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Battered by bias ‘CJI AWARE OF NATURE OF ALLEGATIONS, SEIZED OF MATTER’ On table for next
and years of apathy, Timing of Jagan letter suspect, round of LAC talks:
Doms seek change
Mahadalits point to broken promises
but no consent for contempt: AG Thinning of troops
Signal from Beijing on certain friction
Letter followed Justice Ramana order Delisting Kamal Nath: SC asks points as harsh Ladakh winter sets in

E
DIPANKAR GHOSE DECISION
PARBATTA (KHAGARIA), NOV 2
2020 to fast-track cases: Venugopal EC who gave you this power?

E X P L A I NE D
DEEPTIMAN TIWARY Modi,Xi
THERE IS a pool of water behind NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2
their ramshackle homes on un- ANANTHAKRISHNAN G ‘Conductof
at three
easy stilts in Khagaria's Aguani. B I H A R NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 AndhraCM, ANANTHAKRISHNAN G EC had NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN India ● meetings
That is where the solitary hand PrincipalSecy & RITIKA CHOPRA revoked his and China over the situation in
pump for the community of 200 VOTINGTODAY NOTING THAT the “timing” of primafacie NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 name from eastern Ladakh have not yielded PRIME MINISTER
stands. The water has turned a Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister contumacious’ list of star results so far on troops returning Narendra Modi and
poisonous green, with garbage No. of Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s letter THE SUPREME Court Monday campaigners totheirAprillocations— thesta- Chinese President Xi
seats
collected over the years and a PhaseII to Chief Justice of India S A stayed the Election Commission tus quo ante, before the start of Jinping are set to meet
sheet of mosquitoes over its sur- 94 Bobde, complaining against General K K Venugopal on order revoking former Madhya the standoff in May — but the each other at three vir-
face. For years, all that the Doms No.ofvoters Contesting Justice N V Ramana, and the Monday,however,declinedcon- Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal “We are staying your order,” Indian establishment is hopeful tual summits this month
here have asked from their morethan candidates state’s move to make it public sent to initiate proceedings Nath’s name from the list of star Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, of“partialdisengagement”atcer- — of the BRICS, SCO,
politicians is to at least remove 2.85 cr 1,463 “couldcertainlybesaidtobesus- against Reddy for criminal con- campaigners for the Congress headingathree-judgeBench,told tain friction points in the region. G-20. Ahead of these
the water and level the land, es- pect” in the wake of the latter’s tempt of the Supreme Court. party in the state Assembly by- SeniorAdvocateRakeshDwivedi Sources said this is largely meetings, the two sides
pecially after a five-year-old fell order to expedite trial in cases In a letter to Advocate polls — elections to 28 seats will who was appearing for the EC. supposed to translate into thin- will hope to dial down
and drowned here 10 years ago. MORE REPORTS against legislators, Attorney CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 be held Tuesday. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ning of troops massed by the the tensions somewhat.
“Once, they came and threw PAGE 6 twosidesonthenorthandsouth
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 banks of Pangong Tso. Friction
points also remain in Gogra and since June, movement of troops
Hot Spring areas after some ini- and artillery by either side has
THE WORLD Nov 3 is here: in Biden AN EXPRESS INVESTIGATION PART THREE tial disengagement.
While seven rounds of talks
only increased in the region.
This move to effect some

home town, nostalgia Fraud went on unchecked even as red

at the level of the Corps thinning of troops by either side
AT LEAST 22 KILLED Commander have taken place CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
AS GUNMEN STORM

and hope line up to vote flags were wavedTinHECentre and state First India-born minister in
KABUL UNIVERSITY
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Have started ABHISHEK ANGAD
EXPLAINED
RANCHI, NOVEMBER 2 SCHOLARSHIP probe: Naqvi New Zealand, her father
BUSINESS AS USUAL RACE FOR GUIDETO TRACKING
ONOCTOBER31,barely48hours SCAM says ‘proud, not surprised’
after The Indian Express told him
BY UNNY THE WHITE THEU.S. RESULTS that official records had listed list of complaints and red flags — ESHA ROY
HOUSE PAGE 13 180beneficiariesfromhisschool from the Central Government to NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2
fortheCentre’spre-Matricschol- state anti-corruption officials to SHAJU PHILIP
EXPRESS arship for minority students, the school owners in Jharkhand — UNION MINIS- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
NOVEMBER 2 Priyanca
IN THE U.S. whentheBidenfamilymovedout
of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Later
principal of Blue Bells in
Jharkhand’s Ramgarh rushed to
warning of fraud and forgery by a
nexus of middlemen, school and
TER of Minority
Affairs Mukhtar Radhakrishnan
regretting it, the Kearns patched the nearest police station. bankstaff,andstateemployees,to AbbasNaqvisaid ON MONDAY, when India-born
up the wood carving in the bed “We have not applied for any illegally divert funds from the na- Monday that PriyancaRadhakrishnanwasap-
KARISHMA MEHROTRA furniturethatread“Joewashere.” minority scholarship...take swift tionalscholarship. ‘In touch the Central pointed as a Minister in the New Paravur in Kerala's Ernakulam
SCRANTON (PENNSYLVANIA), “Joe may have moved out of action against those involved in Most of them went un- with state’ Governmenthas Zealand Cabinet led by Prime district.
NOVEMBER 2 town but he didn’t shake this fraudulent activity,” wrote heeded. “initiated an in- Minister Jacinda Ardern, it was a But it was hardly a surprise.
Scranton off. You don’t spend Mahendra Verma in his com- Over the last two days, The vestigation” into “proud moment” for her father Foryearsnow,Radhakrishnan
MARTY KEARNS’S family took time in this culture and then plaint at the station in Gola. Indian Express published the disbursal of scholarships for R Radhakrishnan, an IIT-Kanpur had been nudging his daughter
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Fraud went on Development Corporation (JS- “I learned what honour and still nostalgic for the “good

Timing of Jagan letter suspect: AG

MDC), the implementing decency and courage and all days” between the 1950s and
the findings of its investigation agency, “the scholarship portal those things are about at that 70s. When manufacturing and
that tracked hundreds of appli- is not very robust”. kitchen table,” Biden said of his mining took a hit, so did the
cations from 15 schools in six On September 2, he wrote to childhood home at a virtual families in town. Kearns grew
districts and showed how mul- Aditya S Singh, Under Secretary, Ashwini Upadhyay, who had Minister to the Chief Justice of ditiously. As you yourself have inal contempt of the Supreme event last week. “Wall Street up around conversations of
tiple layers of verification, from Minority Affairs Ministry, about sought his consent to initiate India, Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. A. pointed out, there are 31 crim- Court of India,” he said. didn’t build this country. Hard- mine subsidence. Coal compa-
the school to the state level, the “technical” problems of the criminalcontemptofcourtpro- Bobde. The letter was then re- inal cases pending against the Upadhyay,inhisletterseek- working, decent middle-class nies had deserted town, taking
failed to detect the scam -- de- NSP that did not allow for cross- ceedingsagainstReddyandthe leased to the press by Sh. Ajeya Chief Minister,” he said. ing consent, had said Reddy’s people like the folks here built the columns holding up the
spite checks like Aadhaar IDs verification at the state level. Chief Minister’s Principal Kallam,PrincipalAdvisortothe “In this background, prima letteranditssubsequentrelease this country.” mines as well. Now, the town
and fingerprints, and systems “We are not able to see the ac- Advisor Ajeya Kallam, ChiefMinister,atapressconfer- facie, the conduct of the said tothemediabyKallamatapress A straight two-mile drive deals with collapsed land and
likeDirectBenefitTransfer(DBT) count numbers of beneficiaries, Venugopal said since the mat- ence on 10.10.2020. The Chief persons is contumacious. conference “scandalise the au- from Biden’s former home, sinkholes, along with mount-
and the National Scholarship leaving little scope for cross ver- ter is pending before the CJI, it Justice is therefore well aware However, what has to be noted thority of the Supreme Court Tarun Shah and Janak Patel, ing unemployment.
Portal (NSP). ification,” Xaxa said. will not be appropriate for him of the nature of the allegations is, that the entire case of con- and the High Court” apart from workers at a distribution site for “I remember what it was
On Sunday, Jharkhand Chief But there is no answer to to deal with it. He did point out contained in the said letter.” tempt arises out of the letter “interfering with the course of a large American department like to wait for your father’s pay
Minister Hemant Soren reacted how the red flags were ignored. though that the conduct of “Iamof theopinionthatthe dated 6.10.2020 written by the judicialproceedingsandthead- store TJ Maxx, stand outside the check by Friday,” said Parini,
to the findings by ordering a Reddy and Kallam is prima fa- timingitselfoftheletter,aswell Chief Minister directly to the ministration of justice”. Scranton Community Center whose parents moved from
probe and promising to revamp ‘Checks do not cie “contumacious” – wilfully as its being placed in the public Chief Justice of India and the He contended that “if this planning for November 3. Italy drawn by coal. “That’s the
the verification system. Chief happen’ disobedient or rebellious. domainthroughapressconfer- subsequent press conference kind of precedent were al- They discuss boxed lunches background Joe came from. His
Secretary Sukhdev Singh said Writing to Upadhyay, ence could certainly be said to held by Sh. Kallam. The Chief lowed, political leaders would of Gujarati food that they will father was struggling.” Biden’s
verification “has been stopped” Former Chief Secretary Venugopal said: “I have care- be suspect, in the background Justice of India is therefore start making reckless allega- distribute to their colleagues father moved the family to
till the probe is completed. Tiwary did not respond to re- fullygonethroughthecontents of the order passed by Justice seized of the matter. Hence it tionsagainstjudgeswhodonot when the group volunteers at Delaware when he lost his job.
And yet, with the Centre quests for comment on the ac- of your petition. I find that the Ramana dated 16.09.2020, di- would not be appropriate for decidecasesintheirfavourand the Centre’s polling station. Parini said the economic
granting Rs 61 crore to tion taken after the alert from objectionable statements have rectingpendingprosecutionsof me to deal with the matter. For this trend would soon spell the They are union leaders with conditions in the town sank
Jharkhandundertheschemefor the Centre last year. BJP leader been made in a letter dated elected representatives to be thesereasons,Ideclineconsent death knell of an independent the Pennsylvania Joint Board of more in the years to follow.
2019-2020, the big question be- and Chief Minister at the time, 06.10.2020writtenbytheChief takenupanddisposedof expe- toinitiateproceedingsforcrim- judiciary”. Workers United. Almost half of “These places are hollowed out.
ingasked now is this: Whywere RaghubarDas,andthethenstate their 1,400 colleagues are Houses sell for nothing.
all the warnings ignored? Welfare Minister LoiusMarandi, Gujarati and in the union. Shah Healthcare is hard to get.
One of these alerts came on
July 5, 2019, when the Secretary,
did not respond to requests for
comment. SC stays EC order on Kamal Nath, panel says will reply walks back to his apartment
complex, where he has made
There’s no coal left and it’s not
coming back.”
Union Ministry of Minority Following the NDA's defeat “Who has given you power Reacting to the develop- taken after Thakur encouraged delivered on 13.10.2020”, was handwritten charts of the 600 The battle over the union
Affairs, wrote to the then in the state polls, a JMM- todelistacandidatefrombeing ments in the court, an EC offi- the crowd at a rally to chant passed without any notice, Gujarati families who live there, vote in and around
Jharkhand Chief Secretary D K Congress-RJD government took astarcampaigneroraleaderof cialsaid,"TheHon'bleSupreme “desh ke gaddaron ko goli without hearing from him. their citizenship status, and Pennsylvania will be key to a
Tiwary,warningof “repeatedat- over last December. Sources in the party (under the law),” the Court is supreme. EC has been maaro… (gun down traitors)”, On October 13, he had de- their voting status. “There are White House win this year.
tempts to subvert” the NSP, es- the administration said the CJI asked him. givenanopportunitytofileare- and Singh, in an interview, scribed Chief Minister Shivraj 100 families left that we have to Twelve per cent of the state’s
pecially at the verification stage Centre's letter was “forwarded DwiveditoldtheBench,also plyinthematter,whichshallbe claimedthattheShaheenBagh Singh Chouhan “mafia” and make sure vote on Tuesday,” he workers are in a union, the Wall
of applications. to the Welfare Department”. comprisingJusticesASBopanna filed at the earliest." protesters could “enter homes “milawat khor”. said in Hindi outside his home. Street Journal reported.
Norms for the scheme, On Xaxa's complaint about and V Ramasubramanian, that TheECofficialsaidNath'sre- andrapesistersanddaughters”. Nath said the EC had issued Shah and Patel’s activism, Scranton leans Democrat
which was launched by the UPA the NSP, official sources said the hewouldfileareply.Hepointed moval as star campaigner dur- Appearing for Kamal Nath, himnoticeonOctober21,aftera after living in the town for 15 (Barack Obama won by 12 per
Government in 2008, state that portal contains the phone num- outthatthematterhadbecome ing the election was not un- SeniorAdvocateKapilSibalsaid complaint by the BJP, for al- years each, shows how much cent in 2012), but almost went
applications need to be verified bers of applicants. “The verifica- infructuous since campaigning precedented. Earlier this year, theCommissionhadnotissued legedly violating the Model has changed in Scranton since Republican in 2016 (Hillary
first by designated nodal heads tionisjustacallaway,”theysaid. was over. during the Assembly elections any notice to the Congress CodeatarallyinDabra,Gwalior, Biden moved away. Clinton won by three per cent).
in schools who are registered There were other alerts, too. Having a star campaigner in Delhi, the EC had removed leaderbeforepassingtheorder. onOctober18.Thiswastheday This area has seen some of Its neighbouring county,
withdistrictwelfareofficers.The On July 22, 2019, the Jharkhand means that it is the political BJP leader Anurag Thakur and Inhisplea,Nathsaidthepoll hehadmadethe“item”remark the fastest-growing Hispanic Luzerne, is a hot battleground,
applicationsarethencheckedby Anti-Corruption Bureau wrote party that foots the bill for ex- Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma panel'sOctober30order,"based againstImartiDevi,astatemin- and Asian growth in the coun- flipping from Blue to Red last
the district and state nodal offi- to the Principal Secretary penditureincurredduringcan- fromtheparty'slistofstarcam- on a complaint by Bharatiya ister and the BJP candidate for try, at 376 and 94 per cent be- time. Vice President nominee
cers before being sent to the (Cabinet Secretariat) and vassing, not the candidate. paigners. The decision was Janata Party against a speech the Dabra seat. tween 2000 and 2010, Kamala Harris will visit that
Minority Affairs Ministry, which VigilanceDepartmentonacom- Brookings found. county Monday.
verifiesanduploadsthemonthe plaint it had received about In the 20th century,
NSP before disbursal through “fake” beneficiaries. into this as a matter of serious only till 2021. The Ministry is in bank where China has tried to before moving to Singapore in Scranton was a collection of Battered by bias
DBT. Referring to a letter from au- concern.” the process of re-evaluating the mirror the Indian strength. This 1972 where he worked as a port European enclaves, all coming some earth on the road outside.
On paper, the system is fairly thorities at Madrasa Alia Arabia scheme, which was launched in is a recipe for a clash. Moreover, engineer. He returned with wife in for booming coal mines. We thought it would finally get
foolproof. But on the ground, in Ranchi's Kanke, where teach- ‘Started probe’ 2008,andislikelytoconsiderre- in the harsh winter, with tem- Usha to settle in Chennai in Biden’s parents and grandpar- done. But they never came in-
The Indian Express found the ers found that all 102 students pre-Matric minority students in structuring of finances, eligibil- peraturesdivingseveralnotches 1999. ents’ generation moved in from side the village. They think we
process being subverted at the listed as beneficiaries for 2019- Jharkhand after an investigation ity norms and procedure, offi- below freezing point, sustaining Both their daughters were Ireland, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, are untouchable. They don't
first step itself. 2020 were “fake”, the letter by The Indian Express revealed cials said. these positions is a difficult task born in India, but completed Ukraine, and the like — each en- want to come near us,” says
In several cases, middlemen stated: “It is requested that the how the money was being ille- for either side,” the source said. school in Singapore before clave revolving around their Vipin Mallick, a local resident.
either convinced school owners schooleducationdepartmentdo gallydivertedbyanexusof mid- LAC talks Priyanca moved to Massey own neighbourhood church. The Dom community is one
or nodal officers to provide the the needful.” dlemen, bank and school staff, comes at a time when Prime NZ cabinet University in New Zealand to “When Joe says things like, of the 22 sub-castes among
NSP login IDs and passwords or “Aninquirywas initiatedbut and state employees. Minister Narendra Modi and towards politics in New Zealand pursueacourseinDevelopment that’s a whole lot of malarkey, I Dalits in Bihar, categorised as
used fake school letter pads to nothing came out of it,” said a Speaking to The Indian Chinese President Xi Jinping are where she had gone to pursue Studies. think back to my family in high Mahadalits.Butevenamongthe
obtain them. They involved senior state government official, Express after chairing a high- likely to meet each other thrice her higher studies from “Priyanca made her debut in school,” said Jay Parini, whose Mahadalits, the Doms are
bankingcorrespondentstoopen speaking on the condition of level meeting to discuss the is- thismonth--overvideo-confer- Singapore. In 2017, she went on politics when she contested and mother was friends with treated as the lowest rung -- at
accounts of prospective benefi- anonymity. sue, Naqvi said: “We have initi- ence -- at the BRICS, SCO and G- to become an MP in Arden's got elected as the International Biden’s mother and babysat Aguani village in Parbatta con-
ciariesusingtheirAadhaarcards Ranchi Deputy ated an investigation into the 20 summits. Labour Party. Students’ Officer of the Massey Biden. He remembers the death stituency, for instance. Parbatta
andfingerprintsbeforeapplying Commissioner Chhavi Ranjan matterandareinconstanttouch “At the moment, China does “Thepostof Ministerwasnot UniversityStudentsAssociation. of a Syrian neighbour. The next is one of 94 seats that goes to
for scholarships on their behalf. said verification happens fre- with the state government.” notappeartohaveanyintention totally unexpected. We believed She decided to stay back in New day, a feast from the neighbour- polls in Bihar in the second
quently. “Butif irregularities still Naqvi said the state govern- toconcedetoIndia’sdemandfor that she would get some greater Zealand, when senior leaders of hood landed on the family’s phase Tuesday, with the RJD
Officialspointtoanumberof happen, it is a matter of con- ment has been asked to verify restoration of status quo ante. role in the government, and the theLabourPartyencouragedher front porch, including baklava, contesting in 56 seats, the BJP in
reasons why the scam slipped cern,” he said. the findings of The Indian They seem to be confident of Prime Minister had indicated to to join the party,” said Italian meatballs, and Ukrainian 46 and the JD(U) in 43.
under the radar -- from con- JSMDC chairman and Express investigation and “get sustaining the redrawing of the her about it,” said Radhakrishnan. pancake rolls. In the village, there is a nar-
nivance at the local level to staff Welfare Department secretary back to us as soon as possible”. LAC that they have done unilat- Radhakrishnan,whoissettledin “She is hardworking and has Parini’s father said to him at row lane that leads to the
shortage to difficulties in han- Amitabh Kaushal said: “I cannot “Once this is done, we will have erally.However,therehavebeen Chennai. excellent oratory skills. We en- the man’s funeral: “Who needs shadedchaupal,withahighwall
dling the NSP. Jharkhand's comment until I see specific a clearer picture,’’ he said. feelers from the other side that “Today, I spoke to her after couragedandsupportedher de- the United Nations? We do it on both sides. “The land is
WelfareDepartment,whichisin cases.” But JSMDC nominee di- The Indian Express found it is willing to thin down troops hearing about her new role. She cision to join politics in New right in Scranton.” owned by an upper caste family.
charge of the scheme, has been rector Iqbal Imam acknowl- that the scholarships, which are at certain friction points. The is thrilled. She is the first Indian Zealand. We allowed her to “After the ’90s, I watched They don't like seeing us,”
without an in-charge of its own edged that “there are various is- disbursed from funds sanc- next Corps Commander level tobecomeaMinisterintheNew move in the direction she my street go from a mix of Mallick says.
since October 3, when Minister sues”. “Our roles have not been tioned by the Union Ministry of talks have not been scheduled Zealand Government. But I have wanted to go,’’ he said. Italian and Irish to a mix of Yet, it is not as if the commu-
Haji Hussain Ansari succumbed clearly designated, so checks do Minority Affairs, are being dis- yet.Asandwhenithappens,this advised her to not forget the In New Zealand, Priyanca Italian, Irish, Mexican, and nity has not made strides it is
to health complications 10 days not happen at our level. Since tributed to students and fake matter will be discussed,” said a familyevenwhilepursuingaca- will be Minister for Diversity, Indian,” said Parini, who is now proud of. Mallick points to eight
after testing positive for Covid. the coronavirus outbreak, not beneficiaries in Jharkhand by source privy to negotiations be- reer in politics,” he said. Inclusion and Ethnic an English professor at young men standing behind
Chief Secretary Sukhdev much is happening,” he said. middlemen who pocket a share tween the sides. Priyanca, 41, has been a Communities; Minister for the Middlebury University. him. “We fought to put them
Singh said the “collaborative A senior state official of the money. India, the source said, will member of the Labour Party Community and Voluntary The town was once at the through school. They are all ed-
connivance of various stake- summed up the situation: On Sunday, reacting to the continue to push for restoration since 2006. “Her husband Sector; and Associate Minister cutting edge of technology, ucated and have either passed
holders is a cause of concern”. “There is just no will to act.” findings, Jharkhand Chief of status quo ante and will not Richardson, a New Zealand citi- for Social Development and even named the Electric City for class 10 or 12. They are the first
“Many schools are not veri- Ultimately, it's left to a hand- Minister Hemant Soren ordered agreetoany“mutualequidistant zen who works with an IT firm, Employment. The new Cabinet running the nation’s first elec- from our community in Aguani
fiedbythedistrict.Thatiswhere ful of schools to take action on a probe into the “big scam’’ and withdrawal”. A “partial disen- joined the party recently. They will be sworn in on Friday. tric city trolleys. The new tech- to study. Even a decade ago, we
the problem lies. The forms are their own. Pastor Anil Chakor, assured action. gagement”, the source said, met when she was working nologies required robust labour, usedtocollectwastedfoodfrom
accepted or rejected by the dis- chairman, Assembly of God “We had put a number of would be in the interest of both with an NGO for women sur- Nov 3 is here and Scranton was prideful of its marriages. Without any food,
trict administration. First, the Church School in Ranchi's safeguards to ensure that the countries for now. vivors of domestic violence and forget about it,” said Kearns. working-class grit. Labour sometimes even roadkill. But
school owners themselves need Hutup, said they have sus- process is transparent and that Following the June 15 migrant workers. They have de- “We took care of each other.” unions, a strong core of then, we became aware, and
toverify,thenatthedistrictlevel, pended the school in-charge af- such incidents don’t occur, in- GalwanValleyclash,inwhich20 cidednottohavechildrenforthe Intermixed with Halloween America’s industrial revolution, stopped,” he says.
and finally it comes to me. I do ter authorities came to know cluding a system of Direct Indian soldiers were killed and sake of Priyanca's political ca- decorations, Biden’s neigh- gained political and economic This “awareness” did not
random checks but that is not that he allegedly “stole the Benefit Transfer, stringent veri- the Chinese an unspecified reer,’’ said Radhakrishnan. bourhood now carries mostly clout, winning foundational come from government inter-
sufficient. I am also overbur- school’sletterhead andstampto fication of applications, scholar- number, Corps Commander Priyanca had last visited signs for his name but a couple worker protections. vention, but from the work of
dened. We need a more robust get the User ID and password ships through the National level talks secured disengage- Kerala in July 2019 to take part of yards showcased prominent “It was a mark of pride to BahishkritHitkariSangathan,an
system. We have often alerted from the NSP”. Scholarship Portal as well as ment at the spot of the clash in rituals related to the death of Trump paraphernalia, too. In have a job even when you were organisation led by Sanjeev
the concerned district but there But at the same time, several linkingof Aadhaarcardstothese with forces of the two countries her mother Usha, who died in the final stretch as a nation, split young,” 50-year-old Kearns said Kumar, an MBA graduate who
is no action,” said Raj Kishore schools sent complaints to dis- applications. But it seems some moving 2 km behind. February that year. right down the middle prepares of his days working in kitchens returned from Delhi in 2005 to
Xaxa, the state nodal officer. trict officials only after The people at a very local level have Buteversince,nosubstantial “When her mother was hos- to vote tomorrow Democratic or delivering the newspaper. Khagaria.Kumarisfightingelec-
At the district level, officials Indian Express started verifying found a means to get around disengagement has been pitalised in Chennai, Priyanca Presidential nominee Biden has “The union culture celebrated tions for the first time from the
pointed to a staff shortage. “In thebeneficiaries.“Manyof them this,” Naqvi said. achieved. As a countermeasure, stayed for several days at her made Scranton, where he spent the worker.” neighbouring Khagaria seat for
Ranchi, there are only two Block are now desperately trying to “The process of verification Indian forces have occupied bedside. But she had to return the first 10 years of his life, the Shah said he moved to the Plurals Party.
Welfare Officers when there are distance themselves from the iscarriedoutbythestate.Forthe dominatingheightsonthesouth for a meeting in London, and centrepiece of his campaign. Scranton from Vadodara be- The Plurals Party is headed
16more required.Therestof the scam fearing an investigation,” 2019-2020 scholarship disbur- bank of Pangong Tso and the could not be present when her His tagline: Scranton versus cause his hard work was re- by LSE graduate Pushpam Priya
work is seen by the supervisors. said a district official. sal, the Ministry had sent back Chushul sub-sector. mother breathed her last,’’ said Park Avenue, referring to the warded with better jobs for his Choudhary, who is the daughter
We do check the authenticity In his police complaint, Blue 26,000 applications from InearlySeptember,Chinain- Radhakrishnan, adding that his Trump building. children, who are in medical of JD(U) leader Vinod
and reject forms when we find Bells principal Verma wrote: “I Jharkhand on grounds that they creased troop presence on elder daughter Manavi is settled Multiple advertisements training and a software com- Choudhary and is contesting
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Officer, Ranchi. terday that total of 180 students tions and sent us back 20 appli- “The result is that there are sional. merly Democratic blue-col- 62-year-old said. “This country website says it is crowdfunded
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tration) at the Jharkhand State ner from our school...It is a hum- Ministry said the scholarship, in Finger 4 and Finger 3. The situa- Radakrishnan worked for three droves unknown to immigrants.” FULLREPORTSON
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 Total Vacant
TOTAL CASES HOSPITAL BEDS 15,796 9,074
3,96,371 VENTILATORS 1,244 399

*Total active cases

Daily cases Recoveries Deaths Tests

CORONAVIRUS Nov 1
Nov 2
5,664
4,001
4,159
4,824
51
42
44,623
36,665
IN THE CAPITAL Total 33,308* 3,56,459 6,604 47,61,983

4,001 CASES ON MONDAY, POSITIVITY RATE AT 10.91%

At top pvt hospitals, most
On Centre’s plan to stem Covid surge ICU beds with vents full
in Delhi: Testing in markets, salons ness creation through targeted adhering to the basic principles
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2

WITH A surge in the number of

daily Covid-19 cases in the na-
VENTILATOR BEDS
Total: 1,244
ACROSS HOSPITALS
HOSPITAL BEDS
Total:

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15,796
IEC (Information, Education and of safe Covid behaviour," the tional capital, ICU beds with Vacant: 399
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 Communication) campaigns, MHA statement said. ventilators in several top private Vacant:
the MHA said. Concluding the meeting, the hospitals are once again run- Total Vacant 9,074
TARGETED RT-PCR testing in The Delhi government as- Home Secretary, while appreci- ning full.
restaurants, market places and sured during the meeting that ating the efforts of GNCTD offi- DatasharedbytheDelhigov- PVT 453 107
Total Vacant
barbershops;ensuringavailabil- there were enough beds, with cials, emphasised that strategies ernment on its Corona App GOVT 791 292
PVT 6,988 3,066
ity of enough beds and ventila- 57% of them still vacant. for containment of spread of the shows there are 1,244 critical
tors; aggressive contact tracing It was decided at the meet- virus in Delhi should be strictly care beds dedicated to Covid-19 Source:Delhi corona app GOVT 8,808 6,008
of those quarantined — these ingthattheadministrationmust enforced and implemented, the patients, of which 845 (almost
measuresarepartof theCentre's ensureall cases under home iso- MHA said. 68%) are occupied at the mo-
elaborate plan to contain the lation were monitored and "He stressed the need for ment. last 24 hours. There are 33,308 the fatality rate low and to en-
spread of Covid-19 in the capital shifted to hospitals well in time reaching out to residents of Top private hospitals in the active cases in the city, out of sure patients are not facing
in the coming days, as it ac- before any deterioration in their Delhi to sensitise them about capital like Indraprastha Apollo, which 21,364 (64%) are under shortageof hospitalbeds.Weare
knowledged that the recent medical condition. It was also safe Covid behaviour through Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj home isolation and 6,676 are working to strengthen the non-
spurt in cases was due to ongo- emphasised that Metro travel RWAs, mohalla and market Fortis Escorts, BL Kapoor and admitted to hospitals. There are invasive care also by getting
ing festivities. should be carefully regulated, committees, public announce- Max, Shalimar Bagh have their 15,796 beds dedicated to Covid- some of these non-invasive ven-
The city reported over 5,000 Testing at Amar Colony, Monday. Praveen Khanna strictly in accordance with the ment systems, message on po- ICUfacilitieswithventilatorsup- 19 patients in the city, of which tilators.Theideaistopreventpa-
cases daily for five days in a row. Standard Operating Procedure lice vehicles, etc. He also in- port running full. 9,076 are vacant. tients from turning serious,” a
Monday saw 4,001 cases, with (SOP) issued in this regard. formed that the situation in Thereare82privatehospitals Whilecriticalcarefacilitiesat senior health department offi-
36,665 tests being conducted — pecially keeping in view the fes- zones such as restaurants, mar- “GNCTD made a presenta- Delhi would be reviewed again with ICU beds having ventilator private hospitals are occupied, cial said.
a daily positivity rate of 10.91%. tivalseasonanddecreasingtem- ket places, barber shops / salons, tion on the present situation of in the coming week, along with support,including smallnursing ICU beds at government hospi- On the other hand, at Rajiv
In the wake of the challenge peraturesaccompaniedbyrising etc; gear up availability of med- Covid-19 in Delhi, which is wit- other districts of the National homes, out of which 38 are run- tals are also running low on va- GandhiSuperSpecialityHospital
posed by upcoming festivities pollution, was discussed at ical resources including beds, nessing third surge in cases. Capital Region (NCR)," the MHA ning full. cancies. (RGSSH), 196 of 200 such beds
and already rising numbers of length with representatives of ICUs, and ventilators as a pre- While the new Covid cases and statement said. On Monday, Delhi reported For instance, the Delhi gov- are vacant at the moment.
Covid cases in Delhi, Home MoHFW and health experts emptive measure; ensure high total active cases are going up, The meeting was attended 4,001newcasesof Covid-19and ernment’s Lok Nayak hospital, “We are also increasing the
Secretary Ajay Bhalla Monday presentinthemeeting,”anMHA degree of contact tracing and theadministrationisfocusingon Secretary,Ministryof Healthand 42 fatalities, taking the total which has 200 ICU beds with number of beds in the hospitals.
held a high-level meeting with statement said. monitoring of quarantined con- testing,contacttracingandtreat- Family Welfare (MoHFW), number of confirmed cases to ventilators,hasonlyeightvacant The government has asked all
seniorbureaucratsoftheMinistry According to the MHA, it was tacts,soastosuppressandbreak ment. The recent surge in num- Director General, ICMR, Chief 3,96,371 and the death toll to beds. Similarly, only one ICU bed hospitals to stay prepared for a
of Health,Delhigovernmentand decided during the meeting to the chain of transmission”. berof activecaseswasattributed Secretary and other senior offi- 6,604. with a ventilator is vacant out of surge in the number of cases in
NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul. concentrateeffortsincertainkey It was also decided to en- to the festival season, which has cersof thegovernmentof NCTof The daily positivity rate of the 54 beds at the Centre-run the coming days,” said Dr B L
“The strategy to contain areas, such as “targeted RT-PCR hance enforcement selectively, witnessed greater movement of Delhi (GNCTD) and Delhi cases is at 10.91% after authori- Safdarjung Hospital. Sherwal, medical director of
spread of Covid-19 in Delhi, es- testing in sensitive and critical accompanied by greater aware- people,accompaniedbylaxityin Commissioner of Police. ties tested 36,665 people in the “Our main focus is to keep RGSSH.

9,300 new
Covid cases in
AFTER VIOLENCE AT FARIDABAD PROTEST

3 men arrested test Capital to see

Oct, highest so
positive, attended first foggy day
far in Gurgaon
SAKSHIDAYAL
mahapanchayat today, AQI to dip
GURGAON, NOVEMBER 2 more than 300 cases are emerg-
SAKSHI DAYAL ing every day. Despite the situa- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE On Monday, the
WITH ALMOST 9,300 fresh cases GURGAON, NOVEMBER 2 tion being so serious, some peo- NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 minimum temperature
emerging from close to 95,000 ple organised a mahapanchayat
tests, October saw the highest A DAY after a protest demanding Sunday... All those who tested TUESDAYMORNINGisexpected was recorded as 10.8
number of Covid cases in justiceforthe20-year-oldstudent positive were mingling with the to be the first foggy day in degrees Celsius, four
Gurgaon so far. shot dead outside her college in crowd and around the stage. the city, with the India
degrees below normal
As per the district’s health Faridabadturnedviolent,officials People in the mahapanchayat Meteorological Department
bulletin, Gurgaon recorded Monday said three people ar- were also not following social (IMD)forecastingthevisibilityto and the lowest of the
9,299 fresh cases in October, as rested for stone pelting and at- distancing or wearing masks, drop in the morning. season so far
opposed to 9,144 cases in tempting to block the highway whichfurtherincreasesthepos- With morning temperatures
September and 2,833 cases in havetestedpositiveforCovid-19. sibility of more infections.” dipping and high pollution lev-
August. The number of tests “The32peoplearrestedforthevi- PROSingh said,“All thoseex- els, officials said conditions for for the fire-related intrusion.
conducted during this period olence were tested for Covid; posedtothepositivepersonsare fog were ideal on Tuesday Stubble burning share in PM 2.5
also rose from 61,132 in August
to 92,052 in September, peak-
ing at 94,807 in October.
threewerepositive.Theyhadpar-
ticipated in the mahapanchayat
Sunday morning as well,” said
being identified through video
footage and call dump analysis
and asked to home quarantine.”
SUITED UP morning. The rest of the week,
however, is expected to see a
clear sky.
has significantly decreased and
is estimated as 16% for Monday.
Increased local surface wind
Fatalities, meanwhile, rose from FaridabadPolicePROSubeSingh. Commissioner of Police O P A woman passenger wearing a protective suit waits for a train at the New Delhi railway On Monday, the minimum speed and the decrease in the
10 in August to 41 in September Police said the mahapan- Singhsaid:“FaridabadPolicehas station on Monday. Amit Mehra temperature was recorded as strength of night time inversion
and dipped to 39 in October. chayat, which saw over 500 par- apositiveattitudetowardsevery- 10.8 degrees Celsius, four de- have improved the dispersion
Indailycases,Gurgaon,forthe ticipants, was organised at the one but will not tolerate distur- grees below normal and the conditions,” SAFAR officials said.
firsttime,recordedover300cases Ballabhgarh Dussehra ground, banceof lawandorderunderany lowest of the season so far. The Air quality in the city has
for10daysinarowfromOctober
21-31. On Sunday, the district
crossedthe500markforthefirst
followingwhichagroupof “anti-
social elements” attempted to
block NH-2. Around 200 people
circumstances...Wewillidentify
all those involved in the stone
pelting and take action.”
Minor assaulted, killed by man his maximum was recorded as 30.1
degrees Celsius, normal for this
time of the year.
dipped considerably over the
past two weeks and almost
touched the severe category
timeandrecordeditshighestsin-
gle-day jump so far, seeing 529
cases. On Monday, Gurgaon
from the crowd allegedly pelted
stones, injuring 10 personnel.
Deputy Commissioner,
Last week, Nikita Tomar, a
third-year B.Com student, was
shot dead by her former class-
mother moved in with 2 days ago As per the IMD forecast, the
minimum temperature is ex-
pected to be 10 degrees while
twice last week.
Experts, however, say that as
Diwali and crop stubble burning
recorded 398 new cases. Faridabad,YashpalYadavsaidan mateTauseef andhisfriend.They some injury marks on his body places in North Delhi and ar- the maximum is expected to be season will not coincide this
“The positivity rate has in- advisory has been issued to all have been arrested. “Faridabad JIGNASA SINHA andwasunconscious.Whenshe rested the accused from Burari 30 degrees Celsius. year, the city can expect to avoid
creasedaswehavestoppedanti- thosepartof themahapanchayat Police stands with the victim’s NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 asked the accused about it, he Sunday. Police said he confessed The capital’s air quality, one pollution peak which is
gen tests and are only doing RT- and the protest to follow home family.Theyhavebeenprovided said the marks on his body were to the crime. meanwhile, improved slightly usual in other years.
PCR tests now. But there is an quarantine for 10 days: “Covid security.Thevictim’sbrotherwas A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy was al- dueto‘somereaction’of hisdaily The woman got married 11 from the very poor category to “Diwali is much later than
overall surge in cases as well,” cases have been increasing con- granted an arms licence for self- legedly sexually assaulted and medicines. The woman then yearsagoandhastwootherchil- the poor category on Monday, usual this year. This means that
said Chief Medical officer Dr tinuously for the last 10 days; defense,”saidthecommissioner. killed by a man, whom his took her daughters and son to dren — daughters aged 10 and 6. primarily because of moderate bythetimethefestivalcomes,the
Virender Yadav. “The fact that it mother started living with two Lok Nayak Hospital, where doc- Sherunsabeautysalonfromher winds. The relief, however, is fields will be cleared already. In
isnowfestiveseasonandalsothe days ago, in North Delhi’s Burari torsdeclaredtheboydeadonar- house in Outer Delhi while her short-lived. otheryears,thefestivalcoincides
viralseasoniscontributingtothe last Friday. The accused, a taxi rival,” said police. husband is a house painter. She “Marginal deterioration is with peak stubble burning sea-
rise in cases. The health depart- driver, was arrested on Sunday. An FIR was registered on the wouldalsoattendweddingsand forecast for Tuesday and son,pushingDelhiandnearbyar-
ment can only test, trace, and Police sources said the ac- woman’s complaint against the events to earn money, said po- Wednesday and will take air eas into the severe category of
treat,andadvisepeopletofollow cused strangled the boy though accused under sections of mur- lice. Due to her work, she trav- quality to the middle of the very pollution. Due to the pandemic,
precautions. They must under- the exact cause of death is still der and the POCSO Act. elled in taxis, which is when she poor category. The SAFAR when the number of vehicles on
stand the need for this,” he said. being confirmed. According to the FIR, doctors met the accused a month ago. synergised stubble fire counts the road was much lesser than
The Deputy Commissioner According to the mother’s “foundmanyinjurymarksonthe A week before the incident, over Punjab, Haryana, UP, normalandindustrieswereshut
Monday also appealed to resi- statement, the accused took the boy’s genitals and body”. The the woman fought with her Uttarakhand, and neighbouring down,airqualityacrossthecoun-
dents to follow social distancing boy for a ride in his car around 1 medico-legal case report also husband and left home. She and areas impacting Delhi air stood try improved significantly. In
andtakeallprecautions:“People amafterthechildinsistedongo- mentions that the boy sustained the accused travelled to UP’s at 3,045 on Sunday. The bound- Delhi, the deterioration over the
mustbeextracautious,giventhe ing out. “They returned after “multiple bruises” on his head, BulandshahrandonWednesday, ary layer wind direction is past two weeks has been rapid
changing weather and the fes- The protesters were demanding justice for the 20-year-old one-and-a-half hours and the face,arm,chest,backandgenitals. the woman and her children North-North-westerly but wind butthepeakhasbeenavoidedfor
tive season.” woman who was murdered last week. Express mother found that her child had A police team raided several shifted to his house, said police. speed is low, not very favourable now,” said an IMD expert.

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AT NAND NAGRI POLICE STATION

No manufacturing units in city’s new
A year after custodial death, industrial areas, Centre amends rules
murder FIR against 4 cops investigation into his death was jury produced possibly by blunt
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2

NEW INDUSTRIAL areas in Delhi

will only have service-based and
tivity in the NCT of Delhi should
be restricted to hi-tech areas and
service-based industries. These
activities shall be permissible in
existing industrial areas subject
to the payment of infrastructure
MAHENDERSINGH A magisterial enquiry undertaken by a Metropolitan forceimpact”.Themagistratealso hi-tech industrial units, with the upgradation charges to be de-
MANRAL& found that the man Magistrate. At the time, the then spoke to Nayeem, who said that Union government amending cided and recovered by
JIGNASASINHA Additional DCP (Northeast) R P he was apprehended by the po- rules to disallow setting up of Authority/ local body con-
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 died due to a head Meena had told The Indian lice along with Yadav. “He stated manufacturing units in these ar- cerned…," said the notification.
injury caused ‘possibly Express, "We have not found the that he was kept separate from eas to curb pollution. Delhi Chief These were approved after
DELHI POLICE have named four officersindulginginviolence.The Yadav on the first floor and later Minister Arvind Kejriwal wel- they were considered by the
by blunt force impact’
police personnel in an FIR in a MM will look into the matter." on he came to know that he was comed the Centre's decision and CM said this will make industrial areas neat, clean and green BoardofEnquiryandHearing,set
murdercase,filedoverayearafter Yadav's father, Ram Gulam taken to hospital,” said the FIR. thanked Union Minister for up by the Delhi Development
a 25-year-old man died in police of murder on Thursday. The role Yadav (55), had alleged his son's On Monday, Yadav’s father Housing and Urban Affairs Authority (DDA) which comes
custodyatNortheastDelhi'sNand of four policemen who were in- body bore bruises: “Police must told The Indian Express: "Police Hardeep Singh Puri. oldindustriesalsohavetheoption werecategorisedunderthecate- under the Centre. The city has 29
Nagri police station. The FIR was volved in Yadav’s arrest at the have beaten him up because we tortured my son and asked us to Stating that the decision will to switch to the service sector gory of offices and could be plannedindustrialareasinplaces
registered after a magisterial en- timewillbeinvestigated.Thecase weren'ttoldabouttheillnessand give them Rs 15,000 for his bail. make the city's industrial areas from the manufacturing sector." openedonlyincommercialareas such as Bawana, Narela, Okhla,
quiryfoundthatthemandiedofa was registered after we found he were only called after he died." They didn’t let any of us meet neat, clean and green, Kejriwal, He also said it will stop the — a costly affair. Consequently, Wazirpur, Patparganj and
head injury, caused “possibly by hadsustainedabluntforceinjury During the inquiry, at first, him... Later , when Govinda’s sis- addressing a webcast, said: "The flight of such units to neighbour- business owners shifted base to Shahdara among others. The
blunt force impact”. on his head.” headconstableAbhishektoldthe terwenttomeethim,policemen face of the industrial areas will ingNoidaandGurgaon:"Now,of- Noida or Gurgaon. Delhi Statistical Handbook 2019
On June 6 last year, Govinda Threepolicemen—headcon- magistrate that he "released the demanded money... He wasn’t change. Until now, majorly man- fice owners will not have to shift TheCMsaidtheDelhigovern- puts the number of factories in
Yadavwasarrestedforpickingup stable Abhishek and constables deceased(Yadav)togohomeand suffering from any disease." ufacturingactivitieswereallowed todifferentcitiesandtheywillbe ment had proposed the changes. Delhi at 9,121, employing 4.19
illicitliquoralongwithhisaccom- Udham Singh and Vishal — were no legal proceedings were con- Yadav’s family said he was a intheseindustrialareas.Thereare able to avail cheap and spacious According to the notification, lakh workers.
plice Nayeem (30) from Sunder suspended last year. The FIR also ductedagainsthimbuthestarted daily wager. His father said, "The many types of industrial areas, locations in these industrial "certainmodifications,whichthe Theindustrialareascomeun-
Nagri. The men were taken to mentionsassistantsub-inspector feelingill."Lateron,theheadcon- lockdown has been difficult; he such as iron, steel, plastic, etc, spaces in Delhi itself." Centralgovernmentproposedto der the Delhi State Industrial and
NandNagripolicestation,where Devender,whoseallegedrole,the stablechangedhisstatementand was the only earning member. whicharemajorsourcesofpollu- The contribution of the serv- makeintheMasterPlanforDelhi Infrastructure Development
Yadavdiedlaterthatnight.Atthe officersaid,isyettobeascertained. claimed that "no arrestee was We attended a court session in tion.Asperthenewdecision,only icesectortoDelhi'seconomywas 2021, were published in the Corporation (DSIIDC). DSIIDC's
time, his family had alleged po- It was around 10.30 pm on handedovertohimonJune6and July this year and told the MM hi-techandserviceindustrieswill 85.19%(atcurrentprices)in2019- Gazette of India". plan to set up a new multi-level
licehadbeatenhimupincustody. June 6 last year that Yadav was he never met Govinda”. aboutthecase—howthepolice- beallowedfromnowoninallnew 20. Before the rules were Thechangesbroughtaboutin industrial estate at Rani Khera, a
OnMonday,aseniorpoliceof- rushed to GTB hospital after he As per the FIR, doctors who men harassed us and tried to ex- industrialareasinDelhi.Noman- amended, while hi-tech indus- theDelhiMasterPlan-2021were newindustrialareaatKanjhawala
ficer told The Indian Express, "We complained of uneasiness. He didthepost-mortemopinedthat tort money. We hope justice will ufacturing activities will be al- tries could be set up in industrial notified by the ministry on and a knowledge hub at Baprola
registered a case under sections wasdeclareddeadonarrival.The the "cause of death was head in- be done." lowedinnewindustrialareas.The areas, service-based industries October 29. "New industrial ac- has been stuck over the years.

BRIEFLY HC sets aside bail to Rajdhani Police pulled

BSES scheme up over delay
topromote school owner in NE riots case in giving
solarpower ‘Those tarnishing nation’s secular fabric need to be punished’ chargesheets
New Delhi: BSES on
Monday launched a pilot mannerthatalarge-sizeironcat-
scheme to promote SOFIAHSAN apult was manufactured and in-
rooftop solar plants in NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 stalled at rooftop of the school of EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Safdarjung and respondent (Farooq) for pelting NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2
Karkardooma. Under the ALLOWING A petition of Delhi stones and petrol bombs down-
‘Solarise Safdarjung’ and Police against the grant of bail to wards,thissortofinstrumentcan A DELHI court refused to grant
‘Solarise Karkardooma’ Rajdhani Public School owner never be made in a spur of mo- time to police to obtain sanction
schemes, consumers will FaisalFarooqinaNortheastDelhi ment,"thecourtsaid,addingthat for funds from the Delhi govern-
be offered premium, cus- riots case, the Delhi High Court Farooq'sCDRanalysisalsoreveals ment to provide to the accused
tomised and non-sub- Monday said the entire country he was in continuous contact hard copies of the over 17,000-
sidised (non-Central is “aggrieved” by the “action of with “various members of other page chargesheet filed in a UAPA
Financial Assistance) so- suchoffenders”,who“tarnishthe The school was damaged in groups involved in other of- case related to the Northeast
lar solutions, including basicsecularfabricofthenation”, the riots. Archive fences”. Delhi riots, stating that police
imported components, andobservedthattheyneedtobe Observing that the trial court was supposed to act promptly.
with easy financing op-
tions, extended warranty
under the CAPEX model,
ICE OR FROTH? punished severely. “Personal lib-
ertyof anindividual,thoughpre-
cious,isof littlevalueif thelarger
School, as per the prosecution.
However, Farooq argued he
hasfailedtoappreciatethatwhile
decidinganapplicationofbail,the
“interest of society” is also to be
On October 9, the court had
directedpolicetofilefreshcopies
of the chargesheet, after it was
in which the customer Fishermen pass through a polluted stretch on the Yamuna, Monday. Praveen Khanna interest of the people and nation was not at the school at the time safeguarded, Justice Kait said the informed that police “inadver-
foots the installation are at stake,” said Justice Suresh of violence and left an hour be- factsrecordedinthebailorderun- tently” put a document in it
costs. Kumar Kait, while setting aside fore3pm—theviolenceissaidto der challenge are contrary to the which containeddetails of some

HC acquits 2 in murder case,

the trial court order by which havetakenplacemuchafterthat. record. The court also noted that protected witnesses and its
ISBTsto Farooq was granted bail.
Though Farooq was granted
He had called six times to police
for help and made complaints
Farooqiswealthyandhasarepu-
tation as well as roots in society.
copies were supplied to the ac-
cused. It had directed police to
reopentoday bailbythelowercourtonJune20, about the damage caused to his “Since investigation in the filefreshcopies,redactingdetails

says cop planted as witness

thesamewasstayedbytheHCon school, as per his counsel. present FIR is pending and pros- of protected witnesses, and sup-
New Delhi: Inter-state bus June22inapetitionfiledbyDelhi On perusal of the record, ecution is likely to file supple- ply it to the 15 persons
terminals in Delhi will re- Police against it. When the stay JusticeKaitintheordersaidthere mentary chargesheet, therefore, chargesheeted in the case and
open on Tuesday. The ter- order was vacated by the HC on is “evidence” the “rioters entered the respondent/accused may in- their counsel.
minalswereshutinMarch The case pertains to the mur- upon the incident and look for July 2, Farooq’s release was again the school” on February 24 in the fluencewitnessesandhamperin- Additional Sessions Judge
after the implementation SOFIAHSAN der of Laxmi Nagar resident Atul waystocrack(it),”readstheorder. stayed by the Supreme Court. He afternoon and continued “un- vestigation and trial,” the single Amitabh Rawat directed the ac-
of the lockdown. There NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 Jain on March 6, 2011, following ACPRavinderKumarSharma, continues to remain in judicial abated” till February 25. It also bench said in the order. cused and their counsel to be
will be thermal screening which Rs 8.5 lakh was allegedly the then SHO, had said in his custody since March 9. noted DVRs at the premises of Itsaidbailhasbeengrantedto provided hard and soft copies of
of passengers and bus ACQUITTING TWO convicts in a stolen from him at Mangal Bazar. statement that he came to know Farooq is accused by the po- Farooq’s school were made non- Farooqataprematurestagewhile the fresh chargesheet. When the
crew, and those showing 2011murdercase,theDelhiHigh PolicearrestedMustakeemBhura, of the assailants’ identity at the liceofallowingrioterstoenterhis functional around 6 pm on ignoring relevant material on IO sought 15days’timetoobtain
symptomswillbemadeto Court Monday asked the Police Arshad, Zaki Anwar and Nadeem police station from constable school and using its terrace to February 24 and witnesses and record.ItalsonotedthatFarooq’s funds from Delhi government,
undergo tests, the Delhi Commissioner to look into the in the case. The HC Monday ac- Kuldeep around lunch time the cause damage to the nearby DRP CCTV footage “established” that absence from the spot does not the court said it was not “im-
government said. conduct and manner of investi- quittedBhura,whowasconvicted next day. Regarding his conduct, Public and other surrounding Farooqisclearlyseenaround1.24 absolve him of his liability in the pressed” by his submissions.
gationundertakenbypoliceoffi- for murder and robbery, and thebenchsaid,“Wefailtounder- structures. A huge quantity of pmintheschool.CCTValsoshows caseashehasbeenchargedwith “...provide the physical copy of
Copshoots cers and take appropriate action
against them.
Arshad, who was convicted for
robbery in February 2018.
stand why this identity was not
mentionedbyPW11Ct.Kuldeep
stones, bricks, petrol bombs,
ropes and a large catapult was
Farooq in front of the school till
2.08 pm, as per the order.
criminal conspiracy, and that in-
vestigation regarding the “larger
the chargesheet and the accom-
panying documents to every ac-
selfinWest Thedivisionbenchof Justices
Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish
In his testimony, beat consta-
ble Kuldeep Singh had said he
inhisstatementgiventoIO...later
intheevening.PW47SHOisalso
found“alreadystored”ontheter-
race of Farooq’s Rajdhani Public
“It seems the riots were car-
ried out in such an organised
conspiracy”behindtheriotsisstill
being conducted.
cusedbynextdate,withoutfail,”
it said.
Delhihome Bhatnagar said a constable pro-
jectedbypoliceasaneyewitness
was posted with Shakurpur po-
lice station on the day of murder
silentaboutidentityof assailants
given by constable Kuldeep...
New Delhi: A 26-year-old
DelhiPolicesub-inspector
wasplantedto“solve”thecase.It
alsosaidithasfoundtestimonies
andheardthesoundof abulletat
8 pm in Mangal Bazar. He
strangely enough, SHO does not
call for a sketch artist to get Assam man arrested for HC pulls up Delhi govt
allegedly shot himself
with his service pistol in-
side his house in West
of the police officers hard to be-
lieveintheabsenceof corrobora-
tionfromanypublicwitness.“We
claimed to have chased the ac-
cused, who fled on a motorcycle.
He had then come back to the
sketches of assailants prepared.
Thisshowshowinvestigationhas
beenbotchedupandSHOandIO
harassing teen in Delhi over DU teachers’ salaries
Delhi’s Mohan Garden on are pained to say that because of crime scene without informing hadmanagedto‘solve’thiscase.” New Delhi: A 24-year-old man, Thakur said, "The complainant New Delhi: The Delhi High Court University says we have noth-
Monday. The deceased, SI lackadaisical approach of IO and the SHO or local police station “Weareawarethereisnorule who worked at a mobile shop in said that the person was threat- Monday said teachers cannot be ing to do, and the colleges say
Rituraj, was posted at SHOof thiscase,theentireinves- throughhisphoneorwirelessset, of law or evidence which lays Assam'sDarrangdistrict,wasar- ening to share her photographs allowed to suffer on account of we have no money and yet will
Paschim Vihar police sta- tigationhasbeenbotched.PW11 aspertheorder,whichalsonotes down that unless... testimony of rested by Delhi Police for al- on social media." He said that the blame game between the not share our accounts for au-
tion. Though the police Ct. Kuldeep has been cited as an thathefailedtoinformthepolice police official is corroborated by legedlyharassingan18-year-old with the help of technical sur- Delhi government and colleges, diting purposes… Where
have not found a suicide eyewitnessbyIOandSHObutno team that reached the spot later. independentevidence,thesame girl in Delhi. veillance, the number of the ac- even as it declined to vacate the should the teachers go? So the
note from the spot, it is actionhasbeentakenagainsthim “Stony silence on the part of cannotbebelieved.Butitisarule On September 30, the girl cused was tracked down to vil- stay on Delhi government order teachers should also start say-
suspected that the SI al- in not reporting the matter im- PW11furthermakesusbelieveit of prudence that a more careful submitted a complaint at the lage Mangaldoi in Assam's asking the Delhi University-af- ing we are not working then?"
legedlycommittedsuicide mediately... in such a serious of- wasablindmurdercase,notwit- scrutiny of evidence of police of- Malviya Nagar police station, al- Darrang district. The DCP said filiated colleges to utilise their observed Justice Jyoti Singh
because of financial crisis. fence.Theyevenfailtotakeorrec- nessedbyPW11.Hiskeepingquiet ficials is required, since they can leging that she was being ha- that a team was sent to the vil- Students Society Fund for pay- during the hearing of a petition
ommendanyactionagainsthim. for more than a day and waiting be said to be interested in the re- rassed over WhatsApp chat and lage and Nath was arrested. ment of salaries to the staff. filed by DU Students Union
Coupleheld Rather, they shielded him when
questioned...,” said the order.
for SHO only suggests he, along
with SHO, wanted to deliberate
sult of the case projected by
them,” said the order.
video calls by an unknown per-
son. DCP (South) Atul Kumar
"During questioning, he con-
fessed," said Thakur. ENS
"Delhi government has its
own stand on the aid. The
(DUSU) against the Delhi gov-
ernment order. ENS
forniece’s
murder
New Delhi: A week after NOIDA SECTOR 50
the decomposing body of
a girl was recovered from
inside a bed box in a
house in northeast Delhi,
police arrested the vic-
At ‘pride’ Metro station, transgenders find welcoming workplace
tim's maternal aunt and TheSector50NoidaMetrosta- home. Further, the sex reassign- garding transgenders: “When ple greet her with respect while
her husband for allegedly ASHNABUTANI tion was rechristened as ‘Pride ment is a long and expensive people think of transgenders, some stop to congratulate her. “I
killing her. DCP (north- NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 Station’, the first initiative of its process. I am still undergoing theythinkofthoseonstreetsask- was subjected to a lot of bullying
east) Ved Prakash Surya kindinNorthernIndia,onOctober treatmentandyettoundergothe ing for money. But that is not the whilegrowingup.Nowwearefi-
said that the minor girl EVER SINCE Kunal Mahore (28) 27.Afterthreeroundsofselection, surgery,” he said. Sex reassign- reality…wewanttorisetohigher nally being given respect. But we
livedwiththecouple.Her began sex reassignment in 2018, Kunal and five others were em- mentprocesscantakeuptothree positions from here,” she said. are far from our goals, there are
uncle “harboured ill-feel- he has been unable to secure a ployed by the Noida Metro Rail years and cost Rs 1.5-4 lakh. Praveen Mishra, Executive many others in our community
ing against her as she re- job.Hisjobasadriverforacabag- Corporation (NMRC) on October Preeti Batra (27), also em- Director, NMRC, said that break- searching for jobs,” she said.
sisted his attempts to gregator ended as the company 5.Whiletwohavebeenemployed ployed in housekeeping, said, "I ing stereotypes was one of the On Monday afternoon, Kirti
make physical relations". was unwilling to renew his con- as housekeeping staff, four are amalsosavingupforthesexreas- motivesbehindtheinitiative."The (19),another transgender,visited
The DCP said that the tract until he completed the employed as ticket operators. signmentsurgery.Ihavesavedup community has been facing dis- theMetrostationtoenquireabout
couple fought over the process. Kunal, who now works as a Rs 1 lakh in the last few years." crimination for long. We wanted job opportunities, only to be in-
girl often, and her mater- But his fortunes changed this housekeepingstaff atthestation, Preeti used to work at an NGO to provide them with a platform formed that all the vacancies had
nal aunt asked her hus- year when he heard about the said he often received positive previously where she earned Rs wherewecouldprotecttheirdig- beenfilledup."Peoplecometoin-
band to kill her. ENS Metro station dedicated to the comments from commuters. 10,000.Nowshedrawsasalaryof nityandupliftthem,"saidMishra. quire about jobs everyday. I hope
transgendercommunityandde- “This job is very important to me Mahi Gupta at the ticket counter. Gajendra Yadav Rs 14,000. She also wants to Mahi Gupta (27), who works that DMRC and other organisa-
cided to apply. asIhaveapartnerandchildrenat changethemindsetof peoplere- attheticketcounter,saidthatpeo- tions will follow suit,” said Mahi.

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BIHAR
SECOND PHASE PATNA CONFIDENTIAL

In 94 seats today, RJD bets Left In Bhagalpur, a JDU-BJP snag

AHEAD OF Phase-2 polling in Bhagalpur,
local channel Voice of Bihar played a clip
fromaconversationbetweenJD(U)worker
Mandal says in the clip. The RJD tweeted
theclip,saying,“NDAisnopoliticalalliance,
it’saconspiracy”,andadvisedBiharistonot

proves right; BJP hopes 2015 does

ChandanKumarandsittingpartyMPAjay touchthis“madhumakkhikachhatta(bee-
Mandal about the latter “quietly” visiting hive)”.Later,Mandaltoldreportersthatthe
Bhagalpur’sPirpaintiandcampaigningfor conversationwasreported“tod-madod-ke
Independent candidate Aman Paswan. (twisted)”. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey told
“JD(U)shouldn’tsupportBJPunderanycir- Voice of Bihar, only meeting people mat-
cumstance...Wedon’tcareif theRJDwins, ters,“notaudio/video,Facebook,Twitter....”
Contest tough, but Mahagathbandhan feels it has an edge with alliance workers ‘in sync’ on the ground
RAGHOPUR
DIPANKAR GHOSE &
SANTOSH SINGH PHASE II KEY CONTESTS Phase2 Phase3 PHASE-2: PARTY & SEATS
PATNA, NOVEMBER 2
1. HASANPUR
56 52
IN THE 2015 Assembly elections, when the 3 7 Patna 43 46 36
TejPratapYadav,RJD;
7

Mahagathbandhan had won against the BJP 24

6 8

LaluPrasad’sson 102
14
13

28

in Bihar at the peak of the Narendra Modi

103 18
101 30
16 22 29

6 3 4
100 15 37

RajKumarRai,JD(U);
104 17

94
99

wave,NorthBiharhadgiventhesaffronparty
39
105 90 36
106 110 96
111 38
98
82

SittingMLA
95
107 112 9
109 116 81

half of its 43 seats. Most of the 94 seats vot- 4

97 80
108
115

seats
113 79
125
117 120

RJD
JD(U)
BJP
Congress
LJP
RLSP
CPI(ML)

CPI
CPI(M)
114

ing on Tuesday are in North Bihar. As part of

121 124 139
78
118 119
122 123 129 140
138

6
186 127

the NDA, the BJP is contesting 46 of them,

187 181 182 141 148

2. BANKIPUR
183 184 142
128 137 147
149
185 146
188 180 150
143

and the JD(U) 43.

145
177 144 151 152
153 154

LuvSinha,Congress;
175 172
156

2
171

The contest is likely to be tough, with the

158

2015 ASSEMBLY POLLS

174 176

1
173 171

NDAbankingonEBCandwomenvoters,and Actor-turned-politician
the Mahagathbandhanon the combined so- ShatrughanSinha’sson RJD JD(U) BJP INC
cial base of the Congress and Left. The dark PushpamPriyaChoudhary,PluralsParty;
4. RAGHOPUR 31 30 22 7
horses could be the LJP, that has put up can- TejashwiPrasadYadav,RJD;
DaughterofJD(U)leaderVinodChoudhary LJP
didates in 52 seats, and the RLSP, with 36 LaluPrasad’ssonand
nominees in the fray — both of which could NitinNavin,BJP; CMnomineeofGrandAlliance 2
end up hurting the NDA combine. Sitting MLA Others Tejashwi’sbiggestbetisa long-awaitedbridgeover theGanga. Dipankar Ghose
SatishKumar,BJP;
In the 2015 Assembly elections, 31 of sittingMLA,defeatedRabrionJD(U)ticket 2
these 94 seats had been won by the RJD, 30 3.GOPALGANJ
by the JD(U) and 22 by the BJP, while the
Congress and LJP had won seven and two
seats respectively.
SadhuYadav, BSP;
RabriDevi’sbrother
5. PARSA
ChandrikaRai,JD(U);
6. MANER
BhaiBirendra,RJD;
7. MADHUBAN
RanaRandhirSingh,BJP;
Lalu family bastion has
had CMs, what it wants
The JD(U) might be out of the SubhashSingh,BJP; Formerministerandfather-in- Two-timesittingMLA SittingMLA
Mahagathbandhan, but the RJD-led alliance Sitting MLA lawofLaluPrasad’selderson NikhilAnand,BJP; MadanPrasadSahu,RJD
is confident its new Left partners will fill the AsifGafoor,Congress; TejPratapYadav Formerjournalist
gap. The RJD set aside as many as 29 seats for ShivjeeRai,Independent

from Tejashwi is vikas

grandsonofex-CMAbdulGafoor ChoteLalRai,RJD
the Left — six for the CPI, four for the CPM
and 19 for the CPI (M-L), counting on the lat-
ter’s“veryhighstrikerate”.Of the29seats,13 phase, is counting on a resurgence in
are in this phase. Begusarai. It was once known as “mini
Despite how late the partnership was Moscow” or “Leningrad”, with the CPI win- But while the Yadavs see the crowds at
stitched, it is seen as working well on the ning from Begusarai North for the first time SANTOSHSINGH&DIPANKARGHOSE Tejashwi’s rallies as a sign of return of “our”
ground, with the RJD confident that its gam- back in 1957 (its first win in North India). PATNA,RAGHOPUR,NOVEMBER2 rule,thedesirefor“development”ispalpable.
ble on the transferability of Left votes will This time, as part of the Having just struggled across the rickety pon-
pay off. Though the Left vote share has de- Mahagathbandhan, it is contesting from “RAGHOPURPEOPLEdonotjustelectanMLA, toon bridge, Satish Yadav says, “Whenever I
clinedfrom5.04%in2005to3.51%in2015,its Teghra, Bakhri (SC), Bachhwara, as well as theyelectthechiefMinister”—TejashwiYadav have to cross this bridge, my heart sinks. I fear
voters comprise a committed cadre. This is two seats in Madhubani, and one in Purnea. underlinedashefiledhisnominationfromthe that it might fall any time. Maybe, if Tejashwi
one reason the RJD pushed for an alliance Teghra seat is home to the CPI’s new icon, constituency, represented by Lalu Prasad in becomes CM, some work will be done.”
with them and chose to let go of the HAM Kanhaiya Kumar, and is set to see a triangu- 1995 and 2000, and Rabri Devi in 2005. The Raghopur Assembly seat is estimated
and VIP, though the Congress had wanted a lar contest among the party’s Ram Ratan However, located by the banks of the to have around 1.25 lakh Yadavs, with other
larger gathbandhan. “Further, in a post-poll Singh, sitting JD(U) MLA Virendra Kumar Ganga,Raghopurhaslittletoshowforthisas- castes way behind — there are 40,000-odd
scenario,theLeftpartiesaretheleastlikelyto Singh (son of former advocate general Ram sociation with successive CMs, except for un- Rajputs, and around 20,000 SCs and 10,000
break away,” says an RJD leader, speaking Balak Mahto), and the LJP’s Lalan Kuwar (a interruptedpowersupply.In2010,theYadav- non-Yadav OBCs. The LJP has put up a candi-
from experience of the bitter parting BJP rebel). The latter two are fighting for the dominated Lalu stronghold chose the JD(U)’s date,RakeshRoshan,whichmightendupben-
with the JD(U). same Bhumihar votes. SatishKumar,alsoaYadav,overRabri.Tejashwi efiting the RJD.
Both the CPI (M-L) and RJD leaders say Pointing out that it was here that Nitish wonin2015,andisupagainstKumarthistime. Thegiant-killerofthe2010election,Satish
their workers are in sync, as opposed to “the recently madehisremark “baap se poochho”, Apartfromthefamilyname,Tejashwi,who Kumar, has been canvassing hard in the seat
fractured NDA coalition”. “There is trust, as telling the crowd to ask their fathers what is hoping to expand the RJD’s appeal beyond evenasTejashwicriss-crossesthestateshoul-
well as the recognition of a desire for change Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav at a rally. The Mahagathbandhan is confident that thestatehadbeforehistime,BhaveshKumar castetodevelopment,iscountingongoodwill dering the RJD campaign. A BJP worker out-
in government. People have aspirations, are the Left parties, contesting on 13 seats in Phase 2, will fill the gap left by JD(U). PTI says, “Virendra Kumar Singh seldom visited arisingoutofaproject side a rally by senior
tired of Nitish Kumar and are looking for a theconstituencyafterbecominganMLAand to build a 9.6-km leader Nityanand Rai
viable alternative,” says a CPI (M-L) leader, is facing strong anti-incumbency.” He be- bridge between says, “The seat is diffi-
claiming they are not flustered by the BJP (M-L) gives a cushion.” down and ASHA workers involved in Covid lieves the CPI is ahead, though adding point- Kachchi Dargah cult but Satishji is a
throwing allegations of Naxal and extremist The CPI (M-L) leader gives the example work are supporting the alliance. edly, “There has been hardly any demandfor (Patna) and Bidupur Phase2 maati putra (son of the
Hajipur Phase3
links at them. of Aurai, where the party went in with a Says Dipankar Bhattacharya, the CPI (M- Kanhaiya to campaign here.” (Hajipur). Work on it soil). He will emerge
According to the leader, they are even weak organisation. With two Yadav candi- L) general secretary, “We are very encour- The CPM, the weakest amongst the three began in 2015, when Patna victorious again.” In
morepositiveafterthefirstphase, wherethe dates in the race, it believes its Muslim nom- aged by the first phase and the momentum Left parties with no win in 15 years, is con- Tejashwi was the 2010, Kumar had de-
CPI (M-L) contested eight seats (it is in the inee is ahead, with the help of the RJD. is only growing. All these comments (by the testing from Bibhutipur, Matihani, Pipra and deputy CM and held RAGHOPUR Phase1 feated Rabri by over
fray in six in this phase). “We have a winning “Muslimsarethelargestblockhere,butsince BJP) are not making a difference on the Majhi, three of which vote on Tuesday. the Road Cons- 1,300 votes.
chanceinallof them,includingArrah,where Independence, only Yadavs have been win- ground. The need for change is such that However, even the party is aiming high, says truction portfolio. At Rustampur vil-
we came from behind... In many seats, the ning,” the leader says, adding that in many none of this matters.” a leader, due to “the winds of change and the The bridge is a lage, Lalit Kumar, 30, a
RJD contesting alone is not viable. The CPI urban areas, the poor hit hard by the lock- The CPI, four of whose six seats are in this support of other alliance partners”. godsend for an area where people have long Kurmi like CM Nitish, says it would be sad if
gotbyonboats,oratemporarypontoonbridge. Tejashwi wins despite Raghopur’s state. “We
“I take the boat to go to Patna to sell milk. are only 40 km from Patna, but there is no de-
Hundreds of vegetable sellers do the same,” velopmenthere.LookatNitishKumar’svillage
says Awadhesh Rai, adding that the few in in Nalanda and see what he has done there.”
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There is discontent on other issues too,
is no patience for Nitish even among others
gathered around him. “Work did not happen
● WHO’S WHERE TODAY ● RALLY WATCH CASES IN 24 HRS*: giventhatRaghopurhasstoodbytheRJDfirst herebecauseNitishdidnotletithappen.When
family for years. Ravi Mahto complains of a Tejashwi is CM, of course he will have to de-
PM MODI IN SAHARSA, BEHIND 577 flourishing illicit liquor business. “Even police
are afraid of venturing into this area,” he says.
velop Raghopur... The government must
change.AndifTejashwidoesnotwork,wewill
FORBESGANJ; TEJASHWI DEATHS: 4 PraveenSingh,astudent,remindsTejashwi throwhimoutlikeRabriDevi,”saysSanjaySah.
RAHUL GANDHI IN KATIHAR, WHAT IS LAKADSUNGHA, PACE, PLAN of his promise once to live in Raghopur. Ramesh Singh, a Bhumihar and usually a
THE TERM USED BY PM TO PROJECT TOTAL CASES: 2,18,118 “Instead,hewashardlyhereduringthefloods BJP supporter, says that Tejashwi might rally
KISHANGANJ;
TEJASHWI YADAV IN MODI DURING CAMPAIGN? ‘YOUTH, TOTAL DEATHS: 1,101 ortheCovidcrisis.”SinghgrantsthatTejashwi the Yadavs behind him but that doesn’t dis-
ACTIVE CASES: 7,036 mightstillwinfromtheseatbutsaysthatwill count desire for someone new. “I will decide
BIHARIGANJ ENERGY’ be only due to the caste combination. “If he is onthelastday,butmaybeitwillbegoodtosee
* Bihar HealthDepartment (as of 6 pm on Nov 2) so sure of his development plank, why did he change.Whoknows,ifTejashwibecomesCM,
not contest from any other constituency?” Raghopur might finally see development.”

Urea to dairy, an old industrial capital scripts a revival story

Putzmeister boom placers. plants in locations that previously had units IOC’s oil refinery at Barauni was India’s taking the total to 720 MW.
HARISH DAMODARAN The new plant — which can produce runningonnaphthaandfueloil,respectively, second after Assam’s Digboi. It came on Last but not least is the Barauni Dairy.
BARAUNI, NOVEMBER 2 2,200 metric tonnes per day (mtpd) of am- and lying closed for two decades or more. stream in July 1964 with 1 million tonnes With a turnover of Rs 755.36 crore, it is not
monia and 3,850 mtpd urea, as against the “The commercial operation date for (mt) annual crude processing capacity, aug- just Bihar’s, but also eastern India’s, largest
BIHAR, FOR long, has been a graveyard of in- 600mtpdand1,000mtpdcapacityof thede- GorakhpurwasoriginallyFebruary2021.But mented to 3 mt in 1969 and 6 mt by 2002. cooperative dairy union. In 2019-20, the
dustry. Those searching for a glimmer of functunit—wasearliersupposedtobeready due to Covid, that will now be August, while On January 30, after nearly 18 years, the IOC Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad Dugdh
hope, though, needn’t look beyond Barauni by May 2021, 36 months from the date of in- it is November-December for Barauni and board approved a further expansion to 9 mt Utpadak Sahkari Sangh, as it is called, made
town in Begusarai district. Billed as Bihar’s vestment approval. That schedule has been Sindri,” Gupta says. at an estimated cost of Rs 13,779 crore. This Rs 499.03 crore payments to 1.32 lakh farm-
“industrial capital” — voting for the state somewhat upset, thanks to the disruptions Urea from these plants would, thus, be project — entailing the setting up of a new 9 ersandprocured4.55lakhkgperdayof milk
Assembly polls here is on November 3 — it is from Covid-19 and the lockdown. available to farmers from next year’s rabi mtatmosphericandvacuumdistillationunit, on an average.
actually witnessing a resurgence of sorts. “TillMarch21, we had about4,000 work- croppingseason.HURLhasevenstartedmar- the contract for which was awarded to L&T BarauniDairyisplanningtoinvestRs95.5
There’s no better symbol of that than ers. Once the lockdown was imposed, all keting its ‘Apna’ urea brand in Bihar since Hydrocarbon Engineering in April — is to be crore in what will be the country’s biggest
Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd’s (HFCL) work stopped. The administration gave us February,bysourcingmaterialfromthepub- commissioned by April 2023. plant for making indigenous milk products.
ammonia-urea complex at Barauni, which permission to restart on April 26, but most licsectorRashtriyaChemicalsandFertilizers. EquallysignificantistheBarauniThermal The proposed plant will consume 2 lakh
shut down in 1999 and is now being revived workers (75% from Bihar and the rest from For Bihar, the Barauni project’s revival is Power Station (BTPS). This coal-fired project, litres per day of milk to exclusively produce
—throughabrandnewplantonthesame480 WestBengal,Jharkhandandotherstates)had no small thing. Its annual production capac- too, came up in the early-Sixties, with five rasagulla, gulab jamun, peda, cham cham,
acres land that housed the earlier project. At already left. We could resume only on May 4 ity, at 12.7 lakh tonnes (lt), can meet a major units of 145 megawatt (MW) aggregate gen- kalakand, misti dahi, raskadam, milk cake,
Rs 7,043.26 crore capital cost, it would be with the 600-700 who had stayed back in partof thestate’sconsumption/salesof 22.64 eration capacity being made operational be- khoa, paneer, lassi and plain dahi. The dairy
Bihar’s biggest industrial investment. the labour camps here. As the lockdown lt in 2019-20. Neither Bihar nor Jharkhand tween January 1963 and December 1971. All union is already using 70,000-80,000 litres
“Construction is more than 70 per eased, the worker strength rose to 1,900 in has any urea plants; the closest one at of them were retired by 1995-96. Units 6 daily now for producing indigenous milk
cent complete. Machinery orders are early-June, 3,500 in July, 4,000 in August and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh is 490 km from and 7, of 110 MW each established in 1984- sweets under the ‘Sudha’ brand.
already placed, and we will begin pre-com- 5,000 since September,” adds Sinha. Barauni and 550 km from Sindri. Both proj- 85, were taken up for renovation and “We are in discussions with the National
missioningandcommissioningactivityfrom Arun KumarGupta, managingdirectorof Work is on in full swing at the Barauni ects will get gas from GAIL (India) Ltd’s modernisation. Dairy Development Board for a Rs 70 crore
February,” says Sunil Kumar Sinha, general HURL, is hopeful of the project being com- urea project site. Harish Damodaran Jagdishpur-Phulpur-Haldia pipeline. A spur On December 15, 2018, NTPC acquired loan at 6.5% concessional interest rate for 10
manager of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan missioned by December 2021. The company line, from Dobhi in Gaya, has already been BTPS from the Bihar State Power Generation years under the Centre’s Dairy Processing &
Ltd (HURL) in charge of the project site — a joint venture of Coal India Ltd, NTPC, laid till Barauni. Company.Today,notonlyareUnits6&7run- Infrastructure Fund. Since the land for the
thatcurrentlyhas5,000-plusworkers,along- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), HFCL and urea complexes at Gorakhpur (Uttar But Begusarai’s revival story — whose ning, a new 250 MW plant was declared op- project is available here, we can expect the
side Sarens, Sanghvi and Escorts Fertilizer Corporation of India — is also put- Pradesh) and Sindri (Jharkhand). These, like fruits would accrue to whichever govern- erational on March 1, this year. Another 250 plant to be ready in two-three years,” stated
Hydra cranes, JCB excavators and ting up two other similar-sized ammonia- Barauni, are greenfield natural gas-based ment comes next — isn’t confined to urea. MW unit is expected to be added by 2021, a Barauni Union official.

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Organisationvssympathyover
DELHI CONFIDENTIAL ‘gaddari’inMP’s28seatstoday
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E X P L A I NE D
IRAM SIDDIQUE Aggressive
GWALIOR, NOVEMBER 2 campaign may
INArecentvideo,BJPRajyaSabha ● give BJP edge
memberJyotiyadityaScindiawas Newly-elected BJP Rajya Sabha MPs in Lucknow. Express
seen urging voters to press the WHAT MIGHT work for the
‘panja’ — the Congress’s electoral ruling party in these MP by-
symbol — while campaigning in
Dabra constituency of Madhya
Pradesh.Hecorrectedhimselfim-
polls is the aggressive cam-
paigning by senior BJP lead-
ers — from Union minister
BJP wins 9 of 11 RS
CELEBRATING A RIVER
mediately, asking voters to press
the button for ‘kamal’ — the BJP
symbol — but that moment cap-
Narendra Singh Tomar to
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
and former CM Uma Bharati
seats; Cong strength
THE JAL Shakti Ministry under Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on
Monday launched a three-day ‘Ganga Utsav’ to celebrate the
“glory of the holy Ganga”. As a part of the event, actor Rajeev
tured the predicament faced by
bothsidesinthe28seatsgoingto
the bypolls on Tuesday.
Government employees with election material for polling
booths on the eve of polls, in Indore. ANI
to incumbent state Home
Minister Narottam Mishra.
They all held several meet-
set to dip below 40
Khandelwal will launch the second season of ‘Rag Rag mein With Scindia, who joined BJP ings with influential caste
Ganga’, a show that traces various stories related to the river. after 20 years in the Congress groups. While Chouhan re- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Varanasi lawyer
The first season of the show was aired last year. The event will alongwith25ex-CongressMLAs, sided with the British, leaving where Imarti Devi, initially seen frained from sharing a dais NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2
feature a host of programmes, including debates and dia- bringing down the Kamal Nath “JhansikiraniLaxmiBai”alonefol- astrailing,haswonsupportofthe with Jyotiraditya Scindia, he told to approach
logues, story-telling sessions, and performances by the likes government,theoppositionparty lowing the Revolt of 1857, which business community following has announced a slew of WITHTHEBJPwinningnineofthe
of KailashKher,classicalsingerRevatiSakalkar,Kathakdancer has been seen as being fumbling eventually led to her death. someaggressivecampaigningby schemes — CM Kisan 11 Rajya Sabha seats on Monday,
Allahabad HC
Vaswati Mishra, and Kabir cafe, apart from release of 13 short slightlyinraisingissuesotherthan Butevenwiththeheavy-duty BJP. But a “strong” BSP candidate Samman Nidhi, Ladli Laxmi, the ruling party’s strength in the New Delhi: The Supreme
films related to the Ganga — all to be done virtually. “gaddari”—betrayal—byScindia round of campaign by Nath, inSantoshGaudislikelytoeatinto and Kanyadan yojna, among Upper House has gone up to 92 Court on Monday asked
and his team of legislators. Congress, which looks strong in Congress votes in a seat that has others — which the BJP ex- while the main opposition Varanasi-based lawyer
While that line of betrayal — about six seats, is facing a tough traditionally been with the party. pects will help it in close Congressissettodipbelow40for Prakash Bajaj, who ques-
GOING GLOBAL set out by the party — is seen as
having created an undercurrent
fightfromtheBJPinaregioncon-
sideredaScindiastronghold.With
Aiming to woo Dalit voters,
Nath has emphasised that the
contests. the first time.
The BJP on its own is still 31
tionedtherejectionof his
SP-backednominationfor
TAKING A step towards enhancing its focus on international ofsympathyfortheCongress,but Congress seen as being ahead in ConstitutionofBRAmbedkarhad short of the halfway mark of 123 the Rajya Sabha elections
news,DoordarshanIndiahasplanneddedicatedprogramming it is unlikely to be enough for the reserved(SC)seatssuchasGohad provisionsforbypollsintheevent their knowledge, and that they in the Upper House, but with al- from Uttar Pradesh alleg-
of 14 hours in the run-up to the US Presidential elections. party. The party has 87 MLAs in and Ambha, Satish Shikarwar, its of death of a sitting MP or MLA, had received little help from BJP, lies JD(U), which has five mem- ingaconspiracybythere-
Doordarshanhasropedin24experts,includingformerIndian the current House, and will have candidate from Gwalior-East, is “but these bypolls have been which was then in power. bers,andRamdasAthawaleofthe turning officer to favour
ambassadorstotheUS,domainexpertsandmembersof think- to win all 28 seats to get to the likely to give a tough fight to forced on us due to betrayal”. Meanwhile,counteringNath’s RepublicanPartyofIndia,theNDA the BSP, to approach the
tankstodiscussvariousaspectsof theAmericanelectionsand halfway mark of 115. MunnalalGoyal,oneoftheformer Inalateattemptto sway Dalit “gaddar” narrative, Scindia, for tally stands at 98. Adding the Allahabad High Court for
theimpactof theoutcomeonIndia’srelationswiththeUS,also The BJP, with 107 seats, needs Congress MLAs who switched votes, BJP released a pamphlet whom the bypolls would deter- AIADMK, which has nine MPs, redressalof hisgrievance.
alsowhatitwillmeanglobally.Theprogrammeswillstartfrom only eight. sides. Notably, the SC-ST popula- withapictureofShikharwarshar- minehispositioninhisnewparty, and some parties from the A bench headed by Chief
6 pm India time on Tuesday, the day America votes. Nathhasrepeatedlyreminded tion is about 21 to 28 percent of ing the dais with Rishabh haspointedoutthatthe25MLAs Northeast, the NDA tally easily Justice of India S A Bobde
votersintheGwalior-Chambalre- the electorate in at least 21 con- Bhadoriya, main accused in the hadlittleoptionbuttomovetoBJP, crosses 110. allowedhimtowithdraw
ENS
GOOD GOING
gion, which accounts for 16 of stituencies, including Gwalior- 2018casteviolenceinGwaliorfol- as their demands for various de- Meanwhile, the Election his plea.
these 28 seats, that “Chambal’s East.Inwhatcouldqueerthepitch lowing the Bharat bandh – three velopment works in their con- Commission on Monday an-
bloodishot—anditwillneverfor- for Congress, the BSP has fielded members from Dalit community stituencies went unheard under nounced a bypoll to the lone va-
THE EFFICIENCY of the eight Department-Related get people who have betrayed 27 candidates, making it a trian- werekilledintheviolence.Acon- the “corrupt” Congress govern- cant seat in Karnataka on UP and one from Uttarakhand —
Parliamentary Standing Committees of Rajya Sabha has been them”. This exhortation was fol- gular contest on many seats. troversy soon arose, with family ment. Scindia has emphasised December 1, necessitated by the are retiring on November 25, in-
increasing.AccordingtoananalysisbytheRSSecretariat,each lowed by a reminder that the Among the seats facing a membersof thedeceasedstating thatheisa“dog”loyaltohis“mas- death of BJP MP Ashok Gasti. The cluding Congress members P L
meeting of the eight committees lasted 2 hours 10 minutes Scindia family had purportedly three-way contest in Dabra, thatthepicturewasusedwithout ters”, who are the voters. BJP, which is in power in Punia and Raj Babbar.
on average in 2019- 20. This is the first time that the average Karnataka,willwintheseatwhich Consequently,theCongress’stally

‘My calling is not photos,

time of these meetings has crossed the 2-hour mark. As per willtaketheparty’stallyto93be- will come down to 38 from 40.
the analysis, it is an improvement of 55 per cent over 2018-19,
and an increase of 25 per centcompared to the average of two
Cong MLA who fore the Winter Session.
TheBJPstrengthwentupto92
Besides Puri, those elected
unopposed in UP are BJP's
previous years. In 2017- 18, the average time for each meeting defected to BJP afternineofitscandidates–eight Neeraj Shekhar, Arun Singh,
was 1 hour 51 minutes, and for 2018-19, it had dropped to 1
hour 25 minutes.
titles... I am an ordinary BJP will be made
in UP and one in Uttarakhand –
were elected unopposed on
Monday. In UP, one candidate
Geeta Shakya, Haridwar Dubey,
Brijlal, B L Varma and Seema
Dwivedi; Samajwadi Party's
minister if
worker and content with that’
each of the Samajwadi Party and Ram Gopal Yadav; and BSP's
BSP were elected unopposed. Ramji Gautam.

Will give 10 lakh RAJYA SABHA MP JYOTIRADIYA This is a party, in a way,

elected: BSY Among those elected unop-
posed from UP include Union
minister Hardeep Singh Puri and
In Uttarakhand, senior BJP
leader Naresh Bansal was de-
clared elected unopposed.

jobs even if it means SCINDIA speaks to IRAM

SIDDIQUE on why he considers
himself a BJP worker, his experi-
founded by my grandmother.
There is a saying, “matbhed (dif-
ferenceofopinion)honabohotza-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
BENGALURU, NOVEMBER 2
SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav.
Eleven members — 10 from
FULLREPORTON
www.indianexpress.com

withholding MLAs’ ence in the Kamal Nath govern-

ment and his switch from the
Congress to the BJP. Excerpts:
roorihaiparmanbhed(difference
ofhearts)nahihonachahiye.”...To
me,it’sironicthatthepartymyfa-
A CONGRESS MLA whodefected
to the BJP in July 2019 will be
made a minister if elected again Ideologies opposite,
salaries: Tejashwi
ther spent 30 years in and the in the November 3 bypolls,
Whatisthemostimportant
agendaforMadhyaPradeshin
thesebypolls?
party I spent 20 years in, how
cometheydidn’tspeakallthelan-
guage they are speaking now...
Karnataka Chief Minister B S
Yediyurappa has said.
The CM
BSP-BJP alliance not
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
PATNA, NOVEMBER 2
This is an election for the fu-
ture of Madhya Pradesh and its
people. A Congress government
Isthisinreferencetoyoubeing
termeda ‘gaddar’?
had earlier
promised
ministerialpo-
possible: Mayawati
RJD LEADER Tejashwi Yadav on
wasputinplace18monthsago,it
hadaChiefMinisterwhowasself-
THE EXPRESS Not only that, many more
barbs and taunts... It just shows
sitions to all 17
Congress and MAULSHREE SETH
Monday said he will implement
hispollpromiseof giving10lakh
centredandranacorruptgovern-
ment. Mr Kamal Nath achieved
INTERVIEW their duplicity... JD(S) rebels
who helped
LUCKNOW, NOVEMBER 2

jobs even if it means withhold- the impossible task of losing 30

WITH
Willyourvoters,who Karnataka the BJP form DAYS AFTER stating that her
ing the salaries of the chief min- Yadav, Nadda per cent of his lawmakers within JYOTIRADITYA identifiedwithyoursecular CM the govern- party could even support the
ister, ministers and MLAs. 15 months... SCINDIA image,beabletoconnect? ment in 2019. BJP to ensure the defeat of
Referring BJP RAJYA SABHA MP Why am I not secular if I am Thebypollsfor Samajwadi Party's candidate in
tothecriticism repeatinghehasgiven6lakhjobs Yourpictureshavebeen withtheBJP?Whyistalkingabout 15 seats were held in December Uttar Pradesh Legislative
the RJD has during his 15-year rule. But he missingfromhoardingsand Hinduism not being secular? If 2019, in which 13 rebels were Council and Rajya Sabha elec- Mayawati
faced over its neversaysallthesewerecontrac- thepartymanifesto.How yourself fromearlierbeing you are talking about the aspira- fielded, and all but two won tions, BSP chief Mayawati on
performance tual jobs, not permanent ones,” oftendoyouinteractwith calledMaharaj? tionof themajorityof Indians,in- again. The bypolls for the re- Monday asserted that her party
during its 15- Tejashwi told the ‘Naukri Chauhanoverpollstrategies? All these sobriquets are a part cluding a number of Muslims maining two seats — R R Nagar would never form an alliance Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and
DECISION year rule, he Samwad’ programme. Wehavedecentralisedthesys- of my illustrious past that I am who have supported the con- seat in Bengaluru and Sira in with the saffron party as long as Samajwadi Party (SP) tried to
2020 said that some ReferringtoTejashwi'sprom- tem among all BJP leaders and proud of... Our family started in a struction of the Ram Mandir, Tumkur — are scheduled for she is alive, as the two parties’ project themselves as the
BIHAR people are ise, BJP president J P Nadda on cadres. But Shivraj Singh ji and I small village in Satara called what’s wrong with that? November 3. ideologies are in complete stronger alternative to ruling BJP
“stuckonthestale Monday said that “25-30 lakh” make it a point to talk everyday... Kanerkhe and my forefathers CampaigningforMunirathna contrast. in the state.
pages of history, but we care for peoplemigratedoutofBihardur- My calling is not about photos, ti- werethe‘Patil’ofthatvillage.Patil Isn’titawaytoappeasea Naidu, a civil contractor-turned- “BSP’s ideology is based on Speaking at an event to wel-
Bihar’s future”, and appealed to ingthepreviousRJDgovernments tles and lists but to earn a place in is essentially the sarpanch... That majoritycommunity? film producer contesting from R themottobenefitforallreligions comeformerCongressMPAnnu
people to give him “one chance” and he should first answer that. the hearts of the people. I was a wasourbeginning.Eventodaywe No, it’s not. If you talk about R Nagar, Yediyurappa said that and secularism, while BJP’s ide- Tandon to his party, SP chief
to govern. Addressing a poll rally at ministerintheCentralgovernment areconnectedtothesoil...Itisless something.. the path for which he had already sanctioned huge ology is completely its opposite. Akhilesh Yadav questioned how
Speaking at on online event Sitamarhi, Nadda said, “These for eight years and did not have a about royalty and title, more has been paved by the Prime funds for the RR Nagar con- In such a scenario, BSP cannot both BSP and BJP have the same
of his party, he questioned Chief days our Tejashwi babu keeps lal-batti on my car. Today I am an aboutbeingonewiththesoil.The Minister and the Supreme Court stituency which will be utilised enter into alliance with BJP in desire — of defeating the SP — to
MinisterNitishKumar’sassertion saying he will give 10 lakh jobs. ordinaryBJPworkerandIamvery Maharaj bit is only 200 years old. which connects with the aspira- by Naidu as a minister to carry any election anywhere in the indicate that the two parties are
thatheprovided6lakhjobsdur- You have forced 25-25 lakh peo- happyandcontentwiththat. tion of 99 per cent of all Indians, out development work. country,” Mayawati said. The coming together. He said: “Both
ing his 15-year rule compared to ple to migrate out of Bihar. Who IsitdifficulttoadjusttotheBJP what is wrong with that? All the rebels who won the statement comes a day before BSP and BJP want Samajwadi
RJD’s 95,000. “He (Nitish) keeps will answer that?” Youcallyourself acommon ideologyandtheRSSafter FULLINTERVIEWON elections have been inducted sevenAssemblyseatsinthestate Party to lose — their desire is
BJPworker,isthathowyousee about20yearswithCongress? www.indianexpress.com into the cabinet so far. go to the bypolls, as both matching somewhere...

Manjhi seeks probe into

Paswan’s death, Chirag CHHATTISGARH BYPOLL

claims Nitish ‘plot’ BJP buoyed by JCC support in Jogi ‘family bastion’
position BJP and ruling Congress any reason to be with the party aresultofadealwiththeBJP.“The geon Gambhir Singh.
PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA GARGIVERMA after the nomination papers of wherethedecisionof supporting BJP raised the question on Jogi’s Politicalanalystsbelievethatin-
PATNA,NOVEMBER2 RAIPUR,NOVEMBER2 Jogi’s son and daughter-in-law, Appeal to the BJP was taken without any tribalstatus.Peoplehavetheright fighting in Congress over holding
Amit and Richa Jogi, were can- people of core group meetings,” the duo toknowwhatBJPisofferinginlieu ralliesandchoiceofcandidatemight
NDA ALLY HAM created a flutter THE BYPOLL in Chhattisgarh’s celled following revocation of Marwahi to saidinajointstatement.However, of thesupport,”partyspokesper- alienatethevoters,andeventhough
on Monday with its leader Jitan Marwahi on Tuesday will see their caste certificates. vote against theJCCsaidthetwowerenotpart son R P Singh said. BJP does not have a solid base, the
RamManjhidemandingajudicial manyfirsts—thefirstelectionin However,justaheadoftheby- Congress: of the core committee. TheBJP,ontheotherhand,has supportfromtheJogismightmean
inquiry into the death of Union thestateamidthepandemic,the poll,theBJPhasreceivedashotin Amit Jogi While support from the Jogis welcomed Jogi’s support and ac- alotonthedayofelection.Whoever
ministerRamVilasPaswantoun- Chirag Paswan, Jitan Manjhi first since the formation of thearmwithAmitJogiextending may fetch the BJP many sympa- cused the Congress of being in- wins, experts believe, will not be
ravel the “dubious role” of Chirag Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi dis- his party’s support to the saffron thyvotes,expertsbelieveitwillbe sensitive towards the family. withahugemargin.
Paswan. This prompted the LJP trict, and the first without any party in a statement on October Marwahi to vote against the a tough contest with top leaders “Renu Jogi (Ajit Jogi’s wife) has The district will have 286
chieftoclaimitwasa“plot”byCM he was sick and hospitalised, memberof theJogifamily,which 31, increasing the supporter base Congress and teach them a les- of the Congress throwing their been hurt by these actions, and polling centers where trenches
Nitish Kumar to discredit him sometimes to even inform him has held the seat since 2001, be- oftheBJPwhichhadalreadybeen son,” he said. weight behind the party candi- hencesheisaskingpeopletofight have been dug for people to dis-
throughanemotionalissuewhen abouttheLJPfounder’scondition ing allowed to contest the “fam- making inroads in villages on a But some in the JCC are un- dateintheconstituency.Nineral- for her 'aatmasamman' (self-re- pose of their gloves after voting.
election was under way. after talking to doctors. ily bastion”. booth level. comfortablewithsidingwiththe lies by Chief Minister Bhupesh spect),” said former CM and BJP “We have been preparing for
Chirag, in an angry retort to Manjhi wanted to know who The bypoll in the reserved ST “The Congress chief minister BJP. Two of the four party MLAs, Baghelunderscoretheamountof leader Raman Singh. nearlyamonth.Wehavehadflag
Manjhi, said the former CM ordered the hospital to not issue constituencywasnecessitatedaf- andhispartymembershavebeen Devwrat Singh and Pramod effort the Congress is putting in While the Congress has and foot marches across the re-
should ask PM Narendra Modi regularhealthbulletinsofPaswan. ter the death of former CM and continuously insulting my father Sharma,onSundayextendedsup- thebypollstocounterthechance fielded K K Dhruw, an “outsider” gion and despite the pandemic
abouttheissue.PaswansaidModi Manjhialsoclaimedpeoplewere Janta Congress Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi that goes against the tra- porttotheCongress,callingJogi’s of sympathy votes. whoservedasthemedicalofficer are expecting for a peaceful and
used to call him up every day to preventedfrommeetingtheDalit founder Ajit Jogi. It is expected to dition of the country and basic decision “ridiculous”. “After the On the JCC’s decision, the intheareaformanyyears,theBJP safe election,” SP Suraj Singh
inquire after his late father when leaderwhenhewashospitalised. beaclosecontestbetweentheop- morality...Iappealtothepeopleof demiseof(Ajit)Jogi,wedon’thave Congress has been quick to call it has nominated local tribal sur- Parihar said.

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BRIEFLY ‘SOLDIERS WITHOUT UNIFORM’

Chushulcouncillor
seeksmorefacilities
Balwinder Singh
Sandhu

PUNJAB
forvillagesalongLAC stituency and Moldo, on the the territory,” Stanzin said. “We
NIRUPAMA Chinese side, is stark. are the government's eyes and
ShauryaChakra SUBRAMANIAN
MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 2
Stanzin said: “In Moldo, they
have 5G networks – not one but
ears there; our people notice
everything. People living at the
recipient’s two or three networks. There is border are the second guardian
murder:8held THE NEWLY elected representa-
tive of Chushul constituency in
5G even in other areas such as
Dumtele, Demchok. We can see
forceof thenation–theyaresol-
diers without uniform.”
Amritsar: The Tarn Taran the Leh-Ladakah Autonomous their areas have 24x7 electricity. A resident of Lukung village
policehavearrestedeight Hill Development Council They have developed hydel in Chushul, on the banks of
persons in the murder of (LAHDC) has said that the gov- damsthatprovidepowersupply PangongTso,Stanzinsaidhehad
Shaurya Chakra recipient ernment must prioritise devel- tothese areas. Wecanseeall this on many occasions tried to con-
Balwinder Singh Sandhu. opment of villages on the Line of from Chushul. The people in vey seriousness of the situation
Tight-lippedoverthemo- Actual Control (LAC), as the peo- Chushul are making do with a tothepartyleadership.“ButIgot
tive behind murder,
sourcesinpolicesaidthat
murder is linked to gang-
SNOWBOUND ple living there are “second
guardian force” of the country
after the armed forces.
few hours of supply, and even
our 2G coverage is pathetic.”
He said there is insecurity
a call from the BJP headquarters
telling me that the border situa-
tionisbeing handledseparately;
war. Sandhu (62), who After snowfall in Lahaul-Spiti region on Monday. ANI The26newmembersof Leh- among people in the border vil- that I should remain silent and
wasfetedforfightingmil- LAHDC were sworn in on lages.“Whenevertensionsflareup not speak about it at all,” said
itancy in Punjab, was Saturday. The BJP, with 15 mem- on the LAC, the first thing to go is Stanzin, who quit BJP after the
gunneddownathishome bers, heads the council. The telephone connectivity, and peo- party nominated another candi-
in Tarn
Bhikhiwind by two
Taran's After UP and Rahul should clarify if Cong rebel MLA Congresshasninemembers,and
there are two Independents.
plegetcompletelycutoff,”hesaid.
Thegovernmentneedstode-
date for the election.
He said it is difficult to keep
Haryana, MP seeks probe into
he retracted from 2019
unidentified bikers on Konchok Stanzin, who quit velop“smartvillages”ontheLAC, silent on the issue when people
October 16. The attack BJP before the LAHDC election hesaid.“It(avillage)shouldhave in the villages in Chushul had
took place months after considers law Kamla Nehru lastmonthandsuccessfullycon- all facilities – health, education, been steadily losing their access
his security cover was re-
moved by the state gov-
ernment. Sandhu's fam-
against love jihad Cong manifesto: Tomar Edu Society tested as an Independent from
Chushul, a forward area on LAC,
on Sunday said there had been
roads,telecommunication,elec-
tricity. If the government de-
prives people living on the bor-
to their winter grazing areas due
to the westward spread of the
Chinesearmy.Thisyear,thatlack
ily termed the killing a “inadequate attention” to vil- der of these things, they are not of access has widened, he main-
terror attack, and blamed PRESS TRUST OF INDIA HARIKISHAN SHARMA RAJASTHAN PASSES MAULSHREE SETH lages on the LAC in Ladakh, and going to remain there, and that tained. The Fingers area had also
it on the decision to re-
move his security. ENS
BHOPAL, NOVEMBER 2 NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2
THREE FARM BILLS LUCKNOW, NOVEMBER 2 the difference between his con- willnotbegoodforsafeguarding become out of bounds, he said.

THE MADHYA Pradesh govern- UNION MINISTER of Agriculture Jaipur: The Rajasthan CONGRESS REBEL MLA Aditi

NEW DELHI
ment will make legal arrange-
ments to curb the alleged prac-
ticeof lovejihadinthestate,Chief
and Farmers' Welfare Narendra
SinghTomaronMondayattacked
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi,
Assembly on Monday
passed three Bills to counter
thefarmlawsenactedbythe
Singh has written to the
Economic Offence Wing direc-
tor general, demanding a probe
Poet Munawwar Rana booked
SCnotorequest
byex-judgein
Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
said Monday. With this, Madhya
Pradesh has become the third
asking whether he has retracted
fromhisparty'smanifestoforthe
2019 general elections.
Centre.TheBillswerepassed
by voice vote, which took
place after the opposition
into the alleged irregularities in
the functioning of the Kamla
Nehru Educational Society.
over remarks on France killings
Babricaseto BJP-ruled state to announce its
intention to make legal provi-
Tomar's remarks came in re-
sponse to a tweet by Rahul, in
BJP staged a walkout.
TheBJPearlierobjectedto
"The trust was given land in
the1970switha30-yearleasefor EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Rana on Monday told The
Indian Express that he had never
extendsecurity sions against “love jihad”.
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh CM
which he tagged a news report
which appeared in The Indian
the Bills, saying that the lan-
guage used paints the Centre
educational purposes in Rae
Bareli city... While they did not
LUCKNOW, NOVEMBER 2 promoted violence nor justified
the French killings. “I am not the
New Delhi: The Supreme YogiAdityanathandhisHaryana Express on Monday and wrote in government “as if it is the useitforthepurposeitwasgiven, URDU POET Munawwar Rana one who changes party, and I
CourtonMondayrejected counterpart M L Khattar had Hindi, "Farmers of the country Pakistani government”. ENS they are trying to sell it," Singh has been booked for allegedly don’t change my statements ei-
arequestbyformerspecial made simila announcements. asked for market, PM offered a toldTheIndianExpress."Myfight supporting two knife-wielding ther. I might have used some
judge S K Yadav, who had There will be no jihad in the terrible recession." isforbothi.e.againstthefraudu- assailants who recently killed wrong words as I am old... What
decided the Babri Masjid nameof love,whoeverdoessuch Sharply reacting, Tomar said, mentiscommittedtothewelfare lentmethodsofthetrustandalso four people in France in protest I said is the same thing repeated
demolition case, to con- an act will be set right. Legal "Rahul Gandhi should clarify of farmers, Tomar said agrarian for over 100 families who have against caricatures of Prophet by the French President
tinuehispersonalsecurity arrangements will be made for whether he has retracted from reforms which were pending for been living there for decades." Mohammed. Rana says he never (Emmanuel Macron) today who
giventhesensitivityof the this, Chouhan told reporters. the 2019 Congress manifesto." long have been implemented Rae Bareli Congress chief In an interview to Zee News, promoted violence, nor said that making objectionable
matter. “Having perused He was responding to ques- SpeakingtoTheIndianExpress throughthenewfarmlaws."The Pankaj Tiwari said, "The matter the 67-year-old poet is purport- justified the French killings cartooniswrong,andmurdering
the letter, we don't con- tionsontheissueafterattending over the phone, Tomar said, "The Congress is anti-farmer, due to is under litigation and the High edly heard saying that he would someisevenworse.Ineverjusti-
sideritappropriatetopro- a meeting at state BJP headquar- Congress party had a manifesto which the condition of the farm- Court had ordered to vacate the havedonethesameif somebody fied the killing. When I said that
videsecurity,”anSC bench ters here on Monday evening. in which it mentioned all these ers could not improve even after land,whilewealsowantgovern- drew caricatures of his parents you call this illegitimate?” I would have done the same was
said,turningdowntheex- “Love jihad” is term used by things, first they should have re- their 50-60 years' rule," he said. ment to do something about the or deities. Talking to The Times of India, in a different context...,” he said.
judge’s plea. On right-wing activists to refer to tracted from their manifesto… The new laws have given families, who have been living Rana is purportedly heard the poet had allegedly said cari- Last month, a school teacher
September30,theCBIspe- the alleged campaign of Congress should not mislead freedom to farmers to sell their there for ages but we cannot say telling the channel, “If someone catures of Prophet Mohammed in a Paris suburb was beheaded
cial court in Lucknow had Muslims forcing Hindu girls to farmers." produce and this will lead to the much as Party has got nothing to makes a disgusting cartoon of were intentionally drawn by the for showing Charlie Hebdo car-
acquittedall32accusedin convert in the guise of love. StatingthattheModigovern- end of middlemen, Tomar said. do with the trust.” my father or mother, I will kill satire magazine Charlie Hebdo toons of Prophet Mohammed
the 1992 Babri Masjid that person. If someone makes because Frenchmen did not be- during a class on freedom of ex-
demolitioncase,citinglack an objectionable and disgusting lieve in the Prophet. pression. A few days later, three
of evidence to establish MIZORAM ORDERS JUDICIAL ENQUIRY cartoon of Indian Gods and The FIR was filed at more were killed in the French

Assam man dies in Mizoram custody,

thattheaccusedwerepart Goddesses like Mother Sita or Lucknow’s Hazratganj Police city of Nice by a knife-wielding
of any conspiracy to bring Lord Ram, I will kill that person. Station on a complaint by Sub- assailant.
down the structure. ENS When honour killing has been inspectorDeepakKumarPandey HazratganjSHOAnjaniKumar
considered acceptable in India whoallegedthatRana’sremarks Pandey said they would first un-
KERALA
HCdeferstrialin CM writes to Shah over border tension for thousands of years and there
is no punishment, then how can
to the news channel promoted
enmity between groups.
dertake a detailed investigation
and take action accordingly.

actressassault ter clashes between residents of Laskar's next of kin and asked dered a judicial enquiry into the

casetillFriday
ABHISHEK SAHA
GUWAHATI, NOVEMBER 2
border villages of Assam and
Mizoram.
Chief SecretaryJishnuBaruaand
DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta to
death. The man was allegedly a
drugpeddlerandwehavefound Stir against Macron: Cong MLA, 49
Kochi: The Kerala High
CourtonMondaydeferred
ASSAM CHIEF Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal wrote to
Sonowal in a statement said
thatLaskarwas"abductedbythe
miscreants from Lailapur Border
visit the border area and take
stock of the situation.
Cachar SP B L Meena told The
a small amount of heroin on his
person. Some locals had appre-
hendedhimontheMizoramside
others arrested in MP, released on bail
till Friday the trial in the Home Minister Amit Shah on Outpost area of Cachar district". Indian Express, "He (Laskar) used and handed over to personnel the Covid-19 outbreak, a police bers of the Muslim community
2017actresssexualassault Mondayafteramanhailingfrom The statement said that "follow- to collect wood from a forest fromtheExciseandNarcoticsde- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA official said. Masood and 49 oth- had staged the protest at Iqbal
case following allegations Cachar district died in the cus- ing the sequel of boundary rows along the border... As far as we partment. He was admitted to BHOPAL, NOVEMBER 2 erswerearrestedbythepoliceon Maidan here against Macron
byherandtheprosecution tody of Mizoram authorities af- along Assam-Mizoram border, know, he was in custody of the hospital because he was Sundayandlaterreleasedonbail over the cartoon controversy re-
that the trial court was ter he was allegedly abducted Chief Minister Sonowal sent the Mizoram.MizoramPolicehasin- weak. No external inquiry has MADHYA PRADESH Congress as offences registered against lated to depictions of Prophet
biased,hostileandpartisan from the inter-state border. details of the incidents to Union formedustodaythathehasdied." been found on the body." leaderandMLAArif Masoodwas them were bailable, he said. Muhammad in France.
in the conduct of the According to Assam officials, HomeMinisterAmitShahtoday". HeaddedthatLaskardidnothave Lalthangliana said the body among 50 people who were ar- They were set free from a po- The protesters violated the
proceedings. Justice V G Intazul Laskar was a woodcutter The statement, however, did a criminal record in the district. will be handed over to Assam on rested for staging a protest here lice station after they furnished district administration order
Arun passed the interim without any criminal record, not mention the contents of the Meanwhile, Deputy Tuesday after the completion of last week against French bail bonds, Additional Director banning assembly of people in
orderonapleafiledbythe whileMizoramofficialsmaintain letter to Shah. Commissioner of Mizoram's the judicial enquiry and con- President Emmanuel Macron Generalof Police(ADG)Upendra thewakeof the coronavirus out-
actress seeking transfer of he was involved in peddling The CM has also announced Kolasib district, H Lalthangliana, ducting the post-mortem. overacartoonrowinviolationof Jain said. break, Talaiya police station offi-
the trial in the case, in drugs.Hisdeathcomesweeksaf- an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to toldTheIndianExpress,"Ihaveor- --WITHPTIINPUTS restrictions put in place to curb The MLA along with mem- cer DP Singh had said earlier.
which actor Dileep is
among the accused, to
another court and posted
themattertoNovember6
forfurtherhearing. PTI GOANS' NIGHT PROTEST AGAINST INFRA PROJECTS
GUJARAT
Womanraped ‘This is not the land to destroy…we do not accept pollution’

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inAhmedabad, tracks.“FortyMLAssitintheAsse- beingraisedandsomehadstarted
3arrested
EXPLAINED

SMITA NAIR
Protestingto
mbly. Not once have they discus- performing the traditional Kunbi
CHANDOR, NOVEMBER 2 sed our issues.” His friend Jimmy “dancing protest”. Christabelle

protect environment
Ahmedabad: Two days af- Rodriques nodded. “The govern- Gomes,22,stoodwithherfriends.
ter a 32-year-old woman BY 10.30 PM, Nossa Senhora De menthastolisten.Policycannev- “I want to sit at home and study.
was allegedly gangraped Belem church square in Chador, ● er be against people. These coal Butdisturbinginformationonso-
in Ahmedabad, the Goa’sancientcapital,hadacrowd imports for Adani, Jindal and Ve- cialmediathatwearegoingtolose
DetectionofCrimeBranch of more than 3,000 — most had MORMUGAOPORTTrust’sprojectionsfor2030saytheywant danta overlook our state issues of ourbiodiversitymakesmeangry.”
(DCB) team of come to protest against the dou- to import 51.6 million tonnes of coal for Adani Group, JSW heritage and environment. The By1.30am,thedeputycollec-
Ahmedabad police ar- ble-trackingofrailwaylineswhich Group and Vedanta. Much of this will be transported through burden to the state’s ecology due tor, Jyoti Kumari, reached the site
rested three people on Goans fear is towards expansion Goa to other states. Also, Shipping Ministry has identified 17 to this huge coal corridor is not and appealed to the people to re-
Monday. As per an FIR of coal imports from Mormugao coal-backed power plants and 22 steel plants as “potential evenbeingdiscussed.” turn. She said there is no permis-
lodged on Sunday, one of Port Trust to Karnataka. clients” for the port. The protests are against infrastructure ViennaFernandes,62,thema- sion for the protest. Her appeals
the accused called the A man said on the speaker, “If projects being designed to carry this coal that is expected to tronfroma500-year-oldheritage that the crowd’s demand that no
womanandtookhertohis this is the pandemic, the urgency destroy ecological biodiversity. Railways haven’t got permis- home,stoodwithahelmetonher train “will cross today...has been
house. There, he and two is to stand here to safeguard the sions for laying tracks in western Ghats and has started laying head. “This coal directly affects accepted” was drowned with the
others gangraped the future from a bigger pandemic.” At the protest in Chandor. Smita Nair them in the state, which is when the Goans protested. me. The pollution has spoilt our crowd responding, “Never. Say
woman. "One of the ac- Earlier this week, the South living. I am forced to come out,” they will cross never”. Abhijeet
cused has been named in Western Railway started laying shesaid.“Theytellusthesecorpo- Prabhudesai,anenvironmentalist,
five instances of theft and tracksatavillageinGoa,leadingto tracksfrommidnightto5am.Iam crowdswelled.“Thiscrowdisnota have a culture to protect, we do expansion of cargo jetties off the rates are big. Then they do not askedhertogivetheorderinwrit-
two instances of boot leg- environmentalists groups calling here, and hope my prayers hold vote bank. This is history being not accept pollution,” Vaz said, state’s two river banks. know us, we are from Salcette in ing and “to keep the project in
ging while other two ac- themidnightprotest. By11.30pm, methroughthenight.”Thecrowd, made. We do not want our MLAs pointingtotheinfrastructureproj- By1am,thecrowdhadstarted Goa. There is a reason they call us abeyance”. Till 5 am, no one
cused have also been the crowd began its silent march mostly comprising youth and th- to speak for us. We are enough,” ects at different stages of govern- singingKonkanisongs.MLasfrom thefightingredde(fightingbulls). budged. The protesters have now
named in bootlegging towardsthetracksoff Chandor. ose who insisted to be called “vil- said Arvind Menezes from Aldo- ment clearance — four-laning of the Opposition tried to make a Besides, there is a sense of broth- saidtheywantthecollectortostop
cases in the past," said a SandraD’Sa,aPhDscholar,had lagers”, had a disagreement with nha,ashewalkedonthetracks. NH4A, double-tracking of South speech but were packed off. erhoodinGoa,wefighttogether.” givingclearancetolayingoftracks.
DCB official. ENS her candle wrapped in a rosary. political groups, asking them to Piedade Vaz held a candle. WesternRailwayandapowerline Constancio Fernandes, 45, a By then, slogans of “Go Back FULL REPORT ON
“The message was to occupy the lowerpartyflags.Bymidnight,the “Thisisnotthelandtodestroy;we through the western Ghats, and sailorfromLoutolim,stoodonthe Adani” and “Go Back Jindal” were www.indianexpress.com

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‘OFFENSIVE POSTS’ AGAINST UDDHAV, AADITYA

Arrested by Nagpur Amid protests by Oppn, J&K

Police, man gets bail,
only to be rearrested says old land laws obsolete
by Mumbai Police
person from outside J&K but can
ARUN SHARMA only be sold to an agriculturist
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 2 from within the UT. He said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla (right) with
“agriculturist’’ in the new law German Secretary of State, Federal Foreign Office Berlin,
AMID PROTESTS by opposition has been defined as a person Miguel Berger in Berlin on Monday. Twitter/@MiguelBergerAA
MOHAMED THAVER parties and many sections of the who himself/ herself cultivates
MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 2 public in Jammu and Kashmir land in the UT. Kansal also said

SAMEETTHAKKAR,whowasar-
restedbyNagpurPolicelastweek
against the new land laws intro-
duced by the Centre, the Union
Territoryadministration’sspokes-
thatnolandusedforagricultural
purposecanbeusedforanynon-
agricultural purpose, and that
In Germany, foreign
forallegedlypostingdefamatory
content against Maharashtra
ChiefMinisterUddhavThackeray Uddhav, Aaditya Thackeray
person Rohit Kansal on Saturday
defended the move, saying that
many of these laws repealed or
theterms“agriculturalland”and
“agriculturist” have been unam-
biguously defined in the new
secy raises LAC
and his son and cabinet minister
Aaditya, was granted bail by a
Nagpur court on Monday but Twitterjails.”
modifiedhadbecome“outdated”
and“obsolete’’andwereeven“re-
gressive’’ and “anti-people”.
laws to include not just agricul-
ture but also horticulture and al-
lied agro-activities. The safe-
stand-off, terrorism
wasrearrestedbyMumbaiPolice Advocate Dharam Mishra While National Conference Members of Civil Society Forum being detained during guard on agricultural land alone Recalling the terror attacks in
minutes later after the same fromShivSena’slegalcell,whois leader and former J&K chief min- a protest against new land laws in Srinagar on Monday. PTI would ensure that more than 90 SHUBHAJIT ROY France, he is learnt to have said,
court granted them his custody thecomplainantinthecase,said, ister Omar Abdullah has accused per cent land in J&K —which is NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 “My visit to Europe at the time of
in a similar case. “He insulted persons holding the government of opening J&K agricultural land — remains pro- the pandemic is also at a time
TheMumbaiPoliceFIRregis- Constitutional posts by making “for sale”, and said that the new its‘permanentresidents’.Theam- Land)Act,2014;Tenancy(StayOf tected and with the people of WITH AN eye on China and Paki- when we witness manifestation
tered in July is regarding his derogatory and abusive state- laws try to do away with land re- endedlawsopenupurbanornon- Ejectment Proceedings) Act, J&K, he added. stan, Foreign Secretary Harsh of radicalism and extremism in
tweets in the last week of June ments, outraged the modesty of forms that had been hallmark of agricultural land for purchase by 1966; J&K Utilization of Lands ButCongress’schief spokesp- Vardhan Shringla on Monday tal- Europe”.HehadvisitedFranceear-
and first week of July, and the women by posting obscene ma- the erstwhile state, Kansal main- outsiders,permitcontractfarming Act; and Prohibition of ersonRavinderSharma,saidthat ked to his German interlocutors lier,andisheadedtotheUKnow.
Nagpur Police FIR is based on terial and also used abusive lan- tained that the reality is “actually on agricultural lands, provide for Conversion of Land and Alien- peopleareopposingnotamend- about the multiple challenges “We are all stunned by the re-
tweets put out by him in the last guage against Supreme Court quite to the contrary’’. settingupofanindustrialdevelop- ation of Orchards Act, 1975. The ments or amalgamation of old Indiaisfacingduetothepandemic, centtragicterrorattacksinFrance
weekof July.Thetweetsaresim- judges.” Citing an instance, he said mentcorporation,amongothers. government has also modified land laws into new laws, but the “tensionsonournorthernborder” andthreattoourcommondemo-
ilar in nature whereby the JaiswalopposedtheMumbai whileAgrarianReformsAct,1976, Ineffect,adozenland-related four major existing laws: Agr- “openentryof outsiderswithout and the “ever-present menace of cratic values and freedom of ex-
Thackerays along with other Policeapplicationforcustody,ar- had already superseded the Big laws have been repealed: Big arian Reforms Act, 1976; Land anyrestrictionsinrespecttoland terrorismonourwesternborder”, pression,” a source quoted him as
leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi guing that “Mumbai is a Covid- Landed Abolition Act, relevant Landed Estates Abolition Act, RevenueAct,1939;LandsGrants andjobswithoutanysafeguards sourcessaidonMonday.Shringla, saying.“Unfortunatelytheterror-
(MVA) in Maharashtra are al- prone city... and the police could provisionsofbothlawshavebeen 1950; Common Lands (Regul- Act,1960;andJ&KDevelopment likedomicileetc,tolocalpeople’’. whoisonavisittoGermanyaspa- ists are united in purpose and ac-
legedly called objectionable beCovidpositive”andthiscould included in the new laws. ation)Act,1956;Consolidationof Act, 1970. He said, “They (Centre) have al- rtofhisEuropetour,discussedthe tion while we the victims are yet
names. Also, he allegedly had “adversely impact the health of According to Kansal, the new HoldingAct,1962;LandImprov- Calling the new laws “mod- ready assured people of Ladakh standoff along the India-China tobeso.Ironicallysomecountries
“abusive communal exchanges” the applicant”. The court, how- laws were required since the en- ement Scheme Act, 1972; Preve- ernandprogressive”,andafford- safeguardsinrespecttolandand Lineof ActualControl,itislearnt. who are the fountainhead of ter-
with members of the minority ever,gavehiscustodytoMumbai tiregamutofearlierlandlawswas ntion of Fragmentation of ing“adequateprotectionagainst jobs,andthelatterareonlywait- In Berlin, he met German ror are practising dissimulation
community on Twitter. Policeandaskedittoensurethat meant to serve an “old agrarian Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960; alienation of land to outsiders’’, ingforaformalnotificationinthe FederalForeignOffice’sministerof andclaimingtobevictimsofterror
Thakkar’s lawyer Prakash precautions are taken. Thakkar rural”,andmanyof thesehadbe- Alienation of Land Act, 1995; Kansal said several protections matter. The law that is good and stateNielsAnnenonMondayand to gain international sympathy.
JaiswalsaidthatapartfromtheFIR will be produced before a local come “outdated and obsolete”. Rightof PriorPurchaseAct,1936; have been introduced on similar is required in Ladakh...why Jan Hecker, the Foreign and Secu- We should be aware of these
atVPRoadpolicestationforwhich court in Mumbai on Tuesday. TheCentrehadonOctober26 J&K Flood Plain (Regulation and lines,as enacted in states such as is it not made applicable to J&K rity Policy Advisor to the German moves and learn to call a spade a
Mumbai Police got his custody, An FIR was lodged against amended and notified land laws Development) Act, 2005; J&K Himachal Pradesh and Uttarak- (as well)?” Chancellor Angela Merkel. The spade,” he told officials in Berlin,
there is another FIR at BKC police Thakkar, a businessman, at Sita- for the UT and explicitly omitted Underground Public Utilities hand.Hesaidthatnoagricultural FULLREPORTON twosides,itislearnt,hadaconver- accordingtosources.
station in Mumbai against Thak- buldipolicestationinNagpuron the protection earlier available to (Acquisition Of Rights Of User In land can be transferred to any www.indianexpress.com sation on the Indo-Pacific where Accordingtosources,inanin-
kar.ThesetwoFIRsareinaddition August 12 on the basis of a com- Chinese aggression has been evi- teraction with German think
to the FIR registered at Nagpur. plaint by Manish Tiwari, said to dentintherecentmonths.Accor- tanks, he took a swipe at Beijing
“WehavemovedtheSupreme
Court to club these offences.
beanaideof SenaMLCDushyant
Chaturvedi. He was granted re- Four booked for ‘defiling’ Mathura temple, 1 held dingtosources,hetoldGermanof-
ficials, “We are happy to note that
andsaid,“Threatstonationstates
and sovereignty can also come in
Offencesforthesameissuecannot lief by the Nagpur bench of Germany’sIndo-Pacificguidelines otherforms.Theworldisincreas-
be registered in different parts of Bombay High Court, which or- them, Faisal Khan, was arrested Sunday night. Khudai Khidmatgar spokes- recognisetheneedforGermanyto ingly witnessing debt trap diplo-
the country,” Jaiswal said. He said dered the police on August 28 to AVANEESH MISHRA from Delhi on Monday. “Wehavebeeninformedthat personPawanYadavclaimedthat diversifyitssupplychainsasIndia macyinthegarbofimprovingin-
Thakkarwasbroughttocourtwith refrain from taking coercive ac- LUCKNOW, NOVEMBER 2 The others have been identi- on October 29, four persons a few temple staff allowed the andGermanyhaveaclearconver- frastructure and connectivity
his face covered and there was tionagainsthim.Thecourtasked fied as Chand Mohammed, Alok came from Delhi. Two of them youthstooffernamaz,buttemple gence of interest in this area.” On without heeding financial viabil-
heavy security cover “as if he was himtoreporttothepolicestation FOURYOUTHSbelongingtoKhu- RatanandNileshGupta.Theyhave were Muslims. The Muslim authoritiesdeniedthis.Yadavsaid the strategic plane, he is learnt to ity or environmental concerns.
aterrorist”. daily, which Thakkar didn’t do. daiKhidmatgar,aDelhi-basedor- been booked for promoting en- youthsofferedafternoonnamaz Khanhadofferedanapologyifhe have said, “We have common in- While there is no doubt that con-
Whenhewasarrested,Jaiswal The HC had then dismissed his ganisation which claims to pro- mitybetweendifferentgroupson inside the temple. On Sunday, hurt religious sentiments. terestswithEuropeandGermany nectivityamongnationsneedsto
had told the court that the case petition on October 20, paving mote communal harmony, were groundsofreligion,defilingaplace somesharedphotosonFacebook Temple caretaker Mukesh in terms of combatting terrorism be improved, we have to be cau-
smackedof“politicalintolerance” the way for his arrest. booked on Sunday after two of of worshipandpublicmischief. calling it an act of harmony. The Goswami said Khan had claimed and extremism, ensuring climate tious about the terms of engage-
and that “if people were to be ar- He was then arrested on them allegedly offered namaz at Onacomplaintbythetemple temple staff lodged a complaint to be a Hindu and recited several actionandsupportingmultilater- ment.”ThisisincontextofChina’s
restedforsuchremarksonTwitter, October 25 by Nagpur Police NandMahaltempleinUP’sMath- caretaker, an FIR was lodged at and an FIR has been registered,” shlokasfromreligioustextsonthe alism with a view to strengthen- Belt and Road Initiative, which
thenwewillhavetocreatespecial from Rajkot. ura district last month. One of BarsanapolicestationinMathura said SSP Gaurav Grover. day they visited the temple. ingarules-basedorder.” NewDelhihasopposed.

HC reserves
order in Hathras
case, asks CBI to
file status report
Lucknow: The Lucknow Bench of
the Allahabad High Court on
Monday reserved its order on a
petition alleging administration
and police high handedness fol-
lowingtheHathrasgangrapeand
murder. The court also directed
CBI to file a status report by Nov-
ember 25, the next date of hear-
ing, said senior advocate Jaideep
NarainMathur,whohasbeenap-
pointedamicuscuriaeinthecase.
Additional Director General
(Law & Order) Prashant Kumar,
stateHomeSecretaryTarunGaba
and suspended Hathras SP Vikr-
antVirSinghappearedbeforethe
court as directed in the last hear-
ingonOctober12.HathrasDistrict
MagistratePraveenKumarLaxkar
AT THE COURT
wasalsopresentinthecourt.“The Actor Rhea Chakraborty outside the sessions court in Mumbai on Monday. Ganesh Shirsekar
state government informed the
court that compensation and se-
curity have been provided to the
victim'sfamilyaspertheSupreme
Court order,” said Additional
Advocate General V K Shahi. ENS
Assam builds 119 high OBITUARY

schools in tea gardens Corps of Signals salutes its following Signallers who left us for
their heavenly abode during the month of Oct 2020.

Businessman’s (a) 15671026H Nk

(b) 15696682P Nk
Jaswant Singh
Arbind Kumar Mishra
death: HC rejects ABHISHEK SAHA
(c) 15743264N Sigmn
(d) 15668363M Hav
Vel K
Th Jiban Singha
GUWAHATI, NOVEMBER 2
ex-SP’s plea for Annu Tandon with SP chief
(e) 15671270H Sigmn
(f) 15726680F LNk
Kuldeep Singh
Chaudhari Anmol Ramanlal
THE ASSAM government has Akhilesh Yadav. Vishal Srivastav
quashing FIR started construction of 119 high
(g) 15746122F Sigmn
(h) 15700466F LNk
Abhishek Kumar
KK Jha
schools in tea gardens — so far,
Lucknow: The Allahabad High theseareashadonlyprimaryand Former Cong (i) 15722932L Sigmn Pushpendra Kumar
On behalf of the Corps, we sincerely pray to Almighty for
Court on Monday dismissed sus- middle schools. The Tea Tribes
pended IPS officer Mani Lal comprise17percentofthestate's MP Annu peace to the departed souls & strength to the bereaved
families to bear this irreparable loss.
Patidar’s writ petition seeking population.
quashing of FIR against him and “In more than 70 years after Tandon joins SP
stay against his arrest in connec- Independence, it is for the first Assam Education Minister
tion with the death of a Mahoba time that high schools will be es- Himanta Biswa Sarma at the
businessman. tablished in the tea gardens of foundation laying ceremony ENS & PTI
Patidar, who was SP in Assam.Itmarksanewbeginning of a school. Twitter LUCKNOW, NOVEMBER 2
Mahoba before he was sus- forthedevelopmentofeducation
pended,isanaccusedinthedeath and culture in the tea gardens of FORMER CONGRESS MP Annu
of 44-year-oldIndrakantTripathi. Assam,” Education Minister structingeachmodelhighschool. Tandon on Monday joined SP,
“The High Court dismissed HimantaBiswaSarmasaidduring TheTeaTribesformanimpor- days after she sent her resigna-
Patidar’swritpetitionstatingthat a rally in Dhekiajuli on Monday. tantvoterbaseinthestateandthe tion to Congress president
thereisnogroundforquashingof Schools across the state re- BJP-led government’s push for Sonia Gandhi.
the FIR,” Additional Advocate opened on Monday after being schoolscomesaheadofstateelec- Tandon joined the SP at a
General Manish Gopal said. shut for over seven months. tions early next year. small function at the party head-
Tripathi died of gunshot in- On Sunday, Chief Minister GS Barhoi, Golaghat district quarters with SP chief Akhilesh
juriesonSeptember15,daysafter Sarbananda Sonowal laid the secretaryofAssamChahMazdoor Yadav welcoming her. Shashank
heaccusedPatidar,thenSP,of ex- foundation stone for the new Sangha, welcomed the move. “It Shekhar Shukla, who once
tortionandcriminalintimidation schools. A statement released by willhelpshiftthefocus...towards planned the campaign for the
in a video that went viral. Patidar hisofficesaid,“Teacommunity is the need of education for an eco- Congress among reserved con-
wasearlierbookedformurderbut an integral part of greater Assa- nomicallybackwardcommunity,” stituencies, and Ankit Parihar,
after an SIT report indicated that mese society. The community, Barhoi said. However, he said, who contested from Bhagwant
Tripathi had killed himself, the which has embraced Assam and workers’ problems with mini- NagarseatinUnnaoonaCongress
murderchargeagainsttheIPSof- Assameseastheirownandassim- mumwagescontinue.“Currently, ticket earlier, also joined the SP.
ficerwaschangedtoabetmentto ilatedintoAssamesesociety,must wagesareRs167perday.Howcan Tandon praised Akhilesh
suicide.PatidarmovedtheHCaf- be enabled to reap benefits of a worker sustain with that? So Yadav, terming him as a “young,
ter a court issued non-bailable equal development.” when a boy in the family reaches progressive and visionary” leader
warrants against him and two According to officials, Rs 1.20 a certain age, the family wants having all the qualities expected
other accused policemen. ENS crore would be spent for con- him to earn rather than study.” fromaleader.

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It is vain to expect virtue from women till
they are in some degree independent of men.
— MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

After Charlie Hebdo

FOUNDED BY
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RAMNATH GOENKA
Cartoons in our times need not be blunt
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
instruments. The message has to be clear, not loud

GUARDED OPTIMISM E P Unny

Economic indicators suggest normalisation of economic TO TWEAK AN Einstein quote, cartoons media war between two newspaper barons minced words. The way things are going, it
should be made as simple as possible, but —JosephPulitzer,whopioneereditspublica- won’t be long before many parts of Europe
activities. But durability of the rebound is a matter of concern not simpler. Charlie Hebdo cartoons are look- tion in 1895 in his New York World, and his have considerable migrant populations. The

S
ingincreasinglysimplerinaworldthatisget- rival, William Randolph Hearst, who ac- cartoon readerships there would increas-
EEN AGAINST THE depths to which economic activity had plummeted in the ini- ting thoroughly complicated. Since the sim- quired it after three years for his New York ingly begin to look like India’s or Sri Lanka’s
tialphaseof thenationallockdown,thesequentialimprovementineconomicin- plest solution on offer these days is simpler Journal. The bulk of the comics readership — mixed, varied, young. Even then, Charlie
dicators over the past few months suggests that the process of normalisation of than the simplest of cartoons — single- was the growing migrant population. Hebdo might merrily carry on but not many
economicactivitiesiswellunderway.Asindicatedbyleadingindicators,bothag- minded terror — cartoonists must wonder Theexpatstooktothecomics,thencalled will look up to it, just because it is European.
gregate demand and supply have witnessed an improvement with the easing of lockdown how they got themselves into this mess. And funnies, where hand-drawn cartoon charac- Younger cartoonists the world over
rethink not in terms of pulling punches but tersspokepithycolloquialEnglish,handwrit- wouldlookelsewhere.Theyfacethepredica-
restrictions.However,onemustbecautiouswhileinterpretingthesenumbers.Forinstance,
in terms of a new perspective. ten into speech balloons. The look and feel ment of having to make impossible choices
large parts of the high-contact services sector such as airlines, hospitality and tourism con- The Hebdo cartoon was a ready excuse, a was informal and non-intimidating, alto- andsharpdistinctions—saybetweenacom-
tinue to lag the industrial sector,and their revivalinpart depends on the success in contain- trigger for the killings, not the cause. gether inviting. Kids mimicked, parents read passionate religion and those who wield the
ing the virus. Provocation could have come from cinema, The French weekly that sees out and families started speaking imperfect sword in its name. They would love Mike
On the production side, signalling a continuing pickup in the supply side, the Nikkei’s writing, music, fashion or food. Organised itself as politically left English. The newspaper’s comics page be- Luckovich for his classic on the 9/11 attack
terror waits for a context and the cartoon came an early facilitator of the migrant’s on the World Trade Centre. Luckovich drew
manufacturing purchasing managers index, released on Monday, rose to 58.9 in October —
could easily provide it because it is the car-
should have nothing against journey in the Land of Opportunity. the Holy Quran standing like a tower and
indicating the fastest expansion in factory output in over a decade. Similarly, the index of immigrants, but it has hurt
toonist’s job to provoke, ridicule and offend. True, these are sequential comics and not showed a tiny airplane labelled “Islamic
eight core industries in September was almost at the same level as last year, with coal, elec- But is that all a cartoon can do? them with the cartoon as a political cartoons of the kind Charlie Hebdo Terrorists” about to crash into it
tricity,andsteelswingingintopositiveterritory.Ontheconsumptionside,indicatingapickup TheFrenchweeklythatseesitself aspolit- features. Get closer home and you’ll find that AmidstthesoaringIslamophobiathatfol-
blunt instrument. France has
indemand,thegoodsandservicestaxcollectionsforthemonthof Octoberrosetoaneight- icallyleftshouldhavenothingagainstimmi- thepoliticalcartoonworksforthemigrantno lowed the terror strike, the message came
grants, but it has hurt them with the cartoon
a significant Muslim less.India’scorecartooninghasbeenpolitical across,anythingbutloudbutcrystalclear,on
month highof Rs1.05lakhcrore— 10per cent higher thancollectionsoverthe sameperiod
last year. While part of this rise could be attributed to the September 30 deadline for claim- asabluntinstrument.Francehasasignificant population, most of them and our cartoons have grown in and around how untrue these bigots were to the religion
inginputtaxcreditandthereconciliationforbusinessesfor2019-20,thecontinuedriseine-
Muslim population, most of them immi- immigrants. A good many citiesbackedbyjob-seekingmigrants,includ- they swore by. In the same vein, Art
grants. A good many are believers and new are believers and new to the ing the cartoonists themselves. Most of our Spiegelman did In the Shadow of No Towers
waybillgenerationalsopointstowardsimprovementinactivity.Recentreportsalsosuggest tothehostculture,whichisusedtohandling prominent practitioners from Shankar to RK (2004), a graphic novel that treats al Qaeda
that demand for both four-wheelers and two-wheelers appears to be firming up. Sales for suchexcessesinacartoonwithashrugof the host culture, which is used to Laxman andAbuAbrahamtoSudhirDarwere andthePentagonwithequalscorn.Themas-
MarutiSuzuki,forinstance,stoodat1,63,656unitsinthedomesticmarket,up18percentover shoulder, a pungent letter to the editor or a handling such excesses in a expats. And they handled a bigger, more un- ter refused to make a choice between terror
thesameperiodlastmonth.Similarly,HeroMotoCorpreportedaspikeindemandfromur- searing counter-cartoon. The settlers would cartoon with a shrug of the certain democracy than the post-war and a state that exploited it to undermine its
banandsemi-urbanareas.RailwayfreightrevenuewasupinthefirsthalfofOctoberaswere takeawhiletoacquiresuchskills.Meanwhile, shoulder, a pungent letter to European ones in France or West Germany. It own proclaimed democracy.
diesel sales, which reportedly witnessed the first year-on-year growth since February. This theartformwouldgetsufficientlydemonised wouldn’t have been easy to cartoon through Charlie Hebdo has no such hesitation. It
intheireyes.Historically,thisisasadbetrayal the editor or a searing the Partition of the subcontinent that came takes sides without a second thought. It has
sequential improvement in economic activity is also reflected in preliminary results of cor- counter-cartoon. The settlers
of the abiding bond between the immigrant withthebirthof thenation.And,whenfinally a legacy advantage: The mood of Western
porates for the second quarter of the current financial year, which indicate a turnaround in and cartoon art. The Hebdo cartoonist is an- would take a while to acquire thepolitylookedlikesettlingdown,camethe Europe that breathed easy after the defeat of
performance after the collapse in the first quarter. tagonising a willing natural readership. Emergency and press censorship. At the best the Nazis. Founded in 1970, Charlie Hebdo’s
such skills. Meanwhile, the
Yet, this optimism needs to be tempered. For one, part of the recovery in economic ac- At the close of 19th century, the advent of times, cartoonists and their editors dealt art practice celebrates that WorldWar II mo-
tivities can be traced to the ongoing festive season. Whether this momentum sustains, or of the comics coincided with the rise of the art form would get with a much-layered, multi-ethnic, often ment which chose unbridled freedom over
theextenttowhichitsustains,beyondthemonthsofOctoberandNovemberremainstobe big American cities built by waves of immi- sufficiently demonised in touchyreadership.InneighbouringSriLanka, all else. The choice is no longer that simple
gration.Distinguishedcartoonhistorianslike their eyes. Historically, this cartoonists have faced tougher times. To cut — between an evil Hitler and liberating
seen. Then, there is the possibility of a surge in COVID-19 infections during the festive sea-
JudithO’Sullivanhavedweltatlengthonthis. thestoryshort,outsidethestructureddemoc- armies. Right now, the world’s most power-
son,whichcouldheightenriskaversion.Thiscoupledwithcontinuingincomeuncertainty Those who came in were struggling to pick
is a sad betrayal of the racies of the West, the art practice has coped. ful electorate isn’t making half as clear a
could adversely impact the growth trajectory going forward, though its impact will be vis- upAmericanEnglishandtheyfoundtheeas- abiding bond between the This is not to suggest that cartoonists choice — between a Trump and his chal-
ible with a lag. iest learning device — the comics in the immigrant and the cartoon must function under a Damocles’ sword and lenger.AndnoWorldWarIIIisinsight tosort
newspapers, printed big and in colour. The art. The Hebdo cartoonist is turnoutsuitablyevasiveandsafestuff,which out matters and bring the much-needed
very first comic character, Yellow Kid, cre- the reader somehow figures out. This is not clarity to the cartoonist.
ated by Richard Outcault, was a sensation
antagonising a willing the way our predecessors functioned. The

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Kerala Congress chief must pay

for his rank misogyny

S AN AMERICAN STORY
EXIST FOUL-TALK — of the kind that belongs in locker-rooms — continues to en-
joy indemnity in Indian politics. Nothing else explains why Mullappally
Ramachandran, aveteranleaderof the Congress in Kerala, aformer Union minis-
ternoless,wouldwanttocounterawoman’stestimonybyshamingherasa“pros-
titute”. It is this impunity that also emboldened him to discredit the charge that she was Multiracial citizens like Kamala Harris will vote for a recognition of their America
rapedbyseveralministersintheformerUDFgovernmentbyinsinuatingthatawomanwith
“self-respect” would have died rather than be assaulted several times over. Ramachandran
forked out an apology after an uproar, but there is more than a whiff of insincerity to it. But Bryan Monroe
his remarks, undeniably, put the Congress national leadership on test. Last month, former
WE CLAIM her as our own. We share her bourhoods. It was hard to be of both worlds. theweekendsandgetintroubleforsneaking
chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath had gotten away with a murmur of disap-
with you. But her story is an American story Still, in America, our diversity is our out of the house in high school.
provalfromRahulGandhi,evenwhenhecalledImartiDevi,aDalitleaderandaformerparty — of struggle, change and hope. strength, even though there are many today Wewouldjokethatweknewmoreabout
colleague, an “item”. No doubt. Kamala Harris is a Black trying to widen the cracks between us. For the customs, tastes and practices of white
ThequestionfortheCongressisthis:If leaderslikeNathandRamachandrancontinueto woman. TheUS senator who is,perhaps, less those who grew up with multicultural back- America than theyknew aboutours. We had
incur zero political cost for rank sexist abuse, for using language that demeans and dehu- than a day away from being elected as the grounds, with feet in both worlds, they see to listen to their Led Zeppelin and eat their
maniseswomen,forwieldingdecayingnotionsofhonourandrespectagainstvictimsofsex- first female vice-president of the United themselves as America, the embodiment of under-seasoned chicken at the soccer team
States, was born in Oakland and raised in what actually makes this country great. potluck. We had to learn their traditions, but
ual assault, what is its credibility when it campaigns for justice for a Dalit teen raped and
Berkeley. She went to Howard University, a And that’s the America voters will be they knew little about our lives, our habits,
murderedinHathras?ThatisnottosaythatthisbrandofcoarsenessislimitedonlytoCongress. historicallyBlack collegeinWashington,D.C. choosing.A2015PewResearchCentersurvey our world. We’d go to the same schools and
ItisendemictoIndianpolitics,andusedthoughtlesslyagainstwomen,especiallyfrommar- She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha of multiracial American adults showed that wear the same clothes, but we’d still be seen
ginalisedcommunities.Ramachandran’splatitudesaboutrapevictimstapintoalargercon- Sorority, one of the “Divine Nine” US Black while59percentfelttheirbackgroundsmade through an unfamiliar lens.
sensus—fashionedbysociety,cultureandpolitics—thatsaysthatacagedsexuality—owned sororities and fraternities. In America, you themmoreopentoothercultures,55percent It didn’t seem fair. Our normal should
by men and protected from other men — is what gives women worth. don’t get much Blacker than that. said they have been subject to racial slurs or havebeenjustas validas thewhite kids’nor-
Theregularitywithwhichmenstooptosuchrhetoricisadirectoutcomeofgenderinequal- Butsheisalsoachildof India.Hermother, jokes.Aboutoneinfour(24percent)havealso mal. Still, we were the ones, in the eyes of
Shyamala Gopalan Harris, was born in felt annoyed because people have made as- many white American adults with limited
ityinIndianpolitics.Withappallinglevelsofrepresentationofwomen,acrosslevelsandpar-
Chennai and met her father, Donald J Harris, sumptionsabouttheirracialbackground,the expectations of Black people, who were un-
ties,thepublicspherehasbecome,bydefault,amaleturf,wheretoxicspeechgoeslargelyun- animmigrantfromJamaica, during a protest “where-are-you-really-from” question. usual, or exceptional.
punished and where pieties of sexual dishonour go uncontested. But till a critical mass of attheUniversityof California,Berkeley,inthe A 2015 Pew Research Center I’veknownKamalaformorethan20years We’re in this country, we’re of this coun-
women politicians pushes back against this cheap misogyny, national parties cannot afford early ’60s. survey of multiracial — we both lived and worked in the San try,butstill,in2020,wedon’tfeelothersthink
to sleep on their watch. It is incumbent on them to detoxify the public space. The Congress Kamala and her younger sister Maya had Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s. I was an ed- thatwearethiscountry.This,despitethefact
a middle-class upbringing in northern
American adults showed itorattheSanJoseMercuryNews,andshewas that, by 2045, the US Census predicts that
must make sure that there are political consequences for Ramachandran’s florid loose talk that while 59 per cent felt
California but were not sheltered from the atalentedprosecutoranddistrictattorneyfor America will more non-white than white.
— and that should be an example for other parties to follow.
racialcomplexitiesof Americainthe’70s,es- their backgrounds made the city and county of San Francisco, later to It’s true that Kamala Harris identifies as
pecially as someone who shared multiple them more open to other become the state’s first attorney-general of Black. And she identifies as Indian. But she
cultures — Black and Indian. African-American (and Indian) heritage. first identifies as American. As American as
cultures, 55 per cent said
DIAMOND FOREVER
But even in the Bay Area, one of the most We are about the same age, with similar dosas and fried chicken. That’s the America
raciallydiverseregionsofAmerica— thepop- they have been subject to circumstances as young Black kids in that we live in now. On November 3, that’s
ulationtodayismorenon-whitethanwhitein racial slurs or jokes. About America. Both of our parents had graduate all that should matter.
most of its major counties — the voices of one in four (24 per cent) degrees. This, too, was normal among many Inhermemoir,TheTruthsWeHold(2019),
Sean Connery survived the Bond persona to become those of colour struggle to be heard over the of theBlackfamilieswegrewuparound.Like Kamala recalled her mother’s words to her:
pain of past injustices. Berkeley, for instance, have also felt annoyed Kamala and Maya, my older sister and I “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You
an all-time great actor because people have

F
hadahistoryofracialsegregation,withredlin- would often be the only or one of just a few tell them who you are.”
UNNY THEY SAID, you only live twice. Sean Connery showed you could have as ing — the practice of banks refusing to write made assumptions about Black children in our classes, or on our sports
mortgages in predominantly Black neigh- their racial background, teams, or in one of many extracurricular ac- The writer is an associate professor at Temple
many lives as you wanted — as James Bond, as a returning James Bond, as a
bourhoods — dating back to 1933 and many tivities. In the ’70s and ’80s, we’d wear University in Philadelphia, and was formerly
sworn Scotsman, as “the man’s man” in a kilt, as a star who chose his own re- areas having restrictive covenants that pro- the ‘where-are-you-really- Brittania jeans and watch Soul Train on the editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine and
tirement, and as the world’s most famous secret agent whose suit actors strug- hibitedminoritiesfromlivingincertainneigh- from’ question. Saturday mornings. We’d go to cookouts on the editor of CNN Politics digital
gled to fill out till two decades later. Even Ian Fleming, who created Bond, gave it a new
life — one starting from Scotland — impressed by Connery.
Did the many lives the actor had led till the point he blazed onto the screen in svelte
suits and skimpy swimwear, conquering villains and women alike with panther-like
grace and a licence to kill, inform the actor he would be? Connery didn’t like to talk about NOVEMBER 3, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO
it — either his humble beginnings, or his journey from being a milkman, a Navy man, a
labourer and a coffin polisher, to a bodybuilder, leading to a Mr Universe No. 3 finish, and ARMY PUMPS OIL Narengi, until their demands were fulfilled. ABADAN BATTLE
films.However,partof theConnerycharm,thatwouldbecomeinseparablefrom hisBond THE ARMY WAS firmly on the Assam scene, IRAQI FORCES MOUNTED new assaults on
character, was to not really lead life — that word again — by other people’s rules. When facilitatingthe flowof blockedcrudeoilfrom JANATA’S CALL Abadan’seasterngates,asdefendersof Iran’s
he decided he had had enough of playing 007, across three decades, he moved on to roles Upper Assam wells to the Gauhati refinery THEJANATAPARTYurgedoppositionparties largest oil refining city “fought with all their
and taking over the maintenance of law and and individuals “sharing its perception” to might to stop the enemy’s advances”, war
withmoreshadesof grey.Inanensemblecastof unmatchablesinTheUntouchables(1987),
order in the Dispur MLAs’ hostel area. cooperate with it in resisting the “anti-dem- communiques from Tehran reported.
he won himself an Oscar. Pumping commenced after a 11-month halt ocratic policies” of Prime Minister Indira
But even diamonds are not forever, and Connery’s alpha male charm, his love-them- forced by the agitation on the foreigners’ is- Gandhi’sgovernment.Initsresolutiononthe NAM PANEL MEET
and-leave-them Bond, and its Pussy Galore women, may not have done as well in the sue. While the resumption of oil flow will political situation, the national executive of THENON-ALIGNEDCOUNTRIES’committee
#MeToo era. Connery had to spend years accounting for advocating hitting women, save the 750-km-long Gauhati-Barauni the party regretted that Mrs Gandhi’s gov- of “good offices” on the Iran-Iraq war met in
though with an “open-handed slap”, in a 1975 interview. He approved, though, of Daniel pipeline from the gelling of crude in winter, ernment had “nearly destroyed the material Belgrade. The meeting was attended by four
it might take a few days for the Barauni re- and moral fibre of the nation”. It noted that foreign ministers — PV Narasimha Rao of
Craig, whose Bond is more emotional. Craig is up next in his fifth, and overall the 25th,
finery to be fed, according to Oil India offi- the people had given a massive mandate to India, Isidoro Malmierca of Cuba, Wilson
Bond. He has promised No Time To Die is his last. Connery, perhaps agreeing that 90 is a cials.However,theAllAssamStudents’Union the Congress-I hoping to get a “government Chakouli of Zambia and Josip Vrhovec of
good age to call it a wrap on a life lived well, would perhaps be swirling that Martini and and the All Assam Gana Parishad decided to that works”. But all their hopes had been be- Yugoslavia. The meeting came to an end un-
smiling that smile.His last, after all,was propitiously named Never Say Never Again (1983). resist any attempt at crude oil flow beyond lied by the Indira Gandhi regime. expectedly, for reasons that are still unclear.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 WHAT THE OTHERS SAY

THE IDEAS PAGE

“Killed, maimed, jailed, sued, bullied and harassed in various other ways,
journalists are under growing pressure across the world. With the addition of
‘virtual violence’, threats facing the fourth estate are profound and many.”
— DAILY STAR, BANGLADESH

Outside the Quad The plural saffron

Every spoken or written word masked with
Bipartisan agreement in US for overhaul of global order could see creation of a new league of democracies, ‘Hindutva’ is not the view of the RSS, which is the
with consequences for India’s economic prosperity and technological future civilisational concept of Hinduness
what seem like semantic variations in the
ideological lexicon. For example, many be-
lieve that “Hindu” is a synonym for
“Bhartiya”. He states that “there may be
some who have an objection in accepting
this term. We do not object to they using
other words if the content in their mind is
RAJA MANDALA the same”. The content is more important
Rakesh Sinha than the container.
by C Raja Mohan Secularists have intellectually coerced
the historical nuances of Hindus and
THEVIJAYADASHAMIFUNCTIONoftheRSS Hindutva. This is evident from colonial-era
AUSTRALIA’S PARTICIPATION IN the annual is not just a custom — it is ideologically sig- census reports, which show a serious en-
Malabar exercises, kicking off this week in nificant.TheSarsanghachalakcandidlycon- deavour by scholars to understand what it
the Bay of Bengal, marks the emergence of textualises the organisation’s worldview. meanstobeaHindu.Inthesecondall-India
the Quad as a new feature of the Indo- ThetraditionisasoldastheRSSitself.Mohan censusin1881,JamesAustinBourdillon,the
Pacific geopolitics. Although the recent de- Bhagwat’sVijayadashamispeechwillaugur census superintendent, asked, “What is a
cisions on its consolidation have all come afreshdebateonvitalissuesofbeingHindu, Hindu?” In 1911, L S S O’Malley, census su-
in the final weeks of President Donald theHindunationandHindutva.Earlierdef- perintendent of Bengal and Orissa, found
Trump’s first term, the Quad is likely to en- initions and interpretations of all three cat- suchexercisesfutile.The1921censusreport
dure, thanks to the strong institutional com- egories fell prey to discursive political de- of Punjab and Patiala mentioned Rev. W W
mitment in all four capitals — Canberra, bates which lacked historical perspective. Wilkins’ understanding of being a Hindu:
Delhi, Tokyo and Washington. Hindu Mahasabha (HMS) leader V D “In fact, Hinduism is not a religion but a
ThequestionisnolongerabouttheQuad’s Savarkar’s work, Hindutva (1923) was the groupof religionsinwhichdiversereligious
sustainability, but India’s ability to take full first theoretical proposition on the issue. It beliefsarecompoundedtogether.Nosingle
advantage of the possibilities after the US monopolised successive debates on these mancanbeascribedastheoriginatorof this
electionstoconstructawiderangeof newin- three categories since the colonial era. religion.Whateverreligionwasprevalentin
ternationalcoalitions.Despitemanyideolog- Savarkardrewthegeo-culturalboundaryof pre-historic time in India and whatever
icalcontentionsbetweenthem,Republicans C R Sasikumar Hindutvaobjectively.Contextually,itwasan changes wrought with the tide of civilisa-
andDemocratsagreeontheneedforanover- attempttosafeguardHindusfrombecoming tion… should be considered as Hinduism.”
haul of global structures to cope with the part of India’s deepening territorial and po- administration promote a “Clean Network” definitionally orphaned given the commu- Bhagwat conceptualised Hindu Rashtra
emerging challenges. litical disputes with China. Delhi also figured thateliminatesuntrustworthyvendorsfrom nal challenges posed through conversions as an adjective for the collective of Hindus.
The likely changes could envelop a range out that it was not possible for BRICS to con- telecom systems, digital apps, trans-oceanic andbubblesofreligiousnationalities.While Hesaid:“HinduRashtraisnotapoliticalcon-
of old institutions like the Five Eyes — the strainBeijing,sinceChinawassomuchbigger cables and cloud infrastructure. While it be- abrillianttext,Hindutvaisnotthesoledeter- cept.”Buthealsoleavesanunsaidquestion:
Anglo-American alliance for sharing intelli- thantheotherfourmembersputtogether.As gan with the targeting of Chinese suppliers minantofpastandpresentHindutvaworld- Do the followers of Islam and Christianity,
gencebetween the US, UK,Canada,Australia India’s focus inevitably shifted to the con- likeHuawei,CleanNetworkisnowabroader view. The likes of Bipin Chandra Pal, twomajorfaithsinIndia,accommodatethe
and New Zealand — and the G-7 grouping structionof a“multipolarAsia”,theQuadand efforttobuildsecuretechnologyecosystems Rabindranath Tagore and S Radhakrishnan cultural and civilisational journey of India
that coordinates Western policies on global its central role in constructing a stable bal- among like-minded countries. as thinkers, and the RSS as a movement, from time immemorial or does their exclu-
economic management. We could also see ance of power in Asia became apparent. Britain is said to be developing plans to havetheirownimaginationofHindutvaand sivism not allow their secularisation?
the creation of a new League of Democracies That brings us into the fourth phase in conveneacoalitionof10democracies,includ- the Hindu nation. The secularist discourse Exclusivism is incompatible with diversity
that will address a wide range of issues, in- India’smultilateralismthatismarkedbythree ingIndia,thatcancontributetotheconstruc- disparaged this, which is intellectually im- andassimilation.Wehaveinstancesofforce-
cluding the defence of shared values, com- features — the relative rise in Delhi’s interna- tion of secure 5G networks and reduce the moral and a fraud on their part. fullyconvertedpeoplenotabandoningtheir
merce, corruption, taxation, climate change tional standing, the breakdown of the great current dependence on China. France and SecularistspaintedHindutvaasamono- culturalandspiritualtraditions.However,ex-
and digital governance. powerconsensusoneconomicglobalisation, Canada have invited India to join the Global lithandacceptedsemanticvariationswithin clusivists considered such traits as violating
Theconsolidationof theQuadreflectsthe and the breakout of the US-China rivalry. Partnershiponartificialintelligencethatnow it,notphilosophicalones.Thishelpedthem “religiouspurity”.CELuard,superintendent
political will in Delhi to break free from old Shaken by the aggressive Chinese strat- includes15countries.Theobjectiveistopro- to impose an imaginary objective on it — of Census Operation in Central India, 1901,
shibboleths and respond to security impera- egytoweakentheUS-ledpost-Wararchitec- mote responsible development of AI that is majoritarian political exclusivism. They wrote: “It is notatfirst sight always possible
tives. The post-Quad era opens a new phase ture,bothRepublicansandDemocratsareea- consistent with shared democratic values. drew parallels between Hindutva and dis- to distinguish between a Hindu and a
in which India, for the first time, can help ger to reorder international institutions. The One of the most consequential develop- credited concepts like racial purity and mi- Mohammedanwedding.”Thecensusreport
shape global institutions. Trump administration has already sought to ments after the US elections will be the de- nority subjugation. Concomitantly, they of1921givesanotherinstanceofthemerger
Changing the world was indeed a major imagine the Quad’s possibilities beyond the mandtoreformtheglobaltradingsystemthat treatedtheRSSasanappendageofthe(now of tradition and religious practices: The
theme of newly independent India’s aspira- defencedomain.TheinvitationtoIndiatojoin has been distorted by Chinese success in sub- dead organisation) HMS. In this context, Dudekula—acommunitynumbering71,612
tioninthemiddleof the20thcentury.Butthe a Five Eyes meeting earlier this month in verting it. If Trump wins, his assault on the Bhagwat’sspeechisaremarkableinterven- people — performed shastra puja on Bakrid,
gap between Delhi’s ambition and impact Tokyo on communications security came WorldTradeOrganisationcouldbefiercerthan tion to correct both sides of the contempo- as many do on Dussehra, and adopted both
was large. If idealism was the hallmark of amidstthebipartisancallsintheUSCongress now. To be sure, Biden has been supportive of rary debate. Hindu and Mohammedan names.
India’s internationalism in the 1950s, the fortheexpansionof theforumandtheinclu- multilateralism in general. But pressure from The RSS has never been a votary of a Hindutvaisapolitico-culturalresponse
harsh politics of the Cold War quickly damp- sionof India.Whileanearlyexpansionof the Trump as well as the working classes and the theocratic state. Its founder, K B Hedgewar, toSemiticpejorativesandtheirprogramme
enedit.Inthe1970s,Indiaembracedtherad- forumisnotonthecards,itappearsinterested progressivesinhisownpartyhavecompelled delineated a civilisational concept. Hence, toimpactthereligiousdemographyandun-
icalagendaof aNewInternationalEconomic in developing wider circles of intelligence Biden to promise there will beno return to an it has continued to evolve and assimilate. brokenhistoricaljourneyofIndia.Savarkar’s
Order, as the leader of the Non-Aligned sharing and cooperation. ideologically driven free trade policy. Hedgewar’s perspective was informed not work is a part of this, but the ideological re-
Movement and the Group of 77. The results The “Quad Plus” dialogue, which began Biden has also joined Trump in empha- by the events of his time but the long civil- sponsehasmanystrands.TheRSS,inthisre-
were meagre. this spring at the initiative of the Trump sisingthecaseforanAmericanindustrialpol- isational and spiritual arc of Hindus. His gard, has acquired hegemony.
Thethirdphasebeganwiththeendof the Administration,hasvariouslydrawninBrazil, icy and “Buy American” strategy that could conceptof theHindunationwas,asaresult, Contemporary scholars of the history of
ColdWar,thecollapseof theSovietUnion,the Israel, New Zealand, South Korea, and run counter to the WTO rules. As Delhi em- not essentialist. Bhagwat contextualised ideas err in taking the definitions of the pe-
emergence of the unipolar moment and the Vietnam for consultations with the Quad phasises a similar agenda for itself in build- this with substantive philosophical argu- riphery as the core of the ideology.
WashingtonConsensusinfavourofglobalisa- members on coordinating the responses to ing an “Atmanirbhar India”, it becomes im- ments. He aptly said that the identity of a Bhagwat has a message for the other
tion.AndasIndia’sowneconomicmodelcol- the pandemic. Variations on this theme are portant to engage the US on rewriting the Hinduiscommensuratewiththeuniversal side too: Every spoken or written word
lapsed, Delhi had no option but to temper its of considerable interest to the Democrats. global trade rules. virtues of humanity and it accommodates masked with “Hindutva” is not the view of
politicalambitions,putitspoliticalheaddown, IndiaisalsoengagedwithJapanandAustralia LookingaheadtothenextUSadministra- andswallowsdiversitiesatthemicro-level. the RSS, which is the civilisational concept
focus on economic reform and prevent the in developing resilient supply chains to re- tion, the Quad could soon become routine Bhagwat stated that Hindu identity is not of Hinduness. And while the organisation
world from intruding too much into its inter- duce the reliance on China. andboring.Therealexcitementwillbeabout derived from particularism: “‘Hindu’ is not is prepared to safeguard its plurality of
nalaffairs.Whiletheimperativeofgrowthde- Both Republicans and Democrats are The consolidation of the Delhi’s participation in the sweeping re- the name of some sect or denomination, it ideas and practices, it cannot fall prey to
mandedagreaterengagementwiththeWest, veering around to ideas of the “free world” Quad reflects the political arrangementof theglobalstructuresthatwill is not a provincial conceptualisation, it is narrow ideological battles. The RSS em-
thefearoftheUSactivismonKashmirandnu- coming together to set up new international will in Delhi to break free have major consequences for India’s eco- neitherasinglecaste’slineagenorthepriv- bracesthinkersandorganisationswhosig-
clearissuessawDelhiturntoRussiaandChina coalitionstoaddresstheemergingchallenges from old shibboleths and nomic prosperity and technological future. ilegeof aspecificlanguage.Itisthatpsycho- nificantly contribute to the discourse but
in search of a “multipolar world” that could from China. President Trump has proposed Unlike in the past, Delhi now has the re- logical common denominator whose vast it is not the appendix of any organisation,
constrain American power. The BRICS forum the expansion of G-7 grouping to include respond to security sources, leverage and political will to make a courtyard cradled human civilisation, that living or dead. Our challenge multiplies
withRussia,China,BrazilandSouthAfricabe- Australia, India, Russia and South Korea. The imperatives. The post-Quad difference to the global order. whichhonoursandencompassesinnumer- with the growing shadow of the organisa-
came emblematic of this strategy. Democrats are opposed to the inclusion of era opens a new phase in able distinct identities.” Earlier M S tion on policies, politics and the public. But
Delhisoonfoundthatdifferenceswiththe Russia, and Joe Biden has promised to con- The writer is director, Institute of South Asian Golwalkar, in an interview to the RSS daily political discourse cannot confine the RSS
which India, for the first
US on Kashmir and nuclear issues were eas- veneasummitof majordemocraciessoonaf- Studies, National University of Singapore and Motherland (1973), echoed a similar idea— to its narrow lane.
ing, thanks to George W Bush’s policies. But ter he takes charge. time, can help shape contributing editor on international affairs “nature abhors uniformity”.
Kashmir and the nuclear question became The last few months has seen the Trump global institutions. for The Indian Express More importantly, Bhagwat clarified The writer is BJP Rajya Sabha MP

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Needed: Reinventing Nehru A FRAUD
THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘Many ways
IDEAS
Congress must work on its inability to frame issues in context of strong nation to dupe a poor student: steal IDs, lie
aboutsourceof funds,pocketmostof it-
ONLINE
allofficially'’(IE,November2).Scamsare
Purushottam Agrawal a hallmark of a corrupt system. But for
ONLY IN THE EXPRESS
theIndianExpressinvestigationthecon- ● BENARASI THUGS
GOING BY REPORTS from Bihar, the dissatis- and missteps, including demonetisation and historicalmemories,whichareultimatelyne- Nehruvian nationalism. The Nehruvian “idea spiracybytouts,schoolandbankofficials AND PAKISTANI
faction with the Nitish Kumar government the abject surrender to China, are either for- gotiatedinaccordancewiththekindof future of India” was not merely a tribute to the plu- and government officials to siphon off POLITICS:
seems quite palpable. Putting the blame on gottenorforgivenas“themanissincerelytry- vision, the “imagination” it is built upon. ralityanddiversityofIndiantraditionandcul- crores of scholarship money from RAHUL TRIPATHI
LaluPrasad’srule,invokingmemoriesof“jun- ing to save and, in fact, rebuild the nation”. JawaharlalNehruwasoneIndian,whore- ture;moreimportantly,itwasavisionofasen- Jharkhand students would not have
gleraj”doesn’tseemtobeworkingfortherul- Under Modi, the BJP has perfected the RSS’s flecteddeeplyonthesequestions.Hewasara- sitive,inclusive,justand,of course,strongand come to light. It also reflects digital di-
● THE LONGWINTER
ing combine. On the other hand, according to traditionally effective communication strat- tionalist,butneverdismissedemotions,senti- assertivenation.ThisiswhatNehruevocatively vide in the society, where a supposedly
recentsurveys,atleast70percentrespondents egy.ApartfromWhatsApp,thesupposedlyre- ments and images associated with cultural termed as the “discovery of India”. Whatever better system of direct digital transfer OF AMERICANDISCONTENT:
were satisfied with the Narendra Modi gov- spectableandreliablemedialikeTVhavebeen memories.Hedidnotdoawaywiththeimage the votaries of identity politics might say, the could be easily manipulated for fraud. PRAVINPRAKASH
ernment’shandlingofCOVID-19,includingthe put in service to construct a regime of violent of Bharat Mata, but infused it with a vision of ideaofanation,andimaginedorrealthreatsto L R Murmu, Delhi
forced migration caused by the lockdown. “debates” and shape a “low information” and ademocraticandinclusiveIndia.Hewasclear it, continues to haunt popular consciousness
www.indianexpress.com
Thisreflectsthesuccessof theBJP’smedia
management. It will be wise to face the fact
a“low-expectationvoter”.TheCongressisnot
able to make a serious dent in Modi’s popular
that while you cannot “live in the past”, you
cannot ignore it either. Multi-level plurality is
even in post-industrial societies, not to talk of
apost-colonialsocietylikeIndia.Atstake,then,
WORK FOR PEOPLE
thatModihasbeenabletoconvincepeople— appeal,despiteRahulGandhiconsistentlytalk- themostbasicfactoflifeinIndiaandanyfuture is the core content of the idea of India as a na- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Hand and
mainlyHindus,but,mindyou,notmerelythe ing sense, arguing rationally on issues of gov- imaginedbyerasingthatpluralityisgoingtobe tion. To save and strengthen that content, it is sickle’(IE,November2).BoththeCPI(M)
upper-casteones—thataprocessofredesign- ernance, economy and national security. a disaster. Pakistan was “taught” this lesson necessarytoreinventtheNehruvianapproach and the Congress appear to be facing an andefficiencyofthejudiciaryasaninsti-
ing the nation is under way. The basic “mal- The fundamental reason for this failure is within 10 years of its existence, though it re- to nation-building. Itcertainly does notimply existential crisis in West Bengal. An al- tution has remained unshattered since
adies”,secularism—inwhatevermannerone the inability to put issues in a framework of fusestolearn.Ironically,weseemeagertofol- mimicry — that would turn history into liancethatwasnota“politicaloptionbut Independence. Our learned judges’ im-
defines it — and liberalism are “being taken preserving and strengthening the Indian na- low the same path now. tragedy, maybe even a farce. a necessity” needs to emerge as a viable peccable character and conduct have
care of”. Derisive worlds like “sickular” have tion. Even the humblest and most disadvan- “PluralityisadefiningfeatureofIndianna- The point is to “reinvent” the sense of the alternative to both the ruling TMC and beenbeyondquestion.Indiahasbeenfor-
been put in circulation in a systematic way. taged Indian, at some level of consciousness, tion,butitcannotbeanexcusetotamperwith historical destiny of India that is so strong in the BJP by launching a joint movement tunatetohavescholarlyandenlightened
Whilemostliberalanddemocraticvoiceshave is concerned with the security and future of the integrity of the nation”: This was the gist Nehru’s worldview. This idea has to live up to on a host of issues and shifting its focus minds adoring the title of justices in this
discardedtheideaofagrandnarrativeandem- India. Contrary to the dominant liberal wis- ofthemessagethatNehruandPatelconveyed the challenges of the present moment. It has andconcentrateonissuesthataffectthe country.Indiacannotwaitforanappoint-
bracedpoliticsofidentity,Modihasgoneback dom, the days of the “nation” are not over. In unambiguously in the fraught years from to be more inclusive in nature, more accom- lives of common people. ment to go wrong before initiating the
to the idea of nation in a big way, convincing fact,duetotheliberalobsessionwithpoliticsof 1947-1950.TheyrefusedtosendIndiantroops modative in approach and, at the same time, S S Paul, Nadia processofinstitutionalisationofthesys-
many that India as a nation is under grave culturalidentitiesatthecostof economicand to Kashmir unless the Maharaja signed the more assertive. If India has to survive as a sec- tem of appointment of judges to the
threat.“Insuchasituation,‘wethenationalis-
ticIndians’mustnotcribaboutdifficultieslike
common social issues, questions around the
nationhavecomebackwithabangalloverthe
InstrumentofAccessionandnippedinthebud
the designs of the Nizam, while also putting
ulardemocracywithvibrantinstitutions,there
is no other way but to take the Nehruvian ap-
SYSTEM NEEDED higher judiciary and continue with its
glorious tradition of elevating the best
price rise, mismanagement of COVID-19 and world.Ithasbeentheoreticallyarguedthatthe down a communist insurgency with a firm proach to nation-rebuilding. THISREFERSTOthearticle,‘Officesatwar’ and the brightest in the country to the
otherdisasters.LetusstandbythePM instead nation is just an “imagined community”. hand.Nehruneverlostsightof whathecalled (IE, November 2). The enormous faith of high offices in the judiciary.
ofsupportinghiscritics,”arguehissupporters. Indeeditis,andthatiswhyitisdisastroustoig- “India’sdestiny”—amajorroleinshapingthe Agrawal is a writer, historian and author of thepeopleofIndiainthequality,integrity, Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata
Herein lies the secret of Modi’s hold on nore the social and moral orientation of this future of the world. Who is BharatMata?, an edited
people’s imagination. All his faults, blunders imagination. A modern nation evolves out of TheCongressseemstohavelosttouchwith collection of writings on Jawaharlal Nehru

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‘Centralagenciesexceeding
Bengal madrasa
teacher held for
Violin maestro T N Krishnan dies

jurisdictiontomalignstategovt’
‘raising funds, ARUN JANARDHANAN
CHENNAI, NOVEMBER 2
bid to recruit for
Al-Qaeda’: NIA LEGENDARY VIOLINIST T N
Krishnan died at the age of 92 in
Chennai on Monday evening.
for the last four years. Besides, fi- stitutional and it cannot be al- Though he was in good
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE SHAJU PHILIP nancial transactions in a housing lowed.Thestategovernmentwill health, Krishnan felt sudden un-
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, projectofthegovernment,imple- make necessary interventions easinessintheeveninganddied,
NOVEMBER 2 Pinarayi mented with the funding of within the existing legal frame- said Ramanathan Iyer, a
THE NATIONAL Investigation Vijayan EmiratesRedCrescent,isalsobe- work,” he said. Chennai-based music event or-
Agency (NIA) has arrested a WITH A few key projects of the ing probed by central agencies. Vijayan said when the state ganiser who is close to
madrasa teacher from CPI(M)-led LDF government in Vijayan said a situation has urged the Centre for a concerted Krishnan’s family. T N Krishnan taught at the Chennai Music College and was
Murshidabad in West Bengal for KeralaunderthescanneroftheED any agency or any official. But I arisenwherecentralprobeagen- and comprehensive probe into Iyer said they celebrated his later the Dean at Delhi University’s School of Music and Fine
allegedly being part of an Al- and other central agencies, Chief wanttomakeclearcertainthings cies are responsible for analysing thegoldsmugglingcase,thestate birthday last month. “He was Arts. Ramanathan Iyer
Qaeda module operating out of Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on whenprofessionalstandardsgen- policies and programmes of the government had a legitimate ex- healthy. Even in recent days, he
the state and Kerala. Abdul Monday said that central investi- erally accepted by investigative state government, which is in no pectation that the investigation was seen watching videos of
MominMondal,32,wasarrested gating agencies probing the gold agenciesarebeingsubvertedand way acceptable to those who be- would go through proper legal rasikas and his discipleswishing Chennai since 1942. He is sur- performanceoneveryChristmas
by the agency on Sunday for al- smuggling case are “exceeding investigations are being diverted lieveindemocraticvaluesandre- channels.“Someinterventionson him a happy birthday,” Iyer said. vived by his wife Kamala, and morningforseveralyears,where
legedly “trying to recruit new their jurisdiction to malign and to suit certain vested interests.’’ spect the Constitution. Some of part of these agencies have cast Honoured with several daughter Viji and son Sriram — he used to play “wish you a
membersforthegroup”andrais- destabilise an elected state gov- After Vijayan’s former princi- these agencies are encroaching doubt on whether our expecta- awards,includingtheSangeetha both are violinists. merry Christmas” and “jingle
ing funds. ernment.’’ palsecretaryMSivasankarwasar- intoexecutivepowersofthestate tionsweremisplaced.Itlookslike Kalanidhi, Padma Bhushan and “There was nobody who bells,jinglebells”topackedaudi-
“Investigation Vijayan told the media that restedinthegoldsmugglingcase, government and the scrutiny of theinvestigatingagenciesarefol- Padma Vibhushan, Krishnan could match his experience, he ences. After his death, his fans
revealed that ac- these agencies have exceeded theEDhasbroughtunderitsscan- constitutionalinstitutions,hesaid. lowing a predetermined path started out as a child prodigy was lucky to play with every were seen sharing videos of his
cused, Abdul their authority and their actions ner Kerala-Fiber Optic Network “It is a violation of their own scriptedbyfewpeopleoutsidethe with help from his father and other legend since the 1940s. It Christmas performance on so-
Momin Mondal, are a clear violation of the federal (K-Fon) project and e-mobility jurisdiction and thereby an en- agency. This is a serious situation was later seen as a veteran as he was a remarkable life,” said Iyer. cial media.
was working as a norms of the country. project, earlier handled by croachment on the Constitution. wheresuchactionswouldunder- began accompanying legendary Krishnan’s death is a huge Besideshavingprominentvi-
teacher in Raipur Hesaid:“Idon’twanttoblame SivasankarasthestateITsecretary This is undemocratic and uncon- mine their credibility.’’ musicians, including Ariyakudi loss even for ordinary music olinists as disciples, who fondly
Abdul Darul Huda Ramanuja Iyengar, Alathur lovers in Chennai, who used to remember him as a “guru” who
Momin Islamia Madrassa brothers, Chembai Vaidyanatha waitfornotjusthisclassicalcon- was kind enough to ensure ca-
Mondal in Murshidabad
district... and was
found to be in-
Goa college stands by prof, Tying rakhi as
bail condition:
Bhagavatar, M D Ramanathan
and Maharajapuram
Viswanatha Iyer, to perform-
certsbut also the mandatory an-
nual Christmas performance. To
the surprise of many puritans in
reer opportunities for them,
Krishnan also had an academic
stint — he taught at the Chennai
volved in a series of conspirator-
ial meetings convened by the
members of the Al-Qaeda mod-
tells ABVP will not sack her AG for gender
ances.
Born in 1928 in Tripunithura
in Kerala, he had been living in
Chennai, the morning slot of
Chennai Music Academy was
booked by default for Krishnan’s
Music College and was later the
DeanatDelhiUniversity’sSchool
of Music and Fine Arts.
ule. He was also trying to recruit it is not possible to accept their idence is missing. They say they sensitisation
newmembersforthegroupand SMITA NAIR representation,” he stated. have problems with her teach-
was raising funds for furthering PANAJI, NOVEMEBR 2 Last week, the ABVP had ing and have not shared any ev- Assam ex-CM
its terrorist activities. The resi- complained against Prof Shilpa idence with us. Where is the EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE
dential premises of the accused FOLLOWING an inquiry on a Singh,statingthatshe“promotes clip.... The committee has de- NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 Tarun Gogoi in
245 CASES: RECOVERED: 75,44,798
person were searched and digi- complaint by ABVP against a po- socially hateful thoughts about cided no action can be taken
tal devices were seized,” an NIA litical science teacher of a law aparticularreligion, community based on an allegation not ATTORNEY GENERAL K K hospital again
statement said. college in Panaji, the college has and group of people” and had backed by evidence,” Ali said. Venugopal on Monday ex- DAYS SINCE
PANDEMIC
82,29,313 DEATHS: 1,22,607
Thisistheeleventh arrest the sent a written response to the asked the college to terminate Hesaid,“She(Singh)isanex- pressed his disapproval of the BEGAN TESTS: 11,07,43,103 | DOUBLING RATE: 127.00** Guwahati: A week after his dis-
agency has made since students' outfit, stating that it her services. cellent teacher and her students bail condition in a Madhya charge from a hospital post-
September when it first appre- does not have a “locus standi” to Ali said an internal grievance have always been happy with PradeshHighCourtorder,asking COVID-19 recovery, former
hended nine members of the al- raisesuchobjections,andthatno committeetooknoteof thecom- herteaching.Ourcommitteehas anaccusedinacaseof attemptto Assam Chief Minister Tarun
leged module based on intelli- termination order will be issued plaint and sought Singh's re- come to the conclusion that no outragethemodestyof awoman Gogoi has been admitted to a
gence inputs. According to NIA, against the teacher concerned. sponse. Singh replied that she one outside this college has any to visit the home of the alleged state-run facility again and put
thecase“pertainstoanti-national Prof Shabir Ali, principal of feels“threatenedandalarmedat locus stand to raise such objec- victim with his wife and request on ventilator support as his
activities by a group of jihadi ter- VM Salgaocar College of Law in this insistence of intimidation tions.” The letter by ABVP was her to tie him a rakhi. health condition has deterio-
roristsconsistingof morethan10 Panaji, said the response was against my person through this signed by its Konkan unit joint “So far as present case is con- rated, a doctor treating him said
members inspired by globally mailedthrougharegisteredpost representation, which seems secretary Prabha Naik, who Ali cerned,onthefaceof it,thecourt
KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING on Monday.
proscribed terrorist organisation on Saturday. barelyanydifferentfromaveiled said is "not a student of the col- seemstohavebeencarriedaway.
TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** The 86-year-old Congress
Al-Qaeda, who were planning to “This is a law college. We threat...” lege". Courts must restrict themselves ■ Maharashtra 16,83,775 5,369 0.33% 216.08 politician complained of rest-
carryoutanti-nationalandterror- havetheresponsibilitytoensure “For any enquiry there is a FULLREPORTON toconditionsundersections437 ■ Karnataka 8,27,064 3,652 0.43% 169.02 lessness on Sunday night, fol-
ist activities at different locations that we follow rules. Legally, too, probeintotheevidence.Hereev- www.indianexpress.com and 438 (of the Code is Criminal ■ Andhra 8,25,966 2,618 0.33% 216.87 lowing which he was taken to
inIndia,including,butnotlimited Procedure).Allthisdrama...needs the intensive care unit (ICU) of
toWestBengal,DelhiandKerala.” to be condemned,” Venugopal ■ Tamil Nadu 7,27,026 2,504 0.36% 200.44 Gauhati Medical College and
The agency had arrested the
nine accused — who were al- Raise issue of violence against Hindus tolda bench,headedbyJusticeA
M Khanwilkar and comprising
■ Kerala 4,40,130
* Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7 days
7,025 1.63% 44.07
** Calculated over 7-day growth
Hospital (GMCH), superinten-
dent of the health facility Abhijit

in Bangladesh, Adhir urges Centre

legedly operating out of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sarma told reporters here.
MurshidabadinWestBengaland Dinesh Maheshwari. CASE FATALITY RATIO POSITIVITY RATE DAILY IN, DAILY OUT Gogoihadfirsttestedpositive
Ernakulam in Kerala — on Venugopalsuggestedthatpro- for COVID-19 on August 25 and
7 DAYS EARLIER: 7 DAYS EARLIER: DETECTED TODAY
September19andhadrecovered Brahmanbarhia district in grammesoftheNationalandstate was admitted to the hospital the
country-made pistols, rudimen- ENS & PTI Bangladesh were vandalised on judicial Academy must have ses- 1.50 7.65 47,231 next day. His health condition
tary body armour, batteries, KOLKATA, NOVEMBER 2 Adhir Ranjan Sunday and over 100 houses be- sions on gender sensitisation. NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: had deteriorated on August 31
switches and firecrackers, litera- Chowdhury longing to Hindus were looted. Lecturesshouldalsobeorganised 1.49 7.43 53,285 with a sudden fall in oxygen sat-
ture on home-made IEDs and CONGRESS LEADER in the Lok “ItisreportedthatHindufam- for the judges by the SC’s gender Deaths as a ratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs uration level. He was adminis-
other “incriminating material”. Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury iliesinBangladeshhavebeentar- sensitisation committee, he said. positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more tered plasma therapy and be-
Barring two, all the accused on Monday urged the Centre to ples were allegedly vandalised geted... as a reprisal of the stand Thebenchsaidtheexerciseof indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days came stable later. He was
in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak
areeitherdailywagelabourersor takeupwithBangladeshtheissue andHindufamiliesinBangladesh taken by our government. The discretion about conditions for discharged on October 25 after
DataasonNovember1,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers
low wage earners. One of the ac- of alleged “violence against became“victimsofarsonandloot Indian government should take bail in such cases needs to be de- includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive undergoing treatment and was
cusedisacomputersciencegrad- Hindus” in that country. by fundamentalist forces.” uptheissuewithBangladeshgov- liberated. The court, it said, can under observation. PTI
uate while another is pursuing Chowdhury referred to recent According to media reports, ernment immediately so as to then define what is permissible,
graduation in Arts. media reports that claimed tem- temples at Nasirnagar in prevent further escalation,” what is not or where discretion
Chowdhury said in a statement.
After the violence, two tem-
can be exercised.
Thebenchwashearinganap-
Rlys considers restarting Bengal local trains
ples in adjacent Madhabpur in pealbyninewomenlawyerswho Kolkata: Railways authorities are centofthenormalserviceswhich andthenumberof trainswasbe-
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The Director, INMAS on behalf of the President of India hereby invites e- Further, the bidding shall be online and all interested firms/Organizations and were collected from across the 25.8 per cent in Faridabad, 20.3
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that overall Sero positivity of “This second round was carried
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so ever. 2 Sero positivity observed in ur- monitor its transmission trends
For any clarification/difficulty regarding e-tendering process flow, please ban areas is 19.8%, while in ru- so that proper measures can be
ral areas it was 11.4%. The same taken to control its spread.”
contact on 011-23905159. Important dates are: was 9.6 per cent and 6.9 per cent “Surveywasconductedinall
1. Last date and time for uploading the Proposals: On 25/11/2020 respectively in the first round. 22 districtsin collaboration with
(dd/mm/yyyy) at 1200 Hrs. Ruralareasof FaridabadandJind PGIMS, Rohtak,” he added.
The Online Bid (both Techno-Commercial and Price bid, in case two bids are
called for) should be submitted online by the due date and time only at
Defence eProcurement Portal website: https://defproc.gov.in/nicgep/app. ''IMPORTANT'' Assam: Family
The responsibility to ensure this lies with the Bidder. Manual bids shall not Whilst care is taken prior to
acceptance of advertising of 5 found dead,
be accepted.
2. Location of the Tender Box for submitting Original documents i.e.
copy, it is not possible to verify
its contents. The Indian police say suicide
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found hanging in Assam’s
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a closed holiday, the bids wilt be opened on the next working day at the same advertising in its newspapers Police have said the family com-
time or on any other day/time. or Publications. We therefore mittedsuicideduetoalargedebt
recommend that readers incurred by the man but locals
4. Place of opening of the online submitted Proposals: Tender Opening make necessary inquiries suspect they were murdered.
Room, MMG, INMAS, Delhi. before sending any monies or Police said Nirmal Paul (45),
(Officer-in-Charge, Library-TIRC) entering into any agreements
with advertisers or otherwise
his wife Mallika (40) and their
For Director acting on an advertisement in daughterswerefoundhangingat
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RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

Sleepless tonight:
Guide to tracking the results
On Election Day and Night in the United States, watch
the battleground states that will decide the next FAQs: Essential
incumbent of the White House. But barring a landslide
for one of the candidates, do not expect an early result. Election Day knowledge
states in the US. Florida swings between the state polls, and is widely favoured to win. But
SHUBHAJITROY major parties — Democrat Bill Clinton carried EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE nopollhaspredictedthatTrumpwilldefinitely
NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 the state in 1996, Republican George W Bush NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 lose. Nate Silver, perhaps the most influential
in2000and2004,DemocratBarackObamain of forecasters, reminded everyone on Sunday
THE ELECTION of the President of the United 2008and2012,andRepublicanDonaldTrump When do the polls open and close? that in his projection, the President has a 10%
States is considered the world’s most conse- in2016.The‘SunshineState’isspecialalsobe- IT VARIES from state to state. The earliest they chanceofretainingtheWhiteHouse,notzero.
quentialdemocraticexercise.Thisisespecially cause it is seen as a bellwether state — except open is 6 am, and the latest the close is 9 pm He could have a 2016 moment again in the
true of Election 2020 — as the US is more di- for1992,whenitsidedwithincumbentGeorge local time on November 3. India is between ElectoralCollege.Biden’sleadinPennsylvania,
vided than at any other time in its recent his- HWBush,Floridahasvotedwiththewinning 10½ and 13½ hours ahead, depending on which according to some forecasts is the tip-
tory,theplanetfacesanexistentialthreatfrom candidateineveryelectionfrom1964(Lyndon whereintheUSyou’relooking.However,early ping-point state, is 5 points — “solid but not
catastrophicclimatechange,newgeopolitical B Johnson) to 2016 (Trump). votinghasbeenopensincemid-September— spectacular”,accordingtoSilver.Pennsylvania
forcesarethreateningtoupendthebalanceof InbeatingHillaryClinton,Trumpalsowon and by Monday night India time, over 96 mil- and Florida will together give Trump 49
global power, and a once-in-a-century pan- Pennsylvania,Michigan,andWisconsin,albeit lionAmericanshadalreadycasttheirvotes,ei- Electoral College votes, a tally Biden can over-
demic has delivered a shock to economies. with small margins. This time, analysts feel During the early voting stage, campaign signs near a polling station in ther in person or by returned mail ballots, ac- takeonlyifhewinsalloftheremaining4toss-
Tomorrow, November 3, is a momentous Pennsylvania will be the “tipping point”. Pinellas County in Largo, Florida. Reuters cording to the US Elections Project. ups — Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona,
day — for the US and the world. Thecomplicationisthis:threeofthebattle- Wisconsin—anddoeswellinotherstates,too.
AsElectionDayandNightunfolds,thebat- ground states — Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Whenwillthevotesbecounted? Also, polling errors do happen — all fore-
tleforthe270ElectoralCollegevotesneededto
win the White House will boil down to how
Wisconsin — will not begin counting early
votesuntilElectionDay,whichmeansitislikely
TOTAL ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES: 538 Unlike India’s Election Commission, there
isnofederalbodyintheUSthatrunstheelec-
casterswerewrongin2016.Andnooneisrul-
ing out the possibility that Trump may seek
President Donald Trump and his Democratic
challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden,
performinwhatarecalledthe“battleground”
that final results and projections will not be
possible that night. But North Carolina and
Arizonahavebeguncountingballots,andthese
212 270 125 tion or tallies the results. Each state runs the
election according to its own rules. Although
moststatesallowelectronic
some sort of “illegitimate” path to victory, al-
though that scenario has many mind-bog-
gling unknowns.
SOLIDORLIKELY VOTESNEEDEDTO SOLIDORLIKELY
or“swing”states.Butthereisarealpossibility states are likely to be called on Election Night. DEMOCRATIC REACHWHITEHOUSE REPUBLICAN methods, paper ballots are
that the result of the election may be delayed the norm across the coun- So,isfraudexpected?
— and that there is no clear winner until late
onElectionNight.Along-drawn-outlegalbat-
Whyistheresuchuncertaintyaroundthe
election?
BATTLEGROUND STATES try. Ahead of counting
comes a stage called pro-
Trumphasforlong,and
repeatedly, accused the
tlemayfollowand,intheworstcasescenario, Muchoftheuncertaintystemsfromthefact WHAT THE POLLS ARE SAYING cessing, which involves Democratic Party of fraud.
potential violence and unrest in the streets. that the election is taking place in the middle checkingsignatures,verify- WHERE TO WATCH Buthehasneverpresented
Asyouwatchtheelection,lookoutforwhat
happensinthebattlegroundstates—andkeep
ofthepandemic,whichhaskilledover231,000
Americans, and fundamentally altered voting
TEXAS 38
46%
48%
ing documentation, and
perhapsevenscanningthe
THE RESULTS anyevidence,andnearlyall
commentators agree elec-
YOUTUBE: Most US news
COULD BE CALLED ON NOV 3

in mind that the drama you see may actually behaviourandthecontextof theelection. ballots. Counting votes is a tionfraudisextremelyrare
last longer than just one night. Alargenumberofvoters—over96million 48% separate,andlater,process. organisations will run a in the US. Democrats and
until Monday night in India — have voted
FLORIDA 29 46% Each state has its own live stream. These otherTrumpcriticsarecon-
Whyarebattlegroundstatesimportant? through mail-in ballots and early voting (to date for starting in-person include NBC, CBS, and vincedthatheisraisingthe
49% the nonprofit public
Battleground or swing states hold the key
to a candidate’s fate. These are called swing
avoidthecrowdsonNovember3).Becauseof
the time taken in receiving, processing and
GEORGIA 16 46%
or mail-in voting, deadline
for receiving the mail-in broadcaster C-SPAN.
bogey of fraud to prepare
the ground to contest the
statesbecausetheyhaveahistoryofswinging countingthelargenumbersofpostalvotes(see ballots, processing the bal- CABLE: International electionresultifheappears
NORTH 50%
back and forth between the two main politi-
calparties,theRepublicansandtheDemocrats.
FAQs),andthefactthatprojectionsmaynotbe
possibleinseveralbattlegroundstates,aclear CAROLINA 15 46%
lots,andtabulatingvotes.To
take two examples: In
networks such as CNN
and BBC will run live
tobelosing;indeed,Trump
hasrefusedtocommitthat
To use an example from India, an American winner may not emerge on Election Night. 50% Arizona, mailing of ballots shows. he would accept the result
swingstatewouldbelikethestateofKerala—
which has swung between the Left and the
Election officials in swing states like
Pennsylvania and Michigan have said they
ARIZONA 11 45%
started on October 7, they
will be accepted until
OTT: If you have a if he does not win.
OntheDemocraticside,
Disney+HotStar
Congress in elections. hope to finish counting within three days. 50% Election Day, and counting premium account, you fears have been expressed
Swing states have populations that are al- The one way one can hope for a quick re- MINNESOTA* 10 41% has been on since October can watch Fox News Live. of voter intimidation and
most equally divided politically. Presidential sult on Election Night is if one side wins by a 20; in Ohio, processing attemptsatmaking itdiffi-
candidates often focus all their energies on landslide — racing to 270, and making the started on October 6, mail- TWITTER: Will run a live cult for some groups to
48%
these states, sometimes skipping altogether countingofvotesinindividualstatesirrelevant. NEVADA* 6 42% inballotscanbereceivedup stream on its platform. vote. These include at-
thesolidblue(Democratic)orred(Republican) Butitthatdoesnothappen,andTrumpde- to November 13 but they LOG ON TO temptsatreducingtheeffi-
states that are expected to inevitably go one cides to contest the outcome — his campaign must be postmarked by INDIANEXPRESS.COM ciency of the US Postal
way or the other. Both Trump and Biden have has already prepared legal teams to fight in 50% November 2, and counting FOR ROLLING UPDATES Service by Postmaster
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Americans do not vote directly for the gin — the courts will come into play. Trump acolyte; making
President. They choose members of the Trumphasalreadysaidthathewouldwant 46% Howandwhenwillweknowthewinner? ballot drop boxes scarce in some states, etc.
ElectoralCollegewhothenmeetinDecember the Supreme Court to play a proactive role in
OHIO 18 46% Thecountisnotofficiallyfinalisedforweeks
and cast their votes based on how the major- caseofadisputedelection.Thehurriedconfir- — in 2016, it took until December. What hap- Aren’tsomeelectionsforseatsinCongress
ityofvotersintheirstatehadvoted.Thenum- mation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the 51% pens on Election Night is that major TV net- happeningaswell?
berofElectoralCollegevotesforeachstateare Supreme Court literally days before Election
MICHIGAN 16 42% worksandtheAssociatedPress“call”theelec- Yes. Thirty-five seats are up for re-election
fixed on the basis of its population. There are Daywasaimedatafullnine-justicecourtwith tion in favour of one of the candidates — a in the Senate, where the Republicans have a
52%
538 Electoral College votes, and a candidate
needs at least 270 to enter the White House.
aclearconservativebias,whichTrumpwould
be hoping would adjudicate in his favour.
WISCONSIN 10 42%
projectionbasedonexitpolls,interviewswith 53-47majority.TheDemocratsthinktheyhave
voters, and trends — a legitimate exercise,and agoodchanceoftakingcontrolofthechamber,
Analysts identify 10-12 states as battle- IfElectionNightdragsintodaysandweeks a necessity in the US system. The projections but most media organisations have been de-
45%
grounds in US Presidential Elections. For the
election of November 3, the toughest battles
—followinglitigation—thesituationcouldbe-
come messier, and apprehensions have been
IOWA 6 47%
are not usually contested, and the candidate scribingthesituationasatoss-up.Electionsto
projectedtohavelostconcedestheelection. theHouseofRepresentativeswillbeheldinall
arelikelytobefoughtinsixof these.TheCook expressed about a law and order situation. Thisyear,giventhepandemicandthehuge 50 states, and the Democrats are widely ex-
PoliticalReportidentifiesArizona(11Electoral There is been no precedent of a President ■ E l e c t o r a l C o l l e g e Vo t e s ■ B i d e n ■ T r u m p volumesofmail-inballots,thereiswidespread pected to hold on to their majority. The ideal
College votes), Florida (29), Michigan (16), refusingtoconcedetheelection.ButTrumpis apprehension that a clear winner will not situation for the Democrats will, of course, be
Pennsylvania(20),andWisconsin(10),astoss- different — he has never confirmed he would CNNPOLLOFPOLLSTRACKINGAVERAGEPOLLRESULTSOFALLLARGE,MOST emerge on November 3 or even the day after to win both Congress and the Presidency, but
ups. Most analysts also throw North Carolina accepttheelectionresultifheloses,andthatis RECENTPOLLSINTHEUS.POLLRESULTSFROMNOVEMBER1ANDOCTOBER31 —unlessanyonecandidatewinsinalandslide. even if Trump gets another four years, a dou-
(15 Electoral College votes) into the mix. the reason many fear the transfer of power, ble majority for the Democrats in both the
ThebiggestswingstateisFlorida—itisalso should the contest be tight and Trump loses Solid/likely assessments by The New York Times *New York Times/Siena poll Whatarethepollssayingsofar? House and Senate will allow them to put sig-
among the most sharply politically divided narrowly, may not be peaceful. Bidenhasbeenleadinginbothnationaland nificant checks on the President’s powers.

CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD

Impact of school closure on Malabar Navy Exercise: purpose, participants

student learning, quantified KRISHN KAUSHIK
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2
Why is Australia’s participation
important?
On October 27, following the 2+2 dia-
is necessary keeping China in mind”. He said
“the Quad need not be NATO in its formality,
in its political congruence and as a post-war
HOW MUCH has the clo- year, students likely did not loguewiththeUS,DefenceMinisterRajnath response” but it can “deter nonetheless”.
sure of schools induced by gain as much academically PHASE1of theMalabarNavalExercisekicks Singh said: “We… agreed that upholding At a webinar on September 3, Chief of
the Covid-19 pandemic during the truncated 2019–20 off on Tuesday, with participation of therules-basedinternationalorder,respect- Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat had said
impacted student learn- school year, and likely lost Australiannavyforthe first time since 2007. ing the rule of law and freedom of naviga- Quadis“agoodarrangement”,which“willen-
ing? A study by American more of those gains due to the Alookatwhattheexerciseisabout,andwhy tion in the international seas and uphold- sure,thattheIndianOceanRegionandallother
researchers,publishedlast
week, has quantified the
PAPER extended time out of school.
Theauthorsestimatedthat
it is particularly significant this year. ing the territorial integrity and sovereignty
of all states are essential. Our defence coop-
oceans around there is complete freedom of
navigation, without fear of any other nation
impact, projected to the
end of the academic year. CLIP returning students likely
started school this fall (au-
What is Malabar Exercise?
It is a multilateral naval exercise that in-
Last year’s Malabar Exercise off the
coast of Japan. Indian Navy
eration is intended to further these objec-
tives. Both sides welcomed Australia join-
singularlytryingtodominatetheoceans”.

Whiletheprojectionshave tumn) with approximately cludes simulated war games and combat ing the forthcoming Malabar Exercise.” Does India conduct any other naval
been made for US schools, NEW RESEARCH 63% to 68% of the typical an- manoeuvres. It started in 1992 as a bilateral As the standoff in eastern Ladakh contin- exercises with these countries?
which have reopened in nual learning gains in reading. exercise between the Indian and US navies. countries in the maritime security domain ues,theparticipationoffourlargenaviesfrom Overthelastfewmonths,theIndianNavy
somestatesduringtheautumn,concerns Formathematics,theyestimatedthatthe Japan joined in 2015. This year the exercise and in the light of increased defence coop- theIndo-Pacificregionwillsendamessageto hasconductedanumberofPassageExercises
around setbacks to learning are univer- studentsstartedtheautumnclasseswith will be held in two phases, the first from eration with Australia, Malabar 2020 will China.Sourceshavementionedthatearlier,it (PASSEX) with navies from Japan, Australia
sal. In India, a number of states have be- 37% to 50% of the typical annual learning Tuesday off the coast near Visakhapatnam, seetheparticipationof theAustralianNavy”. wasthepossibilityofrilingupChinathathad and the US. But those were basic exercises to
gun to reopen or announced dates for re- gains. This reduced learning was not uni- and the second in the Arabian Sea in mid- ThiswillbethesecondtimeAustraliawill preventedIndiafromexpandingtheMalabar increaseoperabilitybetweenthenavies,while
opening school for senior classes. versal;theresearchersestimatedthatthe November. Last year it was held in early participate.In2007,thereweretwoMalabar Exercise, and from Australia joining it. Malabarinvolvessimulatedwargames.Inlate
The US study is published in top one-third of students potentially September off the coast of Japan. Exercises. The first was held off Okinawa is- RearAdmiralSudarshanShrikhande,who September, the Indian Navy conducted PAS-
Educational Researcher, a journal of the made gains in reading. This year’s Malabar Exercise has been land of Japan in the Western Pacific — the retired in 2016 and had headed Naval intelli- SEX with the Royal Australian Navy.
American Educational Research Theresearcherssaidtheseprojections planned on a “non-contact-at sea” format first time the exercise was held away from gence earlier, and had served as the Defence InJuly,IndiaconductedaPASSEXwiththe
Association. It uses a model that assumes imply that educators and policymakers keeping Covid-19 protocols in mind. Indian shores — and the second in Advisor at the Indian High Commission in UScarrierstrikegroupledbyoneofthelargest
that school closures in spring 2020 func- will need to address that many students September 2007, off Visakhapatnam, with Canberra (2005-08), said that “with the warships in the world, USS Nimitz. The car-
tionedasanextendedsummerbreak,and are substantially behind academically as What is the difference this year? the Indian, Japanese, US, Australian and clearerenunciationoftheQuadinrecentfor- rier strike group had been passing through
providespreliminaryprojectionsoftheim- a result of extended school closures. For the first time in over a decade, the Singapore navies. eign ministers' meet in Japan, it would have the Indian Ocean Region after completing a
pactof theseclosuresonstudentlearning. ENS & American Educational exercise will see the participation of all four The following year, Australia stopped been counterproductive to the objectives of freedom of navigation exercise in the South
The takeaway: Compared to a typical Research Association Quad countries. In a statement last month, participating. Japan became a regular par- statecraft not to invite Australia”. He said the China Sea, which China is quite sensitive
the Defence Ministry had said that “as India ticipant only in 2015, making it a trilateral Quad “must, among other things, contribute about.Asimilarexercisewasconductedwith
seeks to increase cooperation with other annual exercise since then. to being a key instrument of deterrence that Japan Maritime Self Defence Force in June.

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PRINCE WILLIAM HAD COVID IN APRIL: REPORT
Britain’s Prince William tested positive for the coronavirus in April, around the same
time as his father Prince Charles, BBC reported. The report cited unidentified palace
sources and The Sun newspaper, which said William kept his telephone and video en-
gagements without revealing his diagnosis because he didn’t want to worry anyone.

TOPOFTHE
WORLD US votes today: Uncertainty hangs
heavy as campaign draws to a close
‘Goinginwithourlawyers’assoonasvotingends:Trump;Presidentnotgoingtosteal election:Biden
Afghan police at Kabul University on Monday. AP
Hassell was 30

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KabulUniversity
THEACTOREddieHassell, TRUMPHASsaidtheonlyway
known for his roles in the hewouldloseisif theelection
NBCshowSurfaceandthe ADAM NAGOURNEY was“rigged”,andthatit
2010 film The Kids Are All NOVEMBER 2 wouldbe“terrible”if votes
Right, has died after a werestillbeingcountedfor“a
shooting in Texas, police ELECTION DAY is usually a mo- longperiodof time”afterthe
said. He was 30. The
shooting happened early
ment of tension and release, of
anger and some bitterness, but
election.However,nopresi-
dentialelectioninrecentyears Attack took place as campus hosted
Sunday in the Dallas sub-
urbofGrandPrairie,police
also the closure that comes with
watching Americans choose
hasseenallvotesbeing
countedonthedayof the
a bookfair attended by Iranian envoy
said. A police statement their next president. electionitself,andtheresults
said officers responded to But this campaign is in- areofficiallydeclareddays RAHIM FAIEZ & Mostof thecasualties
a report of a shooting and evitably ending on a far more later.OnElectionDay,media KATHY GANNON werestudentsandthere
found Hassell suffering disturbing note. These dyspep- organisationsusuallycallthe Hundreds of vehicles gather at Tropical Park in Miami ahead of a car caravan in support of KABUL, NOVEMBER 2
fromgunshotwounds.He tic final days have been marked electioninfavourof acandi- Trump, on Sunday. AP werefearsthetollcould
was taken to a hospital by threats of violent skirmishes dateafteracertainnumberof ISLAMIC STATE militants in climbfurtherwith some
where he was pro- and street demonstrations in votesarecounted,buteven Afghanistan stormed Kabul
nounceddead,policesaid.
A representative for
places like Beverly Hills. Store
owners are putting plywood on
theirwindows,anticipatingare-
thatcouldbedelayedinvery
tightcontests.Themuch
largernumberof mailed-in
Trump supporters block highways University on Monday as it
hosted a book fair attended by
the Iranian ambassador, spark-
of thewoundedsaidto
beincriticalcondition

as tensions play out in the streets

Hassell told Variety that
the shooting appeared to turn of this summer’s unrest. ballotsthisyearduetothe inganhours-longgunbattleand
beconnectedtoacarjack- President Donald Trump has pandemicarealsolikelytode- leaving at least 22 dead and 22 government” gathered at the
ing.Policesaidthemotive made it clear that he will not laytheresultsbecausethey wounded at the war-torn coun- campus, according to the SITE
remained under investi- concede even if he appears to be takelongertocount. Trump has not committed to a try’s largest university. Intelligence Group, which mon-
gation, but that a car had losing — if, for example, Florida RICK ROJAS, peaceful transfer of power. Most of the casualties were itors terror online messaging.
beentakenfromthescene tilts to Joe Biden, the Democratic JENNIFER STEINHAUER Sunday’s incidents came two students and there were fears TheISstatementclaimedonly
of the shooting. AP presidential nominee. that all the votes be counted on & EMMA G FITZSIMMONS days after a group of Trump sup- thedeathtollcouldclimbfurther two of its fighters were involved,
SpeakingtoreportersSunday Election Day. “I don’t think it is NOVEMBER 2 porters in Texas, driving trucks with some of the wounded said and posted their photographs,
evening,Trumpvowedtomount fair that we have to wait a long and waving Trump flags, sur- to be in critical condition. whichconflictedwiththeAfghan
alegalchallengeinPennsylvania period of time,” he said. VEHICLES WITH Trump flags rounded and slowed a Biden- It was the second attack on authorities’reportofthreeattack-
SWITZERLAND even before all votes were halted traffic on Sunday on the Bidenhaspreviouslycriticised Harriscampaignbusasitdroveon an educational institution in ers.Theclaimdidnotindicatethe
‘Plan to declare victory’
WHOchiefto counted, which could take days
as mail-in ballots continue to ar- Trump has reportedly said
Garden State Parkway in New
Jersey and jammed the Mario
Trumpfornotcondemning
hissupporters’actions. Reuters
Interstate 35, leading to the can-
cellation of two planned rallies.
Kabul in as many weeks.
The Taliban promptly issued
IS intended to target the Iranian
envoy or the book fair.
quarantineafter rive after the election. that he plans to declare victory Cuomo Bridge between TheFBIconfirmedonSundaythat a statement denying they took Last week, IS also claimed a
contactgetsCovid “We’re going to go in the
night of, as soon as that election
on election night if early returns
show him in the lead. But while
TarrytownandNyack,NewYork.
Another pro-Trump convoy in ence”drawnbyPresidentDonald
it was investigating the incident.
On Saturday, Trump tweeted
part in the assault, which came
astheinsurgentscontinuepeace
brutal assault on a tutoring cen-
terintheAfghancapital’smostly
THE HEAD of the World is over, we’re going in with our voters who turn out on Election Virginia ended in a tense shout- Trump’s own event nearby. a video of the incident with a talks with representatives of Shia neighbourhood of Dasht-e-
HealthOrganisationsayshe lawyers,” Trump said. Day tend to skew Republican, ing match with protesters as it As the nation races toward message, “I love Texas!” Kabul’s US-backed government, Barchi that killed at least 24 stu-
will self-quarantine after ThePresident,whohasspent the majority of mail-in ballots approached a statue of Robert E Election Day, the tensions and In North Carolina, a get-out- with the aim to help the United dents and wounded more than
beingidentifiedasacontact monthsunderminingpubliccon- have been cast by Democrats, Lee in Richmond. acrimony surrounding an ex- the-voterallyonSaturdayended States finally withdraw from 100 others on October 24.
ofapersonwhotestedpos- fidence in the election system, meaning early returns may not In Georgia, a rally for traordinarily divisive campaign, with the police using pepper Afghanistan. Later in the day, the The peace negotiations be-
itive for Covid-19. Tedros said that he would also probably accurately reflect the full vote. Democratswascancelledshortly coming on the heels of a sum- spray on some participants, in- Islamic State group claimed re- tween the Taliban and the Kabul
Adhanom Ghebreyesus mount legal challenges in other Askedtocommentonthere- before it was scheduled to begin merof protestsandracialunrest, cluding young children, and sponsibility for the attack. government, known as intra-
wrote on Twitter late states,includingNevada,because port in Philadelphia on Sunday, on Sunday, with organisers wor- are bleeding into everyday life making numerous arrests. As the attack unfolded, stu- Afghan talks, were part of a deal
Sunday that he is “well and thegovernorthereisaDemocrat. Biden said, “The President is not ried about what they feared and adding further uncertainty Organisers of the rally called it dentsandteacherswereseenflee- Washington signed with the in-
without symptoms” but Trump repeated his desire going to steal this election.” NYT would be a “large militia pres- to an electoral process in which flagrant voter suppression. NYT ingthepartof thecampuswhere surgents in February. They are
will self-quarantine in lawandjournalismschoolsarelo- taking place in the Gulf Arab
“coming days, in line with cated, while hand grenades ex- state of Qatar, and are seen as
WHO protocols, and work
from home.” On Monday,
the UN health agency’s
Trump suggests he will try to fire Fauci post-election ploded and automatic rifle fire
could be heard. Scores of Afghan
special forces surrounded the
Afghanistan’s best chance at
peace— though daily bloodshed
has continued.
sought to dispel misinfor- Fauci, the country’s leading hurt. It’s not a good situation,” Locka airport in the Miami area, campus, shepherding teachers Afghan media reported that
mation about Tedros’ self- REUTERS infectious-disease expert who is FaucitoldTheWashingtonPoston a “Fire Fauci” chant broke out. and students to safety. abookexhibitionwasbeingheld
isolation,writingonTwitter OPA-LOCKA, NOVEMBER 2 director of the National Institute Friday.“Allthestarsarealignedin In response to the chant, The chaos subsided as the attheuniversityandattendedby
that “contrary to some in- of Allergy and Infectious thewrongplaceasyougointothe Trump said: “Don’t tell anybody, sun set over the Afghan capital a number of dignitaries at the
correct reports,” he has not US PRESIDENT Donald Trump Diseases, has taken issue with fall and winter season, with peo- but let me wait until a little bit and the Interior Ministry’s timeof theshooting.Noneof the
testedpositivehimself.The suggested early on Monday that Trump’srepeatedassertionsthat ple congregating at home in- after the election.” spokesman, Tariq Arian, said all dignitaries were reported hurt.
WHO is based in Geneva, he might seek to fire a highly re- theUSfightagainsttheviruswas doors. You could not possibly be Fauci is one of the most pop- three attackers involved in the Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news
where cases are rising. AP spected member of his coron- “roundingtheturn”wheninfact positioned more poorly.” ular health experts in the United assault were killed. agency had reported Sunday
avirus task force, Anthony Fauci, tens of thousands of people are When Trump defended his States, a fact that Trump has The Islamic State group said that Iranian Ambassador
PHILIPPINES after Fauci further criticised Fauci is the US’ leading being infected daily. handling of the virus at a late- cited in the past to avoid getting it targeted newly graduated Bahador Aminian and cultural
Typhoondeath Trump’s handling of the virus. infectious-disease expert “We’re in for a whole lot of night campaign rally at Opa- into tangles with him. “judges and investigators be-
longing to the apostate Afghan
attachéMojtabaNorooziwereto
inaugurate the fair. AP
tollrisesto16
Turkey pulls 2 girls out of Hindu homes attacked in Bangladesh after
AT LEAST 16 people were
killed as Typhoon Goni
lashed the Philippines over
the weekend, and about
13,000shantiesandhouses
were damaged or swept
rubble 3 days after quake rumours of alleged FB post ‘slandering’ Islam
away in the eastern island
provincethatwasfirsthitby ASSOCIATED PRESS IdilSirin, Macron for taking steps against sentiments on Sunday, the report local residents carried out arson
theferociousstorm,officials IZMIR, NOVEMBER 2 14,was PRESS TRUST OF INDIA “inhumane ideologies” after a quoted Qamruzzaman Talukder, attacksonhomes,includingthose
said Monday. Goni blasted rescued. DHAKA, NOVEMBER 2 teacher in Paris was decapitated officer-in-charge of Bangra Bazar of thetwowhowerearrested.
into Catanduanes province IN WHAT one rescue worker AP for showing caricatures of the PoliceStation,assaying. Askedwhatmeasurestheau- Johnny Depp
at dawn Sunday as a super called “a miracle,” extraction THE HOUSES of several Hindu Prophet Muhammad, The headmaster of the thoritieshavetakenagainsttheat-
typhoon with sustained teams brought two girls out alive families have been vandalised bdnews24.com reported. kindergarten and a resident of tackers, Mir said the administra-
windsof225kilometresper Monday from the wreckage of Rescue workers clapped in and burned in Bangladesh’s The headmaster of a kinder- nearby Andikot village were the tion has swung into action. Depp loses libel
hour and gusts of 280 kph. their collapsed apartment build- unison Monday as 14-year-old Comilla district over rumours garten school in Purbo Dhour two to be arrested. Qamruzzaman said the
But the storm weakened ings in the Turkish city of Izmir, Idil Sirin was removed from the about an alleged Facebook post welcomed Macron’s action in a “The situation is under con- process to file a case over the at- case in UK over
threedaysafteranearthquakehit rubble,afterbeingtrappedfor58 slandering Islam, according to a comment on the post. trol now,” Md Abul Fazal Mir, tack was underway.
considerably after making
landfall and shifted direc- Turkey and Greece, killing 85. hours.Sevenhourslater,rescuers media report on Monday. As the rumours about the deputycommissionerof Cumilla Demonstrations against ‘wife-beater’
Onlookers applauded in joy working on another toppled The households were van- Facebook post spread, tension district, told bdnews24.com af- France over caricatures of the
tion to spare the capital,
Manila, before blowing out and wept with relief as ambu- building extricated three-year- dalised and later set on fire on mounted in the area on ter visiting the area. Syed Nurul Prophet Muhammad have been claims in tabloid
intotheSouthChinaSea. AP lances carrying the girls rushed old Elif Perincek, whose mother SundayafteraBangladeshiman, Saturday, the report said. Islam, Superintendent of Police, takingplaceindifferentMuslim-
to hospitals immediately after andtwosistershadbeenrescued who lives in France, allegedly Thepolicearrestedtwopeople has also visited the scene. majority countries, including
their rescues. two days earlier. praised President Emmanuel on charges of hurting religious Thedeputycommissionersaid Bangladesh, for several days. PAN PYLAS
LONDON, NOVEMBER 2

JOHNNYDEPPlosthishigh-stakes
libelcaseMondayagainsttheSun
THE BRITISH JOURNALIST WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST tabloid newspaper for labelling

Robert Fisk, veteran foreign correspondent, dies in Dublin at 74

him a “wife beater,” as a British
judgepointedtoseveralepisodes
thathesaidshowedtheactor’sex-
wife had feared for her life.
JusticeAndrewNicolsaidthat
1989, described him as the most beyond, covering almost every backed Christian militiamen andpopularityintheregionforhis the defendants had proved that
ZEINA KARAM celebrated journalist of his era. big story in the region, including slaughtered hundreds of oppositiontotheIraqwar—chal- what they published was “sub-
BEIRUT, NOVEMBER 2 “Fearless, uncompromising, the Iran-Iraq war, the Arab- Palestinian refugees. Earlier that lengingtheofficialUSgovernment stantially true” during a trial in
determined and utterly commit- Israeliconflict,thewarinAlgeria, year, he was also the first foreign narrative of weapons of mass de- Londonoverthesummerthatin-
VETERAN BRITISH journalist tedtouncoveringthetruthandre- the conflict in Afghanistan, journalisttoreport onthe scale of structionasitlaidthegroundwork cluded lurid accounts from Depp
Robert Fisk, one of the best- alityatallcosts,RobertFiskwasthe Saddam Hussein’s invasion of theHamamassacrein1982,when for the 2003 invasion — and dis- and Amber Heard in which each
known Middle East correspon- greatest journalist of his genera- Kuwait, the US invasion and oc- then-SyrianPresidentHafezAssad putingUSandIsraelipolicies. accusedtheotherofabuse.Depp’s
dents who spent his career re- tion,” said Christian Broughton, cupation of Iraq, the Arab Spring launched a withering assault on Hewasoneofthefewjournal- lawyers said they would appeal.
portingfromthetroubledregion managingdirectorofthenewspa- and Syria’s civil war. His report- therebelliouscityincentralSyria, ists who interviewed Osama bin Depp sued News Group
and won accolades for challeng- per. “The fire he lit at The ing earned him awards, but also levelling entire neighbourhoods Ladenseveraltimes.AftertheSept Newspapers,publisherofTheSun,
ing mainstream narratives has Independentwillburnon,”hesaid. invited controversy, particularly andkillingthousandsinoneofthe 11, 2011 attacks and the subse- and the newspaper’s executive
died after a short illness, his em- Born in Kent, in the United his coverage of the Syria conflict. most notorious massacres in the quentUSinvasionof Iraq,hetrav- editor,DanWootton,overanApril
ployer said Monday. He was 74. Kingdom,Fiskbeganhiscareeron Fisk in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, in 2018. He has spent his A fearless, bespectacled and modernMiddleEast. elled to the Pakistan-Afghan bor- 2018 article that accused him of
Fisk, whose reporting often FleetStreetattheSundayExpress. entire career reporting from the Middle East and has won cheerful personality bristling “So sad to lose a true friend der, where he was attacked by a assaulting fellow actor Heard.
sparked controversy, died HewentontoworkforTheTimes, accolades for challenging mainstream narratives. AP with energy, Fisk was often the andagreatjournalist.Thetemple groupof Afghanrefugees. For now, the ruling deals a big
Sunday at a hospital in Dublin, where he was based in Northern first reporter to arrive at the of truth is gone,” said Marwan He later wrote about the inci- blow to Depp’s reputation that
shortly after he was taken there Ireland, Portugal and the Middle scene of a story. Chukri, director of the Foreign dent from the refugees’ perspec- could damage a lucrative movie
after falling ill at his home in the East. He moved to Beirut in 1976, and live from an apartment lo- until his death. In1982,hewasoneof thefirst Press Centre at the Information tive, describing his beating by career, which has seen the actor
Irish capital. The Independent, ayearafterthecountry’scivilwar cated on the Lebanese capital’s From his base in Beirut, Fisk journalistsattheSabraandShatila Ministry in Beirut. refugeesasa“symbolofthehatred take the lead in several popular
where he had worked since brokeout,andcontinuedtowork famed Mediterranean corniche travelled across the Mideast and camp in Beirut, where Israeli- Fisk gained particular fame andfuryof thisfilthywar”. AP familymovies. AP

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ECONOMY WATCH ARBITRARY,HIGHLEVYBREEDSINEFFICIENCIES: FINANCESECY AUCTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL COAL MINING

OCTOBER DATA
‘Customsduty:Needjudicious Strong competition on
Day 1: Vedanta bid for
Indicators hint at
demand revival; use,hastobephasedoutslowly’ A closer look at the regression juicestomobilephones.InBudget
Odisha mine highest
ENSECONOMICBUREAU TOP BIDDERS
caution prevails AANCHALMAGAZINE
NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2
dataof India’simportsof rawma-
terials, intermediate goods, capi-
tal and consumer goods in the
2020-21, the government had
hiked import duties on over 100
categories of products across sec-
NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2

THE FIRST auction of coal blocks

AND THE MINES
THE GOVERNMENT proposes to weightedaverageofimporttariffs tors, including certain food items, for commercial mining was kick- VEDANTARESOURCES:
Manufacturing PMI India Biz Resumption Index
58.9 slowly phase out the hike in during1990-2017showsthatwith furniture,footwear,householdap- started on Monday, with five Odisha’sRadhikapur
60
82.2
82.1

Customs duties levied earlier for even 1 per cent increase in tariff, pliances, parts of mobile phones, mines going under the hammer. Westcoalmine.
81.6

84.4
81.2

80.8

83.3
80.3

40 51.4 protectionof domesticmanufac- the imports decline by around andtoys.Morerecently,inOctober, VedantaResourcesemergedasthe

turing. High, arbitrary Customs $2billiononanaverage,thusmak- a5percentCustomsdutywasin- highest bidder for Odisha’s AURBINDO REALITY
79

20
duty rates breed inefficiencies ingacaseforimprovingtheman- troduced on open cell — a RadhikapurWestcoalmine,offer- and Infrastructure:
0 and there is a need to have “judi- ufacturing base of the country, it key component in TV panel ing 21 per cent revenue share for Takli Jena Bellora North
Nov 01
Sept 06
Sept 13
Sept 20
Sept 27

Sept 2019 Oct 2020

Oct 04
Oct 11
Oct 18
Oct 25

Note: Reading below 50 suggests contraction cious use” of Customs duty, AJAY BHUSHAN PANDEY said.Intheexportbasket,thehigh- manufacturing. themine,whichhasestimatedre- and Takli Jena Bellora
and above it indicates expansion
Source: IHS Markit Source: Nomura Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Finance Secretary est share is of consumer goods, TheFinanceSecretaryalsosaid servesof312milliontonnesofcoal South coal mines in
Pandey said. whicharemanufacturedproducts, the government has moved to- withapeakcapacityof6.0million Maharashtra.
Power demand Petrol/diesel sales
(% change, y-o-y, 2020) (in thousand tonnes) “... we will ensure that on the followed by intermediate goods wards plugging the loopholes for tonnesperannum.
20 8,000 Customsdutyfront,wehaveavery itemsrangingfromapplesandal- and these two attract highest tar- misuse in rules of origin for im- The auctions will include 14 HINDALCO: Chakla
12.1 Diesel 6,790 judicious use of Customs duty. mondstocellphoneparts. iffsintheimportbasket,thusmak- ports. The earlier rules of origin more coal blocks and are set to coal mine in Jharkhand.
10 6,000
6,942 Having arbitrary high Customs In its research report on ing a case against the fact that would result in a lot of misuse as continuetillNovember9,withthe
0 4,000
3.9 dutybreedsinefficienciesandthe Monday, State Bank of India also higher tariffs have not protected unscrupulouselementswouldtry successful bidders to be an- YAZDANI
-10 2,000
2,456 2,629 consumersaswelldomesticman- statedthatthecountryneedstofo- theseindustries.“Othercountries tobypasstherules,whichinturn, nouncedbyNovember11. INTERNATIONAL:
-20 Petrol
-23.2 0 ufacturing suffer. So, what is re- cusmoreonincreasingproductiv- with much lower tariff structures wouldimpactdomesticmanufac- “Thefirstdayofauctionofcoal MarkiMangliIImine
-30 Jan Oct*
Jan Apr Oct *extrapolated from PSU retail sales
quired is a reasonable amount of ity and less on import tariffs in its have built manufacturing bases, turing. “In the last budget, we mines for sale of coal saw strong inMaharashtra.
Customs duty for a level playing quest for Atmanirbhar Bharat. which have helped them in their amended the Customs Act, new and healthy competition among
Oct sales in units (Mumbai) On track field, and it has to also be phased “After2004,Indiasawrapidreduc- exports,”itsaid. rules of origin have come which thebidders,”saidagovernmentre- JMSMINING: Urtan
No. of sale documents registered Freight loading Freight revenue
7,929

outslowlyonceasectorhasdevel- tioninAHSWeighted Average(%) The government had levied a have become effective from lease, noting that the auction mineinMadhyaPradesh.
6,377

(million tonne) (` crore, RHS)

6,068

5,811
5,668
5,225
4,902

oped,” Pandey told The across all product categories. 10percentbasicCustomsdutyfor Septemberthisyearandnowim- process for some of the mines
4,483

12,500
2,619

125 10,405
10,728
100 10,000 IndianExpress. Despite the reduced tariffs, India smartphones effective July 2017 portersareboundtospecifywhat lastedfor“3-4hours”.
75 7,500 This marks a departure from has one of the highest weighted oncoveredcellularmobilephones, isthevalueadditionishappening Aurbindo Reality and Jharkhand, offering a 14.25 per
Oct ‘12
Oct ‘13
Oct ‘14
Oct ‘15
Oct ‘16
Oct ‘17
Oct ‘18
Oct ‘19
Oct ‘20

5,000 the earlier stance as the govern- averagetariffsintheworldofman- andpartslikecharger,battery,key- so that they have taken Customs Infrastructurewasthehighestbid- centrevenuesharetothegovern-
108.07

50
106.5

25 2,500 menthasprogressivelyraisedim- ufacturers, comprising both con- pad, USB cable, which was later dutyexemptions.So,suchmisuse derfortheTakliJenaBelloraNorth ment for rights to mine. With re-
Source: Department of registrations and 0 0
stamps, Government of Maharashtra, Feb Oct portdutiesforanumberofmanu- sumer and capital goods,” the SBI raisedto15percentinDecember. usedtohappen,whichusedtoaf- and Takli Jena Bellora South coal gard to MarkiMangli II mine in
2020 2020
Knight Frank Research
factured products including reportsaid. The duty on TV sets was raised to fectdomesticmanufacturing,de- minesinMaharashtra,offeringthe Maharashtra, Yazdani Intern-
television,mobilesandhousehold During 2004-2017, India’s 20 per cent from 15 per cent in prive the domestic manufacturer government a revenue share of ationalbidthehighestat30.75per
13-yearhigh,whilesales,too, appliances over the last six years. shareinglobalmanufacturingin- December2017.InFebruary2018, from a level playing field. So with 30.75percentforthemineswhich centrevenuesharing. JMSMining
ENSECONOMICBUREAU improved dramatically. In its previous tenure, the NDA creased by 1.5 percentage points, Customsdutieswerehikedacross these things, domestic manufac- have reserves of 117.26 metric Pvt Ltd bid the highest for Urtan
NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 Electricity generation, a governmenthadengagedinatar- while China gained a 18 per cent 46 items spanning imported turing, economy will move for- tonnes. Hindalco was the highest mine in Madhya Pradesh at 10.50
closeproxyforeconomicactiv- iff hiking spree covering over 400 share,thereportsaid. brandedgoodsrangingfromfruit ward,”hesaid. bidderfortheChaklacoalminein percentrevenuesharing.
A REVIVAL of demand seen in ities,roseforasecondstraight
September apparently gath- month in October, registering
ered more steam in October, a12.1 percentyear-on-year(y- GST COMPENSATION SHORTFALL
US ELECTIONS
2nd tranche: Centre to transfer
with a surge in certain early o-y)rise,against4.6percentin
high-frequencyindicators,like the previous month. Diesel
manufacturing PMI, power consumption in October rose WITH BIDEN BETS AND TRUMP HEDGES, INVESTORS GET READY
`6,000 cr to 16 states and 3 UTs
generation, auto sales and rail 6.6percent.
freight,andevenfuelsales. Auto sales, too, zoomed in Four years after Donald Trump’s surprise Presidential victory roiled markets,
This lends some credence October, driven by festive de- investors are prepared for short-term trading turmoil and major long-term
tothenotionthattheeconomy mand.Mirroringtheimprove- policy shifts, according to a Reuters report cialwindowtilldateandtheloans
maybehealingfasterfromthe ment in leading gauges, the
BIGGEST WORRY HOW THE MARKETS
ENSECONOMICBUREAU BORROWING raised by the Centre would be re-
Covid-inducedshockthanan-
ticipated earlier. But analysts
Nomura India Business
Resumption Index improved FOR MARKETS: REACTED?
NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 DONE AT 4.42% leased on a back-to-back basis to
states/UTs.
warnthatthedurabilityofthis to 82.4 in October, a rise of 2.6 Theoutcomemostlikelyto ■ Asof02:04p.m.EST,the THE FINANCE Ministry on ■Thisroundof borro- This second round of borrow-
rebound, seemingly aided by pointsfrom80.3inSeptember shakemarkets—atleastinthe DowJonesIndustrialAverage Monday said it will transfer the wingwasdoneatan ingwasdoneataninterestof4.42
spillover of pent-up demand and73.6inAugust. nearterm—isnoimmediate wasup225.46points,or0.85 second tranche of borrowing interestof 4.42percent, per cent, which is lower than the
post-lockdown, can be estab- “However,itremainstobe outcomeatall.Marketsfeara percent,at26,727.06 worthRs6,000croreforcompen- whichislowerthanthe cost of borrowings for the states
lished only if the momentum seenwhetherthismomentum contestedelection ■ EuropeansharesMonday sation shortfall to 16 states and 3 costof borrowingsfor andUTs,thusbenefitingthem,the
outlaststhefestiveseason. outlives the festival-led activ- recoveredfrom1-monthlows UnionTerritoriesincludingAndh- thestatesandUTs,thus Finance Ministry said. The first
WHAT WOULD BE
TheNikkeiManufacturing itysurge.Wealsoremaincau- ra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, benefitingthem,the tranchelastmonthwasborrowed
Purchasing Managers' Index tious on the potential reversal
GOOD NEWS? ■ TheSensexsettled143.51 Karnataka,PuducherryandDelhi. FinanceMinistrysaid. at5.19percent.
(PMI), compiled by IHS of pandemic gains in Nove- Adecisivevictoryofeither points,or0.36percent,higher TheCentrehadonOctober23 The Finance Ministry had last
Markit,roseto58.9inOctober mber-December,asthefestive TrumporDemocratic at39,757.58.Brentcrude transferred Rs 6,000 crore to 16 monthsaidtheCentrewouldbor-
from September's 56.8. A season draws down,” Sonal JoeBiden,wouldbe pricesfelltoalowof$35.74 states and 2 UTs of Delhi and latest to opt for borrowing under rowfromthemarketandthenact
readingover50indicateseco- VarmaandAurodeepNandiof goodnewsforstocks perbarrel,alevelnotseensince Jammu and Kashmir, taking the the special window and has been as an intermediary to arrange
nomic expansion. Man- Nomura said in a report on lateMay,laterrecoveringto totalborrowedamountunderthe included in the second tranche. back-to-backloanstopaytheGST
ufacturing output touched a Monday. FE Source: Reuters tradeup1.69%at$38.58 specialwindowtoRs12,000crore. With this, 21 states and 3 Union compensation shortfall of Rs 1.1
Puducherry has become the Territorieshaveoptedforthespe- lakhcroretostategovernments.

What led to the 8.6% fall in RIL shares? HDFC Q2 net falls 27.5%
September and stole all the lime- tail arm in the wake of the Covid Expertssaywhenshareprices Sept,Octseestrongestrecoverysinceoutbreak
SANDEEPSINGH light with record fund-raising of pandemicandlockdown. had hit over Rs 2,300 per share,
&GEORGEMATHEW over Rs 1.5 lakh crore from global manyfelttheyhadmissedtheop-
NEWDELHI/MUMBAI,NOV2 investors into its telecom and re- Whatisthewayforward? portunity to buy its shares and so ENSECONOMICBUREAU PNB profit
SHARE PRICE of Reliance
tail arms over last six months,the
sharp fall comes both as a damp-
IsthesharpfallonMondaythe
end of the fairytale run of the
for them the current fall provides
theopportunity to enter thestock
MUMBAI,NOVEMBER2
jumps 22%
Industries — India’s largest com- ener for some and op- scrip?Brokeragehouses for long term gains. While some HOME MORTGAGE firm HDFC New Delhi: Punjab National
pany by profitability and market portunityforothers. don’tfeelso.Fundman- global investment firms like Ltd has reported a 27.56 per cent Bank(PNB)onMondaysaidit
capitalisation—fellsharplyby8.6 agers and analysts feel Macquariehavetalkedabouta42 declineinnetprofitforthequarter witnessed a 22 per cent in-
per cent on Monday, bringing its Whatledtothesharp thatsincethestockwas per cent further downside in RIL ended September 2020 (Q2) at crease in net profit to Rs
total market cap down by Rs 1.23 fallonMonday? richly valued, the weak shares, there are some who feel Rs 2,870 crore as against Rs 3,962 620.81 crore for the quarter
lakh crore (taking into account The sell-off was trig- quarterly results gave a since there is no fresh trigger for crore in the year-ago period. endedSeptember30oneas-
both fully and partly paid shares), gered by the weak sec- reasonformanytobook priceriseasmostoftheinvestment HDFC Vice Chairman and ingof badloans. PTI
or$16.6billion,fromRs14.37lakh ond quarter results by the com- profits and that resulted into fur- deals have been announced, the CEO Keki Mistry said individual
crore on Friday to Rs 13.14 lakh pany with the net profit falling 15 ther decline of the share price as scripmayremainrangeboundand disbursements during the quar-
croreonMonday. per cent to Rs 9,567 crore in the thedayproceeded. itcouldbeagoodtimeforinvestors ter ended September 2020 were and October 2020 have seen the
For a stock that rose 170 per Septemberquarterduetoasharp toaccumulateitsshares. at 95 per cent levels of the previ- strongest recovery since the out-
centfromlowsofRs875inMarch declineinrefiningmarginsto$5.7 Doesitthrowopenan Full report on ous year. break of the pandemic,” Mistry
to hit a high of Rs 2,368 in perbarrelandweaknessinthere- opportunitytoinvest? www.indianexpress.com “The months of September said in a conference call.

BRIEFLY Expert committee rejects Dr Reddy’s

Lastdatefor proposal for remdesivir’s full approval
ECLGS:Nov30 cepted by the Central Drugs
NewDelhi:Thegovernment ENSECONOMICBUREAU The panel’s suggestions Standard Control Organisation
on Monday extended the NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 come nearly two weeks (CDSCO), would mean that India
EmergencyCreditLineGua- wouldnotfollowtheUSdrugreg-
rantee Scheme (ECLGS) for A SUBJECT expert committee after the US Food and Drug ulator’sleadingrantingremdesivir
MSMEstillNovember30,as (SEC) under the nation’s top drug Administration approved fullmarketingapproval.“Afterde-
the scheme has failed to regulatorybodyhasrejectedapro- the drug as a recognised taileddeliberation,thecommittee
reach the target Rs 3 lakh posal by Hyderabad-headquar- did not recommend for grant of
treatment for Covid-19
crore of sanctions. tered Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to full marketing authorisation and
grantfullmarketingauthorisation opinedthatapprovalforrestricted
AdityaPurito forantiviralremdesivir.
Theexpertpanel’srecommen-
nearly two weeks after the US
FoodandDrugAdministrationap-
emergencyuseofthedrugshould
continue,”statedtheSECinitsrec-
joinCarlyle dations, which suggest that India
should continue with restricted
proved the drug as a recognised
treatmentforCovid-19.
ommendations on October 29.
The minutes of the panel’s meet-
New Delhi: Former HDFC emergency use of the drug, come The recommendations, if ac- ingweremadepubliconMonday.
Bank MD & CEO Aditya Puri
will join private equity ma-
jor Carlyle on investment
opportunitiesacrossAsiaas UPI transactions cross 2 bn/month in Oct
a senior advisor. PTI Corporation of India (NPCI). The cash has forced users and busi-
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU total value of these transactions nesses to shift priorities to on-
‘Octjoblessrate NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 stood at Rs 3.8 trillion, up from
Rs 3.2 trillion in September, the
line payments nearly overnight.
For example, in May, which
risesto6.98%’ THE TOTAL number of transac-
tions conducted on the Bharat
data showed.
As of October, as many as 189
saw complete lockdown, the
number of transactions done
New Delhi: Unemployment Interface for Money-Unified banks were using the UPI plat- throughUPIstoodat1,234.5mil-
rate in October rose to 6.98 Payments Interface (BHIM-UPI), form developed by the NPCI, lion transaction, while in June
per cent from 6.67 per cent known more simply as the UPI compared to 141 in the corre- and July, when lockdown meas-
in September, as per the crossed the 2 billion transac- sponding month a year ago. The ures were relaxed a little, the
Centre for Monitoring tions count a month in October, platform has seen tremendous number of transactions stood at
Indian Economy. REUTERS according to the data released growth over the last eight 1,336.9 million and 1,497.3 mil-
by National Payments months as the limited use of lion, respectively.

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(U.P) have changed my minor Rawat and My wife Manju Favour Of Shri Harish Kumar
daughter’s name from Himani both,R/o House.No.474,Chirag S/o Shri Radhey Lal.
to Himani Goel for all purposes Delhi,Malviya-Nagar,New 0040553460-10
0040553417-1 Delhi-110017,declare that in my
son’s school-records our name I,Vikrant kapoor,S/o-Vijay
I Anuj Tiwari S/o Sh. Prem
Prakash Tiwari R/o J-1107,
Jaipuriya Sunrise Greens,
wrongly-mentioned as Dinesh
Singh Rawat and Manju that
kapoor,R/o.h.no-112,The
national-media centre
shankar-chowk Nathupur(67)
SALUTE THE SOLDIER
our/my correct-name is Dinesh Maj P Purushottam
Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Uttar Gurgaon,HR-122002,have lost
Rawat and my wife correct- In proud memory of Maj P Purushottam,
Pradesh-201010 have changed my original/Duplicate-
name is Manju Rawat. (4 BIHAR). While serving as the Defence
my name to Anuuj P Tiwari for certificate class-10th(2000) Spokesperson at Srinagar his office faced a
all purposes. 0040553425-1 0040553474-4 Rollno-6155275,class-12th Fidayeen attack. Although unarmed , he engaged
I,BALJINDER SINGH BRAR,S/O- (2002)Rollno-6248015 CBSE- the terrorists in a hand to hand fight, thereby
I Rajesh Kumar S/O Dwarka
Delhi. 0040553465-6 saving the lives of journalists present in the office.
Prasad, R/O 25A, Gali no.4, BALJEET SINGH,H.NO.17 TYPE-3 In the process, he made the supreme sacrifice. His
Sainik Enclave,Sec 3, Mohan SCHEDULE’B RASHTRAPATI I,VIPIN KUMAR,S/o shri.Jagdish gallantry serves as an inspiration to us. We, the
Garden, Uttam Nagar, New BHAWAN,NEW DELHI- kumar R/o-96/144,DDA- fraternity of the Veer Biharis, salute him.
Delhi-110059, have changed my 110004,changed my name to flats.Ambedkar-nagar The Bihar Regiment Association
name to Rajesh. BALJINDER SINGH, ,Dakshinpuri,Delhi,have Lost
permanently. 0040553456-6 my DDA original-Demand
0040553435-1
I,DIPINDER KAUR,W/O letter-DDA file.no-J/5 MAHARSHI DAYANAND SARASWATI UNIVERSITY,
I am Narendra Singh Sirohi Vill +
Post Nisurkha, Tehsil- Siyana
PARMINDER SINGH,R/O-B- (96)/82/DP,property-DDA-Janta AJMER
125,MIG FLATS,PHASE-4,ASHOK flat.no-96,G/F,cat- No. F.20 (10)/Degree/MDSU/2020/22808 Dated: 29.10.2020
Distt. Bulandshahr, My Son’s VIHAR,DELHI-110052.CHANGED Janta,Dakshinpuri,Delhi-62. NOTICE FOR CANCELLATION OF E.BID - 08
name Man Sirohi was wrongly MY NAME TO DEEPINDER KAUR.
E-bids invited vide E.Bid Notice No. F.20(10)/Degree/MDSU/2020/14173 dt. 28.07.2020
0040553460-6 and subsequent Corrigendum No. F.20(10)/Degree/MDSU/2020/616 dt. 17.08.2020 for
published. While the correct
0040553465-2 the SUPPLY OF HIGH TEAR RESISTANT SECURITY FEATURE ENABLED DEGREE
name of my Son is MAAN I,Suresh Saini,S/o Late.Rattan SHEETS, PRINTING OF DATA ON DEGREE SHEETS USING LASER PRINTER AND
SIROHI. Affidavit I,Ajay Pal S/o Shyamasunder Lal,R/o- SUPPLY OF THE PRINTED DEGREES FOR THE YEAR 2018 & 2019 ON F.O.R. BASIS
No.17AE182582 Before notary R/o-B-150,2nd-Floor,Ali 151,Shahbad,Daulatpur,Delhi- TO M.D.S. University, Ajmer is hereby cancelled. (U.B.N. No. MDU2021GLOB00002)
bulandshahr 9758896013 Vihar,Sarita-Vihar, Delhi- 110042,have lost my Original- Sd/- REGISTRAR
110076.have changed my name Documents and Aadhar-card of
0040553418-1
to Bablu Singh. 0040553465-4 property Plot.No.90(100) Sq.yd
I, Bineeta Kumari W/O Pradeep Khasra.No.51/18 in the area of
Ghildiyal R/O Flat No-64, DDA- I,AMIT GUPTA, ADDRESS-D-6, Village-Shahabad,
Flats Pocket-5, Sector- MANSAROVER-PARK, Daulatpur,Delhi-42,Finder
12,Dwarika Delhi-110078, SHAHDARA,DELHI- Contact:-9654535378.
changed my name to Bineeta 110032.Changed my MINOR Son
name AARYAN to AARYAN 0040553460-7
Ghildiyal. 0040553456-1
GUPTA, permanently. Lost of Original Notary File
I, Deepak Kumar Aggarwal S/o Which Includes GPA, Sale
0040553456-7
Om Prakash Aggarwal, R/o FK- Agreement, Aff, Rect, SPA, I. PUBLIC NOTICE
10, Shastri Nagar, Delhi-110052 I, Vikrant Vashisht,S/o,Lokendra Bond and Other Relevant Know all men by these presents that my
have changed my name from Dutt Sharma,R/o,E-10,Gali.no.- Documents, DT. 21-01-2019. At clients Rajinder Singh Ahuja S/o Late
Deepak Kumar Aggarwal & 13,33,Futa Ashok Vihar on 07-10-2020 in Shri Dayal Singh and Inder Kaur Ahuja
Deepak Agarwal to DEEPAK Road,Dayalpur,Delhi- Respect of Entire Built-UP W/o Rajinder Singh Ahuja R/o C-6B/69,
AGGARWAL for all purposes. 110094,have declare that,name Janakpuri, New Delhi-58, have
Industrial Property Bearing No- debarred their daughter-in-law Mita
of my Father wrongly- 250, Built On Land Area
0040553248-1 Ahuja, Andrea Ahuja and Grand
mentioned as Lokender Dutt Measuring 250 SQ, Meters, In Daughter Sonya Ahuja @ Sonia Ahuja
I, Dushyant Sinha S/o Rajeev Sharma in my,10th and 12th- Block-H, Sector-I, Situated In from all movable and immovable
Sinha R/o 703, Hazelnut Class,certificate and The Layout Plan Of Bawana properties and severed all relations with
Apartment, Hiranandani Graduation.The actual,name of Industrial Complex, Bawana,
them. Any person/s dealing with them
Meadows, Thane West Thane my,Father Lokendra Dutt shall be doing so at their own risk and
Delhi, executed by Shri Prem responsibilities.
Maharashtra-400601, declare Sharma. 0040553468-1 Kumar Madan S/o Shri L.D. Sd/- H. K. BABBAR, ADVOCATE
that name of father has been Madan In Favour Of Smt. Office:C3/266,Janakpuri, New Delhi-58
I, Vijay Singh Sharma, S/O Ram
wrongly written as Rajesh Meena Keswani W/o Shri Kiran
Niwas Sharma, R/O 13-D/2, Gali
Sinha in my Birth Certificate. Kumar. 0040553460-9
No.2, Shree Ram Marg,
The actual name of father is PUBLIC NOTICE
Maujpur, near Central Bank of I,Naseema Begum,W/o Late It is informed to the general public that the
Rajeev Sinha, which may be
India, Delhi-110053, have Umed Khan,have lost my Original Title Deed bearing Registratin
amended accordingly. No.5340 dated 23.02.2007 regstered in the
changed my name to Vijay Original-Documents office of Sub Registrar Nuh is misplaced
0070719289-1 Kumar Sharma. 0070719258-1 G.P.A,Agreement to sell Etc.On from me. The said title deed belongs to the
Dt.27.10.2020 of property No.59 land bearing Rect. No.46, Kila No. 21/2(0-9)
I, Hari Sharn S/o Umrao Singh I, Shikha Goel W/o Davinder Goel BEFORE DEBTS RECOVERY TRIBUNAL - III Delhi
situated at Village Kiranj, Tehsil Nuh, District
Block-10 on.Nallaha-
R/o G-15/56, Sector-15, Rohini, R/o-C-66 Milansar Appartment Nuh (Mewat). I am the owner in possession 4th Floor Jeevan Tara Building Parliament Street, New Delhi : 110001
Delhi-110085 have changed my Sector-14 Rohini Delhi- Madalgir,Dakshinpuri,N.Delhi- of the said land. If anyone finds the above
name to Hari Sharan Dahiya. 110085,changed my name to 110062 Finder contact- sale deed they are requested to Notice under Section 19(4) of the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial
Deepshikha Goel. 9650776228. 0040553460-8 contact/send the same at the below address Institutions Act. 1993 read with Rule 12 & 13 of the Debts Recovery Tribunal (Procedure
0040553468-6 within the 7 days.
Rules) 1993).
0040553456-3 I, Mahendra Poddar S/o Lt. H.N. Raj Kala W/o Sh. Ishwar Singh R/o Village
I, Hasta Devi , W/o late Banwari KiranjTehsil&DistrictNuh,Haryana In the matter of
Poddar Accounts Manager OA 1074/2019
Lal, R/o B- 355, Hari Nagar new I, Robin alias Robin Kapoor, D/o Sd/- Raj Kumar Goyal, Advocate :
M/s Saya Automobiles Ltd. Ch.No.93 Block- B, Distt. Courts, Gurgaon BANK OF BARODA SH. PALWINDER SINGH & ANR.
delhi - 110064, affirm that Des Raj, W/o Rupesh Pandey, Vs.
Address A-21-22, G.T. Karnal Applicant Defendants
Hansta Devi and Hasta Devi R/o A-88, Gali No-6, Block A,
Road Industrial Area Azadpur
both are one and the same Jagat Puri, Krishna Nagar, To,
person 0040553423-1 Delhi-110051, have changed my
Delhi-110033 have Lost Some PUBLIC NOTICE D-1. SH PALWINDER SINGH, S/O SH. RANJEET SINGH,
Important documents, Be it Known that my client SH. ASHOK
name and shall hereafter be
company-stock Register Bank
KUMAR GUPTA S/o SH. BHICHCHA LAL R/O PLOT NO. 48AND 49, KHASRANO. 8/21,
I, MOHD AHMAD,S/O-MOHD GUPTA R/O A-801, Sukhsagar Apartment,
known as Vanshika Robin PRIVATE FLAT, SECOND FLOOR, OLD BLOCK-B
MOIDDIN,R/o-R-5,GAFFAR Financial File, Books of Sector 9, Dwarka, New Delhi have sold the
Pandey. 0070719288-1 Property at LP26A, Maurya Enclave, FRONGT SIDE, B-1 KIRARI GARDEN, UTTAM NAAGR, DELHI - 110059
MANZIL,PART-2,HAJI Accounts, Ledger Book, Pitampura, Delhi-110034, presently mutated
in the name of his mother, late SMT. D-2. BALBIR KAUR, W/O PALWINDER SINGH,
COLONY,JAMIA-NAGAR,OKHLA, I, RITU SHARMA,W/o Late External Hard Disk, Audit File, DROPATI DEVI GUPTA on the basis of R/O PLOT NO. 48AND 49, KHASRANO. 8/21,
DELHI-110025,have changed Kulbhushan Chaturvedi,R/o- ROC File, and others during Relinquish Deed signed by Raj Kumar Gupta,
Naresh Kumar Gupta, Vijay Kumar Gupta & PRIVATE FLAT, SECOND FLOOR, OLD BLOCK-B
my minor daughter name from 2521/193, Onkar Nagar-A,Tri shifting office from Connaught Shyam Sunder Gupta (all her sons) and
FRONT SIDE, B-1, KIRAN GARDEN, UTTAM NAGAR, DELHI-110059
ILMA to ILMA AHMAD,for all Nagar, Delhi-110035,have Place Delhi If Found Contact Pushpa & Rashmi Gupta (daughters) in his
favour being her only heirs. Any person, other Whereas the above named applicant has instituted a case against you and whereas it has
purposes. 0040553465-3 changed my name to RITU 9643303072. than the aforesaid 6 persons, claiming to be
the legal heir of late Mrs. Dropati Gupta may been shown to the satisfaction of the Tribunal that it is not possible to serve you in ordinary
CHATURVEDI for all future 0040553428-1
I,Virender S/O Satbir Singh,R/O lodge the objection, if any, with the way. Therefore, this notice is given by advertisement you to make appearance in this
purposes. 0040553447-1 undersigned within 2 weeks of publication of
Tribunal 07.11.2020 at 10.30A.M.
F-90, G/F Block-F, Pocket- I, Ayush Kumar Mall,S/O this notice at the address hereinbefore.

2,Sector-15, Rohini Delhi- I, Priyank, S/o Anil Kumar Rajkumar Mall R/O-C-22,ITI S.K.Taank (Sheenu) (Advocate)
Enrl.No.D/063/2008.
Take notice that in case of your failure to appear on the above mentioned day before this
110089,have changed my name Sharma, R/o R-25, Nandini Kunj, Township-Mankapur Gonda- Tribunal, the case will be heard and decided in your absence.
to Virender Singh. Nandgram, Ghaziabad 201001, 271308.M-6388329504, have lost Due to ongoing Pandemic situation, all the matters will be taken up through Video
U.P., have changed my name to my original CBSE marksheet Conferencing and for that purpose:-
0040553456-2 (i)All theAdvocates/Litigants shall download the Cisco Webex application/software;
Priyank Sharma. and certificate of class-
I,Vina Kumari W/o,Lt. Satish 10th(2014) Roll.no.5198772; (ii) Meeting ID and Password for the next date of hearing qua cases to be taken by
0070719256-1 Registrar/Recovery Officer-I/and Recovery Officer-II shall be available one day prior to the
Kumar Tandon R/o,BG-6/340 D, 12th(2017)Roll.no.5651050.
Paschim Vihar,Delhi- I, PARDEEP KUMAR.S/O-VED next date at DRT Official Portal i.e. drt.gov.in under the Public Notice Head.
0040553460-3 (iii) In any exigency qua that, the Advocates/Litigants can contact the concerned official at
110063,have changed my name PRAKASH TYAGI.,ADDRESS-10
to Veena Tandon all purposes. DAKSHINESHWAR, 10 HAILEY I Gurdeep Singh R/o A-18/4 Rana Ph.No. 23748469
ROAD, NEW DELHI-110001. Pratap Bagh,New Delhi-110007, Given under my hand and seal of this Tribunal on this the 21st day of Sept., 2020.
0040553474-2
Changed my name to PRADEEP have lost my Share Certificates By Order of the Tribunal,
I,Vasantha Kumari KUMAR, permanently. of Company-Jamna Auto Assistant Registrar, DRT-III, New Delhi
W/o.Sh.P.H.Pillai R/o.LIG- Industries Ltd, Address- Jai
0040553468-7 U.P.R.V.U.N.L. E- TENDER NOTICE
Flat.140-D Pocket- Spring Road, Yamuna Nagar
E,G.T.B.Enclave Nand- I, PRAVEEN s/o SURESH KUMAR Haryana 135001, Certificate No- HARDUAGANJ THERMAL POWER
Nagri,Delhi-110093,have r/o H-322, Jahangir Puri, Delhi- 67372, Distinctive No 21148104, STATION, KASIMPUR (ALIGARH)
changed my name to Vasantha 110033 have changed my name folio No 31761, lost 50 shares. If SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER,
H.Pillai. 0040553465-5 to PARVEEN. 0040553398-1 anyone found please contact
at - 9871985411. 0040553437-1
PUBLIC NOTICE OPERATION & MAINTENANCE
This is to inform General Public that at my
I,Prashant I, Naseem Khatoon W/o- client Sudesh W/o Late Shri Virender, House CIRCLE-IV, ‘D’TPS, KASIMPUR 1.
Vashistha,S/o,Lokendra Dutt Mohammad Akram R/o-4384- I,RAJ S/o Dhooram,R/o J-1/48 no. 1149 Village Bawana North Delhi, Delhi
Short Term E-Tender Notice No.
110009 have purchased a plot bearing no.
Sharma,R/o-E-10,Gali.No.13, A,Third Floor, Old No.B-14/H, chankya place part-1 N.D- 296 measuring 32 sq. meter, pocket 07,
Sector 24 in Rohini Delhi Vide File no. 24 STET- 43/O&MC-IV/DTPS/EMD-
33,Futa Road,Dayalpur,Delhi- Gali No.18, Shanti Mohalla, 59,have lost my original
certificate/marksheet class-
(361) 1991 / LAB/ Rohni in the name of her
II/DT.P.S./2020-21 Online e-bids are
94,have declare name,of Delhi-110031,have changed my husband Late Shri Viender and unfortunately

mine,my father name wrongly- name to Naseema Khatoon. 10th year-2018 Rollno-8707764
she forget her bag in Kanjawala Sub-
Registrar office on date 26.10.2020 at 1.35
invited for the “Erection &
mentioned in,my 10thclass- CBSE-DELHI. p.m. My client have lodge FIR on date
Commissioning of Lighting & Lighting
0040553468-5 29.10.2020 Vide LR No. 696482/2020.
certificate &,12th class- 0040553460-4 Misplaced / lost documents are that:- Original
DDA Demand letter, DDA possession letter,
fixture work in Control Room of Unit-8 &
certificate Prashant I, NEEMA W/o Kishore Kumar R/o site possession letter and property purchased 9 at 2x250MW HTPS, Kasimpur, Aligarh”
I,Supra Mall,D/O-Rajkumar Ordinal document from Shakuntla Devi GPA
Vashishtha,Lokender Dutt 6-C, Kalpana Vihar, Sec-5, Mall,R/O.C-22 ITI Township- Sell agreement receipt of to Shri Avinash Kaur E- tender has been uploaded on
Sharma.The actual name,of Vaishali, Ghaziabad, Uttar and Avinash Kaur to my client’s Husband Late
Mankapur,Gonda-271308.M- Shri Virender. 05.11.2020 at 18:00 hrs. on
mine,and my,father Prashant Pradesh-201010 declare that 9450968281,have lost my CBSE
Sd/- AAKRITI SAXENA (Advocate)

name of mine has been

D/2563/2010 http://etender.up.nic.in, Estimated
Vashistha,Lokendra Dutt original-marksheet and
Sharma. wrongly written as Mrs. Neha Cost of Work Rs. 495950 only Time
certificate of class-10th(2005)
Period : Three Months, E.M.D. cost Rs.
0040553474-1
in my minor daughter Anushka
aged 14 years in her School
Roll no 5204991; PUBLIC NOTICE 9920, Last date of tender 23.11.2020 up
12th(2007)Roll.no.5686726 and ¸fZSm ¸fb½fd¢I »f ¸fû. VfI e»f (Af²ffS I fOÊ ³fa.
I,Prableen Kaur Taneja,W/o Records. The actual name of LU B.com degree(2007- 955795764710) E½fa C³fI e ´f°³fe °f¶fÀÀfb¸f to 14:00 Hrs, Note- Total quantity of
Ravinderpal Singh Taneja R/o mine is Neema. 0040553399-1 09)Roll.no.8710694. d³f½ffÀfe 186, ¸fZ³f SûO ³¹fc »ffWüS I fg»fû³fe VffÀÂfe
work, tender specification and other
C-97,Fateh Nagar Tilak-Nagar ³f¦fS dQ»»fe-31 ³fZ A´f³fZ ´fbÂf ¸fû. ªff¶ffªf CRÊ ªf`³f
I, Pawan Kumar S/O, Dan Singh 0040553460-2 (ZAN) (MOHD. ZANBAJ) (Af²ffS I fOÊ terms & condition is as per tender
New Delhi-110018,have ³fa. 510793655250) I û C³fIZ ´fid°f Qb½¹fʽfWfS IZ
changed my name to Prubleen
Rawat R/o 75b Gyan Khand 4,
I fS¯f A´f³fe ¨f»f ½f A¨f»f Àfa´fdØf ÀfZ W¸fZVff IZ d»fE
documents available on the e-portal.
Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Uttar ¶fZQJ»f I S dQ¹ff W` Ü AüS A´f³fZ Àf¸fÀ°f dSV°fZ ½f Corrigendum, Addendum, Extension if
Kaur Taneja.
Pradesh, 201014 have changed Lost and Found Àf¸¶f³²f Àf¸ff´°f I S d»fE W`Ô A°f: ·fd½f¿¹f ¸fZÔ ½fW any shall be uploaded only on the above
0040553468-3 my name to Pawan Rawat for I, VIPIN KUMAR S/o shri A´f³fZ WS ¶fbSm ·f»fZ IÈ °¹fûÔ E½fa »fZ³f QZ³f IZ d»fE JbQ
dªf¸¸fZQfS Wû¦ff AüS ¸fZSm ¸fb½fd¢I »f ½f A³¹f website. Bidders are advised to visit the
I,PRASHANTH SURESH
all purposes. 0040553465-1 Jagdish kumar R/o ´fdS½ffSªf³fûÔ I e I ûBÊ ªf½ff¶fQZW e ½f dªf¸¸fZQfSe I °fBÊ website regularly for updated
VISHWANATHAN S/o Suresh I, Renu Bala W/o JC669553Y 96/144 DDA flats, ³fWeÔ Wû¦feÜ
Sd./- information from time to time. Part- I
Vishwanathan, R/o-388, IInd- SUB/SKT Sunil Kumar Rana R/o Ambedkar nagar, VIKASH TRIVEDI
shall contain Tender Cost/Earnest
Floor, Narmada-Apartments, VPO-DAN-GOH, TEH- Dakshinpuri Delhi, have ADVOCATE
Alaknanda,Delhi–110019,have money and other necessary documents
AMB(GHANARI), DISTT-UNA, Lost my DDA original
changed my name to H.P, in my husband’s service as per pre-qualifying conditions and
Demand letter - DDA file PUBLIC NOTICE
PRASHANTH VISHWANATHAN record my date of birth Part-II will contain price bid as per bill of
no-J/5 (96)/82/DP, To be known to all that I Arjun Gulati S/o
0040553468-4 wrongly mentioned as Late Shri Sunil Gulati R/o Flat No. E-901, quantity. Tender specification may be
property - DDA Janta flat Himachali CGHS Ltd., Plot No. 8, Sector-
28/07/1978 instead of my 3, Dwarka New Delhi-110078, Presently downloaded from the website
I,Manish ARORA,S/0 Dharam correct date of birth as no- 96, G/F, cat-Janta, Residing at Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dakshinpuri, Delhi-62. Purchaser/ mutatee of Property Bearing (http://etender.up.nic.in) and other
Pal ARORA,R/o-B-5/25, 22/10/1978. 0040553463-1
Safdarjung-Enclave Delhi-
No. DDA BUILTUP Free Hold MIG Flat
NO. H-352, Second Floor, Block-H, specification details can be seen on
110029,have changed my name PUBLIC NOTICE
Along With Scooter Garrage No. UNB-
11, Situated at Naraina Residential
Nigam website www.uprvunl.org. The
to Manish Pal ARORA,in all Be it known to General Public that Scheme, Now Known as Naraina Vihar, contactors have to submit the hard copy
my client Gurmeet Singh Modi S/o Delhi.
purpose. 0040553456-5 Late Gurmukh Singh Modi R/o 2/9 That original documents i.e. before the schedule date/time in the
I,Jatinder Pal Singh S/o
Jangpura Extension New Delhi-
110014 has disowned and debarred
POSSESSION LETTER, POSSESSION
SLIP AND NOC FOR WATER AND concern office in sealed envelope
Shamsher Singh, Address- his Son namely Prabjeet Singh ELECTRICITY AND DEMAND LETTER
of the above said property has been lost.
containing details of the tender
Modi and his Daughter-in-Law
229,Sukhdev Vihar,New Delhi- namely Amarpreet Kaur Modi and
An FIR to this effect has been lodged in mentioned on the envelope. Tenders are
Police Station vide FIR No. 662079/2020
110025,changed my name to his Grand-son namely Gursahib Dated 16.10.2020. advised to send their hard copy directly
Singh Modi from severed his all
Jitinder Pal Singh. relations and his all moveable,
Any person(s) claiming any right,
to the concerned tendering authority of
interest, having any objection or found in
0040553456-4 immoveable properties and also
severed all his relations with them
possession of original documents, may
write/contact with above named person
the Circles/ Division. Who reserve the
I,Gagan Jain,R/o-B-202, Palam- due being them disobedient, at above address/ phone No. right to unaccept/cancel any or all the
disloyal, immoral attitude & 9999026220. Any person claiming any
Extension Sector-7,Dwarka- behavior towards my client. My right, interest, objections with respect to tenders without assigning any reason
this property can personally inform within
Bagdola,Delhi-110077,have client shall not be responsible for 15 days from the date of publication of thereof. “Save Electricity Enhance
any their acts deeds done by them this notice.
changed my minor son`s anyone dealing with them shall be Sd/- JASWANT RAI AGGARWAL
National Productivity” Sd/-
name,from Pratham Jain to Avi on their risk and consequences. Advocate Superintending Engineer (H.Q) ´fÂffaI
FIROZ AHMED (Advocate) Head Office 6, Prem Nagar Market,
Jain permanently. Chamber No.619, Patiala House Tyagraj Nagar, (Near Gate No. 2 53/A²fe.Ad·f.(¸fb.)/d½fÄff´f³f/I` ¸´f-1(42)/20 dQ³ffaI :
Court, New Delhi-110001 Tyagraj Stadium), New Delhi-110003
0040553460-1 Mobile: 9810542066 02/11/2020

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OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry & T Lewis
CROSSWORD 4266 DAY TODAY BY PETER VIDAL
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they are doing, belying your can hopefully discount the
natural reputation as a go- possibility of conspiracies and
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Short as well as It’s not often you
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you must keep a very ability to change your life and
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WATSON LIKELY TO QUIT
Top Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has decided to call time on his competitive
cricket career after Chennai Super Kings' exit from the Indian Premier League. While
Watson has not made any official announcement, it has been learnt that after CSK ended
their IPL campaign on Sunday with a win over Kings XI Punjab, the senior player told his
teammates about the decision to retire from all forms of cricket. PTI

BRIEFLY
Sindhu‘retires’,
clarifiesnotfrom
A DC marvel POINTS TABLE
Team Matches
MI
DC
RCB
13
14
14
Won
9
8
7
Lost
4
6
7
Pts
18
16
14
NRR
1.296
-0.109
-0.172
Delhi bounce back after 4 losses in a row to beat RCB and take 2nd spot; Kohli’s team qualifies too
badminton KKR
SRH
14
13
7
6
7
7
14
12
-0.214
0.555
World cham- KXIP 14 6 8 12 -0.162
pion P V SYNOPSIS Huge credit goes to Shikhar CSK 14 6 8 12 -0.455
Sindhu cre- Rahane returns to form after DC Dhawan, who scored a 41-ball RR 14 6 8 12 -0.569
ated a stir on show bowling discipline 54. He took the attack to the Orange Cap KL Rahul (670 runs)
Monday by
posting "I opposition upfront, allowing Purple Cap K Rabada (25 wkts)
Retire" on so- Rahane to settle down. The two
cial media SHAMIK CHAKRABARTY India stalwarts added 88 runs FINALPLAYOFFSPOT:SRHORKKR?
only to follow NOVEMBER 2 ● Delhi Capitals sealed second spot
it up with a lengthy statement declar- and DC were home and dry. in the points table. They will face
ing that she would actually be saying RIDING ON a fine partnership between Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1 and
goodbye to "the negativity, fear, and Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane, Delhi even if they lose that game, will get a
uncertainty" triggered by the COVID- Capitals ended their four-match losing process of cutting loose. He hit a fabulous second chance to make the final as
19 pandemic.The Olympic silver- streak to finish second in the points table. loftedcoverdriveoff KagisoRabadaforafour they will play Qualifier 2.
medallist, who is currently in London It gives them the leeway of an extra game before lifting Patel over long-on. Ashwin
to work on her nutrition and recovery in the playoffs, as they beat Royal made a timely intervention. As for Nortje, he ● Royal Challengers Bangalore have
needs at the Gatorade Sports Science Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in Abu came back brilliantly to make a serious im- also made it to the playoffs and will
Institute, started her rather stunning Dhabi on Monday. RCB, too, qualified, pact with the ball. The wickets of a well-set be one of the teams contesting the
postbysayingthatthe"DenmarkOpen thanks to their better net run rate than Devdutt Padikkal and the dangerous Chris Eliminator.
was the final straw. I Retire". She was Kolkata Knight Riders. MorrisinsidethreedeliveriesthwartedRCB’s ● The identity of their opponents
referringtoherpulloutfromtheevent After posting 152/7, RCB had to take the progress in the slog overs. will be decided by Tuesday’s final
duetothepandemic."...I'mwritingto- game deep to ensure that they go through. Padikkal scored a fine half-century but league game between MI and
day to tell you that I'm done...Not be- They stay put on 14 points but as DC sur- there’s one aspect of his game he would like Sunrisers Hyderabad. If the latter
ing able to represent India in the passed their total in 19 overs, RCB’s net run to look into. The left-hander occasionally ex- emerge victorious, they will make it,
Denmark Open was the last straw," rate remained above KKR’s. poseshisoff stumpwhilefacingfastbowlers. or else Kolkata Knight Riders will go
Sindhu's note stated. "Today, I choose Speedsters like to see the stumps, for they through..
to retire from this current sense of un- Rahane returns to form believe if they can see them, they can hit
rest. I retire from this negativity, the For a player of his pedigree, Rahane had them. On Monday, Padikkal made room and ●LIVE
constant fear, uncertainty. I choose to been going through a lengthy form slump. tried to hit a 152kph delivery from Nortje
TUESDAY: SRH vs MI 7:30pm
retire from a complete lack of control Exclusion from India’s white-ball set-up af- over cover.
over the unknown," she said. fected his confidence and this year, after He was beaten for pace and castled. Qualifier 1
making the switch from Rajasthan Royals Morris was done in by extra bounce. NOV 5: DC vs MI 7:30pm
2DDCAemployees wherehewasthecaptainlastterm,Rahane’s
game time had been limited. In the previous
Nortje returned with three wickets, but
it was a collective effort by DC bowlers.
contractcoronavirus five matches, he barely made any contribu-
tion with the bat. His footwork looked ten-
Delhi’s Ajinkya Rahane scored 60 off 46 balls, playing orthodox cricket. BCCI/IPL Rabada was excellent for his 2/30. Ashwin
teased the batsmen and Daniel Sams, too, Chuffed with the
The Feroz Shah Kotla premises is un- tative, his approach cagey. was prettytightupfrontbefore conceding17 performance. We knew it was
dergoinganotherroundofsanitisation Today, coming in at No. 3 after Prithvi opposition upfront, allowing Rahane to set- start with. When he stepped out to an Axar runs in his final over. a do or die and we just
driveaftertwoDelhi&DistrictsCricket Shaw yet again fell cheaply, Rahane played tle down. The two India stalwarts added 88 Patel delivery, he didn’t time it properly. It Untilthe15thover,RCBweregoingatun- focused on the win, not NRR.
Association (DDCA) employees have assertive cricket. He showed intent with two runs and DC were home and dry. wasasimplecatchatlong-on,butNortjelost der seven runs per over. AB de Villiers and The teams who won in the
tested positive for COVID-19, days be- fours in an over against Isuru Udana. He his footing and dropped it. Shivam Dube upped the ante, but de Villiers
forethestateunit'selections. However, swept beautifully against Yuzvendra Chahal DC show bowling discipline But Ashwin ensured that Nortje’s blem- was run out in the final over, trying to go for
latter half completely
the elections for the post of treasurer and came down the track against Shahbaz Earlier Anrich Nortje might well have ish didn’t prove costly. Kohli was dropped on animprobablesecond.Together, DC bowlers changed the scenario. It's a
and four directors will be held as per Ahmed to hit a six. Rahane scored 60 off 46 dropped the match, had Ravichandran 13,Ashwinremovedhimon29.Theoff-spin- restricted RCB to a very chaseable total. really competitive
schedule from November 5 to 8 at the balls, playing orthodox cricket. When he Ashwin and Marcus Stoinis not bailed him ner was taking pace off the ball and one such BRIEF SCORES: Delhi Capitals 154 for 4 tournament for sure.”
Kotlapremises."TwoemployeesNeeraj tried to play an uncharacteristic reverse out. In a must-win game to secure a top-two delivery forced Kohli to mistime again. The (Rahane 60, Dhawan 54, Ahmed 2-26) beat
Sharma and Pradeep Banerjee have sweep, he got out. spot for the playoffs, dropping Virat Kohli skierwenttoStoinisatdeepmid-wicketwho Royal Challengers Bangalore 152 for 7 SHREYAS IYER
tested COVID-19 positive and have Huge credit also goes to Dhawan, who couldhavebeencostly.TheRoyalChallengers grabbed it with both hands. (Padikkal 50, de Villiers 35, Nortje 3-33) by DELHI CAPITALS’ SKIPPER
beenadvised18daysof homequaran- scored a 41-ball 54. He took the attack to the Bangalore captain had been circumspect to Following the reprieve, Kohli was in the six wickets.
tine.Theirofficeshavebeenshutdown

Why Charlton’s dementia puts focus back on headers

and entire premises will be sanitised,"
DDCAjointsecretaryRajanManchanda
told PTI on Monday. He informed that
elections will be held as per schedule.
"The elections are on as per schedule
and all kinds of health safety protocols first,Shearerwasmadetoheadaball–which tia. The four others are Ray Wilson (died in Cardiff Universitypointedtosixcasesof play-
are in place," Manchanda said. MIHIR VASAVDA weighs close to 500gm – 20 times. 2018), Martin Peters (died last year), Nobby ersin60sdevelopingdementiahavingplayed
DELHI, NOVEMBER 2 Immediately after, he had to take the same Stiles and Charlton’s brother Jack, both of foranaverageof 26years.Fourshowedsigns
Balebacktowinning ALMOST ONE-fifth of the 260 career goals
tests again. The result post heading showed
changes in the way the brain communicated
whom died this year. The team’s manager,
Alf Ramsey, also had dementia.
of CTE adding that the risk was ‘extremely
low’ from playing recreational football.
waysatTottenham Alan Shearer scored – the most in English with muscles and impulses took a little

E
Premier League history – came from head- longer to travel down the nerves. Is there any evidence to suggest headers How did the football world respond to
Gareth Bale soared into the air, con- ers, a skill he practiced over 100 times a day This, a University of British Columbia re- increased dementia risk? these studies?
nected with the ball and powered it in training for more than 20 years. search in 2018 said, happens The first link was made in In November 2015, the USA became the
into the net. It's taken more than Threeyearsago,Shearer,50,underwenta becausethebloodlevelsof pro- 2014. In 2002, former England in- first country to ban headers for children
EXPLAINED

sevenyearsbutBalewas Tottenham's raft of tests – including an MRI – to check if teins associated with damage ternational Jeff Astle, diagnosed under-11 to help reduce concussion. The
match-winner again. And it had only heading the ball had caused any damage to One of England’s greatest footballers to nerve cells increase after with dementia, died aged 59. move also helped in reducing injuries;
requiredthreeminutesonthefieldfor his brain. The tests were a part of BBC docu- Sir Bobby Charlton has been diagnosed heading the ball. Scientists say Medical experts told the coroner, since heading was not allowed, the ball was
the substitute to clinch a 2-1 victory mentaryAlanShearer:Dementia,Footballand with dementia. Reuters more than in a match, it is the as per reports, that the damage to not lofted in the air and thus, chances of
over Brighton on Sunday. Apart from Me,inwhichheinvestigatesthelinkbetween repeated practice drills that Astle’s brain was a result of re- heads colliding or elbows being smashed
the empty stadium, due to ongoing
pandemic restrictions, this was the
the sport and the syndrome. The one-hour
feature dug deep into growing fears world- risk of Alzheimer’s, a four-fold increase in
cause greater harm. The risk
was greater among players
● peated minor trauma, ‘probably
causedbyheadingaheavyleather
significantly reduced.
In February this year, England, Scotland
type of moment Bale imagined pro- widethatheadingafootballincreasestherisk motor neurone disease and a two-fold in- from the older generations football’. In 2014, there was a re- and Ireland also barred players aged under-
ducing on his return to Tottenham af- of dementia and dying because of it. On crease in Parkinson’s”. since the balls used then were a lot heavier. examination of Astle’s brain and it was re- 12 from heading the ball during training. But
ter seven years. While Arsenal cele- Sunday came the news that England World This, the researchers concluded, was be- vealed he had died from Chronic Traumatic they can still do that in games. Coaches use
brated its first league win at Old Cup winner Bobby Charlton, regarded cause of the damage to the brain due to re- What made those balls heavier? Encephalopathy (CTE). soft balls in training to develop a player’s
Trafford in 14 years, thanks to Pierre- England’s greatest, had developed dementia. peated heading of the football over a period The inner bladders were made of strong heading technique. Experts in Turkey, too,
Emerick Aubameyang's penalty, But as Shearer had learnt, the arguments of time. But it was not conclusive. It is argued rubber while the outer layer was formed of What is CTE? have recommended the same.
Manchester United is reeling from its aren’t as black and white as his stripes at that physical contact during a match – like leather, with stitches cut out. These balls Itisadiseasethatcausesseveredamageto However, with no conclusive evidence
worst start to a season in 48 years. Newcastle United, for whom he scored more an elbow to players’ head – can also be a fac- were particularly uncomfortable to play – the brain because of repeated head injuries linkingheadingtodementia,nouniformrule
Onlysevenpointshavebeencollected than half of his goals. tor along with a combination of lifestyle and and especially head – in wet-weather con- andislinkedtomemoryloss,depressionand by FIFA exists.
from its first six games of the league genetic factors. ditions as the leather would absorb the rain dementia. Former boxers are most com-
season, with no wins at home for Ole Can playing football lead to dementia? water, thus becoming heavier. The new type monlydiagnosedwithit,however,therehave Have players in India suffered from this?
Gunnar Solskjaer's 15th-place side Last year, the Guardian quoted a land- How does heading the ball affect the was introduced 1970 World Cup onwards. been instances of CTE in many other contact LegendaryIndianstrikerPKBanerjeewas
“First half we never turned up,” markstudybyUniversityof Glasgow,reveal- brain? Incidentally, Charlton is the fifth player from sports like pro wrestling, mixed martial arts, diagnosed with dementia before he passed
Solskjaer said after his 100th match ing that “former professional footballers are Scientists at Scotland’s University for England’s 1966 World Cup-winning cam- ice hockey, rugby, baseball, Australian rules awaythisyear.Thereare,however,norestric-
in charge of United. AGENCIES three-and-a-half times more likely to suffer Sporting Excellence conducted various cog- paign, the last major tournament with the football and, of course, football.A 2017 re- tions on players across all age groups head-
from dementia… five-fold increase in the nitive tests on Shearer in two parts. After the old-style balls, to be diagnosed with demen- search by University College London and ing the ball, in matches or during training.

WOMEN’S T20 CHALLENGE

No access to cricket on TV, now ready to play ‘live’: Chantam advances

taken for granted in countries where cricket T20 World Cup. Thailand’s coach is Harshal through the gap. Our (hers and her batting
DEVENDRAPANDEY is a mainstream sport - like a turf pitch - have In Thailand, channels showing live Pathak, a former cricketer from Pune. He in- partner’s)approachisdifferent,myplanis(to)
MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 2 notbeeneasilyavailable.Improvinghergame cricket are not available. We forms her nickname is Jean and describes hit through the gap and give her the strike,”
by switching on the TV too proved difficult. needed to buy an extra TV box to Chantamasanopenerwithasharpmindwho Chantam added. Which explains her choice
NOT MANY cricket careers would stutter for “InThailand,channelsshowinglivecricket receive the signal. Otherwise, it can bat at any position. of Mithali Raj and Virat Kohli as favourite
wantofaTVset-topbox-anadditionalsecond are not available. We needed to buy an extra was just highlights on social “Hergamesenseisimmenseandshereads Indian cricketers.
one in the family. For Natthakan Chantam TVboxtoreceivethesignal.Otherwise,itwas match situations much better than others. At She loves a good challenge though: like
(pronounced: na-taa-kaan chan-taam), just highlights on social media platforms,”
media platforms. They (family) the same time, her strokes are world-class. English batter Danni Wyatt in full flow. “I
Thailand'sright-handopeningbatandpacer, Chantam told The Indian Express. were confused because they don’t The fifty she scored against Pakistan bowling wanna see how aggressive she can bat
trying to capture the signal of a cricket relay- Every piece of playing gear too needed to know much about cricket or what broughtherinthelimelight,”Pathaksaid.The against us,” the pacer told ICC, adding South
ing-channelinBangkokbecamecrucialwhen be imported - from India, Australia or this Women’s T20 League means coach would ensure the Thai team spent an African Lizelle Li’s quick bowling is another
she felt the need to watch what authentic Malaysia.“Weneededtoplaninadvanceifwe to cricket players. I told them this extended stint at Pune's Cadence Academy, source of inspiration.
cricket at the topmost level looked like. had to buy cricket equipment,” she added. is big, so they are excited for me” soaking in the skills. She admits to being pleasantly surprised
The Associate Nation player’s only win- when chosen for the Challenger. “I could not
dow into the game were highlights on True calling NATTHAKAN CHANTAM Smart cricketer believe it because I did not expect to be cho-
YouTube and Facebook, which she soon Chantam started playing cricket with TRAILBLAZERS’ PLAYER Chantam’s far from the impetuous crick- sen. It was a lot of emotions when I first
outgrew. This week, the exuberant Thai will her school team in her third grade. “I did- eter who’ll use aggressive batting as the best heard the news. I was shocked, delighted,
be on TV herself as part of BCCI’s Women's n’t know cricket back then. As a sportsper- Allthiswhile,herparentswouldstayalit- me,”Chantamsaid.“Myfriendswereverycu- recourseandperishifthebighitdoesn’tcome excited and nervous. As soon as I realised
T20ChallengertournamentinUAE,ahistoric son, I was keen to try new games and was tle boggled about this new sport, even when rious. When I tried a simple explanation that off.Chantamrespectsthecricketingsingle,ro- that I would be joining IPL (Women’s
firstforthesouth-eastAsiannation.Suleeporn also in the basketball club. However, at she set off for Dubai to play the BCCI tourna- youuseathinflatwoodbattohittheball,most tating strike and finding the gaps - signs of a Challenger), I planned for mental and phys-
LaomiwasthefirstThaitoturnoutforSydney some point, I needed to choose and I knew ment. Her father is a teacher and mother a of them thought it was hockey!” she laughs. wise and evolving cricketer. ical training just to be ready for the tourna-
ThunderintheWomen’sBigBashinAustralia. cricket was simply the one,” says the 38- hairdresser,andbothearnestlysharedheren- She came up on the Indian board’s radar She told the ICC earlier, “In Powerplay, ment,” she said.
The Indian tournament will welcome the games-old Thai international. Talkingtothe thusiasm when she announced she was because of her batting performances against everyone(isfielding)inside,onlytwooutside. ●LIVE
easy-smiling speedster with the disarming ICC’s official YouTube channel last year, picked for the event. India and Pakistan. Playing for Thailand A as Soeverywhere,(thereis)spaceforme.Biggap
folded-hands greeting, common to several Chantam described how the Thai team lived “They were confused because they don’t part of a quadrangular series in Patna, for me.” She'd view the open spaces with a 4TH NOV: Supernovas vs Velocity 7:30pm
Thai international athletes, as the 4-match thewholeyearroundinamassivehousewith know much about cricket or what this Chantam had scored 80 against the Indian glint in her eye, though she’s known to send 5TH NOV: Velocity vs T’blazers 3:30pm
event takes off on Wednesday. For the 24- three bedrooms and trained together, solidi- Women’sT20Leaguemeanstocricketplayers. bowlingattackandlateranotherhalf-century some soaring as well. 7TH NOV: T’blazers vs Supernovas 7:30pm
year-old first-timer in the big league, things fying the bond among the players. I told them this is big, so they are excited for againstastrongPakistanline-upatlastyear’s “My mentality is (to) hit for one run
9TH NOV: Finals (TBD) 7:30pm

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