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The Supreme Court onTuesday ordered immedi-
ate police custody of threedirectors of embattled realestate firm Amrapali Group fortheir failure to submit docu-ments relating to accounts of all46 group companies to foren-sic auditors appointed by theapex court.
The SC Bench — com-prising Justices Arun Mishraand UU Lalit — castigated thecompany for playing “hide andseek” and ordered that thethree directors — Anil KumarSharma, Shiv Priya and AjayKumar who were present in thecourt — would remain inpolice custody till they handover all account books.
“What is this happening?Why this hide and seek andblatant violation of the ordersof this court?,” the Bench askedthe counsel appearing for thegroup and added, “You areplaying with the dignity ofthis court.”
The two auditors — Ravi
Bhatia and Pawan KumarAggarwal — appointed by thecourt to conduct forensic auditof Amrapali Group, said theyhave not yet received all thedocuments. The SC termed itas “gross violation” of thecourt’s order.
The SC was hearing a batchof petitions filed by homebuy-ers who are seeking possessionof around 42,000 flats. Whenthe group’s counsel said theyhave handed over documentsto the auditors as called for bythem, the Bench said, “You areagain telling a lie to this court.When they (auditors) are say-
ing that they have not receivedthe documents, you should bethe first person to hand overthem the documents as perorders of this court.”
The Bench also questionedas to why the group has not yethanded over account books ofthe companies to the auditors.“The flat buyers are sayingthat their money has beensiphoned off. It can easily befound out from account books.As of now, nobody knowswhere the money has gone. Youare definitely playing hide andseek with the accounts.The intent is to interferewith the process of law,”the SC said.
“Here thedesign isver y
clear. You are trying to buy timeto do something,” it said,adding, “You are doing it delib-erately. Every time you aredoing this.”
When the group’s counselsought “one last chance” fromthe court to hand over the doc-uments, the Bench said, “Wehave given you more thanenough time. We have not leftany stone unturned to makethem comply with our orders.”
The apex court observedthat account books of the groupwere finalised by their internal
and statutory audi-tors till 2015 onlyand there wereapparently norecords ofaccount booksfrom then ontill now.
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noted that as per the two audi-tors, documents of only two outof 46 firms — Amrapali Zodiacand Amrapali Princely Estates— were handed over to themdespite court’s order to provideall documents.
“We are constrained toobserve that it is not onlydeliberate non-compliance ofthe order but effort is beingmade to fritter away the docu-ments in utter violation of theorder passed by this court,” itsaid.
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BSP supremo Mayawati onTuesday asserted that the
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)will rather fight elections alonethan beg seats from theCongress. She also said theparty will not compromise“self-respect” of minorities.
Her comments assumesignificance as she had lastweek dumped the Congress tofight the upcoming Assemblypolls in three States as theCongress did not agree to partwith as many seats for the BSPas she demanded.
A BSP statement quotingher also lashed out at theCongress and the BJP, sayingthe BSP will never compromisewith the self-respect of theDalits, tribals, backwards, Muslims, otherminorities and the upper castes’poor irrespective of the “mal-ice and torture” of theGovernments run by these twoparties.
That is why the BSP hasput forth the condition ofbeing given a “respectablenumber” of seats to enter intoan electoral alliance, Mayawatisaid, according to the state-ment.
“What it clearly means thatthe BSP will not beg for seatsin any alliance. If this(respectable number of seats)does not happen, then it willcontinue to fight polls on itsown,” she said.
Speaking on the occasionof the death anniversary of theBSP founder Kanshi Ram, shesaid neither the Congress northe BJP works in the interestsof the upper castes’ poor andthe remaining majority.
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Nine workers were killedand 14 others critically
injured in a gas pipeline blastand the resultant fire at BhilaiSteel Plant on Tuesday around10.30 am, police said. About 24staffers were on work at cokeoven section at the time of the
blast, said Durg-rangeInspector General of PoliceGP Singh.
Following the blast, theproduction at the plant washalted as hundreds of workersrefused to resume work com-plaining about poor safetymeasures despite severalreminders by trade unions.The accident pulled downshares of SAIL.
Plant officials have termedas “a major incident” the blastat the sprawling complex of theSAIL plant which is India’s soleproducer and supplier for theIndian Railways.
Steel Minister ChaudharyBirender Singh said, “I haveasked for detailed informa-tion. Rescue and relief mea-sures are underway.”
According to sources,Minister of State for SteelVishnu Deo Sai, Steel SecretaryBinoy Kumar and SAILChairman Anil Chaudharyhave also left for Bhilai.
According to the officials,SAIL has spent over �18,000crore on expansion and mod-ernisation of the Bhilai plant inrecent years that includesinstallation of cutting-edgetechnologies for improvementin productivity, yield, quality,cost competitiveness, energyefficiency and environmentalprotection, but it spent meagersum on safety measures.
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In a major breakthrough, theSpecial Cell of the anti-terror
unit of Delhi Police has bust-ed an inter-State gang operat-ing in illegal fire arms. Insimultaneous raids carried outin Delhi and Meerut by theSpecial Cell sleuths, five per-sons were arrested and an ille-gal arms factory of country-made weapons, was busted. Itled to the recovery of 85 semi-automatic pistols.
The breakthrough cameafter the disclosure by Danish,an accused who was arrested byDelhi Police for gun running afew days ago.
The information providedby Danish was investigated bythe Special Cell teams andgang members involved in theillegal sale of sophisticatedarms were identified, sourcessaid.
Two arm peddlers wereapprehended by a team of theSpecial Cell when they were en
route to Haryana from Delhifor selling illegal arms. Policehave confiscated a huge cacheof illegal arms including 84semi-automatic pistols, 50 livecartridges, 40 magazines andseveral unfinished/semi-fur-nished firearms in the raids.
The accused have beenidentified as Shaidulla (37),Shabir (32), Imtiaz (29),Obayed (33) all residents ofMunger in Bihar and Nasim(25) a resident of Meerut.
“We received specificinputs regarding the accusedand their operations.Accordingly teams wereformed and raids were con-ducted in Meerut and Delhi.Sahidulla and Nasim wereintercepted while they were ontheir way to Haryana for sale ofillegal arms. In a brief exchangeof fire the duo was caught onSinghu border on NationalHighway (NH-1)”, SanjeevKumar Yadav, DeputyCommissioner of Police(DCP), Special Cell said.
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Nobody had perhapsexpected it but the
#MeToo campaign in Indiaspilled out of social mediaconversations to become agathering storm in the realworld, one which searedMinister of State for ExternalAffairs and former editor MJAkbar, over mounting com-plaints of sexual harassment atthe workplace.
In the eye of a storm fol-lowing corroboration andadmissions by an unendingstream of women journalists,there is increasing pressure onthe Government to relieve himfrom his post. With theOpposition Congress raising a
resignation demand, his boss,Union Minister of ExternalAffairs Sushma Swaraj was ina spot as mediapersons accost-ed her. Asked if there would bea probe, she refused commentand walked away.
Meanwhile, the ceaselessunspooling by complainantsforced redressal mechanisms tocrank themselves out of shapeand take strong action. The twoindustries most affected by theconfessions of abuse by men inpower, the film industry andmedia, had an actionable planin place almost overnight. Theeditors’ and film producers’guilds called for unbiasedenquiries, punishment, demo-lition of a system dependent ona hierarchical sense of entitle-
ment and ensuring a safe, gen-der-neutral workspace.
Meanwhile, theMaharashtra State Commissionfor Women issued a notice toactor Nana Patekar, asking himto respond to actress Tanushree
Dutta’s allegations of sexualharassment against him. Thiswas the first complaint that hasactually stirred up the currentstorm, with the list of serialoffenders going up to 90. Andthe National Commission of
Women started a spreadsheetprocess of compiling all casesof sexual complaints and rev-elations being made by women,cutting across sectors, and evenreaching out to survivorsthrough telephone.
All this on a day when ajournalist even called out aCoal Ministry official for offer-ing her a trip to Goa and aflight attendant named crick-eter Arjun Ranatunga as grop-ing her in a Mumbai hotel. Noting “withconcern and dismay the inci-dence of alleged sexual harass-ment and assault on womenjournalists by their male col-leagues,” the Editor’s Guild ofIndia condemned predatorypractices, particularly “when
the perpetrators also happen tobe enjoying senior or supervi-sory positions in the profes-sion.”
Lauding women journalistswho had shown courage to callout the abusers, the Editors’Guild further said that thenewsroom as a “relatively infor-mal, free-spirited and hallowedspace” must be protected. Iturged all media organisationsto hold unbiased enquiries intoall reported cases and strength-en internal processes. “Itincludes training of staff andimproving awareness, as man-dated by the law and evenbeyond. Anybody found guiltyof sexual harassment or assaultshould be punished as provid-ed in the law.”
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Bihar Deputy Chief MinisterSushil Kumar Modi found
time despite hectic officialschedule as well as social andpolitical engagements to authora book — Lalu Leela — whichis slated for release on October11 on the birth anniversary ofJayaprakash Narayan.
The 300-page book ismainly a compilation of thedetails of the properties ofRJD supremo Lalu Prasad andhis close family members.Sushil documented these offi-cial papers and used to releasethem regularly through hisPress conferences in 2016-17.
Sushil has a four-decadelong connection with Lalu asboth were products of JP’sSampoorna Kranti movement.Both studied in PatnaUniversity and were activelyinvolved in students’ unionpolitics with Lalu as its presi-dent and Sushil as the secretary.
Union Minister RaviShankar Prasad has writtenpreface of the book brought outby a Delhi publishing house.The book release function willbe attended by the Minister and
other dignitaries like RadhaMohan Singh, Giriraj Singh,Ram Kripal Yadav, ShahnawazHusain and some BiharMinisters of the BJP.
During mid-90s Sushil wasone of the Opposition leaderswho exposed the fodder scamand took Lalu to court.Currently, Lalu is in prison inconnection with the fodderscam cases.
Last year, Sushil broughtout documents related to hugeproperties and assets held inthe name of Lalu’s wife RabriDevi, sons Tejashwi PrasadYadav and Tej Pratap Yadav andhis daughters.
Most of these transactionsor transfers of the propertieswere made when Lalu wasRailway Minister during 2004-09.
In April last year as Leaderof Opposition, Sushil launcheda sustained campaign againstLalu by bringing out secret offi-cial documents about whenand how assets were transferredas gifts in the name of Lalu’skin. On papers, the donorsincluded fourth grade employ-ees of railways and those tak-ing care of Lalu’s cattle.
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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday unveiled
a 64-feet tall statue of venerat-ed Jat farmer leaderDeenbandhu Sir Chhotu Ramin Sampla at Rohtak and laud-ed his contribution for empow-ering poor and farmers in pre-Independence era.
With an eye on Lok Sabhapolls 2019 and Assembly pollsdue later next year in Haryana,the Prime Minister also usedthe occasion to highlight thepro-farmer initiatives of hisCentral Government and BJPled Haryana Government.
While addressing‘Deenbandhu Samriti Rally’ inSampla after unveiling the stat-ue, the Prime Minister beganhis speech in Haryanvi dialectlauding the progressive think-ing and political acumen ofChhotu Ram, who is a reveredfigure in Haryana’s Jat com-munity and also known as achampion of farmers’ rightduring the British colonial era.
“Today, we have unveiledthe tallest statue of Sir ChhotuRam in Haryana and onOctober 31, we will be unveil-ing the world’s tallest statue-that of Iron man SardarVallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat,”he said.
Equating the two leaders,Modi said that both ChhotuRam and Vallabhbhai Patelwere farmers and worked for thewelfare of poor and farmers.
“Sardar Vallabhbhai Patelhad once said during India’spartition that if Chaudhary
Chhotu Ram was alive, I wouldnot have worried about Punjab.Chaudhary Chhotu Ramwould have managed every-thing,” the Prime Minister saidwhile making a connectionbetween the two leaders.
In the past four years of mygovernment, we have not onlyhonoured several great leadersand personalities but have beenworking on their vision andideals, he said.
“Just like Chhotu Ram madeefforts for empowering poorand farmers, our government isalso working in this regard,” saidthe Prime Minister while high-lighting his government’s flag-ship initiatives for farmers.
Persistent steps are beingtaken for ensuring remunera-tive prices to the farmers, pro-viding hybrid seeds and ade-quate water for irrigation, headded.
About Haryana, Modi said50 lakh Soil Health Cards(SHC) has been issued to the
farmers to ensure that farmersget the benefit of seasonalcrops. Apart from this, claimamount of Rs 350 crore hasbeen distributed among thefarmers on account of cropdamage due to natural calami-ties. Water has reached to eventhose tail ends in the statewhich were deprived of waterfor last about 30 years, he said.
Referring to the memo-randum between six states forthe construction of LakhwarDam, he said that this wouldbenefit Haryana immensely.
On the pattern of MandiAct got enacted byDeenbandhu Chhotu Ramnine-ten decades back forensuring remunerative prices tothe farmers, the presentGovernment has launched anew scheme namely “PradhanMantri Annadata AaySanraksHan Abhiyan” (PM-AASHA).
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In its campaign to douse theproblem of stubble burning,
Punjab Government has nowmade its employees accountableto check the menace. TheGovernment has issued detailedinstructions to the entire staff ofdepartments, boards, or corpo-rations, and cooperative societiesmaking them accountable forburning any paddy straw on thefarms owned or cultivated bythem.
The state nodal officer ofanti-stubble burning campaignKahan Singh Pannu informedthat Punjab Government hasissued instructions to all depart-ments that in addition to ensur-ing that they themselves do notindulge in straw burning, theseemployees have also been direct-ed to create awareness amongstthe farmers about the ill-effectsof stubble burning causing irre-versible damage to nature, envi-ronment and human health.
He said that in case anyemployee fails to comply withthese directions, disciplinaryproceedings would be initiatedagainst such delinquent employ-ees.
“These officials have alsobeen mandated to bring to the
notice of the concerned author-ities about any incident of stub-ble burning across the state,” hesaid.
Notably, the StateGovernment has alreadyembarked upon a programmefor management of paddy straw,without burning, by the farmers.As many as 24,315 subidizedagro-machines or equipmentsare being supplied to the farm-ers, Cooperative Societies andCustom Hiring Centres toachieve zero burning of paddystraw.
About 8,000 village levelnodal officers have been deput-ed to create awareness againststubble burning amongst farm-ers.
Paddy is grown on 65 lakhacres of land in Punjab. Afterharvesting paddy, about 20 mil-lion tonnes of paddy straw is leftin the fields to be managed bythe farmers before sowing thenext Rabi crops. It is estimatedthat 15 million tonnes of paddystraw is burnt by farmers forearly and easy clearance of thefields.
Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh had recentlywritten a letter to the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi seek-ing Rs 100 per quintal as com-
pensation only for those farm-ers who abstain from burningpaddy residue under the StateGovernment’s ambitious pro-gramme for management ofpaddy straw.
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira onTuesday slammed CaptAmarinder Singh led PunjabGovernment for “vindictively”penalising farmers for stubbleburning to hide its own failureon the issue.
Deploring Amritsar DistrictAdministration for challaning101 farmers in the past threedays for flouting the ban onburning of crop residue in theirfields, Khaira said that theAdministration has imposed afine of Rs 2.56 lakhs on the farm-ers for no fault of theirs.
“Although I stand for cleanenvironment and do not supportburning of stubble, but thefarmers have no option, as theGovernment has completelyfailed to provide machinery,subsidy or financial assistance tothem to consume the straw inthe fields instead of burning,” hesaid.
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Former Haryana ChiefMinister Bhupinder Singh
Hooda, who is a member ofCongress’ manifesto committee
for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, metfarmers from Haryana andPunjab on Tuesday here toseek their suggestions.
The meeting was held onthe day when the Prime
Minister Narendra Modiunveiled the statue of Jat-farmerleader Sir Chhotu Ram inHooda’s bastion Rohtak.
On the same day, Hooda’sdetractor Haryana Congresschief Ashok Tanwar alsolaunched party’s Jan SamparkAbhiyan ahead of the LokSabha polls 2019.
After the meeting withfarmers from the two states,Hooda, while talking to themediapersons said that we havedecided to seek suggestionsfrom farmers of Uttar Pradesh,Haryana and Punjab so thattheir problems could beaddressed by the party.
In this regard, a meetingwith the farmers of Punjaband Haryana was held here andthey gave suggestions includingcomplete loan waiver, buying ofentire produce of farmers andfixing MSP as per recommen-dations of Swaminathan report,providing financial assistanceand equipments to famers toresolve problem of stubbleburning, removing GST on agriequipments and bringing petroland diesel under GST, resolvingthe problem of stray animals,pension for farmers, free facil-ity of power and water amongothers, said the two-time for-mer Chief Minister.
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Undeterred by the strictstance adopted by the
Punjab Government, the jointteachers’ union continued theirprotest for the third day atPatiala — the home con-stituency of Chief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh.
The State EducationMinister on late Mondayevening issued suspensionorders of five protesting teach-ers.
Protesting against theCongress-led PunjabGovernment’s “offer” for regu-larising teachers’ job with amassive salary cut, no less than150 teachers, from joint teach-ers’ union of RashtriyaMadhayamik Siksha Abhiyaan(RMSA) and Sarva SikhshaAbhiyaan (SSA), have startedprotest dharna since Sunday
evening at Patiala, while 11 oth-ers are sitting on fast-unto-death.
Taking string note of theprevailing situation, the ChiefMinister has sought a detailedreport of the ongoing agitationfrom the Education MinisterOP Soni.
It has been learnt that theChief Minister has expressedconcern over the manner inwhich the teachers have beenprotesting, and the way theEducation Department is deal-ing with the situation includingthe suspension of five teachers,out of which three hails fromPatiala.
On the other hand,Education Minister Soni isfirm on his stand and wantedthe teachers to join their duties.“No work, no pay,” he made itclear to the protesting teachers,while at the same time, blam-ing the union leaders of “insti-gating the teachers”.
“Teachers have the right toprotest and can do so on non-working days...I have no objec-tion. But if they will lodgeprotest during working days,action will be taken. They can-not play with students’ future,”said Soni.
The Minister maintainedthat only a small section ofteachers is opposing the gov-ernment’s decision regardingtheir regularisation. “It is onlythe union leaders who areopposing the decision andinstigating others, while mostof the teachers are fine with thedecision,” said Soni.
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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal on Tuesday
requested the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to inauguratethe remaining section ofKundli Manesar Palwal (KMP)Expressway, the work onwhich is likely to be complet-ed within one month.
“Manesar Palwal section ofthe expressway has alreadybeen completed and madefunctional,” said Manohar Lalwhile addressing theDeenbandhu Samriti Rally inSampla at Rohtak,
The State Government hasplanned to organize a megarally on November 1 in CM’sconstituency Karnal and anumber of projects includingKMP will be inaugurated onthe occasion. The rally wouldbe held on Haryana Day,November 1 to celebrate thecompletion of four yearstenure of BJP led HaryanaGovernment.
The Chief Minister, whileblaming the previous govern-ment in the state for delayingthe KMP project, said that thepresent State Government hasfast-tracked the work on theproject which was stalled forlast several years.
He said that the StateGovernment has also decidedto develop Panch Gram Yojanaalong the expressway.
Manohar Lal said thatduring his last visit the PrimeMinister had also announcedto rename Garhi Sampla vil-lage as Chhotu Ram Nagar.
Recalling the contributionmade by Deenbandhu Chhotu
Ram, the Chief Minister saidthat the great farmer leaderhad undertaken various wel-fare works for the upliftmentof villagers, labourers andfarmers.
He said that DeenbandhuChhotu Ram had got imple-mented the rule of 8-hourwork for labourers and one-day holiday for traders.
Following the vision ofDeenbandhu Chhotu Ram,the present Government hadlaunched Pradhan MantriFasal Bima Yojana andBhavantar Bharpayee Yojanafor the welfare of farmers. Asa result of the welfare policiesand schemes of the govern-ment, the state has been mov-ing ahead at both national andinternational level, ManoharLal said.
Highlighting his govern-ment’s initiatives, he said thata provision is being made forthe registry of property lyingwithin ‘laal dora’ in villages.Apart from this, the StateGovernment has also abol-ished ‘remand pratha’ in theinterest of farmers so thatthey would not have to makefrequent rounds of theRevenue Courts to get theirland-related issues settled, hesaid.
Manohar Lal added thatthe state also ensured trans-parency in government jobsand now youth were gettingjobs on merit basis.
Speaking on the occasion,Union Steel Minister BirenderSingh, the grandson of SirChhotu Ram thanked thePrime Minister for making thefarmers financially strong.
He said that DeenbandhuChhotu Ram had resolved towork for the welfare of poor,
farmers, people belonging toScheduled Castes andBackward Classes. It was
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ramwho raised voice for minimumsupport prices for crops, he
added.Birendrer Singh said that
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ramenvisioned the Bhakra Damand today the farmers ofPunjab, Haryana andRajasthan are getting sufficientwater.
The former Congress vet-eran Birender Singh hadswitched to BJP during the
Lok Sabha polls 2014.Others present on the
occasion included HaryanaGovernor Satyadeo NarainArya, Himachal PradeshGovernor Acharya Devvrat,Jammu and KashmirGovernor Satya Pal Malik,Union Minister of State forSocial Justice andEmpowerment Krishan Pal
Gurjar, Finance Minister Capt.Abhimanyu, Agriculture andFarmers’ Welfare Minister OPDhankar, Education MinisterRam Bilas Sharma among oth-ers.
Congress MP fromRohtak, Deepender Hoodaalso attended the event ofunveiling of statue of ChhotuRam.
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On his visit to Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alsolaid the foundation stone of Rail Coach Refurbishing and
Rehabilitation Factory in Barhi area of Sonepat district on Tuesday. The factory would be built on 163 acres of land given by the
State Government in Barhi, Sonepat. In this Rail Coach Factory,along with new coaches, beautification of old coaches would alsobe done.
The Prime Minister while addressing the rally said that RailCoach Factory which would come in village Barhi at a cost ofRs 500 crore would give impetus to the industrial developmentof Haryana and also provide employment opportunities to theyouth.
He said that with the setting up of Rail Coach Factory, 250coaches of passenger train would be repaired and modernizedevery year. There would be no need to send such train coachesto far off factories for their upkeep. This would help increasingthe availability of passenger coaches and the passengers wouldbe able to get the facility of modern coaches, he said.
Modi further said that the material including sheets, fans,fitting required for this Rail Coach Factory would be made avail-able at the local level which would benefit the industries ofHaryana.
He said that this would also assist local engineers and tech-nicians in enhancing their expertise in the field of rail coach fac-tory. These experts would also be able to render their special-ized services in the other parts of the country in the times to come,he added.
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wheat and sugarcane has beenincreased, Modi added.
He also claimed that the gov-ernment has worked to provideeasy credit and banking servicesto farmers.
The Prime Minister furthersaid that it was due to the visionof Sir Chhotu Ram, who initiat-ed the Bhakra Dam hydroelec-tric project in the 1940s thatfarmers of Punjab, Haryana andRajasthan benefitted for manyyears.
Further citing Sir ChhotuRam’s contributions, Modi said,“Time and again, our countryhas produced great personalitieswho have contributed immense-ly towards building India. SirChhotu Ram is one such per-
sonality.”“There is no village in
Haryana, which did not have therepresentation in our armedforces and the credit for thisachievement goes toDeenbandhu Chhotu Ram as hemotivated the farmers to join theArmy during the British rule,” headded. The Prime Minister alsoappreciated the StateGovernment for achieving thestatus of open defecation freeespecially to the MaharashiDayanand University which hasachieved first rank in theSwachhta Survey.
The state has made aremarkable progress under theambitious Beti Bachao BetiPadhao program and the daugh-ters of Haryana continue tomake the country and the stateproud at international platforms,Modi added.
During his address whichlasted for around 20 minutes, thePrime Minister also called uponthe people to work unitedly forbuilding a new nation as thiswould be a real tribute toDeenbandhu Chhotu Ram.
He concluded his speech by
extending congratulations inadvance to the people of the stateon the occasion of Haryana Dayon November 1.
Earlier after unveiling thestatue of Chhotu Ram, Modipaid floral tribute to the peasantleader and visited a museumbuilt in his memory.
Renowned sculptor andPadma Bhushan-recipient RamVanji Sutar had sculpted the 64-foot-tall statue. As many as 5,500farmers of the state had donat-ed around half kg to 2 kg ironmetal for the construction of thisstatue.
Sir Chhotu Ram, who wasborn on November 24, 1881, wasregarded as a messiah of peasantsand was instrumental in empow-ering farmers in pre-Independence era and gettingpro-farmers law enacted.
The unveiling of the statueassumes significance as elec-tions to Lok Sabha and HaryanaAssembly are slated next year.With Tuesday’s event, the rulingBJP is hoping to appease theinfluential Jat community, whichhave recently stepped up itsante against the BJP Governmentover the key demand of reser-vation.
The Jats, which constitutenearly 29 percent of Haryana’spopulation, had provided theBJP the necessary traction to reg-ister its maiden victory inOctober 2014 assembly polls aswell winning 7 out of 10 LokSabha seats earlier that year.
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Faced with criticism from theopposition parties and stu-
dents’ outfits for conductingindirect elections to students’unions in Universities andColleges of Haryana, theManohar Lal KhattarGovernment’s stand on the elec-tion issue seems to be fluctuat-ing with every passing hour.
After creating a lot of con-fusion and issuing separatedirections thrice related to thestudents’ unions polls onTuesday, the State Governmentfinally announced to hold thesepolls on October 17.
A communication fromAdditional Chief Secretary,
Higher Education Departmentwas sent to 13 Universities onTuesday morning for conduct-ing the students’ union polls onOctober 17. However, only a fewminutes later, another emailwas sent to the Universitiesstating that the communica-tion was sent wrongly and inad-vertently and may be considerednull and void.
Known for its faux pas inofficial orders, the StateGovernment, then issued anoth-er order for the third time, stat-ing that the previous commu-nication sent may not be treat-ed as withdrawn and the elec-tions will be held on October 17.The notification for holding thestudent union elections will be
issued by the concerned affili-ating university in due course oftime with all the details, statedthe third order sent to allPrincipals of Government,Government Aided and SFSDegree Colleges.
Various students’ organisa-tions of Haryana, including theNSUI, AIDSO, INSO and oth-ers have announced to protestagainst the State Government’smove to hold indirect elections.
Reacting to the govern-ment’s orders, Digvijay SinghChautala, Indian NationalStudent Organization (INSO)chief said that we will not allowthe conduct of indirect elec-tions to students’ unions inHaryana.
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Even as Gujarat Chief MinisterVijay Rupani demanded that the
Congress should take action againstits MLA Alpesh Thakor for spread-ing hatred, Congress presidentRahul Gandhi sought to target theBJP dispensation saying that theattacks on the migrant workforce inGujarat are not good for businessand the economy and that theGovernment must act decisively torestore peace and ensure safety ofevery Indian.
In a Facebook post, Rahul said"poor'" economic policies, demon-etisation and a "poorly-imple-mented" GST has led to closure offactories and rise in unemploymentthat is being manifested in violentattacks on migrants across Gujarat.He said there is growing frustrationand anger with the Government's"inability" to create jobs.
"Across Gujarat, poor econom-ic policies, demonetisation andpoorly executed GST have devas-tated industry resulting in shuttingdown of factories and industrialunits, leading to massive unem-ployment. Amongst the youth there
is growing frustration and angerwith the Government's inability tocreate jobs. This anger and frustra-tion is being manifested in violentattacks on migrants, across thestate of Gujarat," the Congresspresident said in his post.
The Congress chief said themigrant workforce is "critical to oureconomic growth" and attacks onthem create an environment offear and insecurity that isn't goodfor business and economy".
"The Government must actdecisively, and do all it can torestore peace and to ensure the safe-ty of every Indian," he also said.
New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday directeddoctors of a super-specialityhospital here to furnish areport whether Uttar Pradeshpolitician D P Yadav, facing lifeterm in the MLA murder case,was fit to undergo spinalsurgery and cautioned himagainst taking any "undueadvantage".
Yadav was awarded lifeimprisonment by a DehradunCBI court in 2015 for his rolein the murder of MahendraSingh Bhati, an MLA fromGhaziabad's Dadri area. Thelawmaker was shot dead atDadri railway crossing inDecember 1992.
A bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi, whichhad earlier granted an interimbail for 15 days to Yadav forundergoing pre-operationtests, today took strong note ofthe fact that the tests have notbeen done as he was having
viral fever and warned that itwould send him to jail.
"Please don't take undueadvantage. We will send youback to jail. We do not want tocomment on the doctors. Youare having viral fever and whatare you taking — Paracetamoland Betadine," said the bench,also comprising Jutices S KKaul and K M Joseph.
The bench, which has nowfixed the matter on October 12,said the doctors of YashodaSuperspeciality Hospital atGhaziabad would certify thesaid fact that Yadav was in a fitcondition to undergo spinalsurgery and then appropriateorders will be passed.
It also said if doctors saythat he was not fit to undergothe surgery then the accusedwill have to go back to jail.
The bench said that itwould grant Yadav bail oncethe date of surgery is fixed bythe doctors.
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Accused by the BJP of instigatingattacks against migrant North
India workers, Congress MLAAlpesh Thakor on Tuesday claimedthat labourers belonging to UP andBihar left the State for their ChhathPuja festival — a bizarre claimsince this festival is weeks away.
Denying Thakor's claims,Mahadev Jha, president of BiharGujarat Maitri Sangh, said that inthe past four days nearly 1 lakhlabourers have left the State out offear of being attacked. Jha main-tained that generally the workerswould go to their States after takingDiwali bonus.
The exodus of Hindi-speakingworkers, mainly belonging to UttarPradesh and Bihar, continued onTuesday despite the arrest of 530persons for attacking migrantlabourers working in highly indus-trialised districts of Gujarat.
Jha and other leaders fromNorth Indian community settled inGujarat met Gujarat Chief MinisterVijay Rupani and demanded sternaction against those elements whoare spreading terror amongst themigrant labourers.
For his part, Minister of State for
Home Pradeep Sinh Jadeja claimedthat the State Government wasmonitoring the situation closelyand as a result of quick action takenby the police there was not a singleincident of attack on migrants overthe past 72 hours.
Not a single person responsiblefor spreading hatred among migrantand local people would be spared,assured Jadeja hinting that as manyas 20 persons were arrested underthe IT Act. Those arrested includ-ed Thakor Sena's media convenorRahul Parmar.
"Names of the leaders would beannounced in couple of days.Analysis of their call details is goingon," he said adding that as of now61 cases of attack on migrant labour-ers were registered. LambastingAlpesh Thakor, Gujarat's DeputyCM Nitin Patel said that theCongress MLA was responsible for
instigating his supporters to attackon non-Gujarati labourers over theissue of rape on 14-month-old girl.Gujarat BJP president Jitu Vaghanitoo came down heavily onOpposition party for disturbingpeace in the state in the name ofregions.
Talking to media persons,Thakor said that the ruling BJP wasplaying dirty politics against him ashe never appealed his supporters toattack the migrant workers. "If suchkind of politics will continue againstme, I would not hesitate to resign asMLA. If I am guilty, put me behindthe bars," he said.
Meanwhile, in a letter to GujaratChief Minister, the GujaratChamber of Commerce and indus-try (GCCI) chief, Jaimin Vasa,urged for the safety of migrantworkers, who are working in indus-tries across the State.
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As a panicked workforce fromUP and Bihar made its journey
back home in the light of incidentsof violence against them in Gujarat,the BJP on Tuesday blamedCongress president Rahul Gandhiand Congress MLA from GujaratAlpesh Tahkor for violence againstthe Hindi-speaking people in thestate.
An estimated 50,000 Hindi-speaking migrants from UP andBihar have fled Gujarat after theycame under attack in differentparts of Gujarat, particularly inindustrial estates and places wherethe migrant workforce stays.
Since the rape of a 14-month-old girl in Sabarkantha district onSeptember 28 and the arrest of alabourer hailing from Bihar for thecrime, six districts, most of them innorth Gujarat, have witnessed vio-lence.
BJP spokesman Sambit Patraclaimed that Congress MLA AlpeshThakor was fomenting attacks onmigrants and sought his dismissalfrom the party.
Patra said that in desperation tolaunch the political career of Rahulhis party has engaged in a conspir-
acy to create division and confusionin different communities in thecountry. He alleged that there wasa pattern to what Congress is doingand cited instances of violence inBhima-Koregaon in Maharashtra,violence in Mandsaur in MadhyaPradesh and "support" to Urban-Naxals by the Opposition party.
He alleged that Congress pres-ident appointed Thakor as deputy-in-charge of Bihar and the latterorchestrated attacks againstmigrants from Bihar in Gujarat. Hesaid 30 Congressmen were arrest-ed by the Gujarat police who heclaimed had instigated violenceagainst the Hindi speaking work-force.
The BJP leader said over a peri-od Rahul was creating confusion inthe country to promote himself.The party has failed to launch hiscareer even though it has used allmethods at its hand. People haverefused to accept his leadership andRahul has "no substance", Patra saidadding that people will give a fittingreply to him and his party duringthe elections.
BJP also showed a short videofilm where Congress leaders in dif-ferent States were purportedly seeninstigating violence.
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If left uncontrolled, then for-est fires in the country threat-
en to engulf India's dream toexpand its forest and tree coverby 2030 to create an addition-al carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 bil-lion tons of CO2 equivalent.Also, forest fires in India causean annual loss of �1,101 crore.
A joint report by theUnion Environment Ministryand World Bank, which wasreleased on Tuesday here,pointed out that every year,forest fires occur in around halfof India's 647 districts and innearly all the States with thosein Northeast region accountingfor the greatest share of firedetections. However, thelargest area affected by fire isin the Central region, thereport on 'Strengthening ForestFire Management in India',noted.
Of the 1,41,747 forest firesbetween 2003 and 2016, 13,453
(9.49 per cent) occurred inLunglei district of Mizoramalone. In central India,Gadhchiroli in Maharashtrahad the largest area affected byforest fire - almost 4106 squarekilometers and 8.24 per cent ofthe share of burnt area, fol-lowed by Bijapur inChhattisgarh at 2,633 squarekilometers (5.29 per cent) andKhammam in Telangana at1923 square kilometers (3.86per cent), said the report.
In India, one estimateshows that nearly 49,000 squarekilometers of forests — an arealarger than the size of Haryana— were burned in 2014 alone(a mild year compared to oth-ers in the recent past), it men-tioned.
Percentagewise, just 20 dis-tricts (mostly located in theNortheast) account for over 40percent of all forest fires detect-ed between 2003 and 2016while 20 districts (mainly inCentral India) account for
about 48 per cent of the totalfire-affected area.
Besides seeking to under-stand how forest fires are deter-ring India's efforts to meet itsclimate change goals, thereport also analysed patternsand trends of forest fires inIndia.
"Forest fires are a challengeacross many countries. Theylead to the loss of lives andlivelihoods for people directlydependent on forest produce.This report discusses policieson forest fire prevention andmanagement and underscoresthe need for better fire pre-vention practices and a well-equipped and trained work-force to fight fires," said JunaidAhmad, World Bank CountryDirector in India.
After the release of thereport, Union EnvironmentMinister Harsh Vardhan calledfor "aggressive strategy" thatcan help in controlling forestfires.
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The National Investigation Agency(NIA) on Tuesday conducted
searches at 15 places in Ranchi,Hazaribagh and Jamshedpur inJharkhand and Durgapur in WestBengal in a Naxal funding case andrecovered cash worth nearly �1 crorein Indian and foreign currency.
"On 09.10.2018, NIA conductedsearches at 15 locations in Jharkhandand West Bengal in connection withLWE Terror funding case. Fifteenteams of NIA assisted by Jharkhandpolice carried out searches at the res-idences and offices of managers ofdifferent companies associated withpurchase and transport of coal inAmrapali and Magadh coalfields fortheir alleged role in providing fundsto (banned) LWE organisation TPC(Tritiya Prastuti Committee)," theNIA said in a statement.
During searches, the NIAclaimed to have seized incriminatingmaterials. Seized documents relate topayments made to Amrapali and
Magadh Area Committee of TPC,bank account details and fixeddeposits, deduction of levy amount,computers, hard discs, mobiles con-taining accounts of companies, diariescontaining entries of money paid toTPC and PLFI (Peoples LiberationFront of India), cash worth �68 lacsbesides 10,000 Singapore dollars and$1300 along with �86,000 demone-tised currency notes.
The case was initially registeredby the Jharkhand police on January11, 2016 at Tandwa police station inChatra district of the State for extor-tion/Levy collection/money laun-dering by Naxal cadres in Jharkhandand Bihar. The NIA took over thecase on February 16 this year fol-lowing a reference from CounterTerrorism and CounterRadicalisation Division of the UnionHome Ministry.
The case was booked under var-ious Sections of the Indian PenalCode and relevant provisions of theIndian Arms Act and UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act.
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Congress on Tuesday got an opportu-nity to attack Union Minister for Road
Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari forthe second time in recent months for hisvirtual admission of tall promises by BJPin run up to the 2014 general elections.
Gadkari in a TV show in Marathi,admitted that the BJP made tall promis-es ahead of Lok Sabha elections in 2014.
Congress president Rahul Gandhiwas quick to share the video of the featurewhich also had Bollywood actor NanaPatekar in the show. Gadkari is heard say-ing that the BJP was sure that they wouldnot be able to come to power...."So ourpeople suggested to make tall promises.If we do not come to power, we would notbe responsible anyways. Now the problemis that people have voted us to power."Following this Gadkari and Patekar alsoshare lighter moments on this statement.
"Now people remind us of our promis-es...we just laugh and move on," theMinister says.
Further in a different question,Gadkari also admitted that there is a needfor the BJP to be more open and trans-parent.
Earlier in August this year, Gadkari
received praise by the Gandhi scionwhich, however, was filled with sarcasm.
Reacting to a news report then, Rahulposted that the quote was correct. He wasreplying to questions on the Maratha agi-tation for job quota: "Where are the jobs?"
Rahul Gandhi tweeted: "Excellentquestion, Gadkariji".
"Let us assume the reservation isgiven. But there are no jobs. Because inbanks, the jobs have shrunk because of IT(information technology). TheGovernment recruitment is frozen. Whereare the jobs?" Gadkari had asked, respond-ing to reporters' questions.
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Brahmos scientist NishantAgrawal, arrested by Uttar
Pradesh Anti-TerrorismSquad (ATS), was communi-cating with two FacebookIDs from IP addresses ofBahria town of Islamabad inPakistan.
The two Facebook IDswere identified in the pseudonames of Roopa Khanna andJaspreet Kaur. Agrawal's firstalleged communication, inter-cepted on Facebook, withPakistan women beganbetween April 2 and 6 thisyear. The log-in locations ofthe Pakistani IDs wereallegedly changed five times,sources in the security agen-cies said.
"Their discussions alleged-ly began on strike weapons tonuclear warheads and subma-rine ballistic missiles, devel-oped by Lockheed MartinSpace and those used by RoyalNavy. The two IDs were kept'private' in the profile settingson their Facebook page," theysaid.
However, to add "authen-ticity" of the communicationswith Agrawal, Khanna andKaur held video calls with theBrahmos engineer andengaged him on topics relat-ed to design, standard oper-ating procedure (SOP) involv-ing various missile systemsused by India and implemen-tation of SOPs of several mis-siles used inside and outsideIndia, the sources furthersaid.
The two Pakistani womencreated their fake Facebook IDsand posted CVs on LinkedIn.The duo followed top scientistsand allegedly temptedAgrawal, who too openly
boasted about his profile onLinkedIn.The most recent chatbetween them was till twodays before Aggarwal's arreston Monday.
The agencies are trying tofind out if any financial trans-action was involved duringthese chats or any classifiedmaterial was transmitted by theaccused scientist.
"While BrahMos has com-pleted 20 supersonic years, I gotblessed with 'Young ScientistAward' from the hands ofSecretary Defence R&D andChairman DRDO, HisExcellency RussianAmbassador to India andBrahMos CEO&MD," readAgrawal's last FB post.
Intelligence officials track-ing the developments said theUP ATS might have jumpedthe gun as the State police isyet to gather any evidence tosuggest any suspect transac-tions between the accusedand the Pakistani honey trap-pers.
Another official said thecase may head the ISRO spyingcase way unless prosecutableevidence is collected during thecourse of ongoing investigationinto the case.
Agrawal was posted as asystems engineer at theNagpur-based missile researchcentre of Brahmos AerospacePrivate Ltd., a joint venturebetween India's DefenceResearch and DevelopmentOrganisation and Russia'sMilitary IndustrialConsortium.
He was arrested in a jointoperation by the ATS ofMaharashtra and UP onMonday on charges of spyingfor Pakistan's covert agencyInter-Services Intelligence(ISI).
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singhon Tuesday said terrorists are
pushing their "limits" and "under-pants" to attack global civil aviationoperations even as he recalled the 2009"underwear bomber", who attempted toblow up an Amsterdam-Detroit flightmid-air.
Speaking at a seminar on aviationsecurity, Singh reminded the top secu-rity brass that security of 40 small air-ports and heliports should be ensuredand cannot be ignored. "The civil avi-ation sector is highly sensitive and highprofile in nature. It also gets worldwideattention when hit by any attack. Often
these incidents have geopolitical ram-ifications," he said after inaugurating atwo-day seminar on 'international avi-
ation security' here."The case of the shoe bomber in
2001, the use of liquid explosives inLondon in 2006 and the case of theunderwear bomber in Amsterdam in2009, clearly indicate that terrorists arepushing the limits and even theirunderpants to hit the aviation sector,"Singh said.
The minister also asked aviationsecurity agencies in the country toundertake "perspective planning" tothwart possible terror-like threats toaviation facilities. Security agenciessuch as the CISF should undertake"untiring and sincere efforts to main-tain fool-proof security" at airports,which are thronged by lakhs of travel-
ers daily, Singh said. The seminar is being organised by
the Central Industrial Security Force(CISF), a federal force that guards 60civil airports at present. It is beingattended by delegates from 18 countriesand several airlines.
Officials said here has been a talkof deploying CISF personnel at airportsunder the RCS or UDAN scheme, no"final decision" has been taken. Thesefacilities continue to be guarded by statepolice forces, which are not as profes-sional as the central force, in render-ing aviation security duties, they said.
Singh said it was essential to inno-vate and think new to meet evolvingthreats to aviation security.
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Defending its decision tohold bypolls to three Lok
Sabha seats in Karnataka, theElection Commission (EC) onTuesday said the decision is inaccordance with theRepresentation of the PeopleAct, 1951, which mandates thepoll body to fill the vacanciesthrough bypoll within sixmonths.
The controversy eruptedafter the EC announced bypollsin Bellary(ST), Shimoga andMandya in Karnataka onNovember 3 but did notannounce bypolls in five LokSabha seats in Andhra Pradesh.
In its clarification, the ECsaid Section 151 A of theRepresentation of the PeopleAct, 1951 mandates it to fill thecasual vacancies in the Housesof Parliament and state legisla-tures through bye electionswithin six months from the dateof occurrence of the vacancy,provided that the remainder of
the term of a member in rela-tion to a vacancy is one year ormore. The term of the 16th LokSabha is upto June 3, 2019.
The EC said vacanciesfrom Bellary (ST), Shimogaand Mandya constituencies ofKarnataka occurred on May 18and May 21, 2018 respectively,whereas vacancies from the fiveparliamentary constituenciesfrom Andhra Pradesh occurredon June 20.
"As the vacancies fromKarnataka have occurred morethan one year before the expi-ration of the term of House, byeelections are required to beheld under Section 151A of R PAct 1951 to fill these vacancieswithin six months from the dateof occurrence of vacancies, thatis 18th and 21st May, 2018. Inthe case of vacancies fromAndhra Pradesh, there is noneed to hold bye elections as theremaining term of the LokSabha is less than one year fromthe date of occurrence of vacan-cies that is 20th June, 2018, EC
said in a statement.Following the announce-
ment, political parties in thestate, while welcoming theschedule for Assembly by-polls,expressed "surprise" about thedecision to hold by-elections tothree Lok Sabha seats. Severalpolitical leaders raised questionsabout Lok Sabha bypolls beingannounced in Karnataka, whilenot doing the same for seats inneighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
The by-elections had beennecessitated after BJP's B SYeddyurappa (Shimoga) and BSriramalu (Bellary), and C SPuttaraju of JD(S) (Mandya)resigned as MPs on their elec-tion to the assembly in May last.Bypolls to Jamkhandi Assemblyseat was necessitated followingthe death of Congress MLASiddu Nyamagouda, whileRamanagara fell vacant as ChiefMinister H D Kumaraswamygave up the seat and retainedChannapatna, the other seg-ment won by him in theAssembly elections.
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An early morning arrest ofthe editor of a Tamil week-
ly in connection with analleged defamation case andthe court’s refusal to therequest of the police for hisjudicial custody has sent shockwaves across the social andpolitical circles in Chennai.
Gopal, known popularly asNakeeran Gopal, editor of theweekly Nakeeran, was arrestedby a team of police officialsfrom Chennai airport earlyTuesday, from where he was tofly off to Pune. He was broughtto Chindradipet police stationand grilled for some time.Though he was presented bythe police in a local court witha request to remand him injudicial custody, the judgerejected the plea by the police.
Though no reason for thearrest was forthcoming, one ofthe police officials who was amember of the team that tookGopal into custody said that hewas picked up in connectionwith a complaint by Raj Bhavan
in Chennai for an article pub-lished in the April issue of hisweekly which portrayed theRaj Bhavan staff in poor light.The article had alleged thatNirmal Devi, an assistant pro-fessor from Tirunelveli districtwho was arrested by the policeon charges of enticing her girlstudents for sexual favours , wasworking for the Raj Bhavan staffin Chennai.
Nirmala Devi, who wasarrested following complaintsfrom some of the girl studentsis still in judicial custody. Leadersof all political parties barring theAIADMK and the BJP had con-demned the arrest of Gopal.
In another incident, aChennai-based journalistalleged on a social media sitethat national award winningpoet Vairamuthu had sexuallymolested a woman who wasworking with him. The victimin messages to the journalist hadstated that Vairamuthu hadmisbehaved with her when shewent to work with him in a pro-
ject in his office-cum-residence.The posting by the journal-
ist says that the message was sentto her by the victim herself. Thewords of the victim were post-ed in the site sans her name. “Irespected him as he is a legend,famous poet and national awardwinner. In the pretext of explain-ing lyrics, he came to me,hugged me and kissed me. I didnot know what to do. I said Oksir, thank you and ran away fromhis house”, said the posting.
The victim further statedthat people were asked to meethim at his Kodambakkam resi-dence (a Chennai suburb oncefamous for film and recordingstudios). “I have shuddered beingalone in a room with him thoughmy work gave me more instanceswhere I had to work with him.”
The victim got a moralebooster when ace singerChinmayi Sripada joined thebandwagon accusingVairamuthu in harshest of words.“The industry knows. The menknow. The time is bloody up,”tweeted Chinmayi. Two moreleading actresses too came out insupport of the victim.
She further stated that thewhole industry knew thatVairamuthu was a “predator”and people were scared toexpose him due to his politicalconnections. “He had alleged-ly used these connections tosilence his other victims,” saysthe message posted by thejournalist.
Vairamuthu had beenhonoured with PadmaBhushan by the President ofIndia in 2014 and has won thenational award for the best lyri-cist a record number of seventimes.
Early this year, the poet,who was close to late DMKchief M Karunanidhi hadearned the wrath of SanghParivar organisations foralleged derogatory remarksagainst Andal, one of the 12Vaishavite Saints. The poet hasnot responded to the charges atthe time of going to Press.
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The Supreme Court onTuesday decl ined an
urgent hearing on a pleaseeking review of its verdictallowing women of all agegroups entr y into theSabarimala temple.
A bench comprisingChief Justice Ranjan Gogoi,Justices SK Kaul and KMJoseph considered the sub-mission of Shylaja Vijayan,president, National AyyappaDevotees Association,through lawyer Mathews JNedumpara, which contend-ed that the f ive-judgeConstitution bench verdictlifting the ban was "absolute-ly untenable and irrational".
"It will be listed in duecourse," the bench said,adding that in any case, thereview petition will be heardin chamber and not in opencourt.
The lawyer, appearing forthe Devotees Association, alsosought a stay on the verdictand said the temple would beopening on October 16 forpilgrimage.
The bench, however, saidthe review petition can onlybe taken up after the
Dussehra vacation.Besides the Association,
another petition seekingreview of the September 28verdict of the apex court hasalso been filed by the NairService Society (NSS).
A five-judge constitutionbench headed by then ChiefJustice Dipak Misra, had in its4:1 verdict, said banning theentry of women into theshrine is gender discrimina-tion and that the practice vio-lates rights of Hindu women.
The review petition filedby Vijayan submitted that,"Faith cannot be judged byscientific or rationale rea-sons or logic".
"The notion that thejudgment under review isrevolutionary, one whichremoves the stigma or theconcept of dirt or pollutionassociated with menstrua-tion, is unfounded.
It is a judgment welcomedby hypocrites who were aspir-ing for media headlines.
On the merits of the case,as well, the said judgment isabsolutely untenable and irra-tional, if not perverse," thepetition submitted.
The second petition filedby NSS, an organisation forthe uplift and welfare of the
Nair community, said as thedeity is a 'Naist ikaBrahmachari, females beforethe age of 10 and after the ageof 50 years are eligible to wor-ship him and there is nopractice of excluding wor-ship by females.
"Hence, the delay or waitfor 40 years to worship can-not be considered as exclu-sionary and it is an error oflaw on the face of the judge-ment," the plea said.
The NSS said many essen-tial religious practices will berendered void and the religionitself may be rendered out ofexistence if the generalground of equality underArticle 14 is resorted to andthe essential religious prac-tices are tested on the princi-ple of rationality.
"Review judgment andorder...On the ground that itis unconstitutional and voidinasmuch as it is vitiated byerrors apparent on the face ofthe record; that it is withoutjurisdiction or in excess ofjurisdiction, that it is in vio-lation of principles of natur-al justice and that it is in vio-lation of express constitu-tional provisions,"the plea filed by the devoteesassociation said.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Rattledby protests by OppositionCongress, BJP and variousorganisations against theGovernment's decision toimplement the apex court ver-dict on Sabarimala, the rulingCPI(M) in Kerala on Tuesdaylaunched 'visadheekaranam'(explanatory) meetings withparticipation of women.
The first of the meetings, toexplain the Government's standon the issue and steps taken byit to implement the SupremeCourt verdict, was inaugurat-ed at Pandalam inPathanamthitta district byCPI(M) central committeemember PK Sreemathy, MP.P Sathi Devi, leader of theJanadhipatiya MahilaAssociation, said the StateGovernment has the duty toimplement the top court ver-dict permitting women of allages to worship at the LordAyyappa temple at Sabarimala.
Volunteers fromKudumbashree, a women'sempowerment and povertyeradication programme, havealso been roped in for themeetings being organised indifferent places for ensuring'equal justice' to all women.
Meanwhile, DevaswomMinister KadakampallySurendran said Governmentwas with the believers andunderstood their sentiments.
"We will not allow anyoneto unleash violence in the nameof devotees," the Minister said,adding the Government willnot go in for any confrontation.
As far as the Governmentis concerned, it wants to pro-vide all facilities to devotees vis-iting the shrine. Last month,�100 crore was sanctionedfrom Kerala InfrastructureFinancial Fund Board (KIFFB)for providing more facilities atSabarimala, he said.
Attacking the Congress andBJP, he said the two parties had
changed their stance only withan eye on the Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP should take out along march to Parliament inNew Delhi and not toThiruvananthapuram, he said.
At Erumeli, an importanthalting place for devotees enroute to Sabarimala, P C George,an independent MLA in thestate assembly, began a fastTuesday morning to safeguardthe traditions of the shrine.
George garlanded a statueof Lord Ayyappa, the presidingdeity at the hill shrine ofSabarimala, before commenc-ing his fast. In the State Capital,believers, including women,took out a march to the RajBhavan asking the state gov-ernment to put pressure on theCentre to bring in a law.
Devotees have also beguncollecting signatures frombelievers to be submitted toPresident Ram Nath Kovind.
Meanwhile, VellapallyNateshan, General Secretary ofSree Narayana DharmaParipalana (SNDP) Yogam, anorganisation of backwardEzhava community, said ten-sion should not be created inthe name of Hinduism.
Agitations over theSabarimala verdict were a chal-lenge to the rule of law, he said.
The Congress, BJP andvarious Hindu organisationshave launched protestsdemanding the StateGovernment file a review peti-tion against the verdict.
The Supreme Court in itsverdict on September 28 hadallowed entry of women of allages into the Sabarimala shrine.
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Former Finance MinisterYashwant Sinha trained
his guns on the CentralGovernment over the deval-uation of the Indian curren-cy against US dollar, sayingthat the Rupee has gone in toa ‘coma’.
Speaking at Ahmedabad ata function of Rashtra Manchheaded by former GujaratChief Minister Suresh Mehta,the former BJP leader said thatwhen Narendra Modi wasGujarat Chief Minister hemade a statement that Rupeewas in ICU when the Indiancurrency was at �60 againstthe US dollar, but now Rupeehas made all time low atalmost �75 per one dollar.
He criticised the ModiGovernment at Centre overRafale deal saying that no one,even the Prime Minister ofIndia, has the right to violatethe Defense ProcurementProcedure. Reacting to therecent attacks on NorthIndian migrants in the state ofGujarat, Sinha said that it wasthe responsibility of the StateGovernment to provide safe-
ty and security. Arebel BJP leader andMP ShatrughanSinha too hit out atthe Government andBJP leadership at theCentre saying theparty hasdodged in‘One ManShow, Twomen Army’referring toP r i m eM i n i s t e rN a r e n d r aModi andBJP presi-dent AmitShah.
He wenton to saythat there isno democra-cy in theparty, onlyautocracy.
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Thus says the Verse number20 of Sankaracharya’s
Brahma Jnanavali Mala:Brahma satyam jagat mithya,jivo brahmaiva maparah(Brahman is the only truth, theworld is unreal, and there isultimately no differencebetween Brahman and indi-vidual self).
In Kathamrita, SriRamakrishna Paramahansa isquoted as saying: Jato MatTato Path (As there are a num-ber of beliefs, there are a num-ber of ways).
Times have changed butthe quotes remain as insepara-ble as the Siamese twins in theirimport: “God is one and insep-arable.”
The above sayings areinterpreted in no simpler amanner than this none-too-pompous Sadhu from Kolkata:
Swami Bedanada. He says:“You cannot dissect the Mother(read Goddess Kali). Shebelongs to one and all.”
At Swami Bedanada’s bare-ly 100 sq ft ashram there is noshortage of place. Literally.everyone comes, finds a placeto stand, prays to the Mother —facing south, smiling mercifullyat her children with a homakunda in front and theSwamiji’s saffron mattresssomehow crammed in betweenthe sacred homa kunda and thewall making for the only placeto sit for the visitors that rangefrom Ministers, MPs to thecommon nondescript devotee.
True, you cannot reallydissect the Mother.
Babuji, as they call him lov-ingly, too is as indissectible asher Mother. At 76, he still hastime for one and all and neverdiscriminates between a so-called VVIP and a down-to-
earth disciple.He has eyes for everyone.
No one can leave the placewithout getting the prasadam!
Lend your ears to what theysay in the vicinity and you willfind a plenty of “inexplicable”things happening under Babuji’sspiritual benevolence. Take, forinstance, the girl who was savedfrom an electrical fire back at herhome “by Babuji’s grace.”Another devotee recounts howgot cured after coming to thisabode of the “Kali and son.”Then they show a photograph ofthe sadhu in a blessing postureand eternal rays coming out ofhis palm.
The Bedanada Swamiholds forth: “Mother belongs toall and She resides in all.” So itbecomes imperative for him toserve ‘one and all’ — much theway Swami Vivekananda prac-tised what he preached, saying:“Jib gyane Shiv seva (serving the
human like he is the LordShiva).”
Apart from running med-ical services and helping thepoor with books and clothings,the Sevapeeth Matri Mandir —the Mission that runs under theaegis of Babuji — also encour-ages the devotees to donatetheir mortal bodies for medicalresearch and organ donationpost death.
The Mission would alsoprovide blankets to childrensuffering from cancer atThakurpur Cancer Hospital.“Our resources are limited outof which we try to do as muchas we can,” says a devotee asso-ciated with the Sevapeeth.
No wonder why a group of18 prominent doctors, socialworkers, educationists et al areassociated with the Mission.And the number is multiplyingby the day. Courtesy, Babujiand his Mother Kali.
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Tuesday came down heavily onthe BJP-led GujaratGovernment for not doingenough to instil confidenceamong the migrant workersfrom north Indian States of UPand Bihar who have been flee-ing in hordes following attackson them.
“I don’t know why the peo-ple from North India are beingattacked like this in Gujarat.The trend is dangerous. It is thefailure of the BJP Government.In fact, the situation in all theStates ruled by the BJP is hor-rible. They should take care ofit immediately before the situ-ation goes out of control,” aworried Chief Minister said.
“Why all people fromother States will be heldresponsible and attacked forwrongs committed by anyperson?” Banerjee said even asshe hopped from one Durgapuja pandal to other inaugu-rating the themes of respectivepujas.
She wondered as to “whythe BJP is trying to create con-
fusion and division among thepeople in all the States includ-ing Gujarat. It is for them toanswer to the people why thesituation is becoming bad inGujarat. Such a situation can-not be allowed to continue fora long period of time.”
In one puja pandal insouth Kolkata, the ChiefMinister reiterated, “religionand faith is personal but fes-tival belongs to all. This feel-ing is preserved as a heritagein Bengal. The people shouldbe encouraged to follow a tol-erant path.”
The Chief Minister said the
political parties (read the BJP)that engineer division and fanhatred would one day fall preyto the same hatred and wouldbe obliterated from the scene.
Meanwhile, asked to com-ment on the BJP’s proposedrath yatras in Bengal that wouldbegin in the month ofDecember to converge inKolkata, senior Bengal MinisterPartho Chatterjee said, “Bengalis not a land of yatra politics.Such tricks were tried in the1990s too but failed to yield anyresult. This time also these so-called yatras will fail to producepolitical results for the BJP.”
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The authorities in Kashmir onTuesday said that prepara-
tions have been completed toconduct the second phase of theurban local bodies’ elections onOctober 10. Chief ElectoralOfficer Shaleen Kabra said thatvoting will take place at 544polling stations across the Statebetween 6 am and 4 pm.
He said 270 polling stationshave been designated for votingin Kashmir division and 274 inJammu division.
The CEO said 1029 candi-dates are in the fray for 263municipal wards including 49 inKashmir and 214 in Jammugoing to the polls in Phase-II. Hesaid 881 candidates are in thefray in Jammu division and 148in Kashmir division for Phase-II. The total electorate is 3,46,980with 1,28,104 in Jammu Divisionbelonging to 18 municipal bod-ies and 2, 18, 876 in KashmirDivision of 5 municipal bodiesin the areas going to the polls.
The Control Rooms havebeen established in all theMunicipal Bodies across theState to respond promptly to anycomplaints of violation of theModel Code of Conduct (MCC)as also to disseminate informa-tion to the public.
Adequate security arrange-ments have been made forsmooth conduct of polling acrossthe State. The Government hasformulated unprecedented secu-rity plan for the smooth conductof Urban Local Bodies (ULB)and Panchayat elections in thestate. The plan covers safetyand security of both contestantsand the voters in most sensitive
areas in Kashmir and elsewherein the State.
Adequate arrangements forthe security of the candidates,their personal security as wellas the accommodation arrange-ments have been made. Areadomination, checking andoperations have been going onto ensure general sense of secu-rity. Additional 400 compa-nies of central security forcesare being deployed in the stateover and above the securityforces already stationed.
The government has alsodeclared holiday on the day ofpoll in the municipal areas goingto polls so as to enable the vot-ers to cast their vote. Pertinently,Municipal Elections-2018 arebeing held in four phases, cov-ering 79 municipal bodies withan electorate of about 17 lakh. Atotal of 3372 nominations havebeen filed for 1145 wards.
In the first phase onOctober 8, Jammu Divisionrecorded 65 per cent turnoutwhile Kashmir Division record-ed 18.6 per cent that includesLeh and Kargil districts ofLadakh region that scored ahighest of 62.1 per cent votes.The overall State Poll Percentagewas recorded at 56.7 per cent.
The third phase is sched-uled on 13th while 4th on16th October.
Separatist conglomerateJoint Resistance Leadership(JRL) comprising of Syed AliGeelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooqand Yasin Malik, has called shut-down in all poll bound areas inthe 2nd phase across Kashmir.Terrorist outfit HizbulMujahideen has also threatenedaction against the contestants
and the participants in the ULBand Panchayat elections. YasinMalik continued to remainlodged in local jail.
Meanwhile, Police havearrested four Over GroundWorkers (OGWs) of HizbulMujahideen terrorist outfit fromPampore area of Pulwama dis-trict on Monday.
A police spokesperson in astatement said that on October8 Police Awantipora received areliable information that theactive militant of banned mili-tant outfit HM namely AdilAhmad Bhat a resident ofMalangpora Pulwama, hashanded over a huge amount toone OGW Rouf-ul-Islam Waniof Batpora Ladhoo Khrew inPampore area for distribution ofsame among other terroristsand OGWs for carrying out mil-itant activities in the area.
The spokesman said thatduring the investigation, Rouf-ul-Islam Wani was apprehendedwho disclosed that he hadreceived huge cash from activemilitant Adil Ahmad Bhat fordistribution of the same amongthe other terrosists and OGWsof HM outfit for raising the nec-essary support structure for theterrorist organisation and also forluring youth towards joiningterrorist ranks.
The spokesman added thatthe accused disclosed that thecash amount was handed overto trio of MohammadMaqbool Wani, ShakeelAhmad Wani and Musaib AzizGojree who were all OGWs ofHM. Police apprehended other03 OGWs and subsequentlycash amounts were recoveredat four different places.
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Senior actor Alok Nath —known for his "sanskaari"
on-screen image – faced theheat on Tuesday, after veteranwriter-producer of yesteryearpopular television show ‘Tara’Vinta Nanda went to townaccusing him of sexually vio-lating her 19 years ago andCine & TV Artists Association(CINTAA) announcing that itwould send him a show-causenotice.
After Nanda wrote a long,heart-wrenching Facebook postexposing the senior actor,CINTAA’s general secretary andspokesperson Sushant Singh saidthat a show-cause notice wouldbe sent to Alok Nath. He urgedNanda to file a complaint against"this vile creature" and assuredher of his organisation’s support.
“Dear @vintananda I am soso sorry. As @CintaaOfficial ashow-cause notice will be sentto @aloknath first thing in themrng, why he shudnt b expld.Unfortunately we’ve to followthe due process. I urge u to filea complaint against this vile
creature, we extend u full sup-port,” Singh tweeted from hispersonal account.
In her Facebook post, Nandawrote: "I have waited for thismoment to come for 19 years,"and indirectly described AlokNath as "predator in question"and "the actor par excellence whois known as the most 'sanskaari'(cultured) person in the film andtelevision industry".
In her lengthy FB post,Nanda tore into Alok Nath, bysaying: "He was an alcoholic,shameless and obnoxious but hewas also the television star of thatdecade, so not only was he for-given for all his bad behaviour,many of the guys would also egghim on to be his worst". Shealleged that the actor evenharassed the show's lead actresswho was not interested in him.
Dwelling upon the "worst"that happened to her 19 yearsago, Nanda recalled the eventsthat followed after she had lefta party at Alok Nath’s house at2 am. She said her drinks hadbeen mixed.
"I started to walk home onthe empty streets... Midway Iwas accosted by this man whowas driving his own car and heasked me to sit in it and said hewould drop me home. I trust-ed him and sat in his car.
"I have faint memory afterthat. I can remember moreliquor being poured into mymouth and I remember beingviolated endlessly. When I wokeup the next afternoon, I was in
pain. I hadn't just been raped,I was taken to my own houseand had been brutalised.
"I couldn't get up for mybed. I told some of my friendsbut everybody advised me toforget about it and move on,”she wrote. Later, she got a jobto write and direct a series forPlus Channel, and again herpaths crossed with Alok Nath.
"The man found his waythrough the casting route andbecame one of the lead actors onthe show. He created an envi-ronment in which I was madeto feel threatened, so I asked theproducers to release me fromdirecting the series because Ididn't want to be around wherehe was. "I continued to write theshow," she wrote.
She said that the "most dif-ficult part" and the "main rea-son" why Nanda took so longto come out with the truth wasbecause while she was workingon this new series, she says, "heasked me to come to his houseagain and I went to allow himto violate me".
"I needed the job and did-n't want to leave it as I neededthe money. It was after this thatI quit,” she said, as she urgedpeople "who have suffered atthe hands of predators, to comeout and say it aloud".
“Don't hold yourselvesback. This is a moment forchange, so your silence willonly hold barriers to its evolu-tion. Speak out. Shout out fromthe top of the roof,” she wrote.Meanwhile, actor Alok Nathdismissed Nanda’s chargeagainst him as "absurd" as he"made her what she is".
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With the pride of the BJP atstake, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath will be amongstar campaigners for the partyin three Central Indian Stateswhere Assembly elections areslated for November andDecember.
A meeting in this connec-tion was held at the CM’s offi-cial residence at 5, KD Marg,on Monday night at which theblueprint of Yogi’s forays intoneighbouring Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan and Chhattisgarhwas chalked out.
Sources told The Pioneerthat the two Deputy ChiefMinisters, Dinesh Sharma and
Keshav Prasad Maurya, mightalso be asked to address ralliesin those States. “But the focuswill be on Yogi as requestshave started pouring in fromthese poll-bound states seek-ing time from the UP ChiefMinister,” the sources said.Assembly elections are alsoslated for Telangana and
Mizoram but Yogi’s electoralparticipation there is not clear.“The CM might also go tothese two States and addressrallies there. It all depends ondirectives from the Centralleadership,” he said.
Earlier too, Yogi had beenthe star campaigner of theBJP and his role in Gujarat wasvery crucial as he was themost sought after leader afterPrime Minister NarendraModi and BJP’s president AmitSingh. “Yogi’s saffron outfit andsanyasi look sends a loudHindutva message which hasproved beneficial for the party.Therefore, he has been sent todifferent States for election-eering,” a leader opined.
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In a new twist to alliancepolitics in Uttar Pradesh,
Shivpal Yadav-led SamajwadiSecular Morcha (SSM) iswarming up to BahujanSamaj Party for a possiblealliance for 2019 Lok Sabhaelections.
Both parties are in con-stant touch and are strugglingto arrive at a consensus.
“Politics is the game ofpossibilities. We are in talkswith so many parties, includ-ing some small outfits. We arealso in touch with BahujanSamaj Party. But it will bepremature at this juncture tocomment on the outcome,’’said SSM spokesmanChakrapani Yadav.
SSM sources said thatShivpal Yadav was asking for13 Lok Sabha seats anddesired that 10 seats be givento the Congress while theBSP could field candidates in 57 seats.
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sion of the Congress in theproposed tie-up had notfound favours from Mayawati.Relations of the BSP with theCongress are strained after
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Dat
a and
the t
ax d
epar
tmen
t don
’t lie,
to p
arap
hras
e a sa
ying
. Ind
iaSp
end
is th
e to
rchb
eare
r of n
ew jo
urna
l-ism
. It sp
ecial
ises i
n da
ta-c
runc
hing
,ra
ther
than
rely
ing
on v
ague
, per
-ce
ptio
n-ba
sed
analy
sis. I
n a r
epor
t abo
ut a
new
study
, it ba
cks u
p wi
th d
ata w
hat w
e alw
ays k
new
but c
ould
not
prov
e. Th
e Azim
Pre
mji U
nive
rsity
and
Lokn
iti (
the
Cen
tre f
or t
he S
tudy
of
Dev
elopi
ng So
cietie
s or C
SDS)
in 20
18, c
ondu
ct-
ed a
study
cove
ring
eight
Stat
es to
map
trus
t in
insti
tutio
ns. T
he st
udy c
over
ed 22
Ass
embl
y con
-sti
tuen
cies w
ith m
ore t
han
16,0
00 re
spon
dent
s.It
reve
aled
that
nea
rly 7
7 pe
r cen
t res
pond
ents
show
ed th
e mos
t tru
st in
the m
ilita
ry, f
ollo
wed
by 5
4.8
per c
ent i
n th
e Su
prem
e Co
urt a
nd 4
8pe
r cen
t in
the H
igh
Cour
ts.O
n an
ave
rage
, elec
ted
offic
es a
nd in
stitu
-tio
ns, s
uch
as th
e Pre
siden
t, Prim
e Min
ister,
Chi
efM
inist
er,
Parli
amen
t, St
ate
Legi
slatu
re,
et al
,
enjoy
ed an
“effe
ctive
trus
t” of
40 pe
r cen
t. Effe
ctive
trust
is th
e di
ffere
nce
betw
een
perc
enta
ge o
fre
spon
dent
s who
opte
d fo
r a “g
reat
dea
l of t
rust”
at on
e end
of th
e sca
le an
d “n
o tru
st at
all”
at th
eot
her. A
ccor
ding
to th
e stu
dy, p
oliti
cal p
artie
s gar
-ne
red
low
trust,
at m
inus
1.75
per
cent
. Pol
itica
lpa
rties
pol
led th
e low
est i
n th
e list
of 16
. The
aver
-ag
e “e
ffect
ive
trust”
in P
arlia
men
t was
36.
6 pe
rce
nt in
the
eight
Sta
tes s
urve
yed.
Gov
ernm
ent
offic
ials s
core
d 4.8
per
cent
trus
t whi
le th
e pol
icem
anag
ed o
nly
0.9
perc
enta
ge p
oint
s mor
e.W
hy d
o yo
u th
ink
this
is? I
t co
uld
bebe
caus
e th
e m
ilita
ry in
Indi
a ha
s pro
ved
time
and
again
to b
e fre
e of p
oliti
cal in
fluen
ce, u
nlik
eth
e pol
ice, a
dmin
istra
tion
and
othe
r ins
titut
ions
.Th
e stu
dy su
gges
ts th
e Ind
ian p
eopl
e beli
eve t
heef
fect
of p
oliti
cal p
artie
s is t
oxic
(refle
cted
in th
elo
w ra
nkin
g to
polit
ical
par
ties)
and,
ther
efor
e,th
ey t
rust
the
cour
ts m
ore
than
the
Prim
eM
inist
er an
d Pa
rliam
ent.
The m
ilita
ry d
oes n
othi
de o
r lie
to c
over
up
unpl
easa
nt re
aliti
es —
altho
ugh
som
etim
es, it
mig
ht h
ighl
ight
cert
ain
parts
of tr
uth:
Lik
e wha
t a w
onde
rful a
ircra
ft th
eRa
fale
is (tr
ue) a
nd th
at In
dia c
ould
nev
er h
ave
mad
e suc
h a
wond
erfu
l airc
raft
(false
).Th
e m
ain
thin
g is,
the
mili
tary
doe
s wha
tit
is su
ppos
ed to
do
with
out g
rum
blin
g or c
om-
plain
ing (
altho
ugh
its C
hief
s do
occa
siona
lly go
to co
urt a
bout
thei
r per
sona
l pro
blem
s — an
dar
e qu
ickl
y ab
sorb
ed b
y po
litic
al p
artie
s). I
t is
ofte
n we
ighe
d do
wn by
crip
plin
g sho
rtage
s, bu
t
it ge
ts th
e jo
b do
ne, n
o m
atte
r wha
t the
diff
i-cu
lties
, eve
n th
ough
it d
oesn
’t ge
t pai
d en
ough
in re
latio
n to
the o
ther
arm
s of t
he G
over
nmen
t,ten
ds to
be b
osse
d ov
er by
them
, and
is fr
eque
nt-
ly d
enie
d sta
te-o
f-the
-art
equi
pmen
t.It
is tru
e th
at n
o A
rmy
in th
e wo
rld h
as a
full
inve
ntor
y —
it is
a m
ix o
f mod
ern,
mat
ure
and
legac
y/ob
solet
e equ
ipm
ent.
In 1
995,
Arm
yCh
ief G
en Sh
anka
r Roy
Cho
udhu
ry w
as fe
d up
writi
ng le
tters
to h
is su
perio
rs ab
out c
ritica
l def
i-cie
ncies
and
was f
orce
d to
go p
ublic
. “Th
e Arm
ysh
ould
not
be h
eld re
spon
sible
for f
ailin
g to m
eet
its m
anda
te.” I
n th
e sam
e per
iod,
Chi
ef of
Nav
alSt
aff,
Adm
iral V
S She
khaw
at, c
once
rned
abou
tth
e sh
rinki
ng si
ze o
f the
Indi
an N
avy,
war
ned
over
dan
gers
at se
a in
the e
vent
of h
ostil
ities
. His
outb
urst
resu
lted
in th
e the
n D
efen
ce M
inist
erM
ulay
am S
ingh
Yad
av c
allin
g hi
m to
a b
reak
-fa
st m
eetin
g and
imm
ediat
ely p
lacin
g ord
ers o
nN
aval
Doc
kyar
ds f
or s
hip
cons
truct
ion.
In
Fran
ce th
is ye
ar, th
e Chi
ef of
Defe
nce S
taff
(CD
S)re
signe
d be
caus
e of
arb
itrar
y re
duct
ion
in th
ede
fenc
e bud
get.
By th
is ya
rdsti
ck, m
any
of o
urse
rvice
chief
s oug
ht to
hav
e res
igne
d. L
ast y
ear,
the d
efen
ce b
udge
t was
lowe
st sin
ce 1
962.
One
is p
erio
dica
lly re
min
ded
that
Chi
na h
asris
en, w
hile
Indi
a is
still
risin
g an
d no
one
will
com
e to I
ndia’
s help
in th
e eve
nt of
conf
lict. I
ndia
will h
ave t
o figh
t its b
attles
alon
e. Bu
t is it
equi
pped
to d
o so
? A st
rate
gic r
eset
is es
sent
ial to
mee
t the
emer
ging
secu
rity c
halle
nges
. Of t
he 34
0 rec
om-
men
datio
ns by
the K
argi
l GoM
, man
y are
uni
m-
plem
ente
d, in
cludi
ng th
e app
oint
men
t of C
DS.
A he
adles
s Int
egra
ted
Defe
nce S
taff
(IDS)
crea
t-ed
mor
e tha
n a d
ecad
e ago
is an
exer
cise i
n fu
til-
ity. I
nteg
ratio
n of
the
thr
ee s
ervi
ces
with
the
Min
istry
of D
efenc
e (M
oD) h
as n
ot ev
en b
egun
while
join
tnes
s is o
nly i
n na
me.
Defe
nce p
lanni
ngon
the b
asis
of 15
, five
and
one y
ear p
lans i
s com
-pa
rtmen
talise
d and
offer
s no s
trateg
ic ch
oice
s. Th
eID
S sim
ply c
ollat
es th
e thr
ee se
rvice
s’ pl
ans a
ndlet
s the
MoD
det
erm
ine p
riorit
ies.
The
serv
ice c
hiefs
hav
e co
nsist
ently
com
-pl
ained
abou
t ina
dequ
ate sa
y in
decis
ion-
mak
ing.
The m
ilita
ry is
seen
to be
subs
ervi
ent t
o the
polit
-ica
l clas
s and
civi
lian
bure
aucr
acy.
Spea
king
at a
publi
c lec
ture
som
e yea
rs ag
o, th
e the
n Com
ptro
ller
and
Audi
tor G
ener
al of
Indi
a (CA
G) V
inod
Rai
urge
d th
e G
over
nmen
t to
rep
ose
trust
in t
heAr
med
For
ces b
y gi
ving
full
finan
cial p
ower
s to
the
serv
ice
chie
fs.
He
said
the
Def
ence
Proc
urem
ent P
olicy
(DPP
) (wh
ich ha
s und
ergo
nese
ven
upgr
ades
and
bec
ome
very
com
plex
)in
volve
d th
e par
ticip
atio
n of
13
agen
cies.
The g
host
of B
ofor
s is a
B, (
you
coul
d ad
d an
R fo
r Raf
ale) p
lus t
he th
ree C
s — C
AG, C
VC an
dCB
I —
the
se a
re r
etar
ding
the
pro
cure
men
tpr
oces
s. Ar
e we s
urpr
ised
that
the A
rmy h
as n
otad
ded a
sing
le ne
w gu
n to
its in
vent
ory s
ince
1986
when
it is
req
uire
d to
det
er a
two
-fron
t wa
r?Tr
ansfo
rmati
on of
the A
rmy —
like t
he N
avy a
ndth
e Ind
ian A
ir Fo
rce (
IAF)
— is
und
erwa
y ind
e-
pend
ent o
f a tr
i-ser
vice
ope
ratio
nal p
lan. T
here
is no
long
-term
Stra
tegi
c D
efenc
e an
d Se
curit
yRe
view
(SD
SR) t
o de
rive
natio
nal s
ecur
ity a
ndde
fence
stra
tegi
es an
d th
en ev
olve
doc
trine
s. W
eha
ve p
ut th
e car
t befo
re th
e hor
se.
Dur
ing
the
limite
d w
ar i
n Ka
rgil,
Arm
yCh
ief G
en V
ed M
alik
des
pairi
ngly
anno
unce
d:“W
e will
figh
t with
wha
t we h
ave.”
But
for I
srae
l’sstr
ateg
ic in
terv
entio
n w
ith 1
55 m
m B
ofor
sam
mun
ition
, UAV
s and
PG
Ms f
or th
e IAF
, vac
a-tio
n of
Pak
istan
’s agg
ressi
on w
ould
hav
e met
cost,
time a
nd ca
sualt
y ove
rrun
s. Fa
st-tra
cked
acqu
i-sit
ions
arriv
ed o
nly a
fter t
he w
ar w
as o
ver.
One
of th
e rea
sons
for O
pera
tion
Para
kram
not
tak-
ing
off w
as th
e disc
over
y th
at th
e mili
tary
was
not c
omba
t rea
dy, p
roba
bly
an a
libi f
or la
ck o
fpo
litica
l will
whi
ch g
ot tr
ansla
ted
as s
trate
gic
restr
aint
. Not
fig
htin
g a
war
sin
ce 1
971
and
acqu
isitio
n of
nuc
lear w
eapo
ns h
ave w
illy
nilly
unde
rmin
ed th
e con
vent
iona
l det
erre
nce.
We c
an fe
el go
od ab
out s
urgi
cal s
trike
s and
claim
cred
it for
such
piec
emea
l ope
ratio
ns in
elec
-tio
ns. B
ut re
mem
ber:
The f
aith
of th
e peo
ple o
fIn
dia r
esid
es in
the d
efenc
e ser
vice
s, be
caus
e lik
eth
e peo
ple o
f Ind
ia, th
e ser
vices
mak
e do w
ith w
hat
they
have
; and
do a
dam
n go
od jo
b in
it. Th
at fai
th,
Gov
ernm
ents
mus
t ens
ure n
ever
bre
aks.
(The
writ
er is
a re
tired
Maj
or G
ener
al of
the
Indi
an A
rmy a
nd fo
unde
r mem
ber o
f the
Defe
nce
Plan
ning
Staf
f, cu
rrent
ly th
e rev
ampe
d In
tegra
tedD
efenc
e Sta
ff)
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r —
Thi
s re
fers
to th
e ar
ticle
, “N
opl
ace
for
min
oriti
es i
n Pa
kist
an”
(Oct
ober
8) b
y Pr
aful
l Gor
adia
. The
artic
le ex
pose
s the
disg
race
ful f
ate o
fm
inor
ities
in P
akist
an. F
rom
its i
ncep
-tio
n, P
akist
an is
una
ssai
labl
y dom
inat
-ed
by
relig
ious
fana
tics.
It is
an o
pen
secr
et th
at th
e cou
n-tr
y is u
nder
the h
egem
ony o
f reli
giou
sze
alot
s and
they
wor
k ha
nd in
glo
vew
ith t
he I
nter
-Ser
vice
s In
telli
genc
e(I
SI)
and
the
Arm
ed F
orce
s, ra
ther
than
for t
he d
evel
opm
ent a
nd w
elfa
reof
its p
eopl
e.
The c
urre
nt Im
ran
Kha
n re
gim
e,to
o, li
ke it
s pr
edec
esso
rs, i
s a
mer
epu
ppet
, dan
cing
to th
e tu
ne o
f rel
i-gi
ous c
hauv
inist
s. Si
mila
rly, r
elig
ious
into
lera
nce
is d
eep-
root
ed i
n th
eex
trem
ists
and
min
oriti
es c
anno
tex
pect
free
dom
from
this
jeop
ardy
. N
otw
ithst
andi
ng, P
akist
an is
reg-
ular
ly re
ceiv
ing
garg
antu
an fi
nanc
ial
aids
and
mor
e so
phist
icat
ed m
ilita
ryw
eapo
ns/e
quip
men
t fro
m th
e Uni
ted
Stat
es a
ppar
ently
to w
ipe
out t
erro
r-ism
from
its s
oil.
Emba
rras
singl
y, a
huge
chu
nk o
fth
ese f
unds
/wea
pons
are c
land
estin
e-ly
div
erte
d fo
r te
rror
ist o
pera
tions
,
part
icul
arly
aga
inst
Indi
a.
TKM
Kum
bala
mch
uvat
tilM
uvat
tupu
zha
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��
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Sir
— S
abar
imal
a is
one
of th
e m
ost
fam
ous t
empl
es in
Indi
a. Th
e fac
t tha
tSa
barim
ala h
as it
s ow
n be
liefs
and
tra-
ditio
ns, m
akes
it a
ll th
e m
ore
popu
-la
r in
Indi
a an
d ar
ound
the
wor
ld.
The
wom
en e
ntry
iss
ue m
ight
have
cre
ated
a r
ift b
etw
een
Ayya
ppa
devo
tees
and
the
Sta
te G
over
nmen
tbu
t the
Sup
rem
e C
ourt
ord
er a
llow
-in
g w
omen
of a
ll ag
es in
side
Kera
la’s
Saba
rimal
a te
mpl
e ha
s br
ough
t th
e
Hin
du c
omm
uniti
es o
n on
e pl
at-
form
. Th
e St
ate
Gov
ernm
ent
mus
tlo
ok f
or w
ays
to r
edre
ss t
he w
ide-
spre
ad d
isqui
et o
ver t
he a
pex
cour
t’sor
der.
Shar
adch
andr
an S
N
ew D
elhi
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Sir
— T
his
refe
rs t
o th
e ar
ticle
,“B
ehin
d Bo
llyw
ood’s
bad
beh
avio
ur”
(Oct
ober
6) b
y Ri
nku
Gho
sh. I
n lig
htof
the
rec
ent
alle
gatio
ns b
y ac
tres
sTa
nush
ree D
utta
agai
nst N
ana P
atek
ar,
she h
as so
ught
the M
ahas
thra
Wom
enC
omm
issio
n’s i
nter
vent
ion
into
the
mat
ter.
Whi
le th
e mat
ter i
s bei
ng d
ealt
with
, he
r al
lega
tions
hav
e le
d to
a#M
eToo
mom
ent
amon
g w
orki
ngw
omen
pro
fess
iona
ls. T
his i
s ind
eed
a tu
rnin
g po
int.
Wom
en h
ave
at la
stsh
own
the
cour
age
to s
peak
aga
inst
sexu
al vi
olen
ce, a
buse
and
hara
ssm
ent
that
rem
ains
all-p
erva
sive.
Mor
e big
-gi
es a
re ex
pect
ed to
fall
way
side.
It is
time
to c
rack
a w
hip.
Mor
e po
wer
toth
em.
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itya
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ata
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The r
oot c
ause
s of G
ujara
t viol
ence
are c
losed
factor
ies an
d une
mploy
ment.
Targ
eting
migr
ant
work
ers i
s com
pletel
y wro
ng. I
stan
d aga
inst i
t.—
Cong
ress
pres
ident
RAHU
L GAN
DHI
If he
(Rah
ul) is
again
st the
viole
nce i
n Guja
rat,
hene
eds t
o tak
e acti
on ag
ainst
Cong
ress
mem
bers
who i
ncite
d viol
ence
again
st mi
gran
ts in
Gujar
at.—
Gujar
at Ch
ief M
iniste
rVIJ
AY R
UPAN
I
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The u
npre
dict
able
mov
e-m
ents
of th
e sto
ck m
arke
tslea
ve th
e inv
esto
rs u
nsur
eas
to w
heth
er th
ey w
ould
end
up m
akin
g m
oney
inth
ese c
hopp
y mar
kets.
Alth
ough
it is
a kn
own
fact
that
one
nee
ds to
be
inve
sted f
or lo
ng to
achi
eve b
etter
than
mar
ket r
eturn
s, in
vesto
rs ar
e seld
omaw
are
of s
trate
gies
to a
chiev
e su
chre
turn
s in
such
a ris
ky m
arke
t. O
ne be
nchm
ark f
or an
y inv
esto
ris
to fo
llow
the s
trateg
y of v
alue i
nves
t-in
g. Af
ter a
ll, th
is is
the s
trate
gy u
sed
by th
e wor
ld’s m
ost s
ucce
ssful
inve
stor,
War
ren
Buffe
tt, w
ho c
reat
ed a
nem
pire
of $9
3 bill
ion
dolla
rs th
roug
hhi
s inv
estm
ent s
tyle
over
a lon
ger p
eri-
od o
f tim
e.Bu
ffett
was i
nflu
ence
d by
oth
erva
lue
inve
stor
s lik
e, B
enja
min
Grah
am, D
avid
Dod
d and
Phi
l Fish
erwh
o he
lped
him
dev
elop
his i
nves
t-m
ent p
rowe
ss. B
enjam
in G
raha
m is
know
n as
the
“go
dfat
her
of v
alue
inve
sting
”, wh
o pr
opag
ated
the
phi-
loso
phy
of v
alue
inve
sting
tha
t is
focu
sed
on p
urch
asin
g eq
uitie
s at
price
s les
s tha
n th
eir in
trins
ic va
lues
by pi
ckin
g or s
cree
ning
stoc
ks, w
hich
have
stea
dy pr
ofits
, are
trad
ing a
t low
price
s to
book
valu
e, ha
ve lo
w pr
ice-
earn
ings
ratio
(P/E
) and
whi
ch h
ave
a rela
tively
low
debt
. Va
lue i
nves
tors
look
for s
ecur
ities
with
pric
es th
at ar
e unj
ustif
iably
low
base
d on
their
intri
nsic
worth
. The
reisn
’t a
unive
rsall
y ac
cept
ed w
ay t
ode
term
ine
intri
nsic
worth
, bu
t it’s
mos
t ofte
n es
timate
d by
analy
sing
aco
mpa
ny’s f
unda
men
tals. L
ike ba
rgain
hunt
ers, t
he va
lue i
nves
tor s
earc
hes f
orsto
cks t
hat t
hey b
eliev
e are
unde
rval-
ued
by th
e mar
ket,
or st
ocks
that
are
valu
able
but n
ot r
ecog
nise
d by
the
majo
rity o
f buy
ers.
Buffe
tt, h
owev
er, ta
kes t
his v
alue
inve
sting
app
roac
h to
ano
ther
leve
lan
d ch
oose
s sto
cks s
olely
bas
ed o
nth
eir o
vera
ll po
tent
ial as
a co
mpa
ny.
By se
ekin
g no
t jus
t cap
ital g
ain, b
utta
king
own
ersh
ip in
qua
lity c
ompa
-ni
es c
apab
le of
pro
fit m
akin
g, th
eBu
ffett
strate
gy is
a ho
listic
appr
oach
. Bu
t fin
ding
a lo
w-pr
iced
valu
esto
ck is
not e
asy a
nd th
ere a
re no
stan
-da
rd fo
rmul
ae to
find
one.
How
ever
,th
ere
are
certa
in m
arke
rs t
hat
can
guid
e us i
n ou
r pur
suit
of ac
hiev
ing
succ
ess i
n va
lue i
nves
ting.
Qua
lity:
Inve
st in
com
pani
esup
ward
of av
erag
e qua
lity h
avin
g rat-
ings
of B
or b
etter
. The
fam
ous c
red-
it rati
ng ag
encie
s in
Indi
a are
CRI
SIL,
ICRA
, CA
RE,
Brick
work
Rat
ings
,In
dia R
atin
g and
Res
earc
h an
d SM
ERa
ting A
genc
y of I
ndia
for s
mall
and
med
ium
ente
rpris
es.
Acco
rdin
g to
the S
ecur
ities
and
Exch
ange
Boa
rd of
Indi
a (SE
BI),
the
long
-term
debt
instr
umen
ts ca
n ha
veth
e hi
ghes
t rat
ing
of A
AA a
nd th
elo
west
of D
, whe
re in
strum
ents
are
alrea
dy in
def
ault
or ar
e exp
ecte
d to
be in
defau
lt. Si
mila
rly, th
e rati
ngs f
orsh
ort-t
erm
deb
t in
strum
ents
can
rang
e fro
m A
1 to
D.
Lowe
r de
bt b
urde
n: H
avin
ghi
gh d
ebt
in c
apita
l stru
ctur
e pu
tsun
due p
ressu
re on
com
pani
es fo
r ser
-vi
cing
fixed
fin
ancia
l ob
ligat
ions
which
can
lead
to fi
nanc
ial d
istre
ssan
d in
wor
st sit
uatio
ns, b
ankr
uptc
y.It
is re
com
men
ded
to av
oid
com
pa-
nies
with
hig
her d
ebt l
oad.
A d
ebt-
equi
ty ra
tio is
a go
od b
ench
mar
k to
iden
tify t
he pr
opor
tion
of eq
uity
and
debt
bein
g use
d to
fina
nce a
ny co
m-
pany
’s asse
ts, an
d high
er ra
tio su
gges
tsth
at m
ore d
ebt —
rath
er th
an eq
uity
— i
s fin
anci
ng t
he c
ompa
ny.
Addi
tiona
lly, a
s a re
feren
ce po
int, b
uy-
ing c
ompa
nies
that
hav
e tot
al de
bt to
curr
ent a
sset
s rat
io o
f les
s tha
n 1.1
0is
advi
sabl
e.H
ighe
r liq
uidi
ty:L
iqui
dity
in
com
pani
es is
very
impo
rtant
to m
eet
its sh
ort-t
erm
obl
igat
ions
and
com
-pa
nies
with
a cu
rrent
ratio
of ov
er 1.
50sh
ould
be c
hose
n.Co
nsist
ent
perfo
rman
ce a
ndhi
gh ea
rnin
gs gr
owth
:Iden
tify c
om-
pani
es t
hat
have
per
form
ed b
etter
than
oth
er c
ompa
nies
in th
e sa
me
indu
stry.
It ca
n be
don
e by
calcu
lat-
ing
the
Retu
rn o
n Eq
uity
(RO
E)wh
ich re
veals
the r
ate at
whi
ch sh
are-
hold
ers a
re ea
rnin
g inc
ome o
n th
eirsh
ares
. How
ever
, look
ing a
t the
RO
Eju
st at
the l
ast y
ear i
sn’t g
ood
enou
ghan
d in
vesto
rs sh
ould
view
the
ROE
from
the
pas
t fiv
e to
10
year
s to
analy
se h
istor
ical p
erfo
rman
ce.
In a
dditi
on, e
arni
ngs p
er sh
are
grow
th d
urin
g th
e pa
st fiv
e ye
ars
shou
ld b
e pos
itive
with
no
earn
ings
defic
its. E
arni
ngs n
eed
to b
e hig
her
in th
e mos
t rec
ent y
ear t
han
five y
ears
ago.
Avoi
ding
com
pani
es w
ith ea
rn-
ings
defic
its du
ring t
he pa
st fiv
e yea
rswi
ll help
inve
stors
stay
clea
r of h
igh-
risk
com
pani
es.
P/E
ratio
: Loo
k fo
r co
mpa
nies
that
are
selli
ng a
t bar
gain
pric
es b
yid
entif
ying
com
pani
es w
ith p
rice t
oea
rnin
gs p
er sh
are (
P/E)
ratio
s of 9
.0or
less
.
Price
-to-b
ook v
alue r
atio
(P/B
Vra
tio): S
ince
P/E
ratio
s can
som
etim
esbe
misl
eadi
ng, b
ook v
alue p
rovi
des a
good
ind
icatio
n of
the
und
erlyi
ngva
lue o
f a co
mpa
ny an
d in
vesti
ng in
stock
s sell
ing n
ear o
r belo
w th
eir bo
okva
lue i
s a go
od st
rate
gy. P
/BV
ratio
sar
e calc
ulate
d by d
ividi
ng th
e cur
rent
price
by
the m
ost r
ecen
t boo
k va
lue
per s
hare
for a
com
pany
, and
inve
stors
shou
ld i
nves
t in
com
pani
es w
ithpr
ice to
book
valu
e (P/
BV) r
atios
less
than
1.20
. D
ivid
end
payi
ng st
ocks
: Sin
cein
vesti
ng in
und
erva
lued
com
pani
esre
quire
s wait
ing f
or ot
her i
nves
tors
todi
scov
er th
e bar
gain
s, an
d som
etim
esth
e in
vestm
ent h
orizo
n is
long
and
tedi
ous,
it m
akes
muc
h se
nse
toin
vest
in co
mpa
nies
that
are c
urre
nt-
ly pa
ying d
ivide
nds a
nd in
vesto
rs ca
nen
joy
divi
dend
s w
hile
they
wait
patie
ntly
for y
our s
tock
to g
o fro
mun
derv
alued
to o
verv
alued
.H
igh
prof
it m
argi
ns a
ndin
crea
sing:
Cons
isten
cy in
per
for-
man
ce is
the m
ost im
porta
nt th
ing f
oran
y com
pany
. A co
mpa
ny’s p
rofit
abil-
ity de
pend
s not
only
on ha
ving a
good
prof
it m
argi
n, b
ut a
lso w
heth
er it
isco
nsist
ently
incr
easin
g. Pr
ofit m
argin
can
be c
alcul
ated
by d
ivid
ing
net
inco
me b
y net
sales
. For
a go
od in
di-
catio
n of
hist
orica
l pro
fit m
argi
ns,
inve
stors
shou
ld lo
ok b
ack t
o at l
east
five y
ears
. A
high
prof
it mar
gin in
dica
tes th
eco
mpa
ny is
exec
utin
g its
busin
ess w
ell,
but i
ncre
asin
g m
argi
ns m
ean
man
-ag
emen
t has
been
extre
mely
succ
ess-
ful a
t con
trolli
ng ex
pens
es.
For
how
long
the
com
pany
islis
ted on
the s
tock
mar
ket?:
Typi
cally
,on
ly co
nsid
er c
ompa
nies
that
hav
ebe
en lis
ted o
n th
e sto
ck m
arke
t for
atlea
st 10
year
s. Va
lue i
nves
ting r
equi
res
iden
tifyin
g com
pani
es th
at ha
ve st
ood
the
test
of t
ime
but
are
curr
ently
unde
rvalu
ed.
An in
vesto
r sho
uld n
ever
unde
r-es
timate
the v
alue o
f hist
orica
l per
for-
man
ce, w
hich
dem
onstr
ates t
he co
m-
pany
’s ab
ility
or i
nabi
lity
to in
crea
sesh
areh
olde
r valu
e. H
owev
er, t
his
has
to b
e ta
ken
with
a p
inch
of s
alt a
s a st
ock’s
pas
tpe
rform
ance
doe
s no
t gu
aran
tee
futu
re p
erfo
rman
ce.
The
valu
ein
vesto
r’s jo
b is t
o dete
rmin
e how
well
the c
ompa
ny ca
n pe
rform
in fu
ture
as it
did
in th
e pas
t, an
d th
at is
ofte
nth
e tric
ky p
art.
Prod
uct m
ix:It
is im
porta
nt th
atid
entif
ied co
mpa
nies
hav
e pro
duct
swh
ich ar
e uni
que f
rom
their
com
peti-
tors
and
it is
not
adv
isabl
e to
inve
stin
com
pani
es w
hose
pro
duct
s ar
ein
disti
ngui
shab
le fro
m th
ose
of th
e
com
petit
ors,
and t
hose
that
rely
sole-
ly on
a co
mm
odity
such
as oi
l and
gas.
Any c
hara
cteris
tic th
at is
hard
to re
pli-
cate
is th
e com
pany
’s eco
nom
ic m
oat,
or co
mpe
titive
adva
ntag
e. Th
e wid
erth
e moa
t, the
toug
her i
t is f
or a
com
-pe
titor
to ga
in m
arke
t sha
re.
Selli
ng at
25 p
er ce
nt d
iscou
nt:
In re
al ter
ms,
deter
min
ing w
heth
er a
com
pany
is un
derv
alued
, is th
e mos
tdi
fficu
lt pa
rt of
valu
e in
vesti
ng a
ndin
vesto
r mus
t dete
rmin
e a co
mpa
ny’s
intri
nsic
valu
e by a
nalys
ing a
num
ber
of b
usin
ess f
unda
men
tals
inclu
ding
earn
ings
, rev
enue
s and
asse
ts.
And
a com
pany
’s int
rinsic
valu
eis
usua
lly m
ore c
ompl
icate
d th
an it
sliq
uida
tion
valu
e, wh
ich is
wha
t a
com
pany
wou
ld b
e wo
rth if
it w
ere
brok
en u
p an
d so
ld to
day.
The l
iqui
-da
tion
valu
e doe
sn’t i
nclu
de in
tang
i-ble
s suc
h as t
he va
lue o
f a br
and n
ame,
which
is n
ot d
irect
ly sta
ted
on th
efin
ancia
l sta
tem
ents.
Onc
e an
inve
stor d
eterm
ines
the
intri
nsic
valu
e of
the
com
pany
as a
whol
e, he
can
com
pare
it to
its c
ur-
rent
mar
ket c
apita
lisati
on —
the c
ur-
rent
tota
l wor
th o
r the
mar
ket p
rice
of ou
tstan
ding
shar
es. I
f the
intri
nsic
valu
e mea
sure
men
t is a
t lea
st 25
per
cent
hig
her t
han
the c
ompa
ny’s m
ar-
ket c
apita
lisati
on, th
e com
pany
can
beco
nsid
ered
valu
able.
The
succ
ess o
f an
inve
stor
will
dep
end
on h
isun
matc
hed
skill
in ac
cura
tely d
eter
-m
inin
g thi
s int
rinsic
valu
e. H
owev
er,
when
ever
we
get
asto
ck at
barg
ain pr
ice, s
ome p
ertin
ent
poin
ts sh
ould
exam
ined
and c
heck
edto
find
the r
easo
n fo
r the
lowe
r pric
es—
if th
e com
pany
is co
mpe
ting
in a
dyin
g ind
ustry
or w
heth
er th
e com
-pa
ny is
suffe
ring
a se
tbac
k fro
m a
nun
expe
cted p
roble
m. It
is ve
ry im
por-
tant
to u
nder
stand
if th
e se
tbac
k is
shor
t-ter
m or
long
-term
and w
heth
erth
e com
pany
’s man
agem
ent i
s awa
reof
the p
robl
em an
d if it
is de
term
ined
to ta
ke a
corre
ctive
actio
n. If
the p
rob-
lem is
shor
t-ter
m in
natu
re a
nd th
em
anag
emen
t has
a p
lan in
plac
e to
tackle
it, it
is co
nsid
ered
a go
od un
der-
valu
ed p
urch
ase.
Valu
e inv
estin
g str
ategy
is m
ore
like
barg
ain h
untin
g th
at r
eflec
ts a
prac
tical,
dow
n-to
-ear
th a
ttitu
de.
Alth
ough
the v
alue-
inve
sting
style
isno
t with
out it
s crit
ics, b
ut so
me o
f the
riche
st pe
ople
in th
e wor
ld ha
ve us
edth
is te
chni
que s
ucce
ssfu
lly. I
nves
tors
can
follo
w th
e ab
ove
men
tione
dva
lue i
nves
ting p
rincip
les, a
nd w
ith a
good
eye
and
with
a b
it of
luck
, of
cour
se, t
hey m
ay en
joy s
ame t
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fsu
cces
s as W
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ther
e be a
‘gra
nd al
lianc
e’ of
the
Opp
ositi
on ah
ead
of th
e 201
9 Lok
Sabh
a po
ll? A
s of
now
, m
any
oppo
sitio
n pa
rtie
s, in
cludi
ng th
e Con
gres
s,fe
el t
hat
it co
uld
only
be
a po
st-p
oll
arra
ngem
ent.
For
inst
ance
, N
atio
nalis
tC
ongr
ess P
arty
(NCP
) chi
ef S
hara
d Pa
war
told
a ne
ws c
hann
el re
cent
ly, “A
mah
agat
h-ba
ndha
npr
ior t
o th
e ele
ctio
n (L
ok S
abha
)is
not p
ract
ical
.” Th
e Com
mun
ist P
arty
of
Indi
a (M
arxi
st) d
eclin
ed to
hav
e an
allia
nce
in a
ll th
e fiv
e po
ll-bo
und
Stat
es a
nd it
sG
ener
al S
ecre
tary
, Sita
ram
Yec
hury
, sai
dth
e ‘gr
and
allia
nce’
coul
d on
ly b
e afte
r the
polls
. The
Aam
Aad
mi P
arty
(A
AP)
has
deci
ded
not t
o jo
in a
ny a
llian
ce in
201
9.Sa
majw
adi P
arty
(SP)
chie
f Akh
ilesh
Yad
avan
noun
ced
that
they
coul
dn’t
keep
on
wait
-in
g for
tie-
up w
ith th
e Con
gres
s in
Mad
hya
Prad
esh.
The
last
wor
d is
yet t
o co
me f
rom
Bahu
jan Sa
maj
Party
(BSP
) chi
ef M
ayaw
ati.
Thou
gh s
he h
as a
band
oned
an
allia
nce
wit
h th
e C
ongr
ess
for
the
ensu
ing
Ass
embl
y po
lls, s
he h
as n
ot sa
id an
ythi
ngab
out t
he L
ok S
abha
pol
l. A
ll th
ese p
ostu
ring
afte
r an
impr
essiv
esh
ow o
f str
engt
h of
Opp
ositi
on u
nity
on
May
23
at t
he s
wea
ring-
in c
erem
ony
ofK
arna
taka
C
hief
M
inis
ter
HD
Kum
aras
wam
y. Th
ose
pres
ent
chan
ting
Opp
ositi
on u
nity
inclu
ded
Con
gres
s lea
d-er
s Son
ia G
andh
i and
Rah
ul G
andh
i, Ch
ief
Min
iste
rs M
amat
a Ba
nerj
ee,
Arv
ind
Kejri
wal
and
N C
hand
raba
bu N
aidu
and
SP s
upre
mo
Akh
iles
h Ya
dav,
BSP
su
prem
o M
ayaw
ati,
NC
P ch
ief
Shar
adPa
war
and
Ras
htriy
a Lo
k D
al’s
(RLD
)le
ader
Ajit
Sin
gh.
But s
ubse
quen
tly, t
he m
ahag
athb
and-
han
idea
, for
now
, has
turn
ed so
ur. W
hat
has g
one w
rong
in th
e mea
nwhi
le? U
nion
Fina
nce
Min
iste
r A
run
Jait
ley
has
desc
ribed
it a
s an
ana
rchi
c co
mbi
natio
n,th
e lik
es o
f whi
ch w
ere
“trie
d, te
sted
and
faile
d” in
Indi
a. In
deed
ther
e are
inhe
rent
cont
radi
ctio
ns.
The
oppo
sitio
n pa
rtie
sco
ncen
trat
e mor
e on
chem
istry
than
arith
-
met
ic. T
he q
uesti
on th
at ar
ises i
s: W
hat r
ole
will
the
Con
gres
s pl
ay?
The
part
y w
hich
had
rule
d th
e cou
ntry
for o
ver 5
0 of
the 7
0ye
ars s
ince
Inde
pend
ence
, is y
et to
shed
its
nost
algi
a of
its
mig
hty
past
and
be
mor
eac
com
mod
ativ
e in
sea
t sh
arin
g. T
heC
ongr
ess
need
s to
yie
ld p
lace
to
the
regi
onal
allie
s whe
re th
ey ar
e stro
ng. A
lso,
the o
ppos
ition
par
ties,
too,
shou
ld b
e rea
l-ist
ic i
n th
eir
dem
ands
for
sea
t sh
arin
g.C
ongr
ess
pres
iden
t Ra
hul
Gan
dhi
had
stre
ssed
the
impo
rtan
ce o
f tw
o le
vels
ofal
lianc
es —
one
at th
e Sta
te-le
vel,
and
the
othe
r and
mor
e im
port
ant,
at th
e na
tion-
al le
vel.
The
Stat
e le
vel a
llian
ces h
ave
not
take
n of
f as e
xpec
ted
so fa
r. In
fact
, the
reis
so m
uch
Opp
ositi
on d
isuni
ty in
ens
u-in
g th
e A
ssem
bly
polls
. M
oreo
ver,
the
Opp
ositi
on i
s lo
sing
faith
in th
e abi
lity o
f the
Con
gres
s to
lead
.M
ayaw
ati s
ays t
hat t
he C
ongr
ess i
s not
yet
battl
e re
ady.
The
Con
gres
s doe
s not
wan
tto
dea
l with
the
AA
P. Th
e Sh
iv S
ena
will
not
be a
ccep
tabl
e in
the
Mah
aras
htra
tent
; the
Trin
amoo
l Con
gres
s will
have
no
truc
kw
ith th
e Lef
t par
ties i
n W
est B
enga
l;an
d th
e D
ravi
da M
unne
tra
Kazh
agam
(DM
K)
and
the
All
Indi
a A
nna
Dra
vida
Mun
netr
a Ka
zhag
am (
AIA
DM
K)
are
on
oppo
site s
ides
. Int
eres
tingl
y, th
e SP
and
the
BSP
have
com
e to
geth
er. S
ome
regi
onal
part
ies,
like
the
Trin
amoo
l Con
gres
s, th
eTe
lang
ana R
asht
ra S
amith
i, th
e Biju
Jana
taD
al, t
he SP
and
the B
SP, w
ould
like
to is
o-lat
e the
Con
gres
s and
form
a th
ird fr
ont b
utth
ere c
an b
e no
gran
d al
lianc
e with
out t
heC
ongr
ess a
s it w
ould
be
an a
dvan
tage
for
the
Bhar
atiy
a Ja
nata
Par
ty (B
JP).
The O
ppos
ition
nee
ds a
new
slog
an as
wel
l as a
stro
ng le
ader
who
can
unite
it. A
sa
trie
d an
d te
sted
lead
er, S
onia
Gan
dhi i
sa
bette
r bet
as s
he is
mor
e ac
cept
able
but
she h
as ta
ken
a bac
k se
at an
d ha
nded
ove
rth
e ba
ton
to h
er s
on. E
ven
now,
if
she
com
es fo
rwar
d to
uni
te th
e Opp
ositi
on, i
tm
ight
succ
eed.
In
tere
stin
gly,
a rec
ent p
oll s
urve
y con
-du
cted
by
the
ABP
New
s-C
Vote
r cla
ims
that
the
Nat
iona
l D
emoc
ratic
Alli
ance
(ND
A)
wou
ld w
in a
maj
ority
of s
eats
inm
ost S
tate
s th
ough
Pun
jab,
Mah
aras
htra
and
Utta
r Pra
desh
coul
d sh
ow so
me r
esis-
tanc
e if t
he O
ppos
ition
got
uni
ted.
It p
re-
dict
ed th
at th
e ND
A w
ould
get 3
8 pe
r cen
tvo
te sh
are w
hile
the U
PA 2
5 pe
r cen
t and
othe
r pa
rtie
s 37
per
cen
t vot
e sh
are.
The
surv
ey cl
aim
s tha
t if t
he C
ongr
ess-
SP-B
SPco
mbi
ne to
geth
er in
Utta
r Pra
desh
, the
BJP
wou
ld su
ffer a
hea
vy lo
ss.
The C
ongr
ess i
s ent
huse
d af
ter a
noth
-er
ABP
New
s-C
Vote
r su
rvey
, whi
ch h
aspr
edic
ted
that
the
par
ty m
ay r
etur
n to
pow
er
in
Mad
hya
Prad
esh
and
Chha
ttisg
arh
and
will
mak
e a co
meb
ack
inRa
jast
han.
Win
or
lose
, the
se A
ssem
bly
polls
will
be
a dr
ess
rehe
arsa
l for
201
9.H
owev
er,
unle
ss t
here
is
a di
rect
fig
htbe
twee
n th
e BJ
P an
d th
e un
ited
Opp
ositi
on, i
t will
be d
iffic
ult t
o di
slodg
eth
e BJP
. Tho
ugh
Con
gres
s pre
siden
t Rah
ulG
andh
i is o
ptim
istic
that
a ‘gr
and
allia
nce’
woul
d be
com
e a re
ality
, but
ther
e are
man
y‘if
s’ an
d ‘b
uts’
befo
re th
at.
Ulti
mat
ely, i
f the
peo
ple w
ant t
o ge
t rid
of th
e BJP
, the
y will
look
for a
n al
tern
ativ
e.Th
at a
ltern
ativ
e is
yet t
o em
erge
bec
ause
of a
div
ided
Opp
ositi
on a
nd t
oo m
any
ambi
tious
lea
ders
. A
s of
now
, Pr
ime
Min
ister
Nar
endr
a M
odi i
s st
ill p
opul
aran
d th
e the
re is
no
alte
rnat
ive (
TIN
A) f
ac-
tor t
hat m
ay h
elp
him
to re
turn
to p
ower
.H
owev
er, i
n po
litic
s one
wee
k is
said
to b
elo
ng e
noug
h an
d th
ere
are
at l
east
six
mon
ths l
eft b
efor
e th
e po
ll.(T
he w
riter
is a
seni
or po
litica
l com
men
-ta
tor a
nd sy
ndica
ted
colu
mni
st)
Dis
unity
am
idst
Opp
ositi
on u
nity
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The rupee fell 33 paise onTuesday to finish at a fresh
lifetime low of 74.39 against theUS dollar on high crude oilprices, strengthening of thegreenback and unabated for-eign fund outflows.
At the Interbank ForeignExchange (Forex), the rupeemade a cautious recovery of18 paise to 73.88 against theUS dollar in early trade onfresh selling of the Americancurrency by banks andexporters.
However, the domesticcurrency failed to sustain themomentum after Brent crudebreached the $84 per-barrel-mark again and the US dollarstrengthened overseas. Fallingfor the sixth straight sessions,it finally closed at 74.39 againstthe US dollar, down by 33paise.
On Monday, the domesticunit plummeted by 30 paise toclose at 74.06.
Traders said unabated for-eign fund outflows weighed onthe rupee.
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The BSE Sensex erased allearly gains to end 175
points lower in choppy trade onTuesday, posting its fourth fallin five sessions due to wide-spread selling in auto, con-sumer, realty, oil and gas andbanking stocks, amid weaken-ing rupee and boiling crude oilprices.
The 30-share Sensexopened higher at 34,651.82points but slipped into thenegative zone to hit a low of34,233.50 before ending at34,299.47, recording a fall of174.91 points, or 0.51 per cent.
Similarly, the NSE Niftyafter shuttling between10,397.60 and 10,279.35 points,ended 47 points, or 0.45 percent, lower at 10,301.05.
“Volatility continued in themarket in spite of which short-term investors are accumulat-ing select beaten down stockswith an eye on upcoming quar-ter earnings,” said Vinod Nair,Head of Research, GeojitFinancial Services.
However, negative senti-ments from global market onconcerns over a slowing worldeconomy led by lingering tradewar between the US and Chinadragged the market, he added.
According to a Nomurareport, the recent market fallhas to a large extent correctedthe excess. However, it is stilldifficult to call a bottom on thevaluation and further downsidecannot be ruled out.
Market sentiment was alsodampened on unabated foreignfund outflows and theInternational Monetary Fund(IMF) downgrading outlookfor world economy to 3.7growth on Tuesday.
The Indian currency col-lapsed to a new lifetime low of74.27 in intra-day trade, rais-ing concerns on the macro-economic front.
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Shares of Tata Motors fellsharply by over 13 per cent
Tuesday after the company-owned Jaguar Land Rover(JLR) reported 12.3 per cent
decline in global sales inSeptember.
The stock cracked 13.40 percent to end at �184.25 on theBSE. During the day, it slumped19.78 per cent to �170.65, itsmulti-year low level.
On NSE, the scrip dropped13 per cent to close at �184.55.The stock was the worst hitamong the blue chips on boththe key indices during the day.
Led by the sharp fall in thestock, the company’s marketvaluation tumbled �8,228.6 croreto �53,199.40 crore on the BSE.
In terms of the equity vol-ume, 132.54 lakh shares of thecompany were traded on theBSE and over 14 crore shares
changed hands on NSE duringthe day. Steep drop in the scripwas also instrumental in drag-ging the BSE benchmark indexlower by 174.91 points to endat 34,299.47.
JLR Monday reported 12.3per cent decline in global salesat 57,114 units in September,hit by lower demand in China,the auto major said.
The company’s sales inChina declined by 46.2 per centduring September as comparedto the same month last year asongoing market uncertaintyresulting from import dutychanges and continued tradetensions held back consumerdemand.
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With lukewarm responsefrom lenders, debt-laden
Air India has extended thedeadline for submitting bids forloans worth �500 crore to meet“urgent working capitalrequirements”.
Senior airline officials saidthe deadline for bids has beenextended to October 31 but itcould be closed earlier in casethere are minimum three bidsfor providing the loans. Theinitial deadline for submissionof bids was October 10.
The national carrier, whosedebt burden is estimated to bemore than �50,000 crore, islooking to raise �500 croreloans to meet “urgent workingcapital requirement”, as per atender document.
The tenure of theseGovernment-guaranteed loanswould be for one year.
After efforts for strategic dis-investment of the airline did nottake off in May, the governmenthas been working on ways toboost the carrier’s fortunes.
Meanwhile, Air India onMonday paid �100 crore tostate-owned oil marketingcompanies to partly clear duesrelated to purchase of jet fuel,a senior official had said.
In September, the compa-nies asked debt-laden Air Indiato clear its dues towards dailybilling amid rising oil prices.
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Hyundai Motor IndiaLimited (HMIL), India’s
second-largest car manufac-turer on Tuesday announcedthat they are naming theirupcoming small car, hithertoknown as the AH2 as the‘Santro’. In doing so, the Koreancarmaker has brought backthe brand with which it enteredthe country in 1998. Sales of theoriginal Santro ended in 2014.According to YK Koo,Managing Director, HMIL, thenew Santro will be longer andwider than the earlier modeland will bring back the ‘tall-boy’ design for which the orig-inal was famous. “This is theperfect product for us to launchon our twentieth anniversary inIndia.”
HMIL also announced thatpre-bookings for the newSantro can be made from theirwebsite from 10-22 October fora notional amount of �11,100for the first 50000 customers.The Santro will be formally
launched on October 23.Speaking to The Pioneer, Koorefused to speculate on theprice but said that the Santrowill fit between the Eon and theGrand i10 in Hyundai’s lineup.Prices are expected to rangebetween �3.5 to 5 lakh. Thecarmaker will offer a driverairbag and ABS as standard inanticipation of future safetynorms, the top-spec Astamodel will also feature a 17centimetre touchscreen withsupport for Android Auto andApple CarPlay.
The new Santro which hasbeen developed extensively byHyundai India’s research anddevelopment centre will alsohave an in-house developedAutomated ManualTransmission (AMT) system soas to offer a clutch-less optionto buyers. The car will be avail-able only with a petrol engine,a 69PS 1.1 litre four-cylindermodel. HMIL said that the
Santro is the first car in its classto feature a rear air-condition-ing vent.
Koo also told The Pioneerthat the sudden spurt in fuelprices was a dampener to cardemand but he added thatnew products like the Santroshould left demand. However,he did also state that the car-maker which is running at fullcapacity was not planning toadd another production line fornow but expected to get incre-mental improvements whichwould add 50,000 additionalunits in 2019. “ We are not avolume player”, Koo declared,“we want to focus on quality,customer satisfaction and deal-er profitability.” This is despitethe fact that HMIL currentlyhas waiting periods for theirpopular Creta and Verna mod-els. Industry observers believethis has to do with Hyundai’ssister firm Kia entering theIndian market next year.
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Industry chamber PHDCCITuesday urged the
Government to devise “SmartMicro Grid Policy” and alsoappealed for “Separate TariffPolicy” for consumer gettingelectricity through smart gridsparticularly in its solar andwind segment.
The recommendationswere made during a NationalSmart Grid Conclave held herepointing out that with alternatesources of energy beingexplored with intensive aggres-
siveness, and solar and windenergy already making theirdecibel heard, smart microgrid policy and separate tariffpolicy need to be designedafresh, a PHDCCI statementsaid.
According to the state-ment, proposed micro gridspolicy and suggestedredesigned tariff policy foralternate sources of energyparticularly for rural beltsacross the country would beneeded as solar and wind ener-gy would have a larger andabundant takers.
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Mahindra Mutual Fund, awholly owned subsidiary
of Mahindra and MahindraFinancial Services Limited(MMFSL) launches new openended equity scheme‘Mahindra Rural Bharat andConsumption Yojana,’ forinvestors who are seeking long-term capital appreciation byinvesting predominantly inequity and equity relatedinstruments of entities engagedin and/ or expected to benefitfrom the high growth ofIncome & Consumption inrural India.
The New Fund Offer openson October 19, 2018 and clos-es on November 02, 2018. Thescheme will reopen for con-tinuous sale and repurchasewithin 5 business days from thedate of allotment.
V e n k a t a r a m a nBalasubramanian, Chief EquityStrategist, Mahindra MutualFund Mahindra Rural Bharatand Consumption Yojanawould provide investors anopportunity to invest in a seg-ment with strongest contribu-tion potential to India’s growingGDP. The fund will focus onsegments insulated from glob-al volatility such as currencymovements, etc and invest incompanies that can capture theunder-penetration opportunityin Rural India. The schemewould invest minimum 80% inequity and equity related instru-ments of entities having expo-sure towards rural India.
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Isuzu Motors India Pvt. Ltdinaugurated its 2nd show-
room of Torque ISUZU inAhmedabad, making it the 5thtouch-point in the state ofGujarat. Isuzu Motors India hasbeen associated with TorqueCommercial Vehicles since2015 and has been operatingauthorised sales & service out-lets in Ahmedabad, Rajkot,Vadodara and Bhuj. This addi-tional outlet will enhance thecompany’s reach in the city,offering seamless sales andservice support to all its cus-tomers.
The new showroom inAhmedabad is located in thecommercial hub of the city andis spread over an area of 5500sq.ft.
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The postal department hasset a target to more than
double its market share in par-cel business in next two years,Communications MinisterManoj Sinha said on Tuesday.
“Approximately, we have 3-4 per cent share in parcel busi-ness. Private players offer effec-tive service instantly while ingovernment system people atsmall places are required towait for decision of headquar-ter. Therefore, to take instantdecision and to offer compet-itive service, we have created aseparate parcel directorate andset target of achieving 10 percent of this parcel business incoming 2 years,” Sinha said.
He was sharing status ofworks being done at thedepartment on the eve ofWorld Post Day.
In 2017-18, India Post han-dled 618 crore mail articles, 18crore, registered articles and 46
crore speed post articles.According to a KPMG
report, the e-commerce retaillogistics market alone is valuedat $1.35 billion in 2018, and isprojected to witness a growthof around 36 per cent in thecoming five years.
“Around 94-96 per centpeople get articles delivered tothem in time,” Sinha said.
He said that the depart-ment has set-up call centre inVaranasi to handle customergrievances and resolve com-plaints.
The minister also saidthat the postal department isa commercial department ofgovernment and steps arebeing taken to ensure that thedepartment become self sus-tainable.
He said that the depart-ment is on track to set-up aseparate insurance companyunder the DoP and request forproposal have been invitedfrom consultants.
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New Delhi: Japanese auto major Honda Tuesday launched anall-new version of its premium SUV CR-V in India, priced between�28.15 lakh and �32.75 lakh (ex-showroom). The two-wheel drivepetrol variant of the fifth generation CR-V is priced at �28.15 lakh.The diesel variant with two-wheel drive option is priced at �30.65lakh while the trim with all wheel drive (AWD) option is tagged at�32.75 lakh. It is for the first time Honda is introducing diesel pow-ertrain to the CR-V line-up in India. While the petrol variants arepowered by a 2 litre CVT (continuously variable transmission) enginedelivering a power output of 154 PS, the 1.6 litre diesel trims comemated to a nine-speed automatic transmissions. Both petrol and dieselversions of the model will feature automatic transmissions only. “Westrongly believe that the new CR-V has the potential to be a gamechanger in premium SUV segment and we foresee a shift in con-sumer preference towards more luxurious and comfortable SUVs,”Honda Cars India President and CEO Gaku Nakanishi toldreporters here. He added that the company plans to launch threenew products during the current fiscal. Honda plans to introducenew version of its premium sedan Civic later during the fiscal. Ithas already launched all new Amaze earlier this year. “The launch-es would help us further consolidate our position in the premiumSUV segment and the premium sedan segment," Nakanishi said.Honda will assemble the new CR-V at its Greater Noida facility. Thecompany has sold over 17,500 units of petrol powered CR-V unitsin India since launching the model in 2003. Currently, the premi-um SUV segment in the country is dominated by the likes of ToyotaFortuner and Ford Endeavour.
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Tuesday reported a marginal dip in its sales at 11,789 units for theJanuary-September period compared to 11,869 units in the same peri-od of last year. It faced significant headwinds during the period underreview due to various micro-economic factors like rising interest rates,inflationary hikes, depreciation of the rupee and rising import costs,the company said in a statement. Besides, a substantially high baseof last year also posed significant sales challenges in the third quar-ter of 2018, Mercedes-Benz India said in a statement. “We are sat-isfied with our sales performance despite experiencing the prevail-ing micro-economic headwinds and also a high base of 2017, whichwas a result of the strong built up to the GST roll-out and also theonset of an earlier festive season, posing stiff sales challenges,” MichaelJopp, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mercedes-Benz Indiasaid. Moving into the last quarter of 2018, the company is confi-dent of a good festive season, he added.
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As many as 163 Delhiitesfeatured in the Barclays
Hurun India Rich List 2018and their cumulative wealthstood at a whopping �6,78,400crore, a report said Tuesday.
The Barclays Hurun IndiaRich List, which is a compila-tion of the richest individualsin India having a net worth of�1,000 crore or more, notedthat in terms of cities, Mumbaiemerged as the hub of the richand famous — with 233 nameshailing from the city; whileNew Delhi and Bengaluruaccounted for 163 and 69names, respectively.
The Delhi list was topped
by HCL’s Shiv Nadar with atotal net worth of �37,400crore; closely followed byEicher Motor's Vikram Lalwith �37,100 crore and RoshniNadar at the 3rd place with atotal wealth of �31,400 crore.
Bharati Airtel's Sunil Mittaland family was placed at the4th place with total wealth of�22,500 crore, while RajivSingh of DLF broke into the top10 in the latest edition with anet worth of �21,000 croreand was at the 5th place.
Others in the top 10include, Kiran Nadar at the 6thposition with a net worth of�20,900 crore, Anand Burman(7th, �19,500 crore), RajanBharti Mittal & family (8th,
�13,900 crore), Rakesh BhartiMittal & family (9th, �13,900crore) and Rahul Bhatia (10th,�12,800 crore). While the top10 list had only 2 women;there were as many as 29women among the 163Delhiites who made it to thelist. An industry-wise analysisshows that Auto and auto com-ponent sector contributed 21names to the rich list, fol-lowed by Capital Goods (11names), Pharmaceuticals andFMCG sectors (10 nameseach). However, in terms ofshare of cumulative wealthrepresented by each sector –Software & services toppedthe ranking followed by Auto& auto components, FMCG
and Telecommunications sec-tors at the second, third andfourth position, respectively.
The list was compiled onthe basis of net worth of livingIndians as on 31st July, 2018when the rate of exchange tothe US Dollar stood at �68.51.It relates to Indians only,defined as born or brought upin India.
Meanwhile, the overall listhad 831 super rich individuals,led by Reliance IndustriesChairman Mukesh Ambaniwith a networth of �3.71 lakhcrore. There were 831 Indianshaving a networth of �1,000crore or more in 2018, whichis 214 individuals more thanthe 2017 list.
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South Korean auto major Hyundai Tuesday said it willbring back its once popular hatchback, Santro, in a new
avatar in India later this month.The company, which operates in the country through
its wholly-owned subsidiary Hyundai Motor India(HMIL), had discontinued the previous Santro model inDecember 2014. Hyundai has invested over USD 100 mil-lion on the all-new Santro, which was developed underthe code name AH2, over the last three years.
The new car will be powered by a 4-cylinder 1.1 litrepetrol engine. It will also be available with automated man-ual transmission (AMT) and factory-fitted CNG fueloptions. HMIL managing director and CEO Y K Koo saidthe company decided to name the "new family car" asSantro following an overwhelming response from cus-tomers in an online poll. “The AH2 retains the values ofthe Santro in the form of a ‘modern Tall Boy’ car,” he saidhere.
The company will open online pre-bookings for thenew Santro from October 10-22 with �11,100 as bookingamount for the first 50,000 customers. “We will have theglobal premiere of the all-new Santro on October 23 inNew Delhi,” Koo told reporters here.
When asked about sales expectations from the newSantro, he said: “In the domestic market we are lookingat around 8,000 to 10,000 units per month.” The all-newSantro will compete with the likes of Maruti Suzuki’sWagonR, Celerio and Tata Motors' Tiago in the mid-com-pact segment which is about 30,000 units a month.
“With the new Santro we are looking at about 25-30per cent of that segment,” he said, adding that the com-pany is re-entering the mid-compact segment which itvacated when Santro was discontinued four years ago.
“The target for the new Santro is first time buyers, spe-cially in tier II and III towns and rural areas with metroscontributing for additional purchases.” From exports,which will begin from February next year, Koo said HMILis looking at 20,000 to 30,000 units annually.
The company will be targeting markets in LatinAmerica, Middle East and South Africa and South EastAsia, where the previous Santro was very popular, headded.
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India (SBI) said Tuesday it willbuy good quality assets worth�45,000 crore from NBFCs thatare facing liquidity crunch trig-gered by a series of debt repay-ment defaults by financial con-glomerate IL&FS and its sub-sidiaries.
SBI, which earlier plannedto purchase assets worth�15,000 crore, has decided tobuy additional assets of up to�30,000 crore. “This is a good
commercial opportunity for thebank to increase the loan port-folio as NBFC assets are avail-able at attractive rates,” SBImanaging director PK Guptatold PTI.
It will benefit both SBI andthe NBFC sector as they getmuch required liquidity whilethe bank will get good loanportfolio, he said further.
“Bank had initially plannedfor a growth of �15,000 crorethrough portfolio purchase dur-
ing the current year which isnow being enhanced. As perbank’s internal assessment, theremay be an opportunity to buyadditional portfolio in the rangeof �20,000 to �30,000 crore,” SBIsaid in a statement.The coun-try's largest lender said that ithas stepped up target purchaseof good quality portfolio ofassets from NBFCs. NBFCstocks have wilted due to heavyselling pressure following theIL&FS defaults since late
September as investors raisedconcerns over the rising cost ofborrowing for them amidstIL&FS crisis. “There is a goodopportunity to expand its loanportfolio at attractive rates. Thebank is looking for opportuni-ties both in priority and non-priority sectors,” SBI added.
On September 23, SBIChairman Rajnish Kumar hadsaid that there should not be anyconcern in the liquidity positionat NBFCs.
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The wife of the formerInterpol president who dis-
appeared in China has revealedthat she had received a threat-ening phone call warning ofagents coming for her while shefights a so-far fruitless battle forinformation about her hus-band’s fate.
In her first one-on-oneinterview since Meng Hongweiwent missing, Grace Mengdenied bribery allegationsagainst her high-profile hus-band, and told The AssociatedPress that speaking out abouthis disappearance was placingher “in great danger.”
Meng Hongwei — who isalso China’s vice minister ofpublic security — disappearedwhile on a trip home to Chinalate last month. A long-timeCommunist Party insider with
decades of experience inChina’s sprawling securityapparatus, the 64-year-old isthe latest high-ranking officialto fall victim to a sweepingpurge against allegedly corruptor disloyal officials underPresident Xi Jinping’s authori-tarian administration.
Speaking to the AP lateMonday at a hotel in Lyon,France, where Interpol is based,Grace Meng said her last contactwith her husband was by textmessage, on Sept. 25, when hewrote “wait for my call” and senther an emoji image of a knifeafter traveling back to China.
After a week with no sub-sequent news, and on anevening when she was at homein Lyon having put their twoyoung boys to bed, she then gota threatening call on her mobilephone from a man speaking inChinese.
“He said, ‘You listen butyou don’t speak,’” she said. Hecontinued: “We’ve come in two
work teams, two work teamsjust for you.” She said the manalso said, “We know where youare,” and that when she tried toask a question, he repeated:“You don’t speak, you just lis-ten to me.”
As a result, Mrs. Meng isnow under French police pro-tection. Chinese authoritiessaid Monday that MengHongwei was being lawfullyinvestigated for taking bribesand other crimes that were aresult of his “willfulness.” Hoursearlier, Interpol said Meng hadresigned as the internationalpolice agency’s president. Itwas not clear whether he did soof his own free will.
Mrs Meng suggested thatthe bribery accusation is just anexcuse for “making him disap-pear for so long.”
“As his wife, I think he’ssimply incapable of this,” she
said. She said she would bewilling to make their bankaccounts public.
She said that she spoke outin hopes that doing so mighthelp other families in similarcircumstances.
She refused to provide herreal name to the AP, saying shewas too afraid for the safety ofher relatives in China. It is notcustomary for Chinese wives toadopt their husbands’ names.Mrs. Meng said she has done sonow to show her solidarity withher husband. Her Englishname, Grace, is one she haslong used, she said.
A French judicial official,speaking on condition ofanonymity, confirmed to APthat police are investigating thethreat against Mrs Meng, butsaid the probe has yet to deter-mine whether there were indeedChinese teams sent to Lyon.
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In a sudden move, Indian-American US Ambassador to
the United Nations Nikki Haleyresigned on Tuesday, becomingthe latest casualty in the frag-ile Trump administration justweeks ahead of the crucialmid-term elections.
President Donald Trumphas accepted her resignation,US media reported. Trumptweeted that he has a “bigannouncement” with Haley inthe Oval Office at 10.30 am.
The reason behind her res-ignation was not immediatelyclear. Haley, 46, was the seniormost Indian-American offi-cial in the Trump administra-tion. She was confirmed as UNAmbassador four days afterTrump was inaugurated inJanuary 2017. She had script-ed history by becoming thefirst-ever Indian-American tobe appointed to a cabinet-levelpost in any US administration.
The daughter of Indianimmigrants from Punjab,Haley was the first womantapped by Trump for a top-leveladministration post during histransition to the White House.
Haley’s nomination was aturning point for the Indian-American community which isincreasingly playing greaterrole in American politics.
She was critical of Trumpduring the primary campaignand had backed Senator MarcoRubio in the Republican pri-mary. However, before the gen-eral elections, she switchedher position, saying she wouldvote for Trump.
Born Nimrata “Nikki”
Randhawa, Haley is the firstminority and female Governorof South Carolina, a deeplyconservative state with a longhistory of racial strife.
She is the first Indian-American woman Governorand the second Indian-American governor of any State.Prior to becoming governor, sherepresented Lexington Countyin the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.
Prior to dedicating her lifeto public service, Haley workedat her family business. Haleyand her husband, Michael, aCaptain in the Army NationalGuard and combat veteranwho was deployed toAfghanistan’s HelmandProvince, have two children,Rena and Nalin.
However, President DonaldTrump said UN AmbassadorNikki Haley is leaving theadministration “at the end ofthe year.” Trump spoke as heand Haley met in the OvalOffice, shortly after word cameof her plans to resign.
London: One of the two sus-pects behind the poisoning offormer Russian spy SergeiSkripal in Britain was an intel-ligence operative who was per-sonally decorated as a hero byPresident Vladimir Putin in2014, investigative groupBellingcat said on Tuesday.
The site said on Mondaythat the man, who used thealias “Alexander Petrov”, was infact Alexander Mishkin, atrained military doctoremployed by Moscow’s GRUmilitary intelligence service.
Bellingcat founder EliotHiggins and researcher ChristoGrozev told reporters at anevent in the British parliamentTuesday that they discoveredMishkin had taken part inundercover operations inUkraine and the breakawayrepublic of Transnistria. Higginsand Grozev said that Mishkinwas made a Hero of the RussianFederation by Putin in theautumn of 2014. People famil-iar with his family believed itwas awarded for activities “eitherin Crimea or in relation to (for-mer Ukrainian presidentViktor) Yanukovych”, accordingto their report. AFP
Kathmandu: The RastriyaJanata Party-Nepal, a keyMadhesi party which has beendemanding amendments toNepal’s Constitution, hasthreatened to withdraw its sup-port to Prime Minister KPSharma Oli-led Government.
The RJP-N leaders, whopresented a memorandum toPrime Minister Oli on Monday,warned that if the governmentfailed to address their demands,the party would withdraw itssupport to his Governmentafter Diwali.
RJP-N has asked the gov-ernment to initiate the processof amendment to theConstitution to address thedemands of Madhesi, Tharu,Muslims and Janajatis.
“This is our last warningand if the government turns itsdeaf ear, we will launch freshagitation after the festivals bywithdrawing support to thegovernment,” said RajendraMahato, member of thePresidium of the RJP-N. “TheGovernment is not listening toour demands and is also tryingto avoid the amendments to theConstitution,” said Mahato, theformer commerce minister.
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China on Tuesday hintedthat the leaders of Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation(SCO) may discuss the issue ofsanctions threat by the US oncountries buying Russianweapons, when they meet inTajikistan on Thursday.
The Donald Trumpadministration has late lastmonth imposed sanctionsunder the CounteringAmerica’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act(CAATSA) on China for pur-chasing S-400 missile defencesystem and SU-35 fighters from Russia.
The US administration isrequired, under CAATSA, toimpose sanctions on any coun-try that has “significant trans-actions” with Iran, North Koreaor Russia.
The Act primarily dealswith sanctions on Russianinterests such as its oil and gasindustry, defence and securitysector, and financial institu-tions, in the backdrop of itsmilitary intervention inUkraine and its alleged med-dling in the 2016 USPresidential elections.
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The US has sought a thor-ough and transparent
investigation into the disap-pearance of a prominent Saudijournalist after PresidentDonald Trump expressed con-cern over the scribe’s where-abouts. Jamal Khashoggi, aSaudi journalist andWashington Post contributor,went missing after he enteredthe Saudi consulate in Istanbulon October 2.
According to some mediareports, Khashoggi, 59, hasbeen killed inside the Saudiconsulate. US Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo said he hadseen conflicting reports on thesafety and whereabouts ofKhashoggi.
“As the President has con-veyed, the United States isconcerned by his disappear-ance. State Department seniorofficials have spoken with theKingdom of Saudi Arabiathrough diplomatic channelsabout this matter,” he said.
“We call on the govern-ment of Saudi Arabia to sup-port a thorough investigation ofMr Khashoggi’s disappearanceand to be transparent about theresults of that investigation,”Pompeo said in a statement.
Trump’s own remarks toreporters were more tentative,saying he was “concerned”about “some pretty bad stories”about what had happened toKhashoggi.
“I am concerned about it. Idon’t like hearing about it.Hopefully that will sort itself out.Right now nobody knows any-thing about it, but there’s somepretty bad stories going around.I do not like it,” Trump said.
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Ankara: Saudi Arabia hasagreed to let Turkish authori-ties search the kingdom’sIstanbul consulate after promi-nent journalist and Riyadhcritic Jamal Khashoggi wentmissing last week, the Turkishforeign ministry said Tuesday.
“Saudi authorities said theywere open to cooperation andthat a search can be conduct-ed at the consulate building,”the ministry spokesman HamiAksoy said in a statement.
The search will take placeas part of the official investiga-tion, which was being con-ducted “in an intense manner”,he said without giving any date.Khashoggi, a Washington Postcontributor who wrote for Araband Western media, vanishedlast Tuesday after visiting theconsulate to obtain official doc-uments. Ankara sought per-mission to carry out a searchafter the foreign ministry sum-moned the Saudi ambassadorfor a second time, Turkish tele-vision reported. AFP
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(GMI), India’s leading musiccollege, is inviting applica-tions for its Music Productionand Advanced MusicProduction programmes. Tobe held from September 29 toDecember 8, 2018, theseexhaustive and intense cours-es are aimed at enhancing astudent’s understanding ofmusic production and take itto the next level.
The classes, spanning over10 weeks, will be held for threehours on Saturdays. GMI haspartnered with The Inventoryand Ableton as an AbletonIndia Education Partner forboth the programmes. Thecurriculum has been designedby Ableton Certified Trainer,Aditya Balani and will betaught by Jay Pei.
The course in MusicProduction is aimed at gettingstudents started with makingmusic using Ableton Live10,an industry standard and apowerful Digital AudioWorkstation. Students willlearn how to organise theirmusical ideas, increase work-flow, and use real-world tech-niques to polish their finalproductions.
The Advanced MusicProduction programme isdesigned to equip studentswith the knowledge and toolsto take music production tothe next level. It will delve intodigital signal processing,dynamic processing, EQ tech-niques, mixing, mastering,and under the hood featuresof Live 10. With advancedmodular sound design withsubtractive, FM, physical,modelling and wavetable syn-thesis, max for live devices,students will be able to under-stand how to create a uniquesonic palette and take thestage using Push, MIDI con-trollers and external hard-ware synth / effects.
The curriculum is inclu-sive of an interdisciplinaryapproach combiningHindustani, western classicaland world music. The choiceof performance major offeredincludes guitar, voice, piano,drums, bass. GMI encour-ages students to develop astrong artistic identity andenables them to be versatileperforming musicians.
Eligibility: The minimum
age to apply is 14 years(younger students may beconsidered on a special casebasis).
Applications forms to befi l led are available atwww.globalmusicinstitute.in/music-production/.
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School, Glasgow is invitingapplications for MSc in GlobalEnergy Management (GEM)course starting in September2019.
The MSc in Global EnergyManagement is accredited bythe Energy Institute, the pro-fessional body for the energyindustry. It is the first Masterscourse to hold academicaccreditation for the profes-sional status of CharteredEnergy Manager.
Through this course, stu-dents will gain a rigorous ana-lytical training and in-depthreal-world knowledge of glob-al energy systems. There’s alsohands-on training in the man-agement of energy-relatedissues. The training will helpto give students an unrivallededge in the energy job market.
The department run aseries of interactive seminarscalled the Global EnergyForum. Leading internationalenergy experts in business,government and other organ-isations provide students withpractical insights and insideknowledge. There are fieldtrips, conferences and summerproject.
Eligibility: Three-yearBachelor’s degree or higherhonours degree. Applicationsare also welcome from candi-dates with significant high cal-ibre industry or Governmentexperience. IELTS (academic):6.5 overall (no individual bandless than 5.5).
Fee: £18,450 for interna-tional students. For furtherinformation, [email protected];https://www.strath.ac.uk/cours-es/postgraduatetaught/glob-alenergymanagement/.
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Covestro, a global manufacturer of high-performance polymer materials, inau-
gurated STEM4GirlsFestival2018 at the NehruScience Center, Mumbai to promote Stemeducation among girls. The company alongwith Greenlight for Girls, Nehru ScienceCentre and Chandra Mohan Foundation pre-sented the third edition of the Stem workshopwhich is being conducted in six cities with thefirst workshop held in Mumbai from October8-13 2018.
The aim is to give one more reason to cel-ebrate with festival2018 by involving over3000 girl students across India in scienceexperiments and interaction.
An MHRD report shows that only 8.52%of the girls enrolled in higher education werepursuing bachelor degrees in engineering ortechnology in 2012-13. This is a major con-cern as the loser in this scenario is not just thewomen who do not get a chance to chase theirdreams but also science itself, which fails tobenefit from other points of view. On the con-trary year after year, in school exams, we hearof how girls have outshone boys, but when itcomes to those who take up research in laterlife, the number of women is minuscule.
This means that many of our best brainsthat showed the maximum potential do notpick research as a career. The programme willfocus on teaching girls in the age group of 11-15 years with various Stem-based concepts.
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Berger Paints India Ltd hasassociated with Paints andCoatings Skill Council and
National Skill DevelopmentCorporation (NSDC) to train sixregional champions from theIndia Skills Competition in thepainting and decorating category.The champions are from Kerala,Chandigarh, Haryana and Bihar.
The India Skills competitionwas organised in Delhi fromOctober 2-5, 2018. The winnerwas Priya Gaira from Chandigarh,Sahil Kapil also from Chandigarh
was the runner up and KartavyaSaini from Haryana was placedthird. The first two will representIndia in the Paint and Decoratingcategory in the world skills com-petition to be held in Kazan,Russia in 2019.
The company will also trainthe winners, help in upscalingtheir skills, and prepare them forWorld Skills Competition. Thecompany came forward with anobjective to promote young talentsof the nation by not only honingtheir skills but also amplifyingtheir employment quotient. Thetraining classes were organised at
Karigari Bhawan in Kolkata.The NSDC organises the
lndia Skills competition everytwo years in association withstate governments and indus-tries. This year more than 400young talents across 27 States andUnion Territories competed in 46skills, 10 traditional skills and fourdemo skills.
Abhijit Roy, MD & CEO ofBerger Paints India Limited said:“The idea behind such an associ-ation is to encourage the youthand provide platforms to representskills along with raising employ-ment quotient.’
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The Ministry of TribalAffairs has bestowed
Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham the title thetitle of Centre of Excellence inTribal Empowermentthrough Digital Inclusion(Amrita CoE-TEDI). TheMinistry also highlighted thedistinctive work done by theuniversity that led to the ful-fillment of UN’s sustainabledevelopment goals through its101 adopted Amrita SeRVevillages.
Dr Prema Nedungadi,director, Amrita Center forResearch in Analytics &Technologies for Education
(Amrita CREATE), AmritaVishwa Vidyapeetham, said:“Amrita is honoured to havebeen given this distinction bythe Tribal Ministry. Ourimmediate plans are to under-stand baseline data and theimpact of technology in areassuch as digital literacy, oral-contraceptive use, oralhygiene, micronutrient defi-ciencies, digital safety, ante-natal-health monitoring, andvaccination, as well as withour adolescent ambassadorsfor awareness programme.We have also already com-pleted awareness training inthe dangers of substanceabuse to 1,000 tribal stu-dents.”
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The Pride of the NationSeries Awards &
Business Summit, celebrat-ing India’s 71 Years ofIndependence, and 3rdEdition — India’s GreatestBrands & Leaders 2017-18was organised by URSMedia and AsiaOne maga-zine, recently. With the nextone to be held in Singapore.
The event was graced byManeka Sanjay Gandhi,Indian Minister for Women& Child Development,
Vineet Jain, MD, BCCL, DrNiranjan Hiranandani,chairman, HiranandaniCommunities, AshishChauhan MD & CEO, BSE,Karisma Kapoor, actress anddiplomats from Bulgaria,Botswana, Iceland,SwedenArgentina,Uganda, Kuwaitand Malaysia.
Several business andeconomy issues and India’sstupendous growth were dis-cussed and celebrated at thehighest level, and ways toimprove investment in Indiawere considered.
Wealth Management is a mostcommon term thrown out inthe board rooms of the com-
panies and in front of the clients.Wealth management is a very straight-forward term from the affluent indi-vidual's perspective; wealth manage-ment is simply the science of solv-ing/enhancing the financial situationof a client. It involves financial advi-sory services, accounting & tax plan-ning, estate planning, will drafting ser-vices as well as other matters thatrequire expert advice.
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very seriously in India. When it cameto building a rewarding career inBanking and Finance, InvestmentBanking was the first preference. Buttimes are changing now. With evolu-tion in the thought process, growingawareness about Wealth creation,and various macroeconomic factors,aspirants are earnestly considering acareer in Wealth Management as aWealth Advisor.
India is witnessing an era ofwealth creation and on the trajecto-ry of becoming a new world playerthat will host the highest number of
millionaires. A report by Oxfamreleased ahead of the World EconomicForum in Davos states that Indiaadded 17 new billionaires last year,raising the number to 101 billionaires.The report further indicated that theWealth of these billionaires grewfrom �15.78 lakh crore to over �20.67lakh crore in 2017-18. The overallgrowth in wealth during 2018 is phe-nomenal.
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grow by 30 % by 2025. Wealth man-agement, by contrast, enjoys explosivegrowth when the economy booms,aspiring wealth managers or advisorcould see the job prospects improvegreatly in the coming years. TheWealth Advisor is able to bring in theappropriate experts and provide theappropriate financial products.
Life of a wealth advisor is quitestressful because having access to per-sonal accounts of clients comes withgreat responsibility and accountabil-ity. The mistakes on the job are rarelyacceptable or redeemable, so the jobinvolves a lot of mental pressure.
Wealth Advisors or Managersspend large amounts of time in their
offices, but they do have to travel occa-sionally to meet with clients to discusstheir needs and offer them adviceabout potential investments.
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bachelor’s degree in a related field suchas business finance, or economics.On-the-job training is provided by thehiring firm. The major skills and com-petencies that employers look for areexcellent communication and listeningskills, confidence and presentationskills, Ability to explain complex infor-mation clearly and simply and Goodsales and negotiation skills. A certifiedglobal PG diploma course is also ben-eficial for people who want to pursuea professional career as a WealthAdvisor. The course combines the bestof the global orientation and the strongindustry exposure.
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Apart from sales ability, a profes-sional must love the markets and enjoykeeping up with them around theclock. Finance is more fast-paced thanever; clients demand a manger that arehigh-energetic and stays ahead of thecurve.
Being good with people is also animportant skill for anyone under thebroad umbrella of financial advising.
The high net worth client lookingforward to a person who has top-of-the-line communication skills, shouldoffer good service and maintain greatrelations with them.
A person seeking the profession-al career as a wealth advisor has to bewell versed with different sets ofwealth products like mutual funds,private equity, structured products,real estate, portfolio managementservices and arbitrary strategies.
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The British Council alongwith other organisations
partnered with the IndiaDidactics Association to hostthe annual ministerial and lead-ership conference AsianSummit on Education and Skills(ASES) and the DIDAC Indiaexhibition in New Delhi.
The ASES conference isthe Asian chapter of theEducation World Forum inLondon, which brings togethereducation and skills ministersand senior policy makers. Thetheme of this year’s conferencewas — Learning for tomorrow’sworld, leading exponentialdevelopment. Action today forknowledge, skills, attitudes andvalues education.
The British Council waspleased to be a supportingpartner and be part of thefocused discussion on educa-tion and skills with ministersand senior policy makers fromacross India. The discussioncentered on current trends ineducation and skills sector andpossible solutions. As an offshoot to the ASES conference,the British Council organiseda conference with EducationMinisters and policy makersfrom North-east India. Thediscussion focused on theregion, the opportunities andchallenges that exist in the
North East and support theBritish Council could offer topartner with the governmentsof the North-east to developopportunities for the youththrough educational initiatives.
The DIDAC India is anannual international exhibi-tion about education and tech-nology-based solutions for alllevels. The British Councilinteracted with over 1,000 vis-itors to the exhibition, rangingfrom teachers, educationists,youth, school leaders and headsof organisations. The BritishCouncil interacted with over1,000 visitors to the exhibition,ranging from teachers, educa-tionists, youth, school leadersand heads of organisations
Duncan Wilson, Director,Schools English and Skills,British Council said: “We workextensively with partners inGovernment, non-governmentorganisations and corporates toextend the reach and impact ofour programmes in school andteacher development. We werealso pleased to support theDIDAC exhibition which ranalongside the conference. Weseek to support the develop-ment of quality education andskills at all levels of the educa-tion system. These events werean excellent opportunity toengage with key stakeholdersaround important issues andagendas.”
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The Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) opened India’s first-evermulti-purpose cultural and public
information center — Korea Corner onHangeul Day. The Embassy of the Republicof Korea together with JNU organised theopening ceremony of the Korea Corner inJNU’s School of Language, Literature andCultural Studies. The ceremony witnessedthe presence of Shin Bong-kil, Ambassadorof the Republic of Korea to India, KimKum-pyoung- Director of Korean CulturalCenter India, Prof Jagadesh Kumar, VC,Vyjajanti Raghavan and Prof and chair-person Centre for Korean Studies, JNUamong others.
The corner aims at enhancing localpublic awareness about Korea by provid-ing easier access to a variety of materialson Korea at universities or libraries abroad.
Highlighting the importance of corner,Korean Ambassador Shin Bong-kil said:“The Korean Government has madeutmost efforts to strengthen public diplo-macy in India in tune with emergingKorea-India relations. JNU has been at theforefront of promoting Korean languageand Korean Studies in India. JNU is theonly university in India where Korean lan-guage is taught right from undergraduateto Ph. D level. Thanks to the collaborativeefforts between the Korean Embassy andJNU, the first Korean Corner in India hasbeen realised. Korea Corner will be likeLittle Korea in JNU campus and will serveas a popular destination to experience ele-ments of both modern and traditional
Korea.”The corner is located at #129 at the
School of Language, Literature andCultural Studies, JNU. To establish this
facility, JNU has provided the space andthe Korean Embassy extended support interms of interior designing, new equipmentas well as a variety of resource materialson Korea. It will enable JNU students, fac-ulty members and anyone interested inknowing and learning about Korea to havecultural and educational experiences byproviding research materials, academicbooks, audio-video contents, etc., whiledemonstrating Korea’s cultural artifacts,photos, traditional costumes and musicalinstruments.
The corner will also be utilized as avenue for Korea-related events, including,academic seminars, research activitiesand exhibitions. The Korean Embassy incollaboration with Foundation will con-tinue supporting the facility by providingupdated materials on Korea.
The Hangeul Day celebration is a year-ly event which has vibrant and colorfulprogrammes. This year, the three-daycelebration witnessed the participation ofaround more than 250 students learningKorean language from JNU, KoreanCultural Centre, Amity University andDelhi University.
Apart from the inauguration of theKorea Corner, the day also saw 2ndInternational Seminar on KoreanLiterature: Translation, Literature andIndia. On October 9, 2018 the colours ofKorea were seen during the celebration ofCultural programme.
Today, October 10, 2018 JNU will behosting essay competition, quiz, singingcompetition and food festival — all Koreantheme.
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Imperious Novak Djokovicdeclared that he was "a com-pletely different player" from
the first half of this year after hebeat France's Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 7-5 to roll into the ShanghaiMasters third round on Tuesday.
The rejuvenated Serbian sec-ond seed has now won all 12matches against Chardy andthis victory was never in doubt.
The 31-year-old Djokovichad to contend with a more stub-born Chardy in the second set,before the world number three'ssuperior shot-making wonthrough in 83 minutes.
The 14-time Grand Slamchampion missed six months ofcompetition in 2017 and hadelbow surgery in February.
But he has burst back toform and fitness since the sum-mer, winning Wimbledon, theUS Open and the Masters 1000Cincinnati in a terrific run, andsays he is back close to his best.
Djokovic, who is eyeingRafael Nadal's number one rank-ing, said: "I haven't won toomany matches the beginning ofthe year.
"After the surgery I was notmanaging to play my best, andthat has changed, so obviouslythe more you win, the morecomfortable and more confidentyou feel on the court."
The Serb will play eitherItaly's Marco Cecchinato orSouth Korea's Chung Hyeonnext -- he lost to both during hisdarker days in the first half of theyear.
"I think I'm a completely dif-ferent player than I was in firstfive, six months of the year," hesaid.
"Hopefully the outcome canbe different as well."
In the absence of the injuredNadal, holder Roger Federer isthe top seed in Shanghai and theSwiss great starts his campaignon Wednesday against Russia'sDaniil Medvedev.
Nikoloz Basilashvili won hissixth straight match Tuesday,beating Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-2 in the first round.
Basilashvili, who won theChina Open last week and hasmoved up to a career-high rank-ing of No 23, never faced a breakpoint on his serve. The Georgianearned his first victory at thetournament after qualifying in2015 and 2017.
On Sunday, Basilashviliupset fourth-seeded Juan Martindel Potro in the final in Beijing.Earlier this year, he became thefirst Georgian man to win anATP title when he won inHamburg - playing as a qualifi-er.
Basilashvili will next playfourth-seeded Alexander Zverevin the second round.
While, Daniil Medvedev,who upset Kei Nishikori to winthe Japan Open on Sunday,struggled but beat Chinese wild-card entry Zhang Ze 3-6, 7-6 (6),6-4 in the first round.
Medvedev has won all threefinals he has appeared in thisyear and did so by beating thehome favorite. Besides beatingNishikori in Tokyo, he defeatedAlex de Minaur in Sydney andSteve Johnson in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Earlier, French qualifierBenoit Paire upset 15th-seededPablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-4.
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Novak Djokovic and his otherShanghai Masters rivals onTuesday that he was in prime
condition even as anotherlong season approaches itsclimax.
The 37-year-old Swiss hasbeen carefully managing hisschedule in recent years, cut-ting out the clay-court seg-ment of the season since 2017
to wring the most out ofhis ageing body.
It appears to beworking and the 20-timeGrand Slam winneropens his defence of theShanghai Masters this weekin ominously good shape.
The world numbertwo played in a victori-ous Laver Cup campaignin Chicago two weeksago, following his sur-prise last-16 defeat to
the Australian JohnMillman at the US Open.
"The good thing is afterfeeling good in practice Iplayed a good Laver Cup,have had also some rest afterthe US Open," said Federer.
The Swiss great's primethreats in Shanghai are likelyto come from world number
three Djokovic — who is infine form — and fourth-ranked Juan Martin del Potro.
World number one RafaelNadal, beaten by Federer inlast year's final of the Masters1000 showpiece, is absent withinjury.
Del Potro, who was hin-dered by cold and flu in losingSunday's China Open final tounseeded Nikoloz Basilashvili,said in Beijing last week thathe was running on empty.
Not so Federer, it seems,who is seven years older thanthe Argentine.
"I feel like I'm where Iwant to be," Federer said.
"I know that this is whereI could be playing a lot of ten-nis, depending on how I play."Reflecting on his 2018, whichincluded winning theAustralian Open and severalweeks back at world numberone, Federer said: "I have actu-ally been very successful whenI played.
"I didn't play many poormatches, to be quite honest.There is only maybe a couplethat come to my mind and Ihave been injury-free for overa year now." Federer, who ischasing his fourth title this sea-son, will face either Chinesewildcard Zhang Ze or feistyRussian Daniil Medvedev inhis opener.
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Seven times champion SerenaWilliams will be back at theAustralian Open in 2019 having
missed her title defence this year aftergiving birth, organisers said onTuesday.
The 23-time Grand Slam winner,who won on her last appearance in2017 while pregnant, will be joinedin January's tournament by doubleMelbourne Park champion VictoriaAzarenka who was forced to with-draw from the 2018 event because ofa custody battle with her baby'sfather.
Australian Open tournamentdirector Craig Tiley said Tuesday hewas expecting a full contingent of thetop 100 men and women players inMelbourne next year.
"I'm delighted to announce thatSerena Williams will return to theAustralian Open in January," Tileysaid while launching the 2019 eventat Rod Laver Arena.
"We last saw Serena here inMelbourne as our champion, hold-ing the Daphne Ackhurst MemorialCup in 2017. Of course what we did-n't know at the time was that she wasalready eight weeks pregnant withbaby Olympia," said Tiley.
Williams needs one more GrandSlam singles victory to equalAustralian Margaret Court's all-timerecord of 24.
"Serena loves coming toMelbourne and I know she's excitedabout returning in January with herfamily, it's definitely a very specialplace for her," said Tiley.
"She'll also be super-focused on
winning here, and equalling MargaretCourt's record of 24 Grand Slam sin-gles titles."
Tiley said the tournament wasgearing up to welcome back
Azarenka and Williams -- and theirchildren.
"Vika (Azarenka) is also a newmum to toddler Leo and I'm look-ing forward to showing her, andSerena, our new creche facilities,"said Tiley. "I'm sure they'll be appre-ciated."
Six-time men's winners NovakDjokovic and Roger Federer, whocaptured his 20th Grand Slam titlein Melbourne in January, look to beamong the players to beat again in2019.
Tiley was also looking forwardto the return of Britain's AndyMurray, the five-time losing finalistwho missed this year's tournamentwith injury.
"With his incredible work ethicand competitive spirit it would befoolish to underestimate him," he said
of the Scot.Tiley said prize money at the
January 14-27 tournament will beincreased to Aus$60.5 million ($42.9million) from Aus$55 million in2018 -- split equally between men'sand women's tournaments.
The 2018 singles winners Federerand Caroline Wozniacki both pickedup cheques for Aus$4 million ($2.83million).
The tournament will also intro-duce a 25-second serve clock to speedup play, after the innovation made itsSlam debut at this year's US Open.
"The 25-second serve clock willbe introduced for all matches," saidTiley.
"We know there's a move tospeed up play and we'll continue towork with the players on the bestways to do this."
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Wayne Rooney hascalled on Manchester
United's players to standup and be counted, sayingthat manager JoseMourinho is an easy targetfor the club's troubles.
United battled backfrom two goals down to beatNewcastle 3-2 at the week-end but are languishing ineighth place in the PremierLeague, seven points off topspot.
Following the win,Mourinho accused his crit-ics of staging a "manhunt" toget him sacked after a stringof bad results and rifts withplayers including Frenchmidfielder Paul Pogba.
But former United cap-tain Rooney, who now playsfor DC United in MajorLeague Soccer (MLS), saidthe players had to take someresponsibility for the situa-tion.
"It's tough (at United), ithas been a tough situation,"he said in comments report-ed by Britain's DailyTelegraph newspaper.
"The players, the man-ager, it has been a toughstart to the season. I knowJose is getting a load of stickbut I said a few weeks ago,
the players have to stand up.They have to be countedand they have to be better.
"The manager can do somuch but then it is down tothe players on the pitch toproduce, and probably col-lectively.
It (the poor run) is a bitof ever ything comingtogether but Jose is an easytarget. Some of the playershave to be better."
The former Englandforward said the situation atOld Trafford was similar towhen Louis van Gaal was atthe helm.
"He took a lot of stickbut behind closed doors Isaid to the players 'we haveto be doing better ' .Personally, I think he (VanGaal) set us up brilliantlybut we didn't produce onthe pitch, so I am sure thatis getting said behind thescenes."
Rooney now has ninegoals in 16 matches sincesigning for D.C. Unitedfrom Everton in June.
The 32-year-old strikerhas played a part in a late-season surge that has leftManchester United twopoints behind Montreal forthe sixth and final EasternConference playoff berthwith two games in hand.
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Indian football team head coach Stephen Constantine onWednesday rued lack of preparation time ahead of his team's inter-
national friendly against a much-superior China scheduled onOctober 13.
For the first time, India is travelling to China to play an inter-national match on October 13 at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centrebut the team is having just a couple of days of training time.
The last time India had played against China was in the NehruCup in Kochi way back in 1997. This friendly is a part of India'spreparations for the Asian Cup to be held in UAE in January nextyear.
"Of course, it is a problem (of not having enough time). We don'thave much time to do what we need to do, we needed a few moredays. Going forward, we need to have more time for preparationin future," Constantine told reporters ahead of the team trainingat the JLN Stadium here.
Most of the players are playing in the ongoing Indian SuperLeague. Many of the players in the national team, including cap-tain and star player Sunil Chhetri, played in the Bengaluru FC vsJamshedpur FC ISL match on October 7.
The team leaves for China on Wednesday after a mere two-daycamp.
"The boys played on October 7 (in ISL) and they arrived hereon October 8 lunch time, so we could not train on October 8. Weare training today and then leaving Wednesday. So we have verylittle time for preparation as a team," the coach said.
Constantine's woes were also compounded after strikerBalwant Singh was dropped as his passport's validity period is lessthan six months.
"Balwant's passport will expire in less than six months, fivemonths and a week to be exact. So, he has been dropped. In thepast 18 months, he has done well," the coach said.
Asked if he was happy about the fitness level of the players, hesaid, "If we had time, we could have tested their fitness levels. Butnow we don't have time to test their fitness. Most of them have playedat least two ISL games for their clubs, so I am hoping that they arein good fitness condition.
"When I get the players from the clubs, they need at least twodays to recover before we start a proper camp. But here we don'thave time to do that," the Briton said.
Talking about the Chinese team, Constantine admitted that itwould be difficult for his side to beat the home side on October13.
"We are fully aware that China are a big side in the region. Theywill be a very difficult side. They want to play possession footballand they employ a high line (defenders come up).
"There will be a big stadium, big crowd but we have to play underpressure. These are the matches we need to play, to find out wherewe are, how good we are and how far we have to go," Constantinesaid.
"When you step on the pitch, you always play to win. We willgo all out for a win. But if we lose, we will try to find out the pos-itive aspects."
Constantine has given debut to 44 players since he took overas coach in early 2015 and he said he will continue the trend.
"More than 50 per cent of the current squad is Under-23 andif I feel some more young players need to be given a chance, I willdo that."
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