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Elections in 5 states, parties

start shuffling trump cards
EC announces
dates, results to model code of conduct enforced
High-level be out on Dec 11 Dec 11 Date of counting for all 5 states No. of voters Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet
their supporters in Ajmer, Rajasthan, on Saturday —PTI

central team
Cong divides to
Manan Kumar Polling Dates & No. of
Assembly constituencies
surveys Zika-
manan.kumar@dnaindia.net

New Delhi: The Election Nov 28 Madhya Pradesh (230) 5.03 cr 4.75 cr 2.61 cr 1.85 cr 7.68 L
infected areas
rule: PM Modi
Commission on Saturday an- Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Telangana Chhattisgarh Mizoram
nounced the schedule for as- Dec 7 Rajasthan (200)
DNA Correspondent sembly elections in five states
Like in the past, Chhattisgarh will have
correspondent@dnaindia.net of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Dec 7 Telangana (119)
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telan- elections in two phases. In the first phase, 18 Mukesh Sharma
seats in south Chhattisgarh affected by left This (Congress) is a
Jaipur: A high-level team gana and Mizoram. Thus, set- Nov 12 & 20 Chhattisgarh (90) mukesh.sharma@dnaindia.net
from the Centre, dispatched ting the stage for what is be- wing extremism will go to polls family party. The
to Jaipur in the wake of re- ing touted as the semi-finals Nov 28 Mizoram (40) OP Rawat , Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Jaipur: Echoing similar sen- Opposition is
cent cases of Zika found for 2019 Lok Sabha polls. timents like BJP national creating such an
there, visited the area where The announcement kicks president Amit Shah, Prime environment in the

SP rules out alliance

the infection was first detect- in the model code of conduct to see that their platforms are tion in each constituency will Minister Narendra Modi too
ed on September 21. The four- that forbids any political not used for poll campaigns be matched with the corre- appeared sure about Bharati-
country, that it is dividing
member team is on a five-day party or the government and spread of fake and com- sponding EVM. ya Janata Party’s (BJP) vic- the people in the name of
visit, their date of arrival from declaring any sops. munally sensitive news for No sooner the election tory in the upcoming Assem- caste, class and race
coincided with Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s visit to
the state.
Announcing the poll sched-
ule, the chief election com-
missioner OP Rawat made
political benefits.
Rawat said elections in all
the states will have full cover-
dates were announced than
political parties and aspirants
started making moves. The
with Congress in MP bly and Lok Sabha elections.
While on his visit to
Ajmer, the Prime Minister
PM Narendra Modi

On Saturday, the team first clear that the role of the social age of latest model of Mark 3 results for the polls in each of DNA Correspondent but the two parties came to- said on Saturday that the peo- workers towards working for
went to Shastri Nagar, where media will be under tight EVMs and voter verifiable these states will be announced correspondent @dnaindia.net gether to contest the bypolls ple of Rajasthan will change the party’s win. At the same
a pregnant woman was the scrutiny during the model paper audit trail (VVPAT) together on December 11, the in Uttar Pradesh, which led the trend of changing the time, he also led a sharp blow
first person to be detected code of conduct and the heads machines. As has been the voting would take place in a New Delhi: After Bahujan Sa- to the defeat of the ruling government in every five on Congress.
with the infection. The team of social media platforms practice so far, the paper slips phased manner.  Turn to P4 maj Party (BSP) leader Bharatiya Janata Party. Ya- years and this time once “We have to break this
then split into two to visit have assured full cooperation of VVPAT of one polling sta-  Related reports, P5 Mayawati, it is the Samajwadi dav hinted that a BSP-SP alli- again the BJP will form gov- myth of Congress and BJP
Bharatpur and Dausa dis- Party (SP) that has now dis- ance that did wonders in the ernment with full majority. forming governments alter-
tricts. Since September 22, 15 tanced itself from the Congress. bypolls may be on the cards. He appealed to the people nately in every five years in
laboratory-confirmed cases
have been found by state Facebook will deploy task Govt put pressure on EC to The SP ruled out an alli-
ance with the Congress for the
“We will now consult the
Gondwana Gantantra Party
saying, “Do not let those peo-
ple into Hindustan who in-
Rajasthan. To change this
trend, work hard by adopting
Health department teams.
The experts took stock of force to check hate speech delay presser, says Cong Madhya Pradesh Assembly
elections on Saturday. Former
with which we had an alli-
ance, and also the BSP, for the
dulge in politics of votes. Af-
ter 60 years, the country has
the basic idea of “win the
booth-win the nation (Booth
the measures undertaken by New Delhi: Social networking platform Fa- New Delhi: The Congress charged the EC Uttar Pradesh chief minister coming Assembly elections in got a direction. Now only BJP Jito-Rastra Jito). I am also a
the state Health Department cebook said it will encourage engagement for falling prey to the government’s diktat and SP leader Akhilesh Yadav Madhya Pradesh,” Yadav said. will come to power again,” worker among all the workers.
to identify patients infected between people and political leaders on its and postponing the timing of announce- said that they can’t wait for With the BSP and SP likely said the PM. Bring the BJP to power, which
by the life-threatening virus, platform and deploy task force to check hate ment of poll schedule in five states by three the Congress to take a deci- refraining from an alliance Addressing the BJP’s Vi- is devoted to development, and
to screen infection, protect speeches during polls. “We want our plat- hours to accommodate PM Modi’s rally in sion. “Congress has made us with the Congress in the state jay Sankalp rally at the Kay- do not allow Congress to enter
others in the area and pre- form to support free and fair election,” Rich- Rajasthan. The EC refuted the charges as wait for too long. How much elections, Congress’s plan of ad Visharamsthali in Ajmer, any state across India,” said
vention measure to curtail ard Allan, Facebook vice president for Pub- baseless and said it was postponed for the longer must we wait? forming an anti-BJP front for PM Modi described himself the Prime Minister, while mo-
the potential outbreak of an lic Policy EMEA, said.  Report, P12 media’s convenience.  Report, P5 The BSP and SP have tra- the 2019 Lok Sabha election as a common party worker tivating the party workers
epidemic. ditionally been arch rivals might face hurdles. Turn to P4 and motivated the party present at the rally.  Turn to P4

Biz not picking up, say traders V-C’s post can be bought Sharad Pawar confirms he will 20 dead & 16
hurt after bus
Ahmedabad: The run-up to the upcoming festive season
has failed to enthuse the local traders. If the current state
of affairs is any indication, the season will be among the
worst in at least past few years. Businessmen in textile
for crores: TN Governor not contest ’19 Lok Sabha polls falls into gorge
and jewellery sectors say that people usually start coming G Jagannath DNA Correspondent
from September. But, this year, the crowd have been swell- g.jagannath@dnaindia.net Sudhir Suryawanshi If we start giving tickets to family correspondent@dnaindia.net
ing only since last week.  Report, P3 sudhir_s@dnaindia.net members of party leaders, what
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Gover- Srinagar: Twenty people
nor Banwarilal Purohit Mumbai: Nationalist Con- happens to party workers who died and 16 were injured
stirred up a storm when he gress Party (NCP) president have been toiling for years? when an overloaded minibus

Migrants warned made allegations of institu-

tionalised corruption in the
appointment of vice-chancel-
I came to know that
Sharad Pawar clarified on
Saturday that he will not be
contesting in the 2019 Lok
Sharad Pawar, when asked if Parth,
Ajit Pawar’s son, will get a ticket
rolled down a 300 feet gorge in
Jammu and Kashmir. The ac-
cident occurred on the Srina-

to leave Gujarat
lors in universities. Sabha elections. gar-Jammu national highway
While addressing a con- the post of vice- Back in 2014, Pawar had NCP has staked a claim on 25. Parth — the fourth genera- in Ramban district, Jammu
ference on ‘Enhancing Qual- chancellor in state declared that he had been in NCP MLA Jitendra tion politician from the on Saturday morning.
ity Education’ at T Nagar in the political arena for more Awhad also said on Twitter clan — had also shown in- The incident occurred on
Chennai, Purohit, who is
universities can be bought than 50 years and would not that Pawar would not be con- terest in contesting elec- Saturday morning when the
the chancellor of all state- by shelling out several contest in elections hence- testing polls. A meeting will tions,” say sources, “How- minibus was on its way to
run universities, said, “Af- crores... I wanted to change forth. In the General elec- be held on Sunday in which ever, Sharad Pawar turned Ramban from Banihal. The
ter assuming charge as Gov- the system tions held that year, NCP won all district party leaders will down his proposal saying driver lost control at Kela
ernor of Tamil Nadu, I came only four seats — it’s lowest be called to show their will- senior party leaders will be Mode and the bus swerved off
to know that the post of
Banwarilal Purohit, tally in several years. There ingness, strength and weak- given the priority.” track. Preliminarily investi-
vice-chancellor in state uni- Tamil Nadu Governor was speculation that the NCP ness as candidates for Lok There is conjecture that gation shows that mechani-
versities can be bought by chief may contest from Pune Sabha polls. the party is likely to drop Sa- cal failure caused the bus to
shelling out several crores. In response to Purohit’s constituency to boost his Sources said that NCP is tara MP Udayanraje Bhosale skid off the road.
I did not believe it at first. allegation, State higher edu- party’s prospects. likely to field the big names and Kolhapur MP Dhananjay “Twelve of the injured
But after I discovered it my- cation minister KP An- The announcement came such as senior leader Chhagan Mahadik from the list. have been airlifted to Com-
self, I was concerned and bazhagan said the state does after a meeting with party Bhujbal, Sunil Tatkare, “Most MLAs from these mand Hospital in Udampur,”
wanted to change the sys- not play a role in appointing leaders office to short-list Bhaskar Jadhav, Dilip Valse- areas are not happy with the said Showkat Aijaz Bhat, dis-
tem.” Purohit said he ap- vice-chancellors. “They are names of aspirants for the Patil and Dr Satish Patil. incumbent MPs,” said a par- trict development commis-
pointed nine vice-chancel- appointed by the governor,” upcoming General Elections. “Former deputy chief ty worker who was present at sioner of Ramban.
lors purely on merit. he clarified.  Turn to P4 Out of 48 seats in the state, minister Ajit Pawar’s son the meeting. “ Full report on www.dnaindia.com
DNA Correspondent the state and 220 people have
correspondent@dnaindia.net been arrested from Sabarkan-

Ahmedabad: Incidents of
tha, Mehsana, Gandhinagar,
Ahmedabad Rural and
Six held for FAMILY THING Sarfaraz, Naushad top batting & bowling charts in same League
violence against migrant Ahmedabad city. The violence
stealing data
Father & son off field, champion players on it
workers, particularly from began following the rape of a

from job sites

Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, 14-month-old girl in Sabar-
took a new turn after small kantha, allegedly by one
groups of people began to is- Ravindra Sahu, a resident of
sue ultimatum to many of Bihar on September 28. Mumbai: A Noida-based
migrant families, mostly la- “During investigation in fake job racket was busted on Taus Rizvi names at the top of the charts medan in the ‘B’ Division of
bourers living in and around Mehsana, it has been brought Saturday, unravelling a con r_taus@dnaindia.net of the recently-concluded Kan- the same league, ended as the
Ahmedabad and Mehsana. to our notice that groups of that offered hundreds of peo- Awesome twosome ga League, the city’s famous top wicket-taker with 19 wick-
Cops confirmed on Satur- five to six people are warning ple jobs in reputed compa- Mumbai: You may have monsoon cricket tourney. ets in five matches.
„„Mumbai’s Sarfaraz Khan,
day reports of alleged mem- migrants to leave by October8 nies such as HDFC Bank and known of father-son duos If 20-year-old Sarfaraz, Naushad, a proud bowler,
20, was the best batsman
bers of Thakor Sena warn- or face the consequences,” ICICI Bank, and then bled playing cricket for their coun- who also plays for Royal Chal- coach as well as father, said he
in the ‘A’ Division of Kanga
ing migrants to leave the said a top cop of Mehsana. them of money under the tries at different periods of lengers Bangalore in the In- enjoys competing with his son.
League, scoring a total of
state by October 8 were true. Meanwhile, the Gujarat guise of various fees. The time, but have you heard of a dian Premier League, was the “I am used to giving simu-
284 runs in four games
They, however, clarified that Chamber of Commerce and Mumbai Police followed the father competing with his son best batsman in the ‘A’ Divi- lation practice to my two
instances of violence were Industries (GCCI) has urged trail to the satellite city while in the same tournament, and „„His 48-year-old father sion with 284 runs in four sons. I am very harsh when I
not being reported but goons Chief Minister Vijay Rupani investigating a complaint both finishing as the best in Naushad Khan was the top games for the Payyade Sports bowl at them. This not only
had instead taken to threat- to stem the violence for it will filed at Cuffe Parade Police their respective disciplines? wicket-taker in the ‘B’ Division Club, his 48-year-old father gives them good batting prac-
ening people. worsen the slowdown if the Station. Six persons were ar- Meet Mumbai’s Naushad of the same league with 19 wasn’t one to fall behind. tice but also brings control to
So far 25 incidents of vio- labour force flees the state. rested by Cuffe Parade Police Khan and his son Sarfaraz wickets in five matches Left-arm spinner Naush- my bowling and betters it,”
lence have been reported from  Related reports, P3 on Saturday.  Report, P12 Khan, who both found their ad, playing for Young Moham- he said.  Turn to P4
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Only Frowns grow on

brown earth
Monsoon missed a forecast for normal rainfall for a second year. Farms are cracking and farmers are ready to give up
Team DNA
correspondent@dnaindia.net

This year marks the fifth

maha data

straight year in which the

weather office has overestimat-
ed the likely rainfall for the
country. Rains were 91 per cent
of the long-term average at the
end of July-September mon-
soon season, compared with a
forecast of 97 per cent.
This is also the second year
in a row in which the monsoon
was below normal, with one-
fourth of the regions including
key crop-growing northern
states receiving less rain than
needed. Some others, like
Kerala, were flooded.
Region-wise
For a country that receives
70 per cent of its rainfall
through monsoons, and whose
rainfall
farm sector is largely and hope- Nasik
lessly dependent on the season Of 40 tehshils , four
for irrigation, a missed season tehshils received
makes all the difference be- rainfall between
tween life and death. 25-50% rainfall, 22
DNA looks at a slice of the tehshils 50-75%, 12
western strip of the country — tehshils 75-100% and two tehshils
from Rajasthan through Guja- more than 100% rainfall received
rat to Maharashtra — and the this year.
picture seems to be grim. Pune
Out of 39 tehshils,
Output low 12 tehshils received
In Maharashtra, whose agricul-
rainfall between
tural and allied sector was ex-
25-50%, 16 tehshils
pected to register a nega-
50-75%, four
tive growth rate (-8.3
Across tehshils 75-100% while six tehshils
per cent) for the fis-
certain more than 100% rainfall.
cal ended 2018, 201 the largest culti- Informed sources told DNA

fielding vagaries
regions of eastern
tehshils are
Maharashtra, forget
vated crop in Guja- that in kharif season last year, Kolhapur
drought-prone, rat. But it requires the price of paddy ranged over Out of 33 tehshils,
while 170 are likely farms, even getting water more water for ir- Rs 250-325 per mann in different two received rainfall
for survival becomes

70 %
to face severe rigation. markets of Gujarat. between 25-50%,
a challenge during
drought in the
months to follow. summers
With
rains and limited
scarce
Farmer suicides However, in cooperatives of
south of the state, the price was
nine tehshils 50-
75%, 13 tehshils
Most of them are in the supply from the Nar- Year Number of deaths across country upwards of Rs 350 per mann. The 75-100% while nine tehshils more
north of the state and Mar- mada canal, Makwana has state had announced minimum than 100% rainfall received.
athwada region. 2014 12,360: 5,650 farmers and 6,710 labourers
had to drop the idea. support price (MSP) of Rs 1,750
According to a state disaster “This year, nature has played 2015 12,602: 8,007 farmers and 4,595 labourers and Rs 1,500 per quintal (100 kg). Aurangabad
management report which was truant. Monsoon was delayed 2016 11,370: 6,351 farmers and 5,019 labourers of India’s annual rainfall comes from monsoon Initially traders bought paddy Out of four tehshils
released on September 28, some and Narmada water was also below the MSP, at about Rs 250 received rainfall

14 %
1,41,255 hectares of farm land, a not available. I am not able to per mann. But after a hue and between 25-50%, 21
major chunk of which lies in sow any crop in my smaller Agricultural income cry from farmers, the price rose. tehshils between 50-
Yavatmal district, has been af- farm. I have grown castor in the He believes, that if input 75%, three tehshils
fected. Other districts where larger farm,” said Makwana. Year Cultivators Farm income per cultivator (in `) costs are controlled and farm between 75-100% rainfall.
crops have been affected in- He also grows jowar (sor- (in crores) products are protected by remu-
Current price Real Price is the contribution of farm sector to India’s Latur
clude Chandrapur, Nanded, ghum) to provide feed to his cat- $2 trillion economy nerative prices, there would be
Jalgaon and Gadchiroli, mostly tle. But even that hasn’t yielded 1993-94 14.39 12,365 21,110 an incentive in the field. Out of 48 tehshils,
three received rain-

122.5 billion
in the eastern part of the state. great results. It doesn’t help that 1999-00 13.88 24,188 26,875 “If I am earning from farm-
Because of poor rainfall, the his farm falls in a region with ing, I will buy more land, employ fall between 25-50%,
produce of cotton, soyabean, high degree of salinity. It’s obvi- 2004-05 16.61 26,146 26,146 more people, leading to new job 23 tehshils between
pulses and grains has suffered, ous to him that production will 2011-12 14.62 79,137 43,258 creation in villages. But if I am 50-75%, 16 tehshils
cubic metres water was there in 91 main between 75-100% and six tehshils
says the report. In the absence decline as a consequence. 2012-13 14.36 91,416 41,553 not earning, how will I employ
reservoirs nationally as of September end more than 100% rainfall received.
of timely precipitation, the Last year, on an average, he people?” said Padheriya.
2013-14 14.10 1,04,763 42,760
state’s food production will fall. reaped seven mann (20 kg) of Market intermediaries are

105 billion
2014-15 13.85 1,12,507 43,106
Amaravati
In Gujarat, 2018 has shaped castor per bigha (a measure of the ones who make the most by Out of 56 tehshils,
up to be a disaster, bringing land that varies locally, but is 2015-16 13.60 1,20,193 44,027 buying dirt-cheap produce from 23 received the
only 637 mm rains, which is 77 anywhere between a third of an farmers and selling with high rainfall between
per cent of the state’s 30-year acre and an acre). This is likely Source: NITI-Aayog, Central Water Commission, Bloomberg, Reuters cubic metres, at the end of September 2017 margins to retailers. 50-75%, 25 tehshils
average. Farmers in tradition- to whittle down to about four So even though the end con- between 75-100%,
ally drought-prone areas have mann this year. sumer pays more, the farmers
been hit hard, and the brunt is Mood swings of the gods do not see the profits.
and eight tehshils more than 100%
rainfall received
being borne by the dry areas of Inflating costs are
Kutch and north Gujarat that deflating spirits This year’s monsoon Highest deficiency was in IMD’s Showers in southern Sons, don’t take to the soil Nagpur
received 111 mm and 347 mm Rapidly rising input costs and brought normal or east-northeast division which state of Kerala were 23% Things are even more devastat- Out of 64 tehshils,
rains, respectively. decelerated growth in income excess showers to 69 comprises Bihar, Jharkhand, West over normal — highest ing for those farming in the dri- 21 received rainfall
Last year, the state received has restricted farmers in a per cent of the country, Bengal and northeastern states. among regions — while est and largest state, Rajasthan. between 50-75%,
834 mm rainfall, which was number of way, Makwana said. with the rest getting This was followed by Central India eastern state of Odisha As the southwest Monsoon 30 tehshils between
more than the long-term aver- “About a decade ago, the cost insufficient rainfall where deficiency was 7 per cent got 12% over average withmdrew on September 29, 75-100% while 13
age of 810 mm. While Kutch got of growing cumin on a bigha of twenty-nine days after its nor- tehshils more than 100% rainfall
107 per cent of average rainfall, land was Rs 1,000-1,500, and the Growing regions have seen big variations in monsoon rainfall mal withdrawal date, it dumped received.
north Gujarat 139 per income from that was water on their crops. Over 70 per
cent. Additionally, about Rs 7,000-8,000. Better monsoon worse monsoon cent of urad dal crop across
Narmada waters were Now, the expenses are Hadoti region in Kota division port prices.
available for initial about Rs 5,000-6,000 Saurashtra/ % Deviation from normal n Jun-Sep 2016 was laid waste. “Earlier, I had cultivated
phase of sowing, and while income is in the Kutch n Jun-Sep 2017 The rainfall that was wit- wheat on over 50 bigha, but its
Rayalaseema
there were rains at range of Rs 8,000- 39 nessed as the monsoon beat a quantity fell to 75-100 quintals
regular intervals, 12,000. So practically,
Madhya Telangana Marathwada retreat in the last week of Sep- due to whimsies of monsoon,
35 31 Maharashtra
which facilitated good there is no rise in net Vidarbha 32 tember did more harm than leaving me about 250 sacks of
produce. income,” he said. 27 W. Uttar good. It left thousands of farm- wheat,” he said. “With so much
25 Pradesh
The situation He also said that 20 12 17 19 19 21 ers debt-ridden, with no assur- left to chance in this occupation,
changed drastically consumption patterns 9 ance of compensation from any I have sent my son to prepare for
this year, with Gujarat have changed over the 9 2 quarter for the dam- entrance exams to
having overused its years. In the Lakhtar aged crops. medical colleges.”
-2
available share of Nar- region, he said, local -8 -6 The state govern- This is NEET. “My
mada water. It was no wood was used earlier -13 -10 ment has not yet an- daughters are under-
-16 -13
longer available for for cooking, and kero- -19 -17 -12 nounced any arrange- graduates in com-
the summer crop and sene was used to run -24 ment to purchase the merce. Farming is
-28 -23
West Nagaland, E. Rajasthan
even for the early part pump sets. These have Tamil Nadu remaining crop, which risky. You can’t let
Rajasthan Mizoram, Gujarat -31 W. Madhya Chhattisgarh
of kharif crops. now been replaced by is 20-30 per cent of the your kids bet their
Manipur, E. Uttar Pradesh
Hear it straight from cooking gas (liquefied Source: IMD Tripura Pradesh total, at a minimum lives like this,” Choud-
Baldev Makwana, a petroleum gas) and support price. hary said.
farmer in Aniyali vil- diesel, which are more Suffering constant Rajendra Mehara,
lage in Lakhtar taluka expensive. losses of crop and cash 42, of Sitapura village
of Gujarat’s Suren- “The government for the past three to in Bundi, also doesn’t
dranagar district has given us LPG cylin- four years, farmers of want his children to be
which has high degree ders. But the prices are Hadoti are discourag- farmers. “I sowed
of salinity, and there- rising. Diesel is now ing their progeny from urad over nine bigha
fore subpar food pro- very costly,” he said. taking up farming as a but most of it has been
ductivity. Till October He further said that means of livelihood, damaged by sudden
5, the taluka has received 161 mm despite all the technological and pursue greener rains at the end of last
rains, which is 28 per cent of the changes, illiteracy in the farm- pastures. month. The remaining
seasonal average of 584 mm. ing community has not gone Sanjay Choudhary, crop seems to be of
Baldevbhai has two farms. down. It continues to render 45, a farmer of Al- low quality,” he said.
Last year, he had grown castor them susceptible to the con of phanagar village in “I won’t ask my son,
in one field and cumin on the traders and middlemen. Bundi district, owns 50 who in Class 6, and
other, smaller farm. At the time, “Farmers don’t know which bigha of agriculture daughter, who is in
water from Narmada canal was seeds and fertilisers are good. land. He cultivated Class 10, to take up
available for first phase of irri- Traders just put anything in urad on about 22 farming. It isn’t prac-
gation, and monsoon was good. fancy packaging and claim that bigha, but rains played tical or proftable,” Me-
Both his farms thrived. it is much better than the previ- havoc in the last week hara said.
This year, the monsoon ar- ous item and charge a hefty pre- farmer of Adroda village in 75, that of DAP” — diammoni- per litre, and of labour from of September, damaging over 70 The monsoon may have offi-
rived late, and water in the mium. This is causing the cost Sanand taluka of Ahmedabad um phosphate is a fertiliser — about Rs 50 per day to Rs 300 per per cent of his crop when it was cially withdrawn, but it has left
Narmada was all but exhausted. of inputs to rise phenomenally district said that in over a dec- “has risen from Rs 350 per 50 kg day. Compared to this, the sell- ripe, ready to be reaped and sold. behind unfulfilled expectations,
He could only seed one farm. for the farmer. On the other ade, the cost of inputs had mul- to Rs 1,450. Similarly, price per ing price of a mann of paddy “I have been left with 4-5 which the government is per-
He practices crop rotation, hand there isn’t a commensu- tiplied, but selling price of their 20 kg of seeds has increased has increased from Rs 150 to no quintals where I had sown for 25 haps unequal to meeting.
and this year, he was planning rate increase in productivity. produce hadn’t. from about Rs 150 to about Rs more than Rs 250,” said Padheri- to 30 quintals,” Choudhary (Inputs by Keyur Dhandeo,
to grow Bt cotton. The geneti- Income is uncertain,” he said. “Per litre price of diesel has 600-1,000, that of pesticides from ya, who owns about 50 bigha of rued, while questioning the gov- Rajiv Saxena and Sudhir
cally modified cotton strain is Balwantsinh Padheriya, a increased from about Rs 25 to Rs Rs 100 per litre to about Rs 600 land. Paddy is his main crop. ernment’s uncertainty over sup- Suryawanshi)
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Goons threaten migrants Netas blame each other

in brief

for anti-north Indian stir

to leave Guj by October 8 DNA Correspondent
correspondent@dnaindia.net

Ahd Metro train

Men in small groups, allegedly from Thakor Sena, are warning workers The North Indian community,
especially those living in the
northern part of the state and
coach on display DNA Correspondent Ahmedabad, had a horrific

A real model of the

correspondent@dnaindia.net
cops sweep into action time after several groups of
agitators turned violent. The
Ahmedabad metro rail Despite massive efforts by say tension has been contained, violence controlled across the state situation spiralled out of con-
compartment was put the state police to curb vio- trol after several outsiders
for display at Sabarmati lence against the non-Gujara- Affected places were allegedly involved in
Riverfront by Chief tis, especially those from Ut- cases of rapes.
Minister Vijay Rupani tar Pradesh and Bihar, sev-
in Ahmedabad A major chunk of the com-
on Saturday. He visited eral groups of alleged Tha- Odhav, Meghaninagar, munity is mainly labouring
the coach along with kor Sena workers have asked Chandlodia, Ghatlodia and and are leaving after Friday’s Heavy police security was deployed across Gujarat on Friday— File Photo
city mayor Bijal Patel many migrants to leave the Amraiwadi incident, leading to a political
and school children.. state by October 8. The goons tug-of-war. Thakor communi- jarat BJP. ment is trying to shield their
are entering the houses of Affected districts ty ransacked the shanties of “People of all communities failure by making allegations
BSNL cultural migrants, especially in city Mehsana and Sabarkantha, the migrant labourers after a have been living in harmony against Congress. It’s a
meet ends and Mehsana, and threaten- Ahmedabad 14-month-old, of Sabarkantha in the state. The non-Gujarati shame. The BJP workers are
The eighteenth All India ing them to leave, several po- district, was raped by a north community has a remarkable insensitive and are not wor-
BSNL Cultural Meet lice officers said. A group of around Indian labourer a few days contribution to the develop- ried about the deteriorating
‘Tana-Riri’ organised in The violence broke out af- five to six people are ago. Several labours also sus- ment of Gujarat. The govern- law and order in the state,”
Ahmedabad concluded ter a 14-month-old girl, be- damaging houses of the tained injuries during the ment also has taken actions Doshi added.
on Saturday. With a par- longing to Thakor communi- ransack operation. against the people involved in Quota stir leader Hardik
ticipation of over 250 ty, was raped by a one Ravin- migrants in Mehsana. The BJP has been blaming rape,” Jadeja added. “Women Patel also reached Himmatna-
persons from 18 BSNL dra Sahu (a native of Bihar) They are asking them to Alpesh Thakor-led Thakor and girls are being raped and gar on Thursday and met the
circles, the closing cere- in Sabarkantha district on Police officers check shanties of migrants in city on Friday — File Photo leave by October 8 or face Sena volunteers for the inci- murdered in the state over the family of the victim. “I be-

25
mony of the event was September 28. consequences. dent. “Assault on the non-Gu- past several years. Eleven lieve in the Constitution. It
attended by the telecom Violence erupted after a jaratis is to spoil the atmos- girls were raped in just seven gives right to every Indian to

6
a senior police officer
70
major’s director (HR and gang of anti-socials began to phere of the state. Congress months. The people are disap- stay anywhere and make a liv-

220
Finance) Sujata Ray, si- circulate messages and vide- MLAs and their workers have pointed with the govern- ing. I believe that those who
tarist Manju Mehta, and os on social media, claiming been trying to create a differ- ment,” Congress spokesper- have anything against the
CGM of BSNL’s Gujarat that the state has become un- arrested for complaints lodged ence between the Gujaratis son Manish Doshi said. commonman’s right should
circle PK Hota. As a gift safe for women because of incidents of spreading fake in connection with and the migrants,” said IK “The rapists should be be dragged out of Gujarat,”
for the festive season, the the migrants. violence reported messages on fake messages being Jadeja, vice-president of Gu- punished. But, the govern- Hardik Patel said.
company is offering Rs Around 25 incidents of across state social media spread on Friday
arrested so far
1,499 recharge plan un- violence were reported from
der which prepaid cus-
tomers will get unlimited
across the state, leading to
the arrest of 220 people from
Outsiders live under constant fear
was lodged after 25 members Slowdown to worsen if Dy CM writes
workers leave: GCCI to chief justice
calling, data and 100 SMS Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Gan- of the Thakor community
per day for a year. dhinagar, Ahmedabad Rural staged a protest outside the
and Ahmedabad city. “A DNA Correspondent dhinagar range) said. “Un- Rai University in Dholka,
22 new swine
flu cases in city
Twenty-two new cases
group of around five to six
people are damaging houses
of the migrants in Mehsana.
correspondent@dnaindia.net

The tension has reduced

like initial instances of vio-
lence where people used to
be attacked and their prop-
seeking jobs.
“Thirteen people were ar-
rested after a protest was
for speedy trial
of Swine flu were re- They are asking them to leave across Gujarat, police said erty got vandalised, the held outside Rai University Gujarat Deputy Chief Minis-
ported within the AMC by October 8 or face conse- on Saturday. The attackers goons have been targeting late on Friday night. No vio- ter Nitin Patel Saturday said
limits on Saturday. This quences,” said a senior police have changed their strategy. them in small groups. They lence or injury was report- that he has written to Chief
has taken the total num- officer, adding that four cases They are instilling fear in are warning the migrants ed,” Rajendra Asari, Superin- Justice R Subhash Reddy of
ber of cases in the city have been reported. the minds of the migrants, instead of attacking physi- tendent Police of Ahmedabad the Gujarat High Court seek-
from September to 413 Laxmanbhai Chauhan, a rather than physically at- cally,” said another police Rural, said. ing speedy trial in the rape
while the death toll is 11. small restaurant owner in tacking the migrants, police officer. Police said several A migrant was waylaid case of a 14-month old girl.
Two deaths due to swine the city, said he has decided said. “We are trying to ar- fake calls were also being and physically assaulted in On September 28, a
flu were reported in Su- to leave the state with his rest the culprits and even made to mislead the police. Ahmedabad by six people 14-month-old girl was alleged-
rat while one was re- family immediately. “We those who are spreading “We got calls about violence near Kubernagar on Friday ly raped in a village near Him-
ported from Gir Som- have been living in Meghani- any rumours on the social in some parts of the city on evening. A complaint was matnagar town, around 100
nath across the country. nagar for the last 15 years. We media,” Mayanksinh Chav- Friday which later turned lodged with the local police. km from Ahmedabad. One
In all the state has since are worried. The migrants da, Inspector General, (Gan- out to be false,” said a cop. Violence was ere also report- Ravindra Sahu, a labourer
the beginning of Sep- are being attacked,” said ed from Odhav and Kes- hailing from Bihar working in
tember seen 975 cases Chauhan. havnagar area of the city, and Production will sharply reduce if migrant workers do not return, say experts a local ceramic factory, was ar-
and 27 deaths. Nilesh Jajadiya, Superin- said 14 cases have been re- been booked for the attacks over 40 people were booked in rested the same day and
tendent Police of Mehsana, ported and 100 people have over the last five days. A case this connection. DNA Correspondent Chief Minister Vijay Rupani charged with toddler’s rape.
correspondent@dnaindia.net and junior Home Minister Patel said he has also
Pradipsinh Jadeja. sought setting up of fast-track

Cong’s Ahmed Patel for garba gala Business will be badly af-
fected in the state if the mi-
grant workers are forced to
“These are very serious
incidents. Migrants workers
have been attacked. There are
courts for the speedy trial in
two other similar cases in Su-
rat and had also requested the

wants `1,000-crore
leave Gujarat, warned indus- attacks also in workers’ colo- chief justice to ensure that the
trial leaders. nies. There are reports of accused get the harshest pun-
They say that amidst over- serious injuries to workers. ishment possible, including
all slowdown, the run-up to They have been threatened to capital punishment.

to protect Gir lions Diwali has witnessed some

uptick in fresh orders and
shutdown at this stage will
severely hurt the industry.
leave Gujarat, something in-
dustries cannot afford in the
run-up to Diwali, as the or-
ders have just revived,” said
“I have written to the chief
justice with request to set up a
special fast-track court so that
trial in rape cases at Himmat-
DNA Correspondent Gujarat Chamber of Com- Vasa. nagar (in Sabarkantha dis-
correspondent@dnaindia.net merce and Industry (GCCI), Work in industries is in trict) and Surat are held there
the apex body for trade and form of a chain and if any of and completed in a month or
Senior Congress leader and industry in the state, has the links is disrupted, entire so,” he told reporters here.
Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel urged state government to production cycle will get dis- He said he has also sought
has written to Prime Minister ensure safety of all workers rupted, he warned. “harshest punishment” for the
Narendra Modi, urging for and industries that employ There is no authentic data accused, including capital
strict measures to deal with them. on the number of migrants punishment. Hate messages
the deaths of lions in Guja- Complaints of attacks on workers in Gujarat, Vasa es- on Whatsapp, following the
rat’s Gir forest. migrant labourers started timates it to be around 30 per incident, led to violence and
The member of parliament tion, is now being seen as a pouring in at GCCI from in- cent. attacks on some people, mostly
from Gujarat said the deaths glaring example of ecological dustrial clusters of Moraiya, “Work that require ex- belonging to Bihar and Uttar
are a manifestation of negli- neglect by the state,” he said. Chhatral, Bavla, Vatva, treme physical strength are Pradesh, in several parts of
gence and a result of the state Patel said eco-sensitive Sarkhej, Santej, Naroda, done by workers from UP and the state. Police have arrested
government’s prolonged mis- zones (ESZ), extending only Odhav and Mehsana. Bihar only. If they leave the around 170 people in connec-
management and poor over- up to 0.5 km from protected GCCI president Jaimin state, overall productivity tion with these attacks. —PTI
sight. He suggested that illegal areas, as against 10 km sug- Vasa, then sought help from will suffer,” said Vasa.
resorts be shut in the forest gested by the Ministry of En-
area and asked for a creation vironment, Forest and Cli-
of Rs 1,000-crore fund for the
protection of Gujarat’s lions
on lines of Project Tiger.
mate Change (MoEF&CC),
had “caused unwarranted in-
terference in the ecosystem of Business not picking up ahead
With just three days to go for Navratri, a troupe dancer practices Garba in the city — Pravin Indrekar/ DNA

‘Navratri vacation not must’ of festive season, say traders

“Treat Gujarat’s lions with lions”. Drawing attention to
the same importance given to the shortage of medicines and
tigers. The central govern- trained veterinary doctors for
ment can consider creating a lions, Patel suggested the gov-
Rs 1,000-crore fund for conser- ernment consider “introduc- DNA Correspondent tion from October 10 to 17. It has also clarified that
vation of Gir lions and launch ing training programmes for correspondent@dnaindia.net This is the first time that the schools can also give the Keyur Dhandeo
national-level programmes on lion conservation and allocat- school students in the state Diwali vacation as per the keyur.dhandeo@dnaindia.net
the lines of Project Tiger,” he ing budget for research to- The education department in are getting Navratri vaca- convenience of their sched-
wrote. The letter further wards their conservation.” a release has clarified that the tion. The education depart- ule. In the state board schools, The run-up to the upcoming
reads, “Being a fellow Guja- At least 23 lions, all from a schools following the CBSE ment in a release said that it Diwali vacations beginning festive season has failed to en-
rati, you (Modi) are equally single area in the Gir forest, board and other boards can was not mandatory for from 5 November to 18 No- thuse the local traders. If the
aware that Gir’s lions are an have died over the past three declare the vacation for Di- schools that did not follow the vember. current state of affairs is any
integral part of Gujarati as- weeks due to various reasons, wali and Navratri as per their Gujarat board to give the Earlier the department indication, the season will be
mita (pride). Gir Forest, which prime among them is Canine schedule and convenience. Navratri vacation and that had said that the Navratri among the worst in at least
was once projected as a suc- Distemper Virus and Protozoa Primary schools in the they were free to choose vacations were mandatory past few years. Businessmen
cess story of animal conserva- infection. state have a Navratri vaca- whether to give it or not. for everyone. in textile and jewellery sec-
tors say that people usually
start coming from September.
winning spirit Apollo nursing staff recognises efforts of 47 survivors But, this year the crowd have
been swelling since last week.

Cancer survivors help others win the fight

The festive season begins People buying gold jewellery — File photo
after Shraddha Paksha, dur-
ing Navratri and continues Now marriages are lavish, couples prefer to
till the marriage season post
Diwali.
spend on honeymoon. So the budget for gold
“This appears to be one of and jewellery has taken a serious hit. Gold has
DNA Correspondent deal with the disease is to be ease,” said Bhatt. the worst seasons. Generally, also lost a part of its attractiveness as an investment
correspondent@dnaindia.net transparent about it. Bhatt and Patel were customers pour in as August
“I find that when families among the 47 cancer survi- ends. In September there were
asset because of other options like equity market.
When Umesh Patel, now 36, prevent the patient from vors who were felicitated by only isolated footfalls. It is just Zaveribhai Zaveri, president of Gujarat Jewellers Association
was diagnosed with blood can- knowing about their condi- the nursing staff of the Oncol- now that some activity is be-
cer in 2013, he cried for half an tion it hampers their ability to ogy department as part of the ing noticed. But still business
hour. Later, Patel decided not recover,” said Patel. Vandana culmination of an awareness is just a fraction of what it shopkeeper buys new stocks in September were only about
to let the disease beat him Bhatt, 60, who was diagnosed campaign they began. used to be till two years ago,” for the season, but this year 40% of what it used to be in
down. with breast cancer two years “Through the campaign, we said Mukesh Sheth, president even the old stock is unsold,” previous years, that has now
When he was cured in 2015, ago but has recovered now has have been talking to patients, of Ratanpole Mahajan, a clus- said Sheth, adding that this increased to about 60%.
he has counselled over 200 not counselled any patients. their relatives, neighbours ter of 330 shops selling textile applies to all the shops in the “There are indications of
cancer patients and provided But she herself found sup- and friends to create aware- products in old city. area as well as to other trades revival but people are uncer-
moral support to battle the Cancer survivors and nursing staff at an event in Apollo Hospitals port from a former cancer pa- ness about the disease. We Sheth feels that the festive in Ahmedabad and other cit- tain about their income. It
disease. What is unique about tient. “The wife of my hus- realised that the best way to season is no longer the same ies as well. seems money has been blocked
Patel’s efforts is that he per- ing them in person. So either battling the disease. “It helps band’s friend had been diag- create awareness is through after demonetisation and in- The mood in CG Road, one somewhere,” said Adani,
sonally visits the people he I go to meet them or they come them realise that I know what nosed with cancer and she the patients,” said Manjuna- troduction of Goods and Ser- of the shopping hubs in west- who is also the president of
counsels. to meet me,” said Patel. He not they are going through,” said told me that if I showed fear than C, Nursing head of the vices Tax (GST). “Every pass- ern Ahmedabad is also the Western Zone of Amdavad
“Sometimes I have to drive only counsels the patients but Patel who got treated in Apollo the battle would be lost. So I Oncology department of ing year after demonetisation same. Bharat Adani, the own- Vepari Mahajan, the
far to visit the people who seek also shares with them his own Hospital in the city. took her advice and acted as CBCC cancer care at Apollo and GST has been worse than er of Adani Selection, a cloth apex body of trade bodies in
my help. But I insist on meet- photographs of his journey in He said that the best way to if it was like any other dis- Hospital the previous one. Usually, a trader, told DNA that footfalls the city.
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Agri dept staff seek security Noted human

in brief
‘I-T dept ups
tax payer
services’ Want police protection, to avoid conflict, while calculating insurance claims for crop damage rights lawyer
Girish Patel dies
The Income Tax Depart- DNA Correspondent
ment is improving its correspondent@dnaindia.net Khaki cover claims.
services for the tax pay- This is done through the
ers, said Ajai Das Several Gujarat government „„Additional Chief agricultural gains made in
Mehrotra, Chief Com- officials are reeling under the Secretary of the Agri one-hectare area and if the
missioner of Income pressure of the farmers and dept wrote to the DGP same is not at par with the Nirupam Banerjee
tax-2, Ahmedabad dur- have begun seeking police requesting police cover at standard formula, the farm- nirupam.banerjee@dnaindia.net
ing an interactive ses- cover. The irrigation depart- the spot of calculation of ers are supposed to pay the
sion organized recently ment has already sought the claims to avoid conflict claims under the insurance Noted senior advocate and hu-
in Surendranagar. He police support while inspect- „„He also sent scheme. man rights activist Girish Pa-
also informed that the ing the irrigation canal net- details about crop- “It is possible that the tel, who is known as the cham-
suggestions made by the work to stop water theft. Now, cutting stating that the farmers may not be satisfied pion of public interest litiga-
CA associations, ITP as- the agriculture department is concerned officials will with the insurance claims to tions—the ones which revolu-
sociations and members following the suite. be informed about the be paid back them by the com- tionised the lives of thousands
of different trade associ- Additional Chief Secre- date, place & time of pany after the calculation. of people, mostly from the op-
ations shall be duly con- tary of the Agriculture De- experiment Already, the farming commu- pressed sections of the society,
sidered for further im- partment, Sanjay Prasad, Image for representation nity is distressed due to many breathed his last on Saturday at
proving the tax payers wrote a letter to Director Gen- reasons including insuffi- around 4 am. He was suffering
service. On automatic eral Of Police of state on Oc- “During the crop cutting efficiently,” Prasad wrote in by local staff of agriculture cient rainfall.” from multiple organ failures Girish Patel used
scrutiny or returns, he tober 1 requesting him to al- experiments, it is possible his letter. and the panchayat about the “It is possible that they and age-related ailments and
said that only one out of locate police personnel at the that some people will have Prasad also sent the details date, place and time of crop may attack our staff during was at his residence at the time to mesmerise
556 returns filed was spot of the calculation of vested interests and may try about the crop-cutting along cutting experiment. the process to create pressure of death. He is survived by his people with his
picked up for scrutiny in claims to avoid confrontation to disrupt the process. That is with this letter to DGP. He As per the Pradhanmantri on them, that is why the po- wife and two-daughters. sheer knowledge and
Surendranagar and se- or disturbance when their why the police cover was stated that the concerned po- Fasal Bima Yojana, the crop- lice protection is necessary,” Patel, a Harvard Law School
lection is done through staff was dealing with farm- sought. If the police remain, lice officials of the particular cutting experiment method is an official of the agriculture alumnus, had done his bache- simplicity. He was a
automatic scrutiny. ers. the calculation could be done territory would be informed applied to calculate the department said. lors and masters in Law from Marxist-Gandhian who
Valuables worth
Sir LA Shah Law College in wanted to change the
Ahmedabad. Although he lost

Zaveri murder case: Language no barrier, Amdavadis

R62K stolen in auto his vision in one-eye at the age society through non-
A complaint of theft was of 13 years, Patel remained a violence and an
lodged with the Sabar- brilliant student, academician, authority as far as the

Fourth accused held flocking to Japan for higher study

mati police station on and practitioner of law through-
Friday by one Mukesh out his life. After completing his Indian Constitution is
Chauhan, a resident of studies at Harvard, he went to concerned
Banaskantha. Chauhan Hague in Netherlands to prac-
told police that valuable DNA correspondent tice at the International Court
Anand Yagnik, advocate
worth Rs62,000 were sto- correspondent @dnaindia.net DNA Correspondent of Justice and returned to India
len from his pocket correspondent@dnaindia.net after two years in the 1950’s. Af-
while he was travelling The Ahmedabad crime branch ter his return, he taught at the City Civil Court and then at Gu-
in a shared auto in Sa- arrested another accused in Language is no more a bar- Nanavati Law College and went jarat HC. In 1974, he steered the
barmati area. The inci- the Hitesh Zaveri murder case, rier to pursue higher educa- on to become its principal. Navnirman Andolan, a socio-
dent happened on Fri- on Saturday. In the year 2014, tion in Japan, experts be- According to advocate political movement in Gujarat
day around 12.30pm. He Zaveri, owner of JK Bullion lieve. Now, Japanese Univer- Anand Yagnik, he was dis- by students and middle-class
told police that five peo- Private Limited, was shot and sities have started offering missed from the college on a against crisis and corruption in
ple were travelling in Rs 1 crore were looted from Image for representation post-graduate and doctoral flimsy reason for buying two public life, resulting in the
the auto when the inci- him. courses in English, which books on jurisprudence, but the death of 110 youngsters.
dent took place. At a press conference on haju, Kafil Ahmed Jehaju and could be a big draw for Indi- dismissal had to be withdrawn During Emergency, he for-
Saturday, officers said they Zabur Rehman were charged ans willing to pursue higher after several high court judges med the Lok Adhikar Sangh
50-yr-old dies while caught the culprit, identified with murder and conspiracy education abroad. intervened. After leaving aca- which worked for rights of the
working in factory as Vijendrasingh aka Doctor and are already behind bars. “Till now, Japan was not demics, he was appointed as a poor and downtrodden who can-
A complaint of accidental Chajjusingh, from Himachal Vijendrasingh, however, ab- on the radar of Indians to Japan Insights - ABC focussed on cooperation in academia, business and member of the Gujarat Law not afford the cost of availing
death was lodged with the Pradesh. sconded. He was working in a pursue higher education as culture —Pravin Indrekar/DNA Commission where he worked justice. Notably, the organisa-
Vatva GIDC police on Fri- Four years ago, when local factory. He hails from Bu- the curriculum was in Japa- for two years. Interestingly, Pa- tion fought over 100 PILs in Gu-
day after a 50-year-old Hitesh Zaveri visited the State landshaher in UP and has been nese. The language was a programme, ‘Japan Insights like MA and PhD are being tel had started his journey as a jarat High Court, resulting in
identified as Bhagwan Bank of India in Someshwar involved in various other hurdle for Indians to go for – ABC’, organised in the city. offered in English there. practicing lawyer in 1972-73 at judgments which benefited
Shah, a resident of Vatva, complex at Shivranjani, a crimes of loot, robbery, mur- higher education in Japan. The programme aims to in- “Being Asian countries, the age of 42 from Ahmedabad thousands.
died in the Ramdev Sheet group of people attempted to der, etc. But it is no more a case as crease bilateral cooperation Japan and India have lots of
Role factory, located in snatch his money. When Zaveri Police officials conveyed universities there have start- between Japan and India in similarities in education so it
Phase-4 of Vatva GIDC. resisted, three of them opened that further investigation is ed offering courses in Eng- the fields of academia, busi- is more conducive for Indian a man who made a difference
The incident happened af- fire at him. While Zaveri died underway in other cities as lish language,” said Mukesh ness and culture. students,” she said. However,
ter a piece of the sheet on the spot, over 100 eyewit- well and that there is organ- Patel, founder and coordina- Shiotani Maqsooda, her- rather than higher educa- n In 1974, Girish Patel steered the Navnirman Andolan,
fell on his head and he nesses who tried to save him, ised crime of loot and murder tor of Japan Centre at self a faculty, said Japan has tion, it is the basic education a socio-political movement in Gujarat by students and
was taken the private hos- were left with minor injuries. is also being carried out by the Ahmedabad Management universities that are at par that is given high priority by middle-class against crisis and corruption in public life,
pital were he died. Three culprits, who were accused in cities like UP, HP, Association (AMA) on the with any of the western uni- Japanese authorities.  resulting in the death of 110 youngsters
identified as Aqil Ahmed Je- etc. concluding day of two-day versities and now courses  Full report: www.dnaindia.com

SP rules out alliance tiny shelters

Father & son off field, Cong divides
to rule, says
with Cong in MP star cricketers on it PM Modi
From p1 yadav’s move from p1
Downplaying Yadav’s com- The father-son combination from p1
Yadav had urged the
ments the Congress said that Congress to show large- achieved something similar Taking a dig at the poll pun-
they had no plans to strike an heartedness by taking in the previous season too. dits, the PM said that even
alliance with the SP in MP. along other parties Turning up for the same club this time all guesses will fail.
However, Congress spokes- — Young Mohammedan in ‘C’ “You now have a government
person Randeep Singh Sur- Divison — the junior Khan that does not hide anything
jewala said there was a pos- party came in the way. scored 363 runs in eight from the public and does not
sibility of an alliance with Reacting to Mayawati’s matches while Khan Sr. think in fractions,” said PM
the BSP in Chhattisgarh and statement, Yadav had then picked up 32 wickets in 10 Modi amid a loud cheer from
Madhya Pradesh. urged the Congress to show games, both being the highest the huge crowd at Kayad
On Wednesday, Mayawati large-heartedness by taking in the division. Maidan.
ruled out an alliance with along other parties. Sarfaraz said his father’s The Prime Minister, while
Congress, saying that even “If there is any delay, there high benchmarks have helped
‘thanks to dad’ targeting the Congress, said,
though Sonia Gandhi and Ra- is a possibility that other par- him become a better cricketer. Sarfaraz said his father’s “This (Congress) is a family
hul Gandhi were keen some ties may declare their candi- A girl arranges clay nests that will be distributed to bird lovers in the city —Pravin Indrekar/ DNA “Abba (father) had chal- high benchmarks have party, while the BJP is a party
selfish senior leaders in their dates. lenged me to equal his per- helped him become a of seven-and-a-half crore
sonal best score of 105 in better cricketer. “Abba people of Rajasthan.

V-C’s post can be bought for

Kanga League’s ‘A’ Division. I had challenged me to Opposition parties are cre-
not only got a century but also equal his personal best ating such an environment in
tenders & Notices bettered it, scoring 109 this
year. It feels nice to compete
score of 105 in Kanga
League’s ‘A’ Division. I
the country, that it is dividing
the people in the name of

crores, says TN Governor

with Abba who is such a good not only got a century but caste, class and race,” said
cricketer himself,” Sarfaraz also bettered it, scoring PM Modi.
said. Once a child prodigy, 109 this year. It feels He added, “The Congress
Sarfaraz shifted base from nice to compete with is demanding an account of
and senior officials of various Mumbai to play Ranji Trophy Abba who is such a good the BJP’s five-year rule. I
from p1
universities are embroiled in for Uttar Pradesh a couple of cricketer himself.” have given the account of
Leader of Paattali Makkal corruption cases. Former V-C years ago, only to return every penny spent and I am
Katchi (PMK) party Anbum- of Anna University, R Rad- home this year. ready to discuss it at any pub-
ani Ramadoss wondered hakrishnan, was sentenced to “It feels great that both of doctor to avoid playing cricket lic forum”
what action Purohit has tak- five years in jail by a special us have topped our respective in order to protect his knees.
en to punish culprits. He said court in 2016 for accepting a charts,” his father said. “But “I have been asked to get a what PM says
it was not enough to detect bribe from a contractor, while I’m more happy for Sarfaraz, knee replacement by my doc-
the presence of corruption; it A Ganapathi, VC of Coim- who is serving a cooling-off tor. My knees are really weak The public will not allow
was also the Governor’s duty batore based Bharathiar Uni- period for one year before he due to an accident a few years the Congress, that has
to take action against those versity was arrested earlier becomes eligible to play for ago. However, I have a respon- always believed in divide
involved. this year for taking a bribe to Mumbai again in Ranji Tro- sibility to play for this club and rule, to come back to
Purohit’s remarks come at regularise the job of an assis- phy.” Incidentally, Naushad and I could not find another power.
a time when V-Cs, registrars tant professor. Banwarilsl Purohit has been instructed by his left-arm spinner,” he said.

Elections in five states, parties

start shuffling trump cards
party is also eyeing Ra-
from p1
jasthan, which is currently
The 90-member Chhattisgarh ruled by the Vasundhara Ra-
assembly will go to polls in je-led BJP government. The
two phases — on November state has a tendency to
12 for 18 constituencies and change the government every
on November 20 for the re- five years.
maining 72 seats. Polls for the These polls are also cru-
230-member Madhya Pradesh cial as Congress’ success in
assembly and 40-member Mi- these elections will also de-
PTI

zoram assembly will be held cide the fate of the Maha-

simultaneously on November gathbandhan (Grand Alli-
28. Rajasthan, which has a ruled by the TRS and Con- ance) among opposition par-
200-member assembly, will go gress respectively. ties to take on the PM Modi-
to polls along with Telangana After being dumped by the led BJP in 2019 elections.
on December 7. BSP and the SP, the Congress Moreover, these polls will
Of these five states, three is hedging its bet on 15 years also reflect on the leadership
— Chhattisgarh, MP and Ra- of anti-incumbency of Ra- of Rahul Gandhi if he is ca-
jasthan are ruled by the BJP- man Singh and Shivraj Singh pable of steering the party to
led governments, while Tel- Chouhan governments in success in the coming Lok
angana and Mizoram are Chhattisgarh and MP. The Sabha polls.
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Five-state polls to be Shah lists BJP

election plank:
EC refutes Cong’s charge
of delaying news on polls
semis for ’19 finals
Development
Indore: BJP president Amit Manan Kumar
Shah asked party workers in manan.kumar@dnaindia.net
Madhya Pradesh to make de-
velopment their main poll New Delhi: The Congress on

Results on Dec 11 will set the tone for the bigger battle to Lok Sabha plank to take on the opposi-
tion, which, he said, will rake
Saturday charged the Elec-
tion Commission for falling
up issues of caste and reli- prey to government’s diktat
DNA & Agencies gion. He said party workers and postponing the timing of

Mumbai: The elections to

five state Assemblies in the
testing the waters should “set the election agen-
da” around the issues of se-
curity, infiltrators and na-
the announcement of poll
schedule in five states by
three hours to accommodate
Hindi heartland later this the way hindi heartland swings will have a bearing on LS poll campaign tional pride. Prime Minister Narendra
year, announced on Saturday, Addressing the workers at Modi’s rally in Rajasthan.
is expected to be a test on Dussehra Maidan here on The Election Commission
Prime Minister Narendra Saturday, Shah said, “We will immediately refuted the
Modi’s popularity ahead of talk about development in charges as baseless and un- CEC OP Rawat flanked by ECs Sunil Arora (L) and Ashok Lavasa at news meet
his re-election bid in May the coming elections, but founded and said the an-
2019. PM Modi’s party, the they (opposition) will talk nouncement was postponed The Congress is postponed to accommodate
BJP, is in power in three of about caste and religion. to make it convenient for the Prime Minister’s mega rally
the five states. “They have a habit of in- media persons to reach in making huge hue in Ajmer district in poll-bound
The state elections come at volving people in caste is- time and to arrange logistics. and cry because Rajasthan, scheduled at 1 pm.
a time when the government sues. This was done during “There was no pressure defeat is staring on its Raising question mark on
is on the back foot with fuel the past assembly elections from anyone. We had several the sudden change in the tim-
prices surging, the rupee in Maharashtra and Guja- pressing issues to discuss be- face in ensuing assembly ing, Congress chief spokes-
weakening and the stock rat,” said Shah adding “De- fore doing the poll announce- elections and 2019 Lok person Randeep Surjewala
market in a tailspin. velopment always wins ment, including Telangana Sabha polls and it is said it was deliberately
High fuel prices and the against casteism.” voter list revision, e-voter net changed by the Commission
rising cost of fertilisers are Later speaking at a rally in discussion etc. As these dis- looking for alibis. to accommodate PM’s rally.
also hurting Indian farmers, PARTY POSITION IN POLL-BOUND STATES Ratlam, Shah termed infiltra- cussions were taking time, Amit Sinha, BJP spokesperson The model code comes im-
who voted overwhelmingly tors “termites” and vowed to we chose to postpone the con- mediately into effect with the
for Modi in 2014. A fall in ru- Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh drive each one of them out of ference,” said Rawat. announcement of poll sched-
ral incomes also risks damag- the country. If there is any such grudge tant presser scheduled at ule bars governments both of
ing that support next year.
Modi said in a tweet on
160 26 2 10 166 57 4 3 In his speech at Dussehra
Maidan in Indore, he target-
they can come and complaint.
Our compulsion is to com-
12:30 pm. However, in another
alert at 10:46 am, it changed
the Centre and the state from
announcing any poll sops.
BJP Cong BSP Others BJP Cong BSP Ind
Saturday that the BJP has ed the Congress for not pro- plete elections as per the rules the time of the press confer- BJP described Congress’
been running successful gov- jecting its chief ministerial we are bound by, added Rawat. ence from 12:30 pm to 3 pm. allegations as a last ditch ef-
ernments that have enhanced
prosperity and inclusive
2 face against BJP’s Shivraj
Singh Chouhan. —PTI
The EC had sent an SMS
alert at 9:45 am for an impor-
The Congress was quick to
allege that the presser was
fort to blame others for its
impending defeat.
Vacant
growth in Chattisgarh, Mad-
hya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
200 230
“I urge the people of these
states to bless BJP once again
so that we can work tirelessly
Total seats Total seats Opposition unity withering? Congress says ‘no’
to build a New India,” he Chhattisgarh Mizoram Telangana DNA Correspondent
said, while also urging voters correspondent@dnaindia.net We are fighting
in Mizoram and Telangana to
back his party.
49 38 1 2 40 5 1 90 13 7 5 1 Kolkata: The Congress on
against the Left
Almost all the assembly
BJP Cong BSP Others Cong MNF Others TRS Cong AIMIM BJP CPM
Saturday refuted sugges-
in Kerala but on
elections since Modi as- tions that opposition unity is various issues at the
sumed power in 2014 had wit-
nessed the Congress losing 3 falling apart before the Lok
Sabha election and ex-
national level we have set
aside our differences and
its governments in different TDP pressed the hope of having
have worked together.
states to the BJP. The Con-
gress merely managed to 90 119 119 an alliance with Mayawati’s
BSP at “some other stage”. Same the case with TDP.
snatch victories in Punjab Total seats Total seats Total seats The opposition’s efforts to
and Puducherry. stitch together a united front Randeep Surjewala,
However, the current surgent Congress, headed by for three terms. other regional parties. against the BJP before the Congress spokesperson
phase of assembly elections its new state chief Sachin Telangana and Mizoram The contest in Telangana 2019 Lok Sabha election had Congress chief Rahul Gandhi at a rally in Jabalpur on Saturday. —PTI
has given some hope for the Pilot. In Madhya Pradesh and will also witness interesting will also be keenly watched received a setback with
Congress to regain its lost Chhattisgarh, the BJP had contests. Mizoram Chief as Chief Minister K Chan- Mayawati earlier this week Randeep Singh Surjewa- Sabha election is still a bit to have an alliance with
pride as the BJP battles years firmly established itself as Minister Lal Thanhawla, drashekar Rao dissolved deciding not forge an alli- la, chief spokesman of the far away. The number of Mayawati at some other
of anti-incumbency. In Ra- the Congress failed to pro- who belongs to the Congress, the assembly to call early ance with the Congress for party, told a press conference seats demanded by the BSP stage,” he said.
jasthan, Chief Minister vide a credible challenge. has been in power for two elections. the upcoming assembly polls here: “These claims that the in Chhattisgarh was not suit- Alliance for the 2019 Lok
Vasundhara Raje faces a Chhattisgarh has elected Ra- terms. The BJP is trying to In all, 679 assembly seats in Rajasthan and Madhya opposition unity is falling ing the electoral seat sharing Sabha poll will happen on a
tough challenge from the re- man Singh by a thin margin dislodge him with the help of will be at stake in five states. Pradesh. apart are baseless. The Lok requirement. “But we hope state by state basis, he said.

Killer hoarding: Mahagathbandhans tried & failed: Jaitley Pune court seeks reply by police on activists’ bail pleas
Two officials of New Delhi: Union Minister slams rahul coming assembly polls in
Pune: A court here on Satur-
day asked the prosecution to
Bharadwaj, Vernon Gon-
salves and Arun Ferreira, ar-
three, along with Telugu poet-
activist Varavara Rao, are cur-

Railways held Arun Jaitley Saturday

termed ‘mahagathbandhans’
in India as tried, tested and
Dismissing Congress
chief Rahul Gandhi’s
some major states and also
the Lok Sabha elections.
These remarks assume sig-
file its reply on bail applica-
tions of activists Sudha
rested for alleged Maoist
links, on October 10. The
rently under house arrest in
their respective cities.—PTI

Pune: A day after four persons failed ideas, saying if such charges that Modi nificance amidst talk of for-
were killed when a huge hoard- an alliance is formed again govt is responsible mation of a grand alliance
ing fell on them, police arrest- then 2019 will be a contest for mounting bad of opposition parties to de-
ed two railway officials under between a stable government loans in the banking feat the BJP in 2019.
whose monitoring the hoard- led by a strong leader and an sector, Jaitley said, He further said “you can-
ing was being dismantled. “anarchic combination”. “I think some people not have an alliance with par-
Sanjaysingh Vishnudevs- Expressing confidence need to grow up and ties whose leaders are maver-
ingh (42) and Pandurang about the BJP’s win in 2019 understand these ick or they want to be in alli-
Nivrutti Vanare (57) are engi- Lok Sabha polls, he said this issues.” ance to have criminal cases to
neers with Pune division of is not a time for India to test Finance Minister Arun Jaitley be closed. If you get together
Central railway. According to an anarchic kind of combi- ance, you must have a large this kind of a crowd then 2019
police, they had the responsi- nation when it is on the tried under I K Gujaral and nucleus and smaller groups will be a choice between a sta-
bilities of monitoring the dis- growth path. Devi Gowda. It’s an experi- aligned around them. You ble government with a strong
mantling work. Senior police Giving historical ac- ment where policy gets cannot have a nucleolus of a leader versus a completely
inspector MM Mujawar, in counts of ‘mahagathband- killed and the longevity of handful of people and you anarchic combination”.
charge of Bundgarden police han’ (grand alliance) in In- the government is a few cannot have an alliance of Observing that history
station, said, “Both Singh and dia, Jaitley said, “You tried months.” “So, these (maha- political parities whose in- had provided India a great
Vanare are railway employ- it under Chandra Shekhar, it gathbandhans) are tried, terests are regional,” he said opportunity, he said, India
ees. When the hoarding was was partly tried under V P tested and failed ideas much at a function here. has been growing fast con-
being dismantled, they both Singh, it was tried under that they sound very fancy. Jaitley’s comments have sistently despite global slow-
were present there.” —DNA Charan Singh and it was In order to have a big alli- come in the run-up to the up- down and other factors.—PTI

Idol police unearth

23 antiques in TN
G Jagannath investigation against busi-
g.jagannath@dnaindia.net nessman and art collector
Ranvir Shah from whose
Chennai: Idol Wing of Tamil premises the police had re-
Nadu police unearthed 23 an- covered over 244 idols, stone
tique items including temple pillars and artefacts.
pillars and idols from the lawns When the Idol wing police
of a company’s guest house at inquired a former employee
Poes Garden in Chennai even of Amethyst Cafe run by
as the owner of the premises Kiran Rao, who is also the
claimed the sculptures were executive director of the KCP
buried to protect them. Sugar, he revealed he saw ar-
Acting on a tip-off, a team tefacts being moved out of
of the idol wing police the cafe. The former employ-
searched the guest house of ee was jailed for blackmail-
KCP Sugars and Industries ing cafe owner Rao demand-
Corporation Ltd on Friday ing Rs 60 lakh. Shah was
and recovered two temple pil- listed as the independent di-
lars. The search continued on rector of the KCP Sugar.
Saturday when the police re- Police said even as they
covered 21 other antique items conducted searches on the
including pillars and idols premises owned by Shan in
that were buried in its lawns. Chennai and Kancheepuram
The search at the guest last week, some idols were
house was connected to the moved to other locations.

One of the unearthed idols from premises of a guest house in Chennai

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Alternate Histories

Siege of Ramsej: Aurangzeb It has to be seen whether this lot of grass-roots level activists will transform into a new political class
was frustrated for years
Iftikhar Gilani

T
he blood-drenched bodies of two
National Conference (NC) func-
Ramsej thus set a pattern for the Maratha-Mughal war tionaries — Mushtaq Ahmad Wani
and Nazir Ahmad Bhat — who
Aneesh Gokhale er which had finally broken amidst all were killed in old Srinagar and an

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the shelling. He was found out though, attempt on the life of Congress
ust two years after Chhatrapati and his attack repulsed with a huge party’s candidate for Hajin urban local
Shivaji Maharaj died, Aurang- number of his soldiers being wound- body has once again highlighted the grim
zeb himself arrived in the Dec- ed or killed. cost of democracy in the troubled state of
can. It had been his lifelong Nearly half a year had passed, but Jammu and Kashmir. Ironically, some 30
dream to extend the Mughal Ramsej remained in Maratha hands years ago, in 1989, militancy came knock-
empire deep into the south, by though it was expected that the fort ing on its doors by carrying out the first
finishing off the kingdoms of the Dec- would fall in a few days. Aurangzeb re- assassinations — the killing of NC activist
can. Aurangzeb’s army had over five called Shahabuddin Khan and instead Mohammad Yusuf Halwai and local
lakh soldiers and his military camp sent Khan e Jahan Bahadur to contin- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tak-
looked like a small city. In contrast, the ue the tiring siege. This Mughal Sardar, ka Lal Taplo in the same locality. In a bid
Marathas would field their largest wanting to upstage Shahabuddin to see the return of democracy at ground
army nearly a century later – and it Khan, declared that he would make zero, the government’s attempt to sidestep
would still be just a third of the short work of the Marathas. He was the concerns of region’s the two major
Mughal army which had descended on none other than Bahadur Khan Koka- political formations — the National Con-
the Sahyadris. So, Aurangzeb believed ltash, one of Aurangzeb’s most senior ference (NC) and the Peoples’ Democratic
it would be short work and hence de- commanders. But the old story contin- Party (PDP) — and ignore the overwhelm-
cided to begin his campaign by attack- ued. The handful of Maratha soldiers ingly explosive situation has made the
ing a not so large fort called Ramsej. once again resolutely defended the fort. entire exercise exclusive rather than in-
After all, his father – Shah Jahan – had Stones, boulders and even burning clusive. The PDP and the NC have 43 MLAs
also begun his Deccan campaign by rolls of cloth, liberally wetted in oil, in the 87-member assembly. That means
attacking Ramsej Fort. The forts in the were used as weapons by the soldiers half of the state’s legislative footprint is
Nashik – Baglan region had then fallen of Ramsej. At the same time, like in so out of the fray. Kashmir has its political
like ninepins and before long the many other cases, Maratha spies were class vertically split. Separatists have re- The four-phase elections for urban local bodies in Jammu and Kashmir will be held on October 8, 10, 13 and 16
Mughal sway had extended to Kalyan. doing an excellent job of tracking the mained disengaged from electoral pro-
An entire dynasty – the Nizamshahi – movements of Mughal soldiers. Baha- cesses after the mass manipulation of the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assem- have kept 300 hotel rooms in Srinagar
had disappeared in the fray. Aurangzeb dur Khan Kokaltash’s well thought out 1987 polls. Now when the two Kashmiri bly in 1951 was boycotted by the RSS- ready for their security. The buzz in Srina-
perhaps believed the fort was a lucky plans of breaching the fort defences by mainstream parties also step aside, it will backed Jammu Praja Parishad. The Pari- gar was that the government has with-
talisman for the Timurids. There were using secret routes were hence undone. either deal a deadly blow to a pro-India shad had initially announced its intention drawn as many as 30 security escort vehi-
some practical reasons: the fort guard- In a few months, even Khan e Jahan political lexicon or lead to the emergence to contest 28 out of 30 seats allocated to cles from the NC and the PDP to accom-
ed important trade routes; it was just Bahadur was withdrawn from the of a new political class. Jammu. However, when the nomination modate the emerging political class. The
seven miles from Nashik and about siege. Moreover, Aurangzeb asked him So far, it appears that in the absence of papers of its 13 candidates were rejected, government has also extended a life insur-
3,000 feet from sea level, it was a good to pay Rs 37,000 into the royal treasury, major players in the fray, more than 200 it announced a boycott shortly before the ance cover of Rs 10 lakh to each partici-
thousand feet less than the famous forts since he had promised results and had candidates have been elected uncontested. polling. Consequently, all NC candidates pant in the elections.
of Rajgad and Torna. What’s more, it been allocated that amount to achieve Besides, in another 177 municipal wards, were declared as winners. But when the Those who will eventually hold offices
was nearly half the height of the tall- it. The Mughals suffered considerable nobody filed nomination papers. In this NC leader Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in urban local bodies and the panchayats
est hill fort – Salher, which is close by. damage to men and resources as a re- milieu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was dismissed and arrested in 1953, it was will have access to a lot of funds. Sub-
An easy target thought Aurangzeb. sult of this siege. Many stout wooden has a field day, winning at least 60 wards the turn of his party to stay away from ramanyam said Jammu and Kashmir has
The Mughals began their campaign logs, brought by Bahadur Khan Koka- unopposed in the Kashmir region and it is electoral processes till 1975. During this ning the elections. One of them, a little- lost Rs 4,300 crore awarded by the Four-
by attacking Ramsej in April 1682. Sha- ltash to build machaans and mount expected to cross 70 wards. The party, period between 1953 and 1975, the Con- known political activist, Mohamad teenth Finance Commission because of
habuddin Khan laid siege to it, accom- guns on, were set on fire by him when which did not have any presence in Kash- gress party had a field day, winning elec- Maqbool Dar, even became the Minister of the absence of these grass-roots level in-
panied by Hayat Khan and Dalpat Rao. asked to retreat by Aurangzeb. mir Valley fielded 325 candidates — the tion after election in the absence of any State for Home in the United Front govern- stitutions. The next award will offer more
Their numbers were in excess of many When news of the Maratha victory highest ever in the electoral history of the opponent and thereby ruling the state. The ments of HD Deve Gowda and Inder Ku- funds and a panchayat can have more than
thousands. The fort meanwhile was be- at Ramsej reached Chhatrapati Samb- state. The four-phase polls for urban local absence of popular leadership in the as- mar Gujral. In the current situation as Rs 40 lakh available to it along with the
ing defended by a few hundred Maratha haji, his joy knew no bounds. The bodies in the state will be held on October sembly during this period led to innumer- well, individuals who were on the margins right to raise taxes and create its own rev-
soldiers. Moreover, the Mughal army killedar was presented with a robe of 8, 10, 13 and 16. Noted Kashmiri analyst able constitutional changes and unilateral of politics or were merely aspiring to join enue, he added. In politics, funds lead to
had brought with it large and heavy honour and a dagger. He was also Mohammad Sayeed Malik believes that as erosion of the state’s special position guar- politics have joined the municipal and influence and that eventually becomes a
cannons and other paraphernalia of transferred to a bigger fort. Unfortu- the BJP hates Kashmir’s two main politi- anteed earlier by the Centre. From 1954 to panchayat bandwagon. In the absence of political capital. In the current assembly,
the imperial army. But the small Mara- nately, neither the Jedhe Shakavli nor cal parties equally, it is working tirelessly 1977, some 39 constitution (application to any real contest on one side and lack of which is in suspended animation, there
tha contingent resolutely defended the Kafi Khan’s account or any other con- to have its own socio-political foothold in J&K) orders were issued, with each order better participation, they will make it to are more than half a dozen lawmakers
fort, not allowing any breach to happen. temporary source have provided us Kashmir on the lines of the North-East. extending more provisions of the Indian the corridors of power. While assuming who have earlier served in panchayats. It
In fact, according to a contemporary ac- with his name. Finally, it was only in “They are not scared of anything, they Constitution to the state. Parliament also that power is basic to politics, in Kashmir, has to be seen that whether this lot of
count by Kafi Khan, the Marathas did late 1688 that the fort finally went to mean business regardless of the costs. The extended 262 Central laws to the state up ironically power has come first and legiti- grass-roots level activists will transform
not have cannons on the fort. Instead, the Mughals. A local zamindar called BJP may not need huge constituencies but to 1973. The process largely stopped only macy later. Already the security parapher- into a new political class or become a
they fashioned guns out of logs of wood Abdul Karim got the killedar of near- it is keen to have ‘pockets of influence’ after the return of the Sheikh Abdullah- nalia is being put in place for these new nightmare for the security establishment.
and used ‘cannonballs’ fashioned out of by Mulher – Neknam Khan to bribe because that suits its politics, which is pri- led National Conference to the assembly politicians. It seems the government is Or, create a new tier of corruption leading
animal hide. These, along with stones the killedar of Ramsej. The fort was marily to replace the Congress party. in 1975. also sure that after the polls, they will not the region closer to the brink.
etc, caused considerable damage. simply purchased from its killedar. Boycott of elections has remained a key In the May 1996 Lok Sabha elections, stay in their native places, but will have to The author is Editor,
At the same time, Chhatrapati Even Mulher too had been captured by instrument in Kashmir’s democratic his- the NC once again boycotted, which re- shift to secure places in Srinagar. Chief Strategic Affairs for DNA.
Sambhaji was not oblivious to the on- similar means. But in this too there tory. In fact, the very first elections for the sulted in the Congress and Janata Dal win- Secretary BVR Subramanyam said they Views are personal
going battle. Hambirrao Mohite him- was a Mughal defeat. The Marathas

Why Central Asia matters to India

self led a force to attack the Mughals had simply sold the fort since it was no
and distract them from the siege. Ru- longer financially viable to continue
paji Bhosale and Manaji More also at- defending it. The money thus accrued
tacked Shahabuddin Khan’s army at a kept the flame burning elsewhere.
nearby village called Ganeshgaon. And Ramsej thus set a pattern for
The killedar of Ramsej was fight- the Maratha-Mughal war. It is inter-
ing for Swarajya. The memory of
Chhatrapati Shivaji and his ideals
esting to note, that between two forts,
Ramsej near Nashik and Gingee in New Delhi overlooked its ‘extended neighbourhood’ for nearly two decades, thereby drifting away from the region
was very much alive. An important Tamil Nadu, a staggering fourteen
facet of Chhatrapati Shivaji’s plan- years of the war had been used up. Six MARTAND JHA same time, China was busy making deep
ning – building forts in pairs – also in finally getting hold of Ramsej and inroads into the Central Asian republics by

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had a positive effect. The nearby fort eight in that far away fort in the south. s India’s ‘extended neighbourhood’, investing huge sums of money for develop-
of Trimbak provided men and sup- The writer is the author of Brah- Central Asia holds an important place ing infrastructure in the region.
plies to Ramsej. maputra -- Story of Lachit Borphu- in India’s foreign policy framework. The India of today is a much stronger
Four months into the siege, one kan and Sahyadris to Hindukush -- India’s main priority has always been to power than it was 25 years ago and, there-
Mughal commander named Qasim Maratha Conquest of Lahore and strengthen its relations with this region to fore, its self-interest has expanded over the
Khan tried to enter the fort via a tow- Attock. Views are personal. satisfy both its geopolitical as well as geo- years. Hence, India cannot afford Chinese
economic interests. Earlier this week, ambitions of regional hegemony to solidify
when Uzbek president Shavkat Mirzi- in the region and therefore India is trying
yoyev made his first state visit to India, to counterbalance China by re-engaging
both the sides laid stress on building deep- with the region in a nuanced manner. Prime
er ties with special focus on defence coop- Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Cen-
eration and strategic partnership. tral Asian states in July 2015 was a marker
For centuries, India has shared deep of India’s desire to get deeply involved and
cultural and civilizational linkages with recalibrate its ties there.
this region. However, today India lacks a the corridor serves the dual purpose of Turkey got involved as stakeholders. All Although, the worrying factor is that
direct access to Central Asia because of the cutting down the transportation time of these major powers are mainly eyeing the India’s trade numbers with the countries in
presence of hostile Pakistan and an unsta- goods from India to Europe via Central Central Asian gas reserves, but India has Central Asia are still very low compared to
ble Afghanistan. This is precisely why im- Asia as well as giving a smooth access to always been concerned more about the re- that of China and Russia with the region.
portant pipelines project like TAPI (Turk- Indian companies who want to invest in gion’s security and prosperity. For instance, India’s trade with Uzbekistan
menistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) are the region. In 2012, India formulated its Connect stands at just $323 million. Through region-
yet to be fully operationalized. Despite the The collapse of the erstwhile Soviet Un- Central Asia policy which is a broad-based al organisations like the Shanghai Coopera-
geographical proximity, the region is not ion post-1991, which gave birth to the five approach including political, security, eco- tion Organization (SCO), where India be-
as easily accessible as India wants it to be. Central Asian republics, changed the re- nomic, and cultural connections between came a permanent member last year, India
Aurangzeb’s father Shah Jahan had also begun his Deccan campaign by attacking Ramsej Fort The region provides connectivity be- gion’s security dynamics completely. The India and the region, which for a long time is trying to better these trade numbers and
tween South Asia and Europe. Projects region became a battleground for the new was not high on New Delhi’s foreign policy emerge as a bigger player in the region.
like INSTC i.e. the International North- great game in the region where great pow- agenda. India somehow overlooked this re- The author is a junior research fel-
South Trade Corridor is a classic example ers like the US, Russia and China along gion for nearly two decades and, as a result, low at the School of International
send your feedback to editor@dnaindia.net of India’s trade interests in the region as with middle powers like India, Iran and had drifted away from the region. At the Studies, JNU. Views are personal

Can old-fashioned virtues take on new meanings for our times?

Gowri Ramnarayan a boundless heart, cherish all living question is, did they have a choice? might have been to accept inferiority. world of incertitude. In her poem,

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beings, radiating kindness across the Was the Buddha as much a fetter to While women of the Buddhist com- she says, “Look at the disciples all to-
oving kindness. Old-fashioned universe.” his son and his wife? munity could remarry and own prop- gether,/their energy,/their sincere ef-
words. Old world virtue. The I ask: What exactly do these ideals In her brilliant book First Bud- erty, unmarried women and widows fort.”
Odes of Solomon implore the mean in a patriarchal world? We dhist Women, author Susan Murcott had little security and less respect. Friendship becomes crucial to
Son of God “to deal with us ac- know that Prince Siddhartha saw an brings hard-hitting poems and Queen mother Gotami had 500 dis- these women, many with a tragic
cording to thy loving kindness”. old man, a sick man, a corpse, finally heartbreaking stories of the earliest placed women to provide for — war background. A bhikkhuni records
Medieval monks chanted of lov- a renunciate and took a unilateral de- Buddhist nuns from the Therigatha widows, and wives of those who be- with deep feeling, “With good
ing kindness as they cared for the cision to abandon his sleeping wife cycle. The first is Mahapajapati came monks in the sangha, including friends/even a fool can be wise/Keep
sick and ministered to the poor. Is- and infant son, to seek his goal of Gotami, Buddha’s foster mother who the women of the Buddha’s own har- good company/ and wisdom grows/
lam believes that “All creatures are Buddhahood. I wonder: as the En- raised him, her sister Maya’s child, em. Gotami, now herself a widow, Those who keep good company/can be
God’s children and those dearest to lightened Buddha, when the World along with her own son and daugh- had to find a way to give these home- freed from suffering.”
God are those who treat His children Teacher used this tender image of ter. When Siddhartha returned as less women a home. The same friendship and loving
kindly”. Jainism is founded on ahim- motherhood in his sermon, what lov- the Buddha, she embraced his teach- In a world where a husband could kindness take on new meanings in
sa, non-violence, stemming from ing kindness did he spare for his an- ing with absolute conviction. It was take many wives, or simply leave his the minefield we call our global vil-
compassion towards all life forms. guished wife Yashodhara, who was she who wrested permission from a wife for any reason valid or whimsi- lage, where progress is often regress
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad raising their only son alone? reluctant Buddha to admit women cal, wives too had little security. A in disguise. As we struggle with hos-
sums up the essence of dharma as it Wade through centuries of Bud- into the fold as nuns. At first, she nun pours out her heart, “And tile forces to ensure justice for the
enjoins humankind to be generous dhist lore and you will find little gets a flat no. “Enough Gotami! though I was devoted to him/ a hum- marginalized, the victimized, the lost
and charitable. about this abandoned wife, crushed counts have Yashodhara identifying Don’t set your heart on women be- ble and affectionate servant…/my and the forgotten, loving kindness
We know that loving kindness is by sorrow. The stunning fresco in the father to his son with rapturous ing allowed to do this.” Finally, the husband felt nothing for me. He told could simply mean the recognition
central to Buddhism. The Buddha Ajanta shows the Buddha in saffron reverence. (Don’t forget that this son Buddha agrees, stipulating eight his mother and father/ I am leav- that everyone has equal rights, and
epitomizes this virtue in endless radiance towering above his is named Rahul, which means “fet- special rules for women, thus ensur- ing/”. Another rejoices in her free- friendship our common pledge to en-
tales. And, in the Karaniya Metta dwarfed wife and son as they look ter”, the chain to be broken for the ing their secondary status and sub- dom from pestle and cooking pot and sure that all of us retain those rights.
Sutta, he makes it an injunction: up at him with awe and wonder. father to find liberation). It is re- servience to men. a husband who “disgusts me”. Gota- The author is a playwright,
“Even as a mother protects her child When at last, he returns to his corded that ultimately, mother and Murcott explains why Gotami had mi seems to have felt that friendship theatre director, musician &
with her own life, so should we with hometown Kapilavastu, some ac- son joined the monastic order. The to achieve this goal, shaming as it was vital for a woman’s survival in a journalist. Views are personal.

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In a divided
UN, Beijing
Interpol asks China for info on its missing President
Paris: Interpol has made a for his well-being. request about the status of president’s well-being,” the hasn’t heard from him since rived in China, but the had said that reports about

blazes quiet formal request to China for

information about its miss-
The Lyon-based interna-
tional police agency said in
Meng Hongwei.
The agency “looks for-
statement said. China, in
the midst of a weeklong
he left Lyon at the end of
September. France has
64-year-old’s subsequent
whereabouts are unknown.
Meng’s disappearance were
“a matter for the relevant

path to power
ing Chinese president who a brief statement Saturday ward to an official response holiday, had yet to com- launched its own investiga- Meng is also a vice minis- authorities in both France
seemingly vanished on a that it used law enforce- from China’s authorities to ment. tion. French authorities say ter for public security in and China.”
trip home, citing concerns ment channels to submit its address concerns over the Meng’s wife says she he boarded a plane and ar- China. Previously, Interpol  —AP
United Nations: Criticised
by the White House for al-
leged interference in US poli-
tics, China has quietly blazed
a path at the United Nations
where it is, little by little, be-
coming one of the most influ-
ential members.
At the Security Council,
where China holds one of five
permanent veto-wielding
seats, its statements remain
bland, often recalling funda-
mentals of the United Na-
tions Charter such as nation-
al sovereignty and principles
of non-interference.
“In their interpretation,
democracy is optional, as are
human rights,” a European
diplomat said. Yet in peace-
keeping missions or when
jobs are available in the UN’s
executive arm at the New
York headquarters, Beijing is
increasingly making its pres-
ence felt.
More than 2,500 Chinese
military personnel wear UN
blue helmets on peacekeep-
ing missions in Libya, Mali,
the Democratic Republic of
Congo and South Sudan.
China has also “enormous-
ly increased” its voluntary fi-
nancial contributions to the
world body while the US un-
der President Donald Trump
has slashed its own financing,
one diplomat said. —AFP

Saudi backs
down from
blocking UN
climate report
Incheon: Oil giant Saudi Ara-
bia backed down at the last
minute on Saturday from ob-
structing the adoption of a
major report by the UN’s cli-
mate science panel.
With the threat removed,
the meeting of the 195-nation
panel in Incheon, South Korea
-- deep into overtime -- swiftly
approved the report on how to
cap global warming at 1.5 de-
grees Celsius, and what a 1.5C
world might look like. The Sau-
dis had objected to the inclu-
sion of a passage emphasising
the need for sharp reductions
in the use of fossil fuels -- Sau-
di Arabia’s main export. “Sau-
di Arabia withdrew its block-
age of the passage when their
objection was about to be for-
mally recorded in a footnote,”
said a participant in the meet-
ing. “It was a game of chicken,
and the Saudi’s blinked first.”
The 500-page report -- based
on 6,000 peer reviewed studies
-- under review at the meeting
of the Intergovernmental Pan-
el on Climate Change (IPCC) is
an effort of the world’s top cli-
mate scientists. —AFP

Protestors demand EU leaders honour

their commitments to the Paris deal
outside the European Parliament in
Brussels on Saturday —AFP

US Senate poised to
confirm Kavanaugh
as the SC justice
Washington: The US Senate
was expected to confirm con-
servative judge Brett Ka-
vanaugh as the next Supreme
Court justice on Saturday (lo-
cal time) -- offering President
Donald Trump a big political
win and tilting the nation’s
high court decidedly to the
right.
The months-long battle over
Kavanaugh’s nomination has
gripped Washington, laying
bare the partisan gridlock on
Capitol Hill and the political
polarisation of America just a
month before midterm elec-
tions. The Senate vote, set to
begin from 3:30 pm (local time),
will bring an end to a raucous
nomination process defined by
harrowing testimony from a
woman who says Kavanaugh
tried to rape her when they
were teenagers -- and his fiery
rebuttal.
If Kavanaugh is confirmed,
Trump will have succeeded in
having his two picks seated on
the court -- a major coup for the
Republican leader less than
halfway through his term.
His promotion to the Su-
preme Court will also stand as
a demoralising defeat for Dem-
ocrats who battled hard to
block the 53-year-old judge at
all costs.—AFP
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More than best friends The domestic dog is more than a guard dog. He’s family and not just an extension of it. Yoshita Rao looks at the lovable
canine companion as a therapeutic interventionist, a babysitter and much more

F
rom driving away a cook to growling at
family members and nurses who came to
visit from the hospital, Inji, a mix of
many Indian breeds, according to his pet
parents, was very protective. A couple of
days after Mumbai resident Bhavani
Ramesh delivered a beautiful baby girl,
her dad came visiting. When he attempt-
ed to pick up the newborn, Inji made one
swift move toward Ramesh’s father, bar-
ing his upper teeth, he growled. “No one
was allowed to touch Athira. He would
be on guard for a long time when guests
came home, and even followed them into
the baby’s room just to ensure they
weren’t running away with her, I guess,”
laughs the 37-year-old.
But Inji wasn’t always like this. “My
dog is very much like a cat,” says
Ramesh, adding that the three-year-old
pooch likes to be petted only on his time
and despises even an ounce of ‘cute’ talk Pune resident, Rahul Sarkar never could surprised to find Inji lifting his leg to (Clockwise) Rahul
in the morning. Now that Athira is al- imagine sharing his life with a canine. pee. “We tried fostering dogs but found Sarkar celebrating
most two, Inji lets her get away with a lot Growing up in a family that was averse it so heartbreaking when they left that Meera’s first birthday
of kisses, tail-tugging, ear-pulling, and to the idea of owning a pet dog due to we decided to get one of them to call our with cake; Canines
even fingers up his nostrils. “There was hygiene issues, he says, “Nobody liked own.” Like Ramesh, there are several Can Care’s Sanam
a time when he would want to lie down pets in my family, including me. I was who feel a deep connect with pets, very Karunakar working
on the same mat that she was on. They also scared of dog bites and the infec- similar to that with one’s own child. with Honey the
now fight for attention when grandpar- tions that may come with them.” Sarkar For 42-year-old Tejal Patel living in Labrador; Inji rocking
ents come to visit,” says Ramesh. wouldn’t even visit his dog lover Baroda, Gujarat, her three rescue dogs are the cradle as baby
Social media today is filled with an friends’ homes that had pets. her children. Born and raised in London, Athira sleeps; The
outpouring of videos that show dogs Then two and half years ago, fate in- she’s been staying with her husband Matt dynamic baby-doggy
rocking the cradle or even snuggling up tervened, when Sarkar married a dog lov- in India for the past 10 years. “We are duo sharing the play
under the covers. For Injumani – what er, who insisted they get a pet. “Somehow blessed to have the option of working mat when Athira was
his pet parents call him to make him she got me to agree to bring home a from home, so we always have our kids six months old
seem more ‘Tamil’ – his acceptance of a Dachshund puppy. At the time, I still re- with us,” says Patel, director of Dr How-
new member into the family was very member being terrified of it and I ard’s Way Diet – a weight loss centre.
different in comparison to human sib- couldn’t even carry her home in my lap.” Her dogs – Junior (6 years old), Blondie the heart of suburban Mumbai, is that since we are not a typical kennel with
lings, who are more the jealous kind. However, today Sarkar is more than (4 years old) and Dolly (2 years old) were more and more young couples prefer cages, the dogs all live together,” she
comfortable with his six month old rescued from their harsh street lives. adopting puppies than conceiving a says. Therapy dogs need to be comforta-
Pups on the go toddler crawling about as Wandering the street one night as child. “I run a day care centre for dogs ble with people. An intense training
When it comes to taking a holiday, pet Meera the dog playfully a puppy (2-3 months old), Jun- instead of babies,” she says. The centre filled with patience and dedicated time
parents are often sceptical to take their dashes around the apart- Rahul ior was very sick, puking was originally conceptualised to operate is imperative, Sekhri says, because dogs
dogs along for various reasons. One be- ment. The one rule that Sarkar wasn’t and defecating blood. Patel as a boarding, but it wasn’t long before pick up nonverbal cues as well.
ing that dogs are still not allowed in the
passenger cabin or even in the cargo
hasn’t changed with
time is Sarkar’s love
fond of dogs until couldn’t help but reach out
to the pup in need. “There
Sekhri realised its full potential as a pet-
ting centre. “There are so many that Dogs with jobs
hold of Indian airlines. Five months for cleanliness. He he met Meera, the is a very big emotional can’t afford to keep pets due to space con- Canines today hold full-time jobs like
pregnant, Ramesh would’ve found a ensures Meera has playful Dachshund, dependence on dogs,” cerns or family matters,” she says. those in the police force, helping people
flight journey much more comfortable her vaccinations on who now dashes says Patel, adding that Another reason for abandoning dogs, with disabilities, even aiding diabetics.
when instead, she and her husband Ash- time and bathes at it’s not the same as hav- aside from familial issues, is taking on The intellect of these furry buddies is
wath took a two week long road trip to least once a week.
about the apartment ing kids. “It’s a personal the responsibility of thoroughbreds, now being used to sniff out low (hypo-
Goa all for the benefit of their dog. “We “It’s like taking care of with his choice not to have kids but which is a costly affair. Baroda’s Patel glycaemia) or high (hyperglycaemia)
didn’t want to leave him alone at a pet your child. The more daughter it is a natural instinct that voices her annoyance when she finds blood sugar levels in their diabetic own-
centre so we drove down to South Goa, you take care of her, the you have to help (stray dogs).” that people are quick to give up their ers. That way these constant compan-
stopping every two hours so that Inji more you’ll be hassle free.” Elaborating on the emotional dogs when they’re about to have a child. ions accompany their owners and alert
could stretch and recuperate,” says It was during Ganesh Chaturthi dependence, Patel described the process “You’ve taken a life into your home to them whenever they find a chemical im-
Ramesh. They rented two dog friendly in 2017, when largely all the vets in Pune of grieving when you lose a pet. It was nurture it, as you would a child, and yet balance. However, the exact chemical
Airbnbs and even looked for hotels that were closed. Sarkar drove from pillar to two days before Tejal and Matt’s engage- they feel it’s okay to give away the dogs. sniffed out by the dog is still debated.
allowed furry friends. Lying there on post only to ensure Meera, who at the ment when their nine-year-old dog Pop- I mean, come on, you have children and Canines Can Care, an initiative start-
the sandy beaches, playing with the time was suffering from a Urinary Tract py died. “You never get over the passing they’re not exactly cheap,” she laments. ed by Shirin Merchant in the 1990s, is a
waves and chasing after frogs, Inji had Infection (UTI), would feel some relief. “I of your dog. My husband cried for four Yet, there are few like Sekhri, who de- nonprofit organisation that deals with
never seemed happier, adds Ramesh. had to drive an hour away from the main days and he never cries. He didn’t eat spite being married for eight years and canine related activities. The dogs are
But come dinner time they had to pull city to Pimpri to find a vet,” recalls much... Matt still brings up Poppy when having a child of her own, stays true to trained to be assistance dogs for the
him off the sand in order to keep him Sarkar. one of our other dogs does anything like her commitment of caring for dogs. The physically challenged, performing tasks
from wasting away before their eyes. chasing butterflies or birds but don’t 33-year-old Andheri resident now houses like picking up the phone receiver, load-
Say woof know what to do with the bird once they seven dogs at Pawfect Life, three of ing and unloading a washing machine,
You’ve taken a
Sickness & health Ramesh still remembers the excitement catch it,” she giggles. whom were abandoned there by their even barking to alert of an intruder. “We
Yet, there are others who don’t share the she felt when adopting Inji. Truth be A rising trend noted by Niharika owners. “There is Bira (like the beer look at the temperament and inclination life into your
same interest in housing dogs as the rest. told, she opted for a girl pup but was Sekhri, owner of Pawfect Life, based in brand) the Indian bred Chow Chow and of the dog for this work,” says Merchant, home to
my best therapy dog yet, Sugar the Gold-
en Retriever, Lemon the Lhasa Apso,
who is a canine trainer and behaviourist.
Elaborating on their training process,
nurture it, as
Frosty the Husky – who isn’t a therapist Merchant says the puppies are trained in you would a
but she is really pretty,” Sekhri says. good manners and basic skills for a year. child, and yet
I run a daycare centre for dogs There are three other dogs also lying “They need to be mentally and physically they feel it’s
instead of babies... All of them are about the centre – Bruso (the Labrador), mature enough to handle the advanced
okay to give
therapy dogs and since we are not Whiskey (a Siberian Husky) and Floki a training, which is why it starts after they
away the dogs.
Husky, who for most of the day lives un- are adults.” The dogs are selected with
a typical kennel that has cages, the dogs all der the air conditioning vent owing to no preference for gender or breed. I mean, come
live together Mumbai’s hot weather. Explaining how But for therapy dogs, like those snug-
on, you have
she accommodates thoroughbreds in gling up with visitors at Pawfect Life,
Niharika Sekhri, owner of Pawfect Life this sticky climate, she says they all there is one more factor that comes into children and
have to be walked in the morning play. “For therapy dogs’ training, cer- they’re not
or at night, and the electricity tain breeds can’t be trained like the exactly cheap
bills run high on account of the Chow Chow, Rottweiler and Dobermann
AC being kept on the en- that are more one man dogs or protec- Tejal Patel,
tire day. tive in nature. Surprisingly, my Bira is a director at Dr
“All of them are wonderful therapist,” Sekhri jests. After Howard’s Way Diet
therapy dogs and all, a good cuddle and Bira is probably
Pic: Aadesh Choudhary

Pawfect Life’s Niharika Sekhri surrounded by Bira (Chow Chow), Sugar

(Golden Retriever), Lemon (Lhasa Apso), Bruso (Lab), Whiskey (Siberian
Husky), Frosty and Floki (both Huskies)
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GODS WITH FEET OF CLAY

When influential men are involved in cases of sexual misconduct, the benefit of doubt is immediately served on a platter to
them. Pooja Salvi explores what works against the victim of sexual harassment cases

F
or actress, model and for-
mer Femina Miss India
Universe Tanushree Dut-
ta, a lot has changed over
the last decade since she
first, and last until a few
days ago, raised her
voice against the veteran
actor Nana Patekar for sexual harass-
ment. But, like many things that re-
fuse to change, the threats she re-
ceived this time are replicas of their
2008 self. “They sound like empty
threats to me,” she tells this writer.
What started then, led Dutta to
walk out of the sets of Horn OK
Please. Video footage shows goons at-
tacking her car – even going to the ex-
tent of breaking the glasses and punc-
turing her tires. When Dutta went on
to file an FIR against the actor, a coun-
ter-FIR was waiting for her instead. “I
don’t know if they went through any
hassle for our complaint, but because
of their FIR, my father, spot boy and
hairdresser were harassed for years,”
she had said in an earlier interview. “I
have no clue why they [complaints]
were dismissed. The law and order
system in our country works like that.
People can do anything and then file a
counter-FIR. FIRs don’t mean sh*t in
our country,” she added.
The issue fizzled out just as sud-
denly as it had begun.

A DECADE LATER
When the Dutta-Patekar sexual har-
assment issue started gaining mo-
mentum early last week, several
questions were raised about the ac-
tress’ rationale for bringing up the is-
sue again: “Why did she wake up ten
years later to talk about the same
thing?”; “If it was real, appropriate
investigations would have happened
back then.”
As Dutta filed her complaint, she
had also filed one with Cine & TV Art-
ists Association (CINTAA) in March
of 2008, whose then-functioning com-
mittee inappropriately evaluated the
complaint. In a statement released on
Tuesday, the association said, “...we
feel that the decision taken in the
Joint Dispute Settlement Committee
of CINTAA and IFTPC (then known ter an intervention from the National

TIME AND TIDE

as Association of Motion Pictures Commission for Women), the woman
and TV Programme Producers) in When asked if there is any technical limitation to filing an FIR, was quickly transferred to another of-
July 2008 was not appropriate, as the WAIT FOR THE advocate Kuldeep Nikam says FIRs can be filed at a delayed stage as fice (from the telecom company’s Gom-
chief grievance of sexual harassment
wasn’t even addressed.” VICTIM: STATUTE well. “Generally, in cases of Section 376, there is a delay. The very
reasonable rationale is the trauma and the stigma. In fact, the court,
ti Nagar office to Alambagh). When
speaking with a publication, she had

“BETI JAISI HAI” OF LIMITATIONS in a number of matters acknowledges this [delay],” he says. “A delay
in any case, however, needs to be explained to the satisfaction of
said, “My salary was deducted and I
was forced to shift to the workstation
In a press conference in 2008, when the court. Otherwise, it is going to go against you – this delay adjacent to his... My official mail ID
Patekar finally spoke about the sexu- is a good defence for the accused,” he explains. was closed without any information
al harassment allegations, he pleaded and my entry to the office was
innocence with two arguments: “Ta- stopped.”
nushree is my daughter’s age and I While the woman suffered, the per-
have no clue about what made her petrator was reported saying, “It’s a
say such things about me. I have If she really was beti jaisi, why false complaint with the motive of de-
been a part of this film industry was her comfort and consent to faming me.”
for the last 35 years and haven’t do the step taken into Krishnan believes these comments
had anyone say such things are a part of the punishment inflicted
about me ever.” consideration? If I genuinely on the woman for raising her voice.
But actress Renuka Shahane, considered someone like my child, “It’s a punishment that every woman
who wrote an open letter about I want to ensure their comfort is subjected to. So you are being a part
the issue, doesn’t believe these are
substantial defences. “There is a
around someone or in doing of the punishment and then claiming
that she’s doing it for fame. The rea-
difference between beti jaisi (like a something. son is simple: they don’t want such
daughter) and being someone’s things to be said, they want to main-
Renuka Shahane, actress
daughter,” she says. Refusing to be- tain the availability of the woman for
lieve this line of thought, Shahane sexual harassment – maintain her
says, “If she really was beti jaisi, why vulnerability, maintain the normalcy
was her comfort and consent to do from the issue at hand. Telugu producer’s son for forcing her with the assumption that the victim of sexual harassment,” she laments.
the step not taken into considera- “I do not think that people are to have sex with her, it didn’t take is talking about it for quick fame.
tion? If I genuinely considered some- not believing her claims,” says Kavita time for the Movie Artistes’ Associa- However, if there is anything that LISTEN > HEAR
one my child, I would want to en- Krishnan, secretary of All India Pro- tion (MAA) to put a ban on her. When victims get from raising their voices It goes without saying that the ac-
sure their comfort around someone gressive Women’s Association. “It is a she decided to fight her battle alone is shame and stigma. “You are brand- cused is not guilty till proven so. But
or in doing something. I wouldn’t posture of disbelief – in the many by calling for attention with a nude ed a troublemaker” says Krishnan, it doesn’t take much to listen to alle-
threaten them with goons! Even so, cases that I have seen where people protest right in front of the Telugu and it doesn’t just stop there. “At- gations when the issue is raised. “It is
the beti jaisi argument doesn’t hold have chosen to say that the complain- Film Chamber of Commerce, MAA tempts are then made to discredit her very important that we come around
ground because there are cases of fa- ant must be lying or must be mad, president Sivaji Raja went to the ex- story, her credentials – everything to acknowledging just how serious an
thers sexually abusing their daugh- they have very well known that the tent of calling it a “cheap publicity that the woman has worked towards. issue sexual harassment is,” begins
ters too.” man in question is prone to doing stunt,” adding that “action will be Tell me one instance where the wom- Shahane. “Dismissing a woman’s
that; it is an open secret. The posture taken against any artiste who decides an has complained of sexual harass- complaints on the basis of irrelevant
DISMISSED! is donned because people believe that to share screen space with her.” ment and that has done any good to distractions like fame, money and
In Dutta’s case, a premeditated deci- this [harassment] is normal and that her career and her profile. If any- publicity is not going to help,” she as-
sion to dismiss her concerns is evi- women should shut up and put up SHE IS DOING THIS FOR thing it is the opposite – it is extreme- serts, adding that this refusal to listen
dent. Even today, despite video footage
and eye-witnesses (journalist Janice
with it. And that it is the protesting
[of sexual harassment] that is abnor- PUBLICITY, SHE WANTS ly stressful and you are subjected to
shame and guilt,” she adds.
will also affect cases of sexual harass-
ment where men are the victims.
Sequeira and assistant director on the
sets of Horn OK Please Shynie Shetty)
mal,” she adds.
Indeed.
TO DEFAME HIM In 2013, a single mother at a tele-
com giant accused her boss of sexual-
Conviction is one story, and soli-
darity and belief in the survivor is
corroborating Dutta’s account, the When Telugu actress Sri Reddy In high-profile sexual harassment ly harassing her. While no action was another.
blame game continues, distracting us raised her voice against a prominent cases, an immediate disregard comes taken against the perpetrator (even af- pooja.salvi@dnaindia.net; @sire_writeous

Sexual violence, a savage feature of conflict over centuries

T
2014. About 5,000 Yazidi men were decades of bloody conflict among
hrough the ages, sexual violence self, who have been raped, helps to killed, several thousand are missing armed groups.
has been a savage feature of shine global light on the crimes. and many Yazidi women were
armed conflict, often systemati- Officials and military commanders captured, taken as sex slaves. New MYANMAR/ROHINGYA MUSLIMS
cally inflicted by combatants on must take the lead in discouraging a Nobel winner Nadia Murad was among A report presented last month to the
girls and women in what the culture of sexual violence among com- those who fled from IS and told the UN Human Rights Council
world today defines as a war batants under their authority, activists world about those horrors, addressing recommended that some top Myanmar
crime. It happened in the time of the agree. Even the United Nations has the UN Security Council in December military leaders be prosecuted for war
ancient Greeks and Romans, and in struggled with allegations of sexual vi- 2015. crimes against the Rohingya during a
modern times, too: Mass rape occurred olence and exploitation against the counterinsurgency campaign in 2017. It
in World War II, as it did during the Bal- peacekeepers sent to calm conflicts CONGO cited allegations of murder, torture,
kan wars and the Rwandan genocide in around the globe. The sprawling central African nation pillaging, rape, sexual slavery and
the 1990s. There have been steps forward. Last was once called “the rape capital of the hostage-taking. Before she took power
The atrocities unfold as victorious month, a military judge in South Sudan world” by Margot Wallstrom, then the as Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu
fighters sweep into seized territory, us- sentenced 10 soldiers to prison for a UN secretary-general’s special Kyi said the military used rape as a
ing sexual violence out of a sense of 2016 rampage in which five internation- representative on sexual violence in weapon to intimidate ethnic
impunity or entitlement or as a way to al aid workers were gang-raped. conflict. Yet, rape remains a weapon of nationalities. Her government,
terrorise and punish communities. In- war and power in Congo, especially in however, denies acting in that manner
ternational humanitarian law, includ- ISLAMIC STATE GROUP/YAZIDIS the East, which has seen more than two against the Rohingya  — AP
ing the Geneva Conventions, seeks to The Yazidi community, one of Iraq’s
prevent warring sides from engaging in oldest religious minorities, has been
such abuses. subjected to brutal attacks over the Corrigendum: In the story How sustainable is Khadi? carried in the September
While the regulation of wartime centuries. One of the worst occurred 30 issue of JBM, Smita Mankad has mistakenly been given a designation as leader of
conduct is inherently difficult, the when the Islamic State group Organic India’s True Wellness Initiative. We apologise for the error. The story neither
awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a committed what a United Nations attacks KVIC nor uses her quotes as anti-FabIndia in any way
Congolese surgeon and an Iraqi wom- commission of inquiry called genocide
an, who speaks out for those like her- and other crimes against the Yazidi in
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Same home story for India

BALL GAME
Great opportunity,
says Paine
Australian captain Tim
Paine hopes his team will
move on from the ball-
tampering row and start
a new era when they face Spinners Ashwin, Kuldeep shine as hosts crush West Indies by an innings and 272 runs inside three days for their biggest Test win
Pakistan in the first Test
West Indies
in Dubai on Sunday. Aus-
tralian cricket was
in India SCOREBOARD
First Test India vs West Indies
rocked by the ball-tam-
pering row in the Cape 1st Test, SCA Stadium, Rajkot Toss: India, elect to bat
Town Test against South Rajkot: India recorded their India 1st innings 649/9 decl
Africa in March this biggest Test win as they hu- West Indies 1st inng (ON: 94/6) R B 4/6 SR
year, the fallout resulting miliated West Indies by an R Chase b Ashwin 53 79 8/0 67.08
in year-long bans for then innings and 272 runs in the K Paul c Pujara b Yadav 47 49 7/2 95.91
captain Steve Smith and first match here Saturday, D Bishoo not out 17 26 3/0 65.38
vice-captain David Warn- wrapping up one of the most S Lewis b Ashwin 0 3 0/0 0.00
er. “I think what hap- ludicrous mismatches of re- S Gabriel st Pant b Ashwin 1 10 0/0 10.00
pened was unfortunate cent times without breaking Extras (B16, LB2) 18
but we have to move on. a sweat. TOTAL (all out in 48 Overs) 181 (3.77 runs per over)
We are fortunate enough India dominated the Fall of wickets: 7-147 (KMA Paul, 38.4 ov), 8-159 (RL
to be getting back togeth- game, amassing 649 for nine Chase, 43.2 ov), 9-159 (SH Lewis, 43.5 ov), 10-181 (ST
er after what happened,” in their first innings before Gabriel, 47.6 ov)
Paine said on Saturday. bowling out the West Indies Bowling: M Shami 9-2-22-2, U Yadav 11-3-20-1, R
twice on day three, to take Ashwin 11-2-37-4, R Jadeja 7-1-22-1, Kuldeep Yadav
Williams takes a 1-0 lead in the two-match 10-1-62-1
fight to SA series.
Sean Williams hit a half- They were bundled out for West Indies 2nd Innings (f/o) R B 4/6 SR
century to lead an im- 181 in 48 overs before lunch K Brathwaite c Shaw b Ashwin 10 30 2/0 33.33
proved batting perfor- and were expectedly forced K Powell c Shaw b Kuldeep 83 93 8/4 89.24
mance by Zimbabwe in to follow-on. They did not S Hope lbw b Kuldeep 17 34 1 50.00
the third and final one- fare any better in the second S Hetmyer c Rahul b Kuldeep 11 11 0/1 100.00
day international against innings, crumbling to 196 S Ambris st Pant b Kuldeep 0 3 0/0 0.00
South Africa at Boland all out in 50.5 overs in the fi- R Chase c Ashwin b Kuldeep 20 24 3/0 83.33
Park on Saturday. The nal session. S Dowrich not out 16 64 1/0 25.00
left-handed Williams Previously, the innings K Paul c Yadav b Jadeja 15 15 2/1 100.00
made 69 in a Zimbabwe and 262-run win over Af- D Bishoo c Pant b Ashwin 9 12 2/0 75.00
total of 228 as the tourists ghanistan in June this year S Lewis lbw b Jadeja 4 15 1/0 26.66
regained some pride af- was India’s best in terms of S Gabriel c Kuldeep b Jadeja 4 5 1/0 80.00
ter being bowled out for innings victory. Extras (B5, LB1, NB1) 7
117 and 78 in losing the While Ravichandran Ash- TOTAL (all out in 50.5 Overs) 196 (3.85 runs per
first two matches of the win (4/37) was the pick of the over)
series. Williams and bowlers in the morning, Kul- Fall of wickets: 1-32 (KC Brathwaite, 7.6 ov), 2-79 (SD
Brendan Taylor (40) put deep Yadav (5/57) was all Hope, 18.6 ov), 3-97 (SO Hetmyer, 22.1 ov), 4-97 (SW
on 73 for the fourth wick- over the opposition batsmen Ambris, 22.4 ov), 5-138 (RL Chase, 29.3 ov), 6-151 (KOA
et on a good batting in the second innings on India’s Prithvi Shaw (R) takes a catch to dismiss West Indies batsman Keiran Powell as Rishabh Pant and Ajinkya Rahane look on during Day 3 of the first Test in Rajkot on Saturday —AFP Powell, 35.4 ov), 7-172 (KMA Paul, 40.4 ov), 8-185 (D
pitch. The surfaces for way to a maiden five-wicket Bishoo, 43.6 ov), 9-192 (SH Lewis, 48.6 ov), 10-196 (ST
the first two matches haul in Tests. india’s Biggest wins in tests Man of the match 5-wicket hauls in Gabriel, 50.5 ov)
did you know? Bowling M Shami 3-0-11-0, R Ashwin 18-2-71-2, U Yadav
were criticised because The feat makes Yadav the on debut (Indians) all 3 formats 3-0-16-0, Kuldeep Yadav 14-2-57-5, R Jadeja 12.5-1-35-3
of uneven bounce. first player to have a five- n Saturday’s innings & 272-run Team Margin Opposition Venue Date
wicket haul in all three for- win over West Indies is India’s 1 Pravin Amre 1 Tim Southee Result: India win by an innings & 272 runs,
Shakib fears for mats of the game. biggest win in Test cricket. The India inns & 272 runs v West Indies Rajkot 4 Oct 2018 2 Lasith Malinga lead 2-match series 1-0
infected finger previous big was innings & 262
2 RP Singh
The second and final Test Man of the match: Prithvi Shaw
Injured Bangladesh all- will be played in Hyderabad runs against Afghanistan in India inns & 262 runs v Afghanistan Bengaluru 14 Jun 2018 3 R Ashwin 3 Ajanta Mendis
rounder Shakib Al Hasan from October 12-16. The West Bangalore in June 2018 India inns & 239 runs v Bangladesh Dhaka 25 May 2007 4 B Kumar
4 Shikhar Dhawan
‘We need to
fears his finger will never Indies will have to lift them- nIn last 3 home Tests, India
have beaten West Indies by India inns & 239 runs v Sri Lanka Nagpur 24 Nov 2017
5 Umar Gul
fully recover from an in- selves to put up a better per- 5 Rohit Sharma
fection despite a planned formance after being thor- innings margin with in 3 days 6 Imran Tahir
second surgery in Aus-
tralia this month. Shakib
oughly outplayed in Rajkot.
The absence of captain Ja-
India inns & 219 runs v Australia Kolkata 18 Mar 1998 6 Prithvi Shaw 7 Kuldeep Yadav trust our
defence’
underwent an emergency son Holder and pacer

Prithvi showed he is different quality: Kohli

operation on his finger Kemar Roach also added to
on September 27 in Dha- their woes.
ka after it became affect- For India, the game will be Rajkot: The West Indies
ed by a bacterial infec- best remembered for the batsmen were guilty of play-
tion while he was playing emergence of Prithvi Shaw, ing too much attacking shots
in the Asia Cup in the who announced his arrival Rajkot: Prithvi Shaw is a i worked with coach at home, bowled with red ball: Kuldeep in the first Test against India
United Arab Emirates. in international cricket with “different quality” player and Rajkot: Kuldeep Yadav says Constantly switching between used to it. White ball is on and going forward stand-in
Doctors cleared a large a classy hundred on debut, that’s why the youngster was his maiden five-wicket haul formats, Kuldeep came back the harder side, grips better. captain Kraigg Brathwaite
amount of pus from his becoming the youngest rushed into the Test team, in Test cricket was a result home and bowled long red- Red ball wears down faster, said they would have to find
infected finger and ad- from the country to do so in gushed an elated India cap- of going back to the drawing ball spells under his personal gets soft,” Kuldeep said. “After the right balance between
vised him to undergo a Tests. Virat Kohli and Ravin- tain Virat Kohli after the board in his bid to improve as coach before the two-match coming back from England, caution and aggression.
second surgery once the dra Jadeja were the other Mumbai teenager was ad- a red-ball bowler after being home A series against I went to my coach at home, “Going forward what we
infection has cleared. centurions. judged Man-of-the-match for dropped from the Indian team Australia. Next up was Asia bowled with the red ball for need to do is along with the
By tea on Saturday, it be- his century on Test debut during the England series. Cup, a white-ball competition. three four days. It was difficult attacking shots, trust in de-
on the tube came clear that the game will against the West Indies. because after playing white fence. I think that’s the key,”
be done and dusted inside Shaw became the youngest Kuldeep bowled only once “It is very difficult to switch to ball format you lose rhythm said Brathwaite after India
three days with the West In- Indian batsman, fourth over- during the five Test series in red ball from white ball and with the red ball. I mainly beat West Indies by an in-
Badminton dies batsmen cutting a sorry all, to score a hundred on Test England, going wicket-less at vice versa, especially for a nings and 272-run in the se-
Star Sports 2 focused on release of red ball,
picture at 185 for eight. debut. He began his Test jour- Lord’s before being ignored for wrist spinner. It is challenging bowling slower as you tend to ries opener.
09:30 Chinese Taipei Opener Kieran Powell was ney with a 134-run knock, the final two Tests. because you take time to get bowl faster with white-ball.” “Obviously when the field
Open the only West Indian bats- opening the innings for India, goes back, it’s a matter of
men to make a significant who thrashed the West Indies still staying positive in de-
Cricket
contribution in the second by an innings and 272 runs in Kohli added. Asked about the impres- 1-4 last month, Kohli said the fence also and putting away
Sony ESPN essay, an entertaining 83 off the series-opener. Saurashtra all-rounder sive overate, Kohli said more two can not be compared. the bad balls, stroking the
11.30 Pakistan vs Aus- 93 balls with eight bounda- “Delighted for Prithvi and Ravindra Jadeja also had a than the players it the um- “That was a bigger chal- ball along the ground for sin-
tralia 1st Test, Day 1 ries and four sixes. Jaddu. Playing his first game, memorable game as he scored pires, who are responsible. lenge. We understand that gles. I just don’t think we
Star Sports 2 India skipper Virat Kohli seeing him dominate — the his maiden Test ton. “It was a bit to do with the with the ability we have, we didn’t trust our defence as
13:20 said after the win: “We un- guy (Shaw) showed he is dif- Kohli also credited the umpires pushing us as well. will dominate in these condi- much as we should have,” he
U-19 Asia Cup derstand that with the abili- ferent quality. That’s why he’s pace duo of Mohammad Sha- With the new rule of not tions. We were very clinical,” said.
Formula One ty we have, we will dominate been pushed to the Test team. mi and Umesh Yadav for put- drinking water. The guys Kohli said. It was an embarrassing
Star Sports Select 2 in these conditions. We were It is exciting to see from the ting the opposition under struggled a bit because of Shaw said it was a good loss for the West Indies who
very clinical. It’s not some- captain’s perspective,” Kohli pressure. “If you see the first that, it was difficult for guys start to his Test career and his were bowled out twice on day
10:35 Japanese Grand
thing for to speak on (West said at the post-match presen- innings, the way Umesh and to bat 45 minutes without wa- strategy was to play like any three. Brathwaite said debu-
Prix Indies’ performance). I’m tation. Shami ran into bowl. Few ter. I’m sure they’ll look at first class domestic mach. tant Prithvi Shaw’s knock
Football sure they’ll sort out the er- “Jaddu as well — he has got wickets with the new ball and those rules and adjust it for “It was a great win. Scor- was an example of how to
Star Sports Select 1 rors. “We don’t want to focus important runs for us before you can put the opposition conditions.” Asked about the ing myself and getting the build an innings. The West
16:20 PL Fulham v on what the opposition does. and we wanted him to get under pressure. Shami took difference in conditions be- team to a win on my debut, Debutant Prithvi Shaw with his man Indies batsmen had little
Arsenal I’m happy we were clinical.” three figures. We believe he wickets on a pitch that was of- tween Rajkot and England, couldn’t have imagined it so I of the match trophy —Instagram/ clue while facing the Indian
—PTI can turn matches for us,” fering nothing.” where India lost the test series feel good.” —PTI Indiancricketteam spinners. —PTI
18:35 PL Southampton
v Chelsea
20:35 PL Liverpool v
Man City record stuff becomes first batsman to hit 200 in vijay hazare COA sanctions BCCI may pull up Vijay,
Star Sports 1
extra passes
19:20 ISL Bengaluru v
Jamshedpur
Star Sports Select 2 HD Kaushal serves up double delight for state units Nair for contract breach
21:15 Bundesliga Leip- New Delhi: The Indian crick- raised there,” a senior BCCI
Nadiad: Uttarakahand open- New Delhi: The Committee et board (BCCI) is likely to official said.
zig v Nurnberg Highest scorers in vijay hazare
er Karn Veer Kaushal entered of Administrators on Satur- haul up discarded Karun Recently, both Nair and Vi-
MMA the record books by scoring 202 Karn Veer Kaushal, Uttarakhand vs Sikkim, 2018 day sanctioned 600 extra com- Nair and Murali Vijay and jay spoke to the media about
Sony ESPN the first double century in the 187 Ajinkya Rahane, Mumbai vs Maharashtra, 2007-08 plimentary tickets from BC- seek an explanation from alleged “lack of communica-
07:30 UFC: Khabib Vijay Hazare Trophy, smash- 178* Wasim Jaffer, Mumbai vs Baroda, 2007-08 CI’s share to the staging units them about their comments tion” on the part of the selec-
Nurmagomedov vs Conor ing 202 off 135 balls, to star in 173* Ankush Bains, Himachal Pradesh vs Vidarbha, 2018-19 for the remainder of the West on the “communication poli- tion committee, a charge em-
McGregor a 199-run rout of Sikkim in a Indies series after multiple cy” of the MSK Prasad-led phatically denied by chair-
Plate group match in Nadiad
170* Wasim Jaffer, Mumbai vs Delhi, 2006-07 associations expressed their national selection committee. man Prasad himself.
Moto GP on Saturday. displeasure. It is learnt that both Vijay and “This is all rubbish. There
Sony Six The in-form Kaushal, who Brief scores: Uttarakhand 366/2; 50 overs (Karn Veer Kaushal 202, As per new constitution, Nair have “breached the has been no case of lack of
09:15 Thailand Grand has now three 100-plus scores Vineet Saxena 100; Mendup Bhutia 2/82) beat Sikkim 167/6; 50 90 percent tickets were sup- clause” for the centrally con- communication from the se-
Prix, Main Race from seven matches, eclipsed overs (Lee Yong Lepcha 65, Padam Limboo 51 not out; Deepak posed to be released for gen- tracted cricketers and it has lection committee. Our selec-
Ajinkya Rahane’s 187 for Dhapola 3/19) by 199 runs eral public with only 10 per- neither gone down well with tion committee works inde-
Tennis Mumbai against Maharash- cent complimentary passes the selection committee nor pendently. As far as players’
Karan Veer Kaushal —Twitter
Sony Ten 2 tra in Pune in 2007-08. for the staging associations. the BCCI brass. (Vijay and Karun) statements
12:00 ATP 500 Rakuten In List A cricket, which Kaushal also shattered the Aakash Chopra had put on an said to myself ‘Okay, I can try The BCCI had mandatory “Vijay and Karun didn’t are concerned, we have left it
Japan Open includes ODIs, the 200-mark record for the highest open- unbeaten 277 for Delhi versus for a double-century’. I got to five percent complimentary exactly do the right thing by on selectors to decide about
Sony Six has been breached six times ing stand in List A cricket in Punjab in 2007-08 in the previ- know that I was the first one tickets for its sponsors and speaking on selection policy. them,” CoA chief Vinod Rai
17:00 ATP 500 China by Indian batsmen — Rohit India when he along with his ous highest opening stand. to score a double-century af- broadcasters. The situation That is a breach of central told mediapersons on the
Open Sharma (thrice), Virender Se- opening partner, Vineet Sax- “I felt very nice when I ter I came back to the dress- led to an unrest as Madhya contract. As per central con- sidelines of the CoA meeting.
hwag, Shikhar Dhawan and ena (100 runs of 133 balls), put completed it, but I didn’t ing room.” Sikkim’s decision Pradesh Cricket Association tract, no player can speak While Karun was dropped for
Golf Sachin Tendulkar one each. on 296 runs to lay the founda- know then that it was a re- to bowl first backfired at the gave up their hosting rights about a just-concluded tour the two Tests against the West
Sony Ten Golf HD But this is for the first time it tion for Uttarakhand’s 366 for cord. I never expected it,” the GS Patel Stadium as openers for Indore ODI. The CAB and for 30 days. There is a COA Indies, Vijay was dropped af-
17:00 European Tour has happened in the country’s two in 50 overs. 27-year-old said. “Only when Kaushal and Saxena feasted TNCA also expressed their meeting in Hyderabad on Oc- ter the first three Test match-
domestic circuit. Shikhar Dhawan and I was about 30 runs short, I on the bowling. —PTI inability to host ties. —PTI tober 11 and this issue will be es against England. —PTI
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Tackling on at 43 Mourinho to stay

hot on heels
Sorting out mess:
AIBA chief
Gafur Rakhimov, the in-
terim president of the In-
at United, for now
ternational Boxing Asso- Manchester: Jose Mour-
ciation (AIBA), whose
sport has been threat- Oldest player in Pro Kabaddi League, defender Dharmaraj says focus on inho’s position as Manches-
ter United manager is not
Spurs back on
track with win
ened with expulsion
from the Olympics, has fitness has been at heart of playing the sport for close to 3 decades under immediate threat, sen-
ior figures at the club have
said he has “never been said, denying a report he was London: Tottenham got
involved in transnational set to be sacked next week. back on track after their
criminal organisations.” United are struggling in European mauling at the
Rakhimov said he was 10th place and last week’s 3-1 hands of Lionel Messi as Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo hugs
“sorting out the mess” loss to West Ham made it the Eric Dier sealed a 1-0 win a young fan before the match in
and added that “I hope club’s worst start to a league over Cardiff. Stopwatch: Udine on Saturday —Reuters
that I will not be the only campaign in 29 years. Tottenham 1 (Dier 8) bt
candidate for president”
in the upcoming AIBA
The Daily Mirror reported
late on Friday that Mourinho
Cardiff 0, Burnley 1
(Vokes 20) drew with Hud-
Under scanner,
election. On Friday, the
IOC said it was “freezing
would be dismissed re-
gardless of the result
dersfield 1 (Schindler
66), Crystal Palace 0 Ronaldo scores
contacts” with AIBA and of United’s match at lost to Wolves 1 (Do-
would refuse Rakhimov
accreditation for the
home to Newcastle on
Saturday.
herty 56), Leicester 1
(Pereira 40) lost to
amid boos
Youth Olympics. But senior figures Everton 2 (Richarlison Udine: Cristiano Ronaldo
at United told Press 7, Sigurdsson 77), Wat- scored for Juventus in the
Del Potro into Association Sport that ford 0 lost to Bourne- Italian league on Saturday, a
Beijing final Mourinho would retain his mouth 4 (Brooks 14, King week after a Nevada woman
Juan Martin del Potro job for the immediate future. 33-pen, 45, Wilson 47); filed a civil lawsuit accusing
has gone straight into The agency reported that Playing today (Live on him of rape nine years ago.
Sunday’s final of the United look set to give Mour- Star Sports Select 1): Late in the first half
China Open after Italy’s inho the upcoming interna- Fulham vs Arsenal against Udinese in Serie A,
Fabio Fognini pulled out tional break to turn things (4.30pm), Southampton vs Ronaldo found the target
of their semifinal. Or- around at Old Trafford. Chelsea (6.45pm), Liver- with a powerful angled shot
ganisers in Beijing con- Tuesday’s goalless Cham- pool vs Man City (9pm) into the far corner for a 2-0
firmed that Fognini, who pions League draw against lead at halftime.
was chasing a fourth title Valencia in the Champions Immediately after scoring,
of the season, was out of League also meant the for- doubts about that,” he said. Ronaldo signaled for his
the tournament injured. Defender Dharmaraj Cheralathan (top right) will turn up for U Mumba this season as oldest player in Pro Kabaddi League mer Chelsea boss had gone Eyebrows were raised teammates to give him some
four home matches without a when the press conference, space so he could go celebrate
13 U-23 players Rutvick Mehta which required a little differ- win for the first time in his called for the unusually early in front of a TV camera, leap-
called up
Thirteen U-23 players
rutvick.mehta@dnaindia.net
Thalaivas take on ent skill sets. Now with the
game being played on mat,
managerial career.
In his pre-match press
time, lasted a mere eight min-
utes and 29 seconds.
ing into the air with an em-
phatic double fist pump.
who were part of the In-
dian squad in the recent
Mumbai: Dharmaraj Cher-
alathan believes kabaddi has Pirates in opener fitness has become more im-
portant. The game has be-
conference on Friday, Mour-
inho accepted that the per-
Mourinho claimed United
had overachieved in finish-
The goal was met by a mix
of applause and boos.
SAFF Cup have been undergone a sea change from sixth season of pro kabaddi league begins come quicker, and we have to formance was not good ing second last season, 19 Earlier, there was no sig-
summoned by head when he first played it on play the game with much enough. “We are better than points behind champions nificant reaction when Ron-
coach Stephen Constan- mud in a tiny village in Ta- Chennai: The stage is set for the sixth season of the Pro Kabaddi more speed now than be- this and because we are bet- City, and said he always ex- aldo’s name was read out for
tine for a national camp mil Nadu to on the mat there- League with Tamil Thalaivas taking on defending champion Patna fore,” Cheralathan says. ter than this, our situation is pected this campaign to be the team introductions be-
in New Delhi as part of on the world over. Pirates in the opener at the Nehru indooor stadium in Chennai on Employed with the Indian going to improve. I have no more difficult. —AFP fore kickoff.
the team’s preparation What hasn’t altered even Sunday. In the other match on the opening day, Puneri Paltan will Railways, Cheralathan Upon Ronaldo’s arrival at
for the international one bit, though, is Cherala- clash with U Mumba. Live on: Star Sports 2 (7.15pm) trains twice on a daily basis, Dacia Arena, he appeared in-
friendly against China than’s unwavering dedica- and by his own admission, tensely focused as fans

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this month. The 29 prob- tion for the game at the age there are days when he cheered and yelled his name.
ables will assemble in of 43. wakes up thinking he’s had Earlier, Ronaldo’s mother,
the Capital for a two-day Cheralathan will turn up Know enough of the sport. Maria Dolores Aveiro, sent
camp before they leave for U Mumba in the sixth sea- Dharmaraj “The thought does cross her son a message on Insta-
for China on October 10. son of the Pro Kabaddi my mind,” he says. “But eve- gram: “Good luck son and for
No. of Super Tackles
League (PKL) beginning on rytime I enter the mat, it your team because together
Hamilton storms Dharmaraj Cheralathan has made in
Sunday as the oldest player goes away,” he adds almost we are stronger.”
to 80th pole the previous 5 PKL seasons, the
in the league, still going Full name immediately. Several Juventus fans at
joint-highest in the league with
Formula One leader strong after playing the sport Growing up in a family of the match expressed support
Dharmaraj Kuldeep Singh
Lewis Hamilton seized a for almost three decades. farmers, Cheralathan was for Ronaldo. “Rape is just an
record-extending 80th Having first got a taste of Cheralathan also into farming before excuse. It’s because he came
pole position at the Japa- kabaddi on the dirts of Tiru- kabaddi, a sport popular in to Juventus. If he had stayed
nese Grand Prix on Sat- chanampundi — a village in
DOB: A supporter carries a cut-out of Zinedine Zidane (R) past one of Manchester at Real Madrid nobody would
his village, attracted him as a
urday, timing his sole fly- the Thanjavur district of Ta- April 21, 1975 15-year-old boy in 1990. Little United manager Jose Mourinho (L) at Old Trafford in Manchester on have said a thing,” said Juven-
ing lap to perfection mil Nadu — at the age of 15, did that boy know that kabad- Saturday. Zidane has been linked to take over Mourinho’s job —AFP tus fan Stefano Pianeta. —AP
while Ferrari’s Sebastian Cheralathan took to the Role: di will keep him good com-
Vettel will start eighth. sport like fish to water. pany for close to 30 years.

Goa stun defending champions

Defender, right and left
The Mercedes driver, in A quality defender both in corner “I started playing with the
dominant form all week- the left and right corner, other boys in my village just
end at the Suzuka cir- Cheralathan’s path to the na- Primary teams: for fun, without any set goal
cuit, pumped in a one tional level was smooth, and or objective.

3-1 to register maiden victory

India, Railways, Puneri
minute 27.760 second lap by the age of 24, he made the Paltan, Patna Pirates, “I never thought I would
on the super-soft tyres cut in the Indian camp. Telugu Titans, Ben- play for India, I never thought
while it was still only Since 1999, Cheralathan galuru Bulls, U Mumba I would play for almost 30
just spitting with rain. has been an integral part of years, I never thought I would
the Indian kabaddi team, one be able to play in the world’s DNA Correspondent into the bottom corner of
Dibaba for Delhi that was crowned champi- I have to look after little things, for example, top kabaddi league at this sports@dnaindia.net Karanjit Singh’s goal with
Half Marathon ons of the 2016 Kabaddi that my weight doesn’t increase, or that my age,” he says. the help of a slight deflection.
Three-time Olympic World Cup as well as those Thoughts of hanging up Mumbai: FC Goa notched up The home team started the
gold medallist distance that won gold medals in
reflexes don’t slow down. If I am able to play his boots might have crossed their first victory of this In- second half with urgency but
runner Tirunesh Dibaba Asian Games as well as at this age, and for this long, it is only because I am his mind but Cheralathan dian Super League season by FC Goa doubled their lead,
will be one of the star at- South Asian Games over the able to control these things says he would like to carry outclassing defending cham- capitalising on some poor de-
tractions at the Delhi last couple of decades. on till he is able to live up to pions Chennaiyin FC 3-1 at fensive work from Chennai-
Half Marathon sched- He is not part of the na- Dharmaraj Cheralathan, U Mumba defender his own fitness standards. the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadi- yin FC. A throw-in down the
uled to be held on Octo- tional team anymore but that “I never think on the lines um in Chennai on Saturday. right saw Seriton Fernandes
ber 21. hasn’t deterred him from de- of how long I can continue A first-half strike from get to the touchline and fizz a
fending his turf against raid- not fit, you can’t do anything only because I am able to playing. As long as my per- Edu Bedia (12’) set them on Goa’s Ferran Corominas celebrates low ball across the face of the
ers in the PKL, even at his in our sport. control these things. Other- formances are as per the ex- their way before Fer- after a goal on Saturday —ISL box. Nobody picked up Coro
age and in a sport where “Whenever I go to any wise, I would’ve been home pectations of my team and ran Corominas (53’) who darted in at the far post
strength and agility are two camp, my primary objective now,” he adds. myself, as long as I keep my- and Mourtada Fall to knock in his third goal of
1 ingredients required in
equal measure.
is fitness. Yes, practice is
also important, but fitness
What makes fitness even
more paramount is the evolu-
self fit to play the sport, I will
keep playing. The moment it
(80’) sealed the re-
sult for the Gaurs.
of their opposition.
The sustained spell
the season.
Any hopes of a Chennai-
The key to serving that has become a compulsion for tion of kabaddi from a tradi- drops, I will realise it my- Eli Sabia scored of pressure paid off yin comeback were extin-
dish at 43, according to Cher- me now. I have to look after tional mud sport to a mod- self,” he says. the consolation for Goa in the 12th min- guished in the 80th minute.
alathan, is an uncompromis- little things, for example, ern-day mat sport in the Has he ever felt it yet? goal for the home team ute as Lenny Rodrigues got to Stopwatch: Chennaiyin FC 1 (E
ing attitude towards main- that my weight doesn’t in- country, a transformation “I will know once the sea- deep into stoppage time. the touchline down the right Sabia 90+) lost to FC Goa 3(E
2 taining his fitness.
“Fitness is the biggest
crease, or that my reflexes
don’t slow down.
Cheralathan himself has
been a part of.
son starts. Then I’ll know
whether or not I can play
FC Goa had all the early
possession while Chennaiyin
wing after a smartly worked
throw-in routine. His cut-
Bedia 12, F Corominas 53, M Fall
80); Playing today (Live on Star
thing in kabaddi,” he says in “If I am able to play at this “When I started playing, kabaddi at 43,” he says with were camped in their own back into the box found Bedia Sports 1): Bengaluru vs Jamshed-
a chat with DNA. “If you’re age, and for this long, it is kabaddi was played on mud, a chuckle. half, trying to get a measure who placed a smart finish pur (7.30pm)

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India beat Malaysia in opener Ghai sizzles in last round Vishwakarma
stuns Kadhe in
DNA Correspondent sports@dnaindia.net

Mumbai: The Indian junior men’s hockey team got its Sultan
of Johor Cup campaign off to a winning start, defeating hosts
to capture Kensville Open national final
New Delhi: An energetic Sid-
Malaysia in Johor Bahru on Saturday. DNA Correspondent dharth Vishwakarma over-
Harmanjit Singh (12’) and Shilanand Lakra (46’) scored the sports@dnaindia.net whelmed favourite and top
goals for India while Muhammad Zaidi (47’) pulled a goal back seed Arjun Kadhe with his
for Malaysia. thunderous returns to
The Indians drew first blood in the 12th minute as Harman- Mumbai: Gurguram’s Tapy emerge as the new national
jit deflected a pass from inside the circle to put it past Malay- Ghai produced a fiery last tennis champion while Ma-
sia goalkeeper Adrian Albert. The visitors managed to double round of 67 to register his hak Jain outplayed Natsaha
Send in your answers to their advantage as Lakra found himself some space inside the maiden PGTI (Professional Palha to defend the women’s
sportsdna@gmail.com. Names of the Indian players celebrate after circle and finished calmly. India will face New Zealand in their Golf Tour of India) tour vic- singles crown at Fenesta Na-
first 10 winners will be published tomorrow
scoring a goal on Saturday second match on Sunday. tory by winning the 2018 tionals here on Saturday.
Kensville Open in Left-handed Vishwakar-
Ahmedabad. ma’s impressive run culmi-

Great expectations ‘stress out’ Osaka The 22-year-old, playing

only his second season as a
professional, marched to vic-
tory with a two-shot margin
nated with a 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 win
over Kadhe, who is ranked 358
against a humble 1,221st rank-
ing of the new champion.
Beijing: Naomi Osaka ad- “I think definitely as the having totaled 10-under-278 The gap in ranking was
mitted that she gets “stressed
nishikori in final weeks go by, I have this feel- for the week. huge but there was no gulf as
out” trying to live up to “the Third-seeded Kei ing of wanting to prove my- Delhi’s Sachin Baisoya, far as quality of tennis was
hype” after the US Open Nishikori beat Richard self. I think that sort of takes fresh from his season’s best concerned with Vishwakar-
champion was beaten in the Gasquet 7-6(2) 6-1 to a toll on me a little bit be- finish in Noida last month, set ma dictating terms in the
China Open semifinals on reach the final of the cause I stress myself out in a the bar in Round 1 as he card- men’s singles final.
Saturday. Japan Open. Nishikori, way,” said Osaka. ed an error-free five-under-67 The 23-year-old from Vara-
The 20-year-old Japanese, who has not won an ATP “If you don’t win a tour- to enjoy a one-shot lead. nasi moved the Pune-based
who struggled with a back World Tour title since nament, then people will say, Chennai-based rookie Kadhe, who was part of the
injury in losing 6-4 6-4 to un- Memphis in 2016, will ‘Oh, she hasn’t won a tour- Shivnaren Srinivasan fired a Tapy Ghai receives the trophy and cheque from ((L-R) Sampath Chari, Indian Davis Cup team in
seeded Anastasija Sevastova, face Daniil Medvedev in nament.’ hole-in-one on the 11th during tournament director, PGTI, Sameer Sinha, MD, Kensville Golf & Country Serbia as a reserve member,
opened up afterwards on Sunday’s final. “If you haven’t won a his round of three-over-75. He Club, Bhupinder Mandaliya, Munish Patel, CEO, Kensville Golf & Country on both sides of the court
dealing with ramped-up ex- Slam, they’ll say, ‘She hasn’t was placed tied 51st. Club and Lokinder Malik, GM, Kensville Golf & Country Club with his deep and powerful
pectations. won a Slam.’ Gurugram-based profes- returns.
The world No. 6 made Osaka’s shock triumph — “Then if you win one sional Ghai surged ahead in tention once again. The (PGTI) jointly staged the 2018 The women’s singles final,
headlines last month when at such a young age and Grand Slam, they’re like, round two. The 22-year-old 28-year-old Sharma came up Kensville Open presented by though, turned out to be lop-
she stunned Serena Williams against one of the greatest ‘Oh, she only won one Grand shot a two-under-70 to take a with a four-under-68 in round PGTI at the Kensville Golf & sided as the 17-year-old Ma-
in New York to win her maid- tennis players of all time — Slam.’ one shot lead at five-under-139. three to take a two-shot lead Country Club near hak hardly broke a sweat in
en Grand Slam, in a final propelled her into the lime- “I know it’s bad, but I sort Chandigarh’s Akshay at seven-under-209. Ahmedabad from October 2. outclassing Palha. The class
overshadowed by the Ameri- light overnight. of read the comments. I’m Naomi Osaka hits a return during Sharma, who won the last The Kensville Golf & The tournament, carrying a XI student at Daily College in
can’s bitter row with the It is a place that she is not just like, ‘Oh, I guess I have to her semifinal defeat to Anastasija PGTI event in Noida last Country Club and the Profes- prize purse of Rs 40 lakhs, re- Indore eased to a 6-1 6-2 win
chair umpire. altogether comfortable in. do more, to be better.’” —AFP Sevastova on Saturday —AFP month, found himself in con- sional Golf Tour of India turned for its second edition. over the Goan girl. —PTI
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FB’s poll plan: Curbing fake news Students sing Vande

snapshot
‘Church can
no longer keep
mum on abuse’
Mataram, punished
Social networking firm promises to create task force to support free and fiar elections in India Ballia (UP): The Uttar
Pradesh government has or- ‘being maligned’
New Delhi: Social networking ing ways to curb the spread of dered a probe following allega-
platform Facebook on Satur-
day said it will encourage en-
ballot challenge fake news, particularly after a
series of mob violence, fuelled
tions that students of an aided
inter college in Balia are being
According to the principal
of the aided inter college,
the allegations of
gagement between people and Plan for polls Pressure points by rumours on social media punished for singing “Vande
punishing the students
political leaders on its plat- and instant messaging plat- Mataram” or chanting
form for ‘free and fair election’ „„To develop „„Alleged misuse of forms, claimed over 50 lives in “Bharat Mata ki Jai”. over Vande Mataram are
and deploy task force to check features to enhance FB platform by Russia this year. Members of social welfare an attempt to defame
hate speeches during polls. transparency on during 2016 US polls Under the government’s organisation Manas Mandir, the institution. The
“We want our platform to political advertisements pressure, FB-owned WhatsApp who visited the GMAM Inter government, however,
support free and fair election „„Illegal tapping of appointed a grievance officer College on Bilthara Road on has ordered a probe.
„„To have capacity 5L Indian user data by
and positive civic engagement. for India and chalked out the Friday, found that the stu-
to remove terrorist Cambridge Analytica
Pope Francis We welcome people to engage
content, images process for users to raise con- dents in the institution were Saturday.
with their political leaders but „„Hacking of 5 million cerns and complaints, includ- being punished for singing “Pandey told us that one
showing child abuse
I’m aware of and we don’t want people to abuse Facebook accounts ing those around fake news. the national song after the student, who by mistake had
1

20,000
concerned by the that,” Richard Allan, Face- in September Facebook said it blocks school prayers and com- chanted ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’
confusion that these book vice president for Public content using automation as plained about the same to the after the assembly, was made
Policy EMEA, told reporters. people to be engaged „„Govt telling social well as through experts after authorities. to squat under the sun for
accusations are causing
The company has faced by FB for building tools, media firms to curb scrutinising it. “We have a According to the manager hours,” he added.
in the conscience of the
criticism over misuse of its security and review of spread of fake news general policy that applies all of the organisation, Shiv Ku- The principal of the col-
faithful. Both abuse and its
platform for manipulating content for hate speech across the world. As we have mar Jaiswal, not only the lege, Majid Nasir, however,
cover-up can no longer be
tolerated views during elections, looked issues in different students, but the teachers claimed that the complaint
spreading hate speech etc. It country, one of the things that also complained about the was a conspiracy to defame
The Church has a faced intense scrutiny in content that intend to spread in the world, so we have a task will be held in 2019, Chhattis- came out was that there is a same on camera. the institution.
2 duty to prevent such
crimes from being
America following allegations
that Russia used the platform
hate speech and violence etc.
Allan said that the abuse dif-
force working on that – securi-
ty specialist, content specialist.
garh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizo-
ram, Rajasthan and Telangana
view that hate speech is di-
rected against people in India,
“Economics teacher San-
jay Pandey told us that there
Jaiswal said he has al-
ready sent a copy of the com-
committed in the future to to influence the 2016 US presi- fers from country to country We trying to understand what will go to polls between No- in particular, and Indians out- was a ban on singing Vande plaint, along with the video
the harm of the most in- dential elections. but principle is same. is possible form of abuse in In- vember 12 and December 7 of side India also. They may di- Mataram and chanting recordings of the statements
nocent and most vulnerable Facebook said it has come “When we see elections dia versus UK versus any other this year. rect hate speech against each Bharat Mata ki Jai in the of the students and teachers,
in society. It has to tackle up with a policy around hate coming up, obviously India is country,” Allan said. The move by FB comes at a other on the basis of ...caste,” school and anyone doing so is to Chief Minister Yogi Adity-
the grave scourge of abuse speech under which it removes top of mind, biggest democracy While Lok Sabha elections time when the Centre is look- Allan said. —Agencies punished,” Jaiswal said on anath. —PTI
within and beyond the
institution
Bus driver lets
Sanction waiver won’t
The only way that
campus chaos
3 we have to respond
to this evil that has
darkened so many lives is
monkey take
steering wheel,
come easy: US on S-400
to experience it as a task
regarding all of us as the

gets suspended
People of God.
This awareness of
4 being part of a people
and a shared history
Bengaluru: A bus driver
who let a monkey behind the
Sidhant Sibal
correspondent@dnaindia.net
sanction scare
will enable us to acknowl- wheel of his vehicle was sus- „„Under a US federal
edge our past sins and pended on Saturday after a New Delhi: In what appears law, nations striking
mistakes with a penitential video of the incident went to be a strong message by the defence deals with Russia
openness that can allow us viral, sparking outrage and US on the Indo-Russia deal for must face sanctions
to be renewed from within humour. five S-400 missile systems,
The 36-year-old driver em- Washington has said that „„India closed its deal
It may emerge that on five S-400 missile
5 choices were taken
that would not be
ployed with the from Karna-
taka State Road Transport
there are strict criteria for
considering a waiver under its systems on Thursday
Corporation is seen smiling Countering America’s Adver- „„US says its law allows
consonant with a contem- and patting the langur mon- saries Through Sanctions Act.
porary approach to such a waiver, but it is narrow
key as it sits atop the wheel While CAATSA aims at and must be cleared by
issues but we will follow of the moving bus in footage imposing sanctions against a Russia’s S-400 is considered better
the path of truth wherever it the country’s president
Students look at the charred furniture and vehicles after Allahabad Central University’s Student Union newly elected shot by a passenger. country that strikes defence than the US Patriot missile system
may lead President Uday Prakash Yadav’s hostel room and belongings were set ablaze on Saturday —PTI “Driver M Prakash has deals with a set of countries,
been taken off duty for allow- including Russia, the federal ment official told WION. on China over S-400, saying it
ing the monkey to sit on the law also has a provision for India hopes to escape US “underscores the seriousness
steering wheel and handle relief which has to be sanctions following the of our resolve on this issue”.
Low pressure it,” said KSRTC spokesper- granted by the US Pres- $5.43-billion deal inked China took delivery of 10

warning over 6 held for stealing data from son TS Latha. “Passengers’
safety is paramount and the
driver cannot risk it by allow-
ident.
“T‎he waiver author-
ity is not country-spe-
by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and Russian
President Vladimir Pu-
Sukhoi jets in December of
2017 and a batch of S-400 sur-
face-to-air missile systems

Arabian sea
ing a monkey on the steer- cific. There are strict tin on Thursday. A top this January.

New Delhi: The India Mete-

orological Department (IMD)
job sites, conning applicants ing.”
The incident took place on
Monday. Local reports say
the langur boarded with a
criteria for considering
a waiver. The waiver is nar-
row, intended to wean coun-
tries off of Russian equip-
government official said
“it is in the national interest
and S-400 negotiations pre-
cede CAATSA by a long peri-
But US, many say, can’t put
China alongside India, given
the growing closeness be-
tween New Delhi and Wash-
has issued a weather alert DNA Correspondent passenger and was at the ment and allow for things od”. The US federal law be- ington. India has been in-
regarding the likely forma- correspondent@dnaindia.net wheel for almost ten minutes. such as spare parts for previ- came effective in 2017. creasing its defence trade
tion of the low-pressure area The bus was on a its regular ously-purchased equip- The US State Department with US which currently
over South East Arabian sea Mumbai: A Noida-based trip around Davangere. ment,” a US State Depart- also highlighted its sanctions stands at $15 billion.
and area adjoining Lakshad- fake job racket was busted While few joked saying the
weep Islands. on Saturday, unravelling a driver should be given a job
The Indian Navy has taken con that offered hundreds with the forest department,
a number of steps for of people jobs in reputed many frowned upon his act,
disseminating the same in companies such as HDFC saying it put the passengers’
various languages including Bank and ICICI Bank, and lives at risk. —AFP
Hindi, English, Malayalam, then bled them of money
and Tamil to the local under the guise of various
populace and fishermen. fees. The Mumbai followed
Based on a request by the the trail to the satellite city
Fisheries Department, the while investigating a com-
Southern Naval Command plaint filed at Cuffe Parade Cops display material seized from the accused on Saturday
has deployed its assets, Police station.
comprising naval ships and Six persons — Devrushi Inspector Raja Bidkar of trust,” says Bidkar.
Dornier aircraft deployed off Sharma, Vikrant Giri, Jay- Cuffe Parade Police station. Once their trust was won,
the Kerala coast and L&M deep Shastri, Shashank “He and his associates they would tell the inter-
Islands, to broadcast the Dubey, Sonal Rana and would pay Tiwari and Rana viewee (s)he’d got the job
weather warning to fishing Manoj Tiwari — were ar- Rs 25,000 for the data,” Bid- and give them a bank ac-
boats at sea and advise them rested by Cuffe Parade po- kar added. count number to deposit a
to return to harbour. lice on Saturday. Rana is a The employees of the call registration fee. “Thereaf-
Further, all naval assets at former employee of the em- centre in Noida would call ter, they’d ask for interview
Kochi, both, air as well as ployment website Monster. job seekers and “match” fees, online interview fees, The scene evoked humour and
surface, are being maintained com. She and Tiwari would them with roles in reputed selection letter fee, fees for outrage in equal measures
at high alert to render any allegedly steal the data job companies as per their skills. bond paper, training pur- The driver has
assistance to the state seekers submitted to the They would even set up “in- poses and for document
administration and local website and to Shine.com, terviews” for the applicants verification, and other fake been taken off
population in case of any and sell it to Dubey. with member of their team services,” says Senior Police duty for allowing
contingency caused due to “Dubey, the mastermind posing to be interviewers Inspector Rashmi Jadhav the monkey to sit on the
adverse weather. A strict of the racket, runs a fraudu- and send them forged ap- The police were tipped
round-the-clock watch about lent company called All India pointment letters from ICICI by a complaint filed in Oc- steering wheel
the development of weather Networking Faculty Icon Pvt Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis tiver 2017. TS Latha,
conditions at sea is also being Ltd in Sector 23, Noida,” says Bank and so on to gain their  Full story: dnaindia.com Spokesperson for KSRTC
maintained. —Agencies

drone distress pentagon upset after google scrapped contract for aI project

Pichai quietly visits Pentagon to ease tension

Washington: Google’s India- in June, the tech giant said it of the tech giant’s most
born chief executive Sundar
Controversial project would not renew its contract challenging binds: How to
Pichai quietly paid a visit to „„Pentagon’s Project Maven following an uprising from retain Silicon Valley workers
the Pentagon to ease tensions uses artificial intelligence to tag employees, who criticized the angered by the moral
that erupted after employee cars, buildings in videos recorded work as helping the military implications of developing
outrage prompted the tech gi- by drones in conflict zones track and kill with greater warfare technology while also
ant to sever a controversial efficiency, the report said. staying in the running for
defence contract to analyse „„Google scrapped contract A Defense Department lucrative military contracts,
drone video, according to a in June after employees said spokesperson said, “We do not the paper said.
media report. it was helping military track comment on the details of Google’s change-of-heart
Pichai met with a group of and kill with greater efficiency private meetings. Department over Project Maven, its first
civilian and military leaders leaders routinely meet with big AI partnership with the
mostly from the office of the industry partners to discuss Pentagon, has become a key
Under Secretary of Defence innovative technologies. These source of tension between
for Intelligence, the Defense meetings support continuing the tech giant and military
Department directorate that dialogue aimed at solving officials, who felt that Google
oversees the artificial- future technology challenges. should have done a better job
intelligence drone system about the meeting, The which uses AI to A spokeswoman for Google did communicating that the
known as Project Maven, Washington Post reported. automatically tag cars, not immediately respond to a technology could help keep
according to the people, who Google had worked with buildings and other objects request for comment. servicemembers out of
spoke on the condition of the Defense Department to in videos recorded by drones The secrecy surrounding harm’s way, said a source
anonymity to speak freely develop Project Maven, flying over conflict zones. But Pichai’s visit highlights one familiar with the work. —PTI