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T.N. tops GER in higher education GVA rate for agriculture is expected to slow sharply to 2.1%, says statistics oce
Vikas Pathak
NEW DELHI
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI Budget session
Tamil Nadu has emerged as
the leader in the country in
The Central Statistics Oce
(CSO) on Friday forecast that
from Jan. 29
terms of Gross Enrolment #4 1 3 9 7 5
GDP growth in the current The budget session of
Ratio (GER) in higher nancial year ending March 31 Parliament will begin on
education. will slow to a fouryear low of January 29, and the Union
The All India Survey on 6.5%, from the provisional Budget will be presented on
Higher Education report 7.1% pace seen in 201617, February 1. President Ram
DELHI METRO A 4 PAGES (21162017), released by Mi dragged down by decelera Nath Kovind will address
nister of Human Resource tion in the agriculture and the two Houses on January
Development Prakash Java manufacturing sectors. 29, and the Economic
dekar here on Friday, saw Gross Value Added (GVA) Survey will be tabled the
the State lead with a GER of was also projected to expand same day. A PAGE 8
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ed 56.1%. Bihar, Assam, 24.9%, close to the national age, expressed as a percen scal year, according to the Within this, the GVA 2.1%, compared with the pre 201718, compared with the
West Bengal and Odisha average. GER for higher tage to the eligible popula rst advance estimates of na growth rate for ‘agriculture, vious year’s 4.9% pace. Ma 7.9% expansion provisional
posted low GERs of 14.4%, education is calculated for tion (1823 years) in a given tional income for 201718, re forestry and shing’ is ex nufacturing sector growth ly estimated for 201617.
17.2%, 18.5% and 21% res the age group 1823. academic year. leased by the CSO. pected to slow sharply to has been forecast at 4.6% in CONTINUED ON A PAGE 8
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4 charged in
train blast case Young couple found
dead in Lucknow
Press Trust of India
Bhopal
A special NIA court here
framed charges against
four persons — Mohammed
Danish (27), Atif Mujaar Duo allegedly jumped o the terrace of vestorey building
(22), Gaush Mohammed
(56), Sayyad Mir Hussain Omar Rashid mar said as per the doctors “Nobody is supporting us..."
(18) — for their role in the LUCKNOW of the forensic laboratory, the note allegedly written by
March 2017 BhopalUjjain The State capital was on Fri the bodies had “selfinict her stated.
train blast that left eight pe day gripped by the alleged ed” wounds and there were There are speculations
ople injured. Their act was, suicide of a young couple no signs of struggle. that the two had secretly got
the court said, “dangerous whose bloodsoaked bodies “Prima facie, it appears to married in a court a few days
for the security and sove were found in the parking be a case of suicide. The two ago but that could not be of
reignty of the country”. lot of a housing complex in a knew each other and were cially conrmed. A
posh area. familiar with the place, shocked Anand Tiwari, Ojas’
According to the police, it that's why they came here at father, said his son, who was
appears the two, identied night," Mr. Kumar said. studying lms, was focused
as Ojas Tiwari (22) and Kajal The police team found on his career and even had
Pandey (20), rst used a bloodstains, a blade alleged one of his lms nominated
blade to slit their wrists and ly used by the couple, a mo for an award.
then jumped to their death bile phone and a broken SIM “At 6.30 p.m. my son left
from the terrace of the ve on the terrace of the com for the gym. Some time later,
storey Suraj Deep complex plex. The bodies have been the girl's family came to our
on Jopling Road. sent for postmortem. house asking for him as they
According to initial ac A handwritten note, ad were unable to reach their
counts, the two youths were dressed to Ojas by Kajal, was daughter," said Mr. Tiwari.
in a romantic relationship, found from his house. In the On Thursday evening, Ka
but their families were op note, Kajal had expressed jal’s family lodged a com
posed to their marriage. her anxiety that their rela plaint at the Qaiserbagh pol
tionship may not be accepta ice station against Ojas,
Selfinicted wounds ble to her parents and pro accusing him of eloping with
Lucknow Senior Superinten posed more than once that her. His family also lodged a
dent of Police Deepak Ku they should commit suicide. missing complaint.
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Correction
The Hindu’s Delhi edition
Rights panel questions
(In Brief column, Page 3)
on Friday, January 5, 1 cr. bail bond order
carried a picture of former
Uttarakhand Chief For release of medico held during strike
Minister Harish Rawat
instead of the current Mohammed Iqbal when the inservice doctors
Chief Minister Trivendra JAIPUR of government hospitals
Singh Rawat. The error is The Rajasthan State Human threatened to go on mass
deeply regretted. Rights Commission has leave. The State government
questioned a 1 crore bail had invoked the Essential
bond order passed by an ex Services Maintenance Act to
ecutive magistrate in Bha deal with the strike.
ratpur for releasing a medi
co arrested during the Details sought
recent strike of government Asking the Bharatpur Col
doctors in the State. The lector to furnish details of
Commission observed that the case, Commission Chair
such a huge surety was not person Justice Prakash Tatia
demanded even in serious said he would examine if the
criminal cases. magistrate’s order violated
The Bharatpur Additional Section 12(d) of the Protec
District Magistrate had tion of Human Rights Act
asked the doctor, Kaptan without going into the me
Singh, to furnish ve surety rits of the doctors’ stir.
bonds of 20 lakh each for The panel observed that
release on bail. He ordered there seemed to be no ra
that Dr. Singh be taken into tionale for asking such a
judicial custody if he failed huge amount for surety as
to furnish the bonds. the alleged oence was of a
Dr. Singh was arrested as minor nature. The magis
a preventive measure with trate’s intention was appa
charges of abetment rently to put Dr. Singh in jail,
slapped on him last month said the Commission.
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IN BRIEF
Come July, label mandatory for food certied as ‘organic’
Companies not sticking to standards can be prosecuted, according to FSSAI
Jacob Koshy duce as ‘organic.’ Food Safety and Standard authorised by the NPOP to
CBFC wants ‘Gujarat’ out NEW DELHI
Though NPOP and PGSIn Authority of India’s organic verify farms, storages and
of Amartya Sen lm
Come July, it would be illegal dia had been in the certica logo,” said a FSSAI notica processing units and suc
KOLKATA
to sell organic food that was tion business for some years, tion on January 2 and pu cessful ones got a special ‘In
National Award-winning
filmmaker Suman Ghosh on
not appropriately labelled it was mostly a voluntary ex blished in the Gazette. These dia Organic’ logo.
Friday said the CBFC, in a so. ercise. “From July, any com rules were nalised after al The PGSIndia pro
letter, had sought the remov- The Food Safety and Stan pany that claims to sell or most a year of being sent out gramme, in contrast, had
al of the word ‘Gujarat’ from dards Authority of India ganic food and not sticking as a draft for public been around for only two
his documentary on Nobel (FSSAI) had issued regula to standards can be prose comments. years and — unlike the top
laureate Amartya Sen. tions that required food cuted,” Pawan Aggrawal, down approach of the NPOP
The words CBFC Kolkata had companies selling organic CEO, FSSAI told The Hindu. Third party certication — involves a peerreview ap
objected to were — cow, produce to get certied with “..Labelling on the pack For nearly two decades now, proach. Here, farmers
Hindu, Hindutva and Gujarat. one of the two authorities — age of organic food shall con organic farming certication played a role in certifying
National Programme for Or vey full and accurate infor had been done through a whether the farms in their vi
Defamation complaint ganic Production (NPOP) or mation on the organic status process of third party certi cinity adhered to organic
against Kamal Haasan
the Participatory Guarantee of the product. Such product cation under the NPOP. It cultivation practices. This
COIMBATORE
System for India (PGSIndia). may carry a certication or was run by the Ministry of programme was implement
A supporter of R.K. Nagar
MLA T.T.V. Dhinakaran has
Companies could also get a quality assurance mark of Commerce and was used for ed by the Ministry of Agricul
filed a criminal defamation voluntary logo from the one of the systems men certifying general exports. ture through the National
complaint against actor FSSAI that marked its pro tioned… in addition to the Nearly 24 agencies were Centre of Organic Farming.
Kamal Haasan in a court here,
alleging that he had defamed
the legislator as well as the
voters of the constituency.
The petitioner, P. Ilangovan, Striking T.N. transport sta HC declines Chautala plea
said the actor, by referring to
Mr. Dhinakaran and the voters for parole extension
as ‘beggars’ in his article in a
Tamil magazine, had defamed
them and brought disrepute
to the MLA.
ignore High Court warning He is serving a 10-year term in teachers’ recruitment scam
Vow to face issue legally, Minister Vijayabhaskar threatens to initiate action Staff Reporter in a hospital here, and that
he should reserve it for a bet
Now blood donors can New Delhi
get four days leave Special Correspondent The Delhi High Court on Fri ter time.
NEW DELHI Chennai day declined the plea of In Chautala was granted two
The Heart Care Foundation of
The Federation of Tamil Na dian National Lok Dal (INLD) week parole on December 22
India has welcomed the order chief O.P. Chautala, serving a by the High Court, which had
du State Transport Em
from the Department of 10year jail term in a teach restrained him from involv
ployees Trade Union (Feder
Personnel and Training ers’ recruitment scam case, ing in any other activity.
approving four days special
ation) has decided to
continue its strike notwith to extend his parole to look The court had also res
casual leave each year for after his ailing wife. Om Prakash Chautala trained him from moving out
blood donation or apheresis standing a direction by the
Madras High Court to the The former Haryana Chief of Sirsa, where his wife was
donation at any licensed Minister is already on parole, Mukta Gupta said, adding earlier admitted in a hospital.
blood bank for all Central protesting sta to return to
work or face action includ which is scheduled to expire Chautala cannot get parole Chautala had pleaded that
Government employees.
ing termination. on January 8. for indenite period for this his wife Sneh Lata was criti
“At this stage, the court purpose. cally ill and was hospitalised
‘Forced Transport Minister M.R.
Vijayabhaskar on Friday does not see any ground to The court said there were at Sirsa, Haryana, and that he
extend the parole. The appli other family members to wanted to spend time with
marriage’ night urged the crew to res
ume operations as people cation is dismissed,” Justice look after his wife, admitted his wife “in her last days”.
A video allegedly showing
the forced marriage of an
who did not heed the court
ruling.
Terminus in Koyambedu on Friday. M. VEDHAN
so at his own risk of the con
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sport Minister had hit a and scams. Stating that pu hanging
mother o terrace
engineer in Bihar has been ‘To face issue legally’ sequences thereof, including roadblock. blic transport should be op Special Correspondent pushing her from the ter
going viral on social media However, at a press confe termination of their services erated with a service motive Staff Reporter Ahmedabad
race of his apartment block.
and has been shown on rence, Labour Progressive and/or penalisation for gross Mismanagement alleged and not a prot motive, Mr.
#4 1 3 9 7 5
NEW DELHI In the last week of Septem The video that surfaced
some private news chan Federation general secretary contempt of this court,” the Mr. Stalin also slammed the Ramakrishnan accused the Former Defence Minister ber 2017, the Rajkot police on Friday shows the 36
nels. The marriage was Shanmugam said the federa judges said. government’s decision to op government of ignoring the and Congress leader A.K. received a complaint on the yearold assistant professor
said to have been solem tion was not given an oppor erate buses through major trade unions and Antony’s family’s driver al ‘accidental death’ of 64 taking his mother to the ter
nised on December 3, 2017, tunity to present its case in Hold direct talks: Stalin AIADMK trade unions and urged it to resolve their is legedly committed suicide yearold Jayshree Nathwani. race of his residential build
at Pandark village in Patna the High Court and it had not Opposition parties have warned that the move would sues immediately through at his residence on Jantar It was believed that she had ing and pushing her from
district. In the video, 29 received any communica urged the State government have serious implications. talks. Mantar Road. The body of either committed suicide or there.
yearold Vinod Kumar, a ju tion declaring the strike as il to immediately redress the PMK founder S. Ramadoss MDMK chief Vaiko said Sanjay Singh, 35, was had fallen from a terrace. After he was confronted
nior engineer at the Bokaro legal. Therefore, it would grievances of transport and CPI(M) State secretary the government should ac found hanging on Friday Three months later, with the video footage, Mr.
Steel Plant in Jharkhand, is face the issue legally. workers and bring an end to G. Ramakrishnan blamed cede to the transport work by the sta. No suicide based on video footage and Nathwani broke down and
shown crying as he is Earlier in the day, a Bench their agitation, which has the government for the cur ers’ demands and bring the note has been recovered, an anonymous letter they confessed.
forced to perform rituals. A of Chief Justice Indira Baner put the public to hardship. rent state of aairs. strike to an end. the police said. A native of received, the police have ar He said his mother’s pro
girl in bride’s attire is seen jee and Justice Abdul Qudd In a statement, DMK In a statement, Mr. Rama Tamil Maanila Congress Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpuri, rested the deceased wo longed illness had led to fre
sitting by his side. hose passed an interim or working president M.K. Sta doss termed as unacceptable president G.K. Vasan point he was living alone in the man’s son, Sandip Nathwa quent ghts between him
“It was a pakadua vivah der restraining the transport lin urged Chief Minister the government’s stand that ed out that the strike had servant quarters of the re ni, a lecturer in a college, for and his wife.
(forced marriage) and later corporation employees from Edappadi K. Palaniswami to the demand on wages could come ahead of a busy festive sidence.
we managed to release our continuing the strike de hold direct talks with the not be met as the transport season, adding that the go According to police, he
brother with the help of manding a better wage pact. transport unions and resolve corporations were reeling vernment should not be the was driving for Mr Anto
the police,” Sanjay Kumar, “Any worker refraining the issues they have raised. under heavy losses, and al reason for nonoperation of ny’s son Anil on Thursday
Mr. Vinod’s brother, told a from attending to work and/ He said this was necessary leged that the losses were a buses and causing hardship and reached home around
news channel. or performing duty shall do since talks with the Tran result of mismanagement to the public. 1 a.m. in the night.
Bengal unveils ocial State emblem
Staff Reporter after Independence because ments and work of the State
Kolkata it has never been thought of government after issuing a
The ocial emblem of West before. No one here thought notication from today. But
Bengal was unveiled by Chief that every State should have executing the process in all
Minister Mamata Banerjee its individuality,” the CM said the departments will take
on Friday. Addressing the at the State Secretariat Na some time.”
gathering on the occasion, banna. She added, “Some States
the Chief Minister empha She also said that the Ben have their own emblem and
sised the importance of the gal government received the some don’t. When it came to
“individuality” of every Centre’s approval for the em our notice, an expert com
State. Designed by Ms. Ba blem on Wednesday. mittee was set up and the de
nerjee, it features the Asho Describing the occasion sign was sent to the Centre
ka emblem on top. as “historic”, Ms. Banerjee for approval. It took quite so
The State emblem of West “We had to do this [create said, “We will use the em metime but better late than
Bengal. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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the State emblem] 70 years blem in all the ocial docu never.”
SC refuses to
play ‘super
guardian’
leGAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court cannot
act as a “superguardian”
for a woman who has
reached the age of majority.
She is free to make her own
choices as to how and with
whom she chooses to live
her life, the apex court held
on Friday. A threejudge
Bench of Chief Justice of In
dia Dipak Misra made the
declaration in a ninepage
order in a case where the
mother of an 18yearold
woman questioned the lat
ter's choice to live with her
father in Kuwait and pursue
a career there.
The apex court said the
judiciary could not bow to
the wishes of others and act
as parens patriae to a
daughter aged 18.
CM M ND-NDE
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6 EDITORIAL NOIDA/DELHI
T
he Supreme Court has struck a blow for the rights
as a battle in which the British with Hindutva forces, Dalit leader Pra divides.
of the disabled, with a direction to the Central
T
he late Kannada writer U.R. 834 infantry men, of which over kash Ambedkar felt, were trying to
and State governments to provide full access to Ananthamurthy once told 500 were Mahar, defeated a nu poison society along caste lines. Beyond containment
public facilities, such as buildings and transport, within me a story. His PhD guide merically stronger Peshwa army. It Dalit scholars point to Vadhu Bu As I researched the archives of
stipulated deadlines. People with a disability form and he were discussing an Ingmar marked not the continuity of the druk, a village close to BhimaKo newspapers trying to make sense
2.21% of India’s population according to the 2011 Cen Bergman lm. Ananthamurthy British but the end of Peshwa rule. regaon and the controversy of the BhimaKoregaon incident, I
sus. They have had a law for two decades to enable their said when the West needs to ac For Mahar memory, the presence around Sambhaji, the eldest son of realised that the narrative cannot
full participation in society, but successive govern cess the past, it seems to enter a of the British shrinks and it be Shivaji. Legend has it that Sambha be contained or encapsulated in
historical archive. In India we just comes a story of Mahar courage ji’s body was mutilated and then terms of one narrative. It is not a
ments have done little to realise those guarantees. Now,
walk across town because an In and valour, a testimony to Mahar thrown into the river. Legend adds historical controversy alone, it
in response to a public interest petition led by a visual dian always lives in simultaneous martial values in their struggle for to it that Govind Mahar, a Dalit, cannot be restricted to a caste war,
ly handicapped activist, the court has issued a series of time periods whereby Copernicus equality against the Peshwas. The gathered the body and stitched it it is not a battle for identity, it is al
orders: that all government buildings should be made and Einstein share a neighbour Koregaon Ranstambh (victory pil together. It was the Mahars who so a search for equality. It is also
accessible by June 2019; half of all government build hood. One wishes URA had writ lar) represents a dierent kind of arranged for Sambhaji’s memorial an attempt by politicians to go
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
ings in the capital cities should meet accessibility ten a story around this idea be memory and a dierent kind of so and, when Govind Mahar died, beyond all these fragments and
norms by December this year; the Railways should pre cause he seemed to suggest that lidarity. It is now part of a new ge they constructed a tomb for him in create a more united future. One
India does not need science ction nealogy, not part of a battle bet the same village. Upper caste Ma suddenly senses the many octaves
sent a report in three months from December 15 on im
given what we do to history. ween Indians and the British, but a rathas object to this narrative and in which politics in India occurs.
plementing station facilities; 10% of government public One also wishes URA was here struggle for equality. a battle is being fought over it. Suddenly one senses the Proustian
transport must be fully accessible by March 2018; and to watch the recent battle between It is time to switch on TV3. The quality of such narratives where
advisory boards should be formed by the States and Un Mahars, a Dalit caste, and Marath A new memory ing three TV sets tuned to the past, BJP has over the years forged an time redenes the nature of a pro
ion Territories in three months. The court’s directions as. The linearity of history does In January 1927, Babasaheb Am the present and the future. While antiMuslim metanarrative blem. One realises that memory is
should be welcomed by the government and service not quite capture the subtlety of bedkar visited the site and gave it the Mahars are enacting their me around these struggles. Hindutva a strange, protean, alchemical
providers as an opportunity to steer policy and practice storytelling. this new legitimacy. This new me morial to history reasserting their organisations invoke past Maratha force in India where linearity does
mory triggered the formation of sense of identity and equality in a glory to keep the caste within their not work, and past, present and
towards a universal and humane system. For too long,
The memorial new communities. The BhimaKo now immortalised village, the do fold. The recent attempt to link future struggle to simultaneously
planners and designers have built infrastructure for use It all began with a pillar, a little war regaon Ranstambh Seva Sangh minant castes are feeling unease Hindutva battles as a neoPeshwa control narratives in India. It’s a
only by ablebodied individuals, ignoring the aspira memorial commemorating what was formed to commemorate the with what they sense as reappro enterprise is disturbing to the reminder of philosopher Ian Hack
tions of those with disabilities, and the letter of the law. history books antiseptically called battle of the Dalits for selfrespect priation of history. Tune to TV2. BJP’s electoral campaign as the ing’s reading of our time. He
A transformation requires governments to also har the third AngloMaratha war. The and equality. Over time this paral For the Brahmins and Marathas party under its national president claimed politics in the 18th centu
ness the power of newer technologies. Geolocation is British had established it in Bhima lel memory acquired power as watching these rituals, life seemed Amit Shah has been wooing Dalits ry was about control of the body,
one, and it enables targeted provision of services. It is Koregaon village to commemorate members of the Mahar regiment surreal. Suddenly, violence into its fold. When other Hindutva in the 19th about the control of
the British East India Company visited it to pay homage to Mahar spreads across Maharashtra as organisations evoke Maratha glo populations, and in the 20th about
eminently feasible, for instance, to aggregate the travel
soldiers who fell in the battle of Ja militarism and valour. What was a pitched battles take place between ry, Dalit alienation and unease is the control of memory. The only
requirements of disabled people with the help of infor nuary 1, 1818. Along with a few local source of pilgrimage soon ex Mahars and Marathas, each guard obvious. Dalit organisations in res thing he forgot to mention is how
mation technology and smartphones, and provide af British soldiers, many Mahar sol panded to cover other States such ing their identity as if it were a ponse have organised a huge con complex memory in our age has
fordable shared transport using accessible vehicles. Gi diers also died. as Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. piece of intellectual property. The ference at what was once the do become as it combines myth, me
ven the emphasis on smart cities and upgraded urban The event can be read Rasho Maratha history competed with battle now is not just one of me minant seat of the Peshwas. A mory, history. One trembles as
facilities, such schemes should be given the highest monlike in many ways. But In Mahar memory over the interpre mory, it is a battle for identity and caste split now threatens the huge one thinks how easily a fragment
priority and startup ideas roped in. Railway stations dians do what Akira Kurosawa did tation of the Stambh. equality. As violence spreads and electoral wooing of Dalits as future of the past can rewrite the future
and access to train carriages continue to pose hurdles in a more surrealistic way. For the One has to remember what Maharashtra comes to a standstill, vote banks. The BJP attempt to of a democracy, or the dreams of
Marathas and for our history text Ananthamurthy said of past, pre as the metro, the sign of modern consolidate the electoral future is identity and justice.
for not just the disabled, but even elderly travellers.
books, the narrative was a battle sent and future being enacted si civic regularity, threatens to stop, coming apart, ironically through
The Railways should embark on an urgent programme between imperialism and nation multaneously. An Indian storytell normal life comes to a standstill in the same caste wars it encouraged
to retrot all stations, and try simple solutions such as alism. But the Mahars read this er has to capture the magic of Pune, Nagpur, Thane and Kolha before it sought to consolidate an Shiv Visvanathan is a member of the
portable step ladders to help board and exit trains, narrative dierently. The history simultaneous time. A friend of pur. The call for the urban shut electoral future. What one sees are Compost heap, a group of academics and
since level boarding is not possible in most places. Cost inscribed in textbooks did not take mine suggested helpfully that one down has been given jointly by Da the scenarios that might change activists working on alternative
is not the barrier to improving facilities; what is in short their memories seriously. The Ma should imagine that one is watch lit and Maratha groups. Both 2019 as an idea of the electoral fu imaginations
supply is the political will to change the design of public
facilities and stick to professional codes. The Supreme
Court said in a 1998 order on a petition seeking air tra
vel concession, that while cost was a consideration, the
This too is a right
true spirit and purpose of the law could not be ignored. The right to sexual privacy makes the law on adultery open to constitutional scrutiny
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Today India, which is richer than it was then, and has
passed a new law in 2016 to strengthen the rights of the cessary grievance against the whom they should be associated of the same sex, the court held
adulterous partner. It is in view of with either in their personal, so that no “majoritarian sexual mo
disabled, should demonstrate the will to implement it.
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this breach of delity that the civil cial or political life.” Likewise, it rality” could override legitimate
laws in the country provide for seems to follow that individuals privacy interests.
adultery as a ground for divorce. It must be free from the interference On the other hand, the ap
Game for talks thulasi k. raj
is important to clarify that the
adultery laws having consequenc
of the state in matters of their sex
ual choices, or even in choosing
proach of the Supreme Court of In
dia towards the right to sexual pri
Resumption of dialogue between es such as divorce might well be in their sexual partner. vacy has been, at best, ambivalent.
the two Koreas reignites hopes of a détente the legitimate state interest. It The judgment in Suresh Kumar
J
oseph Shine v. Union of India, does seem quite unfair to compel Foreign jurisprudence Koushal (2013) upholding the cri
T
he prospect of a thaw in relations between North the petition challenging the an individual to remain with an The right to engage in sexual in It is pertinent to note that none of minalisation of voluntary sexual
and South Korea, which resume talks after two constitutional validity of the unfaithful partner. tercourse is an intrinsic part of the the European countries has crimi intercourse between those of the
years, holds out the hope of denuclearisation on criminal prohibition on adultery The problem, however, is with right to privacy. Privacy has to in nalised adultery. In most of South same sex remains a serious blow
the Peninsula. Lending the move diplomatic heft is the under Section 497 of the Indian the fact that adultery is made a pe variably contain the right to bodily America, adultery is no longer a to the right to sexual freedom. Ho
U.S.’s consent to South Korean President Moon Jaein’s Penal Code, has now been re nal oence. Adultery covers sex integrity, selfdetermination and crime. Many States in the U.S. have wever, subsequently, in NALSA v.
ferred to the Constitution Bench ual intercourse between consent sexual autonomy. By criminalising either repealed adultery laws or Union of India (2014), the Court
proposal to delay the controversial joint military exer
by the Supreme Court. The peti ing adults. What is under adultery, the state is in fact show put them to disuse. Following this said that the value of privacy is
cises between the two allies. These annual operations tion was admitted by the court challenge is a punitive provision ing a paternalistic attitude by tell global trend, in 2012, a working fundamental to those of the trans
have traditionally caused consternation in Pyongyang. with the preliminary observation that existed since 1860, which ing individuals how to lead their group of the United Nations called gender community.
The signicance of the U.S. decision can also be seen in that the provision attacks the inde crystallised Victorian notions of lives and what behaviour to adopt. upon countries to do away with The present challenge to the
the context of Beijing’s suggestion for a freeze on joint pendent identity of the woman sexuality. To prescribe a criminal It carries moralistic undertones of laws penalising adultery. law on adultery is signicant for
military exercises between Washington and Seoul in ex and is archaic in its nature. As penalty for a voluntary sexual ac imposing what living an ideal life The right to sexual privacy is in various reasons. One of them cer
change for a halt to Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. widely argued, on the intuitive tivity is strikingly disproportion means for the state. Such an ap creasingly recognised in jurispru tainly is that it is perhaps the rst
grounds of both directly discrimi ate. proach seriously undermines the dence around the world. In the U.S occasion where the privacy judg
The demand acquired added impetus ever since Seoul
nating against men and indirectly underlying values of personal li in particular, the courts have en ment in Puttaswamy is going to be
launched the U.S.backed Terminal High Altitude Area discriminating against women, State’s awed approach berty. thusiastically located a constitu doctrinally and forensically tested.
Defence (THAAD) system, raising fears that its radars there are overwhelming reasons The right to privacy is valued and In fact, in the celebrated priva tional right to sexual privacy. In It is also equally crucial that the
could snoop on Chinese security infrastructure. But the why the apex court should strike cherished for it involves the most cy judgment in K.S. Puttaswamy Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), the right to sexual privacy forms a dis
idea never received serious consideration from the down this provision. However, intimate decisions and choices. (2017), exercising the police power U.S. Supreme Court was cautious tinct and independent ground
U.S., as forcing Kim Jongun, the North Korean autocrat, there is much less discussion on The individual is absolutely auto of the state in matters of private to highlight the importance of pri which makes the law on adultery
to completely give up the programme was the singular another signicant aspect of adul nomous in her territory. She is free choices was repelled by the apex vacy in the peculiar sphere of mar further vulnerable to constitution
focus of President Donald Trump’s approach. As for Mr. tery law: the right to sexual priva to err, resolve and experiment. court. Justice J. Chelameswar in ital bedrooms in the context of al scrutiny.
cy. She is informed and independent clear terms held, “I do not think birth control. In Lawrence v. Texas
Kim, he sees recognition of his country as a nuclear
Generally speaking, in a marital to make her own decisions. Priva that anybody would like to be told (2003), when confronted with the
power as a vantage point from where he could nego bond based on love and trust, it is cy is freedom giving as well as em by the state as to what they should question of the legality of certain Thulasi K. Raj is a lawyer at the Kerala
tiate a rollback of crippling international sanctions and true that the spouse will have a ne powering in this sense. eat or how they should dress or sexual conduct between persons High Court
a possible reconciliation with Washington.
The immediate trigger to the revival of dialogue is the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
Winter Olympics in PyeongChang in South Korea next
month. North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launches
and nuclear explosions have raised global alarm over
Pakistan’s videotapes of and measured tone in stop generic companies viewed as inventions? When patents will ensure the in whom the aggrieved
Kulbhushan Jadhav has veteran Sri Lankan from producing lower lifesaving vaccines such as availability of medicines at person is interested.”
the region’s safety for travel and tourism, not to men become a tool in the hands politician and Tamil leader priced drugs (“How India for polio are not patented, it an aordable rate. What the The pronouncement of the
tion security during the Games. Memories of the down of Pakistan to score points R. Sampanthan’s words rejects bad patents”, is ridiculous for enterprises Indian Patent Oce is doing meaningless formula ‘talaq
ing by North Korea of a civilian aircraft ahead of the over India (“Pak releases (‘The Wednesday December 27, 2017). The and the developed world to is commendable, which will talaqtalaq’ in any form after
1988 Seoul Olympics have prompted understandable Jadhav video, India terms it Interview’ – “We can’t Act is most useful for the support a move for patenting ensure that India does not its invalidation by the apex
caution by the host nation. Seoul has apparently deter propaganda”, January 5). despair, we can’t abandon poor who cannot aord to drugs that not only exist but bend before pharmaceutical court comes nowhere near
mined that the most eective means of allaying those Every opportunity is being things”, January 3) raise the buy expensive drugs are also recombined to majors. this denition. Hence, it
apprehensions is to conrm the participation of North used to show India in a bad stature of the political especially when facing appear as a new product. Vishnu Narayanan, cannot be brought under the
light by using Mr. Jadhav as leader in him to the level of chronic illness. But this too This displays their avarice, Kannimari, Palakkad, Kerala Act.
Korean athletes. The deferment of the joint military ex
a pawn. Whatever pressure a statesman. It needs to be comes at a price. Take the selfseeking, inhumane, A. Faizur Rahman,
ercises with the U.S. lends further credibility to Mr. we seem to be exerting on appreciated that even when case of a reduction in the protonly motives. Untenable view Chennai
Moon’s overtures to the North, as much as it assuages Pakistan to try to free him the question veered price of stents. Even though Resources that have the There have been suggestions
Chinese concerns. Beijing had imposed an unocial is proving to be of little use. towards the provocative — this will promote domestic potential to save lives must in the media that the Dhoni is back
blockade on South Korean trade, tourism and enter When loud diplomacy has “Do you feel that the manufacturing — as big never be patented in the rst pronouncement of instant I was on cloud nine after
tainment following the THAAD missile installation last failed, it is time to explore coalition government is companies will withdraw place. talaq should be treated as reading the ‘Sport’ page
year. But it was quick to appreciate the needless eco whether other means such letting down the Tamil from the market — it could Section 3(d) of the Indian emotional abuse and brought report, “Chennai will whistle
as back channels or third people?” — his view was result in the entry of Patents Act is on solid under the Protection of again for Dhoni” ( January 5).
nomic and diplomatic cost of that approach, even if it
party diplomacy would be holistic, without indulging substandard products. The ground and India must Women from Domestic To know that M.S. Dhoni will
did not alter its stance on the missile programme. Cum of use. Perhaps we can in rhetoric. The interview need of the hour is for a uphold this legal experiment Violence Act, 2005. This lead Chennai Super Kings
ulatively, these developments should boost public pa work out a mutually brings forth his sense of balanced approach with an at the WTO forum, without view is as legally untenable (CSK) once again puts all our
tronage in the entire region for the Winter Olympics. acceptable solution to the reason and practical agency to monitor these buckling under international as the obsession to fears to rest. It is also good to
Mr. Moon, a former human rights lawyer, has been a problem. This is a wisdom. products and improve pressure. criminalise talaqebiddat. know that Suresh Raina and
staunch advocate of a negotiated resolution of the humanitarian issue that Ayyasseri Raveendranath, funding for R&D in India. Devi Rajmohan, Section 3 of the Act denes Ravindra Jadeja will also be
concerns a person’s life and Aranmula, Kerala This will also make India a Kochi emotional abuse as: “a) playing along with Captain
North Korean nuclear stando. A votary of reunica
we should keep politics out successful manufacturing insults, ridicule, humiliation, Cool. We look forward to a
tion on the Peninsula, he may be expected to seize the
of it. A safety net hub. ■ India being a signatory to name calling and insults or new and successful innings
momentum generated by these events to foster cooper D.B.N. Murthy, The Indian Patents Act Rahul Nair Parappath, the Doha declaration, it ridicule specially (sic) with by CSK.
ation with the North. There will no doubt be many ob Bengaluru protects against the Thiruvananthapuram should ensure better access regard to not having a child Md Rustam Parwez,
stacles on that ambitious path. But a détente between evergreening of the drugs, to essential medicines. The or a male child; b) and Giridih, Jharkhand
neighbours is a possibility few leaders can ignore. Of eminent sense which is a common practice ■Who says drug compulsory licensing system repeated threats to cause more letters online:
The constructive approach by pharma giants to try to developments must be along with ltering out bad physical pain to any person www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/
CM M ND-NDE
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ipak Rajak and Parul, parents of
Deepawali, have nothing much <
> A few months ago, authorities
in Hooghly district informed
to hold on to, except their
us that they had issued a
daughter’s black diary in which she met
circular restricting the sale of
iculously recorded details of her life
right until that fateful day when acid acid. But when we asked them
was forced down her throat. for a copy of the notication,
Every moment of Deepawali’s life they could not nd one
nds a mention in the diary. One of the Bapi Dasgupta
Association for Protection of Democratic Rights
last entries, months before the 24year
old succumbed to her injuries, reads as
follows (translated from Bangla): Right to Information queries earlier this
They hit me with a gun and dragged year showed that of 46 cases, only 18 of
me by my hair the victims were compensated.
Helpless mother was left pleading in To make matters worse, the state is
despair also seeking to dilute the provisions of
A bottle came out of the pocket and he the West Bengal Victim Compensation
poured acid in my mouth Scheme, 2017 by inserting eligibility
Face was burning, neck was burning, clauses for compensation of victims.
they all watched in delight Two clauses in particular stand out. One
Deepawali died on October 24, 2017, stipulates that the injury should have
three weeks before the festival of lights caused substantial loss to the person’s
after which she was named, of injuries family income. The second is that the
she sustained threeandahalf years victim should not have been compen
ago. sated before for any loss or injury by the
Beside Deepawali’s framed photo State or Central government, an insu
graph on the wall of the tworoom rance company, or any other institu
house in Satangapara in the southern tion. “We are going to challenge the not
fringes of Malda district, the telltale ication before the High Court,”
signs of the horric attack on the even Dasgupta says.
ing of February 20, 2014 are still visible. Jayanta Narayan Chatterjee, a senior
The acid stains on the wall have not advocate of the Calcutta High Court, has
been scrubbed and serve as a reminder been instrumental in helping a number
of the trauma for Parul, who watched of victims receive compensation. He be
her daughter being brutalised. She lieves that compensation should be in
points to the stains on the wooden door dependent of the status of the case. In
and the oor, and the burns on the other words, it should be paid regard
shawl she wore that day. less of whether the accused has been ar
It was just after seven. Mother and rested or not. Both Dasgupta and Chat
daughter had settled down in front of terjee contend that most victims do not
the TV, waiting for their favourite pro know how to approach the court for
gramme to start, when they heard a compensation and redressal.
knock at the door. When Parul opened Chatterjee remembers one case vi
it, Ujjwal Mondal, who had been stalk vidly. A woman from Malda’s Harischan
ing her daughter for months, barged in drapur block was attacked with acid by
and switched o the lights. Seconds la her husband. In March 2016, she came
ter, Parul heard her daughter’s heart to the High Court for the hearing of the
rending scream. bail petition of the accused. To eve
ryone’s surprise, she wanted to with
Not an isolated case The 2016 report of the NCRB recorded 283 incidents of acid attacks in India of which 76 were from West Bengal. (Above) Piyali Dutta, an acid attack survivor, in her shop in draw the case and return to her hus
Months before Deepawali died, a local Kolkata. (Below) For Monisha Pailan, what is perhaps more painful than the incident itself is that her attacker Salim is not behind bars yet. RITU RAJ KONWAR *
band’s home. When the judges assured
court sentenced Mondal to 10 years of her that she would be provided medical
rigorous imprisonment for attempt to and monetary help, she broke down,
murder under Section 307 of the Indian
Penal Code, and for causing grievous <
> There were occasions when
Mondal used to follow my
riatic acid and hydrochloric acid are
available in hardware shops, the chemi #4 1 3 9 7 5
orange liquid in a glass container.
All shopkeepers use nitric acid for re
the lawyer says. Chatterjee had been ap
pointed as amicus curiae to counsel her
hurt by use of acid, under Section 326A. daughter on her way to cal most commonly used in attacks is ni ning gold. The chemical gets rid of im and assure her that the court would ex
The family wants him to be tried and college. He would pass tric acid, sourced from local goldsmith purities and other minerals present in tend all help to her.
prosecuted for murder. But their eorts comments. Every time I shops. In West Bengal, goldsmith shops the yellow metal. The goldsmith ex
to press murder charges have so far complained to his parents, are a dime a dozen. They can be found plains how gold cut into small pieces is Learning from Bangladesh
proved unfruitful. anywhere from the Sunderbans in the rst put into a container of acid and Given the rising number of acid attack
they refused to pay heed.
Mondal’s house in Bengalipara is south to Darjeeling in the north, and heated. Once the acid becomes hot, red cases in West Bengal, legal experts and
Instead they approached us
about 1.5 km from Deepawali’s house. even in the impoverished southwestern bubbles emerge, with pure gold settling activists working on this issue are in
“There were occasions when he (Mon with a marriage proposal. districts of Purulia and Jhargram. at the bottom of the container. “We creasingly referring to neighbouring
dal) used to follow my daughter on her Parul Over the past few years, Murshida source acid from Murshidabad and also Bangladesh as a model for how to tackle
Mother of Deepawali, an acid attack victim
way to college. He would pass com bad in particular has seen a spike in acid from Kolkata,” he says. The oor of the the problem.
ments. Every time I complained to his attacks. Between 2010 and 2016, at least shop is corroded by the continuous use Until a few years ago, Bangladesh re
parents, they refused to pay heed. In campaigning for tighter laws to control 20 cases of acid attacks were reported of acid, and the shopkeeper says that his corded the highest incidence of acid at
stead they approached us with a mar overthecounter sale of acid. in this district alone. In 2014, in the dis employees have to be extremely careful tacks in the world. It then passed two
riage proposal,” says Parul. The family “A few months ago, authorities in trict’s Beldanga area, Angura Biwi’s as the liquid can even melt bones. laws to curb such attacks: Acid Oence
did not approach the police in the hope Hooghly district informed us that they motherinlaw threw acid on her. In It is from shops like these that acid is Control Act, 2002, and Suppression of
that Mondal would mend his ways. had issued a circular restricting the sale 2016, a class XII girl was attacked by one pilfered. Occasionally, workers sneak Oense by Acid Attack, 2002. Before
Dibyaloke Rai Chaudhuri, coordina of acid. But when we asked them for a Raqibur Mondal with acid for spurning out a small quantity for an acquaintance 2002, the country saw about 500 acid
tor of the Acid Survivors and Women copy of the notication, they could not his advances. or a friend in exchange for a few attacks a year. But with the legislation
Welfare Foundation (ASWWF), de nd one,” he says, rummaging through In connection with another attack hundred rupees. coming into force, along with other
scribes Deepawali’s case as one of the documents in his house in Chandana that took place in August 2016, a fast Acid used in garment factories for measures, the number of attacks came
most tragic ones that he has encoun gar, Hooghly district. track court in Baharampur, Murshida textile processing is also corrosive, and down to about 100 a year.
tered in his work. “The acid poured in Dasgupta reels o the names of eight bad, sentenced both the attacker and certain districts that are garment hubs dent but then it reopened,” Rajak says. These laws not only instituted a com
her mouth severely damaged her oeso victims in Hooghly and Bardhaman dis the man who had sold him the acid to 10 have also reported attacks involving Sanjay Biswas, the ocer in charge of plete ban on overthecounter sale of
phagus. We helped her with many sur trict, starting from 2013: Mehroon Kha years of rigorous imprisonment in De acid sourced from these factories. Baishnabnagar police station, says the acid but also mandated the setting up of
geries but she could not be saved,” he tun, Moumita Chakraborty, Rokeya Bi cember 2017. It had turned out that the Animesh Rajak is convinced that the attack on Deepawali is a rare case. No tribunals to deal with acid attacks, and
says, pointing at two of her photo wi, Saheba Khatun, Mira Patra, shopkeeper, Chandan Pal, from whom acid that killed his sister Deepawali was action has been taken against the per the creation of a National Acid Control
graphs, taken before and after the Saraswati Patra, Basudev Gorai, and a Rakesh Mondal had purchased the acid, sourced from a local goldsmith. “There son who sold the acid, Biswas admits, Council. Bangladesh has made it man
attack. minor girl (name withheld). The mi did not have the licence to sell acid. But are two shops close to Mondal’s house but claims that the police station has ta datory that investigation in these cases
Deepawali’s death certicate, which nor’s family lives in a remote island, No his conviction has hardly been a deter of which one is owned by Mondal’s fa ken measures to prevent acid pilferage. should be completed within 30 days.
was issued by the Staterun SSKM Hos tundampalchak, which is surrounded rent; the sale and use of acid continues. mily. We are sure that the acid was “On the fourth Saturday of every This is in sharp contrast to the pre
pital, says her death was caused by car by the Ganga. Notundampalchak has sourced from there. The shop was month, a meeting is held at the gram sent state of aairs in West Bengal
diorespiratory failure due to septicae not seen electricity yet, but acid Pilfering the chemical closed for a few months after the inci panchayat level, attended by an ocer where, apart from a shameful track re
mia (blood poisoning). In this hospital, seemed easily available to the man who Sonapatti, a maze of narrow lanes in the of the level of SubInspector,” he says. cord in compensating victims, there is
between February 2014 and 2017, more attacked her in 2016. These are victims Khagra neighbourhood of Baharampur “Among the 16 points that are dis also an abysmal conviction rate.
<
> my face. It is just a burn injury.
I don’t need to feel sorry about
than ten surgeries were performed on from remote villages and belong to poor town, is home to 2,000 small and big cussed, one is on preventing acid theft.” “The allIndia conviction rate in acid
Deepawali. This included three recon families, most of whom do not have reg goldsmith shops. In a 8ft by 5ft shop, a attack cases in the past few years was
structive surgeries on her face, and sev ular jobs or sources of income. 41yearold goldsmith (who does not Monisha Pailan The long road to compensation about 40%, but in West Bengal it was
eral procedures to save her oesophagus. While varieties of acid such as mu wish to be named) points to a yellowish Acid attack survivor A detailed situational analysis of the just 14%,” says Rai Chaudhuri. In many
Unable to eat solid food, she remained acid attacks, the reasons for carrying cases, the victims were poor and did not
on a liquid diet. out such attacks, and their impact on have the means to take up their cases in
The latest report of the National survivors was conducted by ASWWF court. Moreover, the attacks leave the
Crime Records Bureau (2016) recorded across the country a few years ago. The victims in a state of shock and in hospi
283 incidents and 307 victims under study underscored that rejection in love tal for months, which helps the accused
Section 326A (acid attack) and Section and of marriage proposals were the mo to either escape or manipulate the law,
326B (attempt to carry out an acid at tivating factor in 36% of all these at he says. Experts say that the biggest
tack) of the IPC in India. Of these, 26% tacks. This is followed by marital dis challenge for an acid attack victim is
(76 incidents) and 27% of the victims cord (13%). About 84% of the victims meeting the medical expenses, as they
were from West Bengal. In comparison, were known to the perpetrators. The need multiple surgeries, and rehabilita
during the same period, Uttar Pradesh, study also revealed that a signicant tion could take years or even decades.
the most populous State with over dou number of victims were male (35%). For Monisha Pailan, what is as, if not
ble the population of West Bengal, re Mazrul Islam, a 40yearold farmer in more, agonising than the attack, in
corded 57 incidents and 61 victims. Murshidabad’s Bhagwangola area, was which she lost an eye and had to under
Sections 326A and 326B of the IPC attacked in October 2013 following a dis go several surgeries, is that Salim, who
were added after the passage of the Cri pute with a local goldsmith. Islam, who threw acid on her, is not behind bars.
minal Law Amendment Act in 2013. Be has undergone four surgeries in ve But the 23yearold from Joynagar in
fore this, perpetrators were typically years, says that despite several attempts South 24 Parganas is unlike many survi
charged with causing hurt, which only to shut down the shop, it is still up and vors and has not retreated into a shell.
invited a punishment of three years. running. “I have to endure the humilia She has a prole on social media where
tion of seeing this man’s shop which is she regularly posts seles. Following the
Easy availability of acid only 800 metres from my home,” he attack, Pailan’s parents either covered
Data compiled by the ASWWF reveals says. or removed all the mirrors in their
that West Bengal recorded 220 cases of Though Islam has received a com house.
acid attacks between 2010 and 2016, pensation of 3 lakh (paid after But Pailan, when speaking to The
which is about 20% of all cases recorded ASWWF’s intervention), the medical ex Hindu, preferred to sit before a mirror.
in the country. While there are no den penses have been several times greater “The rst time I saw my face, it was
itive studies explaining this phenome than the compensation, he says. In Lax- more painful than the acid burning up
non, the easy availability of acid is said mi v. Union of India and Others (2015), my face,” she says. Pailan is pursuing a
to be a major reason for the wide preva the Supreme Court had laid out clear Masters degree in history and works in a
lence of this ghastly crime. guidelines on compensation to be paid café. When she uses public transport,
Bapi Dasgupta of the Association for to acid attack victims. But lawyers and people stare at her. “I don’t need to feel
Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) activists across West Bengal say that the sorry about my face,” she says. “It is just
has spent years ghting cases on behalf State government is not proactive in a burn injury.” She is not scared of look
of acid attack victims, extracting infor compensating victims. Information ob ing into the mirror any more. “My face
mation on compensation paid, and tained by APDR through a number of mirrors the society we live in.”
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growth. 4.5%, from 2.4% in 201617.
“These numbers have a “The advanced estimates For talks to be meaningful, there must be an end to crossborder terror, govt. tells panel of MPs
bearing on the scal decit for annual growth of 6.5%
numbers for this year and can be achieved if we have Special Correspondent “At the same time, it has are understood to have been The Ministry said the go
next year as well,” said D.K. an average of 7% growth in NEW DELHI been made clear to Pakistan in touch over the telephone vernment had been success
Srivastava, chief policy advi the last two quarters of this The government is in regular that a meaningful structured regularly, and frequently ful in ensuring that the
Modi, Manmohan shake
sor at EY India. scal,” said Ranen Banerjee, contact with Pakistan, but comprehensive bilateral dia through the High Commis groups had been con
hands after session
“For this year, the nomi Partner Public Finance and any meaningful dialogue will logue will be possible only in sioners in Delhi and Islama demned in statements by the NEW DELHI
nal growth is expected to be Economy at PwC India. depend on an end to terro an environment free from bad, especially on issues re BRICS, the U.S. in its South Prime Minister Narendra
far lower than what was esti “Given the momentum in rism and crossborder vio terror and violence,” the re lating to the spike in Asia policy statement and Modi on Friday shook hands
mated in the Budget, so the core sector growth, PMI in lence, the External Aairs port said. ceasere violations, the the European Union and Ja with former Prime Minister
scal decit number will dices and developed world Ministry told the Parliamen The term “including” is Pathankot attack investiga pan in joint statements with Manmohan Singh and spoke
have to be adjusted if the economies, the optimism tary Standing Committee on signicant, as the reply came tion and the case of Kulb India. to him soon after the Rajya
3.2% of GDP target is to be may not be belied,” Mr. Ba External Aairs, according amid news reports in Delhi hushan Jadhav. The government made Sabha was adjourned sine die.
maintained. And, for next nerjee said. “Further wear to a report released on and Islamabad that National special mention of the UN The cordial “handshake”came
year, the base is now lower, ing o of the demonetisa Friday. Security Adviser Ajit Doval Challenges to ties terror nance watchdog, the barely weeks after they had
so that year’s scal decit tion related residual eects “The government has and his Pakistani counter Ajit Doval While no mention was made Financial Action Task Force, been locked in a war of words
gure will also have to be ad as well as progressively sta maintained the channels of part, Gen. (Retd.) Nasir Jan in the 82page report on Mr. which pulled up Pakistan in during the Gujarat Assembly
justed.” Mr. Srivastava ad bilising the transitionary ef communications open with jua, met in Bangkok on De meeting between Prime Mi Jadhav or the treatment his November 2017 for allowing elections. PTI
ded fects of GST is likely to sup Pakistan, including through cember 26. Speaking on the nister Narendra Modi and mother and wife received, it the LeT and aliates such as
respective diplomatic mis condition of anonymity, a se his then Pakistani counter contains several references JamaatudDawa and Falahi Lok Sabha adjourned sine
Other economists cited port the higher growth rate die, 12 Bills passed
the latest PMI survey show estimates for the last two sions, and regular contacts nior Pakistani ocial con part, Nawaz Sharif, on the si to the challenges to better Insaniyat to access funds.
NEW DELHI
ing an uptick in manufactur quarters,” Mr. Banerjee between the border guard rmed to The Hindu that the delines of the Paris climate ties between India and Pakis The report, including re
The Lok Sabha was adjourned
ing, and said the economy added. ing forces on both sides,” meeting had occurred, while change summit. The NSAs tan, including the rise in r plies from the Ministry was sine die on Friday, marking the
said a reply from the Minis the government in New Del subsequently met in Novotel ing at the Line of Control and tabled in the Rajya Sabha end of its short winter session
try quoted in the actionta hi had not yet denied re Hotel in Bangkok in Decem the International Border, in and presented in the Lok
Constitution Bench to ken report by the govern
ment on the committee’s
ports.
The channel of communi
ber 2015. Though the Path
ankot attack in January 2015
ltration, and support to ter
ror groups such as Lashkar
Sabha on Friday. It was pre
pared by Congress MP and
in which it passed 12 Bills,
including the Bill seeking to
criminalise instant triple
Winter session was a Three bid farewell
a man has sexual inter with focus on the rights of and 48 minutes. The House
course with another’s wife women, Chief Justice Misra lost about 15 hours due to
without the husband’s “con observed. disruptions and
sent or connivance”, he is The Constitution Bench adjournments.
“guilty of the oence of
adultery and shall be
punished.”
would likely consider
whether Section 497 would
treat the man as the adulter
success, says Minister to Rajya Sabha Chidambaram calls out
govt. over GDP estimates
NEW DELHI
The court had issued not er and the married woman Special Correspondent istic old man’’. “I have impli
NEW DELHI cit faith that the country will Former Finance Minister P.
ice on December 8, 2017 on as always a victim.
a petition led by Joseph The larger Bench may al Govt. hopes to clear talaq, BC legislation in budget session Debates were becoming overcome all its challenges Chidambaram on Friday
castigated the government
Shine, represented by advo so examine why the oence rare and disruptions more as long as we remain faithful
over the ‘slowdown’ in the
cates Kaleeswaram Raj and of adultery ceases the mo Special Correspondent “There were 13 sittings in frequent, fourtime Rajya to our Constitution and ci
economy as projected in its
Suvidutt M.S. ment it is established that NEW DELHI this session, of which four Sabha member Karan vilisational values,” Mr first advance estimates for
The Bench observed in the husband connived or The government on Friday were Fridays. In eight work Singh, rued even as he bade Singh said. the current financial year.
the order that the provision consented to the adulterous said it would try to get two ing days, the two Houses farewell to the Upper House Speakers from both sides “Our fears and warnings have
raised a question mark on act. important Bills it could not passed 22 Bills,” the Minister along with two other Con showered praise on them proved true,” he said in a
social progress, outlook, So, is a married woman get passed in the winter ses said, thanking Opposition gress members Janardan for their contributions. The statement. “GDP growth in
gender equality and gender the “property” of her hus sion – the Muslim Women parties for their Dwivedi and Parvez Hash farewell was held on the last 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18
sensitivity. band or a passive object (Protection of Rights on Mar cooperation. mi. day of the winter session. (est) is 8.0, 7.1 and 6.5. These
It was time to bring to the without a mind of her own? riage) Bill, 2017 and the Con Speaking on the two Bills In a speech peppered Their actual retirement date numbers prove there is a
stitution 123rd Amendment deemed important on the with Sanskrit shlokas and of January 27 would fall in slowdown.” PTI
higher education “The government is com
mitted to passing important
Ananth Kumar sults in a countrywide de
bate. The whole country is
the changes have been posi
tive I must say. I used to re
Leader of the Opposition
and senior Congress leader
SRINAGAR
A Beacon officer was killed
and seven persons were
Bills such as Triple Talaq Bill Bill, 2017, which proposes now debating the OBC Com member when I went to the Ghulam Nabi Azad said his
Tamil Nadu has also done Castes. and the National Commis constitutional status for the mission and triple talaq.” Lok Sabha for the rst time, veteran party colleague Ka missing as two avalanches hit
very well in terms of male Mr. Javadekar said of 15 sion for Backward Classes OBC commission, could not “The Opposition ob there were brilliant debates ran Singh had become the vehicles on the Kupwara-
and female GER gures, as lakh teachers in higher edu Bill and cooperation is ex be passed in the Lok Sabha. structed the [OBC Commis by Hiren Mukherjee, Madhu head of Jammu and Kashmir Tangdar road in north
also the gures for the Sche cation institutions, 85% had Kashmir’s Kupwara on Friday.
pected from all parties on The Minister also termed sion] Bill with a meaningless Limaye, Nath Pai, Atalji and at the age of 18 and was
The Beacon officer died after
duled Castes. With a female been seeded with Aadhaar, such issues of national im the justconcluded session amendment in the Rajya here Bhupesh Gupta. Those probably the youngest per
snow avalanche swept his
GER of 45.6% , the State is revealing that 7080,000 of portance,” said Parliamen of Parliament as “success Sabha. We will get it passed debates now seem to me are son to hold such a post.
vehicle off the road at the
just behind two Union Terri them were reported as tary Aairs Minister Ananth ful”, with the two Houses in the Budget session,” he becoming rare, and disrup Mr. Dwivedi, who com Sadhna Top. Another Beacon
tories, Chandigarh and Del teachers in more than one Kumar at the conclusion of having passed 22 Bills in a said. tions are becoming more pleted three terms as the Ra personnel remained untraced.
hi. Among men, again Tamil college. the winter session. session that had just 13 sit The rst part of the Bud frequent.” jya Sabha MP, said generally The deceased has been
Nadu at 48.2% tops the list He said while it was per While The Muslim Wo tings. get Session of Parliament He called upon the mem farewell became like an "ob identified as M.P. Singh. In
followed by the UTs of Chan missible to be guest teach men (Protection of Rights on “The productivity of the will conclude on February 9 bers to introspect. He said ituary reference" but today another avalanche on the
digarh and Delhi. ers, the government would Marriage) Bill was stuck in Lok Sabha was 91.58% and and the second part would he had come to Delhi as an [Friday] was dierent. Mr. same route, a vehicle carrying
At 38%, it also has the nd out whether there were the Rajya Sabha, the Consti that of the Rajya Sabha was be held between March 5 to idealistic young man of 36 Hashmi was not present in eight passengers was pushed
highest GER for Scheduled cases of fraud. tution (123rd Amendment) 56.29%,” he added. April 6. and was retiring as an ‘ideal the House. off the road.
No going back on stand, say parties Introspect on conduct: Venkaiah
AIADMK, TDP and BJD insist that triple talaq Bill be sent to select committee Says high point of the session was when both sides of the House reached a truce
Sobhana K. Nair the Bill,” TDP MP C.M. Ra nal oence,” Rajya Sabha Special Correspondent Mr. Naidu noted in his marked by deep divisions
New Delhi mesh said. oor leader for the AIADMK, New Delhi speech that members need and acrimony”. Parliament
Three parties that tilted the He said there was no pos A. Navaneethakrishnan, Concluding his rst session to introspect seriously on is an important institution
scales in favour of the Oppo sibility of his party changing said. as Chairman of the Rajya their conduct in the House, for furthering the shared so
sition in the triple talaq de its stand by the next Parlia The BJD has taken a stand Sabha, VicePresident M. which lost almost 34 hours cioeconomic goals of the na
bate — the AIADMK, the TDP ment session when the Mus distinct from the rest of the Venkaiah Naidu said that the [of the session] due to fre tion, critical to fullling the
and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lim Women (Protection of Opposition. The party said high point of the session was quent disruptions. aspirations of citizens, he
— remain steadfast in their Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 there was an ambiguity in when both sides of the Up “It is unfortunate that des said.
stand to send the legislation is likely to be debated again. the Bill that rendered it open per House reiterated their pite discharging its responsi Mr. Naidu said that 19 priv
for further study to a select The AIADMK, which is not to misuse. Clause 3 of the Bill commitment to respect and bilities to a great extent, the ate members’ Bills were in
committee. part of the NDA alliance but says that triple talaq deli uphold the high oce of the august House ends up losing troduced. During the four
The TDP, a BJP ally, has has all along been sympath vered verbally or in writing Prime Minister and the form some degree of the esteem days when Question Hour
only six members in Rajya etic towards the BJP, will or electronically or by “any er Prime Minister. of the people on account of was taken up, he said as ma
Sabha. However, their sup A. Navaneethakrishnan have to listen to the majority other means” was proble He was talking of the truce Venkaiah Naidu disruptions and substantial ny as 46 Starred Questions
port has brought in more demand of sending the legis matic, he said. “What do after a weeklong stando loss of functional time,” the were orally answered, 51
heft to the Opposition cam want the clause on criminal lation to a select committee. they mean by ‘other means’? between the Opposition and sembly polls, at a dinner VicePresident said. members made Zero Hour
paign. The AIADMK has 13 prosecution to be amended. “Our objective is limited, This could lead to a police Treasury benches on Prime hosted by Congress leader Mr. Naidu said though Par submissions, and another 28
members while the BJD has We had conveyed the same the criminality clause must man or just about any one Minister Narendra Modi’s Mani Shankar Aiyar and at liament was a political insti made Special Mentions. The
eight members in the House. to the BJP, but it said that go. A wedding is a civil con raising doubt about a mar “conspiracy with Pakistan” tended by former Prime Mi tution, it “cannot be an ex Rajya Sabha functioned a to
“We are not against the without the criminality tract and any breach of such riage,” BJD MP Pratap Kesha speech during his election nister Manmohan Singh, tension of politics in its tal of 41 hours in the Winter
triple talaq Bill, we only clause there is nothing left in a contract cannot be a crimi ri Deb said. campaign for the Gujarat As among others. typical sense, which is Session.
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IN BRIEF
Shah to visit pollbound Northeast Militants procure SIM
cards in Army’s name
BJP chief to focus on Meghalaya, Tripura & Nagaland as the terms of their Assemblies will end in March
Peerzada Ashiq Shah, alias Mastan, Azma
Nistula Hebbar considered one of the last Commission asking that all Srinagar tullah Bhat and Kanwol Jeet
NEW DELHI frontiers in breaking its im care be taken to ensure that The police and the Army in Singh, who runs a printing
BJP president Amit Shah is age of being a North Indian the elections in the State are Kashmir are jointly investi press.
Adityanath calls on
setting out on a whirlwind party. free and fair. gating a major security “Two more have been de
Prime Minister
NEW DELHI
tour of three northeastern The Leftruled Tripura is The party has been accus breach after nearly 10 SIM tained for questioning,” Mr.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister States, which are among the within the sights of the party, ing the Manik Sarkar govern cards procured in the name Hussain said.
Yogi Adityanath called on eight States going to the polls where Manik Sarkar’s unbro ment of intimidating BJP of Army units using fake The racket came to light
Prime Minister Narendra in 2018. ken rule since 1998 is a chal workers in the State. documents were seized in after tracking Lashkar mili
Modi here on Friday. Mr. Senior party sources said lenge to the BJP’s plans for “While Kerala goes for an Baramulla. tants for two months. “We
Adityanath is said to have Mr. Shah would visit Megha expansion. alternation between the Left At least six SIM cards had have seized nearly 10 fake
apprised Mr. Modi of a laya on Saturday, Tripura on Democratic Front (LDF) and “ended up with the mili SIM cards so far. They were
proposed investors’ meet Sunday, and Nagaland on Poll in-charges the Congressled United De tants of the Lashkare used for criminal activities,”
being planned in Lucknow. Monday. The terms of the As The BJP has appointed As mocratic Front (UDF), Tripu Taiba”. he said. Initial investigation
They may have discussed the semblies of these States end sam Finance Minister Hi ra has seen unbroken Com suggested that 30 SIM cards
possibility of Mr. Adityanath in March. manta Biswa Sarma poll in munist rule for two decades Six arrested were issued on fake docu
campaigning in Karnataka charge for Tripura and Un and that is a big challenge, Senior Superintendent of ments of Army units in
and Tripura ahead of the Public meetings Build-up: During his visit to the Northeast last month, ion Minister of State for equivalent to breaking their Police, Baramulla, Imtiyaz north Kashmir.
Assembly polls there, “Mr. Shah will address a pu Narendra Modi promised funds for roads. RITU RAJ KONWAR *
Home Kiren Rijiju for stranglehold on West Bengal Hussain told The Hindu that The modus operandi of
according to sources. PTI blic meeting in Meghalaya Nagaland. in the past. We are putting all six persons had been arrest the module, apparently op
and inaugurate the oce of he will address public meet The BJP sees the north Mr. Sarma and Union Mi eorts to pose a credible ed. They have been identi erating at the behest of mili
34,845 voters dropped the State unit of the party in ings, and on Monday, the eastern States as crucial to nority Aairs Minister Muk challenge,” said a source ed as Sajad Ahmad Baba, tants, was to create fake
from Tripura rolls Shillong. The next day he tour will end in Nagaland,” a spread not just electorally htar Abbas Naqvi recently who is part of the BJP’s ef Gowhar Ahmad Geelani, stamps of Army units and
AGARTALA
will be in Tripura, where too senior source said. but also ideologically as it is approached the Election forts in the State. Abid Bilal Qadri, Mushtaq print forms.
A total of 34,845 names have
been deleted from the
electoral rolls in Tripura,
which goes to the polls in
February. A total of 25,69,216
people were eligible to vote,
showing a 2.5% increase from
Modi to address Lalu sentencing put o again PM must
break silence,
the numbers on the previous
list. Chief Electoral Officer
Sriram Taranikanti said those
police ocers Order likely on Saturday; RJD leaders hint at conspiracy in calls to judge
Amarnath Tewary
says Mevani
dropped from the rolls were Staff Reporter
not essentially foreigners. Patna NEW DELHI
The reasons for exclusion Meet to discuss extremism, Kashmir For the third consecutive Dalit leader and newly
include deaths and shifting of day on Friday, the special elected MLA Jignesh Meva
homes. Special Correspondent InspectorGeneral of Police CBI court in Ranchi de ni said on Friday that
New Delhi (IGP) ranks from all States ferred pronouncing the sen Prime Minister Narendra
Ministry withdraws letter Prime Minister Narendra and Central police organisa tence of Rashtriya Janata Dal Modi, though claiming to
on military-civil parity Modi will address top police tions, a Home Ministry o (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and be an “Ambedkarite”, had
NEW DELHI
ocers of the country at a cial said. 15 other convicts in a fodder not spoken about, or taken
The Defence Ministry has, threeday annual conference They would deliberate on scam case. The sentence is any action against, various
with immediate effect,
organised by the Intelligence cyberterrorism, the impact now likely to be pro attacks on Dalits since he
withdrawn its contentious
Bureau (IB) at Tekanpur in of social media on society, nounced on Saturday. had taken over as Prime
letter of 2016, which lowered
Madhya Pradesh from crossborder terrorism and Mr. Prasad, lodged in the Minister.
the functional equivalence of
armed forces personnel with
Saturday. radicalisation of youth, be Birsa Munda Central Jail in “The Prime Minister
respect to their civilian Counterradicalisation, sides a host of other issues, Ranchi, was asked to appear must clarify his position on
counterparts in the Armed Leftwing extremism, issues he added. through videoconferencing whether Dalits have the
Forces Headquarters. The pertaining to the Northeast, before the judge Shiv Pal right to organise peaceful
orders were issued on Friday security situation in Jammu New-age crimes Singh on Friday. Mr. Singh rallies and protests such as
by Defence Minister Nirmala and Kashmir and policing in While the Prime Minister later completed the hearing the one at KoregaonBhima
Sitharaman. The letter dated the future are some of the was expected to speak on argument of ve convicts, or not. After taking over as
October 18, 2016, had caused topics to be discussed. newage crimes such as cy including Mr. Prasad, PM, we have seen the insti
severe disgruntlement among berterrorism and radicalisa through videoconferencing. tutional murder of Rohit
the services. Best police stations tion of youth, Mr. Singh On Friday too, the court Vemula, the Una incident
Mr. Modi is expected to re would give an assessment of completed hearing argu Leaving nothing to chance: Tight security at the special CBI court in Ranchi on Friday. *
PTI and violence at Saharan
Celebrities may face lease the names of 10 best the internal security situa ments for ve convicts. pur as well but he has not
ban for misleading ads police stations in the coun tion and Mr. Doval would drawal of 84.5 lakh from from the party had called up senior RJD leader Shivanand taken any action and has
NEW DELHI try. The survey to pick the talk about crossborder ter To complete hearing the Deoghar district treasury the judge on behalf of Mr. Tiwari said. “The possibility stayed silent throughout,”
Celebrities endorsing best stations was done by rorism, the ocial said. “On Saturday afternoon, the (now in Jharkhand) between Prasad, as was reported on of our political opponents Mr. Mevani said.
misleading advertisements the IB. Nearly 250 senior police special CBI court will rst
#4 1 3 9 7 5
1991 and 1994. Six other ac Thursday by the judge making such a call in the
will have to pay a penalty of
Home Minister Rajnath ocers are expected to at complete hearing the argu cused, including the former himself. guise of RJD supporters can ‘Provocative speech’
up to 50 lakh and face a ban
Singh and National Security tend the conclave. ments of the remaining six Bihar Chief Minister Jagan not be ruled out. They may Responding to the FIR
of up to three years on future
Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval will Issues such as curbing convicts in the case and nath Mishra, were acquitted. No calls from party indulge in such mischief to against him for delivering a
endorsements once the new
Consumer Protection Bill is
take part in the conference black money and narcotics then it will pronounce the Earlier, Mr. Prasad’s la “I came to know about it queer the pitch for Lalu.” “provocative speech,” Mr.
cleared by Parliament. The to be held at the BSF Acade in the wake of demonetisa quantum of sentence,” wyers, citing his age and [special CBI judge making The CBI court on Wednes Mevani said, “I am being
Bill was introduced by Consu my in Tekanpur. The confe tion were also expected to Prabhat Kumar, counsel for health, moved a plea before the aforementioned state day issued a “contempt not targeted by the BJP and the
mer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas rence organised every year be on the agenda, the ocial Mr. Prasad, told pressper the special court seeking mi ment in court] through me ice” against Mr. Tiwari for RSS as they have been sha
Paswan in the Lok Sabha. A in December was delayed by said. sons. nimum punishment. Only la dia reports ... I can say with criticising the December 23 ken after being reduced to
Parliamentary committee had the Gujarat polls. The implementation of The special CBI court had wyers were allowed to be in certainty that no RJD leader verdict. 99 seats in the Gujarat As
suggested a jail term too, but The meet will be attended decisions taken at the pre convicted 16 persons in the side the courtroom on would resort to such a step, Leaders of the ruling NDA sembly and are worried
it was not accepted by the by the ocers of Director vious conferences will also second fodder scam per Friday. as everyone knows that such slammed the RJD for trying abut the 2019 General
government. PTI General of Police (DGP) and be reviewed at the meeting. taining to fraudulent with RJD leaders said no one desperation can backre,” to “inuence” the judiciary. Election.”
U.P. Haj oce’s wall Haj policy is fair, Centre tells SC
painted in saron Kerala resents cut in subsidised seats to 6,000, saying it has 95,000 applicants
Krishnadas Rajagopal Justice of India Dipak Misra,
SP slams ‘blatant saronisation’ NEW DELHI made it clear that the court
The Centre on Friday de would intervene in the Haj
fended its new Haj policy, policy only if it is found to be
saying it is not discriminato “palpably arbitrary”.
ry and the allocation of sub “This is a matter of poli
sidy for pilgrims is based on cy,” Justice D.Y. Chandra
the objective criterion of chud orally remarked even
Muslim population in each as the court asked the Centre
State. to le a detailed countera
The Centre was respond davit by January 13, the next
ing to allegations made by date of hearing.
the Kerala State Haj Commit Mr. Venugopal said the
tee that the policy, which al A le photo of pilgrims leaving for the Haj in Kerala. Seats are central Haj committee was
lots subsidised seats based allotted based on the Muslim population in each State. PTI *
consulted before the new
on the Muslim count in each policy was nalised. “The
State, denies Muslims from who want subsidy, but the gued that the allocation of State Haj Committees are
Brush with controversy: The boundary wall of the U.P. Haj smaller States such as Kerala quota is only for 6,000 seats. subsidy quota on the basis of bound by the policy of the
Committee oce was painted in saron on Thursday. PTI * an opportunity to make the So, only one per cent goes,” Muslim population of a State central Haj body. Each and
pilgrimage. Prashant Bhushan, advocate had been there from the ve every stakeholder was con
Press Trust of India “blatant saronisation”. “Bihar has a quota of appearing for the Kerala Haj ry beginning and did not sulted. Now they cannot
Lucknow “If the BJP really consid 12,000 seats, but at least panel, submitted. start with the current Haj turn around and say this is
The boundary wall of the ers the saron colour as sa 5,000 seats remain vacant. Countering this, Attorney guidelines for 201822. not the right way to do Haj,”
Uttar Pradesh Haj oce, crosanct, it should not in Kerala has 95,000 applicants General K.K. Venugopal ar The Bench, led by Chief Mr. Venugopal argued.
opposite the State legisla dulge in politicisation of
ture building in the heart the colour and indulge in
India dismisses Sikh group’s threat
of the city, has got a saron blatant saronisation,” SP
look overnight, days after spokesman Sunil Singh Sa
the Secretariat building fa jan said.
cade was given the same All India Shia Personal
coat. Law Board spokesperson
The Haj oce com Yasoob Abbas took strong U.K. outt proposed a ‘worldwide ban’ on ocials visiting gurdwaras
pound wall got a bright saf exception to the change in
fron shade within days of colour. Vidya Ram accused Indian authorities of cials on Sikhs who are Ger ment in “targeted killings” in
the BJP government reduc “What is this? The BJP LONDON interfering in Sikh institu man citizens,” said Bhai Am Jalandhar, Ludhiana and
ing the number of holidays will paint it saron, the SP India has dismissed a warn tions and aairs and pro rik Singh, chair of the Sikh Khanna.
allotted to Staterecog will choose green and the ing from a U.K. Sikh group, posed a “worldwide ban” on Federation (UK). The group has accused In
nised madrasas in the 2018 BSP blue ... This is politics that it would encourage dias Indian government ocials dian authorities of torture
calendar. of colour and should be pora gurdwaras to ban In from visiting gurdwaras in Johal case and has been lobbying Mem
The painting was car avoided,” he said. dian ocials from visiting the diaspora. “The latest tactic by the In bers of Parliament to put
ried out late on Thursday When contacted, Minis them. Terming the state The Sikh Federation (UK) dian authorities of targeting pressure on the British go
night by the Uttar Pradesh ter of State for Minority Af ment a “knee jerk reaction”, said it believed up to 70 gu Sikhs from the diaspora vernment and Indian
estates department and fairs Mohsin Raza said, “I ocials said it reected the rudwaras in the U.K. were when they visit the Sikh ho authorities.
the Haj oce employees fail to understand the pro group’s fears of the streng ready to participate in the meland as demonstrated by Mr. Patnaik said the High
were not immediately blem of those having is thening relation between In ban and that the number the case of British citizen Jag Commission was condent
available for a reaction, sues with the new colour. dian authorities and Sikh could rise to 100. tar Singh Johal has broken that the organisation’s posi
Friday being a holiday. Is saron an antinational diaspora globally. “In Germany in recent the camel’s back,” he said. tion did not reect that of
The move prompted the colour? Saron is a colour “The announcement is a years we have seen the auth The group has been run the vast majority of Sikhs in
Opposition Samajwadi Par which symbolises ujala sign of fear,” said Deputy orities to their credit collect ning a campaign over the ar Britain who were positive
ty to accuse the BJP go [brightness] and urja High Commissioner to Lon evidence, make arrests and rest of Mr. Johal, who was de about the strengthening
vernment of indulging in [energy].” don Dinesh Patnaik after the prosecute agents reporting tained in Jalandhar last year, links between the communi
group Sikh Federation (U.K.) to Indian government o and is accused of involve ty and Indian authorities.
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Lawmakers oppose H1B curb plan North Korea agrees to
hold talks with South
The measure could result in at least half a million Indian Americans having to move out, they say
U.S., South Korea delay military drills
Press Trust of India administration has been @elonmusk, @satyanadella.
Washington cracking down on the Trump is saying to immi Reuters changes, Mr. Baik said.
Some U.S. lawmakers and scheme. grants and their kids we Seoul North Korean leader Kim
advocacy groups have criti Inuential Democratic don’t have a place in Ameri North Korea agreed on Fri Jongun opened the way for
cised the Donald Trump ad Congresswoman Tulsi Gab ca. It’s not just wrong. It’s day to hold ocial talks with talks with South Korea in a
Fujimori’s release ministration’s reported plan bard said: “Imposing these dumb. Mr. President, would the South next week, the New Year’s Day speech in
angers Peruvians to curb H1B visa extensions draconian restrictions on America really be greater rst in more than two years, which he called for reduced
LIMA
that could result in selfde H1B visa holders will tear fa without us?” he asked in a hours after the United States tensions and agged the
Peru’s former authoritarian
portation of an estimated milies apart, drain our socie tweet. and South Korea delayed a North’s possible participa
leader Alberto Fujimori left
5,00,0007,50,000 Indian ty of talent and expertise, According to Aman Ka military exercise. South Ko tion in the Winter Olympics.
hospital as a free man on
Thursday, waving to
Americans, saying the move and damage our relationship poor, from the group Immi rea said the North had sent U.S. President Donald
supporters from a wheelchair would drain the U.S. of with an important partner, gration Voice, H1B extension its consent for the talks to be Trump and his South Ko
and reigniting anger over a talent. India.... change would be just wrong held on Tuesday. The last rean counterpart Moon Jae
pardon he secured from The proposal, which was “This proposal could lead at every level. time the two Koreas en in announced on Thursday
President Pedro Pablo part of President Donald to the deportation of an esti “It will be a catastrophe of gaged in ocial talks was in that annual largescale mili
Kuczynski. Reuters Trump’s “Buy American, mated 5,00,000 to 7,50,000 epic proportion for Indian December 2015. tary drills would now take
Hire American” initiative Indian H1B visa holders, ma American community lead The meeting will take place after the Olympics.
More pro-regime that he vowed to launch on ny of whom are small busi Anti-immigrant proposal? Tulsi Gabbard and Ro Khanna are ing to mass exodus of close place at the border truce vil Chinese Foreign Ministry
rallies held in Tehran the campaign trail, is being ness owners and job creators among the lawmakers opposing the move. to 1.5 million people (around lage of Panmunjom where spokesman Geng Shuang
TEHRAN drafted by Department of who are helping to build and 7,50,000 primary applicants ocials from both sides are welcomed North and South
Proregime rallies were held Homeland Security leaders, strengthen our U.S. econo plicants and leaving them economy and encourage on H1B visa and another expected to discuss the Win Korea “taking positive steps
around Tehran on Friday, as according to reports. my. This brain drain will sti with no choice but to return companies to further o 7,50,000+ spouses and chil ter Olympics, to be held in to improve ties”, and said
Washington slapped fresh e innovation and decrease to the country of origin or be shore jobs, instead of making dren),” he said. the South next month, and the postponement of the
sanctions on Iran and called Denial of extension our ability to compete in the deported. those investments here. “I Tsion Chudnovsky, an im other interKorean rela military exercises was
for an emergency UN Security The H1B programme oers global 21st century IndianAmerican Con hope the administration im migration and business la tions, South Korean Unica “without doubt a good
Council meeting. The U.S. temporary U.S. visas that al economy.” gressman Raja Krishnamoor mediately rejects this propo wyer in California said: “Gi tion Ministry spokesman thing".
imposed sanctions against low companies to hire highly In a statement the Hindu thi said that while priority sal,” he said. ven the dramatic eect this Baik Taehyun told Earlier this week, Nikki
ve Iranian rms alleged to skilled foreign professionals American Foundation (HAF) must continue to be given to Congressman Ro Khanna proposal could have on the reporters. Haley, the U.S. Ambassador
have been working on an working in areas with shor sounded alarm over the improving advanced training said the proposal was “anti Technology industry, it North Korea asked for to the UN, said Washington
illegal ballistic missile tages of qualied American Trump administration’s pro for domestic workforce, end immigrant”. “My parents doesn’t seem likely it could further negotiations about had heard reports that
programme, linking the move workers. But since taking of posal to deny extensions of ing H1B visa extensions came here on green cards. garner enough support to be the meeting to be carried Pyongyang might be prepar
to the protests. AFP
ce last January, the Trump H1B visas to green card ap would kneecap American So did @sundarpichai, enacted as stated.” out via documented ex ing to re another missile.
Funds due to Pak. will be frozen but not cancelled, says U.S.
‘We hope that Pakistan will take the tan’s foreign exchange re
serves, but I am sceptical ‘Islamabad’s cooperation has been
action against militants that we seek’ that cutting a few hundred
hope Pakistan will take the taking adequate measures Defence Secretary James Director for South Asian Af money that support military
decisive action against... mil against the Haqqani net Mattis said in response to a fairs at the National Security training, counternarcotics, peace. Through a series of towards enduring peace against terrorism and for a
itant groups that we seek”. work. The country has failed question that he did not fore Council, told The Hindu: counterterrorism coopera major counterterrorism requires mutual respect lasting peace in this
State Department ocials to get the certication since see a situation of Pakistan “This suspension will no tion, and law enforcement,” operations Pakistan cleared and trust along with region,” she said.
said the $255 million in Fo 2015. A Pentagon spokesper blocking access for U.S. doubt put pressure on Pakis he said. all these areas resulting in patience and persistence. (Inputs from AP)
Indian held, charged ‘Team Trump unsure
with sexual abuse of his tness for oce’
Accused of assaulting a copassenger Author of book says he met President
Press Trust of India Agence France-Presse scribed him in the same
Washington Washington terms. “They all say he is
Prabhu Ramamoorthy, 34, The author of a book about like a child. And what they
an Indian national, was ar Donald Trump’s White mean by that is he has a
rested and charged with ag House on Friday defended need for immediate grati
gravated sexual abuse over his scathing portrayal of the cation. It’s all about him,”
an assault on a woman sit U.S. President and said “one Mr. Wol told NBC’s “To
ting next to him while on a hundred percent” of those day” show. “Let’s remem
ight from Las Vegas to De around him questioned his ber, this man does not read.
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U.K. could alter policy on foreign students
Its move to count international students as ‘immigrants’ has faced sti opposition
Vidya Ram rious to the university sec warned that the current
London tor, with the inclusion of the Home Secretary Amber
Maintaining international target adding to the percep Rudd was among those urg
students in immigration tion of a hostile environment ing Ms. May to change her
gures and targets — a contro for foreign students that ma stance. The Guardian re
versial policy that British ny in the sector believe has ported that a number Con
Prime Minister Theresa May contributed to declining stu servative chairs of parlia
has continued to insist on dent numbers from coun mentary select committees
despite opposition from tries such as India. had also indicated their wil
within and outside her Con lingness to rebel.
servative party — could nal Criticism against May “For years, Theresa May
ly go, amid strengthening However, in early January, a has stubbornly refused to ac
pressure for change. Last number of British newspap cept that international stu
year, the government ers have reported that senior dents are not immigrants,
backed o at the last minute members of the Conserva U.K. Prime Minister Theresa while the Home Oce has
an opportunity to bring in tive Party have warned that May has backed the move. wildly exaggerated the num
change through a House of they could back an amend ber of those who overstay.
Lords amendment to legisla ment to legislation on immi Standard, former Chancel This absurd policy has
tion going through the gration that would remove lor George Osborne accused fuelled concerns over immi
House of Commons on high the target and with the go the Prime Minister of single gration numbers and done
er education. vernment’s narrow majority handedly maintaining the serious damage to our un
The government policy in the House of Commons, policy and alongside others iversities,’ said Liberal De
was one known to be openly they could face an embar urged change. The Times re mocrat’s leader Vincent ca
opposed by many Cabinet rassing defeat at a time that ported that Cabinet Minis ble. “It’s about time the
Ministers, including Foreign the government needed to ters were warning of defeat government dropped this
Secretary Boris Johnson. show its strength. for the government if it came completely selfharming
They believed it was inju Writing in the Evening to a vote. The Independent approach.”
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market watch
05-01-2018
Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 34,154 ddddddddddddddd0.54
% CHANGE Lenders to pay depositors higher rates ‘Public stockholding
US Dollar dddddddddddddddddddd 63.37 ddddddddddddddd0.06
Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 30,500 ddddddddddddddd0.44
Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 67.41 ddddddddddddd -0.90 Kotak Mahindra, Yes Bank increase xed deposit rates by 525 basis points for dierent tenures of grains to stay’
MANOJIT SAHA key policy rate, the repo Protected by 2014 negotiation: Prabhu
NIFTY 50 Mumbai
rate, is now 6%. Growth in
PRICE CHANGE Special Correspondent
Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.80. . . . . . . 13.95
After a gap of about three bank deposits has slowed
NEW DELHI
Ambuja Cements. . . .. . . . . . 273.90. . . . . . . . . 0.45 years, commercial banks considerably recently.
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1185.25. . . . . . . 13.20 have started increasing xed RBI data showed yearon India’s ongoing public stock
Aurobindo Pharma . . . . . . 671.15. . . . . . . . . 2.85
deposit rates for their retail year deposit growth slowed holding programmes would
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.25. . . . . . . . . 3.35
customers. to 4% as on December 22 remain unaected and con
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3279.85. . . . . . . 15.40
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1814.50. . . . . . . 60.50 At least two private sector from 11.8% on March 31. Cre tinue, Commerce Minister
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 540.00. . . . . . . 17.00 lenders — Kotak Mahindra dit growth, on the other Suresh Prabhu informed the
Bosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19693.15. . . . . . . 40.50
Bank and Yes Bank — have hand, rose to 10.7% com Rajya Sabha on Friday. The
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487.70. . . . . . . . -3.80 minister’s assurance comes
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615.15. . . . . . . . -1.60 raised interest rates on xed pared with 5.1% in March.
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.75. . . . . . . . . 0.95 deposits by 525 basis points in the wake of the recent
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 2473.40. . . . . . . 62.60 (bps) for some tenures. (100 Ination concerns Eleventh Ministerial Confe
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 29237.00. . . . . 666.25
bps = 1 percentage point) Ination too has risen. Retail rence of the World Trade Or
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 494.40. . . . . . . . -2.30
Kotak Mahindra Bank will ination measured by the ganization failing to reach a
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.05. . . . . . . . . 6.95
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1725.20. . . . . . . 22.00 now oer 6.7% for 364 days, consumer price index, permanent solution on pu
New cycle begins: Interest rates have moved in sync with liquidity conditions in the market, says
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1863.60. . . . . . . . . 3.70
which is a rise of 10 bps. For which the RBI uses for policy blic stockholding for food Suresh Prabhu
Ambuj Chandna of Kotak Mahindra Bank GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK
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RCom’s Chinese lender recalls petition Chocolate
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.45. . . . . . . . -1.05
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 201.25. . . . . . . . . 0.90 said: “Quite logically, in ad “The above decisions are
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 923.25. . . . . . . . . 2.95
dition to fullling the obliga in line with India’s position
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.35. . . . . . . . -2.15
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 578.75. . . . . . . . -2.45
brown 10 tion placed by the Bali/Nai in the matter,” Mr. Prabhu
robi mandate, India viewed added. “This is a major
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 431.60. . . . . . . . . 1.65
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770.70. . . . . . . 10.45
China Development Bank to get development rights in DAKC following a pact note coming this as an opportunity for achievement for India.”
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2689.20. . . . . . . 32.10
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 525.45. . . . . . . . . 2.90
Special Correspondent CDB; they will be given a achieving an outcome that
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 4395.80. . . . . . . 50.30 MUMBAI part of the development SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT would be an improvement Ministerial declaration
UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774.20. . . . . . . . -7.45 The China Development rights in the Dhirubhai Am Mumbai over the existing interim so Mr. Prabhu said that mem
Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.55. . . . . . . . . 0.45 A new chocolate brownco lution through less onerous bers could not arrive at an
Bank (CDB), one of the big bani Knowledge City (DAKC)
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.55. . . . . . . . -2.10
YES Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.85. . . . . . . 15.75 gest foreign lenders to Anil in Navi Mumbai,” a person loured 10 denomination transparency and disclosure agreement regarding a mi
Zee Entertainment . . . . . . 586.85. . . . . . . . . 6.85 Ambaniled Reliance Com privy to the development, currency will be put into conditions, no additional sa nisterial declaration follow
munications (RCom) with an said on condition of circulation, the Reserve feguards in respect of pro ing the conference.
exposure of $2 billion to the anonymity. Bank of India said on Fri grammes already covered “Ministers could not ar
EXCHANGE RATES day. The new note has the by the interim solution and rive at an agreed ministerial
carrier, on Friday withdrew
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit
except yen at 4 p.m. on January 05 its petition at the National Ericsson dues motif of Sun Temple, Ko greater legal certainty.” declaration at the end of the
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL Company Law Tribunal Swedish equipment maker nark, on the reverse, dep However, some deve conference on the basis of a
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 63.17. . . . . . . 63.49 seeking to drag RCom into Ericsson, which is yet to re icting the country’s cultu loped countries sought ex draft brought forward from
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 76.13. . . . . . . 76.52 ral heritage. plicit language on existing Geneva,” the minister said.
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 85.55. . . . . . . 85.99
insolvency. cover dues from RCom, said
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 55.76. . . . . . . 56.05 A lawyer representing it would continue with the “The base colour of the safeguards, according to Mr. “As the revised draft mi
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 9.73. . . . . . . . . 9.79 CDB informed the NCLT that NCLT proceedings. note is chocolate brown,” Prabhu, and the U.S. said it nisterial declaration subse
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 64.66. . . . . . . 64.99
the Chinese bank had led a Status quo: RCom said it would not pay interest on NCDs till Meanwhile, RCom will not the RBI said. could not agree to a perma quently proposed by the
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 47.59. . . . . . . 47.84
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 50.50. . . . . . . 50.76 plea to withdraw the insol the restructuring process ends. REUTERS
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pay or x any record date for The size of the new note nent solution. chairperson excluded or
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 15.79. . . . . . . 15.88 vency petition, which the tri payment of interest on NCDs will be 63 mm x 123 mm — “Our public stockholding failed to adequately include
Source:Indian Bank bunal allowed. week and [they] have agreed month, Reliance Jio had till the completion of the res smaller than the existing programmes, however, con important issues such as
Dina Wadia, joint manag to the asset monetisation agreed to buy RCom’s spec tructuring process, the com 63 mm x 137 mm ones. tinue to be protected due to multilateralism, the Doha
ing partner, JSA Associates, programme of the company trum, towers and optic bre pany said in a notication to “All the banknotes in the the interim solution that the Development Agenda and
BULLION RATES CHENNAI
representing the Joint Len as it would give maximum network, which may fetch the stock exchanges. denomination of 10 is government negotiated in special and dierential
January 05 rates in rupees with pre-
vious rates in parentheses ders’ Forum, told The Hin- value [for] the assets... CDB the latter as much as Shares of RCom rose 2.1% sued... in the earlier series 2014, which is available in treatment of developing
Retail Silver (1g) . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00. . . . . (41.90) du, “The agreement was also attended the JLF meet 24,000 crore. “An agree to close at 34.05 on the BSE
#4 1 3 9 7 5
will continue to be legal perpetuity,” he said. “An ex countries, India could not
22 ct gold (1 g) . .. . . . . . . . . . . 2,820. . . . . (2,806) signed with the lenders last ing as an invitee.” Last ment has been reached with on Friday. tender,” the RBI added. isting moratorium on im support it,” he added.
Sensex, Nifty scale Tata, Singapore Air
records on global cues may assess bid for AI
Bank, telecom, auto stocks lead gains Partners have open mind: Vistara CEO
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Reuters
MUMBAI
NEW DELHI
Tracking a strong global Tata Group and Singapore
trend, Indian equity indices Airlines are open to poten
closed at record levels on tially bidding for the indebt
Friday as banking, telecom ed carrier Air India, a top of
and auto heavyweights post cial at a joint venture
ed strong gains. The 30 owned by the rms said on
share Sensex gained 184.21 Friday.
points, or 0.54%, to close at Air India, which was
a new high of 34,153.85. The founded in the 1930s by the
broader Nifty of the Nation Tata Group and nationalised
al Stock Exchange rose in 1953, is saddled with a Leslie Thng
0.51% or 54.05 points to debt of $8.5 billion. The In
10,558.85. dian government agreed last out elaborating. Several
The Sensex gainers pack CAC 40 (France) all ended in June to sell it, after multiple private domestic carriers
was led by Yes Bank, Adani the green. The Dow Jones eorts to resurrect the busi have expressed an interest
Ports, Bharti Airtel, Indu closed above the 25,000 ness failed. in buying the beleaguered
sInd Bank, Dr. Reddy’s Lab mark for the rst time on Leslie Thng, chief execu airline, which still has about
oratories, TCS and Tata Thursday as betterthanex tive of Vistara, a carrier a 13% market share in India,
Steel. Meanwhile, foreign in pected PMI and employ launched jointly by the Tata and is the country’s third
vestors were net buyers of ment numbers lifted Group and Singapore Air biggest carrier, according to
equities at 1,618 crore in Ja sentiment. lines in 2015, said at a news analysts and government re
nuary, after ending Decem The coming week marks conference that the compa ports. Tata Group chairman
ber as net sellers of shares the start of the earnings sea nies were “open to evaluat N. Chandrasekaran said late
worth 5,883 crore. son with sector heavy ing bids for Air India.” last year the company
The Nikkei, Hang Seng, weights Infosys and TCS set “They keep an open would be interested in bid
FTSE, DAX (Germany) and to announce their numbers. mind,” Mr. Thng said, with ding for Air India.
‘India plans budget boost for tourism’
Sops may include raising IT exemption limit on investments in new hotels
Reuters that operates the Oberoi ho
NEW DELHI tels in India.
India is planning to cut taxes In India tourists, on aver
on travel and tourism in next age, pay 30% tax on hotel
month’s Union Budget and rooms and travel compared
give more incentives to the with less than 10% in Singa
$210 billion sector, govern pore, Thailand and Indone
ment sources said, hoping to sia, said Pronab Sarkar, pre
boost economic growth and sident of the Indian
create more jobs. Association of Tour Opera
The move could add to a tors (IATO).
domestic tourism boom in
the world’s second most Higher allocation
populous nation, where low Picture perfect: The incentives could benet airlines and Another government ocial
ination and rising incomes hotel operators, according to the sources. REUTERS
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said the budget was likely to
are changing lifestyles and “signicantly” raise alloca
consumption patterns of an to an industry report, tou a 28% tax on hotel taris, tions for tourism infrastruc
estimated 250 million mid rism employs 40 million pe and oering incentives to at ture and raise income tax ex
dleclass Indians. With ople in India and could add tract private investments. emptions on investments in
scores of destinations intro 10 million jobs in a decade. If the moves come about, new hotels. A third ocial
duced on airline routes last “We’ll announce mea companies expected to be said Mr. Jaitley was expected
year, air travel is also surg sures in the budget to pro net include airlines like In to lower income tax on cor
ing. India’s tourism sector mote investment in the tou diGo, owned by InterGlobe porate prot, oer tax incen
grew over 10% in the six rism sector,” a top Finance Aviation and Jet Airways and tives on hotel construction,
months ending September, Ministry ocial told Reuters, hotel operators such as In allocate more funds for new
compared to near 8% in the adding that Finance Minister dian Hotels, that owns the tourist trains and building
yearago period. According Arun Jaitley favours lowering Taj Mahal chain and EIH Ltd. roads to tourist destinations.
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Rural BPO scheme: women New India to unveil title
form 40% of added headcount cover for realty developers
Product will insure against defects in title deeds: CMD
10,968 hired under Centre’s BPO promotion scheme; 1.45 lakh jobs envisaged
Special Correspondent most 500 crore this scal to
Special Correspondent scheme, about 18,160 seats COIMBATORE upgrade technology.
New Delhi were allocated by the Centre New India Assurance shortly “The company is focusing
Security xes not to hit The government’s India BPO after four rounds of bidding, plans to introduce title insu on digital in a big way. About
performance: Intel promotion scheme, which while close to 14,000 seats rance cover for property de 15% of the business is se
Intel Corp. said xes for aims to popularise the indus have been shortlisted after velopers, a top ocial said. cured through digital means
security issues in its try beyond metros, has so the fth round and are likely The product would insure and the company expects
microchips would not slow
far provided employment to to be allotted soon. the property developer this to grow at a high pace in
down computers, rebung
almost 11,000 people across against any defect in the title the coming period,” he said.
concerns that the aws
the country, of which 40% ‘66% of target’ deeds, said G. Srinivasan, In ve to seven years, 40%
found in microprocessors
would signicantly reduce
are women. “This will take the total num CMD, New India Assurance. to 45% of the business may
performance. The The scheme, under the ber of seats allocated under come through digital means.
performance impact of the Digital India Programme, Calling beyond metros: Firms such as AGS Health will be the scheme to nearly International insurers G. Srinivasan Investments in technology
recent security updates will was introduced in April 2016 providing services in about 16 languages. 32,000, or 66% of the target “We are taking the help of in were aimed at attracting
be mitigated over time, Intel to incentivise BPO rms to ed number,” the ocial said. ternational insurers for this insolvency proceedings and more customers through the
said adding Apple, Amazon, extend operations to tier2 the scheme, there are special ployment of 10,968 persons Under the scheme, 109 product,” Mr. Srinivasan told they had to complete pro digital mode and to make
Google and Microsoft Corp. and tier3 cities. incentives for employing wo under the scheme, approxi units have been approved, the media here on Friday. “It ceedings and transactions. payment of premium easier,
reported little to no With an outlay of about men and dierentlyabled mately 40% are women,” the through which about 40 is to ensure the title is free of This product would provide he said.
performance impact from the 500 crore, it aims to incen persons, and generating em ocial added. A Nasscom re rms such as Amazon Deve defects.” professional indemnity. New India also plans to
updates. Reuters tivise establishment of ployment beyond target,” an port had said that more than lopment Centre India and The rm recently intro Mr. Srinivasan said that open 250 micro oces this
48,300 seats, providing ocial from Ministry of Elec 34% employees working in AGS Health, will be provid duced an insurance product New India, which was ad year and has tied up with
Stent overpricing: Govt. about 1.45 lakh jobs, under a tronics and IT said. “Till the $155billion IT industry ing voice and nonvoice ser for insolvency professionals. ding about 10,000 agents ve banks for bancassu
receives 40 complaints threeshift strategy. “Under now, out of the reported em are women. Under the vices in about 16 languages. Many banks were initiating this year, was investing al rance, Mr. Srinivasan added.
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‘It could have been better had Vice-captain Rahane deserved better
we got de Villiers out early’ Past record loses out to current form in selection criteria
Special Correspondent on the track here. “We like to He was all praise for de S. Dinakar in South Africa. “Rahane should have at
Cape Town play Test cricket in these Villiers’ scintillating halfcen Cape Town It’s true that Rahane has least been given a chance to
Bhuvneshwar Kumar felt the conditions.” tury. “The genius of his bat It is not often that the vice not been in form of late but fail. He has been valuable for
2530 extra runs conceded to Bhuvneshwar said the ting changed the game, captain of a team is dropped then, given his past record in India in the past on such
the South African tail could rate at which South Africa made the bowlers alter their from the eleven for the rst these parts, he could have pitches,” said a former inter
have been avoided. scored had the Indian team length. Skipper du Plessis Test of a series. turned things around. national cricketer.
The Indian paceman, worried. “They were scoring batted with tenacity.” As a part of the teamman The diminutive righthan
whose fourwicket haul was at over four runs an over Benkenstein noted that #4 1 3 9 7 5
agement, Ajinkya Rahane der uses his feet, has a se Another surprise
the highlight for the side on and, during breaks, we dis the decision to bat was not would have attended the cure defence and can play India threw up another sur
day one, was candid when cussed ways to slow down an easy one. “We looked at meeting that ended up with the horizontalbat shots ef prise as Jasprit Bumrah,
he said, “We need to bat well the rate of scoring.” the overhead conditions and his name being excluded fectively, so important on making his Test debut, was
tomorrow, stay at the wicket the possibility of the pitch from the team for the Cape these pitches. preferred over the expe
for long periods.” Unconcerned becoming quicker as it be Town Test. Ajinkya Rahane... a bitter pill rienced Ishant Sharma and
Bhuvneshwar added, “But South African batting coach came drier. We had to bat It’s sad because Rahane, Tough decision to swallow. FILE PHOTO
* Umesh Yadav.
I would say things are even Dale Benkenstein said the through dicult early who batted admirably in In With the thinktank decid The thinking here was
on the rst day. It could have ‘sending o ’ India captain conditions.” dia’s past Test campaigns in ing to opt for pacebowling form, got the nod. that Bumrah bowls an attack
been better for us had we got Virat Kohli gave to his South Calling Dale Steyn “a huge South Africa, England, New allrounder Hardik Pandya Yet, some past cricketers ing length, can nd outside
A.B. de Villiers out early. He African counterpart Faf du weapon for South Africa,” Zealand and Australia, de for an extra batsman — noth here felt Rohit’s recent per edge with away going deliv
counterattacked, took the Plessis after his dismissal — Benkenstein said, “He bow served better. ing wrong with this attacking formances have come in In eries and pierce defences
game away from us, even if the umpires had a word with led beautifully. The mental In fact, Rahane averages ploy — India had to choose dia, while Rahane has, over with yorkers and inswingers.
not completely.” Kohli subsequently — did not part of the overs he bowled 57.00 in Australia, 33.22 in between Rahane and Rohit the years, excelled on pitch Time will tell whether In
The Uttar Pradesh pace really concern the home today will be huge for Steyn A.B. de Villiers. England, 54.00 in New Zea Sharma. es with seam movement and dia’s selection gambles pay
man said he enjoyed bowling team. going into the series.” * CARL FOURIE/GETTY IMAGES land and a whopping 69.66 And Rohit, the man in bounce. o.
Smith racks up another record Li and Ajay star for North Eastern
The Australia skipper emulates Sobers as second-fastest PBL Marin, Tai Tzuying and Sai and back court, Feng was
na Nehwal in the last three highly inconsistent. There
to 6000 runs; Khawaja also comes good matches, was persistent were hardly any long rallies
K. Keerthivasan
CHENNAI against Gilmour. It was Li’s and it boiled down to who
THE ASHES North Eastern Warriors
retrievals that turned the was more consistent.
match in her favour.
Agencies scripted its rst win in four The men’s doubles was
SYDNEY However, it was Bengalu mundane for the most part.
ties in the Premier Badmin
Steve Smith notched up ru that got a headstart when Bengaluru’s pair of Boe and
ton League with a 32 verdict
another milestone as he con the pair of Mathias Boe and Rang overcame a sti chal
over favourite Bengaluru
tinued to torment England Kim Sa Rang defeated Kim Gi lenge from Jung and Choel.
Blasters here on Friday.
and Usman Khawaja neared Jung and Shin Baek Cheol 15 Surprisingly, Boe, a World
The victory was largely 12, 715, 1512 in the rst
a century to put Australia in championship silver medal
due to Ajay Jayaram and Mi match.
a strong position after day list, was below par in the
chelle Li’s wonderful perfor But the Warrriors jumped
two of the nal Ashes Test in rst two games, but picked
mances. They posted their in to the lead when Ajay
Sydney on Friday. up in the decider.
rst wins in the men’s and overcame Chong Wei
The Australia skipper,
women’s singles this season Feng158, 1513 in what was a Warriors now have 11
playing his 111th innings,
and these couldn’t have trump match for Blasters. It points from four ties while
joined Garry Sobers as the
come at a better time. was a win that Warriors’ best Blasters have 13 from three.
second fastest batsman to
reach 6,000 Test runs, se Li stole the show with a (male) singles player — Ajay, The results: Bengaluru Blasters
cond only to the legendary display that was stunning for the World No. 38 — would lost to North Eastern Warriors
Don Bradman. the way she handled a high have been happy to pocket. 23 (Mathias Boe & Kim Sa
At close, Smith was on 44 Fantastic Friday: Steve Smith made it a special innings by pressure match involving an With losses against Lee Rang bt Kim Gi Jung & Shin
with Khawaja reaching his reaching 6000 Test runs. AFP *
opponent — Kirsty Gilmour Hyun Il (Hyderabad Hun Baek Cheol 1512, 715, 1512;
— ranked above her. Li, six ters) and P. Kashyap Chong Wei Feng (T) lost to Ajay
highest score of the series on
places lower than Gilmour at Jayaram 815, 1315; Kirsty Gil
91. they had resumed on 233 for mins dropping Tom Curran (Awadhe Warriors), the 30
No. 22 in the world, won 7 mour lost to Michelle Li (T) 7
ve, Mitchell Starc eliciting on 21 o Nathan Lyon and, in yearold Ajay was eager to
15, 1514, 1513; Victor Axelsen
Big partnership an outside edge which Smith the next over, Josh Hazle 15, 1514, 1513 in the third notch up a triumph. bt Tzu Wei Wang 915, 1513,
The world’s topranked bat caught brilliantly to make wood letting Moeen Ali o match. The AjayFeng contest 1514; Manu Atri & Sikki Reddy
sman and Khawaja batted some amends for three spills the hook with the allroun Li, who had lost to higher was good in patches. While bt Prajakta Sawant & Shin Baek
through the nal session in a in his otherwise impeccable der on 22. ranked players in Carolina Ajay was uent at the front Choel 1215, 158, 159).
107run partnership after series. England’s tail made the
openers Cameron Bancroft His fast bowlers then pro most of the reprieves with
and David Warner had de ceeded to produce a couple Curran hitting a condent 39
parted early in Australia’s of howlers with Pat Cum and Moeen 30.
reply to England’s 346.
The tourists, 30 down in SCOREBOARD AUSTRALIA VS ENGLAND, FIFTH TEST
the series, earlier posted a England — 1st innings: A. Cook Australia bowling: Starc 216
competitive tally in the face lbw b Hazlewood 39, M. Stone 802, Hazlewood 234652,
of some fearsome pace bow man c Paine b Cummins 24, J. Cummins 24.35804, Lyon
ling on the back of a hard Vince c Paine b Cummins 25, J. 375861, M. Marsh 70330.
wagging tail and some was Root c M. Marsh b Starc 83, D. Australia — 1st innings: C. Ban
teful Australian catching. Malan c Smith b Starc 62, J. croft b Broad 0, D. Warner c
Stuart Broad’s 31, featur Bairstow c Paine b Hazlewood Bairstow b Anderson 56, U.
ing two thumping sixes, had 5, Moeen Ali c Paine b Cum Khawaja (batting) 91, S. Smith
earlier been integral to a mins 30, T. Curran c Bancroft b (batting) 44; Extras (b1, nb1):
Cummins 39, S. Broad c Smith 2; Total (for two wkts. in 67
bright morning for the tou
b Lyon 31, M. Crane run out 4, overs): 193.
rists after the hammer blow J. Anderson (not out) 0; Extras Fall of wickets: 11, 286.
of losing two wickets in the (lb2, w2): 4; Total (in 112.3 England bowling: Anderson
last couple of overs of day overs): 346. 144251, Broad 102281,
one. Fall of wickets: 128, 288, 3 Moeen 17 3510, Curran 82
Dawid Malan (62) lasted 95, 4228, 5233, 6251, 7294, 260, Crane 170580, Root 1 Crucial win: Ajay Jayaram beat Chong Wei Feng in what was the latter’s trump match to ensure
less than half an hour after 8335, 9346. 040. that North Eastern Warriors got its nose ahead. M. VEDHAN *
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SHILLONG I-LEAGUE Imphal
Park Minjong of Korea beat
second seed Sacchitt Shar BENGALURU: Gestapo, who is in Allan 57, 11. Shades Of Desire (4) 10. High Admiral (5) Jagadeesh 54, Panama (9) S. John 59, 4. Floren can do better in future,” said ship is returning to the coun
ma 64, 64 in the boys’ fine fettle as evidenced by his Selvaraj 57, 12. Zedclass (13) Sunil 11. Lawrence Of Arabia (6) David cia (1) Sunil Samson 58.5, 5. Girl NATIONAL BOXING Singh. try after 2006. I won a gold
mock race, may score in the New Samson 57, 13. New Era (14) P. Allan 54, 12. Setaglow (8) Mu With Pearl (12) Jagadeesh 58.5, 6.
seminals of the ITF Year Cup (1,400m), the chief With the aim of making it medal then and we as a team
Mani 56.5 and 14. Pink Smile (8) dassar 54, 13. Hidden Soldier (2) Regency Girl (13) P.P. Dhebe 58.5, Sports Bureau
Grade3 junior tournament event of the opening day’s races Ramesh Kumar 55. Kiran Rai 53.5 and 14. Nicaragua 7. Calico King (8) A. Waheed 57.5, ROHTAK to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, took the overall champion
at the CLTA Complex on to be held here on Saturday ( Jan. 1. SHADES OF DESIRE, (3) P. Trevor 52. 8. Love For Life (10) Vivek 56.5, 9.
6). 2. PRINCESS RUMELA, 1. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, Barog (11) R. Marshall 56, 10. Im India’s overwhelming suc several rookie boxers will be ship. I want to repeat that.
Friday. False rails (width about 4m from primatur (2) Nazerul Alam 56, 11. keen to challenge esta
3. MULHOLLAND 2. DONNA ROSSA, 3. NICARAGUA cess in the World youth wo “But my ultimate dream is
In the girls’ section, 1,600m to the winning post) will Limato (3) A. Ramu 55.5, 12. Game blished names, including
third seed Vaidehi Chaud be in position.
3 BELUR PLATE (1,100m), rated
00 to 20, 315: 1. Country’s 5 NEW YEAR CUP (1,400m), 4
yo& over, (Terms), 415: 1.
Bold Command (1) Srinath 60, 2.
Again (4) P. Mani 54.5, 13. Rhapso
dyein Queen (7) Janardhan P 54.5
men’s boxing championship
has spurred the Boxing Fed former World championship
to get an Olympics medal. I
tried before but could not
hari went down ghting in
three sets Diana Khodan of
1 BLACK CAVIER PLATE (1,200),
maiden 3yo only, (Terms), 215
p.m.: 1. Decisive (7) R. Marshall
Pearl (13) Nazerul Alam 60, 2.
Likeaknife (14) Rajesh Kumar 60,
3. Aafrikaan (11) S. Shiva Kumar
Shivalik Star (5) S. John 57.5, 3.
Ace Bucephalus (3) Nazerul Alam
and 14. Dynamism (6) Arshad
Alam 54.
eration of India (BFI) to fo medallists L. Sarita Devi, So
nia Lather and Kavita
qualify. This time all my
energy is directed towards
1. AEROSPEED, 2. PANAMA, cus on nurturing young ta
Ukraine, who had ousted 55, 2. Diamond Rays (8) Jagadeesh 59.5, 4. Purity (7) Mudassar 59.5, 55.5, 4. Gestapo (2) P. Trevor 55.5,
lent for three major events Chahal. that goal,” said 35yearold
55, 3. King Of The Wind (1) P.P. 5. Tea Wid Me (2) D. Patel 59.5, 6. 5. Jersey Wonder (4) Vivek 55.5, 6. 3. REGENCY GIRL
the top seed in round two. Magistero (7) P.P. Dhebe 55.5 and this year and the Tokyo Fivetime World cham Sarita, who won a 64kg
Dhebe 55, 4. Prince Charmo (11) Bold Runner (10) A. Waheed 59, 7.
The results:
Boys (seminals): Terence
Sunil Samson 55, 5. Sir Cecil (5) P.
Trevor 55, 6. Spirit Bruce (4) A.
Delight (3) R. Marshall 59, 8.
Silken Striker (6) R. Anand 58.5, 9.
7. Pearl City (6) Suraj Narredu 54.
1. GESTAPO, 2. BOLD COMMAND, 3.
8 BIDAR PLATE (1,200m), rated
30 to 50, 5yo & over, 545: 1.
Tzar (1) T.S. Jodha 60, 2. One Big
Olympics in 2020. pion and London Olympics Asian championship bronze
Ramu 55, 7. Subah Ka Tara (10) Ar Golden Opinion (1) Ashok Kumar PEARL CITY When the National wo bronze medallist M.C. Mary in November.
Atmane (Fra) bt Eric Vanshel Gang (11) Janardhan P 56.5, 3.
shad Alam 55, 8. Black Whizz (9) 58, 10. Bellerophon (12) Arshad men’s boxing championship Kom will be the biggest The multipletime Asian
boim (Ukr) 63, 64; Park
Minjong (Kor) bt Sacchitt
T.S. Jodha 53.5, 9. Gin Daisy (3)
Suraj Narredu 53.5, 10. Into The
Alam 57.5, 11. Cashmere (5) Rayan
Ahmed 57.5, 12. Rocket Punch (4)
6 STEWARD TROPHY (1,400m),
rated 60 & above, 445: 1. Into
The Spotlight (—) (—) 60, 2. Light
Wild Wild Angels (5) A. Waheed
56.5, 4. Mayweather (3) P.P.
Dhebe 56, 5. Tinderella (7) R. Mar
starts at the National Boxing name to skip the event. champion said women’s
Sharma 64, 64. Doubles ( Groove (6) David Allan 53.5 and 11. Jagadeesh 56, 13. Incitatus (9) A. ning Strikes (5) Selvaraj 59.5, 3. shall 56, 6. Agneta (12) S. Shiva Ku Academy here on Saturday, Sarita, who will compete boxing had become more
Vanity Fair (2) I. Chisty 53.5. Ramu 55.5 and 14. Spectre (8) P.P. Ayrton (6) S. John 59, 4. Michaela mar 55, 7. Erdemir (13) Jagadeesh scouts will keep an eye on in 60kg, said the event competitive. “We created a
nal): Louis Herman & Gauth
1. SIR CECIL, 2. DIAMOND RAYS, Dhebe 50.5. (4) R. Marshall 58.5, 5. Mystic Mu 55, 8. Celtic Mist (14) I. Chisty would serve as a stepping
ier Onclin (Bel) bt Zhao Zhao 3. VANITY FAIR 1. BELLEROPHON, 2. AAFRIKAAN, sic (8) Mudassar 57.5, 6. Flamboy 54.5, 9. Flicka (4) Sunil Samson
upandcoming boxers record by winning ve golds
& Zhaou Xinmu (Chn) 63, 3. SPECTRE ance (1) Srinath 56.5, 7. Ungoogle 53.5, 10. Paradiso (6) Arshad Alam ahead of the Common stone to realising bigger at the World youth cham
62.
Girls (seminals): Diana Kho
2 NILGIRIS PLATE (Div. II),
(1,200m), rated 15 to 35, 245:
1. Mulholland (11) Arshad Alam 4 G. KRISHNAPPA MEMORIAL
TROPHY (1,400m), rated 30 to
able (2) R. Pradeep 56.5, 8. Zafran
(10) P. Trevor 54.5, 9. Pinyada (3)
52, 11. Beyond Reach (8) Nazerul
Alam 51.5, 12. Good Word (2) Irvan
wealth Games in April, Asian
Games in August and the
dreams. pionship. So many talented
boxers are coming up; you
Suraj Narredu 53.5, 10. Silver Singh 50.5, 13. Indian Brahmos “I want to compete in the
dan (Ukr) bt Vaidehi Chaud 60, 2. Desert Gold (9) A. Ramu 50, 345: 1. War Envoy (4) Nazerul
58.5, 3. Perfect Monarch (6) Alam 60, 2. Spot Light (7) P.P. Chieftain (7) Sunil Samson 53.5 (10) Rayan Ahmed 50.5 and 14. World championship in Del Commonwealth Games and cannot take anyone lightly.”
hari 76(8), 06, 63; Emma Nazerul Alam 58.5, 4. Prodigal Dhebe 58.5, 3. Rum Runner (13) S. and 11. Taqdeer Ka Badshah (9) Kudla Punch (9) S.K. Paswan 50.5. hi in November. Asian Games. After the for
Raducanu (GBR) bt Akanksha Rajesh Kumar 53.5. 1. ERDEMIR, 2. TZAR, The tussle between the
Son (7) Darshan 58.5, 5. Angelic John 58, 4. Donna Rossa (10) Suraj gettable episode of the 2014
Bhan 63, 62. Doubles ( Love (10) Janardhan P 57.5, 6. Narredu 57.5, 5. Gandharva (9) 1. PINYADA, 2. FLAMBOYANCE, 3. GOOD WORD Chief National coach Shiv young and seasoned boxers
Above The Rest (1) A. Waheed 57, Sunil Samson 57.5, 6. James Bond 3. AYRTON Day’s best: GESTAPO Singh said the focus would Asian Games, my target is to should oer some fascinat
nal): Julie Belgraver & Isa
Double: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA — win gold at the 2018 Asian
belle Haverlag (Ned) bt Aun
chisa Chanta (Tha) & Hoi Ki
7. Kruger Park (5) Chetan Gowda
57, 8. Music Divine (2) T.S. Jodha
57, 9. Mystify Me (3) S.K. Paswan
(14) Vivek 57.5, 7. Reczai (12)
Ramesh Kumar 56.5, 8. Dont Dilly
Dally (1) Arshad Alam 55.5, 9.
7 NILGIRIS PLATE (Div. I),
(1,200m), rated 15 to 35, 515: 1.
Aerospeed (5) Suraj Narredu 60,
PINYADA
Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; Tr (I): 3, 4 and
be on identifying young ta
lent. “We are looking for Games.
ing contests that will serve as
the trials for the Common
Jenny Wong (Hkg) 61, 75. 57, 10. Princess Rumela (12) David Princeazeem (11) Syed Imran 54.5, 2. Bazinga (14) Kiran Rai 59.5, 3. 5; (ii): 6, 7 and 8. ward to the new boxers, who “The World champion wealth and Asian Games.
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Simon continues to be Cilic’s bogey
Frenchman bounces back to send the top seed packing, meets Anderson in nal
N. Sudarshan Paire, 67(6), 76(2), 61. breakdown of his doublest er to the lines than he had crosscourt pass, almost air
PUNE Paire was physically com ed backhand, especially in done in his earlier rounds. borne. The former, even
Even when Marin Cilic had promised; battling blisters the third set, resigned him to Coupled with penetrative with his considerable wing
managed to mow down near on his right palm throughout his sixth defeat in seven ca power they were almost al span, barely attempted a
ly all of his opponents en and hobbling for the entirety reer meetings with the ways beyond reach. lunge. It was a point of no
route to his maiden Grand of the third set. Yet, he put Frenchman. Though Simon doesn’t return.
Slam singles triumph at the on a show. Between his “Simon is physically an quite sink his teeth into a Later in the doubles semi
2014 US Open, Gilles Simon popped collar unbelievable match like Cilic, he has a cold nal, Yuki Bhambri and Divij
was the only one who hadn’t and immacu player,” said relentlessness about him. He Sharan lost to Simon and
waved the white ag. lately mani Cilic later. broke twice in succession in PierreHugues Herbert 64,
On Friday, at the Tata cured beard, he “You have to the second set, survived one 76 (2).
Open Maharashtra, he seemed to own be aggressive break of serve and fended o The results:
proved to be the Croat’s the place. But and serve another attempt while serv Seminals: Singles: Gilles Si
Achilles heel yet again as he Anderson came through, well in order to beat him. I ing at 53. mon (Fra) bt Marin Cilic (Cro)
beat Cilic 16, 63, 62 to enter with his service game hold was missing rst serves when After having surrendered 16, 63, 62; Kevin Anderson
(Rsa) bt Benoit Paire (Fra) 67
his rst ATP tourlevel nal in ing tight. I needed them and missing serve in the very rst game of
(6), 76(2), 61.
more than two years. In Sa The CilicSimon match some balls when I needed the third set, he had a good
Doubles: Robin Haase & Matwe
turday’s title clash, he will was more compelling. The them.” hard look at the Simon serve Middelkoop (Ned) bt Roman Je
meet South African Kevin tournament’s top seed may In the rst set though the on three other occasions but bavy & Jiri Vesely (Cze) 62,
Anderson who came through well have taken it. For in Croat missed nothing. Mind never capitalised. 64; PierreHugues Herbert &
another tough threesetter, stance, he won 78 points to ful of Simon’s excellent With Cilic down 24, 040, Simon (Fra) bt Yuki Bhambri & Big scalp: Gilles Simon beat Marin Cilic for the sixth time in seven meetings to enter his rst ATP
this time against Benoit Simon’s 74. But a complete courtcoverage, Cilic hit clos Simon slapped a forehand Divij Sharan 64, 76(2). Tourlevel nal in more than two years. R. RAGU *
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