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O n the 150th birth anniver- sary of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday, the BJP and the Opposition parties, including the Congress, jostled to stake claim to his legacy as ruling party chief Amit Shah launched a nation-wide exercise to prop- agate his ideals while Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had a dig at it, saying the Mahatma’s soul would have been pained by what has been happening in India under the present dis- pensation. The Modi Government Government and the BJP went all out to lay claim to his lega- cy with Modi declaring the country open defecation-free and Shah leading a ‘padyatra’ as part of the party’s four-month- long exercise to reach out to the masses and inspire them to fol- low ideas and ideals of the Father of the Nation. The entire top leadership of the BJP took part in a a range of programmes, events and “padyatras” highlighting Bapu’s life and times. Modi said the nation expresses its gratitude to Gandhi for his everlasting con- tribution to humanity. “We pledge to continue working hard to realise his dreams and create a better planet,” Modi wrote on Twitter. Speaking at a “Swachchh Bharat Diwas” programme at Sabrmati Ashram in Gujarat Modi said the world appreci- ated India for providing toilets to over 60 crore people. When Modi launched the ambitious Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign after becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, he had announced October 2, 2019 as the day India will be open defecation free (ODF), citing how Gandhi had laid immense stress on cleanliness and wanted the countrymen to pursue it. “Today rural India and its villages have declared them- selves ‘open defecation-free’,” he said. In a short video on Gandhi, Modi said his message of peace is still relevant to the world community. The PM also referred to the seven perversions Gandhi had cautioned people about. These are: Wealth without work, plea- sure without conscience, knowledge without character, visit without ethics, science without humanity, religion without sacrifice and politics without principles. Modi also wrote 931-word Op-Ed in New York Times titled “Why India and the World Need Gandhi” wherein he wrote, “As a tribute to Gandhi, I propose what I call the Einstein Challenge... How do we ensure the ideals of Gandhi are remembered by future generations? I invite thinkers, entrepreneurs and tech leaders to be at the fore- front of spreading Gandhi’s ideas through innovation.” Earlier in the day , Modi paid homage to Gandhi at Rajghat and later, he visited the Sabarmati Ashram and addressed a gathering in Ahmedabad. Top BJP leaders — such as Shah, party working president JP Nadda and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar — under- took ‘padyatra’, Gandhi’s favoured way to reach out to the masses, as part of “Gandhi Sankalp Yatra” as they gave a call to people to follow the ideals of the Father of the Nation. Shah asked people to fol- low the PM’s call to shun sin- gle-use plastic and said he is the only PM who has made clean- liness a mass movement, after Gandhi. Pointing to the perils of single-use plastic, the BJP president said it takes nearly 400 years for it to degrade. Continued on Page 4 T op brass of the two main- stream regional parties, National Conference and PDP continue to remain under detention in Kashmir Valley even as the Jammu & Kashmir Government late on Tuesday night ended political detentions of handful of Jammu-based leaders after 58 days with an aim to kick-start political activ- ities ahead of Block Development Council polls beginning October 24. The timing of the release of these leaders, representing dif- ferent political parties, clearly indicated that the Government was keen on shoring up its own image by sending a clear mes- sage to the outside world that the democracy is flourishing at the grassroots level and “all is well” in the State. However, several released leaders have accused the Government of making the mockery of democracy by scheduling BDC polls at a time when every single top leader of mainstream political parties and their workers are in detention for nearly two months. Ironically, these leaders were let off with a clear cut warning not to trigger any political storm by making irre- sponsible statements aimed at provoking public mood in the region. Official sources said, “Leaders from the National Conference (NC), Congress and Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) in Jammu have been freed from their house arrest.” They were placed under pre- ventive detention since August 5 after the abrogation of Article 370. Continued on Page 4 I n a bid to curb air pollution and save environment, Delhi along with 20 other cities will pledge to reduce emissions and air pollution on October 11 at Copenhagen. Officials of the Delhi Government said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will also attend the C40 World Mayors Summit in Denmark between October 9 and 12 where he is expected to share the challenges and successes of Delhi’s effort to curb pollution and improve quality of life and talk about initiatives taken by the city Government that led to 25 per cent reduction in Delhi’s air pollution. “Invited as the leader of one of the world’s largest metropo- lises, the CM will join leaders of cities like New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles and Berlin on the high table of urban power- houses to deliberate on the cli- mate crisis impacting the world,” said a statement from Chief Minister Office (CMO). C40 is a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change. C40 supports cities to collabo- rate effectively, share knowl- edge and drive meaningful, measurable and sustainable action on climate change. Around the world, C40 cities connect 94 of the world’s greatest cities to take bold cli- mate action, leading the way towards a healthier and more sustainable future. “Representing 700+ mil- lion citizens and one quarter of the global economy, mayors of the C40 cities are committed to delivering on the most ambi- tious goals of the Paris Agreement at the local level, as well as to cleaning the air we breathe,” said the official. Additionally, the CM will also be speaking during the summit on the future plan of action on air pollution. In a session titled ‘Breathe Deeply’, city leaders, experts, and busi- ness leaders will discuss the innovative new solutions underway in cities that are improving air quality and creating healthier, more equi- table and prosperous com- munities. Besides, the CM will also speak about odd-even scheme, improving the supply of elec- tricity and other power sector reforms at the summit called the ‘Asian Mayors and City Leaders Meeting on Low Carbon Inclusive Growth’. A s India steps up its crack- down on suspected black money stashed abroad, Switzerland has issued public notices to former IPL commis- sioner Lalit Modi and his wife Minal following requests made by Indian authorities about Swiss bank details of the couple. In its latest federal gazette notification on assistance sought by foreign jurisdictions under bilateral treaties for exchange of information on matters concerning suspected financial irregularities, Switzerland’s Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has named Lalit and Minal Modi (alias Minalini Modi) among such individuals. Detailed report on P10 I n a major setback for Pakistan, the UK High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of India in a decades-old legal dispute with Islamabad over funds belonging to the Nizam of Hyderabad at the time of Partition in 1947 and deposit- ed in a London bank account. The Nizam’s descendants, Prince Mukarram Jah — the titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad — and his younger brother Muffakham Jah, had joined hands with the Indian Government in the legal battle against the Pakistan Government over around 35 million pounds lying with NatWest Bank here. In his judgment handed down at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Justice Marcus Smith ruled that the “Nizam VII was beneficially entitled to the fund and those claiming in right of Nizam VII — the Princes and India — are entitled to have the sum paid out to their order.” “Pakistan’s contentions of non-justiciability by reason of the foreign act of state doctrine and non-enforceability on grounds of illegality both fail,” the verdict notes. The dispute revolves around 1,007,940 pounds and nine shillings transferred in 1948 from the then Nizam of Hyderabad to the High Commissioner in Britain of the newly-formed state of Pakistan. That amount has since grown into 35 million pounds as the Nizam’s descen- dants, supported by India, claimed it belongs to them and Pakistan counter-claimed that it is rightfully theirs. “We are delighted that today’s judgment recognises His Exalted Highness the VIII Nizam’s rights to funds which have been in dispute since 1948. Our client was still a child when the dispute first arose and is now in his 80s. It is a great relief to see this dispute final- ly resolved in his lifetime,” said Paul Hewitt, partner in Withers LLP, who have acted for the VIII Nizam since Pakistan issued proceedings in 2013. “Justice Smith’s judgment covers a complex historical and legal set of issues, interpreting facts and events that occurred 70 years ago to establish that the funds, which now amount to 35 million, were always held in trust for our client’s grandfather, the VII Nizam. The judgment also makes important findings on justiciability… and whether a nation state can be a trustee,” he notes. In 2013, Pakistan had waived sovereign immunity by issuing a claim for the fund that opened the way for the current case to proceed. The Pakistan Government’s legal team had claimed the fund on two alter- native bases. One, referred to as the “Arms for Money Argument”, claimed that funds were trans- ferred to compensate/reim- burse/indemnify Pakistan for assistance provided in procur- ing/facilitating the supply and/or transportation of weapons. The second ground was that the funds were trans- ferred in order to keep them out of the hands of India, referred to by the judge as the “Safeguarding Argument”. Pakistan had made two further arguments — that the facts of this case were such as to render it non-justiciable because the original transfer was governmental in nature and that India’s annexation of Hyderabad in 1948 was an unlawful act, which tainted India and Nizam VIII’s claim. The UK High Court, dur- ing a trial earlier this year, had been asked to determine the “central question” of who exact- ly is the “beneficial” owner of the funds belonging to the late Nizam, Osman Ali Khan. While the Nizam, who faced the quandary of joining Pakistan or staying with India at the time of the funds transfer back in 1948, had later reportedly sought the return of the funds. NatWest Bank has since held on to the funds deposited into the London bank account of then Pakistan High Commissioner Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola in safekeeping until its rightful legal owner is established. While acknowledging that there was evidence of the sup- ply of arms by Pakistan to Hyderabad around this period, the judge said he had not been persuaded by Pakistan’s Arms for Money argument. Continued on Page 4 T he Congress top leadership on Wednesday unleashed a sharp attack on the BJP claim- ing that the ruling party at the Centre is trying to appropriate the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi while killing Bapu’s very ideals and principles on which the foundation of India as a nation was built. Leading a padyatra on the occasion of 150 years celebra- tion of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said only the Congress has fol- lowed the path of Gandhi and has provided jobs, education and facilities to farmers, accom- plishments which are unparal- leled, no matter what others might claim. She questioned “those” who consider themselves supreme and indulge in the politics of falsehood cannot understand Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of truth, self rule and selfless service. “How can those who can do anything for power under- stand that Gandhiji was a wor- shipper of non-violence? How can those thirsty for power understand the meaning of Gandhiji’s Swaraj? Those who claim to be supreme at the first opportunity, how can they understand the value of selfless service of Gandhiji?” Sonia asked while attacking BJP, RSS and the NDA Government. Sonia also participated in the oath that Congress work- ers took to achieve the India of ‘Bapu’s’ dreams by keeping faith in constitutional values. “Gandhiji’s soul would be sad- dened by seeing the condition of India in the last four-five years,” the Congress president said while attacking the current BJP dispensation. Several top Congress lead- ers, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, were among those who paid floral tributes to the Father of the Nation. Continued on Page 4

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Page 1: English News Paper | Breaking News | Latest Today …...2019/10/03  · dreams and create a better planet,” Modi wrote on Twitter. Speaking at a “Swachchh Bharat Diwas” programme

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On the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhi

on Wednesday, the BJP and theOpposition parties, includingthe Congress, jostled to stakeclaim to his legacy as rulingparty chief Amit Shah launcheda nation-wide exercise to prop-agate his ideals while Congresschief Sonia Gandhi had a dig atit, saying the Mahatma’s soulwould have been pained bywhat has been happening inIndia under the present dis-pensation.

The Modi GovernmentGovernment and the BJP wentall out to lay claim to his lega-cy with Modi declaring thecountry open defecation-freeand Shah leading a ‘padyatra’ aspart of the party’s four-month-long exercise to reach out to themasses and inspire them to fol-low ideas and ideals of theFather of the Nation.

The entire top leadership ofthe BJP took part in a a rangeof programmes, events and“padyatras” highlighting Bapu’slife and times. Modi said thenation expresses its gratitude toGandhi for his everlasting con-

tribution to humanity.“We pledge to continue

working hard to realise hisdreams and create a betterplanet,” Modi wrote on Twitter.

Speaking at a “SwachchhBharat Diwas” programme atSabrmati Ashram in GujaratModi said the world appreci-ated India for providing toiletsto over 60 crore people.

When Modi launched theambitious Swachh Bharat(Clean India) campaign afterbecoming the Prime Ministerin 2014, he had announcedOctober 2, 2019 as the dayIndia will be open defecationfree (ODF), citing how Gandhihad laid immense stress oncleanliness and wanted thecountrymen to pursue it.

“Today rural India and itsvillages have declared them-selves ‘open defecation-free’,” hesaid. In a short video onGandhi, Modi said his messageof peace is still relevant to theworld community.

The PM also referred to theseven perversions Gandhi hadcautioned people about. Theseare: Wealth without work, plea-sure without conscience,knowledge without character,

visit without ethics, sciencewithout humanity, religionwithout sacrifice and politicswithout principles.

Modi also wrote 931-wordOp-Ed in New York Timestitled “Why India and theWorld Need Gandhi” whereinhe wrote, “As a tribute toGandhi, I propose what I callthe Einstein Challenge... Howdo we ensure the ideals ofGandhi are remembered byfuture generations? I invitethinkers, entrepreneurs and

tech leaders to be at the fore-front of spreading Gandhi’sideas through innovation.”

Earlier in the day , Modipaid homage to Gandhi atRajghat and later, he visited theSabarmati Ashram andaddressed a gathering inAhmedabad.

Top BJP leaders — such asShah, party working presidentJP Nadda and Union MinisterPrakash Javadekar — under-took ‘padyatra’, Gandhi’sfavoured way to reach out to

the masses, as part of “GandhiSankalp Yatra” as they gave acall to people to follow theideals of the Father of theNation.

Shah asked people to fol-low the PM’s call to shun sin-gle-use plastic and said he is theonly PM who has made clean-liness a mass movement, afterGandhi. Pointing to the perilsof single-use plastic, the BJPpresident said it takes nearly400 years for it to degrade.

Continued on Page 4

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Top brass of the two main-stream regional parties,

National Conference and PDPcontinue to remain underdetention in Kashmir Valleyeven as the Jammu & KashmirGovernment late on Tuesdaynight ended political detentionsof handful of Jammu-basedleaders after 58 days with anaim to kick-start political activ-ities ahead of BlockDevelopment Council pollsbeginning October 24.

The timing of the release ofthese leaders, representing dif-ferent political parties, clearlyindicated that the Governmentwas keen on shoring up its ownimage by sending a clear mes-sage to the outside world thatthe democracy isflourishing at the grassrootslevel and “all is well” in theState.

However, several releasedleaders have accused theGovernment of making themockery of democracy byscheduling BDC polls at atime when every single topleader of mainstream politicalparties and their workers are in

detention for nearly twomonths.

Ironically, these leaderswere let off with a clear cutwarning not to trigger anypolitical storm by making irre-sponsible statements aimed at

provoking public mood in theregion.

Official sources said,“Leaders from the NationalConference (NC), Congressand Jammu & KashmirNational Panthers Party

(JKNPP) in Jammu have beenfreed from their house arrest.”They were placed under pre-ventive detention since August5 after the abrogation of Article370.

Continued on Page 4

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In a bid to curb air pollutionand save environment, Delhi

along with 20 other cities willpledge to reduce emissionsand air pollution on October 11at Copenhagen.

Officials of the DelhiGovernment said Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal willalso attend the C40 WorldMayors Summit in Denmarkbetween October 9 and 12where he is expected to sharethe challenges and successes ofDelhi’s effort to curb pollutionand improve quality of lifeand talk about initiatives takenby the city Government that ledto 25 per cent reduction inDelhi’s air pollution.

“Invited as the leader of oneof the world’s largest metropo-lises, the CM will join leaders ofcities like New York, London,Paris, Los Angeles and Berlin on

the high table of urban power-houses to deliberate on the cli-mate crisis impacting the world,”said a statement from ChiefMinister Office (CMO).

C40 is a network of theworld’s megacities committedto addressing climate change.C40 supports cities to collabo-rate effectively, share knowl-edge and drive meaningful,measurable and sustainableaction on climate change.

Around the world, C40

cities connect 94 of the world’sgreatest cities to take bold cli-mate action, leading the waytowards a healthier and moresustainable future.

“Representing 700+ mil-lion citizens and one quarter ofthe global economy, mayors ofthe C40 cities are committed todelivering on the most ambi-tious goals of the ParisAgreement at the local level, aswell as to cleaning the air webreathe,” said the official.

Additionally, the CM willalso be speaking during thesummit on the future plan ofaction on air pollution. In asession titled ‘Breathe Deeply’,city leaders, experts, and busi-ness leaders will discuss theinnovative new solutionsunderway in cities that areimproving air quality andcreating healthier, more equi-table and prosperous com-munities.

Besides, the CM will alsospeak about odd-even scheme,improving the supply of elec-tricity and other power sectorreforms at the summit calledthe ‘Asian Mayors and CityLeaders Meeting on LowCarbon Inclusive Growth’.

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As India steps up its crack-down on suspected black

money stashed abroad,Switzerland has issued publicnotices to former IPL commis-sioner Lalit Modi and his wifeMinal following requests madeby Indian authorities aboutSwiss bank details of the couple.

In its latest federal gazettenotification on assistancesought by foreign jurisdictionsunder bilateral treaties forexchange of information onmatters concerning suspectedfinancial irregularities,Switzerland’s Federal TaxAdministration (FTA) hasnamed Lalit and Minal Modi(alias Minalini Modi) amongsuch individuals.

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In a major setback forPakistan, the UK High Court

on Wednesday ruled in favourof India in a decades-old legaldispute with Islamabad overfunds belonging to the Nizamof Hyderabad at the time ofPartition in 1947 and deposit-ed in a London bank account.

The Nizam’s descendants,Prince Mukarram Jah — thetitular eighth Nizam ofHyderabad — and his youngerbrother Muffakham Jah, hadjoined hands with the IndianGovernment in the legal battleagainst the PakistanGovernment over around 35million pounds lying withNatWest Bank here.

In his judgment handeddown at the Royal Courts ofJustice in London, JusticeMarcus Smith ruled that the“Nizam VII was beneficiallyentitled to the fund and those

claiming in right of NizamVII — the Princes and India —are entitled to have the sumpaid out to their order.”

“Pakistan’s contentions ofnon-justiciability by reason ofthe foreign act of state doctrineand non-enforceability ongrounds of illegality both fail,”the verdict notes.

The dispute revolvesaround 1,007,940 pounds andnine shillings transferred in1948 from the then Nizam ofHyderabad to the HighCommissioner in Britain of thenewly-formed state ofPakistan. That amount hassince grown into 35 millionpounds as the Nizam’s descen-dants, supported by India,claimed it belongs to them andPakistan counter-claimed thatit is rightfully theirs.

“We are delighted thattoday’s judgment recognisesHis Exalted Highness the VIIINizam’s rights to funds which

have been in dispute since1948. Our client was still a childwhen the dispute first arose andis now in his 80s. It is a greatrelief to see this dispute final-ly resolved in his lifetime,” saidPaul Hewitt, partner in WithersLLP, who have acted for theVIII Nizam since Pakistanissued proceedings in 2013.

“Justice Smith’s judgmentcovers a complex historical andlegal set of issues, interpretingfacts and events that occurred70 years ago to establish that thefunds, which now amount to 35million, were always held intrust for our client’s grandfather,the VII Nizam. The judgmentalso makes important findingson justiciability… and whethera nation state can be a trustee,”he notes.

In 2013, Pakistan hadwaived sovereign immunity byissuing a claim for the fund thatopened the way for the currentcase to proceed. The Pakistan

Government’s legal team hadclaimed the fund on two alter-native bases.

One, referred to as the“Arms for Money Argument”,claimed that funds were trans-ferred to compensate/reim-burse/indemnify Pakistan forassistance provided in procur-ing/facilitating the supplyand/or transportation ofweapons. The second groundwas that the funds were trans-ferred in order to keep themout of the hands of India,referred to by the judge as the“Safeguarding Argument”.

Pakistan had made twofurther arguments — that thefacts of this case were such asto render it non-justiciablebecause the original transferwas governmental in natureand that India’s annexation ofHyderabad in 1948 was anunlawful act, which taintedIndia and Nizam VIII’s claim.

The UK High Court, dur-

ing a trial earlier this year, hadbeen asked to determine the“central question” of who exact-ly is the “beneficial” owner ofthe funds belonging to the lateNizam, Osman Ali Khan. Whilethe Nizam, who faced thequandary of joining Pakistan orstaying with India at the time ofthe funds transfer back in 1948,had later reportedly sought thereturn of the funds.

NatWest Bank has sinceheld on to the funds depositedinto the London bank accountof then Pakistan HighCommissioner Habib IbrahimRahimtoola in safekeepinguntil its rightful legal owner isestablished.

While acknowledging thatthere was evidence of the sup-ply of arms by Pakistan toHyderabad around this period,the judge said he had not beenpersuaded by Pakistan’s Armsfor Money argument.

Continued on Page 4

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The Congress top leadershipon Wednesday unleashed a

sharp attack on the BJP claim-ing that the ruling party at theCentre is trying to appropriatethe legacy of MahatmaGandhi while killing Bapu’svery ideals and principles onwhich the foundation of Indiaas a nation was built.

Leading a padyatra on theoccasion of 150 years celebra-tion of Mahatma Gandhi,Congress chief Sonia Gandhisaid only the Congress has fol-lowed the path of Gandhi andhas provided jobs, educationand facilities to farmers, accom-plishments which are unparal-leled, no matter what othersmight claim.

She questioned “those”who consider themselvessupreme and indulge in thepolitics of falsehood cannotunderstand Mahatma Gandhi’sideals of truth, self rule andselfless service.

“How can those who cando anything for power under-stand that Gandhiji was a wor-shipper of non-violence? Howcan those thirsty for powerunderstand the meaning ofGandhiji’s Swaraj? Those who

claim to be supreme at the firstopportunity, how can theyunderstand the value of selflessservice of Gandhiji?” Soniaasked while attacking BJP, RSSand the NDA Government.

Sonia also participated inthe oath that Congress work-ers took to achieve the India of‘Bapu’s’ dreams by keepingfaith in constitutional values.“Gandhiji’s soul would be sad-

dened by seeing the conditionof India in the last four-fiveyears,” the Congress presidentsaid while attacking the currentBJP dispensation.

Several top Congress lead-ers, including former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh,were among those who paidfloral tributes to the Father ofthe Nation.

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The Delhi Police on theoccasion of 150th birth

anniversary of MahatmaGandhi organised "plog run" inassociation with NGO UnitedWay Delhi at Golden JubileePark in national Capital.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor(L-G), Anil Baijal in presence of Delhi PoliceCommissioner, AmulyaPatnaik flagged off the run onWednesday morning.

"The plogging drive wasorganized to spread awarenessabout plastic waste awareness,management and eliminating'Single Use Plastic' to keep thecity clean and green. Around400 volunteers, including stu-dents from Delhi Universityand representatives fromResident Welfare Associtaions(RWAs) took part in the activ-ity along with police person-nel," said Monika Bharadwaj,the Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (DCP), North district.

"Plogging is a combination

of walking and jogging andpicking up litter scattered whileat it. The trash collected by theploggers during the event wascollected by garbage recyclersand it will further be segregat-ed and recycled into something

useful," said the DCP.L-G also administered the

oath to participants to elimi-nate single use plastic, segregatethe waste and to motivate oth-ers to keep the city clean andgreen.

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The Delhi Police has arrested its ownconstable in connection with alleged

financial irregularities amounting tolakhs of rupees. Police said that theaccused constable Anil Singh, whowas posted in accounts department ofthe Deputy Commissioner of Police(DCP) outer district office, had mis-appropriated House Rent Allowance(HRA) arrears of 24 constables to thetune of �19.44 lakhs by getting the sametransferred to the accounts of his wifeby sending ECS instructions to AxisBank in this regard.

According to a senior police official,Economic Offense Wing (EOW) hadreceived several complaints of corrup-tion in the DCP office of outer Delhifor quite some time following whichthree to four EOW teams raided the

accounts section of the DCP office onTuesday afternoon leading to pande-monium.

"A case under section 420,409,120of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has beenregistered at EOW Police Station andthe accused constable Anil Singh isarrested. Vigilance department hasalso been taken on board to investigatethe case," said the police official.

"During interrogation, the accusedAnil Singh, a resident of villageMukandpur in district Jhajjar ofHaryana, revealed that the accused wasinvolved in the loot of the arrears oftheir own colleagues. He have siphonedoff about �20 lakhs of the arrears ofsome 24 policemen. The arrestedpoliceman got the loot money deposit-ed in the private bank account of hiswife," said the police official adding thatfurther investigation is on.

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A48-year-old woman diedwhile two of her daugh-

ters and the driver sustainedinjuries after a speeding car rammed into couple ofvehicles in North Delhi's CivilLines area on Wednesdayafternoon. Police said that theoffending vehicle was drivenby a 20-year-old youth whohas been arrested.

The deceased has beenidentified as, RajeshwariYadav (48) while her daugh-ters Deepti Yadav (26),Jyotsana Yadav (24) and thedriver of the cab IshwarSingh (55) sustained injuriesand are undergoing treat-ment in hospital.

Police said that theaccused Shrey Gupta (20)also sustained minor injuriesand was discharged fromthe hospital after first aidwhile three other occupantsof his car are absconding.

According to a seniorpolice official, on Wednesdayat about 3.54 PM, ShreyGupta a resident of DRDOComplex Timarpur, alongwith his friends Daniel andtwo unknown persons weregoing in his car from CivilLine side to IP College side.

"When Shrey took asharp turn in a rash and neg-ligent way on road oppositeto Vidhan sabha Metro sta-tion, he hit two cabs whowere stranded there.Rajeshwari who was occu-pant of the cab succumbedwhile the driver Ishwar Singhhad fracture in the leg andwas shifted to TraumaCentre," said the police offi-cial adding that the driver ofanother cab Sonu (29)escaped unhurt.

"A case is being regis-tered on the statement of vic-tim Sonu and investigationhas been launched," said apolice official.

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The Central Industrial Security Force(CISF) personnel apprehended a

sexagenarian on Wednesday for alleged-ly carrying four bullets in his baggage

at Indira GandhiInternational (IGI)Airport.

According to asenior CISF official,the traveler has beenidentified as 68 year-old Dhian Chand.

"The man bound for Bengaluru on a Spicejet flight, was intercepted bysecurity personnel at 5 am when hearrived at the IGI Airport with the bul-lets of 7.65 mm calibre," said the CISFofficial.

The passenger has been handedover to the Delhi Police by CISF offi-cials for further probe, he said.

"A case under relevant section ofIndian Penal Code has been registeredat IGI Airport Police Station and fur-ther investigation is going on," said thepolice official.

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With the arrest of two boot-leggers, the Delhi Police

on Wednesday claimed to havebusted an inter-state ganginvolved in supplying illicitliquor in national Capital.Police have also recovered 30cartons of country madeliquors from the possession ofthe duo.

The accused have beenidentified as Anand Raj aliasPrince (20), a resident ofGurugram's Narshingpur vil-

lage and Balraj (28), a residentof village Bhati Kalan in Delhi.

According to Atul KumarThakur, the Deputy Comm-issioner of Police (DCP), Southdistrict, pickets were put onWednesday morning at all entrypoints of village Maidan Garhi.

"At around 07:30 AM, thepolice team on picket found themovement of one Maruti Altocar suspicious following whichthe police team chased it andstopped the car. During check-ing of the vehicle a total 30 car-tons of country made liquors

with market value around Rs85,000 were recovered," said theDCP.

"Subsequently, a case undersection 33/58 of Excise Act wasregistered at Maidan Garhipolice station and the driver ofthe car Anand and one otherperson identified as Balraj wereplaced under arrest," said theDCP.

"During interrogation, theaccused revealed that they arethe part of the inter-state gangof illicit suppliers and theyhave been supplying illicit

liquor to Maidan Garhi,Sangam Vihar, Fatehpur Beriand Mehrauli area through the forest route. Since thepolice started patrolling inforest route area and arrest-ed some suppliers, they start-ed supplying liquor throughMaidan Garhi road to thelocal sellers," said the DCP.

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To mark 150th birthanniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi, Congress presidentSonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhiand other party leaders onWednesday paid tributes tothe leader at their 'samadhi'.

Rahul Gandhi led theCongress padyatra, precededby a tableau of MahatmaGandhi's Sabarmati Ashramand his iconic wooden spin-ning wheel mounted on a vehi-cle. Many Congress workerssported Gandhi's trademarkspectacles. The Congress work-ers also chanted the slogan"Mahatma Gandhi AmarRahein".

Rahul Gandhi said thatthe Father of the Nationshowed that love for all livingbeings and non-violence is theonly way to defeat bigotry and

hatred. "On his 150th Jayanti,my tributes to MahatmaGandhi Ji, the 'Father of theNation', who through his words& deeds, showed us that lovefor all living beings & non vio-lence is the only way to defeatoppression, bigotry & hatred.,"he tweeted.

Several other top Congressleaders such as Punjab ChiefMinister Amarinder Singh,Rajasthan Chief Minister

Ashok Gehlot, RajasthanDeputy Chief Minister SachinPilot, Jyotiraditya Scindia,Sushmita Dev and MeiraKumar paid homage toMahatma Gandhi. TheCongress president and formerPrime Minister ManmohanSingh were among those whopaid floral tributes to the fatherof the nation.

The Congress will cele-brate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th

birth anniversary by organising'padayatras' across the country,with party leader Rahul Gandhijoining the foot march in thenational capital.

Sonia Gandhi said thatMahatma Gandhi not onlyinfluenced the Indians but alsothe whole world with his non-violent and satyagraha meth-ods. "When not only Indians,but the whole world is cele-brating the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhi, weshould realize that India hasreached where it has onlybecause we followed the path ofMahatma Gandhi," she said.

Taking a swipe at the BJP,she said that those who are try-ing to use Gandhi's name andtaking India astray from histeachings to take their own waywill not succeed as India hasGandhi's principles in its foun-dation.

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Railway andC o m m e r c e

Minister PiyushGoyal onW e d n e s d a yreleased the stationcleanliness reportat the New DelhiRailway Station.Goyal while releas-ing the report said"Today we arecommitted to develop India asclean India, healthy India andprosperous India. The Railwaysis doing its bit to provide a cleanand hygienic environment tothe travelling people.

"Cleanliness has an impor-tant place in our life and theway in which people adoptedPrime Minister NarendraModi's call for a clean Bharat,

is the biggest tribute to Bapu onhis 150th anniversary ," hesaid.

"The dignitaries present onthe occasion visited the exhi-bition and witnessed the dis-plays of tools and equipmentsused for cleaning purposes.They understood the featuresof the bio-toilet and inspectedthe new generation coaches

being used bythe Railways," asenior officialsaid, adding thatunder the ini-tiative of wasteand scrap man-agement, asculpture ofBapu madefrom scrapm a t e r i a l was also show-cased which washighly appreci-

ated by all.He also made a surprise

inspection at the New Delhirailway station and also inter-acted with the passengers in thewaiting room. Goyal later inau-gurated an exhibition onMahatma Gandhi on his 150thbirth anniversary at NationalRail Museum through VideoConferencing.

New Delhi: Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal and his deputyManish Sisodia on Wednesdaypaid tributes to MahatmaGandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastrion their birth anniversaries.

The duo first visited VijayGhat, the resting place of formerPrime Minister Lal BahadurShastri, and paid floral tributesto him on his 115th birthanniversary. Kejriwal andSisodia later went to Rajghat topay homage to Gandhi on his150th birth anniversary.

"Today is birth anniversaryof two great souls. Gandhiji, an epitome of truth and non-violence and Shastriji ofsimplicity and honesty.Greetings to countrymen onbirth anniversary of these greatpersonalities," Kejriwal tweetedin Hindi. SR

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Various civic agencies inthe national Capital on

Wednesday organised a plog-ging drive to create to aware-ness on the harmful effect ofsingle-use plastic.

Lieutenant Governor ofDelhi Anil Baijal compliment-ed the Delhi DevelopmentAuthority (DDA) andMunicipal Corporations forimplementing SwachhtaAbhiyan and called upon toensure segregation of wasteinto biodegradable and nonbiodegradable by providingseparate dustbins and collec-tion from each doorstep/household.

The LG was speaking atSwachhta, Fit India and SingleUse Plastic-Free event of theDelhi Development Authorityon the occassion of 150 th BirthAnniversary of MahatmaGandhi at Rohini SportsComplex.

Baijal asked to mobilise thesociety for non use of plastic

and educate them from itshazardous effects. The LG saidthat real tribute to Gandhijiwould be to follow his doc-trines of Equality, Liberty andDignity.

He further said that alldepartments/offices in Delhihave been instructed to ban useof single-use plastic. Stressingon the importance of sports fora healthy life, he asked theDDA to explore possibility ofsetting up Centre of Excellencein Sports with the help ofexperts where services of inter-national coaches can be taken.Under "Fit India" campaign,Yoga camp/taekwondo wasorganised in all DDA sportscomplexes.

Baijal also released manu-als of Mahatma GandhiNational Council of RuralEducation. These manuals- JalShakti Campus and Jal ShaktiGram and Swachh Campuswill help higher educationinstitutions in developingstrategies, action plans andimplementation plans for water

conservation on the campusesand in the village with whichthe campuses are engaged with.

Tarun Kapoor, VC DDAadministered Swachhta pledgeto the people present at theparks at Rohini. Senior Officersand officials of DDA and pub-lic in large numbers were inattendance.

Shri Vijender Gupta, MLARohini and other dignitarieswere also present. On the occa-sion, a MoU was signed by theDDA with MCD and CSIR-IIPDehradun for municipal dumpreclamation and plastic wasteconversion and setting upunits/plants in Delhi. As perthe MoU, the DDA will makeavailable the land for setting upthe plants.

All three MunicipalCorporation and New DelhiMunicipal Council will beresponsible to provide the seg-regated plastic waste as a feed-stock to the plant, while theIndian Institute of Petroleum,CSIR, Dehradun will providethe technology and technical

supervision, a senior officialsaid.

Meanwhile South DelhiMunicipal Corporation(SDMC) also organized plogruns at around 80 places underits four zones that witnessed alarge crowd of enthusiasticparticipants at most of theplaces.

"More than 20 thousandpersons joined hand to gener-ate awareness on single useplastic ban and collected plas-tic waste in large quantitywhich has either been given tothe concessionaires or sent tothe waste to energy plant forrecycling and proper reuse," theofficial said.

The run was started fromSai Mandir Lodi Road andculminated at DargahNizamuudin. Apart from pick-ing plastic waste awarenessagainst single use plastic wasalso generated in Nizamuddinbasti, Kalindi Kunj Ghat,Srinivas Puri, Lajpat Nagar,Jamia Hamdard andTughlakabad extension.

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Marking the 150th birthanniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi, Deputy ChiefMinister of Delhi ManishSisodia and Minister of HealthSatyendar Jain on Wednesdayinaugurated 10 new Mohallaclinics in South Delhi. Also,two Foot over Bridges (FOB)in Chirag Delhi and SheikhSarai has been thrown open tothe public.

Besides, to provide safetyand security for pedestrians,two more FOB's will be con-structed in South Delhi's KrishiVihar- Panchsheel Enclave andSelect City Walk Mall oppositeKhirki Extension, foundationstones has been laid by DeputySisodia, Satendra Jain, MinsterPublic Works Department(PWD) and Health.

The area which has beenhighly accident-prone forpedestrians due to the lack offoot over bridges will nowhave an FOB installed soon.Moreover, the Bus RapidTransit (BRT) corridor, knownas third dangerous road in theNational Capital will also beremoved for the safety of thepeople.

Besides, 10 more mohallaclinics were opened in theposh areas such as Chitranjan(CR) Park, Greater Kailash-I,Greater Kailash-II, ShahpurJat, Khirki Flats, Savitri Nagar,Chirag Delhi and Sheikh Sarai.The residents of these areas will now have access to freemedical tests and free-of-costmedicines at these MohallaClinics.

"It is a big thing that theBRT road which was a cause of

various hurdles for us as com-muters has been removed final-ly. Residents of Chirag Delhiand Sheikh Sarai have beeneagerly waiting for a foot overbridge to be installed in the

areas. Today, with the help ofthe Delhi Government, we arehaving two FOBS' installedhere on these roads," saidSaurabh Bhardwaj, MLA ofGreater Kailash Constituency.

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New Delhi: National Security Adviser (NSA)Ajit Doval paid a two-day quiet visit to SaudiArabia during which he apprised Saudi CrownPrince Mohammed Bin Salman about the situ-ation in Jammu & Kashmir after the State’s spe-cial status was withdrawn, official sources saidon Wednesday.

The Saudi side conveyed to Doval that it isaware of New Delhi’s long-held position onKashmir and emphasised on the need for de-escalation of tension between India and Pakistan,they said. The NSA arrived in Saudi Arabia onTuesday.

Doval and Salman also deliberated on arange of bilateral, regional issues including themissile and drone attacks on Saudi oil facilitieslast month and ways to further deepen anti-ter-ror cooperation.

Saudi Arabia is a key pillar of India’s ener-gy security, being a source of 17 per cent or moreof crude oil and 32 per cent of LPG requirementsof India. Notwithstanding the biggest ever attackon its oil facilities on September 14 thatknocked out half of its daily oil production, SaudiArabia assured India that it was committed tomeet the country’s energy security needs. PTI

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The Union Culture Ministryhas extended the time peri-

od of auctioning of over 2,500gifts received by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, from October3 to October 17, officials said onWednesday, attributing the deci-sion to a huge demand for themementos.

Celebrities, politicians andactivists have shown interest inthe auction, with many likeBollywood stars Arjun Kapoor,Anil Kapoor and singer KailashKher endorsing it.

The Ministry had launchedthe e-auction on September 14to sell 2,700 mementos receivedby the prime minister, the pro-ceeds of which will go to theNamami Gange Mission.

The mementos includepaintings, sculptures, shawls,

jackets and traditional musicalinstruments. The lowest baseprice is Rs 200 and it goes all theway up to Rs 2.5 lakh. A copyof the Indian Constitution witha base price of Rs 2,000 receivedbids of Rs 33,000. Other itemsinclude a portrait of Modi on asilk saree with a base price of Rs2.5 lakh, a mace with a baseprice of Rs 2,000 and a photo-graph of the prime ministerwith his mother, which receiveda bid of Rs 10 lakh. The collec-tion also includes a jersey of theIndian cricket team.

However, a coconut“kalash”, which was put up forauction with a base price of Rs18,000, and had fetched over Rs1 crore, was put back for freshbids to avoid unnecessary con-troversy, as the ministry want-ed to ensure that there were nofake bids.

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Days after he was uncere-moniously axed as head of

the State unit, former HaryanaCongress chief Ashok Tanwaron Wednesday alleged his partyleadership was selling tickets atRs 5 crore and giving tickets toundeserving candidates andto those who joined theCongress recently but werecritical of it not long ago.Haryana will go to Assemblypolls on October 21 and theresults will be declared onOctober 24 along withMaharashtra.

Tanwar was joined by hisclose associates staged a protestand address the party workersfrom Haryana in front ofCongress President SoniaGandhi’s residence in nationalCapital. “I have worked hardfor years, but the people who

joined the party 15 days ago arebeing given tickets by theparty,” Tanwar alleged.

The former HaryanaCongress chief alleged the tick-et for the Sohna Assembly seatin Gurugram was “sold for Rs5 crore.” He said the leadershipin the State has been destroyed.“We have remained dedicatedto the party. Why do you have to give tickets to thosewho recently joined the party,but were critical of the partyearlier?”

Tanwar claimed that hehad been approached by theBJP six times in the last threemonths, but he turned downthe offer as he is “not hungryfor power”. “I had personalissues with Randeep SinghSurjewala (AICC chiefspokesman), but I set aside allthose differences for the party’ssake,” he said.

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Stressing that India is mod-ernising its armed forces to

defend itself, Army ChiefGeneral Bipin Rawat onWednesday said the country hasno extraterritorial ambitionsand does not want to “trans-plant” its ideology on others.

Without naming Pakistan,he also said India is fighting aproxy war in Jammu & Kashmirand reserves the right to acquiremilitary capabilities to counterany security threats.

Making this point whileaddressing strategic affairs

experts and Defence personnelin Male, capital of Maldives,during his ongoing visit there,he said the country will fulfillits regional and global securi-ty obligations as a responsibleemerging power.

His remarks come in thebackdrop of India playing a cru-cial role in the strategicallyimportant Indian Ocean regionand ongoing efforts to furtherenhance ties with littoral stateslocated on its rim. Rawat alsosaid instability in energy-richWest Asia has the potential tosignificantly increase global ten-sions and trigger unrest and that

the tension between the US andIran was “worrisome.”

Without naming Pakistan,the Army Chief said Indianarmed forces are countering aproxy war in Jammu & Kashmiron a daily basis and that Indiareserves the right to acquiremilitary capabilities to counterany security threats emanatingfrom its neighbourhood.

“Our strategic culture flowsfrom two cardinals — we haveno extraterritorial ambitionsand no desire to transplant ourideology on others,” the ArmyChief said.

At the same time, he said

India continues to retain itscommitment to strategic inde-pendence and autonomy indecision making as well asacquiring military capabilities tocounter the security threats andchallenges emanating in itsneighbourhood.

Rawat identified “unendingthreat of terrorism” as the prin-cipal challenge facing the entireworld while calling proliferationof weapons of mass destructionand increasing assertion ofpower over international normsas other key challenges.

“Instability in West Asiawhich affects energy security of

majority of the nations in theworld is another major factor. Ithas the potential to add signif-icantly to global tensions andcreate unrest,” the Army Chiefsaid. He observed that the glob-al security environment isincreasingly becoming complexand uncertain, and that manynations are increasingly resort-ing to nationalism. “I am certainthat if we work with friends, wecan mitigate the hazards toregional peace,” he said.

Talking about challenges inthe maritime domain, he saidany disruption of trade routesin the Indian Ocean Region

will be a major security chal-lenge for both India andMaldives. “The Indian OceanRegion is the lifeline to bothour nations,” he said.

His visit to the island coun-try comes in the backdrop ofDefence and security tiesbetween the two countries backon track after IbrahimMohamed Solih became presi-dent of Maldives in Novemberlast year, after defeating AbdullaYameen in presidential elec-tions. Yameen was perceived tobe close to China whichexpanded its influence overMaldives during his presidency.

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Ahmedabad: India’s stature isrising on the world stage and aglimpse of the respect thecountry has globally was seenduring the ‘HowdyModi’ eventin Houston, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said here onWednesday.

The world can see thatIndia is at the forefront of sev-eral positive changes takingplace at the world stage, he said,during an event organised byBJP’s state unit to felicitate

him for his speech at the UNGeneral Assembly. “At theHouston programme,Republicans and Democratsspoke. Their attending theHowdyModi event was veryspecial,” he said.

“The fact that India alwaysbelieves in taking everyonealong has also been noted,”Modi said. “Respect for Indiais increasing all over. One canexperience the change,” headded. A large poster of of

Modi and US President DonaldTrump was put up on stage.

“The strength and thevalue of Indian passport hasincreased. The world sees thoseholding Indian passport withrespect,” Modi said.

Modi said ‘HowdyModi’has become a talking pointamong all world leaders he metafter the event. “The fact thatthe US President came to theIndian event and stayed therefor such a long time was great.

After speeches, when I request-ed him, he came for a round ofstadium without consideringsecurity protocol. I thank himand all those who organised theevent,” Modi said.

“In a way, the world islooking at India with greateagerness. The world was curi-ous about India, a huge coun-try with a vibrant democracyand it is hopeful that India’sparticipation will be most sig-nificant whenever there are

opportunities to bring aboutglobal changes,” he said.

India has the capacity totake the world together due toour ideals, behaviour and cul-ture, he said. Modi also referredto his 2014 proposal in the UNfor the International Yoga Day,which he said was passed in theshortest time. He said duringhis US visit, Mahatma Gandhiwas given “real tribute” byworld leaders at the UnitedNations. PTI

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linking the funds in the NatWest bankaccount to the supply of arms.

On the Safeguarding Argument, thejudge accepted that the fund was to safe-guard it by making it less accessible to India following theannexation of Hyderabad but he did notaccept that this meant the transfer wasabsolutely for Pakistan rather than on trust.

In a judgment which will go on toset precedent on non-justiciability, thecourt also rejected Pakistan’s claims ofillegality as it concluded that India’s sub-mission was well-founded, and that evenif there were illegality of the naturealleged by Pakistan in the annexation ofHyderabad, any such alleged illegalitywould in any case be irrelevant to theclaim.

The ruling marks an important con-clusion to an extremely long-drawn legalbattle, which also witnessed the Indiangovernment, the princes and the admin-istrator of the estate of Nizam VII com-promising their differences and enter-ing into a confidential settlement agree-ment last year, which meant the case waseffectively an India-Pakistan clash in theUK courts.

Commenting on the ruling, thePakistan Foreign Office in Islamabadsaid it would take further action afterexamining the detailed judgment.

“Pakistan is closely examining allaspects of the detailed judgment and willtake further action in light of legal advicereceived,” the FO said.

It also said the ruling failed to takeinto account the historical context of thetransfer when “India illegally annexedHyderabad...” However, the FO did notspecify the actions Pakistan was con-templating against the decisions.

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From Page 1NC leaders Devender

Singh Rana and SS Salathia,Congress’ Raman Bhalla andJKNPP leader Harshdev Singhalong with others were putunder house arrest in Jammuand were barred from attend-ing political functions and vis-iting party offices.

Meanwhile, the releasedleaders visited their partyoffices in Jammu onWednesday and held informaldiscussions on the occasion ofpaying tribute to Mahatma

Gandhi on his 150th birthanniversary.

Speaking to The Pioneer,former Congress MLC andparty spokesman RavinderSharma said, “It is very unfor-tunate that the Government hasdecided to hold BDC pollswithout consulting leaders ofmainstream Opposition partiesin the State”. Sharma alsoaccused BJP of trying to grabpower at the grass roots level byholding these BDC polls onparty lines.

He said, for the last twomonths BJP leaders were hold-ing political functions andpreparing for their BDC polls,but we were even prevented

from holding regular pressbriefings in party offices.

“Majority of senior partyleaders from Kashmir Valleycontinues to remain underdetention and under these cir-cumstances the Government isproceeding further to holdthese BDC polls,” he said.

Senior NationalConference leader and closeaide of Omar Abdullah,Devender Singh Rana said hewill first meet senior partyleaders in Sher-r-KashmirBhawan on Thursday beforeinteracting with the media.

PDP leader Daman Bhasintold The Pioneer, “TheGovernment is making mock-

ery of the whole election processby going ahead without releas-ing mainstream political leaderscurrently under detention.

At present Omar Abdullahand Farooq Abdullah, PDP’sMehbooba Mufti, formerCabinet Ministers, J&K People’sConference’s Sajjad Gani Loneand many others continue toremain under house arrest inKashmir Valley. Bhasin claimed,as per guidelines of the ElectionCommission of India, the Statepresident of a regional party isauthorised to give mandate toparty candidates to fight elec-tions. He said in the absence ofparty chiefs who will give man-date to party leaders to contest

BDC polls in Jammu & Kashmir.Jammu & Kashmir

National Panthers party leaderHarsh Dev Singh said, “Thecredibility of BDC polls is underscanner.” He said, the situationis not conducive to hold polls inthe State. “If the Governmenthad conducted Panchayat pollson non-party basis why they arenow conducting polls on partylines in the State,” he asked,adding, more than 60 per centseats could not be filled duringPanchayat polls in the State andnow the Government was bentupon holding BDC polls at thisjuncture by ignoring the pre-vailing security situation in theState.

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From Page 1Addressing a rally at the

start of the ‘Sankalp Yatra’Shah said even animals areadversely affected due to single-use plastic. After flagging offthe nationwide ‘Sankalp Yatra’,he undertook a foot march foraround 500 metres.

BJP leaders, MPs, MLAs,organisational leaders and

other party members under-took 2-km-long foot march andspoke about non-violence,peace, use of khadi and clean-liness in events held across thecountry.

In the run up to Gandhi’s150th birth anniversary, Modihad given a call to his party,particularly to MPs and MLAs,to make the day memorableand asked its leaders to organ-ise events and foot marchescommemorate the day in theircosntituencies.

BJP which has alreadybrought Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel, a Congress leader, in itspolitical pantheon and installedhis statue, one of the tallest inthe world, in Gujarat, is try-ing hard to move closer to theMahatma. A major effort inthe direction was initiated byModi in his first term as PMwhen he launched ambitious‘Bharat Swachh Abhiyan’ ,largely inspired by Gandhi’slife-long focus on cleanlinessand personal hygiene.

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The party has planned aweek-long programme thatwill mark the culmination ofthe year-long celebrations com-memorating Gandhi’s memory and it will re-empha-sise his values.

Terming it a historic, piousand auspicious day, theCongress chief describedGandhi as a “great personality”who inspired not only India butthe entire world to adopt thepath of non violence and ‘satya-graha’. She said all are proudthat India has attained its pre-sent status following the pathshown by the Mahatma, notingthat it is easy to cite Gandhi’sname but difficult to follow thepath shown by him.

“Despite all this, if Indiahas not been distracted it isbecause its foundation is laidon the values of Gandhiji.India and Gandhiji are syn-onymous with each other. It isa different thing that somepeople are adamant on revers-ing this. They want the RSS andnot Gandhiji to become thesymbol of India. I want to tellthem clearly... There cannot beany thought except Gandhiji’sall-inclusive system, thatincludes the composite culture,civilisation and society ofIndia,” said Sonia.

While Congress leaderRahul Gandhi led a march ofparty workers from the DelhiCongress office to Rajghat,other leaders includingPriyanka Gandhi did the samein their respective States.

In Lucknow, taking a swipeat the BJP, Priyanka Gandhisaid BJP should first pursue thepath of truth shown byMahatma Gandhi and thentalk about him.

She made the remarksbefore participating in a silentmarch organised here by theCongress on the 150th birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi.

“It was the order ofGandhiji to pursue the path oftruth. First, the BJP should pur-sue the path of truth and thentalk about Gandhiji,” theCongress leader said.

The silent march is alsobeing viewed as a show ofstrength by the Congress whichhas been on the sidelines ofstate politics for a long time.

Sonia Gandhi said theMahatma wanted India and itsvillages to be self-reliant. TheCongress after independencefollowed this path and tookrevolutionary steps in thisregard. Be it Jawaharlal Nehru,Lal Bahadur Shastri, IndiraGandhi, Rajiv Gandhi,Narasimha Rao or ManmohanSingh, all struggled to build anew India and establish newparadigms of progress, theCongress leader said.

“I want to tell those whodecide the country’s destinythat Gandhiji is a symbol oflove not hatred, he is a symbolof harmony not confrontation,he is a symbol of democracyand not autocracy. No matterwhat others claim, theCongress is the only party thathas followed the principles ofGandhiji and will continue todo so,” she said.

Patna: The high court’s stay ondemolition of the centuries-oldPatna Collectorate has come asa “ray of hope” to people striv-ing for its preservation and onthe 150th birth anniversary ofthe Mahatma, they urgedauthorities to link the landmarkwith a Gandhi tourism circuit.

Some iconic scenes inRichard Attenborough’s Oscar-winning ‘Gandhi’ were filmedat the collectorate, whoseDutch-era Record Room wasdoubled up as Motihari jail,while British-built DM Officebuilding was shown as a courtin the movie.

Gandhi’s sesquicentenary

evoked the memories of the shooting of the fill inearly 1980s.

“People have been appeal-ing to the Bihar government tosave the collectorate and use itas a cultural space, but the gov-ernment has been adamantabout its demolition plan. The stay by the Patna HighCourt has sent a wave of con-fidence among heritage lovers,”said Anjum Abdin, a city resident.

“Had it not been for a sus-tained people’s movement run-ning for around three-and-a-half years to save and preserveit, perhaps the historic Patna

Collectorate would not havewitnessed this landmark 150thanniversary of Gandhiji today,”he said.

Many residents still fond-ly recall the crowd outside theRecord Room or the artificialrain being created in front ofthe DM Office during theshooting of the biopic.

US-based professionalTwisha Chandra, who hailsfrom Patna, and also a memberof the Executive Committee ofLondon-based GandhiFoundation, recently visitedher hometown, and feels thestruggle to save the collec-torate is “bearing fruits”. PTI

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Kochi: The Kerala government on Wednesday reject-ed residents’ demand for more time to vacate their flatsin four illegal apartment complexes here and said they would stick to the October 3 deadline set forleaving the place.

Authorities said they were going ahead as per the138-day action plan for demolishing the buildings, andwarned the residents of legal consequences if they refuseto move out by Thursday.

“The deadline (for vacating the flats) ends tomor-row. That is the direction (from the Government),” asenior official of the Maradu municipality told reporters here.

He said the power and water supply to the apart-ment complexes, temporarily restored two days ago forfacilitating the smooth relocation of the residents, wouldbe disconnected automatically on Thursday.

As the deadline for vacating their flats nears, resi-dents alleged that no temporary dwellings for them havebeen arranged by the administration so far.

The flat owners said they would not leave the build-ings till the authorities complete the arrangements fortheir relocation.

“We are caught in between the devil and the deepblue sea,” a resident said.

They threatened to relaunch their protest seekinga humanitarian approach from the authorities.

According to them, at least 10 days were requiredfor the relocation from their flats.

The Ernakulam district administration said thosewho want assistance in finding a home can approachauthorities of Maradu municipality.

The authorities commenced the eviction process onSunday by visiting the owners to help them relocate.

On Tuesday, the residents had said they were receiv-ing embarrassing responses when they contact peopleentrusted by the administration to arrange alternativehouses for them in the city.

Earlier, the administration had claimed that theyhave identified over 500 flats in the city and its premis-es for the relocation of the people living in the four apart-ment complexes for their temporary rehabilitation.

The administration had also provided mobile andtelephone numbers of those to be contacted for gettingthe accommodation. PTI

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New Delhi: On the occasion ofGandhi Jayanti, the country’smajor e-governance platform-Common Service Centres(CSC) — has been approved byMinistry of Telecom to manageand maintain Bharat Net lastmile access point in more than1.2 lakh Panchayat across thecountry to provide internetaccess at Rs 1 per month.

Sources in Telecom Ministrysaid the Bharat Net access pointswill now be shifted phase wisefrom Panchayats to the CSC.“The CSC village level entrepre-neurs (VLE) will maintain andmanage the nodes for enablingcitizen to access internet. AlreadyCSC has more than one millionsubscribers and consum morethan 40 TB of data in a monthand this move will empower thevillages of India like Bapujiodreamt of empowering the ruralareas of our country,” said a min-istry official. PNS

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At least 55 people have diedin rain-related incidents

in Bihar following torrentialshowers that took placebetween September 27 and 30,leading to a flood-like situationin many parts in the State,including the capital Patna,officials said on Wednesday.

The situation led to a warof words between the rulingalliance partners, with the BJPblaming the Nitish KumarGovernment for poor crisismanagement and the chiefminister’s JD(U) accusing it ofspeaking the language of theOpposition.

The disaster managementdepartment said, 55 deathshave been reported from acrossthe state and Bhagalpuraccounted for the maximumnumber of 12 casualties.

The causes of deathsinclude drowning, house col-lapse, falling of trees and elec-trocution. The State received anaverage rainfall of 207.6 mmbetween September 27 and 29,way above normal, and the fig-ure for the state capital stood at342.5 mm for the period, thedepartment said.

With a let-up in the show-ers since September 30, restora-tion work was on in full swing.

Besides those living inurban areas, 21.45 lakh peopleof 959 villages of 15 districtshave been affected by the heavyrainfall and they are beingprovided relief at 45 reliefcamps and fed by 324 com-munity kitchens.

A total of 1,124 boats arebeing used to rescue the strand-ed population, the departmentsaid adding that 23 teams of theNDRF and the SDRF haveevacuated 69,752 people fromthe water-logged areas.

Food packets have beenair-dropped in the affectedareas by two helicopters of theIndian Air Force.

The Patna MunicipalCorporation is working to flushout water from inundatedlocalities with the help of three heavy duty pumpsbrought in from Bilaspur inChhattisgarh.

Chief Minister NitishKumar waded through water-logged streets, with his pyjamas folded up to knees,supervising rescue and reha-bilitation work on late Tuesday night and urged peo-ple to have patience.

Union Minister of State forHealth Ashwini KumarChoubey met people strandedin water-logged areas and doc-tors at the AIIMS, Patna.

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President Ram Nath Kovind,Vice-President Venkaiah

Naidu and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi led the nation inpaying rich tributes to the fatherof the nation Mahatma Gandhion his 150th birth anniversarythat also saw padyatras andcommemorative events.

“Homage to Bapu on#GandhiJayanti. The 150th birthanniversary of Mahatma Gandhiis an occasion for all of us torededicate ourselves to the val-ues of truth, non-violence, har-mony, morality and simplicity.His message remains relevant forall & he continues to be ourguiding light,” Kovind said.

For his part, Vice-PresidentVenkaiah Naidu tweeted, “Aswe pay reverential homage tothe Mahatma on his 150thBirth Anniversary, let us striveto transform our lives by inter-nalising and implementing theGandhian principles in ourdaily life.”

Modi described theMahatma as the “best teacher”and “the guiding light” who

continues to give courage tomillions globally. In an op-ed inThe New York Times to markthe birth anniversary ofGandhi, Modi talked about theideals epitomised by the apos-tle of peace who inspired suchiconic leaders as Martin LutherKing Jr and Nelson Mandela.

Modi stated that Gandhipossessed a “unique ability” tobecome a bridge between someof the greatest contradictions inhuman society and epitomised trust among allsections of society.

The Prime Minister alsotweeted saying the nationexpresses its gratitude toGandhi for his everlasting con-tribution to humanity. “Wepledge to continue workinghard to realise his dreams andcreate a better planet,” Modiwrote on Twitter.

In a short video on Gandhi,Modi said his message of peaceis still relevant to the worldcommunity. The PrimeMinister also referred to theseven perversions Gandhi hadcautioned people about. These

are: wealth without work, plea-sure without conscience,knowledge without character,visit without ethics, sciencewithout humanity, religionwithout sacrifice and politicswithout principles.

Numerous events wereorganised by various govern-ment departments, ministriesand voluntary organisationsto celebrate life and legacy ofGandhi.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi onWednesday declared that rural India is

now open defecation-free (ODF).Speaking at the ‘Swachchh Bharat

Diwas’ event in Ahmedabad, Modi said,“Today rural India and its villages havedeclared themselves ‘open defecation free’.”

“In 60 months, we have provided toi-lets to over 60 crore people by construct-ing over 11 crore toilets. The world isamazed at our success,” Modi said.

“However, this achievement is just amilestone and we should not stop here.The movement has to continue,” the PM added.

“Today, rural India has declared itselfopen defection-free. This is a great achieve-ment of the Swachchh Bharat movementwhich has people’s participation,” Modi said addressing village heads of20,000 villages.

“On the call of Mahatma Gandhi dur-ing the freedom movement, people of thecountry mobilised for ‘satyagarah’ and theydid the same now for swachhagrah,”Modi said.

It was on October 2, 2014, that thePrime Minister had launched the ambi-tious Swachchh Bharat (Clean India)campaign, setting the target of making India open defecation free byOctober 2, 2019.

“A clean India would be the best trib-ute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary in2019,” Modi had said, while launching thecampaign.

The campaign aimed to build 120 mil-lion toilets across the country by October2, 2019. Its other goals included cleaningup streets and other public infrastructure,achieving 100 per cent door-to-door wastecollection, building solid-waste manage-ment plants in each town, and persuadingIndians to adopt better sanitation practices.

The Government claims that it hasalready constructed over 100 million of the 120 million toilets planned acrossthe country.

However, experts say while the con-struction of toilets has increased, lack ofwater, poor maintenance and slow changesin behaviour have stood in the way of end-ing the practice.

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Emphasizing on promotingcleanliness and fitness

together, Union Housing andUrban Affairs Minister

Hardeep Singh Puri onWednesday f lagged off‘Swachchhata Hi Seva’ Indiaplog run at Rajpath to com-memorate the 150th birthanniversary of MahamtaGandhi. Plog run involves pick-ing up litter while running. Theobjective was to spread aware-ness on the harmful effects ofplastic waste and enlist citizenssupport to eliminate.

Addressing a gathering onthe occasion, Puri said reiter-ated the committed to thePrime Minister’s vision of sin-gle-use plastic-free India.Administering pledge on‘Swachchhata Hi Seva’ andagainst using single-use plastic,Puri said the country hasachieved the dream of an open

defection-free India, except 52local bodies in West Bengal.

“This has been made pos-

sible with the participation ofthe biggest stakeholders of themovement — the citizens of

this country.“We are committed to

Prime Minister NarendraModi’s vision of making Indiafree of single-use plastic. Withthe launch of the India PlogRun, I am confident that the dayis not far when India will be freeof single-use plastic,” Puri said.

On his part, Housing andUrban Affairs Secretary DurgaShanker Mishra said the min-istry has already had over55,000 events conducted by cit-izens across urban area withparticipation of around twocrore people.

The Ministry has been tak-ing several initiatives on plas-tic waste management andpromoting its reuse and recy-cle, Mishra said.

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The nation also observedthe 115th birth anniversary

of former Prime Minister LalBahadur Shastri. PresidentRam Nath Kovind paid tributessaying, “A great son of India, heserved our nation with utmostdiligence and dedication. Hiscourage, simplicity and integri-ty remain an inspiration for the

entire country.” Prime Minister Narendra

Modi recalled the grit anddetermination of Shastri.“Tributes to Former PrimeMinister Lal Bahadur Shastriwho gave the call of ‘Jai Jawan,Jai Kisan’,” Modi tweeted. Healso posted a short video on theleader in which he referred toShastri’s grit and determinationand his love for khadi.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi andCongress president Sonia Gandhi

were among political leaders who paidtributes to Mahatma Gandhi in theCentral Hall of Parliament on Wednesdayon his 150th birth anniversary.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla,Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, PiyushGoyal, Prakash Javadekar, BJP veteranLK Advani, Congress leader RahulGandhi, Leader of the Opposition inRajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad wereamong others who offered rose petalsat the portrait of Gandhi in the historicCentral Hall.

Sonia was greeted by Modi and Birla.However, there was no exchange ofgreetings between Modi and Rahul. Theleaders later paid tributes to former PrimeMinister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 115thbirth anniversary by offering rose petalsat his portrait in the Central Hall.

Earlier, a function to celebrateGandhi’s anniversary was also held in the

Parliament House Complex, near thestatue of the Mahatma. Speaking on theoccasion, Speaker Om Birla said thatMahatma Gandhi had led the freedomstruggle of the country based on the eter-nal principles of truth and non-violence,thereby making it a peoples’ movement

with non-violence as its core. Birla also remembered former

Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri onhis birth anniversary and said Shastri had worked untiringly towards

making the farmers of the country self-sufficient. Consequently, India attained self-sufficiency in food andagriculture.

Earlier, speaking on the occasion,Culture & Tourism MInister PrahaladSingh Patel said the Ministry of Culturewould ensure that the ban on single useplastic is implemented at all importantcultural sites across the country, beforethe birth anniversary of Sardar Patel onOctober 31 this year.

A demonstration of Charkha spin-ning was organised by the Khadi andVillage Industry Commission (KVIC).Birla and other dignitaries also partic-ipated in the spinning of Charkha andpaid rich tributes to Gandhiji.

As part of the celebrations, KVICis organising a three-day exhibition-cum-sales counter from October 2 toOctober 4, 2019, in the foyer near theSBI Bank, Parliament House Annexe,where Khadi dress, fabric and villageindustry products will be sold at dis-counted rates.

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Monsoon forecasts by the IndiaMeteorological Department (IMD)

and the private forecaster Skymet Weatherwere found to be contrary to the outcomethis year as the four-month rainfall seasonended with above normal monsoon.

IMD in April had said the countrywould receive 96 per cent of the LongPeriod Average while Skymet had pre-dicted 93 per cent of the LPA. Both had given an error margin of plus orminus five per cent.

According to the Skymet, 96 per centof Long Period Average (LPA) falls on theborder line of “below normal” and “nor-mal” rainfall. Skymet had cited El Nino asthe reason behind a possible below nor-mal rainfall. However, as the rainfall sea-son ended, IMD recorded a whopping 10per cent more rainfall.

Mrutunjaya Mohapatra, director-gen-eral of IMD, said the department woulddo a detailed analysis. He, however, addedthat IMD was able to gauge the trends likeEl Nino turning neutral and the IndianOcean Dipole turning positive.

Mohapatra said the IMD also did notchange the forecast even when June endedwith 33 per cent deficiency. “We will carryout an analysis on this,” he said, adding thatthere has been a significant improvementin seasonal forecast.

Mohapatra said several global modelshad predicted below normal monsoonbecause of the El Nino but IMD stuck toits prediction and did not revise it.

The El Nino is associated with theheating of Pacific waters, while a Positive

Indian Ocean Dipole is linked to coolingof the Indian Ocean waters. El Nino is aglobal phenomenonm while the IOD isregional and has an impact mostly on theBay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.

“In spite of several global models indi-cating a strong possibility of continuationof a El Nino episode during the monsoonseason and possibly a below normal mon-soon, IMD had predicted a normal rain-fall (96-104 per cent of LPA)

“While issuing the forecasts, based onIMD’s models, it was suggested that the ElNino episode will weaken further and apositive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) eventwill emerge in the Indian Ocean. Moreover,IMD also predicted that the monsoon per-formance would be better in the secondhalf compared to the first half,” a statementby the IMD said.

IMD’s analysis on weakening of ElNino and development of a positive IOD

and the second half monsoon rainfall beingabove normal were thus proved correct, itsaid. “However, quantitatively, realisedrainfall during the second half was morethan what IMD predicted,” it added.

Citing reasons behind the above nor-mal rainfall, Mahesh Palawat Vice-President (Climate Change andMeteorology), Skymet Weather, he said ElNino, most of the time, overwhelms IOD.But this time it was the other way around.Most global models indicated below nor-mal rainfall, Palawat said.

The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)is the major fluctuation in tropical weath-er on weekly to monthly timescales.

The MJO can be characterised as aneastward moving ‘pulse’ of cloud and rain-fall near the equator that typically recursevery 30 to 60 days. Palawat said wheneverthere is MJO, the monsoon activityincreases.

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Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar lost his cool in the

face of persistent queries froma journalist about inundation ofmany parts of Patna due toheavy rains and shot back ask-ing whether there was similaroutrage when Mumbai suf-fered a deluge and floods dis-rupted normal life in the US.

The incident took place lateTuesday night when Kumarwhile wading through knee-deep water was approached withquestions from a posse of jour-nalists when he was surveyingthe inundated areas of the city.

As he began explaining atlength how the State's northerndistricts had experienced flashfloods as early as in July, fol-lowed by a dry spell leading toa drought-like situation until itwas ravaged by torrents lastweek, a journalist from thenational Capital who was hereto cover the situation tried tocut him short.

While Kumar was visiblyirritated, the interjection wasresented by the local journal-ists who quarreled with the vis-iting scribe. They were heardshouting Have you come hereto gain prominence for your-self? This is not your Delhi stu-dio. We are based in Bihar andplease let us have the Chief

Ministers soundbite.When the commotion sub-

sided after a few minutes,Kumar resumed speakingabout how the latest disasterwas in a way connected to theproblem of climate change,which his Government wasdoing its bit to tackle.

Kumar was then inter-rupted again by the journalistwho sought to draw his atten-tion to the sufferings of peopleliving in water-logged areas ofthe city for the past few days.

He began explaining thetopography of the city, wherethe worst affected localities likeRajendra Nagar were low-lyingareas and urged for an "honestappraisal of the Government'sefforts and a proper study of thefactors responsible for the cur-rent situation.

When the reporter contin-ued to ask questions on top of

her voice on what his govern-ment did to change thingsafter having ruled the state forclose to 15 years, Kumarsnapped I would like to knowwhether water-logging in Patnahas been the biggest problem.How much concern was shownwhen Mumbai and Americawere water-logged?

You people have failed toeven contribute towards raisingpublic awareness, Kumar saidturning away amid protesta-tions by the scribe who shout-ed raising public awareness iswhat we are trying to do. Pleaseanswer the questions. Look atthis girl shouting here. Thelocal representative of herchannel is nowhere to be seenand she has been sent fromoutside to create mischief, heremarked sardonically as hewas led towards his vehicle bythe security personnel on duty.

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Begusarai (Bihar): The BJP-ledNDA in Bihar, which has beenruling the State for about adecade and a half, owes an apol-ogy to the people of Patna whohave been reeling from inun-dation following heavy rain,Union Minister Giriraj Singhsaid here on Wednesday.

The firebrand BJP leaderalso attacked the Nitish KumarGovernment saying an alerthad been sounded ahead of thedownpour but it failed to ensureattentiveness in the adminis-trative machinery, which couldhave lessened the severity of thecrisis.

"It is not a failure of the peo-ple of Patna. It is our failure.Residents of the city havereposed so much of trust in theNDA, especially the BJP. Weowe an apology to them," saidSingh who is the Lok Sabha MPof Begusarai in Bihar.

Singh, a former member ofthe Nitish Kumar Cabinet, is aknown detractor of the ChiefMinister and his deputy SushilKumar Modi, a senior BJPleader. "The Government issuedan alert asking the people to beon guard. But was it on guarditself? Had it been so, peoplewould not have been com-pelled to suffer so much of mis-ery," he said. On Tuesday also,the BJP leader accused the State

Government of corruption inflood relief and claimed that"floods seem to have become anoccasion for celebration for theState administration".

Patna has been a BJPstronghold since the 1980swhen Lalu Prasad's RJD heldsway over Bihar. In the 2015Assembly polls, which the BJP-led coalition lost badly to theGrand Alliance then comprisingNitish Kumar's JD(U), RJD andCongress, all the four seats thatcover the city were bagged bythe saffron party.

BJP legislators who havewon from the city include StateMinister Nand Kishore Yadav,while Sushil Modi who is nowa Legislative Council member,was a four-term MLA from thenow-abolished Patna Centralconstituency. The State capitalwas pounded by 342.5 mm ofrainfall between September 27and 30, as against the state aver-age of 255 mm, an officialrelease said. At least 42 peoplehave died in rain-related inci-dents in the entire state duringthe period following torrentialshowers. PTI

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Mumbai: The NationalistCongress Party on Wednesdayannounced a list of 77 candi-dates, featuring senior leadersAjit Pawar, Jayant Patil andChhagan Bhujbal.

Sharad Pawar's grand-nephew Rohit Pawar will makehis electoral debut from KarjatJamkhed in Ahmednagar dis-trict against Ram Shinde, sit-ting BJP MLA and minister.

Ajit Pawar, former deputychief minister, will contestfrom Baramati.

State NCP chief Jayant Patilwill contest from Islampur,and Bhujbal from Yeola.

Leader of Opposition inthe Legislative Council,Dhananjay Munde, will contestfrom Parli.

Mumbai NCP presidentNawab Malik will contest fromAnushaktinagar in Mumbai.

From Kej, the party hasfielded Prithviraj Sathe. Earlier,it had announced NamitaMundada's candidature, butshe joined the BJP. PTI

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Senior BJP leader and formerMinister Eknath Khadse —

who has gone ahead and filed hisnomination for the StateAssembly polls despite his namenot figuring in the first list of 125candidates released by his party— does not seem to be in amood to relent. He has indicat-ed that if denied the party tick-et, he would turn a rebel in the

polls. A day after he filed hisnomination from his home con-stituency of Muktai Nagar inJalgaon district of Maharashtra,Khadse told local media personson Wednesday: “If I am deniedticket by my party, people arewith me. I also expect co-oper-ation from you (media)”.

57-year-old Khadse, whohas gone into sulking mood eversince his name did not figure inthe first list of party candidates

released by the BJP on Tuesday,said: “I have been working hon-estly for the party for the last 42years. Never once have Ibetrayed the party, despite thefact that I received offers fromother political parties. Becauseof allegations made against meby some people, I was kept outof the State Cabinet for threeyears despite my having doneanything wrong” “I will defi-nitely ask my party leaders as to

what wrong have I done that Iam being treated this way. Iwould also like to ask them as towho has poisoned their mindsagainst me,” Khadse said.Displaying his show of strength,Khadse went in a huge proces-sion and filed his nominationfrom Muktainagar constituency.“In case, my name figures in thesecond list of candidates, I willfile another nomination,” hehad, after filing the nomination.

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Expressing his satisfactionover Yuva Sena leader

Aditya Thackeray’s decisionto contest the State Assemblypolls, Shiv Sena president andfather Uddhav Thackeray saidhere on Wednesday that hisson worked harder than him,that the Shiv Sainiks hadaccepted him with happinessand love and that it was theSainiks’ responsibility to nur-ture him.

Coming out with his firstreaction after Aditya onMonday announced his deci-sion to take a plunge intoelectoral politics, Uddhav indi-rectly said that his son wouldbe part of the new Governmentin the event of the BJP-ShivSena alliance returning topower in the State. “It is timefor the youth to realise theirdreams by taking to politicsand being part of theGovernment,” he said.

“Late Shiv Sena chief Bal

Thackeray had told me: Sinceyou are my son, I would notthrust you upon the Shiv Sena.In case, people accept you willsucceed in politics. I followedmy father’s footsteps and I amwhere I am. People haveaccepted Aditya. That’s why heis contesting the elections,”Uddhav said.

Dwelling upon Aditya’sdecision to contest theAssembly polls, Uddhav said:“I am satisfied with what ishappening today. Aditya is

very determined and is work-ing for the party with a lot ofinterest. He works harder thanme. The Shiv Sainiks haveaccepted him with happinessand love. That’s why I did notgo to the function where heannounced his decision tocontest the Assembly polls. Ido not want to do things in ahurry. Henceforth, he is theresponsibility of Shiv Sainiks".

“Working for the people isthe tradition in Thackeray’sfamily. I am happy that Adityais carrying forward the tradi-tion. I would like to thank ShivSainiks for this. He is fightingfor the development ofMaharashtra and also to fulfilthe dreams of the youth in thestate,” Uddhav said.

Uddhav, who was speakingat a function organised to wel-come Congress MLC fromNandurbar ChandrakantRaghuvamshi into the ShivSena, said that he would dwellupon in detail about the seat-sharing arrangement with the

BJP and other issues relating tothe State Assembly at theDussehra rally to be held at theShivaji Park in north-centralMumbai on October 8.

Rooting for the youngergeneration entering electoralpolitics, Uddhav said: “Tilltoday, political leaders havesold only dreams to the youth.The youth have been livingwith the same dreams untilnow. However, the youthshould now come forward torealise their dreams by enter-ing electoral politics andbecoming part of theGovernment. The youthshould now bring about trans-formation in Maharashtra andthe country”.

Meanwhile, Aditya — whois the first Thackeray in thefour generations of Thackeraysto have taken a plunge intoelectoral politics — is expect-ed to file his nomination forthe State Assembly polls fromWorli constituency in south-central Mumbai on Thursday.

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Lucknow: Congress leaderPriyanka Gandhi Vadra allegedon Wednesday that rape accusedwere being protected in UttarPradesh and demanded lodgingof a rape case against BJP leaderand former Union ministerChinmayanand.

"Atrocities are being com-mitted against women, especiallyin Uttar Pradesh. Rapists arebeing protected. It is ourdemand that in theShahjahanpur incident, a rapecase should be registered againstthe accused," the Congress gen-eral secretary in-charge of eastUP said on the sidelines of aparty march here to mark the150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi.

Priyanka Gandhi hadexpressed displeasure onMonday over Congressmenbeing stopped from taking outa "nyay yatra" (march for justice)in support of the law studentwho has accusedChinmayanand of rape. "The UPBJP government wants to sup-press the voice seeking justice forthe daughter of Shahjahanpur.The padyatra is being stopped.Our workers and leaders arebeing arrested. What is there tobe afraid of?," she had said in atweet in Hindi. About 80Congress workers were arrestedon Monday at a public meetingahead of the planned march inShahjahanpur in support of thelaw student. PTI

Chennai: MNM founder KamalHaasan on Wednesday faultedthe Tamil Nadu Government forseeking the court's approval toerect banners to welcome PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andChinese President Xi Jinping fortheir informal meet here thismonth. The actor-politicianappealed to Modi to "act as apioneer" and put an end to the"banner culture." "While TamilNadu and Thamizhians (Tamils)are struggling to cope with theloss of Shubasri's death, theTamil Nadu Government hasapproached the courts to obtainpermission to erect your ban-ners," he said. PTI

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In what may prove to be anembarrassment for the ruling

BJP, its ally Republican Party ofIndia (Athavale) on Wednesdayannounced that it would fieldincarcerated underworld donChhota Rajan’sbrother DeepakNikalje as its candidate for theMaharashtra Assembly pollsfrom Phaltan constituency inSatara district of westernMaharashtra.

Announcing Nikalje’s nameas his party’s candidate fromPhaltan constituency, RPI (A)founder-president RamdasAthavale said that his party —which is a constituent of the BJP-led saffron alliance in the stateand of the NDA at the Centre -- would in all contest six seats in

the State Assembly polls.Athvale said that the

RPI(A) would contest the seatsof Phaltan in Satara district,Malshiras in Solapur district,Bhandara, Naigaon in Nandeddistrict, Pathri in Parbhani dis-trict and Mankhurd- Shivaji

Nagar in Mumbai.Apart from that of

Nikalje, Athavle also releasedthe names of the RPI (A)'s fiveother candidates for the polls.

Phaltan, where Nikalje iscontesting is reserved for thecandidates belonging to theScheduled Caste. Phaltan is thenative place of Chhota Rajan.

This is not for the first timethat Nikalje will be contestingthe State Assembly polls. Hehad in the past contested theAssembly from Chembur as anindependent in the past.

Nikalge has been nominated tocontest from Phaltan, sinceChembur has gone to the ShivSena in the seat-sharingarrangement with the BJP.Nikalje has several cases regis-tered against him in variouspolice stations of Mumbai. Inthe 2014 polls, Nikalje haddeclared assets worth �17 crore.As recently as in the thirdweek of March 2018, theMumbai police had registereda case of alleged rape and sex-ual harassment based on thecomplaint of a 22-year-oldwoman. '

Quoting the complaintlodged by the victim woman, thepolice had said that the woman,who used to reside in SiddharthColony in north-east Mumbai,had alleged that Nikalje hadexploited the victim sexually.

Bengaluru: Senior Congressleader Siddaramaiah onWednesday took exception toDonald Trump calling PrimeMinister Narendra Modi asfather of India, saying the USpresident was 'ignorant' andshould try to learn aboutMahatma Gandhi.

Speaking at a party event onthe occasion of Gandhi Jayantihere, the former Karnataka ChiefMinister said if Modi was a'patriot', he should have protest-ed immediately against Trumpdescribing him as "father ofnation" instead of Gandhi.

There is no much differencebetween Narendra Modi andTrump. He (Trump) called him(Modi) father of nation. I think

Trump is ignorant... He shouldtry to know about MahatmaGandhi, Siddaramaiah said. He(Trump) should have at leastasked Obama (former USPresident Barack Obama) aboutGandhi....If Nanrendra Modi is apatriot he should have protestedthere, in front of Trump,"Siddaramaiah said. Trump hadlast week heaped praise on Modiin New York, when both the lead-ers met. "I remember Indiabefore was very torn. There wasa lot of dissension, fighting andhe brought it all together. Like afather would. Maybe he is thefather of India," the US presidenthad said, a comment which hadalready drawn flak from severalopposition leaders in India. PTI

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on Wednesday nightannounced the names of theremaining 12 candidates forthe upcoming HaryanaAssembly polls, with theGurgaon legislator beingamong four sitting MLAsdenied tickets.

The final list also dashedthe hopes of Minister RaoNarbir Singh, who was denieda ticket from his Badshahpurconstituency in Gurgaon dis-trict, but was hopeful that theparty may adjust him onanother seat.

Earlier, when theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)released its first list of 78 can-didates, Ministers Rao NarbirSingh and Vipul Goel(Faridabad) were among eightsitting legislators being denieda re-nomination.

The BJP has 48 legislatorsin the 90-member HaryanaAssembly. With the secondand final list out, a total of 12MLAs have been denied aticket for the upcoming polls.

In the second list, theparty has denied a ticket toPanipat City MLA RohitaRewri, in whose place PramodViz has been fielded. FromGurgaon, Umesh Aggarwalfailed to get a re-nominationand Sudhir Singla got the tick-et.

Notably, Umesh Aggarwaldid not share good equations

with Chief Minister ManoharLal Khattar. From Kosli inRewari district, sitting legisla-tor Bikram Singh Yadav hasbeen replaced by LaxmanYadav, while Sunil Musepurreplaces sitting legislatorRandhir Kapriwas from theRewari seat.

On the Naraingarh seat,the BJP has fielded SurendarRana. This Assembly con-stituency was represented bythe BJP's Nayab Singh Sainiwho was elected to the LokSabha this year from theKurukshetra parliamentaryconstituency.

The other seven seats arerepresented by the Oppositionmembers. From these seats,the candidates fielded by BJPinclude three women.

From Ganaur, NirmalChoudhary will enter the fray,Meena Narwal fromKharkhoda reserved seat,Dudaram Bishnoi fromFatehabad, actress SonaliPhogat from Adampur,Shashiranjan Parmar fromTosham, Shamsher Kharkadafrom Meham and ChiefMinister M L Khattar's aideDeepak Singla from Palwal.

In the outgoing House,Tosham, Meham, Palwal andAdampur are represented bysenior Congress leaders KiranChoudhary, Anand SinghDangi, Karan Singh Dalal andKuldeep Bishnoi. PTI

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The Chinese have either deployed“intimidation” or their famedcheque book diplomacy to “win”over other nations towards theirown purposes. Both as an undis-

puted military and an economic powerhouse,the options for Beijing vary from flexing itsmilitary muscle (as done in the South ChinaSeas) or by ensnaring nations into econom-ic bondage by pouring billions of dollars. Takethe example of the China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC), where a nation-sustaininginvestment of up to $60 billion has been madeto Pakistan, whose economy is cash-starvedtoday. Often, there is a hybrid model inbetween that entails the overlapping of thecommercial-military footprint through strate-gic investments by China.

The attempt to stitch together Chinesepresence along the crucial sea routes, pursuantto the “String of Pearls” policy, is an ostensi-bly commercial initiative, one that will sub-sequently evolve into the invariable presenceof Chinese military’s boots on civilian portssuch as Djibouti. Wherever physical distancestill challenges the Chinese “supply chain abil-ities” to maintain a viable military presence,it can dominate the narrative by out-fundingother donor nations or organisations andchampion these distant lands, such as in theAfrican hinterland or Latin America.

By punting in these distant lands, notonly does Beijing sustain captive sources forraw materials and a ready market for itsChinese end-products but also guaranteesinvaluable political and diplomatic influence.The importance of having such beholdennations can be gauged from the fact that inthe high tables of international diplomacy,like the United Nations, each country’s votecounts as “one.” This theoretically makes thevote of a country like Nauru, that has a pop-ulation of less than 15,000 people, matteras much as that of China with a populationof 1.5 billion.

One global theatre that was spared theChinese radar of urgency was the islandregion of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesiain the Pacific Ocean. The sheer distance, frag-mentation and “non-threatening” idyll ofthese small island nations ensured an isolat-ed tropical paradise that was bereft of anymajor geo-political or geo-strategic postur-ing till now. In an increasingly interdependentand interconnected global waterway of the21st century, three factors have driven a sud-den interest in this region of less than 2.5 mil-lion inhabitants.

First, the growing domestic aspirationswithin these nations. Second, the strategicrelevance of individual nation “vote” in mul-tilateral fora. And third, with increasingreach of the Chinese military-economicmight, these nations offer a breakoutopportunity from the supposed “encir-clement” of China, pitchforking theseisland nations into the competitive calcu-lus of Chinese hegemonic instincts. Eventhese nations are creatively leveraging their

geographical position to“counter-balance” the predom-inant and historical Australiantilt and influence in this regionto extract the maximum atten-tion and benefit of competitivebidding among regional powers.

However, among the fore-most considerations for Chinesediplomacy is also the need to iso-late and “compress” Taiwan inter-nationally by “winning over”those nations that still recogniseits official status. This ongoingChinese concern and project toget nations to switch sides on theTaiwan issue has accelerated inrecent times. A record sevencountries switched sides since2016.

These Pacific island nationshave historically held a pro-Taiwan position and they hadmade a sizeable part of the 25-odd countries that recognised ittill recently. Today the number todo so is a mere 15 countries. Thelatest ones to fall prey to theChinese “buyout” were theSolomon Islands and Kiribati,who were openly assured of“unprecedented developmentopportunities” in order to greasethe deal. The then Prime Ministerof Solomon Islands was candidenough to admit that Taiwan was“completely useless to us”, bothpolitically and economically.

As part of the “switchover”conditions, Kiribati had to severties with Taiwan and re-establishdiplomatic relations with China.

Meanwhile, credible rumoursabound in Kiribati about theChinese largesse in the pipeline,which includes very soft loansand a Boeing 737 to boot. TheTaiwanese are left high and dry,fuming at the obvious play of theChinese cheque-book diploma-cy that brooks no moral, histor-ical or positional consideration.

Traditional dominance offormer colonial powers, likeAustralia, the US, France, NewZealand and Japan in the region,is increasingly diminished as theChinese go about hunting onenation after the other. Beijing’sflush treasury comes handy asdoes the dispatch of an occasion-al bomber flying overhead thesehapless countries.

The Chinese footprint is vis-ible in the under-developed oil-fields of Sudan and as investmentin freight train infrastructure inBolivia. Now the Pacific Islandcountries are its new domain ofattention. All eyes are now in theneighbouring rim of the remain-ing Taiwanese allies in Palau,Tuvalu, Nauru and MarshallIslands to see if they, too, wouldbe enticed or coerced into aban-doning Taipei and joining theChinese “bloc.”

That the Chinese “generos-ity” never comes without stringsattached is something that thesenation states will invariably dis-cover. The Sri Lankan experiencewith Chinese investments todevelop the Hambantota Port

ultimately led to the surrender ofthe same to Chinese authoritiesfor a lease of 99 years. TheChinese bankrolling was also ableto overturn the Filipino bitternessthat had earlier led Manila tolodge a case against China in theInternational Court of Justice andwin the same. Almost immedi-ately, the PhilippinesGovernment incredulouslyembraced the Chinese hand andreneged on its historical relation-ship with the US.

Expectedly, large sums ofChinese investments wereassured and all portents of tradi-tional animosity buried. In reces-sionary times like now, wherecash is the king, the ability ofChina to impress the benefits ofjoining its “bloc” via gargantuancarrots like the “Belt and RoadInitiative” are immense. Thisallows it the freedom to indulgein profligate chequebook diplo-macy that wins it an ever-increas-ing kitty of vassal nations to doits bidding.

Counter-moves like theQuadrilateral meet (QUAD),enjoining the China-warynations like Japan, Australia,India and the US, have yet to gobeyond the conceptual frame-work and discussions as thetransactional dragon ensnares all,anyhow and anywhere.

(The writer, a military veter-an, is a former Lt Governor ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands andPuducherry)

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Sir — It was shocking to learnabout the two Dalit children, whohad to relieve themselves on aroad in Madhya Pradesh becausethey had no toilet at home andwere beaten to death by twoupper caste men. This happenedat a time when the Centre waspreparing to declare India open-defecation free.

It is a fact that the two chil-dren belonged to a poor family,who could not afford getting a toi-let constructed inside their house.The panchayat had apparentlysanctioned a house with a toiletfor the family but the sarpanch,a relative of the accused, had scut-tled the proposal. Then who isreally at fault here? The authori-ties or the children? Is it not theresponsibility of the authorities toensure that the poor have accessto basic facilities?

This incident has also tar-nished India’s reputation. Further,one of the accused reportedlydeclared that he had killed thechildren as in his dreams, god hadcommanded him to kill“demons,” justifying monstrosityin the garb of faith. Urgent stepsmust be taken to educate people

who are falling prey to blind faith.Open defecation is an old habit,especially among those living inrural areas. I recently discoveredthat in Tamil Nadu, even well-offfamilies in villages consider itunhygienic to have a toilet with-in the premises of the house andprefer open grounds for defeca-tion. Clearly, a lot more needs tobe done to explain to the people

the need to change this practice.TK Nandanan

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Tame the flood fury” (September1). The wrath of mother nature issuch that nobody, the rich or the

poor, is spared from the horrorsof climate change. That BiharDeputy Chief Minister SushilKumar Modi and his family werestranded and had to be rescued inlifeboats depict just that.

The extended monsoon thisyear has left behind a trail ofdestruction with 1,685 deathsbeing reported by 14 States tillSeptember 30 and hundreds

still missing. Although there is no available

data on the extent of economicdamages, such episodes pose aheavy economic burden for thecountry. Urban planning is in amess, infrastructure is in sham-bles and above all, there is nodearth of governance. If indeed wehave to minimise our losses, wemust start preparing for suchweather events that bring onlydestruction.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Whither Gandhi? (September2). It is indeed ironical that we arecelebrating Gandhi even as weare busy destroying everything hebelieved in and stood for. It istime for us to reflect on why ourcountry has changed so drastically since Independence.Only by ensuring that Gandhi’sideals come true can we truly cel-ebrate him.

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Hai maujazan ek kulzum-e-khoon, kaash yahi ho.Aata hai abhi dekhiye, kya kya merey aage.(A turbulent sea of blood is before me. But seewhat is coming ahead.)

—Mirza Ghalib

Iam in my sunset years (I just crossed 73) andmy remaining time will be spent on educat-ing my fellow Indians (including non-resi-

dent Indians in America — where I am livingat present — who though very good in theirtechnical jobs, are gullible in other respects).

The crux of what I teach is this: There arereally two worlds. One is that of the developed,highly industrialised countries like the US,Europe, Japan, Australia and China and secondis that of the under-developed countries, includ-ing India (which is perhaps the most developedof the underdeveloped nations).

Our national aim must be to transform Indiafrom the second world to the first. In otherwords, from being an under-developed country,we must make it a developed, highly industri-alised one. This is necessary if we wish to abol-ish poverty, unemployment, malnourishment,lack of healthcare and good education and so on.Because only a high-level and widespreadindustry can generate the wealth needed to pro-vide for the welfare of our people and create mil-lions of jobs to wipe out unemployment.

But how is this to be done ? We no doubthad a limited degree of industrialisation after1947 but then the process stalled. And of late oureconomy has tanked; the Gross DomesticProduct (GDP) has declined to five per cent,there have been massive retrenchments in theauto, Information Technology (IT) and otherindustries while real estate and power sectors arein the dumps. In fact, it is to divert attention fromthis economic crisis that the Government hasresorted to gimmicks like cow protection,building the Ram temple, Yoga Day, SwachhBharat Abhiyan, abolition of Article 370, HowdyModi in Houston and so on. But economic slow-downs cannot be wished away by such gimmicksand stunts.

One can win elections on the plank ofHindutva (as happened in the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections) but one can’t live off it. One has to eatfood and to get food, one must have a job. Butjobs are getting less (as the National SampleSurvey, a Government of India organisation,admitted recently). Twelve million Indian youthare entering the job market every year but oppor-tunities are drying up (due to manufacturingdecline). Consequently many Indian youths willend up as criminals, beggars, hawkers or will endtheir lives. I submit that the Indian people mustnow make a choice: Either keep living in theirmiserable conditions characterised by poverty,unemployment, malnourishment (the highest inthe world, with every second Indian child mal-nourished, as stated by the Global Hunger Index,UNICEF), farmers’ distress and the consequentunabated suicides, poor healthcare and educa-tion for the masses, discrimination againstminorities, Dalits and so on. Or else, sacrificeabout 10 per cent of the 1,350 million popula-tion in a gigantic, historical people’s revolutionwhich alone can destroy backwardness, the feu-

dal casteist and communal mindsetsand practices among our people. Thishydra-headed monster was obstruct-ing any progress and keeping uschained to poverty and other socialevils.

Many would say I am presenting ahorrible choice between the devil andthe deep sea and a cruel prognostica-tion and augury. Do we really want our135 million men, women and childrento rise up and set off a revolution? I amnot a bloodthirsty person and I wishthis great historical transformationcould take place peacefully. But unfortunately that is not how historyoperates.

Consider the experiences so far.The transformation of feudal Europeof the 16th century to a modernEurope of the 19th century was notaccomplished peacefully. It witnessedwars, revolutions, chaos, massacres,social churning, intellectual fermentand so on. It was only after goingthrough that fire that modern societyemerged in Europe.

Similarly, after the ChineseRevolution was completed in 1949, theChinese authorities made an investiga-tion about how many people werekilled in this churning (which lasted fora quarter of a century, from 1924 to1949). It was found that about 10 percent of the then 550 million Chinesepeople, which is about 50 million, werekilled. Similarly, about four of the then40 million Vietnamese people werekilled in the liberation war in Vietnam,which lasted from 1945 to 1975. So it

can be assumed that about 10 per centof the people are killed in a revolution.For, after all, what is a historical rev-olution? It is a period when the oldsociety and its values are being uproot-ed and torn apart but new values havenot yet replaced them. Everything is inferment, in chaos.

Can this be a peaceful affair? Notat all. The reactionary elements in theold order will fiercely oppose anychange, as happened in France in theperiod prior to the 1789 Revolutionand even during the one in Vendee in1793. And many of the ordinary peo-ple in society, being conservative bynature, will oppose any fundamentalchange. In India, most people still havecasteist and communal mindsets, andto replace that by modern minds is 10times more difficult than changing thephysical environment.

In India, all our State institutionshave collapsed and become hollow andempty shells. We adopted the parlia-mentary system of democracy butthis has degenerated into caste andcommunal vote banks, as everyoneknows. Casteism and communalismare feudal forces, which must bedestroyed if India is to progress butparliamentary democracy furtherentrenches them. So we have to replaceparliamentary democracy by anothersystem which enables us to rapidlyprogress.

Today, India has two of the threepre-requisites to becoming a modernindustrial giant, like China, namely ahuge pool of technical talent (our IT

engineers are manning Silicon Valley,and many Indians are professors inScience, Maths and EngineeringDepartments in AmericanUniversities), and immense naturalresources. What it lacks is the third pre-requisite — a modern, patriotic polit-ical leadership. Without this, ourtransformation from the second to thefirst world is impossible.

Unfortunately, the political leadersin India today rely either on caste orreligion for winning elections. Takingadvantage of the fact that our societyis still semi-feudal, with rampantcasteism and communalism, theypolarise society further and spreadcaste and religious hatred to get votes.Being mostly corrupt, they have noidea of how to solve our massive eco-nomic problems but are experts inmanipulating caste and communalvotebanks. Obviously such people areunfit to transform India into a mod-ern, highly industrialised country.

It is only modernist, selfless andpatriotic leaders who can solve India’smassive socio-economic problems.Who these movers will be, when willthe revolution which they will leadoccur, what form it will take is impos-sible to predict. But about one thingthere can be no doubt: The next twodecades in our country will be very tur-bulent and bloody. As the great Urdupoet Mirza Ghalib said, “Aata hai abhidekhiye kya kya mere aage. (I wonderwhat lies ahead of me.)”

(The writer is a former judge of theSupreme Court of India)

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Sheikh Hasina to India, beginningtoday. This will be the first visit byHasina after the National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) formed theGovernment for the second consec-utive time at the Centre. The visitcomes at a time when the relationsbetween the two neighbours are a bitstrained over the National Register ofCitizens (NRC) in Assam andBangladesh nurturing defence tieswith China. There are concerns thatsuch issues will affect the relationshipbetween the two nations who havehistoric linkages.

Hasina’s visit provides both NewDelhi and Dhaka the opportunity to

dispel any prevailing doubts about thefuture of the relationship and highlightthe importance India gives to itsfriendship with Bangladesh. Indo-Bangladesh relations made significantprogress under Hasina’s decade-longrule that began with her second termas Prime Minister in 2009. At present,except for some minor irritants, thealliance between New Delhi andDhaka is said to be at an all-time highand India considers Bangladesh atrusted friend and partner in theneighbourhood.

After the Uri attacks, ourGovernment used all possible avenuesto try and isolate Pakistan diplomat-ically. As part of that strategy, itrefused to attend the 2016 SAARCsummit in Islamabad and was sup-ported by Bangladesh. Dhaka wasalso the first nation to back NewDelhi’s entry as an observer in theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperationin 2018, a club open only to Muslim-majority countries.

Recently, after the promulgationof Article 370 and the anti-India pro-paganda by Pakistan and radicalgroups, Bangladesh echoed our stance

that Kashmir was our internal matter.Again, on the NRC, an initiative pri-marily undertaken to identify infiltra-tors from Bangladesh into Assam, theHasina government refrained fromindulging in any negative commentsin public.

India and Bangladesh share adeep sense of bonhomie, especiallyat the Governmental level.Nevertheless, rising scepticismamong the people, particularly inBangladesh, cannot be overlooked.It is an area that demands in-depthintrospection as the importance ofpublic opinion in influencingGovernment policies is established.

In Bangladesh, reasons for appre-hensions among the masses includethe pendency of the Teesta Riverwater-sharing agreement since 2011.India refrained from signing it duringformer Prime Minister ManmohanSingh’s visit after West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee objected tothe draft agreed upon by the twocountries. The delay in the signing ofthe agreement substantially hurtIndia’s credibility in the eyes of com-mon Bangladeshis.

Again, India’s initial reluctance intaking a firm stance on Rohingyarefugees, a vital issue for Bangladeshinundated by the influx of refugees,further dented public perception.India being a regional power, expec-tations from it are always high and anyfall from them leads to resentmentamong the people. The most promi-nent and recent case is India’s disjoint-ed response on the NRC, where oneof the arms of the Governmentassured that none would be deport-ed to Bangladesh while anotherrepeatedly expressed its resolve todeport Bangladeshis and referred tomigrants as a security threat. Besides,the venom spewed againstBangladeshis by some political lead-ers close to the ruling dispensation,who equated them to “termites”, hasadded to the people’s apprehensions.

Similarly, people in India havebeen watching Bangladesh’s growingties with China closely, especially indefence cooperation. In particular,Bangladesh’s recent contract toChina for construction of a subma-rine dockyard has raised eyebrows inIndia because the feeling on the

ground is that such contracts alwayshave some strategic consideration.This unease is despite the fact thatduring her July visit to China, SheikhHasina categorically mentioned thather nation’s relationship with Beijingis economic and with New Delhi, itis organic and cannot be measuredby any monetary benefits.

In the backdrop of these nigglingissues, Hasina’s visit signifies the spe-cial relationship the two countriesshare. During her stay, she will bediscussing a wide range of issues ofbilateral, regional and internationalimportance with Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

A deepening economic cooper-ation is also an important aspect asHasina will be accompanied by alarge delegation of businessmen. Inaddition, she will participate in theIndia Economic Summit, organisedby the World Economic Forum. Soone hopes that the two neighbourswill put a salve on any wounds beforethey fester.

(The writer is a Senior Fellow at theObserver Research Foundation andviews expressed are personal)

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Trade deals are not simplearithmetic but much more

complicated as they involve anumber of variables, ExternalAffairs Minister S Jaishankarhas said, exuding confidencethat India and US will “find afix” to their trade disputeswith intense engagement goingon between the two countries.

Trade tensions betweenIndia and the US have been ris-ing with American PresidentDonald Trump complainingthat tariffs imposed by NewDelhi on American productswere “no longer acceptable”.

Trump, championing his‘America First’ policy, has beena vocal critic of India for levy-ing “tremendously high” dutieson US products. He hasdescribed India as a “tariffking”.

Ahead of the New Delhivisit of US CommerceSecretary Wilbur Ross for tradetalks with his Indian counter-part Union CommerceMinister Piyush Goyal,Jaishankar on Tuesday said hewas hopeful that somethingwill come out of this ongoingintense engagement betweenofficials of the two countries ontrade issues.

“My understanding of theconversations is that he (Goyal)has had with his counterpartand (that) his officials, have had– team to team - that there’sbeen a very intense engage-

ment. I am hopeful that some-thing would come out of it,”Jaishankar told a meeting of UScorporate bodies during anevent organised by US IndiaStrategic and PartnershipForum.

Trade officials from thetwo countries would naturallywant progress on what areconsidered to be the outstand-ing issues, he said.

“But I think there’s alsosome desire to look beyond. Sowhen people speak aboutwhat’s gonna be the a tradedeal, we’ll have to see about thatgoes,” he said.

Whether one draws asharper kind of framework forthe certain set of issues, thenlook beyond or does one attacka more ambitious agenda,which will obviously then takemore time, he said.

“So it’s going to be sort of

you trade the size of it and thecomplexity of it for the timeand the energy for it. I thinkthat part of it is still a little open,but again, my understanding isthat they would be talkingwith each other continuallyover the coming days,”Jaishankar said.

Jaishankar said he had seenmuch more difficult issueswhich have been creativelyresolved.

“I can’t believe that peopletoday are less ingenious thanwe were in our time. So I’m rea-sonably confident that we willfind a fix,” the top Indiandiplomat said.

One of the challenges isreally how do one define theissue for which they are tryingto find a fix.

“Are you looking at imme-diate trade frictions? Are thelegacy issues you want to

resolve? Are the things on thehorizon? Are you looking atfuture policymaking? Thoseare decisions which both sidesreally need to have conversa-tions about,” Jaishankar told theaudience at the AtlanticCouncil.

Observing that two coun-tries are dealing with multiple,parallel realities when it comesto trade issues, he said the firstreality is that a lot of theseproblems pre-existed.

They become much moresort of central because the cur-rent administration in the USputs certain salience on thesesets of issues, he said.

“We could have had thosearguments in a differentadministration in a differentway,” he said and acknowledgedthat there are real issues.

“I don’t see anything wrongwith that,” he said.

Earlier, responding to aquestion at the Atlantic Councilthink-tank, Jaishankar cau-tioned against “overstating”that economic friction betweenthe two countries, sayingbecause the numbers are notgoing up.

“The numbers are stillgood, pretty much in everysphere. What has happened isthat there is a degree of spot-light on trade and economicissues, which was not there ear-lier. There is a salience to thoseissues in the overall policymaking in Washington, whichwas not there earlier,” he said.

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India and America will launcha new initiative for clean ener-

gy to fuel economic growth inthe strategically-important Indo-Pacific region where China hasbeen trying to expand its sphereof influence, the US StateDepartment has said.

The US has been pushingfor a broader role by India inthe Indo-Pacific region in thebackdrop of China’s rising mil-itary maneuvering in theregion. China has been tryingto expand its military presencein the biogeographic region,comprising the Indian Oceanand the western and centralPacific Ocean, including theSouth China Sea.

Beijing claims almost all ofthe South China Sea. Vietnam,the Philippines, Malaysia,Brunei and Taiwan havecounter claims over the sea.

Assistant Secretary of Statefor Energy Resources Francis RFannon is travelling to Indiafrom September 30 to October6 to launch the FlexibleResources Initiative (FRI,

“free”), under the US-IndiaClean Energy Finance TaskForce, an official statementsaid on Tuesday.

“FRI will execute the UnitedStates and India’s shared visionfor Indo-Pacific economicgrowth fuelled by clean energy,”the State Department said.

The FRI is also a compo-nent of the broader US-ledAsia EDGE (EnhancingDevelopment and Growththrough Energy) Initiative,which is a whole-of-governmenteffort to grow sustainable andsecure energy markets through-out the Indo-Pacific, it said.

Fannon will co-lead efforts,along with the Federal EnergyRegulatory Commission, aswell as partners from USDepartment of Energy and theUS Agency.

India’s Ministry of Powerwill host, along with the IndianMinistry of New andRenewable Energy, the IndianCentral Electricity RegulatoryCommission, and the IndianPetroleum and Natural GasRegulatory Board, the state-ment said.

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Atotal of 34 functional teamshave been formed to

smoothen the process of merg-er of United Bank of India(UBI), Punjab National Bank(PNB) and Oriental Bank ofCommerce (OBC), a seniorofficial said.

The merger is scheduled tocome into force from April 1next year.

“Thirty four functionalteams have been created tocome out with solutions for theprocess of integration,” a UBIofficial told PTI.

A team comprises twomembers each from the threebanks from different function-al areas, he said.

“The functional teams willalso try standardising the loanprocess, credit terms and ben-efits extended to the customersin the interim period till themerger comes into effect toavoid customer-related issuesin the future,” the official said.

The UBI had conductedcustomer meets at Kolkata,Guwahati and Patna to allaytheir apprehensions about thefuture of banking, the officialsaid.

UBI managing directorand CEO A K Pradhan hadearlier said that though the bal-ance sheet merger is likely tohappen by April 1 next year, itwill take another three to sixmonths after that for the HRand IT integration to be com-pleted.

He had said the completeharmonisation among the threeentities would take another 12to 14 months after the merger.

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US Secretary of State MikePompeo warned Italy on

Wednesday of China’s “preda-tory approach” to trade andinvestment, but Rome insistedits special powers over 5G sup-ply deals would protect it.

“China has a predatoryapproach in trade and invest-ment” and represents a “mutu-al threat” to the two countries,Pompeo said during a jointpress conference with Italy’sForeign Minister Luigi DiMaio.

“When the ChineseCommunist party shows up tomake an investment to gainpolitical power or threaten anation’s security, that’s whatneeds to be protected against,”he said.

But Di Maio said Rome’sso-called “golden powers” insupply deals for fifth-genera-tion (5G) telecom services,approved by the government inSeptember, “make us amongthe most advanced in Europeon security”.

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As India steps up its crack-down on suspected black

money stashed abroad,Switzerland has issued publicnotices to former IPL commis-sioner Lalit Modi and his wifeMinal following requests madeby Indian authorities aboutSwiss bank details of the couple.

In its latest federal gazettenotification on assistancesought by foreign jurisdictionsunder bilateral treaties for

exchange of information onmatters concerning suspectedfinancial irregularities,Switzerland’s Federal TaxAdministration (FTA) hasnamed Lalit and Minal Modi(alias Minalini Modi) amongsuch individuals.

The former IPL commis-sioner, who is said to have leftIndia for London in 2010, isalready facing a money laun-dering probe also, though hehas been denying any wrong-doing. The two separate noti-

fications dated October 1 didnot disclose any further details,besides giving Lalit and MinalModi ten days’ time to desig-nate authorised persons torespond to the assistancerequest received by the FTAfrom India.

Interestingly, similarnotices were issued against thetwo in 2016, but it could not beascertained whether the detailswere eventually shared by theSwiss authorities with India inthat case.

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The suspended managingdirector of Punjab and

Maharashtra Cooperative(PMC) Bank, Joy Thomas, hasblamed the auditors for themess at the bank, accusingthem of only “superficiallyauditing” the books of the nowcrippled lender due to “timeconstraints”.

In a five-page letter to theReserve Bank of India (RBI)dated September 21 after aboard member blew the lid onthe fraud at PMC, which isamong the top ten urban coop-erative banks, Thomas hasconfessed to the role of the topmanagement, including a fewboard members, in hiding theactual NPA numbers and alsothe actual exposure to thebankrupt HDIL, which is stat-ed to be around �6,500 crore orover 73 per cent of its total loan book of �8,880crore.

While Thomas has notnamed any auditor in the let-ter to the RBI written twodays before the regulatoryclamp down which PTI hasreviewed, according to itsannual report for FY19, thebank had three auditors —Lakdawal & Co, Ashok Jayesh& Associates and DB Ketkar &Co since FY11.

Emails from PTI sent to allthese auditors did not elicit anyreplies even after 24 hours.

The shallow auditing of thebooks of PMC by its statutoryauditors was done as the ‘bankwas growing’, Thomas claimedin the letter.

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India has the potential tobecome one of the largest

electric vehicles (EVs) marketsin the world, with the govern-ment pushing for the segmentin order to curb pollution andreduce reliance on import-dependent fossil fuel, says areport.

However, the uptake ofEVs has been slow in the coun-

try due to the high upfront aswell as lifecycle costs cost butlong-term investment inresearch and development(R&D) will create sustainedgrowth, according to the report by the WordEconomic Forum and OlaMobility Institute.

Apart from investment,government backing and direc-tion will be crucial for acceler-ating adoption and deploy-ment of electric mobility, itadded.

The report said there are 10states and union territories(UTs) that are leading the wayin building production, infra-structure and services toincrease the momentum of EV usage inIndia.

These states and UTs areAndhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi,Karnataka, Kerala,Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,Telangana, Uttarakhand andUttar Pradesh.

“Considering the stronggovernmental push towardsEVs, India has a huge potentialto become one of the largest EVmarkets,” the report noted.

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Baghdad: Two demonstratorswere killed and more than 200people injured Tuesday, healthofficials said, in clashes withsecurity forces during protestsin Baghdad and the provincesthat mounted the first challengeto Iraq's fragile one-year-oldgovernment.

More than 1,000 protestershad descended on the capitalbefore security forces dispersedthe crowds with a volley of gun-fire and tear gas.

Protests in Baghdad leftone dead and 200 wounded,including 160 civilians, thehealth ministry said withoutproviding further details.

According to medical andpolice sources, most of themneeded treatment for tear gasinhalation and some wereinjured by rubber bullets.

A health official in DhiQar later said that one protest-er was killed and two otherswere wounded in the southernprovince.

With Iraqi flags drapedover their shoulders or wrappedaround their foreheads, thedemonstrators had gathered inthe iconic Tahrir Square, with a

wide range of grievances butapparently without a unifiedleadership.

"Those thieves robbed us!"they cried out in condemnationof the political class in Iraq, con-sidered the 12th most corruptcountry in the world byTransparency International.

"The problem is that par-liament is a bunch of gangs thathave divided up everythingamongst themselves," saidAbbas Fadel, a 30-year-olddemonstrator.

Some were on the streets toprotest at the lack of public ser-vices, including rampant powercuts, water shortages and unem-ployment, particularly amongyouth.

"Show us what you can do:show us paved roads, a city thatfunctions, reconstruction, work,public services. We have noneof that," said Mustafa Khaled,34.

And others carried por-traits of Staff Lieutenant GeneralAbdulwahab al-Saadi, who wasthis week removed from his postin Iraq's Counter-TerrorismService in a shock move.

Demonstrators were cleared

from Tahrir Square a first timebut then regrouped, facing asteady volley of live shots, watercannons and tear gas fromsecurity forces.

More shots were fire evenafter the crowds had dispersedinto adjacent neighbourhoods.

Three young men could beseen carrying a woundeddemonstrator wearing a check-ered white-and-black scarf toprotect him from the tear gas.

Some protesters made theirway towards Al-JumhuriyahBridge, which leads into thehigh-security Green Zone thathouses government offices andforeign embassies.

Police had set up metalbarricades and stationed trucksat the mouth of the bridge toprevent protesters from cross-ing, and a security source insidethe zone told AFP that rein-forcements were requested.

The gathering was thebiggest demonstration againstPrime Minister Adel AbdelMahdi since he came to powerin late October 2018, justmonths after demonstrationsthat engulfed the southern cityof Basra last summer. AFP

Taipei: Five bodies have beenrecovered from under a col-lapsed bridge in Taiwan, res-cuers said Wednesday, as thesearch continued for the lastperson missing after the struc-ture smashed onto fishing boatsmoored underneath.

Taiwan's National FireAgency said the deceased werefishing workers from Indonesiaand the Philippines whosebodies were found in watersnear two damaged boats lateTuesday and earlierWednesday.

"The search and rescuemission continues," transportminister Lin Chia-lung toldreporters, adding evidence wasbeing collected for an investi-gation.

The Philippines labourministry confirmed that two ofits nationals were killed whileone remained missing and fiveothers were injured in the inci-dent.

The ministry pledged assis-tance to the affected workersand their families. DramaticCCTV footage captured themoment the 140-metre (460-foot) long single-arch bridge

came crashing down early onTuesday morning inNanfangao, on Taiwan's eastcoast.

In the video, a verticalcable at the centre of thebridge's steel arch suddenlysnaps.

The road then collapsesinto the water, crashing downon three fishing boats as apetrol tanker, which nearlymade it across, also plungedinto the water.

Twelve people wereinjured, including six Filipinoand three Indonesian fishingworkers, the Taiwanese driverof the petrol tanker, and twocoastguard personnel. Thepetrol tanker burst into flamesat some point after it hit thewater, sending a thick plume ofblack smoke into the air.

The local landmark wascompleted in 1998 andspanned a small fishing port. Itwas featured in a number of TVdramas and commercials.

Taiwan was skirted by atyphoon on Monday night,which brought heavy rains andstrong winds to parts of the eastcoast. AFP

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Spontaneous flash-mob ral-lies broke out in Hong Kong

on Wednesday as angermounted over police shootinga teenage protester whoattacked officers in a dramaticescalation of the violent unrestthat has engulfed the territoryfor months.

A few thousand demon-strators, including office work-ers in shirts and suits, musteredin a park and then beganmarching through the city'scommercial district in anunsanctioned rally, chantinganti-police and anti-govern-ment slogans.

Hours earlier, hundreds ofstudents staged a sit-in at theschool of 18-year-old TsangChi-kin, who was shot in thechest by a policeman as he anda group of masked protestersattacked officers with umbrel-las and poles.

The international financehub has been left reeling fromthe shooting, the first time a

demonstrator has been struckwith a live round in nearly fourmonths of increasingly violentpro-democracy protests.

Hong Kong was batteredby the most sustained politicalclashes of the year on Tuesdayas China celebrated 70 years ofCommunist Party rule with amassive military parade inBeijing.

The spiralling violenceunderscored seething publicanger against Beijing's ruleand shifted the spotlight fromChina's carefully choreo-graphed birthday party, whichwas designed to showcase itsstatus as a global superpower.

Running battles raged forhours across multiple loca-tions as hardcore protestershurled rocks and petrol bombs.

Police responded for themost part with tear gas, rubberbullets and water cannon.

Police said the officer firedat Tsang because he feared forhis life on a day that saw hiscolleagues fire five warningshots from their pistols

throughout the city."In this very short span of

time, he made adecision and

shot the assailant," police chiefStephen Lo said.

But protest groups said theofficer charged into the meleewith his firearm drawn andcondemned the increasing use

of live rounds."The people of Hong Kong

are sick and tired of havingmere words of condemnationas their only shields againstlethal bullets and rifles," amasked protester said at apress conference near Tsang'sschool.

The shooting was capturedon video that quickly wentviral.

Opinion towards theshooting has largely cementedalong ideological divides withpro-democracy activists con-demning the police and estab-lishment figures calling it a jus-tified use of force.

Tsang, who was filmed try-ing to strike the officer with apole as he was shot, was takento a nearby hospital in a criti-cal condition but authoritiessaid his condition had sinceimproved.

A friend and classmate ofTsang, who gave his first nameMarco, said the 18-year-old wasa keen basketballer who wasinfuriated by sliding freedoms

in Hong Kong and the policeresponse to the protests.

"If he sees any problems oranything unjust, he would faceit bravely, speak up against it,instead of bearing it silently,"Marco told AFP.

Police said 25 officers wereinjured in the National Dayclashes, including some whosuffered chemical burns froma corrosive liquid that wasthrown at them by protesters.The liquid also wounded somejournalists.

Hospital authorities saidmore than 70 people wereadmitted on Tuesday.

Police made some 160arrests throughout the day.

On Wednesday, 96 pro-testers arrested during clasheswith police on Sundayappeared in court charged withrioting, according to courtdocuments. Their ages rangedfrom 14 to 39.

The majority were stu-dents in their early twenties butother occupations listed includ-ed a waitress, a teacher, a doc-

tor, an advertising executiveand a cook.

Hong Kong's protests wereignited by a now-scrapped planto allow extraditions to themainland.

But after Beijing and localleaders took a hardline theysnowballed into a wider move-ment calling for democraticfreedoms and police account-ability. With Hong Kong leaderCarrie Lam seemingly unwill-ing or unable to find a politi-cal solution, police have beenleft to battle increasingly radi-calised protesters.

Sentiment is hardening onall sides.Protesters and somelocal residents routinely shout"triads" at officers who oftenrespond by calling demonstra-tors "cockroaches".

The protest movement'smain demands are an inde-pendent inquiry into policeactions, an amnesty for thosearrested and universal suffrage.

But Beijing and Lam havesaid they are unwilling to meetthose demands.

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Donald Trump on Tuesdaydenounced the impeach-

ment inquiry threatening hispresidency as a "coup," as hisadministration pushed backhard against the investigation.

Trump's comments cameafter Secretary of State MikePompeo pressed to prevent ordelay five former or currentState Department staffers fromtestifying in the investigationprobing accusations thatTrump abused his office byseeking dirt from Ukraine ona 2020 election rival.

"As I learn more and moreeach day, I am coming to theconclusion that what is takingplace is not an impeachment,it is a COUP," Trump tweeted.

It is "intended to take awaythe Power of the People, theirVOTE, their Freedoms, their

Second Amendment, Religion,Military, Border Wall, and theirGod-given rights as a Citizen ofThe United States of America!"he wrote.

Pompeo meanwhileaccused three DemocraticHouse committee heads con-ducting the impeachmentinquiry of "an attempt to intim-idate, bully and treat improp-erly the distinguished profes-sionals of the Department ofState."

But Democrats accusedthe top US diplomat of"stonewalling" the investigationand, according to mediareports, scheduled interviewswith at least two of the diplo-mats who both had directinvolvement in the Ukrainematter.

It was the first major clashof the days-old impeachmentprobe, pointing to a dramati-

cally mounting political andlegal siege as Trump battles tosave his presidency.

Trump faces the possibili-ty of becoming only the thirdpresident ever impeached byCongress, which could lead tohis going on trial in the Senate.

Democrats decided lastweek to seek impeachmentafter a whistleblower com-plaint, supported by a WhiteHouse call transcript, showedTrump pressuring UkrainePresident Volodymyr Zelenskyto supply him with politicallyuseful information onDemocratic former vice pres-ident Joe Biden.

Biden is the most likelyDemocrat to challenge Trump'sreelection bid next year.

The first move of the threepowerful House Democrats --Adam Schiff of the IntelligenceCommittee, Eliot Engel of the

House Foreign AffairsCommittee and ElijahCummings of the OversightCommittee -- was to subpoe-na Pompeo and Trump's pri-vate lawyer Rudy Giuliani fordocuments and to summon thefive diplomats to testify.

"Secretary Pompeo wasreportedly on the call when thePresident pressed Ukraine tosmear his political opponent,"

they said.Pompeo's letter suggested

that the committees could beforced to subpoena the fivediplomats, and that the StateDepartment and White Housecould seek to limit what theycan talk about.

"I will use all means at mydisposal to prevent and exposeany attempts to intimidate thededicated professionals whomI am proud to lead," Pompeosaid.

But news reports said theState Department's former spe-cial envoy to Ukraine, KurtVolker, would testify Thursdayand that the ex-ambassador toKiev, Marie Yovanovitch, wouldappear behind closed doors onOctober 11. Volker had beensought by Giuliani to helppressure Zelensky, whileYovanovitch was removed ear-lier this year as ambassador

after she reportedly resistedthat effort.

The three committee headswarned Pompeo in a statementTuesday that any effort to pre-vent witnesses from speaking tothem was "illegal and will con-stitute evidence of obstructionof the impeachment inquiry."Trump's personal lawyer RudyGiuliani suggested he mightnot comply with a House sub-poena issued on Monday.

Giuliani spent months ear-lier this year contactingUkraine officials to encouragethem to investigate Biden,whose son had business ties toUkraine.

While Pompeo andGiuliani battled the Housecommittees, Trump alsostepped up his personal attackson Schiff, the leader of theimpeachment investigation, aswell as the anonymous whistle-

blower."Why isn't Congressman

Adam Schiff being brought upon charges for fraudulentlymaking up a statement andreading it to Congress," heasked.

On Monday, Trump saidthe White House was trying toget more information on thewhistleblower, whose identity isprotected by law.

But politicians from bothparties warned the presidentagainst threatening or attempt-ing to unmask the whistle-blower, who was reported to bea CIA analyst.

"This person appears tohave followed the whistle-blower protection laws andought to be heard out and pro-tected," said RepublicanSenator Chuck Grassley.

"Folks just ought to beresponsible with their words."

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Seoul: North Korea fired whatappeared to be a "submarine-launched ballistic missile", Seoulsaid Wednesday, a day afterWashington and Pyongyangannounced they would resumestalled nuclear talks.

Pyongyang frequently cou-ples diplomatic overtures withmilitary moves, as a way ofmaintaining pressure on nego-tiating partners, analysts say, andmay believe this weapons systemgives it added leverage.

A proven submarine-basedmissile capability would take theNorth's arsenal to a new level,allowing deployment far beyondthe Korean peninsula and a"second-strike" capability in theevent of an attack on its militarybases.

The South's Joint Chiefs ofStaff said it detected a ballisticmissile early Wednesday firedaround 450 kilometres (280miles) in an easterly direction ata maximum altitude of 910kilometres.

The missile was "believed tobe one of the Pukkuksong mod-els", the JCS said in a statement,referring to a line of submarine-

launched ballistic missiles(SLBM) under development bythe North.

"Such actions by NorthKorea to raise tensions are nothelpful to efforts to ease tensionson the Korean peninsula and weurge it again to stop immedi-ately," it added.

The North carried out a suc-cessful test of the Pukkuksong-1, also known as KN-11, inAugust 2016 which flew around500 kilometres.

The United States said it wasmonitoring the situation on theKorean peninsula.

One of the projectiles fellinto waters within Japan's exclu-sive economic zone -- a 200-kilometre band around Japaneseterritory -- Tokyo said.

"The launching of ballisticmissiles violates UN SecurityCouncil

resolutions and we strong-ly protest and strongly con-demn it," Prime Minister ShinzoAbe told reporters.

The North is bannedfrom ballistic missile launchesunder UN Security Council res-olutions. AFP

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Prime Minister BorisJohnson will submit "final"

proposals for a new Brexitagreement on Wednesday, offi-cials said, warning that if theEuropean Union did not engagewith them, Britain would leavethe bloc this month with nodivorce deal.

Johnson will provide detailsof what his Downing Streetoffice said was a "fair and rea-sonable compromise" duringhis closing speech to hisConservative party's annualconference in Manchester.

But a statement issued lateTuesday stressed this was a"final offer" and Johnson wouldbe keeping his pledge to leavethe EU on October 31, with orwithout a deal. Johnson himselftold The Sun newspaper that hehad "10 days" to listen to EUcounter-offers and find a com-promise.

"If there's a deal to be done,it could be done in that time,"said Johnson. "If there isn't, thenwe'll know. That's the truth."

Johnson, a leading "leave"campaigner in the 2016 EU ref-erendum, took office in Julyvowing to deliver Brexit at theend of this month in all cir-cumstances. But like his pre-decessor Theresa May, he hasstruggled against a hostile par-liament and the complexities ofuntangling four decades of EUintegration.

Johnson has pledged torenegotiate the exit terms Mayagreed with Brussels, whichwere rejected by the British par-liament three times.

He is now focused onreplacing the controversial"backstop", a longstandingsticking point that aims to keepan open border between BritishNorthern Ireland and EUmember Ireland after Brexit.

May's proposal would have

done this by keeping Britain inan effective customs unionwith the EU, which criticsargued would force London toabide by the bloc's rules indef-initely.

The Daily Telegraph news-paper reported that Johnsoninstead wants to keep NorthernIreland in the EU's single mar-ket until 2025, but in a customsunion with the rest of Britain.

This would potentially cre-ate two new borders -- regulatorychecks between mainland Britainand Northern Ireland along theIrish Sea, and customs checks onthe island of Ireland itself.

After that, a new power-sharing authority in NorthernIreland would decide whetherto keep the region aligned withEU or UK standards, the news-paper said.

Johnson had earlier denieda media report that he waslooking at installing customsposts along the Irish border,

amid outrage from Dublin.The issue is hugely controver-sial, as the removal of borderposts was seen as key to bring-ing peace to Northern Irelandafter three decades of violenceover British rule that left thou-sands dead.

But Johnson said it was a"reality" that there would haveto be checks somewhere afterBrexit.

Ireland's inital response toJohnson's latest reported offerwas strongly negative."Certainly, the reports we'rehearing are concerning, to putit mildly," Irish Deputy PrimeMinister Simon Coveney saidlate Tuesday.

Coveney said Ireland couldnot accept a time limit to anyborder solution because therewas no guarantee that a newand permanent EU-UK tradeagreement dealing with thefrontier could be reached with-in a specific timeframe.

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Washington: NASA has releasedrecordings of eerie sounds onMars picked up by one of its mis-sions to the Red Planet, theInSight lander.

Far below the human rangeof hearing, these recordings hadto be speeded up and slightlyprocessed to be audible throughheadphones, NASA said onTuesday.

The spacecraft's exquisitelysensitive seismometer, called theSeismic Experiment for InteriorStructure (SEIS), can pick upvibrations as subtle as a breeze.

The instrument was pro-vided by the French spaceagency, Centre National d'EtudesSpatiales (CNES), and its part-ners.

The instrument wasdesigned to listen for quakes onMars, known as marsquakes.

Scientists want to study howthe seismic waves of these quakesmove through the planet's inte-rior, revealing the deep innerstructure of Mars for the firsttime.

But after the seismometerwas set down by InSight's robot-ic arm, Mars seemed shy. It didnot produce its first rumblinguntil this past April, and this firstquake turned out to be an oddduck.

It had a surprisingly high-frequency seismic signal com-pared to what the science teamhas heard since then.

Out of more than 100 eventsdetected to date, about 21 arestrongly considered to be quakes,NASA said.

The remainder could bequakes as well, but the scienceteam hasn't ruled out othercauses. IANS

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From the identity of an individual,the spirit of sacrifice to the signif-icance of a family and the sanctity

of a society, Ramayana stays ever-rele-vant in the current times. Which is whyits depiction through theatrical acts hasevolved as a culture over the years to cel-ebrate the victory of Ram against Ravan.

Among the many Ramlilas thatmake the rounds in the city, some ofthem stand out for their contemporane-ity. Like Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra’s63rd edition of its dance drama,Sampoorna Ramlila Shri Ram, this year.Says Shobha Deepak Singh, director andvice chairperson, “I have used newdance styles and choreography and mar-tial techniques. We have opted for moreinnovative designs for the stage, music,lighting. I specially designed the cos-tumes myself this time. Keeping pacewith the technology, we have enrichedour stage with an LED wall displayingstunning scenes and animated visuals inthe background, lending a 3D effect tothe sets.”

However, why is it that epic stays sorelevant to our times? Singh says, “Peopleare losing their sense of values today. Thisepic talks about the wisdom of severalgurus and maharishis. And if thosewords could be made available to peo-ple through acts, music and dance,what could be better? Navratri is aboutrenewing our pledge. Divinity is just acontent for self-awareness.”

She adds, “Working on Ram hasbeen tiring but never exhausting for herefreedom comes to light and dreamsbecame a reality. I am very much into thisRamlila. I think what I have created isvery special and sacred for me,” she says.For her, it became an enriching experi-ence right from the start, when she, asa teenager, first saw her first depiction,where “fluid fabrics transformed intostructured costumes, flowers garlandedaround the stage, raw materials built upa palace.” It all immensely impacted hermind, she adds, “so much so that thememories drive me through the chaptersof the Ramayana every passing year. Thejourney of Sampoorna Ramlila over allthese years is also my journey as an artist,a producer and as a custodian of cultur-al heritage.”

The Aryan Heritage Foundation’sBroadway-style Ramlila, SampurnRamayana, is increasingly becomingpopular among the youth. The reason —its efficient use of modern media andtechnology, more modified and refinedstorytelling techniques, and a fast-pacedrun. The complete epic is acted every dayfor three hours. Creator and president,Rajender Mittal, says, “Over the years, weobserved how the footfalls at other tra-

ditional Ramlilas slowly went down.People stopped coming and enjoying theepic tale being told in episodes spreadover nine days. They found it slow andboring. So, here, they can come andwatch it as one whole experience. It’sextremely spiritual, urging each one toconnect with the almighty first and thenwith their inner self. Also, when you tryto up your game every year, eventually,it is evident with the kind of response youget. We have a footfall of around 10,000people everyday.”

From Udit Narayan to Kailash Kher,the Ramlila also makes space for origi-nal music composers to create their tunesand weave them into the plot. Takingabout what is new in the three-year-oldRamlila this time, Saurabh Mittal, vice-president, says that they have used mas-sive multi-layered stage and LED screensto create an illusory experience for theaudience for them to imbibe the essenceof the show “as if they were living”through it. The foundation this time hasalso added more dynamism by design-ing new vibrant costumes for a muchlarger group of artists and has fortifiedit with new soundtracks keeping the orig-inal as its soul. “The performers will beperforming on all seven stages. We alsohave introduced a 5.1 surround soundsystem, which enables the sound fromthe mic amplify to different places in theauditorium rather than just being at oneplace. This way, even the one who is sit-ting at the back would have the samesound and music experience. A lot of

new music tracks — 17 — have beenlaunched by the music director ChandraKamal ji.”

The epic is known to be relevant dueits story that embodies timeless valuesand inspires us to broaden our con-sciousness the way it was first told.However, many writers and philoso-phers have created their own versionsof it and told it through the perspectivesof its various characters. For instance,The Forest of Enchantments by ChitraBanerjee Divakaruni tells the Ramayanathrough Sita’s eyes. Shouldn’t theseage-old traditional Ramlilas also look atnewer perspectives to showcase the epictoday to give space to the audience tounderstand each character specifically?Saurabh says that the foundation’sRamlila is not just one through Valmiki’sor Shiva-Parvati’s eye, but offers a freshperspective through every character’seyes. “For instance, we also tell itthrough Kaikeyi. She is always lookedat in a negative light. But here, we givea reason and justify her motive behindsending Ram to an exile of 14 years. Wealso make some of the actions byRavan appear justified to give the audi-ence — especially the youth — a freshtake on his identity and intentions,” sayshe.

However, Singh says that she mightbring some new variations and try to tellthe tale through a different perspective,but “now isn’t the right time. Maybe, inthe future, but currently, I am verymuch devoted to the story of Ram andthis Ramlila.”

Looking at the LavKush Ramlila,one of the oldest in the city, AshokAggarwal, president, says that his teamhas launched two cranes this time tomake the experience more engaging forthe audience. “For Ram Vivah, thecrane showered flower petals on themand over the audience. The wholeSabahu-Mareecha episode had theirarmy of rakshasas following them in thecrane and looked as if they’re really trav-elling through air — Akashmarg. Earlier,we had only two to three people doingthat, now 15 of them could go togeth-er,” he says.

He tells us why the Ramlila wasnamed after Luv and Kush, the two sonsof Sita and Ram. “How often do you finda stage act named after them? Here, wedid that to show how they followed theirparents’ paths and how it can inspire theyoung generation of India today,” sayshe.

The team has also made their actavailable on YouTube this time and seenan increase in the footfall by makingnew and necessary changes in their tra-ditional, decades-long format.

Nowadays, consumers shoponline for just about every-

thing. So you’ve likely experiencedthe stinging disappointment whena TV, piece of furniture or some-thing else you ordered finallyarrives on your doorstep — dam-aged.

Here’s what you should do ifyour delivery comes in less-than-optimal shape.

Examine the item thoroughlyAs soon as you receive a

dented box or open a package onlyto discover broken merchandise,get to work. Take pictures todocument the condition of thedelivery when it arrived — retail-ers may want proof. Hang ontoany enclosed packing slips andreturn labels.

If the item is brought intoyour home as opposed to beingleft on your porch, inspect it fordamage before you’re asked to signoff on the delivery. This procedureis common with large productssuch as a couch or dining set.

Contact the retailer quicklyMost businesses have return

policies on their websites, andthere will typically be a sectionwithin that policy that addressesdamaged or defective items. Witha quick Google search, you can

pull up such policies for big-nameretailers.

Look for information abouthow the damaged product shouldbe handled. While some returnpolicies advice contacting cus-tomer care within three days ofreceiving a damaged item, the oth-ers say that customers can returnproducts that were defective ordamaged in shipping either to astore location or through themail during the return andexchange time period. The retail-er says to call for return-by-mailinstructions and it’ll cover “all rea-sonable and customary groundshipping fees.”

Report the broken item rightaway so the retailer doesn’t thinkyou’re responsible for the damage,advices Kevin Brasler, executiveeditor at a non-profit consumerorganisation.

If you don’t notice the dam-age for weeks, instead of shippingthe item back to the retailer for areplacement, you may need to shipit to the manufacturer for repair.

“If it’s a defective item, thestore should just step up and makeit right, get you a replacement itemas fast as possible,” Brasler says. “Ifit’s a warranty issue — if the thinghas broken since you’ve takendelivery — now you have to dealwith the manufacturer and possi-bly their warranty underwriter.”

Unpack the issueOnce you get on the phone

with a retailer — or hop into a chatwith an online representative —clearly articulate how you’d like theproblem resolved, says NicoleLeinbach, founder of a retail sup-porting organisation, and anauthor of Retail 101: The Guide toManaging and Marketing YourRetail Business.

“Understand what you wantfrom that conversation so that youcan best lead that conversation toa resolution,” she says.

Remaining calm can greatlybenefit your interaction with acustomer service rep.Acknowledge that your frustration

is not directed at the agent, butrather at the situation, Leinbachsays.

Once you conclude the call,see the process through to com-pletion. Ship the product back, ifyou’re asked to, and stay on top ofthe retailer to ensure your replace-ment arrives in a timely manner.

If the seller isn’t willing towork with you on a legitimateissue, tell them you could reportthem to the business bureaus, rec-ommends Charles R Taylor, amarketing professor at VillanovaSchool of Business.

If that doesn’t change theirminds, and you paid for the itemwith a credit card, you can disputethe charge. Check with your cred-it card company for full details, butBrasler says nine times out of 10,the credit card issuer will side onyour behalf.

Read return policies proactive-ly

To save yourself time and has-sle in the future, Leinbach recom-mends reading return policiesbefore making a purchase. That’sparticularly important for largeitems such as furniture, whichmay be more of a logistical chal-lenge to send back.

“Understanding the returnpolicy upfront is so important toany online purchase decision,”Leinbach says.

Similarly, keep time frames inmind. Ask yourself questionslike, when is the product expect-ed to be delivered? Will you behome? Will you be able to inspectit before the return window pass-es?

Even if a damaged productarrives on your porch beforeyou’ve done your due diligence,you can still follow the stepsabove to make things right. Thegood news? Taylor says manycompanies have favourable poli-cies.

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From the time she enteredBollywood in 2007 with

Saawariya, Sonam Kapoor Ahujamostly courted the limelight as afashionista and a highly-opinion-ated person rather than with heracting skills — till Neerja in 2016changed that opinion for many.While the actress is happy with hercareer graph, she now wishes to bepart of horror and action films.

“I haven’t done any action andhorror films, so these are the twogenres I would love to explore. Itwould be so different and excitingfor me because I haven’t done any-thing on action. So, one of thesetwo genres would be interesting totry out,” Sonam, who looks for-ward to working with filmmakersVishal Bhardwaj and Shoojit Sircar,said.

Starting her career as an assis-tant director in the film Blackunder the mentorship of film-maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali,Sonam is philosophical recall-ing her initial days whenSaawariya turned out to be acritical and commercial fail-ure. “The fate of any film isnot in the hand of actors, soI do not think we could havedone anything differentlythen. But people liked us —Ranbir and me. Since then,both of us have workedwith some of the mostpowerhouse filmmakersof the country,” she said.

“I think as long aspeople are interested inworking with you, aslong as an actor gets achance to be part ofgood stories, oneshouldn’t think toomuch on the fate of a film.

Ranbir is a superstar now and I amdoing okay,” she smiled.

She added, “Initially I was dis-heartened to face criticism for noreason. There were times peoplecriticised me and did not take meseriously because I love fashion anddressing up. I felt bad but I also loveacting and the process of filmmak-ing so much that my passiontowards my profession remain aconstant drive.”

“I love acting and fashion. Imake every choice from my self-belief, and when you are driven bypassion you are bound to get pos-itive results. I have learnt to bepatient and realised that patienceis the greatest virtue in life,” said the34-year-old who was recently seenin The Zoya Factor opposite

Dulquer Salmaan.Being the daughter of

the iconic Anil Kapoor, howdoes her father look at her

career? “For dad, mycareer is secondary, butthe person I havebecome with time as hisdaughter — he is happyabout that. He is proudof who I am as an indi-vidual. I started mycareer very young andlived under the scruti-ny of people and themedia and emerged astrong person. Mydad likes that. Forhim, becoming agood human beingis important. Ofcourse, he is happywith my choicesof films so far,”Sonam signedoff.

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How are you developing newtourist circuits beyond Srinagarand Pahalgam?

We all know that Kashmir hasbeen known as the Paradise onEarth. Apart from Gulmarg andPahalgam, there are many otherplaces that we are promoting whichwill eventually will turn out to bebetter than the existing ones. Wehave Doodhpatri, Sintham Top, PirPanjal Pass and Sheshnag.

These place also offer opportuni-ties for adventure tourism like whitewater rafting, motor biking, skiing, iceskating, sledging and others here.There is ice hockey as well, which isfound in very few destinations inIndia. The upper reaches of Gulmarghas gondola facility which can be usedto access the slopes. If this is upgrad-ed, it can be used for international ski-ing competitions.

Moreover, we have many ponds,parks, glaciers and lakes like Wular,Dal and others which make Kashmira tourist destination throughout theyear. There isn’t a single place whichcan’t be admired for its beauty. Eventhe almond and saffron fields are soscenic that you can sit and admirethem for hours.

How do you balance sustainabilityand tourism in these times of over-tourism?

We are trying to attract moretourists so that we can diversify tonewer destinations to avoid a lot ofpressure on one place. In our existingand established tourists destinations,we have enforced a 100 per cent banon further concretisation . Along withthis, we are trying to preserve the frag-ile ecosystem and utilise bio-degrad-able products efficiently so that ourtourism remains sustainable. Duringthe last 10 years, the ecosystem main-tenance was not up to the mark butnow, along with upgrading our touristdestinations we are ensuring that theecosystem is not adversely affected.

The Prime Minister has said thatthe cities should be developed ina way so that people travel morewithin India rather than abroad.How will you translate this toreality?

We are contributing 100 percent by providing guides, sledgerunners and hotel facilities in max-imum number of cities. We are try-ing to promote new places by pop-ularising them. Our focus is to pro-mote all the destinations till Kargil.

Earlier a lot of films were shot inKashmir but now that has waned.

Will you try to encourage thatagain?

We will, definitely. We are try-ing to make sure that the filmmak-ers don’t stop coming here.Whenever there is a request for ashoot, we try to facilitate it in oneday, provided that they have givenus a valid ID, synopsis of the filmand the dates for shooting. If they

fulfill all these requirements, we givethem permission to shoot within 24hours without charging any fees.

The synopsis is important sothat there’s no controversy later on.We have an ongoing policy to reg-ulate the film industry in Jammuand Kashmir.

Is there any programme underwhich you train locals in the hos-pitality sector as this wouldencourage tourism and alsoencourage employment?

I’ll tell you an instance. Werecently went to Kalyan villagewhere the association of hotelierstold us that the people were nottrained properly. We organised atraining programme at the Instituteof Hotel Management, Srinagarwithin 10 days. It was meant todevelop the personality of theemployees and regulate their behav-iour. We have crafted a programmefor tourist guides, rafting guides,assistants in house boats at IHM,Srinagar, at the University ofKashmir as well as some smallinstitutes in Pahalgam. We are plan-ning to train taxi drivers because wehave got some complaints againstthem. We are trying to regulateunfair practices by drivers. In orderto smoothen the system further, wehave finalised the rates for every ser-vice in consultation with differentdepartments and concerned agen-cies for the entire year. The fixedrates have already been implement-ed. There is a penalty of �15 lakh onviolators. So if tourists complain, theviolator needs to pay the penalty.Every important destination has aseparate Tourism Police to takecare of these problems.

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�Which areas of Jammu arebeing developing as tourist des-tinations?

Right now Jammu tourism isin its infancy stage because of var-ious reasons. It has not been ableto upgrade itself. The topographyin Jammu is different as in someparts it is similar to Kashmir andin others, Himachal Pradesh.

While Kashmir is called aParadise on Earth but Jammu canbe referred to as the undiscoveredparadise. So, we are trying to pro-mote it. We have presented sever-al proposals to the government.

The Jammu region is knownfor religious tourism and our aimis to divert these pilgrims andencourage them to explore more.Adventure tourism is anotherarea we are looking into becauseof the variety of destinations thatwe have. And then, there is her-itage tourism as well because theDogra kings lived here and theirproperties are scattered acrossJammu. We are trying ourlevel best to upgrade themand make them accessibleto tourists.

�How many pilgrimsvisited the area lastyear and by encourag-ing adventure and cul-ture tourism, what isthe kind of increasethat you are lookingat?

Last year around1.5 crore pilgrimscame to Jammu. Thereare two to three destina-tions near Katra, forinstance, which were devel-oped into tourist destina-tions without much efforts.There is Patni Top,Bhaderwah and Reasi wherethere is white water rafting.When you look at the land-scape there, you will realisewhy it is called miniSwitzerland. �What are the initiativesthat you have planned tomarket these destinationson the tourist circuit?

Yes, we are definitely planningseveral activities. Jammu andKashmir are planning severalroad shows together. In all these,whether it is in the domesticmarket or the international one,we are trying to showcase thegovernment’s plans to developthe area and facilitate tourism.

�A rapid increase in tourism canharm the ecosystem. Do youhave a blueprint too prevent

this? Yes. We have thought

about it at the planning stageitself and will call profession-als in various fields for theirsuggestions and guidance.This will help us upgrade indifferent areas. There arevarious schemes of theGovernment of India whichare being executed. We arebuilding adventure hub onRanjit Sagar dam. Not onlythis, we are also buildinginternational spiritual retreatcentre in Mantalai which

will be ready within one andhalf years. Then we are restor-

ing a huge heritage complexcalled Mubarak Mandi in Jammu.

One thing that I really wantto point out is this, that whileKashmir is often bogged downby security issues which inturn affects the tourism indus-try here as well. Booking inJammu and Ladakh are can-celled. But these places arebeautiful and peaceful. Peopleneed to keep this in mind andalso the fact that it is 300 kilo-metre away from Kashmir.

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Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy in the state ishuge. What is being done to preserve itwhile encouraging tourism around it?

It is the 150th birth anniversary of theMahatma this year. So, we have stepped upour efforts to celebrate it. One circuit that wehave is the Dandi Heritage Corridor whichmarks the 421 km journey which undertookfrom Sabarmati to Dandi during the SaltSatyagraha. It starts from Porbandar, Rajkot,Sabarmati and other ashrams. It ends atDandi. It maps the 21 locations where hemade night halts. We have a yatri niwas in 14of these locations. We have also involved a pri-vate party for maintaining the DandiCorridor.

These places will enable people to expe-rience how Gandhi ji lived there, the librarythat he used and the history around himwhich includes the Dandi March and manyother movements. It is a �70 crore project andgives a lot of information regarding his life.So, all those places where Gandhi ji stayed orstudied are being upgraded. People can go andsee how these places are associated with him.

How is the Statue of Unity being integrat-ed with the existing tourist circuit?

Yes, we are planning to develop it into atourist circuit. There are almost 10 projectscoming up in and around the statue. ByDecember, it will be a place where one canstay for at least two to three nights. Projectswhich are underway to keep up with the antic-ipated demand for accommodation.

Gujarat also has quite a few Indus Valleysites. What is being done to maintain themand encourage tourism around them?

The most important site is Lothal, whichhas an existing museum that we plan toupgrade. The Prime Minister wants to devel-op that site in order to bring out its real beau-ty. So, a National Maritime Heritage Complexis coming up there. The Ministry of Shippingalong with the National Maritime Universityis directly involved in developing it.

As far as Dholavira is concerned, we haveplanned a national highway to Bhachauwhich will cut down the distance from 160to 70 km between the two places. This willgive a boost to tourism in that location. It isa well-preserved site. Once this road comesup, the Mandvi-Bhuj circuit too will get aboost as a tourist destination. Kutch whichis famous for its handicrafts is also nearby andthis will be an added attraction for tourists.

With so many historical sites and anincrease in the number of tourists, how doyou plan to ensure that these are preserved?

As tourists are coming in large numbersto the historical places it becomes difficultfor the local agencies, guides and security tomanage these monuments. We ensure that werestore monuments and give them a partic-ular shape. To protect them we make sure thattourists don’t touch them. But this is notalways possible. There are many locationswhere they have to come in contact with themonument to see it’s natural beauty such asRani ki baoli and others. The human inter-face is kept along with proper supervision.There are CCTV cameras to give the tourists

a sense of supervision and monitoring.

How do you balance sustainability with pro-motion of tourism?

Sustainability has always been the corecomponent of our plan to develop tourism.The Government has already taken varioussteps to save the environment, plastic banbeing the obvious one. We are imposing itmany tourist destinations.

What is being done to ensure that the num-bers of the Gir lion and the Indian Wild Assdo not diminish?

As far as wildlife is concerned, there is nodiminishing trend in Gujarat. I can proudlysay that the forest department is doing a verygood job in terms of preventing poaching andall illegal activities that are associated with thewildlife. In fact, the number of lions and otherspecies is going up.

How do you plan to develop the skills in thehospitality sector?

As far as Gujarat tourism is concerned,skill development is one of our basic priori-ties. We have earmarked a special budget of�15 crore for it. The State Government hasasked us to train 4,500 people in the tourismand hospitality segment. These can be divid-ed into two categories — one who arealready associated with the industry and aresent to upgrade their skills and the other, whoare fresh and want to associate themselveswith this industry. We use the skills of agen-cies like IITs and more, where they are givenannual training refresher courses which isspread over three days to a week. We requestthe hotels of all the important tourist loca-tions to send their staff for the refresher train-ing. Finally, we have started an agency inSitpur. Our first batch will be completing theircourse this year. Every year we will have abatch of 60 children who are trained inBachelor of Hotel Management and Catering.

What were the figures of inbound touristsin Gujarat?

Every year we see an average growth ofalmost 14 per cent. The latest figure is 5.72crore. So, obviously we are expecting the nextyear to be greater than this. I am confidentthat this year the growth rate will increasebecause of the Statue of Unity.

Since the economy is not doing well, is therea fear of declining tourism. Are you doinganything to give it a boost in the state?

As far as Gujaratis are concerned, I amnot worried. Even if we talk about the out-siders there is nothing to worry. This is thefestive season, Navratri, and tourists are com-ing in. People can ignore going abroad butthey will definitely go to the nearby states inorder to celebrate festivals.

How do you plan to promote Gujaratabroad?

Yes, definitely. We are doing a lot of thingsin terms of digital marketing. Not only this,we also organising exhibitions to promote ourstate. We would also like to have an associa-tion with the domestic tour operators ofDelhi. �����?�)��+���1��

Rakesh Kumar, CMD of NLCIndia Limited, paid tribute

to Mahatma Gandhi on theoccasion of his 150th birthanniversary by garlanding thestatue of him. The representa-tives of various cultural associ-ations performed cultural pro-grammes by depicting how theMahatma’s principles are stillrelevant and continues to be adriving force behind activism inmodern-day India.

Speaking on the occasion,Rakesh said Gandhi ji’s birthday is not only a national cele-bration in India alone but it isalso observed by the UnitedNation’s as the ‘InternationalDay of Non-Violence’. He insist-ed that Gandhi ji’s vision onIndia’s development had given

greater emphasis on health,sanitation and environment. Hementioned that cleanliness andsanitation are an integral partsof the Gandhian way of living.He elaborated various activitieslike construction of 1,275 toiletsin 635 government schools inTamil Nadu and Rajasthan. Andhow NLC took part actively infulfilling Government’s call formaking India defecation free.

The cultural programme onthe theme ‘Teaching andPreaching of Gandhi’ was per-formed by Neyveli Ladies Club,Neyveli Telugu Samithi, NeyveliKannada Kala Samithi, NeyveliBharathiya Kala Samithi, KeralaKala Samithi WIPS (Women InPublic Sector), which enthralledthe audience.

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Pakistan thwarted a spiritedcareer-best century by

Danushka Gunathilaka to defeatSri Lanka by five wickets in thethird and final one-day interna-tional in Karachi on Wednesday,taking the three-match series in theprocess.

Gunathilaka’s 134-ball 133 lift-ed Sri Lanka to a challenging 297-9 in their 50 overs but Pakistanchased down the target in 48.2overs for their first series win in 15months.

Pakistan won the secondmatch by 67 runs while the firstmatch was rained off without a ballbeing bowled — both also in

Karachi.Pakistan were indebted to

Fakhar Zaman (76) and Abid Ali(74) who provided a solid 123-runopening stand in 20 overs beforeHaris Sohail (56) and IftikharAhmed chipped in with a 22-ball28 not out.

“It wasn’t an easy target butthanks to Abid and others whoshowed positive intent, they helpedus chased it down,” said Pakistanskipper Sarfaraz Ahmed.

Sri Lanka skipper LahiruThirimanne praised his youngteam who had been depleted by the

withdrawal of 10 top players dueto security fears in Pakistan.

“I am really happy with thisteam’s performance,” saidThirimanne. “We scored a goodtotal of 297 but then did not exe-cute our plans in the first ten oversof bowling.

“Overall I am happy with theteam and the arrangements inPakistan and will encourage otherteams to come here and play.”

Pakistan needed 37 in the lastfive overs as Iftikhar cut loose, hit-ting a six and a boundary to bringup victory — Pakistan’s eighth con-

secutive ODI win over Sri Lankasince 2017.

Babar Azam, who struck abrilliant hundred in the secondgame, made 31 before beingtrapped lbw by Pradeep skipperSarfaraz managed 23.

The matches revived one-dayinternational cricket in Karachiafter a gap of ten years.

Earlier, Gunathilaka anchoredSri Lanka's innings after they wonthe toss and batted.

The 28-year-old left-hander hit16 fours and a six for his secondODI hundred.

The two teams will now playthree Twenty20 internationals —all in Lahore — on October 5, 7and 9.

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Serge Gnabry scored four sec-ond-half goals as Bayern

Munich came from behind tohand last season’s runners-upTottenham Hotspur a stunning 7-2 home defeat in the ChampionsLeague on Tuesday after RealMadrid escaped with a 2-2 drawagainst Club Brugge.

There were routine wins forManchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid,while Cristiano Ronaldo netted ina comfortable Juventus victory,

but most of the drama was innorth London.

The evening started well forSpurs as Son Heung-min firedacross Manuel Neuer and into thefar corner to give MauricioPochettino’s team the lead againstBayern.

However, the German cham-pions came roaring back to leaveSpurs on the receiving end of thebiggest ever home defeat for anEnglish team in Europe. It was thefirst time they had ever conced-ed seven goals in a home game.

Two super strikes fromJoshua Kimmich and RobertLewandowski hadBayern ahead at thebreak and Gnabry,the formerArsenal winger,then scored twogoals two minutesapart to make itfour early in the sec-ond half.

Harry Kanereduced the arrears

from the penalty spot, but Gnabryran through to complete his hat-trick on 83 minutes and hesmacked in the seventh goal afterLewandowski had netted his sec-ond of the evening.

The last player to score fourin a game against English oppo-sition was Lionel Messi forBarcelona against Arsenal in2010.

The result means last season’sbeaten finalists already face astruggle to qualify from Group Bafter they drew at Olympiakos intheir opening game.

The Greek club were beaten3-1 at Red Star Belgrade on

Tuesday despite RubenSemedo giving them thelead as the second-halfsending-off of YassineBenzia for the visitorschanged the game.

Milos Vulic equalisedfor Red Star before late

headers by NemanjaMilunovic and Richmond

Boakye secured victory forthe Serbs, who go to Spurs

next.

Meanwhile, City beatDinamo Zagreb 2-0 at the EtihadStadium to make it two wins fromtwo in Group C.

In the same group, Israeli for-ward Manor Solomon netted thewinner deep in injury time asShakhtar Donetsk came frombehind to beat Atalanta 2-1 inMilan.

In Madrid, record 13-timechampions Real were 2-0 down athalf-time against Club Brugge, forwhom Nigerian forwardEmmanuel Dennis scored a first-half brace.

But Zinedine Zidane’s teamcame storming back as SergioRamos headed in beforeCasemiro claimed a dramaticequaliser in the 85th minute,seconds after Ruud Vormer hadbeen sent off for the visitors.

It is a first point for Real inGroup A, which is led by PSG.The French club, again missingthe suspended Neymar, beatGalatasaray 1-0 in Istanbul thanksto Mauro Icardi’s second-halfgoal.

Meanwhile, Gonzalo Higuainset Juventus on their way to a 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen inTurin before he set up FedericoBernardeschi to double their leadand Ronaldo completed the scor-ing late on.

Maurizio Sarri’s team sharefirst place in Group D withAtletico, who ran out 2-0 winnersat Lokomotiv Moscow thanks tosecond-half goals by Joao Felixand Thomas Partey.

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as an opener to take India to a com-manding 202 for no loss against SouthAfrica before rain washed out the finalsession of the series-opener, here onWednesday.

There was an 80 percent chance ofrain on the opening day but it onlyarrived during the tea break with Indiacomfortably placed after 59.1 overs ofplay.

Mayank Agarwal was on course fora maiden Test hundred, having playedextremely well for his 183-ball 84.

Thunderstorm, followed by a heavyspell of rain, ensured no play was pos-sible after the tea break.

Before weather played spoilsport,Rohit stole the show in what could bea career changing knock for him.

While South African bowlers didtrouble the Indian batsmen on a fewoccasions in the first session, theyseemed toothless in the second sessionwhere Rohit and Agarwal scored at abrisk rate.

Rohit, who got to his fifty beforelunch, shifted gears and was particular-ly harsh on the spinners.

He hammered off-spinner DaniePiedt for successive sixes over deepmidwicket to get into the nineties beforecompleting his fourth Test ton with asingle off debutant spinner SenuranMuthusamy.

The entire dressing room, includ-ing skipper Virat Kohli, stood up to laudRohit’s feat. His 174-ball unconqueredinnings contained 12 fours and fivesixes.

At the other end, Agarwal wascruising towards his maiden Test ton.He too looked assured at the crease and

played his shots.Early into the afternoon session, he

brought up his half century with aspectacular six over extra cover offKeshav Maharaj.

Clouds gathered over the stadiumtowards the end of the session andthunderstorms forced the umpires totake the tea break eight minutesbefore scheduled time.

Earlier, Rohit and Agarwal playedout 30 overs in the morning sessionafter safely negotiating the SouthAfrican pacers Kagiso Rabada andVernon Philander, taking India to91 for no loss.

India, who had named theirplaying on the eve of the first Test,opted to bat on a dry surface withskipper Kohli calling his decision a“no brainer.”

Expecting the pitch to turn,South Africa picked three spinnersin Maharaj, Piedt andMuthusamy, who is more of abatting all-rounder.

All eyes were expectedlyon Rohit whose stop-startTest career has taken a newdirection with the manage-ment accommodating him atthe top of the order.

The pitch offered very lit-tle to the pacers and spinners inthe first two hours of play.

What worked for Rohit was stand-ing outside the crease when Philanderwas bowling to negate any little swingthat was available.

Rabada has the express pace but hedid not test the Indian openers as muchas Philander.

Rohit completed his 11th fiftytowards the end of the session in a not-so-convincing fashion. He mis-timeda sweep but fortunately it was not in thereach of the fielder and went for a four.

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pared to make the switch as he scored an unbeat-en 115 in his first Test innings as opener and withhis assuring knock, India seized the initiative onday one of the series opener against South Africa.

Asked about his mindset in the lead up tothe series, India’s limited overs vice-captain saidhe kept things simple in his head.

“The talk (of him opening in Tests) was goingon for a long time. In the West Indies (in August),they told me clearly it is going to happen now.I was prepared for the past two years. At somestage, I was aware that I might have to open soI was ready,” said Rohit after scoring his fourthTest ton.

He was part of the squad for West Indiesseries but could not final place in the mid-dle order.

“Of course, opening the batting is a dif-ferent ball game in red ball cricket. Mentallyyou have to train your mind more than any-thing else. At the same time, you do needto look into some technical aspects of bat-ting but more than that you have to chal-lenge yourself mentally to play the new balland take the game forward.

“Those are the things I kept in mindwhen I went out to bat. There was noconfusion about how I wanted toapproach the innings.”

In ODIs too, Rohit used to bat in themiddle order but he became a white-ballgreat only with his stupendous success atthe top of the order.

“I think it (opening) just suits mygame, just wear the pads and bat. It wasa waiting game, when I used to bat at fiveor six. I won’t say it didn’t suit my batting.Your mind is fresh, we know we have toplay the new ball. You know the bowlerswho will bowl the new ball, these will be

the fielders, so the game plan is eas-ier for you.

“At number six, the ball isreversing, field placement is differ-ent and you need to keep all those

things in mind. That game of wear-ing the pads and going in to bat suits

me more,” said the maker of more than10,000 runs in limited overs cricket.

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Exhausted Andy Murray battled intoa singles quarter-final for the first

time in a year on Wednesday — andthen immediately grabbed a snooze.

The former world number oneoutlasted fellow Briton Cameron Norrie7-6 (8/6), 6-7 (4/7), 6-1 over nearly threegruelling hours in hot and hazy Beijing.

The 32-year-old, now ranked alowly 503, will play top seed DominicThiem in the last eight of the ChinaOpen on Friday.

“I’m tired, I just had a sleep beforecoming. I mean, I’m really tired,” he saidduring press conference.

The hard-fought triumph over69th-ranked Norrie means he reachesthe last eight in singles on the ATP Tourfor the first time since Shenzhen inSeptember last year.

Also into the quarter-finals wasRussian fourth seed Karen Khachanov,a 7-6 (7/0), 7-6 (7/5) winner overFrance’s Jeremy Chardy. He faces theItalian Fabio Fognini.

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ber one Ashleigh Barty will face Czechseventh seed Petra Kvitova in the quar-ter-finals.

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been forced to three sets.“I think I was pretty loose, I played

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Andreescu reached the last 16 with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) victory over Belgium’sunseeded Elise Mertens. She next meetsJennifer Brady.

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Novak Djokovic stepped up agear at the Japan Open on

Wednesday, fending off a toughchallenge from Japanese wild card GoSoeda 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quar-terfinals.

The world number one said hehad no problems with the injuredshoulder which forced him out of theUS Open as he looked to face Frenchfifth-seed Lucas Pouille at the AriakeColosseum, a venue for the Tokyo2020 Olympics.

Elsewhere in the tournament,third-seed David Goffin came from

behind in a dramatic first-round vic-tory against Pablo Carreno Busta 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-0.

“It was a great fight. Such a toughopponent,” said Goffin, who will nowface Denis Shapovalov.

“In the end, I am happy to go tothe second round,” Goffin said.

Djokovic’s next opponent Pouilledefeated Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka6-1, 6-2.

American Reilly Opelkasqueezed past Frenchman GillesSimon 7-6(4), 7-6(2) while LloydHarris edged past Australian eighth-seed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(8).

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