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TN House resolutions UAE HAS WRITTEN GOLDEN CHAPTER IN HISTORY: MODI China moves its
oppose delimitation,
one nation, one poll
Ab Dhabi e ha ce A dh a nationals into its
Resolution on
delimitation gets
TN a i
S h fea
j , a PM, e UAE em le vacant ‘defence
villages’ along LAC
‘Don’t see hatred
BJP support THE DELIMITATION issue
Villages a concern for Arm ; unclear
holds resonance across in diversit ... In
ARUN JANARDHANAN
southern states, which
are also protesting against this temple, will whether residents civilian or militar
CHENNAI, FEBRUARY 4 being “discriminated”
see glimpse of
against in distribution of AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA ACROSS FROM
DAYS AFTER Prime Minister
Narendra Modi claimed at-
funds. In his first remarks
on the issue, PM Narendra
diverse faiths’ NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4
LOHIT, TAWANG
tempts to divide the countr Modi told a rall in poll- CHINESE NATIONALS have
along “North-South lines”, the bound Telangana in DIVYA A started occup ing several of BHUTAN Lohit
Tamil Nadu government October that the South NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 their model “Xiaokang” border Valle
CHINA
broughtintworesolutionsinthe “stands to lose 1 seats”. defence villages across India’s TIBET
Assembl opposing the sched- INAUGURATING THE first Hindu north-easternborderswhichthe
Tawang
uled delimitation of poll con- temple in Abu Dhabi on countr has been building along
stituencies in 2 26 and the basis of democrac ”, were “im- Wednesda , Prime Minister the Line of Actual Control (LAC) A achal
Centre’s measures for ‘One practical”, and “not enshrined Narendra Modi hailed the since2 19,TheIndianExpresshas P ade h
Nation, One Election’. intheConstitution”,werepassed United Arab Emirates (UAE) for learnt.
The resolutions, which said b the Assembl with “writing a golden chapter in hu- Senior officials familiar with INDIA
thetwomoveswent“againstthe CONTINUED ON PAGE man histor ”. themattersaidtheChinese,inthe A am
With the inauguration of the lastfewmonths,havestartedoc-
BAPS(BochasanwasiShriAkshar PM Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the BAPS temple in Abu Dhabi on Wednesda . PTI cup ingacoupleof thesevillages
EXPRESS NETWORK Purushottam Swaminara an built on its side of the LAC across these villages is unclear, the
Sanstha) Mandir in Abu Dhabi fromLohitValle andtheTawang dwellings are understood to be
coming weeks after the conse- fortunethatIhavebeenawitness whole of India and ever Indian dream was fulfilled. All of India sector of Arunachal Pradesh. “dual-use infrastructure” — for
SC TO PRONOUNCE cration ceremon of the Ram to the grand Ram temple in is still immersed in that feeling and ever Indian is still cherish- China has been constructing bothcivilandmilitar purposes—
VERDICT ON POLL templeinA odh a,Modisaidthe A odh a first, and then to this of love,” Modi said, adding that ing that feeling. It was said that 628such“well-off villages”along andseenasaChineseassertionof
BONDS TODAY jo was further amplified. “Our temple in Abu Dhabi,” he said. this was not onl India’s “Amrit CONTINUED ON PAGE India’s borders with the Tibet itsterritorialclaimsalongtheLAC.
immense pleasure in A odh a “Just last month, the age-old Kaal”, but also the “Amrit Kaal” Autonomous Region, including The have thus remained a con-
SONIA FILES RS has been further enhanced b dream of a grand Ram temple in of thecountr 'sfaithandculture. along Ladakh and Arunachal cern for the militar .
PAPERS FROM the wave of happiness received A odh a was fulfilled. Ram Lalla Talking about the Ram RELATED REPORT Pradesh for over five ears now. Sofar,thedouble-store ,large
RAJASTHAN in Abu Dhabitoda . It is m good is seated in his bhavan. The Temple,hesaid:“Acenturies-old PAGE While the e act nature of CONTINUED ON PAGE
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Disgruntled Pune BJP leader Medha

With BJD help, Kulkarni nominated to Rajya Sabha
Vaishnaw set AJAY JADHAV In 2 19, she
for the Raj a Sabha elections.
Kulkarni’s name started

for second PUNE, FEBRUARY 4 was denied

ticket from
making the rounds after it was
revealed that she was seeking a
AFTERSHEwasdeniedtheticket Kothrud no-dues certificate from various
innings in RS from Pune’s Kothrud Assembl
constituenc ,whichshehadrep-
government departments—a
normal procedure before filing
resented for five ears, BJP seniorpart leaderChandrakant nomination for the election.
SUJIT BISOYI women’s wing vice-president Patil in 2 19. “There was an application
BHUBANESWAR, FEB 4 Medha Kulkarni has been nom- Kulkarni’s name was de- CONTINUEDONPAGE
inated to the Raj a Sabha from clared b the BJP on Wednesda .
RAILWAY MINISTER Ashwini Maharashtra. AseniorBJPleadersaidthepart
Vaishnaw’s renomination to the She had to give up the had alread asked her to keep MORE REPORTS
Raj a Sabha from Odisha for the Assembl seat to make wa for read her nomination to be filed PAGE
second consecutive time is al-
most certain despite the BJP not
having the required numbers,
withtheBJDannouncingitssup-
Farmer leaders to hold Brij Bhushan’s
son, aide back at
port for his candidature.
Minutes after the BJP an-
nounced its list of 28 candidates
talks with Centre today, helm, wrestlers
for the Februar 27 Raj a Sabha
polls,theNaveenPatnaik-ledBJD
CONTINUED ON PAGE
protesters still at border threaten protest
Morcha, and Jagjit Singh
KANCHAN VASDEV Dallewal, president of Bharati a NIHALKOSHIE
BUSINESS AS USUAL & SUKHBIR SIWACH Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur), NEWDELHI,FEBRUARY 4
SHAMBHU, DATTA said the asked the protesters at
BY UNNY SINGHWALA-KHANAURI the Shambhu border whether INDIA’S TOP wrestlers Bajrang
BORDER, FEBRUARY 4 the should press on towards Punia and Sakshi Malik have
Delhi or return to the table for threatenedtorestarttheirprotest
DAY 2 of the ‘Dilli Chalo’ march talks.“Ourpeopletoldusthatwe following the election of former
b Punjab’s farmers, under the should e plore a solution Wrestling Federation of India
umbrella of the Kisan Ma door through talks,” said Dallewal. (WFI) president Brij Bhushan
Morcha,endedonanoteof hope Farmer leaders said the Sharan Singh’s son Karan
on Wednesda , with the farmer would refrain from advancing BhushanSinghasthepresidentof
leadersacceptinganotherinvita- towards Delhi on Thursda if the Uttar Pradesh Wrestling
tion for talks with Union minis- there was no teargas shelling Association.
ters Pi ush Go al, Arjun Munda from Har ana’s side. “We aim to The wrestlers, both Ol mpic
andNit ananadRaionThursda . engage in peaceful talks with medalists, are also unhapp that
Sarvan Singh Pandher, coor- Union ministers in Chandigarh Sanja Singh—acloseaideof Brij
dinator of the Kisan Ma door CONTINUED ON PAGE CONTINUEDONPAGE

‘Hero-style, hates to lose’: Meet 17-year-old

shuttler who clinched a rare win over China
PAGE works happen in the evening.
ANCHOR And on Rakshabandhan, she
cooll declared, “I’ll protect m -
self. I don’t need rakhi.”
At Shah Alam in Mala sia on
SHIVANI NAIK Wednesda , though, the 17-
MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 4 ear-old pla ing India’s fifth
match and third singles gave her
ANMOLKHARBlovesagoodone- teammates and coaches plent
liner,anddoesn’tparticularl care of reasons to break into nois
about traditional festivals if the celebrations. Tied at 2-2, Anmol
come in the wa of her bad- kept an ic cool temperament
minton practice. On Diwali, she andhitconsistentwinnerstode-
demanded to know from coach feat Chinese Wu Luo Yu 22-2 ,
Kusum Singh wh she couldn’t 14-21, 21-18 and nick a rare 3-2
pack in a morning training ses- Anmol Kharb beat Wu Luo Yu to clinch the decider for India teamvictor againstChinaatthe
sionwhenalltherevelr andfire- at Badminton Asia Team Championships. File/special arrangement CONTINUED ON PAGE

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● China moves its nationals into its vacant ‘defence villages’ along LAC
and spacious buildings con- an official said. ties in the first phase. Of them, at with the construction of at least
Abu Dhabi enhances Ayodhya joy, says PM Modi structed as part of these villages
along the LAC were unoccupied.
The official added that the
Chinese have consistentl im-
least 17 such villages along the
borders with China in Ladakh,
two alternate a es — in addition
to the e isting one connecting
In the last few months Chinese proved their e isting infrastruc- HimachalPradesh,Uttarakhand, Guwahati and Tawang.
‘Modijiisthebiggestpriest’.Idon’t tweenthetwocountries,”hesaid. Swami Maharaj, presided over b SheikhMohammedBinZa ed nationalshavebeenmovingin— ture including improving their Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, Earlier, in Arunachal
know if I have the qualifications Requestingtheaudiencetogive the ceremon . Al Nah an in 2 15. The founda- it’snotknowniftheoccupantsare connectivit through passes, have been selected for develop- Pradesh’s Dibang valle , there
of atemplepriest,butIamproud astandingovationtoUAEPresident Modiparticipatedina“global tion of the temple was laid b civilians or militar personnel. constructing roads and bridges ment as a pilot project under the were roads just till a little ahead
to be a priest of Maa Bharti MohammedbinZa edAlNah an, aarti” which was performed si- Modi in 2 17. Sources said the Chinese are and their model villages. China programme. of Anini, but now roads are be-
(Mother India).” he said: “When I came to the UAE multaneousl atover1,2 tem- Several elements have been building infrastructure all along hasalsobeenconstructinginfra- In Arunachal Pradesh, vil- ingconstructed at all sides of the
“Toda ,theUAEhaswrittena in 2 18, I met Sheikh Al Nah an ples built b BAPS. He also met included in the temple to bring the LACborderingthe northeast, structure, including border vil- lages in the eastern part of the valle . “Work is underwa to
goldenchapterinhumanhistor . and showed him two models of people fromdifferentfaithswho the two nations and cultures to- even as the LAC remains far off lages, in Bhutanese territor . state and in the Tawang region improve connectivit to the
A beautiful and divine temple is thetemplethathadbeenprepared contributed to the construction gether. For instance, it has seven from most inhabited areas or ar- In the last three to four ears, have been identified such as passes, establish laterals for in-
beinginauguratedhere.Thereare --onethatwasbasedonVedicar- of the temple comple — from shikhars or spires, representing eas of importance e cept for India has also stepped up work Zemithang, Taksing, Cha ang ter-valle connectivit and on
man ears of hard work behind chitecture and another that was a engineers to architects to con- thesevenEmiratesthatcometo- TawangandtheSiliguriCorridor. on its border infrastructure — Tajo, Tuting and Kibithu. constructionof helipads and ad-
this moment,” he said. simplemodelwithoutHindureli- struction workers. He later left gethertoformtheUAE.Attheen- “The (the Chinese) have this includes improving forward Also, in Arunachal Pradesh, vanced landing grounds at vari-
Addressing a gathering that gious s mbols. His thought was for Doha. trance,eightidolss mboliseuni- built sufficient infrastructure connectivit , constructing alter- three major highwa s are at dif- ous locations in the state,” an-
includedUAEToleranceMinister clear:hetoldmethetempleinAbu TheNagara-st letemple,built versalvaluessuchasfaith,charit along the LAC at Tawang, but nate routes to the LAC as well as ferentstagesof construction:the other official said.
Sheikh Nah an bin Mubarak Al Dhabi should be built with splen- at an estimated cost of Rs 7 and compassion. the are not stopping at that. connecting them. Trans-Arunachal Highwa ; the “However, while work is in
Nah anandspiritualleadersfrom dour and glor . He wanted the crore, is located in the Abu DeitiesfromNorth,East,West Even in other areas such as Siang Under the Vibrant Villages Frontier Highwa ; and the East- progress, construction will take
allfaiths,hesaid,“IhopetheBAPS temple to not onl be built, but to Mureikhaarea,about5 kmfrom and South India have been given valle of Arunachal Pradesh, we programmes, India plans to de- West Industrial Corridor time since this is difficult terrain
Mandir will become a s mbol of alsolooklikeatemple.” theSheikhZa edGrandMosque. space in the temple – including have been seeing rapid develop- velop 663 border villages into Highwa . There are plans to im- marked b unpredictable
communal harmon and global Speaking at the event, UAE’s Through the carvings on its pink Ram, Shiva, Jagannath, Krishna, ment of Chinese infrastructure,” modern villages with all ameni- prove connectivit to Tawang weather,” the official added.
unit for the whole world.” Tolerance Minister Sheikh sandstone e teriors, it brings a Swaminara an (considered a
HesaidtheUAE,knownforits Nah an bin Mubarak Al Nah an glimpseofA odh atoAbuDhabi reincarnation of Krishna), Balaji
Burj Khalifa, Museum of the
Future, Sheikh Za ed Grand
called Modi a “great friend and
representative of a great and
with the depiction of episodes
fromtheRama ana.Anotherwall
and A appa. The temple is sur-
rounded b artificiall created
● Brij Bhushan son, aide back at helm, wrestlers threaten protest
Mosque and other landmark friendl countr ”. “Your visit to shows the temple carved along- rivers,containingwaterfromthe Bhushan, the BJP MP from (ministr ) has suspended the ing bod . The reason for the ac- she said in a video posted on X.
buildings,hasaddedanothercul- theUAEisaclearindicationofthe sideotherUAElandmarkslikethe Ganga and Yamuna rivers. Kaiserganj — will return as WFI WFI, the WFI conducted its na- tion was the conduct of Brij WFI treasurer Sat apal
tural chapter to its identit . “We depthof thefriendship,trustand Burj Khalifa, highlighting how it To give equal representation president and run the da -to- tionals in Pune, elections are Bhushan immediatel after the Deshwal,theobserverfortheUP
do not see hatred in diversit , we cooperationthathaslonge isted hasbecomeapartoftheUAEsk - to the host countr , the falcon, da affairs after the United happening in states... The WFI electionresultswereannounced. associationpolls, toldTheIndian
considerdiversit asourspecialt . between the UAE and India, and line. which is the UAE's national bird, World Wrestling lifted the sus- thinks it is bigger than the gov- Sharing details of the action, E press, “There was a returning
In this temple, we will see a strengthened b ou,” he said, It is among 1,2 temples has also been given space. pension of the federation on ernment. We wrestlers will talk a ministr official had said that officer at the elections. Karan
glimpse of diverse faiths at each also making a mention of the built and managed b the Speaking to The Indian Tuesda . to all those who support us — despite formation of the new was the onl candidate for the
and ever step,” Modi said. PM's “sabka saath, sabka vikas” Swaminara an Sanstha in India E pressearlier,UAEAmbassador Decision-making powers in farmergroups,khappancha ats, committee, WFI affairs were be- president's post. All 15 office-
“I am confident that a large plank. and abroad, including countries Abdulnasser Alshaali said the the hands of Brij Bhushan lo al- labour unions and women or- ing conducted from Brij bearers were elected unop-
number of devotees will come Theinaugurationwascarried liketheUS,UK,AustraliaandNew countr views the inauguration ists at the state-level and in the ganisations — and make a deci- Bhushan’s premises “wherein posed. There is nothing that
here in the times to come. This out amid devotional chants and Zealand that have a si able pres- ofthetempleasaspecialoccasion WFIsawSakshiandBajrangtake sion in the ne t two to three se ualharassmentof pla ershas stops Karan from contesting
will also increase the number of ritualsinthepresenceof spiritual ence of the Indian communit . that aligns with the values of tol- to social media with a threat to da s. I request the government been alleged”, and that he “ap- elections for the state associa-
peoplecomingtotheUAEandthe leaders of the Swaminara an Thelandonwhichthetemple eranceandacceptancethatguide relaunch their protests. Karan not to force us to start the pears to be in complete control”. tion. Because he is UP wrestling
people-to-peopleconnectionbe- sect. BAPS sect leader, Mahant comple hasbeenbuiltwasgifted the bilateral ties. was earlier vice-president of UP protests again,” Bajrang said. On Wednesda , Sakshi also president, it does not mean he
wrestling. Brij Bhushan faces charges of said that if those close to Brij will be involved in the da -to-
“Just 2-3 da s back, Brij se ual harassment levelled b Bhushan were allowed to run da functioning of the WFI.”
● With BJD help, Vaishnaw set for second innings in Rajya Sabha Bhushan’s son became the pres-
ident of the UP wrestling bod
si womenwrestlers.Sakshiand
Bajrang, along with Vinesh
the WFI, she would hit the
streets again. “Sanja Singh has
Deshwal claimed that Brij
Bhushan was not present at the
issuedastatementsa ingthat headquarters,willfilehisnomina- of the telecom network in the “People of Odisha voted for despite him sa ing no one from Phogat,atwo-timeworldcham- done some setting with the venueof theelections—acollege
thepart willsupportVaishnaw’s tionpapersonThursda . state.Oursupportistofurtherac- the BJD. But the were unaware his famil will come into pionship medalist, had led UWW and got the suspension hall in Nawabganj. “Brij Bhushan
candidature “for the larger inter- According to BJD insiders, the celerate the development.” that the BJD government would wrestling administration. The protests demanding his arrest lifted. I have retired from has taken san as (retirement)
estofthestate’srailwa sandtele- BJP central leadership had con- B supportingVaishnaw’scan- join hands with the BJP and have government had promised that last ear. wrestling but I won't allow Brij fromwrestling.Heisnolongeras-
comdevelopment”. sulted with the BJD chief well be- didature, the BJD has also tried to secret understanding. Both par- Brij Bhushan or his relatives or The protests were called off Bushanandhispeopletorunthe sociatedwithUPwrestlingorthe
The BJD’s decision to leave fore the announcement of send a message to the state BJP tiesjoinedhandstolootOdisha’s associates will not govern the after a meeting with Sports federation and also trouble WFI. There were no issues with
one Raj a Sabha seat for the BJP, Vaishnaw’s candidature because leaders about its closeness with precious natural resources. Both sport,” Bajrang said in a video Minister Anurag Thakur during women wrestlers. In the ne t the WFI election process. So
the principal opposition part in of which the regional part an- the central BJP leadership. The parties have betra ed the people posted on Instagram. which the government assured few da s, we will talk to ever - wrestlers should have no reason
Odisha, has created a bu in the nounced onl two nominees — state BJP unit, however, said the ofOdisha.TheCongresswillfight The Tok o Ol mpics bron e them that nobod from Brij one who was involved in the to protest again. I welcome all
run-up to the Lok Sabha and DebashishSamantara andSubh- BJD’s support will not hamper its againstthepoliticalopportunism medallist requested the govern- Bhushan's famil would contest protest and decide the future wrestlers,includingthewrestlers
Assembl elections due in the ashisKhuntia—forthethreeseats. pollpreparationagainsttheruling of both the parties,” said Odisha ment to take a decision quickl , the WFI elections. course of action. I request the whoprotested,toappearfortrials
ne t two months. The develop- The BJD had e tended similar part inthestate. Congress president Sarat else the will be forced to start Threeda saftertheWFIelec- government to remove people and promise there will be no dis-
mentcomesagainstthebackdrop supporttoVaishnaw’scandidature State BJP chief Manmohan Pattana ak. A native of Jodhpur the protests again. “I request the tionsonDecember21,theSports connected to Brij Bhushan from crimination. The WFI will ensure
ofCongresspresidentMallikarjun inJune2 19,whentheformerIAS Samal claimed that the part will in Rajasthan, Vaishnaw’s name government to take a quick de- Ministr suspended the newl - theWFIandplacesomeonewho that wrestlers have no reason to
Kharge and senior part leader officer was elected to the Upper fightonitsownandruledoutan was previousl doing the rounds cision. Even though the IOA electedcommitteeofthegovern- is clean and capable at the top,” complain in the future,” he said.
Rahul Gandhi targeting the BJD Houseforthefirsttime. possiblealliancewiththeBJD. for a Lok Sabha seat from Odisha
and BJP for “running a partner- Justif ing the part ’s support “Our part never sought an - consideringhisearlierda sinthe
ship government in Odisha”.
Vaishnawe pressedgratitude
to Vaishnaw, who also holds the
Communications,Electronicsand
one’s support. If an part an-
nounces support for us, wh
state as an IAS officer, when he
served as District Collector of
● TN House resolutions oppose delimitation, one nation, one poll
toPrimeMinisterNarendraModi. Information Technolog portfo- would we den it. The BJD’s sup- Balasore and Cuttack. overwhelmingsupport,including over the sharing of resources b “The countr is now talking push for 'One Nation, One
“Iamadisciplinedmemberof lios,aBJDleadersaid,“Odishahas port to Vaishnaw’s candidature An IAS officer of 1994 batch, fromtheoppositionAIADMK.The the Centre with them. The Tamil aboutthene tdelimitation.Itwill Election',onwhichtheCentrehas
thepart .M part takesallthede- receivedhighest-everallocations willnotimpactourpreparationfor Vaishnaw worked in Odisha till BJPtoosaiditunderstood thecon- Nadu government, led b the mean that wherever the popula- set up a panel headed b former
cisions regarding m public life. I of above Rs 1 , crore for the 2 24 as our workers have geared 2 3beforemovingtothePrime cerns regarding delimitation e - DMK in alliance with the tionisless,theLokSabhaseatswill President Ram Nath Kovind.
e press m gratitude and thanks pasttwo earsfordevelopmentof up for a fight. We will fight on our Minister’s Office as a deput sec- pressed in the resolution, though Congress, lent its support to the come down, and rise where the The resolution stressed the
to the part leadership and the railwa networksinthestate.The own and there is no question of retar . He became private secre- itopposedtheoneon‘OneNation, two agitations. populationishigh...Thesouthern importance of conducting elec-
Prime Minister for giving me an- statehasalsoseenmassiveupgra- understanding with an part ,” tar toformerPrimeMinisterAB One Election’. Its delimitation resolution on states have achieved remarkable tions for local bodies, state
otherchancetoservethepeople,” dation of railwa infrastructure. Samal told reporters at the part Vajpa ee after he lost the polls in The resolution against delim- Wednesda alsoworriedthatthe progress in population control, Assemblies,andParliamentatdif-
hetoldreportersinBhubaneswar. At least 58 stations in Odisha are headquarters.TheCongress,how- 2 4 and was appointed as itation said the e ercise due in statewaspa ingapriceforits“so- butwillstandtoloseheavil ifthe ferent times, sa ing these were
The Union minister, who also being developed. Vaishnaw has ever, stepped up its attack on the deput chairman of Marmugoa 2 26, following the new Census, cio-economic development pro- Congress’s new idea of rights in necessar to uphold “the princi-
methispart MLAsattheBJPstate alsohelpedinmassivee pansion BJDandBJP. Port Trust in 2 6. “not be carried out”. “Due to un- grammes and welfare schemes proportiontopopulationisimple- ple of democratic decentralisa-
avoidable reasons, if the number over the past 5 ears”. mented... South India stands to tion” and to cater to people-cen-
of(LokSabhaandAssembl )seats The ruling BJP at the Centre lose 1 Lok Sabha seats... Will tric issues in a vast and diverse
● Farm leaders to hold talks with Centre today, protesters still at border onthebasisofpopulationwereto
(change), (the ) shall be main-
has been silent on the delimita-
tion issue, with no clarit et on
South India accept this? Will
SouthIndiaforgivetheCongress?”
countr like India.
Apart from the DMK’s allies,
at5pmonThursda .Har anase- the government hospital in ers. The da also saw heated e - hadnorighttostopfarmersfrom tainedatthepresentratioforcon- even the Census, which was due Modi said. including the Congress, CPI(M),
curit forcesshouldavoidinstigat- Patiala, where Health Minister changesbetweenthePunjaband heading to Delhi. “The national stituencieswithinstates...andfor originall in 2 21. In his first re- SpeakingduringtheAssembl CPI, Dalit part VCP, Kongu Nadu
ing our farmers with teargas or Balbir Singh called on them and Har anaauthorities.AsthePatiala highwa s are national propert , both Houses of Parliament, marks on the issue, Prime proceedings, BJP MLA Vanathi Makkal Desi a Katchi, Tami hga
other measures... We are in favor said the Punjab government Deput Commissioner, Shaukat whattheHar anagovernmentis (which were) fi ed based on the Minister Narendra Modi told a Srinivasan said: “We agree with Vaa hvurimai Katchi, and
of dialogue. If the government is would offer free treatment. Ahmed Parra , shot off a missive doingisunconstitutionalandille- population of 1971.” rall in poll-bound Telangana in theargumentthatstatesinSouth Manithane a Makkal Katchi, the
committedtoresolvingourissues Long cavalcades of tractor- totheHar anaPolice,askingthem gal,” he said. Tamil Nadu, along with other OctoberthattheSouth“standsto India that have achieved certain AIADMK that was till recentl an
through discussion, we are also trolle s were parked at both the not to fire teargas shells deep in- Meanwhile, Har ana DGP statesintheSouth,hasbeenargu- lose 1 seats”. socio-economic standards with all of the BJP also supported the
willing,” said Pandher. protest sites as the farmers, who side Punjab’s territor , Har ana's Shatrujeet Kapur said two DSPs ing that the should not be “pe- Choosing a southern state to their own efforts should not suf- resolutions.
“It was on Januar 2 that we camearmedwithwetgunn bags Home Minister Anil Vij took of- and 24 police personnel were in- nalised” for their successful im- raise the issue, Modi used it as a ferinthedelimitationprocess,the While the AIADMK gave un-
first announced our 'Dilli Chalo' tocountertheteargasshells,spent fence. jured in stone-pelting b farmers plementation of population counter to Rahul Gandhi’s slogan numberof constituenciesshould equivocal support to the resolu-
protestplan.Wesoughtaplaceof the da waiting for a go-ahead “Whatdothe wanttosa ?Is esterda . control measures, compared to of “Jitniaabadi,utnahaq(rightsas notbeaffectedduetoourachieve- tion against delimitation, in case
protest at Jantar Mantar, but no- from their leaders. Farmers said ittheIndia-Pakistanborder?Wh In a related development, the high-population states such as per numbers)”. While the ments.Weagreewiththat...Asthe of ‘One Nation, One Election’,
bod got back to us,” he said. theHar anaauthoritieshadinun- didn’t the Punjab government Shiromani Akali Dal has indefi- Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Congresslinkstheslogantoitsde- state unit of the BJP, we will defi- part MLA and former minister
This will be the third round of dated wheat fields with water to take an action while these con- nitel postponed the part ’s on- Theissuehasalsotakenthedi- mand for a caste census, to reap- nitel take up the cause of South N Thalavai Sundaram said their
meetings between the farmer prevent protesters from entering vo s first started from Amritsar? going‘PunjabBachaoYatra’insol- mension of “financial atrocities” portion quota benefits as per ac- India with the BJP central leader- backing was “conditional” and
leaders and the Centre. A PTI re- them. Do the mean to sa that if an - idarit withthefarmersandfarm against the South, with the LDF- tualnumbersof differentgroups, ship.” suggested that the e ercise be
port said Defence Minister Ada aftertheHar anapolice bod killsHar anapoliceperson- labourers protesting at the bor- led Kerala and Congress-led the PM said what Rahul was sug- Thesecondresolutionpassed rolled out over a decade, pro-
Rajnath Singh and Agriculture useddronestodropteargasshells nel and escapes into Punjab, we ders, and has convened an emer- Karnataka governments recentl gesting went against the South’s b theTamilNadugovernmenton vided certain conditions were
Minister Arjun Munda too held on the farmers, kites dotted the can’t chase him and catch him genc meetingof thepart ’score holding agitations in the Capital interests. Wednesda wasagainsttheBJP’s met.
discussions in Delhi on address- sk at both the protest sites. there? Does Punjab wants to cre- committeeonThursda todiscuss
ing the farmers' issues. Singh is a Farmers said this was not a cele- ate chaos in Delhi once again,” he the prevailing situation.
former agriculture minister.
Meanwhile, stra groups of
protesters who tried to surge
brationofBasantPanchami,buta
bid to thwart the drones.
E tending support to the
said.Parra saidhehadwrittento
the Har ana Police as firing of
teargas shells deep inside Punjab
Announcing this on 'X', Akali Dal
president Sukhbir Singh Badal
said:“ShiromaniAkaliDalhasal-
● Pune BJP leader
from Medha Kulkarni for a no- sues in the Parliament now."
ISRO to launch
ahead at Shambhu and Khanauri
– the two border points between
protesting farmer unions, BKU
Ugrahan and BKU Dakaunda
territor was leaving the govern-
ment staff also injured.
wa s stood with and worked for
the welfare of farmers and farm
dues certificate from the civic
propert ta department,” said a
Kulkarni said she was active
even when not an elected repre- INSAT-3DS on Feb 17,
will improve forecasts
Har ana and Punjab – on (Dhanerfaction)haveannounced PunjabHealthMinisterBalbir labourers.” civic bod official. sentative and a lo al commited
Wednesda werebeatenbackb a rail roko in Punjab on Thursda , Singhsaidatleast4 injuredpeo- Theprotestingfarmersarede- Kulkarni is close to the RSS. In part leader which is the reason
teargas, water cannons and rub- from 12 noon to 4 pm. The rail plewereadmittedatthecivilhos- manding a law on MSP and loan her political career, she was first she was given opportunit of
ber pellets, which left more than roko will initiall take place at 1 pitalinRajpura,ofwhichtwohad waivers among other issues. electedasaBJPcorporatorinPune Raj a Sabha. (IMD) has been using INSAT
4 farmers injured. At least a locations,withmoreplaceslikel sustained serious head injuries. WITHINPUTSFROM and was a potential ma oral can- “Those from m communit EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE data for its operational meteor-
do enofthemwereevacuatedto tobeaddedlater,saidunionlead- HesaidtheHar anagovernment RAAKHIJAGGA didateafterthesaffronpart came are ver happ that I have been BENGALURU, FEBRUARY 4 olog purposes. The advent of
to power in the civic bod for the givencandidatureforRaj aSabha. satellite-based products
first time in 2 17. Infact, those from other commu- WEATHERMEN AND scientists brought significant improve-
● ‘Hates to lose’: 17-yr-old shuttler who clinched a rare victory over China In 2 14, she was elected from
Kothrud, which has been a BJP
nities too have e pressed happi-
ness.Iwillworkforstrengthening
tracking e treme climate affect-
ing the countr will soon be fa-
ments in the forecast accurac ,
monitoring of atmosphere and
Badminton Asia Team balancing it. But her mother is tions from each of the four court awe-striking for a 17- ear-old. bastion and has a Bramhin vote the part as well," she said when cilitated with improved satellite ocean parameters and overall
Championships. brave — the once returned from corners, and is no mug on drib- CoachPullelaGopichandcouldbe bank, the BJP’s strength in Pune. asked about reaction from repre- data and high resolution images enhanced the meteorological
China had fielded a second- a Goa tournament walking two bles.Ornete eballconfrontations. heard conve ing to her how the In 2 19, Kulkarni was denied sentativesfromBramhincommu- of the Earth obtained from the services leading to reduction in
string side, Luo Yu is ranked onl hours to their hotel reaching at 1 Rajbala decided the daughter Chinese were slowing things the part ticket to make wa for nit whostoodforherafterbeing soon-to-belaunchedINSAT-3DS. loss to propert , life and liveli-
No149,andIndiawerealread as- am on unlit roads. And she never wouldn’tgetbulliedduetolackof down, and how she had to see ChandrakantPatil,withouttaking deniedpart ticketin2 19assem- The Indian Space Research hood.
sured a quarters spot. P V Sindhu lets Anmol despair.” strength and packed her off for throughthedeception.Shedidn’t herintoconfidence.Sheprotested bl election. Organisation (ISRO) will launch In all, INSAT-3DS comprises
and Treesa Joll -Ga atri Rajbalaalsodrives8 kmfrom “ph sical fitness” to a nearb fa- need telling twice. against it and has since been at Another name that had the INSAT-3DS from Sriharikota four pa loads -- an Imager, a
Gopichandsetthetonetodef an Faridabad to her Noida academ cilit that is run b Godara Sir, Her Noida coach Kusum loggerheads with Patil. The BJP cropped up as a potential Raj a on Februar 17. Sounder, a Data Rela
alwa s formidable Chinese unit, dail ,andwhipsupbottlesoffruit brother of international bo er Jai Singh, who herself began in a vil- later made her the national vice- SabhacandidatefromPuneisthat This new facilit , weighing Transponder and a Satellite
and Anmol pulled off the unlike- juice, lemonade, chhaas and lassi Bhagwan. “It’s like commando lage in Alwar, sa s the oung president of its women’s wing. ofHarshvardhanPatil,whojoined 2,274kgs and funded b the aided Search and Rescue
liest of deciders, reducing Luo Yu to keep Anmol h drated through training for athletes. The make womanhasbuiltherselfanintim- She has since toured across the the BJP in 2 19. Ministr of Earth Sciences, will Transponder. The multi-spectral
to a bundle of errors. The teen the da . them tough there. Most children idating presence in training countr to strengthen the part . He had represented Indapur enable the development of imager will generate images of
packed a proper punch from the The father reckons a class fleetherigour andhide innearb though she’s jovial and friendl . “Iamhapp thatthepart has intheAssembl asaCongressleg- newersatelliteproductsthatcan the Earth across si wavelength
back court in her strokes, and the teacher made Anmol the class bushesandhavetobedraggedout “Shewillchallengeever bo she given me opportunit to be in islator and was a minister in the be deplo ed while tracking c - bands aiding visualisation of
thwack was resonant of the earl monitor in Class 5, and made her to continue. Anmol fell ill initiall spars against and taunt them for Raj a Sabha. I am thankful to all Congress-NCP as well as the Shiv clones, monsoon s stems, thun- colour-dependent atmospheric
da sofSainaNehwalandSindhu. sitonthefrontbench.“Shehasto fromthestrain,butshe’shappiest being ‘naa uk’ if the slacken. If theseniorleadersofthepart and Sena-BJP governments. He is derstormsandothernaturaldis- parameters like water vapour
There is a lot of Nehwal in the alwa s be ahead of ever one like therenow,trainingwithfriends.” someonenickspointsoff her,she want to look forward instead of known to have influence in asters. INSAT-3DS shall further (humidit ). The sounder will
Faridabad teenager, be ond the aleadersincethen.Theaggression She wakes at 5 am, trains at sa s‘matchmeindekhlungitujhe’. thinkingofthepast,"Kulkarnisaid Indapur, which is part of the the observations of atmosphere, contribute in generating verti-
Har anvi determination and the and hating to lose comes from the bo ers den for an hour, has She has no fear,” she sa s. after her candidature was de- BaramatiLokSabhaconstituenc . land and oceans. cal profiles of the atmosphere
short crop. Starting with the piv- there,” he sa s. breakfast and then sleeps in the Kusumencouragesherbrash clared b BJP. However,Kulkarni'snamedid TheINSAT-3DSisa continua- and provide information like
otal role of her mother Rajbala. Anmol started out as a speed carduringthehourandhalfcom- talk and wants her to be unfet- Shewaselectedascorporator notfeatureintheinitiallistofcan- tion to the Third Generation temperature and humidit . Both
“M daughter’s personalit is skater, and though she was good, mute. “She’s learnt to sleep an - tered, as does mother Rajbala. in Pune Municipal Corporation didates declared b the BJP, even Meteorological Satellite series these pa loads were present on-
hero-st le. She hates to lose,” the thekneegra esgottoomuchand where. On staircases at tourna- “She talks too much, and some- (PMC) three times and once as though former Congress chief from the geostationar orbit. board INSAT-3D and INSAT-
mother sa s. afewunfairelbowsedgedherout. ments, in the car, she can switch times we have to tell her to shut legislator in state assembl . minister Ashok Chavan's name Presentl , meteorologists make 3DR,too, but possessed lower
Father Devender Kharb is a She followed her older brother on and off as she likes,” her up.ButI’llneveraskhertonote - Stating that ever one knows was included, just a da after he e tensive use of data generated resolution and radiometric per-
law erandformerkabaddipla er, into badminton. He promptl mother sa s. pressherself.If shefindsafeeder ever thing that happened with joined the part . b satellites like the INSAT-3D formance abilities than what IN-
andattributesallthefearlessness pushed off to pursue a tech de- Anmol rarel switched off in is weak in sparring, she’ll get her in the past, she said, "I am a The terms of two Raj a Sabha and INSAT-3DR (launched in SAT-3DS shall offer. Whereas,
andspunktothemother.“Rajbala gree,whileAnmol’sloveforshut- Mala sia pla ing the fifth rubber. them changed. I tell her not to person who speaks up all that I members who are residents of September, 2 16, still opera- the transponders will be re-
usedtowinraces;inHar anathe tle and aggressive smashes lin- Shemightnothavethemostkiller worr . I’m here, alwa s sitting likeordislike.Idontwanttothink Pune,VandanaChavanoftheNCP tional) sponsible for collating global
compete holding matkas (earth gered. She still spends hours on smash et, but the consistenc courtside,I’llhandleever thing,” or talk about it now. I will be able and Prakash Javadekar of the BJP, Since 2 3, the India weather data and rela ing
pots) on their heads and ou run 1, repetitions of stroke varia- andaccurac underpressurewas sa s Rajbala. toraiseissuesof cit andotheris- are about to end. Meteorological Department alerts, respectivel .

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PCMCdem li he b ildi gi Wakada i il

Constructionas
a ide
actl aspertheplanapprovedb
3 cops booked,
suspended for
use of force on
the PCMC. woman over
perapprovedplan, “WhenIreachedthespot es-
terda , I didn't see an tilt in the suspicion of theft
sa sowner; building. I had given the work to Pune: An Assistant Police
preliminar probe a private contractor. He also told
me that there was no problem
Inspectorandtwowomanpolice
constables have been booked
citesfaultindesign with the building. He told me
that there was no problem with
and suspended pending an in-
quir Wednesda over the al-
orfoundation the design or the construction of leged use of force on a 23- ear-
the building,” he said. old woman who was brought to
Dolwani saidhe urged PCMC the Magarpatta police chowk
MANOJ MORE & not to demolish the building. over a suspicion of theft at the
SUSHANT KULKARNI “The civic officials, however, housewhereshewasworkingas
PUNE, FEBRUARY 4 said that in future, the building a domestic help.
might fall which will endanger Theactioncomesafterallega-
THE PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD thelivesof thepeopleinthearea. tionsofuseof forceandmistreat-
Municipal Corporation on And therefore the did not even mentof thewomanb thepolice
Wednesda demolished a keep a small part of it. The build- officer and two constables were
three-floor under-construction ingwasbeingconstructedb the made b her famil members.
building in the Ganeshnagar contractorforlastone ear.Imust Initial probe has revealed
area of Wakad after it was found have spent around Rs 3 lakh on that on Februar 9, the woman
to be dangerousl tilting to- its construction,” he added. was brought to the Magarpatta
wards one side. Local activists said when the Police Chowk after the allega-
The anti-encroachment de- building was being constructed, tions of theft were made b her
partment of the PCMC carried Rajesh Stephen PCMCofficialsnevercameforin- emplo er.
out the demolition, videos of A three-floor under-construction building in the Ganeshnagar area of Wakad was found to be dangerousl tilting towards one side; (right) A screengrab from spection. However, the PCMC “We have taken a serious
which surfaced on social media. video of the demolition which was undertaken b the anti-encroachment department of the PCMC. administration said after the note of the allegations made
“We had last night received building plan was approved, againstthepoliceofficerandtwo
complaints from local residents the do the inspection onl after police constables. The have
in Thergaon that the building demolished,thecivicofficialsaid. collapse at an moment.” carefulblowswereadministered concrete and gravel fell into our ities provided all the possible it is completed. been placed under suspension
had dangerousl tilted towards Former Shiv Sena corporator “We initiall took some pre- to bring the building down. balcon .Wewerescaredandde- help and support." “We don’t inspect building pending an inquir and an of-
aside.Afterinspection,wefound Rahul Kalate said that the build- cautionar measures of in- Police provided the necessar cided to come out of the build- Sunil Dolwani, the owner of work when the work is under fencehasbeenregisteredagainst
the building dangerous for pub- ing, a residential one, was being stalling rods in the centring of support,” Chipade said. ing. Within some time civic au- the building, said that the build- progress unless there are com- them.” said an officer from Pune
lic safet and therefore we constructed on one-and-a-half the slab to prevent further tilt- Kanchan Gulvelkar, a resi- thorities, police and fire brigade ing was being constructed e - plaints,'' Nikam said. Cit police. ENS
brought it down,” PCMC Cit ‘gunthas’of landinGaneshnagar ing. The effort of demolition had dent of the adjacent building arrived. The told usthatthe un-
Engineer Makrand Nikam told area of Thergaon. “People to be undertaken ensuring that which had its wall inches awa der construction building will
The Indian Express. thought it was in the Wakad no other building ne t to it is from the demolished building, have to be demolished. We then
Nikamsaidaspertheprelim- area. There was a lot of commo- damaged and the debris falls on said, “We were having dinner went in and brought necessar
inar investigation, there was tion in the area after some resi- the right place. Using two earth- around 9 pm and we heard belongingsout.Thecivicauthor-
some fault either in the RCC de- dents saw its forward move- movers one in digger configura- something fall and vibrate...
sign of the building or the foun- ment,” Kalate said. tion and another in bucket form, Moments later, a large mass of
dation of the building. Calling it a high-risk opera-
''As a result of which the tion,PCMCFireofficerRushikant
buildingcouldnottaketheheav Chipade said, “When we re-
load...The builder had taken per- ceived the first call on Tuesda
missionfromus.Wearetr ingto night,thebuildinghadtiltedone
find out whether he was getting inch. B the time we reached it
moreconstructiondonethanthe had tilted two inches and as we
permitted one,” he said. completed primar assessment,
Thebuilderwaspresentatthe ithadtiltedthreeinches.Theob-
spotwhenthebuildingwasbeing vious conclusion was it could

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CYBER FRAUD IMD: Pune to

Sec i h ea , SC le : H a get cooler with
cloudy skies
P e ma a d ed f R 8 L
Themodusoperandiissimilarto‘drugs complainantgotacallfromaman wastoldbelongedtotheRBI.In1
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
PUNE, FEBRUARY 4

AFTER MERCURY levels have

claiming to be an officer from transactions, from sums of Rs 5 been e ceeding 34-35 degrees
inparcel’scam,sa c bere perts GovandipolicestationinMumbai. lakhto12lakh,hetransferredato- Celsiusforseveralda s,Punehas
The 'officer' asked him to join a tal of Rs 82.3 lakh. e perienced a sudden drop in
in which victims are made to be- video call stressing that it was a He was told that the funds temperature. Cloud skies and
SUSHANTKULKARNI lieve that drugs were found in a caseof'threattonationalsecurit '. would soon be returned to his ha einthemornings,asforecast
PUNE,FEBRUARY 4 courier the sent and mone is Thevictimwastoldthatabankac- bankaccountsoncetheinvestiga- The accident took place at 7.3 am on Pune Solapur road in Daund Taluka. Express b India Meteorological
sought from them on the prete t count registered in his name had tion was over. The mone was Department(IMD),havebecome
WHENAcalleronthephonetold of avoiding legal consequences. been misused to launder 'crores never returned. Subsequentl , commonoccurrencesinthecit ,
a senior official at an engineering
firm that a phone number in his
An FIR in the case was regis-
teredatPune'sc bercrimepolice
of rupees'. He was told Mumbai
police had issued an arrest war-
whenthevictimdisclosedthein-
cidenttohisson,andthelatterin- Newly-wed woman among 3 dead as affecting temperature trends.
Presentl , the ma imum
name was being misused in a stationb a59- ear-oldmanwho rant in his name and could take quired with Central Bureau of temperature ranges from 33-34
matter of threat to national secu-
rit , he was also threatened with
works as a project planning head
withamultinationalengineering
him into custod an time.
However, some time later, he
Investigation officials, it became
clear that the complainant had
car rams truck on Pune-Solapur road degrees Celsius, while the mini-
mum temperature ranges from
prosecution under the 'National compan headquarteredinPune. was shown a letter on the pur- fallen pre to an elaborate c ber sengers rammed into a moving ontheirwa toDharashiv(earlier 12-13 degrees Celsius, IMD said
Securit Act' and an 'arrest war- In1 transactionsmadebetween portedletterheadoftheSupreme scam. He filed a complaint with EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE truck from behind. An FIR in the Osmanabad) to visit Aja 's ailing on Wednesda . Since Tuesda
rant issued b Mumbai police'. December1and7last ear,hehad Court.The'cop'toldhimhewould Punepolice'sc bercrimecelland PUNE, FEBRUARY 4 casewasregisteredatDaundpo- grandmother. Officials said afternoon, there has been a sud-
Themanendeduplosingawhop- given awa Rs 82.3 lakh to the soon face prosecution under the a probe was launched. lice station on Tuesda night. Radhika and Aja had just got den dip in the minimum tem-
ping Rs 82 lakh to c ber conmen conmen. National Securit Act, but could "The modus operandi is simi- THREE OF a famil from Police identified the de- married in the first week of perature.
in an elaborate online scam that The victim initiall received a get help from someone working lar to 'drugs in parcel' scam, but Chinchwad, including a newl - ceased as Radhika Aja Maske Januar . Moreover, while the ma i-
pla ed out over a week, wherein callfromapersonclaimingtobea at the Supreme Court. He was here instead the put fear in him wed woman, were killed, and (22), her father-in-law Raju "Aninitialprobesuggeststhat mumtemperatureise pectedto
he was convinced that as per telecom compan e ecutive. The then connected to someone on a on prete t of 'national securit two others including her hus- Babruan Maske (52) and his thecardrivercouldnotgaugethe decrease,theminimumtemper-
Supreme Court guidelines he caller read out a phone number videocallwhotoldhimthatasper threat'. While conmen operating bandwerecriticall injuredinan brother-in-law Babasaheb distance between vehicles, and ature ma rise slightl , said IMD.
needed to deposit all his mone unknown to the victim and said SS guidelines, he would have to onlinecontinuetochangetactics, accidentonPune-olapurroadin Dattatra Dhende (48). The in- rammed into the back of a mov- Asaresultof thisnarrowgapbe-
with 'Reserve Bank of India'. the number was registered in his transfer all his mone to the their basic modus operandi–e - Daund Taluka. jured have been identified as ing truck in Swami Chincholi vil- tween the two temperatures,
Officialsfromc bercrimepo- nameatanaddressinGhatkopar. Reserve Bank of India or else face ploiting vulnerabilities and fears Officials from Daund police Aja Raju Maske (26, Radhika's lage. Three passengers in the car Pune is likel to feel colder than
lice station who have launched a Whenhedeniedhavingan such arrestandprisontime.Fearingse- ofvictims–remainsthesame,and station said that around 7.3 am husband) and Aja 's sister Kajal were killed and two others were usual.Theseweather conditions
probe in the case said the modus number, the caller said the num- rious consequences, the victim so do c ber etiquettes that can on Tuesda in Swami Chincholi Raju Maske (23). rushedtohospital,andarereceiv- are e pected to persist for the
operandiinthecasewasver sim- ber had been referred to them b begantransferringfundstofraud- prevent falling for such scams," villageonPuneSolapurRoad,the Thefamil whichbelongedto ing treatment," said an officer ne t 4-5 da s, it said.
ilarto'drugsinparcel'c berscam Mumbaipolice.Minuteslater,the ulent bank accounts, which he said a police officer. car carr ing the above said pas- AmbikanagarinChinchwadwere from Daund police station. According to weather e -
perts, this dip can be attributed
tothepresenceof anactivewest-
SPPU prof chosen IAP rolls out a massive ern disturbance in the northern
parts of the countr , along with
for 2024 SASTRA
drive to screen anaemia
another active disturbance near
Surat.
Mahamana Award Western disturbances, char-
Saath’ programme, the IAP will acterisedb e tremecoldwinds
ANURADHA urge at least 44, paediatri- responsibleforsnowandrainsin
MASCARENHAS ciansacrossthecountr toscreen thewinterseason,havecauseda
PUNE, FEBRUARY 4 each child from birth till the age dipintemperatureasthe move
of 18 for earl detection and in- into Maharashtra.
WITH ANAEMIA being a major tervention at no cost. Anaemia Unlike northern parts of the
health concern in the countr , can cause tiredness, feebleness, countr , Pune and Maharashtra
during the launch of ‘IAP Ki Baat, diminished cognitive perform- as a whole have not benefited
Communit Ke Saath’ b Indian ance and a higher risk of infec- fromthecoldwavesduetomois-
Academ of Paediatrics (IAP) on tionsandillnesses,leadingtofre- ture incursion from the Ba of
Wednesda , Februar 13, doc- quent absence from school and Bengal, which has blocked their
Pavan Khengre
tors decided to start the project hindered social development. entr into the state. This has re-
Prof Bhushan Patwardhan. b addressing anaemia first. IAP President 2 24 Dr GV sultedinhigher-than-usualmin-
Februar 13 is celebrated as Basavaraja said, “B raising imum and ma imum tempera-
World Anaemia Awareness Da . awareness about the multifac- ture,s said e perts.
The prevalence of anaemia is as eted consequences of childhood Additionall , there is a c -
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE high as 57 per cent in women anaemia, comprehensive solu- clonic disturbance over
PUNE, FEBRUARY 4 (15–49 ears of age) and 67.1 per tions can address both immedi- Maharashtra,andatroughpasses
cent in children (6–59 months), ate s mptoms and long-term through the state up to Uttar
PROF BHUSHAN Patwardhan, as per National Famil Health implications of this condition.” Pradesh.Thecombinedeffectsof
National Research Professor, Surve -5 (2 19–21). The IAP's initiative aims at these weather phenomena has
AYUSH and distinguished pro- Through the nationwide supportingtheCentre'sanaemia led IMD to predict ha skies in
fessor, Interdisciplinar School ‘AnaemiaKiBaat,Communit Ke elimination mission. Pune until late in the da .
of Health Sciences, Savitribai
Phule Pune Universit , has been
selected for the 2 24 Sastra-
Mahamana Award for contribu- Hike fares to match Cool Cabs:
tions to the Indian knowledge
A GLOWING TRIBUTE
s stem.
Prof. M. S. Valiathan received
the first SASTRA–Mahamana People pa respects to the soldiers killed in the Pulwama attack, on the occasion of the fifth anniversar of the traged , in an
RTO warning to Ola and Uber
Award in 2 23. The Shanmugha event organised b Pune’s ‘Apala Foundation’ at JM road on Wednesda . Arul Hori on ta is operating under its juris- KeshavKshirsagar,spokesperson
Arts, Science, Technolog and SHUBHAMTIGGA diction. Drivers and other stake- of Indian Gig Workers Forum
Research Academ , also known PUNE,FEBRUARY 4 holders in the cit gave the ta i (IGF).
as SASTRA, is a deemed-to-be companiesa monthto fall in line According to drivers, Ola and
universit in Thanjavur district, 27 kg marijuana seized from GOLDEN JUBILEE OF ICONIC PUNE FEST THE PUNE Regional Transport with the new rules, along with a Uber are operating without li-

civil engineer, BBA grad; 3 held Firodiya Karandak seeks

Tamil Nadu. Office (RTO) is to issue a notice to warning. cence, but no action has been
The varsit has instituted the Ola and Uber cab services if the Ta i unions had repeatedl taken against them.
“SASTRA–Mahamana Award” do not implement the new fares protested for fares of air-condi- In response, Sanjeev Bhor,
for contributions to Indian
Knowledge S stems. Karan Bagul (23), both residents
to expand to other cities of air-conditioned ta is (cool
cabs). But with Ola and Uber not
tioned(AC)ta istobehiked,after
which the fare was decided at Rs
Pune Regional Transport Officer,
said the have asked the compa-
This award is tribute to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ofDhuledistrict,anddetainedfor earl da s, Sur akant Kulkarni, toeingtheline,CoolCabdriversin 31 for the first 1.5 km for non-AC nies to implement finalised fares
Pandit Madan Mohan Malavi a, PUNE,FEBRUARY 4 questioning. RIZWANALI Chairman,FirodiaKarandaksaid, Pune have warned of a protest in ta is( ellowandblack),andRs21 in esterda ’s meeting.
amulti-facetedpersonalit ,who While searching them, police PUNE,FEBRUARY 4 "We imposed no restrictions on front of RTO office, along with an for ever subsequent km. As for “Afterthemeeting,bothcom-
was committed to “value-based A CIVIL Engineering Diploma recoveredover23kgofmarijuana. participants and gave them cre- indefinite shutdown of service AC ta is (Cool Cabs), the fare was panies sought clarification on
education” besides being an in- holderandaBachelorofBusiness "Singhrunsanelectricrepairshop THE FIRODIYA Karandak, one of ativefreedom.This iswh weare from Februar 2 in this regard. setatRs37forthefirst1.5km,and which t pes of cabs would need
stitutional builder, an official let- Administration degree holder while Bagul is a Civil Engineering Pune’siconicculturefestivals,cel- seeing continuous evolution in Overamonthhaspassedsince Rs 25 for each following km. torevisetheirfares.Thefinalfares
ter issued b S. were among three arrested b diploma holder. The had had ebrated its golden jubilee mark- artists of various art forms.” Pune RTO announced revised “We met both companies in are applicable to basic vehicles,
Vaidh asubramaniam, Pune’s Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) plannedtosellthecontrbandtoa ing 5 ears of its journe on Padmashri Dr. Arun Firodia, Cool Cab AC ta i-fares based on thepresenceoftransportauthor- such as hatchback, and not
Vice–Chancellor of Sastra forsmugglingandpeddlingmar- peddler." said ANC Senior Februar 14. The 5 th Karandak Chairman, Kinetic Group, said, KhatuaCommittee’srecommen- ities.Afterthecollector'sdecision, sedans,” he said.
deemed to be universit said. ijuana in Pune.Policehavesei ed Inspector Rajendra Landage. is scheduled from Februar 14 to "We are not merel commemo- dations,butaggregatorshavenot we e pressed satisfaction with Bhor also said that currentl
The award carries a cash over 27 kg marijuana which the Subsequentl ,theallegedpeddler 18andwillbehostedatAnnabhau ratingthe5 thanniversar ofthe followed the directives. The pro- the fares set b authorities, and thereisnosuchstate’saggregator
pri e of Rs 5 lakh and a citation. bought in a neighbouring state. Vasant Kshirsagar (3 ), of Sathe Auditorium. Over 3 col- Karandak,butalsocelebratingthe posal was approved at the gavethemtimetoimplementthe polic ,andsoever oneshouldfol-
The award will be presented on Based on intel about individ- AmbegaonBudruk,aBBAdegree leges across Pune are participat- richculturaldiversit itembodies. Regional Transport Authorities new fares. But the have still not lowthecentralaggregatorpolic .
Februar 28, which is the uals coming to Katraj area with a holderwasalsoarrested,and4kg ing in competitions that include Weareconsideringe pandingthe (RTA) meeting last December, done it, so we have decided to Thecentralpolic statesinitsrule
National Science Da , at SASTRA largequantit ofmarijuanatofur- marijuanawasrecoveredfromhis drama, music and dance. Karandak to other parts of the chaired b Collector Rajesh holdaone-da protestne tweek. no 13 (3) that companies can
in Thanjavur. ther sell to peddlers in the cit , house.Aprobehasbeenlaunched Firodia Karandak is one of countr as we have received nu- Deshmukh. We will also shut down our serv- charge 5 per cent below in off-
When contacted Dr ANC laid a trap on Tuesda and into the suppl and distribution Pune's iconic cultural festivals merousinvitations.Ourinitialfo- Afterthemeeting,onJanuar ices until the cab aggregators im- peakhours,and5 percentabove
Patwardhan e pressed his grat- nabbed Hariom Singh (21) and network of the arrested suspect. startedin1974.Reminiscingabout cus is on launching in Mumbai.” 3,RTOannouncedhikedfaresfor plement the new fares,” said in peak hours of the base rate.
itude and said, “Although, I am
the chosen recipient, the true
ownersof thisawardarem stu-
dents, collaborators and most
Innovative surgery removes 5 kg fibroid at city’s Sahyadri Hospital Confer Bharat Ratna on
importantl theentireA urveda
and Yoga communit .”
“I am glad that in A adi ka
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
PUNE,FEBRUARY 4
This m omectom on 35-
ear-old businesswoman Ri a
(name changed) was performed
Poonawalla: Sharad Pawar
ing a C-section.
A M omectom is a surgical
procedure in which the m oma,
Dr. Mini Salunkhe, Director and
Head of Department– Obstetrics
who led the e pert team of doc-
an MRI scan confirmed the diag-
nosis,Dr.GauriJagdale,g naecol-
ogist and obstetrician . The sur-
Amrit Kaal our research to stud in the first week of Februar and or uterine fibroid tumour, is re- torsofMomStor atSah adrihos- ger , which stands out for its
scientificbasisof A urveda,Yoga IN A unique case, doctors at thecasepresentedauniquechal- movedfromtheuteruswhilepre- pitals said. unique approach, involved a
and integrative health has been Sah adri hospital were able to lengeduetothesi eandlocation serving the surrounding tissue. Ri a had been e periencing Pfannenstiel incision, t picall
recognised b a prestigious successfull removealargefibroid of the fibroid. The process in- The surger often lasts around 2- persistent pain for the past three used in caesarean sections. This
award in the name of from a broad ligament using a cluded taking out a 5 kg fibroid 4hoursandist picall performed months, prompting a thorough method allowed the removal of
Mahamana,” Dr Patwardhan small incision, similar to what is from the broad ligament using a under general anaesthesia. The e amination that revealed the the significant fibroid through a
added. done in a caesarean section. small cut, like the one made dur- patient is now in perfect health, presenceofthelargefibroid.After smaller incision.

‘Intrusive’: Live-in couples in Pune weigh in on UCC Bill

lawsnowbringmarriage-likere- then graduall more stuff. We arates relationships from mar- conductinspectionsof live-inre- Dr C rus Poonawalla receives Dr Mohan Dharia Rashtra-
RAVINA WARKAD sponsibilities, which we don’t were just getting to know each riages.Divorcehappensafter ou lationships. Couples from Nirman Puraskar from Sharad Pawar in the presence of
PUNE, FEBRUARY 4 want so earl in life,” Saurabh other. After some months, I have ma be tried to make it Uttarakhand living in other former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan at Balgandharv
said,weighinginontheUniform wanted to tell m friends and work a few times. I don’t under- states will also be bound b Rangamandir on Wednesda . Arul Hori on
SAURABH KNEW Prachi from Civil Code (UCC) Bill passed in famil about it,” she said. Such a stand how something as fle ible these laws.
college. At a friend’s part , the the Uttarakhand Legislative law,Niharikasa s,willtakeawa as relationships can be pinned Vartika, a sketch artist,
confessed their feelings for each
otherandhavebeentogethersi
Assembl last week.
YOUNG the fle ibilit of e ploring rela-
tionships. She said, “I can’t sta
down to this,” Niharika said. movedinwithherpartnera ear
into their relationship. She finds EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
tuted in the name of the former
vice–chairman of the Planning
ears now. When Prachi started
house-hunting in Pune, she
‘Maintenance unfair’
Under the UCC Bill, a woman
EDGE in the gre area where most re-
lationships grow. I suddenl
Clauses
OtherclausesintheBilldirect
it intrusive that the government
would have the right to inspect
PUNE, FEBRUARY 4 Commission–Mohan Dharia.
“The Centre had confirmed
sta ed with Saurabh for a few deserted in a live-in relationship have to register it instead of test- that providing false information live-in relationships. “It misuses FORMER UNION Agriculture PadmaShriandPadmaBhushan,
da s. “But we realised the rela- will be entitled to maintenance. one could face three months in ing and tr ing.” about a live-in relationship will the law to penalise couples do- MinisterandNCP(Sharadchandra but looking at the contribution
tionship is going reall well, so “Both of them can work and get prison, or a penalt of Rs 1 , . invite a fine of Rs 25, and ing nothing incriminating be- Pawar) supremo Sharad Pawar, b SerumInstituteof Indiainsav-
wh should she move out?” said paid. Wh does the man have to Niharika, 25, who lives in
Flexibilit , scope of three months in jail. If one or cause living in does not agree while conferring the Rashtra ing lives through affordable vac-
Saurabh. Since then, the have bear the responsibilit ? This KarveNagar,sa smovinginwith reconciliation both partners are under 21, the with the government's pro- Nirman Award on C rus cines, its our demand that
been sharing a 2BHK with an- takes awa from me the agenc her partner was not a milestone Under the law, couples will government will inform their Hindutva,conservativeleanings. Poonawalla- Chairman of Serum Poonawalla gets the Bharat
other couple in Baner. At 24, to e plore m career (options) in decision. also have to register the end of parentsabouttheregistration.In The penalties are far from rea- Institute of India, has called upon Ratna,” he said.
Saurabh is in between jobs and the earl stages,” Saurabh said. “Therewasnoe actdecision. the relationship with the gov- a live-in relationship, neither sonable.Thegovernmentshould the Central government to also The award constituted in the
figuring out a switch in career. TheBillalsostipulatesthatall He was travelling to multiple ernment.“Often, ouarejustan- part can be under 18 ears, and not have a sa in who and how confer on him the Bharat Ratna. name of Dharia is given b the
“There is some freedom to live-inrelationshipsmustbereg- places. When we started hang- gr andma be oubreakup,but children born of these relation- an individual should love and Pawar was speaking on Vanrai Trust to people whose
e plorerelationshipsthatcomes istered within a month of two ing out, he was sta ing with me. there is a lot of scope of getting ships will have rights. It also al- what their personal living Wednesda in Pune at the contribution to the nation is
with living together. But these parties moving in together, or It was one small bag at first, and back together. That is what sep- lows the government officer to choices are,” she said. Rashtra Nirman Award consti- commendable.

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procurement of horses and external development works including
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Executive Engineer, Pradhan Mantri Gram

Sadak Yojana Maharashtra Rural Roads
Development Association, Pune
PUBLIC e-TENDER NOTICE No. 40/2023-2024
The total cost of 27 Works in 13 Packages under
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana in Pune
District is estimated at a total cost Rs. 1871.01
Lakhs has been done. The Tender Notice
published on the www.pmgsytendersmah.gov.in
website, Date 15/02/2024.
(Sd/-) EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Maharashtra Rural Roads
Development Association, Pune

PUBLIC NOTICE
This is to inform to public at large that, Mrs. Pushpa Dnyaneshwar
Gaikwad, R/at:- Flat No. C-604, Anand Residency, S. No. 232/1,
Sakore Nagar, Pune - 411 047, is the absolute & legal owner of the
landed property as described in the schedule written hereunder and she
is negotiating with my client for development and construction of
multistoried building/s thereon on ownership basis and she further
assure that, said landed property is free from all encumbrance
whatsoever in nature and/or defect in title.
Any person/s having right, title or interest by way of mortgage, lien,
lease, gift, trust, possession, inheritance, easement or otherwise of
whatsoever any nature in the said landed property or having any
objection for the said transaction, should inform in writing to THE YAVATMAL URBAN CO-OP. BANK LTD., YAVATMAL
undersigned within twelve (12) days from the publication of this notice (Regd. No.YML/ BNK / 114) Head Office: Garden Road, Near L.I.C.Office, YavatmaL.
Authorised Officer Address:-Branch: kothrud Pune,Kumbare Heights,vijay commercial complex, Rajlaxmi Building Hall, New D.P. Road, Pune-411038
and should satisfy alongwith documentary proof about his/ her/ their Phone No.020-25382160 Mobile no 7774044902
O.W.No-----.YUCBL/.Jal /2024-2025 DT 13/02/2024
claim/s, title to the same or about the objection/s, if any, failing which
my client shall proceed further to complete the transaction, presuming APPENDIX – IV-(A)[See Proviso Rule 8(6)]SALE NOTICE FOR THE SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES
that the said landed property is free from all encumbrances and the Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Immovable Assets under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
aforesaid owner has clear and marketable title to the same and any read with proviso to rule 8(6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002. Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the
claim/s, objection/s of whatsoever any nature shall be deemed to have Borrower(s) / Co-borrower(s) and Guarantor(s) that the below described immovable property mortgaged to the Bank , the constructive possession of which has
been taken by the Authorised Officer of the Bank, will be sold on “ As is where is ”, “ As is what is ”, and “ Whatever there is basis ” on under noted dates for
been waived or given up which please note.
), noted out standing p
recovery of (under amount due to the Bank form under noted respective Borrower(s) and Guarantor(s), Branch: kothrud pune
SCHEDULE Name and address of Borrower, Co-borrower &
Mortgagor & Guarantor
Date of Demand
Notice Dt 24/07/2023
Outstanding As on Dt.
12/02/2024 & Further
Description of the
Immovable properties
Reserve price of property
Earnest Money Deposit
All that piece and parcel of the land bearing CTS No. 1923, Out standing Interest and expences with name of the owner/
Last Date of Tender Submit
26/10/2023 Mortgager
admeasuring 4600.00 sq. mtr., (having its old S. No. 54, Hissa No. 1/5, Taking Physcial
Place & Time
admeasuring 00 H. 46 Ares), situated at village Mundhwa, Taluka Pune Possession date
City, District Pune and same is within the local limits of Pune Municipal 12/02/2024
Corporation, Pune and same is bounded as follows:- 1)Techavo Gauges & Tools Pvt. Ltd, Amita Dt- 24/07/2023 Dt.2/02/2024 Mortgaged Immovable Property No:- 1 & 2
Shrinidhi Gujjewar(Director& Borrower) R/o C- Techavo Gauges & Principle Rs 29,91,929/- Property of Shri Ram Reserve Price Rs
702,, Sr no 23, High bliss Sosciety Ujawal Fine Tools pvt. Ltd. (Rupees Twenty nine Bhagwant Kale, At- 57,00,000/- Inwords
ON OR TOWARDS THE:- Home, Dhyari, Pune- 411041 2)Techavo Gauges Principle Rs lakh Ninty one thousand Mouza Vadhu Rupees Fifty Seven lakh
& Tools Pvt. Ltd Shounak Shrinidhi 32,01,789/- (Inwords nine hundred twenty (Budurk) Tq. Shirur, only)Earnest Money
EAST : By land owned by Mr. Kishor Kodre, Gujjewar(Director & Borrower) R/o C-702,, Sr Rupees Thirty two nine only) + plus interest Dist Pune, Gut no Deposit Rs. 2,85,000/-
SOUTH : By land owned by Mr. Sadanand Kodre & others, no 23, High bliss Sosciety Ujawal Fine Home, lakhs One thousand Rs 1,64,173/- (Rupees 1156, 00H.10.5R Vadu (inwords Rupees Two
WEST : By Hadapsar – Mundhwa Road, Dhyari, Pune- 411041.3)Shri Ram Bhagwant kale seven hundred eighty One lakh sixty four Budruk village lakh Eighty five thousand
NORTH : By land owned by Mr. Prakash Hirabhau Kodre & others. (Co-Borrower & Mortgagor) R/o Flat no. 12, nine only) + plus thousand one hundered Shirpur, Pune only))Last Date of Tender
Above said landed property alongwith all right, title and interest Simran Garden,.Bombay Sarees col, Wadgaon interest Rs 1,31,141/- seventy three only) ,bounded as under:East Submit Place & Time
Sheri, Pune.411014 4)Yusuf Abbasbhai (Inwords Rupees One Total Rs 31,56,102/- :- Internal Road 15 Dt 18/03/2024
attached thereto.
MADHUKAR KOKANE Bhori(Guarantor) R/o. H-506 Hill mist lakh thirty one (Rupees Thirty one lakh ft.West :- Internal Branch Aurangabad
ADVOCATE Garden,NIBM Road, Kondhava khurd, Pune.- thousand one fity six thousand one Road 15 ft. Time 5.00 pm.
302, L.P. Classic, Pune - Solapur Road, 411048 5) sau Sarika Prashant Dhanve(Guraantor) hundred forty one hundred & two only) North :- Land Gat no Tender Open Date
Place : -Pune Hadapsar, Pune-28 R/o.Building A-3, Flat no 5, Shriram Nagar opp only) 1155. South :- Internal 19/03/2024 & Time 1 at
Date : 15/02/2024 Cell No. 9011048133 / 9822830352 I.T.I, Aund Pune-411007 Road15 ft. 1:00 P.M Branch
Aurangabad
Terms &Conditions:- For detailed term and conditions of the sale please refer to the tender form available with Authorised Officer of the Bank, Place: Aurangabad Amol Anant Badhe
Authorised Officer The Yavatmal Urban Co-op. Bank Ltd, Yavatmal. Head Office, Yavatmal (Secured Creditor) M.No 7774044902

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 4 MAHARASHTRA
Aka e ak a fBab idem li i ,a NOMINATION OF CHANDRAKANT HANDORE
Cong looks to atone
With Rs 332.79 cr
in arrears, power
utility warns of
C g c a ,a f:BJP RSch ice for Dalit leader’s shock
defeat in legislative
action; cuts off
supply to 50,000
As BJP nominates Ashok Chavan, Ajit Gopchade, Medha Kulkarni, a look at wh the were picked council elections EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
PUNE, FEBRUARY 4
the group of oungsters who call and placate the unrest
SHUBHANGI KHAPRE climbed the Mosque and pho- amongst Brahmins in ZEESHAN SHAIKH MAHARASHTRA STATE
MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 4 tographed.Gopchadeisthehead Maharashtra’s Pune district. In MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 4 Electricit DistributionCompan
of the Maharashtra BJP doctors’ 2 19, Kulkarni, a professor who haswarnedof strictactionif con-
THE BJP on Wednesda an- cell and was also named to the belongstoadominantcaste,was WITH THE Congress’s an- sumers (domestic/ commercial
nounced three candidates for part committee for the G-2 denied an Assembl ticket from nouncement on Tuesda to and industrial categories) in
the Raj a Sabha from Summit programmes. Known the Kothrud constituenc in nominateChandrakantHandore Western Maharashtra fail to pa
Maharashtra leading with for- for his proactive role in organis- Punedistrictthoughshewonthe as its candidate from their electricit bills. With ar-
mer Congress chief minister ing public welfare medical seat after contesting for the first Maharashtra for the Raj a Sabha rears mounting up to Rs 332.79
Ashok Chavan, former MLA camps and social service activi- time in 2 14. The BJP dropped elections,thepart isnotonl at- crore, the power utilit has em-
Medha Kulkarni and Ajit ties, the BJP had recommended Kulkarni,itssittingMLA,tomake temptingtoreachouttotheDalit barked on a campaign todiscon-
Gopchade.WhileChavan’snom- Gopchade for the state wa for then state part presi- communit , but also make nect power suppl of defaulters.
ination was a foregone conclu- Ashok Chavan, Ajit Gopchade. Express Legislative Council polls in Ma dentChandrakantKulkarnifrom amends for the fiasco in the June Chandrakant Handore As man as 17.85 lakh con-
sion, the part sprung a surprise 2 2 . Gopchade had even filed Kothrud. The decision left 2 22 Legislative Council elec- sumershavefailedtopa electric-
b fielding Kulkarni and thenominationpapersbutatthe Kulkarni shocked and she had tion, when Handore lost despite it bills,followingwhichtheutil-
Gopchade. Congress part and the govern- in 2 8. In 2 1 , he had to step eleventhhour,thepart changed made her displeasure known to theCongresshavingtherequisite ment about the alleged involve- it hassofardisconnectedsuppl
The official list released b ment. He represented Nanded in down following corruption itsdecisionandreplacedhiscan- part leaders and in public. She numbersonitsside.Theelection ment of Thackera and the Shiv to more than 5 , defaulters.
the central BJP onl listed three theLokSabhafrom1987-89,was chargesintheAdarshCooperative didature with that of Ramesh came to the part headquarters had set off a chain of events that Sena in the riots. While Mohite The highest sum to be recov-
names but sources said that elected to the state Legislative Housing Societ scam. Karad, a close confidante of the in Mumbai in tears but despite ledtotheeventualcollapseof the gave testimon before the com- ered as arrears is from the Pune
while the part was planning to Council in 1992, and the state late Gopinath Munde and his the humiliation, she continued Uddhav Thackera -led Maha mission, Handore did not. region which comprises Pune,
name a fourth candidate, it Assembl from 1999 to 2 4 Ajit Gopchade daughter, Pankaja Munde. and campaigned for Vikas Aghadi government after Handore went on to join the Satara, Solapur, Sangli, and
would take a final call later. (Mudkhed constituenc ) and Ajit Gopchade’s candidature Despite being dropped, ChandrakantPatil,whoreplaced Eknath Shinde’s revolt. Congress, winning the 2 4 Kolhapur.Here,arrearsamount-
from 2 9 to 2 24 (Bokhar con- comes as a bigger surprise. A Gopchade continued with his her in the 2 19 Assembl elec- A Nashik native, 67- ear-old Assembl elections from ing to Rs 221.63 crore have to be
Who are the 3 BJP stituenc ). The senior Congress doctor, Gopchade hails from part activities. B nominating tions..Themovedidnotsendthe Handore began his political ca- Chembur, and was made a recovered from 15.86 lakh do-
nominees? leaderwasacabinetministerwith Nanded district and has enjo ed him to the Raj a Sabha, the BJP right message, however, espe- reer as a Dalit activist and later Cabinet minister in the Vilasrao mesticconsumers,whileanother
important portfolios such as in- a long association with the has acknowledged Gopchade’s ciall amongst the dominant became a corporator in the Deshmukh government. He was 1.65lakhcommercialconsumers
Ashok Chavan dustries,transportandculturalaf- RSS/BJP. Sources in the BJP con- contribution and conve ed a castecommunit whichisasi e- Brihanmumbai Municipal reelected in 2 9 but was owearrearsworthRs67.4 crore.
A da after joining the BJP, fairs in the Congress-Nationalist firmed that in 1992, Ajit positive message to the Linga at able vote bank in Pune. This was Corporation (BMC) in 1985. dropped from the state Cabinet. Taking stock of escalating ar-
AshokChavan,66,whohailsfrom Congress Part (NCP) coalition Gopchade who had then com- communit towhichhebelongs. evident when the BJP lost the Handore, who was associated He contested from Chembur rears over the last three to four
Maharashtra’s Nanded district, government. In 2 14, despite a pleted his MBBS set out for kar B nominating him to the Raj a Kasba Peth seat in the b poll ne- with the Republican Part of again in 2 14 and 2 19, but lost months,atarecentreviewmeet-
madeittothepart ’sRaj aSabha Narendra Modi wave, Chavan seva at A odh a. He proactivel Sabha, the BJP seems to have cessitated due to the demise of India,subsequentl servedasthe both times to the Shiv Sena can- ing, Ankush Nale, regional direc-
list. A Maratha leader with a 38- wontheNandedLokSabhapolls. participated in the reachedouttotheLinga atcom- MLA Mukta Tilak. The BJP had ma or of Mumbai in 1992-93 at didate. He still held several posts tor of MSEDCL, Western
ear-long political career in However, he lost the 2 19 Lok Ramjanmabhoomi movement. munit in Maharashtra. fielded Hemant Rasane, an OBC a time when the cit saw its in the Maharashtra and Mumbai Maharashtra,hasdirectedofficials
Congress,Chavan’sshifttotheBJP Sabha polls to BJP’s Prataprao The BJP sources confirmed candidate, to counter Congress’s worst communal violence after units of the Congress. totakesternaction."Repeatedap-
waslongawaited.Startinghispo- Chiklikar. He was twice CM of Gopchade was amongst those Medha Kulkarni Ravindra Dhangekar but Rasane the Babri Masjid demolition. On Februar 5, 2 21, pealstoconsumerstopa billshas
liticalcareerasastudentleaderin Maharashtra from 2 8 to 2 1 . who were present at the site on Medha Kulkarni’s Raj a lost. B giving the Raj a Sabha Handore made headlines Handore was appointed as the not made much of a difference.
the Congress, he held man im- He took charge as chief minister the da Babri Masjid demolition Sabha nomination is BJP’s at- seat to Kulkarni, the part seems when, on the evening of Januar working president of the And this seriousl impacts the fi-
portant positions both in the after the terror attack in Mumbai took place and he was amongst tempt to rehabilitate her politi- to be in course correction mode. 8,1993,YuvrajMohite,areporter Maharashtra Pradesh Congress nancial health of MSEDCL,” Nale
accompan ing him to the resi- Committee. The part then said at the meeting.He directed
dence of then ShivSena chief Bal fieldedHandoreintheLegislative MSEDCL officials to step up the

Ajit Pawar’s strategy behind nominating Patel for RS polls Thackera ,claimedheoverheard
orders given to Sena cadre to at-
tack Muslims during the riots.
Council polls in June 2 22.
Handore was deemed as the
part ’sfirst-choicecandidateand
campaign to disconnect power
suppl ."Wehavenooptionbutto
disconnect suppl ,” Nale said.
qualification petition against for si seats from Maharashtra. which is applicable to his pres- be available with the NCP. “We Mohite’s deposition before themostlikel togetelectedgiven Stringent action will be taken
ALOK DESHPANDE Patel filed b the NCP The lone si th seat will go to op- entterm.“Togetre-elected,Patel have spoken with our alliance the Srikrishna Commission, set the Congress’s numbers in the if the official team during the on-
MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 4 (Sharadchandra Pawar). position Congress in what looks will resign from his current seat. partners BJP and Shiv Sena. The up to investigate the Mumbai ri- MaharashtraLegislativeAssembl going inspection drive find errant
“We have taken the decision like an unopposed election. Whicheffectivel annulsthedis- have agreed that the seat will be ots, was instrumental in the at the time. FULLREPORTON defaulters resorting to unautho-
THE NCP led b Maharashtra after consulting senior leaders PatelwaselectedtotheRaj a qualification petition. After get- with us when the re-election for commission making its judg- www.indianexpress.com risedmethodsofusingelectricit .
Deput Chief Minister Ajit andstud ingallthetechnicalas- SabhainJune2 22andhascom- tingelectedinFebruar 2 24,he it takes place,” said Tatkare.
Pawar,whichonWednesda an- pects,” NCP state president Sunil pletedonl two earsof hispres- will get the si - ear term till Sources within the NCP said
nounced it would field senior Tatkare said while announcing ent si - ear term. Following the Februar 2 3 , which is two that the vacant seat will be filled
leader Praful Patel for the Raj a the name of Patel. split in the NCP, the Sharad ears more,” said a part leader. post Lok Sabha elections. “If not
Sabha elections, has achieved Patel is the fifth candidate Pawar group filed a disqualifica- The third crucial point for the Cabinetberth,thepart canoffer
three objectives with the move, from the ruling alliance for the tion petition with the Raj a NCPwouldbethatthevacantseat Raj a Sabha seats for those who
primar beingannullingthedis- biennial Raj a Sabha elections Sabha chairman against Patel, after the resignation of Patel will wish to join us,” the leader said.

PARTY A STRONG PILLAR OF MVA, INDIA BLOC

Sharad Pawar-led NCP rubbishes
talks of merging with Congress
MANOJ MORE
PUNE, FEBRUARY 4

DENYING SPECULATIONS that the

Nationalist Congress Part (Sharadchandra
Pawar) would be merged with the Congress,
the part Wednesda said it was gearing up
to contest the Lok Sabha elections as a strong
pillar of MVA and INDIA bloc.
“Who is spreading the rumours ?,” shot
back part leader Supri a Sule when asked
b reporterswhetherNCP,whichlostitsiden-
tit battleandownershipbattleto AjitPawar,
would soon fold up. Baramati MP Supri a Sule, NCP Shirur
She spoke to reporters after a meeting of MP Amol Kolhe and part chief Sharad
part MLAsandMPspresidedoverb Sharad Pawar at the meeting. Express
Pawar in the cit .
“There is no question of merger of our
part with an other political part . We are and will fight elections with all our force.''
gearing up to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha NCP Shirur MP Amol Kolhe also termed
electionsaspartof theMVA.Wearefull con- the speculations “baseless”.
fident that MVA will emerge victorious. “The NCP founded b honourable Sharad
Though we are facing difficult times cur- Pawarji has flourished for 25 ears.
rentl ,thepeopleof Maharashtraarefull be- Maharashtra has accepted it and given it the
hind us and we are going prove our united position of power. People have accepted the
might in the upcoming elections,” she said. leadership of Sharad Pawar and have alwa s
Sule said after the lost the battle in the voted overwhelmingl in our favour in all
Election Commission of India, the will be elections,” said Kolhe, who attended the
fighting it out in the Supreme Court. meeting convened b Pawar in Pune.
“WehaveapproachedtheSupremeCourt “At the meeting, we did not discuss an -
and we are full confident that we will win thing about the merger. We discussed about
the battle for the part s mbol,” she said. the ensuing elections and our preparations
TheElectionCommissionof Indiainitsre- as part of MVA and INDIA bloc,” the Shirur
cent ruling handed over the part name and MP added.
s mboltotheAjitPawarfaction.Ithasallowed KolhesaidtheNCPundertheleadershipof
the part to use its name till the Raj a Sabha SharadPawarwillbegoingall-outintheensu-
elections which will be held on Februar 27. ingLokSabhaelections.''Wewerethree-part
The speculations about the possible MVAbutnowVBAhasalsojoinedusandthere-
merger of Congress and NCP arose after AICC forewearemorestrongerthanbefore,''hesaid.
general secretar Ramesh Chenithala met Meanwhile,anNCPleaderfromAjitPawar
Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Tuesda . factionsaid,“TheSharadPawarfactionhasno
Former minister and a leader of the option but to merge either with us or the
Sharad Pawar-led NCP Anil Deshmukh said, Congress. Most of current part MLAs want
“Do not believe in thespeculations about an to merge with Ajit Pawar group as the were
possiblemerger.Weareastrongpillarof MVA close to our leader.”

Army recruitment for Agniveer

and regular cadre open now:
Candidates cautioned of fraudsters
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and Union
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Territories of Daman, Diu and Dadra Nagar
PUNE, FEBRUARY 4 Haveli can register through official Indian
Arm Website www.joinindianarm .nic.in.
THEINDIANArm hassaidthatithasopened The eligibilit and registration procedure in-
the online registration for recruitment of structions with videos in Hindi and English
Agniveer and regular cadre for candidates are available in the enrolment section of the
from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and Union website. User friendl chatbot is also avail-
Territories of Daman, Diu and Dadra Nagar able on the website to address the queries b
Haveli. The Arm has also sounded caution the applicants."
to thecandidates not to fall pre to fraudsters The Indian Arm in joint operations with
claiming to facilitate recruitment for mone . various state police entities, has arrested sev-
A press statement issued b the Indian eral fraudsters luring aspiring candidates
Arm in this regard read, "The Indian Arm with eas recruitment into the Arm in re-
hasopenedtheonlineregistrationforrecruit- turn for mone . The Arm has said that it
ment of Agniveer and regular cadre from maintains a ero tolerance polic towards
Februar 13 to March 22. Candidates from such unsavour elements.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 4 EXPRESS NETWORK
Speaker to give AHEAD OF LOK SABHA ELECTIONS WORLD GOVERNMENTS SUMMIT Top court to
States flagged higher
verdict on NCP
disqualification
rate of breakdown W ld eed i cl i e g , deliver verdict
on electoral

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pleas today bonds today
of EVM in 2019: RTI
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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
MUMBAI,FEBRUARY 4 NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4

E X P L A I NE D
RITIKA CHOPRA The World Governments
MAHARASHTRA ASSEMBLY NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 Wha EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Summit is being held on the THE SUPREME Court will pro-
speaker Rahul Narwekar will de- malf c i NEWDELHI,FEBRUARY 4 theme of “Shaping Future nounce on Thursda its judg-
liver his verdict on the disqualifi- A SET of documents obtained b ● mea Governments” with the conver- ment on a bunch of four peti-
cation petitions filed b the two anRTIactivistrevealedthatinthe PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi sationinvolvinggovernments,in- tions challenging the
NCPfactionsagainsteachotheron run-up to the 2 19 Lok Sabha MALFUNCTION OR break- on Wednesda said that citi ens ternationalorganisations,thought constitutional validit of the
Thursda (toda )followingthedi- pollstherewereconcernswithin down of EVMs doesn’t im- shouldneitherfeeltheabsenceof leaders,andprivatesectorleaders electoral bonds scheme.
rections given b the SC. the Election Commission over pl the are open to rig- a government and nor there from around the globe. A five-judge bench of CJI D Y
While the ECI gave its verdict the relativel high rate of ging or tampering. Like should be pressure from the gov- Ahead of his address at the Chandrachud, and Justices
in favour of rebel Ajit Pawar and ElectronicVotingMachines'parts an machine, EVMs too ernment. summit, the PM met Sheikh Sanjeev Khanna, B R Gavai, J B
handed him the part name as failing during the first-level can malfunction. Speaking at the World Mohammed bin Rashid Al Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had
wellasthes mbol,italsoallowed check. However, frequent in- Governments Summit in Abu Maktoum, Vice President and reserved its judgment in the
the Sharad Pawar group to have Afirst-levelcheck(FLC)isthe stances of breakdown can Dhabi, Modi said, “I believe that Prime Minister of UAE. The two matter on November 2 last ear.
an independent identit for the initial technical e amination of lead to interruptions in peopleshouldneitherfeeltheab- leadersdiscussedawiderangeof Reserving its decision, the
upcoming Raj a Sabha elections. the EVM's Ballot Unit (BU) and voting, slowing down the senceof agovernment,butatthe areas of bilateral cooperation in- court had said that it is “slightl
Based on the ECI's order, the Control Unit (CU) as well as the process and potentiall af- same time, nor should there be Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the World Governments cluding trade and investment, difficult to accept” the govern-
SharadPawargrouphasrenamed Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail fecting voter turnout. pressure from the government,” Summit in Dubai, UAE, Wednesda . PTI technolog , education and peo- ment’s contention that voters
itselfNCP(SharadchandraPawar). (VVPAT). This process is con- hesaidwhilestressingthemantra ple-to-people ties. don’t have the right to know the
With two different groups ducted b engineers in the si of‘minimumgovernment,ma i- India and the UAE Tuesda sourceof fundingof politicalpar-
recognisedb theECI,thespeaker months leading up to the Lok (CEOs) office, including those of mum governance’. onl because we prioritised pub- “Terrorism in various forms is signed pacts on bilateral invest- ties and suggested a better poll
is now tasked with deciding on Sabha polls at the district level Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, “In fact, I believe that the gov- lic sentiments,” he said. bringing new challenges before mentpromotion,portinfrastruc- bondschemebeformulatedtak-
thedisqualificationpetitionsfiled under the supervision of a AndhraPradesh,Bihar,Karnataka, ernment should interfere as little The world toda needs gov- humanit ever da . Toda , cli- ture development, power trade, ing care of “serious deficiencies”
againsteachother,wherehema District Election Officer (DEO). If andKerala,approachedtheECre- as possible in the lives of people,” ernments that are inclusive, take mate challenges are becoming interlinking of instant pa ment in the scheme. Announced in
also recognise the whip — as was an EVM part malfunctionsdur- questingitof moremachinesbe- he said. Modi said that as Gujarat ever onealong,andarecleanand widespreadwithtime.Ontheone platforms like the UPI, credit and 2 17 Union Budget, the scheme
thesituationintheShivSenacase. ing the FLC, it is returned to the cause of the high failure rate. chief minister and as Prime freefromcorruption,heasserted. hand, there are domestic con- debit cards and an intergovern- allows use of electoral bonds to
After the rebellion b the Ajit manufacturers, Bharat Though the EC has not offi- Minister he has spent 23 ears in “Ononehandtheworldispro- cerns, on the other hand, the in- mentalframeworkagreementon donate mone anon mousl to
Pawar group and swearing in of Electronics Limited (BEL) or ciall declared an cut-off range governmentandhisprinciplehas gressing towards modernit , on ternational s stem seems in dis- the India-Middle East Economic political parties. The petitioners
nine ministers in Jul 2 23, the Electronics Corporation of India to define a certain rejection rate been ‘minimum government, theother,thechallengesfromear- arra ,” Modi said. Corridor as Prime Minister contend that the scheme affects
SharadPawargrouphadfileddis- Limited, for repair. as either high or acceptable, ac- ma imum governance’. liercenturiesareintensif ing,”he Hailing UAE President Sheikh Narendra Modi met UAE’s transparenc b allowingparties
qualification petitions against all DuringthelastParliamentar cording to sources, a rejection “Peoplehavetrustintheintent said.Toda ,technolog isproving MohammedBinZa ed,Modisaid President Sheikh Mohamed bin not to disclose their annual con-
nine. Later, it filed two more dis- elections, instances of EVMs rate of up to 5% for BUs, CUs, and and commitment of the Indian tobeake disruptorbeitpositive he is a leader with vision and re- Za edAlNah aninAbuDhabion tribution reports to ECI, or iden-
qualification petitions against 2 breaking down during the VVPATsisconsideredacceptable. government. This was possible or negative, he said. solve. Tuesda . tit of donators.
and11MLAs.InSeptember2 23, pollingprocessledtopoliticalup- Some states were, however, re-
the Ajit Pawar group went on of- roar. Now, documents obtained porting rates as high as 3 % dur-
fensive and filed disqualification b VenkateshNa ak,thedirector ing FLC. EC to MHA: SANDESHKHALI SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES AGAINST TMC MEN

‘Called for meetings late night... they

petitions against 1 members of of Commonwealth Human Forinstance,astatusreportof
the Sharad Pawar group.
“As of now, no whip has et
Rights Initiative, show that re-
ports of a relativel high rate of
the first-level check received on
November 1, 2 18, from the as-
Provide 3,400
beenissuedsincetheseparation breakdown(commonl referred sistant CEO of Uttarakhand companies of
of two groups from either side,
whichmeansthatthereisnodis-
orderl conduct b an MLA. In
to as “rejection” in EC's corre-
spondence and notations) of
VVPATs and CUs continued to
showedarejectionrateof 38%for
control units. On December 21,
2 18,theDelhiCEO'sofficewrote
CAPFs for polls kept list of women who didn’t attend’
addition, ECI has given two sep- trickleinfromthestatesthrough- to the EC, flagging a high rate of garb of late-night meetings. the State Women’s Commission, that,wehavealread takenaction
arate identities to both. out the FLC process, and even VVPAT failure during the FLC EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE RAVIKBHATTACHARYA The five are among a handful an all-women 1 -member fact- againstthem.Andpeoplewhodid
Moreover, disqualif ing an one persisted when candidates' conducted in the south, north- NEWDELHI,FEBRUARY 4 &ATRIMITRA of women who submitted their finding team led b DIG CID, and not receive mone for their land,
would attract public s mpath . names and their s mbols were west, and east districts, and SANDESHKHALI,FEBRUARY 4 statements to the state women’s alsothedistrictpolice.Therepre- the local part unit will compen-
Consideringallthis,disqualifica- being fed into the machines sought an additional number of TO ENSURE free, fair, and peace- commission and briefed the sentatives of the National sate them,” he told The Indian
tion petitions are likel to go the closer to the polling dates. units for replacement. fulelections,theEChasaskedthe ASApoliticalwarwagesbetween Governor when he visited on Women’sCommission,following E press.
Sena wa ,” said a leader from In fact, officers from several FULLREPORTON Ministr of Home Affairs to pro- therulingTMCandoppositionBJP Februar 12. Asked wh the did a recent visit to Sandeshkhali, One of the women The Indian
NCP(SharadchandraPawar)said. state Chief Electoral Officers' www.indianexpress.com vide 3,4 companies of CAPFs, inWestBengaloverallegationsof notapproachthepoliceearlier,the have also corroborated this, sa - Expressspoketonarratedwhatal-
whichis3.4lakhparamilitar per- women being se uall harassed women said the cops are part of ing that the did not receive an legedl transpired:“Whatdo ou
sonnel for deplo ment in a pha- b Trinamool strongmen in the state machiner and would complaints of rape of local call summoning us at 1 pm un-

‘Is baar lehsun 500 paar’: Memes sedmannerduringtheLokSabha

elections and Assembl polls in
Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra
Sandeshkhali,atleastfivewomen
The Indian Express spoke to
claimed the had faced incidents
urge complainants to “settle the
matter”.
Since the allegations came to
women during their enquir . It is
reiterated that all allegations and
complaints received will be dul
der the prete t of a meeting?
Touching us whenever the like
and wherever the like, pulling

erupt as garlic prices shoot up Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim.

In a communication to the
MHA on Februar 13, Secretar
of molestationbutkeptsilentout
offear.Thiscomesatatimewhen
theCalcuttaHighCourthastaken
light,amolestationcasehasbeen
filed against Uttam Sardar and
others. Sardar, TMC’s North 24
enquired into and lawful action
will be initiated.”
Earlierintheda ,theGovernor
our saree? I went through that so
man times and I am not alone.”
The woman, who is in her 2 s,
rival improves. saidpriceshavecooleddownabit Aja Kumar Verma also sought cogni ance of the allegations, Parganas illa parishad member, said he had received complaints said that she, like the others, are
PARTHASARATHIBISWAS Atpresentgarlicpricesinmost as in December-Januar prices from the Chairman of Railwa which have been amplified b was suspended b the part on fromvillagersof“tortureandse - “TMC supporters” and members
PUNE,FEBRUARY 4 metro cities is between Rs 3 hadcrossedRs4 , -45, per Board for adequate rolling stocks Governor CV Ananda Bose and Februar 12,hoursafterhisarrest. ual harassment of women when ofself-helpgroups(SHG)thatrun
and Rs 4 per kg with traders quintal.“Marketd namics,espe- withallappropriatefacilitiesinthe Union Minister Smriti Irani. “We have formed a special themenfolkareawa ”andof“po- underthepancha at.Itwasunder
WHILE THE poll bugle has been talking about price correction b ciall suppl anddemand,willde- trains,thereb ensuringmobilisa- The women claimed the team led b DIG CID (Soma Das lice working hand in glove with thepretenseofSHGmeetingsthat
sounded b the ruling part with monthend.Asthenewcroptrick- termine prices. At this moment tion and movement of forces to gathered courage to speak onl Mitra)tospeaktothewomenand the rowd elements”. The the women were called at odd
theclarioncallof‘Isbaar4 paar’ les in, mainl in Madh a demand is more than suppl so perform election duties. now since TMC leader Sheikh investigatean complaintsincon- Governor recommended that a hours, the alleged, adding that
(more than 4 Lok Sabha seats Pradesh— the countr 's largest prices are high,”he said. “The chief electoral officers of Shahjahan—whowieldedsignif- nection with rape, se ual assault specialtaskforceorspecialinves- this has “been going on since
out of the total 543) a parallel garlic producer—traders sa the Annuall around 2–2.5 lakh all states and UTs have requested icant power in the area and who or molestation. The team will in- tigationteambesetuptoinvesti- 2 2 ”.
memeonthesocialmediatalksof correction will take effect onl hectares of farmland comes un- fordeplo mentof CAPFsforpoll- has been absconding ever since vestigate if there are such com- gateandajudicialenquir becon- Sincetheprotestsbrokeout,a
theretailpricesofgarlicthathave oncearrivalsincreaseinsubstan- dergarlic,withMP,Rajasthanand related duties... The commission the Enforcement Directorate plaints and take appropriate ac- sidered. policepickethascomeupnearthe
crossed Rs 5 calling the phe- tial quantit . Gujarat leading in terms of pro- has considered the requests raided his home last month — is tion,” said Sumit Kumar, DIG, Partha Bhowmik, state irriga- woman’s home. At the
nomenon ‘5 paar’. SL Shak a, chairman of duction. Growers in these states made b state CEOs and decided no longer a threat. The women Barasat Range. tion minister and TMC leader Sandeshkhali police station, offi-
A ear back, ie Februar 13, Mandsaur’s Krishi Upaj Mandi take the bulb twice for kharif and to deplo a ma imum of around claimedSheikh’saides,including Late Wednesda night, the from North 24 Parganas, said the cers refused to comment on the
2 23, the bulb traded in Pune's Samiti(agriproducemarketcom- rabi. The former is planted in 3,4 companies of CAPFs in all part leader Uttam Sardar, were West Bengal police posted on so- “complaints of se ual assault are issue. A room marked 'Women
wholesalemarketbetweenRs1 mittee),talkedaboutrabiarrivals June–Jul and harvested in statesandUTsinphasestoensure amongthe accused.The alleged cialmedia:“Itisreiteratedthatno fabricated and baseless”. “We Help Desk' had policemen of the
per kg, while in August garlic intheirmandi.“Theoldcropisal- October–November. Rabi plant- free, peaceful elections,” Verma the TMC men called them to re- allegations about rape of women havereceivedcomplaintsofland- riot control sitting inside.
priceshoveredbetweenRs7 and most over. Farmers have started ing is done in said in a letter. sorts, part offices or have so far been received during grabbingb asectionof ourpart FULLREPORTON
Rs 16 per kg. November was a offloadingtheirrabicrop,”hesaid. September–November and har- In a communication, it was school buildings under the the enquiries since conducted b leaders. Those who have done www.indianexpress.com
trick month for lehsun as short- Located in MP, Mandsaur is vested in Februar –March. alsoinformedthatama imumof
age pushed the prices in Pune to the countr 's largest garlic mar- TradersinMandsaursaidthis ear 92 companies of CAPFs are e -
Rs 8 -19 per kg. Prices have not ket. Like Lasalgaon's wholesale the kharif’s c cle was disturbed pected to be deplo ed in West
looked back since, and in market in Nashik for onion, due to late arrival of monsoon. In Bengal in a phased manner, fol-
December garlic traded in the Mandsaur’s market is also the case of rabi, the lack of soil mois- lowed b 635 companies in J&K,
range of Rs 15 -27 per kg at price setter for garlic. Arrivals, turehadbothreducedtheareaas 36 companies in Chhattisgarh,
Pune's Mandi. The range of Rs Shak a said, were good but re- well as production. 295companiesinBihar,252com-
16 -35 per kg has been almost ports indicate a dip in rabi garlic In Pune’s retail markets, panies in Uttar Pradesh, and 25
constantoverthelasttwomonths. area in MP. “Our reports indicate lehsun is trading at around Rs companies each in Andhra
Retail prices had touched Rs 5 a dip of 5–1 per cent in rabi gar- 25 -35 per kg, which Vilas Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Punjab.
per kg in December–Januar pe- lic planting this ear. This was Bhujbal, a commission agent op- However, EC said various is-
riod in Pune, and at present is be- mostl duetolowersoilmoisture eratingoutof Pune’sMarket ard, sues were raised b MHA and
tweenRs35 -45 perkg.Theonl in most parts,” he said. Prices at said was a significant correction CAPFs pertaining to inconven-
silver lining, traders sa , is that Mandsaur’s mandi is around Rs fromtheRs35 –4 perkgprice iencetoforcesduringtheirmobil-
prices are e pected to ease as ar- 1 , –3 , /quintal. Shak a of the bulb in Januar . isation in polls in 2 22 and 2 23.

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460665N Ex Sub Jadhav 1543645P EX-NK/TS 459278M Ex Sub Clk ''IMPORTANT''
Vilas Baburao residing Prakash Yeshwant Tribhuwan Singh Whilst care is taken prior to
at Shivane, Pune have Karde, residing at Kalas, residing at Gajanan acceptance of advertising
Society, Kivale, Pune copy,itisnotpossibletoverify
changed my name from Pune-411015 have
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Jadhav and DOB from Kusum to Kusum from Neelam to Neelam be held responsible for such
10/02/1981 to Prakash Karde and DOB Singh vide affidavit No contents, nor for any loss or
14/11/1978 vide affidavit 09/01/1960 to 1141/2024 dated damageincurredasaresultof
No 1145/2024 dated 01/06/1960 vide Affidavit 14/02/2024. transactions with companies,
Without Breaking Toilet, associations or individuals
14/02/2024. 1764976/2024 dt 0090344846-4 Bathroom, 5Years advertising in its newspapers
12/02/2024
0090344846-2 Guarantee, Terrace or Publications. We therefore
0040714108-1 I, Latika N Indalkar 10Years Guarantee, All recommend that readers
spouse of No 9634051 Ex Leakage Work, Free Visit make necessary inquiries
I, M Tayavva, wife of No.
Fireman Nivrutti Authorized Applicator
before sending any monies
1378611W Ex Hav I, No. 4579263Y, Rank - or entering into any
My old name was My old name was Sanchit I, Sunanda widow of No I, Savita Shinde spouse of Ekanath Indalkar Dr. Fixit9225534110/
Gurashidda Bagewadi, Hav, Name - Balwan agreements with advertisers
Mohammad Salim Umar Sanjay Phalake And my 7049401 Ex Hav Shivling No 6933118H Ex Hav residing at Chinchwad, 76667299110.
declare that my name Singh, hereby declare or otherwise acting on an
and new name is new name is Sanchit Mendre residing at Shinde Appasaheb Pune have changed my
changed from M that my son’s name has 0090339790-1 advertisement in any
Madhukar Sadashiv Sanjay Phalke. Affidavit Tapkir Nagar, Moshi Ramdas residing at Kale name from Latika N manner whatsoever.
Tayavva to Tayavva been changed from
Kulkarni as per gazette no -80/2024, dated Alandi Rural, Pune have Padal, Pune have Indalkar to Latika
Gurashidda Bagewadi & Manish to Manish Yadav

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no. P-2383460. Date 21 01/02/2024 changed my name from changed my name from Nivrutti Indalkar and
my correct DOB is as per affidavit no.
December 2023 Sunanda to Sunanda Savita Shinde to Savita DOB from 18/03/1964 to
0090344718-1 01/06/1964 & not 11891/2024.
Shivling Mendre and 01/06/1963 vide affidavit

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06/05/1968 as per 0090344883-3
I, Vatsala Sontakki, DOB from 21/11/1944 to affidavit No 1144/2024 No 1143/2024 dated
NECC suggested farm- affidavit no. 460/2024 at
My old name mother of No 15174618P 04/09/1948 vide affidavit dated 14/02/2024. 14/02/2024.
gate price for 100eggs Gadhinglaj.
Taherabegum Zahid Rank RHM(AIG) Name No 0090344846-3
on 15.02.2024 in Pune 0090344846-7 I Have Changed My Old
Khan Changed to new Amit Shankar Sontakki 2352141941268500914457 0090344832-1
without tray is Rs.610/- name as Tahera Zahid resident of H No-36, PO- dated 10/02/2024. Name Shirin Sharad AUNDH- Amol Nalawade,
(Rs. Six Hundred and Ten My Old Name Arwa Awaghade to New Name I, Anita spouse of No
Khan Vide Affidavit No. Hudali, Dist-Belagavi, 0090344846-8 Murtuza Petiwala Is I, JC-460665N Ex Sub 2789427P Ex Hav Dobale Suyog Enterprises, Sr. No.659/28, Rajiv
Only) and Phone:NECC: 3264/24 Dated Shirin Ashfaque Sayyed
24270724, 9970662588.
State- Karnataka Pin Changed To New Name Jadhav Vilas Baburao Anil Sadashio residing at C/o Sandeep Book Stall, Gandhi Nagar, Upper
14/02/2024 Affidavit No 473/2024
Dealer: 9130089779,
590016 have changed my I, Smt. Shakuntala, widow Arwa Murtaza Petiwala residing at Shivane,
Dated 13/02/2024. Katol, Nagpur have Swajas Complex, Parihar Last Bus Stop,
0090344888-2 name Vatsala to Vatsala of No. 2760073P, Rank - Vide Affidavit 273/2024. Pune have changed my changed my name from Chowk, Aundhgaon, Bibvewadi, Pune-17.
24455130
Sontakki vide Affidavit Hav, Name - Late son name from Vedant 0090344886-1 Anita to Anita Anil
0090341515-1 No 985/2024 Dated 12 Ganpati Patil, hereby
0090344869-2
to Vedant Vilas Jadhav
Pune-7. Mob. 9422011181. Mobile 9420729914,
My old name Ravindra Dobale and DOB from
Pundalikrao Kolhe is Feb 2024 declare that my son’s vide affidavit No 16/10/1976 to
Chordia 9021851460
changed to new name name has been changed 1139/2024 dated I Have Changed My Old 01/09/1976 vide affidavit Communications, Akash Advtg,
Vencobb today’s ex- farm 0090344852-3 I, Satyabhama spouse of Name Harshkumar
gate big birds price at Ravindra Pundlik Kolhe from Prakash to Pramod
No 10119729X Ex Hav
14/02/2024. No 1148/2024 dated Arshad Ajit Chordia. C. S. Sawar, 645/1, Shop
I, Urmila Devi spouse of Ganapati Patil as per Dilipbhai Hindocha to
Pune Rs.94 per kg. vide Aff No -107/24 Kadam Prakash residing 0090344846-10
My New Name As Harsh
14/02/2024. 17/18, Aundh Gaon, opp. No.4, Rasakar Campus,
No 232768K Ex WO affidavit no. 288075.
Contact (9522) 22872417, 0090344869-1 at Jalkotwadi (NAL), Dilipbhai Hindocha 0090344846-1 lane of Cosmos Bank, Bibawewadi Main Road,
Pune (9520) 24269414 Janardan Singh residing 0090344880-1 I, Chhaya Pawar, wife of
at Riddhi Enclave, Viman
Dharashiv have changed date 13/2/2024 Affidavit Aundh, Pune-7. Tel: Bibawewadi, Pune-37.
My old name Momin my name from Bhagwat Parasharam
0090341516-1 Nagar, Pune have No.1192/2024 I, Roopa Amit Sontakki, wife 25886118, 9960111123. Tel: 9922221261.
Shagufta Ofrin Yakub Satyabhama to Pawar, Civil Electrician
changed my name from I, Shanta Narayan Patil
Satyabhama Prakash retired, have changed 0090344863-1 of No 15174618P Rank Shraddha Ads, Ganesh Advertising,
changed to new name mother of Army No.JC
Pune Broilers Traders’ Afrin Ansar Shaikh
Urmila Devi to Urmila Kadam vide affidavit No my name from Chhaya RHM(AIG) Name Amit Mrs.Ujwala Kotbagi, 'A' Mr. Vijay Deshmukh,
Janardan Singh and DOB 353795Y Rank Sub Name Shankar Sontakki resident
Association Rate On Affidavit no.189/24 dtd Jotiba Narayan Patil 185/2024 dated Pawar to Chhaya I Have Changed My Name wing, Vastu-sunder, S.no. 672/2a /2b, Ganesh
15.02.2024 For Live Big is 14/06/1946 vide of H No- 36, PO- Hudali,
13.02.2024.
affidavit No declares my wrong 06/02/2024. Bhagwat Pawar and From Jayanthilal Nikitha
Dist- Belagavi, State-
Near Kumar Classic, Complex, Shop No.3,
Birds Rs.126 Live date of birth from
0090344824-1 2352141941268500914360 name Shanta Bai 0090344846-12 Porwal To Nikita Pinkesh
Karnataka Pin 590016 have Pune-7. Tel. 9371055799. Bibvewadi, Pune-37.
Tandoori Birds Rs.124 15.10.1954 to 15.10.1951. Shah. Affidavit No
Momin Poultry (Asif dated 10/02/2024. corrected to Shanta
Sparsh P.P.O. No - changed my name Roopa San Ads, Ph.no. 24219660,
Narayan Patil & wrong I, Rekha spouse of JC- 899/2024.
Momin) 26336349/ My old name Mohammed 0090344846-9 899200700528. AFF. No. to Roopa Amit Sontakki Anurag, Plot No. 10, near 9822841930.
Shafi Magbul Shaikh DOB 04/01/1968 569745F Ex Sub Tike 0090344861-1 vide Affidavit No 987/2024
7798626754.
corrected to 06/08/1956 923 Kobe Silzler Cave, BAJIRAO ROAD -
changed to new name Sanjay Rajaram residing Dated 12 Feb 2024.
0090341485-1 I, Ujwala, wife of No. vide Affidavit at Sagaon, Shirala, 0090344881-1 Aundh-411007. Tel: Sri Ganesh Advertising,
Shafi Makbul Shaikh 14373762L, Rank - Naik, 0090344852-1
Affidavit no. 188/24 No.204/2024 Sangli have changed my I , Kaushalya Uttam Rao 25881302/3/4. R. Nirmala, R. Ravi,
Name - Patil Laxman Atkari and DOB 09-12-
Pimpri ChinchwadBroiler 13.02.2024. Dt.11/01/2024. name from Rekha to APPA BALWANT CHOWK 'Remedy', 1929, Bajirao
TradersAssociation Rate Ananda, hereby declare I, Aklim Alim Shaikh have 1963 legally wedded
0090344824-2 that my name has been 0090344887-1 Rekha Sanjay Tike and
spouse of Service No
- Road, Opp. Telephone
On 15.02.2024 For Live Changed My Mother Old

PERSONAL
DOB from 01/12/1971 to M/s V. V. Medhi,
Big Birds Rs.126, Live changed from Ujwala to Name from Bano 602629S Sgt Bhavan, Pune-30. Ph. No.
I, Seetal Somnath 08/03/1971 vide affidavit
Small Birds Rs.124
My old name Khatunbi Ujwala Laxman Patil as
Mahadar, Spouse of No. No 1149/2024 dated Changed To Correct Uttamkumar Baburao Varun Medhi, 153, 25232762, 9922220985.
Shaikh Usman changed per affidavit no. Adhikari r/o at Budhwar Peth, Near BANDGARDEN RD -
Gawran Rs.165. AL- 15159272Y, Rank: Ex- 14/02/2024 Name Anjumanbanu
to Muniya 515/2024 atkarwadi post mahur
Taqdeer Food’s(Siraj
Abdulraheman Khan by Naik, Name Somnath 0090344846-5
Alim Shaikh as per Jogeshwari Temple, Opp. Apex Advtg,
tal-purandar dist pune
THANKSGIVING
Shaikh) 9860025625. 0090344879-1 Laxman Mahadar, V/PO- aadhar card Affidavit Ganraj Books, Above Mapadan Firlosh, Office
affidavit no-339/2024. 412311 have changed
Kole, Tal. Karad, Dist. No.2352141941268500906
0090339915-1
0090344858-1 244/2024 Dated from Kaushalya Uttam DTDC Courier, 2nd floor, No 26-6-7-8, Ashoka Mall,
I, Sushila, wife of No. Satara State I, Ranjana widow of No
JC204017P, Rank - SM- Maharashtra- 415103 6283970N Ex Hav (late) 23/01/2024 Rao Atkari to Kaushalya Pune-2. Ph. No. Opp. Sun & Sand Hotel,
My old name Faisal
HONY-LT, Name - Kurale have changed my name Digambar Ghorpade 0090344849-2
Uttamkumar Adhikari 9028967505, 8793647505, Bandgarden Rd, Pune.
Zaheer Anwar Shaikh Subhana Appa, Resident residing at and dob 28-08-1961 vide (020) 24492149. Ph. No. 8975758860.
from Seetal Somnath
Changed to new name affidavit no 6310 date 13
as Faisal Zaheer Shaikh
at Sambhaji Nagar, Mahadar to Shital Ghorpadwadi, Indapur, BIBVEWADI - BHAWANI PETH -
Gadhinglaj, Tal - Somnath Mahadar vide Pune have changed my Feb 2024.
I, Rupali, Spouse of No. Vide Affidavit No. I hereby declare that my Ad Services, Globe Enterprises,
Gadhinglaj, Dist. Affidavit No. 5865 Dated- name from Ranjana to name in all Government 0090344884-1
2799659F, Rank: Ex-Naik, 3265/2024 Dated Ranjana Digambar
Kolhapur (MS) 416502, 08/02/2024 records is Mrs. Ruchira
Name- Bhujabal 14/02/2024 Ghorpade and DOB is
hereby declare that my Oswal which is
Dattatray Sahebrao, 0090344859-2
0090344888-1 name has been changed 01/01/1948 vide affidavit inadvertently I No 14647070X Ex Nk
V/PO- Khatgun, Tal. No 1142/2024 dated
from Sushila to Sushila mentioned in my son’s Borawake Ankush
Khatav, Dist. Satara- My new name I, Seema, wife of No.
Subhana Kurale & my 14/02/2024. birth certificate as Baban Resident At
415502 have changed my Mohammed Ibrahim 2800476A, Rank - Sepoy,
correct DOB is 0090344846-11 Ruchira Agrawal. But Khanawadi Post Khalad
name from Rupali to Shaikh changed to new Name - Patil Sandeep
01/06/1961 & not henceforth my name Tal Purandar Dist Pune -
Rupali Dattatray name Ibrahim Afzal Krishnat, hereby declare
10/12/1966 as per I, Prarthana Sontakki, should be recorded as 412301 have changed my
Bhujabal vide Affidavit Shaikh Affidavit no. that my name has been
affidavit no. 424/2024. daughter of No Mrs. Ruchira Oswal vide minor Daughter’s Name
No. 199/2024 Dated- 191/24 dtd 13.02.2024. changed from Seema to
0090344882-1 15174618P Rank affidavit no. 85AA617941 From Angel to Durva
12/02/2024 Patil Seema Sandeep as
0090344824-3 RHM(AIG) Name Amit DTD 05Feb2024. Ankush Borawake New
0090344859-1 per affidavit no. 12324.
Shankar Sontakki Name vide affidavit P-
I, Sunita spouse of No 0090344873-1
My Old name Miss Anjali 0090344883-2 resident of H No-36, PO- 23100373 dated Feb 8 to
2781296A Ex Nk Gawade
I Snehal Gaurav Jadhav w/o Chandrakant Kulkarni Hudali, Dist-Belagavi, 14, 2024
Shantaram Arjun
Gaurav Sharad Jadhav changed To New name residing at Pimple State- Karnataka Pin I have changed my old 0090344885-1
I, Sayyad Alfiya
R/O- 83/A,Chimanpura Mrs. Gayatri Sandeep Nilakh, Pune have 590016 have changed my name Mohd Waseem to
Mainuddin have
Peth, Dist- Satara, Deo Vide Affidavit No. changed my name from name Prarthana to my new name as
Changed My Daughter’s
Maharashtra-415002, 049/2024 Dated Sunita to Sunita Prarthana Sontakki vide Mohammad Waseem I, No. 2800476A, Rank -
Father Old Name from
declare that I have 14/02/2024. Shantaram Gawade vide Affidavit No 986/2024 date 14/02/2024 Sepoy, Name - Patil
Abdul Rehman Abdul
changed my name from 0090344860-1 affidavit No 1140/2024 Dated 12 Feb 2024 affidavit no.1210/2024 Sandeep Krishnat,
Sattar Sayyed Change To
Snehal Sharad Kadam to dated 14/02/2024. 0090344862-1 hereby declare that my
New Name Abdul 0090344852-2
Snehal Gaurav sons name has been
0090344846-6 Rahman. Affidavit No.
Jadhav,now applying to I. Khose Satyawan I, No 2803818N, Ex-Sep, changed from
0021/2024 Dated I have changed my name
update the same in my Bharat, Army no- I, Prabhavati, Spouse of No. Name Jagatap Dhanaji Harshwardhan to Patil
30/01/2024. is Revati Abhijeet
Husband service record 15580409F, Rank = HAV. JC-206876Y, Ex Sub, Prakash, V/PO Dharpudi Harshwardhan Sandeep
vide affidavit RNI No. Declare that I have 0090344849-1 Joglekar to Arati Abhijit & Jaywardhan to Patil
Chavan Kisan Babu Rao, Tal. Khatav, Dist. Satara-
MAHBIL/2012/48006 Reg changed my daughter’s Joglekar vide affidavit Jaywardhan Sandeep as
Resident-Kalantrewadi, 415505 have changed my
No. PCE/068/2013-15 dated Name from Sherya no 249/2024 dated per affidavit no. 12323.
Tehsil- Karad, Dist- Satara, I have changed my old name from Jagatap
27/12/2023. Satyawan Khose to 13/02/2024
Have Changed My Name name Poonam Nikhil Dhanaji Prakash to 0090344883-1
Shreya Satyawan Khose. from Prabhavati to Shete to new name Jagtap Dhanaji Prakash 0090344867-1
0090344877-1
Affidavit No- Prabhavati Kisan Chavan. Poonam Narayan vide Affidavit No.
214/3024.Date- Affidavit No. 1078. Bhumkar. date 13-2-24 804/2023 Dated- 0090344856-1-1
05/02/2024 affidavit no. 1206/2024 20/12/2023.
0090344854-1
0090344719-1 0090344865-1 0090344859-3

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 4 EXPRESS NETWORK
Umar Khalid
withdraws bail
Sonia files RS papers; matter of With 24 of 28 new
BIENNIAL RAJYA SABHA ELECTIONS ON FEBRUARY
Mb mIRB
a m ie i
plea from
Supreme Court happiness for Rajasthan: Gehlot faces, BJP signals
RS overhaul, what’s
Ma i , dead
ANANTHAKRISHNAN G &
NIRBHAY THAKUR EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 JAIPUR, FEBRUARY 4

CITING A “change in circum-

stances”, Umar Khalid who was
FORMER CONGRESS president
Sonia Gandhi on Wednesda
coming for LS polls
booked under the Unlawful filed her papers in Jaipur for the
Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) upcomingRaj aSabhaelections. Firing at one armour , looting at another
in the 2 2 North East Delhi ri- The 77- ear-old leader was LIZ MATHEW GUJARAT: NADDA,
ots case withdrew his bail plea
from the Supreme Court on
accompanied b her son Rahul
Gandhi and daughter Pri anka
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 DIAMOND BARON SUKRITA BARUAH
“A large group of people had
gathered there around 1 pm. It
Wednesda . His law er, Senior GandhiVadra.WiththeBJPfield- THE RAJYA Sabha elections on Gandhinagar: The BJP GUWAHATI, FEBRUARY 4 canonl bededucedthatthemo-
AdvocateKapilSibalsaid“wewill ingtwocandidatessofarandthe Februar 27 ma not change the Wednesda announced the tivewastosei earmsfromthees-
tr our luck in the trial court”. Congress one for the total of Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers in Jaipur, BJP's tall in the Upper House, names of its candidates for AMID RENEWED escalation in tablishment…The stormed the
A bench of Justices Bela M three vacant Raj a Sabha seats, Wednesda . Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Pri anka but its look will be starkl differ- Gujarat's four Raj a Sabha violence in Manipur, state ar- securit perimeter.The brokethe
Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal before allthreecandidatesaree pected Gandhi Vadra and Ashok Gehlot accompanied her. PTI ent. Among the 28 names an- seats, fielding national part mouries were targeted again gate and entered the armour
whom the petition was listed al- to be elected unopposed. This nouncedb thepart –thesame presidentJPNadda,Suratdi- Tuesda night, resulting in the area,” said a senior police officer.
lowed the request and dismissed will be her first fora into the as the number of seats held b it amondbusinessmanGovind death of a person, who was part The5thIRBbattalioninImphal
it as withdrawn. Khalid had ap- Raj a Sabha, after serving as a Her name was officiall an- Rajiv ji as Prime Minister drove currentl –24arenew,withonl Dholakia, state BJP leader of the mob attempting to breach East’s Thengju Chingjin was also
proached the Supreme Court af- Lok Sabha MP since 1999. nounced b the part after she himself for 3 da s on a tour of 9 four repeated. Jashvantsinh Parmar and an armour . mobbedusingsimilarmodusand
ter the Delhi High Court in Sonia Gandhi will be suc- reached Jaipur. Former Chief famine-affected districts. Sonia A total of 56 seats are falling state BJP OBC Morcha presi- This week, the state wit- apoliceofficialconfirmedthatthe
October2 22upheldatrialcourt ceeding former Prime Minister MinisterAshokGehlotsaid:“We ji accompanied him at that time. vacant. The BJP can win 27 seats dent Ma ank Na ak for the nessedintensegunfights,partic- mob sei ed arms and ammuni-
orderden inghimbailinthecase. Manmohan Singh as the Raj a heartil welcometheannounce- During m first term, when the as per its numbers, plus 1 more election to be held on ularl in the peripheral areas of tionfromthe establishment.
However, in Delhi’s district Sabha MP from Rajasthan. The ment of Sonia Gandhi ji, who re- state faced severe famine and with the help of the BJD in Februar 27. All the candi- Meitei-majorit ImphalEastdis- Earlier Tuesda , at least two
courts, the trial in the case is un- tenure of Singh and BJP’s nounced the post of the Prime drought four times, Sonia ji vis- Odisha. The four BJP leaders set dates will file their nomina- trict and Kuki-Zomi-majorit people–SagolsemLo a(15)from
likel to begin an time soon. Bhupender Yadav end in April, Minister, asthe Raj a Sabhacan- ited man districts several times to return to the Raj a Sabha in- tions on Thursda . The part Kangpokpi district. Imphal East and Demkhogin
Sources told The Indian E press while BJP’sKirodi Lal Meena had didate from the Congress part .” to take stock of the famine-relief clude part president J P Nadda dropped Union ministers As firing continued Tuesda Khongsai (33) from Kangpokpi
that in four ears since the riots, resigned as an MP after being “Mrs. Sonia Gandhi heartil works, which the people of (an MP from Congress-ruled Parshottam Rupala and in different parts, mobs made at district – died amid firing in
the Delhi Police has filed four elected from Sawai Madhopur connected with Rajasthan. Rajasthan have still not forgot- HimachalPradesh,whohasbeen Mansukh Mandavi a, who least two attempts to storm Imphal East-Kangpokpi district
chargesheets and has indicated Assembl seat last ear. During the famine in Rajasthan, ten,” he said on X. nominatedfromGujarat);senior had won the 2 18 election Manipur police establishments. peripher .AnIndianArm Junior
that the investigation is still on. minister Ashwini Vaishnaw from the state. With a record During this, a person died while Commissioned Officer was
ApartfromKhalid,whoisac- (named from Odisha, where he 156 MLAs in the 182-mem- attempting to storm the 6th among the three people injured.
cused of a larger conspirac , the
other accused
Devangana Kalita, Natasha
include Takeaways from Cong list: will again need the ruling BJD's
support like last time); Union
minister L Murugan (renomi-
ber Gujarat Assembl , the
ruling part is set to sweep
all four seats. ENS
India Reserve Battalion (IRB) at
Pangei in Imphal East Tuesda
night when securit forces tried
Therewasalsoe changeoffire
Wednesda inSugnu,anotherpe-
ripher area in Kakching district
Narwal, Asif Iqbal Tanha, AAP
councillor Tahir Hussain; Khalid
Saifi; e -Congress councillor
Sonia farewell to LS polls; Rahul, nated from Madh a Pradesh);
and senior BJP spokesperson
Sudhanshu Trivedi (Uttar Modi had said that ever Raj a
to push the mob back, said
sources in the police.
The person, whose identit
close to its border with Chandel.
Since Ma 2 23, the start of
the conflict in Manipur, there
Ishrat Jahan; Safoora Zargar;
Sharjeel Imam; Meeran Haider;
Gulfisha Fatima; Shifa-Ur-
Kharge imprint; caste balancing Pradesh),whosenamehadbeen
announced earlier.
The BJP top leadership had
SabhaMPshouldcontestatleast
one election, so as to get a “feel”
of the polls. Sources said Modi
couldn't be confirmed till the fil-
ingof thereport,wasinjuredbut
succumbed to the injuries on
havebeenrecurringoccurrences
of armssei urefromsecurit es-
tablishments, with the highest
Rehman; Shadab Ahmed; alongside her on the Opposition The highlight, of course, was made it clear earlier that it alsointendstheRaj aSabhaMPs wa to Jawaharlal Nehru numberof weapons sei edfrom
Tasleem Ahmed; Saleem Malik; MANOJ C G benchesandotherssittingonthe Sonia’s decision to bid farewell to wanted senior names who had being put in the Lok Sabha bat- Institute of Medical Sciences. Imphal East so far.
Mohd. Saleem Khan; Athar NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 Treasur benchesacrosstheaisle. electoralpoliticsjustaheadofthe servedseveraltermsintheRaj a tle to emerge as new political
Khan; and Fai al Khan. While Among them would be Lok Sabha elections and take the Sabha to contest the Lok Sabha faces of the part in those states
Tanha, Narwal and Kalita are out
onbail,theother14accusedhave
been in jail for the past 4 ears.
WHEN SONIA Gandhi will walk
intotheRaj aSabhaasamember
for the first time, she will en-
Ashok Chavan, J otiradit a
Scindia, R P N Singh, Milind
Deora and Bhubaneswar Kalita
Raj a Sabha route to remain in
Parliament. Sonia, who is not in
thepinkofhealth,hasbeenavoid-
elections. After the announce-
ment of names on Wednesda ,
it is more or less clear that Union
– be it Pradhan in Odisha,
Muraleedharan in Kerala;
Chandrasekhar in either Kerala
Pakistan Rangers
It is learnt that the law ers
appearing for Kalita and
Narwal have moved an appli-
counter man familiar faces,
among them at least nine MPs
who were her Congress col-
on the BJP-led NDA's side; and
Pri anka Chaturvedi, Mausam
Noor, Sushmita Dev and Kapil
ingpublicengagementsforsome
timee ceptattendingParliament
and the INDIA bloc's meetings.
ministers Bhupender Yadav,
DharmendraPradhan,Mansukh
Mandavi a, Nara an Rane,
or Karnataka; Mandavi a and
Rupala in Gujarat; and
Bhupender Yadav in either
violate ceasefire, BSF
cation to start hearing to frame
charges onl after the police in-
vestigation is complete. Based
leagues–someofthemevencon-
sidered part of Rahul Gandhi's
team–butswitchedtootherpar-
SibalontheOppositionbenches.
The Congress's strength in
the Upper House would remain
TheCongress'smovetonom-
inate Dalit leader Chandrakant
HandorefromMaharashtraisalso
Parshottam Rupala,
Muraleedharan and Rajeev
Chandrasekhar will have to take
V Rajasthan or Har ana.
While Odisha is one state
wheretheBJPseesimmensepo-
gives ‘fitting reply’
on the chargesheet, the court ties over the last five ears. the lowest in its histor . a bit of caste balancing. It is an at- the Lok Sabha route back to tential to grow once BJD started from Pakistan’s Chenab
frames charges and it is at this The Congress's current The choice of the grand old tempt to reach out to the Dalit Parliament – unless the are supremo Naveen Patnaik is out EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE postoppositeAllahMaiDeKothe
stage that an accused can be strength in the 245-member part 's 1 candidates for the communit besides making moved to the organisation side. of the picture, in Kerala, it has JAMMU, FEBRUARY 4 around5.5 pm,wasretaliatedef-
discharged. Raj a Sabha is 3 , which will re- Raj a Sabha show an interesting amends for a past fiasco. In 2 22, The other Raj a Sabha MPs been tr ing to make a break- fectivel from its two posts situ-
Hearing on the arguments mainthesameaftertheFebruar mi of accommodation of sen- Handorewasthepart ’sfirstcan- who haven't received a renomi- through. Chandrasekhar, as PAKISTANRANGERSWednesda ated in R S Pura and Makwal.
on charges against the 17 ac- 27elections,withthepart hop- iors and a visible imprint of the didate for the state's MLC elec- nation include BJP national me- Ministerof State,Electronicsand evening resorted to unprovoked BSF spokesperson here said
cused in the case began in ingtowin1 seatsamidanequal Gandhi famil as also Congress tions.Despitebeingshortofnum- diaheadAnilBaluni,BJPnational Information Technolog , has smallarmsfireataBSFpostalong the securit force personnel “be-
Additional Sessions Judge number of its retiring MPs. president Mallikarjun Kharge. bers on its own to get a second vice-presidentSarojPande ,and emerged as a tech-savv face of the internal border in R S Pura fittingl responded”totheunpro-
Amitabh Rawat’s court in Of the nine MPs - nearl one There was also an element of candidate elected, the Congress formerBihardeput chief minis- the BJP, fitting the template for sectorof JammuandKashmirvi- voked firing b Pakistan Rangers
Karkardooma on September 11, third of the Congress's strength - pushback from the state leader- fieldedBhaiJagtap.Butinananti- ter Sushil Kumar Modi. both Kerala and Karnataka. olating the 2 21 ceasefire agree- that started around 5.5 pm and
2 23 but was then adjourned who had quit the Congress in re- shipaswellashonouringof their clima ,JagtapwonandHandore- Addressing NDA MPs in FULLREPORTON mentwithitsIndiancounterpart. stoppedaround6.15pm.“Troops
after the application. cent times, Sonia will find some wishes and caste balancing. - lost due to cross-voting. August,PrimeMinisterNarendra www.indianexpress.com Sources said the firing, which are on high alert,” he said.

OVER THE HEDGE b Michael F & T Le i

CROSSWORD 5 88 DAY TODAY BY PETER VIDAL

ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr 2 ) LIBRA (Sep 24 - Oct 23)

Have other people Wh don’t ou back
been dragging their our instincts and
heels or simpl hunches to the hilt?
giving ou the True, other people
runaround? Either wa , ou will have useful things to sa ,
ma have good cause to but looking at the ne t few
grumble. However, the da s it becomes clear that ou
question to be carefull will have to keep our own
considered is whether ou counsel. Perhaps partners are
should keep our complaints just not read to hear what
to ourself and be diplomatic. ou have to sa .
TAURUS (Apr 21 - Ma 21) SCORPIO (Oct 24 - Nov 23)
Once upon a time Your planetar
man of our rulers, Mars and
ambitions seemed Pluto, are locking
CALVIN & HOBBES b Bill Wa e destined to remain
distant dreams. As the dust
horns. This is a sign
that there is a great need for
settles ou’ll see that so much compromise. You ma be
ma now be attainable. The correct to stand our ground
price of freedom is often high over matters of principle, but
but, as time passes, ou will equall right to be diplomatic
see that recent tough decisions over the details. It could be in
put ou on the right course. our best interests to find an
ACROSS DOWN amicable solution.
1 Short of shotguns (4-3) 1 Brief period of GEMINI (Ma 22 - June 21)
enchantment (5) Financial muddles SAGITTARIUS (Nov 24 - Dec 22)
4 To be strictl accurate it’s ma onl have You ma still feel as if
milk (5) 2 An anagram can be made grow added to the ou’re riding an
7 Get out of doing in Scrabble (4,4) general air of emotional roller-
work (4) 3 Frustrated being of idle confusion, et there does seem coaster, although it
8 Making loss paid in disposition (6) to be considerable hope that now seems as if recent
settlement (8) 4 An e planation of an attitude matters are about to improve. planetar storms are d ing
no longer held? (1 ) The answer ma lie in new down. Wh don’t ou stand
1 Measures not intended to be
partnerships, perhaps with back and attempt to take a
taken seriousl ? (5,5) 5 It appears as well in the
people who are prepared to critical and dispassionate look
12 Stop time when original solution (4)
back ou rather than find fault at our deepl -held attitudes
hurt (6) 6 Agrees with the at ever turn. and opinions?
13 Condescends to work scores (7) MARVIN b T m A m g CANCER (June 22 - Jul 23) CAPRICORN (Dec 23 - Jan 2 )
in a ship (6) 9 Standing still though not
against reform (1 ) Ever thing that This week’s
15 State of Carolina if happens to ou, and planetar patterns,
reformed (1 ) 11 It pla s without music (8) most of our the intense
18 An e tremel important 12 Drug is removed with the responses, should relationship
station (8) fingers (7) be seen as part of a larger between Mars and Pluto, are
19 Pleasant place to walk and 14 Ver little time (6) pattern. Unlikel events ma of the kind that can rock the
leave the car (4) be viewed as stepping stones boat and make ou feel
16 A joint where members
to a brighter future. You are slightl nervous about the
2 Revolutionar t pe of meet (5)
still juggling a variet of future. Don’t worr , though.
linen (5) 17 Club used in the possibilities, so complications Your trust has certainl not
21 Cost price (7) evening (4) are inevitable. been misplaced.

Sl i C d5 8 Ac : H me e ch, Hidi g , T ch, Ra e, LEO (Jul 24 - Aug 23) AQUARIUS (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
Deci i , 4Medi m, Beagle, 8Mailb a , E a, R le , Ta ed, 4B idal The Sun, which If ou run into an
ai D : O de , E e,4Te e ,5E ailed, C li g, Sh mem ,8Cha ge alwa s has a problems with a
ha d , N mbe ed, 5D ille , Pa el, T i, B significant role in partner or loved
our life, is helping one, don’t blame
ou develop certain of our the world at large or retreat
more adventurous aspirations. behind a mask, giving the
In short, it’s a superb time to impression that ou don’t
JUMBLED WORDS Diffic l Le el organise an overseas trip, or care. Pretending that ou don’t
I ci e plore ideas and beliefs feel as ou do could serve no
which are ver different purpose, so be honest about
SOLUTION SUDOKU 54

Gi e bel a ef j mbled d S l e hej mble make e d a dm e hem T l eaS d k le, from those ou’ve accepted our desires.
he e ec i e a e bel Selec hele e i he haded a e a dj mble hem ge e e digi f m in the past.
hea e f hegi e i m a ea i each f he PISCES (Feb 2 - Mar 2 )
All f ha e a i hich ema ka d -I a laVa a 5, ,4 i e e icalc l m ,i VIRGO (Aug 24 - Sep 23) The planets do not
SUDOKU 54

each f he i eh i al Mercur ’s current move significantl ,

motion brings so don’t e pect much
CRAKE CLOINU a di each f he
various possibilities change just et. You
i eb e to the fore. One is will do our best b continuing
the need to develop our mind along our present path, dealing
b taking up new interests. with commitments and
MNOOR EILCPV Diffic l Le el Another concerns the pleasure responsibilities left over from
=Ve ea =Ea and stimulation ou will receive esterda , or even from
=Medi m 4 =Ha d from foreign travel, or from last ear. The past ma be
5 =Ve Ha d contacts with people from almost over but it’s not
distant places. completel gone.
- I anla Van ant
Answer: All of us have wa s in which we mask and cover our pain. =Ge i
SOLUTION: CREAK, MORON, UNCOIL, PELVIC

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We ma be on the verge of a redefinition of
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
democrac — without dissent or differences

PLAINLY ON MSP Suhas Palshikar

Government must talk to farmers but legal guarantee of MSP STUDENTS OF PERFORMING arts, appearing That is where the deeper implications of among those who do not subscribe to the
for their e amination, are attacked mid-wa . the two stories need to be understood. In the imagined majorit .
will be a logistical nightmare at best, fiscal disaster at worst

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Theuniversit apparentl askstheheadofthe first, ever one needed to preface their re- It is in this sense that the two stories are
ARMERS ON A tractor march to the national capital are primaril seeking a le- departmenttogotothepolicestationandfile sponse b sa ing that certain s mbols and educational. In the first, the public was not
galguaranteeontheminimumsupportprice(MSP)forvariouscropsannounced acomplaint.Thepolicearrestthecomplainant deitiesarebe ondcriticism,orthatever one priv to e actl what hurt the sentiments of
and other victims of the attack. should e ercise freedoms responsibl , etc. In the majorit but the allegation that the skit
b the Centre. Their demand is illogical and impractical. The government can
Apublicmeetingintendingtocriticisethe the second case, either the past utterances of beingperformedinsultedcertaindeitieswas
“guarantee” MSP onl on the crops and the quantities that it bu s. It cannot ob- ruling part is announced. The office bearers thespeakerorhiscriticismsof asidelinedBJP enough to cast a web of negative sentiment
viousl procure the entire produce brought b farmers to the mandis. Nor can it enforce of the ruling part openl issue a threat. The leader were cited to argue that virulent criti- against the victims of private violence. Even
MSPonprivatetrade.Thelatterwillchoosetonotpurchaseatallif askedtopa morethan police, instead of acting against those issuing cism will not be tolerated. the police reportedl said that such insults
the prevailing suppl -and-demand determined rate. A third option could be the trade the threat, ask the speaker to not attend the Itisindeedpossibletomakeacaseforthe are unacceptable. A majoritarian narrative
bu ing at the market-clearing price and the government transferring the difference be- meeting. Subsequentl , an attack on the factthatthee erciseoffreedomofe pression was constructed and dutifull accepted b
speaker’s vehicle takes place. Those issuing has to be a responsible act, not a reckless one. almost ever one. In the second instance too,
tween it and the higher MSP to farmers’ bank accounts. But that requires generating data
the threat remain unfettered. We often hear this from leaders and judges. nobod seems to be asking how a private
on how much of produce each farmer has sold and at what price. It, in turn, creates scope These two “stories” could well fit into a There can be an unending legal and philo- group — a political part — can publicl
for market manipulation: The trade ma convince farmers to sell at below normal equi- d stopian novel or a Kafkaesque movie se- sophical argument over this. But are we at all threaten to disrupt a meeting. Once that cru-
librium price and make the government foot the higher difference vis-à-vis the MSP. quence. But it so happens that the actuall read toengageinarguments?Bothinstances cial question is buried, discussion can veer
Simpl put,guaranteeingMSPthroughlegislationwillresultinalogisticalnightmareat unfoldedinanIndiancit .Andthereareman showthatinthenameofresponsiblee ercise toward whether the majorit likes a partic-
best and fiscal disaster at worst. It's true that farming is a business with high price as well such stories happening across the countr . of freedoms, e tra-judicial agencies take it ular speaker, toward the past record of the
as production risks, more so with the growing vagaries of climate change. But the solution What do the tell us? upon themselves to stop or punish its “irre- speaker or toward the criticism of some
Clearl , the immediate onus lies with the sponsible”e ercise.Thisisseldomrecognised leader. Again, no informed debate has taken
for production loss — whether due to dr weather, unseasonal rain or pest attack — lies in
police. But is it onl the old stor of the police b the public or the police. place about what e actl was the insulting
cropinsuranceandtimel pa outof claims.Prices,ontheotherhand,basicall reflectwhat workingasperthewishesoftherulingpart ? Thecentralcomplicatingfactorinthisen- criticism and how it can be confronted — be-
themarketwants.Cost-plusMSPsoblivioustodemandconditionswouldonl distortfarm- It might seem so on the surface, but scratch it tiresagaisacompletelackofawarenessofthe cause the noise and the capacit to disrupt
ers'productiondecisions,leadingtoover-suppl of somecropsandunder-suppl of others. and one will find that the police are them- inconsistenc between democrac and such or attack are seen as constituting the
The net outcome is more, not less, price volatilit . What farmers probabl require is a min- selves converted to a new wa of thinking: Fo he pa fe ea , man developments as narrated in the beginning. inclination of the majorit .
That nobod should dare to do an thing off- On the one hand, there is an intellectual ten- As India approaches et another national
imum income support — MIS, not MSP. That can be given via per-acre or per-farmer direct
beat,thatthereshouldbeself-censorshipand
ha e poin ed o he i ing denc to imagine a distinction between lib- election,thesetwostoriesposebeforeustwo
benefit transfers. Assured of a minimum income, the can make informed market-driven fail e of in i ion . The e
that if the ruling part does not want a public eral values such as freedom of e pression uncomfortablequestionswhichweasasoci-
decisionsonwhatcropstogrow.ThecurrentMSPregimeisencouragingfarmerstomainl meetingtotakeplace,thatwishshouldbere- o o ie ep e en he (FoE)etc.anddemocraticpoliticsasanunbri- et are unlikel to attend to: One, are we de-
plantwheat,riceandsugarcane.AnMIS,incombinationwithaphase-outofwater,electric- spected. With elections round the corner, dlede pressionofthewillof thepeople.Such velopingatemplateofdemocrac whereelec-
fail e of he mo c cial
it and fertiliser subsidies, will induce much-needed crop diversification. thesetwoandsimilarstoriesalsotellussome- adistinctionallowstheargumentthatsome- tions will indeed take place but a s stematic
thing sinister: Even during the election cam-
in i ion, he police. Wi h how liberal values are a Western import and and administrativel run tricker will unfold
Thegovernmentmustengagewiththeprotestingfarmers.Theapproachof confronta-
tion — from sealing state borderswith cement barricades and drillingiron nails into roads paign, it will be eas to ensure that the he police openl iding i h populare pressionsoflikesanddislikesofthe to ensure that free campaign doesn’t take
to deplo ing drones for dropping teargas shells — is not going to help. Farm agitations
Opposition is not allowed to hold meetings. he ling pa and, in man “public” constitute democrac . On the other place? Two, electoral majorities will endorse
Groundswillbemadeunavailable,threatswill ca e , al o en h ia icall hand,thereisawidespreadbeliefthatthema- the rulers but more than that endorsement,
aren't new to India. The capital itself has seen much bigger mobilisations before, includ- beissued,alawandordersituationwillbecre- jorit and its claims constitute the core of will themanufacturedanger and sentiments
ing Mahendra Singh Tikait's famous week-long rall of half-a-million cane growers at ated,andan criticismof leadersof theruling adop ing i poli ical agenda democrac . Thus, FoE and the baggage it op- of “majorities” govern the norms that will
the Boat Club lawns in October 1988. Governments of those times could handle such part will be construed as hurting some — ch a impa ing erateswithcanbediscardedasforeignornon- undergird the regime?
demonstrations without over-reaction. The Narendra Modi government should learn sentiment somewhere. b lldo e j ice and essentialtodemocrac .Alternativel ,the can If the answer to even one of these two
from its own e perience of the farm laws. If it had emphasised dialogue more, and not Forthepastfew ears,man havepointed enco n e j i p dence — be emplo ed as instruments of the majorit questionshappenstobeintheaffirmative,we
treated marchers as anti-national/criminals, it ma not have had to repeal those well-in- outtherisingfailureofinstitutions.Thesetwo against the dissenting minorit . are on the verge of a redefinition of democ-
storiesrepresentthefailureofthemostcrucial he confla ion be een he Anadditionaldimensionthatrequiresca- rac wherein d stopia passes off as democ-
tended laws. It should not repeat the mistake. ling pa and go e nmen
institution,thepolice.Withthepoliceopenl reful consideration is the idea of the major- rac .Thepast1 earshavewitnessedtheso-
siding with the ruling part and, in man machine i becoming nea - it itself. As someone observing the journe cio-politicalgroundworkforthisredefinition.
cases, also enthusiasticall adopting its polit- of Indian majoritarianism over the past two Graduall ,wecanfeeltheemergenceofanew
pe fec . Thi ho ld ala m
icalagenda—suchasimpartingbulldo erjus- decades, this writer has alwa s been struck intellectual “echo s stem” that ratifies this.
tice and encounter jurisprudence — the con- beca e he di inc ion b howeasil aclaimtobeingthemajorit is Now,wema e periencetheactualpracticeof

GOVERNOR IN A CHINA SHOP flation between the ruling part and

government machiner is becoming near-
perfect.Thisshouldalarmusbecausethedis-
be een he ling pa and
he admini a ion i
accepted as an objective realit in political
practice, judicial understanding and aca-
demic anal ses. In realit , the politics of ma-
thisideaof majoritariandemocrac —where
differences, arguments and criticism are e -
cluded from the idea of democrac .
B overstepping constraints of his office, stoking controvers , tinctionbetweentherulingpart andthead-
di appea ing n ecogni abl , joritarianismisaboutcreatingasenseof ma-
ministration is disappearing unrecognisabl , mi ing igilan e ac ion i h jorit amongagivencross-sectionof societ , The writer, based in Pune,
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi makes his position untenable

N
mi ingvigilanteactionwithlawenforcement. la enfo cemen . the law enforcement machiner and also taught political science
ON-BJP RULED STATES — from West Bengal to Punjab, and Kerala — show-
case a dismal pattern: The Governor is at loggerheads with the elected gov-
ernment. The politicisation of the gubernatorial office goes back decades,
of course. But recent instances of the Governor’s over-reach, ranging from

MANI DA’S WORLD

the refusal to assent to bills passed b the assembl , to tussles over appointment of uni-
versit vice-chancellors, have sharpened disquieting questions about the diminishment
of a constitutional office. In this conte t, the conduct of Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi
stands out — for his churlishness vis-à-vis the DMK government, and also, and more dis-
turbingl , his lack of sensitivit and care in stoking long-settled ideological faultlines.
On Monda , Governor Ravi entered the record books for the “shortest address” b a
K G Subraman an’s art aligned the contemporar with the traditional
governor to a state assembl . “This address has numerous passages with which I con-
vincingl disagree... lending m voice to them could constitute a constitutional travest ,” Vandana Kalra
he said, before walking out. He also claimed that “due respect” had not been given to the
national anthem — the custom in the TN assembl is for the House to sing “Tamil Thai IN A 2 14 interview for a catalogue for an e - ernment colleges. His brother wrote to areputation.Severalinternationale hibitions
Va hthu” at the start of session and close with the national anthem. This is hardl the hibition in Kolkata, artist K G Subraman an Nandalal Bose for Subraman an’s admission and prestigious opportunities followed but
first time that Ravi has stoked controvers . Last ear, he refused to read out sections of his mighthavedescribedhimself asan“artistac- to Rabindranath Tagore’s Kala Bhavan. Subrama an’s heart and aesthetic belonged
speech in the assembl that referred to the Dravidian model of governance and leaders tivist not activist artist” but that was perhaps Santiniketan opened him to different artistic to India and that was where he was most at
anoversimplification.Afterall,hespentalife- traditions and fed his curiosit about the home. Working closel with weavers during
like Peri ar E V Ramasam , former chief ministers, K Kamaraj of the Congress and C N
time ushering a movement in Indian art that world. From Bose, he learnt to value original- his tenures at the All India Handloom Board
Annadurai and M Karunanidhi of the DMK, and B R Ambedkar. He said that the state wasreflectiveof itstimes.DuringEmergenc , it ; Ramkinkar Baij’s fervent energ and de- inBomba inthe’5 sand’6 ,headaptedtheir
should be called “Tami hagam” instead of Tamil Nadu. Given his own record, therefore, for instance, when an art galler in Delhi ap- sire to engage with people living quotidian techniques into his own practice, producing
Governor Ravi's invocation of the constitutional principle on Monda was ironical. In proached Subraman an to participate in an lives appealed to the oung Subraman an. powerfulworkssuchasthemonumentalte -
1974, a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled in Shamsher Singh v State of Punjab e hibition,theartistcontributedahemppea- Assisting Benode Behari Mukherjee in the tile relief showcased at the 1965 New York
that a governor can act “onl upon and in accordance with the aid and advice of their cock to portra a maimed national bird. His making of the mural Lives of Medieval Saints WorldFair.Hee perimentedwithtechniques
protest was born out of disillusionment with I a chance ha ook gave him an opportunit to stud the ap- and genres such as terracotta and patachitras
ministers”. In his address to the House, the governor — like the President in Parliament
the course India was treading. S b aman an o proachofthepioneerwhodenounceddogma. and artistic movements such as cubism.
— outlines the vision of the government. The recipient of three Padma awards, In 1951, when a job prospect took The pol math’s enduring legac includes
In the first decades after Independence, significant issues in what is now Tamil Nadu
San inike an o p ea .A
Subraman an’sbirthcentenar toda isanoc- Subraman antothenewl establishedFacult essa s,to sandbooksforadultsandchildren.
formed the core of what is colloquiall called the “North-South divide”. That these were casion to celebrate a life and philosoph ded-
den of economic a of FineArtsatMSU,hecarriedtheethosof his While his friends cherish the drawings the
accommodated and resolved within the federal and democratic framework is a credit to icated to developing an artistic le icon that P e idenc College in almamater.Hebelievedthatacademiashould received as greeting cards, his public murals
India's political s stem. B tr ing to reopen debates long-settled, b constantl overstep- alignedthecontemporar withthetraditional. Chennai, hi pa icipa ion in train students for the future. One of the reachouttoawideraudience.Ifworkssuchas
ping the bounds of his office, R N Ravi is making his own position increasingl untenable. Oneofthemostinfluentialartist-pedagogues he 194 Q i India oungestfacult membersinthedepartment, Generals and Troph (1971), The Cit Is Not for
inIndia,Subraman an,whodiedin2 16,was his students recall how he taught structural Burning (1993) and Massacre of the Innocents
an artist and historian, weaver and craftsper-
Mo emen go him deba ed design b drawing on the floor with chalk or (2 2)respondtoconflictandwar,theiconic
son,writerandillustrator.Fondl called“Mani f om go e nmen college . charcoal,andappointedcraftspeopletoteach terracottareliefAnatom Lesson(2 8)speaks
da” b his students at the Maharaja Sa ajirao Hi b o he oe o relevant courses. Speaking to The Indian of the fallout of discord and violence.

ONE AND ENOUGH

Universit (MSU) in Baroda, his creative Nandalal Bo e fo Express in 2 16, his student, artist J oti Bhatt Themostbefittingtestamenttohisartac-
agenc borrowed from m thologies, fables, said, “...he was dedicated, gentle, intelligent tivism,however,ispossibl hisfinalmural,The
histories, societ , India and the world. S b aman an admi ion o and imaginative. He understood the limita- WaroftheRelics(2 13).Themassive2.7 1 .9
Born in 1924 into a Tamil Brahmin famil Rabind ana h Tago e Kala tionsof hisstudentsandtaughtthemaccord- metre black-and-white-acr lic on canvas
When it comes to single people, something to learn from the in Kuthuparamba, Kerala, it was chance that Bha an. San inike an ingl ... he followed guru-shish a parampara... demonstrateshowrelicsmeanttounitehave
large-heartedness of a small European municipalit tookSubraman antoSantiniketan.Astudent opened him o diffe en The doors of his house were alwa s open.” caused confrontations, and that perpetual

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of economics at Presidenc College in B the time Subraman an travelled to power pla is intrinsic to politics.
HE DAY AFTER Valentine’s Da , littered with chocolate wrappers and tinsel, Chennai, his participation in the 1942 Quit a i ic adi ion and fed hi Slade School of Art in London in 1955 as a
ma be the perfect occasion to reflect on all the wa s in which this world — IndiaMovementgothimdebarredfromgov- c io i abo he o ld. BritishCouncilscholar,hehadalread gained [email protected]
“built for two”, as Lana Del Re sang in a modern love classic — takes a toll on
single people. It’s not as if the other 364 da s of the ear are an easier on the
uncoupled. From having to foot the cost of living all b their lonesome selves to fielding
pitiful looks when arriving solo at “plus-one” events, singles have it tough. Which is wh
it is heartening that a municipalit in Belgium has adopted a charter to “no longer think FEBRUARY 15, 1984, FORTY YEARS AGO
from the perspective of the traditional famil as the norm, but to strive for measures that
are neutral to living arrangements.” VIOLENCE IN PUNJAB between equals which respect the securit has struck a jhuggi colon of fish sellers.
Thismove b the municipal council of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre is being hailed as the first of eachside”tosettleinternationalproblems.
of its kind in Belgium — perhaps, even in Europe. It is a response to a demographic trend CURFEW HAS BEEN clamped on si Punjab
towns and shoot-at-sight orders issued as
Chernenko declared: “We will not be scared
b threats. Our defences are strong and we
SWRAJ PAUL BID
that has been evident for several ears now in much of the developed world: The rising
widespreadviolenceandpolicefiringstooka will be able to protect ever thing accom- THE CONTROVERSIAL TAKEOVER bid of
number of single people, including those who have made the deliberate choice to not toll of 13 persons, including two police con- plished b all Soviet people.” Escorts b Swraj Paul has taken a new turn
mingle. Stud after stud of this group has shown that man of these individuals describe stables,duringtheone-da bandhsponsored with the government directing the Life
their lives as being “authentic” and “happ ”, et such stories of fulfilment are invisibilised
in a culture that sees coupledom as natural and inevitable. The cost of the accompan ing
b the Hindu Suraksha Samiti. Over 2 per-
sonswereinjuredintheviolence.Theviolent
A MYSTERY DISEASE Insurance Corporation of India and other fi-
nancialinstitutionsholdingsharesinthecom-
prejudice is often high — such as when landlords refuse to rent houses to individuals, cit- incidents came as the tripartite talks to solve A MYSTERY DISEASE which has killed two pan to assert their full rights. From all indi-
ing a preference for “families”, or when single people are barred, b law, from making the ve ed Punjab problem resumed in Delhi. childrenandhospitalisedtwoothershascre- cations, the government appears to be bent
ated panic about an epidemic outbreak in on assuming a majorsa in the management
certain kinds of reproductive choices.
There is, then, something to learn from the large-heartedness of a small European SOVIET FOR PEACE ChittaranjanParkinSouthDelhi.Thedisease,
whichbeginswithlowfeverleadingtohaem-
of the compan . The notice served on Escorts
b the LIC calling for a general bod meeting
municipalit :Whenitcomestosinglepeople,putawa ourpitchforksand ourpit .After THE NEW SOVIET leader Konstantin orrhage under the skin, resulting in a coma- to replace nine part-time directors has
all, at some point in life, due to death, divorce or other circumstances, ever one is alone. Chernenko called for “honest negotiations tose condition within 24 hours of falling ill, shocked industrial circles.

Pune
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THE IDEAS PAGE

Wha e ee i a deep mi ma ch be een he a e commi men o imp o ing
he li ing anda d of i people and he c on capi ali mind e of i le .
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co n in ea ch of o k e e ingle mon h. — THE KATHMANDU POST

Temple bells in Abu Dhabi Farmers’ protest,

PM Modi is the first statesman from a post-colonial societ who has shown conviction
to move towards the decolonisation of culture. BAPS temple bears testimon
lessons unlearnt
This protest is different from the last one. But the
government’s response remains the same
before. The include seeking legal guaran-
tees of MSP, demanding India's withdrawal
fromtheWorldTradeOrganisation,waivers
of farm loans, implementation of the
SwaminathanCommission'srecommenda-
Rakesh Sinha tions,pensionsforfarmersandfarmlabour-
ers, withdrawal of cases filed against farm-
ers during the 2 2 -21 protests and
THE CONSTRUCTION OF a Hindu temple in Pramod Kumar compensationforfarmerswhodiedduring
Abu Dhabi is being interpreted as a sign of that period, justice for victims of the
mutual trust and enhanced relationship be- Lakhimpur Kheri incident, along with an
tween India and the United Arab Emirates THE RUN-UP to the 2 24 parliamentar emphasis on the promises made b BJP in
(UAE). However, it would be an injustice to election is witnessing pendulum swings, 2 21 after the repeal of the farm laws.
view the event as merel a matter of cere- andcompetingandconflictingperceptions. Ontheotherhand,thegovernment'sre-
monial importance for Hindus or a diplo- Theneedlehasmovedfromtheemergence actiontothecurrentproteststillseemsreac-
matic gesture from the UAE. The message of the INDIA alliance wielding the demand tionar ,asthebordersarebeingheavil bar-
from Abu Dhabi is far bigger than is appar- foracastecensus,toperceptionsofaBJPad- ricaded and Section 144 is in effect at the
ent at the current moment. The temple pos- vantage after the inauguration of the Ram Gha ipur,Singhu,andTikriborders.Internet
sesses cultural values that have the potential Temple in A odh a. This narrative is being serviceshavebeenblockedinseveralregions
toredefine multiculturalism. Equall impor- challengedb south-basedregionalparties of Punjab and Har ana, and Rajasthan has
tantl , it e hibits Prime Minister Narendra asking the Centre for their share in federal sealeditsborderswithPunjabandHar ana
Modi’s mission to e plore Bharat’s abilit to funds.Amidthesedevelopmentscomesthe alongwiththeimpositionofprohibitor or-
achieve the goal of the unit of opposites in Punjabfarmers'bidtomarchtowardsDelhi. ders in several districts. Although the gov-
a world that is rife with hostilities based on The stage is being set once again ahead ernment initiated the negotiation with the
religion and culture. of the election as several farmer unions farmers, prior to their “Dilli Chalo” an-
Less than a month before the inaugura- have backed the protest. The state machin- nouncement,ithasnot etrespondedtothe
tion of the BAPS temple, PM Modi inaugu- er has once again deplo ed its forces at promises it made to farmers in 2 21.
rated the Ram temple in A odh a. It was an Delhi's borders, and the have been heav- However, theprotest sitehaswitnessed
event that acquired ideological significance il barricaded.However,thecurrentprotest the use of tear gas, drones dropping smoke
be ond Bharat due to the historical back- differs from the 2 2 farmers' protests in bombs, stone-pelting, traffic snarls, sei ure
ground of conflict between Hindus and several aspects -- such as the nature of de- of vehicles and detention of farmers b the
Indian Muslims over ownership of the site. mands, the organisations involved and the Har anaPolice--ignoringlessonsfromlast
The debate centred around ideas of majori- governments' response. time that the e cessive use of force might
tarianism and minorit rights. Its resolution C R Sasikumar The ongoing protests are spearheaded provide legitimac to those who want to
and the proactive engagement of the Indian Secularism does not just mean together- of a Buddhist destination in Kaushambi in b the Sam ukt Kisan Morcha led b Jagjit radicalise the protest.
stateintheconstructionof thetempleshifted nesswithpeaceandharmon .Italsoinvolves Uttar Pradesh saw a huge rise in tourism. SinghDhallewalandSarwanSinghPandher, There were other lessons as well from
the debate from religion to culture. The tem- respecting each other’s views. It negates India has reached out to the Buddhist popu- who were not prominent in the previous the farmers' protest in 2 2 , which ended
ple at A odh a represented a reconnection static thinking. Notwithstanding the lation in Nepal. PM Modi’s visits to Buddhist farmers'protest.Twogroupsledb Darshan in farmers' victor but in which more than
withhistor andareassertionof Hinduiden- polemics and propaganda against the RSS- temples in Nepal, Singapore and Japan are Pal and Balbir Singh Rajewal have given a 7 kisanslosttheirlives.Itwasthefirstand
tit .Ade-HinduisedIndiacannotaccomplish BJP in general and Modi in particular, the important in this regard. He realises the separatecallforaBharatBandhonFebruar longest struggle against the economic re-
themissionof VasudhaivaKutumbakamand Islamic world has its own assessment of the strength of soft powerin foreignpolic . India 16. BKU (Ugrahan) has given a separate call form agenda initiated in the 199 s.
help the world contemplate ideas, concepts new regime in India. India does not have a can't match China’s economic resources. It for Rail Roko against e cessive use of state Itisparado icalthatagribusinessismak-
and a future for mankind that goes be ond histor of discrimination based on religion. has to use its philosophical and cultural force in Har ana on Februar 15. inghugeprofitswhiletheproducersof food
the Western worldview. Parsis and Jews were respectivel 1.1 lakh legac to reachpeople who remainoblivious Thefarmers'agitationlaunchedin2 2 are starving. But to characterise the crisis of
PM Modi made sincere efforts to present and 24, in the 1931 census . Both com- to Indian thought, histor and philosoph . was led b a conglomerate of 32 ideologi- agriculture as that of foodgrain not finding
Hindu views before the global communit . munities enjo ed equal opportunities and TheWesternconceptof modernit isalso call competingorganisationsanditwasnot marketsorfarmersreducedtopenur orthe
This has enhanced the morale and efforts of the Muslim population grew from9 per cent being corrected and shorn of its bias. Micro Punjab-centric. It saw a large participation water table receding is reductionism. The
Hinduideologues. Earlier, thelatterwerede- in 1951 to 14 per cent in the 2 11 census. culturesof theworldarenowgettingtheirle- of farmersfromWesternUttarPradeshand crisis goes much deeper.
pendentonOrientalistcategoriestotakepart Modi has received more than si awards gitimatespaceinredefiningmodernit .India Har ana as well as Punjab. The current Foodispolitics.Itcannotbeaddressedb
in the discourse on Indian culture. But 2 14 from Muslim countries. This shows that the has the opportunit to lead this ideological protest is more pronounced in Punjab, as administrativeandlegalmeasuresalone.The
proved a game-changer in the field of ideas. Muslim world is more comfortable with mission. However, safeguarding this revival Har ana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and resolution of issues relating to food sover-
Modi is the first statesman from a post- emergingIndiathantheWest.Italsodemon- fromthosewhowouldhijackitrequiresintel- Madh a Pradesh have remained mostl eignt ,foodsecurit andthelivelihoodofthe
colonialsociet whohasshownconvictionto strates that the West cannot define the con- lectual buttressing. A broader outlook on silentsofar.Theunionsledb RakeshTikait farmers requires political will. The Centre
move towards the decolonisation and de- tours of the relationship between non- democrac and liberalism, be ond Western and Gurnam Singh Charuni have decided should have engaged all political parties to
Westernisation of ideas and culture. Unlike Western countries.
The ina g a ion of he hegemonic ideas, requires that post-colonial not to be a part of it. find long-term solutions rather than leaving
right-wing politicians, he is both an ideo- Earlier, the West's approach was consid- emple in Ab Dhabi al o societies evolve an alternative discourse in Earlier,theprotestmovementalsodrew space for it being turned into a competitive
logue and a practitioner. In this sense, he is ered the basis for understanding Arab and edefine m l ic l ali m, partnership with each other. In this regard, it wide support from civil societ activists, vote-catchinge ercise.Tomakefarmingglob-
close to the idea propagated b Mar ist Islamiccountries.PMModi’soutreachrepre- hich emain a con e ed is necessar to conte tualise Hindu philoso- artists, professionals, and even retired and all competitive,farminghastobesubsidised.
thinker Frant Fanon, who believed that de- sents a de-Westernisation of diplomac . The ph . Neo-liberalism has unsettled families, servingcivilservants,teachersandstudents. To sustain their commercial farms, even de-
colonisation requires conviction against West has not helped the Islamic world liber-
concep in he I lamic o ld. communities, traditions and religions. The radical right-wing also brought into it velopedcountriesgivehugesubsidies.
Western ideas and value s stems. In a sense, alise itself. It created elites among these na- A M lim a e p o ided Hinduism's teachings, grounded in realism, their own narratives, but the remained on Another lesson from the last time that
PM Modi reflects the suppressed aspirations tions who failed to understand the worth of ac e of land fo a emple. canhelpsavehumanit fromdr materialism the margins. The fact that the movement the farmers took to the streets was that the
of a large section of the non-Western world, their own culture be ond their geopolitics. Thi a ecogni ion of he fac The message from Abu Dhabi is also im- was led b progressive farmers and sup- governmentshouldenactlawsafterconsul-
particularl in former colonies. The West e ploited religious conflicts to portant for the domestic discourse in India. portedb moderatesupporters,irrespective tations with the stakeholders. Otherwise,it
The inauguration of the temple in Abu maintain its hegemon . ha eligio co-e i ence i a What Sheikh Mohammed bin Za ed al of their religious and caste affiliations, en- producestraged forthepeopleandembar-
Dhabialsoredefinesmulticulturalism,which Religion pla s a vital role in shaping for- p e e i i e fo c l al Nah anandPMModi achieved throughmu- suredthattheroleofradicalright-wingpol- rassment for the leadership. Having with-
remains a contested concept in the Islamic eignpolic .Indialostdecadesof opportunit e ol ion. The ec la i m tualunderstandingcanbeenlargedandrein- itics remained limited. The present protest drawn the three farm laws, the Centre had
world. A Muslim state provided 27 acres of b refusing to acknowledge this. Buddhism p opaga ed b he We terpretedinmoreconte ts.Thetemplemust does not have widespread support and has proposedtosetupacommitteetofindwa s
land for a temple. This is a recognition of the originated in India but China used it to mo- not be seen as an e ception that came about overtones of identit politics. and means for providing statutor backing
fact that religious co-e istence is a prerequi- bilise Buddhist countries. However, things denied he pace o he Hind as a result of mutual need. Secularism can Toda , the three main factions of farm- to the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The
site for cultural evolution. The secularism began to change in 2 14. Buddhists are o ld ie . Sec la i m doe survive onl with new ideas and new begin- ers’ unions have not united under one ban- dela ed initiative on this promise has pro-
propagated b the West denied the space to spread over do ens of countries. It is a trav- no j mean oge he ne nings. Abu Dhabi is both a move towards au- ner — the are competing with each other vided a reason for kisans to launch their
the Hindu worldview. In 2 16, Modi gifted est that less than one per cent of Buddhist tonom forpost-colonial societies andanas- in a game of one-upmanship. The SKM protest now. The perception that the politi-
i h peace and ha mon . I
Salman bin Abdula i , the king of Saudi touristscometoIndia.PMModivisitedcoun- piration for a world free from hostilities. (non-political) took the lead to edge out calleadershiponl respondstoprotestsand
Arabia,agold-platedreplicaof theCheraman tries dominated b Buddhists, including al o in ol e e pec ing each otherfactionsandenteredintonegotiations, listenstothevoicesofthepeopleonl onthe
mosque in Kerala, the oldest in the countr . smaller nations like Mongolia. The creation o he ie . The writer is BJP Raj a Sabha MP withthesupportofthePunjabGovernment, eve of elections has acted as a trigger.
with the Central Government, to overtake
other kisan unions. The writer is chairperson,
Asfarasthedemandsareconcerned,the

If Fatehpur Sikri can

Institute for Development and
protests appear to be more structured than Communication, Chandigarh

Acit builtin1569ADhasbeenmadenearl 95percentwheelchairaccessible

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tarini Mohan A BREAKDOWN INDO-UAE TIES
THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Election is THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘An Arabian
ASMYwheelchairwasunloadedfromthecar with Disabilities Act (RPWD), there is a press- banks,markets,standaloneshops,pavements, questions about the true nature of our coun- over, challenge begins’ (IE, Februar 14). Valentine’ (IE, Februar 14). Diplomatic
atFatehpurSikri,amonumentdatingbackto ing need to prioritise and elevate the cause of andman restaurants,arenotinclusive.The tr ’s inclusivit . Accurate data is required for Pakistan’s elections have the militar ’s tiesbetweenIndiaandGulfcountriesare
the 16th centur AD, a familiar uncertaint accessibilit and inclusion in all public build- arealloff-limitsduetotheabsenceofauniver- developing targeted policies, formulating ef- backing.Man PML-Ncandidatesinsec- crucial given the strategic interests of
creptin:WouldIhaveaccesstoitandtheabil- ings.Thisespeciall appliestoeducationalin- saldesignorevenasimpleramp.Itisnowon- fective programmes, and strategic planning ondplaceafterPTI-affiliated candidates India in the Middle East. The have
it to accompan m famil and other stitutions, hospitals, workplaces, and govern- derthataccessibilit isseenasacross-cutting to address outstanding issues. However, the weredeclaredwinners.Thiskindofturn- shown a willingness to forge a deeper
tourists? mentbuildings,warrantingtheneedtoclassif principleforrealisingtheotherrightsoutlined accurac of current disabilit data in India is around was witnessed in the 2 18 elec- economicandpoliticalpartnershipwith
M scepticismwasjustified,asevenplaces thiscauseasanationalpriorit —perhapsun- in the Convention of Rights of Persons with questionable. According to the World Health tion too. But it was unprecedented that India. The Indian diaspora has pla ed a
advertised as accessible in our countr often derthelabelofadedicated“mission”.Onl b Disabilities (UNCRPD) to which India is a sig- Organisation,anestimated1.3billionpeople, the UN secretar -general interjected. huge role in the economies of the Gulf
present various hurdles to the disabled com- accomplishing this can we realise the full po- nator . or 16 per cent of the global population e pe- Amidst the odds, the PTI-backed countries.
munit —frombathroomswithoutgrabbars tential of our citi enr , empowering them to Constructing ramps is a straightforward rience a significant disabilit . Yet, as per the “Independents”haveemergedasthesin- Atul Thakre, Nagpur
forsupport,torampswithslopessosteepthat activel contribute their professional e pert- and cost-effective investment in enhancing last Census in 2 11, onl 2.2 per cent of the gle largest group. But since the 're not
handling a wheelchair without considerable
help becomes impossible. The international
ise and diverse skills for the optimal develop-
ment of the countr . This will also help India
accessibilit in public accommodations and
roadsforindividualswithph sicallimitations.
Indian population is reported to have a dis-
abilit . Given that India constitutes appro i-
recognisedasaparliamentar part ,the
cannot get a share of the reserved seats.
INDIA SETBACKS
standard for a ramp slope — 1:12 height-to- inch closer to its commitment to the 2 3 The absence of ramps is just one e ample of matel 17.5 per cent of the world population, The establishment has paral sed the THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘BJP’s Free
length ratio — is consistentl overlooked. M Agenda for Sustainable Development, which wh thedisabledciti enr oftenfindsitchal- thesestatisticsimpl thatIndiansaree empt econom . The people ma not tolerate Incomingpolic ’ (IE, Februar 14). After
brothervaliantl offeredtodemonstratehow callsforpromotingtherights,well-being,and lenging to full participate in civic and socio- from accidents, and injuries, and have even this collapse of democrac for too long. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar returned to
to climb a steep ramp safel in m motorised perspectives of persons with disabilities. economic life, potentiall resulting in dimin- won the lotter of birth. Madhusree Guha, Kolkata NDA, in Maharashtra, veteran Congress
wheelchair at our hotel. In the process, the For full participation, we must also give ished self-esteem. In turn, persons with It is evident that our countr has miles to leader and former CM Ashok Chavan
wheelchairtippedbackwards,resultinginhis
head hitting the unforgiving stone floor.
equalpriorit totwootherimportantpillarsof
accessibilit : Public transport and informa-
disabilities ma choose to remain indoors to
avoid an unwelcome environment, perpetu-
go before genuine inclusivit can be cele-
brated.Theheterogeneit ofdisabilit posesa
CRICKET HURDLES joined the BJP. This is the second major
loss in the state for the grand old part .
Fortunatel ,Inotonl hadtheopportunit tion and communications technolog (ICT). ating the vicious c cle of social stigma that significant challenge. Still, rather than wish- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Don’t Congress is helplessl watching INDIA
tosavourtheintricatebeaut of theredsand- Thisarticlefocusesonthefirstpillar:Thebuilt othersthem.Inm e perienceasawheelchair ing the issue awa , it would be advisable to free e’ (IE, Februar 14). Australia’s con- lose ground in the run-up to the Lok
stone cit built b the third Mughal emperor, environment. user, I can attest to the rarit of encountering beginb focusingonasinglepillarof accessi- sistent success against India in big tour- Sabha elections. The Rashtri a Lok Dal
Akbar, but did so safel . The ramps, con- Having personall witnessed a tangible fellow wheelchair users during m various bilit at a time, if addressing all simultane- nament finals highlights their prowess has also decided to cross over to the
structed with the correct ratio, ensured a se- e ample of the potential of inclusion at outingsintheNationalCapitalRegion(NCT)of ousl is too overwhelming. In pursuing true underpressure. Whilethe recentdefeat NDA, da s after the government be-
cureandaccessiblee perience.Ifacit builtin Fatehpur Sikri, I can’t help but question wh Delhiandm visitstootherpartsof thecoun- accessibilit of an of thethreepillars,involv- in the U-19 cricket final stings, it offers stowed the Bharat Ratna on part chief
1569 AD can be made nearl 95 per cent India’sefforttobecomeaccessibletoallitscit- tr . M abilit to travel to inaccessible loca- ing multiple end-users — those stakeholders valuable lessons for oung pla ers. Ja antChaudhar ’sgrandfather,former
wheelchairaccessible,socanallpublicaccom- i ens, including women with infants in tionsisaresultof afortunatesocio-economic benefitingfromtheaccommodation—would Australia’s abilit to handle crucial mo- PM Chaudhar Charan Singh. Even as
modationsandroads.AsaWorldHeritagesite, strollers,personswithdisabilities,thosewith background and a supportive famil — privi- goalongwa indeterminingitssuccess.After ments contrasts with India’s occasional the BJP is making or breaking alliances
Fatehpur Sikri is obligated to conform to in- injuries, and the elderl , remains largel in- leges, unfortunatel , e perienced b a rare all,irrespectiveof one’ssocioeconomicstatus struggles. The loss should motivate the with equal ease, the Congress has not
ternational standards of accessibilit for all. visible. The vulnerabilit of these groups in- few. or abilit , ever Indian deserves the freedom talented batch of 2 24, offering them a managed to strike even a seat-sharing
Learning from this e perience, the creasese ponentiall whenthebuiltenviron- It’s discouraging to recognise that suc- to e perience our countr ’s rich histor and chancetoworkontheirskillsandaspire deal with the Trinamool Congress and
Archaeological Surve of India (ASI) should ment is inaccessible. UN-Habitat notes that cesses,suchastheaccessibilit of a16th-cen- heritage along with the rights accorded to all to conquer India’s final frontier in later the Aam Aadmi Part in West Bengal
e tend such facilities to all the significant an inclusive environment allows people to tur monument, are possibl overshadowed citi ens. ICC tournaments. and Punjab, respectivel .
monuments in their charge. participateinactivitiesequall ,independentl , b adifferentissuee tendingbe ondourher- Suchismita Agarwal, Bangalore Khokan Das, Kolkata
Moreover, now that si ears have passed with choice, and with dignit . In contrast, in itage sites’ ancient walls. The reliabilit of Mohan, a writer and a development
since the enactment of the Rights of Persons India, most dail living necessities like ATMs, India’s official disabilit data raises critical professional, is a wheelchair user

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RTX will scan local files the user points it to could also indicate a gradual blurring of the with orders that it is struggling to deliver. in supercomputing sites around the world. be another factor.
ANIL SASI and provide the answer with conte t.” lines between the two most consequential The pioneering graphics chipmaker is al- Altmanwillneedtoraisebetween$5tril-
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 Nvidia’s chatbot push comes at a time pla ers in the AI stor , and the likel inter- read one of the world’s most valuable com- Altman’s opportunit lion and$7 trillion for his project,the WSJ re-
when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is seeking section of the interests of those who cur- panies, riding on its dominance in the gam- While Chat with RTX is seen as a ver ported, citing a source.
NVIDIA CORPORATION,the undisputedking trillions of dollars in investments to revamp rentl stand on opposite sides of the hard- ing sector and now, the AI space and the earl -stage product that will evolve in due On Wednesda , Altman posted on X that
of advanced chips that are now driving arti- the global semiconductor industr , The ware-software divide. potential that generative AI has to reshape course, there is clearl a recognition of OpenAI believes the “world needs more AI
ficial intelligence (AI) applications, is releas- Wall Street Journal reported last week. the technolog sector. Nvidia’s indispensabilit to the AI future. infrastructure — fab capacit , energ , data
ing a new tool that lets owners of its latest Altman, who is behind the startup that Nvidia’s advantage Anal sts sa Nvidia is ahead in the race Nvidia currentl controls more than 8 % of centres,etc—thanpeoplearecurrentl plan-
seriesgraphiccardsrunanAI-poweredchat- launched ChatGPT, the fastest-growing The gen AI boom has been the major rea- for AI chips because of its proprietar soft- the AI chip market, and has a market cap of ning to build”. He also said that “building
bot offline on a Windows PC. consumer software application in histor , son for the soaring demand for specialised ware that makes it easier to leverage all of more than $1.7 trillion, significantl higher massive-scale AI infrastructure, and a re-
Thetool,called‘ChatwithRTX’,willallow has repeatedl voiced concern over the chipsof thekindthatNvidiamakes.Graphics the GPU hardware features for AI applica- than storied Silicon Valle competitors such silient suppl chain, is crucial to economic
users to customise a generative AI (GenAI) suppl -and-demand problem with AI processingunits(GPUs)—theadvancedchips tions. It also has the s stems to back the as Intel and AMD. competitiveness”, and that OpenAI would
model on the lines of OpenAI’s ChatGPT or chips which, he has said, is limiting the thatwereearliertargetedatgamingapplica- processors up, and the software that runs The buo ant demand for chips to power “tr to help”.
Google’sBardb linkingittofiles,documents, growth of OpenAI. tions but which are now driving AI applica- all of it, making it a full stack solutions thegenerativeAIrushalsomeansthatNvidia Altman has alwa s been interested in
and notes that the can then quer . Altman is now reportedl in talks with tions — have the computing power and op- compan . will struggle to meet the GPU demand well chipmaking and, just prior to his controver-
“Rather than searching through notes or multiple investorsfor a project that could in- erational efficienc to run the calculations Nvidia also offers an application pro- into the foreseeable future. And that is one sial ouster as CEO of OpenAI, he was said to
saved content, users can simpl t pe crease the global chip-building capacit , ac- that allow companies working on large lan- grammeinterface(API)—whichisasetof in- ostensible reason for Altman’s angst. That be spearheading a new chip venture code-
queries,” Nvidia said in a blog post on cording to the WSJ report. guagemodels(LLMs)suchasChatGPTorBard structions that enable different applications Nvidia is now a prominent investor, along- named Tigris to directl take on Nvidia.
Tuesda . “For e ample, one could ask, ‘What These announcements are being seen as to chomp down on massive volumes of data. to communicate with each other — called side Jeff Be os, in Perple it AI, one of the Earlier in 2 18, Altman had put in some of
was the restaurant m partner recom- indicating the direction the generative AI Nvidia Corp has seen its valuation surge CUDA, which allows the creation of parallel most promising GenAI startups that seek to his own mone to back an AI chip startup
mended while in Las Vegas?’ and Chat with discourse could take going forward. This since the LLM boom, and is now swamped programmes using GPUs, and are deplo ed challengeincumbentssuchas OpenAI, could called Rain Neuromorphics.

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WHYFORMS45,4 AREATTHEHEART
OFPAKPOLLRIGGINGCONTROVERSY Story of consumer sentiments
ARJUN SENGUPTA
CMIE’s latest consumer sentiment surve shows that rural India is low on optimism. The RBI’s latest
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 surve shows that consumers have been pessimistic about economic issues for almost five ears now
ALLEGATIONS OF rigging and result ma-
nipulationmarredtheFebruar 8national late 2 23, consumer sentiments had largel
election results of Pakistan. Raoof Hasan, UDIT MISRA recovered to their pre-Covid levels. The lat-
close Imran Khan aide and Pakistan NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 est dip in rural sentiments can be attributed
Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)CentralInformation to the stagnation in commodit prices and
Secretar ,tweetedthatImran’s“mandate AS LOK Sabha elections come closer, the dis- reduced profits.
has been stolen in the dark of the night”. agreement in narratives pushed b the gov-
At the heart of the controvers have Polling staff empt a ballot box after ernment and the opposition will become Indian consumer sentiments
been Forms 45 and 47, meant to provide polls closed at a polling station in sharper. An earl indication was the release Lastweek,theReserveBankof India(RBI)
officialdocumentationof electionresults. Lahore on Februar 8. Reuters last week of the government’s “white paper” released the latest installment of its bi-
on the Indian econom , which sought to ar- monthl consumer confidence surve . The
‘Result of Count’ form guethattheBJPdecadeof 2 14-24wasmuch surve collectscurrentperceptions(vis-à-vis
The Election Commission of Pakistan result, Form 47 documents the uncon- better than the Congress decade of 2 4-14. a earago)andone- ear-aheade pectations
(ECP) provides several forms to docu- firmed result in a constituenc . This in- Onecan lookat thenitt -gritt of eachis- of households on the general economic sit-
ment results in a constituenc . Most im-
portantof theseisForm45,alsoknownas
cludes the number of votes polled in the
constituenc , a candidate-wise break-
sue to ascertain which view is a more accu-
rate description of realit . Consider the fol-
CHART INCREASE IN WHEAT MSP i uation, the emplo ment scenario, overall
price situation, own income, and spending
the ‘Result of Count’ form. down of votes, and the number of votes lowing e amples. across19 major cities. The latest round of the
This form is a formal record of votes cancelledorrejected.Form47isprepared 5 surve was carried out from Januar 2-11,
polled at a polling station, and thus is cru- b tall ingresultsobtainedfromForm45s. Demand for a law on MSP 25. % 2 24 among 6, 58 respondents, more than
cialforcompilingresultsatthelevelof the A little more than two ears after the 53% of whom were women.
constituenc .Itcontainsessentialinforma-
Discrepanc between Form calledoff theirprotestatthebordersof Delhi, The ke variable in the RBI’s consumer
tion on the polling station, including the 45 and Form 47 farmers this week again began a march to 5 confidence surve is the Current Situation
4.76% 7. 6%
stationnumber,theconstituenc itfallsun- Onelectionnight,variousreportssaid the capital demanding, among other things, Inde (CSI). The CSI is compiled on the basis
der, total number of registered voters, to- thatcandidatesandtheirrepresentatives Minimum Support Prices (MSP, or the prices of net responses on the economic situation,
talnumberofvotescast,andabreakdown were being denied Form 45s b the at which the government offers to bu some income, spending, emplo ment and the
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of the votes earned b each candidate. Presiding Officers. crops) as a legal right. price level for the current period (compared
Itissignednotjustb thepresidingof- The PTI e pressed serious concerns In October 2 23, the government an- with a ear ago).
ficerof thepollingstation,butalsopolling over non-provision of Form 45s to its nouncedtheMSPforwheat,themainwinter In other words, it is the indicator of how
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who act as witnesses to the process. hours “seemingl under a malicious plot 25). Chart 1 shows the annual increase in per taken into account) relative to a ear ago.
Therefore, Form 45 acts as the pri- to change the results”, according to a re- cent in the wheat MSP since 1977. The data is A value of 1 is the neutral value. If the
mar record of electoral outcomes in
Pakistan. B law, polling stations have to
port b Pakistan Toda .
Moreover,thepart laterclaimedthat
from the economic polic think tank Centre
for Monitoring Indian Econom (CMIE).
CHART CMIE S ICS CHART RBI S CSI inde value falls below the 1 mark, it im-
plies that people are pessimistic, and a value
publicl displa copies of the form to en- the results tallied in Form 47s, in several Over the last two-and-a-half decades, ■ All I dia ■ U ba ■ R al Values under 1 denote pessimism higher than 1 conve s optimism. Chart 3
sure accountabilit and transparenc . cases, showed a major discrepanc with MSPs have tended to follow the election c - 1 : Neutral value shows the CSI values since the were first
regards to the granular data provided in cle — increases have been higher in the ears compiled in March 2 15. Note:
Form declaring Form 45s. PTI Secretar General Omar leading up to elections, and lower immedi-
1 5.84 (Jan 2 24)
■Consumersentimenthasbeennegative
‘unconfirmed results’ A ub said, on Februar 11, that the Form atel after the elections. The onl e ception rightthroughthegovernment'ssecondterm.
After voting is completed and ballots 47 of 18 National Assembl seats were was when Atal Bihari Vajpa ee’s NDA gov- Theinde valuewas1 4.6inMarch2 19,just
are counted at a polling station, the “falsel changed”. ernment barel increased MSPs in the run- before the last Lok Sabha election. In Ma
Presiding Officer fills Form 45 and sub- Imran Khan, in his AI-generated “vic- up to elections. The UPA ears generall saw 2 19, the inde value went into the negative
mitsittotheReturningOfficerof thecon- tor speech” on X, claimed that the PTI higher increases in the wheat MSP. 8 8 one, and has sta ed there ever since.
1 1.33 Values 95.1
stituenc . The Returning Officer then won “17 seats” according to Form 45s. MSPs, however, tell onl a part of the ■ In fact, the optimism of March 2 19
gathers and tallies results from Form 45s Form47s,however,show PTI-backingin- stor .Forafullerpictureof India’sfarmecon- (Jan higher standsoutasasuddenandsolitar occurrence.
from ever polling station in the con- dependents onl winning 93 seats. om , other data — from incomes to inflation 2 24) than 1 If it is discounted, then consumer sentiment
stituenc to determine the final result. Anumberof PTIcandidateshavechal- levels — must be considered. denote hasbeenpessimisticsinceJune2 17—thatis,
5 1 4.43 5 optimism
Priortoofficialconfirmationofthefinal lenged the results in court. for the better part of the past seven ears.
(Jan 2 24)
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timents. These are arrived at b regular sur- month in which the demonetisation e er-
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Last week, CMIE reported that rural India Sources: CMIE, RBI collapse in the wake of the pandemic.
waslowonoptimism.Consumersentiments Though still in the pessimism one, it is
fellsharpl inJanuar 2 24afterastead rise nearer to the neutral value than it ever was
during the festive season. The 2.2 per cent Januar 2 24ismarkedb twodistinctchar- cent fall. Second, household perceptions since mid-2 19.
fall in the Inde of Consumer Sentiments acteristics. First, consumer sentiments have about theircurrent economic conditionsde- It remains to be seen if the inde breaks
(ICS)inJanuar wasthesteepestmonthl fall weakenedsignificantl onallaccountsinru- based in Januar 2 24,” CMIE said in a re- into optimistic territor in the two months
in more than two ears. (Chart 2). ral India. The ICS in rural India fell b 3 per search note. beforetheLokSabhaelection—likeitdidfive
“The fall in consumer sentiments seen in cent while urban India saw a smaller .5 per CMIE’sconsumersurve ssuggestthatb ears ago in 2 19.

BAPS em le i a g a ed b PM M di i Ab Dhabi: fea e , ig ifica ce

Bringing together countries, Architecture s mbolising Featuring deities from across
RITU SHARMA communities, and culture harmon , peace India, tales from world over
AHMEDABAD, FEBRUARY 4
The UAE is home to a massive Indian di- The temple is constructed using the tra- Deities from across India have been fea-
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on aspora, almost 3.3 million strong, and ac- ditional Nagara st le, with seven shikharas turedinthetemple.TheseincludeRam,Sita,
Wednesda inaugurated the BAPS counting for more than 35 per cent of the representingthesevenEmiratesof theUAE. Lakshman, and Hanuman, Shiva, Parvati,
Swaminara antempleinAbuDhabi,thefirst Gulf countr ’s population. Some 15 to 2 Built at a cost of Rs 7 crore, roughl Ganesh, Kartike a, Jagannath, Radha-
Hindu temple to be built in the United Arab families in the countr are BAPS 2 , tonnes of stonewasused in the tem- Krishna, Akshar-Purushottam Maharaj,
Emirates (UAE). Swaminara an devotees. ple’s construction. The e ternal facade uses TirupatiBalaji,andPadmavati,andA appa.
A BAPS spokesperson told The Indian pinksandstonefromRajasthan,whilethein- The temple also has a ‘hol river’ sur-
Denomination runs 1,55 Express that “the local Indian communit terior uses Italian marble. rounding it, for which waters from Ganga
temples globall [needed] a significant place of worship”. The main structure is 1 8 ft high, 262 ft and Yamuna were brought to the UAE. The
Thetemplehasbeenbuilt The spokesperson said that long and 18 ft wide. It has two central river Saraswati has also been depicted in
b the Bochasanwasi Akshar
PurushottamSwaminara an
EXPLAINED in 1997, Pramukh Swami
Maharaj,thetenthspiritualguru
domes — ‘Dome of Harmon ’ and ‘Dome of
Peace’ — s mbolising human coe istence.
the form of white light. A Varanasi-like ghat
has been built, where the Ganga passes.
Sanstha (BAPS), a denomina- CULTURE of the sect, had envisioned a A ‘Wall of Harmon ’, one of the largest 3D- Apartfrom15‘valuetales’fromtheIndian
tion of the Swaminara an Hindu temple in the desert printed walls in the UAE, has the word ‘har- civilisation, stories from the Ma an
samprada a, a Vaishnav sect of Hinduism. sandsofAbuDhabi,whichwouldbringcoun- Prime Minister Narendra Modi climbs the stairs, as he attends the inauguration mon ’ written on it in 3 different ancient civilisation, A tec civilisation, Eg ptian civil-
BAPS has a network of 1,55 temples tries, communities, and cultures together. of the BAPS Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on Wednesda . Reuters and modern languages. isation, Arabic civilisation, European
acrosstheworld,includingtheAkshardham “A Muslim king donated land for a Therearealso96bellsandgaumukhsin- civilisation, Chinese civilisation, and
templesinNewDelhiandGandhinagar,and Hindu Mandir, where the lead architect is a stalled around the path leading to the tem- African civilisation have been depicted in
Swaminara antemplesinLondon,Houston, Catholic Christian, the project manager a tion,” the spokesperson said. which has been growing in recent ears. ple, a tribute to Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s beautiful murals.
Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Sikh, the foundational designer a Buddhist, The temple can also be seen as a signif- “The friendship between the UAE and 96 ears of life. Someamenitiesincludeanassembl hall
Nairobi.Italsoruns3,85 centresand17, the construction compan a Parsi group, icant milestone in the bilateral relationship India has reached new heights toda ,” PM Thetemplecomple isspreadacross13.5 with a capacit of 3, people, a commu-
weekl assemblies globall . and the director comes from the Jain tradi- betweenIndiaandtheUAE—arelationship Modi said during his inauguration speech. acres,withanother13.5acresofparkingarea. nit centre, classrooms, and a majlis venue.

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DIESEL EXPORTS TO EUROPE DROPPED TO 4 , BPD IN JANUARY

India faces WTO pressure on
I dia e le m d c e farm subsidies amid protests
E e c a h 8-m h l i Ja view of its militar offensive in through the Sue Canal-Red Sea
for minimum support price
RAVIDUTTAMISHRA
NEWDELHI,FEBRUARY 4
members,halvingthetotalglobal
entitlementtosubsidi e.Thistrig-
geredtensionsamongdeveloping
tion,” Das said. He e plained that
farmers groups have stated that
agricultureshouldbetakenoutof
SUKALP SHARMA Ga a. route has largel been immune nations including India. While WTO but that approach could
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 The securit situation in the to the prevailing crisis as Russia THE GOVERNMENT’S headroom India’s per farmer subsid is poseproblemsandwouldrestrict
RedSearegionhasforcedanum- is perceived as Iran’s all and the to accede to the protesting farm- ab small lowcomparedtowhat India and other developing na-
INDIA’S PETROLEUM product ber of major shipping lines and Houthi rebels appear to be ers demand for a legal guarantee countriessuchastheUSoffer,the tions from disciplining the subsi-
e ports to Europe nosedived to Western oil companies to shun backed b Tehran. ofminimumsupportprice(MSP) WTOrulesdonotconsidersubsi- diesbeinggivenb thedeveloped
an 18-month low in Januar the route and instead take the “Last ear, 3.5 Mbd (3.5 mil- is somewhat limited given India diesonaper-farmerbasis,thereb world.
with tankers hauling fuels— muchlongerroutearoundAfrica lion bpd) of refined product isunderpressureonitsfarmsub- being heavil loaded against de- “Our per farmer subsid is
mainl diesel—fromIndiaavoid- via the Cape of Good Hope. flows was shipped via the Sue , sidies at the World Trade veloping countries. ab small lowcomparedtowhat
ing the Sue Canal route in view Higher risk premiums and a record annual high, making up Organi ation(WTO),withthelat- AbhijitDas,e pertoninterna- the US gives. But the WTO rules,
of the securit concerns in the longer vo ages have hit move- 14% of total refined product est attack b an influential group tional trade and the former head, unfortunatel , are not on the ba-
RedSearegion,aspershiptrack- mentof goodsbetweenAsiaand flows. Jet fuel is the most e - of 19 agri e porting countries. Centre for WTO Studies said that sis of per farmer subsid . If new
ing data. India’s diesel e ports to Europe, and Asia and North posed, with 33 per cent of e - To attain greater fle ibilit to the Cairns Group is tr ing to get schemes are to be implemented,
Europe, which had touched a Americaintermsof significantl portsutili ingthecanal.Flowsof offer farm support, India is in the India to “dismantle” the MSP then for those products we will
record high of over 287, bar- higher freight rates. The major- these products are alread dis- process of pushing for a perma- scheme or “reduce its scope” and havetocompl withthe1 %sub-
rels per da (bpd) in December, it of Indian fuel e ports to rupted with some cargoes trav- nentsolutionattheupcomingin- that is the reason India is fighting sid ceiling and the will not be
crashed to around 4 , bpd in India’s total petroleum product exports in Januar declined Europe are now going around elling via the Cape (of Good ter-ministerial summit at Abu togetbetterlegalprotectionforits protected under the ‘Peace
Januar , according to data from nearl 18% from December levels to 1.11 million bpd. File Africa, adding 15-2 da s to the Hope), while others are waiting DhabifromFebruar 26to29but MSP programme. Notabl , India Clause’,” he added. This means
commodit market anal tics vo age. in the Arabian Sea. The surge in a deadlock over the politicall cannot be dragged into a dispute that if the government were to
firm Kpler. India was traditionall not freight rates has also closed ar- charged issues between devel- overitssubsidiesasitisprotected agree to farmers demands for an
Consequentl , India’s overall overall petroleum product e - havecomeunderattackfromthe the biggest of fuel sources for bitrages which will restrict long opedanddevelopingcountriesis b the ‘Peace Clause’ that was MSPlaw,itwillnotbecoveredun-
petroleum product e ports to ports was rather limited in Iran-backed Houthi rebels of Europe, with the continent de- haul flows to Europe,” Kpler had unlikel to see a resolution. agreed b the WTO members der the peace clause that gives
Europe in Januar fell almost 7 Januar as e porters shifted car- Yemen around the Bab el- pendingheavil onRussiaforen- said last month in a detailed re- The Cairns Group - compris- duringtheBaliministerialin2 13. India protection from legal dis-
per cent from December to goes to various other geogra- Mandeb strait, which leads to erg imports. port ontradedisruptionscaused ing Australia, Bra il and Canada Butduetosomeof theprovisions putes at the WTO.
around 111,5 bpd—the lowest phies, the shipping data indi- the Red Sea and Sue Canal, However, in the aftermath of b the Red Sea crisis. among others members — have in the clause being ambiguous, Aspartofitsdemandforaper-
since Jul 2 22. cates. forming the shortest, albeit nar- Moscow’s Februar 2 22 inva- India is the world’s third- claimed that India’s public stock- India is open to face disputes. manentsolutionattheupcoming
India’s total petroleum prod- Countries that saw a spurt in row, route to the Mediterranean sion of Ukraine, as Europe largest consumer of crude oil holding (PSH) programme is “WTO norms don't restrict us ministerialmeetinginAbuDhabi,
uct e ports in Januar declined petroleum product dispatches Sea and be ond from the Arab started shunning Russian crude anddependsonimportstomeet highl subsidised and the farm fromprovidinghighMSP.Because India has not onl pushed for
nearl 18 per cent from from India in Januar vis-à-vis Peninsula,North-EastAfrica,and oil and fuels, India emerged as over 85 per cent of its domestic supportthatIndiagivesis“distort- of the peace clause there is no re- measures to amend the formula
December levels to 1.11 million December include Saudi Arabia, theArabianSea.Therouteisseen the largest bu er of Russian requirement. The countr , how- ing”globalfoodpricesand“hurt- striction on what should be the to calculate the food subsid cap
bpd, seemingl due to a combi- Australia, Indonesia, Japan, as an important arter of global seaborne crude and also a major ever, is a net e porter of petro- ing” food securit of other coun- level of MSP or the level of pro- but also to include programmes
nation of the Red Sea trade dis- Oman, Sri Lanka, and goods and energ supplies. The fuel supplier to Europe with all leum products as its refining ca- tries. curement.Butthereisno1 %le- implemented after 2 13 under
ruptions and robust domestic Bangladesh, among others. Houthis have so far claimed that suchshipmentspassingthrough pacit of around 5 million bpd is Last ear, the circulated a de- gal certaint . We are questioned the ambit of ‘Peace Clause’.
demand in India. The impact of Over the past couple of the are targetting vessels with the Red Sea. Interestingl , the higher than the demand in the tailedproposaltoslashtrade-dis- at WTO and that is wh we are FULLREPORT ON
the Red Sea troubles on India’s months,anumberof cargoships links to Israel and its allies in movement of Russian oil domestic market. torting farm support in WTO tr ing to seek a permanent solu- www.indianexpress.com

Wholesale inflation Panagariya chairs first meeting

eases to 3-month low of 16th Finance Commission
of 0.27 in January PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4
overall inde fell .3 per cent in
PRIYANSH VERMA Januar . THE 16TH Finance Commission
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 The indices of primar arti- (XVI-FC) on Wednesda held its
cles — consisting of food items— first meeting under the
INDIA’SWHOLESALEpriceinde declined 1 per cent on month Chairmanship of Arvind
(WPI) based inflation eased to a and that of manufactured items Panagari a.
three-month low of .27 per fell b .2 per cent. Fuel and During the meeting, the
cent in Januar due to modera- power’s inde , on the other commission discussed its
tion in prices of ke food and in- hand, rose .4 per cent month- Terms of Reference, as per the
dustrial input items, data b the on-month during Januar . order b the President of India The 16th FC discussed its Terms of Reference, as per the
commerce ministr showed on Thesharpfallinprimar arti- and notified b the Ministr of order made b the President of India. @FinMinIndia
Wednesda . The fall was also cles inde was mainl a result of Finance on December 31, 2 23,
aided b the statistical effect of a a 3 per cent sequential drop in an official statement said.
high base. prices of onion. The distribution between ceeds, are among the Terms of states b wa of grants-in-aid of
WPI inflation was at .73 per Due to this, the -o- infla- the Union and states of the net Reference (ToR) approved b their revenues.
cent in December and 4.8 per tion rate of onions plummeted proceeds of ta es, which are to the Cabinet. It will also suggest measures
cent in Januar 2 22. The WPI to 29.18 per cent in Januar from be, or ma be, divided between Another ToR is about the needed to augment the
foodinflationcameinat3.79per 91.77 per cent in December. them under Chapter I, Part XII principles governing the grants- Consolidated Fund of a State to
cent in Januar as compared to Januar also witnessed a drop in of the Constitution and the al- in-aid of the revenues of states supplement the resources of
5.39 per cent in December. prices of potatoes, fruits, padd location between states of the out of the Consolidated Fund of pancha ats and municipalities,
On a sequential basis, the and pulses. FE respective shares of such pro- India and the sums to be paid to as per the ToR.
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barcard-basedcommercialpa - the regulator to ensure that all ment under the Visa rules,” Visa remain vigilant against build-up NBFC sector, liquidit risk man-
ments through business pa - Business Pa ment Service said. of risksinthebankings stem“as agement, information technol-
ment service providers (BPSP) Provider transactions be kept in According to fintech pla ers, thereisnoscopeforan compla- og and C ber securit pre-
and companies. abe ance till further notice. the RBI wants to ensure that fin- cenc ”. paredness, operational
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ciall announced the reasonsfor BPSP merchants registered b providers are within the regula- a meeting with the MDs and strengtheningof theinternalrat-
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transactions are being done at to the contrar ,” Visa said in a occurringonthedigitalplatform. in his remarks complimented mechanism and protection of
outletswhicharenotauthorised communication to fintechs. “TherecouldbeKYCissuesat the banks on their improved fi- customers’ interests are of para-
to accept such pa ments. Man “For avoidance of doubt, an a time when the central bank nancial performance and that of mount importance for thesafet
fintech firms are reportedl al- transaction authori ed prior to wants to ensure that all digital the whole banking sector. and stabilit of the financial s s-
lowing customers to use their the communication would be transactions are full KYC com- He highlighted the issues re- tem and that of individual finan-
cards to pa for tuition fees and settled in the ordinar course of pliant,” said an official. lating to business model viabil- cial institutions. ENS

BRIEFLY Mutual Funds’ investor

FPIi e me grievances drop to 485
Tender No : 307(B),235(C),357,358,359/2023-24/KWA/ PHC/TVLA
(1)(JJM)-RWSS To Chittar-Construction of GLSRs at Kodumudi, Kulangara valley top, Therakathumannu top, Sump
cum Pumphouse at Therakathumannu Bottom, GLSR at Manpilavu Top, fixing of pump sets, Supplying and laying

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additional distribution network, Renovation of intake, Installation of Solar panel, Supply and Installation of Transformers
etc. (2)(JJM)-7th SWSM -CWSS Koipram, Puramattom, & adjoining Pts. -JJM-Design, Construction, commissioning,

in first half of FY24

trial running and 3 year O&M of 40 MLD Capacity WTP , Intake well cum PumpHouse, 800 mm Raw Water Pumping

Decembe
Main from well to WTP, Raw Water Pump Sets, Clear Water Pump sets Transformer Units & Common CWPMs from
WTP to Various Tanks.(3) (JJM)-7th SWSM -CWSS Koipram, Puramattom, & adjoining Pts. - Construction and
commissioning of 20LL Capacity OHSR at Vellikkara in Koippuram panchayath, CWPM from WTP to Vellikkara -
400mm DI K9, CWPM from WTP to Purayidathukkavu- 250mm, DI K9, 150mm DI K9 CWPM from Purayidathukavu
said in a statement.For the same to Kanjirampara.(4)(JJM)-7th SWSM -CWSS Koipram, Puramattom, & adjoining Pts. -Design, Supplying, Laying,
New Delhi: The value of FPIs PRESS TRUST OF INDIA period, the net assets under
Jointing, Testing, and Commissioning of Clear Water 300mm DI Pumping Main,150mm DI Transmission Main from
WTP Koipuram Vellikkara to Thuruthicad 15LL OHSR & Pazhukalakunnu OHSR in KalloopparaPanchayath and
(ForeignPortfolioInvestors) NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 management increased from Rs 350mm DI pumping main from WTP Koipuram to Palackathakidi OHSR in Kunnamthanam Panchayath.(5)(JJM)-7th
SWSM -CWSS Koipram, Puramattom, & adjoining Pts. Design, construction and commissioning of 10LL Capacity
holding in Indian equities 41.62 lakh crore in April 2 23 to OHSR at Nedumala ,4LL capacity OHSR and 2LL GLSR at Puramala, Laying 300mm DIK9- CWPM from WTP to
reached $738 billion in the MUTUAL FUNDS industr bod Rs 46.58 lakh crore at the end of Nedumala OHSR & 300mm DI K9 - CWPM from WTP to Puaramala GLSR in Ezhumattoor panchayath. EMD : Rs.
200000,500000,200000,500000,500000, Tender fee : Rs. 13010,19518,13010,19518,19518, Last Date for submitting
three months ended Amfi on Wednesda said that September 2 23 driven b a Tender : 04-03-2024 02:00:pm, Phone : 04692600162, Website : www.kwa.kerala.gov.in, www.etenders.kerala.gov.in

December 2 23, marking a the number of complaints re- strong equit market, stead in- KWA-JB-GL-6-2345-2023-24
Superintending Engineer
PH Circle Pathanamthitta
surgeof13percentfromthe ceived from investors and dis- terest rates, and robust eco-
precedingquarter,drivenb tributors was 485 for the half- nomic growth.
the strong performance of ear ended September 3 , 2 23, "While the industr is grow-
the stock market, according a decline of 21 per cent from the ingatafastclip,thedatasuggests
to a report b Morningstar ear-agoperiod.Theconsistentl that complaints against the MF
on Wednesda . On a ear- low complaint numbers high- industr are low," the industr
on- ear basis, the value of light the mutual fund industr 's bod noted.
such investments rose 26 continuous efforts to elevate Of these485complaints,428
percentfrom$584billionin servicequalit andtransparenc . were received directl from in-
December 2 22. However, In the first half of the fiscal vestors or distributors and 57
FPIs' contribution to Indian ear2 23-24,atotalof 485com- grievances were received via
equit marketcapitalisation plaintswerereceived,whichwas Sebi. These complaints are
fell marginall during the wa lower than 619 complaints broadl classified into routine
quarter under review to received in the same period of andseriouscomplaintsbasedon
16.83 per cent. PTI preceding fiscal, Association of the t pe and nature of com-
Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) plaints.

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tempt at the presidenc . coalition government after last in Lahore on Tuesda . AP seats in their tall . Hasan said, in a post on X, LALIT K JHA allies to increase their defence
PoliticalveteranPrabowo, week’selectionsproducedasplit “Pakistan is being put on [the] WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 4 spending or else encourage
a former special forces mandate. road to further destabilisation.” RussianPresidentVladimirPutin
commander,trouncedhis Thesurprisemovemeansthe three-time former premier decidedfortheirpart tovotefor Tuesda , the PPP chairman Referring to a possible coalition NATO IS a "sacred commitment" to invade those nations.
rivals, winningabout58% part of jailed former Prime Nawa Sharif. the PML-N,” he said. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said his governmentledb thePML-N,he for the US, President Joe Biden Nikki Hale , Trump's rival for
of votes according to four Minister Imran Khan will not be Earlier, Shehba along with PML-NInformationSecretar part would support the PML-N said, “The decision to induct a hassaidasheslammedhispred- the Republican presidential
pollsters, based on "quick in power, despite independent Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan Marri um Aurang eb has said candidate for the top post. bunch of criminals to form gov- ecessorDonaldTrumpforhisre- nomination, also slammed the
count" ballots at samples candidatesbackedb hisPakistan Peoples Part , Khalid Maqbool thatpart supremoNawa Sharif Shehba said that the new ernments, who have been re- cent remarks encouraging former president for his com-
of voting stations . Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI)winningthe Siddiqui of Muttahida Qaumi hasnominatedShehba Shariffor governmentwouldpullthecoun- jectedb thepeople,reflectsam - Russia to attack certain nations ments. “Don't take the side of a
Prabowo,72,declaredthe ma imum number of seats in Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) the post of prime minister. tr out of trouble. Meanwhile, opic view of the grave challenges of the 74- ear-old militar al- thug who kills his opponents.
outcome "a victor for all Parliament. met at the residence of Shujaat She added that PML-NSenior Nawa Sharif’sdaughterMar am the countr is beset with.” liance b calling the comments Don't take the side of someone
Indonesians”. “We will Pakistan Muslim League- Hussain of Pakistan Muslim Vice President Mar am Nawa , Nawa sought to rebuff the im- Independent candidates backed “dangerous” and “un- who has gone in and invaded a
assemble a government Nawa (PML-N)onTuesda night League-Quaid (PML-Q) and considered the political heir of pression that her father has quit b Khan's PTI won 92 seats in the American”. countr , and half a million peo-
consistingof thebestsons nominated 72- ear-old Shehba agreed on government forma- Nawa Sharif,wasnominatedfor activepolitics.ThePML-Nreport- 266-memberNationalAssembl . Biden said the ple have died or
and daughters of astheprimeministerialcandidate tion. “I am thankful to Zardari the post of the chief minister of edl enjo s the backing of the To form a government, a part remarks b been wounded
Indonesia.” REUTERS insteadof thepart supremoand and Bilawal (Bhutto) that the Punjab province. Earlier on powerful Pakistan Arm . PTI must win 133 seats. PTI Trump, his likel becauseof Putin,"
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turer who had earlier ADITI KHANNA crime. As members of an organ- At the White House on its European members and
won her case of discrimi- LONDON, FEBRUARY 4 ised crime group, the were re- Tuesda , Biden said a failure to Canada have ramped up defence
nation on the grounds of centl convicted for removing pass the package - which in- spending to record levels, as he
race against the A NINE-MEMBER gang of GBP 15.5 million from the UK to cludes USD 6 bn for Ukraine - warned that Trump was under-
Universit of Portsmouth Indian-origin criminals found Dubai hidden in suitcases, as would be “pla ing into Putin's mining their securit b calling
has been awarded over guilt of smuggling goods and wellasattemptingtosmuggle17 hands".“WhenAmericagivesits intoquestiontheUScommitment
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her case back in fending. the offenders have served their looks at this as if it's a burden," anne ation of the Crimea
December 2 22 after an Swander Dhal, 38, Jasbir jail sentences, include restric- Biden said. prompted them all to reverse the
Emplo ment Tribunal in Kapoor, 36, Diljan Malhotra, 48, tions on finances, assets, bank Speaking at a rall in South spending cuts the had made af-
Southampton ruled that Charan Singh, 46, Valjeet Singh, accounts and the purchase of in- Carolina during the weekend, ter the Cold War ended. PTI
she had been discrimi- 35,JasbirDhalSingh,33,Jaginder ternational travel tickets.
natedagainst whenover- Kapoor, 48, Jacdar Kapour, 51, Their orders were published
looked for a role as a “vis-
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Kerala couple, twin
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it staff. Her “marked
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designed to limit their abilit to ment of serious criminals. PTI
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time and recentl a judge

concluded that “uncon-
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Nepalese killed in Ukraine
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NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 4
TAIWAN free hostages being held there.

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with the Russian government
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dieaf e cha e KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 4 familiesof thedeceased,andthe PIPELINEINIRAN reached in Cairo. We are now bo s, has been found dead at
safe return of those still serving PALESTINIANS JAMMED into Dubai: E plosions struck a counting down the da s before theirhomeinCaliforniawiththe
b C a G ad “RUSSIA IS an aggressor and it in the Russian arm . their last refuge in Ga a voiced natural gas pipeline in Iran Israel sends in tanks. We hope police investigating the case as a Anand Sujith Henr , his
muststopthewarwithUkraine.” Russia, sources said, has growingfearonWednesda that earl Wednesda ,withanof- the don’t but who can prevent murder-suicide,thesecondsuch wife Alice Pri anka and
Bangkok: Two Chinese Thiswasthestandtakenb Nepal agreed to pa the compensation Israelwillsoonlaunchaplanned ficial blaming the blasts on a them?” Said Jaber, a Ga a busi- incidentinlessthantwomonths their sons. Facebook
fishermen have drowned in the United Nations. However, to the families of the deceased assault on the southern cit of “sabotage and terrorist ac- nessman who is sheltering in thathasshockedthecommunit
while being chased b Nepal has faced a diplomatic through the Nepali Embass in Rafah after truce talks in Cairo tion” in the countr . The Rafahsaid.“We'velostourhomes, in the US. The victims, hailing
Taiwan's Coast Guard off dilemma after over hundred Moscow, but there has been no ended inconclusivel . blasts hit a natural gas ourjobs.Isn'tthatenough?We've fromKerala,havebeenidentified did not go through with it.
the coast of Taiwan's Nepali ouths were found en- word about the return of the The talks in the Eg ptian cap- pipeline running from Iran's had enough of this war, and we b the friends as Anand Sujith Thetwo oungchildrenwere
Kinmen archipelago, the rolledintheRussianArm ,witha Nepalese still working in the ital, involving the United States, western Chaharmahal and willneeddecadestorebuildGa a Henr , his wife Alice Pri anka, found inside a bedroom, police
coast guard said do enofthemconfirmeddeadin Russian Arm . Israel, Eg pt and Qatar, ended Bakhtiari province up north and regain our lives. When will and their 4- ear-old twin bo s, said. Sources with direct knowl-
Wednesda . The deaths the war. There is no official data According to reports, four without an sign of a break- to cities on the Caspian Sea. theworldstopIsrael'sslaughterof NBC Ba Area reported. edgeof theinvestigationsaidpo-
are unusual despite the on the number of Nepal citi ens Nepali soldiers have been held through on Tuesda and no date The 1,27 -km begins in our people?” However, the victims’ identi- lice believe the bo s were
levelof Chineseactivit in whojoinedtheRussianarm but hostage b Ukraine recentl . was announced for the ne t Asalu eh,ahubforIran'soff- German Foreign Minister ties have not et been released, smothered, strangled, or given a
the waters near Kinmen, based on the petitions received Nepalhasformaltreatieswiththe meeting. The lack of agreement shore South Pars gas field. AnnalenaBaerbock,whowase - police said. The incident took lethal overdose. The man and
which is closer to China fromthefamiliesof the‘affected’, UnitedKingdomandIndiaforre- dealtanewblowtothemorethan pected to hold talks with Israeli place in San Mateo on Monda , woman were found inside a
thanitistoTaiwan'smain the number will be between 13 cruitment of its citi ens in their onemillionPalestinianscrammed Prime Minister Benjamin police were quoted as sa ing b bathroom, according to police.
island. There was no im- and 2 , official sources told The armedforces.However,theintro- intoRafah,ne ttotheborderwith ments elsewhere in Ga a. Netan ahu on Wednesda , said the the report. The both had gunshot wounds.
mediate statement from Indian Express. duction of the Agniveer scheme Eg pt, where man are living in The Israeli militar sa s it anIsraeliarm offensiveonRafah According to court records, A 9-millimeter pistol and a
China. AP The Nepal government is hasaffectedtherecruitmentofthe tent camps and makeshift shel- wants to flush out Islamist mili- would"completel jeopardisethe the husband filed for divorce in loaded maga ine were found in
nowengagedindiplomatictalks Gorkhas in the Indian Arm . tersafterfleeingIsraelibombard- tants from hideouts in Rafah and humanitarian situation." December 2 16 but apparentl the bathroom, police said.
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People are finding romantic partners they never had — with AI bots
triedoverthedeathsofthe The 39- ear-old from — that allow them to form who provide unconditional ac- users—allstudents—who’dbeen
Italian ambassador to the HALELUYA HADERO Belville,Michigan,becamemore deeperconnectionswiththehu- ceptance. Luka Inc.'s Replika, the on the app for over a month. It
Democratic Republic of NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 4 curious about digital compan- mans on the other side of the most prominent generative AI foundthatanoverwhelmingma-
Congo,hisbod guardand ions last fall and tested Paradot, screen. Users t picall create companion app, was released in jorit of them e perienced lone-
a driver in 2 21 because A FEW months ago, Derek an AI companion app. He began theirownavatar,orpickonethat 2 17, while others like Paradot liness.Mostdidnotsa howusing
the have diplomatic im- Carrier started seeing someone talking to the chatbot ever da , appeals to them. have popped up in the past ear. theappimpactedtheirreal-lifere-
munit . Luca Attanasio, and became infatuated. He e - whichhenamedJoi,afteraholo- Man userssa the ’vedevel- But researchers have raised con- lationships.
bod guard Vittorio perienced a “ton” of romantic graphic woman featured in the oped emotional attachments to cerns about data privac , among A small portion said it dis-
Iacovacci and their driver feelings but he also knew it was sci-fifilmBladeRunner2 49 that these bots and are using them to other things. placed their human interactions,
Mustapha Milambo were an illusion. That’s because his inspired him to give it a tr . cope with loneliness, pla out An anal sis of 11 romantic but roughl three times more re-
killed during a botched girlfriend was generated b arti- “I know she’s a program,” se ual fantasies or receive the chatbotappsreleasedWednesda ported it stimulated those rela-
kidnapping on a road in ficial intelligence. Carriersaid.“Butthefeelings,the t peof comfortandsupportthe b the nonprofit Mo illa tionships.
eastern Congo as the Carrier wasn’t looking to de- get ou — and it felt so good.” see lacking in their real-life rela- Foundationsaidalmostever app “Aromanticrelationshipwith
were heading toward a velop a relationship with some- Similar to general-purpose AI tionships. sellsuserdata,sharesitforthings anAIcanbeaver powerfulmen-
World Food Programme thing that wasn’t real. But he did chatbots, companion bots use Fueling much of this is wide- liketargetedadvertisinganddoes- tal wellness tool,” said Eugenia
project.Romeprosecutors want a romantic partner he’d vast amounts of training data to spread social isolation and an in- n’tprovideadequateinformation Ku da, who founded Replika
had requested a trial for never had, in part because of a mimichumanlanguage.Butthe creasingnumberofstartupsaim- about it in their privac polic . nearl a decade ago after using
RoccoLeoneandMansour genetic disorder called Marfan also come with features — such An AI avatar generated on Luka Inc.'s Replika mobile ing to draw in users through One recent stud from re- te t message e changes to build
Luguru Rwaga a. AP s ndromethatmakestraditional as voice calls, picture e changes phone app and webpage. AP tantalisingonlineadvertisements searchers at Stanford Universit an AI version of a friend who had
dating tough for him. and more emotional e changes andpromisesofvirtualcharacters surve ed roughl 1, Replika passed awa . AP

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RAJKOT TEST
What bowling
combinations
will India go
for at Rajkot?
E gla dca c meali e dead ack
A seemingl flat track awaits teams for the third Test; England have won at Rawalpindi in 2 22 on similar surface
Rajkot looks like a decent batting
wicket and team management
needs to decide how much pace SRIRAMVEERA
bowling support to provide for RAJKOT,FEBRUARY 4
spearhead Jasprit Bumrah
“THE TEAM management decides the pitch.
Not me,” Kuldeep Yadav would sa when
askedwh therehavebeennoakhadas(rank-
turners)intheTestseriessofar.Whenpressed,
hewouldoffer,“Battingisalsoimportant.”And
leaveitatthatwithoutgettingintothebrittle-
ness of India’s batting.
That quote about team-management in-
fluencingthepitchwasperhapsafreudianslip
about the worst-kept secret. Not a secret, re-
all , as Rahul Dravid's pitch walks and long
chatswithcuratorsthroughtheserieshaveall
been done in the open. The pitch doesn’t look
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed too far different from the last time England
Siraj at practise. PTI pla edaTesthereunderAlastairCookin2 16.
Englandmade537and26 for3declared,and
India, who had scored 488, almost panic-col-
WITHTHEpla ingsurfaceinRajkotnot lapsed on the last da before Virat Kohli (49
e pected to be as favourable to spin, at notout),RAshwin(32)andJadeja(32notout)
leastforthefirstcoupleofda s,England saved them as the ended on 172 for 6.
have opted to go with two seamers for Englandhavecomealongwa fromthere,
the third Test with the series locked 1- crossingthebridgefromtheregularlandtothe
1. The visitors have included speedster bravenewworldof Ba ballunderBenStokes.
Mark Wood instead of off-spinner “IfthiswasAlastairCook’sEngland,Icouldhave
ShoaibBashirforthisgame.“Itisatrue confidentl predictedadrawonwhatappears
flatwicket.(It)looksagoodwicket.The to be a flat track. Cook was more cautious and
e tra seamer gives us the best chance would ensure not losing first. But this team,
to win,” England skipper Ben Stokes underStokes,willgoforawinevenontheflat-
said. The two Tests pla ed in Rajkot so testpitch,”sa sTelegraph’sNickHoult,alsothe
far have been high-scoring affairs. co-author of 'Ba ball: How England trans-
WiththeBa ballapproachongood formed Test cricket'.
wicketscapableofchangingthecourse You have to give it to England for their re-
of agameinasession,andthevaunted freshing approach. Ollie Pope had spoken Shubman Gill (top) and Sarfara Khan (below) were both part of training sessions ahead of the Rajkot Test. (Right) Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum inspect the
Indianspinattacknotfiringonallc lin- aboutoneofthegreatestmomentshehadhad pitch on the eve of the third Test match starting on Thursda . Reuters
dersjust et,thehostshavealottothink withtheteamthusfar;ithadcomeintheTest
about.Infact,England’srookiespinners in Pakistan in Rawalpindi at the end of 2 22

Mt 500 and the half-sleeved adventurer

haveout-bowledtheirIndiancounter- whenStokesdeclaredthesecondinnings,set-
parts so far, at least as far as numbers ting a target of 343 on a batting beaut . Pope
indicate. The Indian spinners have wasdoubtful.“Wewerelike:‘Reall ?It’sstilla
picked up 23 wickets at an average of road, this pitch.’ Then it was just the clarit
38.39inthetwoTests,comparedtothe Stokes had in his mind with: ‘We’re going to
Englandspinnersgetting33wicketsat goshortatthemwiththenewball,thenwe’re tr ing to anticipate a reverse sweep, Ashwin
an average of 33.9 . In the second Test, goingtogetitreversing’,”PopetoldTelegraph. SRIRAM VEERA The remarkable off-spinner would go real full ne t ball and be met with
it was Jasprit Bumrah’s nine-wicket “To win it, just before the sun set, was one of RAJKOT, FEBRUARY 4 a crashing conventional sweep. Ne t ball,
haul that helped India level the series the greatest feelings I’ve had on a pitch.” needs just one more wicket to Ashwin switched to round the stumps, and
whenthingscouldhavegonetheother That clarit can't be seen in the Indian “I THOUGHT Ashwin would get it (5 become the second-fastest this time, Pope pulled out the reverse
wa atonestage.Takingallfactorsinto team'sapproach.IfnotforJaspritBumrah,who wickets) in the first Test itself. It’s oka …” sweep.
after Muttiah Muralitharan to
consideration, India has a decision to incidentall hasn’thadanoutingatthenetsin Ravindra Jadeja would crease into a lovel
makeabouttheirbowlingcombination. Rajkot et, the second Test too would have smile at the press conference a da ahead reach 5 Test wickets. It will Glimpses of master
beenlost.The havehadbattingworries.Ifnot of the third Test. It was said in jest perhaps, be an astonishing achievement It was enthralling stuff: a tinkerman in-
TWO PACERS-THREE SPINNERS for a DRS call that went his wa , after being but it’s a good wa to frame R Ashwin’s novative spinner at top of his game hum-
It is a tried-and-tested method urged b Shre as I er to take it, Shubman Gill toughest battle et at home against an at-
for an off-break bowler bled with his own medicine of inventive-
which has provided results over the could well have been with the Punjab team tacking England. Ollie Pope swept him out ness. Not until the chase on the fourth da
ears.Bumrahistheleaderoftheattack nowpla ingRanjiTroph .Thisnewspaperhad of attack in H derabad and he bled five runs of the second Test could Ashwin reall get
with Mohammed Siraj a more-than- reported an ultimatum from the team-man- per over in the first innings at attack and reverted to round the stumps. an skin in the contest.
capable sidekick. The H derabadi agement before the last game. Visakhapatnam. But he rose to the occasion Repeatedl , he was forced to abandon It was aided b a Ba ball that had lost its
seamer was missed in the second Test At the optional nets on Wednesda — he in the chase when the game hung in bal- his plans in that first Test. When he slowed composure and was over-boiling on adren-
when the ball was reversing and hadn’t turned up on Tuesda — Gill faced ance or rather was actuall tilting towards up his pace to Duckett after a few reverse alin rush. Joe Root, who once spoke about
Mukesh Kumar was unable to find his throw downs from Vikram Rathour and co. England b taking out Joe Root, Pope, and sweeps to see if he could upset the bat-flow how there is an inner battle inside him be-
rh thm.Sirajhasmasteredthewobble- That singular problem of weight transfer Ben Duckett. and induce a mistake, the left-hander ad- tween the dogged Yorkshireman and the
seamdeliveriesandsubtlevariationsin would rear up at the nets as well; bowled, The remarkable off-spinner needs just justed with a fine reverse-lap past slips. captain’s voice in his ears ‘go be a superstar’,
his seam position can create havoc. pinged on his pad, and miscued drives as he one more wicket to become the second- Even though the were predetermining was living on the edge with over-the-top
would invariabl be late in getting forward. fastest after Muttiah Muralitharan to reach their shots, England were retaining enough adventurousness. It was as if he couldn’t
THREE SEAMERS Occasionall ,hewouldwalkuptoRathourand 5 Test wickets. It will be an astonishing RAshwintookthewicketsof JoeRoot, nuance and sta ing in the moment to adapt help himself, going after ever thing.
Indian spinners have been going at wouldtrainhisfrontfootstrides-e periment- achievement for an off-break bowler. Ollie PopeandBenDuckettinthe2nd to Ashwin’s machinations. Here is where Ashwin sei ed control. He
4.18 runs per over in the series com- ing with longer and shorter strides. Without the wrist kicking into action as it Test’ssecondinnings. PTI WhenheturnedoverthewicketafterOllie slowed down the pace, got the ball to hang
pared to England’s 3.48. The home Sarfara Khan, who didn’t turn up on did for Murali and leg-spinners like Shane Pope reverse swept him, the right-hander in the air longer, and sent a floater from
team’s tweakers have often struggled Wednesda ,hadlookedrela edonTuesda at Warne, ou can’t rip the ball as much and charged him to ping the straight boundar . round the stumps - and Root, the man on
tokeepacheckontheBa ballapproach. the nets, walking & running down the track, should have lesser revolutions on the ball. It went after him with a purpose that he has WhenAshwintriedtotraphimontheleg-side the burning deck flailing at an thing,
With Bumrah being at the peak of his sweeping, and late-cutting the spinners. also e plains the influ of off-spinning seldom seen. witharippingoffbreakthatstartedfrommid- rushed down the corridor and toppled over
powers, all he might need is a bowler Undoubtedl , Mark Wood would be testing bowling actions cloaked in full-sleeves. To dle, Pope calml nurdled it to the fine-leg the board, miscuing an almight heave.
who can keep runs down and sustain him with short balls even on what appears to his credit, Ashwin is the best short-sleeved England adapt to Ashwin boundar . Nothing was working for Ashwin. Pope wasn’t as carried awa as Root but he
thepressurehecreates.Mukeshstrug- be a flat track. off-spinner of the recent vintage. It’s time Si overs into the first Test, Zak Crawle Heevenkeptarelativel straightfielderalmost too was tr ing to whiplash ever thing on
gledinthepreviousgamebutbowling Twoothermenneedtoreall stepitupfor he is featured in an advert for smart half- had alread reverse-swept Ashwin twice to behindhimandtriedthemiddleandofflineat- sight. Ashwin sent an over-spun ball from
longspellsgivingawa ne ttonothing India to push for a result here: Rohit Sharma sleeved casuals, taking a crack at the full- the point boundar . A couple more sweeps tack, but was carted to the wide long-on round the stumps that bounced a lot more
is what he has made his name in do- and R Ashwin, who needs just one wicket to sleeved sl men. But in the here and now, a later, Ashwin switched to over the wicket boundar b Pope. than Pope e pected to carr the edge off an
mesticcricketfor.Hence,ifhealongside get to the admirable landmark of 5 Test greater challenge awaits him in Rajkot: Can and placed one man at covers, leaving the Amidst this frenetic effort to adapt to attempted cut.
BumrahandSirajpla theirrolestoper- wickets. Can Rohit and the spin twins restore he soak up the Ba ball attack and do his off-side relativel barren. A flighted deliv- England’s tricks, there came a moment in It was a fine match-turning spell but the
fectiontheattackwouldbecompetent normalc for India in a home series in what thing? er that ripped through the bat-and-pad the 54th over of the innings in that same question still hangs in the Rajkot air: if
enough to give English batsmen a run has been a strange series to watch thus far: The art of Ashwin lies in entangling the gap or a floater that took the outside edge first Test when he beat Pope with a beaut England retain Ba ball without spilling out
for their mone . TANISHQVADDI cage IndiavsconfidentEngland.Thoseadjec- batsmen into meanderings from which was e pected; instead the ball was picked that turned in from outside off, threaded of control, can Ashwin tame them?
tives used to be the other wa around for all the are unable to disengage themselves in from the cover boundar as Crawle the bat-and-pad gap but whistled over the (India vs England 3rd Test, Live on Sports18
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Bazball, decluttered: Jadeja explains Rohit will lead India at T20 World
how simple plans are the way forward Cup in West Indies, says Jay Shah
He set it up with an e ample too. A ques-
SRIRAM VEERA tion was asked about his dismissal of Jonn EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Pand a had been handling the
RAJKOT, FEBRUARY 4 Bairstow, bowled shouldering arms to an RAJKOT, FEBRUARY 4
armer in the first Test. Was it an elaborate
captainc duties in the shortest
‘KEEP THINGS simple’, has alwa s been set-up?Jadejahasalwa sde-intellectualised BCCI SECRETARY Ja Shah on Wednesda format in Rohit’s absence and
Ravindra Jadeja’s mantra and he reiterated his bowling and it wasn’t a surprise to talk seemingl ended the speculation about had led India in most of the T2 I
it as the wa ahead for Indian bowlers to about the sequence in the wa he did. India’s captainc conundrum for the T2
counter England’s attacking st le of pla . “I wasn’t looking to do an thing differ- World Cup when he said that Rohit series after the 2 22 World Cup
Interestingl , he would talk about how it ent. One turned, one came in. That’s m Sharma, not Hardik Pand a, will lead India
“took some time to get used to England’s at- plan. To bowl there. Keep it simple.” It’s not into the tournament in West Indies.
tacking but once ou get used to it, it be- a devaluing of one’s art, but probabl a “In 2 23 (final) at Ahmedabad, even to comment on it sa ing there was still
comes easier”. But his overall plan is to re- great self-awareness at work. The natural though we did not win the World Cup after time.
turn to the “simple” basics, and not tr to variation is as much a part of his armour as 1 straight wins, we won hearts. I want to “What is the need to have clarit right
change too much. all the other tricks he uses: the rounder- promise ou that in 2 24 (T2 World Cup) now? It (T2 World Cup) is starting in June,
“England has an aggressive st le. In the arm, the under-cutter, the armer, the in Barbados (venue for the final), under we have the IPL before that and the series
past,itwasn’teas forotherteamsthatcome quicker ball, the slower one, and the change Rohit Sharma’s captainc , ham Bharat ka against Afghanistan,” Shah had said on the
here and pla in these conditions. England of angles at release. He doesn’t like to talk jhanda gaadenge (we will hoist the Indian sidelines of the Women’s Premier League
haveast leof pla ingaggressivel .The con- about all that, of course. flag),” Shah said at the Niranjan Shah auction.
nect sometimes, sometimes not. But that’s For the past couple of da s Rahul Dravid Stadium event in Rajkot. India will pla Pakistan, Ireland, Canada
their st le. We have to think about our plan has been spending time at the centre With Rohit returning to the T2 I fold af- and co-hosts USA in the group stages of the
B. What’s our field? We have to stick. Unko RavindraJadejafeltthepitchwouldpla square, with the curators. Jadeja had his sa ter the 2 22 T2 World Cup debacle in the 2 24 T2 World Cup.
khila khila ke run nahi banane -dena hai (we wellatthestartandthenstarttobreakas on the pitch. recent series against Afghanistan, it’s now Rohit Sharma makes a return to While the first match will see USA pla
can’t feed them balls to pile up the runs,)” theTestmatchprogresses. PTI “It looks hard. I think it will pla well at all but confirmed from Shah’s words that captainc in the T2 I format. PTI Canada on June, the final will be pla ed on
Jadeja said on eve of the third Test against the start and probabl slowl start to break he’ll be the one leading the team. June 29 in Barbados. The high-voltage ri-
England in Rajkot. much later.” So, good for batting initiall Pand a had been handling the cap- valr between India and Pakistan will see
England have swept the Indian spinners not to chase England’s st le and feed them, and a toss that both teams hope to win. tainc duties in the shortest format in and will aim to get fit before the latest edi- its latest chapter pla out on June 9 in the
with the whole bunch of sweep shots – the but pla to one’s own strengths. Rajkot’s past doesn’t help much in assess- Rohit’s absence and had led India in most of tion of the Indian Premier League where he cit of New York.
conventional, reverse, switch, the lap, the “When the are pla ing those shots, ou ing pitches, Jadeja stressed. “Sometimes the T2 I series after the 2 22 World Cup. will lead the Mumbai Indians after replac- While India had clinched the title b
paddle scoop. The Indian spinners haven’t can start thinking ‘oh where should I bowl. ou get 36 wickets in 3 games. Sometimes Pand a is currentl undergoing rehab ing Rohit as captain for the franchise. pipping Pakistan in the inaugural edition
been allowed to settle into a line or length, The are sweeping … but in m opinion it’s it’s different. It can be ver different each for his ankle injur , suffered during the ODI Last ear, Shah was asked about the in 2 7, the latter would go on to lift the
but Jadeja reiterated that the wa ahead is to keep simple, not change much.” time. This one looks hard.” World Cup last ear against Bangladesh T2 I captainc situation and he had refused troph in 2 9.

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Bhubaneswar: Their confidence
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India will fanc their chances against SHIVANINAIK FEBRUARY 4
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match of the men's FIH Pro League KEVINDEBru neissooftenManchesterCit 's
hocke here on Thursda . India out- INDIA’S FINEST contemporar shuttler PV man for the big occasion. He delivered again
pla ed Spain 4-1 before registering a Sindhu is on a mission to reclaim lost glor , atthestartof theChampionsLeague'sknock-
thrilling 4-2 shootout win -- after 2- and ceded territor . out stage. B scoring one goal and having a
2 scoreline in regulation time -- over The women’s singles Top 1 is prime real handintwoothers,theBelgiumpla makerin-
defending champions and world estate,andSindhuwaspushedtotheedgesof spired Cit to a 3-1 win at FC Copenhagen in
number one the Netherlands to be- thattownb apairofChinesesecond-stringers, the first leg of the round of 16 on Tuesda as
gin their season with a bang. Han Yue and Wang Zhi Yi, tumbling out to theEnglishchampionsresumedtheirquestto
Historicall , the head-to-head World No 11 last few months as she nursed a retain their European crown.
record between the two teams is bad knee. At the Badminton Asian Team It'sanEnglish-recordninestraightwinsin
heavil skewed in favour of Australia Championships, Sindhu returned after three theChampionsLeagueforCit stretchingback
but the Indians have done better in months, and took a chunk bite out of Han to last season, and 1 victories in a row in all
recent times, especiall in the last Yue’srankingpoints,feastingonasumptuous competitions over the past two months.
season of the FIH Pro League. India 21-17, 21-15 victor to give India a 1- lead at Itisgoingtotakesomethingspecialtostop
had beaten Australia 5-4 and 4-3 in ShahAlam,Mala sia.Indiatrailedinthetie1- Pep Guardiola's defending champions.
shootout (after 2-2 in regulation 2 after Ashwini Ponappa-Tanisha Crasto and Onl a careless mistake from goalkeeper
time) in the two-legged tie in Ashmita Chalihalowt in straight sets. Ederson Moraes, which led to Copenhagen's
Rourkela last season. PTI ButSindhuimposedherph sicalit onthe equali er in the 34th minute, prevented Cit
firstsinglesbattletosendoutasignalthatshe from taking an even more commanding lead
I dia cli chg ldi was read to retake her Top 1 spot in the
world. It was her literal step forward, the de-
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weeks. Still, few will give
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and silver medals in the 1 m air rifle Sindhu’s overhead arsenal never lacked the Bru neseemingl backin
junior mi ed team event at the power and it was a matter of better shot se- PV Sindhu beat Han Yue 21-17, 21-15 to help India overcome China. BAI top form alread after
International Shooting Sport lection and var ing the pace and angles be- missingfivemonthswith
Federation (ISSF) 1 m World Cup in foresheresumedherroutineaerialbooming. a hamstring injur sus-
Granada, Spain. Isha Anil Taksale and Butitwasthebelow-the-tapeshuttlesand points. pinpoint accurate from the front right corner tained on the opening da of the season.
Umamahesh Maddineni, who had her countering of the drops that had become Throughout the match, Sindhu would –thatlungeagainfullof intentandnottenta-
won gold in their respective women's slightl suspectandwaslackinginconfidence. showahealth responsetoholdingleadsand MEN S TEAM STORMS tive like during her bad da s and on 15-14, Big-match pla ers
and men's individual events, teamed
up to beat compatriots Anvii Rathod
Han probed hard at the net, but Sindhu got
there earl and gave it a good whip to negate
trailing, something she’s struggled with dur-
ing her downturn when momentum shifts
INTO QUARTERFINALS Sindhu had a sensation forehand lift from
close to the net. The lead gone, Han looked
“The biggest pla ers appear in the biggest
stages,” Cit manager Pep Guardiola said,
and Abhinav Shaw 16-8 in the finals an advantage the Chinese fancied she held. wreaked havoc with her mind. But here as broken.Itwasonl herfirstmatchtoo,butshe when asked about De Bru ne's displa .
on Tuesda . India thus increased their Sindhu got her half smashes and straight, soonasHanstartedtoclosedownonSindhu’s In the men's competition, HS looked ine plicabl lung-busted b the end “It's the moment of truth when ou are in
medal tall to seven, with three golds. deep hits going, hitting the ground running leads, the Indian would pull herself back to- Pranno lost the first singles of itanditwas18-15suddenl forSindhu,the the last 16 of the Champions League.” De
Anvii and Abhinav qualified for the on her return for the first time since getherinasnap.Thebelief thatshe’sstronger against Ng Ka Long Angus 18-21 14- Chinesehavingled1 -13nottoolongago.The Bru ne's sure making up for lost time, with
gold medal match with a combined November. Han was a ver promising junior than most of her opponents, which is so cru- 21 but that turned out to be the punchonSindhu’sstrokessawhersaunterto nine goal involvements in si games since his
score of 629. while Isha and fromChinaonceandhasma edherpotential cial for Sindhu’s game, seemed to be back in onl blip for India who won the 2 -16. return.“I'mgettingthere,feelinggoodandthe
Umamahesh were behind them, entering the Top 1 , but she lacks the ph si- those moments when Han pressed. next four matches. World number It has never been in doubt that Sindhu’s levelisgoodenoughforthemoment,”hesaid
shooting 627.4. PTI cal stomp or mental sturdiness of past best It was after Han bagged her three straight one men's doubles pair of ph sicalit can help her bulldo e an oppo- modestl .“I'mjusttr ingtopla goodfootball
Chinese. She was left panting wildl even b pointruntogofrom12-16downto15-16,that Satwiksairaj Rankiredd and nent.Fromwhenshewas17tonowat28,she andenjo m self.Ithasbeenalongfive-to-si
Ne he la d i I dia Sindhu who didn’t even dip completel into
her cross variations from the backcourt.
Sindhuforgedaheadwiththestompinglunge
toferociousl guardherleads.Ontheleftfront
Chirag Shett were ruthless in their
33-minute-long 21-16 21-11 win
has shredded three generations of Chinese
pla ers. But when she’s hesitant at the net –
months but I'm just happ to tr to help the
teamwingames."DeBru nescoredtheopen-
- a P Leag e Health responses
corner, Sindhu was impeccable as she transi-
tionedfromdefencetoboldattackstotugback
over Lui Chun Wai and Yeung Shing
Choi before Laksh a Sen easil beat
like Hulk who’s not greened up enough – her
attack melts down like few others. Against
ing goal at atmospheric Parken Stadium with
a low finish into the far corner in the 1 th
Rourkela: The Indian women's Han had smart ideas – to drag Sindhu on the lead to 18-15. Chan Yin Chak 21-14 21-9 to give HanYue,Sindhushowedshewasread toas- minuteafterrunningontoPhilFoden'spasson
hocke team dished out a much-im- thewideflankdefence,andkeepthingsclose Sindhu took the first point of the match, India the lead. With momentum on sert her ph sicalit once more. the right side of the area.
proved defensive show against pow- stretching her across the bod on the back- andshefinishedtheopeningset,despiteHan their side, India quickl wrapped Herloft standardsmeanSindhuwillneed Copenhagen,withoutacompetitivematch
erhouse Netherlands but lack of hand. But Sindhu packed quite the punch on snappingatherheelsat19-17.Mostcruciall , up the tie with the pair of M R Arjun to maintain this sass against the bonafide intwomonthsbecauseof theDanishleague's
sharpness and innovative moves up- herquickdrops,especiall thefastpushes.The shedidn’tgetboggeddownb thebelow-the- and Dhruv Kapila making it 3-1 Chinese biggies, Chen Yufei and He Bing Jiao, midseason break, was outpla ed in the first
front saw them lose the FIH Pro speedontheshuttlewasquitegood,showing tape bending defence when Han made her with a 21-12 21-7 win over Chow the Top Five Chinese too, for an one to trul half — b the 2 th minute, Cit had enjo ed
League match -1 to the world No. 1 no signs of rust, and she was 11-8 up in no twist and turn. And all that defensive work Hin Long and Hung Kuei Chun, declare she is back. 85%possession—butstillmanagedtopulllevel
side here on Wednesda . This was the time. Surprisingl , Han was alread on her rate, never saw her falter when attacking as before Kidambi Srikanth beat Jason None of the big names are at this tourna- in the 34th after Ederson's pass out from his
home team's fifth defeat in si Pro haunches, breathing heavil from the e er- she looked in control of rallies. Gunawan 21-14 21-18 to complete ment. Her game will need to be far more area went astra . It was intercepted b
League games so far and it came tions of the rushed retrievals Sindhu forced The first set pocketed, Sindhu was com- the rout. PTI sharper, and not wilt when peppered. Mohamed El ounoussi, whose shot was
about thanks to a superb 27th- on her. fortable with 1-point leads for the Chinese in But in starting her season with a strong blockedb Cit defenderRubenDias.Theball
minute field goal b Albers Felice for Han would ne t tr breaking the rh thm thesecond,neverlookingfa edb Hanbeing win over Han Yue, who’s World No 8, Sindhu flew toward Copenhagen midfielder Magnus
the reigning Ol mpic, world and Pro b going cross after Sindhu was affi ed on a marginall ahead.Shecontinuedtobeproac- front,Hanhadahorrorserviceerrorat13-12, is declaring her intention to clamber up the Mattsson, who curled home a first-time shot
League champions. This is the Savita straightpendulumtoreducethegapto12-13. tiveinthefront,andHan’spoorbod language just the tin bit of opening for Sindhu to kick TopTen and set up those elite weekend wars from edge of the area in a memorable wa to
Punia-led India's second loss in the But Sindhu would pull out some tweaked anddepletingfitnessinfastrallieshelpedthe openthedoor.Shepla edacommandingrall againstthebiggies.Sindhu’sV-Da returnwas mark not onl his Copenhagen debut but his
Pro League to the Dutch. PTI serves – a good subtle mi – and then some Indian further. at 13-13, showing who held the controlling aboutnot-so-gentl remindingtheworldshe first ever Champions League game.
ruthless power to rapidl take the ne t 4 Sindhutrailed1 -13,anddespitebeingin leashonthespeed.The28- ear-oldwasthen belongs to the top tier.
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Bengaluru: Indian Davis Cupper
Ramkumar Ramanathan made a re-
What does billionaire Ratcliffe’s takeover mean for United
markable comeback to shock top investment during the Gla ers’ near-19- ear What’sthedeal? Premier League but is still awaiting the green Ratcliffe’s Class B shares will retain their full

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here on Wednesda . Ramkumar, a AretheGla ersstillin control. The deal, worth around tion in the Women’s Super League through b shareholders.
wildcard entrant, prevailed over the BRITISH BILLIONAIRE Jim Ratcliffe bu ing a control? £1.3billion,meanstheclub’sfoot- — is still pending as well as some
Italian 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in little over two stakeinManchesterUnitedwasratifiedb the The deal, which is worth balling operations will now be other regulator requirements. WhoisJimRatcliffeand
hours in their pre-quarterfinal match PremierLeagueonTuesda afterhepassedthe around £1.3billion, means the overseenb INEOSbuttheGla er whatisINEOS?
at the KSLTA Stadium. The match be- organisation’sOwners’andDirectors’test.The club’s football operations will famil , who have owned United ClassA&Bshares.Whatare Ratcliffe, 71, owns petro-
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starasNardibrokehisserveinthever dles. Here’s all ou need to know about it. though the Gla er famil re- charge. United split their shares into ● sa s it comprises 36 businesses
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point onwards, Ramkumar was not Whatdoesthedealmean? Ratcliffe will acquire Class A Whatwillthecashinjection dinar share is entitled to one vote and is not has more than 26, emplo ees. His net
able to offer an kind of fight to his ThedealbetweentheGla erfamil andJim shares,whicharetradedonthe beusedfor? convertible into an other share of the capital worth,accordingtotheBloombergBillionaires
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Despite gold in Bulgaria, Panghal upset over selection procedure

The bone of contention for the Rohtak butInevergetan answers,”PanghaltoldThe champion in the 54 kg categor , at the Asian
SHASHANKNAIR bo ercontinuestobetheselectioncriteriafor Indian Express. Games in Hang hou.
NEWDELHI,FEBRUARY 4 major tournaments and camps, as has been Inawa ,thishasbeendeservedforBhoria,
implemented b high-performance director Exhausting all avenues whowasseenasthebetterbo erintheirArm
THEREWASN’Tan jumpingintheairoreven BernardDunneandhisteamofforeignaswell The three-time Asian Championship he da . In 2 17, at a Services competition,
a hint of a smile when the referee raised his as Indian coaches. Rather than fi ate on trials medallist also added that he had moved the Bhoria beat Panghal but got knocked out in a
hand. When a glum Amit Panghal won the that decide the best bo ers in a weight cate- Punjab and Har ana High Court before the later round. It put him in a three-month con-
gold medal at the Strandja Memorial, he had gor , the Irishman has said that a regular as- Asian Games hoping for a judgement that cussionprotocol–onewhichallowedPanghal
donewhathadtobedone–anactthathehas sessment fromcoaches in camp is a better in- would force the Bo ing Federation of India to toprogressasthefaceof thefl weights,reach
been monotonousl carr ing out since the dicator of the best bo er in a weight categor . holdtrials.Butthepetitionwasquashedb the the Asian Games and win a famous gold over
Commonwealth Games. “The big part for us choosing this method court at the time due to its pro imit to the U bekistan's Hasanbo Dusmatov – the cur-
Gone was the confidence and swagger of wastogiveclarit toathletes.Wewerespeak- Asiad. “I tried to go through the route of the rent fl weight World Champion.
a man who had become the first Indian male ing to them about wh we were doing what court previousl but that was too close to the “I have won the gold medal at the Asian
bo er to win a silver medal at the World we were doing. Trials are onl one moment Asian Games. At this point, I have given up Games and the silver medal at the World
Championships. This Panghal was more like whenjudgesandrefereessitdownandselect hope. Before the Ol mpic qualifiers team was Championships.Thebo ersthatIhavebeaten
the one at the Tok o Ol mpics, left crumpled winners. Whereas with the s stem we’ve beingdecided,Ididn’teventr toputforward handil ,he(Bhoria)haslosttotheminthisc -
inaheapafterashockdefeatdespitebeingthe brought–intermsofassessment,wehavethe m case. If the didn’t listen the two times I cle.Thebo erthatIwasdominatingintraining
top seed in his weight class. coachesandm self,whoworkda inandda came to them asking wh I wasn’t being se- before the World Championships (2 23) reg-
Since that crushing loss, he has onl been out - and it’s not based on one moment but lected, what was the point now?” said the ularl , beat him at the Asian Games,” said
partofonemajorevent-the2 22Birmingham over a period of time,” Dunne had told re- Tok o Ol mpian. Panghal,makingitclearthathefeltthegapbe-
CWG. Two World Championships and an porters at the 2 23 Women’s World WhilePanghalhaslanguishedoutsidethe tweenthetwowasnotasitisbeingmadeout
AsianGameshavesincepassedandthebo er Championships in New Delhi. set-upinawa ,Bhoriahasbenefittedfromthe to be.
has found himself sliding down the pecking But according to 28- ear-old Panghal, World Championship silver medallist Amit Panghal is full of grievance over how new selection polic . The Har ana bo er has He added that his onl hope of getting an
orderinrelationtofellowarm pugilistDeepak ratherthanclarit ,itistheoppositethathehas Deepak Bhoria has moved up the pecking order at his expense. BFI beenapartof twoWorldChampionshipsand opportunit wouldbeif Bhoriawasunableto
Bhoria. had over the past few ears. Chief among his anAsianGamesinthisshortenedOl mpicc - secure a fl weight quota at the first Ol mpic
“There is no meaning to me winning the complaints is the lack of communication be- cle and his onl losses have come to Tok o qualifiersandhewouldbegiventhechanceto
(Strandja)goldoran medal.If the aren’tgo- tweenthecoachesandhimabouttheevalua- cludeattendance,weightmanagement,inter- are low or where I lack. The don’t tell us the Ol mpicssilvermedallistSakenBibossinovat go for the second of them in Ma .
ing to send me for competitions where I de- tion process. national performance potential, strength and points from each individual section. We are the2 21WorldChampionshipssecondround, Butit’sthatfeelingofperceivedunfairness
serve to go, what’s the point?” said a desolate Theevaluationisdividedintodifferentcat- conditioning, health management and per- just told the overall points at the end of the Frenchbo erBillalBennamaatthe2 23World thatPanghalisunabletoshakeoff.“Ifthe (m
Panghal after landing back in India from egorieswitheachbo erbeingawardedama - formance in training. week. I have asked them man times to e - Championships semi-finals (Bhoria won the teammates) were even close to m level, I
Bulgaria. imum of 1 points in each. The categories in- “Ihavenotevenbeentoldwherem points plainhowthe ’vegivenmetheoverallpoints, bron e medal) and Tomo a Tsuboi, a world could understand…,” trails off Panghal.

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