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F aced with squeezing geo- graphical spread and coor- dinated assault by security forces, the Maoists are prepar- ing to unleash deadly attacks to disrupt Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to boost the dwindling morale of the cadre. According to Intelligence inputs with the Union Home Ministry, the Maoists have opened several training camps to train their cadre in making IEDs and carrying out ambush. One such camp has come up in Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) and another one at Gadchiroli (Maharashtra). The Battalion No 1 of the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) has stationed about 150 trained Maoists in the forest of Chhattisgarh’s South Sukma region, which is a stronghold of the Naxals. Intelligence inputs suggest the CPI(Maoist) has expanded the Madhya Pradesh- Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh tri- junction to target the upcom- ing polls in the three States. The CPI(Maoist) has identified Jharkhand as a base area for training of the cadre to target the elections. Dandakaranya region of Chhattisgarh is already an area of concern for the security forces as the ultras had carried out 47 per cent of the total vio- lent incidents and 84 per cent of the total deaths of security forces in this region in 2017. The Dandakaranya region could also be used to launch attacks in the State besides Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The outfit plans to target the Assembly elections through spectacular attacks to raise the morale of the cadre in the wake of decreasing area of influence and depleting cadre base. The outfit’s plans also signify that the Maoists’ leadership is emboldened despite major reverses in the recent past, including elimination of top commanders at the hand of security forces. The Maoists are planning the attacks in the backdrop of the fact that for the first time since 1989 the number of vio- lent incidents has come down below the 1000-mark with just 908 incidents being reported in 2017. The security forces achieved kill ratio of over one against the Maoists since 2015 and the trend is continuing. The kill ratio depicts the num- ber Maoists killed for every death of security personnel. Likewise, the number of police stations affected with the Maoist violence has come down from the peak of 465 in 2008 to 291 in 2017. The number of Maoist- affected police stations has also come down from the peak of 2,023 in 2008 to just 563 in 2017. However, the security forces recorded a marginal increase in casualties owing to sustained operations in the core areas of Maoist influence. But sources said there was a reduction in the number of civilians’ death in 2017 in com- parison to 2016. New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi’s Kailash Mansarovar Yatra visit has courted controversy after reports surfaced in the Nepal media that he had eaten non- vegetarian food en route to the pilgrim site on August 31 when he had stopped over at Kathmandu. A Hindi website quoting a waiter of Vootoo restaurant where Rahul stopped for food said the Congress chief had ordered and liked the dish ‘Chicken Kurkure’. Though the restaurant has denied the report, saying that Rahul had ordered “pure vegetarian food items” from the hotel’s menu, BJP’s information technology initia- tives in-charge Amit Malviya tweeted the report link with a comment, “Gandhi and the Congress are constantly playing with the faith of Hindus”. “There has been plenty of enquiry from the media regarding the food ordered by Rahul, president of Indian National Congress during his visit at Vootoo. We would like to clarify that he ordered pure veg items from the menu. Vootoo has not given any statement to any media regard- ing the food items ordered by him...,” the restaurant said in a Facebook post. This is not for the first time that Rahu’s food habit during religious pilgrimages has come under the BJP’s scanner. Seven months ago, during Karnataka elections, the BJP had not shied away from targeting Rahul for allegedly eating chicken before visiting a temple. Rahul is scheduled to be back in Delhi on September 12 after 12-day pilgrim, party sources said. On August 31 when Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had announced that Rahul is to take pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar, aimed at seeking the blessing of Lord Shiva for prosperity and success of the country, the BJP was quick to react alleging the Congress chief wanted Chinese ambas- sador to give him a ceremoni- al send-off and accused him of holding brief for China every- where like a “Chinese Spokesperson”. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra sought to know from the Congress as to which politicians and officials Rahul will meet during his visit to China, “his favourite country”. Patra did not comment on Rahul’s pilgrimage, saying it is a personal visit. ‘Kailash Mansarovar’ falls in China. Surjewala had hit back and accused the BJP of trying to create “hurdles” in the yatra, saying by doing so they have invited Lord Shiva’s wrath. PNS with inputs from agencies H yderabad city police have formed 10 teams to nab the culprits involved in sensa- tional theft of two priceless antiques from the Nizam’s Silver Jubilee Museum in old Hyderabad. Two unknown burglars entered the museum in the wee hours of Monday through a ventilator and stole a three- layer diamond-studded gold tiffin box and a tea cup which was used by seventh Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan. Police officials said they have found CCTV camera footage and some other clues which can help in arresting the thieves soon. “Ten teams are working on the case and we are hopeful of a breakthrough,” said Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar who visited the Museum locat- ed in Purani Haveli Palace soon after the police was informed by the Museum employees about the incident. Police believes the crime was an insider job as the cul- prits appeared familiar about the design of the museum and where exactly the two antiques were on display in third gallery on the first floor. “They reached the roof of the museum from an adjoining building with the help of a lad- der, entered the building through a ventilator and came down using a knotted rope,” said a police official probing the case. The CCTV footage shows only a part of the face of one thief while the other had his face covered. Probe team found that the CCTV camera focused on the two antiques was tilted away. “This also shows the culprits were fully aware of the topography of the hall,” officials said. A s the agitation by the Block Grant (BG) teachers reached its 20th day on Tuesday with the State Government not showing any gesture for ful- filling their demands, about 30,000-40,000 teachers and employees under the School and College Teachers’ and Employees’ United Forum would protest on the Teachers’ Day on September 5 (Wednesday) by wearing black badges on the MG Road here. Forum leader Prakash Mohanty rued that the Government is not a bit moved even as thousands of teachers and employees have been sit- ting on a dharna against all odds like rain and hot and humid conditions since August 16 demanding full Grant-in- Aid (GIA) with service condi- tions and pension. He told that the calcula- tions of the officials over the possible expenses to be borne out to meet the demands of the teachers are not yet over as the bureaucracy is deliberately lin- gering the process. Mohanty further told that as per the decision of the forum, the teachers would protest the apathy of the Government on the Teachers’ Day on Wednesday by wearing black badges. Besides, he informed that about 1,500 col- leges and 4,000 schools would be closed from September 6 for an indefinite period. Meanwhile, School and Mass Education Minister Badri Patra said, “I know that the stu- dents observe the Teachers’ Day. But never have I heard of teachers observing the Teachers’ Day.” He said that while the Government is hold- ing talks with the teachers from time to time, it is unfor- tunate that they (Block Grant teachers) have decided to hold the day as black day. T he State Assembly on Tuesday mourned the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, former Odisha Minister Jadunath Dasmoh- apatra and former MLAs Suryamani Jena, Braja Kishore Mohanty and Muralidhar Kuanr and former Odisha police constable Sanjay Majhi. Placing an obituary refer- ence, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said Vajpayee was a true democrat, who upheld Constitutional values through- out his life. He had a large heart and a special concern for Odisha. His demise is a pro- found loss for the nation. Patnaik termed the demise of Chatterjee, Karunanidhi and others as great losses for the country and their States. Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra (Congress) said he was inspired by Vajpayee’s person- ality as the latter believed in democracy and was an impar- tial leader. He too expressed deep condolences over demise of Chatarjee, Karunanidhi and others. BJP Legislature Party Leader KV Singh Deo said Vajpayee had contributed a lot for development of Odisha and extended all support in the wake of the Super Cyclone in the State. However, BJD mem- bers opposed Singh Deo while he stated that Vajpayee pro- vided a launch pad for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik which he may have regretted if he was aware about the way the State is being governed today. “It is extremely unfortunate to make a political statement while making an obituary ref- erence,” said BJD MLA Rohit Pujari speaking to reporters outside the House. “Our duty is to pay homage to the depart- ed leaders. Whatever occurred today in the House was not just,” said Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra outside the Assembly. On the other hand, Singh Deo, reacting to BJD’s com- ment, justified his statement made in the House. “I have spo- ken my heart out in the House. I don’t expect them (BJD mem- bers) to support it,” said Singh Deo. A two-minute silence was observed for the departed souls. After obituary, the Speaker adjourned the House for the day as a mark of respect for the departed leaders. E ven as the lawyers’ strike in Cuttack reached its eighth day on Tuesday, the Orissa High Court on the day adjourned to Monday next the hearing of the PIL filed by the lawyers seeking a judicial inquiry into the police assault on a lawyer and insult to the honour, dignity and authority of the bar. Since the lawyers have decided to resort to an indefi- nite strike until the erring policemen are arrested, judicial activities will continue to suf- fer in all city courts, tribunals and that of the High Court till next week. Earlier, City DCP Akhileswar Singh, as a respon- dent to the PIL, had filed his counter-affidavit stating that the petition is devoid of merit both in the facts and in the law and is liable to be dismissed. Contesting the averments in the petition, he has stated that the police had not brutally attacked in inhuman manner to advocate Devi Prasad Pattnaik last Tuesday after a series of accidents occurred near the fish market of Nuabazar involving his car. “At least three persons, including two minor school- children were injured in the accidents resulting a commo- tion on the spot and the gen- eral public became violent and assaulted him (the advocate) by fist blows and slaps causing injury on his person,” the DCP’s affidavit said, adding that the policemen on arrival at the spot found the public to be more aggressive and violent. “In order to save the life of the advocate, the policemen requested him to come to the police station and tried to res- cue him.” “But Sri Patnaik argued with police and did not listen to their request, rather misbe- haved them and there was a scuffle. The police personnel tried to take him under control but he became more violent and assaulted the police per- sonnel and manhandled them,” the DCP said, adding that finding no other alternative and as a last resort (to) stop such activities on a busy public road, the police personnel were constrained to use mild force to control his activities. T he State Government on Tuesday directed the Collectors of 26 districts to remain alert for possible floods in the wake of the IMD’s fore- cast of heavy rainfall in the next two days under the impact of a low pressure. Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnup- ada Sethi asked the Collectors to remain alert as several districts may witness heavy rainfall due to the low pressure area likely to be formed over north Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood. As per the IMD’s forecast, the low pressure area is likely to be formed during the next 48 hours. As a result, rain or thun- dershowers are likely to occur at many places over the districts during next 24 hours and mod- erate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at most pla- ces during subsequent 48 hours. The SRC warned that heavy rainfall may cause flood-like sit- uations in the Baitarani, Budh- abalanga and other rivers. Waterlogging situations may also occur in different parts of the State. Besides, he also instructed the Collectors to closely monitor the situation, alert all concerned and keep the administrative machinery in full preparedness to meet any eventuality and ensure func- tioning of control rooms round the clock. All fishermen of the State were advised to return from the sea by Wednesday evening and not to venture into the sea along and off the Odisha coast on September 6 and 7.

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Faced with squeezing geo-graphical spread and coor-

dinated assault by securityforces, the Maoists are prepar-ing to unleash deadly attacks todisrupt Assembly elections inChhattisgarh, Madhya Pradeshand Rajasthan to boost thedwindling morale of the cadre.

According to Intelligenceinputs with the Union HomeMinistry, the Maoists haveopened several training campsto train their cadre in makingIEDs and carrying out ambush.One such camp has come up inRajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)and another one at Gadchiroli(Maharashtra). The BattalionNo 1 of the People’s LiberationGuerilla Army (PLGA) hasstationed about 150 trainedMaoists in the forest ofChhattisgarh’s South Sukmaregion, which is a stronghold ofthe Naxals.

Intelligence inputs suggestthe CPI(Maoist) has expandedthe Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh tri-junction to target the upcom-

ing polls in the three States. TheCPI(Maoist) has identifiedJharkhand as a base area fortraining of the cadre to targetthe elections.

Dandakaranya region ofChhattisgarh is already an areaof concern for the securityforces as the ultras had carriedout 47 per cent of the total vio-lent incidents and 84 per centof the total deaths of securityforces in this region in 2017.The Dandakaranya regioncould also be used to launchattacks in the State besidesMadhya Pradesh andRajasthan.

The outfit plans to targetthe Assembly elections throughspectacular attacks to raise themorale of the cadre in the wakeof decreasing area of influenceand depleting cadre base. Theoutfit’s plans also signify thatthe Maoists’ leadership isemboldened despite majorreverses in the recent past,including elimination of topcommanders at the hand ofsecurity forces.

The Maoists are planningthe attacks in the backdrop of

the fact that for the first timesince 1989 the number of vio-lent incidents has come downbelow the 1000-mark with just908 incidents being reported in2017. The security forcesachieved kill ratio of over oneagainst the Maoists since 2015and the trend is continuing.The kill ratio depicts the num-ber Maoists killed for everydeath of security personnel.

Likewise, the number ofpolice stations affected with theMaoist violence has come

down from the peak of 465 in2008 to 291 in 2017.

The number of Maoist-affected police stations hasalso come down from the peakof 2,023 in 2008 to just 563 in2017. However, the securityforces recorded a marginalincrease in casualties owing tosustained operations in thecore areas of Maoist influence.But sources said there was areduction in the number ofcivilians’ death in 2017 in com-parison to 2016.

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi’sKailash Mansarovar Yatra visithas courted controversy afterreports surfaced in the Nepalmedia that he had eaten non-vegetarian food en route to thepilgrim site on August 31 whenhe had stopped over atKathmandu.

A Hindi website quoting awaiter of Vootoo restaurantwhere Rahul stopped for foodsaid the Congress chief hadordered and liked the dish‘Chicken Kurkure’. Though therestaurant has denied the report,saying that Rahul had ordered“pure vegetarian food items”from the hotel’s menu, BJP’sinformation technology initia-tives in-charge Amit Malviyatweeted the report link with acomment, “Gandhi and theCongress are constantly playingwith the faith of Hindus”.

“There has been plenty ofenquiry from the mediaregarding the food ordered byRahul, president of IndianNational Congress during hisvisit at Vootoo. We would liketo clarify that he ordered pureveg items from the menu.Vootoo has not given anystatement to any media regard-ing the food items ordered byhim...,” the restaurant said in a

Facebook post.This is not for the first time

that Rahu’s food habit duringreligious pilgrimages has comeunder the BJP’s scanner. Sevenmonths ago, during Karnatakaelections, the BJP had not shiedaway from targeting Rahul forallegedly eating chicken beforevisiting a temple.

Rahul is scheduled to beback in Delhi on September 12after 12-day pilgrim, partysources said.

On August 31 whenCongress chief spokespersonRandeep Surjewala hadannounced that Rahul is to takepilgrimage to KailashMansarovar, aimed at seekingthe blessing of Lord Shiva forprosperity and success of thecountry, the BJP was quick toreact alleging the Congresschief wanted Chinese ambas-sador to give him a ceremoni-al send-off and accused him ofholding brief for China every-where like a “ChineseSpokesperson”.

BJP spokesperson SambitPatra sought to know from theCongress as to which politiciansand officials Rahul will meetduring his visit to China, “hisfavourite country”. Patra did notcomment on Rahul’s pilgrimage,saying it is a personal visit.‘Kailash Mansarovar’ falls inChina. Surjewala had hit backand accused the BJP of trying tocreate “hurdles” in the yatra,saying by doing so they haveinvited Lord Shiva’s wrath. PNS with inputs from agencies

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Hyderabad city police haveformed 10 teams to nab

the culprits involved in sensa-tional theft of two pricelessantiques from the Nizam’sSilver Jubilee Museum in oldHyderabad.

Two unknown burglarsentered the museum in the weehours of Monday through aventilator and stole a three-layer diamond-studded goldtiffin box and a tea cup whichwas used by seventh NizamMir Osman Ali Khan.

Police officials said theyhave found CCTV camerafootage and some other clueswhich can help in arresting thethieves soon.

“Ten teams are working on

the case and we are hopeful ofa breakthrough,” saidHyderabad PoliceCommissioner Anjani Kumarwho visited the Museum locat-

ed in Purani Haveli Palacesoon after the police wasinformed by the Museumemployees about the incident.

Police believes the crime

was an insider job as the cul-prits appeared familiar aboutthe design of the museum andwhere exactly the two antiqueswere on display in third gallery

on the first floor. “They reached the roof of

the museum from an adjoiningbuilding with the help of a lad-der, entered the buildingthrough a ventilator and came

down using a knotted rope,”said a police official probing thecase.

The CCTV footage showsonly a part of the face of onethief while the other had hisface covered. Probe team foundthat the CCTV camera focusedon the two antiques was tiltedaway. “This also shows theculprits were fully aware of thetopography of the hall,” officialssaid.

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As the agitation by the BlockGrant (BG) teachers

reached its 20th day on Tuesdaywith the State Governmentnot showing any gesture for ful-filling their demands, about30,000-40,000 teachers andemployees under the Schooland College Teachers’ andEmployees’ United Forumwould protest on the Teachers’Day on September 5(Wednesday) by wearing blackbadges on the MG Road here.

Forum leader PrakashMohanty rued that theGovernment is not a bit movedeven as thousands of teachersand employees have been sit-ting on a dharna against allodds like rain and hot andhumid conditions since August16 demanding full Grant-in-Aid (GIA) with service condi-tions and pension.

He told that the calcula-tions of the officials over thepossible expenses to be borneout to meet the demands of theteachers are not yet over as thebureaucracy is deliberately lin-gering the process.

Mohanty further told thatas per the decision of theforum, the teachers would

protest the apathy of theGovernment on the Teachers’Day on Wednesday by wearingblack badges. Besides, heinformed that about 1,500 col-leges and 4,000 schools wouldbe closed from September 6 foran indefinite period.

Meanwhile, School andMass Education Minister BadriPatra said, “I know that the stu-dents observe the Teachers’Day. But never have I heard ofteachers observing theTeachers’ Day.” He said thatwhile the Government is hold-ing talks with the teachersfrom time to time, it is unfor-tunate that they (Block Grantteachers) have decided to holdthe day as black day.

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The State Assembly onTuesday mourned the

demise of former PrimeMinister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,former Lok Sabha SpeakerSomnath Chatterjee, formerTamil Nadu Chief Minister MKarunanidhi, former OdishaMinister Jadunath Dasmoh-apatra and former MLAsSuryamani Jena, Braja KishoreMohanty and MuralidharKuanr and former Odishapolice constable Sanjay Majhi.

Placing an obituary refer-ence, Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik said Vajpayee was atrue democrat, who upheldConstitutional values through-out his life. He had a large heartand a special concern forOdisha. His demise is a pro-found loss for the nation.

Patnaik termed the demiseof Chatterjee, Karunanidhi andothers as great losses for thecountry and their States. Leaderof Opposition NarasinghaMishra (Congress) said he wasinspired by Vajpayee’s person-ality as the latter believed indemocracy and was an impar-tial leader. He too expresseddeep condolences over demiseof Chatarjee, Karunanidhi andothers.

BJP Legislature PartyLeader KV Singh Deo saidVajpayee had contributed a lotfor development of Odishaand extended all support in thewake of the Super Cyclone inthe State. However, BJD mem-

bers opposed Singh Deo whilehe stated that Vajpayee pro-vided a launch pad for ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik whichhe may have regretted if he wasaware about the way the Stateis being governed today.

“It is extremely unfortunateto make a political statementwhile making an obituary ref-erence,” said BJD MLA RohitPujari speaking to reportersoutside the House. “Our dutyis to pay homage to the depart-ed leaders. Whatever occurredtoday in the House was not

just,” said Leader of OppositionNarasingha Mishra outside theAssembly.

On the other hand, SinghDeo, reacting to BJD’s com-ment, justified his statementmade in the House. “I have spo-ken my heart out in the House.I don’t expect them (BJD mem-bers) to support it,” said SinghDeo. A two-minute silence wasobserved for the departed souls.After obituary, the Speakeradjourned the House for theday as a mark of respect for thedeparted leaders.

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Even as the lawyers’ strike inCuttack reached its eighth

day on Tuesday, the OrissaHigh Court on the dayadjourned to Monday next thehearing of the PIL filed by thelawyers seeking a judicialinquiry into the police assaulton a lawyer and insult to thehonour, dignity and authorityof the bar.

Since the lawyers havedecided to resort to an indefi-nite strike until the erringpolicemen are arrested, judicialactivities will continue to suf-fer in all city courts, tribunalsand that of the High Court tillnext week.

Earlier, City DCPAkhileswar Singh, as a respon-dent to the PIL, had filed hiscounter-affidavit stating thatthe petition is devoid of meritboth in the facts and in the lawand is liable to be dismissed.Contesting the averments inthe petition, he has stated thatthe police had not brutallyattacked in inhuman manner toadvocate Devi Prasad Pattnaiklast Tuesday after a series of

accidents occurred near the fishmarket of Nuabazar involvinghis car.

“At least three persons,including two minor school-children were injured in theaccidents resulting a commo-tion on the spot and the gen-eral public became violent andassaulted him (the advocate) byfist blows and slaps causinginjury on his person,” theDCP’s affidavit said, addingthat the policemen on arrival atthe spot found the public to bemore aggressive and violent.“In order to save the life of theadvocate, the policemenrequested him to come to thepolice station and tried to res-cue him.”

“But Sri Patnaik arguedwith police and did not listento their request, rather misbe-haved them and there was ascuffle. The police personneltried to take him under controlbut he became more violentand assaulted the police per-sonnel and manhandled them,”the DCP said, adding thatfinding no other alternative andas a last resort (to) stop suchactivities on a busy publicroad, the police personnel wereconstrained to use mild force tocontrol his activities.

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The State Government onTuesday directed the

Collectors of 26 districts toremain alert for possible floodsin the wake of the IMD’s fore-cast of heavy rainfall in the nexttwo days under the impact of alow pressure. Special ReliefCommissioner (SRC) Bishnup-ada Sethi asked the Collectors toremain alert as several districtsmay witness heavy rainfall dueto the low pressure area likely tobe formed over north Bay ofBengal and neighbourhood.

As per the IMD’s forecast,the low pressure area is likely tobe formed during the next 48hours. As a result, rain or thun-dershowers are likely to occur at

many places over the districtsduring next 24 hours and mod-erate rain or thundershower isvery likely to occur at most pla-ces during subsequent 48 hours.

The SRC warned that heavyrainfall may cause flood-like sit-uations in the Baitarani, Budh-abalanga and other rivers.

Waterlogging situations mayalso occur in different parts ofthe State. Besides, he alsoinstructed the Collectors toclosely monitor the situation,alert all concerned and keep theadministrative machinery infull preparedness to meet anyeventuality and ensure func-tioning of control rooms roundthe clock.

All fishermen of the Statewere advised to return from thesea by Wednesday evening andnot to venture into the sea alongand off the Odisha coast onSeptember 6 and 7.

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Many stalwarts recently leftthis world for their heav-

enly abode. One of them hadlong association with Odisha.This writer has a personalweakness for him because ofclose personal association overa few decades. We are talkingof Kuldip Nayar, noted jour-nalist, author, diplomat andparliamentarian. He was bornin Sialkot in 1924. He studiedat Murray College in Sialkotand procured an LLB from LawCollege in Lahore before join-ing the Medill School ofJournalism in NorthwesternUniversity, Evanston, US, andacquired an MSc in journalism.He did odd jobs on board aship and in the US to sustainhimself. In his own language, “I

did not want to be a journalist.I had passed my LLB examfrom Lahore and wanted topractise law in my hometown,Sialkot, but soon after I hadtaken the final examination,India was divided. I travelledacross the border from Sialkotto Amritsar, hoping to returnwhen things settled down. Butthat never happened; and so, Icame to Delhi in search of ajob. I could have been a clerk,but that was not what I want-ed. At the time, an Urdu news-paper owned by a Muslimbusinessman was looking for aHindu journalist. I fulfilledthe proprietor’s requirementsbecause he wanted his news-paper employee to also teachmathematics and English to histwo children. The newspaper’sname was Anjam (the end). Ina way, I started my journalisticcareer from the end. I like tosay, ‘My Agaz (beginning) wasfrom Anjam ….” He worked asthe joint editor of this news-paper.

In a distinguished careerspanning more than sixty years,Nayar has seen and reported itall. From his vantage point atthe forefront of every ground-breaking news event, in close

proximity to and close confi-dence of the people in power,his articles are all the more fas-cinating as they give us a first-hand account of historic polit-ical events along with person-al insights into the motives andmachinations that conspired tobring them about.

Notable amongst the booksNayar authored include‘Between the Lines’, ‘DistantNeighbours’, ‘India after Nehru’,‘India House’, ‘Beyond theLines’ and the most readable‘Scoop!’.

Nayar had an uncannysense in picking up a piece ofnews in its embriotic form. AsSekhar Gupta recently wrote,Nayar continued to be areporter par excellence andnever effectively went to the topof the editorial rank. That wasthe real speciality in man, whocontinued to be a reporter tillhis last breath. His associationwith Gobind Ballabh Pant, LalBahadur Shastri and othersare well-known. His other work‘In jail’ should also not to beforgotten. It gives a vividaccount of the inside story ofthe running of the jails. His roleduring the Emergency and hisbeing detained are parts of con-

stitutional history. The petitionto the Supreme Court regard-ing a Rajya Sabha memberbeing a resident of the State hewas representing was argued byhis able brother-in-law JusticeSachar, who valiantly arguedthe case. Nayar would notspare anyone in his columnsand was even capable enoughof quoting a private conversa-tion to be the basis of certaininferences in the publicdomain.

Talking about journalism,Nayar said, “In 1975, during theEmergency, Mrs Indira Gandhidetained me without trialbecause I wrote her a letter topoint out that censorship wasnot consistent with democracy.Her hard-line response was ameasure of the significant role

that journalists could play inpublic affairs. It is sometimessaid that a journalist’s role is toinform, record, comment andsometimes entertain. All theabove have been true for jour-nalists of my generation, but atthe time of Independence andafterwards, we were also cast inthe exalted role of interpretingpolicy to the public and report-ing the public’s reaction back tothe policy-makers. In part, thiswas because of the limitedresources available to the massmedia. In 1947, television hadnot been invented. The medi-um of communication wasconfined to radio and news-papers.”

Nayar was not a reporterstuck to his desk. He travelledwidely, except in the last fewyears. His father-in-lawBhimsen Sachar was theGovernor of Odisha. Thefamiliarity of Nayar withOdisha continued to flourishthrough his friendship withSurendranath Dwibedi andRabi Ray. It is commonlybelieved that he was one ofthose who lobbied for Rabi Rayto become the Speaker of LokSabha. He continued to repre-sent the Times London for 25

years. His syndicated columnappeared in over eighty publi-cations around the world. Hewas a voice to be heard and notto be cramped down. His scoopregarding the CBI report on theBiju Patnaik Government iswell-known. He was a manlarger than life.

The writer will miss themeaningful interactions duringlunch hours at the GymKhanna Club or at the IndiaInternational Centre. Nothingcould be put in better wordsthan his description of 30thJanuary, 1948. “I was onlythree-month-old in Anjam, anUrdu Daily appearing fromBillimaran in Old Delhi; whichwas also the span of my careerin journalism. It was the onlyjob which I could land quick-ly. Although I had a law degreefrom Lahore my forte was adegree in Persian and theknowledge of Urdu. I was thentwenty-two. Thrilled to bemade a reporter-cum-subedi-tor without any experience, Iwould hang around the newsagency ticker in the office andmarvel at how quickly andrelentlessly it belched outwords. The afternoon of 30January was one such occasion.

I was near the ticker. A bellrang – it was a newsflash. Thiswas the device used in thosedays to draw the attention ofthe news desk to any unex-pected and important story.‘Gandhi shot!’ were the wordsthat caught my eye. I felt as ifmy heart had stopped beating.The whole world seemed tocollapse around me. Whatwould we do without him? Acolleague had a motorbike. Hesaid he would drop me to BirlaHouse where Mahatma Gandhilived. It was the biggest story ofmy fledgling career and I knewI was not equipped for it. I hadfailed in the journalism courseat Lahore; as I had in Urdu, anoptional subject in the Bachelorof Arts (BA) degree course.Gandhi could not die. He wasall that we had, to check thechaos Partition had left in itswake. I was praying fervently asthe motorbike sped towardsBirla House. I recalled Gandhi’swords, saying that he would dieafter winning Independence.Sitting on the pillion of themotorbike, many things camebefore my eyes: saying goodbyeto my parents in my hometownSialkot, joining a caravan ofpeople trudging towards India,

and crossing the border withjust Rs.120 in my pocket. Therewas no unusual activity on thestreet. Daryaganj, which divid-ed old Delhi from New Delhi,was crowed as always. Furtherup, traffic was thin. The roadsbeyond India Gate were prac-tically deserted – as they alwayswere at the time. The woodenentrance gate to Birla Housewas shut but I managed to enterafter showing them an identi-ty card from my paper. I didnot like the look of the place.It was desolate. Somethingpierced through me when Iheard the chant ‘Gandhi AmarRahe’ (Long Live Gandhi) – aninvocation after the death of agreat man.”

Such was the veteranKuldip Nayar. There are several reasons to miss him inthe days of upheaval in thecountry. May his soul rest inpeace and may he continue toinspire us!

(The writer, a SeniorAdvocate, is a former All IndiaService officer, a former diplo-mat, a former editor, a formerPresident of Orissa High CourtBar Association and a formerAdvocate General of [email protected])

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Aday after a death threat toChief Minister Naveen

Patnaik was reported, CrimeBranch ADG SantoshUpadhyay on Tuesday said thecase is being jointly probed bythe Odisha and Chhattisgarhpolice.

Briefing mediapersons,Upadhyay said, “The letter hasalready been verified. We are intouch with the Chhattisgarhpolice and a joint probe isunderway in connection withthe incident.”

He further said that themental condition of the pris-oner lodged at the BilaspurCentral Jail in Chhattisgarh,who is accused of sending thedeath threat letter to the ChiefMinister, would be examined.

Sources said that the jailinmate, who is involved 40criminal cases, has alreadyconfessed to have sent the let-ter to draw public attention.Through the letter, the senderidentified as one PushpendraNath Chouhan demanded aransom of Rs 50 crore from theChief Minister.

Chouhan threatened in theletter that he would eliminatePatnaik and his top bureaucrats

if the ransom wasnot paid.Interestingly, thecriminal hadmentioned the jailas the address atwhich the ransomamount was to bedelivered.

The letter wassent through postand received onAugust 25 by theOdisha police,who in their turninformed their

Bilaspur counterparts onSunday.

The Bilaspur police initi-ated an investigation and iden-tified Chouhan as the sender ofthe letter. Booked in 42 cases ofdacoity and murder, Chouhanis currently serving life impris-onment after conviction intwo cases. As per preliminaryinvestigation, Chouhan hasbeen found to be mentallyunstable.

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The National Human RightsCommission (NHRC) on

Tuesday directed the DIGCentral Range, Cuttack andTwin City PoliceCommissioner to submit` anaction-taken report (ATR) within four weeksregarding the molestation andloot of a backward class seniorcitizen and her family by somecriminals under the jurisdic-tion of the Khandagiri policestation.

The NHRC stated that incase, the report is not receivedwithin the stipulated time thecommission shall be con-

strained to invoke coerciveprocess under Section 13 of the protection of HumanRights Act, 1993 for personalappearance of the concernedauthority.

The concerned authoritiesshall also intimate theCommission, if any; notice ororder has been received by himor them in the instant matterfrom the State Human RightsCommission?

The NHRC passed the directions taking cog-nizance of a petition filed bycivil society organisationHuman Rights Watch secretarySangita Swain.

In her petition, Swain had

alleged that a backward classsenior citizen Swarnalata Sahuand her family residing in plotno B / 30, Ruchika Marketunder the Khandagiri policestation were physically molest-ed by some criminals.

Some gold ornaments andcash were also looted fromtheir house.

She alleged the police ofnot arresting any accusedinvolved in the case and recov-ering the stolen goods.

Swain prayed to the com-mission to direct the police toarrest the accused, provideprotection to the victims andpay compensation of Rs 5 lakhto Sahu and her family.

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Senior Congress leader andformer Union Minister

Srikant Jena on Tuesdaydemanded that Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik present a reportcard with detailed informationabout establishment of medicalcolleges in the State so that peo-ple can know who should takecredit for the colleges.

Jena too dared BJP and

BJD leaders to have opendebate with Congress as toduring which Governmentdecisions were taken andagreements made for estab-lishment of medical collegesin Odisha and other States.

“The BJP and the BJDare competing to take credit for establishment ofmedical colleges. But inreality, the UPAGovernment had initiatedall processes and signed agree-ments with State Governmentsin 2013-14,” said Jena.

Jena said the UPAGovernment had amended

Medical Council of India(MCI) norms for allowing StateGovernments and civic bodiesto establish medical colleges. Assuch, the State Government

had in 2013-14 decided toestablish 58 medical col-leges, including five inOdisha, with funds shareratio of the Union andState Government at75:25.

“The NDAGovernment has doneanything in health sectorduring the lat four years.The BJD Government hasfailed to provide health-

care services to people duringthe last 18 years. But they arespending crores of rupees fortaking credit for the projectsinitiated by the UPA

Government,” said Jena.He lamented that the ESI

Hospital proposed atBhubaneswar and for whichland had been acquired andboundary wall constructed hasbeen stopped by the presentNarendra Modi Government.Similarly, the proposed MCLand NTPC Medical colleges atTalcher and Sundargarh havebeen delayed, he rued.

He criticised the StateGovernment saying that hos-pitals across the State are lack-ing doctors and ICUs andtrauma care centes are notworking properly.

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The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) onTuesday said it would stage

protests against the ever-risingfuel prices across the Statefrom September 7 to 9.

Activists of Biju MahilaJanata Dal, Biju Yuva Janata Daland Biju Chhatra Janata Dalwould hold protests at variousplaces in the State during thethree days in a phased mannerfrom 10 am to 12 noon.

Besides, programmeswould be organised by the partyat major petrol pumps to sen-

sitise the fuel consumers regard-ing the almost-daily price hike.

Speaking at a Press con-ference here, BJD general sec-retary Sanjay Dasburma saidthat due to the oil Ministry’sfaulty policies, the commonpeople are facing the brunt ofthe price hike. Even though thefuel prices have been skyrock-eting for the last severalmonths, the CentralGovernment has remained asilent spectator, he alleged.

Instead of trying to curb thespiraling fuel prices, Petroleumand Natural Gas Minister

Dharmendra Pradhan is sittingwith his hands tied and onlyblaming the United States ofAmerica (USA) on the issue. Onthe other hand, due to due to thecontinuous rise in the fuel rates,the prices of essential com-modities have also been sky-rocketing in the State. From thehousewife to the daily-wager,everyone has been badly affect-ed by this, Dasburma said. Hefurther said that the ValueAdded Tax (VAT) on fuel isOdisha is less compared to theBJP-ruled States like Rajasthan,Assam and Maharashtra.

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The Centre has put a burdenof Rs 11 lakh crore in the

form of various taxes on fuel onthe common people. Still it isnot satisfied. While the BJDGovernment in the State wasagitating for small things dur-ing the UPA Government, nowit is totally silent, alleged PCCpresident Niranjan Patnaik.

Petrol price inBhubaneswar is �78.18 anddiesel per litre was �76.60 withrecent hikes. But on October 1,2013, petrol price inBhubaneswar was �71.64 anddiesel price �54.60. At that

time, the thenU P AGovernment atthe Centertried its best tokeep the pricerise under con-trol by adjust-ing tax struc-ture. But theB J PGovernment isnot at all con-cerned and isbusy makingprofit at the

expense of the common man,he told.

In a Press statement, thePCC chief said petrol anddiesel prices in the country arerising everyday in an unusualmanner. But the Governmentof India is not including it inthe GST. The BJP Governmentat the Center has planned tospend the huge profit from fuelprice hike in coming generalelections and purchase votes.But the common people willnot let them to achieve this.This has been reflected in thejust concluded Karnatakamunicipal elections, Patnaiksaid.

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Bhubaneswar: Various Muslimorganisations contributed�2,17,000 to the Chief Minister’sRelief Fund for flood-affectedpeople of Kerala on Monday.

Kantabanji MLA AyubKhan informed that Muslimpeople belonging to organisa-tions like the KantabanjiMuslim Jamat, MasjidManaging Committee,Bhawanipatna, JuapadaMuslim Jamat, BanjipaliMuslim Jamat and Jharni-Tenulikhunti Muslim Jamatcollected money during the“Eid-ul-Juha” and donated tothe CMRF. PNS

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Adelegation of BJP MLAsled by KV Singh Deo met

the Accountant General hereon Tuesday urging for a specialaudit of the funds spent mind-lessly by the ruling BJD inAama Gan Aama Bikash andBiju Juba Bahini schemes,keeping the impending elec-tions in view.

The BJP team apprisedthat in the Aama Gan AamaBikash, CM Naveen Patnaikhas already sanctioned 37,331projects worth �919 croredirectly. The projects are sanc-

tioned by video conferencingignoring the procedure forcalling for a Gram Sabha in theOdisha Gram Panchayat Act1964.

The BJP members allegedthat the CM has taken over therights and responsibilities of thePanchayti Raj Institutions andarrogated to himself the powerof the people to decide on their

own development. Theytold that it clearly violatesthe 73rd amendments ofthe Constitution.

They further allegedthat the WorksDepartment has cleverlycreated a loophole in theOPWD code where inworks up to �5 lakh canbe given to anyone with-out calling for tenders to

facilitate the game plan of theruling party.

Similarly under the BijuJuba Bahini scheme, there is anannual outlay is �150 crore forthree years for organising var-ious activities pertaining toyouths. But, the BJP leadersalleged that it is a political movefor mobilisation of youth cadrein support of the BJD.

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The monthly average incomeof a farmer family from

agriculture source in Odishaincreased from �336 in 2002-03 to �1,407 in 2013-14,informed Agriculture andFarmers’ EmpowermentMinister Pradeep Maharathy inthe State Assembly on Tuesday.

In response to a question ofBJP MLA Dilip Ray, theMinister informed that themonthly average income of afarmer family from all sourcesincreased from �1,062 in 2002-03 to �4,976 in 2012-13. Hesubmitted this information asper the National Sample Survey

reports.However, Odisha stood 13

th among States in the month-ly average income of farmerfamilies from different sourcesand 16 th in agriculture sourcecategory.

In 2012-13, the monthlyaverage income of farmer fam-ilies was highest in Punjab at�18,059 followed by �14,434 inHaryana, �11,888 in Kerala,�8,832 in Karnataka, �7,926 inGujarat, �7,386 in Maharashtra,�7,350 in Rajasthan, �6,980 inTamil Nadu, �6,695 in Assam,�6,210 in Madhya Pradesh,�5,979 in Andhra Pradesh,�5,617 in Chhattisgarh, �4,976in Odisha, �4,923 in Uttar

Pradesh, �4,721 in Jharkhand,�3,980 in West Bengal and�3,558 in Bihar.

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Acase has been registeredagainst former Phulbani

MLA Debendra Kanhar forallegedly assaulting a womanand her daughter at Gaudapada

village in Kandhamal districtlate on Monday night.

As per the complaintlodged by the victims with theSadar police here, Kanharreached their house in night and misbehaved withthe girl. The girl’s motheropposed the act, followingwhich Kanhar thrashed theduo, they alleged.

The mother-daughter duoreportedly sustained minorinjuries. A case has been reg-istered against the ex-MLAunder Sections 294, 341,323,354 and 506 of IPC. Actionwould be taken against theaccused if the allegations arefound to be true, saidKandhamal Additional SPUtkal Ranjan Das.

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It was about 80 years backwhen I entered my village

school, Rambagh ME School,in Jajpur district by takingadmission in Class-IV. In thebeginning, I was very muchscared, but within a few days,I felt quite comfortable byreceiving the fatherly affec-tion and closeness from myclass teacher as well as theHeadmaster and some otherteachers.

The closeness and goodteaching of most of the teach-ers made me very much inter-

ested to go to the school in timeregularly and attending to mystudies seriously. The classteacher used to know the firstname of all the students in ourclass and used to give equalattention to all my classmatesincluding me. Appreciationand scolding from teachersused to depend on how muchthe student was attentive in theclass and also the degree of per-formance.

Due to friendly and affec-tionate behaviour of most ofthe teachers inside as well asoutside the class room, the stu-dents became quite close tothem very soon. I was in thatschool till I completed mystudies up to Class-VII. For afew years, after leaving theschool, whenever I was coming

to my village from Cuttackwhere I was pursuing my stud-ies in higher classes in thePyarimohan Academy (a reput-ed High School at that time), Imade it a point to meet my oldteachers in my village school inorder to pay my respect.

I may also site anotherexample of an ideal student –teacher relationship. In 1948after successful completion ofmy Intermediate Science atRavenshaw College, Cuttack, Ihad applied to pursue Bachelorin Arts course with economichonours in the same collegeinstead of going for Bachelor inScience. After a few weeks,when I received the intimationcard for admission, contrary tomy preference, I found that, Ihad to take admission in BScwith Chemistry honours.However, to my surprise Ifound from the admission sec-tion of the college that, mychoice for higher studies in myapplication form, had been

changed to BSc with Chemistryhonours by no less than a per-son like Prof Dr BalabhadraPrasad the then Head of theDepartment of Chemistry andeminent education-ist.

As per the advices of otherteachers in the college, I reluc-tantly took admission in BScwith Chemistry Honours andI did quite well in my studiesin the subject. After a few daysof my admission in the course,Dr Prasad told me that I woulddo better by pursuing highstudies in Science withChemistry Honours than goingfor BA with EconomicsHonours. Such fatherly rela-tionship between teachers andthe students were common inthose days. .

In the present days, in gen-eral, the teachers have gotcasual relationship with theirstudents and vice versa.Further, most of the teachers donot perform their teaching

very seriously; rather indirect-ly they suggest the students togo for the coaching classeswhich they conduct outside theschool hours for earning more

m o n e y .Now- a-

days, teaching has become verymuch business like with verylittle interaction between theteachers and students in theclass room. As there is noproper mechanism to monitorand evaluate the performanceof the teachers in the classroom, the teaching standard ineducational institutions par-ticularly those belonging toGovernment schools and col-leges has gone down.

It is ridiculous to find thatmost of the parents are com-pelled to send their children toprivate coaching classes evenstarting from Standard I to PostGraduate level.

In many cases, the teachershave become very sensualresulting in drastic alternation

in student- teacher relationship.Taking the advantage of teach-ers’ weak points in teaching andbehaviour, the students takevery little interest in their stud-ies. Some students even resortto various unfair means to geta degree. The unrest found inthe educational institutions inthe present days is thereforequite common. The bitter rela-tionship between students andteachers causes a lot of harm tomaintain the sanctity of theeducational institution and nat-urally the standard of educationgoes down.

In order to build the careerof the students and to groomthem properly to work for thesocio economic developmentsof the society and the country,there is an urgent need torestore the sanctity of theteacher-student relationshipand bring improvements inthe standard of teaching at alllevels.

At present, teachers in

schools and colleges are wellpaid. They should take theirresponsibility seriously byimproving their knowledge inthe subject, developing a pas-sion for teaching with goodclass room management skill,maintain closer rapport withthe students and develop goodcommunication skills.

The teachers should showtheir students that, he or shenot only has interest in thembut takes necessary steps to seethat they learn more and havea bright future.

An ideal teaching envi-ronment would certainly bringthe students and teachers closeto each other and create afavorable atmosphere in build-ing the careers of the students.In this process, the students canlearn more and come out fromthe educational institutionswith satisfaction and confi-dence for contributing theirknowledge and skill to thesociety and the country in

general.In order to improve the

standard of education at all lev-els, the Government shouldtake all steps for improving thestudent-teacher relationship,the quality of teaching at all lev-els and keeping the education-al institutions free from politics.On this Teachers’ Day, let allteachers make honest self-assessment and do the needfulto be ideal teachers. A teacheris a privileged one who besidesearning his or her livelihood,does a great service by groom-ing properly the younger gen-eration.

(Prof Dr Jena is formerDirector General, CSIR, former,Planning Board Member,Government of Odisha, FounderChairman, Institute of AdvanceTechnology and EnvironmentalStudies (IATES), and FounderPresident, Natural ResourcesDevelopment Foundation(NRDF) Lewis Road,Bhubaneswar)

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Ask any functionary in apanchayat office about

whether the Aadhaar hasbrought anything good to thePublic Distribution System(PDS), the answer will be in thepositive.

“Yes, a lot of good,” they say.Ask them to name some of thegood results and they willimmediately retort, “Pilferagehas been checked to a consid-erable extent.”

But if you ask how muchpilferage, they would go cluelessand fumble. On the contrary, ifasked about the problems peo-ple are facing, there would bemany answers.

A Panchayat ExecutiveOfficer (PEO) of Komna blockin Nuapada district says,“Pilferage at pancayat level wasvery insignificant in terms ofghost PDS cards. Aadhaar seed-

ing to check those small leak-ages has brought many otherproblems.” The PEO’s reluc-tance to speak against Aadhaarfades away when he is asked tothink in terms of problemspeople are facing while linkingor seeding.

“Yes, sometimes, the bene-ficiaries have to run to the pan-chayat office twice or threetimes if there is a link failure ormismatch of finger prints in thePOS,” he says.

“There are three main prob-lems in linking Aadhhar toPDS,” says Reetika Khera,Professor of Economics, IIM,Ahmedabad, who visited somevillages of KBK districts recent-ly to study the impact ofAadhaar linking.

“The first is the problem ofenrollment in Aadhaar . Peoplehave to run to the kiosk sever-al times for enrollment and theypay between Rs 60 and Rs 250to the agent. I have seen studentsof primary schools running tokiosks several times, takingleave from their schools. Second

is the failure of internet link dur-ing distribution and third, mis-match of finger prints in thePOS machine. Such problemscost a lot to the poor,” says ProfKhera and adds that the timespent in distribution after thelinking and introduction ofPOS machine has enormouslyincreased.

Many Yogan Sahayaks incharge of distribution of rationat pancayat level agree to thisargument. “The process of dis-tribution has become time con-suming after the induction ofPOS machine due to link failureand mismatch of finger prints.It used to take about a week tocomplete the distribution whenit was maintained manually in

registers, but now it takes morethan two weeks,” they say.

The Aadhaar linking withPDS has also created depriva-tion for the migrant families,”says State advisor to theSupreme Court Commissionon Food Rights RajkishorMishra. “Rice is distributedevery two months and thosewho can’t take their stuff before25th of the month of distribu-tion, their quota lapses. It affectsthe migrant households a lot,”adds Mishra.

It is revealed by most of theYogan Sahayaks that quota ofabout 200 persons in everyPanchayat lapses every monthdue to imposition of datelineand introduction of technology.Previously, the migrant house-holds were entrusting their rel-atives staying in villages to col-lect the rice and store it for thecardholders. It helped a lot tothe migrant households to cel-ebrate the festival of Navannaafter their return. “TheGovernment should think aboutsuch problems,” adds Mishra.

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Hundreds of anganwadiworkers staged a

demonstration at the MahatmaGandhi Marg here on Tuesday demanding fulfilmentof their nine-point charter ofdemands.

The agitators took out arally from Master CanteenSquare and marched towardsthe State Assembly when theywere stopped by police. Soon,a scuffle broke out after the agi-tators tried to break the policebarricades and march towardsthe Assembly.

Following this, around tenplatoons of police forces weredeployed at the location inorder to prevent any unto-ward situation.

The agitators said that theprotest would be intensified in

the coming days if theGovernment ignores theirdemands.

“The State Governmentshould sanction a monthly

pension of Rs 3,000 per month to the Anganwadi workers and should raise theage of retirement to 65,” said aprotestor.

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In a another positive devel-opment after the conversion

of displaced (forest) villageBadmul under Chhendipadatehsil of Angul district into arevenue village, the Director,Land Records and Survey,Board of Revenue, has sent let-ters to all the district Collectorsasking them to furnish up-to-date status on individual andcommunity claims (tehsil-wiseand district-wise) under theForest Rights Act (FRA) to theDirectorate immediately.

The letter from DirectorUN Malick emphasised onconversion of forest villagesinto revenue villages underSection 3(i)(h) of the ScheduledTribes and Other TraditionalForest Dwellers’ for recognitionof Forest Rights Act, 2006.

The letter clearly men-tioned that the rights of settle-ment and conversion of all for-est villages, old habitations andun-surveyed villages into rev-enue villages have been recog-nised as one of the rights of for-est dwelling scheduled caste,scheduled tribe and OTFDcommunities under the FRA.

The Ministry of TribalAffairs had issued compre-hensive guidelines in 2013 toOdisha on various aspects ofimplementation of the actwhich, inter alia, emphasisedon the conversion of forest andun-surveyed villages and oldhabitations into revenue vil-lages.

The Director sought thecooperation of all Collectors tomaterialise the FRA provi-sions.

Forest rights activiststhroughout the State have wel-comed the Board of Revenueinitiative and are hopeful thatit will ease the process of con-version. They maintained thatdespite the MoTA guidelines,

there is lack of understandingand clarity at the official levelto carry out the process of con-version.

Due to this, a number ofcases of conversion, thoughcompleted at district-level com-mittee, are pending due todelay in the settlement process.

According toSharachchandra Lele, distin-guished fellow inEnvironmental Policy andGovernance, Centre forEnvironment andDevelopment, Ashoka Trustfor Research in Ecology and theEnvironment, “The Odishaorder on forest village conver-sion is a positive and welcomestep in the implementation ofthe FRA.”

Lele also mentioned thatconversion of a forest villageinto revenue village is notenough. The community forestrights (CFR) of the inhabitantsof the village are also required,because they are dependent onthe forests surrounding theirvillage for their livelihood.

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Bhubaneswar: A ‘Hockey Hallof Fame’ would be established atthe Birsa Munda Stadium inRourkela before March 2020,informed Housing and UrbanDevelopment Minister NiranjanPujari in the State Assembly onTuesday.

In response to a question ofBJP MLA Dillip Ray, theMinister informed that the‘Hockey Hall of Fame’ would beestablished well before March2020 for which a detailed pro-ject report is being preparednow. “Information regardingglorious history of hockey inOdisha and achievements madein the Olympics, internationaland national matches by Odishaplayers , trophy, feature wall, stat-ues of eminent hockey players ofOdisha and the country, hock-ey galleries and informawouldbe put in the ‘Hockey Hall ofFame,” informed the Minister.

Meanwhile, Ray has dem-anded that the Government pro-vide more supports to hockeyplayers in villages and in Sun-dargarh and facilitate holding ofnational and international hock-ey matches in Rourkela. PNS

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Dr Pramod Kumar Routbeing transferred from the

Ghatgaon CHC, has joined onSeptember 1 as the new paedi-atric specialist of KumarjodaCHC under Joda block. Afterthe controversial absence of DrMonalisa Partra from duty sinceAugust 9, the poor peopledepending on the CHC werefacing a lot of difficulties. TheKumarjoda CHC situated on theoutskirts of the Joda town catersmainly to the need of the pooradivasi people those who cannotafford to go to private hospitalfor treatment.

Some months back whenthere was shortage of doctors inthe CHC, Dr Patra, herself apediatric specialist, had beenappointed by the district admin-istration to be paid from the dis-trict mineral fund, but it wasalleged against her that she was

not coming to the CHC in theafternoon on the pretext thatrequired number of patients wasnot coming during that time.

However, one day the situ-ation went out of control whena patient was reported to havedied due to non-availability ofthe doctor in the CHC.

When the matter was pub-lished in The Pioneer on July 28,there was much hue and cry inthe locality but the irony is thatinstead of taking the correctivemeasures ,the alleged doctorjoined hands with some peoplehaving vested interest who cameforward to give undue sup-port to her on the ground thatshe was a woman and it waswrong to malign her. Even, theywent on threatening that if DrMonalisa resigns, they will gofor “Joda bandh” and also triedto create a panic among localpeople saying that there will beno doctor if she quits. However,thanks to district CollectorAshish Thakre, a new doctor inthe Kumarjoda CHC was post-ed which has been very muchappreciated by the locals.

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Atotal of 4,831 students arepresently out of school in

Mayurbhanj district, accordingto an official survey conduct-ed recently. The number mayeven go up to 5,000, admittedCollector Vineet Bharadwajhere on Tuesday.

At a Press conference,Bharadwaj revealed that at least2,002 students have been longabsentees and 2,638 are drop-outs, while 191 boys and girlsnever enrolled themselves inschools.

A household survey wasconducted in the district byteachers, SMC members andAWW and these three cate-gories of children were identi-fied in the process. Out of thesenon-school-going children, 95are orphans, 567 live in remote,inaccessible areas, 441 havesingle parent, 1,110 hail fromdisturbed families, 298 aremigrants and 62 are workingchildren, whereas other 2,099

children don’t come to schooldue to health reasons, it wasfurther disclosed at the meet.

However, various measuresare being taken to bring abouta change in the dismal situa-tion, Bharadwaj asserted.

Schemes like ResidentialSpecial Training are beingintroduced and soon there willbe a change in the situation atthe grassroot level, he said.

He, at the same time,stressed the need of qualityeducation in schools.

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Indian sprinter, double silvermedalist in Asian Game 2018

and KIIT student Dutee Chandwas felicitated by GovernorProf Ganeshi Lal on behalf ofthe people of the State at a felic-itation ceremony held here onMonday.

Felicitating Dutee Prof Lalsaid strong will power anddetermination bring successto anybody. Dutee has got thesuccess due to her will power,determination and hard labour.He also advised Dutee youshould not be jealous and imi-tate anyone.

Bhubaneswar MP DrPrasanna Kumar Patasani,Olywood actor and MPAnubhav Mohanty,

Bhubaneswar North MLAPriyadarshi Mishra,Bhubaneswar MunicipalCorporation (BMC) MayorAnanta Narayan Jena, OTDCChairman Dilip Tirkey, Sports,Youth Services and TourismDepartment Commissioner-cum-Secretary Vishal KumarDev and KIIT and KISSfounder Dr Achyuta Samanta

also felicitated Dutee.In her remarks, Dutee said,

“In my life I have seen manyups and downs, but I nevergave up my goal. Dr Samantahas always stood behind meand inspired me to achieve mygoal. He was with me in mostpainful period of my life. Atthat time, he guided me inevery moment not to lose hope

and courage.”She also said, “I am per-

sonally very much thankful toour Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik for his support tosports and sportspersons.Odisha is the only State to givethe highest cash award of Rsthree crore to an athlete. Ithank all my well wishers andpeople of Odisha”.

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Chief Secretary AP Padhi onTuesday directed the dis-

trict Collectors, EnergyDepartment district officersand engineers to finish allpreparatory work by Septemberfor the “Ama Ghare LED” pro-gramme to be launched inOctober.

In a videoconference atthe State Secretariat, EnergyCommissioner-cum-SecretaryHemant Kumar Sharma spokeabout the implementation ofthe programme to the

Collectors.Sharma informed that as

per the decision of the StateGovernment, the Food SecurityAct beneficiary families wouldbe provided four LED bulbsfree of cost through OPTCLwhich would have a three years’warranty. The bulbs would beavailable at the PDS retailshops and the retail shopswould be provided services, headded.

As the programme ismeant for providing electrici-ty to poor households in theState and energy conservation,Development CommissionerR Balakrishnan advised thefield-level officials to completethe process in the stipulatedperiod.

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The Biju YuvaVahini organ-

ised the Mu Herocampaign at theAES College herewith an aim toidentify anda c k n o w l e d g eunsung talentsfrom 21 panchayatsand the NAC ofTarbha.

B l o c kChairman SasmitaMalik, NACChairman Monicalal Agrawal,NAC EO K Chakraborty, PSIIC SB Chatriya, ABDO ASharma, Prof SB Panda, districtyouth coordinator H Khan,ZP S Kampa and Prabin Nagattended as guests.

Biju Yuva Vahini coordi-

nator Janardan Thanapati saidyouths who have influencedpeople in bringing changes inthe different fields and takenleadership role during naturalcalamities, worked towardsbringing social transformationwould be felicitated during the

campaign.On the occasion, Bijaya

Shankar Rana and HemantaMajhi were felicitated for theirdelicacy.

A bike rally was also organ-ised in which around 700 bikesparticipated.

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The Women and ChildrenDevelopment and Mission

Shakti Department on Tuesdaylaunched a State-wide awarenesscampaign to promote comple-mentary feeding practices forthe optimal growth of children

between six months and 24months.

Women and ChildrenDevelopment and MissionShakti Prafulla Samal initiatedthe campaign and offered AnnaPrasanna to three six-month-old children. On the occasion,Samal also flagged off a IEC vancarrying the awareness message.

Notably, recognising theimportance of complementaryfoods and feeding practices forthe young children, the depart-ment has extended the cam-paign from 2018 to the end of2019 in collaboration with theHealth and Family WelfareDepartment and the Unicefacross the State.

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Chief Secretary Aditya PrasadPadhi on Tuesday directed

the district Collectors and FoodSupply and Consumers WelfareDepartment officials to expeditethe process of identification ofbeneficiaries under the Statefood security scheme to beimplemented in the State fromOctober 2. Through video con-ferencing from the StateSecretariat, Padhi directed theofficials to speed up the receiptof applications from the benefi-ciaries, field-level inspectionand digitisation process andupload the progress report onthe website on a daily basis. Hefurther directed the officials tocomplete the inspection of appli-cations received till September2 and prepare the ration cards sothat the cards would be distrib-uted to the beneficiaries beforeOctober 2.

He further asked theCollectors to accept the Statefood security applications tillSeptember 10.

Notably, the StateGovernment has launched itsown food security scheme toinclude those left out of theNational Food Security Act dueto various reasons. TheGovernment has decided toinclude about 25 lakh benefi-ciaries under the scheme in thefirst phase and would bear all theexpenses for providing foodgrains to the beneficiaries in sub-sidised rate under the scheme.

As the State food securityscheme is on the top of the pri-ority list of the StateGovernment, DevelopmentCommissioner R Balakrishnanadvised the field-level officials tocomplete the identificationprocess within the stipulatedtimeframe. Food Supplies andConsumers Welfare SecretaryVir Vikram Yadav presentedthe district-wise data for dis-cussion and advised theCollectors on the issue.

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Several Singapore companieshave shown interest in mak-

ing investments in infrastruc-ture, gas, smart cities and otherdevelopment projects inPunjab.

The companies conveyedthis to the Punjab delegation dur-ing the CII North’s first out-of-country event, held on Mondayand Tuesday, a statement said.Punjab delegation, led byFinance Minister ManpreetBadal, along with PWD and ITMinister Vijay Inder Singla andInvest Punjab team had a seriesof B2G meetings with variouscompanies during the CII InvestNorth 2018 event.

Spokesperson said that theSummit was held by the IndianHigh Commission in Singaporein collaboration with theConfederation of IndianIndustry (CII).

Ascendas Singbridg and

Changi have shown keen inter-est in planning and develop-ment of New Airport atLudhiana, Aerotropolis — aworld class city development atLudhiana, and Mohali,Convention centres across the

State. “We have 5,435-acre land

through pooling scheme for thenew township ‘Aerotropolis’for which we are now doing aconceptual plan,” said Singla.Expected to cost 2.6 billion dol-

lars, a detailed project report isunderway for the MohaliAerotropolis.

Invest North is an annualevent hosted by CII for pro-moting northern states as keyinvestment destinations.

Punjab delegation alsoincluded Additional ChiefSecretar y InvestmentPromotion Vini Mahajan,Principal Secretary FinanceAnirudh Tewari and CEOInvest Punjab Rajat Aggarwal,industrialists Rajinder Gupta,Kamal Oswal, Sanjiv Arora,RS Sachdeva, Karan Gilhotra,Pankaj Munjal, Upkar Ahuja,Bhavdeep Sardana amongothers.

The delegation held mul-tiple meetings with industriesand investors based inSingapore and explored fieldsof mutual engagement. Thedelegation also called onSingapore’s Foreign MinisterDr Vivian Balakrishnan,Minister for Higher Educationand Skills Ong Ye Kung,Minister for Communicationand Minister-in-charge forTrade Relations S Iswaran, andITE College Principal Dr AngKiam Wee.

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Slamming the highest everhike in petrol and diesel

prices due to Centre’s “flawed”policies, Punjab CabinetMinister Tript Rajinder SinghBajwa on Tuesday called uponthe Prime Minister NarendraModi to follow his own advicethat he used to give to his pre-decessor Dr Manmohan Singhof bringing fuel prices underthe GST.

Bajwa, who is the RuralDevelopment and Panchayatsand Housing and UrbanDevelopment Minister,demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under the Goods and Service Taxregime.

Alternatively, he said,excise duty and VAT should becut to provide immediate relief to the people and theeconomy.

“Petrol and diesel prices inthe country have touched anew high, rather highest tilldate. Why is Modi now main-taining silence? He had, at onepoint, told the former PrimeMinister Dr Manmohan Singhto take the hikes seriously.

I wish that Modi should now implement hisown advice given before 2014to Dr Manmohan Singh,” hesaid.

Recalling Modi’s tweet onMay 23, 2012, wherein he hadsaid: “Massive hike in petrol prices is a prime exam-ple of the failure of Congress-led UPA Government.

This would put a burden ofhundreds of crores on Gujarat”, Bajwa pointed outthat the excise duty on petroland diesel was hiked 12 timesbetween May 2014 andSeptember 2017 before it was cut by Rs two a litre in

October last year. “The excise duty on petrol

increased by 54 percent and VAT by 46 percent duringthis period. In the case ofdiesel, the excise duty went upbetween May 2014 andSeptember 2017 by 154 percentand VAT by 48 percent,” headded.

Bajwa said that the hike inthese basic products, that hasmultiplier effect on the entireeconomy by way of price rise,had made life of the peoplemiserable. Modi should havecared to calculate the impact onprice level.

“Punjab is the worst affect-ed as being agriculturally themost advanced state in thecountry, the consumption ofdiesel is very high. Farmmachinery is run on diesel,thereby reducing the margin ofprofit, in case there is any,” headded.

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Punjab EmploymentGeneration Department has

decided to go in for providingfree training to the state’s youthfor recruitment to 55,000 posts orvacancies of constables in variousCentral Security Forces.

The Central Government’sStaff Selection Board is about tomake recruitments to the differ-ent paramilitary forces — BSF,CISF, CRPF, ITBP, SSB, NIA, SSFand Assam Rifles — and the totalnumber of vacancies are 54,953for which the aspirants can applyonline till September 17, 2018.

Punjab EmploymentGeneration Commissioner RahulTewari said that training centres

have been set up at 25 places inorder to prepare the state’s youthfor both the written as well as thephysical fitness examination.

The centres have been estab-lished at Amritsar, Gurdaspur,Pathankot, Tarn Taran, Batala, Ferozepur, Moga,Faridkot, Fazilka, Bathinda, SriMuktsar Sahib, Mansa, Patiala,Sangrur, Barnala, Hoshiarpur,Kapurthala (Police Lines), PAPHeadquarters Jalandhar,Rupnagar, SBS Nagar, SAS Nagar,Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib,Khanna, and Jagraon.

Tewari said that the inter-ested youth should report onSeptember 5 and 6, 2018, till 11am at the nearest police centre forphysical examination.

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Asserting that the Akali vet-eran had ruined Punjab,

and holding him squarely re-sponsible for the Kotkapura an-d Behbal Kalan firing incidents,Chief Minister Capt AmarinderSingh on Tuesday vowed to gohammer and tongs after ParkashSingh Badal and fix him.

Reiterating that there was noquestion of going soft on the for-mer Chief Minister, CaptAmarinder Singh said that it was

not possible that Badal was notaware of the police firing.

The SIT probe report intothe incident would go to thecourts and the truth wouldcome out, said the ChiefMinister, adding that the deci-sion to withdraw the investiga-tion from CBI and hand it overto a Punjab Police SIT wastaken by the state assembly,which felt the BJP-led govern-ment at the Centre could influ-ence the central agency as theBJP was an ally of ShiromaniAkali Dal (SAD).

“Justice Ranjit SinghCommission, set up to probe thesacrilege cases and the firingincidents at Behbal Kalan andKotkapura, had suggested fur-ther investigation, which waswhy the SIT is being set up,” saidCapt Amarinder, adding that theCommission was a fact-findingpanel which did a thorough jobto get to the bottom of the eventsthat led to the senseless anddeliberate firing on innocentpeople.

Reacting to Badal’s assertionthat he was ready to swear thathe did not know about the fir-ing, Capt Amarinder dismissedit as a gimmick to divert pub-lic attention from his role in theincident. How many times hashe falsely sworn at the AkalTakht, asked Capt Amarinder.

“How is it possible that theChief Minister did not knowabout the firing, the ChiefMinister asked, pointing outthat former DGP Sumedh Sainihad clearly stated before theRanjit Singh Commission thatBadal had asked him to dispersethe crowd forcibly. If somethinghappens in my state, then asCM, I cannot take refuge insuch lies and should be thrownout if I am not aware of what ishappening right under mynose,” he asserted, adding thatas per the Commission’s find-ings, as many as 22 calls weremade to Badal before the firingtook place.

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Minister Raghubar Das’ fiveday China trip where he alongwith his ministerial colleaguesand officials had on Mondaywitnessed some advancedfarming techniques by visitinga village over there.

“The Chief Minister isgoing to China to see agricul-tural technology but never vis-ited Patratu near to Ranchi

where farmers were commut-ing suicides due to farm dis-tress,” said former PradeshCongress Committee presi-dent and party’s LohardagaMLA Sukhdeo Bhagat onTuesday addressing a pressconference flanked with pre-sent State Congress chief AjoyKumar. The PCC chief on hispart slammed the Governmentmachinery for slapping treasoncase against some people fortheir objectionable ‘facebook’post.

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Incessant rainfall since pastcouple of days across Bokaro

district increased the water lev-els into several water bodies,dams and rivers. The DamodarRiver is on its peak and is flow-ing near the danger mark inBokaro. Officials have warnedall residents living close to theriverbanks to move to safer andhigher places, official informed.

As the water level increasesin the reservoir of TenughatDam, huge water was released.At least 42,000 cusec water hasbeen released from the reservoiron Monday after noon. Out often, four radial gates of the damwere opened 3 meters and waterwas released from the dam,informed Pankaj Kumar thenodal officer of flood ControlUnit of Tenughat Dam.

The dam Administrationissued a warning, not to go intothe river as water level increasedinto the Tenughat dam as well asin river too. It might be expect-ed of a sudden release of morewater from the reservoir of thedam at any time, warningreveals.

Heavy downpour increasedthe water level into TenughatDam and Damodar River. “TheDamodar was on its peak”, offi-cials sources said. The officials,who are monitoring the rise inthe river’s water level, said thethreat of a flood persists. But thepossibility of a major flood in thedistrict was low, they added.

“The capacity of the reser-voir of Tenughat Dam is to holdthe water level at a maximum of824 feet but now the water levelis increased, rushed to 842 feet”,added the official. A specialdirective of ‘24-hours alert’ hasbeen issued to the concernedofficials, staffs and divers,informed the official.

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In tune with the JanataCongress Chhattisgarh (Jogi),

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hasbeen in forefront of declaring itcandidates for the state gener-al election 2018. On Tuesday, itdeclared list of six candidates.With it the AAP has issued totalnames of 74 candidates out of90 seats. Now, the party isexpected to declare the candi-dates of 16 remaining seatssoon.

One crucial in the declara-tion is that AAP has changedthe candidate of Vaishali Nagarseat.

AAP Chhattisgarh inchargeGopal Rai announcing thenames of candidates said thatthe candidate for Kurud isTejendra Kumar, Navagarh isAnjor Das Dhritlahare, Kasdolis Purushottam Sonwani,Pratappur is Chotelal Tireky,Lormi is Mahendra SinghThakur and Vaishali Nagar isAnjula Bharghav.

Rai further said that afterthe total survey reports aretaken into consideration thenno party is having completemajority. He claimed that AAPwould make a tremendous gainby beating BJP.

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Accusing the Congress of“mainstreaming” Maoists,

the BJP on Tuesday quoted aletter purportedly seized inpolice raid alleging that senior Congress leaders werepro-actively funding Maoistactivities.

Addressing a press confer-ence here, BJP spokespersonSambit Patra said a letterexchanged by two Maoists onSeptember 25, 2017, mentioneda telephone number that“belongs to none other thanRahul Gandhi’s mentor andCongress leader DigvijaySingh,” he alleged.

He said the letterexchanged between the twoLeft-wing members details thatthe Congress leaders were “very

much willing to assist” andcontact number given in thecommunication is that ofSingh, Patra alleged.

“A letter b/w 2 comradesSurendra & Prakash ofSeptember 25, 2017, has beenfound in recent raids. A line inletter reads, ‘Congress leadersare very much willing to assistin this process & have alsoagreed to fund further agita-tions whenever such opportu-nities arrive’,” Patra quoted thesaid letter.

“In this regard, you cancontact our friend onthis... .number,” the BJPspokesman further referredthe letter adding “this phonenumber belongs to none otherthan Rahul Gandhi’s mentor &Congress leader Digvijay Singh.Digvijay Singh hasn’t clarified

that it’s not his number &thus, has accepted that it’s his,”the BJP leader added.

Patra said Congress-ledUPA dispensations did every-thing to “mainstream” Maoistsin the Government and gavethem key posts. In this respect,he referred to NationalAdvisory Council (NAC) con-stituted in the first UPA tenure (2004-2009) which hesaid was filled with the left-wing activists.

“There are some who haveromanticised Naxalism withinthe Congress party. The biggestexample of this was the NAC bythe Congress, which was thebrainchild of Sonia Gandhiand closest to her. That body was the ground for sup-porting Naxalism,” the BJPspokesman said.

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In a major technical decisionto deal with punctuality issue

due to deceleration of trainswhile passing railway stationand curves, the Indian Railwayshas decided to opt for worldstandards that allow passengertrains to cross stations, halts,loop lines, turnouts and curva-tures at over 50 kilometre perhour. At present the speed limitin such cases in 15 km per hour.

For instance, a passengertrain starting from New DelhiRailway Station which does nothas a stoppage at HazratNizamuddin Station needs toslow down to 15 kmph whilecrossing the stretch. But afterthe new technicalities approvedby Research Design andStandards Organisation(RDSO) comes in force, thetrain can continue with its topaccelerated speed thus not los-ing time soon after it started itsjourney from New Delhi.

Following the worst everpunctuality figures during thelast several months, RailwayBoard has taken several stepswhich include two significantones related to speed of the

trains. Last month, the Boardallowed train pilots to acceler-ate to the top permissible limitto make up for the loss, if any.The second decision was toseek approval from RDSO tomaximise speed at curves andstation crossings.

RDSO, a CentralGovernment organisation,through a letter August 29,2018, approved the RailwayBoard’s demand for increasing the speed overturnouts and loop lines to 50kmph subjected to certainadditions/modifications andcorrections of the infrastruc-

tures wherever required.“Up-gradation of speed to

50 kmph on turnout and looplines should cover a number ofcontiguous stations at a stretchso as to derive a perceptibleadvantage of the higher speedin train operation,” said RDSO Director General MHussain in his approval sanc-tion to railway board.

However, the RDSO hasinstructed the railways thatbefore the introduction of thenew speed manual, screeningsof thick web curved switchesover pre-stressed concrete(PSC) sleepers, curves with

150mm clean ballast cushion,all rail joints on these turnoutsand other technicalities shouldbe done and duly inspected

Further, it suggested thatlayouts of each and everyturnout and cross-overs wherethe 50 kmph speed is pro-posed, including versines overturn-in curves, has to bechecked for correct laying orgeometrical defects in layoutand be rectified beforeapproaching the Commissionerfor Rail Safety (CRS) who final-ly permits speed.

Last month, the RailwayMinistry directed train dri-vers to hit the top permissiblespeed to make up for the losttravel time. The punctualityperformance of IndianRailways in 2017-18 was worsein comparison to the two finan-cial years before that, withalmost 30 per cent of its trainsrunning late.

The punctuality of mailand express trains during April2017-March 2018 was 71.39per cent as compared to 76.69per cent in the correspondingperiod of 2016-2017, which isa deterioration of 5.30 percent. In 2015-2016, 77.44 percent trains ran on time.

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The Congress on Tuesdaylashed out at the BJP, saying

there was an undeclared emer-gency in the country and tak-ing action against a young girlfor raising slogan, against theBJP Government in a flight wasnot just an assault on the free-dom of speech and expressionbut also on India’s Constitution.

Congress spokespersonManish Tewari said the battle for2019 would be between what hecalled “fascism” represented bythe BJP and democracy repre-sented by the progressive andpluralistic forces in this countryand would be a “battle for thevery soul of India”.

He said the incident involv-ing the young girl in Tamil Naduwas the second one after fiveactivists were arrested from allover the country by the PunePolice. The Congress leaderdubbed the BJP’s Tamil Naduchief ’s defence as “undemocra-tic and uncalled for”, which isalso “completely reprehensible”.

“If this is not undeclaredemergency, then how else wouldyou characterise this situation?What happened in Tamil Naduyesterday on the flight fromChennai to Tuticorin was notonly an assault on the freedomof speech and expression, notonly an assault on our funda-mental rights, it was an assaulton the Constitution of India, itwas an assault on democracy, itwas an assault on the Idea ofIndia. It was fascism playingitself out in its fullest glory,” hetold reporters.

Tewari alleged this was apattern which has been playingitself out repeatedly and sys-tematically since 2014, whenthe BJP-NDA Governmentcame to power.

He said this pattern startedwith the “assault” on students ofFilm Institute in Pune, andincidents like the unfortunatesuicide of Rohith Vemula, dere-cognition of Periyar study cir-cle in IIT-Madras and “vilifica-tion campaign” of Jawaharlal

Nehru University are examplesin this regard.

He said there is a narrativewhich the NDA-BJPGovernment has been consis-tently trying to peddle, whichsays there will be only one voicein this country and that wouldbe of the BJP-RSS.

“If anybody else speaks, hewill be thrown into jail. If youquestion the BJP, you are anti-national. If you question theGovernment, you are a traitor.If you question the establish-ment, you are downright sedi-tious,” he said.

“Is this the India that wewant? And therefore, it isbecoming increasingly clearthat the battle for 2019 is goingto be between fascism repre-sented by the BJP and democ-racy represented by the pro-gressive and pluralistic forces ofthis country.

“This is going to be the bat-tle for 2019. This is not mere-ly the removal of a Governmentand its replacement by anoth-er, 2019 is going to be a battleto be ‘very soul of India’,” hesaid. The Congress leaderalleged “fascism” was on fulldisplay when the young girl inTamil Nadu “hit a raw nerve”when she allegedly raised slo-gans against the BJPGovernment” and alleged that“unbridled arrogance” was ondisplay when the BJP statechief lodged a complaintagainst her and she was sent to15 days of judicial custody.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi onTuesday urged the teachers of the coun-

try to bring out inherent strength and tal-ents from within the students. Modi said thisduring his interaction with the recipients ofNational Teachers’ Awards and on theoccasion he congratulated the nationalawardees for their efforts towards improv-ing the quality of education in the country.

Modi commended their dedicationtowards education and for making it their“life mantra”. He said a teacher remains ateacher throughout his or her life.

During the interaction, Modi urged theawardees to mobilise the community andto make them an integral part of schooldevelopment. He also exhorted the teach-

ers to work towards bringing out the inher-ent strength of students, especially thosefrom poor and rural background.

The Prime Minister said the educatorsshould work towards removing disconnectbetween the teachers and the students, sothat teachers are remembered by the stu-dents throughout their lives. He alsoencouraged the teachers to digitally trans-form their schools and its neighbourhood.

During the interaction with the PrimeMinister, the awardees narrated their sto-ries in transforming their schools into cen-tres of learning and excellence. They alsothanked the Prime Minister for the newonline nomination process and for schemessuch as Digital India, which is bringing abig qualitative change in school educationthroughout the country.

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The Special NIA Court,Ernakulam on Tuesday

framed charges against sevenout of eight accused persons inthe ISIS Omar Al-Hindi case.With the framing of thecharges, the trial is expected tobegin on September 26.

The case was registeredsuo-motu by NIA on October1, 2016, based on reliable infor-mation regarding the activities

of certain youth, who had theintention of furthering theobjectives of the banned ter-rorist organisation ISIS, insouthern Indian States ofKerala and Tamil Nadu.

These youth had allegedlygot together and formed anISIS terror module namedAnsarul Khilafa-KL over socialmedia platforms and had madepreparations to carry out ter-rorist attacks against prominentpersons, including judges,

police officers and politiciansand also against foreign nation-als and rationalists.

The NIA had arrested sixmembers of the terror moduleon October 2, 2016, a dayafter registering the case whenthey were allegedly holding aconspiracy meeting atKanakamala in Kannur districtof Kerala. Subsequently, anoth-er member of the module wasarrested on February 15, 2017,following his deportation fromthe UAE.

In this case, the NIA hadon October 5, 2016, also arrest-ed an ISIS operative SubahaniHaja Moideen, alias, AbuJasmine who had travelled to

Iraq/Syria during April, 2015,and had fought for the terror-ist organisation in the IslamicCaliphate announced by it.Moideen had returned to Indiaduring September 2015 andcontinued his activities in sup-port of the ISIS in India.

The agency had filed thechargesheet against accusedpersons Manseed Muhmood,

Swalih Mohammed, RashidAli, Ramshad NK, Safvan,Jasim NK and ShajeerMangalassery for criminal con-spiracy and various sections ofthe Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act.

A supplementarychargesheet was filed againstaccused Moinudheen onAugust 11, 2017.

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As many as nine pilot stud-ies have been rolled out in

11 States to test the effective-ness of modern technologies inassessing the extent of yield lossfor payment of crop insuranceclaims. The pilot studies arebeing carried out in AndhraPradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab,Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu andTelangana.

The pilots are being con-ducted by the National RemoteSensing Centre (NRSC),CGIAR Research Programmeon Climate Change, Agricultureand Food Security (CCAFS),SatSure, Space ApplicationCentre (SAC), Skymet, CropIn,Niruthi, Indian AgriculturalStatistics Research Institute(IASRI) and Weather Risk.

Currently, the crop cuttingexperiment (CCE) — the tra-ditional random surveymethod — is used to estimatecrop yields of a location. Underthe Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana (PMFBY), States arerequired to carry out at leastfour CCEs in every village

panchayat for each crop andsubmit the yield data to insur-ance companies within onemonth of harvest. It hasbecome a challenge to conductCCEs in a short span consid-ering 2.5 lakh gram panchay-ats in India.

In this backdrop, theAgriculture Ministry wants touse modern technologies to getthe crop yield figures faster andaccurately for payment of crop

insurance claims. A workshopwas also conducted on ninepilot studies here Tuesday.

“The Government of Indiahas rolled out nine pilot studieson optimisation of CCE usingmodern technologies aimingto resolve various challengesfaced by the Scheme,” the min-istry said in a statement.

The nine pilot studies areconducted in 23 districts spreadacross 11 States. The study is

expected to be completed byFebruary 2019, after analysingthe use of technology in par-ticular areas of crops during2018 kharif season and crops inrabi season of 2018-19, it said.

Technologies like scalableyield mapper for integratingremote sensing data in cropgrowth simulation model, cropdetection algorithm, crop healthmonitoring, Integrated SamplingMethodology using remotesensing, deep stratification,index based insurance for flood,intelligent and smart samplingtechnique, among others arebeing piloted in the field.

“The inclusion of suchtechnological interventions isexpected to address the issuesof large number of CCE beingconducted during short har-vesting window with limitedmanpower,” the ministry said.

Such technology-basedsolutions will help in achievingthe objective with limitedresource, more accuracy, result-ing in timely settlement ofclaims and will further facilitateto reduce the unit area ofinsurance to a level lower thanthe present village and pan-chayat level, it added.

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The farmers union on Tuesdaysaid the September 5 protest by

workers and farmers at RamlilaMaidan in Delhi will not be the lastrally and they warned to intensi-fy their struggle against the “anti-people” policies of the Centre.

The farmers and workers, par-ticipating in the rally, want remu-nerative prices for crops as per theSwaminathan Committee recom-mendations, debt waiver of allfarmers and agricultural workers,minimum wage of not less than Rs18,000 per month for workers.

The rally — Mazdoor KisanSangharsh March — is beingorganised jointly by CITU, AIKSand AIAWU, organisations andunions affiliated to the CommunistParty of India (Marxist).

“This is the first time...AfterIndependence that farmers andworkers will jointly participate in arally against the Government,”CITU general secretary Tapan Sentold reporters, adding, “And it willnot be the last one of our efforts.”

“We will announce the secondphase of our struggle and waragainst the Government, whoseanti-people policies are affectingthe poor people of our country.This Government is only makingpolicies keeping in mind the inter-ests of the corporate and the rich,”

Sen said.Last week, the organisers said

they were expecting more thanthree lakh people from across thecountry at the rally. Preparations forthe rally had been under way forseveral days but incessant rainover the last few days threw all thatinto disarray, damaging themakeshift shelters at RamlilaMaidan, the venue for the protest.However, the thousands of partic-ipants who have come from all overthe country appeared confident thatthe rally would be successful inhighlighting their issues of concern.

Punik Narayan Rau, 70, hascome from Nashik. Rau said hewas part of the “Long March” offarmers from Nashik to Mumbaiearlier this year. The march offarmers was led by All India KisanSabha and was, among otherdemands, for proper implementa-tion of Maharashtra Government’sloan waiver scheme.

Rau said he was disappointedwith Maharashtra Government.“The BJP Government inMaharashtra fooled us. I have cometo Delhi to raise my voice againstthe anti-farmer policies of theCentre. I will not stop till I get theright price for my crops,” he said.

Swaroop, 25, from Kerala, saidhe had seen more rain in his homeState Kerala this monsoon. Alongwith his three friends, he coveredthe distance on motorbikes.

“Me and my friends travelledfrom Kerala to Delhi in seven dayscrossing many States likeKarnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana,Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra,Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradeshmeeting farmers on our way.

“We realised that the state offarmers is seriously bad. We told them that the time has cometo raise our voice against the Government’s policies,”Swaroop said.

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Restoring the prestige of theUpper House is his “imme-

diate” priority, Vice-Presidentand Rajya Sabha Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu said Tuesday ashe called for reframing rules totake care of “erring members”and suggested stricter provi-sions in the anti-defection law.

In an interview to PTI,Naidu also suggested a host ofreforms such as a decision bypresiding officers within threemonths of receiving a com-plaint against a member forchanging party allegiance, andsetting up special courts dedi-cated to election-related peti-tions for speedy disposal.

Those leaving their partiesmust also quit their Housemembership, Naidu said, elab-orating on his suggestion toreform the anti-defection law for quick action againstparty hoppers.

“This is the minimummoral responsibility. I want tomake it a Constitutionalresponsibility. Morals, somefollow, some don’t,” Naidu,who completed a year in officelast month, said. The currentlaw on defections does notprescribe a deadline for pre-siding officers to dispose ofcomplaints submitted by polit-ical parties against defectors.

According to the law, atleast two-third members of alegislature party have to defectfor escaping punitive measureslike losing membership of theHouse. “The time has comethat rules of Parliament shouldbe reframed to take care of erring members and this is pos-sible if there is a consensus,”Naidu said.

He said a committee

appointed by him to reviseRajya Sabha rules has submit-ted a preliminary report andwill submit the final report bythe end of October.

“My immediate concern isrestoring prestige and decorumof Rajya Sabha...,” he said whenasked about his priorities in hissecond year in office. Expressinghis concern over the delay inpresiding officers deciding oncases, he said there have beeninstances when a decision hastaken five years. “That is wrong...Every party tries to take advan-tage. All these petitions shouldbe disposed of in three months,”Naidu said.

Loopholes in the anti-defection act have to beaddressed by amending thelaw to take care of “grey areas”.Citing his decision on a JanataDal (United) plea for disqual-ification of its Rajya SabhaMP Sharad Yadav, he said hehad shown the way.

Naidu had disqualifiedYadav in December last year

within three months of receiv-ing the complaint against him.“If you (presiding officer) sit onit and delay it, then it meansyou are going against the spir-it of the law,” he said.

Naidu also asked politicalparties to forge consensus on anational policy for LegislativeCouncils in states, saying thereis a feeling among people thatit is for the “rehabilitation” ofpoliticians who are unable toget elected.

But he has not taken astand on the issue, the Vice-President clarified. “I am nottaking a specific position in thisregard. I am more on havinguniformity...There has to be abasis even if you want to havea Legislative Council,” he said,noting that only seven of 29States have Legislative Councils.

Days after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi praised him forbeing a “disciplinarian”, thevice president said no countrycan progress, prosper or bestrong without discipline.

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Asex scandal has beenerupted in Kerala’s ruling

CPI(M) with a woman leaderof its youth wing, DYFI, hasaccused PK Sasi, party MLAfrom Shoranur of trying to sex-ually abuse her. She has lodgeda complaint with the partyleadership.

State CPI(M) secretaryKodiyeri Balakrishnan saidthat the party had alreadystarted looking into a com-plaint the young woman, amember of the DYFI’sPalakkad district committee,

had lodged with him threeweeks ago but the Oppositionparties demanded the MLA’sresignation and police actionagainst him and those who hadfailed to report the matter tothe police.

Asked about the woman’scomplaint against Sasi, CPI(M)general secretary SitaramYechury said in New Delhi, “Ithas been sent there (to theparty’s Kerala leadership). Theywill be looking into it.” Thewoman leader had e-mailedher complaint to Yechury theother day after other centralleaders and the Kerala leader-

ship had failed to respond toher complaint.

“I had received the com-plaint three weeks ago. We havebegun taking action on it,” saidKodiyeri inThiruvananthapuram onTuesday. Asked whether thecomplaint would be forward-ed to the police, “The party istaking action on the basis of acomplaint it has received. If itwas a complaint for the police,(the woman) would havelodged it with them.”

The CPI(M)’s State com-mittee has reportedly consti-tuted a two-member commit-

tee of the secretariat to lookinto the young woman’s com-plaint. The members of thepanel are central committeemembers PK Sreemathy MPand State Culture Minister AKBalan. The committee has beeninstructed to file its report ina month’s time.

In her complaint, the DYFIleader had accused Sasi, also amember of the CPI(M)’s dis-trict committee and districtsecretariat in Palakkad, of try-ing to abuse her sexually at theparty’s Mannarkad area com-mittee office. She also chargedhim with continuing theharassment for over a yearand with making lewd remarksto her over the phone.

The young woman hadlodged her complaint first onAugust 14 with party

Politbureau member BrindaKarat, State secretary Kodiyeriand some prominent leaders inthe party’s State secretariat.However, no action was takenon the complaint and thereforeshe e-mailed her complaint tothe party’s general secretary.

As per reports, there hadbeen efforts to hush up theissue. The woman was report-edly offered �1 crore and a topposition in the DYFI to with-draw her complaint.

Also, the woman hadattached the voice records ofthe phone conversations ofSasi with her, in which he hadallegedly made immoralremarks and of the other offersmade to her for hushing up theissue.

Rejecting the chargeagainst him totally, Sasi said inPalakkad on Tuesday, “I haveno knowledge about such acomplaint. I came to know ofit from the media. I have donenothing wrong. There aremany people who want todestroy me politically. Thesepeople might be adopting cer-

tain vicious ways to defeat me.There is a well-planned con-spiracy behind it.”

CPI(M)’s Palakkad districtsecretary CK Rajendran said,“he had not come across anysuch complaint against Sasi butsources said that the issue hadbecome a huge embarrass-ment for the district leadership.However, instead of ensuringjustice to the victim of thealleged sexual harassment, thedistrict leadership had report-edly been trying to settle theissue.”

Sasi is perhaps the thirdsenior CPI(M) leader to facecharges of sexual harassmentand immoral conduct. P Sasi,former Kannur district secre-tary and one of its most pow-erful leaders at that time, on thecharge of sexually harassing awoman employee of the partyorgan, Deshabhimani, aMalayalam daily.

However, he returned tothe party last June after a courtgave him clean chit.

On August 1, 2011, theCPI(M) had removed senior

leader Gopi Kottamurikkal asits Ernakulam district secretaryfollowing a scandal relating tothe allegation that he had usedthe party’s office premises forimmoral acts.

Meanwhile, the MLA andthe CPI(M) came under severecriticisms from Oppositionparties. The State BJP presidentPS Sreedharan Pillai said, “legalaction under the CriminalProcedure Code should be ini-tiated against the CPI(M) lead-ers including Brinda Karatwho had allegedly tried to set-tle the issue instead of handingover the woman’s complaint tothe police.”

“It is not up to the CPI(M)to take decision on sex abusecases. If the party takes action,it is its internal matter. Thecomplaint should have beenhanded over to the police,” saidState BJP general secretary KSurendran. While the StateWoman’s Congress presidentLathika Subhash demandedthe MLA’s resignation, YouthCongress leader DeanKuriakose sought Sasi’s arrest.

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The Kerala Government onTuesday issued an order

cancelling all celebrations heldat official level using publicfunds for a year, in the contextof the disaster brought about bythe unprecedented flood andthe ongoing relief and rehabil-itation efforts but variousdepartments expressed sur-prise and disappointment at thedecision.

As per the order, issued onTuesday by the GeneralAdministration Department(GAD), festivals that uses pub-lic funds and are organisedunder the Government, like theInternational Film Festival ofKerala (IFFK) and the State

schools art festival, would notbe held for the next one year.The festivals of the Departmentof Tourism also would be can-celled as per the order.

The departments in chargeof holding such festivals havebeen asked to divert the moneyearmarked for the purpose tothe Disaster Relief Fund. TheGovernment had earlier can-celled the week-long officialOnam celebrations due to theflood. The schools art festivalof this academic year wasscheduled to be held inAlappuzha, one of the worst-hitdistricts.

The decision to abandonfestivals and celebrations wasconveyed to the GeneralAdministration Department

before Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan left for the US onSeptember 2 for treatment foran as-yet-undisclosed ailmentat Mayo Clinic at Rochester inMinnesota. No other depart-ment had any knowledge of thedecision till the order wasissued on Tuesday.

“There is need for clarity inthe matter,” said CulturalAffairs Minister AK Balan,who expressed surprise at the

order. “In my personal view, itwould have been more appro-priate if the festivals are cele-brated by avoiding extrava-gance and over-expenditure,”Balan said. The Department ofCulture wrote a letter to theState Chief Secretary seekingclarity in the matter.

Balan had come to knowabout the order after he hadreached Thiruvananthapuramon Tuesday morning for dis-cussions on the film festival tobe held in December. Theorder had come at a time whenthe Kerala State ChalachithraAcademy, which is in charge ofthe film festival, was thinkingof ways to generate additionalrevenue to aid flood reliefoperations.

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Ahouse wife facing sexualharassment from a rowdy

committed suicide by settingherself ablaze in front of apolice station in Hyderabad.

The incident occurred out-side Boenpally police station onTuesday morning. 25-year-oldSabita was shifted to Gandhihospital in a serious conditionwhere she was succumbed inthe evening, police inspectorVijay Kumar said.

Family members of Sabitaalleged that she was facingsexual harassment by a rowdyVenkatesh. He had allegedlyshot her video when she wastaking bath at her home inAnnanagar and was trying toblackmail her.

Despite her complaintspolice did not act against hertormentor and she took theextreme step.

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Air travel in India is facing a new crisis whichhas been named as Thoothukudi Syndrome

by the aviation experts. The phenomenon madeits first appearance Chennai-Thoothukudi flightof the Indigo Air on Monday when an unrulyfemale traveler shouted anti-BJP slogans duringthe flight which upset many passengers and thecrew members.

“Down with the fascist BJP, Down withTamilissai Sounderarajan,” shouted Lois Sofia, a28-year-old woman from Thoothukudi through-out the flight. She was annoyed because of thepresence of Dr Tamilissai Sounderarajan, TamilNadu president of the BJP among the passengers.Sounderarajan who was sitting in one of the frontrows kept her cool throughout the 60 minutesjourney. Sofia continued her tirade against theHindu party even as Dounderarajan was gettingdown from the aircraft. At the Thoothukudi air-port lounge, she asked Sofia why she was rais-ing slogans inside the aircraft while there wasenough space outside the aircraft as well as theairport. The Thoothukudi woman was still in her

fighting spirits and shouted back that she hadevery right to dissent. The BJP leader filed a com-plaint with the airport police and Sofia wasbooked under various sections of the Indian PenalCode and Tamil Nadu City Police Act. “I wasbothered about the safety of the passengers andcrew and that’s why I maintained silencethroughout the journey. I know well that one can-not shout inside the aircraft,” Dr sounderarajantold The Pioneer over phone from Thoothukudi.

Sofia who was arrested by the police andremanded last evening was let out on bail onTuesday morning. But the entire political force inTamil Nadu barring the BJP and the AIADMKcame out in the open supporting Sofia. M K Stalin,the DMK president, lambasted the BJP for throt-tling the right to dissent and reiterated his stancethat the Hindu party was Fascist by all means.

While most of the leaders of the Tamil chau-vinistic outfits jumped into the fray supportingSofia’s actions, M R Shivaraman, veteran bureau-crat, who was also the director general of civil avi-ation, told this newspaper that shouting insidethe aircraft was illegal and an offence punishablewith imprisonment and fine.

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tified militants attacked CRPFpatrolling party by hurling ahand grenade towards them atSangrama Chowk in northKashmir's Baramulla districton Tuesday morning.

Security sources said thatone personnel sustained griev-

ous injuries and was shifted tohospital for specialized treat-ment. Other three receivednon fatal grenade splinterinjuries.

A manhunt was launchedto nab the attackers.

No militant outfit hasclaimed responsibility for theattack.

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Almost eleven years after twin blastsrocked the city of Hyderabad claim-

ing 44 lives and injuring 68 others, a localcourt found two of the five accused guilty.

Second Additional MetropolitanSessions Judge T Srinivas Rao, who pro-nounced the verdict in make shift court inCharalapally Central Prison convictedtwo accused Anique Shafeeq Sayeed andAkbar Ismail Choudhary and acquittedFarooq Sharfuddin Tarkash and Sadiq IsrarShaikh

However the fate of Tariq Anjum, whowas charged with giving shelter to the otheraccused will be known on Monday. Judgesaid that the quantum of punishment ofthe two convicts will also be announcedon the same day.

Two improvised explosive deviceshad exploded in crowded Lumbini Parknear the state secretariat and Gokul ChatBhandar in Kothi on the evening ofAugust 25, 2007 killing 44 people andinjuring 68 others. Another IED wasfound in time and defused under the overbridge at Dilsukhnagar bus stop.

Counter Intelligence Cell ofHyderabad police had investigated the

case. The accused, allegedly belonging toIndian Mujahideen were arrested with thehelp of Maharashtra police in 2009 and thecharge sheet was filed in 2013 against fiveaccused charging them with murder andviolation of explosives substances act. Theprosecution named two other accusedRiyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal whoremain absconding.

During the nearly five year long trial160 witnesses were examined in the court.Defence Counsel M A Azeem said that theevidence produced against Sadiq andFarooq was circumstantial and the wit-nesses were found by the investigators oneyear after the incident.

However the two acquitted personswere unlikely to be released from their nineyear long imprisonment as jail authoritiessay they will have to send them to Mumbaiwhere they were accused in other bombblast cases.

Prosecution alleged that the operativesof Indian Mujahideen had carried out theblasts to avenge the bomb blast in MeccaMasjid on May 18, 2007 killing six wor-shippers.

Prosecution claimed that AniqueShafeeq Sayeed had planted the bomb atLumbini Park under a seat before the Laser

show and Riyaz Bhatkal was responsiblefor planting the bomb at Gokul ChatBhandar, a crowded eatery. The third bombwhich failed to explode was left behind byIsmail Choudhary. While 12 people diedand 21 were injured in the blast atLumbini Park, 32 people died and 47 wereinjured in the second blast at Gokul Chat.The bombs were timed to go one after theother at a short duration.

Prosecution said that a criminal con-spiracy hatched by Riyaz, Iqbal, Aniqueand Amir Raza Khan to carry out the blastas they believed that Mecca Masjid blastwas carried out by the Hindutva groups.

Most part of the trial was conductedby judge S Radhakrishna Murthy. After hewas arrested by the anti corruption bureau, Srinivas Rao took the charge of the courtand continued the hearing.

The incident had plunged the city intofear and shock as the city had already seenanother blast at crowded Mecca Masjidduring Friday congregation only threemonths earlier.

CBI and NIA who had probed theMecca Masjid blast had arrested membersof right Hindu groups but the NIA courtin Hyderabad acquitted them in April2018.

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Amid the continuing specu-lation about early elec-

tions to the State Assembly,there was a flurry of activity inofficial and political circles inHyderabad.

While the Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao has movedto his farmhouse at Erravellivillage in Medak district forholding consultations andchalking out his strategy, offi-cials were conducting a seriesof high level meetings in thecity.

The State Chief SecretarySK Joshi was in the thick of thethings as he met the State gov-ernor ESL Narasimhan andthe Chief Electoral OfficerRajath Kumar. It was believedthat possibility of early pollsfigured in both the meetings.

In his meeting with thegovernor Joshi was accompa-nied by the chief advisor to thegovernment Rajeev Sharmaand other senior officials.

After attending a trainingprogram for the officialsregarding the new software toupdate the electoral rolls in thestate, Rajath Kumar told themedia that the decision regard-

ing the dates of the electionswill be decided by the electioncommissioner. He said thatthe new software will make iteasy for the officials to removethe fake voters from the elec-toral lists as they can verify thedetails along with the photo ofany voter.

Meanwhile after Sunday’sshow of strength of the rulingTelangana Rashtra Samiti ChiefMinister K Chandrasekhar Raowas now confined to his farmehouse where he was meetingthe senior party leaders andweighing various optionsincluding the dissolving of theState Assembly and going foran early elections.

All eyes were on the nextcabinet meeting scheduled forThursday where a clear picturewas likely to emerge.

As part of its preparationsthe TRS has decided to conduct100 public meetings in next 50days and take its campaign tothe rural areas of the State.Senior Minister T Harish Raoafter a meeting with the min-isters and leaders of Siddipetdistrict told the media that firstsuch meeting “People’sBlessing” will be held atHusnabad on September 7.

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Rebel BJP leader and formerUnion Minister in Vajpayee

led NDA GovernmentShatrugan Sinha said thatHardik Patel’s ongoing fast agi-tation was inspired by all par-ties (except BJP) as 25-year-oldpro-quota leader has raisedissues of farmers.

The 72-year-old actorturned politician on Tuesdayreached at Hardik’s residencealong with another BJP rebelleader and former FinanceMinister Yashwant Sinha tomeet the convener of PatidarAnamat Andolan Samiti(PAAS).

“Hardik is youngster andfuture of the nation. Hisdemand for waiver in farmers’debt is appropriate. It is verysad that neither central norstate government representativevisited him. Party is bigger thanan individual and the nation iseven bigger than party,” saidSinha while talking to mediapersons.

He went on to say thatmuch talked about GujaratModel is already failed. If BJPruled Governments in otherstate could waive farmers’ debt,why Gujarat’s farmers shouldbe left behind, added the sittingMember of Parliament fromPatana Sahib Lok Sabha con-

stituency.Former Finance Minister

Yashwant Sinha said that theagitation initiated by Hardik,especially raising the issues of

farmers, would be taken toevery corner of the country.Leaders from different politicalparties were prepared to standwith him, he said adding,

“Strong Maharashtra leaderNana Patole tried to raise issuesrelated to farmers before PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, butPM kept on ignoring him.

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Jammu & Kashmir Police onTuesday arrested a woman

and her son for plotting mur-der and gangrape of her 9-year-old stepdaughter in Uri pock-et of North Kashmir'sBaramulla district.

Girl's father MushtaqAhmad Ganai, a resident ofLari, Trikanjan village had fileda missing report last monthsuspecting she might have beenabducted. Her mutilated body

smeared with acid was found ina forested area on September 2.

During the course of inves-tigation, police found thatGanai was married to twowomen, the younger one hail-ing from Jharkhand who wasthe murdered girl's motherwhile his first wife was fromthe same village.

Police found that his localwife suspected that he wasbiased against her and spentmore time with his non localwife and daughter.

After the recovery of girl's

body, police set up a specialinvestigation team (SIT) only tounearth a bone chilling andhorrible account of murderand rape of the child.

Police said the investigationrevealed that said step motherFahmeeda had been nourishinga long standing grudge againstthe non local wife of her hus-band and her children as shehad the perception that herhusband was more inclinedand affectionate towards hissecond wife (Khushboo) andher children.

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AJD(U) MLA allegedlyshared some vulgar posts

on his Facebook accountapparently being misled thatthe girls shown in the video willput off their clothes. SonbarsaMLA Ratnesh Sada howeverclaimed he had no knowledgeabout it.

Sada, a scheduled caste,who also happens to be whip ofthe ruling party pleaded that hewas under treatment for his eyeoperation alleged it was polit-ical conspiracy against him. “Idon’t have much idea abouthow the posts are shared,” hesaid.

Some people in hisreserved constituency com-plained to the police aftergoing through his Facebookpage where at least two vulgarvideos had been posted one onFebruary and another on July26. These posts claimed thatthose sharing it on social mediacould ultimately see the girlsnaked.

The people in his con-stituency in Saharsa districtwere shocked to see such postson the account of Sada who isotherwise known as a gentle-man and serious legislator. Theposts have now been deletedonly after the matter reached tothe police.

A case was registered withBangaon police station andsome political opponentsburned the MLA’s effigy.Saharsa DIG SureshChoudhary said police wouldinquire into the matter.

“I think someone hashacked my Facebook accountand posted objectionablethings. It’s fine that the policeis investigating the matter,”said Sada who is in his early six-ties.

He also alleged that thecomplainant had once threat-ened him to kill and was arrest-ed and remained in jail for acouple of months.

He alleged it was either thatperson or someone else hackedand shared it.

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The Bombay High Courtsaid on Tuesday that the

special National InvestigationAgency (NIA) court “is boundto consider” the SupremeCourt’s order relating to Lt ColPrasad Shrikant Purohit’sobjection to the applicability ofUnlawful Activities(Prevention) Act (UAPA)against him, before framing thecharges against him in the2008 Malegaon blasts case.

While refusing to stay theframing of charges againstPurohit in the 2008 Malegaonblasts case, a HC bench ofJustices Mridula Bhatkar andSandeep Shinde ordered thatbefore framing of chargesagainst him in the case, the spe-cial NIA court consider anddecide on Purohit’s objection tothe sanction granted by theMaharashtra government forhis prosecution under section45 (2) of UAPA.

“Since the Supreme Courthas directed to expedite thetrial before the Special Court,it may not be appropriate to

stay the trial. However, beforeframing the charge, the SpecialCourt is bound to consider theorder passed by the SupremeCourt on 20/04/2018 and toconsider and decide the objec-tion to sanction under Section45 (2) of the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act,1967 taken by the defence afteraffording a reasonable oppor-tunity of hearing to the partiesand then proceed further,” theHC bench ruled.

The high court was hearingan application filed by Purohitseeking quashing of the orderpassed by Judge VinodPadalkar of the special NIACourt rejecting his applica-tion for framing of chargesagainst him in the 2008Malegaon blasts case.

During the course of thehearing, Purohit’s lawyerShrikant Shivade drew theattention of the HC bench tothe order passed recently by theSupreme Court in a specialpetition filed by his clientagainst the Maharashtra gov-ernment which asked the highcourt and trial court to con-

sider its order on Purohit’sbail application.

The apex court’s order hadread thus: “Mr. Harish Salve,learned senior counsel appear-ing on behalf of the petitionersubmitted that the observationsmade by this Court in theorder deciding the bail appli-cation shall not be totallybrushed aside but shall be con-sidered during framing ofcharges and the trial and theHigh Court shall decide thesame on its own merits with-out being influenced by obser-

vations in respect of sanctionsin para 19 of the order dated21.8.2017. We order accord-ingly”.

After considering the apexcourt’s order, the HC benchgave some relief to Purohit andasked the trial court to considerdecide on the applicability ofUAPA in his case, before fram-ing the charges against him.

The special NIA is slated toframe the charges againstPurohit and other accused inthe 2008 Malegaon blasts caseon Wednesday.

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Sever

al O

ppos

ition

lead

ers h

ave o

bjec

ted

to re

sorti

ng to

Par

liam

ent i

f the

cour

ts ar

eun

able

to d

ecid

e so

on o

n th

e Ra

mJa

nmab

hoom

i iss

ue. M

uslim

lead

ers a

reun

fortu

nate

ly no

t mag

nani

mou

s eno

ugh

not t

o qui

bble

abou

t the

site

as a

land i

ssue d

espi

tekn

owin

g th

at it

is a

muc

h gr

eate

r iss

ue o

f ‘fa

ith’

— m

ost H

indu

s sol

emnl

y beli

eve t

hat L

ord

Ram

was b

orn

ther

e. Fa

ir en

ough

. So,

as a

beli

ever

inna

tiona

l am

ity, th

is wr

iter w

ill at

tem

pt to

look

for

an al

terna

tive s

olut

ion

to th

e iss

ue o

f sym

bols

ofth

e Hin

du fa

ith be

ing a

ccor

ded

their

plac

e in

our

natio

nal l

ife. N

eithe

r the

Kris

hna J

anm

abho

omi

in M

athu

ra n

or th

e Gya

nvap

i mos

que n

ext t

o the

Kash

i Vish

wana

th te

mpl

e in

Bena

ras s

uffer

s fro

man

y suc

h iss

ue o

f ‘lan

d di

sput

e’.Th

e Id

gah

built

adj

acen

t to

the

Krish

naJa

nmab

hoom

i site

is an

ordi

nary

stru

cture

whi

chca

me

into

bein

g du

ring

Aura

ngze

b’s re

ign

and

is us

ed by

a few

nam

azis

on Fr

iday

s. Un

dern

eath

the

mou

nd,

whe

reup

on e

xiste

d th

e Kr

ishna

Man

dir,

is no

w th

e Ja

nmab

hoom

i der

a, w

hich

is as

mod

est a

stru

ctur

e as a

gara

ge. I

n hi

s boo

k,M

athu

ra: A

Dist

rict M

emoi

r, FS

Gro

wse

of t

heBe

ngal

Civi

l Ser

vice

has

reco

rded

his

exha

ustiv

esu

rvey

and

rese

arch

abou

t Bra

j Bho

omi. H

e was

over

whelm

ed by

the v

anda

lism

that

infli

cted

the

area

repe

ated

ly an

d w

rote

in a

hear

tfelt

man

ner

altho

ugh

he w

as fa

r fro

m h

is ho

me i

n En

glan

d.To

quot

e him

: “Th

anks

to M

uham

mad

an in

tol-

eran

ce, th

ere i

s not

a sin

gle b

uild

ing o

f any

antiq

-ui

ty, e

ither

in th

e cit

y or

its e

nviro

ns. I

ts m

ost

fam

ous t

empl

e, th

at d

edica

ted

to K

esav

a Dev

a,w

as d

estro

yed

in 1

669,

the e

leven

th ye

ar o

f the

reig

n of

the

icono

clast

Aura

ngze

b. T

he Id

gah

erec

ted

on it

s rui

ns is

a b

uild

ing

of li

ttle a

rchi

-te

ctur

al va

lue.”

Mah

mud

of G

hazn

i was

, how

-ev

er, t

he fi

rst i

cono

clast

to v

anda

lise

Mat

hura

.Th

at w

as i

n 10

17 A

D, a

bout

whi

ch G

row

sew

rote

: “If

anyo

ne w

ished

to c

onstr

uct a

bui

ld-

ing e

qual

to it

, he w

ould

not

be ab

le to

do s

o with

-ou

t exp

endi

ng a

hund

red

mill

ion

dina

rs, a

nd th

ewo

rk w

ould

occ

upy 2

00 ye

ars,

even

thou

gh th

eab

lest a

nd ex

perie

nced

wor

kmen

wer

e em

ploy

ed.

Ord

ers w

ere g

iven

that

all t

he te

mpl

es sh

ould

be

burn

t with

nap

htha

and

fire

and

leve

lled.

The

city w

as gi

ven

up to

plu

nder

for 2

0 day

s. Am

ong

the s

poils

are s

aid

to h

ave b

een

five g

reat

idol

sof

pur

e gol

d wi

th ey

es of

rubi

es an

d ad

ornm

ents

of o

ther

pre

cious

sto

nes,

toge

ther

with

a v

ast

num

ber o

f sm

aller

silv

er im

ages

, whi

ch w

hen

brok

en u

p, fo

rmed

a lo

ad fo

r m

ore

than

100

cam

els. T

he to

tal v

alue

of th

e sp

oils

had

been

estim

ated

at th

ree m

illio

n ru

pees

; whi

le th

e num

-be

r of

Hin

dus

carr

ied

away

int

o ca

ptiv

ityex

ceed

ed 5

,000

.” To

go b

ack t

o Au

rang

zeb,

over

two

cent

uries

afte

r the

des

ecra

tion,

Gro

wse

felt t

hat o

f all

the

sacr

ed pl

aces

in In

dia,

none

enjo

ys a

grea

ter p

op-

ular

ity th

an th

e ca

pita

l of B

raj,

the

holy

city

ofM

athu

ra. F

or o

ver n

ine m

onth

s, fes

tival

follo

wsup

on a

festiv

al in

rapi

d su

cces

sion

and

the g

hats

and

tem

ples

are d

aily t

hron

ged

with

new

troo

psof

way

-wor

n pi

lgrim

s. So

gre

at is

the s

anct

ity o

fth

e sp

ot th

at it

s pa

negy

rists

do n

ot h

esita

te to

decla

re th

at a s

ingl

e day

spen

t at M

athu

ra is

mor

em

erito

rious

than

a lif

etim

e pas

sed i

n Be

nare

s. Al

lth

is ce

lebra

tion

is du

e to

the f

act o

f its

bein

g th

ebi

rthpl

ace o

f dem

i-God

Kris

hna.

Toda

y, Ba

lkrish

na is

wor

ship

ed in

a lit

tle ro

omwh

ich ap

pear

s lik

e a se

rvan

t qua

rter a

ttach

ed to

the b

ack o

f the

Idga

h. P

atho

s can

be e

xper

ience

dby

any v

isito

r, whe

ther

a de

vote

e or o

ther

wise

. To

para

phra

se W

illiam

Sha

kesp

eare

, no

t all

the

scen

ts of

Ara

bia w

ould

suffi

ce to

was

h aw

ay th

esin

s of G

hazn

i and

Alam

gir at

Math

ura.

And s

ince

it is n

ot po

ssibl

e to c

laim

back

wha

t was

destr

oyed

long

ago

, the

retu

rn o

f the

Idga

h an

d th

e sh

ud-

dhi o

f Kris

hna J

anm

abho

omi o

r the

birth

plac

e of

Krish

na, is

the o

nly v

iable

alter

nativ

e. C

omin

g to

Ben

aras

and

the

Kas

hiBi

shes

hwar

tem

ple,

for t

he sa

ke o

f im

part

iali-

ty, i

t is

best

to a

gain

rely

on

an E

nglis

hman

,Re

vere

nd M

atth

ew A

tmor

e Sh

errin

g of

the

Lond

on M

issio

nary

Socie

ty, w

ho re

sided

main

-ly

in th

e hol

y ci

ty b

etw

een

1852

and

1880

. He

tour

ed th

e who

le ar

ea re

peat

edly

and

surv

eyed

the s

cene

from

a re

ligio

us p

oint

of v

iew.

In h

isbo

ok, B

enar

es: T

he Sa

cred

City

of t

he H

indu

s,Sh

errin

g re

ferr

ed to

Al-B

erun

i, w

ho is

one

of

the i

mpo

rtan

t sou

rces

of m

edie

val I

ndia

n hi

s-to

ry. H

e ca

me

to In

dia

with

Mah

mud

Gha

zni

who

reac

hed

as fa

r as B

enar

as d

urin

g his

nint

hin

curs

ion

into

Ind

ia.

Som

e de

cade

s la

ter,

Muh

amm

ad G

hori

, af

ter

defe

atin

g th

eKa

nnau

jian

mon

arch

Ja

icha

nd, m

arch

ed t

oBe

nara

s w

here

he

was

rep

orte

d to

hav

ede

stroy

ed m

any

Hin

du t

empl

es.

Ther

eafte

rca

me A

uran

gzeb

, who

chan

ged

the n

ame o

f the

city

to

Muh

amm

adab

ad.

The

tem

ple

ofBi

shes

hwar

was

syste

mat

ical

ly d

emol

ished

by

him

. The

larg

e co

llect

ion

of d

eitie

s, sto

red

ona p

latfo

rm ca

lled

the c

ourt

of M

ahad

ev o

n th

eno

rthe

rn si

de o

f the

tem

ple,

wer

e fou

nd fr

omth

e deb

ris. A

s rec

orde

d by

She

rrin

g, ex

tens

ive

rem

ains

of t

his a

ncie

nt te

mpl

e w

ere

still

visi-

ble a

nd th

ey fo

rmed

a lar

ge p

ortio

n of

the w

est-

ern

wal

l of t

he m

osqu

e w

hich

was

bui

lt up

onits

site

by t

he b

igot

ed o

ppre

ssor

. Evi

dent

ly, th

efo

rmer

tem

ple

was

muc

h la

rger

than

the

pre-

sent

one

, whi

ch is

real

ly sm

all f

or a

shrin

e as

impo

rtant

as th

is on

e.The

new

tem

ple w

as b

uilt

at th

e beh

est o

f Ran

i Ahi

lyaba

i Hol

kar l

ong a

fter

Aura

ngze

b’s d

esec

ratio

n.

Sher

ring

expl

aine

d th

at th

e de

mol

ition

of

tem

ples

was

not

insp

ired

mer

ely b

y ha

tred

for

idol

atry

or b

y gr

eed

for l

oot.

It w

as al

so d

riven

by a

desir

e to

hum

iliat

e the

Hin

du co

mm

unity

.H

ow d

oes o

ne e

xplai

n th

e fa

ct th

at th

e m

asjid

built

by

Aura

ngze

b ju

st ha

d to

be b

ang

next

toth

e G

yanv

api o

r th

e we

ll of

kno

wled

ge?

The

mos

que,

built

by A

urun

gzeb

on th

e fou

ndat

ions

of th

e ol

d or

orig

inal

Bish

eshw

ar te

mpl

e, is

ofin

tere

st no

t for

its o

wn

sake

— n

otwi

thsta

ndin

gits

lofty

appe

aran

ce, it

is a

struc

ture

with

out a

nystr

ikin

g arc

hite

ctur

al be

auty

in it

s ow

n rig

ht —

but o

n ac

coun

t of t

he an

cient

rem

ains w

ith w

hich

it is

asso

ciate

d an

d fro

m th

e m

ater

ials

used

inits

cons

truct

ion.

The m

osqu

e is a

ltoge

ther

com

-po

sed

of th

e rem

ains o

f an

ancie

nt te

mpl

e of la

rge

dim

ensio

ns a

nd e

labor

ate

work

man

ship

. The

high

pill

ars,

mor

eove

r, on

its n

orth

ern

face

, hav

ebe

en tr

ansfe

rred

from

the s

ame s

pacio

us bu

ild-

ing.

The

se re

mai

ns ar

e Hin

du an

d it

is un

ques

-tio

nabl

e tha

t the

edifi

ce, w

hich

was

des

troye

d in

orde

r to

mak

e way

for t

he m

osqu

e, w

as an

old

tem

ple o

f Bish

eshw

ar. A

n ex

celle

nt gr

ound

-plan

of th

is te

mpl

e, pr

epar

ed fr

om a

min

ute e

xam

i-na

tion

of th

e ext

ant r

emain

s, wa

s dra

wn by

Jam

esPr

inse

p an

d pu

blish

ed b

y hi

m in

his

View

s of

Bena

res.

Ther

e is n

o do

ubt t

hat t

he B

ishes

hwar

tem

ple s

tood

on

this

site a

nd w

as d

estro

yed

byM

uslim

rul

ers

who

tran

sferr

ed it

s sto

nes

into

their

ow

n m

osqu

e. Th

e ne

ighb

ourin

g te

mpl

ebe

arin

g th

is na

me t

he H

indu

s bui

lt wa

s for

the

purp

ose

of p

erpe

tuat

ing

the

wor

ship

of

Bish

eshw

ar. B

etwe

en th

e mos

que a

nd th

e tem

-pl

e of

Bish

eshw

ar is

the

fam

ous

Gya

nvap

i or

Gya

n Ku

p, w

ell o

f kn

owled

ge i

n w

hich

, as

Hin

dus b

eliev

e, Sh

iva r

esid

es.

Wha

t gre

ater

evi

denc

e is

nece

ssar

y fo

r the

Gov

ernm

ent t

o exe

rcise

its s

over

eignt

y and

take

over

the

se e

dific

es w

hich

wer

e pa

rt of

the

inva

ders’

loot

and

once

Indi

a’s p

ride?

Not

doi

ngso

wou

ld b

e ta

ntam

ount

to a

n ac

t of o

miss

ion

com

mitt

ed by

a se

mi-s

over

eign

powe

r. It

is cle

arth

at in

term

s of

sta

tesm

ansh

ip, l

eade

rs o

f the

Mus

lim co

mm

unity

wou

ld en

dear

them

selve

s to

all In

dian

s if a

s a gr

and

gestu

re th

ey gi

ve u

p th

esp

ace o

ccup

ied in

Mat

hura

and

Bena

ras f

or th

ete

mpl

es th

eir to

be

resto

red.

The

Gov

ernm

ent,

for i

ts pa

rt, sh

ould

rece

ive su

ch an

offer

with

open

arm

s. Th

ere’s

no

land

disp

ute h

ere.

As an

asid

e, an

inte

resti

ng re

vers

e exa

mpl

eof

wise

pol

itics

was

disp

layed

by

then

Pun

jabPr

emier

Sir

Sika

ndar

Hay

at K

han

in L

ahor

e in

1938

. The

Hig

h Co

urt g

ave

a ve

rdic

t tha

t the

Shah

eedg

unge

Gur

dwar

a sho

uld

rem

ain w

ith th

eSi

khs a

lthou

gh it

had

onc

e bee

n a m

osqu

e. Th

eM

uslim

Lea

gue

wan

ted

the

Hay

at K

han

Gov

ernm

ent t

o ap

peal

to th

e Priv

y Cou

ncil.

But

he re

jecte

d th

e id

ea o

n th

e gr

ound

that

by

the

sam

e log

ic, M

uslim

s wou

ld h

ave t

o giv

e up

hun-

dred

s of m

osqu

es an

d da

rgah

s, in

cludi

ng A

jmer

Shar

if. So

it w

as be

st to

let t

he pr

incip

le of

adve

rse

poss

essio

n pr

evail

. Reg

retta

bly,

after

the P

artit

ion

ther

e w

as n

o su

ch w

isdom

and

the

Gur

dwar

aw

as v

iolen

tly ta

ken

over

by

Mus

lims.

(The

writ

er i

s a

well

-kno

wn

colu

mni

st an

d an

aut

hor)

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r silv

er a

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old-

en ju

bile

e of

rele

ase

with

pac

ked

the-

ater

s an

noun

cing

the

ir stu

pend

ous

succ

ess a

t the

box

-offi

ce.

Com

pare

d to

the t

rend

bac

k in

the

era w

here

the n

umbe

r of w

eeks

a fil

msp

ent a

t the

box

-offi

ce w

as th

e big

gest

para

met

er t

o ju

dge

a st

ar, t

oday

the

open

ing w

eeke

nd co

llect

ion

is pe

rhap

sth

e pr

imar

y to

ol t

o ga

uge

an a

ctor

’sst

ardo

m. N

owad

ays,

brea

king

into

the

‘100

-cro

re’ c

lub

is th

e in

itial

ach

ieve

-m

ent t

hat d

ecid

es th

e fat

e of t

he fi

lms.

In th

e ba

rgai

n, so

me

film

s jus

t tak

e a

curs

ory

bow

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van

ish w

ithou

t any

furt

her t

race

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onsid

ered

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e a cu

lture

econ

o-m

y of

urb

an le

isure

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ia’s m

ultip

lex

band

wag

on h

as go

ne b

eyon

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e met

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e en

tert

ainm

ent

in t

heru

ral s

ecto

r as

wel

l. H

owev

er, e

mpt

yth

eatre

s an

d th

e di

sastr

ous

perfo

r-m

ance

s of e

ven

the m

ulti-

starr

ers a

t the

box-

offic

e por

tend

a wo

rriso

me f

utur

efo

r ci

nem

a in

Ind

ia. T

echn

olog

y ha

son

ly su

ccee

ded

in d

rivin

g aud

ience

s out

of t

he t

heat

ers.

If m

ovie

s ar

e to

be

enjo

yed

on m

obile

-set

s an

d th

e co

zyco

nfin

es o

f one

’s dr

awin

g ro

om, h

ow

has

the

tech

nolo

gica

l ad

vanc

emen

tai

ded

the c

ause

of n

ew-a

ge ci

nem

a. Th

e hu

ge s

ucce

ss o

f N

etfli

x ha

sm

ade

it m

ore

than

evi

dent

that

whe

nit

com

es to

ente

rtai

nmen

t, sc

reen

size

does

n’t r

eally

mat

ter.

With

cha

ngin

gbu

sines

s tre

nds,

it is

nece

ssar

y tha

t the

cinep

lexes

atte

mpt

way

s to

enha

nce t

heth

eatre

expe

rienc

e. A

lread

y in

the r

edw

ith c

onte

ntio

ns o

f fil

m p

iracy

and

othe

r ille

galit

ies d

entin

g th

e pro

fits o

fth

e film

indu

stry,

it is

a pre

cario

us si

t-ua

tion

the

film

exh

ibito

rs fi

nd th

em-

selv

es in

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— T

each

ers

play

a m

ajor

rol

e in

shap

ing

a ch

ild’s

life.

Sin

ce c

hild

ren

spen

d a

lot o

f tim

e in

scho

ol in

thei

rfo

rmat

ive

and

impr

essio

nabl

e ye

ars,

teac

hers

wie

ld a

gre

at i

nflu

ence

on

them

. In In

dia,

Teac

hers

’ Day

is ce

lebra

t-ed

on

Sept

embe

r 5 ev

ery y

ear t

o co

m-

mem

orat

e th

e bi

rthd

ay o

f Sar

vepa

lliRa

dhak

rishn

an, t

he se

cond

Pre

siden

tof

Ind

ia.

Sarv

epal

li Ra

dhak

rishn

anw

as a

thin

ker,

philo

soph

er, a

cade

mi-

cian

, dip

lom

at a

nd a

bove

all,

a g

reat

teac

her.

Teac

hers

’ D

ay c

eleb

ratio

ns a

rem

eant

to co

nvey

the m

essa

ge th

at w

eca

re fo

r our

teac

hers

, jus

t as t

hey c

are

for

us.

On

this

day,

stud

ents

ofte

ndr

ess u

p lik

e the

ir te

ache

rs an

d te

ach

thei

r jun

iors

. Som

etim

es, t

each

ers a

lsosit

in cl

assr

oom

s and

act l

ike s

tude

nts,

reliv

ing

the t

ime w

hen

they

wer

e stu

-de

nts t

hem

selv

es. T

his c

reat

es a

bond

of u

nder

stan

ding

bet

wee

n te

ache

rsan

d st

uden

ts.

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l D’C

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g to p

ass t

he bu

ck an

d blam

e on R

ajan

is an

abso

lute m

istak

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er’s

day

is a

day

toho

nour

the

tea

cher

sw

ho c

ontr

ibut

e th

em

axim

um t

o th

e st

u-de

nts’

over

all d

evel

op-

men

t. Ev

ery

year

, w

e ce

lebr

ate

Teac

hers

’ D

ay o

n Se

ptem

ber

5,w

hich

is

mar

ked

by t

he b

irth

anni

vers

ary

of D

r Sa

rvep

alli

Radh

akris

hnan

, who

was

a te

ache

rpa

r ex

celle

nce.

Whe

n he

bec

ame

the P

resid

ent o

f Ind

ia in

196

2, h

ew

as r

eque

sted

by

his

stud

ents

and

frie

nds t

hat t

hey

get h

is pe

r-m

issio

n to

cel

ebra

te h

is bi

rthd

ayon

Sep

tem

ber 5

. Afte

r hea

ring

the

requ

est,

he

polit

ely

repl

ied,

“Ins

tead

of c

elebr

atin

g my p

erso

n-al

bir

thda

y, it

wou

ld b

e bet

ter i

f it

is de

dica

ted

to th

e ent

ire te

achi

ngpr

ofes

sion.”

The t

each

ing

prof

essio

n ha

s agr

eat

impa

ct o

n th

e ov

eral

lgr

owth

, de

velo

pmen

t an

d w

ell-

bein

g of

the s

tude

nts,

soci

ety

and

the c

ount

ry. A

teac

her i

s a b

eaco

nin

the

dar

knes

s an

d a

hope

tha

tgi

ves

the

stud

ents

cou

rage

and

stre

ngth

to le

ad th

eir l

ife. S

tude

nts

can

neve

r rep

ay th

e val

uabl

e con

-tr

ibut

ion

of t

heir

teac

hers

who

arou

se th

eir h

eart

s with

the

light

of k

now

ledg

e by

rem

ovin

g al

lso

rts o

f ign

oran

ce.

Keep

ing

the

impo

rtan

ce o

fte

ache

r-st

uden

t re

latio

nshi

p in

min

d, P

rofe

ssor

Tar

iq M

anso

or, a

teac

her a

nd th

e Vic

e Cha

ncell

or o

fth

e Alig

arh

Mus

lim U

nive

rsity

had

said

: “Te

ache

rs a

re th

e ba

ckbo

neof

any

aca

dem

ic i

nstit

utio

n an

dal

way

s pl

ay a

big

rol

e in

sha

ping

the

life

and

care

er o

f stu

dent

s”.A

teac

her i

s str

ict w

ith h

is/he

rstu

dent

s at t

imes

but

that

doe

s not

mea

n th

at s

/he

disli

kes

them

.S/

he r

ebuk

es h

is/he

r st

uden

ts to

prep

are

them

for

gre

ater

cha

l-le

nges

and

to n

urtu

re th

eir l

earn

-in

g sk

ill to

bui

ld a

stro

ng fo

unda

-tio

n fo

r the

nex

t pha

se o

f the

ir lif

e.U

nder

the

guid

ance

and

supe

rvi-

sion

of a

teac

her,

stude

nts a

ttain

edan

impr

essiv

e m

ilest

one

in th

eir

life

with

inte

grity

and

hon

esty

.O

ne o

f the

rese

arch

scho

lars

,M

oham

mad

Tah

ir, w

ith L

angu

age

of A

dver

tisin

g, M

edia

and

Mar

ket

(LA

MM

) at

the

Alig

arh

Mus

limU

nive

rsity

sai

d: “

Wha

tsoe

ver

Iha

ve l

earn

ed i

n m

y lif

e, I

hav

ele

arne

d it

from

my

teac

hers

. My

teac

hers

are

mor

e lik

e fr

iend

san

d m

ento

rs w

ho p

rovi

ded

me

with

life

-cha

ngin

g ad

vice

whi

chhe

lps m

e gr

ow a

bit

ever

y da

y.”Te

ache

rs’ D

ay m

ust

be c

ele-

brat

ed w

ith lo

ts o

f exc

item

ent,

joy

and

happ

ines

s and

stud

ents

mus

tte

ll th

eir t

each

ers h

ow an

d w

hy ar

eth

ey s

peci

al to

them

. Thi

s is

the

day

whe

n st

uden

ts sh

ould

reco

g-ni

se a

nd h

onou

r th

eir

teac

hers

who

hav

e gi

ven

impe

ccab

le c

on-

trib

utio

n in

shap

ing

thei

r fut

ure.

Teac

hers

are

not

onl

y th

e ba

ck-

bone

of o

ur so

ciet

y bu

t also

act a

sa

chan

ge a

gent

— th

ey sh

ape

and

deve

lop

a st

uden

t’s p

erso

nalit

yan

d m

ake h

im/h

er an

idea

l citi

zen

of th

e co

untr

y an

d a

resp

onsib

lem

embe

r of s

ocie

ty.

Ano

ther

stu

dent

, Fi

rdau

sQ

amar

, w

earin

g a

scar

f on

her

head

, exp

ress

ed h

er fe

eling

by s

ay-

ing

that

it w

as h

er te

ache

rs w

hogu

ided

, help

ed an

d im

bibe

d str

ong

valu

es in

her

to m

ake h

er w

hat s

hew

as at

pre

sent

. The

y ha

d no

t onl

yhe

lped

in in

crea

sing

her

know

l-ed

ge b

ut a

lso h

elpe

d he

r un

der-

stan

d th

e co

re v

alue

s of

hum

an-

ism. A

s w

e kn

ow t

each

ing

is a

nobl

e pro

fess

ion

and

teac

hers

are

the s

ourc

e of k

now

ledg

e and

wis-

dom

. The

re is

a sa

ying

that

teac

h-er

s ar

e gr

eate

r th

an t

he p

aren

ts.

Pare

nts g

ive b

irth

to a

child

whe

re-

as t

each

ers

mou

ld t

hat

child

’spe

rson

ality

and

prov

ide a

brig

hter

futu

re.

Apar

t fr

om a

cade

mic

s,te

ache

rs al

way

s sta

nd b

y the

ir stu

-de

nts a

t eve

ry st

ep to

gui

de, m

oti-

vate

and

insp

ire th

em to

bec

ome

a bet

ter p

erso

n in

soci

ety a

nd al

sosu

ccee

d in

thei

r car

eer.

On

the i

mpo

rtan

ce o

f thi

s day

,Sy

ed T

alha

Ali,

who

rece

ntly

gra

d-ua

ted

from

the

Alig

arh

Mus

limU

nive

rsity

said

: “M

y tea

cher

s hav

ehe

lped

me

in b

oost

ing

my

spiri

tsw

hen

I w

as

deje

cted

an

dde

pres

sed.

I th

ank

all m

y te

ache

rsw

ho h

ave

taug

ht m

e to

striv

e fo

rex

celle

nce

and

beco

me

a be

tter

vers

ion

of m

ysel

f.”Te

ache

rs a

ct a

s ro

le m

odel

san

d al

way

s pla

y a

prom

inen

t rol

ein

influ

enci

ng an

d in

spiri

ng th

eir

stud

ents

. In

our

soci

ety,

pare

nts

are

resp

onsib

le f

or g

ivin

g th

eir

child

ren

qual

ity c

are,

how

ever

,te

ache

rs ar

e res

pons

ible

for m

ak-

ing t

heir

futu

re b

right

and

succ

ess-

ful.

Teac

hers

are

the

sou

rce

ofin

spira

tion

to th

e st

uden

ts w

hich

help

them

to go

ahea

d an

d be

suc-

cess

ful.

Teac

hers

mak

e st

uden

tsve

ry s

tron

g an

d pr

epar

e th

em to

face

the m

any

chal

leng

es th

ey ca

nfa

ce in

thei

r lif

e w

ith c

onfid

ence

and

com

mitm

ent.

Hab

ibur

Rah

man

, a

stud

ent

purs

uing

hi

s Ph

D

in

the

Dep

artm

ent

of L

ingu

istic

s at

Ali

garh

M

usli

m

Uni

vers

ity

expr

esse

d hi

s fe

elin

g w

ith m

uch

exci

tem

ent.

He

said

, “Th

ey h

ave

alw

ays s

how

n m

e the

righ

t way

tode

al w

ith s

ituat

ions

and

ove

r-co

me

my

shor

tcom

ings

. It

is

beca

use o

f the

advi

ce o

f my t

each

-er

s th

at I

am a

ble

to c

once

ntra

teon

mys

elf a

nd a

m c

onst

antly

try-

ing

to fo

llow

the p

ath

of g

oodn

ess

and

right

eous

ness

.”N

othi

ng c

ould

be

lear

ned

with

out t

he h

elp o

f a te

ache

r — b

eit

pain

ting,

lab

exp

erim

ents

or

lear

ning

a n

ew la

ngua

ge, i

t is

ate

ache

r w

ho g

uide

s a

stud

ent o

nho

w to

acqu

ire p

artic

ular

trai

ts to

exce

l in

any

spec

ialis

ed o

r tec

hni-

cal f

ield

. Te

ache

rs’ D

ay is

a w

onde

rful

oppo

rtun

ity f

or a

ll st

uden

ts t

oap

prec

iate

the

har

d w

ork

and

effo

rts

of th

e te

ache

rs in

gro

om-

ing a

nd sh

apin

g the

live

s of h

is/he

rst

uden

ts i

n a

mea

ning

ful

way

.Th

e m

ost d

iffic

ult a

nd c

halle

ng-

ing

part

for a

teac

her i

s to

bala

nce

the

clas

s w

here

stu

dent

s co

me

from

diff

eren

t ec

onom

ic, s

ocia

l,re

ligio

us, l

ingu

istic

and

cul

tura

lba

ckgr

ound

. O

n th

is ve

ry s

peci

al d

ay, t

oho

nour

the

tea

cher

s, st

uden

tssh

ould

and

mus

t of

fer

flow

ers,

gree

ting

card

s and

gift

s to

expr

ess

thei

r af

fect

ion,

love

and

res

pect

tow

ards

the

m.

Cel

ebra

tion

ofTe

ache

rs’

Day

is

a w

onde

rful

oppo

rtun

ity fo

r all

of u

s to

reca

llou

r ch

ildho

od d

ays

and

cher

ishth

ose s

choo

l or c

olle

ge m

emor

ies,

crus

hed

unde

r our

dai

ly c

hore

s. (T

he w

riter

is a

well

-kno

wn li

n-gu

ist, a

utho

r an

d co

lum

nist

and

teac

hes

at t

he D

epar

tmen

t of

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uisti

cs a

t the

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ple

bein

g a w

hopp

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5 per

cent

retu

rn in

2017

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owev

er, v

olat

ility

is th

e mid

dle n

ame

for

smal

l an

d m

id-c

ap f

unds

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lthou

ghan

nuali

sed

retu

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or th

e las

t five

year

s hav

ebe

en v

ery

high

, one

can

also

witn

ess h

uge

dow

nsid

es fo

r a

brie

f per

iod

of ti

me.

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inst

ance

, the

firs

t hal

f of 2

018

had

seen

ato

ugh

phas

e for

smal

l and

mid

-cap

mut

u-al

fund

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thes

e sch

emes

wer

e bad

ly h

it.M

id-c

ap ca

tego

ry ga

ve an

aver

age r

etur

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-5.6

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r cen

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smal

l-cap

sche

mes

gen-

erat

ed -7

.75 p

er ce

nt in

the s

ix-m

onth

per

i-

od. R

easo

ns fo

r thi

s lac

klus

tre a

nd a

lmos

tfr

ight

enin

g pe

rform

ance

are

man

y. A

fter

the

re-c

ateg

orisa

tion

of m

utua

lfu

nd s

chem

es b

y SE

BI,

seve

ral

Ass

etM

anag

emen

t Com

pani

es (

AM

C) s

old

off

their

small

and

mid

-cap

hol

ding

s alo

ng w

ithm

any l

arge

insti

tutio

ns, w

hich

mov

ed th

eirin

vestm

ents

to la

rge

caps

. The

se s

ell-o

ffs,

alon

g w

ith o

ther

mac

roec

onom

ic fa

ctor

s,lik

e ris

ing

crud

e oi

l pric

es, f

allin

g ru

pee,

falli

ng in

teres

t rate

s, po

litica

l unc

erta

inty

and

FII s

ell-o

ffs, a

re p

uttin

g the

burd

en on

mut

u-al

fund

s. Th

e do

wns

ide

is sm

all a

nd m

id-

cap

will c

ontin

ue as

they

are o

verv

alued

and

furt

her

corr

ectio

ns a

re e

xpec

ted,

the

reby

prol

ongi

ng th

e pa

in in

smal

l and

mid

-cap

sect

or fo

r som

e mor

e mon

ths t

o co

me.

This

is th

e rea

son

why

inve

stmen

ts in

smal

l and

mid

-cap

fund

s are

not

for e

very

body

— it

is on

ly fo

r inv

esto

rs w

ho h

ave t

he st

omac

hto

dig

est t

he v

olat

ility

.In

vesto

rs sh

ould

exam

ine c

erta

in p

ara-

met

ers w

hile

inve

sting

in sm

all an

d m

id-c

apfu

nds.

The f

irst c

riter

ia is

the c

onstr

uctio

n of

a po

rtfol

io w

ith q

ualit

y sto

cks

and

lowe

rtu

rnov

er ra

tio. P

ast p

erfo

rman

ce of

any f

und,

both

in bu

ll and

bea

r run

s, is

also

impo

rtant

to fi

nd a

mut

ual f

und

with

cons

isten

t retu

rns.

A sm

all an

d m

id-c

ap fu

nd w

ith a

price

-ear

n-in

gs ra

tio o

f les

s tha

n 30

is a

ccep

tabl

e. A

ny

valu

e hig

her i

s con

sider

ed ri

sky.

Qua

lity

of th

e as

set m

anag

emen

t com

-pa

ny an

d its

inve

stmen

t pro

cess

is al

so cr

u-cia

l for

any

inve

stor.

An

inve

stor’s

abili

ty to

switc

h be

twee

n sm

all, m

id a

nd l

arge

-cap

com

pani

es, d

epen

ding

on th

e mar

ket c

ondi

-tio

ns o

r to

hold

cash

, also

mak

es fo

r a go

odm

utua

l fun

d. A

s inv

estin

g in

small

and

mid

-ca

p re

quire

s exp

erien

ce, a

nd ab

ove a

ll, p

re-

cise q

ualit

ative

analy

sis, th

e adv

ice of

an ex

pe-

rienc

ed an

d a p

rude

nt fu

nd m

anag

er go

es a

long

way

in se

lectin

g a f

und.

Agg

ress

ive

inve

stors

sho

uld

focu

s on

mut

ual f

unds

that

hav

e inv

este

d in

grow

th-

orien

ted

small

and

mid

-cap

com

pani

es th

atha

ve d

eliv

ered

con

siste

nt r

etur

ns i

n th

elo

ng-te

rm, w

ith a

n in

vestm

ent h

oriz

on o

fno

t les

s tha

n fiv

e yea

rs. S

mal

l and

mid

-cap

fund

s sh

ould

be

chos

en f

or l

ong-

term

inste

ad o

f sh

ort-t

erm

exp

ecta

tions

. Th

estr

uctu

ral r

efor

ms s

houl

d au

ger w

ell fo

r the

mid

-cap

fund

s to

giv

e go

od r

etur

ns. T

hem

arke

ts ar

e ex

pect

ed to

be

chop

py b

efor

eth

e elec

tions

, and

inve

stors

shou

ld ta

ke th

eop

port

unity

to b

uy o

n di

ps.

Inve

stors

, who

are

less

agg

ress

ive

and

want

ing

the b

est o

f bot

h wo

rlds m

ight

con-

sider

inve

sting

in sm

all an

d m

id-c

ap m

utu-

al fu

nds w

ith a

high

er p

ropo

rtion

of i

nves

t-m

ent i

n m

id-c

ap co

mpa

nies

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ch ha

ve m

ar-

ket c

apita

lisat

ions

bet

ween

two

billi

on d

ol-

lar an

d $1

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llion

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orica

lly, t

hese

com

-pa

nies

hav

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fere

d m

ore

stabi

lity

than

small

-cap

com

pani

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et th

ey co

nfer

mor

egr

owth

pot

entia

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n lar

ge-c

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mpa

nies

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man

y sm

all

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mid

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ual

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agai

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agg

ress

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inve

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cons

ider

inve

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odm

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mat

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ans-

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i-zo

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ust b

e fo

r a m

inim

um o

f fiv

e ye

ars.

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inve

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eir i

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perio

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one

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The equity benchmarkSensex extended its fall for

a fifth straight session onTuesday, making it the longestlosing spree in over threemonths as concerns persist onmultiple fronts in the form ofrising crude prices, tumblingrupee and ongoing global tradetiff.

The 30-share BSE indexalso logged its weakest closingin over two weeks by falling 155points to 38,157.92, followinga widespread selling mainly insectors like consumer durables,financials and banks.

The broader Nifty too fellfor the second straight sessionand closed with a loss of over62 points, or 0.54 per cent, at11,520.30, after hoveringbetween 11,496.85 and11,602.55.

Investors remained con-

cerned over sustained for-eign fund outf lows andwidening current accountdeficit as a result of soaringcrude oil prices, leading to acontinuous fall in the domes-tic currency.

Meanwhile, the Indianrupee crashed to a fresh recordlow of 71.57 against the US dol-lar in intra-day movement,weighing on investors senti-ment.

Besides, the ongoing tradewar rhetorics between the twolargest economies, the US andChina, further hit market sen-timents globally.

"Continued weakness incurrency and surge in oil pricedragged the indices to a con-solidation. Additionally, con-cerns on widening deficit andinflation trajectory led domes-tic bond yield to break 8 percent mark. Weak global marketon account of trade tensions

further steered the investor'ssentiment," Vinod Nair, Headof Research, Geojit FinancialServices Ltd, said.

Domestic bourses saw ahectic selling in almost all sec-tors — consumer durables,PSUs, infrastructure, realty,FMCG, telecom, utilities,power, metal, auto, healthcare,banking, oil and gas, capitalgoods and finance.

The BSE Sensex soared206.04 points to hit a high of38,518.56 in early trade butgave up its gains following awidespread sell-off, whichdragged it down to 38,098.60.The benchmark equity gaugerecorded its longest string oflosses since May 21.

It finally ended at an overtwo-week low of 38,157.92,down 154.60 points, or 0.40 percent. The Sensex had lost584.11 points in the previousfour sessions.

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Po v e r t yand ill-

health are,indeed two

sides of the same coin. It’s avicious cycle where in order toalleviate poverty, effectivehealthcare system has to beprovided to the poor families. Infact, if we consider multiplestudies conducted in the past,they all reveal that when fami-lies from the 'vulnerable sectionsof the society' struggle to pay fortheir illness and healthcare, theyare likely to fall into the never-ending trap of poverty. Thiscoupled with the lack of basichealth infrastructure in rural andremote areas aggravate thehealth conditions of the poor,leaving them in a perpetualstate of poverty.

Over the years, the micro-finance industry in India hasproven to be one of the fewpoverty alleviation strategiesthat has helped poor individu-als improve their household

economic situation by allowingthem to save and borrowspecifically for health careneeds because right from car-diovascular diseases to cancerand diabetes, the poorest pop-ulations are affected by chron-ic health ailments too.

According to the EconomicTimes Report on August 30,2018, MBFC microfinance insti-tutions posted more than 50 per-cent growth in gross loan port-folio at �51,878 crore in the firstquarter of FY19 in India com-pared to the same period of lastyear. In terms of geographic cat-egorization, 66 percent of theportfolio for NBFC-MFIs is ruraland 34 percent is urban. Thesenumbers demonstrate the fun-damental strength of the indus-try and its untapped potential.

And, now with more com-mercial banks turning receptiveto the needs of the medium andsmall MFIs which is also backedby a strong regulatory framework,the once unorganised MFI sectoris now expected to contributelargely for the health of poor.

Born out of the simplenotion that the poor can save and

are bankable, microfinance isbasically the distribution of smallloans to help the impoverishedwho otherwise do not haveaccess to loans, to engage in avariety of economic activities.And, if we go by previous trackrecords, microfinance to someextent has been successful inreaching the economically poorstrata and helping them fighttheir healthcare woes includingfinancing their medicine in fewcases and protecting them fromthe risk of healthcare shocks.

Banking on its success,scores of microfinance institu-tions (MFIs), and self-help pro-moting institutions (SHPIs) pro-moted by the state governments,non-governmental organisations(NGOs) and a few RegionalRural Banks are coming forwardto educate their clients andmembers on a wide range ofhealth topics, from child andmaternal health to preventionand management of diseasessuch as malaria, HIV/ AIDS anddiabetes. Intention should be tospread awareness about healthand nutrition because fundingalone is not the solution.

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If you take a flight nowadaysyou will likely notice that most

planes are full, airports are socrowded that security can takequite a while, with first-time fly-ers travelling in numbers. Andthe average Airbus A320 oper-ating for the low-cost carriersgenuinely feels like an ‘Air Bus’.Yet, a cursory look at airlineindustry results right now havesent shivers through the spinesof investors, with Jet Airways andSpiceJet declaring losses andIndiGo’s profits collapsing 97 per

cent to just 28 crore, the Indianaviation sector is bleeding.Which logically makes no sensewhatsoever to the average flyertoday, but India’s airlines areexpected to post losses of around�15,000 crore this year accord-ing to a report by the Centre forAsia-Pacific Aviation (CAPA).

One crucial reason for thelosses is of course the rising priceof Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF),and even if a SpiceJetBombardier Q400 recently flewfrom Dehradun to Delhi onjathropa-derived biofuel, don’texpect ‘green’ fuel to make a hugedent in fuel costs for anotherdecade or two. And with crudeprices shooting up coupled withthe fact that the US Dollar has

strengthened against the rupee,airlines are having to pay a lotmore for aircraft leases and ser-vicing, since the entire industryruns on the greenback.

Usually when costs go up,prices usually follow, but the air-lines are finding themselvesforced to offer more and moreseats on discount sales, withIndiGo starting yet another ‘mil-lion seats’ for �999 sale recently.Airlines measure their perfor-mance on two key metrics, Costsper Average Seat Kilometer(CASK) and Revenue perAverage Seat Kilometer (RASK);and while costs have gone upthanks to fuel prices, the fallingrupee and rising wages, revenueshave not kept pace at all. Indeed,

leading airlines have actuallyseen yields from passengers dropaccording to their results. Thisclearly means that Indians wantto fly, but they don’t want to paymore to fly.

This brings in the concept ofprice elasticity, with more Indiansflying and with more flyingoptions, they can look at multi-ple destinations at the sametime on multiple airlines and ifthe fares do not suit them theycan easily cancel their travelplans. The Government and theregulator, the DirectorateGeneral of Civil Aviation(DGCA) have also made it dif-ficult for the airlines to makeancillary revenues with passen-gers calling for caps on cancel-lation charges and calls for capson excess baggage and othercharges. Airlines will soon bepermitted to offer onboard WiFi,

but with costs of installing suchsystems up to a million dollarsper aircraft, can they afford to doso, given that some airlines arebelieved to have less than amonth of cash in hand.

One major reason for loweryields, other than during peakfestive season is one of overca-pacity despite planes being fullleaving the airlines no choice butto offer bargain basement faresto get ‘bums on seats’, the costsof flying an empty seat beingmore than carrying someonewho has paid for a super-cheapfare. India’s busiest sector, andone of the busiest in the world,Delhi-Mumbai has over 60 daily,non-stop services. Another sec-tor, to Goa’s Dabolim airportfrom Delhi, a sector that hadaround five non-stop flights aday five years ago, today has over15 non-stop flights. Some sus-

pect that airlines are offering somany flights just to lock up valu-able slots in airports like Delhiand Mumbai, where despiteexpensive renovation and con-struction over the past decade,almost no slots are available.Delhi’s Indira GandhiInternational Airport, whoseredesign was supposed to be suf-ficient till 2030, has already hitpeak capacity of 60 million pas-sengers and even with threerunways has massive congestionproblems, with aircraft holdingin the air for upwards of an hour.A Delhi-Mumbai flight whichused to take just one hour andforty-five minutes from gate togate a decade ago, can now taketwo hours fifteen minutes whencounting the amount of timeplanes have to wait on theground and in the air.

A combination of too many

flights, too many airlines and thesubsidised Air India adding tothe overall woes of the privateairlines, things are not lookinggood for the airlines. The fact isthat Air India’s privatisationmight now be impossible giventhe overall state of the aviationsector in India, things will takea negative turn before theyimprove. Airlines had a disas-trous first quarter, but the secondquarter could well be worse andairline stocks which gave hugereturns in 2017, will almost cer-tainly be the worst sectoral per-formers in the stock indices in2018. Jet Airways stock has col-lapsed from �870 in earlyJanuary to �282 on August 31,Spicejet from �148 in earlyFebruary to �79 and sectoral dar-ling Interglobe from �1498 inApril to �944 today.

What is the solution? Theobvious one is that theGovernment cuts taxes on fuel,but a crippling fiscal deficit andthe need to promote socialspending ahead of an electionyear will make the Governmenttone-deaf to this, although theneed to cut fuel taxes is also oneof political expediency for theNarendra Modi Government.The second factor could be oneof consolidation, the Tata Groupfind themselves supporting twoairlines right now, Air Asiawhich has a muddled directionand Vistara which is apparentlyfar from profitable. Jet Airwaysincreasingly looks like it mighthave a change of managementand of strategic direction, espe-cially given that its saviour in itslast time of crisis, the Abu Dhabibased Etihad Airlines is itself

bleeding and some of the otherairline groups could pitch in forJet, especially Air France - KLMGroup are also deep in trouble.

The low-cost carriers have tofigure out ways to increase ancil-lary revenues, for European low-cost giants RyanAir and EasyJetthese additional revenues arewhat drive profitability. But forthe likes of GoAir, the possibil-ity of foreign flights could bringin more revenues. Also, the pos-sibility of a couple of industryconsolidation exists, if two play-ers came together they couldimmediately rationalise theirroute structure, cutting Delhi-Mumbai services for example,adding more international routesand routes on underserved legs.But India’s aviation infrastructurewill have to keep up, it isn’t justDelhi and Mumbai that arebarely keeping up, Bengaluru,Hyderabad, Goa and Chennaiairports are all bursting at theseams, and while at Bengaluruwork on the new runway is onand Goa will soon have a newairport despite protest, Indianeeds many more runways.

The fact is that India has lit-tle or no choice but to grow theaviation sector. We once said theIndian railways connected thecountry and they still do whenit comes to freight, but for agrowing number of travellers airtravel is the only option, becausetime is money and India’s eco-nomic progress in the comingdecades depends on aviation.Hopefully the Governmentrealises this and does the rightthings to ensure sectoral growthcontinues apace so that India’sairlines can thrive going forward.

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In a major first step to breakthe language barrier for

Indian customers, AmazonIndia announces the launch ofamazon.in in Hindi. Thelaunch now enables shoppers inIndia to enjoy the ease and con-venience of Amazon’s shoppingexperience in Hindi.

Customers can now readdetailed product information,find deals & discounts, placethe orders, pay for their orders,manage their account infor-mation, track their orders andview order history conve-niently in Hindi. At launch, theHindi experience is availableon the Amazon mobile App onAndroid & mobile website.

Talking about the launch,Manish Tiwary, Vice President,Category Management, AmazonIndia said, “Our aim is to ensureany customer can find anythingthey want on Amazon.in, any-time and anywhere, irrespectiveof the language they speak orwhere they come from.”

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The Government will notcut excise duty on petrol

and diesel to cushion spirallingprices, which touched freshhighs Tuesday, as it has limitedfiscal space available to take anydent in revenue collections, atop official said.

With imports becomingcostlier because of a free-fall inrupee, the government believesthe current account deficit willovershoot the target and it can-not "disturb fiscal maths by cut-ting excise duty on petrol anddiesel," the official, who wishednot to be identified, said.

Petrol and diesel pricesTuesday touched fresh highs asrupee hit record low of 71.54,making imports costlier.

Petrol price in Delhi rose toa record �79.31 a litre anddiesel climbed to an all-timehigh of �71.34, renewing callsfor a cut in excise duty to cush-ion the spike.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGNotice is hereby given that the 35thAnnual General Meeting (AGM) of the shareholders ofthe Company will be held at Hotel 'The Cameron', Plot No. 92, Pocket-1, KalindiKunj, NoidaRoad, JasolaVihar, New Delhi- 110025 on Friday 28th September, 2018 at 12.00 P.M. totransact the businesses mentioned in the Notice of Annual General Meeting.The notice of AGM along with Annual Report, Proxy Form and Attendance Slip have beensent in electronic form to those shareholders whose email address are registered with theCompany's Registrar and Share Transfer Agent/Depository Participants, unless the Membershave requested for hard copy of the same. Physical copy have been dispatched through per-mitted mode to all other members. The Company has completed all dispatches through e-mail and other permitted modes on Monday 3rd September, 2018.

Members may note that the Annual Report, AGM Notice inter alia indicating the processand manner of e-voting process, Proxy Form and Attendance Slip are available on Company'swebsite www.nktil.com and can also be obtained from registered office of the Company.

In compliance with the provisions of Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 read withthe Companies (Management and Administration) Amendments Rules, 2015 and Regulation44 of the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirement) Regulation, 2015, the Companyis pleased to provide its member the facility to exercise their right to vote by electronic meansand business may be transacted through remote e-voting facility provided by National SecuritiesDepository Limited (NSDL).The remote e-voting period commences from Tuesday 25thSeptember, 2018 at 9.00 a.m and ends on Thursday 27th September, 2018 at 5.00 p.m. Theremote e-voting shall be disabled thereafter and no e-voting will be allowed thereafter.TheBoard has appointed Mr. SurrinderKishore Kapahi, Proprietor Kapahi and Associates, CompanySecretaries as Scrutinizer for conducting the e-voting process in accordance with the law andin a fair and transparent manner.The voting rights of members shall be in proportion to their share in the paid up equity sharecapital of the Company as on the cut-off date of 21st September, 2018. Members holdingshares either in physical or in dematerialized form, on the said cut-off date, are eligible to availthe facility of remote e-voting .Any person, who acquires shares of the Company after dis-patch of AGM Notice and holds such shares as of the cut-off date i.e, 21st September, 2018,may obtain the login ID and password by sending a request at [email protected] the AGM, facility for voting through ballot paper shall be made available and only the Membersas on the "cut-off date" i.e, 21st September, 2018, who have not cast their votes by remotee-voting , shall be entitled to exercise their rights to vote at the AGM through ballot paper.The members who have cast their votes through electronic means prior to the AGM may stillattend the AGM but shall not be entitled to cast their votes again.The notice of AGM containing, inter-alia, the procedure of e-voting is available on the Company'swebsite www.nktil.com and on NSDL's website https://www.evoting.nsdl.com.In case of any queries, Members may refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS) ande-voting user manual available at the Downloads sections of https://www.evoting.nsdl.comor contact NSDL at the toll free no. :1800-222-990 or or write a mail to [email protected] is also hereby given that that pursuant to section 91 of the Companies Act, 2013 readwith Rule 10 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 and Regulation42 of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirement) Regulation, 2015, the Registerof Members and Share Transfer books of the Company will remain closed from Saturday, 22ndSeptember, 2018 to Friday 28th September, 2018 (both days inclusive) for the purpose oftaking record of the Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting.

Thanking YouFor N K Textile Industries Limited

Sd/-Balbir Singh

Date: 04.09.2018 DirectorPlace: New Delhi DIN:00027438

N K Textile Industries LimitedRegistered office- A-1, Maharani Bagh, New Delhi-110065

CIN: L17299DL1983PLC163230, Tel: 011 26830014Email Id: [email protected], website: www.nktil.com

● This is the diamond jubilee yearof NMDC. What have been theachievements so far?The performance of NMDC lastyear has been the best since theinception of the company. The com-pany is committed to do well andwith little motivation from themanagement in the right direction,we have performed the best so far.During 2017-18, the companyrecorded a turnover of �11,615crore as against �8830 crore in theprevious year, registering a growthof 32 per cent. We achieved a prof-it before tax (PBT) from continuingoperations of �6,180 crore and theprofit after tax (PAT) stood at�3,806 crore. We achieved the high-est ever record production of 355.76LT and sales of 360.75 LT since theinception of the company. The networth of the company stood at�24,354 crore as on March 31,which was 8.15 per cent higher thanthe previous financial year.

● What are some of the new pro-jects being undertaken by NMDC?NMDC has made a comprehensiveplan to enhance iron ore productioncapacity to 67 MTPA by FY-22 tomeet the growing requirements ofiron ore of the Indian steel sector.The strategy focuses on growthlargely through brown-field expan-sion of existing mines and improv-ing evacuation. The development ofa green-field mine (Deposit 13) hasbeen planned through a joint venturewith the Chhattisgarh State MiningDevelopment Corporation. NMDCis also in the process of setting up aslurry pipeline in phases for evacu-

ation of iron ore at economical costto such locations from where the pel-lets/ore are made available to theindustry. This is the first time thatNMDC is going to undertake goldmining in India. We are the highestbidder in the e-auction for the goldmine located in Andhra Pradesh.

Efforts to increase evacuationcapacity through doubling ofKirandul-Kothavalasa (KK) line isalso in full swing. NMDC is devel-oping iron ore stockyards inChhattisgarh for uninterrupted sup-plies. Besides, as a part of its diver-sification and forward integrationplan, the company is setting up a 3MTPA green-field steel plant atNagarnar in Chhattisgarh. We havealso forayed in pellet-making with a1.2 MTPA pellet plant at Donimalai.Another 2 MTPA pellet plant is inthe works at Nagarnar. NMDC ispromoting Steel SPVs for setting upof new steel plants in the state ofKarnataka and Jharkhand. This ini-tiative is under a collaborativeapproach of the Ministry of Steel andthe respective state governments. TheSteel SPVs shall acquire land, seekwater and power allocation and ironore linkage to set up the steel plantand then invite a strategic partner todevelop and construct it.

● What are some of the overseasprojects of NMDC?We have a majority stake (78.56 percent) in the Australian company—Legacy Iron Ore, which is carryingout exploration in its 19 explorationtenements in Western Australia iniron ore, gold and base metals.Legacy also applied for allocation of

tenements for tungsten in WesternAustralia. International CoalVentures Pvt. Ltd. acquired a cok-ing/thermal coal mine inMozambique in 2014 and operationof the same was taken over by ICVL.It undertook strategic review ofBenga operations and re-started themining operations with new con-tracts from November 2017. Bengamine is presently operational withapproximately 100 per cent capaci-

ty utilisation. We are also workingtowards setting up of a pilot-scaleprocessing plant for gold in our min-ing lease in Tanzania. Tungstenmetal is of strategic importance dueto its essential requirement in defenseand aerospace sector and currentlyIndia meets its entire requirementthrough imports. NMDC has enteredinto MoUs with both the MID-HANI and DMRL to explore tung-sten investment opportunities in

India and abroad. ● How is NMDC supporting thenew Corporate Sports Policy forCPSEs?Till now we have been using our CSRfunds to develop and promote sportsfacilities. Now, with the CorporateSports Policy for CPSEs under theMinistry of Steel, we will earmark acertain amount according to variouscategories as mentioned in the pol-icy. We are giving �1 crore to the

Apex Sports Body (ASB) and thesmaller companies will give �60lakh which the ASB will then use forvarious purposes like sponsoringsportspersons for internationalevents, registration, affiliation and soon. The sports categories listed in thepolicy are indicative. If anyone wantsto open an academy for a differentsport after fulfilling the pre-requi-sites, then we will support them aswell. For example, the tribal areashave talented archers and shootersand we will try to promote thesesports through dedicated academiesfor the tribal communities.

● NMDC has been undertakingmany CSR activities. Please elabo-rate on some initiativesWe have been getting the best CSRaward from all over the world.NMDC is the model PSE in the fieldof CSR and its model of stakehold-er consultation mechanism forimplementation has been recom-mended by theDepartment of PublicEnterprises, Government of India,for emulation by all other CPSEs.We have been spending around��50-190 crore on CSR projects. Wehave done outstanding work in theeducation sector in Dantewada,which the Prime Minster NarendraModi visited himself. We spendalmost 2.5 per cent of our profits onCSR especially on education andhealth.

NMDC has been investing sub-stantially in developing social infra-structure such as educational insti-tutes, sanitation, healthcare, drink-ing water, infrastructure develop-ment and employable skill develop-

ment, integrated village develop-ment, and so on, primarily in theperipheral areas of its operations.

● How is NMDC fostering researchand development in the mining sec-tor?Research and development has beena key focus of NMDC and we havebeen spending a fair share on devel-oping new technologies. NMDCoperates a state-of-the-art researchand development centre atHyderabad, which has been declaredas a “Centre of Excellence” by theUNIDO. The R&D departmentundertakes various projects relatedto the operational problems of theunits of NMDC and provides solu-tions to improve the system or sug-gest changes in technology to bet-ter its processes and operations. TheR&D centre also provides solutionsto the external agencies. For exam-ple, a pilot plant for iron-making byadoption of MATMOR technologyis envisaged in research collabora-tion mode between NMDC, NLCand ECT. The MATMOR technol-ogy is a unique alternate iron-making method for producing high-quality iron from inexpensive, abun-dant Lignite (brown coal) and highor low grade iron ore/mill scale etc.The technology patent is owned byECT, Australia. NMDC's GlobalExploration Centre at Raipur iscontinuously doing explorations inthe mines of NMDC and addingnew reserves every year. The com-pany has offered the state govern-ments to undertake free explo-ration to quantify mineral resourcesin the respective states.

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Jalaluddin Haqqani, whosedeath was announced by the

Afghan Taliban on Tuesday,was the founder of the dread-ed Haqqani Network which isbelieved to be behind a cam-paign of violence throughoutAfghanistan including the 2008bombing of the IndianEmbassy in Kabul that killed 58people.

The Afghan Taliban didnot share the exact date ofdeath or burial of the militantcommander, who had trans-ferred the operational leader-ship of the group to his sonSirajuddin Haqqani after the9/11 attack.

“...Well known Mujahid,famous Islamic scholar,renowned fighter, leader ofMuhajideen, minister of fron-tiers in (Taliban) IslamicEmirates and member ofLeadership (Taliban) Council,al-Hajj Mullah JalaluddinHaqqani has died after long ill-ness,” the Afghan Taliban saidin statement.

He was believed to be ineighties and several times in thepast the news of his death wascirculated but it was not con-firmed by the militant group.

Jalaluddin studied at theDarul Uloom HaqqaniaNowshera in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province - anIslamic seminary dubbed as the‘University of Jihad’ as its alum-ni include slain Taliban chiefsMullah Omar and MullahAkhtar Mansoor and Al-Qaeda

in the Indian Subcontinentleader Asim Umar.

He belonged toAfghanistan’s Paktika province,bordering Pakistan, and rose toprominence during the Afghanwar against Soviet forces in1980s. He was appointed asminister in the Taliban gov-ernment that ruledAfghanistan in 1990s.

Jalaluddin, who main-tained his independent positionduring the Taliban regime,enjoyed close ties withPakistan’s spy agency - InterServices Intelligence (ISI).

He also helped Osama binLaden to set up terror trainingcamps in Afghanistan andlaunch his efforts for globaljihad and maintained closelinks with al-Qaeda and otherArab militants.

After the 9/11 attack andtoppling of the Taliban gov-ernment by the US-led forces,Jalaluddin apparently fled to thelawless tribal region of Pakistanand re-organised his fighters.

His group became mostlethal and carried out severaldeadly attacks against US,NATO and Afghan forces.

The Haqqani network,believed to be behind a num-ber of kidnappings and attacksagainst US interests inAfghanistan, was accused ofbombing the Indian mission inKabul in 2008 that killed 58people. The attack was believedto be among the deadliest inKabul since the fall of theTaliban in 2001.

The attack was believed tobe carried out at the behest ofthe ISI.

The group is accused oftargeting the Indian consulatein Jalalabad twice in 2007 andcarrying out an attack on theIndian mission in Kabul in2009 that killed 17 people. Italso carried out several attacksagainst Indian interests inAfghanistan.

In 2012, the US designatedthe Haqqani network as a ter-rorist organisation. Three yearslater, Pakistan also banned theHaqqani network as part of itsNational Action Plan.

The group is the bone ofcontention between Pakistanand the US as the latter accusethat Haqqani militants werestill using Pakistani soil tolaunch attacks - a charge deniedby Pakistan.

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Dr Arif Alvi, a close ally ofPrime Minister Imran

Khan and one of the foundingmembers of the PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf party, waselected as the new President ofPakistan Tuesday, as the crick-eter-turned-politician consol-idated his grip on power.

The 69-year-old formerdentist defeated PakistanPeoples Party candidate AitzazAhsan and the PakistanMuslim League-N nomineeMaulana Fazl ur Rehman in athree-way contest to becomethe 13th President.

Of the 430 votes cast via asecret ballot in the NationalAssembly and Senate, Alvireceived 212 votes, Rehmanbagged 131 and Ahsan gar-nered 81; six votes were reject-ed, DawnNews reported, citingunofficial results.

Alvi secured 45 of the 60votes cast by the Balochistan’snewly elected lawmakers, it said.

In the PPP-dominatedSindh Assembly, Ahsan got100 votes, while Alvi bagged 56.Just a solitary vote was cast inthe favour of Rehman.

In Khyber PakhtunkhwaAssembly, Alvi received 78 ofthe total 109 votes, whileRehman and Ahsan got 26and five votes respectively.

In Punjab Assembly, Alvisecured 186 votes, whereasRehman and Ahsan received141 and 6 votes respectively; 18votes were rejected.

In his victory speech, Alvithanked Prime Minister Khanfor nominating “me for such abig responsibility.”

Alvi said that “from todayI am not just president that wasnominated by the PTI but I amthe president of the entirenation and all parties. Eachparty has an equal right on me”.

The newly elected presi-dent will take oath of the officeon September 9. OutgoingPresident Mamnoon Hussain’sfive-year tenure ends onSeptember 8.Alvi said he willinvite everyone, including theopposition, for the oath-takingceremony.

“My political struggle datesback to 1967, since the time ofAyub Khan. However, I believethat this nation has gainedmuch awareness since. Thepresident also promises what-ever is promised in theConstitution,” he said.

Alvi is one of the foundingmembers of PTI. He served asthe party’s secretary generalfrom 2006 to 2013.

He won the NationalAssembly elections from NA-247 (Karachi) during the July 25polls. He was also elected mem-ber of the National Assembly inthe 2013 general election.

In Pakistan, the Presidentis considered as a symbol of thefederation and head of thestate and exercises all powerson the recommendations of thePrime Minister.

YangonA global outcry overthe jailing of two Reuters jour-nalists in Myanmar has beengreeted with silence by civilianleader Aung San Suu Kyi, astony response that an officialdefended Tuesday as a reluc-tance to criticise the judiciary.

Journalists Wa Lone, 32,and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, werearrested while reporting onatrocities committed duringthe violent expulsion by themilitary of some 700,000Rohingya Muslims last year.

A Yangon court onMonday found them guiltyunder the Official Secrets Actand handed them each sevenyears in prison, sparking out-rage from the UN, EU and US-- all of whom supportedMyanmar’s emergence fromdecades of junta rule -- as wellas media and rights groups.

Suu Kyi, who was herselfsubjected to house arrest forsome 15 years, relying on foreignmedia to highlight her plight,has been widely-condemnedfor her silence on the case andverdict, which has posed thesternest test in recent years tofree speech in the country.

Aung Hla Tun, a former

Reuters journalist who nowworks for the government asdeputy Minister ofInformation, defended theNobel Laureate’s reticence.

“Criticising the judicial sys-tem would be tantamount tocontempt of court,” he told AFP,explaining her silence so far. “Idon’t think she will do it.”Lawyers for the pair will appealthe verdict while ultimately thecountry’s president, a close allyof Suu Kyi, can pardon prison-ers.In April the president grant-ed 8,500 jailed people anamnesty, including 36 deemedpolitical prisoners.

But there were still some200 others, including the twoReuters journalists, facing trialslinked to political activities, theAssistance Association forPolitical Prisoners said at thetime.Erstwhile Suu Kyi advo-cates overseas have been left dis-mayed by her attitude to theircase so far.Her one public ref-erence to the Reuters journalistsduring the court case -- tellingJapanese broadcaster NHK thatthe pair had broken the officialsecrets act -- was criticised byrights groups for potentiallyprejudicing the verdict. AFP

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Damascus: Iran’s foreign min-ister said at the start of a visitto Damascus on Monday that“terrorists must be purged”from Syria’s Idlib and the entirenorthwestern province returnedto government control.

Mohammad Javad Zarif ’scomments in Damascus werereported by Iran’s semi-officialFars news agency and came asSyrian forces and their allies arepreparing for an assault onIdlib, the last oppositionstronghold in the country.

“Syria’s territorial integrityshould be safeguarded and alltribes and groups, as one soci-ety, should start the recon-struction process, and therefugees should return to theirhomes,” Zarif said.

He met with SyrianPresident Bashar Assad and hisForeign Minister Walid al-Moallem, who is just backfrom a visit to Moscow. Thevisit comes days before theleaders of Iran, Turkey, andRussia are expected to meet inIran to discuss the situation inIdlib.

President Donald Trumpon Monday sent a tweet warn-ing Assad and his allies againsta “reckless attack” on Idlibprovince. “The Russians andIranians would be making agrave humanitarian mistaketo take part in this potentialhuman tragedy. Hundreds ofthousands of people could bekilled. Don’t let that happen!”Trump said.

During their meetingAssad and Zarif discussed theagenda of the summit in Iran.

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US President Donald Trumpon Monday warned Syria

against launching an attack onthe country’s last rebel strong-hold with the help of Russiaand Iran, saying the offensivecould trigger a “humantragedy.”

“President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not reck-lessly attack Idlib Province.The Russians and Iranianswould be making a gravehumanitarian mistake to takepart in this potential humantragedy,” Trump tweeted.

“Hundreds of thousands ofpeople could be killed. Don’t letthat happen!” The UnitedNations and aid groups havewarned that a full assault onIdlib could spark a humanitar-ian catastrophe on a scale notyet seen in Syria’s seven-year-old conflict.

Syrian government forcesare now massing around thenorthwestern province ofIdlib, which is held by a com-plex array of rebels and vio-lent extremist fighters, manyof whom have been blacklist-ed as “terrorists” by worldpowers.

Russia and Iran haveinsisted that extremist groupsin Idlib must

be defeated and are expect-ed to back regime forces in anyassault.

Since early 2017, Iran,fellow regime ally Russia andrebel backer Turkey havesponsored a negotiationstrack based in the Kazakhcapital to tamp down hostil-ities in Syria.

Last year, they had desig-nated Idlib as a “de-escala-tion” zone where violencewould halt in preparation for acountrywide ceasefire.

All the while seeking topressure Turkey into reining injihadists in Idlib, Damascus’smain sponsor Russia has beensounding the war drums inrecent days.

Tehran and Moscow pro-vided steady political, financialand military backing to Assadthroughout the war, which hasleft over 350,000 people deadsince it broke out in 2011.

The International CrisisGroup, a Brussels-based thinktank, said an all-out assault onIdlib and its catastrophic con-sequences could still be avoid-ed.

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invites application for newlylaunched Global MBA offeredexclusively on Coursera, one ofthe largest online higher educa-tion platform.

The Macquarie GraduateSchool of Management(MGSM) Global MBA is first-of-its-kind online MBA onfuture-focused capabilities,designed to serve the rapidlygrowing workforce in an agewhen AI is expected to automatehalf of the activities that peopleare paid to do in the global econ-omy. The course will commencein May 2019.

The programme is built forprofessionals who want tofuture-proof and accelerate theircareers from wherever they arelocated. It also features a ‘stack-able’ model that allows studentsto earn certificates as they gothrough the programme andstart learning before even sub-mitting a formal entry applica-tion.

The Global MBA curricu-lum is designed to build sixcross-disciplinary capabilities:leading, strategising, analysing,influencing, adapting, and prob-lem solving.

All courses in the GlobalMBA are available on Courserato enroll in as open courses notfor credit and result in individ-ual certificates. This means thatstudents can choose to take asmany open courses as theywant and gain certificates alongthe way. The degree also has aninnovative admissions modelenabling people with non-tra-ditional backgrounds who dowell in the open courses to beadmitted into the degree.

Once admitted, studentscan fit the Global MBA aroundtheir work and personal liveswhile still receiving the rigorouslearning experience they expectfrom a top-quality programme.

Two open courses in theglobal MBA will be launched onSeptember 24 are: Know YourPeople and Adapt YourLeadership Style.

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(DCA) invites application foradmission in four-year degreecourse in Bachelor in Fine Artand Super Professional Diplomacourse in Fine Arts (DFA).

The four-year degree courseand Super Professional Diplomacourse in Fine Arts have been

thoughtfully designedfor those who have recentlypassed Class XII. The pro-gramme consists of variousmodules covering differentaspects of Fine Arts. It providesdisciplines of Painting, Sculptureand Applied Art at theUndergraduate Level to helpeach student develop as a full-fledged artist.

EligibilityClass XII pass from any

stream who wants to work inFine arts industry can apply forbachelor degree programme.

How to applyApplication forms &

brochure may be obtained fromadmission office of DelhiCollege of Art, B-7/7 Basement,Ring Road Rajouri Garden,New Delhi and also can down-load admission form from theinstitute’s website. For details:www.delhicollageofart.com.

Deadline: September 18,2018.

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Language Education (CELE) atAmbedkar University Delhi hasannounced a unique three-month certificate programme inTeaching English to Speakers ofIndian Languages (CTESIL) totrain graduates as teachers ofEnglish proficiency.

This programme is open tograduates from any disciplinewith at least intermediate (B1 asper CEFR) level proficiency inEnglish who are interested inteaching English. It is a practice-oriented programme speciallydesigned for the Indian context.

Details are available onwww.aud.ac.in.

Deadline to submit appli-cations is September 13, 2018.

Eligible candidates may getfull or partial fee waivers as perAUD norms. Selections will bemade on the basis of a profi-ciency test (written) and inter-views to be held on September15, 2018. The programme isscheduled to commence onSeptember 24, 2018.

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The Shiv Nadar University has partneredwith the University of California,

Berkeley Extension for an internationalstudy programme. This partnership willgive Shiv Nadar students an opportunity tostudy for a semester or for a full academ-ic year at UC Berkeley Extension. The part-nership covers all programme offered at UCBerkeley Extension including the current-ly available Berkeley Haas Global AccessProgramme with a specialisation inBusiness and Entrepreneurship or theEnvironmental Design programme, as wellas the soon to be launched programmes inLegal Studies and Computer Science.

Dr SN Balakrishnan, chancellor, Shiv

Nadar University, said: “We aim to providean engaging, transformative and empow-ering environment and opportunities to ourstudents, in order to enable them in creat-ing new knowledge. Given this, our part-nership will give our students access toBerkeley's best-in-class faculty, coursesand networks within the innovative ecosys-tem of the Bay Area and Silicon Valley.Students from across fields will be exposedto state of the art ideas, skills and networknecessary to excel as tomorrow’s innova-tors.”

Participating students will receive anacademic transcript from UC BerkeleyExtension upon successful completion ofthe programme and the credits earned willbe transferable to Shiv Nadar University.

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The National Institute of OpenSchooling has recently

declared the result of the firstonline DElEd Exam conductedduring May-June, 2018 for theuntrained in-service teachers. Theexam comprises of three subjects:

�Elementary Education inIndia

�Pedagogic Processes inElementary Schools

�Learning Languages atElementary Level

There were total 35,23,247candidates who appeared for the

exam out of which 33,65,803passed. Out of total 15,31,641 malecandidates, 1,46,3876 passed, outof total 19,91,606 women,19,01,927 cleared. The result inrespect to 1,850 have been with-held (RW) due to alleged involve-ment in malpractices in the examwhich are under investigation.

The result is available onNIOS website www.nios.ac.in andhttp://dled.nios.ac.in/. The sched-ule for the second exam is:

September 25, 2018 forElementary Education, September26 for Pedagogic Processes inElementary Schools, September

27 for Learning Languages atElementary Level, September 28for Learning Mathematics atElementary Level and September29 for Learning EnvironmentalStudies at Primary Level.

The untrained teachers whohave been unsuccessful in any ofthe subjects in the first DElEdexamination have the option to gethis name registered throughonline for re-exam to be con-ducted on the above dates. Theschedule of registration for re-exam in the subject will close onSeptember 7, 2018. There will beno further extension of the date.

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Arecent report A Worldon The Move: Trendsin Global Student

Mobility has revealed thatIndia’s 350 million students— the biggest student pop-ulation in the world — needat least 1.4 million careercounsellors to maintain aglobally acceptable student-to-school-counsellor ratio.

Compiled by Instituteof International Education(IIE) at 2018 AnnualInternational Career andCollege Counseling (IC3)Conference held in theCapital recently, the reporthighlights that despite glob-al uncertainty, the demandfor international educationhas consistently been on therise and will continue togrow.

The conference wasattended by 700-plus dele-gates this year from leadinghigh schools and global uni-versities across India, SouthEast Asia, North America,Europe, and Australia. With100-plus speakers and over40 sessions, the third editionof the IC3 Conference pro-vided an engaging platform

to discuss new ideas andopportunities in global high-er education and studentcounseling.

Talking about IC3,Ganesh Kohli , IC3Conference Chair, president& chief mentor, KICUnivAssist and Former HighSchool College Counselor,said: “We were delightedwith the level of participa-tion and discourse at theconference this year. Thisyear marks a major mile-stone with the launch ofthe IC3 Institute to realiseour mission of establishinga dedicated career coun-selling department in allschools and colleges in Indiaand throughout Asia. Neverhave students had so muchfreedom to choose courses,careers, and countries thanthey do today. These arehowever also t imes ofextreme uncertainty.Students need guidance andcoaching for career devel-opment like any other dis-cipline taught in schools. IfIndia has to realise its demo-graphic dividend, it needs toprovide one career counsel-lor for every 250 students ithas.”

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The Department ofChemistry of Gargi College

under Delhi University in asso-ciation with Jiva Ayurveda hasintroduced an add-on course— Ayurveda and Yoga-TheScience of Well-being for itsstudents.

The six-month course willintroduce students to severalprinciples of Ayurveda andyoga.

It will be covered underfour sections — Basics ofAyurveda, Nutrition, Beautyand Fighting common healthproblems. During the course,the students will learn aboutdifferent body types (Prakriti),principles of healthy living,concepts of nutrition, princi-ples of Ayurvedic cooking, tipsto prevent common diseases,how to attain healthy woman-hood, home remedies for com-mon gynaecological problems,Ayurvedic steps to enhanceinner and external beauty,among others.

Dr Geeta Saini and DrNeha Sharma convened thecourse and the course materi-al was developed by a team ofsenior doctors under the guid-ance of Dr Partap Chauhan.The course will be taught bysenior Ayurveda doctors.

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Students from Trio WorldAcademy participated in

the Small Hands Big Art(SHBA) annual art Olympiad2017-18, a pan India event.The initiative seeks to promoteart among children’s and pro-vide them with an opportuni-ty to take pride in their cre-ativity. The SHBA has beenrunning the annual artOlympiad and winner’s men-torship programme for ages 5-17 years, for the five years now.

The mentorship pro-gramme, which is one-of-its-

kind in the world, provides anopportunity for the winners, tointeract with several mentorswho are visionaries and lumi-naries in the field of art. It pro-vides n opportunity for stu-dents who are taking stepstowards taking up a career inthe field of creative, appliedand visual art.

Children from variousschools across India partici-pated in the event to showcasetheir creativity and imagina-tion. Over 500-plus schoolsfrom more than 230 citiesacross India had taken part inthe pan India event.

Many times as we climb up the pro-fessional ladder, we find ourselves orour peers stuck. The dilemma is

about not being able to achieve the right goalsgiven the opportunities. At times, there is afunctional need to go in-depth on a subjectand learn more to apply it in business. These

demands could be unconventional and dif-ferent from what is offered at institutions.

To provide respite with a lot of compa-nies are offering courses that not only havean industry-academia connect but also haveniche curriculum to help students grab thebest knowledge and excel.

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On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, Avanse FinancialServices (Avanse), one of India’s leading educationfinance company, announces the launch of an exclu-

sive education loan offer to honour teachers across India.Avanse will provide 5% cashback of the funded tuition feeto student applicants who have at least one parent as a teacher.To be eligible for this offer, the student has to opt for a post-graduate course of 2 to 2.5 years at any domestic and inter-national university. The offer is valid for a period of onemonth from September 1-30, 2018.

Commenting on this initiative, Amit Gainda, CEO,Avanse Financial Services said: “To commemorate the con-tribution of teachers to India’s education system, Avanse isglad to dedicate the month of September 2018 towards ful-filling higher education aspirations of students whose par-ent/s are teacher/s. This is a way to give back to teachers whoare the pillars of the society acknowledging their efforts inbeing an integral part of student’s life. By keeping aspiringstudents at the fulcrum of the offer, we are reinforcingAvanse’s objective of making quality education accessible todeserving students. This exclusive benefit will facilitate stu-dents across India to pursue an education in their preferredfield in India or abroad.”

Eligible students can apply for the offer as a primaryapplicant for the minimum loan amount of �4 lakh to a max-imum of �30 lakh as incurred for the cost of higher educa-tion. The offer is valid for both secured and non-secured loansand collaterals will be required as per credit policy.

The interest rate levied will be in the range of 12% to13% for a loan tenure of 10 years. Students can avail the cash-back amount post the course completion, by submitting thefinal mark sheet and passing certificate. This will be veri-fied and cashback will be given by way of the prepaymentaccount being debited and the student loan account beingcredited.

The brand has also broken barriers and funded uncon-ventional programmes including fine arts, music and voca-tional programmes.

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According to data from Indeed,a job site, there has been an

increase of 179% in the numberof searches by job seekers forArtificial Intelligence (AI) relat-ed jobs in India between June2016 and June 2018.

The AI-related jobs have seenan increase as companies areincreasingly working towardsintegrating new technology intotheir core functions, creating newopenings for skilled professionals.According to an industry body,NASSCOM, a growth rate of 9%for new job roles that require ahigh level of skills has been pre-dicted in the technology sector.Job searches for these roles toohave continued to grow in recentyears.

Since the start of 2018,employer demand for AI skills hasbeen twice the supply of job-seekers. From 1.2 in April 2017,the AI skills gap in India hassteadily worsened, hitting a three-year high of 2.2 in June 2018. Thatis: Employer demand for AI skillsoutstrips job seeker supply by 2.2times. This is an indicator of theneed for skill development in thelarger STEM sector and the tech-nology sector in particular.Research by the National Instituteof Skill Development indicates

that only two percent of thecountry's total workforce hasundergone skills training present-ly.

The good news is that, morerecently, the talent mismatch lev-els have been on a decline, whichis an encouraging sign for bothjob seekers hoping to work in thesector, and companies seekingskilled talent in the field.

Even as larger firms are slow-

ing in terms of hiring, emergingstart-ups and e-commerce firmsare recruiting in comparativelylarger numbers.

However, companies contin-ue to seek talent with specialisedskills in developing and imple-menting artificial intelligence,given that India is still in the ini-tial stages of the application of thistechnology, which emphasisesthe need for job seekers to work

towards acquiring the requisiteskills.

Apart from the wider tech-nology industry, the automotivesector is a key driver of the appli-cation of artificial intelligence inIndia. Companies are increasinglylooking at leveraging AI for datamanagement, analytics and pro-gramming. According to a BCGstudy, India is the third countryafter USA and China in terms ofAI implementation in the auto-motive sector. This is indicative ofthe scope of work that is yet to betapped in the sector going for-ward.

Commenting on the subject,Venkata Machavarapu, head ofEngineering, India and SiteDirector at Indeed India, said:“The integration of technologiessuch as artificial intelligence andmachine learning into core busi-ness is an inevitable step towardsparticipating in the economies ofthe future. While firms acrossindustries are adopting a tech-nology-forward approach, it iscrucial that we also prepare theworkforce by reskilling andupskilling talent in the requisitecapabilities. Our focus needs to benot only on finding talent with theright skills but also on equippingexisting employees with therequired skills to work with AI-powered solutions.”

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Today, data literacy is as important as reading and writing, but we’re facing a major skillsgap. That’s why Qlik, a data analytics and business intelligence platform, is on a mission

to help people understand, analyse and use data with confidence.Joining the programme grantsaccess to software and continuous classroom online learning platform. People can earn a sensequalification and receive a printable certificate and a digital badge to share on resumes andsocial media sites.

Also people can have access to data analytics curriculum featuring lecture notes, on-demandvideos, handouts, activities and real-world, interactive business use cases, community Academicprogramme space, a forum for professors and students to access resources, collaborate withothers and share experiences. It provides qualified university professors, students, and researcherswith free Qlik software and resources to help educate and train the next generation of expertQlik users. The programme is for professors and students associated with accredited, uni-versity-level institutions, both privately and publically funded.

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Imarticus Learning has recently introducedonline/offline pro-degree courses where aspi-

rants will gain an in-depth understanding of fourkey Fintech domains — Block Chain, Robotics,Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics. Theprogramme offers a primer on the FinancialSector and Design Thinking. These programmesare provided in collaboration with reputed cor-porates like Barclays, IBM, EY, Genpact, SAP,MCX, Motilal Oswal Asset Management andHDFC Bank.

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Quick Heal Academy (QHA) engaged in sup-porting and securing the cyberspace imparts

cyber security education programmes globally withan objective of building a talent pool of cyber secu-rity professionals.

The academy is committed to providingawareness around the ever-changing and evolvingcyber security domain and creating security pro-fessionals that help deter the threats with the strongcyber skill-sets.

It also offers online, classroom, corporate andneed-based training courses with the objective toempower organisations in effectively addressingcyber security challenges and contribute towardsstrengthening the cybersecurity ecosystem.

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learning platform that co-creates nano degreeswith the industry veterans to train the work-ing professionals for tomorrow. Understandingthe everlasting need of lifelong learning, theplatform offers a series of nano degrees inbooming technologies to help Working pro-fessionals stay updated.

Along with the cutting edge technologieslike AI and ML. It also provides unconven-tional niche courses on future technologies likeself-driving car and flying car and drone tech-nology.

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This logistics and operations training pro-gramme at Safeducate for aspiring women aims

to develop and enhance women’s participation inthe logistics and supply chain sector. This can beachieved by offering a rich mix of programme.Th programme prepares women to be the nextgeneration of supply chain enablers and man-agers by providing them training in the latesttrends, practices, and innovations in supply chainmanagement and logistics.

To properly address the issues and challengesfaced by supply chains and logistics network,women need to equip themselves with skills andabilities that are commonly sought in logistics oper-ation.

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Leiden University isoffering excellence schol-arships for full-time inter-national students in 2019academic year. These schol-arships are available forpursuing master’s degreeprogramme.

Eligibility: Must haveachieved excellent studyresults in their previouseducation, this being rele-vant to the Master’s pro-gramme for which they areapplying.

As an indication, thestudent is amongst the top10% of graduates in his pre-vious study programme.English language require-ments: Most master’s pro-grammes at LeidenUniversity are taught inEnglish. This means thatapplicants will need to sub-mit proof of their English-language proficiency,preferably by means of anIELTS test.

How to apply: Themode of applying is online.

Application Deadline:The last date to apply isOctober 1, 2018

Australian CatholicUniversity is offering up to20 scholarships to interna-tional students. Thesescholarships are open tocommencing post graduateand under graduate stu-

dents with theoutstanding academic

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evidence that they havesuccessfully completedstudies where the mediumof the study was English, orthey can provide evidenceof their English proficiency.

Eligibility: You musthave achieved results of atleast 80% (equivalent to aGPA of 5.8 on the ACU 7point scale) in previousstudy completed within thelast two years (undergradu-ate applicants) or four years(postgraduate applicants).

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You must not be receiv-ing any other scholarship oraward if the total combinedvalue would exceed thetuition fee for the course;You must not be attendingACU as a study abroad orexchange student. Englishlanguage requirements:Students can provide evi-dence that they have suc-cessfully completed studieswhere the medium of thestudy was English, or theycan provide evidence oftheir English proficiency.

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good pre-schools which can help thechild in his formative years. Thestructured curriculum, fun learningand engagement activities help topositively influence the child's growthneeds at this stage.

Selecting a pre-school that is agood fit for your child can be over-whelming. As a parent, you want tobe confident that you choose the bestpreschool for your child, but how doyou make the best choice? Here aresome factors that can help:

Presence of a Child-CenteredApproach: For a preschool, it’simperative that it must have at itscore, an ideology that aims to keepsolely the interest of the child and theparents at its very centre. A preschoolthat adopts a child first ideology,would have its pre-schooling DNAconformed to its vision of ensuringthat all initiatives and efforts resonatewith this child-centric objective.

Safety & Security: For a parent, apreschooling environment must prin-cipally be a safe and secure environ-ment that can be trusted. Safety andsecurity of the child should be thefirst priority of the school. Thepreschool must be equipped withCCTV cameras, so the child remainssupervised at all times. It must havechild-friendly furniture with roundededges to avoid any untoward incidentat preschool.

Toys used in the school should beof great quality and 100% non-toxicin nature. Teachers and support staff(an all-female staff) must be hired topost a rigorous background checkincluding police verification and pre-vious employer check prior toemployment. Emergency training forthe staff as well as teachers is impor-tant so they remain prepared in eventof an extreme scenario.

Health & Hygiene: A non-nego-tiable factor whilst selecting a pre-school as the environment is wherethe child will play, make new friendsand spend three-four hours each day.The ambiance must be clean and wellsanitised.

Regular health assessments of thechildren by pediatricians and a spe-

cial focus to a child's health and well-being through fitness programs mustbe prevalent at the preschool.

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a degree in Fine Arts. Visualisingyour future as a commercialgallery manager would be the bestidea to enhance the glory of yourfuture. Commercial gallery man-ager is someone, who manages theart gallery, organises art events,and look after the sales and mar-keting of the art gallery, by col-laborating with the artists and thedealers. Art gallery managerselects the piece of art from dif-ferent artists to intensify hisgallery.

This profession is for someonewho has the passion to painttheir imaginations with colours

and who have the talent to pendown their creativity in the bestpossible way. One should also havebetter skills in accounts, sales,marketing and presentation. Youmay own your personal gallery oryou can work for the gallerydirector. In both the cases, yourresponsibility will be to take careof the success of the artist and thecommercial success of the gallery.

RESPONSIBILITIESIf you love to play with colours

and like to spread those colors topaint and beautify your career andhave skills to bear responsibilitiesthen the profession of gallerymanager suites you. There are dif-ferent types of roles and respon-

sibilities for a gallery manager. Hehas to look after all the ups anddowns happening in the gallery.He looks after all the monetaryrelated issues like income, expen-diture, profit and loss, selects art-work, plans, present, and publicisepiece of arts in exhibitions, man-ages public relations, works withdifferent artists, built good rela-tionships with other artists work-ing under same umbrella andkeeps himself up to date with thelatest trends in the market.

QUALIFICATIONA person from any stream

having knowledge of arts, aboutthe history of arts, or business canbecome an art gallery manager.

Knowledge as well as proper train-ing both are important in thisfield. In this age of knowledge, adegree in the concerned field isimportant and beneficial. Onecan have the degree and certificatefrom any reputed college or insti-tution of art to add stars in his/herwork profile. One can do BFA(Bachelor Of Fine Arts) afterClass XII for heading a step for-ward towards becoming gallerymanager. After doing MFA(Masters of Fine Arts) one can seehimself as a gallery manager.

While beginning your career,for learning new art skills, maybeyou will not be paid for few days,but that skill and training will payyou off in future by adding

sparkles in your career with thecontacts you made and skills youlearned.

SKILLS REQUIREDSomeone having a special

interest in art and history of artcan become a gallery manager. Aperson having creativity in bloodand innovation in mind can be aperfect art gallery manager.Management skills, as well as thenotion of developing good rela-tions with artists and clients, arealso important for an art gallerymanager. An art gallery managershould be up-to-date with theongoing trend of the market sothat he can keep the gallery on thetop.

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can earn a salary according totheir experience and creativity. Inthe first stage of your job you maynot get a hand full of salary, butas soon you get experience,enhance your creative skills, learnmarket techniques your can blazelike stars with handsome salary.The minimum salary of an artgallery manager can be �10 lakh.After experience and promotion,one can earn more.

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Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova crashedout of the US Open on Monday in back-to-back seismic shocks under the Arthur

Ashe Stadium lights.Federer, the five-time champion and look-

ing to end his 10-year wait to add to his total inNew York, was beaten by Australia's world num-ber 55 John Millman 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3).

It was 20-time major winner Federer's firstloss against a player outside the top 50 in 41meetings at the US Open.

He finished with 77 unforced errors and 10double faults.

"It was very hot. I felt I couldn't get any airand I was sweating more and more and becamemore and more uncomfortable," explainedFederer.

"I guess I was happy when the match wasover."

He added: "John dealt with it better -- he'sfrom Brisbane, one of the most humid places inthe world!"

It was the world number two's earliest defeatat the tournament since a fourth round loss toTommy Robredo in 2013.

The result meant there would be no quar-ter-final showdown with old rival NovakDjokovic who will now face Millmann instead.

"I have so much respect for Roger and every-thing he's done for the game. He's been a heroof mine," said Millman.

"Today he was definitely not at his best. ButI'll take it."

Sharapova, the 2006 champion, suf-fered a second successive last-16 exit inNew York, blasted off court by CarlaSuarez Navarro.

The Spanish player marked her30th birthday in style with a memorable6-4, 6-3 win over the five-time majorchampion whose last Slam title was in Paris in2014.

Federer had cruised through the first setagainst Millman who was appearing in his maid-en last-16 at the majors.

But the Swiss, who lost in the quarter-finalsat Wimbledon where he was defending cham-pion, began to look every bit the 37-year-oldhe is as he struggled in the suffocating humid-ity.

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shortly before 1 a.m. when hehit a weary forehand wide.

Djokovic reached thequarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 victory over unseed-ed Joao Sousa.

Djokovic, who endeda 54-week title droughtwith his 13th GrandSlam title atWimbledon, said hewas relieved to get past68th-ranked Sousa instraight sets as tem-peratures soaredagain.

"Very happy to

get this one done in straight sets," said Djokovic,who left the court for a medical evaluation earlyin the third set but returned to wrap things up inexactly two hours.

Marin Cilic, seeded seven, beat David Goffinof Belgium 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, 6-4 and next takes on

Japan's Kei Nishikori who saw off Germanveteran Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-2, 7-5.

Cilic defeated Nishikori in the 2014final when he won his only Slam title.

Sharapova, the 2006 champion who wastrying to reach the quarter-finals for the first

time since 2012, hit 38 unforced errors anddropped serve six times.

The defeat also ended the formerworld number one's perfect record of23 wins — 22 of them on Arthur AsheStadium — in night sessions atFlushing Meadows.

Suarez Navarro, who was also aquarter-finalist in New York in 2013,

goes on to face American 14th seedMadison Keys, the runner-up in 2017.

"Maria has played here atnight many times so I knew Ineeded to be aggressive,focussed and play solid," saidthe 30th seeded Spaniard.

Meanwhile, NaomiOsaka reached her first GrandSlam quarter-final, beatingAryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, tearfully admittingshe was prepared to "break aleg" to win the match.

The 20-year-old became thefirst Japanese woman in the USOpen last-eight since ShinobuAsagoe in 2004. Osaka will next

face Lesia Tsurenko, the 36th-ranked who beat Marketa

Vondrousova 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 6-2.

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India will begin its seven-weekhome series against the West

Indies with a Test match at Rajkoton October 4, less than a week afterthe completion of the Asia Cup.

The BCCI on Tuesdayannounced the fixtures of thehome series against West Indieswhich will culminate on November11.

"The Board of Control forCricket in India (BCCI) and theWest Indies Cricket Board (WICB)announce the schedule for theforthcoming home series againstWest Indies set to be played fromOctober 4 to November 11, 2018.India will play 2 Tests, 5 ODIs & 3T20Is during this tenure," BCCIsecretary Amitabh Choudhary saidin a release.

The opening Test will be heldat Rajkot from October 4 to 8, fol-lowed by the second Test fromOctober 12 to 16 at Hyderabad.

The five-match ODI series willbegin on October 21 at Guwahati,followed by the second ODI onOctober 24th at Indore and thirdODI at Pune on October 27th. Thefinal two one-dayers will be held atMumbai and Thiruvananthapuramon October 29th and November 1.

The one-dayers will be fol-lowed by the three T20Internationals to be held at Kolkata(November 4), Lucknow(November 6) and Chennai(November 11).

The Indian team is currentlyplaying against England in thefive-match Test series where theyare lagging 1-3 after the fourth Test.The final Test begins on Friday atLondon.

India in absence of Virat Kohliwill then play the Asia Cup to beheld from September 15 toSeptember 28, featuringBangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan,Afghanistan and a qualifier.

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India A will need to score anoth-er 199 runs on the final day in

their pursuit of a tricky target of262 against Australia A in the first'Test' of the two-match series.

A stumps on the third day,India A were 63 for 2 with in-formMayank Agarwal batting on 25 incompany of Ankit Bawne (6 bat-ting).

Abhimanyu Easwaran (0)and captain Shreyas Iyer (28) leftthe scene, leaving India A strug-gling at 33 for 2 in 9.1 overs.

Earlier, Travis Head's crucial87 helped Australia A reach 292after bveing reduced to 134 for 4at one point.

Batting first, Australia A hadscored 243 in the first innings withthe help of an unbeaten centuryby Usman Khawaja, but his per-formance was overshadowed bypacer Mohammed Siraj's 8 for 59.

In reply, India took a slenderlead of 31 runs over Australia Abefore posting 274 all out in firstinnings, with the help of Bawne'spatient 91 runs.

Resuming day three at 42 for1, Head scored a fighting 87 off162 balls with 13 boundaries, ashe revived Australia A inningsafter they lost three quick wick-

ets including Khawaja andMitchell Marsh, who unfortu-nately was run out for nine.

He brought respectability tothe Australia A total before he wascleaned up by KrishnappaGowtham.

While Head's dismissal leftAustralia A at a difficult 184 for5, the tail wagged considerably asMarnus Labuschagne (37),Michael Neser (25) and ChrisTremain (25) - made useful con-tributions taking the lead past250-run mark.

The star bowler for India Awas once again Siraj, who pickedthree wickets for 77, taking hismatch tally to 11 wickets. SpinnersGowtham and Kuldeep Yadavbagged two wickets each andNavdeep Saini claimed one.

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The victory against world No 1India in the ongoing five-Test

series is on par with beating Australiain the Ashes, said England coachTrevor Bayliss, who suggested theymight experiment in the final matchstarting at London on Friday.

"It is right up there with beatingAustralia in the Ashes. ObviouslyIndia are a very good team, the num-ber one team, and to knock them offis a very good feeling," said Baylissafter England sealed the series witha 60-run win in the fourth Test.

"There were some difficult con-ditions especially on day one. Wehave said before, under a bit of pres-sure these guys have got a bit of char-acter which is a good sign going for-ward."

With opener Alastair Cookannouncing his retirement after thisseries, and skipper Joe Root eagar tobat at number four, England will have

to figure out their top-order in thefinal Test as well as in the upcomingseries against Sri Lanka and WestIndies.

Moeen Ali was promoted to thenumber 3 spot in the second inningsof the fourth Test, paving the way for

Root to bat at four and Bayliss saidthe off-spinner might be an option inthat position in the right condition.

"I'm sure there will be discussionson a few things in the next couple ofdays. Batsmen would like to have asettled position in the order. You

always find in any era or team thereare one or two guys who have to bea bit flexible," he said.

"Moeen has been that guy for usover the last few years. When Rootasked him if he was keen to do it hejumped at it. In the right conditionsI would not put it past him.

"He works hard at his game. Inspinning conditions he can cover thatpretty well at the moment but hischallenge will be on the faster wick-ets but we haven't got any of those for

a while."Bayliss, however, wasn't sure if

Ali would be a permanent move andhinted it was possible for Root torevert to the role.

"Joe has always said he wants tobat at four. He understood where Iwas coming from that if we had anumber three averaging 50 to allowhim to bat at four, that would behandy. But I thought it was for thebest of the team he batted at three,"he said.

"The coach also said they willtake a call on whether to field bothJames Anderson and Stuart Broad inthe upcoming series.

"We will get together after thisTest and see who is fit and available.We will definitely want to win the lastTest, and I see a future with them(Anderson-Broad) at the moment,"Bayliss said.

"They are the most successfulpace bowlers in this series and it willgo down to how their bodies are feel-ing. We spoke before the series if theirbodies would double up in close Testmatches. So we will have to wait andsee how they are in 48 hours' time.

"The numbers of Tests we haveplayed this year have been spread out.There is another reasonable gapuntil we play the Tests in Sri Lanka.There is a bigger gap again and thenanother couple of months leading into the West Indies. Them only play-ing Test cricket does give them a bitof a break."

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Indian shooter Om PrakashMitharwal picked up his maiden

Gold medal at the ISSF WorldChampionships, claiming the tophonours in the 50m pistol eventhere on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old, a Bronze-win-ner in the 10m air pistol and the50m pistol events of theCommonwealth Games in GoldCoast earlier this year, shot a scoreof 564 to finish on top here.

In the junior competition, theduo of Asian Games Gold-medal-list Saurabh Chanudhary andAbhidnya Patil brought India the10m air pistol mixed team Bronze.

The two medals have helped thecountry surpass the previous besthaul of six achieved at this presti-gious competition in Zagreb 12years ago.

The Silver was won by Serbia'sDamir Mikec (562), while theBronze went to local favouriteDaemyung Lee (560).

The seasoned Jitu Rai, whowon a Silver medal in the 2014 edi-tion of the tournament, endureddisappointment as he finished 17thin the field with a below-par scoreof 552.

The ongoing championship isthe first qualifying event for the2020 Olympics but since 50m pis-tol is no longer a part of the Gamesroster, there were no quota places

to be sealed.The International Shooting

Sport Federation's (ISSF) premiertournament is offering as many as60 berths across 15 events.

In the team competition of thesame category, Mitharwal, Rai andManjit (532) combined for a fifth-place finish with a total score of1648.

Manjit signed off 56th in theindividual field, failing to make thefinals along with Rai.

The women shooters, whocould have sealed Olympic qualifi-cation, faltered in the 10m air pis-

tol event.Teen sensation Manu Bhaker,

after a medal-less Asian Gamescampaign, and senior shooterHeena Sidhu were off-colour andboth failed to make the finals.

Bhaker shot a score of 574 to be13th, while Sidhu was further downat 29th with a total of 571.

The Indian team finishedfourth with Bhaker, Sidhu andShweta Singh (568) combining fora total of 1713.

Later in the day, Chaudharyand debutant Patil qualified with ascore of 761 for the five-team finalalong with the second Indian teamof Devanshi Rana and Anmol Jain,who shot 765 to qualify in secondplace.

Saurabh and Abhidnya shot329.6 in the finals where Gold andSilver went to hosts Korea.

On Monday, Anjum Moudgiland Apurvi Chandela became thefirst set of Indian shooters to securequota places for the Olympics bywinning a Silver and finishingfourth respectively in the women's10m air rifle event.

Though the two shooters havesecured quotas, as per the statedpolicy, the National Rif leAssociation of India (NRAI) willtake the final call on selection,based on the aggregate scores ofshooters (in international tourna-ments and selection trials) leadingup to the Olympic Games.

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Pakistan left all-rounders MohammadHafeez and Imad Wasim out of a 16-

man squad for the six-nation Asia Cup,to be played in Dubai and Abu Dhabifrom next week, selectors announced onTuesday.

But left-handed opener Shan Masoodgets his first chance in Pakistan's one-daysquad after scoring 1,200-plus runs in thetwo domestic one-day tournaments,chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said.

The 28-year-old has so far played 12Tests for Pakistan.

Sarfraz Ahmed will lead the side,which opens their Cup campaign againstthe wildcard entrant on September 16before taking on arch-rivals India in ahighly-anticipated match three days later.Both rounds are in Dubai.

Hafeez, 37 was part of Pakistan's 5-0 one-day series win in Zimbabwe in July,but was not played in any of the match-es.

"We conducted fitness tests andsince there is no compromise on fitnesswe have not included Hafeez and ImadWasim," Inzamam told media whileannouncing the squad in Lahore.

The Asia Cup begins September 15and features India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and a qualifierteam.

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World Cup champions Francetravel to Joachim Loew'sunder-pressure Germany on

Thursday in an eye-catching start to theinaugural UEFA Nations League, acompetition introduced to replace mostinternational friendlies.

France boss Didier Deschamps hasretained the entirety of the squad that tri-umphed in Russia, with the exception ofcaptain Hugo Lloris and fellow goal-keeper Steve Mandanda, both ruled outby injury.

As just the third man to win theWorld Cup as both a player and coach,Deschamps is more aware than most ofthe increased exposure that comes withsuch success but believes it can serve histeam well.

"It's a galvanising effect to have thistitle, in terms of confidence," Deschampssaid. "This title of world champion, youhave to manage it but it's not a weightor a burden to carry. It's quite the oppo-site."

"With all the positive aspects beingworld champion has brought, on thesporting front but also from a humanand psychological standpoint, it's a hugeboost.

"It won't prevent them from goingthrough tougher times, but it's not nec-essarily linked to the tag of world cham-

pion," he added.Teenage star Kylian Mbappe, voted

the best young player at the World Cup,was sent off for shoving an opponentafter he was fouled late in Paris Saint-Germain's 4-2 win over Nimes at theweekend.

The 19-year-old will discover thelength of his ban following a disciplinaryhearing on Wednesday, but Deschampswas reluctant to be overly critical of hisyoung striker.

"It's also human to react. He should-n't have done it and he knows that, butI'm not going to make a big issue of it,"said Deschamps, whose side then facethe Netherlands on September 9.

Germany, the team France suc-ceeded as World Cup winners, have plen-ty to prove after a catastrophic group-stage exit that has left Loew fighting toprove he is still the right man for the job.

"We are all being specially observedand put under pressure, I am aware ofthat," Loew, who has been in charge since2006, said last week.

"However, I am still convinced of our

class and quality. The World Cup squadwas very, very good, but we did not per-form."

Thomas Mueller, an experiencedmember of Germany's ill-fated squad inRussia, said the sell-out clash in Munichis the ideal opportunity to help the teammove on from their World Cup debacle.

"France isn't just any old team. A vic-tory against them would be a huge steptowards us getting over our huge loss thissummer," said the Bayern Munich for-ward.

- Italian 'low point' -Roberto Mancini will make his

competitive bow as Italy coach at hometo Poland on Friday as the Azzurri begintheir road to redemption after failing toreach the World Cup for the first timein 60 years.

But he touched upon a similar con-cern to England counterpart GarethSouthgate, whose side host Spain atWembley on Saturday, as Mancinibemoaned the lack of opportunitiesafforded to younger players in Serie A.

"There have never been fewer

Italians playing the game," Mancinisaid. "This is a low point.

"Often, the Italians on the bench canbe better than those getting a start atsome clubs," he suggested. "They needto be playing, especially the youngones."

Southgate last week admitted thePremier League's shrinking pool ofhomegrown talent could force him tolook outside the top flight to fill hisEngland squad in the future.

Portugal will be Italy's secondNations League opponent on September10, although the European championswill be without Cristiano Ronaldo, whoasked to be left out following his moveto Juventus.

Ronaldo scored at least 40 goals aseason in the last eight seasons at RealMadrid but has yet to score for his newclub.

World Cup finalists Croatia take onSpain in Elche on September 11 in LuisEnrique's first home game in charge ofthe country he represented 62 times asa player.

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Italy coach Roberto Mancini bemoaned the dearthof Italian players in Serie A as he focuses on youth

in his attempt to get the Azzurri back to the top ofinternational football.

The national team is at a low point after missingthe World Cup for the first time in nearly six decades.

According to statistics cited by Italian nationalnews agency Ansa, only 30 percent of footballers whoplay their trade in Serie A are eligible to play for thenational team - compared to 60 percent 12 years ago.

"The use of Italian players has never been so lowhere and so we need to invent something," Mancinisaid on Monday.

"So for that reason I have called up certain play-ers. Because I believe that there are very good Italians,certainly better than so many foreigners who are play-ing in their place."

Mancini announced his squad on Saturday forItaly's opening Nations League matches againstPoland and Portugal.

Five players received their first calls, including 17-year-old Monaco forward Pietro Pellegri.

"Between the under 19, 20 and 21 sides we havetalented youngsters but they need to be able to play,as happens abroad," Mancini said. "There needs to bemore courage.

"From Coverciano, we're trying to launch a strongmessage: We're convinced that those who are play-ing well in the youth teams can also do so at a high-er level, and so all we have to do is wait and hope tosee our young lads out on the pitch, playing regularlyand at a high level."

Nicolo Zaniolo was also named in the squad,despite the 19-year-old Roma midfielder never hav-ing made an appearance in Serie A. "Zaniolo andPellegri are those we want to see most close up,because we believe they have great skills," Mancinisaid. "He (Zaniolo) did very well at the Under-19European Championship and at 19 a good player hasto play.

"In the past, several of his peers were already play-ing for big clubs and that must be the case today. Ithappens abroad. He was part of the under-19 teamwhich got to the final of the European Championship.So why shouldn't he play in the top flight?"

Unfortunately, Mancini won't get a chance for aclose look at Pellegri this week as the teenagerreturned to Monaco with an unspecified injury.

Other players to be called up for the first time weregoalkeeper Alessio Cragno and defenders ManuelLazzari and Cristiano Biraghi .

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Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui hasdefended his decision to sign for Real

Madrid shortly after extending his con-tract to lead the Spanish national team tothe 2020 European Championship.

Lopetegui's decision led to him beingsacked by the Spanish Football Federationon the eve of the World Cup and couldhave been one of the main reasons forSpain's disappointing display in Russiawhere they lost to the hosts on penaltiesin the last 16.

Speaking on Spanish radio onMonday night, Lopetegui defended hisactions. "I merely took a decision whichI would take again, in the most honest waypossible. I don't regret anything," hesaid. "I still think I did the right thing fromthe moment I said 'yes' to Real Madrid. Iagreed to sign for Real Madrid and I

would do that again.""I hope things go really well for the

Spain team and (new coach) Luis Enrique,I am a fervent supporter of the team, butthat is an era in my life that has finishedand now I am focused on coaching Real

Madrid, which is an objective largeenough to stop you thinking about otherthings," commented Lopetegui.

He admitted that pre-season at hisnew club had been "irregular" due to play-ers arriving after the World Cup, butadded that "we tried to implant our styleof play as the footballers arrived. You needtime to adapt, but that is normal and weare trying to do it in a natural way."

Lopetegui also said he didn't try tostop the Portuguese star joining Juventus.

"He had clearly shown he wanted toleave and the club wanted to make it easyfor him; I respected that strategy," he com-mented.

Finally he insisted that despiteRonaldo's departure, he was "delighted"with the squad he has inherited. "We havevery good players in every line and thesquad has the capacity to fulfil its objec-tives," he concluded.

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Defending championsIndia will start as over-

whelming favourites againstSri Lanka in the openingencounter of the South AsianFootball Federation (SAFF)Cup at the BangabandhuNational Stadium here onWednesday.

The Indian team is essen-tially an U-23 one with theexception of striker SumeetPassi but it is coming into thetournament with more thana month long preparation.

India, who are currentlyranked 96 in the latest FIFArankings, have been on thewinning side 15 times againsttheir neighbours out of the 22face-offs so far. The Islanders'

noteworthy victory againstIndia came in the final of1995 SAFF Championshipwhich was then named asSouth Asian Gold Cup.

"We're coming from avery effective camp inAustralia. As we have spokenbefore we had three very dif-ferent sorts of game and ourboys haveworked veryhard to makea pointthere," headcoach Stephen Constantinesaid.

"Facing some of the goodsides in this tournamentwould be a real challenge forus and this is the best scenarioto test ourselves," he added.

He said apart from Sunil

Chhetri, Jeje Lalpekhlua andBalwant Singh, there were notmany out-and-out strikers inIndia.

"Then comes Farukh,Manvir, Passi who have min-imal international experi-ences so far. We need moreIndian strikers and these boyshave shown their potential.

R e g a r d i n gPassi, he'll haveas muchchance as any-one else to get

into the AFC Asian Cupsquad," Constantine said.

Nizam Packeer Ali, thenewly-appointed Sri Lankacoach said "better team" willhave an edge on the groundon Wednesday.

"There are no favourites

once the match kicks-off andthe better team will win even-tually. It's very crucial to startthe campaign with a positiveresult and we're up for it," hesaid.

"It's better to face Indiaearly in such a tournamentrather facing them in theknock-out stage."

Notably, Sri Lanka couldgarner a 1-1 draw againstConstantine-coached Indiain their final round-robinfixture of the 2003 SAFFChampionship, which hap-pened to be the first editionof the tournament staged inBangladesh.

India have won the title ofthis regional tournamentseven times out of 11 earliereditions.

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