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D espite the decision of the National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), two main pro-election political parties in Jammu & Kashmir, to stay away from the poll process, the State Election Commission on Saturday announced a four-phased schedule for the crucial munic- ipal elections, starting October 8. The announcement for the conduct of the urban bodies’ polls comes also against the backdrop of separatists’ call for boycott and terrorists’ direct threat to the prospective can- didates and campaigners. The first notification for the urban local body polls would be issued on September 18 and the voting in the first phase would be held on October 8 from 7 am to 2 pm. Addressing a Press confer- ence, Chief Electoral Officer Shaleen Kabra said the polls would be held in four phases on October 8, 10, 13 and 16 this year. “The notifications for phase 2, 3 and 4 will be issued on September 20, 22 and 24 respectively,” Kabra said, adding that 17 lakh voters were registered for the polls. “The counting of votes would take place on October 20,” he said. The National Conference and PDP have decided to stay away from the municipal and panchayat polls citing the link- age of the electoral exercise with a series of litigations in the Supreme Court challenging the special status of J&K under the provisions of Article 35A. The Governor administration on August 31 sought post- ponement of the hearing of the litigations in the apex court in the wake of proposed local body and panchayat elections. The court later deferred the hearing till January next year. The NC was the first regional party that announced to stay away from the elections though the party avoided call- ing for a boycott or launching any campaign for it. The PDP followed suit and announced its inability to take part in the elections. Several other political groups with influence in specific pockets including the CPI(M) and the Peoples’ Democratic Front also chose to stay away from the polls. The Congress remained indecisive on its stance to con- test the elections while the BJP and several Jammu-based parties have not resisted the poll schedule. Despite the NC and the PDP’s decision to stay away, the Governor administration firm- ly adhered to its plan to hold the elections. Former Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti recently said the party will not participate in the elec- tions as the prevailing situation in Kashmir was not favourable. She said the party will not con- test the election till the Government takes positive steps to safeguard the special status of Jammu & Kashmir. New Delhi: The Government is determined to keep fiscal deficit at 3.3 per cent of GDP on the back of buoyant tax rev- enues and expectations of sur- passing the disinvestment tar- get, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday but remained non-committal on cutting tax on petrol and diesel. A day after steps to contain the widening current account deficit (CAD) and check fall of the rupee were announced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday continued his two- day review of the economy as he took stock of tax collections and macro-economic indica- tors in analysing performance of different wings of the Finance Ministry. After the meeting, Jaitley exuded confidence of surpass- ing the 7-7.5 per cent GDP growth target projected in the last Budget presented on February 1, meeting capital expenditure targets, surpassing tax collections projections and exceeding the record 1 lakh crore target of revenue mobil- isation from Government stake sale in PSUs. He, however, did not say if the meeting discussed the recent spike in fuel prices that has led petrol touching a record high of 81.63 per litre and diesel to 73.54 a litre. There were expectations that the Government may cut excise duty on the two fuels to ease burden on the consumers but it seems it did- n’t want to take chance as it stands to lose 14,000 crore in revenue from a 1 per litre cut in excise. It feels that the country cannot afford to have a twin deficit problem — a depreciat- ing rupee and high crude import bill putting pressure on the country’s current account deficit (CAD), and a fiscal slippage. “The Government is con- fident and will strictly maintain the 3.3 per cent fiscal deficit target,” Jaitley told reporters after the over three-hour long meeting. With 44 per cent of the budgeted capital expenditure estimate for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 already spent by August 31, the Government “will end the year without any cut”, he said, adding that it was extremely necessary to maintain 100 per cent capital expenditure for high growth rate. “The Government is con- fident that we will have a growth rate higher than what we had projected earlier this year in the Budget,” he said. “The inflation is broadly under control”. On revenue collections, he said the impact of anti-black money measures, demonetisa- tion and GST are now visible with “phenomenal” increase in tax base. “The CBDT is very clear that this year they will be able to collect in excess of budget- ed target,” he said. On indirect tax side, he said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is settling down and a pick-up in con- sumption will boost collec- tions in coming months. “We are confident that between direct and indirect tax collections, the Government will comfortably meet the tar- get if not surpass it,” he said, adding the 1 lakh crore dis- investment target will be sur- passed. “And on basis of all these analyses, we are optimistic about our growth rate, our tax collection and certainly as far as fiscal deficit is concerned will strictly meet the 3.3 per cent target,” he said. Asked if fuel prices and duty cuts were discussed, he said the meeting on Saturday was internal review meeting. A top-ranking commander of banned Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and five Lashkar-e- Tayyeba (LeT) terrorists were killed in a post-midnight assault on a hideout in Chowgam vil- lage of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. A civilian protester was also shot dead by security forces during clashes in the aftermath of fierce gun-battle that lent a serious blow to ter- rorists in south Kashmir region. The authorities suspended train services in the region and snapped internet to prevent escalation in the situation. Official sources said Gulzar Padder of HM and his four asso- ciates were trapped in a resi- dential house, which was encir- cled during the dead of night following specific input. During the heavy exchange of fire, two Army personnel were injured. Police said Gulzar was a close associate of slain terrorist com- mander Altaf Kachroo and was involved in a series of attacks, including killing of five police personnel at Pambay village in Kulgam, last year. “During the search opera- tion, terrorists fired on the search party. Initially the civilians were moved away from the site of encounter to safer locations. Security forces then engaged the terrorists in an encounter,” a police spokesperson said. T o check terror funding and track suspected businessmen involved in hawala operations, the Jammu & Kashmir police has set up a Financial Investigation Unit and is also aggressively using the social media to transmit counter narratives to the rad- ical thoughts being put forth by the separatist groups and Pakistan- sponsored terror groups in the Valley. The Jammu & Kashmir police has set up 30 media cells for catering to the local traditional media like the news- papers. In addition, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts have been opera- tionalised by all the 26 districts, five ranges and two police zones to reach out to the public on a real-time basis. B JD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday took some organisa- tional steps particularly in Jagatsinghpur district obviously to counter expelled party leader Damodar Rout’s moves in the lat- ter’s native district. While party veteran Bishu Das continues as the district party president, Bailkuda-Erasama MLA Prasanta Muduli, who along with Das had taken initiative in the oust- Rout campaign, was appointed as the working president. Besides, Health Minister Pratap Jena was given the charge as the party co-observer for Jagatsinghpur district. Bishnu Das said the decision by the party supremo would create new enthusiasm among workers of the party in the district. The other organisational deci- sions included appointment of Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick as the party’s Dhenkanal district pres- ident. Commerce & Transport Minister Dr Nrusingha Charan Sahu was made a party general sec- retary and Tourism Minister Ashok Panda was appointed as president of Bhubaneswar district party unit. Besides, Rajya Sabha member Soumya Ranjan Patnaik was appointed as the senior party observer for Koraput district and party State secretary Bijay Nayak as the co-observer for Dhenkanal district. Related reports on P3 D r Ramesh from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has reached the Satkosia Tiger Reserve to observe and assess the movement of hostile tigress Sundari and capture it,” said Additional PCCF-cum-Field Director of Satkosia Tiger Reserve Dr S Panda in a Press release on Saturday. Amid the growing demand by the locals for immediate shifting of the tigress, which allegedly killed a woman on last Wednesday in the tiger reserve, the PCCF, Wildlife, visited Angul three days after the incident, reviewed the sit- uation with the officials and discussed with the administration. In a consultative meeting, it has been decided to have special package for proactively engaging the people of Satkosia in tiger conservation. A team from Wildlife Crime Controller Bureau, Jabalpur with CB, CID and SIT arrived at Angul to have a detailed investigation regarding the death of the woman. On the other hand, the Satkosia Khyatigrastha Praja Suraksha Samiti (SKPSS) and the Citizens’ Action Forum (CAF) in a Press meet alleged that the State Wildlife Department has violated the protocol for the tiger re-introduc- tion and other guidelines by not taking the people and media into confidence. Contrary to the protocol of NTCA, socioeconomic requirements are not assessed. Also, post release monitoring was not done properly, they alleged. The NTCA clearly instructs that even if enough evidence has not come forth to establish an animal as a man- eater, but there are definite grounds to suspect after one human kill that the ani- mal has the tendency to turn into a men- ace, steps should be taken to trap it. “The CAF, while stressed upon tiger conservation, urged for complete safe- ty of people first,” told advocate and Meanwhile, CAF president RP Pattanaik demanded complete safety of the people first. Addressing the Press, SKPSS president Janardan Sahu and sec- retary Biraj Jani reiterated their demand to shift the hostile tigress. T wo sons of a widow were arrested by Sundargarh police on Saturday allegedly for killing her for refusing to give them just Rs 50 for con- suming liquor. The deceased was identi- fied as Tikeswari Kishan (56), a resident of Baragad village under Sadar police limits and the accused, Nabin(30) and Bipin(28). Tikeswari’s daughter Bina is married and resides at Lepripada area. According to sources, Nabin and Bipin do not do any work and are habitual drunk- ards. Tikeswari worked as a daily labourer to run his fam- ily. On September 13 night, Nabin and Bipin, after reaching home, demanded Rs 50 from their mother to drink liquor, but when denied, they started Turn to Page 4

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Page 1: 2018/09/16  · Panda was appointed as president of Bhubaneswar district party unit. Besides, Rajya Sabha member Soumya Ranjan Patnaik was appointed as the senior party observer

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Despite the decision of theNational Conference (NC)

and Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), two main pro-electionpolitical parties in Jammu &Kashmir, to stay away from thepoll process, the State ElectionCommission on Saturdayannounced a four-phasedschedule for the crucial munic-ipal elections, starting October 8.

The announcement for theconduct of the urban bodies’polls comes also against thebackdrop of separatists’ call forboycott and terrorists’ directthreat to the prospective can-didates and campaigners.

The first notification forthe urban local body pollswould be issued on September18 and the voting in the firstphase would be held onOctober 8 from 7 am to 2 pm.

Addressing a Press confer-ence, Chief Electoral OfficerShaleen Kabra said the pollswould be held in four phases on October 8, 10, 13 and 16 this year.

“The notifications forphase 2, 3 and 4 will be issuedon September 20, 22 and 24respectively,” Kabra said,adding that 17 lakh voterswere registered for the polls.

“The counting of voteswould take place on October20,” he said.

The National Conferenceand PDP have decided to stayaway from the municipal andpanchayat polls citing the link-age of the electoral exercisewith a series of litigations in theSupreme Court challengingthe special status of J&K underthe provisions of Article 35A.

The Governor administrationon August 31 sought post-ponement of the hearing of thelitigations in the apex court in the wake of proposedlocal body and panchayat elections. The court laterdeferred the hearing till Januarynext year.

The NC was the firstregional party that announcedto stay away from the electionsthough the party avoided call-ing for a boycott or launchingany campaign for it.

The PDP followed suit andannounced its inability to takepart in the elections. Severalother political groups withinfluence in specific pocketsincluding the CPI(M) and thePeoples’ Democratic Front alsochose to stay away from thepolls. The Congress remainedindecisive on its stance to con-test the elections while theBJP and several Jammu-basedparties have not resisted thepoll schedule.

Despite the NC and thePDP’s decision to stay away, theGovernor administration firm-ly adhered to its plan to hold

the elections.Former Chief Minister and

PDP president MehboobaMufti recently said the partywill not participate in the elec-tions as the prevailing situationin Kashmir was not favourable.She said the party will not con-test the election till theGovernment takes positivesteps to safeguard the specialstatus of Jammu & Kashmir.

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New Delhi: The Governmentis determined to keep fiscaldeficit at 3.3 per cent of GDPon the back of buoyant tax rev-enues and expectations of sur-passing the disinvestment tar-get, Finance Minister ArunJaitley said on Saturday butremained non-committal oncutting tax on petrol and diesel.

A day after steps to containthe widening current accountdeficit (CAD) and check fall ofthe rupee were announced,Prime Minister Narendra Modion Saturday continued his two-day review of the economy ashe took stock of tax collectionsand macro-economic indica-tors in analysing performanceof different wings of theFinance Ministry.

After the meeting, Jaitleyexuded confidence of surpass-ing the 7-7.5 per cent GDPgrowth target projected in the

last Budget presented onFebruary 1, meeting capitalexpenditure targets, surpassingtax collections projections andexceeding the record �1 lakhcrore target of revenue mobil-isation from Government stakesale in PSUs.

He, however, did not say ifthe meeting discussed therecent spike in fuel prices thathas led petrol touching a recordhigh of �81.63 per litre anddiesel to �73.54 a litre.

There were expectationsthat the Government may cutexcise duty on the two fuels toease burden on the consumers but it seems it did-n’t want to take chance as itstands to lose �14,000 crore inrevenue from a �1 per litre cutin excise.

It feels that the countrycannot afford to have a twindeficit problem — a depreciat-

ing rupee and high crudeimport bill putting pressure onthe country’s current accountdeficit (CAD), and a fiscalslippage.

“The Government is con-fident and will strictly maintainthe 3.3 per cent fiscal deficittarget,” Jaitley told reportersafter the over three-hour longmeeting.

With 44 per cent of thebudgeted capital expenditureestimate for the current fiscalyear ending March 31, 2019already spent by August 31, the

Government “will end the yearwithout any cut”, he said,adding that it was extremelynecessary to maintain 100 percent capital expenditure forhigh growth rate.

“The Government is con-fident that we will have agrowth rate higher than whatwe had projected earlier thisyear in the Budget,” he said.

“The inflation is broadlyunder control”.

On revenue collections, hesaid the impact of anti-blackmoney measures, demonetisa-

tion and GST are now visiblewith “phenomenal” increasein tax base.

“The CBDT is very clearthat this year they will be ableto collect in excess of budget-ed target,” he said. On indirecttax side, he said the Goods andServices Tax (GST) is settlingdown and a pick-up in con-sumption will boost collec-tions in coming months.

“We are confident thatbetween direct and indirect taxcollections, the Governmentwill comfortably meet the tar-get if not surpass it,” he said,adding the �1 lakh crore dis-investment target will be sur-passed.

“And on basis of all theseanalyses, we are optimisticabout our growth rate, our taxcollection and certainly as faras fiscal deficit is concerned willstrictly meet the 3.3 per centtarget,” he said.

Asked if fuel prices andduty cuts were discussed, hesaid the meeting on Saturdaywas internal review meeting.

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Atop-ranking commander ofbanned Hizbul Mujahideen

(HM) and five Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terrorists werekilled in a post-midnight assaulton a hideout in Chowgam vil-lage of south Kashmir’s Kulgamdistrict on Saturday.

A civilian protester wasalso shot dead by securityforces during clashes in theaftermath of fierce gun-battlethat lent a serious blow to ter-rorists in south Kashmir region.The authorities suspended trainservices in the region andsnapped internet to preventescalation in the situation.

Official sources said GulzarPadder of HM and his four asso-ciates were trapped in a resi-dential house, which was encir-cled during the dead of nightfollowing specific input. Duringthe heavy exchange of fire, twoArmy personnel were injured.Police said Gulzar was a close

associate of slain terrorist com-mander Altaf Kachroo and wasinvolved in a series of attacks,including killing of five policepersonnel at Pambay village inKulgam, last year.

“During the search opera-

tion, terrorists fired on thesearch party. Initially the civilianswere moved away from the siteof encounter to safer locations.Security forces then engaged theterrorists in an encounter,” apolice spokesperson said.

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To check terror funding and tracksuspected businessmen involved in

hawala operations, the Jammu &Kashmir police has set up a Financial Investigation Unit and is alsoaggressively using the social media totransmit counter narratives to the rad-ical thoughts being put forth by the separatist groups and Pakistan-

sponsored terror groups in the Valley.

The Jammu & Kashmir police hasset up 30 media cells for catering to thelocal traditional media like the news-papers.

In addition, Facebook pages andTwitter accounts have been opera-tionalised by all the 26 districts, fiveranges and two police zones to reach outto the public on a real-time basis.

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BJD president Naveen Patnaik onSaturday took some organisa-

tional steps particularly inJagatsinghpur district obviously tocounter expelled party leaderDamodar Rout’s moves in the lat-ter’s native district.

While party veteran Bishu Dascontinues as the district partypresident, Bailkuda-Erasama MLAPrasanta Muduli, who along withDas had taken initiative in the oust-Rout campaign, was appointed asthe working president.

Besides, Health Minister PratapJena was given the charge as the party co-observer forJagatsinghpur district.

Bishnu Das said the decision by

the party supremo would createnew enthusiasm among workers ofthe party in the district.

The other organisational deci-sions included appointment ofMines Minister Prafulla Mallick asthe party’s Dhenkanal district pres-ident. Commerce & TransportMinister Dr Nrusingha CharanSahu was made a party general sec-retary and Tourism Minister AshokPanda was appointed as presidentof Bhubaneswar district party unit.

Besides, Rajya Sabha memberSoumya Ranjan Patnaik wasappointed as the senior partyobserver for Koraput district and party State secretary BijayNayak as the co-observer forDhenkanal district.

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Dr Ramesh from the WildlifeInstitute of India (WII) has reached

the Satkosia Tiger Reserve to observeand assess the movement of hostiletigress Sundari and capture it,” saidAdditional PCCF-cum-Field Director ofSatkosia Tiger Reserve Dr S Panda in aPress release on Saturday.

Amid the growing demand by thelocals for immediate shifting of thetigress, which allegedly killed a womanon last Wednesday in the tiger reserve,the PCCF, Wildlife, visited Angul threedays after the incident, reviewed the sit-uation with the officials and discussedwith the administration.

In a consultative meeting, it hasbeen decided to have special package for

proactively engaging the people ofSatkosia in tiger conservation. A teamfrom Wildlife Crime Controller Bureau,Jabalpur with CB, CID and SIT arrivedat Angul to have a detailed investigationregarding the death of the woman.

On the other hand, the SatkosiaKhyatigrastha Praja Suraksha Samiti(SKPSS) and the Citizens’ Action Forum(CAF) in a Press meet alleged that theState Wildlife Department has violatedthe protocol for the tiger re-introduc-tion and other guidelines by not takingthe people and media into confidence.

Contrary to the protocol of NTCA,socioeconomic requirements are notassessed. Also, post release monitoringwas not done properly, they alleged.

The NTCA clearly instructs thateven if enough evidence has not comeforth to establish an animal as a man-eater, but there are definite grounds tosuspect after one human kill that the ani-mal has the tendency to turn into a men-ace, steps should be taken to trap it.

“The CAF, while stressed upon tigerconservation, urged for complete safe-ty of people first,” told advocate and

Meanwhile, CAF president RPPattanaik demanded complete safety ofthe people first. Addressing the Press,SKPSS president Janardan Sahu and sec-retary Biraj Jani reiterated their demandto shift the hostile tigress.

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police on Saturday allegedly forkilling her for refusing to give them just Rs 50 for con-suming liquor.

The deceased was identi-fied as Tikeswari Kishan (56),a resident of Baragad villageunder Sadar police limits andthe accused, Nabin(30) andBipin(28). Tikeswari’s daughterBina is married and resides atLepripada area.

According to sources,Nabin and Bipin do not do anywork and are habitual drunk-ards. Tikeswari worked as adaily labourer to run his fam-ily. On September 13 night,Nabin and Bipin, after reachinghome, demanded Rs 50 fromtheir mother to drink liquor,but when denied, they started

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The tentacled horror from outer space is back aspredator in a reboot that’s ugly, off putting andall the same in a bad kind of way.

Characters within the movie call is a sportshunter, thanks to the way he hunts, targets andexecutes his victims, well with his bare lispingtentacles, empowered with some hi-tech killinggadgets that fox even the most seasoned of US Armysnipers on ground.

It all starts with the crashing of a space ship in adense jungle where a team of mariners is crouching inthe shrubs to end a hostage crisis. All goes wrong asthe predator, acting as our very own Mr India wouldin a demonic way, kills three of the four on duty as thehero of the film escapes with some of its gadgets anddoes his own disappearing act.

All this mumbo-jumbo of action and a little bit offorced comedy from the team which has assigneditself to kill the Predator, including micro biologistOlivia Munn, and save an under-grown child in theprocess. The problem arises when you keep recallingthe original Predator and not find much differencebetween the two both in action and appearance. Onthe whole, a lightly engaging movie where both actionand comedy are measured, much like your interestwould be.

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Any movie that is made on humantrafficking is bound to bring its share ofhorror by showcasing what the girls are put

through once they are caught in the trap. And ifthat film takes on a global perspective, thestoryline is going to haunt the audience for days,if not weeks.

In that sense, Love Sonia is going to not onlygive you goosebumps while watching it, it will bea topic of conversation at parties for weeks tofollow. That is precisely what Tabrez Noorani andproducer David Womark wanted to do.

Through the protagonist Mrunal Thakur asSonia, Noorani takes you on a quest of a sistersearching for her sibling, once she is sold by herdebt-ridden father (Adil Hussain). As the storyunfolds, one hopes that such an underbelly in thesociety didn’t exist, but it does and with avengeance where the girls are sold for double theamount just because they are virgins and are re-stitched to make more money out of them.

What makes this film compelling is that itbrings you true stories of women who aretrafficked. The fact that the director has workedwith an NGO and Thakur herself spent severaldays talking to the girls from the Red Light areain Kolkata gives you an authentic account of thelives of these women.

If only the makers had not tried to romantisethis movie — since for these women, there is littleromance even after being rescued — would havegiven been a real cap in the feather.

Over all, a movie for those who are lookingfor movies that have a real life connect.

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Anurag Basu’sManmarziyaan has apace all its own and in

its own way it compels you tosit through it with adequateinterest in the unfoldingmodern love and relationshipsstory.

I say modern but thetheme is all pretty old. Yourfirst love is generally nothusband material but yourheart never stops beating. Theunsuitable boy who is alwaysthere to give you a life lesson inwhat you choose. Then there isa husband who is, well, totallyhusband material but the thingis that your heart seldom beats,

misses a beat, for him. Both relationships are at

play here in all their colour andbloom. While, it is TaapseePannu is the central characterof this engaging film, it is VickyKaushal who literally owns thefootage whenever he is broughtonto the screen. Kaushal isbrilliant as the yo-yo-woh-woh-song lifting wannabe DJ fromAmritsar who has no conceptfor commitment orresponsibility. After the weighthe brought to Raazi despiteAlia’s dominating presence inthat film, he gives Vicky themomentum he deserves as agood for nothing but aashiquiguy with commitment issues.As Vicky he shows up hisdaunting range of histrionicswhich will be shaping his careerin the right direction.

Then there is Pannu as thebrash pyar-fyaar dazzled girl

with fire in her belly. She toolives the role of a bindaasPunjabi girl who has noqualms of emerging out of bedsand romps in spaced out placeslike a ganney ka khet, her ownbarsati hanging over hermother’s kitchen or a makeshiftbed in Vicky’s music studiowith all his friends in the know.

Abhishek, on the otherhand, is a picture of restraintand seems to be havingdifficulty in speaking hisdialogues. Too manydeliberations, too many pausesperhaps makes him Basu’s ideaof perfect husband material butto the audience he comesacross as a man with somekind of behavioural disability.

Together, however, thethree make for a good storytold well. It is different, it isblaze and it is not an assault tothe eye.

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Sd/-Executive Engineer

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GOVERNMENT OF ODISHAOFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,

BHUBANESWAR (R & B) DIVISION NO. I, BHUBANESWARINVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

Bid Identification No. C.C. (R&B)-01 Tender Call Notice No. 12/2018-19

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Value of thework.

(In Rs.)

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Class ofcontractor

BidSecurity(In Rs.)

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1. The Executive Engineer, Bhubaneswar (R & B) Division No. I, Bhubaneswar on behalf of Governorof Odisha invites Percentage Rate bids in Double Cover System for the work(s) as detailed belowfrom eligible Contractors registered with the State Government and Contractors of equivalent grade/Class registered with Central Government/ MES/ Railway or Other Licensing Authority for executionof Composite (Civil+El+PH) works on production of definite proof from the appropriate authority.

Cost ofdocuments

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(In Rs.)

Name of the Work

Construction of Multi- purposeHall & Class room for Nalini DeviWomen's College,Bhubaneswarfor the year 2018-19 (Composite)

Period ofCompletion(Calendarmonths)

92,90,240/- ‘B’ & ‘A’ 93,000/- 10,000/-1

E-mail: [email protected]/Fax-0674 2597096

2. The bidders have to participate in “online” bidding only.3. Bidding documents will be available in website https//tendersodisha.gov.in with effect from 11.00 hrs

of 17.09.2018 to 17.00 hrs of 29.09.2018 and the tender will be opened on 01.10.2018 at 11.00hrs.4. The bidder must possess compactable Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)

Note : Corrigendum/ Addendum/ Amendments/ Clarifications etc. with respect to the works, if anyshall be hosted in the above portal. Interested Bidders/ Agencies are advised to visit the above e-procurement site regularly as no separate information/ advertisement shall be published in theNewspaper in this regard including any postponement of tender opening date.

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1. No. of work : 20 nos.2. Estimated cost : Rs.1.34 to 13.80 lakhs3. Period of completion : 1 month to 2 months.4. Date & Time of available of bid : 19.09.2018 at 10 A.M.

document in the Portal5. Last date/Time for receipt of bids : 29.09.2018 up to 05.00 P.M.

in the portal6. Date of opening of bid : 01.10.2018 at 11.00 A.M.7. Name & Address of the Officer : Executive Engineer, Main Dam Division, Burla

inviting bid At/PO- Burla, Dist-Sambalpur, OdishaEmail:- [email protected]

Further details, any corrigendum or addendum can be seen from the e-procurement portalhttp://tendersorissa.gov.in Sd/-

Executive Engineer,Main Dam Division, Burla

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHADEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCESOFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,

MAIN DAM DIVISION , BURLAGovernment of Orissa “e” Procurement NoticeBid Identification No.MDD-e-08/2018-19 (Online)

Email:- [email protected]. 9916 /Date:- 12.09.2018

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1. The Executive Engineer, Sambalpur (R&B) Division No-I, Sambalpur on behalf of Governor ofOdisha, invites Percentage Rate bids in Double / Single Cover System in ONLINE MODE forconstruction of Building Works as detailed in the DTCN from the eligible Class of Contractors.

2. No. of works : 03 (Three)3. Tender Cost : Rs.10,000/- and Rs.6,000/- (On Line)4. Class of Contractor : “B” Class & “A” Class5. Date and time Available in Web site & : 16.00 Hrs 17.09.2018 to 17:00 Hrs of 26.09.2018.

receipt of Bids6. Date of Opening of Tender : 27.09.2018 at 11:30 Hrs.7. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. Further details can be seen from

the Website.8. Any Corrigendum / Addendum will be displayed in the website www.tendersodisha.gov.in only.

Sd/-Executive Engineer,

Sambalpur (R&B) Division No.I

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHAOFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,

SAMBALPUR (R&B) DIVISION No.1: SAMBALPURe-procurement Notice

BID IDENTIFICATION No: EE/R&B/SBP/ 15/ 2018-19E-mail - [email protected] Phone/Fax-0663-2548013

No. 4351 / Dated. 06.09.2018

AFFIDAVITBy virtue of an affidavit in

the court of P.K Jena, ExecutiveMagistrate, Puri-1, I, PabitraMohan Pradhan aged 55 years,Ex-serviceman vide no14550539-Y HAV RO EME Secunderabad-21 of village Haladia, Post-Sashanipara, PS-Marshaghai,District-Kendrapara states that,while in service my wife's namewas wrongly recorded in myservice book as Sashmita Beurainstead of Sashmita Pradhan.That Sasmita Beura and SashmitaPradhan are one and sameperson. Henceforth, my wife'sname is Sashmita Pradhan andthis affidavit would be producedbefore the service authority tocorrect the name from SashmitaBeura to Sashmita Pradhanand in all government provisionsl ike Aadhar, Voter Id andRation cards.

Sd/-Pabitra Mohan Pradhan

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Sd/-Executive Engineer

R.W. Division, Karanjia

1. Name of the work : Road Works (As per Annexure)2. Estimated Cost : Rs. 26.65 to 44.41 lakhs (Approximately) (As per Annexure).3. Class of Contractor : ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’ class (As per Annexure)4. Period of Completion : 4 (Four) Calendar months.5. Tender Paper Cost : Rs.6000/- (As per Annexure)

GOVERNMENT OF ORISSAOFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER

RURAL WORKS DIVISION, KARANJIA (MAYURBHANJ).E-mail ID: - [email protected]

Letter No. 4474 Date. 04.09.18“e” Procurement Notice for Road Works

Bid Identification No - RWDKNJ - 03 / 2018-19

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Karanjia

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18.09.18at 11.00 A.M

28.09..18up to

5.00 P.M.

From To

Last date & timeof seeking

tenderclarification

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01.10.18 at11.30 A.M.

Date & Time ofOpening of Tender :-

O/O E.E, R.W.Division, Karanjia

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Who would be the presi-dent of the proposed

regional political party, whichdisgraced BJD leader DamodarRout is talking about to befloated by “Biju Patnaik loyal-ists before the coming generalelections?

Dr Rout said, “Senior lead-ers like Bijay Mohapatra andDilip Ray, Jairam Pangi (now inBJP), Prafulla Ghadai, BaijayantPanda, Panchanan Kanungoand Samata Kranti Dal presidentBraja Kishore Tripathy maycome forward to set up anoth-er regional party in Odisha.”

All these leaders have been

ousted from the BJD by NaveenPatnaik at one point of time orthe other. “If these peoplecome together and form aparty, I will be with them andpropagate the ‘Biju ideology’(from wic the BJD has dis-tanced itself), “ Rout said.

But who would be thehead of this outfit would be acrucial question as these lead-ers are unlikely to accept anyone else rather than them-selves for the post. Would Routhimself work under leader-ship of Baijayant Panda, whomet him at the former’s resi-dence to lend his “moral sup-port” a day after his expulsionfrom the BJD?

Unless this substantial issueis sorted out, the proposed out-fit would not take off at all tochallenge the BJD, feel politi-cal observers.

No wonder that BJD supre-mo and Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik has pooh-poohed anyidea of a new political partyconfidently stating that it wouldhave no impact in the State.

Patnaik’s assertion seems tohave prophetic substance inview of the cold response Routreceived from his so-calledsupporters in his ParadipAssembly constituency, whichhe visited on Friday for the firsttime after his removal from theBJD.

BHUBANESWAR: Expelledsenior BJD leader DamodarRout on Saturday lashed out athis arch rival BJDJagatsinghpur district presi-dent Bishnu Das terming himas a ‘corrupt’, ‘hated’ and ‘char-acterless’ person.

Rout said to mediaper-sons, “Bishnu Das is such a cor-rupt and characterless personthat he never hesitates to takebribe from pensioners. He is

even hated in his ownJagatsinghpur unit.”

“Has Das ever organised aparty meeting outsideJagatsinghpur or worked withpeople of my constituencyParadip? Rout questioned.

“I can assure that his careeris over and he will never be ableto go to the Assembly again,”Rout said.

Meanwhile, amid talks onformation of a new regionalparty by loyalists of BijuPatnaik and those ousted fromthe BJD, Rout said he would bemeeting his supporters in

Paradip in a few days to decideon his future course of action.

On the other hand, Dasridiculed Rout’s statement thatthe latter would tour wholeOdisha and fight against cor-ruption like Anna Hazare. Dassaid Dambabu is “a dead crab”.He cannot move `from oneplace but is saying that hewould be touring the wholeState like Anna.

He added, “I don’t have toprove my character becausesomeone says about it. Thepeople of the Odisha knowabout it.” PNS

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In another response to the‘Make in Odisha’ initiative by

the Odisha Government, Franceis keen on making investment inthe State. It was revealed duringa discussion between ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik and abusiness delegation led byAmbassador of France to IndiaAlexandre Ziegler at the StateSecretariat here on Saturday.

Different France-basedcompanies have expressed theirinterest for investment in varioussectors, especially in hotel, steel,electronics and energy, said arelease issued from CMs Office.

Patnaik urged the Frenchdelegates to invest in Odishaand participate in the Make in

Odisha Conclave scheduled tobe held in November inBhubaneswar. Odisha has

become an attractive hub forinvestment in the recent peri-od. The proposed investmentin the State would boost social,economic and trade relation-ships between Odisha andFrance, said Patnaik.

“Odisha is rich in mines. Ithas been transformed into thealuminum capital in South Asiaby producing 54 per cent out ofthe total aluminum productionin India. Similarly, the State hasbecome a steel hub with 25 per-cent steel of the total productionin the country,” he said.

The government is aimingfor development of metal andallied industries in its vision

2030. A policy is also beingdrafted soon in the Defence andaerospace fields, Patnaik said.

The CM also urged theFrench delegates for invest-ment in the aircraft, electronicsequipment, medical equipmentand food processing sectors.

France AmbassadorZiegler and the members ofIndo-French Chamber ofCommerce and Industry(IFCCI) said that efforts wouldcontinue to improve businessrelationship between Franceand Odisha in the comingdays while expressing theirwillingness for investment inthe State.

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The State Government seemsto have taken all possible

measures to promote OdishaHockey Men’s World Cup 2018and popularise Odisha tourismin and outside the country.

The State has taken oversome buses for advertisementwith a message, “Odisha byMorning, Hockey by Evening”,to run in Sydney in Australiaand Munich in Germany fromSeptember 24 and October 1,respectively, and begun a 360-degree promotional road cam-paign in the country.

The buses in internationalcities will be instrumental inpulling a high concentration offans, tourists and decision-makers towards the State toenjoy the match and the beau-ty of the city.

The Government expectsthat Hockey lovers of Sydneyand Munich can also come

with their family and friends toexplore the city during the day

and cheer for their favouriteteams during the night.

“Bus advertising campaigngive valuable exposure to audi-ences during the peak morningand evening journeys and peo-ple can see the message fre-quently. By promoting thiscampaign, Odisha will be pop-ularises as an exciting sportsand tourist destination in theworld,” Secretary Sports andYouth Services and Tourismsecretary Vishal Dev.

Similar activity was con-ducted in London during theHockey Women’s World Cupand it received a very positiveresponse from the people, saidSports and Youth ServicesDirector R Vineel Krishna.

The proposed 360-degreepromotional road campaign,which is expected to start fromhere on September 27, wouldhave 17 stops in all corners ofthe country, including six met-ropolitan cities of New Delhi,

Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata,Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

This campaign, a first-of-its-kind move, will showcaseOdisha as a sporting hub as wellas a tourist destination amonglocal and foreign tourists.“Through this road-show, welook forward to extending thesports brand and welcoming theteams, fans and tourists inOdisha. We want to give peoplea taste of Odisha’s authenticitywhen they come down for themega sporting event inNovember, said Dev.

Notably, the State OdishaGovernment had participatedin a two-day PATA Travel Martin Lankavi Malaysia fromSeptember 12 to 14, 2018 topromote Hockey Men’s WorldCup and State’s tourism. Theevent was promoting traveland tourism to and from andwithin the Asia Pacific region.

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The second south OdishaThyroid Symposium will be

held here on Sunday, saidConsultant Endocrinologistand organiser of the sympo-sium Dr Sunil Kumar Kota.

Surgeons having an exper-tise in thyroid and allied disci-plines will deliver talks in dif-ferent scientific sessions.Prominent among those whohave given their consent tospeak include Prof JR Dash ofHitech MCH, Bhubaneswar,Prof PC Sahu, Prof SaratChandra Mohanty, Prof BN RSubudhi of RUBY Eye Hospital,Prof KC Mohanty, Dr PragyanPanda, Dr Sachala Bhoi, DrTapas Kumar Rout from

MKCG, Prof NC Padhi, ProfCharan Panda, Dr SP Pattnaik,Dr Sambit Das from ApolloHospitals, Bhubaneswar, ProfPK Padhy and Prof LK Meher,Dr Sunil Agarwal of MKCG,Prof Rabi K Satapathy, Dr BMRao and Dr Gitanjali Sethi, DrJ Bhartudu, Dr PMR Subudhi,Dr Jayshree Swain, Prof SarojKumar Panda, Dr Bijay Behera,Dr Ganeswar Sethi, Prof DMTripathy, Dr Namita Mohanty,Prof Bharati Mishra, DrRitanjali Behera, Dr SN Sorenand Dr Indira Palo, Prof TrinathK Mishra of MKCG, Dr Sura KMishra and Dr Uma P Padhi.

There will be ten lecturesessions with demo of visualcase studies followed by ques-tions and answers.

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BRAHMAPUR: Patients inthe MKCG Medical CollegeHospital have suffered a lot asthe lone CT scan machine hasremained inoperative for thelast 15 days.

Patients are now going toprivate diagnostic centres andspending lot for doing CT scanand obtaining reports. As thenewly-installed CT scanmachine developed snags manytimes, the hospital authoritieshad installed an old machinefour months back instead ofmaking a permanent solutionto the problem.

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BHUBANESWAR: The BJPon Saturday alleged that ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik hasadopted a planned way tobefool people by dismissingcorrupt leaders for some timeand then taking them back tohis BJD.

“The Chief Minister hasexpelled many leaders in thepast on charges of corruptionand also taken them back later.It is an act of befooling people.Due to corruption, the State

exchequer losesmoney, whichbelongs to peo-ple of Odishaonly. If the BJDthinks it ownsthe State exche-quer, it is cer-tainly a day-dream of the

ruling party. The BJP will raisevoice against it,” said BJP vice-president Sameer Mohanty.

Mohanty stated this in areaction to a BJD spokesper-son’s allegation that the BJP istaking political mileage out ofquarrel between ruling partyleaders.

He further alleged the BJDpromotes corruption as many ofits MLAs, who are involved inchit fund scams, are managingparty affairs now. PNS

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As part of a nation-widedrive, a Pension Adalat

will be held on September 18at the Principal AccountantGeneral office in collaborationwith the Department ofGeneral Administration andPublic Grievance, here.

A Help Desk will also bekept open from 3 pm to 5 pmto redress the grievance of thepensioners under the StateGovernment.

A dedicated GrievancesRedressal (GR) Cell is alreadyfunctioning in the Office of thePrincipal AccountantGeneral(A&E) for resolution ofgrievances relating to pension,

GPF and Long -TermAdvances(LTA), which can bereached through telephonenumber (0674-2392006).

Besides, pensioners/Government servants can alsolodge their complaints throughemails.

District wise cases wouldbe taken up in different districtsin phased manner, the datesand venue would be intimatedonce finalised. There arearound 4,000 cases where gra-tuity has been kept withheld,pending receipt of No-DemandCertificate, out of whicharound 400 cases are quite old.Some of these cases would betaken up during the PensionAdalat.

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Henceforth, eight more ser-vices pertaining to uni-

versity and secondary educa-tions would be availablethrough the portal“lokseba.odisha.in”. ChiefSecretary AP Padhi launchedthe portal services at theSecretariat here on Saturday.

Of the eight serviceslaunched through the portal,six belong to the School andMass Education Departmentand two of the Higher

Education Department.Duplicate copies of the highschool mark-sheets, board cer-tificates, issue of verification ofcertificates and mark sheets,issue of migration certificatefrom BSE, Odisha and issue ofprovisional passcertificate/mark sheets wouldnow be applied and availedthrough the portal. Similarly,provisional university certifi-cate and mark-sheet and uni-versity migration certificatecan be applied and availedthrough the portal.

The applicants would haveto create a user id and passwordon the portal and apply for therequired service. There wouldalso be the facility to pay thefees online. After submitting

the application the applicantwould get an auto generatedacknowledgement mentioningall details of his application.The application would beprocessed online. After finalapproval by the sanctioningauthority, the applicant wouldget an auto generated SMS inhis mobile telephone to down-load the certificate at his end.

It was revealed that so far88 public services have beenmade online. Apart from that,Common Application PortalLink has also been provided for28 other services.

CMGI Executive DirectorV Jaya Kumar and Board ofSecondary Education PresidentDr Jahan Ara Begum werepresent among others.

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Pressing for a three-pointcharter of demands, includ-

ing a permanent Bench of theOrissa High Court (HC) inBaripada, the Jharkhand MuktiMorcha (JMM) observed a 12-hour bandh in Mayurbhanjdistrict on Saturday throwingnormal life out of gear.

Due to the dawn-to-duskbandh, schools and colleges,shops and other business estab-lishments remained closed.Besides, vehicular movementsin the locality came to a grind-ing halt as the activists stagedroad blockade on NH-18 andNH-49.

The activists were seenstaging picketing at variousplaces including Baripada,Rairangpur and Udala.

The JMM activists alsodemanded development of railservice in the district. Theyalleged that the StateGovernment has been showingstep-motherly attitude towardsMayurbhanj during the last 18

years. The agitators threatened

that they would intensify theirstir in coming days if the StateGovernment continues toremain indifferent to theirdemands.

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The Civil Society, Baleswar,has threatened to embark on

an agitation on September 22 inprotest of non-maintenance ofa flyover bridge in the town.

Secretary of the bodyManoj Nayak said thatalthough the bridge was built35 years ago, yet no tangiblerepair and maintenance werecarried out in the period exceptminor patch works by theWorks Department. As a result,the over bridge, which is alsoknown as lifeline of Baleswartown, has become unsafe.

Several fatal accidentsoccurred due to the dilapidat-ed road condition on the fly-over bridge. As the bridge is

connecting Baleswar withSahadevkhunta NH andRemuna, everyday hundreds ofbuses ply on the bridge. It isconnecting the north Baleswarwith the town.

All vehicles, includingambulances and fire tenders,use the bridge. Since the repairand renovation works are notcarried out by the concerneddepartment, occurrence ofmajor accidents couldn’t beruled out, Nayak rued, whoadded that all the requests anddemands for the upkeep of thebridge had fallen in deaf ears.

Hence, the agitation callwas given, said Nayak. Theforum also submitted a mem-orandum to the district admin-istration on Saturday.

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BHUBANESWAR: A low pres-sure area is likely to form overthe Bay of Bengal aroundSeptember 18, which wouldtrigger rainfall across the State,the Regional Office of the IndiaMeteorological Department(IMD) predicted on Saturday.

“A low pressure area is like-ly to form over west-central andadjoining north-west Bay ofBengal around September 18.Strengthening of winds prior tothis development may happenover Andaman Sea, east-centraland south Bay of Bengal fromSeptember 16,” the IMD said.

In view of the likely adversesea conditions, fishermen areadvised not to venture intothese areas on September 16 to18, the weather office said.

Meanwhile, the IMD hasforecasted that rain or thun-dershowers are likely to occur atmany places over north Odishaand at a few places over southOdisha. It has also warned ofpossible heavy rainfall at one ortwo places over south Odisha onSeptember 17 and over coastalOdisha on September 18. PNS

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In a tragic mishap, two minorgirls drowned in a pond at

Atri village in Khordah districton Saturday.

The deceased were identi-fied as Arati Behera (4), daugh-ter of Ramesh Kumar Beheraand Puspanjali Behera, daugh-ter of Kanhu Charan Behera.

Sources said oneChanchala Behera had madethe two kids sit on the pondembankment and gone toattend nature’s call. But the twowere missing when shereturned.

Chanchala soon called vil-lagers and informed themabout the incident. After abrief search, the two girls werefound under the water. Theywere rushed to the nearbyGovernment hospital wheredoctors declared them broughtdead. The locals have demand-ed compensation for the kin ofthe deceased.

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BHUBANESWAR: To expediteuse of Odia language by institu-tions, commercial establishmentsand shops in Bhubaneswar, a meet-ing was held under the chairman-ship of DevelopmentCommissioner R Balakrishnan atthe BMC office here on Saturday.

Most of the participants declaredthat they would change their signageinto Odia by October 15. “We haveachieved the Smart City tag througha competition; now, by using ourown language, we can be the‘smartest city,” said Balkrishnan.

He cited examples of advancednations like Japan, Korea andChina, which have given moreimportance to their local languagesthan the foreign languages and havedone wonders in technology andinnovation. Labour Secretary AnuGarg said, “Now, the use of Odialanguage on signage will be on vol-untary basis but, after a certaindeadline, enforcement might be

imposed on violators to adhere toa uniform code of conduct. Awebsite would also be in placethrough which citizens can posttheir photos citing violators.’’

Higher Education SecretaryBishnupada Sethi, Sports andTourism Secretary Vishal Dev andBMC Commissioner Dr KrishanKumar were present. It was decid-ed that the BMC would coordinatethe activity among commercialestablishments and shops to useOdia in their signboards as per theprovisions under the Odisha Shopsand Commercial Establishments(Amendment) Act, 2018.

Representatives of commercialestablishments and educationalinstitutions like KIIT University,Centurion University, SOAUniversity, Hotel and RestaurantAssociation of Odisha were present.Odia Bhasa Pratisthan DirectorTamasarani Dasmohapatra pro-posed creation of a dictionary ofadministrative words in Odia.

The next meeting would beheld after October 15 to review theprogress of use of Odia in signageacross the city. PNS

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KHORDHA/BARIPADA: As many as three personsdied while five others suffered injuries in separate light-ning strikes in Khordha and Mayurbhanj district onSaturday.

Sources said a person died and one sustained injuriesafter lightning struck them at Sarua village in Khordhadistrict. Similarly, one person was killed and two wereinjured after being struck with a thunderbolt at Kunjurivillage in the district.

The deceased were identified as ParamanandaMahabhoi of Sarua village and Sanjay Nayak of Kunjurivillage.

The injured victims Dinesh Nayak and Babita Nayakhailed from Kunjuri village whereas Ramesh Sethi wasfrom Pubusahi. The injured were rushed to the DistrictHeadquarters Hospital (DHH).

Similarly, lightning claimed the life of a woman andinjured two others at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj districton Saturday evening.

The deceased, Hira Murmu of Bijatala village wasworking in the paddy fields along with two others whenthe lightning struck them. While Hira died on the spot,the injured were rushed to a hospital.

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Odisha has shifted its focusfrom mining based indus-

trialisation to manufacturingbased development with thruston textile, IT, food processing,plastic, transport and relateddownstream industries, besidesnew start up based entrepre-neurship. That is why, theState’s pet capita income andGSDP are much ahead ofnational average, said Financeand Excise Minister ShashiBhushan Behera while inau-gurating a national conferenceon ‘Insolvency and BankruptcyReforms: Code Demystified’organised by the IndianChamber of Commerce (ICC)here on Saturday.

“Because of political sta-bility and economic progresscoupled with uninterruptedrule led by Chief Minister

Naveen Patnaik, the ease ofdoing business has become areality followed by favourablepolicies and industrial climate,”said Behera.

Setting of the Insolvencyand Bankruptcy Board of Indiais an important milestone afterGST. This is a major reform ini-tiative as far as advancingdevelopment is concerned, stat-ed Behera.

While speaking on the cor-

porate transparency and safe-ty of operational and financialcreditors, Insolvency andBankruptcy Board of IndiaChairman Dr MS Sahoo saidthrough setting up the board,there is endless hope as the nar-rative changed from promoterdriven to creditor driven.

“Since its inception fromOctober 1, 2016, any companydefaulting to financial or oper-ational creditors will be seri-

ously dealt with,” said Sahoo. He added, “We have recov-

ered Rs 60,000 crore loanthrough 40 closed cooperateregulations, out of 1,100 com-panies admitted to the board.”

A technical session on‘Transformational legislationand its impact on the businessand post acquisition manage-ment’ was also organised dur-ing the conference. The sessionwas chaired by Dr Sahoo andamong others, Insolvency pro-fessional SS Sonthalia andadvocate Richa Saraf spoke onvarious aspects of insolvencyand bankruptcy provisions.

National Head ofRestructuring Services of GrantThronton India AshishChhawachharia, Convenor ofFinance and Taxation Panel ofICC AK Sabat also spoke.

Co-Chairman, ICC OdishaExpert Committee and mentorJB Pany coordinated.

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Even as the people ofBalangir district and other

areas are rejoicing due to theNuakhai festival, yet theappearance of a big leopard inthe Shiv Durga temple locatednear Malpada village, 40kmfrom here, under Deogaonblock on Friday evening hassent shockwaves.

The temple is located justbelow a hillock (dungar) andadjacent to Punjigoad jungle,which shares borders withUpparjhar forest area and SuliaGhati forest in Boudh district.

According to reports, aperson had brought his newtractor for worship by the tem-ple priest. However, as thepriest had gone to the villagefor Nuakhai, he waited for

sometime there.By this time, he heard

some sounds from the nearbyfoliages and soon a big size tiger

(leopard) appeared and stooda few seconds before a treewhere the deity is worshipped.The man there remainedawestruck.

As the temple is locatedaround 1km from the village andthat too, near the forest, nobodywas there. Later, the tiger dis-appeared from the place.

According to reports, afew days ago, there were inci-dents of cow lifting in the areaof Mukundpur-Puranpaniareas.

“We could manage to getthe photograph of pugmarks ofthe tiger. It appears to be wellgrown leopard,” said a villager.

The villagers havedemanded that the ForestDepartment take adequatesteps to ensure safety of thepeople.

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Buckling under pressurecaused by students’ consis-

tent demonstrations, theRavenshaw University onSaturday withdrew its propos-al to hike the readmission feesby Rs 600.

Notably, the RavenshawChhatra KriyanushthanCommittee had been spear-heading a movement against thedecision for many days now.

Student leaders RanjanSamal, Ashok Tandi, PareshMulia, Ranapratap Dash,Rajesh Das, Subrat Mallick,Srutimayee Majhi, SanghamitraMallick, Anisha Dash andHemant Dash have sat ondharnas many times.

“Due to hike in fees in dif-ferent courses, financially weakstudents are forced to work astraffic volunteers, doingtuitions and part time jobs to

continue their education inthe historic institution,” theylamented.

They also said some stu-dents are also dependent on theRs 5 Aahar and are mortgaging

their valuables for the educa-tion. As the fees are hiking onregular intervals seems that theuniversity is turning into aprivate university, membersalleged.

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To commemorate the 150thbirth anniversary Mahatma

Gandhi, the East Coast Railway(ECoR) started the SwachhataPakhwada here on Saturday ina big way giving focus oncleanliness at railway stationpremises, trains, offices, work-shops, maintenance depots,hospitals and residential areas.

The Pakhwada will con-tinue till the Gandhi Jayanti onOctober 2, 2018.

On the occasion, ECoRGeneral Manager Umesh Singhadministered oath onSwachhata to employees andtheir family members, officers at Rail Vihar and topassengers, NGOs and stationemployees at Bhubaneswar rail-way station here.

Staff and officers partici-pated in the Prabhat Pheris atRail Vihar Colony and at

Bhubaneswar railway stationand at other places with slogansof cleanliness, includingSwachhata Hi Seva. Singh alsoled the Shramdaan at Rail Vihar,Rail Sadan and at Bhubaneswarstation by cleaning its sur-roundings and also by saplingplants. To aware general public,

employees and residents of rail-way colonies, Nukkad Natak wasplayed by railway employees, theKIIT University NSS Wing andMow-Momo Group.

Singh, passengers andemployees also watched PrimeMinister’s live message onSwachhata Hi Seva.

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BHUBANESWAR: The local Inner Wheel Club undertook acleanliness campaign at the Bhubaneswar railway station onSaturday to mark the beginning of Government’s ‘Swachhata HiSeva Pakhjwada’ which is a nationwide drive.

The aim of the campaign is to make people conscious of cre-ating an environment of cleanliness and sanitation in and aroundthe most important public places.

The members installed a signboard at the old reservationcounter of railway station to make people aware about their ser-vices towards society. PNS

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Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oraminaugurated the TRIFED’s 43th ‘Tribes

India’ outlet at Satyanagar here on Saturday.Oram congratulated the TRIFED for its ster-

ling performance in retail operations and praisedthe efforts of the organisation for promoting trib-al products through ‘Tribes India’ outlets.

The TRIFED is presently operating througha retail chain network of 42 own outlets, 33 con-signment outlets and 14 franchise outlets locat-ed across the country through which it promotesand markets a wide range of ethnic and tradi-tional tribal handicraft and handloom products,which include shirts, kurtas, kurtis, home fur-nishings and many other gift and home décortribal products.

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With online mutation of landimplemented in all 317 tehsils of

the State, manual system of mutationis a passé. As the State Government hasset zero pendency of cases and smoothdelivery of public services, mutation ofland will been done online, henceforth.

This heralds a new beginning forthe hapless people, who were waitingmonths and years together for muta-tion of land after registration in the SubRegistrar Office.

After registration of land, mutationwill be done suo-motu and theTehsildar is needed to dispose of thecase in a time bound manner, saidChief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi.

The Department of Revenue andDisaster Management (DoRDM) haskick-started several e-Governanceapplications in land resources man-agement, which Chief Secretary Padhireviewed recently.

It was informed that computerisa-tion of Record of Rights (RoR) has beendone for 1, 56, 21913 Khatiyan and

5,58,01522 plots have been comput-erised. Digital Cadastal Map has beenmade in respect of all 51,696 villagesand hosted in BhuNaksha website.

As BhuNaksha software has beenimplemented in all Tehsils, hence-forth, mutation cases are deemed to becomplete once the map is correctedonline through BhuNaksh software,said Padhi. As dedicated connectivityhas been provided to all RegistrationOffices and 317 tehsils, automatictransmission of the FormNo-3 fromRegistration Office to the correspond-ing tehsil office is made online for suo-motto institution of mutation cases.

As the Revenue Court CaseMonitoring System (RCCMS) has beenimplemented in all 317 tehsil, 58 SubCollector and 30 ADM Offices in theState, all revenue cases other than muta-tion cases are to be disposed of throughRCCMS only. Similarly, the DynamicWeb Information System for Tehsils(DWIST) is in operation, as per whicheach tehsil in their website will displayall important information of tehsil forpublic.

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TARBHA: Tension prevailed atTarbha in Subarnapur districtas Congress activists blockedthe National Highway inprotest against suicide of afarmer due to crop loss andloan burden.

The deceased was identi-fied as Goutam Bagarti ofPurunapani village.

Bagarti, a resident ofPurunapani village underTarbha block, died while beingtaken to the Balangir DistrictHeadquarters Hospital onSaturday.

Sources said Bagarti hadcultivated paddy but suffered aheavy loss due to lack of prop-er irrigation facilities. He failedto repay loans and was underpressure.

Irate over the incident,local Congress activists blockedthe NH near Tarbha Namasthegate demanding compensationfor the kin of the deceased.Former Congress MLASantosh Singh Saluja blamedthe State Government forBagarthi’s death stating that theGovernment has failed to solvefarmers’ problems.

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Ayouth was found hangingin front of his house, late

on Friday night at BaliaShankarpur village under theSalepur police station inCuttack district.

The deceased was identi-

fied as Jamiruddin, was a truckdriver by profession.

His mother Sakina Bibialleged that her son was mur-dered over a love affair.

Jamiruddin was in lovewith a girl near his house. But,the girl’s family did not agreefor their marriage. Even, the

youth had received death threatfor his relationship with thegirl. The complainant allegedthat the girl’s brother had vis-ited her home at around 10.00pm and took her son with him.Jamiruddin had told his moth-er to have dinner after return-ing to home. However, he didnot return. When the familymembers opened the door at

around 1.00 am hearing dogs’barking outside, they foundJamiruddin’s body hanging infront of house.

They rushed him to theSalipur Community HealthCentre (CHC), where he wasdeclared dead. Later, Sakinalodged a complaint against thegirl’s family members allegingthem of killing her son.

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and later attacked her with anaxe following which she died.The neighbourers heard themquarrel.

On Friday morning, thevillagers informed the Sadar police station about theincident.

Later, Tikeswari’s daughterBina lodged a FIR accusing herbrothers as the assassins. OnSaturday, the police arrested theduo.

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In the shocking gangrape of a19-year-old college girl stu-

dent in Haryana’sMahendragarh district threedays ago, one of the threeaccused is an Army man post-ed in Rajasthan and a policeteam has been sent to arresthim, police said on Saturday.

The Haryana police set upa Special Investigation Team(SIT) and announced a rewardof �1 lakh for information

leading to their arrest, saidHaryana’s Director General ofPolice BS Sandhu.

The victim’s father has said8 or 10 men may have rapedher but she could identify onlythree of them. The woman,who topped the CBSE Boardexam and was felicitated by theGovernment, was abducted ata bus stop in Kanina town onWednesday while she was onway to a coaching class, policesaid. She was then allegedlydrugged and gangraped at a

secluded spot. Sandhu con-firmed on Saturday that one ofthe accused is an Army manposted in Rajasthan.

The hunt for the other twoaccused is also on, he added,expressing confidence that theywill land in police net soon. Allthe three accused were knownto the victim. Sandhu said theArmy man — who allegedlyraped the woman was identi-fied as Pankaj, posted in Kota— was on leave and expectedto rejoin later in the day.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturday led the

nation in launching the“Swachchhata Hi Seva” cam-paign as he took up a broom toclean a school named after Daliticon BR Ambedkar here withMinisters of his Governmentand BJP leaders and workersparticipating in similar exerciseacross the country.

In a nearly-two-hour videointeraction with people fromacross the country, includingfaith leaders, Uttar PradeshChief Minister Yogi Adityanathand noted personalities such asAmitabh Bachchan and RatanTata, Modi said the sanitationcoverage in India has increasedto over 90 per cent from 40 percent in the four years ofSwachchh Bharat Mission.

He said that few wouldhave thought that nine croretoilets would be built and 4.5lakh villages declared opendefecation free in four years.

The Prime Ministerlaunched the "cleanliness isservice" exercise to push forgreater public participation inone of his government's cen-trepiece programmes launchedon October 2, 2015 and it will

continue till MahatmaGandhi's birth anniversary nextmonth.

All sections of society andevery part of the country havejoined the cleanliness drive, hesaid, exhorting people to reded-icate themselves to fulfilling thefather of the nation's dream ofa clean India.

"Had anybody imaginedthat more than 450 districtswould be open defecation free(ODF) in four years or that 20states and Union Territorieswould be open defecation free

in four years," he said, callingit a historic day.

Adityanath said UttarPradesh, the country's mostpopulous and among the mostpoor states, would be OFD byOctober 2, 2018 as per a base-line survey of the clean Indiacampaign. He said that hisgovernment is working toensure that every family has atoilet by October 2019.

His government had builtover 1.36 crore toilets since itcame to power last year and itsemphasis on cleanliness has led

to a drastic fall in vector-bornediseases, he said.

Modi lauded Adityanathfor his Government's efforts.Cleanliness is playing animportant role in improvingpeople's living standards, hesaid, citing a WHO estimatethat over three lakh lives wouldbe saved by it and also a studythat cases of diarrhoea wouldfall by over 30 per cent.

Lack of cleanliness playhavoc, especially in the lives ofthe poor, pushing them into acesspool of diseases, he said.

The Prime Minister spoketo people in states such asAssam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,Bihar, Karnataka, Rajasthanand Haryana. He also inter-acted with Indo-TibetanBorder Police personnelinvolved in cleaning PangongLake and its surroundings inLeh, besides religious and spir-itual figures, includingSadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Sri SriRavi Shankar, and MataAmritanandamayi.

He also interacted withSikh religious figures fromPatna Sahib gurudwara,Muslim custodians of AjmerSharif and those from a mediagroup. He praised efforts ofnewspapers and news channels

to support the "Swachh Bharat"campaign.

Modi said those workingfor the cleanliness campaignwould be remembered likefreedom fighters in the times tocome and would be known astrue heirs of Gandhi.

Building toilets and puttingin place sanitation measuresalone would not do, he said,asking people to inculcatecleaning habits in their lives.Indian culture has traditional-ly put an emphasis on cleanli-ness, he said. After his nearly-two-hour-long interaction,Modi took part in a cleanlinessdrive on the premises of BabaSahib Ambedkar HigherSecondary School in Paharganj.

Union ministers and BJPleaders and workers across thecountry also participated in theexercise following the primeminister's programme.

BJP president Amit Shantook part in a cleaning exercisein Telangana, Home MinisterRajnath Singh in Faridabad,Law minister Ravi ShankarPrasad in Patna among otherswhile Union Minister forTourism, KJ Alphons launchedthe cleaning drive near the SaiMandir surroundings on LodhiRoad here.

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The Election Commissionplans to implement a slew

of measures to curb the circu-lation of fake news on socialmedia and paid news in therun-up to elections. Chief Election Commissioner(CEC) O P Rawat on Saturdaysaid that effective use of mediaand curbing use of fake news andpaid news were important areason which the poll body has beenworking upon. He also advisedmedia to look at some best prac-tices in international media thathave started bringing out a reg-ular column — what was fake lastweek — on the internet, in themedia and 'fact checker reports'.

Rawat, speaking on 'chal-lenges to India electoraldemocracy' at a symposium,said the present set of laws are"inadequate" to tackle the men-ace of black money in elec-tions, and noted thatCambridge Analytica like"machinations" of data theft,data harvesting and fake newspose a potent threat to the elec-toral process in the country.The CEC said democracy doesnot run on whims and itrequires traits such as courage,character, integrity and knowl-edge that are diminishing andare on the "verge of extinction"in the country. Rawat under-lining a number of issues andchallenges that face the electoralbody, said clean elections are likea "well spring of legitimacy" forthe leadership and the people ofthe country and if this was con-taminated bysuch issues,the commonm a nb e c o m e s" c y n i c a l "about theentire system,which is anarea of concern."With therise of fakenews, withthe rise ofmake believethings, with

the rise of all kind of machina-tions like data theft, data har-vesting, profiling, targeted com-munication affecting not onlycommunication but referen-dum world over and changingthe outcome of any processwhich is meant to translate pop-ular will in (taking) a healthydecision, in (choosing) a healthyrepresentative Government.That's the potent threat everydemocracy in the world is fac-ing," Rawat said at the eventorganised by the Chief ElectoralOfficer (CEO) of Delhi.

The CEC said the EC waswell aware of these issues

amongst many others similar tothem. "Here in our country, theCommission is seized of issuessuch as cyber security, securingour data so that CambridgeAnalytica kind of things do nothappen over elections, aboutmisuse and abuse of social mediaplatforms, about fake news,about all kinds of ills that get intowhether it is management ofelectoral rolls, campaign finance,polling process and technology,"he said. He said he was sur-prised to see during Karnatakaelection, in Bengaluru, thepolling percentage was lowest.

"We investigated and wefound that because of IT (infor-mation and technology) indus-try, job hopping was takingplace and this (incorrect electoralrolls) was happening. Nameswere there but people are notthere, that is why polling was just52-54 per cent," the CEC said.

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While advanced treatmenthas prolonged survival

of kids with neuroblastoma, apaediatric cancer of nervecells, the bad news is that sideeffects may persist or developmonths or years after cure inthe form of psychologicalproblems, including depres-sion and attention-deficit dis-orders, says a study.

The study published onlinein the journal, Cancer, hascalled for a close monitoringand intervention to help suchsurvivors.

Neuroblastoma is a solidcancerous tumor that begins inthe nerve cells outside thebrain of infants and young chil-dren. It can start in the nervetissue near the spine in theneck, chest, abdomen, or

pelvis, but it most often beginsin the adrenal glands.

It is the third most com-mon tumor in children and themost common cancer in babiesyounger than one.

The researchers in thestudy had compared neurob-lastoma survivors with 872siblings of childhood cancersurvivors. They found that theneuroblastoma patients were

more likely than the siblings ofchildhood cancer survivors tohave anxiety/depression (19%vs. 14%), headstrong behaviour(19% vs. 13%), attentiondeficits (21% vs. 13%), peerconflict/social withdrawal(26% vs. 17%), and antisocialbehaviour (16% vs. 12%).

"These findings are novelbecause this is the first largestudy that could look at how

neuroblastoma patients aredoing in terms of psychologi-cal and educational outcomes.Before recent advances in treat-ment, this survivor populationwas much smaller and we werenot able to analyse these sortsof long-term outcomes," saidstudy author Dr Nina Kadan-Lottick, from Yale UniversitySchool of Medicine.

While the common treat-ments for neuroblastoma, vin-cristine, cisplatin and retinoicacid, were not associated withthese problems, but survivorswho developed chronic healthconditions as a result of theircancer treatment were atincreased risk for the mentalhealth/behavioural issues, theresearchers said.

Neuroblastoma most com-monly affects children age 5 oryounger, though it may rarely

occur in older children.The study included 859

children younger than 18 whohad been diagnosed with neu-roblastoma at least five yearsearlier. Their median age atdiagnosis was 0.8 years andthey were followed for a medi-an of 13.3 years.

The researchers also foundthat neuroblastoma survivorswho developed mentalhealth/behavioural problemstended to require special edu-cation services and to not go onto college.

"Our hope is that thesefindings will help informstrategies for early screeningand intervention to identifythose survivors at highest riskfor developing psychologicaland educational impairmentlater on in life," Dr Kadan-Lottick said.

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Congress president RahulGandhi continued his

attack on Narendra Modi onSaturday alleging that it was thePrime Minister’s “blue-eyedboy” in the CBI who had dilut-ed the lookout notice againstfugitive businessman VijayMallya, allowing him to flee thecountry.

Taking to Twitter, Rahulalleged that it was AK Sharma,a Gujarat-cadre officer in theCentral Bureau of Investigation(CBI), who played a crucialrole in weakening the lookoutnotice against Mallya. He alsoalleged that the same officerplayed a key role in the escapeplans of fugitive diamondtraders Nirav Modi and MehulChoksi.

"CBI Jt Director, AKSharma, weakened Mallya’s"Look Out" notice, allowingMallya to escape. Mr Sharma,a Gujarat cadre officer, is thePM's blue-eyed-boy in theCBI. The same officer was incharge of Nirav Modi & MehulChoksi's escape plans.Ooops...Investigation! (sic),"he wrote on the microbloggingwebsite.

Rahul and his party haveaccused Modi and FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley of "help-ing" Mallya to flee the countryafter defaulting on bank loans.The Congress has demandedJaitley's resignation over theissue and a probe into howMallya escaped.

The 62-year-old tycoon,who is on bail on an extradi-tion warrant since his arrest inApril last year, is fightingextradition to India on chargesof fraud and money launder-ing amounting to around�9,000 crore.

Rahul's tweet came daysafter Mallya claimed that hehad met Jaitley before leavingthe country in March, 2016. "Imet the finance ministerbefore I left," the liquor baronhad told reporters Wednesdayoutside the WestminsterMagistrates' Court in London,where his extradition case isbeing heard.Jaitley has, how-ever, denied the chargesagainst him.

His party alleged that "23persons" involved in bankfrauds to the tune of �90,000crore fled the country duringthe BJP rule and dubbed it asparty which is "more loyal to acon-man than to a common

man". The Congress party said"the possibility of central gov-ernment's hand in relocation of23 fugitives abroad in pastfour years cannot be ruledout" and demanded an impar-tial probe into the issue.

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Countering charges ofCongress president Rahul

Gandhi, the CBI on Saturdaydefended itself by saying thatthere was no question of foul-play on its part in enablingliquor baron Vijay Mallya toflee the country. The CBI alsoclarified that at the time whenthe decision to downgradethe lookout circular againstMallya was taken, there werenot sufficient grounds for it todetain and arrest him.

"Decision was taken atthe appropriate level as a partof process and not individuallyby the officer as alleged," theCBI said. The agency hasbeen under scrutiny afterreported emerged that it hadchanged a 2015 Look OutCircular against liquor baronVijay Mallya from 'detain' to'inform about movement.

The clarifications comeat a time when the Congresshas upped the attack on thegovernment and on the CBI

for 'allowing' economicoffenders like Mallya and jew-ellers Nirav Modi and MehulChoksi to flee the country.Party president Rahul Gandhieven said that a Gujarat-cadreofficer with CBI had let thethree escape.

Earlier, the CBI had clar-ified that the change in theLook Out Notice against VijayMallya from detain to merelyinform was an "error" since hewas cooperating and therewas no warrant against him.

While Mallya is accused ofowing nearly �9,000 crore toIndian banks, Nirav andChoksi too have been chargedwith defrauding PunjabNational Bank of thousands ofcrores.

"CBI received a complaintagainst Nirav Modi and MehulChoksi from PNB almost amonth after they had left thecountry. Therefore the ques-tion of any CBI officer havingany hand in their fleeing thecountry does not arise," theagency said.

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Ahead of five Assemblypolls and Lok Sabha elec-

tions next year, Congress pres-ident Rahul Gandhi onSaturday appointed formerFinance Minister PChidambaram as theChairman of the ManifestoCommittee and Rajeev Gowdaas the convener ; formerDefence Minister AK Antonyas the Chairman ofCoordination Committee andJairam Ramesh as the con-vener and former CommerceMinister Anand Sharma asthe Chairman of the Publicitycommittee and Pawan Kheraas the convener. Last month,the Congress had formed threecommittees - a core groupcommittee, manifesto andpublicity committee ahead ofthe upcoming Lok Sabha elec-tions in 2019.

The committees will playa major role as they willdefine major strategies forthe general election. Most ofthe senior Congress leaders

are part of the committees.The core member com-

mittee has the big guns of theparty - AK Antony, GhulamNabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot,Mallikarjun Kharge, AhmedPatel, Jairam Ramesh, PChidambaram, RandeepSurjewala and KC Venugopal.

The 19-member Manifestocommittee also includes JairamRamesh, Salman Khurshid,Manpreet Singh Badal, ShashiTharoor, Sushmita Dev, RajeevGowda, Bhupinder SinghHooda, Sachin Rao, LaliteshTripathi, Bindu Krishnan,Raghuveer Meena, MeenakshiNatarajan, BalchandraMungekar, Rajni Patil, MukulSangma and Sam Pitroda. Thepublicity committee has a mixof the senior leaders and theyoung party leaders - AnandSharma, Surjewala, ManishTiwari, Pramod Tiwari, RajeevShukla, Divya Spandana,Milind Deora, Bhakta CharanDass, Jaiveer Shergill, PawanKhera, Kumar Ketkar, VDSatheesan and PraveenChakravarty. Earlier, announc-

ing the formation of these com-mittees, AICC GeneralSecretary Ashok Gehlot hadsaid with the constitution ofthese panels, the party is in elec-tion mode and will start thework of putting up a manifestoand draw strategy for publici-ty and coordination.

The Congress president alsoappointed office bearers, exec-utive committee and five districtcongress committee chief ofChhattisgarh. The Congressalso appointed state coordina-tors for Odisham West Bengal,Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa,Haryana, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.

Earlier, Congress presi-dent had on Friday cleared theappointment of nine newAICC secretaries and ascreening committee for poll-bound Telangana. SeniorCongress leader Bhakt CharanDass is the chairperson ofTelangana Screening com-mittee, while JothimaniSennimalai and SharmisthaMukherjee have been mademembers of the panel.

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Union Minister of Petroleum& Natural Gas and Skill

Development &Entrepreneurship, DharmendraPradhan on Saturday calledfor a collective introspection onthe changing nature of job pro-files and urged those responsi-ble for fashioning public poli-cy to zero in on the nature andavailability of future jobs.

Internet, he said, waschanging the character of theworkplace at a frenetic pace,and therefore, policy shapersneed to astutely comprehendthe jobs scenario.

Inaugurating the 11thGlobal Skills Summit, 2018,orgainsed by FICCI and theMinistry of Skill Development &Entrepreneurship, Pradhan saidthe belief that technology andinnovation were squeezing thejob space was a myth. Whilesome jobs were being squeezed,a multi-fold increase was beingwitnessed in many other sectorsdue to technological innovation.

India, he said, was blessedwith intellectual manpower,

and the time was ripe to chan-nelize this asset into creation ofgainful employment for thepeople endowed with the righttype of skills.

On the occasion, theMinister released two knowl-edge reports titled, 'Future ofJobs in India-2.0' and'Employer-led Models of JobCreation- Version:2'. The sum-mit also witnessed the launch ofinitiatives such the future skillscourses by NSDC; digital plat-form for blue collar skillingecosystem by Betterplace andrural e-commerce distributionsystem by Connect India.

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External Affairs Minister SushmaSwaraj and Uttar Pradesh Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturdayjointly announced that the 15th ‘PravasiBhartiya Divas’ will be held in PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's constituencyVaranasi from January 21-23 andlaunched a dedicated website for the event.

The participants would also get anopportunity for 'Ardh Kumbh MelaSnan' in Allahabad and attend theRepublic Day parade in the NationalCapital, almost coinciding with theassembly of Non-Resident Indians inVaranasi.

The ambitious event organized bythe government for the Indian diasporais being projected as the first of its kindas the invitees will witness the cultur-al heritage of Varanasi and of Allahabadduring the ‘Ardh Kumbh Mela.’ Thetheme of PBD 2019 is the "Role of IndianDiaspora in building a New India".

Arrangements for the ‘Kumbh Snan’(holy bath) will be made at the Allahabad

‘Sangam’ (where three rivers join eachother) for the participants. ( 'Ard Kumbh'

is held every six years and currently thebudget preparation is pegged at and esti-mated �4200 crore.)

Those interested in participatingin the PBD can register on thePravasi Bhartiya Divas website tillNovember 15.

On the last day of event onJanuary 23, President Ram NathKovind will confer the PravasiBharatiya Samman Awards.

Talking to reporters here, Swarajsaid Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) isheld on January 9 every year, but thenext edition of the event has been post-poned by a few days after Indian dias-pora expressed interest in attending theKumbh Mela in Allahabad and RepublicDay celebrations in New Delhi.

So this event will be held aroundthe dates of the Kumb Mela and theRepublic Day parade. Swaraj said shewill interact with four Indian missionsto mark PBD on January 9. The mainevent will be launched by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi on January 22.

"After the PBD convention, par-

ticipants will be taken to Kumbh Melaby bus on January 24. Then, partici-pants will travel from Prayagraj(Allahabad) to Delhi by train on thesame day. The railways will run specialPravasi Bharti train for them," she said.The external affairs minister also saidMauritian Prime Minister PravindJugnauth will be chief guest for theJanuary 22 main event while Norwayleader Himanshu Gulati and NewZealand MP Charanjit Singh Bakshiwill be special guests at the PBD eventto be held on January 21.

The event is jointly being held bythe Uttar Pradesh government and theMinistry of External Affairs.

Adityanath said his government ismaking arrangements to showcase the"Athithi Devo Bhava" culture of theholy city of Varanasi. He said it was agood opportunity for the state toshowcase its culture before the world."We will also make arrangements forIndian diaspora to witness culture ofvarious fields of the country at PravasiBharatiya Divas," he said.

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Typhoon Mangkhut lashedthe northern Philippines on

Saturday, with its powerfulwinds and rain setting off land-slides and destroying homes,leaving at least three peopledead and six missing, as thestorm barrelled toward south-ern China.

The most powerfultyphoon to hit the disaster-prone Philippines this yearslammed ashore before dawnin Cagayan province on thenortheastern tip of Luzonisland, a breadbasket that is alsoa region of flood-prone riceplains and mountain provinceswith a history of deadly land-slides.

China and the Philippinesagreed to postpone a visit byChinese Foreign MinisterWang Yi that was to startSunday due to the onslaught,which caused nearly 150 flights,a third of them international, tobe canceled and halted seatravel.

At least three people diedand six others were missing inthe mountain city of Baguioafter ferocious winds and raindestroyed several houses andset off landslides, which alsoblocked roads to the popularvacation destination, said thecity’s mayor, MauricioDomogan.

Authorities were verifyingthe drownings of three people,including two children whoreportedly died as the typhoonapproached.

They were also checking tosee what happened to about 70

men who reportedly returnedto their coastal village inCagayan to check on theirhomes as the typhoon drewcloser Friday, sparking con-cerns over possible stormsurges.

Mangkhut’s sustainedwinds weakened to 170 kilo-metres per hour with gusts ofup to 260 kph after it slicednorthwestward across Luzonthen blew out to the SouthChina Sea, aiming at southernChina and Hong Kong, whereresidents braced for the worst.

With the weather easing,officials warned there was lin-gering danger.

“It’s still a life and death sit-uation,” Defense SecretaryDelfin Lorenzana said byphone, citing past drownings inswollen rivers in mountainprovinces after storms havepassed.

Storm warnings remainedhoisted in 10 northernprovinces, including Cagayan,

which could still be lashed bydevastating winds, forecasterssaid. Thousands of people inthe typhoon’s path had beenevacuated. At daybreak inCagayan’s capital, Tuguegarao,Associated Press journalistssaw a severely damaged publicmarket, its roof ripped apartand wooden stalls and tarpau-lin canopies in disarray.

Outside a popular shop-ping mall, debris was scat-tered everywhere and govern-ment workers cleared roads offallen trees.

Many stores and houseswere damaged but most resi-dents remained indoors asoccasional gusts sent smallpieces of tin sheets and otherdebris flying dangerously.

The Tuguegarao airportterminal was badly damaged,its roof and glass windowsshattered by strong winds,which also sent chairs, tablesand papers flipping aboutinside, Lorenzana said.

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Awoman and her baby werekilled when a tree fell on

their house and several morestorm-related deaths werereported Friday as HurricaneFlorence slammed into theCarolinas, dousing the easternUS States with torrential rainand causing rivers to bursttheir banks.

Four deaths were con-firmed by officials as US mediareported another.

Hundreds of people need-ed to be rescued after becom-ing trapped in their homes bya storm surge of up to 10 feet(three meters) in New Bern, atown of 30,000 in NorthCarolina at the confluence ofthe Trent and Neuse rivers.

As of 8:00 pm (0000GMT), Florence was down-graded to a tropical storm bythe National Hurricane Center(NHC) but authorities warnedthe danger was far from over,predicting “life-threateningstorm surges and strong winds”would persist through thenight.

“We are expecting severalmore days of rain,” NorthCarolina Governor RoyCooper said, describing theamount of rainfall from thehurricane as a “1,000-yearevent.” “Into next week ourrivers are going to continue torise and there will be more sig-nificant flooding,” Cooper said.

There had been three con-firmed deaths from the stormand several others were beinginvestigated to determine ifthey were storm-related, hesaid.

The mother and her baby

were killed in New HanoverCounty when a tree fell on theirhouse, the governor said, whileconfirming another death inLenoir County.

Local authorities reporteda death in Pender Countywhen downed trees preventedemergency units from reachinga woman with a medical con-dition. Local media said shehad suffered a heart attack.

US media later said a sec-ond man in Lenoir Countydied after heavy winds knockedhim down as he tried to checkon his dogs.

“This storm is going tocontinue its violent grind acrossour state for days,” Coopersaid. “The storm is wreakinghavoc on our state.” More than760,000 customers in NorthCarolina were without powerand 21,000 people were beinghoused in 157 shelters acrossthe state.

The White House said

President Donald Trump wasto visit hurricane-hit areas nextweek “once it is determined histravel will not disrupt any res-cue or recovery efforts.”

As of 8:00 pm (local time),maximum sustained winds hadweakened to 70 miles per hourbut the NHC warned Carolinaresidents to be alert for life-threatening storm surges and“catastrophic freshwater flood-ing.” “Flash flooding will beextreme and flood waters willcome up quickly and seeminglyout of nowhere,” the governorsaid.

“We’re deeply concernedfor whole communities whichcould be wiped away.” Some ofthe worst flooding was in NewBern, where authorities wereenforcing a curfew.

Both the Trent and Neuserivers overflowed their banks,flooding homes, stores andstreets and trapping many peo-ple in their houses.

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Los Angeles: NASA’s mostadvanced space laser satelliteblasted off Saturday on a mis-sion to track ice loss around theworld and improve forecasts ofsea level rise as the climatewarms.

Cloaked in pre-dawn dark-ness, the USD 1 billion, half-ton ICESat-2 launched aboarda Delta II rocket fromVandenberg Air Force base inCalifornia at 6:02 am (localtime).

“Three, two one, liftoff!”said a launch commentator onNASA television.

“Lifting ICESat-2 on aquest to explore the polar icesheets of our constantly chang-ing home planet.” The launchmarks the first time in nearlya decade that NASA has had atool in orbit to measure icesheet surface elevation across

the globe. The preceding mis-sion, ICESat, launched in 2003and ended in 2009. The firstICESat revealed that sea ice wasthinning, and ice cover was dis-appearing from coastal areas inGreenland and Antarctica.

In the intervening nineyears, an aircraft mission calledOperation IceBridge, has flownover the Arctic and Antarctic,taking height measurements ofthe changing ice.

But a view from space -especially with the latest tech-nology - should be far moreprecise.

The new laser will fire10,000 times in one second,compared to the originalICESat which fired 40 times asecond.

Measurements will betaken every 2.3 feet (0.7 meters)along the satellite’s path. AFP

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As Tropical Storm Florenceinundated the Carolinas

on Friday, President DonaldTrump circled back to his claimthat the official death toll froma devastating storm a year ear-lier in Puerto Rico was inflated and said thenumber of dead seemed to risefrom double digits to 3,000“like magic.”

Public health experts haveestimated that nearly 3,000perished because of the effectsof Hurricane Maria.

But Trump, whose effortsto help the island territoryrecover have been persistentlycriticised, has repeatedly ques-tioned that number over thelast couple of days.

“FIFTY TIMES LASTORIGINAL NUMBER - NOWAY!” he tweeted late Friday.

Trump falsely accusedDemocrats on Thursday ofinflating the Puerto Rican tollto make him “look as bad aspossible.”

He said just six to 18 peo-ple had been reported deadwhen he visited two weeksafter the October 2017 stormand suggested that many hadbeen added later “if a persondied for any reason, like oldage.”

When Trump visitedPuerto Rico, the death toll atthe time was indeed 16 people.

The number was laterraised to 64, but theGovernment then commis-sioned an independent study to deter-mine how many died becauseof post-storm conditions.

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Tunisia’s ruling party hassuspended Prime Minister

Youssef Chahed in the latestescalation of a row with thepresident’s son that has paral-ysed key decisions on the trou-bled economy.

The North African countryis often portrayed as the lonesuccess story of the Arab Springof 2011 but more than sevenyears after the ouster of long-time strongman Zine ElAbidine Ben Ali it is still bat-tling high inflation and unem-ployment and sometimes vio-lent social unrest.

Nidaa Tounes announcedChahed’s referral to its disci-plinary committee late onFriday after he delivered astinging attack on infightingwithin the party that he saidwas restricting his govern-ment’s ability to revive theeconomy.

“Secondary political con-flicts.. Have disrupted the workof the government, holding itback and blocking the reformprocess and the decisions nec-essary to achieve economicgrowth,” he said in a televisedaddress to a policy confer-ence.

The ruling party is led byPresident Beji Caid Essebsi’sson Hafedh, who has beenbattling to oust the premier formonths.

The power struggle previ-ously came to a head in July,when the president himselfcalled on Chahed to resign.

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The United States has calledan urgent meeting of the

UN Security Council forMonday in response to what itsays are efforts by some coun-tries “to undermine andobstruct” sanctions againstNorth Korea.

The US Missionannounced Friday evening thatthe meeting will “discuss theimplementation and enforce-ment of UN sanctions onNorth Korea.”

The mission didn’t nameany countries, but USAmbassador Nikki Haleyaccused Russia on Thursday ofpressuring an independentpanel of UN experts to alter areport on North Korea sanc-tions that included alleged vio-lations “implicating Russianactors.” Haley said the panelshould release the original

report, which cited “a massiveincrease in illicit ship-to-shiptransfers of petroleum prod-ucts” for North Korea in vio-lation of UN sanctions.

It said some productsallegedly were off-loaded fromRussian ships, which wereidentified in the report.

A summary of the expertsreport obtained in early Augustby The Associated Press alsosaid North Korea has notstopped its nuclear and missileprograms. And it said NorthKorea is violating sanctions bytransferring coal at sea andflouting an arms embargo andfinancial sanctions.

The Security Council ini-tially imposed sanctions onNorth Korea after its firstnuclear test in 2006 and hasmade them tougher andtougher in response to furthernuclear tests and an increas-ingly sophisticated ballistic

missile program.Haley said earlier this year

that successively tough SecurityCouncil sanctions resolutionsadopted unanimously had cutoff all North Korean exports, 90percent of its trade, and dis-banded its pool of workers sendabroad to earn hard currency.

Many diplomats and ana-lysts credit the sanctions withhelping promote the thaw inrelations between North Koreaand South Korea as well as theJune meeting betweenPresident Donald Trump andNorth Korean leader Kim JongUn at which they agreed to thedenuclearization of the KoreanPeninsula.

But in July, US Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo accusedNorth Korea of “illegally smug-gling” in refined petroleumproducts beyond the annualquota of 5,00,000 barrelsallowed under U.N. Sanctions.

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The country has been inpolitical paralysis since theMay 12 ballot, but the electionof a speaker is expected to

solidify new parliamentaryalliances.

Iraq has a proportionalsystem aimed at preventing aslide back into dictatorship fol-lowing the 2003 ouster ofSaddam Hussein.

The lists elected duringlegislative polls must first formcoalitions. The bloc with themost members appoints the

prime minister and presidesover the formation of the nextgovernment.

The pro-Iran bloc led byHadi al-Ameri’s ConquestAlliance -- a coalition of anti-jihadist veterans close toTehran -- looked positioned totake the lead Saturday after theelection of its candidate,Mohammed al-Halbusi. AFP

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley onSaturday said the Government’s

decision to increase the remunera-tion of Anganwadi and Asha work-ers by almost 50 per cent will go along way in addressing the griev-ances of these 25 lakh workers.

Stating that there has been along-time demand of Anganwadiworkers and their helpers to givethem a reasonable remuneration,Jaitley said the Governments in thepast have always refrained from giv-ing benefits to these workers osten-sibly on revenue considerations.

“Notwithstanding the pressureon the Budget, the Government hasgiven almost a 50% hike in the firstgo to these workers. This will go along way in addressing the grievanceof these workers,” he wrote in aFacebook post.

Earlier this week, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had announced ahike in the monthly honorarium for

Asha and Anganwadi workers fromOctober.

The remuneration of theAnganwadi workers has been raisedfrom �3,000 to �4,500 per month;the mini Anganwadi workers’ payhas been hiked from �2,250 to�3,500. Remuneration of Anganwadihelpers has been increased from�1,500 to �2,250 per month.

These workers will also get anincentive of �500 per month and�250 per month respectively on thebasis of the real time monitoring ofperformance.

Jaitley said the Anganwadiworkers are the mainstay of theNational Nutrition Mission.Thereare approximately 12.9 lakhAnganwadi workers and 11.6 lakhAnganwadi helpers in the country.These benefits would be available tothese 24.9 lakh Anganwadi workersand their families, the ministersaid.

In the post titled ‘Two success-ful initiatives of the Central

Government’, Jaitley said in the pastthere has been a general distrust ofgovernment schemes.

“The principal reason for thisis that either the benefits don’treach the targeted or that the pro-jected parameters are neverachieved.

However, there are schemeswith a difference. The Swachh BharatAbhiyan is arguably the most suc-cessful one,” he said.

Jaitley said when Prime MinisterNarendra Modi announced theSwachhata campaign in hisIndependence Day Speech of 2014,the rural sanitation coverage ofIndia was 39 per cent.

As we have completed nearlyfour years of the scheme, 39 per centrural sanitation coverage hasincreased to a phenomenal 92 percent.

This was not an easy goal toachieve and this involved a behav-ioural change of the people, Jaitleysaid.

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West Bengal Consumer Affairs MinisterSadhan Pande on Saturday said the price

of petrol blended with ethanol should bereduced and consumers must be informed thatthey are buying blended fuel.

Retail petro dealers should arrange for the ade-quate display of this information, he said on thesidelines of MCCI India Economic Forum 2018.

Refiners are blending 10 per cent ethanolwith petrol, Pande said adding “Keeping con-sumers in the dark about ethanol being mixedwith petrol at the pumps is an act of cheating.Consumers should be made aware of this.”

If ethanol is mixed then the price of petrolshould be reduced.

“I have been informed that the Centre hasearned �12,000 crore in the last fiscal throughthis practice,” Pande, a senior TrinamoolCongress leader said.

The price of fuel has skyrocketed in thedomestic market and is at an all time highprompting the opposition parties to demandreduction in its prices.

Ethanol being a hydroscopic productabsorbs water and affects the mileage of the vehi-cle, the consumer affairs minister said.

Pande said he wrote to the petroleum min-istry and urged it to create awareness amongconsumers about the ethanol blended petrolbeing sold to them.

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The Government shouldfocus on boosting exports

to check the widening currentaccount deficit as imposingcurbs on imports may nothave a significant impact,exporters’ body FIEO said onSaturday.

Federation of IndianExport Organisations (FIEO)President Ganesh Gupta saidthe Government should notrestrict imports to address ris-ing current account deficit(CAD) and fall in rupee.

“I do not think that weshould restrict imports unless wewant to join bandwagon of pro-tectionism and hope that it willspur Make in India,” he added.

He also said that CAD at 2.5per cent of GDP should not bea cause of concern as anythingbelow 3 per cent is not alarming.

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The market extended its decline for secondstraight week with BSE Sensex lossing

another 299.18 points to close 38,090.64 and thebroader Nifty falling 73.90 points to finish at11,515.20.

The truncated and volatile week saw the stockmarket enduring initial bitter losses as rupee sta-bilised during late session after initial record lows.

The key indices fell sharply for the two sessionsduring start of the week, marking one month lowsto revisit 37K-level impacted by escalating tradewar concerns and global slide after US PresidentDonald Trump threatened to impose higher tar-iffs on China, also the negative sentiments onexpectation of US Fed rate hike this month.

While the rupee crashed to fresh record lowson rising crude, strengthening dollar and widen-ing current account deficit, the 10 year-yieldsurged, so did the stocks selling pressure.

However, the market rebounded and cappedthe weeks larger losses after an government offi-cial assurance on measures to support the rupeeafter a planned review of the economy by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi this weekend.

The assurance led the rupee recovery fromrecord lows, it was further supported by datareleased by the Central Statistics Office on cool-ing of retail inflation (CPI).

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MUMBAI: Air chartered ser-vices provider JetSetGo-ownedSkyShuttle on Saturdayannounced the launch of itsshared business jet and chop-per services from Monday.

The Delhi-based non-scheduled carrier, in whichcricketer Yuvraj Singh is one ofthe investors, will fly twicedaily services to Tarapur inMaharashtra’s Palghar districtand neighbouring Vapi in

Gujarat from the city's Juhuaerodrome with a five-seaterBell helicopter, JetSetGo chiefexecutive and co-founderKanika Tekriwal said.

The Mumbai-Bangaloreservice will be catered by a jet-liner, she added.

The company wants to uselearnings from these routes tofurther expand offerings acrossthe country going forward,Tekriwal said. PTI

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He was low on confidenceafter the Commonwealth

Games snub earlier this year buta telephonic chat with the icon-ic Sachin Tendulkar motivatedSardar Singh to work hardtowards regaining his place in thenational team.

Sardar, 32, walked into thesunset on Wednesday after aglorious 12-year career followinga disastrous Asian Games cam-paign, where India failed todefend its title and returnedhome with a consolation Bronze.

Left out of India's squad forthis year's Gold CoastCommonwealth Games, Sardarsought advice from Tendulkarand the legend's tips workedwonders for the former hockeycaptain as he made a successfulcomeback into the side for theChampions Trophy, where hehelped India win historic Silver.

"Sachin paaji has been aninspiration for me. He helped me

a lot in the last 3-4 months, whichwere tough," Sardar told reportersduring his first interaction postretirement.

"There has never been anoccasion when he didn't answermy call. After I was dropped fromCWG squad, I was very low andcalled Sachin paaji and asked himwhat he used to do when hescored 0.

"He counselled me for closeto 20 minutes and advised me toforget about criticisms and staymotivated and focussed. He toldme to analyse my old videos, playmy natural hockey and it helpedme in bouncing back," he added.

Sardar was a livewire in themidfield during his 12-year stel-lar career during which he ledIndia to Asian Games Gold inIncheon (2014) besides twoBronze medals in 2010 and 2018.He won two CommonwealthGames Silver, a historic Silver inthe Champions Trophy (2018Breda), two Asia Cup titles andnumerous other trophies.

But not having won anOlympic and a World Cup medalbesides International HockeyFederation (FIH) Player of the

Year award still remains regret forthe talismanic midfielder.

"I always wanted to win theFIH 'Player of the Year' award

once but it will remain a dream.I also wanted to win an Olympicand World Cup medal. These willremain as my biggest regrets,"Sardar said.

Many feel that Sardar wasmade a scapegoat for India's dis-astrous campaign and was forcedto retire but he reiterated that itwas his personal decision asmentally he was done with thegame.

"Initially, I had planned toplay till 2020 Olympics but afterfailing to win the Asiad Gold, theentire plan changed. I faced a lotof hardships in life but day-by-day it was becoming difficult forme to think over my game. Everynight thinking about next day'straining, about passes not goingwell started taking a toll on mementally," he said.

"In these last 12 years, I havemanaged a lot of stress but notanymore. It was a hard and dif-ficult decision. I will miss hock-ey, I will miss those training ses-sions and the dressing room

environment. But every beautifulthing has to end somewhere."

Sardar, however, feels that atleast core players should be givenguarantee of their places withoutputting pressure after a bad out-ing.

"Yes, I do feel there is plentyof pressure on a player. At least10-11 players should be sure oftheir places in the team becausepressure plays a lot on yourmind if you are in uncertainty,"he said.

The former captain said hehas left Indian hockey in goodshape and the team now needs todo minor corrections and adjust-ments to be medal contenders inbig events.

"When we started, India wasaround 13 or 14th ranked in theworld. We have made giantstrides from there in the past 4-5 years. We have started playingsemi-finals. But we need to knowhow to win big games and killtime in the final stages when weare leading," Sardar said.

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Former world champion L SaritaDevi (60kg) signed off with a

Bronze medal at the 13th SilesianOpen Boxing Tournament forwomen in which India's junior box-ers ruled the ring in Gliwice, Poland.

Sarita, also a multiple-timeAsian champion a former AsianGames Bronze-medallist, was joinedby Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) andPooja Rani (81kg) in the list of thosewhose campaign came to an end inthe semifinals on Friday.

The celebrated M C Mary Kom(48kg) and Manisha (54kg) are theonly ones to have made the finals,scheduled late Saturday night,among the senior Indian boxers,while former youth world champi-on Jyoti Gulia (51kg) is in the youthfinals.

Sarita lost 0-5 to Kazakhstan's

Karina Ibragimova, a decision whichthe Indian contingent felt did notreflect fairly on the contest.

"It was a controversial decision.Sarita was clearly better but judgesdid not rule in her favour, even thecrowd got behind her after the lossbecause everyone could see," saidone of the coaches travelling with theteam.

Lovlina was beaten by Poland'sKarolina Koszewska in a split 1-4verdict, also called "unfair" by theIndians.

Pooja too was defeated by a localfavourite in Agata Kaczmarska, thedecision being 2-3. But the team had

no issues with that close call.Earlier, the Indian junior boxers

produced a terrific performance tosign off with 13 medals — six Gold,six Silver and a Bronze.

Bharti (46kg), Tingmila Doungel(48kg), Sandeep Kaur (52kg), Neha(54kg), Arshi Khanam (57kg) andKomal (80kg) claimed top honoursin their respective categories.

Amisha Bharti (50kg), SanyaNegi (60kg), Dinesh Naik (63kg),Sanjay Gunele (66kg), Raj Sahiba(70kg) and Lipakshi (+80kg) settledfor Silver medals.

The sole junior Bronze went toNeha (75kg).

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Rising sensation Rishabh Pant, whoscored his maiden Test hundred in

England, will play the first three matchesfor Delhi in the upcoming Vijay HazareTrophy, starting September 19.

However, veteran Ishant Sharma hasbeen rested after a gruelling Englandseries where he sustained an ankle injuryon the fourth day of the fifth Test.

The 15-member team will be led byGautam Gambhir and Dhruv Shorey willbe his deputy. Gambhir has been handedback the captaincy after a gap of one year.

Pant, who captained Delhi to RanjiTrophy final last year, didn't take up theleadership role as he is a certainty in theIndian Test squad for the West Indies series,starting October 4.

With the consistent Shorey also expect-ed to travel to New Zealand with the IndiaA team, the selection committee chaired byAmit Bhandari decided to fall back on theexperience of Gambhir, who is no longerin national reckoning.

The only new face in the squad is rook-ie all-rounder Pranshu Vajayran, who batsleft handed and bowls medium.

All the performers of last year alongwith talented players from U-22 side hasbeen picked for the tournament.

Reasonably experienced players likeUnmukt Chand, Manan Sharma, NitishRana and Pawan Negi are all in the squadalong with youngsters like basmen LalitYadav and Hiten Dalal.

Squad: Gautam Gambhir (captain),Dhruv Shorey (vc), Rishabh Pant (wk),Unmukt Chand, Nitish Rana, HimmatSingh, Manan Sharma, Pawan Negi, HitenDalal, Lalit Yadav, Navdeep Saini, GauravKumar, Kulwant Khejroliya, SimarjeetSingh, Pranshu Vijayran.

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Lewis Hamilton produced a 'magic lap' tobeat championship rival Sebastian Vettel

for pole position in the Singapore Grand Prixhere on Saturday.

Ferrari seemed the faster car all weekenduntil Hamilton came up with a 1:36.105 in hisfirst run in Q3. Vettlel was not able to respondto that and ended third fastest with a 1:36.628.

Max Verstappen, in the Red Bull, wasthree-tenths faster than the German and willstart on the front row with Hamilton.

Hamilton was not able to improve on hisremarkable first run but it was enough to pro-vide him with the ideal launchpad for the raceon Sunday as he looks to increase the 30-pointchampionship lead over Vettel.

"That lap felt like magic. Don't knowwhere it came from. I am super over-

whelmed," said Hamilton.Valtteri Bottas was

fourth in the otherMercedes, followed by

Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo.Sergio Perez was seventh fastest for Force

India while his teammate Esteban Ocon wasninth with Romain Grosjean of Haas sand-wiched between them. Nico Hulkenberg ofRenault completed the top-10.

Earlier, the drivers who were eliminatedin Q1 were Kevin Magnussen, BrendonHartley, Stoffel Vandoorne, Sergey Sirotkin andLance Stroll. It was the eighth time in the sea-son that Sirotkin and Stroll of Williams wereknocked out in the first session.

What caught most attention was the slowpace of the mighty Mercedes as Bottas andHamilton set the 12th and 14th fastest timesrespectively.

However, the reigning champion bouncedback quickly in Q2, becoming the first driverto break into the 1:37s before Ricciardo andVerstappen did the same in the Red Bull, fol-lowed by Bottas and the two Ferraris ofRaikkonen and Vettel.

Charles Leclerc, who will be making hisbig move from Sauber to Ferrari next year, hada nervy moment when he brushed the wallcoming out of Turn 21.

Vettel was caught in the traffic but man-aged to make the final session rather com-fortably. The drivers who missed out after Q2were Fernando Alonso, Carloz Sainz, Leclerc,Marcus Ericsson and Pierre Gasly.

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Cricket Australia hasresponded positively to

India coach Ravi Shastri'srequest for more warm-upmatches ahead of their Testseries Down Under laterthis year.

India only had onepractice match ahead oftheir recent Test seriesagainst England - whichthey lost 1-4 - and Shastribelieves his side would bebetter prepared to tackleAustralia if more red-ballcricket was scheduled priorto the first Test in Adelaidestarting on December 6.

"We are happy to dis-cuss options with the BCCI,but we have not receivedany formal notification toincrease the number of tourmatches prior to their seriescommencing in Australia,"a CA spokesperson said.

In England, even thelone four-day practicematch against county sideEssex was reduced to three

days amid high drama overthe condition of the pitchand the outfield, both ofwhich apparently left thevisitors unhappy.

On Thursday, Shastrisaid he was not averse to theidea of playing practicegames.

"Absolutely not. Whywould we be? You can onlysee the results (in theEngland Tests). Every timeafter the second Test wehave improved. You canstill get better. But whycan't we be in that position

in the first Test match ?" hewas quoted as saying byESPNCricinfo.

Australia and India arescheduled to play three T20matches prior to theAdelaide Test and Shastrisaid India had "requested acouple of (warm-up) gamesin Australia before the Testseries commenced".

India are slated to tourAustralia for three T20internationals, four Testmatches and three ODIsfrom November 21 toJanuary 18.

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Mushfiqur Rahim hit a superb hun-dred under pressure as Bangladeshscored a competitive 261 against

Sri Lanka despite Lasith Malinga wreakinghavoc on his international comeback in theAsia Cup opener on Saturday.

Mushfiqur scored a career-best 144 off150 balls with 11 boundaries and four sixes,his sixth hundred in ODIs.

Save 131-run stand with MohammedMithun (63) for the third wicket, the for-mer skipper didn't get any assistance fromother batsmen as the wily Malinga showedthat he is still a force to reckon with.

Malinga, who last played against Indiain a home series September 2017, took 4/23on his return.

Opener Tamim Iqbal's heroic act willalso be remembered by one and all as hecame out to bat despite having retired hurtwith a fractured wrist. Tamim allowedMushfiqur to have one final blast duringthe slog overs.

Once Malinga and off-spinnerDhananjaya de Silva (2/38) reducedBangladesh to 203/8, Mushfiqur shieldedno 11 Mustafizur Rahaman (10) during the26-run stand.

Once Mustafizur was out, Tamimremoved his hand-cast and came out inorder to allow his partner to play the finalthree overs.

The Tamim-Mushfiqur pair added aninvaluable 32 runs in 2.4 overs and it couldwell be crucial in the final context of thematch.

However Malinga's superb effort wasstory of the initial part of the match.Coming back from semi-retirement witha slight paunch and a shorter run-up,Malinga showed his mastery as he bowledfour different deliveries to get his scalps.

Liton Das (0) nicked an outswinger inthe slip cordon, Shakib Al Hasan (0) wascastled by his signature inswinging york-er, Mithun skied a slower delivery whileMosddek Hossain was done in by a slowbouncer.

Even Mushfiqur failed to score runs offthe slinger who bowled as many as 44 dotballs and didn't concede a single bound-ary in his 10 overs.

However the seasoned Mushfiqur gotruns off spinners, scoring on both sides ofthe wicket. He used his feet well against left-arm spinner Malmiga Aponso and off-spinners Dilruwan Perera and De Silva.

However as wickets fell at the other

end, it became difficult for Mushfiqur, whoconsiderably slowed down in his 90's. Hishundred came with a glide off SurangaLakmal off 123 balls.

But once Mustafizur was out andinjured Tamim came in for support,Mushfiqur just cut loose getting 32 runs in2.4 overs before he was the last batsman to

be dismissed.Tamim however will not take any fur-

ther part in the tournament as he will beout with a broken wrist.

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Pakistan is placed in group A alongwith India and Hong Kong and before thebig clash against India on 19th, Pakistanwill like to start on a positive note by beat-ing Hong Kong here on Sunday.

For Pakistan, their strength has alwaysbeen their fierce bowling which consists ofMohammed Amir, Junaid Khan. But thistime Pak is laced up with quality batsmenlike Fakhar Zaman, who is coming into thistournament after smashing double centu-ry against Zimbabwe in the last series fea-turing Pakistan.

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