It is disappointing that politics is being mediatised now, he said.

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2 ow, politicians are always Ntrying to reach people thorough media, especially through electronic one, and, thereby, creating a trend not acceptable to a healthy society, viewed Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) trustee Dr Vipul Mudgal at a media workshop on Free, Fair Elections and The Fourth Estate held here on Tuesday. oraput Congress MLA KKrushna Chandra Sagaria on Tuesday announced his resignation from the State Assembly saying that he, despite all efforts, couldn t provide justice to the Kunduli gangrape victim. I fought a lot to provide justice to the Kunduli victim and her family. After moving from pillar to the post, I staged a dharna at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Still, I couldn t provide justice to the victim. To expedite my fight for protection of women, I have resigned from the MLA post, Sagaria said at a Press meet here. Blaming the State Mudgal said that the political candidates, as per the Supreme Court orders, should declare their educational qualifications, assets and criminal cases pending against them, but instead of doing that, they are flattering themselves in TV channels in violation of election ethics. Hence, common voters are being misled. As per the Supreme Court, the voters should have an informed choice when all data regarding candidates are provided to them he said. Pointing out that the media world has changed in last 10 years, Mudgal said the media organisations should be aware about the three important Government for doing little to provide justice to the girl and her family, Sagaria said he would continue to fight for the rights of women and the Dalit community in his constituency. Sagaria too informant that he and Congress Dalit activists would hold a rally in the State capital city on BR Ambedkar s birthday on December 6 and resolve to fight for protection of the Constitutional rights of poor Adivasis. fter recovery of a carcass of Aa tiger from the Debrigarh sanctuary in Bargarh district, a hue and cry has been set off. While the State Forest Minister and some of the senior officers claim that the carcass belongs to a leopard, there are others in the same department who claim it to be that of a Royal Bengal Tiger. After the department found the carcass from the forest getting information from common people and media, it started inquiring into the matter. But by that time, the body was totally decomposed and it was difficult to ascertain the species. Hence, a postmortem was done in the local veterinary hospital at Bhattli and the doctor there was also unable to give the correct report as the body was totally misfit for a right postmortem, sources from Bargarh and Bhattli said. However, the forest staff W ith forest routes left open, Maoists from Chhattisgarh are sneaking into Odisha in large numbers and are hiding in several dense forests, including an ecotourism centre like Debrigarh. The Maoist activities are observed in Debrigarh, which is one of the most famous ecotourism centres of the State and boasts of dense forests and rich biodiversity. The Maoists are taking forest routes and walking miles and miles to reach the hot spot of ecotourism in the who have seen the decomposed head of the tiger opined that it belongs to a RBT as the size of the head is bigger than that of a leopard. Further, the attempt of the officials to burn the body of the animal before reaching a conclusion has also enhanced the suspicion. We have found four nails of the animal from the spot, but that also can t help us to make any comment, said ACF of Bargarh ML Sharma. Many senior officials of the department are now bee-lining to Bargarh and the spot inside the forest. But nothing concrete as to the species of the animal has been confirmed. Meanwhile, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has also sought a report from the PCCF as to the incident and species of the animal killed. The local Forest Department has also sent some remaining of the tiger to Dehradun for further autopsy there and ascertain the species. Sambalpur-Bargarh zones, sources revealed. Sources said that the top cops serving in the Northern Range of State Police are continuing their vigil on the movement of the Maoists. The ultras are hiding in several other forests and trying to build their strength and return Chhattisgarh as and when it will be conducive for them. Intelligence inputs revealed that with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) having started massive anti- Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh, the ultras are quietly sneaking into forests of neighbouring State of Odisha. The CRPF has started large scale operations in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand after the Left Wing Extremists (LWE)s have killed CRPF It may be noted that a minor girl was allegedly gangraped in a forest near Kunduli under the Pottangi police limits in Koraput district in October 10, She had later allegedly committed suicide in her house on January 22. Later speaking to The Pioneer, Sagarai said, I will submit my resignation to Speaker Pradeep Kumara Amat personally on November 6 as the latter is absent in the Assembly today. eviewing the steps taken on ROlive Ridley turtles conservation on Tuesday, Chief Secretary AP Padhi directed the departments of Fishery, Forest and Marine police to operate in close coordination and ensure strict enforcement of the conservation rules. The Coast Guard was requested to have real time intelligence sharing with the departments about any illegal fishing. The institutions like ITR, DRDO, Dhamara Port, Gopalpur Port and Paradip Port authorities were requested to follow the blackout practices and light deeming to save turtles from possible delusion. Further, Padhi directed the concerned departments not to cause unnecessary harassment to the small traditional fishermen without power boats and catch hold of the real criminals who cause damage to the life of turtles. It was also decided to extend livelihood support programmes to the fishermen during the ban period under the ICZM project. The committee proposed to enhance the livelihood support assistance from Rs 5,000 to Rs7, 500 to each family. The meeting also resolved to cover more eligible fishermen during the current year who suffer because of the fishing ban. Jawans in of the neighbouring State. So the ultras are infiltrating through forest routes as those are left unplugged. This is because the Odisha Government has repeatedly asked the Union Government to deploy two more battalions of the Central Armed Police aspects i.e, paid news, fake news and hate speech, which are directly related to elections. It is disappointing that politics is being mediatised now, he said. hief Minister Naveen CPatnaik on Tuesday launched a Soura Jalanidhi scheme and its web portal at the State Secretariat here with an aim of encouraging use of solar energy in agriculture. Under the scheme, farmers residing in the areas where there is lack of electricity would be provided with 5,000 solar pumps which would irrigate He also said the scribes associations like Press Club can pass a resolution that they are against the paid news and can move to court and take other legal actions. Odisha Election Watch (OEW) member and former Doordarshan Director Baikuntha Nath Panigrahi said voters should be sensitized for free and fair elections. He said each voter should exercise his franchise and vote for the right person of his choise. Joint Chief Electoral Officer Raghuram R Iyer said as per the Supreme Court guideline the Election Commission of India has set up a Media Certification System, The proposal for setting up one Sea Turtle Research Center figured in the meeting. It was decided to set up the site near Ghati Central Nursery in the Khalikot forest range of Ganjam district. The proposal for instituting a research fellowship on Olive Ridley conservation was discussed in the meeting. It was also proposed to name the fellowship after late Dr Chandrasekhar Kar, renowned expert and scientist of wild life organisation. The fellowship would be awarded for post doctoral studies. The meeting deliberated on the Action Plan for It was decided that operations would start from November 1 and would continue up to May next. Fishing by motorized vessels / trawlers and mechanized techniques would be banned within 20 km from the specified coast of the sea comprising sea turtle congregation area and their buffer zones in 3 river moths namely Dhamara river mouth, Devi river mouth and Rusikulya river mouth. Wide awareness activities would be undertaken for the purpose. A central monitoring unit would be set up in the office of the PCCF, Wild Life. There would be circle-level monitoring mechanisms under the direct supervision of Regional Conservator of 2,500 acres of land. The solar pumps would be given to the beneficiary farmers at a subsidy of 90 per cent. A total of Rs 27 crore would be spent for the programme, sources said. I am extremely happy to launch today Soura Jalanidhi scheme for our farmers. I hope our farmers will reap the benefits of this scheme and script success stories, the Chief Minister said. Forests (RCCF), Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur and Baripada. They would coordinate with other law enforcing agencies and involve local NGOs in the activities. Berthing places would be set up at Barunei, Gupti, Sasanapeta and Krushnapriyapur and Rajnagar for safe custody of the seized vessels. There would be around 62 patrolling camp sites, including 57 on-shore and 5 off-shore camps. Each camp would be provided with VHF communication devices, mobile phones and required camping materials. There would be regular communication and intelligence sharing among Coast Guard, patrolling ship, and various camps and marine police. An APR force would be deployed for patrolling and enforcement activities. Collectors would depute magistrates to remain in charge of APR force placed at disposal of DFOs. The industries and ports along the coast were requested to comply with the lighting regulations. Sporadic nesting activities of the turtles and their mortality would be monitored through a web portal under the title manage.odishawildlife.org. Soon after mass nesting, the rookeries would be fenced to protect the nests and eggs. Force to cover the border zones of the State. Deployment of CAPFs in Chhattisgarh and Odisha is highly uneven as there are 65 battalions of the Central forces, where as in Odisha it is only 16. In fact, the intelligence officers all LWE activities that taking place in the State are committed by ultras hailing from either Chhattisgarh or Jharkhand, admitted police. As the Maoist organizations fail to motivate youths from Odisha, they are deputing cadres from Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to run their show, they said. Odisha youths are disenchanted with Maoists and they are not joining the organisation and those have joined earlier are quietly leaving their fold, said top cops engaged in antiinsurgency operations. With border region open and forest routes available for infiltration, more Left cadres are moving into Odisha, making those areas endangered for people. Under this backdrop, it is high time that Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) allocated two more battalions of Central Security Forces to the State as soon as possible, said officials. While in Odisha one battalion of CoBRA of CRPF was raised and has been taken away for deployment in Chhattisgarh, Home Secretary Asit Tripathy raised the issue with Union Government and demanded for redeployment in Koraput. However, the MHA is yet to respond over the matter and State Government is awaiting for response, said sources. especially for electronic media, for publishing a matter of a political party in the country. He said a three-member Media Certification Monitoring Committee has also been formed to certify broadcast materials of political parties. Among others, Odisha Election Watch coordinator Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, OEW core team member and former Chief Secretary Sahadev Sahoo and Dr Seba Mohapatra spoke on the occasion. The workshop was organised by the Odisha Election Watch in association with the ADR and PECUC. nion Petroleum and UNatural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said the State Government s claim of providing free health services to 1.10 crore people in just two months from implementation of the the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) is baseless. While the Odisha Economic Survey revealed that less than one crore people had visited Government hospitals during a year in , the State Government s claim of providing free health services to 1.10 crore people in 60 days he East Coast Railway TEngineers Association (ECoREA) has slammed the Railway Board s recent order to discontinue recruitment of degree engineers as Senior Section Engineers (SSE) in the non-gazetted cadre. The Railway Board issued the order on Thursday. Besides stopping the recruitment, it has also stated that the decision will be reviewed after one year. This is severely condemned by the ECoREA, said association president Bobin Mohanty on Tuesday. He said the order violated the Joint Consultative Meeting decision to recruit degree engineers against 20 per cent of vacancy. The decision had been taken due to introduction of new technology and improvement of safety. Instead of increasing quality of technocrats, the Railways have discontinued the same after 34 years. Now, the Railway is pushed back by 34 years from electric engine to steam engine, alleged Mohanty. ECoREA general secretary Er Bishnu Prasad Dash said, It is not a unfortunate that the Railway is thinking for modernisation and introduction of high speed bullet trains without young qualified degree engineers. He said the decision would create frustration among young degree engineers, who are dreaming to serve the biggest technical organisation of the country. Finance secretary Er SB he Bhawanipatna police in TKalahandi district busted a sex racket operating from a rented house at Sharma Colony in Tarini Mandir Pada here and rescued two women on Monday night. Acting on a tipoff, a police team conducted a raid on the house and caught two women and a youth in a compromising position. The cops also seized four mobile phones and 1,300 from their possession. Sources said the two from the day of BKSY implemtation is quite unbelievable and has brought to four how they befool people, said Dharmendra in a Facebook video. Presenting a few facts on the healthcare system in Odisha, Pradhan said that the average number of doctors for every 1 lakh people in the State has reduced from 11 in to nine in While ICUs are available in only 12 out of 30 District Headquarters Hospitals (DHHS), 112 health centres in Odisha don t have electricity, Pradhan added. Pradhan also mentioned Satpathy lamented that the decision was taken in consultation with the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) and the All Indian Railwaymen s Federation (AIRF) only and All India Railway Engineers Federation (AIREF) was not consulted. Additional secretary Er IA Khan said that Railway has lost its outlook by neglecting qualified engineers. Regarding safety, Mohanty said the Railway Board has also withdrawn the safety committee recommendations bowing down before the two labour federations, NFIR and AIRF. It clearly indicates that Railway Board is administrated by both labour federations and never bothered on railway safety. Dash wanted to know justification behind re-engagement of overaged persons while young talented degree engineers are awaiting jobs. The vacant posts of officers can be fulfilled by promoting the engineers, he suggested. Satpathy urged that if degree engineers are banned for recruitment as SSE through RRB, then Railway Board should also think to ban the recruitment through UPSC. Mohanty further criticised the Board for taking leaders of labour federations into confidence even as they don t have sufficient knowledge in the latest technologies. Not accepting recommendations of safety committees, discontinuing recruitment of degree engineers, reengagement of retired officers, obeying the suggestions of labour federations without proper justifications etc. indicates the negligence of Railways towards passenger safety, said Mohanty. women are residents of Bhubaneswar while the youth is a native of Bangamunda in Balangir district. Town police station IIC Satya Narayan Nanda said, The kingpin of the racket is a he State Government on TTuesday increased the minimum daily wages of unskilled, semiskilled, skilled and highlyskilled labourers. A gazette notification in this regard was issued by the Labour and ESI Department. As per the notification, the minimum daily wage of unskilled labourers was hiked from the 200 to 280, semiskilled workers from 220 to 320, skilled workers from 240 to 370 and highlyskilled workers from 260 to 430. The State Minimum Wages Advisory Board and the State Government revised the minimum wage after three years taking into account factors like inflation rate, increase in consumer index price and prevailing minimum wage in neighbouring States and the prevailing rates in market. Besides, the Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) will be revised every six months in the interest of labourers, said a release. that Odisha now stands first in one-month-old child death rate, second in 1-year-old child death rate and fifth in death of children under five-year age in the country. In reaction to Pradhan s statement, Health Minister Pratap Jena said, The CM mentioned that over 1 crore cases were benefited under the scheme from Aug 15 till date. The number includes patients visiting hospital either once or multiple times. It is the BJP Jumla Sarkar at the Centre that makes false promises. The Naveen Patnaik doesn t believe in falsehood, he remarked. he Commissionerate police, Twhich are in line of fire for being unable to curb illegal arms trade, on Tuesday, in a special drive against possession of illegal arms, seized five weapons and arrested four persons in the city. The arrestees were identified as Ramachandra Barik (30) of Anlajodi, Sanjay Kumar Jena (25) of Kuapada in Puri, Gyana Ranjan Singh (35) of Palaspur in Tangi of Khordha district and Gouranga Charana Sitha (35) of Tareni Nagar in Salia Sahi here. Police said accused Ramachandra and Sanjay were arrested in connection with a case in the Khandagiri PS under Section 25 (I) (B) of Arms Act. A 9mm and a 765mm pistol were seized from the duo, respectively, along with five live ammunitions and an Alto car. Gyan Ranjan was arrested in connection with the Capital PS case no 454/ under Sections 25/27 of Arms Act and a 765mm pistol with a live bullet were seized from him. The fourth accused Gouranga was arrested in connection with Nayapalli PS case no 493/ under Section 25/27 of Arms Act, and two revolvers with five rounds of live bullets and an auto rickshaw were seized from him. The sources of procurement of these seized illegal fire arms were being verified and follow-up action was under progress, police said. Other cases registered against the arrested persons were under verification; and all the accused would be forwarded to court, police added. resident of Bhubaneswar. A case has been registered in the connection and investigation has already begun. The accused was later produced before court following medical examination.

3 he chairman of the TSupreme court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), Bhure Lal, has tossed up an alarming suggestion to deal with the apprehension that air pollution the national Capital could further worsen. Ban plying of all private vehicles! Bhure Lal s remark has sent shock waves. If his suggestion is implemented at any stage, it could lead to a complete shutdown of Delhi as people are largely depended on their own vehicles for commuting. Delhi has more vehicles as compared to Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangaluru combined. Emerging from the Supreme Court, Bhure Lal on Tuesday said that the Graded Action Response Plan (GRAP) will be implemented from November 1, and if air pollution continued to worsen, private vehicles will be stopped in Delhi. The GRAP is an emergency plan designed to take urgent remedial action when air quality deteriorates. Let us hope Delhi air pollution situation doesn t deteriorate or else will have to stop plying of private vehicles, only public transport will be used, hief Minister Naveen Patnaik condoled the death of CDoordarshan s Odia cameraman Achyutananda Sah, who was martyred in a Maoist ambush in Dantewada of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Patnaik Tweeted, Deeply anguished and convey heartfelt condolences for the martyred Doordarshan cameraman from Odisha, Achyutananda Sahu and the police persons who were killed in a Maoist attack today in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh; wish the bereaved courage to overcome the irreparable loss. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also condemned the attack by Maoists on the Doordarshan crew and police personnel. Pradhan in a Tweet said, Aggrieved by the dastardly act of violence by the Naxals claiming the lives of two of our courageous CRPF jawans and DD News crew Achyutananda Sahu. Strongly condemn such cowardice. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased. Notably, Sahu was a resident of Ghusuramunda village in the Loisingha area in Balangir district. The Doordarshan crew, including Sahu, was in Chhattisgarh for election coverage ad was accompanied by CRPF jawans. Bhure Lal added. Detailed provisions of the rule, if applied, have not been made known yet. Reacting to Bhure Lal s statement, majority of people said that there will be a complete shutdown in Delhi if the Government stops using private vehicles. The exchequer will incur hundreds of crores loss in even one day of shutdown, they said. Interestingly, public transport system of the Capital is crippled due to ongoing strike by DTC bus drivers and conductors and shortage of buses. The city needs 11,000 buses - it has only 5,429 buses. Of the 464 routes in Delhi, buses don t run on five while on 75 routes, only one bus operates. Nearly half (230) routes have one to tried to shoot it. Suddenly Maoists started spraying bullets n probably the first ever case on him and the police team, Iof direct attack on the media, Vivekanand Sinha, IG Bastar, Maoists ambushed a threemember DD crew, killing cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu, told reporters. Shocked and terrified Dheeraj Kumar, one of the and two policemen DD crew members, shared the Constable Mangal Ram and Assistant Sub-Inspector Rudra nerve-chilling story with reporters in Dantewada after Pratap Singh who were part the incident and said, of the team escorting the national broadcaster journalists in Dantewada on Tuesday. Two other policemen, who were part of the squad providing There were blasts and gunshots all around for minutes at Aranpur forests while I was lying on thickly forested turf. security to the journalists Chhattisgarh Chief were critically injured in the minutes gunbattle that ensued the Naxal ambush. Minister Raman Singh strongly condemned the killing of policemen and DD cameraman The incident has created opment stories of attacked. The DD crew under and described it a wellplanned outrage and intellectuals in poll-bound Chhattisgarh termed the killing of the young cameraman a move to scare the media from covering devel- sprawling Bastar, the epicentre of Maoism in India since late 1980s. This is unfortunate that media has been directly police protection wanted to cover a report of a brand new road being constructed in the Maoist pocket. The cameraman spotted a Maoist banner and he attempt to block devel- opment and scare people who want to report development stories of troubled areas of Bastar. he National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday slapped a penal- of 1 crore on the Central Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha Tty (Cesu) in connection with the recent death of seven elephants in Dhenkanal district. Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports about the death of the elephants in Kamalanga village under the Sadar Forest Range in the district, the NGT has registered a case in this regard. Conducting a hearing of the case, NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel imposed the penalty on the Cesu for gross its negligence. The green panel also constituted a two-member committee to investigate the incident. The committee comprises one member from the Union Ministry of Forest and Environment and another from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII). The probe panel would make a field visit to the spot and submit a report to the court, after which the next hearing of the case would be held, the NGT Bench said. five buses operating. The situation is as dire in the cluster services, managed by the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) as 40 of its 147 routes are served by just one to five buses each. Together, they take more trips than the Delhi Metro. Approximately seven lakh vehicles are being registered in a year in Delhi and the law does M ore than ten years after a massive explosion claimed six lives and left 101 others injured at Malegaon in north Maharashtra, a special court here on Tuesday framed charges against Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five other accused under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and various other sections of the IPC for their alleged involvement in the 2008 blasts. Judge Vinod Padalkar framed charges against Lt Col Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya and five others and other accused persons in the September 29, 2008 Malegaon blasts case. With the framing of charges against the seven accused, the decks have now been cleared for the start of the 2008 Malegaon blasts case. The trial will begin on November 2. Seven key accused, including Lt Col Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya, will now be tried under sections 16 (committing a terror act) and 18 (criminal conspiracy) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), and Sections 120(b) (punishment of criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 326 (intentionally causing harm to others) of the IPC. They were framed charges under the Explosives Substances Act. not prescribe any limit for purchase of motor vehicles in the name of any person. Total number of registered vehicles in Delhi has crossed over 1.45 crore. Between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, as many as 7,20,519 vehicles were registered in Delhi. Of these, 4,76,691 are two-wheelers. As per data, total 6,61,494 vehicles were registered in 2015 and 6,93,159 vehicles in The Supreme Courtappointed EPCA had informed the apex court on Monday that commercial vehicles like trucks and taxis were the major source of pollution in the national Capital and that there was a need to control their operation. Out of all the vehicles, heavy commercial ones like trucks and other commercial vehicles such as taxis are the major polluting source, with very high carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, it said. There is a western disturbance approaching Delhi and the combination of increased moisture makes it likely that the air quality will dip significantly. This means that there is an urgent need to take action against existing factors leading to air pollution, said officials adding the pollutants at lower levels are not able to disperse due to the light winds and smog can be easily seen. BI Deputy SP AK Bassi, the Cformer probe officer in the alleged corruption case against Special Director Rakesh Asthana, has claimed that he was being subjected to intimidation and veiled threats by the present Investigating Officer and made a scapegoat and victimised for discharging his duties of filing the FIR pertaining to corruption case against Asthana. Bassi moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday against his transfer to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In his plea, Bassi alleged that his transfer on October 24 is mala fide and derails a sensitive probe and added that allegations against Asthana are grave. A Bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph said, The court will look into urgent listing of the plea after advocate Sunil Fernandes sought listing of the petition on November 2. Bassi bears a reasonable apprehension that he and his team members and senior officers would be implicated in the same, the plea said. The manner of transfer showed vindictiveness because the fact that the name of Asthana and Joint Director Sai Manohar were cropping up in the false statement of Sana. The applicant herein is being subjected to intimidation and he Orissa High Court on TTuesday ordered that a judge of the court would supervise on a day-to-day basis the investigation now being conducted by State Crime Branch IGP Arun Bothra into the four criminal cases registered in August over the current policelawyer faceoff. Mr Justice CR Dash, a judge of this court will supervise the investigation day-today and the Investigating Officer is directed to report to the concerned judge everyday to appraise the development of the investigation, said the order passed by a Bench headed by Chief Justice KS Jhaveri. The IGP, who is now on leave due to illness, was ordered to carry out the investigation immediately after resumption of duty so as to complete it before November 9, the day fixed for next court hearing. The Supreme Court in September had entrusted the IGP with investigation of the cases. Meanwhile, the general body of the High Court Bar Association on the day decided to continue their twomonth-long strike till Thursday when the association would chalk out its further course of action after holding discussions with representatives of other elhi is facing health Demergency as air pollution plunged to severe on Tuesday. In an advisory, the Centre-run System of Air Quality Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) asked Delhiites not to rely on dust masks for protection. The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was 442 for PM 10 and 240 for PM 2.5 in Delhi. Dwarka recorded abnormally high level with bar associations of the State. As part of our earlier decision, effigies of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will be burnt at 12 noon on Wednesday across the State by all the 167 bar associations of the State in front of their respective association offices, informed High Court Bar Association president Srikant Kumar Naik. For this decision of effigy burning, advocates owing allegiance to the BJD Legal Front have distanced themselves from the lawyers agitation; and on Monday, when these lawyers forcibly tried to enter into the High Court to resume their court works, they were restrained by the agitating AQI 1,078 micro cubic per gram on Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) air quality index. An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor, and 401 and 500 severe. The advisory has suggested elderly and children to confine themseves to homes as pollution may cause respiratory issues. SAFAR warned against outdoor activity. veiled threats by the present Investigating Officer, it said. The plea claimed that Manohar was handpicked because as soon Asthana became interim chief of CBI in December 2016, he handed over the Policy Division to the Junior Joint Director Manohar. Asthana is the main reason why extension was given to Manohar in spite of objections from the CBI Director. Now Sai Manohar is advising and driving the investigation of this case and trying to frame the entire investigation team for doing their job honestly and sincerely, it said. The plea alleged that the all pervasive manipulations and machinations inside the CBI to save some select officers from their misdeeds and penalise officers like Bassi for conscientiously carrying out their duties, have forced him to move SC. It is instructive to note that all the officers who were a part of the investigation of the aforementioned FIR against Asthana and Kumar were summarily transferred without any valid or cogent reason, it said. Meanwhile, the apex court on Tuesday directed the Hyderabad Police to provide adequate security to businessman Satish Sana, complainant in the alleged bribery case against Asthana. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph refused to stay the CBI summons against Sana and also rejected his plea for recording of his statement in the presence of retired SC judge AK Patnaik who is monitoring the CVC probe against CBI Director Alok Verma. Sana had moved the SC on Monday seeking police protection and a stay on the notice issued by the CBI summoning him for interrogation. Senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, representing Sana, told the court that the businessman needed protection as there is a threat to his life. The Bench said that if there was any threat to his life, it will do the necessary. We will say here is a citizen who claims to be a whistleblower and fears for his life. And he should be given adequate security, the court said. Ramachandran said a fresh summon of the CBI and the change of Investigation Officer (IO) in the case would complicate the task of Justice (retired) Patnaik, who is supervising the probe by CVC into charges against CBI Director Alok Verma. lawyers resulting in a scuffle. Taking cognisance of the defiant attempt by some lawyers owing allegiance to ruling BJD, the Bar Association president has indicated that appropriate action would be taken against the advocates who had defied the resolution passed by the general body of the association. The senior advocates in the firing line of the Bar Association are BJD Legal Front convener Milan Kanungo, association s former secretary Asim Amitav Dash and former vice-president Bansidhar Satpathy and State Bar Council Chairman Dr Tahali Charan Mohanty.

4 ontinuing their crackdown Con notorious criminals in Ganjam district, police nabbed a hardcore criminal, Jitu Swain alias Badal, after an encounter at Dengapadar Chhak on the Hinjilicut-Seragada road late on Monday night. Acting on a tipoff on the movement of Jitu, police set up a roadblock at Dengapadar Chhak and intensified frisking of vehicles. Subsequently, after finding police on the spot, Jitu, who was passing through the area by a motorbike along with his BHUBANESWAR: One of the world s largest mining and resources conference is being held from October 29 to November 1 at Melbourne, Australia being attended by over 6,000 delegates from more than 90 countries. The Nalco has been designated as the nodal organisation to set up an India Pavilion and promote Make in India. The India Pavilion showcasing the achievement of India in mining and mineral resources was inaugurated by Union Mines Joint Secretary AK Nayak and the INDIA at IMARC 2018 web portal was launched by Nalco CMD Dr TK Chand. associate, opened fire and tried to flee the spot. In retaliation, police fired back at Jitu injuring him on his right leg. However, his associate managed to escape the police dragnet. Police seized a mouser, a mobile phone and a motorbike from Jitu s possession and got him admitted to the MKCG Medical College The expansion plan of the Nalco, which has achieved the distinction of being the lowestcost producer of alumina in the world, evinced huge enthusiasm among the global corporates. The Nalco also showcased the Angul Aluminium Park and invited high-end aluminium makers to come and set up units in Angul, Odisha. The Nalco also projected Odisha as the Aluminium Capital of India and invited top global corporates of aluminium industries to come to Bhubaneswar and participate in the International Aluminium Conference (INCAL 2019), to be held from January 30 to February 1. PNS GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA e Procurement Notice EE-AID-11 / Hospital here for treatment. The criminal was wanted in as many as 15 cases in Khordha, Bhubaneswar and Ganjam. Earlier on October 26, two dreaded criminals, Manoj Sahu and Biswajit Barik, had been arrested following a police encounter in Chamakhandi of the district. he Odisha Traditional Fish TWorkers Union (OTFWU) has strongly condemned the proposed Sagarmala project by the Union Shipping Ministry. Expressing concern that the project threatens to wipe out the livelihood of lakhs of fishermen in Odisha while he State Conference of All TIndia Peoples Forum (AIPF) was held on October 27 and 28 here calling for unity among organizations and activists to protect the rights of the underprivileged including the Dalits and tribals. After the welcome address by PravashSamantray the inaugural session was started by PanchananSenapati, the State coordinator of Odisha. GirijaPathak, the national coordinator, coordinated. Among the various national and State level speakers like Kavita Krishnan, Prof Vijay Pratap, scribe Bhasa Singh, RTE campaigner Ambrish Roy, former Minister BrajaTripathy, scientist Asutosh Parida, Dalit rights activist Manas Jena, Dr Jhon Dayal, Binod Singh, VidyaSagar, Tushar Chakrabartty, Sankarlal Choudhury and others spoke. preparatory meeting for Acelebration of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev in Puri was held here recently in which members from different Gurudwara of the State participated. Jalhedar Gyani Iqbal Singh and Takhat Sri Harimandir Ji Patna Saheb presided over the causing extensive damage to the marine ecosystem, the union urged the Prime Minister, the President, the Odisha Governor and Chief Minister for their intervention to scrap the project. The OTFWU alleged that the unilateral decision by the Centre to create an exclusive shipping corridor 15 to 20 nautical miles from the coastline (the main ground where fishing operations are carried out in both traditional method and using mechanized boats) under the Sagaramala project aims to The topic Neo Liberalism and People s Control over Natural Resources was discussed during the post launch session which was presided by Pradeep Sahu and coordinated by Narendra Mohanty. The speakers like Srimanta Mohanty, political activist, Lingaraj Azad of Niyamgiri Surakshya Samiti, former bureaucrat Dr SanjibHota, Dr Sricharan Behera, Sandhya Devi and Prof Nilamani Sahoo spoke. On the second day, the campaign strategy was prepared for people s movements and the challenges to face before the movements for the protection of life and livelihood. Mahendra Parida presented the charter of demands of AIPF while the manifesto was presented by Atoshi Mallick. Various speakers from different organisations like Panchanan Senapati, Anna Kujur, Bijay Swain, Akshaya Das, Damodar Sabar, Balabhadra Malik, T he Vyasanagar Municipality organised an awareness meeting here to seek people s support in making the town open defecation-free (ODF) soon. Presiding over the meeting, Jajpur Sub-Collector Narayan Chandra Dhal said the Vyasanagar has already been listed in the ODF-making list prepared by the State Government and urged denizens to extend required support. MLA Korai Akas Das Nayak and Jajpur Collector Ranjan Kumar Das thanked the State Government for considering to make the city open defecation-free. The guests also felicitated volunteers Bidyutprava Ray of Ward No 2 and Sujata Parida of Ward No 23 on the occasion. Among others, Kalinganagar ADM Santosh meeting and urged the members to expedite the renovation work of the Bauli Math Sahib in Puri to make it a memorial on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. Among others, Harjender Singh, Fakir Singh, Arvinderpal Singh, Jagjit Singh, Baldev Singh, Nirmal Singh and Gurjinder Kaur Dhingra were present. protect the interest of commercial shipping companies by sidelining interests of fishermen. Further, the sudden upsurge of mindless commercial activities in the Odisha coastline will negatively impact the coastal eco system, particularly the endangered Olive Ridley turtles and seasonal migratory birds which are a major attraction for nature lovers in the region, it said. The union also protested the new Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), issued in April with the intention to facilitate Bhisma Pangi, Mahamed Sukru, Debi Prasad Prusty, Brajendra Mohanty, Durjyodhan Parida, Saraju Singhasamant, Rumita Kundu, Kumar Mishra, Municipality former Officer Mohan Charan Jena, Sanitary Expert Debasis Baral, Head Clerk Kishori Rout, senior staff Rudra Narayan Mukhi, Ajay Panda, Gourang Mahalik and Uday Barik were present. A massive awareness rally was conducted from the municipality office to the Vyasadev Town Hall in which more 1,000 women, including SHG members, participated. uring the observance of Dthe ongoing Vigilance Awareness Week, a meeting was organised at the district Collectorate here on Tuesday being presided over by DIPRO Lalyani Dash. Bargarh Collector easy implementation of the Sagarmala project. This new CRZ draft suggests decreasing the buffer zone area up to 50 metres from the high tide line (HTL) as against the 2011 CRZ rules that allowed for buffer zone 500 metres from the HTL, it said. The new CRZ would further lead to ecological damage of areas classified as most sensitive coastal zones where no development activities were being permitted until now and hence it be banned, demanded the OTFWU. Brundaban Bidika, Madan Nanda, Banshidhar Parida, Jagabandhu Sabar, Eso Gamang, Sasmita Jena, Sarbeswar Bharati, Sanjay he BJP on Tuesday said that Tan Emergency-like situation has now prevailed in Odisha as the State is suppressing all democratic agitations being staged by lawyers, farmers, teachers, chit fund losers and opponent political parties. The biggest responsibility of a Government is to provide justice and good governance to people. The State Government is silent while courts remain nonfunctional for over two months due to lawyers strike and common people suffer a lot. Now, a Constitutional crisis has emerged in the State and, thus, the Naveen Patnaik Government has no moral rights to continue in office, said senior BJP leader and former Law Minister Bishwabhushan Harichandan at a Press meet here. He demanded that the Government hold talks with the lawyers to resolve their issue. Among others, party vicepresident Sameer Mohanty and BJP Yuba Morcha State president Tankadhar Tripathy were present. Indramani Tripathy, SP Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo and Sarad Kumar Pradhan attended the programme as guests and spoke on the theme Education, Corruption, Build a New India. They dwelt on the word Durniti which means evil in the society. Mohanty, Jadumohan Sabar, Ashok Kumar Kaleth, Rupadhar Bishoyi, Litulal Devsubudhi, Prakash Mallik, Tapan Mohanty and others presented issues and critical challenges they have been facing in the struggle for rights over land, forest and water and highlighted various complex situations prevailing in the ground and regional levels. A strong opinion was expressed among the tribal leaders and participants that in the 5th Schedule (tribal dominated) Areas of the Constitution of India the rights of people over land, forest and water and of GramSabhas have been suppressed and violated by the Government itself. All the laws and regulations have been sacrificed to protect the interests of the industrialists national and multinational companies. All the constitutional rights and provisions provided for the Scheduled Tribes in the fifth Schedule areas and the districts 17-year-old girl, who Aworks at a garments showroom at Lahunipada in Sundargarh district, was allegedly raped by four youths in a farmland on October 27. The incident came to the fore after police arrested all the accused and seized a bike from their possession on Tuesday. As per the complaint, the girl was returning to her house from the garments showroom on October 27 evening when a any leaders and workers Mbelonging to the Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Samata Kranti Dal (SKD) of the Birmitrapur Assembly constituency in Sundargarh district under the leadership of Rajya Sabha member Prashant Nanda joined the BJD at the Naveen Niwas here on Tuesday. Party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik welcomed all of them and said their joining would strengthen The guests urged people to promise to eradicate corruption and help the Vigilance organisation in its mission to curb the evil practice. More than 100 people, including Government officials, members of public and students attended the meeting and presented their views. Parardip State Highway. He was rushed to the Kujang hospital, where he was declared brought dead by a doctor. In the other mishap that occurred at Nuagaon village in the Erasama area, a scooty rider, Subash Rout, was killed when a motorbike coming from the opposite direction collided head on with his scooty. persons were killed in Ttwo different road accidents in the district on Monday. While one Bharat Pradhan, a resident of Andhari village under Erasama block, who was moving to Paradip by his bike, suddenly lost control over bike and fell down in the Taldanda Canal at Pandarnumber on the Cuttack- 682-A The Executive Engineer, Angul Irrigation Division, Angul on behalf of the Governor of Odisha invites online percentage rate basis bid in double cover system through e-procurement for the work mentioned below. 1 Total No. of Works : 06 ( Six ) Nos. 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No , Fax: Address-eeangulirrigation@gmail.com Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal of Government Odisha at ( Sd/- Executive Engineer 32049/11/0010/1819 Angul Irrigation Division, Angul. covered under the Provisions for (the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Area), Act 1996 have been violated. Without ensuring the right to homestead land and shelter to these marginalised sections, they have been forcibly evicted from their ancestral homeland, they said. Finally, a session was held discussing organisational strategy presided by Pravas Samantray. The National Campaign Committee member and State Convener of AIPF RadhakantSethy called for all the similar pro-people organizations and progressive organizations to come together as a united alternative force to fights against such odds. At the end the names of 45 members advisory committee, 55 members campaign committee and 64members State council was declared. T he meeting ended with a collective recital of a song we shall overcome by all the participants. youth, whom she was known to, offered her a lift to her house. However, the youth along with three others took her to the farmland and raped her. They are residents of the Lahunipada slum. The girl, on her return home, and narrated the incident to her family members, who lodged a complaint at the Lahinipada police station. On the basis of the complaint, the police arrested the four accused. the party in Birmitrapur. Among others, former Birmitrapur MLA Nihar Surin, Kuanharmunda block vicechairman Shyam Sundar Sahu, workers Sejan Surin, Suren Surin, Jay Bala, Bilkan Bala, Basant Dang, Silash Surin, Jeevan Kindo and Misidas Lugun joined the ruling party.

5 nion Minister and Rashtriya Lok USamta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday hinted that he may continue to sail with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) by saying he was ready to sacrifice but not before raising the question of exclusion of his party from the Nitish Kumar-led Government in Bihar. His statement comes even as his recent chance meeting with rival RJD s Tejashwi Yadav fuelled speculation about a possible tie-up between the two parties. Kushwaha has decided to put up candidates on 66 seats in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, much to annoyance of the BJP and said more will follow. Interestingly, the RLSP leader, who has been hobnobbing with Lalu Prasad Yadav s RJD, is said to have been assured of four Lok Sabha seats as against his demand for six seats by the RJD. Kushwaha s party may get only two Lok Sabha seats under the NDA s seat sharing formula. BJP president Amit Shah on last Friday announced that the BJP and the JD(U) will be contesting equal number of seats in the Lok Sabha polls and distribution of seats among four partners will be formally announced in two-three days. Shah said here in the presence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar that all partners will have lesser number of seats than they had last time. The RLSP head said that he was ready to follow Shah s call asking allies to aving failed to stitch up Halliances in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Congress is seriously considering entering into partnerships in another poll bound State, Telangana, under the banner of Maha Katumbi (grand alliance). Senior party leaders have evaluated that having poll partners in the State is beneficial as the party which once enjoyed a strong foothold in this southern State has witnessed its base getting eroded post the bifurcation. The grand old party is likely to contest in 90 out of the 119 Assembly constituencies leaving the remaining 29 seats to partners like TDP, Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) and the Left parties. TDP till a few months ago was an NDA ally at the Centre. All four alliance partners have met to finalise the modalities of seat sharing. According to sources, the TDP has been offered 15 seats, the Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) led by Prof Kodandaram nine and the CPI five. Leaders of all these parties have, however, refused to comment saying that some details are yet to be discussed before giving out details on seat sharing. Polls to the 119-member Telangana Assembly will be held on December 7. Presently, the ruling TRS has 81 seats followed by Congress at 17, AIMM 7 and TDP 3. This will be the second assembly elections in Telangana after it was bifurcated by the Congress-led Manmohan Singh Government in June Ever since then, ith the aim to give a Wboost to the capabilities of the Navy, the Defence Ministry here on Tuesday signed a contract worth 2, crore with the public sector Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers(GRSE),Kolkata for manufacturing of four survey vessels after the company emerged successful bidder in the competitive bidding. The first ship will be delivered within 36 months and remaining within an interval of sacrifice their number of Lok Sabha seats in Bihar but at the same time sought to know why his party was not made a partner in the Nitish Kumar-led Government. The RLSP leader, whose meeting with RJD's Tejashwi Yadav last week sparked speculation over his future course of action, said he wanted a respectable number of seats to fight in the State. Kushwaha, who met BJP general secretary Bhupendra Yadav, made it clear that a final seat-sharing deal has not been clinched yet but dropped hints to suggest he may remain part of the BJP-led-NDA. I have said it that it is in the interest of the country that Narendra Modi is elected Prime Minister for another term. I will be working for this, the Minister of State for HRD told reporters here. However, his differences with Nitish came to the fore as he aired his anguish at his party not being offered a ministerial post in the State Government after Kumar joined the NDA last year. "We are ready for sacrifice," he said, referring to Shah's comments last week that the Congress has been facing public resentment both in Telangana and neigbouring Andhra where till few years ago Congress enjoyed good command. AICC in-charge for Telangana R C Khuntia declined to comment on the number of seats to be contested by each party but said the seat-sharing formula is expected to be announced within a day or two. He also said the Congress planned to release its first list of candidates and election manifesto for the polls by Friday. "Draft (of the manifesto) is ready. We have to send it to the AICC (for approval). We are trying to release it by November one. Maybe, candidates would be announced in the first list by first or second November," Khuntia told The Pioneer. Eyeing for a foothold, Congress has already announced farm loan waiver of up to 2 lakh and 3,000 monthly dole to unemployed youth, among other assurances, if it comes to power. The four parties who may seal the alliance with Congress may also come out with a common agenda, in addition to individual manifesto listing their priorities. six months for each vessel. The project completion time is 54 months from date of signing the contract. With this prestigious contract, GRSE's Order Book as on date stands at 22,604 crore. The GRSE is currently handling a major project to make three Stealth Frigates for Indian Navy under P-17A Project. These survey vessels (Large) shall be 110 metre long with deep displacement of 3,300 tonnes and complement of 231 and capable of full-scale coastal and deep-water hydrographic survey of ports and harbours, approaches and determination of navigational channels and routes. In addition, the vessels shall undertake surveys of maritime limits up to Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ) and extended continental shelf. These shall be deployed for collection of oceanographic and geophysical data for defence applications. In their secondary role, these shall be capable of performing limited search and rescue, limited ocean research and operate as hospital ship and casualty holding ships, ministry officials said. the BJP's two allies, the Lok Janshakti Party and the RLSP, will have to agree to fight on a fewer number of seats in 2019 than they did in the 2014 polls to accommodate the JD(U). "Partnership should be equal in profit as well as loss," he said. While BJP and Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP had joined Kumar's Government, the RLSP had not. His talks with Yadav were "good and cordial", he said, adding that he had expressed his sentiments to the BJP leader, who is BJP's in-charge for Bihar. If needed he will meet Shah and also Prime Minister Modi to clinch a respectable deal for his party, he said. Sources said the BJP has offered two seats to Kushwaha, whose party contested three seats in 2014 and won them all. Though he has not spoken about the number of seats he wanted to contest, his party leaders have been seeking a larger share than The RLSP leader played down his differences with Kumar when questioned and referred to him as his "elder brother". New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on contempt proceedings initiated against Delhi BJP chief and MP Manoj Tiwari for allegedly breaking seal of an illegal premises which was sealed by the civic agency here. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta concluded the arguments in the case by counsels for Tiwari and the monitoring committee for sealing. Senior advocate Vikas Singh appearing for Tiwari claimed that the monitoring cting CBI Director M ANageswara Rao on Tuesday denied media reports claiming irregularities in the investments made by his wife in a private company. He said due intimations were given to the competent authority at the time of transactions. In a signed statement, Rao, a 1986-batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre, said all the transactions and investments made by him or his wife, Mannem Sandhya, have been given to the competent authority, and everything has been mentioned in his annual property returns. In his statement, Rao gave a chronological order of events leading to the loan sought by his wife and subsequent transfer by her in the account of the private firm. Rao said his wife had on September 10, 2010 borrowed 25 lakh from Angela Mercantiles Pvt Ltd, Kolkata, a company which belonged to "our longtime friend Praveen Agarwal for purchase of an immoveable property in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Giving details, Rao said the property was purchased by her with her cousin Dr K Ratna Babu, who is a well known orthopedic surgeon in Guntur on September 18, "On September 17, 2011, my wife sold sold 5.12 acres of her einherited agricultural property for an amount of lakh. Again on Octobe 19, 2011, she sold 6.05 acres of her inherited agricultural property for an amount of lakh. Thus she received a total he Karnataka Government Thas submitted a proposal to the Centre seeking a relief package of 2,434 crore against the kharif crop damage in droughthit 24 districts in the State. In a meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, both revenue Minister R V Deshpande and N H Shivashankar Reddy also urged the Centre for early release of 722 crore for flood-hit areas of the State. They also tried to impressed upon the Centre for approving an ordinance to New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday modified its order which had fixed 8 pm to 10 pm as slot for bursting firecrackers on Diwali and other festivals, saying that authorities in States are at liberty to change the timings but the duration will not exceed two hours a day. The apex court also said that its directions on "green crackers" was meant only for Delhi- NCR. The court was hearing a plea by Tamil Nadu government which sought its nod for bursting of crackers on Diwali morning in accordance with the religious practices in the state. In its October 23 order, the court had ordered that bursting of firecrackers on Diwali and other festivals would be only from 8 PM to 10 PM A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan also made it clear that its October 23 direction allowing the manufacture and sale of only "green crackers", which have low emission of light, sound and harmful chemicals, was meant for Delhi-national capital implement a debt relief bill passed by the state cabinet for protecting farmers from private lenders. "We have declared 100 taluks in 24 districts as drought affected. About 47 per cent of the kharif sown area of 74.6 lakh hectares has been affected due to drought," Deshpande told reporters after the meeting. The state has estimated 16,662 crore as damage to the kharif agriculture and horticultural crops this year and has sought a relief of 2,434 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), he said. Northern and south interior parts of Karnataka are reeling under severe drought and the deficient rains and prolonged dry spell has resulted in to enormous crop loss. Meanwhile, the state has released Rs 100 crore under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and Rs 50 lakh has been given to each drought-hit taluk, he added. The State has taken steps to improve supply of drinking water, fodder and jobs under MGNREG scheme. With regard to central relief sought for the flood hit areas, the Minister said a central team has already visited the affected areas and has submitted a report. region (NCR) and it was not applicable pan- India. "The direction for green crackers was not for all the states. It was only for Delhi-NCR," the bench observed and said it would pass a formal order Wednesday. The bench was told by the counsel appearing for Tamil Nadu government that as per religious practices in south Indian states the bursting of firecrackers on Diwali was done in the morning and they should be given permission to burst crackers between 4.30 AM and 6.30 AM. One of the advocates also said that in union territory of Puducherry, bursting of firecrackers on Diwali was done in the morning. "We are going to change the timings," the bench said. While modifying its order on the issue of timing for bursting of firecrackers in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and states on south India, the bench made it clear that the "total time (for bursting of firecrackers) will not exceed two hours a day". PTI committee wanted "to terrorise the people of Delhi" by carrying out sealing drive in unauthorised colonies that are actually protected under the law. However, the counsel appearing for the monitoring committee countered the claims of Singh saying that the panel doesn't need "publicity" and its members were only performing their job as entrusted to them by the apex court. The apex court had on September 19 issued contempt notice against Tiwari. On October 12 it asked Tiwari, who was present in the amount of lakh as sale proceeds of acres of her inherited agricultural property during This along with 1.38 lakh from personal savings i.e. a total of 60 lakh was sent to Ms Angela Mercantile in the year 2011, which after deducting the loan amountretained the balance 35-lakhs investment," Rao said. After a period of little less than three years in July 2014, Angela Mercantile returned to her a total of 41,33,165which includes accrued interest amount of 6,33, 165. "Due intimations were given to the competent authority about borrowing of funds, purchase of property and sale of inherited agricultural property vide my letters dated , , and respectively. Therefore, the question of any unaccounted money does not arise at all.," he said, adding complete details of all properties owned by him or his family have been submitted in the annual property returns filed before the Government. Rao was made interim chief last week after the Government sent CBI Director Alok Verma and his deputy Rakesh Asthana on leave till allegations of impropriety were probed by the Central Vigilance Commission. New Delhi: India has made technology a medium to attain social justice, empowerment, inclusion and transparency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. He said the Government was using technology to ensure effective 'last mile delivery of services' and it was also being made an effective medium to bring in 'Ease of Living'. Modi was addressing DST- CII India Italy Technology Summit, along with his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte. "India has made technology a medium for attaining social justice, empowerment, inclusion and transparency. The Government is using technology to ensure effective last mile delivery of services," he said. court, to place on record the no objection certificate (NOC) from his erstwhile counsel. During the hearing, Tiwari's counsel had said that the premises in Gokalpuri should not have been sealed by the authorities. In his reply filed in the court earlier, Tiwari had said that he had broken the seal of the premises as a "symbolic protest" against the illegal action of officials of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and was willing to accept the role of 'sealing officer' as suggested by the apex court. PTI New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday remanded CBI DSP Devender Kumar and middleman Manoj Prasad, arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving the agency s Special Director Rakesh Asthana, to 14-day judicial custody. A special CBI court sent them to jail after the probe agency said that they were not required for further custodial interrogation. Both the accused were produced before special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann who will hear the bail application of Kumar on Wednesday. During the hearing, Kumar, who was produced after the expiry of his seven-day custodial interrogation, told the court that the agency was tampering with and fabricating evidence in case against him. He submitted that a case of theft and extortion should be lodged against CBI officials probing case. Kumar told the court that his eight mobile phones, an ipad and his son's laptop were seized but the CBI's "seizure memo (a mandatory list of all the seized items)" only shows one mobile phone. "The very foundation of this case is based on lies and fabrication and falsification of the evidence. They retained Highlighting the achievements of the Indian space programme, he said it was an example of innovation with quality. The Prime Minister said India was now able to send satellites of many countries, including Italy, into space and this showcased the nation's capability of creating innovative solutions at a low cost. In his address, Conte said he had a "fruitful discussion" with Modi and the two sides explored the possible contribution of Italy to 'Make in India' in various sectors. Conte said he and the prime minister explored the potential for a new partnership in the area of railway and relaunching of cooperation in certain articles taken from me but did not show it in the seizure memo. "They (CBI) are misusing their powers and misleading even this court. They are tempering with the evidence. They should be booked for theft and extortion," said advocate Rahul Tyagi, appearing for Kumar. Replying to Kumar's application seeking release of seized goods, the investigating officer (IO) of the case, Satish Dagar, told the court that he recently took over the probe and observed that though the seizure memo mentions about only one mobile phone, there were other items as well which were lying with the TAFSU branch of the CBI for the purpose of retrieving the data. The data of all the seized articles requires to be analyzed after retrieval to ascertain any relevance to the present case, the IO said. The court also asked the CBI to file its reply to Kumar's bail application which will be heard on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Prasad also moved a bail application on which a notice was issued to the agency seeking its response by November 2. Two alleged middlemen Manoj Prasad and Somesh Prasad have also been named as accused in the case. PTI New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Centre s decision to appoint Air Marshal Rajvir Singh as Director General of Medical Services (Army) and asked it to appoint Lt General Manomoy Ganguly to the post. A bench of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said the case pertaining to Lt Gen Ganguly has had a chequered history" as he had to initially fight for the promotion and then for the post of DGMS (Army). "As a result, we allow this writ petition (of Ganguly) and quash orders dated August 10, 2018 (to appoint Rajvir Singh) and issue mandamus directing the respondents (Centre and others) to appoint petitioner (Ganguly) as DGMS (Army)," the bench said. The bench reproduced the findings of the Armed Forces Tribunal which had said, "There has been some attempt (though we are not suggesting as to whether it was deliberate or bona fide) in denying the respondent his claim for promotion to the rank of Lt. General." The bench also said its verdict had asked the Defence Minister to consider the plea of Ganguly seeking appointment as DGMS (Army) "objectively" and "dispassionately". "We may point out at the development of renewable energy. "India and Italy have lot of similarities and complementarities that make us natural allies in offering effective solutions to the challenges in 21st century," Conte said. Innovation, he said, could be a catalyst for achieving inclusive growth and instrument to growth of global development. Increasing cooperation in the area of heritage was also one of the important aspects, the Italian prime minister said. Modi said to strengthen economic ties, the countries have agreed to set up Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation (JCEC) under which a CEO forum would also be established. PTI outset that case of the petitioner (Ganguly) is that in spite of judgment of August 01, 2018 passed by this court..., the matter has not been examined dispassionately and objectively keeping in view the law laid down therein as well as the spirit behind the said judgment," said Justice Sikri, who wrote 39- page verdict for the bench. According to the petitioner, the government and other authorities are finding one or the other excuse to deny him the post of DGMS (Army), it said. The court however added that the exercise undertaken by the Union Defence Minister in the matter did not suffer from "any element of unfairness". PTI

6 s the campaign for the Abypolls to three Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka drawing to a close, former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda is pitching for the Congress president Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate. He was campaigning at Ballari constituency for the Congress candidate supported by the JD(S) where he reiterated secular forces should join hands to defeat the BJP in the 2019 LS election. Karnataka is facing three bypolls in Shivamogga, Ballari and Mandya where the BJP is taking head on candidates supported by both the Congress and the JD(S). Gowda on Tuesday reiterated.that all secular parties should come together to prevent the BJP from retaining power at the Centre after the 2019 Lok Sabha election and also to bring communal harmony in the country. Addressing a joint press conference with Congress leaders at Ballari, Gowda said that he never considers AICC president Rahul Gandhi as an ordinary leader and there was nothing wrong if he wishes to become Prime Minister. He said, "The Congress is a grand old party of 130 years and Gandhi is capable of becoming the Prime Minister of the country. The BJP is under the impression that BSP chief Mayawati is not part of the grand alliance, which is not true. All secular forces have come together. At last, we have realised that we can t do anything without the Congress." Gowda said that non-bjp parties emerged victorious in 12 by-elections out of 13 held in the country after all the secular forces came together. The result will be same after the November 3 by-election to three Lok Sabha seats and two Assembly constituencies in the State. It will be an indicator to the Lok Sabha election next year. He said that the ruling JD(S) and Congress Government has not neglected the North Karnataka and Hyderabad Karnataka region as alleged by BJP. The Coalition Government is not discriminating against north Karnataka on the basis of election results. We are for all-round development of the State. Gowda said that JD(S) and Congress leaders are jointly campaigning for the victory of the Congress Candidate VS Ugrappa in Ballari. In another development Former Minister and mining magnate, Gali Janardhana Reddy, said that the Congress has created an environment of terror around his Bengaluru home. "Because of this development, a sense of insecurity has sunk into my mind,". "Having been haunted by a feeling of being unsafe, I have been planning to shift my residence to a village in either north Karnataka or Hyderabad Karnataka region for better security," he added. Reddy along with another powerful leader Sriramulu is campaigning for J Shantha who is contesting from BJP in the Ballari by election taking on JDs Congress candidate Ugrappa. He said "They say I was involved with illegal mining worth one lac crore rupees. If so, how come the previous Congress Government at the centre failed to recover anything from me? If the allegations are true, how did CBI file chargesheet against me for loss of 200 to 300 crore," he questioned. He also said he is ready for a debate with Congress leaders on this issue. He even said he is ready for open debate on this issue. Former Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah said he is ready to accept the challenge posed by Janardhan Reddy for a debate. Better if he keeps his mouth shut. "If he continues to prod us, his bail will be cancelled, and he will have to stay inside jail again," he warned. hough many political Tcommentators in Tamil Nadu speak about a secret alliance between the ruling AIADMK and the BJP, statements by some of the senior leaders have put a question mark on the ties between these two entities. Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy and his cabinet colleagues term the AIADMK s good relation with the Hindutwa party as a ploy to get funds from the Centre. But M Thambi Durai the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha who is also a senior AIADMK leader misses no opportunities to lambast the BJP. Durai, who is on a visit to his Karur Lok Sabha constituency these days, minced no words while attacking the BJP on the harshest of words. He said the Narendra Modi Government at the Centre does not release any funds for developmental works in Tamil Nadu. There are more than 30,000 villages in Tamil Nadu and none of them have received any funds for implementing the various rural development schemes announced by the Centre. Though much is being said about the Swachha Bharat scheme, villages in my constituency are crying for funds, Durai told people at Karur on Tuesday. The Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker got upset when some among the crowd asked him where he was all these years and what development works he had undertaken during the last four and half years. Last week Durai had come down heavily on the BJP-led Government at the Centre by alleging that it was using the CBI to terrorise the Tamil Nadu Ministers and officials with an eye to keep the DMK in good humour. During the Congress regime, the CBI was known as Congress Bureau of Investigation. The BJP has made it the Central BJP of Investigation, the AIADMK leader taunted. Meanwhile the AIADMK was put in election mode by the party leadership to face the upcoming by-elections to the 20 assembly constituencies. Though the Election Commission of India is yet to notify the by-polls and announce the schedule, the AIADMK leaders met on Monday and formed high-power committees for all the constituencies which go to the by-polls. Except Chief Minister Palaniswamy all Ministers and party higher-ups have been entrusted with the task of ensuring the victory of the party candidates from the constituencies. The 18 disqualified MLAs owing allegiance to TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala did not disclose their next move vis-àvis the Madras High Court verdict upholding the Speaker s order disqualifying them u n d e r the provisions of the anti-defection law. arnataka KMonday sought drought relief aid of 2,434 crore from the N a t i o n a l D i s a s t e r Response Fund of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to compensate for the crop losses in drought-hit districts. "The southwest monsoon has been very erratic. The prolonged dry spell in north and south interior Karnataka during August and September has resulted in huge agricultural and horticulture crop losses," the state's Revenue Minister RV Deshpande said in a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, shared with reporters here. While pegging the losses incurred due to drought situation in 100 subdistricts (taluks) in 24 of the State's 30 districts at 16,500- crore, the State has requested the Central Government for a relief of 2,434-crore. "A total of lakh hectares of agricultural area and 1.94 lakh hectares of horticulture area have suffered greater than 33 per cent crop loss with an estimated loss of he Disaster Management TDepartment of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday issued a flash flood warning in the State following information of a landslide taking place along the Yarlung Zangbo river in China that flows into India. The river is known as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh and Brahmaputra in Assam. The department has asked the people living in and around the Siang river to prepare for a flash flood-like situation, as the landslide at Yarlung Zangbo is expected to influence the water level of the rivers downstream. In view of the situation, the Disaster Management Department of the hill State has warned the people against venturing into the Siang river for fishing or swimming. The department has also asked everyone to maintain a strict vigil. The Central Water Commission (CWC), which keeps a vigil on the water level of these rivers, has already confirmed that the water level of Siang recorded a drop at Tuting around pm on Monday. In case of such a landslide, the water level goes down as it blocks the flow of river, triggering fears of sudden gushing of the blocked water once the path is clear. "The Upper Brahmaputra Division of the CWC has received a letter from Chinese authorities about a landslide occurring in Yarlung Zangbo on Monday," said a senior CWC officer, adding the water level in the river might rise due to the landslide. The CWC, however, said that at present there is nothing to panic about. Yarlung Zangbo, which originates in the glaciers of Tibbet, flows through China to India before merging into the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. Earlier this month also there were reports of some landslide in the river which had blocked the flow of the river, leading to speculation that there might be flash flood-like situation in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. more than 16,500- crore," Deshpande stated in his letter. The letter was also sent to Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh. Eleven of the 16 weeks of southwest monsoon season were largely dry, leading to soil moisture stress and crop loss, according to the State Government's estimates. "I request you to depute an inter-ministerial central team for firsthand assessment of large scale agriculture and horticulture crop losses," Deshpande wrote in his letter to the Union Agriculture Minister. With depleting ground water levels, the State is supplying drinking water to 159 villages and has dug 203 private bore-wells to make drinking water available in the rural areas, and few of the urban areas facing water shortage, according to the letter. The State also anticipates a fodder shortage in the coming days, with a total livestock of lakh cattle and lakh fodder dependent animals living in the 100 drought-affected subdistricts of the State, and has distributed 8.11 lakh fodder seed kits to overcome the shortage, Deshpande's he CPI on Tuesday hit out Tat the BJP and the RSS over the Sabarimala issue, accusing them of launching a "war" against women and motherhood. CPI national secretary D Raja slammed BJP chief Amit Shah's statement threatening to "pull down" the LDF government led by Pinarayi Vijayan over the issue. Addressing reporters here, he alleged that while the BJP and other saffron units had charged the CPI(M) Government in Kerala with having "launched a war against Hindus," it was the Sangh outfits that were actually targeting women in the guise of Ayyappa devotees. He said it was the Supreme Court which had ruled in favour of entry of women of all age groups into the shrine and that it is not a CPI(M) verdict". "Boycott of women (at Sabarimala) has come to an end. The BJP, RSS and VHP are creating violence in the name of devotees. The BJP and the RSS have launched a war against women and motherhood," he alleged. On Shah's recent remark that BJP workers "would not hesitate to pull down the government" if Ayyappa devotees were attacked, Raja asked whether the saffron party had the strength to do so in the State Assembly. "Is this democratic," the Rajya Sabha MP asked. In a hard-hitting speech after inaugurating the BJP district office in Kannur Saturday, Shah alleged the communist Government was "conspiring against temples". He also came out in support of Ayyappa devotees, who have been protesting against the implementation of the Supreme Court's decision to allow entry of women of menstrual age into the shrine. "You concentrate on developing the state rather than letter informed the Union Ministers. A total of 50-crore worth funds were released from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), providing 50 lakh to each of the drought-hit sub-districts to carry out immediate relief measures such as augmenting existing water supply scheme, drilling new bore wells, the letter added. attacking the Ayyappa bhakts," the BJP president had said and warned Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that he would have to pay a "heavy price" if this continues, as BJP workers "would not hesitate to pull down the Government". Hitting out at the BJP Government at the Centre, Raja said parliamentary democracy and other institutions in the country were "under attack," and urged all secular forces to join hands against the Government. He also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal, and urged him to speak out on the matter. Raja demanded a probe by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The 58,000-crore Rafale fighter jet deal has been at the centre of a raging political row with Congress accusing the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance Government of wrongdoing. The Government has rejected all allegations. On Lanka, Raja said new PM Mahinda Rajapaksa was president during the peak of hostilities in the island nation.

7 he western Indian State of TGujarat to draw attention of entire globe as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Statue of Unity the tallest statue of the world - to the nation on Wednesday morning to mark the 144th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The 182-metre tall statue of India s first Home Minister Sardar Patel is more than four times taller than Statue of Liberty situated in New York. Unlike the Statue of Liberty (built with copper), the Statue of Unity has been constructed using iron to symbolise Sardar s image of Ironman of India. On Wednesday Modi will dedicate the Statue of Unity project to the nation as a symbol of United India at Sadhu Bet in Kevadiya Colony near Sardar Sarovar Dam on river Narmada amidst chanting of mantras, spreading of holy water and lighting the ceremonial lamp at the foot of the world s tallest statue. A grand function has been organised to mark the event on the bank of Narmada in which riticising the ruling BJP Cfor wasting money on grand functions All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesman and senior Congress leader Shanktisinh Gohil said that Sardar Patel dedicated whole of his life for the farmers, but in his homestate Gujarat peasants were not getting adequate irrigation water and electricity. Even farmers were not given payment of crop insurance, said Gohil claiming that the statue would have been completed with the iron collected from farmers across the nation without spending money from government s exchequer but the BJP ruled state government preferred to take assistance of China. Terming Sardar Patel as Congressman, he said that his party would never indulge in negative politics by using Sardar s name to create vote bank. He went on to say that Congress wouldn t oppose the Statue project the way it is opposing dance forms by cultural troupes from 29 States and 2 Union Territories and drumbeats of seven ceremonial military and Rafale deal. Gujarat BJP spokesman Bharat Pandya said that Congress party never recognise the immense work done by Sardar Patel for the unification of India post- Independence. Pandya said that those opposing the Statue project were puppets of Congress party including that of Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP). Congress had unnecessarily created controversy over the made in China issue as very little material imported from China was used in the making of the tallest statue. Known critic of PM Modi and former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela too jumped into blame game by terming the project as marketing gimmick. Vaghela mocked at BJP saying that unite CBI and RBI before talking about anything else. Sardar was a simple man, but 3,000 crore public money wasted for unproductive purpose at a time when Gujarat is under the mammoth debt of 2,50,000 crore. police bands would perform. The Prime Minister will also dedicate Wall of Unity at the pedestal of the statue. M ore than ten years after a massive explosion claimed six lives and left 101 others injured at Malegaon in north Maharashtra, a special court here on Tuesday framed charges against Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five other accused under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and various other sections of the IPC for their alleged involvement in the 2008 blasts. Judge Vinod Padalkar, who presides over the special National Investigation Agency (NIA), framed the charges against Lt Col Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya and five others and other accused persons in the September 29, 2008 Malegaon blasts case. With the framing of charges against the seven accused, the decks have now been cleared for the start of the Malegaon blasts case. The trial will begin on November 2. The seven key accused, including Lt Col Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya, will now be tried under sections 16 (committing a terror Act) and 18 (criminal conspiracy) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), and sections 120(b) (punishment of criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 326 (intentionally causing harm to others) of the IPC. They were framed charges under the Explosives Substances Act. If convicted under these sections, the maximum punishment can be life imprisonment or death. Apart from Lt Col Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya, the other accused who will now face the trial are: Sudhakar Dwivedi, Major (retd.) Ramesh Upadhyay, Sameer Kulkarni, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Ajay Rahirkar. As the Judge read out the charges to the accused individually, all the accused denied the charges against them. Reading out the charges against the accused, the Judge said: "The Abhinav Bharat (organisation) was formed with a common objective to spread terrorism and (for this purpose) a bomb with RDX was planted in a motorcycle in Malegaon that killed six persons and injured 101 others," the judge said. The Judge said the accused came together, hatched a conspiracy and committed a terrorist act by way of the bomb blast. Earlier this month, the NIA t is official now: Reliance IIndustries Chairman Mukesh Ambani s daughter Isha will enter into wedlock with billionaire industrialist Ajay Piramal s son Anand at a private traditional ceremony to be held at Ambanis Cumballa Hill residence "Antilia" in south Mumbai on December 12. In a joint statement issued here in the evening, Ambanis and Piramals stated: We are delighted to share that the marriage of Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal will take place in the residence of Shri Mukesh Ambani and Smt. Nita Ambani in Mumbai with family members and close friends on 12th December, According to the two families, the ceremonies will be performed in accordance with Indian traditions, customs and culture. During the weekend prior to the wedding, the Ambani and Piramal families will host their friends and family in Udaipur, where they are partnering with artisans and craftsmen to integrate local culture and traditions into the festivities Both families seek the blessings and good wishes of everyone for Isha and Anand as they start their journey of togetherness, the statement issued jointly by Nita, Mukesh Ambani, Swati and Ajay Pirmal said. Ahead of the formal announcement about the Isha- Anand wedding, Mukesh, wife Nita, youngest son Anant and family matriarch Kokilaben Ambani had gone to the famous Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi in north-central Mumbai on Monday night to offer the first invitation for Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal's wedding to the presiding lord Ganesh. Earlier in June this year, Ambanis had offered the first invite for Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta's engagement at the same temple. The much-awaited wedding announcement comes a month after the two business families celebrated the couple s formal engagement in Italy s Lake Como, where Isha and Anand exchanged rings. The event was attended by several Bollywood personalities. It may be recalled that in May this year, Anand Pirmal had proposed to Isha at a temple in the hill station of Mahabaleshwar in western Maharashtra. Isha and Anand had celebrated the happy occasion at a luncheon gettogether with their respective parents Nita, Mukesh Ambani, Swati and Ajay Piramal, Isha s grandparents, Kokilaben Ambani and Purnimaben Dalal. court had rejected the pleas of the accused challenging the invoking of UAPA against them. However, Lt Col Purohit, a former military intelligence official, has challenged the special court's verdict in the Bombay High Court. The matter will come up for hearing on November 21. On Monday, a HC division bench comprising justice SS Shinde and justice AS Gadkari declined to provide any relief to Lt Col Purohit. It may be recalled that on December 27, 2017, a Special NIA court had dropped charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit and five other key accused in the much-discussed case. However, Additional Sessions Judge SD Tekale had rejected the applications of key accused Lt Col Purhit, Sadhvi Pragya, Sameer Kulkarni, Ramesh Upadhyay and Sudhakar Dwivedi for discharge from the case. Sadhvi Pragya and Lt Col Purohit were among the 11 persons charge-sheeted by the ATS on January 20, 2009, in connection with 2008 Malegaon blasts. Improvised explosive kept he Bharatiya Janata Party Tis driving a wedge in the Indian society in order to polarise the people. This they are doing by twisting and misinterpreting the history of the country, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said, launching a blistering attack on the saffron outfit. Mamata, who was addressing a public programme in Coochbehar, the northern-most district of Bengal bordering Assam said the BJP-ruled North-eastern State and the one ruled by the same party far west in Gujarat presented the same picture in terms of the saffron outfit s nefarious designs to distort history and create schism in eiterating that she was R innocent, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Tuesday claimed that she had been framed falsely in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case by the previous UPA Government and said that former Home Ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde, P Chidambaram and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh would pay for their sins of framing her in the case. Talking to media persons outside the special NIA court after charges were framed against her and others in the Malegaon blasts case, Sadhvi Pragya hit out at Shinde, Singh and Chidambaram for framing her and others in the name of Hindu terrorism. The people who have done illegal things will pay for it. Shinde, Digvijay and Chidambaram will pay for their sins. They will die dog s death and go to hell, Sadhvi Pragya said. Maintaining that Hindus would not indulge in terror under the seat of a LML Freedom motor-bicycle had exploded between Bhikku Chowk and Anjuman Chowk, near Noorani Masjid, at the masses to garner votes. Sectarian bigotry has no place in the history of India, Mamata said reminding the BJP will never be able to vitiate the minds of the people of Bengal as they had seen through its divisive politics and they will not encourage sectarianism. Attacking the BJP for trying to divide the people on the basis of caste, creed and religion Mamata recalled how names of 40 lakh citizens including a large number of Bengalis from Assam had been deleted from the National Register of Citizens, making people alien in their own homeland driving some of them to commit suicide and compared it with the mass ouster of Biharis from Gujarat another saffron State. Like they are driving acts, Sadhvi Pragya said: We as Hindus conduct ourselves peacefully. In our country of Hindus, there cannot be Hindu terror. As nationalists, we would not indulge in terror acts. We will root for Hindurashtra and continue to do so Denying that she was at any point in time associated with Abhinav Bharat, a right wing outfit which was allegedly behind the 2008 Malegaon blasts, Sadhvi Pragya said: Like I have stated before, I have never been involved with Abhinav Bharat nor I have ever been its member. Secondly, Abhinav Bharat i an organisation of Veer Savarkar and how can it be a terror outfit. Describing the framing of charges against her as Kannon ka kel hain, Sadhvi Pragya said: This (NIA) court decided to frame charges against us, it did. Similarly, the NIA had earlier given us a clean chit. Our application is pending the high court. Our struggle will continue. Malegaon in north Maharashtra, on the night of September 29, 2008, leaving six persons dead and injuring 101 others. away about 40 lakh people including Bengalis from Assam in the name of NRC they are throwing out Biharis from Gujarat in clear defiance of the basic structure of our Constitution, Mamata said adding the Constitution treats everyone equally. We cannot differentiate between people on the basis of caste, creed and religion. We must not forget the sayings of Mahatma Gandhi who took fasted for so many days at Beleghata in olkata as a protest against religious riots, Mamata said while referring to the recent Gujarat violence that saw about 60 lakh Hindi speaking people fleeing that State in the wake of the arrest of a Bihari labourer in connection of a rape and subsequent violence.

8 COMMENT & ANALYSIS Title suit, it is The Maoist attack that left two policemen and a journalist dead in Chhattisgarh must serve as a reminder that while strides have been made in the fight against Red terror, the battle is far from over. The Government has done well not to resort to a heavy-handed approach to tackle the Maoist menace but it must not hesitate to show the iron fist in the velvet glove when it comes to those who take up arms against the state and use murder as a tactic to meet political aims. Deafening silence History has often proved that every crisis would find its own man. India had its crisis man in Sardar Patel in the aftermath of our country s Independence, when a great crisis was staring at the still-to-be-born India. Rulers of about 600 principalities were nursing their own ambitions of becoming independent leaders. Some of them were even thinking of associating themselves with the new-born neighbouring country. Nizam of Hyderabad, right in the centre of our country, was one among them. Such a crisis needed a man with a mind of steel and a great vision. We were indeed fortunate to have found one in Sardar Patel. To understand the significance of Sardar Patel s vision and his contribution to the unification of our country, one only needs to imagine a situation in Hyderabad, which had toyed No one has stopped the BJP from bringing a law for construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Have they been sleeping? Congress leader KAPIL SIBAL T he world is in a state of shock due to the events that unfolded in Sri Lanka. President Maithripala Sirisena appointed his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minister after sacking former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last Friday, thereby ending a Constitutional crisis. The New York Times described the aftermath of the situation as: The country s political system has fallen apart in a matter of days, threatening to upend its emergence from decades of civil war. It is surprising why New Delhi is simply saying that it is closely watching the developments; while the United States, the European Union and others have observed that political parties over there must follow the Constitution. Interestingly, Tamil Nadu, which is just 28 miles as the crow flies from Sri Lanka, has commented on the recent developments. Indulging in domestic politics, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin promptly blamed the Modi Government for not taking care of the interests of the Sri Lankan Tamils. With no tall leader in the State, like Jayalalithaa or Karunanidhi, Stalin has taken the lead in criticising the Centre. Though the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has not said anything so far, competition among the Dravidian parties on India s Sri Lanka policy is always ripe. Insiders say that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is bargaining with the DMK for a possible post-poll alliance in return for early Assembly elections (due in 2020), which Stalin wants. The DMK supremo is raising his price by using the Sri Lankan issue. Tamil Nadu should understand that Sri Lanka is changing. The issue is no longer between the Sinhalese and the Tamils. While the Tamils in the northern part of Lanka are still recovering from the havoc, there is no leader to take up the Tamil cause as things have changed now. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is on a decline. Sir This refers to the article, Remembering SD Burman (October 30) by KK Paul. It was interesting to read the article as it threw light on the great maestro, who mesmerised the listeners with his soulful melodies. SD Burman was the man behind the very grammar of Indian film music. His music reverberates not only within the country but also in the neighbourhood and far off countries. Fans feel so connected to his compositions that they fondly refer him as Burman da. SD Burman had a style of Sardar Patel: A man for all crises with the idea of joining Pakistan, not being a part of India. But for this great son of our country, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, it is indeed difficult to visualise India of today. One geographical entity of today s India is legacy of Sardar Patel. But has our country done justice to his contributions and legacy? Do our history books and school curriculum present a fair and balanced account of such legacies? Why we were forced to be so dishonest to the great vision and contribution of Sardar Patel? Should we not give a fair and balanced account of the modern history of our country and its lead actors to the post-independence generations? This is the objective of our Government s decision to observe Sardar Patel s birth anniversary as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. This is not intended to belittle other legacies and contributions of other leaders. Pure and simple, our intention is just to do justice to the words and deeds of Sardar Patel. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was born on October 31, 1875 in Gujarat. He was born into a farmer s family. In the due course, he passed his matriculation examination and after some years, he passed the Law examination. He practiced as a lawyer at Godhra. He carried on a roaring legal practice. As he was ambitious, he went to England and became a barister-at-law. In 1923, he became the leader of Bardoli Down to the wire his own. Born in a royal family, he followed his musical journey at a very young age. He was a great music director who inspired many musicians. KR Srinivasan Secunderabad Sir This refers to the report, BJP slams Cong over Tharoor s scorpion metaphor against PM (October 29). This is not the first time that Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has put his foot in the mouth, to malign the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister The judiciary is not above Parliament and I will raise the Ayodhya matter in the upcoming Winter Session. BJP leader SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY There are no other major leaders despite rumours about the LTTE regrouping. Within the Sri Lankan Tamil political parties, there is a lack of unity of approach towards a reconciliation. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is considered moderate; whereas Sri Lanka s Northern Province Chief Minister CV Vigneswaran, (who formed a new outfit, the Tamil People Alliance, some time ago) has drifted away from the TNA. Interestingly, Rajapaksa has gone ahead to make an alliance with the Tamils, projecting Muslims as their common enemy. Even when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month in New Delhi, he found Muslims as the common ground. How did Sri Lankan affairs reach such an impasse? It is no longer a secret that relations between Wickremesinghe and Sirisena have not been good. Their parties have been traditional rivals and they came together in 2015 for the sake of power. The President was also critical of investigations into human rights violations during Sri Lanka s long civil war that ended in It reached a pitch recently when Wickremesinghe defeated Sirisena inspired no-confidence motion against him. The coup was planned in complete secrecy. Prior to that, Wickremesinghe s visit to India from October 18 to 20 was to reassure New Delhi that it remains as an important trade and development partner for Sri Lanka, despite turbulent internal politics. It is not known whether Wickremesinghe knew about the possible coup and whether he discussed it with Modi. There has been no clarity on why Sirisena and Rajapakse did not choose the constitutional path to remove Wickremsinghe. Obviously, the meeting between Sirisena and Rajapaksa earlier this month might have paved the way for the coup when Rajapaksa convinced the President that they should not fight among themselves and suggested a power-sharing scheme, by which he has been appointed as the Prime Minister. Wickremesinghe had dug in his heels and insisted that he remained the Prime Minister and would prove his majority in Parliament. Technically, he is right that after Article 46 (2) of the 19th Amendment in 2015, the Prime Minister can only go out of office by death, resignation, by ceasing to be a member of Parliament, or if the Government as a whole has lost the confidence of Parliament. Sirisena has cleverly prorogued the Parliament until November 16, perhaps to give enough time to Rajapaksa to poach on other parties as he has only 95 votes while Wickremesinghe has 106 votes. Wickremesinghe may have to struggle to keep his flock together. The Rajapaksa camp claims that 21 members of the United National Party (UNP) are ready to defect. Meanwhile, Rauff Hakeem, the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, said that his party would firmly back Wickremesinghe. Two other constituent party leaders from minority Tamil and Muslim parties have also said that they will support Wickremesinghe. So, the number game is on. The Sri Lankan crisis may continue for some more time. Until Rajapaksa or Wickremesinghe can demonstrate that they have the confidence of Parliament and force the President to accept the will of Parliament, the crisis will not be resolved. There is a possibility of the presidential and parliamentary polls to be preponed. As for India, ultimately we, have to deal with whoever wins. New Delhi should deal with the crisis with confidence and think of what is best in our interest. We have many levers and New Delhi should make use of all of them. (The writer is a senior political commentator and syndicated columnist) Narendra Modi in particular. His repeated guilt in making bizarre remarks against the democratically elected ruling party and its leader is shocking, given Tharoor s educational background. M Ratan Via mail Sir This refers to the report, Keep rotating officers in sensitive posts: CVC (October 29). In a bid to avert major irregularities in the public sector banks/undertakings and insurance companies, the Central Vigilance Generations ahead would find it difficult to believe how the British had planned a partition of India into three entities India, Pakistan and Princestan. The third entity was mooted by Winston Churchill, who never reconciled to the idea of independent India. Creating three nations, he visualised, would sustain considerable British influence even after India s independence was grudgingly granted. The tricky situation was left to be handled by Vallabhbhai Patel. This has been concisely described by historian RNP Singh in his latest volume, Sardar Patel, Unifier of Modern India : Though Sardar was then a helpless witness, he commented later, nobody could have been so innocent or ignorant as to presume that overnight small rulers could be converted into Their Majesties. That position would have been full of dangerous possibilities and potentialities. In its May 16, 1946, statement, the Mission virtually put a seal on the princely States sovereign status by declaring, Paramountcy can neither be retained by the British Crown nor transferred to the new Government. The machinations and manipulations of the British and their cronies in undivided India created a situation in which it was impossible to create a unified nation. It could have led to India s dismemberment into numerous principalities and nationalities! The Memorandum on State s Treaties and Paramountcy, issued on May 22, 1946, led to the interpretation by several princely States that after the departure of the British, they could negotiate with India or Pakistan on equal terms on their future relationship with the outside world. Several of the Princes, led by Nawab of Bhopal, began preparations for their own strategic liberties. Nawab Hamidullah Khan of Bhopal considered it infra dig to be in a situation to negotiate with the Government of India. He was in close touch with the Nizam of Hyderabad. He quit his position as the Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes and declared himself free and independent. After the Instrument of accession was devised, major States, like Bhopal, Junagadh, Hyderabad, Jodhpur and Mysore did not initially show much keenness to put their signatures on it. It is indeed a very interesting chapter of modern Indian history as to how, Sardar Patel, ably assisted by VP Menon, could devise a comprehensive strategy that brought all the Princes within the fold of an integrated Indian Union. The Nawab of Bhopal wished to become the successor Governor General of Pakistan after Jinnah. Junagadh declared its accession to Pakistan. Hyderabad found natural kinship with Pakistan. There were also other Princes who could feel the pulse of their people, could read the trends of the times and knew that accession to the Indian Union was the best possible alternative available to them. Sardar Patel gave them due dignity and assured to look after their interests even after accession to the Indian Union. It was liked by Maharajas of Baroda, Bikaner, Patiala, and others. This group did not ignore the sacrifices people had made as Indians during the freedom struggle. They would settle for nothing lesser than popular elected Governments in a truly democratic setup. It was indeed a stupendous task to bring together 565 States within the fold of the Indian Union, and rein in the ambitious and deviant Nawabs and Nijams. That such an unprecedented accession to the Indian Union could be achieved, poses the obvious query: Who could do it, and how was the miracle achieved? Yes, India needed an Ironman of determination, unprecedented courage and unmatched commitment to the motherland. The Sardar of Bardoli, the leader of the farmers of Kheda in Gujarat, fitted perfectly well in the mould. India was fortunate to have entrusted the task of uniting India to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. To visualise the persona of the Sardar during his last five years, a single instance would suffice. On October 26, 1947, Pakistan attacked the Kashmir Valley. Claimed as the Kabaili invasion, it was the handiwork of the Pakistan Army, it got the full assistance of the Muslim soldiers of Maharajah Hari Singh who deserted their posts to join the enemy forces after killing their Commanding Officer Lt Col Narain Singh. While the State was being overrun by invaders from Pakistan and internal saboteurs, Jawaharlal Nehru dithered to send the Indian Army on account of inadequacies of formalities. Description of a top-level meeting held on October 26, 1947, says it all: Lord Mountbatten exhibited studied diffidence. Pandit Ji (Nehru) presented a picture of acute anxiety and concern. Sardar listened but did not utter a word. He was a picture of calm equipoise. His silence was a strange contrast to a picture of defeatism and helplessness that otherwise pervaded in the meeting. Suddenly Sardar moved in his seat and immediately after his gruff and resolute voice attracted everybody: Look here Generals, Kashmir must be defended at all costs and come what may, resources or no resources This must, must and must be done. Do whatever you like but do it. Even after the Kashmir issue is, hopefully, resolved in the future, the query would survive: What if Sardar Patel had handled the Kashmir s accession also? Integrating all the princely States was a unique unprecedented historical challenge before a newly independent India that was reeling under the debilitating impact of Partition, sweeping poverty, illiteracy and communal dissensions. Only an exceptionally astute person could take the gauntlet and plunge himself to the task of creating a united India out of the chaos inherited. The rustic looking farmer from Kheda changed the direction of history and rest is the saga for generations ahead to marvel at his unparalleled achievements. It is no secret that during the first couple of decades, after independence, Sardar Patel s contributions were somehow not given the pride of place in the narratives of freedom struggle; though the generation, that had participated in the independence movement, adored and admired him intensely. Some recent studies focus on the contributions of Sardar, revealing instances, anecdotes and facts that are not only interesting but also of immense value for the students of statecraft. Problems posed by the rulers of several States, particularly Bhopal, Junagadh and Hyderabad, were Satyagraha. Since then, he came to be called Sardar Patel. His elder brother, Mr Vithalbhai Patel, was the President of the Indian Legislative Assembly. He was jailed several times in connection with the freedom movement. He was the right-hand man of Mahatma Gandhi and his most trusted lieutenant. It was Patel who maintained discipline in the Congress ranks. In 1936, the Congress at the General Election won the majority of seats in seven provinces of British India. Sardar Patel was the most important member of the Central Parliamentary Board. He became free India s first Deputy Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru being the first Prime Minister. He was in charge of the Home Department and administered law and order. Future historians will marvel at his organising capacity and superhuman ability. The integration of about 560 Princely States and the elimination of the autocratic rule of the Maharajas and Nawabs will ever stand out as his unique and greatest achievement. He did it without bloodshed and in a short span of two years. Was this not a miracle? To him, rightly goes the credit of completely changing the map of India. He was essentially a man of action. He was India s man of destiny. He was the Iron man of India. He was the brightest luminary on the home front. He was a walking volcano with fires raging in his heart. He was not a man to be A symbol of national unity As India celebrates Sardar Patel s birth anniversary, we will do well to remember the Ironman who showed immense determination, courage and commitment to the motherland to create a united India unique and each one needed a unique strategy, in accordance with local needs and requirements. The complexity of the entire situation can be visualised. It was really tough to handle one of the biggest problem of migration of population that too under severe religious animosities created by vested interests. The declaration accession to Pakistan by Junagadh, or uncontrolled ambitions of Nawab of Bhopal, or the ballooning aspirations of the Nizam of Hyderabad, supported through persistent machinations indulged in by Jinnah needed an extraordinary analytical brain and a discerning mind to keep a tight grip on the situation. Some of this can be visualised from what VP Menon wrote: Jinnah signed a blank sheet of paper and gave it to Maharaja Hanwant Singh of Jodhpur along with his fountain pen, saying you can fill in your conditions. It also indicates how tough the task before Sardar Patel was. In the case of Hyderabad, he knew Mountbatten was talking of settlement, and nothing was coming out of it! He firmly declared: The terms and Commission (CVC) has suggested that no official in key posts can stay beyond a fixed period. In other words, the CVC is of the opinion that officials should be rotated frequently. It is said that familiarity breeds contempt. If an officer continues in a same post for a long period, it can sound death-knell for the organisation. Just because an officer is found to be working very diligently, it should not be counted as a qualification for his continuation in the same job. Because by using this as a leverage, he can cause problems. A fixed period of two years is good enough for any officer to prove his worth either way. Irrespective of whether it is good or bad, he must be necessarily shifted to save the organisation. Besides, a strict vigil must be kept so as to ensure that the official does not go awry even during the fixed period. Close monitoring of the functioning of the organisation and its officials, coupled with a fixed tenure alone can bring down the irregularities. VS Jayaraman Chennai talks which Lord Mountbatten have gone with him. Now the settlement with Nizam will have to be on lines of other settlements with the States. No help from outside, on which he seems to rest pathetic hopes, would avail him. The Hyderabad issue went to the security council razakars were indulging in arson, looting and communal killings, Pakistan was not sitting quiet. But Sardar Patel remained unruffled and eventually won universal praise and admiration in this case as well. He had his issues with the Prime Minister, too. When Sardar Patel wanted a firm and definite action, he was concerned because of vacillations on the part of Nehru. His steely resolve helped him get his way thorough eventually in spite of numerous impediments. Patel s letter to Nehru on China appears so precise to comprehend the mischievous and nefarious designs that this neighbour of India has nourished all along. The letter Sardar Patel wrote to Pandit Nehru on November 7, 1950, highlights his incisive analytical vision of the developing international scenario, particularly on its borders, and how India needs to prepare itself for every eventuality. In the letter, he clearly indicated to Pandit Nehru that even though we regard ourselves as friends of China, the Chinese do not regard us as their friends. With the Communist mentality of whoever is not with them being against them, this is a significant pointer, of which we have to take due note. Unfortunately, this warning was ignored, and the consequences are now well-known. Sardar Patel richly deserves his due place in the saga of Indian Independence and integration. It is not easy to pay tribute to the Sardar of Bardoli. Lord Mountbatten s words make one attempt, in touching words he wrote: By far the most important achievement of the present Government is the unification of the States into the dominion of India. Had you failed in this, the results would have been disastrous...nothing so added to the prestige of the present Government than the brilliant policy you have followed with the States. The Statue of Unity being inaugurated on October 31, 2018, is one welcome step in the right direction. Much more must follow. (The writer is the Indian Representative on the Executive Board of UNESCO) ignored or trifled with. Defeat, he never knew; weakness he never felt, and indiscipline he never tolerated. He was a pillar of fire and enthusiasm, but as a practical statesman, he was also calm and unfathomable. He never hesitated to take a decisive step. He combined quickness of decision with resourcefulness. He was the greatest administrator and statesman that India ever produced. His death on December 15, 1950, left India poorer. in his death, free India suffered a loss in political leadership that it found difficult to manage. Crores of our countrymen, including myself, still believe today that Sardar Patel had been the first Prime Minister of our country, the course of events would have been totally different. We as a nation need to correct this distortion. Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear that we need to look beyond politics, to build an India that lives up to its potential. Without the creation of the India of today, we would have had no voice in the global order of things. That is why we need to commemorate the legacy and memory of Sardar Patel, and that is what we are doing today. Sardar Patel symbolised a decisive leadership. In the past and in recent times, we have paid heavily for the indecisiveness of leaders, in whose hands our destinies have been placed. Today s India needs another Sardar, who can think with clarity and act firmly. We are fortunate to have another leader with such traits in Narendra Modi. Located alongside the Narmada River in Gujarat, the world s tallest Statue of Unity that is being unveiled today is a real tribute to the Ironman of India. Nearly 30 metres taller than the current record holder the Spring Temple Buddha in China and almost double the height of the Statue of Liberty, the statue of unity is a symbol of India rising, as rightly pointed by our Prime Minister. Besides unifying the country, Sardar Patel had also laid the foundations of all-india services as a permanent executive and a vehicle of building modern India. On this day, we need to resolve to contribute to the making of a new India inspired by the spirit of unification made possible by Sardar Patel. Whatever had happened had happened and it is time for every countryman to strive for the unity, integrity, safety and security of our country, inspired by the spirit and vision of Sardar Patel. We do have some issues relating to external and internal security of our country. I am confident, unitedly, we can overcome these challenges under the leadership of our Prime Minister. Let us remember Sardar Patel, whenever we are confronted with a challenge. That shall enable us to meet it with resolve. (The writer is Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation) WATCH

9 he Government is examin- options including an Ting outright sale of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd, a person with knowledge of the matter said, as the Government tries to stem defaults at the lender with $12.6 billion of debt. A plan to be presented to a bankruptcy court on Wednesday by the stateappointed board of the lender includes selling the entire stake to a financially strong investor and ensure business continuity, the person said, asking not to be identified as the matter is private. Other options include splitting businesses according to verticals and disposing them off to several buyers or injecting liquidity at group level to avoid an outright sale. Meanwhile, in wake of the IL&FS crisis, efforts are underway by the Indian government, RBI as well as SBI to try and stabilise the system very quickly, and things are likely to return to normal in a couple of weeks, SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar said here. Kumar said that the Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) was a unique institution operating in the infrastructure financing and construction space. It is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, holding assets as well as its finances - it was a 3-in-1, Kumar said, adding that whether it is banks or non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), if they are in infrastructure financing, they have faced trouble in India. Infrastructure, particularly the BOT (build operate transfer) model, has caused a lot of problem even to the banks. We ourselves have suffered in the financing of infrastructure, Kumar said during an interactive session at the 9th New India Lecture' organised at the Indian Consulate under the aegis of Consul General he country's largest lender TSBI has halved the daily cash withdrawal limit from ATMs for certain debit-card holders to 20,000 from Wednesday. The withdrawal limit has been curtailed on Classic and Maestro debit cards, held by a large number of the bank customers. However, customers with other variants of SBI debit card can continue to enjoy higher daily withdrawal from ATMs. As per a senior SBI official, the average cash withdrawal from ATMs per card is less than 20,000 and the move will help in checking frauds and promote digital transaction. About a month ago, the State Bank of India (SBI) had alerted its customers holding Classic and Maestro debit cards regarding reduction of cash withdrawal limit to 20,000 a day from ATM starting October 31. The SBI had put out the following message on its website: "Daily cash withdrawal limit for Classic and Maestro debit cards has been reduced from 40,000 to 20,000 per day with effect from October 31. "If you require higher daily cash withdrawal limit, please apply for a higher card variant." SBI Managing Director PK Gupta had said the reduction in withdrawal intends to protect customers from fraudulent cash withdrawals from ATMs and also to spur more digital transactions. "We analysed all the ATM transactions and we found that most of them are less than Rs 20,000 a day. In case of frauds reported to us, we found that in all such cases withdrawals of Rs 40,000 (the maximum) have happened. So, this is basically to protect the customers and secondly, we want that more digital transactions should happen," Gupta had said. If any customer wants higher limit of cash withdrawal, he or she can ask for a higher variant card. When asked how many Sandeep Chakravorty. The lecture series is organised by the Consulate in partnership with the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). Responding to a question on IL&FS and the impact of shadow banking on the Indian economy, Kumar said since it is an NBFC, it has had a contagion effect. Because of the IL&FS default, there is pressure on mutual funds. The corporates who were providing liquid funds to mutual funds have become very cautious. In turn, the mutual funds have become cautious about their investments, he said. Kumar added that in wake of the IL&FS crisis, the SBI stepped up in a big way. This is how we are trying to stabilise the system and tackle the situation. RBI has announced measures around improving liquidity for NBFCs. The government, RBI and SBI - all of us are trying that the system stabilises very quickly. I believe it is a matter of time - a couple of weeks when things return to normal, he said. IL&FS and its subsidiaries have defaulted on several debt repayments recently due to liquidity crisis. It needs an immediate capital infusion of 3,000 crore and is also planning a 4,500-crore rights issue. The company as of March 2018 owed over 91,000 crore to banks and other creditors. such customers/cards are to be impacted due to this reduced limit, he said a very large number of customers fall into this category. However, the bank has lots of customers with higher variant debit card, so they are not impacted. ndia has reached out to UK- investors to attract Ibased international public-privatepartnerships (PPP) in the country's oil and gas sector with a roadshow in London. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, along with the Directorate General of Hydrocarbon (DGH), held an interactive session on Monday which attracted around 125 participants. The session was aimed at sharing the new policy and regulatory regime in India and details of investment opportunities in the field of oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P). "India is a bright spot in the world economic order, where demand for petroleum products is on the rise. The primary energy demand of the country will almost double in the next 12 years. This roadshow is a call to involve international partners in this journey, said HPS Ahuja, CEO and Managing Director of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPR). Earlier this year, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had launched Bid Round-II under Mumbai: The rupee Tuesday depreciated by 23 paise to close at against the US dollar in line with fall in equities amid steady capital outflows and the strengthening of the American unit against major rivals overseas. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened lower at and lost further ground to hit an intra-day low of against the US dollar on strong demand for the American currency from importers. However, the rupee clawed back some lost ground and finally settled the day at 73.68, down by 23 paise. Forex dealers said the rupee came under pressure following heavy selling in domestic equities and a spurt in dollar demand from importers. PTI Discovered Small Field Policy (DSF) and Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) for competitive bidding. Under OALP Bid Round II, 14 blocks will be offered with a total area of 29,233 sq km and under DSF Bid Round II, 25 contract areas are on offer covering 59 discovered oil and gas fields, spread over 3,000 sq km, the ministry said. The DSF-II and OALP-II Bid Rounds are aligned to India's Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), which adopts the Revenue Sharing Model in an effort to improve ease of doing business in India's E&P sector. It comes with attractive fiscal terms like reduced royalty rates and no cess, single license for all hydrocarbons, pricing and marketing freedom, freedom to exploration throughout contract period, no signature bonus and provision for sharing of common facilities, the ministry said in a statement. Manish Singh, Minister (Economic) at the High Commission of India in London, inaugurated the Investment Promotional Event for Exploration and Production Opportunities in London, which was chaired by VP Joy, Director General, DGH.

10 aving missed the first three Hindustrial revolutions, India is now in a position to lead the fourth on the back of its vast tech-savvy young population and is on the way to becoming one of the three richest countries in the world, billionaire Mukesh Ambani said Tuesday. Speaking at the 24th MobiCom conference here, Ambani, who heads the oil-totelecom conglomerate Reliance Industries, said India s digital transformation is unmatch and unprecedented after it took leadership position from being 155th in wireless broadband technology adoption in just 24 months. Back in the 1990s, when Reliance was building its oil refinery and petrochemical projects, India's gross domestic product (GDP) was around USD 350 billion and had just come out of a severe financial crisis. Very few in the world thought that our country's prospects were bright. Today our GDP is nearing USD 3 trillion, and India is well on its way to becoming one of the three richest countries in the world, he said. Ambani, the richest Indian, said mobile computing as a catalyst is driving massive data consumption and this has given young Indians a fertile ground for disruptive ideas. Cloud computing and networking technologies have used broadband as a foundational enabler leading to Indian entrepreneurs starting to make a global impact. In the next two decades, I can confidently say that India shall be leading the world and shall contribute to the next wave of global economic growth, he said. India languished on the fringes during the first two industrial revolutions powered by coal and steam and electricity and oil, respectively, and only started playing catchup in the computer-driven third industrial revolution, he said. The fourth industrial revolution is now upon us. It is marked by a fusion of technologies straddling the physical, digital and biological worlds, he said. I can say with full confidence that India has a chance of not just participating in the fourth industrial revolution, but also leading it. This is possible because the India of today is remarkably different from the India of yesterday. India s vast techsavvy young population is its key strength. Just imagine the kind of connected intelligence India can create if the power of billion-plus minds is combined!, he said. Also, being a democracy that is run on the model of equitable and inclusive growth, it is openly embracing the digital technologies of tomorrow. It is a rich and fertile ground for entrepreneurship and has emerged as the fastest growing start-up base worldwide, he said. Today, the nation is home to the third largest number of technology-driven startups in the world. Never before has India witnessed such an explosion of entrepreneurial spirit, he added. Ambani said India needs to prepare itself for a period of information and digital abundance, adapt itself to the scorching pace of innovation and learn to collaborate on scale, quickly transform the idea into a breakthrough innovation, shift from a system of time-bound education to a mode of continuous learning and create more employment opportunities than what new and disruptive technologies take away. We have to groom our children to be digitally-savvy right from school. Schools should train students in 'the four C-s critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. These are the skills required to build the foundation for a sustained leadership in the digital age for India. n wake of the IL&FS crisis, efforts are Iunderway by the Indian government, RBI as well as SBI to try and stabilise the system very quickly, and things are likely to return to normal in a couple of weeks, SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar said here. Kumar said that the Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) was a unique institution operating in the infrastructure financing and construction space. It is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, holding assets as well as its finances - it was a 3-in-1, Kumar said, adding that whether it is banks or non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), if they are in infrastructure financing, they have faced trouble in India. Infrastructure, particularly the BOT (build operate transfer) model, has caused a lot of problem even to the banks. We ourselves have suffered in the financing of infrastructure, Kumar said during an interactive session at the 9th New India Lecture organised at the Indian Consulate under the aegis of Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty. The lecture series is organised by the Consulate in partnership with the US- India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). Responding to a question on IL&FS and the impact of shadow banking on the Indian economy, Kumar said since it is an NBFC, it has had a contagion effect. Because of the IL&FS default, there is pressure on mutual funds. The corporates who were providing liquid funds to mutual funds have become very cautious. In turn, the mutual funds have become cautious about their investments, he said. Kumar added that in wake of the IL&FS crisis, the SBI stepped up in a big way. This is how we are trying to stabilise the system and tackle the situation. RBI has announced measures around improving liquidity for NBFCs. The government, RBI and SBI - all of us are trying that the system stabilises very quickly. I believe it is a matter of time - a couple of weeks when things return to normal, he said. IL&FS and its subsidiaries have defaulted on several debt repayments recently due to liquidity crisis. It needs an immediate capital infusion of 3,000 crore and is also planning a 4,500-crore rights issue. The company as of March 2018 owed over 91,000 crore to banks and other creditors. On October 1, the government superseded the board of IL&FS and appointed a new board, with banker Uday Kotak as its executive chairman. On the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, introduced in 2016, Kumar said he considers it the most significant reform that the current government has carried out. It s a new law, a new process. So obviously, there are some hiccups because there are issues around how the provisions of the code are interpreted," he said. It is very hard for the existing promoters to believe that there is a law and a real threat of them losing control of the business. It's never happened in India in the past. That's where the fight is, but this was very badly needed, he said. New Delhi: Realty firm Saha Groupe will invest about Rs 160 crore on construction of its new housing project in Noida on 6.25 acre land that the company bought from another real estate company Logix. The company would construct 480 units in its new housing project Eminence at Noida Sector 150, which is coming up as a new residential hub in the nation capital market with presence of big developers like Tata Housing, Godrej Properties, ATS and Shapoorji Pallonji. We had bought 6.25 acre land from Logix group in Sector 150 on Noida Expressway. We have launched our new housing project on this land parcel. The construction work has started and the project will be completed in three and half years, Saha Groupe Director (Marketing, Construction and Sustainability) Aunirban Saha said. He said the total built up area in this project would be about 8 lakh sq ft. Saha declined to share the total cost to develop this project. According to the market estimates, the construction cost alone would be around 160 crore. Saha said the company is selling apartments at around 4,500 per sq ft in this festive season. On funding of this project, Saha said the company has raised about 200 crore as construction finance from Edelweiss group for a portfolio of its four ongoing projects. Apart from this project, Saha Groupe is developing three other housing projects Amadeus at Sector 143, Noida, Meghdutam Encore at Noida Extension and Panchvati in Dehradun, comprising a total of 1,000 units. The project in Noida Extension is expected to be delivered by the end of next year and the remaining three projects will be completed by 2021, he said. Elaborating on the new project, Saha said the project would have 3 acres of green spaces and has been designed to meet USGBC's LEED Gold standards. Noidabased Saha Groupe, led by architect Aniel Kuumar Saha, has completed one project Meghdutam Residences in Noida having 172 units. It aims to provide the market a product that is luxurious as well as sustainable. New Delhi: Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy Tuesday said enterprises should focus on training youth on new-age technologies like machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT) and automation, which if used intelligently and in an assistive manner, can facilitate growth for businesses. The biggest challenge we have is to train our youth in being prepared for IoT, machine learning, deep learning, automation etc...youngsters will have to be trained if we want to create a larger and larger number of jobs, Murthy told PTI. Citing the example of Infosys, he said the company s Mysore training centre has a capacity to train 14,000 people a day....companies like Infosys will continue to do their job. The question is we want every company to focus on providing such a training. We want our universities to bring in innovation in education, we want focus on problem solving, independent thinking, he said adding that the Indian IT sector, overall, has been successful in creating lots of jobs. Asked if automation would take away jobs, Murthy answered in the negative. When banks introduced computers in the UK in early 70s, late 60s, there was a huge opposition that it would lead of loss of jobs. But you see what happened, banks expanded, more and more people gained jobs because of computerisation, he explained.

11 resident Donald Trump is Pintensifying his hardline immigration rhetoric heading into the midterm elections, declaring that he wants to order the end of the constitutional right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorised immigrants born in the United States. Trump made the comments to Axios on HBO ahead of elections that he has sought to focus on his hardline immigration policies. Trump, seeking to energise his supporters and help Republicans keep control of Congress, has stoked anxiety about a caravan of Central American migrants making its way to the U.S.- Mexico border. He is dispatching additional troops and saying he ll set up tent cities for asylum seekers. Revoking birthright citizenship would spark a court fight over whether the President has the unilateral ability to change an amendment to the Constitution. The 14th Amendment guarantees that right for all children born in the US. Asked about the legality of such an executive order, Trump said, they re saying I can do it just with an executive order. He added that we re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States. An excerpt of the interview was posted on Axios website on Tuesday. The president said White House lawyers are reviewing his proposal. It s unclear how quickly he would act on an executive order. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment. Some experts questioned whether Trump could follow through. Omar Jadwat, director of the Immigrants Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union in New York, said Tuesday said the Constitution is very clear. If you are born in the United States, you re a citizen, he said, adding that it was outrageous that the president can think he can override constitutional guarantees by issuing an executive order, Jadwat said the president has an obligation to uphold the Constitution. Trump can try to get Congress to pass a constitutional amendment, but I don t think they are anywhere close to getting that. Obviously, even if he did, it would be subject to court challenge, he added. Jakarta: Indonesia ordered the inspection of all Boeing 737- MAX airliners on Tuesday as rescue teams recovered more human remains from a brand new Lion Air jet that plunged into the sea with 189 people on board. On a Jakarta dockside, officials took up the grim task of separating human remains from plane debris and recovered personal effects, sending the body parts including from an infant to hospital for DNA testing. AFP Stretched out along the ASA s Parker Solar Probe, Nmankind s first mission to touch the Sun, has set a new record for closest approach to the Sun by a human-made object, the US space agency announced. Parker Solar Probe was launched on August 12 this year on an unprecedented, seven-year long journey to unlock the mysteries of the Sun s fiery outer atmosphere and its effects on space weather. The spacecraft passed the current record of million miles from the Sun s surface on October 29 as calculated by the Parker Solar Probe team, NASA said in a statement. The previous record for closest solar approach was set by the German-American Helios 2 spacecraft in April 1976, it said. here is only one Donald TTrump, the White House has said, rejecting comparisons between the US president and the new right wing leader of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. On Sunday, Bolsonaro was elected President of Brazil. His brash style and harsh statements have led many to compare him to the US President, referring to him as Trump of the tropics or Brazil s Donald Trump. There s only one Donald Trump in my opinion, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters when asked what she thinks about the comparison. Male: The Maldives Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a 13-year jail sentence given to the country s exiled former president until it reviews his conviction as requested by the prosecutor general. The court ordered that the government, police and prison authorities adhere to the suspension of the sentence for the former leader, Mohamed Nasheed. The order came two days before Nasheed is to return to the Maldives after living in exile for more than two years, and appears to be a move by the incoming government to prevent his arrest on arrival. AP he Turkish fiancee of slain Tjournalist Jamal Khashoggi has called on US President Donald Trump and other leaders to ensure that his death in Istanbul is not covered up, while Saudi Arabia s top prosecutor on Tuesday visited the Saudi Consulate where officials from his Government killed the writer. Speaking at a memorial in London on Monday, Hatice Cengiz expressed disappointment in the leadership of many countries. Singling out Trump, she urged him to help reveal the truth and ensure justice be served. He should not pave the way for a cover-up of my fiance s murder. Let s not let money taint our conscience and compromise our values, she said. ngry protests rocked Sri ALanka s capital as thousands of demonstrators gathered on Tuesday for a mass rally organised by ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe s party against what it said was a coup by President Maithripala Sirisena, even as the opposing sides were engaged in efforts to secure their numbers in Parliament to end the country s political crisis. Sirisena has broken his promise and taken executive powers into his hands. He has sidelined parliamentary power, UNP leader Wickremesinghe said, addressing the crowd. Wickremesinghe s United National Party (UNP) demanded that Parliament be convened immediately and democracy restored. The ousted premier alleged that President Maithripala Sirisena had assumed he would urkish President Recep TTayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on Saudi Arabia s chief prosecutor to find out who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and not spare certain people in his investigation. Who sent these 15 people? As Saudi public prosecutor, you have to ask that question, so you can reveal it, Erdogan said, referring to the 15-man team suspected of being behind the hit. Now we have to solve this case. No need to prevaricate, it makes no sense to try to save certain people, he told reporters in Ankara. Khashoggi was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain paperwork ahead of his get his way. However, he said the UNP and its partners in the United National Front will not give up and will continue to push for Parliament to convene immediately. The UNP claimed about 100,000 people thronged the rally, though police sources estimated the number at 25,000. Sri Lanka, a Buddhistmajority nation in the Indian Ocean, was plunged into chaos on Friday when Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe as prime minister in a surprise move. He also suspended Parliament in an apparent bid to shore up support for newly-appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sirisena is under increasing political and diplomatic pressure to reconvene Parliament and resolve the Constitutional crisis. Wickremesinghe s United National Party (UNP) is set to hold a protest on Tuesday in the capital, Colombo. upcoming wedding. His body has not yet been found. The Washington Post contributor, who had criticised the kingdom s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had lived in selfimposed exile in the United States since After Turkish media published gruesome reports of torture and decapitation, Saudi Arabia admitted that Khashoggi, a former insider turned critic, was killed inside the consulate. Riyadh has detained 18 suspects as it seeks to draw a line under the crisis, which has damaged the kingdom s reputation abroad. After denying any knowledge of what happened to Khashoggi for almost three weeks, Saudi authorities have now accepted that the killing was premeditated.

12 B usiness and management consulting in India recorded the revenue of $11.5 billion in 2017 with the management consulting sector contributing around $1.5 billion to the total money generated. The industry is estimated to grow manifold with the rapid digitalisation and emerging market trends creating a myriad career opportunities. Every year, over a 1000 MBA graduates enter diverse sectors of business consulting, including finance, management, marketing and IT. Out of all, management consulting is a popular choice amongst the students wherein they get invaluable business exposure and the opportunity to hone analytical skills. Alongside mushrooming B- schools in India, more and more management consulting organisations are occupying a place in the market, offering an array of consulting services to the international and domestic businesses. Today, consulting is an attractive career choice as it comes with a promising salary package and provides an individual with adequate scope for personal development. The role of a management consultant is an integral denominator for the rapid growth and success of an organisation. In both private and public sectors, the demand for expert assistance in streamlining business, reducing costs, and increasing ROI in a dynamic market is increasing His job is to design a viable strategy for streamlining the business processes, managing the teams and projects, and controlling the business operations. The problem-solving abilities, high-level aptitude, and great business management acumen are the topmost requirements to become a competent management consultant. Basically, the consulting firms rely on the manual labour the consultants for research, analysis, strategy-making, and execution, albeit they have made technology as the core part of their business. The giants in the consulting market like KPMG, PwC, Deloitte, and Accenture keep on recruiting worldclass management consultants wellversed with digital technology to deliver their clients a delightful customer experience. Moreover, the need for relevant industry insights and the dynamic trends compels the businesses to build in-house management consulting teams for strategic advice on projects and solutions further business expansion and growth. At the early stages of the career, the starting salary of the management consultants ranges between 2.5 to 3 lakhs. However, with the maturity of the career, one can easily get hands on an annual package of up to 50 lakhs. For getting the position of a management consultant in a reputed firm, the minimum requirement is a graduation degree and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree from a recognized private or Government University. Private autonomous colleges like Indian Institutes of Management, Christ College, Xavier School of Management, and Symbiosis Pune are a popular choice among the MBA candidates. The Government universities including Delhi University, Rajasthan University, Pune University, and Kolkata University offer two-year MBA degree program. A good score in Common Admission Test (CAT) lands the candidates to the top management school like IIM where DU and RU conduct their entrance exams. Moreover, the certification in management consultants offered by various reputed institutes further improves the candidate s CVs. The consultancy firms prefer the candidates with at least one year of work experience in the industry; however, freshers are also welcome as they can easily be trained as per the company's requirements. Apart from the educational qualifications, the students should also possess organisational and management skills to double up the chances of getting hired by a top-notch company. A good understanding of the business ecosystem, market trends, good interpersonal and communication skills, knowledge of two or more language, sharp analytical capabilities, and the ability to work under tight deadlines and work pressure are the aspects that the students should focus on. A management consultant should be able to remain self-motivated and disciplined to handle the heavy workload on a routine basis; she/he must know the art of prioritising multiple tasks to accomplish each of them and side by side improving the quality of every deliverable. The companies are eager to work with consultants who are productive, efficient, and competent in their work with little supervision. Moreover, technologies like AI, Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Pattern Analysis are widely being used in the consultancy industry bringing innovation to their services and agility into their organisations. For this, the existing employees are being trained in using these technologies whereas the companies give priority to the candidates acknowledged with the latest technological advancement at the time of new hiring. So, the management consultants need to be adaptable to the changing work culture and should be able to provide quick and profitable consulting solutions to the clients. The SRM Institute of Science & Technology invites applications for admission to its BTech programme in the faculty of Engineering and Technology for all of its group universities at Kattankulathur, Ramapuram, Vadapalani and Delhi-NCR Ghaziabad campuses. One of the salient features of 2019 admission is that SRM group of Universities are introducing Inter Disciplinary Experiential Active Learning (IDEAL) environment. With students in India seeking more inter-disciplinary programs and flexibility in course curriculum, SRM group of universities address this demand by completely leaving the option of programme path to the students. A student who is doing a Major in a subject shall have an option of Major specialisation enabling him/her deep learning or do Minors enabling him/her to learn courses within the same discipline or across the discipline. Students can chart their IDEAL path enriched further by industry internships and technology-enabled active learning through academic collaborations with some of the top ranked universities in USA, Singapore and other parts of the world. Entrance exam: All admissions to BTech is through SRM Joint Entrance Examination Engineering (SRMJEEE). This computer-based test will be conducted across India in 125 centres and few centres in Middle East countries from April 15 to 25, Apply: Both resident Indians and non-resident Indians can apply for SRMJEEE NRI candidates who qualify in SRMJEEE 2019 and compete with the domestic candidates through the regular counselling process will get a 35 per cent scholarship on the tuition fee applicable for international students, for all four years. They also have an option to directly apply under International admission category by paying the international tuition fee and get admission in any programme / campus without taking SRMJEEE. Scholarship: The SRM Institute of Science & Technology offers several scholarships, fee waiver schemes, teaching and research assistance to meritorious and deserving students, including the Founders' Scholarship a 100% waiver of tuition and hostel fees for toppers in SRM- JEEE, JEE, CBSE/State Board final and for outstanding sports performance. To apply, log on to The Hotel School invites applications for admission in three years BVoc Degree in Hotel Management. Students will be taught subjects like food production, bakery and confectionary, front office, housekeeping, reception handling, food and beverage, management, English and communication skills and much more. Students will learn how every aspect of a food service operation contributes to the guest experience and will explore unique features of a variety of food and beverage operations. Eligibility: Candidates, who have appeared/passed 10+2 examination of CBSE, ICSE or equivalent accreditation, are eligible to apply. How to apply: Application forms and brochure may be obtained from admission office of The Hotel School at 989, Near Oberoi Farm, Kapashera, New Delhi, Deadline: November 17, For more information, log on to he Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP) was Tinaugurated recently in the Capital by public intellectual and author Gurcharan Das and chairperson, 15th Finance Commission of India and former MP, Rajya Sabha NK Singh. The school intends to develop a new class of policy leaders for India by equipping policy professionals with knowledge, skills, wisdom and ethics to understand, design and implement local solutions to India s enduring policy and governance challenges. The school will offer one-year full-time programme in public policy, design and management to candidates with two-three years of relevant professional experience and will offer full waiver on fees to 20 per cent of enrolled students. The first session has already started from August 19, The one-year, Master s equivalent programme will be a blended design of theory, perspectives and best-practices of public policy from around the world, augmented with technical, managerial and leadership skills. Dr Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, the founding dean of the School and Member of the Academic Council, said: The one-year programme is designed as a Master's equivalent programme for working professionals and recent graduates. Dr Parth J Shah, Member of the Governing Council, said: ISPP is imagined as a 21st century academic institution. It will focus on excellence and deep specialisation in public policy. It will be talent heavy and asset-light, that is, it will invest in students and source the very best faculty from around the world and avoid making heavy infrastructural investments. It is also the institutional successor to several years of public policy programs that our founding council have conceptualised and run in various forms in colleges and universities across the country. Across these programmes, we have trained 8000 students who have gone on to successful policy careers in India and the world. For further details, log on to he second Global Conference on TCreating Value invites business leaders and leading academics from around the world to exchange views and learn from each other regarding how value can be created for the future of business and society. The plenary sessions, invited speakers and paper presentations will provide an opportunity for discussion between academics and practitioners about value creation opportunities not only for business and companies, but also for individuals and society at large. Suggested conference topics: Creating value for yourself, business and society; creating value through social innovation and social entrepreneurship; creating value through transformative services; creating value in the age of he NS Raghavan Centre for TEntrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), which focuses on developing entrepreneurship in India, has become an academic partner of Goldman Sachs. The 10,000 Women Initiative will now reach out to more women entrepreneurs. The initiative is a global initiative that fosters economic growth by providing women entrepreneurs around the world with a business and management education, mentoring and networking, and access to capital. Founded on the understanding that investing in women entrepreneurs leads to economic growth and stronger communities, this initiative has already reached more than 10,000 women from 56 countries to date, partnering with more than 30 leading business schools and 100 academic and non-profit partners. Since 2008, over 1,300 women entrepreneurs have graduated from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women throughout 13 cities in India. The 10,000 Women programme addresses the day-today obstacles that women entrepreneurs face in the course of running a business and imparts effective ways of dealing with them. Participants of the programme will work on strategy, finance and accounting, and business disruptions; value creation in the sharing economy; value creation for employees in the age of artificial intelligence and machine learning; value creation and leadership; value creation and organisation; measuring value creation and developing value creation related analytics; creating value through the use of big data; values as a belief, attitude and perspective; values and the relationship with (organisational) culture(s); value destruction and dark side of value creation; challenges and opportunities of creating value at the Bottom of the Pyramid; sustainable and responsible management and value creation and CSR and value creation. development, amongst other topics. Continuous feedback from mentors and professors will help them design efficient and executable business growth plans. Globally, 70 percent of graduates have reported higher revenues and nearly 60 percent have created new jobs. The NSRCEL Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women programme is for all women entrepreneurs of businesses that have been in operation for at least one year with minimum annual revenue of 35 lakhs and at least three employees. The programme will include approximately 15 days of classroom sessions (spread over three months) at the IIM Bangalore campus, in addition to mentoring support, business growth plan preparation, and post-program alumni activities. The first cohort of the programme at IIMB is scheduled to start in January 2019 and end in March Interested candidates may access and apply at women/ Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women also offers its full curriculum online through the Coursera platform as an alternative for those entrepreneurs who prefer online education or those that cannot attend a residential programme. For more information, visit wome Participants are open to any submission exploring new and emerging ideas and trends related to value creation. Conference co-chairs: Gautam Mahajan, president of Customer Value Foundation, and the Editor of the Journal of Creating Value Dr Sertan Kabadayi, professor of marketing, Gabelli School of Business- Fordham University. Submission Guidelines: Interested participants may submit an extended abstract about their research and ideas not exceeding 750 words (excluding references, tables and figures). The abstract should outline the importance of the topic, its potential he Lal Bahadur Shastri TInstitute of Management recently organised the mini marathon Run for Education on Sunday, October 28, 2018 in association with Delhi Police and Jaagriti NGO that acts as an abode for the underprivileged children and provides pre-school and post-school education. The event was also partnered with Safe Express, Coca Cola, and Ayushman Hospital and Health services. The funds collected from this run was contributed towards the education of these underprivileged children. The 6.5 km long run across Dwarka was graced by the presence of the chief guest Madhup Tewari, joint commissioner of police, Delhi Police-western range and Guest of honour Anto Alphonse, DCP, Delhi Police, Dwarka District; Dr DK Srivastava, director, LBSIM; Dr GL Sharma and Mudit Shastri, member, advisory body, LBSIM. contributions, research question(s), conceptual framework, and methodology and findings if applicable, discussion, and conclusion. Submissions using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies and different approaches including practitioner cases are encouraged. At least one author from each paper must register and be present at the conference to present their paper. Abstracts should be submitted using the online submission link on the conference website at: Important dates: Last date for the submission of abstract is February 15, 2019 and the authors will be notified of the outcome by no later than March 1, For more details, visit The event was inaugurated by paying homage to Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri followed with an encouraging speech by the director of our institute Dr Srivastava about the idea of fostering equal opportunity for everyone around the globe. The event witnessed of about 800 footfalls. Participants of all ages were seen running towards one common objective to send children to school. There were three categories of races males, females, and senior citizen with the fastest finisher being 21 minutes setting a new record then the previous ones. We also had a race for children below the ages of 10 who also contributed towards the cause. All the winners were recognised, and participants praised for their contribution. The prizes included medals, certificates, trophies and cash prizes for the first three positions. The top 100 finishers were also awarded medals. he JP International TSchool (JPIS), Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, under the aegis of Niti Aayog s Atal Innovative Mission, has inaugurated Atal Tinkering Lab l (ATL). Secretary of CBSE Anurag Tripathi along with scientist of Vigyan Prasar Dr Rintu Nath inaugurated the event in the presence of Chairman Roshan Agarwal, President Arun Kedia, Vice President Amit Saxena, Principal Heema Sharma and many others. The young innovators from the school exhibited various innovative projects and explained it s functioning with élan. All these emphasised skill development through hands-on learning methodology. While interacting with the students, Tripathi said: An initiative like this will surely support young and talented students to shape their curiosity, creativity, adaptive learning and physical computing to he Indian Institute of TTechnology, Hyderabad s, Department of Liberal Arts has launched a Minor programme in Artificial Intelligence and Humanity. AI has been an exciting area of research and innovation for the scientific community for most part of a century now. But the present moment is particularly important because the influence of AI on everyday lives is growing exponentially: the way people interact with their bodies, their immediate environments, their societies, and the state are all increasingly mediated through AI. At this crucial point in its history, therefore, it is necessary to understand, question, and shape ways in which AI technologies are being incorporated into the fabric of everyday life. Students will benefit from thinking beyond the purely technical aspects of AI: humanities and social science scholars will team up with engineers and designers to offer wide-ranging interdisciplinary perspectives on AI and Humanity as part of this newly launched Minor by the Department of Liberal Arts. understand the basic concept of STEM along with the hands on experiments with the help of various tool required. Agarwal thanked NITI Aayog for selecting JPIS and said: The lab is designed to inculcate skills such as design mind set, computational thinking, adaptive learning etc and hopefully learnings from here will place our students at par with world s best. The vice president Amit Saxena said: It is a step towards path to excellence and ATL lab would teach our students essential 21st-century skills which will help them in developing their professional and personal skills. The dignitaries also released the 13th edition of the annual magazine Vision which is a compilation of the articles contributed by the students and activities took place in session. The AI and Humanity minor is open to students from the second year onward. The 12-credit minor includes foundational courses in the history, philosophy, sociology, and psychology of technology, as well as courses focusing on the social, political, economic, and legal implications of AI, at a global scale. Students will also undertake team-based project work, supervised jointly by faculty across liberal arts, design, and engineering departments, to further explore the socio-technical dimensions of AI.

13 W hat are our kids or professionals up to these days? What are the courses that draw them? What are the promises and what are the outcomes of those dreams and ambitions? We have for you a list of popular courses taking India by storm. Please note: these are not in order with priorities. DIGITAL MARKETING The digital marketing engineer executes or advises on the execution of, the company s digital strategy. He may be either part of the senior marketing management team or operating as a consultant. He is responsible for the final architecture, implementation, and management of the digital marketing plan, including advising on using digital technology to improve marketing and business results. As a digital marketing engineer, he has to have knowledge of marketing, social media and the deep knowledge of Internet and its use. VOCATIONAL GRADUATION A graduation degree offers student nothing more than theoretical knowledge about a chosen subject where major stumbling block becomes lack of practical knowledge of working in an industry and the skill gap. At the end of tenure of vocational degree, it not only offers a valid graduation degree but also offers in-depth practical knowledge of working on machines and practical working experience of an industry as the courses are designed in such a way that students spend equal amount of time in theoretical learning and practical learning. There are so many trades where vocational courses are offered and programmes related to computers are going to need computers big time but the courses such as carpentry or manufacturing are highly dependent upon technology as quality carpentry nowadays is performed on highly precise machines, even manufacturing skills for that matter involves machines that offer high level of precision. ETHICAL HACKING This is the gaining of unauthorised access to data in one or more computers, performed by a company or individual to help identify potential threats on a computer or network. An ethical hacker attempts to bypass the security of system and search for any weak points that could be prone to exploitation by malicious hackers. This information is then used by the person or organisation that hired the ethical hacker, to improve the system security, in an effort to minimise or eliminate any potential attacks. Internet security and networking are the two fastest-growing industries where ethical hackers can find employment. Ethical hackers are hired to find any vulnerability that might exist in a network and to fix them. They can join the Government as well as private organisations as cyber-security experts. IT firms are the main recruiters of ethical hackers. They can also be required by financial service providers, airlines, retail chains and hotels. ENTREPRENEURSHIP There is a myth about skill courses. That it is meant for those who want to join jobs in their chosen skill sets whereas they ignore the bigger picture of enterprise development which the academia, universities and Government is trying to address by introducing courses like B Voc in Entrepreneurship. A good number of institutions have been conducting short duration and long duration entrepreneurship development programmes. IOT AND AI The IoT and AI skills will enable students to gain expertise in smart connected devices, including end-device development, Cloud Computing, Network Design & Management, Application Interface Design and Data Management & Analytics on one hand and a comprehensive coverage of essential embedded technologies, current tools and trends on the other. It is structured to provide students with a broad, versatile skillset, coupled with hands-on industry exposure. Students having skills in networking are being placed in all industries, big or small. PHONETICS & ROBOTICS We are surrounded by smart devices that need better platforms and network architectures to support usage of these devices to our advantage. The top five IT firms contribute over 25% of the total industry revenue indicating that the market is fairly competitive. Considering this aspect, the scope of IT skills is quite wide. The B Voc programme in the discipline of IT (Networking) has been designed to introduce students to the operations of today s complex networking infrastructure by giving them an understanding, basic to advanced, of various networking setups, troubleshooting, repair of specific hardware and software products and of course setting secure networking connections facilitating ease of network usage. The skill component essentially covers the skills needed in a given area and is almost entirely hands on work on the state-of-the-art machines and equipment sourced from the best brands worldwide. T he world of beauty is constantly evolving. Every day there are new styles and new trends popping up all over the country and even the world. If you are in the beauty industry, you get to exercise your artistry and creativity. You get to let your own personality shine and you get to express yourself by beautifying other people. Makeup, hair, nails and skincare are all areas that promote the creative process. Even when you re simply doing a beauty procedure on yourself, you can experience instant gratification from transforming your look. Sharing your skills with others can take your creativity to a whole new level. Endless Opportunities One can work in salons, spas, beauty schools, in the retail industry, or in many other areas. There are so many opportunities for you out there! Not only this, but a beautician has the potential to create their own economy in a world where improving your appearance never seems to hit a recession. Be Your own Boss When you start off as a freelance hair stylist or makeup artist, you might have the option for a more flexible schedule. The work hours may be erratic but it gives you the flexibility to do other things as well. With this career, you get to join exciting fashion shows and photo shoots which are far more interesting than having to sit on your desk all day at a 9 to 5 job. Have a Better Social Life The beauty field is filled with many chances to meet and work with fascinating people. If you work in a salon you can have a mixed bag of clients. This helps to keep your career fresh and challenging. One minute you're working with a celebrity wife or a government official; the next moment you're working with a girl going to her first prom. You never know who you'll be meeting or what you'll be doing. Qualification required To pursue a career in this field of beauty industry, you don't need to go for elaborate academic courses. With hard work, perseverance and dedication, you can make good fortunes. But, a professional course will always help you get an edge over the others. To build a career in this sphere, you can do specialisation in make-up under any major academy such as Makeup Studio Training Center or they can attend Seminars organised by Skeyndor. The beauty industry offers a diverse range of careers. You could work for or run a small, locally owned beauty salon or find yourself working for spa resorts and cruise ships. Options for areas to specialise are aplenty; there is also a huge scope of growth in this sector.. Continuous technological advances and new introductions make it an enriching and rewarding profession. With so many specialties, many people will find themselves developing a range of skills, in practices such as make up, hair styling or skin care. As a career, it can offer flexibility, but you may find yourself working outside of normal nine to five. As you ll always be working with people, it can be quite a social job. The Lakshaya Bharti Institute of International Hotel Management (LBI- IHM), Delhi, has introduced a unique scholarship scheme 'Atithya Shree' for students taking admissions in the institute. The scholarship is divided into three categories under which a student can get concession in annual fee between 10 per cent and 30 per cent. Those students got 60 to 70 per cent mark in Class XII, will get 10 per cent concession in annual fees. Those students, who qualify Class XII with marks between 71 to 80 per cent, will get 20 per cent concession in annual fees. Similarly, those who have scored more than 80 per cent in their intermediate, get 30 per cent concession in annual fees. The important thing is under this scholarship scheme, there is a special concession for the girls' students of every category will get a 10 percent concession in fee. Eligibility: Those students who have qualified Class XII in this year are eligible for this scholarship. How to apply: Students can apply by filling the scholarship application form at admission cell at Lakshya Bharti Institute of International Hotel Management, Pitampura, New Delhi. Website: Application deadline: The last date to apply is November 17, 2018 In 2019, LSE will be offering around 100 major studentships to new PhD students in the form of LSE PhD Studentships and LSE ESRC DTP Studentships. These studentships available for UK, EU and international students undertaking research in any LSE discipline. Eligibility: These awards will be made solely on the basis of outstanding academic merit and research potential. This relates both to your past academic record and to an assessment of your likely aptitude to complete a PhD in your chosen topic in the time allocated.the studentships include a requirement that scholars contribute to their department as part of their research training, in the form of teaching or other work, usually from year two onwards. How to apply: Deadline for MRes/PhD Economics for 2019 entry (including PhD Studentships and ESRC funding): December 12, 2018 Funding deadline for first round of PhD Studentships and for ESRC funding for 2019 entry: January 7, 2019 Funding deadline for second round of PhD Studentships deadline for 2019 entry (some depart- QUERY: My name is Harshit Upadhyay. My date of birth is October 30, What are the best career options for me according to my planets in astrology. I have done B SC in non-medical? BHATT: Born under Water sign of astrology Scorpio, you are a sensitive person because water is related to emotions. You are determined, have dynamic energy, can t keep idle and will relax only once the job is done. Scorpions are born interested in science and technical education. You can excel in any counselling profession. Especially this year you will note a major advancement in career. You may have to meet people and integrate your work to note significant progress. Whether you are inclined towards public or private service, dedicated and sincere efforts will show results in every sphere. Scorpions usually become either sportsperson, a doctor, an engineer or join the armed forces. You also have the ability to block out distractions. Hence, you are not only intimidating, but also intuitive. You want independence in your work and employer s trust. The best option for you are following: Marketing: Scorpions are great strategists which can be beneficial in the corporate world. These factors will make you grow in many sectors like marketing and politics. Logistics: Another job that allows the negative side of yours to excel is in collections and managing supply chain. Daily harassment are the tools of this trade, requiring a lot of dogged determination and a will to succeed. They are not daunted at all by people who don t answer the phone or open their mail, and will find a way to get to them. Motivational speaker: You can be an effective speakers as leaving your words in the minds behind which makes you produce well as writers and orators. Your sign shows you carry a strong hold on memories as a strong point for your growth. Detective: Scorpions are natural detectives as they have a deep desire to find answers. Journalism: As Scorpion have a deep desire to know the truth, journalism can be a good option for you. Management: People trust Scorpio-born with inner most secrets and most valuable possessions,. Therefore, there is a scope for you to make a brilliant career in the fields wherein you have to manage others business. Defence: Your courageous persona along with individual attitude could take you towards the sectors of defense. As per astrology, the lord of your sign Mars makes you inclined towards armed services, police and defence. Sports: You can also pursue your carrier in sports.

14 J ulen Lopetegui's brief and inglorious reign as Real Madrid coach lasted just 139 days after the club confirmed he had been sacked. Lopetegui was dismissed on Monday following a meeting of the board of directors, who concluded there had been a "great disproportion between the quality of the staff of Real Madrid...And the results obtained to date". Santiago Solari, the club's B team coach, has been put in temporary charge and is now expected to lead Real for their Copa del Rey game against minnows Melilla on Wednesday. The Argentinian could also remain in post for Saturday's La Liga match at home to Real Valladolid. Lopetegui's last game proved a humiliation as Madrid were hammered 5-1 by rivals Barcelona in the Clasico on Sunday. The defeat was their fifth in seven games and, seemingly, convinced president Florentino Perez that change was required. "This decision, adopted from the highest level of responsibility, aims to change the dynamics of the first team, when all the objectives of this season are still achievable," a club statement read on Monday. "The Board of Directors understands that there is a great disproportion between the quality of the staff of Real Madrid, which has eight players nominated for the next Golden Ball, something unprecedented in the history of the club, and the results obtained to date." Madrid's eagerness to emphasise the talent in their squad was noticeable and perhaps a reminder for potential successors, who may not be easy to find. Antonio Conte is the early favourite but initial talks have not gone smoothly, according to reports in the Spanish press. Others linked with the post include Belgium coach Roberto Martinez and former Real Madrid midfielder, Guti. Solari is the man in position, however, after two seasons with Castilla, in which he oversaw them finishing 11th and eighth in Segunda B. For Lopetegui, the two biggest jobs in Spanish football have been lost in less than five months after his decision to join Madrid also cost him his role as Spain manager at the World Cup. Spain subsequently failed in Russia under Fernando Hierro, their stand-in coach, and now Lopetegui's failure at Madrid has been confirmed too. "It is not just Julen's fault", read the headline on the front page of Marca, Spain's biggest selling daily, on Monday. Madrid's dreadful recent run showed no sign of abating at the Camp Nou, however. They have managed one win in their last seven matches, sit ninth in La Liga and earlier this month went more than eight hours without a goal. Some now believe, perhaps Perez included, that the team needs a firmer hand. Conte is a demanding coach, meticulous in his tactical preparation and unrelenting when it comes to defensive organisation. antiago Solari said he is open to becoming Real SMadrid coach long-term after being put in temporary charge on Monday following the sacking of Julen Lopetegui. Solari has been promoted from his role as manager of the club's B team, Castilla, and took training for the first time on Tuesday morning at Madrid's base in Valdebebas. The Argentinian, who spent five years playing for Madrid between 2000 and 2005, will be in charge for their Copa del Rey game away to Melilla on Wednesday. He has not ruled out becoming Lopetegui's permanent successor. "I'm going to go into things very positively," Solari said at his opening press conference on Tuesday. "I will do everything I can. It's a great opportunity and it's a great club. I don't just say that now as coach of the first team. I've been here with other teams, I've played and sweated in the shirt of this club. "Madrid is bigger than all of us but it touches us all with its greatness. I want to be a part of it." Solari is likely to remain in post for Real's La Liga game at home to Real Valladolid on Saturday and could stay on for next week's trip to Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League. Madrid have sounded out forrmer Chelsea and Juventus coach Antonio Conte but initial talks have reportedly not gone smoothly. Belgium boss Roberto Martinez and the club's former midfielder Guti have also been linked. Solari, however, is the man in position and a run of positive results could turn opinion in his favour. Asked about his strategy against Melilla, he said "the idea is to go there and play with balls". Lopetegui paid the price for five defeats in seven matches, the last a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Barcelona on Sunday. Solari believes the players are determined to turn things around. "They are hurting, obviously, but eager to reverse the situation," Solari said. "This is a group of champions, warriors, who have won many things. The situation is not the easiest, but I have seen them eager to change it." ep Guardiola claimed PManchester City's 1-0 win over Tottenham was extra special because of the problems posed by Wembley's damaged pitch. Playing on the scarred Wembley turf just 24 hours after it was torn up by an NFL fixture, City's peerless quality and a predatory finish from Riyad Mahrez helped them win the pitch battle. A sixth victory from their last seven league games lifted Guardiola's unbeaten side back above Liverpool on goal difference. And the City manager admitted he was relieved to see his players cope with the treacherous conditions. "It was a great victory in special conditions, against one of the most physical teams in Europe," he said. "It was not football conditions to play. We reacted well. For our players and the players of Tottenham, hopefully they will sort the problem for the future. Guardiola hailed City's Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk last week as the finest display of his reign in Manchester. This was a far more prosaic performance as City's defenders took centre stage, equalling the club record of six consecutive league cleansheets. Guardiola was frustrated that City wasted several chances to kill off Tottenham and warned them they must improve if they want to retain the title and win the Champions League. "We had many chances. We needed to score and we didn't. We have a lot of things to improve," he said. "Of course we are very good side, I'm not saying the opposite, but if you are going to play in the later stages of big competitions we need things we don't have at the moment. "We will talk and work and hopefully we can improve." It was a dispiriting evening for fifth placed Tottenham, who now trail City by five points after their first league defeat in five games. Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld blamed the pitch, saying: "I have to be honest, the pitch wasn't good. "Both teams like to play out from the back and to play football in these circumstances, it was very difficult." But his manager Mauricio Pochettino was more frustrated by the woeful defending that led to City's goal. "The circumstances of the pitch were the same for both sides. It was the kind of cheap goal you cannot concede in this type of game. Football will punish you," Pochettino said. "I'm proud of the effort, we created a lot of chances. Last season it was difficult to compete against Manchester City, but today the level was closer." City were unfazed as they raced into the lead after just six minutes. Tottenham defender Kieran Trippier misjudged a long kick from City goalkeeper Ederson, his errant header allowing Raheem Sterling to steal possession and cut past him into the penalty area. Sterling showed tremendous composure as he picked out Mahrez's run and the Algerian finished the raid with a clinical close-range finish. It was an emotional moment for former Leicester star Mahrez just 48 hours after the death of Foxes owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash outside the club's King Power Stadium on Saturday. Mahrez pointed his fingers to the sky in what appeared to be a tribute to Vichai. City seemed less troubled by the surface and they scythed through the Tottenham defence with a flowing move that ended with Hugo Lloris pushing Mahrez's drive onto a post. Sent clean through on goal by Erik Lamela's pass, Harry Kane had a golden chance to equalise but his poor first touch, which couldn't be blamed on the turf, allowed Ederson to block with his legs. auro Icardi scored in either half Mas Inter Milan beat Lazio 3-0 under the rain in Rome on Monday to move ahead of Napoli and into second place behind Juventus in Serie A. Inter skipper Icardi tapped in the opener after 28 minutes with Marcelo Brozovic adding a second before the break. The Argentine snatched the third after 70 minutes in the Stadio Olimpico, as Inter with 22 points from 10 games overtook Napoli on goal difference. Carlo Ancelotti's Napoli were held 1-1 by Roma on Sunday. Inter and Napoli are both six points behind Juventus who beat Empoli 2-1 on Saturday thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo double. "We're on the right track," said Icardi after his side's sixth straight league win. It was also his sixth league goal this season. "I'm going through a good period of form along with Inter. We're playing well, apart from the game with Barcelona (2-0 Champions League defeat), and want to do even better." London: England midfielder Dele Alli has signed a new long-term contract, keeping him at Tottenham until 2024, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday. The 22-year-old joined Spurs in 2015 and has scored 48 goals in 153 competitive appearances for the club. He joins Harry Kane, Son Heungmin, Davinson Sanchez and Harry Winks in signing long-term deals at the club in recent months. "We are delighted to announce that Dele Alli has signed a new contract with the Club, which will run until 2024," Spurs said on their website. "The midfielder joined us as a teenager from boyhood club MK Dons in 2015 and immediately set about making an impact in the League, being named PFA Young Player of the Year and earning a spot in the PFA Team of the Year in each of his first two seasons with us." AFP "We're not the anti-juventus, as we're a few steps away to reach what they've done in recent years, but we are happy with what we are doing." Luciano Spalletti's side controlled the game which had been in doubt all afternoon because of strong winds and rain in Rome. With just one point separating the two sides the match was also an important step in the race for Champions League places next season. eroca FC would look to bounce Nback from their opening match defeat when they take on Gokulam Kerala FC in an I-League football fixture here on Wednesday. Last year's runners-up Neroca lost 0-2 to East Bengal on October 27 and they would be seeking to notch up their first win of the season in their second match at home. Neroca have so far won both their I-League head-to-head encounters against Gokulam but the visitors go into the game with a draw against Mohun Bagan in their opening encounter which should give them more confidence than their hosts. The Imphal-based side's Japanese winger Katsumi Yusa, a key part of Spanish coach Manuel Fraile's plans for this season, will miss Wednesady's game due to an injury. But, Liberian centre back Varney Kallon will be back from injury to add more solidity to the Neroca defence. The combination of Nigerian Felix Odili Chidi and Singham Subhash Singh were controlled well by the East Bengal defenders and they would have to perform better on Inter had snatched the final Champions League spot from Lazio on the last day of last season, condemning Simone Inzaghi's side to the Europa League. Under sudden bursts of torrential rain, the game sprung to life with Icardi's opener after 28 minutes. Perisic crossed for Matias Vecino, who flicked on to Icardi to finish off. Shortly afterwards the rain began to bucket down with Lazio's Croatian midfielder Milan Badelj going off injured to be replaced by Danilo Cataldi. But Inter continued their charge with Brozovic getting the the second after 41 minutes, firing into the bottom left corner. Wednesday for Neroca to get a positive result. Fraile hinted at further changes to the starting line-up. "Our priority is not to repeat the mistakes from the last match against East Bengal. Gokulam FC play strong football and we respect them but we need three points from this match. The players must enjoy the advantage of playing at home. A new formation or a new strategy might help us to get the result against the opponents," he said at the pre-match media conference. The side from Kerala built up pressure in the second half against The visitors seemed more at ease on the water logged pitch continuing to dictate play. Lazio did not give up with Samir Handanovic pushing an Adam Marusic effort over the bar. But they were only sporadic signs of a fightback with Icardi drilling in the third with ease from a distance. Lazio remain fourth but have not lost to all their leading rivals Juventus, Napoli, Roma and now Inter. "I admit we deserved to lose this evening," said coach Inzaghi. "Against the big teams Lazio lack the conviction we have in other matches. These teams are built to win titles. "Now we want to get back on track against SPAL." Mohun Bagan. An own goal from Mohun Bagan defender Kim Kima kept Gokulam's record unblemished against the Kolkata side. Coach Bino George sounded positive about Wednesday's match at Khuman Lampak but was also aware of their record against Neroca. "Neroca are playing good, with good ball possession and good speed as well. We also have good players and unlike last time good bench strength as well. We are coming after a tough match against Mohun Bagan in Calicut. We will rectify the mistakes from last season and win points here," he said.

15 A dominant NorthEast United FC scored two late goals to beat Delhi Dynamos 2-0 in their Indian Super League football match here on Tuesday. The home side failed to create enough chances to score and were outplayed by the visitors who, however, could not find a breakthrough until the 82nd minute at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. A moment of individual brilliance from Federico Gallego (82nd minute) and a clinical strike by Bartholomew Ogbeche (90th) helped NorthEast United climb to the top of the table with 11 points, although they have played a match more than FC Goa (10 points). This was NorthEast's third victory on the road and the best start they have had in the ISL. NorthEast United spurned a golden chance to take an early lead five minutes into the match. A pacy surge forward was led by Ogbeche who played a one-two with Redeem Tlang before unleashing a dipping effort from the edge of the box. The goalkeeper stood no chance of keeping it out but luckily for him, the effort hit the crossbar. The visitors were attacking in numbers with Tlang's exploits on the right flank pinning both Nandhakumar Sekar and Narayan Das into their own half. Lallianzuala Chhangte's pace was put to the test when an overhit backpass placed Robert Lalthlamuana in a spot of bother in the visitor's half. The defender managed to get to the ball before the Mizo-born winger and averted a defensive catastrophe against the run of play. Delhi could have shocked the visitors with a lead when Pritam Kotal rose highest to get a corner-kick delivery but the ball sailed over the bar. NorthEast United had a couple more chances before the break. Rowllin Borges received Tlang's cross into the box, controlled it with a delightful touch and released a shot that was blocked by Rana Gharami. The resulting corner-kick was aimed for Juan Mascia in the centre who flicked it to the near post where Mateo Grgic's header flying towards the net was brilliantly kept out by Dorronsoro. Gombau responded to the visitors' onslaught by adding Vinit Rai into Delhi's midfield as the home side were struggling to keep the ball. NorthEast's first chance after the break saw Gallego's powerful shot take a deflection off a sliding Gianni Zuiverloon and went straight into the hands of goalkeeper Francisco Dorronsoro. At the other end, Zuiverloon stood over a free-kick outside the box on the left and swung it towards the far post for Andrija Kaludjerovic who couldn't keep his shot on target, much to the dismay of the large crowd in the stands. The home side had their chance in the 78th minute when a long ball by Marti Crespi fell perfectly for Kaludjerovic at the edge of the box. The striker played a one-two with Marcos Tebar whose well-weighted through-ball had Kaludjerovic attempt a shot which was blocked and deflected wide by a sliding Mato Grgic. NorthEast United finally got their goal through a moment of brilliance from Gallego. The Uruguayan midfielder picked up the ball from the left flank, skipped past his marker, surged into the box before sending a stunning finish into the bottom right corner. Romeo Fernandes' poor pass back to Pritam Kotal was intercepted by Gallego who charged down the left flank and squared the ball to Ogbeche. The Nigerian forward sent the ball into the net to complete NorthEast United's masterclass in Delhi. oger Federer is poised to seek his 100th ATP title at the Paris RMasters this week with organisers announcing the Swiss great "arrives" on Tuesday. If the holder of 20 Grand Slam titles lines up at Bercy it will be his first appearance at the last Masters event of the season since The 37-year-old Swiss star won his 99th career title at the weekend in Basel but hasn't played in Paris in three years due to injury and selective scheduling. Federer "arrives tomorrow" organisers tweeted on Monday. He faces either Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Milos Raonic on Wednesday. Portugal's Joao Sousa will meet Novak Djokovic in the second round after defeating Marco Cecchinato 7-5, 6-3 in his opening match. Cecchinato stunned Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the French Open in June, but the Italian missed out on a rematch with Djokovic as he fell apart after losing his serve at 5-5 in the opening set. Second seed Djokovic is a four-time champion in Paris and is bidding to reclaim the world number one ranking from Rafael Nadal this week. The Spaniard, who has never won the indoor tournament, is making his return from the knee injury that scuppered his US Open chances. Filip Krajinovic, last year's runner-up in Paris, slid to a firstround defeat by Karen Khachanov that will send the Serb spiralling down the rankings. The 34th-ranked Krajinovic served for the first set but rapidly came unstuck and suffered a 7-5, 6-2 loss that will see him tumble outside the top 90. Richard Gasquet beat Denis Shapovalov but Gasquet's fellow Frenchman Nicoals Mahut went out 7-6 (7/1), 6-2 to American Frances Taifoe. osts ATK will look to build Hon their winning momentum when they face last year's runners-up Bengaluru FC in an Indian Super League football fixture at the Saltlake Stadium here Wednesday. Having suffered back-toback defeats at home to start their campaign, the new-look ATK have managed to bounce back with two wins and draw. They will now seek to secure their maiden win against Bengaluru. In their last match, ATK upset defending champions Chennaiyin FC 2-1 in a game which saw their attacking duo of Manuel Lanzarote and Kalu Uche in perfect coordination and according to coach Steve Coppell's plans. While Uche struck the first goal, the ATK captain set up John Johnson for the second goal. Their midfield also did a neat job with Brazilian Everton Santos showing creativity, along with with Pronay Halder. Bengaluru FC will be up against a player who had been a key member of the side since the club's fairy-tale journey from Having switched allegiance to ATK, English defender Johnson who earlier forged a solid partnership with Spain's Juanan at the heart of Bengaluru's defence, will now be seen thwarting the duo of Miku and Sunil Chhetri. "The strategy is just to try and win every game. Bengaluru are a top side and they've proved it so far this season. They proved it last season. We look forward to it. We want to play the best teams and see how we cope. So, we are looking forward to that game now," ATK coach Steve Coppell said. Speaking about the turnaround, the Englishman said: "Obviously, the first two games we lost and so it was a big win for us. The team is still evolving. You know, it's still taking shape. "The more we play, the more players are put under the microscope. The more you see who responds well and who does not respond well, you can shape the team, even more, going forward. It's happening to me," he said. It's been a tale of two strikers for Bengaluru FC and Chhetri and Miku have been at their sublime best scoring five of the six goals in their unbeaten run from three matches this season. In their last fixture against FC Pune City, the duo were heavily involved as Bengaluru struck three past their opponents to begin their three-match away sojourn. Last season, Bengaluru were sensational in their away outings, winning seven out of their nine matches in the league stage the most by any team. Having won their first away match of the season, Bengaluru FC have now five away wins on the trot. Both the teams have seven points each, but Atletico Kolkata have played five matches, compared to Bengaluru's three. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF DISTRICT MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, BARGARH ADVERTISEMENT FOR CONTRACTUAL ENGAGEMENTS No.9431 Date:29/10/2018 Following contractual positions under Zilla Swasthya Samiti, National Health Mission, Bargarh will be filled through walk-in interview or inviting applications from eligible candidates as mentioned against each category of posts. All these positions are purely contractual in nature and for a period of 11 months subject to renewal as per ZSS terms & conditions based on performances and subject to continuance of the programme. SI. 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For the post of OFFICE ASSISTANT, applications are invited from interested candidates that must reach to the Office of the CDMO, District Headquarter Hospital, Bargarh on or before 12/11/2018 up to 5.00 PM through registered post/speed post only. The application should be super scribed with the name of the post applied for. Incomplete application in any form will be rejected. Application received after due date & time will summarily be rejected. All such communication with respect to status of application shall be communicated through /through web hoisting only. The details eligibility criteria, remuneration & application form can be downloaded from the official website of Bargarh District i.e The undersigned reserves the right to cancel any or all applications without assigning any reason thereof. Sd/- Chief District Medical & PHO-cum- District Mission Director, NHM, Bargarh ujarat Fortune Giants beat GPuneri Paltan to continue their impressive form in the Pro Kabaddi League Season VI here on Tuesday. Nitin Tomar finally achieved his 100th raid point in Season 6 to only leave the match with an injury towards the end. Sachin inflicted an All Out in the dying moments to get his Super 10. Nitin Tomar made a great start for his team as well, as he got two points in his third minute raid to make it 4-2 for Puneri Paltan. Rinku Narwal made an early mistake by letting Sachin out of his grabs but then made two great tackles on Ajay Kumar and Mahendra Rajput to redeem himself. The half saw both the teams having a four-point gap at in favour of Gujarat Fortune Giants. Mahendra Rajput made a great Super Raid with his dangling leg crossing the midline in the lobby getting Sandeep Narwal, Akshay Jadhav and Rinku Narwal out of the equation for some time. This restored the lead back for Gujarat to six points with the score reading Parvesh tried his best to become the super-sub for Pune but Sachin constantly bothered the defence to get a Super 10.