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Omar takes charge as J&K ON THE SIDELINES OF SCO MEETING IN ISLAMABAD

India, Pak open window: Cricket

BUSINESS AS USUAL

CM, says won’t let Jammu

BY UNNY

feel they don’t have a voice

Deputy CM from
on table, Ministers hold talks
Jaishankar, Dar
Jammu among 5 speak twice in
ministers to take 24 hours, PCB
oath; Centre will chief joins them
work closely: PM
SC asks L-G
Saxena to file NAVEED IQBAL &
BASHAARAT MASOOD
affidavit, seeks SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 16

NATIONAL CONFERENCE (NC)

full disclosure vice-president Omar Abdullah
on Wednesday took oath as the J&K L-G Manoj Sinha greets CM Omar Abdullah after the
EXPRESSINISLAMABAD
on tree felling first Chief Minister of the Union
Territoryof JammuandKashmir.
oath-taking ceremony in Srinagar Wednesday. Shuaib Masoodi
SHUBHAJIT ROY
Fiveotherministersalsotook OCTOBER 16
ANANTHAKRISHNAN G
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16
oath, three of them from Jammu
division and two from Kashmir,
as the NC government sought to
Cong stays out of govt, IN THE first direct conversation
between Foreign Ministers of
THE SUPREME Court on
Wednesday sought an affidavit
from Delhi Lieutenant Governor
balance political representation
for both provinces of the UT.
Surinder Choudhary, who won
but keeps option open India and Pakistan since 2015,
External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar and Deputy Prime
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar being received by Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif at the
venue of the SCO meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday. ANI RELATEDREPORT,PAGE8

E
V K Saxena, in his capacity as the from Nowshera in Rajouri dis- been demanding restoration of Minister and Foreign Minister

Territorial integrity to

EXPLAINED
Chairperson of the Delhi trict of Jammu, was sworn in as BASHAARAT MASOOD statehood to the Union Territory Muhammad Ishaq Dar spoke
Development Authority (DDA), Deputy Chief Minister. & MANOJ C G from the Centre, and Prime twice in less than 24 hours, and Alleyeson
on the controversy surrounding In his first comments after SRINAGAR, NEW DELHI, OCT 16 MinisterNarendraModihadalso therewereindicationsthatthese Champions
the alleged illegal felling of trees
for widening the approach road
taking oath, Omar said, “We will
not let Jammu feel that they do HOURSBEFORENationalConfer-
promised the same several
times, but to no avail. “We are
talksexploredtheideaof resum-
ing some form of cricketing ties
● Trophy terror, Jaishankar takes
to the under-construction
Central Armed Police Forces
Institute of Medical Sciences in
not have a voice or representa-
tion in the current government.
WehavebroughtinaDeputyCM
ence (NC) vice-president Omar
Abdullah took oath as the new
Chief Minister of Jammu and
unhappy, therefore we are not
joining the ministry at the mo-
ment,” Karra said, adding that
between the two countries, The
Indian Express has learned.
Sources,however,underlined
THE PCB, which will host
the Champions Trophy in
swipe at China, Pakistan
Southwest Delhi’s ridge area. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Kashmir, the Congress said it the Congress shall continue to that these conversations, which February next year, has Speaking at the Shanghai
A three-judge bench wouldstayoutofthegovernment fight for statehood. tookplaceonthesidelinesof the been urging India to SHUBHAJIT ROY Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
presided by Chief Justice of India and provide outside support. In the evening, after partici- Shanghai Cooperation Organi- travel to Pakistan for the ISLAMABAD, OCTOBER 16 headsof governmentmeetingin
D Y Chandrachud issued the di- RELATED REPORT J&K Congress chief Tariq pating in the swearing-in sation meeting of Council of matches. If India do go, it Islamabad, Jaishankar listed the
rection while hearing a con- PAGE 8 HameedKarrasaidthepartyhas CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Heads of Government, are very will be the team’s first IN A thinly-veiled reference to key challenges that the organi-
tempt plea against DDA Vice- preliminary and “need to be visit across the border in Pakistan and China, External sation was committed to com-
Chairman Subhashish Panda for thought through” on both sides 17 years. A bilateral series AffairsMinisterSJaishankarsaid bating — terrorism, separatism
the tree felling without prior
sanction of the top court.
The bench, also comprising
Strategic link to northern outpost given that ties between the two
countries have remained frozen
for years.
will require massive
tweaks in their busy cal-
endars. Both India and
on Wednesday that “if trust is
lacking or cooperation inade-
quate, if friendship has fallen
and extremism.
Addressing the gathering
that included Pakistan Prime
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
among 5 Ladakh stretches cleared But the talks do open a win-
dow and a possible first step
could be the Champions Trophy
Pakistan teams have
packed schedules at
home and abroad.
short and good neighbourliness
is missing somewhere, there are
surely reasons to introspect and
Minister Shehbaz Sharif and vis-
iting Chinese Premier Li Qiang,
he said: “If we fast-forward from
INSIDE Wildlife board gives go-ahead to Defence Ministry plan CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 causes to address”. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

km long Chushul-Lukung to
Karakoram Pass
NIKHIL GHANEKAR Ladakh Thakung post road upgradation
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 Daulat is part of the India-China Border
Beg Oldie Saser Roads (ICBR)-III project and will
La
Galwan
PAKISTAN

THESTANDINGcommitteeofthe pass through the Changthang

National Board for Wildlife Srinagar Leh cold desert sanctuary.
CHINA

(NBWL)hasclearedfivekeyroad Durbuk A total of 35 km of road

J&K
stretches—fourpassingthrough stretches have been cleared on
HAD NO EVIDENCE, the Karakoram Wildlife the new route to DBO, which
ONLY INTEL BEFORE Sanctuary along the Line of runs parallel to the LAC. Crucial
GOING PUBLIC, ActualControl(LAC)—including among these isthe 7.75 km-long
ADMITS TRUDEAU on a route to Daulat Beg Oldie post; a link road between DSDBO to Saser-Brangsa-
PAGE 7 (DBO), the country’s northern- Durbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie Gapshanlinkroad,whichwillbe
most military outpost in Ladakh (DS-DBO) and Saser-Brangsa- built at an altitude of 17,000 feet.
TRUDEAU’STROUBLES andlocationofitshighestairstrip. Gapshan; DS-DBO to Track The wildlife nod is a shot in
&CANADIANSIKH Theroadstretchesclearedby Junction; DBO to Karakoram the arm for the Ministry of
VOTE PAGE 15 NBWL include a link road from Pass road; and upgradation of Defence which has expedited
Chushul-Lukung to Thakung the Leh-Chalunka road. The 5.8- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

Trade deficit at 5-month ICC report on doctor’s

low as textile exports complaint against MS
surge, gold imports dip ‘stolen’, complaint filed
RAVI DUTTA MISHRA
September. A consistent rise in
engineering goods exports to
Report returned after nursing orderly
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 Russia and Europe, where mili- who took it tracked; 4 months on, no FIR
tary spending is increasing, and
AMARGINALincreaseinexports, export of electronic items such The Indian Express has learnt.
driven by textiles, engineering as mobile phones to the US, MALLICA JOSHI A senior health department
and electronic goods that com- added to total exports. NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 official, who was part of the ICC,
pensated for lower petroleum In a sharp reversal of trends, filed a police complaint about
exports, alongside a sharp de- India’s textile exports recorded a A REPORT of an Internal the incident on June 5 this year,
cline in gold imports, helped 17 per cent surge in September, Complaints Committee (ICC), expressing concern over the
India’sgoodstradedeficiteaseto asgarmentordersbeganshifting which upheld a sexual harass- “connivance of the office staff
a five-month low of $21 billion partiallytoIndiafromconflict-hit ment complaint filed by a doc- and outside interference in ob-
in September, compared to a Bangladesh. Over the last two tor against the Medical structing the inquiry/ its out-
ten-month high of $30 billion in years,garmentandtextileexports Superintendent (MS) of a gov- come”. Over four months later,
August, official data released on have struggled due to a slow- ernment hospital in the Capital, an FIR is yet to be registered.
Wednesday showed. down in demand from the West. was “stolen” from the Delhi Thematterrelatestothesex-
Amid several geopolitical India’s chief export promo- Secretariat office of one of the ual harassment complaint filed
challenges, India’s exports man- tion body, the Federation of ICCmembers,andonlyreturned bythedoctorinOctoberlastyear,
aged to register a slight increase Indian Export Organisations days later after a nursing orderly accusing the MS of inappropri-
in September, reaching $35 bil- (FIEO), said that ongoing who allegedly took it was ate behaviour, messages and
lion compared to $34 billion last CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 tracked through CCTV footage, CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

A temple in a South Delhi flat is set to

get an elephant, all the way from Assam
PAGE 1 Mahayagyathatwasattendedby Powered Committee (HPC) on
ANCHOR topBJPandAAPleadersatDelhi’s elephant rehabilitation for-
Red Fort — has “earmarked” 1.5 warded to the office of the state
acres in the Sainik Farm neigh- Chief Wildlife Warden (CWLW)
bourhood to keep the elephant. anapplicationbySibaNathDoley,
JAY MAZOOMDAAR The proposed transfer of the owner of a female elephant
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 elephant to a residential neigh- named Ranjita in Jorhat, who
bourhoodcomessixyearsaftera wanted to transfer the animal to
ATEMPLEatopafour-storeyres- Delhi High Court order led to the the Delhi temple. In 2023, the
idential apartment in south rescue of Delhi’s last captive ele- Supreme Court had put the HPC,
Delhi’s Greater Kailash neigh- phants. Housing an elephant in headedbyretiredJusticeDeepak
bourhood could soon be the Sainik Farm, a residential neigh- Verma, in charge of the welfare
owner of an elephant that it pro- bourhood with a chronic water and rehabilitation of all seized or
poses to get from Assam. shortage, sets the clock back rescued elephants across India.
TheMaaBaglamukhiTemple on that order, say animal rights The temple is atop a 4-storey In July, the Assam CWLW’s
— which came into prominence activists. building in Delhi’s Greater office sought the opinion of its
in 2018 when it organised a This April, say sources in the Kailash. Jay Mazoomdaar counterpart in Delhi on the
weeklong Rashtra Raksha Assamforestdepartment,aHigh- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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● Omar takes charge as J&K CM, says won’t let Jammu feel they don’t have a voice
to ensure this and this will be our process—delimitation,thenelec- Kashmir. “Congratulations to istrative secretaries. According to sameexample.Ineverything,our
endeavour going forth as well.” tions, and statehood. Now elec- Shri Omar Abdullah Ji on taking sources, at the meeting, Omar conduct must be people friendly.

Cricket on table, Ministers hold talks The MLA from D H Pora in

south Kashmir’s Kulgam, Sakina
Itoo,wastheonlywomanamong
tions are also over and there is no
reasonleftfortheCentrenottore-
store statehood to J&K. We will
oath as the Chief Minister of
Jammu and Kashmir. Wishing
him the very best in his efforts to
soughtthecooperationofthebu-
reaucracyandtoldthesecretaries:
“We have to bridge the gap cre-
We are here to serve the people
and not to inconvenience them.”
In the evening, Omar’s close
being hosted by Pakistan next “thought through” on both sides, date of the Sharifs as well. the five ministers who took oath join the government whenever servethe people.TheCentrewill ated between the people and the aide Nasir Aslam Wani, the NC’s
February. There was already a “the atmospherics were good” Therehavebeeneffortsoflate Wednesday.NCMLAsJavedRana, that is done,” he said. work closely with him and his administrationduringthelastfive provincial president for Kashmir,
guessing game on whether the and, unlike the SCO meeting in by the PCB to convince India to from Mendhar in Jammu’s At the same time, senior team for J&K’s progress,” he said years.” Chief Secretary Atul Dullo wasappointedadvisertotheChief
Indian team would travel to Goa in May 2023, there were no travel to Pakistan for the Rajouri, and Javed Dar, from Congressleaders,includingparty in a post on X. assuredhimoffullcooperationof Minister. In the Assembly elec-
Pakistan for the matches. fireworks this time. Champions Trophy. Those in the Rafiabad in north Kashmir, also president Mallikarjun Kharge, Dressed in a black sherwani the administrative secretaries, tions, Wani had lost to the PDP’s
Jaishankar and Dar met In Goa, Jaishankar, targeting know say the PCB has given the took oath. Independent MLA Leader of the Opposition in Lok and sporting his signature sozni sources said. J&K’s newly ap- Fayaz Ahmad Mir in Kupwara.
Tuesday evening at the dinner Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the then BCCIvariousoptionsregardingthe Satish Sharma, who won from Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and AICC cap,OmartookoathattheSher-i- pointed DGP Nalin Prabhat was On Thursday, sources said,
hostedbyPakistanPrimeMinister Pakistan Foreign Minister, called itinerary for the first visit of their Chamb in Jammu, was also in- generalsecretaryPriyankaGandhi KashmirInternationalConference also at the meeting. OmarislikelytovisittheWarwan
Shehbaz Sharif for SCO leaders at himaspokespersonfortheterror- cricketers across the border in 17 ducted into the Cabinet. attended the swearing-in cere- Centre (SKICC), named after the In his first post on X after tak- valleyinKishtwar,whereadevas-
his residence. After exchanging ism industry. Bhutto Zardari had years. While the NC and Congress mony. Other INDIA bloc leaders, titledesignatedtohisgrandfather, ing oath, Omar said he had told tatingfiredestroyedanentirevil-
pleasantries and a few words as raised Jammu and Kashmir and WhilethePCBhaddecidedto fought the J&K elections as part- including SP president Akhilesh Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. the J&K DGP that there should be lage on Monday, to take stock of
theyshookhands,thetwominis- Article 370, which had irked the schedule all three league games ners in a pre-poll alliance, the Yadav, NCP leader Supriya Sule After J&K’s special status under no ‘green corridor’ or traffic stop- the situation.
ters had a conversation over din- Indian side. involving India in Lahore, the Congress has not joined Omar’s and CPI leader D Raja, were also Article370oftheConstitutionwas page “when I move anywhere by PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti
ner, sources said. This time, there were no broadcasterswantedthemtoalso government. Speaking to The present, as was PDP leader and abrogated in August 2019, the road”. “I have instructed him to termedthedayoftheswearingin
Sourcessaidtheministersde- provocative statements by the playatothervenues.Considering Indian Express, Congress formerJ&KCM MehboobaMufti. SKICChadbeendesignatedasub- minimise public inconvenience, asan“auspiciousday”.J&Khasan
cidedtocarryforwardtheconver- Pakistaniside—ministersstuckto this request, the PCB floated the Legislature Party leader G A Mir Prime Minister Narendra sidiaryjailwhereseveralpolitical and theuseof sirens istobemin- elected government after several
sationoverlunchonWednesday, the talking points. Planning idea of having a game in saidthepartywouldjointhegov- Modi congratulated Omar and leaders from J&K were held for imal. The use of any stick-waving years, she said, expressing hope
after the end of the SCO plenary Minister Ahsan Iqbal said the Rawalpindi. The PCB communi- ernmentafterJ&Kgetsbackstate- said the Centre would work months. or aggressive gestures is to be to- that the new government would
session. They were not supposed LahoreDeclarationshouldbefol- cationtotheBCCIalsostatedthat hood. “The Centre had promised closelywithhimandhisteamfor Hours after being sworn in, tally avoided. I’m asking my “heal these wounds” of the peo-
tobeseatedtogetheratthelunch lowed, Information Minister Lahore was earmarked as the statehood as part of a three-step the progress of Jammu and Omarheldameetingwithadmin- Cabinet colleagues to follow the ple of J&K.
forleaders,butinstructionswent Attaullah Tarar said they were venue because this would allow
outtothePakistanprotocoltoen- meetingforamultilateraleventas India to travel home after every Cabinetministersinthepast.Soit tiononacommonminimumpro-
surethatJaishankarandDarwere
next to each other.
part of reciprocity, and the
Pakistan Foreign Ministry
game if the side so wished.
Abilateralseriesbeforethe50-
● Cong stays out of govt, but keeps option open was difficult for us to choose one
name,”theleadersaid.“That’salso
gramme. That, of course, has no
relevance any more as it is an en-
One of their conversations, spokespersonsaidJaishankarwas over multinational ICC event will ceremony in Srinagar, Rahul wise (Mallikarjun) Kharge ji, their disappointment over their areasonthepartydecidedtostay tirelyNCgovernment—asofnow.
sources said, was on cricket — it’s a “guest of Pakistan”. needatweaktotheinternational Gandhi posted on X: “Congra- Rahul (Gandhi) ji, and senior ally’spoorshow.Towardstheend outside the government.” Apart The “now” part was under-
a game Jaishankar is very fond of. Jaishankar too followed the calendar.Pakistan,aftertheongo- tulations to CM Omar Abdullah Congress leaders would not have of the campaign, as top Congress from Karra and Mir, the former lined by Karra himself, who said
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Syed script and, in a post at the end of ing England Test series that ends and to the people of J&K. comehere(fortheswearing-in)”. leaders were unable to reach for ministers among Congress MLAs inhisstatementWednesdaythat
Mohsin Raza Naqvi, who is also his visit, said, “Departing from October28,haveimportantaway- However,governmentformation Whilestatehoodastheofficial thelast-milepush,Omarsaidthe arePeerzadaMohammadSayeed the Congress was not joining the
Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Islamabad. Thank PM tours lined up. Between early withoutstatehoodfeltincomplete reason was reiterated by other NC had “entrusted the Congress and Nizam-ud-din Bhat. government “at the moment”.
Board, was also looped in. @CMShehbaz, DPM & FM November and late December, today. Democracy was snatched CongressleaderssuchasnewCLP withasignificantnumberofseats The leader said the Congress Talking to The Indian Express,
Sourcessaidtheideabeingex- @MIshaqDar50 and the they are set to tour Australia, from the people of Jammu and leader Ghulam Ahmed Mir too, inJammu”.But“unfortunatelythe would ideally have wanted to Karra affirmed the same. Asked
ploredwastoresumesomeform Government of Pakistan for the Zimbabwe and South Africa. The Kashmir,andtodaywerenewour sources admitted multiple rea- Congresshasnotdoneasmuchin nameaHindufaceasitsrepresen- whether the Congress would not
of cricketingties—andthepossi- hospitality and courtesies.” new year starts with them host- pledge to continue our fight until sonswereatplayinnotjoiningthe the plains of Jammu as we ex- tative in the government, but join the government till restora-
bility of the Indian cricket team Darisanimportantandinflu- ingWestIndies,followedbyatri- statehood is fully restored.” government. A Congress leader pected them to do”. thereisnoHinduinitstallyof six. tion of statehood, he said: “I can’t
travelling to Pakistan. One possi- entialplayerinPakistan’scurrent series that would also feature Given that a J&K government said the dismal performance of The Congress contested most Another factor that weighed saytill...Isaywehaveraisedade-
ble window of opportunity, establishment. Not only is he a South Africa and New Zealand. can have only nine ministers, in- thepartyinthepolls,especiallyin of the seats in the Hindu-domi- on the Congress, sources said, mandandwehaveaskedthegov-
sources said, is the Champions close confidant of former Prime For India too, the months cluding the CM, Omar was ex- the Hindu-dominant Jammu, nated Jammu plains, and did not were the Assembly polls in ernmenttogiveusstatehood.Let
Trophy. It is going to be hosted by Minister Nawaz Sharif, the patri- ahead are busy. At the end of the pected to part at best with one whereitwasexpectedtocarrythe winevenasingleone,withtheBJP MaharashtraandJharkhand.Any usseewhathappens.Politicsgoes
Pakistan from February 19 to archoftheShariffamily,butisalso New Zealand Test series this berthfortheCongress,whichwon weightof itsalliancewiththeNC, increasing its tally from last time. move by the Omar government on revolving. It does not remain
March 9, 2025. relatedtothem—Dar’seldestson month, India travels to South justsixseatsintheAssemblypolls. was one of the main factors. “Our In the Kashmir Valley, where the towards seeking restoration of static. I am not binding myself to
While sources cautioned that is married to Nawaz Sharif’s AfricaandAustralia.Aftertheirre- Speaking to PTI, Omar said: performancewasverypoor.Why NC has a good ground presence Article370wouldhavebeenused that.” Asked why the Congress
thesewereverypreliminarycon- daughterAsmaNawaz.Fromthat turninJanuary,theyhostEngland “The Congress is not out of the should we join the government? and is the more dominant party, by the BJP to target the Congress haddecidedtolinkitsdecisionto
versations and needed to be perspective, he carries the man- before the Champions Trophy. Cabinet. It’s for them to decide, The leadership is unhappy. Why the Congress won five seats. in the elections. While the NC in jointhegovernmentwithrestora-
and we have been in discussions shouldwerewardourselveswith Atthesametime,aleadersaid its manifesto promised to strive tionofstatehood,hesaid,“Itisbe-
with them... Some vacancies will ministerships?” The Congress the Congress could not reach a for restoration of Article 370, the cause we fought the election on
● Jaishankar takes swipe at China, Pakistan be kept open as we are in talks
with Congress.” Denying any rift
angstisaggravatedbythefactthat
the NC leadership, both Farooq
consensus on who its sole minis-
terwouldbe.“WehavesixMLAs,
Congress ducked the question in
itscampaign,onlysayingthatany
theissueof statehood.Ourmani-
festosaidourparamountconsid-
theinceptionoftheChartertothe China and Pakistan, he said: gets. Technology holds great withtheCongress,hesaid“other- and Omar Abdullah, did not hide and four of them have been governmentoftheirswouldfunc- eration is statehood.”
situation today, these goals and “Cooperation must be based on promise, as well as raises a new
thesetasksareevenmorecrucial. mutual respect and sovereign hostofconcerns.Howshouldthe
It is, therefore, essential that we
have an honest conversation. If
equality.Itshouldrecogniseterri-
torialintegrityandsovereignty.It
members of the SCO respond to
these challenges,” he said.
● Clearance for 5 Ladakh stretches ● Trade deficit at 5-month low as textile exports surge
trust is lacking or cooperation in- mustbebuiltongenuinepartner- “TheanswerslieintheCharter infrastructure building along the reactionteamsplacedatthisloca- international trade disruptions,
adequate, if friendship has fallen
shortandgoodneighbourlinessis
ships, not unilateral agendas. It
cannotprogressifwecherry-pick
of ourorganisation...Iurgeyouto
reflect on Article 1 that spells out
LAC in the aftermath of the 2020
clashes between Indian and
tion to prevent any transgression
by the PLA (People’s Liberation
along with volatility in crude and
metal prices, have played a key
TRADE DEFICIT HITS 5-MONTH LOW
missing somewhere, there are globalpractices,especiallyoftrade the goals and tasks of the SCO... Chinese troops in Galwan valley. Army) in the area.” role in reducing the value of ex- ■ Exports ■ Imports (in $billion)
surely reasons to introspect and and transit.” This is in the context Theobjectiveistostrengthenmu- TheexistingDS-DBOroute,which “Toachievetheoperationalre- ports. “Rising tensions between 80
causestoaddress.Equally,itisonly of the China-Pakistan economic tual trust, friendship and good is255kmlong,runsalongtheLAC quirements during border man- Israel and Iran have led to logisti- 70 54.47 54.48 56.18 55.36
when we reaffirm our commit- corridor,whichIndiasaysviolates neighbourliness. It is to develop and is within sight of Chinese- agement posture as well as hos- calchallengesimpactinginterna-
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ment most sincerely to the its territorial integrity and sover- multifaceted cooperation, espe- held territory to its east. The new tilities, it is pertinent to develop tional trade, as much of our trade
Charter that we can fully realise eignty. Also, Pakistan doesn’t al- cially of a regional nature. It is to route to DBO, meanwhile, pro- the road connectivity between with Europe, Africa, CIS, and the 50 20.07 20.78
thebenefitsofcooperationandin- low overland transit of Indian beapositiveforceintermsof bal- vides an alternative for quick DS-DBO to SBGG link road to en- Gulf region passes through the 40
tegration that it envisages.” goodsfortradewithCentralAsia. anced growth, integration and movement of troops and re- sure smooth and quick move- Red Sea or the Gulf,” FIEO 30
“Ourendeavourswillprogress CongratulatingPakistanforits conflict prevention. The Charter sources for operational require- mentofpatrols,fastreactionofthe President Ashwani Kumar said. 34.4 Trade 35.2 34.58
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only when our commitment to presidency of the SCO Council of was equally clear what the key ments and it is located at a nearly quick reaction teams and faster Kumar noted that trade finance balance
the Charter remains firm. It is ax- Heads of Government this year, challenges were. And these were 100 km distance from Chinese- build-upoftroopsandlogisticsin remainsasignificantchallengefor 10
iomatic that development and JaishankarsaidIndiahasextended primarily three, that the SCO was held territory. This route begins the area during hostilities.” MSMEs, as it affects the competi- 0
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growthrequirespeaceandstabil- itsfullsupport.“Wemeetatadif- committed to combating: one, from Sasomo near Nubra river in The Leh-Chalunka road, tiveness of Indian products in
ity. And as the Charter spelt out, ficult time in world affairs. Two terrorism; two, separatism; and Nubra valley and connects to meanwhile, passes over the global markets.
this means being firm and un- major conflicts are underway, three, extremism,” he said. Saser Pass, which is snow-bound Ladakh range connecting Indus During a press briefing,
compromising in countering the eachwithitsownglobalrepercus- Calling for reaffirming com- for most of the year. Substantial valleywithShyokvalley.Thisisthe Commerce Secretary Sunil Source: Commerce & Industry Ministry (in $billion)
‘threeevils’.Ifactivitiesacrossbor- sions.TheCovidpandemichasleft mitment to the Charter, he said: progress has been achieved on only motorised road connection Barthwal said that, despite the
ders are characterised by terror- many in the developing world “Globalisationandrebalancingare this route through blacktopping over the Ladakh range and is es- challenges, India’s exports in
ism, extremism and separatism, deeplydevastated.Disruptionsof realities that cannot be denied. of important stretches. sentialformaintenanceof troops September remained positive. tion of the year-long conflict in $10 billion in August to $4 billion
they are hardly likely to encour- various kinds — ranging from ex- Cumulatively, they have created InitssubmissiontotheNBWL and civilian population in Nubra Whileengineeringexports,which West Asia earlier this month, in September, bringing overall
age trade, energy flows, connec- treme climate events to supply manynewopportunitiesinterms stating the importance of these valley, according to submissions contribute to nearly a quarter of when Israel shifted its focus to goodsimportsto$55billion.FIEO
tivity and people-to-people ex- chain uncertainties and financial oftrade,investment,connectivity, road stretches, the Ministry of made by the Ministry to NBWL. total exports, jumped 10 per cent Hezbollah, an Iran-backed mili- DirectorGeneral&CEOAjaySahai
changesinparallel,”hesaid,again volatility—areimpactinggrowth energy flows and other forms of Defence said, “DS-DBO to SBG The NBWL cleared these in September, electronic exports tantgroup,bylaunchingamilitary said traders often place orders in
hintingatPakistan’sintransigence and development. Debt is a seri- collaboration.Thereisnoquestion (Saser-Brangsa-Gapshan) link stretcheswithconditionsthatthe rose 9 per cent. “We are working operation in Lebanon. This came advancetoprepareforthefestive
on cross-border terror. ous concern, even as the world thatourregionwouldbenefitim- roadisatacticallyandstrategically animalpassageplanstosafeguard with the shipping ministry to as- after explosions involving pagers season, which could explain the
In remarks, again aimed at fallsbehindinachievingSDGtar- mensely if we take this forward.” important location in the Sub- wildlifeintheKarakoramsanctu- sessthesituationinWestAsiaand targeted Hezbollah members, as bump in August.
SectorNorthwhichisrequiredto ary should be implemented and are engaging to increase Indian well as the assassination of its SahaisaidIndia’sdecliningpe-
be dominated effectively. In bor- that the Defence Ministry should shipping capacity to prevent the leader, Hassan Nasrallah. troleum exports could be a con-
● ICC report ‘stolen’ der management posture, the
pass is effectively dominated by
also obtain the requisite permis-
sions for forest land diversion, if
negativeimpactof theconflicton
Indian exports,” Barthwal said
Thetradebodywarnedthatan
intensification of the conflict in
cerngoingforward,aspetroleum
exportsinSeptemberdroppedby
calls. In her complaint to the Health and Family regularpatrolof troopsandquick applicable. TheWorldTradeOrganisation WestAsiacouldhaveadversecon- a significant 26 per cent. “Prices
Welfare Secretary, she alleged that she had (WTO)hadearlierthismonthre- sequencesforglobalandregional have remained low despite the
sought a transfer because of his behaviour, but duced its growth forecast for the trade flows, with effects also be- ongoing war in West Asia, as
her request was ignored.
She also alleged that after she filed a com-
● SC asks Delhi L-G to file affidavit volume of global merchandise
trade in 2025 to 3 per cent, down
ing felt in other regions. These
mayinclude“furtherdisruptions”
global fuel demand has been
weak. This could be a concern for
plaint, she was removed from her post as Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj plication for permission”. It also from 3.3 per cent, amid the esca- to shipping and rising energy Indian exports in the future. The
headof adepartment,warnedtowithdrawher Misra,saidalthoughittranspired wantedtoknowifanydisciplinary latingconflictinWestAsia,which prices due to higher risk premi- pricesaffectingIndia’srefinedpe-
complaint, and then reinstated without any from the records that the proceeding has been instituted has blocked the crucial Red Sea ums. troleumexportsdeclinedfurther
explanation. Chairperson visited the site on against the officials responsible shipping route for nearly a year. Officialdatashowedthatgold afterIsraelstateditwouldnottar-
The complainant was later transferred to a February3,and“directedexpedit- andwhetherintheChairperson’s This follows a significant escala- imports fell by 60 per cent, from get Iran’s nuclear or oil sites.”
different hospital. The Indian Express reached ing the project of road widening, view criminal action should be
out to the MS, but he remained unavailable for at this stage, the material on the takenagainstthosewhobreached
a comment.
The ICC was set up in February.
record is ambiguous on certain
criticalaspectsonwhichafurther
the court’s directions.
Fixing the matter for hearing
● A temple in a south Delhi flat is set to get an elephant
In a complaint filed at the IP Estate Police elaboration will be required”. again on October 22, the bench proposed transfer. Following a at the Greater Kailash address. stakes in Maa Baglamukhi
StationonJune5thisyear,theICCmemberand It said that more information said “in the event that the Chair- prod by the HPC to “expedite the During February-March 2018, Mandir Divine Products Pvt Ltd,
health department official said: “It was discov- wasrequiredon“whetherduring person... is of the view that disci- matter”, the divisional forest offi- Rai and Mishra joined Maheish said he could not share any in-
ered on May 20, 2024 that this file (ICC re- the course of the site visit... there plinaryactionandtheinitiationof cer(DFO)ofsouthDelhiinspected Girri, then BJP MP from East formation. Rai (34%) and his
port)… was missing from the undersigned’s was any discussion with or inti- criminal prosecution should be theproposedhousingfacilitiesin Delhi, to organise a series of brother Shubham (33%) are the
designated room (in the) Delhi Secretariat.” mation furnished to the Chair- taken up, we would expect that Sainik Farm where “everything events culminating in the week- other shareholders since the
ICC reports are confidential in nature. personof DDAonthepermission suchactionshouldbetakeninthe was found to be in order”. longRashtraRakshaMahayagya. company was established at the
According to the complaint, CCTV footage required to be obtained from this interregnum without waiting for On the status of the proposal, Attended by over a dozen Greater Kailash address in 2019.
revealed that a nursing orderly attached to the court for the felling or removal of the directions of this court”. Assam CWLW Sandeep Kumar membersof theUnionandDelhi At Sainik Farm, the staff de-
office of the Special Secretary (Health) had trees?” If yes, “what steps, if any, The bench said the affidavit said,“TheDelhiforestdepartment Cabinets, including Rajnath nied access to the high-walled
taken the file. The Special Secretary (Vigilance) weretakentoensurethattheper- “shall be personally filed by the has not objected to the proposed Singh,NitinGadkariandManish compound that houses multiple
was informed and action was sought against missionof”theapexcourt“could ChairpersonofDDA,makingafull transfer.However,theAssamgov- Sisodia,themegaeventhadover animal sheds. A couple of neigh-
the nursing orderly. The file was returned four be obtained before the actual disclosurebothonthebasisofthe ernment is still examining the a thousand priests praying to bours claimed they knew that
days later, and the nursing orderly was sus- work of felling took place”, and if material on record and of facts matter. We are also looking into Goddess Baglamukhi for the “Guruji’s ashram” would soon
pended on June 4, the official said in his com- no,“whenwastheChairpersonof whicharepersonaltotheknowl- some representations we re- “protection of the nation” and get an elephant.
plaint. DDA first made aware of the fact edge of the Chairperson bearing ceivedfromcivilsocietygroups.A the “defeat of enemies”, both “Gurujiisquiteyoungandvis-
Expressing concern over the “stealing of of- that permission for the felling of inmindwhattranspiredatthesite final decision is awaited.” “external and internal”. its often. He mentioned an ele-
ficial record”, the official said he requested im- trees from this court was re- visit on February 3”. Asked if Sainik Farm is fit to On the phone, Chandra Mani phant.Healreadyhashorsesinhis
mediate action against the nursing orderly, quired”, the bench said. Towards the end of the hear- house an elephant, Delhi CWLW Mishra claimed that he and Rai stable.Camels,too,”saidareales-
identified as Sunil Kumar, for his “serious and The bench said “actual felling ing, CJI Chandrachud remarked Shyam Sundar Kandpal said he parted ways by the end of 2018. tatedealerintheneighbourhood.
alarmingactivity”asitindicated“connivanceof of trees commenced on or about orally,“WewanttheChairperson “took charge only recently” — in “I don’t know if my name is still Following a High Court order
the office staff and outside interference in ob- February16,2024evenbeforean tonowwieldhisauthorityanden- thelastweekofSeptember—and there (in the Shree Yogini in 2018, six of the seven captive
structing the inquiry/ its outcome”. applicationwasmovedbefore”it, sure that action is taken on the was not apprised of the matter. Peetham Trust) on paper but we elephantsinDelhiwererescued,
The ICC report was submitted later in May. “and which was eventually dis- ground.” He said “if the L-G was DFO (South Delhi) Vipul went different ways soon after the last in 2019. The seventh ele-
Meanwhile,askedaboutthecomplaintfiled missed by an order dated March advised that there is a status quo Pandey declined to comment. the 2018 events. I am not aware phant, acquired by the Dabur
by the official, a senior police officer said: “An 4,2024”andsoughttoknowwhat order of the SC, it is unlikely that Shiv Kumar Rai alias Guruji, of any of their activities since Group in the 1970s, was allowed
FIR has not been registered yet. Investigation stepshavebeentakenforrestora- he would have said that there who runs the plush, air-condi- then,” he said. to stay on at a farmhouse in Dera
in the matter is underway.” tion of the ecological damage shouldbeaviolationoftheorder.... tioned Baglamukhi temple in When The Indian Express vis- Mandi.
Overthelastfewdays,theAamAadmiParty caused by the felling of trees. Thepointiswhosuppressedthese Delhi’sGreaterKailashPartII,did ited the temple-apartment in “Delhi is not a place for ele-
(AAP) has been raising the issue of the com- The court asked the DDA orders from the L-G.” not respond to emails asking on Greater Kailash, a young priest- phants. After the HC helped res-
plaintagainsttheMS,askingwhynoactionhas Chairperson to inform it about The matter had reached the what terms the elephant in cum-functionary said Rai was cue Delhi’s last captive elephants
beentakenagainsthim.Theparty'sRajyaSabha measurestakento“identifytheof- CJI’s bench after two other question would be acquired meditating.“Gurujimeetsdevo- thatwereinphysicalandpsycho-
MP, Sanjay Singh, has also questioned Delhi ficersresponsibleforthewilfulact benches issued notices on the is- from its owner in Jorhat and the tees by appointment. But this is logicaldistress,weareturningthe
Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena regarding the of suppression from this court in sue. A bench led by Justice B R rationale for transferring the an- a private matter and Guruji clock back by entertaining such a
matter. the application filed for permis- Gavai, which issued a notice ear- imal to a residential neighbour- wouldnotwanttodiscaussit.All proposal. This also goes against
Earlier, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh sion of the fact that the felling of lier, had expressed displeasure hood in south Delhi. arrangementsareinplaceforthe the HPC’s mandate which is the
Bharadwaj had also written to the L-G, saying treeshadalreadytakenplaceeven over another bench led by Justice The Baglamukhi temple, elephant.YoucantalktoGuruji’s overall welfare of captive ele-
hewaskeptinthedarkaboutthecasefornearly before the application was filed... A S Oka taking up the matter de- along with the Shree Yogini PA,” he said. phants,” said Alok Hisarwala
a year. He also sought action against the MS. when orders were passed on spitebeingtoldthatitwasalready Peetham Trust, was set up by Rai Ratan Kumar Dubey, Gupta, founder of the Centre for
WITHINPUTSFROMPRAGYNESH March 4, 2024, rejecting the ap- being dealt with. with one Chandra Mani Mishra “Guruji’s PA” who holds 33% Research on Animal Rights.
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DDA NOC no CBRI REPORT ON TOWER A OF GURGAON HIGH-RISE Housekeeping staff held
longer needed
for power Chintels back in focus: 8th tower for sexually abusing
minor at Noida school
now ‘unsafe’, demolition advised
connection in
unauthorised EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
crimes.Inaletteraddressedtothe
parents, the principal said, "We

colonies: CM NOIDA, OCTOBER 16 understand that situations like

this may cause concern to our

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
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GURGAON,OCTOBER16
RWA president and tower A
resident,RakeshHooda,saidthey
willnotmoveoutuntilanewde-
‘People are dying waging this POLICE HAVE arrested a house-
keepingstaffofaprivateschoolin
Noidaforallegedlysexuallyabus-
parentcommunity.So,wewould
liketoreassureyouthatthesafety
and well-being of our students
NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16

NO-OBJECTION CERTIFICATES
THE EIGHTH tower of the nine-
towerChintelsParadisosocietyin
sign layout is prepared. “The ad-
ministrationhasaskedforanan-
nual assessment, and they will
battle’: Resident of ‘safe’ tower ing a pre-primary girl student on
the premises on October 9.
The incident came to light
are our highest priority. We re-
maincommittedtoprovidingour
completesupportthroughoutthe
(NOCs) from the Delhi Devel- Gurgaon’sSector109hasbecome take a call. This is a report spon- when the girl’s father took her to investigation until the matter is
opment Authority (DDA) will no
longerberequiredtoobtainelec-
thelatesttobedeclared “unsafe”
for habitation. The Central
soredbythebuilder,especiallyaf-
ter the IIT-Delhi report said the
AISWARYA RAJ
GURGAON, OCTOBER 16
THE CASE SO FAR a hospital. “Our daughter was
notabletoattendschoolbecause
fully resolved”. The principal
added that the school and the
tricityconnectionsforresidentsof BuildingResearchInstitute(CBRI), towerwassafe.Ifthistowerisun- shecomplainedof severepainin girl’s parents have been cooper-
unauthorised colonies, Chief in its report, declared Tower A safe, every society on Dwarka IN 2021, Praveen Malik pur- the lower abdomen. After that, ating fully with police.
MinisterAtishiannouncedWedn- “unsafe” and said retrofitting is Expressway is unsafe,” he said. chased a 3-BHK flat for Rs 1.45 we took her to a hospital. During On Tuesday, Suniti, Deputy
esday. "We have ordered the dis- technicallyunfeasibleandwould According to the report, safe crore in Tower B of Chintels check-up, the doctor alerted us Commissionerof Police(women
coms to ensure that electricity exceed 50% of construction cost. demolition of Tower A is advis- ParadisoinGurgaon’sSector109. about injuries on her private safety), Noida, visited different
connections are provided within Theinstitute’sauditreportalso able considering human safety, A year later, a deadly accident in parts,”saidtheparentsinacom- schools to make girl children
15 days of application,” she said. advises demolition of the struc- feasibility/durability of retro- neighbouring Tower D that left plaint filed on October 10. aware of crimes related to
Meanwhile, the DDA, headed tureduetoincreasedcarbonation fitting/ repairs, uneconomical two women dead sparked off a Following the check-up, the women and the difference be-
bytheLt-Governor,statedinare- and chloride contents. In August, retrofitting, and recurring main- seriesof inspections.Soon,tower girlrevealedtoherparentstheal- tween good touch and bad
leasethatdeci- the same had declared the sev- tenance costs. “It is recom- after tower began to be declared legedsexualabuse,leadingtothe touch. She also distributed pam-
sionsfortheis- enthtower—C—unsafe.Theonly mended to consider reconstruc- unsafe. Malik, an engineer at Air arrestof theaccusedonthesame phlets explaining various sexual
sues raised by “safe”towerBisawaitingareport. tion for heavily damaged India,hasnowreceivedthenews day. The school administration crimes and the Protection of
thediscomsre- In February 2022, the sixth buildings since the cost of retro- that yet another tower — the 8th Chintels Paradiso in Gurgaon’s Sector 109. Archive and police have launched a drive Children from Sexual Offences
quiring NOC floor of Tower D came crashing fittingwouldexceed50%of orig- of the nine-tower society — is to make children aware of such (POCSO) Act.
for power con- downtothefirstfloor,killingtwo inal construction cost,” it said. ‘unsafe’. The ‘safety’ report of his Feb 10, 2022: Collapse of Court orders the developer
nection for women.AnIIT-Delhiauditreport It also said considering a 15% tower, too, is awaited. sixth floor at Tower D, 2 killed that 125 residents who
File 1,731PMUDAY followed,declaringsixtowersun- reduction of reinforcement area “It is evident that the report
March 12: Prelim report opted for reconstruction 607 sanitation workers regularised
colonies were safe, and saying the other three due to corrosion in structural el- is coming one by one — all of of other towers in the
by IIT-Delhi finds structural
CM Atishi. already taken were in a better condition but ements, it will lead to a failure of them unsafe,” the 48-year-old
deficiencies in Tower D
society declared unsafe New Delhi: The Municipal hold mayoral elections to allow
on October 15. needed annual assessments. 42.76% for columns, 40.51% for said. A fellow resident of Tower shall be entitled to a fixed Corporation of Delhi (MCD) a Dalit candidate to assume the
“Any restric- AdditionalDeputyCommissi- beams, and over 95% for slabs by B, BSES official Anil Kaushik, said Nov 5: Gurgaon DC orders rent for an alternate Wednesday regularised 607 post. However, criticising the
demolition of Tower D accommodation
tion on development including oner Hitesh Meena said he was Indian standards. “we were told ours were pre- sanitation workers on the occa- AAP, opposition leader Raja
electricity connections is the sole unaware of the matter. District The builder has so far offered mium flats and we pooled in all Dec 21: First arrest by SIT of Apr 8: Admin orders sion of Valmiki Jayanti. At an Iqbal Singh claimed that the BJP
prerogativeofDDAandnotofany Town Planner Manish Yadav said twooptionstobuyers:Thefirstis our money at the time of retire- proprietor of firm carrying demolition of five towers — event to distribute the regulari- had proposed the regularisation
other authority,” it said. the issue will be discussed in the reconstructionwhereinRs1,000 ment”. “They will complete the out repair and renovation D, E, F, G and H — that were sation letters, Mayor Shelly during its tenure, but the pro-
Earlier in the day, Atishi had structuralauditcommitteemeet- per sqft is paid by residents to project in six years after the Jan 17, 2023: After case found unsafe Oberoi read out a letter from for- posal was rejected by the Delhi
criticisedtheDDAorderthatman- ingunderthechairmanshipofthe have their flats reconstructed af- demolition, how many of us will transferred to CBI, FIR lodged August: CBRI finds mer chief minister Arvind government.
dated a written NOC, confirming Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner. ter demolition, which is yet to be alive?” against managing director Tower C unsafe Kejriwal and termed the move Chief Minister Atishi high-
that the area did not fall under ChintelsIndiaLtdV-PJNYadav take off. The second is settle- He pointed out that a resi- Ashok Solomon September: CBRI finds “a gift” from him. lighted that the AAP has been
land pooling, from the authority saidtheysentthereporttothedis- ment, as part of which the dent of Tower D, Vikram Jan 4, 2024: The Supreme Tower A unsafe In the letter, Kejriwal also ensuring timely salaries of sani-
for power connections. “Many trict administration Wednesday. builderwillpayRs6,500persqft Gambhir, who was constantly urged the Mayor to promptly tation workers. ENS
residents...hadtooftengivebribes “Thenextplanofactionwillbeini- to buyers, and reimburse the ac- writing to the authorities, died
togetelectricityconnections...For tiatedbytheadministration.We’d tual stamp duty paid and the recently.“Peoplearedyingwhile dit committee meeting under meetingwiththebuilderforset-
the past year, residents from sent them the Tower C report as renovation cost as evaluated by waging this battle. Every morn- the chairmanship of the tlement after which the report
colonies such as Swaroop Vihar well. The two options we ex- government-appointed inde- ing and evening, our conversa- Gurgaon DeputyCommissioner. of Tower B will be released. “We
Extension, Mohan Garden, Vipin tendedtootherflatownersinthe pendent evaluators. tions are on this... everyone asks Malik alleged they’ve been will meet the administration af-
Garden, and Newada Extension, seven towers are applicable to FULL REPORTON what our plans are... On top of left in the lurch. “From day one, ter meeting the builder. We ex-
among others, have been facing TowerAresidentsaswell,”hesaid. www.indianexpress.com this, the administration is with the builder has been looking to pect them to order to redo the
hardships for electricity connec- themandisexertingpressureon dividepeople,throwthemoutof audit. Either give us a flat in the
tions. Many people have visited us to vacate,” he alleged. one tower after another, and vicinity or give complete rent in
me to complain,” Atishi said. The 55-year-old owns a flat reach a settlement. When the the interim,” he said.
Many unauthorised colonies on the 12th floor. “We will resist, IIT-Delhireportwastakingplace, Meanwhile, Chintels India
struggle with inadequate infra- andif itmeansgoingtocourt,we they took five samples with sig- LimitedVice-PresidentJNYadav
structure and lack of essential will do so.” natures of owners, but the said they sent the report to
services.“Until10yearsago,these Additional Deputy Central Building Research the district administration
unauthorised colonies were pa- Commissioner Hitesh Meena Institute did not... There is no au- Wednesday. “The two options
thetic.Politiciansusedtogothere said he was unaware of the mat- thenticity...,” he claimed. we extended to other flat own-
to ask for votes, but no work was ter. District Town Planner He added that residents of ers in the seven towers apply to
donetoimprovetheircondition,” Manish Yadav said the issue will Tower A, the latest declared un- Tower A residents as well,”
Atishi said. Cracks had appeared in some buildings. Archive bediscussedinthestructuralau- safe, will soon be called for a he said.
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Domestic help HEARING ON STUBBLE BURNING Re-elect me as CM, work will

held for mixing
urine in dough:
Ghaziabad cops
‘Show us a single prosecution’: not stop: Kejriwal’s poll appeal
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GHAZIABAD,OCTOBER 16
SC pulls up Punjab and Haryana Launches ‘Jansampark Yatra’ to answer queries on his jail stint

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NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16
THE FAMILY members of a 267violators,nominalactionhas
Ghaziabad businessman had ANANTHAKRISHNANG beentakenagainst122violators.” URGING THE people to re-elect
beensufferingfromliver-related NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 “We direct the chief secretary him as chief minister in the Delhi
issues for the past few months. of state of Punjab to personally Assembly polls slated for early
Suspicious, his wife hid a mobile THE SUPREME Court on remain present in the court on nextyear,AamAadmiParty(AAP)
phonecamerainthekitchen.The Wednesdaytooksternexception the next date, which is next chief and former Chief Minister
footage led to a shocking revela- to the “inaction” by Punjab and Wednesday.Onbehalfofthestate Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday
tion — their cook of eight years Haryana over implementing the he must explain the defaults launchedthe‘JansamparkYatra’,a
was allegedly seen mixing her directions of the Commission madebythestate,”thebenchsaid. mass outreach campaign, to ad-
urine in the dough, Ghaziabad for Air Quality Management Expressingdisillusionmentat dress questions surrounding his
police said Wednesday. (CAQM) and the failure to prose- the inaction on the part of the five-month imprisonment.
“Her employer hid a mobile cute people who burn stubble, states to prosecute violators, The yatra, Kejriwal said, has
phone in the kitchen. In the contributing to air pollution in Justice Oka told Additional been planned to make Delhiites
recorded video, she was seen al- Delhi and other parts of the The apex court has asked the chief secretaries of Punjab and Solicitor-General Aishwarya understand why he was jailed
legedly urinating in the kitchen National Capital Region. Haryana to appear before it on October 23. Archive Bhatti, who appeared for the and the challenges AAP faced AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia launch the
utensil and making chapatis us- A bench of Justices A S Oka, CAQM, “Now what is to be done duringhisabsence.Aspartof the ‘Jansampark Yatra’ from Khichripur, Wednesday. Tashi Tobgyal
ing the urine,” said Preeti Garg, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and to this approach adopted by the campaign that will continue un-
StationHouseOfficerof Crossing Augustine George Masih, which direct the authorities concerned cutedpersonsunderSection15of state governments? Nobody til October 29, AAP workers will
Republic police station. perusedaffidavitsfiledbyPunjab to take appropriate course of ac- the Environment Protection Act. wantstotakepenalaction.Maybe visit households to distribute a CM and serve you all like before. temptstostopDelhi’sprogress—
The 32-year-old domestic andHaryana,askedthechief sec- tionagainstofficialsofthestatere- Notasinglecaseisinitiated.There for political reasons, we do not letterfromKejriwalrevealingthe We have to ensure this letter firstthroughtheL-G,andthenby
help has been arrested under retariesofthetwostatestoappear sponsible for non-compliance by isnocompliancewithclause14of know. We are not here to decide “truth”behindhisandotherlead- reaches every household in the putting AAP leader behind bars.
Section272(malignantactlikely before it. invokingSection14.Wedirectthe orderdatedJune10,2021,”Justice that.Whatwearesupposedtode- ers’ arrest in corruption cases. next 10-15 days,” he said as he “For two years, the L-G held up
tospreadinfectiousdiseasedan- The bench said it expected Chief Secretary (of Haryana) to OkatoldPunjabAdvocate-General cide is inaction on their part. So, “I’vemetalotofpeoplesinceIgot urged Delhiites to vote for AAP. themohallaclinicfile.Itwasonly
gerous to life) of the BNS. Haryana to have complied with personally remain present in the GurminderSingh. what stand (does) the Govern- out of jail. I know there are ques- He also warned that a BJP after intense pressure, including
Garg said that during ques- the CAQM’s directions. court next Wednesday (October The bench noted, “It is stated ment of India want to take?” tions in people’s hearts on why I win would mean the end of free a 10-day sit-in protest by me and
tioning, the help initially denied “However, we find that penal 23), the court ordered. thatfireincidentsreportedasper “Advocate-General of Punjab was imprisoned. That’s why I’ve electricity, return of power cuts, my cabinet colleagues that we
the allegations but admitted to actionascontemplatedbyclause The bench also asked the ISRO protocol were 267. It is said has in so many words said it will written a letter to answer those,” and the deterioration of public were able to move forward... In
the act when shown the video. 14ofthedirectionofJune10,2021, CAQM to “make a statement that action was taken against all not be possible to prosecute any- Kejriwal said, as he addressed schools and hospitals. jail, they did everything to pre-
Meanwhile,apurportedvideoof hasnotbeentakeneveninasingle about action initiated against of- 267.However,nominalfineshave body. If it is not possible to prose- party workers at the AAP head- In the letter, Kejriwal reiter- ventmefromlivingsafely.Asadi-
the incident has now gone viral case. Even going by the affidavit, ficials of the state” for not imple- beenrecoveredonlyfrom103and cute anybody, then this will con- quartersduringtheyatra’slaunch. ated that his imprisonment was abetic, I need insulin injections
on social media. “The domestic there were as many as 191 cases menting its directions. FIRshavebeenfiledunderSection tinue. And people will afford to The AAP national convener not due to corruption, but fourtimesaday,buttheystopped
help claimed she was driven by of fire. Only a nominal fine has The bench questioned the 233 of BNS only against 14 viola- pay that nominal compensation asked workers to explain his a“larger conspiracy” by political my medication,” he alleged.
revenge after being frequently beenrecovered.Eventhemachin- Punjabgovernmentwhynopros- tors.ComplaintsunderSection39 whatever environmental com- stancetoresidentswhiledeliver- opponents to halt Delhi’s devel- Responding to Kejriwal’s
scolded by her employer for mi- eryhasnotbeensetup.Theorder ecutionhadbeenlaunchedagainst oftheAirAct1981havebeenfiled pensationtheyarerecovering,and inghisletter.“Youhavetoexplain opment work. “Everyone knows claims, Delhi BJP president
normistakes,”saidACPWaveCity of the commission is in force for violators. “Show us a single pros- againstfivepersonsonly.Thus,go- merrily this will continue for IwouldnothavebeenjailedhadI I have not done any corruption. VirendraSachdevasaidhewasre-
Lipi Nagaich, a PTI report said. thelastmorethanthreeyears.We ecution. You could have prose- ing by the state’s own data, out of years,” the bench added. notprovidedthemwiththesefa- Kejriwal cannot commit corrup- peatingthesameoldrhetoricthat
cilities in Delhi. If Manish Sisodia tion,”hestated,accusingtheBJP- hasbeenrejectedbythepublicin
hadnotmadeworld-classschools led Central government of being the Lok Sabha polls. “In every

BCI suggests minimum stipend fortheirchildren,thentheywould

not have sent him to jail; if
Satyendar Jain had not provided
unable to replicate AAP’s gover-
nance model in other states.
Theletteralsopaintsapicture
speech (during the Lok Sabha
campaign), he asked people to
vote for him, claiming his work

for junior lawyers: Some hail them with mohalla clinics, good
hospitalsandfreemedicines,then
hewouldnothavebeenrottingin
of the BJP being “fearful” of AAP’s
growinginfluence,particularlyaf-
terthePunjabpolls.“Afterourvic-
would prevent the Centre from
imprisoning him again. Yet, the
people of Delhi expressed their

move, others say hard to enforce jail right now,” Kejriwal alleged.
“Weallwenttojailforyoubut
don’tregretit;ouronlyconcernis
toryinPunjab,theyfeltthatif the
workinDelhiisnotstoppedsoon,
then their shops will be closed in
lack of faith by defeating him on
all seven seats. The people now
understand that in the past 10
possibletosustainadecentlife...” needtobeworkedoutsotherec- continuing all free services with- theentirecountry,”Kejriwalsaid. years,ratherthanbringinginnew
SOHINI GHOSH Advocate Kunal Raj said it is ommendationsbecomeareality,” out a halt... With your support, I The former CM also accused development,Kejriwalworsened
& NIRBHAY THAKUR a good recommendation “but it said Delhi Bar Association presi- willtakeovertheresponsibilityas the BJP of making repeated at- the city’s condition,” he claimed.
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 is not mandatory or binding, so I dent advocate Nitin Ahlawat.
don’t know how beneficial this He added that the first two
AFTER THE Delhi High Court in isgoingtobeforjuniorslikeme.” years of the profession are TO PICK CANDIDATES FOR DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

Replacing sitting MLAs, no tickets

July directed the Bar Council of For advocate Rehan Khan, treated as an extension of learn-
India (BCI) to decide on a mini- flexibility was key. “Some senior ing by many junior advocates
mum stipend for junior advo- advocateswhocanaffordjuniors and exposure they gain from the

for councillors: BJP mulls options

cates,theBCITuesdayissuedacir- are already paying this amount. initial practiceis veryimportant.
cularrecommendingpaymentof If this is made mandatory, then “The idea is good but... the
Rs20,000asaminimumstipend some advocates might not keep needsof juniorsinDelhiarevery
in urban areas and Rs 15,000 in juniors at all,” he said. different from needs of junior of organisationalresponsibilities
rural areas for junior advocates. The BCI circular dated advocateselsewhere.Everyyear, JATIN ANAND within the BJP’s Delhi unit dur-
The HC on July 25 disposed of October15read:“Theseamounts there are around 4,000 junior NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 ing their political careers.
apleabyadvocateSimranKumari willbesubjecttoperiodicreview advocates who enroll in the Delhi BJP president Virendra
whiledirectingtheBCItotreather based on economic conditions Delhi HC. Will it be possible to REPLACING UNDERPERFORM- Sachdeva, Delhi BJP general sec-
plea as a representation and de- andfeedbackfromthelegalcom- find so many seniors to place ING sitting MLAs, barring its retary(organisation)PavanRana,
cide on it in six weeks. The circu- munity.However,itisrecognised these young advocates?” said councillors from contesting to its seven Lok Sabha MPs and
larcomesnearlythreemonthsaf- that not all senior advocates or senior advocate Mohit Mathur. “avoid negativity” on their lack as many MLAs attended the
ter the direction. BCI chairman firms have the same earning ca- New Delhi Bar Association of performancein the Municipal September brainstorming ses-
Manan Kumar Mishra and secre- pacity or opportunities, and, vice-president, advocate Rahul Corporation of Delhi (MCD) — sion. In addition, senior leaders
tary Srimanto Sen were unavail- therefore, these guidelines Singh, said he is in favour of the theBJPisconsideringseveralap- such as BJP national general sec-
able for comment. should be applied flexibly based recommendations: “Young proaches to pick candidates for At the ‘Chintan Baithak’ last retary(organisation)BLSanthosh,
Several junior advocates, on individual circumstances.” lawyers should be provided fi- the Delhi Assembly polls slated month. @Virend_Sachdeva/X national general secretary
however, felt the amount was Seniorlawyersandbarassoci- nancialsupport,especiallyinthe for early next year, it is learnt. Dushyant Gautam, and Delhi BJP
too little. A junior advocate who
refusedtobenamedsaid,“Ithink
it’sgoodthey(BCI)thoughtofthis.
ations hailed the move, but said
implementation would be diffi-
cult. “There are around 1.75 lakh
first two years. Many talented
mindsleavetheprofessiondueto
financial constraints.”
POLLUTION CHECK Throwingitspreparationsinto
the next gear, the BJP Tuesday
named national vice-president
month, they added.
The civic body’s functioning
co-inchargeAlkaGurjarwerealso
in attendance along with former
MPs Dr Harsh Vardhan, Parvesh
But...thestipendisextremelylow. lawyersenrolledinDelhi.Around Advocate Jitender Solanki, A tanker sprays water to control pollution at Anand Vihar, and Lok Sabha MP Baijayant has ground to a halt due to the Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri,
OurtravelexpensesareatleastRs 1 lakh are those who’ve been re- secretaryoftheDwarkaCourtBar Wednesday. The Capital’s air quality index was 230, in the Panda as the incharge and “AAP’sconspiracytostallthefor- among others.
6,000amonth.Anydecenthouse centlyenrolled.Thesuggestionto Association, concurred, saying ‘poor’ range. On Monday, Stage 1 of the Graded Action Plan Ghaziabad MP Atul Garg co-in- mation of the standing commit- “AseniorMP,citingtheparty’s
in Delhi costs around Rs 15,000 a paythemastipendisfantasticbut theinitiativecanensuretalented to tackle pollution was enforced. Praveen Khanna chargeforthepolls.Partysources tee”, a BJP leader alleged. “Some impeccable performance in the
month.In20,000,itwouldbeim- therearemanychallenges...These lawyers remain in the field. saidPandaandGarg,pickedbythe leaderswereof theviewthatthe Lok Sabha polls despite a direct
national leadership to oversee absence of a standing commit- battlewiththeconsolidatedAAP-
preparations, were likely to “take tee, which the AAP has ensured Congresscombine,suggestedthat

Yepme.com founder held for financial fraud: Police charge” over the weekend.
The political stand-off in the
constitutionoftheMCDStanding
is not formed, has also impacted
theabilityof BJPcouncillorstobe
abletodeliverintheirrespective
candidates be announced in ad-
vance to ensure a strong cam-
paignsimilartotheParliamentary
The55-year-oldwasarrested Golf Course Road, Sector-53, Commissioner of Police (South- officer said. Committee—theall-powerfulex- wards.Thismaydentanaverage polls,” a party source said.
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE fromaflatinDLFCrest,Sector-54, Gurgaon. Gaur was CEO while west) Surendra Chaudhary said. “Freshnon-bailablewarrants ecutive wing whose nod is re- BJP councillor’s winnability if Meanwhile, some leaders
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 Gurgaon, police said. According Sharma acted as COO. The insolvency also led to in- wereissuedagainstbothSharma quired to deliver developmental they are fielded as a potential suggested that the party replace
topolice,Gaur,alongwithhisas- “The company used to take vestors’ money being stuck and Gaur on September 28. On projects — has hurt the BJP coun- MLA,” the leader added. allitssittingMLAsaswellascan-
THE FOUNDER and CEO of sociateSandeepSharma,started raw material from various small with Gaur and Sharma, leading October 15, information was re- cillors image as much as the AAP, Notably, three of BJP’s seven didates who were unsuccessful
Yepme.com, Vivek Gaur, has VASDataServicePrivateLimited companies in Delhi/NCR and in to multiple cases being regis- ceived that Gaur was in Gurgaon according to party sources. The Lok Sabha MPs from Delhi — more than once in the past. “All
been arrested seven months af- (Yepme.com) in 2011, an online lieu of that, issued cheques to tered against the company and he was arrested from a flat,” lack of the Standing Committee Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Yogender these factors, including the cur-
ter being declared a proclaimed shopping company specialising these companies. The firm de- and the founders in multiple said DCP Chaudhary. and its repercussions on the BJP ChandoliyaandMinisterof State rent extent of the winnability of
offender in an alleged case of fi- in apparel for men and women. clareditself insolvent andclosed states under the Negotiable Sharma is on the run and a councillorswereamongtheissues Harsh Malhotra — trace their BJP’ssittingMLAs,willbefactored
nancial fraud, the Delhi Police ItwasheadquarteredatRight up, resulting in due payments Instruments (NI) Act, for dis- search is on to find and arrest flaggedattheDelhiBJP’s‘Chintan roots to the MCD. Additionally, in when discussions begin later
said Wednesday. Wing, 2nd floor, Orchid Centre, and bounced cheques,” Deputy honoring cheques, a police him, a police officer said. Baithak',heldinRanthamborelast they were also assigned a slew this week,” the source added.

KEEPING THE 29-YEAR-OLD PACHYDERM OCCUPIED AND STRESS-FREE

Rubber tyres to log piles: Shankar gets ‘enrichment’ devices at Delhi Zoo
femaleelephants,fromBotswana behaviour...” richmenttoallanimals—thedif-
SOPHIYA MATHEW and Zimbabwe, as companions. The Delhi Zoo has signed an ference now is the GZRRC team
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 According to an enrichment MoU with the GZRRC to receive has made the enrichment plan
manual for select species pre- manpower, equipment and cer- intensive using more equip-
SUSPENDED PUZZLE feeders, pared by the Central Zoo tainresources,thedirectoradded. ment... It will take at least 3 to 4
rubber tyres, and log piles for Authority (CZA), the “Elephant GZRRC has a four-member months for Shankar to start us-
sensorialenrichment—newen- beingamassiveanimal,fabricat- trainerteam,amahoutteam,and ing all devices... it will help in re-
richment devices will soon be ing enrichment devices... often a civil construction unit at the ducingitsstressconsiderably.We
keeping29-year-oldShankar,the takes considerable amount of Delhi Zoo. The team had arrived will not have to chain Shankar
DelhiZoo’sloneAfricanelephant, time and manpower. The pres- after the World Association of next time during musth...,” said
busy in the coming months. ence of enough enthusiastic an- Zoos and Aquariums on October Kumar, adding that work to ex-
TheDelhiZoo,withassistance imal care staff is essential for a 7 suspended the Delhi Zoo’s tenditsenclosureisintheworks.
from a team of experts from the successful enrichment plan...” membershipforsixmonthsover CZA member secretary
Reliance-managedGreensZoolo- While the manual does not Devices for Shankar, the zoo’s lone African elephant. Express concerns that Shankar was al- Sanjay Shukla said, “The team of
gical, Rescue and Rehabilitation provideaspecificplanforAfrican legedly ill-treated while he was trainers from GZRRC will focus
Centre (GZRRC) at Jamnagar, has elephants, it states common en- in ‘musth’ — an annual condition on positive enrichment and
prepared a plan to keep the richment options used for Asian ropes on logs, spices spray, and mentalenrichmentthroughwa- The feeders can be made using team calls the arrangement a when bull elephants typically training mahouts. It was also de-
pachyderm stress-free in its cap- elephants.Theseincludefeeding logs with bark. For manipulable terinpoolsandtemporarysheds. baskets, with holes on the sides, ‘Jungle Gym’. Under this, 13-14 show aggressive and unpre- cided to demarcate a small en-
tivecondition.OnOctober11,The enrichmentssuchaspuzzlefeed- enrichment, it noted that log Suspended puzzle feeders in where keepers can load food. enrichment devices have been dictablebehaviourduetoaspike closureinthealreadyexistingfa-
Indian Express reported that the ers, grass bales, or hessian bags; trees,logpiles,andgrassbalesare zoosincreasecognitiveskillsand DelhiZooDirector,DrSanjeet installed to keep the elephant in their testosterone levels. cility where the animal can be
zoo is also set to get Shankar two sensoryenrichmentssuchascoir included. There is also environ- mentalacuityof captiveanimals. Kumar, explained: “The GZRRC healthy and engaged in positive “We’ve been providing en- kept for medical examination.”
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024 GOVT & POLITICS 7
Nijjar killing: Had no evidence, only intel SC verdict today on
challenge to Sec 6A
before going public, admits Trudeau
India responds: Confirms our stand, onus on Trudeau for damage to relations
of Citizenship Act
legal”. They also claim that

clear, incredibly clear, that India India if it went public with these
CONG TO GOVT: ISSUE AJOY SINHA KARPURAM
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16
changingdemographicsinthe
statewillaffecttherightsof in-
DIVYA A was involved in this... Agents of allegations.“Wechosenotto.We CLEAR RESPONSE, digenous Assamese people to
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 theGovernmentof Indiawerein-
volvedinthekillingof aCanadian
chosetocontinuetoworkbehind
the scenes to try and get India to
ALLEGATIONS CAN A FIVE-JUDGE Constitution
bench of the Supreme Court
conserve their culture under
Article 29 of the Constitution.
CANADA'SPRIMEMinisterJustin on Canadian soil,” he said. cooperate with us,” he said. DAMAGE BRAND INDIA will Thursday pronounce its Theirpetition,filedin2012,
Trudeau Wednesday acknowl- Trudeau said his govern- He said he met PM Narendra New Delhi: The Congress verdictonwhetherSection6A states that “the application of
edged that he had only intelli- ment’simmediateapproachwas Modi after the G20 summit and Wednesdayaskedthegovern- of the Citizenship Act, 1955 — Section6AtotheStateofAssam
gence and no “hard evidentiary to engage with the Indian gov- shared that “we knew that they ment to come out with a which granted citizenship to alone has led to a perceptible
proof” when he alleged the in- ernment. He said the Indian side wereinvolvedandexpressedareal prompt and clear response to immigrants who entered change in the demographic
volvement of Indian govern- asked for evidence “and our re- concern around it. He responded allegationslevelledbyCanada, Assam before January 1, 1966 pattern of the State and has re-
ment agents in the killing of sponsewas,well,it’swithinyour withtheusualresponsefromhim, saying these can tarnish the — is constitutional. ducedthepeopleofAssamtoa
Khalistan separatist Hardeep securityagencies”.ButtheIndian whichisthatwehavepeoplewho country’s global reputation Theprovisionwasaddedto minorityintheirownState.The
Singh Nijjar last year. side insisted on the evidence, he are outspoken against the Indian and damage Brand India. the statute in 1985 following sameisdetrimentaltotheeco-
Also, in his strongest com- said.“Andatthatpoint,itwaspri- Canadian PM Justin Trudeau governmentlivinginCanadathat The party also reiterated thesigningoftheAssamAccord nomic and political well-being
ments on the issue, he said “the marily intelligence, not hard ev- appears at the Foreign hewouldliketoseearrested.” its demand that the govern- betweentheRajivGandhigov- of theStateandactsasapotent
Indian government made a hor- identiary proof. So we said, well, Interference Commission in TrudeauallegedIndiandiplo- menttaketheOppositioninto ernment at the Centre and the force against the cultural sur-
rific mistake in thinking that let's work together and look into Ottawa on Wednesday. AP matswerecollectinginformation confidence and brief its lead- AllAssamStudents’Union.The vival, political control and em-
they could interfere as aggres- yoursecurityservicesandmaybe on Canadians who were in dis- ersaboutthediplomaticrow. accord was a culmination of a ployment opportunities...”
sively as they did in the safety we can get that done,” he said. agreementwiththeModigovern- “Our nation’s interna- six-year-long agitation against The Centre has relied on
and sovereignty of Canada”. Later, India responded to the Prime Minister Trudeau alone.” mentandpassingittothehighest tional image as a country the entry of Bangladeshi mi- Article 11 of the Constitution
His remarks, while testifying developmentwiththeMinistryof Nijjar was gunned down in levels within the Indian govern- that believes in and adheres grants into Assam. which gives Parliament the
before the public inquiry into External Affairs saying in a state- Surrey, British Columbia, in June ment and criminal organisations to rule of law is at risk, and it The verdict is expected to power “to make any provision
foreign interference in federal ment: “What we have heard to- last year. In September 2023, like the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. iscrucialthatweacttogether answer crucial questions on with respect to the acquisition
electoral processes and demo- day only confirms what we have Trudeau told the House of RejectingCanada’sallegations to defend it,” said Congress the grant of citizenship to im- and termination of citizenship
cratic institutions, came days af- beensayingconsistentlyallalong CommonsthatCanadahadcred- as“preposterous”,Indiahasmain- communication head Jairam migrants and the rights of “in- andallothermattersrelatingto
ter a sharp escalation in the —Canadahaspresentedusnoev- ible evidence on potential in- tainedthatOttawahasnotshared Ramesh. “Allegations made digenous” Assamese people. citizenship”. Other respon-
diplomaticrowbetweenthetwo idence whatsoever in support of volvement of Indian govern- a “shred of evidence”. With by Canada, now backed by Thepetitionersincludethe dents, including the NGO
countries, leading to the exits of the serious allegations that it has ment officials in the killing. CanadanamingIndiandiplomats several other countries, are NGO Assam Public Works, the Citizens for Justice and Peace,
diplomats on both sides. chosen to level against India and Recalling the G20 summit as “persons of interest” in the threatening to escalate, tar- AssamSanmilitaMahasangha argued that if Section 6A is
“Iwasbriefedonthefactthat Indian diplomats. The responsi- hostedbyIndiainSeptemberlast Nijjar probe this week, India has nishing India’s global repu- andotherswhoclaimthatset- struck down a large swathe of
there was intelligence from bilityforthedamagethatthiscav- year, Trudeau said Canada “had warned it “reserves the right to tation and damaging Brand ting a different cut-off date for residents will be rendered
Canada, and possibly from Five alier behaviour has caused to the opportunity of making it a take further steps in response”. India,” he said. ENS citizenship in Assam is “dis- “stateless” after enjoying citi-
Eyes allies that made it fairly India-Canada relations lies with veryuncomfortablesummit”for -WITHPTIINPUTS criminatory, arbitrary and il- zenshiprightsforover50years.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024

Centre hikes MSP for rabi crops ‘CPEC our lifeline...

going ahead with it’
DELHI CONFIDENTIAL for ’25-26, wheat sees 6% rise To ease rail traffic
PAKISTAN’S INFORMATION
Minister ATTAULLAH TARAR is
the face of Pakistan’s current
HARIKISHAN SHARMA
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16
MSP HIKE FOR RABI CROPS on key route, govt
government, and has been key
to the preparation of the SCO’s
Crop MSP* MSP* Absolute* Increase public and international out-
THE CENTRE Wednesday an- 2024-25 2025-26 increase clears rail-road reach. Tarar, who belongs to a
nouncedMSPforsixrabicropsfor political family as his grandfa-
the 2025-26 rabi marketing sea-
Wheat
Barley
2,275
1,850
2,425
1,980
150
130
6.59%
7.03%
bridge on Ganga ther was the President of
son (RMS), with wheat — the co-
untry’ssecond-largestcrop—see-
Gram 5,440 5,650 210 3.86% in Varanasi Pakistan, spoke to SHUBHAJIT
ROY on the key takeaways of the
inganincreaseof`150perquintal, Lentil (masur) 6,425 6,700 275 4.28% SCO summit and Jaishankar’s
or 6.59%, over its current MSP. Rapeseed and mustard 5,650 5,990 300 6.02% DHEERAJ MISHRA visittoPakistan.Editedexcerpts:
The new MSP per quintal for Safflower 5,800 5,940 140 2.41% NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16
wheat is `2,425. The new MSPs *`/quintal) Note: for rabi marketing season; Source: CCEA What are the key takeaways
for barley (`1,980), gram THEUNIONCabinetWednesday for Pakistan?
(`5,650), lentil (masur) (`6,700), approved a double-decker rail- Ithink,firstof all,hostingthis
rapeseed and mustard (`5,990), road bridge across the Ganga in SCO summit was a big honour THE EXPRESS
and safflower (`5,940), too, have Govt hikes DA by 3 percentage points Varanasiaspartof a`2,642-crore for us, and we’ve tried to make
INCLUSIVE CODE increasedintherangeof 2.41per
cent to 7.03 per cent.
New Delhi: The Centre on
Wednesday increased DA by 3
said after the Cabinet meeting.
He also informed that the
projectmeanttoeasecongestion
on key railway route between
thebestarrangementspossible...
I think our guests, who have
INTERVIEW
WITH
WITH THE idea of Uniform Civil Code integral to BJP’s ideo- Last year, the hike was in the percentage points effective financial implication of this Varanasi and Deen Dayal come from all over the world,
ATTAULLAH
logical agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had advocated range of 2.65% to 7.08%. In ab- from July 1 this year, benefit- DA/DR hike is `9,448 crore. Upadhyaya (DDU) Junction in will carry a good and positive
TARAR
reframing it as “secular civil code”. But former Vice President solute terms, the highest in- ting over 1 crore employees Earlier in March this year, Uttar Pradesh. imageof Pakistan.So,asoft,good INFORMATION MINISTER,
M Venkaiah Naidu has another suggestion — he feels the term crease in the MSP, as compared and pensioners. the government hiked DA/DR Thebridgewillbecompleted image of Pakistan is the first PAKISTAN
“common civil code” would be more inclusive. Naidu wants to the current year (2024-25), The Union Cabinet has ap- by 4 percentage points to 50 in four years and will replace the takeaway, and with regard to
all stakeholders, including representatives of all religions, to has been approved for rapeseed proved to increase DA to cen- per cent from January 1, 2024. iconic 137-year-old Malviya counterterrorism,development,
be consulted for suggestions as “the largest parliamentary and mustard — `300 per quintal. tral government employees This increase is in accor- bridge. The project also includes culturalexchanges,Ithinkthere- lateral issues.
democracy in the world needs a common law for inheritance, The hike was approved by and Dearness Relief (DR) to dance with the accepted for- the addition of third and fourth gional issues have been dis-
marriage, divorce…” the Cabinet Committee on pensioners by 3 percentage mula, which is based on the railway lines between Varanasi cussedatlength,so,Ibelievethat He also raised the issue of
EconomicAffairs,whichmetun- pointsof thebasicpay/pension recommendations of the and the DDU Junction route, asakeyplayerintheregion,we’ll connectivity and territorial
der the chairmanship of PM ahead of Diwali, Union Seventh Central Pay among other infrastructural up- be able to play our role. integrity and sovereignty,
DATE CLASH Narendra Modi. The announce-
ment comes as states like
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Commission. PTI grades. The rail-road bridge will
comprise four railway lines on How do you view External
which is an oblique reference
to the China-Pakistan
SOME MEMBERS of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Maharashtra, and Jharkhand the lower deck and a six-lane Affairs Minister Jaishankar’s economic corridor. How do
Waqf (Amendment) Bill have found themselves struggling to prepare for elections. production is estimated at year. The Centre requires about highway on the upper deck. visit to Pakistan — the first you respond to that?
keep the meeting dates. The committee is meeting next on However, I&B Minister Ash- 113.92 million tonnes. Uttar 1.8 million tonnes of wheat to “The new bridge will be visit after almost 9 years? The China-Pakistan eco-
October21and22.OnOctober21,thereisalsoameetingof the winiVaishnaw,whowasbriefing Pradeshisthetopwheatproduc- meet its monthly requirement counted among one of the Our relations are based on nomic corridor is our lifeline.
Parliamentary Committee on Science and Technology, reporters Wednesday, dismissed ing state in the country and it is undertheNationalFoodSecurity biggest bridges in traffic capac- reciprocity. I think we welcome And it’s been a game-changer in
Environment, Forests and Climate Change. An Opposition anyconnectionbetweentheMSP followed by Madhya Pradesh, Act, 2013. ityintheworld.Thiscorridorwill all guests from the SCO member this region. And even now, the
member of the committee pointed out that Waqf committee hikes and the polls, stating that Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, The gram MSP is `210 (3.86 especially connect the northern, states. The SCO has its own pro- CPEC Phase 2, which is more of a
chairperson Jagdambika Pal is also a member of the Science such announcements typically Bihar, Gujarat and Maharashtra. per cent) higher. Gram is the eastern and western states and tocols, and the SCO has its own business-to-business model,
and Technology committee. occur around this time. In the current RMS (2024- country’s biggest pulse crop in this bridge is the major connect- format. So I think we welcome we’regoingaheadwiththat.And
Agriculture Minister Shivraj 25), the government procured terms of area. ing link on river Ganga,” said the Indian Foreign minister, he Pakistan really believes in this

NEW ADDRESS
Singh Chouhan said, “Giving fair 26.6 million tonnes of wheat, In 2023-24, the area under Railways Minister Ashwini was at cultural event last night. cause, and our friendship with
prices to farmers is the top pri- benefitting 22 lakh farmers. The gram was recorded at 95.87 lakh Vaishnaw. “From the point of And the Prime Minister wel- China has been a time-tested,
ority of the government and to- wheat procurement figure has hectares and production was view of traffic, this will be India’s comed him there, as he wel- all-weather friendship. CPEC
UNION PANCHAYATI Raj Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh day new MSP rates have been come down in recent years after recordedat11.03milliontonnes. largest bridge. This will be a lit- comed all the guests as well. phase 2 is going on successfully,
has moved to a new bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi. His new ad- announced accordingly.” reaching the peak of 43.34 mil- Maharashtra, where elec- tle more than a kilometre long." This morning, he received all his the Prime Minister and the
dress will be 9, Thyagraj Marg. The previous occupant of this The hike in the MSP of wheat lion tonnes in the RMS 2021-22. tions will be held on November The Varanasi-DDU Junction guests. So I think with regard to Chinese Premier jointly inaugu-
bungalowwasformerUnionministerMahendraNathPandey. is significant as it is the second On October 1, the wheat stock in 20,isthecountry’stopgrampro- routefacesheavycongestiondue regional issues, this will go a rated the Gwadar international
Earlier, Lalan Singh used to live on Pandara Road during his largest crop (after paddy) in Central pool stood at 23.78 mil- ducer, accounting for about a to its role in transporting goods long way. This SCO has been airport. So I think CPEC means a
stint as a member of the last Lok Sabha, when he was also the terms of area coverage. In 2023- lion tonnes, which is marginally quarter of the total production, such as coal, cement and food- well-attended by all our mem- great deal to us.
JD(U) president. 24, area under wheat stood at lower as compared to 23.99 mil- and is followed by Madhya grains, besides serving growing ber states. I think it’s positive in FULLINTERVIEW
318.33 lakh hectare, while the liontonnesonthesamedatelast Pradesh and Rajasthan. tourism and industrial demands. that way with regard to multi- www.indianexpress.com

ST CORPORATION ‘SCAM’
To bring industries, Naidu
Cong MLA walks out of jail, says ED set to offer huge subsidies
tried to destabilise Karnataka govt NIKHILA HENRY
government’s four-pronged ap-
proach to encourage manufac-
allegations of his involvement. “Nodoubtthelawiswellset- NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 turing in the state by reducing
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE While granting bail to tled that in order to attract the the cost of production, enabling
BENGALURU, OCTOBER 16 Nagendra,whowasnamedasan rigours of the provisions of the ANDHRA PRADESH is set to of- the speed of business, and
accused in a money laundering Money Laundering Act, the per- fer huge subsidies to industrial- strengthening MSMEs.
FORMER KARNATAKA minister case related to the alleged diver- son accused need not be arrayed ists to set up shop in the state. As The policy has been put up
and Congress MLA B Nagendra, sion of Rs 94.73 crore of funds as accused in the predicate of- peritsindustrialpolicy,accessed for discussion before the state
who walked out of jail from the corporation, a special fence. At the same time, the by The Indian Express, industries Cabinet Wednesday.
Wednesday after being granted court in its October 14 order had prosecution is required to indi- can claim subsidies of up to 72% The policy has also pledged
bail Monday in connection with said that the ED has not shown cate that the person arrayed as of fixed capital investment (FCI) to set up over 100 industrial
the alleged misappropriation of evidence of him receiving and accused in the money launder- in the state. parks in Andhra. The state has Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, CPI leader D Raja, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, NC president
Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki ST using the money. ingcasehaddirectlyorindirectly The policy, which moots a also promised to set up a Ratan Farooq Abdullah, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Srinagar, Wednesday. PTI
DevelopmentCorporationfunds, The court also indicated that received the proceeds of crime,” ‘SwarnaAndhra’(GoldenAndhra TataInnovationHubfortechnol-
alleged that he was harassed by Nagendrahasnotbeennamedas the special court had observed. Pradesh) by 2047, says the state ogy and skill upgradation.
the ED for three months.
“I have no role in this scam,
yet I was arrested. Under pres-
an accused in the predicate of-
fenceoffraudandembezzlement
which was investigated and
The fact that no recoveries of
diverted funds were made on
the information provided by
will be the first in the country to
offer a decarbonisation subsidy
of 6%. Apart from this, the state
The state will also focus on
certain sectors, including auto-
mobiles, chemical and petro-
In Cabinet, including Omar, 3
sure from the BJP’s central lead-
ers, the ED used me to try and
destabilise the Karnataka gov-
ernment. The BJP is conspiring
chargesheeted by Karnataka SIT.
However, the ED has filed a
prosecution complaint in con-
nection with the case, stating
Nagendra assumes significance,
it had said. While the ED has
named Nagendra as the “king-
pin and mastermind who was
will offer an investment subsidy
of 12%to44%forcompanies.The
first200companiesthatcometo
investwillbeadditionallyoffered
chemicals, engineering, food
processing, pharma and life sci-
ences, medical devices, textiles,
blueeconomy,metalsandalloys,
from Jammu, 3 from Kashmir
to destabilise the state govern- that Rs 20.10 crore of diverted instrumental for commission of subsidies ranging between 30% and furniture. “Our focus has ARUN SHARMA
ment by all means,” said the funds from the corporation was theentireoffence”,theprobehas and 62%. For manufacturing been on catering to our core & BASHAARAT MASOOD
Ballari Rural MLA, who was ar- used for the 2024 Lok Sabha not yet established “the basic in- companies, the subsidy will be strengths,includingsettingupof JAMMU, SRINAGAR, OCT 16
rested by the ED on July 12. He elections and Nagendra’s per- gredientof recipientof proceeds between 40% and 70%. portsanddevelopingportsinthe
had resigned in June following sonal expenditure. of crime”, it had said. The subsidies are part of the state,”agovernmentsourcesaid. THE OMAR Abdullah Cabinet
sworn in Wednesday has three
facesfromtheKashmirprovince,

Saini stakes claim to form govt, swearing-in including the CM, and an equal
numberfromtheJammuregion,
in a careful balancing act by the

today; ‘auspicious day for Haryana’, says Shah

NC.Thenamesalsocoveralmost (From left ) Minister Sakina Itoo, Deputy CM Surinder
all the disparate regions of the Choudhary, J&K L-G Manoj Sinha, CM Omar Abdullah,
Union Territory. ministers Javed Ahmed Rana, Javed Ahmad Dar and Satish
The Jammu faces include Sharma in Srinagar on Wednesday. Shuaib Masoodi
Krishan Kumar Bedi, Rao Narbir DeputyCMSurinderChoudhary,
SUKHBIR SIWACH
CHANDIGARH, OCTOBER 16
Singh, Krishan Lal Panwar, Vipul
Goel, Harvinder Kalyan, former
PM TO ATTEND MEET who defeated BJP J&K working
president Ravinder Raina from Tara Chand is the Congress’s two seats in the region.
deputy speaker Ranbir Gangwa OF NDA CMs, Dy CMs Nowshera, and Satish Sharma, a DalitfaceintheUT,andhasbeen Sakina Itoo, 52, has been the
NAYAB SINGH Saini Wednesday and former MP Arvind Sharma. New Delhi: Following the Congress rebel and an athree-termMLAfromChhamb. NC’s woman face for a long time,
staked claim to form the next Among woman legislators, Arti swearing-in ceremony of IndependentMLAfromChhamb, Sharmaalsocomesfrompedi- andservedintheOmarAbdullah
government in Haryana, hours Rao (daughter of Rao Inderjit Nayab Singh Saini in who pushed the official party gree, being the son of late government of 2008-14 as the
after he was unanimously Singh), Shruti Choudhry (grand- Chandigarh Thursday, al- candidate from the seat to the Congress leader Madan Lal SocialWelfareMinister.Shejoined
elected as the BJP state legisla- daughter of former CM Bansi most all NDA CMs and third place – both Nowshera and Sharma, who had been a two- politics, abandoning her MBBS
ture party leader. Saini (54) will Lal), Krishna Gahlawat and Deputy CMs will attend a ChhambareinHindu-dominated term MP from Jammu-Poonch course in the third year, after her
takeoathasCM Thursdayforthe Independent MLA Savitri Jindal half-day conclave. PM Jammu mainland. constituency (2004 to 2014) and fatherWaliMohammadItoowas
second time, even as the BJP will are the frontrunners. Narendra Modi, Defence The third minister from a three-term MLA. assassinatedbymilitantsin1994.
form the government for a AddressingMLAsandleaders Minister Rajnath Singh, Jammu in the Cabinet is Javed Javed Ahmed Rana is consid- The senior Itoo was an NC
record third consecutive term. at BJP office in Panchkula, Shah Home Minister Amit Shah Ahmed Rana, a Gujjar leader ered the architect of the NC’s re- leader and represented the con-
The BJP, in a departure from said the Haryana election results and BJP chief J P Nadda will from Jammu’s Pir Panjal area. markable turnaround in Pir stituency Sakina won from this
tradition, had announced that surprisedpoliticalpundits.“Ever- alsoattend.Duringthemeet- The three Kashmir-based Panjal – comprising the Rajouri time, D H Pora (called Noorabad
Saini — an OBC leader who had yone in Delhi had thought the ing, national issues will be ministersareOmarhimself,who and Poonch districts – winning before delimitation in 2022) in
replaced Manohar Lal Khattar in Union Minister Amit Shah and Nayab Singh Saini in mandate would not be in favour discussed, while observance won from Assembly seats Gand- sixof itseightAssemblyseatsthis SouthKashmir'sKulgam,forfour
March— will remain the CM if Panchkula on Wednesday. Jasbir Malhi oftheBJP.Whilethepoliticalpun- of Sanvidhan Ka Amrut erbal and Budgam this time in time. In 2014, the party had won consecutivetermsfrom1972-87.
party returned to power. BJP ditsinDelhiaresurprised,Iamnot Mahotsav and the 50th an- CentralKashmir;SakinaItoo,the just one, Mendhar, of the seven Sakina was first elected from
stormed to power with best- surprised at all,” Shah said. niversary of “attempt to woman face and an MLA from AssemblyseatsinPirPanjalthen. the seat in 1996. In 2002, she lost
ever tally of 48 seats of a total 90. Haryana,” Shah said and con- to the Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh Shah said the foundation of murder democracy” — a ref- SouthKashmir;andJavedAhmad Incidentally, Rana was that sole to PDP’s Abdul Aziz Zargar after
Italsohassecuredthesupportof gratulated Saini on behalf of PM where Saini met Governor Haryana’s overall development erence to Emergency — are Dar,anMLAfromNorthKashmir. winner, defeating the PDP’s she abandoned her poll cam-
three Independent MLAs. Narendra Modi and credited the Bandaru Dattatreya and staked was laid after Khattar became also on the agenda. ENS Omar can still include three Mohammad Mahroof Khan. paign following four assassina-
Earlier, at a meeting of the party-led Union government's claim to form the government. the CM. “I want to say publicly more ministers, given the upper Rana, 61, a law graduate from tion attempts on her. Six years
newly elected MLAs in policies for BJP’s victory in state. Theswearing-inceremonyin that there was no village where limit of nine for the Cabinet in JammuUniversity,isnowathree- later(J&KAssemblytermusedto
Panchkula, Saini was unani- Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Panchkula will be attended by development work of less than by the opposition on farmers’ is- J&K,leavingscopeforaccommo- time MLA from Mendhar and be six years earlier) she won by
mously elected the leader of the Yadav,theothercentralobserver, Modi, Shah, BJP chief J P Nadda, `8crorewascarriedout,”hesaid, sues, Shah alleged. He said dating more interests. served a stint in the middle as an defeating Zargar and was induc-
BJP legislature party. Union ministers Manohar Lal besidesahostofotherleaders,in- adding the party decided to as- Haryanawastheonlystatewhich Satish Sharma’s rivals in the MLC.HewonfromMendharthis ted into the Cabinet. In 2014,
Union Home Minister Amit Khattar, Rao Inderjit Singh and cludingNDApartnersandCMsof sign Khattar a responsibility at was buying 24 crops at MSP. In Assembly election included the time defeating the BJP's Murtaza Sakina lost again, to PDP’s Abdul
Shah, the central observer for Dharmendra Pradhan and state statesruledbypartyanditsallies. theCentreandfighttheelections the third term, the BJP govern- BJP’s Rajeev Sharma – who had Ahmad Khan. Majeed Padder, but wrested it
legislature party leader election, partychief MohanLalBadoliand Including the CM, Haryana under youth leader Saini, “and mentwillagainprovideacorrup- wonChhambin2014–andCong- BJP ended up winning only back in recent polls. Dar won
announced Saini’s unanimous BJP state in-charge Biplab Deb can have a maximum of 14 min- under his leadership, we have tion-freedispensation,withfocus ress J&K working president and one seat in Pir Panjal, the new from Rafiabad. Dar has an MBA
election. “Today is an auspicious were also present. isters. Among the front runners won for a third time”. on welfare of the poor, farmers former deputy CM Tara Chand. seat of Kalakote added to it after from Pune University and joined
day for the BJP and the people of The leaders later proceeded for Cabinet berth are Anil Vij, A misconception was spread and jobs for youth, he said. Sharma’s win was huge as delimitation. In 2014, it had won politics in 1999 as a PDP leader.
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ASSAM
BRIEFLY In Kerala, discontent brews in Congress over 8 states get SC
Violencemars
Congrally:8BJP Palakkad bypoll face; boost for CPM, BJP contempt notice
workersbooked
for appointing
terbecomingacandidate,heisnot his press conference and had re- page after suffering a rout in the
SHAJU PHILIP Rahul ready to vacate that post. quested him not to react. Party LS polls, when the Congress-led
Guwahati: Police in THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Mamkoottathil Opportunities are meant only for will examine what he has stated UDF bagged 18 of 20 seats in the
Assam’s Nagaon district OCTOBER 16 istheCongress a few people.’’ Sarin, a medical to the media and take necessary state. Apart from Palakkad, the

temporary DGPs
have registered cases candidatefor graduate, had quit the Indian action,’’ he said. ChelakkaraAssemblyseatandthe
against eight BJP workers BARELY A day after the All India Palakkadseat Accounts and Audit Service in The Palakkad bypoll would WayanadLS constituencyarealso
in connection with vio- Congress Committee (AICC) 2016 to join the Congress. He has also be crucial for the ruling CPM goingtobypollsonNovember13.
lence that broke out dur- named Kerala Youth Congress beenkeentocontestthePalakkad as well as the BJP. This was one of The Congress has fielded Ramya
ingcampaigningaheadof president Rahul Mamkoottathil tify the party mistake on candi- seat on the party's ticket. the few seats where the BJP had Haridas as the party candidate
next month’s bypolls in as the party candidate for the date selection. Party should not The Palakkad bypoll was ne- finished as the runner-up in the from the Chelakkara seat. aftertheapexcourtissuednotices
the Samaguri Assembly November 13 by-election to the succumbtothedemandsofafew cessitated after the incumbent 2021 Assembly elections. TheWayanadseatwasamong DEEPTIMAN TIWARY tosevenstatesandtheUniongov-
constituency. The vio- Palakkad Assembly seat, a dis- leaders. There is enough time to MLA, Shafi Parambil of the Like the BJP, the CPM has also the two seats that top Congress NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 ernment on a writ petition filed
lence took place Tuesday gruntled party leader on correct it. If Mamkoottathil gets Congress, got elected to the notannounceditscandidatefrom leader Rahul Gandhi had con- by lawyer Savitri Pandey on the
in a Congress rally led by Wednesday demanded a review defeated in the bypoll, it will be Vadakara constituency in the Palakkadsofar.“LetSarinmakehis tested in the LS polls. He won it A SUPREME Court bench led by same matter. The court has
MP Rakibul Hussain. of the decision. RahulGandhiwhowillbegetting 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Senior stand clear,’’ said the CPM's with 3.6 lakh votes alongside Chief Justice of India D Y clubbed all these petitions.
Following the incident, Targeting Mamkoottathil, defeated in Palakkad.” CongressleaderandLeaderofthe PalakkaddistrictsecretarySuresh Raebareli, and decided to retain Chandrachud Monday took up The petition filed by Vinod
Assam Congress submit- KeralaYouthCongresssecretaryP Sarin, who is also head of the OppositioninthestateAssembly, Babu, hinting that the party is the latter. The limelight has re- theissueofappointmentsoftem- Kumar has argued that the re-
ted a representation to Sarin said, “The party should re- state Congress digital media cell, V D Satheesan, said keentofieldSarinastheLDFcan- turned to the Wayanad con- porary police chiefs, clubbing spondentshave“willfullyandde-
the EC through the State viewthedecisiononhiscandida- went on to say, “Leaders should Mamkoottathil'scandidaturewas didate. An announcement in this stituency, with AICC general sec- three petitions and issuing con- liberately” disobeyed the SC
ElectionCommission,de- ture,otherwiseitwillfacearepeat understand the ground reality in a“collectivedecisionandtakenaf- regard is likely to come on retaryandRahul’ssisterPriyanka tempt notices to eight states that judgement in the Prakash Singh
manding the transfer of of Haryana Assembly poll deba- Palakkad.MamkoottathilisYouth ter completing all procedures”. Thursday. Gandhi making her electoral de- will make their submissions be- casewhichhadaskedforappoint-
police officers including cle. I have asked the AICC to rec- Congressstatepresident.Evenaf- “I had spoken to Sarin before The LDF needs to turn the but from here in the bypolls. fore the court on October 21. mentofregularDGPsforatenure
SP Deka accusing them of Theapexcourt,hearingacon- of two years and given directions
“hobnobbing with the tempt petition in the matter, is- to avoid appointment of adhoc
ruling party”.

CHHATTISGARH
ENS
Tension in Bareilly after sued notices to Jharkhand, Uttar
Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Punjab, Bihar,
police chiefs. The petition has
specifically picked the case of UP
DGPPrashantKumarwho,itsaid,
MISAdetainees man alleges abduction RajasthanandWestBengal,apart
fromtheUnionMinistryofHome
wasappointedaspolicechief de-
spite being at serial no. 19 in the
tobeaccorded
of 18-year-old daughter
Affairs (MHA) and the Union seniority list.
Public Service Commission Uttar Pradesh has had three
statehonours (UPSC). TheIndianExpresshadre- “actingDGPs”insuccessionsince
been made,” Nitin Kumar, DSP, portedonFebruary1aboutanin- May2022.InJanuary,thestategot
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh AMIT SHARMA Bareilly, said. creasing trend of state govern- itsfourthDGPinPrashantKumar.
government Wednesday MEERUT, OCTOBER 16 Inhiscomplaint,thewoman’s ments not appointing regular After removing then DGP,
decided to “recognise the fatheraccusedoneAashiqAnsari DGPs despite eligible officers be- 1987-batch IPS officer Mukul
sacrifice”madeby350in- TENSION PREVAILED in a village ofabductinghisdaughterandthat ing available. Goel, for “lack of interest towards
dividuals who were de- in Bareilly district after a man shewasa“victimoflovejihad’and “TheCJIhastakenupthemat- work”, the state government ap-
tained under the lodged a police complaint on wouldsoonbecoercedtoconvert ter and notices have been issued pointed 1988 batch IPS officer
Maintenance of Internal Tuesdayallegingthathis18-year- to Islam. He also alleged that toallrespondents.Thematterwill Devendra Singh Chauhan as act-
Security Act (MISA) dur- olddaughterhadbeenabducted Ansari’s family members and be heard again on October 21,” ing DG. Following his retirement
ing the 1975-77 bya21-year-oldvillagerbelong- friends helped him. His daughter Aditya Samaddar, advocate on onMarch31,2022,1988batchIPS
Emergency period by ac- ing to a different community. took Rs 10,000 and some jew- recordforVinodKumar,oneofthe officer Raj Kumar Vishwakarma
cording them state hon- Police have registered an FIR ellery from the house, the man petitioners,toldTheIndianExpress. was made acting DG. Then on
oursduringtheirfunerals. under section 138 of the BNS . further stated in his complaint. Senior lawyer Gopal May 31, upon retirement,
Additionally, their fami- With the incident triggering Ansari’s family members fled Sankarnarayan appeared for Vishwakarma was replaced by
lies will receive financial communaltensioninthevillage, the village soon after the FIR was VinodKumarwhilethecaseofan- Vijay Kumar as acting DG. Vijay
assistance of Rs 25,000 police personnel have been de- lodged, police said. A similar case other petitioner, Naresh Makani, Kumarhadsupersededhissenior
for the funeral expenses. ployed as a precautionary meas- wasreportedatanothervillagein was argued by senior lawyer Anand Kumar, and retired on
The decision was made
on Wednesday during a
cabinet meeting chaired
ure, officials said.
“Our investigation is on. We
are conducting raids to nab the
Bareilly district on July 9. A
womanhadgotanFIRregistered,
alleging that her minor daughter
ISRAELI ENVOY IN AYODHYA MadhaviDivan.Therespondents
were represented by lawyers in-
cludingKapilSibal,MukulRohatgi
January 31. The Indian Express re-
port had said that while Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana, UP and
by Chief Minister Vishnu accused and those who helped was abducted. Police found the Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar visits Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday. PTI and Huzefa Ahmadi. Punjab have had such temporary
Deo Sai. ENS them, but so far no arrests have couple. While issuing the orders, the DGPs for more than a year,
courtdispensedwiththepersonal Uttarakhand, Odisha and West
GOA presence of the respondents, in- Bengal had them for months.
Pan-Indiadrug Parking row flares into communal violence in Former BJP MLA
approaches HC
cludingchiefsecretariesandDGPs
ofstatesapartfromseniorofficials
Odishahassinceappointed1990-
batch IPS officer Y B Khurania as
networkbusted, fromtheMHAandUPSC.It,how- the DGP and he took charge in

twoarrested Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, police step up vigil to withdraw

ever, allowed the notices to be
served to the standing counsel of
the states. The notices come days
August. Jharkhand, which then
had a regular DGP, appointed an
acting DGP in July.
Panaji: The anti-narcotics scooter in front of a shop in SP Sarvesh Panwar. According to urgedcitizenstoupholdcommu- election petition
cell of the Goa Police has AVANEESH MISHRA Gauchar, located within the police, the mob created a nal harmony, exercise restraint,
on Milkipur seat
busted a pan-India drug
traffickingnetworkandar-
rested two people. They
DEHRADUN, OCTOBER 16

ANALTERCATIONthatstartedaf-
Karnprayag police station area.
On receiving the information,
police arrived at the scene,
ruckus, vandalised some shops,
and damaged signboards. The
ruckus went on till around 2 pm,
and promote brotherhood.
Additionally, Section 163 of the
BNS, which deals with maintain- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Demolitions in Gir
also recovered narcotics
worth more than Rs 1
crore, in what police said
ter two youths from different
communities got into an argu-
ment over parking turned into
broughtthesituationundercon-
trol, and took both parties to the
hospital for treatment.
and a few persons who suffered
injuries were taken to a hospital.
“Following the altercation, a
ing peace and preventing unlaw-
fulassemblies,hasbeenimposed
across Gauchar.
AYODHYA, OCTOBER 16

FORMER BJP MLA Baba

Somnath district done
was the biggest seizure of
LSD blot papers in Goa in
recentyears.Policedidnot
communalviolenceduringwhich
shops were vandalised and sign-
boardsdamaged,inGaucharmar-
“The incident took place on
Tuesday around 9.30 am, when a
Hindu local was parking his
large crowd from the two com-
munitiesgatheredattheGauchar
outpost. The police managed to
Thepolicearealsomonitoring
social media. “Currently, anti-so-
cial elements are spreading mes-
Gorakhnath Wednesday moved
the Allahabad High Court to
withdraw his petition challeng-
on govt lands abutting
reveal the names of the
two arrested persons.
Tikam Singh Verma, SP
ketofUttarakhand’sChamolidis-
trict on Tuesday.
While police claimed to have
scooter in front of a Muslim shop
owner. An altercation started
whentheshopownerreportedly
pacify both groups and brought
the situation under control. The
policeregisteredacaseagainstthe
sages on social media aimed at
disrupting communal harmony,
inciting unrest, and attacking the
ing the election of Samajwadi
Party leader Awadhesh Prasad
fromtheMilkipurassemblycon-
water body, SC told Supreme Court in its September
anti-narcotics cell, said: pacifiedthemob,deploymenthas askedthemannottoparktheve- accused,Rizwan,Salman,Asif,and beliefsofcertaincommunities.As stituency in the 2022 election. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE 17interimorder.Theaffidavitsaid
“The accused used to re- been increased in the area. hicle there. Soon others gathered 70-80 unidentified individuals, aresult,anatmosphereofinsecu- The Milkipur seat has fallen NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 thepetitioner“hassuppressedthe
ceive the contraband hid- Preventivesectionshavebeenim- and beat up the Hindu man. The undersections115(2),191(2),and rityandfearisgrowingamongthe vacant following Prasad's elec- factthatthepresentcontemptpe-
den in books and photo plemented to curb gathering of man went to the police and was 352oftheBNS,”saidChamolipo- general public. Chamoli police tion to Lok Sabha. The Election THE GUJARAT government has titionisthesixthproceedinginiti-
framesandfurtherusedto large crowds. According to sen- sent for a medical check-up. lice in a statement. urges all citizens to provide their Commission on Tuesday an- submitted before the Supreme ated by various litigants who
send them to customers ior police officials, a fight broke However, members of some To maintain order, additional valuable support in preserving nounced bypolls to nine assem- Court that the demolitions car- claimtoberepresentingtheinter-
across the country.” ENS out between two youths follow- Hindu outfits gathered and took policeforceshavebeendeployed peaceandharmony,”Chamolipo- blyseatsinUttarPradeshbutleft ried out in Prabhas Patan village estsofresidentsofvillagePrabhas
ing a dispute over parking a out a procession in protest,” said throughout the city. SP Panwar lice wrote in a social media post. out Milkipur due to proceedings in Gir Somnath district were on Patan;withnoprotection,interim
in the matter before the governmentlandsandfellwithin orotherwisehavingbeengranted
Lucknow bench of the court. the exception carved out by the by any other fora, including the

He is a fugitive: Maharashtra objects to Zakir Naik’s plea in SC "I have moved the request for
the withdrawal of litigation. The
court will hear my plea on
top court.
Gujarat state authorities also
claimed that Summast Patni
Hon’bleHighCourtofGujarat,the
Ld.CivilCourt,VeravalandtheLd.
Waqf Tribunal, Gujarat.”
country. “A person who is de- such instructions and that the are removed. The defect, he said, Thursday," said Gorakhnath Muslim Jamaat, which filed the The state “submitted that
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE clared a fugitive by the court of Naik’s writ writwasforclubbingof about43 couldpossiblybethatthereisno Gorakhnath said he is withdraw- contempt plea against state au- Revenue Survey Nos. 1851, 1852
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 law, how can he maintain an petition FIRs. He said that the apex court signatureof thepetitioneronthe ing the plea "to pave the way for thorities,hasapproachedtheapex and1853ofvillagePrabhasPatan,
Article 32 petition?” said sought had stayed the proceedings in plea. “A fugitive is unable to give theby-electionintheMilkipuras- court with “unclean hands”. taluka Veraval, district Gir
OBJECTING TO the writ petition Solicitor General of India Tushar clubbing of 2013 and that the defects were his signature,” he said. sembly constituency, which had Inanaffidavitfiledinresponse Somnath, from where the en-
filed by Islamic preacher Zakir Mehta appearing for the state as various FIRs being cured. Justice Okasaid the courtcan beenimpededbytheongoinglit- to the contempt petition, Gir croachments were removed, are
Naik, the Maharashtra govern- Naik’s 2013 plea came up before Meanwhile, Justice Oka direct the Registry to accept the igation".Thepleahadallegedthat Somnath district Collector “un- Government lands abutting the
ment Wednesday questioned a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka, pointed out that the petitioner counter affidavit but Mehta Awadhesh Prasad had taken an equivocally submitted that the waterfront (Arabian Sea).”
how an Article 32 petition filed Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and mental rights. Mehta pointed was not seeking transfer any- wondered if the court can waive erroneous oath during the sub- said encroachments are on Thestatesaidthattheremoval
by a person declared fugitive by Augustine George Masih. out the petition was defective moreandwasseekingquashing. the objections raised by the missionofhisnominationpapers. Governmentlandsabuttingawa- ofencroachmentsongovernment
a court be maintained. Article 32 of the Constitution and submitted that he had in- Mehta said that though the Registry. The court said it is not The writ alleged that the notary ter body, being the Arabian Sea; lands in village Prabhas Patan on
Naik’s writ petition sought grants every individual the right structionsthatitwasbeingwith- state’s counter affidavit is ready, waiving any objection but only who authenticated Prasad's doc- and,therefore,theactionofthere- September28,2024“wasthefifth
clubbing of various FIRs against to move the Supreme Court for drawn.However,thecounselap- it can be filed only after the de- saying that the counter affidavit uments did not possess a valid li- spondentsclearlyfallswithinthe phase of removal of encroach-
him in different parts of the the enforcement of their funda- pearing for Naik said he had no fects highlighted by the Registry can be filed since it is ready. cence on the date of attestation. exceptions carved out by” the ments in the said village”.

Days after clashes, Bahraich remains tense ACCUSED GRANTED CONDITIONAL BAIL

MP HC asks man to salute Tricolour 21 times

Chief medical 25 pellet injury marks on his

twice a month over ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan

bodyandalacerationnearhisleft
officer: 25 pellets eye, likely caused by a blunt ob-
ject.Healsosaidthattherewasa
in youth’s body burn injury near Mishra's toe. act is prejudicial to maintenance Theprosecutionhadclaimed Labtoenableittofurnishreports
Apanelof doctorsconducted ANAND MOHAN J of harmony and national inte- they had a video of the accused well in time.
the postmortem, he added. BHOPAL, OCTOBER 16 gration”. shouting the slogan, but the bail Faizan’s lawyer Hakim Khan
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Meanwhile,policecarriedout Granting bail to the accused, hearing had gone through a de- told the court that he was falsely
LUCKNOW, OCTOBER 16 raids to trace those identified THE MADHYA Pradesh High JusticeDineshKumarPaliwaldi- lay of several months after the implicated in the case, but
through videos and photographs Court Tuesday granted bail to a rected that Faizan continuously video was not produced before agreed that his client was seen
MAHARAJGANJ TOWN and its of the incident. On Sunday manaccusedof shoutingtheslo- mark his presence at the local the court. in a video shouting the slogans.
surrounding areas in Bahraich evening, 22-year-old Mishra was gan, “Pakistan Zindabad police station between 10 am On September 17, Ashok Government advocate C K
district of Uttar Pradesh contin- killedandseveralotherswerein- Hindustan Murdabad”, on the and noon, on the first and fourth Khalko, director of the Forensic Mishra argued that the accused
ued to remain tense on juredduringaclash. Theclashal- condition that he salute the na- Tuesday of the month, till the Cyber Cell in Bhopal, appeared was a habitual offender and had
Wednesday following commu- legedlystartedwhenmembersof tional flag 21 times, twice a conclusion of the trial. before the court and informed 14 criminal cases registered
nal violence on Sunday during a Police personnel keep a vigil at Maharajganj in Bahraich the minority community asked month, while raising the slogan During his visit to the police that at present, “3,400 matters against him.
Durga idol immersion proces- district on Wednesday. PTI the music to be turned off as the “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”. station, the accused "shall salute are pending before Forensic “He is openly shouting slo-
sion that left one person dead procession passed near their The accused, Faizan, was ar- the national flag unfurled on the Cyber Lab for examination and gans against the country in
and several others injured. homes and a mosque. rested by the police in Bhopal building of the police station 21 he is having only four persons to whichheisbornandbroughtup.
Shops remained shut in sev- strict the entry of outsiders, po- BahraichDistrictHospital,Sanjay So far, 55 people have been ar- following an FIR registered on times, raising the slogan ‘Bharat examine and retrieve the mate- If he is not happy and satisfied in
eral areas of the town with the lice said. Heavy police force has Kumar, told The Indian Express restedin11separatecasesfiledaf- May 17 and had been in deten- Mata Ki Jai’. The aforesaid condi- rial sent by police stations in this nation, he may opt to live in
internet services remaining sus- also been deployed in the area thatthecauseof deathof the22- ter the incident. Police on tion since. The prosecution had tion has to be necessarily incor- Madhya Pradesh”. the country of his choice for
pendedforthethirdconsecutive withseniorpoliceofficerscamp- year-old man was “shock and WednesdayarrestedDanishalias argued that the accused in- poratedinbailpapers,”thecourt The court then directed the which he raised the slogan of
day. Barricades have been set up ing in the district. hemorrhage”. He noted that the Shaheer Khan, one of the six ac- tended “to promote enmity be- said. The bail bond was set at Rs stategovernmenttoprovidesuf- zindabad,” Mishra argued.
inseveralareasof thetowntore- Chief Medical Officer of body of Ram Gopal Mishra had cusednamedinthemurdercase. tween different groups and his 50,000. ficientstaff totheForensicCyber
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had health issues, I have re-
signed… there was no pressure
sonal decision. I have suffered a
stroke twice and due to health
says ‘asphyxia due to hanging’
Theboy’sfamily,however,re-

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BENGALURU, OCTOBER 16 onme,asIhadhealthissuesIhave concerns I have put down my pa- NEETIKA JHA fusedtoacceptthepost-mortem
resigned,” Marigowda told re- pers,” he said. NOIDA, OCTOBER 16 report, alleging that the boy was
AMID INVESTIGATIONS into the porters. He submitted his resig- Siddaramaiahisfacinginvesti- murdered at the private resi-
alleged irregularities in allocation nationattheUrbanDevelopment gations by the Lokayukta and the TWO DAYS after a 16-year-old dence of a police officer at the
The Ministry of Civil Aviation is of sites to Karnataka CM Department office in Bengaluru. EDintotheallegedirregularitiesin boyfromUP’sBijnordiedatapo- behest of the girl’s family mem-
SUKALP SHARMA Civil understood to be working Siddaramaiah’s wife, Mysuru Responding to a question, he theallotmentof 14sitestohiswife liceofficer’sprivateresidencefol- bers who were accompanying
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BOMB THREATS to flights of Ram Mohan earlier proposal of putting the resigned Wednesday. known from the probe whether demandedthatSiddaramaiahalso year-old girl, the post-mortem “There were injury marks on
Indian airlines continued Naidu perpetrators of hoax bomb “I have resigned following di- there were any irregularities.” resignasheis“deeplyembroiled” report cites “asphyxia due to his body,” claimed the brother of
Wednesday with at least six threats on the no-fly list. rections from the CM. Also, as I “This (resignation) is my per- in the land “scam”. hanging” as the cause of death. the deceased.
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WORDLY WISE
Things don’t turn up in this world until
somebody turns them up.
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RAMNATH GOENKA
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
Maharashtra election will showcase a splintered
political battle, nuances of social engineering

DESTROYING TRUST Girish Kuber

UP ordinances on food are regressive. They exploit notions of DUSSEHRA2024,CELEBRATEDonOctober12, ingthatitwouldcrossthe50percentlimitset move is nothing but an ego-massage.
could probably indicate what lies ahead for for reservation. The forthcoming assembly elections will
pollution and purity, stoke a larger distrust in society

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Maharashtra post the assembly elections. Sincethen,thedemandforMarathareser- testalltheseinnovativewaysoffightingpolit-
LL THE OFFICIAL talk about consumer safety around the Uttar Pradesh gov- Historically, Dussehra in Maharashtra has vation has grown many fold and tops the ical battles with social engineering. On the
ernment’sdecisiontobringintwoordinancesonfoodcontamination,mak- been known for two rallies, both in Nagpur. agendaof everypoliticalpartyinthestate.As ground,ithasalreadyresultedinfurtherdeep-
One at Reshimbaug, the RSS headquarters, the pitch for Marathas became increasingly eningsocialrifts,percolatingtosuchanextent
ing the offence cognisable and non-bailable, cannot divert attention from
where swayamsevaks gather to celebrate the shrill,ithadthecollateraleffectofbringingto- that,insomeplaces,evennewsmenareform-
a disquieting intent, and effect. They will act as a communal dogwhistle organisation’s anniversary, and the other at gether OBCs and pitting them against the ing groups based on their castes. Needless to
that preys on the majority's notions of purity and pollution, and targets an already inse- Deekshabhoomi, where Dalits congregate in Marathas. This put the BJP in a fix, as it had a say,thesituationisworseinruralareas,espe-
cure minority. Titled ‘Prevention of Pseudo and Anti-Harmony Activities and Prohibition large numbers to commemorate the day in strong base amongst the OBCs. It would have cially in the hotbed of Marathwada, where
of Spitting Ordinance 2024’ and ‘Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Contamination in Food 1956 when B R Ambedkar embraced been foolhardy to antagonise this traditional Maratha auto drivers refuse to carry non-
(Consumer Right to Know) Ordinance 2024’, some provisions are unexceptionable. That Buddhism. Other than these, one more mela votebanktowinoveranewone.Realisingthis, Maratha passengers. As a result, the election
has,since1966,beenknownformakinghead- Fadnavis, now a part of the government led aheadisafighttoseewhohasmorecommu-
food and beverage sellers should wear head covers, gloves and masks when cooking and
lines:ThatofShivSenafounderBalThackeray.
As the pitch for Marathas by a staunch Maratha, Eknath Shinde, and nities on their side.
serving, and that there should be CCTV coverage of the kitchen and dining areas of es- Dussehra in 2024, however, witnessed as became increasingly shrill, it which includes another Maratha, Deputy AftertherecentParliamentelectionssaw
tablishments, is reasonable. But what purpose of food safety would be served by mandat- manyassevensuchrallies,includingoneeach had the collateral effect of Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, found it difficult to Dalits and minorities voting against the BJP
ing that personnel should wear identity cards at work? Such identity cards can, and will, bythetwoShivSenas,arallyofpredominantly bringing together OBCs and keepthereservationpotboilingwithouthav- en masse, there is now a serious attempt to
come in handy for communal profiling. The legislative power to issue ordinances, as the OBCsthatwasheldinMarathwadabythelate ingtodecide.Theambivalentstandoftherul- winasmuchof theirsupportaspossible.The
Gopinath Munde’s daughter Pankaja and
pitting them against the ing trio —the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, BJP and differencethistime—whichmayeventually
Supreme Court has clarified, is “in the nature of an emergency power” given to the exec-
nephew Dhananjay, and a mega show of Marathas. This put the BJP in Pawar-led NCP — eventually resulted in an- prove critical — is the wholehearted support
utive only to “meet an emergent situation”. What exigency, which could not have been
met by enforcing existing food safety regulations, demanded such a move by the UP gov-
Marathas, in Marathwada again, led by mav- a fix, as it had a strong base gering both Marathas and OBCs. of the RSS for the BJP. Unlike in the last
erickManojJarange.Addtothese,anewcomer amongst the OBCs. It would ThencametheDhangars(shepherdcom- Parliament election, the RSS is actively in-
ernment? And what does food safety have to do, anyway, with social “harmony”? to the Dussehra day rally, Raj Thackeray, ad- munity) who feared being left out of this so- volved and its swayamsevaks are out on the
These ordinances come in a larger, sobering context. In July, the Muzaffarnagar police dressinghissupporters.Eachindicatesgrow- have been foolhardy to cial game of extracting as much as possible field helping the BJP. It is in this changed re-
ordered eateries along the route of the Kanwar Yatra to display the owners’ names. This ingsocialandpoliticalcompartmentalisation antagonise this traditional fromthegovernment.They,too,launchedan ality that one can see the RSS chief’s state-
was, the police said, so that “confusion” among the strictly vegetarian kanwariyas could of thestate,whichtheassemblyelectionsare vote bank to win over a new agitationforreservation.Muchtothedismay ment at the Dussehra rally, where he asked
be avoided. Two months after the SC stayed that order, correctly pointing out that it was sure to accentuate. one. Realising this, Fadnavis, of the Marathas and OBCs, the state govern- swayamsevaks to “reach out to Dalits and
Underthesurfaceof its“developedstate” ment promised reservation to Dhangars as forge friendships with them”. One has to be
“contrary to constitutional and legal norms”, the UP government issued statewide direc-
status,Maharashtrahasalwayshadsocialten- now a part of the government well.Thestate’sgenerosityfurtherdeepened supremely naive not to see the RSS chief’s
tivesforeateriestomandatorilydisplaythenamesandaddressesof operators,proprietors sions. These came to the fore, thanks to then led by a staunch Maratha, thesocialdivide.Thoughnocasteorcommu- statement in the context of the state assem-
and managers, citing “incidents of adulterating food items like juice, dal, and roti with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s efforts to Eknath Shinde, and which nitywasactuallyabletogetreservation,many bly elections. It is also not a coincidence that
human waste, inedible, or dirty substances”. Now, the two ordinances confirm a disqui- winoverMarathasaheadofthe2019stateas- saw an opportunity to demand a share of the theBJPfounditself atthereceivingendof the
includes another Maratha,
eting trend -- from “bulldozer justice” to “love jihad” and “encounters” that the police sembly elections. It was not as innocuous a rapidly-shrinking reservation pie. As it was social divide in Maharashtra and as such,
move as it may seem. It was an audacious at- Deputy Chief Minister Ajit nexttoimpossibletoaccommodateeveryone more in need of rapprochement with vari-
wears as a badge of pride, to the new restrictions in the garb of food safety, UP is becom-
ing a fount of bad laws and governance practices that should not be emulated.
temptbyFadnavis,anRSS-groomedBrahmin, Pawar, found it difficult to in the “reserved” category, the state govern- ous social groups.
to snatch Marathas away from Congress and keep the reservation pot ment found another way to buy peace with The election on November 20 will be the
The need to “ensure trust of consumers” has been touted as one of the justifications for NCP. Eager to make a political statement, differentsocialgroups.Itstartedsettingupin- real test of how successful these attempts
theordinances.Buttheyputatrisk,infact,thetrustthatcitizensreposeineachotherinanin- FadnavisannouncedMarathareservationjust
boiling without having to dependent autonomous corporations with a have been. Notwithstanding the outcome,
creasinglylayeredandchangingeconomy.Theprimemoverofthegigeconomy,whereevery- ahead of the polls, hoping the state’s politi- decide. The ambivalent stand seed capital of Rs 50 crore each for various Maharashtra will realise soon how challeng-
thing from food to groceries to services reaches citizens' homes on the back of innovations callystrong,single-biggestcommunitywould of the ruling trio —the communities. As of date, the Maharashtra ing it is to mask the social divide that is not
andefficienciesbroughtinbynewtechnologies,andwhichprovidesemploymenttomillions, standbyhim.Notonlydidthemovebackfire, Shinde-led Shiv Sena, BJP governmenthasformedasmanyas17corpo- only out in the open but is also being encour-
it also opened a Pandora’s box. The Supreme rationsforvariouscommunities,suchasfish- aged and used by both the ruling alliance
is that same trust. In threatening to erode it, the UP ordinances are a terrible backward step.
Court, quite rightly, did not consider political
and Ajit Pawar-led NCP — erfolk, goldsmiths, Hindu Khatiks (Butchers) and Opposition.
exigency over the law and shot down the eventually angered both and even Jains. Not many of these bodies will

THE BODY SHOP Maharashtragovernment’sdecision,reason- Marathas and OBCs. havealifeoutsidegovernmentfiles,sincethis The writer is editor, Loksatta

Investigationof kidneytraffickingisareminderthatloopholes

OF POLITICS AND GODS

needtobeplugged,awarenessonorgandonationincreased

O
VER THE LAST decade-and-a-half, several cities in India have become hubs
fortransplantsurgeriesof organssuchaskidney,liver,heart,eyes,brainand
pancreas. Close to 18,000 organ replacement operations are performed an-
nuallyinthecountry,thehighestaftertheUSandChina.Thebulkofthesepro- In ancient Greece, as now, religious figures and belief were powerful forces
cedures take place in the private sector and attract patients from other parts of the world,
especially countries in India’s neighbourhood. They are a testament to the growing capa-
bilities of the country’s healthcare sector. However, along with compassionate donors and Vijay Tankha
efficient surgery teams, the ecosystem is rife with dubious networks of doctors, hospital
administratorsandorgantraffickers,manyof whoseoperationsextendbeyondIndia’sbor-
ders.Lastyear,forinstance,aUKnewspaperrevealedthataMyanmar-basedsyndicatehad
THE US ELECTIONS are around the corner.
Though it is the oldest modern democracy, IN GOOD FAITH compelledhimtocondemnher.Femaleemo-
tionconfrontedmalerationality(thekingand
Phaedra, his stepmother, an unholy lust for
him. The youth is appalled by her advances.
each dollar bill piously proclaims “in God we city).Bothlost(hissonanticipatingherdeath, Fearingexposure,Phaedrakillsherselfbutim-
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arranged paid kidney donors and got transplants performed in a prominent Delhi hospital trust”.Asecularpolitylikeours,whileitplaces commits suicide; his mother stabs herself plicateshim.Hisfatherhashimkilled.Artemis
byfakingdocuments.Now,ananalysisofpolicerecordsbythisnewspaperhasshonealight its trust in the RBI, is noteworthy for the reli- cursingherhusband).Theplayendswiththe wins the bet but, being a goddess, can’t shed
onaninternationalkidneytransplantracketcentredattwoprominenthospitalsintheNCR. gious tilt each party makes, careful not to of- chorus saying “the blows of fate will teach us tears for him. Instead, she vows to get one of
The investigation has revealed an illicit network stretching from Delhi to Dhaka that relied fendthesentimentsof thegodsortheirmany wisdom… the gods must be reverenced”. Aphrodite’sdevoteessomeday.“Weareplay-
on fudged documents and questionable tie-ups between big hospitals and smaller health devotees.InancientGreeceaswell,thebirth- Religious custom (represented by the burial) things of the gods”, says the poet.
place of democracy, with its numerous cults could outweigh the law. One reason for the negative depiction of
firms. The ring seems to have bypassed screenings at the international border.
and gods, religion was a powerful force. ThegodApollodroveOedipustohis(fated) Apollo may be because his cult was rooted at
India’s organ transplantation law recognises three kinds of donations: Those by near- Public events — the Panathenaea (dedi- doom. His storyline begins with a killing Delphi, an oracle politically aligned with
relatives, altruistic donations and swap donations when a near relative is medically in- cated to Athena), the Olympic Games (to (promptedbyagoddess)thatleadshisfamily Sparta, the bete noir of Athens (surviving dra-
compatible with the recipient, the pair is permitted a swap transplant with another re- Zeus), and the Theatre (of Dionysus) — were toextinction.InAeschylus’sOresteia,Apolloor- matictextsareallAthenian).Oraclescouldbe
lated unmatched donor-recipient pair. Foreign nationals must submit a certificate from heldintheirpresence.Beforeeverybattle,an- ders Orestes to kill his mother, yet the god of nasty, dispensing ambiguous prophecies of-
their country’s embassy to confirm that the donation is not driven by money or coercion. imals were sacrificed for favourable omens. ritual and prophecy cannot purify him of the ten misinterpreted by those who consulted
Like most illegal organ trading, the India-Bangladesh illicit market seems to have flour- Hellenic gods and heroes were regularly consequent blood guilt. The infernal female them. Delphi was also open to bribery (the
“seen” actively fighting against barbarian in- One reason for the negative deities that pursue Orestes are finally tamed Athenians once bribed the Priestess to con-
ishedformorethaneightyearsbydisguisingtraffickingas“altruisticdonation”.Thenews-
vaders.Themountainabovethesanctuaryof byajudicialprocessandharnessedasafearful vince the Spartans to overthrow the aristo-
paper’s analysis shows family trees were fabricated and impoverished donors were lured DelphihadhurledrocksatadvancingPersians. depiction of Apollo may be force that will keep citizens in check. crats who ruled Athens).
with Rs 4-5 lakh to part with their kidneys. Though gods were involved in almost because his cult was rooted In The Bacchae, Euripides’ last work, the Politics even then fed on religious senti-
Over1.5lakhpatientsinIndiarequireanorgantransplanteveryyear.Mostotherdevelop- everydrama,theGreektragediansneverthe- at Delphi, an oracle king,againrepresentingcivicreason,attempts ments. The entire aristocratic clan of the
ingcountriesalsohavealargemismatchbetweenneedypatientsandorgansthatcanbehar- less flagged their role in the politics of the politically aligned with to suppress Dionysus’ new cult (the god’s Alcmaeonids was exiled, not for the murder
vested.SeveralcountriesinSouthandCentralAsiaandAfricahavenotdevelopedtransplan- city.Thesedramatists,partof theintellectual Indianconnectionisnotedbyscholars).Hisfol- theirancestorscommitted,butforaviolation
elite of their times, displayed (and ques- Sparta, the ‘bete noir’ of lowers are also women: Day confronts night, of religious sanctuary. Socrates was accused,
tation capabilities. A section of patients from these regions travel to India for medical care. Athens (surviving dramatic
tioned) many of the opinions and beliefs of andthekingisdecapitatedbyhisownmother condemned and executed on the charge of
More alacrity by law enforcement agencies can help address part of the problem. The police the audience. Politics and religion were the texts are all Athenian). who, deranged by the god, thinks him a lion worshipping false gods. The tragedians were
have usually been up to the mark in busting illicit rings. However, as this paper’s analysis leitmotif of many tragedies. They showed theyhavetornapart.Sheentersthecitybran- well aware of the power of religious senti-
Oracles could be nasty,
shows, they do not bring this zeal to the criminal investigation. Letting alleged organ dealers prophets and priests as important in the af- dishingherson’shead.Thebrutalconflictends ment. While their plays are read as aiming to
offthehookreducestrustinthetransplantationsystem.Inthelongrun,traffickingshouldbe fairs of the city, and able to overturn politi- dispensing ambiguous with the god shrugging off responsibility. He incorporate rather than resist the irrational
seen as more than a law and order problem. There is an urgent need to increase awareness calfortunes.Oedipus,forinstance,suspected prophecies often exilesthewretchedAgaveandherfather,who power of the gods, they were wary of the po-
that Creon and the prophet Tiresias were misinterpreted by those complains: “Your reprisals are too severe.” litical role religion could play. Religious con-
aboutorgandonation,removemisconceptions,addressskews--womenconstitutingama-
conspiring to dethrone him. Though the fear Dionysis responds: “I am a god, and you have flict could overturn, as Luther did, the estab-
jority of donors, and men a majority of recipients, for instance. proved baseless in that play, it was a reason-
who consulted them. insulted me.” The chorus ends with the hom- lishedorder.Itshouldcomeasnosurprisethat
able assumption to make. Delphi was also open to ily, “many are the shapes of things divine.” long-lasting empires (Roman, Persian,
In two well-known instances, the state bribery (the Athenians once ThroughoutGreektragedy,thegodsmake Ottoman) were mostly tolerant of different

A SPECIAL FORAY waspitteddirectlyagainstreligiousbeliefs.In

Antigone(afavouritewithfeminists),theKing
(Creon) refuses burial rites to the traitor
bribed the Priestess to
convince the Spartans to
heinous demands. The fleet cannot sail for
Troy until a human sacrifice (a virgin no less)
placates Artemis, inexplicably upset. In
religions, as long as, paying taxes, their citi-
zens “gave to Caesar what was Caesar’s.”

Europa Clipper mission may or may not find signs Polynices(Antigone’sbrother).Religiousobli- overthrow the aristocrats Hippolytus, Aphrodite, wagering she can cor- The writer taught Philosophy at
of life, but it will fire a million imaginations gation drove her to disobey him; state policy who ruled Athens). rupt Artemis’ virgin devotee, implants in St Stephen’s College, Delhi

T
HE LAST COUPLE of days have seen two exciting space events. Elon Musk’s
SpaceX achieved possibly the most stunning feat in recent years when one

OCTOBER 17, 1984, FORTY YEARS AGO

of its rockets, on its return journey to Earth, was caught mid-air by the large
mechanical arms of its launch tower, demonstrating a major advance to-
wards realising the goal of a fully reusable rocket. Two days later, NASA’s Europa Clipper
mission embarked on a long journey to Europa, one of several moons of Jupiter, to inves- TRIPURA TRAGEDY fore special courts. There are over 400 Akali hasbeenachievedandeventhepanelofecon-
tigate one of the most likely places for extra-terrestrial life in the solar system. leaders in jails. Some important leaders in- omists were not satisfied with the explana-
Spaceexplorationhasundergoneaqualitativetransformationinthelastfewyears,witha THE UNDERGROUND TRIBAL National cluding the Akali Dal chief Harchand Singh tion offered by the Planning Commission.
flurry of high-profile innovative missions being launched, each one breaking new ground. Volunteers (TNV) struck again, killing four Longowal, the former Punjab chief minister, Most of the extra resources are to come from
membersofanon-tribalfamilyatKatlicherra, Prakash Singh Badal, former Union minister profits of public sector undertakings.
Decadesof relativelysilentexplorationandtechnologydevelopmenthaveresultedincapabi-
about 90 km from Agartala. A gang of armed Surjit Singh Barnala are detained under the
litiesthatnowenablespaceagencies,includingprivateplayerslikeSpaceX,toaimforwhatse-
emedfuturisticjustafewyearsago.ThoughamissiontoJupiterisnothingnew, andtherehave
menstormedintothehouseofthefamilyand
shotdeadfourinmates.Fourothersweresaid
National Security Act.
NOBEL FOR TUTU
beenotherspacecraftthathavetravelledfurtherintospace,theEuropaClippermissionisspe-
cial.IthasthefirstrealisticchanceofencounteringlifebeyondtheEarth,ormoreaccurately,en-
tobeinjured.Thegangwasledbyaself-styled
“Lieutenant” Surendra Dev Barman.
FIVE-YEAR PLAN PUZZLE BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN church leader and
anti-apartheidcampaignerBishopDesmond
countering conditions that have a high probability of sustaining life. Europa is one of the few THE PLANNERS HAVE miraculously reduced Tutu, 53, was awarded the 1984 Nobel Peace
places in the solar system — a moon of Saturn is another candidate — suspected of having a NO BAIL FOR AKALIS theresourcegapof theSeventhFiveYearPlan
fromRs40,000croretoamereRs10,000crore
Prize, the Norwegian Nobel committee an-
nounced. The committee said Bishop Tutu,
largesaltyoceanbeneaththesurface,similartothoseonEarth.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL not release all the and are now confident of achieving the com- general secretary of the South African
The Europa Clipper mission may or may not find hints of such life on Europa, but this Akalis including G S Tohra, president, SGPC, pound annual rate of growth of 5 per cent in Council of Churches (SACC), had been a uni-
is just the sort of space mission that fires imaginations. The mission is just the start of hu- againstwhomtherearespecificcriminalcases a non-inflationary manner. But mystery sur- fying figure in the campaign to resolve the
mankind’s quest of finding extra-planetary cousins in the universe. andforwhichtheywillhavetofaceatrialbe- rounds the manner in which this reduction problem of apartheid in South Africa.
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WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
“The US is likely to regret allowing further weakening of the UN. Benjamin
Netanyahu and his colleagues’ refusal to respect it makes it all the more
important that others do so, and do so vocally.” — THE GUARDIAN

As the world warms and cools The $500 billion

Insurance can mitigate vulnerabilities to unpredictable events, climate disasters. opportunity
Human security, displacement is also a national security issue PM’s target for electronics manufacturing
can be realised by reforming regulatory
environment, building thriving hubs
schools, hospitals and recreation facilities.
Given the political difficulties and pro-
hibitivecostsofacquiringlargetractsofland,
it will be better to develop around existing
Syed Ata Hasnain electronics manufacturing regions. This
would mean declaring a large — say 300 sq
km — special region incorporating existing
FOR ALL OUR efforts within the disaster factories and new parks. Within the zones,
management community, it’s often ex- the focus needs to be on attracting lead
tremely challenging to get people to realise Ashish Dhawan brands and their partners as anchor in-
that disasters happening around them and Vinay Ramesh vestors and they can, in turn, attract their
could one day affect them directly. The downstream partners.
common citizen tends to believe that dis- Togiveasenseoftheimportanceofscale,
asters and other disruptions are meant for LAST MONTH, PRIME Minister Narendra Shenzhen (2,000 sq km) generates manu-
others. Very few realise that a devastating Modi announced a $500 billion target for facturingemploymentfor4.6millionwork-
earthquake could render a well-to-do mid- electronicsmanufacturinginIndiaby2030. ers and exports of more than $300 billion.
dle-class person and his family homeless, Wemustapplaudandsupporttheambition By contrast, Mundra EMC is just 2.5 sq km
even relegated to a government relief camp. —growthinelectronicsmanufacturingwill and employs 5,000 workers.
Elevate this personal security issue to the help solve India’s jobs challenge. For exam- Largesizeandanchorinvestorsalonewill
national level and imagine the effect of nat- ple, the Apple ecosystem alone exports notbeenough.Theseregionsneedaregula-
ural and other disasters in different parts of around$14billionandemploys1.6lakhpeo- tory environment that is conducive to ex-
the country around the year, hugely denting ple. At the same time, we must recognise portsandcomparabletothebestmanufac-
the national aspirations of making India a thattheambitionisaudacious—India’sen- turing regions. The priority would be
$5-trillion, and then a $10-trillion economy. tire manufacturing output in 2023-24 was pro-employment labour laws — allowing
Such an economy could improve the status roughly $660 billion. Meeting the target longershifts,globallycompetitiveover-time
of many people, and make the poverty- would mean sustaining growth rates few rulesandremovingrestrictionsonemploy-
stricken upwardly mobile. Yet, that can only countries have achieved and will require ing women, who make up a majority of
happen if there are no downturns. Disasters equally audacious reform. electronics workers.
are major causes of economic downturns. The government already realises that Theotherkeyareaofcustomisedregula-
Those who perceive national security as much of this growth will have to be export- tionistaxationandtariffs.Electronicsman-
C R Sasikumar
something related just to borders being se- led,asstatementsbytheministerofelectron- ufacturing requires movement of lakhs of
cure have to remember that without the Management Authority (NDMA) of India from that event haunts the US even today ics and information technology have made components with designs changing fre-
ability to secure our aspirations there can recently conducted a daylong workshop on and is a major issue in the current presiden- clear.However,whileachievingexportcom- quently.Extremelyspecialisedsupplychain
never be any national security. this theme along with the heads of several tial contest. Africa’s frequent tryst with petitiveness at scale is the right strategy, ex- participants mean that much of this move-
Where does disaster risk insurance important insurance companies and intel- drought has had an immense impact on na- ecutingitisnomeantask.Howcanwedoit, mentiscross-border,evenincountrieswith
come into all this? The connection starts lectuals from the financial world. It pro- tions such as Somalia, Sudan and Western especially given our legacy ecosystem that much greater value add. Thus, all our com-
with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vided several takeaways that can be devel- Sahara. It has been one of the reasons for so- has proven so resistant to reform? petitorslikeVietnam,China,etc.,alreadyal-
speech at the Asian Ministerial Conference oped into insurance instruments in ways cietal turbulence that has afflicted a large The answer lies in the history of manu- low foreign vendors or brands to manage
on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) held in that satisfy the objectives of insurance com- number of countries in Africa and pushed facturing growth, which has been a story component inventory seamlessly across
New Delhi in 2016. In that speech, PM Modi panies, government and private individu- them into severe debt traps. of regional clusters. The electronics indus- borders without tax or tariff implications.
outlined the Ten-Point Agenda for DRR, a als. These will, of course, need to be re- Perhaps the greatest potential for disas- try is no different. From its beginnings in This has been a big part of their success.
mantra now linked positively and inextri- searched and modelled. Parametric ter-related security issues exists right across Silicon Valley to its later centres — Taiwan, However, current Indian tax laws make
cably to the Indian Prime Minister’s name. insurance is the sought-after financial do- India’s border, in Pakistan. A precedent Japan, South Korea and then more recently inventory management by foreign entities
The second point of the Agenda states: main by disaster managers with no appar- needs recall. In 1981, three million refugees Shenzhen in China and Northern key eco- unviable,makingmanufacturingneedlessly
“Risk coverage must include all, starting ent objection from the insurance world. It came out of Afghanistan as a consequence nomic region (NKER) in Vietnam — com- complex. Interestingly, the required tax ex-
from small households to SMEs, to multi- ensures that on the occurrence of certain of the Soviet invasion. They were housed in petitive regional clusters have driven ceptions have been allowed previously in
national companies”. mutually accepted parameters related to tented camps in Pakistan along the growth in electronics. “national interest” for the Oil & Gas indus-
Risk coverage has two connotations. identified hazards, insurance will be avail- Pakistan-Afghanistan border and fed by In India too, clusters in regions like try. Electronics today is no less strategic.
First, physical safety from disasters through able to the insured without verification of UNHCR. However, the presence of hun- SriperumbudurinTamilNaduandNoidain Corporate tax and GST rates too need to
early warning systems, mitigation, and ef- individual claims. This cuts down time-con- dreds of radical preachers ensured the birth Uttar Pradesh have recently been growing be benchmarked against those in Vietnam
fective responses when everything else suming and often annoying bureaucratic of the young Taliban who 15 years later cap- fast, and account for nearly 50 per cent of and China to attract large global players.
fails. The second is the necessity of the hope scrutiny and approval spirals. tured power in Kabul and changed the dy- our electronics exports. To sustain and ac- Finally, Indian factories are encumbered by
of receiving optimum compensation for Disaster risk insurance can enhance key namics of the international order. That was celerategrowthinelectronics,weneeddeep numerous laws governing buildings, green
losses. It is difficult for the state to compen- aspects of human security. It’s important to not a natural disaster-related event. But just and ambitious region-led reform that can cover,pollutionnorms,etc.,thatareglobally
sate individuals in full to rebuild lives and realise that human security holds the key to
It’s important to realise that like the vulnerabilities of the Afghan create large, globally competitive electron- uncompetitive. EMC authorities need to be
livelihoods, and simultaneously recoup nationalsecurity,especiallyinregionswhere human security holds the key refugees were exploited in the 1980s and ics manufacturing regions. able to relax these within the region.
losses in terms of infrastructure and other proxy wars, based upon terrorism, abound. to national security, especially 1990s, the insecurities of an estimated 2.6 Studying successful regions around the To ensure responsive governance, cen-
aspects of recovery. That is where different Bangladesh lost 1,40,000 people and innu- in regions where proxy wars, million displaced people from Pakistan’s worldrevealsthreekeyfactorsforsuccess— tral and state governments also need to de-
forms of risk insurance come in. Many merable of the country’s citizens were in- flood-ravaged areas of 2022-23 can also be largesizewithanchorinvestors,customised volve requisite powers to the EMC author-
countries around the world insure people, jured and displaced due to the fury of the su-
based upon terrorism, exploited by elements in Pakistan’s bad- regulations to suit export activity and devo- ity so that it can provide all necessary
their properties and infrastructure so that per cyclone in 1991. Human security in the abound. Bangladesh lost lands. The nation has no scope to offer com- lution of administrative power down to the approvals and permissions. Global exam-
adherence to the principle of “build back underdeveloped environment of the nation 1,40,000 people and pensation or promise to “build back better”, industrialparklevel.Wegointosomedetail ples have also shown that PPP models that
better” can be promised more realistically. has been a nagging factor ever since then. innumerable of the country’s now or any time in the future. It’s worth re- on each of these to explain why a new pol- attractprivateplayerstomanagetheregion
Insurance companies have analysed disas- Displaced and homeless people have always calling that India’s problems with radical icy should incorporate these factors. andbuildplugandplayparksareagoodway
ter risk in a professional way at the interna- been targeted by radical ideologies around citizens were injured and terror commenced with the rise of ele- Large size is essential for competitive- of speedy and high-quality execution.
tional level and found that there are doable the world. Their vulnerability is exploited to displaced due to the fury of ments who were nurtured in the IDP camps ness. Shenzhen, a Chinese special region, Thecurrentgovernmenthasshownthe
business models. the hilt. Such vulnerabilities invariably lead the super cyclone in 1991. on Pakistan’s western border. which alone exports around $350 billion, willingness to enable such a differentially
We should be extremely happy that dis- to illegal migrations and restiveness in the Human security in the Astheworldwarmsandcools,itneedsto is 2,000 sq km, while the largest Indian regulatedzoneforfinancialservicesinGIFT
aster-related insurance is at last receiving receiving societies. The spiral never ends. lookathumansecuritymuchmorepragmat- electronics cluster, under the govern- city, and needs to do the same for electron-
due attention in India too because disasters RememberHaitiandtheearthquakeof 2011, underdeveloped environment ically and be more focused on bringing dis- ment’s Electronics Manufacturing Cluster ics manufacturing regions. Reforming
will never stop occurring and there is which measured 9 on the Richter scale. of the nation has been a aster risk insurance to the fore, everywhere. (EMC) scheme, is 2.5 sq km. Large size India’s regulatory cholesterol across the
enough scope for reasonable business op- 3,16,000 people died and many Haitians nagging factor ever since then. helps in co-locating suppliers and buyers, country is a long and arduous road, but we
portunities for insurance companies and were forced to migrate due to the inability of The writer, a former corps commander of which is important for ecosystem compet- can start by reforming the regulatory envi-
Displaced and homeless
fair deals for both government and private the country’s government to assist them in the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, itiveness. It also helps invest in large, effi- ronment in geographically limited areas.
players to receive the benefits of insurance rebuilding their lives. There was no question people have always been is member of the National Disaster cient shared industrial infrastructure like Without thriving manufacturing regions,
coverage. The National Disaster of insurance there. The wave of migration targeted by radical ideologies. Management Authority effluent plants and testing facilities that the ambitious goal set by the PM will re-
lower costs for everyone. mainjustanothermanufacturingtargetwe
Electronics factories can employ thou- have no hope of achieving.
sands — the Foxconn factory in
Sriperumbudurhas21,000workers—andit Dhawan is founder and CEO of

Not just the foreign hand

isimportanttohouseworkersclosetofacto- The Convergence Foundation
ries.Largezonesmakeitpossibletohaveso- and Ramesh is COO of Foundation
cial infrastructure like worker housing, for Economic Development

Social, economic changes are also to blame for sex selection

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Mary E John
A RECENT ARTICLE (‘Don’t outsource devel- is quite unclear what these were) with huge and it is only in 2001 that the national CSR ily, the devaluation of daughters, and the con-
CONSIDER THE RISK ple are not only visible in national and
stateelectionsbutalsoinstateassembly
opment’, Bibek Debroy, Sanjeev Sanyal and backingfromUSfoundationsandINGOs.DSS dropped below the overall sex ratio. There is straints of contemporary economic develop- THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Facingoff’ elections. For instance, in Maharashtra,
Aditya Sinha, IE, October 10) offers a garbled usethistoclaimthatSegalengineeredthedi- nostatisticalevidenceofprenatalsexselection mentshapingsuchfamily-buildingstrategies. (IE,October16).RelationsbetweenIndia theBJPfacesverticallydividedlocalpar-
account of why colonial policies earlier and rect and immediate spread of sex selection in the 1960s and 1970s; sex selection became Who, then, is to blame? Hvistendahl is andCanadahavereachedanewlow.This tieswhereasitsoppositioninJharkhand
INGOstodayareresponsibleforthespreadof methodsacrossthecountry,offeringasproof significant only from the 1980s. righttoquestiontheeasyanswer--thetradi- downward spiral sharply contrasts the is essentially a local party in power. On
sexselectioninIndia.Debroy,SanyalandSinha the Child Sex Ratios (CSRs, in the 0-6 age DSS are quite right to point to the influ- tional family. A better answer would be the previouslycordialties,whichhavebeen the bright side, if this notion of uncer-
(henceforthDSS)approvinglycitea2011book group) from the Census. The figures they enceofINGOsmotivated“byMalthusianfears modernising family buffeted by rapid social significantly shaped by trade and the tainty persists, political parties have to
bytheAmericanjournalistMaraHvistendahl, quote(ofgirlsper1,000boys)are:943in1951, ofoverpopulation”inpostindependentIndia. andeconomicchange,wantingasmallfamily large Indian immigrant community in be on their toes for every election in the
Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls 941 in 1961, 930 in 1971, 934 in 1981, and 927 These fears led to the excesses of the (backedbytheIndianstate’stwochildnorm), Canada.Indiaisthesinglelargestsource future, be it local or national.
and the Consequences of a World full of Men. in 1991. They see 1971 as the critical turning Emergency under Indira Gandhi. But DSS are hopingforatleastonesonfortheireconomic of foreignstudentsforCanadianuniver- Y G Chouksey, Pune
I will not discuss DSS’s claims on British point with a significant drop in the CSR be- quite wrong when it comes to dating sex-se- future and at most one daughter to be suc- sities. Diplomatic prudence is crucial.
colonialpolicybecausethishasbeenwellcov-
eredbyhistorians.Femaleinfanticide—anex-
cause of the sex determination tests intro-
duced by Sheldon in the 1960s.
lection technologies, and charting their
spread. Amniocentesis (first introduced in
cessfullysettled“elsewhere”.Technologyhas
a necessary part in this story, but it is not the
Both nations need to let diplomacy take
its course. If Canadian police have evi-
INDIA-CANADA TIES
isting pre-colonial practice amongst groups However, the figures DSS quote are not 1975) never became a mass method for sex main protagonist. dence, as claimed, they should pursue THISREFERSTOthearticle,‘Atoughroad
such as the Rajputs — intensified and spread CSRsatallbuttheoverallsexratios(forallages), selection;thishappenedonlywiththearrival So, yes, we need more research on the theinvestigationwhilerespectinginter- from the brink’ (IE, October 16). The re-
asanunintendedconsequenceof Britishland which are irrelevant as evidence of sex selec- of ultrasoundtechnologyinthe1980s.Unlike geopolitical implications of independent national diplomatic immunity. cent downgrading of bilateral ties be-
andrevenuepolicies,asfamiliestriedtomatch tion! As early as the 1960s, Indian demogra- amniocentesis,ultrasoundscanningwaspart India’s trysts with population control and US Ultimately, both countries must recog- tween India and Canada doesn’t augur
their sudden resource constraints by resort- phers were worried over a declining trend in of generalprenatalcare;itsmisuseforsexde- imperialism.However,Hvistendahl’ssimplis- nisethattheirfuturerelationshipismore well for the current global geopolitical
ing(amongotherthings)tofemaleinfanticide the overall sex ratio from the turn of the 20th termination followed later. What DSS do not ticconspiracytheorieswillnotdo,norwillthe important than their past conflicts. milieu.PMJustinTrudeauseemstohave
so as to escape the humiliation of an unmar- century, indicating a comparatively greater mentionisthat,beginningwithamniocente- DSS article, which only misleads. Khokan Das, Kolkata been hemmed in by his domestic polit-
rieddaughterwithtoolittledowry.DSSdonot neglectofwomencomparedtomen.ButCSRs sis, it is the mobilisation by women’s organi- Speaking from the ramparts of the Red ical considerations. His ally Jagmeet
acknowledge that this sense of humiliation,
bornofwhatthehistorianBarbaraMillerpith-
aretherelevantCensusfiguresforconsidering
the effects of pre-natal sex selection (though
sations and health activists that led to a ban
on such testing in government hospitals in
Fort in 2019, our Prime Minister declared
“population explosion” to be one of India’s
STATE ELECTIONS Singh has fallen out of Trudeau’s coali-
tion, endangering majority support to
ilycalled“prideandpurse”,wasindeedpartof theywouldalsobeindicatorsofanyexcessfe- 1978, but this did not stop private practition- main problems. He asked: “With an ever in- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Two the government. In case of imminent
Indian culture. male child mortality). CSRs began to be esti- ers. Later, it was the interventions of activists creasingpopulation,wehavetothink,canwe straws in the wind’ (IE, October 16). elections in Canada, the Conservative
But the main argument of the DSS article mated from the 1971 Census (created to de- that resulted in a legal ban on sex determina- do justice to the aspirations of our children? Considering the differing results of the Party is set to bag 42.8 per cent of the
draws from a section of Hvistendahl’s book – termineliteracyratesaccurately).TheCSRsfor tion,firstinMaharashtrain1986andthenna- Before a child is born in our home, we must recent Lok Sabha elections and assem- votes as against 22.8 per cent for the
whose chapters race across the globe and 1971 onwards are: 964 in 1971; 962 in 1981; tionally in 1994. ask if we have prepared ourselves to fulfil the bly elections in Haryana held within a Liberal Party as per the recent opinion
decades in bewildering fashion — to focus on 945 in 1991; 927 in 2001; and 918 in 2011. If, Thatthelawwaspoorlyimplementedtells child’sneeds,orarewegoingtoleavethechild short span of four months, it may be poll.Howthisspreeof eventsaffectsthe
anAmericanpopulationexpertSheldonSegal as DSS acknowledge, 950 girls per 1,000 boys usaboutthenexusof privatemedicalpractiti- to its fate?” How should Indian families an- somewhatdifficulttopredicttheimpact $75 billion worth of investment by the
who spent some years during the 1960s ad- is the standard, then the impact of sex selec- oners and government officials. That families swer these questions today? of the present poll on the next round of Canadian pension fund into India inter-
vising doctors in AIIMS, Delhi on population tion is visible not in 1971 (as they claim) but incertainregionspushedwomenintosexsele- polls.Thedifferencesintermsofpolitical alia, is yet to unfold.
control.Hvistendahl’sclaimisthathetrained two decades later, in 1991. It is in 1991 that ctiontobearasontellsusaboutthecomplexre- The writer is a retired professor parties and what issues matter to peo- Vinay Saroha, New Delhi
them in sex selection technologies (though it HaryanaandPunjabrecordedhugeCSRdrops, lationshipsbetweenthedesireforasmallfam- of Women’s Studies
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Trudeau’s troubles & Canadian Sikh vote

Escalation could be struggling Four suspects, five adjournments
PM’s last throw of political dice since May: where the case stands
The initial report of the commission years,” Milewski said. This has hap- was shot, Amandeep was charged by
ARJUN SENGUPTA publishedinMayidentifiedChinaas“the pened despite strong pushback by Sikhs MANRAJ GREWAL SHARMA Surrey RCMP with dangerous driving
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 most persistent and sophisticated for- within the party. CHANDIGARH, OCTOBER 16 and fleeing police.
eign interference threat to Canada”, but “In 2014, a large group of Sikhs Court documents showed that
INDIA HAS rejected Canadian accusa- also named India among “possible for- walked out of the Liberal Party after it JUDICIALPROCEEDINGSagainstthefour Amandeep had signed an undertaking
tions of involvement in the killing of eign interference actors”. picked Harjit Singh Sajjan, backed by the men arrested for the June 18, 2023 mur- on June 6, 2023, agreeing to appear in
Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh “Indian officials, including Canada- pro-Khalistan World Sikh Organisation, der of Khalistani separatist Hardeep court. He had also declared that he did
Nijjar, and said they are part of “the po- based proxies, engage in a range of activ- overthemoderateandstaunchlysecular Singh Nijjar on the premises of a gurd- not possess firearms.
litical agenda of the [Justin] Trudeau ities that seek to influence Canadian Barj Dhahan for the Vancouver South wara in Surrey, British Columbia (B.C.), Twelve days later, Amandeep al-
Government that is centered around communities and politicians. These ac- seat. But this ended up working for the have made no substantive progress. legedly opened fire on Nijjar in the park-
vote bank politics”. tivities...aim to align Canada’s position Liberals,withSajjanwinningin2015and The case has been adjourned five ing lot of the B.C. gurdwara. As per court
“Prime Minister Trudeau’s hostility with India’s interests on key issues, par- becoming Trudeau’s Minister of times since May this year, when the ac- filings,hoursbeforetheshooting,hewas
to India has long been in evidence”, the ticularly with respect to how the Indian Defence,” Milewski said. cused were arrested. It is now scheduled seen in the vicinity of the gurdwara, al-
Ministry of External Affairs said on government perceives Canada-based to be taken up on November 21. legedly behaving erratically.
Monday. The allegation that senior supporters of an independent Sikh But it’s unlikely to work Canadian Prime Minister Justin Amandeep first appeared in court
Indian diplomats, including High homeland(Khalistan),”thereportstated. The Trudeau government’s latest ac- Trudeau and other officials have repeat- on May 15, but the case was adjourned
Commissioner Sanjay Verma, were in- The report cited Canadian intelli- tions could be seen in this context, espe- edly claimed to have provided credible The gurdwara in Surrey, B.C. in to May 21.
volved in Nijjar’s killing “serves the anti- gence to state that “Indian proxy agents cially given that his party’s near-term and irrefutable evidence of links be- whose premises Nijjar was shot ON MAY 21, all four men appeared
India separatist agenda that the Trudeau mayhaveattemptedtointerfereindem- survival rests in the hands of Jagmeet tween Nijjar’s killers and the Indian gov- dead last year. AP together before the Provincial Court for
Governmenthasconstantlypanderedto ocratic processes, reportedly including Singh, whom the MEA has described as ernment. India has said that not “a shred the first time. Karan, Kamalpreet, and
for narrow political gains”, it said. through the clandestine provision of il- a “leader [who] openly espouses a sepa- of evidence” has been provided by Karanpreet appeared in person, while
KhalistaniseparatismonCanadiansoil licit financial support to various ratist ideology vis-à-vis India”. Canada over the past year, since Trudeau None of the men were known to po- Amandeep appeared by a video link.
haslongbeenTrudeau’sblindspot.More Canadian politicians as a means of at- But it is hard to imagine how this can first alleged an Indian hand in the mur- lice previously, Superintendent Judge Emmet Duncan spoke to the men
than a year after he first alleged Indian tempting to secure the election of pro- save the sinking Liberal ship. The party’s der in September 2023. Mandeep Mooker, Officer in Charge of throughaninterpreterandputthemun-
government links to the Nijjar murder, India candidates or gaining influence abysmal polling is due to a host of issues, All four accused, who allegedly the Integrated Homicide Investigation der a “no-contact order”, which is a bar
what explains this week's escalation? over candidates who take office”. including inflation and rising rents, con- played roles as shooters, drivers, and Team (IHIT), told reporters at the B.C. on establishing direct or indirect contact
cerns about immigration, as well as spotters on the day Nijjar was killed, re- headquarters of the Royal Canadian with specified individuals.
Trudeau is on the brink The vote bank incentive Trudeau’s own unpopularity. main in a police holding facility. This is Mounted Police (RCMP) in Surrey. The case was adjourned to June 25.
By all accounts, Trudeau’s days as According to Statistics Canada, the In an interview with Global News in what has happened since their arrests. Later that day, RCMP Assistant On that day, the case was adjourned
prime minister are numbered. Elections country’s official statistics agency, Sikhs September,DarrelBricker,CEOof polling, (From top) ON MAY 3, 2024, Karan Brar (22), Commissioner David Teboul said the again to August 7.
are due in a year from now, and his were roughly 2.1% of the country’s pop- research, and analysis company Ipsos Amandeep Kamalpreet Singh (22), and Karanpreet probe included “investigating connec- ON AUGUST 7, defence lawyers ap-
party is trailing the opposition ulation in 2021, up from 0.9% in 2001. PublicAffairs,saidthatitwasnotjustthe Singh, Karan Singh (28), were arrested in Edmonton, tions to the Government of India”, and peared on behalf of their accused clients
Conservatives by nearly 20 percentage However, more than half of this popula- government message that is unappeal- Brar, the capital of the Canadian province of was“certainlynotlimitedtotheinvolve- via video on Microsoft Teams, alongside
points in the CBC News poll tracker. tion is concentrated in and around ing to voters but the messenger himself. Kamalpreet Alberta. ment of the people arrested today”. Crown Prosecutor Louise Kenworthy,
According to most experts, there is vir- Toronto in the province of Ontario, and Only 26% Canadians chose Trudeau Singh, All three men were charged with According to the RCMP, all three men who requested another adjournment.
tually no chance that his Liberal Party Vancouver in British Columbia. This has as their preferred PM candidate in an Karanpreet first-degree murder and conspiracy to had arrived in Canada on non-perma- She informed the court that the
will win a third straight term. meant that even though only about 1 in Ipsos polllastmonth,muchlessthanthe Singh. IHIT via commit murder in the Nijjar case. Police nent visas over the past three to five Crown had been working to provide dis-
In fact, Trudeau might not even 50 Canadians as a whole are Sikh, mem- 46% support for his Conservative coun- PTI said they had travelled from Edmonton years, and were residents of Edmonton. closure to the defendants, but the
make it until then. After defeats in by- bers of the community are an important terpart Pierre Poilievre. to Surrey to carry out the killing. Karan, who hails from Kotkapura in process was expected to take several
elections in Toronto and Montreal, and votebank in these areas. Punjab, arrived in Canada on a student more months. Local media in Surrey re-
amidst the abysmal polling numbers, “Therearefiveorsixridings(electoral visa in 2019, when he was still in his ported that Kenworthy said the defence
Liberal MPs are building pressure on districts)inBritishColumbiaandOntario teens. Canadian media reported that had received “in the region of about
him to step down, the Toronto Star re- where there is a large concentration of Bow Valley College in Calgary had said 10,000 pages of disclosure”, and that the
ported earlier this week. Sikhs,andwheretheycaninfluenceelec- that one Karan Brar had enrolled in Crown hoped to disclose “about 10,000
At least 20 MPs have signed a docu- tion outcomes,” veteran Canadian jour- 2020 for an eight-month course for a more by the end of next week”.
ment calling for Trudeau to resign, CBC nalist Terry Milewski had told The Indian health care clerk, but could not say Local media reports said the volumi-
News reported. Liberal MP Sean Casey Express last year. whether he even attended classes or nous nature of thecourtfilingsindicated
told the broadcaster on Tuesday: “The Canadianpoliticalpartiesoftenrelyon completed the programme. the RCMP had carried out a comprehen-
message that I’ve been getting loud and supportfrom“powerbrokers”withinthe Kamalpreettoo,arrivedinEdmonton siveinvestigation,andthatalengthytrial
clear — and more and more strongly as communitytogarnervotes.Manyofthese in2019,wherehissisterlives.Karanpreet could follow.
time goes by — is that it is time for community leaders have sympathy for was his friend, and shared a home with Provincial Court judge Mark Jetté ad-
[Trudeau] to go. And I agree.” the separatist cause — even though the him. Karan met the two at the wedding journedthemattertoOctober1.Thiswas
After Jagmeet Singh’s New vast majority of the Canadian Sikh popu- of Kamalpreet’s sister in 2023. the fourth adjournment since May 15.
Democratic Party last month pulled out lation does not care for Khalistan. FOUR DAYS LATER, on May 7, the A FIFTH ADJOURNMENT came on
of a deal to support the government in “In British Columbia and Ontario, three men, wearing orange jumpsuits, October 1, again on the request of Crown
return for more social spending, the where the vanguards of the Khalistan appeared before B.C. Provincial Court Prosecutor Kenworthy, who appeared in
Liberals were left with only 154 of the movement are most active, Khalistanis judge Delaram Jahani. The Provincial person before Provincial Court judge
338seatsintheHouseof Commons,well have control over many gurdwaras, Court is the first level of trial court in Jodie Harris. The four defence lawyers
short of majority. Trudeau will next face which then become centres of organisa- B.C., below the Supreme Court and the appeared virtually before the court, the
a confidence vote late in November or tion for the movement,” Milewski said. Jagmeet Singh (left) has pulled support to government of Justin Trudeau (centre). Reuters highest court in the province, the Court Surrey Now-Leader reported.
December, when the House has to ratify Community leaders here are highly of Appeal. “We have not yet provided all the
the so-called “budget update”. influentialevenamongthosewhoarenot Karan and Karanpreet agreed disclosure to my friends, and we are not

An inquiry is ongoing
directly involved in the Khalistan move- SEPARATIST HARDEEP SINGH NIJJAR’S KILLING AND AFTER throughtheirlawyerstomakeanextap- at a point where I could say substantive
ment. This has led to Canadian parties pearance on May 21. Kamalpreet sought disclosure has been completed,”
Trudeau’scriticsintheCanadianme- supporting Khalistani leaders, and not JUNE 18, 2023: Hardeep SEPT 19-22: India expels Mumbai, and Bengaluru. legal representation, and another date Kenworthy said. “I will advise the court
dia have said this week’s escalation may objecting to their anti-India rhetoric. “It Singh Nijjar, 45, who was senior Canadian diplomat, was set for him. that options are being considered for
be intended to deflect from the govern- is not easy to look out at a throng of designated a terrorist by the suspends issuing new visas OCT 13, 2024: Canada says Karanpreet’s lawyer Jay Michi said the transfer of the file to Superior Court.
ment’s sinking fortunes, and to appear 100,000 on Vaisakhi Day, knowing they NIA in 2022, shot dead in the for Canadians, asks Ottawa senior Indian diplomats are the defence was beginning to wade So those are the two matters unfolding,
strongonnationalsecurity—theprover- might vote for you if you keep your parking lot of a gurdwara in to reduce diplomatic “persons of interest” in through a “massive wave” of disclosures which is why I’m asking for the long ad-
bial Achilles’ heel for the Liberal Party mouth shut, and then to open it instead Surrey, Canada. presence in India. Nijjar investigation. from the Crown to find out what could journment today.”
historically. A federal inquiry is currently andrisklosingthevotes,”Milewskiwrote be challenged in court. He said the The judge adjourned the case to
ongoingintoallegedforeigninterference in his book Blood for Blood: Fifty Years of SEPT 18: Trudeau tells OCT 20: Canada withdraws OCT 14: India expels six process would take time. November 21. She agreed with
inCanada’spoliticalprocess.Trudeauap- the Global Khalistan Project (2021). Canada's parliament “agents 41 diplomats from India, Canadian diplomats, THEFOURTHSUSPECT, Amandeep Kenworthy’s request to mark the next
peared before the inquiry commission “The Liberals under Trudeau in par- of the Indian government” halts visa and consular withdraws its High Singh (22), was arrested in Brampton, dateasafixeddateandnotabailhearing,
for a second time on Wednesday ticular seem to have mastered the art of were linked to murder. services in Chandigarh, Commissioner to Canada. Ontario, on May 11. The Globe and Mail “given this court doesn't have jurisdic-
(evening India time). pandering [to the Khalistanis] in recent reported that three weeks before Nijjar tion to determine bail on this matter”.

Korean peninsula heating up again: history of hostility

between North and South, trigger for current tensions
Despite the North making initial gains, sup- the summit would see US and North Korea South Korea, DPRK formally laid to rest any
ANAGHA JAYAKUMAR port from the US helped South Korea fight makeheadwayregardingdenuclearisation hope for peaceful reunification.
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 back.Eventually,neithersidesecuredadeci- and consequent ease of sanctions.
sive victory, and an armistice was signed in However, the summit ended abruptly Could there be war?
EXPLAINED SCIENCE SIMMERINGTENSIONSbetweenNorthand
SouthKorea,arenowseeminglyboilingover.
1953.TheKoreanDemilitarizedZone(DMZ),
dividing the peninsula into half roughly
with not even a joint statement being
signed. Robert Carlin and Siegfried Hecker
CarlinandHeckerdescribedthecurrent
situation as “more dangerous than it has
NorthKoreaonWednesdayannounced aroundthe38thParallel,wascreatedbutno wrote in an article in 38 North, a US-based been at any time since early June 1950”.

CANLIFEEXISTANYWHEREELSEINTHE that more than 1.4 million citizens had ap-

plied to join the army. This came a day af-
teritblewupasectionof roadsandrailway
permanent peace treaty was signed.
Since then, both Korean nations have
dreamt of “reunification”, by force if neces-
publication specialising in policy and tech-
nicalanalysisofNorthKorea,thatthiswas “a
traumatic loss of face for Kim”, which
Notably, they wrote that North Korea’s in-
creasing closeness to Russia and China has
meant that it is not wary of the “ironclad

SOLARSYSTEM?WEMAYKNOWSOON lines on its southern border, in response to

SouthKoreaallegedlysendingdroneswith
anti-Pyongyangpropagandaleafletsacross
sary.Butthelikelyhumanand
materialcostof anall-outwar
has meant that the status quo EXPLAINED
pushed DPRK to completely
end its attempts to normalise
relations with the US (and
deterrence” presented by South Korea’s al-
liance with the US.
“There is a belief, entirely understand-
EUROPACLIPPER,thebiggest
interplanetary spacecraft
is the first by NASA devoted
to filling in the blanks to the
the border last week.
Technically,thetwoKoreashavebeenat
has, by and large, prevailed.
Starting in the 1970s, both
GLOBAL consequently the South). The
country also restarted its nu-
able,thatmoreandmorefrequentsymbols
of ourintenttoretaliatewillkeeptheNorth
that NASA has ever built, question of habitability on war for more than 70 years, and periodic sides held negotiations to- clear programme. atbay,aswillouroft-statedconvictionthat
lifted off from the Kennedy these ocean worlds. flare-upsarenotuncommon.Therecentes- wards achieving a “peaceful reunification”, Tensions between North and South if the North attacks, the counterattack will
Space Center in Florida on “I think Europa is cer- calation is nonetheless significant. with agreements in 2000, 2007, and 2018 Korea have been escalating since then. In totally destroy the North Korean regime.
Monday afternoon with a tainly the most likely place significant in this regard. However, very lit- January 2024, Kim notably announced a Yet, in the current situation, clinging to
mission to tackle one of biol- for life beyond Earth in our Historical context tle tangible progress was made. shift in DPRK’s outlook towards South those beliefs may be fatal,” they wrote fol-
ogy’s core questions: Can life solar system,” said Robert The Korean peninsula had been under Meanwhile, North Korea pursued the Korea. Renouncing further attempts at re- lowing Kim’s declaration in January.
exist anywhere else in our Pappalardo, the project sci- Japanese control since 1910. After Japan’s development of nuclear weapons, inviting unification, Kim said that the South was However, this does not necessarily
Solar System? entist for Europa Clipper. surrender in 1945, which brought World heavy sanctions from the UN Security now to be viewed as the “primary foe and meanthatawarisimpending.“Idoubtthat
The spacecraft’s destina- “And that’s because it is the War II to an end, the peninsula was split Council, the US, and its allies. invariable principal enemy”. the situation would escalate to the level of
tion is Europa, a moon of most likely to have the ingre- into two. The Soviet and the Chinese com- In July, North Korea announced that it war.NorthKoreaisexploitingmilitarycon-
Jupiter, where water sloshes dients for life in abundance munists propped up the Democratic Genesis of current tensions hadfurtherfortifieditssouthernborder.All frontationtostrengtheninternalcohesion,”
beneath a shell of ice that Mission lifts off on and for there to be enough People’s Republic of Korea in the North, In 2019, then US President Donald year, it has been sending helium balloons Professor Kang Dong-wan, who teaches
could be more than 10 miles Oct 14. Reuters time for life to get going.” while the Americans supported the cre- TrumpandNorthKorealeaderKimJongUn carrying trash across the southern border, political science and diplomacy at Dong-a
thick. Such ocean worlds are After a journey of five and ation of the Republic of Korea in the South. met in Hanoi, Vietnam. This was their sec- in response to South Korean activists send- University in Busan, told the BBC.
fairly common in the outer a half years and 1.8 billion In 1950, North Korean forces under ond meeting, after Trump in 2018 became ing “propaganda-laden” balloons to the “Whenever tensions rise, North Korea
SolarSystem.Thathascreatedspeculation: miles,EuropaClipperisscheduledtoenter founder Kil Il Sung invaded the South, trig- the first sitting US president to meet the North. By blowing up the Gyeongui and emphasises external threats to boost loy-
Couldtherebelifeswimminginanyofthose orbit around Jupiter on April 11, 2030. It gering the three-year-long Korean War. North Korean leader. Many had hoped that Donghae roads, which connect North and alty to the regime,” he said.
oceans? For now, the answer is: Maybe. will then make 49 flybys of Europa over
The$5.2billionEuropaClippermission four years. THENEWYORKTIMES
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UNIVERSITY SAYS HE HARASSED, INTIMIDATED EMPLOYEES

16 THE WORLD
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024
COLUMBIA BARS PRO-ISRAEL PROFESSOR
Columbia University has temporarily barred a vocal pro-Israel professor from campus,
saying he repeatedly harassed and intimidated the school’s employees. Shai Davidai, an as-
sistant professor in the business school, often posts videos of student activists and admin-
istrators online, actions his critics say blow past the boundaries of civility and policy. NYT

TOPOFTHE MUNICIPAL BUILDING ATTACKED

WORLD
Israel steps up attacks
across Lebanon, mayor
Polish President
Andrzej duda. File

POLAND
among 25 people killed
Presidentslams ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT, WASHINGTON, OCT 16
govt’santi-
ISRAELIAIRSTRIKESpoundedar-
migrantpolicy eas across Lebanon, killing at
least 25 people, officials said
Warsaw: Poland's presi- Wednesday, including more
dent on Wednesday con- than a dozen in a southern town
demnedthegovernment's where Israeli bombardments in
contentious plan to sus- previousconflictsaresearedinto
pend the right to asylum local memory. Elsewhere in the
forirregularmigrants,call- Migrant and security officials at the port of Shengjin, northwestern Albania on Wednesday. AP south, a city's mayor was among
ing it a “fatal mistake”. thedeadinastrikethatLebanese
President Andrzej Duda, officials said targeted a meeting
whoseapprovalisneeded
for the plan to take effect,
argued in parliament that
Italy deports Bangladeshi, Egyptian to coordinate relief efforts.
The Israeli military said they
were targeting a Hezbollah com- Rescue workers at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Qana

migrants to Albania under new deal

it would block access to manderinthestrikeslateTuesday village, south Lebanon, on Wednesday. AP
safe haven for people in on the southern town of Qana,
Russia and neighbouring where 15 people were killed.
Belarus who oppose their AssociatedPressphotosandvideo theAP,referringtoitsgrimhistory.
governments.
Minister Donald Tusk
Prime
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Italian Ambassador to
AlbaniaFabrizioBuccisaidFriday
seathisyear,comparedto138,947
by the same date last year. What’s in it
of the scene showed several flat-
tened buildings and others with
Lebanon's caretaker prime
minister,NajibMikati,meanwhile
PM: UK EXPLORING
replied that it would not SHENGJIN, OCTOBER 16 the two centres were ready to Underafive-yeardealsigned for Albania? their top floors collapsed. Rescue accused Israel of “intentionally SANCTIONS AGAINST
apply to dissidents. Tusk's
government on Tuesday AN ITALIAN navy ship on
processmigrantsaftertheopen-
ing was delayed for months to
lastNovemberbyItalianPremier
GiorgiaMeloniandherAlbanian By helping out Italy,
workerscarriedawaytheremains
of dead people and used a bull-
targeting” a municipal council
meetingtodiscussreliefeffortsin
ISRAELI MINISTERS
adoptedthefive-yearplan Wednesday docked at the consolidatethecrumblingsoilat counterpart, Edi Rama, up to Albania is securing its dozer to remove rubble, as they Nabatiyeh,wheresixpeoplewere London:Britainisconsidering
that's intended to AlbanianportofShengjintobring onecentre,inGjaderwherethey 3,000 migrants picked up by support as it pushes to searched for more victims. killed. “What solution can be sanctioning Israel's finance
strengthen protection of the first group of 16 migrants in- will be accommodated. Italian coast guard in interna- become an EU member. Israel said the target was Jalal hoped for in light of this reality?” ministerBezalelSmotrichand
Poland's, and the terceptedininternationalwaters A small group of activists tionalwaterseachmonthwillbe It is also showing the rest Mustafa Hariri, Hezbollah's com- he asked in a statement. national security minister
EuropeanUnion's,eastern to be processed there. gathered at the port to protest shelteredinAlbania.Italyhassaid of Europe that is willing mander in charge of the Qana Strikes continued across Itamar Ben-Gvir over com-
borderfrompressurefrom The naval ship Libra left the the arrival of the migrants, hold- only“non-vulnerable”mencom- to help the 27-nation bloc area. In 1996, Israeli artillery Lebanon,includingintheeastern mentstheymadeaboutcivil-
thousands of unautho- port of Lampedusa on Monday ing a banner saying, “The ing from countries classified as deal with one of its most shellingonaUnitedNationscom- Bekaa Valley and Nabatiyeh, in ians in Gaza and West Bank
risedmigrantsfromAfrica with 16 men — 10 from European dream ends here.” safe would be sent to Albania. intractable problems of pound housing hundreds of dis- southern Lebanon, where the settlers, Prime Minister Keir
and the Middle East. AP BangladeshandsixfromEgypt— Though the centre in Gjader The two centres will cost Italy recent years. placed people in Qana killed at Israeli military said it targeted Starmer said Wednesday. He
whowererescuedatseaafterde- has capacity for 3,000 migrants, 670 million euros. The facilities least 100 civilians and wounded Hezbollahcommandcentersand wasrespondingtoaquestion
parting from Libya, a ministry it will start with 400 and in- are run by Italy, while Albanian scores more people, including weapons facilities that had been about Smotrich's comments
spokesperson said. Last week, crease to 880 in a few weeks. guardsprovideexternalsecurity. have their claims processed fourUNpeacekeepers.Duringthe embedded in civilian areas. thatstarvingciviliansinGaza
TURKEY Italyformallyopenedtwocentres The number of people reach- Italian officials expect the there, a move expected to take a 2006war,anIsraelistrikeonares- Hezbollah also launched over 90 might be justified and Ben-
5.9quake in Albania where it plans to
process thousands of asylum-
ing Italy along the central
Mediterranean migration route
Gjadercentrewillneverbeatfull
occupancy but that depends on
maximum of 28 days, including
any appeal case, to process.
idential building killed nearly
three dozen people, a third of
projectiles towards Israel.
Israel also resumed its bar-
Gvir’s calling perpetrators of
settler violence in West Bank
causespanicin seekers outside its borders. fromNorthAfricahasfallenby61 the flow of migrants brought to Italy will welcome thosewho them children. Israel said at the rage on Beirut's southern sub- heroes. “We are looking at
The centres will only house per cent in 2024 from 2023. Albania.InAlbania,themigrants aregrantedasylum.Thosewhose time that it struck a Hezbollah urbsafterasix-daypause,hitting that because they're obvi-
easternTurkey adultmen,whilevulnerablepeo- According to the Italian Interior retain their right under interna- applications are rejected face de- rocketlauncherbehindthebuild- what it said was an arms ware- ously abhorrent comments,”
plewillbeaccommodatedinItaly. Ministry, as of October 15, 54,129 tional and European Union law portation directly from Albania. ing. “Qana always gets its share,” houseunderanapartmentbuild- the PM said. REUTERS
Ankara: A moderately Families will not be separated. migrants have arrived in Italy by to apply for asylum in Italy and WITHREUTERSINPUTS Mayor Mohammed Krasht told ing,withoutprovidingevidence.
strong earthquake struck
eastern Turkey
Wednesday, causing
widespreadpanic,officials Nigeria petrol tanker blast kills 147 INCLUDES NATO MEMBERSHIP FOR UKRAINE Oli party defends
said. No serious injury or
significantdestructionwas
reported. The earthquake REUTERS
Zelenskyy’s ‘victory him as billionaire’s
land gift for its
with a magnitude of 5.9
struck the town of Kale in
Malatya province at 10.46
OCTOBER 16

AFUELtankeroverturnedlateon
plan’ aims to end war office kicks up row
am(07.46GMT),according
to the government-run
Disaster and Emergency
Young people apply to join
military in a photo released
Tuesday in Nigeria's northern
state of Jigawa after the driver
lost control of the vehicle,
with Russia next year NepalPrime
Management Presidency, by North Korean state media spilling petrol which exploded Minister
known as AFAD. The andkilledatleast147people,po- REUTERS KPSharmaOli
earthquake was felt in lice and state emergency serv- KYIV, OCTOBER 16
nearbyprovincesaswellas 1.4 mn apply to ices said on Wednesday.
in some parts of northern The accident is one of the PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR YUBARAJ GHIMIRE
Syria. AP join army amid worst in recent times in Africa's
Reuters
Zelenskyyunveiledhismuchan- KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 16
most populous nation, which is ticipated "victory plan" on
NEPAL tensions with battlingwithwidespreadsecurity A video grab of the tanker explosion in Majia, Wednesday Wednesday,callingonhisalliesto WITH NEPAL Prime Minister K P
threats and a cost of living crisis. takeurgentstepstobolsterKyivat Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sharma Oli facing criticism in the
Bodiesoffive S Korea: North Haruna Mairiga, head of Jigawa a precarious moment in a bid to speaks in the Parliament in rulingcoalitionforacceptingland
climbersfrom REUTERS
stateemergencyservices,putthe
deathtollfromtheaccidentat147.
from the spillage, resulting in a
fire that engulfed the area, re-
taken to local hospitals, in
Ringim and Hadejia towns
endthewarwithRussianextyear.
As Moscow's forces advance
Kyiv on Wednesday. AP for the party office from a billion-
aire businessman, his party de-
Russiafound SEOUL, OCTOBER 16 Local police spokesperson portedlyleadingtomanydeaths. where they were being treated. in the east and a bleak winter of fended him Wednesday saying
Lawan Shiisu Adam said that vil- Adam added that 50 others Amassburialwasheldforthe powercutslooms,hetoldparlia- goodfaith,thoughheappearedto thatthedonorwasapartyactivist
Kathmandu: The bodies NORTH KOREAN state media lagers attempted to scoop petrol were wounded and have been dead Wednesday, Mairiga said. ment his plan contained five acknowledge in his speech that andtherearenootherhiddenmo-
of five Russian moun- said on Wednesday around 1.4 main points that were in the some allies see the war's end tives behind the deal.
taineers who died on the million young people had ap- hands of his allies, including an game differently. “We hear the “Thereisnoquid-pro-quo,and
world's seventh-highest
peak were retrieved from
pliedtojoinorreturntothearmy
this week, blaming Seoul for a Xi visits frontline island day after unconditionalinvitetojoinNATO
now and weapons support.
word “negotiations” from part-
ners and the word “justice” less
the gift was accepted after the
party cleared it,” the Communist
the mountain on provocativedroneincursionthat In return, he offered a often. Ukraine is open to diplo- Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist
Wednesday and flown to
Kathmandu. The bodies
had brought the "tense situation
to the brink of war".
large-scale drills to warn Taiwan Western role in developing
Ukraine’s natural mineral re-
macy, but honest (diplomacy)”.
His plan proposed establish-
Leninist)said.ItsaidOli,thechair-
manoftheparty,acceptedthegift
were picked up by rescue The fiery rhetoric comes after Affairsspokespersonsaid.“Butwe sources and said Ukrainian ing a "comprehensive non-nu- as billionaire Min Bahadur
helicopters from base North Korea last week accused REUTERS willnevercommitourselvestore- troops could enhance the secu- clear strategic deterrence pack- Gurung —founder of Nepal’s
camp on Wednesday. Seoul of sending drones over BEIJING, TAIPEI, OCTOBER 16 Chinese nouncingtheuseofforce,”hesaid. rityof NATOandreplacesomeof age" inside Ukraine to protect biggest supermarket chain “Bhat
They were then trans- Pyongyangthatscattereda“huge President That is aimed at the interference the U.S. forces in Europe. against threats from Russia and Bhateni” — has been a party sup-
portedfromtheairportin number” of anti-North leaflets. CHINAWILLnevercommittore- Xi Jinping of “external forces” and the very “Together with our partners, to destroy its military power. He porterrightfromhisstudentdays.
Kathmandu to the The North then blew up inter- nouncing the use of force over small number of Taiwan sepa- we must change the circum- did not elaborate, but said there BindaPande,astandingcom-
morgue at Tribhuvan Korean roads and rail lines on its Taiwan, the government in ratists, not the majority of stances so that the war ends. was an additional secret adden- mittee member of the CPN
University Teaching sideoftheborderonTuesday,and Beijing said on Wednesday after around Taiwan Monday that it Taiwan’s people, Chen said. Regardless of what Putin wants. dum that he could not disclose. (UML), suspected “hidden mo-
Hospital. The Russians warned that the South would anotherboutof wargamesanda saidwereawarningto“separatist Chinese state media reported We must all change the circum- TheKremlinsaidWednesday tive” behind the deal and de-
were climbing the 8,167- “pay a dear price”. visit by Chinese President Xi acts” following the national day WednesdaythatPresidentXihad stances so that Russia is forced to it was too early to comment in manded that Oli scrap the deal.
metre (26,788-foot) high Theyoungpeopleweredeter- Jinping to the scene of a famous speech by President Lai Ching-te. arrived Tuesday on Dongshan in peace,” he told lawmakers. detailonVolodymyrZelenskyy’s BishwaPrakashSharma,gen-
Mount Dhaulagiri during mined to fight in a “sacred war of defeat for Taiwanese forces. “Wearewillingtostriveforthe China’s Fujian province, which Zelenskyy,whohasunrelent- “victory plan,” but that Kyiv eral secretary of CPN-UML’s rul-
Nepal's autumn climbing destroying the enemy with the China,whichviewsdemocrat- prospectofpeacefulreunification faces Taiwan and where in 1953 ingly called for a "fair" end to the needed to "sober up" and realise ing ally Nepali Congress,
season. PTI armsoftherevolution,” theKCNA icallygovernedTaiwanasitsown withtheutmostsincerityanden- Chinabeatoffaninvasionattempt war, says his plan is needed to the futility of the policies it was Wednesday said Oli owed an ex-
news agency said. territory, held large-scale drills deavour,” Chen Binhua, Taiwan by Taiwan-based military. force the Kremlin to negotiate in pursuing. planation to the nation.

ALBANESE’S MOVE RISKS PARTY’S CHANCES IN 2025 ELECTIONS IN WHICH HOUSING COSTS WILL BE MAJOR POLICY AGENDA

Australia PM criticised for buying $2.9-mn home as country faces housing crisis
vated interest rates, rising prices Opposition lawmaker “I think the average which housing affordability will ing his private Sydney house
ROD MCGUIRK and limited supply. Albanese Sussan Ley described the pur- Australian says, ‘Fair enough, be “the policy agenda.” whichwouldhelppayforthenew
MELBOURNE, OCTOBER 16 brushedoffcriticismsWednesday chase as evidence that Albanese leave him alone, I’ll criticize his Ghazariansaidthehomealso home. “I am much better off as
when questioned by reporters was “out of touch,” and her col- policiesorI’llsupporthispolicies, damaged Albanese’s political prime minister... I understand
AUSTRALIAN PRIME Minister about concerns raised privately league Angie Bell described the I’llcriticizeorsupporthisgovern- brand. Albanese, who is paid an that,” Albanese said. “But I also
AnthonyAlbanesehasbeencrit- within his own government. timing as “questionable.” ment, but I’m not going to criti- annual salary exceeding knowwhatit’sliketostruggle.My
icized for buying a multimillion- “Wewanttogetonwithhelp- “The real issue for cize or support what he does AU$600,000, maintains that be- mumlivedintheonepublichous-
dollar waterfront home during a ing Australians, whether it be Australians is a lot of people with his own bank account with ing raised in public housing by a ing that she was born in for all of
national housing crisis with fed- public housing, whether it be want to be able to buy a home, hisownmoney,’”Cabinetminis- single mom gave him an appre- her65years.AndIknowwhatit’s
eral elections just months away. rentals or whether it be buying but they’re finding it very, very ter Chris Bowen told Australian ciation of the financial struggles like, which is why I want to help
Criticsarguethatthepurchase theirownhomes,”Albanesesaid. difficult and the current govern- Broadcasting Corp. Albanese’s of low-income families. all Australians into a home,
of the 4.3 million Australian dol- Copacabanaandseveralother ment is doing a very poor job at center-left Labor Party seeks a Tuesday, Albanese explained whetheritbepublichomesorpri-
lar ($2.9 million) clifftop home at beaches in the area have mainly getting the policy settings in second three-year term in office hewasbuyingthehousebecause vaterentalsorhomeownership.”
Copacabana, north of his home- multi-milliondollarpricetagson place to make it easier,” opposi- atelectionsduebyMaynextyear. the family of his fiancee, Jodie Australia’s property market
townofSydney,madehimappear their waterfront homes, owned tion lawmaker Paul Fletcher told Monash University political Haydon, lived on the Central is among the most expensive in
out of touch with many by Sydney-siders who still have Sky News Australia. PMAnthonyAlbanesesaidhewassellinghisprivateSydney scientist Zareh Ghazarian de- Coast.Helivesintheprimeminis- theworld,withSydneyregularly
Australians who are struggling to homes in the city or have moved Government lawmakers housewhichwouldhelppayforthenewhome. AP scribed the buy as “politically ter’s official residences in Sydney featuring in lists of the world’s
buy or rent a home due to ele- to a more tranquil lifestyle. have publicly backed Albanese. risky” ahead of an election in andCanberra.Hesaidhewassell- least affordable cities. AP
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Next round of ASEAN REPRESENTS 11 PER CENT OF INDIA'S GLOBAL TRADE India’s position on assigning
India, UK FTA
talks expected Indiafaces‘tariffasymmetry’in satcom spectrum sets up
to be in Nov
New Delhi: India and the UK are
expected to hold the next round
of talks for a proposed free trade
agreementinNovember,asenior
ASEANagreement,saysofficial Meeting (AIEMM) in September
a Starlink, Jio face-off
SOUMYARENDRABARIK
and to retail customers should
buy spectrum and will be bound
official said on Wednesday. RAVIDUTTAMISHRA 2019.However,ittookthreeyears NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 by the same conditions as com-
The official said that the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 tobarelyagreeonthescopeofthe panies offering terrestrial serv-
Budget presentation exercise is review at the 19th AIEMM in UNION COMMUNICATIONS ices.
thereinBritainonOctober30and AMID A widening trade deficit September 2022. MinisterJyotiradityaScindiasaid “And those satellite compa-
after that "we expect the UK withtheAssociationofSoutheast This is concerning, as India's thatIndiawilladministrativelyal- nieswhohaveambitionstocome
wouldcomeforward"forthenext Asian Nations (ASEAN), a senior tradedeficitwithASEANhasrisen locatespectrumforsatellitecom- into urban areas, serving retail
round of negotiations. government official said on to $44 billion in FY23, compared munications, dealing a major customers, just need to pay the
Theofficialsof theUKarealso Wednesday that India is facing to $8 billion in FY13. An Indian blow to Reliance Jio which has telecom licences like everyone
briefingtheirnewministersabout tariff asymmetry in the ASEAN EconomicServiceresearchpaper been privately lobbying for an else. They are bound to the same
the proposed free trade agree- agreementandisaimingtocom- onIndia’stradepatternswiththe auctionprocessforthespectrum. conditions. They need to buy the
ment(FTA).TheIndia-UKtalksfor plete the review by next year. 10 ASEAN nations between 1991 The government’s stand is being spectrumasthetelecomcompa-
the proposed FTA began in The review of the India- File and 2020 highlights that while seen as a big win for Jio’s rivals in nies do, and need to pay the li-
January 2022. The 14th round of ASEANtradedealwasmentioned try-wise approach in the ASEAN ASEAN trade deal. Moreover, the importshavegrown,exportshave the space, particularly Elon cence as the telecom companies
talks stalled as the two nations in Prime Minister Narendra reviewtalks."ASEANisa10-coun- trade deficit between the two re- declined since 2010, resulting in Musk’sStarlink,whichwantsthe do, and also secure the networks
steppedintotheirgeneralelection Modi’s 10-point plan to enhance trybloc,butnotacustomsunion. gions is rapidly rising, especially increasing trade deficits with all spectrum to be allocated admin- inputs on how to price spectrum ofthetelecomcompanies,”Mittal
cycles.DuetotheelectionsinIndia cooperationbetweenthetwore- We'dliketoseedifferentiation,as after the pandemic. ASEAN countries. istratively. for satcom services through the said. For many, Mittal’s com-
andBritain,boththecountrieslost gions during the ongoing 21st they are at various stages of eco- Fears of a fresh surge in im- The report suggests that Though the division is being administrative route, which mentsseemedlikeaU-turnfrom
thatperiod.Therearependingis- ASEAN-India Summit. nomicdevelopment,"hesaid,em- ports have also emerged as India’s experience with ASEAN framed as a battle of billionaires, means without auctions. Airtel’s long held stance that sat-
sues in both the goods and serv- Rajesh Agrawal, Additional phasisingthatbilateraltalkscould ASEAN has joined the China-led may have influenced its decision therealityisthatitisinfeasiblefor However,inletterswrittento comspectrumshouldbeadmin-
ices sectors. Secretary in the Department of offer India more flexibility in ne- Regional Comprehensive to opt out of the China-led RCEP any single country to auction the TRAI and DoT earlier this istratively allocated. In response
The Indian industry is de- Commerce, said during a press gotiating tariff concessions. Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, despite nearly a satellite spectrum, given its very month, Reliance Jio has tried toa2021consultationbytheTRAI
manding greater access for its briefing that India has strongly However,ASEANtypicallyfollows trade deal. India exited the RCEP decade of negotiations. nature. Unlike terrestrial spec- makingacaseforauctionofsatel- onalicensingregimeforsatellite
skilledprofessionalsfromsectors urged the completion of the re- asinglesetof concessions,which negotiations in 2019 due to con- ASEAN countries include trum which is used for mobile lite spectrum. Their essential ar- communications, OneWeb had
like IT and healthcare in the UK view of the free trade agreement India is attempting to adjust. cerns over rising imports from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, communications, satellite spec- gumentisthatadministrativeal- “stronglyrecommended”totake
market,besidesmarketaccessfor in goods by 2025. The review is The India-ASEAN trade deal China. Notably, China-ASEAN Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the trum has no national territorial location may not be able to bring the administrative allocation
severalgoodsatnilcustomsduty. important, as India faces tariff was signed in 2009 during the tradeisontherise,withtradebe- Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, limitsandisinternationalinchar- about a level playing field be- routeandchargeafeeforit“inor-
Ontheotherhand,theUKisseek- asymmetry in the agreement, UPA era and has become an im- tweenthetworegionsgrowingby andVietnam.Thereviewisalong- acter. It is therefore coordinated tween satellite and terrestrial der to promote investment and
ingasignificantcutinimportdu- with a blanket "74 per cent plus" portant source of input materials 15 per cent in 2022 after the deal standingrequestof Indianindus- and managed by the UN agency, services. In a private response to makesurecompetitivepricesare
ties on goods such as scotch tariff elimination for ASEAN na- forIndianindustry.Whilepalmoil came into effect. try, with India seeking an up- International the consultation paper, Jio said, available to the market at the
whiskey, electric vehicles, lamb tions, he said. and natural gas are sourced from A senior government official graded agreement to eliminate Telecommunications Union “wearesurprisedthattheconsul- end”.
meat,chocolatesandcertaincon- "We have higher tariff elimi- IndonesiaandMalaysia,itemslike from the Ministry of Commerce trade barriers and prevent the (ITU). “Satellite spectrum across tationpaperhascompletelyover- OneWeb India
fectionary items. PTI nation from lower-order natural rubber come from and Industry had earlier stated misuse of the trade pact, which theworldisallocatedadministra- lookedthecriticalissueof ensur- Communicationsiscurrently100
economies and lower tariff elim- Thailand. that the review process is "mov- was signed in 2009. tively. So India is not doing any- ing level playing field between per cent owned by Bharti Airtel
ination from fast-growing and However, Indian industry has ing slowly," even as India pushes ASEANremainsacrucialtrad- thingdifferentfromtherestofthe satellite-basedandterrestrialac- and holds a GMPCS (global mo-
Sale proceeds major economies. This tariff
asymmetryneedstobeaddressed
begun calling for anti-subsidy
measures against industrial im-
forrevisions,asthedealisseento
disproportionatelybenefitASEAN
ing partner for India, accounting
for about 11 per cent of India's
world. Conversely, if you do de-
cidetoauctionit,thenyouwillbe
cess services”.
“Thisomissionhasresultedin
bilepersonalcommunicationsby
satelliteservices)licencegivenby
available to FPIs to ensure a balanced FTA during
the review process," Agrawal ex-
portsfromASEAN,onthegrounds
that Chinese products are being
over India.
The two sides agreed to initi-
global trade. India's exports to
ASEAN totalled $41.2 billion in
doing something which is differ-
ent from the rest of the world…
the lack of any questions
addressing the need to
the telecom depart-
ment,whichisrequired
on settlement plained.
Indiaisalsoexploringacoun-
rerouted through the region to
claim benefits under the India-
ate a review during the 16th
ASEAN-IndiaEconomicMinisters
2023-24, while imports stood at
$80 billion.
Satellitespectrumissharedspec-
trum. If the spectrum is shared,
createalevelplayingfield
between these services.
torolloutsatelliteinter-
net services in India.
day, says Sebi thenhowcanyoupriceitindivid-
ually,” Scindia said on Tuesday.
Consequently,stakehold-
ers will not be able to ad-
OneWeb’s UK holding
company has already
Welcomingthedecision,Elon equately consider and putinanFDIapplication

‘ACs in India will consume

ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU Annualbuiltspaceincrease: Musk posted: “Much appreci- provide relevant inputs to TRAI, to the Indian government.
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 16 1billionsquaremeters/year OILDEMAND ated!Wewilldoourbesttoserve therebyunderminingthefairness However, Airtel on Tuesday clar-
GROWTH thepeopleofIndiawithStarlink.” of recommendations and the ified that there was no change in
more power than Mexico’
(morethanSouthAfrica’stotal
SECURITIES AND Exchange builtspace) (inmillionbpd) 7.1 TheTelecommunicationsAct, Government of India’s intent to its stance.
Board of India (Sebi) on 2023, has added spectrum for promotebalancedcompetition,” “Satelliteoperatorswhowant
Wednesday said it has intro- India is likely to see a rise in demand for all forms of energy ElectricityfromACs: satellitecommunicationinthelist Jio said. It made similar argu- toprovideservicestourbanareas
duced measures to speed up the through 2035, the International Energy Agency said in its Mexico’stotalelectricity 5.2 of administrative allocation. The ments in a letter to the DoT. andretailcustomersindeedneed
availability of sale proceeds for World Energy Outlook 2024 consumption Department of Responding to Jio’s com- to go through the regular licens-
ForeignPortfolioInvestors(FPIs), Telecommunication (DoT) had ments, Elon Musk said in a post ingprocessof anycountry,andin
bringing them on par with do- Totalenergydemandgrowth: later asked the Telecom on X, “That would be unprece- thiscase,India,toobtainalicence;

12,000
2023 2035
mestic institutional investors +35%by2035 Regulatory Authority of India dented,asthisspectrumwaslong buy the spectrum; undertake all
(DII). (TRAI)tocomeupwithamethod- designated by the ITU as shared the obligations, including rollout
The step will make sale pro- Dailycaradditions Electricitygenerationcapacity: Batterystoragecapacity: ology to assign the spectrum. spectrum for satellites”. and security; pay their licence
ceedsavailabletoFPIsontheset- Triplesto1,400GW World’sthird-largestinstalled feesandtaxesandtheywouldbe
tlement day, resulting in effi- capacityby2030 Ambani vs Musk Airtel creates a stir welcomedbythetelecomfrater-
ciencygainsof Rs2,000croreper Naturalgasdemand: InSeptember,theTRAIhadis- Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairper- nity.Therefore,mobileoperators
annum, Sebi said. “Under the From64bcmto172bcm Airqualityimpact: sued a consultation paper titled son of Bharti Enterprises, which and satcom operators, who have
new system, in place since by2050 30%riseinCO2emissionsfrom ‘Terms and Conditions for the has a controlling stake in the worked in harmony for decades,
September 9, 2024, tax certifi- roadtransportby2035 Assignment of Spectrum for satellite communications com- can continue to do so to serve
cates for FPI sale trades executed CO2emissions: Certain Satellite-Based pany OneWeb on Tuesday said those who are still struggling to
Source: IEA/PTI
on ‘T’ day are issued by tax con- 2.5billiontonnesin2035 Commercial Communication that companies looking to offer findinternetconnectivity,”itsaid
sultants by 9:00 AM IST on ‘T+1’ Services,’ which sought industry satellite services in urban areas in a statement.
day,” the capital markets regula-
tor said on Wednesday.
ThisallowsFPIstoaccesssale
proceeds, either for repatriation Hyundai IPO subscribed 42% on GoM on compensation GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION
or for reinvestment, on the same
‘T+1’ day. It is broadly estimated
that efficiency gains on account Day 2; retail quota booked 38% cess: States cite Jaitley B-409 ENGINEER CUTTACK (R&B) CIRCLE, CUTTACK
E-mail.ID- sectcrb_2006@yahoo.co.in

of theserevisedprocesseswould
be around Rs 2,000 crore per an- Buyers (QIBs) portion got sub-
to seek merger with GST Tel/Fax - 0671-2301751/2302751
( ‘E’ - PROCUREMENT NOTICE)
num, it said. ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU scribed 58 per cent, with 1.63 NewDelhi:Thegroupofministers luxury,sinanddemeritgoodsover Bid Identification No.CCE.Ctc. (R&B) 5/2024-25.
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 16 crore bids being received as (GoM)onGSTcompensationcess, andabovethe28percenttaxrate. 1. The Chief Construction Engineer, Cuttack (R&B) Circle, Cuttack on behalf of Governor
against2.82croresharesoffered. underMinisterofStateforFinance Theproceedsfromthecess,which of Odisha invites on Percentage rate basis bid in double cover system in ONLINE MODE

BRIEFLY HYUNDAI MOTOR India Ltd’s

(HMIL) Rs 27,870 crore ($3.3 bil-
TheQIBportionisnormallyfilled
on the last day, which is October
PankajChaudhary,onWednesday
discussed merger of compensa-
was called compensation cess,
would go towards compensating
from eligible contractors for Road work as mentioned below.
2. No. of work
3. Nature of work
:- 02 Nos.
:- Road Work
lion) initial public offering (IPO) 17. tioncessintoGST. states for revenue loss suffered
Airbustocutup sawasubscriptionof 38percent HMIL has fixed the price During the meeting of the 10- post GST implementation for a 5-
4. Class of contractor
5. Tender paper cost
:- ‘B’, ‘A’ & Special Class.
:- Rs.10000/- (online)

to2,500jobsin from retail investors on the sec-

ond day of bidding.
bandof theIPOintherangeof Rs
1,865toRs1,960perequityshare
memberpanel,statesrecalledthe
discussions that took place in the
yearperiod.
As per the minutes of the 7th
6. Available of bid document :- From 19.10.2024 to
in the website. 17.30 Hours of 02.11.2024

defence,space
7. Date of opening of bid :- Dt.04.11.2024 at 11.00 Hours.
The country’s largest-ever of the face value of Rs 10, valuing 7th GST Council meeting on GST council meeting, Jaitley had 8. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. Further details can be seen from
IPOreceived1.89crorebidsfrom the company at around Rs 1.5- December 22-23, 2016, wherein statedthattheCouncilinitsprevi- the website https://tendersodisha.gov.in. Any addendum / corrigendum / cancellation of
Paris: Airbus announced retail investors as against the al- 1.6 lakh crore. the erstwhile Union Finance ous meetings had discussed the tender can also be seen in the said web site.
plans on Wednesday to cut located shares of 4.94 crore. The IPO comprises an Offer MinisterArunJaitleyhadsaidthat mechanismsforfundingcompen- Sd/-
up to 2,500 jobs in its Overall, the share sale saw a Non-institutional investors for Sale of up to 14.21 crore eq- the compensation cess could be sation. Chief Construction Engineer,
Defence and Space division, subscription of 42 per cent on its (NII) portion got applications for uity shares of face value of Rs 10 merged with the tax once the 5- Sources said that states also OIPR-34012/11/0007/2425 Cuttack(R&B) Circle
citing a “complex business second day, with 4.17 crore bids 54.93 lakh shares as against the each by the promoter selling yearperiodof thelevyends. suggested that once it is decided
environment” especially in beingreceived,comparedto9.97 quota of 2.12 crore shares, repre- shareholder. Hyundai Motor Before the implementation of to merge the cess with taxes, no
loss-making satellites. The crore shares on offer. The em- senting a 26 per cent subscrip- Companyof SouthKoreawillget the Goods and Services Tax (GST) newgoodsshouldbeaddedtothe
European aerospace group ployees purchased 131 per cent tion on Wednesday. the entire proceeds of Rs 27,870 fromJuly1,2017,Centreandstates list of luxury, sin and demerit
said it aims to carry out the of the shares offered to them. The Qualified Institutional crore. hadagreedtolevycessoncertain goods. PTI
cuts, which represent 7 per
cent of the workforce in its
second-largest division, by
the middle of 2026 after
talks with unions. REUTERS
Quality control orders now cover 732 products
Weaveracquires
CapitalIndia
helping curb cheap quality imports: Goyal
India, it can only happen when perts say that the BIS is selective
HomeLoans RAVI DUTTA MISHRA
RAISING QUALITY STANDARDS TO ENTER VALUE CHAIN India is self-confident, and that when it comes to approving
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 16 confidence will only come when items, particularly from certain
Mumbai:WeaverServicesPvt we all accept that quality is not geographies.
Ltdhasacquired100percent QUALITY CONTROL Orders QUALITY CONTROL just our responsibility, it is our Notably, violations of the
ofthefullydilutedequitycap- (QCOs) that restrict the import Orders are a key duty," the minister said. provisions of the BIS Act can at-
ital of Capital India Home and sale of substandard items in mechanism through which "We still have a lot of work to tract imprisonment of up to two
LoansLtdforatotalconsider- the country have been extended India is not only raising do in terms of getting industry years or a fine of at least Rs 2
ationofRs267crore.Thepri- to 732 products to align with in- quality standards to enter aligned with these QCOs," he lakh for the first offence.
mary focus will be on em- ternational standards and boost the global value chain, but added, noting that India was un- In the case of second and
powering self-employed exports, Commerce Minister is also restricting imports able to become a partner in a subsequent offences, the fine
individuals in the unorgan- Piyush Goyal said on from China pharma sector protocol as will increase to a minimum of
ized sector, particularly in Wednesday. "every time we try to join that Rs 5 lakh and may extend to up
Tier-2 and Tier-3 towns, the QCOs are a key mechanism protocol, which has certain strict to 10 times the value of the
companysaid.Tofinancethis through which India is not only recorded during the same pe- the government has issued 174 conditions attached to it, there goods or articles.
acquisition and fuel its pan- raising quality standards to en- riod last year. such orders, now covering 732 is opposition from those (indus- QCOs are issued in accor-
India expansion plans, ter the global value chain, but is Speaking at the annual sym- products. tries) who are looking for short- dance with the WTO
Weaverisraisingcapitalfrom also restricting imports from posium of the Indian "Our export competitiveness cuts." Agreement on Technical
leading private equity funds, China. Imports from China have Foundation of Quality is not going to come from subsi- Under the order, an item Barriers to Trade. Goyal also re-
including Gaja Capital and already crossed $60 billion dur- Management, Goyal stated that, dies or government support. It cannot be produced, sold, marked that manufacturing
LokCapitaltosecureuptoRs ing the first seven months of until 2014, there were only 14 will not come from closing our traded, imported, or stocked un- high-quality goods helps boost
800 crore in funding. ENS 2024, which is 10 per cent QCOs covering 106 products. doors to the rest of the world. If less it bears the Bureau of Indian economic activity, generates
higher than the $55 billion However, in the past 10 years, we are aiming for a self-reliant Standards (BIS) mark. Trade ex- jobs, and increases exports.
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CAO- C-SC- 2024 Date:04/10/2024
Name of work: Providing Project
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`2,01,93,973.92 EMD: `2,51,000.00
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024
I,Neeraj,S/o Shri Moolchand,R/o I,ANIL KUMAR,son of,RATIRAM I, Anil Kumar alias Anil Mamgain
CLASSIFIEDS & TENDERS 19
Classifieds
H.No.272-F-12A, Molarband Ext. presently, residing at,48/3, S/o Totaram Mamgain R/o Plot
Badarpur, Jait Pur,South Delhi, First Floor,Basant Gaon,Vasant no-240-A, Flat No, S-1, Sector-4, LOST & FOUND
Delhi-110044,have changed my Vihar,New Delhi-110057, Vaishali, Ghaziabad, U.P-
name from Neeraj to Neeraj permanent address is Ward 201010 have changed my name
Kumar,for all future purposes. No-18,Dinod(26),Bhiwani to Anil Kumar Mamgain for all This is to inform that I am the
Haryana-127111,declare that future purposes owner of property.no.17 PRESS
PERSONAL 0040754409-1
I,NITIN HARINARAIN TANDON
name of my minor daughter
has been wrongly written as
0070930171-1 COMPLEX AREA WAJIRPUR
I, Amit Kaur W/o Arundeep INDUSTRIAL AREA
s/o Shri Hari Narain Tandon R/O DEEKSHA age-13-years in her DELHI.Unfortunately that some
I hitherto known as Rukmesh S/O Singh R/o D-65, 1st Floor, Lajpat
Flat no-1703,Lotus Panache school record.The actual name original documents of above
Rajesh employed as ASO in Nagar-1, New Delhi-
Sector-110,Noida 201304,have of my daughter is DEEKSHA said property has been
Ministry of Home Affairs residing 110024,have changed the name
changed my Name to NITIN YADAV, which may be amended misplaced on 14.10 2024,when I
at 535, near bus stand, Farmana of my minor daughter Gurnaaz
TANDON. 0040754401-3 accordingly. 0040754400-9 am going to wajirpur to
Khas (113), Rohtak, Haryana- Birghi aged 13 years and she
124112 have changed my name I,NIMITA NITIN TANDON,w/o I, Vijay Chaudhary W/o Sumer shall hereafter be known as Lawrence road area.If any
and shall hereafter be known as NITIN TANDON R/o,Flat no 1703, Singh R/o-162, H.B. Colony Gurnaaz Kaur Birghi. body found that documents of
Rukmesh Manderna. Lotus Panache Sector-110, Sector-10, Faridabad, have above said property kindly
0040754332-1 contact me below mobile no.
0050252700-1 Noida 201304,have changed my changed my Name to Vijay
name to NIMITA TANDON. Choudhary 0040754336-1 I Sunil Kumar Mhendiratta S/O MAYA..9253420006.
It is for general information that
0040754401-2 Late Manohar Lal R/O-656, PUBLIC NOTICE 0040754402-9
I,SUNIL KUMAR,son of, I,AASHNA NITIN TANDON, D/O, vivekanand nagar Ghaziabad ,
RATIRAM presently, residing I,Mo Hammad,S/o’Mohammad NITIN TANDON,R/O Flat no Have changed my name to PUBLIC NOTICE I,Raj Kumari Anita Singh,D/o
at,48/3,First Floor,Basant Imran R/o-J-3/171,J-extension, 1703,Lotus Panache Sector- Sunil Kumar For all future It is for general information that I, Late Raja Padamjit
Gaon,Vasant Vihar,New Delhi- Kishan Kunj,Laxmi Nagar, 110,Noida 201304, have purposes. MEGHA NARAYAN D/O Singh,R/O,H-27 Jangpura-
110057,permanent address is Delhi-110092,have changed my changed my name to AASHNA 0070930117-1 AVDHESH NARAIN R/O H.NO. Extension, New Delhi
Ward No-18,Dinod(26), Bhiwani name to Mohammad Hammad. TANDON. 0040754401-1 256, GALI NO. 4, BLOCK-A, 110014,have lost my Original-
Haryana-127111,declare that I Mohd. Saqlaiin S/o Sh. Masood HARIT VIHAR, SANT NAGAR,
Builder Buyer-Agreement
0040754419-2 I, Sonaullah Ganie, F/O- No- Haidar R/o Post Office Kotwali, BURARI, NORTH DELHI,
name of my minor daughter 12974502X,Late Rfn Akhter DELHI-110084 declare that name
dated 27/02/1975 of 3-D,
has been wrongly written as I,NAVEEN KUMAR S/O-RAKESH Tehsil Nagina, District Bijnor, Hansalaya Building,15,
Hussain Ganai, R/O- Uttar Pradesh is also known as
of my father has been wrongly
VANSHIKA age-11-years in her KUMAR,H.NO.-122, J-BLOCK, Chittibandi Bandipora written as AVDHESH NARAYAN Barakhamba Road, Connaught
school record. The actual name MANGOLPURI, DELHI- Mohd. Saqal Zaidi. Both names in my 10th and 12th class Place,New Delhi,110001. Finder
,Tehsil/District-Bandipora. My are of one and the same
of my daughter is VANSHIKA 110083,HAVE CHANGED MY son was serving in 162 inf TA BN
educational documents. The actual May contact at above address.
YADAV, which may be amended NAME TO NAVEEN CHHABRA. person. My Date of birth is name of my father is AVDHESH
JAKLI till 16/17-09-2005.In my 24.07.1977. NARAIN, which may be 0040754405-9
accordingly. 0040754400-8 0040754404-1 son’s service record the name 0040754327-1 amended accordingly.
I,hitherto known as PREET of my another son and brother
I,Madan kumar,s/o triveni singh I RAJESHKUMAR RAMTEK S/O
KAUR,wife of,Saravjeet of Late Akhter Hussain Ganai
H,No.210,gali no-10 surya vihar Ramtek R/O, H.No-73, Mariam
PUBLIC NOTICE
Singh,R/o 905,sector-25,part- has been wrongly mentioned
part-3 near-netaji,farm house Nagar, Ghaziabad (U.P)-201003
‘‘General public at large is hereby informed that
2,Panipat Haryana-132003, as Aquib instead of Sahil my clients Sh. Kamal Sharma & his wife Smt.
faridabad haryana-121003, have changed name to Rajesh Vinita Sharma, both R/o 121-C, AD Block,
have changed my name,and Ahmad Ganie. It needs Pitampura, Delhi-110034 have severed their all
changed my name to madan Kumar for all purposes
shall,henceforth be known as correction. Objections be filled relations from their son Mr. Danish Sharma and
kumar singh. 0040754404-3 daughter-in-law Smt. Priyanka Sharma (wife of
PRIYANKA. 0040754402-8 to concerned authorities. 0070930176-1 Danish Sharma) and have disowned them from all
their movable & immovable properties, due to
I,MOHIT,S/O CHANDER MOHAN 0020482952-1 their disobedience & disrespectful behavior. Any
I,hitherto known as ANISH R/O,8/10,GALI.NO-03,BABA I, Harish Bhardwaj S/o Raj person dealing with them shall be doing so at his
GUPTA,S/O Rohitash Gupta,R/o APARTMENT RUPALI-ENCLAVE I, Saquib Quazi Aziz alias Quazi Kumar R/o RZP- 336 Flat No-9
own risks, costs and consequences and my
aforesaid clients shall not be responsible for their
12-C, POCKET-C, SFS-FLATS, KARALA,DELHI-110081,HAVE Saquib Aziz S/o Quazi Anwarul Capital Homes, Gali No-5 Back any acts and conducts in any manner, whatsoever.

MAYUR VIHAR PHASE-3, CHANGED MY NAME TO MOHIT Aziz R/o H.No.-K-21, Flat No.-6, Side, Palam Colony Dwarka RAKESH BENIWAL
Sd/-

Vasundhra-Enclave S.O,East- BAGGA PERMANENTLY. Third Floor, Khirki Extension, Sector 8, Raj Nagar Part 2, ADVOCATE
Ch. No. 1007, 10th Floor,
Delhi, Delhi-110096,have Malviya Nagar, New Delhi- Delhi-10077 have changed my Lawyer's Chamber Block
changed my name and shall 0040754402-4 name to Harish Verma for all Rohini Court Complex,
110017 have changed my name Delhi-110085
hereafter be known as Vidiit I,Lokesh Sharma S/o Sh. Ganpat to Saquib Aziz for all purposes. purposes.
Gupta. 0040754402-7 Sharma R/o Village Chhalera, 0070930164-1
0040754335-1
I,Veena W/o Rajinder Kumar R/o Gali No.2, Sector-44, Noida, G.B. I Mohammad Javed S/o Mohd.
Nagar, U.P. 201301 inform that i I, Sania D/O Surender Saini, R/o
D1B,Saraswati Garden, New Yusuf R/o H.No. 237, Gali No- 5,
am changing my minor 67-A, Gali No-5, Saini Wali Gali,
Delhi-110015,have changed my Sunder Nangri, O Block, Nand
daughter’s name from Dolly Opp Saini Dharamshala,
name to Veena Uppal for all- Nagri, North East Delhi, Delhi
Sharma to Kanchan Sharma for Rampura, Po: Onkar Nagar,
purposes. 0040754404-5 110093 have changed my name
all future purposes. North West Delhi, Delhi-110035.
from Mohammad Javed to
I,VISHNU KUMAR,S/O ASHOK have changed my name and
0040754353-1 Mohd Javed for all future
KUMAR,R/o L-266,Sector-12, shall hereafter be Known as
purposes.
Pratap- I,Rajesh Shukla,S/o Arjun Dev Chhavi 0070930103-1
0070930115-1
Vihar,Ghaziabad(UP)have Shukla,R/o-1355,Hanuman
I, SHVETA SINGH@SHWETA
changed my name to VISHNU. Mandir Gali Gandhi-Nagar I Ankit Jain,S/o-Parmod
SINGH W/O Sanjay Kumar
0040754400-2 Delhi 110031,inform that Jain,R/o-Flat No.39,Kadambari
Singh, resident of 2421, Ferrara,
Kanishka Shukla and Navya Appartments, Sector-9,Rohini,
I,Sunita Kumari,D/o Krishan Mahagun Mezzaria, Sector-78,
Shukla both are the names of Delhi-110085 have changed the
Singh W/o Mahipal Singh Noida-201305, Uttar Pradesh
my daughter Kanishka Shukla. name of my minor daughter PUBLIC NOTICE
Malik,R/o Village- have changed my name from
0040754409-5 from Kahirra A Jain to Kaashvi
Ganwari(40),Sonipat( SHVETA SINGH@SHWETA I, NIRAJ JHA, S/o ANIL KUMAR
Jain for all purposes. JHA, Delhi LOST/MISPLACED
Haryana)-131301,have I,Jyoti W/O-Kulvir Singh,R/O SINGH to SHVETA. Henceforth, I
perpetual deed and MY ORIGINAL
would be known by the name of 0040754334-1
changed my name Sunita 154,Near Guga Talab,Mundka, purchased sale DEED OF PROPERTY
Malik. 0040754400-4 Delhi-110041,Have Changed My SHVETA for all future purposes. I Alka Vishwakarma M/O (Ayati) NO. KU-4 SECOND FLOOR
PITAMPURA, NEW DELHI-110034
Name JYOTI LAKRA 0070930111-1 R/O 1204/Tower 27
I,Shyana Devi W/o Hari Shankar transfered and purchased from VIJAY
Permanently. 0040754402-5 LotusPanache Sector-110
R/o-101,Shiv Vihar-2,near Kali I, Rohit Boora S/o Sh. Bal Kishan KUMAR BINDAL TO NIRAJ JHA.
Noida Uttar Pradesh. I Have LODGED FIR LR No:2148726/2024
Mandir, Povi Sodokpur Povi I,Jayant Kumar, residing at FF- Boora R/o C1/145 B-4, Khasra
Changed My Daughter Name DATED-25.09.2024. No claimant claim
Ghaziabad UP-201002,have 04,136,Shakti Khand- No.26/07 Shukar Bazar Road,
To Ayati Vishwakarma For All any rights in aforesaid property in future
changed my name to Shyam 2,Indirapuram,Ghaziabad- Rama Vihar, Karala, Delhi that should file FIR & intimation to
Future Purpose.
Lali Devi 0040754405-3 201014,have changed the name my name mentioned as Swami DY/ASST Director, MCD/DDA before
0070930113-1 any claim rights. FINDER please
of my minor child from ANSH Shantanand Saraswati in
I,Sayra Bano alias Sahera contact- 78272 53019
SHARMA to MADHAV SHARMA. documents of property Village I Alind Pratap Singh S/o Dr.
Begum W/o Syed Azam Ali R/o-
Henceforth my child will be Kangri Pargana Nijibabad Madhur Chand R/o O-401, VVIP
P-316/A, Basti,Khowaja
known as MADHAV District Haridwar, Uttaranchal Addresses, Rajnagar
Mir,Dard Shakoor Ki Dandi
SHARMA,for all purposes. but as Rohit Boora in all other Extension, Ghaziabad U.P
Darya,Ganj Central,Delhi-
0040754406-3 documents. Rohit Boora and 201017 have changed my name
110002,have changed my name
Swami Shantanand Saraswati from Alind Pratap to Alind
to Sahera Bagum 0040754405-2
I,Inder Pal Yadav Sehgal s/o both are one and same person Pratap Singh for all future
I,SHARDA DEVI W/O-PURAN JAIN Baldev Sahai Sehgal R/o, H.No- i.e. myself. 0040754405-4 purposes.
R/O,BUILDING NO.216,GROUND 81,Sector-15A Noida, Uttar 0070930123-1
Pradesh-201301,have Changed I, Praveen Kumar S/O Virender
FLOOR,GALI NO.7/8,JOSHI
my name to Yadav Inder Pal Singh,R/o Gali No. 11B, I Usha Chadha W/o Sanjay
ROAD,KAROL BAGH,NEW
Sehgal permanently. Swatantra Nagar, Narela, Chadha R/o WZ-197/7, SF,
DELHI-110005,HAVE CHANGED
North West Delhi, Delhi-110040, Virender Nagar, Janakpuri,
MY NAME TO SHARDA JAIN,FOR 0040754405-1 I have changed the name of my Delhi-110058 have changed my
ALL,FUTURE PURPOSE.
I,Gaurav S/o Ashok minor daughter Nandini name to Usha Rani
0040754402-6 Kumari aged about 11 Years
Goswami,R/o No 2,2nd floor,B 0070930174-1
I,Mo Imran,S/o Allahdiya R/o-J- Block ,5th cross, 1st phase, and She shall hereafter be
3/171,J-extension, Kishan Kunj, Doddakudi,Ashraya Layout known as Tanu 0070930107-1
Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092,have ,Indiranagar, Bengaluru, I, Nupur Atrey D/o Late Sh.
changed my name to Karnataka-560038,Have Navnit Sharma, Resident of D-
BUSINESS
Mohammad Imran. changed my name to Gaurav 806, Star Rameshwarm, Raj PUBLIC NOTICE
Goswami.
0040754419-1
0040754406-1 Nagar Extension, Ghaziabad, BUSINESS OFFERS This is to inform the general public on
I,DIWAKAR,S/O JAI PRAKASH UP 201017. Have changed my behalf of our client, Mrs. Ritika Sekhri
I,SHARANJEET KAUR,W/O minor son’s name from Vatsal Genuine Stock Market Trading D/O Sh. Vijay Sekhri w/o Mr. Manish
CHATURVEDI,R/O,C-301,NEW Duggal currently residing at 11C, LIG
JASPAL SINGH,R/O-WZ-22A,3RD Kumar Om to Vaatsal Om, S/o Calls. Free Demo Intraday/ Short Flats, DDA Motiakhan, New Delhi-
SEEMAPURI,DELHI-
FLOOR,GALI.NO.-5,KRISHNA Rajinder Kumar Om for all Term. High Accuracy. Orange 110055, that she has officially severed all
110095,HAVE CHANGED MY her personal and legal relations with her
PARK,TILAK NAGAR,NEW DELHI future purposes. 0040754333-1 Club Kerala Whatsapp :
NAME TO DIWAKAR husband, Mr. Manish Duggal, S/o Sh.
-110018,HAVE CHANGED MY 9539197357 0050252699-1 Yash Duggal, R/O WZ-266, 3rd Floor,
CHATURVEDI. 0040754409-3 I, Md Mustafa Badar Khan S/o
NAME TO SARANJEET KAUR Gali NO.15, Shiv Nagar, New
Delhi-110058. Mrs. Ritika hereby
I,Bimla Devi,W/O,Krishan Kumar Badruddin Badar R/o-128A,
0040754404-2 declares that she will not be held
Hauz Rani, Delhi-110017 have
I,Ritu Pandoh, W/o Puneet
R/O,WZ-204,
Street.No.5,Krishna Puri,Tilak- changed my name to Mohd RECRUITMENT responsible, either directly or indirectly,
for any actions, dealings, or commitments
made by Mr. Manish Duggal with any
Saini,R/o Flat No-2101,Tower- Nagar,New Delhi-110018, Mustafa Badar Khan individual, entity, or organization. Any
C,Ace Aspire,Tech Zone 4,Noida person engaging in transactions or
Extension,G B Nagar,
Inform that BIMLA DEVI And 0070930125-1 SITUATION VACANT dealings with Mr. Manish Duggal does so
BIMLA RANI both are One & the at their own risk, and Mrs. Ritika
U.P,201306 have changed my Same Person. 0040754419-3 I, Leena Sharma W/o Deepak disclaims all responsibility or liability for
name to RITU SAINI. Gautam R/o-Rzc-1103, Gali-No- the same. This notice serves as a formal
I,Bijender Singh,S/o(Late) 14/1, Sadh Nagar, Palam CHEF declaration to all concerned parties
0040754406-2 Sh.Suraj Bhan Chhikara,H.No.
Sd/-
Colony, Delhi-110045 have Neha Rai & Himanshu Gupta
The Leela Ambience Gurugram
I,Rashneet Singh, S/o,Raghubir 1884,Sector-6,Bahadurgarh changed my name to Leena Advocates
Hotel & Residences is seeking a Lexgrid Legal H-35, 1st Floor,
Singh Bhatia,R/o-28/150- District Jhajjar(Haryana)- Gautam 0070930136-1
skilled chef with expertise in Jangpura Extension, New Delhi-110014
151,FF,West Patel-Nagar Delhi- 124507,have changed my name
I, Amisha Chaurasia D/O Thai cuisine. Interested
8,have changed my name to to Bijender Singh Chhikara. PUBLIC NOTICE
Dhirender Chaurasia , R/o candidates are encouraged to
Rashneet Singh Bhatia 0040754404-4 apply via email to
2788/6, Second Floor, Near Be it known to all that my clients SH.
BALWANT SINGH MEHRA son of Shri
0040754409-4 I,Bhuvneshwar Kumar,S/O Banke Bihari Mandir, Chuna hr.tlag@theleela.com. HUKAM SINGH residence of plot no.17, G/F,
gali no.16, Sidhatri Enclave, Bhagwati Garden
Subhash Chand Gupta,R/O-50- Mandi Ganj, Pahar Ganj, 0040754392-1
I,Praveen Kumar,S/o-Jagdish Extn. Uttam Nagar Near Lal Farm Delhi 110059

A, Gali.No.1,Safdarjung Central Delhi-110055. Declare have severed all relations with his son namely
Chander,R/o.H.No-255/10, Birendra Singh and his wife SMT.Neema
Enclave,New Delhi-110029, that Name of Mine & My Father Mehra have disowned &amp disinherited them
Model Town,Rohtak(Haryana)- from all their movable and immovable properties
Have Changed my Name to and My Mother has been
124001, have changed my to and social relations due to Neema's unruly

Parveen Kumar. 0040754400-3 Bhubneshwar Gupta. wrongly written as Amisha

Chauarasia & Dhirender
TRAVELS behavior and her threat to false implication of
entire family of my clients. Whosoever deals
with them in any matter, shall do so at his/her
I,Prateek S/o Naveen Kumar R/o 0040754400-7 Chauarasia and Neelam own risk & consequences and my clients
shall not be held liable for that.
H.No.25 Naharpur Sector-
7,Rohini Delhi-110085,have
I,Archana Bhojak,W/o-Suresh Chauarasia in my 10th Class
Certificate. The actual name of
HOTEL & RESORTS GUL AFROZ
Sd/-

Singh Bhojak,R/o Plot.No-3,Flat Advocate

changed my name to Parth No.G-3, Sector-6,Vaishali Mine & My Father and My Ch. 11, old civil supply building
Mahableshwar, Panchgani, Tis Hazari Court, DELHI
Sharma 0040754405-10 Ghaziabad,U.P-201010,have Mother are Amisha Chaurasia Beautiful jungle
changed my son’s name,from & Dhirender Chaurasia and resort,swimming pool,
I,Prashant,s/o om Prakash,r/o
Malay Bhojak to Malay Singh Neelam Chaurasia, which may NatureLovers Luxury cottages,
house no-236,Anandpuram
Bhojak. 0040754400-5 be amended accordingly. complet resort 15/17 people,
colony,Fatehpur,u.p-212601,
have changed my name to I,Anju W/o Dinesh Sharma,R/o 0070930096-1 on rent monthly 1.5Lac/ Daily
Prashant to Prashant 6/185,S-3, Vaishali,Ghaziabad 15000 with breakfast, Pune
I hitherto known as Shally
Sharma,for all purpose. U.P-201010,have changed my Amanorapark, Available 5BHK
Ranjan D/o Sudhir Ranjan R/o
name,from Anju to Anju Vats. Bunglow FF With Beautifully
0040754402-1 A-7/C, DDA Flats, A-Street,
Garden, Daily monthly basis
0040754400-6 Munirka, J.N.U P.O. J.N.U. Dist.
I,Pramod Kumar,S/o Prahlad Rai The house of
South West Delhi, Delhi-67 have
R/o D-253,Madhav Green I,Anil Kumar has been changed Venkateshwara9011222034,
changed my name and shall
Extension,Tara Khas,Chinhat, my name Anil Kumar to Anil 9970179241. 0090360733-2
hereafter be known as Riddhi
Lucknow,U.P.-226028,have Kumar Bhardwaj, s/o,Ram Jagadh Vasudev D/o Sudhir
changed my name,from Kumar Bhardwaj, R/O,F- Ranjan for all intents and
Pramod Kumar to Pramod 4/131,sector-16 Rohini Delhi,for purposes. 0020482953-1
Kumar Rai,for all,future future all,purpose.
purposes. 0040754409-2 I OM PRAKASH KARDAM S/O Lal
0040754402-3
Singh R/O House No. 3099, Shiv
I,PARVEEN,S/O SOMBIR SINGH
I,ARAVIND KUMAR SHAHI,S/O Ganga Apartment, Sector-4B
SOLANKI,R/o H.No.295, D-Block,
RAGHAVENDRA BAHADUR Vasundhra, Ghaziabad UP
Saidham Raj City, Khanpur
SHAHI,R/o-K-604,SAMRIDHI 201012 do herby solemnly
Japti, Ghaziabad (UP) have
GRAND AVENUE,GREATER declare that my correct name
changed my name to PARVEEN
NOIDA is Om Prakash Kardam as per
SINGH. 0040754400-1
WEST,BISHRAKH,PO:SURAJPUR my all records in Pan card,
I,Om Prakash sharma,s/O ,DIST. GAUTAM-BUDDHA- Aadhar Card etc. My name Om
Jagdish,house.no-236, NAGAR,UTTAR PRADESH- Prakash was wrongly
Anandpuram-colony,Fatehpur, 201306,inform that ARABIND mentioned in the education
u.p.-212601,have changed my KUMAR SHAHI & ARAVIND documents of my Daughter. I
name to Om Prakash,for all KUMAR SHAHI,both names are hereby affirm that Om Prakash
purpose. 0040754402-2 same person.My correct name and Om Prakash Kardam is one
is ARAVIND KUMAR SHAHI,for and the same person.
I, Arjun Kumar S/O Chintamani
all future purposes. 0040754340-1
Sharma, R/o House No-92, Kh.
No-80/10, Gali No-3, Vashisht 0040754409-6
I, Farzana Parveen, w/o Shadab
Enclave, Burari, North Delhi,
I, Neha Rani Alias Neha Sharma Alam, resident at 156/51A, 4rth
Delhi-110084, I have changed
D/o Surender Sharma W/o Brij Floor, Street No. 3, Ghaffar
the name of my minor Son
Sharma R/o H.No- G-413, Gali Manzil, Jamia Nagar, New
Yuvraj K C aged about 13 years
No-21, Pusta Road, West Delhi-110025, change my name
and He shall hereafter be
Karawal Nagar, Gokal Puri, from Farzana to Farzana
known as Yuvraj Khatri
Delhi-110094 have changed my Parveen in my son Shazaan
0070930106-1 name to Neha Vashisth for all Alam school records.
purposes. 0070930179-1 0070930098-1
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OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry & T Lewis

CROSSWORD 5497 DAY TODAY BY PETER VIDAL
ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr 20) LIBRA (Sep 24 - Oct 23)
There are certain Concern about a
ties and personal matter is
involvements due to increase
which can never be over the next forty-
broken. However, you must eight hours, but this is all to
make minor adjustments if the good if it alerts you to
you are to continue to live an possible weaknesses. Put your
existence that is fulfilling and time to good account by
satisfying from a personal cleaning up your diet,
point of view. improving your exercise and
devoting more to your
TAURUS (Apr 21 - May 21) responsibilities.
Now that Venus,
planet of love, is SCORPIO (Oct 24 - Nov 23)
offering you gentle There’s a minor
encouragement, planetary cycle at
CALVIN & HOBBES by Bill Watterson you must take one or two
important steps. The first is
work that affects
your sign and which
to acknowledge that other comes to a head over the
people have the advantage. coming two or three days. The
The second is to stand back opportunities which now open
and allow them to enjoy up should be profoundly
their period of dominance. creative in the broadest sense
ACROSS DOWN and could be satisfying.
1 Prepared as Venus de 2 Strange oriental tale (8) GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)
Milo once was (5) 3 Order looks not right yet feels Try to think of a SAGITTARIUS(Nov24-Dec22)
8 You alone find it (8) right (4,4) possession or People at home will
9 A foreigner on a bad 4 Starchy food father is about personal contact be gearing up for a
line(5) to turn to (6) you are losing as fight. This is one of
10 Sycophant’s aspirate 5 Foreign cash drain is awkward something that you might be those disputes in
misplaced (8) (5) better off without. You know which nothing of substance
11 Remaining calm (5) 6 Score 101 and total up (5) better than anyone that your seems to be involved beyond a
12 The sound of music (3) 7 Note reciprocation about a future happiness depends feeling that someone’s pride
16 It’s black or white with point of principle (5) more than anything on a has been hurt. But, then, it’s
grounds for disposal (6) 12 It may be sweet to eat ornot change of attitude. what exactly people feel that
17 Boxes holding Eastern (3) counts, and that’s why they
weapons (6) 13 Footnote I add to a letter CANCER (June 22 - July 23) need to be placated.
18 Name written in italics
(3)
from Greece (3)
14 End of the new tram line (8)
MARVIN by Tom Armstrong In spite of the
many obstacles CAPRICORN (Dec 23 - Jan 20)
23 Accident on court? 15 Gifts offered by about ten that circumstances It may be wise to
(5) different papers? (8) are placing in your wait another few
24 Major report produced 19 He is taken in by a girl. Who path, the long-term plan is days before
by a VIP (3,5) fluttered them? (6) still working in your favour. pressurising
25 Silly girl that is going out 20 Humble sailor on a rough Never imagine that you are anybody else into a firm
(5) sea (5) powerless in the face of fate. commitment. The fact is that
26 Turn in a toboggan? 21 On the other hand it’s no You're not, and if there's close partners may feel much
Done (8) loss (5) anything astrology can teach more strongly about your
27 Embrace for a deserving 22 After accident had you, then it's how to create ideas than you realised. You
warrior (5) no motorcycle (5) your own future. should probably spend extra
effort on gentle persuasion.
Solutions Crossword5496Across:1Tarantella,6Sump,10Befit,11Grapevine,12 LEO (July 24 - Aug 23)
Prodigal,13Press,15Gunners,17Takesin, 19Everest,21Centaur,22Morse,24 Don't expect AQUARIUS (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
Artifice,27Negotiate,28Alibi,29Sell,30PlaywrightDown:1Toby,2Reference,3 business affairs to You’re in a generally
Noted,4Engages,5Leaflet,7Unite,8Pleasantry,9Bespoken,14 Agreements,16
Elements,18Searching,20Travail,21Cutlery,23Regal,25Flair,26Tint go exactly according prosperous phase,
to plan. On the other but as soon as you
hand, there is really no need stop concentrating,
to worry about short-term costs could shoot up. All that
hiccups turning into long-term happens financially from now
JUMBLED WORDS DifficultyLevel3s
catastrophes, just as long as until the weekend may not be
SOLUTION SUDOKU 5745

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Instructions pulse. That way you’ll be one of those times when you
Given below are four jumbled words. Solve the jumbles to make proper words and move TosolveaSudokupuzzle, prepared for the unexpected. have to accept that the planets
them to the respective squares below. Select the letters in the shaded squares and everydigitfrom1to9 could push you to new places.
SUDOKU 5746

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thenextthreedaysyoucan back and let events take their
ESUIS HOGNUT DifficultyLevel expecttomeetconsiderably own course, intervening only
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5s=VeryHard; positiveapproachandlisten going their own way, you can
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Son of roadside mechanic in Lucknow gets `34 lakh at HIL auction

“But as much as the money, it’s of the Junior India team that will compete in
MIHIR VASAVDA also about pride. I have never seen theSultanof JohorCupstartingSaturdayand
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 16 my mother and father so happy. features prominently in senior coach Craig
Fulton’s post-Paris Olympics plan.
OUTSIDETHEmaingateof theUttarPradesh
Family ki izzat honi chahiye, that’s It was also during this period when the
Jal Nigam office in Lucknow’s Hazratganj, an the important thing.” then 10-year-old Amir would cycle roughly
anxious Tasavvur Ali flung aside his toolbox 12 km to watch his ‘hero’, former India cap-
AMIR ALI, INDIA JUNIOR CAPTAIN
when thephone beeped on Sundayevening. tain and twice Olympic bronze medallist
By the time he finished reading the SMS The eldest of five siblings, Amir was seen Manpreet Singh, play in the Hockey India
— a smartphone is still an unaffordable lux- assomeonewho’deventuallyjoinhisfather’s League.
ury for him — the motorcycle mechanic was business.So,evenbeforehecoulddistinguish “I never missed a HIL match back then.
tearing up. His son Amir, the text message a pass from a hit on the hockey field, Amir Manpreet bhai used to play for Ranchi back
read,hadearnedhisfledglingcareer’sbiggest was doing the heavy lifting at the garage. then and I went to see him play,” Amir says.
paycheque — the 20-year-old defender was “You know, engines are heavy to lift and “It’s surreal that now I will play in the same
picked by the yet-to-be-named it’s not one man’s job. It started with that. team with him.”
Visakhapatnam-based team for Rs 34 lakh And very soon, I began servicing bikes. I was Not long before Amir was picked, the
in the Hockey India League player auctions. 12 years old at the time,” Amir, the Junior Visakhapatnam franchise had snapped up
Withinminutes,thenewsspreadintheneigh- India team captain, tells this paper. Manpreet for Rs 42 lakh. When his turn
bourhood. And ‘imambara chacha’ had a bee- “My father told me and my brother Amir Ali is the captain of the junior India team at the Sultan of Johor Cup. (R) Amir’s father Tussavur at work. Vishal Srivastava came, Amir’s heart started pounding. He set
line of visitors waiting to wish him. Shahrukh,‘yeh hunar hona chahiye’ (wemust off a bidding war of sorts and when the auc-
“I was over the moon. I knew Amir would possess this skill). So, I helped him,” Amir tioneer banged the gavel, he was sold for Rs
make us all proud one day… this is the first says, adding that the brothers continue to current heroes like Lalit Upadhyay or future entspottersthatreliesoninstinctsratherthan evenings at the hockey ground. There were 34 lakh. Compared to HIL’s richer cousin, the
step,hewillachievemore,”TasavvurtellsThe work there even today when they are home. stars like Rajkumar Pal. just data. “The ground was very close to my timesTasavvurhadtoborrowmoneytomeet Indian Premier League,the sumspentonthe
Indian Express. At the time, Amir was already smitten by Amir is built in the same mould — a left- house. Kids from my neighbourhood went some of his son’s sporting needs, and there hockey players might not be eye-watering.
Less than a decade ago, none of this the sport — barely surprising given the back who can beautifully cut inside to beat there to play so one evening, I joined them weretimes,too,whenAmirhadtoskiptrain- But for someone likeAmir,it is life-changing.
seemed possible. Hockey back then was a unique place of pride Lucknow, and Uttar the opposition’s press, a hard tackler, quick too,” Amir says. “Rashid sir saw something in ing sessions to help his father at the garage. “This is my biggest earning through
‘dream’. The reality was harsh — at an age Pradesh in general, enjoys in Indian hockey. on the ball and, true to the modern-day me, and urged me to continue playing.” “In2014,IgotselectedattheMajorDhyan hockey. I don’t know what I’ll do with it —
where players learn the basics of the sport, The region has produced stars who play Indian player, one who won’t hold the ball Chand Sports College in Saifai,” he adds. The usually, I give it to my father, so I’ll do that,”
Amirwashelpinghisfatheratthegarage.“To with ‘tehzeeb’ and ‘nazakat’, be it the yester- for more than a few seconds. Putting in extra shifts big break eased the financial burden on his Amir says. “But as much as the money, it’s
call it a garage is a stretch,” Tassavur inter- year wizards like Dhyan Chand or his son Hewasspottedattheageof 10byasenior He juggled three things for months — the family as far as the hockey needs were con- also about pride. I have never seen my
jects. “I just have a small tin briefcase and sit Ashok Kumar; KD Singh Babu or coach at the KD Singh Babu Stadium, Rashid mornings, Amir adds, were spent at school, cerned. Step by step, Amir began his journey mother and father so happy. Family ki izzat
outsidethemaingateof theJalNigamoffice.” Mohammad Shahid; Zafar Iqbal or RP Singh; AzizKhan,whobelongstoagenerationof tal- afternoonshelpinghisfatheratthegarageand towards the national team; he is the captain honi chahiye, that’s the important thing.”

BRIEFLY LONG READ: DIPA KARMAKAR INTERVIEW MI likely to

Mbappé’sagents

‘Those who called me buffalo

dismissreportsofrape retain Rohit;
Stockholm: French soccer star Kylian
LSG yet to take a
Mbappé’s repre-
call on Rahul
had to receive me at airport’
sentatives have re-
jected as “false and
irresponsible” re-
ports in Swedish DEVENDRA PANDEY
media saying he is MUMBAI, OCTOBER 16
thesubjectofarape
investigation in the INDIA'S T20 World Cup-winning skipper
Nordiccountry.Withoutcitingsources, Rohit Sharma, who was replaced by Hardik
several Swedish media including SHIVANI NAIK PandyaasMumbaiIndians
tabloids Expressen and Aftonbladet and MUMBAI, OCTOBER 16 WhyDipaisa captainlastseason,islikely
broadcastersSVTandTV4reportedthat to be one of the four play-
theRealMadridstrikerwasthesubject INDIAN PATHBREAKING gymnast Dipa toughacttofollow ers retained by the fran-
of a rape claim following a visit to Karmakar retired last week, calling time on chise—theotherthreebe-
Stockholmlastweek.Inresponsetothe hercareeronherownterms—afterwinning A GYMNAST like Dipa Karmakar can ingHardik,JaspritBumrah
reports, Swedish prosecutors issued a gold at the Asian Championships earlier in only emerge as a result of individual and Suryakumar Yadav.
brief statement Tuesday saying a rape the year. She was taunted and called a ‘buf- ambition, and her career trajectory is The change of captain last
had been reported to police, but didn’t falo’ when she started out training on the extremely difficult to replicate on a season resulted in Hardik being booed at
nameanysuspect.“Accordingtothere- deathly Produnova vault in 2014 — she re- mass basis, within India's outdated, Wankhede Stadium, the team's home
port the incident took place on Oct. 10, sponded with a CWG bronze. And she was formulaic system in this sport. ground.MumbaiIndianshadfinishedlaston
2024, at a hotel in central Stockholm,” accusedof being'oldandfinished’beforeshe Unless coach BS Nandy or Dipa her- thetable,winningjustfourof their14games.
said the statement published by the headed out to the Asian Championship at self, carry the same conviction, trust- AllIPLfranchiseshavetosubmitthelistof
Swedish Prosecution Authority. AP Tashkent, where she won gold in 2024. ing another talent to pull off a rou- players they want to retain to the BCCI by
In an interview with The Indian Express, tine as difficult as the Produnova. October31,astheboardpreparesforitsmega
ShakibsetforTest the 31-year-old talks about the fire of ambi-
tion that perennially burnt inside her as she
India's crusty unin-
spiring sporting
auction in November.
The BCCI has allowed a team to retain six
farewellathome went about proving naysayers wrong while
focusingononeof thetoughestmanoeuvrsin
bureaucracy, its
old-fashioned
players of which five can be capped players
(Indian/Overseas) with a maximum of two
Dhaka: Shakib Al Hasan is set for his sport, and when she wasn't sent to the Asian coaching manuals uncapped players.
last appearance in Test cricket in front GamesdespitetoppingtheIndiantrials.And and poorly guided Asperthenewregulations,retentionwill
of the home crowd as the venerable abouticecreamthatshewillindulgein,now athletes, are costafranchiseRs18croreforthefirstplayer,
all-rounder was named in that she can go easy on her diet. Excerpts: nowhere close to even nurturing the Rs 14 crore for the second, Rs 11 crore for the
Bangladesh'ssquadforthefirstmatch same ambition that Dipa dared to third, while the fourth and fifth players will
against South Africa, starting here on Why did you decide to retire? dream. Attempting high Difficulty cost Rs 18 crore and Rs 14 crore respectively.
Monday. Before the second and final I feel extremely emotional because it’s scores (anything above 5.8 on the In addition, a team can also retain an un-
Test against India at Kanpur, Shakib been 25 years of my life. It’s gone now. But I Vault), needs a very strong condi- capped player and forgo the Right to Match
had expressed his wish to play his fi- obviouslyunderstand everything has to end. tioning base, a highly capable coach (RTM).Butif theyretainonly5,theywillkeep
nal Test at home against South Africa, Especially, in a sport like mine, when the who is also patient with incremental the RTM option available.
providedtheBangladeshCricketBoard body doesn't allow it. After double surgeries, progress. Two other gymnasts - Retaining an uncapped player will cost a
was able to ensure his safety. Khaled in an event like vaulting, it is extremely dif- Aruna Reddy and Pranati Nayak franchise Rs 4 crore.
Ahmed is the only omission from the ficult to continue if the body isn't support- were competent vaulters at the If MI retain the aforementioned players
squad that recently toured India. PTI ing. After I won the Asian Championships World Cup level, but knew their limi- they will be docked Rs 61 crore from the to-
gold, I knew the time was right. tations - which also meant they tal purse of Rs 120 crore. It is learnt that MI
Doubleschallenge Do you recall the first and last time you
made 8-person finals but weren't al-
ways in contention for medals. India
willaimtobuywicket-keeperbatsmanIshan
Kishen at the auction and use the RTM for
endsinDenmark did the Produnova?
I don’t really remember when I did the
has a couple of tragic cases of male
gymnasts trying the Roche (men's
Tim David.

Odense: India's doubles campaign Produnova for the first time. But I clearly re- Gymnast Dipa Karmakar called it time after winning the gold at the Asian equivalent of Produnova) that ended RR to retain three
ended at the Denmark Open bad- member I tried the vault the very last time Championships at Tashkent in May. Reuters in lifelong paralysis. Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals have de-
minton tournament after the in 2019. cided to retain three Indian players — cap-
women'sandmixedpairingsfromthe tain Sanju Samson, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal
country bowed out following hard- What were the top moments of your coachcametotheairporttoreceiveme,with brought home the gold medal, beating the Is there something you won't miss about and middle-order batsman Riyan Parag. The
fought first-round losses here on career? flowers and bouquet. silvermedallistfromAsiad.IknewIwasgood gymnastics — the scoldings? team is also currently in talks with England’s
Wednesday. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri 2014CommonwealthGamesbronzewas contender for Asian Games, I was ready, but As an athlete, I liked getting scolded. It Jos Buttler, it is learnt.
Gopichand (women's doubles) and B very important. If there had been no medal Weren’t you scared of taking up the they didn't let me go. It will hurt always. improved me. But yeah, I'm a foodie, I really
Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy in Glasgow, no result to show, then, gymnas- Produnova? likefood.SoInowplantoeaticecreamwith- LSG keen on Pooran
(mixed doubles) suffered three-game tics would have ended for Indian women. It There was no fear. I’m not someone who Did it bother you that you didn't know out feeling bad. Every flavour possible. LucknowSuperGiantsislikelytoretainits
defeats in their opening contests. PTI was a boost for all gymnastics back then. Of gets scared easily. In my mind I know, no the reason? two uncapped players — Ayush Badoni and
course, Rio 2016 was life-changing. And the matter what, I have to win a medal. I will al- Iwasfightingformyself.Ispokemymind. What were the lowest lows? pacer Mohsin Khan — as well as West Indian
Delhitohostfirst last Asian Championships gold was memo-
rable especially because I had hit rock bot-
ways miss the Produnova, it's my most
favourite element.
I was ready to give trials again, and fulfill any
criteria because I knew I had a good medal
Afterthedoublesurgeryonmyknee,Igot
serious doubts. I would think I have to get an
big-hitter Nicholas Pooran.
The Indian Express understands that the
KhoKhoWorldCup tom before that. I had to hear so many times
andonanalmostdailybasis.‘Dipaisoldnow, What about support from your family?
chance. Was feeling good about my routines.
I did speak up. Now I just feel, I don’t want
element right but get paralysed thinking if I
would actually be able to. The fear kicked in
franchise is yet to take a call on their captain
KLRahul.Thewicket-keeperbatsmaniscur-
New Delhi: The first-ever Kho Kho she's finished, she should leave the sport.’ My father was very supportive being a juniorstogothroughthisrandomness.Good after injuries, I suppose. rently playing in the India versus New
World Cup will be held at the Thyagraj People would just pass comments and walk weightlifting coach himself. performances should be re- But I had a teammate who explained to ZealandTestseriesathome.Aftera10-wicket
StadiumherefromJanuary13to19next away. But I would think, ‘Just you wait, I will My mother is the strongest warded. me that this is what I do best, there's no way losstoSunrisersHyderabadlastseason,tele-
year,thetournamentorganiserssaidon showyouhowgoodDipais.’Sowinninggold person I know, if I couldn’t I'm going to forget being good at gymnastics. vision cameras captured an agitated team
Wednesday. The World Cup's official after listening to those ignorant taunts was getanelementrightevenaf- Do you think India When your peers, who understand nuances owner Sanjiv Goenka gesturing with his
logo and tagline #TheWorldGoesKho satisfying. ter trying hard, she would I qualified at No.1 spot wasted your legacy? of the sport say that, it's easy to drown neg- hands at Rahul during a conversation along
was also unveiled during the function. calmlysay,‘Noproblem.You in trials (Asiad). They You are referring to no ative voices, the noise. But yes, there was a the boundary line. At a function where
Thetournamentwillfeatureanimpres- Did you actually say that to people? will get it right.’ She had full randomly changed the one qualifying for the Paris tournament in Hungary where I didn’t even Zaheer Khan was named as LSG's new men-
sive line-up of 24 nations, with both NoIhaveneverlikedtorespondtotaunts confidence in me. My sister criteria which we had Olympics?Iwon’tagreethat make the (8-person) final. And I thought I tor in August, Goenka had said: “He (Rahul)
men's and women's teams competing with words. I let people talk. And then I al- is more like a friend, we do followed for 10-12 mylegacywaswasted.After should quit. But I didn’t. is integral (to LSG). He has been here since
for supremacy. PTI ways ensure my results shut people up. masti, we scream at each me,wehadgymnastsgovia the inception. For me personally and for (my
other, we fight. My coach BS
years. I’m also a ranking to Tokyo Olympics. What are your future plans? son) Shashwat, he is like family."
human, and not being
Piquejoinschorusof What do you recall of successfully
sticking a landing on the first Produnova
Nandy was very important
in my life. The spine of my allowed to compete
We obviously need to work
harder to qualify for
I’m a deputy director of coaching in
Tripura. And I will help every gymnast who DC to keep Pant, Axar, Kuldeep
schedulediscontent in competition?
I remember every moment of sticking a
life. He taught me how to be
a good sport, without com-
broke me badly” Olympics through World
Championships, which is
approaches me and share my experience so
that they can achieve what I didn't — win-
DelhiCapitalsislikelytoretainthreeplay-
ers, wicket keeper and captain Rishabh Pant,
London: Football's governing bodies landing on the Produnova in competition. plaining. If he had asked me to jump from muchtougherandtrulyelite.Almost105-115 ning an Olympic medal. all-rounder Axar Patel and left-arm wrist
shouldnotintroducenewcompetitions And all the training. Not every thing is pleas- first floor, I would have jumped. countries come to those events, and that is spinnerKuldeepYadav.Thefranchiseisyetto
andtop-flightleaguesshouldreducethe ant and good, especially when a coach is try- therealtest.Butif youhaveajuniorssystem- What is a really tough day in Gymnastics win an IPL title. The franchise has already
number of teams they have to ease the ing to get a difficult routine out of a student. What was the most challenging phase? atic program and camps and you give them like? Also what thoughts go through the parted ways with their coach Ricky Ponting,
fixture burden on players, former But what I remember most was, another I've never got anything easy in life. A lot adequateinternationalexposure,I’msurewe mind when performing the Produnova? who has moved to Punjab Kings.
Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard gymnast and coach, standing there in our hasbeenwrittenaboutmytroublewhennot will have a few qualify for Los Angeles. Peoplestartsoearlyinthissport.Thehard
PiquesaidonWednesday."Therearetoo earlytrainingdays,andsayingloudly,"Dekho, beingsentto2022AsianGames.Iqualifiedat work is constant and you have to stay alert Punjab keen on Arshdeep
many games, and we are seeing now ek bhains khadaa hai, bhains (routine) karte No.1 spot in official trials. But despite that, What can change in Indian gymnastics in practice. Even when I was injured, I was The franchise is in talks with fast bowler
playerssaying'listen,wearegettingin- karte giir gayaa" (Look, the buffalo is stand- they randomly changed the criteria which to ensure the momentum is carried always in training - gym, fitness, watching Arshdeep Singh, who they want to retain.
jured.Therearegameseverythreedays, ing.Andnowshehasfallenfromtheroutine.) wehadsuccessfullyfollowedfor10-12years. forward? videos, strengthening. The team also wants to retain two uncapped
wedon'thavetimetorestinsummer'," I cried a lot hearing that at 18. But then coach I’m also a human, and not being allowed to Weneedgood,professionalcoacheswho I remember every thought when per- players Shashank Singh and Ashutosh
the 37-year-old told The Summit, part said,wewillnotsayanything.AfterIsuccess- compete despite topping trials, broke me have been gymnasts themselves and under- forming the Produnova. You can't empty the Sharma.Bothuncappedplayershadabreak-
of LeadersWeekLondon. REUTERS fullystucktheProdunovalandingatGlasgow badly. That was the toughest. But after 6 stand the sport. Not just officials with book- thoughts. The technique has to be on point, throughseasonandplayedavitalroleforthe
Commonwealth Games, the same gymnast- months, I went to Asian Championships and ish knowledge of rules, who are of no use. off the board, on the block. franchise earlier this year.
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FIRST TEST: INDIA VS NEW ZEALAND

CanhostspulloffaKanpur-likewininrainyBengaluru?
Despiteopening they walked back, the ground-
staff started to unroll the sheets.
diencethatIndiacouldbreathelife
into a dead game and carve a vic-
haveinfrontofus.Wewilltryand
make the most of that situation.
effortlesslyshiftthroughthegears,
thosethatcouldbeasrelentlessly
daywashout, Twenty minutes later, the in-
evitablenewsarrived,thattheday
tory from impossible causes. The
pursuit of victory is relentless —
Then we would try and see how
we can press the pedal and take
aggressive as England, if they de-
cideto.TheKanpurexhibitionwas
Indiastillhave had been called off. WTCfinalornot.AllIndiarequired thegameforward,”hehadsaidon justasampledoseofthesupreme
The crowd lingered, enthusi- was173overs,lessthantwodays the eve of the match. stroke-making ability the team
timetomakea astically waving towards the literally, to etch the win over But,thefickleweatherandthe possesses.
Indian dressing room, before the Bangladesh. New Zealand could questofavictorycouldforcethem If batsmen could alternate
matchoutof it skiesturnedgrim.Grimmernews offer stiffer resistance, especially to hit the fifth gear from the start. their approaches, so could their
awaited them, as the weather is their seamers under the cloud It’s not playstation cricket to sus- bowlers. They could toggle be-
expected to remain the same cover on a moist surface. But an- tain high levels of aggression tween offence and defence, even
SANDIP G throughout the duration of the otherstatwouldenthusethem— throughout a Test match. But though they are all primarily at-
BENGALURU, OCTOBER 16 Test. But they wouldn't fret over thatonlyfourof the19Testshave Gambhir definitely has the per- tacking bowlers, pressing and
theelements,atleastthisearly,be- lasted the full five days. Of those, sonnel — a wondrously flexible probingforwickets.Thecollective
FIVE MINUTES into the standard cause the drainage system in two of them had lengthy rain in- group that could storm a team to intensityisstaggering.Ifthebats-
tea time, a wave of cheer swept Bangalore is postmodern, unlike terruptions.Sevenofthem,thatis submission, in as much as the men somehow stave off Jasprit
the rain-swept ground. An army the archaic one in Kanpur. nearlyonethird,finishedinthree same way they can spell them a Bumrah, a rare occurrence these
of groundsmen sprinted to un- Poweredbythe200-horsepower or fewer days. slow death. A bunch that could days,MohammedSirajandAkash
peel the drenched tarpaulin machine conceived by US-based So it’s premature to worry Rohit Sharma on the execute any plan they devise on Deep would daunt on them. All
sheets,baringthesoggyHessians SubAir, which could suck 10,000 about a dull draw that could drenched pitch on Day 1 in thestrategytable.If theyarerear- three could pull off the strike-
underneath, that had sheltered litres of water per minute, they dampentheirprospectsofsealing Bengaluru. Sportzpics guarding, they have those that bowler role, all three could per-
themainsquarefromtherainthat have seen the outfield getting a third successive spot in the couldknuckledownanddead-bat form the workhorse duty too. So
only paused briefly throughout driedupinminutesintheIPLand World Test Championship final. for sessions on end, even though are the spinners, the most de-
theday.Thesheetswererolledto the World Cup. The equation is straightforward: such situations have been rare in structive spin-tango in India’s
the side like a cigarette. The um- Indiarequiretowinthreeof their ofTests.ButRohitSharmaandCo. Australia with the place sealed that is not set in stone. Both Rohit recent times; if they are hunting cricket history.
pires and other officials studied Kanpur heist still fresh next eight Tests. But five of them would want to wrap up the busi- would be a monkey off their Sharma and Gautam Gambhir for quick runs, they have the per- Thatwouldbeampleencour-
thesurfacearoundthesquare,es- Besides, the Kanpur heist is areinAustralia.NotthatIndiaare ness at the earliest, and at home, backs. haddownplayedtheirKanpurap- sonnel to plunder quick runs. agement for the crowd to hit the
peciallyacoupleofslushypatches stillfreshintheirmemory.Thevic- ill-equipped to win the series in where they have been invincible The circumstances, thus, are proach. “We look to adapt to From Rohit to Ravi Ashwin, they stands despite the unpleasant
around the crease. The moment toryhasinstilledafaithintheau- Australiaoratleastpinchacouple in their last 18 series. Landing in ideal for a Kanpur encore, even if whatever possible situation we haveacoreofbatsmenwhocould weather forecast.

ISSF SHOOTING WORLD CUP FINAL

Sheoran sets his

own pace, shoots
down bronze
started with a kind act to a fellow
SHASHANKNAIR competitor. Kazakhstan shooter
NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 KonstantinMalinovskiy,whohad
finishedfifthonTuesday,hadlost
AS THE clock ticked down on the his shooting kit - including his
eight contestants in the Men's jacket and pants - a day prior to
50m 3 Positions event at the ISSF the qualification and final.
WorldCupFinal,theywentabout He told Sheoran about his
settingtheirriflesquicklyintopo- predicament and the Indian
sitionbeforetakingtheirshot.But shootercametohisaide,handing
foroneof them,timedidn'tseem him a back-up jacket and pair of
to be in short supply. pants. Malinovskiy took part in
Akhil Sheoran is languid the event after taping up
when it comes to pressing the Sheoran’s name on the pants.
trigger. He takes the longest time Last year, Sheoran won the
to bring his rifle into place, and bronze medal at the World
then stays there for Championships, a
what seems like an performance many
eternity before fi- didn't see coming.
nally squeezing a Inanalreadyloaded
shot out. Call it his Indian 50m 3P
technique,orhisob- team, he added his
sessive need for the name alongside
perfectframe,butit Aishwary Pratap
didn't prevent him Singh Tomar and
from climbing the Swapnil Kusale to a
podium at the Dr list of shooters who
Karni Singh Shooting Range in couldhaveeasilymedalledatthe
New Delhi on Wednesday. Olympics. But come the trials,
In a top field, Sheoran staved Kusale and Singh prevailed and
off a late charge from Paris Sheoran was left to rue another
OlympicsgoldmedallistandISSF Olympicspassinghimby.Afterhis
Men's Shooter of the Year Yukun eventonWednesday,hesaidthat
Liu to pick up a bronze medal. an accident a few days before his
“He'sbecomeafastershooter domestictrialsinBhopalresulted
nowadays,” quips his personal in a chip fracture and a cut on the
coachDeepaliDeshpande.“Once cheek.
asajuniorshooter,hehad20sec- Deshpande says that initially
onds in which to take two shots. Sheoran didn't tell her about the
Wewerepanickingbutthat’show injury. “If he had said it then, the
he shoots.” NRAIwouldhavebeatenhimup,”
At one moment during shesays.“Hetoldmehewasdriv-
Wednesday's final, Sheoran had ing when another vehicle hit his
Liu breathing down his neck, car from behind. His left thumb
whilesimultaneouslyfightingfor got twisted under the wheel and
a podium spot against Jiri he had a minor fracture. He also
Privaratsky. All five remaining had a cut on the part of the cheek
shooters had made a shot in the that goes on the rifle.”
mid-10s,puttingpressureonhim. Sheoran couldn't shoot for a
But the 29-year-old waited a coupleofweeksafterthatincident
fewmoresecondsbeforemanag- andwhenthefirstdomestictrials
inga10.8shot.TheIndianfinished tookplaceinBhopal,hewasclose
the final on 452.6 points while to full fitness but without suffi-
Hungary’s Peni Istvan and Czech cienttimeontherange,according
Republic's Privaratsky both won to Deshpande.
their second medal of the World Her other student, Kusale,
Cup final when they snagged the madetheteamafterthetrialsand
gold and silver respectively. wentontowinabronzemedalat
The50m3Pshooter’sdayhad the Paris Games.

Sajid leads Pak comeback

after Duckett hundred
swashbuckling batting earlier in
REUTERS the day when England scored at
MULTAN, OCTOBER 16 almost seven an over in the first
10.Duckett(114)ledtheway,forg-
ENGLAND OPENER Ben Duckett ing50-pluspartnershipswithZak
smashed a belligerent hundred Crawley, Ollie Pope and Joe Root.
but Pakistan off-spinner Sajid The feisty left-hander combined
Khan struck three late blows to inabreezy73-run opening stand
leave the second Test evenly withCrawley,wholedacharmed
poisedafteranenthrallingsecond life before falling for 27. Crawley
day on Wednesday. survivedarun-outafteramix-up
ReplyingtoPakistan'sfirst-in- withDuckettonlybecausebowler
nings366,Englandcruisedto211- Sajid had broken the stumps be-
2withDuckettandJoeRootlook- fore he could collect the ball.
ing well set before Sajid (4-86) Sajid suffered more disap-
triggered a spectacular collapse. pointmentwhenCrawleywasad-
England limped to 239-6 at judged LBW in his next over but
stumpshavinglostfivewicketsin thedecisionwasreversedafterre-
the final session, including three plays confirmed the ball would
in eight deliveries. They are still have missed the stumps.
127behindwithJamieSmith(12) Brief scores: Pakistan 366
and Brydon Carse (two) at the (Kamran 118; Leach 4/114) lead
crease. England239/6(Duckett114;Sajid
It was a far cry from their 4/86) by 127 runs.

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