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maintained there couldn’t be a couraged” Modi to improve re- said, “India has no problem talk- have a global outlook...if you hensive identity database of mation. While passport can be untary as per an SC order.
dialogue until Islamabad stop- lations with Pakistan and fulfil ing to Pakistan, but we have a want to invest in a market such residents, was first pre- issued at any age, the mini-
ped using terror as an instru- his promise to better the lives of problem talking to Terroristan.” where the latest trends and fe- pared in 2011followed by an up- mum age for issuance of Aad-  Secure database, P 13
Bansal invests ment of state policy.
The White House had said
the Kashmiri people.
Addressing the Asia Society,  No implications, P 13
atures are appreciated, come
to India,” he said. P 17
`739cr in NBFC,
becomes CEO Rajnath points Kashmiris in
MBBS scam: Two more cases of
M aking his first move in
the financial sector, Fl- to Bangladesh,
India fumes as UK party Mahabs come impersonation detected in TN
ipkart co-foun-
der Sachin
Bansal invest-
warns Pakistan backs Kashmir plebiscite under cops’ lens Pushpa.Narayan
@timesgroup.com Udit Surya, parents held in Tirupati
ed `739 crore in
Chaitanya Ru-
ral In-
D efence minister Rajnath
Singh on Wednesday re-
minded Islamabad about the
Naomi Canton

London: Labour delegates

Wednesday, claims a “major hu-
manitarian crisis” is taking
place in the “disputed territory”
T he TN police are taking a
headcount of Kashmiris
living in and around Mamal-
Chennai: The MBBS imper-
sonation scam is getting
A special police team on Wednesday picked up Udit Surya, his
father Dr K S Venkatesh and mother Kayal Vizhi from a hotel in
Tirupati and brought them to the CB-CID office in Egmore. “We
termediation breakup of Pakistan and the have unanimously passed a and calls for “observers to enter lapuram where the second in- murkier with PSG Medical
have not arrested them. We will question and take statements from
Development Services, an creation of Bangladesh, warn- controversial emergency mo- the region”. It states the people of formal summit between PM College, Coimbatore, report-
them before deciding on arrest,” a senior CB-CID official said. P 6
NBFC. He will be its CEO. P17 ing that something similar tion on Kashmir at their annual Kashmir should be given the Modi and Chinese President ing two more suspects. A week
could happen in PoK. “Pakis- party conference in Brighton, right of self-determination as Xi Jinping is to be held from after K V Udit Surya, a first-
Edappadi to sign tan broke up in 1971 – Pakistan
and Bangladesh were formed.
leading to India’s UK mission
cancelling a dinner with La-
per UN resolutions and urges the
party to stand with Kashmiris
October 12 to 13. At least 75
Kashmiris are employed in
year student of Government
Theni Medical College, was
lege authorities found that
photographs of two students
Testing Agency and the ad-
mission (admit) card issued
`5,574cr MoUs for Do not repeat the mistake, or
else understand clearly what
bour Friends of India.
The motion, carried at the
“fighting against occupation”. handicrafts stores at the world
heritage site or study in colleg-
booked for allegedly using an
impersonator to take NEET in
— a male and a female — to be
different in the NEET score
by the DME’s selection panel.

 Kashmir in crisis, P 13 es on Chennai’s outskirts. P 2  Selection panel, P 6

15 new projects will happen to PoK,” he said. annual party conference on his name, the Coimbatore col- card issued by the National

C hief minister Edappadi

US House
Corporation can now
K Palaniswami on
Thursday will sign MoUs
for 15 new projects worth
`5,574 crore, will lay founda-
heads towards
tion stones for five new pro-
jects and inaugurate pro- okay 16-unit, 10,000sqft Prez Trump’s
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raine president Volody-
Chennai corporation can
to end TN-Kerala Chennai: With elections to lo-
cal bodies likely to be an- now give approvals for all
myr Zelensky
to probe his
residential bldgs up to a
water disputes nounced anytime now, the gov-
ernment has given them more height of 12 metres and an
Democrat rival
Joe Biden, ac-
area of 10,000 square feet with
powers to grant building per- cording to a SAVINGS ACCOUNT
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and TN have agreed to re-
view the Parambikulam Ali-
missions. Greater Chennai
Corporation can now give ap-
16 dwelling units spread over
G+2 floors or stilt+3 floors
rough tran-
script of a June
yar Project at a meeting held provals for all residential build- Other civic bodies can now 25 phone call that is now at the
on Wednesday between the ings up to a height of 12 metres approve residential bldgs up centre of Democrats’ impeach-
CMs of both states. A five- and an area of 10,000 square feet to a height of 12 metres and ment probe into Trump, re-
member committee headed with 16 dwelling units spread an area of 7,000sqft & 8 units ports Chidanand Rajghatta.
by secretaries will be constitu- over ground plus two floors or The US President believes
ted by both states to negotiate stilt plus three floors. could issue approvals for a he did nothing wrong in call-
on interstate water issues. P 6 So far they could give per- maximum of six dwelling ing up his Ukrainian counter-
mission only for ground plus units in buildings not more part, terming it a “perfect
Law student who one floor or stilt plus two floors.
The new powers were con-
than nine metres in height
with ground plus first floor or
call”. But House speaker Nan-
cy Pelosi announced a formal
accused ex-min tained in an order issued by the
Chennai Metropolitan Devel-
stilt plus two floors.
The new rules come just
impeachment inquiry on
Tuesday evening, acceding to
of rape arrested opment Authority.
Other corporations, in-
months safter the municipal
administration department
demand from Democrats law-
makers who had sought im-
cluding Avadi, and municipal- had notified the Tamil Nadu peachment even during the
T he SIT on Wednesday ar-
rested the law student,
who had accused Chinmaya-
ities, panchayat unions and
town panchayats across the
Combined Development and
Building Rules, 2019, in Febru-
Mueller-Russia investigation.
Trump, Pelosi said, “must be
nand of rape, for attempting to state can approve all residen- ary. Industry sources said held accountable — no one is r
extort`5 crore from the former tial buildings up to a height of planning authorities with the above the law”.
/
Union minister, saying there 12 metres and an area of 7,000 housing and urban develop- The president’s conduct
was enough evidence to war-
rant her arrest. A Shahjahan-
square feet with not more
than eight dwelling units
ment department were sitting
on approvals for about 5,000
revealed his “betrayal of his
oath of office, betrayal of our missed call I

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pur court later remanded her spread over ground plus two small projects across TN. national security and be-
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Subashree death: Miffed at police HC dismisses Police take

headcount
inaction, Madras HC seeks report PIL contesting of Kashmiris
at Mahabs
Teams Formed, But No Clue About Jayagopal’s Whereabouts: Govt Lawyer To HC ex-CJ transfer TIMES NEWS NETWORK

neral as to the compliance of the TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Corpn notice on action
Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com the appoint- Chennai: The Tamil Nadu po-
court’s latest directions. To this, ment of Jus- lice are taking a headcount of
Chennai: Miffed at police inabili- advocate-general Vijay Narayan Chennai:Four days after the tice Vineet Kashmiris living in and aro-
ty to trace Jayagopal, who abscon-
ded after a techie, Subashree, died
submitted that the corporation
has already disbursed `5 lakh inte-
against printers stayed President notified the resig-
nation of former Chief Justi-
Kothari to
perform the
und Mamallapuram where the
second informal summit bet-
in a road accident caused by an il- rim compensation ordered by the TIMES NEWS NETWORK ce of the Madras high court duties of the ween Prime Minister Narend-
legal hoarding put up by him two court and as to the action against V K Tahilramani, a divi- office of the ra Modi and Chinese President
weeks ago, the Madras high court erring officials, Narayan said, “Di- Chennai: A Chennai-based digital banner printer sion bench of the court on Chief Justice of the high co- Xi Jinping is to be held on Octo-
has directed to make the arrest sciplinary proceeding has been has alleged that both the DMK and AIADMK have Wednesday rejected as not urt and on account of the sa- ber 12 and 13.
and file a report by October 23. The high court bench told initiated against A V K Kamalraj, shifted their political battle to the court, capitalising maintainable a public inter- id development also, nothing A special team led by a de-
“The only thing we have not do- additional commissioner to division assistant engineer, and R on the situation surrounding illegal banners. est litigation seeking to pro- remains for adjudication in puty superintendent of police
ne is going to the road and remove monitor the investigation Ravivarman, assistant executive Senior counsel B S Gnanadesikan, representing hibit the office of the Presi- this writ petition,” the court has fanned out to identify the
such banners. We have done eve- engineer for misconduct and neg- Mega Digital, the printer, said Greater Chennai Cor- dent from giving effect to the said. Kashmiris, numbering at
rything else,” observed an exaspe- and arrest the accused. The ligence on their part.” poration authorities were threatening the firm in- recommendation of the Su- The petitioner wanted most 75, who run or are emplo-
rated division bench of Justice M officer has been directed to On his part, additional advoca- stead of going behind the people who erected the il- preme Court collegium on the court to adjudicate as to yed in handicrafts stores at the
Sathyanarayanan and Justice N file a status report by te general C Emilias submitted legal banner that led to Subhasree’s death. her transfer to the Meghala- whether a proposal to trans- Unesco world heritage site or
Seshasayee on Wednesday. The that departmental action has been The firm wanted the court to quash a notice da- ya high court. fer the chief justice of a high study in colleges on Chennai’s
bench then directed additional
October 23 initiated against both the inspec- Refusing to entertain the court could be made by the outskirts.
ted September 19 issued by the corporation threate-
commissioner concerned to moni- tors of Pallikaranai station and ning to take action under the Chennai City Corpora- plea moved by advocate M President or the SC collegi- Police want to ensure there
tor the probe and arrest the accu- hearing on Wednesday, senior co- St Thomas Mount traffic investi- tion Act if any banner was printed without prior Karpagam, a division bench um, whether non-consent of are no protests during the sum-
sed. The officer shall file a status unsel P Wilson drew the attention gation. approval of the authorities. The punishment under of Justice M Sathyanaraya- the Chief Justice of an HC mit over the developments in
report by October 23. of the court to an affidavit filed by As to the specific query of the the act is imprisonment for one year or penalty of Rs nan and Justice N Seshasay- for such transfer could be Jammu and Kashmir, which
Earlier, the DMK, which had the party recording its ‘clear stand court regarding arrest of Jayago- 5,000. ee relied on a series of judge- turned down by the collegi- the Centre made a union terri-
banned banners at party func- against illegal banners.’ It has be- pal, the AAG submitted that the ci- Admitting the plea, a division bench of Justice ment of the Supreme Court um and whether the post of tory after revoking its special
tions, wanted the court to transfer en 13 days since Subhasree was kil- ty police is taking all the steps to M Sathyanarayanan and Justice N Seshasayee pas- and rejected the plea. the Chief Justice of a high status under Article 370.
the probe to CB-CID to instil confi- led. But the police have not arres- nab him as soon as possible. sed an interim order staying the operation of the no- “This court can also take court is transferable or not. Mamallapuram, on the co-
dence in the minds of public. The ted the prime accused Jayagopal “Though special teams have tice till further orders. judicial notice of the fact that Earlier, when the bench ast 56 km south of Chennai,
matter relates to a contempt of co- who erected the banner. Police are been formed to arrest the prime The petitioner contended that the authorities subsequent to reiteration of wondered whether the court has come under a security
urt case filed by social activist K R in hand-in-glove with the suspects, suspect, we could not get any clue were refusing permission even to print non-politi- the decision taken by the col- had jurisdiction to hear the blanket as the summit nears.
‘Traffic’ Ramaswamy to punish se- Wilson said and sought the court to about his whereabouts. We are ta- cal banners for marriages and promotion of busi- legium of the Supreme Co- matter, the petitioner asser- On Wednesday, assistant supe-
nior officials responsible for repe- transfer the investigation to CB- king sincere efforts to arrest the nesses. urt to transfer Chief Justice ted that such a plea was well rintendent of police Badri Na-
ated violation of court rulings on CID. accused, but all are absconding Explaining the ground situation, the petitioner VK Tahilramani to Meghala- within the jurisdiction of the rayanan visited the shore
illegal hoardings. Recording the submissions, and eluding the arrest in spite of said the authorities, in the guise of implementing ya high court, the judge has court. He explained that the temple and ordered some more
When the case was taken up for the bench asked the advocate-ge- all out efforts,” he added. court order, were destroying sign boards of shops. tendered her resignation transfer proposal made by sheds put up by roadside ven-
and it was also accepted by the Supreme Court collegi- dors removed.
the President. The same has um was not a judicial deci- State government and Ar-
been notified by the ministry sion but only an administra- chaeological Survey of India
WANTED AIADMK maintains deafening silence of law and justice (that) has
also issued a notification da-
ted September 20 intimating
tive recommendation and
hence the high court could
adjudicate the matter.
officials have also started clea-
ning up the heritage structu-
res and their surroundings.
JAYAGOPAL

Julie.Mariappan asking cadres to refrain from ce case was registered aga- under IPC section 308 (at-
DAY 14

@timesgroup.com putting up banners, the party inst a partyman. Now they go tempt to commit culpable ho-

Chennai: A couple of days af-

ter Chennai techie Subashree
was run over by a water tan-
has shown no urgency in even
submitting an affidavit in the
Madras high court to record
its stand against hoardings,
scot-free,” he said.
Sources said the party lea-
dership did not even think of
any ‘party action’ against Ja-
micide), a non-bailable sec-
tion, senior AIADMK leaders
said law would take its cour-
se. AIADMK spokesman Ko-
Woman professor detained,
ker after an AIADMK banner
knocked her off her two-whe-
like the DMK did.
Barring fisheries mini-
yagopal “since he was not an
anti-social to face suspension
vai Satyan said police would
soon arrest Jayagopal. “The harassed at dental college
I s Jayagopal above the
law? Or is he smarter than
our police who say they are
eler, party coordinator
O Panneerselvam quietly re-
ster D Jayakumar, none of the
senior leaders spoke about
or expulsion”. “When OPS fo-
und that his brother O Raja
chief minister has given the
police a free hand. He will be TIMES NEWS NETWORK
The woman has
A case has been registered
moved a photograph from his the incident nor visited the had brought disrepute to the behind the bars soon. That against five persons of the col-
clueless? If what police say twitter account. The photog- residence of Subashree. Jay- party through his actions last will send across the right Chennai: A 28-year-old wo- alleged that some lege, including its deputy
is right — that they could not raph showed him handing akumar had stated that the year, the leadership immedia- message to the party and peo- man professor of a dental col- principal, under various sec-
members of the
trace him or his two dozen over a bouquet to a newly-wed incident was “sad and unfort- tely swung into action and su- ple,” he said. lege in Kelambakkam was de- tions of the IPC.
absconding relatives — it is couple. Standing next to them unate” and that a case was re- spended him. Raja was re-ad- Satyan was among the few tained for two days in the in- staff hurled abuses Police said they have slap-
a commentary on the was the groom’s father and gistered against those re- mitted into the party after he functionaries to have tweeted stitute and allegedly harassed at her after she ped stringent charges against
efficiency of the AIADMK ex-councillor C Ja- sponsible. He said severe ac- expressed regret,” recalled a against illegal banners after by five workers for uploading exposed the shoddy the five men, including pu-
investigators. The Madras yagopal, responsible for the tion would follow. “But the minister Subashree’s death. Inciden- abusive remarks against the state of affairs nishment for sexual harass-
high court digital banner and for whom party leadership has not spo- The wedding was not on tally, banners and flags were college on social media. ment, assault or use of crimi-
has passed E KIL
ON a search is on. ken anything about the ac- the deputy chief minister’s missing on Lloyds Road and The professor alleged in sweepers stole her mobile nal force on woman with in-
strictures her complaint that some staff phone too, police said. tent to disrobe, punishment
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The AIADMK remains un- tion against the functionary itinerary until local functio- Royapettah High Road in
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and members hurled expletives at Quoting college authoriti- for theft and Tamil Nadu Pro-
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fazed against allegations that even two weeks after the inci- naries showed up in the Chennai on Tuesday, when
public its leadership neither visited dent,” said a senior leader, se- evening and pleaded with the AIADMK leadership met her while another person shot es, police officials said the pro- hibition of Woman Harass-
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outrage is the bereaved family nor issu- eking anonymity. “Amma (Ja- him to attend the wedding, sa- functionaries at the party he- a video of her after she high- fessor was depressed and her ment Act.
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growing. SHR ed a strong statement against yalalithaa) always took id a source. adquarters to discuss strate- lighted the shoddy state of af- actions were a result of her No arrests have been ma-
partyman Jayagopal. Except strong action as soon as a poli- With Jayagopal booked gy for the byelections. fairs at the college. One of the condition. de so far.

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TN plans sub-quota for 25% L R Shankar

16kg ganja seized

snaps, cow
free RTE seats in schools electrocuted
from Kerala man
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
DEMANDS BEFORE
eds is a community/income
certificate from local revenue TIMES NEWS NETWORK
T he railway police ar-
rested a man from
Kerala for smuggling
Chennai: Amid allegations by TN GOVERNMENT officials without much scruti- ganja into the city. They
CBSE schools that 25% of the ny. Chennai: A cow was electrocu- seized 16kg of the contra-
free seats under the RTE quota  Verify RTE applications The minister promised ac- ted in Chitlapakkam on band from him. Police said
were being misused, school  Scrutinise NOC applica- tion against schools denying Wednesday morning, within Shafi, 27, of Kozhikode,
education minister K A Seng- tions from schools RTE admissions and said the days of the death of a 42-year- was arrested when he
ottaiyan said the state planned government planned to rest- old man in the same neighbour- reached Chennai Central
to introduce a ‘sub-quota’ for  Open Jawahar Navodhaya rict number of licences issued hood. railway station by Coro-
the category and cross-check Vidyalayas to matric schools seeking to On Wednesday morning, a mandel Express.In another
income certificates submitted  Include content from migrate to CBSE. live wire snapped and fell on case, police arrested two
by beneficiaries. national syllabus in state CSMA had earlier said the cow on Ashtalakshmi Stre- men for possessing ganja.
At the CBSE Schools Mana- curriculum CBSE schools were mushroo- et in Muthulakshmi Nagar. D Martin, 19, of Selaiyur,
gement Association (CSMA) ming in the state on the lines of According to residents, was arrested and 1.15kg of
annual meeting, representati- is checked, the government engineering colleges and requ- Tangedco officials began repla- ganja was seized from
ves of some schools complai- will end up spending more for ested the government to scruti- cing worn out poles in Muthu- him. P Dhanasekar, 26, of
ned that affluent families were children from families that can nise applications thoroughly lakshmi Nagar after last we- Villivakkam, was arrested
misusing provisions in the law afford higher fees. The govern- before granting NOCs. ek’s incident and on Tuesday BATTLE READY: Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel ‘Varaha’, docked at Chennai port on Wednesday, has a and 1.25kg ganja was
to admit their wards under the ment has to reimburse cost in- K Srinivasan, CBSE regio- work was carried out on Ashta- maximum speed of 26 knots with a range of 5,000 nautical miles. Fitted with a 30mm gun and carrying a confiscated.
quota meant for poor and soci- curred in RTE admissions at nal officer, Chennai, said the re- lakshmi Street. Officials said twin-engine light helicopter, it will be based at New Mangalore and patrol the west coast
ally backward people. “Some private schools. vised state syllabus had helped they have been replacing elec- Gold, laptops seized at
airport: Customs at the
Forces capable of combating
submit forged documents to Sengottaiyan said discus- TN students perform better in tric poles in Nehru Nagar and
claim they are from economi- sions would be held with the national-level entrance tests. other areas in Chitlapakkam Chennai airport seized
cally weaker sections,” said chief minister and heads of the He said students could impro- after complaints by residents gold and refurbished
CSMA secretary Ashok P departments of law, backward ve further if they were ready to and said Wednesday’s incident laptops worth more than
Shankar.
Getting RTE admissions in
top schools has become a busi-
classes and adi dravida welfare
about creating a sub-quota.
In Maharashtra, a certain
take content from national syl-
labus in science and maths. He
requested the state to hold talks
was after a joint in an old wire
snapped.
Town panchayat officials
any challenge: Defence min L R Shankar
`50 lakh from three pas-
sengers on Wednesday.
Sirajudeen of Nagapatti-
ness with some even charging number of seats are earmar- with the Centre for setting up removed the carcass after TIMES NEWS NETWORK nam and Sathik Ali of
service fee, the CSMA petition ked within the 25% RTE quota Jawahar Navodhaya Vidyalay- which power was restored in Ramanathapuram were
to the minister said. Unless this for EWS, but in TN all one ne- as in each district. the neighbourhood. Chennai: The country’s ar- detained upon their arriv-
med forces are fully prepa- al from Kuala Lumpur. The
red to face any security chal- two were carrying gold

Plastic off Mahabs ahead of Modi-Xi visit

lenge, said defence minister hidden in their rectum in
Rajnath Singh on Wednes- rubbery paste form. About
day, allaying concerns over 689 grams of gold worth
L R Shankar
reactivation of terrorist trai- `27 lakh was recovered.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK ternational travellers. ASI ning camps in Balakot. Fifty-seven refurbished
data shows that more than “Don’t worry, our securi- laptops were found in
Chennai: UNESCO monu- 11.5 lakh tourists have visited ty forces are fully prepared,” their baggage. In another
ments at Mamallapuram will Shore Temple in 2018, of he said in response to a ques- case, Amjathkhan of
be free of plastic ahead of the which 65,000 were foreigners. tion on Army chief Bipin Ra- Trichy, who arrived from
THUMBS UP: Defence minister Rajnath Singh commissions ‘Varaha’
high-level meeting between As part of the meeting, wat’s recent statement on re- Dubai, was found carrying
in the presence of Coast Guard director general K Natarajan
Prime Minister Narendra PM Modi and Xi Jinping will activation of terror camps in gold in the rectum. A total
Modi and Chinese President visit Arjuna’s Penance, Five Pakistan and around 500 ter- of 508 grams of gold
Xi Jinping scheduled at the Rathas and Shore Temple. Ef- rorists waiting to infiltrate The minister took part at fire control systems to better worth `20 lakh was seized.
shore town next month. forts to clean up the monu- India across the border. the commissioning ceremo- its fighting efficiency.
The two leaders are likely ments are also gaining mo- Responding to a query on ny of ICGS Varaha at the The vessel, capable of TNPSC oral exam on Oct
to visit three monuments at mentum. Moss is being remo- Punjab chief minister Ama- Chennai Port Trust. The ves- achieving a maximum speed 10: Tamil Nadu Public
Mamallapuram during the ved from Arjuna’s Penance, a rinder Singh seeking home sel, fourth in the series of se- of 26 knots, is also designed Service Commission will
second edition of the infor- rock-cut relief. An ASI offici- minister Amit Shah’s inter- ven 98m offshore patrol ves- to carry one twin engine heli- conduct certificate ver-
mal summit slated from Octo- SPICK AND SPAN: Ahead of the Modi-Xi meet, authorities are spruc- al said the Pallava-era monu- vention after police revealed sels for the Indian Coast Gu- copter and four high speed ification and oral exam to
ber 11 to 13. ing up every nook and corner of Mamallapuram ments would be subjected to that Pakistan-origin drones ard, is designed and develo- boats that could be used for fill 83 vacancies for vari-
Archaeological Survey of chemical conservation met- dropped automatic weapons ped by Larsen and Toubro at various operations inclu- ous posts on October 10.
India (ASI) sources said sing- plastic waste is collected single-use plastic bottles to hods at specific intervals. in Indian territory, Singh sa- Kattupalli near Ennore. Be- ding search and rescue and Written examination was
le-use plastic materials are from tourists visiting the the heritage sites at Mamalla- As a build-up to the mee- id, “As far as the country’s se- sides advanced navigation maritime patrol. It also has held in May and June.
being restricted inside Arju- three monuments, said an puram,” an official said. ting, authorities are working curity is concerned, the ar- and communication equip- the capability of carrying About 3,000 candidates
na’s Penance, Five Rathas ASI official. Mamallapuram is one of on a war-footing to re-lay ro- med forces – be it Army, Air ment, sensors and machine- pollution response equip- appeared and 177 were
and Shore Temple. Only wa- “Water coolers will be in- the most sought-after tourist ads leading to the heritage si- Force or Navy — have the ca- ries, Varaha is equipped ment for oil spill response at shortlisted for oral tests
ter bottles are being allowed. stalled and this will eliminate spots in South India, drawing tes. Fences around the monu- pability to combat and defeat with a 30mm gun and will be sea. It will be manned by 14 and certificate verifica-
On an average, around 4kg of the need to bring water in considerable number of in- ments are being spruced up. any challenge.” fitted with 12.7mm gun with officers and 89 men. tion.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 TIMES CITY 3

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1 more kid dies of suspected dengue #AHearty Reminder

kauvery
hos p it a l
Third Such EASY VICTIMS Children are usually the first victims in outbreaks of
diseases like dengue because they have lower immunity
tims because they have lower
immunity and they get better
exposure to vectors compared
Death In City WHY DO KIDS FALL SICK QUICKLY
They are exposed to larger volumes of microbes
WHAT SHOULD PARENTS DO
Apply mosquito repellents.
to adults,” said ICH director
Dr K Jayachandran.
C

LAUG14
In Last 3 Days Have poorer hygiene practices Dengue-causing mosquito
bite during the day and grow
Reddy said the city was di-
vided into 2,400 sectors and
3,000 workers deployed to visit
Immune system is naïve and responds slowly in fresh stagnant water
TIMES NEWS NETWORK every home where a fever case
to infection
is reported. Besides, there
Chennai: A 12-year-old girl Some may develop complications fast and get
If children have fever, visit
a doctors to rule out dengue three people in each ward for C C
from Mangadu died of suspec- significantly ill without quick medical intervention fogging and spraying. Since
GOOD GOING: The Greater ted dengue at the Institute of Don't give medicine without consulting doctors January, the corporation has
Chennai police (GCP) have Child Health, Egmore on Wed- collected `30lakh in fines from
bagged two SKOCH awards nesday. This is the third such organ failure and died within was her younger brother who commissioner (health). residents whose houses were
for effective implementation death in the city in the last a few hours,” said a senior doc- suffered from fever. Her mot- Public health authorities found to be breeding spots. It
of CCTV surveillance in the three days. While eight- tor. her is a pharmacist and she ga- said they initiated vector cont- has been conducting fever
city. Additional commission- month-old Lohit of Maduravo- Greater Chennai Corpora- ve them medicines on her rol measures. About 1% of the camps using urban public he-
er of police (traffic) A Arun yal died on Sunday, six-year- tion officials said there was a population is likely to have fe- alth officials to create aware-
(in pic) with the awards he old Mahalakshmi from Mo- system in place to control ver, mainly seasonal flu, at any ness. Public health director Stress causes blood vessels to constrict.
received at a function in gappair expired on Monday. dengue. “In the case of Maha- given time. This figure goes up Kulandaisamy said the state Laughter reduces stress hormones.
Delhi on Wednesday. The Prithika was brought to lakshmi, we visited her home to 1.5%-2% in monsoon and had requested Andhra Pra-
award is conferred by an the emergency ward of ICH on three days before her reported winter when the incidence of desh and Karnataka to share
Wednesday after nearly five death. In our register we had dengue, leptospirosis, enteric real-time details of fevers and Special heart
independent organization
recognizing projects and days of high fever and body crossed out her name as well own. The brother was later re- fever, scrub typhus, malaria vector borne diseases through check-up packages
4,044 X111.111
institutions making best ache. “She was very sick. She after her parents stated that ferred to the ICH by us,” said P and H1N1 also goes up. “Child- an online portal to help cont-
efforts in the area of digital, had already developed multi- she did not have fever and it Madhusudhan Reddy, deputy ren are usually the first vic- rol cross-border cases.
financial and social inclusion

Three rescued
from flesh Morning rain Onions in cooperative stores cost Baby weighing
trade, two held
likely till Friday, between `33/kg & `45/kg: Minister 340g brought
P olice on Tuesday arrest-
ed a man and a woman
for forcing three women
into flesh trade. The victims
were rescued from an
say weathermen TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: Tamil Nadu co-oper-

Besides Maharashtra, the government
back to health
TIMES NEWS NETWORK atives minister Sellur K Raju on
will now buy onions from Andhra Pra-
apartment in Perambur.
Based on a tip, the Thiru Vi Wednesday said the price desh. The price of onions touched TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ka Nagar police raided the Chennai: If the morning rain has brought of onions in cooperative stores in `70 per kg in the open market in the city Docs implant stent
any relief to the city residents at least in the Chennai has been fixed at Chennai: Born at 22 weeks we-
apartment near Madurai
Samy Madam at Perambur last three days, there may be more good news `33 per kg.
on Wednesday ighing just 510g in May, a boy in pre-term baby
and arrested B Arulmary, as weathermen have forecast that day spells to Besides Maharashtra, the drastically lost more than 130g
Chennai: Doctors at Apollo
37, of Perambur and L continue for two days. government will now buy onions quantities of onions would be im- Even in 2015, when Tamil Na- weight in the next three days. He
Hospitals have implanted a stent
Vijayan, 34, of Chintadripet. According to the 48-hour forecast by the re- from Andhra Pradesh. The price ported from Maharashtra. He ad- du had heavy rain and one of the was then moved to another ho-
in a pre-term baby weighing
The women in their custody gional meteorological centre, “The sky condi- of onions touched `70 per kg in vised people to use sambar on- worst floods, the price of onions spital for neo-natal intensive ca-
1.5kg, helping the infant breathe
were rescued and sent to a tion is likely to be generally cloudy. Light to the open market in the city on ions, whose price is now much touched `100 per kg and the gov- re, weighing a little more than a
easy. They performed a
shelter home for rehabil- moderate rain or thundershower is likely to Wednesday. lower than the big ones. ernment ensured it was immedi- couple of mobiles at 380grams.
redilatable stent implantation
itation. The accused occur in some areas. Maximum and minimum The onions in cooperative “During monsoons, the price ately brought down, said the min- On Wednesday, doctors said the
procedure on the baby in May.
were remanded in judicial temperatures are likely to be around 34°C and stores were sourced from Maha- of onions will go up. This year, it ister. That year, the onions were boy gained upto 3.5kg now and
Tests showed narrowing of aorta,
custody. 26°C.” On Wednesday, Nungambakkam sta- rashtra and they cost `45 per kg. has touched `70 per kg in the open sold through cooperative shops is healthy.
which restricted flow of blood.
tion recorded 10mm and Meenambakkam “But the onions from Andhra market,” said Raju after review- for a few months at half the price A 38-year-old woman from
Peadiatric interventional
Chain snatched in front 10.6mm rain. Several core areas including Pradesh will be sold at `33 per kg. ing a TUCS (Tamil Nadu Urban compared to the cost in the open Chennai had given birth to
cardiologist Dr C S
of commissioner’s Nungambakkam, Kilpauk, Egmore, Choolai- The price difference is due to the Cooperative Society) outlet in market. “Opposition parties are twins at 22 weeks of gestation at
Muthukumaran removed the
office: Two unidentified medu, Aminjikarai, Rajaji Salai and Vepery difference in transportation Teynampet in Chennai. The gov- saying cost of onions will touch a private hospital. While one of
obstruction and implanted the
people fled with part of a got rain. charges,” the minister told re- ernment, he said, was taking all `100 per kg. I can assure you, we the twins passed away within a
stent. The device that can be
woman’s gold chain in front Weather blogger Pradeep John in his onli- porters in Chennai. steps to supply onions at a lower will not allow that to happen,” few days, the other baby was
dilated as the artery grows in size
of the city police commis- ne post said the morning rain was due to the In the coming days, additional price. said Raju. transferred to Rainbow Child-
over the years, a release said. TNN
sioner's office on Wednes- convergence of southerlies or winds blowing ren’s Hospital on the fourth day
day. Selva Merin, who from the sea with the winds from land. “Be- for further management.
works with the adminis-
tration department of Anna
cause of the convex coast line, southerlies cre-
ate the convergence to Kanchipuram, Tiruval-
lur and Chennai zone often compared to other
CBI registers two cases in 8-year-old bank scam “When he first came he could
not breathe. He had gelatinous
skin, weak bones and lungs and
lopmental supportive care. “In
ten days, the baby could take
small feeds,” he said. The hospi-
University, was on her way
to the Egmore railway places,” he said. TIMES NEWS NETWORK ments properly and appropriated the amount. couldn’t be breastfed. We knew tal helped the parents raise
station from her hostel in John said, “Tomorrow (Thursday) and Fri- A case of cheating and forgery has been slapped chances of survival were remo- funds through a crowdfunding
Vepery when two people on day morning southerlies will remain and we Chennai: CBI Chennai on Tuesday registered two against him. The FIRs have been registered based on te but we decided to fight,” said for the treatment. On Wednes-
a bike wearing helmets can once again see morning rain.” But the in- cases in an 8-year-old scam pertaining to the Kan- directions of the Madras high court recently. The perinatologist and neonatolo- day, doctors said the baby was
snatched her chain. Though tensity of the rain may slowly decline after cheepuram Central Co-operative Society Bank court refused to accept the stand of the local police gist Dr Rahul Yadav. discharged at 1.54kg after 100 da-
she held on to the chain, Thursday, he added. branch in Porur. on the investigation and ordered a probe by the CBI. Doctors placed the baby in a ys of care. Now, the boy has gai-
the duo rode away with a So far, Chennai has received an excess of While the first case is to investigate a fire at the The bank conducted an internal enquiry which double-walled incubator along ned 3.5kg. His vision and hea-
part of it. Police have 37% of rain with 564.4mm recorded in the Ju- branch, the second is regarding a `37lakh scam al- showed that Batcha misappropriated Rs 37 lakh in with ventilator support and nut- ring screening is normal poin-
registered a case. ly-September season against the normal of legedly by then branch manager A Chan Batcha who giving 37 loans to petty traders by using their ration ritional rehabilitation and non- ting towards a neurologically
412.5mm. sanctioned 37 loans without verifying the docu- cards without their knowledge. invasive respiratory and deve- normal health, Dr Yadav said.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 TIMES CITY 5

EPS to sign agreements worth Files may move faster as TN NEWS DIGEST

`5,574cr for 15 industrial units Spl trains for

Julie.Mariappan
@timesgroup.com
ergy Sys-
tems, Ambi-
sources said. The move comes
against the backdrop of oppo-
govt to go fully electronic soon Brahmotsavam
S outhern Railway has
announced three special
trains for the Brahmotsavam
Chennai: Chief minister
ka Cotton
Mills, SHV
sition criticism about poor
the industrial climate. Move Aims tary for I-T, told TOI.
A few weeks ago, chief min- The initiative intends to
even a simple procurement re-
quest from a distant branch of- festival in Tirupati from
September 30 to October 9,
Edappadi K Palaniswami will Energy, BSH The chief minister will ister Edappadi K Palaniswami make most of the office fice of ours in Kolkata would
on Thursday sign MoUs for 15
new projects worth
Household
Appliances,
launch five projects worth
`1,480.7crore, including three
To Eliminate had personally advised secretar-
ies of each department to focus
communication take 45 days. Once all our offices
across the country were con-
for the benefit of devotees.
The Arakkonam-Renigunta
electronic to improve
`5,574crore, lay foundation
stone for five new projects and
MM Forg-
ings, PKPN
signed during the second edi-
tion of global investors’ meet Paper Use on speedy governance. With the
e-office initiative now set in mo- efficiency, consistency
nected electronically, the deci-
sion-making process came
Brahmotsavam Special
(unreserved) train will leave
inaugurate production in group of mills will also sign in January last. These in- tion, once implemented, it is not and effectiveness of down to just three hours,” said Arakkonam at 3pm and reach
three other units. The 23 pro- agreements with the state. clude Niswin Foods, J S Auto- D.Govardan@timesgroup.com only files that would start mov- government responses Santhosh Babu, who while head- Renigunta at 4.30pm. The
jects worth `7,175crore may Free trade warehousing cast and ITW India, besides ing fast, but also decision mak- ing the Tamil Nadu Corporation Renigunta-Chennai Beach
generate 45,846 new jobs in zones will be developed by three projects in SIPCOT in- Chennai: After Odisha and Ker- ing. the e-office software service in for Development of Women had Brahmotsavam special train
the state. Venkatesh Coke and Power dustrial estates such as Tsu- ala, the Tamil Nadu government The key objective of the ini- the state data centre (SDC) in the made it a paperless office way will leave Renigunta at
This comes close on the Limited, NDR Infrastructure gami Precision Engineering is set to go 100% electronic in its tiative is to eliminate the use of cloud environment. Willing gov- back in 2001. 5.15pm and reach Chennai
heels of the CM’s tour of the and J Matadee. The Tamil Na- India, and Alok Masterbatch- offices, doing away with manual paper and to make most of the of- ernment departments were to Through the latest order, the Beach at 9pm. The Chennai
US, UK and Emirates, where du government will enter into es and Galva Decoparts. files. fice communication electronic make use of the software, en- state government has decided to Beach-Arakkonam Passenger
he signed 41 MoUs attracting an understanding with Bha- These projects would help While the state has issued a to improve efficiency, consisten- abling officials and staff to han- implement the e-office applica- fast special will leave Beach
investments worth rat Electronics Limited generate employment for government order for it, the cy and effectiveness of govern- dle the files from any location tion developed by NIC with im- at 9.40pm and reach Arak-
`8,835crore in various sectors. (BEL), a public sector under- 16,000 people. process will begin from the Sec- ment responses. It also aims to without geographical barriers. mediate effect for processing all konam at 11.15pm.
“The state will ink pacts taking under the Union min- “The CM will lay founda- retariat, with all departments cut turnaround time and meet Recalling the initiatives he files electronically in all govern-
with firms like Infosys for istry of defence, to revive Ta- tion stone for two projects at a becoming ‘e-offices’. demands of the citizen charter undertook while heading the Ta- ment departments/PSUs/ Special vasectomy
SEZ expansion, German- mil Nadu Industrial Explo- cost of `121.12crore – Germa- “Offices in the districts and as well as provide for effective re- mil Nadu Handicrafts Develop- boards/agencies under its con- camps on Friday: Greater
based MAHLE Electric sives Limited unit in Katpadi. ny-based Schwing Stetter In- every village will parallely join source management to improve ment Corporation, popularly trol. All of them have been di- Chennai Corporation will
Drives, Japanese-Nissei Elec- The unit has remained closed dia Private Limited, manufac- the electronic stream. Already, quality of administration, known as Poompuhar, Santhosh rected to take steps to imple- conduct special vasectomy
tric, the Korean YoungHwa for a few years and BEL would turers of earth movers, and all offices in the I-T department among others. Babu said he replaced the sys- ment the same through Tamil camps on Friday. The camp
Tech, the makers of electric take it on lease and run an ex- Tata Consultancy Services’ and its related offices, including The idea to make files elec- tem of manual files and commu- Nadu e-Governance Agency for no scalpel vasectomy will
vehicle components,” said a clusive manufacturing unit SEZ project in Siruseri,” a Elcot, have gone electronic,” tronic was mooted back in 2013- nication with electronic sys- (TNeGA), the nodal body for e- be held at three locations, an
source. Vestas, Shreevari En- with a plan to invest big soon, source said. Santhosh Babu, principal secre- 14, when it was decided to host tems. “Earlier, a decision for governance initiatives. official release said. The
camps will be held at San-
jeevarayanpettai urban
community hall, Old Washer-
2 arrested in MTC buses mow HC disallows
DMK bandh in
Row over Upanishads, menpet, Pulianthope urban
community hall and Adyar
urban community hall. The
`3.5cr fake
surety case
down 2 women, Coimbatore Gita for engg students
procedure will last less than
two hours and those attend-
ing the camp need not be
under bed rest after the
Chennai: The CB-CID police on
Wednesday arrested two people
for cheating two private firms in
drivers arrested TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: In a setback to the

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: An Anna Universi-

programme said.
For MTech students, the
university introduced six au-
three of the 12 courses. Only
information science and
technology department has
procedure, the official re-
lease said.

Guindy of `3.5crore with fake TIMES NEWS NETWORK driver P Rajendran, 35, DMK, the Madras high court on ty department’s decision to dit (non-compulsory) cours- chosen to offer the course of Applications invited for
bank sureties. was arrested under Sec- Wednesday restrained the party make it mandatory for third- es, including personality de- philosophy,” Surappa ex- 2-wheeler scheme:
and its allies from holding a one- semester BTech students to velopment through life en- plained. Greater Chennai Corporation
The accused, identified as Mo- Chennai: Two women tion 304 (A) of IPC (Caus-
day bandh in Coimbatore on Sep- study the Bhagavad Gita as a lightenment skills. The list recommended by (GCC) has invited applica-
hammad Sirajuddin, a financial were fatally knocked ing death by negligence)
tember 27, condemning the state paper has triggered unease in Trouble began when the AICTE included Sanskrit tions for Amma two-wheeler
advisor, and Bhavan Hasan Bala- down by MTC buses with- and remanded in judicial
and the Coimbatore corporation academic circles and drew a department of information language. “But, we have not subsidy scheme. It is aimed
chandra of Karnataka, a sales in 24 hours in separate in- custody. The investiga-
for hiking property tax by 100% protest from DMK chief M K science and technology (IST) included it. So, there is no at helping working women
manager of a private firm with cidents. tion officer said Rajen-
and privatising supply of drink- Stalin, who saw it as an at- made the course mandatory question of Sanskrit imposi- buy gearless/auto-geared
headquarters in Trichy, forged K Meena, 50, of Viru- dran had escaped after
ing water in the district. tempt to impose Sanskrit. for third-semester students. tion. As per the AICTE’s ad- two-wheelers and differently-
sureties of a bank in West Bengal gambakkam, a pharma- the incident.
A division bench of Justices By Tuesday evening, vice- Surappa sought to defuse vice, we are introducing 12 abled women get retrofitted
and the cheque of another bank in cist at a hospital in Vada- In another accident,
MSathyanarayanan and N Sesha- chancellor M K Surappa in- courses from humanities and vehicles. A total of `25,000 or
UP. They submitted the fake sure- palani, was on her way Kalaiselvi, 26, a flower
sayee granted the interim stay on tervened and said the manda- social sciences to help engi- 50% cost of the vehicle
home around 8pm on vendor, was knocked
ties to Redington and Ingram com-
panies in Guindy and bought Tuesday when an MTC down by an MTC bus on a plea moved by Coimbatore- tory proviso would go and stu- AICTE RULE neers’ overall development,” would be provided as sub-
based advocate C Dinesh Kumar. dents would be allowed to Surappa added. sidy. In case of the differ-
`3.5crore worth of Lenovo cell- bus hit her on Arcot Salai. Duraisamy Road in Ash-
Referring to judgments passed by pick one of 12 subjects, in- the situation, saying, “Stu- Out of the 12 courses, the ently-abled, subsidy would
phones as well as iPhones. They Police said Meena reac- ok Nagar around 3pm on
the Supreme Court, the bench cluding the Constitution. dents can pick any of the 12 students have to study at least be `31,250 per person. Earlier,
sold the phones through wholesale hed the bus terminus Wednesday. Kalaiselvi, of
said if the political parties are AICTE regulations pre- subjects. Since these subjects three. subsidy was provided only
dealer Vikrant Chowdary and lat- when a bus from Kelam- Madhavaram, was on her
permitted to proceed with the scribed the study of philoso- were mandated by AICTE, we Anna University former for purchased vehicles. But
er spent lavishly. They also settled bakkam entered the way to work after buying
bandh, it would cause great hard- phy, including the Gita and cannot remove it. If any stu- vice-chancellor E Balaguru- now, they can apply for
some of their dues to a few banks premises, hit Meena and flowers at Koyambedu.
ship, irreparable loss and mental the Upanishads, Plato’s views dent wishes, he/she can samy said Vedas in Sanskrit subsidy during the time of
through online transactions. Af- zoomed away without An MTC bus on route 12B,
agony to the people of the district. and the Greek concept of study it.” are not related to information purchase. Eligible candidates
ter they defaulted, the firms stopping. Meena suffered coming from Foreshore
According to the petitioner, the re- chaos. It also recommended AICTE had listed 32 cours- technology. “Though AICTE from Tamil Nadu, aged 18–40,
lodged a police complaint, which grievous head injuries Estate, knocked her down
vision of property and other taxes Swami Nikhilananda’s ‘The es ranging from language and suggested these courses, An- with a driving licence and
was transferred to CB-CID for in- and was rushed to a near- and she died on the spot.
was not done once in four years, Upanishads’ and Swami Ta- communication, film appre- na University has complete individual annual income of
vestigation. When questioned, by hospital where she On information, the
as mandated by law. Therefore, pasyananda’s ‘Srimad Bha- ciation, law and engineering, autonomy not to introduce it. less than `2,50,000 can apply.
they confessed to have cheated the died within hours. Guindy traffic police reg-
considering the fact that the tax gavad Gita’ as references. values and ethics for stu- We have to apply our mind,” Applications can be sub-
two firms. CB-CID police inspec- On information, the istered a case and sent her
was never raised for many years, “Studying Gita will help dents. Anna University chose he said. mitted at the respective
tor Mahalakshmi and her team ar- Vadapalani police regis- body to the Government
there is nothing wrong in hiking in students developing their 12 courses from this list and Meanwhile. Stalin tweet- corporation zonal offices by
rested them. They were remanded tered a case and examined Royapettah Hospital for
the tax now, and the parties can’t personality and achieving offered them for study. ed that “It is an attempt to im- registered post or in person,
in judicial custody after being pro- CCTV camera footage in post-mortem examin-
be allowed to call for bandh highest goal in his/her life,” “We have left it to the indi- pose Sanskrit by making phi- said a release.
duced before a magistrate’s the area to identify the ation. Bus driver Kumare-
court. TNN killer vehicle. Later, bus san was arrested. against such an increase, he said. the learning outcome of the vidual department to choose losophy subject mandatory.”

Teachers, students suffer as govt schools

yet to receive second term textbooks
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Aditi.R@timesgroup.com Representative photo and hence the delay.” tribution of volume II text-
Teachers said they were books would affect students
Chennai: In a week, most losing days which could have like it did at the start of the
schools will reopen after puja been used for preparing, if academic year. “Many chil-
holidays, but government
school students of Classes VI
they got the textbooks before
schools reopen.
dren were managing without
social studies and language LL
to XI have not received text- A headmistress recalled textbooks, and a few without TAMIL NADU EDITION 2019
books for the second term. how teachers in her school mathematics books for at
This year, the Tamil Nadu struggled without first term least two weeks. Since teach-
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printing and distributing year. She said at least four of “Teachers are going to
new textbooks for eight class- her students in Classes VI have some trouble,” said K P

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es, including Classes X and This year, the Tamil Nadu Text- and VIII got volume I text- O Suresh, state president of
XII. The corporation has books and Educational Services books only a month ago, just Tamil Nadu Post-Graduate

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printed 4.72crore books and Corporation is printing and dis- before the quarterly examin- Teachers Association. “Most
3crore free books for all gov- tributing new textbooks for eight ation. Until then, they were schools have completed vol-
ernment and government- classes helped by their classmates ume I and it is during the holi-
aided schools. and subject teachers. “These days that they should have

or unlaw
Most schools, however, principal in the city. “We were students had joined the prepared for the next,” he
are yet to get the new text- told that we would get the school a month late, so it took said. Senior officials of the

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books. “We do not know what books last week. But when we them longer to get all the education department said
to expect this time since the asked, education department books. Thankfully, they man- printing of the textbooks is
syllabus is revised. They officials said they were plan- aged it quite well,” she said. almost over and they would

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HOMEWARD BOUND: DLSA secre- then approached the Bureau of Chennai Corpora-
tary I Jayanthi with the Sri Lankan Immigration and obtained exit tion for construction
fishermen permit and passport for them. within the city.
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them,” said Jayanthi. All these planning permis-
Chennai: After spending about took just three days for the legal sion and building ap-
three months at Central Prison in services authority. If not for the provals from Grea-

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Puzhal, three fishermen from Sri DLSA’s intervention, they would ter Chennai Corpo-
Lanka would fly home on Thurs- have undergone a prolonged trial LEG-UP FOR REALTY ration, which can
day, thanks to the efforts of and ended up in a special camp, as save considerable
Chennai District Legal Services there was no proper mechanism time,” he added.
Authority. for repatriation. The three Urban development experts have questioned the
V Vasikaran, A Mohamed Ri- thanked the legal service author- disparity between Chennai and other corporations
kas and Mohamed Rajees of Kili- ity for fast-tracking their repa- over the total area of a project.
nochi were caught by Indian au- triation. S Kanagasundaram, president of Coimbatore-
thorities on June 26 near Vedara- “It has given me a fresh lease of based Association of Registered Professional Engi- Speak for India is now open to students from colleges in Tamil Nadu.
nyam. They were booked under life,” said Vasikaran, 20, from neers, said all corporations should be treated on a par h, participants can speak in Tamil,English and Hindi.
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On learning about their plight proactive officers, Rajees, a father permission for construction up to 10,000 square feet
during a regular jail inspection, of three, said: “We won’t forget when other corporations are confined to 7,000 square Prizes w orth
secretary of the legal services au- their act that has helped us return feet after the uniform combined development and
thority, I Jayanthi, contacted the to our family.” building rules have come into effect,” he said.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

AIADMK announces
Health Minister Promises To Streamline MBBS Intake, Put Imposters Behind Bars

Loopholes in med admissions exposed candidates for bypolls

TIMES NEWS NETWORK “Students were nearly stripped and ficials said they realised the flaw in the tendance for students in all government
searched minutes before the exam. They process last week when Theni Medical colleges are being explored. TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Congress to name DMK sets up

T
he cases of impersonation tore off full sleeved shirts, removed ear College dean Dr Rajendran reported the Health minister C Vijayabaskar told
tumbling out in Tamil Nadu, studs and other jewels, watches. But how first case. “We realise it is because we reporters they would tighten the pro- Chennai: The AIADMK in
Tamil Nadu on Wednesday
candidate on Friday bypoll panels
where competition is cut is it that there are no checks during don’t a biometric system during counsel- cess and also file criminal charges
throat for the few seats, have counselling? Until now, we thought the ling. Next year, we will have fingerprints against students who had joined MBBS announced its candidates for Cuddalore: Tamil Nadu
not just exposed the craze for only problem was students making false and iris scans. Fingerprints of students
are taken by the National Testing Agen-
course without being eligibile or by
fudging documents.
the Vikravandi and Nangune-
ri assembly byelections sche-
Congress committee
president K S Alagiri said the
led by ex-mins
a medical seat. They have also laid bare nativity claims. But we now see that
gaping loopholes in the system. some students have managed to imper- cy in examination hall. We can get ex- Medical college administrators por- duled on October 21. While party would declare its TIMES NEWS NETWORK
In each of at least three cases re- sonate and fudge documents,” said perts to match them during counselling ing through students’ records say it may Kanai panchayat union se- candidate for the bypoll in
ported this year, the student who ap- Kailash Vishwanthan, whose son and during admission,” director of be impossible to verify documents per- cretary M R Muthamizhsel- Nanguneri constituency in Chennai: The DMK has set up
peared for the competitive NEET was missed getting a seat by one mark. medical education Dr R Narayanababu fectly. “Some students have passed out van is the candidate for Vik- Tirunelveli on Friday. He said poll committees to work for
different from the one attending classes. Directorate of medical education of- said earlier. Options of bio-metric at- of schools nearly four years ago. Their ravandi, Reddiarpatti V Na- the party held personal party candidate N Pugazhendi
Class X photos are nearly six years old. rayanan will be the Nangune- interviews with aspirants on in Vikravandi and yet to be na-
ri contestant. Chief minister Wednesday. The party leaders med Congress candidate in
HOW IT WORKS DOCUMENT MISMATCH It is impossible to match some photos.
This method of document verification Edappadi K Palaniswami sa- will hold discussions to select Nanguneri assembly constitu-
is crude and will lead to false alarms,” id his party would prove its the prospective candidate on ency ahead of the bypolls.
PROOF COLLECTED VERIFICATION POST ADMISSION K V Udit Surya, a first-year college popularity by winning both Thursday and will announce Former minister and DMK
said a senior professor in a government
DURING NEET A five-member committee from the student of Government Theni Medical the byelections. the name the next day. TNN Villupuram district secretary
medical college in Chennai. “Moreover
Candidate’s fingerprint respective college verifies the College, was picked up by police for Narayanan is Tirunelveli KPonmudi will head the Vikra-
we don’t know if this problem exists in
is recorded and photo documents to ensure there is no impersonation, forgery and conspiracy rural district MGR Mandram “It is not a challenge. It is cer- vandi committee with Arakko-
2018 and 2017 batch of students.”
attached to hall ticket impersonation College dean Dr Rajendran filed a On September 10, more than a joint secretary and was elec- tain that AIADMK will win nam MP S Jagathrakshakan as
and score card Photos of the candidate on complaint against him after the college month after admissions closed, Riyas ted president of Reddiarpatti Nanguneri and Vikravandi secretary. The party has asked
Admission is admission card, NEET score found that photos on the NEET score card from Andhra Pradesh came to the panchayat twice since 1996. In with a huge margin.” Alle- 11 MPs and 60 MLAs to work in
carried out under all card, Class X and Class XII and admit card were different from the Madurai Medical College with an al- a statement, the party leaders- ging that the victory of the the constituency. Congress has
India quota, single score cards are verified candidate attending classes lotment ‘order’ from New-Delhi based hip announced that the reve- opposition parties in the Lok started campaigning for Pu-
window state Medical Counselling Committee nue districts were split into 14 Sabha elections was achieved gazhendi. Senior leaders and
Student is then called for In case of two students in PSG college,
counselling and (MMC). Dean Dr K Vanitha, who be- and 16 for micro-management by making false promises, Pa- youth wing chief Udhayanidhi
physical verification to check photos on the NEET score cards were
remaining seats came suspicious, informed the Tal- the campaign in Nangunri laniswami said the electorate Stalin are to campaign soon af-
if the one attending classes is different from those on admit cards issued
are returned to the lakulam police. At least two other and Vikravandi constituenci- understood their designs af- ter filing of nominations is
the same as the one who was by selection committee. Students seen on
college candidates, who came with similar es . All the functionaries from ter the polls. “This was evi- over. Stalin will be campaig-
allotted a seat admit card are attending classes
‘orders’, fled before police arrived. the northern districts, besi- dent in the Vellore byelection ning in Vikravandi on October
des Coimbatore and Salem when people gave a different 3, 4 and 17 to 19, and on October

HC calls for status 'Selection panel has to Udit Surya, parents held
will work for victory in Vikra-
vandi, while those from the so-
uthern districts, and Namak-
verdict,” said Palaniswami.
Meanwhile, an AIADMK
delegation comprising mini-
5, 6 and 12 to 14 in Nanguneri.
In Nanguneri, the panel
will be lead by former minister

confirm impersonation' A special police team on Wednesday kal functionaries will strive sters P Thangamani, D Jaya- and sitting MLA I Periyasami

report from officials From P1

nabbed K V Udit Surya, who is
charged with impersonation to gain a
seat at the government Theni Medical
for victory in Nanguneri.
Asked if the bypoll was a
challenge for the leadership,
Palaniswami told reporters,
kumar and Dindigul C Sree-
nivasan, visited DMDK lea-
der Vijayakanth and sought
support for the byelections.
while Lok Sabha MP Kanimoz-
hi and other party leaders in
Tirunelveli and Tuticorin will
overlook the campaign.

T
Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com tected, whether all the statutory he students, who passed out of CBSE schools in College, and his parents at a hotel in
procedures have been duly fol- Dharmapuri and Kancheepuram, were issued Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.

T
aking judicial note of im- lowed by authorities right from eligibility certificates by the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR The team led by sub-inspector Sultan
personation by a first-
year MBBS student in
NEET, the Madras high court
permitting the students for ex-
amination after verifying their
identity. The court directed the
Medical University before they appeared for medical
counselling. The directorate of medical education
(DME) and the state medical university had asked all
Baasha, who had been following Udit
Surya since September 18, narrowed
down on the three at the hotel. A
Med team to tour schools, identify
children with spinal deformities
has directed the Centre and state government pleader to get in- colleges in TN to verify photos of first-year medical member of the hotel staff and a
government to explain the steps structions from the state on the students against their Class XII mark sheets, NEET constable posing as another staff
taken to prevent such offences queries raised and file a report score cards and admit cards after Udit Suriya’s case. member were sent to the room to
during NEET and subsequent by September 26. “Ever since NEET came into force, admission to all confirm it was Udit Surya and his parents
admission to colleges. The interim orders were self-financing colleges is done by the selection commit- Dr K S Venkatesh and Kayal Vizhi. Other TIMES NEWS NETWORK done by the Association of Spi- spine is often confused with
On Wednesday, a division passed on a plea seeking direc- tee. We admit students who bring the admission card team members then nabbed the trio. ne Surgeons of India (ASSI), is poor posturing of the child
bench of Justice N Kirubakaran tion to the government to under- from the committee. On verification, we found photos The trio was produced at the Egmore Coimbatore: A group of me- part of an initiative to survey when it is a structural defor-
and Justice P Velmurugan di- take necessary measures for were different. The committee has to confirm if there office of the CB-CID, to whom the case dical officers and nurses will and find out the prevalence of mity,” spinal surgeon at Delhi-
rected the state government to proper counselling and mop-up was impersonation,” said PSG medical college dean Dr has been transferred, and then taken to be touring schools across the spinal deformities in the co- based Sri Ganga Ram Hospital
inform the development on procedure to fill up 207 manage- S Ramalingam. “Police complaints will have to be filed Theni where they will appear before the district to identify children untry. They plan to screen aro- Dr Shankar Acharya said.
Theni case and explain why the ment quota seats, that have be- by the committee because they selected the candidate.” CB-CID officer concerned on Thursday. with spinal deformities — spe- und 10,000 children from “Scoliosis, a sideways curva-
principal of the college failed to come available owing to non- Letters from DME Dr R Narayanababu and medical “We have not arrested them. We will cifically scoliosis and a couple across 50 schools in Coimbato- ture of the spine, is the most
take action immediately, despite filling of NRI quota seats, as per university vice-chancellor Dr Sudha Seshayyan asked question them,” an officer said. of other conditions. re. The entire study includes common spine deformity in
knowing about the fraud. merit and prescribed procedure deans to form a committee comprising the college vice- After a complaint from the dean of They will screen children studying 1.5 lakh children the pediatric population.
The series of queries raised in the admission for colleges. principal, first year faculty members and administra- Government Theni Medical College last between 10 and 14 years of age across 14 cities. Other less common curvatu-
by the bench includes details of Admitting the plea, the tion staff to do verification of documents and physical week, police inquiries found that the and notify identified child- Spine surgeons say that be- res include lordosis – an accen-
the number of people who had bench directed the authorities verification of the students. Selection committee offi- photo of first year student Udit Surya in ren’s parents if treatment is sides collecting data, creating tuated forward curvature of
obtained admission in medical to produce the list of candidates cials said seats including those reserved for NRI students the college application did not match required. Spine surgeons say awareness—on spinal defor- the lower spine,” he said.
colleges by impersonation, admitted under the NRI quota were returned to the respective colleges. “Admissions that of the person, with the same early detection of a spine de- mities, symptoms, physical The survey in schools will
whether authorities verified with their respective marks, list were done locally by colleges. We verified all documents registration number, who wrote and formity can be corrected with presentations and treatments be done by nurses trained by
identities of those who appeared of candidates admitted under and screened them for accuracy of nativity and com- passed National Eligibility-cum Entrance just a brace compared to a late available—is also one of their the spine surgeons associa-
for NEET and for admission to the state quota with their marks munity details. We don’t know how we missed cross- Examination (NEET) 2019 and attended detection which requires mo- aims. “For example, kyphosi- tions and with the consent of
college, if any other impersona- and list of candidates admitted verifying the photographs,” said selection committee counselling. A Selvaraj |TNN re invasive treatments. The s—a deformity involving ro- the school and children’s pa-
tion or cheating have been de- under the all India quota. secretary Dr G Selvarajan. screening of children, being unding of the upper part of the rents if required.

TN, Kerala to set up panels TNPCB fines 77 dyeing units in Congress condemns
notice to college for
to settle water disputes Salem `5 crore for polluting river ‘Bigil’ audio launch
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Representative image also directed officials to carry
Julie Mariappan constituted to decide on various out inspection in the river once Chennai: State Congress Committee presi-
& Jisha Surya TNN inter-state water issues between Salem: Officials of Tamil Nadu every three months. dent K S Alagiri condemned the state gov-
both the states, including PAP. Pollution Control Board Based on the direction, the ernment on Wednesday for issuing notice to
Thiruvananthapuram/Chen- The chief secretaries of both sta- (TNPCB) imposed a fine of `5.41 TNPCB officials inspected the Sri Sairam Engineering College on the city’s
nai: After a gap of three decades, tes will also meet twice a year. crore on 77 dyeing units in Sa- river in May 2019, and submit- outskirts for hosting the audio launch of ac-
Kerala and Tamil Nadu have ag- “The committees will be set lem for releasing untreated ef- ted a report. The NGT, after veri- tor Vijay’s ‘Bigil’ movie on its premises with-
reed to review the Parambikulam up with five members each. Anot- fluents in to Tirumanimutharu fying the report, directed the out obtaining prior permission.
Aliyar Project (PAP) after Tamil her committee will be set up for river. The TNPCB acted based TNPCB to fine 77 dyeing units Saying it was not a political event, he
Nadu chief minister Edappadi K implementation of Pandiyar- on a direction from the National CRACKING THE WHIP: The NGT and ten sago manufacturing sought the notice to be withdrawn immedi-
Palaniswami and his Kerala co- Punnampuzha (hydro-electric) Green Tribunal (NGT). directed the TNPCB to fine 77 dyeing units for polluting the river. The ately. “Vijay does not belong to any political
unterpart Pinarayi Vijayan held TN CM Edappadi K Palaniswami project… This talk is a wonderful In 2018, S Manickam, a resi- units and ten sago manufacturing TNPCB also sent notices to pol- party. He has a huge fan following, and spoke
a meeting on Wednesday. A five- with Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in start,” said Palaniswami. In the dent of Salem, filed a case with units in the Salem luters on Monday. An official his mind on a few issues. It was misconstrued
member committee headed by se- Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday meeting, Kerala decided to resu- the NGT, demanding action said each person who receives as a speech against the AIADMK govern-
cretaries of respective depart- me power supply to Mullaperiyar against dyeing unit owners, sa- manumutharu river. Subse- the notice has to pay the fine ment, and minister D Jayakumar too joined
ments will be constituted to deci- 30.5tmcft to Tamil Nadu and dam that was disrupted for more go manufacturing units, and quently, the NGT directed the amount within 15 days. “After the issue,” Alagiri said.
de on various inter-state water is- 19.55tmcft to Kerala, but Kerala than a decade. Vijayan said all is- authorities, including Salem TNPCB to conduct inquiry and this, we will charge 12% interest He recalled how leaders including K Kam-
sues between both the states, in- accused Tamil Nadu of not relea- sues could be sorted out if both Municipal Corporation (SMC) submit a detailed report on the along with the fine amount,” araj, Annadurai, Karunanidhi and MGR held
cluding PAP. sing due share, while Tamil Nadu the states saw themselves as sib- officials, for polluting the Tiru- level of pollution in the river. It the official added. political discourses in colleges in the past. TNN
The states entered into an ag- alleged the agreement was not re- lings. “Both are interested in re-
reement for sharing mutual bene- spected by its neighbour. Despite solving inter-state water dispu-

Sports univ alters

fits of the west flowing rivers of Tamil Nadu having rights to di- tes. A suitable formula can be
Anamalayar, Nirar, Sholarayar, vert 2.5tmcft from Anamalayar evolved,” he said. Sources said REGION DIGEST
Parambikulam and its tributari- by constructing a dam, it could Kerala was ready to supply water
es with retrospective effect from
1958. Even as agreement was due
not do so for lack of support.
Emerging from a two-hour
to Vilavancode Taluk in Kanya-
kumari under Neyyar irrigation
HC directs state to Sengottaiyan’s nod to place it in
orbit with the help of Isro or Nasa
for review in 30 years, it could not
take place despite holding talks at
various levels for 23 times in the
last three decades. The agree-
session in Thiruvananthapu-
ram, Palaniswami said the talks
were smooth. A five-member
committee headed by secretaries
scheme, but the latter demanded
payment. “If a solution is found,
TN will even withdraw cases aga-
inst Kerala in the Supreme Co-
SC/ST seats into re-fix salary of temple
security guards
(space agencies). Class XII students
J Srinithi, M Anandhakrishnan, C
Santhoshkumar and G Navaneethan
of Kongu Vellalar Matriculation
ment mandates supply of

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of respective departments will be urt,” another official said.
general category T The Madurai bench of Madras
high court directed the state
government to consider the case of
petitioners working as special
Higher Secondary School at Chenni-
malai said the 18-gram satellite is
just 3-cm long.

Stalin flays govt move to not Shanmughasundaram.J

@timesgroup.com Though there were eligible
security/security in temples and
re-fix their salary at `3,540. The
court cited its 2017 order that was
Former minister P Kannan
launches political party:
Former minister and Rajya Sabha MP
candidates for various
pursue RK Nagar bypoll case Chennai: In clear violation of reser-
vation policy, the Tamil Nadu Physi-
cal Education and Sports University
posts in SC category,
appointment was not
passed to fix the salary at `3,540 of
two petitioners working as security
at temples. The court said the same
P Kannan has floated a new political
party – Makkal Munnetra Congress
(MMC) in Puducherry. He launched
In Lo, , n:, Idcriccy of TIMES NEWS NETWORK “The case came up before a Madras has converted five faculty posts allo- made by the varsity, payscale benefits should be extend- the party in the presence of his
high court bench on Tuesday. The cated to SC/ST categories to general according to a ed to petitioners who are in similar supporters on Wednesday. This is
Chennai: DMK president M K Sta- case is about papers being seized quota. Vacancies for the posts of assi- jobs. If higher scale of salary is fixed the third time he is forming a new
representation submitted
lin on Wednesday condemned the from health minister C Vijayabas- stant professors in each of the four only to two persons among all those political party. During a press confer-
state government’s decision to not kar during the income tax searches departments - advanced training and
to NHRC who were appointed on the same ence, Kannan declared that his party
appeal quashing of an FIR registe- in 2017. The papers had details abo- coaching, sports biomechanics and ning the backlog. “De-reservation is date, denying the same to others will contest bypoll in Kamaraj Nagar
red in connection with electoral ut all ministers, including chief kinesiology, statistics and computer in violation of rules and regulations. would amount to discrimination,” assembly segment and said the
malpractices committed during minister Edappadi K Palaniswa- application, and sports technology – It is against the guidelines of UGC observed the judge. party’s candidate has not been
the RK Nagar byelection in 2017. He mi, in connection with money dis- and non-teaching staff were reserved and government orders,” president finalized yet. He said the party’s
CA. B. Y . SRINIVASAN demanded that the election com- tribution to voters,” said Stalin. for SC/ST candidates. of the association Prof P K Senthil Six buffaloes die as truck office-bearers will be announced
(Recd. Executive Director mission intervene and transfer the Stalin accused Karthikeyan of The government passed a GO in Kumar said. overturns: Six buffaloes were soon. The party has kept open the
UC of INDIA) case to CBI. supporting the government. “The this regard on August 2006 Vice-Chancellor of the university killed after a truck carrying 20 option of forging an alliance with
26.07.1933 to 23.09.2019 Stalin said the then district election commission must interve- sanctioning 39 posts, including five Sheila Stephen said they had recei- buffaloes overturned near Manap- other parties for the bypoll.
election officer, D Karthikeyan, ne immediately and take action under SC/ST reservation policy. ved a petition regarding the backlog parai in Trichy on Wednesday. Police
Shri B.Y. Srinivasan, 86,
left for his heavenly
had refused to appeal the single against him and the case must be Thirteen months later, the university vacancies that were converted into arrested the driver Vikkiramaraja, Customs officials seize 23 air
abode early morning on judge’s decision to scrap the FIR. transferred to CBI,” said Stalin. called for an interview to fill up the general category. “We have formed a 40 of Thandaiyapet in Chennai, and guns at Madurai airport: The
September 23, 2019. positions. Though there were eligible four-member committee to look into later let him off on bail. The vehicle customs officials seized 23 air guns
He lived his life to the fullest candidates for various posts in SC ca- the issue. We will not go against rules was also released. Other buffaloes worth nearly `13lakh which were

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tegory, appointment was not made by and UGC guidelines,” she said. injured in the accident were trans- brought illegally without any docu-
We remain inspired by the varsity, according to a representa- Going by the procedure, the insti- ported from Thiruvallur to Cumbum ments at Madurai airport recently.
his legacy of lifelong and http://tributes.timesofindia.com
tion to NHRC from the university’s tute should maintain the backlog for in Theni. A case was registered Sources said a flight from Dubai
unwavering commitment to Pay Homage.... SC/ST employees association. four consecutive recruitment exerci- against the truck driver for rash and landed at Madurai airport on Sep-
integrity, excellence and Pay Respect.... negligent driving under IPC and for tember 22. During inspection, cus-
helping those around him.
The vacancies arose after the first ses, excluding the first interview. If
.... to your beloved ones selection process was done in 2007. unable to find suitable candidates, causing harm to animals under toms officials found that three
Deep in our hearts a memory They were carried forward in the follo- the institution should write to the tri- Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals passengers Ajmalkhan, Kalik Mo-
is kept , of one we loved and
shall never forget.

In grief , fond remembrance,

at just Rs. 565/-per sqcm*
(Bookings accepted till 9 pm)
wing year as backlog. It was neither
forwarded nor mentioned in the notifi-
cation dated November 1, 2015, calling
bal welfare department, which in
turn, would take this to the notice of
the minister of the concerned depart-
Act 1960.

Students invent ‘world’s

hammed and Munsif carried 23 air
guns in their luggage. During in-
quiry, the trio claimed they carried
and forever grateful Kesavan @ 9962511006 for the interview. Till date, the pos- ment. With the concurrence of the as- smallest satellite’: Four students the air guns to take part in a compe-
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Sanjay and Sharmila Surprisingly, the university’s ma- ved. “None of the procedures were they had invented the ‘world’s any documents and were not regis-
Sanjana and Amiya
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3 decades on, TN Rain rids farms of fall armyworm Court wants

assets case
yet to get fourth Showers Aid ARMY MASSACRE Maize is grown on around 3.5 lakh hectares in Tamil Nadu
bio-control methods to cont-
rol the worm.
against dairy
Helpless
“After the rain killed all
min to be listed
open air prison Govt, Maize
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera
frugiperda) is the larval life
stage of a fall armyworm moth.
The term “armyworm” can refer
the larvae, the condition is
conducive for the crop,” said
R Santhanakrishnan, joint
director of Trichy agricultu-
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai: The Madras high

to several species and it gets re department. “We were clo- court has directed the regist-
NOT 'TRAPPED' Farmers the name due to the sely monitoring the crops and ry to list the disproportionate
Open air prisons are set up to relieve prisoners large-scale invasive behavior of had advised the farmers to assets (DA) case against dairy
from the congested walled prisons and aid future Vincent.Arockiaraj the species’ larval stage adopt all management packa- minister K T Rajenthra Bhala-
rehabilitation by training them for work @timesgroup.com The invasive species is native ges such as basal application ji before the divi-
OPEN AIR PRISONS IN THE STATE to tropical and sub-tropical of neem cake, seed treatment, sion bench hea-
Trichy: Rain has come to the America and feeds intercropping with pulses ded by Justice M
Singanallur in Coimbatore | There is no cap on the
100 inmates aid of hundreds of maize cul- voraciously on maize crops During rain, when water enters and border cropping with Sathyanaraya-
number of family visits allowed
between 6am and 6.30pm from tivators in the state who were at its larval stage. The larva feed whorls that hold the larvae, the gingelly, and sunflower,” he nan for continui-
Purasadai Udaipu in reeling under recurring fall worms get trapped, killed said. The recent spell of rain ty purposes.
Monday to Friday deep into the whorl
Sivaganga district | 150 armyworm attacks on their has killed almost all the in- The petition
inmates Ticket to remission | Inmates
crops over the past two years. of spirals or concentric cir- mune to most pest control me- chief minister pointed out sects which were at the larval by B Mahendran of Madurai
Fam jail, Salem | 10 inmates are eligible for getting early
The recent spell of rain bro- cles) were killed after rainwa- asures. Farmers in Trichy ra- that about 62% of the maize stage, he said. in 2013 said that Bhalaji, while
release or remission. If a
Prisoners work on fields from ught them much-needed reli- ter seeped in. ise the crop on 45,000 acres, of crop across the state was un- “The larvae usually feed contesting the 2011 assembly
prisoner works one day, he
6am to 6.30pm, with two is eligible for a day’s ef, destroying all fall army- This would help get a good which, around 35,000 acres der attack from the worm. deep in the whorl, often con- election, had declared that he
intervals for breakfast, lunch remission a month worm larvae in Trichy and yield for the crop raised on was attacked last year. After insecticides proved cealed under their own frass. had no known sources of inco-
neighbouring districts. around 3.5 lakh hectares, Following a demand from ineffective, agriculture de- Recent rain seeped into the me though he was in posses-
Shanmughasundaram.J ment for the facility but the Confirming the decima- they said. Fall armyworms farmers, chief minister partment officials urged far- whorl and killed the insects, sion of movable and immo-
@timesgroup.com university ‘grabbed’ 20.68 tion, agriculture department caused extensive damage last Edappadi K Palaniswami an- mers to adopt integrated pest larvae inside the whorls. The- vable assets. The petitioner
acres. The university offe- officials said the larvae year. They spread rapidly, ea- nounced `186.25 crore com- control mechanisms consis- re are no possibilities for furt- sought an inquiry by the di-
Chennai: The govern- red an alternative site to that lived in whorls (a pattern ting away the crop and are im- pensation. In a statement, the ting of a pheromone trap and her attack,” he added. rectorate of vigilance and an-
ment’s delay in implemen- the government which de- ti-corruption.
ting a Madras high court clined it. The university Since the secretary of pub-

Cops shoot, injure history-sheeter Verify architects,

order on land acquisition e moved the court. lic department and DVAC did
has led to an inordinate de- After the court’s final not mention any reason for
lay in flagging off the sta- verdict on August 22, 2018, dropping the proceedings aga-
te’s fourth open-air prison then additional director inst Bhalaji, the court sought
in Thanjavur.
A year ago, the high co-
urt directed the govern-
general of police (prisons)
Ashutosh Shukla wrote to
Thanjavur collector ur-
who attacked them with knife CoA tells TN all case documents for peru-
sal. On Wednesday, a division
bench of justice T S Sivagna-
ment to acquire 20.68 acres ging to retrieve the land. TIMES NEWS NETWORK The injured policemen TIMES NEWS NETWORK id the council had received nam and justice R Tharani
encroached upon by Sastra “Officials from Pudukottai Based on a tip, two were admitted to Kovilpatti complaints that non-archi- passed the current direction.
University. “Till date, neit- requested for the work to be Madurai: Two policemen government hospital, while Coimbatore: The council tects were practising as ar-
her has the land been reco- expedited,” said a prison were injured and a history-
constables were the accused was rushed to the of architecture (COA), a na- chitects using fake certifi-
about to arrest
vered from the institution
nor have we received any
department source.
Once open, the new faci-
sheeter who attacked them
suffered a bullet injury near Manickaraja, when
Tirunelveli Government Med-
ical College and Hospital. All
tional body constituted to
regulate the practice and
cates under jurisdiction of
municipal corporations Trainee soldier
communication from the lity will house short and Kovilpatti in Tuticorin dis- he assaulted them. three are said to be out of dan- study of architecture, has and local bodies.
district administration re-
garding the issue,” said a
long-term convicts with go-
od conduct, and have comp-
trict on Wednesday evening.
Police sources said Manicka- All three are being
ger. Tuticorin police said the
accused will be arrested once
written to the chief secre-
tary of Tamil Nadu to di-
COA president Vijay
Garg said the council was
falls off moving
prison department official
seeking anonymity. When
leted two-thirds of their
sentence. Prisoners would
raja, the accused, has about 50
pending cases against him, in-
treated for injuries
In the process of his arrest,
he is discharged from the hos-
pital and that security will be
rect local and municipal
bodies to verify the validity
receiving complaints of lo-
cal bodies allowing unqua-
train, dies
contacted, Thanjavur col- be engaged in agriculture cluding a few murder cases. the accused men assaulted po- stepped up at the ward where of registration of archi- lified personnel to work as Coimbatore: A 22-year-old
lector A Annadurai decli- and horticulture activiti- Police got a tip that the 39- lice constables Mohammed he is getting treated. tects when they submit a architects and this resulted trainee soldier of the Navy
ned to comment. es. “Unlike regular pri- year-old history-sheeter from Maideen, 28, and Selvakumar, Arun Balagopalan, super- drawing or building plan in low quality buildings . was found dead on the tracks
After open air prisons sons, inmates in open-air Bose Nagar 1st Street in Kovil- 27, with a knife. The policemen intendent of police (SP) of Tut- for obtaining approval. “Only a person with BArch near Madukkarai Railway
were inaugurated in Coim- prions can meet their fami- patti was in illegal possession suffered cut injuries on their icorin district, confirmed the However, the council degree from a recognised Station on Tuesday. Investiga-
batore, Salem and Siva- lies regularly on week da- of a pistol. A team of five po- wrists and arm. To counter assault on the policemen and and the local planning aut- institution would be regis- tion revealed that he died of
ganga districts with a com- ys,” said another official. lice personnel led by a sub-in- him, sub-inspector Esakkiraja the sub-inspector firing at the hority have conflicting vi- tered by COA,” he said. injuries after falling from a
bined capacity to accom- Those convicted under the spector from Kovilpatti East fired a round with his pistol, in accused. He said he is heading ews on allowing engineers Engineers, howeevr, said moving train. Ankit Kumar
modate 260 prisoners, the Central Act XLV of 1860, police station left for Karthi- which Manickaraja suffered a to the spot for further inquiry submit and get building that the council’s demand Sharma, a resident of New
government gave the nod habitual offenders, women gaipatti near Kovilpatti on the bullet injury below the right and that further details on the plans approved. could overburden local bo- Delhi, was undergoing train-
for the fourth open air pri- , political prisoners, hired trail of Manickaraja. knee. incident will be updated. The communication sa- dies. ing at Ernakulam, Kerala. TNN
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

DIRTY AND DRY VASISHTA RIVER PAYS When Ramanathan

had the measure
FOR UNREGULATED DEVELOPMENT of the real GOAT Pics: A M Sudhagar

Encroachment, TRACING THE STINK Krishnan is 82 now, his mind as

Release Of Waste,
Kumaraswamy.K@timesgroup.com
Vasishta river originates at Aranoothumalai in Kalrayan hills sharp as ever. He walks a bit gin-
of Salem district and flows through Villupuram, Perambalur,

I
t was in 1969 that the legendary gerly -- his knees having suffered the
Effluents Make Ariyalur and Cuddalore, draining into the Bay of Bengal Rod Laver completed his second
calendar slam — all four Grand
ravages of time -- but still fit enough
to play a set or two.

Water Body Toxic Slam events in a year — a feat un-

matched in the tennis world even
after 50 years. The first time he did
That 1961 semifinal was the clos-
est Ramanathan ever came to win-
ning the Wimbledon. While Laver
Mayilvaganan.V@timesgroup.com it was in 1962, at a time when he was turned professional after 1962 which
at his peak while the second one stopped him from playing Grand

G
Duraisamy, now in his 50s, fond- came at the age of 31 — considered Slam events for the best five years
ly remembers the days he used old by tennis standards in those of his professional career, Ramana-
to jump in the neck-deep waters days. than stayed on as amateur in the
of Vasishta river in his native Even after Roger Federer, Rafael hope of triumphing on the hallowed
Attur town in Salem district. But MANIVILUNTHAN Nadal and Novak Djokovic have lawns. But it wasn’t to be.
that was 25 years ago. made a mockery of all numbers in By the time the pro and amateur
“The name of the town was Attur (place tennis in the past decade, there’s circuits were merged, Ramana-
with a river) because of Vasishta Nadhi,” he still a group of tennis connoisseurs than’s career was in its twilight. The
Pattuthurai
says. Not just used for bathing and agricul- TOTAL who believe that Laver was the ac- remarkable thing was the Chennai
ture, the river was also a source of drinking LENGTH tual GOAT (greatest of all time). man rejected an offer of $2,00,000 per
water for the residents of Attur. “The river VASISHTA RIVER There weren’t too
used to have sparkling clean water. We used
to dig small pits and collect the subsurface
73KM Deviyakurichi
Thalaivasal
many who could
pose a challenge for
water for drinking,” says Duraisamy. Laver in his heyday,
MOST POLLUTED
But now, Vasishta Nadhi is officially the
dirtiest river in the country, being ranked
STRETCH 10km (Manivilunthan
to Thyaganur)
Nathakkarai but there was one
Indian — Ramana-
among the 351 polluted rivers studied by the Kunnur N Mummudi than Krishnan —
Central Pollution Control Board. According Salem who could stand up
Valappadi (Map not THYAGANUR
to the 2018 CPCB study, the biochemical oxy- to scale) to the Aussie. He
gen demand (BOD) in the river is 200 times Attur beat Laver four
more than the standard limit. BOD is the times during the
amount of dissolved oxygen needed by bac- late 1950s, a record
teria in decomposing organic waste in water.
WHAT’S POLLUTING OBSTACLE COURSE POLLUTION LEVELS Source: CPCB report 2018
that not too many
VASISHTA RIVER Check dams
The higher value of BOD indicates low dis- BOD range* Distance players can boast of.
solved oxygen content of water and in turn Sago industries blocking regular River Stretch (Maximum) (km) Ramanathan, fa-
high rate of pollution. Domestic waste flow of water mg/l ther of the great
The only consolation is this level of pol- Waste from pig farms Encroachments Manivilunthan to Ramesh Krishnan,
lution was found only for a 10km stretch Vasishta 675 10 is candid enough to
Thyaganur
between Manivilunthan and Thyaganur PLAN OF REVIVAL acknowledge that
Thirumanimuthar Salem to
near Attur. The reasons for pollution are Prevention of effluent 190 15 Laver still hadn’t
Papparapatti
strikingly similar to those of any other water discharge and establishing reached his peak
body that has been ruined – indiscriminate effluent treatment plants Thathayampatti to when they met. “I
Sarabanga 78 15
draining of sewerage, industrial effluents T Konagapadi beat Laver the first
Removal of encroachments
and encroachments blocking free flow of Mettur to f o u r t i m e s w e MASTER STROKE: Rod Laver at the
water. All this, coupled with official govern-
Cauvery 3.3 to 32 200 played. But I must 50th anniversary of his 1969
Mayiladuthurai
ment apathy, has made Vasishta a case study river into a dirty channel of waste water. be honest, the four Wimbledon win which was part
of sorts of a dying river. “People no longer go to the river. Over the * Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) is the measure of water times I beat him, he of his second calendar Slam;
It all started about 20 years ago when At- years an odour began emanating from it,” pollution due to organic waste. It is the amount of dissolved wasn’t that good,” (inset) Ramanathan Krishnan
tur town began expanding. The growing says Kishore Kumar, a businessman who, oxygen needed by bacteria in decomposing the organic waste recalls Ramana-
population took the easy way of waste dis- along with five of his friends, has begun a in water. Expressed in milligrams of oxygen per litre of water, than in an exclusive
posal by dumping it into the river. Simultane- revival initiative of removing the seemai the standard limit is less than 3mg/litre. The higher value of chat with TOI in his office, tucked year from Jack Kramer to turn pro.
ously, sago units which mushroomed along karuvelam trees on the riverbed. BOD indicates low dissolved oxygen content of water away in a lane in RA Puram. “The “In 1959, I became third best player
it, let untreated industrial waste into the Residents point out that a check dam con- fourth time, when I beat him in Da- in the world and I was the only Asian
river in the absence of strict norms. Illegal structed upstream which stored water was Control Board member secretary D Sekar. Mass cleaning of the river is also being done vis Cup (in the Inter Zone Final in player. Jack Kramer was a shrewd
sand mining upstream near Pethanaicken- also a reason for the poor water flow in the The government machinery seems to frequently,” says Attur municipal commis- Boston in 1959), he was the No. 1 but businessman. He said that I would
palayam till a decade ago, also contributed river. In fact, for 12 years there was no water have realised it was high time the river be sioner G Saraswathi. “We have suggested he wasn’t that great. But he came be a big draw for the Asian market,”
to the dwindling of the river. Farmers de- at all. It was only during the copious rainfall revived. Even this awakening has come only setting up of treatment facilities at three back and beat me in the most impor- says Ramanathan, who choose to
pending on Vasishta Nadhi and its canals in 2018 that Vasishta was in full flow. after a rap by National Green Tribunal which places where sewerage is drained. We have tant match at Wimbledon semifinals play for honour representing India.
also moved away from sugarcane and rice to Pollution control board officials say in has sought an action plan to revive polluted also requested the government to appoint a (in 1961). He was a different player “It turned out to be a good decision
less water-intensive crops like maize. the past 10 years they have shut close to 20 rivers. The state government has announced consultant for a proper study to come up with by that time. One year had passed because I reached the semis of Wim-
Originating as a stream in Aranoothu- sago units that illegally let out waste water that a comprehensive study would be con- a revival plan,” she said. since we had faced each other. I bledon and Davis Cup, I became a
malai, erratic monsoon also compounded the into the river. “Now industrial pollution has ducted for the revival of Vasishta Nadhi as C Vaiyapuri, president of United Farm- thought he was the same player from national hero. I don’t regret not
woes of the river. As water flow reduced, ended as units have set up effluent treatment well as five other rivers. The three other pol- ers Association, said alongside pollution 1959 and I could beat him. But he had turning a pro.”
encroachments cropped up along the banks plants. There is a squad comprising officials luted rivers in TN — Sarabanga, Thiruman- control measures the encroachments should improved his ground strokes, match
and an overgrowth of vegetation, particu- from various departments who go on regular imuthar and Cauvery — also flow through also be removed. “A committee should be temperament and aggression. When Email your feedback
larly seemai karuvelam (prosopis juliflora) inspections. Now it’s the domestic waste that Salem. “We have stopped dumping of gar- formed to examine the stretch to identify he became really good, I couldn’t with name and address to
took over, hindering the flow and turning the causes pollution,” said Tamil Nadu Pollution bage and warned violators of spot fines. encroachments,” he said. beat him. Nobody could.” southpole.toi@timesgroup.com

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SALMAN KHAN THREATENED WITH DIRE CONSEQUENCES DELHI COURT DISMISSES SHIVAKUMAR’S BAIL PLEA,
ON FACEBOOK BEFORE BLACKBUCK HEARING CASE | 11 SAYS RELEASE MAY HAMPER INVESTIGATION | 11

Raped by 30 for 2 years, girl’s SIT arrests law student who Rape survivor
discharged
parting words — Sorry Amma accused ex-minister of rape Kanwardeep.Singh
@timesgroup.com Chinmayanand not a party member: BJP
from AIIMS
New Delhi: The Unnao rape
survivor was discharged from

12-Year-Old Kerala Girl Was First Raped By Her Father’s Friend Shahjahanpur:A day before a
local court was to hear her an-
Lucknow: The BJP on Wednesday said former Union minister
Swami Chinmayanand, accused of rape by a law student of his
AIIMS Trauma Centre on
Wednesday.
Sources said she was reco-
TP.Nijeesh@timesgroup.com school, a classmate of the girl ticipatory bail plea, the 23-year- college, is no longer a member of the party. vering well from injuries sus-
said she kept to herself and her old law student who had ac- “He is not a member of the BJP,” party spokesperson tained in a car accident about
Malappuram: On a wooden mother accompanied her to cused former Union minister Harishchancdra Srivastava told PTI. The spokesperson, two months ago and there was
door that leads to a tiny two- and back from school. The Chinmayanand of rape, was however, was not forthcoming about since when no need for any surgical inter-
room apartment, a hurriedly mother would also take her arrested by the Chinmayanand has ceased to be a member of the BJP. “All our vention in the immediate future.
scribbled sentence in a child’s home during recess, perhaps SIT on records are now digitised and so we cannot tell from when he “We will continue to follow up on
handwriting says “Sory Am- out of fear that she might speak Wednesday has not been a member of the party,” he said.
ma” (Sorry, mother). The part- to friends, if she made any. The morning. A lo- Chinmayanand was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from UNNAO HORROR
ing message was written by a girl’s health had also started cal ACJM Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh as a BJP candidate in 1999 and had
12-year-old girl who was raped suffering and she often skipped court later re- been a minister of state for home in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led her condition though,” said a se-
by as many as 30 men over two school, which went unnoticed. jected her reg- BJP government. He had won general elections from Badaun in nior doctor who didn’t want to
years in Kerala’s Malappuram It was only after one of the ular bail application and re- 1991 and from Machhlishahr in 1998. After the controversy be named.
district just before authorities neighbours complained to manded her in 14 days’ judicial erupted, no BJP leader has come forward to extend any kind of The woman and her family
took her to a shelter home on school authorities that some- custody. In a parallel FIR, the support to Swami Chinmayanand, who has been in judicial has been provided CRPF securi-
Saturday. thing was amiss at the girl’s girl and three youths have been custody since Friday. ty as per a Supreme Court order.
The abuse began when the home that she was sent for accused of asking `5 crore as Even the akhara parishad, the prominent body of seers, is set Sources said she would stay
child was just 10, but the matter counselling where sordid de- extortion from Chinmaya- take a decision on expulsion of Swami Chinmayanand from the with her family in Delhi as the
came to the fore after the Class tails of the case emerged. The nand. body at its meeting in Haridwar on October 10. Akhil Bharatiya Uttar Pradesh government ap-
VII student attended a counsel- A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH: The child was ridden with guilt over mother of the survivor has The woman’s family said Akhara Parishad (ABAP) president Narendra Giri has told PTI, prehends a threat to her in her
ling session at her school, 500 not being able to contribute to the family’s finances vehemently denied charges that the SIT members raided “In most of the cases like this, the seer is expelled from the home state. The woman was al-
metres from her family’s rent- against the family. “This is a the house early in the morning akhara parishad until he is proven innocent.” PTI legedly kidnapped and raped by
ed accommodation, last week. The survivor told the counsel- various sections of the Pocso conspiracy. I want my daughter and “literally dragged” her out. MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in
The counsellor who the girl lor that she was first raped by Act and Sections 354 (sexual back,” she told TOI. For local “She was not even allowed to ity, we arrested her,” she said. further investigation.” About Unnao in 2017, when she was a
confided in told TOI that she her father’s friend who gave the harassment) and 376 (rape) of residents, the episode has use the wash-room or put on When asked if someone was the alleged misbehaviour by minor. TNN
was shocked the child had suf- family money and later there the IPC, the girl’s father has brought back chilling memo- her slippers,” they said. “We funding the accused, she said: the SIT members during the
fered so much trauma and yet were many others. “A third per- been booked under Juvenile ries of the Suryanelli rape case had received forensic certifica- “The investigation is on and woman’s arrest, she said, “All
she was ridden with guilt over
not being able to contribute to
son, whom the girl never met,
collected money from the men
Justice Act. Deputy superin-
tendent of police (Malappu-
in which a 16-year-old school-
girl was raped by 37 people over
tion of the extortion video shot
inside a car by its driver on
more facts will come forward
over a period of time. ” She also
allegations levelled by her fam-
ily are baseless. We followed all Court summons
the family’s finances. who sexually assaulted her. ram) P P Shamsu said search 40 days in 1996 as well as the Tuesday evening. On the basis said that the rape complaint fil- the legal procedures.”
“She started crying when
asked about what was going on
The father of the girl is unem-
ployed and seems that he first
for remaining accused is on.
Some in the crowded neigh-
Kannur incident where a 16-
year-old girl was allegedly gang
of that video, we questioned
her and she admitted her pres-
ed by the girl in Delhi had been
included in the FIR registered
Later, rejecting the law stu-
dent’s bail plea, ACJM 1 Vineet
MP Mahua in
at home. She said her family, in-
cluding a sick grandmother,
forced the mother into prosti-
tution,” she said. The story has
bourhood — where the family
settled five years ago — were
raped at a lodge in Parassinik-
kadavu in 2018. The survivor
ence with Sachin, Vikram and
Sanjay who are the co-accused
by her father at Shahjahanpur
Kotwali police station. On why
Narayan Pandey said that the
crime committed was grave in
defamation case
was in dire need of money and shocked Kerala. aware that “something ques- was allegedly also sexually as- in the extortion case. She also rape charges were not slapped nature and bail couldn’t be New Delhi: Trinamool MP Ma-
that they hadn’t even been able The girl’s statement was re- tionable” was going on in that saulted by her father since she verified that it was her voice in against Chinmayanand and granted. She and three were hua Moitra’s act of accusing a
to pay rent. She was worried corded before a magistrate on house. They just chose to look was in Class VIII. the video and accepted to have his remand custody was not booked under IPC sections 385 news channel of peddling “paid
that the family would be in Sunday and medical examin- the other way. “We often heard In Malappuram , police are planned extortion,” SIT mem- sought, she said, “We have (extortion), 506 (criminal in- news” and calling its owner “a
deeper financial crisis if her fa- ation has confirmed rape, said the little girl crying and shout- now mulling a drive to identify ber Bharati Singh said at a slapped section 376C on the ba- timidation), 201 (disappear- thief” was prima facie defama-
ther was taken into custody,” sub inspector of Tirurangadi ing at night. We saw men com- vulnerable children from poor press conference. sis of complaint given by the ance of evidences), 35 (crimi- tory, a special court said on
said the counsellor, who works police station Noushad Ibra- ing to the house,” said a 47-year- families to curb rising cases of “We had collected evidence woman along with evidence nal act done with a criminal Wednesday while summoning
under Kerala public education him. Three people, including old woman. She quickly added, abuse . The district has record- from toll tax, hotels and all the and statement provided by her. knowledge or intention) and her in a case filed by the compa-
department. “The girl didn’t the girl’s father, were arrested “We didn’t want to interfere in ed 289 child sexual abuse cases places she visited over a period High court is satisfied with our Section 67 of the Information ny.
even seem to recognize that she on Sunday night. While two their family matter. We have to until July 31, the highest of time after the extortion bid. probe however, we may in- Technology Act. “There ex-
was being abused,” she added. men have been booked under protect our daughters.” At among all districts in the state. After she accepted her complic- crease sections on the basis of Full report on www.toi.in ists sufficient
grounds to pro-
ceed against the

TB-related deaths at their lowest in 8 years Neighbours clash, shots

respondent, Ma-
hua Moitra, un-
der Section 500
of the IPC (defamation),” addi-
Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: TB-related

deaths declined in India by
health facilities. The im-
provement is primarily dri-
ven by better access to diag-
nostic services, public-pri-
achieving our target,” health
minister Harsh Vardhan
said. Vardhan – who also
kick-started a campaign to
27 LAKH TB CASES REPORTED IN ’18
27L
fired as goat poop hits tional chief metropolitan ma-
gistrate Samar Vishal said. Ac-
cording to the petition filed by
the news channel, it has an “un-
82% in 2018, as compared to
the mortality registered in
2010, while reporting of the
vate partnership and en-
hanced investment by the
government to make treat-
spread awareness about the
disease – got emotional dur-
ing his address as he recalled
The estimated
TB incidence
in 2018 the roof in UP village blemished” record and com-
mands goodwill, credibility and
reputation in the eyes of the
disease improved signifi- ment available to majority of how his brother-in-law died 21.5L Arvind.Chauhan Family members of the public. “But it is aggrieved by
cantly with 21.5 lakh cases patients. because of multi-drug resist- Number of @timesgroup.com two men joined in the melee. certain imputations made by
notified last year out of the Around 5.4 lakhs cases or ance TB (MDR-TB) following cases notified/ Things turned ugly when Moitra against it and its owner
total 27 lakh estimated in the 25% of the total notified prolonged illness. Vardhan reported in Agra: A goat on way to poop the two combative families on July 3, 2019,” the petition
country. The reporting of the cases were reported from pri- was then Delhi’s health min- 2018
atop a roof reopened old started attacking each other states. TNN
disease has jumped by 16% vate sector health care pro- ister. wounds of two warring with club sticks and then
viders, up 40% from 2017. In- In 2017, around 18 lakh TB neighbours at a remote vil- shooting at each other.
5.4L
INDIA TB REPORT 2019
dia aims to eliminate TB by
2025 – five years ahead of the
global target.
cases were reported. Of this,
79% of patients successfully
completed their treatment.
or 25% of total notified cases were from private sector,
40% rise from 2017
lage in UP’s Etah, causing
tension and panic in the
This caused much panic
and tension in the village. Yogi assures `6k
area. Fearing police action, the
from 2017 and is the highest
so far, according to the India
“By employing a multi-
sectoral and community led
Public health groups have al-
so hailed the government’s
Among the notified, treatment was initiated for around
90% cases, across both public and private sectors
It triggered a fierce clash
between neighbours result-
men then fled from the area.
FIR was lodged against
a year to triple
TB report 2019 released by
the health ministry.
approach, we are building a
national movement to elimi-
initiatives towards raising
concerns over high prices of Most TB cases are
in the age group of
HIV co-infection
among TB
India
aims to
ing in exchange of several
rounds of gunfire at each
seven people — Yogesh, his
father Munnalal, Hardesh, talaq victims
Among the notified, treat- nate TB by 2025. Accordingly, innovative TB medicines other. Jaipal, Sukh- Neha.Lalchandani
15-69 years and was nearly eliminate
ment was initiated in about we have increased allocation posing a potential threat to A couple of veer alias May- @timesgroup.com
2/3rd are males 50,000 cases TB by 2025
90% of cases in 2018 in both towards the TB programme TB removal. men were injured aram, his son
public and private sector four-fold and are confident of Full report on www.toi.in and four people Pankaj and Lucknow: UP chief minis-
were arrested in Guddu Singh ter Yogi Adityanath on
the incident — under sec- Wednesday announced a re-

Gadkari pitches for quick decisions to spur growth

which occurred tions 307 (at- habilitation package for tri-
in Etah district tempt to mur- ple talaq victims in the state
on Monday. der), 336 (vol- which includes an annual
Two cross untarily caus- payment of ` 6,000 each to the
Dipak.Dash many cases, courts take long ance from court for Char- in court decisions. The min- FIRs were lodged ing hurt), 504 affected women till they be-
@timesgroup.com time to deliver the decisions. dham project. Who has suf- ister also said people in au- on Tuesday after (intentional come self-re-
Not taking a decision is a big fered except people and the thority were adept at duck- Jaithra police received writ- insult with intent to provoke liant.
New Delhi: Union minister problem and we know how extra money that we will pay ing decision making and ten complaints from mem- breach of the peace) and 506 Yogi has
Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday courts take long time to take to the contractors because of would dodge issues the way bers of the two families. The (punishment for criminal in- asked the
pitched for quick decisions a decision on cases. The de- their claims is actually peo- footballers do in a soccer arrested men were also timidation) of the IPC. home, social
by the judiciary, government lay in decision results in cre- ple’s money,” the minister match. charged under Illegal Arms Superintendent of po- welfare and
and other agencies, includ- ating burden on agencies “I was stumped when offi- Act. lice, Etah, Sunil Kumar minority af-
ing banks, to cut down on ex- like NHAI to pay thousands cials put a file before me to Police said families of Yo- Singh said, “We have arrest- fairs departments to prepare
penditure and accelerate of crores as compensation to seek approval of finance gesh and Sukhveer had a ed four men — Yogesh, Har- the plan, which will include
growth. contractors,” Gadkari said. ministry to raise `25,000 long history of enmity over a desh, Sukhveer and Pankaj ` 5 lakh insurance cover for
Addressing a panel of ju- “Time must the essence from market for NHAI. The disputed property. — and recovered two coun- the victims and their chil-
ry members for ET Awards of all agencies. Either to ac- finance ministry has already On Monday, a goat owned try-made weapons from the dren on the lines of Ayush-
for corporate excellence at SEEKING SOLUTIONS: Union cept or reject; but there is no approved NHAI to raise` ` by Sukhveer climbed on the two families. Initial probe re- man Bharat apart from free
the ET CEO Roundtable, minister Nitin Gadkari at the ET justification to sit on a pro- said. He asked the Niti Aayog 75,000 crore from market . So, roof of Yogesh’s house and vealed that the families had a legal aid.
Gadkari said NHAI has paid CEO Roundtable posal for months...Think to carry out a study on how where was the need for fresh pooped. This infuriated Yo- long pending property dis- The CM announced the
thousands of crores of ru- how much will be the extra fi- much is the extra govern- permission? We have made gesh and he soon engaged in pute. And a goat triggered package at an event here
pees to contractors for de- ders.“I respect the Supreme nancial burden on govern- ment outgo for claims that the process complex,” he a heated argument with this violence among the two where he met the victims of
layed projects due to court or- Court, the judiciary. But in ment for the delay in clear- have arisen because of delay said. Sukhveer. groups.” triple talaq. He promised ac-
tion against those police per-
sonnel who have not handled

Power min asks CMs to step in, TN Dalit kids beaten to death over open defecation
cases of triple talaq as per
the new law.

accounts for 30% of losses in discoms TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bhopal: Two dalit cousins

Dalits and
minorities are becoming
norities are becoming vic-
tims of atrocities across the
country”.
5am on Wednesday, they
went out to relieve them-
selves though one of them
CBI officer
Sanjay.Dutta@timesgroup.com
In separate letters to E K Palaniswami, Y S
— a girl aged 12 and an 11-
year-old boy — were beaten
victims of atrocities
across the country
During interrogation,
the prime accused, Hakam
has a toilet at home.
The kids squatted in seeks VRS
New Delhi: Power minister Jaganmohan Reddy and Raghubar Das, power to death by two men in Shiv- Singh Yadav, said it was front of Hakam’s house. Fu-
R K Singh has sought person-
al intervention of chief min- minister R K Singh blamed the ballooning financial
puri district of Madhya Pra-
desh when they were defe-
MAYAWATI
Bahujan Samaj Party chief
“God’s wish to kill the kids”.
“God came in my dream and
rious, he rebuked them and
suddenly started hitting
post probe
isters of Tamil Nadu, Andhra losses and worsening operational parameters of cating in the open in front of ordered me to kill demons. I them on the head with a New Delhi: An SP-rank offi-
Pradesh and Jharkhand to their discoms on “gross inefficiency” in metering, the suspects’ house and followed it,” he told police. stick. Police said his brother cer in the CBI, who was the in-
save state finances from being farm. lice to take strict action The victims, Roshni and Rameshwar joined him in vestigating officer of the case
hit as a result of their dis- billing, bill collection and tariffs not reflecting cost Chief minister Kamal against the accused. BSP su- Avinash, lived in separate hitting the kids. involving sacked CBI director
coms going on the brink, of power supplied Nath expressed concern premo condemned the bru- houses, 50m apart in Bhawk- Villagers rushed out on Alok Verma and special direc-
which could over the murders in Bhawk- tal attack on children, and hedi village, about 16km hearing their screams, but it tor Rakesh Asthana, has
prove to be a hedi village, and directed po- tweeted that “Dalits and mi- from Shivpuri town. Around was too late. sought voluntary retirement
drag on the flecting cost of power some cases. on personal grounds.
Centre’s plan supplied. Tamil Nadu’s Tangedco, The officer, Satish Dagar,
to refresh its
ambitious
turnaround
plan for utilities — UDAY.
Under UDAY, beneficiary
states had to meet milestones
in operational improvement.
The results, however, have
for example, accounts for 30%
of total accumulated losses of
all discoms in the country.
Its total accumulated loss-
Ex-IAS officer denied entry to Pune library VERMA-ASTHANA CASE
In separate letters to E K not met the expected trajecto- es have topped `1lakh crore in Pune: IAS officer Kannan Gopinath- kar knowledge resource centre said who I am & asked to submit an applica- applied for VRS in August-end
Palaniswami, Y S Jaganmo- ry, largely due to weak politi- 2018-19, roughly `25,000 crore an, who quit the services over “denial that by asking for an application for tion for consideration to enter the li- but his resignation has not
han Reddy and Raghubar cal will to implement tough more than pre-UDAY level. At of freedom of expres- Gopinathan’s visit on Monday, the insti- brary!” he tweeted. been accepted yet, sources
Das, respectively, Singh measures. the same time, the discom’s sion” to people of Jam- tute was following due procedure. “But then the students told that no said. Dagar was appointed as
blamed the ballooning finan- But the state of the dis- cost-revenue gap has widened mu & Kashmir, has “Got the taste! In Pune university, political activity against government is the investigating officer of the
cial losses and worsening op- coms in the three states are to 85 paise per unit in 2018-19 claimed he was barred students enthusiastically called me to allowed in the university/hostel by reg- case after Verma was sent on
erational parameters of their alarming because of the dras- from 60 paise in 2015-16. An- from visiting the library the Jayakar library saying a lot of ulation! Anyway, being thrown out is leave in October 2018. The
discoms on “gross inefficien- tic deterioration in condi- nual loss too has risen to at the Savitribai Phule UPSC aspirants study there & would not a good feeling. But counts as new ex- complainant was recently ar-
cy” in metering, billing, bill tions — which have slipped `9,257 crore in 2018-19 from Pune University here. like to meet” perience. So all good,” Gopinathan rested by the ED in the Moin
collection and tariffs not re- below the pre-UDAY levels in 2015-16. However, library officials at the Jay- “That’s when the librarian realised tweeted. PTI Qureshi case. TNN
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DMK donations to CPM, ‘Is Waqf board’s challenge to ASI’s temple report too late?’ Dhananjay.Mahapatra the findings in other nine shrine having pranala (water termining the period to which

CPI for LS polls under lens @timesgroup.com

New Delhi: The Sunni Waqf

Board and the Muslim parties
chapters of the report. This re-
port, being based on conjec-
tures and assumptions, can-
not be categorised as expert
chute) in the north, fifty pillar
bases in association of the
huge structure, are indicative
of remains which are distinc-
the layers of the “massive
structure” belonged, Justice
Bobde said, “Even if we accept
that stratification was wrong,

Left Parties Got `25cr; D Raja Says It’s Normal faced a big challenge on
Wednesday as they sought to
convince the Supreme Court
opinion. The SC, if it takes it
into account, must regard it as
extremely weak evidence.
tive features found associated
with the temples of north In-
dia.”
how does it impinge the find-
ing that a massive structure
existed below the disputed
Swati.Mathur@timesgroup.com to trash the Archaeological “The ASI’s excavation re- The bench comprising site? What is below the disput-
Survey of India’s 2003 excava- port suffers from glaring in- AYODHYA CASE Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi ed site is attributable to tem-
New Delhi: Reduced to sin- tion report, which indicated consistencies and mistakes in and Justices S A Bobde, D Y ple, whether it belonged to one
gle-digit strength in Parlia- existence of a massive Hindu identifying periods to which evidence of continuity in the Chandrachud, Ashok Bhush- period or other is immate-
ment, Left parties CPI and structure resembling north various stages of construc- structural phases from the an and S Abdul Nazeer put Ar- rial.”
CPM have been put in a spot Indian temples beneath the de- tion of the massive structure 10th century onwards up to the ora in a spot by informing her CJI Gogoi and Justices
for accepting donations of molished Babri Masjid at the belonged to. The Allahabad construction of the disputed that the ASI report appeared Bobde, Chandrachud and
`15 crore and `10 crore re- disputed site in Ayodhya. high court erred in accepting structure along with the yield to have been validly accepted Bhushan asked her why the
spectively from DMK during Appearing for the Muslim the report without consider- of stones and decorated bricks by the three-judge bench of Muslim parties did not ask the
the Lok Sabha polls earlier parties, senior advocate Mee- ing serious objections raised as well as mutilated sculpture the HC after it was forwarded HC to summon the archaeolo-
this year. nakshi Arora said, “The ASI by Muslim parties.” of divine couple and carved ar- to it by excavation team leader gists for cross-examination to
CPM, CPI and Kongu Na- report cannot be accepted by The ASI report of August chitectural members includ- Hari Manjhi, thus making it discredit the ASI report to
du Democratic Party the court as its conclusions 25, 2003, said, “Viewing in to- ing follage patterns, amalaka, part of records and giving it firmly entrench their argu-
(KNDP), among others, con- were not signed by anyone. So, tality and taking into account kapotapali door-jamb with the weight of a court commis- ment that the report was legal-
tested the Lok Sabha polls as no one took responsibility for the archaeological evidence of semi-circular pilaster, broken sioner’s report. ly untenable as a piece of evi-
DMK’s alliance partners in IN A SPOT: A file photo of CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury the correctness of the conclu- a massive structure just below octagonal shaft of black schist When Arora argued that dence.
Tamil Nadu. In its declara- (third from left) with DMK chief M K Stalin in Chennai sions, which were way beyond the (disputed) structure and pillar, lotus motif, circular the report went wrong in de- Full report on www.toi.in
tion of election expenditure
to the Election Commission bly first instance of politi- report as party expenditure
last week, DMK recorded do-
nations of `40 crore — from
cal parties, that too, na-
tional ones, accepting
is concocted,” the politburo
said in a statement. Telugu comedian Steps being taken to demolish Maradu
its total election expenses of money from another. CPI sources, however, ac-
about `79 crore — to alliance CPM made divergent knowledged the money it Venu Madhav
partners CPI, CPM and
KNDP.
While it is not unusual
statements on the issue.
While TN CPM state secreta-
ry K Balakrishnan acknowl-
took from DMK was a diffi-
cult but a politically expe-
dient choice as the cash-
dies at 39 due to flats even as owners refuse to budge
for bigger political parties
to assist smaller allies
edged the donation, CPM po-
litburo did not acknowledge
strapped party is fighting to
remain relevant in electoral
multiple ailments Kochi: The Kerala govern-
ment on Wednesday initiated
our homes. We will stay here,”
a representative of the flat
during polls, this ex- it. “Contrary to the allega- politics. CPI general secreta- Hyderabad: Popular Telugu steps to demolish four apart- owners said. He said some flat
change caught the public tion, all donations and funds ry D Raja, however, sought to comedian Venu Madhav, ment complexes at nearby Ma- owners are abroad and the
eye for being a transaction received during the period of explain the exchange as known for his rib-tickling per- radu, built in violation of CRZ struggle against the demoli-
between two opposing Lok Sabha elections have “normal”. “This is not un- formances in films like Chatra- norms, days after being pulled tion move would be strength-
ends of the ideological been reflected in the state- ethical. In Tamil Nadu, coa- pati and Sye, died in Hydera- up the Supreme Court for not ened once they come back.
spectrum. “Capitalist par- ment of election accounts litions are made through bad on Wednesday. complying with its order to The government took the
ties like DMK and submitted to the Election signed agreements and of- Venu Madhav, who had raze the buildings. steps to implement the apex
AIADMK have tradition- Commission. This includes fering financial support is been suffering from multiple Fort Kochi sub-collector court order after it expressed
ally been the favourite donations and contribu- normal. The exchange was ailments, including chronic Snehil Kumar Singh, who was shock over a spate of unau-
whipping boys of the Left tions received from all over done transparently through liver cirrhosis, breathed his given additional charge as Ma- thorised structures coming up
parties for their dispro- the country including Tamil bank transfers and we will last at 12.21am at a private hos- radu municipality secretary to at Kochi’s Maradu, saying ille-
portional use of “money Nadu. Nothing is hidden as submit our accounts to the pital here, hospital sources carry out the demolition, said gal construction in coastal ar-
power” in electoral proc- falsely alleged....The Election Commission next said. the directions given by the gov- PALL OF GLOOM: Fort Kochi sub-collector Snehil Kumar Singh said eas of Kerala is a “colossal
esses. This is also argua- ‘amount’ stated in the media week,” he said. Madhav, also an acclaimed ernment on Tuesday, includ- the directions given by the government on Tuesday, including loss” to the environment.
mimicry artist, made his debut ing disconnection of power disconnection of power and water supply to the apartments, would Earlier, the court had re-
in the movie Sampradayam. and water supply to the apart- be implemented soon jected a plea by the residents of

Court directs K’taka speaker asks

Recalling his association with
Venu Madhav, veteran comedi-
ments, would be implemented
soon. “We will have to follow it review meeting on Tuesday de- Meanwhile, the residents
the area against the demoli-
tion order and taken strong ex-
an Ali said the former acted in up,” Singh told reporters here cided to write to the Kerala said they would not leave their ception to an order passed by a
Apple to disclose more than 600 films. in response to a query on State Electricity Board and flats even if they are denied vacation bench during the

Sengar’s location SC to set up norms Expressing grief over the

demise of Venu Madhav, TDP
chief and for-
whether the government’s di-
rection in this regard would be
implemented.
Kerala Water Authority to dis-
connect power and water sup-
ply to the apartments with im-
water and electricity. “Offi-
cials are taking steps to throw
us out on the streets. We are not
summer break of the apex
court, which had stayed the
demolition of the buildings for
on day of ‘rape’ for such matters mer chief min-
ister of Andhra
The government had at a mediate effect. the culprits. We will not leave six weeks. PTI

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Pradesh N

Court dismisses Shivakumar’s bail plea,

Wednesday directed technolo- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ar Mehta, appearing for the Chandrababu
gy company, Apple, to give lo- speaker, said the issue need- Naidu said the
cation details of expelled BJP New Delhi: Alleging that ed to be settled once and for departed actor
MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar the recent political crisis in all as such situations may had liking for the party and its
on the day the 17-year-old girl
from Unnao was allegedly
raped by him.
Karnataka, where MLAs
were disqualified after they
tendered their resignation
happen anywhere in future.
The bench, however, said it
would not be possible for it
founder N T Rama Rao a lot.
His mimicry performance at
TDP’s party conclave ‘Maha-
says release may hamper investigation
District judge Dharmesh to the then speaker, may be to frame guidelines as the nadu’ had won appreciation New Delhi: In a setback to “The investigating agency
Sharma, holding an in-cham- replicated in other states al- speaker is a constitutional from late NTR, Naidu said. Karnataka Congress leader D
‘Got INX Media case papers from PC’s kin’ must have a full, fair and free
ber proceedings, directed the so, the present speaker Venu Madhav’s demise is a K Shivakumar, arrested in a New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram’s lawyers chance to investigate in depth
iPhone-maker to file the reply pleaded the Supreme Court
on Wednesday to frame gui-
REBEL MLAS’ PLEA great loss to TDP and the Telu-
gu film industry, he said.
money laundering case by the
Enforcement Directorate
apprised the Delhi high court on Wednesday that the “documents
in question” relating to his FIPB approval in the INX Media case
so that it can reach to a logical
conclusion. The release of the
UNNAO CASE delines to deal with such sit- post and passing such direc- Meanwhile, Telangana (ED), a Delhi court on Wednes- were obtained from Chidambaram’s wife, Nalini, and son Karti. applicant at such crucial stage
uations. tion would amount to judi- chief minister K Chandrasek- day dismissed his bail plea In an affidavit filed before Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, his of investigation may hamper
by September 28 when it will Without directly criti- cial overreach. har Rao, state Congress presi- saying his release at the cru- lawyers said “the said documents have been obtained by the the investigation. Therefore, I
next hear the matter, a lawyer cising the decision of his In a brief submission, dent and MP N Uttam Kumar cial stage of investigation may petitioner from his son and wife” and are part of the relied upon am of the considered view
related to the case said. The predecessor of disqualify- Mehta contended that right Reddy, actor-turned-politician hamper the investigation. documents (RUDs) filed by the ED in the proceedings initiated that the applicant is not entit-
court, meanwhile, recorded ing 17 MLAs, speaker Vish- of a legislator to resign is and Jana Sena Party founder Special judge Ajay Kumar before the adjudicating authority in which Karti and Nalini led for bail at this stage of in-
the statement of a CISF offi- weshwar Hegde Kageri told equally important as right Pawan Kumar and several oth- Kuhar declined to grant any Chidambaram were made the defendants. TNN vestigation,” the judge said.
cial in the case related to the a bench of Justices N V Ra- of a speaker to disqualify a er leaders condoled the death relief to Shivakumar, current- The court said no doubt that
murder of Unnao rape survi- mana, Sanjiv Khanna and lawmaker. of Venu Madhav. ly lodged in Tihar jail, while of 317 bank accounts and other apprehension that he may “in- while considering the bail ap-
vor’s father. Krishna Murari that he was He said the apex court Venu Madhav had a great noting that he is an influential documents of properties etc fluence the witnesses or have plication court has to be con-
The woman was allegedly not taking any sides in the has recognised the right of a fan following, Rao said. Venu person and may influence the which show that investigation some tampering with docu- scious of the liberty of an indi-
raped by Sengar in 2017, when present controversy but a legislator to resign from the Madhav, who belonged to Ko- witnesses or tamper with doc- is still at the crucial stage of ments”, cannot be treated as vidual but it can’t ignore the
she was a minor. The court balance has to be main- house and he could not be dad in Suryapet district, is a uments. examining the documents and unfounded, he said. interest of society as such. PTI
had also framed charges tained between an elected forced to toe the party line if pride of Telangana, Uttam Ku- “The investigation in the their nexus with the as-
against the MLA, represent- representative’s loyalty to- his conscience does not al- mar Reddy said. Pawan Kalyan present case is still at the ini- sets of the applicant/ac-
ing Bangermau in the Uttar wards the electorate and low him to do so. recollected that he had acted tial stage. In the course of ar- cused,” the judge said. fivriata ft FqW ftTrlRwf is f fo (aoxo WWR W UWWR) (3 +raa, 220
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Modi gifts Gandhi solar park to UN Teen crusader

against child
TN, Pondy plastic
assn appeals to PM
Also Gives A Guterres thanked the Indian
government for the solar pan-
els. “Marking this anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Mo-
di’s message to the UN, and
thereby to the world communi-
marriage gets TIMES NEWS NETWORK back. “They are bought
Peace Garden with a project connected to one
of the sustainable develop-
ty, that the time has come for ev-
ery nation to ‘walk the talk’ on global fame Chennai: Tamil Nadu,
from the neighbouring
states and smuggled into

With 150 Trees ment goals is a fitting way to

honour this most action-orient-
ed leader,” the UN chief said.
climate action and the need for
renewables to power our fu-
ture. It also showcases India’s
Yeshika.Budhwar
@timesgroup.com
Pondy Plastic Association
(TNPPA) on Wednesday ap-
pealed to Prime Minister
Tamil Nadu. At some plac-
es, illegal plastic units
have come up with the con-
In New York While India’s gift to the UN
was received well by energy ex-
success in transforming its en-
ergy mix from predominantly Jaipur: Seventeen-year-old
Narendra Modi not to an-
nounce ban on single-use
nivance of officials,” he al-
leged.
Manka.Behl@timesgroup.com perts in the country, some said fossil fuel towards clean ener- Payal Jangid from Rajasthan’s plastic from October 2 as it
it was not enough to fight the gy.” Alwar district became the first will hit hard thousands of AGAINST BAN ON
New York: PM Narendra Modi looming climate crisis. “Gift- As per its website, ReNew Indian to receive the ‘Change- entrepreneurs and lakhs of SINGLE-USE PLASTIC
formally handed over on Tues- ing panels to the UN is a great Power Ltd is India’s largest re- maker Award’ at the Goalkeep- labourers engaged in the
day India’s gift to the United gesture but, at the same time, newable energy independent ers Global Goals Awards 2019 in plastic industry. He said lakhs of work-
Nations: a $1 million Gandhi India continues to permit new power producer. New York on Wednesday for her Speaking to reporters ers were dependent on
coal plants despite renewable The UN also released a contribution to abolishing the here, association president plastic industry and ban-
energy being the cheapest stamp to commemorate the oc- practice of child marriage in G Sankaran said before the ning the material would
TOI IN bon dioxide emissions, now
equivalent to that released by
lar and existing energy sourc-
es,” officials said.
source of new electricity. It
comes without the hazards of
casion and said more than 100
countries would be issuing
her native Hinsla and other
neighbouring villages.
ban was implemented in
Tamil Nadu on January 1, a
affect their livelihood.
Urging not to ban plas-
NEW YORK 30,246kg of burning coal. It is The solar park was inaugu- air pollution that coal entails. similar stamps to honour Prime Minister Narendra few plastic units were tic, the association has ap-
also equal to carbon sequesteri- rated remotely by the PM and It’s time for the government to Gandhi. Modi, too, was awarded at the thriving in the state. But af- pealed to the PM to encour-
Solar Park. Dwarfed by Man- sation from 1,008 tree seedlings other world leaders by placing heed the secretary-general’s The event was attended by same ceremony by the Bill and ter the ban, they had shut age small and tiny indus-
hattan’s skyscrapers, the 193 grown for 10 years, stated an of- their hands on a glass globe call to stop building new coal top world leaders like South Ko- Melinda Gates Foundation. A down. tries and streamline the
panels, each representing a UN ficial release. during a high-level event mark- plants by 2020,” said Ashish rean President Moon Jae-in, tireless crusader since child- However, in many areas process of solid waste
member state, have been in- The panels can reach a max- ing Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th Fernandes, a senior campaign- Singapore Prime Minister M hood, Payal herself refused to of the city, the single-use management, Sankaran
stalled on the roof of the con- imum 50kW of power genera- birth anniversary. India also er from Greenpeace. Lee Hsien Loong, Bangladesh get married at the age of 11 and plastics have made a come- added.
ference building at the UN tion. “This is the first time in gifted a Gandhi Peace Garden Stating that installing the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi- eventually managed to convince
headquarters here. the world that a UN building made up of 150 trees on a uni- panels was India’s powerful na, New Zealand PM Jacinda everyone in the village about the

Scrap your 15-year-old

With a projected annual has installed solar panels on its versity campus in Old Westbu- message to the world, ReNew Ardern and Jamaica PM evils of the social practice ram-
output of 86,244 kilowatt-hours rooftop. To meet its energy de- ry. Power chief managing direc- Andre Holness, all of whom pant in Rajasthan, her proud
per year (kWh/year), the pan- mands, the headquarters Addressing the gathering, tor Sumant Sinha said, “This spoke glowingly about Gandhi. parents told TOI.
els will cut down the UN’s car- would use a combination of so- UN Secretary-General Antonio initiative further amplifies Full report on www.toi.in She is also the sarpanch
(president) of the Bal Panchayat
(children’s parliament) in Hin- vehicles or pay more
‘No implications for India’s external Possible to replicate
sla, which is a Bal Mitra Gram
(child-friendly village) — a con- Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com
cept founded by Nobel Laureate
Kailash Satyarthi. New Delhi: Holding on to

boundaries after revoking Art 370’ success of Swachh in “I am grateful to everyone

who supported me in this cause.
This is just the beginning. I want
over 15-year-old personal or
commercial vehicle will cost
you more, if the road trans-
From P 1
Those not proud of Trump calling Modi
‘India’s father’ are not Indians: Minister
other plans: PM Modi to eradicate child marriage and
labour from across the globe,”
port ministry’s fresh propos-
al for voluntary scrapping is

P
M Narendra Modi soaked Payal said after receiving the approved by the government. A COSTLY AFFAIR
up encomiums from AP
award. She was also one of the It has proposed increase
world leaders on Tuesday New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said those Sidhartha@timesgroup.com child activists selected to meet in fees for renewal of regis- According to the propos-
for India’s lighting up of the who do not feel proud of US President Donald Trump’s comment that former US president Barrack tration of old private vehi- al, the fitness test of a more
United Nations with a roof-top Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the father of India, do not consider New York: PM Narendra Mo- Obama and his wife, Michelle, cles up to 25 times while for than 15-year-old truck or bus
solar park, while foreign min- themselves Indians. India is being respected in a way which was rare di on Tuesday said it was possi- when they visited India in 2015. old commercial vehicles, the could cost `25,000 compared
ister S Jaishankar dismantled in the past, Singh said on the sidelines of an event. ble to replicate the success of Now in her first year of grad- annual fitness test fee could to present charge of `200.
the dark and dystopian future “People who live abroad are proud today of being Indian. This is Swachh Bharat Mission in sev- uation, Payal has always been be up to 125 times of what is Fitness test for cab/ taxi
of the subcontinent presented happening due to the personality and personal outreach of Prime eral other schemes, including inclined towards this cause. Her being charged now. and mini-truck could be up to
by Pakistan PM Imran Khan Minister Modi,” said the minister of state for PMO. “This is the first the eradication of tuberculo- father Pappuram Jangid told The ministry has circu- `15,000 and `20,000 respective-
at a UN press conference time that an American president has used this kind of words of praise sis, tackling anaemia, Jal TOI: “We are extremely proud of lated a policy among differ- ly. Sources said the road
where Khan warned of mas- not for an Indian Prime Minister but for any other world leader and if Shakti and getting rid of single WALKING THE TALK what our daughter has achieved ent departments seeking transport ministry has been
sacre, genocide, war, and nu- someone is not proud of this, then maybe he does not consider use plastic. Modi, who received at this young age. Since child- feedback, which government advised to ensure that “strict
clear conflagration if the glob- himself Indian,” Singh said. PTI the Global Goalkeepers award He said the world could hood, she would speak against intends to roll out by 2020. It fitness regime” should be the
al community did not heed Pa- from the Bill and Melinda learn from India’s experience. child marriage and even when targets to increase the num- only criteria and not the age
kistan’s narrative on Kash- that Pakistan had created an He added that in the Indian Gates Foundation here, credit- “For sanitation and hy- we tried getting her married at ber of approved scrapping of vehicle for declaring it as
mir. industry of terrorism and that decision on J&K’s special sta- ed the efforts of citizens, pan- giene, India wants to play an the age of 11, she refused.” centres to meet the require- unfit to ply on the road.
In a sharp counter to Khan, revoking J&K’s special status tus, Pakistan now saw its “in- chayats, districts, states and important role. We are willing Full report on www.toi.in ment. Full report on www.toi.in
Jaishankar told an Asia Socie- under Article 370 had no im- vestment” of 70 years under- the central machinery for con- to share our learnings,” he
ty audience that problems plications for India’s external cut if this policy succeeded. struction of toilets across the said, adding through preventa-

NPR data will remain in a

with Pakistan went beyond boundaries. “So theirs is today a reaction of country. tive healthcare and Fit India
Kashmir because it had creat- “We are sort of reformat- anger, of frustration in many “For an empowered democ- movement, efforts were under-
ed an entire industry of ter- ting this within our existing ways, because you have built racy it is important to have way to improve the overall
rorism for a foundational at- boundaries. It obviously drew an entire industry over a long people at the centre. The quality of life.
tack on India. India and Pakis-
tan have had no substantive
engagement since December
a reaction from Pakistan, it
drew a reaction from China.
These are two very different
period of time,” he said.
Pakistan, he added, has to
accept that the “model which
Swachh Bharat Mission is an
example of cooperative feder-
alism… States involved at ev-
Modi said the Swachhata
campaign may have been start-
ed by the government but saw
secure database, says official
2015 when they restarted the reactions. I think, for Pakis- they have built for themselves, ery level, from training to massive public participation. From P 1 plications on improving file number. This file number
dialogue process as ‘compre- tan, it was a country which has no longer works. That you can- funding. We are now moving The PM said women were internal security. can be quoted to the enumer-

O
hensive bilateral dialogue’. really created an entire indus- not, in this day and age, con- on to competitive cooperative the biggest beneficiaries of the ther details being TOI has learned that iden- ator, who will then refrain
That initiative was quickly try of terrorism to deal with duct policy using terrorism as federalism where states are scheme, especially the poor sought such as PAN, tification particulars such as from collecting specified
undone by the terror attack on the Kashmir issue. In my view, an instrument of statecraft. I competing in the Swachhata who were denied the benefit. driving licence, voter Aadhaar number, mobile identification particulars.
the Pathankot airbase in 2016. it’s actually bigger than Kash- think that’s at the heart of the Sarvekshan,” he said, listing (The reporter is in New York on ID and passport number are number, PAN, driving licence, Interestingly, passport de-
On Tuesday, Jaishankar mir, I think they have created issue.” the gains of the campaign an invitation from the Bill and all part of various govern- voter ID and passport can be tails of only Indian-passport
underscored India’s position it for India,” Jaishankar said. Full report on www.toi.in started nearly five years ago. Melinda Gates Foundation) ment-held databases and uploaded on the Census Man- holders will be collected.
sharing with the census au- agement & Monitoring Portal While Citizenship Act and
thorities will not involve pri- by residents themselves, us- rules relating to NPR provide

Calcutta court Indian warships & fighters ‘forward deployed’

vacy concerns, official sourc-
es said.
ing the mobile number fur-
nished by them as part of the
for the exercise to be followed
by the preparation of a Na-
NPR data, an official said, house-listing process. tional Register of Indian Citi-
begins in-camera will not be put in public do- The mobile number will zens (NRIC), sources said no

hearing of ex-Kol as Pakistan undertakes major naval exercise main but will remain in a se-
cure database accessible to
the relevant user through
be good to enter details for
members of the entire house-
hold. The options being dis-
decision has been taken by
the government in this re-
gard. But, should an NRIC ex-
top cop’s bail plea Rajat.Pandit@timesgroup.com
‘KZF terrorists burned drone as it failed tember 25 and 29.
The entire exercise will be
password-protected proto-
cols. It will be used by the gov-
cussed include allowing resi-
dents to self-upload details,
ercise be undertaken, people
who furnished details of Indi-
Kolkata: The Calcutta high
court on Wednesday began in-
New Delhi: India has “for-
ward deployed” some war-
to fly back after dropping weapons’ tracked, both in terms of “op-
erational capabilities and any
ernment to enhance the tar-
geting of beneficiary-orient-
say a month before the NPR
process begins, for which
an passports during the NPR
process will automatically be
camera proceedings of CID ad- ships, submarines, maritime Amritsar/Hisar/Chandigarh: Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) deviations from the routine”, ed schemes and will have im- they will be allotted a unique counted as Indian citizens.
ditional director-general Ra- patrol aircraft and fighter jets terrorists burned the drone sent from Pakistan to drop arms and by “several assets” of the Indi-
jeev Kumar’s bail plea. The de- to keep track of a major naval ammunition into Punjab after it failed to fly back, the Punjab an Navy and IAF, said sources.
velopment coincided with the
CBI shooting off a letter to West
exercise by Pakistan in the
north Arabian Sea, which will
police said on Wednesday. It said the half-burnt drone was
recovered from the warehouse of a rice shelling unit in Chabhal
The Navy, apart from war-
ships and submarines, is also
LETTING THEIR HAIR DOWN
ANI
Bengal DGP Virendra, asking include missile and rocket fir- area on Bhikhiwind road, Tarn Taran. using its Poseidon-8I patrol
him on Ku- ings as well as combat mano- The Indian Army’s South Western Command chief, Lt Gen aircraft for long-range mari-
mar’s where- euvres over the next few days. Alok Singh Kler, meanwhile, said in Hisar that the armed forces time reconnaissance over the
abouts since Top defence establishment were capable of identifying such devices and any military drone exercise area. “There are at
his sanctioned sources on Wednesday said venturing towards India from Pakistan would be “shot down”. least seven to eight Pakistani
leave was till “close tabs” are being kept on The police said on Wednesday that Gurdev Singh, a brother warships there,” said a source.
September 25. the unfolding Pakistani exer- of Germany-based Gurmeet Singh Bagga, the alleged handler of “Though a conventional
In the after- cise, with the Indian armed a terror module busted recently, was arrested from Jalandhar’s military conflict does not seem
noon, Kumar’s forces also being kept oper- PAP Chowk for alleged involvement in the drone operation. likely, we cannot take any
counsel Debasish Roy moved a ationally ready “to prevent Full report on www.toi.in chances. Moreover, after
division bench of justices Sahi- any misadventure” by the J&K’s special status was re-
dullah Munshi and Subhasis neighbouring country. special status. Even if the Pa- Pakistan, on its part, has is- voked on August 5, there have
Dasgupta, and pleaded for in- “There is a heightened kistani exercise is a regular sued a maritime alert for com- been several intelligence in- EMPHASIS ON SAVING NATURE: Tibetan leader in exile Dalai Lama on Wednesday said that everybody,
camera proceedings. The HC threat perception about one, like the joint naval-air one mercial shipping in the north puts that a big terror strike including leaders, should pay more attention towards the environment and emphasise on planting trees
granted his plea. strikes, whether by state or called ‘Ribat’ conducted every Arabian Sea that it will be con- could be in the offing,” said an and saving water bodies. He was speaking at the ‘Special Sarvadharma Sangam’ programme in New Delhi
Roy didn’t conclude his argu- non-state actors, after India re- year, intentions can change ve- ducting “live” missile, rocket official. on Wednesday flanked by yoga guru Baba Ramdev. “We should also pay attention to water bodies, unless
ments on Wednesday and would voked Jammu & Kashmir’s ry quickly,” said a source. and gun firings between Sep- Full report on www.toi.in we do it, water bodies in India may become dry. Because of global warming, glacier snow in Tibet is
resume on Thursday. This will depleting and there is a threat to rivers like Brahmaputra and Ganga,” he said
be followed by counter-argu-
ments by CBI lawyer Y J Dastoor.
The CBI, sources said, has also
written to the state top cop, seek-
ing to know where Kumar is. TNN
‘Kashmir in crisis, can’t allow century of oppression to take place’ Snag-hit MiG-21crashes
Full report on www.toi.in From P 1 this motion”. There has been growing
dismay amongst PIOs ever since La-
mitted the motion, gave a speech in
which she referred to POK as “Pakis-
Human Rights Council to “demand the
restoration of human rights and the near Gwalior airbase
T
he Indian high commission India bour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s August 11 tan-administered Kashmir” and stated lifting of curfews”. The motion also
PTI

Speaker Om Birla in London cancelled its annual

reception with Labour Friends of
tweet that said “the situation in Kash-
mir is deeply disturbing. Human rights
that Kashmir had seen “72 years of hu-
man rights violations, of gang rapes
urges Corbyn to meet the high commis-
sioners of both India and Pakistan “to
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

India on Tuesday night immediately af- abuses taking place are unacceptable”, and mass rapes state endorsed by prevent a potential nuclear conflict”. New Delhi: In yet another
names Tharoor ter the debate on the motion began. “We
cancelled it. The reason was because of
and since several Labour MPs support-
ed and spoke at the August 15 protests
armed forces, and pellet gun injuries”.
“We must urgently request India
British Pakistani Kashmiri Labour
MP Naz Shah pleaded with delegates to
crash in the IAF, a MiG-21 train-
er fighter went down near the
for Parl panel the motion,” a senior Indian diplomat
told TOI.
outside India House which descended
into violence.
opens access so humanitarian agencies
can go in and provide help,” she said.
support the motion, saying “750k Indi-
an military personnel are placed on
Gwalior airbase in Madhya Pra-
desh on Wednesday morning.
New Delhi: Speaker Om Birla The motion also sparked anger Reacting to the motion, Manoj Lad- “This is now a major crisis. We cannot guard in the most militarised region in The two pilots ejected safely.
has nominated Shashi Tha- among the British Indian diaspora wa, former chair of Labour’s Indian allow a century of oppression to take the world, barbed wires cover the city, The MiG-21 ‘Type-69’ trainer
roor as a member of the parlia- with Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) Community Engagement Forum, said place. For too long, we have said Kash- political leaders are under house arrest was returning to the airbase af- PILOTS SAFE: The MiG-21 trainer
mentary standing committee on UK president Kuldeep Singh Shekha- the Labour party had been “hijacked by mir is a bilateral issue but the Kashmiri and there are reports of the most horrif- ter a routine mission when it de- jet developed a technical problem
external affairs, which the Con- wat, saying “the entire Indian diaspora a coalition of hard-left extremists and people need intervention,” she had ic human rights abuses. The path to veloped a technical problem at and crashed on Wednesday
gress MP had chaired in the pre- in Britain will not support Labour at jihadi sympathisers”. British Pakista- said. The motion urges a Labour repre- genocide is opening up and the world 10 am. “The aircraft crashed ap-
vious Lok Sabha. the next general election because of ni Uzma Rasool from Leyton, who sub- sentative to attend the United Nations remains silent.” proximately six nautical miles been killed. Since 2015-2016, the
After he was away while on its approach for three Services have lost over 45
not appointed landing. The two pilots, a group aircraft and helicopters in

‘Seas had risen by around 15cm during 20th century’

the chairman of captain and a squadron leader, crashes, which have claimed
the panel, Tha- were picked up by a rescue heli- around 70 lives, in a grim re-
roor claimed copter after ejecting safely. A minder of the unacceptably
that the gove court of inquiry has been or- high military crash rate in In-
rnment had decided to end the From P 1 Agreement would lead to global aver- Asia and south Asia region. scenario (3.5-6°C) by 2100, Prakash said, dered to investigate the cause of dia.
tradition of an Opposition me age temperature rise of over 3°C by 2100. On key takeaways for India, IPCC “This will lead to significant losses in the accident,” said an officer. The IAF still operates five

I
mber heading the committee. t said that sea levels would rise glob- The report showed that the seas have ac- report co-author Anjal Prakash noted glacier volume, from 36% to 64%, de- The IAF has already lost a old MiG-21 and one MiG-27
“The speaker has changed ally by around 30-60cm by the end of tually risen globally by around 15cm that around 240 million people of the en- pending on the warming scenario, and dozen aircraft this year. It has squadrons, which should have
the nomination of Deepak Baij this century even if emissions of during the 20th century while “it is cur- tire Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) re- impact timing of water flows and water lost eight fighters (three been retired more than a decade
from committee on external af- GHG are sharply reduced and global rently rising more than twice as fast — gions — an covering all the high moun- availability (in the HKH regions). So, MiG-21s, two MiG-27s and a Jag- ago, because of its rapidly-dwin-
fairs to committee on chemicals warming is limited to well below 2°C. 3.6mm per year — and accelerating”. tain chains of central, south and inner the rate of risk is extremely high in the uar, Sukhoi-30MKI and Mi- dling combat fleet, as reported
and fertilizers, and also nomi- But, oceans will rise by around 60- Though the IPCC doesn’t release Asia — would be affected due to chang- present emission scenario”. rage-2000 each), an AN-32 trans- by TOIearlier. The force is down
nated Dr Shashi Tharoor to the 110cm if humans continue to emit in- city or country-specific data in these es in the cryosphere as it may affect the But amid these alarms there is a sil- port aircraft, two Hawk ad- to just 30 fighter squadrons (16-
committee on external affairs,” creasing amounts of GHGs — in a sce- special reports, the published scientific “world’s largest renewable supplies of ver lining, provided nations scale up vanced jet trainers and a Mi-17 18 jets in each) when at least 42
Lok Sabha secretariat said in a nario where the collective mitigation researches cited by it while preparing fresh water”. Referring to rising tem- their collective mitigation targets and V5 helicopter this year till now, are needed to face the collusive
bulletin. PTI targets of all countries under the Paris the report have some indications for perature and very high global warming work for adaptation. in which over 20 personnel have China-Pakistan threat.
14 COMFORTING THE AFFLICTED AFFLICTING THE COMFORTABLE
THE TIMES OF INDIA
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

A thought for today

We’re the first generation to be able to end
poverty, and the last generation that can take steps
to avoid the worst impacts of climate change
Make Laws Gender Neutral
BAN KI-MOON Men too can become victims of sexual offences as well as false accusations

Greta’s Revolt Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

She was a successful

restaurateur, he worked
north India, hung himself from a ceiling
fan last year after he was suspended
from work following sexual harassment
charges by two colleagues. In a suicide
It is time to come to grips with as an architect, and note addressed to his wife he claimed the
among south Mumbai’s charges against him were baseless.
climate change, for our children’s sake swish set they were a India’s rape laws were strengthened
desired duo at any after the horrific Nirbhaya case. In the

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ou might want to call Greta Thunberg, teenage climate dinner table, radiating intelligence and aftermath of her gang-rape and death,
activist, a world-historical figure. A short address by her was sparring wit. When i travelled with the Justice Verma Committee was
a highlight of the UN climate summit this week. “How dare them, they seemed like a couple that formed in 2013 to review sexual offence
you,” she asked assembled country heads, in the context of their might age well, frequently arguing yet laws. As a consequence, Indian women
inaction on climate change. Her rage encapsulates one of the always rooting for each other, sharing a can now file a rape charge online.
prisms through which climate change is viewed, the need to preoccupation for good food, art and travel. Cops are duty bound to register a case
But when the architect was accused immediately upon complaint. Rape
avoid burdening the next generation with an intractable problem. of rape, the relationship took a turn. remains the fourth most common crime
Economic cycles and threat of conflict are indeed serious and As a student in New York, the against Indian women so these changes
immediate problems. But global warming caused by human architect had an American girlfriend. were necessary, and critical.
activity is by far the world’s most impactful collective long-term She remained infatuated with her Indian But earlier in July a senior lawyer and
problem. Tackling it needs special efforts. paramour long after he returned to parliamentarian KTS Tulsi indicated he
Despite naysayers, the science on climate change reflects wide Mumbai. In her emails to him – to which would introduce a private members bill
i was privy – she claimed they were before the Rajya Sabha. This bill would
consensus and is the outcome of extensive collaboration. An IPCC ‘destined’ to be together (although nine introduce amendments in the criminal
special report last year observed that human activities are estimated years had passed since the end of a laws to make sexual offences gender
to already have caused 1°C of global warming above pre-industrial college romance). The emails in tone and neutral. Reframed language in sexual

Chad Crowe
levels. Its impact has begun to show up as an increase in the intensity content oscillated between beseeching offence laws would aim to change ‘any
and frequency of extreme events. In to threatening – a despairing lover man’ and ‘any woman’ to ‘any person’ – a
India, it is visible in the pattern of trying everything in her power to hold step forward to make the laws gender
on to the person she loved. neutral. “Men, women, and other genders
rainfall. If the evidence is over- But when news of the architect’s I felt the anguish of my friends – their can be perpetrators and also victims of
whelming and countries are willing engagement hit the press – his fiancée engagement could not endure this these offences. Men, women and others
to set themselves national targets to was from a well-known family – the catastrophe and they later separated. Damage to public reputation need to be protected,” Tulsi said.
limit emissions, why is international American ex-girlfriend complained the Memories from this incident returned is not always restored when Anti-stalking laws in India apply only
coordination on the issue difficult architect had sexually assaulted her with TV actor Karan Oberoi, arrested on for women stalked by men. This came to
in their dating years. Calls between May 5 in Mumbai after an astrologer he cases are disproven, and public attention after Vijay Nair, a music
to achieve?
Mitigation efforts, which address
embassies of both nations floated dated accused him of rape. Oberoi claimed flame throwing has profound entrepreneur, was serially cyber stalked
frantically. Important lawyers were he had rebuffed her advances leading by a woman – he learnt he had no recourse
the causes, do have an immediate hired. The architect was advised to flee her to fabricate the complaint. He spent
psychological implications under Indian law. Absurdly enough, whi-
economic cost. The trade-off is tricky and everybody is not on the to London until the matter was resolved a month in prison before the case began Rebuffed lovers – of any gender – are le consensual sex on the false promise of
same page about how much price they want to pay in the present to – rape laws in India can result in the to unravel: The astrologer was discovered not the only candidates to resort to such marriage is often seen as rape,
save the world in the future. Moreover, the industrialised world immediate arrest of the accused with to be masterminding an attack on measures. When the #metoo movement marital rape itself does not account as
bail being tricky to procure. herself to make it appear as if the actor first broke, a respected political editor rape under Indian law.
appears unwilling to accept differentiated responsibilities for
According to the architect, his former had organised an assault on her. who founded an online news outlet – Way back in 2013, the Justice Verma
which, however, there is a scientific reason. Anthropogenic American girlfriend turned on him The judge hearing the case, Justice which has been frequently critical of the Committee had suggested appointing
global warming is on account of both past and current emissions. after finding the man she desired to Revati Dere, reprimanded the prosecutor Modi government – was accused of gender-neutral language for sexual
Therefore, the responsibility of the industrialised world, which obsession, and who she was convinced for mishandling the case: “You are sexual assault on Twitter. Soon offences, as in the United States (the US
is also better endowed in terms of resources and technology for she would one day marry, would now expected to do a free, fair and impartial enough, the veracity of the account was Equal Employment Opportunity
mitigation, is greater. hitch up with someone else. With the investigation.” Events turned quickly. questioned, and the incident dismissed Commission treats sexual harassment
society press tracking the impending The astrologer’s lawyer, Ali Khan, was as one of political vendetta. But a at workplace as gender-neutral). This
Even if it is challenging to arrive at a consensus on assigning
nuptials, fighting the case in court would arrested for the fake attack. On June 17, damage to public reputation is not always suggestion was never implemented.
responsibilities among countries for mitigation, a lot more coopera- prove lengthy, scar public reputations, the astrologer was also arrested. Oberoi, restored when cases are disproven, Perhaps now is a time to review laws
tion is possible in another area. The adverse impact of climate and more importantly impede the wed- meanwhile, became the face of our and flame throwing has profound that might have protected my friends,
change shows up periodically in all countries. Low income countries ding. Close to $2 million were exchanged #mentoo movement, and is writing a psychological implications. and so many others.
need help in adaptation, or ways to address the impact. This is an in a hasty out-of-court settlement. memoir of his month in jail. Swaroop Ray, an IT professional from The writer is an author
area where countries which make up a forum such as G20 should do
a lot more. All country heads owe it to their youth to take a constructive
approach. To quote Thunberg: “If you choose to fail us, I say we will
never forgive you.” Britain’s Brexit tumult: A landmark Supreme Court
Menace In The Sky verdict is welcome but broader anxiety looms large
Rishabh Bhandari Two fundamental questions such as Nicholas Soames
Pak-based terror groups are laying their London: Au-
were posed. First, whether the
PM’s advice to the Queen was
(Churchill’s grandson) have
been unforgivably expelled.
hands on drones. India must be prepared tumn might lawful, justiciable in a court of What about the Labour Party
have come but law? Second, if it was, by what then? The principal opposition’s

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eports of a Khalistani terror group using Chinese commercial rather than standard is its lawfulness to stance is incoherent at best and
drones to smuggle weapons and other contraband into Punjab gifts of mellow be judged? obfuscation at worst.
for attacks in Jammu & Kashmir or other parts of the country fruitfulness, The government vigorously Labour has opposed nearly
open up a whole new frontier in Pakistan’s three-decade-long clouds of constitutional turbu- sought to assert that the matter all options under a policy of
lence hover over Westminster. was inherently political in nature ‘constructive ambiguity’ without
asymmetric warfare against India. Only recently, Saudi Arabia was Nearly three years after voters and therefore non-justiciable. outlining any meaningful
shocked by attacks on its two largest oil facilities in which drones, chose to leave the European Yet if that was blankly accepted alternative. Corbyn’s Euro-
attributed to Houthi rebels in Yemen, were used. The attacks caused Union (EU), the shape of its across the board, the other side scepticism has boxed a party
enough damage to potentially reduce global oil supply by over 5%. arrangements and future rela- of the coin could pave the way of largely remainers into an
Struggling to infiltrate terrorists into India, drones offer Pakistan’s tionship with Europe remain appalling corner. Expect
ISI several distinct advantages. perilously unclear. The dictum that ‘the King Indian constitutional scholars moderates to drive support for
They are cheap to fabricate and difficult to detect with conventional
A landmark Supreme Court In a devastating ruling hath no prerogative, but that might recognise shades of the Liberal Democrats.
verdict has delivered a stinging which the law of the land allows the epochal ‘basic structure’ Given this level of uncer-
air defence mechanisms like radars rebuke to a government that for the government, the him’ was meaningfully invoked. constitutional theory under tainty, a general election cannot
and long-range missiles geared towards sought to prorogue – that is to say, court ruled that ‘the A dim view was taken of the Kesavananda Bharati put to be discounted at some point,
detecting ballistic missiles and fighter suspend – Parliament at a time of extreme effect on the PM’s ill-thought description of practice. Three cheers to the potentially in November. Yet a
jets rather than the slow, low-flying unprecedented uncertainty. The a September parliamentary court for its boldness. general election alone would
drones. Drones also avert the need to historic verdict, striking a blow fundamentals of our sitting as a ‘rigmarole’. Yet, what lies ahead for the not resolve the underlying
physically send terrorists to bomb a target.
in support of parliamentary democracy’ could not Ultimately, the unanimous UK? The basic Brexit tumult issue. Increasingly, it would
democracy, is welcome. view reached by 11 judges was remains unresolved. The seem that a second referendum
US-made long-range Patriot missiles Yet it cannot obscure the fact
go unchallenged that the PM’s action had the effect government is intent on bran- may be required.
reportedly guarded the Saudi oil fields that considerable work lies for unencumbered executive of ‘frustrating or preventing the dishing a no-deal scenario but Far from being a counter-
but their ineffectiveness against the ahead. As an embattled UK power normally associated constitutional role of Parliament the parliamentary arithmetic democratic machination, it
low-cost drones and the laxity of the government faces up to reality, with autocracies. in holding the government to is unlikely to allow it. would put the structural choices
Saudis in protecting their most precious strategic assets stood the need for flexible thinking has In the absence of a written account’. It was unlawful as As things stand, Britain will to the electorate for resolution.
never been greater. Hard choices constitution, the court dug there was no reasonable justifi- leave the EU on October 31unless In the days ahead, the onus is on
exposed. With many sensitive installations close to border areas, will have to be confronted. cation for proroguing Parliament it comes up with an alternative
deep into the conventions and British politicians to find a
India is also distinctly vulnerable. The issue before the Supreme incremental practices that have for five weeks at a time of extra- path or an extension request compromise. The stakes could
Many terror groups across the world are known to be in Court hinged on whether the allowed a rich and varied ordinary upheaval. that is acceptable to the Europe- not be higher. An effort that falls
possession of a significant stockpile of drones. The ISI hand in the advice given by Prime Minister common law jurisprudence to In a devastating ruling for ans.The real irony in all of this is short resulting in an eventual
Punjab air-drop of weapons indicates the roles drones can play in a Boris Johnson to the Queen, develop. Among these, the notion the government, the court ruled that an exercise in ‘taking back no-deal scenario with harsh
new proxy war strategy if terror recruitment becomes difficult to that Parliament should be of parliamentary supremacy, that ‘the extreme effect on the control’ from the EU has turned consequences for the least well
prorogued from a date between parliamentary accountability fundamentals of our democracy’ out to be dependent on it. off would be unforgivable.
sustain in Kashmir. The defence establishment needs to reorient September 9 and 12 until could not go unchallenged. Moderate Tories have
and the separation of powers The writer is a lawyer and
itself towards this threat which may require a combination of radar October 14 was lawful. were ventilated robustly. From a comparative perspective, been utterly squeezed – many political commentator
systems, radio frequency detectors, long-range drone detector cameras
and jammers to be deployed around sensitive installations. From
more boots on the ground, focus must shift to more eyes in the sky.
dilbert Sacredspace
State Of Love
Thepla karma When the satisfaction and security
of another person becomes as
significant as our own satisfaction
Look Ba, in Gujarat’s not-capital, no and security, then, the state of
Ahmedabaddies but only goodies love exists. Under no other
circumstances is a state of love
Bachi Karkaria present, regardless of the popular
It was my town-in-law, and i loved it. More so because it went so be- usage of the world.
yond its cliche of ‘Mani-ben and Money-bags’. Long before it beca- Harry Sullivan
me the ‘experimental theatre of Hindutva’, it was the trial bhoomi
of Foodutva. Amdavadis reinvented and appropriated with un-
walled audacity. Tom-ate-o soup came topped with sev-gathia, and
Pasta-ba’s kids had never tasted the staple of dal-bhaat-shaak.
Alongside, i savoured the fusion skyline of futuristic Louis Kahn and heritage pols.
Food and legacy again melded during a recent visit. Deepal i’d met a year
Plant Trees, Make The River Flow Again
ago, and knew right away that i wanted more of her. More too of her maharaj; Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev that every particle in our bodies is in seasonal stream, when 87% of tree cover If you just sit here and close your
his divine theplas had lingered on the taste buds of my mind. So, i pounced on a constant dialogue with the entire has been removed, when over 47,000 eyes, you will see that forests are
conference invitation, prompted by a covert agenda. Deepal was shamelessly

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hat is the connection between cosmos. This is not an abstract lesson in farmers in the region have committed concentrated life. Life is happening here
whatsapped to lay on the high ‘T’. spirituality and economics? interdependence; it is a living reality. suicide in the last decade, it is difficult on a scale you cannot imagine! But if
At her lavish table, i renewed my acquaintance with maharaj’s magic – and Why is a mystic going to the Being a yogi means simply this: to defer action any longer. you think your concrete box is a home,
serendipitously so much more. Deepal’s affable Dad joined us, and said, “Aren’t World Economic Forum? I have been Whatever science is trying to explain, To make the river flow again, we and a television reality show is life, you
you from the family that owned that Kalkatta’s chhapo, Navroz? My first short confronted by these questions far too you know by experience. need to plant trees. Human well-being will miss this completely.”
story was published in its Diwali ank in 1962, and I kept up that often. My response is simple: Whatever I have had a very special relationship requires us to be both environmentally The indigenous people of this land
tradition for years. Each August, I’d get a letter from your the nature of one’s business, it is with the Cauvery river since my sustainable and economically saw the earth as their mother and paid
erratica mother – Jaloo-ben, no? – asking me to send in my contribution. essentially about human well-being – childhood. I am not an viable. We do not have to choose attention to her, because of which
Not that I needed a reminder. It was a privilege to be among and that is my business, too! environmentalist, scientist, between the two. By promoting they settled down, grew crops, evolved
those topmost Gujarati writers. Then, a fortnight after Diwali, I’d as promptly Today, as i endeavour to mobilise a or activist. It is just that agroforestry and planting 242 agricultural patterns, built homes,
get a money order for Rs 21. Na, Bachiben, that was not a small sum. In those da- peoples’ movement to rejuvenate the school never drew me, but crore trees, we can improve and produced a vibrant culture, rich
ys, the grander Jan Satta’s Gujarati magazine paid me Rs 7 or Rs 11.” Cauvery river, the same question the river always did. It was soil health dramatically, in music, mathematics, art and
His manifest pride over a first story printed 57 years ago was echoed in mine resurfaces. But the fact is, the not a utilitarian relation- revitalise water levels, spirituality.
as i told him of the blood and sweat my parents poured into this Diwali annual. connection between spirituality and ship. I never saw the river enhance farmers’ incomes For far too long, the world has been
It was their filial tribute to my grandfather’s hardships in fulfilling his dream the natural world is a profound one. A as a mere source of water. I and transform the lives of 84 encouraged to look heavenward. It is
of a weekly paper for all the Gujarati speaking communities of eastern India. tree is not simply an aesthetic backdrop saw it as a magnificent living force. I million people. time once again to heed the incredible
As he listened, Mr Trivedi merged deeper into the Navroz family, and i left under which Siddhartha Gautama was a puny little thing before this pheno- Many see rivers and forests as just intelligence beneath our feet. Cauvery
redeemed. My lowly thepla search had connected me with a man who’d been attained enlightenment, or where gurus menal powerhouse, and it just accom- geography. When i set up ashrams in is not a problem, a dispute, a depleting
part of a higher legacy. And here’s a surreal link between greed and grace. set up ashrams. modated me as part of its ecosystem. Coimbatore and Tennessee, people water source. It is time to see her again
Deepal’s dad and maharaj are both named Girishbhai. We inhabit a living cosmos. What the In the past 25 years, i have seen this asked, “Why give up everything for such for what she has always been: an
*** tree exhales, we inhale. That is how vital majestic river depleting rapidly. When a a remote place?” I said, “You’re the ones incredible deluge of life itself. Cauvery
Alec Smart said: “Thomas Cook UK’s customers stew; its bosses grilled.” trees are, to our lives. Physics tells us forest-fed perennial river becomes a giving up life to live in a concrete jungle! is calling. Do you have the heart to hear?
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Greenland-sized continent is hiding under Europe Photo: Getty Images

Greater Adria Broke Off From What LOST AND FOUND CONTINENTS
Himalayas. To piece together
Greater Adria’s past, van
are now at a 1,500-kilometer
depth below Greece,” van
Hinsbergen and his team Hinsbergen said. The au-
Is Now Africa 220M Yrs Ago: Study January 2017 | Leftover
piece from supercontinent
September 2017 | Zealandia
found through ocean drilling in spent a decade aggregating thors discovered some splin-
Gondwana found, it is now South Pacific. It’s two-third geological data from coun- ters of Greater Adria didn’t

T
he map of the world named Greater Adria. A study under Mauritius of a mile beneath the sea tries across Europe, north subduct under Europe and
looked very different 240 showed that geologic forces Africa, and western Asia. instead remained above sea
million years ago. Ea- slowly shoved the Greenland- They determined that the level. They eventually be-
rth’s modern-day continents sized land mass underneath hidden continent broke off of came parts of Italy, like Tu-
were joined together in one southern Europe between 120 what is now Africa 220 mil- rin and Venice, as well as the
Pac-man-shaped superconti- and 100 million years ago. lion years ago, then further Istria region of Croatia.
nent known as Pangea, which The continent was already splintered away from what According to van Hinsber-
eventually split into two frag- half-submerged to start, but as became the Iberian peninsu- gen, reconstructions of our
ments: Laurasia in the north it rumbled toward the Earth’s Remnants of the Greater Adria can be seen in the Taurus Mountains in Turkey la 40 million years later. By planet’s geologic history can
and Gondwana in the south. mantle, its top layer got peeled about 140 million years ago, help countries and compa-

Fast-melting Italian
The former became Europe, away, jutting up to become fod- a sweater on,” Douwe van and your arm is the plate that Greater Adria was likely a nies looking to mine mineral
Asia, and North America. The der for mountains in what are Hinsbergen, the lead author is now sinking in the mantle, string of archipelagos. deposits, since scientists
latter dispersed to form mod- now 30 European countries. of the study, said. As you push hundreds or even thousands Then, between 120 and 100 can highlight regional pat-
ern-day Africa, Antarctica, So- Douwe van Hinsbergen, your arm under the table, the of kilometers below our feet.” million years ago, the jos- terns in the way certain mag-
uth America, and Australia.
But now, scientists have dis-
covered the fate of a fifth conti-
nent that was born from Gond-
the lead author of the study,
compared Greater Adria’s
subduction to the act of shov-
ing a clothed arm below a ta-
sweater sleeve stays behind,
getting folded and jutting up-
ward. The folded sleeve is the
“equivalent of the upper few
Those “sweater folds” be-
came Eurasian mountain
belts like the Apennines in
Italy, the Swiss Alps, Zagros
tling of Earth’s tectonic
plates forced Greater Adria
down into the mantle, under
what is now southern Eu-
netic materials are deposited
in the Earth’s crust. The st-
udy was published this mo-
nth in the journal Gondwana
glacier on brink of
wana’s bosom, which they

SHORT CUTS
ble’s edge.“Suppose you have kilometers of Adria’s crust, mountains of Iran, and the

THIS ‘STARFISH’ AIRPORT IS NOW OPEN

rope. “The deepest portions Research. BUSINESSINSIDER.IN
collapse: Experts
Canberra becomes 1st AFP Milan: A fast-moving Ital-
Reuters

ian glacier is melting quick-

Drinking coffee may lower Oz city to legalise weed ly, threatening a picturesque
valley near the Alpine town
risk of getting gallstones Sydney: Australia’s capital city of Canber- of Courmayeur and prompt-
ra will become the first in the country to le- ing the mayor to close down a
D rinking coffee has been tied to a range of
health benefits. Here’s another: It may
reduce the risk for gallstones. Danish researchers
galize the possession, use and cultivation of
small amounts of cannabis following a vote
mountain road.
Mayor Stefano Miseroc-
on Wednesday. chi has forbidden access to a
did a two-part study. In the first, they followed
Lawmakers in the Australian Capital Ter- section of the Val Ferret, out-
104,493 men and women for eight years. They
ritory (ACT) passed a bill allowing people aged side of Courmayeur, a pop-
had data on their coffee consumption, and during
18 or over to possess up to 50 grams per person ular hiking area on the south
that time, there were 2,233 cases of gallstones.
of cannabis and a maximum of four plants per side of the Mont Blanc mas-
The researchers found that every additional cup
household for personal consumption. That sif. The precaution was taken
a day of coffee, up to six cups, resulted in a 3%
makes the ACT the first among Australia’s after experts monitoring the
lower risk for gallstones. Compared with people
six states and two main territories to legal- massive Planpincieux glacier
who drank none, those who drank coffee had a 7
ise cannabis for personal use. The new law is said they are recording ice
to 23% reduced risk for gallstones, depending on
set to come into effect from January 31, 2020. movements of up to 50cm Experts monitoring the massive
how much they drank. Then they used a genetic
Cannabis remains a prohibited substance (nearly 20 inches) a day. They Planpincieux glacier in Italy said
technique that takes advantage of the rando-
under Australia’s federal law and the new law warned that a 250,000-cubic- they are recording ice movements
mised distribution of genetic variants in the
conflicts with national drug laws which were metre mass of the 1,327 of up to 50cm a day. They warned
population. They found that people with two
enacted by the country’s parliament that pro- square kilometre glacier was that a 250,000-cubic-metre mass
genetic variants known to be associated with
hibits the possession of marijuana. New Zeal- at risk of collapsing. of the 1,327 square kilometre
caffeine intake had an 11% reduced risk of gall-
and will hold a referendum next year on lega- China on Wednesday inaugurated a second international airport for Beijing with the world’s biggest terminal. “There are no models to glacier was at risk of collapsing
stones for each additional daily cup of coffee.
lising cannabis for personal use. REUTERS It will handle 72 million passengers a year and was built in less than five years at a cost of $17 billion tell us if it will fall entirely or
in pieces,” the mayor said. He accelerated the ice melt of
Getty Images/iStockphoto emphasised that even if a the Planpincieux, which is

Not so aloof: Like dogs, cats too bond with their owners
large chunk of the glacier has been monitored by the
collapses, no residents would Safe Mountain Foundation
be at risk, just the area of since 2013.
road that has been closed. Anew special report by the
Rachel Nuwer bonded to us as dogs or infants. that cats adjust their behaviour ac- ly used to measure bonds that dogs The glacier is located in Intergovernmental Panel on
“This idea that cats don’t really cording to how much attention a per- and primates form with caretakers. the Alps on the Grande Jo- Climate Change said on

D
ogs are man’s best friend. care about people or respond to son gives them. In the experiment, which lasted rasses peak of the Mont Wednesday that glaciers
They’re sociable, faithful and them isn’t holding up,” said Kristyn Other researchers have found six minutes, cat and kitten owners en- Blanc massif, which strad- around the world, outside of
obedient. Our relationship with Vitale, an animal behaviour scien- that cats are sensitive to human tered aroom with their animals. After dles the borders of Italy, Greenland and Antarctica but
cats, on the other hand, is often de- tist at Oregon State University. emotion and mood, and that cats two minutes, the owner left the room, France and Switzerland and including Europe, are losing
scribed as more transactional. Aloof, In a study in 2017, Vitale and her know their names. leaving the cat or kitten alone — a po- contains the highest peak in 220 billion metric tonnes of ice
mysterious and independent, cats are colleagues found that the majority Vitale and her colleagues tentially stressful experience for the Western Europe. a year.
with us only because we feed them. of cats prefer interacting with a per- recruited owners of 79 kittens and 38 animal. When the owner returned Officials said unusually The report said glacier
Or maybe not. Researchers re- son over eating or playing with a toy. adult cats to participate in a “secure two minutes later, the researchers ob- high temperatures during melt is happening faster than
THE PURR-FECT CONNECTION ported that cats are just as strongly In a 2019 study, the researchers found base test,” an experiment common- served the feline’s response. NYT August and September had before and is accelerating.. AP

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Netanyahu has been no- with Likud so long as its lea-
Chidanand.Rajghatta sing for impeachment in the minated to try to form Is- der faced indictment, and that
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WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR House has now crossed 200 in a
chamber of 545, where Demo-
rael’s next government, the
Israeli president’s office an-
nounced on Wednesday, offe-
he wanted to form a broad, se-
cular coalition, excluding ult-
ra-Orthodox parties.
Washington: The Democrat-
controlled US House of Repre-
sentatives on Tuesday initia-
CONGRESS TO IMPEACH TRUMP crats have a 235/198 majority
over Republicans. Only about
30 Democratic lawmakers who
ring the longtime leader a po-
litical lifeline even as he faces
That left the hard-line na-
tionalist party led by Avigdor
ted impeachment proceedings After months of several Democrats demanding that President Donald Trump be impeached, leader of come from toss-up districts a looming indictment for cor- Liberman, with eight seats, in
against President Donald Tr- House Democrats Nancy Pelosi has officially begun a formal impeachment inquiry. The catalyst was that Trump won in 2016, ma- ruption. President Reuven the role of kingmaker. Liber-
ump even as transcripts of his the Trump-Ukraine controversy. A whistleblower in the US intelligence community recently revealed king them vulnerable in the Rivlin chose Netanyahu of man has advocated a unity go-
phone call with Ukraine Presi- that Trump had pressed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Democratic presidential 2020 Congressional election the conservative Likud party HIS TIME STARTS NOW vernment with Blue and Whi-
dent Volodymyr Zelensky sho- candidate Joe Biden over his son’s involvement in a Ukrainian natural gas company. Trump purportedly (which will be concurrent with over his chief opponent, Ben- te and Likud, but without Ne-
wed he sought to persuade the withheld $400 million in military aid from Ukraine in order to force it to launch an investigation in a bid the presidential election), are ny Gantz, a former military It was the second time Ne- tanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox co-
foreign leader to investigate to hurt Biden’s campaign. Despite a string of scandals trailing Trump, Democrats have unified now to wary of impeachment. But if chief and the leader of the tanyahu, Israel’s longest-ser- alition partners.
his putative 2020 presidential investigate the president, just a year ahead of the 2020 election. A look what could follow from here the process gathers momen- centrist Blue and White party. ving PM, has been given the Netanyahu had pledged to
election rival Joe Biden. tum, not just this group, but The September 17 election left chance to form a government stick with his former coalition
Transcripts released by
When can How impeachment proceedings moderate Republicans who see the sides essentially tied. in five months. He won a plu- partners in right-wing and re-
the White House shows Trump sinking may also end Netanyahu faces a stiff rality in the previous election ligious parties. If Netanyahu
Trump telling Zelensky to presidents be could play out up voting for impeachment. challenge: He has 28 days to in April but failed to assemble fails to assemble a majority co-
work with the US attorney ge- Six House committees are expected to continue However, there is no imme- assemble a majority of at le- a majority coalition in its af- alition in 28 days, the presi-
neral William Barr and his impeached? investigating President Trump on impeachable diate danger of Trump being ast 61 seats in Parliament and termath, leading to a repeat dent could grant him a 14-day
personal lawyer Rudy Giulia- ➤ The US Constitution ousted from office. The impe- has no clear path to that num- election this month. extension. If Netanyahu still
offences, regarding Biden and Zelensky, and to send
ni to investigate the conduct of permits Congress to achment process is expected to ber. The parties that have en- Rivlin had been pushing fails, as he did in May, the
their strongest cases to the judiciary committee
Democratic candidate Joe Bi- remove presidents play out in Congress and in the dorsed his bid for another Netanyahu and Gantz to forge mantle could be passed to
den — whose son Hunter was before their term is up Joe Biden election campaign for several term won 55 seats. a broad unity government in- Gantz, who will then have
on the board of natural gas if enough lawmakers
Presidential candidate He also faces possible in- cluding both their parties. another 28 days to try to form a
company with dealings in Uk-
raine — and offering to meet
vote to say that they
The findings are The findings are
Trump, Ukraine prez dictments in three corrup-
tion cases, and a special hea-
The two parties met on Tues-
day to discuss the possibility
government. Gantz won the
endorsement of 54 lawma-
committed “treason,
with the foreign leader at the
White House after he promi-
bribery, or other
determined to be
insufficient evidence
determined to
be sufficient
meet amid furore ring with the attorney gene-
ral has been scheduled for
but failed to reach an agree-
ment. Each had agreed to the
kers, one less than Netanyahu,
and he too has no clear path to
high crimes and
sed to conduct such an inquiry.
The initial transcripts of
the July 25 phone call, which
misdemeanours”
➤ The term
of wrongdoing

Trump remains
Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President
U S President Trump says he
placed “no pressure” on
Ukrainian President Volodymyr
next Wednesday. idea in principle, but on very a majority. NYT NEWS SERVICE

“high crimes and in office HOUSE

Trump, MbS want me to

the White House said is not Zelensky to investigate Demo-
verbatim, do not show Trump misdemeanours” The House holds a floor Democrats cratic rival Joe Biden. Trump
leveraging US military aid to came out of the British vote on one or more currently control commented on Wednesday
coax the Ukrainian leader to common law tradition: it articles of impeachment the House during a meeting with Zelensky
was the sort of offence

mediate with Iran: Imran

probe the Bidens, as alleged by on the sidelines of the UNGA
Democrats. But Democrats that parliament cited meeting in New York. Trump said
say the quid pro quo is evident in removing crown Zelensky was “more famous”
Nancy Pelosi
enough to merit impeachment officials for centuries Speaker of House than he and praised him for “very
proceedings for constitutional strongly looking into all sorts of
impropriety. Trump purpor-
➤ Essentially, it means
an abuse of power
Less than a majority of the
House votes to impeach
A majority of House
members vote to impeach
corruption”. Asked about their Pak PM Spoke To Rouhani At UNGA To Defuse Tensions
tedly ordered his staff to free- by a high-level public July phone call, Zelensky said it ANI
ze nearly $400 million in aid to official. This does not Trump remains Trump is was a “good phone call” and United Nations: Pakistan
Ukraine a few days before the necessarily have to be a in office impeached “normal” and that he and Trump Prime Minister Imran Khan
phone call with Zelensky. violation of an ordinary discussed “many things”. Zel- said on Tuesday that US Presi-
Trump also asks for Ukrai- criminal statute ensky added: “Nobody pushed dent Donald Trump had as-
ne’s help in finding the loca- me”. The Ukrainian president ked him to help defuse ten-
SENATE also joked that it's better to meet
tion of the Democratic Natio- sions with Iran and that he
After the trial, the The articles of impeachment
nal Committee server that US Republicans currently in person in front of TV cameras had already spoken with Ira-
Senate holds a vote to move to the Senate, which than talk on the phone. Earlier in
officials say was hacked by control the Senate nian President Hassan Rou-
convict the president then holds a trial the day, when asked whether hani in an attempt to mediate.
Russian intelligence in the
run-up to the 2016 election. Trump had put improper The US blames Iran for an
“The server, they say Ukraine pressure on him, Zelensky said, attack on the world’s biggest
has it. I would like to have the “The only one person who can crude oil processing facility in
attorney general call you or put pressure on me ... is my son, Saudi Arabia on September 14
Two-thirds of members present Two-thirds of members who is six years old.” AGENCIES and has said they will present
your people and I would like
you to get to the bottom of it,” do not vote to convict present vote to convict evidence to back that up. Ye- Pakistan PM Imran Khan and US President Trump in New York on Monday
Trump says in what he has sa- months. Even if the Democrat- men’s Iran-aligned Houthi
Trump remains TRUMP REMOVED
id are his efforts to get to the majority House impeaches the group has claimed responsibi- hammed bin Salman who also their promises to shield Iran’s
in office FROM OFFICE
bottom of Democratic subver- president, it will require the a lity. Iran denies involvement. asked him to talk to Rouhani. economy from US sanctions.
sion of his presidential bid. two-thirds majority approval Khan met with Trump on An already-tense rela- In his speech to the UN on
The US president believes Only two presidents have faced impeachment so far in the Senate, where GOP cur- the sidelines of the annual gat- tionship between Iran and Tuesday, Trump said there
he did nothing wrong in cal- rently has a 53-47 advantage, to hering of world leaders at the the US has worsened over the was a path to peace with Iran
ling up his Ukrainian counter- ➤ Andrew ➤ Bill Clinton faced ➤ However, both were acquitted remove Trump from office. United Nations on Monday. past year since Trump with- while he denounced its lea-
part, terming it a “perfect Johnson was impeachment in and served full terms While that could technical- “I immediately spoke to drew from a 2015 nuclear dership for “bloodlust.”
call”. But House Speaker Nan- the first to face 1998 for lying under ➤ Richard Nixon resigned ly happen, Trump is blasé for President Rouhani yester- pact between Iran and world When asked about Khan’s re-
cy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment in oath to a jury and from office in 1974 to now, believing the Democratic day after the meeting with powers and reimposed sanc- marks, Trump said Khan wo-
impeachment inquiry on Tu- 1868 for illegally removing obstruction of justice in relation avoid impeachment after move will only consolidate the President Trump, but I can’t tions on Iran as part of a uld like to mediate “and we
esday night even before the a government official to a sexual harassment lawsuit the Watergate scandal Republican base. “Democrats say anything right now more “maximum pressure” policy. have a very good relations-
White House released trans- wrote to the Ukrainian govern- than this except that we’re In response, Iran has gra- hip and there’s a chance that
Source: NYT, media reports trying and mediating,” dually reduced its commit- that could happen.”
cripts of the phone call, acce- ment in May 2018 urging it to
ding to demand from Demo- losi said in a brief speech invo- the president.“The release of a virtue in America and now is continue investigations into Khan said on Tuesday. ments to limit uranium enric- Khan also said he had told
crat lawmakers who had sou- king the nation’s founding the notes of the call by the Whi- exporting it abroad.” President Donald Trump’s al- Khan said he had been in hment activity under the pact Trump that he was willing to
ght impeachment even during principles. Trump, Pelosi said, te House confirms that the pre- More and more Democrats leged collusion with Russia in Saudi Arabia before New York and plans further breaches if help broker peace in neighbo-
the Mueller-Russia probe that “must be held accountable — sident engaged in behaviour believe the Ukraine affair has the 2016 presidential campaign and spoken with Prince Mo- European parties fail to keep uring Afghanistan. REUTERS
she resisted fearing it would be no one is above the law.” that undermines the integrity thrown up compelling eviden- — collusion later found NOT
seen as a political witchhunt. Later in a statement, Pelosi of our elections, the dignity of ce that Trump sought foreign TO EXIST,” he tweeted, resor-
“The actions taken to date by said the summary of the July the office he holds and our na- interference in the US political ting to his usual complaint AROUND THE WORLD
the president have seriously phone call confirmed the need tional security... The president and electoral process, and the about “presidential harass-
Reuters
violated the constitution,” Pe- for an impeachment inquiry of has tried to make lawlessness number of lawmakers pres- ment” and “witchhunt.”
Transgender man
legally a mom for
Will not pull politicians’ Either topple me or let me deliver giving birth: Court
rule-breaking posts: FB Brexit, Johnson tells parliament A AFP
n individual who is born-
female but later becomes
male and gives birth to a child
San Francisco: Facebook AP
should be legally regarded as a
on Tuesday said it would not London: An unrepentant PM this government get Brexit do-
mother, England’s high court
take down politicians’ posts Boris Johnson brushed off cri- ne or bring a vote of no-confi-
ruled on Wednesday. Fred
that violate its community es of “Resign!” and dared the dence and finally face the day
McConnell, a transgender man,
standards and will not label political opposition to try to of reckoning with the voters.”
wanted to be recognised as the
them as rival Twitter has pro- topple him on Wednesday at a Johnson wants to hold an
father of his son, who was born
mised, saying it should not be raucous session of parliament, election in hope of breaking
Social media platforms are under last year, on the official regi-
the arbiter of acceptable spe- a day after Britain’s top court the stalemate over Brexit that
pressure to block poll interference stration of the child’s birth but
ech in the political arena. ruled he acted illegally in su- has left Britain’s departure in
and be more transparent about was told he would have to be
Social media platforms spending the body ahead of the limbo. But earlier this month
policies on political content registered as the mother. He
are under pressure to block Brexit deadline. Johnson emp- lawmakers rejected a call for a
sought legal action to quash
election interference and be outweighs the public interest hatically defended his effort to PM Boris Johnson in parliament snap poll. The leader of the ma-
that decision, saying it brea-
more transparent about poli- value. And political advertise- withdraw Britain from the EU in London on Wednesday in opposition Labour Party, Je-
ched his and his son’s rights
cies on political content, after ments must still meet Facebo- by the October 31, with or wit- remy Corbyn, refused to rise to
but in a landmark ruling,
what US authorities called an ok’s rules. The kinds of posts hout an agreement with the the opposition parties — a step the challenge. Corbyn said
Andrew McFarlane, president
extensive cyber-influence ca- from politicians that could be EU. “I say it is time to get Brexit that could bring down his go- Johnson should secure a delay
of the high court’s family
mpaign by Russia aimed at kept up might include cruel or done,” he declared, accusing vernment and lead to a new to Britain’s EU exit — “then let’s
division, dismissed his claim
helping elect President Do- insensitive comments or his opponents of trying to fru- election. “Will they have the co- have an election.” Corbyn said
and concluded that McConnell
nald Trump in 2016. Moscow graphic content. A Facebook strate the will of the people, urage to act or will they refuse Johnson “should have done the
was the mother. “It is now
has denied the claims. spokeswoman said the global who voted for Brexit in 2016. to take responsibility yet again honorable thing and resigned”
medically and legally possible
Facebook will take down policy would apply to politici- In an extremely unusual and do nothing but delay?” after the court ruled that his at-
for an individual, whose gender
posts if a politician’s content ans at the executive, national move, Johnson said the go- Johnson said as he taunted tempt to suspend parliament for ARCHIE MEETS ARCHBISHOP TUTU: Harry and Meghan, the Duke
is recognised in law as male, to
has the potential to incite vio- and regional levels, including vernment would welcome a no- lawmakers. “This parliament five weeks was unlawful. John- and Duchess of Sussex, on Wednesday took their four-month-old son
become pregnant and give
lence or pose a safety risk that candidates for office. REUTERS confidence motion from any of must either stand aside and let son has said he won’t quit. AP Archie to meet Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu in Cape Town,
birth to their child,” McFarlane
the royal baby’s first public outing since his birth in May. Tutu greeted
said. “Whilst that person’s
the baby with a delighted smile. The royal couple posted on social
gender is ‘male’, their parental

Relatives marry, divorce 23 times to scam govt

media a photo of the 87-year-old archbishop giving Archie a gentle
Juul replaces CEO, status, which derives from
kiss on the forehead. ‘Thank you Archbishop Tutu for your incredibly
their biological role in giving
stops e-cigarette ads birth, is that of ‘mother’.”
warm hospitality, Archie loved meeting you!’ they wrote
Getty Images/iStockphoto
hyped new Joaquin Phoenix Bottoms up, fire’s out:
J uul Labs is halting all US adve-
rtising of its e-cigarettes and
replacing its CEO amid a backlash
Beijing: Eleven Chinese re-
latives married and divorced
each other 23 times within a
The ploy started when a
man named Pan re-married
his ex-wife Shi, according to
days, he had married and di-
vorced his sister-in-law —
and her sister. His ex-wife,
‘Joker’ not a hero: Studio on
shooting victims’ concerns
filmhas been hailed as an Oscar
contender but has raised
Man douses fire with beer
A German motorist is being
Warner Bros on concerns that its depiction of credited for his quick thinking
against vaping. The largest month to obtain apartments the state-run Global Times meanwhile, found another
Tuesday denied mental illness and violence after his car engine caught fire
e-cigarette maker also said on given out by the state, Chine- on Tuesday. They decided to ex-husband to marry.
its controversial could prove incendiary. Five on the highway near the town
Wednesday it won’t fight a swe- se media reported. tie the knot again on March 6 Cousins, brothers and
film “Joker” members of victims’ families of Hoesbach in Bavaria. Pulling
eping ban on flavours proposed by The cunning family came because Shi was registered sisters got into the act for a
portrays its wrote an open letter on Tues- over, the man turned to a
the Trump administration to reve- up with the scheme after offi- as a resident of the local vil- total of 23 weddings and di-
murderous day, saying: “When we learned slightly different foam extingu-
rse a surge in underage vaping. cials offered 40-square-met- lage, a paper needed to win a vorces, according to the Glo-
outcast villain that Warner Bros was releasing isher to douse the flames: bott-
The executive, Kevin Burns, will be re apartments to residents li- free apartment. Six days la- bal Times. The suspects ex-
Eleven Chinese relatives married as a hero, after families affec- a movie called 'Joker' that pre- les of beer ept in a case in his
replaced by KC Crosthwaite, an ving in an area where homes ter, they divorced. Shi had ob- pressed regret for their ac-
and divorced each other 23 times ted by the Aurora theater mass sents the character as a prota- car. Authorities say the fire de-
executive from Altria, the maker of were demolished, as part of a tained his residency permit. tions, the newspaper said.
within a month to obtain shooting penned an open letter gonist with a sympathetic ori- partment responded but there
Marlboro cigarettes, that owns a development project in Zhe- The experience didn’t leave Police have opened a pro-
apartments given out by the state expressing concern. The much- gin story, it gave us pause.” was nothing left for them to do.
35% stake in Juul. AGENCIES jiang province. him with cold feet. Within 15 be into the matter. AFP
 ASIAN NATION’S EXPORTS
TO CHINA HIT
Exports by other Asian
countries to China
(%)
40
20
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South Korea
Japan
have fallen this year Malaysia
0
as the Sino-US trade Singapore
war forces Chinese -10 Taiwan
demand for their -20 Thailand
products to shrink -40 JAN 2019 FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG Vietnam Source: Reuters

Sachin Bansal buys micro-fin co Govt must act as enabler

Invests `739 Crore In Chaitanya, Becomes CEO | To Go Big In Rural Areas
Digbijay Mishra &
Madhav Chanchani TNN
retail giant Walmart for $1 bil-
lion, will invest a total Rs 739 A STORIED STARTUP SAGA
se customers through the
smartphone,” he told TOI.
to reboot eco: India Inc
crore in Chaitanya. About Rs According to him the com-
Bengaluru: Sachin Bansal,
the poster boy of the Indian
600 crore will be used for the
expansion of the company,
2007 | Sachin Bansal
co-founds Flipkart with
acquisition, Flipkart clocks
$7.5bn gross sales. After the
pany, going forward, will also
focus on middle-income cus-
‘Country Going Through A Period Of Reset’
Binny Bansal as an 77% acquisition by US
startup scene who co-foun- while Rs 140 crore will be used tomers as Chaitanya has, so Amrendra Jha
online book store retail giant, Sachin
ded India’s largest online re- to buy shares from a set of exis- far, largely focused on low-in-
2016 | Steps down as quits the firm, being
tail company Flipkart in ting investors. come customers in five states
2007, is back to running a bu- Anand Rao and Samit CEO and becomes ‘very disappointed’ — Karnataka, Bihar, Jhark-
siness again. This time, Ban- Shetty, who co-founded Chai- executive chairman 2019 | Joins board of hand, Maharashtra, and Ut-
sal has acquired majority tanya in 2009, will continue in 2018 | Before Ujjivan Small Finance tar Pradesh. Karnataka is the
control in the non-banking fi- their respective roles wor- Walmart’s Bank as director largest market for the compa-
nancial company (NBFC) king with Bansal to grow the ny. It wants to expand deeper
Chaitanya Rural Intermedia- business further. Sachin’s investments* | Ola | Ather Energy | Kissht | Bounce | into north Indian states.
tion Development Services. Both Rao and Shetty have KrazyBee | Vogo | BoAt | Piramal Enterprises | Altico Capital | For Bansal, it would be
The 37-year-old billionai- sold a small part of their sta- Indostar Capital crucial how he scales up the
*Mix of equity & debt
re will also take over as the ke in the company during business from here since he
CEO of the firm as he makes this transaction. digital-lending products and the rural area, the level of un- has been actively looking to
his first major move in the TOI first reported in April has already started building a der-penetration is much mo- obtain a bank licence for a wi-
financial services sector, about Bansal being in talks to technology team, according to re. If you go to Mumbai, the der play in the banking, fi-
which is being seen as a take a majority stake in Chai- him. Bansal said lending is a credit-to-GDP ratio would be nancial services and insu-
precursor to a full-fledged tanya. With Bansal’s invest- massive opportunity that is over 100%, but the same in Bi- rance (BFSI) sector in India.
banking play in the coming ment Chaitanya, which has under-served and working har would be 16%. We’re go- When asked if he was enga-
years. 90% of its loan portfolio in mi- with Chaitanya gives him an ing to try and address some of ging with consultancy firms (From Left): Uday Shankar, chairman, Star & Disney India; Kalpana Morparia, CEO, South & South East
The IIT-Delhi graduate, crofinance with remaining in opportunity to create a much that through low-cost, auto- to apply for a small finance Asia, JP Morgan; David Sproul, global deputy CEO, Deloitte; Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for road trans-
who left Flipkart last year af- housing finance and two-whe- larger impact. mated, paperless, presence- bank licence, he termed it as port & highways and MSMEs; Sunil Mittal, chairman, Bharti Enterprises; Nandan Nilekani, non-executive
ter selling his 5% stake to US eler loans, plans to launch “We believe, especially in less methods of reaching tho- speculation. chairman, Infosys; Cyril Shroff, managing partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas; and Anu Aga, former
chairperson, Thermax

Modi seeks global investments Zee’s Chandra TIMES NEWS NETWORK it is adopting GST or going into credit from the banking sector.
digital mode as far as currency It is due to public sector banks
New Delhi: India Inc’s top lea- is concerned. “There are global having high NPAs and NBFCs

Sidhartha@timesgroup.com policy decisions. “Thus, if you tem, come to India.” gets 6 months ders on Wednesday said the go-
vernment needs to act as a ma-
headwinds — you look at Euro-
pe and other countries. There
having asset liability mis-
match. If we do a new cycle of
want to invest in a market PM said to achieve the tar- jor enabler to reboot the count- is a general sign of an econo- credit, we should do it very dif-
New York: PM Narendra Mo-
di on Wednesday vowed to
where there is scale, come to
India. Our middle class is a hu-
get of being a $5-trillion econo-
my, India has the capability
more from ry’s slowing economy.
Lauding the recent major
mic slowdown. Within India, in
the last three to four years, ex-
ferently...,” Nilekani said, whi-
le referring to digital modes of
himself bridge any gap as he
sought investment from glo-
bal giants and said tax and
ge segment of people who are
aspirational and has a global
outlook. Thus, if you want to
and courage, and conditions
are conducive. He said thro-
ugh GST, the government has
MFs, NBFCs reforms, including corporate
tax cuts announced by the go-
vernment to resuscitate the
ecution has been weak. There
has been a general sense of low
spending, many projects have
transactions and applications.
Echoing his views, Kalpa-
na Morparia, CEO, South & So-
market reforms will continue invest in a market where the sought to address the pro- TIMES NEWS NETWORK economy, they made a strong been adding inventory. The mo- uth East Asia, JP Morgan, said,
to keep India competitive. “Yo- ‘TAX, MARKET REFORMS TO latest trends and features are blems related to a maze of tax- pitch for resolving credit and “In this new digital world, you
ur desires and our dreams CONTINUE’: PM Narendra Modi appreciated, come to India.” es, apart from improving the Mumbai: Media mogul Sub- decision-making gridlocks will see a paradigm shift in the
match perfectly. Your techno- with Bloomberg CEO of Michael “Our youth are one of the IPR regime and enacting the hash Chandra has got some and saving ‘national treasu- ways banks function.” “Com-
logy and our talent can change Bloomberg in New York on largest users of the app econo- Insolvency and Bankruptcy more time to res’, such as the beleaguered petitive tax rates are funda-
the world. Your prudent met- Wednesday my. From food to transport Code. “Despite being a diverse settle loans af- Jet Airways. “When a Jet Air- mental in increasing FDI. The
hods and our pragmatic mind and movies to hyperlocal deli- and federal democracy, we ha- ter lenders ag- ways goes out of business, it’s recent tax cuts send a signal
can write new stories in mana- very, startups are acing eve- ve been able to put in place ar- reed to extend just not one company going out that the government has liste-
gement,” he said at an event concerns over an economic rything. Thus, if you want to rangements that are seamless, the September of business. It is a vital national rale in lending institutions has ned to feedback. This makes it
organised by Bloomberg Phi- slowdown and tepid invest- invest in startups with a huge inclusive and transparent,” 30 repayment aviation structure that has dis- been low and that needs to kick- encouraging to invest in a mar-
lanthropies. ment, which has prompted the market, come to India. Our in- Modi said. deadline. appeared overnight. Seven or start. Enablement will be the ket such as India,” said David
“Your rational ways and government to unveil a raft of frastructure creation is ex- He said FDI flows to India Though Chandra didn’t eight telecom companies have first call of action for the execu- Sproul, global deputy CEO of
our human values can show measures, including a steep panding at an unprecedented had soared to a record level of disclose the new date, it is le- completely gone out of busi- tion to start,” Mittal said. Deloitte. Other panelists at the
the path which the world is lo- reduction in corporate tax, pace. From highways to met- $286 billion, with 40% flowing arned that the Essel Group ness,” said Bharti Enterprises Infosys’s non-executive roundtable included, Uday
oking for. And, if there is any particularly for new compani- ros, from railways to ports, into greenfield projects. “In- boss has got another six chairman Sunil Mittal. chairman Nandan Nilekani sa- Shankar, chairman of Star &
gap anywhere, I will personal- es that set up manufacturing from airports to logistics, each flows during the last five years months till March 2020 to pay During a panel discussion id the next big thing on the go- Disney India, Anu Aga, former
ly act as a bridge,” Modi said. facilities. The PM invited glo- sector is seeing massive in- are 50% of what was received back the `5,476-crore loans. at the ET CEO Roundtable on vernment’s agenda should be chairperson of Thermax, and
He is scheduled to meet CEOs bal companies to invest in In- vestment and tremendous po- during the previous 20 years. The timeline extension comes Tackling the Slowdown, the le- to revive credit to small busi- Cyril Shroff, managing part-
of global corporations later on dia, given its democracy, de- tential. Thus, if you want to in- From the US too, 50% of the in- as a breather to Chandra who aders said India is going thro- nesses across India. “Only 8% ner of law firm Cyril Amar-
Wednesday. mography, demand and decisi- vest in one of the world’s lar- flows have come during the would now be able to “optimi- ugh a period of ‘reset’, whether of Indian small businesses get chand Mangaldas.
The statement comes amid veness of the government in gest infrastructure ecosys- last four years.” se” value from the sale of his
assets. Chandra had already
repaid or is in the middle of

Maruti cuts prices Eco advisory

A `3cr Lamborghini SUV sells every wk
settling about half of his total
debt of `11,000 crore. He has ra-
ised `5,524 crore from selling
council to PM
Pankaj.Doval@timesgroup.com we were confident that Urus
will have a good run here. Ho-
operates from three showro-
oms located in Bangalore, Del-
stakes in Zee Enterprises and
solar projects to Invesco Op-
penheimer and Adani respec-
of select models reconstituted
New Delhi: At a time when wever, the numbers have even hi and Mumbai. tively. Earlier, Chandra had to New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki Maruti is looking to reduce
the larger Indian auto market surprised us, and we are now Speaking about the poten- repay the entire ` 11,000 crore India on Wednesday margi- prices after the corporate tax New Delhi: The government
passes through one of its seeking additional supplies tial of the Indian market, by September 30. But since he nally cut prices of select mo- rate cut. The new prices will on Wednesday reconstituted
worst slowdowns in history, from headquarters,” Agarwal Agarwal said while current has taken concrete steps to dels by `5,000 (ex-showroom), be applicable immediately the Economic Advisory Coun-
the super-luxury market ap- told TOI. Lamborghini is part CRUISING ALONG
volumes are limited, the com- settle debts through asset sa- passing on some of the poten- across the country. cil to the Prime Minister
pears to be driving steady. Ita- of German auto major Volks- pany believes numbers will les, the lenders have agreed to tial benefit after the govern- (EAC-PM) under existing cha-
lian sports car maker Lam-
borghini sold one Rs 3-crore-
wagen’s portfolio, and opera-
tes at the top end of the market
was 45 units, and this year we
expect to close at 60. We are
continue to see strong trac-
tion in coming years. “We ha-
give him some more time to
pay back the remaining loans.
ment’s decision to slash cor- BY `5,000 irman Bibek Debroy, for a pe-
riod of two years. Ratan P Wa-
porate tax rates.
plus Urus SUV every week in with sports models such as confident of reaching 100 ve not even scratched the sur- Essel Group said the timeline Maruti said the move is “This reduction will be tal will continue as member
the past one year. Huracan (priced upwards of units in annual sales by 2022.” face here. If you look at volu- extension was requested pu- part of an alignment with the over and above the current secretary of the EAC-PM.
Sharad Agarwal, India he- `3.7 crore), Aventador (priced Agarwal said while the top mes at present, they may not rely in the interest of deriving government’s thinking on promotional offers for the Apart from these two full-
ad for the brand, said demand upwards of `5 crore), and Ur- metros continue to chip in with be very exciting. But everybo- the right value of its “precio- ways to revive demand. company’s vehicle range,” time members, the EAC-PM
for Urus — the first SUV mo- us, which was launched in significant numbers, demand dy in our headquarters belie- us” assets. Chandra plans to “Models include all vari- Maruti said, adding that it is will have two part-time mem-
del from Lamborghini — has September last year. also remains strong from tier-2 ves that they have to grow. sell more shares of flagship ants of Alto 800, Swift Diesel, “optimistic that the price re- bers as against three in the
been “very strong” and sales “While our overall sales in and -3 regions. “We have seen And they are growing.” Zee Enterprises if the proce- Celerio, Baleno Diesel, Ignis, duction will bring down cost outgoing panel.
far-outstripped the allocated India still remains small com- strong traction even from smal- Overall, the company had eds from the sale of non-me- Dzire Diesel, Tour S Diesel, of acquisition, especially for While Ashima Goel conti-
supplies that the company re- pared to the global demand, ler markets such as Ludhiana, registered worldwide sales of dia assets aren’t enough. Vitara Brezza and S-Cross,” entry-level customers”. nues to be one of the part-time
ceived from its Italian factory. addition of an SUV has been Kanpur, Bhubaneswar, Indore, 5,750 units last year. Asia-Pa- Chandra owns about 36% the company said. “This announcement will members, Sajjid Chinoy has
“Demand for SUVs had al- adding weight. Last year, total Surat and Hubli.” cific had contributed 1,301 stake in Zee Enterprises, but TOI had reported in its help boost customer senti- been roped in as the new mem-
ways been strong in India and sales of Lamborghini in India The company currently units to this number. 64% of his stake is pledged. September 24 edition that ment.” TNN ber. AGENCIES

ADB cuts India’s M

growth estimate
to 6.5% in ‘19-20 Tiredness isn't always
because of han dl ng
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Asian De- ADB GROWTH O

velopment Bank (ADB) On FORECAST (%)

Wednesday revised its out- 2019-20

a toddler.
i
look for India’s economy, CURRENT 6.5
with growth now expected
at 6.5% in fiscal 2019-20, fol- JULY ESTIMATE 7
lowing weaker expansion
in the first quarter of the 2020-21 E
year, with slower growth in 7.2 i
m
consumption and invest-
ment affecting the manu- 7.3
facturing and service sec-
tors. In an update of the Asi- “India will remain as one
an Development Outlook of the fastest-growing econo-
(ADO) 2019, the Manila-based mies in the world this year
ADB said proactive policy in- and next year as the govern-
terventions, along with a re-
covery in domestic demand
ment continues to imple-
ment policy reforms and in-
NOVARTIS
and investments, will likely terventions to strengthen PRESENTS
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Sterlite Copper seeks access ‘My work is appreciated, not

to maintain smelter complex rewarded. Should I leave?’
Fears Rapid Degeneration Of Assets In Absence Of Care
Ram

Question: I am a senior manager in a bou-

tique IT firm, reporting to one of the co-found-
Rajesh Chandramouli & REUTERS voked by the government) we ved out to our group compani- ers. The company has an open work culture.
D Govardan TNN will not operate the smelter. es over the past few months,” Since the past three years, I have not been
We are waiting for a response he said. Utilizing the services given any new official role despite perform-
Chennai: The management from the state,” said the CEO of its direct employees, it has ing a number of tasks depending on the com-
of shut copper smelter of of Sterlite Copper Pankaj Ku- been reaching out to the lo- pany’s growth curve. My salary has been sub-
Sterlite in Tuticorin has so- mar. He said the company was cals and undertaking com- par since joining, though my work has been
ught permission from the Ta- incurring losses for the sixth munity works that the villa- appreciated. I spoke to my boss on a few
mil Nadu state government to straight quarter due to the gers need. It has offered scho- occasions, but didn’t receive clear answers. I
undertake the care and main- TO ARREST WARE AND TARE smelter closure. “Every day larships to nearly 7,000 stu- feel either he hasn’t really thought of my role
tenance of the smelter as it fe- our loss is `5 crore,” he said. dents, besides healthcare growth/salary or isn’t keen to give anything
ars rapid degeneration of its The state government has The company has been hol- support services to all villa- significant soon. Should I stay or switch?
assets inside the copper refused repeated requests ding back its employees and ges. “We are reaching out to at
complex in the absence of from Sterlite for care and ma- paying them their salaries. least 30,000 of the 40,000 peo- Prabir Jha replies:

I
any maintenance. Sterlite, intenance and the courts too “We have sustained their ple in the 20 villages around understand your predicament,
part of the billionaire Anil have not acceded to Sterlite’s salaries till now. The verdict us. We have also decided to so- though it’s unclear how old is your
Agarwal controlled Vedanta petitions. “While the case is from the high court is due urce only locals for all of our boutique firm and how long you have
group, is the cynosure of all being heard in the High Co- over the next few days and if it unskilled and semi-skilled been with it. If your tenure has been
eyes in the state after its smel- urt, the situation inside the drags any further, we may ha- workforce requirements. We just three years, it presents the usual
ter was shut down last May by smelter complex is precario- ve to take a business decision also have in place an appren- itch one has in any company in the
the state government follo- us. All five cooling towers ha- on employees,” he said. ticeship plan to recruit lo- contemporary environment. But if you critical resource, you will be treated dif- within and at some stage even outside.
wing a bloody protest by lo- ve been either fully or partial- Sterlite employs 700 peo- cals,” he said. In the mean- have been with the firm for more than ferently. Likewise, will you have takers Whichever option you exercise, it
cals who claimed the smelter ly damaged. The state PCB ple directly and several thou- while, the company is wor- three years, the issue gets more com- in the market today? Will someone ac- must be based on an honest and prag-
was a polluter. The police fi- has informed the courts that sand indirectly (when the king out an action plan to hit plex. Moreover, if you felt your salary tually pay you more or offer you a high- matic assessment of yourself. Always
ring left 13 dead on May 22. they will monitor the smelter. smelter was operational). the ground running, should was sub-par, why did you join the firm? er role and opportunity? If not, make remember you own your career and
The Vedanta management Though there is no fear of any “Some of the staff have been they get a favourable verdict Was there a learning opportunity or fu- peace with your situation. Give it your rewards. If you have it, you will earn
and the Tamil Nadu govern- chemical pollution, it can ha- relocated to our Silvassa at the courts. “We have a plan ture career growth or wealth creation best. And stay happy. it within or someone else will give it to
ment are locked in a legal dis- ve metallurgical issues. plant. Others are engaged in in place. Upon clearance, we that tempted you? Clearly, no one would 2) Are your skill sets in demand? you. But money and title are not your
pute over the closure of the Obviously, without the facto- community work. Nearly 10% will need two months to start have forced you to join the firm. If you believe so, why did you stick fundamental rights in any company.
unit in Tuticorin. ry licence (which has been re- of them have resigned or mo- production,” he said. Second, if it is indeed an around for three years be- Your fundamental duty, though, is to
open work culture in your ing unhappy? Leverage keep yourself so relevant that you will
firm, why did you not share the open culture of the or- always have a better market for your-
Sensex down 504pts on
Trump impeachment
move, profit booking
Mumbai: Dalal Street witnessed
Now, smart lockers solve your grievance with the
co-founders? I think since
you have been applauded
ganisation to speak up. You
could have a conversation
with the co-founders. Even
for your efforts, there is no workplace counselling be comfortable saying you
self — inside or outside.
Prabir Jha is the founder & CEO of
Prabir Jha People Advisory. He has led
HR teams at Cipla, Reliance Industries,
the first serious profit booking on
Wednesday after a 3,000-point
rally since Friday as global
factors like political uncertainty
your delivery dilemmas
Sindhu.Hariharan constituting almost 50% of cost QikPod lockers. The startup ex-
grand conspiracy against
you. Perhaps it is reflective

that impacts cash reward.

NAMRATA SINGH

of your firm’s larger business situation

may otherwise need to look
at options outside. If they
feel you are worth it, they will respond
favourably. If they think otherwise, you
Tata Motors & Dr Reddy’s Laboratories

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Are you dealing with a tough boss?
So, what could you do? I suggest would be morally free to explore and get Are your colleagues being mean to you?
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sentiment. The sensex opened blem this festive season is coor- holders. term deals season do not result you think they would be willing to see manager taking you for granted? Try wary of discussing internally? Talk to
weak and lost through the dinating parcel deliveries, Launched in 2015, raising in long-term infrastructure cre- you go? What strategic difference are and get into another role with some- us. Our panel of experts will assist you
session to close 504 points down smart lockers — a growing phe- around $9 million from Flip- ation in the sector, Gururaj ex- you making to your firm? This needs one else. A change of manager often in resolving your workplace related
at 38,594, ahead of F&O expiry nomenon in large IT parks and kart’s logistics arm Ekart, Ac- pects most lockers to be opera- an honest assessment. If indeed you unleashes its own learnings and possi- matters. ‘AdWise’ will appear on these
for September contracts on residential complexes — can co- cel Partners, and others, Qik- ting at almoof their st 100% ca- are just a ‘nice-to-have’ guy, you are not bly appreciation of your talent. Maybe pages every Thursday to help you with
Thursday. On the NSE, nifty me to your rescue. Doing away Pod has set up “hundreds of pacity this upcoming retail sea- likely to be someone with a high nego- the new role could also help you add to your workplace matters. Write to us at
closed 148 points lower at 11,440. with a need to physically collect locker terminals” across prime son compared to 75-100% in tiating leverage. If you actually are a your skill set, helping you with progress adwise@timesgroup.com
Technical analysts said the index parcels, a one-time-password other days, Ravi Gururaj, foun-
has a strong resistance at 11,700 sent to your mobile is all you ne- DIGI SOLUTIONS der, QikPod, said
level. On Tuesday night in the US,
Donald Trump’s political
ed to open the locker, and get yo-
ur packages. Though at a na- locations like Bengaluru’s Em-
Noida’s Smartbox awaits
the day consumers will be able
Government eyes `645crore in IRCTC IPO
opponents announced that they scent stage, startups such as bassy, Manyata and others and to choose the lockers as delivery Mumbai: The government is eyeing to mobilise up to `645 crore by divesting 12.6% of its stake in IRCTC, a mini-ratna company that
would move to impeach the Qikpod and Smartbox tie up RMZ and Ascendas in Chennai. destination of choice at the provides online railway tickets and on-train catering services. The initial public offer (IPO) for IRCTC will remain open between
President for his suspected role with real estate operators in QikPod currently has basic in- check-out stage. With around September 30 and October 3, a release from the company said. The government is selling a little over 2 crore shares of the company at
in involving the Ukrainian high-density urban areas to set tegrations with the back-end 200 terminals across Bengalu- a price band of `315- `320 apiece. Retail investors and its employees will get a discount of `10 per share on the final IPO price.
President in next year’s up the locker infrastructure, technology of Flipkart and ru, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, The IPO for IRCTC, which is under the railways ministry, is being managed by IDBI Capital Markets, SBI Capital Markets and Yes
elections. Dealers said this which uses cloud-computing, Blue Dart, and is Mumbai and other cities, the Securities. The divestment is part of the government’s total target of raising `1.05 lakh crore through sale of stakes in various PSUs.
increases political uncertainty in RFID, QR codes, and other tech. also working on a universal ser- startup is also entering Chen- In April, the government had divested 12.2% stake in Rail Vikas Nigam to raise `480 crore. In the previous fiscal, two more companies
the US even as the economy With last-mile deliveries vice that will allow users to re- nai setting up parcel locker at a under the railways ministry — Ircon International and RITES — were listed through IPOs in which the government had divested part of
shows signs of weakness. TNN and repeated delivery attempts ceive parcels of all kinds via major private bank’s premises. its stakes. TNN

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Johnson Lifts claims 20%
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ty escalators and lifts, have helped Johnson Lifts achieve
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o Johnson Lifts said it has crossed `2,000 crore revenue
mark in 2019 with over 12,000 units being delivered compa-
red to `419 crores from 5,200 units in 2009, taking the pan-
India market share to over 20%.
“There has been a significant growth in the opportu-
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walks in the proposed integrated terminal at the Chennai
airport part of the phase 2 modernisation project. The
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India to play Sri Lanka

T20 series in January
We will demit office on Oct 23: Rai
CoA Chief Says August 9, 2018 Order Is
the COA that the said direction
relaxes the disqualification in
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Rupa files nomination for TNCA prez Rule 6(5)(f) and Rule 14 (3)(f) of
Wednesday named Sri Lanka as Zim- Final; Those Over 70 Cannot Attend AGM Chennai: The stage is set for Rupa Gurunath – daughter of former the BCCI Constitution and the
babwe’s replacement for a short three- BCCI president N Srinivasan – to become the Tamil Nadu Cricket pari materia provisions in the
match T20 International series to be held K.ShriniwasRao@timesgroup.com members (state associations) Association (TNCA) president when the association’s 87th Annual constitutions of the member
in January next year. The BCCI has roped were interpreting the SC order General Meeting (AGM) is held at Chepauk on Thursday. With no State Associations. All other dis-
in Sri Lanka for the short series in place Mumbai: Vinod Rai, the chair- on disqualification to suit their opposition for any of the posts, the list of nominated candidates who qualifications remain in full
of Zimbabwe, which has been suspended man of the Supreme Court-ap- own convenience. will become the new office-bearers of the TNCA are as follows: force viz. those contained in
by the ICC. pointed Committee of Adminis- “It is not correct that the COA President: Rupa Gurunath; Vice-Presidents: TJ Srinivasaraj (City), P Rule 6(5) (a) to (e) and (g) and
Schedule: 1st T20: Jan 5, Guwahati; 2nd trators (COA), says October 23 – asked for deferment of elec- Ashok Sigamani (Districts); Honorary Secretary: RS Ramasaamy; Rule 14 (3)(a) to (e) and (g).”
T20: Jan 7, Indore; 3rd T20: Jan 10, Pune the day when BCCI conducts its tions. It has only been resche- Honorary Joint Secretary: KA Shankar; Honorary Assistant Secretary: Post the September 20 order,
Annual General Meeting (AGM) duled by one day because of the OFFICIAL WORD: Vinod Rai N Venkataraman; Honorary Treasurer: J Parthasarathy. TNN the members are of the line of
Rohit moves up to 8th; Kohli and – will be the COA’s last day in of- state elections in Haryana and thought that any individual who
Dhawan inch closer to top 10: Rohit fice. “We (COA members) will Maharashtra. The elections will volved in the whole process. The is not an office bearer will be eli-
Sharma moved up a place to world No. 8 demit that very evening (Oct certainly be held on October 23 COA drafted both the recent ad- August 9, 2018 was the final order wants all concerned to refer to gible to attend the BCCI AGM,
as India skipper Virat 23),” Rai told TOI on Wednesday. and that date is final,” Rai said visories in consultation with and it is on the basis of that order the COA advisory dated Septem- subject to being nominated by
Kohli and Shikhar Dha- In an exclusive chat, the re- and that should put all debate to him. I have to say he has been ex- that the COA sent out the latest ber 24, which he says was sent their respective associations –
wan inched closer to a tired bureaucrat — who has rest on whether the COA will any tremely helpful in carrying out advisory on Tuesday (regarding out in consultation with the ami- and that should potentially in-
top-10 spot in the latest helmed the BCCI administra- further attempt in postponing the reforms. The COA did not ask disqualification rules),” says cus, after the SC heard the COA clude N Srinivasan from the
ICC T20 Rankings for tors 33 months now — denied the elections. the Amicus for any deferment of Rai. The September 20, 2019 or- and Tamil Nadu Cricket Associ- TNCA or Sharad Pawar from
batsmen released on that deferment of elections had In fact, Rai added that it was elections,” Rai said. der of the SC, however, states (in ation counsel, as well as the Ami- Mumbai.
Wednesday. Kohli has been sought, explained how it the amicus, PS Narsimha, who The ex-CAG insists that there verbatim): “We direct that dis- cus the same day. “No. They cannot attend.
gained one spot and was in consultation with the am- has played a very important role is no confusion over how the or- qualification shall be confined “The Supreme Court heard That is why I am saying the Au-
reached 11th in the list while Dhawan has icus curiae that the COA’s last in making the elections happen der of the Supreme Court has to only to those who had held the our legal counsel, the TNCA gust 9, 2018 order is the final one
moved up three places to 13th after two advisories were sent out, re- and it is in consultation with be interpreted, be it the disquali- post of ‘office bearers’ of the counsel and the amicus on Tues- that prevails and going by that
scores of 40 and 36. iterated that the SC heard the him that the last two advisories fication rule or apex council cricket associations. This order day. Based on that hearing, COA order, disqualification rules are
COA counsel on Tuesday and were issued by the COA’s office. members. shall apply to all the state cricket sent out the advisory. It says: It is very clear under Rule 6(5) and
Priyam shines in India U-23 series once again underlined that “The amicus has been very in- “The Supreme Court order of associations”. Here’s where Rai the respectful understanding of Rule 14(3),” says Rai.
win: Nothing seemed to go wrong for
Priyam Garg on Wednesday as he shep-
herded India to a four-wicket win against
Bangladesh in the fourth U-23 ODI at Atal
Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium. The Will Rohit’s red-ball ACTION Jeff Thomson
The other half of the Lillee-Thommo pair. The
victory ensured the Indians gain an
unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match REACTION Queenslander was perhaps the first slinger
in cricket, inspired by his competitive javelin-
series.
Brief scores: Bangladesh 201/6 in 50 overs
(Mahidul Islam 51 not out) lost to India
202/6 in 42.2 overs (Priyam Garg 111 not
dream get a top-up? Jasprit Bumrah’s stress fracture,
which has ruled him out of the Test
throwing days. He was also the first to bowl a
100 mph delivery during the 1975 Test series
vs West Indies at WACA. He suffered a broken
foot early on
out) by four wickets. series against South Africa, puts because his
Right-Hander To Open the spotlight on bowlers who pick up action was
Hapless JKCA clubs want voting
rights restored ahead of BCCI polls:
In Tour Game Ahead Of injuries due to their actions. TOI lists out so stress-inducing. His other
injuries came while playing
bowlers who faced similar issues.
Even as the BCCI Committee of Adminis- First Test Against SA tennis and during an on-field
trators (CoA) have passed several clar-
ifications in the lead up to the board Solomon.Kumar@timesgroup.com
Lasith Malinga collision with Allan Turner.
After Jeff Thomson, perhaps the first slinger and
elections citing the newly registered
constitution, they have failed to solve a Vizianagaram: Rohit Sharma will
surely the first with a round-arm low action.
It helped him bowl yorkers at will and he
Jason Gillespie
basic issue for the Jammu & Kashmir flag off his new stint at the top of the or- The South Austral-
Cricket Association (JKCA) wherein old der in red-ball cricket when he leads became a white-ball legend, especially in
the death overs with the older ball. The ian had a quick arm
members have been excluded from the Board President’s XI against South whippy action from
association and don’t have voting rights Africa in a three-day game beginning unusual bowling action, not surprisingly,
put a lot of stress on his body and his close to the stumps
going into what is set to be the biggest on Thursday. For long one of India's
back and knee gave way in 2011, forc- and resulted in numer-
polling process in recent times. Former premier openers in the limited overs NEW ROLE: Rohit Sharma faces a big test
ing him to retire from Tests. His back ous injuries, namely
general secretary Iqbal Shah said that set-up, can Rohit — who had a promis- as an opener in the longer format
despite repeated efforts, all pleas have ing start to his Test career batting low- has always been an issue, causing bruised feet, stress
fallen on deaf ears as the CoA in the JKCA er down — finally become a permanent The legendary VVS Laxman too him to miss many games after 2016. fracture of the back,
have refused to budge from their position feature in all three formats by moving had a similar predicament early on in To his credit, he never changed hip problems, side
and are yet to re-induct the old members up to the top of the order in Tests? his career. With the likes of Sachin Ten- his action. strains and a torn calf. He never changed his ac-
who had been excluded citing amend- At 32, time is running out for the dulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Gan- tion completely, but just reduced his run-up.
ment of the constitution. prolific Mumbaikar, who has mastered guly in the team, Laxman found it diffi-
the art of whacking the white ball but cult to find a regular place in the middle Imran Khan Brett Lee
not found the same success with the red order. He tried his hand at opening and Had an unconventional, slingy and
Dennerby, Terp in race for one. Rohit made his debut in 2013 at played 13 Tests as an opener, with a cen- chest-on action almost like Aussie
Passion, pace and peroxide.
Eden Gardens in Kolkata against the tury and four half-centuries. But the Brett Lee brought them to
India U-17 women’s coach West Indies and scored 177, his highest Hyderabadi was not comfortable as an
tearaway Jeff
Thomson, but a the ground and in the 2000s
Test score. He followed it up with an un- opener and choose to give up opening. was Australia’s strike force. He was
Current Nigeria women’s coach Thomas stint with Worces-
beaten 111 at his home ground of Wank- He worked hard and cemented his place unorthodox in the sense that his lower
Dennerby and former Danish defender tershire, where he
hede Stadium in Mumbai. The long- in the middle order. half was front on and his top half
Lene Bjerning Terp are the favourites in got generous tips from
standing record of three centuries in It remains to be seen how Rohit will was side-on. It was perfect recipe
the race to become India’s U-17 women’s three consecutive Tests on debut by for- shape up as an opener. But with the John Parker and later
coach for the Fifa U-17 Women’s World from John Snow at Sussex, for stress fractures of the back. He
mer India captain Mohammed Azha- team management and the selectors also had numerous ankle and elbow
Cup which is to be held in India next year, ruddin looked under threat but Rohit’s backing him, Rohit is set to embark on a helped him economise his
reports Anil Dias. all-arms-and-legs movement surgeries. After two years, he shortened his run-up from
third century was to come only four new innings. The first step in that di-
The 60-year-old Swedish coach’s and reduce the load on his back 30 metres to under 22 but never lost pace. He also made his
years later. While he soared to greater rection is this tour game, to be played at
contract with Nigeria runs till the summer and legs. He became a side-on bowler and his leap top half more front on and gave up the twist. It helped him
heights with each innings in ODIs, Ro- the Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex
of 2020, but he is having trouble with the hit just couldn’t get his bearing right in here from Thursday to Saturday. was legendary. But in 1982-83, he developed stress fracture in to move the new ball away better without losing the famed
federation. Dennerby is threatening to Tests. Rohit is leading the side and all eyes his shins and had to reduce his leap, which affected his pace. inswinger with the old ball.
leave due to various complaints and is Having been elbowed out of the will be on how he fares against the
refusing to take charge of the team for the
forthcoming Olympic Qualifiers
middle order in Tests by the likes of
Ajinkya Rahane and G Hanuma Viha-
South African pacers ahead of the first
Test to be held here from Oct 2. Rohit
Dennis Lillee Shane Bond
double-header against Cote d’Ivoire. ri, the only place left for him is the open- has always savoured a challenge and One of the most complete fast bowlers of The Christchurch cop was rated as New
ing slot. The Mumbai batsman took to never shied away from the task. In fact, all time, Australian great Dennis Lillee was Zealand’s best pacer after Richard Hadlee.
Indian colts secure SAFF U-18 semis opening in the limited-overs format as Rohit had started off as an off-spinner a fearsome sight with his long and bustling He had a side-on action and was fast and
berth: Gurkirat Singh’s brace helped a duck to water, but opening in Tests is a in his school days but coach Dinesh Lad run-up. He was diagnosed with three stress furious, but also fragile. He had numerous
India thump Sri Lanka 3-0 and move to different ball game. He has been a regu- saw the youngsters’ potential with the fractures of the back. He hired his own stress fractures to his back which caused
the semifinals of the SAFF U-18 Cham- lar opener for India in ODIs since Janu- willow and promoted him from No.8 to physiotherapist in Frank Pyke, who was him to change his action. However, he wasn’t
pionship in Kathmandu on Wednesday. ary 2013 and his hunger for runs in the opening the innings. Rohit excelled in also his physical education instructor at willing to cut down on pace and retired after
Gurkirat’s brace alongside Aman Chetri’s limited overs game has only grown the Harris and Giles Shield school school. He reduced his run-up, got stronger 18 Tests. His spinal surgery with Graham
strike proved to be the difference be- over the years. Can Rohit mould his cricket tournaments, scoring a centu- but leaner and made his action more eco- Inglis, in which the doctor attached titanium
tween the two sides. game to succeed in Tests? ry on debut as an opener. nomical and became an all time great. wires on his vertebrae, helped him make a brief return.

Saha likely to get the nod Dravid to depose before

BCCI ethics officer today
Karthik and Vignesh lead TN
ahead of Pant for first Test over conflict of interest
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
to 212-run win against Services
Gaurav.Gupta@timesgroup.com centrating on the progress of Mandakini.Shalya@timesgroup.com
Rishabh. We need to be patient Mumbai: The ‘D’Day has arrived for batting leg-
Mumbai: Time seems to have with him, considering the im- end Rahul Dravid. On Thursday, former India Jaipur: Captain Dinesh Kar-
almost run out for Rishabh mense talent that he possess- captain would depose before BCCI Ethics Officer thik led from the front, slam-
Pant. The 21-year-old, who was es," Prasad had said. DK Jain at the BCCI office to explain the conflict ming 95 off 91 balls, before medi-
out for 4 and 19 However, there are many of interest allegations against him um-pacer K Vignesh scythed
in the recently- experts who feel that at the mo- by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Asso- through the Services batting
held T20 series ment, Saha deserves a go first. ciation (MPCA) life member San- line-upsnaring a five-wicket
against South Focus on Mayank, Umesh jeev Gupta. haul to romp Tamil Nadu to a
Africa at home, too in BP XI-SA clash: The fo- Dravid is currently the Direc- masive 212-run victory in the Vi-
and is in the cus of the three-day tour game tor of National Cricket Academy jay Hazare Trophy here at the
midst of an ex- between Indian Board Presi- (NCA) in Bengaluru, besides being SMS Stadium on Wednesday.
tended bad dent’s XI and South Africa at a vice-president in the India Ce-
run, is part of the Test team
against the Proteas. However,
the Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports
Complex here from Thursday
ments group, which owns the IPL franchise Chen-
nai Super Kings. The Supreme Court-appointed
VIJAY HAZARE
according to reliable sources, to Saturday will undoubtedly Committee of Administrators (CoA), which had Youngster Hari Nishaanth
the talented youngster could OUT OF FAVOUR? Rishabh Pant be on skipper Rohit Sharma, appointed Dravid in his current role, has defend- (73 off 71), with no first-class ex-
DEFT TOUCH: Dinesh Karthik en
be omitted from the XI for the but there are a few others who ed Dravid on the grounds that Dravid had ob- perience and playing only his
route to scoring 95 against
er to score Test hundreds in would be keen on showcasing tained a ‘leave of absence’ certificate from India second List A match, compli-
Services on Wednesday
INDIA VS SA England and Australia. their skills. Cements. mented his captain well to stea-
“The problem is, Pant’s Opener Mayank Agarwal As per the new BCCI constitution, devised on dy Tamil Nadu’s ship that was
first Test against the visitors at lack of success with the bat is will not only be keen to get the basis of Lodha reforms, no individual can hold shaking till the 15th over with nomical spell previously, to the with Mohammed (3 wickets)
Vizag from October 2, with the hurting his confidence while some runs under his belt but more than one post at the same time. Dravid is ex- the scoreline reading 55 for 4. cleaners once they came to the wrapped up the opponents in-
more experienced Wriddhi- keeping wickets too. His DRS also work out an understand- pected to depose at a hotel in the city at 11 am on Sharing a partnership of 144 crease. Openers N Jagadeesan side 20 overs for 82 runs.
man Saha being preferred in- reviews aren’t great. In Indian ing with Rohit in the middle. Thursday. runs, the veteran-rookie combi- (14 off 21) and Abhinav Mukund Summarised scores: Group C: In Jai-
stead. conditions, on turning wick- The openers will be key to the The 46-year-old former batting mainstay was nation dispatched deliveries to (1 off 5) were the two victims of pur: Tamil Nadu 294/8 in 50 ovs (D
“The selectors are in a ets, he may struggle. Saha is a team’s success. the head coach of the India A and Under-19 teams, every corner of the ground help- Choudhary. Off-spinner Pulkit Karthik 95, H Nishaanth 73; V Choud-
mood to give one final chance far better ‘keeper than him, Therefore, Mayank and Ro- and still monitors the progress of these two sides. ing Tamil Nadu reach a com- Narang and left-arm pacer Raj hary 2/60). Services 82 all out in 19.1
to Pant in the first Test, but the and get a few useful runs lower hit will get an opportunity to The complaint by Gupta alleged that there is con- manding total of 294 in their Bahudar Pal, who also contrib- ovs (N Verma 20; K Vignesh 5/41, M
team management (coach Ravi down the order too,” the source start working on their partner- flict in interest in Dravid’s role as he is the NCA Group C encounter. uted in the early wreckage of Ta- Mohammed 3/10). TN won by 212
Shastri and skipper Virat Koh- said. ship even as they face a formid- head, and at the same time, an India Cements em- It was only a day ago that Vig- mil Nadu, could not go beyond runs; In Jaipur: Railways 289/6 in 50
li) want Saha to play from the Despite his consistent fail- able South African pace at- ployee. In his written response to the complaint, nesh pointed towards the and ended with one wicket ovs (A Ghosh 96; V Kumar 3/55). Bi-
start of the series itself,” a ures, Pant, who is now India’s tack. Dravid has already defended himself, saying he ‘strong brand of cricket’ Tamil apiece. har 155/6 in 43 ovs (S Rathour 86; K
source told TOI. An axe from main stumper after MS Dhoni Pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s in- took leave of absence from employers India Ce- Nadu aim to develop, ‘If not me, Cameos by Shahrukh Khan Sharma 3/23). Railways won by 84
the Test team will be a huge set- took a break from internation- jury has opened the door for ments and he has nothing to do with the Chennai tomorrow someone else will put (23 off 18) and M Mohammed (36 runs (VJD method); In Jaipur: Tripura
back for the 21-year-old, who al cricket, has won sympathy Umesh Yadav, who has been Super Kings. Last month, former India captain his hand up and perform for the off 15) were the cherry on top. 268/8 in 50 ovs (T Mishra 102; I Pan-
was anointed as India’s first- all around, with Prasad him- drafted into the Indian Test Sourav Ganguly has lambasted the BCCI for issu- team,’ and today it was Nish- Services showed no appetite dey 2/41). Madhya Pradesh 86/6 in 20
choice wicketkeeper for all the self saying recently that one squad. This game will also give ing Dravid with the conflict notice. “New fashion aanth who responded well to the to fight and surrendered meekly overs (R Patidar 41). Tripura won by
three formats by chief selector needed to be patient with Umesh, if the management in indian cricket .....conflict of interest ....Best challenge. before the pace battery of Tamil 104 runs (VJD method).
MSK Prasad before the team someone as talented as Pant. “I plays him, an opportunity to way to remain in news ...god help indian cricket Karthik and Nishaanth took Nadu. Vignesh was yet again the Note: All Group A (Bengaluru) &
left for the West Indies. He is, have already said that post impress the selectors ahead of ......Dravid Gets Conflict of Interest Notice from Services pacer Varun Choud- pick of the bowlers clinching Group B matches (Vadodara) aban-
after all, the only Indian ‘keep- World Cup we have been con- the Tests. BCCI Ethics Officer,” Ganguly had tweeted. hary, who had posted an eco- five scalps for 41 runs. He along doned due to rain.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

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MESSY NOTE TO ‘Resources never

guarantee you wins’
BARCA VICTORY
Messi, Making His First Start This Season, Was
SETBACK:
Lionel Messi
suffered a
knock in the
2-1 victory
Sevilla Coach Julen
Lopetegui On The
Challenges Of Breaking
Big-Club Stranglehold
big clubs have — everywhere
in the world and in Spain too
— means that there are many
differences when they decide
on their squads. However, one
of the best things about foot-
ball is that this never guaran-
Substituted At Half-Time With A Muscle Injury Nilesh.Bhattacharya tees you a win. We’ll try to
@timesgroup.com make our resources better,
Madrid: Lionel Messi endured yet Milan at home in the Champions more profitable too, so that we

H
more injury frustration after going League four days later. aving guided Spain at have lots of good resources,
off at half-time against Villarreal but Certainly, they would have been the junior level, Julen and we’ll try to use them in
Barcelona gave their coach Ernesto eager to see Messi back in their line- Lopetegui was ‘pro- every match, which is the main
Valverde some much-needed relief up, having suffered a humbling 2-0 moted’ as manager of goal for us all the time.
with a comfortable 2-1 victory. Messi loss at newly-promoted Granada La Roja in July 2016. Lopetegui You spent two years as a player
received treatment in the first half last weekend, a result that left them travelled to Russia in the sum- under Johan Cruyff at Barcelona.
for what looked like a problem with with seven points from five games, mer of 2018 with great expecta- Did that period help in shaping
his left thigh and was then unable to their worst start to a season since tions. But as fate would have it, your career as a coach?
continue after the interval, replaced 1995. They arrived at Camp Nou the Spanish federation sacked At that time I was a player
by Ousmane Dembele on Tuesday. with doubts hovering, particularly him — just two days before the and didn’t know whether I want-
His withdrawal will be a major over Valverde, but delivered a far start of the tournament soon ed to become a manager. How-
concern for Barca, particularly more convincing win than the score- after Real Madrid named him as ever, all the experiences that
given this was Messi’s first start of line suggested, thanks to early goals their next manager. you’ve had while working with
the season after just recovering from Antoine Griezmann, his third The job that cost him a great managers — Johan was
from a niggling calf injury sus- of the season, and Arthur Melo. chance to guide Spain in the one of them — you try to learn,
tained at the start of August. “We are still far from our best but World Cup singed the former take everything in and draw your
After the match, Valverde struck with matches everything will im- Spain goalkeeper’s roller-coast- own conclusions about being a
a note of calm. “When something prove,” said Griezmann. PIQUE BLAMES not been able to train a lot, we have The Spanish champions then flew er ride further as Real Madrid
happens to Messi, everyone stops,
not only on the field, but in the
On his own adaptation at Barce-
lona, he added: “It’s different. A dif-
PRE-SEASON TOUR had many trips and it shows, there are
players who are still not in form,
to the United States to play Napoli
twice, in Miami and Michigan. Six
parted ways with him after just
138 days in the dugout. Lo-
stands as well,” he said. ferent style of football, a different FOR SLOW START others who have (injury) discomfort,” days later they travelled to face petegui took the challenge on
“It is a small problem in the ad- position. But I’m not too bad, right?” Barcelona defender Gerard Pique Pique told reporters. “The pre-season Athletic Bilbao in La Liga’s opening the chin and moved on. He
ductor and as a precaution we have Santi Cazorla put Villarreal in blamed the club’s pre-season trips to we had has not helped us, but this is game, where they capitulated to a 1-0 couldn’t have found a better way
decided not to risk it. In theory, it is touch on the stroke of half-time. Val- the United States and Japan for their Barca and there are no excuses.” defeat. Luis Suarez suffered an injury to resurrect himself than being
nothing more but we will see tomor- verde’s side climbed to fourth, one shaky start to the season. Barcelona played Chelsea and in the game and recently returned, but given the responsibility of turn-
LOPETEGUI
row how it is.” point behind Real Madrid and level Barcelona have not won away from Vissel Kobe in Japan in July, before has struggled. Some fans whistled the ing Sevilla FC into kings of Eu-
Barcelona visit Getafe in La Liga on points with Atletico Madrid, who home all season and failed to keep a heading back to Catalonia to host Uruguayan off against Villarreal as he rope. “There has to be patience
on Saturday before playing Inter both play on Wednesday. AFP clean sheet in the league. “We have Arsenal in the Joan Gamper Trophy. failed to make an impact. REUTERS during the difficult moments,” SPANISH
Lopetegui told TOI in an exclu- SHAKE-UP
sive interview. Excerpts:
It has been quite a roller-coaster July 2016-June 2018:

Poch admits Spurs ‘unsettled’ THIS TIME, MO &

EGYPT FALL OUT Juventus take care of ride for you. What kind of
challenge does Sevilla represent?
It’s a challenge, an incentive
Appointed La Roja coach on
July 21, succeeding Vicente
del Bosque. Having guided

after Colchester Cup shock OVER FIFA AWARDS

Cairo: Egypt’s football Balotelli’s Brescia
and a responsibility — without
a shadow of doubt. Sevilla is a
big and historic club, with huge
Spain to the World Cup,
Lopetegui was sacked on
June 13, a day after Real
AP
Colchester: Mauricio Pochettino claimed association has asked FIFA for AFP
demands and it’s a pleasure for Madrid appointed him as
his struggling Tottenham side are “unset- clarification after its vote for Milan: Mario Balotelli made his me to lead this challenge. their manager and just two
tled” after they suffered an embarrassing national icon Mohamed Salah first start for Brescia but the pro- It is often said that football gives days before the start of WC.
League Cup third-round defeat at fourth- Eriksen and was dropped from the final tally moted northeners still fell to a 2-1 you a second chance. Do you have Oct 29, 2018: Dismissed as
tier Colchester on Tuesday. Moura for the world’s best player defeat which sent champions Ju- a point to prove at Sevilla FC? Real Madrid manager only
Pochettino’s team were beaten 4-3 on missed their award. Blame was aimed at the ventus top of Serie A. Former Man- In my profession, whenever 138 days into the job, in the
penalties after being held to a goalless spotkicks federation for failing to ensure chester City and Inter Milan strik- you have responsibility, you wake of a 1-5 defeat at the
draw by a club 71 places below them, with Salah would be given the er Balotelli has returned to Italy to have to demonstrate profession- hands of Barcelona in La Liga
Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura both maximum chance in all votes. play for his hometown club, but his alism, hard work, 100 per cent June 5, 2019: Appointed
missing during the shoot-out. It was ap- Salah eventually finished fourth. debut had been delayed as he sat dedication and ability to give Sevilla FC manager on a
propriate that Eriksen’s effort was saved Salah changed his Twitter bio to out a four-game suspension for pre- your best… that is what they three-year contract.
as the Denmark playmaker has been focus after their incredible run to the Champi- say he only plays for Liverpool vious club Marseille. IT’S A START: Balotelli (right) made always demand from you. It is
for much of the unrest in the Tottenham ons League final. “When you have an un- and removing any mention of Juventus were without Portu- his debut for his hometown club the same for me at Sevilla FC. manager. Above all when you’re
camp. Eriksen said he wanted a new chal- settled squad always it’s difficult and you his affiliation to Egypt. guese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, Unlike your time at Real Madrid, a player, you don’t really think
lenge at the end of last season, but his lose time and then you need time to re- rested with a slight thigh problem, five minutes before the break, divert- you have had an excellent start at about many things the way you
hopes of securing a move were dashed. cover the time you lose,” Pochettino said. BAYERN PREZ BACKTRACKS but the champions recovered from ing the ball into his own goal, with Sevilla. What are your objectives? would think as a manager.
Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Toby “That’s where we are. Maybe our per- ON GERMANY BOYCOTT going behind after less than four Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic We set short-term objectives A number of Spanish footballers
Alderweireld and Victor Wanyama also formances are good but you need this ex- Berlin: Bayern president Uli minutes to an Alfredo Donnarumma completing the comeback, volleying here, not long-term ones. I al- and coaches are now involved in
endured uncertainty about their futures tra, which is mental, connection, it’s en- Hoeness did a U-turn on his goal — his fourth in five games. Ju- in on 63 minutes. ways say that there isn’t any- Indian football. Do you think
and, even now the transfer window is ergy to be all together, not to have different threat to deprive the German ventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szcz- Juventus overtake Inter Milan at thing more ambitious than Spanish football has a role to play
closed, it remains uncertain whether they agendas in the squad. national side of Bayern players if esny got two hands to Donnarum- the top of the Serie A table with 13 wanting to win the next match. in developing the game in India?
have long-term prospects at the club. “We need time again to build that to- Manuel Neuer loses the number ma’s powerful strike, but could only points from five games. Antonio How challenging is it to break the One of the most important
Pochettino conceded there are still is- getherness. We are in a period where it’s one keeper spot to Barcelona’s push the ball into the net. Conte’s side are one point behind domination of Real Madrid and FC aspects about Spanish football
sues behind the scenes, contributing to a bit tough for us but we keeping working Marc-Andre ter Stegen. AGENCIES Brescia defender Jhon Chancel- before they host Lazio at the San Siro Barcelona in Liga? is that its managers are of a very
Tottenham’s lacklustre start just months to find a solution.” AFP lor let the champions off the hook on Wednesday. AFP It’s clear that the resources the high level.

Novak to return
in Tokyo after
Coach Park to step into Kim’s shoes to train Sindhu
Manne.Ratnakar@timesgroup.com ances of the game un-
shoulder injury Hyderabad: The resignation of Ko-
der Gopichand and
has won several ma-
Sindhu loses in first round of Korea Open
Belgrade: World no. 1 Novak rean coach Kim Ji Hyun did not come jor titles including the Hyderabad: Injuries and mid-match Chia Hung of Chinese Taipei. Indian
Djokovic, forced out of the US as a surprise for the Indian coaching Olympic silver and retirements rocked the Korea Open challenge ended in doubles with the
Open with a staff as they were aware of the tough BWF Tour Finals un- BWF Super-500 tournament in Incheon men's doubles pairs of Satwiksairaj
shoulder inju- situation she faced on the home front. der him. But faced on Wednesday, writes Ratnakar Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty and Manu
ry, is back in Kim joined the Indian coaching with increasing workload and emer- Manne. Six matches, including those Attri/Sumeeth Reddy being ousted.
training and team in March 2019 and was given the gence of other singles shuttlers, Gop- of Saina Nehwal and Sai Praneeth did Satwik/Chirag lost to fourth seeds
will play in To- task of training PV Sindhu and a few ichand started creating a team not last the full length as players Takeshi Kamura and Keigo/Sonoda of
GOING FLAT OUT: Puneri Paltan’s Pankaj Mohite raids his way other girls. The coach teamed up well around all top players. pulled out. Japan 19-21, 21-18, 18-21while
kyo next week, through Jaipur defence during their PKL clash on Wednesday
a member of with Sindhu and played a role in help- There is a coach, physio, strength All of India’s top players, barring P Manu/Sumeeth went down fighting
his press team said. The 32- ing her win the world title. trainer and other staff exclusively Kashyap, tumbled out of the against Huang Kai Xiang and Liu
year-old Serbian star has "start-
ed to train and the situation
with his shoulder is a bit bet-
Panthers notch up Her exit means the load will now
be back on Pullela Gopichand. As al-
ways, the chief coach is not per-
turbed by the turn of events.
for shuttlers like Sindhu, Saina Neh-
wal, Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth
and HS Prannoy. Now that Kim is out
for Sindhu, men's singles coach Park
tournament. PV Sindhu suffered
another first round exit as she lost to
Beiwen Zhang of USA 21-7, 22-24, 15-21.
Kashyap, who came through
Cheng of China 16-21, 21-19, 18-21.
Saina pulled out due to gastroenteritis
at 21-19, 28-21, 1-8. Sai Praneeth
twisted his ankle in the first game and
ter," the spokesperson said. Ear-

SERVE & VOLLEY first win at home “We will handle Sindhu with the
help of other coaches. She’s been
with me for the last 15 years. She is
Tae Sang will take over that role.
"There is nothing to worry if one
of them leaves. We have seen several
qualifiers, saved the blushes for India
with a 21-16, 21-16 victory against Lu
retired when he was trailing 21-9, 11-7
after the coaches advised him to.

lier this month Djokovic pulled Ashish.Sen@timesgroup.com With Tamil Thalaivas al- our most important player and we coaches like Edwin, Mulyo Handoyo Gopichand," said a member of the for me, but it is something which is a
out of his US Open fourth ready out of playoffs conten- will ensure that we will give her the leave. People are worried that Sindhu coaching staff. part of a sportsperson's life. I will
round clash with Stan Wawrin- Jaipur: Skipper Deepak tion, Telugu Titans followed best. But in the long term, we need to will suffer, but they forget that she Sindhu was unhappy with the have to work harder. I am sure Gopi
ka due to a shoulder injury . Hooda led from the front as their southern counterparts find solution,” Gopichand said. won many titles including Olympic sudden exit of Kim. "I had a good rap- sir and the BAI will take care of ev-
Barty downs Kenin to reach Jaipur Pink Panthers defeat- down the same path after Sindhu started learning the nu- silver and World Tour Finals with port with her. It will be a fresh start erything," Sindhu said.
Wuhan quarters: World no.1 ed Puneri Paltan 43-34 in they went down fighting.
Ash Barty fended off a late their Pro Kabaddi League The match was a closely-
comeback attempt by Ameri-
can Sofia Kenin to reach the
Wuhan Open quarterfinals on
Wednesday, while Simona Ha-
match here on Wednesday.
The winners are now in sev-
enth spot while Puneri Pal-
tan still occupy eighth posi-
fought affair with two of the
best defences in the league
going head to head. The War-
riors opened up an eight-
Khade clinches
gold but fails to
Live bombs or darkness, Merlot best for
Mysuru event
lep retired from her match due
to a lower back injury. After
winning the first set without
any trouble, Barty fought back
PRO KABADDI
tion. Their first two games at
point lead (19-11) during
break. Farhad Milaghar-
dan’s all-round abilities
played a crucial role as the Ti-
make Oly cut
Biju.BabuCyriac
nothing deters Syrians war. She returned to compe-
Chennai: Merlot in fancied for
the FK Irani Memorial Trophy,
the feature event of the Mysuru
Biju.BabuCyriac
from a break down in the next, home have seen them tie and tans scripted a comeback in @timesgroup.com tition last month at a Grand races to be held on Thursday.
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saving two set points to over- lose by a point despite play- the second session. The Ti- Prix event in Czech Repub- Selections: 1) The Son Of The Light
come Kenin 6-3, 7-5. ing well for large parts of tans fought tooth and nail, Bengaluru: India’s Virdhawal Bengaluru: From a bomb lic where she won the silver Plate(D-2). (6) South Bell (4) Black-
Kyrgios bows out in round 1: those games. hoping to seal a playoff berth Khade emerged as the fastest landing right over their in 100m freestyle clocking hawk (10) Swiss Tigress; 2) The Secun-
Nick Kyrgios bowed out in the In another match, Bengal and they utilised the momen- swimmer of the 10th Asian Age swimming pool to swim- 58.60s. derabad Plate. (12) Track Striker (3)
first-round of the Zhuhai Warriors produced an all- tum to secure an all out in the Group Championships here at ming in darkness with the Ask Klzie about going Brave Lady (5) Fotogenic; 3) The Son Of
Championships on Wednesday. round show to beat Telugu Ti- fourth minute of the second the Padukone Dravid Centre for help of mobile flashlights back to his hometown and The Light Plate(D-1). (11) Speedster (7)
The 24-year-old Australian led tans 40-39. With this victory, half to gain the lead. But Pun- Sports Excellence but he was in Damascus, top Syrian the talented swimmer, who Sun Splash (5) Grey Channel; 4) The
the veteran Italian Andreas the Warriors perched atop jab-born raider Maninder disappointed not to make the swimmers have gone is close to make the grade M.B.Appaya Memorial Trophy(D-1).
Seppi 4-1 in the first set, only to the points table, displacing rose to the occasion again Olympics A qualification mark. through the toughest of for Tokyo Olympics, is not (6) Travieso (5) Rustic Sunrise (3) Good
go down 7-6 (7/5), 6-1. AGENCIES Dabang Delhi in the process. and surprised everybody. Srisa Ard Jenjira of Thai- times during the years of so keen. “I now train in Tha- Earth; 5) The Hotel RRR Trophy. (4) Set
land also took the spotlight civil war. nyapura in Thailand. I To Win (6) Sadeek (5) Tremendous; 6)
breaking two meet records in Be it three-time Olym- AGAINST ALL ODDS: Syrian don’t want to go back to Sy- The F.K.Irani Memorial Trophy. (6)
Merlot (11) Sakura (12) Hebron; 7) The
Athletes slam Batra’s CWG pullout call women’s 50m freestyle and 50m
breaststroke.
pian Bayan Jumah or Ay-
man Klzie,
swimmer Ayman Klzie ria as the war is continuing.
Once you return you have to M.B.Appaya Memorial Trophy(D-2).
(6) Haloween's Way (4) Leap Of Faith
New Delhi: The athletes reac- cal issues. ic, India should not send
Khade won
the men’s 50m
ASIAN SWIMMING who won
the gold in
survived great hardships to
continue their training.
do compulsory military ser-
vice and it could go on and (3) Perfect Legacy; 8) The Abs Fabs
ted with anger but the official- Shooting has teams to invitational tourna- freestyle in 22.59 seconds push- men’s 400m IM in the Asian “The most difficult thing on. Another option is to Plate. (5) Time Traveller (8) Scarlet
dom chose to weigh its words been a major ments either because the level ing Khurshidjon Tursunov of Age Group swimming was that the water was cold take exemption from mili- Burning (9) Moonstruck; Day's Best:
before responding to Indian contributor to of competition is not like the Turkmenistan, 22.96s, to second championships, the tough in winter. Sometimes we got tary service by paying SET TO WIN.
Olympic Association chief India’s CWG Olympics or the world cham- place. Iran’s Benyamin Ghareh- conditions back home have scared during training, $8,000 to the government,” Coup De Foudre triumphs:
Narinder Batra’s assertion tally and the pionship even there,” said the hassanloo ended a distant third made them even more de- hearing bombs go off,” she he said. Coup De Foudre won the Elusive
that the Commonwealth nation stands boxer who has two silver and a in 23.23s. termined to succeed at the said. The FINA scholarship Hero Plate, the main event of Del-
Games is a waste of time and second, with 134 medals, in the bronze from the three CWGs “Very disappointed not to top level. With many guns falling winner, who shifted base to hi races held on WednesdayRe-
the country should consider a overall count won from the he competed in. make the A grade. This was the “My goal now is to quali- silent during the last one Thailand two years back, sults: 1) Soviet Star Plate: Dhatoora-
permanent pullout. sport. “It is not acceptable,” The 2014 Glasgow CWG second time I’m meeting the B fy for the Olympics and fin- year in Aleppo, Bayan is al- recalled the worst period in win; 2) Elusive Hero Plate: Coup De
Batra, while speaking at said one of India’s currently gold-medallist shuttler Paru- mark but for me it’s ‘A’ grade or ish my studies. My dream is so trying to help rebuild her Syria was in 2013-14. “Once a Foudre-win; 3) Ardent Knight Plate:
an event in Bengaluru on most successful table tennis palli Kashyap also differed nothing,” the 28-year-old said. to reach the semis in To- city. “I opened a school in bomb fell on top of the Excellent Girl-win; 4) Equine Health
Tuesday, said the level of com- players G Sathiyan, who with Batra, who also heads The A mark is 22.01s while the B kyo,” said Bayan, the 2017 Aleppo to help the kids lead swimming pool where we Plate: Mdlexess-win; 5) Cabaret Plate:
petition at the CWG is not par- claimed two silvers and a the International Hockey Fed- mark is 22.67. Asian champion told TOI. anormal life because a lot of were training but luckily no Mister Stunner-win; 6) Time And Place
ticularly high and that India bronze in the 2018 edition in eration (FIH). “It is ridiculous On Thursday, Khade will be On Wednesday, the 25-year- them missed that during one was hurt. Then there Plate: Delhi Queen-win. TNN
should consider a pullout to Gold Coast. Boxing star Vijen- to think of boycotting the back in action for the 100m frees- old competed in women’s the war. In the first year it- were many days when I
improve its own standards. der Singh, who is the first and Commonwealth Games. I tyle final and this time he will be Volume 12, Issue 229 Regn No. TNENG/2008/
50m freestyle final but self my school had 1,500 trained in darkness as there 24638
The statement has context only male pugilist with an don’t think the standard is up against the silver winning failed to finish on the podi- children,” she said. was no power supply. Two Published by R. J. Prakashan on behalf of Bennett Coleman &
Co Ltd, Kochar Tower, 19, Venkatnarayana Road, Theagaraya
as Batra had earlier called for Olympic medal to his credit, low. I didn’t have it easy when I Uzbek and teenage star Srihari um. Hailing from Aleppo, a The Asian meet here is coaches would stand at ei- Nagar, Chennai 600017and printed by him at The Times of In-
dia Press, 140 Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chemmenchery,
an Indian boycott of the 2022 said Batra's statement is beat all these players during Nataraj. “We (me and Srihari) stronghold of the rebels only Bayan’s second after ther end of the pool turning Chennai 600119 and at 9/10/11-A, 4th Main, Bommasandra In-
dustrial area, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 099. Editor (Chen-
CWG in Birmingham over the heartbreaking as it under- the 2010 edition (when he won have never raced against each who are fighting govern- the Rio Olympics where she on their mobile flashlights nai Market): Arun Ram- Responsible for selection of news un-
der PRB Act. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in
axing of shooting from the mines athletes’ hard work. “It bronze) and the 2014 Games,” other so it will be an interesting ment forces for the last took part when her home so that I don’t bang into the part without the written permission of the Publisher is prohibit-
ed. Tel. Nos. Chennai (044) 40401234, Fax: (044) 24335511 E-
Games program due to logisti- is heartbreaking. By this log- he recalled. AGENCIES race tomorrow,” Khade said. eight years, Bayan & Klzie town was devastated in the walls,” Klzie said. Mail: timeschennai@timesgroup.com
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Chunky Pandey, Amyra Dastur
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Prassthanam is director Deva Katta’s adaptation of his 0700 Arputhangal Aarambam 1300 News 2000 Nayagi 1730 Irattai Roja
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2010 Telugu directorial with the same name. The story 0800 Sivagami 1330 Movie: Indian 2030 Kanmani 1800 Iniya Iru Malargal
3.45, 6.45 & 10.15PM; SHREE RADHA 11.30, 2.45, 6.30 Dhruva, Indhuja, Shah Ra, Adhithya Shivpink, Brahmaji, Dimple Hayathi
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Abhi wants to make a feature film with an antagonist as
WOODLANDS 11.30AM, 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00PM; Two petty criminals end up kidnapping the wrong woman, and the complex relationships within his family in a high- 0900 Mynaa 1800 Katrathu Kai Alavu 2200 Run Kandukonden
his lead and finds the perfect muse in the ruthless
SANGAM 11.50 & 11.55AM, 3.30, 3.35, 7.15, 7.20 & and end up in a situation where they have to deal with a ly volatile political setup. Together, can they defeat their 0930 Malar 1830 News 2230 Arundhathi 1900 Piriyadha Varam Vendum
Gaddalakonda Ganesh. How he finally manages to make
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his debut forms the crux of the tale.
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AGS NAVLUR 2.15 & 9.10PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL
10.40 & 10.55PM; EGA 11.45AM, 3.30, 7.15 & 11.00PM; 7.30PM; INOX NATIONAL 3.40PM; INOX THE MARINA 4.10PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 10.00PM; LUXE 4.15 & 10.35PM; AGS T NAGAR 10.50PM; AGS 1100 Oviya 2000 Kannadi Ariyamalum 2030 Yaaradi Nee Mohini
KASI 11.30AM, 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00PM; UDHAYAM MALL 12.50PM; KASI TALKIES 12.20PM; LUXE 1.30PM; 6.55PM; MAYAJAAL 4.15PM; PVR AMPA MALL VILLIVAKKAM 3.50 & 10.35PM; KASI TALKIES 12.30 & 1130 Sivagami 2030 Movie: Muniyandi 2100 Sembaruthi
7.45PM; PVR GRAND MALL 1.10PM; PVR VR 10.15PM; VIJAY
11.30AM, 3.00, 6.45 & 10.15PM; CASINO 12.00, 3.30, PVR VR 12.45PM; ESCAPE 12.45PM; PALAZZO 7.30PM; MAYAJAAL 2.30 & 7.00PM; GK CINEMAS 1200 Perazhagi Vilangiyal Moondram 0530 Radha Krishna 2130 Oru Oorula Oru
7.00 & 10.20PM; IDREAMS 12.15, 3.30, 7.00 & 12.40PM; S2 PERAMBUR 12.35PM; SATHYAM 3.55PM; ESCAPE 3.40PM; PALAZZO 10.40PM; S2 PERAMBUR 7.05PM; ROHINI 1.00, 4.00 & 7.00PM; SRK CINEMAS 1230 Srimad Bhagavatham Andu Rajakumari
10.20PM; SATHYAM 7.05PM 0600 PCR - Prevention Cure
10.15PM; ALBERT 11.45AM, 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00PM; ROHINI 1.00 & 10.30PM; SDC MAHALAKSHMI 3.30PM; 8.00AM & 6.15PM 1300 Malar 2330 Kannadi Rejuvenation 2200 Sathya
VETTRI 11.30AM, 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00PM; VIDHYA DEVI 4.00PM; AVM 3.00PM; GOPIKRISHNA 11.45AM SECTION 375 (U/A) ★★★★ GANG LEADER (U/A) ★★★
1330 Mynaa RAJ 0700 Kalakka Povathu Yaaru 2230 Iniya Iru Malargal
11.30AM, 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00PM; SRI BRINDA 11.30AM, 58888 Code: sec 1400 Thirumanam 2300 Nachiyarpuram
ZOMBIE (U/A) ★ 58888 Code: gan 0500 Aalaya Darisanam Champions
3.00, 6.30 & 10.00PM; SRI SHANMUGA 11.45AM, 3.00, Akshaye Khanna, Richa Chadda, Rahul Bhat, Meera 1430 Sandhya 0530 Nama Sagar 0800 Start Music 2330 Poovey Poochoodava
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Yogi Babu, Yashika Aannaand, Gopi, Sudhakar, TM Kartikeya, Priyadarshi, Raghu Babu, Anish Kuruvilla
10.00PM; GOPIKRISHNA 11.45AM, 3.00, 7.15 & A movie director is accused of raping a costume assistant Tintin: The Secret Of The 0600 Jesus Calls Mandra Thalaivar 0600 Teleshopping
Karthik, John Vijay, Black Sheep Anbu, Manobala, Five women lose their loved ones and seek revenge
10.45PM; BARATH 3.00, 6.30 & 10.00PM working on his film. While he is sentenced to jail by the Unicorn 0630 Vidiyal Puthithu 1000 Siva Manasula Sakthi 0700 Anugraham
Lollu Sabha Manohar against the person who killed them. They take the help of
Sessions Court, the case is reopened in the High Court. 1730 Srimad Bhagavatham
MAGAMUNI (U/A) ★★★½ A group of individuals are trapped in a resort where writer, who's notorious for plagiarising popular Hollywood 0700 Sripuram Sri Narayani 1030 Pandian Stores 0800 Chinni Krishna
And in the face of media and public scrutiny, two deter- 1800 Thirumanam Peedam 1100 Mouna Raagam 0830 Bill Maaku Thrill Meeku
58888 Code: mag there's a zombie outbreak. Can they get out of the place films. They set out to seek revenge, but in the process,
mined lawyers battle it out. 1830 Oviya 0730 News 1130 Aranmanai Kili 0900 Movie: Major
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ESCAPE 1.00PM; SATHYAM 9.50PM 1900 Thari 0800 Astrology 1200 Bigg Boss Tamil Chandrakanth
Indhuja, Jayaprakash LUXE 12.55PM; PVR HERITAGE 3.35PM; PVR VR INOX NATIONAL 10.10PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL
1930 Malar 0830 Teleshopping 1300 Sundari Neeyum 1200 Bandham
Two long-separated brothers end up in life-threatening 3.50PM; PALAZZO 12.10PM; PVR AMPA MALL 7.00PM; THE ZOYA FACTOR (U) ★★★½ 6.40PM; MAYAJAAL 3.30PM; PVR VR 10.30PM;
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situations. How do their lives intersect and what happens PVR SKLS GALAXY MALL 3.15PM 58888 Code: zoy PALAZZO 9.55PM 0900 Telemart Sundaran Naanum 1230 Nandhini
2030 Mynaa 0930 Pudhu Reel 1330 Ponnukku Thanga 1300 Kalyani
next? HINDI Dulquer Salmaan, Sonam Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, MALAYALAM 2100 Srimad Bhagavatham 1000 Mann Vasanai Manasu 1330 Mogali Rekulu
LUXE 4.20PM; PVR GRAND MALL 4.15PM; PVR CHHICHHORE (U/A) ★★★½ Angad Bedi, Saurabh Shukla FINALS (U) ★★★½ 2130 Perazhagi 1030 Teleshopping 1400 Ponmagal Vandhaal 1400 Mattigaajulu
HERITAGE 4.10PM; PVR VR 12.00PM 58888 Code: chh Born on the same day that India won the 1983 cricket 58888 Code: fin 2200 Thirumanam 1100 Poovizhi Vasalile 1430 Eeramaana Rojavey 1430 Mathrudevobhava
MERSAL (U/A) ★★★½ Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun World Cup, Zoya is considered by her family to be a lucky Rejisha Vijayan, Suraj Venjarammoodu, Niranj, 2230 Sandhya
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58888 Code: mer Sharma, Tushar Pandey, Prateik Babbar, Tahir Raj Muthumani, Sona Nair 2300 Malar
cricket. But when the Indian cricket management want to 1200 Pengal Neram Mandra Thalaivar Reddy
Vijay, Kajal Aggarwal, Samntha Akkineni, Nithya Bhasin, Naveen Polishetty, Saharsh Kumar Shukla Cycling prodigy Alice Varghese is all set to represent India 2330 Oviya
sign her on as a lucky mascot for the present team, Zoya 1230 Cinema Paarvai 1530 Ayutha Ezhuthu 1800 Roja
Menen, SJ Suryah, Vadivelu Raghav, son of high achieving parents, succumbs to the for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, destiny waylays
finds herself in a fix. JAYA 1300 News 1600 Naam Iruvar Namakku 1830 Akka Mogudu
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered pressure that comes with cut-throat entrance exams. As the best of plans, forcing her father to chart another
EGA 4.15PM; AGS NAVLUR 3.30 & 10.00PM; AGS 0500 Suprabatham 1330 Movie: Guru Sishyan Iruvar 1900 Rendu Rellu Aaru
or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects he battles for life in a hospital, his parents regroup with course.
MADURAVOYAL 4.00 & 10.00PM; AGS T NAGAR 12.50 0530 Kandha Sashti Kavasam 1700 Iyarkai Vaithiyam 1630 Bharathi Kannamma 1930 Abhilasha
a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind their friends after decades.Together, this older generation, INOX THE MARINA MALL 7.30PM; LUXE 10.15PM;
& 7.30PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM 3.25 & 10.25PM; INOX 0600 Oli Mayam 1730 Endrendum Pattu 1700 Eeramaana Rojavey 2000 Pournami
these crimes? And why are they being committed? goes on a nostalgia trip, reminiscing their college days, MAYAJAAL 6.30PM; PVR AMPA MALL 10.45PM; PVR
NATIONAL 3.50PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 3.40 & 0630 Deiveega Raagam Thalaivan 1730 Sundari Neeyum 2030 Bhagyarekha
LUXE 6.45PM hoping their bittersweet memories will help save a HERITAGE 10.15PM; PVR VR 9.45PM; ESCAPE
10.45PM; LUXE 7.45PM; MAYAJAAL 1.30 & 7.05PM; 0700 News 1800 News Sundaran Naanum 2100 Madhumasam
NERKONDA PAARVAI (U/A) ★★★½ teenager, who has now lost all will to live. 10.20PM; ROHINI 4.00PM
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58888 Code: ner INOX THE MARINA MALL 7.15PM; LUXE 9.50PM; ITTYMAANI: MADE IN CHINA (U) ★★
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Ajith, Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami, Vidya Balan, MAYAJAAL 7.00PM; PVR AMPA MALL 10.30PM; PVR 58888 Code: itt
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file case against each other, after which the court looks 58888 Code: dre ROHINI 1.00PM 1330 Adupankarai 2130 Bigg Boss Tamil
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Bill Hader, Jay Ryan 0730 News 0800 Neelakkuyil
OTHTHA SERUPPU SIZE 7 (U) ★★★ Desperate to find employment, Karam picks up a job as Nivin Pauly, Nayanthara, Vineeth Srinivasan, Aju 1830 Unnai Arindhal
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Parthiban Radhakrishnan in his life in the dark about the nature of his work. How Panicker, Dhanya Balakrishna 2000 Jaya Star Singer
reluctantly reunites the seven members of the Losers Club 0845 Aaha Kalyanam 0630 Olimayamana 1200 Taste Time
An emotionally unstable murder suspect explains the long can he keep it up before everyone including his girl- Dineshan is in love with Shoba, but she insists he give up 2100 Periya Idathu Penn 0900 Daddy Arumugam Ethirkaalam 1230 Unnimaya
modus operandi behind the crimes he had committed to smoking and drinking before marriage. It’s easier said 2130 Thenkinnam 0930 Namma Ooru Hero 0800 Rowdy Baby 1245 Kasthooriman
a few cops, which leads to an intriguing revelation. than done, but will love triumph? 2230 News 1000 Jai Hanuman 0930 Piriyadha Varam Vendum 1315 Vanambadi
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12.40, 3.35, 6.35 & 9.55PM; MAYAJAAL 11.45AM, 2.45, 58888 Code: kan 0700 Ayurveda 1300 Tamilselvi 1200 Nachiyarpuram 1630 Best Of Start Music
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PVR HERITAGE 1.00, 4.45, 7.00 & 9.45PM; PVR VR 1.10, Anirban, an ambitious rebellious young guy, fights against 0800 Vidiyale Vaa 1400 Chandralekha Rajakumari 1800 Kannante Radha
7.00 & 9.40PM; ESCAPE 3.15 & 9.35PM; PALAZZO 1.05, the system and society. The film deals with several inci-
4.00, 6.55 & 9.55PM; S2 PERAMBUR 1.35, 4.35 & dents, including the APSC scam.
10.40PM; S2 THEYAGARAJA 11.30AM & 10.10PM; PVR GRAND MALL 10.00PM

Jenna confirms her

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second pregnancy
7.45 & 11.00PM; DEVI 12.45, 4.00, 7.00 & 10.30PM; ★★★ Above Average ★★★½ Good
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Prassthanam
12.00, 6.30 & 10.00PM; UDHAYAM 11.30AM, 3.00, 6.45 ★★★★★ Outstanding
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enna Dewan has confirmed her pregnancy on social

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RAMBO: LAST BLOOD (A) ★★★ • Type rev <space> short code of movie as given under each movie name <space> your name <space> your rat- • Type ASK <space> movie name <space> media with a super sweet post about becoming a moth-
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58888 Code: ram makes no sense. To read your review, go to review.timesofindia.com movie timings and theatres is expecting a child with her boyfriend, actor Steve Kazee, 43.
Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Louis Mandylor, Óscar Jenna shared a photo of her and six-year-old daughter
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Jaenada, Yvette Monreal Everly cuddling in bed. She captioned it, “Becoming a moth-
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er is quite simply the absolute best most incredible thing that
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3.30PM; ROHINI 10.30AM & 10.15PM; SANGAM 25951447; Casino: 28416530; Devi: 28555660; Ega: 43436363; Escape: 42244224; Fame National: 33663366; Ganapathy Ram: 24417424; IDream: “@stevekazee you are a gift from above and i couldn’t be
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10.15PM; CARNIVAL 12.25 & 2.50PM; KK 2.30 & 27472860/1/2/3/4/5; MM Theatre: 25954464/ 9500133363; MR Cinema 22266360; Rakki Cinemas: 26585465; Rohini: 29312482; S2 (Perambur): you guys for all the love!!” she added on Instagram. Congrats
9.30PM 42244224; S2 (Theyagaraja): 42244224; Sangam: 42082233; Sathyam: 42244224; Sri Brinda: 25581010; Sri Ganga: 25508734. again to the happy family!
Steve Kazee and Jenna Dewan

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launched its After all, Athi Varadar emerged out of his water bed after
AW-19 collection 40 years, in July this year. “It is almost tradition to buy a new
of handbags. doll every year for people. And the Athi Varadar doll is what I
The versatile look forward to display this year,” beams 76-year-old V Lakshmi,
collection has as she keeps her eyes peeled for the doll in Mylapore’s North
Bollywood Mada Street. While the Athi Varadar doll is all people look for, its pro-
actress Kiara duction is at an all-time low, the shopkeepers in Mylapore observe. “Peo-
Advani, who is ple keep asking for the Athi Varadar dolls, because that is the new sen-
known for sation this season. We only have the Athi Varadar made from marble
her sense of dust left for now,” Arif from Preethi Handicrafts says.
fashion and style, A 60-something street-side vendor, who did not want to be named,
as its face. adds that it was difficult to catch hold of the doll. “I did not go to
For more, see Kanchipuram to get the dolls because I heard that the stock had al-
PAGE 5 ready run out.”
Water pump set in North Mada Street
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

‘I realised that I want a

‘Deeply grateful and most humbled’ man who is not divided
between three families’
Says Amitabh Bachchan on being named
the Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient
n Tuesday, Prakash

O Javadekar, the Minister of In-

formation and Broadcasting
took to Twitter to announce the news
Kate Elizabeth Hallam, who got divorced
from Lucky Ali last year, talks about her
that Amitabh Bachchan would be con-
ferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke relationship with the singer
Award this year. After the announce-
ment, Big B took to Twitter to convey
his reaction, sharing, “There is a pauci- Debarati.Sen@timesgroup.com
ty of words searching a
f you are a 90s’ kid, and a music lover,
response.. for the gen-
erosity of words that
pour in..I am but deeply
grateful and most hum-
2010
K BALACHANDER I you’ve probably grown up listening
to Lucky Ali’s iconic numbers like
Ek Pal Ka Jeena, O Sanam, Aa Bhi Jaa
bled.. my sincerest grat- and Hairat. However, it’s not just his In an exclusive interview with us, families, but is focused on one family.”
itude”. As the news broke soul-stirring music that made Lucky Kate said, “I don’t want to go into the de- When asked if the separation
out, several celebs includ- (aka Maqsood Ali, son of prominent AFTER EIGHT tails of why my marriage didn’t work was amicable, she replied, “I separated
ing Shatrughan Sinha and comic actor Mehmood Ali) hit the head- YEARS OF DIVIDING out. Maqsood (Lucky) did his best as a from Maqsood in the end of 2017,
lines; his three marriages were also
Rajinikanth also took to
Twitter to congratulate him. much talked about. MY TIME BETWEEN man who was married for the third time
and took on the responsibility of a third
as spiritually, I needed to find my way
in life. After eight years of dividing
Before Big B, several other Bol- The singer’s last marriage — a court MY PARENTS IN family. However, for a woman, it is hard my time between my parents in Eng-
marriage in Bengaluru in 2010 — was
lywood actors have received the
to former Miss England, Kate Elizabeth
ENGLAND AND MY when you get divided attention; that can
be quite something to get used to and
land, and then my husband and
son in India, I needed to root down some-
award for their contribution to
Hindi cinema. From Tamil Hallam, who is also an actress, FAMILY IN INDIA, I live with. My parents have been where. And, deep down, I knew that my
cinema, Sivaji Ganesan and presenter and bass guitarist. They have
an eight-year-old son, Dani. Not many
NEEDED TO ROOT married for 50 years now, and are tra- journey in this marriage had
K Balachander have re- 1996 ditional in their beliefs. I guess, over the to come to an end.”
2018 ceived the prestigious know that last year, the couple sought DOWN SOMEWHERE years, I realised that I want a man who
award. Agencies SIVAJI GANESAN mutual divorce. is not divided between three CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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MUSIC AND COCKTAILS
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music as F16s, our
very own city band,
performs WKND
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Indian tour, on Friday.
You could head to ‘G
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friends, get into the
mood with the music,
and take your pick
from an eclectic range
of cocktails, starting at
`150 and an unlimited
Salman Khan makes liquor package at `2,000 per person. As for the home-grown
a grand entry band, which was formed in 2013, you can be assured of solid
entertainment as this five-piece band comprising Shashank
Manohar (on bass guitar), Joshua Fernandes (vocals and gui-
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A surprises, and a whole lot of

celebrity-studded drama kicks off
on Sunday, September 29, at 9 pm
as popular reality show on Viacom18’s
GEC, Colors, vivo V17 Pro presents
Bigg Boss makes its way into your
television screens.
With the experience of two seasons
packed into one, the upcoming season of
Bigg Boss promises to redefine
entertainment like none other.
In what we call a power-packed entry at
the launch of the show, host Salman Khan
embarked on an express journey, giving
everyone a hint of how speedy and fast
track this season is going to be. Dancing
to the beats of dhol-tasha, Salman took It was an 11-
over the stage to groove to his signature
song and also welcomed TV stars Arjun
Bijlani, Puja Banerjee and Sana Khan to
flag off the all-celebrity season. “The new
(L-R) Shital Iyer, Abhishek Rege,
Nina Jaipuria Elavia, Manisha
Sharma, Jerome Chen and
Salman Khan
DID YOU KNOW year-old who
invented the
Popsicle
season will have on board all celebrities
hough there is a debate on this, it is widely believed that in

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and they are going to be very thede,” channel and the sponsor brand.
quipped Salman. The much-guarded surprise of the 1905, a 11-year-old boy, Frank Epperson, left a mixture of
Nina Jaipuria Elavia addressed evening was Bollywood actress Ameesha soda and water in a cup outside overnight. Apparently, his
Salman as the soul of Bigg Boss and Patel’s role in the show. This time around, mixture froze, thanks to low temperature. Interestingly, he ate the
congratulated him on completing 10 years Bigg Boss moves its base from Lonavala to newfound treat. It is said that Epperson named his invention as
as the host. The event culminated with a Mumbai and will feature a house that has “epsicle” and sold it all over Neptune Beach in San Francisco that
picture perfect vivo selfie with Jerome a complete dreamy feel to it. Hold on and summer. When he got older, Epperson’s children began calling his
Chen, Nina, Abhishek Rege, Manisha sit tight as the all new-celebrity season of creation “Pop’s Sicle,” or “Popsicle.” Several years later, Epperson
Ameesha Patel Sharma and Shital Iyer — the head Bigg Boss is touted to be a thrilling ride. applied for a patent for his “frozen ice on a stick”.
Arjun Bijlani and Agencies
honchos of the production house, Puja Banerjee
Sana Khan

ARCHIE GARFIELD family members

BIRTHDAY TODAY
that complicate
Y ou might feel depressed
matters. New fi-

FinOle x
by the mechanical routine
of your life. Music may be the nancial trends can
ideal way to rejuvenate. bring unexpected
Tip: Your lucky colours are
crimson, red, green, cream, cash and help you
FORTUNE A n o pa m and white. Your lucky gems to increase your in-
are ruby, garnet. come.
You share your birthday with: SAGITTARIUS No-
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vember 21 - De-
cember 20 You ex-
PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz NANCY By Guy and Brad Gilchrist ARIES March 20 - April 18 The that you cherish. tricate yourself from involvement
trends are excellent for a pleas- LEO July 22 - August 21 This is in anonymous ventures where you
ant family time. If you have spir- a time when your focus is on ca- get lost in the crowd. On the con-
itual or creative interests, there is reer ideals. There is a desire to trary, concentrate on simplifying
much happiness to be found.You team up with inspiring individuals things whilst focusing on creative
are in conflict with a charismatic and groups who have a creative ideas that are close to your heart.
figure at work. vision of sorts. Time to accept a CAPRICORN December 21 -
TAURUS April 19 - May 19To es- number of challenges and move January 19This day activates the
tablish harmony in relationships, forward. important relationships in your life
you are prepared to make a lot of VIRGO August 22 - September and you are ready to make a move.
sacrifices, but you will not sacri- 21 Tensions arise between you and You have a lot of ideas, but they
fice your freedom.There are deep your family members.You are ready are much unfocused. Start focus-
and poetic communications with to come up with a solution.By join- ing on them.
MARVIN
THE DAILY CROSSWORD a soul who has captivated your ing forces with an ambitious per- AQUARIUS January 20 - Febru-
heart. You will have to use your son would widen your horizons, ary 18 You are in no mood to com-
diplomatic talents to avoid getting and your ideas.Your mind is quite promise, and you end up doing
pushed around at work. clear. Legal matters will go in your things your way. Everyone can
GEMINI May 20 - June 20 You favour. dream, but weaving dreams
do not want to submit to dictato- LIBRA September 22 - October together into a cohesive whole is
rial demands.Routine work is bor- 22 You are not alone, you have quite an art.You can succeed be-
ing and uninspiring as always for considerate friends who want to yond expectations as the day
you. So make your opinions follow you through thick and thin. draws to a close.
known,be prepared to take what- You feel the need for new things PISCES February 19 - March
ever is thrown at you. that bring more excitement and 19 The day brings dynamic en-
CANCER June 21 - July 21 You open new channels for change ergy to create long-awaited
MINDBENDER are ready to act on your convic- and expansion. changes in many areas of your
tions and this could mean deal- SCORPIO October 23 - Nove- life. Be willing to take the help of
ing with disputes that now arise mber 20 A brilliant time for com- a good friend as you are about to
Rearrange these letters to give at work. There is plenty of inspi- munication through media chan- run into obstacles, but together
the name of a popular singer: ration in your life right now, but nels and an excellent time for you will overcome them.You have
there is very little grounding. Build humanitarian work. There are a valuable assets in helpful friends
more on the close emotional bonds number of issues connected with who give you continued support.

HE TALKS ANAGRAM SCRAMBLE SPELLATHON

Today’s Ratings:
Solve the four anagrams and move one letter to each square to 23-average 25-good
form four ordinary words 27-outstanding
LOOP THE LOOP HOW TO PLAY
Now arrange the letters marked with an asterisk (*) to form the answer to the
riddle or to fill in the missing words as indicated I
M E
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ENGINEERING | MANAGEMENT | MEDIA | LAW
presents ALNODU How many words of four or more
letters can you make from the letters shown in

SUDOKU CHALLENGE FILTGH

today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter
may be used once only. Each word must con-
tain the central letter. There should be at least
one seven letter word. Plurals, foreign words
Give me the ready ___ rather than the ready ___. - Cesare and proper names are not allowed. British
English Dictionary is used as reference.
Pavese (4,..,6)

SOLUTIONS TO GAMES
TIMES SUDOKU LOOP THE LOOP

Rules
■ Connect adjacent
dots with
vertical or horizontal
lines, creating a sin-
gle loop (Fig A).
■ Crossover’s or (Fig A) Not allowed (Fig B)
branches are not
allowed (As shown by the dotted Now there is a cross in one space
lines in Fig B). around 3. So we know the three
■ Numbers in the puzzle indicate lines of 3 can only be drawn in the
the number of lines that should remaining three spaces. Next,
surround it, while empty cells may these lines can only be
be surrounded by any number of extended in one direction each.
Level: Easy Continue, using the same logic.
lines.
■ You can’t draw lines around Hints: Keep eliminating possibili-
HOW TO PLAY zeroes.
Fill in the grid so that every horizontal row, every vertical
ties by marking crosses in spaces
■ Each puzzle has just one unique between dots where a line isn’t
SCRAMBLE: Words: Canoe, tinny, SPELLATHON: admire, aimed, media, MERMAID, mime, mire,
column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9, without solution. possible, i.e., if you have already unload, flight amid, amir, armed, dame, mired, ramie, rammed, ream,
repeating the numbers in the same row, column or How to begin: Example (Fig A) - completed required lines or where Answer: Give me the ready diem, dime, dimmer, dram, rimmed
box.You can’t change the digits already given in the grid. Begin with the zero next to 3. Since a line extension may create a hand rather than the ready dream, emir, imam, made, WHATZIT: On a shoestring
Every puzzle has one solution. no lines can be drawn around zero, branch or cause a dead-end
mark crosses around it, as shown. (Fig B). tongue. - Cesare Pavese maid, maim, maimed, mare, MINDBENDER: Lata Mangeshkar
THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2019
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Pics: Praveen Tyagarajan

Esha Anusha Luke Coutinho and Pooja

Preethi

Divya Manisha Goyal and Kamini Minal and Ankita

Fashion of being Renuka

fit and fab

uriously scribbling away and, in a few instances, com-

F mitting to memory the nuggets of wisdom being dispensed

by lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho, guests at this event clear-
ly had fitness on their minds. So these health-conscious fashion-
istas and fitness freaks learnt a trick or three on how to keep weight
issues at bay without starving or resorting to extreme diets. In fact
more than being tricks or tips, this one was all about being sensi-
ble in terms of nutrition, exercise, keeping the mind alert, calm,
and having some sort of spiritual goalpost. As it was a do where
health and holistic living were being emphasised, the conversa-
tions, too, flowed in this direction, and there were plenty of take-
aways for all those who had gathered here with a resolve to get fit-
ter before the festive season unleashes its usual temptations! But
trust our well-heeled folk to have not let fashion take a backseat, Nandhini
for, they came in looking all svelte and glamorous, swinging their
designer bags and flaunting their statement accessories. Healthy
fashion,or what!
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Shopkeepers find it tough to meet DID YOU

KNOW
The largest number of dolls in
a matryoshka set is 51

the demand for Athi Varadar dolls Pics: Johan Sathyadas and Praveen Tyagarajan
W
hile the Russian matryoshka dolls usually
come in a set of five to 10, the largest set
reportedly consists of 51 dolls! This 51-piece
set, which has found a place in the Guiness World
Records, was hand-painted by Youlia Bereznitskaia,
and completed in the year 2003. The largest doll in the
set measures 53.97cm in height, the smallest one is
0.31cm in height. When all the pieces are lined up
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She adds, “But I got just one piece from an-
other seller in this street for `1,700. It is very
tough to get this doll. This is the only piece
I purchased. He came out of the water af-
ter 40 years. So of course, people will want -Now
to feature him in their kolu,” she observes.
Most of these dolls are sourced from Cud-

IVIILI:Sl UNt:
dalore, Puducherry and Kanchipuram,
says Kousalya, an official from Khadi
Gramodyog Bhavan in Chennai, which A Thulabaram collectible Bhishma kolu set On the Rocks celebrates
only has one variant of the Athi their 10th birthday with a
Varadar made of papier-mâché left.
But why is the doll such a rare find? new menu
Jagatheeswaran, an artisan from WE COULD NOT
Poompuhar blames Chennai’s er- PRODUCE A LOT OF
ratic rains this year. “We could not
DOLLS BECAUSE n The Rocks , the happening restobar 11 ,, I ,
produce a lot of dolls because of the at Crowne Plaza in Chennai Adyar
weather. And since the Athi Varadar OF THE WEATHER. Park ushered in its 10th anniversa-
festival too ended very recently, we
could not give out a lot of dolls.
THE RAINS 0ry in style. Over the years, On The
Rocks has enthralled its guests with modern Is 0
The rains played spoilt sport be- PLAYED and progressive culinary techniques dishing
cause the dolls could not dry
in the wet weather,” the veter-
SPOILT out a variety of steaks and grills. To mark its
SPORT Ambedkar dolls important milestone, a refreshing new menu
an artisan adds.
was launched that promises to delight any fi 1f1
At Poompuhar, the dolls are BECAUSE THE food enthusiast. 1 10
available in clay and papier- Varadars next year that people will hardly 1 kr 14
mâché. “I have made only 50 pieces DOLLS COULD even find the place to keep them,” Jagath- The new menu includes signature start-
ers like seared sea scallops with pumpkin >> Oleg Avdeev , Nalin Mandirat ta , Mark Vandevreken
in papier-mâché this year. Because NOT DRY IN eeswaran says with a laugh.
puree , homemade tomato jam , chicken and
of Vinayakar Chathurthi festival, But the handicraft store’s most sought-
which is one of our biggest THE WET after, yet expensive variant, is a doll made blue cheese involtini , grilled roman artichoke
festivals, we had to halt the WEATHER of athi maram or fig tree. Priced at `17,000, and walnut and parmesan tart. Also on the
production. I made a mould the shiny coal-black doll stands tall at 1.5 offer are some handcrafted pastas like lamb
soon after I got to know the in- — Jagatheeswaran ft. “It was done by our artisan, Dhanan- agnolotti , shrimp raviolini , pumpkin and ri- ,
terest among public. There are jayam. It took over a month to make be- cotta ravioli , buckwheat tagliatelle and truffle 10
i,
200 artisans like me in Chen- cause he had to dry the wood off the milk,” scented mushroom fettuccin e . An extensive
nai, who have begun mak- says Senthilkumar, a salesman at the store, selection of steaks and grills awaits diners. !
ing such dolls. We are going before going on to re-pack the precious For the main course seafood , poultry, meats ®
to have so many Athi collectible. and succulent vegetarian options have been
Athishtalakshmi idol
curated. A r a r e collection of vintage wines and >> Mithun Payankool , Vidya Gaj apathi Raj Singh , Jit Bose
cocktails beautifully stack the closet.
"On The Rocks has always been a trend
FROM THE ARTISAN’S TABLE setter serving distinct ive flavours to our cam'
Once we put up a soolai (fireplace), we take cow dung cakes and esteemed guests. N4'ith the new menu , we are
logs to make the fire. But we cannot do this alone. So, we join hands aiming at creating an experience that takes
with potters, who share the soolai with us. We shell ` 2,000 each and our guests through the beautiful journey of the
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make the dolls. We then make a pyramid out of it and coat it with a lay- restaurant ", says Mr. Nalin Mandiratta , Area
er of sticky, muddy water. This is done to restrict the flames inside. And General Manager, South India and General W N E P E AZ A , y >
'F' n V L P L A ZA
we take out the dolls next day, discard the damaged dolls and put a coat Manag er , Crowne Pl aza C h e n n ai Adyar Park .
Athi Varadar doll made out of fig tree
of primer on the finished ones. This is followed by colouring of features The event was attended by regular patrons
and jewellery. of the restaurant , Consul Generals and CE OS '
— Jagatheeswaran from Chennai. >> Molly and Joseph Jung
on making clay dolls
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VARIETY THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2019

Pics: Praveen Tyagarajan

#TimesFreshFace
Lucky and me
do not hold Kate
Elizabeth
Hallam

any personal
grudges: Kate
PEOPLE THINK WOMEN ARE FOOLISH TO ENTER A
MARRIAGE WHERE THERE ARE OTHER WIVES, BUT
(L-R) First Row:
THAT IS NOT THE CASE. IT TAKES A LOT OF INNER
Krithika Kumar, Lucky Ali STRENGTH TO BE IN SUCH A RELATIONSHIP AND IT
Madhanraj,
Poornima Mohan, TAUGHT ME A LOT, MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. I
Sushma R
(L-R) Second Row:
ATTAINED SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT FROM MY
Suzan Monisha, EXPERIENCES IN INDIA, IT ENHANCED MY FAITH
Madhavi Krishnan,
Revathi Eswaran,
(L-R) Third Row: Dev
Prakash, Sahana  CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 new land, totally drawn by India’s have that in common. We are amicable
Sarvesh, Mukesh beauty and mysticism... so, it felt right with each other.”
Gowtham Kate said, “The only thing more to get married when Maqsood proposed. Talking about amicable relationships,
unthinkable than leaving was staying, and At that point, I did not know who Lucky she shares one with Lucky, too. “There is
the only thing more impossible than staying Ali was, or how popular he was in regular contact, as we want the best for
was leaving, but I knew that it was India,” she recalled. our son, Dani. There is no animosity
inevitable. People think women are foolish Kate was fully aware of Lucky’s between us,” she said.

Students put their best foot

to enter a marriage where there are other previous relationships. “I was aware that About eight-year-old Dani, the proud
wives, but that’s not the case. It takes a lot of Maqsood had two other wives, but they mother shared, “He is a caring and
inner strength to be in such a relationship were not living together at that time. sensitive soul. He has a funny side to him,
and it taught me a lot, mentally and Meaghan Jane McCleary (his first wife, like his late grandfather Mehmood. Dani
spiritually. I attained spiritual who he married in 1996 ) was in New takes everything in his stride. Also, he gets
enlightenment from my experiences in Zealand, while Anahita (his second wife, a lot of love from both Maqsood and I, so
India, it enhanced my faith.” who he married in 2000 and divorced in he enjoys the best of both worlds.”

forward at this audition hub

Kate and Lucky first met when she flew 2011) lived in Mumbai,” she said, adding, Since the divorce, Elizabeth has moved
down to India in 2010 to do a South movie “Anahita and Meaghan are strong on and recently got engaged to music
(Udayan Express), and Lucky had sung the women, who I respect a lot. They, too, producer David Tickle. The couple also
soundtrack for it. “I was a foreigner in a have been in the same situation and we has a two-month-old son.

T
Thinkal.Menon@timesgroup.com

he second-day auditions of
Everyuth Chennai Times Fresh
Face Season 12, held at the FIDA
the venue, to display their
unique talent, despite being
a Sunday. This time, too, there
were four sessions, where
many talented students
EVERYUTH
MISS HAPPY SKIN
get a platform like
this to exhibit your
talent. Not everyone
gets an opportunity
like this. All I would
Nandita Das and Vidyut join 20,000
— The Design School in
Kilpauk, witnessed great
participation from stu-
dents across the city. Sev-
eral participants came
forward and kept the
crowd engrossed with
battled it out and
judges had a whale
of a time witnessing
their favourite per-
formances. Apart
from the various
presentations
like to tell you is
never give up and
keep trying irre-
spective of the re-
sults. Success will
be yours one day. I
also started my ca-
others to clean up beaches in Puri
Volunteers clean
Pics: Sarat Patra

singing and dancing apart and acts, it was the reer somewhere up the beach
from showcasing a pletho- mandatory Q&A like this and I’m
ra of other skills — play- round which made sure you are going
ing the guitar, reciting po- some of the students Everyuth Miss Happy Skin: to become real stars
etry, gymnastics and reach semi-finals. Yashi Jain soon. It was great
giving mono acts. The celebrity guest on Day seeing you all per-
The event saw a 2 was Abhirami Venkat- forming and I have
slew of enthusi- achalam, who shot to fame with a tele- to thank you for entertaining me.”
astic students vision reality show. The actress admit- If you haven’t been able to take part in
from several ted that she had a gala time watching the this year’s audition yet, stay tuned for the
Chennai col- contestants showcase their diverse skills. announcement of the mall audition dates
leges making it to Abhirami said, “It is quite a big thing to on our website, www.timesfreshface.com.

ollywood actor Vidyut the state government for its

B Jammwal and actor-

director Nandita Das
were in Puri early on Monday
effort to clean up the beaches
and urged people to keep them
clean. “It’s a beautiful occasion
morning to be part of the and the participation of so
biggest beach clean-up cam- many people is a great thing.
paign carried out along the 100- The beach looks really clean.
km coastline of the district. What we need from now on is
Over 20,000 volunteers cleaned to keep it clean and litter-free.
up beaches at 100 differ- We must stop using plastic.
ent locations along The sea gives us so much. In
the coastline. return, we must ensure that
The campaign was we are not giving it dirt,”
part of the Odisha Vidyut said.
government’s Mo Odisha Film Development
Beach-Puri initiative. Corporation chairman and
People from Puri and actor Kuna Tripathy and
adjoining areas joined the Sulagna Routray anchored the
(L-R) First Row: Aishwarya Palaniappan, Surya R, Ekta Mehta
Abhirami Venkatachalam campaign in large numbers. event. State forest and environ-
According to concerned offi- ment minister Bikram Keshari
cials, they had targeted a par- Arukh, local MLA Jayant
ticipation of around 10,000 vol- Sarangi, tourism secretary
unteers, but the latest data from Vishal Deb and district collec-
the 100 locations pegged that tor Balwant Singh were also
number at over 20,000. present.
Vidyut Jammwal Vidyut and Nandita praised — Sandip.Bal@timesgroup.com Nandita Das

Like dogs, cats too bond with people: Study

n the perennial battle over dogs and cats,

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there’s a clear public relations winner.
Dogs are man’s best friend. They’re so-
ciable, faithful and obedient. Our relation- MAN’S NEW
ship with cats, on the other hand, is often BEST FRIEND?
described as more transactional. Aloof, mys- A study has
terious and independent, cats are with us found out that
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researchers at Cornell species has managed to figure colleagues designed a study to more ex- researchers observed the feline’s response. important for them,” Vitale said.
University had recorded out what the other one wants. plicitly test the hypothesis. About two-thirds of cats and kittens came
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