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enior CPI(M) leader
Sitaram Yechury has had his
own way. With 35 of the 55
members who aired their views
at the four-day Central
Committee (CC) meeting
backing him, the CPI(M) has
asked its Politburo to redraft its
official resolution considering
the points that emerged in the
brainstorming session which
concluded on Wednesday. The
CC asking the Politburo to
accommodate the points mentioned in the alternative resolution introduced by dissenting
members is considered an
unprecedented step of the Left
party.
Differing with the official
resolution, Yechury had moved
an alternative one. It called for
a review of the party's decisions
and approach in the last 10
years and exploring options of
tie-ups and alliances with all
secular parties outside the Left
umbrella to counter the surging BJP. The official resolution
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was for the review of the political and tactical line of the
party since the 1978 Jalandhar
Congress.
Yechury argued that the
decisions since 1978 were not
wrong and faulted the implementation of decisions in the
past 10 years, thereby, pointing
fingers at CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat himself.
Karat has been at the helm of
the party since 2005.
Yechury's resolution pinpointed the failure of implementation of the CPI(M)'s
tactical line from 2004, including withdrawing support to the
UPA and failure to form
alliances with regional parties
to counter the BJP.
Continued on Page 4
n view of the increased
attacks on BJP workers in
Birbhum, party president Amit
Shah on Wednesday set up a
three-member fact-finding
team, headed by vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi,
and rushed it to Kolkata to visit
the affected areas of Birbhum.
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Dhaka: Matiur Rahman
Nizami, chief of Bangladesh’s
fundamentalist Jamaat-eIslami, was sentenced to death
on Wednesday by a special tribunal for war crimes he committed during the nation’s independence war against Pakistan
in 1971, triggering violent
clashes between his supporters
and police.
“He shall be hanged by
neck until he is dead,” pronounced Enayetur Rahim, the
chairman of the three-member
panel of judges of Bangladesh’s
International Crimes Tribunal.
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he political uncertainty in
Delhi is not only taking a toll
on infrastructural development
for the past one year but is also
hampering day-to-day functioning of the administration.
Many senior duty posts are
lying vacant in key departments
as there is some reluctance
among the bureaucrats to
remain or join the Delhi
Government, which was once
considered to be a plum posting,
due to political uncertainty.
Top sources told The
Pioneer that around 12 senior
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attempts by the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) to transfer them to Delhi. This comes
at a time when some, who are
being posted in the National
Capital, are also trying to get
out. “Due to the bureaucrats’
reluctance, many posts in key
departments are lying vacant
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stand, there is a shortage of 24
officials at the senior level in
the National Capital,” said the
sources.
There are a total of 103
posts for IAS officers in the
Delhi Government with 56 of
them considered as senior duty
post (for those with 12 or
more years of service).
For instance, 1985-batch
officer Parimal Rai, who has
completed his two years in Goa,
is reluctant to join the Delhi
Government. A 1984-batch officer Ramesh Negi, who is serving
as Chief Secretary in Arunachal
Pradesh, has also completed his
two-year tenure outside Delhi
but is not interested in coming
back to Delhi. 1984-batch officer KK Sharma, who was posted as advisor to Chandigarh
administrator, opted to join
Central Government’s Women
and Child Development
Department. Interestingly
Sharma was lobbying for the post
of Chief Secretary of Goa.
Satbir Silas Bedi, a 1986
batch officer has preferred to go
on Central Deputation for five
years. She is currently posted as
Joint Secretary in the Human
Resource
Development
Ministry. Dr Anand Prakash, a
1979-batch officer, is posted in
Andamans as Chief Secretary.
Continued on Page 4
The team, also including
party MPs Kirti Azad and Udit
Raj, will submit a report based
on their assessment of the situation at the ground level.
In the meantime, violence
continued in the State with four
persons of a particular community reportedly hacked to
death after communal clashes
over idol immersion after Kali
Puja in Malda. Police said that
a large posse of RAF and combat forces had been rushed to
the area and that the situation
was "strictly under control."
Curfew was imposed in at least
three police station areas of the
district.
Though tension was brewing between the residents of
Sujapur under Kaliachak Police
Station and Madhughat under
English Bazar Police Station
over the immersion procession, things came to a head on
Tuesday night when two groups
fought against each other with
firearms, bombs and swords.
The district, where minorities
constitute about 60 per cent of
the population, was in 2009
broken into two parliamentary constituencies, North and
South Malda.
The Bengal Police also
tended to show the trailer of
what they intended to do when
the BJP delegation visits the
killing fields of Makra and
Chowmangalpur in the politically simmering Birbhum district on Thursday.
The police arrested a delegation of 12 senior Left leaders
including MPs, MLAs former
Ministers and MPs, who were
visiting the area to take stock of
the situation after Monday's
violence. The Left leaders had
refused bail on personal bonds
and were still under detention
when reports last came in.
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ith the Centre on
Wednesday submitting a
list of 627 Indians having
accounts in HSBC Bank,
Geneva, the Supreme Court
(SC), hearing the black money
case, set the Special
Investigation Team (SIT) hot on
their trail fixing a one-month
deadline for the probe panel to
submit its report. The SC had on
Tuesday directed the Centre to
submit the entire list of names.
Attorney-General Mukul
Rohatgi, who handed three
sets of documents in a sealed
cover to the SC, said that “less
than half ” of the 627 people
named in the list were residing
in India against whom investigation is either pending or
complete for transactions made
between 1999 and 2006.
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authorities and a status report
of SIT dated June 27, 2014. The
AG pointed out that ever since
the Government received the
information in July 2011, the
account holders residing in
India were contacted by the
Income Tax authorities as any
tax to be raised against the
transactions had to be done
before March 31, 2015. “Some
have admitted they have these
(bank) accounts and they will
pay taxes while investigation is
going on against some,”
Rohatgi said.
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W
itnessing the failure of the
Central and State
Pollution Control Boards to
take action against industries
polluting Ganga River, the
Supreme Court (SC) on
Wednesday entrusted the
National Green Tribunal
(NGT) with the responsibility
of doing the job.
Giving the tribunal a free
hand to crack the whip against
17 categories of grossly and
highly polluting industries
lined along the Ganges in
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal, the Bench headed by
Justice TS Thakur said that for
30 years, its crusade to clean the
holy river had failed due to the
failure of Central Pollution
Control Board (CPCB) and
State pollution boards to implement its orders. With industrial
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waste seen as the biggest threat
to the health of the river and its
flora and fauna, a PIL by social
activist MC Mehta in 1985
had served a platform for the
court to explore ways and
means to save the river which
served as the lifeline to millions
of Indians.
“We regret to say that the
intention of this court notwithstanding, sustained efforts by
us over the past 30 years have
led to no fruitful results except
shutting down of some industrial units,” said the Bench, also
comprising Justices Adarsh
Goel and R Banumathi.
“This is largely because
implementation lies with CPCB
and SPCBs who have done
practically nothing to implement our orders,” it added. In
the absence of any adequate
mechanism to monitor their
functioning, the Bench hoped
that the job could be better
done by NGT, vested with wide
powers under the Environment
Protection Act, Water Act and
Air Act. These Acts allow the
Tribunal to close down the
polluting industries and even
snap water and electricity supply to the erring units for noncompliance of its orders.
The Bench sought halfyearly reports from NGT on
the action taken on this front
even as it kept to itself other
issues
of
pollution
faced by Ganga, particularly
from domestic waste and
untreated sewage.
Expressing deep concern
over the present pollution level
of the river, which it described
as the “lifeline” of the country,
the Bench said: “This is an
institutional failure and their
(CPCB and SPCBs) story is a
story of complete failure, frustration and disaster.”
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he district administration,
Almora, has asked the officials concerned of the different
departments to utilise the sanctioned amount allocated under
the district plan before
November
15,
2014.
Emphasising the need to
ensure full utilisation of the
funds approved under the district plan before the aforesaid
deadline, the district administration, Almora, has said that,
necessary departmental actions
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sible for the rising natural calamities in the Himalayan
region. Along with taking precautions to mitigate the disasters, there is a need to develop
the communication network at
local, Himalayan, Asian and
global levels. If these steps are
not taken on time massive disasters cannot be averted. These
issues were raised by Padma
Vibhushan recipient Chandi
Prasad Bhatt at SRT campus,
Badshahithaul.
Inaugurating the three-day
national seminar on geo-environmental hazards and Neotectonics in the Himalayas
organised by Geology department of the HNB Garhwal
central university SRT campus,
Badshahithaul , the eminent
environmentalist Bhatt said
that being a fragile mountain,
the Himalaya was not capable
of withstanding the interference of human activities.
He said that to build dams
and roads, explosives are being
stuffed by digging holes into
the chest of the hills. Rivers
flowing across the region is
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being trespassed. Besides,
uncontrolled urbanisation is
taking place.
He said that in view of the
growing number of disasters,
the sensitiveness of glaciers,
snow ponds, meadows and
forests should be constantly
monitored. To save the
Himalayas, a joint ecological
forum should be formed
involving India, China, Nepal
and Bhutan to develop joint
policy and joint security.
Former Director of CBRI
Roorkee R K Bhandari said that
the deluge of Uttarakhand was
a warning. A strategy should be
drawn for prevention of such
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aspirants have raised
questions against the process
PhD
of admission to various PhD
programmes at the National
Institute of Technology, Srinagar.
The institute is said to have
advertised for admissions to
various PhD programmes under
its jurisdiction and invited applications by September 25.
As per the procedure laid
down, the aspirants applied for
admission with a research proposal and bank draft of Rs. 500
as application fee for PhD registration. The listed subjects on
offer also included several
branches of Economics, namely Economic Sociology and
Development Economics.
On September 30, the NIT
also came out with a list of shortlisted applicants who were supposed to undergo an entrance
and personal interview on
October 27.
disasters.
Dr S P Sati said that several dangers are hovering due to
climate change. The temperature keeps rising due to increasing Carbon Di Oxide in the
atmosphere. The clouds are
becoming dense due to melting
of glaciers. To control this, we
would have to stop tinkering
with the nature.
On the occasion, SRT campus director, Prof R C Ramola,
Dr N P Naithani, Prof N K
Aggrawal, Prof R Nagrajan,
Prof H C Nainwal, Prof D S
Kaintur, Dr K C Petwal, Dr K
K Bangwal were present among
others.
will be taken against the officials concerned who fail to
utilise the amount released to
their respective departments till
the given period of time.
More so, it has also warned
the officials concerned against
delay in utilisation of the previous financial year's funds
available with them as on April
1, 2014 saying the officials concerned will be responsible for
timely utilisation of that funds.
The administration has
also cautioned some of the
departments, particularly Jal
Nigam, Jal Sansthan and PWD,
against the poor pace involving
the utilisation of the funds.
At the same time the district administration, Almora,
has also asked the officials
concerned of the agriculture
and horticulture departments
to ensure speedy utilisation of
the funds.
The district administration Almora has also asked the
officials concerned to accommodate the ongoing projects or
uncompleted projects in the
new district plan which is
being prepared for the coming
financial year so that these
developmental works could
also be completed in due
course of time.
It has asked the officials
concerned to start verification
process of different developmental projects at village, block,
and district panchayat levels so
that final shape could be given
to the plan in the upcoming
meeting slated in November.
Besides, the district
administration has emphasised
the need to ensure speedy uti-
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he rural Nehru Yuva
Mandal youth sports
competition of Khirsu block
in Pauri district organised by
the Nehru Yuva Kendra was
concluded with the prize distribution at block headquarter Khirsu.
The chief guest of the
closing function, the block
development
of f icer
Dhaneshwari Rawat distributed the prizes among the
winners and the runners
involving different events.
The teams from Yuva Mandal
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of villages , Guwar, Singori,
Bhinskot, Kuddili, Kolda,
Markhola,
Katakholi,
Dharigoan and Khirsu participated in the competition
involving Volleyball, Kabaddi,
Kho-Kho, Badminton, 400
meter race ,long jump in athletics.
Addressing the closing
function, Rawat stressed that
the sports competition is necessary to develop the mental
and physical strength of the
youth. The youth should participate in the sports competition with discipline.
The sports build healthy
body and healthy body helps
in the development of mind,
he said.
In Volleyball, Nehru Yuva
Mandal Kolto beat Khirsu in
the final, while Kolta team
also got the prize in Kabaddi
by beating Singori team by the
margin of 6 points. Kolta
team defeated Singori in KhoKho by 11 points.
In Badminton Rishav
defeated Ashay Negi in the
final and Yogendra was third
and Deepak fourth. Shubham
Singh won the 400 meter
race, while Ashhay Negi stood
second and Rahul Panwar
third. In the long jump event,
Ajay Singh was first (18.11
m), Shubham second
(17.11m) and Ashay Negi
third (17.09m).
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embers of the Citizens
for Green Doon, along
with concerned members of
the Chukkuwala Residents
Welfare Association, staged a
protest against the administration’s plan to fell the peepal
tree in front of Prabhat
Cinema in Connaught Place.
Speaking at the protest site,
CFGD chief coordinator Dr
Nitin Pandey said that the tree
was merely three feet from the
road edge and the Electricity
Department had put in new
electricity poles near the tree,
much further towards the
lization of funds under state
sector, Centrally sponsored
schemes and other projects.
It has again asked the officials concerned to inform the
public representatives about
the projects of different developmental works being carried
out in the district.
The district administration, Almora, has stressed the
need to make bigger financial
provision under the district
plan for carrying out maintenance or repair works of
Government buildings.
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He said that barely 50
meters from the tree there
were shops protruding into
the road as much as the tree
and felling the beautiful tree
would not serve any purpose.
It was also pointed out that
the auto stand adjacent to the
tree takes as much space as
the tree and so removing the
tree will not make any difference to the road width.
Further there are two
nests of birds in the tree with
eggs in it, so felling the tree
would be tantamount to
killing wild life under the
Wildlife Protection Act and so
was grossly illegal, he said.
Members
of
the
Chukkuwala
Residents
Welfare Association pointed
out the this was the only tree
left along the entire stretch of
Connaught Place and felling
it too would render the entire
area barren.
Bhim Singh a shopkeeper in the area said that he
would not let the tree be cut
and would oppose any move
to fell it. It is pertinent to
mention here that an online
petition has already been
started seeking that plan to
axe the tree be
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Thursday. Under this mass awareness rally
with focus trained on sanitation, a cleanliness drive will be launched in Bageshwar
city and the banks of the Saryu and Gomati
rivers, said the officials concerned of the
DLSA, Bageshwar. The public awareness
rally will start from Numaiskhet, Bageshwar
at 8 on Thursday morning, added the officials concerned of the DLSA, Bageshwar.
The people of the respective areas have been
advised to join hands to make the cleanliness drive a success, said the officials.
secured a prestigious contract for setting up a 444 MW Hydro Electric
Project (HEP) in the State of
Uttarakhand.
Valued at Rs.422 crore, the order
for setting up of hydro generating sets
and associated electro-mechanical
works for the 444 MW Vishnugad
Pipalkoti HEP has been placed on
BHEL by THDCIL.
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Earlier, an order for the 2x60 MW
Vyasi HEP was received from
Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam
Limited (UJVNL) in March, 2014.
Located in Chamoli district of
Uttarakhand, Vishnugad Pipalkoti
HEP is a run of the river scheme on
the river Alaknanda.
The project comprises four hydro
generating sets of 111 MW capacity
each, with vertical Francis turbines
and matching hydro generators.
BHEL’s scope of work in the
contract envisages engineering, procurement and construction of all
hydro generating sets and associated
electro mechanical works and is to be
executed in 48 months. The hydro
generating sets shall be supplied by
BHEL’s Bhopal unit. The transformers and Control & Monitoring system
will be supplied by the company’s
Jhansi unit and Electronics Division,
Bangalore, respectively. The erection and commissioning of the equipment shall be carried out by BHEL’s
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pharmacists have threatened
to intensify their agitation if the
State Government fails to act on
their demand for filling the
vacant posts of pharmacists in
the hospitals of the State.
Addressing newsmen here
on Wednesday the President of
Unemployed Diploma pharmacists association Manoj Tripathi
said that the state government
should immediately fill more
than 4000 posts of pharmacists
in various hospitals of State as the
Government has not recruited
the pharmacists since the creation of the State. He said that the
thousands of diploma pharmacists of Uttarakhand are waiting
endlessly for Government to
initiate recruitment.
Tripathi warned that the
state government would be solely responsible if the desperate
unemployed diploma pharmacists take any extreme step like
self immolation or fast unto
death. He said that the association is determined to take their
agitation to logical end this time.
The Vice president of the
association Sunil Nath said that
after creation of Uttarakhand the
state government continuously
neglected the diploma pharmacists.
He blamed the State
Government for ignoring
improvement in the health facilities of state as large numbers of
positions of pharmacists are
lying vacant despite a rapid
increase in the population.
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objectionable comment on the
Facebook account of former
CM of Uttarakhand Ramesh
Pokhriyal Nishank. A case was
registered against him.
Investigation is underway.
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undreds of devotees from
across Uttarakhand thronged
the riverbanks to perform Chhath
puja rituals. They stood in the
rivers and other water bodies and
offered prayers to the setting sun
on Wednesday evening. As per tradition, prayer is offered to the setting sun by the devotees on the
third day of the puja. They all take
bath by way of cleansing before
they begin the puja. The same ritual is followed on the morning of
the following day as they offer obeisance to the sun when it is rising.
In Dehradun, devotees
thronged along the riverbanks
near Rispana Bridge, Tapkeshwar,
Maldevta (Raipur) and others in
Rishikesh on Wednesday evening.
Devotees began reaching the puja
venues since 2 pm and performed
Chhath puja rituals till 6 pm.
The ambiance, electric with
devotion and delight, was almost
like that of a carnival in Dehradun
and Haridwar. Aside from the
Parvaitins who are the principal
custodians of the tradition, there
were family members and friends
accompanying them and a motley
crowd of onlookers. They all
looked eager to help the worshippers.
Pravitins wore new cotton
clothes, took dips in the river and
offered Arghya to the sun at the
auspicious time when the crimson
orb was setting.
The offerings consist of fruits,
homemade sweets, like thekuas,
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(sweets made of rice), vegetables
and the first crop fresh from the
fields.
All the sweets and other items
are arranged in bamboo trays. A
devotee, Rupesh Kumar said that
the rituals are rigorous. They
include holy bathing, fasting and
abstaining from drinking water,
standing in water for long periods
of time and offering prasad and
arghya to the setting and rising sun.
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taking pains. They are rather exulted being part of the puja. The spirit of self-abnegation by way of
prayer to the God forms the quintessence of the festival,” he said.
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since the June 2013 disM
aster wreaked havoc in
ting the damaged portion of the
temple is being questioned by
many.
BJP leader Munna Singh
Chauhan said that the State
Government wanted to present
its holding of a cabinet meet at
Kedarnath as an achievement.
Had the Government been
serious about the security of the
temple, the repair work would
have been finished by now, he
said, while stressing that the
authorities should immediately focus on ensuring security of
the temple structure.
According to the ASI
Dehradun circle superintending archaeologist Atul Kumar
Bhargava, stones for repairing
the damaged portion of the
temple wall have already been
chiseled.
The work of laying the
stones was started but had to be
left incomplete due to the portals of the shrine being closed.
Once the shrine is reopened to
the public next year, a chain
pulley will be used to remove
the stones and set the layer
properly in the damaged portion, he said.
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the animal lovers keeps
on getting longer for a pair of
red panda at the G B Pant high
altitude zoo in Nainital from
Darjeeling.
Efforts are on for a long
period to get a pair of the said
specie from Darjeeling zoo, as
the officials concerned claim. It
is now expected that a pair of
the said animals would arrive
soon. However, it was said earlier that the pair being brought
from Darjeeling would add to
the populace of the zoo in
Nainital by July this year.
The zoo officials further
said that the necessary formalities have been completed on
the matter. “There is thus no
reason why things we are all
looking forward to would be
further delayed, they maintained.” The officials said that
Nainital zoo would gift a pair of
Cheer Pheasant to the
Darjeeling zoo authorities in
reciprocation.
Notably, there are a number
of mammals in the zoo like
Himalayan Black Bear, Sambar,
Barking Deer, Goral, Serow,
Himalayan Civet. They draw
visitors and animal lovers.
Besides, among the bird
species, Kalij pheasant ,Cheer
pheasant, silver pheasant, Lady
Amherst's pheasant , Red Jungle
Folul, Golden pheasant, Hill
Partridge, Steppe Eagle, Edward
pheasant, Lineated Kalij, Indian
Peafowl and different species of
parakeets also attract people.
But the fact is that the G B
Pant high altitude zoo in
Nainital which is home to a
variety of Himalayan birds and
animals does not have the State
bird monal.
The demand is there for a
long time to have that bird
there.
However, since the
region is known for drawing
tourists, both domestic and
foreign, the high altitude zoo
in lake city Nainital plays an
important role as a visit to the
zoo here remains an integral
part of the hill sojourn for a
tourist.
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and Natural Gas Corporation
Ltd has been ranked as the top
energy company in India, in
the coveted Platts Top 250
Global Energy Company
Rankings 2014 released on
Tuesday. The ONGC has
improved on its global ranking
up by a notch to feature at 21st
place among the global energy
majors.
In Asia/Pacific (APAC) rim,
where several major E&P companies have operations, ONGC
is featured at the fifth position,
up from seventh last year.
Platts, McGraw Hill
Financial, mentions that Top
250 recognises outstanding
financial performance for the
previous year. Each company
listed in the Platts Top 250 has
distinguished itself through its
remarkable performance and
the outstanding efforts and
dedication of its team. The listing is acknowledged as one of
the most important recognitions of performance in the
energy sector.
Uttarakhand but the damaged
portion of the Kedarnath
shrine has not been repaired
properly
yet.
The
Archaeological Survey of India
now plans to do the repairs
next year when the temple
reopenms after the winter
break.
The disaster brought about
by heavy rains last year had
damaged the structure of
Kedarnath temple with one of
its doors and a portion of the
wall sustaining damage due to
the flood.
The ASI has already completed repairing the door on the
left side of the temple but the
damaged portion of the wall
framing the door on one side
has not yet been repaired properly. According to sources, the
ASI had hired 35 stone workers from Rajasthan and these
workers had chiseled about 40
stones from nearby to repair
the damaged wall.
However, when it came to
positioning the stones on the
wall, the workers were unable
to fill the gap being left between
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espite the death of one
girl from dengue at one
of the private hospitals of the
city, the medical health
department is refusing to
acknowledge that the girl
died due to dengue.
The department is taking
refuge in the fact that the CMI
hospital where the girl died
on Tuesday did not perform
the Enzyme Linked Immuno
Sorbent Assay (ELISA) test on
her.
The doctors at the CMI
hospital had said that the 12
year old girl was admitted in
the hospital on October 20
and the rapid test showed that
she was suf fering f rom
Dengue.
The doctors attending her
informed that she was admitted in the isolation ward of
the hospital and her platelet
count decreased rapidly. The
authorities at the CMI hospital said that they have
informed the health department about the death of the
girl.
When contacted the Chief
Medical Officer (CMO) of
Dehradun, Dr S P Agarwal
said that that as per the norm
only ELISA test is considered
as confirmator y test for
dengue and this test was not
performed on the girl who
died. It is interesting to note
that the medical health
department considers only
those ELISA positive cases
which are done in laboratory
of Doon hospital or
Himalayan Institute and
Hospital Trust (HIHT) Jolly
Grant.
The death of the girl however created a flutter in the
health department which was
apparently on a sleeping
mode on Dengue front. A
team of heath department
visited the house of the girl at
Kanwali road on Wednesday
and engaged intensive fogging
of the locality. The District
Vector Borne disease officer,
J P B ahuguna told The
Pioneer said that the department has collected blood
samples of five family members of the girl for Dengue
test. He said that the death of
the girl from dengue would be
confirmed only after ELISA
test is performed on the blood
sample. Bahuguna said that
the sample of the girl from
CMI hospital would be sent
Doon hospital for ELISA test
for confirmation of dengue.
The departmental data
suggest that dengue was confirmed on only 86 patients in
the district till date this year.
It is worth mentioning here
that in month of September
the department drastically
scaled down the figure of
dengue patients on the plea
that the some of the patients
with positive rapid test were
also included in the list erroneously.
Dengue is a viral infection
spread by the mosquito Aedes
Aezypti popularly known as
Tiger Mosquito due to the
characteristic strips over its
body.
The symptoms of the disease are persistent high fever,
rashes, headache and pain in
the joints. In the acute cases
the platelets number decrease
drastically which may prove
fatal for the patient
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the stones. With the portals of
Kedarnath being closed to the
public on October 25, the
workers have also left. At a time
when the State government
claims to be working hard to
restore the Char Dham Yatra
infrastructure, the delay in get-
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armit Singh, accused of
family massacre at
Adarshnagar in Ballupur,
Dehradun, on the night of
Diwali, was produced in chief
judicial magistrate Rajiv
Kumar’s court on Wednesday.
Harmit was cordoned off
by the policemen. However,
that failed to stop a fracas
from occurring, as a relative
attacked the accused in the
court premises when he was
being produced.
The family members
attacked Harmit and tore his
shirt and torched it in public
by way of showing wrath
against him. Such a thing
had happened on Monday
too. The second such consecutive attacks on the accused
have exposed chinks in the
security arrangement made by
police at the court premises.
A large number of family members had reached the
court premises on Wednesday
as they were aware of the fact
that Harmit would be produced there.
Taking the possibility of
Harmit being attacked by the
family members seriously, the
district police had deployed
adequate force in the campus.
Police brought Harmit at 12
pm in the Court campus from
the jail and he was produced
at around 12.30 pm. The
court extended his judicial
custody by 14 days.
Following the court order,
police had collected blood
samples and finger prints of
the accused in curse of the
investigation into the case.
The collected blood sample
and finger prints will be sent
at Dehradun Forensic Science
Laboratory (FSL) to have
them matched with the forensic evidences collected from
the incident site on October
24, said Cantt Police Station
in-charge and inspector VK
Jetha.
Inspector Jetha said that
the police had questioned
Harmit’s mother and his
younger brother, but could
not garner any major information from them.
T
here has been an alarming
increase in cases related to
false registration of private
and Government lands, illegal
encroachments of lands and
other land disputes in
Dehradun and other parts of
the State. Tremendous rise in
land prices in the State Capital
that has spawned the land
mafia may be the reason for
the increase in such incidents. Sanjay Gunjyal after
assuming charge of DIG,
Garhwal Range said that following the direction of Chief
Minister Harish Rawat, a
Special Investigation Team
(SIT) has been formed at
range level to deal with the
land disputes.
Sources in the police
department said that only
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he Rishikesh unit of the
Indian
Drugs
and
Pharmaceuticals Limited
should be revived at the earliest. The Central Government
should provide one-time assistance for the maintenance of the
IDPL housing colony, non-residential buildings, plant,
machinery and other assets
here. Chief Minister Harish
Rawat said this to the Union
Chemicals and Fertilizers
Minister Ananth Kumar while
requesting him to facilitate
necessary measures for reviving
the Government of India
undertaking’s Rishikesh unit.
Rawat said that IDPL is the
largest Central pharma public
sector undertaking with plants
at Rishikesh, Gurgaon,
Hyderabad and subsidiaries
units at Chennai and
Muzzaffarpur. It was established with an aim to manufacture and supply essential
medicines, bulk and generic
drugs to central and state governments as well as pharmacies
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at reasonable prices. But, the
PSU was formally declared sick
in the year 1992.
The various stakeholders
including employees have been
demanding a revival plan.
The techno economic
committee had recommended
revival of IDPL by making use
of assets like land at Gurgaon,
Hyderabad and Chennai to
raise funds which was vetted by
consultants appointed by the
government. It was stated that
a
Memorandum
of
Understanding has been signed
between Department of
Pharmaceuticals and IDPL to
make it a viable drug manufacturing unit and that the
government is in process of
finalising a revival plan.
The CM drew Kumar’s
attention towards the losses
incurred by the state due to the
disasters that had hit the state
last year. He stated that the early
revival of Rishikesh unit is
essential to fulfill its objective to
meet the emergency needs of
the people for supply of medicines during natural calamities.
This he said would increase the
economic activities in the
region and provide opportunities to the unemployed youths
of the region. Rawat said that
after IDPL Rishikesh was
declared sick, hardly any money
was spent on upkeep of its residential and official buildings
due to which the buildings and
vital installations are in a dilapidated condition requiring
urgent maintenance for proper
upkeep.
Earlier, Rawat also met the
Union Urban Development
minister M Venkaiah Naidu
and requested him to include
towns of the mountainous
region in the smart city projects.
Naidu has assured positive
development in this direction.
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mercial driving licences, the transport HALDWANI: The transfer of vehicle per- lic demand and after conducting feasidepartment has issued show cause notice to
one clerk of the licence section of the
Regional Transport Office here, although
many more are suspected to be involved.
With the help of some agents and alleged
involvement of some department insiders
more than 400 commercial driving licence
holders seeking renewal of their licences had
managed to get fake training certificates.
The Assistant Regional Transport Officer
(ARTO), administration Sandeep Saini told
The Pioneer that the concerned official of the
license section was issued a show cause notice
and the department is waiting for the reply
of the notice. He claimed that departmental action would be initiated against those
who are involved in it.
A commercial driving license is needed to be renewed every three years and for
this applicant have to undergo a two day
training programe. The department has
authorized Institute of Driving and Traffic
Research (IDTR) located at Jhajhra for the
training which issues a certificate after the
completion of this training. The RTO
renews the commercial license on the basis
of this training certificate. Saini said that act-
mits will be allowed only among family
members and in case of sale of permit to
other persons, the vehicle permit will be
cancelled, said Commissioner of Kumaon
A S Nayal, directing the officials concerned of the transport authority, Kumaon
division, to strictly ban transfer of vehicle permits to persons other than family
members of permit holders.
In case the vehicle is not operated for
a year and permit is not renewed, the vehicle owner will have to apply for a new
permit, added the officials concerned.
More so, permit to ply vehicle on a specific route will be granted only on pub-
bility survey of that route, maintained the
Commissioner of Kumaon division.
Commissioner of Kumaon Nayal has
directed the officials concerned of the
transport authority, Kumaon division, to
conduct regular checking of vehicle permits, route wise. The fact is that complaints regarding plying of vehicles on certain routes without permits or by persons
in whose names the permits are not registered
continue piling up for long.
Thus, it is imperative for the transport
department to conduct regular checking
to prevent the same, maintained the official concerned.
PNS
ing on the claims by some people –read
agents- that the applicants need not go to the
training institute for the certificate, the
department initiated a probe.
He informed that the manager of the
IDTR was called at the RTO office and was
asked to verify some training certificate in
which he identified the fake certificates. It
was revealed that the fake certificates resembled the original in every aspect and the
department segregated them from the num-
ber series. The transport office issued
notices to about 400 people whose licenses
were renewed with the help of these fake certificates. On the basis of the reply of the some
of such people the department filed a complaint with the police against unidentified
persons. The police have lodged an FIR and
are investigating the case. The agents in collusion with some department insiders are
involved in the racket of the issuance of fake
certificates, it is alleged.
three or four cases have been
registered at range level SIT so
far.
Meanwhile, in spite of
formation of SIT at SSP and
DIG office, a large number of
people are being seen daily
making futile rounds the
Police Station concerned,
Circle office, SP City office,
SSP office, DIG office and
Police Head Quarter and
returning home empty- handed with mere verbal assurances from the police officers
concerned.
A visitor at DIG office
said that complaints related to
land disputes are not registered at police station level
unless the police station incharge is pressured by their
seniors or political executives. Police do not act without receiving direction from
their senior officers. “In my
case, the court had issued
non-bailable warrant against
the of fender in June.
However, police station officer concerned is yet to act.
The offender had received
money and at the last
moment, he refused to hand
over the land to me. Though
I approached the senior police
officer regarding the same
mere assurance was what I
received. No action has been
taken by the police officer
concerned.”
A visitor at PHQ said that
police demand money to act
against the offender or they
act on registered cases only if
they are forced by their
seniors.
Gunjyal recently said that
the district police heads have
been directed to take strin-
gent action against land
mafias of their respective districts after conducting
through investigation of such
lands.
Cases related to land disputes are increasing and they
should be looked into on priority basis. After conducting
through investigation of such
cases, Gangster Act should be
enforced against the persons
involved in encroachment of
private and government lands
illegally, he added. Gunjyal
had said that SIT teams comprising one inspector and
constables have been formed
to deal with land dispute
cases. Senior police officers
have been directed to monitor the registered cases and
ensure speedy redressal of
the public grievances, he
added.
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Shankar said that in order
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to accelerate the pace of all
round development of the
State, forest clearances should
be accorded top priority. He
said this while reviewing the
progress of forest land transfer through video conferencing with district magistrates
here on Wednesday. He has
directed DMs to complete formalities in a time bound manner as per Ministr y of
Environment and Forests
guidelines. All field officers
concerned should work in a
coordinated manner, he said,
adding that he would again
review the progress after a
week.
It may be recalled that
Government of India accords
forest clearance in two phases. In first phase it gives
approval in principle. After
fulfillment the five conditions,
MoEF gives final forest clear-
ance. CS was informed that
267 approvals in principle has
been received but owing to the
conditions not being met, final
clearance could not be accorded. Shankar has directed all
DMs to deposit NPV (Net
Present Value) and compensatory afforestation without
delay.
The CS has directed principal secretary, Forest and
Environment Dr Ranveer
Singh to mail the present status of clearance at Nodal Office
level to DMs, so that they can
match it with their own record
and also to visit the districts
lagging behind. Shankar
reviewed the district wise
progress and found that there
are 19 pending cases of forest
land transfer in Pithoragarh, 30
in Almora, 15 in Uttarkashi, six
in Udham Singh Nagar, 27 in
Chamoli, 31 in Tehri, 30 in
Dehradun, 20 in Nainital, 32 in
Bageshwar, 28 in Pauri, 11 in
Champawat and 15 in
Haridwar.
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Without opening the cover,
the Bench, headed by Chief
Justice HL Dattu, directed the
SC Registry to hand it over to a
responsible person in the SIT
with a strict instruction that
nobody other than the
Chairman Justice MB Shah or
Vice-Chairman Justice Arijit
Pasayat shall open it.
"We permit the SIT to proceed with the matter in accordance with the law and evolve its
own procedure after hearing the
Attorney-General or his representative and Ram Jethmalani
(petitioner) or his counsel," said
the Bench, also comprising
Justices Ranjana Desai and
Madan Lokur. Since the SIT also
has heads of CBI, Enforcement
Directorate, DRI, Income Tax
and Intelligence wings as members, the court left it to the SIT
to either probe on its own or
hand over the papers to the CBI,
ED or Income Tax Department.
In any event, the SIT will have
to submit a status report to the
court latest by November 30.
The court will take up the report
on December 3.
Meanwhile, on a day when
the Central Government submitted the list to the SC, head
of the SIT probing the case
Justice MB Shah said that there
were no new details in the
report that has been submitted
by the Government. "I don't
think there is anything significant in the report. The list is the
same as before. It was known to
us. We have to question the people in the list," Shah said adding
that there is no new outcome of
the investigations that have
taken place in the past few days.
He also said that all the facts
in the report were already
known to the SIT. "All these
facts that have been revealed
were already known to the
members of SIT. We should be
able to file a satisfactory report
in time," he added.
The Centre did not press its
application further for clarification intending to protect genuine
account holders from future
disclosure. The AG admitted
that filing the application was a
"misunderstanding" even as the
court allowed the Centre to
seek any clarification from the
SIT on signing of bilateral and
multi-lateral information
exchange treaties requiring India
to give an undertaking to protect the privacy of genuine
account holders.
Explaining the reason why
it called for the list of names, the
Bench told the AG: "The problem started because you came
out with this application. We
have placed faith in the SIT.
They are authorized by us to
investigate on black money. If
you had told them of these consequences, they would certainly understand. After all, they are
not laymen."
Rohatgi informed the court
that the urgency was due to a
treaty which India has to sign
with the US before December
31 that will provide a host of
information with regard to
black money kept by Indians
residing in America. The conclusion of these treaties would
allow the Indian Government
and businessmen to get an
exemption of 30 per cent tax
known as withholding tax
charged on every remittance
from US to India, be it of currency or commodities. The RBI
Governor had apprised the
Government of this concern,
the AG said, reiterating that the
Government had no intention
to either protect or hide any
name. The court had on
Tuesday accused the Centre of
holding a "protective umbrella"
against some names in the list
wondering
how
the
Government was investigating
the culpability of people when
the task was left exclusively to
the SIT.
(media) wrote about two resolutions. There are total seven
such notes.
Everyone in the party has
full freedom to put forth their
views and get them debated,"
said Karat.
He said the CC, during the
debate, listed out seven issues
on the basis of which the draft
political-tactical line would be
revised. The final document
would be placed before the
Party Congress in April next
year.
Karat declined to explain
what these seven issues were
that the CC asked the Politburo
to re-consider. "That I can't tell
you. You will come to know
when the party approves it,"
Karat maintained.
Asked whether the CPI(M)
would align with the Congress
to fight the BJP, Karat said this
was "not a matter of discussion
in our party at all. We cannot
have any alliance with the
Congress anywhere in the
countr y, including West
Bengal".
However, he said, "In the
fight against the BJP
Government or the danger of
communalism led by the
Hindutva forces, we will work
with all secular forces. It is a
question of mobilising the people. It has to be the broadest
mobilisation of all secular,
democratic forces to fight communalism."
Regarding political and
organisational issues, he said it
was not just electoral reverses
suffered by CPI(M) but "we
also need to look into the issue
of lack of sufficient growth of
the party". Karat said the next
CC meeting would adopt the
draft political resolution for the
next three years and the draft
review report of what went
wrong in the past.
"The two reports (review
and political line) will then be
thrown open for discussion
among our one million members and all suggestions, corrections or amendments would
be placed before the Party
Congress."
Within a few months of the
Congress in April next year, the
party would hold a special session or a Plenum to discuss the
organisation on the basis of the
guidelines decided by the
Congress.
living legends like Birju
Maharaj, Rajan Sajan Mishra,
Tabla exponent Kumar Bose
and others performed on
December 3, 2013.
Other present on the occasion were Swaransh Mishra,
society secretary, Rohini
Mishra, treasurer and SP Pant,
member of the society.
he
new
Haryana
Government would work
as a team to ensure people’s welfare, Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar said on
Wednesday.
“The
new
State
Government would work as a
team,” he said adding, people of
the State have high hopes from
his Government and efforts will
be made to ensure their welfare.
Earlier, Khattar formally inducted four Ministers who assumed
charge of their respective offices
in his presence at Haryana Civil
Secretariat here.
Khattar visited the office of
Education and Transport
Minister Ram Bilas Sharma,
Agriculture and Development
and Panchayats Minister Om
Prakash Dhankar, Public Works
(Building and Roads) and Public
Health Engineering Minister
Rao Narbir Singh and Finance
Minister Capt Abhimanyu and
remained present there while
they assumed the charge of
their respective departments.
The Chief Minister con-
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Maestro Amjad Ali
Khan is going to perform in
Sarod
Dehradun on November 2
(Sunday). Khan has been given
status of the State guest, said
Viraam Gurukul Society president Rajnish Mishra while
interacting with media persons
on Wednesday.
He further said, “To mark
the second annual celebration
of the society, we are celebrating the 100th birth anniversary
of Sarangi wizard, late
Hanuman Prasad Mishra.”
Society is a non-profit one
engaged in bringing about the
highest quality music in an
informal, divine manner, rooted in Indian traditions. Apart
from this, it also provides
much- sought- after platform
to the artistes- the best known,
the lesser known and the
upcoming- for connecting to
the most responsive audience
of Dehradun, he said.
The society had worked
with eminent artists like
Hariprasad
Chaurasia,
From Page 1
Despite the MHA issuing his
transfer order several months
ago, he has not joined the Delhi
Government till date. Delhi
Chief Electoral Officer Vijay
Dev was keen to join as advisor
to Chandigarh Administrator.
With the announcement of byelections for three vacant seats in
Delhi, the transfer of Dev is
seemed to be put on hold.
Keshav Chandra, a 1995-batch
officer, who was transferred to
the Delhi Government, also preferred to go to London on study
leave. A 1984-batch officer Rajni
Kant Verma has opted to VRS.
Two senior officials- Dr MM
Kutty (1985 batch and Jalaj
Srivastava (1984 batch) have
already gone to USA for special
training.
The shortage of officials
could be gauged as charges of 12
crucial departments that include
Finance, Home, General
Administration, Tourism,
Planning, IT, Power, Social
Welfare, Revenue, Higher
Education, New Delhi Municipal
Council and Chief Electoral
Office-have been without their
heads and some of officials are
holding dual charges to take care
of day to day functioning.
It may be noted that Chief
Secretary DM Spolia, is currently
holding the charge of Planning,
Finance and Vigilance departments in the absence of senior
officers. A 1984-batch officer,
Arvind Ray has been holding the
additional charge of Home
Department after its head
Archna Arora, a 1983-batch IAS
officer, retired on September
30. Ray is the Principal Secretary
(SC/ST/OBC/Minorities), and
Chairman and MD of Delhi
State Financial Development
Corporation.
SS Yadav, who heads Food
and Supply Department as well
as Directorate of Information
and Publicity, holds the additional charge of the Tourism
Department. Jitendra Narain is
holding the dual charge of
Secretary cum Labour
Commissioner.
Similarly, Principal Secretary
(Services) Shakuntala Gamlin
has been given the additional
charge of New Delhi Municipal
Council Chairperson as current Chairman Jalaj Srivastava is
going abroad for special training.
Srivastava has been empanelled
to the rank of Additional
Secretary. She has also been
given the additional responsibility of General Administration
after 1983-batch IAS officer
Lalmalsawma, who was heading
General Administration, has
been transferred to Mizoram.
After Principal Secy of
Power Department Arun Goyal,
IAS officer, has been transferred
to Mizoram, Amit Yadav has
been tasked to head the department. Yadav is already Chief
Managing Director of Delhi
State Industrial Development
Corporation and Secretary-cumCommissioner of Industries.
Similarly Education Department
Secretary Anindo Majumdar
has been given the charge of
Technical and Higher Education
from November 1 as Verma has
opted for VRS. Transport
Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti
has been given additional charge
of Divisional Commissioner of
Revenue Department.
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Rajendra Prasanna, Ajay
Prasanna, Akram Khan and
upcoming artistes from various
parts of the country. On the
occasion of the first annual celebration, the society had paid
tribute to the victims of
Uttarakhand disaster by bringing together all music lovers of
Dehradun for a concert where
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Among those arrested were
sitting Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata
Banerjee, former Lok Sabha
MP Ramchandra Dome, and
MLA and former State Minister
and senior Left leader Anisur
Rahman, who was arrested for
requesting the police to let at
least two persons inside Makra
Village to take stock of the situation.
"The police are allowing
groups of Trinamool men, their
musketeers and bombers to
enter the village to kill innocent
villagers but are stopping us
people's representatives from
entering the area" Banerjee said.
While the Left leaders were
arrested, separate delegations
of the BJP and that of the
Congress, led by party MP
Abhijit Mukherjee, escaped a
similar fate as they were pushed
back by the police. The BJP and
the Left later staged a demonstration at the SP office at Siuri,
sources said.
While the senior police officials complained that the Left
delegation had broken prohibitive orders under Section 144,
the Left leaders said that they
had asked the police to "let only
two members of the delegation
to go in the village and that too,
accompanied by the police force
which they refused" leading to
heated exchanges and subsequent arrest.
Apart from the Opposition
leaders, the police also arrested
five reported accused, mostly
BJP supporters for the violence.
Naqvi, who is in Kolkata,
charged that West Bengal was
fast becoming a safe haven for
terrorists and anarchists under
the ruling TMC raising concerns
about national security. For his
part, State BJP president Rahul
Sinha visited the Election
Commission office with a prayer
to get the Trinamool Congress
declared a "terrorist party".
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The CC, after its long
debate, decided to consider
the points raised by Yechury.
However, Karat, who addressed
the media on Wednesday,
downplayed the unprecedented developments in the party.
"We are happy that after a
long time media started writing about issues regarding the
Left. But I must say some
observations on the infighting
and serious differences inside
the party were totally wrong.
There was no alternative resolution. It was only notes regarding different viewpoints. You
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Ministers offered him sweets.
Khattar, who took oath on
Sunday last in the presence of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and others, had allocated the
portfolios to his nine Ministers.
Later, interacting with
mediapersons during the
Workshop for Parliamentary
Agriculture Committees in the
India, Asia and South East Asia
Region at Punjab and Haryana
Vidhan Sabha Complex,
Khattar said the State
Government is committed to
protect the interest of farmers.
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Ironically, the 17 categories of grossly polluting industries
were drawn up by CPCB on February 5, 2014 but action was lacking on its part to ensure no industrial waste was allowed to be
drained into the river. "When it involves a river which is held in
such high esteem by millions of people in the country one can
hardly neglect our duty towards its purification…this river not
only has significance in spiritual and mythological psyche of countrymen but has sustained as a lifeline of millions of people," the
order said. What was required of the CPCB and SPCBs was to
stand up against the polluting units. But seeing this not happening
even in the next 50 years, the bench felt that the NGT having
expert members on its panel could accomplish this task. It was
free to take assistance from outside agencies, the Bench said, while
posting the matter for December 10 to monitor other causes of
pollution in Ganga.
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n continuation of the “confidence building exercise”
between the RSS and the
Government, a range of Sanghaffiliated educational bodies
would meet Union Human
Resource Development (HRD)
Minister Smiriti Irani on
Thursday to present their views
for the Ministry.
The representatives of the
Sangh-inspired educational
institutions like Vidya Bharti,
Bhartiya Shiksha Mandal,
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi
Parishad and Akhil Bharatiya
Shaikshik Mahasangh (All
India Teachers Union) and
others would meet the Union
Minister along with RSS leaders Suresh Soni, Krishna Gopal
and Dattatreya Hosabale.
According to sources, the
RSS-affiliated educational outfits, working in the field of education for several decades, have
laid stress on “high moral values” in the education system,
inculcating discipline and selfrestraint along with academic
knowledge. The Sangh educational organisations have spoken in favour a mix of modern
and traditional knowledge with
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medium of education.
In 1952, the first ‘Saraswati
Shishu Mandir’ (nurser y
school) was founded by the RSS
in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
‘Vidya Bharati’, is now an
umbrella body for thousands of
educational institutions, ranging from nursery to post-graduation level.
Sources said a similar
meeting between the RSS leaders and the HRD Minister was
held soon after the BJP took
reins of Government at the
Centre on May 26. “Views
were exchanged between the
two sides then too,” the sources
pointed out.
RSS is strongly opposed to
“continuation” of what it calls
“educational system initiated by
Macaulay with the motive of
producing an army of ‘brownskinned Englishmen’.” It is also
against “looking at the West as
pinnacle of civilisation”.
According to the RSS, education should be able to build a
National identity and character
rooted in the native culture and
what it says quoting Swami
Vivekanand, “man-making”.
Thursday’s meeting follows a similar meeting of the
Sangh-affiliated organisations
working in the economic sectors on Tuesday with some
Central Ministers and the BJP
leaders to air their concerns
over policies relating to FDI,
intellectual property rights
(IPR) in pharma sector, plight
of sugarcane farmers, GM
crops and labour issues.
The representatives of
BMS, Kisan Sangathan,
Swadeshi Jagran Manch
(SJM)attended the meeting and
asked the Government to not
to hurry with the issues which
could have “adverse impact” on
the interests of the common
people.
Tuesday’s meeting was
attended by the Central
Ministers Prakash Javadekar
(Information
and
Broadcasting), Radha Mohan
Singh (Agriculture), Narinder
Singh Tomar (Labour) and
Piyush Goyal (Power).
These meetings are being
seen as “the process of coordination”
between
the
Government and the RSS
where the Sangh-affiliated
organisations would give their
opinions and feedback and the
concerned ministries would
get back to them after studying
the issues.
“The process of coordination would be continuous with
regular consultations to reach
the right conclusions,” a
source said.
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resident Pranab Mukherjee
on Wednesday took up the
P
cause of key programmes of the
Modi Government with the
National Institutes of
Technology (NIT). He exhorted the NITs to be at the forefront of bridging the digital
divide in the country in view of
‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital
India’ initiatives launched by
the Government.
He also asked the Directors
of the NITs to adopt at least one
village each on the lines of
‘Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojna’
during his address at the twoday conference of NIT Directors.
“NITs should also be at the
forefront of bridging the digital divide, income asymmetries and rural-urban differentiation in the country especially in view of the ‘Make in
India’ and the ‘Digital India’
initiatives unveiled by the
Government,” he said.
Asking NITs to deepen
their involvement with society
by creating model villages worthy of replication across the
country, he said, “They must
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from other Central institutions to provide solutions to the
wide mosaic of issues that such
a transformation to model villages will entail.”
This was the second conference of Directors of NITs
during the present Presidency
and is part of the regular and
focused interaction the
President is having with
Central Universities, IITs and
IISERs in his capacity as Visitor
to these institutions.
Pointing out that most of
central the institutions in thecountry were facing acute
shortage of faculty at all levels,
the President said during his
recent visit to Norway and
Finland, he had called upon the
scientists, researchers and academics amongst Indian diaspora to become a part of Indian
campuses, either on a full time
or a part time basis, as regular,
visiting or adjunct faculty.
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cigarettes, a vapour
device that delivers nicotine
Electronic
minus the smoke besides all
products described as “Electronic
Nicotine Delivery Systems
(ENDS)”, which are easily available online, might be banned
soon in the country.
Union Health Minister
Harsh Vardhan made this
intention of the Government
clear while addressing global
tobacco control experts at the
45th Union World Conference
on Lung Health in Barcelona,
Spain recently.
He said the e-cigarettes and
similar products push children
towards the tobacco habit eventually via nicotine dependence.
The move follows recommendations of an expert panel
on e-cigarettes constituted by
the Health Ministry which
called for a blanket ban on the
product, saying its safety has
not been established.
Harsh Vardhan also pointed out that banning ENDS
should not be an end in itself.
“The success of a ban strategy
will depend on how we agree to
control illicit trade and cross
border sales of such products.
The use of the Internet for this
trade should also be curbed.”
India is home to 275 million
tobacco users. The use of
smokeless tobacco has become
a major public health menace,
which, if not checked in time
with strong measures, could
become a national threat.
Vinayak Mohan Prasad,
project manager for Tobacco
Control in WHO in Switzerland
said that smart marketing and
inadequate information on the
nicotine content in e-cigarettes
has created a false impression
that these devices are not as
harmful as regular cigarettes.
India should ban e-cigarettes before the problem
assumes the shape and size that
it has in countries such as the US
and UK,” said Monika Arora,
director, Public Health
Foundation of India.
enior
BJP
leader
Subramanian Swamy on
Wednesday suggested Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to
implement six steps to retrieve
the stashed black money from
abroad. In his letter, Swamy
said the Government has committed “errors” in Supreme
Court especially in clubbing the
DTAA (Double Tax Avoidance
Agreement) with the black
money issue.
“First error committed by
the Government in the Court
was to cite DTAA by bilateral
treaty with the Government as
an obstacle to disclosure of
names having illegal foreign
bank accounts. DTAA applies
only to accounts of those earning abroad as residents but
avoiding paying taxes….DTAA
only applies when there is an
income tax issue. The bulk of
black money arises however
from corruption, drug trafficking, terrorist financing and
other fraudulent activities,”
said Swamy.
Outlining the six steps,
Swamy said first and foremost
the Government should pass an
ordinance by adopting eminent
jurist Fali Nariman’s private
member’s bill introduced in
Rajya Sabha. Nariman has
introduced a private bill for
declaring all illicit wealth
stashed abroad as national
wealth and conveying to all foreign account holders that they
were obliged to bring back all
such monies into Indian financial system and subjected to
thorough investigation.
“Review the reasons why
the Exchange Earner’s Foreign
Currency (EEFC) Account
authorised by RBI has been
bypassed leading to black
New Delhi: The Congress on
Wednesday slammed the NDA
Government alleging lopsided
affairs and flip-flops on issues
ranging from handling of black
money matter or formation of
a BJP-led Government in
Delhi. Taunting Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, who used to
propagate
‘Minimum
Government, Maximum
Governance’, the party said the
new dispensation at the Centre
is with ‘Minimum Government
maximum event management’.
“For the last five months,
the BJP has misled people of
the countr y on various
promises made during the
election campaign. Be it the
issue of bringing back black
money, cleaning the Ganga or
on the issue of Government
formation in Delhi, this
Government has shown that it
believes in mere words not
action. If there is any
achievement to the credit of
the Government after five
months it is good event management,” said AICC
spokesperson Shobha Ozha.
Ozha said senior BJP
leader LK Adavni’s comment
on Modi that he is a good
event manager has come true.
“Modi’s entire focus is on
event management. It is a
Government with ‘Minimum
Government maximum event
management. Advani’s statement that Mr Narendra modi
is a good event manager
seems to have come true,”
Oza said during the routine
AICC briefing.
Criticising the Centre on
its take on the Government
formation in Delhi, Ozha said,
“The Supreme Court has
rapped this Government on
the issue yet we fail to understand how the BJP, which
refused the offer to form a
Government in Delhi earlier is
now in a position to form a
Government. It is now clear
that the party is looking for
horse trading and now shying
away from elections”.
Taking a swipe at the
‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme by
the Prime Minister, she said
that people have realised that
they do not want mere sweet
talk from the PM instead
implementation of the promises made during elections.
Another party spokesman
Ajoy Kumar downplayed
questions regarding donation
by Timblo Pvt Ltd, an alleged
black money account holder,
to Congress. He said that it
should be noted that prosecution against the company
started when the Congress-led
UPA was in power. He added
that whatever the Government
is saying today has already
been tasked by the UPA
Government and is not a five
month work of the new
regime.
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money accumulated mostly in
tax havens. Revise this EEFC to
authorise the Indian banks to
operate the required accounts
in foreign currencies and refuse
permission to Indian citizens
seeking to open such accounts
outside financial system of
India,” said Swamy outlining
the second step.
He also sought the scrapping
of Participatory Notes scheme
and declaration of all the moneys under this scheme held by
Indian citizens as black money.
“Direct CBI to probe the disclo-
sure that I made in a letter to the
Finance Ministry about Sonia
Gandhi and her son’s accounts in
Sarasin and Pictet Banks in
Zurich,” added Swamy.
The BJP leader also urged
the PM to immediately crack
down the black money cases
with specific instances like the
cases related to Hassan Ali
and Moin Qureshi. Swamy
urged PM to seek affidavits
from Central Ministers that
they or their relatives have no
undisclosed or illegal foreign
bank accounts.
he CBI on Wednesday
questioned top functionaries of the Stock Exchange
Board of India (SEBI) in connection with the Saradha chit
fund scam probe as the agency
seeks to ascertain if the market
regulator failed in checking
mushrooming ponzi firms
across a number of States.
The agency officials questioned two Executive DirectorsSV Murlidhar Rao, S Ravindran
and former ED KN
Vaidyanathan on the procedures related to enquiry and
proceedings against Saradha
Realty. The EDs are in-charge
of the Collective Investment
Scheme Department of the regulatory body in Mumbai,
agency sources said.
The move comes after the
agency probed a number of chit
fund companies and is now
looking at the role of the regulator. CBI had already questioned Assistant General
Managers and a Legal Officer
of SEBI in this connection.
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Director of West Bengal’s
Economic
Offences
Investigation Cell (EOIC)
informing that Saradha Realty
India Limited is collecting
money from the public particularly in rural areas of the State.
Recently, SFIO (Serious
Fraud Investigation Office)
also submitted a report to the
Government on Saradha case
and found the Group to be running ‘ponzi’ schemes, where
returns were being given to
older investors through money
collected from new subscribers
to such schemes.
The CBI has so far registered
about 50 cases in West Bengal
and Odisha following a Supreme
Court order. The SC had also
asked the agency to probe the
role of SEBI, authorities under
the Companies Act and the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The agency has recently
filed a chargesheet against SRIL,
the Group’s chief Sudipta Sen
and Trinamool Congress MP
Kunal Ghosh and others in one
of the chit fund scam cases.
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n order to gain more connectivity with mobile phone
users and for greater accessibility in local areas All India
Radio (AIR) will soon simulcast
content aired on several of its
Medium Wave stations in FM
mode as well.
This was stated by Minister
of
Information
and
Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar
on Wednesday while inaugurating free SMS news service of
AIR in Assamese, Gujarati,
Tamil and Malayalam.
The Minister acknowledged the problems on receptivity of programmes aired by
Medium Wave stations of AIR
in local/nearby areas of the
cities from where they are
broadcast even if it can be
heard well by people in remote
areas or outside the cities.
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wave stations are available on
FM, the broadcast can also
reach mobile phone users.
He said over 100 such stations have been prioritised
where work would soon commence in this regard.
He further said that Phase
III of FM radio expansion,
would be completed before
March next year. Private FM
Radio Stations would be allowed
to run the news broadcast by
AIR using their own news readers. The Ministry would also
consider on allowing these radio
stations to pick up news from
agencies as UNI and PTI.
The five language SMS service in Hindi, Marathi, Dogri,
Sanskrit and Nepali had already
been launched by AIR on
September 19 to provide AIR
News on mobile sets to its
subscribers free of cost.
The free SMS service of
AIR in various Indian languages, is yet another effort on
the part of the Government to
reach out to more people
through innovative approaches in multi media platforms,
said the Minister.
According to sources, the
service has already touched
over three lakh subscribers. In
the days to come, it would
be started in more Indian
languages.
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tions on the Registration
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proposes to make for clear
titles and help it to fairly compensate owners if their land
was acquired for industrialisation purpose.
A senior official from the
Rural Development Ministry
said that the proposed Bill,
which was introduced in the
Parliament last year has been
re-referred by the Speaker,
Lok
Sabha
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to amend the Registration
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vide compulsory registration
came three years after it
for the leases of immovable
property for any term, registration of immovable property only in the State in which it
is actually located.
“The Bill has provision of
forwarding of copies by the
banks and financial institutions, granting loans on the
basis of equitable mortgage
where immovable property is
mortgaged by deposit of title
deeds for the purpose of securing repayment of the loan,”
said the official.
It also provides for compulsory registration in the
cases where transaction of
immovable property occurs
through Power of Attorney
(PoA), refusal of registration of
documents relating to transactions prohibited by Central/
States Acts, refund/ recovery
of Registration fees, etc.
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lmost two months after the
Sister City partnership pact
was inked between Japan’s
Kyoto and India’s Varanasi,
steps are underway to put in
place development plans for the
heritage city with the help of
the pacific island country.
Vice-Mayor of Japan’s
Kyoto city, Kenichi Ogasawara
on Wednesday met Urban
Development
Secretar y
Shankar Aggarwal to discuss
areas where the Japanese city
can cooperate for the overall
development of Varanasi which
is the constituency of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
Ogasawara was in the capital to attend the eighth meeting of India-Japan Joint
Working Group on Urban
Development held on
Wednesday and he will be visiting Varanasi on Thursday.
According to a senior UD
official, Aggarwal suggested to
the Kyoto Vice-Mayor to consider extending necessary
cooperation for Varanasi’s
development and cleanliness
through effective management
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introduction of effective solar
power generation technology
for the benefit of small traders,
particularly, the weavers in
Varanasi.
On the sewerage system,
the Urban Development
Secretary suggested for cost
effective technologies for treatment of sewerage by run-off
the drain treatment instead of
Sewerage Treatment Plants,
which is “cumbersome and
costly”.
Aggarwal said the possibility of introducing Light Rail
Transport for effective traffic
management in the city should
be explored with help from
Japanese lender JICA.
He also suggested to Japan
International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) officials, who
were present at the meeting, to
consider if it could support
infrastructure development in
Varanasi at further liberalised
low interest loans.
Earlier, Sinya Ejima, Chief
representative of JICA in India
hoped that one would be able
to swim in Yamuna and drink
its water by 2017 given the
efforts being undertaken to
cleanse the river.
“With several sewerage
projects under implementation and other efforts in
progress, and if everything
goes well, I expect to swim in
the river Yamuna and drink
Yamuna water by 2017” said
Ejima while making a detailed
presentation on ‘JICA’s
Operations in Urban Sector In
India’ at the meeting of IndiaJapan Joint Working Group on
Urban Development here.
The pact between the two
sister cities was signed following the visit of Modi to Japan
in August.
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head of Chief Ministerdesignate
Devendra
Fadnavis and his small ministerial team being sworn into
office on Friday, the Shiv Sena
on Wednesday continued to be
in a dilemma whether or not to
join the first-ever BJP-led
Government in Maharashtra.
After Shiv Sena president
Uddhav Thackeray held two
rounds of consultations with his
senior party colleagues at his
Bandra residence “Matoshri”
during the day, the Sena said
that it would make its stand
known on the issue of the party
joining the new Government in
the State, on Thursday.
Talking to media persons
after the second round of deliberations that Uddhav had with
his senior party colleagues, Sena
spokesperson Sanjay Raut said in
the night, “At the meeting, we
discussed various issues. I cannot tell you what all we discussed.
But one thing is certain that we
discussed as to what stand that
the party will take (on the issue
of joining the new Government).
All I can tell you is — wait for a
day, we will spell out the Sena’s
stand on the issue”.
The Shiv Sena’s predicament stems from the fact that
notwithstanding its public posturing that it would like to take
the Sena along with it, the BJP
has not made any overt efforts
to take its erstwhile saffron ally
on board in the formation of
the Government in the State.
Though the Sena’s senior
leaders Subhash Desai and
Anil Desai, both key aides of
Uddhav, have so far held two
rounds of talks with
Dharmendra
Pradhan,
Minister of State for Petroleum,
of the BJP, the two parties
have not reached any understanding on the issue of their
sharing power in the state.
Informed sources in both
the Sena and BJP said that these
talks were preliminary in
nature and were aimed at setting the tone for formal deliberations between the two parties on the power sharing issue.
If anything, the Sena expected
the BJP to initiate formal deliberations with it, ahead of
Friday’s swearing-in ceremony.
However, the BJP — in an
apparent bid to have an upper
hand in the power sharing
deliberations with its erstwhile
saffron ally at a later stage – has
not taken any initiative to bring
the Sena to the negotiation
table for formal talks. So much
so that the BJP has made it clear
to the Sena that it is for the latter to spell out as to what the
party expects from it to join the
new Government in the State.
Though it has repeatedly
denied that it has not made any
demands to the BJP in lieu of
its support to the BJP-led
Government, the Sena expect
a “fair” deal from the BJP. The
“fair” deal, according to the
sources in the Sena, means the
deputy Chief Minister’s post, 13
Ministries and Speaker’s post,
if possible. On its part, the BJP
expects the Shiv Sena to join its
new Government without any
pre-conditions and accept
whatever the “deal” that it gives
to the latter.
If anything, the Shiv Sena
has three options before it.
First, it can extend uncondi-
tional support to the BJP-led
Government and accept a maximum of half a dozen to eight
Ministries that it gets from its
senior coalition partner.
Secondly, it can announce its
“outside” support to the BJP-led
Government and withdraw
support to the Government at
some stage in future. Thirdly,
it can refuse to the join the government and stake claim for the
leader of the Opposition’s post.
However, available pointers emanating from the Sena
suggest that the party might consider the second option of
extending “outside” support to
the new Government, thus sending a message to people across
the State that while it wants the
BJP – a party with a similar ideology –to form its Government,
the party is not hungry for
power. Such situation will give
the Sena a face-saver from the
ticklish situation it finds itself in.
Meanwhile, the Sharad
Pawar-led Mumbai Cricket
Association (MCA) has offered
to make available its Wankhede
Stadium free of charge to the
BJP for hosting swearing-in
ceremony of its first-ever
Government in the State.
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earning from the past bitter
experiences of cyclones in
the State (in 1998 and 2000),
the Gujarat Government is not
leaving single stone unturned
to minimise possible damage of
the Nilofar Cyclonic storm
despite Indian Meteorological
Department’s (IMD) projections that the cyclone would
reduce considerably by the
time it would hit Kutch coast.
On Wednesday Gujarat
Cabinet meeting chaired by
Chief Minister Anandiben
Patel took decision to send
Ministers to coastal districts
that are likely to be affected by
Nilofar. Junior Minister
Shanker Chaudhry has been
given charge of Kutch, while
Govindbhai Patel, Vasuben
Trivedi and Babubhai Bokhiria
will go to Dwarka, Jamnagar
and Porbander.
Sources in the coastal Kutch
district said that two biggest
ports in the country — Kandla
and Mundra are being evacuated and operations are like to
put-off by Thursday evening in
wake of the arrival of ‘Nilofar’.
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worth about C70,000 crore in
the region, especially near the
coast, have already been asked
to suspend all activities 12
hours before the cyclone touches the Naliya landfall in the wee
hours of Saturday.
A senior Minister in
Anandiben Patel Cabinet said
that the State Government
would not take chance as the
State had witnessed the devastation in 1998 and 2000
cyclone in Kandla and
Gandhidham areas. “After the
devastating earthquake in
2001, huge industrial growth
has taken place in Kutch following tax benefits,” he said
adding that the Gujarat
Government would try it best
to minimise damage by taking
precautionary measures.
Sources said that more
than 35,000 people are being
shifted to safer places. Besides
123 villages located on the
Indo-Pakistan coastal border
along Kutch district have been
alerted. Already teams of
National Disaster Relief Force
(NDRF) have taken their positions. Critical industries in
Chemical and Petrochemical
sectors have also been told by
the administration to immediately shut operations.
The State Government has
communicated market yards
across the State to take care of
farm produce due to possibility of showers after Nilofar
Cyclone makes landfall. School
and colleges will remain close
till November 1 in Kutch and
adjoining Morbi districts.
The casualties in the 1998
cyclone over the entire Gulf of
Kutch stood at 1,173, while
some 1,774 went missing. The
losses then, when the region
had a handful of industrial
units, were to the tune of
C1,865 crore.
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New Delhi: The Congress on
Wednesday announced 15 candidates for the first phase of
Assembly polls in Jammu &
Kashmir which included
Imtiyaz Paray, son of anti-militancy group founder Kuka
Paray, among others.
The party also declared
Mohammad Sharief Niaz
from Bhaderwah constituency, from where former Jammu
& Kashmir Chief Minister
Ghulam Nabi Azad had
contested Assembly elections
in 2008.
The list was released a day
after notification was issued for
the first phase of polls to be
held on November 25 in which
15 Assembly seats — three in
Baramulla, two in Srinagar,
four in Ladakh and six in
Udhampur — will go to polls.
Imtiyaz Paray will contest
elections from Sonawari constituency.
His father, also a former
MLA, had established ‘Ikhwanul-Muslemoon’, a counter-insurgent force to fight militants. He
was killed by militants in 2003.
Sitting MLA and Minister
Rigzin Jora will be contesting
from Leh again.
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everal months after bifurcation of the State, both
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
continue to be in the grip of
political churning as all the
major parties are trying to
expand and strengthen their
bases at the cost of the rivals.
While in Telangana, two
Telugu Desam Party MLAs
formally joined the ruling
Telangana Rashtra Samiti giving boost to Chief Minister K
Chandrashekar Rao’s efforts
to strengthen his party in the
State capital, the Congress and
the YSR Congress suffered a
jolt in Andhra Pradesh.
Kanna Lakshminarayana,
one of the senior most Congress
leaders from coastal Andhra
has resigned from the party and
met BJP president Amit Shah to
announce his decision to join
the saffron party.
Lakshminarayana, is a fivetime legislator from Guntur
district and held many important portfolios in the Congress
Government. He is also an
accused in the disproportionate assets case of YS
Jaganmohan Reddy.
“I want to work to
strengthen the BJP,” he said
rejecting the criticism that he
was doing it for the sake of
power as the BJP is ruling at the
Centre and was also an ally of
the AP Government.
In another development,
senior leader and former
Minister Konathala Ramakrishna has quit the YSRCP
and decided to return to the
Congress fold. He was one of
the several top leaders of the
Congress to quit in protest
against the bifurcation of the
State earlier this year. He was
reportedly unhappy with
Jaganmohan Reddy for bring-
ing his rival Dadi Veerabhadra
Rao in to the party fold.
Meanwhile, with the two
senior MLAs from Hyderabad
joining the TRS, the ongoing
fight between the Telugu
Desam Party and the TRS is
likely to intensify further.
T Srinivas Yadav, former
TDP in-charge of Hyderabad
unit and T Krishna Reddy, the
former Mayor of Hyderabad,
formally joined the party at a
public meeting attended by the
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar
Rao. While T Srinivas Yadav is
MLA from Secunderabad, T
Krishna Reddy is the MLA from
Maheshwaram constituency, one
of the few TDP won in the last
elections in Telangana.
Another TDP MLA, C
Dharma Reddy, from Parkal in
Warangal is also likely to join
the TDP soon at another meeting to be held in his constituency.
rotests rocked different parts
of the State on Wednesday
after a television channel
reported a nexus between the
All India United Democratic
Front
(AIUDF)
and
Bangladesh-based Jehadi forces.
AIUDF chief Badaruddin
Ajmal on Wednesday termed
the allegation as evil design to
damage the party and his personal image. A national news
channel had on Tuesday
reported that the IB had found
links between the AIUDF and
Jehadis and said that the
AIUDF had sent youths from
Assam to Bangladesh for training which fuelled the protests
against the AIUDF and several organisations burnt the effigies of AIUDF chief and shouted slogans against the party.
The perfume baron, who
had started the AIUDF in
2005, said that he is contemplating legal options against the
news channel, which had tele-
cast the news while quoting a
‘report’ that the AIUDF had
links with the Bangladesh
based Jehadi forces.
“We are a secular political
party and we have never supported any terrorist activities in
the past. It’s a baseless allegation and we are seeking legal
ways to challenge the news
channel to prove the allegations,” said Ajmal while interacting with the newsmen.
Ajmal, who is also the
president of Assam chapter of
the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, said
he will be going to New Delhi
with a nine-member delegation
to meet the Prime Minister, the
Home Minister and the
President over the issue.
“I doubt the authenticity of
the report, which was quoted
by the news channel. There was
no signature by any authority
in the report, which was shown
by the television channel. The
reported matter is related to
national security so how can
such a sensitive report come to
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public?” he said.
Assam Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi, however, said
that the state is yet to receive
any evidence to establish a
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diplomatic and official/service
passports. The agreement will
facilitate visa-free travel for
diplomatic and official/ service
passport holders of one country while entering into, transiting through, exiting or staying for up to 90 days in the territory of the other country.
The Cabinet also gave nod
to ratify the ‘Nagoya-Kuala
Lumpur supplementary protocol on liability and redress to
the Cartagena protocol on biosafety’ by India. The Protocol
would promote sound application of biotechnology making it possible to accrue benefits arising from modern
biotechnology while minimising the risk to the environment
and human health. This will
protect the interests of all
Indians without distinction or
differentiation.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet
Committee on Economic
Affairs cleared acquisition of
Polar Research Vessel (Icebreaker, Research cum Supply
Vessel) by the Ministry of
Earth Sciences at a cost of
C1,051.13 crore. This polar
research vessel will help sustain
two Indian research bases in
Antarctica (Maitri and Bharti);
dovetail research initiatives in
the Southern Ocean domain
with those in the proximal
regions of the Antarctic continent; widen the thrust on
Arctic research disciplines
undertaken through Indian
Station Himadri, and provide
a suitable research platform for
other tropical sea programmes.
As of now Indian Antarctic
expeditions are undertaken by
rented ice-class vessels/icebreakers from international
market.
The Cabinet also approved
the introduction of School of
Planning and Architecture Bill,
2014 and approval for transfer
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nexus between the AIUDF and
Jihadi forces.
Senior BJP leader BJP
Chakraborty expressed concern over the issue and said that
there have been Jehadi activities in Assam and that Assam
had been used as transit route
for transshipment of illegal
arms and ammunition.
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he Supreme Court on
Wednesday directed the
Centre to put in place a Good
Samaritan Law to protect
bystanders who reach road
accident victims to hospitals
against harassment by police
and courts, where they are
later summoned as witnesses.
On a PIL by NGO Savelife
Foundation, the bench headed
by Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked
the Centre to pass an executive
order giving effect to a set of recommendations made by a highlevel Committee headed by an
Additional Secretary in Ministry
of Home Affairs. As the nodal
ministry — Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways had no
objections, the bench asked
Centre to immediately implement the same.
The Committee was of the
opinion that Good Samaritans
need to be encouraged and be
exempted from civil and criminal liability, unless some malafide
on their part can be shown.
Those who intimate police of
accidents should not be harassed
by police to reveal their name or
address nor should they be summoned as witnesses in court.
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the Indian Constitution, the ideals the makers of it had underscored have not still been visualised due to the country’s inability to bring about a Uniform Civil Code, former Supreme Court
judge Justice KT Thomas has said. Delivering the keynote address
at a seminar organised by the Human Rights Forum of the SD
College in Alappuzha on Wednesday, Justice Thomas said that
a Uniform Civil Code was imperative for national integration
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he plan of a Facebook
forum of Kerala youngsters to hold a “Kiss of Love”
programme at Kochi on
Sunday to protest against moral
policing has run into uncertainty in the context of objections aired by local people and
several outfits and the unwillingness of the police to grant
permission due to apprehensions about the possibility of
law and order problems.
However, the Kiss of Love
collective has announced that
it would go ahead with the programme. “We should have the
freedom to express ourselves.
We are holding the programme
just to say “Stop Moral
Policing”. Actually, it is the
responsibility of the police to
give us protection if we are
attacked amidst the peaceful
programme,” said Rasmi, one
of the organizers.
The Facebook page of Kiss
of Love has attracted thousands of young men and
women. Over 10,000 had ‘liked’
and ‘shared’ it and nearly 4,000
had expressed willingness to
participate in the programme.
The page said that the Kiss of
Love protest was to convince the “wholesale
dealers
of
morality” how
human beings
expressed
love.
Kiss of
Love was planned
by a group of young men and
women through a Facebook
campaign in the aftermath of a
Yuva Morcha protest on
October 23 against a new-generation coffee shop in
Kozhikode where “immoral
activities” were allegedly going
on turning violent. The protest
was based on a report on the
coffee shop that appeared on the
Congress’s Jai Hind TV channel.
One of the Kiss of Love FB
posts said: “We are inviting to the
programme all moralists who
think that morality will crumble
if people kiss in public. What we
are planning to do is to convince
the people that kissing is one of
the ways for homo-sapiens to
communicate
between them.
This is a collective. We
don’t want
moral police.”
Wednesday
presented an indication of what might happen on
Sunday evening at Kochi’s
Marine Drive if the programme
was held. Some men tried to
rough up a group of about
eight Kiss of Love campaigners,
who had gathered there late
Wednesday morning with plac-
ards reading “Stop Moral
Policing” in order to explain
their plan to the media.
Those who tried to rough
up the love campaign organizers claimed that they were
Congress workers and said
that they would not allow any
such kind of “lawlessness” in
Kochi, Naveen, one of those
who opposed the campaign
said, “This will set a bad precedent. Is this the lesson we are
going to give our little sisters?
This is Kerala and not Europe
or America.”
However, Kiss of Love campaigners termed this approach
as hypocritical. “We are not asking anybody to kiss or hug or to
do other things. This is a protest
against moral policing. I am
here with my wife. Why can’t I
hold my wife’s hand in public
without attracting obscene
comments from those around
us?” Rahul Pasupalan, a short-
film maker, asked.
Incidentally, some of the
youth organizations which had
come out strongly against the
Yuva Morcha protest in
Kozhikode have turned now
against Kiss of Love. DYFI
leader AN Shamseer said, “We
are against all kinds of moral
policing. But the organizers of
this programme should ask
themselves if it is all right to do
things which are unacceptable
in a society like ours.”
Several leading cultural
personalities have declared
support for the programme
describing it as the Pink
Chaddi movement of Kerala.
Many of them also warned the
organizers as well as participants to be cautious about vigilantes among the public and
the equally “vigilante” police
who might misuse IPC provisions regarding public display
of affinity.
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he Kerala High Court on
Wednesday said that it
could not put restrictions on
the practice of issuing calls for
hartals as giving hartal calls
was not a crime. A full bench
of the court also said that the
media could not be barred
from publishing reports on
hartal calls and associated
matters. “Declaring hartals is
not a crime. A stringent law
is needed to deal with it,” the
court said.
The full bench of the court
comprising acting Chief Justice
Ashok Bhushan and Justices
AM Shafique and AK
Jayasankar Nambiar said that
the Government could consider formulating a comprehensive law to prevent incidents of violence and destruction of public property in connection with hartals.
Considering a batch of
petitions seeking a ban on hartal calls and order to control the
media from publishing reports
concerning hartals, the High
Court bench said that the political parties and other organisers could not be legally barred
from issuing calls for hartals in
connection with general or
particular purposes.
The Government had the
responsibility to ensure protection of life and property of
the people and therefore it
was up to it to put controls on
the observance of hartals, the
bench said. Only a law, and not
the court, could effectively deal
with the incidents of violence
taking place during hartals,
the court pointed out.
The court said it was
instructing the Government
to formulate a comprehensive
law for identifying those
responsible for hartal calls and
violence during observance of
hartals and to take effective
action. A draft Bill was prepared for this in 2008, but
nobody had been prepared to
abide by the clauses in it, the
bench pointed out.
Stating that the media
could not be barred from publishing reports on hartal calls
and associated matters, the
judges observed that freedom
of expression was not exclusive
to citizens but the media also
had it. Freedom of the Press
was one of the Constitutional
values of the democratic country, they added.
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Kupwara district after security
forces locked horns with a
group of armed guerrillas in the
forested area.
A Junior Commissioned
Officer (JCO) also died in the
encounter on Tuesday and the
combing operation was in
progress till last reports came
in from the area.
Sources said that troops
belonging to three battalions of
Rashtriya Rifles and counterinsurgency police personnel
cordoned off Wuder Bala forested area in Handwara pocket of
north Kashmir’s Kupwara district earlier this week following
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On Tuesday morning, the
troops established a contact
with the militants when they
opened a bout of fire. During
the initial exchange of fire,
one unidentified militant and
a JCO, Naib Subedar Rajesh
Kumar were killed.
The encounter continued
after the initial casualties. On
Wednesday, the encounter
resumed and two more militants were killed. The bodies of
slain militants have been
retrieved from the area. Their
identity is being ascertained.
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espite the stern warning by
High Court and the
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Telangana Government, there
was no end in sight to the indefinite strike by more than 3,000
junior doctors in Telangana.
Junior doctors have been
on strike for the last 31 days,
hampering the functioning of
Government hospitals demanding the repeal of a rule which
requires the medical students to
compulsorily work in rural
areas for at least one year at the
completion of their course.
Telangana Junior Doctors’
Association (TJUDA) has
decided to continue the strike
despite a two judge bench of
the High Court directed the
doctors to end the strike and
resume their duties.
When the matter again
came up on Wednesday, the
bench comprising of Chief
Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta
and PV Sanjay Kumar
expressed their strong disapproval and asked the counsel
whether the junior doctors
were ready to face the action in
accordance with the law. The
bench made it clear that the
court will not hear the grievances of the junior doctors till
they end the strike.
Court adjourned further
hearing of the matter till
Thursday and urged the doc-
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tors to introspect their behavior towards the patients coming to the Government hospitals. The court also asked the
counsel for the TJUDA to clarify under which rule they had
gone on indefinite strike.
The counsel contended
that the strike has not been
causing any problems to the
patients and the junior doctors have been forced to go on
an indefinite strike only after
their talks with the
Government failed because
of the unreasonable stand
taken by the latter.
The TJUDA has laid the
condition that the Chief
Minister K Chandrashekar Rao
should meet them and give a
personal assurance that their
demands will be fulfilled. But
the Chief Minister has hardened his stand and refused to
meet the striking doctors.
State Health Minister and
deputy Chief Minister T
Rajaiah said, “The State
Government has already
accepted all the demands of the
junior doctors.” He warned
that the State Government will
debar the striking junior doctors for six months if they don’t
end the strike.
Apart from continuing
their strike, six junior doctors
have also gone an indefinite fast
and others have been staging a
sit-in protest at Indira Park in
Hyderabad.
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erala’s ruling Congress
party on Wednesday
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launched a political war against
Governor P Sathasivam,
appointed early last month by
the NDA Government in the
Centre, over his intervention as
Chancellor in the issues
plaguing the 13 universities in
the State.
“It is only legitimate to suspect that the Governor,
appointed by the BJP-led
Government, could be interfering
in
the
State
Government’s day-to-day
affairs with political intentions,” State Congress vicepresident MM Hassan, who is
also a staunch loyalist of Chief
Minister Oommen Chandy,
said in Thiruvananthapuram
on Wednesday.
Governor Sathasivam had
on Monday held a meeting of
the vice-chancellors of all universities in the State in an
attempt to find solutions to the
various issues plaguing them.
The meeting was held at the
Cochin University of Science
and Technology in Kochi and
12 of the 13 vice-chancellors
had participated in it.
Congress leaders including
the Chief Minister and Kerala
PCC president VM Sudheeran
had objected to the appointment of Justice Sathasivam as
Governor even before the
President had issued the order.
Chandy had protested saying
that it was inappropriate for the
Centre to appoint a Governor
without consulting the State
Government.
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Hassan claimed that no vicechancellor had ever intervened
in the universities’ affairs so far
the way Justice Sathasivam had
done and this amounted to
infringement upon the powers
of the Government. This was
against the spirit of democracy, Hassan charged.
The meeting of VCs Justice
Sathasivam had called using his
discretionar y powers as
Chancellor had decided to constitute a Chancellor’s Council to
review the affairs of universities from time to time and formulated some measures for the
smooth functioning of the
institutions and hassle-free
conduct of examinations.
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Chancellor’s Council the meeting had formed under the
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mid reports of poaching of onehorned rhinos in Kaziranga
national park, the most famous
national park in Assam is all set to
flung its doors open for tourists from
November 1.
Like every year, the park, which
is famous for its one-horned rhino
population and also for being a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, had
closed its door for domestic as well
as foreign tourists from May 1 due
to the monsoon season.
“We normally restrict the entry
of visitors to the park from the
month of May as the park gets flooded every year during the monsoon
season. This year also, 80 per cent of
the park area submerged in the flood
waters. However, after flood receded, we have already taken up the
annual maintenance works of the
park and will be completed by the
end of this month. Their has been an
increase in the tourist inflow every
year and this year also we are
expecting more tourists than last
year,” said park director MK Yadav.
It may be mentioned here that
poaching has become one of the
major concerns for the authorities in
the Kaziranga national park and
other protected areas in Assam. A
total of 23 one-horned rhinos have
already been killed by poachers in
Assam this year, out of which 22 have
been killed in Kaziranga alone.
According to official statistics, the
highest number of poaching cases
took place in Assam last year, when
the poachers had killed 41 rhinos
including 27 in Kaziranga, five in
Manas national park, three in Orang
national park, two in Pabitora wildlife
sanctuary and four in other areas.
Assam Forest and Environment
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Minister Rockybul Hussain had
informed the State Assembly that a
total of 193 one-horned rhinos fell victim to poaching in Assam since 2001.
While over a total of 1,28,435
tourists including 6,922 foreign
tourists have visited the park in the
last tourist season-2013-14, the
number of tourists visiting the park
was 1,01,165 in 2012-13 including
7,418 foreign tourists.
Located about 240 kms away
from Assam’s main city Guwahati,
the over 800 square kms park is
home to one-horned rhinoceros
and it also has the highest rhino density in the world. However, the park
also contains significant stock of
three other large herbivores — the
Asian Elephant, the Asiatic Water
Buffalo and the eastern subspecies of
the Swamp Deer-all of which makes
it one of the most sought after
tourists destinations in the region.
Governor had no legal validity. “This discretion of the
Governor as Chancellor to
intervene in varsity affairs has
always been there. But nobody
had used it. To call a meeting
of vice-chancellors and take
decisions at it is clearly an act
of interference in Government’s
day-to-day affairs,” he alleged.
The PCC vice-chief said
that the Chancellor had the
powers to summon a VC of a
particular university or to terminate his services. “But he
doesn’t have the right to call a
meeting of the VCs of all universities,” Hassan said, adding
that he had brought the matter
to the notice of the Chief
Minister and the Government.
“By definition, the
Governor has the power to
convene the State Assembly
but such powers have never
been used by Governors,”
Hassan said. “Will this
Governor do such things if an
occasion arises?” he asked,
adding that such acts were not
expected from a person like
Justice Sathasivam who was
the Chief Justice of India.
“No comments,” was the
answer Chief Minister Chandy
offered when newsmen asked
him about the Governor’s act of
convening the VCs’ meeting.
When newsmen pressed him
further for a clear response, he
said, “I can respond only on
appropriate matters.”
Congress MLA TN
Prathapan, also a Syndicate
member of the Calicut
University where administration and academic activities are
lying frozen for the past several weeks, said he did not share
Hassan’s opinion. “The
Governor has all the powers to
do that. This was intended to
make the varsities more efficient and for improving their
academic standards,” he said.
espite an assurance from
the State Government that
crushing season will start on
time, deadlock persists over
cane prices as mills have shown
their inability to match last
year’s price while farmers have
asked the Government to
increase the cane price.
Though the maintenance
work of the 95 private mills has
started but they are not ready to
start crushing as desired by the
Uttar Pradesh Government from
mid-November till the dispute
over the cane price is sorted out.
A meeting between Chief
Secretary Alok Ranjan, farmers’
representatives and sugar
millers to discuss the cane
pricing mechanism remained
inconclusive as the farmers
representatives demanded a
higher rates up to C350 per
quintal while the private mills,
represented by UP Sugar Mills
Association (UPSMA), said
that private millers would not
be able to pay even the rate of
C280 of the last year.
Earlier
the
State
Government had asked the private mills to start their operations
by November first week or face
action. Now the State
Government has gone soft on the
sugar mills as the Chief Secretary
said that the Government would
ensure that sugar mill owners do
not incur losses but at the same
time exploitation of farmers
would not be allowed, he said.
The Private mills are pressing the UP Government to
adopt Centre’s Fair and
Remunerative Price (FRP) of
C220 per quintal fixed as the
first installment while the rest
may be decided as per the
prices of the sugar.
They are also demanding
linkage of cane price with the
sugar price as per the Ragarajan
committee recommendation.
UPSMA officials also pleaded
before the government that
banks have refused to give loan
to meet out the capital cost.
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Government may
want to provide
housing and toilets for all by 2022,
and launch 100 Smart Cities shortly, the housing sector today is both
in an unregulated mess and in dire
financial straits.
Two things generally indicate
how the consumer is
feeling — houses and cars. Both
industries are still iffy in India,
with vehicle sales picking up a little but still wobbly, and sales of
apartments and flats very much
in the doldrums.
The Government needs to execute a series of far-reaching reforms
urgently to revive this vital sector of
the economy. Construction and
housing provide offtakes to quite a
few manufacturing and service
sectors including architecture, marketing, advertising, cement, steel,
bricks, sanitary-ware, flooring,
tiling, lighting, furniture etc. on the
growth of which such industry
is co-dependent.
Together, this lot contributes
as much as 17 per cent of the
gross domestic product, and
many lakhs of jobs. The housing
industry as it stands, contributes
as much as agriculture to the
GDP, even though the latter may
account for a far more sizeable
chunk of the total population.
The property market is badly
depressed at present, owing to a
mismatch between demand and
supply,
compounded
by
Government neglect and apathy,
high interest rates, over-leveraged
builders, and stubbornly high inflation affected construction costs.
The economy on the whole
cannot be revived unless the
stagnation and worse in this area
of works is put right first. All over
the world, the health of the residential and commercial construction sector is a key measurement with regard to the state of
the economy. The Indian property market, throughout the country, has been depressed for five
years now, with a further down
turn over the last three.
The National Capital Region
has unsold inventory of 3,03,000
apartments, that will take nearly five
years to clear at the present rate of
sales, according to real estate
research firm Liases Foras. And
within this alarming statistic, Delhi
itself, with its high-priced builder
flats, mushrooming in place of
older houses, has as much as 20 per
cent in unsold stock.
The key markets of Gurgaon,
Noida, and Bhiwadi in the NCR, are
staring at some 50 per cent of the
total under construction unsold at
this time; with speculators, as
opposed to end users, accounting
for half of the other half. And the
investors, unable to hold out indefinitely in the depressed market, are
off-loading their purchase at discounts to the builder’s prices, further aggravating the problem.
The story is similar, if somewhat better, in Mumbai and
Bangalore. The high-priced
Mumbai Metropolitan Region has
1,68,000 apartments yet to find buyers, and Bangalore, largely an enduser market, is still groaning under
the weight of 1,13,000 unsold flats
according to Liases Foras.
High interest rates too are
keeping would be buyers away
from contracting home loans.
Massive builder debt and interest
payments, sharply increased construction cost, a stagnating economy, all are factors why this sector is
in trouble. Unless demand picks up
soon, there will be a spate of inordinate delays, defaults, and
even bankruptcies.
Luckily, the situation does
not quite amount to a full-fledged
housing bubble, with about half
the inventory sold by the builders
on average, but the asset class is
unlikely to generate the kind of
capital gains associated with it over
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the next several years.
Both the residential and commercial markets however do have
enough pent up demand to be ultimately absorbed, as long as further
supply is put on hold. But, since the
industry cannot grind to a complete
halt when it comes to new launches, given that several builders have
land banks and licenses in hand, the
problem will be aggravated further.
Still, there will be few new
launches that can hope to succeed
in these market conditions, even if
they have thinned out considerably.
New launches are also a cheap
source of funds for cash strapped
builders, who need to complete
ongoing projects.
It is, however unclear, whether
any category, ranging from the
affordable and mid-segment, to the
luxury projects, are out performing
the rest. All sections of the market
are uniformly suffering low demand
and over-supply. The resale market
is only active for bargain hunters
looking for distressed sales.
Various problems of property
buyers, facing one-sided contractual arrangements from the
builders, have also been pending
Government action for a very
long time. In addition, the builders
who have over-built illegally, or
built on land acquired by the
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Government at a pittance from
farmers, are facing farmer agitation, litigation and stoppages.
This, even as many customers
have paid large sums as installments to the builder, and expensive
EMIs to the lending banks.
Environmental restrictions, applied
strangely, after the fact, to developments near sanctuaries and the like
are also destabilising market sentiment and worse.
Private and sarkari developments alike are dependent on the
Government and municipal
authorities to build and provide
‘livability’ by way of new roads,
electricity connections, water,
sewage, security, street lights etc..
But many of the developments in
outlying areas, particularly in the
NCR, are marooned today in a sea
of mud, with no clarity as to when
their problems may be addressed,
let alone solved. Road connectivity promised in particular is mired
in multiple litigation, with the
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from all these reasons, many housing towers are half-built and stalled
by cash-strapped builders, and
even those nearing completion,
years late, still have no roads and
other amenities to service them.
Politically, the Bharatiya Janata
Party, if it wins Jharkhand outright,
as is expected, and props up a
People’s Democratic Party
Government in Jammu & Kashmir,
come December, will have done
very well indeed. Particularly on top
of its recent wins in Haryana and
Maharashtra. But economically,
the hole dug by the previous UPA
Government is both deep and
wide. To fill such a cavity is going
to take enormous doing.
Fortunately, many of the macro factors are heartening, particularly the
lowering of inflation due to lower
oil prices .
The inter-linked housing,
office, and infrastructural sectors
need to grow sharply, and could be
the way to get the Indian economy
into double digit GDP growth in the
shortest possible time.
What it needs is huge investment. This can come, both from
internal and external sources, if
interest rates are lowered, taxes are
cut, and foreign direct investment
is encouraged. The 100 Smart
Cities and housing for all only
make sense if conditions are created for this sector of the economy to thrive.
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Sir — Congress members loyal to
the Nehru-Gandhi family cannot
see or think beyond the dynasty.
Former Union Minister P
Chidambaram is right in saying that
some day a non-Nehru-Gandhi
family member can be the Congress
president. When Congress leader
Shashi Tharoor rightly praised
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
Swachch Bharat Abhiyan, he was
shunted out as the party’s
spokesperson. The good cannot be
ignored. But the Congress is blind
to this fact.
The Nehru-Gandhi family
members continue to behave like
royalty, though the people have
rejected dynasty politics in the
recent elections. Congress vice
president Rahul Gandhi is a liability for the Congress. Under the present leadership, the party’s chances
of revival are almost zero.
Mahesh Kumar
Via email
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Sir — This refers to the article,
“Nehruvians discredited modern
India’s builder” (October 28) by A
Surya Prakash. The writer has eloquently stated that the Congress had
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kept Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in
oblivion with a view to promoting
the Nehru-Gandhi family legacy.
Sardar Patel was the Iron Man of
India because he integrated 553
princely Indian States into the
Indian Union. Only Jammu &
Kashmir was Jawaharlal Nehru’s
responsibility, and he messed it up.
Such was the domination of the
Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that even
more deserving national leaders
such as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
and BR Ambedkar were neglected.
Even the non-Congress Minister in
Nehru’s Cabinet, Syama Prasad
Mookerjee, had to resign due to
Nehru’s intransigence.
The writer also correctly highlighted the fact that, out of the 15
Pradesh Congress Committee votes,
Nehru drew a blank, while Patel
bagged 12 votes; three were absentees. Even then, Nehru was elected
the party leader and Prime Minister
at the behest of Mahatma Gandhi.
Sagar Singh
Via email
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Sir — This refers to the article, “100
years ago, they shone as bright”
(October 27) by Pushpindar Singh
Chopra. The War Memorial
promised and proposed by the
Narendra Modi-led Government
must enshrine the valiant efforts of
the Indian soldiers who took part
in World War I and World War II,
and of our jawans who fought in
various battles since Independence.
One really wishes to see our past
heroes being given proper honour
and respect through such
a memorial.
Sandy
Via web
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Sir — This refers to the article,
“Making Bengal the den of jihadi
terror” (October 27) by Balbir
Punj. West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee is a poor administrator who is not capable of coming down heavily on terror and antinational elements in the State, as
many of them belong to the minority community, which has been her
party, the Trinamool Congress’s,
committed vote-bank.
As far as the security needs of
the country are concerned, one
should not trust politicians who are
more intent on promoting their
political considerations at the cost
of national interest.
Palash
Via web
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crucial. Western troops who have
held the country together over the
past decade and a half are now wrapping
up their combat missions. Only about
21,000 will remain to assist the Afghan
forces, and it is still unclear how well the
latter will be able to hold fort. Already,
there have been reports of the Taliban taking back villages in the south from where
they had been ousted. A new Government
has taken charge in Kabul but it stands on
a precarious power-sharing deal between
two bitter rivals. In a wide-ranging interview to The Pioneer, former chief of
Afghanistan’s National Directorate of
Security Amrullah Saleh acknowledges
the challenges ahead but also expresses
optimism that Afghanistan’s political
establishment will not betray the people’s
aspirations. Excerpts from the interview:
Do you believe the new National
Unity Government will be stable?
We have passed more difficult times
than this in the past 40 years, so I am optimistic. First, the people of Afghanistan
want both leaders to work together, so
there is popular pressure demanding convergence. Second, the pressure from
international community to make this
Government work is also massive. Each
world leader who calls on the President
also calls on the CEO who’s powers are
akin to that of a Prime Minister. Regional
powers, minus Pakistan, are also supportive. This is unlike in the 1980s and 1990s
when the region was divided on the kind
of Government that Afghanistan should
have. Third, the two leaders know that if
they don’t work together, they’ll open the
gates for the Taliban to stage a comeback.
How do you think the arrangement
will work, in terms of sharing of portfolios etc, given that both leaders have
competing interests?
The NUG has not yet taken off. It still
has to be assembled. This won’t be an easy
task because interest groups will inevitably
play tricks. There will be diverse dynamics, and lot of pulling and pushing by vested interests. It is up to the two men at the
top to show more statesmanship. So, yes,
there all ingredients of instability but the
opportunities (for stability) are greater
than the challenges.
How is the personal relationship
between between President Ashraf
Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah?
Since they signed the deal, both sides
have taken a more humble approach.
They understand they have about five
years together — two years until the
launch of the loya jirga and another three
after that. You know, human beings who
claim that they have forgotten the past are
saying utter lies. But good leaders suppress
past feelings and move on.
Also, the past here is not just the past
six months. The leaders should remember the past four decades. They should
remember the fate of Afghan leaders who
didn’t work together. Afghan history is full
of instances wherein the people have given
a mandate and the leaders haven’t to work
together and they have all lost.
The international community
seems optimistic about the NUG. Do the
Afghan voters share its optimism or do
they feel cheated out of their mandate?
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For the masses, ‘hope’ is a commodity. For the people at the top, hope is neither a commodity nor a policy. The only
measurable factor is the document outlining the NUG. Moreover, there is little
room for violation of the deal. If either side
violates the provisions, the people will see
that, given the role of media.
What is your assessment of the
Afghan security issue?
We are suffering. We are in pain. We
wake to headlines of bomb blasts, casualties and tears. I am not hiding that. But
the legitimacy of the constitutional democratic space is so strong that the people
are willing to defend it.
As for the Taliban, the Afghan system
has not been dogmatic in its approach by
insisting on the use of force. It has kept
the negotiation gate open. But the Taliban
are not ready to negotiate because they
want to dictate certain terms.
But they can’t continue forever as,
compared to the 1980s and 1990s, they
are getting support from a much weaker
Pakistan. There is a civil-military divide
in Pakistan over the Afghan policy, and
also over how to tackle extremism within that country and re-brand Pakistan.
Remember even up to the 1990s,
Pakistan had a good brand. It was an ally,
a front line ally ready to help the free
world; it had its own challenges but was
not ready to say goodbye to democratic
values forever. But what is the Pakistani
brand today? It is a hub for extremism and
sectarianism; it has a dirty record of
nuclear proliferation and the shadow of
the army is bigger than physics of democracy. Still, there is one Pakistani side which
is constantly reaching out to the Afghan
people but the other half, which is the military, is playing a dirty power game. This
can’t go on. They will have to realise this
or they’ll be forced to realise this.
How are talks with the Taliban progressing under the new Government?
A breakthrough in this regard will
come only when Rawalpindi creates one.
But Rawalpindi is not interested in peace.
Taliban leaders showing some interest in
peace have been killed in covert attacks.
It is only if Pakistan’s cost of war goes up
that that it will force the Taliban to lay their
arms. Currently, Pakistan pays too little
and gains too much. It gives maybe $30
million to $40 million to the Taliban, and
in return, it get billions of dollars in aid
from the US (to fight the Taliban).
Ironically, the US is financing both sides
of the war.
To what extent is Pakistan still cultivating Afghanistan as its ‘strategic
depth’ depth against India?
The question should be will it ever
get away from this nostalgic idea? Will
Pakistan ever realise that it is punching
far above their weight? Also, Pakistan
should realise that no one has ever been
able to dominate Afghanistan. As I told
a Western friend recently, “You are subsidising Afghanistan today, for which we
are grateful, but can you say we are a proWest nation with confidence?” Finally,
Afghanistan is now a changed country.
The new population has different aspirations and is no longer the bearded
country that Pakistan wanted it to be.
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expected to touch nine billion by 2050 and the Food
and Agriculture Organisation of
the United Nations envisages the
need to increase food production
by 70 per cent, including a 50 per
cent rise in annual cereal production (to about three billion
tonnes) in order to meet the
population growth. This quantum leap in food production efficiency requires a robust framework that accommodates the rising population and simultaneously guarantees availability of
food without compromising on
quality of sustainable agricultural practices. The current global
gap between demand and production of food cannot be
allowed to grow, and any hurdle
enroute to a food-secure future
must be identified and resolved
on an immediate basis.
One of the major hurdles
in achieving superior food
production capability is the
growing problem of soil
salinity and the resultant lack
of cultivable land. The FAO
and the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organisation estimates put the world saline soil
at 397 million hectare and
sodic soil at 434 million
hectares. About 12.6 million
hectare is considered to be
under acid-sulphate soil, distributed along the coastal
region. A recent study conducted by the United Nations
University reveals a grim scenario as 20 per cent of all irrigated lands globally, an area
equal to the size of France, have
already been spoiled by
increasing levels of salt concentration in the soil.
The study also revealed
that over a period of 20 years,
an average of 2,000 hectare of
irrigated land in arid and
semi-arid areas across 75
countries have been degraded
by salt concentration. This
land degeneration has cost
$27 billion in lost crop value
per year. In India, the problem
has manifested itself in the
Indo-Gangetic Basin, which
has suffered soil degradation
causing crop yield losses for
wheat by 40 per cent, rice by
45 per cent, sugarcane by 48
per cent andcotton by 63 per
cent respectively. In addition,
the employment losses could
be 50 to 80 man-days per
hectare, with an estimated 20
to 40 per cent increase in
human health problems and 15
to 50 per cent increase in animal health problems.
Salt-induced land degradation is a serious problem that
occurs in arid and semi-arid
regions where rainfall is too low
to maintain regular percolation
of rain water through the soil
and where irrigation is practiced
without a natural or artificial
drainage system. Irrigation
practices without drainage
management trigger the accumulation of salt in the root zone,
affecting several soil properties
and reducing productivity.
A large portion of affected
areas in the developing countries have seen investments
made in irrigation and drainage
but infrastructure is not properly maintained or managed.
India is no exception due to the
lack of aggressive initiatives to
reclaim degraded saline lands.
Though the Indian crop yields
from irrigated areas that are not
affected by salinisation have
increased since 1990, however
the same cannot compensate for
increasing yield loss that occurs
due to salt degraded lands.
Degraded land is posing an
environmental risk as well due
to the green house gas that is
emitted, therefore, there is an
urgent need to address the
issue by applying mitigation
techniques that have proven
successful across the world in
reversing land degradation.
The reversal of degradation
and the consequent reclamation of lands should be driven
by customised hydrological
models that facilitate reduction
of abnormally high level of salt
in the soil through methods
such as leaching. Agricultural
practices in the affected regions
must incorporate tree planting
and functional drainage network that prevent accumulation of salt at root level.
Awareness generation on
significance of deep plowing
must be instilled in farming
community as it helps in bringing down salt level in the soil.
Kisan call centers that currently provide assistance on various
aspects of farming must also
Some Westerners say Afghanistan
is being victimised by India-Pakistan
rivalry. What’s your take?
India works with the Afghan
Government and doesn’t sponsor nonstate actors. India is associated in my
country with electricity, education and
entertainment. If Pakistan wants to jump
into these spheres, we welcome that. But
the problem is everything good that India
builds in Afghanistan, Pakistan wants to
destroy it. That is an evil effort of ‘either
we all remain in hell or you alone cannot
go to heaven.’ In Afghanistan, Pakistan is
trying to put itself at parity with India
using wrong means.
Also, India has never looked down
upon Afghanistan but Pakistan does not
show us respect. We get hurt when we are
not respected and our culture is ridiculed.
This is what the Pakistani elite used to do.
They’d brief Western officials in London
and Washington, DC, that, “The Afghans
are a bunch of tribes; they are disassociated; you help us, we manage them”. India
has never said that.
How will Kabul’s India policy shape
up under the new Government? Will the
Karzai consensus hold?
I am not in Government, so I can’t
speak with authority. But as an informed
commentator, I’d like to say that there are
realities that politicians cannot change.
The reality of our region is that India is
a force for stability. With Nato reducing
its presence, there has to be another power
filling that void. Who else, if not India?
Who else has the same amount of interest in maintaining constitutional order in
Afghanistan? If the new leaders say ‘no’
to India, then who do they say ‘yes’ to?
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cultivation of salt-tolerant varieties of crops besides information on how to mix harvested
plant residues into top soil. Yet
another simple but highly
effective method to counter
undesirable salt level is to dig
a drain or deep ditch around
the affected land, this facilitates
the flow of water to the drains
from root level thereby carrying away excess quantity of salt.
The Government must
step in to help the farming
community financially as the
investment cost to prevent
and reverse land degradation,
or to restore degraded land
into productive land is very
high. The Government can
also devise pertinent policies,
well-designed salinity management plans, besides capacity development of farmers in
order to combat salt-induced
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(186th), getting electricity (137th) and
paying taxes (156th).
The World Bank report came on
a day when the US International Trade
Commission (USITC) announced that
it has launched a fresh investigation to
examine changes made by the Modi
government to India's trade and investment policies.
The investigation, Trade and
Investment Policies in India, 2014-2015,
was requested jointly by the House
Committee on Ways and Means and the
Senate Committee on Finance in a letter sent towards the end of September,
just ahead of Modi's US visit.
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Modi remains committed to transforming the business environment as
part of his "Make in India" campaign
to woo foreign investors, the World
Bank has come out with yet another
unflattering report, ranking India
142nd in the world when it comes to
"ease of doing business".
In fact India is way behind Pakistan
(ranked 128th), Nepal (108th) and Sri
Lanka (99th) in the list of 189 nations.
Releasing its "Doing Business
2015" report, the World Bank speaks of
just a marginal improvement in India's
performance - from 52.78 points last
year to 53.97 points this year. India's
ranking itself is down by two slots: from
140 last year to 142 among the 189
countries surveyed. The chart is led by
Singapore. The United States is ranked
seventh and China 90th.
Significantly, a senior Bank official
conceded that the report, based on figures as of May 31, hardly take into
account the changes proposed or
announced by the Narendra Modi
Government that took office only in the
second-half of May.
We do not want to send the
impression that the drop in India's
ranking is connected in any way with
the current political situation," World
Bank's Director for Global Indicators
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that any changes set in motion by the
new government would be reflected
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table in a big way through focused
efforts and intelligently-designed
reforms.
India, according to the report, has
done quite well under some heads such
as protecting minority investors (ranked
7th) and in providing credit (36th). But
it lags far behind in several key areas
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commission paid to dealers.
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hiked by C3 per 14.2-kg
cylinder to C43.71.
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price of subsidised LPG
too have been increased in
the same proportion, officials said.
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"Given the recent national elections in India and the formation of a
new Bharatiya Janata Party-led
Government, and our interest in receiving the most comprehensive and up-todate information possible, we now
request that the Commission conduct
a second investigation concerning
India's industrial policies that discriminate against US trade and investment since the first ITC investigation,"
the Congressional committees had
stated.
This would be the second investigation by USITC dealing with India, the
earlier one having been launched last
year. A report on this investigation,
dealing with the practices under the
UPA Government, is expected to be
submitted to the US Congress by
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their highest close in
last five weeks, with BSE
Sensex reclaiming 27,000mark and Nifty inching closer to 8,100-level buoyed by
a rally in global markets on
expectations of US Federal
Reserve's policy outcome.
Besides, hopes of further
economic reforms by Modi
Government, rising rate cut
expectations and fall in
international oil price too
buoyed
sentiments.
According to market experts
the rollover and short-coverings ahead of expiry also
boosted the trading sentiments.
Shares of Hindalco rose
by 5.95 per cent, Tata Steel
gained by 4.60 per cent,
Tata Motors and Infosys
increased by 3.41 per cent
and 2.25 per cent respectively. Shares from realty,
metal, auto, IT, oil & gas and
FMCG sectors were in good
demand while some of the
shares from pharma and
banking segments attracted
profit-booking.
All eyes are now set on
the US Federal Reserve's
meeting which is expected to
end its bond-buying programme but reaffirm its
willingness to wait before
raising interest rates, market
experts said.
The breadth of the market was positive with BSE
Midcap and Smallcap
indices inching higher.
Sectorwise, BSE Realty index
gained the most by rising
2.97 per cent, followed by
Metal index gaining by 2.63
per cent, Auto index rose by
1.79 per cent, IT index
increased by 1.47 per cent,
FMCG index gained by 1.23
per cent and Oil & gas index
increased by 1.19 per cent.
However, Dr Reddy's
Laboratories closed down
0.81 percent after its earnings missed some analysts'
expectations.
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its negative outlook on
the domestic banking system,
citing high leverage in the corporate sector that may prevent
any meaningful recovery in
asset quality.
"Our outlook for the country's banking system remains
negative, as it has been since
November 2011.
"The negative outlook
reflects our view that high
leverage in the corporate sector could prevent any meaningful recovery in asset quality, notwithstanding a moderate
rebound in economic growth,"
the agency Moody's Investors
Service said in a note issued
from Singapore.
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Mozambique’s potential as
a major gas exporter, the Union
Cabinet on Wednesday
approved signing an agreement with the African nation
to deepen oil and gas cooperation.
The Cabinet, headed by
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, approved signing of a
Memorandum
of
Understanding (MoU) for
cooperation in the field of oil
and gas between India and
Mozambique for a period of
five years, an official statement said here.
Offshore gas discoveries
in 2010 in two adjacent offshore blocks have seen the
emergence of Mozambique
as a significant hydrocarbon
rich nation.
"Mozambique is strategically located near India and is
ideally suited for bringing
natural gas to India at market
determined price.
ith an aim to revive cashstarved real estate industry, Government on Wednesday
eased rules for FDI in the construction sector by reducing
minimum built-up area as well
as capital requirement and easing the exit norms.
The proposal to amend the
FDI policy in construction
development sector was
approved by the Union Cabinet.
In view of depleting FDI
inflow in construction and real
estate sector in last couple of
years, the Cabinet decided to
reduce the minimum floor area
to 20,000 sq mt from the earlier 50,000 sq mt. It also brought
down the minimum capital
requirement to $ 5 million
from $10 million.
In case of development of
serviced plots, the condition of
minimum land of 10 hectares
has been completely removed,
an official statement said.
Although 100 per cent foreign direct investment was
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allowed in townships, housing
and built-up infrastructure and
construction developments
since 2005, the government
had imposed certain conditions.
"These measures are
expected to result in enhanced
inflows into the construction
development sector... It is likely to attract investments in new
areas and encourage development of plots for serviced
housing given the shortage of
land in and around urban
agglomerations as well as the
high cost of land.
"The measure is also
expected to result in creation
of much needed low cost
affordable housing in the
country and development of
smart cities," the statement
said.
Although the Cabinet has
not reduced the 3-year lock-in
period, it has permitted foreign
investors to exit on project
completion or 3 years from the
date of final investment subject
to the development of trunk
infrastructure.
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notified new ESOP regulations, including for purchase of shares by employee
welfare trusts from the secondary market with adequate
safeguards.
The Securities and
Exchange Board of India
(Sebi) has allowed companies
to have employee stock option
programmes where they can
buy their own company shares
subject to certain conditions.
Employee stock options
(ESOP) are a practice followed world over and the
market regulator has outlined
certain safeguards to improve
the governance and transparency of the schemes and
also address concerns regarding potential market abuse.
Generally, in India, some
companies count it (shares
held by ESOP Trusts) in the
promoter category and some
companies count it in the
public category.
Some of the safeguards as
outlined by the regulator
include, requirement of shareholders' approval through special resolution for undertaking
secondary market acquisitions;
restrictions on sale of shares by
trusts; at least six month holding period for shares acquired
from secondary market.
Among other safeguards
include, stricter disclosure and
other regulatory obligations; a
limit of 10 per cent of the
assets held by general employee benefit schemes other than
ESOS type of schemes and cer-
tain limits on secondary market acquisitions.
To ensure a smooth transition for complying with the
new regulatory framework,
the existing employee benefit
schemes have been provided
with a time period of one year
from the date of notification.
Further a longer transition
period of five years has been
provided for re-classifying
shareholding of existing
employee benefit schemes separately from 'promoter' and
'public' category.
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flight of "black" money
T
Indians have allegedly
stashed away in Swiss banks
could add $30 billion to the
country's forex reserves,
says a Bank of America
Merrill Lynch report.
According to the global financial services major,
though there would not be
any immediate forex impact
given the legal issues
involved, it could add $3035 billion to the forex
reserves over time.
BofA-ML has worked
with an estimate of capital
flight of about $ 200 billion
based on a recent research
study.
According to the study,
Raghbendra Jha and Duc
Nguyen Truong, of
Australian
National
University, estimated total
capital flight of more than
$186 billion during 19982012.
"If even half of this is
unearthed, it could add
$30-35 billion (three to four
months of current import
cover) to forex reserves over
time," BofA-ML said in a
research
note
on
Wednesday.
The
Centre
on
Wednesday placed a list of
names of 627 Indian
account holders in HSBC
bank, Geneva in black
money case before the
Supreme Court which asked
SIT to go through the list
and take appropriate action
in accordance with law.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice H L Dattu did
not open the sealed envelope containing the names
placed by the Centre and
said that it would be opened
only by the Chairman and
Vice-Chairman of the
Supreme Court-appointed
Special Investigation Team
(SIT).
It asked the SIT to submit status report of its probe
by November-end.
Placing the documents
before the bench, Attorney
General Mukul Rohatgi said
details of account holders
are of year 2006 which were
supplied by the French government to the Centre in
2011.
The report further
noted that rupee is expected to hold Rs 58-62/$and
BofA-ML's Asia forex strategist, Adarsh Sinha, forecasts INR to be at Rs 61/$ in
December.
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Comptroller and Auditor
T
General (CAG) which in the past
had grabbed headlines by revealing reports on 2G and coal allocation scams has been warned by
the Finance Minister 'not to
sensationalise its findings'.
"Auditor should be conscious of the fact that he is
reviewing a decision that has
already been taken. Have the fair
procedures been followed? "He
doesn't have to sensationalise. He
doesn't have to get into the
headlines," Arun Jaitley, Finance
Minister said at annual conference of the Comptroller and
Auditor General (CAG). He
said an auditor has to be "an
active auditor but activism and
restraint are always the two
sides of the same coin."
The CAG reports on 2G
telecom spectrum allocation and
coal mine allotment which carried figures of notional losses to
the tune of Rs 1.76 lakh crore and
Rs.1.84 lakh crore respectively
had caused tremendous discomfort for the UPA government and the Congress party
that headed the coalition. They
had also come in handy for the
opposition then.
"He (Auditor) has to scrutinise thoroughly the decision
making process. He has to necessarily eliminate the possibility of any form of nepotism...,"
Jaitley said. He further added
that an auditor must be able to
distinguish between a wrong
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decision and a corrupt one.
"If he finds it (the decision)
is a corrupt view, then the level
of discretion he exercises in
commenting has to be entirely
different," the minister said.
"Because let us also not forget when we live in a society,
which by temperament, having
learnt the hard way the last few
years, have become an over suspicious society and therefore
our job is not to convert the
public opinion into a kind of a
lynch mob.
"To create rationality in the
reviewing process we spare a
decision which palpably looks
arbitrary decision, a decision
which is not fair, a decision
which is not honest and we leave
some element of benefit of
doubt for a decision where two
possible views are possible. But
we can always lay down the
tate-owned Oriental Bank of
Commerce (OBC) on
SWednesday
reported 15.94 per
cent increase in its net profit at
Rs 291.41 crore for the second
quarter ended September on
account of rise in fee income as
compared to corresponding period last year. The bank had a net
profit of Rs 251 crore in the same
quarter last fiscal.
Bhupinder Nayyar, executive
director, OBC said, "the net
guidelines as far as the future is
concerned," he said.
Referring to 2G spectrum
and coal block allocation, he
said, the country has paid a very
"heavy price" as contracts were
cancelled and power sector is
even
suffering
today.
Highlighting the importance
of audit, he said it was essential
for accountability and transparency. It helps in good governance.
On Monday, Parliament's
Public Accounts Committee
Chairman and senior Congress
leader K V Thomas too had said
in the conference that the auditor should restrict audits to
financial impropriety and not
come out with "astronomical"
figures of notional losses. Jaitley
also said that an auditor must be
able todistinguish between a
wrong decision and a corrupt
good governance would make economic expansion "more exuberant", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday.
"I have always wondered to myself that in the last two years
with average to moderate governance (economic growth was subfive per cent).
"India has a capacity to grow by 8-9 per cent. If we had followed the best practices and displayed the highest standards of
good governance, probably our (levels) of growth would have
been more exuberant," he said in his valedictory address at the
CAG conference.
Amid investments slowing down and allegation of corruption in allocation of natural resources, India's economic growth
had slumped to below 5 per cent in 2012-13 and 2013-14.
The economy, however showed signs of rival as the GDP
clocked 5.7 per cent growth in the April-June period of the current fiscal, highest in the past 10 quarters.
The BJP led-NDA government, which assumed power in
May, had fought the election on the promise of providing good
governance to the country.
A recent World Bank report projects India's economy to
expand by 5.6 per cent this fiscal as reforms gain momentum
and the growth is expected to accelerate as proposed measures
such as Goods and Services Tax provide a boost to manufacturing
sector.
Highlighting the importance of audit, Jaitley said accountability and transparency are essential as it helps in good governance.
"...(if) uncomfortable questions at times were not asked, governance would tend to become despotic and therefore in any system of governance there has to be various laws of accountability
and this is in itself an unquestionable proposition," he added
one.
"If he finds it (the decision)
is a corrupt view, then the level
of discretion he exercises in
commenting has to be entirely
different," he said.
The Minister said that the
auditor must take "a more liberal approach" when confronted with multiple views.
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units worldwide at 47 per cent
to reach about C1,074 crore in
the third quarter ended
September 30.
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revenue of C729 crore in the
same period a year ago.
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revenue was largely organic
with 38 per cent contribution
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profit has gone up primarily due
to rise in non-interest income
and good recovery." Total
income increased by 6.83 per
cent to Rs 5,328.56 crore from Rs
4,987.71 crore in the same period last year.
As far as asset quality of the
bank is concerned, the gross
non-performing asset (NPA)
as a percentage of total advances
rose to 4.74 per cent from 3.77
per cent in the same quarter a
year ago. Its net NPAs went up
to 3.29 per cent from 2.69 per
cent at the end of September
2013. Fresh slippages to NPA
were, however, contained at Rs
978 crore as compared to Rs
1,041 crore in the same quarter
a year ago.
Asset quality remains a
challenge and the bank is
making all efforts to contain it,
he said.The non-interest
income of the bank rose 25.90
per cent to Rs 392.64 crore as
compared to Rs 311.87 crore in
the second quarter of the previous fiscal.
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by two points during the
third quarter of this year with
euphoria around new
Government at the Centre
settling down, although it
continues to be the most
optimistic nation, global
information and insights
provider Nielsen has said.
As per a global consumer
confidence index study by
Nielsen, India retained the top
spot with a index score of 126,
followed by Indonesia (score
of 125) and the Philippines
(score of 115).
Consumer confidence in
India was indexed at 128 in
Q2 2014. Consumer confidence levels above and below
a baseline of 100 indicate
degrees of optimism and pessimism
"In India, overall, the confidence index continues to
hold near its previous levels
with the euphoria around the
recently elected government
settling down," Nielsen India
Region President Piyush
Mathur said.
"The consumer in India is
in the middle of a festival season, and so spending will like-
ly be higher than previous
quarters due to gifting and
entertaining. Besides traditional offline retailers, e-commerce is gaining traction for
the urban affluent shoppers in
India and online retailers
have been spurring the market with discounts to fuel
this movement," he added.
As per the survey, three in
five (59 per cent) online
respondents polled indicated
that this is a good time to buy
things they want and need,
down by one percentage point
from the last quarter.
Seventy-six per cent indicated that the state of personal finances was good or
excellent in the third quarter
2014, up from 75 per cent in
Q2.
However, the top concerns amongst respondents
continues to be job security
(21 per cent) and the state of
the economy (11 per cent).
The Nielsen Global
Sur vey of Consumer
Confidence and Spending
Intentions, established in
2005, measures consumer
confidence, major concerns,
and spending intentions
among more than 30,000
respondents with Internet
access in 60 countries
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chief of Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami,
was sentenced to death on
Wednesday by a special tribunal for war crimes he committed during the nation’s independence war against Pakistan
in 1971, triggering violent
clashes between his supporters
and police.
“He shall be hanged by
neck until he is dead,” pronounced Enayetur Rahim, the
chairman of the three-member
panel of judges of Bangladesh’s
International Crimes Tribunal.
The verdict delivered in a
packed court room amid tight
security said 71-year-old
Nizami deserved no punishment other than the death
penalty for the gravity of crimes
he had committed by siding
with the Pakistani troops.
The court said in the unanimous verdict that eight of the
16 charges levelled against the
Jamaat leader were proved
beyond doubt.
The charges included leading the execution of intellectuals, mass killing, rape and loot
during the nine months of
bloodshed 43 years ago.
Witnesses said Nizami was
present in the dock and looked
indifferent as the judges read
out the 204-page judgment in
turns which took more than an
hour to be delivered.
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the death penalty,” the verdict
said. The tribunal said Nizami
misinterpreted Islam in carrying out the atrocities and as the
then president of Islami
Chhatra Sangha — the student
wing of Jamaat — he turned the
organisation into infamous AlBadr militia forces to carry out
mass killing, particularly of
the leading intelligentsia.
The panel convicted him of
“superior responsibility” as the
chief of Al-Badr militia for
direct involvement in the
killings and tortures in other
charges.
Under the law for the war
crimes trial, Nizami could challenge the verdict before the
Supreme Court.Nizami’s
lawyers said they planned to file
an appeal before the apex court.
Nizami, a former minister
in the BNP-led four party
alliance Government during its
2001-2006, was the last highprofile accused to be brought to
justice for war crimes as the two
special tribunals set up by the
Awami League have so far pronounced verdicts in 10 cases.
Immediately after the judgment, Jamaat protested the verdict and issued a statement calling a three-day nationwide
general strike to be observed
tomorrow, Sunday and
Monday. Jamaat activists and
those belonging to Islami
Chhatra Shibir attacked police
and fought pitched battles with
ruling Awami League supporters in Sylhet after the verdict.
About 1,000 Jamaat
activists hurled bombs at officers who fired rubber bullets
and tear gas in response in the
northwestern town of Shibganj,
reports said.
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slamic State group militants
lined up 30 Sunni men in a
town west of Baghdad and
shot them dead on Wednesday,
an Iraqi official and residents
said. The slayings took place on
a main street in al-Bakir district
in the town of Hit.
Anbar provincial council
chairman, Sabah Karhout, said
the Sunnis killed were tribal
fighters allied with the
Government and members of
the security forces captured
when the Islamic State group
overran the town, located about
140 kilometers (85 miles) west
of the Iraqi capital.
Residents said the 30 men
were paraded through the city
as militants shouted through
the loudspeakers that the captured men are apostates who
fought against them. Hit was
captured by Islamic State militants earlier this month after
heavy clashes with the
Government security forces
and tribal militias.
Iraq is in its worst crisis
since the 2011 withdrawal of
U.S. troops as Sunni militant
groups led by the al-Qaida
breakaway Islamic State group
have seized a third of the country. In one lightning offensive
over the summer, Iraq’s U.S.trained army and security
forces melted away as the
extremists advanced and captured key cities and towns in
country’s north.
In Iraq and along with
areas in eastern Syria, the militants have declared a selfstyled caliphate and imposed
their own harsh interpretation
of Shariah law. They also have
targeted the country’s religious
minorities,
including
Christians and others, killing
hundreds and forcing hundreds of thousands to leave
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rocket, carrying supplies to
the International Space Station,
exploded within seconds of its
launch on Tuesday evening
from NASA’s Wallops Flight
Facility along the eastern
Virginia coast.
The 14-storey Antares
rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft, built by Orbital Sciences
Corporation, a Virginia-based
private company, were a total
wreck as the crash brought
everything down in a massive
ball of fire and smoke. There
were no human casualties or
injuries, though.
The rocket and payload
were worth $200 million, officials said. It was not clear to
what extent the launch facility
has been damaged.
The cause of the explosion
was not immediately known. In
a tweet shortly after the explo-
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spoke of “a vehicle anomaly”,
without elaborating. In a subsequent statement, the company called it “a catastrophic failure”, saying it will conduct “a
thorough investigation” to
determine the cause and corrective steps.
“This shows how difficult
and maddening this business
really is,” NASA’s Associate
Administrator
Bill
Gerstenmaier told a news conference.
The Antares rocket was
carrying 4,483 pounds of
equipment to the International
Space Station including 1,360
pounds of food. The Cyngus
cargo logistics spacecraft that
was also destroyed was to have
orbited above the Earth and
was set to dock with the ISS on
November 2.
“While NASA is disappointed that Orbital Sciences’
third contracted resupply mission to the International Space
Station was not successful
today, we will continue to move
forward toward the next
attempt once we fully understand today’s mishap,”
Gerstenmaier said in a statement.
He, however, said the ISS
crew was in no danger of running out of food or other critical supplies.
In fact, just hours after the
Virginia mishap, an unmanned
Russian spacecraft, successfully launched from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,
was on its way to ISS with nearly 3 tons of food, fuel and supplies. That craft was due to
reach the station later on
Wednesday.
Supportive of Orbital’s
efforts, despite the stark failure,
the NASA official said the
company “has demonstrated
extraordinary capabilities in
its first two missions to the station earlier this year, and we
know they can replicate that
success”.
“Launching rockets is an
incredibly difficult undertaking, and we learn from each
success and each setback.
Today’s launch attempt will
not deter us from our work to
expand our already successful
capability to launch cargo from
American shores to the
International Space Station,”
Gerstenmaier said.
President Michael
Sata, who has died aged 77,
Zambian
rose from cleaning railway platforms in London to his country’s
highest office, where he vowed
to sweep away corruption but
leaned heavily on political foes.
Sata died in the British capital where he had been receiving
treatment for a long-rumoured
but undisclosed illness. For supporters who voted him into
office in 2011 he was a no-nonsense man of action. For critics,
the former policeman, trade
unionist and taxidermist was an
authoritarian populist.
What is undisputed is that
he seemed to revel in scorched
earth politics. Detractors, political foes, the media and even
allies frequently came under
attack from a man who earned
the sobriquet “King Cobra”.
He once publicly upbraided his whole cabinet, threatening to collapse his own
Government if they did not do
a better job. The final period of
Sata’s rule saw a crackdown on
political opponents and critical
journalists who reported on his
long-suspected illness and frequent “working trips” abroad.
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Wednesday dismissed all
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petitions demanding last year’s
general elections to be declared
null and void, in a relief to
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
who is under pressure to quit
after being accused of rigging
the polls.
Pakistan for the first time in
its history achieved peaceful
democratic transition under a
civilian rule though the May
2013 polls which some groups
alleged were heavily rigged in
favour of Prime Minister Sharif.
The apex court’s decision comes
amid protests led by cricketerturned-politician Imran Khan.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf
chief Khan and Canada-based
cleric Tahirul Qadri had been
protesting since August,
demanding Sharif ’s resignation
on the grounds that last year’s
general elections were rigged.
Sharif has refused to step
down and while Qadri has
already called off his protest,
Khan is still continuing his
demonstrations, demanding
the Premier’s resignation and
fresh elections. At least three
petitions were filed in the
Supreme Court by Advocate
Kokab Iqbal, Zahir Sarfaraz
and a former Supreme Court
judge Justice (retd), Mahmood
Akhter Shahid Siddiqui,
demanding the polls to be
declared null and void.
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250 people remain missing,
hours after a massive landslide
which buried over 150 houses in
Haldammulla, located between
Southern and Eastern Sri Lanka.
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bodies had also been recovered,
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on Wednesday that pirate
attacks and armed robbery
have decreased remarkably off
the coast of Somalia in the past
nine months. International
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(IMB) said just 10 incidents
have been reported so far this
year in Somalia, while a total of
178 incidents have been reported globally, down from 352 in
2011, Xinhua reported.
IMB Director Capt.
Pottengal Mukundan attributed the drop to the combined
efforts by foreign navies which
have helped in reducing the
number of attacks off the coast
of Somalia. “It’s encouraging to
see the huge decrease in maritime piracy and armed robbery
over the last few years, thanks
mainly to international navies
deterring pirates off East Africa,
and improved on board security,” said Mukundan.
“However, there has been a
worrying new rise in attacks
against small coastal tankers in
southeast Asia. We advise small
tankers in particular to remain
vigilant in these waters and
report all attacks and suspicious
small craft to the IMB’s Piracy
Reporting Centre.” The drop in
incidents of piracy is a big relief
to shipping companies using
the Indian Ocean who have
been the target of pirates. They
often pay heavy ransoms to
secure the release of their ships
and the crew.
According to the report, in
the first nine months of 2014,
pirates killed three crew, kidnapped five and took 369 seafarers hostage. A total of 17 vessels were hijacked, 124 were
boarded and 10 were fired
upon. There were 27 further
reports of attempted attacks.
The African maritime
industry, along the Indian Ocean,
has been greatly affected by
piracy that has raised the costs
of shipping as insurance companies and private ship security
companies increased their premiums to mitigate the risks.
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the President (EOP) where US
President Barrack Obama’s
most important officials work.
“In the course of assessing
recent threats we identified
activity of concern on the
unclassified EOP network,” a
White House official told Efe
news agency on condition of
anonymity.
The EOP receives cyber
alert threats on a daily basis and
each of them is taken very seriously during the regular secu-
rity evaluations that take place,
he added.
“In this case we took
immediate measures to evaluate and mitigate the activity,”the
official said. The response to
the suspicious activity resulted
in outages and loss of internet
connectivity on the affected
network. No computer or system at the office was damaged.
However, there was no
information immediately available regarding when the activity occurred nor who may
have been responsible.
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Qila served as the perfect setting for the
beginning of the eighth edition of Delhi
International Arts Festival. Unlike last year, this
year the festival promises the audience performances by the artistes from across 14 countries.
On day one of the festival, Vedic scholars of
Varanasi mesmerised everyone present with
Vedic Chants of Veda-Shakha Swadhyaya. Gakko
Dance Troupe from Kazakhstan and dancers from
Turkey brought to the Indian stage a slice for their
own culture. The most interesting performance
of the evening was Malay dancers performing classical Bharatanatyam. We caught up with the performers.
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At an event like DIAF, one would expect traditional Malay dance from the group. But the
dancers were ready to perform a classical
Bharatanatyam. “We at Aswara National Arts
Academy practice multiculturalism and we are
trained in dance forms from all over the country,” said Mohd Yunus Bismail, the leader of the
group. He informed that although most of the students were form different origin, they take a common pleasure in learning the dance form of every
culture. He added, “Every dance is taught by teachers who are professionally trained in that form.
Our Bharatanatyam teacher is Indian, trained in
the Temple of Fine Arts, Kuala Lumpur.” Another
dancer from the group, Kairi Mokhtar, informed
a little more about their performance, “We will
be performing the Varman Swamy Nan Unthan
Adimei, which narrates the story of Shiva and
Parvati and the various ways of praising the Lord.”
Although they were performing
Bharatanatyam, the Malay group said they would
be happy to perform traditional Malay dance
forms in India. “We would be happy to perform
Malay dance. In fact we will be performing traditional Malay folk dance in Jammu in a few days,”
informed Yunus. “There is a very beautiful conversation between a man and a boy — we have
come up with dance around the same,”
he said.
Most Malay dance is accompanied
by live music of the rebana (a giant
drum), the nafiri (a trumpet) and the
seruling (traditional Malay flute). But
there are times when they are travelling
and they have no choice but to perform
on recorded tracks. “Most of our dances
come from different communities. Like
we have Zapin, Inang, Rodat, Sewang,
Chang and ritual dances like Joget,” said
Kairi.
One of the members of the group
was performing the steps of a traditional Kazakhstan folk dance backstage.
Norbai Zura, clad in the classical
Bharatanatyam costume, said, “We at
the academy are trained in this dance
form too, we are familiar with it.”
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The Turkish group of dancers with
live music of the tulum (a bag type wind
instrument made of goat skin) and
kenamche (a stringed instrument, whose
fiddle is made of horse tail), wrapped
up day one of the festival on a very lively and colourful note.
The dance was performed by men
dressed in black, with silver trimmings
and females decked in bright costumes, a black head scarf and multicoloured knitted stockings. They linked
arms and quivered to the vibrations of
the kenamche. What they performed on
stage was an amalgamation of traditional folk dances of the Black Sea region,
from where the dancers hail.
“Geographically the region is big and
each district has its unique dance
form,” said one of the members. Their
dance was a mix of three different folk
forms. They began with the Trabzon
and moved to Artvin which, she
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essons in sincerity
should be learnt from
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Farhan Akhtar. It seems the
actor is damn serious (read
sincere) about everything
he gets involved with.
B e it his brand
endorsements, social
campaigns or professional commitments. The actor
who was here
recently to launch
the The Dulux
Visualiser app took
to Twitter page to
promote the app after
the official announcement. “They just made
cho osing
simpler..
L aunched the Dulux
Visualizer, a cool, fun &
easy to use app.. Check it
out (sic),” he wrote.
Though the actor
seems to be on an endorsement spree, he says that he
has been particular about
the brands that he endorses.
“I don’t think I have been
doing a lot of them. At present,
I just have seven. I am only
working with people I love
working with,” said the actor
who has been visiting Delhi
frequently for the shoot of his
forthcoming film Wazir. “Shooting
for Wazir is quite nostalgic. I shot
for Lakshya in Delhi, too. It has been
going good so far. The story, script
and character I am playing are
the three defining factors
that made me choose this
film. Later I got to know
that Amitabh Bachchan
will be a part of it. Bejoy
Nambiar is directing it, I
really liked his work in
Shaitan, so I was looking
forward to work with him,”
he said.
The actor, director and
producer is also shooting for
Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne
Do. It has been pretty long
since he directed a film, but
he says that he will decide
on his next directorial venture soon. “I kept away
f rom direction so far
because of my acting commitments. After completing
Wazir, I only have one
commitment to complete
as an actor. I have been
waiting to complete everything so that I can decide
about my next project as
a director. It has been
long since I directed a
film and I am missing
it now,” he shared.
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explained, “reflects people’s relation
with the wild. The dance is very dynamic yet smooth at times, accompanied by
drums and accordions.” The typical
Black Sea region dance is performed by
men and women together and separately.
They ended their performance with
horon. “The movements in horon dances
are fast, trembling the entire body, very
much like the movement of hamsi (a
kind of fish) as it swims in the sea or
struggles in the net for life,” she said. An
ever increasing tempo was kept up by the
kemenceci or fiddler. These movements
included: kneeling, sudden squats,
sharp turns left and right, stamps,
kicks from the knee, high thrusts
from the thigh, walking while squatting, hopping forward on the left leg
while “pawing” on the right like a
horse, sudden outward arm thrusts
and others.
The dancers also formed a line
with the leader in the center. “When
men and women perform together,
the dance is often referred to as rahat
or comfortable horon. Usually the
dancers clasp fingers and extend
their arms just below or above shoulder
height, standing comfortably apart from
one another. At other times, their bodies are closer together, with arms at their
sides or bent at the elbows,” she shared.
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The members of the dance troupe
danced to the melodies of the flute and
the dombra (a stringed instrument).
They looked elegant in long flowing
dresses and their traditional headgear,
saukele. The dance mostly was about
elaborate hand movements and they
used a traditional rug as a prop.
emember the colourful
characters of Pyaas Lagi
Hai Mercury Piyo or the honest Alibaba of Khulja Sim Sim
or the ingeniously naughty
worms of Kitabon Mein
Hulchul? All these interesting
stories will be revived on
stage at the 12th edition of
National School of Drama’s
Jashnebachpan. Not only this,
there will be several other
plays to highlight the burning
issues of the day. The festival
features over 30 plays in eight
languages such as Assamese,
Bengali, English, Kannada,
Marathi,
Malayalam,
Manipuri, Hindi and one nonverbal. “It’s important to educate children about the evolving issues of society through
plays. Apart from the stories
that personify kids’ innocence, there will be plays to
address the new-age issues of
our society,” says Abdul Latif
Kendre, director of NSD’s
Theatre in Education (TIE)
wing.
TIE is celebrating its 25th
anniversary and is making
special arrangements. They
are inviting underprivileged
kids both as performers and
viewers. “We are keeping
shows in open lawns to
encourage more kids to participate. We don’t keep
rewards for the candidates to
avoid competitive clashes,” he
says. The organisers also plan
to invite international theatre
groups. “We are hoping to
have global entries from next
C
an there be any similarity between kitchen and theatre? Ask Kolkata-based Sanchayita Bhattacharjee.
She has been a stellar performer in both arenas. A chef
by profession, Bhattacharjee has been acting on stage for
over 25 years. “Cooking is very much like acting. Just like
the dish is different each time you prepare it, so is your
act on stage. Both involve spontaneity. If I cooked a good
meal yesterday, it would certainly not help me today.
Kitchen is like a live theatre,” she said as we met her during the rehearsals of her recent show, A Woman Alone,
at NSD. She was here to take part in DIAF.
While Bhattacharjee took to serious cooking over a
decade back, her admiration for acting dates back to college days. “I was very passionate about acting. So I used
to take part in college theatre activities. Cooking came
naturally but the fondness grew gradually. So I went to
London’s Le Cordon Bleu to pursue culinary skills. After
working there for two years, I came back and opened my
food joint called The Restaurant on the First Floor,” she
said. While she continued to impress lovers of French
cuisine, she also pursued theatre. “My cooking has helped
me to be alive for each performance.
Cooking is dynamic as you have to make
a lot of adjustments. Your tomatoes may
be smaller, brinjals could be longer or
fish may not be that good. So I have to
adjust the menu as it is coming each day.
Similarly, I have to adapt myself according to the audience. The same play
has a different tempo at different
places,” she said.
A gold medallist in
International Relations, she
has been a staunch believer
of women rights. That
perhaps is the reason
why she is so excited
about this play.
Originally written by
Italian playwrights
Dario Fo and Franca
Rame in 1968, A
Woman Alone is
about a housewife
locked indoors by
her husband who
must deal with a crying baby while fighting
off the advances of his crippled wheelchair-bound pornographic film-obsessed brother, a man with
a telescope, an obscene telephone caller
and a former teacher who has fallen in love with her. “The
protagonist has a conversation with her neighbour where
she unravels her life. Ultimately, it becomes too much
for her and she makes a choice. There’s a lot of black
humour involved. Although there’s pain and anger in her
life, she manages to smile and keep moving,” she told
us.
The 55-minute show highlighted the multiple
roles a woman has to play and how courageously she
braves all the challenges that come along.
“Her life is being pulled in every direction. She
is a mother, woman, sister-in-law, consumer and
neighbour. She is trying to do her best in every role
and puts up a happy face to show to the world, until
everything is disclosed,” she said.
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year,” Kendre says. TIE has
staged over 1,200 shows, 350
workshops catering to more
than 11 lakh children so far,
apart from college students,
teachers, parents and theatre
lovers across the world.
Apart from the shows,
the organisers this time will
also hold seminars inviting 30
eminent speakers. They will
be discussing variety of issues
relating to children theatre.
NSD is also introducing children theatre programme in
their curriculum. There has
been shortage of quality directors, lecturers and performers
in theatre.
“Everything has been
done. We hope to include the
new programme from the
next session. This will also
help us in improving the quality of theatre performers. We
have been asking the government to promote theatre studies in schools and colleges.
Theatre nurtures overall personality of kids. It enables
them to become a better
human being, more creative
and hard working,” says
Waman Kendre, NSD director.
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Aanchal, a rehabilitation centre for difJferently
abled children at Sector-3, Rohini.
B
Surender Mohan, CMD, NLC, laid
the foundation stone and unveiled
a plaque for construction of four
additional classrooms for NMJ
Matriculation School at Block-12,
Neyveli.
They have been constructed at an
estimated cost of C30 lakh under CSR
Scheme. Sarat Kumar Acharya, director
(HR) and N Muthu CGM (HR) were also
present.
In his address, B Surender Mohan
said that education is the prime objective
in NLC’s CSR activities and NLC always
extended its full support for the same. He
directed CSR authorities to take necessary steps to construct these additional
classrooms before April 2015 to facilitate
the next academic year. CMD, NLC
stressed that CSR activities should be
time bound and only then it could fulfill its purpose.
The 57-year-old organisation is regularly carrying out various community
development works even before the government started to insist upon CSR
activities such as water supply for irrigation, laying roads, constructing cul-
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verts, school buildings, meeting halls,
community halls, buildings for library,
Anganwadi and primary health centres.
It also supplies drinking water to the
nearby villages by sinking bore wells and
constructing overhead tanks.
Appreciating NLC’s service to society, the central government, state government and leading NGOs have honoured NLC with prestigious CSR awards.
NLC proposes to spend significant share
in promoting education as its CSR prime
object, that is C10.02 crore which includes
general education for youth, special education and providing opportunities for
special children, technical education
(ITI, mining, diploma), infrastructure
and scholarships for wards of SC, ST,
OBC employees).
NLC has also taken up construction
of 40 toilet blocks in various schools in
the peripheral villages of NLC projects,
at an estimated cost of C1.43 crore under
Clean India movement.
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T
he three-day Madhya
Pradesh Travel Mart showcased the tourist attractions of
the state. ‘Destination Madhya
Pradesh’ got together all stakeholders of the tourism industry
in the state like hoteliers, travel
agents and tour operators,
adventure tour operators et al.
With the advent of the
strong middle class, Madhya
Pradesh is perceived as an excellent value for money destination. With so many new hotels
and resorts coming up in the
state, it would be ideal for tour
operators from India and abroad
to come and see the properties
and sell them in their local markets.
The event proposed to be
held once every year will showcase various destinations thus
providing an opportunity for
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discerning people to see for
themselves what the tourism in
MP has to offer in terms of
sight-seeing and travel packages.
Below are the highlights of
the show:
„It was the biggest travel event
of Central India.
„The inaugural edition had
over 115 buyers and media
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and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
signed a Memorandum of
Oil(ONGC)
Understanding (MOU) with Petrovietnam
Exploration Production Corporation Ltd
(PVEP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vietnam
Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam), for mutual
cooperation for exploration in the NELP Blocks
of ONGC in Andaman and Cauvery Basins, subject to due diligence and negotiations on terms
of participation. The MOU was signed by Dinesh
reps from over ten countries.
„There were over 2,000 B2B
appointments.
„There were operators from
USA, UK, Australia, Russia,
Ukraine, Germany, Hungary,
Mexico, Poland, Singapore, Sri
Lanka and India. It was the
biggest congregation of traveltrade from Madhya Pradesh.
K Sarraf, chairman and managing director on
behalf of ONGC and Do Van Khanh, president
and CEO on behalf of PVEP.
ONGC Videsh Limited also signed a Heads
of Agreement (HOA) with PVEP for mutual
cooperation for exploration in blocks 102/10 and
106/10 of PVEP and block 128 of ONGC Videsh
in offshore Vietnam, subject to due diligence and
negotiations on terms of participation.
Both the MOU and the HOA were
exchanged in the presence of visiting PM of
Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung and PM of India
Narendra Modi.
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Kurien expressed the hope that this initiative by Malankara Orthodox Christians
would help in improving day-to-day life
of these children of Almighty in a better
and humane way. Every civilised society
should think about the least, the lost and
the last. Kurien urged civil society to
embark upon to commit themselves and
to be kind enough towards the persons,
particularly those who are marginalised.
Aanchal represents yet another effort
in the series of promises of Malankara
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NGC has been ranked as the top
energy company in India in the covO
eted Platts Top 250 Global Energy
Company Rankings 2014. It has
improved on its global ranking up by a
notch to feature at position 21 among
global energy majors. In Asia/Pacific
(APAC) rim, where several major E&P
companies have operations, it is featured
entre has launched Vanbandhu
Kalyan Yojana (VKY) for welfare
of tribals. Launching the scheme on the
occasion of the meeting of the Tribal
Welfare Ministers of States/UTs, the
Union Tribal Welfare Minister Jual
Oram said that the scheme been
launched on pilot basis in one block
each of the states of AP, MP, HP,
Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand,
Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra
and Gujarat. Under the scheme centre will provide C10 crore for each
block. These blocks have been selected on the recommendations of the
concerned states and have very low literacy rate. Oram said this scheme
mainly focuses on bridging infrastructural gaps and gap in human
development indices between schedule tribes and other social groups. He
said VKY also envisages to focus on
convergence of different schemes of
development
of
Central
Ministries/Departments and State
Governments with outcome oriented
approach. Initially the blocks having at
least 33 per cent of tribal population
in comparison to total population of
the block will be targeted.
Oram informed the meeting that
his ministry has taken up initiatives for
strengthening of existing institutions
meant for delivery of goods and services to tribal people ie Integrated
Tribal
Development
Agencies/Integrated Development
Project and creation of new ones
wherever necessary. He said that specific funds allocated to the states for this
purpose should be utilised judiciously with a view to build the institutional
mechanism more robust by way of
strengthening these institutions.
Orthodox Church in its commitment and
firm step towards philanthropic activity
towards the marginalised and downtrodden of the society.
Dr Abraham Mar Seraphim,
Metropolitan of the Diocese of Bangalore
Malankara Orthodox Church addressed
the meeting and congratulated Aanchal for
their initiative and resolution to rehabilitate the specially abled. Jiji Thomson, IAS,
DG, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Authority of India urged upon the need
for each individual to be an abode of charity and helpful to the needy in every
respect of the literal word.
at the fifth position, rising from last year’s
seventh rank. Platts, McGraw Hill
Financial, mentions that Top 250 recognises outstanding financial performance
for the previous year. The listing is
acknowledged as one of the most important recognitions of performance in the
energy sector.
With many major initiatives in the
pipeline, the largest profit making
Maharatna Company, ONGC is poised
to gain bigger milestones in the future.
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Referring to the situation where
Minor Forest Produce (MFP) is more
often than not determined by the
traders instead of self-sustained process
of demand and supply. The minister
said his ministry has taken note of the
situation and has implemented a
scheme to ensure that such forest
dwellers are not deprived of their due.
Under the scheme maximum selling
price for MFP is being implemented
in schedule V States initially. He said
a web-based portal has also been developed which indicate current price of
MFPs on real time basis across different mandis of the States. 12 MFP products have been included in the programme namely tendu leave, bamboo,
mahuwa seeds, sal leaf, sal seed, lac, chironjee, wild honey, myrobalan,
tamarind, gums and karanji. The
minister also referred to the Forests
Rights Act as a landmark legislation to
recognise the pre-existing rights of tribals and other traditional forest dwellers
and informed that out of 37.69 lakh
claims filed by the intended beneficiaries about 14.57 lakh individual
rights title and more than 22,200
community forest rights titles have
been distributed as on June 2014.
Oram informed that approval for
recognising the Vishva Bharati, Shanti
Niketan as the other centre of excellence in the filed of tribal language and
literature has been given.
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Utsav culminated with applaud and
cheers from large number of audience
who had come Dilli Haat with their families.
A delightful cultural evening was at
the offering with numerous musicians
showcasing their talent. Performers
from Hindi Academy, Urdu Academy
and Sahitya Kala Parishad performed at
Dilli Haat INA, Dilli Haat Janak Puri and
Dilli Haat Pitampura respectively.
Folk songs from different states,
exemplifying India’s diversity, were also
presented.
inister for Railways
Sadanand DV Gowda has
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instructed Northern Railway
authorities to ensure proper
arrangements during festival
season including Chhat.
Northern Railway made the
following arrangements for
clearing of anticipated passenger rush during the Puja period
and specifically during Chhat.
„ To cater to the rush of passengers during Puja, Diwali and
Chhat, Northern Railway
planned 2485 train trips as
compared to 1938 train trips
during the same period of last
year.
„ Regular trains were augmented resulting in 6,070 additional coach trips as compared
to 5,263 in 2013.
malcy in Vizag, the port city of
Andhra Pradesh, which witnessed
the deadliest cyclone ‘Hud Hud’ by
restoring power in a record time of 72
hours. The cyclone with a speed of
195 km/hour brought along heavy
rains and resulted in major power crisis in Vizag. The IT city remained
powerless for nine days thus affecting
the normal life. The storm not only
damaged power network but also
claimed several lives across the cyclone
torn city.
TPDDL’s Disaster Management
Cell took stock of the situation to
understand the extent of damage and
to restore power in consultation with
the AP State Power Department. A
team of 100 electricians and technicians also left for Vizag to help the
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coaches, for the anticipated
extra rush during the period, the
railway had arranged for nine
extra rakes to be utilised by
Delhi Division to clear extra
rush during the festive season.
„ The numbers of train trips
and coach trips during the festive time was significantly higher as compared to last year.
„ Northern Railway HQ made
adequate arrangements for passengers at various stations.
Senior officers from NR HQ and
Delhi division were deputed at
Anand Vihar, New Delhi, Hazrat
Nizamuddin, Delhi Main and
Delhi Sarai Rohila Railway
Stations
„ One Additional Divisional
Railway Manager was deputed
at New Delhi station and the
other additional divisional railway manager was at Anand
Vihar Station. DRM, Delhi
was incharge and undertook
inspections on daily basis during the period.
„ RPF/GRP, Scout and
Guide/Civil Defence/commercial staff were also deputed at
New Delhi and Anand Vihar
Stations. A total of 460 RPF,
state government in relief and rehabilitation work.
TPDDL’s Disaster Management
Cell is formed on the lines of Tata
Group’s Tata Relief Committee which
swings into action to help people in
any part of the country which is hit by
any disaster.
151 GRP, 85 Scout and Guide
and 441 commercial staff were
deputed by Delhi Division. In
addition, 42 newly recruited
RPF Sub inspectors were also
deputed.
„Dog squads, baggage scanners and CCTV arrangements
were also made at these stations.
„Additional booking and
reservation counters were
operated as per requirement.
„Adequate publicity of special
trains and augmentation of
coaches was done on regular
basis through paid notices,
press releases, bytes to electronic media, radio channels
and SMSs, display at stations
and announcements through
public address systems.
for train enquiry. Earlier mobile app for
Windows 8 platform was officially launched by
Minister of Railways in August 2014.The new
mobile app for Android devices also has
many features. It has now become easier for the
general public to track information on expected arrival and departure timings of a particular train and other information for the benefit of rail passengers.
The National Train Enquiry System (NTES)
is the comprehensive system which provides
information to public about train running on
near real time basis through various interfaces
like nationwide unique rail enquiry number
139, website (www.trainenquiry.com), mobile
interfaces, touch screens, face to face enquiry
and display boards at stations.
One of the best features of the app is ‘spot
your train’ which provides information such as
its current position, expected time of arrival
and departure at a particular station.
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Africa, visited the HQ
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National Cadet Corps
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NCC.
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visiting General evinced keen
interest in the aims, charter,
organisation and the functioning of the NCC. He also
appreciated the vast spread of
the organisation and expressed
the hope that the same could be
replicated in South Africa to
groom the youth into responsible and motivated citizens.
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Angelo Mathews says they
are not reluctant tourists
but they needed to prepare better
to take on a tough side like India in
their own backyard.
BCCI convinced Sri Lanka
Cricket to send their team for the
series after West Indies players
pulled out of their tour mid-way.
"It's not that we are reluctant to
play a series. It is however not the
ideal preparation for a tour like
India. We know that India is a tough
place to play cricket and you need
your preparation on a high to play
the series against India in India,
especially. In the past one-and-half
months we were focusing on our fitness a lot and suddenly this tour
came up, so we had to take it,"
Mathews said ahead of their tour
opener against India A here on
Thursday.
"After the Pakistan series we
had a couple of months off. We
had about 10 days' complete rest
and then started our physical fitness because we had been playing
right through. We were planning
on hitting our peak levels during
the English tour but this was a
sudden shift.
"And as players, you need to
take those in a positive way.
These things happen and as players, you need to adapt to those situations and get the maximum out
of it," he added.
Mathews, the pace-bowling
all-rounder, feels his team cannot be
complacent against India even
when the hosts are without regular
captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
who has been rested for the first
three ODIs. "Dhoni is a pillar of
strength to the Indian team. We all
know what a dangerous player he
is. If he is not in the Indian team
then the opposition might think
hang on, we have got a chance here.
But you can't be complacent against
a team like India," said Mathews.
"They have a very well balanced
team. They have good batters,
good bowlers and good fielders, so
we can't be complacent thinking
that Dhoni is not around. But definitely Dhoni is a big factor in the
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strive to bounce back in the second and final Test against
Pakistan starting in Abu Dhabi
on Thursday.
The world number two
team were all at sea against an
inexperienced but effective
Pakistan spin attack and suffered
a crushing 221-run defeat in the
first Test in Dubai. It was their
fifth consecutive flop against
spinners in Asia after being
routed 4-0 in India last year.
Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar
Babar, playing only his third
Test, finished with seven wickets in the match as did debutant
leggie Yasir Shah.
Pakistan's batsmen also had
a field day. Veteran Younis Khan
scored a century in each innings
while Sarfraz Ahmed and
Ahmed Shehzad chipped in
with hundreds.
Pakistan will maintain that
spin pressure as they look to win
their first Test series against
Australia since beating them at
home in 1994.
Australian captain Michael
Clarke promised a fight back.
"Any time we lose a game it
breeds fire in your belly. We
don't like losing, Australians in
general don't like losing," he said
after Sunday's defeat. "We know
we can play a lot better and look
forward to showing that in the
second Test match."
Australia's top order of
David Warner, who hit a hundred in the first Test, and Chris
Rogers were steady. But the
middle order, especially Clarke
and Alex Doolan, failed in both
innings.
Clarke was confident runs
would come in the second Test.
"My expectations are always
very high for myself personally
to make sure I'm scoring runs
and for this Australian team to
have success," said the
Australian skipper.
Australia have the option of
bringing in Glenn Maxwell,
who can also bowl off-spin, for
either Mitchell Marsh or
Doolan.
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul
Haq warned his team not to be
complacent against a tough
Australian team. "We’ll do (our)
best efforts to play good cricket because we’ve no small team
in front of us, it’s Australia
which is one of the best teams
in the world," said Misbah.
If Pakistan win 2-0 they will
jump to number three in the
Test rankings, and Misbah called
this a strong incentive.
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The ODI series was hurriedly
arranged after the West Indies
decided to abandon their India tour
midway over a pay dispute involving their board and the players'
association.
The 27-year-old though
emphasised that this tour would
help some of the younger players
and also act as a guide in getting the
right combination before the World
Cup in February-March next year.
"We started our preparation
from the Pakistan tour. We are trying to get the combinations, the best
15 for the World Cup, so we will
give opportunities to the guys and
get the combinations right. At the
same time we will try to win as
well," he said.
Sri Lanka haven’t done well in
previous bilateral series in India and
the all-rounder hoped that they
would be able to reverse their fortunes in this tour. "Preparations
aside, we’ll try to play our best cricket and win against India. Our past
experience have not been so good
in India so we will try and somehow get it right this time," he said.
He further said left-arm spinner Rangana Herath has been rested while pacer Lasith Malinga is
injured but said it will provide
opportunities for other youngsters.
"Rangana Herath is one our
most experienced guys but we
wanted to give an opportunity to
the younger guys. We’ve players like
Seekkuge Prasanna, Chaturanga
De Silva and Suraj Randiv. Lasith
Malinga, unfortunately, is not fit so
he was not in contention for selection, but those two are the backbone
of our bowling line up.
"We don't have many experienced guys on this tour and we all
know that this is a very hard place
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to play cricket and we all will learn
from this tour," he said.
Coach Marvan Atapattu said
the team needed to work on all
areas to improve as a team. "It is easier for me to say all areas but specifically if we can get up to a bit more
in our fielding, I think that will be
good. Bowling is another area that
demands a lot of skill these days
with so much of restrictions.
"If the others in our batting line
up, excluding the two seniors
(Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela
Jayawardene) and the captain, can
take the burden a bit then I think
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Central Zone batsmen led by
Robin Bist were guilty of poor shot
selection as they finished at 237 for
seven against South Zone on day
one of their Duleep Trophy final
here on Wednesday.
Bist wasted a chance of scoring a ton as he got out for 79 off
153 balls in an innings that lasted
three and half hours and had 12
sweetly timed boundaries with a
six. For South, Baba Aparajith
with 2/26 had best figures while R
Vinay Kumar, HS Sharath,
Shreyash Gopal, Pragyan Ojha
and Hanuma Vihari all got a wicket apiece.
Central got partnerships of 68,
65, 52 but most of their batsmen
got out after getting set. They got
a couple of bad decisions with both
Anil Chaudhary and K Srinath getting it wrong on one occasion each.
Despite a liberal coating of
green, the Kotla wicket displayed
its typical slow nature with the
batsman having little difficulty in
negotiating the pace trio of R
Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun
and HS Sharath.
Such was the slow nature of the
pitch that Vinay deployed seven
bowlers including four spinners in
the first session itself.
While last match's centurion
Jalaj Saxena (2) was given dubiously caught behind off Vinay's bowling, Bist in company of Vidarbha
opener Faiz Fazal (49) negotiated
the South bowlers with ease.
With no real demons in the
pitch, batting became easy as the
effort balls like bouncers from
medium pacers were imperiously
pulled.
Bist, in particular, was at his
delightful best against the spinners
as he used his feet well.
The diminutive right-hander
lofted Pragyan Ojha for a lovely six
over extra cover. While he found
the gaps with ease against spinners,
he rocked back to pull a Sharath
short ball in-front of square. The
shot off the day was a late cut by
Bist off leg-spinner Shreyash
Gopal.
Fazal-Bist duo added 65 runs
for the second wicket before Baba
Aparajith struck twin blows in the
post-lunch session.
Southpaw Fazal, after doing all
the hardwork, threw it away trying
to cut Aparajith and offering a simple catch to Hanuma Vihari at
point.
All eyes were on Naman (4)
and he started off with a boundary
before a moment of indiscretion
cost him dearly. Aparajith bowled
a flattish delivery and Ojha just
smacked it straight to Vinay at
mid-off.
With Central in a spot at 94 for
three, Ashok Menaria (37) joined
Bist and two Rajasthan boys carried repair work adding 68 runs for
the fourth wicket.
None of the South Zone
bowlers could create an impact.
Bist reached his 50 in due course
and looked like going for a long
haul infront of national selectors
Vikram Rathour and Saba Karim.
At 162, South profited from
Dinesh Karthik's smart stumping
off Hanuma Vihari's bowling.
Disaster struck when Mahesh
Rawat (0) was adjudged caught
behind off Gopal's bowling at the
stroke of tea, when it looked that
he had not edged it.
Bist, who was destined to get
hundred, blew it away when Ojha
bowled a delivery that dipped and
also stopped with the batsman
committing on backfoot. He couldn't check his shot and the ball
looped to Abhimanyu Mithun at
mid-wicket, leaving Central tottering at 185 for six.
Arindam Ghosh (32 batting)
and Piyush Chawla (30) however
stemmed the rot with their 52 run
useful stand before Central skipper
got out of the last delivery of the
day.
Brief Scores
Central Zone: 237/7 (Robin Bist
79, Faiz Fazal 49, Arindam Ghosh
32 batting, Baba Aparajith 2/26) vs
South Zone.
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achin Tendulkar added another feather to his cap
on Wednesday when the Indian batting legend was
inducted as one of the latest honourees in the Bradman
Foundation.
At a gala dinner held at the historic Sydney Cricket
Ground, former Australian captain Steve Waugh was
the other cricketer to enter the Bradman Hall of Fame
alongside Tendulkar.
Tendulkar's appearance at the annual Bradman
Foundation dinner is fitting as the late Aussie great
once famously said that the Indian's technique
reminded him of his own.
Tendulkar, who had the honour of meeting
Bradman on his 90th birthday at his Adelaide home,
was later listed in an all-time XI prepared by the batting genius himself.
Recalling the meeting that took place in 1998 at
Bradman's Adelaide's home, Tendulkar said both he
and the other invitee, Shane Warne, were so daunt-
ed they couldn't decide who should speak first to the
legendary Aussie batsman.
"I remember Warnie was with me in the car and
we were discussing who was going to ask the first question," Tendulkar told reporters here on Wednesday.
"I said, 'You are from Australia, so you should
start'. And he was like, 'No, you're a batsman, so you
can relate to him much better than what I can'," he
added.
Tendulkar, 41, enjoyed a good run at the SCG during his illustrious 24-year-long career, scoring three
centuries in five Tests.
"The SCG is my favourite ground. I have always
maintained that. It brings back all the memories,"
Tendulkar said as he spoke publicly in Australia for
the first time in six years.
"I was just outside in the car and I said it feels great
to be back. It's been a very social venue to me. Right
back from 1991, this was the first time I played here."
His unbeaten 241 not out in the 2003-04 series
against the Aussies is widely regarded as one of the
finest innings seen at the venue.
"It's just the feel of the ground. Whenever I walked
in I felt I could go on and on batting. I just enjoyed
the atmosphere and the pavilion especially. It's a fabulous pavilion with a lot of history. It is the heritage
and the impact all the players have left on this ground.
"Performing against Australia always gave me a
lot of satisfaction because I knew if you perform
against the leading side then everyone takes notice
of your performance. It is a different kind of satisfaction."
Tendulkar said there was a strong mutual admiration between him and Bradman when they met 16
summers ago.
"One thing was just to be able to meet the great
man but also to know the funnier side of him.
"I asked him a question: 'what would you have
averaged in today's cricket?' He thought about it and
said 'Maybe 70'. The natural reaction was 'why only
70 and not 99?' He said, 'C'mon, that's not bad for a
90-year-old man'."
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considered for both roles, Atapattu's
understudy and the job of fielding
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upcoming International Premier
Tennis League, British number one
Andy Murray says the event will take the
sport to new regions.
Murray will lead Manila Mavericks in
Mahesh Bhupathi's league, starting
November 28 in Philippines.
"Attracting new fans to the sport is
important and I'm looking forward to
helping take tennis somewhere new. The
IPTL format is something that has never
been done before and there are many different aspects that make it interesting,"
Murray said in an IPTL release.
Murray, who won back-to-back titles
in Vienna and Valencia, gave thumbs up
to the format of the league.
"The shot clock is a great idea and will
speed play up and make tennis even more
exciting for the fans with the shorter breaks
between points.
"The fact that every game counts
toward the team score is also a great idea,
you're not just playing for yourself, you
have to think about your team mates as
well and put them in as strong a position
as possible at the end of your own set in
the match," he said.
Murray's teammates would be Russian
heartthrob Maria Sharapova, Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga, Kirsten Flipkens, Daniel Nestor,
Carlos Moya and top Philippines player
Treat Huey.
"Playing in Manila will be fun. The
fans there don't get to see a lot of live tennis, so that will be good. With the season
being so busy, it can be difficult to take a
holiday so you don't often get to travel anywhere different to the countries on the
tour," the 27-year-old Scot said.
"It was great to win Shenzhen Open
in its first ever year and I hope the
Mavericks can do the same with the IPTL,"
he said.
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On a high after winning the WTA
Finals doubles crown and a clutch of prestigious titles this year, Indian tennis ace
Sania Mirza says she is now bracing up for
the International Premier Tennis League
where she is in the same team as Swiss veteran Roger Federer.
"I think it is going to be great for this
region to have such great tennis players
come out and play. I think I am personally excited to be in the same team as Roger
Federer. I am looking forward to that. I
think it is a great format and hopefully it
is going to click," she told PTI here in an
interview.
The IPTL features four franchise
teams, including India, and is scheduled
to start towards the end of next month.
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between star-studded teams comprising
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a sixth straight week at the Paris Masters
in a bid to finish the season in the top four
and gain a better draw at the 2015 majors.
The two-time Grand Slam champion,
beat Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Paris event on
Wednesday, is also seeking to qualify for
next month's ATP World Tour Finals at
London's O2 Arena.
"I always wanted to qualify for it, but
I also was really wanting to get back into
the top eight players in the world, and it
makes a huge difference for seedings in the
major events," Murray said.
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to No. 4 between now and the end of the
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the beginning of next year, as well. Really,
the only way to do that is also to get to the
O2, as well." Since 2008, Murray has qualified every year for the ATP Finals, which
gather the top eight players. Last year, he
withdrew from the event to recover from
back surgery.
Murray, Kei Nishikori, Tomas
Berdych, David Ferrer, Milos Raonic and
Grigor Dimitrov are in contention for the
four remaining places after Rafael Nadal
pulled out because of appendix surgery.
Murray has played 20 matches in the
past five weeks, winning three titles and
climbing to fifth in the ATP Race. The last
time Murray played that much was in the
summer of 2005, when he was 18.
"It's been a long few weeks, but it's
been very beneficial for me," Murray said.
"We gained a lot of confidence in my body
again from playing these many matches,
and then also from winning a lot of tough,
long, close matches, especially in the finals,
match points down." Murray saved five
match points against Tommy Robredo in
a grueling three-setter last weekend in the
Valencia Open final.
"I have always felt when physically I
feel strong, that it improves how I feel
mentally," Murray said. "I think the two are
quite closely linked, for me, anyway. And
that's been a big help the last few months."
Following his back surgery, Murray
slipped from fourth in January to 12th in
the rankings last month. Although Murray
started to feel good about his back by the
Italian Open in May, he had to wait until
September to win his first title of the season at the Shenzhen Open in China.
"I have played a lot of long matches
and recovered extremely well from them,
which wasn't the case for the last couple
of years," Murray said. "And hopefully
that's going to be a good sign for next
year, as well. You know, I'll be able to get
a good offseason in and get myself prepared for 2015."
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for India at the Incheon Asiad.
But it minced no words in making it clear that athletes, who decide not to take part in multi-disciplinary
events where India participates for medals, will not be
considered for funding from the National Sports
Development Fund (NSDF).
"It was noticed, while finalising the Indian contingent for the Incheon Asian Games 2014, that senior and
rank holding sportspersons of some sports disciplines
decided to pull out, preferring to play in prize money
tournaments instead of participating in the Asian Games
giving the impression that such sportspersons do not
take these sports competitions seriously.
"Multi-sports events are held once in four years and
the nation takes pride in the number of medals won
in these prestigious sports events," the release added.
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aking exception to top Indian tennis players who
were reluctant to compete in the recent Asian
Games, the Sports Ministry on Wednesday said individual players will be able to avail grants from it only
if they undertake to be available for India whenever
called upon.
The Ministry's diktat comes after top tennis players such as men's number one Somdev Devvarman, veteran Leander Paes, and Rohan Bopanna refused to participate in the Incheon Asiad, citing loss of rankings
points on the ATP circuit.
India were forced to send a second-string team to
the mega-event because of this.
The Ministry had earlier issued instructions in
this regard on July 18, 2013 to all recognised
National Sports Federations (NSF)
"It is again reiterated and made clear to all recognised NSFs that individual players will be able to avail
grants given to them by the Ministry only if they
undertake to play in the Indian team when called
upon to do so without reservations," a Sports
Ministry release stated.
The Sports Ministry release, however, did not name
the players who opted out or showed reluctance to play
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oung NorthEast United FC goalkeeper T
P Rehenesh made three spectacular saves
to deny Delhi Dynamos a win as the the two
sides settled for a goal-less stalemate after an
entertaining Hero Indian Super League match
here on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old Rehenesh denied Delhi
captain Alessandro del Piero in what could have
been his first goal of the ISL in the 39th minute
as he he dived full length to his right after the
Italian legend's free kick had beaten the defensive wall.
The Kerala goalkeeper then made
diving saves to deny Delhi striker Hans
Mulder twice — in the 87th and 90th
minutes — much to the agony of the
home supporters.
With the draw, Delhi Dynamos
remained on fourth in the league
standings with six points from four
matches while NorthEast also maintained
their third spot with eight points from five
games.
The Dynamos are unbeaten in the league
with three draws and a win.
NorthEast were without marquee player
Joan Capdevila and Koke due to injuries but
despite their absence, the match was evenly contested with the biggest crowd turning up at the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The visiting team
had their share of supporters among the
20,000-odd crowd with a large number of
Delhi-based youngsters from the eight states of
that region turning up.
Delhi's marquee player Del Piero showed
flashes of his brilliance including a fierce drive
from just outside the box which was, however, parried away by a diving NorthEast goalkeeper Rehenesh in the 14th minute.
The 39-year-old Del Piero also tried his luck
from his trademark free-kick in the 39th minute
but was denied by a beautiful work by the
NorthEast keeper, who dived to his right to
pluck the ball.
Del Piero was later substituted in the
57th minute by Brazilian Gustavo
Dos Santos.
In between, NorthEast striker
James Keene's strike from inside the
box off a pass by Durga Boro was
saved brilliantly by Delhi goalkeeper Kristof Van Hout's long legs.
Young NorthEast keeper Rehenesh
was brilliant under the bar as he also made a
diving save to deny Mulder a goal in the 86th
minute.
Dos Santos, who scored a brilliant solo goal
in Delhi's previous match against Chennaiyin
FC, had a glorious chance to give the home side
the lead, but his powerful left-footer from just
outside the box flew inches over the cross bar.
Dos Santos was also in a run-and-hit situation but under pressure from a defender, he
again shot it over from the top of the box.
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Hours later, the AITA sought to clarify the stand
taken by three top tennis players, who had preferred
ATP Tour over the Incheon Asian Games.
Leading doubles exponent Leander Paes, top singles player Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna
had skipped the Asian Games to play on tour so that
they could protect their rankings.
AITA issued a statement, saying that the players'
stand was "misunderstood" by the government.
"The three players represented India in the Davis
Cup one week before the Asian Games and India lost
a very close tie to the World Champions Serbia - this
shows their commitment to the nation," All India Tennis
Association (AITA) Secretary General Bharat Oza said.
"It has to be understood that it is essential for the
players to have good ranking as otherwise they would
not be able to represent the nation in Grand Slams, Davis
Cup at appropriate ranking and Olympic Games," the
statement added.
AITA argued that the players actually sacrificed a
lot of money, which they could have earned from the
government by winning medals.
"AITA is confident that the three players in question would have definitely won medals for the country and would have earned large cash rewards from the
Central Government & State Government.
In fact by skipping the Asian Games and playing
Challengers/ATP events, the players in question have
lost money in order to protect their rankings," Oza said.
"In any case, the other Indian players performed
exceedingly well and India achieved a medals tally of
five medals out of the maximum seven possible," Oza
said while trying to explain that India did not lose on
medal despite the absence of these players.
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plucky fourth-tier opposition
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League Cup quarterfinals.
Late goals settled four of
the five last-16 matches on
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scored at Anfield as
Liverpool came from behind
to beat Swansea 2-1.
Balotelli, criticized in
recent weeks for a string of
below-par displays, inspired
the comeback by coming off
the bench to score an 86thminute equalizer before
Dejan Lovren headed in the
winner in the fifth minute of
stoppage time.
"Finally!" Balotelli said
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Emnes volleyed the visitors
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