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I n the early hours of Friday, the nation woke up to the news that the four men accused of brutally gangraping and immolating a 26-year-old vet- erinarian were shot dead in an alleged exchange of fire with the police between 5.45 am and 6.15 am. The four were taken by a 10-member police team to the scene of their crime at Chatanpally, 50 km near Hyderabad, for the recon- struction of events as part of the investigation into the rape- murder. More than eight hours after the four rape-murder accused were killed in the encounter, the police allowed the media into the area that had been cor- doned off until then. The four bodies lay close to each other, barely 5 metres apart. Areef, who, according to the police, smothered and killed the vet after she was raped, could be seen holding a gun in his right hand. In a yel- low T-shirt and jeans, his body lay on the ground face-up, no wounds visible on the body, but blood underneath him sug- gested that he was shot in the back. Perpendicular to him was the body of Jollu Shiva, who was wearing a white shirt. It was evident from his body, face up, that he received the gunshot in the chest. A few metres away was the body of Jollu Naveen in an orange shirt. Speaking about the alleged encounter, Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar said that an investigation was required to reconstruct the crime scene in the November 27 rape-murder case, hence the four accused were taken to the Chatanpally culvert where the vet’s charred body was found late a day later. “When the cops were ques- tioning them about the location of the missing cell phone, the four accused tried to attack the police with sticks and stones. Areef snatched a revolver from the police. The cops present at the site told the four to sur- render. However, they did not heed the warnings. This result- ed in crossfire. They continued to attack cops and were even- tually shot dead,” Sajjanar said. The accused were shot dead barely 500 metres from the Chatanpally underpass, where they had set the veteri- narian body’s on fire last week. According to sources, the accused were taken from Cherlapally jail around mid- night to the scene of the offence, which is about 70 km away, as there was a threat posed to them by the public. The encounter took place in an agricultural field owned by one S Satyam. “They were not hand- cuffed. They ganged up and assaulted us with the sticks found here. Two of them snatched weapons and fired at us. A sub-inspector and a con- stable suffered injuries in the crossfire, the two have been admitted to hospital. One of the accused attacked S-I Venkateswarlu with a stone, he was hit on the right side of his forehead and constable Arvind Goud was hit on his right shoulder with a stick. He suf- fered soft tissue injury. Condition of both policemen is stable. Two revolvers were recovered from Areef and Chenakeshavulu,” revealed Sajjanar. Doctors from Mahbubnagar hospital con- ducted postmortem at the spot. Replying to a question about the criticism from NHRC and others regarding the encounter, he said, “The law has done its duty.” T he encounter killing of the four men accused of gan- graping and murdering a Hyderabad veterinarian on Friday set off a chorus of appreciation as well as concern and criticism among general public, politicians and human right activists. People from different walks of life, including stu- dents, in Telangana on Friday showered praise on Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar with some performing “milk bath” to his portraits in Hyderabad and elsewhere. School and college stu- dents and members of differ- ent organisations raised slo- gans like “Jai Police and Jai Jai Sajjanar”. “We are proud of Sajjanar Sir. He has ensured justice. We want police official like you,” said a schoolgirl in Hyderabad. The families of the Hyderabad veterinarian victim and of Nirbhaya, the 23-year- old paramedic student who died days after being brutally gangraped in Delhi in December 2012, have both come out in support of the policemen involved in the encounter. The BJP, the Congress and the entire political class was divided in its reaction to the encounter killing. BSP chief Mayawati praised the Hyderabad Police saying, “The action that has been taken by the Hyderabad Police is praiseworthy. In UP, this (rape) is happening every day not just in one district but in every district.” Members of Parliament, like Jaya Bachchan, saw it as speedy justice for the rape victim, others such as Maneka Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor said extrajudicial killings are a matter of concern. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi slammed the Telengana Police while BJP’s Telengana BJP spokesperson K Krishna Sagar Rao said India is not “Banana Republic.” “However, India is not a banana republic and is bound by legal and constitutional framework. Politics over crime cannot set a right precedence. Telangana State Government and DGP should call a Press conference immediately,” the BJP said. “As a responsible national party the BJP will react only after official police statement,” he said. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is in Ranchi, said an enquiry into the matter to ascertain the facts were needed. I t’s a tale of two encounters 11 years apart with many simi- larities — both in December and both featuring VC Sajjanar in a central role. Cyberabad Commissioner Sajjanar, who was hailed by many as a hero on Friday for the encounter killing of four men accused of gangraping and murdering a Hyderabad veterinarian, was superinten- dent of police in 2008. The story began in Warangal on December 10 that year. Swapnika and T Pranitha, both electrical engineering stu- dents, were riding home on a two-wheeler when three youths on a bike came alongside and threw sulphuric acid on them. Swapnika, who was riding pillion, was the target and took the full impact of the acid attack. Pranitha, who was wear- ing a helmet, was not so badly injured. The incident led to protests across the then unified Andhra Pradesh. Sajjanar headed the probe. Soon, three men — S Srinivas, D Sanjay and P Harikrishna — were arrested. Three days later came the news about the three being killed in the encounter, propelling Sajjanar to the sta- tus of instant hero. Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday directed the State Government to pre- serve the bodies of four acc- cused in the rape and murder of a young veterinarian till 8pm on December 9. The High Court gave the order on a representation received in the office of the Chief Justice, requesting judi- cial intervention C alling onions an expensive commodity would be pret- ty much an understatement these days. And in the State, where the onion price has touched the Rs 150-per kilo mark, the tube vegetable has apparently become more pre- cious for thieves than other commodities. In a glaring example, a vegetable vendor of Raisunguda market under the Salepur police station in Cuttack district on Friday lodged a complaint that onion weighing around 10 kg was stolen from his shop on Thursday night. As per the complaint lodged with the local police, miscreants broke open the shop of Karunakar Barik and stole the onion. “I went back to my house after closing my shop last night. When I reached here this morning, I found the shop’s door ajar. Surprisingly, only the stock of onion was missing while other vegetables were intact,” said Barik. Besides, the miscreants also looted seven other shops, including an electrical appli- ance repairing store, a sweets shop and a stationery outlet in the market on Thursday night. All the eight vendors have lodged com- plaints, acting on which the Salepur police have begun an investigation. T he present historical and archaeological evidences do not suggest that the Kalinga War and the related massacre had taken place in Odisha, said Sri Lankan writer Daya Dissanayake, who has authored book "Who is Ashoka?", here on Friday. Participating in the month- ly Kalinga Literary Corner, Dassanayake said many inter- pretations made to the histor- ical facts by British and European scholars are self- contradictory and do not rep- resent the whole truth. Giving an example, he pointed out that the rock edict at the Daya River does not mention about Kalinga War. Instead, the incident has been mentioned at a rock edict far away from Odisha. "It is possible that Ashoka had made this edict to convey people how he had changed and, in a way, tried to propagate his 'Dhamma',” the author said. To emphasise his point, he added, “To me, it seems odd that he had to place a rock edict where he himself engineered the massacre.” The KLF Corner, an ini- tiative of the Kalinga Literary Festival, intends to popularise literary personalities and liter- ature on a regular basis. T he Kumbharapada police on Friday arrested one more accused in the sensational Puri gangrape case. The arrestee Rama Chandra Pradhan is a resident of Aliaputu village in the Brahmagiri area in Puri district. One more accused involved in the case is still at large. This is the third arrest in the case. Earlier, dismissed police Constable and prime accused Jeetendra Sethy and one Rajesh Sethy were arrest- ed over their alleged involve- ment in the offence. A case has been registered against the accused under rel- evant Sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act. Investigation is underway. P resident Ram Nath Kovind would arrive here on Saturday on a two-day visit to the State. Reaching in the evening, he would stay at the Raj Bhavan at night. On Sunday morning, he would lay the foundation-stone of a Paika Memorial at Barunei near Khordha town and later attend the closing session of the plat- inum jubilee celebrations of the Utkal University before returning to New Delhi in evening. More than 30 pla- toons of police personnel would be deployed in Bhubaneswar and Khordha in view of the President's visit, said in-charge DGP Satyajit Mohanty. Security arrangements have been done as per the pro- vision of the Blue Book, Mohanty said after reviewing the security arrangements. A fter the complaints of the people receiving ‘erroneous challans’, Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera on Friday said the money would be refunded in such cases. “Those who are violating traffic rules and escaping with- out paying penalties will be identified through CCTV cam- eras installed at various traffic junctions. Based on the CCTV camera footage, challans will be issued against the violators,” Behera said. Asked about some instances where challans have been wrongly issued to motorists, Behera said, “It should not happen. If there is any such instance of mistakes, money will certainly be refund- ed to the people,” the Minister said. In some examples of wrong challans, a car owner in Cuttack received a challan for not wear- ing ‘helmet’. In another case, another car owner of the Silver City received a challan for multiple traffic rule violations at Vani Vihar Square in Bhubaneswar in August. But he alleged that he was in Cuttack and didn’t go to Bhubaneswar on that day. T he State Government on Friday issued a fresh notifi- cation for auction of 20 mines, whose lease period would expire on March 31, 2020. The last date for sale of tender document is December 30. Identifying errors in its ear- lier notices for auction of the 20 iron ore and manganese mines, the Government had decided to annul the previous bidding process and go for a fresh one. The Directorate of Mines had received bids from 177 compa- nies for auction of the 20 mines. “It was detected that apart from subsidiary companies, the holding companies had also applied for the bidding in gross violation of the Mining Tender Act,” Director of Mines Dipak Mohanty said. Taking note of this unfair bidding, the Government felt that a fair auction process could not be ensured as the price and premium discovery couldn’t be determined, he said, adding that the tender process would be completed by March 31 next year.

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In the early hours of Friday,the nation woke up to the

news that the four men accusedof brutally gangraping andimmolating a 26-year-old vet-erinarian were shot dead in analleged exchange of fire withthe police between 5.45 am and6.15 am. The four were takenby a 10-member police team tothe scene of their crime atChatanpally, 50 km nearHyderabad, for the recon-struction of events as part ofthe investigation into the rape-murder.

More than eight hours afterthe four rape-murder accusedwere killed in the encounter,the police allowed the mediainto the area that had been cor-doned off until then.

The four bodies lay close toeach other, barely 5 metresapart. Areef, who, according tothe police, smothered andkilled the vet after she wasraped, could be seen holding agun in his right hand. In a yel-low T-shirt and jeans, his bodylay on the ground face-up, nowounds visible on the body, butblood underneath him sug-gested that he was shot in theback. Perpendicular to himwas the body of Jollu Shiva,who was wearing a white shirt.It was evident from his body,face up, that he received thegunshot in the chest. A fewmetres away was the body ofJollu Naveen in an orangeshirt.

Speaking about the allegedencounter, Cyberabad PoliceCommissioner VC Sajjanarsaid that an investigation wasrequired to reconstruct thecrime scene in the November27 rape-murder case, hence thefour accused were taken to theChatanpally culvert where thevet’s charred body was foundlate a day later.

“When the cops were ques-tioning them about the location

of the missing cell phone, thefour accused tried to attack thepolice with sticks and stones.Areef snatched a revolver fromthe police. The cops present atthe site told the four to sur-render. However, they did notheed the warnings. This result-ed in crossfire. They continuedto attack cops and were even-tually shot dead,” Sajjanar said.

The accused were shotdead barely 500 metres fromthe Chatanpally underpass,where they had set the veteri-narian body’s on fire last week.

According to sources, theaccused were taken fromCherlapally jail around mid-night to the scene of theoffence, which is about 70 kmaway, as there was a threatposed to them by the public.The encounter took place in anagricultural field owned byone S Satyam.

“They were not hand-cuffed. They ganged up andassaulted us with the sticks

found here. Two of themsnatched weapons and fired atus. A sub-inspector and a con-stable suffered injuries in thecrossfire, the two have been

admitted to hospital. One of theaccused attacked S-IVenkateswarlu with a stone, hewas hit on the right side of hisforehead and constable Arvind

Goud was hit on his rightshoulder with a stick. He suf-fered soft tissue injury.Condition of both policemen isstable. Two revolvers wererecovered from Areef andChenakeshavulu,” revealedSajjanar. Doctors fromMahbubnagar hospital con-ducted postmortem at the spot.

Replying to a questionabout the criticism fromNHRC and others regardingthe encounter, he said, “The lawhas done its duty.”

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The encounter killing of thefour men accused of gan-

graping and murdering aHyderabad veterinarian onFriday set off a chorus ofappreciation as well as concernand criticism among generalpublic, politicians and humanright activists.

People from differentwalks of life, including stu-dents, in Telangana on Fridayshowered praise on CyberabadPolice Commissioner VCSajjanar with some performing“milk bath” to his portraits inHyderabad and elsewhere.

School and college stu-dents and members of differ-ent organisations raised slo-gans like “Jai Police and Jai JaiSajjanar”.

“We are proud of SajjanarSir. He has ensured justice. Wewant police official like you,”said a schoolgirl in Hyderabad.

The families of theHyderabad veterinarian victimand of Nirbhaya, the 23-year-old paramedic student whodied days after being brutallygangraped in Delhi inDecember 2012, have bothcome out in support of thepolicemen involved in theencounter.

The BJP, the Congress andthe entire political class was

divided in its reaction to theencounter killing.

BSP chief Mayawatipraised the Hyderabad Policesaying, “The action that hasbeen taken by the HyderabadPolice is praiseworthy. In UP,this (rape) is happening everyday not just in one district butin every district.”

Members of Parliament,like Jaya Bachchan, saw it asspeedy justice for the rapevictim, others such as ManekaGandhi and Shashi Tharoorsaid extrajudicial killings are amatter of concern.

Bihar Deputy ChiefMinister Sushil Kumar Modislammed the Telengana Policewhile BJP’s Telengana BJP

spokesperson K Krishna SagarRao said India is not “BananaRepublic.”

“However, India is not abanana republic and is boundby legal and constitutionalframework. Politics over crimecannot set a right precedence.Telangana State Governmentand DGP should call a Pressconference immediately,” theBJP said.

“As a responsible nationalparty the BJP will react onlyafter official police statement,”he said.

Senior Congress leader PChidambaram, who is inRanchi, said an enquiry intothe matter to ascertain the factswere needed.

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It’s a tale of two encounters 11years apart with many simi-

larities — both in Decemberand both featuring VC Sajjanarin a central role.

Cyberabad CommissionerSajjanar, who was hailed bymany as a hero on Friday forthe encounter killing of fourmen accused of gangrapingand murdering a Hyderabadveterinarian, was superinten-dent of police in 2008.

The storybegan inWarangal onDecember 10that year.S w a p n i k aand TP r a n i t h a ,

both electrical engineering stu-dents, were riding home on atwo-wheeler when three youthson a bike came alongside andthrew sulphuric acid on them.

Swapnika, who was ridingpillion, was the target and took

the full impact of the acidattack. Pranitha, who was wear-ing a helmet, was not so badlyinjured. The incident led toprotests across the then unifiedAndhra Pradesh.

Sajjanar headed the probe.Soon, three men — S Srinivas,D Sanjay and P Harikrishna —were arrested. Three days latercame the news about the threebeing killed in the encounter,propelling Sajjanar to the sta-tus of instant hero.

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Hyderabad: The TelanganaHigh Court on Friday directedthe State Government to pre-serve the bodies of four acc-cused in the rape and murderof a young veterinarian till8pm on December 9.

The High Court gave theorder on a representationreceived in the office of theChief Justice, requesting judi-cial intervention

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Calling onions an expensivecommodity would be pret-

ty much an understatementthese days. And in the State,where the onion price hastouched the Rs 150-per kilomark, the tube vegetable hasapparently become more pre-cious for thieves than othercommodities.

In a glaring example, avegetable vendor ofRaisunguda market under theSalepur police station inCuttack district on Fridaylodged a complaint that onionweighing around 10 kg wasstolen from his shop onThursday night.

As per the complaintlodged with the local police,

miscreants broke open theshop of Karunakar Barik andstole the onion.

“I went back to my houseafter closing my shop last night.When I reached here thismorning, I found the shop’sdoor ajar. Surprisingly, only thestock of onion was missingwhile other vegetables wereintact,” said Barik.

Besides, the miscreantsalso looted seven other shops,including an electrical appli-ance repairing store, a sweets shop and a stationeryoutlet in the market onThursday night. All the eightvendors have lodged com-plaints, acting on which theSalepur police have begun aninvestigation.

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The present historical andarchaeological evidences

do not suggest that the KalingaWar and the related massacrehad taken place in Odisha, saidSri Lankan writer DayaDissanayake, who has authoredbook "Who is Ashoka?", hereon Friday.

Participating in the month-ly Kalinga Literary Corner,Dassanayake said many inter-pretations made to the histor-ical facts by British andEuropean scholars are self-contradictory and do not rep-resent the whole truth.

Giving an example, hepointed out that the rock edictat the Daya River does notmention about Kalinga War.Instead, the incident has beenmentioned at a rock edict faraway from Odisha.

"It is possible that Ashokahad made this edict to convey

people how he had changedand, in a way, tried to propagatehis 'Dhamma',” the author said.

To emphasise his point, headded, “To me, it seems oddthat he had to place a rock edictwhere he himself engineeredthe massacre.”

The KLF Corner, an ini-tiative of the Kalinga LiteraryFestival, intends to populariseliterary personalities and liter-ature on a regular basis.

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The Kumbharapada policeon Friday arrested one

more accused in the sensationalPuri gangrape case. Thearrestee Rama ChandraPradhan is a resident ofAliaputu village in the Brahmagiri area in Puri district.

One more accusedinvolved in the case is still at large.

This is the third arrest inthe case. Earlier, dismissedpolice Constable and primeaccused Jeetendra Sethy andone Rajesh Sethy were arrest-ed over their alleged involve-ment in the offence.

A case has been registeredagainst the accused under rel-evant Sections of the IPC andthe POCSO Act. Investigationis underway.

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President Ram Nath Kovindwould arrive here on

Saturday on a two-day visit tothe State. Reaching in theevening, he would stay at theRaj Bhavan at night.

On Sunday morning, hewould lay the foundation-stoneof a Paika Memorial at Baruneinear Khordha town and laterattend theclosing sessionof the plat-inum jubileecelebrations ofthe UtkalU n i v e r s i t ybefore returning to New Delhiin evening. More than 30 pla-toons of police personnelwould be deployed inBhubaneswar and Khordha inview of the President's visit,said in-charge DGP SatyajitMohanty.

Security arrangementshave been done as per the pro-vision of the Blue Book,Mohanty said after reviewingthe security arrangements.

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After the complaints of thepeople receiving ‘erroneous

challans’, Transport MinisterPadmanabha Behera on Fridaysaid the money would berefunded in such cases.

“Those who are violatingtraffic rules and escaping with-out paying penalties will beidentified through CCTV cam-eras installed at various trafficjunctions. Based on the CCTVcamera footage, challans will beissued against the violators,”Behera said.

Asked about someinstances where challans have

been wrongly issued tomotorists, Behera said, “Itshould not happen. If there isany such instance of mistakes,money will certainly be refund-ed to the people,” the Ministersaid.

In some examples of wrongchallans, a car owner in Cuttackreceived a challan for not wear-ing ‘helmet’. In another case,another car owner of the SilverCity received a challan formultiple traffic rule violationsat Vani Vihar Square inBhubaneswar in August. But healleged that he was in Cuttackand didn’t go to Bhubaneswaron that day.

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The State Government onFriday issued a fresh notifi-

cation for auction of 20 mines,whose lease period would expireon March 31, 2020. The last datefor sale of tender document isDecember 30.

Identifying errors in its ear-lier notices for auction of the 20iron ore and manganese mines,the Government had decided toannul the previous biddingprocess and go for a fresh one.The Directorate of Mines hadreceived bids from 177 compa-nies for auction of the 20 mines.

“It was detected that apartfrom subsidiary companies, theholding companies had alsoapplied for the bidding in grossviolation of the Mining TenderAct,” Director of Mines DipakMohanty said.

Taking note of this unfair

bidding, the Government feltthat a fair auction processcould not be ensured as theprice and premium discoverycouldn’t be determined, hesaid, adding that the tenderprocess would be completed byMarch 31 next year.

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Santali language made itsdebut in Rajya Sabha on

Friday when BJD memberSarojini Hembram spoke in thetribal mother tongue to raise amatter of urgent public impor-tance during the Zero Hour.

She also demanded BharatRatna for Pandit RaghunathMurmu, who in 1925 createdthe Ol Chiki script for Santali,which is an Austroasiatic-Munda language spoken most-ly by tribals in Odisha.

Hembram said Pt. Murmuis revered by tribals as a culturalicon in the State and the StateGovernment has already recog-nised his contribution. Now, itis the turn of the nation to doso, she said.

Rajya Sabha Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu, who hasencouraged MPs to use theirlocal languages for raising Zero

Hour mentions while ensuringthat English and Hindi trans-lations are available to othermembers on headphones, saidthis was the first time thatSantali language was used inthe Upper House.

Naidu said the interpreta-tion in Hindi was done undera new scheme by a non-regu-lar employee engaged for thepurpose. The interpreter, hesaid, was a PhD student.

The Rajya Sabha has regu-lar employees who translatestatements in different recog-nised Indian languages intoHindi and English. Outsidelanguage experts have beenengaged for translation on thebasis of need.

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To encourage them forupgrading their skills,

Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik on Friday distributedfree laptops to meritoriousPlus II pass-out studentsunder the Biju SashaktikaranYojana.

A total of 15,000 studentswho successfully cleared theannual +2 examination indifferent streams includingScience, Arts, Commerceand vocational courses havebeen selected to get free lap-tops under the scheme forthe year 2019-20.

This year, the authoritiesmade changes in selectioncriteria under 5T programmefor the sake of transparency.

Instead of choosing top15,000 students at the State levelin different streams and cate-

gories, top students from eachdistrict in different streamshave been selected by a selec-tion committee constituted by

the Government, said an offi-cial notification. This methodwas adopted to give better rep-resentation of meritorious stu-

dents of all 30 districts.Notably, 15,000 free laptops

are being distributed among +2pass-out meritorious students

since 2013. As many as 90,203students of different streamshave been covered under thescheme so far.

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INTUC national vice-presi-dent and former MP Dr

Rama Chandra Khuntia onThursday demanded pensionof Rs 9,000 per month to

Provident Fund pensioners.He was addressing a gatheringat Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

He said that it is shamefulthat retired employees are get-ting a monthly pension of lessthan Rs 2,000 which is not

obviously enough to meet theirdaily needs.

Dr Khuntia demanded thatthe Central Government lookinto the matter at the soonestand provide pension of Rs9,000.

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Ace Olympian sprinterDutee Chand has now

stepped into business enter-prise.

Recently, she opened twohotels named ‘DT Delights’ inBhubaneswar with an objectiveto provide jobs to unemployedyouths and establish herself asan entrepreneur.

Initially, Dutee, who hasselected the twin city of

Bhubaneswar ad Cuttack forher hotel projects, has a targetof launch a chain of 100 hotelsin next two to three yearsacross the State.

Dutee has opened twohotels, one at Sailashree Viharand the other near the AIIMS,Bhubaneswar, as a partnershipbusiness. An agreement hasbeen made with OYO, anonline hotel booking applica-tion, for 10 years. Her businessassociate is one Saroj Kumar

Mishra.Dutee has reportedly said,

“Initially, we received zeroresponse as the rooms were notfilled with guests after openingup the hotels. Later, the issuewas resolved. Now, we registerrecord bookings for therooms.”

“More than 10 youths frommy locality have been engagedin my hotels. With an increasein the number of hotels infuture, the recruitment per-

centage will rise accordingly,”Dutee told the ‘Sambad’, addingthat she has spent all herreward money in her business.

Besides her target for 100hotels, she is also planning toopen a five-star hotel designedfor Olympians, she said.

Moreover, Dutee alsowants to help the poor weaversof her native place in Jajpurdistrict. “I am going to set upa trust that will work for theweavers,” she revealed.

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The gruesome and dastard-ly rape and murder of a

woman veterinarian inHyderabad, where her bodywas savagely charred by theperpetrators, has shaken theconscience of the nation. Butwhat has even more shocking,humiliating and an addition of

insult to injury was thedenial of Shamsabad policeto register the FirstInformation Report (FIR)citing it to be beyond its ter-ritorial jurisdiction.

So, apart from the pub-lic displeasure and angstabout recurrence of suchheinous crimes, a distinctdebate has began about thepolice inaction in registeringFIR in such situations on thebasis of such vague techni-calities like, ‘being beyond

jurisdiction.’A ‘crime’ is the genus of

such offences which are pun-ishable under criminal law,weighed as being against thesociety at large. So, the solemnpolicy of law is to forge amedium of expeditious regis-tration of reports about suchgrave and cognizable offences,so that the volatility of the

events don’t afford an oppor-tunity to the perpetrators toescape from the clutches of lawand the culprits are meaning-fully brought to justice. Incriminal jurisprudence, FirstInformation Report (FIR)about a cognizable offence iselementary to set the machin-ery of criminal investigationinto motion.

A Constitution Bench ofthe Supreme Court in LalitaKumari Vs Government of UPhas held that “registration ofFirst Information Report ismandatory under Section 154of the Code of CriminalProcedure, if the informationdiscloses commission of a cog-nisable offence.” But the ques-tion that looms large is aboutthe due access and feasibility tolodge FIR, as it is a pan-Indiasyndrome that police oftenrefuse to register FIR in cases

pertaining to heinous offencesrelating to women. In such anevent the policy of law to facil-itate efficient and expeditiousregistration of FIR is summar-ily frustrated and the accusedescapes the domain of lawwith ease.

However, this has beeneffectively answered andredressed within the scheme ofthe existing criminal law. TheJustice Verma CommitteeReport recommended the pro-vision of Zero FIR, after theDecember 2012 gang rape of a23-year-old girl in Delhi.Normally, what is understoodof registration of FIR is that, itis registered by a serial numberin the police station havingadequate territorial jurisdictionto investigate the alleged crime.But in a welcome departurefrom this practice, a Zero FIRcan be registered in any police

station where the informationabout a cognisable offence isregistered, irrespective ofwhether it has got territorialjurisdiction or not, but suchFIR shall not be numbered andthen be forwarded to the policestation with jurisdiction, whereit gets numbered and investi-gation commences.

There are Supreme Courtverdicts, where this policy oflaw has been reiterated in pub-lic interest. Like in State of APVs Punati Ramulu and others,the court held that “Any lack ofterritorial jurisdiction shouldnot have prevented the con-stable from recording infor-mation about cognizableoffence and forwarding thesame to the police station hav-ing jurisdiction over the area inwhich the crime was said tohave been committed.” Inanother progressive verdict, in

Satvinder Kaur VsGovernment of NCT, Delhi, theSupreme Court held that, “evenafter investigation is over, if theInvestigating Officer arrives atthe conclusion that the cause ofaction for lodging FIR has notarisen within his territorialjurisdiction, then he is requiredto submit a report according-ly under Section 170 of theCriminal Procedure Code andto forward the case to theMagistrate is empowered totake cognizance of the offence.”

After the Nirbhaya inci-dent, the Union Ministry ofHome Affairs has issuedumpteen numbers of guidelinesto the States for registration ofZero FIR, and having relyingon these advisories issued bythe MHA, a the division benchof the Karnataka High Court,on September 19, 2019, hasissued directions on the basis

of a PIL petition filed by advo-cate S Umapathi that, “Even ifthe alleged offence has beencommitted outside the territo-rial jurisdiction of the policestation, FIR shall be still regis-tered and the same shall betransferred to the appropriatepolice station. Besides, it is heldthat “The police officers shouldbe clearly informed that thefailure to comply with thedirection of registration of FIRand receipt of informationabout cognisable offence mayinvite prosecution of the policeofficer under section 166-A ofIndian Penal Code and it mayalso invite departmental actionagainst them.”

However, with due respectto the institution of police, wecan’t deny that there are plen-ty of instances where policehave palpably failed in keepingits cadres to respect the judicial

innovation of Zero FIR. This isnot about just law, it is the min-imum thing we can afford to acitizen, whose right to life andliberty has been guaranteed bythe State and which is allegedto have been infringed by out-laws. It can’t be denied that, ina rule of law society like India,the least thing the State canguarantee is, easy access to ventgrievance and its due registra-tion in case of serious cogniz-able offences, in a way thatdoesn’t humiliate the aggriev-ed person and is temperedwith minimum humanity. Canwe as a nation, allow ourdaughters, sisters, mothers tobeg for a just hearing, whenalready their soul is numbwith pain.

(The writer is a lawyer andcan be reached at [email protected])

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The BJP on Friday allegedthat the BJD Government

has made six big failures dur-ing the first six months of itsfifth term and demandedclarification to each of thefailures from Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik.

“During the last sixmonths, the number of atroc-ities against women hasincreased; massive irregular-ities have been committed indistribution of rural houses;

Central assistances for Fanihave been bungled; Make inOdisha conclave has becomea big failure; CAG report hasproved the State Government’sineff iciency ; and theGovernment has decided toimplement Central schemesafter failing to get funds forrunning its own schemes,”alleged BJP State vice-presi-dent Samir Mohanty at a Pressmeet here.

Mohanty further allegedthat police have turned to beprotectors of of fendersinvolved in gangrape casesand many of eligible poorpeople have been deprived ofgetting houses under thePradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

(PMAY). He too alleged thatpeople who had been affect-ed in Cyclone Fani are stillspending days in tents.

Companies which hadexpressed willingness at theMake in Odisha conclaves in2016 and 2018 have not yetinvested in the State and theGovernment’s claim of creat-ing jobs has proved futile.

“The State Governmenthas now decided to merge theKALIA yojana with the PM-KISSAN Nidhi Yojana. Beforethe last electiona, it was notintending to implementCentral schemes. The StateGovernment has taken thedecision of KALIA-PM-KISSAN merge because it

failed to run the KALIAscheme with its own funds,”alleged Mohanty further.After keeping Coasta lHighway project in cold boxfor many years , theGovernment has now givenits decision.

He too slammed the StateGovernment for not imple-menting the AayushmanYojana which provides freehealthcare to poor peopleacross the country.

“ The Chief Ministershould give clarification topeople why his Governmentdidn’t implement Centralschemes for so manymonths,” demandedMohanty.

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In the wake of the recent gan-grape and murder of a vet-

erinary doctor in Hyderabad,a group of youths hailing fromCuttack have volunteered tooffer help to girls and womenfeeling unsafe while travellingalone.

Through a Facebook (FB)post, the youths have sharedtheir contact details alongwith their names and locationsasking girls and women tocontact them in case they feelunsafe while returning to their

homes alone. The messagesays, “Anytime you face aproblem while returning tohome, you can call me. I willdrop you at your home safelyas a brother.”

But Twin CityCommissioner of Police (CP)Sudhansu Sarangi has advisedsocial media users not to relyon the FB post that has goneviral on social media.

Through a tweet, Sarangiurged that in distress situationswomen and girls should dial100 for friendly and well-trained operators to attend tothem. He also sought theirfeedbacks to improve the ser-vices.

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People from all walks of lifehere welcomed the police

encounter in Hyderabad andkilling four accused on Fridayin the case of rape and murderof veterinary doctor PriyankaReddy.

The only discussion inoffices to tea stall was theHyderabad encounter. Studentsof colleges and universitiesshouted slogans supporting

the police action and congrat-ulating the cops. “This was themost befitting action againstthe criminals,” students of theGM University said while con-gregating in front of the uni-versity’s main gate to supportthe police. They also sent con-gratulation letters to topHyderabad cops to boost theirmoral further.

Though a few humanrights activists and social work-ers interpreted the encounter ina different way, common peo-ple did not buy their idea. Aretired IAS officer, in his FaceBook posting, dubbed theactivists as members of CIA-funded organisations.

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Students, Paikas, DaleiDalabeheras and members

belonging to various socio-cultural organisations onFriday held a pre-welcomerally here for President RamNath Kovind, who would visitthe town on Sunday to inau-gurate a Paika Memorial.

The Bharat SamarkalaMahasngha and the OdishaBeera Mahasangha organisedthe rally. The rally started fromGadapokhari and movedthrough the town. Later, ateam handed over a memo-randum addressed the

President to the districtCollector demanding renova-tion of Khordha Garh andestablishment of a martial artsacademy, a museum, a PaikaBhawan and a ring road aroundthe Barunei Hill.

Odisha Beera Mahasanghpresident Dr PrakashSrichandan, Mukunda PrasadDalabehera, MahammadMotahar Isuf, Akhila BharatSamarkala Mahasangha presi-dent Dr Dillip Srichandan,general secretary NarendraKumar Prushti, Paika GuruDinabandhu Biswal and SmrutiSansad secretary Abani Jena ledthe rally.

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Odisha politicianscutting across

party lines hailed theaction of Telanganapolice in killing fouraccused in anencounter at 3 am onFriday while investi-gating into the rapeand murder case of theveterinarian inHyderabad.

Congress leaderSuresh Rourtrays con-gratulated the police-men for neutralisingthe accused criminalsin the encounter.

“Those who are rapingwomen should be killed inencounters so that it would actas a deterrent for such people.Almost every day women arebeing raped in Odisha. I urgeChief Minister Naveen Patnaikto use such strategy to elimi-nate rapists,” Routray said.

Law Minister Pratap Jenasaid, “I don’t know what theHuman Rights Commissionor other orgnaisations will say

(about the Telanganaencounter), but stern actionshould be taken against therapists. In several countries,rapists are being shot dead ordecapitated in full public view.In India too, we should havestringent punishment for suchculprits. In my view, theHyderabad police action wasapt and the accused have beenpunished.”

BJP vice-president SamirMohanty said the Telangana

police deserve applause. Theyhave acted withinConstitutional framework.

Notably, there were cele-brations across the countryafter it was reported that theTelangana police killed therape and murder accused.People burnt crackers, distrib-uted sweets and even showeredflowers on policemen at theencounter site chanting ‘JaiPolice’ and ‘Hyderabad PoliceZindabad’.

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The much-hyped policydirective of timely and has-

sle-free delivery of cookinggas right at the doorstep of theconsumers by the Ministry ofPetroleum has proved hollowsince some distributors operateby their whims.

Arbitrary, discriminatoryand irregular delivery of cook-ing gas by some of the local dis-tributors has spread discontentamong the consumers here inthe silk city.

Senior advocate and resi-dent of Dr Powel Street, KPAcharya expressed his angerover his gas distributor M/sUtkal Indane at Aska Road forreceiving Indane Gas refillsirregularly.

He alleged that for lastone year, the local distributorhad been harassing and creat-ing problems in delivering therefill cylinder at his door stepand when he wanted to knowthe reason, he often gave base-

less and fabri-cated answers.

The distrib-utor was delay-ing home deliv-ery on sheerpretext of ‘insuf-ficient stock ofrefills or doorclosed, Acharyasaid, addingthat his familymembers wereavailable athome round theclock and hence, the questionof ‘door closed’ was baseless. Heused to book for refill cinderalways online using company’sIVRS system. In spite of the factthat he got acknowledgementmessage in support of his book-ing and thereafter a messagepertaining to the generation ofcash receipt, but when it comesto delivering the refill gas cylin-der at doorstep, there wasalways a problem.

Another consumer who isa senior citizen of Gandhinagarwho did not wish to be identi-fied, said the delivery manwas earning thousands ofrupees a day illegally probably

encouraged by their distribu-tors/gas agencies. In the silkcity, the delivery men used todemand between Rs 20-30 fordelivery of each refill cylinder,even though it should be donefree.

He said if a consumerrefused to pay as per thedemand, the delivery was oftendelayed further deliberatelycausing inconvenience to theconsumer. The distributorswho ought to depute theirstaffs at the doorstep of con-sumers periodically for check-ing leakage in cylinder neverdid so, the senior citizenalleged.

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The Koraput district policehave arrested a 60-year-old

man for allegedly impregnatinga Class-VIII girl student of theUnniti Upper PrimarySevashram School atPhampuni in Jeypore.

The accused was identifiedas Rajendra Rath, husband ofthe headmistress of the school.While Rath was arrested onThursday, he was forwarded tocourt on Friday.

Rath had allegedly keptthe 13-year-old girl at his wife’sofficial quarters during sum-mer vacation and establishedphysical relation with her. Shewas found to be pregnant forthree months a few days ago.

Police have registered acase in this connection underSections 376(2)(n), 376(3) and506 of IPC; Section 6 ofPOCSO Act and Section3(2)(v) of SC ST POA Act.

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Amentally-challenged youthhas set an example for

many with his unique achieve-ment and rigorous efforts tomeet his mission of life.

Rabi Sabar (26), a residentof Maragada village underSadar Block in Nuapada dis-trict, is a mentally-disabledperson. However, the divyanghas become an inspiration forothers for his selfless serviceand noble cause for which heis surviving.

He was conferred with aState award by Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik on occasion ofInternational Day of Personswith Disabilities for his dedi-cated service at a school. Hereceived a cheque of Rs 25,000as reward for achievement. Hewas in top of the list of 8divyang nominees out of 44candidates for the award.

However, the reward prizeis not only an acknowledge-ment to him but also a bigamount that he is saving for his

sister’s marriage.According to reports,

Rabi’s father Lakshman Sabaris a mentally ill person and hismother Birabai Sabar is work-ing outside the State as a bond-ed labourer for livelihood.After marriage of his two sis-ters, the youngest sibling istaken care of by Rabi.

After diagnosed with cere-bral palsy, a group of neuro-logical disorders that appear inearly childhood and perma-nently affect body movement,he was enrolled at Biju PatnaikSpecial School for MentallyChallenged (BPSSMC),Nuapada, in the year 2000 forstudies. However, the mental-ly challenged youth crossed allthe barriers through his strongwill power and secured a posi-tion for him in society.

Now, he is no more depen-dent on anyone for his ownwork. Reports said that theyouth can do vocational workperfectly without taking any-one’s help. He has been servingthe divyang inmates as an atten-

dant at BPSSMC since 2016.Born in a poor family,

Rabi’s childhood days wentthrough hardships. His family

was devastated after spendingfor marriage of two sisters. Hisfather lost his mental stabilityand her mother migrated to

another State for earning. Rabiis earning money for his liveli-hood as well his youngest sis-ter’s wedding.

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On the fifth day of theMaoists’ PLGA Week on

Friday, posters and bannersurging women to join theirorganisation surfaced at sev-eral places in the Kalimelaregion of Malkangiri dis-trict.

In the posters, the Redrebels have threatened peopleto punish them in Kangaroocourts if they pass on anyinformation or act as policeinformers.

As a precautionary mea-sure for the PLGA, Week, theoperation of Governmentbus services in the Leftwingextremist-infested districtslike Malkangiri, Koraput,Rayagada and Kandhamalhave been suspended.

The dis tr ic t pol ice ,Special Operations Group,BSF and CRPF are on highaler t and intensi f ied

patrolling and combing oper-ations to prevent any vio-lence by the ultras. Friskingof vehicles is also being car-ried out in the sensitive areas.

The Maoists obser vePLGA Week every year tocommemorate their com-rades killed in the policeencounters over the years.

Usually, they take out ralliesand address public gatheringsduring the week-long eventto pay tributes to their slaincomrades.

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Excise Department officialson Friday seized around

120 kg of ganja from a tractorin Nabarangpur district andarrested two persons in thisconnection.

Acting on a tipoff about the

huge cache of ganja beingtransported in the vehicle fromMalkangiri to Kalahandi, theofficials intercepted the tractornear the Indravati bridge. Onsearching the vehicle, 24 pack-ets of ganja weighing around120 kg were recovered.

The arrested persons were

identified as KamalalochanGulal and Khagapati Alrab.The cost of the seized ganja wasestimated at Rs 6 lakh. Theowner of the tractor hadpromised the arrested personsto pay them Rs 20,000 for car-rying the contraband in thetractor, police sources said.

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The ICAR-Central Instituteof Freshwater Aquaculture,

Bhubaneswar in collaborationwith Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Khordha, observed the“Women in Agriculture Day” atKhamanga Sasan, Balianta, onDecember 4.

Director, ICAR-CIFA DrBindu R Pillai welcomed theguests and highlighted theachievements of ICAR-CIFA.Since inception, the ICAR-CIFA has been playing a pivotalrole in attracting more andmore women into fish farming.During the last 33 years, theCIFA has operated several out-reach projects that benefittedexclusively women, she added.In other projects too sizableproportion of women wereprovided access to technology,training and skill developmentand other support in order toencourage them to adopt sci-entific aquaculture practices,

she told.Earlier, Principal Scientist,

ICAR-CIFA Dr KD Mohapatrahighlighted the role played bywomen in farming. Shedetailed the technologies avail-able with CIFA that wouldhelp the women farmers earnmore.

Zilla Parishad, Zone-18,

Bhagya Laxmi Mishra gracedthe occasion as chief guest.

Principal Scientist ofICAR-CIFA Dr Prabhati KSahoo encouraged the womento start business venture infish breeding, fish culture,value addition, integratedfarming, pearl farming etc.

Six selected women entre-

preneurs who have takenfarming as a business venturewere also felicitated for theiraccomplishments and sharedtheir experiences. Onebrochure on Farmer FirstProject being operated byICAR-CIFA was also released.Around 150 women partici-pated.

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Lok Shakti Abhiyan presidentPrafulla Samantara on

Friday severely criticised theState Government for givingapproval for construction of theproposed Gopalpur-DighaCoastal Highway saying thatthe project would pose a threatto environment and preventionof climate change.

“If the coastal highway isconstructed, saline forests willbe destroyed and biodiversity,wild animals and marine lifewill be affected. Impact of nat-ural calamities will be multi-plied. Fishermen will lose liveli-hood. Any type of bridge con-structed over the Chilika lakewill damage its natural geog-raphy. Birds taking shelter inthe lake would be severely

affected,” pointed outSamantara.

Stating that the Ministryof Forests and Environmenthad opposed the project cit-ing scientific reasons,Samatnra said, “Now, boththe BJD and the BJPGovernments have togetherplanned the project for thebenefit of companies andcontractors.”

He noted thatBhitarkanika park and theChilika lake should be pro-tected for prevention of cli-mate change. He urged uponpolitical parties, social organ-isations and activists to getunited to protest the pro-posed coastal highway forprotection of marineresources and natural envi-ronment of the State.

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Three rare marinefishes have been

caught during fish-ing in the Bay ofBengal off theParadip coast.

The f ishescalled ‘marlin’ werenetted by fishermenon Thursday.

The local fishermen callthe species ‘Panikua’ fishesthat normally weigh around2.70 quintals. Reports saidone of the netted fishesweighed 1.5 quintals and thetwo others 60 kg each.

Locals rushed to the site tosee the rare fishes. Later, thefishes were exported to other

States for sale.In October, a marlin fish

had been caught during fish-ing in deep sea off the Dhamracoast in Bhadrak. InNovember, a rare ‘fastest’marine fish ‘sailfish’ wascaught at Talchua village underRajnagar block in Kendrapadadistrict.

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In yet another such incident,a Class-X girl of a tribal

girls’ high school at Chandiputin Gajapati district was foundpregnant on Thursday.

The incidence was report-ed from the ChandiputAdivashi Balika Vidyapeethand was detected during theroutine monthly tests.

School HeadmistressRajlaxmi Behera immediatelyinformed the Mohana BDOand the District Welfare Officer(DWO) about it and lodged acase at the Mohana police sta-tion, following which a probehas been ordered.

The pregnant girl was

admitted to the DistrictHeadquarters Hospital herefor checkup after being hand-ed over to the District ChildProtection Committee.

R Udayagiri SDPO AshokKumar Mohanty said a minorboy accused of making the girlpregnant was questioned atthe Mohana police station andlater forwarded to the juvenilecourt here.

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Amajor fire broke out in asmany as 14 bogies of a

coal-laden train at the SingapurRoad station in Rayagada dis-trict on Thursday.

The train, which was enroute to Titilagarh fromVisakhapatnam, had leftRayagada station at 7 pm.When the train reachedSingapur Road at 7.30 pm, theStation Master spotted the fireand asked the train driver DNamaste and Guard SS Beherato halt it. After the trainstopped at platform no-3 of theSingapur Road station, railwaystaffs present there tried todouse the fire. Fire Servicespersonnel from Rayagada andKolanara also reached the spotsoon after receiving the infor-mation. They managed toextinguish the blaze after a two-hour-long operation.

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Unidentified miscreantshacked two persons over

political rivalry in theDigapahandi area of Ganjamdistrict on Friday.

Reports said three to fourbike-borne persons attackedone Bijay Kumar Sethy atKarapada village with a swordand other sharp weapons. Later,they went to Deokhali Chhakwhere they hacked KrushnaSahu, a juice shop owner, withthe weapons.

The victims sustained crit-ical injuries in the attack andwere hospitalised. TheNuagaon police have startedinvestigation into the incidentswhile cops were deployed atKarapada village and DeokhaliChhak to avoid any furtheruntoward incident.

Efforts were on by police totrace and apprehend theassailants, who fled the spot viathe Karapada road.

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Ah u n g e rs t r i k e ,

which wasscheduled tobe staged bylocals of Barbilin front of thed i s t r i c tCollectorate atKeonjhar onDecember 6 inprotest against the delay in con-struction of a bypass road inBarbil, has been postponed forsix months.

Barbil Civil Society con-vener Ashok Thakar said therewas a meeting of the societywith district Collector AshishThakre on December 5. TheCollector said the districtadministration is concernedabout the need of a Barbilbypass in view of the trafficproblem in the Joda-Barbilregion, but no progress has

been made due to want ofclearance for the diversion ofthe forestland from the CentralGovernment as it is a time-tak-ing process.

He assured the CivilSociety that the district admin-istration is taking steps how toget the clearance for the forest-land and, meanwhile, trying tocomplete the ongoing road inthe mining region to solve thetraffic problem. He requestedthe society to call off the pro-posed strike.

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Adistinguished education-ist, Prof I Ramabrahmam

assumed office as the Vice-Chancellor of the CentralUniversity of Odisha (CUO) atits campus at Sunabeda onFriday. He is the third regularVC of the university.

Prof Ramabrahmam hasbeen appointed for a term offive years from the date of hisjoining until he attains the ageof 70 years, whichever is earli-er. He took over the chargesfrom Prof SK Palita, who actedas VC-in-charge.

Prof Ramabrahmam wasearlier the senior faculty of the

Department of PoliticalScience, School of SocialSciences, University ofHyderabad.

He paid tribute toBabasaheb Dr BR Ambedkar atthe main gate of HAL,Sunabeda and Ambedkar’s por-trait at the CUO campus beforejoining.

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Inaugurating an ‘AksharPustak Mela’ here, Chief

Minister Naveen Patnaik onFriday urged the young gener-ation to read, know and under-

stand Mahatma Gandhi andwork for a better world.

“Gandhiji was a prolificwriter and every piece of hiswrtings carries the message ofhumanity and sparkles withpositivity. I wish our younggeneration read, know andunderstand Gandhi and workfor a better world,” said theChief Minister.

Among others, Tourismand Culture Minister JyotiPrakash Panigrahi and notedsocial worker Krisha Mohantywere present. A photo exhibi-tion on Mahatma Gandhi washeld on the occasion. KrishnaMohanty gave three books onMahatma Gandhi as gifts to theChief Minister on the occasion.

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Afree dental care campalong with an awareness

programme was held in theLittle Step Play School premis-es at Nayapalli BRIT Colonyhere on Friday.

Noted social worker

Upasana Rao inaugurated thecamp, which was jointlyorganised by the DentalDepartment of the SCBMedical College, Cuttack andthe Lok Vikas Foundation.Doctors examined children’steeth and taught them how totake care of teeth.

Dr Shilpi Mohapatra, DrRabindra Prasad Rout, DrAtulya Sukur, Dr AbhishiktaBiswal and medical assistantJayadeb Behera attended.Foundation president SudheerChandra Nayhak, schoolPrincipal Bipin Bihari Padhiand all teachers were present.

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On the 63rdMahaparinirban Diwas of

Dr BR Ambedkar, members ofvarious organisations expressedconcern over rising atrocitieson JNU students and held ameeting in front of theKalahandi district Collectoratehre on Friday.

The executive memberssubmitted a memorandumhaving a seven-point charter ofdemands to Collector ParagHarshad Gavali addressed tothe President of India.

The speakers alleged whileJNU students were on a peace-ful rally, police lathicharged onthem following Governmentinstruction.

State coordinator of SC,ST,OBC and Religious MinoritiesSangram Samiti, Kalahandi,Satyabadi Naik alleged thatpolice attacked the students byviolating Article 19 which guar-antees freedom of speech andfreedom to assemble peaceful-ly without arms.

“None of thestudents of JNU washolding any arms;rather they werevoicing concernsagainst the fee hikebut police brutallylathicharged onthem,” he said.

P r o t e s t i n gagainst the policeexcesses, advocateChhabilal Nial saidif the Governmentattitude wouldremain the same onBahujan Samaj, thenthe purpose ofArticle 21 A and 41(Right toEducation), Article45 (The Right toFree and CompulsoryEducation) and Article 46 (Thepromotion of education andeconomic interest) wouldremain meaningless.

The memorandumdemanded that any students'rally, public procession andgrievance petition be addressedin a positive way. Besides, they

demanded allotment of shopcomplex to the SC, ST andOBC and other sops.

Members of BSP BAMCEF,the Sambidhan SachetanAbhijan, the AIMBSCS theDEMOCRATIC, the Dr BRAmbedkar Foundation forSocioeconomic and CulturalDevelopment also spoke.

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AS t a t e - l e v e lconsultation

on nutritional self-dependence wasorganised here bythe People’sCultural Centre(PECUC) in col-laboration withthe TDH (G) andBMZ and in coop-eration withDISHA, CAUSE and BaitaraniInitiative.

Around 100 people,including small farmers, sci-entists and academicians par-ticipated. Food CommissionerDr Sipra Mallick, FinanceSpecial Secretary PradeepKumar Biswal, and MilletMission Director Prof Shrijit

Mishra inaugurated the event.PECUC executive director

Anuradha Mohanty, directorDr Minakhi Panda and secre-tary Ranjan Kumar Mohantyalso spoke. “Malnutrition freechildhood should be ourdream,” said the secretary.

Discussions were held onlocal ecological food and its

nutritional value, regular dietand balance diet, scope forimprovement and also onpublic distribution system,different nutritional relatedschemes and Governmentprogrammes. To fight malnu-trition, many recommenda-tions were given by the par-ticipants.

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Normal lifewas dis-

rupted in sev-eral parts of theState due tocold conditionswith the tem-perature dip-ping below 10degree Celsiusin as many asfive places onThursday.

This was the first timemercury slumped below 10degree during winter this sea-son.

Daringibadi in Kandhamaldistrict, known as Kashmir ofOdisha, recorded the lowesttemperature of 7 degree Celsiuswhile Phulbani, the districtheadquarters town, shivered at8 degree in the morning onFriday

Three other weather sta-tions recorded temperaturesbelow 10 degree. Mercury

stood at 8 degree in Sonepur,9.5 degree in Titilagarh and 8.6degree in Angul.

The Regional Office ofIndian MetrologicalDepartment (IMD) inBhubaneswar said the temper-ature would continue to dip inthe coming days.

“The weather is bone-chill-ing and bonfire is the only wayout to stay warm. Driving vehi-cles has also become a hazardwith dense fog engulfing thetown till 11am,” said a residentof Phulbani.

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The MUDRA Foundationhas announced that the

4th edition of the OdishaBiennale, 2019 will be organ-ised by the Odisha Tourismhere from December 23 to 31.

The event aims to build avariety of cross-cultural dis-courses in the fields of dance,art, music, photography, film,

design and fashion in an inter-national context with specialattention to creating a sus-tainable environment by amal-gamating social causes with thereaches of cultural and artisticefforts. Over 70 artists, artisansand designers from India andabroad will showcase their artand performances. There alsowould be workshops and sym-posia, said a release.

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As per the mammal census-2019 report, as many as

8,105 mammals have beenstaying within theBhitarkanika National Park.

This year more mammalswere sighted than last year. Theforest personnel had sighted7,728 mammals but this timethey spotted 377 more, theDFO of Rajnagar mangrove

(wildlife)forest division said.The mammal census was

carried out for three daysfrom November 25 to 27 infive forest ranges such asKanika Forest(wildlife) Range,Rajnagar Forest( w i l d l i f e ) R a n g e ,Mahakalapada Forest(wildlife)Range, GahirmathaForest(Wildlife) Range andKujanaga Forest(wildlife)Range.

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On the allegation of acqui-sition of assets dispropor-

tionate to his known sources ofincome by Shyam Sagar Say,Assistant Engineer, RuralWorks Sub-Division, Rairakholin Sambalpur district, Vigilancesleuths conduced searches onhis office room and houses atfour different places and detect-ed assets worth Rs 1,41,71,158under his possession.

The detected assets includea double-storied building atSundargarh of Rs 83,91,232, aplot at Sundargarh Rs10,00,000, deposits in banks ofRs 13,95,647, deposits ininsurance policies of Rs23,85,759, gold and silver orna-ments of Rs 2,92,079 and cashand household articles of Rs5,44,970.

The inquiry was inprogress, informed an officialrelease.

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The Comptroller andAuditor General (CAG)

has pulled up the OrdnanceFactories for delays, especiallyfor supplying weapons to theArmy, and said it affected theoperational preparedness ofthe force. The factoriesachieved the production targetsfor only 49 per cent of items,and the exports decreased by39 per cent in 2017-18 over2016-17.

Making these observationsin its report tabled inParliament on Friday, the CAGalso expressed concern overpending production orders andsaid the oldest such order per-tained to 2009-10. The reportreviewed the performance ofthe Ordnance Factory Board(OFB)for the year ended March2018.

The OFB is producingweapons for the armed forcesfor the last 150 years and at pre-sent has 41 factories spread allover the country with its head-quarters in Kolkatta. It man-ufactures the entire range ofweaponry including tanks,rifles, ammunition besidesstores like clothing.

In its report, the CAG saidthe OFB received a budgetarygrant of �14,793 crores forcapital and �804 crore for rev-

enue expenditures in 2017-18.The ordnance factories sup-plied material of �14,251 croresto its different indentors in thesame period. The Indian Armybeing the major consumeraccounting for nearly 80 percent of total items.

The report said the facto-ries achieved the productiontarget of only 49 percent of theitems and a significant quanti-ty of the Army’s demand forsome principal ammunitionitems remained outstandingas on March 31, 2018 thusadversely impacting their oper-ational readiness.

In addition, the exports bythe OFB decreased by 39 percent in 2017-18 over 2016-17.In fact, the watchdog remarkedthe exports by the OFB during

2013-14 to 2017-2018 was very‘meager” compared to totalitems produced by the factories.

The OFB exports brakeparachutes, Prahari guns andKavach launchers. These itemsare exported to Italy, Mauritius,Indonesia, Malaysia andTajikistan. Underlining theneed for a road map forenhancement of export activ-ity, the CAG said value ofexports decreased by 39 per-cent from �22.69 crores in2016-17 to �13.94 crores in2017-18.

As regards pending orders,the CAG said work-in-progressconstituted 32 per cent of thetotal inventory and noted thisas area of concern. The reportsaid the oldest pending orderpertained to 2009-2010.

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Ashort bio-break’ by UnionMinister Ravi Shankar

Prasad on Friday forced a briefadjournment of proceedings inthe Rajya Sabha as OppositionMPs protested the absence ofany Minister in the Housewhen it was discussing privatemember business.

The house is mostly desert-ed during this time when indi-vidual MPs bring laws that theyfeel Parliament should enact. Inalmost all cases, such Bills areturned down by the House.

According to the proce-dure, a Cabinet Minister is pre-sent during such a discussion.On Friday, Law and TelecomMinister Prasad was on roster

duty. Congress member BKHariprasad pointed out therewas no Cabinet Minister pre-sent in the House. Thisprompted Derek to stop mid-way, citing rules.

This was the time TMC’sDerek O’Brien was to table hisThe Elder Persons (Care andProtection) Bill calling for anational policy to ensure thepreservation of rights and pro-vision of specialised care tosenior citizens.

“I am raising the Bill butmy colleagues are saying theMinister is not here... I do notwant such an important Bill forelders to become infructuous,”he said, demanding adjourn-ment of the proceedings till theMinister is present in the

House.He got support from

Jairam Ramesh of theCongress, Javed Ali Khan of theSamajwadi Party and someother members.

In an attempt to pacify theagitating members, RajyaSabha Deputy ChairmanHarivansh Narayan Singh stat-ed that the Minister has gonefor a washroom break andwould be back soon.

V Muraleedharan, theMinister of State forParliamentary Affairs, alsomade a statement informingabout the short break taken byPrasad but this was not enoughto pacify the agitating mem-bers. “The minister was here tilljust now. He has gone for the

washroom, he would be coming back,” Muraleedharansaid.

The Deputy Chairman alsotried to pacify the memberssaying “I have been informedthat he has gone for washroomfor 5 minutes. He would comeback.” On this, Derek asked theChair to adjourn the proceed-ings for 10 minutes. “Youadjourn the house for the No1 or No 2 break, whichever,” hesaid. The house proceedingswere then adjourned for 10minutes.

No sooner had the pro-ceedings adjourned, Prasadwalked in and looked amusedat the turn of the events. Afterthe break, the House resumedfunctioning.

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The National TigerConservation Authority’s

(NTCA) proposal for declaringthe Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary(DWS) in ArunanchalPradesh’s Dibang district astiger reserve has failed to cutany ice with local organisations,including the Idu MishmiCultural & Literary Society(IMCLS), the apex body of thecommunity which have calledfor re-demarcation and reviewof the protected habitat.

Now, the NTCA has askedthe State Government to forma panel to look into the con-cerns of the public and refixingof erroneous boundary pillars,if any.

According to the minutesof the consultative meetingwhich was attended by officialsof top tiger protection bodyand State’s forest department

with the community inOctober, the communityorganisations have made itclear to the Centre that any talkon declaration of the tigerreserve can proceed only afterre-demarcation of the area.

Anup Kumar Nayak, head

of the NTCA told The Pioneerthat a panel comprised of theDibang Valley district admin-istration, Idu Mishmi organi-zations, PCCF (Wild) and offi-cials from the forest depart-ment will be formed to lookinto the matter.

He said that the need fordeclaring the DWS as tigerreserve has been felt after theDehradun-based WildlifeInstitute of India (WII) sub-mitted its research findingssaying that 11 big cats werecamera-trapped in the DWLS

and the ‘Mishmi Hills’ in theregion. “Upgradation of thesanctuary to the tiger reservewill ensure regular fund andmonitoring,” said Nayak.

The locals including thoserepresentating the IMCL havebeen seeking reorganization ofthe boundary of the DWS fromcurrent 4149 sq kms to 2500 sqkms.

The IMCL and other com-munity members have claimedthat the notification of thesanctuary in 1998 was “doneunilaterally by suppressing,misleading and misrepresent-ing the indigenous habitants,”depriving the community oftheir land and their culturaland traditional values.

They also claimed that noconsultations was done withthe affected local populationwhile notifying the sanctuary.

“The indigenous habitantsare not against the constitution

of the wildlife sanctuary butpray that the land acquired forthe purpose be justified insuch (a way) that the traditionalvalues and ancestral land wouldnot be disturbed. The tigerreserve would not be wel-comed until the matter ofDWLS is amicably resolved,”the representation read, as per the minutes of the meeting.

“The total area of DibangValley district is 9,149 sq kms,within which the DibangWildlife Sanctuary is spreadacross 4149 sq kms. Half of thedistrict is under the sanctuary,”said Eva Mipi of the IMCLS.

However, this is not thefirst time that the NTCA hassought declaration of the sanctuary as a tiger reserve. Ithad written to the forestdepartment twice —in 2014and 2016 seeking the same.

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Members of Hindu, Sikh,Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and

Christian communities, whocome from Afghanistan,Bangladesh or Pakistan facingpersecution there, will not betreated as illegal immigrants butgiven Indian citizenship whenthe proposed amendments tothe six-decade-old CitizenshipAct come into effect.

According to theCitizenship (Amendment) Bill,2019, which was distributedamong MPs, the new law, how-ever, will not be applicable inthe Inner Line Permit (ILP)regime areas and those tribalregions which are governed

under the Sixth Schedule of theConstitution.

The controversialCitizenship (Amendment) Bill(CAB), which generated wide-spread protests in theNortheastern States, is expect-ed to be tabled in Lok Sabha on

Monday for consideration andpassage. The Bill says therefugees entered beforeDecember 31, 2014 are eligibleto get Indian citizenship.

The Bill also proposes togive immunity to such refugeesfacing legal cases after being

found as illegal migrants. TheBill also says: “Provided furtherthat the person who makes theapplication for citizenshipunder this section shall not bedeprived of his rights and priv-ileges to which he was entitledon the date of receipt of hisapplication on the ground ofmaking such application”.

According to the proposedlegislation, the amendment willnot be applicable to the tribalareas of Assam, Meghalaya,Mizoram or Tripura as includ-ed in the Sixth Schedule to theConstitution and in the areascovered under The Inner Line,notified under the BengalEastern Frontier Regulation,1873.

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Incidents of setting afire arape victim in Unnao and

police encounter of allegedrapists in Hyderabad echoed inLok Sabha on Friday withOpposition and TreasuryBenches trading charges ofpoliticisation of the issueagainst each other.

Leader of opposition AdhirRanjan Chowdhury who spokeduring zero hour created anuproar in the house by sayingthat while Government wasplanning to construct a templefor Lord Ram, “ sita ko jalayajar rahan hai” (Sita is beingburnt) and accused theGovernment of inaction. Hewas referring to the Unnao casein Uttar Pradesh, a BJP-ruledstate, where a woman rape-survivor was burnt alive thisweek by the rape accused onthe bail. The woman with 90per cent burnt is in criticalcondition in a Delhi hospital.

The Unnao incident inUttar Pradesh happened aday after a woman veterinar-

ian in Hyderabad was gang-raped, killed and her bodyburnt as the stranded womanwas seeking help after her two-wheeler’s got deflated at asecluded place. All the fouralleged rapists of Veterinarianwoman were sensationallykilled in a controversial`encounter` on Friday night.

Chowdhury said whilethere are talks to make UttarPradesh a Uttam Pradesh (bestState), it is become “AdharmPradesh” (broadly land of law-lessness).

Intervening, Irani said itwas unfortunate that incidentsof rape and killing of womenare being communalised andpoliticised.

She said the oppositionmembers are not referring to asimilar case in Malda in WestBengal.

“Yes, setting afire a womanis condemnable, yes, the rapeand killing of a woman isinhuman, but do not politicisethe issue. No one has ever com-munalised the issue in thisHouse,” she said responding to

Chowdhury’s comments onUnnao rape and killing case inUP.

At this point, CongressMPs T N Prathapan and DeanKuriakose came to the aislenear the Well and shoutedsomething. One of them waspulled back by some Congressand NCP members. Tampersrose high with verbal exchangesdisrupting the house proceed-ings. Speaker Om Birlaadjourned the house untillunch break.

When house resumed pro-ceedings , the Governmentsought an apology from twoLok Sabha members of theCongress for their “threateningposition” towards Irani, whenshe was speaking on the Unnaorape issue in the House.

“This is the most con-demnable behaviour. Theycame in threatening posi-tion...When she was speaking.She is a lady member of thehouse. It is most uncalled andthey should apologise,”Parliamentary Affairs MinisterPralhad Joshi said in the House

when it assembled after lunchbreak.

Meenakshi Lekhi, who wasin the Chair, told Congressleader Adhir RanjanChowdhury to ask his partyMPs to come to the House andseek an apology. The two MPsdid not turn up in the house.The house was then adjournedfor the day.

The Speaker is expected totake against the two CongressMPs on Monday. The BJP hasgiven a notice to the Speakerto suspend two Congress mem-bers for their alleged unrulybehaviour against Irani in theHouse.

Earlier speaking on therape and Hyderabad policeencounter issue during ZeroHour, Lekhi (BJP) said policehad to open fire when theaccused tried to escape. TheMP sought to justify encounterof rape accused.

“Police ko hatiyar sajane keliye nahin diye gaye” (Policehave not been given weaponsfor keeping as show piece), shesaid.

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Former chief of CRPF andadviser to Jammu &

Kashmir Governor K VijayKumar has been appointed assenior security adviser in theUnion Home Ministry. The1975-batch Tamil Nadu cadre

IPS officer will “advise theMinistry on security relatedmatters of Union Territory ofJK and Left Wing Extremism(LWE) affected States,” theorder said.

The 67-year-old Kumaremerged as super cop afterelimination of notorious forestbrigand Veerappan in 2004.

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Congress seemed to be adivided lot on the issue of

encounter of four accused inHyderabad on Friday. Whilesenior party leader and alawyer Abhishek ManuSinghvi has come out in sup-port of the Hyderabad policeaction, former Home MinisterP Chidambaram demanded athorough probe. Anothersenior leader of the party anda Lok Sabha member ShashiTharoor said extra-judicialkillings were not acceptable.

While the leadersexpressed their opinions andalso took to social mediaparty’s General SecretaryPriyanka Gandhi is all set tolaunch a protest to highlightthe plight of women and farm-ers across the country and par-ticularly in Uttar Pradesh ofwhich she is incharge. Sourcesclose of the Priyanka said she

has asked workers to ensurefullscale youth and womenmobilization for a proposed‘Bharat Bachoa Rally’ rally onDecember 14 in nationalCapital.

The Congress GeneralSecretary is on a two-day visitto Lucknow where she met thestrategy group of the party anddiscussed the law and ordersituation in the state and howto begin mass protest at thebackdrop of Unnao andHyderabad rape cases inwhich the victims wereburned.

The party however late inthe evening officially said thatonly after a magisterial inquirya stand can be taken on theencounter of all the four menaccused of raping and mur-dering a 25-year-oldHyderabad woman veterinar-ian last month.

“A magisterial inquiry istaking place. I just cannot

speak on what will be the out-come of the magisterialinquiry, but we should wait...We need to hear the policeversion because all encounterscannot be bracketed into thesame terminology,” CongressMP Amee Yajnik said at aAICC press conference.

Chidambaram said theencounter should be thor-oughly inquired into to findout if it was a genuineencounter. “I am not aware ofthe facts and what happenedin Hyderabad. As a responsi-ble citizen, I can say it must bethoroughly inquired into, tofind out if it was a genuineencounter whether they weretrying to flee or was it any-thing else,” said Chidambaramwho is ut on bail after 106 daysin Tihar Jail in a corruptioncase.

“Agree in principle. Weneed to know more, forinstance if the criminals were

armed, the police may havebeen justified in opening firepreemptively. Until detailsemerge we should not rush tocondemn. But extra-judicialkillings are otherwise unacceptable in a society oflaws,” Tharoor said.

Priyanka took to socialmedia and slammed BJP MPfrom Unnao, Sakshi Maharaj,for wishing MLA KuldeepSingh Sengar, accused of rapeon his birthday. “A lawmakerand BJP MP is giving bestwishes to rape accused MLA.Only yesterday (Thursday) inUnnao, a rape survivor was seton fire. When lawmakers will stand in support of rape accused, howwill anybody fight with thecriminals,” Priyanka tweeted.

Sakshi had posted hisbirthday wishes for Sengarfrom his official Twitter handle on Thursday.

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The Central paramilitaryforces like CRPF, BSF and

ITBP are set to adopt signaturefabric of the nation — khadi —for uniforms following a direc-tive from Union HomeMinister Amit Shah who hassought introduction and use ofthese products from the cottagesector as part of the ongoingcelebration of 150th birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi.

Besides the adoption ofthe khadi fabric, the paramili-tary forces are also going tointroduce only “swadeshi” ori-gin items manufactured by thekhadi sector in messes and can-teens. Officials of various para-military officials have alreadycontacted the Khadi andVillage Industries Commission(KVIC) with their specifica-tions of the fabric and the listof items as also volume of theproducts required for theircanteens and messes.

The KVIC has has provid-ed the samples of the disruptivepattern/camouflage designs ofthe khadi fabric includingwoolens.The uniform fabricwill be in the nature of Poly-khadi (70 per cent cottonenriched with 30 per cent poly-ester), cotton besides woolencloth.

The KVIC has also provid-ed a list of swadeshi items for themesses and canteens like pick-les, papad, honey, soaps, deter-

gents, shampoos, phenol, teaand mustard oil among others

During a meeting withchiefs of the paramilitary forcesrecently, Shah instructed theofficials to rely on khadi fabricfor uniforms and items manu-factured by the sector for thecanteens and messes.

With a combined strengthof nearly 10 lakh serving per-sonnel in the seven paramili-tary forces under the commandof the Union Home Ministry,the decision is expected torevolutionize the khadi sectorand will create lakhs of man-hours for the cottage sectorartisans across the country.

Besides the CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF)which is the biggest with overthree personnel in strengthand Border Security Force(BSF), Indo-Tibetan BorderPolice (ITBP), CentralIndustrial Security Force(CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal(SSB), National SecurityGuards (NSG) and Assam

Rifles (AR) are under theadministrative control of theHome Ministry.

After Shah pitched for thekhadi fabric and products inthe paramilitary forces, theKVIC is set to create a platformfor huge number of livelihoodopportunities in the Khadi andVillage Industries sector whichis successfully creating jobs inremote and rural areas, theCommission officials said.

Following the HomeMinister’s directive, severalmeetings were held betweenthe KVIC and paramilitaryofficials.

Sources said that the meet-ings had been going on for thelast two weeks and havereached the stage of finaliza-tion, after several samples wereshared by KVIC for approval bythe paramilitary Forces.

The Chairman of KVICVinai Kumar Saxena told thePioneer, “The samples of cot-ton and woolen uniforms,blankets and camouflage uni-

form etc. provided by the para-military forces have been devel-oped by KVIC and submittedto few forces for final approval.The sample developed for cam-ouflage fabric was not onlyliked by one of the para-mili-tary forces but was also foundquite superior from the exist-ing material used by the forces.”

Saxena further said, “Thismove will not only double theannual turnover of Khadi andVillage Industries which isnearly �75,000 crores current-ly, but also create millions ofadditional man hours for theKhadi artisans who will weavemillions of meters of Khadi fab-ric for our paramilitary forces.

The Khadi fabric is mostsuitable for the tropical climateconditions in the country as thehandwoven fabric is “breath-able” in nature and also easy tomaintain besides being eco-friendly, he said.

The BSF alone wouldrequire 11 lakh metres of fab-ric for the uniform of nearly 2.5

lakh personnel. “As the Home Minister has

also asked the forces to keepdifferent village industries’products in all their canteens,it will certainly create faith andconfidence among the arti-sans, as their niche productswill now be showcased beforethe real guards of our nation,”Saxena said, adding one thedesigns are approved, the KVICwill fulfil the supply commit-ments within two months.

Khadi, which is a symbol ofpride and patriotism has beenachieving several accolades inthe recent past under the cur-rent regime. Quite noticeably,various steps are being taken byKVIC for increasing the salesand promotion of Khadi andVillage Industries products,such as sale of Khadi GiftCoupons, partnerships withecommerce portals for the saleof Khadi products, promotionof pottery at railway stations,ban on import of agarbatti, banon import of National Flag,new HS Code for 11 khadiproducts, new Khadi storesand development of centralizedGovernment Supply modules.

KVIC has also taken anumber of initiatives to checkthe malpractices by variousbogus institutions, and penal-izing the violators in order toensure the quality of Khadi andVillage Industries productssold under the brand Khadi ispure and genuine.

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The narration about the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 that happened

in the national Capital immediate-ly after the assassination of thethen Prime Minister Indira Gandhihad taken a new turn on December4, Wednesday, with former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh chargingPV Narasimha Rao, the then HomeMinister, responsible for the pogromwhich claimed the lives of more than3,000 Sikhs.

While addressing a meetingorganised in New Delhi, ManmohanSingh said that Rao failed to sum-mon the Army to put an end to theriots and this was the reason for themurder and mayhem of thousandsof innocent Sikhs in Delhi as a retal-iation for the assassination of Indira

Gandhi by two members of hersecurity wing, both of whom belong-ing to the Sikh community.

“When the sad event of 1984took place, Gujaral Ji on that samesad evening went to the then HomeMinister P V Narasimha Rao, andsaid to him that the situation is sograve that it is necessary for the gov-ernment to call the army at the ear-liest. If that advice would have beenheeded , perhaps the massacre thattook place in 1984 could have beenavoided,” Singh is quoted as saying.

Though Gujral lived up toNovember 30, 2012 ( 28 years, to beprecise), he has not uttered any-where about the meeting he hadwith Rao and his request to summonthe army to prevent the anti-Sikhriots. Gujral has not mentionedanywhere about the meeting

between him and Rao as alleged bySingh.

Interestingly, in his widely readautobiography “Matter ofDiscretion”, published in 2011,Gujral has written a lot aboutNarasimha Rao and his tenure asForeign Minister in the Cabinet ofIndira Gandhi. But in the chapterdealing with the assassination ofIndira Gandhi, Gujral has indirect-ly blamed Rajiv Gandhi for the anti-Sikh riots that shook the conscienceof humanity.

“To this day, I don’t know forcertain under what circumstancesand on whose advice she had firstimposed internal emergency in June1975 and later let the Bhindranwalecrisis fester, ending in the fatefulOperation Blusestar! These twodecisions had blotted her otherwisefair name and bright era. The mis-

fortune did not end with her death.The era of her son Rajiv Gandhibegan ominously with the torrent ofanti-Sikh riots , which continue tohaunt the nation to this day,” writesGujral in Chapter 32 (IndiraGandhi’s Assassination-page 246).

After going through the book,one gets the impression that Gujralhad no love lost for Rao. Hedescribes that Narasimha Rao’semergence as Prime Minister waspure accident.

“Nobody ever expected it. Noteven he himself! In fact even beforethe general elections wereannounced, after the fall ofChandrasekhar’s Government, Raohad decided to retire from public life.

His decision was motivated bythe fact that his influence in theCongress Party had declined tosuch an extent that he was not even

considered for membership ofParliament. It was indeed calloushow an extremely capable leader anda scholar to boot who had spent allhis life in politics was so contemp-tuously discarded by the powers thatbe, as if he had never existed”,says Gujral (Page 344-345 Chapter49).

The question being asked is ifGujaral could be so open mindedabout Rao and G K Moopanar(whose Prime Ministerial dreamsimmediately after the 1996 electionswere demolished by none otherthan the latter’s acolyte PChidambaram and DMK leader MKarunanidhi), why the diplomat-turned-politician should hide thisincident from the general public?The answer is Manmohan Singh haslost some links somewhere in thisdiscourse.

Washington/London: Thedeath of all the four accused inthe sensational rape and mur-der of a young veterinarian inHyderabad on Friday receivedprominent coverage in theworld media which highlight-ed the enormous public sup-port while also drawing atten-tion to concerns over the extra-judicial executions.

All four men arrested onNovember 29 for allegedly rap-ing and killing the 25-year-oldwoman by smothering her andlater burning her body wereshot dead by police on Fridayduring a pre-dawn exchange offire near Hyderabad, a toppolice official said.

The Washington Post in adetailed report said the deathssparked praise in some quartersin a country that has grappledwith a series of gruesome crimesagainst women and girls. Butactivists and lawyers said theshootings bore the hallmarks ofextrajudicial killings.

Killings by police of sus-pected criminals are so wide-spread in India that they havetheir own terminology. Suchincidents are known as“encounter” killings, and theofficers involved typically state

that they acted in self-defense.But activists say that in practice,police officers enjoy broadimpunity and that the killingsare not followed by thoroughinvestigations, the report said.

Terming it as one of India’s“most troubling” rape cases ofrecent months, The New YorkTimes noted that the chillingincident was brought to a sud-den and shocking end on Friday.

“The officers are beinghailed as heroes, and wereshowered with rose petals byresidents who thronged thestreets of Hyderabad to celebratewhat they saw as an act of swiftretribution for a horrific crime.So many people poured into thestreets on Friday to celebratethat traffic was brought to astandstill,” it said. The woman’scharred remains were foundnear a highway underpass onNovember 27, sparking nation-wide outrage and protests inseveral major cities includingBengaluru and New Delhi. PTI

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Mamata Banerjee on Fridaysaid that she was ready to

support a religion-neutralCitizenship Amendment Billand said her party would“oppose tooth and nail the Billin its current shape.”

Attacking the NarendraModi Government for bringinga communally oriented bill, theBengal Chief Minister saidthere was no differencebetween the National Registerfor Citizens (NRC) and theCitizenship Amendment Billboth of which were the twosides of the same coin.

Speaking on the 27thanniversary of the Babrimosque demolition, Banerjeesaid NRC has claimed 30 livesin Bengal and she would notallow more deaths to happen inthe State.

“We have seen 30 deaths inBengal due to the NRC panic.No more deaths should follow.

The Government is trying tocreate a communal divideamong the citizens by intro-ducing this Bill … no citizencan be given citizenship on thebasis of religion. This is uncon-stitutional,” Banerjee saidadding she was ready to sup-port a religion-neutral bill.

In its current shape the billscheduled to be tabled onDecember 9, Banerjee said,“both NRC and CAB are thetwo sides of the same coin andboth are unconstitutional intheir present form,”

The amended bill seeks togrant citizenship to peoplewithout valid documents fromminority communities (readonly Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists,Jains, Parsis and Christians)from Afghanistan, Bangladeshand Pakistan after six years ofresidence in India.

Union Home Minister hason multiple occasions gone onrecord saying that “no Hindu,Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and

Christian who have migratedfrom Afghanistan, Pakistanand Bangladesh following per-secution would be deprived ofcitizenship in India.”

The new CAB wouldamend the Citizenship Act of1955. The Trinamool Congresson Friday said that it has issueda whip directing its MPs toremain present in Parliamenton December 9 when it wouldbe tabled.

The party would opposethe bill in parliament. Banerjeetold the gathering in Kolkatathat her party would opposethe bill at all level regardless of

the fact that BJP with its brutemajority might get it passed inParliament.

“You (BJP) have majorityand may pass CAB in LokSabha and Rajya Sabha. But wewill not accept it and willoppose till the end because wedo not believe in religious dis-crimination.

Referring to the recentUnnao incident in UttarPradesh where a rape victimwas set on fire, Banerjee saidthe state’s BJP government hadnot provided security to thevictim. Slamming the BJPGovernment in Uttar Pradeshfor allowing the “Unnao rapevictim to be burnt alive” by tor-mentors Banerjee said “boththe Hyderabad and Unnaoincidents are shameful,” won-dering “why was there a secu-rity lapse for the Unnao girlwho had earlier faced life-threatening attacks on her. Myheart bleeds for the victims”

Kolkata: West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee onFriday said both Hyderabad andUnnao incidents are “shameful”and demanded stringent legisla-tion to deal with cases of rape.

Her comment comes in thebackdrop of all the four accusedin the rape and murder of ayoung veterinarian in Hyderabadbeing killed in an encounter onFriday during a pre-dawnexchange of fire near theTelangana capital.

The news of death of thegangrape accused was welcomedby some and sparked concernover “extra-judicial” killingsamong others.

“Law should always take itsown course and no one can takeit into their own hands,” she saidin a veiled refernce to the inci-dent. Banerjee, a strident critic ofthe BJP, referred to the ghastlyincident at Unnao in UttarPradesh where a rape survivor

was set on fire by her tormentorsand sustained 90 per cent burns,and said that the government inthat State had not provided secu-rity to the victim.

“Both the Hyderabad andUnnao incidents are shameful.My heart bleeds for the victims.There should be stringent laws todeal with such crimes,” the chiefminister said.

“We do not tolerate anycrimes against women. Everyoneknew about the Unnao case, yetattempts were made to burn thevictim,” she said.

Banerjee said safety forwomen will never be compro-mised in West Bengal. “Police,administration and judiciary willcarry out their duties.

Instructing the police to filechargesheet in cases of crimesagainst women within 10 days,she said the State adminsitrationwill take stringent steps in caseof police inaction. PTI

Kolkata: A day after high-voltagedrama,West Bengal GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar went inside theWest Bengal Legislature Assemblycomplex on Friday through the gatedesignated for him, and said he is ready to sit for talks withChief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Dhankar who was on Thursdaymade to wait outside the Assemblyas the gate designated for his entrywas locked and made entrancethrough a gate meant for mediapersons and officials, on Fridaywent inside with his wife throughthe gate designated for theGovernor.

He was warmly received byHouse Marshall, other officials andthe MLAs. However, Speaker

Biman Banerjee, who was presentin the house was not there toreceive the Governor, as he wasattending a Business Advisory (BA)committee meeting.

Undeterred by his experiencethe previous day, Dhankharreturned to the Assembly premis-es on Friday to pay floral tribute atthe statue of Dr B R Ambedkar onhis birth anniversary.

Dhankhar, who has been at log-gerheads with the TMC govern-ment on several issues since hisarrival here in July last, said he isready to sit for talks with the chiefminister.

He told reporters at theAssembly that it is not for the firsttime that he has spoken about it(talks with cm). PTI

Gopalganj (Bihar): Blamingporn sites for the rising inci-dence of sexual crimes againstwomen, Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar on Friday urgedthe Centre to ban all suchinternet platforms which prof-fered voyeuristic pleasurethrough video clips of rapespurportedly filmed by the per-petrators themselves.

Referring to the infamousrape and murder case ofHyderabad after which a cou-ple of similar incidents havebeen reported from Buxar andSamastipur districts of Bihar,Kumar said he was planning towrite a letter to the centre seek-ing a complete ban on suchsites across the country.

“A disgusting trend hasbeen witnessed..Incidentsinvolving women in far-offHyderabad, in Bihar, in UP.. Inall places. I have always

expressed reservations aboutthe social media and the ill-effects of technology, while notdenying its enormous benefits”,Kumar who is techno-savvyand an engineer by trainingsaid here.

The chief minister was inthis north Bihar district on thefinal day of the first phase ofhis “Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali Yatra”during which he proposes tocover the entire length andbreadth of the state with hismessage for environmentalconservation and combatingclimate change. In his nearly45-minute-long address,Kumar referred to sexualcrimes after speaking about histhrust on climate changewhich, he asserted, was in linewith his social reform mea-sures like prohibition andcampaigns against child mar-riage and dowry. PTI

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Fear would have been instilled inthe people’s minds had the

Hyderabad woman veterinarianrape-murder case’s accused beenhanged in public square after following due legal process, NCPchief spokesperson Nawab Maliksaid on Friday.

Malik also disapproved of thekillings of the four accused in anencounter in Hyderabad, sayingjustice cannot be delivered in an“unjust manner”.

All four accused in the rape-and-murder case of the 25-year-oldveterinarian near Hyderabad lastmonth were killed in an exchange of

fire with police on Friday morning,police said.

“The accused were killed in anencounter. But this is not the way ofgiving justice. Justice cannot bedelivered in an unjust way,” Maliktold reporters here.

“Fear would have instilled in theminds of the people had they beenhanged in chowks after following lawand due judicial process,” he added.

The Hyderabad encounter tookplace around 6.30 am when theaccused were taken to the site of theoffence for reconstruction of thescene of the crime as part of theinvestigation, a senior police officialsaid.

“They (accused) snatchedweapons from police and fired onpolice and tried to escape... Policefired in retaliation in which the fouraccused died,” a senior Telanganapolice official said.

Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhesaid the accused should have beenpunished after following the dueprocess of law.

“I see this is as a conspiracy...Itwas important that the accusedwere punished as per law,” Gorhetold TV9 Marathi news channel.She also said it has been observed inmany encounters in the past thatpolice themselves ask accused to runaway and then open fire at the lat-ter.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BSYediyurappa on Friday backed theTelangana police action killing fouraccused in the rape and murder of awoman veterinarian near Hyderabad,saying they acted in self- defence.

“They (accused) tried to attack andescape when they were taken to spot (ofcrime), so the encounter was inevitable tosave their (police) lives,” he told reportershere. According to Cyberabad police, thefour, arrested in connection with the bru-tal incident, were shot dead after they‘attacked’ the personnel and attempted toescape when taken to the spot for crimereconstruction early Friday. PTI

Lucknow: Hours after all four accused inthe rape-and-murder of a 25-year-oldwoman veterinarian were killed in anencounter with police in Hyderabad onFriday, Samajwadi Party supremo AkhileshYadav said he was “happy” that someone gotjustice.

The four men, all lorry workers, agedbetween 20 and 24, were arrested onNovember 29 for raping and killing thewoman by smothering her and later burn-ing her body. They were remanded to sevendays’ judicial custody.

According to Hyderabad police, the

accused were shot dead around 6.30 am onFriday when they tried to escape after theywere taken to the site of the offence forreconstruction of the scene of the crime.

“Those running away from law...Howfar could they run from justice. I am happythat someone has got justice but real hap-piness will come when there will be effec-tive preventive security arrangements andsocial atmosphere that such heinous crimesnever happen with any sister or daughter,”Yadav tweeted in Hindi, without mention-ing the Hyderabad encounter. PTI

Jaipur: Two Rajasthan Ministers onFriday said the rape accused inHyderabad should have been caughtalive by the police and that justiceshould be provided only through judicial means.

While the state’s ParliamentaryAffairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal saidthat rapists should be hanged as soonas possible but only through the judi-cial system, Social Justice andEmpowerment Minister Bhanwar LalMeghwal said that encounters are notthe solution to crimes.

“There is no doubt over the quantum of punishment to rapists.There should be speedy trial and theymust be awarded death penalty by thecourts. But as far as encounter is con-cerned, this raises doubts and manyquestions,” Dhariwal said.

He questioned why the policemencould not catch the rape accused alivein Hyderabad and instead encounteredthem.

“Several questions are raised whenan encounter happens. When thepolice force was present there, whythey could not catch the rape accusedalive?

If an accused is found guilty ofrape, he must definitely get death pun-ishment but only through court,” hetold PTI.

Dhariwal also said that theGovernment should ban porn contenton the internet. PTI

Jammu: The family of aneight-year-old girl, who wasgang-raped and murdered inKathua in January last year,expressed satisfaction over theencounter killings inHyderabad, saying at least thefamily of the victim will nothave to face “nightmare” oflengthy trial.

The biological father ofthe Kathua victim, MohammedAkhtar, told PTI over phonefrom his residence in Samba, 30km from here, that if these peo-

ple had indulged in the heinouscrime, “I feel justice has beendone with the victim and herfamily”.

They deserved death forwhat they have done and theirend would at least relieve theveterinarian’s family of theordeal of the courts and lurk-ing threat of the acquittal of theaccused. All four accused in therape-and-murder of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian lastmonth were killed by police onFriday morning. PTI

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The Hyderabad encounter offour accused in a rape and

murder case was an outcome ofpublic anger against the grue-some crime, Gujarat ChiefMinister Vijay Rupani said onFriday.

All four accused in therape-and-murder case of a 25-year-old woman veterinariannear Hyderabad last monthwere killed in an exchange offire with police on Fridaymorning, police said.

Rupani said the rape andmurder of the woman hadcaused widespread outrage andanger.

There is a feeling that thosewho commit inhuman crimesshould be given harsh punish-ment, Rupani told reporters atSongadh in Tapi district.

Today morning wereceived the news that theaccused of the gruesome inci-dent in Hyderabad were killedin an encounter.

“There was palpable angeramong the people of the coun-try and result of that has comeout as an encounter, saidRupani when asked to react tothe Telengana encounterkilling.

The encounter took placewhen the accused were taken tothe site of the offence forreconstruction of the scene ofthe crime as part of the inves-tigation.

“They (accused) snatchedweapons from police and firedon police and tried to escape...Police fired in retaliation inwhich the four accused died,”a senior Telangana police offi-cial said.

Unnao (UP): The family mem-bers of the rape victim who wasset ablaze here on Friday saidthey are “happy” with the deathof the Hyderabad rape-and-murder accused in a policeencounter and sought “similarpunishment” in the UttarPradesh case. The Unnaowoman was on Thursdayallegedly set on fire by five men,including two accused of rap-ing her in December last year.

“We are happy that therapists in the Hyderabad casewere killed in an encounter. Wewant similar punishment inthis case also, otherwise suchatrocities will continue,” thevictim’s father said.Her unclealso justified the Hyderabadencounter.

“Such action will instil fearamong those involved in suchheinous acts. If there is not fear,this will continue,” he said. PTI

Hyderabad: A large number ofpeople in the city on Fridayexpressed happiness over theencounter killing of the fouraccused arrested in the rapeand murder of a woman vet-erinarian near here.

A section of people reachedthe “encounter” site and congratulated the police andraised slogans in favour ofthem like ‘Telangana policezindabad’ and “We got justice”and said this would act as adeterrent for people from committing such crimes.

Some women were seendistributing sweets to policepersonnel.

Members of the public cel-ebrated the killing of the fouraccused by bursting fire crack-

ers in other parts of the city.“It has brought peace to

soul of Disha and her familyhas got justice. They (police)have done encounter we arereally happy. It will act as adeterrent. Those want to docrime they should fear...Thepolice have done a very goodjob,” a Hyderabad resident said.

Earlier, public anger overthe rape and murder of thewoman was evident onSaturday last as a restive crowdpelted stones at a police vehi-cle carrying them to jail.

Protests were also held bydifferent student groups andothers at various places in thestate, demanding capital pun-ishment for the accused. PTI

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Maharashtra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau

(ACB) has given a clean chit toNCP leader and former deputyChief Minister Ajit Pawar inthe multi-crore Vidarbha irri-gation scam.

The ACB, in its affidavitsubmitted in the Nagpur Benchof the Bombay High Court, hasruled out Pawar’s involvementin cases of alleged irregularitiesin approval and commissioningof irrigation projects in theState.

The affidavit was submit-ted on November 27, a daybefore the Maha Vikas Aghadi(MVA) Government of theShiv Sena —NCP—Congresswas sworn-in the State onNovember 28.

The court had asked theACB to clarify its stand on therole of Pawar, a former WaterResources DevelopmentMinister, in these cases.

Pawar, the NCP MLA fromBaramati in Pune district, wasWater Resources DevelopmentMinister during 1999-2009when the Congress—NCPcombine was in power inMaharashtra.

Pawar had also served aschairman of Vidarbha

Irrigation DevelopmentCorporation (VIDC), whichhad cleared irrigation projectsin which irregularities werealleged.

The affidavit said therewere lapses on the part of exe-cuting agencies of the tenderwork — that is engineers, divi-sional accountants and respec-tive contractors of these pro-jects.

“However, the VIDC chair-man/Minister of WaterResource Department (WRD)cannot be made responsible forthe acts of the executing agen-cies as there is no legal duty onhis part,” it stated.

The ACB is inquiring intoa total of 2,654 tenders relatedto 45 projects of VIDC as pertwo PILs filed in 2012 beforethe Nagpur bench of theBombay High Court.

On November 25, the anti-graft agency had said it hasclosed probe in nine cases of

alleged corruption inirrigation projects, butclarified none of themwas linked to Pawar.

“These enquirieswere closed as no crim-inal offence was madeout after enquiry againstanyone. None of thesenine enquiries was in

respect to Ajit Pawar, the thenchairman of VIDC,” the ACBhad said.

About the November 27affidavit, a senior ACB officialsaid the court had asked theagency to submit a ‘statusreport’ on the VIDC scambefore November 28.

“We have not closedinquiry into the VIDC cases. Insome cases we have filedchargesheets and investigationis also going on. Similarly,investigation into FIRs relatedto these cases are also going on.

“We have submitted thestatus report on investigationgoing on into tenders that wereissued (by VIDC),” he said.

He said the HC had askedthe ACB to submit a report onthe PIL filed by one Atul Jagtapconcerning award of tendersfor an irrigation project inAmravati. Pawar was named arespondent in this PIL.

“Concerning this we had,in our previous affidavit, writ-ten that we have referred thismatter to the government foropinion. “Now, we have gotopinion from the Governmentthat Ajit Pawar was notinvolved in it (the scam) andthis we have communicated tothe court a few days back.

“Besides, Ajit Pawar wasnever an accused in any of ourcases and investigation intoVidarbha irrigation tendercases are still on,” the ACB offi-cial said.

The November 27 affidavitsaid, “There are two allegationsagainst the (then) chairman ofVIDC (Pawar) —(A)regardinggrant of sanction to the liabil-ity of the tender cost includingthat of updated cost and(B)grant of mobilisationadvance to the contractordespite there was no mentionof the same in the tender book-let.”

“Detailed enquiries/inves-tigations have been conductedin this regard and opinion ofthe expert committee membersappointed by the Governmentfor advise in the course ofenquiry on technical issueshave been obtained. Similarly,queries were referred toGovernment also,” it said.

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Kolkata: Bihar Deputy ChiefMinister Sushil Kumar Modisaid on Friday that the BJP’smove to form Government inMaharashtra with the supportof Sharad Pawar’s nephew AjitPawar was a “misadventure”.

He said the BJP mighthave had a “misplaced faith” onAjit Pawar for getting the num-bers to form Government and“so this has happened”.

“It was a misadventure.Rather I will say a miscalcula-tion,” the BJP leader said at the‘India Today Conclave East’here.

In the last week ofNovember, BJP’s DevendraFadnavis was sworn in as theChief Minister of Maharashtrafor the second time with thehelp of Ajit Pawar, who brokeaway from the NCP along withsome party MLAs.

However, failing to gatherthe numbers for provingmajority, Fadnavis had toresign, even as Ajit Pawarpatched up with his uncle andwent PTI

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The ruling KarnatakaGovernment led by Chief

Minister BS Yediyurappa eventhough waiting for bypollresults is in a celebration mood.

The prediction of exit pollsby some of the local channelshas given a majority to the saf-fron party which consolidateLingayat strongman’s positionin the State. S Prakash the Statemedia coordinator said theywere confident of winningmore than 11 seats and expectsdecimation of both Congressand the JD(S) in Karnataka. Hesaid “we are confident we willwin in most of the seats butsure to win in 11 seats whichgives us more than majority inthe Government. All the exitpolls conducted have been pre-dicting a big win for us. This isbecause of our PMs good workand also the brilliance of ournational president Amit Shah.”

For the first timeKarnataka has faced 15 bypolls at a time and crucial forboth the ruling BJP and theCongress which is struggling tokeep its identity in Karnataka.Yediyurappa who has taken achallenge and accommodatedall the rebels who have con-tested is confidant of consoli-dating his position to answerboth his distracters inside and

in Delhi. Yediyurappa who isleading a minorityGovernment needs seven moreseats to consolidate his positionin the 224 member house. Twomore by polls are pending. Therebels who were responsible forthe fall of Kumaraswamy ledJDs and Congress Governmenthave all been contesting thepolls.

Yediyurappa said he wassure of winning in almost allthe places. He blamed Congressand said they have failed to givea good governance along withJDs in the State. His close aideswere happy on the predictionsof the exit polls and feel that itwould help him to consolidatehis position in state politics.

The vernacular TV chan-nels for the first time gettinginto the exit poll business andgiven full majority to BJP. Theexit polls in predict that the rul-ing BJP will win the majority ofThursday’s by-elections in 15Assembly segments. Power TV,a Kannada news channel, hasestimated a minimum of eightand a maximum of 12

Assembly seats for the BJP.ForCongress, it predicted three tosix wins in the by-elections and0 to two seats for Janata Dal(Secular).

Public TV, also a Kannadanews channel, predicted 8 to 10seats for BJP, 1 to 2 seats for JD(S) and 3 to 5 for theCongress.BTV, another ver-nacular news channel, esti-mated the BJP to win 9 to 11seats, 0 to 2 seats for JD(S) and2 to 4 seats for the Congress.Power TV, a Kannada newschannel, has estimated a min-imum of eight and a maximumof 12 Assembly seats for theBJP. This will come as a mas-sive booster shot for ChiefMinister Yeddyurappa.

In 4,185 polling stations,37.77 lakh electors, including4,711 service electors, cast theirvotes on Thursday, the ElectionCommission said. OnThursday, the by-elections wereheld in Athani, Kagwad,Gokak, Yellapura, Hirekerur,Ranibennur, Vijaynagara,Chickballapura, K.R. Pura,Yeshwanthpura, MahalakshmiLayout, Shivajinagara,Hosakote, K.R. Pete andHunsur. As many as 248 can-didates, 234 males and 14females, contested the by-elec-tions for 15 constituencies inthe state. Counting of votes willtake place on December 9.

Gorakhpur (UP): The BajrangDal and the Vishwa HinduParishad here on Friday cele-brated the 27th anniversary ofthe demolition of the Babrimosque as “Shaurya Diwas”while the AIMIM observed itas a black day.

Members of the VHP andthe Bajrang Dal gathered at theKali temple in the Daudpur area of Gorakhpur,reciting the Hanuman Chalisa.

The AIMIM on the otherhand demonstrated outside theoffice of the district magistrate,seeking punishment for thosebehind the razing of the dis-

puted structure. Members of the AIMIM

also handed over a memoran-dum addressed to the presidentto City Magistrate UmeshMishra in this regard.

Addressing the gathering atthe Kali temple, Bajrang Daloffice-bearer Durgesh Tripathisaid in 1528, emperor Babar’scommander Mir Baqi haddemolished the Ram temple inAyodhya and constructed amosque as a symbol of victo-ry.

For the construction of thetemple, our ancestors fought 76battles, he claimed.

“On December 6, 1992, a

wave from the Hindu commu-nity erased the symbol of insultand this year on November 9,the Supreme Court cleared thehindrance in the way of theconstruction of a Ram temple,”he said.

City VHP president VijayKhemka appealed to theHindus to come forward andwork to make the communityaware and strong.

Meanwhile, AIMIM’s dis-trict president Mohd Islamsaid the hearing of cases againstthe accused of the Babrimosque demolition should befast tracked and punishment begiven to them. PTI

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Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath

said that abrogation of Article370 which gave special status toJammu & Kashmir was the truetribute to Dr BhimraoAmbedkar who fought for theunity of the country but wasignored by the then rulingCongress party.

“Congress leaders werejealous of Dr Ambedkar’s tal-ent because of which theynever paid heed to him. Despitethe warnings of Babasaheb,they added Article 370 to theConstitution in 1952. Asexpected, this Article becamethe cause of separatism.

Finally, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi honouredDr Ambedkar by abrogating

this Article,” Yogi said whileaddressing a programmeorganised by Dr AmbedkarMahasabha to mark DrAmbedkar’s Parinirvan Diwashere on Friday.

The Chief Minister saidthat post-Independence, manypromises were made for thewelfare of the most deprivedsection of society but no workwas done with honesty.

“Had the work been done,the social and financial dis-parity would have beenremoved to a considerableextent by now. Actually, thosewho made the promises had nointention of fulfilling them.These were the same peoplewho murdered theConstitution, whose architectwas Dr Ambedkar. Those whoinsulted the Constitution aretoday fighting for their ownsurvival,” he said. PraisingPrime Minister NarendraModi, the Chief Minister saidthat “actual work in the inter-est of the poor has been doneby the Prime Minister and weare carrying it forward”.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister UddhavThackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar methere on Friday evening to discuss allocationof portfolios and expansion of the week-oldMaha Vikas Agadhi (MVA) Government in thestate.

The meeting at Nehru Center was attend-ed by Shiv Sena leaders Eknath Shinde,Sanjay Rautand Subhash Desai, and the NCP’sAjit Pawar and Jayant Patil, sources said.

Pawar stressed the need for allocationofportfolios to the ministers who were swornin with Thackeray on November 28 at the ear-liest, sources said.

Portfolio allocation is likely to happen onMonday, but before that another meeting couldbe held with Congress leaders, they added. The expansion of council of ministers will bedone after the winter session of State legisla-ture, sources said. PTI

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Union of India(NSUI) on Fridaygave a call for aState-wide bandhof all colleges inGujarat onDecember 7 overthe issue of alleged irregulari-ties in the recruitment examheld last month.

The students’ wing of theCongress gave the bandh call toexpress solidarity with theyouths demanding cancella-tion of recruitment exam overthe allegations of irregularities.

Meanwhile, a large numberof youths continued with theprotest in Gandhinagar for thethird consecutive day on Fridayover their demand for cancel-lation of the exam, even as theState Government on Thursdayannounced formation of a four-member SIT to probe allegedirregularities, including mass-copying and paper leak.

The protesters alleged thatthe announcement of SIT wasjust an eyewash and said theirprotest will continue until thegovernment scraps the exam.

Gujarat NSUI president,Mahipalsinh Gadhvi, said,“Both- NSUI and YouthCongress- are with the agitat-ing candidates. We fully sup-

port their demand for cancel-lation of the exam,”

“We have given a college-bandh call for tomorrow in thestate. I appeal to all studentsand college authorities torefrain from academic work onSaturday and show solidaritywith these youths and theirdemand,” he added.

The agitators warned thatthey will not budge till the gov-ernment accepts their demand.

“Formation of SIT was notour demand. What is there toprobe when all the evidence isavailable? This SIT is just aneyewash. We will not backdown till the Government can-cels the exam,” said one of theagitators.

Hundreds of job aspirants,who had appeared for the writ-ten test conducted by theGujarat Subordinate ServiceSelection Board (GSSSB) onNovember 17, are part of theprotest, seeking cancellationof the exam held for recruiting3,910 non-secretariat clerksand office assistants.

Jammu: The JKNPP on Fridaycalled for a ‘Jammu bandh’ onDecember 7 to protest theinternet blockade followingthe abrogation of certain pro-visions of Article 370 and thesetting up of a toll plaza atSarore.

The Congress said it willsupport the ‘bandh’.

“We appeal to the people toparticipate in the peacefulbandh tomorrow (Saturday) against the authoritarian movesof the government. Over 34organisations, includingtraders, transporters and stu-dents are supporting our‘bandh’ call,” Jammu andKashmir National PanthersParty (JKNPP) chariman HarshDev said. He accused the gov-ernment of “ruthlessly sup-pressing” the genuine aspira-tions of the “nationalist” peo-ple of the Jammu region.

“It is an insult to the peo-ple of Jammu who are beingsubjected to an internet gag anda communication blockade,” headded.

Internet services in Jammu& Kashmir have been sus-pended since August 5, whenthe Centre revoked the erst-while state’s special status underArticle 370 and announcedthe decision to bifurcate it into

two Union territories.Minister of State for Home

Affairs G Kishan Reddy, inresponse to a written questionin Lok Sabha on Tuesday, saidthe restrictions had beenimposed to check aggressiveanti-India social media postsbeing pushed from Pakistan to instigate the youthin the valley. Referring to newlyset up toll plaza at Sarore inSamba district, Dev said thecity of temples was being con-verted into a “city of tollplazas”.

The toll plaza at Sarore wasinaugurated by the NationalHighway Authority of India onOctober 11, drawing a strongreaction from the people fromall sections of the society andpolitical parties.

Private buses stayed offthe roads for days as trans-porters went on a strike andstaged demonstrations at dif-ferent places against the settingup of the toll plaza. A Congressspokesperson said the partywill support the ‘bandh’ callgiven by the JKNPP. PTI

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The highway has been reopened for vehicu-lar traffic on Friday and only stranded vehicleshave been allowed to move, the official said.

The 270-km highway was blocked by the land-slide at around 5 pm on Thursday, the official said,adding that over 1,000 vehicles were stranded.

Three people had a narrow escape when atruck came under the debris of a landslide and gottrapped at Ramban’s Mehar belt, the official said.

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Whenever an aggrieved per-son approaches theSupreme Court, he/she iswell aware that this body isat the very apex of the

judicial hierarchy and that no further appealis possible before any other authority,beyond this court. As such, the commonman would naturally appreciate that this isthe end of his/her quest for justice. While thisis true, the fact is also that by virtue of thepowers vested in the top court, through pro-visions in Article 142 of the Constitution, ithas been empowered to deliver complete jus-tice. So, does this mean that the delivery ofjustice, except for as provided in Article 142,will remain incomplete or lacking in anymanner? While this is obviously not the case,in order to fully appreciate the importanceof Article 142 and the meaning of completejustice, we must look back at its genesis andsubsequent interpretations over a period oftime. For, complete justice travels far beyondthe concept of giving justice to a party.Complete justice strives at imparting justicenot just for one side, but for all.

While taking Article 210 from theGovernment of India Act, 1935, a modifi-cation was made and the draft Article 118was finalised by the Constituent Assemblyas: “The Supreme Court in the exercise ofits jurisdiction may pass such decree or makesuch order as is necessary for doing completejustice in any cause or matter pending beforeit.” It is this draft that was finally adopted asArticle 142 in the final version. This waspassed by the Constituent Assembly as it is,and without a debate on May, 27, 1949,except that during the stage of revision, thewords “and until provision in that behalf isso made in such manner as the Presidentmay by order prescribe” were added to it.

It was observed by the Supreme Courtitself that the power to do complete justiceis entirely of a different level and quality andcannot be limited or restricted by the pro-visions of the statutory law. Further, powershave been conferred for due and properadministration of justice and whenever thecourt sees that the demand for justice war-rants exercise of such powers, it will reachout to ensure that justice is done by resort-ing to this extraordinary provision intro-duced in the Constitution to meet thedemands of just such a situation.

Broadly, the apex court has acted in suchmatters where there is some manifest ille-gality or where some palpable injustice hasresulted and the grant of relief is beyond theparameters of the statutory law. On certainoccasions, the decrees passed under thisArticle appear to have assumed the shape ofexecutive directions, which are, of course, inlarger public interest, from which the soci-ety has benefitted immensely. One of themost celebrated matters where such direc-tions were issued under this Article happensto be the Taj Trapezium case. As is wellknown, on account of severity of environ-

mental pollution in the Agra-Mathura area, the marble of TajMahal, an iconic heritage mon-ument, had begun to fade intoshades of yellow. The SupremeCourt, under Article 142,imposed severe restrictions inthe Taj Trapezium zone andensured stringent enforcementof its orders. This has sinceresulted in the Taj Mahal return-ing back to its old glory.

In yet another case, onaccount of our painfully slowand archaic criminal justice sys-tem, it was discovered that inhundreds of cases, undertrialprisoners continued to be in cus-tody for periods more than thatprescribed for maximumimprisonment on conviction. Allsuch prisoners were given duerelief by the top court.

Similarly in the Bhopal Gastragedy case, too, the top court,acting under Article 142, whileawarding a compensation of$470 million to the victims,stated that the power under thisArticle must be exercised spar-ingly for furthering the ends ofjustice. But if such power wasconditioned by any statutorylimitations, it would defeat thevery purpose for conferment ofsuch wide powers. In a way, thiscould be interpreted as theSupreme Court having placeditself beyond and above thestatutes. But this impressionwas subsequently corrected,where it was said that Article 142could not be used to supplantthe existing law but only to sup-plement the law. However, appli-

cations have varied from case tocase as this provision offers a cer-tain degree of elasticity.

On the other hand, therehave been cases where the useof Article 142 appears to havegone into the domain of theexecutive. Very often, legalluminaries have cited the can-cellation of coal block allot-ments in this context, whereindividual allottees were notheard but penalties wereimposed. Similarly, the direc-tions under this Article cameunder a lot of criticism as theapex court imposed a ban onliquor stores within 500 metresof the national highways aswell as the State highways.The order led to hundreds ofjob losses besides loss of rev-enue. Ultimately, it was discov-ered that drunken drivingresulted in only 4.2 per cent ofthe accident cases in 2015 asagainst 44.2 per cent causeddue to over-speeding.

The current debate is onwhether Article 142 can betreated as a source of substan-tive power in ensuring theobservance of the due processof the law. The concept of dueprocess of law was originallynegated by the ConstituentAssembly in favour of a proce-dure established by the law inrelation to Article 210. At thesame time, there have beenopinions on whether Article142 confers substantive powerson the apex court or is it mere-ly a procedural instrument?

According to former Chief

Justice of India Justice PBGajendragadkar: “It may bepertinent to point out that thewide powers, which are given tothis court for doing completejustice between the parties, donot bind the court to adhere tothe relevant procedures if it issatisfied that a departure fromthe said procedure is necessaryto do complete justice betweenthe parties.” It is clear that exer-cising these and similar otherpowers would mean that Article142 gives the liberty to theSupreme Court only in mattersof procedure. He further elab-orated: “An order, which thiscourt can make in order to docomplete justice between theparties, must not only be con-sistent with the fundamentalrights guaranteed by theConstitution but it cannot evenbe inconsistent with the sub-stantive provisions of the rele-vant statutory laws.”

In the context of the recent-ly-concluded Ayodhya matter, ithas been observed that in assess-ing the submissions of the par-ties and arriving at the eventu-al conclusion, the needs of jus-tice required specific attention tothe peculiarities of the case.The case canvassed the rule oflaw, religion and law and con-quest, besides a myriad of con-flicting interests. These could notalways be comprehended with-in the available statutory frame-work applicable to the presentfacts. All these make the role ofthe court even more sensitive asit has to craft a relief that accords

with justice, equity and goodconscience.

As observed in the judg-ment, the obliteration of theIslamic structure was an egre-gious violation of the rule of law.At the same time, it was men-tioned that the Supreme Courtcannot entertain claims thatstem from the actions of theMughal rulers against Hinduplaces of worship in a court oflaw today. But the court went onto say that in exercising the pow-ers under Article 142 of theConstitution, it must ensurethat a wrong committed must beremedied. Justice would notprevail if the court were tooverlook the entitlement of theMuslims, who have beendeprived of the structure of themosque through means thatshould not have been employedin a secular nation committed tothe rule of law. As ourConstitution postulates theequality of all faiths, toleranceand mutual co-existence nour-ish the secular commitment ofour nation and its people.

In conclusion, one can onlysay that in the normal course, thebasic structure of theConstitution invoking separationof powers between the threeorgans of the State, while at thesame time ensuring the suprema-cy of the rule of law, needs to beour guiding principle at all times,including the application ofArticle 142 to various situations.

(The writer is a retired DelhiPolice Commissioner and formerUttarakhand Governor)

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“India Inc worried” (December 4).Veterans in any field should soundwarning bells on any worrisomedevelopment, be it political, socialor about governance. Bajaj Groupchairman Rahul Bajaj has comeout against the current politicaldispensation on all three grounds.The Government, however, react-ed to his sharp observations withunusual sobriety. Perhaps this isa result of the recent electoral set-backs for the BJP.

The saffron party has aban-doned the development plankthat had launched it to power in2014 in favour of polarising theelectorate along communal linesto get votes. With no concernabout the economy, demonetisa-tion seems to be have been imple-mented with the singular inten-tion of robbing the Opposition ofits campaign funds right beforethe elections in Uttar Pradesh.The BJP won the State, of course,but has been misleading theeconomy ever since. The nationis now paying a heavy price.

To cover up the miserablestate of the economy, the BJP hadno qualms about using diversions

such as the implementation of theNational Register of Citizens inAssam, leveraging social divides,keeping opponents besieged byCentral agencies and, all thewhile, managing to spin an ideathat all is well simply by jugglingdata. Worse, it continues to blame

the Opposition for each of its ownfailures. GDP is at a six-year low,private investment is negligibleand unemployment at its peak.The BJP never had the acumen orbench strength in economics.

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Sir — Yet another incident of adead rat being found in the mid-day meal for school children inMuzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh,has been reported. As a matter of

fact, complaints of unhygienicfood being served in trains, too,are routine. The system should besuch that only packaged food isserved both in schools as well astrains. The Government canmotivate companies to providepackaged food under theCorporate Social Responsibilityprovision. A better option wouldbe for the IRCTC to set up unitsin all districts for providing pack-aged food for the mid-day mealscheme as well as in trains.

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Sir — The Telangana police’sclaim that the four suspects,accused of the gang-rape andmurder of a Hyderabad veterinar-ian doctor, were killed in anencounter has raised troublingquestions. Even as the evidenceagainst them was still to be putthrough a judicial process, theywere killed. This goes against thespirit of democracy.

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The residents of Ayodhya believe that LordRam was born in this temple town some900,000 years ago. Their belief made peo-

ple call this city Ram Nagri (Ram’s town). Therecent Supreme Court (SC) verdict cemented thisbelief, settling the nearly 132-year-old dispute,which even witnessed the demolition of BabriMosque over 27 years ago on December 6. TheSC’s verdict may have opened a Pandora’s Box,with the Hindu saints wanting to be involved inthe proposed Ram Mandir Trust and some sec-tions of the Muslims unhappy about it. But, noone is talking about the opportunity the apexcourt’s order has thrown open for the Centre andUttar Pradesh (UP) to transform Ayodhya intoa religious tourism hub.

Almost a month after the verdict, the inco-herent voices of the sants are emanating fromAyodhya about which model should be used forconstruction of the Ram Temple or who shouldhead the trust, but no one is talking about howto develop Ayodhya into a tourism centre notonly for Hindus but also for Buddhists becauseof its proximity with Kushinagar.

This part of UP, which was once the centreof Awadh culture, is basically an agricultural belt.But agricultural productivity has been steadilycoming down because of repeated fragmentationof farmlands. The smaller the farm, the lesser theyield and this has adversely affected the econo-my of the region. This poverty-driven region hasfailed to make an impact because no Governmentever took pains to develop Faizabad district —which has now been renamed as Ayodhya — intoan industrial hub despite Tanda, a small town ofthis region, having made a mark in weavingsarees and clothes. With the passage of timeTanda lost its charm and Ayodhya remainedneglected.

Faizabad, which is full of sugar refineries andmills for extracting oil from seeds, is a marketcentre for the produce of the surrounding area,including grain, oilseeds, cotton and tobacco. Ahydroelectric plant is located nearby. As per theUP State Industrial Development Corporation(UPSIDC) the growth rate of industries inFaizabad district is 5.4 per cent annually.However, this is just limited to the micro andsmall-scale sector as the medium and large-scalesectors have a meagre annual growth rate of oneper cent. These industries give direct employmentto less than 10,000 people.

So, why has Faizabad-Ayodhya failed totransform into an industrial hub?

Almost all the industrial chambers say thatlack of development in this area is primarily dueto the poor power supply and drainage system.The other problems include non-availability ofskilled manpower, lack of awareness regardingMSME schemes and technological and financialsupport. Some say lack of political support alsohampered development of the region.

When the Ram Temple agitation gatheredmomentum in the late 80s, no Government daredto pump in money in different projects, mainlyindustrial, because of the fear that communal vio-lence could have an impact on the economy ofthe region. Many parties refused to talk aboutAyodhya because they felt it damaged their “sec-ular” image.

Government records say that Faizabad has

a population of 167,544 with 50,000 ofthem in the Ayodhya temple townaccording to the 2011 census. The lit-eracy rate of the region is around 86.52per cent, which is higher than thenational literacy average of 74.04 percent. The credit for this goes to the pres-ence of good educational institutions inthe region. Thriving on the academicexcellence of the students, hundreds ofcoaching institutions have mush-roomed in the twin cities of Ayodhya-Faizabad.

The flourishing coaching insti-tutes have proved to be good businessfor those who run them or those whoteach in these institutions as facultymembers. But they are largely “out-siders” from bigger cities, depriving thelocal talent of jobs. The city has twouniversities, the Rammanohar LohiaAvadh University and the AcharyaNarendra Deva University ofAgriculture and Technology.

In this scenario, religion is the onlyforce that can drive the economy of thisregion. Residents claim that the linkbetween Lord Ram and Ayodhya is sostrong that of the 6,000 Hindu shrinesand temples in the city, more than 4,000are dedicated to him. Besides, every sec-ond month Ayodhya hosts religious fes-tivals stretching from Magh to KartikPurnima. These fairs are organised onthe banks of the Saryu River and pro-vide a good source of income for peo-ple and small traders.

Official records suggest that over 30lakh pilgrims visit Ayodhya annually —this figure excludes the people fromsurrounding areas who gather at thefairs. People from across the country —particularly from Gujarat, Maharashtra,Bengal and South India — visitAyodhya to pay obeisance to Lord Ram.

This is a huge number and can helpin reviving the economy of the region.

The question often raised is why notdevelop Ayodhya on the lines ofVaranasi and Allahabad? Ayodhya is asimportant for Hindus as Varanasi is.The difference is that Kashi or Varanasisymbolises moksha (salvation) whileAyodhya symbolises karma, whichasks people to fulfil their putra dhar-ma (filial duty) and karma dharma. But,the basic difference between Kashi andAyodhya is that Ayodhya lacks theinfrastructure required for promotingreligious tourism while Kashi has a verygood infrastructure, including a work-ing airport and good rail and road con-nectivity.

Apart from this, Ayodhya does nothave proper hotels despite having amajor footfall of pilgrims. The onlystay-ins are dharamshalas (shelters)which are of poor quality and lack basicfacilities. The only good hotels arefound in Faizabad and they are few innumber and very expensive.

The only thing that will helpAyodhya turn into a Kashi is goodhotels, preferably on the bank of SaryuRiver, with rooms facing the RamTemple. Besides, the city needs goodroads, permanent electric supply andgreater rail and road connectivity. Aworking airport with flights from citieslike Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai wouldadd to its popularity. Fortunately, theYogi Adityanath Government haslaunched many projects in Ayodhyaand the Chief Minister has been advo-cating construction of a Ram Temple.He even proposed the construction ofthe tallest statue of Lord Ram on thebanks of Saryu River and gave the fes-tival of Diwali a new meaning. He is onrecord saying that his Governmentwould ensure that Ayodhya regains theglory it had achieved during the TretaYug (second age of mankind).

UP made a Guinness World Record

by lighting over 500,000 earthen lampson Deepotasava on the banks of theSaryu River in October. Helicoptersshowered flower petals and modelsfrom Delhi dressed as Ram, Sita andLakshman descended in a chopper.

The Union Government has comeup with an ambitious project that willbe executed by the UP Government.Ramkatha Park will be part of a new�133 crore “Ramayan circuit” that willinclude a market and a Korean templeon the Saryu riverfront. The project willdepict events described in theRamayana. An imposing Ram courtwill be constructed at the site whereAdityanath held a Diwali puja. Thecourt will include a gallery depicting thestory of Ram and a state-of-the-art dig-ital museum.

The beginning seems to have beenmade. But much more is required to bedone. The ancient should amalgamatewith modernity. Ayodhya should retainits pristine beauty but also have some-thing to attract the young generation.The Government should come out witha blueprint and involve the citizens inthis work. Good roads and electricitywill make work easy for the planners.Good incentives to hoteliers mayprompt them to invest here. Even theinvolvement of the Korean Governmentcan add a new dimension.

Time is running out. The day theGovernment plans to lay the founda-tion of the Ram Temple, it should alsoannounce mega projects for the city.Only good planning can transform theregion into a tourist hub, which in turnwill create jobs for the youth and usherin prosperity. Only then will it truly beRam’s Ayodhya. In the end, that routewill have to find its way through eco-nomics.

(The writer is Executive Director,News, The Pioneer, Lucknow)

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India has no dearth of environ-mental problems and they seemto be mounting by the minute.

Thankfully, there is no paucity ofenvironmental protection laws andregulations in the country and thepolitical will to enforce them.Ambitious Union Governments rollout environmental protection mea-sures with impressive alacrity and theCentre’s efforts are complemented byinstitutions like the National GreenTribunal (NGT). The tribunal doesa yeoman’s service to safeguard theenvironment by passing judgmentsand laws that seek to neutralise realtime threats. However, in spite of allthis, the country does not seem toemerge from the perpetual environ-

mental crises it finds itself in: Be it airpollution, water pollution, soil con-tamination or ground water contam-ination, we have it all.

So what ails our environmentalscenario? Given that we make all theright moves on paper, one can onlyconclude that our nation is high onlegislation and very low on compli-ance. Be it the ban on plastics, cropresidue burning, waste segregation,adherence to the vehicle rationingodd-even scheme, littering, Indiansseem to have a major problem listen-ing to the Government or complyingwith the laws pertaining to environ-mental protection. This inherentdisregard for rules seems to beingrained in us to the extent that weare not even alarmed by the fact thatthis is worsening each day and willaffect not just us but our children andthe generations after them. No won-der India has the dubious distinctionof being ranked as one of the mostpolluted countries in the world.According to a latest study byAirVisual and Greenpeace, seven ofthe 10 worst-polluted cities globally,are in India.

Why is there such a major dis-connect between environmental lawsand the people’s intent to observe andcomply with them? Why do we feelsuch an inexplicable satisfactionupon breaking a law as opposed tohaving a great feeling on adhering toit and doing our bit to save the envi-ronment?

For instance, not long ago theDelhi Government had launchedthe waste segregation initiative and agood amount of public money was

spent in installing two types of wastebins, one for recyclable materials andone for non-recyclable waste.Similarly, a substantial amount, too,was spent on creating awarenessthrough advertising campaigns sothat citizens would follow the segre-gation protocol. But, in spite of allthis, none of the waste in Delhi’shouseholds or public areas gets seg-regated. There is no success storyhere, nor any encouraging statistics.Predictably enough, the NGT has

intervened to prevent the waste seg-regation initiative from failing and hasset a one-year deadline for the civicbodies to fall in line and comply withthe waste segregation guidelines.This has spurred the civic authoritiesinto taking action and ensuring thatsegregation is done. This launch andre-launch of initiatives have ensuredone thing and that is the people’sinterest has been lost for good. Nownobody is interested, as everyone isof the opinion that every new initia-tive by the Government is just a pass-ing fad, not realising that it was thelack of compliance by citizens thathad caused the failure of the initia-tives in the first place.

So what is the solution? Theanswer lies in a penalty-backed com-pliance system, similar to the recent-ly-tweaked Motor Vehicles Act.Before the current amendments tothe Act, the fines for violations weremarginal. For example, driving with-out a licence used to attract a fine of�500. But under the new rules, thesame offence now attracts a penaltyof �5,000 and this has caught theattention of the Indian motorist like

never before. The result is that traf-fic violations have fallen sharply.Delhi alone witnessed a massive 79per cent fall in traffic violations. Is thisa cue for the Government? Is this howthe common man will listen and fallin line and observe rules? It may actu-ally work as financial penalties mayact as the most effective deterrentsand ensure much-needed compli-ance. The concept of penalty-backedcompliance is not new in environ-mental conservation. We currentlyhave many fines for various environ-mental offences but none of them arestiff enough nor are they enforcedstringently. This makes the wholeexercise futile. This can be made tochange on the lines of the newMotor Vehicle Act when non-com-pliance of environmental laws by cit-izens or businesses will attract steepand instant penalties. This may seemharsh but is necessary to ensure acourse correction in the larger inter-ests of the environment and moreimportantly for our precious futuregenerations.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist)

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China will waiver tariffs on"some" imports of US soy-

bean and pork, it said onFriday, in the latest sign of eas-ing trade tensions betweenBeijing and Washington asthey try to finalise a partialtrade pact.

The world's two biggesteconomies have exchangedblows for more than a year,with levies now imposed onhundreds of billions of dollarsin two-way trade.

The olive branch comes asthe two sides edge towards amini agreement Washingtonsays includes a Chinesepromise to increase the pur-chase of US farm products.

It is also just before a freshround of US sanctions are dueto kick in on December 15,which observers fear could joltthe negotiations.

"The Customs TariffCommission of the StateCouncil is carrying out theexclusion of some soybeans,pork and other commoditiesbased on applications fromenterprises," the finance min-istry said in a statement.

Chinese companies havealready "independently import-ed certain quantities of goodsfrom the United States", thestatement said, without offer-ing details.

The duty on soybeans hasgone up from three to 33 per-cent, after two rounds of tariffs-- 25 percent in July, 2018 andanother five per cent inSeptember.

China is the world's biggestconsumer of soybean and hasbeen shopping elsewhere, suchas Brazil, to boost supplies.

Beijing has increased tariffson US pork three times sincethe trade war started, raisingthe total duty from 12 to 72percent between April 2018and September this year.

Exempting tariffs on porkcould also help ease a surge inprices of China's staple meat,which has more than doubledover a year, with an outbreak ofAfrican swine fever last Augustleading to the culling of near-ly of third of the country's pigherd.

The country has tapped itsstrategic reserve of the meat butthat has not stopped costs spi-ralling.

Hopes had risen last monththat Beijing and Washingtonwere close to reaching a minideal.

But comments from USPresident Donald Trump andrecent US legislation backingHong Kong pro-democracyprotests and China's Uighurminority appeared to throw thetalks off track.

On Tuesday, Trumpappeared to dash hopes for adeal this year by suggesting hewould be happy waiting untilafter the 2020 presidential elec-tion before signing off on it.

China echoed those com-ments Wednesday by sayingthey "will not set any time limit"on signing an agreement.

But China's commerceministry spokesman Gao Fengsaid at a news briefingThursday that the two sideswere "maintaining close com-munication." He added, how-ever, that "if the two sides areto reach a phase one deal, tar-iffs should be reduced accord-ingly".

Trump has insisted thatChina should buy $40-$50 mil-lion-worth of US agricultureproducts as part of the deal,which critics say is difficult toachieve.

China's imports of US farmgoods fell in 2017 to $19.5 bil-lion, before dropping sharplylast year to just over $9 billionafter Beijing imposed burden-some taxes on US imports inretaliation for similar mea-sures by Washington.

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Lenders to Jaypee Infratechwill have to take a haircut of

over �3,700 crore while 20,000homebuyers will not get paidany penalty for delay in con-struction of their homes in thetakeover proposals brought byMumbai-based Suraksha Realtyand state-owned NBCC for thedebt-laden firm.

As against the admittedclaims of secured financialcreditors of �9,783 crore,Suraksha and NBCC are offer-ing repayment of only 62 percent of their outstanding duesdespite the liquidation value ofthe company being around�13,000 crore, sources privy tothe development said.

The two suitors onDecember 3 submitted revisedoffers for the takeover of thedebt-laden firm that just a fewyears back built the country'sfirst expressway wide enough toallow fighter jets to land inemergency situations.

While bringing in very lit-tle cash, the two firms haveoffered land out of the landbank of Jaypee Infratech to set-tle some of the dues of thelenders.

Sources said neither isoffering any penalty to home-buyers whose houses has beendelayed.

Homebuyers have receiveddelay penalty of �325 crore dur-ing the insolvency but the twobidders, called resolution appli-cants under the Insolvency andBankruptcy Code, are not offer-ing any, they said, adding thatpossession of over 7,500 flats

has also been given in the lasttwo years.

Jaypee Infratech's revenuestood at over �1,000 crore in thefirst half of this fiscal with pos-itive EBIDTA of �43 crore,sources said. The net worth ofthe company stood at around�3,500 crore.

NBCC is offering to infuse�120 crore as equity in JaypeeInfratech and Surakasha only�25 crore, while the two biddersare estimated to gain by over�10,000 crore from underlyingassets of the company includ-ing land bank, additional FSI,hospitals and expressway,sources said.

On December 3, NBCCand Suraksha Realty offeredmore land parcels to lenders intheir final bids to acquire bank-rupt realtor Jaypee Infratechthrough the insolvency process.

This is the third round ofbidding process for resolutionof Jaypee Infratech, which is asubsidiary of crisis-hitJaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL).

Sources has earlier saidNBCC in its final bid hasoffered 1,526 acres of landunder the land-debt swap deal.It has proposed to complete thepending flats in three-and-a-half years but is not offering anypenalty to homebuyers fordelays in completion of apart-ments.

For lenders, the public sec-tor firm has also proposed toincrease concession agreementby 10 years on YamunaExpressway, which it has pro-posed to transfer to bankers.However, NBCC has proposedto take �2,500 crore debt against

toll income of the expressway,which connects Noida andAgra, for completion of pend-ing flats.

On the other hand,Suraksha Realty is offering2,220 acres of land under theland-debt swap deal. It hasincreased upfront cash pay-ment to lenders to �175 crorefrom �25 crore earlier.

For homebuyers, SurakshaRealty has set aside land worth�250 crore for delay penalty butis not infusing any fresh fundfor this purpose.

Suraksha will retainYamuna Expressway with itself,but has proposed a line ofcredit worth �2,000 crore forcompletion of pending housingprojects. Jaypee Infratech wentinto insolvency process inAugust 2017 after the NationalCompany Law Tribunal(NCLT) admitted an applica-tion by an IDBI Bank-led con-sortium.

Anuj Jain was appointed asthe interim resolution profes-sional (IRP) to conduct theinsolvency process and alsomanage the affairs of the com-pany.

In the first round of insol-vency proceedings conductedlast year, �7,350-crore bid ofLakshdeep, part of SurakshaGroup, was rejected by lenders.

The Committee ofCreditors (CoC) rejected thebids of Suraksha Realty andNBCC in the second roundheld in May-June this year.

The matter reached theNational Company LawAppellate Tribunal (NCLAT)and then the Supreme Court.

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Maruti Suzuki on Fridayannounced to recall

63,493 units of 'petrol smarthybrid' variants of Ciaz, Ertigaand XL6 models due to a like-ly issue with their motor gen-erator units (MGU).

In a regulatory filing, thecompany said: "A possibledefect may have occurred inthe MGU during manufactur-ing by an overseas global partsupplier."

The company said thatstarting Friday, owners of thevehicles under this recall cam-paign would be contacted byMaruti Suzuki dealers forinspection and replacement ofthe faulty part.

"Maruti Suzuki has decid-ed to proactively recall thevehicles for inspection andthose found 'OK' will bereleased immediately. Vehiclesrequiring replacement of faultypart will be retained for partreplacement free of cost.

Keeping in view customer con-venience, Maruti Suzuki deal-ers may make alternate mobil-ity arrangements in such cases,if required," the filing said.

Recall campaigns are under-taken globally to rectify faultsthat may be potential safetydefects. At 2.47 p.m. on Friday,shares of the company on theBSE was trading at �6,898.55,lower by �107.05 or 1.53 per centfrom its previous close.

Earlier in the week, thecompany announced toincrease the prices of its vehi-cles from January 2020, whichit attributed to the rise in theinput costs.

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The auto component indus-try's turnover witnessed

worst ever decline in the first halfof the current fiscal leading to ajob loss of around 1 lakh tem-porary workers till July this year,industry body ACMA said onFriday.

The turnover of the indus-try dropped to Rs 1.79 lakh crorein the April-September period,down 10.1 per cent from Rs 1.99lakh crore in the year-ago peri-od, Automotive ComponentManufacturers Association(ACMA) said.

The industry body said theslowdown has also resulted in aninvestment loss of up to USD 2billion dollars during the period.

Exports, however, registereda marginal growth of 2.7 per centto Rs 51,397 crore (USD 7.5 bil-lion) during the period, whileaftermarket segment grew by 4per cent to Rs 35,096 crore(USD 5.1 billion).

Import of componentsdeclined by 6.7 per cent to Rs57,574 crore (USD 8.4 billion),

ACMA said."The automotive industry is

facing a prolonged slowdown.The vehicles sales in all segmentshave continued to plummet forthe last one year," ACMAPresident Deepak Jain toldreporters here.

Considering that auto com-ponents industry grows on theback of vehicle industry, a cur-rent 15-20 per cent cut in vehi-cle production has adverselyimpacted the component seg-ment, he added.

The last time when the autocomponents industry witnesseda decline in turnover was in2013-14 when it dipped by 2 percent, ACMA said. On job loss-es, Jain said retrenchment hastaken place from October lastyear till July 2019.

"Primarily, it is the tempo-rary employees who have lostjobs during the period," Jain said,adding it was due to componentmakers adjusting production todemand.

He said a 10 per cent growthwould have added USD 6 billionof revenue, for which the corre-

sponding investment could havebeen around USD 2 billion.

"Therefore, the investmentloss due to the slowdown wouldbe around USD 1.5-2 billion," headded.

Currently, he said the com-ponents industry's capacity util-isation has come down to 50 percent from around 80 per centwhen the growth was at the peak.ACMA said subdued vehicledemand, recent investmentsmade for transition to BS-VIfrom BS-IV, liquidity crunch,lack of clarity on policy for elec-trification of vehicles, amongothers had an adverse impact onexpansion plans for the compo-nents sector.

Jain said on BS-VI transitionalone, the auto industry as awhole has invested around Rs80,000-90,000 crore, out of whichthe components sector has put inRs 30,000-35,000 crore.

Seeking government inter-vention for a sustainable long-term growth of the auto com-ponent industry, he said one ofthe key demands of the sectorhas been for a uniform GST rateof 18 per cent on all parts.

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The Reserve Bank of India isexpected to retain a dovish

bias going forward and itsemphasis may switch towardsensuring that the aggressiverate cut this year gets trans-mitted to commercial lendingrates, says a report.

After five consecutive cutsin interest rates this year, thesix-member Monetary PolicyCommittee (MPC), headed byRBI Governor Shaktikanta Das,unanimously voted to hold thekey repo rate at 5.15 per centand reverse repo rate at 4.90 percent.

“We think that the RBI willretain a dovish bias, but theemphasis may now switchtowards ensuring that theaggressive rate cuts this year(cumulative 135bps) getstransmitted to commerciallending rates,” Singapore's DBSbanking Group said in aresearch note.

The RBI reiterated that itwould maintain an accommodative stance as longas necessary to revive eco-nomic growth but cut its GDP growth forecast to 5 percent for the 2019-20 fiscalfrom the earlier estimate of 6.1per cent.

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Shares of oil and gas compa-nies fell on Friday amid

reports that OPEC and othermajor producers are looking tofinalise a deal to cut production.

Oil and Natural GasCorporation's shares fell 1.71per cent to �126.60 per unit onthe BSE and 1.86 per cent to�126.50 on the NSE.

Hindustan PetroleumCorporation Ltd (HPCL) saw itsstock decline by 1.09 per cent to�263.05 a unit on the BSE and0.71 per cent on the NSE to�264.

Shares of Indian OilCorporation Ltd (IOCL) weredown by 1.39 per cent to�124.25 apiece on the BSE and1.23 per cent on the NSE to�124.40.

Bharat PetroleumCorporation Ltd (BPCL) scripslipped 0.65 per cent to �488.30on the BSE and 0.59 per cent onthe NSE to �488.95.

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Ministers from the powerfulOPEC group of oil pro-

ducers got together again onFriday, a day after failing in amarathon meeting to agree on a fresh output reduction dealthey hope would stem priceswhich have been under pressurefrom abundant reserves andweak global economic growth.

Friday's so-called OPEC+ meeting includedRussia, the world's second-largestoil producer and not a memberof the cartel. Saudi Oil MinisterPrince Abdulaziz Ben Salman, who is attending hisfirst meeting in the post, admit-ted that Thursday's six-hourmeeting had seen delegations"labouring... Until 11 o'clock inthe evening, squashing theirheads, squeezing their brains" insearch of an agreement.

However, ministers seemedhopeful about the prospects of aneventual deal on an overall out-

put level and each member'sshare.

Arriving at Friday's meeting,the chairman of Libya's NationalOil Corporation MustafaSanallah said of the negotiationsthat there was "no problem at all,just discussions".

OPEC countries have beenmulling an additional cut thatwould go beyond their agree-ment to reduce output by 1.2million barrels per day fromOctober 2018 levels.

That deal was originallyfixed in December last year,was extended at OPEC's lastmeeting in July, and is due toexpire in March 2020.

On Thursday, RussianEnergy Minister AlexanderNovak said a preliminary gath-ering of ministers had recom-mended an additional cut of500,000 barrels per day be con-sidered for the first quarter of2020.

Novak added that levelcould be re-examined during an

"extraordinary meeting" inMarch.

On Friday Novak said it was "extremely important in today's condition to send avery clear message to the market and to determine and show what the next stepshould be".

Oil prices have however not been significantlyaffected, because markets con-sider any cut "more of a housekeeping move that willnarrow the gap between (producers') current target andthe overcompliance we have seen from the alliance,"Oanda analyst Edward Moyatold AFP.

Prince Abdulaziz used theopening of the meeting to hintat Saudi irritation that not allcountries have been sticking tothe production quotas agreedunder the current deal.

While Saudi Arabia has vol-untarily pumped below its quotaother producers — includingRussia, Iraq and Nigeria —have been exceeding theirs.

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New Delhi: Nominated RajyaSabha member Narendra Jadhavon Friday moved a private mem-ber's bill that seeks to set up acommittee to scrutinise foreigninvestments in financial ser-vices, critical infrastructure andtechnology sectors having bear-ing on national security.

Moving the ForeignInvestment in Financial Services,Critical Infrastructure andTechnology Affecting NationalSecurity (Regulation) Bill, hesaid, "This bill seeks to protectnational security while promot-ing foreign investment."

"This is sought to be done byreforming the process by whichforeign investments are exam-ined in the light of national secu-rity considerations," he added.

The bill seeks to establish acommittee on foreign invest-ment headed by the economicaffairs secretary to effectivelyguard against the risk to national security posed by cer-tain types of foreign investmentin financial services, criticalinfrastructure and technologysectors. PTI

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does not "stymie growth” andAmerican financial transactioncompanies are treated "fairly",Treasury Secretary StevenMnuchin has said. Mnuchinalso insisted that America has noproblem if countries want tohave local data for regulatorypurposes as long as they do noteliminate it outside the country.

Data localisation is the prac-

tice of physically storing data onservers located within a country'sterritory. The RBI had, in Aprillast year, asked payment firms toensure their data were storedexclusively on local servers, set-ting a tight six-month deadlinefor compliance.

US firms like Google,Mastercard, Visa and Amazonhave lobbied against data local-isation rules around the worldincluding India, stressing that itwould make their operationsmore complicated and costly.

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Vodafone Idea Ltd, India’sthird largest mobile service

provider, will shut down if the government does not provide relief on the liability it faces in past statutory duesfollowing a Supreme Courtorder, its billionaire chairmanKumar Mangalam Birla said onFriday.

“If we we are not gettinganything then I think it is endof story for Vodafone Idea,”Birla said at am event whenasked about the future ofVodafone Idea in absence of agovernment relief on pay-ment of �53,038 crore dues.

Birla’s Idea Cellular andBrit ish telecom giantVodafone plc’s India unit hadmerged last year to competewith the onslaught of freevoice calling and dirt cheapdata unleashed by richestIndian Mukesh Ambani’sReliance Jio.

In the process, it accu-mulated �1.17 lakh crore debtand had just weeks back post-ed corporate India’s biggestloss after it provisioned for theliability arising from theSupreme Court upholding thegovernment’s position onwhat base should statutory lia-bilities be calculated.

“It does not make sense toput good money after bad.That would be end of story for

us. We will shut shop,” he saidin a response when asked ifVodafone Idea will put inmore money.

Market leader BhartiAirtel, Vodafone Idea andother telecom players have topay as much as �1.47 lakhcrore in payment of telecomlicence fee and spectrumusage charge together withinterest and penalty for past14 years.

Both Airtel and VodafoneIdea have petitioned the gov-ernment for relief in waiver ofinterest and penalty, whichwill halve the dues, and alsofiled a review petition in theSupreme Court.

Birla was however hopefulof a relief from the govern-ment not just for the telecomsector but the industry as awhole to pull out the econo-my from a six-year low GDPgrowth of 4.5 per cent.

“They (the government)have realised the fact thatthis (telecom) is a very criti-cal sector. The whole digitalIndia programme rests onthis. This is a strategic sector,”he said.

The government, he said,has publicly stated that itwants three players from theprivate sector and one playerfrom the public sector.

“I think that we canexpect much more stimulusfrom the government because

it is required for the sector tosurvive. If we weren’t gettinganything then I think it is endof story for Vodafone Idea,” hesaid.

The government had latelast month deferred by twoyears the payment due fromtelecom companies for spec-trum they bought in past auc-tions. This relief totalled�44,000 crore for the industrybut companies are expected topay this due together withinterest after the two yearmoratorium.

Asked about the specificrelief sought, Birla said, “Thebig elephant in the room isAGR. Which is actually Ithink something which lies inthe court of judiciary. I believegovernment can have a dia-logue. This was a suit filed bythe government against tele-com service providers.”

AGR refers to adjustedgross revenues, a percentageof which the telecom compa-nies pay as statutory dues. TheSupreme Court had upheldthe government position thatnon-telecom revenues haveto be included in the adjust-ed gross revenue for calculat-ing dues.

“Since the governmenthas won, it gives them head-room to talk to judiciary andtry to find some of solution. Idon’t know which form orshape it takes,” he added.

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Indian equity indices buck-led under selling pressurefor the second straight day

on Friday as slowing growthand lack of buying triggers tooka toll on investor sentiment.

Market mood was risk-averse a day after the RBI dis-appointed on the rate cut frontand also projected slowergrowth for this fiscal, traderssaid. Additionally, concernsover the fiscal deficit and aweakening rupee weighed onbourses, they added.

After opening on a positivenote, the 30-share BSE Sensexwitnessed a continuous slideand went on to hit an intra-daylow of 40,337.53. The indexfinally settled at 40,445.15,down 334.44 points or 0.82 percent.

Likewise, the 50-shareNifty shed 96.90 points or 0.81per cent to settle at 11,921.50.

On a weekly basis, theSensex dropped 348.66 pointsor 0.85 per cent; while the Niftylost 134.55 points or 1.11 percent.

Yes Bank was the biggestlaggard in the Sensex pack onFriday, diving 9.82 per centafter Moody’s Investors Servicedowngraded the private sectorlender’s ratings.

Other top losers were SBI,

IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors,Mahindra and Mahindra andHDFC, tumbling up to 4.89 percent.

On the other hand, KotakBank, Tata Steel, RIL, AsianPaints, TCS, Infosys and HDFCBank closed with gains.

Of the 30 Sensex stocks, 23closed in the red and seven fin-ished with gains.

“Clouds over economicgrowth outlook and premiumvaluation influenced investorsto stay away from rate-sensitivestocks. While rising 10-yearyield due to spike in inflationand potential slip in fiscal pathmay result in near term con-solidation in the market,” saidVinod Nair, head of research atGeojit Financial Services.

Sectorally, BSE auto indexsuffered the most by losing over1.80 per cent, followed byfinance, utilities, realty andbankex.

Telecom index was the solegainer on the chart.

Vodafone Idea sharescrashed about 9 per cent onFriday, spooked by company’schairman Kumar MangalamBirla statement that the telco“will have to shut shop” in theabsence of government relief.

Shares of oil and gas com-panies fell amid reports thatOPEC and other major pro-ducers will announce freshoutput cuts.

ONGC fell 1.39 per cent,HPCL 0.47 per cent, IOCL 0.23per cent and BPCL 0.20 percent. Shares of Petronet LNGsaw a dip of 0.17 per cent to�271.65.

According to reports,OPEC and Russia along withother producers agreed to oneof the biggest output cuts to pre-vent oversupply in the market.

Crude benchmark BrentFutures rose 0.30 per cent totrade at USD 63.58 per barrel.

The Indian rupee appreci-ated 9 paise to close at 71.20against the US dollar on Friday.At the interbank foreignexchange market, the local unitopened at 71.30 and shuttledbetween a high of 71.19 and alow of 71.43. It finally finishedat 71.20, lower by 9 paise. Thedomestic unit had settled at71.29 against the US dollar onThursday.

In contrast to the Indianmarket, optimism over theChina-US trade talks keptAsian markets buoyant onFriday, with investors bettingthe two will eventually sign apartial deal, though theyremain nervous as next week’sdeadline for fresh tariffs drawscloser.

Sentiment across tradingfloors has ebbed and flowedthrough the week as observerstry to gauge the state of play inthe long-running negotiations,

with both sides making posi-tive, then negative commentson the outlook.

The latest soundingsallowed investors to return tothe buying that has helpedpropel global markets forweeks, sending Wall Street tomultiple records.

Hong Kong climbed morethan one per cent, Shanghaiand Sydney added 0.4 per cent,while Tokyo, Singapore,Wellington, Manila, Bangkokand Jakarta each gained 0.2 percent.

Seoul jumped more thanone per cent and Taipei edgedup 0.1 per cent but Mumbaislipped 0.4 per cent.

In early trade, London andFrankfurt each rose 0.3 percent, while Paris gained 0.2 percent.

“It’s been rather a strangeweek for global equity markets,”said Michael Hewson at CMCMarkets UK.

“Moving from an expec-tation that we could well seesome movement on tradebetween the US and China inthe next couple of weeks, tothe prospect that any solutionmay well not happen untilafter the next presidential elec-tion. As a result of these mixedsignals investors appear to betaking a more cautious view asto what may happen next,” headded.

New Delhi (PTI): Markets reg-ulator Sebi on Friday said it willentertain only those complaints,where an investor discloses hisidentity and provides support-ing documents to substantiate anallegation.

The Securities and ExchangeBoard of India in a statementsaid, it will not take any action oncomplaints, where it is not ableto reach back to the com-plainants. The statement comesin the backdrop of an individualCharul Singh making severalcomplaints against a marketinfrastructure institution where-in he made grave allegations overcertain issues and demandedinvestigation by Sebi into eachallegation. Sebi said the com-plainant made these allegationswithout any supporting docu-mentary evidence and withoutdisclosing his/her real identity.The name turned out to be fake,the address and phone numbernon-existent and there was noresponse from the e-mail ID.

The complainant, purport-ed to be whistle blower, sharedhis unsubstantiated allegationswith various media houses, itadded. As per Whistle BlowerProtection Act, a whistleblowershall make a complaint, indi-cating his/her identity accom-panied by supporting docu-ments.

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SPARC 156.05 161.30 151.00 153.70MUTHOOTFIN 695.50 703.00 690.55 692.05ABCAPITAL 107.00 107.90 102.15 103.10ONGC 129.00 129.00 126.30 126.60NBCC 35.95 36.20 34.00 34.35RAJESHEXPO 684.85 684.85 674.50 674.75JUBLFOOD 1580.10 1604.85 1563.85 1571.35IRB 72.00 72.20 68.70 69.55BALKRISIND 952.00 953.85 912.00 921.20WOCKPHARMA 252.00 253.10 242.40 243.85CONCOR 569.55 575.55 556.45 560.75ADANIPOWER 60.95 61.35 58.80 59.55MMTC 21.00 21.50 19.70 19.95HEG 1068.90 1081.40 1041.20 1044.95SRF 3230.15 3252.85 3210.00 3225.35HCLTECH 562.00 566.20 558.45 560.20SBILIFE 963.20 973.20 944.75 962.95AUROPHARMA 449.55 453.50 442.75 444.45TECHM 752.50 771.20 752.50 758.35ADANIGAS 151.40 155.15 150.00 150.55ADANIGREEN 130.00 131.25 123.50 126.40NMDC 110.70 111.35 109.15 110.40ACC 1500.40 1501.25 1464.25 1479.00BANKINDIA 71.50 71.50 67.80 67.85TATAGLOBAL 313.50 319.80 312.40 312.40CEATLTD 965.35 972.00 959.75 964.75NTPC 114.95 114.95 112.25 112.55TATAMTRDVR 69.30 70.45 67.40 67.90ULTRACEMCO 4174.30 4194.70 4125.50 4159.35BEML 1004.85 1007.35 976.45 980.85HAVELLS 666.50 667.85 652.50 660.00UPL 568.00 570.50 558.50 561.70PNBHOUSING 504.00 511.50 483.00 485.25GODREJCP 673.40 683.95 662.95 666.70EDELWEISS 121.05 122.25 114.20 114.20CANFINHOME 417.25 419.60 407.80 415.30EXIDEIND 187.50 187.50 181.70 182.25SRTRANSFIN 1107.15 1108.70 1069.40 1073.20TVSMOTOR 451.15 454.30 438.20 444.75PERSISTENT 690.00 692.00 683.40 690.00ICICIPRULI 490.45 500.20 489.45 492.25NAUKRI 2469.80 2486.50 2438.00 2445.70PRESTIGE 334.80 337.85 313.60 326.00BOMDYEING 77.80 78.20 74.00 74.65SPICEJET 108.75 108.75 105.50 106.25MANAPPURAM 160.00 160.55 157.30 157.80GILLETTE 6901.70 7013.75 6693.00 6707.10SUNTECK 411.00 411.00 393.05 394.00GRANULES 127.55 130.00 120.20 121.55WIPRO 244.00 244.45 240.35 240.95JUBILANT 538.80 541.65 512.70 517.75ITDC 359.80 367.05 344.75 348.85CIPLA 465.00 466.80 454.00 455.60JAICORPLTD 96.00 96.00 90.50 90.95PCJEWELLER 27.50 27.60 25.80 26.00ABB 1435.00 1448.80 1425.00 1444.60GUJGAS 224.50 228.30 220.50 227.35

CADILAHC 257.85 260.60 253.25 256.40PAGEIND 22000.00 22091.70 21662.00 21755.15ABFRL 221.60 226.90 219.00 225.70SUNTV 473.20 474.75 462.45 464.85MINDTREE 758.00 762.25 736.80 738.20SUVEN 275.00 282.45 270.00 279.15AMBUJACEM 204.00 204.00 199.60 200.80ADANITRANS 325.05 326.80 314.45 319.80MRF 62399.95 62600.00 61333.00 61600.00GODFRYPHLP 1341.90 1366.80 1276.90 1306.10MCX 1150.00 1154.00 1130.25 1134.90VIPIND 423.95 427.00 420.00 426.20VENKYS 1737.90 1748.50 1701.00 1702.80SHREECEM 20515.65 20570.00 20236.05 20329.40NH 309.90 318.60 299.90 305.10BALRAMCHIN 166.70 166.95 159.00 163.00CROMPTON 252.95 253.00 245.35 247.65HEXAWARE 337.00 340.75 332.75 334.10CESC 740.50 740.50 720.15 722.35ISEC 345.00 359.75 345.00 355.05AVANTI 509.50 512.00 496.40 500.00IBVENTURES 164.00 164.45 155.75 155.75IDBI 35.85 36.15 34.40 34.65ORIENTBANK 56.70 56.90 54.05 54.05DCMSHRIRAM 352.90 364.50 349.65 359.10CUMMINSIND 542.30 542.30 519.50 521.80OBEROIRLTY 551.60 559.80 542.80 558.45STRTECH 124.25 125.55 121.60 122.65GLAXO 1645.05 1660.00 1616.30 1632.35EIDPARRY 189.00 194.00 187.00 192.55

TORNTPHARM 1879.80 1884.10 1842.00 1850.50HINDCOPPER 40.00 41.00 38.50 38.65IBULISL 91.00 91.25 82.65 82.65IBREALEST 63.30 64.00 60.35 60.60SUZLON 2.32 2.40 2.21 2.23MGL 1015.00 1033.15 1015.00 1018.90ADVENZYMES 163.95 164.60 161.45 162.40SWANENERGY 101.50 103.40 100.50 101.70GSPL 216.85 226.45 216.75 219.15NESTLEIND 14295.95 14307.20 14150.00 14159.50ITI 89.35 90.45 86.40 87.05TORNTPOWER 278.95 279.20 269.90 272.65BOSCHLTD 15716.30 15724.10 15100.00 15179.75INFIBEAM 50.30 51.25 48.75 49.15CUB 234.70 236.80 228.80 233.45TATACHEM 675.90 675.90 658.00 664.25INOXLEISUR 376.90 376.95 359.20 364.85MAHINDCIE 152.80 152.80 144.65 147.90FORCEMOT 1040.00 1052.55 1015.00 1019.00NOCIL 104.35 104.35 97.00 97.35GMRINFRA 21.40 21.40 20.20 20.35CASTROLIND 137.50 137.65 134.10 134.50BAJAJELEC 327.75 327.75 320.30 321.95GODREJAGRO 509.70 515.00 498.80 499.50SIEMENS 1485.00 1489.25 1457.75 1475.25BDL 307.00 310.60 297.30 301.40MAGMA 50.70 51.50 48.60 49.05ICICIGI 1372.75 1378.00 1353.70 1360.80JPASSOCIAT 2.49 2.59 2.41 2.41ASTRAZEN 2717.10 2770.00 2641.00 2654.40OIL 158.95 159.70 154.30 156.00INDIACEM 76.85 76.85 74.50 74.70CYIENT 392.90 402.40 391.00 397.35AMARAJABAT 738.10 741.45 724.60 728.70RELCAPITAL 13.20 13.30 12.55 12.55TATACOFFEE 97.00 98.25 94.60 97.55JSWENERGY 77.15 77.20 72.45 73.35SOUTHBANK 11.00 11.04 10.74 10.79DBL 390.00 394.85 376.15 379.35PFIZER 4338.40 4385.00 4275.15 4311.85COFFEEDAY 49.00 50.30 47.40 48.00ALLCARGO 97.00 98.90 94.15 97.00BLISSGVS 141.70 141.70 139.05 141.45GODREJPROP 899.00 899.25 884.65 885.40COCHINSHIP 400.50 401.05 391.50 393.50RELINFRA 24.20 24.30 22.75 22.75MASFIN 765.00 798.00 750.00 779.90IPCALAB 1105.00 1115.10 1066.55 1090.00WHIRLPOOL 2410.05 2410.05 2324.35 2347.70GNFC 182.10 182.95 177.25 178.20LTTS 1490.50 1515.00 1472.05 1510.95FDC 192.00 211.00 191.60 204.60MEGH 49.30 51.60 49.30 50.55NATIONALUM 43.65 43.95 42.95 43.20RADICO 305.00 309.70 300.50 302.00BHARATFORG 444.85 447.45 440.20 440.20GICRE 260.00 260.50 248.00 249.55PHILIPCARB 119.40 119.70 115.85 116.45FRETAIL 339.10 339.10 328.65 332.75RPOWER 3.60 3.60 3.39 3.39DEEPAKNI 341.85 345.65 330.10 332.80BAJAJCON 243.00 243.00 239.55 241.50RITES 280.30 281.55 279.00 279.80WESTLIFE 358.40 368.60 352.00 352.00LALPATHLAB 1668.00 1689.00 1658.70 1670.00INDIANB 123.60 124.10 118.70 119.10ABBOTINDIA 12784.80 12815.00 12750.00 12805.00NIITTECH 1470.00 1490.00 1460.00 1462.90AUBANK 811.00 814.70 798.00 802.15AAVAS 1755.15 1794.00 1740.00 1760.00INDHOTEL 150.90 150.90 146.20 148.25CREDITACC 810.00 829.60 800.00 800.00HUDCO 38.25 38.40 35.70 36.20BIRLACORPN 673.00 673.00 639.00 644.00METROPOLIS 1372.00 1375.00 1350.00 1360.30LUXIND 1409.75 1441.95 1365.00 1388.00IIFL 159.90 161.80 150.55 152.20NIACL 148.95 148.95 140.75 141.60PARAGMILK 144.00 149.00 142.30 145.20TRIDENT 71.60 71.60 68.60 68.80DALBHARAT 852.60 860.80 839.95 845.00UBL 1255.00 1255.00 1212.00 1218.40RCF 47.55 47.60 45.60 46.25CENTRALBK 21.00 21.20 18.95 19.75HINDZINC 211.80 213.85 210.05 210.90SUDARSCHEM 409.00 409.00 384.00 388.00KEC 271.35 273.00 268.75 271.95RAIN 104.40 104.40 97.15 97.60FSL 40.75 40.75 39.15 39.70VGUARD 229.30 229.60 225.25 225.85TRENT 500.00 508.80 495.75 499.40RALLIS 181.60 184.80 175.45 180.10JINDALSAW 75.80 76.00 73.35 74.30DHFL 18.10 18.15 17.10 17.10PTC 54.40 54.50 53.40 53.40BBTC 1090.30 1090.30 1045.00 1050.90KTKBANK 74.50 75.25 74.00 74.25J&KBANK 31.85 32.45 30.55 31.15SCHNEIDER 66.80 67.50 65.40 65.50EMAMILTD 320.55 321.90 317.00 318.00NESCO 645.00 647.35 623.40 631.15VBL 718.85 723.20 701.25 706.50CHOLAFIN 302.70 303.30 296.30 299.65KEI 504.00 505.45 491.00 495.25WABAG 164.00 173.70 164.00 165.55IDFC 36.00 36.00 33.60 33.95KRBL 209.00 216.35 203.00 204.30JISLJALEQS 9.94 9.94 9.09 9.13

NHPC 24.05 24.10 23.80 23.95ASTRAL 1193.45 1193.45 1147.05 1151.60RVNL 24.00 24.00 23.55 23.60SYMPHONY 1118.20 1118.20 1090.00 1109.00HFCL 18.85 18.95 17.80 17.90MOTILALOFS 753.00 753.00 724.95 730.35BALMLAWRIE 199.75 199.75 189.70 190.10DCBBANK 175.80 178.55 173.55 176.20PGHH 11411.35 11500.00 11088.60 11467.05TV18BRDCST 23.00 23.00 21.90 22.00CORPBANK 25.60 25.60 23.85 24.25HEIDELBERG 182.75 184.40 180.50 181.60ALBK 23.00 23.10 22.20 22.35RELAXO 610.00 610.00 597.00 601.70KANSAINER 521.35 529.00 506.45 523.00DCAL 121.90 126.20 121.85 123.85GREAVESCOT 133.50 133.50 128.75 129.05UCOBANK 17.20 17.25 16.10 16.25LTI 1649.90 1666.00 1649.90 1659.05JAGRAN 62.20 63.15 60.25 61.95SJVN 24.80 24.95 24.75 24.75WELCORP 135.60 136.20 132.80 132.80IRCON 402.30 408.55 396.50 399.30HONAUT 26430.50 26691.00 26136.05 26245.85ENGINERSIN 103.95 104.00 102.50 102.70ORIENTELEC 196.60 197.50 187.90 190.35VINATIORGA 1931.20 2016.00 1931.20 1980.00SUNDRMFAST 467.40 467.40 456.20 459.20GESHIP 305.00 305.00 295.50 295.50HSCL 61.00 61.85 60.35 60.85JMFINANCIL 86.10 89.25 85.15 88.40TATAMETALI 600.00 602.90 571.00 583.35FINEORG 1909.90 1909.90 1860.00 1891.85PGHL 4327.15 4330.00 4236.35 4255.00GSFC 69.35 69.60 68.05 68.20FCONSUMER 25.30 25.50 24.30 24.45NAVINFLUOR 872.75 892.00 857.00 881.30COROMANDEL 491.30 497.80 483.05 495.60OFSS 2930.00 2947.05 2917.90 2930.25KALPATPOWR 440.45 441.50 433.00 435.50WELSPUNIND 50.40 50.90 49.20 49.45CENTURYPLY 171.40 171.40 164.90 165.10ESSELPRO 152.70 154.50 149.05 152.85RCOM 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01ALKEM 2092.45 2092.65 2050.30 2091.00CHAMBLFERT 146.20 149.05 145.05 145.80GODREJIND 437.00 437.00 432.00 433.00IFCI 6.95 7.03 6.70 6.75NATCOPHARM 590.10 601.00 590.10 593.90QUESS 489.45 489.45 475.00 477.15MINDACORP 94.25 95.25 90.50 91.40INOXWIND 44.10 45.40 39.50 40.00NETWORK18 29.05 29.20 27.20 28.20KAJARIACER 517.50 520.00 514.00 514.40MINDAIND 340.00 344.55 334.25 342.55JSL 37.65 38.50 36.65 38.453MINDIA 21885.00 21885.00 21610.00 21700.00SHOPERSTOP 348.00 360.75 344.40 357.45HATHWAY 22.80 22.80 20.20 20.20CGPOWER 12.61 13.00 12.14 12.25MOIL 135.95 135.95 134.30 135.15JKCEMENT 1153.00 1165.70 1129.00 1137.15GALAXYSURF 1441.70 1457.15 1420.90 1450.30SYNGENE 306.90 309.30 304.45 307.35ITDCEM 57.05 59.00 54.90 54.90JAMNAAUTO 43.25 43.25 40.10 40.15AJANTPHARM 984.80 984.80 975.60 981.00SANOFI 7055.80 7058.95 6945.95 6986.25CAPPL 311.05 312.50 309.00 312.50BLUEDART 2263.05 2311.00 2218.10 2223.60FORTIS 138.15 138.70 137.00 137.25UFLEX 206.00 206.00 191.90 191.90GSKCONS 8914.00 8914.00 8737.20 8775.30TEAMLEASE 2472.00 2472.00 2341.00 2355.05SUPREMEIND 1131.00 1132.00 1118.30 1118.30LAKSHVILAS 20.95 21.40 19.75 19.90GHCL 216.00 216.00 197.05 197.35APLAPOLLO 1572.80 1594.80 1552.20 1561.50PNCINFRA 202.00 202.00 196.95 197.10GAYAPROJ 71.55 72.95 70.00 72.40ASHOKA 93.65 93.75 91.50 92.80SHANKARA 314.70 319.85 295.05 297.95PIIND 1524.80 1529.95 1473.75 1483.25PHOENIXLTD 757.35 760.00 747.05 747.05ZYDUSWELL 1401.05 1521.95 1401.05 1426.20ECLERX 504.50 510.30 485.10 490.85NBVENTURES 73.25 73.70 71.00 72.85BLUESTARCO 808.50 811.00 800.40 801.00LINDEINDIA 639.00 652.45 622.05 622.05ATUL 4045.90 4052.80 4013.85 4024.10

TIMETECHNO 50.00 50.80 47.70 47.70TTKPRESTIG 5605.60 5669.85 5539.45 5557.00MAHSCOOTER 4447.40 4541.75 4419.65 4500.00INTELLECT 150.90 152.80 150.90 151.85SOBHA 398.15 400.55 392.50 394.30RAMCOCEM 789.00 791.35 776.65 787.10CHENNPETRO 117.30 117.75 114.55 114.55REDINGTON 111.05 111.50 109.00 109.85EIHOTEL 152.00 154.50 148.50 154.50CHOLAHLDNG 490.10 498.80 487.80 489.40JKLAKSHMI 289.00 293.40 281.20 281.20CARERATING 479.60 481.00 476.50 480.05BAJAJHLDNG 3549.00 3549.00 3410.00 3417.45AEGISLOG 195.50 196.00 191.00 191.35SOLARINDS 1045.00 1050.00 1021.40 1036.50CRISIL 1652.50 1653.35 1637.85 1645.00SOMANYCERA 219.20 226.65 217.00 220.10BASF 990.85 990.85 969.50 976.20INDOSTAR 180.00 181.00 175.25 176.30TIMKEN 865.00 869.90 853.55 857.30GEPIL 748.75 760.00 721.00 721.00DEEPAKFERT 92.05 93.00 90.75 90.90MAXINDIA 78.95 78.95 75.50 76.00FINOLEXIND 576.00 576.10 565.00 565.00DHANUKA 313.00 328.80 310.00 315.90FINCABLES 361.70 361.70 347.05 354.00SONATSOFTW 300.00 301.60 298.40 299.90EVEREADY 53.75 53.85 52.90 53.50APLLTD 558.40 562.00 556.00 560.70GICHSGFIN 154.60 155.90 152.00 152.95WABCOINDIA 6239.00 6251.00 6210.00 6210.00HAL 765.00 772.50 760.00 762.00IOB 10.29 10.41 10.10 10.13KNRCON 226.95 228.00 224.00 224.00SHILPAMED 345.00 346.00 298.50 307.00MRPL 46.55 48.50 46.10 46.40HERITGFOOD 365.15 366.90 352.60 361.80LEMONTREE 63.70 63.70 61.55 61.55JCHAC 2080.00 2142.70 1966.05 1979.00TNPL 180.00 180.25 170.35 171.05TEJASNET 95.05 95.05 90.85 91.20SYNDIBANK 29.00 29.00 27.60 28.00TCNSBRANDS 693.25 693.25 674.20 674.20PRSMJOHNSN 66.35 66.50 64.60 64.60MAHLOG 401.00 414.90 391.00 405.00ANDHRABANK 18.25 18.25 17.60 17.70NILKAMAL 1299.00 1306.10 1286.65 1293.00THYROCARE 577.25 580.00 563.30 569.10LAXMIMACH 3295.00 3295.05 3261.00 3264.80TATAINVEST 819.85 821.85 803.00 810.55SREINFRA 8.33 8.40 7.90 8.01CENTRUM 21.95 22.35 20.85 21.85THERMAX 998.10 1003.50 981.60 981.60AKZOINDIA 1970.00 1976.35 1893.60 1909.20VTL 924.85 948.00 910.50 911.20GPPL 90.00 90.00 83.40 83.60GRINDWELL 587.45 587.45 570.00 574.35VARROC 430.30 430.30 414.00 420.20GUJALKALI 394.50 405.30 394.00 395.85CCL 199.30 201.50 197.10 197.10TAKE 96.75 97.00 94.20 94.70TIINDIA 482.50 484.00 474.20 476.75REPCOHOME 295.20 297.05 290.00 290.10GULFOILLUB 783.00 798.80 782.60 790.00JYOTHYLAB 165.90 166.15 163.95 164.50MAHLIFE 372.15 378.80 370.00 378.70CARBORUNIV 323.05 328.60 319.50 322.25AIAENG 1634.20 1649.60 1634.20 1644.35JBCHEPHARM 405.40 406.00 402.10 402.10NLCINDIA 54.40 54.65 54.30 54.65ASTERDM 156.40 156.40 153.65 153.65IEX 140.15 140.60 140.00 140.00LAURUSLABS 342.60 344.00 337.50 337.50MAHABANK 12.70 12.70 11.95 11.95SKFINDIA 2131.55 2145.60 2114.40 2126.70VSTIND 4399.90 4399.90 4170.10 4248.00TVSSRICHAK 1744.00 1744.00 1708.30 1709.40SCHAEFFLER 4405.45 4468.90 4301.05 4463.05APARINDS 438.30 439.25 428.60 430.65SADBHAV 122.45 123.35 119.75 120.20STARCEMENT 92.00 93.55 90.45 90.45GMDCLTD 57.20 57.35 55.50 56.05CERA 2524.15 2542.15 2514.30 2542.00SHK 105.40 105.40 103.00 103.80ENDURANCE 1063.75 1069.75 1047.50 1048.00ZENSARTECH 184.55 186.00 184.00 184.50GDL 98.50 98.65 97.00 98.00JSLHISAR 69.80 69.80 67.15 68.00TVTODAY 267.70 268.00 258.30 258.75MAHSEAMLES 373.20 373.20 356.70 362.75DBCORP 141.30 141.40 137.30 138.50IFBIND 625.60 625.60 605.70 607.50RATNAMANI 983.00 990.25 979.65 986.00CHALET 341.25 342.15 328.00 340.00HIMATSEIDE 129.95 130.75 127.30 128.40VMART 1705.35 1717.40 1692.00 1692.00SUPRAJIT 174.15 177.80 174.15 177.35UNITEDBNK 8.90 8.90 8.69 8.71MHRIL 215.30 216.60 213.95 213.95GET&D 150.50 151.50 146.00 146.55TRITURBINE 93.00 95.90 92.15 95.90ORIENTCEM 75.20 75.20 74.10 74.90LAOPALA 133.50 134.80 133.00 133.05JSWHL 2358.55 2358.55 2275.95 2275.95SHRIRAMCIT 1414.30 1414.30 1378.00 1404.75FLFL 400.40 405.60 390.00 396.25KPRMILL 659.10 659.10 656.70 656.70SIS 917.90 917.90 917.25 917.25

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 12047.35 12057.05 11888.85 11921.50 -96.90INFRATEL 247.60 262.00 247.55 259.00 12.95KOTAKBANK 1650.00 1680.00 1643.30 1676.25 26.95JSWSTEEL 252.90 256.70 250.10 253.30 1.85TATASTEEL 401.45 407.50 393.85 401.95 2.15DRREDDY 2887.70 2949.00 2871.65 2881.00 9.40RELIANCE 1553.00 1568.00 1541.10 1554.50 3.65ASIANPAINT 1722.90 1747.60 1712.85 1719.30 3.45TCS 2124.00 2128.00 2101.00 2123.65 2.35ULTRACEMCO 4180.00 4196.20 4124.20 4161.20 0.25HDFCBANK 1248.95 1260.00 1238.20 1245.40 -0.20INFY 715.95 720.00 709.60 714.50 -0.35HCLTECH 563.90 567.05 558.65 560.00 -0.90VEDL 143.30 144.35 140.60 142.00 -0.50BRITANNIA 3090.05 3098.20 3059.70 3071.20 -11.70GRASIM 775.00 779.65 764.10 766.10 -3.20HINDUNILVR 2044.00 2049.00 2022.00 2027.80 -9.65HINDALCO 199.00 200.70 195.65 197.50 -1.05ICICIBANK 530.05 533.50 521.65 525.25 -2.85POWERGRID 187.45 188.15 185.85 186.25 -1.05BPCL 491.00 496.50 483.50 488.95 -2.90BAJFINANCE 4010.00 4027.80 3927.40 3958.95 -31.90WIPRO 243.70 244.50 240.35 241.50 -2.20TECHM 763.20 771.35 755.55 758.00 -6.90BHARTIARTL 451.90 452.40 442.85 442.95 -4.40UPL 570.90 570.90 558.15 563.00 -5.55NESTLEIND 14301.00 14324.35 14149.00 14150.00 -139.65BAJAJ-AUTO 3243.10 3258.00 3193.10 3210.00 -33.10ADANIPORTS 370.65 371.30 363.40 364.60 -3.80LT 1308.85 1309.00 1283.10 1287.85 -14.35TITAN 1189.80 1189.80 1168.90 1170.55 -13.70BAJAJFINSV 9012.00 9035.50 8824.25 8860.00 -105.50NTPC 114.70 114.70 112.20 112.70 -1.40IOC 125.90 126.90 123.85 124.40 -1.55CIPLA 463.00 467.00 454.00 455.50 -6.10HEROMOTOCO2411.00 2416.60 2351.00 2363.00 -33.60AXISBANK 732.80 735.25 715.00 718.00 -11.25ITC 247.00 247.15 242.50 243.00 -3.95MARUTI 7012.85 7050.00 6864.10 6886.75 -126.10ONGC 129.50 129.50 126.30 126.50 -2.40SUNPHARMA 440.30 444.20 427.00 428.40 -8.30EICHERMOT 21500.00 21634.65 20665.00 20920.05 -497.00COALINDIA 196.40 197.00 190.90 191.45 -4.95M&M 527.80 527.90 508.10 510.00 -14.75HDFC 2326.50 2335.00 2246.45 2262.00 -65.55TATAMOTORS 167.00 168.00 160.05 161.05 -5.05GAIL 121.30 121.70 115.85 117.15 -4.05INDUSINDBK 1517.00 1518.65 1456.00 1458.70 -51.05ZEEL 298.00 302.40 283.40 286.20 -13.85SBIN 336.70 337.65 318.00 318.20 -18.00YESBANK 60.10 60.75 55.15 55.60 -6.50

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giraffe that was befriended bya dog after it was abandoned inthe wild has died.

The Rhino Orphanage in aFacebook post on Friday said Jazz the giraffe col-

lapsed after hemorrhaging inthe brain.

The orphanage said thegiraffe had been unstable on itsfeet in recent days.

“Our team is heartbroken,”the orphanage said. It added thatresident watchdog Hunter wasby the giraffe’s side when it died.The dog then sat in front of the

empty room for a while.The giraffe arrived at the

orphanage a few weeks ago, justdays after birth.

A farmer found him in thewild, weak and dehydrated,and called the centre for help.

Caretaker Janie VanHeerden said the two animalshad bonded immediately.

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House Democrats movedaggressively to draw up

formal articles of impeachmentagainst President Donald Trumpon Thursday, with SpeakerNancy Pelosi saying he “leavesus no choice” but to act swiftlybecause he’s likely to corrupt thesystem again unless removedbefore next year’s election.

A strictly partisan effort atthis point, derided immediate-ly by Trump and other leadingRepublicans as a sham and ahoax, it is a politically riskyundertaking. Democrats say itis their duty, in the aftermathof the Ukraine probe, whileRepublicans say it will drivePelosi’s majority from office.

Congress must act, Pelosisaid. “The democracy is whatis at stake.”

“The President’s actionshave seriously violated theConstitution,” she said in asomber address at the Capitol.“He is trying to corrupt, once

again, the election for his ownbenefit. The President hasengaged in abuse of power,undermining our nationalsecurity and jeopardising theintegrity of our elections.”

Trump has insisted he did nothing wrong. Hetweeted that the Democrats“have gone crazy.”

At the core of the impeach-ment probe is a July phone call

with the president of Ukraine,in which Trump pressed theleader to investigateDemocrats, including politicalrival Joe Biden. At the sametime the White House waswithholding military aid fromUkraine, an ally bordering anaggressive Russia.

Drafting articles of impeach-ment is a milestone moment,only the fourth time in US his-

tory Congress has tried toremove a president, and it inten-sifies the rigid and polarising par-tisanship of the Trump era thatis consuming Washington anddividing the nation.

The speaker delivered herhistoric announcement insolemn tones at the Capitol,drawing on the Constitutionand the Founding Fathers inforcefully claiming Congress’oversight of the president in thenation’s system of checks andbalances. Democrats arealready beginning to preparethe formal charges, pushingtoward House votes, possiblybefore Christmas.

“Sadly, but with confidenceand humility, with allegiance toour founders and a heart full oflove for America, today I amasking our chairmen to pro-ceed with articles of impeach-ment,” Pelosi said.

Seemingly eager to fight,Trump tweeted that ifDemocrats “are going toimpeach me, do it now, fast.”

Though he has fought theHouse investigation, trying tobar current and former officialsfrom testifying, he said he nowwants to move on to a “fairtrial” in the Senate.

Approval of articles ofimpeachment is consideredlikely in the Democratic-major-ity House. Conviction in a fol-lowing trial in the Republican-dominated Senate seems veryunlikely. Once reluctant topursue impeachment, warningit was too divisive for thecountry and needed to bebipartisan, Pelosi is now lead-ing Congress into politicallyuncertain terrain for all sidesjust ahead of the election year.

Republican are standinglockstep with Trump,unswayed by arguments thathis actions amount to wrong-doing, let alone impeachableoffenses. That is leavingDemocrats to go it alone in acampaign to consider remov-ing the 45th president fromoffice.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosisaid on Thursday that

Democrats will draft articles ofimpeachment against PresidentDonald Trump, a crucial steptoward a vote of the full House.

The articles are likely tomostly encompass Democrats’findings on Trump’s dealingswith Ukraine. Democrats arestill writing them, but the arti-cles could charge Trump withabuse of office, bribery andobstruction.

Lawmakers and staff areexpected to finish drafting thearticles in the coming days, aprocess that is being led byPelosi and the House JudiciaryCommittee.

That panel could approvethe articles as early as nextweek, setting up a vote of the

full House in the days beforeChristmas.

Articles of impeachmentare charges against the presi-dent. If the House approvesthem, they are then sent to theSenate for a trial and eventualvote. There can be as few or asmany articles as the Housedecides. In a Senate trial, sen-ators are jurors and selectHouse members act as prose-cutors, or impeachment man-agers. The chief justice of theSupreme Court presides.

If the Senate approves anarticle of impeachment with atwo-thirds vote of “guilty,” thepresident is convicted andremoved from office. If all thearticles are rejected, thePresident is acquitted.

While the process has thetrappings of a criminal trial, thedecision is purely political.

Bratislava (Slovakia): A gasexplosion in an apartmentbuilding in eastern Slovakiakilled at least five people Friday.Firefighters said other peopleare trapped on the roof as thebuilding burns and is in danger

of collapse. The explosion tookplace in the 12-story building inthe city of Presov shortly afternoon. Firefighters said theexplosion was between the 9thand 12 floors, and several peo-ple fled to the roof. AP

PENSACOLA: A shooteropened fire in a classroombuilding at the Naval AirStation in Pensacola on Fridaymorning in an attack that leftfour people dead, including theassailant, and multiple peoplewounded. The shooting — thesecond at a U.S. Navy base thisweek — prompted a massivelaw enforcement response anda lockdown at the base.

Escambia County SheriffDavid Morgan said four peoplehad been killed and that thetwo sheriff ’s deputies who werethe first to respond, includingone who killed the shooter,were wounded but expected torecover.

Eight people were taken toBaptist Health Care inPensacola, and one of themdied, Morgan said.

NAS Pensacola employsmore than 16,000 military and7,400 civilian personnel,according to its website. One ofthe Navy’s most historic andstoried bases, it sprawls alongthe waterfront southwest ofdowntown Pensacola and dom-inates the economy of the sur-rounding area. AP

London: Boris Johnson cameunder fire on Friday for failingto face one of Britain’s top polit-ical interviewers as he preparedfor a final head-to-head debatewith the main opposition leaderbefore next week’s election.

Four other major partyleaders have subjected them-selves to an uncomfortablegrilling from the BBC’s AndrewNeil but the prime minister hasso far declined to do so.

The spat comes before thesecond and final televisedshowdown betweenConservative party leader

Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, ofthe main opposition Labourparty, at 8:30 pm (2030 GMT).

Neil, a former editor of theSunday Times, said he wantedto put questions of trust toJohnson.

After quizzing Brexit Partyleader Nigel Farage on Thursdaynight, Neil told viewers theseries of 30-minute leaders’interviews was done “on yourbehalf to scrutinise and hold toaccount those who would gov-ern us. That is democracy.

“We’ve always proceeded ingood faith that the leaders

would participate. And in everyelection they have. All of them.Until this one.”

Corbyn meanwhile claimedin a speech in north London onFriday that he had uncoveredconfidential documents provingJohnson was “deliberately mis-leading the people” about hisBrexit deal.

He said the governmentpapers suggested there would becustoms declarations and secu-rity checks between mainlandBritain and Northern Ireland,contrary to what he hadclaimed. AFP

Beijing: China said on Fridayit will now require USDiplomats to give five days’notice before holding meetingswith Chinese officials and aca-demics in retaliation for a sim-ilar restriction by Washington.

Chinese Foreign Ministryspokeswoman Hua Chunyingsaid at a daily briefing that therule was a direct response toWashington’s move in Octoberto require all Chinese diplo-mats to preregister for meetingswith officials down to the

municipal level as well as vis-its to educational and researchinstitutions.

Hua said the US Should“correct its mistakes, revoke therelevant decision, and providesupport and convenience forChinese diplomatic and consularstaff in the US To perform theirduty.” The tit-for-tat restrictionscome amid a trade war betweenthe world’s two largesteconomies and US allegationsHuawei poses a security threatto Western democracies. AP

Islamabad: For the second timein a week, nearly 100 protesterson Friday besieged the office ofa Pakistani newspaper, chantingslogans against the organisationand setting copies of its editionson fire, for publishing a newsreport in which the LondonBridge attacker was identified asa “man of Pakistani origin”.

The Dawn newspaper in itsheadline had identified UsmanKhan, a convicted Islamist ter-rorist from Pakistan-occupiedKashmir who stabbed two peo-ple to death in a terror attack onLondon Bridge on November29, as “UK national of Pakistaniorigin, unlike many other localdailies which said he was bornand brought up in Britain andhad no link with Pakistan.

Nearly 100 people arrived invans and gathered outside thenewspaper’s office and besiegedDawn’s Islamabad bureau —the second time this week —and chanted slogans against themedia group and set copies ofthe newspaper on fire, the paperreported. Police arrived at thescene but the protesters dis-persed on their own after about40 minutes, it said. PTI

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The first thing that you look atis the writing. In this case, I had thereference of the original DoctorFoster. It is an interesting part andI haven’t done anything similarbefore.

� Adultery has been dealt with infilms, TV shows and web series.Was there a reason you felt thetreatment was unique?

I think it was because of thestance that the protagonist takes andthe way she deals with it. Andtreating it like a thriller is quite aunique way of dealing with the sub-ject, which hasn’t been done before.You can say in Khoon Bhari Maang,the treatment was similar. But if yousee the show, it has been dealt withvery differently.

� You play a 40 something fatherin the show and you are roughly thesame age. Why does the idea ofeternal youth not enamour youunlike most celebrities?

(Guffaws) I don’t think that it iscelebrities alone. It affects everyonenow. I find it largely annoying thateveryone around me wants to stayyoung and youthful. There is agreat joy in accepting who you areand how you are and it is nice tohave the same energy and buzzwhich you had at a younger age.Only that it is a different kind of abuzz. It is energy with maturity. Ifyou are holding on to what you wereat 18 or 19, it is a recipe for stagna-tion. If we are looking at evolution,then you have to look at maturity.That is how I look at it rather thanas getting old.

� What is the character like?(Laughs) Having just spoken of

maturity, this character is quiteimmature. He is someone who is try-ing to hold on to that age and try-ing to feel young. He wants toexperience the first flush of love. Heis involved with a younger woman.Even in the interactions with his son,he is more like a buddy than a father.Akarsh has that thing about wanti-ng to be 18 or 19 again and have thatyouthfulness without taking up theresponsibility that comes with age.He tries hard to be a good father anda husband. He has a loving relation-ship with his wife where they havea great physical and romantic chem-istry but he feels that he has toomuch of love to offer. And he has itfor more than one person so hewants to disburse it.

� A co-star is someone who caninspire a better performance. Whatdoes Rasika (Dugal) add to yourcharacter?

If there is one reason that oneshould see the show, it is Rasika. Sheis fantastic! She is a powerful actorand this is a perfect role for one andshe has done justice to it. She is an

absolute joy to work with. When youare two actors on a set, it is a danceof sorts. You throw something ateach other, react to it and take it for-ward. When you have a great co-star,then you really enjoy giving back anddoing things in tandem.

Coming back to your question,I think nobody could have made fora better Dr Meera Kapoor and it isa big responsibility to play the titlepart. I look at her as the protagonistand Akarsh, my character, as theconflict of the show. Both are impor-tant and would fall flat without eachother. On the set, we were startingfrom a level that was quite high andthen we tried to see how much high-er we could take it.

� Web series means uncensoredcontent so often people try to usethat to grab eyeballs by using tit-illation and unprecedented vio-lence. Does it call for some amountof self-censorship on the part of themakers?

I think that it is essential for theaudience to choose the makers of theshow wisely. I don’t agree that cen-sorship should exist in any form.What should exist is viewer’s dis-cernment to choose what to watch.If I want to watch crass, then I will.There are creative people in the busi-ness and then there are people whoclaim to be creative and want tomake money. It can also be their ideaof creativity. Censorship impliestreating the audience like children.Ye to bachcha hai, usey samajhnahin aayega. Humein isey yehnahin dikhana chahiye violent hojayega (A child should not beexposed to such content). An audi-ence that has been treated like thatbecomes like that. You have to nur-ture and push creative thought.People who do that will have a fol-lowing of people who want to watchsuch shows. Moreover, you as a jour-nalist will talk about the shows thatyou enjoyed watching or foundcrass as you are the medium throughwhich creativity ultimately reachesthe reader and the consumer.Censorship should lie with peoplewho make informed choices.

Moreover, a filmmaker mightuse sex in context and not just fortitillation. Or maybe even to titillatebecause it is a creative process as hewants the viewer to be sexuallyaroused. For me, anything that is cre-ative where a good writer and direc-tor are trying to take the audienceon an emotional journey, which hasmany layers, should not be censoredby an external agency. Even whenthe emotions are negative like anger,arousal or hate, these media helprelease them. If someone is feelingaggressive, they see that emotion onscreen which can help them releasethat emotion. If I feel like sheddinga tear and watching a great show orperformance that takes me throughan emotional journey which I con-nect with, I feel “Wow, that has

helped me.” Monitoring and tryingto control is wrong. The scary bit isthat often you realise that people aregetting the entertainment they wantto see. Creative people have toaccept that.

� Content in the past two yearshas seen a drastic improvement. Isstar power not enough to make anyfilm a hit?

All through eternity, star powerhas not carried a film through.What it does is get the numbers.That is what star power is used forcleverly. I heard a story recently. Idon’t know if it is true or not. Studiosare looking at Instagram followersand casting people. It doesn’t mat-ter if they are actors or not.

Having said that, many stars aregreat actors and that is why they aresuccessful. For me, a star is a face thatmakes it easier for marketing. I ambringing its reference to your indus-try also. When you have a knownperson, it is easier for the PR to bringin the journalists as the readers wantto see them on the cover. Carryinga project forward needs content anda lot of intelligent stars in our coun-try move with the trends. If some-thing is working, they position

themselves in those films.

� You have been a VJ and havealso done films, TV and web series.How have the different media con-tributed to the journey?

I enjoy watching films morethan anything else because in films,there is some sort of closure. Inseries, because they are trying toengage you for longer, it seemsnever-ending. I am not complainingon the career front (laughs) but I amtalking in terms of a viewer.

But yes, I do get absorbed in aseries. For instance, Doctor Foster, onwhich this is based, is a series Iwatched in one night. It was so good.On the internet, the content ispushing the bar in terms of creativ-ity because there is a lot of moneyinvolved. Two, people are trying tomake content that is great. Three,they are trying to capture an audi-ence that had not had representationfor a long time so they are trying todiscover who this audience is andwhat they want. This is the audiencethat had stopped going to theatresbecause they were so disappointedwith the kind of films that werebeing made. Suddenly, there is a plat-form where they can be entertained

in large numbers, especially in Indiawith its 1.3 billion people. So creativ-ity is being pushed and they are try-ing new things. In next few years,people will go into little niches andsee what works or find their ownaudience and try to keep them.

In the 22 years that I haveworked, I have had a very consistentgraph in terms of the amount ofwork that I do. I got some reallygood roles in films in the past. Theweb is for eternity unlike a film,where there is always the fear that ifit does fail, it will be replaced on aMonday or a Thursday. People canwatch a web series any time. So thereis more possibility of people seeingmy work on the web. I see it as a pluspoint.

I am pushing the creativity a biton web. But then I have not donefilms which are run-of-the-millstuff. Creativity is such a thing thatwhen you see something or areexposed to something, it opens upyour mind. My Brother Nikhil wasreleased in 2005 and it had a verylarge impact in a positive way. Iremember my very traditional unclecoming out of the film and saying,“I really enjoyed it.” He was takenby the friendship that Onir (the

director) had displayed more thanthe love relationship. Today, youhave a country which has legalisedhomosexual relationships. The filmset the ball rolling. (Pauses) I’ve goneon chatting so much that I’ve lost mytrain of thought. (Guffaws).

I will come back to the originalquestion that what is the differencebetween the three. As an actor,whether you are acting in films, webor TV, you are acting as someoneelse. I think about the medium thatI am performing for to decide thelevel of performance or how I wantto play things out. When you arehosting a show, you are really beingyourself and not anyone else. Youare really functioning from beingPurab Kohli. That is the straightfor-ward answer to your question.(Laughs)

� You have anchored shows onChannel V, which at the time wasa purely music channel. Whatwould you say about the way suchchannels have changed their for-mats?

I am not from the business endof the channels so maybe I am thewrong person to comment. But yes,I know how it works. I rememberhaving a chat with my boss who saidthat Channel V never made moneybut was seen adding value to a bou-quet of channels and was sold as ayouthful, trend-setting, fashionablemusic channel, which made theentire package look great. But whenthat shifted and they wanted tomake money out of the channels,they became mini-GECs (GeneralEntertainment Channels). Thesewere no longer trendsetting chan-nels. Also, with the birth of internet,Instagram moved cool people to theweb, you find many of them thereand you don’t find people like us ontelevision. Also, a larger audiencehas become ‘cool’. Satellite TV cameto India in 1993-94 and in 1999, wejoined Channel V as the first bunchof Indian VJs as earlier, there wereonly foreigners. We were the dooropeners to that ‘cool’ space. Let usnot call it cool as it means differentthings to different people. We canrather call it the unexplored space.That gateway is now wide-open andthere are a lot of gate-keepers whoare all on Instagram.

� How did Hip Hip Hurray hap-pen?

It was very random. I comefrom a film family. Actors, directorsand technicians have always beenaround me while I was growing up.But I never wanted to be an actor.I wanted to be a pilot. This was in1995-96 when Jet Airways had juststarted and was the first non-gov-ernment airlines that was flying oneflight a week. It was ridiculous. Andthen Vayudoot had shut down. Itwas a very fragile time in the airlinebusiness which seems to have car-ried on forever (laughs). It is verysad to see the collapse of Jet Airwaysbecause when I started travellingand flying around, it was an airlinethat people were proud about as itwas something that was reallyIndian with international standards.

But then, this is besides thepoint as this is not what the inter-view is about. I was training tobecome a pilot. I realised it wasgoing to be very hard to get a jobafter the very expensive course. Iwas very conscious at a young ageabout taking too much money fromhome. I wanted to go out and do myown thing. It was at this time thatmy aunt, who is very close to myfamily, said that “a friend who is abudding director is looking fornew faces and you are a decent look-ing guy. Why don’t you go and justmeet her?” So I decided to do justthat. Nupur Asthana, the director,called me to the UTV office foraudition. I thought I would just goand chat with them. During theaudition, there were two peopleincluding Nilanjana Sharma, wholater played Mona. We did someimprovisations and jigs, I don’teven know what we were doing. Butwe were certainly having fun. After10 days, I was called for a secondround to Nupur’s house. I tookalong two friends and told them thatI will quickly go in and say that Idon’t want to do it as I am not inter-ested. When I reached, the entirecast was there. I was probably thelast one to arrive. I walked in andrealised that I couldn’t say this infront of everyone. So my friendswere out there waiting for me for agood 45 minutes to an hour. Thesewere pre-mobile phone days and Icouldn’t call them to tell them that

I was stuck. During that time, Istarted chatting with some of them.One or two of them were with mein school or college and I realisedthey are not a bad bunch of people.I don’t mind hanging out withthem. It will be like a weekendshooting and I could still go to col-lege from Monday to Friday.Moreover, it would mean extramoney. I was getting �800 from myfather and this would give me�5,000, which sounded really good.The shoot was a party and I neverlooked at it as work. There was thisenergy which can never be recreat-ed. We were 12 innocent kids, whowere having a great time and that iswhat translated on screen as well.When we moved out into the world,we were bitten by the television bugand got famous. The energy start-ed changing. Nupur realised it anddecided to end the show.

� Most people who come from afilm family usually have a hugelaunch. You didn’t want to takethat route?

Like I said, I never wanted to bean actor. In fact, when I did Hip HipHurray, my lovely grand uncle,who was very close to my family,called me and asked me to meethim.

� Yes, Dev sa’ab was known tolaunch newcomers...

No, this was not Dev sa’ab. Itwas his brother Goldie Uncle, VijayAnand, who was very close to myfamily. I remember him calling meand telling me, “Tu bohot acha lagtahai screen pe (You look very goodon screen). You are quite a goodactor but you need to loosen up abit. Why don’t you come and workwith me?” But I did not want to bean actor. I was so caught up havingfun that I told him, “Uncle, I don’treally want to act. I am doing thatbecause I am having fun and mak-ing some money. All my friendshave gone to America to study. AndI want to do the same.” And withthat, my opportunity to work withone of the greatest directors wentdown the drain. I had some greatinteractions with him as granduncle. But not the opportunity toactually sit down and work withthem. Now I have the maturity tolook at it. That is why I don’t wantto be stuck at 18! (Guffaws) It allconnects.

� When did you finally decidethat you wanted to be an actor?

After My Brother Nikhil. Iremember watching it at a screen-ing that Onir had done for a verysuppressed community, that ofHIV+ people, in the theatre. Andthey were so moved by the film thatit broke my heart. I said to myself,“What a powerful medium!” Thatis the moment I started growing up.Today, when we speak about them,I don’t know how many of them arealive. And to see their representa-tion in the film and a story beingtold about them, I really felt thepower of cinema. Even now as I amtelling you this story, it is giving megoosebumps. I was lucky to havethat experience. That is when I satback and said that “this is what I cando because this is the impact that itcan have on people. And if I havebeen given the skill by this universe,I need to exercise it as much as Ican.”

I live in London and work inIndia so everything becomes verycalculated as every project meansleaving my family behind for longperiods. There is so much happen-ing now that it is easy to get stuckin the wave of doing a lot of workand I have never done that. I tendto sit back and watch what is hap-pening. Out of Love is a great showwhich is quite impactful in its sto-rytelling. It is a good representationof the female story. I hope they alldon’t go out and start doing whatshe does. (Guffaws) But none theless, it is quite empowering.

� What do you do when you arenot working?

There is a little tech businessthat I am involved in. I give sometime there. I am also a father of twochildren and I try to spend asmuch time with them as possiblebecause once I am at a shoot, itextends for long hours. Even if theyare at the location, I get very littletime with them. There is also somewriting that I do. These three thingstake my time besides reading 150scripts a day. (Laughs)

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Threads, knitting and net are inter-twined for the exhibition SpeakingThreads. Through it, Pranati Panda

explores landscapes and human organsin sculpture, prints and paintings whichshe fondly refers to as ‘time pieces’.

Pranati wanted to have a confluenceof two energies. So she used both, whatshe perceives as ‘feminine’ materialssuch as thread and fabric alongside‘masculine’ materials such as net andjaali. Said she, “I grew up watching mymother knit so I was very clear that Iwanted to use it. I particularly used netsin my brain work because in our coun-try women still need freedom and jaalisymbolises a cage that they are trappedin. Though we suppress our feelings andemotions and don’t talk freely about thembut we want to be free from all the atroc-ities.”

As a mother and a woman, I havegone through many expereiences in mylife. And this is what I wanted to reflectin my paintings,” said artist PranatiPanda. Why did you choose thread as thecore element for your work? Said Pranati,“They connect one idea to another, ormaybe one idea to many and vice versa.They can hold the masculine and femi-nine energy together. And the best partis that they are seamless, there is no nar-ration of time. Ideally that is what life is.There couldn’t have been a better mate-rial than this to describe my journey.”

Much of Pranati’s oeuvre continuesto be driven by self-analysis, her experi-ences and philosophies. Often when anexhibition revolves around one person’sexperiences, it doesn’t necessarily inter-

est everyone. But she feelsthat though each one ofus lead our lives dif-ferently, we arevery connected.Every humangoes throughsimilar emo-tions in dif-ferent phas-es of l ife.Even theo b j e c t s ,nature andthe outerworld is con-nected to eachother as humanreactions have adirect impact onthe outside world. Soshe believes that peoplewill be able to connectclosely with her work.

Known as the father of neuroscience,Dr Santiago Raman has been her sourceof inspiration as his work and journeyfascinated her. Apart from him, theeveryday ordinariness that she witness-

es around her inspires hertoo. “I learn from every

moment and person.Not only that, I

even learn frommy dog because

he loves mewithout anyexpectations.I learn frommy maidstoo. When Italk to themI feel thatthey have

s i m i l a rdesires in life.

The only differ-ence is that they

feel it is hard ornearly impossible to

accomplish them,” saidshe.

She was keen to showcase thebrain sculptures as the organ is the pow-erhouse of thoughts. So it governs ourideation process, everyday activities andrelationships.

Most of her work has rampant use of

red, which represents blood and life force.When questioned about the overpower-ing colour, she shared an incident aboutthe loss of her first child while givingbirth. And the artist somehow still liveswith that particular moment. She said,“Not only this, I connect to this colourbecause of other reasons too. I belong toOdisha, where we believe that when youwear anything red, you find your soul-mate. And my mother always used to puta big red bindi, sindoor and wear red ban-gles. So while growing up, I have seen itall around. Even today I wear somethingor the other which is red. Maybe a bindior a bangle. For me this colour is my lifeenergy.” She added that she lost her moth-er at a very young age. And when shecloses her eyes, the first thing that grabsher attention is the colour. For her, itsymbolises her mother’s presence ormaybe her bindi.

This absence played a huge role inher works as three to four of them weretitled, Essence of absence which remindsher of her child and her mother’s pres-ence.

Other than this, some paintingseven seemed inspired by nature. The

artist expressed her love for nature sincechildhood as she had spent most of herearly life in village. Said she, “My child-hood was very colourful. I have seen bothvillage and city life. So I have always beenvery close to nature and animals. Eventoday I love spending time with plantsand talking to them as they have similaremotions.” But she feels that the hassles

of so-called modern life have takenthose small joys away. Now the intensi-ty between humans and nature is less.

Pointing towards a painting with lay-ers of white thread she said, “Theydepict my hidden emotions, some pleas-ant, some unpleasant.”

(The exhibition is on till January 15,2020 at Vadehra Art Gallery.)

Recently, a girl’s post on Twitterwent viral as she was trying to

find a groom for her mother. Sheposted a picture of herself with herand captioned it, “Looking for ahandsome 50-year-old man for mymother! Vegetarian, Non-Drinker,Well Established. #Groomhunting.”It’s not often that we see childrenlooking for life partners for theirparents since it is always the otherway round. However, SonyEntertainment Television’s latestoffering Mere Dad ki Dulhan, whichstars actors Varun Badola andShweta Tiwari together for thevery first time, builds on the ideaof a daughter looking for a bride forher father.

Shweta believes that as a parent,if you choose your partner, it’stough to make your children under-stand the reason for the choice. “Ifyou have accepted that person, itdoesn’t mean that they will do sotoo. If the children like someone,they expect their parents to acceptthat person. So why can’t it be thesame in case of us (parents)?Shouldn’t it be the other way roundtoo?” she asks.

The show also portrays how afather-daughter duo navigatesthrough life and the dynamics oftheir relationship which focusses ontheir dependence on each other.Not many shows have touchedupon the fact that even single par-ents need and long for companion-ship after a certain stage. Thisimportant message is the essence ofthe entire show.

So does the concept of the showfit into the real life scenario? Arechildren open to finding and wel-coming a step parent? Varun feelsthat probably children from themetro towns are addressing this

issue a lot faster but that is happen-ing because of the exposure theyget. “It will still take time to reachthe B and C towns. There are cer-tain things you just enjoy becauseof the presentation in the story. Andhere, a lot of girls are able to relateto the show because they see theirown father in my character. I feelthat there should be some kind ofconnect, irrespective of what thatis. It is not necessar that everydaughter should go out and look fora partner for her father. Peoplecould relate to it in any manner thatthey want to. Why should we dis-card the fact that a good story willalways remain a good story?” sayshe.

Varun was fascinated with theshow because of its interesting andunique characterisation. He says,“More than that I feel proud to bepart of this transition phase thatIndian television is in. It is great tosee how we are slowly letting go ofthe age-old formulaic narratives andfinally welcoming fresh and uncon-ventional storylines which are relat-able to the new generation.”

His character, Amber Sharma,is a stubborn straight-forward per-son, who doesn’t believe in changeand lives his life in a set pattern. Heprefers being anti-social. “Thischaracter allows me to step out ofmy comfort zone, which is essen-tial for every actor and performer.The show addresses an issue whichstill remains a taboo in society.Sooner or later, we will have to con-front it. Viewers will definitely geta new flavour with this show,”Varun adds.

The mere reason why Shwetaagreed to do the show was because ofits title. She says, “Nowadays, whogives such title? It is so self explana-

tory that it gives a complete insightinto the concept of the show.” Sheplays the character of Guneet Sikka,a 40-year-old single woman, wholives with her mother. She has triedsearching love online but failed.Despite being shamed several timesby her mother for being single, she ishappy to have a roof over her headand food to eat.

The Kasautii Zindagi Kay (2001)actor has had a tough life and shenever denies the fact. So how has itinfluenced her perception of theworld and the world’s perception ofher? Well, she is one of those whodoesn’t like to make perceptions foranyone and she expects the same frompeople. “If they want to get inspiredor hate me, it’s completely upto them.

Nothing really bothers me. I did somekissing scenes and I was told that I amnot a good wife. People can keep suchmindsets with themselves. I have aquestion for those people who said

how can her marriage go wrong a sec-ond time. Why can’t things go wrong?At least, I have the courage to facethem and come out in the open. Thisis what matters the most,” says she.

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Actor Vidyut Jammwal hasreacted on the storm over

his recently-released filmCommando 3, by saying thatcontroversies are part and par-cel of the film industry. Vidyutadded saying that makers of thefilm did not intend to hurtpeoples sentiment with the par-ticular scene that has raisedobjections from certain sectors.

Commando 3 landed in acontroversy over a scene involv-ing wrestlers, who are shownharassing schoolgirls. So far,many netizens have criticisedthe film terming the sequence asderogatory towards wrestlers.Well-known Indian wrestlerSushil Kumar has also objectedto the particular scene, where agroup of wrestlers are shown totry and molest a girl because shewears skirt to school. Previously,wrestlers Bajrang Punia andYogeshwar Dutt had also object-ed about the scene.

Vidyut was interacting withthe media after the success ofCommando 3, along with co-actor Gulshan Devaiah, when afemale reporter asked himwhether such a controversywould benefit the film. “WhenPakistan throws bombs inIndian territory, then I don'tunderstand why journalists askthe question like whether it'sright or wrong. People havedied and how do you feelabout it? I think thesekinds of questionsare ridiculous. I feelreally bad,” Vidyutretorted.

“Journalistsshould stop ask-ing questionslike rape hashappened andhow do youfeel about it?Now you(reporter) areasking mewhether thiscontroversy isbenefiting thefilm or not, It'ssuch a ridicu-lous thing to ask.We don't do these

things for our benefit. I feel con-troversies are part and parcel ofthis industry, so I do not agreewith your (reporter) question,”he said.

Vidyut added, “I am associ-ated with an Indian martial artnamed Kalaripayattu and I cansay with pride that I am con-nected with this country asmuch as anyone else. My father,grandfather, paternal and mater-nal uncle have served in theIndian Army. My maternaluncle died in the 1971 war, so toask me such a question is not acorrect thing. I respect everysingle athlete of India be itwrestlers, body-builders, boxersor others. I would like to tellthem that if knowingly orunknowingly, we have hurt yoursentiments, then I would like toapologise for that, and from nowI will ensure we don't hurt any-one's sentiments.”

Commando 3 has collected�27.19 crore at the box-officewithin six days of release. The

film is directed byAditya Datt and

produced byV i p u lA m r u t l a lShah, RelianceEntertainment

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Both sides of the Manchesterdivide will be hoping somederby delight can add impetus

to disappointing seasons when Cityhost United today, while Liverpooltravel to Bournemouth aiming tosurge further clear at the top of thePremier League.

Manchester United got a badlyneeded win for manager OleGunnar Solskjaer on Wednesday,inflicting a first defeat as Tottenhammanager on Jose Mourinho as thePortuguese returned to Old Trafford.

The Red Devils wereagain reliant on MarcusRashford goals as theEngland forward struck twiceto take his tally to 12 in 13games for club and country.

There has been pre-cious little for United fans toenjoy this season, but just a fifthPremier League victory in 15games was enough to lift them upto sixth.

That is still 11 points adrift ofthird-placed City, despite theirown struggles at times.

Pep Guardiola’s men lookedmore like their old selves in thrash-ing Burnley 4-1 on Tuesday withGabriel Jesus stepping up in theabsence of the injured SergioAguero to score twice.

City have lost just one of sixleague meetings with United sinceGuardiola took charge three yearsago and cannot afford to slip up ifthey are to maintain any aspira-tions of catching Liverpool in thetitle race.

The English champions couldkick-off at the Etihad 14 pointsbehind the leaders, should JurgenKlopp’s men continue their scin-tillating form at Bournemouthearlier at Vitality.

STRENGTH IN DEPTHKlopp could even afford the lux-

ury of leaving Roberto Firmino andMohamed Salah on the bench for a5-2 thrashing of Everton in theMerseyside derby in midweek.

Both are expected to return forthe visit to the south coast, but Kloppmay rest some of his stars who didstart against Everton ahead of a hugeweek for the European champions.

Liverpool travel to Salzburg inthe Champions League on Tuesdayneeding to avoid defeat if theirdefence of the title is not to embar-rassingly end in the group stages.

Divock Origi scoredtwice against Everton andXherdan Shaqiri struck on hisfirst start of the season toprove Klopp does have thestrength in depth to success-fully shuffle his pack.

CHRISTMAS NO 1 SPOTJurgen Klopp says he does not

care about being top at Christmas ashe prepares his team for a hectic fewweeks.

A win on the south coast wouldmean Liverpool cannot be caughtbefore December 25.

Only three times in the past 11years has the top-placed team atChristmas failed to go on to win thetitle — and on every occasion it wasLiverpool, including last year.

Klopp, targeting Liverpool’s firstEnglish top-flight title for 30 years,said he was not interested in suchnumbers.

“There are a lot of people whocelebrate already, a lot of people whoworry still and a lot of people whohope that we will still fail so that’sit,” he said at his pre-match confer-ence.

“I don’t listen to (any) of them,to be honest. So I’m completely fine.We want to try and win at

Bournemouth.“What that means for

Christmas, I never thought about. Soit’s not really interesting. We knowthat we are in a really, really difficultsituation with the games coming up.

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Manuel Neuer says a secondconsecutive defeat is

unthinkable for Bayern Munichtoday at Bundesliga leadersBorussia Moenchengladbach,who quietly harbouraspirations of a firstGerman title since 1977.

Bayern have liftedthe trophy each of thepast seven seasons buttheir Bundesliga reign isunder threat as they sit fourth —four points behind Gladbach —with a third of the season played.

Interim Bayern coach HansiFlick, who replaced the sackedNiko Kovac last month, sufferedhis first defeat in five games aweek ago with a shock 2-1 lossat home to Bayer Leverkusen.

Neuer has called for aresponse by Bayern at BorussiaPark.

“We simply must not lose,that’s out of the question — we’regoing there to win,” theGermany goalkeeper told Kickermagazine.

Under new head coachMarco Rose, Gladbach are thisseason’s surprise package andhave spent the last two monthsin first place.

A win over Bayern would gosome way to firming up

Gladbach’s status asgenuine title con-tenders, especiallywith second-placedRB Leipzig, who host

mid-table Hoffenheim today,just a point behind.

“We always want to com-pete with the best — and Bayernare the best,” said Embolo.

“But it’s not just us who wantto stand up to them. Leipzig,Schalke and Leverkusen wantthat too.

“It’s going to be a top game.Bayern are a world-classteam and we need to hopefor a good day.”

Another defeat wouldpile the pressure onBayern and Flick. Ex-Germany coach and

Gladbach legend Berti Vogtssaid his former side “will behard to knock off top spot” ifthey beat the Bavarians thisweekend.

Germany defender MatthiasGinter is expected to be fitagain after injury to face Bayern,who are near full strength.

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Zinedine Zidane confirmedon Friday that Gareth Bale

has not trained ahead of RealMadrid’s match against Espanyolas injury threatens to rule him outof this month’s Clasico.

Bale is struggling with aminor problem in his thighalthough the club remainoptimistic he will recover intime for the crunch gameagainst Barcelona at CampNou on December 18.

“He did it in the matchagainst Alaves,” said Zidaneat a press conference beforetoday’s La Liga match.

“We’ve had a few days off buthe has felt some discomfort. Hehasn’t trained with us either

today or this week.”Bale has only recently shak-

en off a calf injury that kept himout for just over a month betweenOctober and November, and his

latest setback adds to aworrying list of fitnessconcerns for Zidane.

Eden Hazard couldbe sidelined for more thana month after suffering afracture in his ankle while

Marcelo might also miss thegame against Barcelona, after hesustained a calf strain in training.

Lucas Vazquez (toe), JamesRodriguez (knee) and Marco

Asensio (cruciate ligament) arealso out.

“Injuries are a nightmare.Eden isn’t happy but it is what itis,” said Zidane. “We hope hisinjury is a little less serious thanexpected.

“I don’t know what we aregoing to do, I hope he will be backsoon, Marcelo and Gareth thesame. It is a major blow but wecan’t do anything about it.

“There are other players andthat is what we have to focus on.We have to maintain ourmomentum in the game tomor-row.”

Rodrygo and Isco could fill inup front either side of KarimBenzema while Ferland Mendy islikely to replace Marcelo at left-back.

������ Barcelona star striker Lionel Messi feels itwas very unfortunate for Liverpool forward SadioMane to finish fourth in the Ballon d’Or vote.

Earlier this week, Messi won the Ballon d’Oraward for the world’s best player for a record sixthtime. Mane finished fourth behind Messi, Virgil vanDijk and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Ballon d’Or vote.

“It’s a shame to see Mane finish in fourth place,”Messi was quoted as saying by goal.com.

The 32-year-old further admitted that he hadvoted for the Senegalese in The Best poll.

“But I think there have been a lot of great play-ers this year. That’s why it was difficult to choosea particular player. But I chose Sadio Mane (for TheBest award) because he’s a player that I like,” saidMessi. “Mane achieved a great year that was excep-tional for the entire Liverpool team. That’s why Ichose him. “I repeat, there were a lot of very greatplayers this year, so the choice was difficult,” headded. IANS

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Shuttlers led India's yetanother stupendous show as

the country widened the gap atthe top by clinching 41 medals,including 19 Gold, on Day 5 ofthe 13th South Asian Gameshere on Friday.

India grabbed another 18Silver and 4 Bronze to take thetotal tally to 165 medals(81 Gold, 59 Silver, 25Bronze) and leave sec-ond-placed Nepal (41Gold, 27 Silver, 48Bronze), who won 116medals in aggregate,behind.

Sri Lanka are third with atotal of 134 medals (23 Gold,42 Silver, 69 Bronze).

The shuttlers won the max-imum Gold medals — four —for India on Friday. They com-

pletely dominated the disci-pline by winning four Goldsand two Silver in the day.

Former world juniorchampionships Silver medallistSiril Verma lived up to his topseeding as he rallied from a

game down to out-wit compatriotAryaman Tandon17-21, 23-21, 21-13in an all-Indianmen’s singles final.

In the women’ssingles final,

Ashmita Chaliha overcame alate surge from fellow IndianGayatri Gopichand to finish offwith a 21-18, 25-23.

In doubles, there was dou-ble delight for Dhruv who

emerged victorious in bothmen’s and mixed doubles. Hepaired up with Krishna PrasadGaraga to win the men’s dou-bles title 21-19, 19-21, 21-18against Sri Lanka’s Sachin Diasand Buwaneka.

In mixed doubles, topseeds Dhruv and MeghanaJakkampudi eased past sec-ond seeds Sachin Dias andThilini Pramodika Hendeheweof Sri Lanka 21-16, 21-14 in thefinal.

Track and field athletes,who were leading the Indiancharge in the past few days,fetched the maximum 12medals but just two of themwere Gold. The two Gold werewon in men’s and women’sshot put events.

The country’s fencers alsomade their presence felt in theSouth Asian Games by clinch-ing three Gold and as manySilver.

In table tennis also, theIndians won the Gold andSilver in both the men's andwomen’s singles.

India weightlifters alsocontinued their impressive runin the regional multi-sportingevent by claiming three Gold

and a Silver.Achinta Sheuli opened the

Gold account as he finished ontop of podium in men’s 73kgwith a total lift of 300kg.

Rakhi Halder added anoth-er Gold in women’s 64kg witha total effort of 200 kg whileManpreet Kaur won the thirdin women’s 71kg category witha total lift of 192kg.

Indian cyclists also openedtheir Gold medal account onFriday.

Elangbam Chaoba Devifinished on the top of podiumin women’s elite race while JohnNaveen Thomas and ArvindPanwar bagged a Gold andSilver respectively in the men’selite event.

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not show up” for the first 45 min-utes as the Gunners’ winless streakreached nine games in a 2-1home defeat to Brighton onThursday.

Neal Maupay headed in adeserved winner for the Seagulls10 minutes from time afterAlexandre Lacazette had can-celled out Adam Webster’s open-er for Brighton.

Defeat leaves Arsenal in 10thplace and 10 points adrift offourth-placed Chelsea in the huntfor Champions League qualifica-tion next season.

On this evidence there is lit-tle chance of Ljungberg landingthe job on a permanent basis asanother sparse crowd at theEmirates greeted the final whistlewith a chorus of boos.

“You cannot give away awhole half against any team in thePremier League,” said Ljungberg.

“We did not show up in thefirst half, we very passive, we did-n’t move. We had chat at half-time,made a tactical change and all ofa sudden we looked like the teamwe wanted to for 20 minutes.”

Brighton made the most of

Gunners poor run to win on theroad in the Premier League for thefirst time since the opening week-end of the season.

Victory for Brighton takesthem to within a point of Arsenaland four clear of the relegationzone.

“We had lots of quality andcourage,” said Brighton bossGraham Potter, whose sideenjoyed more possession andmore shots on goal than thehosts.

“The main stat is the score-line. At the end it’s nice for theplayers and supporters that youget a reward for the way we aretrying to play.”

Elsewhere, Newcastle taughtSheffield United a lesson in tak-ing their chances as the Magpieswon 2-0 at Bramall Lane despiteenjoying just 27 percent posses-sion.

Allan Saint-Maximin headedthe visitors in front with his firstgoal for the club and Jonjo Shelveysecured the three points when heplayed on as the Blades defencestopped at the sight of the offsideflag going up against AndyCarroll.

A VAR review showed Carrollwas onside as he flicked the ballinto Shelvey’s path.

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Goodison Park on Thursday after a5-2 thrashing by Liverpool saw theclub fall into the relegation zone.

“Everton Football Club can con-firm that manager Marco Silva hasleft the Club,” Everton said in a state-ment.

“Duncan Ferguson has takentemporary charge of the first teamand will manage the side for the gameagainst Chelsea on Saturday.”

David Moyes has been linkedwith a return to Goodison as Silva’ssuccessor as a stop-gapuntil the end of the season.

Silva becomes thefourth Premier Leaguemanager to be sacked inlittle over two weeksafter Tottenham,Arsenal andWatford alsofired MauricioPo chett ino,Unai Emeryand QuiqueSanchez Floresrespectively.

The formerHull and Watfordboss becomes thefourth managerialcasualty sinceFarhad Moshiritook charge ofEverton in 2016after RobertoMartinez, RonaldKoeman and SamAllardyce.

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reduced on appeal by the Courtof Arbitration for Sport (CAS)on Friday.

The ban, imposed follow-ing violations in the recruit-ment of minors, was reducedfrom two transfer windows to

one, which Chelsea alreadyserved in the summer.

A fine was also reducedfrom 600,000 Swiss francs($607,000; £462,000) to half thatamount by the Lausanne-basedcourt.

Lampard insisted he hadnot yet had any conversationswith Chelsea’s board abouttransfer plans, but will startthem now in earnest.

“It’s a positive outcome for us.It allows us the potential to look

at the market going forward,”Lampard said at a press confer-ence ahead of today’s trip toEverton.

“So I’m pleased from a foot-balling level. It was never my busi-ness to get involved in the reasonswhy or the legal side of it.

“So from my point of view, forthe club moving forward, it’sobviously a good thing.”

A CAS statement explainingtheir decision said that Chelseawere guilty of violating rulesrelated to the international trans-fer and registration of minors,“but for a significantly smallernumber of players”, concludingthat they were only guilty of onethird of the violations found byFIFA.

In addition, the breaches ofother transfer rules “were foundto be less serious than thoseattributed to Chelsea FC byFIFA”. AFP

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Two other Indian players,Vivek Prasad andLalremsiami, were also nom-inated for the men’s andwomen’s FIH Rising Star ofthe Year Award respectively.

The 27-year-oldManpreet, a veteran of 242international caps, is the mid-field pivot of the Indian team.Under his captaincy, Indiabeat Russia 11-3 on aggregatein Bhubaneswar last monthto qualify for the TokyoOlympics.

The 19-year-old Prasad,a midfielder, led the Indianteam in the Youth Olympics

last year where the countrywon a Silver medal. He wasalsonamed the best youngplayer at the FIH Series Finalsthis year.

Lalremsiami, a forward,was a part of the AsianGames Silver-winningwomen’s squad. She is also 19years of age.

Australians EddieOckenden and AranZalewski, Argentina’s LucasVila and Belgians ArthurVan Doren and VictorWegnez were the other fivenominees for the prestigiousFIH Player of the Year award.

Ockenden, a 32-year-oldveteran of 340 matches, andZalewski led the Australianteam in their country’s multi-player captaincy policy andthey were part of the FIH ProLeague 2019 Gold winningteam. Zalewski was namedthe best player of the tourna-

ment.Vila was a part of the

Argentina team that won theGold in 2016 Rio Olympicsand 2019 Pan AmericanGames.

The Belgian duo of VanDoren and Wegnez playedmajor roles in their country's2018 World Cup title win and2019 FIH Pro League run-ners-up finish.

National associations,players, fans and journalistsacross the world can vote forthe award.

The voting is open until17 January 2020. The winnersof all 2019 FIH Hockey StarsAwards, which also includethe FIH Coach of the Year,will be announced inFebruary 2020.

However awards for theFIH Coach of the Year willnot be voted but will bepicked by an FIH panel.PTI

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Skipper Azhar Ali on Fridaysaid the Test series loss in

Australia is unacceptable and ithas hurt the pride of Pakistancricket.

Pakistan had a forgettabletour of Australia as they lost theT20 series 0-2 before sufferingembarrassing innings defeats inthe two Tests, which were partof World Test Championship.

“It is very disappointinghow we lost the two Tests. Thedefeats in Australia have hurtour cricket pride and it is hardto accept,” Azhar told reportersin Lahore after returning fromAustralia.

“We had gone there with allthe right preparations and witha positive mindset. So the twoinnings defeat is not acceptableand I will offer no excuses forthis.”

Azhar insisted his teamhad prepared well for the seriesbut it failed to properly execute

the plans.“We didn’t get wickets with

the new ball, we didn’t forge bigpartnerships, we didn’t build ongood starts and our plansagainst David Warner also did-n’t work as he countered themwell,” he said.

“We had picked a youngpace attack for the Tests and we

batted first in the first Test andI think that showed our intentthat we wanted to play positivecricket.

“The truth is we weredoing catch up game in bothTests and once you get behindin Australia it is very difficultto catch up in Tests,” Azharadded.

The Pakistan skipper saidhe had confidence that theteam will go forward positive-ly.

“We need to trust eachother. I am not scared aboutbeing sacked as captain. I can’tcontrol that I can only controlour performances. We need toend the fear factor in our team.That is the key,” he said.

About the upcoming Testseries against Sri Lanka athome, Azhar said it won’t beeasy as most of the players,including himself, would beplaying a Test in Pakistan forthe first time.

“When we played in UAEwe had a plan as to how to getresults there but here we willhave to first look at the pitch-es and then see what plans tomake to get results in Pakistan.

“We have to come up witha new game plan. We want atrack that suits us. We need tostart afresh on how to win testsin Pakistan.”

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Cricket Australia (CA) is set torequest the BCCI to agree for

more than one Day/Night Testduring India’s 2021 tour DownUnder but Indian Board chiefSourav Ganguly on Friday said sucha proposal would be a “bit toomuch”.

A CA delegation, led by itsChairman Earl Eddings, is expect-ed to meet BCCI top brass duringthe three-match ODI series inIndia starting January 14 next year.

“As you build that trust andbuild that relationship you have thatchat,” Eddings told ESPNCricinfo.

“Pleasingly they’ve played theirfirst day-night Test and won easi-ly. Now they’ve got through that itmight give them the right build-upto it over here. I’ve got no doubtthey’ll consider playing one andmaybe even more day-night Testmatches. But that’s down the trackto when we catch up with them inJanuary,” he added.

However, Ganguly didn’t seemkeen on the idea.

“I have not heard anything offi-cially from Cricket Australia. Twoout of four will be a bit too much...Itcan’t replace traditional Test match-es. But we can have one Pink Testevery series,” Ganguly said duringthe India Today Conclave (East) inKolkata.

CA Chief Executive KevinRoberts, while talking to ABCRadio recently, also spoke abouthaving more than one Day/NightTests during what is meant to be afour-match Test series.

“...In my heart I’d say fourfrom four, in my head we’d love toplay one of the four as a day-nightTest”, he said.

Eddings said CA also wants theBCCI to consider adding one moreTest to the traditional four-matchseries that the two countries play.

“Ideally we want to be playingfive Tests against India, hopefullyin the future we can do that as well,”he said.

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West Indies batting icon Brian Lara onFriday said the Kieron Pollard-led

side should target becoming an improvedoutfit by the end of its limited-overs seriesagainst India here even if it fails to win muchin the rubber.

“...He (Pollard) will have to build ateam...Playing against India in India isalways a tough proposition and he mustleave here not necessarily winning but hemust leave here a better team after this tour-nament,” Lara said at an event.

Lara backed Pollard’s appointment asthe team’s skipper for the limited-overs for-mat.

“Over a period of time, his represen-tation for West Indies may not be a lot buthe has played all around the World in dif-ferent leagues. He has gained a lot of respectfrom the opposition. I didn’t see it as a baddecision (to appoint him as a captain),” Laratold reporters.

“He (Pollard) has easily gained therespect of his team-mates and he can moveforward. There is a (T20) World Cup inunder 12 months and you are looking forthe right person, someone who can keep theground running. He has that experience todo so. It is a good decision, but it is still goingto be an uphill battle,” explained the 50-year-old.

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Shimron Hetmyer struck a quick half-century as West Indies produced a finebatting display to post a challenging 207

for 5 against India in the first T20International of the three-match serieshere on Friday.

An aggressive Hetmyer made 56 off 41balls which was studded with two bound-aries and four hits over the fence to holdWest Indies from one end after being sentinto bat.

He first added 37 runs with BrandonKing (31 off 23 balls) and then shared 71runs with skipper Kieron Pollard (37 off 19balls) to lay the base for the West Indies total.

The Indians, however, were far fromimpressive on the field as WashingtonSundar and Rohit Sharma dropped a fewcatches.

Off-spinner Washington Sundar (1/34)leaked runs in the first over before DeepakChahar (1/56) gave India the breakthroughin the next over, taking the wicket of LendlSimmons, caught by Rohit Sharma in thefirst slip.

Evin Lewis (40 off 17) and young Kingthen added 51 runs for the second wicket,during which they played some fearlessshots, to take West Indies forward.

Lewis, in particular, was the moreaggressive of the two as he dispatched to thestands any bad delivery that came his way.

He pulled Chahar for two sixes in thefourth over to make his intentions clear.

Lewis continued the onslaught andstruck comeback man Bhuvneshwar Kumarfor a six and a four in consecutive balls. Hethen smoked off-spinner Sundar over thecover boundary but perished in the next ball,LBW in search of one shot too many.

Young King and Hetmyer then added37 runs for the third wicket before the for-mer was stumped by Rishabh Pant offRavindra Jadeja's (1/30) bowling.

Hetmyer, on the other hand, went abouthis business in a quiet fashion, hitting thebad deliveries out of the park to register hisfifth half-century in T20 cricket in 35 balls.

But a double breakthrough by leg-spin-ner Yuzvendra Chahal (2/36) in the 18thover put a check on West Indies' scoringrate.

Hetmyer was the first to depart in thefirst delivery of the 18th over when he gavea simple catch to Rohit at deep backwardsquare and then a ball later, Pollard wascleaned up by Chahal.

Jason Holder (24 not out off 9 balls) andDinesh Ramdin (11 not out off 7) remainedunbeaten as West Indies scored 63 runs offthe last five overs.

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BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Fridayrubbished, as pure speculation, allega-

tions that he would be vindictive towardschief coach Ravi Shastri, saying that perfor-mance alone will be the parameter of judg-ing individuals during his tenure.

Shastri and Ganguly had a public fall-out in 2016 when the former reapplied forcoach’s job and the latter was a part of theCricket Advisory Committee (CAC), whichselected Anil Kumble for the position.

In 2017, Shastri got back the job afterKumble resigned following his much-pub-licised difference of opinion with skipperVirat Kohli. During India Today Conclave(East) on Friday, Ganguly was asked aboutconjecture that he has an axe to grind withShastri because of past differences.

"That's why these are called speculations.I don't have an answer to these questions,"said Ganguly, dismissing the supposition.

For Ganguly, it all boils down to perfor-mance on the field.

"You perform and you continue, youdon't, someone else takes over. That was alsothe case when I played," he asserted.

"There will be talks, leaks, rumours butconcentration should be on what happenson 22 yards," he said.

He then cited examples of Virat Kohli,who has 70 international hundreds andSachin Tendulkar (100 tons) to make hispoint.

"Life is about performance and nothing

can substitute that," he said.As he stated during his first press

interaction after taking over, Ganguly reit-erated that, "Kohli remains the most impor-tant man in Indian cricket as he leads theteam on the field."

"Virat is a fantastic role model as to howhe conducts himself on and off the field. He(Kohli) will get all the support required tosucceed. Virat, Ravi everyone will get every-thing required. But at the end of the day, we

will demand performance," he said.After the 2011 World Cup triumph, the

Indian team faltered at the semifinal andfinal hurdle of most ICC tournaments savethe 2013 Champions Trophy.

"It's not an ability issue but mind issue.They need to cross the mental barrier in biggames," he said.

Talking about the 2020 World T20, theformer skipper has one piece of advice forhis men out there.

"T20 is about playing fearless cricketwith freedom. Don't walk out there in themiddle, playing for your place in the team,"he said.

Ganguly has made a smooth transitionfrom a player to an administrator. He alsobattled conflict of interest charge for his mul-tiple commitments. Ganguly said the clauseis coming in the way of getting former crick-eters on board for administrative roles.

"I am unable to get ex-cricketers onboard because of Conflict of Interest. (Weneed to deal with) Conflict of Interest witha lot of common sense. Someone likeSachin had to leave.

"It's got to be practical. Conflict of inter-est should apply only to administrators andcricketers should be left out of it," he said.

Home Minister Amit Shah's son JayShah is the secretary and the BCCI presi-dent wants his colleague to be "judged inde-pendently".

"Jay Shah has won an election. He shouldbe judged independently. He is adjustable.His father is a politician but we should judge

him personally," Ganguly said.Ganguly made it clear that there has been

no political interference in the BCCI mat-ters but conceded that "influential people willbe involved in the running of the game".

"Late Arun Jaitley ji was obsessed withthe game but never held a post in BCCI. Buthe is held in high esteem in Delhi cricket,"he recollected.

Talking about Delhi cricket and the innu-merable allegations of corruption, includingin the selection of the current Ranji squad,

Ganguly sought to steer clear by saying thatit was the state association's internal matterat this point.

"Despite all that we hear, the currentIndian team has Virat Kohli, ShikharDhawan, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant. Idon't know what happens but they keep pro-ducing world class players.

"The state associations are independentand have their own elected body. Runningan association is not easy. Very strong per-sonality is needed," he said.

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Batting legend VVS Laxman onFriday inaugurated the newly-

refurbished North Stand of the RajivGandhi International Stadium in hon-our of former India captain andnewly-elected Hyderabad CricketAssociation (HCA) presidentMohammad Azharuddin.

While Laxman cut the thread tomark the opening of the stand, formerIndia off-spinner Noel David,Venkatpathy Raju and fast bowlerMohammed Siraj were also present onthe occasion.

Talking about the moment, Azharsaid he was honoured.

“I am extremely honoured to bebestowed upon such an honour. I havealways played the game to the truespirit and will be striving to developthe game in Hyderarabad,” Azharsaid.

Asked about the efforts requiredto arrange the first T20I here at sucha short notice, Azhar said: “The dayMumbai showed their reluctance tohost the first T20, I then and there saidto my colleagues, we will host it nomatter what.

“I then contacted BCCI presidentSourav Ganguly and the MumbaiCricket Association officials and aftera few parleys managed to convincethat Hyderabad is ready to host thematch.”

Azhar said during his tenure hisprerogative would be to takeHyderabad cricket forward.

“I am here to serve the gamewhich gave me what I am today. Iinvolved with administration to takeHyderabad cricket forward and we areready to host many more internation-al matches in the future when theBCCI asks us come what may,” he said.

Hyderabad was earlier supposedto host the third T20I on December11 but the BCCI was forced to shift thefirst game of the series from Mumbaiafter Mumbai police refused to pro-vide security for the match.

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Former India all-rounder MohinderAmarnath has expressed concern over

the injuries that all-rounder HardikPandya and ace fast bowler Jasprit Bumrahare suffering from. The 1983 World Cuphero said that back injuries are always dif-ficult to come back from for any bowler.

Amarnath said in his column forTimes of India that while the Indian teamlooks like a settled side with formidabletalent across department, he hopes Pandyaand Bumrah heal well.

"The only concern I have is for theinjured duo, Jasprit Bumrah and HardikPandya. A back injury is always hard tocome back from for a bowler," he said.

"It is either caused by a faulty actionor trying for extra pace. I hope I amwrong, but a stressed back can make the

return to top pace a long, arduous one.Both these lads are very, very importantfor the team, and I hope they heal well."

He also said that with the team so sta-ble across departments, no player shouldbe allowed to choose matches and dictateterms. "Nobody should be in a positionto dictate terms regarding his selectionwithout playing adequate domestic crick-et. There is no player who should be ableto tell the team that he wants to choosehis matches," he said.

"It would be an unhealthy trend tostart, particularly when there are hundredsof cricketers across India who are toilingin domestic cricket. This would send awrong message about merit and hardwork to them. Wriddhiman Saha, RishabhPant and Sanju Samson are all very com-petent and the thrust should be to lookforward."

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The 22-year-old Pant has been underintense scrutiny for his underwhelmingperformances in white-ball cricket but hasgot the firm backing of both skipper ViratKohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma.

Kohli on Thursday said Pant can’t beisolated to such an extent that he starts feel-ing nervous on the field and found it “dis-respectful” that fans chanted MahendraSingh Dhoni’s name when the youngstermade mistakes during a recent home series.

“It’s good for him (Pant). He should get

used to it. Let him hear it and let him finda way to succeed. He will be under pres-sure and let him go through it and figureout on his own,” Ganguly said.

Ganguly also refused to divulge theBCCI’s plans with regards to Dhoni’smuch-speculated future.

He said it will take 15 years of consis-tency for Rishabh Pant to be the nextDhoni.

“Everyday, you don’t get MS Dhoni. Itwill take Pant 15 years to achieve what MShas achieved,” he said.

“The BCCI can’t be thankful enoughto MS for what he has done for Indiancricket. We will leave it at that. We arespeaking to Virat, the selectors, that's whatit is. We will address (Dhoni future) as andwhen it comes,” he said. PTI

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