governmenteffort to grow sustainable andsecure energy markets through-out the Indo-Pacific, it said.

Fannon will co-lead efforts,along with the Federal EnergyRegulatory Commission, aswell as partners from USDepartment of Energy and theUS Agency.

India’s Ministry of Powerwill host, along with the IndianMinistry of New andRenewable Energy, the IndianCentral Electricity RegulatoryCommission, and the IndianPetroleum and Natural GasRegulatory Board, the state-ment said.

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As India steps up its crack-down on suspected black

money stashed abroad,Switzerland has issued publicnotices to former IPL com-missioner Lalit Modi and hiswife Minal following requestsmade by Indian authoritiesabout Swiss bank details of thecouple.

In its latest federal gazettenotification on assistancesought by foreign jurisdictionsunder bilateral treaties forexchange of information onmatters concerning suspectedfinancial irregularities,Switzerland’s Federal TaxAdministration (FTA) hasnamed Lalit and Minal Modi(alias Minalini Modi) amongsuch individuals.

The former IPL commis-sioner, who is said to have leftIndia for London in 2010, isalready facing a money laun-dering probe also, though hehas been denying any wrong-doing.

The two separate notifica-tions dated October 1 did notdisclose any further details,besides giving Lalit and MinalModi ten days’ time to desig-nate authorised persons torespond to the assistancerequest received by the FTAfrom India.

Interestingly, similarnotices were issued against thetwo in 2016, but it could not beascertained whether the detailswere eventually shared by theSwiss authorities with India inthat case.

That time also, the two

were given time for “exercise ofthe right to be heard”.

In recent months, severalother Indian nationals havebeen named in such notifica-tions after the Swiss FTA wasapproached by Indian author-ities for information aboutthose people with regard to thepending tax-related probesagainst them.

After a due process pre-scribed under the Swiss law, theinformation has been shared bySwitzerland with India in sev-eral cases, pursuant to whichthe Indian authorities —including the tax departmentand Enforcement Directorate— have proceeded with theirprosecution and other actions.

These included severalIndians named in the leaked‘HSBC List’ of people withaccounts in the Geneva branchof the global banking giant.

For long, Switzerland usedto be known for strict secrecyclauses about details of for-eigners having accounts in

Swiss banks. Under growingglobal pressure, Switzerlandhas, however, begun sharinginformation in cases whereother countries have been ableto present some evidence ofsuspected illegalities.

Under the Swiss law, a pre-scribed procedure is followedfor any administration assis-tance or information exchangeby the FTA with India or anyother country with which theAlpine nation has tax treatiesabout their respective nation-als.

Besides, an automaticinformation exchange mecha-nism has also come into forcebetween India and Switzerlandunder which the Indian taxauthorities now have access toall details about Swiss bankaccounts of Indians, includingthose closed during 2018.

The Automatic Exchangeof Information (AEOI) is beingseen as a major boost in India’sfight against suspected blackmoney stashed abroad.

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The suspended managingdirector of Punjab and

Maharashtra Cooperative(PMC) Bank, Joy Thomas, hasblamed the auditors for themess at the bank, accusingthem of only “superficiallyauditing” the books of the nowcrippled lender due to “timeconstraints”.

In a five-page letter to theReserve Bank of India (RBI)dated September 21 after aboard member blew the lid onthe fraud at PMC, which isamong the top ten urban coop-erative banks, Thomas hasconfessed to the role of the topmanagement, including a fewboard members, in hiding theactual NPA numbers and alsothe actual exposure to thebankrupt HDIL, which is stat-ed to be around Rs 6,500 croreor over 73 per cent of its totalloan book of Rs 8,880 crore.

While Thomas has notnamed any auditor in the let-ter to the RBI written twodays before the regulatoryclamp down which PTI hasreviewed, according to itsannual report for FY19, thebank had three auditors --Lakdawal & Co, Ashok Jayesh& Associates and DB Ketkar &Co since FY11.

Emails from PTI sent to allthese auditors did not elicit anyreplies even after 24 hours.

The shallow auditing of thebooks of PMC by its statutoryauditors was done as the ‘bankwas growing’, Thomas claimedin the letter.

The letter of Thomas ispart of the first informationreport (FIR) filed by theEconomic Offence Wing ofthe Mumbai Police on Monday.The FIR names Thomas, PMCchairman Waryam Singh andthe promoters of the HDIL andrelated entities.

“Since the bank was grow-ing the statutory auditors, dueto their time constraints, werechecking only the incrementaladvances and not the entireoperations in all the accounts,”Thomas claimed in the letter.

“The statutory auditorsvalidated the incremental loansand advances and scrutinisedthe accounts which were shownto them by the bank,” he added.

In the past eight years,PMC had three statutory audi-tors -- Lakdawal & Co (FY19and FY18); Ashok Jayesh &Associates (FY17, FY15, andFY11) and DB Ketkar & Co(FY14 and FY12).

Thomas confirmed thatthe exposure to the bankruptHDIL Group continued toremain standard despite therewas delay in repayments forover three years. The bank’sexposure to HDIL Group wasaround Rs 6,500 crore as ofSeptember 19, 2019, he admit-ted in the letter.

He said some of the largeaccounts were not reported tothe RBI from 2008 because offear of reputational risks.

“The concealment of infor-mation from the board, audi-tors and regulators was due tothe fear of reputational loss,”Thomas informed the RBI.

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India has the potential tobecome one of the largest

electric vehicles (EVs) marketsin the world, with the govern-ment pushing for the segmentin order to curb pollution andreduce reliance on import-dependent fossil fuel, says areport.

However, the uptake ofEVs has been slow in the coun-try due to the high upfront aswell as lifecycle costs cost butlong-term investment inresearch and development(R&D) will create sustainedgrowth, according to the report by the WordEconomic Forum and OlaMobility Institute.

Apart from investment,government backing and direc-tion will be crucial for acceler-ating adoption and deploy-ment of electric mobility, itadded.

The report said there are 10states and union territories(UTs) that are leading the wayin building production, infra-

structure and services toincrease the momentum of EVusage in India.

These states and UTs areAndhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi,Karnataka, Kerala,Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,Telangana, Uttarakhand andUttar Pradesh.

“Considering the stronggovernmental push towardsEVs, India has a huge potentialto become one of the largest EVmarkets,” the report noted.

The report, which alsohighlights the opportunitiesfor the sector, analysed threevalue chains — production,infrastructure and services —of these states and found thatmost of them emphasised onthe production of EV valuechain, aspiring to be manufac-turing hubs for such vehicles as well as their com-ponents.

In the infrastructure valuechain, provisions for installa-tion of charging infrastruc-ture in public and private placeswere made by most states toaddress range anxiety.

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Atotal of 34 functional teamshave been formed to

smoothen the process of merg-er of United Bank of India(UBI), Punjab National Bank(PNB) and Oriental Bank ofCommerce (OBC), a seniorofficial said.

The merger is scheduled tocome into force from April 1next year.

“Thirty four functionalteams have been created tocome out with solutions for theprocess of integration,” a UBIofficial told PTI.

A team comprises twomembers each from the threebanks from different function-al areas, he said.

“The functional teams willalso try standardising the loanprocess, credit terms and ben-efits extended to the customersin the interim period till themerger comes into effect toavoid customer-related issuesin the future,” the official said.

The UBI had conductedcustomer meets at Kolkata,Guwahati and Patna to allaytheir apprehensions about thefuture of banking, the officialsaid.

UBI managing directorand CEO A K Pradhan hadearlier said that though the bal-ance sheet merger is likely tohappen by April 1 next year, itwill take another three to sixmonths after that for the HRand IT integration to be com-pleted.

He had said the completeharmonisation among the threeentities would take another 12to 14 months after the merger.

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The World TradeOrganization on

Wednesday gave Washingtonthe greenlight to slap tariffs on$7.5 billion (6.8 billion euros)worth of EU goods in retalia-tion for the bloc’s illegal sup-port of Airbus.

The ruling is the largestarbitration award in WTO his-tory and a landmark momentthe 15-year long Airbus-Boeing

battle, which threatens to inten-sify already strained trade rela-tions between the US and theEuropean Union.

The EU immediatelythreatened to respond to anyUS move.

“If the US decides toimpose WTO authorised coun-termeasures, it will be pushingthe EU into a situation wherewe will have no other optionthan do the same,” Brussels saidin a statement.

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The Prime Minister Office islearnt to have asked a high-

level panel, looking into therevival of MTNL and BSNL, toexplain if the two telecom PSUscan be turned around and how.

The direction has comeafter the finance ministryraised objections to a propos-al moved by the telecomdepartment (DoT) for revivingthe two PSUs. A group of min-isters headed by HomeMinister Amit Shah had earli-er approved the revival planproposed by the DoT.

“Prime Minister Officepanel under Principal SecretaryP K Mishra in its meeting lastweek asked if MTNL and BSNLcan be revived and if they can berevived then how. The panel hasset up a committee of secretariesto work on these questions,” anofficial source told PTI.

The committee includesTelecom Secretary AnshuPrakash, senior officials fromDepartment of Public

Enterprises, Niti Aayog, andthe Department of Investmentand Public Asset Managementand is likely to submit its replythis week, the official said.

The Group of Ministersheaded by Amit Shah hadapproved the revival packagefor the loss-making public sec-tor telecom firms in mid-July.Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman, telecom ministerRavi Shankar Prasad were partof the GoM that approved theplan.

However, finance ministryofficials later raised over 80objections to the proposalfirmed up by the telecom min-istry.

The DoT has proposed�74,000 crore revival plan forBSNL as closing down of BSNLalone would cost the govern-ment �95,000 crore. The revivalplan proposed by the DoTincludes �29,000 crore pay outfor voluntary retirementscheme, �20,000 crore for 4Gspectrum and �13,000 crore tofund capex for 4G services.

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US Secretary of State MikePompeo warned Italy on

Wednesday of China’s “preda-tory approach” to trade andinvestment, but Rome insistedits special powers over 5G sup-ply deals would protect it.

“China has a predatoryapproach in trade and invest-ment” and represents a “mutu-al threat” to the two countries,Pompeo said during a jointpress conference with Italy’sForeign Minister Luigi DiMaio.

“When the ChineseCommunist party shows up tomake an investment to gainpolitical power or threaten anation’s security, that’s whatneeds to be protected against,”he said.

But Di Maio said Rome’sso-called “golden powers” insupply deals for fifth-genera-tion (5G) telecom services,approved by the government inSeptember, “make us amongthe most advanced in Europeon security”.

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Britain’s biggest retailer Tescosaid Wednesday that CEO

Dave Lewis will step downnext year, after declaring hismission “complete” to turnaround the group’s fortunes.

Lewis, who has axed thou-sands of jobs in a radical over-haul of the supermarket chainsince arriving five years ago, isleaving for personal reasonsand will be replaced byWalgreens Boots Alliance exec-utive Ken Murphy, Tesco saidin a statement.

Former Unilever directorLewis was parachuted intoTesco in July 2014 to help turnaround the group, which at thetime was mired in an account-ing scandal and fierce competition in home marketBritain.

“My decision to step downas group CEO is a personalone,” he said in a statementalongside the publication of thegroup’s first-half earnings.

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Baghdad: Two demonstratorswere killed and more than 200people injured Tuesday, healthofficials said, in clashes withsecurity forces during protestsin Baghdad and the provincesthat mounted the first challengeto Iraq's fragile one-year-oldgovernment.

More than 1,000 protestershad descended on the capitalbefore security forces dispersedthe crowds with a volley of gun-fire and tear gas.

Protests in Baghdad leftone dead and 200 wounded,including 160 civilians, thehealth ministry said withoutproviding further details.

According to medical andpolice sources, most of themneeded treatment for tear gasinhalation and some wereinjured by rubber bullets.

A health official in DhiQar later said that one protest-er was killed and two otherswere wounded in the southernprovince.

With Iraqi flags drapedover their shoulders or wrappedaround their foreheads, thedemonstrators had gathered inthe iconic Tahrir Square, with a

wide range of grievances butapparently without a unifiedleadership.

"Those thieves robbed us!"they cried out in condemnationof the political class in Iraq, con-sidered the 12th most corruptcountry in the world byTransparency International.

"The problem is that par-liament is a bunch of gangs thathave divided up everythingamongst themselves," saidAbbas Fadel, a 30-year-olddemonstrator.

Some were on the streets toprotest at the lack of public ser-vices, including rampant powercuts, water shortages and unem-ployment, particularly amongyouth.

"Show us what you can do:show us paved roads, a city thatfunctions, reconstruction, work,public services. We have noneof that," said Mustafa Khaled,34.

And others carried por-traits of Staff Lieutenant GeneralAbdulwahab al-Saadi, who wasthis week removed from his postin Iraq's Counter-TerrorismService in a shock move.

Demonstrators were cleared

from Tahrir Square a first timebut then regrouped, facing asteady volley of live shots, watercannons and tear gas fromsecurity forces.

More shots were fire evenafter the crowds had dispersedinto adjacent neighbourhoods.

Three young men could beseen carrying a woundeddemonstrator wearing a check-ered white-and-black scarf toprotect him from the tear gas.

Some protesters made theirway towards Al-JumhuriyahBridge, which leads into thehigh-security Green Zone thathouses government offices andforeign embassies.

Police had set up metalbarricades and stationed trucksat the mouth of the bridge toprevent protesters from cross-ing, and a security source insidethe zone told AFP that rein-forcements were requested.

The gathering was thebiggest demonstration againstPrime Minister Adel AbdelMahdi since he came to powerin late October 2018, justmonths after demonstrationsthat engulfed the southern cityof Basra last summer. AFP

Taipei: Five bodies have beenrecovered from under a col-lapsed bridge in Taiwan, res-cuers said Wednesday, as thesearch continued for the lastperson missing after the struc-ture smashed onto fishing boatsmoored underneath.

Taiwan's National FireAgency said the deceased werefishing workers from Indonesiaand the Philippines whosebodies were found in watersnear two damaged boats lateTuesday and earlierWednesday.

"The search and rescuemission continues," transportminister Lin Chia-lung toldreporters, adding evidence wasbeing collected for an investi-gation.

The Philippines labourministry confirmed that two ofits nationals were killed whileone remained missing and fiveothers were injured in the inci-dent.

The ministry pledged assis-tance to the affected workersand their families. DramaticCCTV footage captured themoment the 140-metre (460-foot) long single-arch bridge

came crashing down early onTuesday morning inNanfangao, on Taiwan's eastcoast.

In the video, a verticalcable at the centre of thebridge's steel arch suddenlysnaps.

The road then collapsesinto the water, crashing downon three fishing boats as apetrol tanker, which nearlymade it across, also plungedinto the water.

Twelve people wereinjured, including six Filipinoand three Indonesian fishingworkers, the Taiwanese driverof the petrol tanker, and twocoastguard personnel. Thepetrol tanker burst into flamesat some point after it hit thewater, sending a thick plume ofblack smoke into the air.

The local landmark wascompleted in 1998 andspanned a small fishing port. Itwas featured in a number of TVdramas and commercials.

Taiwan was skirted by atyphoon on Monday night,which brought heavy rains andstrong winds to parts of the eastcoast. AFP

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Spontaneous flash-mob ral-lies broke out in Hong Kong

on Wednesday as angermounted over police shootinga teenage protester whoattacked officers in a dramaticescalation of the violent unrestthat has engulfed the territoryfor months.

A few thousand demon-strators, including office work-ers in shirts and suits, musteredin a park and then beganmarching through the city'scommercial district in anunsanctioned rally, chantinganti-police and anti-govern-ment slogans.

Hours earlier, hundreds ofstudents staged a sit-in at theschool of 18-year-old TsangChi-kin, who was shot in thechest by a policeman as he anda group of masked protestersattacked officers with umbrel-las and poles.

The international financehub has been left reeling fromthe shooting, the first time a

demonstrator has been struckwith a live round in nearly fourmonths of increasingly violentpro-democracy protests.

Hong Kong was batteredby the most sustained politicalclashes of the year on Tuesdayas China celebrated 70 years ofCommunist Party rule with amassive military parade inBeijing.

The spiralling violenceunderscored seething publicanger against Beijing's ruleand shifted the spotlight fromChina's carefully choreo-graphed birthday party, whichwas designed to showcase itsstatus as a global superpower.

Running battles raged forhours across multiple loca-tions as hardcore protestershurled rocks and petrol bombs.

Police responded for themost part with tear gas, rubberbullets and water cannon.

Police said the officer firedat Tsang because he feared forhis life on a day that saw hiscolleagues fire five warningshots from their pistols

throughout the city."In this very short span of

time, he made adecision and

shot the assailant," police chiefStephen Lo said.

But protest groups said theofficer charged into the meleewith his firearm drawn andcondemned the increasing use

of live rounds."The people of Hong Kong

are sick and tired of havingmere words of condemnationas their only shields againstlethal bullets and rifles," amasked protester said at apress conference near Tsang'sschool.

The shooting was capturedon video that quickly wentviral.

Opinion towards theshooting has largely cementedalong ideological divides withpro-democracy activists con-demning the police and estab-lishment figures calling it a jus-tified use of force.

Tsang, who was filmed try-ing to strike the officer with apole as he was shot, was takento a nearby hospital in a criti-cal condition but authoritiessaid his condition had sinceimproved.

A friend and classmate ofTsang, who gave his first nameMarco, said the 18-year-old wasa keen basketballer who wasinfuriated by sliding freedoms

in Hong Kong and the policeresponse to the protests.

"If he sees any problems oranything unjust, he would faceit bravely, speak up against it,instead of bearing it silently,"Marco told AFP.

Police said 25 officers wereinjured in the National Dayclashes, including some whosuffered chemical burns froma corrosive liquid that wasthrown at them by protesters.The liquid also wounded somejournalists.

Hospital authorities saidmore than 70 people wereadmitted on Tuesday.

Police made some 160arrests throughout the day.

On Wednesday, 96 pro-testers arrested during clasheswith police on Sundayappeared in court charged withrioting, according to courtdocuments. Their ages rangedfrom 14 to 39.

The majority were stu-dents in their early twenties butother occupations listed includ-ed a waitress, a teacher, a doc-

tor, an advertising executiveand a cook.

Hong Kong's protests wereignited by a now-scrapped planto allow extraditions to themainland.

But after Beijing and localleaders took a hardline theysnowballed into a wider move-ment calling for democraticfreedoms and police account-ability. With Hong Kong leaderCarrie Lam seemingly unwill-ing or unable to find a politi-cal solution, police have beenleft to battle increasingly radi-calised protesters.

Sentiment is hardening onall sides.Protesters and somelocal residents routinely shout"triads" at officers who oftenrespond by calling demonstra-tors "cockroaches".

The protest movement'smain demands are an inde-pendent inquiry into policeactions, an amnesty for thosearrested and universal suffrage.

But Beijing and Lam havesaid they are unwilling to meetthose demands.

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Donald Trump on Tuesdaydenounced the impeach-

ment inquiry threatening hispresidency as a "coup," as hisadministration pushed backhard against the investigation.

Trump's comments cameafter Secretary of State MikePompeo pressed to prevent ordelay five former or currentState Department staffers fromtestifying in the investigationprobing accusations thatTrump abused his office byseeking dirt from Ukraine ona 2020 election rival.

"As I learn more and moreeach day, I am coming to theconclusion that what is takingplace is not an impeachment,it is a COUP," Trump tweeted.

It is "intended to take awaythe Power of the People, theirVOTE, their Freedoms, their

Second Amendment, Religion,Military, Border Wall, and theirGod-given rights as a Citizen ofThe United States of America!"he wrote.

Pompeo meanwhileaccused three DemocraticHouse committee heads con-ducting the impeachmentinquiry of "an attempt to intim-idate, bully and treat improp-erly the distinguished profes-sionals of the Department ofState."

But Democrats accusedthe top US diplomat of"stonewalling" the investigationand, according to mediareports, scheduled interviewswith at least two of the diplo-mats who both had directinvolvement in the Ukrainematter.

It was the first major clashof the days-old impeachmentprobe, pointing to a dramati-

cally mounting political andlegal siege as Trump battles tosave his presidency.

Trump faces the possibili-ty of becoming only the thirdpresident ever impeached byCongress, which could lead tohis going on trial in the Senate.

Democrats decided lastweek to seek impeachmentafter a whistleblower com-plaint, supported by a WhiteHouse call transcript, showedTrump pressuring UkrainePresident Volodymyr Zelenskyto supply him with politicallyuseful information onDemocratic former vice pres-ident Joe Biden.

Biden is the most likelyDemocrat to challenge Trump'sreelection bid next year.

The first move of the threepowerful House Democrats --Adam Schiff of the IntelligenceCommittee, Eliot Engel of the

House Foreign AffairsCommittee and ElijahCummings of the OversightCommittee -- was to subpoe-na Pompeo and Trump's pri-vate lawyer Rudy Giuliani fordocuments and to summon thefive diplomats to testify.

"Secretary Pompeo wasreportedly on the call when thePresident pressed Ukraine tosmear his political opponent,"

they said.Pompeo's letter suggested

that the committees could beforced to subpoena the fivediplomats, and that the StateDepartment and White Housecould seek to limit what theycan talk about.

"I will use all means at mydisposal to prevent and exposeany attempts to intimidate thededicated professionals whomI am proud to lead," Pompeosaid.

But news reports said theState Department's former spe-cial envoy to Ukraine, KurtVolker, would testify Thursdayand that the ex-ambassador toKiev, Marie Yovanovitch, wouldappear behind closed doors onOctober 11. Volker had beensought by Giuliani to helppressure Zelensky, whileYovanovitch was removed ear-lier this year as ambassador

after she reportedly resistedthat effort.

The three committee headswarned Pompeo in a statementTuesday that any effort to pre-vent witnesses from speaking tothem was "illegal and will con-stitute evidence of obstructionof the impeachment inquiry."Trump's personal lawyer RudyGiuliani suggested he mightnot comply with a House sub-poena issued on Monday.

Giuliani spent months ear-lier this year contactingUkraine officials to encouragethem to investigate Biden,whose son had business ties toUkraine.

While Pompeo andGiuliani battled the Housecommittees, Trump alsostepped up his personal attackson Schiff, the leader of theimpeachment investigation, aswell as the anonymous whistle-

blower."Why isn't Congressman

Adam Schiff being brought upon charges for fraudulentlymaking up a statement andreading it to Congress," heasked.

On Monday, Trump saidthe White House was trying toget more information on thewhistleblower, whose identity isprotected by law.

But politicians from bothparties warned the presidentagainst threatening or attempt-ing to unmask the whistle-blower, who was reported to bea CIA analyst.

"This person appears tohave followed the whistle-blower protection laws andought to be heard out and pro-tected," said RepublicanSenator Chuck Grassley.

"Folks just ought to beresponsible with their words."

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Seoul: North Korea fired whatappeared to be a "submarine-launched ballistic missile", Seoulsaid Wednesday, a day afterWashington and Pyongyangannounced they would resumestalled nuclear talks.

Pyongyang frequently cou-ples diplomatic overtures withmilitary moves, as a way ofmaintaining pressure on nego-tiating partners, analysts say, andmay believe this weapons systemgives it added leverage.

A proven submarine-basedmissile capability would take theNorth's arsenal to a new level,allowing deployment far beyondthe Korean peninsula and a"second-strike" capability in theevent of an attack on its militarybases.

The South's Joint Chiefs ofStaff said it detected a ballisticmissile early Wednesday firedaround 450 kilometres (280miles) in an easterly direction ata maximum altitude of 910kilometres.

The missile was "believed tobe one of the Pukkuksong mod-els", the JCS said in a statement,referring to a line of submarine-

launched ballistic missiles(SLBM) under development bythe North.

"Such actions by NorthKorea to raise tensions are nothelpful to efforts to ease tensionson the Korean peninsula and weurge it again to stop immedi-ately," it added.

The North carried out a suc-cessful test of the Pukkuksong-1, also known as KN-11, inAugust 2016 which flew around500 kilometres.

The United States said it wasmonitoring the situation on theKorean peninsula.

One of the projectiles fellinto waters within Japan's exclu-sive economic zone -- a 200-kilometre band around Japaneseterritory -- Tokyo said.

"The launching of ballisticmissiles violates UN SecurityCouncil

resolutions and we strong-ly protest and strongly con-demn it," Prime Minister ShinzoAbe told reporters.

The North is bannedfrom ballistic missile launchesunder UN Security Council res-olutions. AFP

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Prime Minister BorisJohnson will submit "final"

proposals for a new Brexitagreement on Wednesday, offi-cials said, warning that if theEuropean Union did not engagewith them, Britain would leavethe bloc this month with nodivorce deal.

Johnson will provide detailsof what his Downing Streetoffice said was a "fair and rea-sonable compromise" duringhis closing speech to hisConservative party's annualconference in Manchester.

But a statement issued lateTuesday stressed this was a"final offer" and Johnson wouldbe keeping his pledge to leavethe EU on October 31, with orwithout a deal. Johnson himselftold The Sun newspaper that hehad "10 days" to listen to EUcounter-offers and find a com-promise.

"If there's a deal to be done,it could be done in that time,"said Johnson. "If there isn't, thenwe'll know. That's the truth."

Johnson, a leading "leave"campaigner in the 2016 EU ref-erendum, took office in Julyvowing to deliver Brexit at theend of this month in all cir-cumstances. But like his pre-decessor Theresa May, he hasstruggled against a hostile par-liament and the complexities ofuntangling four decades of EUintegration.

Johnson has pledged torenegotiate the exit terms Mayagreed with Brussels, whichwere rejected by the British par-liament three times.

He is now focused onreplacing the controversial"backstop", a longstandingsticking point that aims to keepan open border between BritishNorthern Ireland and EUmember Ireland after Brexit.

May's proposal would have

done this by keeping Britain inan effective customs unionwith the EU, which criticsargued would force London toabide by the bloc's rules indef-initely.

The Daily Telegraph news-paper reported that Johnsoninstead wants to keep NorthernIreland in the EU's single mar-ket until 2025, but in a customsunion with the rest of Britain.

This would potentially cre-ate two new borders -- regulatorychecks between mainland Britainand Northern Ireland along theIrish Sea, and customs checks onthe island of Ireland itself.

After that, a new power-sharing authority in NorthernIreland would decide whetherto keep the region aligned withEU or UK standards, the news-paper said.

Johnson had earlier denieda media report that he waslooking at installing customsposts along the Irish border,

amid outrage from Dublin.The issue is hugely controver-sial, as the removal of borderposts was seen as key to bring-ing peace to Northern Irelandafter three decades of violenceover British rule that left thou-sands dead.

But Johnson said it was a"reality" that there would haveto be checks somewhere afterBrexit.

Ireland's inital response toJohnson's latest reported offerwas strongly negative."Certainly, the reports we'rehearing are concerning, to putit mildly," Irish Deputy PrimeMinister Simon Coveney saidlate Tuesday.

Coveney said Ireland couldnot accept a time limit to anyborder solution because therewas no guarantee that a newand permanent EU-UK tradeagreement dealing with thefrontier could be reached with-in a specific timeframe.

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Washington: NASA has releasedrecordings of eerie sounds onMars picked up by one of its mis-sions to the Red Planet, theInSight lander.

Far below the human rangeof hearing, these recordings hadto be speeded up and slightlyprocessed to be audible throughheadphones, NASA said onTuesday.

The spacecraft's exquisitelysensitive seismometer, called theSeismic Experiment for InteriorStructure (SEIS), can pick upvibrations as subtle as a breeze.

The instrument was pro-vided by the French spaceagency, Centre National d'EtudesSpatiales (CNES), and its part-ners.

The instrument wasdesigned to listen for quakes onMars, known as marsquakes.

Scientists want to study howthe seismic waves of these quakesmove through the planet's inte-rior, revealing the deep innerstructure of Mars for the firsttime.

But after the seismometerwas set down by InSight's robot-ic arm, Mars seemed shy. It didnot produce its first rumblinguntil this past April, and this firstquake turned out to be an oddduck.

It had a surprisingly high-frequency seismic signal com-pared to what the science teamhas heard since then.

Out of more than 100 eventsdetected to date, about 21 arestrongly considered to be quakes,NASA said.

The remainder could bequakes as well, but the scienceteam hasn't ruled out othercauses. IANS

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The Indian women’s hockey teamtasted its first defeat on England

tour when it went down 1-3 againstGreat Britain in the fourth match hereon Wednesday.

Great Britain took an early leadthrough Hannah Martin (5th minute)but India’s Neha Goyal (18th) scoredthe equaliser.

However, a goal before half-timefrom Charlotte Watson (29th), and onein the last quarter through GiselleAnsley (50th) meant that Great Britainsecured their first win of the tour, snap-ping India’s unbeaten run.

World No 9 India had notched upa 2-1 win in the first match, beforedrawing the next two games 1-1 and

0-0 respectively.The hosts dominated possession

in the early stages and won their firstpenalty corner in just the 3rd minute,but India’s goalkeeper Rajani Etimarpuproduced a fine save to deny the hostsearly on.

However, the visitors could notdeny the hosts on the second occasionas they took the lead through a fieldgoal by Hannah in the 5th minute.

India gradually came into thegame, and had a few chances of theirown in the latter stages and with themomentum on their side, the Indianteam combined well at the start of the

second quarter, and pressed for theequaliser, which eventually came in the18th minute as Neha produced a slickfinish to make it 1-1, and put the pres-sure back on the host nation.

It was in the 29th minute at thestroke of half-time that Great Britaincreated a great chance through com-bination play by their forwards, andmanaged to take a 2-1 lead into half-time as Charlotte Watson scored theirsecond.

Neither team could create any realopportunity in the third period, andwere battling it out in midfield. TheIndian team tried to attack theiropponents more in the last quarter, butit was Giselle Ansley, who made it 3-1 in the hosts’ favour via strike frompenalty corner.

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Recharged openerDanushka Gunathilaka

scored a career best centuryto lift Sri Lanka to a challeng-ing 297-9 against Pakistan inthe third and final day-nightinternational against Pakistanin Karachi on Wednesday.

The 28-year-old left-han-der knocked a 134-ball 133with 16 boundaries and a sixfor his second hundred whichlifted Sri Lanka after theywon the toss and batted on aflat National stadium pitch.

Gunathilaka, suspendedtwice for breaches of disci-plines in the last two years,held the innings togetherwith stands of 88 with skip-per Lahiru Thirimanne (36)for the second, 50 for thethird with Angelo Perera (13)and 74 with debutant MinodBhanuka (36) for the fourthin a brilliant display of bat-

ting. He was finally dismissedin the 45th over, bowled bypaceman Mohammad Amirwho was the best Pakistanibowler with 3-50.

It was Amir who gavePakistan an early break-through when he had Avishka

Fernando caught behind forfour by Sarfaraz Ahmed, lead-ing Pakistan for the 50thtime in an ODI.

Gunathilaka def iedPakistan's bowling with gutsand determination, improv-ing his previous ODI best of

116 he made againstZimbabwe at Hambantota in2017.

Thirimanne hit fourboundaries off 54 balls whileBhanuka had two sixes in his39-ball knock.

Allrounder DasunShanaka hit a quick 24-ball 43with five boundaries and twosixes as Sri Lanka added 50 inthe last five overs.

Pakistan, who leads thethree-match series 1-0 onwinning the second match by67 runs, brought Abid Ali andMohammad Nawaz forImam-ul-Haq and ImadWasim.

For Sri Lanka, SadeeraSamarawickrama, IsuruUdana and Oshada Fernandomade way for Bhanuka,Lakshan Sandakan andPerera.

The f irst match wasrained off, also in Karachi, onFriday.

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Rohit Sharma’s Test careergot a new lease of life ashe struck an unbeaten

115 in his first innings as anopener to take India to a com-manding 202 for no loss againstSouth Africa before rainwashed out the final session ofthe series-opener, here onWednesday.

There was an 80 percentchance of rain on the openingday but it only arrived duringthe tea break with India com-fortably placed after 59.1 oversof play.

Mayank Agarwal was oncourse for a maiden Test hun-dred, having played extremelywell for his 183-ball 84.

Thunderstorm, followedby a heavy spell of rain, ensuredno play was possible after thetea break.

Before weather playedspoilsport, Rohit stole the showin what could be a careerchanging knock for him.

While South Africanbowlers did trouble the Indianbatsmen on a few occasions inthe first session, they seemedtoothless in the second sessionwhere Rohit and Agarwalscored at a brisk rate.

Rohit, who got to his fiftybefore lunch, shifted gears andwas particularly harsh on thespinners.

He hammered off-spinnerDanie Piedt for successive sixesover deep midwicket to get intothe nineties before completinghis fourth Test ton with a sin-gle off debutant spinner

Senuran Muthusamy.The entire dressing room,

including skipper Virat Kohli,stood up to laud Rohit's feat.His 174-ball unconqueredinnings contained 12 fours andfive sixes.

At the other end, Agarwalwas cruising towards his maid-en Test ton. He too lookedassured at the crease and playedhis shots.

Early into the afternoonsession, he brought up his halfcentury with a spectacular sixover extra cover off KeshavMaharaj.

Clouds gathered over thestadium towards the end of thesession and thunderstormsforced the umpires to take thetea break eight minutes beforescheduled time.

Earlier, Rohit and Agarwalplayed out 30 overs in themorning session after safelynegotiating the South Africanpacers Kagiso Rabada andVernon Philander, taking Indiato 91 for no loss.

India, who had namedtheir playing on the eve of thefirst Test, opted to bat on a drysurface with skipper Kohli call-ing his decision a "no brainer."

Expecting the pitch to turn,South Africa picked three spin-ners in Maharaj, Piedt andMuthusamy, who is more of abatting all-rounder.

All eyes were expectedlyon Rohit whose stop-start Testcareer has taken a new direc-tion with the managementaccommodating him at the topof the order.

He left the first ball he

faced before driving Rabadapast backward point with min-imal feet movement for a four.

His second scoring shotwas also a boundary as hepunched Philander towardsbackward point. The pitchoffered very little to the pacersand spinners in the first twohours of play.

What worked for Rohitwas standing outside the creasewhen Philander was bowlingto negate any little swing thatwas available.

Rabada has the expresspace but he did not test theIndian openers as much asPhilander.

Rohit and Philander’s bat-tle in the first hour was absorb-ing. Philander, who got the bet-ter of Rohit in the warm-upgame, challenged Rohit bymoving the ball both ways inhis opening spell of four overs.

After a few play and miss-es, Rohit chose to walk downthe pitch before South Africaskipper Faf du Plessis askedwicketkeeper Quinton de Kockto stand up to the stumps.

After getting the measureof the surface, Rohit went forhis strokes like he does inwhite-ball cricket.

His first big hit was a typ-ical one as he gently steppedout of the crease to smashMaharaj over long-on. A littlelater, he played a similar shortoff Piedt and this time the ballflew well above the long-onfielder.

Rohit completed his 11thTest half-century towards theend of the session.

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Six-time champion M C MaryKom’s seemingly endless reser-

voir of experience makes her astrong medal contender yet againbut the spotlight will also be onsome youngsters when Indiatakes guard at the World Women’sBoxing Championship startinghere today.

Mary Kom was onWednesday seeded third andhanded a bye into the pre-quar-terfinals. She will begin her cam-paign on October 8 against a yetto be decided opponent.

In all, five Indians got first-round byes into different stagesdepending on the size of the draw.No Indian will be in action on theopening day of the mega-event.

The 36-year-old Manipurihas been an ambassador of thesport not just in India but also theworld over. However, there is aminor blemish in her magnificentrecord — the lack of a world titlein the 51kg category.

She would be aiming to set itright in this Russian city. This isnot to say she hasn’t done well inthe hard-fought category— MaryKom has the Olympic Bronzemedal and the Asian GamesGold to her credit in the division.

Former champion and MaryKom’s contemporary L SaritaDevi (60kg) is another one towatch out for after she defeatedlast edition’s Bronze-winner anda much younger Simranjit Kaurin the trials. Sarita, seeded fourth,has also got a bye but into theround of 32.

Outside the ring, the eight-time Asian medallist is in the run-ning to become a member of theInternational BoxingAssociation's (AIBA) first everathletes commission, the voting

for which will take place duringthe mega-event here. She isexpected to make the panel asthere hasn’t been any other nom-ination from the Asian block.

Previous editionks Bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain hasmoved up a division to 69kg thistime. She is seeded third andgiven a bye into the pre-quarter-finals.

India Open Gold-medallistsNeeraj (57kg) and Jamuna Boro(54kg) are among the five boxers,who will be making their debutsat the big event and can beexpected to create a flutter. Neeraj,a former national champion, hasgot a bye into the round of 32.

In the 75kg category, formerAsian champion Saweety Boorawill be keenly watched. She wasa Silver-medallist in the 2014 edi-tion of the marquee tourna-ment.

“This squad is a nice mix.Last time we had four medals,let’s see how the debutantsrespond to the challenge thistime. Fingers crossed,” nationalcoach Mohammed Ali Qamarsaid.

“Before coming here, we hada fruitful training stint in Italywhere we got to spar with theChinese, which is not some-thing that happens quite often.They hardly travel elsewhereand they are the biggest force inwomen’s boxing,” he added.

In the 48kg category, whichMary Kom made her own,Strandja Cup Silver-medallistManju Rani will be fighting it outthis time. A debutant at theworld championship, Rani got abye into the pre-quarterfinals.

“She has shown a lot ofpromise and hopefully, it wouldtranslate into a medal here,”Qamar said.

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Exhausted Andy Murray bat-tled into a singles quarter-

final for the first time in a yearon Wednesday — and thenimmediately grabbed a snooze.

The former world numberone outlasted fellow BritonCameron Norrie 7-6 (8/6), 6-7(4/7), 6-1 over nearly three gru-elling hours in hot and hazyBeijing.

The 32-year-old, nowranked a lowly 503, will play topseed Dominic Thiem in the lasteight of the China Open onFriday.

On the mend after a career-saving hip operation in January,Murray looked all in afterwards,and walked gingerly in and outof the post-match press confer-ence.

Blowing out his cheeks sev-eral times, the three-time GrandSlam champion said he hadslept in the 90 minutes betweenhis victory and talking toreporters.

“I’m tired, I just had a sleepbefore coming. I mean, I’m real-

ly tired,” he said.The hard-fought triumph

over 69th-ranked Norrie meanshe reaches the last eight in sin-gles on the ATP Tour for the firsttime since Shenzhen inSeptember last year.

Also into the quarter-finalswas Russian fourth seed KarenKhachanov, a 7-6 (7/0), 7-6

(7/5) winner over France’sJeremy Chardy. He faces theItalian Fabio Fognini.

BARTY ADVANCESIn the women’s draw, world

number one Ashleigh Barty willface Czech seventh seed PetraKvitova in the quarter-finals.

The top-ranked Australian,23, beat home hope Zheng Saisai6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, but wasunhappy to have been forced tothree sets.

“I think I was pretty loose, Iplayed a pretty stupid (second)set,” said Barty.

“I made far too many errors,let her back in the match welland truly.

“I think too many times Igave away cheap service games...when I did have my opportuni-ty, I didn’t take it.

“A bit of a frustrating one.”Teenage US Open champion

Bianca Andreescu reached thelast 16 with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) vic-tory over Belgium’s unseededElise Mertens.

Andreescu meets JenniferBrady of the United States.

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Novak Djokovic stepped up a gear atthe Japan Open on Wednesday,

fending off a tough challenge fromJapanese wild card Go Soeda 6-3, 7-5 toadvance to the quarterfinals.

The world number one said he hadno problems with the injured shoulderwhich forced him out of the US Openas he looked to face French fifth-seedLucas Pouille at the Ariake Colosseum.

Djokovic was cruising to a victoryuntil late in the second set when the 35-year-old Japanese player put up a tena-cious fight as the Serb began missingmany of his first serves, reducing his 5-3 lead to 5-5.

But Djokovic snapped back in formand took the final two games without

giving a single point away, ending thematch in just over 90 minutes.

“Obviously, I was pleased to get thatdone in two (sets),” Djokovic said. “Wemust give credit to Go Soeda, whoplayed a really good match, fought hard,made me work for my win today.

“For my side, I am really pleased.Probably I played even on a higher levelthan the first round. So the game isgoing in the right direction for sure,” hesaid.

“I played now three days in a row,”he said. “Everything is fine.”

Elsewhere, third-seed David Goffincame from behind in a dramatic first-round victory against Pablo CarrenoBusta 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-0.

Djokovic’s next opponent Pouilledefeated Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1, 6-2.

American Reilly Opelka squeezedpast Gilles Simon 7-6(4), 7-6(2)

Australian qualifier John Millmandefeated Adrian Mannarino of France4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Japanese qualif ier YasutakaUchiyama beat Radu Albot 6-7(2), 6-3,6-4.

Lloyd Harris of South Africa edgedpast Australian eighth-seed Alex deMinaur 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(8).

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Emphasising that opening the batting suitshim, Rohit Sharma said he was mentally

prepared to make the switch as he scored anunbeaten 115 in his first Test innings as open-er and with his assuring knock, India seized theinitiative on day one of the series opener againstSouth Africa.

Asked about his mindset in the lead up tothe series, India’s limited overs vice-captain saidhe kept things simple in his head.

“The talk (of him opening in Tests) wasgoing on for a long time. In the West Indies (inAugust), they told me clearly it is going to hap-pen now. I was prepared for the past two years.At some stage, I was aware that I might haveto open so I was ready,” said Rohit after scor-ing his fourth Test ton.

He was part of the squad for West Indiesseries but could not final place in the middleorder.

“Of course, opening the batting is a differ-ent ball game in red ball cricket. Mentally youhave to train your mind more than anythingelse. At the same time, you do need to look intosome technical aspects of batting but more thanthat you have to challenge yourself mentally toplay the new ball and take the game forward.

“Those are the things I kept in mind whenI went out to bat. There was no confusion abouthow I wanted to approach the innings.”

In ODIs too, Rohit used to bat in the mid-dle order but he became a white-ball great onlywith his stupendous success at the top of theorder.

“I think it (opening) just suits my game, justwear the pads and bat. It was a waiting game,when I used to bat at five or six. I won’t say itdidn’t suit my batting. Your mind is fresh, weknow we have to play the new ball. You knowthe bowlers who will bowl the new ball, thesewill be the fielders, so the game plan is easierfor you.

“At number six, the ball is reversing, fieldplacement is different and you need to keep allthose things in mind. That game of wearing thepads and going in to bat suits me more,” saidthe maker of more than 10,000 runs in limit-ed overs cricket.

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opener Ahmed Shehzadand middle-order batsmanUmar Akmal for the three-match Twenty20 seriesagainst Sri Lanka startingthis weekend.

It will be the first timethe 27-year-old Shehzadwill represent Pakistan sincea four-month ban for afailed dope test last year.

Shehzad played the lastof his 57 Twenty20 interna-tionals in Scotland in Junelast year.

Umar, 29, played the

last of 82 Twenty20 interna-tionals in 2016 against theWest Indies.

The three Twenty20internationals will all beplayed in Lahore onOctober 5, 7 and 9.

Chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq announced thechanges to the squad.

"From the ODI sideagainst Sri Lanka there arethree changes. Shehzad,Umar and Faheem Ashrafhave replaced Abid Ali,Mohammad Rizwan andImam-ul-Haq," saidMisbah.

Sarfaraz Ahmed willlead the Twenty20 squad.

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Children may think that money isused to buy whatever they want.Therefore, parents can try the followingto establish the concept of needs andwants.

Your kids will probably grow uphearing you say no often, but for someparents, saying no to things that kidswant can be difficult, especially if theitem or activity is affordable. Teachingyour kids that they can’t have everythingthey want will help them prioritisetheir needs later in life, and hopefully,will help them to value their things andbe responsible with money.

Children compare wants and needsand create a collage of wants and needs.Students clarify their understandingand interpretation of wants and needs asthey compare their wants and needs withothers in the room and in the world.Children start to reflect on ways they canempathize with and help people whohave different needs than their own.

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needs of a homeless person in the nextlesson. For example, a homeless personmay appreciate socks, a toothbrush, gen-tly used books, stuffed animals, or afriend to play games with.

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Talk to your child about the differ-ence between needs — things that arenecessary to survive — and wants —things that are fun or make life easier.After your discussion, label a piece ofconstruction paper with "Needs" writtenon one side and "Wants" on the other.Grab a couple of old magazines and lookthrough them with your child. Whenyou find an item, cut it out and ask yourchild to glue it on the correct side of theconstruction paper. For instance, fooditems would go under "Needs," whiletoys should be pasted under "Wants."

Ask your child a series of questionswhen she whines about a product shewants. This helps her understand the cri-teria that make an item a need, rather

than a want. If she wants a piece of candy,ask "Does this make your life easier? Doyou need this to survive?" to help herthink objectively about the differences.

Allow your child to make spendingchoices. Whether she receives anallowance or she has some spendingmoney from a relative, remind her thatin order to purchase her "wants," shesometimes has to give up a "need." Ifyou're shopping for school clothes, forinstance -- she might really want a flashynew dress, but she really needs new socksand jeans. Give her the choice betweenthe two, asking her to weigh the pros and

cons of each.Utilize open and frank dialogue

when it comes to discussing needs andwants. A study suggests parents remindtheir children of the difference betweenpurchasing something that would benice to have versus purchasing some-thing that is necessary. If your childwishes he had the latest version of avideo game console, for instance,remind him his older console works welland plays games, so he doesn't need anew one.

In addition to being comfortablewith telling your kids no, you also needto teach them the difference betweenwants and needs. From a young age,most children will understand thatthey need water and food. You can alsoexplain the way that a job works.Explain why you need these things; thismight be especially necessary when achild is younger, and often demandsthings because they want them.

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you can introduce the concepts of plan-ning and saving, long-term gratificationand short-term gratification, and “giv-ing back.” You gear the conversation towhere a child is developmentally andwhat he or she can cognitively under-stand at that point.

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From the identity of an individual,the spirit of sacrifice to the signif-icance of a family and the sanctity

of a society, Ramayana stays ever-rele-vant in the current times. Which is whyits depiction through theatrical acts hasevolved as a culture over the years to cel-ebrate the victory of Ram against Ravan.

Among the many Ramlilas thatmake the rounds in the city, some ofthem stand out for their contemporane-ity. Like Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra’s63rd edition of its dance drama,Sampoorna Ramlila Shri Ram, this year.Says Shobha Deepak Singh, director andvice chairperson, “I have used newdance styles and choreography and mar-tial techniques. We have opted for moreinnovative designs for the stage, music,lighting. I specially designed the cos-tumes myself this time. Keeping pacewith the technology, we have enrichedour stage with an LED wall displayingstunning scenes and animated visuals inthe background, lending a 3D effect tothe sets.”

However, why is it that epic stays sorelevant to our times? Singh says, “Peopleare losing their sense of values today. Thisepic talks about the wisdom of severalgurus and maharishis. And if thosewords could be made available to peo-ple through acts, music and dance,what could be better? Navratri is aboutrenewing our pledge. Divinity is just acontent for self-awareness.”

She adds, “Working on Ram hasbeen tiring but never exhausting for herefreedom comes to light and dreamsbecame a reality. I am very much into thisRamlila. I think what I have created isvery special and sacred for me,” she says.For her, it became an enriching experi-ence right from the start, when she, asa teenager, first saw her first depiction,where “fluid fabrics transformed intostructured costumes, flowers garlandedaround the stage, raw materials built upa palace.” It all immensely impacted hermind, she adds, “so much so that thememories drive me through the chaptersof the Ramayana every passing year. Thejourney of Sampoorna Ramlila over allthese years is also my journey as an artist,a producer and as a custodian of cultur-al heritage.”

The Aryan Heritage Foundation’sBroadway-style Ramlila, SampurnRamayana, is increasingly becomingpopular among the youth. The reason —its efficient use of modern media andtechnology, more modified and refinedstorytelling techniques, and a fast-pacedrun. The complete epic is acted every dayfor three hours. Creator and president,Rajender Mittal, says, “Over the years, weobserved how the footfalls at other tra-

ditional Ramlilas slowly went down.People stopped coming and enjoying theepic tale being told in episodes spreadover nine days. They found it slow andboring. So, here, they can come andwatch it as one whole experience. It’sextremely spiritual, urging each one toconnect with the almighty first and thenwith their inner self. Also, when you tryto up your game every year, eventually,it is evident with the kind of response youget. We have a footfall of around 10,000people everyday.”

From Udit Narayan to Kailash Kher,the Ramlila also makes space for origi-nal music composers to create their tunesand weave them into the plot. Takingabout what is new in the three-year-oldRamlila this time, Saurabh Mittal, vice-president, says that they have used mas-sive multi-layered stage and LED screensto create an illusory experience for theaudience for them to imbibe the essenceof the show “as if they were living”through it. The foundation this time hasalso added more dynamism by design-ing new vibrant costumes for a muchlarger group of artists and has fortifiedit with new soundtracks keeping the orig-inal as its soul. “The performers will beperforming on all seven stages. We alsohave introduced a 5.1 surround soundsystem, which enables the sound fromthe mic amplify to different places in theauditorium rather than just being at oneplace. This way, even the one who is sit-ting at the back would have the samesound and music experience. A lot of

new music tracks — 17 — have beenlaunched by the music director ChandraKamal ji.”

The epic is known to be relevant dueits story that embodies timeless valuesand inspires us to broaden our con-sciousness the way it was first told.However, many writers and philoso-phers have created their own versionsof it and told it through the perspectivesof its various characters. For instance,The Forest of Enchantments by ChitraBanerjee Divakaruni tells the Ramayanathrough Sita’s eyes. Shouldn’t theseage-old traditional Ramlilas also look atnewer perspectives to showcase the epictoday to give space to the audience tounderstand each character specifically?Saurabh says that the foundation’sRamlila is not just one through Valmiki’sor Shiva-Parvati’s eye, but offers a freshperspective through every character’seyes. “For instance, we also tell itthrough Kaikeyi. She is always lookedat in a negative light. But here, we givea reason and justify her motive behindsending Ram to an exile of 14 years. Wealso make some of the actions byRavan appear justified to give the audi-ence — especially the youth — a freshtake on his identity and intentions,” sayshe.

However, Singh says that she mightbring some new variations and try to tellthe tale through a different perspective,but “now isn’t the right time. Maybe, inthe future, but currently, I am verymuch devoted to the story of Ram andthis Ramlila.”

Looking at the LavKush Ramlila,one of the oldest in the city, AshokAggarwal, president, says that his teamhas launched two cranes this time tomake the experience more engaging forthe audience. “For Ram Vivah, thecrane showered flower petals on themand over the audience. The wholeSabahu-Mareecha episode had theirarmy of rakshasas following them in thecrane and looked as if they’re really trav-elling through air — Akashmarg. Earlier,we had only two to three people doingthat, now 15 of them could go togeth-er,” he says.

He tells us why the Ramlila wasnamed after Luv and Kush, the two sonsof Sita and Ram. “How often do you finda stage act named after them? Here, wedid that to show how they followed theirparents’ paths and how it can inspire theyoung generation of India today,” sayshe.

The team has also made their actavailable on YouTube this time and seenan increase in the footfall by makingnew and necessary changes in their tra-ditional, decades-long format.

Nowadays, consumers shoponline for just about every-

thing. So you’ve likely experiencedthe stinging disappointment whena TV, piece of furniture or some-thing else you ordered finallyarrives on your doorstep — dam-aged.

Here’s what you should do ifyour delivery comes in less-than-optimal shape.

Examine the item thoroughlyAs soon as you receive a

dented box or open a package onlyto discover broken merchandise,get to work. Take pictures todocument the condition of thedelivery when it arrived — retail-ers may want proof. Hang ontoany enclosed packing slips andreturn labels.

If the item is brought intoyour home as opposed to beingleft on your porch, inspect it fordamage before you’re asked to signoff on the delivery. This procedureis common with large productssuch as a couch or dining set.

Contact the retailer quicklyMost businesses have return

policies on their websites, andthere will typically be a sectionwithin that policy that addressesdamaged or defective items. Witha quick Google search, you can

pull up such policies for big-nameretailers.

Look for information abouthow the damaged product shouldbe handled. While some returnpolicies advice contacting cus-tomer care within three days ofreceiving a damaged item, the oth-ers say that customers can returnproducts that were defective ordamaged in shipping either to astore location or through themail during the return andexchange time period. The retail-er says to call for return-by-mailinstructions and it’ll cover “all rea-sonable and customary groundshipping fees.”

Report the broken item rightaway so the retailer doesn’t thinkyou’re responsible for the damage,advices Kevin Brasler, executiveeditor at a non-profit consumerorganisation.

If you don’t notice the dam-age for weeks, instead of shippingthe item back to the retailer for areplacement, you may need to shipit to the manufacturer for repair.

“If it’s a defective item, thestore should just step up and makeit right, get you a replacement itemas fast as possible,” Brasler says. “Ifit’s a warranty issue — if the thinghas broken since you’ve takendelivery — now you have to dealwith the manufacturer and possi-bly their warranty underwriter.”

Unpack the issueOnce you get on the phone

with a retailer — or hop into a chatwith an online representative —clearly articulate how you’d like theproblem resolved, says NicoleLeinbach, founder of a retail sup-porting organisation, and anauthor of Retail 101: The Guide toManaging and Marketing YourRetail Business.

“Understand what you wantfrom that conversation so that youcan best lead that conversation toa resolution,” she says.

Remaining calm can greatlybenefit your interaction with acustomer service rep.Acknowledge that your frustration

is not directed at the agent, butrather at the situation, Leinbachsays.

Once you conclude the call,see the process through to com-pletion. Ship the product back, ifyou’re asked to, and stay on top ofthe retailer to ensure your replace-ment arrives in a timely manner.

If the seller isn’t willing towork with you on a legitimateissue, tell them you could reportthem to the business bureaus, rec-ommends Charles R Taylor, amarketing professor at VillanovaSchool of Business.

If that doesn’t change theirminds, and you paid for the itemwith a credit card, you can disputethe charge. Check with your cred-it card company for full details, butBrasler says nine times out of 10,the credit card issuer will side onyour behalf.

Read return policies proactive-ly

To save yourself time and has-sle in the future, Leinbach recom-mends reading return policiesbefore making a purchase. That’sparticularly important for largeitems such as furniture, whichmay be more of a logistical chal-lenge to send back.

“Understanding the returnpolicy upfront is so important toany online purchase decision,”Leinbach says.

Similarly, keep time frames inmind. Ask yourself questionslike, when is the product expect-ed to be delivered? Will you behome? Will you be able to inspectit before the return window pass-es?

Even if a damaged productarrives on your porch beforeyou’ve done your due diligence,you can still follow the stepsabove to make things right. Thegood news? Taylor says manycompanies have favourable poli-cies.

It’ll just take a little extrawork on your end to followthem. :#�

From the time she enteredBollywood in 2007 with

Saawariya, Sonam Kapoor Ahujamostly courted the limelight as afashionista and a highly-opinion-ated person rather than with heracting skills — till Neerja in 2016changed that opinion for many.While the actress is happy with hercareer graph, she now wishes to bepart of horror and action films.

“I haven’t done any action andhorror films, so these are the twogenres I would love to explore. Itwould be so different and excitingfor me because I haven’t done any-thing on action. So, one of thesetwo genres would be interesting totry out,” Sonam, who looks for-ward to working with filmmakersVishal Bhardwaj and Shoojit Sircar,said.

Starting her career as an assis-tant director in the film Blackunder the mentorship of film-maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali,Sonam is philosophical recall-ing her initial days whenSaawariya turned out to be acritical and commercial fail-ure. “The fate of any film isnot in the hand of actors, soI do not think we could havedone anything differentlythen. But people liked us —Ranbir and me. Since then,both of us have workedwith some of the mostpowerhouse filmmakersof the country,” she said.

“I think as long aspeople are interested inworking with you, aslong as an actor gets achance to be part ofgood stories, oneshouldn’t think toomuch on the fate of a film.

Ranbir is a superstar now and I amdoing okay,” she smiled.

She added, “Initially I was dis-heartened to face criticism for noreason. There were times peoplecriticised me and did not take meseriously because I love fashion anddressing up. I felt bad but I also loveacting and the process of filmmak-ing so much that my passiontowards my profession remain aconstant drive.”

“I love acting and fashion. Imake every choice from my self-belief, and when you are driven bypassion you are bound to get pos-itive results. I have learnt to bepatient and realised that patienceis the greatest virtue in life,” said the34-year-old who was recently seenin The Zoya Factor opposite

Dulquer Salmaan.Being the daughter of

the iconic Anil Kapoor, howdoes her father look at her

career? “For dad, mycareer is secondary, butthe person I havebecome with time as hisdaughter — he is happyabout that. He is proudof who I am as an indi-vidual. I started mycareer very young andlived under the scruti-ny of people and themedia and emerged astrong person. Mydad likes that. Forhim, becoming agood human beingis important. Ofcourse, he is happywith my choicesof films so far,”Sonam signedoff.

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How are you developing newtourist circuits beyond Srinagarand Pahalgam?

We all know that Kashmir hasbeen known as the Paradise onEarth. Apart from Gulmarg andPahalgam, there are many otherplaces that we are promoting whichwill eventually will turn out to bebetter than the existing ones. Wehave Doodhpatri, Sintham Top, PirPanjal Pass and Sheshnag.

These place also offer opportuni-ties for adventure tourism like whitewater rafting, motor biking, skiing, iceskating, sledging and others here.There is ice hockey as well, which isfound in very few destinations inIndia. The upper reaches of Gulmarghas gondola facility which can be usedto access the slopes. If this is upgrad-ed, it can be used for international ski-ing competitions.

Moreover, we have many ponds,parks, glaciers and lakes like Wular,Dal and others which make Kashmira tourist destination throughout theyear. There isn’t a single place whichcan’t be admired for its beauty. Eventhe almond and saffron fields are soscenic that you can sit and admirethem for hours.

How do you balance sustainabilityand tourism in these times of over-tourism?

We are trying to attract moretourists so that we can diversify tonewer destinations to avoid a lot ofpressure on one place. In our existingand established tourists destinations,we have enforced a 100 per cent banon further concretisation . Along withthis, we are trying to preserve the frag-ile ecosystem and utilise bio-degrad-able products efficiently so that ourtourism remains sustainable. Duringthe last 10 years, the ecosystem main-tenance was not up to the mark butnow, along with upgrading our touristdestinations we are ensuring that theecosystem is not adversely affected.

The Prime Minister has said thatthe cities should be developed ina way so that people travel morewithin India rather than abroad.How will you translate this toreality?

We are contributing 100 percent by providing guides, sledgerunners and hotel facilities in max-imum number of cities. We are try-ing to promote new places by pop-ularising them. Our focus is to pro-mote all the destinations till Kargil.

Earlier a lot of films were shot inKashmir but now that has waned.

Will you try to encourage thatagain?

We will, definitely. We are try-ing to make sure that the filmmak-ers don’t stop coming here.Whenever there is a request for ashoot, we try to facilitate it in oneday, provided that they have givenus a valid ID, synopsis of the filmand the dates for shooting. If they

fulfill all these requirements, we givethem permission to shoot within 24hours without charging any fees.

The synopsis is important sothat there’s no controversy later on.We have an ongoing policy to reg-ulate the film industry in Jammuand Kashmir.

Is there any programme underwhich you train locals in the hos-pitality sector as this wouldencourage tourism and alsoencourage employment?

I’ll tell you an instance. Werecently went to Kalyan villagewhere the association of hotelierstold us that the people were nottrained properly. We organised atraining programme at the Instituteof Hotel Management, Srinagarwithin 10 days. It was meant todevelop the personality of theemployees and regulate their behav-iour. We have crafted a programmefor tourist guides, rafting guides,assistants in house boats at IHM,Srinagar, at the University ofKashmir as well as some smallinstitutes in Pahalgam. We are plan-ning to train taxi drivers because wehave got some complaints againstthem. We are trying to regulateunfair practices by drivers. In orderto smoothen the system further, wehave finalised the rates for every ser-vice in consultation with differentdepartments and concerned agen-cies for the entire year. The fixedrates have already been implement-ed. There is a penalty of �15 lakh onviolators. So if tourists complain, theviolator needs to pay the penalty.Every important destination has aseparate Tourism Police to takecare of these problems.

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�Which areas of Jammu arebeing developing as tourist des-tinations?

Right now Jammu tourism isin its infancy stage because of var-ious reasons. It has not been ableto upgrade itself. The topographyin Jammu is different as in someparts it is similar to Kashmir andin others, Himachal Pradesh.

While Kashmir is called aParadise on Earth but Jammu canbe referred to as the undiscoveredparadise. So, we are trying to pro-mote it. We have presented sever-al proposals to the government.

The Jammu region is knownfor religious tourism and our aimis to divert these pilgrims andencourage them to explore more.Adventure tourism is anotherarea we are looking into becauseof the variety of destinations thatwe have. And then, there is her-itage tourism as well because theDogra kings lived here and theirproperties are scattered acrossJammu. We are trying ourlevel best to upgrade themand make them accessibleto tourists.

�How many pilgrimsvisited the area lastyear and by encourag-ing adventure and cul-ture tourism, what isthe kind of increasethat you are lookingat?

Last year around1.5 crore pilgrimscame to Jammu. Thereare two to three destina-tions near Katra, forinstance, which were devel-oped into tourist destina-tions without much efforts.There is Patni Top,Bhaderwah and Reasi wherethere is white water rafting.When you look at the land-scape there, you will realisewhy it is called miniSwitzerland. �What are the initiativesthat you have planned tomarket these destinationson the tourist circuit?

Yes, we are definitely planningseveral activities. Jammu andKashmir are planning severalroad shows together. In all these,whether it is in the domesticmarket or the international one,we are trying to showcase thegovernment’s plans to developthe area and facilitate tourism.

�A rapid increase in tourism canharm the ecosystem. Do youhave a blueprint too prevent

this? Yes. We have thought

about it at the planning stageitself and will call profession-als in various fields for theirsuggestions and guidance.This will help us upgrade indifferent areas. There arevarious schemes of theGovernment of India whichare being executed. We arebuilding adventure hub onRanjit Sagar dam. Not onlythis, we are also buildinginternational spiritual retreatcentre in Mantalai which

will be ready within one andhalf years. Then we are restor-

ing a huge heritage complexcalled Mubarak Mandi in Jammu.

One thing that I really wantto point out is this, that whileKashmir is often bogged downby security issues which inturn affects the tourism indus-try here as well. Booking inJammu and Ladakh are can-celled. But these places arebeautiful and peaceful. Peopleneed to keep this in mind andalso the fact that it is 300 kilo-metre away from Kashmir.

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Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy in the state ishuge. What is being done to preserve itwhile encouraging tourism around it?

It is the 150th birth anniversary of theMahatma this year. So, we have stepped upour efforts to celebrate it. One circuit that wehave is the Dandi Heritage Corridor whichmarks the 421 km journey which undertookfrom Sabarmati to Dandi during the SaltSatyagraha. It starts from Porbandar, Rajkot,Sabarmati and other ashrams. It ends atDandi. It maps the 21 locations where hemade night halts. We have a yatri niwas in 14of these locations. We have also involved a pri-vate party for maintaining the DandiCorridor.

These places will enable people to expe-rience how Gandhi ji lived there, the librarythat he used and the history around himwhich includes the Dandi March and manyother movements. It is a �70 crore project andgives a lot of information regarding his life.So, all those places where Gandhi ji stayed orstudied are being upgraded. People can go andsee how these places are associated with him.

How is the Statue of Unity being integrat-ed with the existing tourist circuit?

Yes, we are planning to develop it into atourist circuit. There are almost 10 projectscoming up in and around the statue. ByDecember, it will be a place where one canstay for at least two to three nights. Projectswhich are underway to keep up with the antic-ipated demand for accommodation.

Gujarat also has quite a few Indus Valleysites. What is being done to maintain themand encourage tourism around them?

The most important site is Lothal, whichhas an existing museum that we plan toupgrade. The Prime Minister wants to devel-op that site in order to bring out its real beau-ty. So, a National Maritime Heritage Complexis coming up there. The Ministry of Shippingalong with the National Maritime Universityis directly involved in developing it.

As far as Dholavira is concerned, we haveplanned a national highway to Bhachauwhich will cut down the distance from 160to 70 km between the two places. This willgive a boost to tourism in that location. It isa well-preserved site. Once this road comesup, the Mandvi-Bhuj circuit too will get aboost as a tourist destination. Kutch whichis famous for its handicrafts is also nearby andthis will be an added attraction for tourists.

With so many historical sites and anincrease in the number of tourists, how doyou plan to ensure that these are preserved?

As tourists are coming in large numbersto the historical places it becomes difficultfor the local agencies, guides and security tomanage these monuments. We ensure that werestore monuments and give them a partic-ular shape. To protect them we make sure thattourists don’t touch them. But this is notalways possible. There are many locationswhere they have to come in contact with themonument to see it’s natural beauty such asRani ki baoli and others. The human inter-face is kept along with proper supervision.There are CCTV cameras to give the tourists

a sense of supervision and monitoring.

How do you balance sustainability with pro-motion of tourism?

Sustainability has always been the corecomponent of our plan to develop tourism.The Government has already taken varioussteps to save the environment, plastic banbeing the obvious one. We are imposing itmany tourist destinations.

What is being done to ensure that the num-bers of the Gir lion and the Indian Wild Assdo not diminish?

As far as wildlife is concerned, there is nodiminishing trend in Gujarat. I can proudlysay that the forest department is doing a verygood job in terms of preventing poaching andall illegal activities that are associated with thewildlife. In fact, the number of lions and otherspecies is going up.

How do you plan to develop the skills in thehospitality sector?

As far as Gujarat tourism is concerned,skill development is one of our basic priori-ties. We have earmarked a special budget of�15 crore for it. The State Government hasasked us to train 4,500 people in the tourismand hospitality segment. These can be divid-ed into two categories — one who arealready associated with the industry and aresent to upgrade their skills and the other, whoare fresh and want to associate themselveswith this industry. We use the skills of agen-cies like IITs and more, where they are givenannual training refresher courses which isspread over three days to a week. We requestthe hotels of all the important tourist loca-tions to send their staff for the refresher train-ing. Finally, we have started an agency inSitpur. Our first batch will be completing theircourse this year. Every year we will have abatch of 60 children who are trained inBachelor of Hotel Management and Catering.

What were the figures of inbound touristsin Gujarat?

Every year we see an average growth ofalmost 14 per cent. The latest figure is 5.72crore. So, obviously we are expecting the nextyear to be greater than this. I am confidentthat this year the growth rate will increasebecause of the Statue of Unity.

Since the economy is not doing well, is therea fear of declining tourism. Are you doinganything to give it a boost in the state?

As far as Gujaratis are concerned, I amnot worried. Even if we talk about the out-siders there is nothing to worry. This is thefestive season, Navratri, and tourists are com-ing in. People can ignore going abroad butthey will definitely go to the nearby states inorder to celebrate festivals.

How do you plan to promote Gujaratabroad?

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Rakesh Kumar, CMD of NLCIndia Limited, paid tribute

to Mahatma Gandhi on theoccasion of his 150th birthanniversary by garlanding thestatue of him. The representa-tives of various cultural associ-ations performed cultural pro-grammes by depicting how theMahatma’s principles are stillrelevant and continues to be adriving force behind activism inmodern-day India.

Speaking on the occasion,Rakesh said Gandhi ji’s birthday is not only a national cele-bration in India alone but it isalso observed by the UnitedNation’s as the ‘InternationalDay of Non-Violence’. He insist-ed that Gandhi ji’s vision onIndia’s development had given

greater emphasis on health,sanitation and environment. Hementioned that cleanliness andsanitation are an integral partsof the Gandhian way of living.He elaborated various activitieslike construction of 1,275 toiletsin 635 government schools inTamil Nadu and Rajasthan. Andhow NLC took part actively infulfilling Government’s call formaking India defecation free.

The cultural programme onthe theme ‘Teaching andPreaching of Gandhi’ was per-formed by Neyveli Ladies Club,Neyveli Telugu Samithi, NeyveliKannada Kala Samithi, NeyveliBharathiya Kala Samithi, KeralaKala Samithi WIPS (Women InPublic Sector), which enthralledthe audience.

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Israeli forward ManorSolomon scored a dramatic

winning goal deep into stoppagetime as Shakhtar came frombehind to beat Atalanta 2-1.

The sides looked set toshare the spoils as the gamemoved into a fifth minute ofadded time, but then the

Brazilian Dodo found fellowsubstitute Solomon in the boxand neither Atalanta goalkeep-er Pierluigi Gollini nor defend-er Timothy Castagne could stophim from scoring.

It was cruel on Atalanta,who had been denied byShakhtar Donetsk goalkeeperAndriy Pyatov on several occa-sions and remain without a

point in Group C.Hammered 4-0 by Dinamo

Zagreb in their first ever matchin the Champions League groupstage, the side from Bergamonow face a daunting double-header against Manchester Citynext.

Shakhtar had been beaten 3-0 at home by Pep Guardiola’sside in their opening game butthis result gives the Ukrainianchampions a massive lift intheir bid to reach the last 16.

���#�24 Portuguese teenagerJoao Felix scored his firstChampions League goal onTuesday as Atletico Madridrecorded a precious 2-0 winaway to Lokomotiv Moscow.

The 19-year-old Felix,Atletico’s club-record signing,put the visitors ahead threeminutes after half-time in Russiaand helped set up ThomasPartey for the second goal on thehour. Diego Simeone’s side sitlevel on four points at the top of

Group D with Juventus, whoeased to a 3-0 victory at home.

“I’m delighted to score myfirst Champions League goal. Itwas a great game, and theimportant thing was that wecame away with the threepoints,” said Felix.

Atletico rallied from twogoals down a fortnight ago in a

2-2 draw with Juventus, but theytook the lead here on 48 minuteswhen Felix stabbed in a reboundafter his first effort was parriedby Guilherme.

Felix, who last seasonbecame the youngest player toscore a hat-trick in the EuropaLeague while with Benfica, cre-ated the second goal with a sear-

ing break from deep.Atletico cleared a corner

and Felix surged into theLokomotiv half before floatinga cross-field ball towards Costa,who unselfishly squared for asliding Partey to tap home on 58minutes.

Jan Oblak then producedtwo sublime stops as Atleticoremained unbeaten in seventrips to Russia, winning for thefourth time in five visits toMoscow. AFP

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Manchester City manager PepGuardiola said Phil Foden’s lack

of minutes for the English championsis “unfair” as the 19-year-old came offthe bench to score in a 2-0 win overDinamo Zagreb.

Foden has been limited to justone start, in the League Cup againstPreston, so far this season as thereturn of Kevin De Bruyne and sign-ing of Rodrigo has seen the Englandunder-21 international fall furtherdown the pecking order.

But he made the most of barelya few minutes on the field against theCroatian champions after being intro-duced as a substitute in stoppage timeto fire home after fellow sub RaheemSterling had opened the scoring.

“I know he deserves to play. Iwant to give him minutes, every timehe doesn’t play I am completelyunfair to him, I’m sorry,” saidGuardiola.

“But Kevin De Bruyne is there,David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Rodri,(Ilkay) Gundogan. It’s what it is.

“I know the best way to grow upis play minutes and minutes, but heis so young.

“I don’t know how many playersof that age played as many minutes inthe recent past he played in theselast seasons with us.

“He is going to be anincredible future player for usbecause we count on himand we trust a lot in him.”

Sterling even hopesFoden will get enoughchances to shine to makea late run to be included in theEngland squad for next year’sEuropean Championship.

“I am buzzing for Phil and I wanthim in the national team,” saidSterling. “If he keeps going he will bethere.”

However, City’ local hero Fodenis happy to play a patient game withsuch an array of midfield talent to

compete with.“You have to show the manager

what you can do each day in training,”said Foden. “Every young kid wantsto play but you have to keep patient.”

City enjoyed 71 percent posses-sion and had 19 attempts on goal, buthad to wait until 24 minutes fromtime to make the breakthrough whenSterling rounded off an excellentteam move.

The English champions havemaximum points from their openingtwo games with back-to-back match-es against bottom-of-the-groupAtalanta to come.

“It was good. We didn’t concedeone shot on target, with our huge pos-session we created enough chances toscore earlier, but we were patient,”added Guardiola.

“We need two more victories toqualify for the last 16 and hopefullywe can make against Atalanta almostthe definitive step to be there.”

“Nobody is going to give us any-thing,” said Guardiola. “We did it our-selves and that’s top. That’s why I lovethis team.”

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Serge Gnabry scored foursecond-half goals asBayern Munich embar-

rassed Tottenham 7-2 on Tuesday —the biggest-ever margin of defeat suf-fered by an English team at home inany European competition.

The Bundesliga champions fellbehind to an early Son Heung-mingoal but then clicked into gear,producing a ruthless display of fin-ishing in the north London rain asSpurs fell apart.

Harry Kane briefly gave thehome side hope with a penalty toreduce the deficit to 4-2 but thatwas merely the prelude to anoth-er masterclass in finishing from thefive-time European champions.

“It was a great evening for

Bayern Munich and for German foot-ball,” said Bayern boss Niko Kovac.“Playing this way here in England isreally unique.”

“I have compassion for my col-league (Spurs boss MauricioPochettino),” he added, praising the“amazing” Gnabry and Manuel Neuerfor his display in the Bayern goal.

Spurs, who reached the ChampionsLeague final in June, where they lost toLiverpool, also had a sluggish start tothe competition last year, winning a sin-gle point from their first three games.

But Pochettino faces a huge tasknow to lift the team after this humblingat their new ground following anunconvincing start to the season.

The Spurs boss urged his side tostay together despite the traumaticdefeat, saying the timing of Bayern’s sec-ond goal just before half-time was ahard blow.

“The most important thing is tostay calm, no rushed analysis, norushed judgement, no rushed assess-ment,” he said, praising the clinical fin-ishing of Bayern, who had 11 shots ontarget.

“You need to show your quality likea man first,” he added. “To face it likea professional. This type of situation youhave to show your quality, how you arestrong.”

The early exchanges gave no clueabout the carnage to come.

Tottenham’s deserved early lead waswiped out 194 seconds later by Joshua

Kimmich but the home side went toeto toe with Bayern for most of the firstperiod.

Bayern forged ahead on the strokeof half-time, though, thanks to a superbfinish from Robert Lewandowski, whopicked up the loose ball at the edge of thearea and swivelled to fire into the bottomcorner.

GNABRY STRIKESThe second half belonged to former

Arsenal man Gnabry, who struck fourtimes as the visitors completed a rout.Lewandowski also scored a second.

It was the first time Spurs had con-ceded seven goals in a home match in anymajor competition.

The result leaves Bayern in pole posi-tion in Group B with two wins from twomatches while Spurs have just one pointafter seeing a 2-0 lead wiped out in theiropening game against Olympiakos.

But despite their poor start they arejust two points behind second-placedRed Star Belgrade, who beat Olympiakos3-1.

Bayern extended their advantageeight minutes after the break as Gnabrybroke at pace down the left and burst intothe box before drilling into the bottomcorner.

Spurs’ misery was compounded asGnabry struck again two minutes later,capitalising after Harry Winks lost pos-session.

Pochettino’s men were handed a life-line as the referee pointed to the penal-ty spot for a foul on Danny Rose, withKane reducing the deficit to 4-2 on thehour mark.

But Gnabry sealed his hat-trick forBayern in the 83rd minute after racingbeyond the Spurs defence and slottingpast Lloris from 15 yards.

There was still time for Lewandowskito side-foot home a sixth for the Germangiants and Gnabry was able to add hisfourth, and a seventh for Bayern, in the88th minute.

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Casemiro’s late header res-cued Real Madrid from an

embarrassing defeat at homeagainst Club Brugge on Tuesdayas Zinedine Zidane’s side camefrom two goals down to salvagea 2-2 draw.

Madrid were run ragged inthe first half by a brilliantBrugge and their speedy strik-er Emmanuel Dennis, whoscored twice at the SantiagoBernabeu and should have com-pleted his hat-trick shortly afterthe interval.

Instead, Madrid camestorming back as Sergio Ramosheaded in, before Casemiroclaimed a dramatic equaliser inthe 85th minute, seconds afterBrugge’s Ruud Vormer had beensent off for a second yellow card.

“I would like to keep thesecond half and forget the first,”said Zidane afterwards. “Thegoals we conceded were laugh-

able.”“The match was historic,

the point was historic and theway we played was as well,” saidBrugge coach Philippe Clement.

After losing 3-0 to ParisSaint-Germain two weeks ago inwhat was Zidane’s worst everloss as coach, Madrid will berelieved to have avoided anoth-er defeat that would have leftthem facing their first evergroup-stage exit in this compe-tition.

But there were no celebra-tions at the final whistle fromthose in white shirts after achaotic performance checkedany morale and momentumgained following three consec-utive victories in La Liga.

“I am not worried aboutanything,” Zidane said. “Weknow we are in a worse situationin the Champions League butwe keep going.”

“We have to do more, wehave to do better,” added Ramos.

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Cristiano Ronaldo scoredhis first goal in this season’s

Champions League, sealing a 3-0 win for Juventus over BayerLeverkusen in their Group Dgame in Turin.

Ronaldo blasted in thethird goal in the 89th minute toextend his record to 127 strikesin the competition to add toGonzalo Higuain and FedericoBernardeschi’s earlier efforts.

Juventus move top of theirsection, level on four pointswith Atletico Madrid, whodefeated Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0 in Russia.

The Italian champions hadbeen held 2-2 by the Spaniardsat the Wanda Metropolitano intheir opener.

“We had a good matchagainst a team who love posses-sion and are not easy to dealwith,” said Juventus coachMaurizio Sarri.

“They took a lot of energyout of us in the first half. Afterthe break, they slowed down alittle and we took control.”

Leverkusen face an uphill

battle after their shock 2-1defeat at home againstLokomotiv Moscow and arerooted to the foot of the table.

“It was a clear defeat,” saidLeverkusen coach Peter Bosz.“We played well in the first halfeven if we didn’t have chances,and then we made the mistakewhich led to the first goal.

“It’s the difference betweena team who has experience inthe Champions League andone that is beginning its jour-ney at this level.”

Juventus next hostLokomotiv and Leverkusentravel to Atletico on October 22.

“It was an importantmatch, after the draw inMadrid we had to win to getcloser to the qualification,” saidHiguain.

“Now we head to Sunday,because another battle awaitsus,” added the Argentine ofnext weekend’s Serie A clashwith leaders Inter Milan.

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Germain goal as the Frenchchampions beat Galatasaray1-0 to move four points clearat the top of their group A.

Argentina forwardIcardi, who joined PSG onloan from Inter Milan lastmonth, opened his accountfor the club to maintain theirperfect start to theirEuropean campaign afterdowning Real Madrid 3-0two weeks ago.

The Turkish championssit third in the standingswith a single point from thedraw at Club Brugge onSeptember 18 and have notregistered a win in fourgames in all competitions.

PSG were withoutNeymar, serving the lastmatch of his European sus-pension for abusing a refer-ee on social media, Edinson

Cavani due to a hip injury,and Kylian Mbappe whostarted on the bench as hecontinues to recover from athigh injury as Icardi led theattack in Istanbul.

“It wasn’t the hardestgoal to score but it came fromexcellent build-up play. He’sworked a lot,” coach ThomasTuchel said.

Next for PSG is a trip toClub Brugge,whileGalatasaray host the Spanishgiants on October 22.

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