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T here is no sign of the with- drawal of the southwest monsoon till the first week of October, more than a month later than the usual. The long spell of monsoon may damage the ongoing kharif crops. According to Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the with- drawal of the monsoon, which is already delayed, has been ruled out for at least next 10 days because of unfavourable weather conditions. The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over Gujarat, Uttarakhand, East Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in next few days. Low pressure area will develop over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal by Saturday and expected to inten- sify, said the IMD. Under its influence, the “low” is likely to form over Saurashtra and neighbourhood by Saturday and is likely to become “more marked” during the subse- quent two days. This will bring more rain in eastern parts of the country. According to the IMD, India has recorded 7 per cent excess rainfall so far: 931.6 mm against the normal of 869.4 mm till date. Not only the monsoon withdrawal is likely to delay by a month, but also the weather pattern is showing high activity till very late in the season. This month’s rainfall has intensified over central, southern and western India, causing floods that have swamped cane and rice fields. In fact in several years in the past decade monsoon retreat started only after September 15-20. “Rainfall is continuing. Retreat was to begin on September 1. We do not have any indication for retreat to begin in the next five days. We can see that monsoon rains have improved steadily after a weak, delayed start in June and we now believe that overall rainfall this season will be either normal or above nor- mal,” Mohapatra said. As per latest data of the Agriculture Ministry, 1062.72 lakh hectare has been planted during the current kharif sea- son so far as against the 1063.24 lakh hectare during the same period last year. Rice sowing reported to have declined by 4.58 lakh hectare till date. P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday exhorted the international community to stand united against terrorism, which he described as one of the biggest challenges not for any single country, but for the entire world. Modi also told the world that India was initiating a very large campaign to make the country a plastic-free nation. Addressing the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, Modi lamented the lack of unanimity amongst the mem- ber states on the issue of ter- rorism, saying it dents those very principles, that are the basis for the creation of the United Nations. “We believe, that this is one of the biggest challenges, not for any single country, but for the entire world and humanity,” Modi said while speaking in Hindi. “We belong to a country that has given the world, not war, but Buddha’s message of peace,” the PM said. “And that is the reason why, our voice against terror- ism, to alert the world about this evil, rings with seriousness and the outrage,” he said in his nearly 18-minute address to the world body. “And that is why, for the sake of humanity, I firmly believe, that it is absolutely imperative, that the world unites against terrorism, and that the world stands as one against terrorism,” he asserted. But he rued that there was lack of unanimity among mem- ber countries on how to tackle terrorism. “The lack of una- nimity amongst us on the issue of terrorism, dents those very principles, that are the basis for the creation of the UN,” he said. India had proposed a draft document in 1996 on the ‘Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism’ (CCIT) at the General Assembly but it remained a blueprint as the member states were unable to reach a consen- sus. The CCIT intends to crim- inalise all forms of terrorism and deny terrorists, their financiers and supporters access to funds, arms and safe havens. This was Modi’s second address to the General Debate at the UN, five years after his maiden speech as Indian Prime Minister in 2014. The Prime Minister also noted that the largest number of supreme sacrifices made by soldiers of any country for UN peacekeeping missions is from India. At least 160 Indian peace- keepers have paid the ultimate price while serving with the United Nations. Modi said the world is cel- ebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, whose message of truth and non-violence is “very rel- evant for us even today, for peace, development and progress in the world.” He said India was one of the leading nations in the fight against climate change, though its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions was “very low” as he elaborated on the steps taken by his government to fight climate change. “On one hand, we are working towards achieving the target of 450 Giga Watts of renewable energy, and on the other hand, we have also taken the initiative to create the International Solar Alliance,” he said. Modi said one of the effects of Global Warming was the increasing number and severi- ty of natural disasters, and at the same time “they are appearing in new areas and in new forms.” “In view of this, India has initiated the formation of the ‘Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure’ (CDRI). This coalition will help build infra- structure which can withstand natural disasters,” Modi said. He told the gathering that India was initiating a very large campaign to make the country a plastic-free nation. India has been advocating for the elimination of single-use plastic for long and Modi has used several international plat- forms to emphasise on the product’s ban. Modi also elaborated on the various welfare schemes like ‘Clean India Mission’, ‘Ayushman Bharat’, ‘Aadhaar initiative’, ‘PM Jan Dhan Yojana’ etc, initiated by his government and said the experience from these projects could be benefi- cial to those nations, who like India, are striving for develop- ment. “The very core of our approach is public welfare through public participation and this public welfare is not just for India but for the entire world,” Modi said. Noting that modern tech- nology is bringing about sweep- ing changes in every sphere of life and a fragmented world is in the interest of none, he pressed the international com- munity to give a new direction to multilateralism. He said as the world is going through a new era, the countries do not have the option to confine themselves within their boundaries. His remarks came at a time when tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jack Ma have put artificial intelligence (AI) in the spotlight, cautioning that the modern technology will inevitably change the way peo- ple live and work in an unprece- dented manner. Modi also referred to Swami Vivekananda’s historic address at the convention of Parliament of Religions in Chicago and asserted that India’s message to the global community remained the mes- sage of harmony and peace which the spiritual guru gave in 1893. “One hundred and twenty five years ago, the great spiritual guru Swami Vivekananda gave this message to the world dur- ing the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. “The message was harmo- ny and peace. And not dissen- sion. Today, the message from the world’s largest democracy, for the International commu- nity is still the same: harmony and peace,” he said. Quoting the Tamil poet Kaniyan Pungundranar’s famous quotes “Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir” which means ‘We belong to all places, and to everyone, he said this sense of belonging beyond borders, is unique to India. F ormer Finance Minister P Chidambaram and the CBI were locked in a bitter slugfest on Friday in the Delhi High Court on denial by the former that he ever met Indrani Mukerjea in connection with the FIPB approval granted by the then Finance Ministry in the INX media case. The Government has also issued sanction to the CBI to prosecute former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Kullar and three other officers in connec- tion with the FIPB clearance granted. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who represented the for- mer FM, told the HC that there was no record of any meeting taking place between Chidambaram and Indrani in the Finance Ministry, but the CBI told the High Court there was evidence to establish that such a meeting did take place despite the fact that that the vis- itors’ logbook had been destroyed. Objecting to Chidambaram’s bail petition, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the agency has got Hotel Oberoi’s taxi records that showed that Indrani and her husband visited Chidambaram at the Finance Ministry. However, Mehta did not dis- close when was the tampering of visitors’ logbook happened. Justice Suresh Kait reserved order on bail plea of Chidambaram, jailed in the INX Media corruption case. Opposing Sibal and Abhishek Singhvi’s argument, Mehta said Chidambaram is a very influential person and the agencies have found that he had tampered the visitors’ log- book in the Finance Ministry to sabotage the records of his meetings with approver Indrani and her husband. Mehta reit- erated in the HC that Chidambaram should not be granted bail, citing his non- cooperation with agencies. According to Indrani, she met Chidambaram in 2008 after she received prose- cution notice from Income Tax for illegally bringing 305 crore as FDI in INX media, while she had approval for foreign investment of only 5 crore. At present the trial court has put Chidambaram in judi- cial custody till October 3 and his release from Tihar jail will be decided after the Delhi High Court’s order, which was reserved on Friday. Meanwhile, the Government has issued sanc- tion to the CBI to prosecute former NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Kullar and three other officers in connection with the FIPB clearance to the INX Media. Other officers are former secretary of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Anup K Pujari, then Director in the Finance Ministry Prabodh Saxena, and former Under Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Rabindra Prasad. The Government had sanctioned the prosecution of Chidambaram in February, the officials said. Khullar served as Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs during 2004 and 2008. Pujari was the Joint Secretary during 2006 and 2010; Saxena served as the Director of the department between 2008 and 2010, and Prasad also worked during the period under inves- tigation, they said. T hak Thak gang continues to target residents on Delhi roads with impunity. An Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) of Saket District Courts has been the latest victim. In an incident which took place in South East Delhi on Tuesday night, members of Thak Thak gang targeted ASJ’s vehicle and stole a bag from her car when she was going to the court from the judges’ resi- dential complex in Okhla Phase-1, said a police official. “When she reached near Sarita Vihar underpass, two men on bike signalled her that something was wrong with the car. However, she kept on dri- ving but when she stopped her vehicle at the red light on Maa Ananda Mai Marg in Okhla, the men broke the windscreen and took away the bag which had ATM cards and money,” said the senior police official. “A case under relevant sec- tions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at the Okhla Industrial Estate Police Station and police teams have been formed to nab the crim- inals. CCTV cameras are being scanned in the area to identi- fy criminals,” said another police official tasked with the investigation. “There is a definite pattern in their modus operandi as they keep lurking near busy inter-sections, bridges and even near less frequented places. They strike by distracting dri- vers and by the time victims realise what is amiss, they disappear,” said the police official. A n Indian Army officer and one Bhutanese Army offi- cer were killed when their Cheetah helicopter crashed in Bhutan on Friday afternoon. While the Indian Army Lt Colonel was piloting the single engine Indian Army helicopter, the Bhutanese officer was his co-pilot. The wreckage of the heli- copter was located later and sal- vage operations were on. The deceased were identified as Rajneesh Parmar of Indian Army and Kalzang Wangdi of the Royal Bhutan Army. P akistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday raised the Kashmir issue in his maiden address to the UN General Assembly and demanded that India must lift the "inhuman curfew" in Kashmir and release all "polit- ical prisoners". In his speech that went on for about 50 minutes, far exceeding the 15-minute limit for UN speeches during the General Debate, Khan devoted half of his address to the Kashmir issue, warning that if there's face-off between two nuclear-armed neighbours, the consequences would be far beyond their borders. His war rhetoric was in sharp contrast to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's peace message from the same podium few minutes earlier in which he said India is a coun- try, that has "given the world, not war, but Buddha's message of peace." Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue after India withdrew the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, but New Delhi has asserted the abroga- tion of Article 370 was its "internal matter". India's decision evoked strong reactions from Pakistan, which downgraded diplomat- ic ties and expelled the Indian ambassador. In his address to the UNGA, Khan spoke at length about India's decision to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and criticised the gov- ernment's move to put in place a communication lockdown. He said India ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, flouting 11 resolu- tions of the UN Security Council, Simla agreement and its own Constitution. "What is the world com- munity going to do. Is it going to appease a market of 1.2 bil- lion, or is it going to stand up for justice and humanity," the Pakistani prime minister said. "...This is the time to take action. And number one action must be that India must lift the inhuman curfew" in Kashmir, Khan said. "It must free all political prisoners," he added. He went on to say that the world community must give the people of Kashmir the right of self determination. Asserting that the situation in Kashmir will deteriorate once India lifts the curfew, Khan said, "you hope for the best but be prepared for the worst." He said once the curfew is lifted, "there will be a reaction" and India will blame Pakistan. "Two nuclear-armed coun- tries will come face to face, like we came in February," he said, a reference to the stand-off between the two nations fol- lowing the Pulwama terror attack on an Indian police con- voy and India's subsequent air strikes on terror camps in Balakot in Pakistan. "If a conventional war starts between the two countries, anything could happen. A country seven times smaller than its neighbour is faced with the choice - either you sur- render or you fight for your freedom till death." In such a scenario, he said, his country will fight. "And when a nuclear armed country fights to the end, it will have consequences far beyond the borders. It will have conse- quences for the world… I'm warning you, it's not a threat. It's a fear." He said, "and before we head in that direction, the United Nations has a responsi- bility. This is why the United Nations came into being in 1945. You were supposed to stop this from happening." Khan said when he came to power last year, he decided to mend fences with neighbours and bring peace in the region. C hhattisgarh’s ruling Congress on Friday wrest- ed Dantewada assembly seat from BJP by registering a thumping victory in the by-poll held on September 23. Following the defeat, the BJP has now no presence in the tribal dominated sprawling Bastar region which has 12 Assembly seats. Dantewada was the lone seat the saffron party had won in the Assembly elections held in late last year. The by-polls, held on September 23, were necessitat- ed following the death of sitting MLA Bhima Mandavi in a Naxal attack in April this year. Congress candidate Devati Karma bagged the seat by a margin of 11,192 votes. As per final figures Devati Karma had secured 50,028 votes whereas BJP candidate Ojasvi Bhima Mandavi got 38,836 votes. As many as 4,871 votes went to NOTA (none of the above). Devati Karma is the wife of Congress leader Mahendra Karma who was assassinated by Maoists on May 25, 2013 in an attack while he was returning from a 'Parivartan Rally' organ- ised by his party at Jheeram val- ley in restive Bastar. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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Page 1: English News Paper | Breaking News | Latest Today News in ......Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday exhorted the international community to stand united against terrorism, which

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There is no sign of the with-drawal of the southwest

monsoon till the first week ofOctober, more than a monthlater than the usual. The longspell of monsoon may damagethe ongoing kharif crops.

According to MrutyunjayMohapatra, director generalof the India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD), the with-drawal of the monsoon, whichis already delayed, has beenruled out for at least next 10days because of unfavourableweather conditions.

The IMD has forecastheavy to very heavy rainfallover Gujarat, Uttarakhand, EastUttar Pradesh and Bihar in nextfew days. Low pressure area willdevelop over the Arabian Sea

and the Bay of Bengal bySaturday and expected to inten-sify, said the IMD. Under itsinfluence, the “low” is likely toform over Saurashtra andneighbourhood by Saturdayand is likely to become “moremarked” during the subse-quent two days. This will bringmore rain in eastern parts ofthe country.

According to the IMD,India has recorded 7 per centexcess rainfall so far: 931.6 mmagainst the normal of 869.4mm till date. Not only themonsoon withdrawal is likelyto delay by a month, but alsothe weather pattern is showinghigh activity till very late in theseason. This month’s rainfallhas intensified over central,southern and western India,causing floods that have

swamped cane and rice fields.In fact in several years in

the past decade monsoonretreat started only afterSeptember 15-20.

“Rainfall is continuing.Retreat was to begin onSeptember 1. We do not haveany indication for retreat tobegin in the next five days. Wecan see that monsoon rainshave improved steadily after aweak, delayed start in June and

we now believe that overallrainfall this season will beeither normal or above nor-mal,” Mohapatra said.

As per latest data of theAgriculture Ministry, 1062.72lakh hectare has been plantedduring the current kharif sea-son so far as against the 1063.24lakh hectare during the sameperiod last year. Rice sowingreported to have declined by4.58 lakh hectare till date.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Friday exhorted

the international community tostand united against terrorism,which he described as one ofthe biggest challenges not forany single country, but for theentire world. Modi also told theworld that India was initiatinga very large campaign to makethe country a plastic-freenation.

Addressing the 74th sessionof the UN General Assembly,Modi lamented the lack ofunanimity amongst the mem-ber states on the issue of ter-rorism, saying it dents thosevery principles, that are thebasis for the creation of theUnited Nations.

“We believe, that this is oneof the biggest challenges, not forany single country, but for theentire world and humanity,”Modi said while speaking in

Hindi. “We belong to a country

that has given the world, notwar, but Buddha’s message ofpeace,” the PM said.

“And that is the reasonwhy, our voice against terror-ism, to alert the world aboutthis evil, rings with seriousnessand the outrage,” he said in hisnearly 18-minute address to theworld body.

“And that is why, for thesake of humanity, I firmlybelieve, that it is absolutelyimperative, that the worldunites against terrorism, andthat the world stands as oneagainst terrorism,” he asserted.

But he rued that there waslack of unanimity among mem-ber countries on how to tackleterrorism. “The lack of una-nimity amongst us on the issueof terrorism, dents those veryprinciples, that are the basis forthe creation of the UN,” he said.

India had proposed a draft

document in 1996 on the‘Comprehensive Conventionon International Terrorism’(CCIT) at the GeneralAssembly but it remained ablueprint as the member stateswere unable to reach a consen-sus. The CCIT intends to crim-

inalise all forms of terrorismand deny terrorists, theirfinanciers and supporters accessto funds, arms and safe havens.

This was Modi’s secondaddress to the General Debateat the UN, five years after hismaiden speech as Indian PrimeMinister in 2014.

The Prime Minister alsonoted that the largest number

of supreme sacrifices made bysoldiers of any country for UNpeacekeeping missions is fromIndia. At least 160 Indian peace-keepers have paid the ultimateprice while serving with theUnited Nations.

Modi said the world is cel-ebrating the 150th birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi, whose message of truthand non-violence is “very rel-evant for us even today, forpeace, development andprogress in the world.”

He said India was one ofthe leading nations in the fightagainst climate change, thoughits contribution to greenhousegas emissions was “very low” ashe elaborated on the stepstaken by his government tofight climate change.

“On one hand, we areworking towards achieving thetarget of 450 Giga Watts ofrenewable energy, and on theother hand, we have also takenthe initiative to create theInternational Solar Alliance,” hesaid.

Modi said one of the effectsof Global Warming was theincreasing number and severi-ty of natural disasters, and at thesame time “they are appearingin new areas and in new forms.”

“In view of this, India hasinitiated the formation of the‘Coalition for Disaster ResilientInfrastructure’ (CDRI). Thiscoalition will help build infra-structure which can withstandnatural disasters,” Modi said.

He told the gathering thatIndia was initiating a very largecampaign to make the countrya plastic-free nation.

India has been advocatingfor the elimination of single-useplastic for long and Modi hasused several international plat-forms to emphasise on theproduct’s ban.

Modi also elaborated on thevarious welfare schemes like‘Clean India Mission’,‘Ayushman Bharat’, ‘Aadhaarinitiative’, ‘PM Jan Dhan Yojana’etc, initiated by his governmentand said the experience fromthese projects could be benefi-

cial to those nations, who likeIndia, are striving for develop-ment.

“The very core of ourapproach is public welfarethrough public participationand this public welfare is notjust for India but for the entireworld,” Modi said.

Noting that modern tech-nology is bringing about sweep-ing changes in every sphere oflife and a fragmented world isin the interest of none, hepressed the international com-munity to give a new directionto multilateralism.

He said as the world isgoing through a new era, thecountries do not have theoption to confine themselveswithin their boundaries.

His remarks came at a timewhen tech billionaires like ElonMusk and Jack Ma have putartificial intelligence (AI) in thespotlight, cautioning that themodern technology willinevitably change the way peo-ple live and work in an unprece-dented manner.

Modi also referred toSwami Vivekananda’s historicaddress at the convention ofParliament of Religions inChicago and asserted thatIndia’s message to the globalcommunity remained the mes-sage of harmony and peacewhich the spiritual guru gave in1893.

“One hundred and twentyfive years ago, the great spiritualguru Swami Vivekananda gavethis message to the world dur-ing the World Parliament ofReligions in Chicago.

“The message was harmo-ny and peace. And not dissen-sion. Today, the message fromthe world’s largest democracy,for the International commu-nity is still the same: harmonyand peace,” he said.

Quoting the Tamil poetKaniyan Pungundranar’sfamous quotes “Yaadhum OoreYaavarum Kelir” which means‘We belong to all places, and toeveryone, he said this sense ofbelonging beyond borders, isunique to India.

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Former Finance Minister PChidambaram and the CBI

were locked in a bitter slugfeston Friday in the Delhi HighCourt on denial by the formerthat he ever met IndraniMukerjea in connection withthe FIPB approval granted bythe then Finance Ministry inthe INX media case.

The Government has alsoissued sanction to the CBI toprosecute former NITI AayogCEO Sindhushree Kullar andthree other officers in connec-tion with the FIPB clearancegranted.

Senior advocate KapilSibal, who represented the for-mer FM, told the HC that therewas no record of any meetingtaking place betweenChidambaram and Indrani inthe Finance Ministry, but theCBI told the High Court therewas evidence to establish thatsuch a meeting did take placedespite the fact that that the vis-itors’ logbook had beendestroyed.

Objecting toChidambaram’s bail petition,Solicitor General Tushar Mehtasaid the agency has got HotelOberoi’s taxi records thatshowed that Indrani and herhusband visited Chidambaramat the Finance Ministry.However, Mehta did not dis-close when was the tamperingof visitors’ logbook happened.Justice Suresh Kait reservedorder on bail plea ofChidambaram, jailed in theINX Media corruption case.

Opposing Sibal andAbhishek Singhvi’s argument,Mehta said Chidambaram is avery influential person andthe agencies have found that he

had tampered the visitors’ log-book in the Finance Ministryto sabotage the records of hismeetings with approver Indraniand her husband. Mehta reit-erated in the HC thatChidambaram should not begranted bail, citing his non-cooperation with agencies.

According to Indrani, shemet Chidambaram in 2008 after she received prose-cution notice from IncomeTax for illegally bringing �305crore as FDI in INX media,while she had approval forforeign investment of only �5 crore.

At present the trial courthas put Chidambaram in judi-cial custody till October 3 andhis release from Tihar jail willbe decided after the DelhiHigh Court’s order, which wasreserved on Friday.

Meanwhile, theGovernment has issued sanc-tion to the CBI to prosecute

former NITI Aayog CEOSindhushree Kullar and threeother officers in connectionwith the FIPB clearance to theINX Media. Other officers areformer secretary of theMinistry of Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises Anup KPujari, then Director in theFinance Ministry PrabodhSaxena, and former UnderSecretary in the Department ofEconomic Affairs RabindraPrasad. The Government hadsanctioned the prosecution ofChidambaram in February, theofficials said.

Khullar served asAdditional Secretary in theDepartment of EconomicAffairs during 2004 and 2008.Pujari was the Joint Secretaryduring 2006 and 2010; Saxenaserved as the Director of thedepartment between 2008 and2010, and Prasad also workedduring the period under inves-tigation, they said.

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Thak Thak gang continues totarget residents on Delhi

roads with impunity. AnAdditional Sessions Judge (ASJ)of Saket District Courts hasbeen the latest victim.

In an incident which tookplace in South East Delhi onTuesday night, members ofThak Thak gang targeted ASJ’svehicle and stole a bag from hercar when she was going to thecourt from the judges’ resi-dential complex in OkhlaPhase-1, said a police official.

“When she reached nearSarita Vihar underpass, twomen on bike signalled her that

something was wrong with thecar. However, she kept on dri-ving but when she stopped hervehicle at the red light on MaaAnanda Mai Marg in Okhla,

the men broke the windscreenand took away the bag whichhad ATM cards and money,”said the senior police official.

“A case under relevant sec-

tions of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) has been registered at theOkhla Industrial Estate PoliceStation and police teams havebeen formed to nab the crim-inals. CCTV cameras are beingscanned in the area to identi-fy criminals,” said anotherpolice official tasked with theinvestigation.

“There is a definite patternin their modus operandi asthey keep lurking near busyinter-sections, bridges and evennear less frequented places.They strike by distracting dri-vers and by the time victimsrealise what is amiss, they disappear,” said the police official.

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An Indian Army officer andone Bhutanese Army offi-

cer were killed when theirCheetah helicopter crashed inBhutan on Friday afternoon.

While the Indian Army LtColonel was piloting the singleengine Indian Army helicopter,the Bhutanese officer was hisco-pilot.

The wreckage of the heli-copter was located later and sal-vage operations were on. Thedeceased were identified asRajneesh Parmar of IndianArmy and Kalzang Wangdi ofthe Royal Bhutan Army.

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Pakistan Prime MinisterImran Khan on Friday

raised the Kashmir issue in hismaiden address to the UNGeneral Assembly anddemanded that India must liftthe "inhuman curfew" inKashmir and release all "polit-ical prisoners".

In his speech that went onfor about 50 minutes, farexceeding the 15-minute limitfor UN speeches during theGeneral Debate, Khan devotedhalf of his address to theKashmir issue, warning that ifthere's face-off between twonuclear-armed neighbours, theconsequences would be farbeyond their borders.

His war rhetoric was insharp contrast to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'speace message from the samepodium few minutes earlier inwhich he said India is a coun-try, that has "given the world,not war, but Buddha's messageof peace."

Pakistan has been trying tointernationalise the Kashmirissue after India withdrew thespecial status of Jammu andKashmir on August 5, but NewDelhi has asserted the abroga-tion of Article 370 was its"internal matter".

India's decision evokedstrong reactions from Pakistan,which downgraded diplomat-ic ties and expelled the Indianambassador.

In his address to theUNGA, Khan spoke at lengthabout India's decision to revokeArticle 370 in Jammu andKashmir and criticised the gov-ernment's move to put in placea communication lockdown.

He said India ended the

special status of Jammu andKashmir, flouting 11 resolu-tions of the UN SecurityCouncil, Simla agreement andits own Constitution.

"What is the world com-munity going to do. Is it goingto appease a market of 1.2 bil-lion, or is it going to stand upfor justice and humanity," thePakistani prime minister said.

"...This is the time to takeaction. And number one actionmust be that India must lift theinhuman curfew" in Kashmir,Khan said. "It must free allpolitical prisoners," he added.

He went on to say that theworld community must givethe people of Kashmir theright of self determination.

Asserting that the situationin Kashmir will deteriorateonce India lifts the curfew,Khan said, "you hope for thebest but be prepared for theworst."

He said once the curfew islifted, "there will be a reaction"and India will blame Pakistan.

"Two nuclear-armed coun-tries will come face to face, likewe came in February," he said,a reference to the stand-off

between the two nations fol-lowing the Pulwama terrorattack on an Indian police con-voy and India's subsequent airstrikes on terror camps inBalakot in Pakistan.

"If a conventional war startsbetween the two countries,anything could happen. Acountry seven times smallerthan its neighbour is facedwith the choice - either you sur-render or you fight for yourfreedom till death."

In such a scenario, he said,his country will fight. "Andwhen a nuclear armed countryfights to the end, it will haveconsequences far beyond theborders. It will have conse-quences for the world… I'mwarning you, it's not a threat.It's a fear."

He said, "and before wehead in that direction, theUnited Nations has a responsi-bility. This is why the UnitedNations came into being in1945. You were supposed tostop this from happening."

Khan said when he came topower last year, he decided tomend fences with neighboursand bring peace in the region.

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Following the defeat, theBJP has now no presence in thetribal dominated sprawlingBastar region which has 12Assembly seats. Dantewadawas the lone seat the saffronparty had won in the Assemblyelections held in late last year.

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Devati Karma is the wife ofCongress leader MahendraKarma who was assassinated byMaoists on May 25, 2013 in anattack while he was returningfrom a 'Parivartan Rally' organ-ised by his party at Jheeram val-ley in restive Bastar.

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The bypoll results for fourAssembly seats in four

States on Friday saw the rulingdispensations winning all ofthem, including wresting twofrom the Opposition. The BJPwon two seats while the LDFand Congress emerged victo-rious in one each.

The BJP won the Assemblyseats of Hamirpur, UttarPradesh and Badharaghat,Tripura while the Congresswon the naxal-affectedDantewada assembly seat inChhattisgarh to strengthen itsdomination in the State whereit had trounced the BJP in theAssembly polls last year. Thebypoll in Dantewada wasnecessitated after the death ofBJP MLA Bhima Mandavi in aNaxal attack in April.

In Hamirpur, BJP's YuvrajSingh emerged victorious in atough race with SamajwadiParty's Manoj Prajapati with amargin of 17,000 votes. Thethird place was attained by theBSP and the Congress trailedlast. The Hamipur assembly

seat in Uttar Pradesh fell vacantfollowing the conviction ofBJP MLA Ashok KumarChandel in a 22-year-old mur-der case.

In Dantewada, Congresscandidate Devti Karma defeat-ed slain Bhima Mandavi's wifeOjaswi Mandavi of the BJP by11192 votes. With the win onthe seat, which was held by theBJP , the Congress has now all12 seats from Bastar and 68 ofthe 90 seats overall in the state,while the BJP will drop to 14seats.

The Left Democratic Frontcandidate (LDF) also created anupset by wresting the Pala seatin Kerala from the Congressbacked United Democratic

Front (UDF)in Kerala. Mani CKappan of the LDF defeatedthe UDF opponent Jose Tomby 2,943 votes in a close con-test. The Pala Assembly seat fellvacant after Kerala Congress(M) veteran K M Mani died inApril. It recorded a 71.41 percent turnout.

Ending the five-decade-old supremacy of the KeralaCongress (M) in the PalaAssembly constituency in cen-tral Kerala, Kappan, nominat-ed by the ruling LDF, clincheda close victory over his UDF-backed opponent Jose Tom onFriday.

Kappen, leader of theNationalist Congress Party,defeated Pulikkunnel, a faction

leader of the Kerala Congress(M). Pala was a bastion of theCongress-led UDF, held byveteran leader and formerFinance Minister K M Mani forthe last five decades. With thisvictory, the number of LDFMLAs in the 140-memberassembly has gone up to 91.

In Tripuira's Badharghat(SC) seat, BJP's MimiMajumder won defeating hernearest rival,

CPI(M)'s Bulti Biswas, by5,276 votes. Congress nomineeRatan Chandra Das secured thethird place. Both the BJP andthe CPI(M) got fewer votes incomparison to what theybagged in the assembly elec-tions.

The ruling BJP has 36 seatsin the assembly while itsalliance partner IPFT has eightin the 60-member house.

The Badharghat Assemblyconstituency in Agartala fellvacant due to the death of six-time MLA and former minis-ter Dilip Sarkar. Sarkar, a for-mer Congressman, had joinedBJP in 2018 just before assem-bly polls.

New Delhi: Senior advocate RS Cheema, who was appointedspecial public prosecutor in2014 by the Supreme Court inthe coal block allocation scamcases, on Friday expressed hiswillingness to be relieved fromthe money laundering casesarising out of the matter.

Cheema, in his applica-tion to the top court, saidthere is shortage of law officersassisting him in dealing withsuch money laundering cases.

A bench of justices DeepakGupta and Surya Kant refusedto pass any order on Cheema'sapplication and said, "You havedone a great service to thenation and our view is that youwill be provided all requiredassistance. You make a team,train them and after two-threemonths, we will see if they cantake over."

It said, "At this stage, we arenot willing to accept yourrequest of being relieved fromthe money laundering casesand all we are saying, we willnot pass any orders. We willhear the matter again in themonth of December."

Cheema said there are 20complaints filed in the specialcourt by the EnforcementDirectorate and cognizancehas been taken only in fourcomplaints.

He said the shortage of lawofficers is affecting the speedydisposal of the matters.

In his application, Cheemahad also referred to his age, say-ing it has been causing diffi-culties in carrying out his work.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for theEnforcement Directorate, toldthe bench that he will talk toCheema and would try to per-suade him.

He said Cheema will beprovided all required assis-tance in the cases. PTI

New Delhi: The ASI report of2003 on the RamJanmabhoomi-Babri Masjidsite was not an "ordinary opin-ion" as the archaeologists wereacting on behalf of theAllahabad High Court to givetheir views on the excavatedmaterials, the Supreme Courtsaid Friday.

The High Court, throughits court-commissioner, hadasked Archeological Survey ofIndia (ASI) in 2002 to excavatethe site and give its findings onwhether the "disputed building"was constructed on the site ofan "alleged Hindu temple" afterdemolishing it.

The ASI, which had foundartefacts, idols, pillars andother remains, stated in itsreport about the existence of amassive structure beneath the"alleged Babri Masjid".

On being told by a counselfor the Muslim parties that theASI report was "merely anopinion" and not binding on

the court, a 5-judgeConstitution bench headed byChief Justice Ranjan Gogoisaid the inferences from thereport were drawn by "culti-vated and studied minds"(archeological experts).

"You (lawyer) cannotequate the (court)Commissioner's report to anyother ordinary opinion. They(ASI experts) conducted it(excavation) after theCommissioner asked them,"said the bench, which alsocomprised Justices S A Bobde,DY Chandrachud, AshokBhushan and S Abdul Nazeer.

The bench said the expertsexcavated and analysed thematerials at the direction of theCommissioner who was dele-gated the powers by the highcourt.The top court said it wasconscious of the fact that bothsides have their argumentsbased on inferences and therewere no eyewitnesses to theseevents. PTI

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt Friday directed demoli-tion of flats built on the coastalzone of Kochi's Maradu with-in 138 days, a timeline given bythe Kerala government, andasked the state to pay Rs 25lakh interim compensation toeach flat owner within fourweeks.

The top court said that itwas not against anyone but theprimary concern is illegal con-structions in CoastalRegulation Zone (CRZ) areas,which eventually lead to nat-ural disasters.

It also ordered setting up ofone-member committee ofretired high court judge tooversee the demolition andassessing of total compensationpayable to affected flat owners.

A bench, comprisingJustices Arun Mishra and SRavindra Bhat, directed freez-ing of assets of builders andpromoters who were involvedin the construction of illegalbuildings in the coastal zoneareas of Kochi.

The bench further said thegovernment may considerrecovering the interim com-pensation amount, which willbe paid to flat owners, from thebuilders and the promoters.

Kerala Chief Secretary TomJose was present at the hearing.The court said his presencewould not be required duringthe next hearing on October 25.

The chief secretary in itsaffidavit had said, "There are343 flats in the four multi-storeyed apartment buildings

covering an area of 68,028.71square metre. The municipal-ity has an area of 12.35 sq kmand is densely populated witha population of 3,619 sqkms.Two national highwaysnamely NH-47 and NH-47(A)pass through this area."

Senior advocate HarishSalve, appearing for the Keralagovernment, informed thebench that power and watersupply were disconnected tothe four apartment complexesin Kochi on Thursday.

The apex court said thereshould not be any reason forthe delay in carrying out thedemolition and gave the exam-ple of Kant enclave inFaridabad, where illegal struc-tures were razed on its order,and modalities of recovering

the money from those respon-sible for such constructions hasbeen worked out.

The bench clarified that thecourt's primary concern wasthat no construction shouldhave been carried out at theeco-fragile coastal zone and thequestion was not regardingany individual."Question is notto evict everyone from an area.We are not against anybody.Our primary concern is theillegal construction in thecoastal zone area, which lead tonatural disaster," it said.

While Salve was makingsubmissions relating to the nittygritty of demolition exercise thathas to be carried out, the benchsaid, "If you cannot do it, we willthink of involving some otheroutside agency." PTI

New Delhi: There are 389 districts in thecountry where the number of pendingchild abuse cases exceeds 100 and as pera Law Ministry proposal, one fast trackspecial court will be set up in each ofthese districts to exclusively try suchcases.

According to a Law Ministry docu-ment, "Scheme on Fast Track SpecialCourts (FTSCs) for expeditious disposalof cases of rape and Protection of Childrenfrom Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act",there are 389 districts in the country wherethe number of pending cases under thePOCSO Act exceeds 100.

"Therefore, as per the order of Apex(Supreme) Court, in each of these districts,one exclusive POCSO court will be set upwhich will try no other case," it said.

Depending upon the pendency ofPOCSO cases, the state or the Union ter-ritory governments, in consultation withthe high courts concerned, could, howev-er, decide if more number of exclusivePOCSO courts need to be established with-in the overall number of FTSCs providedunder this scheme.

The Union government has proposedto set up a total of 1,023 fast-track specialcourts for expeditious trial of over 1.66

lakh pending cases of crime againstwomen and children across the country.

Each of these special courts are expect-ed to dispose of at least 165 such cases peryear, the scheme document prepared bythe Department of Justice of the LawMinistry said.

A total of 1,023 FTSCs will be set up,out of which 389 courts, as per a SupremeCourt direction, will exclusively handlecases registered under the POCSO Act, itsaid.

The remaining 634 FTSCs will deal

with either rape cases or both rape andPOCSO Act cases, depending upon thependency and requirement.

"Each FTSC is expected to dispose of41-42 cases each quarter and at least 165cases in a year," the document added.

According to the document, a total of1,66,882 cases of rape and those underPOCSO Act are pending trial in variouscourts across the country.

The process of setting up of theseFTSCs is likely to begin on October 2, theLaw Ministry had earlier said. PTI

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Air pollution is not onlyassociated with respirato-

ry diseases and strokes but alsoincreased mental health disor-ders like anxiety and depressiontoo among children, a studyhas found.

Published in the latest issueof Environmental HealthPerspectives journal, the studyfound that short-term exposureto high ambient air pollutioncorresponded with a rise in vis-its to the children's psychiatricemergency department.

The study holds impor-tance for India which is hometo 15 of the 20 most pollutedcities in the world with somestudies indicating nearly 700million Indians are exposed tounhealthy air.Children are theworst hit.

According to the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO),

over 1 lakh children under agefive died because of air pollu-tion in India in 2016.

The new study should comeas a cause of concern for Indiawhich is already battling withrising cases of mental health.

Carried out over five years,the international study said therewas previous evidence linkingharmful particulate matter withincreased psychiatric disorders inadults, but that this effect on chil-dren's mental health has not yetbeen examined.

The study focused on fineparticulate matter known asPM2.5. The microscopic par-ticles, which are smaller than2.5 micrometers in diameter,can lodge deep into the lungsand pass into other organsand the bloodstream. Theycause irritation, inflammationand can lead to respiratoryproblems, while longer termexposure can even cause can-

cer and heart attack.Researchers at the

University of Cincinnati andthe Cincinnati Children'sHospital Medical Center exam-ined psychiatric patient visits,and then traced the concen-tration of PM2.5 in their resi-dential areas. Researchersfound that whenever therewere increases in PM2.5, therewould be more psychiatric vis-its within the following fewdays.

Visits on the same day asthe pollution spike were oftenrelated to schizophrenia, whilemore visits for adjustment dis-order and suicidal thoughtscame one or two days later.

They also found that chil-dren in disadvantaged areas, oflower socioeconomic class orless access to healthcare, weremore vulnerable to the psychi-atric effects of pollution spikes— particularly the disorders of

anxiety and suicidal thoughts."Collectively, these studies

contribute to the growing bodyof evidence that exposure to airpollution during early life andchildhood may contribute todepression, anxiety, and othermental health problems in adolescence," said Patrick Ryan,a lead author.

He and Cole Brokamp, theother lead author, cautionedthat more research is neededinto this connection — but thefindings could offer new pre-vention strategies for childrenexhibiting those symptoms.

The fact that children liv-ing in poverty experiencedgreater negative effects from airpollution also proved that boththe pollutant and neighborhood conditions com-bine to create "synergisticeffects on psychiatric symptomseverity and frequency," saidBrokamp.

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Fresh turmoil has gripped theCBI. A Deputy

Superintendent of the agencyhas written to the PrimeMinister's Office (PMO) alleg-ing that CBI Joint Director AKBhatnagar was involved in afake encounter of 14 persons inJharkhand and corruption.

DSP NP Mishra in hiscomplaint has sought immedi-ate removal of Bhatnagar fromthe agency. “It is submitted thatAK Bhatnagar , who is present-ly working as JD(Administration) of CBI isgrossly involved in fake crim-inal and fake encounter of 14innocent persons in Jharkhand.It is also learnt that related caseis under investigation in CBISpecial Crimes Branch, Mishraalleged.

It would be fit to uphold theimpartiality of the CBI. services

of AK Bhatnagar in CBI mustbe terminated at once , or elsethere is every likelihood ofcasting aspersions on the work-ing of CBI in as much as influ-encing the process of investi-gation by Bhatnagarby virtue ofhis high placement in the orga-nization . It is also submittedthat family members of the vic-tims have already made similarcomplaint in this regard, he fur-ther alleged in his complaint.

"Besides the heinous crimi-nal act, involvement ofBhatnagar in various corruptpractices in the organizationhas been brought to the notice ofyour good self on various occa-sions by various representa-

tion/complaints," Mishra alleged. Mishra further alleged that

Bhatnagar has sought earlyhearing of a petition relating tohis transfer pending beforethe Delhi High Court andscheduled for hearing onOctober 1.

"It is once again requestedthat services of AK Bhatnagarin CBI must be terminated atonce for benefit the organiza-tion," he added.

Infighting in the CBI hasresurfaced after about a yearafter the agency was embroiledin a serious spat between thenchief Alok Verma and hisdeputy Rakesh Asthana whenboth accused each other ofbeing involved in corruption.The controversy led to prema-ture removal of Verma fromthe CBI chief 's post and trans-fer of Asthana from the agencyto Bureau of Civil AviationSecurity.

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New York: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has reaffirmedIndia's support for giving pri-ority to diplomacy, dialogueand confidence- building formaintaining peace and securi-ty in the Persian Gulf amidsttensions in the region, as heheld in-depth talks with IranianPresident Hassan Rouhani.

Modi met Rouhani on thesidelines of the high-level 74thSession of the GeneralAssembly on Thursday amidstfresh tensions between Iran andthe United States.

"Delighted to meetPresident @HassanRouhani.We had in-depth discussionson the full range of India-Iranties, and regional & globalmatters," the prime ministertweeted.

The two leaders discussedbilateral relations andexchanged views on regionaland global developments ofmutual interest.

According to an officialpress release, the prime minis-ter reiterated India's support forgiving priority to diplomacy,dialogue and confidence build-ing in the interest of main-

taining peace, security and sta-bility in the Gulf region, whichis of vital importance for India.

The meeting was keenlyawaited as it comes amid esca-lating face-off between Iranand the US on Tehran's nuclearprogramme. Iran is alsoaccused by the US and its alliesof attacking two key oil facili-ties in Saudi Arabia, triggeringa new phase of tensions in theregion.

The September 14 attackscaused oil prices to spike by thebiggest percentage since the1991 Gulf War.Noting thatIndia and Iran shared old andcivilisational ties, the two lead-ers assessed the progress inbilateral relations since theirfirst meeting in Russian city ofUfa in 2015.

They especially mentionedovercapitalisation of ChabaharPort and noted its importanceas gateway to and for the land-locked Afghanistan and theCentral Asian region.

During the meeting, it wasagreed to mark the 70thanniversary of the establish-ment of diplomatic relationsnext year. PTI

New Delhi: DespiteWhatsApp's efforts to reducethe spread of fake news by lim-iting the number of forwards tofive, the platform was exten-sively abused to spreadunfounded rumours and createmisinformation campaignsduring recent elections in Indiaand Brazil, a study has revealed.

F a c e b o o k - o w n e dWhatsApp particularly failed inblocking the propagation ofmisinformation campaignsthrough public groups, said thestudy conducted by researchersfrom Federal University ofMinas Gerais in Brazil andMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT) in the US.

In the study, theresearchers wanted to find outhow effective WhatsApp'sefforts were in countering thespread of misinformation cir-culating on the platform.

They analysed the dataaround the election day, 60days before and 15 after, inthree countries -- India, Braziland Indonesia.

"Our results suggest thatthe current efforts deployed byWhatsApp can offer significant

delays on the informationspread, but they are ineffectivein blocking the propagation ofmisinformation campaignsthrough public groups whenthe content has a high viralnature," the authors wrote in apaper published on pre-printrepository arXiv.org.

The research pointed outthat WhatsApp allows the con-nection among like-mindedindividuals through chatgroups which have a limit of256 users and can be private orpublic.

While in the case of privategroups, new members must beadded by a member whoassumes the role of groupadministrator, for publicgroups, the access is by invita-tion links that could be sharedto anyone or be available on theWeb.

As chat groups onWhatsApp are mostly private,harder to monitor thanFacebook or Twitter discus-sions.

The researchers joined sev-eral WhatsApp public groupsand analysed messages postedon these platforms. IANS

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RAIPUR | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 28, 2019chhattisgarh 03

Congress party workers on Friday celebrated party's victory in Dantewada assembly by-polls. They distributed sweets and burst crackers in front of oldCongress building at Gandhi Maidan, Raipur. Photo Santosh Sahu

STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR

Rajasthan will adoptChhattisgarh’s innovative

model cowshed schemerechristening it as 'NandiGaushala'.

This was stated byRajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot, who along withhis cabinet ministers andChhattisgarh counterpartBhupesh Baghel, visited amodel cowshed in villageBancharauda on Friday.

Gehlot and his ministersinspected the cowshed builtunder the shade of Mahua tree.They also observed the womenof self-help groups makingbeauty products, material usedin religious rituals, organic fer-tilizer, herbal medicines, andmanufacturing 'dona-pattal',and praised them in theirendeavor to become financial-ly independent.

During the visit to this

model cowshed run underSuraaji Gaon Yojana in Arangblock of Raipur district,Gehlod was accompanied byRajasthan's AgricultureMinister Lalchand Katariya,Minister Gopall Badahiya andMLA Rohit Vohra.

Gehlot praisedChhattisgarh Government'sNarva Garua Ghurva Barischeme for the innovativeworks being done under thescheme, on initiative of ChiefMinister Baghel.

He also said that it wasMahatma Gandhi's dream topromote cottage industries soas to make people of ruralareas self-dependent andfinancially empowered.

“After visitingChhattisgarh and observingthe works being done here, Ican say that Chief Minister ofChhattisgarh Baghel is turningthe dreams of Gandhi ji intoreality,” said Gehlot.

On the occasion, MinisterIn-charge Ravindra Choubey,Urban Administration andLabour Minister Dr ShiveKumar Dahariya, AbhanpurMLA and Ex-MinisterDhanendra Sahu, DharsivaMLA Anita Yogendra Sharma,Raipur Jila Panchayatpresident Sharda Devi Verma,public representatives and alarge number of villagers werealso present.

In his address to the pro-gramme held in villageBancharoda, Gehlot said thatChhattisgarh government hastaken an innovative step bydeveloping cowsheds. This ini-tiative would not only giveshelter to stray animals andprovide drinking-water, med-ical facility and fodder but alsoprevent road accidents thatoccur because of stray cattles.Cow dung is being used bywomen of the village to createproducts that are helping them

to become self-employed andfinancially independent.

Baghel said thatChhattisgarh’s economymostly depends on agricultur-al sector and hence the stategovernment is aiming to pro-vide better means of livelihoodto farmers and make themfinancially independentthrough Narva, Garua,Ghurva, Bari.

The organic fertilizerproduced in cowsheds acrossthe state will be utilized inagricultural activities, he said.

Narva yojana will help inwater conservation anddevelopment of irrigationfacility. He said that todayChief Minister of Rajashthanvisited Bancharoda to observethe works here, in futurerepresentatives from across thecountry and abroad will visitChhattisgarh. Suraaji Gaonscheme is being lauded acrossthe world.

Rajasthan to emulate C’garh’smodel cowshed scheme

STAFF REPORTER nRAIPUR

"Swachhta Hi Sewa"campaign is underway

from September 11 at SipatSuper Thermal PowerStation of NTPC Limited.

This year under thiscampaign, awareness onplastic waste management isbeing created among theemployees as well as localpeople. The programmebegan with oath adminis-tered by Chief GeneralManager of the NTPC SipatPadmakumar Rajasekharanto the employees onSeptember 11.

During this period vari-ous awareness generatingactivities were carried out tosensitize people about plastic

pollution basicallysingle-use plastic pollution,which poses a big challengeto the environment, accord-ing to a NTPC press release.

A series of activities hasbeen planned to spread themessage of not to usesingle-use plastic.

Under this campaign, onSeptember 14, members ofSangwari Mahila Samiti,under the guidance of itspresident KamlaPadmakumar, made a presen-tation among the students ofJanji, Govt. Higher SecondarySchool, on impact of single-use plastic among animalsand how this non biodegrad-able waste poses a bigchallenge for environment.

Similarly a street paywas also staged by the diplo-

ma trainees of NTPC Sipaton effects of single-use plas-

tic on environment.Apart from this a prab-

hat-ferry (walkathon) wasorganised to sensitize the

employees about use of envi-ronment friendly articles inday-to-day life.

On this occasion,addressing the employeesPadmakumar Rajasekharanappealed to all not to use anyitems, which is harmful tomother earth.

In another awarenessprogramme children of BalBharati Public School organ-ised a campaign by the helpof various display materialson September 27 in the pres-ence of Ravishankar kaul,Head of HR Dept andShalabh Nigam, Principal ofthe school. The children vis-ited all the shops and quar-ters and requested all not touse any items which is madefor one time use and notbiodegradable in nature.

‘Swachhta Hi Sewa' campaign underway at NTPC-Sipat

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A29-year-old woman wasarrested in connection with

a honey-trap case on charges ofextorting around Rs 1.38 crorein cash and a SUV from aRaipur-based businessman,police said here on Friday.

“The accused identified asPreeti Tiwari hailing fromManendragarh, currently livingin Gayatri Nagar locality ofRaipur, was arrested on com-plaint from Chetan Shah -a busi-nessman dealing in sanitary andhardware products,” AdditionalSuperintendent of Police (City)Prafull Thakur told reporters.

Preeti, a dropout from aBilaspur-based dental collage,had reportedly come in contactwith Chetan Shah in 2012 viafacebook, ASP said.

“The two started to see eachother and they soon becameintimate. Preeti knowing that

Shah was married and had adaughter decided to go intimateand recorded the moments on

her mobile,” the ASP claimed.She then started to black-

mail Shah and threaten to impli-cate him in a rape case, the ASPsaid while adding Preeti report-edly took `1.38 crore in cash inseveral parts from Shah and alsotook away his Creta SUV.

“Shah had to borrow heavilyfrom his friends and relatives formeeting the woman’s demand,”the ASP said.

According to the victim,police said, he had to sell hisShankar Nagar Sector-1 basedhouse for `1.42 crore for settlingthe debts.

However, the accusedsomehow got the news of thedeal and started demanding `50lakh for finally leaving Shah, theASP added.

On Shah’s complaint withPandri police station, Tiwari wasarrested and has been bookedunder Sections 384 (extortion)of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Honey trap: Woman held forextorting `1.38 cr from bizman

“The accusedidentified as PreetiTiwari hailing from

Manendragarh,currently living in

Gayatri Nagarlocality of Raipur,was arrested oncomplaint fromChetan Shah -abusinessman

dealing in sanitaryand hardware

products”

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Completing its probe withinstipulated time frame of one

month provided by Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel, the high powerscrutiny committee found that 42persons are working in variousgovernment departments withfake caste certificates.

According to official sourcesthe scrutiny committee had takeninto hearing 213 cases and out ofwhich had passed orders on 96cases. Out of 96, in 42 cases itfound that the persons do nothold authentic caste certificatesfor working in governmentdepartments. Meanwhile, 25cases were found appropriate,sources said.

Sources further informed that19 cases were closed as thecertificate holders are not alive.

The department wise caseswhich were found inappropriateincludes agriculture department-6, Medical Education – 1,Veterinary – 4, Scheduled Casteand Scheduled Tribe Welfare – 2,Revenue- 1, Public HealthEngineering – 3, TechnicalEducation- 1, Panchayat andRural Development -2, One eachin Water Resources , PublicProsecution (Home), PublicWorks, Higher Education,Horticulture, Forest, UrbanAdministration, Khadi andGramodyog Board, Industries,Life Insurance Corporation andBhilai Steel Plant.

42 persons working ingovernment departmentswith fake caste certificates

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Expressing delight over thevictory of Congress can-

didate in Dantewada assem-bly by-polls, Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel thanked thevoters of the constituency.

In a tweet he said thevoters of Dantewada haveshowered blessings to theparty approving the welfareworks initiated by Congressgovernment to build a newChhattisgarh.

Congratulating victori-ous Congress candidateDevati Karma, he said it wasalso a victory of dreams ofLate Mahendra Karma.

Congress party on theother hand dedicated the

victory to the Congressworkers, ‘able’ leadership ofPCC Chief Mohan Markamand Chief Minister BhupeshBaghel.

‘Dantewada votersapproved Congress’sdevelopment model’ STAFF REPORTER n

RAIPUR

BJP while accepting defeatin Dantewada by-polls

alleged ‘foul play’ by rulingCongress party, which led tothe victory of Devti Karmain the results declared onFriday.

While congratulatingDevti Karma on the victory,former Chief Minister andBJP national secretaryRaman Singh said, “For thefirst time in my politicalcareer I saw administrationand political party workingso closely.”

“The district collector(Dantewada) seemed like thechief election strategist of theCongress party. Our statepresident, leader of opposi-tion, party workers and Iwere not allowed to visit sev-

eral regions in the assemblysegment for campaigning.Congress party had no suchdifficulty,” Raman Singhalleged while talking toreporters.

State BJP chief VikramUsendi while echoing thesame sentiment alleged thatCongress had tried to per-suade voters unethically. Hecited the incident of sari dis-tribution, which was caughtin Kirandul during themodel code of conduct wasin-force.

Leader of opposition,Dharamlal Kaushik claimedthat in polling booths whereless voting was recordedduring the state assemblyand general elections, in thisby- polls the voter turnoutwas high. It is quite clear thevoting was one sided overthere, he claimed.

BJP alleges foul-playin Dantewada by-poll

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Contractors working inthe industries of

Chhattisgarh will now beable to get their licenseissued easily and also therewill be no stress of licenserenewal every year.

To promote industry andcommerce in the state, thecomplex license issuing pro-cedures of the LabourDepartment have been sim-plified under 'Ease of DoingBusiness', on Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel's initiative.

The contractors havealso been relieved of themandatory annual renewalof the license. Now theplanners and contractors willnot have to go all the way tooffice to submit application.They can easily submit

application online and alsopay the required fees andcharges online.

For this new system,necessary amendments inContractual Labourer(Regulation and Production)Chhattisgarh Rule 1973under Contractual Labourer(Regulation and Production)

Act 1970 have beenpublished in the gazette,under the guidance ofLabour Minister Dr ShivKumar Dahariya, and sug-gestions in the context havebeen invited within 30 days.

Principal Secretary ofLabour Department SubodhKumar Singh informed that

earlier it was mandatory forall the small-large scale con-tractors to get their licensesrenewed every year underContractual Labourer(Regulation and Production)Rule, because of which everyyear a large number of con-tractors had to rush to gov-ernment offices for licenserenewal before December 1.In the new format, the entireprocedure of registration bychief coordinator and licenseissuance to contractors hasbeen made online.

This will ensure trans-parency and also save time,Singh said, adding that tilldate, the licenses issued usedto get expired by December31, but as per the newly pro-posed format, now the con-tract license issued would bevalid for the duration theapplicant has applied for.

License issuance process simplifiedto promote industrialisation

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The process of droppingarms through drones start-

ed almost a month back. Therevelation was made by thePunjab Police on Friday whichclarified that at least two droneshave, so far, been recovered —one in August and another inburnt condition about threedays back.

Alarmed over the devel-opment, the Punjab Police haslaunched elaborate investiga-tions to account for theweapons consignments appar-ently smuggled into India fromacross the border by the twodrones recovered near theIndo-Pak border over the lastaround one month.

Police teams are also on thejob to ascertain the links of the

terror groups involved in send-ing these drones from Pakistan,said the police spokespersonlate on Friday night.

At the same time, thespokesperson clarified that sofar, only two such drones hadbeen recovered — one lastmonth and the second in aburnt condition three days agoin Jhabal town in Tarn Tarandistrict.

The clarification came inthe wake of certain mediareports referring to the recov-ery of another drone on Friday.

“Investigations, so far, sug-gest that several Pak-based ter-rorist groups were engaged insmuggling weapons into Indiasince August, post the abroga-tion of Article 370 in Kashmir,and both the recovered droneswere apparently sent by differ-

ent terror groups, linked withthe Pak ISI, and the state-sponsored Jihadi and pro-Khalistani terrorist outfitsworking under its command,”said the spokesperson.

These recoveries hadexposed that these outfits hadmanaged to acquire the capac-ity to deliver various types ofterrorist and communicationhardware over drones, said thepolice spokesperson.

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police had stepped up its vigilat the border after the recoveryof a crashed ‘HexacopterDrone’ on August 13, 2019,from Mohawa village inGharinda police station,Amritsar (Rural) district —mere 1.5 kms from the Indo-Pak border.

The recovery followed ananonymous call received byAmritsar (Rural) police that afan type object had been seenin the paddy or fodder fields of

a farmer in Mohawa village.“On examination, it was

found that the model of therecovered drone was ‘U10KV100-U’, and it had beendesigned and manufacturedby T Motors, a Chinese com-pany. Four brick-sized batter-ies (model Tattu - made inChina) were also foundinstalled in the Hexacopter,”said the spokesperson.

Spokesperson added, “Theairframe of the drone wasfound to be a make TAROT680 PRO. Enquires revealedthat this kind of Hexacopter (6electric motors) has a payloadcapacity of 21 kgs and it couldhave been assembled fromparts, which are available com-mercially-off-the-shelf.”

Further physical examina-tion of the recovered dronerevealed that the Hexacopter,weighing about 20-25 kgs, hadsuffered minor damage to oneof its ports and motor pro-pellers, most probably from theimpact of the crash landing.Parts of white nylon rope were

also recovered from the drone.Spokesperson said that

details of the drone werepromptly shared with theCentral Government for facil-itating detailed technical inves-tigations by concerned centralagencies.

“The State Governmentexpressed concern over themovement of large sized dronesfrom across the Indo-Pak bor-der to the Union HomeMinistry.

It was pointed out thatacquisition of such capacity andskills by Jihadi and pro-Khalistani terrorist outfits indeployment of drones had seri-ous implications for nationalsecurity, especially for securi-ty of vital installations, securi-ty of public meetings or eventsand highly threatened pro-tectees,” said the spokesperson.

It was also impressed thatit was imperative to developsuitable measures for detectionof such drones and to identifyand deploy appropriatecounter-measures against the

use of such drones.

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Spokesperson said that thevigil was increased by the statepolice after the recovery of thefirst drone in August. Owing tothis, the police busted a terrormodule consisting ofAkashdeep Singh, and his asso-ciates, including Baba BalwantSingh, Harbhahan Singh, andBalbir Singh alias Binda.

Subsequently, ShubhdeepSingh was also arrested for hisinvolvement in the handling ofa large consignment ofweapons, including hand-grenades, satellite phones, wire-less sets and other communi-cation devices, which wererecovered from the arrestedpersons.

Interrogation of the arrest-ed men led to the recovery ofthe second, half burnt drone,three days ago.

Akashdeep has revealedthat two 9 mm pistols had beensmuggled over the half-burnt

drone around the beginning ofSeptember. The drone hadapparently crashed in theIndian territory before it couldfly back to Pakistan after drop-ping arms near the Indo-Pakborder.

The foreign handlers,Gurmeet Bagga of KhalistanZindabad Force (KZF), and histerrorist associates based inPakistan, including KZF chiefRanjeet Singh alias Neeta, whowere handling the Akashdeepterror module, had informedAkashdeep and his associatesabout the crashing of this droneinside Indian territory.

They had also shared thecoordinates of the crash land-ing site and further directedAkashdeep to go to the crashsite and destroy the drone byburning lest the police came toknow about the weapon deliv-eries over drones.

Accordingly, Akashdeepand his associates burnt thedrone and also disposed of thesteel frame of the drone in adrain, said the spokesperson.

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After the lone ShiromaniAkali Dal (SAD) MLA in

Haryana joined BJP, party chiefSukhbir Singh Badal on Fridaylashed out at his alliance partnerin Punjab saying what the BJPhad done is “unethical andunfortunate”.

He said every relationshiphad a ‘maryada’ (dignity) andinducting SAD’s sitting MLA inits fold violated the dignity oftheir alliance.

Meanwhile, the ShiromaniAkali Dal has decided to go soloin the Haryana assembly elec-tions after its lone MLA in thestate switched sides, joining thesaffron outfit. Kalanwali MLABalkaur Singh joined theBharatiya Janata Party in NewDelhi on Thursday, where hepraised Chief Minister ManoharLal Khattar for providing an"honest" government to the state.

SAD spokesperson DaljitSingh Cheema said, "To protestthis unethical step of making ourMLA join their party at a timewhen we were in talks with themover seat sharing, we have calledoff the alliance with them inHaryana."

In a statement issued afterthe core committee meeting inAmritsar under the leadershipof party chief Sukhbir SinghBadal, the SAD said the BJP hadnot only betrayed it but alsobacktracked from the commit-ments it had made with regardto the Haryana assembly elec-tions.

Terming the BJP moveagainst the principle of "coali-tion dharma", the SAD panelsaid the induction of the MLAinto the BJP was "undesirable",not "expected" from an old ally.

"It is condemnable that theBJP has chosen to ignore thesteadfast support of the SADand decided to induct an AkaliMLA into its fold," the panelsaid, adding that the SAD hadalways stood through thick andthin with the BJP in the nation-al interest. The core committeealso noted that it was the BJPwhich had committed to contestthe Haryana elections jointlywith the SAD.

In Haryana, SAD previous-ly had alliance with the IndianNational Lok Dal. However,after the disintegration of INLD,SAD wanted an alliance with BJP.SAD is one of the longest alliancepartner of BJP in Punjab and hasfought all Lok Sabha andAssembly elections together forthe last over two decades.

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Union Minister Rao InderjitSingh wants BJP ticket for hisdaughter Aarti Rao for HaryanaAssembly elections even as thesaffron party follows a conven-tion not to give tickets to twomembers of the same family,except under exceptional cir-cumstances.

The BJP, which had for thefirst time formed a governmentin Haryana on its own in 2014,has set a target of winning at least75 seats in the 90-memberAssembly.

Ahead of the Assembly elec-tion in the State, finalising can-didates has become an uphill taskfor BJP this time as it faces anumber of problems, with sev-eral leaders from the INLD alsojoining the saffron party and alsorelatives of some incumbentMPs from the state were amongthe ticket aspirants.

BJP sources said that anexception may be made in caseof Prem Lata, as she is a sittingMLA. Lata is wife of formerUnion Minister Birender Singh,who is a Rajya Sabha MP. Herson Brijendra Singh was electedMP from the Hisar Lok Sabhaseat this year. So three membersof the family presently representAssembly, Lok Sabha and RajyaSabha.

BJP president SubhashBarala recently said, “We havereceived a large number of appli-cations of ticket seekers. Whenthere are so many aspirants, tofinalise (shortlist candidates) isa challenge, but we have beendoing our homework. We willshortly sit and have a meetingwith our central leadership andthe parliamentary board.”

Party sources indicated thatUnion Minister Rao Inderjit,who wants ticket from Rewarifor Aarti, has given the exampleof former Union ministerBirender Singh, who got ticketfor his son Brijender though heis a Rajya Sabha member and hiswife is an MLA. Birender Singhhad offered to resign as RajyaSabha member at the time ofseeking ticket for his son thoughthe party never accepted his res-ignation.

Inderjit has apparently toldthe party leadership that therecould not be separate rules fordifferent people and rules can-not be applied selectively.

Months before the 2014 LokSabha polls, Rao Indrajit, whowas then sitting Congress MPfrom Gurugram, had snappedhis nearly four-decade associa-tion with the grand old party tojoin the BJP.

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Single-use plastic productshave been banned in the

union territory of Chandigarh.The violators could face impris-onment for a term which mayextend to five years with finewhich may extend to one lakhrupees, or with both.

The ChandigarhAdministration on Fridayissued a notification in thisregard.

As per notification, no per-son including a shopkeeper,vendor, whole seller or retailer,trader, hawker or rehriwala,shall manufacture, store, import,sell, transport, supply or useplastic, thermocol or styrofoamitems from now onwards.

While most of the single-use plastic products have beenbanned in the city, seven cate-gories will be banned afterthree months.

The products that havebeen banned included single useplastic cutlery, Thermocol orStyrofoam cutlery, single useplastic containers, plastic (soldin the name ofSilver/Aluminium) bag/pouchfor packing food items, drink-ing water sealed glasses andplastic mineral water pouch,single-time use razors, single-time use pens, use of thermocolfor decoration purpose and , useof plastic material for decorationpurpose such as wrappingsheets, frills, garland, confetti,party bloopers, plastic ribbons.

Non-woven polypropylenebags and polythene or plasticcarry bags with or without han-dle irrespective of size, shapeand colour (excluding bags per-missible under Bio-MedicalWaste Management Rules,2016) have also been banned inthe city.

The products that will bebanned after three monthsincluded industrial packaging

less than 50 microns, single useplastic containers (used forcurd, kheer, ice creams etc.)less than 250 microns used forpackaging of dairy items, plas-tic sachets with packagingcapacity of 50 ml/50 gm andless, plastic sticks for ear buds,balloons, flags and candies,plastic refill pouch havingquantity less than 500 ml,straws attached with tetrapacks and multilayered pack-aging used for food or snackspacking.

Debendra Dalai, DirectorEnvironment, Chandigarh saidthat any person causing breachof the ban shall be liable for thepenalties as per the provisionof Environment (Protection)Act, 1986 and orders of NGT.

Under Section 15 of theEnvironmental (Protection)

Act, 1986, whoever fails tocomply with the orders, shall bepunishable with imprisonmentfor a term which may extend tofive years with fine which mayextend to one lakh rupees, orwith both, he said.

The violator may also facethe closure, prohibition or reg-ulation of any industry, oper-ation or process, stoppage orregulation of the supply ofelectricity or water or any otherservice.

Also, the NGT had direct-ed that any person who isfound to be using, storing,purchasing, dealing with ordistributing plastic bags, plas-tic plates or plastic glasses andsuch allied items will be liableto pay environmental com-pensation at the rate of Rs 5000per event, he added.

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The ‘American Gandhi’Bernie Meyer, who has

been the star attraction of thepeace festival all these years,joined students of Peace Clubstudents of St Joseph’s SeniorSecondary School, Chandigarh,Hotel Management Instituteand Members of ChandigarhBeopar Mandal at Sector 44market to promote the message

of ‘Discard Single Use Plastic’.Meyer was at the curtain

raiser event of the GlobalYouth Peace Festival (GYPF)2019. A group of 100 studentsand senior members support-ed by UT EnvironmentDepartment went from shop toshop in markets of Sector 44-C and 44-D motivating thepeople to shun single use plas-tic items for green and cleanChandigarh.

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Apple is the backbone ofagrarian economy of the

State and it also has immensepotential for attracting thetourists to have a glimpse ofapple orchards, Himachal ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur saidon Friday.

Inaugurating the HimachalApple Festival- 2019 here atGaiety Theatre, organizedjointly by State Tourism andHorticulture departments, theChief Minister said that thehorticulturists of the State wereadopting latest technologieswhich was proving a boon tothem as they were gettingremunerative prices of theirproduce.

"The apple growers shouldalso go for latest varieties ofapple so that they could com-pete with the apple comingother parts of the country andabroad," he said adding that theState Government would pro-vide all possible help to theapple growers by providingquality inputs so that they canincrease apple production.

Thakur said that on theoccasion of World TourismDay, the department has adopt-ed 'Himachal Apple Festival' astheme which shows the impor-tance of apple in the economyof the State. He said that applecultivation and apple orchardscould prove an added attractionto the tourists visiting the Stateas they would get opportunityto stay in salubrious climate inthe lap of nature.

The Chief Minister saidthat the climatic conditions ofHimachal Pradesh were wellsuited for floriculture andfarmers were adopting it in abig way. He said that there wasa huge market for floricultureand farmers of the State couldadopt it as an avocation forsupplementing their income.

Thakur crownedShivankita Kanwar as ApplePrince, Deepanshi Thakur asApple Princess, Yogesh asApple King and VanshikaKatoch as Apple Queen on theoccasion.

He also went around theexhibition put up by the hor-ticulturists of the State high-lighting different varieties ofapple and flowers.

The biggest apple cake pre-pared by the Tourism depart-ment alongwith the Institute ofHotel Management, Cateringand Nutrition, Kufri Shimlawas cut by the chief minister onthe occasion. This huge cakewith the dimension of 4.5 feetinto 3.5 feet weighing over200 kg. has entered into theIndia Book of Records asbiggest Apple cake.

Chief Whip NarenderBragta, Mayor Kusum Sadret,Chief Secretary Shrikant Baldi,Director, Tourism Yunus, pro-gressive horticulturists fromdifferent parts of the State andother senior officers were pre-sent on the occasion amongothers.

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Heavy rain lashed severalparts of Himachal Pradesh,

particularly in Kangra andSirmour districts, disruptingnormal life on Friday.

The MeT department hasalready issued a yellow warningof heavy rain for Friday andSaturday.

While it has been raining instate capital Shimla and severalother parts of the state sinceFriday morning, Kangra receivedthe highest 102.4 mm rainbetween 5.30 pm Thursday and8.30 am Friday, Shimla MeT cen-tre director Manmohan Singhsaid. As per data provided bythe MeT office, Dharamshalawitnessed 80.4 mm rain, Nahan(71.3 mm), Paonta Sahib (54.4mm), Sundernagar (30.4 mm),

Palampur (28.8 mm), Una (26.2mm) and Bilaspur (24 mm)during the period. Besides,Chamba received 17 mm rain,Dalhousie (13 mm) and Mandi(11.4 mm) between 5.30 pmThursday and 8.30 am Friday, headded.

Kufri remained the coldestplace with a low of 11.2 degreesCelsius. The minimum temper-ature in tribal districts Lahaul-Spiti's administrative centre

Keylong and Kinnaur's Kalpawere 11.3 and 11.4 degreesCelsius, respectively. Similarly,the minimum temperature instate capital Shimla was record-ed as 14.8 degrees Celsius,whereas that in tourist placesDalhousie and Manali was 12. 9and 15.2 degrees Celsius, respec-tively. Besides the minimumtemperature in Nahan alsodipped to 15.4 degrees Celsius onThursday night.

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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)president Sukhbir Badal on

Friday advised Punjab ChiefMinister Capt Amarinder Singhto put a stop to his “daily flip-flops” aimed at creating andprolonging confusion amongthe Sikh masses on the “pro-foundly sensitive issue of thetragic sacrilege of Shri GuruGranth Sahib”.

He said that CaptAmarinder only wanted to pro-

long this confusion till theFebruary 2022 poll with the aimthat the sacrilege issue domi-nated the political discourse inthe State for full five years sothat people’s attention remaineddistracted from his abject fail-ures and his other crimes likenon-fulfilment of his solemnpromises to the people ofPunjab, especially youth and thefarmers.

Sukhbir said that Captain’slatest flip flop was also aimed atwriggling out of his confession

before a national daily the otherday in which he had admittedthat he was wrong in blamingthe Akali leaders, especiallyParkash Singh Badal, for theacts of sacrilege.

He asked the ChiefMinister to tell the people thatthe SAD-BJP government hadreferred the case to the CBI onlyin response to the strong andpersistent demand for this bythe Amarinder-led Congressparty and its sponsored side-kicks acting under the mask of

‘Sikh’ bodies. “This is publicknowledge,” he said.

Stating that there was amethod in Captain’s “madness”and his “countless self-contra-dictions” on the issue, Sukhbirsaid: “Capt Amarinder wantsto keep the issue hanging till theFebruary 2022 Vidhan Sabhaelections so that people’s atten-tion remains distracted from hisabject failure to fulfil hispromises to provide jobs toevery household or give unem-ployment allowance of Rs 2500

per month, write off farmerloans, eradicate drug menace,raise old age pension to Rs2,500 and Shagun to Rs 51,000.

“All these promises weremade on oath of Guru GobindSingh ji Maharaj and Captaintook the oath holding thesacred Gutka sahib in his hand.He wants to divert the attentionof the people from thesepromises and that is why he isengaging daily contradictions ina desperate attempt to befoolthe people yet again,” he added.

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The White House is dustingoff its playbook from the

special counsel's Russia inves-tigation.

Caught off guard by thespeed at which a whistleblow-er's claims have morphed intoan impeachment inquiry,President Donald Trump andhis team are scrambling torespond.

They're turning, at least fornow, to some of the samestrategies they used to counterspecial counsel RobertMueller's investigation.

The basic tactics deployedby the short-staffed WhiteHouse: Attempt to discreditgovernment officials at theheart of the story. DispatchTrump lawyer Rudy Giulianiand other allies to muddy thepicture. Lean on Republicans inCongress to provide cover.

And, most of all, presiden-tial counterattacks.

"Corrupt CongressmanLiddle' Adam Schiff," Trumptweeted on Friday about thechairman of the HouseIntelligence committee, whomhe also called on to resign forreading a dramatized version ofTrump's call with Ukraine'spresident during a hearing theday before.

Stepping up his attacks onthe anonymous complainant,Trump on Friday suggestedwithout elaboration that it's

"Sounding more and more likethe so-called Whistleblowerisn't a Whistleblower at all" andalleging the person is a "parti-san operative." The commentcould presage an effort by thepresident to argue that protec-tions laws don't apply to thecomplainant and that they canbe personally maligned — amove that may open a newfront in his battles withCongress.

Just as the Republican pres-ident considers himself to behis own best adviser, he oftenacts as his own most vocaldefender.

"It's a disgrace to our coun-try. It's another witch-hunt.Here we go again," an agitatedTrump said Thursday as hereturned to Washington afterfour days at the United Nationsin New York.

"They're frozen — theDemocrats. They're going tolose the election; they know it.

That's why they're doing it. Andit should never be allowed,what's happened to this presi-dent."

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosivoiced concern on Friday

over President Donald Trump'scomments that suggested retal-iation against people who helpedan intelligence whistleblowerwhose complaint about Trump'sphone call with Ukraine's leaderis at the center of the Houseimpeachment probe.

In the call, Trump proddedUkrainian President VolodymyrZelenskiy to investigateDemocratic rival Joe Biden.

White House officials tookextraordinary steps to "lockdown" information on Trump'scall, even moving a transcript ofit to a secret computer system,according to the whistleblower'scomplaint.

Trump lashed out onThursday, saying whoever pro-vided information to thewhistleblower is "close to a spy."Trump suggested that was trea-son, an act punishable by death.

Pelosi told MSNBC's"Morning Joe" show, "I'm con-cerned about some of the pres-ident's comments about thewhistleblower."

She said the House panelsconducting the impeachmentprobe will make sure there's noretaliation against people whoprovided information in thecase.

Pelosi declined to provide atimeline for the House impeach-

ment investigation, saying "thefacts will lead us."

"They will take the time thatthey need, and we won't have thecalendar be the arbiter," shesaid, but she added, "it doesn'thave to drag on."

She said she expects theimpeachment probe to focus onTrump's pressure on theUkrainian president at a timewhen he was temporarily with-holding military aid to the coun-try.

"I think we have to stayfocused, as far as the public isconcerned, on the fact that thepresident of the United Statesused taxpayer dollars to shakedown the leader of anothercountry for his own politicalgain," she said.

She said Trump's actions putnational security at risk.

"This is about the nationalsecurity of our country, thepresident of the United Statesbeing disloyal to his oath ofoffice, jeopardizing our nation-al security and jeopardizing theintegrity of our elections," shesaid.

Pelosi also had some choicewords for Attorney GeneralWilliam Barr, who is mentionedin the rough transcript theWhite House released this weekof the July 25 call in whichTrump urges Zelenskiy to workwith Barr and with Trump's per-sonal lawyer Rudy Giuliani toinvestigate Biden.

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The British-flagged oil tankerStena Impero, which had

been held off the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas for more than two months, set sailand reached internationalwaters Friday, its Swedishowner said.

Seven Indian nations out ofthe 23 crew members werereleased on September 4.

A total of 18 Indian nation-als were among the 23 crewmembers of the tanker.

The ship's seizure waswidely seen as a tit-for-tat moveafter authorities in the Britishoverseas territory of Gibraltardetained an Iranian tanker on

suspicion it was shipping oil toSyria in breach of EU sanctions.

Tehran repeatedly deniedthe cases were related but aGibraltar court last monthordered the Iranian tanker's release despite an 11th-hour US legal bid to keep it indetention.

"She (the tanker) reachedinternational waters about 15minutes ago," Erik Hanell, CEOof the company that owns thevessel, Stena Bulk, told AFP at12pm (1000 GMT) on Friday,adding that the ship was head-ing for Dubai.

On Wednesday, an Iranianforeign ministry spokesman,Abbas Mousavi, said the liftingof the seizure was finalised in

a procedure coordinated bythe foreign ministry, Iran's judi-ciary and its port and maritimeauthorities.

After the ship had left Iranand reached internationalwaters on Friday Hanell said itwas "obviously a relief " andadded that the priority now wasthe crew.

"When we reach Dubai we will firstly take care of thecrew and then try and get theship in operational order again,"he told AFP.

Iran's RevolutionaryGuards seized the tanker in theStrait of Hormuz on July 19after surrounding the vesselwith attack boats and rap-pelling onto its deck.

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Iran's foreign ministry onFriday condemned new

United States sanctions againstChina and Russia, saying theyendanger "international tradesecurity".

"As the primary victim ofeconomic terrorism, Iranstrongly condemns the desta-bilising act of sanctioning cer-tain Chinese companies," saidIran's foreign ministryspokesman Abbas Mousavi inan official statement.

"The actions of (USPresident Donald) Trump'seconomic terrorism team goagainst international tradesecurity," he added.

US Secretary of State MikePompeo said Wednesday theactions against Chinese entitieswere in response to violationsof unilateral US sanctions overbuying Iranian oil.

Mousavi also slammed USsanctions against Russian entities allegedly involved inSyria, and called on the worldto stand up against US "bully-ing".

Three individuals, fiveshipping vessels and a Moscow-based front companywere sanctioned over an oper-ation to move money and fuelto Russian forces supportingthe government of Syria'sPresident Bashar al-Assad, theUS Treasury announcedThursday.

Iran and Russia have sup-ported Assad during Syria'seight-year conflict.

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Saudi Arabia urged the worldto apply "utmost pressure" on

Iran, while Tehran dismissed thatpolicy as already having failed.

Saudi Foreign MinisterIbrahim al-Assaf took the stageThursday at the U.N. GeneralAssembly and urged world lead-ers to cut off Iran's financialresources. But across town,Iranian President HassanRouhani insisted that wouldkill all chances of successful

negotiations. Saudi Arabia insistsIranian weapons were used in aSeptember 14 missile and droneattack on Saudi oil facilities,which jolted global oil prices.Iran denies involvement.

Gulf tensions took centerstage again on the third day ofdebate at the U.N. GeneralAssembly. Two more adver-saries will face off Friday, whenIndian Prime Minister NarendraModi and Pakistani PrimeMinister Imran Khan take thestage in the morning.

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Hong Kong’s beleagueredleader Carrie Lam faced

her public with humility, butshe may not get the responseshe hoped for.

In a face-off with an antag-onistic audience, Lam quietlytook blow after blow as citizensat a town hall session Thursdayvented anger at her refusal togive more concessions to final-ly end more than three monthsof anti-government proteststhat have rocked the semi-autonomous Chinese ter-ritory.

After the dialogue ended,Lam stayed holed up in thebuilding for another four hoursto avoid confrontation withangry protesters outside.

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Hong Kong police saidFriday that students

account for 29 per cent ofnearly 1,600 people detained inanti-democracy protests sinceJune and urged young peopleto take the "straight and narrowpath" as more major ralliesloom this weekend.

Police public relations chiefTse Chun-chung said 207 highschool and university studentswere detained this month alonedespite the resumption of class-es after the summer holiday, upfrom 257 over the June-Augustperiod.

He said there was a rise inteenagers participating in vio-lent crimes, with some alreadycharged in court.

This included a 16-year-old charged recently witharson, which carries a lifeimprisonment upon convic-tion, a 13-year-old girlcharged with desecratingChinese flags and others withattacking police officers andcarrying dangerous weapons.

"It is an alarming trend tous," he said at a news con-ference.

"It is worrying to seethese youths breaking the lawand possibly having criminalrecords at such a young and tender age. We appeal toall youngsters to rethink their actions and hope theeducation sector and parentswill help our young people towalk the straight and narrowpath."

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Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu's main

rival party says it has rejectedhis demands to form a unityGovernment under his lead-ership and include his right-wing and ultra-Orthodoxallies. The centrist Blue andWhite Party said after talksFriday with Netanyahu'sLikud that it "was made clearfrom the outset" that the partywould reject the prime min-ster's conditions.

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Asenior adviser to BritishPrime Minister Boris

Johnson has dismissed con-cerns that politicians' heatedrhetoric over Brexit is polaris-ing society, telling supportersthat it isn't surprising that peo-ple are upset about the coun-try's failure to leave theEuropean Union.

The prime minister hasbeen accused of whipping updivisions with his charged lan-guage about Brexit opponentsin the House of Commonsthis week.

But adviser DominicCummings told backers at abook launch that the only wayto calm tensions over Brexit isfor British lawmakers to respectthe result of the 2016 referen-dum and take the country out

of the European Union.Cummings claimed that

Britain's current political chaosis "a walk in the park" com-pared with the referendumcampaign in which the coun-try narrowly voted to leave theEU.

Three years later, Britainand its politicians remain bit-terly divided over how, or evenwhether, to leave the 28-nationbloc.

"We are enjoying this," saidCummings, one of the archi-tects of the 2016 "leave" cam-paign.

"We are going to leave andwe are going to win."

In a raucous, ill-temperedparliamentary debateWednesday, Johnson arguedthat he is safeguarding the willof the public against the inter-ests of the political establish-

ment, which wants to remain inthe EU.

He said postponing thecountry's departure would"betray" the people, referred toan opposition law ordering aBrexit delay as the "SurrenderAct" and brushed off concernsthat his forceful language mightendanger legislators as "hum-bug."

Bishops at the Church ofEngland on Friday appealed forcalm amid the growing acri-mony.

"We should speak to others with respect," the bish-ops said in a statement. "Andwe should also listen ... Weshould not denigrate, patron-ise or ignore the honest viewsof fellow citizens, but seek torespect their opinions, theirparticipation in society, andtheir votes."

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Egyptian President AbdelFattah al-Sisi on Friday dis-

missed a call for a secondweekend of protests as "noreason for concern", with hun-dreds already arrested in anintensifying crackdown on arare show of discontent on thestreets.

Last week's open defianceof President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi — triggered by viral videosfrom exiled Egyptian busi-nessman Mohamed Aly — hassurprised observers in a coun-

try where opposition of allstripes has been severely cur-tailed.

Elected president in 2014after pushing predecessorMohamed Morsi and hisMuslim Brotherhood frompower the previous year, Sisi isseen by many as one of themost authoritarian figures inthe Middle East.

Construction magnate Aly has called for a "million-man march" to take placeFriday and a "people's revolu-tion" to unseat the uncompro-mising head of state.

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foundations of Donald Trump's presidency is a maleofficer of the CentralIntelligence Agency who wasseconded to the White House,the New York Times reportedThursday.

The man "was detailed towork at the White House at onepoint" but has since returned tothe CIA, the Times said, citingthree people familiar with hisidentity.

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Anumber of critical developments,pertaining to climate change,held centrestage among eventsmarking the week that isapproaching its end. The one that

stood out for its importance in terms of itsimpact on governmental actions was theUnited Nations Climate Action Summit(UNCAS) in New York on September 23.There were demonstrations of youths andschool children in an estimated 185 countriesto accelerate the implementation of steps tocombat global warming.

The first was convened by the UnitedNations Secretary-General, António Guterres,to accelerate and strengthen governmentalefforts to restrict the rise in global temper-ature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial revolution level. According to TheSpecial Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C(The Special Report), released by theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) on October 7, 2018, this level is like-ly to be reached sometime between 2030 and2052. Perhaps more alarming is the fact thatthe report states that the risk of global warm-ing and its adverse impact will not be reducedeven if the increase is limited to 1.5 degreesCelsius. Sea levels will continue to rise beyond2100, threatening coastal ecosystems andinfrastructure. Flooding, drought andextreme weather events will wreak havocaround the world. Many species will contin-ue to be driven towards extinction andmarine ecosystems could face “irreversibleloss.” All this is widely known, as is whatneeds to be done to limit global warming to1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrialrevolution level. IPCC lists a number of these,including those requiring an unprecedent-ed reduction in fossil-fuel use by half in lessthan 15 years, and a total elimination of theiruse in 30 years.

This will require drastic changes in pub-lic policies and life-styles. There will have tobe no gas or oil heating of homes, businessor industry establishments; no running ofvehicles by diesel or gasoline; closing downof all coal and gas power plants; and whole-sale conversion of the petrochemical indus-try to green chemistry. Heavy industries likesteel and aluminium will have to use carbon-free energy sources or employ technology tocapture carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions andpermanently store these.

The Special Report further states thatdepending on the speed at which emissionsare reduced, between 0.4 and 2.7 millionsquare miles of land may have to be convert-ed to growing bioenergy crops and up to 3.86million square miles of forests added by 2050.Even that, it says, will not be enough. Everypound of CO2 emitted in the last 100 yearswill continue to trap heat in the atmospherefor hundreds of years to come. By 2045 or2050, there will still be excessive CO2 in theatmosphere.

The current pledges to cut CO2 emissionsare so inadequate that the global warming rate

is set to rise by at least threedegrees Celsius by 2100, riskingnatural tipping points such asthawing of large areas of per-mafrost. President DonaldTrump’s withdrawal of the USfrom the Paris Agreement hasmade things worse. While itwould become effective from2020, steps to dismantle measuresto implement the goals by theParis Agreement, as well as otherenvironmental regulations, havealready been initiated. The mostrecent of these has been the rever-sal of automobile emission rules.Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro wants toopen up the Amazon to freshcommercial activity. ThoughChina is taking steps to curbemissions, its state-owned com-panies want to take up coal pro-jects at home and abroad.

An important cause of poorprogress on the environmentfront has been the close linksbetween corporations and polit-ical leaders. Here, two develop-ments require attention. Thefirst is the UN’s 195-nation cli-mate science body’s approval onTuesday of the IPCC’s SpecialReport on the Ocean andCryosphere in a ChangingClimate, detailing the dire impactof global warming on oceans andearth’s frozen zones and high-lighting the urgency of prioritis-ing timely, ambitious and coor-dinated action to addressunprecedented and enduringchanges in the ocean and cryos-phere. The second is UNCAS’

decision to set up a new leader-ship group, led by India andSweden, to help guide the world’sheaviest greenhouse gas emittingindustries towards a low carboneconomy. Both measures have tobe welcomed with the rider — itwill all depend on the results.

Public pressure is veryimportant. I had written in thesecolumns under the heading“Chronicle of a death foretold”(Published in The Pioneer onOctober 13, 2018), “The answerclearly lies in building up pressurefrom below to compelGovernments to take politically-difficult decisions and groups ofpeople to abandon their opposi-tion to measures critically impor-tant for combating global warm-ing, which affect their individualor sectional interests. This wouldrequire a mass movement. Thelatter is also necessary to persuadepeople to give up ways of living— such as compulsive use of airconditioners — that conduce toglobal warming and adoptlifestyles — shifts to vegetariandiets — that hinder it.”

An early indication that atransnational mass movementdemanding urgent action onglobal warming was in theworks came in the form of theexplosive youth movementstarted by the 16-year-oldSwedish school girl, GretaThunberg, just over 12 monthsago, when people protestedfrom the Pacific islands, throughAustralia, across Southeast Asia

and Africa into Europe andonwards to the Americas. Thenext notable indication camewhen Wee Rebellion, a youngpeoples’ group combatting cli-mate change and associatedwith a bigger group, ExtinctionRebellion, held a “die-in” protestdemonstration on April 27,2019. Referred to in my columnin The Pioneer titled, “Sign up fora new crusade” (May 2, 2019),it involved protesters in France,Australia, New Zealand,Finland, Sweden, Norway, Italy,the Netherlands and the UnitedKingdom, lying on the groundat transport hubs and culturaland shopping centres on April27, demanding action to preventan environmental collapse.

All earlier events were, how-ever, overshadowed by the mas-sive demonstrations staged in 185countries on September 21, 2019,by youths who were joined byadults. These issued stridentdemands for urgent action tolimit greenhouse gas emissionsand stabilise the climate. The cli-max was Thunberg’s stingingspeech at the UN on September23, where she warned worldleaders, “The eyes of all futuregenerations are upon you. And ifyou choose to fail us, I say we willnever forgive you.”

The tocsin has been sound-ed. The crusade of the young andold has begun.

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Sir — This refers to a surveyreleased by a Pune-based RSS-linked think-tank, Drishti StreeAdhyayan Prabhodhan Kendra,which has said that marriedwomen had a higher level ofhappiness, “whereas the lowestpercentage was among thosewho had live-in relationships.” Ithas also said that happinessdepends on a woman’s age, edu-cation and marital status and hasnothing to do with income.Happiness is very subjective.How one measures it is the realquestion and that differs fromperson to person.

Well, indirectly, it may be saidthat if an average person feelssecure in his/her life and if everynow and then the peace of mindis not disturbed, one is consideredto be happy. But how should oneattain happiness? Nobody earnsthe peace of mind either byhis/her own existence or throughpersonal income? It comesthrough social security.

A couple, who is enjoying alifestyle called living together, ifless happy compared to a mar-ried couple, then the needle ofsuspicion points to the admin-

istration in general which restson certain beliefs in a society,termed as “morals.” Any surveydone with a specific purpose andwhen a political leader isinvolved speaks volumes about“ideological” propaganda.

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Sir — The Reserve Bank of India’s(RBI) decision to increase thecash withdrawal limit to �10,000per account-holder from theexisting �1,000 has come as amajor relief to the hapless cus-

tomers of the crippled Punjab &Maharashtra Cooperative bank.Some of the ill decisions of thebank landed the depositors in asoup. The present crisis speaksvolumes about the the governancestructure of cooperative banks.Needless to say, the PMC’s prox-imity with a real estate company

made matters worse. The RBImust revisit the regulatory frame-work of cooperative banks.

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Sir — Desperate to secure a secondterm, US President Donald Trumpis ready to do all it takes to achievehis goal. He has gone all out todestroy the man who, he thinks, willsquare up to him in the next pres-idential contest, former VicePresident Joe Biden. Trump seemsto have taken a leaf out of the bookof leaders who try to destroy theiropponents politically, or even oth-erwise, before elections. But opin-ion is divided on the moves beingmade to impeach Trump. TheRepublicans, save a few, have ralliedbehind him. It is too early to saywhether the Democrats will be ableto oust their bete noire but they arebound to go to any length toembarrass and discredit Trump andthe Republicans in time for the nextpresidential poll.

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One of the critical sectors to have sufferedduring the first term of the NarendraModi Government was agriculture, with

just 2.9 per cent growth, down from 4.3 per centduring the United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA’s)second term.

Even though agriculture continues to be themain driver of the economy of rural India,declining prices of farm commodities in the inter-national market and fall in food inflation in thecountry have reduced the returns from farming.Small and fragmented land holdings on accountof repeated divisions have also contributed to thedecline in agri-incomes. Hence, there is a needfor providing structured income support to smallgrowers, for procuring seeds, fertilisers, equip-ment, labour and so on. Such support will helpthem in avoiding indebtedness as well and fallinginto the clutches of money lenders. Fortunately,the Government is aware of the crisis in the farmsector and the aim of the Union Budget 2019-20 is to revive the ailing rural economy. However,as in all things, implementation would be the keyto success here.

The agriculture sector needs care and visionnot just because over 70 per cent of the peopleof the country are still dependent on it for theirlivelihood but also because it will play a key rolein India becoming a $5 trillion economy as envi-sioned by the Prime Minister. The Budget hascome with multiple measures and promises,which will add not only vibrancy to the farm sec-tor but will also lay the foundation for its sus-tainable growth.

At a time when a farmer’s son does not wantto pursue his family’s age-old occupation becauseof the multiple challenges as well as lack ofreturns, there is an immediate need to make agri-culture more enterprising. The announcementto create 75,000 skilled agriculture entrepreneursin the country is a novel move and if taken toits logical conclusion, will unleash the innova-tive and enterprising spirit in rural India. It willalso dispel the image of the farm sector beingdependent only on hand-outs and encouragegrowers to be self-reliant. There are many suc-cessful models of skill development increasing-ly leading to rural youth becoming entrepreneursin the areas of mechanisation, input suppliers andadvisory services in the private sector.

The emphasis on creating more PublicPrivate Partnerships (PPPs), therefore, in creat-ing agri-businesses will go a long way. In mostof the countries, including the United States (US),PPPs have played an important role in value cre-ation in agriculture. Unfortunately in India,which adopted the policy of liberalisation wayback in 1991, the pace of PPPs in the agriculturesector has not been so bullish. This new push willalso improve the low percentage of private sec-tor investment in the agriculture sector.

Another announcement in the Union Budgetregarding creation of around 10,000 moreFarmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) is aimedat enhancing the collective decision-makingpower of the farming community. However, themajor thing to watch out for over here would beimplementation, as many of the FPOs createdthus far have not been able to achieve the objec-tive of improving the collective bargainingpower of farmers in India. The focus on incul-

cating more professionalism will ensurethat the FPOs are successful and hereagain the experience of the private sec-tor can be harnessed in the PPP mode.The vision of the Government to turnfarmers into powerhouses instead ofdole receivers will unleash a new waveof entrepreneurial spirit in rural Indiaand strengthen the aim of theGovernment to double farmers’ incomeby 2022.

Overall the clear articulation of theGovernment’s focus on “Gaon, Gariband Kisan” will hopefully translateinto many more initiatives where theprivate sector can partner with thegrowers. The Budget shows a rarecommitment for not only providing theimpetus that the farmers need througha series of progressive programmes butalso creates for them an enablingecosystem by ensuring electricity, accessto cooking gas, roads, housing and hon-ing their entrepreneurial abilities.

The Finance Minister has rightlypointed out that the ‘Ease of DoingBusiness’ and the ‘Ease of Living’should apply equally to farmers too,going beyond the conventional frame-work, which looked at farmers only vis-à-vis his field and not his entire lifecycle. All these measures will give a fur-ther boost to the schemes already inexistence like Grameen and the onlineagri-trade portal, e-Nam, and so on andtake agriculture on the path of consis-tent high growth.

It is heartening indeed that theGovernment has not allowed numbersto be an issue and this is reflected in theallocations for the farm and allied sec-tors. Against the Budget 2018-19

(revised) estimates of �86,602 crore foragriculture and allied activities, Budget2019-20 proposed to invest �1,51,518crore in this sector. The Governmenthas also been pushing for the imple-mentation of schemes aimed at shift-ing focus from a production-led toincome-led strategy.

To achieve this objective, theGovernment is urging farmers to adoptthe multi-dimensional seven-pointstrategy suggested by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. This includes empha-sis on irrigation along with end-to-endsolutions on creation of resources for‘More crop, per drop’; provision of qual-ity seeds and nutrients according to thesoil quality of each farm; large invest-ments in warehouses and cold chainsto prevent post-harvest losses, promo-tion of value-addition through foodprocessing; creation of a national farmmarket, removing distortions and e-Nam across 585 stations; introductionof a new crop insurance scheme to mit-igate risks at an affordable cost and pro-motion of ancillary activities like poul-try, bee-keeping and fisheries.

The Agriculture Export Policy,2018 is another important initiative,which the current regime has undertak-en. It has a stated objective of doublingfarmers’ income by 2022 and theexport of agricultural products will playa pivotal role in achieving this goal. Thepolicy aims to harness the exportpotential of farm products through suit-able instruments, make India a globalpower in agriculture and raise farmers’income. It intends to double farmexports from the present $30 billion toover $60 billion by 2022 and reach $100

billion in the next few years thereafter,with a stable trade policy regime.There is no denying the fact that thereis a need to diversify our export basket,destinations and boost high-value andvalue-added agricultural exports,including perishables, and promotenovel, indigenous, organic, ethnic, tra-ditional and non-traditional farmexports. There is also a need to providean institutional mechanism for pursu-ing market access, tackling barriers anddealing with sanitary and phytosanitaryissues.

As harnessing the potential of agri-culture is a matter of long-term plan-ning, the Government is rightlyfocussing on infrastructure and logis-tics upgradation, greater involvementof State Governments in agri-exports,clusters, value-added exports, privateinvestments in production and process-ing, establishment of a strong qualityregimen and research and development.

The Government aims to investwidely in agriculture infrastructureand allied areas and will seek supportfrom entrepreneurs for value-additionin the farm sector, especially in the foodprocessing industry. One hopes that pri-vate entrepreneurships play a pivotalrole in driving value-addition to farm-ers’ produce and generate renewableenergy. The time is ripe to make themost of India’s farm potential and scripta new story of success, which will bringan everlasting smile on the faces of mil-lions of farmers.

(The writer is Chief SustainabilityOfficer of an agricultural products man-ufacturing company and the viewsexpressed in the article are personal)

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The E-cigarette, once considereda healthier substitute, is being tout-ed as the new-age addiction on sim-ilar lines as cigarette. Unburnt nico-tine used in e-cigarette was consid-ered preferable to byproducts like tarand burned nicotine produced onsmoking. At present only 0.02 percent people in the country use it butglobally it is being conjectured to riseto the level of an epidemic.

If smoking cigarettes is injuri-ous to health; vaping is not only (lit-

tle less) injurious to health but alsoheavy on the pockets. The instru-ment used for vaping was alreadycostly and now as per the Prohibitionof Electronic Cigarettes (production,manufacture, import, export, trans-port, sale, distribution, storage andadvertisement) Ordinance, 2019,consumption, production, manu-facturing, import, export, transport,sale, distribution, storage and adver-tisement of e-cigarettes wouldbecome illegal. Fines would rangefrom �50,000 to �5 lakh and impris-onment from six months to threeyears.

Is it not true that like gums,lozenges and patches and evenElectronic Nicotine Delivery System(ENDS) were developed as an alter-native to smoking which is a defin-itive cause of cancer? TheGovernment cites a US study whichstates that youth and children are theparties at risk of addiction. If adoles-cents are at risk, then is it not pos-sible to regulate it like liquor andtobacco instead of putting in place ablanket ban?

As acorollary, itwas seen thatshares oftobacco com-panies likeITC gained1.8 per cent;G o d f r e yPhillips Indiasoared 7.8 percent, VSTI n d u s t r i e srose 1 per centand GoldenTobacco advanced 4.5 per cent onannouncement of the ordinance.The Centre and State Governmentshave been accused of helping the cig-arette industry in the past. In 2017,auction of custom-seized/confiscat-ed cigarettes without pictorial warn-ing was banned. Prima facie, thisseems like a well-intended objective.But you scratch the surface and yourealise that this only means thatimported cigarettes cannot be sold inIndia (as they do not have pictorialwarning) while the big Indian brands

continue tooperate open-ly. Is theGovernmentcorrect in dis-tinguishing e-c i g a r e t t e sfrom ciga-rettes? Article14 of theConstitutionprovides forre a s on ab l eclassificationbased on

“intelligible differentia,” somethingwhich is capable of being under-stood. Logically vaping is nothing buta sub-set of smoking and theGovernment is free to ban res extracommercium (a thing outside com-merce). As per recorded data though,there are manifold smokers thanvapers in the country. The recent stepraises eyebrows on why have ciga-rettes not been banned in equal mea-sure like e-cigarettes. Is it “welfare”alone or the fact that the economy,at the moment, is in the doldrums

and a fresh impetus is needed fromwherever possible? Last year’s data ofboth ITC and Golden Tobacco showsthat they have been in the red.Godfrey Phillips India Limited wasin the red for the past six months.

It is acknowledged that startingfrom 2014, vaping has already beenbanned in 15 States and two UnionTerritories, including Punjab,Karnataka, Mizoram, Kerala, UttarPradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, TamilNadu, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh,Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Odisha,Nagaland. UTs include Jammu andKashmir and Puducherry. Yet allthese places freely allow sale ofordinary cigarettes.

No one is suggesting that theGovernment should not regulateaddictive products but all actionmust bear a reasonable nexus withobject it wants to achieve. Is it onlyhealth and curbing addiction or is iteconomics too?

In the case of Murli S Deora onthe ban on smoking in public, theapex court opined that “Tobacco isuniversally regarded as one of the

major public health hazards and isresponsible directly or indirectly foran estimated eight lakh deaths annu-ally in the country. It has also beenfound that treatment of tobacco-related diseases and the loss of pro-ductivity caused therein cost thecountry almost �13,500 crore annu-ally, which more than offsets all thebenefits accruing in the form of rev-enue and employment generated bytobacco industry.” Perhaps regulat-ing sale/consumption of e-cigarettesalong with normal cigarettes was thebest way forward, health wise as well.

There is no lesser evil here. Allintake is harmful, and should be reg-ulated on the same yardstick.Chewing tobacco and smoking areboth proven health hazards and anybeneficial steps by the Governmentto better health under Article 47 ofthe Constitution will always be wel-comed. But the steps should not beseen to protect one hazardous indus-try at the cost of another.

(Srivastava is Law Officer inMSTC Ltd, and Kant is a SupremeCourt Advocate)

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Araria (Bihar): Former BiharChief Minister Jitan RamManjhi on Friday launched afresh attack on Lalu Prasad'syounger son Tejashwi Yadav,blaming him for bringing thegrand alliance on the verge ofdisintegration.

Manjhi also claimed thatthe RJD heir apparent washelping the NDA in the State.

A five-party formationheaded by the RJD, the GrandAlliance includes Manjhi'sHindustani Awam Morcha(HAM) besides the Congress,former Union MinisterUpendra Kushwaha's RLSPand Bollywood set designer-turned-politician MukeshSahni's VIP.

The coalition has been inturmoil ahead of next month'sby-polls to five assembly seg-ments and one Lok Sabha con-stituency in the state.

"If the Grand Alliancefinally disintegrates, it would beblamed on Tejashwi Yadav andno one else. The young leaderis, wittingly or unwittingly,helping the NDA, defeatingwhich has been the very mottoof the coalition," Manjhi - whowas in this north Bihar town

for a membership drive - said."It is not that I made any

unreasonable demands. Allconstituents were in support ofmy claim over Nathnagarassembly seat. But the RJDditched us by allotting ticketsfor four seats, unilaterally,including Nathnagar," healleged.

Although the RJD is yet toformally announce its candi-dates for the by-polls, therehave been unconfirmed reportsthat it has distributed tickets forall but Kishanganj assemblyand Samastipur Lok Sabhaseats, leaving the two for theCongress.

The development has leftallies fuming, with Sahni

announcing that he wouldenter the fray from SimariBakhtiyarpur and supportManjhi's candidate inNathnagar.

He also asserted that "thecoalition will survive even if theRJD ceases to be a part of it."

The Congress, which isthe RJD's oldest ally, seems tobe in a dilemma as its state unitrecently moved a proposal thatthe party should aim atstrengthening itself in the longrun and go it alone in the by-elections.

The resolution has beenforwarded to the party highcommand for final approval.

Notably, in the Lok Sabhapolls, the Congress was theonly Grand Alliance con-stituent to have won a seat inthe state. Its Kishanganj MLAMohd Jawed retained for theparty the Lok Sabha seat of thesame name.

Manjhi, on his part, urgedthe Congress to support theHAM candidate in Nathnagarand the VIP nominee in SimariBakhtiyarpur and promised"whole-hearted support toCongress candidates in theremaining seats". PTI

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Karnataka on Friday said the ElectionCommission was functioning like an"agent of BJP" and termed its moveto defer bypolls to 15 Assembly seg-ments in the State till the SupremeCourt decides on the case of dis-qualified Congress-JD(S) legislatorsas "arbitrary."

In the country's history,this is thefirst time the Election Commission(EC) has cancelled elections afterissuing notification without givingany reason, the party claimed.

"This proves EC is compromisedand is acting to the benefit of BJP &Disqualified MLAs," it tweeted.

The party said it would write tothe EC and ask on what grounds itcancelled the election.

"Why this arbitrary decision?EC is acting like an agent of BJP," itsaid.

"Election Commission has com-promised itself, it has lost its auton-omy, people have lost trust in it. Imake a serious allegation that theElection Commission has not con-ducted itself in a non-partisan man-ner," state Congress President DineshGundu Rao told reporters here.

Without any stay from the courtor grounds the commission has post-poned the election, he said.

"Election commission has staredworking like an agent of a politicalparty, we condemn and questionit.The commission has to clarify thegrounds of postponement of election.

It is shame that the EC that is

supposed to be independent is todayacting as an agency of a politicalparty," he added.

The EC had told the apex courton Thursday that it would defer theupcoming bypolls to 15 Assemblyconstituencies in Karnataka till thetop court finally decides the pleasfiled by 17 disqualified MLAs of thestate challenging their disqualifica-tion.

The poll panel had last weekannounced bypolls to 15 Assemblyseats in Karnataka and had said vot-ing would be held on October 21 andcounting of votes on October 24.

The EC's submission came aftera bench headed by Justice NVRamana said it would be "better" ifthe pleas filed by these disqualifiedMLAs were decided finally as virtu-ally two-third arguments in the mat-ter were already over.

Elections are governed underarticle 324 of the constitution andRepresentation of the People Act, andclause 57 states that elections can beadjourned only in case of riots, openviolence, natural calamity, Rao said.

"It says nothing about powers ofthe EC to arbitrarily adjourn pollsafter issuing a notification.

In this case, Supreme Court hasnot stayed the disqualification, norhas issued verdict in favour of dis-qualified MLA," he said.

Any cancellation or abrogation ofpolls can happen only with the con-sent of the President,he added.

The EC had earlier told the

Supreme Court that formerKarnataka Speaker's order disquali-fying 17 MLAs from the Assemblycannot deprive them of their right tocontest the bypolls for 15 con-stituencies in the state.

The EC had then sought from theapex court, which agreed to examinethe pleas of the MLAs seeking stay ondisqualification and for contesting theby-elections, that the bypolls shouldnot be stayed.

Stating that the EC was notinvolved in any way in this case, butit intervened stating that electionshould not be stayed as notificationhas been issued, Rao said the com-mission's reason to "enter" the casewas to see to that elections are notpostponed.

Among the 15 constituenciesgoing for polls, 12 were representedby Congress and 3 by JD(S).

Absence and resignation of 17Congress-JD(S) MLAs during thetrust vote had led to the collapse ofthe H D Kumaraswamy headed coali-tion Government in July, and helpedBJP to come to power.

After examining the petitionmoved by leadership of both parties,the then Assembly Speaker RameshKumar had disqualified 17 Congressand JD(S) MLAs under the anti-defection law, which they have chal-lenged in the Supreme Court.

The then Speaker had ruled thatthose disqualified, cease to be MLAswith immediate effect till the expiryof the 15th assembly (in 2023). PTI

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With the Supreme Court hearing thematter of disqualification of 17

Karnataka MLAs, the Election Commission(EC) on Friday rescheduled the bypolls to15 Assembly seats in the State from October21 to December 5. This is the first time theEC has cancelled elections after issuing noti-fication without giving any reason.

As per the EC's fresh notification, the elec-tion process will be completed by December11. The EC had last week announced bypollsto 15 Assembly seats in Karnataka on October21, along with the Assembly polls inMaharashtra and Haryana. The counting ofvotes was to be held on October 24.

As things stand, the Supreme Court haslisted the case for October 22, a day after thebypolls were originally scheduled.

"Nomination filed between September23 and September 28 before the respectiveReturning Officers as per the schedulementioned, shall be taken up for scrutiny onNovember 19 along with other nominationsreceived between November 11 and 18," theEC said in the notification issued on Friday.The nomination will start from November11 while the last date will be November 18.

The 17 disqualified MLAs from theCongress and JDS are seeking directions tostop the bypolls at 15 Assembly seats till theircase against the suspension by the Speakeris pending with the Supreme Court. PTI

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BJP acting president JPNadda on Friday slammed

Bengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee for placing personalambitions ahead of nationalinterests even as the rulingTrinamool Congress hit backquestioning the real reasonbehind saffron leaders likeAmit Shah and Nadda’s visit toBengal ahead of Durga Pujas.

Condemning the politi-cians who put their personalinterest ahead of the nationalinterest Nadda asked whyBanerjee had opposed the

repealing of Article 370 fromKashmir. “Is the nation sec-ondary to personal interests?Do chair, power and pelf mat-ter more than the nationalinterest?” he asked wonderingwhy Banerjee always gavemore emphasis on vote bankpolitics.

“Is preservation of votebank more necessary than pre-serving the interests of one’scountry!” he wondered askingwhy the Chief Ministeropposed the annulment ofArticle 370. “Where was aneed of opposing the move ofwithdrawing 370 from

Kashmir? Was it only for pre-serving vote bank or for thatmatter nurturing personalinterests?”

Circuitously alleging thatJawaharlal Nehru was the mainmastermind behind the preser-vation of Article 370 fordecades Nadda said, “the spe-cial status accorded to Kashmirin the Constitution was only a‘temporary and transitional’arrangement which had to betaken away some day in theinterest of the nation … and itwas rightly done by ourGovernment this time round.”

Nadda has come toKolkata to observe religiousrituals on the Mahalaya Day —when people offer sacred waterto their deceased ancestors.Mahalaya also proclaims thearrival of Devi Paksha or thevenerated fortnight associatedwith the arrival of MotherGoddess Durga on earth.

Apart from Nadda Union

Home Minister Amit Shah isalso likely to come to Kolkatato inaugurate 3-4 Durga Pujas.

Countering Nadda’s state-ments Trinamool Congressleaders said it was not MamataBanerjee but the BJP whichwas playing vote bank politics.

“They are cleverly missingreligious sentiments withnationalism to mislead thenation,” senior Bengal MinisterFirhad Hakim said. Hakimhimself organizes one of thebiggest Pujas of Kolkata atChetla Agrani Club.

“They are coming toBengal to inaugurate the Pujasto influence the people whichis itself a part of vote bank pol-itics by using religious festi-vals,” he said adding the localpeople who plan the Pujas forthe whole year and eagerly waitfor the Mother to arrive are thereal devotees and not thosewho come to use the occasionto garner votes,” he said.

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Gorakhpur (UP): Two yearsafter over 60 children died in lessthan a week at the BRD MedicalCollege here, an Uttar PradeshGovernment inquiry hasabsolved suspended paediatri-cian Kafeel Khan of any negli-gence.

“I have got a clean chitnow. The question arises whokilled the 70 children,” Khan,who was also arrested after thedeaths, said on Friday.

About 30 children died dur-ing the night of August 10,2017 and 34 more over the nextfew days, officials had said then.

Many of the infants diedallegedly because of disruptionin oxygen supply on the night ofAugust 10 due to pending pay-ments to the supplier, a chargerefuted by the state govern-ment.

The Government had main-

tained that the children died dueto different illnesses, includingJapanese encephalitis and therewas no shortage of oxygen.

Khan was accused of negli-gence and corruption, sus-pended and arrested followingthe outrage over the deaths at theBaba Raghav Das MedicalCollege. His suspension is yet tobe revoked.

An advisor to ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath, how-ever, said the inquiry had notdisproved the charge that the

doctor also ran a private prac-tice.

"It is not right to say that DrKafeel has got a clean chit in thedepartmental inquiry. He hasmade a wrongful conclusion ofthe report," Mrityunjay Kumarsaid in a statement.

The doctor on Friday hopedthat the report would wipe offthe “murderer” and "infamous"tags attached to him after thetragedy.

“But I believe justice willreally be done only when the realculprits of the BRD oxygentragedy are put behind the bars,”he said.

Principal Secretary (Stampand Registration) HimanshuKumar, who investigated Khan'scase, absolved the doctor ofany medical negligence.

Khan, who was given theletter clearing him of this charge

on Thursday, said the inquiryreport is dated April 18. He hasquestioned the “delay”.

"BRD Medical College prin-cipal Ganesh Kumar gave me theUP Government letter. It clear-ly says that I am free fromcharges of medical negligence,corruption and not performingmy duty on that fateful day,” hetold PTI.

Ganesh Kumar said the let-ter was handed over to Khan inperson on Thursday, followingthe Government procedure.

The doctor spent abouteight months in prison beforesecuring bail.

"My bail order of AllahabadCourt of April 25, 2018 con-firmed that I was not part of thetendering process for oxygensupply, and also there is no mate-rial on record which proves mymedical negligence," he said.

The investigation reportsaid Khan was not the nodalmedical officer in charge of theencephalitis wards at the BRDHospital when the deaths tookplace. The documents providedby his department to contest thiswere not adequate and consis-tent, it said.

The report said Khan wasnot involved in the process ofallotting tenders for oxygensupply and absolved him ofcorruption, as well as of medicalnegligence on the day of thetragedy.

The report said Khaninformed his seniors about theoxygen supply shortage andarranged seven cylinders withhis own money on August 10-11 night, 2017.

Khan questioned why hissuspension has not been revokedso far. PTI

����� � �"���,�� �,��������� ��#�����#�� ���� "���Lucknow: Forty-four peoplewere killed in rain-related inci-dents in Uttar Pradesh in thepast 24 hours, officials said onFriday as heavy rains continuedto lash different parts of thestate disrupting normal life.

Due to heavy rains, districtadministration of Lucknow,Amethi, Hardoi and some oth-ers districts have announcedclosure of schools on Saturday.

"Forty-four persons havedied in rain related incidents ofhouse and wall collapse, snakebites, drowning, lightning inthe state since Thursday (past24 hours)," a report from theRelief Commissioner's officesaid.

Six deaths each werereported in Pratapgarh andRaebareli, five in Amethi, four

each in Chandauli andVaranasi, three each inPrayagraj, Barabanki andMahoba, two in AmbedkarNagar, and one each in Kanpur,Gorakhpur, Sonebhadra,Ayodhya, Saharanpur, Jaunpur,Kaushambi and Azamgarh, theofficials said.

In the wake of continuingrains, Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath hasdirected the divisional com-missioners and the districtmagistrates to take all mea-sures and extend immediaterelief to those affected, an offi-cial said.

He said the chief ministerhas asked the officials concernedto visit the areas which have beenaffected by rains and witnessingflood-like situation. PTI

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Sending a firm message, theCentral Bureau of

Investigation on Friday direct-ed BJP leader Mukul Roy toappear before its officials latestby Saturday, thus rejecting theformer Railway Minister’srequests to extend the time ofappearance by a few days con-sidering his pre-scheduledpolitical engagements.

Roy has been summonedfor interrogation regarding hisalleged connection to theNarada payoff case in whichthe central Agency made itsfirst arrest on Thursday bytaking into custody IPS officerSMH Mirza who was shown ina sting footage accepting cash— from sting journalist

Mathew Samuel — to berelayed to other people inpower.

Roy was earlier asked toappear before the CBI officerson Friday but he sought a fewdays’ time on account of hisprescheduled political engage-ments. “I told them that two ofour senior party leaders arecoming to Kolkata and I will bewith them all that while and soI requested for some time,” Roysaid adding he would be freefor questioning earliest bySaturday afternoon.

Jammu: A Border SecurityForce personnel committedsuicide by allegedly shootinghimself with his service rifle inJammu & Kashmir's Doda dis-trict, officials said on Friday.

Vinood Kumar, 28, whowas posted as one of the secu-rity guards to the deputy com-missioner, Doda, shot himselfThursday night, they said.

He was shifted to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, theofficials said.

He belonged toMuzaffarnagar in UttarPradesh, they said, adding thebody has been sent to hisnative place for last rites. PTI

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Shahjahanpur (UP): SamajwadiParty workers staged a dharnahere on Friday after not beingallowed to meet the jailed lawstudent, who has accused formerUnion Minister SwamiChinmayanand of rape.

On the directions of theparty president, Akhilesh Yadav,the delegation comprising for-mer spokesman Nahid Lari andformer students union leader ofAllahabad University RichaSingh arrived at the jail wherethe law student is lodged onextortion charges.

On being denied permis-sion to meet the woman, the del-egation and party workers sat ondharna for hours and raised slo-gans against the government.They later visited her residenceto meet her family members.

Addressing a press confer-ence, Richa Singh said that aCPM team was allowed to meetthe woman on Thursday, how-ever, they were denied permis-sion by the jail superintendentas he did not have orders fromhis seniors.

"Our local leaders hadmoved an application for themeeting in the morning itself,"Richa Singh said.

Alleging that the womanwas made to give her statementunder pressure by the SIT, RichaSingh asked if "this is the reali-ty of 'beti bachao-beto padhao'

campaign of the BJP".Nahid Khan said the SIT

has not included sections of rapein the FIR againstChinmayanand and it appearsthat "under the BJP government,cases will be filed after asking theaccused what sections he wantsto include".

Chinmayanand gets pic-tures clicked with Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath and RSS chiefMohan Bhagwat. He was theUnion Minister in Atal BihariVajpayee Government. This isthe reason as to why BJP is sav-ing him, she said.

We have collected informa-tion from the family membersof the woman and will submitthe report to our president. SPis with the victim and her fam-ily, she added. PTI

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Chennai: After being on the runfor over two weeks, a local levelAIADMK functionary wasdetained on Friday in connec-tion with the death of a womantechie after an illegal hoardingput up by him fell on her in a citysuburb, police said.

Jayagopal, a former coun-cillor who had been booked bythe police on charges of attemptto commit culpable homicide,was nabbed from Krishnagiridistrict in western Tamil Nadu,police said.

Amid public outrage, hehad been evading arrest forabout two weeks ever since RSubhashri, the 23-year oldwoman techie riding a two-wheeler, was overrun by a tankerlorry after the illegal hoarding

put up by him for his familywedding fell on her on an arte-rial suburban road here.

The Madras High Court hastaken serious note of the issueand frowned over such illegalbanners besides questioning thedealy in arresting Jayagpal.

The state AdditionalAdvocate General had onWednesday submitted in thecourt that though special teamshave been formed, they were stillnot able to get any clue about hiswhereabouts. PTI

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Ajit Pawar has resigned fromthe post of legislator and thesame has been accepted,Maharashtra Assembly SpeakerHaribhau Bagade said onFriday.

Bagade said he receivedthe resignation of Pawar, formerdeputy CM and nephew ofNCP chief Sharad Pawar, in theevening.

The Speaker said Ajit Pawardid not disclose the reasonwhile tendering the resignation.

"He gave his hand writtenresignation letter to my PS. Hecalled me up from there. I wassurprised. I asked Dada (AjitPawar) why he was doing so.Dada told me he would tell melater. He insisted me to acceptthe resignation letter," Bagadetold a news channel. PTI

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In an anti-climax, NCP pres-ident Sharad Pawar on Friday

cancelled his much-publicisedvisit to EnforcementDirectorate’s office in southMumbai — in connection withthe �25,000 crore MSC Bankscam case registered againsthim— after the ED advisedhim against it and the Mumbaipolice requested him to drophis plan in view of the law andorder situation.

Pawar’s decision not tovisit the ED’s office at BallaradEstate in south Mumbai forwhat he had said to ascertain as“what is my crime all about”,came after Congress’ formerpresident Rahul Gandhi, notedGandhian and anti-corruptioncrusader Anna Hazare andShiv Sena spokesperson SanjayRaut their weight behind him.

Ahead of his scheduledvisit to ED’s office at 2 pm on

Friday, the ED shot off anemail to Pawar, saying that hewas not required to visit to EDon Friday and when it requiredhis presence at its office, theagency would intimate him. Ataround 1 pm, Mumbai PoliceCommissioner Sanjay Barvecalled on Pawar and requestedhim to cancel his visit to theED’s office in view of the lawand order situation in the state.

Talking to media personsoutside his residence at around1.45 pm, Pawar said he hadcancelled his visit to the ED’soffice, as he had received ancommunication from theinvestigation agency that “Iam not required to come theretoday and the agency willinform me when I amrequired” and that the MumbaiPolice Commissioner hadrequested him not to go to EDin view of the law and order sit-uation in the city.

Later in the afternoon,

Pawar tweeted: “I had emaileda letter yesterday, intimating theEnforcement Directorate ofmy visit to their office. Inresponse to my letter, theauthority (ED) informed methat my presence in notrequired today and I will beduly informed if required, inrelation to above mentionedmatter”.

“In this context, the seniorpolice officers from MumbaiPolice personally met andapprised me about law andorder situation in Mumbaiand Maharashtra State, whichthey felt would lead to somedisturbance and thereforerequested me to avoid today’svisit,” Pawar said in anothertweet.

“Considering the aboverequest and to avoid any kindof inconvenience to the com-mon man in Maharashtra, Ihave decided to not visit to theED office,” Pawar added.

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Srinagar: Security around vitalinstallations in Srinagar hasbeen strengthened and freshbunkers set up in and aroundthe city following threats thatterrorists may carry out strikes,officials said on Friday.

They said the security hasbeen beefed up around armycamps, military stations andother formations. Also newbunkers have come up nearmajor hospitals, police instal-lations and the Srinagar airport,

which has been targeted twiceby terrorists in the past, theyadded.

A multi-tier securityarrangement has been activat-ed in some very importantinstallations, they said.

National Security AdvisorAjit Doval had chaired severalmeetings over the past two daysduring which security agenciesdrew his attention towards thethreats posed by Pakistan-sponsored terror outfits who

may stage some demonstrativeand sensational acts of terror.

Troops guarding the armycamps, military stations andother formations have been puton high alert and ordered to beon round the clock vigilance,they said, adding the BSF andCRPF authorities have alsoincreased the security level inand around their installations,particularly in the camps.

The state police has alsodirected police stations andother formations in borderbelts to remain alert, theysaid. PTI

Lucknow: Former RajasthanGovernor Kalyan Singh wason Friday put on trial by a spe-cial CBI court here in the 1992Babri Masjid demolition caseafter he appeared before itresponding to summons.

Special Judge SK Yadav,however, granted bail toSingh, who was Uttar Pradeshchief minister when the 16th-century structure was razedon December 6, 1992. Thejudge also exempted him frompersonal appearance in thecase.

The court is already hold-ing trial of several BJP leaders,including LK Advani, MurliManhor Joshi and UmaBharti, for allegedly conspir-ing to demolish the mosque atthe disputed RamJanmbhoomi-Babri Masjidsite in Ayodhya.

The court had issuedsummons to Singh after histerm as Rajasthan governorexpired in the first week ofthis month, stripping him ofthe constitutional immunityfrom the trial in the case.

Singh was first taken injudicial custody by the courtafter he appeared before it.Special Judge Yadav thenframed charges against himunder various penal offencesand put him on the trial asSingh pleaded "not guilty".

The offences on whichSingh was put on trial includ-ed promoting enmity ongrounds of religion (section153 A), making assertionsprejudicial to national inte-gration (153 B), defiling aplace of worship (295) andcriminal conspiracy (120 B)under the Indian Penal Code.

After framing chargesagainst Singh, the court, how-ever, granted him bail ,responding to a plea by him.

Judge Yadav granted bailto Singh and released him ona personal bond of �2 lakh.Singh's counsel subsequentlyfiled another application, seek-ing exemption for him frompersonal appearance in thecourt during the trial. PTI

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United Nations: PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onFriday said the various welfareschemes initiated by hisGovernment gave "the world a new hope" for a better tomorrow as he exuded confi-dence that the experience fromthese projects could be benefi-cial to those nations, who like India, are striving fordevelopment.

Addressing the 74th ses-sion of the United NationsGeneral Assembly here, Modisaid, "When a developingcountry is able to successfullyimplement the world's biggestsanitation campaign withinthe 'Clean India Mission',building over 110 million toi-lets in just five years for itscountrymen, all its achieve-ments and outcomes are aninspirational message for theentire world."

The Clean India campaignwas launched by the Modigovernment on Gandhi's birthanniversary on October 2,2014. The components of thegovernment's flagship schemeinclude the construction ofhousehold toilets, communityand public toilets and solidwaste management.

On Tuesday, the Bill andMelinda Gates Foundationhonoured the prime ministerwith the 'Global GoalkeeperAward' for his contributions tothe cleanliness drive and effortsto "improve access to sanitationin India through 'SwachhBharat Abhiyaan'".

Referring to the Aadhaarinitiative, Modi said, "When adeveloping country, launchesfor its citizens, the world'sbiggest digital identificationprogram, giving them a bio-metric identity, thereby ensur-ing they can avail of theirrights, and saves more than 20billion dollars by checking cor-ruption, the modern systemsthat result from it, give theworld a new hope."

Under the Aadhaarscheme, a unique 12-digitnumber is allotted to each andevery registered Indian citizen.This 12-digit number housesbiometric details, address, dateof birth and all major details ofan individual.

Modi underlined that thepublic welfare projects initiat-ed by his government are notis "not confined within theborders of India", but for theentire world. PTI

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United Nations: PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onFriday told the world that Indiawas initiating a very large cam-paign to make the country aplastic-free nation.Addressing the 74th session ofthe United Nations GeneralAssembly here, Modi called forthe United Nations to be free ofsingle use plastic.

"As I came in here, on a

wall at the entrance to thisbuilding, I noticed the call tomake the United nations free ofsingle use plastic," Modi said.

"I am pleased to informthis august assembly that evenas I am addressing you today,a very large campaign is beingstarted across the entire coun-try to make India free of singleuse plastic," he said during hisaddress. PTI

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United Nations: PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onFriday said Mahatma Gandhi'smessage of truth and non-vio-lence is very relevant eventoday for peace, developmentand progress.

Addressing the 74th ses-sion of the United NationsGeneral Assembly here, Modi

said it is a very special occa-sion because this year theentire world is celebrating the150th birth anniversary ofGandhi.

"His message of truth andnon-violence is very relevantfor us even today, for peace,development and progress inthe world," Modi said. PTI

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United Nations: Seeking col-lective efforts to address seriousglobal challenges, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi in hisUNGA speech on Fridayinvoked famous Tamil philoso-pher Kaniyan Pungundranar'squotes as well as those of SwamiVivekananda to emphasise thata fragmented world is in theinterest of no one.

Addressing the 74th sessionof the United Nations GeneralAssembly here, Prime MinisterModi said in the last five years,India has worked towardsstrengthening its centuries oldgreat tradition of "fraternityamong nations" and welfare ofthe world, which is indeed, inline with the key objectives of

the United Nations.Modi said the issues that

India raises, the kind of newglobal platforms that the coun-try has come forward to build,seek collective efforts to addressserious global challenges andissues. "India is a great culturethat is thousands of years old, aculture that has its own vibranttraditions, and which hasencompassed universal dreams.Our values and culture seedivinity in every being andstrive for the welfare of all."

He said the very core ofIndia's approach is public wel-fare through public participa-tion and this public welfare isnot just for the country but forthe entire world. PTI

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United Nations: PrimeMinister Narendra Modi saidon Friday the world was wit-nessing a "new era" with mod-ern technological advancesand urged the internationalcommunity to give a newdirection to multilateralismand to the United Nations.

Prime Minister Modidelivered his much-awaitedsecond address to the annualUnited Nations GeneralAssembly (UNGA) sessionhere.

For long, India has beencalling for the reform of theUN Security Council along

with Brazil, Germany andJapan. The four countries sup-port each others' bids for thepermanent seats in the top UNbody.

"In this new era, we haveto give new energy and direc-tion to multilateralism and theUnited Nations," Modi said.

India has repeatedly reaf-firmed the need for an earlyreform of the UN SecurityCouncil including the expan-sion of both permanent andnon-permanent categories ofmembership to enhance itslegitimacy, effectiveness andrepresentativeness. PTI

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Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Friday said

various ministries have cleared�40,000 crore out of �60,000crore due mainly to MSMEs forsupply of goods and services,and the remaining amount notlocked in litigation too will bepaid by the first week of nextmonth.

The Minister also saidMinistries and departmentshave been asked to providetheir detailed capital expendi-ture plans for the next fourquarters as the Governmentlooks to boost growth by giv-ing a push to spending.

“Government should notsit on over due payments...Theidea here is to ensure thatthere are no outstanding duesto services and goods suppliedto different departments.

“My intention is to havegovernment departments clearall pending payments whoev-er it should go,” she said aftermeeting top officials of 21 keyinfrastructure ministries.

The meeting assumes sig-nificance as the Government istaking various steps, includinga big reduction in corporate taxrates, to push the economicgrowth that slowed to a six-yearlow of 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal.

Expenditure Secretary GCMurmu, who was also presentat the Press conference, said themost infrastructure ministrieshave reached 50 per cent oftheir capex target for the cur-rent fiscal.

Expenditures, both revenueand capital, made by the UnionGovernment provides a majorboost to aggregate demand.Total expenditure projection ofthe Central Government for2019-20 as per the Budget is�27.86 lakh crore. Of this, cap-ital expenditure is budgeted at�3.38 lakh crore.

The Finance Minister saidthe Government’s capitalexpenditure was on track andBudget estimates would bemet. She added the consump-tion was on the rise and cred-

it offtake was growing, whichtogether should result in“bouyancy” in the economy.

To a query on the fiscal dis-cipline with rebate in corporatetax and expenditure, the min-ister said the government willreconcile fiscal deficit numberslater. The Finance Ministerwill be meeting heads of pub-lic sector enterprises onSaturday to review capitalexpenditure plans.

Giving details, Murmu saidapart from the budgeted allo-cation under capital head of�3.38 lakh crore for 2019-20,the total amount given to min-istries/ departments as Grant inAid (GIA) for creation of capital assets amounts to�2.07 lakh crore.

Thus the total amountavailable for CAPEX for 2019-20 is �5.45 lakh crore and thetotal CAPEX till August undercapital head has been reportedat �1.36 lakh crore (40.28 percent) and that under GIA hasbeen reported at �0.82 lakhcrore (39.7 per cent) totalling�2.18 lakh crore (40 per cent),he added.

Apart from GrossBudgetary Support (GBS),ministries have been sanc-tioned �0.57 lakh crore extrabudgetary resource (EBR), outof which �0.46 lakh crore hasbeen approved.

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Mumbai: Union road transportminister Nitin Gadkari onFriday said using bio-fuels canreduce crude oil imports whichwill help save foreign exchange on one hand alsoachieve the USD 5-trillion GDPgoal by 2025. Gadkari said hisministry has taken various stepsto promote bio-fuels likeethanol and butanol which arenot only feasible but also desir-able for the nation as it will alsohelp reduce the emissions.

“Every year we spendaround �7 lakh crore on oilimports. In this scenario if wehave alternate bio-fuels likeethanol and butanol which canbe used in cars and aircraft,why should we not explorethose options. They are not justcheap but also pollution-free,”Gadkari said.

He said the aviation sectorimports �40,000 crore worth offuel and if they explore bio-fuels, it opens a �40,000-croremarket for domestic players.

“Aviation bio-fuels arewidely accepted in the US andBritain. If we also use it, we willsave lots of foreign exchange,”Gadkari said, adding steps arebeing taken to reduce coalimports as well.

“We are studying the feasi-bility of using napier grasswhich has higher calorific valueinstead of coal. I strongly feelthat if we undertake these mea-sures, we will be able to achieveour USD 5-trillion GDP target,”he said. PTI

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As decks are being cleared forprivatisation of national

carrier Air India, Governmentis considering five key sugges-tions given by Ajay Singh-con-trolled SpiceJet to make India aglobal aviation hub.

Niti Aayog, the govern-ment’s think tank, has writtento the Civil Aviation Ministryfor giving its recommenda-tion on the five concessionssought by SpiceJet.

Although forwarded bySpiceJet, the suggestions havebeen termed as recommenda-tion of Indian carriers.

Official sources said thatNiti Aayog in a letter to CivilAviation Ministry last monthforwarded the recommenda-tions on “industry-wide con-cerns and recommendation ofIndian carriers for urgent intervention.” The key pro-posals include bringing jet fuelunder GST, making India glob-al aviation hub and developingcommercially viable alternatefuel supply. SpiceJet is learnt tohave pointed out that foreignairlines ferry 60 per cent ofIndia’ international traffic pri-marily due to scarcity of wide-body aircraft in India.

“Niti Aayog’s infrastruc-ture connectivity vertical hadwritten to the AviationMinistry. The matter is beingconsidered on urgent basis,” a

source told IANS.Air India is the only carri-

er after Jet Airways’ shutdownwhich has wide-body aircraftand is a dominant player on theinternational routes. Changesin tax regime would make AirIndia attractive for potentialbidders. While no Indian car-rier has so far shown interest inacquiring Air India, expertsconsider SpiceJet as a strongcontender.

Acquisition of Air Indiawill allow a rival carrier to getsome of the best flying slots andflying rights to operate interna-tional services. The sizeablefleet of Air India would allow theacquirer to instantly strengtheninternational operations.

A ministerial panel headedby Home Minister Amit Shahis currently working on con-tours of Air India’s disinvest-ment. The panel held its firstmeeting last week but could nottake any major decision.

Civil Aviation MinisterHardeep Singh Puri, who is amember of the panel, toldreporters that another meetingwould soon happen to take callon terms of sale.

Among many issues onthe meeting agenda was trans-ferring more debt, over andabove �29,464 crore decidedearlier, to Air India AssetsHoldings Ltd (AIAHL) to makethe deal attractive for privateparties.

New Delhi: The Governmentwill launch fourth tranche ofBharat-22 ETF on October 3,which will help garner up to�8,000 crore from investors,sources said. They added theissue will open for anchorinvestors on October 3 and forother institutional and retailinvestors, the next day. Theinvestors would get a 3 per centdiscount over the issue price.

“The offer is likely to havea base issue size of �2,000crore, with a green-shoe optionto retain another �6,000 crore,taking the total amount to�8,000 crore,” a source privy tothe development said.

The decision has beentaken after receiving robustresponse for earlier stake saleby the Government in theproduct. The Government hasso far raised around �35,900crore through the Bharat-22Exchange Traded Fund —�14,500 crore was garnered inNovember 2017, another�8,400 crore was mopped up inJune 2018 and �13,000 crore inFebruary this year. PTI

New Delhi: Vendors of now-defunct HomeShop18 onFriday alleged that theteleshopping firm committed afraud of �150-200 crore by notpaying them the dues even afterselling their products on its net-work and collecting moneyfrom customers.

“HomeShop18 has fraudu-lently not paid around �200crore collected from the cus-tomers on behalf of 150 sellers,who have sold their productsthrough its platform fromMarch,” Khatter said at a pressconference here.

The HomeShop18 VendorsAssociation, which claimed to

represent around 150 vendors ofthe company, has filed a com-plaint with the police and theMinistry of Corporate Affairs.“The dues (of �150-200 crore)have been accrued since Marchthis year and the company closedits business in June,”HomeShop18 VendorsAssociation President HimanshuKhatter said. Reliance did notrespond to e-mail and repeatedphone calls seeking comments.

Reliance Industries boughtHomeShop18 as part of a 2014deal to acquire Network 18Media and Investments Ltdfrom its founder Raghav Bahl.

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New Delhi: Promotion of pub-lic procurement portal GeMwill now be included in annualperformance assessment report(APAR) of central civil serviceofficers as one of the parametersin their appraisal form. Thecommerce ministry launchede-Marketplace (GeM) for publicprocurement of goods and ser-vices in August 2016 with anobjective to create an open andtransparent procurement plat-form for the government agen-cies, ministries and departments.

The value of total annualGovernment procurement is

estimated at �8 lakh crore.According to an official mem-orandum, “to ensure that thisdigital e-commerce portal forprocurement of goods and ser-vices is appropriately utilised byall the ministries/departments,it has been decided, with theapproval of the competentauthority, that a reflection ofthe work done through GeMby the Officer Reported Uponshall be made in the APAR ofGroup A, B and C officersbelonging to central civil ser-vices (other than All IndiaServices)”. PTI

New Delhi: Telecom regulatorTrai has extended, to November11, the deadline for implemen-tation of new mobile numberportability rules for consumerswanting to switch to a newoperator without changing theirmobile number.

The revamped mobile num-ber portability (MNP) or port

out rules aim to makes theentire process faster and simpler,and Trai has prescribed twodays timeline for port outrequests within a service area,cutting the migration processfrom seven days.

The deadline for imple-mentation of MNP Regulations,which was earlier slated to comeinto effect from September 30,2019, was extended after the tele-

com operators and MNP ServiceProviders (MNPSPs) soughtmore time to perform testingbefore migration to the newprocess, in order to ensure thatsubscribers are not inconve-nienced. “According to theresponses provided by TSPs(telecom service providers),MNPSPs and TelecomDepartment; the authority...Hasextended the timeline for imple-

mentation of ...Mobile NumberPortability Regulations, fromSeptember 30, 2019 toNovember 11, 2019,” Trai said ina statement. Trai had issuedmobile number portability reg-ulations in December, and therevised process was scheduled tocome into force from September30, 2019. The push back in time-lines is expected to offer a reliefto operators. PTI

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The rupee spurted by 32paise to close at a nearly

two-month high against the UScurrency on Friday as crude oilprices receded followingreports that Saudi Arabia hadagreed on a temporary cease-fire in Yemen.

The domestic currencyclosed higher by 0.44 per centat 70.56 to the US dollar, a levelnot seen since August 2 whenit had ended at 69.60.

The rupee had openedweak and declined to the day’slow of 70.93 in early trade dueto a stronger dollar and lossesin stock markets. Easing crudeoil prices provided a fillip to thelocal currency that reversedlosses in the mid-session andclimbed to an intra-day high of70.53, before finally ending at70.56. The local unit notchedup gains of 38 paise on a week-ly basis.

Global crude oil pricesdropped on Friday after reportsthat Saudi Arabia has agreed toa partial ceasefire in Yemenagainst Houthi rebels, reducingrisk of military action by itsallies. PTI

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Real Madrid and AtleticoMadrid have each averted a

mini-crisis already this seasonand one of the rewards for thewinner of the derby todaywould be to stall their rival’srecovery.

At the WandaMetropolitano this weekend, itwill be La Liga’s first againstthird, even if the ascendancy ofMadrid’s two premier clubsperhaps says as much about thechaos of the opening few weeksin Spain as it does about thestrength of their revivals.

Real Madrid are top andwhile Zidane discounts the fact,their turnaround has beenimpressive.

It began againstSevilla, who could havegone top themselves,and at the RamonSanchez Pizjuan, whereMadrid had previouslywon just once in sevenyears.

Beating Sevilla and thenpromoted Osasuna onWednesday has turned the tide,not least because there was aresilience and purpose so pre-viously lacking.

In each game, Madrid man-aged not to concede a singleshot on target. “What haschanged is that we believe inwhat we do,” Zidane said.

“Now we are at our begin-ning.”

Atletico is an opportunity tomaintain momentum and itmight be that a draw, at thisearly stage in the season, isacceptable to both, particular-ly ahead of the second round ofChampions League groupgames next week.

Certainly, Atleti neededtheir win away at Mallorca onWednesday, even if AlvaroMorata’s mindless sending off,eight minutes after coming onas a substitute, means theSpaniard will be suspended for

the derby this weekend.Morata’s absence makes it

all the more likely Diego Costawill keep his place up frontalongside Joao Felix, particular-ly after it was their goals thatsealed the Mallorca win.

After starting theseason with three con-secutive victories,Atletico were being cir-cled as genuine con-tenders for the title butdefeat to Real Sociedadand the stalemate

against Celta had temperedexpectations.

One win has restored beliefbut this game will be taken as anearly litmus test for the threatthat these teams pose. Neitherwill want to fail it.

Barcelona’s stuttering starthas arguably been the most wor-rying of all but they too enjoyeda rejuvenating win overVillarreal in midweek, ahead oftheir visit to Getafe today.

Scepticism around coachErnesto Valverde is never farfrom the surface at Camp Nouand it remains to be seenwhether Barca can now leavebehind their own sticky patch,and without Lionel Messi, whois nursing a thigh injury.

Valverde might takeencouragement from last seasonwhen his side won only once infive games through the end ofSeptember and early October.They went on to win the title by11 points.

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Liverpool and Manchester Cityare again threatening to streakclear in the Premier League title

race with their main challengerslooking ill-equipped to keep up.

Both teams were irresistible lastseason, with runners-up Liverpoolfinishing 25 points ahead of third-placed Chelsea, and they look aclass apart again in this campaign.

The two front-runners will eachexpect to pick up another threepoints this weekend despite being ontheir travels as Liverpool go toSheffield United and City visitEverton.

Leicester, Arsenal and West Hamare their closest challengers and

early leaders in the fight for the finaltwo Champions League placesdespite just three wins apiece after sixrounds of matches.

Tottenham, Chelsea andManchester United, all of whomhave struggled badly, are under pres-sure to get back on track on home soilthis weekend.

SEVEN HEAVENCity showed no mercy against

Watford last weekend, hammeringthe Hornets 8-0 in a staggering dis-

play of dominance that even visitinggoalkeeper Ben Foster admittedcould have resulted in aneven more damaging score-line.

Yet Pep Guardiola’s mencould find themselves eightpoints behind in the titlerace come kick-off atGoodison Park today shouldLiverpool maintain theirrelentless run.

Jurgen Klopp’s side havethe chance to win their 16thconsecutive Premier League game inthe early kick-off in Sheffield.

Liverpool have not lost in theleague to a side outside the tradition-al “Big Six” since January 2018.

But Blades boss Chris Wilder is

demanding his players are not star-struck by the European champions.

MUST-WINSTottenham f luffed another

chance to land a first trophy underMauricio Pochettino in midweek,with an embarrassing third-roundLeague Cup defeat by fourth-tierColchester on penalties.

Spurs have won just two of theiropening eight games in all competi-tions and four of their past 17 dat-ing back to last season.

With Bayern Munich to visit onTuesday in the Champions League,that record threatens to get evenworse unless Pochettino can get aresponse from his stale-looking sideagainst Southampton.

Chelsea fared far better in theLeague Cup as a 7-1 rout of Grimsbyhanded Frank Lampard his first vic-tory in charge at Stamford Bridge.

In contrast to Spurs, though,Chelsea are at the start of a new era

and there were encouragingsigns for Lampard in lastweekend’s 2-1 loss toLiverpool.

Defensive issuesremain, with the Blues yetto keep a clean sheet in ninegames under Lampard, butN’Golo Kante’s return frominjury does offer somemuch-needed protectionfor the backline.

Brighton’s visit to the Bridgealso starts an enticing run of fixturesfor Chelsea to haul themselves backinto the top four, with Southampton,Newcastle, Burnley, Watford andCrystal Palace to come.

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Sevilla threw away a two-goal lead and with it the chance togo second in La Liga as they lost 3-2 to Eibar on Thursday.Julen Lopetegui’s side could have climbed above Atletico

Madrid but instead slipped to their second consecutive defeatafter conceding three times in 16 minutes at Ipurua.

Lucas Ocampos gave Sevilla an early lead, finishing throughthe legs of Mark Dmitrovic in the 11th minute before Oliver Torresmade it two with just over half an hour played.

But Eibar stormed back after the interval with goals in the66th, 77th and 82nd minutes.

The first was a penalty, converted by Fabian Orellana. PedroLeon then capitalised on some poor defending from Sevillagoalkeeper Tomas Vaclik and Diego Carlo to equalise. Cotecompleted a remarkable comeback by scoring from a free-kick.

Defeat leaves Sevilla seventh in the table and needing aresponse on Sunday against Real Sociedad, who did jump upto second after continuing their excellent start to the season

with a 3-0 win over Alaves.Elsewhere on Thursday, Celta Vigo drew 1-1 at home to

Espanyol as Santi Mina scored a 90th-minute equaliser for Celtato cancel out an opener from Adria Pedrosa.

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Skipper Andrea Belotti’squick-fire second-half dou-

ble, including a sensationaloverhead kick in front of goal,sealed a 2-1 comeback win inSerie A over AC Milan onThursday.

Polish striker KrzysztofPiatek had put AC Milan aheadfrom the spot after 18 minutesin the clash between midtablerivals in the Olympic Stadium.

But in four-minute spell,Belotti sealed all three points forWalter Mazzarri's side who hadsuffered back-to-back losses intheir previous two games.

Torino move up to sixth inthe table, equal on nine pointswith Napoli and Cagliari afterfive games, but six pointsbehind leaders Inter Milan.

AC Milan drop to 13th, fol-lowing on from last weekend’s2-0 derby defeat.

“We didn’t want to lose athird in a row,” said Belotti.

“They made us dance in thefirst half but when we returnedafter the break we were a differ-ent side.”

Both northern Italian rivalswere desperate to get back to

winning ways with Milan goingahead early after a penaltyawarded when Lorenzo DeSilvestri fouled Rafael Leao.

Piatek — third top scorer inSerie A last season with 22 goals— stepped up to slot in theresulting penalty.

Belotti missed a chance toequalise just before the break,sending the ball over whenalone in front of goal, with

Piatek also wasteful firingAlessio Romagnoli’s perfectcross wide on 53 minutes.

But Torino piled on thepressure and it paid off withBelotti breaking through on 72minutes with a blisteringequaliser which left GianluigiDonnarumma with no chancein the Milan goal.

And the 25-year-old addeda second minutes later amidconfusion in front of the Milangoal.

Belotti sent the ball throughfor Simone Zaza, butDonnarumma cleared with therebound finding the Italy inter-national again who finishedoff an acrobatic overhead kickinto goal for his fourth goal infive games.

Milan missed two latechances to snatch a point withFranck Kessie hitting the ballwide while Piatek’s header wascleared by Torino goalkeeperSalvatore Sirigu.

“It was a game we hadunder control, but we didn’thave the cynicism to kill it off,”said Milan coach MarcoGiampaolo.

“It is clear that this defeathits our self-esteem.”

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Zinedine Zidane insists EdenHazard will fulfil his poten-

tial at Real Madrid despite aslow start since his 100 millioneuros ($109 million) movefrom Chelsea in the summer.

Hazard picked up a thighinjury the day before Real’sopening La Liga game againstCelta Vigo and missed their firstthree matches of the season.

He has since come off thebench against Levante andstarted against Paris Saint-Germain and Sevilla, but theBelgian is yet to register a goalor an assist for his new team,who face capital city rivalsAtletico Madrid today.

“Listen we know the qual-ity of player we have and weknow he is going to deliver,” saidZidane in a press conference onFriday.

“Everyone expects a lotfrom him and he knows that.But we support him and he iswith us. As the games go by Iam sure he is going to be theplayer we want him to be in thisReal Madrid team.”

“We are going to giveeverything,” Zidane said. “Ourideas haven’t changed, we knowhow tough it will be tomorrowagainst a difficult opponent butthey are going to find it toughas well.”

Atletico thrashed Madrid7-3 in a pre-season game in July,a match Zidane said his teamplayed like a friendly and their

opponents treated like a com-petitive fixture.

Zidane’s response was briefwhen asked about whether thatresult had any significance onthe upcoming derby. “No it hasnothing to do with this game,”he said.

Marcelo, Luka Modric andIsco have all recovered frominjury and trained with the restof the squad on Friday.

But Rodrygo, the 18-year-old Brazilian who scored on hisdebut against Osasuna, oneminute after coming on, willreturn to Madrid’s reserve team,Castilla, this weekend.

“He knows we’re going togo bit by bit with him,” Zidanesaid. “For tomorrow we havealready taken the decision andthat’s it. For thenext gamewe’ll see buttomorrowhe plays forC a s t i l l aand he’shappy withthat.”

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Cristiano Ronaldo looks setto return for Juventus today

as Serie A leaders Milan headfor Sampdoria seeking a boostahead of their ChampionsLeague blockbuster againstBarcelona next week.

Antonio Conte’s sideare the only Italian teamwith maximum 15 pointsfrom five games withMaurizio Sarri’s championsJuventus second two pointsbehind before they hoststruggling SPAL.

“Five wins in a row is nofluke, we’re getting into theright frame of mind,” saidConte, whose side followed upon their dire 1-1 Europeanstalemate to Slavia Prague with

wins in the Milan derby andagainst Lazio midweek. “But westill have to grow a lot. We’re

newborns at a pro-ject level,” addedthe former Chelseaboss of Inter wholast won Serie A in2010.

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Sampdoria have had a night-mare start to the season — withthe Genoa club sinking to fourdefeats in five games.

Ronaldo, meanwhile, looksset to return for Juventus athome against SPAL having

missed last weekend’s gameagainst Brescia with a muscularproblem, with the Turin giantshosting Bayer Leverkusen inEurope next week.

In Naples, Serie A run-ners-up Napoli host MarioBalotelli’s Brescia desperate fora win after their surprise mid-week reversal to Cagliari butwithout defender KalidouKoulibaly.

Carlo Ancelotti’s southern-ers slipped six points behindInter following their shock defeatto the Sardinians with Koulibalysent off late in the game.

Atalanta are third after theirlate 2-0 win over Roma and nexttravel to midtable Sassuolobefore their first ever ChampionsLeague home game againstShaktar Donetsk.

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Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener

was on Friday appointed ashead coach of the theAfghanistan cricket team.

He will take charge of

Afghanistan in the seriesagainst West Indies inNovember.

“I am extremely excitedand honoured to be given theopportunity to work withsome of the best talent in

world cricket. Everyoneknows the fearless brand ofcricket Afghanistan play,”said Klusener.

“I am very confidentthat with some hard workwe can become one of the

best sides in the world. I amreally looking forward toworking with the Afghanistanteam and helping them taketheir cricket to the next level,”said the 48-year-old who hasplayed 49 Tests and 171 ODIs.

Klusener is a certifiedLevel 4 coach and has servedas bowling coach of MumbaiIndians in the IPL, consultantto South Africa NationalAcademy and batting coach ofSouth Africa Test team.

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Paul Pogba is a doubt forManchester United’s match

against Arsenal, giving belea-guered manager Ole GunnarSolskjaer a fresh headache as hejuggles his scant attackingresources.

The France midfielder hurthis ankle again in the LeagueCup match with Rochdale inmidweek on his return to theside after not playing since lateAugust.

Solskjaer revealed on Fridaythat his ankle knock was thereason he did not join his team-mates.

“The situation is Paul fin-ished the game, 90 minutesfantastically, but he got a knockto his ankle which is veryswollen,” said Solskjaer.

“So it was better for him notto go there with the team andhe’s in a race for Monday. He isa doubt, but that is the way it is.”

Forwards Anthony Martialand Marcus Rashford are alsofacing a battle to be fit forMonday’s game at Old Trafford,with Solskjaer short of attack-ing options.

Martial is still trying torecover from a thigh injurysustained last month whileRashford limped off with agroin problem in the 2-0 defeatat West Ham on Sunday.

If neither of those twomakes it, Mason Greenwoodwill be in line to start his firstPremier League game.

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Former India cricketerYuvraj Singh has suggested

that Rohit Sharma can be con-sidered for T20 captaincy ifVirat Kohli feels “overloaded”by leading the side in all threeformats.

Rohit, the vice-captain ofIndia’s limited-overs sides, hasbeen the most successful cap-tain in the IPL, leadingMumbai Indians to four titlewins and Yuvraj said it won’tbe a bad idea for India to tryout split captaincy to ease theworkload of the best batsmanin the world.

“Earlier there used to bejust two formats — ODI andTests, so it was perfect to haveone captain. Now there arethree formats and if Virat isfeeling overloaded, maybe theyshould try somebody else forthe T20 format. Rohit hasbeen a very successful captain,”Yuvraj told 'Aaj Tak' newschannel.

“I don’t really know. They(team management) have todecide how much workloadVirat can take. Do they needto try somebody else for T20?It completely depends on howthey want to go for the future.Virat has been the best bats-man. How to manage hisworkload? It is completely

team management’s call.”Yuvraj also took a dig at

the team management for get-ting the crucial No 4 positionwrong in the ICC World Cupin England earlier this year.

“You need to identify whois your best talent and thenback him. The highest score inNo 4 position at the World

Cup was 48. The captain,coach and the selectors shouldhave known that No 4 is a veryimportant position, especiallyin England where the ballseams,” he said.

“The No 4 batsman has tobe technically strong. VijayShankar didn’t have that expe-rience, Rishabh Pant didn’t

have the experience. DineshKarthik was an experiencedguy who was sitting out andsuddenly went to bat in thesemifinal.”

He said any cricketerneeds a sense of security toexcel.

“I really didn’t understandwhat the think-tank was doing.

If you had to get the best outof a player you have to securehim. A player can never playwell if he is insecure. That wasthe big reason why India did-n’t win the World Cup,” Yuvrajsaid.

Meanwhile he has claimedthat the team management lethim down towards the fagend of his international careerand he could have playedanother World Cup after the2011 heroics if he had enoughbacking.

“(I) Regret that I couldn'tplay another World Cup after2011. There was hardly anysupport from the team man-agement or people around. Ifthat support was there thenmay be I would have playedanother World Cup,” Yuvrajsaid.

“But whatever cricket Iplayed it's on my own. I neverhad any godfather.”

Yuvraj, who retired fomthe game earlier this year,reiterated that he was ignoreddespite clearing the mandato-ry yo-yo test for fitness.

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World ChampionshipSilver medallist wrestler

Deepak Punia has jumped toworld number one positionin 86kg but Bajrang Punialost the top rank in the 65kgcategory in the latest rank-ings issued by the interna-tional federation (UWW).

Competing in his maid-en senior WorldChampionship, Deepak set-

tled for a Silver after an ankle

injury forced him to pull out ofthe final against Iranian greatHasan Yazdani.

The 20-year-old now has 82points, four more than WorldChampion Yazdani.

This year, Deepak had won aSilver Yasar Dogu and Bronzemedals at Asian Championshipand at Sassari tournaments. Hehas been rewarded for his con-sistent show.

However, Bajrang, who wentinto the World Championship asworld number one, dropped to

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Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap pro-gressed to the men’s singles semi-finals

of the Korea Open World Tour Super500 with a straight-game win over for-mer world No 2 Denmark’s Jan OJorgensen on Friday.

In a clinical display, the 33-year-oldfrom Hyderabad, who is the lone Indianleft in fray, outsmarted Jorgensen 24-22,21-8 in 37 minutes to make it to his sec-ond semifinal of the season. He hadreached the last four at the India OpenSuper 500 tournament.

The 2014 Commonwealth GamesGold-medallist will now face world No1 and two-time world champion KentoMomota of Japan today.

A former World No 6, Kashyap,who was promoted from the qualifyinground, had last played Jorgensen fiveyears ago at the Denmark Open.

The Indian entered the match witha 2-4 record against Jorgensen, a 2015World Championship Bronze medallist.

In the first game, the duo engagedin short rallies initially and spilt the first8 points. A couple of backhand error andKashyap was lagging 5-8.

Another miscued shot at the net anda wide smash gave Jorgensen an 11-8advantage at the break.

After the interval, Kashyap garnereda few quick points to turn the tables onhis rival, reaching 14-12. The Dane hitthe net thrice and also went long, whileKashyap unleashed two powerful crosscourt smashes.

A precise slice helped Jorgensenbreak the run of points and then levelpar when kashyap committed an error.

The duo fought hard, moving from14-14 to 18-18. A timely video referrelgave Kashyap another point but he sentone to the net as it was 19-19.

Jorgensen then held the game pointopportunity after a precise smash at thebackline. However, a jump smash fromthe Indian made it 20-20.

Kashyap then earned a game pointonly to give it away. However, the Indiangrabbed a second game point opportu-nity and converted it when his opponenthit the net. He thus sealed the first gamewhich lasted 22minutes.

The second game started on a sim-ilar note with the duo tied 3-3 initially.Kashyap then took control of the net andcurbed his errors to reel off five straightpoints. Jorgensen tried to up the pacebut unforced errors pegged him back askashyap held a 11-7 lead at the breather.

It was mostly one way traffic afterthe break as Kashyap found the gaps eas-ily even as his rival got buried in a heapof unforced errors. Kashyap grabbed thenext nine of the 10 points to move to thematch point and then sealed it with asmash.

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Indian boxers are headed in the rightdirection and will do something big

at the Tokyo Olympic Games, reckonsHigh Performance Director SantiagoNieva, who wants his wards to emergeas outright winners and secure at leastfive Olympic spots during the Asianqualifiers.

The Indian boxers produced theirbest-ever show at the WorldChampionships with Amit Panghal(52kg) and Manish Kaushik (63kg)winning Silver and Bronze respective-ly in Russia. Before this, the countryhad never won more than one Bronzein a single edition of the showpiece.

“Every tournament we go, wealways compare the results to whatcould have happened if it were theOlympics. Are we on the right track?So far, we have shown in every singlecompetition that we are doing well,”Nieva said.

“In Olympics, there are no guaran-tees but we are in the right directionand we are confident we will do some-thing big in the Olympics.”

Indian boxers will now train theireyes on the Asian-Oceania qualifiers

scheduled to be held in Wuhan, Chinafrom February 3-14.

In the qualifiers, Olympic spots willbe up for grabs in eight men’s weightclasses — Flyweight (52kg),Featherweight (57kg), Lightweight(63kg), Welterweight (69kg),

Middleweight (75kg), LightHeavyweight (81kg), Heavyweight(91kg) and Super Heavyweight (+91kg).

“The qualifiers will be tremendous-ly tough. We want all eight to qualifybut realistically 5 to 6 boxers shouldqualify for the Olympics,” Nieva said.

“In lower weights, there are worldchampionship and Olympic medallists,so we can’t sleep. We have to ensure thatwe beat them by enough margin so thatthere is no doubt in the judges’ mindsand that is our challenge,” Nieva said.

Nieva is happy with the progressthat Indian boxing has made in the lastfew years but stressed on the impor-tance of infrastructure for the coun-try to emerge as a dominating nationin the sport.

“This was India’s best ever perfor-mance at Worlds. If this would havebeen an Olympic qualifier, we wouldhave had four boxers qualified. It wasa great performance but we wantmore medals and champions. So wecontinue to work to stay at this level,”he said.

“There are many countries whowould like to be in our position but insome other ways, we still lack a lot ininfrastructure to compare with topnations such as Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan, Russia.

“They have more complete set up,from grassroots level to all the way up,so that is what we are trying toachieve...Otherwise it will be very dif-ficult,” he signed off.

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Opener Aiden Markramstruck his second successive

hundred in as many games asSouth Africa scored steadily toreach 199 for 4 in 50 oversagainst Board President’s XI onthe second day of the rain-cur-tailed warm-up match here onFriday.

Markram had earlier scored161 for South Africa A againstIndia A in a first-class game lastweek.

On the day, he retired aftercompleting his hundred in agame which has not been accord-ed first-class status. Markram’sinnings was an attacking one ashe faced 118 deliveries, hitting 18boundaries and two sixes.

Markram’s good form augurswell for the Proteas as the 24-year-old right-hander wasmarked as one for he future byIndia captain Virat Kohli, whenthey toured the rainbow nationback in 2018.

Earlier, opener Dean Elgarwas snuffed out by senior pacerUmesh Yadav (1/34), caught byPriyank Panchal in the slip cor-don. One down batsman Theunisde Bruyn got one from IshanPorel (1/11) that jagged back in

to trap him plumb in-front.The talented Zubayr Hamza

(22) hit three fours and a sixbefore left-arm spinnerDharmendra Jadeja (2/52) hadhim leg before with an arm ball.The lesser-known Jadeja fromSaurashtra also had rival skipperFaf Du Plessis (9) trapped leg-before.

However before that,Markram and the stodgy TembaBavuma (55) had a century part-nership. The slightly builtBavuma also hit nine fours in his92-ball unbeaten knock.

The two pacers who didn’tperform up to the mark wereAvesh Khan (0/44 in 10 overs),who got a bit of stick andMumbai man Shardul Thakur(0/34 in 10 overs), who sharedthe new ball with Umesh.

The most impressive amongpacers was young Bengal speed-ster Ishan but unfortunatelyBoard President’s XI skipperRohit Sharma only gave him asix-over spell during which hegot De Bruyn.Brief Scores: SA 199/4 in 50overs (Aiden Markram 100retired, Temba Bavuma 55,Dharmendra Jadeja 2/52, IshanPorel 1/11, Umesh Yadav 1/31) vBP XI.

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Out of favour Indian batsman SureshRaina has not given up on his India

dreams and believes that he can bat at themuch-debated No 4 spot for the team inthe shortest format of the game.

Raina, who last played for Indiaagainst England in 2018, is eyeing a come-back to the national side with two T20World Cups in successive years, 2020 and2021.

“I can be the No 4 for India. I have bat-ted in that slot before and delivered. I amlooking forward to an opportunity withtwo T20 World Cups coming up,” the 32-year-old told The Hindu on Thursday.

The No 4 batting spot has been a hottopic of discussion for Team India in thelast two years. While they tried AmbatiRayudu for some time, right before theWorld Cup, Vijay Shankar was handed theresponsibility to play at the spot. But, onceShankar got injured during the course ofthe tournament, Rishabh Pant wasappointed as the batter to play at the No4 slot.

However, Pant has not been able to dojustice to his role and has been facingharsh criticism from several quarters. Hehas been accused of poor shot selectionand not putting price on his wicket.

Raina, who has scored 5,615 ODI and1,605 T20I runs, believes the 21-year-oldappears to be confused at the moment andsomeone needs to sit down and talk withhim.

“He appears confused, is not playinghis natural game. He is looking for singles,blocking, and appears lost,” said thesouthpaw.

“Someone needs to talk to him as MSDhoni would do to players. Cricket is amental game and Pant has to be backedto play his attacking brand of cricket. Rightnow he seems to be playing under instruc-tions and it is not working,” he added.

The left-handed batter, who is count-ed as one of the most energetic fielders inworld cricket, also said Dhoni has a lot tooffer to Indian cricket and can prove tobe a worthy asset for the team in nextyear’s World T20.

“He is still fit, still a terrific wicket-keeper and still the greatest finisher in thegame. Dhoni will be an asset for India inthe T20 World Cup.”

Rohit T20 captaincy can manageVirat's workload: Yuvi

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Jammu & Kashmir registered afacile 55-run win over host

Rajasthan in a Group C matchof the Vijay Hazare Trophy hereon Friday.

Put in to bat, J&K made 317for 5 in 50 overs thanks toimpressive knocks by ShubhamKhajuria (94) and ShubhamSingh Pundir (96 not out).

Leggie Rahul Chahar, whorecently broke into the IndianT20 side, finished with 2 for 50in 9 overs while Deepak Chaharwent wicketless in 9 overs givingaway 53 runs.

Rajasthan struggled in thechase and ended up with 262,being dismissed in 49 overs.

Captain Mahipal Lomrortop scored with 88 while ChetanBist made a strokeful 72 but theteam was always behind the

run rate.Ram Dayal finished with 4

for 45 as J&K wrapped up theRajasthan innings in 49 overs tosecure four points.

Services rode on RaviChauhan's knock of 104 to beatTripura by 19 runs.

Chauhan's ton helpedServices make 241 for 9 in 50overs.

Tripura was bowled out for222 in the 48th over as Servicesgained a win and 4 points.

In another match, GouravYadav (5/45) and Naman Ojha(60 not out) helpedMadhyaPradesh post a three-wicket win over Railways toearn four points.

In Dehradun,skipperUnmukt Chand hit an unbeaten80 to help Uttarakhand defeatAssam by seven wickets in arain-curtailed Plate group match.

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number two spot after man-aging a Bronze.

The 25-year-old now has63 points while Russia’sGadzhimurad Rashidov, whowon Gold in Nur Sultan, isthe new world number one in65kg.

In 57kg, world Bronzemedallist Ravi Dahiya hasentered the top-five bracket.He is ranked exactly five with39 points while Rahul Aware’sBronze medal has pushedhim to world number two.

Meanwhile, in women’srankings, Vinesh Phogat, whoalso won a Bronze in NurSultan along with TokyoOlympic quota, has jumpedto number two in 53kg cate-gory, gaining four places afterher stupendous show lastweek.

In 50kg, Seema Bisla hasdropped a rung to numberthree while Pooja Dhanda(32) is ranked five in 59kg,two places behind compatri-ot Manju Kumari (40).