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Ringing in 2019 intruders
killed on LoC
inclusion in NRC special correspondent
Srinagar
The window for 40.07 lakh A.B. Khandakar, a Guwa used the same legacy person based Army spokesman
of the 3.29 crore applicants hatibased activist, said the as others genealogically said on Monday.
triple talaq bill to House panel excluded from the complete
draft was opened on Sep
tember 25. It was to have
number of applications in
creased after a clause was re
moved from the standard
linked to someone else.
While some cases were frau
dulent, many were cases of
The spokesman said the
intruders were wearing
combat uniforms like Pa
closed on December 15, but operating procedure issued the legacy person having the kistani regulars and were
Impasse stalls Rajya Sabha; debate to resume on Wednesday the Supreme Court, which is by the Centre. That clause same name or belonging to carrying stores with Pakis
monitoring the exercise, ex had made documents ob the same area. tani markings.
Special correspondent break for New Year’s Day. the JD(U) — may walk out or tended the last day to De tained after August 31, 2015, A legacy person is one “They had intruded
New Delhi The legislation was cleared abstain if a vote is called. cember 31 after the Assam “inadmissible” for claims. who fi gures in the NRC of wellequipped with impro
The government on Monday by the Lok Sabha on Friday. The AIADMK and the TRS government said the pan “While this came as a re 1951, which is being updat vised explosive devices
rejected the Opposition’s de have rarely voted against chayat election, held on De lief for many, others hit the ed, the voters lists published and a plethora of arms and
mand in the Rajya Sabha to Uncertain numbers any government legislation. cember 5 and 9, had robbed hurdle of not being allowed up to March 24, 1971, and ammunition. It was ob
send the contentious Muslim The government is in an un The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the people and offi cials of to use a fresh legacy. This other documents, including vious they intended to car
Women (Protection of Rights comfortable position, with which has maintained equi precious time. meant applicants could not refugee registration certifi ry out a gruesome attack
on Marriage) Bill, 2018, to a at least three parties, includ distance from both the go NRC offi cials said the pace change the person from cate. on the Army’s forward post
joint select committee for ing NDA ally Janata Dal (Unit vernment and Opposition #473794
of submission of claims had whom they had drawn their The deadline for complet in Naugam sector,” he said.
further scrutiny. ed), opposed to the legisla blocs, is backing the Bill. picked up in the last fort ancestry in the original ap ing the exercise after pro The intruders, he said,
The House was adjourned tion. The Opposition is confi night. “As of Sunday, 30 lakh plication that was rejected at cessing the claims and objec attempted to exploit the
after heated exchanges bet According to sources, 25 dent of the support of 116 of those excluded from the the time of the complete tions is June 2019. The thick jungles close to the
ween the treasury and Op members — 13 from the All members out of the total complete draft reapplied. draft,” he said. service centres, offi cials LoC and were assisted by
position benches. India Anna Dravida Munne strength of 245. With some more submitting There have been cases in said, would be open from Ja heavy covering fi re from
The Bill will be taken up tra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and their claims today [Monday], which illiterate people, de nuary 2 to 31 for correction the Pakistani posts.
again on Wednesday, when six each from the Telangana CONTINUED ON A PAGE 10 the reapplication works out pendent on NRC Seva Ken of the names published in
DELHI METRO A 6 PAGES the House meets after a Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and A WORRY FOR BJP A PAGE 10 to 75%,” an offi cial said. dras or cybercafe operators, the complete draft. CONTINUED ON A PAGE 10
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agricultural labourers.
Mr. Patnaik released the bility (PEETHA) camps being its, fi shery kits for fi sher
Mamata logo and website of the
scheme, a list of 21.40 lakh
organised between January
15 and January 20 at gram
man, mushroom cultivation
and beekeeping etc.
announces small farmers and a draft
farmers’ benefi t list of one
panchayat level.
PEETHA camp also will be
The Besides, the vulnerable
cultivators/landless agricul
scheme for lakh actual farmers.
He urged the Depart
organised from February 15
to 20 and from March 15 to
tural labourers will get fi nan
cial assistance of ₹ 10,000
farmers ments of Agriculture, Coop
eration and Panchayati Raj
20, 2019.
The letters about exten
per family per year to enable
them to take care of their
to work in mission mode to sion of fi nancial assistance to sustenance.
Special Correspondent ensure that not a single farm eligible small and marginal An amount of ₹ 10,180
Kolkata er was left out in the scheme. farmers will also be handed crore will be spent under KA
West Bengal Chief Minister To begin with, the farmers over during the PEETHA LIA over a period of three
Mamata Banerjee on Mon will be provided ₹ 5,000 each camp. years till 2020211. Crop
day announced a scheme to take care of the initial in The State level commit loans up to ₹ 50,000 will
for farmers in the form of a vestment for the current Ra tee, Implementation com henceforth be interest free.
crop neutral investment bi season. In a full year, all mittee, District level com
support on the lines of Te the small and marginal farm mittee and Block level Night meal
langana’s Rytu Bandhu ers will receive ₹ 10,000 for committee have been Meanwhile, Mr. Patnaik in
scheme. Kharif and Rabi combined. formed for monitoring and augurated the night meal fa
Under the scheme The fi nal list of all benefi ciar overseeing smooth imple cility at as many as 54 Aahar
‘Krishi Krishak Bandhu’, ies will be prepared in the mentation of the scheme. centres located near govern
the State Agriculture De next phase from the gram As regards landless agri ment hospitals across the
partment will off er an in panchayat level. cultural households, fi nan State. Aahar centres are be
vestment support of The farmers can know cial assistance of ₹ 12,500 will ing run in 76 municipal areas
₹ 5,000 to every farmer, about details of the KALIA be provided to each for agri of the State providing noon
per acre of his land in two scheme during the People’s cultural allied activities such meal comprising cooked rice
installments for either Rabi Empowerment – Enabling as small goat rearing unit, and dalma at places of public
or Kharif crops in a year. Transparency and Accounta minilayer unit, duckery un congregations at ₹ 5. Last sunset: Visitors enjoying a camel ride at the Puri beach in Odisha on Monday. *
BISWARANJAN ROUT
the fourwheeler they were In another accident, two injured. 4,170, which was 8.43% Tripura resumed trade with
travelling in met with an ac persons died and seven oth On December 28, two per more than the number of ac Bangladesh on Monday fol
cident in Kashipur block of ers were injured when a tou sons were killed and 20 in cidents during the same time lowing a twoday hiatus at
Odisha’s Rayagada district rist bus collided with an au jured when the bus carrying period in 2017. the check posts in view of
on Sunday night. torickshaw at Taptapani ghat these picnickers collided According to offi cials re elections in the neighbour
The accident occurred at 1 road in Ganjam district on with a minitruck and over cords death rate per 100 ac ing country, an offi cial said.
a.m. near Tayaput under the Sunday night. turned near Kamarapada in cidents in Odisha is 44, while Bangladesh went to polls
Tikiri police station limits. On December 27, a car Cuttack district. They were the national average is 29. on Sunday to elect a new
According to the police, per carrying a family from Bhu on their way to Gorakhnath On December 28, the is Parliament, the results of
haps due to dense fog, the baneswar on its return jour in Jagatsinghpur from sue of rising road accidents which were declared on
driver of the SUV lost control ney from a picnic at Sanagh Bhubaneswar. was discussed at a highlevel Monday morning. Tripura CM Biplab Deb
and rammed a roadside tree. agara waterfall met with an The government is wor meeting in Bhubaneswar. The ruling Awami *
FILE PHOTO
Leagueled alliance cruised
to victory, bagging 260 between the two countries,
seats in the 300member Khokan Bhowmick, spokes
House. person of a trade associa
All seven land custom tion, said.
stations in the State, closed “We hope that export
since Saturday, recom and import would begin in
menced operations along full swing from tomorrow.
the border, P.K. Joardar, As Much of the operations
sistant Commissioner of were withheld as truck driv
Customs Department (Trip ers in Bangladesh had gone
ura circle), said. to their native places to cast
“There was no offi cial their votes,” Mr. Bhowmick
communication from Ban of Agartala Exporter Impor
gladesh and we kept our of ter Entrepreneur Sangha
fi ces open, but there was no said.
trade along the IndoBangla Tripura imports fi sh, ce
border,” he said. ment and plastic products
Trucks carrying goods from Bangladesh, while ex
from Bangladesh entered porting rubber latex, bam
India in the morning boobased products,
through AgartalaAkhaura broomstick and soybean
Integrated Check Post, one seeds, CNGrun vehicles
of the largest trading points and maize to the country.
19 Maoists killed in
Odisha in 2018: DGP
Press Trust of India eight SLRs, fi ve INSAS rifl es
Bhubaneswar and fi ve .303 guns from the
At least 19 Maoists were Maoists during combing
killed, 39 arrested and 27 operations, the DGP said.
others surrendered during While 16 battalions of
the year 2018, Odisha Di central para military forces
rector General of Police R. are deployed in the Maoist
P. Sharma said on Monday. hit areas, the State’s elite
Mr. Sharma said the over Special Operations Group
all Left Wing Extremism sit teams have also been fi ght
uation remained under ing the Maoists in diff erent
control even as there was districts, he added.
need to fl ush out Maoists
from parts of Malkangiri, Funds allocated
Koraput, Kalahandi, Raya The DGP also said that a
gada, Kandhamal and Nua sum of ₹ 68.91 crore has
pada districts. been provided in the State
budget, for modernisation
LWE-hit districts of the police force, during
He said the number of LWE the 201819 fi scal.
aff ected districts has come The Economic Off ences
down to 15 from 19 this Wing of Odisha Crime
year. Branch registered 28 cases
The security personnel in the year 2018 and arrest
had seized 40 weapons, in ed 103 persons, the DGP
cluding two AK47 rifl es, said.
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Proposed Spiritual Department is a ‘soft Hindutva’ card The Uttar Pradesh govern
ment has connected every
Anup Dutta include proper conservation household that sought
Bhopal and development of reli electricity connection with
Playing the softHindutva gious places; scientifi c eval power lines, taking the to
card, the Congress govern uation of places of worship; tal number of such house
ment in Madhya Pradesh has encourage religious tourism holds to 94 lakh, State
decided to create a separate in coordination with the Energy Minister Shrikant
department to woo Hindu Tourism Department; arran Sharma said on Monday.
voters, who are traditionally gement of honorarium to Following a meeting
seen as the vote bank of the priests; formation of welfare with Union Power Minister
BJP, ahead of the crucial gen schemes, and revival of tem R.K. Singh here, Mr. Shar
eral election in 2019. ple gardens in collaboration ma said over 1.2 lakh ‘maj
The new Spiritual Depart Chief Minister Kamal Nath. *
with the Department of Hor ra’, small habitations
ment will be created by ticulture and temple tanks in which are not part of reve
merging the Religious Trusts shan Yojana and the Rajya collaboration with the Rural nue villages, have been
and Endowments Depart Anand Sansthan will also be Development Department. electrifi ed since the BJP go
ment and the Happiness De included in the new depart vernment came to power
partment, the two popular ment, an offi cial said on ‘Nothing wrong’ in the State last year.
departments of the previous Monday. Meanwhile, Union Minister “Every household which
BJP government led by Shiv Offi cial sources said the and BJP leader Uma Bharti expressed its wish to be gi
raj Singh Chouhan that ruled main objective of the forma has said that there was noth ven electricity connection
the State for 15 years. tion of the Spiritual Depart ing wrong in the Congress has been given one. Now,
The Directorate of Reli ment is to strengthen inter government forming the we have launched a cam
gious Trusts and Endow communal harmony in the Spiritual Department, say paign to reach out to the re
ments, Pilgrimage and Fair State. ing it was the prerogative of maining houses and off er
Authority; Directorate of The other objectives of the incumbent government them power connection,”
Mukhyamantri Teerth Dar the proposed department to take certain decisions. Passengers brave the cold at the Allahabad railway station on Monday morning as trains run late. *
AP he said in a statement.
The former MP had allegedly assaulted a businessman in Deoria jail after getting him abducted
Press trust of india vernment also initiated disci dav, head warder Munna been arrested,” U.P. Princi Mr. Jaiswal alleged that he
Lucknow plinary proceedings against Pandey and warder Rakesh pal Secretary (Home) Arvind was assaulted by Ahmed and
Incarcerated mafi aturned Deoria jail superintendent Kumar Sharma have been Kumar had said in a late his supporters and forced to
politician Atiq Ahmed alleg Dilip Kumar Pandey and jai suspended and disciplinary night statement Sunday. sign papers to handover his
edly assaulted a Lucknow lor Mukesh Kumar Katiyar, proceedings have been start property worth ₹ 40 crore
based businessman in Deo besides suspending several ed against them, a home de Don’s son named before he was let off .
ria jail after getting him ab others. partment release said. In his police complaint, the Police booked Ahmed, his
ducted and forced him to An order issued by the pri “The government has real estate businessman, Mo son Umar, and accomplices
sign away property worth sons department said, “Ap sought a report from ADG hit Jaiswal, alleged that Atiq Farooque, Zaki Ahmed, Jafar
₹ 40 crore, following which proval has been given for Prison, so as to fi x responsi Ahmed, a former Samajwadi Ullah, Ghulam Sarvar and 10
the Uttar Pradesh govern shifting undertrial Atiq bility regarding the lapse in Party MP, his son Umar and to 12 unidentifi ed people on
ment on Monday ordered Ahmed, who is currently Deoria jail. Action will be ta about 15 other persons forci various charges, including
that he be shifted to highse lodged in Deoria district jail, ken accordingly. An FIR has bly took away his SUV in attempt to murder, after Mr.
curity Bareilly jail. to Bareilly district jail on ad been fi led at Krishnanagar which he was driven to Deo Jaiswal fi led the complaint at
As the alleged incident left ministrative grounds.” police station and of the four ria from the State capital the Krishna Nagar police sta
it redfaced, the State go Deputy jailor Dev Nath Ya named accused, two have Lucknow . tion in Lucknow.
Farmer falls at M.P. offi cial’s
feet for power connection
Video goes viral on social media; Scindia calls up Collector
Press trust of india had paid for a transformer Jatav was insisting for instal
Shivpuri (M.P.) near his fi eld and an electric lation of a transformer.
A farmer in Madhya Pra ity connection on August 14. Meanwhile, State Con
desh’s Shivpuri fell to the Later talking to reporters, gress spokesman Pankaj
feet of District Collector for a he said that he went to the Chaturvedi said Guna law
power connection in his Collector as he didn’t get the maker Jyotiraditya Scindia
fi eld, a video of which went connection despite several called up the Collector and
viral on social media. requests. directed her not to behave
The incident happened As the video went viral, with people “inhumanly”.
on Friday when Ajeet Jatav, a the district administration “In future, no public ser
resident of Rannod village, moved swiftly and installed vant should deal with people
approached District Collec the transformer near his in such inhuman manner.
tor Anugraha P. as she fi eld Sunday. However, Mad Hearing public problems
stepped out of her offi ce for hya Pradesh Power Compa and fi nding a solution to
lunch and threw himself at ny General Manager R.K. them is your moral as well as
her feet. The farmer was re Agrawal said the complaint administrative duty,” Mr.
portedly waiting there since of the farmer was not valid. Chaturvedi quoted Mr. Scin
morning. “As per rules, the farmer dia as saying.
The video shows the Col is not supposed to get the He said the Collector then
lector listening to Mr. Jatav’s power connection directly directed offi cials concerned
problem briefl y and assur from transformer,” he said. to install the transformer.
ing him to look into it. Mr. Agrawal said the mat Shivpuri falls in Mr. Scin
According to Mr. Jatav, he ter got delayed because Mr. dia’s constituency.
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IN BRIEF
Plea to defer Hyderabad HC division Ramesh Jarkiholi
may soon quit Cong.
A.P. advocates body moves SC citing lack of infrastructure; State had said judges okay with interim facility
Reportedly getting ready to join BJP
Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI Staff leave for Vijayawada SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
The Andhra Pradesh High Bengaluru/Belagavi/Ballari
Court Advocates Association MARRI RAMU from New Year day. The Congress seems to be
Veteran Kannada actor in Hyderabad on Monday HYDERABAD More than the over 225 staring at trouble with more
Loknath passes away moved a petition in the Su Sentiments and emotions km journey, all of them were legislators joining the ranks
BENGALURU
preme Court to defer the im fi lled the front yards of the apparently upset over leav of former Karnataka Minis
Veteran Kannada theatre and plementation of a notifi ca Hyderabad High Court ing the Hyderabad HC ter from Belagavi Ramesh
film actor C.H. Loknath, who tion, issued on December building as its nearly 300 which they served for years. Jarkiholi, who is now report
essayed a variety of roles in 26, bifurcating the Hydera employees boarded buses Offi ce boys and attenders edly getting ready to switch
over 600 films and acted in bad High Court into the And bound for Vijayawada on had a tough time loading to the Opposition BJP camp.
hundreds of plays, died here hra Pradesh and Telangana Monday. They were allocat vehicles with heaps of fi les. The move of the former
on Monday. He was 92. He is High Courts. ed to the newly constituted Some of them had to fi nish Minister, who is likely to ten
survived by four daughters Andhra Pradesh High Court the work and get into the der his resignation to mem Ramesh Jarkiholi
and a son. Loknath suffered a From January 1 which will start functioning buses for Vijayawada. bership of the Legislative As
Bidding farewell: Employees of the High Court in a bus set to
cardiac arrest in the morning, As per the notifi cation, the sembly as well as the Mr. Jarkiholi.
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according to his son Ashwin. two separate High Courts Congress after Makara Sank Sources in the Congress
The mortal remains were have to start functioning tion work is over. trooms of the new High man for Andhra Pradesh had house the High Court, subor rati, is expected to make the said that Mr. Jarkiholi, who
kept at Ravindra Kalakshetra from January 1. The petition sought ur Court, were satisfi ed with also made a statement that dinate courts and even some Janata Dal (Secular)Con is miff ed with the party lea
for public viewing. Hundreds The petition is likely to be gent orders and said the plea the facilities in an interim the government would be tribunals. It would also have gress coalition uneasy. dership after he was
of theatre and film
listed for hearing before the would be rendered infructu building complex which hiring villas to take care of provision for the construc dropped from the Ministry
personalities paid their last
Supreme Court on January 2. ous if the two High Courts would house the High Court the residential needs of the tion of a residential complex Can’t be reached in the latest Cabinet reshuf
respects to Loknath.
The petition urged the were allowed to function till a permanent building judges at Amaravati. for the High Court and lower While Mr. Jarkiholi has re fl e, is expected to join the
Kerala govt. to intervene court to delay the bifurca from January 1. was constructed. The court had taken on re court judges. mained incommunicado for BJP.
to solve church crisis tion till the new premises for The State government had cord the submissions made The interim building for over a week now, one of his Mr. Jarkiholi is alleged to
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM the Andhra High Court in the ‘Judges satisfi ed’ submitted that a Full Court by the Andhra government the Andhra Pradesh High close aides and Congress le be in communication with
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi capital city of Amaravati The petition comes despite of the High Court approved that a “very big complex Court, the Supreme Court gislator from Athani Mahesh the BJP’s Central leadership.
Vijayan said on Monday that were completed. the fact that Andhra Pradesh the proposal after the in known as Justice City is un recorded, is only an “ad hoc Kumatavalli on Monday ex BJP State president B.S. Yed
the government would talk to The High Court is now set had informed the Supreme spection committee of judg der construction” in Amara arrangement till the Justice pressed solidarity with the dyurappa’s recent extended
the Orthodox and Jacobite to function from temporary Court that the judges, who es submitted a report. vati. City gets completely con former. Incidentally, Con stay in New Delhi has inten
factions in the Malankara premises till the construc would preside over the cour Senior advocate Fali Nari This complex would structed”. gress MLA for Ballari (ST) B. sifi ed the speculation of Mr.
Church to settle the conflict Nagendra, allegedly upset Jarkiholi meeting top BJP
between the two over the over missing out on Cabinet leaders to discuss his possi
LDF’s women’s wall today
administration of a few
parishes. The Orthodox
faction accuses the State
‘Makaravilakku’ festival berth, is reported to be with ble defection.
government of having failed
to implement the Supreme
Court order of July 3 that
begins in Sabarimala Claims that it has mobilised 31 lakh participants 2 exKarnataka CMs
gave it the right to administer
a significant number of Police tighten security arrangements Special Correspondent
Thiruvananthapuram
tions, notably the Nair Ser
vice Society (NSS).
continue Twitter war
churches.
Special Correspondent of the 41day ‘Mandalam’ The Left Democratic Front The LDF has claimed that Special Correspondent horse is neither brave nor a
103 boys fall sick after PATHANAMTHITTA festival on December 27. (LDF) has mobilised its it will nevertheless assemble Bengaluru hero,” Mr. Gowda had tweet
dinner, taken to hospital The annual ‘Makaravilakku’ They had to wait for hours workers in strength to en 31 lakh women in an unbro
Two former Karnataka Chief ed, taking a dig at Mr.
BENGALURU festival began at the Sabari inside thicklypacked barri sure that the proposed wo ken 640kmlong human
Ministers belonging to the Siddaramaiah.
At least 103 residents of the mala Ayyappa temple with cades to ascend the 18 steps men’s wall on Tuesday for wall spanning the State from
Congress and the BJP, Sidda On Monday, Mr. Siddara
State Home for Boys on ‘tantri’ (chief priest) Kanda leading to the temple on gender equality manifests as Kasaragod in the north to
Hosur Road were taken to a
ramaiah and D.V. Sadananda maiah responded, mocking
raru Rajeevaru, assisted by Monday. an emphatic proclamation Thiruvananthapuram in the
hospital after they felt sick Gowda, continued their spat Mr. Gowda for having run
‘melsanthi’ (head priest) Meanwhile, the police of its political might on New south. The wall will stretch
after dinner on Saturday. One on Twitter on Monday over away from the Chief Minis
V.N. Vasudevan Namboodi have tightened security ar Year’s day. out between 4 p.m. and 4.15
of the boys alerted the staff the horse trading remark ter’s post in 11 months.
ri, performing ‘Ashtadravya rangements at the pilgrim The ruling front’s fl agship p.m. across the length of
after spotting a lizard on a made by the former on Sun Before a series of tweets
Maha Ganapati homom’ on centre by deploying addi public programme is also Kerala almost
dinner plate. The staff took Students forming a human day. in response to Mr. Siddara
Monday. tional forces in vulnerable being viewed as a fl exing of wall in Kannur on Monday.
simultaneously.
all 103 children to the Indira Mr. Siddaramaiah’s tweet maiah’s remarks, Mr. Gowda
Hundreds of devotees areas. According to police its political muscle ahead of As many as 176 organisa
Gandhi Institute of Child *
S.K. MOHAN accusing the BJP of indulging asked: “When did you be
have been camping at the sources, 75,110 pilgrims had the Lok Sabha election in tions, including the Sree Na
Health. By Monday evening, in horse trading had re come impatient about your
base camp at Nilackal for crossed the police check 2019, and a rebuff to the Hin across Kerala amidst stri rayana Dharma Paripalana
100 boys were discharged, ceived a response from Mr. politics being criticised? Is it
while three were kept under the past three days. Many post at the entry point to the du Aikya Vedisponsored dent criticism from the Op (SNDP) Yogam and the Kera
Gowda, who said the former the eff ect of your loss in Cha
observation as they were not aware of the clo Sabarimala trekking path at ‘Ayyappa Jyothi’ on Decem position and in the face of la Pulayar Maha Sabha, have
was trying to cover up the mundeshwari or is it a refl ec
complained of stomach ache, sure of the temple for two Pampa by 5 p.m. on Mon ber 26. the threat of a boycott by declared their support for
Congress’s shortcomings. “A tion of your mind after losing
officials said. days after the culmination day. The wall is set to unfold prominent social organisa the wall.
#473794
person who cannot mount a the Chief Minister’s chair?”
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IN BRIEF
2018 was a landmark year 5 dead, many
injured in
Weather Watch
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
Muzaff arpur
for BJP, women in Northeast factory fi re
Chamling urges people to
National Register of Citizens in Assam, illegal mining in Meghalaya made headlines Special correspondent
Patna
uphold peace in Sikkim
GANGTOK
RAHUL KARMAKAR seen as benefi ciaries of the At least fi ve persons were
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan
GUWAHATI Bill, in eastern Assam’s Tin feared dead and over half a
Kumar Chamling on Monday The Bharatiya Janata Party sukia district. dozen were injured on
urged the people to uphold expanded its footprint across Monday in a fi re that broke
the hard-earned peace, the Northeast in 2018 by Connectivity and wildlife out at a food processing
goodwill, security and forming coalition govern Connectivity in the North factory in Muzaff arpur dis
freedom that prevails in the ments in Manipur, Nagaland east came a long way with a trict of Bihar.
State. “May Sikkim be kept and Tripura. But a regional slew of highway and railway The fi re broke out at the
from destruction, unrest and party, Mizo National Front, projects having been under Tirhut food processing unit
hatred from racial, communal struck the fi nal blow in Mizo taken or completed. The located in WajitpurChak
and religious differences,” Mr. ram to make the region highlight was the inaugura nurain village under the
Chamling said in his message “Congressfree”. tion of the 4.94 km Bogibeel Bochaha police in the small
on New Year’s Eve. PTI The year was also the best Bridge, India’s longest rail hours of Monday. More
and the worst for women in and road span, across the than 30 workers were said Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
Three killed, 12 injured
the Northeast. Assam’s sprin Brahmaputra river and the to be sleeping on the se Forecast for Tuesday: Cold/severe cold wave conditions likely in
in U.P. road accident
ter Hima Das made history construction of the piers of cond fl oor of the factory many/some/isolated parts over Odisha, Telangana, north in-
BHADOHI
A pickup van carrying 15
for Indian athletics by strik the world’s tallest railway when the incident hap terior Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand, central Maharashtra, Vid-
passengers overturned here, ing gold in the 400m at the bridge on the JiribamImphal pened. “The exact number arbha, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, north coastal Andhra
killing three people and World U20 Athletics cham BJP supporters celebrate the party's win in Tripura elections. railway line under way. of causalities can only be Pradesh, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
injuring 12 others, the police pionship in Finland and Ma The BJP ended 25 years of Left rule in the State. FILE PHOTO * The year also saw hurdles ascertained after the debris city rain max min city rain max min
nipur pugilist M.C. Mary such as land acquisition be is removed from the site... Agartala................. —.... 27.6...... 9.2 Kozhikode ............... —.... 33.9.... 24.4
said. The passengers were Ahmedabad............ —.... 28.7.... 11.8 Kurnool ................... —.... 30.6.... 16.7
returning to Mirzapur on Kom created a world record Register of Citizens in Assam tions in 2016, formed the go ing removed for Hollongi, Those injured have been Aizwal ................... —.... 24.6.... 11.6 Lucknow.................. —.... 21.9...... 5.2
Sunday after attending a at 35 by winning her sixth and the Narendra Modi go vernment in Manipur and the fi rst major civilian airport admitted to the Sri Krishna Allahabad .............. —.... 23.1...... 5.2 Madurai................... —.... 31.0.... 22.2
gold at the World Women vernment’s bid to pass the Ci Arunachal Pradesh in 2017. project in Arunachal Pra Medical College and Hospi Bengaluru .............. —.... 27.6.... 15.8 Mangaluru............... —.... 36.0.... 21.0
programme when the Bhopal................... —.... 24.0...... 6.9 Mumbai................... —.... 32.2.... 15.4
accident occurred at Boxing championship. As tizenship (Amendment) Bill, In March, it swept the Left desh. tal in Muzaff arpur,” said Se Bhubaneswar ......... —.... 27.2...... 9.5 Mysuru.................... —.... 27.7.... 16.8
Jagannathpur village. The van sam’s Rima Das became a 2016, that seeks to legitimise Front out of Tripura, ended Inland water connectivity nior Superintendent of Pol Chandigarh ............ —.... 20.2...... 4.3 New Delhi ............... —.... 22.2...... 3.8
driver lost control of the Chennai ................. —.... 28.5.... 21.8 Patna ...................... —.... 23.2...... 7.0
household name when her the stay of nonMuslims who Congress rule in Meghalaya too received a boost with two ice Manoj Kumar. Coimbatore............ —.... 30.0.... 19.8 Port Blair ................ —.... 29.5.... 21.4
vehicle while trying to save a lowbudget fi lm Village Rock- migrated from Afghanistan, with the help of regional al barges carrying 1,233 tonnes The condition of some of Dehradun............... —.... 23.1...... 5.0 Puducherry.............. —.... 28.4.... 18.6
motorcycle rider. PTI stars got the best national Bangladesh and Pakistan till lies, and chose a new region of bagged fl y ash from Bihar the injured workers are Gangtok................. —.... 14.0...... 6.3 Pune ....................... —.... 27.6...... 6.9
Goa ....................... —.... 34.0.... 19.5 Raipur ..................... —.... 25.7...... 9.1
fi lm award and was nominat December 2014 due to al al partner to continue the reaching Guwahati’s Pandu said to be critical. “The toll Guwahati ............... —.... 25.0...... 8.3 Ranchi..................... —.... 21.6...... 6.1
Cold wave subsides ed as India’s entry for the Os leged religious persecution. NDA reign in Nagaland. port in less than a month to could go up,” said Navin Ku Hubballi................. —.... 27.0.... 15.0 Shillong................... —.... 17.7...... 7.2
in Himachal Pradesh
cars in the best foreign fi lms The defi ning moment of But the BJP’s gamble on rekindle hope for a transport mar, a police offi cer. Hyderabad ............. —.... 27.5...... 9.5 Shimla..................... —.... 16.3...... 5.6
SHIMLA Imphal................... —.... 22.5...... 1.6 Srinagar .................. —.... 11.6.....-6.6
category. the NRC exercise began past ethnic minorities did not system that had virtually Recounting the incident,
Cold wave conditions slightly Jaipur .................... —.... 23.0...... 5.6 Trivandrum ............. —.... 33.0.... 23.4
subsided and minimum
On the fl ip side, Megha the midnight of December quite come off in Mizoram. ended with Partition in 1947. Biju Baitha, a factory work Kochi..................... —.... 32.2.... 23.6 Tiruchi .................... —.... 30.3.... 21.4
temperature increased on layabased activists Agnes 31, 2017, with the publication The MNF – a member of the The Centre also signed a pro er who is admitted to Kohima.................. —.... 15.7...... 4.0 Vijayawada .............. —.... 27.5.... 15.8
Kolkata.................. —.... 24.2.... 12.2 Visakhapatnam ......... —.... 26.5.... 16.0
Monday in Himachal Pradesh, Kharshiing and Amita Sang of the fi rst draft that accom BJPhelmed North East De tocol with Bangladesh, SKMCH, said: “I woke up
(Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius)
the Meteorological ma battled for life after mem modated 1.39 crore out of the mocratic Alliance – ended which will allow Indian ships hearing a scream and
Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday
Department said. Snowfall is bers of alleged coal mafi a as 3.29 crore applicants. The the 10year rule of the Con to access Mongla and Chitta found myself surrounded
CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE
predicted in high and middle saulted them for following complete draft was released gress to return to power. gong ports in the neighbour by fi re. I didn’t know what Ahmedabad ...... 75 103 .26 ..144 .....— ....* In observation made at
hill regions in the State, and documenting illegally on July 31 with the names of The BJP in Assam saved ing country. was happening and jump Bengaluru ......... ..— .25 .41 ..165 .....— ....* 4.00 p.m., Greater Noida,
stacked coal and coalladen 40.07 lakh people left out of the blues for the party in Chennai ............ 29 .15 .59 ..200 .....— ....* Uttar Pradesh recorded
including Shimla, Mandi, But the expansion of rail ed out of the window.” Delhi ................ 29 .86 163 ..446 .413 ....* an overall air quality
Kullu, Chamba, Solan, Sirmaur trucks. The assault on them the list. The claims and ob Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pra way and road network has Senior district offi cials, Hyderabad ........ ..6 .93 .35 ..153 .135 ....* index (AQI) score of 443
indicating an unhealthy
and tribal Kinnaur, Lahaul and and a mishap in an illegal jections round for the ex desh and Rajasthan to win been at a cost – shrinking of including District Magis Kolkata............. 16 103 .12 ..360 .250 ....* level of pollution. In
Spiti on January 1 and 2. PTI Lucknow........... 46 .93 .23 ..407 .....— ....* contrast, Vijayawada
mine at Ksan in the State’s cluded to be back on the list 41% seats in the panchayat space for wildlife leading to trate Mohd. Sohail and Mr. Mumbai ............ 37 109 .93 ..180 .162 ....* recorded a healthy AQI
East Jaintia Hills district a by producing relevant proof polls. This indicated that the trainhits. The resultant man Kumar, are camping at the Pune................. ..— ...— ...— ..... — .....— ....— score of 70
Man found dead at month later put the spotlight of citizenship ends on De anger in Assam against the elephant confl icts have site to monitor the rescue Vishakhapatnam ..— ...— .29 ..... — .....— ....—
market in Rajasthan on an unholy nexus that en cember 31. Citizenship Bill did not have claimed the lives of 67 ele operations. Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI)
JAIPUR
courages coal mine owners – The crowning glory for As much impact on the rural phants and 75 humans. Witnesses said charred SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system,
A 25-year-old man was found making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air
many of them lawmakers – sam was the appointment of electorate. The year ended for Assam bodies of fi ve people were particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues
dead at Muhana mandi in the
State on Monday morning, the
fl out an April 2014 ban by Ranjan Gogoi, the man at the But the Bill was seen as recording more human recovered from the debris. and monuments.
NGT on ‘rathole’ mining helm of the Supreme Court one of the reasons of the per deaths due to confl ict with The reason behind the fi re NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by
police said. The deceased was reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.
identified as Raju Pahadia, a with impunity. monitored NRC, as the fi rst ceived resurgence of extre animals than natural disas is yet to be ascertained. CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to
resident of Rampura road. The Chief Justice of the apex mist groups such as the Unit ters. Data with the Assam The district administra critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause
NRC, Citizenship Bill court from the Northeast. ed Liberation Front of State Disaster Management tion has announced a com dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.
body was found with its PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes,
throat slit. It has been shifted The issue that hogged the The BJP, which began its AsomIndependent. Security Authority said fl oods and pensation of ₹ 4 lakh to the nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced
to hospital for post-mortem, headlines was that of exer ‘saff ron surge’ in the region forces blamed the outfi t for #473794
landslides killed 53 people in family members of each of lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and
said the police. PTI cise to update the National by winning the Assam elec killing fi ve Hindu Bengalis, 2018. the deceased. premature death in people with heart or lung disease
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IN BRIEF
ASI declared 6 monuments of national importance in 2018
Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have the highest number of sites maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India
Shiv Sahay Singh
Kolkata
Centre gives ₹ 1,146.12 cr.
The 125yearold Old High
more for cyclone relief
CHENNAI
Court Building in Nagpur,
A highlevel committee, Maharashtra, and two
chaired by Union Home Mughalera monuments in
Minister Rajnath Singh, on Agra — Haveli of Agha Khan
Monday approved an and Hathi Khana — are
additional ₹ 1,146.12 crore to among the six monuments
Tamil Nadu from the National declared protected and of
Disaster Response Fund for national importance by the
relief in the districts ravaged Archaeological Survey of In
by Cyclone Gaja. dia (ASI) in 2018.
Works of art: The ancient Neemrana Baori, with 170 steps, in Rajasthan is a muchrevered holiday destination; and right, the Bombay High Court premises at Nagpur. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Heritage sites
Tiruvarur bypoll in The ancient Neemrana Baori In 2016 and 2017, no new the Lok Sabha on December ing ancient monuments/ Act, 1958, an “Ancient Monu existence for not less than (506) and Tamil Nadu (413)
T.N. on January 28 in Rajasthan's Alwar district; monument was included in 24, 2018, by the Ministry of sites through exploration, ment means any structure, 100 years." have the highest number of
CHENNAI
the Group of Temples at Ra the list of sites of national Culture in response to a and that a villagetovillage erection or monument, or There were 3,686 central ASImaintained sites.
The Election Commission on
nipur Jharail in Odisha's Bo importance. The last monu question by the Shiv Sena survey and conservation of any tumulus or place of in ly protected monuments/ According to information
Monday announced that the
langir; and the Vishnu Tem ment to be included in the MP from Ramtek, Krupal Ba monuments is a continuous terment, or any cave, rock sites under the ASI in the available with the Ministry
byelection to the Tiruvarur
Assembly constituency would
ple in Kotali, Pithoragarh list, in 2015, was the Vishnu laji Tumane. Replying to the process. sculpture, inscription or mo country; the number has of Culture, about 321 of these
be held on January 28, 2019. district, Uttarkhand, are the Temple in Nadavayal in Ker question, the Ministry said According to the Ancient nolith which is of historical, now increased to 3,693. Ut centrally protected monu
Counting of votes is three other monuments that ala's Wayanad district. that the ASI takes up a sur Monuments and Archaeo archaeological or artistic in tar Pradesh (745 monu ments/sites have been en
scheduled for January 31. have been listed. The list was presented in vey for documenting/report logical Sites and Remains terest and which has been in ments/sites), Karnataka croached upon.
The bypoll was necessitated
by the death of DMK leader
Review hearing in open court rare
and former Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister M. Karunanidhi on Stalin presses Price of open
August 7 last year.
for CBI market LPG
Meghalaya man charged inquiry into Sabarimala case reminiscent of historic Kesavananda Bharati verdict in November 1975 refi lls slashed
with killing monkey
GUWAHATI Jaya’s death Krishnadas Rajagopal not overrule another fi ve In his biography of Nani stitution Bench judgment. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
The police in Meghalaya’s NEW DELHI judge Bench’s verdict. In Palkhivala called The Cour- That too, in the open court. NEW DELHI
West Garo Hills district
arrested one Sengkud Special Correspondent The decision of a fi vejudge case the Sabarimala verdict troom Genius, senior advo Review petitions are usually In what comes as a New
Sangma for killing, cooking
CHENNAI Bench led by Chief Justice of has to be overruled, the Su cate Arvind Datar described decided by circulation in Year’s gift, the government
and eating a rhesus macaque DMK president M.K. Stalin India Ranjan Gogoi to have preme Court would have to the 1975 attempt to review judges’ chambers. on Monday slashed non
— a protected primate on Monday said that only an open court hearing of the form a larger Bench of seven the Kesavananda Bharati ver subsidised LPG price by
species — following a an inquiry by the Central review petitions fi led against judges. dict as a “clumsy attempt.” Antulay judgment ₹ 120.5 per cylinder.
complaint by People for the Bureau of Investigation another fi vejudge Constitu Palkhivala had argued for the The philosophy behind a re “The price of nonsubsi
Ethical Treatment of Animals. (CBI) would solve the mys tion Bench’s Sabarimala Landmark order petitioners in the Kesavanan view is explained in the A.R. dised LPG at Delhi will de
The police said he was tery surrounding the death judgment is “exceptional”, The Kesavananda Bharati da Bharati case and against Antulay judgment of the Su crease by ₹ 120.50 per cy
arrested under Sections of of former Chief Minister legal experts say. judgment was delivered by a its review. preme Court wherein the linder w.e.f. January 1,
the Wildlife Protection Act, Jayalalithaa. The turn of events is quite 13judge Bench – the largest Finally, the 49 review peti court admitted that it can be 2019, due to fall in price of
1972 and will be produced in Talking to reporters, he extraordinary that an echo Constitution Bench in the tions challenging the Sabari fallible. “To err is human. LPG in international mar
court soon. said it was his view that the can be found 43 years ago in The review Bench formed by history of the Supreme Court mala judgment question the Courts including the apex ket and strengthening of
commission headed by re the open court review of the Chief Justice of India Ranjan – on April 24, 1973. Through very content of the verdict. one are no exception,” the U.S. dollarrupee exchange
tired Madras High Court historic Kesavananda Bharati Gogoi has fi ve members. a waferthin majority of 7:6, This again is quite similar to court had acknowledged. rate,” the Indian Oil Corpo
Octogenarian lynched on Justice Arumughaswamy verdict in November 1975. the 13judge Bench formulat how the Kesavananda Bhara Advocate Kaleeswaram ration said in a statement.
suspicion of witchcraft
won’t be able to bring out That review, however, was tion Bench of fi ve judges. ed that the Basic Structure of ti review had questioned the Raj said the situation was Consumers will now pay
AGARTALA
the truth. Asked about Law shortlived. On the third day The Review Bench formed the Indian Constitution can core of the 1973 landmark rare as a Constitution Bench ₹ 689 per unsubsidised cy
Tribal villagers hacked to
death an octogenarian man, a
Minister C.Ve. Shanmu of the court hearing, then by Chief Justice Gogoi is also not be altered by Parliament verdict. The question framed is itself formed to fi nally set linder, down from ₹ 809.5.
doctor, who was allegedly gam’s allegation that mys Chief Justice of India A.N. a fi vejudge Bench. The Su through amendments. in the review was “whether tle the law.
practicing witchcraft, police tery shrouded the death of Ray abruptly dissolved the preme Court decision in the The Review Bench with or not the basic structure “When there is a diff e Subsidy-led cut
said on Monday. The bizarre Jayalalithaa, the DMK lead Review Bench. Central Board of Dawoodi Chief Justice Ray had also doctrine restricted Parlia rence among smaller Bench “As domestic LPG prices
incident occurred at a hamlet er said he had seen the Mi Again, the Sabarimala Bohra Community holds that comprised 13 judges. If at all, ment’s power to amend the es on what law is, the ques are subsidised, the eff ec
in Atharamura hills, 86 km nister’s interview. “I de judgment, which struck a Bench of coequal strength the Kesavananda Bharati Constitution.” tion of law is referred to a tive price to consumer will
east of Agartala. Police have manded a CBI inquiry... down a ban on women of on its own cannot overrule a #473794 judgment had to be set aside, Review of any Supreme Constitution Bench for a fi reduce by ₹ 5.91/cylinder
arrested three people, while but I was criticised. The menstruating age from un judgment of a Bench of co it would have been necessary Court decision is rare. It is nal opinion… to review a (from ₹ 500.90 in Decem
five others named in the FIR CBI alone can bring out the dertaking the pilgrimage, ordinate number of judges. to set up a Review Bench of rarer still to examine review Constitution Bench judg ber 2018 to ₹ 494.99 for Ja
are on the run. truth,” he said. was delivered by a Constitu So, a fi vejudge Bench can 15 judges. petitions fi led against a Con ment is rare,” he said. nuary 2019),” the IOC said.
Home buyers fear dilution of Real Estate Act
Ministry plans changes, without Parliamentary approval, under ‘Removal of Diffi culties’ clause
Priscilla Jebaraj which of these changes can tion, is a member of that pa
NEW DELHI be made through the Remo nel, but believes that making
The Ministry of Housing and val of Diffi culties clause,” major amendments under
Urban Aff airs (MoHUA) is said Mr. Mishra, adding that the guise of a Removal of Dif
planning to eff ect changes to a committee set up for the fi culties order will be
the RERA (Real Estate Regu purpose would meet on Ja counterproductive.
latory Authority) Act, 2016, nuary 3. Its recommenda “Builders are demanding
invoking the ‘Removal of Dif tions would then be sent to amendments to defi nitions
fi culties’ clause, which the Secretary and the Minis that will change the very fa
would obviate the need for ter for approval. bric of the Act,” he said.
Parliamentary approval. Section 91 of the RERA Act The Act was passed by the
The window for such a gives the Centre power to is Parliament and received the
process ends on May 1, 2019. More time sought: A property in Greater Noida. Builders have sue orders to remove diffi President’s assent in March
However, home buyers fear demanded that the maximum period for extension of project culties in implementing the 2016. Certain sections, in
this will dilute the Act’s pro registration be extended beyond 12 months. RAMESH SHARMA *
Act. cluding Section 91, were not
consumer provisions. ifi ed on May 1, 2016. Others
workshops held over the last erations, as well as builder Cause for concern were notifi ed on May 1, 2017.
Slew of suggestions few months, MoHUA secre and real estate groups, had Abhay Upadhyay, president “The government seems
A number of suggestions to tary Durga Shanker Mishra participated in the of the Forum for People’s to be arguing they can conti
change the Act and to im said on Monday. Representa workshops. Collective Eff orts set up to nue to amend sections noti
prove implementation were tives from State RERAs, con “We have compiled the protect home buyers and fa fi ed in 2017 until May 2019,”
made during four regional sumer and home buyer fed suggestions and we will see cilitate RERA implementa said Mr. Upadhyay.
Wooden structures
found in waterfi lled mine
Pumps to remove water from Meghalaya site today
RAHUL KARMAKAR motely operated vehicle
GUWAHATI (UWROV). In three hours of
Personnel of multiple agen their scan under water, they
cies engaged in the search found some wooden struc
and rescue operation for at tures, coal and mud other
least 13 miners trapped in a than a rathole with coal at
coal mine at Ksan in Megha its mouth. The visibility was
laya’s East Jaintia Hills, poor, about 1 foot at the bot
found wooden structures, tom,” Mr. Susngi said.
coal and mud near the bot A member of the Navy
tom of the pit on Monday. team, which was fl own in
Six divers of the Indian last week from Vishakhapat
Navy and National Disaster nam, said the search for the
Response Force (NDRF) had Rescue personnel at the coal trapped miners would be
on Sunday detected a few mine in Ksan in Jaintia Hills feasible when the level of
ratholes — narrow tunnels district of Meghalaya. PTI *
water goes down.
into which miners have to The Navy requested the
crawl to extract coal. area and about 350 ft deep. district authorities to assist
Other shafts were being pre in dewatering so that the le
Ready for dewatering pared to keep at least three vel comes down to 30
R. Susngi, spokesperson for of the 10 highpower pumps metres or within a safe div
the district administration, brought from Odisha operat ing limit.
said the site had been ing for longer durations, he Two teams of the NDRF
cleared for the Odisha Fire said. have been providing support
Service to start pumping out “The Navy divers entered to other agencies like the Na
water from the main shaft the main shaft to survey the vy and the State Disaster
measuring about 150 sq ft in bottom using under ater re Response Force.
CM A ND-NDE
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Hasina’s triumph despair and, hauntingly, mass new year, a question to pose to blowers and attacks on them, troll
B
angladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party volved massacre, arson and wishes, this citizennobody does. to be afraid of nothing, save its
was always going to win Sunday’s parliamentary
A
s one year dips and another looting said to constitute “the On this anniversary of hopes conscience.
election. She remains immensely popular, her dawns, a calendar of anni most deadly HinduMuslim vio and of griefs, of courage and of co The second is the liberation of
government sought a fresh mandate with a formidable versaries is unscrolled. In lence since the 1947 partition of In wering, we must look at the oppor our politics from the stranglehold
record of economic growth and social progress and her India, this happens with the hectic dia”. Out of the 512 deaths report years old. Rakesh received a satel tunities that knock at our coun of money. Which, in eff ect, means
party, the Awami League, set the agenda for the elec intensity of a traffi c jam. The year ed in police complaints, 430 were lite call from India’s Prime Minis try’s great and gaunt gate. We saving our national resources from
that begins today is the 150th anni Muslims. Khan Abdul Ghaff ar ter Indira Gandhi. She asked Ra must make the national elections the darkness of deceit and exploi
tion and dominated the campaign. Still, the scale of the
versary of the birth of Mahatma Khan, then nearly 80, visited India kesh, “Upar se apko Bharat kaisa due in a few months a great exam tation. Money minted by illegal
victory would have taken even her supporters by sur Gandhi and the death of Mirza that year. A guest of the state and dikhta hai? (How does India seem ple of democratic selfassertion, mining, unauthorised clandestine
prise. The party’s Grand Alliance won 288 of the 299 Ghalib. of the people of India, he fasted for to you from up there?)” Footage making the weak selfassert. In monopolies and brazen prefer
seats contested, more than the 234 seats it won in 2014 three days for communal peace, shows the heroinmotion slightly 2019 the people of India must ment has a vicelike grip over our
when the Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted the Hundred years ago went to Ahmedabad to see things startled by the question but col vote, even more emphatically than polity, particularly over our elec
poll. This time, the Opposition coalition Jatiya Oikya What is it notably the 100th anni for himself. In his acceptance lecting himself in a moment to res ever before, without succumbing toral politics. Money frustrates de
Front, led by the BNP, secured only seven seats. But versary of? Curiously, not of his speech while receiving the Jawa pond refl ectively: “Sare jahan se to manipulation and to fear. mocracy, negates it. Ruling parties
toric persons as much as of three harlal Nehru Award for Interna achha (Better than all the world).” Seventy years ago this year, everywhere say, “Our hands are
there are confl icting claims about the way the election
historic happenings. First, a tional Understanding, he repeated That immortal halfline from Alla speaking in the Constituent As clean!” The Opposition says,
was conducted. As soon as the results were known, Ka muchhailed enactment, the Go to the audience what a Muslim girl ma Iqbal’s song reverberated sembly, B.R. Ambedkar said: “…it “Show us your pockets.” And
mal Hossain, the leader of the Opposition coalition, vernment of India Act of 1919, in Ahmedabad had told him: through the airwaves into millions is quite possible in a country like when they change places, the
called it a farcical election and demanded that the Elec which increased the participation “Muslims were being asked by of homes watching the fi rstever India – where democracy from its charge changes direction.
tion Commission call a fresh poll. More than 40 Opposi of Indians in the Government of Hindu communalists to leave the Indian orbiting the planet we live long disuse must be regarded as The third — and most diffi cult —
tion candidates pulled out of the race after voting began India. Second, a muchhated law, country or live like untouchables.” in. And as the nation heard and something quite new – there is is the liberation of ethics from the
on Sunday, alleging rigging. However, the Election Anarchical and Revolutionary And in an address to a joint session saw him, a sense of India’s great danger of democracy giving place hegemony of lifeless conformism.
Monitoring Forum and the SAARC Human Rights Foun Crimes Act of 1919, known noto of Parliament, he was brutal in his ness stirred within it. This year is to dictatorship. It is quite possible For far too long, centuries in fact,
riously as the Rowlatt Act or Black assessment: “You are forgetting the 35th anniversary of that dizzy for this new born democracy to re have custom, and callousness
dation, which includes both local and international ob
Act, which entrenched wartime Gandhi the way you forgot the moment. tain its form but give place to dicta overwhelmed conscience in India.
servers, said in its preliminary evaluation that the elec restrictions on civil liberties — in Buddha.” This is the 50th anniver Not a star twinkles over India as torship in fact. If there is a land Routine and rote rule over hu
tion was “much freer and fairer” than previous ones. In defi nite preventive detention or sary of that chastisement. an envious eclipse veils it. We cele slide, the danger of the second mane instincts, making women,
the past, Bangladesh had seen governments declining judicial review of those suspected brate India only to be checked by possibility becoming actuality is tribals, the Scheduled Castes, chil
to hold elections, one being cancelled and called again, of terrorism, trial without juries, Two sides of 1984 our misfortunes. much greater.” dren, prisoners, the mentally chal
and others being delayed amid violence. This time the jailings without trials. Third, a na Thirtyfi ve is not a particularly Orbiting with stars Rakesh Shar Why should we be so alert to lenged and physically unable ex
election was called on time. Participation was higher, tional trauma that arose from the memorable number but when an ma did not know that India had a the danger that he pointed out? posed to danger. The same
vortex of protests against the Row event is of some moment, its 35th date with another ‘star’ within two Not just because an opportunity dullened sensitivity has rendered
with the turnout at 66%, compared to 51% in 2014.
latt Act — the massacre by army anniversary carries something of months that very year — Operation has come for eff ecting a change of our wetlands, rivers, coasts and
The challenge before Ms. Hasina is daunting. To be bullets of 379 according to the Raj, that moment’s stardust. This year Blue Star, leading to Indira Gand government but because far commons vulnerable to misuse,
gin with, she has to heal a country rattled by political di and some thousand men, women marks the 35th anniversary of one hi’s assassination and the killing of reaching, liberating changes are misappropriation. Whoever be the
visions and violence. The government and the Election and children according to the In such. anything between 8,000 and needed in the country. Asoka or the antiAsoka on Magad
Commission could have held the election without being dian National Congress, at Jallian The year was 1984, the month 17,000 Sikh Indians at the hands of ha’s throne, India’s Bodhitree
open to charges that it was manipulated. There was a wala Bagh, Amritsar. Terrorism is April. Squadron Leader Rakesh fellow Indians. Large numbers of Meaning of liberation needs an Enlightened One to sit by
crackdown on the Opposition in the runup to polling wrong, Gandhi and other leaders Sharma of the Indian Air Force Indians reached out to the victims, What are these liberating changes? its rootbed and speak to it now,
said, violence evil. But are the civil was going round the earth aboard taking them to hospitals, shelter The fi rst is the liberation of our pu more than ever before, to be able
day. ProOpposition websites were taken down, thou
liberties of a whole people to be the Salyut 7 Orbital Station (pic- ing them. And, most important of blic life from fear. Under Swaraj no to say to it to become not just ‘sare
sands of activists were jailed, and political violence was frozen? Rabindranath Tagore re ture). He was the fi rst Indian to be all, documenting their trauma to less than under the Raj, fear can jahan se achha’, better than all the
unleashed to target BNP members. The situation was so turned his knighthood a hundred in outer space. The ISROIntercos fi ght for them another day. But paralyse dissent, immobilise free world, but ‘apne dil se sachcha’, to
grave that even one of the election commissioners said years ago, this year. But scores of mos IndoSoviet space pro much larger numbers did no such speech, free association. It is not its own self, true.
there was no level playing fi eld. The Election Commis other ‘Sirs’ and ‘Rai Bahadurs’ did gramme had put six men into thing. They stayed put, watching just an insecure state but insecure
sion should conduct a fair investigation into allegations not. space, fi ve from the U.S.S.R. and with glazed eyes. technocommercial monopolies as Gopalkrishna Gandhi is a former
of rigging to restore faith in the poll process. Ms. Hasina So this is the centenary of so our own Rakesh, then all of 35 This year is the 35th anniver well that are uncomfortable with administrator, diplomat and governor
should reach out to the Opposition. Her otherwise im
pressive record has been marred by her government’s
authoritarian character. The victory is a chance for Ms.
Hasina to mend her ways, to be more inclusive and run
Dead ends of specialisation
a government that respects the rule of law, the basic With a focus on expertise, polymaths are becoming rare in the 21st century #473794
rights of citizens and institutional freedom. For India,
Ms. Hasina’s victory is good news. New Delhi and Dhaka and deeper development of va terest with public interest.” hue and cry from many quarters;
rious fi elds of science, technology With increasing specialisation, when renewable energy experts
have deepened economic, security and strategic ties
and even the social sciences, spe what one gets are experts who do call for more biomass plantations,
under her leadership. This should continue, no matter cialisation is inevitable and even not understand the connections others worry about the displace
what the general election outcome in India in 2019. necessary in the contemporary between knowledge systems and ment of farmers, the reduction of
world. This has no doubt yielded ways of knowing. Instead of treat food production and the loss of
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mong the fi rst decisions taken by Ashok Gehlot’s of intellectuals whose interests lay each knowledge system are not warding greater specialisation has
government after assuming power in Rajasthan in seemingly disparate spheres. A Distinct worlds part of the training and their own fed the knowledge industry and
was to scrap minimum educational require poet and philosopher could also While polymaths are not in high gacorporations. It also makes it blinkers are not apparent to them. universities too prepare students
ments for candidates contesting local body elections. be an astronomer, technical inno demand, I suspect that the in near impossible for a molecular Instead, one’s own paradigm of in precisely this manner. Policy
vator and mathematician. A tra creasing call for crossdisciplinary biologist to understand that more analyses turns into the sole frame makers are listening to the experts
This is a progressive move and will restore the right to
veller and writer could be a lin and interdisciplinary knowledge is targeted and improved ways to cut work for study and its outputs the seeking their guidance, thus com
contest, at least in theory, to a large section of the pop guist and painter. Consider for a recognition of this shortcoming and paste DNA is not the point be only possible truths. ing full circle and promoting furth
ulation in the State, where the literacy rate, according instance Al Khwā rizmī , Ziryab, Le without quite being able to label it. ing made by those concerned er fragmentation. The assault on
to the 2011 Census, was 52% for women and 79% for on Battista Alberti, or Leonardo da The tragedy of specialisation is about genetically modifi ed organ Current challenges nature from the ramparts of spe
men. The previous government headed by Vasundhara Vinci. Each person’s many spheres that it leads members of the know isms. It is about ownership, biodi The principal challenges of the An cialisation creates narrow reduc
Raje had stipulated, fi rst through an ordinance in De of knowledge created a syncretic ledge industry to see little beyond versity, science and soils — cross thropocene are the breakdown of tionist viewpoints that are fi ercely
cember 2014 and then through the Rajasthan Panchaya world view that contributed to a their bulwarks. And indeed, the cutting domains that superspe the planetary boundaries. In fact, defended by specialists who seem
ti Raj (Amendment) Act passed in 2015, educational broad perspective, an easy ability world views of highly specialised cialists will not be able to see. when this system was represented to have a lot at stake in terms of ca
to see connectedness among mul domains are often so distinct that Never mind that corporate in and described by scientists as the reers and reputations. Those at
prerequisites to stand for local polls. It was made man
tiple domains of knowledge of the they have created not only dispa terests, personal promotion, ca planetary boundaries of the natu the short end are (ironically) the
datory for candidates contesting for the post of sar natural world and human interac rate paradigms but distinct reerism and pandering to their ral world, there was opposition most vulnerable creatures and hu
panch to have cleared Class 8, and for those in the fray tion. worlds. It, therefore, becomes dif own vested interests create elite from social scientists. Upon their mans on earth making up the vast
in zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections to have One might today refer to these fi cult or impossible for an econo networks of corruption in diff e insistence, social structures have connected webs of life. As Max
passed Class 10. The move was illconsidered from the as nonpartisan points of view, mist to appreciate the importance rent academic spheres. And these also been incorporated now into Weber wrote in The Protestant Eth-
very beginning. At the time, the amendment was seen neither left nor right, or general and value of biodiversity or why its may of course confound argu the system. This obvious necessity ic and the Spirit of Capitalism:
as a bid by the then BJP government to lower the aver ised independent scholarship — in loss is a major casualty (unless he ments regarding specialisation only points to the fact that there is “specialists without spirit, sen
deed there seem to be few words or she tries to monetise it), or for and intellectual generalists. In a so much fragmentation that spe sualists without heart; this nullity
age age of those in the fray based on the assumption
to describe such people. While an engineer to understand why recent article in The New York cialists have painted themselves imagines that it has attained a level
that its voters tended to be younger. It was, however, an there still are some scholars inter decentralised solar power that al Times Pankaj Mishra writes, “in into dead ends. of civilisation never before
act of paternalism that militated against the basic as ested in more than one domain, lows greater democratisation their lust for power [Alfred Kazin] So, while geoengineers say that achieved.”
sumptions of a liberal democracy. It penalised the peo such as Noam Chomsky or Rama among local communities is an op could see how intellectuals as ac we need to seed the upper at
ple for failure to meet certain social indicators, when in chandra Guha, polymaths are rare portunity to be grabbed instead of complices of political elites were mosphere with exotic chemicals to Sujatha Byravan is a scientist who studies
fact it is the state’s responsibility to provide the infras in the 21st century. With greater installing large solar parks by me prone to confuse their private in cool the planet, there is rightly a science, technology and policy
tructure and incentives for school and adult education.
And it defeated the very purpose of the panchayati raj LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
institutions, to include citizens in multitier local gover
nance from all sections of society. These requirements Modern icons of hope” (December 29), preventable condition. Its injections. Blood Blood storage facilities Ishant Sharma, Mohammed
had the eff ect of excluding the marginalised. Equating our icons with the rightly says, it is the common reasons are transfusion is needed in (rather than blood collection Shami and Ravindra Jadeja
The Rajasthan government’s decision should also nation itself was one of the audacity of hope that made nutritional defi ciency, cases of severe anaemia and processing) can be made that put India on the winning
force a rethink in Haryana, where the newly swornin greatest tragedies of India Gandhi stand out. Will hookworm infestation and identifi ed late in pregnancy available across hospitals in track after Cheteshwar
BJP government had, also in 2015, legislated a series of (Editorial page, “The India understand him or at frequent/multiple (after 34 weeks), acute all small cities and towns that Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit
eligibility requirements for panchayat elections, includ travails of the modern least remember him in the pregnancies. The primary blood loss during can be managed with staff Sharma and debutant
icon”, December 31). No right manner? In India’s mode of prevention is to pregnancy and delivery and who are under the direct Mayank Agarwal put up an
ing education levels and a functional toilet in the candi
party can claim the chase of the golden deer identify vulnerable groups cardiac failure due to control of their designated impressive total. One looks
date’s home. The Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amend exclusive right of owning (the economy) the nation prior to pregnancy and anaemia. Even after full regional blood bank. This is forward to Sydney.
ment) Act, 2015 was upheld that year by the Supreme any freedom fi ghter; they seems to be overlooking the treat them with simple screening of blood, the also a system followed in K.R. Srinivasan,
Court in Rajbala v. State of Haryana. And the tempta all happened to be message of this icon, who is measures such as health recipient is not 100% safe as most parts of the world. Secunderabad
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Six dead in Dacca fi ring
It is not the religious validity of a court
Maulana Bashmani, leader of the National Awami Party, said
order, but the very mettle of society yesterday [December 30] his party would boycott the coming
that is being put to test in Kerala now elections following a clash between his supporters and police
in which three people were killed and several injured. Three
Swami Agnivesh people were killed and another wounded yesterday when pol
ice fi red at a mob in Hatirdia Bazar, a Dacca suburb, according
Kerala is at a crossroads. For the to an offi cial communiqué. The mob had stoned a shop and at
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
fi rst time, the very essence of this tempted to free several people taken into custody by police,
progressive State, applauded as a the communiqué said. Three more persons were killed in pol
model for the rest of India, is being ice fi ring in Mancherdi, Dacca district, today. Police were re
put to test. Kerala did not achieve ported to have arrested four people in the Awami Party de
its enviable position of being a pro monstration at Dacca in favour of a general strike. Speaking at
gressive, liberal and modern socie Pabna, in East Pakistan, Maulana Bashani called on other par
ty without struggle or sacrifi ce. It ties to follow his lead and boycott the elections. Meanwhile
was as recent as December 1892 President Ayub Khan has urged members of the ruling Pakis
when Swami Vivekananda was shocked by inhuman caste tan Muslim League at Lahore to defend the regime against op
based customs there. position attacks.
The journey from that low point of social and spiritual de
gradation to being the most progressive society in India has A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JANUARY 2, 1919.
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The Kaiser’s Defenders.
pad, Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, and a host of visionary NOTEBOOK
leaders in the freedom movement — who fought the evils of The League of German men and women to protect William the
caste oppression and the various forms of discrimination
that women in Kerala faced.
The man and his horrifi c crime Second’s personal life and security has been formed in Berlin
and has issued an appeal denying that its purpose is other
It is not the religious validity of a Supreme Court order, than is described by the League’s offi cial name. The appeal ex
but the very mettle of society that is being put to test in Ker Meeting the ‘tandoor murder case’ killer and his family horts diplomatistes and others to furnish information for the
ala now. To anyone observing developments around the Sa projected white book exculpating the exKaiser from the guilt
barimala faceoff , it is obvious that the issue has been polit Hemani Bhandari body into pieces and burnt fi rst man I was going to of my own actions and of the war. Prince Henry of Prussia was off ered the Presidency
ically hijacked, even as the façade of religious fervour is it in a tandoor (clay oven) meet who had been accepted that fact while in of the League but declined saying that Hindenburg should be
maintained. It was to be expected that the RSSBJP phalanx, When I entered Sushil in a restaurant. The case convicted of murder and prison,” he said. appointed. Prince Henry in accepting membership says that
which has been waiting for the kill for long, would sense in Kumar Sharma’s drawing led to nonstop chatter in released. After speaking to he expects to be called as a witness on behalf of his Imperial
this the most opportune moment. By the candid admission room one cold winter newsrooms given that it The house was locked Sharma for an hour and a brother. The “Daily News” Munich Correspondent says that a
of the State BJP President, the party is treating the Sabarima afternoon in December, he involved a politician, an from the inside. The family half, I stepped outside, my Monarchist movement with the centre in Munich and ramifi
la issue as a political goldmine. A massive drama of decep was wearing a deep blue alleged aff air, and a didn’t want to entertain too muscles relaxed. The fi rst cations in the country districts of Bavaria has been discovered.
tion is being thrust upon Keralites. jacket and sitting cross gruesome killing. many people. I peeped thing I did was to text my Forty arrests have been made including offi cers.
The RSS has also been infl icting a covert atrocity on Dalits legged on a cot, talking on I have been a crime inside and saw Sharma’s mother. “It’s done,” I said.
and Adivasis in respect of their religions. The Adivasis aren’t the phone. reporter for only over a 80yearold mother’s “Nothing to worry. He is CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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Hindus. They never were. They have their own religious I waited nervously. year. Sharma’s release smiling face. She looked at not scary.”
forms of worship. Over the years, the RSS has worked in a Sharma is a former youth naturally piqued my me and asked an attendant The interview was not CONCEPTUAL
calculated fashion to blot out their distinct religious heritage Congress leader and MLA, curiosity. What kind of a to unlock the door. intimidating or nerve Kübler-Ross model
and identities. It is ironic that the very same RSS is now but he was no ordinary person was he then and Greetings were exchanged wracking as I had thought it
interviewee. He had been how had he changed? Was and she pointed to the would be. Sharma’s crime Psychology
spearheading the movement to “save Sabarimala”, wilfully
overlooking the fact that Sabarimala belonged to the Adiva released from prison only a he scary, as we imagine room where he was sitting. was horrifi c, but to the This refers to the fi ve emotional stages that a person usually
sis, who have been driven out of its precincts. few days before our killers to be? Did a person My heart skipped a few extent that one can take goes through during a period of grief. They are denial, anger,
The RSSBJP agenda is not to save Sabarimala. It is to use meeting, 23 years after he who had once been so beats. Sharma fi nished his appearance to be the bargaining, depression, and acceptance. However, not all pe
Sabarimala. Lord Ayyappa, who was a forest deity wor was arrested and then unimaginably vile have call and greeted me with a reality, he seemed a ople who experience grief go through all these stages. Some
shipped by Mala Arayans, is valued only as a potent entry convicted for killing his normal human emotions? handshake and a smile. changed man, keen to look people may skip past some of the stages. The duration of each
point into the hearts of Keralites. If Lord Ayyappa is sensitive partner Naina Sahni, also Did he remember that “There are two types of ahead. As I drove back to stage of grief may also vary from person to person depending
to the pollution of menstruating women, he should be even an aspiring politician. night vividly? I wanted to criminals,” he began, his work, I realised that it on various reasons. The KüblerRoss model was fi rst proposed
more allergic to the hypocrisy of men. The crime shocked the meet Sharma, much to my lawyer seated next to us. wasn’t the things he said by Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth KüblerRoss in her 1969 book
Annexing the politics of Kerala is crucial for the RSSBJP nation, but the gruesome mother’s dismay. I spoke to “Those who are naturally that stuck in my mind; it On Death and Dying, based on her study of patients who were
combine for the 2019 general election. The BJP may fare manner in which Sharma the legal reporter who had criminalminded and those was what his mother said. terminally ill.
poorly in many north Indian States. The loss there can be disposed of Sahni’s body covered his release. A few who do something in a “Our life span has now
compensated only if the politics of south Indian States is an was especially chilling. calls were made and I was rage.” Sharma said he was increased by 10 years,” she CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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nexed. The desperation underlying this strategy is an indi Sharma suspected that on my way to Sharma’s full of regret, especially for said of herself and her
rect tribute to the good sense of Keralites. The RSS and the Sahni was having an aff air. house in Delhi’s Pitampura making his parents’ life “a husband. Sharma had MORE ON THE WEB
BJP know that Keralites cannot be hoodwinked politically. After a heated argument the next morning. I had living hell”. He said he had committed the crime but
Religion, perhaps, is their point of vulnerability. one night, he shot her previously reported of contemplated suicide. “But they also suff ered the The most-read articles of The Hindu in 2018
dead. And then, to hide the murder cases from a I slowly learnt that I was consequences. My heart
The writer is a social activist crime, he chopped her distance. Sharma was the suff ering as a consequence went out to them. http://bit.ly/MostReadTH
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The Congress on Monday tion once again, and asked After quitting the BJP, Savi
The Congress and the BJP a “professional decision” ta said it was ready for a debate why the government was not tribai Phule, the Member
have been engaged in a bit ken by the Indian Air Force, in the Lok Sabha on the Ra disclosing the price of the of Parliament from Bah
ter war of words since Satur the Special Protection fale deal, and requested fi ghter jets. raich in Uttar Pradesh, has
day when the Enforcement Group and the Defence Mi Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to UPA chairperson Sonia triggered speculation that
Directorate told a Delhi nistry. hold it on January 2. Gandhi was present in the she could join the Samaj
court that Christian Michel, “We cancelled the con “Jaitleyji has thrown a House. wadi Party and emerge as
the alleged middleman in tract and started proceed challenge ... We are ready for Home Minister Rajnath the joint candidate of the
the AgustaWestland VVIP ings of blacklisting. But after debate on January 2. Please Singh intervened and said antiBJP alliance in 2019.
helicopter scam, had passed we left, the Modi govern decide a time,” said the that repeating the “same lie Ms. Phule called on SP
on a paper containing ques ment did nothing against Leader of the Congress in the again and again will not chief Akhilesh Yadav in
tions on “Mrs. Gandhi” to AgustaWestland. Instead of Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun make it a truth”. BJP mem Lucknow on Saturday.
his counsel Aljo K. Joseph, a acting against the company, Kharge. bers too countered the Con Talking to The Hindu on
former Youth Congress they favoured it.” Mr. Kharge got up from his gress members with loud Monday, she said she “will
offi cebearer. Mr. Antony said the BJP seat and made these remarks protests. go to any extent” to stop
Mr. Antony said if the was trying to divert atten soon after the Lok Sabha Amid the din, BJP mem Mr. Narendra Modi from
Congress had anything to tion from the questions passed a Bill to give its appro ber Ravindra Kumar Pandey coming to power. “I have
hide, it would not have or raised over the Rafale deal val to an additional gross ex Break from din: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge speaking in the Lok Sabha on Monday. *
PTI raised the instances of jobs not yet joined the SP,” the
dered a CBI probe or gone to and avoid a joint parliamen penditure of ₹ 85,948.86 not being provided under MP said, adding she would
Milan, Italy, to fi ght the tary committee probe into it crore during the current fi s deal. At this point, Finance ning away” from discussion, mand for a debate and the MGNREGA in Jharkhand. support the “mahagath
case. “We took the decision and that’s why it was raising cal ending March 2019. Minister Arun Jaitley told Mr. Mr. Jaitley hit back stating sought time for it. Bhratruhari Mahtab of the bandhan”, a possible al
to fi ght the case in Milan. Ul the AgustaWestland case. Kharge that the Opposition that a discussion on the Ra “You keep your challenges Biju Janata Dal raised the is liance of the SPBSPRLD.
timately, we won the case Asked to comment on the Demand for JPC probe should allow the discussion fale deal would make it clear to yourself. Don’t challenge sue of UPSC candidates with She quit the BJP accus
and got the entire money BJP allegation that the Con When the Lok Sabha met af on the supplementary the Congress was “spreading me,” an angry Speaker a nonEnglish medium back ing it of plotting to fi nish
from bank guarantees and gress was jittery since Mr. ter the lunch break, Mr. grants, and said the govern lies over the deal”. retorted. ground being aff ected by the the Constitution.
advance,” he said. Michel’s extradition to In Kharge reiterated the party’s ment was prepared to give a When the House was Congress members were introduction of the Civil Ser
dia, Congress communica demand for a Joint Parlia reply. about to be adjourned for shouting slogans on the Ra vice Aptitude Test (CSAT) in
‘Professional decision’ tion chief Randeep Surjewa
The former Defence Minis la said, “This is a case of
mentary Committee ( JPC) in
vestigation into the Rafale
When Mr. Kharge accused
the Finance Minister of “run
the day, Mr. Kharge remind
ed Ms. Mahajan of the de
fale deal through the day and
during the Zero Hour at
the Civil Services examina
tion. India sore at
ter said the choice of Agus chor machaye shor (the
taWestland helicopters was thief is making noise).” blackout at
Govt. rejects demand
Talaq Bill is
antiMuslim: JD(U) stance a worry for BJP envoy’s house
Press Trust of India
JPC clears its report on citizenship Bill
men and women,” Ms. Muf
Leader of the Opposition dy for a debate and to hear ti told reporters here.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, too, all suggestions proposed by Herself a divorcee and a
backed him by saying more the Opposition, but the Bill single mother of two
than half the members sup must not be put in limbo by daughters, she said Mus
ported the call. “The go sending it to a select com
vernment tries to bulldoze mittee.
lims take pride in their At Monday’s meeting, all 13 BJP members were present but only six of the Opposition made it
strong family structure and
every legislation through. He said even after the Su bonding. Sobhana K. Nair committee’s report. jendra Agarwal, called for a
Since this Bill did not go preme Court’s judgement “The same is true of oth New Delhi The report will clear the meeting on a day’s notice.
through one in the Lok Sab outlawed instantaneous di er religions in the East, The Joint Parliamentary decks for the legislation to The two BJP members
ha, it should be sent to [a] vorce, an incident of triple considered an advantage Committee on the Citizen become a reality. The Bill from Assam, Ramen Deka
select committee here,” he talaq had been reported. over the Western culture. ship Amendment Bill 2016, proposes citizenship to six and Kamkhya Prasad Tasa,
However, this Bill is a direct which proposes citizenship persecuted minorities — Hin have been maintaining a stu
assault on that,” said Ms. to persecuted minorities dus, Jains, Sikhs, Parsis, died silence on the Bill in the
Two Pak. intruders Mufti.
Ms. Mufti married her
cousin in 1984 but fell apart
barring Muslims from Pakis
tan, Afghanistan and Bangla
desh, is likely to table its re
Christians and Buddhists —
from Pakistan, Afghanistan
and Bangladesh who came
meetings of the committee.
The BJP government in As
sam is fi ercely opposed to the
killed on LoC within six years of her mar
riage and later worked in a
port on January 7 on the
penultimate day of the win
to India before 2014. Bill. The BJP’s ally Asom Ga
na Parishad too has been
private bank to raise her ter session of Parliament as Resentment in Assam protesting against it and has
“The fi refi ght initiated by to take back the bodies of two daughters. “I have the panel on Monday cleared There has been a strong re threatened to walk out of the
Pakistan was given a strong the two intruders. gone through a broken the report rejecting all sistance to the Bill in the BJP alliance if the Bill is passed.
response and the exchange Akhtar Ayub, an Athmu marriage and I feel that a amendments moved by the ruled Assam as it would pave Rejected amendments in eligible for Indian citizen The committee has
of fi re continued the whole qambased disaster risk woman faces the biggest Opposition. the way for giving citizen clude those moved by Trina ship. He also moved that Af cleared an amendment
night,” said the spokesman. management offi cer in Pa challenge economically af At Monday’s meeting, out ship, mostly to illegal Hindu mool Congress MP Saugata ghanistan, Bangladesh and moved by BJP MP Meenakshi
“A few intruders managed kistanoccupied Kashmir, ter her marriage is bro of 30 members, all the 13 BJP migrants from Bangladesh, Roy to make the legislation Pakistan should not be the Lekhi seeking to drop legal
to escape, taking advantage told the Pakistani media ken,” she said. members were present. And who came to Assam after religion and countryneu only countries named in it, proceedings against six per
of the Pakistani fi ring and that “Indian Army shells “Democracy is not run only six Opposition mem March 1971, in violation of tral. Mr. Roy said the Bill since “we have huge number secuted minorities. The
adverse weather condi were fi rst aimed at Pakistan through brute majority, it bers were present. The draft the agreement in the Assam should not limit itself to six of refugees from Sri Lanka amendment, if accepted,
tions,” he said. Army posts but later started is about consensus. It’s im report will be circulated on Accord of 1985. Around 40 religions. It should instead and Myanmar too”. could mean that Bangladeshi
Some intruders, he said, pounding civilian installa portant to empower Mus January 3 and it will be ta lakh people in Assam have say that any person who The Opposition was Hindus lodged in detention
were seen wearing BSF and tions at Athmuqam.” He lim women to face the bled on January 7. The Oppo been excluded from the fi nal leaves his country due to re stumped when the commit centres in Assam, facing de
old Indian Army fatigues. claimed a 27yearold wo world independently in sition is now planning to fi le draft of the National Register ligious, linguistic and ethnic tee under the chairmanship portation or declared illegal
The Army will ask Pakistan man died in the shelling. case of a breakup.” dissent notes to the joint of Citizens published in July. discrimination should be of BJP MP from Meerut, Ra foreigners would get relief.
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IN BRIEF
‘Off ence committed in line of duty’ Who killed the
While acquitting 22 accused in Sohrabuddin case, the judge said they acted under ‘colour of offi ce’
probe, asks Jaitley
Sonam Saigal tire investigation was target Says UPA had politicised the CBI
V.K. Yadav is new Mumbai ed to act upon a script to
Railway Board Chairman While acquitting 22 of those achieve the goal to anyhow Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI accused of the killing of Soh implicate political lead NEW DELHI
V.K. Yadav, General Manager, rabuddin Shaikh, Kausar Bi ers....” Finance Minister Arun Jait
South Central Railway, has and Tulsiram Prajapti, the ley on Monday targeted the
been appointed the new Central Bureau of Investiga Motivated probe Congress over the verdict in
Railway Board Chairman. Mr. tion (CBI) court earlier this Indicting the investigating the Sohrabuddin case, as
Yadav takes over from month said: “The alleged of agency, Justice Sharma said: serting that it was a refl ec
Ashwani Lohani, who retired fence was committed by the “The negligence of CBI to tion on the politicisation of
on Monday. He belongs to
accused persons in dis wards material part of inves the CBI under the previous
the 1980 batch of the Indian
charge of their offi cial duty tigation clearly indicates government. Arun Jaitley
Railway Service of Electrical
and under the colour of of that they hurriedly complet “More relevant than the
Engineers. Mr. Lohani was
appointed Chairman after
fi ce; even if it is assumed ed the investigation either order of the acquittal is the been more appropriate if he
A.K. Mital resigned in August, that the accused persons by using replica of the ear observation of the judge [Mr. Gandhi] had asked the
2017, following the acted in excess of their offi lier recorded investigation that in the investigation, right question, namely who
derailment of the Kaifiyat cial duty, then also they are and have implicated the pol from the very beginning, in killed Sohrabuddin case in
Express in Uttar Pradesh. PTI entitled to claim protection ice persons who had not at vestigating agency did not vestigation, he would have
of Section 197 (prosecution all knowledge of any conspi investigate the case profes got the right answer.”
Rahul appoints 10 of judges and public ser racy; rather they appeared sionally in order to fi nd out “Those who have recent
AICC spokespersons vants) of the Code of Crimi innocent.” the truth but to divert it to ly shown a belated concern
NEW DELHI
nal Procedure (CrPC).” “There is no hesitation in wards certain political per for institutional indepen
Congress President Rahul
recording that during the in sons,” Mr. Jaitley wrote in a dence, should seriously in
Gandhi has approved the
Entitled to acquittal vestigation of these off enc blog post titled “Who killed trospect as to what they did
appointment of 10 new
national spokespersons of the
The Hindu has a copy of the fi t as contemplated under are entitled for acquittal.” connection between the es, the CBI was doing so the Sohrabudin to the CBI when they were
AICC. The spokespersons are 358page judgment, which Section 197 of CrPC.” In his last judgment, ‘act’ and discharge of offi cial mething other than investigation?” in power,” Mr. Jaitley wrote.
Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer says: “It is clear that the ac “It was necessary for the judge S.J. Sharma said: “The duty... The accused were reaching the truth of the Referring to Congress He recalled that he had
Hussain, Pawan Khera, Jaiveer cused who are police offi investigation agency to ob accused, as seen from the doubtlessly a ‘public ser off ences.” president Rahul Gandhi’s written a letter to the then
Shergill, Ragini Nayak, Gourav cials and who were found tain sanction of the compe material in the chargesheet, vant’ when the alleged of Justice Sharma also said: comment on the day of the Prime Minister Manmohan
Vallabh, Rajiv Tyagi, Akhilesh doing the act and deed in tent authority before fi ling were certainly acting in dis fence is alleged to have been “The evidence could not judgement that “nobody Singh on September 27,
Pratap Singh, Sunil Ahire, discharge of their offi cial du chargesheet. In absence of charge of their offi cial du committed.” withstand the judicial scruti killed Sohrabuddin”, Mr. 2013, detailing the politicisa
Hina Kaware (MLA) and ty, are entitled for the bene the sanction, the accused ties. There is reasonable The court said, “The en ny of the Court.” Jaitley wrote: “It would have tion of the investigation.
Sravan Dasoju. PTI
Congress reverses BJP’s LS passes
medical
decisions in Rajasthan council Bill
Press Trust of India
New Delhi
Move by government wins praise from civil society groups The Lok Sabha on Monday
passed the Indian Medical
Mohammed Iqbal tion above 21 years of age in Council (Amendment) Bill
Jaipur rural areas. to allow a panel of eminent
The Congress government’s “This was an elitist law, professionals to run the
move, in its fi rst Cabinet denying equal opportunities scamtainted Medical
meeting here, to reverse to citizens who did not have Council of India (MCI) so
some controversial deci the means for securing edu that medical education can
sions of the previous Bhara cation,” PUCLRajasthan be regulated in the best
tiya Janata Party (BJP) re president Kavita Srivastava manner.
gime in Rajasthan gives said on Monday. The Bill seeks to replace
indication that the ruling The government has also an ordinance issued in Sep
party is readying for the ordered the removal of the tember 2018.
2019 Lok Sabha election. Ashok Gehlot logo of Deendayal Upad Health Minister Jagat
The Cabinet’s prompt deci hyaya from the offi cial letter Prakash Nadda said this
sion has come in for praise Education Govind Singh Do heads of Ministers and go Bill superseded the MCI
from civil society groups. tasara has announced a re vernment functionaries. and the powers of the
The Cabinet has taken a view of school textbooks and Social activist Sawai Singh, council had been vested in
slew of decisions, ranging other reference materials president of Rajasthan Sa a Board of Governors
from the elimination of edu that were revised by the BJP. magra Seva Sangh, said (BoG). The BoG will have
cational qualifi cation for The government has abol there was no justifi cation for all eminent personalities
Panchayati Raj elections, the ished the criteria of educa eulogising a Rashtriya and include directors of AI
reopening of universities tional qualifi cation of candi Swayamsevak Sangh ideo IMS and PGI, Chandigarh.
and removal of Deendayal dates for Panchayati Raj logue and undermining the This board will continue to
Upadhyaya’s logo from offi bodies, introduced by the signifi cance of the Sarnath perform till a council is
cial documents to direct BJP regime through an Ordi pillar as the national em constituted, according to
elections to the Mayor’s post nance in 2014, to ensure that blem. Mr. Nadda.
and the appointment of a each citizen gets the right to Chief Minister Ashok Geh A separate Bill to replace
committee on eligibility for contest. The People’s Union lot has also handed over the the MCI with the National
the waiver of farmers’ loans. for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has Congress party’s manifesto Medical Commission is
Health Minister Raghu welcomed the move, saying to the Chief Secretary with pending in Parliament.
Sharma said that the govern it had done away with a the direction that it should “This Bill has been issued
ment would review all deci “highly discriminatory” pro be treated as the State go so that medical education
sions taken in the past six vision that had led to the ex vernment’s policy docu can be regulated in the best
months. Minister of State for clusion of 73% of the popula ment. manner,” he said.
CM A ND-NDE
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CCTV footage shows people
carrying ‘Khashoggi’s body parts’
Images show men transporting bags near Saudi consulate
Agence France-Presse yadh’s relations with the October along with several
Ankara West. Citing unnamed Tur other locations but Khashog
A Turkish television station kish sources, AHaber said gi’s body has still not been
has broadcast CCTV footage Khashoggi’s dismembered found.
showing men carrying cases body was inside the cases There has been specula
and bags which it says con and bags. tion that Saudi Crown Prince
tained slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed on Mohammed Bin Salman or
Khashoggi’s body parts. October 2 shortly after en dered the hit but Riyadh has
The images shown on A tering the kingdom’s consu absolved him of any blame.
Haber television late on Sun late in what Riyadh called a Saudi Arabia has also re
day feature three men carry “rogue” operation. peatedly rejected Turkish
ing fi ve suitcases and two He was strangled before demands to extradite sus
large black bags into the he was cut up into pieces by pects connected to the mur
home of the Saudi Consul a team of 15 Saudis sent to Is der of the journalist, a critic
General in Istanbul. tanbul for the killing, ac of the Crown Prince.
cording to Turkish offi cials, AHaber said the bags and
Dismembered body with media reports suggest suitcases were put into a mi
The residence lies a short ing that the parts were dis nibus which travelled the
distance from the Saudi con solved in acid. short distance from the con
sulate where Khashoggi was The consulate and the re sulate to a garage at the resi
murdered in October in a sidence were searched by dence. The men are then
killing that has tested Ri the Turkish authorities in seen taking them inside.
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market watch
31-12-2018
Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 36,068 ddddddddddddd -0.02
US Dollar dddddddddddddddddddd 69.77 ddddddddddddddd0.25
% CHANGE NPA ratios improve, ‘RBI reserves ratio among the highest’
Ratios of central banks of only South Africa and Russia are higher, says study
Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 32,270 ddddddddddddd -1.13
Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 52.93 ddddddddddddddd1.61
but are still high: Das Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI
“On comparing their ba
lance sheets, you do notice
Analysis of the balance that the RBI indeed has high
NIFTY 50
PRICE CHANGE
Public sector banks need governance reforms: RBI report sheets of the central banks of er reserves,” the report said.
Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.70. . . . . . . . . 0.30 10 comparable economies
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1373.05. . . . . . . . . 7.05 Special Correspondent shows that the RBI's reserves Revaluation of assets
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619.90. . . . . . . . -5.15
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2720.15. . . . . . . . . 2.65
Mumbai as a percentage of its balance “But… the bulk of those re
Bajaj Finserv. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 6476.95. . . . . . -25.95 The gross nonperforming sheet is among the highest, a serves are arising out of the
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2645.15. . . . . . . 10.35 asset ratio (GNPA) of com report by consultancy fi rm revaluation of its assets, i.e
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 312.50. . . . . . . . -4.05 mercial banks improved to Quantum Advisors found. over the years as the rupee
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362.75. . . . . . . . . 0.85
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.50. . . . . . . . -2.50 10.8% in September from However, the bulk of depreciated against the U.S.
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.75. . . . . . . . -1.55 11.5% in March and is set to these reserves are notional dollar, Great Britain Pound,
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 2616.50. . . . . . . . -5.40 improve further to 10.3%,
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 23158.35. . . . . . . 34.25
and thus their value can only euro etc, gold and foreign as
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 360.30. . . . . . . . . 4.00 the Reserve Bank of India be unlocked when the un sets held by the RBI when
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825.60. . . . . . . . . 1.00 (RBI) said in its Financial Sta derlying assets are sold, the translated into the current
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964.35. . . . . . . . . 6.00 bility Report on Monday.
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1968.35. . . . . . -11.60
report added. This makes rupee value, leads to an in
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2121.70. . . . . . . . -1.20 This was the fi rst half transferring the excess re crease in its asset value.”
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 3104.25. . . . . . -18.35 yearly decline in the ratio serves to the government all “For example, 100 billion
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.20. . . . . . . . . 2.70
since September 2015. the more diffi cult. Lok Sabha. “We do not need arate analysis shows was invested in 2010 at USD/INR
HPCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.25. . . . . . . . -2.65
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1819.65. . . . . . . . -2.40 “After a prolonged period Finance Minister Arun RBI reserves to manage the about ₹ 10.5 lakh crore — of 45, valued today at USD/
Indiabulls HFL . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 853.85. . . . . . . . . 4.60 of stress, the banking sector Jaitley on Monday said that fi scal defi cit.” form 26.2% its balance sheet. INR of 70, will show a valua
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.15. . . . . . . . -0.60
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1599.30. . . . . . . 16.05
appears to be on course to the government was not Only two central banks — tion gain when reported in
Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 259.00. . . . . . . . -4.00 recovery as the load of im seeking the RBI’s surplus to BRICS countries those of South Africa and INR terms,” the report ad
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.95. . . . . . . . . 2.00 paired assets recedes; the meet its fi scal defi cit needs. The analysis, which looked Russia — have a reserve ratio ded. “All such gains are non
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 137.05. . . . . . . . -1.15
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.65. . . . . . . . -0.60
fi rst halfyearly decline in “This government has the at the central banks of the higher than this. cash, notional and are
JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.75. . . . . . . . . 8.65 gross NPA ratio since Sep best track record than any BRICS countries, Fragile Five The other two BRICS na shown as higher asset values
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1256.50. . . . . . . 15.15 tember 2015 and improving other previous government nations and three developed tions, China and Brazil, have and as revaluation reserves
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1437.55. . . . . . . . -1.85
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.85. . . . . . . . . 0.30
provision coverage ratio, be proved, loan loss ratio of ing the allocative effi ciency in managing the fi scal defi economies, found that the reserve ratios of 1.7% and on the liabilities side,” the
Maurti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7465.50. . . . . . -40.05 ing positive signals,” RBI Go banks also increased to 51%. in the economy,” he said. cit,” Mr. Jaitley said in the RBI’s reserves — which a sep 0.2%, respectively. study said.
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.05. . . . . . . . -0.80 vernor Shaktikanta Das The capital adequacy ra Mr. Das said the shift in
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.90. . . . . . . . -0.60
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 198.65. . . . . . . . . 1.60
wrote in the foreword to the tio (CAR) of staterun banks credit intermediation from
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1121.25. . . . . . . . -4.30
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.90. . . . . . . . . 1.10
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 430.50. . . . . . . . . 5.30
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 172.70. . . . . . . . . 1.85
report.
“Stress test results suggest
further improvement in NPA
however declined from 11.7%
to 11.3%, the report said.
banks to nonbanks has gi
ven the corporate sector a di
verse choice of fi nance in
Fourfold
jump in bank
Core sector growth slows
ratio, though its current level PCA framework helps struments but added non
Iran oil: no
General elections, biggest overhang for equities in 2019: report tax on rupee
However, volatility due to political uncertainty can be an opportunity for investors to put money into equities for long term gains payments
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Indian equities to deliver about 5.91% or a little over Credit Suisse said the elec slowdown and general elec Reuters
NEW DELHI
MUMBAI positive returns in 2019 but 2,000 points. This was after tions in AprilMay 2019 were tions , investors could use
For equity markets, the gen with “signifi cant volatility” it touched a new alltime likely to keep noise levels the volatility to build the The Finance Ministry has
eral elections will be the big as the risk premiums could high of 38,989.65 on August high even though in the last portfolio over the next two exempted rupee payments
gest overhang in 2019 though rise further to factor in polit 29. six occurrences, going back quarters to generate higher made to the National Ira
most market participants ex ical uncertainty as the gener Incidentally, the gains of to 1996, these elections had double digit returns over the nian Oil Co. (NIOC) for
pect the year to be a lot bet al elections near in mid2019. 2018 are much lower than no visible impact on market next few years. crude oil imports from a
ter than the one just gone by It further states that while the nearly 28% gain or 7,430 direction. “Broader market could do steep withholding tax, ac
that saw the benchmarks macro environment is still points that the benchmark A section of market parti well in the second half of cording to a government
clock low singledigit gains supportive for equities with registered in 2017. Mean cipants, however, view the CY19 on expectations of order reviewed by Reuters.
with extreme volatility. robust high doubledigit while, the broader Nifty was volatility on account of the earnings pickup among In The exemption will al
In its India Outlook 2019 earnings growth expected, up a marginal 331.85 points political uncertainty as an dian corporates post fourth low Indian refi ners to settle
report released recently, factors like rising margin or 3.15% in 2018. opportunity for investors to quarter of FY19 along with about $1.5 billion of out
Standard Chartered has stat pressures, stretched valua put money in equities for resumption of FII fl ows into standing payments to
ed that while it remained tions relative to bonds, mod Coalition government long term gains. India around and post gener NIOC. The two nations on
positive on Indian equity erating fl ows and tighter li According to ICICI Securi Vikas Jain, senior research al election time,” said Dhiraj November 2 signed a pact
markets in 2019, it was more quidity are the potential risk ties, one of the key risks for ment, which could slow stability will be a key catalyst analyst, Reliance Securities, Relli, MD & CEO, HDFC Se to settle oil trades through
cautious compared with factors. the market in 2019 would be down economic growth for market performance in believes that while the mar curities, while adding that UCO Bank in rupees, cur
2018. The year 2018 saw the the possibility of a weak and though the brokerage be the year. kets would be volatile in the the Nifty has the potential to rency not freely traded on
The foreign bank expects benchmark Sensex gain unstable coalition govern lieves that domestic macro Global fi nancial major fi rst half of 2019 due to global touch 12,400 during CY 2019. international markets.
SEBI rules
for physical
New ecom norms spoil party for big players
settlement of Rule targets fi rms related to online marketplaces channelising inventory to other sellers
derivatives K.T. Jagannathan this in a shorttime? This the playfi eld is not level at
Chennai
kind of a relationship with the moment. The new rules
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT It was bold a step by the go vendors is the primary rea will usher in fairness in the
MUMBAI vernment and a huge blow son for price unfairness in game. What the marketplace
The Securities and Ex for the big players in India’s the ecommerce market model has done is to kill the
change Board of India (SE ecommerce market. The place. It may seem benefi cial spirit of enterprise in smaller
BI) has directed exchanges new rules announced by the for end customers. Yet, it has people who run the tradi
to move stock derivatives Centre last week have in managed to destroy the com tional momandpop shops.
in a phased manner to deed spoilt the yearend par petitive ecosystem, putting Also, they have unfairly
physical settlement me ty for the likes of Flipkart into peril the business ecolo dented the price models of
chanism based on their Walmart and Amazon. gy in the longrun. It goes many a manufacturing fi rm,
respective daily market These big players in the e beyond the comprehension especially in the consumer
capitalisation averaged for commerce space are now of a lay person as to how the space, through deep dis
December 2018. forced to go into an huddle, marketplace fi rms make counts for purchases
In a circular, SEBI has and devise a new way out to money. through their portal.
said that all stock deriva sustain their business aspira Strict boundaries: The new rules prohibit equity relationship This has already triggered
tives that are cashsettled tions in India. between vendors and ecommerce fi rms or associates. AFP *
Valuation issue uneasy tension with many
would be ranked in des More than anybody else, One still is unable to fathom consumer goods fi rms when
cending order based on the these players will be hit hard dow is now eff ectively shut about an arm’s length rela as to how these marketplace it comes to servicing pro
above criteria and thereaf as they run their enterprises for them. tionship between them. companies, who get only a ducts purchased through on
ter, the bottom 50 stock de in India on a marketplace Essentially, the new rules Should a vendor source commission for allowing line marketplaces.
rivatives would be moved model, which does allow prohibit any equity relation over 25% of their inventory vendors to use their plat The new rules may be in
to physical settlement from them the luxury of having fo ship between marketplace e from an ecommerce compa forms, could elicit such huge terpreted as negative for at
April 2019 expiry. “... the reign direct investment commerce players or their ny or fi rms controlled by it, attraction from deeppocket tracting FDI.
next 50 stocks from the (FDI). associate fi rms with vendors. then it would be disallowed ed investors who pump in Further, there could be
bottom shall move to phys The tightening of the e from selling its product on signifi cant sums of money considerable noise as to how
ical settlement from July commerce rules must be NEWS ANALYSIS that ecommerce platform. into these ventures. these will hurt job creation
2019 expiry onwards, and seen in the context of alleged The rules will have imme The valuation game they in the country. Nevertheless,
the remaining stocks shall misuse of this marketplace Should there be any such diate cost implications for play has ensured that these the fact that very many unre
move to physical settle model by many an ecom understanding between WalmartFlipkart, Amazon marketplace fi rms hit the ported job losses too have
ment from October 2019 merce fi rm. them, the vendors will then and the like, who have built headlines often. With the go happened with the advent of
expiry onwards,” it said. These fi rms have been not be allowed to sell their up huge inventory (using vernment stepping in to these marketplace cannot al
On March 28, SEBI de said to use a circuitous me products through the plat their group fi rms to stock up close the bypass routes, so be wished away. 0To the
cided to move towards chanism to get around the form owned by the instant e with vendors who sell on these companies will fi nd extent that these rules are in
physical settlement for all restrictions in a marketplace commerce company. Also, their platforms). the going tough. tended to set right a wrong,
stock derivatives. model. The backdoor win the new rules explicitly talk How will they liquidate There is no denying that these are welcome.
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Eight new unicorns emerge in 2018
PE funding touches high, Flipkart deal helps off set yearend slowdown, says Venture Intelligence
Peerzada Abrar gence of eight new ‘un ing $10.6 billion across 383
BENGALURU icorns,’ or startups valued at deals. Swiggy raised $1 bil
Private Equity (PE) invest more than $1 billion, accord lion in a funding round led
ments in India rose to the ing to Venture Intelligence. by South African conglomer
highestever level of $33.1 bil These include hotel chain ate Naspers. Japan’s Soft
lion in 2018, across 720 tran OYO, online insurance start Bank led $1 billion fund infu
HDFC raises home loan
sactions, according to data up PolicyBazaar, food deliv sion into OYO. Digital
rate by 10 basis points
from research fi rm Venture ery startup Swiggy, Paytm payments fi rm Paytm raised
MUMBAI
Mortgage fi nancier HDFC has
Intelligence. Mall and education tech fi rm $445 million from SoftBank
increased the home loan rate PE investments had alrea Byju’s in the businesstocon and China’s Alibaba for its e
by the 10 basis points (bps) dy surpassed the previous sumer segment. commerce business, Paytm Aiming high: About 400 textile units were set up in Solapur
with eff ect from January high — $24.3 billion across Mall. Its parent company and the State plans to raise this to 2,000 by 2022. M. BALAJI *
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‘Father’
Rohit
Bumrah — the evolution of a matchwinner
fl ies home Unleashed into the Test arena at the right time, the paceman leaves the men facing him with physical and psychological scars
Town. His fi rst scalp in Tests Former Australian batting speed and variations in white
OZ CHALLENGE was a big one. A.B. de Villiers great Michael Clarke tweet ball cricket. And Arun’s asso
attempted to drive a full ed, “In the next few months, ciation with Bumrah — he has
S. Dinakar length ball that came in and Bumrah will be the No. 1 overseen his development at
Melbourne
played on. bowler in all three formats.” every stage — is a heartwarm
In November last year, India In the second innings, World’s leading batsman ing tale in itself.
coach Ravi Shastri and bow Bumrah dismissed Faf du Virat Kohli conceded, “I The technicallysavvy
ling coach Bharat Arun had Plessis with a vicious deliv don’t want to be facing Arun coached Bumrah in the
an important decision to ery that kicked off a length. Bumrah.” under19 camp at the NCA
make. They were convinced And Quinton de Kock fell to a No Indian paceman in re and was wise enough not to
the Jasprit Bumrah was rea ball that climbed even as it cent memory has made such change his action, where,
dy for Test cricket but were nipped back sharply. Bum an impact. Bumrah powers despite the loadup being so
waiting for the right occasion rah had arrived in Tests. through to the crease from a much far and away from the
Rohit Sharma. to blood him. And now, after his con rather innocuous runup, un body, the arm was high and
*
RYAN PIERSE/GETTY IMAGES Would Bumrah play in the quests in the Boxing Day Test leashes thunderbolts. upright in release.
threeTest home series at the MCG, Bumrah has a In Tests, he has more
Special against Sri Lanka that pre whopping 48 wickets in nine space and time to infl ict Coaches’ contribution
Correspondent ceded the campaign in South Tests [three each in South damage with his whippy, Bumrah, under Arun, gra
Melbourne
Africa? Bumrah was held Africa, England and Austra quickarm action. dually evolved. Work was
Rohit Sharma has left back. lia] at 21.02 with a strike rate The ball taking off from done on his wrist position.
for home after the third It was felt the pitches in of 47.4 this year. back of a length often strikes And the coach tirelessly
Test to attend to his South Africa, with juice in the batsmen on the knuck worked with Bumrah to fi nd
wife who has given them for the pacemen, Rare breed les, shoulder, chest or the ideal release point to
birth to a baby girl. would enable Bumrah get off No Indian bowler has ta helmet. send down the yorker.
The middleorder to a sound start in Tests. And ken more wickets in overseas And while the batsman is Now Bumrah bowls a po
batsman, who notched instilling belief in the young Tests in a year. protecting his body, Bumrah tent yorker at will. Arun un
up a halfcentury in the ster was crucial. Bumrah has shaken up can easily remove him with derstood Bumrah’s body,
Indian fi rst innings in Both Shastri and Arun lineups with his pace, his subtlety. Velocity and knew he had to be stronger
the Boxing Day Test, realised Bumrah’s unique bounce and variations. craft is a dangerous combina for the longer spells in Test
will not play the fourth ness; batsmen were picking Down under, he has left the tion. It’s never easy when cricket.
Test in Sydney, him late. He had to be pre men facing him with physi Bumrah targets the batsmen Strength and conditioning
beginning January 3, a served for bigger battles, cal and psychological scars, with deliveries in the high coach Shankar Basu worked
BCCI release said. wrapped in cotton wool. impressed the fans and cap 140s kmph. And he can also on Bumrah to enable him
India has not named tivated the Aussie media. easily take the pace off the withstand Testmatch loads.
a replacement. Rohit Well begun... Matchwinners come rare. ball. His rise in the longer format
will join the Indian ODI And, when Bumrah was un All of Bumrah’s three fi ve Shastri, a shrewd judge of has been rapid.
squad ahead of its series leashed against South Africa wicket innings hauls so far talent, knew Bumrah’s value Now Bumrah and the In
here starting on Jan. 12. early January, 2018, he made have fi red India to Test victo from the manner he was dian pace pack will be going On the prowl: Jasprit Bumrah, according to former Australia captain Michael Clarke, is well on
an immediate impact in Cape ries. hounding batsmen with his for the kill at the SCG. the way to becoming the top bowler in all three formats. AP *
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TV PICKS
Ranji Trophy: Star Sports 2
(SD & HD), 9.30 a.m.
Khejroliya, Bhati keep Bengal in check RANJI TROPHY SCORES, DAY 2
Elite
Group A
for 83).
Group C
Tata Open Maharashtra: SS
Select 2 (SD & HD), 3 p.m.
Premier League: SS Select 1
The pacers scalp three wickets apiece as Delhi takes a narrow lead At Bengaluru: Karnataka 418 in
131.4 overs (D. Nischal 107, K.V.
At Guwahati: Assam 128 & 245
in 76.2 overs (Rishav Das 95,
(SD & HD), 6.30 p.m., 8.30 Siddharth 105, Manish Pandey Sarupam Purkayastha 46) vs
p.m., 11.30 p.m. Y.B. Sarangi 40, R. Vinay Kumar 90 n.o., Jammu & Kashmir 144 & 19 for
PBL: Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), KOLKATA
Pankaj Rao seven for 82) vs Ch- one in seven overs.
6.30 p.m. The cutting edge in the Delhi hattisgarh 121 for three in 38 At Porvorim: Goa 244 vs Ra-
pace department, despite overs (Amandeep Khare 43 jasthan 343 for three in 100
IN BRIEF the absence of Navdeep Sai batting, Harpreet Singh Bhatia
53 batting).
overs (Chetan Bist 63, Mahipal
Lomror 89, Robin Bist 98 bat-
ni, came to the fore when the
tourists restricted Bengal to At Pune: Maharashtra 230 vs ting, Ashok Menaria 66 bat-
220 and secured a crucial Gujarat 414 for three in 95.1 ting).
fi rst innings lead on the se overs (Kathan Patel 107, At Rohtak: Haryana 110 & 129
Chintan Gaja 53, Priyank Pan- in 37.2 overs (Ankit Kumar 51,
cond day of the Ranji Trophy
chal 141, Manpreet Juneja 81 Saurabh Kumar seven for 32)
Group B match at the Eden batting). lost to Uttar Pradesh 133 & 110
Gardens on Monday. At Delhi: Baroda 313 in 94 for four in 21.2 overs (Samarth
Kulwant Khejroliya and overs (Krunal Pandya 160, Singh 53 n.o.). Points: UP 6
Subodh Bhati collected three Mitesh Patel 61 n.o., Amit (38), Haryana 0 (16).
wickets apiece as Bengal fell Mishra five for 76) & 14 for two At Ranchi: Tripura 253 for nine
20 runs short of Delhi’s total. in 11 overs vs Railways 200 in in 89.4 overs (Udiyan Bose 44,
Delhi, at 41 for two in its se 68.3 overs (Arindam Ghosh 46, Rajib Saha 48 n.o., Rahul
cond essay, enjoyed a 61run Mahesh Rawat 50, Krunal Shukla four for 38) vs
lead at stumps. Pandya four for 40). Jharkhand 307 for four in 83
Khejroliya showed his skill At Nagpur: Vidarbha 511 in overs (Kumar Deobrat 136 bat-
Yoshna wins Scottish and guile to provide an early 129.4 overs (Atharva Taide 95, ting, Md Nazim 134).
junior open Wasim Jaffer 178, Ganesh Sat- At Delhi: Odisha 177 vs Ser-
breakthrough. A beauty of a
EDINBURGH ish 90, Mohit Kale 68, Dhrumil vices 183 for four in 74 overs
delivery, deviating and Matkar five for 141) vs Mumbai
Yoshna Singh ended the year (N.K. Singh 64, Ravi Chauhan
bouncing off the surface, 169 for six in 50 overs (Jay 48).
on a high winning the
took Abhishek Raman’s out Bista 64, Shubham Ranjane 52, Plate
under-17 title in the
side edge to wicketkeeper Akshay Wakhare four for 55). At Jorhat: Bihar 440 for nine
prestigious Scottish Junior
Anuj Rawat. Group B decl. in 102 overs (M.D. Rah-
Open squash here late on
Sunday. Seeded 5/8, Yoshna At Vizianagaram: Hyderabad matullah 99, Ashutosh Aman
defeated Sze Yu Lee of Good stand 271 in 90.3 overs (Tanmay 111, Vivek 102, H.M. Ralte five
Australia 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, Abhimanyu Easwaran (40 off Agarwal 44, Akshath Reddy 57, for 122) vs Mizoram 77 in 35.5
62, 5x4) and Sudip Chatter Himalay Agarwal 59, K.V. Sasik- overs (Akhil Rajput 49, Samar
13-11 in an engrossing final.
jee (56 off 102, 9x4) pro anth five for 64) vs Andhra 207 Quadri six for 19) & 81 for five
Yoshna had earlier beaten the
duced 63 runs for the second Making an impact: Kulwant Khejroliya prised out three Bengal batsmen to help Delhi take a narrow lead over the for three in 76 overs (C.R. in 38 overs.
top seed Lucie Stefanoni of
Gnaneshwar 65, Ricky Bhui 49 At Dimapur: Arunachal Pra-
USA in the quarterfinals and wicket to lay a solid host on Monday. FILE PHOTO *
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IN BRIEF
Federer excited about playing against Serena Kohli, Bumrah
in CA’s team
IANS
Faceoff set to happen in the mixed doubles of the Hopman Cup on Tuesday MELBOURNE
Tughlakabad, in February. Paul, World University cham Anuradha of Navy looks Panwar who was in roaring ing worked out for men’s air
“That is a top, top
While Apurvi has been pion Viita Bhardwaj, and set to pip established names form during the recent trials pistol, in which Asian Games
performance for a midfield
player because it’s all-round:
consistent and topped the former Asian champion Poo like Shri Nivetha, Shweta in the men’s, junior and gold medallist, World Junior
work rate, dangerous in the chart after the addition of ja Ghatkar follow the top Anjum Moudgil. *
FILE PHOTO Singh, Yashaswini Singh Des youth events champion and Youth Olym
box, no showboating. It’s merit points for her Olympic three in the provisional wal and Annu Raj Singh in In the rifl e 3position pics champion Saurabh
touch, pass, move. It’s an quota and the world rank, rankings. qualifi cation. the race for a berth. event, Olympians Chain Chaudhary is the over
efficient game and Paul Anjum has managed a third Anjum, of course, tops her Gaayathri Nithyanandam In sports pistol, Asian Singh and Sanjeev Rajput oc whelming favourite to retain
knows he’s at his best when spot behind Elavenil Valari main event — 50metre rifl e and former World Champion Games gold medallist Rahi cupy the top, followed by Pa his top spot.
it’s an efficient game”, said van who has been in brilliant 3position — in which she in prone, Tejaswini Sawant, Sarnobat tops the provision rul Kumar who looks set to It will be interesting to see
Solskjaer. AFP Apurvi Chandela. *
FILE PHOTO form. holds a world record 1180 in follow Anjum in the list. al list. overtake the World Cup gold who joins him in the squad.
18 LIFE NOIDA/DELHI
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Foreigners can now fl y directly to Andamans
As tourist fl ow increases, Port Blair airport is named authorised immigration check post for India
Press Trust of India erage four lakh tourists, in joy the natural beauty,
New Delhi cluding several thousand fo beaches, fl ora and fauna and
Foreign tourists can now di reigners, annually. historicallysignifi cant land
Eurozone to cease rectly fl y to the Andaman “....the Central govern marks in around 38 inhabit
printing €500 notes and Nicobar Islands as the ment hereby designates Port ed islands out of the 572
PARIS government has designated Blair airport of Union terri islets.
The eurozone is moving to Port Blair airport as an auth tory of the Andaman and Ni The archipelago has re
stop printing €500 orised immigration check cobar Islands as an author ceived 4,02,393 tourists, in
banknotes, the violet- post for entry into and exit ised immigration check post cluding 11,818 foreigners, till
coloured bills that authorities
point from India. for entry into/exit from India Sun and sand: The natural beauty of the Andaman and October 2018, while it re
fear are favoured by
The decision to open up with valid travel documents Nicobar islands is a big tourist draw. FILE PHOTO * ceived 4,87,229 tourists, in
criminals. “As of 27 January
the Andaman and Nicobar for all classes of passengers,” cluding 15,310 foreigners, in
2019, 17 of the 19 national
central banks in the Euro area
Islands directly for foreign a Home Ministry notifi cation authority” for the immigra ble with the Home Ministry, 2017.
will no longer issue €500 tourists came after it was said. tion check post at Port Blair more than 16 lakh tourists vi In 2016, as many as
banknotes,” the European found to be the most sought The Superintendent of airport with eff ect from sited the Andaman and Nico 4,00,019 tourists, including
Central Bank said. AFP after tourist destination in Police (CID) of the Island has Monday. bar Islands between 2015 15,467 foreigners, had visit
the country receiving an av been designated as the “civil According to data availa and October this year to en ed the Andamans.
Spaceship zooms towards Visually challenged exboxer
Lion kills worker at
distant mysterious world transforms a neighbourhood
U.S. wildlife park
WASHINGTON
A lion attacked and killed
Jorge Pina helps troubled children stay on the right path
22-year-old Alexandra Black,
Ultima Thule lies in a dark and frigid region of space, known as the Kuiper Belt
Agence France-Presse
who had just started working
at the Conservators Centre in
Agence France-Presse what Ultima Thule (pro Lisbon
Young Spanish designers reclaiming black
The colour was all the rage in the 16th century when Spaniards discovered that logwood produced a fi ne dye
Agence France-Presse black dress. Its use in fashion King Felipe II adopted that
Madrid actually originated in 16 th intense black as his own and
Young Spanish designers are century Spain. the fashion statement soon
reclaiming their “Spanish Before that, it had been a spread.
ness”: ageold traditions, re diffi cult colour to wear. After The monarchy was “a re
ligious imagery and even the multiple washes or through ference for all its European
colour black, which centu constant use, the dye would counterparts, as was its aus
ries ago was a signature of just subside and turn into a tere black gown which would
the country’s allpowerful greyish, brownish mush. become the expression of
monarchy. But then Spain conquered maximum elegance,” Amalia
That is one of the messag the Americas, and more Descalzo, an expert in cloth
es at the “Modus” exhibition specifi cally Mexico in the 16th ing history at Spain’s ISEM
currently running in Madrid, century. Fashion Business School,
which explores the infl uence There Spaniards disco writes in the exhibition
of Spanish history and tradi vered a tree called logwood. booklet. And so it has
tion on global fashion, in Spanish designer Leandro Cano’s creations and, right, a line by designer Oteyza. *
AFP It held a secret: from its continued.
cluding upandcoming wood could be made an in Foreign and Spanish de
designers. dro Cano, ManeMane, who “Young designers are Take black, a colour that tense and lasting black dye. signers like Cristobal Balen
“It’s a very important mo are reclaiming Spain’s posi making noise again, and has come to symbolise At the time, Spain was a ciaga embraced black in
ment (for Spain) with design tion in fashion,” says exhibi they’re doing so via inspira French chic as epitomised by major economic and politi their creations and the youn
ers like Palomo Spain, Lean tion curator Raul Marina. tion that is totally Spanish.” Coco Chanel’s 1920s little cal power. ger guard are doing so too.
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