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Protesters, cops fight pitched battles
as fresh clashes flare up in east Delhi
Situation Brought CURFEW LIFTED IN PARTS OF ASSAM, RELAXED IN OTHERS
Under Control The violent protest in east Delhi’s
In A Few Hours Seelampur left at least 34 people
injured, including 12 cops
Somreet Bhattacharya &
Paras Singh TNN
New Delhi: Two days after
clashes in and around Jamia
Millia Islamia, violence erup-
ted again in the capital over the
amended citizenship Act when
2,000-odd protesters fought a
pitched battle with the police in
north-east Delhi’s Seelampur
area, attacking law enforcers
and residents with stones, bott-
les and sticks. Two police bo-
oths and a public toilet were
torched.
While the situation was
brought under control by late
afternoon, one or two stray in-
cidents in the area were repor-
ted till late at night. Police said
22 people, including some
children, and 12 policemen we-
re injured in the rioting.
Police fired in the air and
used over two dozen tear gas
shells to contain the crowd.
One cop was thrashed and his
wireless set snatched by the
rioters.
The protesters had initially
assembled for a peaceful
march on Jafrabad Main Road
near Brahmpuri and Mustafa-
bad around 12.30pm, but things
soon went out of hand, police
said. Police have registered two
FIRs of arson, rioting, dama-
ging public property, unlawful
assembly and causing grievo-
us hurt at the Seelampur and
Jafrabad police station. They
have detained five people who
were caught from the spot.
Rioters, P 14
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➤ Oppn delegation led by
Sonia Gandhi meets President,
seeks his intervention to repeal
‘unconstitutional & divisive’ CAA
➤ Former Congress MLA
Asif Ahmed Khan named in
FIR on Jamia violence
➤ Cops arrest 10 locals for
Jamia violence. No Jamia
Modi dares Cong
on citizenship law
A ttacking the Congress
and other opposition par-
ties, PM Narendra Modi on
Tuesday challenged them to
offer Indian nationality to all
Pakistanis. He also dared
them to invalidate the law
banning triple talaq and revi-
ve Article 370 in J&K. “Let
them say that, and the count-
ry will teach them a lesson.
You (Congress) are mislea-
ding the people,” he said. P 14
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student in list; 2 are ‘history
sheeters’, rest have 1 previous
criminal case, say cops
➤ Jamia proctor says student
hit by cops in the university
library on Sunday may lose
vision in one eye
➤ Assam relatively peaceful,
curfew lifted in some parts,
No going back
on CAA: Shah
A sserting that the Centre
was determined to imple-
ment CAA, home minister
Amit Shah said the police ac-
tion in Jamia was to contain
mob violence. Shah also said
one should not exaggerate the
protests, adding, “One should
know that there are more
than 400 universities in the
country and reports of agita-
tion have been reported from
around 22.” P 14
410
relaxed in others
➤ Junior rail mantri Suresh
Angadi asks authorities
to ‘shoot at sight’ anyone
destroying public property
➤ Urdu writer Mujtaba Hussain
decides to return his Padma
Shri in protest against the
‘atmosphere of fear and hatred’
Stir backed in 19 Stalin, Kamal slam SC: Move HCs for
US univs, Oxford Centre & AIADMK cop action probe
N early 400 students from 19
universities across the
United States, including Har-
vard, Yale, Stanford and Co-
lumbia, have signed a state-
ment “condemning recent po-
lice brutality in Indian univer-
sities” and expressing
solidarity with protesting stu-
dents in India. At Oxford in the
United Kingdom, students
carried out anti-CAA de-
monstrations. P 14
If I have to fill a
form to prove
I’m Indian,
I will not do it
—BHUPESH
BAGHEL |
Chhattisgarh CM
(Interview on
Edit Page)
D MK chief Stalin, who
slammed the Centre for
‘trampling’ the rights of Mus-
lims, blamed the AIADMK for
the passage of the bill. “Had
the lone AIADMK MP in LS
and 11 MPs in RS voted against
the bill, there wouldn’t be vio-
lence across the country,” he
said. Actor Kamal Haasan
termed the protests as mark-
ing the beginning of the end of
anti-national forces. P 7
INDIA’S LARGEST ENGLISH NEWSPAPER
POPE FRANCIS REMOVES
SHROUD OF SECRECY FROM
CLERGY SEX ABUSE CASES 15
Protect right
of peaceful
assembly: US
O n the eve of a high-level mi-
nisterial dialogue between
the US and India, and largely re-
iterating a statement made last
Friday, the Trump administra-
tion on Tuesday urged Indian
authorities to “protect and re-
spect the right of peaceful as-
sembly” while asking protes-
tors to refrain from violence. A
state department spokesperson
said the US is “closely following
developments” while urging In-
dia to “protect rights of its reli-
gious minorities in keeping
with India’s Constitution and
democratic values.” P 14
BOLLYWOOD’S TAKE
S everal Bollywood stars
took to Twitter following
the Jamia clashes. While some
backed the students, others
condemned violence by both
cops and protesters. There
were also some sparring
sessions. A snapshot | P 14
T he SC on Tuesday asked pe-
titioners seeking an inqui-
ry into alleged police excesses
at Jamia and AMU to move
HCs after solicitor general Tus-
har Mehta said AMU had cal-
led in police and no student
was arrested by Delhi Police.
“What we are saying is you all
must go before high courts
which would be better equip-
ped to appreciate your grievan-
ces,” the bench said. P 14
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Madras univ students
on protest; Modi effigy
set on fire in Tiruvarur
R Ramesh Shankar
Madras University students were continuing their stir on the varsity
campus against the CAA at the time of going to press late on Tuesday
T Jamaat body
he anger over the Citi-
zenship Amendment
Act and the police ac-
tion against Jamia Millia
students in New Delhi found
drops AIADMK
resonance in Tamil Nadu on
Tuesday with sporadic pro-
MP as patron
tests on multiple campuses.
While Madras University
Julie.Mariappan
@timesgroup.com
declared a holiday for all its
departments till December Chennai: Furious with
23 after more than a hundred AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP Mo-
students sat on a protest hammed Jan for backing the
raising slogans against the controversial Citizenship
Centre and the Delhi police, Amendment Act, a federation
at least 63 students of the of jamaats of Walajapet, Rani-
central university of Tamil
Nadu, Tiruvarur, were book-
pet and Arcot, which controls
more than 100 mosques in the
ed for burning the effigies of
PM Modi and home minister
Muslim-dominant Vellore dis-
trict, passed a resolution on
Amit Shah. Students of
Presidency College and
School of Excellence in Law
Monday removing him from
the honorary post of Patron.
The former minister has now
in Chennai, too, protested been provided 24hr police secu-
the police highhandedness. rity at his Ranipet residence.
“The Centre, which wants to The decision was taken at a
give citizenship to minori- meeting of the federation of ja-
ties from Bangladesh, Af- maats with its office in Chowk
ghanisthan and Pakistan, Masjid near Bazaar Street in
has deliberately left out Sri Ranipet, a few hundred metres
Lankan Tamils, and the Act from the MP’s house.
favours only Hindus,” the
students said. TNN. P 2 & 7 Federation protest, P 4
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TAKING STOCK:
A one-year survey will
assess what George
Survey to lay road map for George After CAA stir, Madras univ
Town’s redevelopment in 10 days
advances Christmas holidays
Town, one of the most
densely populated
and unorganised
areas of Chennai, C Suresh Kumar
needs TIMES NEWS NETWORK

THE BLUEPRINT Chennai: Madras University

What the plan to develop on Tuesday declared a holiday
to all university departments
George Town brings on the table
till December 23 following pro-
tests by students against Citi-
Redevelopment of George Town area has zenship Amendment Act
received nod from Atal Mission for Rejuvenation (CAA). This effectively advan-
and Urban Transformation scheme (AMRUT) ced the Christmas holidays as
Chennai Metropolitan the university is scheduled to
`40 lakh allocated
for one-year pilot survey that will
Development Authority will close on December 24 and will
reopen on January 1, 2020.
execute the project
begin in 10 days In an informal communi-
cation, the university asked
departments to postpone ex-
aminations to after January 1. UP IN ARMS: Students held a protest at the Chepauk campus on Tuesday
“The university will function
and we have only suspended vernment and the Delhi poli- Students from New Colle-
classes to diffuse the situa- ce and did not disburse till the ge, The Quaide Milleth Colle-
Pics: B A Raju
tion,” an university official time of going to press. ge for Men, Madras Christian

Chennai’s old quarter

told TOI.
More than 100 students
from various departments on
Tuesday staged a protest at
the university’s Chepauk
“In the CAA, the Centre
has deliberately left out the
Sri Lankan Tamils living in
Tamil Nadu for the past four
decades,” C Murugan, one of
College, Presidency College
and School of Excellence in
Law also staged protests con-
demning police action aga-
inst students. “We wanted to

set to turn the corner

Yogesh.Kabirdoss
@timesgroup.com
without displacing the local
population. “The sewerage sys-
planning permission. The re-
campus against CAA and in
solidarity with students of Ja-
mia Millia Islamia who faced
police action. They raised slo-
gans against the Union go-
the protesting students, said.
The situation grew tense
when police refused to allow
students from affiliated colle-
ges to join the protest.
express our solidarity with
the students who were attack-
ed by police and boycotted our
classes,” a student from Scho-
ol of Excellence in Law said.
port submitted to the Madras

A
mong the oldest
quarters of the city,
George Town is set
to be revamped. In
another 10 days,
Chennai Metropolitan Develop-
ment Authority (CMDA) will
launch a year-long survey to
redevelop one of Chennai’s
most densely populated and
unorganised areas.
The survey will enumerate
illegal constructions, total
floor space area, population
density, condition of buildings
and fire safety violations. It
will calculate the volume of
sewage discharged by house-
holds and the amount of water
supplied by Metrowater.
An official from the housing
and urban development depart-
ment said the purpose of the
study was to redevelop the area
No redevelopment plan can be implemented
without the active participation of local commu-
nities K P Subramanian | EX-PROF., URBAN ENGINEERING, ANNA UNIVERSITY
tems, drinking water supply
and power connections are
stressed. We need to draw a
roadmap to redevelop the area,”
the official said. Meetings with
resident welfare associations
would be organised to explain
the plan and facilitate enumer-
ation, the official said.
Three wards, which have a
mix of residential, mixed-resi-
NEW CHAPTER
dential and commercial zones,
will be surveyed. The Centre
has sanctioned `40 lakh for the
study under the AMRUT
scheme of Union ministry of
housing and urban affairs.
In 2014, a survey by Chennai
Corporation found that of the
11,300 buildings on roads that
are less than 9m wide, only 72
were constructed as per the
high court said that more than
99% of buildings in George
Town were constructed either
without an approved plan or in
violation of rules.
The survey will focus on al-
lowing reconstruction of unau-
thorised buildings such that
they adhere to the Tamil Nadu
Combined Development and
Building Rules. “A specific pro-
vision will be designed for the
purpose wherein an exclusive
code that suits the character of
the area will be created. Fire
safety measures in commercial
buildings will be assessed,” the
official said.
A report will be prepared
offering suggestions to
Metrowater, Tangedco and the
corporation on relaying sewer
lines, augmenting Metrowater
supply networks, and setting
up power sub-stations.
With several heritage struc-
tures being razed due to poor
maintenance and to cash in on
their real estate value, old build-
ings in the area will be enumer-
ated. Writer and heritage enthu-
siast R Venkatesh said heritage
structures are the most vulner-
able as landlords can utilise the
space to develop real estate.
“Funds must be allocated to
protect heritage buildings that
are largely with religious or
quasi-religious bodies in
George Town,” he said.
Urban planners said partici-
pation of the people was crucial
for the success of such redevel-
opment plans. “A perception
survey to understand priorities,
problems, requirements and
willingness of the local commu-
nities in general, and land and
building owners in particular
has to precede the redevelop-
ment plan,” said K P Subrama-
nian, former professor of urban
engineering, Anna University.
“No redevelopment plan can be
implemented without the active
participation of local communi-
ties,” he said.
Survey will enumerate
unauthorised
constructions, total
floor space area,
population density,
sewage disposal, water
supply, fire safety
violations, heritage
structures, power
connections to houses
and commercial
buildings
Three wards
comprising residential,
mixed residential and
commercial zones will
be selected for the
purpose
Parks and parking lots
will be identified
Survey to offer
suggestions for
Metrowater and
Tangedco to improve
facilities
Files on tenders under cloud
rushed to Ripon Buildings
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Greater Chennai
Corporation’s engineering
wing on Tuesday directed all
zonal executive engineers to
send files about two particu-
lar tenders to Ripon Build-
ings, sparking speculation
that the move was linked to re-
cent allegations by NGO
Arappor Iyakkam about
wrongdoing in road building.
The two tenders are for
laying concrete roads on bus
route roads over which Arap-
por Iyakkam raised a stink.
The NGO alleged the contrac-
tors used m-sand instead of
river sand and that this
helped them earn a huge pre-
mium. DMK chief M K Stalin
has also alleged irregulari-
ties. Corporation commis-
sioner G Prakash and local
bodies minister SP Velumani
have denied any wrongdoing.
A senior official in the en-
gineering wing told TOI that
CORPN: NO LINK TO
NGO’S ALLEGATIONS
the files were sought for rou-
tine checking and correction.
“It was for a general check-up
to clarify audit objections. It
has no link to the allegations
raised by Arappor Iyakkam,”
said the official.
Corporation sources said
the principal chief engineer’s
office sent out a walkie-talkie
message directing zonal exec-
utive engineers to send files of
tender numbers 3812 and 3813
of 2018 by 1:30pm.
“Even if you are not able
to come, send the files in an
auto,” sources quoted the
walkie-talkie message as say-
ing. Executive engineers re-
sponded to the message as per
protocol.
This development comes a
week after Prakash set up a
fresh committee to stream-
line the schedule of rates for
various materials.
The buzz in Ripon Build-
ing is that the files that were
called for on Tuesday would
be scrutinised to prepare a
proper response if any cases
are filed in court or the vigi-
lance wing begins a probe.

2 women fall TN info panel pulls Plastic ban:

prey to chain Officials net
snatchers
up Metrowater for `90L in fines
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: Bike-borne snat-

denying RTI details
TIMES NEWS NETWORK clarified that information
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: Since enforce-

chers robbed two women of the-
ir gold chains in separate inci-
dents on Monday night.
Police said Lakshmi, 42, of
Mylapore, was returning home
after visiting relatives in Anna
Nagar when she was robbed.
i- Around 8pm, when Lakshmi
was walking on Second Cross
Street in Anna Nagar, two bike-
borne men with helmets on tried
to snatch her eight-sovereign
gold chain. Lakshmi held on to
the chain and resisted the robbe-
ry bid, but the men attacked her,
took the chain and sped away.
The Anna Nagar police registe-
red a case and are combing thro-
ugh CCTV camera footage to
identify the accused.
In Kilpauk, B Arul Jothi, 48,
of Purasawalkam, was retur-
ning home from work when she
was relieved of her gold chain.
Around 10pm on Monday, she
was walking on Taylors Road in
2& December Kilpauk when two bike-borne
men snatched her four-sovere-
ign gold chain and fled. The vic-
tim told police that the men we-
re wearing helmets. The Kil-
pauk police have registered a ca-
se and are investigating further.
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu
information commission
has sought an explanation
from Chennai Metrowater
Supply and Sewerage Board
as to why it shouldn’t slap a
penalty of `25,000 and initi-
ate disciplinary action
against a public information
officer/ superintending en-
gineer who denied informa-
tion sought by an activist.
The issue pertains to a
APPEAL CLOSED,
BUT NO JUDGMENT
petition filed on December
17, 2018, by M Mohammed
Ghouse of Aminjikarai who
wanted to inspect and sought
copies of trip sheets of all
tankers on contract with
Metrowater in 2015.
Since his request was de-
nied by the PIO, he moved the
commission. When the issue
came up for hearing before
the commission, the PIO said
the requested information
was furnished to the pet-
itioner. But, the petitioner
was furnished only for a sec-
ond appeal he filed later. “Af-
ter seeking information
about the tanker trip sheets
for the whole city, I moved an-
other petition seeking simi-
lar details from Zone 8, which
was provided,” Ghouse said.
After perusing the sub-
missions made, state infor-
mation commissioner S
Muthuraj sought an explana-
tion from the department
and closed the petition.
The activist told TOI that
he is intends to take the com-
mission to court over closing
the appeal without passing
judgment. “As per the RTI Act,
the commission should have
taken action and not seek an
explanation. A fine amount
should have been levied and
disciplinary action should be
recommended,” Ghouse said,
adding that such closures are
a common affair at the infor-
mation commission. Every
year 40,000 cases come up be-
fore the commission, of which
action is initiated only in
three or four instances,
Ghouse said.
ment of the state’s plastic
ban earlier this year, offi-
cials in Royapuram and Thi-
ru Vi Ka Nagar zones (Zone 4
and 5) of the city corpora-
tion have seized 64 tonnes of
plastic and have collected
fines of `19.7 lakh. Of this, 40
tonnes of plastic has been
seized till date in Royapu-
ram zone and 24 tonnes in
Thiru Vi Ka Nagar.
Officials said Royapu-
ram zone has recorded most
seizures and the `14.9 lakh in
fines collected from this
zone is also among the high-
est in the city. As on Tuesday,
the civic body has raided
more than 3.6 lakh prem-
ises, seized more than 320
tonnes of plastic and collect-
ed more `90 lakh in fines.
In the relatively smaller
zones — Thiruvottiyur
(zone 1) and Manali (zone 2)
— a little over 6 tonnes of
plastic had been seized till
date. Ten days ago, extensive
raids were carried out by
health department officials
in Valasaravakkam zone
(zone 11).

Catch the best of Margazhi at Elementary, dear robber: Man breaks into shop,
the Times Thyagaraj a Awards! escapes with one mobile, but leaves his behind
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
LIVE auditions showcasing future carnatic talents along
Chennai: What could have been the per-
with stellar performances by renowned artistes. fect robbery ended with the perpetrator
probably ruing his absent-mindedness,
5.30 pm , Rajararhinam Kalai Arangam, that could lead to him going behind bars.
All because of, and for, one cellphone.
Opp. MGR Janaki College for Women, R.A. Purain, Chennai. A man who broke into a cellphone
store in Tondiarpet to browse through
Collect your complimentary invites at its wares and make away with good ones,
the Times of India office, Kochar Tower, 19, Venkatnarayana Road, in a fit of forgetfulness or in his haste to
escape, left his mobile behind at the
TNag ar on a first -come-first-serve basis from 10 am to 6 pm scene of the crime.
or register on «ww.chancey illa.in Janakiraman of Tondiarpet, who
runs a cellphone shop adjacent to his
home, woke up to a strange noise around
3am on Tuesday. He heard someone
breaking open the shutter of his store.
In a few minutes, he rushed to his
f /TimesThyagarajaAwards shop only to find it broken open and no
robber in sight. He found a crowbar that
was used to break the lock lying near the
front of the shop.
On inspecting the racks, he found a
Shinod Akkaraparambil
NO ‘SMOOTH CRIMINAL’ HERE: Police
suspect the robber was spooked on hearing
the shop owner arrive and left his phone
behind. A search is on for the culprit
newly launched Android mobile mis-
sing and an old cellphone on the floor
near one of the shelves.
Police arrived at the spot after Jana-
kiraman alerted them about the break-
in. Janakiraman pointed to the phone on
the floor and also informed the officers
that the cash box, which was concealed
in a drawer, was untouched.
On checking with other residents of
Janakiraman’s home, police confirmed
that the old phone did not belong to any
of them. Police suspect it belongs to the
robber.
With the help of the cellphone, police
have launched a hunt for the culprit. Of-
ficers are also combing through CCTV
camera footage to establish the identity
of the accused.
Police suspect that the man behind
the break-in was spooked on hearing the
shop owner arrive, causing him to flee
while leaving his phone behind.
Police are also working under the
suspicion that this phone could also be
stolen property and are investigating to
figure out who its owner is.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019 TIMES CITY 3

Glitch in university test hands students scores of nil HC OKs axing

Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com said a student enrolled in a B A Raju
even the announcement of and technical errors,” tech-

Chennai: More than 8,000

students of the distance edu-
cation stream who appeared
district. trees in Egmore
PG course from Tiruvallur

He further said some qu-

for an online internal as-
sessment test at Madras Uni-
versity in June/July 2019
scored zero due to a techni-
cal error.
The distance mode stu-
dents used to get essay type
assignments for their inter-
nal assessments. The uni-
versity recently introduced
a semester system for stu-
dents who joined in 2018-19
and converted the internal
assessment as an online test.
“When I saw my marks
after the online test I was
surprised. I got zero marks,
even though I had answered
many questions correctly,”
estions had more than one
eye hospital
correct answers in the test.
Staff members at the In-
stitute of Distance Educa-
tion (IDE) in the university
informed the aggrieved stu-
dents that there was an er-
ror and it would be rectified.
Some students said they
had to take the tests multiple
times despite submitting
their responses correctly.
“I completed the test and
submitted my response as
soon as the internal test was
announced. But I recently
received a message from IDE
asking me to take the inter-
nal test again. But not all the
students have these issues.
TECHNICAL ERROR: Staff members at the Institute of Distance
Education (IDE) of Madras University informed the aggrieved stu-
dents that there was an error and it would be rectified
Some of my classmates have
got up to 18 marks in the in-
ternal tests,” an MCom stu-
dent from the city told TOI.
“Updates on the online
test were not proper and
personal contact program-
mes was released in the last
minute,” another student
said.
Sources in the university
said the main error happe-
ned due to a glitch in coding.
“The errors happened
due to the mismatch betwe-
en the answer key and cor-
rect answers. Some ques-
tions had multiple correct
answers and some questions
did not have correct respon-
ses in the choices. The tech-
nical department had
wrongly coded the answers
and several bugs in the sy-
stem were also detected,
which miscalculated the re-
sults,” sources said.
“Adequate pre-testing co-
uld have avoided the bugs
nical experts said.
When questioned, IDE
officials said the errors in
the online test was correc-
ted.
“It is the first time we had
conducted online test for
distance mode students. So,
naturally, we had a few tech-
nical issues. In some cases,
the students have submitted
their tests and the same was
not recorded in our servers,
leading to errors,” officials
said.
“But, we have intimated
all the students who didn’t
submit their answers and
asked them to take the ex-
ams again. Not a single stu-
dent was affected by the er-
ror and bugs have been sor-
ted out,” they added

WAITING TO GO: Among the 58 trees identified in the hospital, 22

Brother of
Ambattur estate claims losses City artist have already crossed 60% of their life

TIMES NEWS NETWORK given by additional advocate-ge-

actor held auctions Chennai: Almost a month after
neral Narmadha Sampath that
the relocation work will be un-

of `100 crore due to flooding

for assault
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: The brother of
actor Babilona has been ar-
rested in Saligramam for at-
tacking a police constable
who had stopped him for
drunken driving during a
vehicle check on Monday.
Police said, Shankar, an
armed reserve constable,
was checking vehicles
along with a patrol team he-
aded by sub-inspector Pala-
ni, when they found Vig-
nesh Kumar, the actor’s
brother, riding his bike un-
der the influence of alcohol.
Police put him to an al-
cohol test and handed him a
challan after he was found
drunk. His bike was confi-
scated. The constable had
asked Vignesh, a resident of
Dasarathapuram 8th stre-
et, to take an autorickshaw
for home and took his bike
to the police station. This
led to an argument and
escalated into a fight betwe-
en the duo. Vignesh alleged-
ly attacked Shankar and in-
jured his nose. The sub-in-
spector tried to intervene
but was told by Vignesh that
he was the brother of an ac-
tor. Police checked his re-
cords and found that he was
involved in a few assault ca-
ses earlier in the locality.
He was then booked un-
der four different sections
of the IPC for attacking a
public servant and preven-
ting him from discharging
his duty, criminal initimi-
dation, assault and reman-
ded him in judicial custody.
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A Repeat
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Chennai: The Ambattur In-
dustrial Estate Manufactur-
ers’ Association, compris-
ing more than 2,000 units,
has claimed it suffered a
nearly `100 crore loss due to
water logging in its North
Phase units during the re-
cent rain and sought imme-
diate action from the state
government.
“After just two days of
rain, we witnessed flooding
in our units. We found the
PWD canal carrying sur-
plus rainwater from Ambat-
tur Eri was blocked at the
entry point to Korattur. Fol-
lowing further investiga-
tion, we found a mismatch
in storm water drain level
from the Korattur residen-
tial area, which was let into
the canal resulting in re-
verse flow of water. Besides,
sewage from residential ar-
eas also entered our factory
units,” said AIEMA presi-
dent A N Sujeesh.
The 25 ft wide canal is
narrowed down to 10 ft after
passing through Korattur,
restrictingg the free flow of
water and causing flooding
The flooded interiors of a maufacturing unit in Ambattur Estate, and, A.N Sujeesh, president of AIEMA
and M Balachandran, vice-president of AIEMA , at a press conference on Tuesday to highlight their plight
in Korattur, Sujeesh said,
adding that encroachment
of residential buildings
with poor or no sewage facil-
ity is another major difficul-
ty. “This has been reported
to Chennai Corporation.”
Further, sewage carried
by tankers from upstream
locations like Thirumullai-
voyal, Ambattur and Padi
and other areas are dumped
into the storm water drain
(SWD) network covering
AIEMA units in the early
hours to escape detection,
he added.
To find a long-term solu-
tion, AIEMA has called for
setting up a joint monitor-
ing body with representa-
tives from itself, Greater
Chennai Corporation,
PWD, TANSIDCO and resi-
dents associations after
conducting a comprehen-
sive study. “We have sched-
uled a meeting with govern-
ment representatives on De-
cember 27 to find a solution
at the earliest,” Sujeesh add-
ed.
The association wants
an alternate path found for
the surplus water to flow in-
to the Cooum, sewage collec-
tion to be done periodically
by corporation tankers and
delivered at the Koyambedu
treatment plant or a treat-
mant plant set up at the exit
point. It also requested the
authorities to undertake pe-
riodic de-silting of these ca-
nals before every monsoon.
The units on the Ambat-
tur estate provide business
and employment to the in-
dustries in areas on the prei-
phery like Padi, Korattur,
Karukku, Mannurpet, Mo-
gappair, Vanagaram, Athi-
pet and Thirumullaivoyal.
The larger original
equipment manufacturers
(OEMs) around Chennai de-
pend on Ambattur for their
regular supply of parts. He
TOI
said, “In most cases, units in
AIE supply the end product
too. So, in such cases we can-
not afford any delay.
AIEMA has added addi-
tional plants at places like
Gummudipoondi, Sripe-
rumbudur, Oragadam, Thi-
ruvallur and Kancheepu-
ram.
The AIEMA generates a
total annual revenue of
nearly `10,000 crore, includ-
ing nearly `3,000 crore
through exports. “Many of
us were blacklisted by
MNCs for delayed supply of
orders during the Chennai
floods in 2015. So, we do fear
employees might take more
time to get back to work to
avoid any sickness caused
by this water logging.”
There are more than
2,000 industrial units on the
estate, accounting for a
workforce of four lakh em-
ployees and recording a
10%-15% growth per annum.
paintings for
HIV+ kids
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Two artworks by
city-based artist and char-
tered accountant Reji Jo-
seph were auctioned off
during a recent play by
Mellow Circle, and the pro-
ceeds were donated to
Prathyasha, a home for
HIV positive children.
For close to two dec-
ades, Mellow Circle has
been putting together an
annual
Christ-
mas play
featuring
an eclec-
tic cast of
different
age-
groups.
After one
of the
paintings by Reji, who has
showcased at exhibitions
in India and abroad, was
sold off to a member of the
audience last year, the
group was encouraged to
auction off two more paint-
ings to support HIV-posi-
tive children.
“About nine members
of Mellow Circle are also
trustees of Pratyasha. We
have kids aged between
eight and 18 years of age at
our home, most of them al-
so orphaned. Through sale
of my paintings at this auc-
tion as well as on other
platforms in India and
abroad, we have raised `12
lakh for the home,” says Re-
ji. “I get to donate some-
restraining the Egmore govern-
ment eye hospital from felling,
cutting or removing 58 old trees
on its campus for new buildings,
Madras high court has lifted the
stay and permitted the institu-
tion to proceed with the develop-
ment work.
A division bench of Justice
Vineet Kothari and Justice R
Suresh Kumar granted the reli-
ef on the basis of the opinion of
the Tamil Nadu agricultural
university that among the 58 tre-
es identified in the hospital 22
have already crossed 60% of
their life and that there are only
10% chances for them to survive
if relocated. Another 15 are alre-
ady dead and only 19 trees could
survive a relocation, the report
said.
“Having examined all the
materials and facts on record we
are of the opinion that we can-
not stop the development of the
eye hospital in question, for
which the funds have been sanc-
tioned by the state recently and
that development work at the
designated site deserved to be
undertaken,” the bench said.
Pointing out the assurance
Bank cashier steals
`2.3lakh, arrested
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:A cashier of a leading
public sector bank was arrested
on Tuesday for swindling a sum
of `2.3 lakh from a customer’s
account.
Police said the account hold-
er, Easwari, had been saving her
pension in the bank in Kun-
drathur for her daughter’s wed-
dertaken with due and adequa-
te care, the bench said, “we beli-
eve that the assurance given is
solemn and that the authorities
will undertake the transplanta-
tion work with due and adequa-
te care and in a proper scientific
manner so that the success rate
to the maximum is achieved
and they will not disturb, dama-
ge and cut trees other than the
bare minimum required for the
new construction.”
In addition to this, the 500
new saplings which were plan-
ted recently as stated by the aut-
horities shall also be taken care
so that the balance of ecology
and environment is maintained
to the maximum possible ex-
tent, the court added.
Disposing of the plea moved
by PB Narayanan, the court di-
rected the authorities to furnish
progress report with regard to
the construction, relocation,
maintenance of the trees and
new saplings with site photos to
the court on quarterly basis so
that the undertakings given by
the authorities can be examined
in the light of such status re-
ports.
withdraw cash for an urgent
need, and found that the money
in her account much less than
earlier. She approached the
bank manager, who showed her
bank challans with her signa-
ture. Easwari confirmed that all
the signatures were fake. The
needle of suspicion fell on cash-
ier Palanivel, 47, of Choolaime-
du, police said.

Cops scan feed from 120 cams, nab chain snatcher

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at police stations in Pallava-
ram, Vadapalani, Adambak-
gating officer said the man
is an accomplice of gangster
He had acquainted himself
with many pawn brokers
thing personal and the
buyers get an opportunity
to buy these artworks at a
discount.”
hik never gave his mobile
number to pawn brokers.
ding. She said she had not A complaint was filed and
checked her account statement the cashier accepted that he had
for the past six months. siphoned off money from the
On Monday, she decided to widow’s account.

Chennai: The Sankar Na-
gar police studied footage
from 120 CCTV cameras and
tracked a phone number
they got from a pawn broker-
to trace a serial chain snat-
cher who had fled to Erode.
The accused, identified
as R Karthick alias ‘Pura’
Karthik of Choolai, was ar-
kam, Madipakkam, Kolat-
hur and Chitlapakkam.
Police said Karthik had
snatched a gold chain from a
woman named Sathyavani
in Anakaputhur recently.
From Salem, Sathyavani
was staying with her daugh-
ter for the past two months
for medical treatment in the
‘Kakkathoppu’ Balaji.
Police said Karthik wo-
uld visit the city once a
month and steal a bike with
ACCUSED INVOLVED
IN OTHER CASES
which he would stalk his tar-
there while moving with
other gangsters,” said the
officer.
Karthik would pledge
the gold, take the cash and
leave for Erode.
As police tracked Kart-
hik with the CCTV camera
footage, one showed him en-
tering a pawn broker’s shop
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was seized from him. He has
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camera footage from the lo-
cality and identified the su-
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Remove encroachments along

Paalkaeni lake by March: NGT TOI

Pallavaram of water bodies including

Paalkaeni Lake.
Members — Justices K Ra-
Municipality makrishnan and Saibal Das-
gupta — noted that remedial

Authorities measures were necessary as

C Suresh Kumar
MUSIC FOR ALL: Ashwath
Kasim and Babu, grandsons of
Narayanan’s concert for
Sastra Satsang on Tuesday
was not ticketed IT’S OPEN nadaswaram legend Sheikh
Chinna Moulana, will give the
inaugural performance,” says
Vaidhyasubramaniam, adding
Put In Charge
Ram.Sundaram
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The National Gre-
en Tribunal (NGT) southern
Zone has directed the autho-
rities to clear encroachments
along Paalkaeni lake at Palla-
varam before March 2020. De-
spite a Madras high court di-
rection and allocation of
Illegal dumping of waste continues at Paalkaeni lake
ted groundwater and affected
aquatic life as well.
The water body, which
was spread over 35 acres in
catchment area of Tirisulam
anwhile, a division bench of
the Madras high court also di-
rected eviction of encroa-
chers along the lake.
Though tenders were sub-
continued violation of Water
(Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1974 affected
public health. They directed
the government to form a jo-
int committee comprising re-
presentatives from the Cheng-
alpet collectorate, Pallavaram
municipality, Hindu Religio-
us and Charitable Endow-
ments department, Tamil Na-
du Pollution Control Board
and to prepare an action plan
to restore the water body.
The Pallavaram munici-

WHAT’S ON
Brahma Gana Sabha |
HOUSE AT that they will also serve free
pongal in the morning after
harikatha or namasankeert-
han. “We want to ensure that
funds, encroachments cou-
pled with illegal dumping of
waste continue to pollute the
water body, affecting ground-
Hills, was once used to meet
the drinking water require-
ments of locals. Because of
encroachments, it has
sequently floated in 2010, not-
hing has materialized and pol-
lution continues unabated.
The commissioner of Pallava-
pality will act as the nodal
agency and ensure that the
committee meets before De-
cember 31and executes the ac-
Sivagami Pethachi
Auditorium - Carnatica
Brothers with
Dushyanth Sridhar - Katha
THESE SABHAS rasikas residing in areas like
Ashok Nagar, Vadapalani and
KK Nagar also get to catch per-
formances. It will also help
water recharge.
Confederation of Organi-
sations for Integrated Urban
Development (COIUD), a local
shrunk to 10 acres.
After repeated representa-
tions, the Centre sanctioned
`10 lakh in 2007 for restoring
ram municipality and revenue
department haven't acted
upon further complaints, the
petitioner told NGT.
tion plan before March 31. The
municipality will also ensure
that discharge of untreated
sewage in the lake in preven-
Kutcheri - 6pm
Meenakshi Sundararajan
Some Organisations Are Hosting senior citizens unable to travel
to Mylapore or T Nagar.”
NGO, filed a case alleging that
dumping of domestic waste
the lake. Three years later,
another `15 lakh was earmar-
In response, counsel for
Pallavaram municipality
ted, water quality is restored
and encroachments are remo-
Fine Arts Academy | KRS
auditorium, Meenakshi
Free Concerts This Season In all these sabhas, seating
is on a first-come first-served
and sewage water from near-
by houses not only polluted
ked from MLA Constituency
Development Fund for impro-
submitted a copy of procee-
dings dated October 15 alloca-
ved. An interim report should
be submitted before February
Sundararajan College for Sivakumar.B@timesgroup.com “This is the first year we are basis. At Venus Colony, Alwar- the lake but also contamina- ving the lake’s condition. Me- ting ` 92 lakh for restoration 15, an NGT order said.

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Women - Divya Ananth - organising a free music festi- pet, rasikas can listen to both
Vocal - 11.30am f you want to catch a val, which will be held between senior and upcoming artists.
Naada Inbam | Raga Sudha
Hall Mylapore - R
kutcheri in a sabha
during the music sea-
December 2 and January 14. It
will be held in two parts, with
“We are organising about 150
concerts. Our festival is differ-
PIL seeks to enhance jail term School makes
son, you need to make musical discourse, harikathas ent from others as we provide
Lakshmipriya - Vocal - 4pm
your plans well in ad- and namasankeerthams going only one mike for the main art- X-mas tree using
Narada Gana Sabha |
Main hall - Gayathri Girish -
Vocal - 7pm
vance. But this Margazhi, rasi-
kas can enjoy Carnatic music
without having to worry about
on till December 15. From De-
cember 17 onwards, we have
the second part of the festival
ist and the violin accompanist,”
says Arkay Convention Centre
chief Arkay Ramakrishnan.
for idol theft cases to 14 years recycled bottles
The Mylapore Fine Arts booking tickets. Some organi- which will feature performanc- Young and upcoming art- TIMES NEWS NETWORK adequate manpower to depu- TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Club | Mylapore Fine Arts sations are now conducting es by upcoming as well as sen- ists will perform in the morn- The quantum of te officials across Tamil Nadu
Club - Sherthalai free concerts and a few even ior Carnatic musicians,” says ing and afternoon, while the Chennai: An advocate has punishment should be to initiate appropriate action Chennai: A 15-foot-tall
Renganatha Sharma – offer hot pongal after the S Vaidhyasubramaniam, pa- evening slots are reserved for approached the Madras high made appropriate to in thousands of cases. Stres- Christmas tree made of recy-
Vocal - 4pm morning performances. tron of Sastra Satsangh. senior artists. “Con- court seeking to enhance pu- sing the need for amending cled bottles and adorned with
The festival will be held at certs are free and the nishment for antique idol the value of the idol the Act, the petitioner conten- colorful lights and tinsels will
stolen, petitioner
SEASON’S SPECIAL the Sastra Satsangh auditori- festival is organised theft-related offences from the ded that it should be amended mark the Christmas Carnival
um at Rangarajapuram in Ko- by the Madhuradhwani existing three years to at least S Sridharan said so as to permit a police officer of Ela Green School at Maria-
A Prathap

dambakkam. “The main hall
has a seating capacity of 300.
On the second floor, 150 people
can sit and here
we will also have
TVs where peo-
ple can watch
the performanc-
es,” says Vaid-
hya s u b r a m a -
niam. On Decem-
ber 15, we had harikatha by
Vishaka Hari and the hall was
so packed that there was no
space for people to even stand.”
The new sabha will also
EVERGREEN NOTES: Veteran vocalist K J Yesudas performs for
give a platform to nadaswaram
Brahma Gana Sabha at Sivagami Petachi Auditorium on Tuesday
artists. “On December 17,
Sangeetha Sabha,” says
Ramakrishnan.
Even in regular
sabhas, the early
morning sessions,
mostly harikatha or
namasankeer-
thams, are not tick-
eted. Asthika Sama-
jam, which has been
organising music festi-
vals every year, will have only
bhajans and namasankee-
thans in the early morning. “It
is open to all. Kanchi Acharya
is present at the samajam,”
says S Venkateswaran, secre-
tary of the sabha.
14 years of imprisonment.
At present, the maxi-
mum punishment provided
under the Antiquities Act is
three years while the market
value of any such stolen an-
tique items would exceed `1
crore. The quantum of pu-
nishment should be made
appropriate to the value of
the idol stolen, petitioner S
Sridharan said.
When the plea came up
for hearing, assistant solici-
tor general G Karthikeyan
accepted notice on behalf of
the central government and
sought time to get instruc-
tions as to whether any pro-
posal is mooted to incorpora-
te appropriate amendment
for effective dealing of idol
theft cases.
Recording the same, a di-
vision bench of Justice M
Sathyanarayanan and Justi-
ce R Hemalatha posted the
plea to February 5, 2020, for
further hearing.
According to the petitio-
ner, though Archaeological
Survey of India is the compe-
tent authority to take crimi-
nal actions in cases of idol
theft, the department lacks
not below the cadre of inspec-
tor to visit places where such
antiques are seized and regis-
ter criminal cases.
The petitioner also cited
a letter written by the former
special officer of idol wing
Pon Manickavel to the go-
vernment in support of his
plea. In the communication,
Manickavel highlighted the
need to amend the Act to en-
sure stricter action against
idol thieves. Though a repre-
sentation was made to the
authorities on October 14, no
action had been taken, the
petitioner added.
malainagar on the outskirts
of the city.
It is in keeping in line with
green philosophy of the
school to showcase the tallest
eco-friendly Christmas tree in
the neighborhood, a press re-
lease said. Inspector general
of police in north zone P Naga-
rajan will inaugurate the car-
nival and unveil the Christ-
mas tree on Saturday.
Contests will be held for
children from the age of 3 to 15
to showcase their talents. It is
open for students from all
schools. For registration and
details, contact 89399 58989.

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of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
Federation to hold protest Parked vehicles reduce width
seized 210 kg of ganja from a
on Sunday in Ranipet town
of Guindy industrial estate st
pickup van with fake Andhra
Pradesh registration number in
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was concealed among sweet the post of patron that he held for

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officials said. The NCB arrested a
man identified as C Eshwaran, 28,
of Theni. NCB zonal director A
Bruno said the contraband was
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meeting, said, “We are deeply
hurt by his endorsement of the Bill
which discriminates the communi-
ty. Jan has taken an anti-Muslim
stand, especially when his party
chose him to represent it in the Ra-
jya Sabha.”
Earlier, Jan could not be reached
despite repeated calls and messages.
Monday, the MP declined to com-
ment on the legislation. “I don’t
want to talk,” was all he could say.
Just ahead of the bypoll to the Vel-
lore Lok Sabha constituency in Au-
gust, the AIADMK leadership nomi-
nated Jan to the Rajya Sabha to ap-
pease the community. On Tuesday,
jamaat members said the decision to
remove the MP as patron was unani-
mous by the participants at the 90-
minute meeting that had only two
agendas – the CAA and Jan.
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Committee must seek views
many years as a symbolic gesture,”
said a member. The AIADMK’s sup-
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Picked up by cops, man dies later
Detained For Hurling Stones At Showroom, Drunk Driver Passes Away At Home
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A driver of a pri-
vate college, who was de-
tained in the Tambaram po-
lice station for a couple of
hours for questioning on
Monday night for hurling
stones at a showroom, died
hours after reaching home.
The deceased was identified
as Sundarrajan, 48, of Irum-
buliyur. He was a bus driver
in the college at Vandalur.
On Monday night, Sun-
darrajan had consumed li-
quor and was lying in front of
a tyre showroom in Irumbu-
liyur hindering the way. The
showroom staff, who return-
ed after having food, woke
him up and asked him to
move away. But, Sundarrajan
refused and verbally abused
Wall collapse: FILTH GOES, ADYAR SPARKLES... FOR NOW I-T case: Min
Owner moves
HC for bail
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A fortnight after
17 people died in a wall col-
lapse near Coimbatore fol-
lowing the collapse of a com-
pound wall, its owner who is
the prime accused in the case
has approached the Madras
high court seeking bail, say-
ing no person constructing a
compound wall would imag-
ine it would harm anyone.
“Most importantly, no
one would put his life in jeop-
ardy by putting up a weak
construction in his residen-
tial quarters. The fury of na-
ture was such that even a
well-constructed compound
wall would give away. To con-
nect a case of an accident to
culpable homicide not
amounting to murder is
highly illegal,” said advo-
cate V Ragavachari, repre-
senting petitioner S Sivasu-
bramanian. When the plea
came up for hearing before
Justice N Seshasayee, lawyer
D Parventhan, representing
the families of the deceased,
said they wanted to oppose
the bail application and
sought the court’s permis-
sion to intervene. In view of
the same, the court ad-
journed the hearing to
Wednesday. In his applica-
tion, Sivasubramanian sub-
mitted that he was involved
in textile business in Mettu-
palayam and he would not
flee from justice.
Plea in HC
seeks 100%
utilisation of
Nirbhaya Fund
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A lawyer has ap-
proached the Madras high
court seeking direction to the
state government to constitu-
te a high-level empowered
committee on women’s safe-
ty to obtain necessary aid
from the Centre under Nirb-
haya Fund and ensure 100%
utilisation of the fund.
The plea, moved as PIL by
advocate A P Suryapraka-
sam, is likely to be taken up
for hearing on Wednesday.
“It was shocking to know
that of `190 crore allotted un-
der the Nirbhaya Fund only
` 6 crore has been utilised by
the state in the past four
years and unused funds were
returned. This shows the in-
sensitivity of the state to-
wards the issues faced by
women,” he said.
Relying on a report of the
assistant inspector general
of police (law and order), Su-
ryaprakasam claimed that
151 rape cases were booked in
the state from January to
May 2019 alone.
“As per the report, 341
rape cases were booked in
2018, 294 in 2017 and 336 in
2016. Similarly, 343 cases of
molestation were booked
from January to May 2019, 814
in 2018, 744 in 2017 and 854 in
2016,” he said.
Man murders dad
A 40-year-old man murdered his
father running a tractor over
him in a property dispute, near
Madurantakam on Tuesday, police
said. The deceased, a farmer named
Annamalai, 75, of Murugambakkam
in Madurantakam, has three
daughters and a mentally
challenged son apart from
Ezhumalai who killed him.
Annamalai split his 15-acre farm
among his children but Ezhumalai
didn’t want him to give a share to his
daughters and demanded that.
Annamalai refused. Furious over
this, he killed him. TNN
A senior police officer denied that
Sundarrajan (in pic) was attacked
in the police station. “He was sent
home in an hour. He was only
warned. We did not detain him for
an inquiry overnight. We have
evidence backing our claim,” said
the officer
them. When they forcibly
tried to move him, he picked
up a stone and hurled it,
breaking the glass doors of
the showroom.
Panicked over this, the
staff alerted the police con-
trol room.
The Tambaram police ar-
rived at the spot and took
Sundarrajan to the Tamba-
seeks HC nod to
cross-examine
witnesses
CLEANSING ACT: After the recent rain flushed the Adyar river clean, a man washes clothes in the water
body that is otherwise sullied by huge amounts of sewage
First-aid kits unavailable
on most new MTC buses
Aarthi N TNN
Chennai:A check at some bus
terminuses in the city, includ-
ing Poonamallee, Iyappan-
thangal, Adyar and KK Nagar,
has revealed that first-aid kits
are not available in many new
red-colour MTC buses. Only a
handful had the medical kits
but they too were empty and
just had stickers on top.
Not just medical kits, even
other emergency equipment
such as fire extinguishers
were absent in MTC buses.
MTC was putting passen-
gers’ lives at risk by not fixing
the kits as mandated by the
new bus body code, according
to experts. The code, suggest-
ed by Automobile Research
Association of India (ARAI),
mandates halogenated-type
fire extinguishers near the
driver’s seat and another ac-
cessible location in the rear.
Authorities have agreed to
look into it and soon a circular
would be issued to all depots
Basketball-sized 20kg
tumour removed
from 51-yr-old’s ovary
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: A suspected
cancerous tumour – weigh-
ing 20kg and bigger than a
basketball – was removed
from the left ovary of a 51-
year-old woman in Chrome-
pet here.
The woman, who found it
difficult to breathe and move
around with her huge tum-
my, is now recovering well af-
ter surgery, said doctors at
the Government Hospital for
Women and Children in Eg-
more.
Rathi, a housewife, was
brought to hospital by her
daughter on November 16.
The woman told doctors that
she had been suffering from
stomach pain for nearly a
decade and had first learnt
about the tumour in her ova-
ry nearly seven years ago.
“Doctors had told her that
she may have to undergo a
surgery and a few tests to see
if it was malignant. She was
scared, and she did not take
any therapy,” said hospital
superintendent Dr Sampath
Kumari. “This delay wors-
ened her condition and
pushed her into a high-risk
category,” she said.
An array of tests showed
that she had a large ovarian
tumour that was pressing
against most abdominal or-
gans. A week ago, a team of
doctors removed the tumour
along with the ovaries, uter-
us and fallopian tubes. “We
suspect it could be cancer-
ous. We are awaiting the
biopsy results. As of now,
ram police station for ques-
tioning.
Meanwhile, information
about the incident reached
his family members and they
visited the police station.
However, Sundarrajan was
sent home with a warning.
“He was asked to provide a
written statement that he
would not repeat the act and
BIG MISS: A new MTC bus
without the first-aid kit at
Poonamallee terminus
regarding this.
Conductors, however, said
that even if kits are available,
they are hardly used as all at-
tention is focused on ambu-
lances after an accident.
“There is not much awareness
among conductors and public
on using medicines or cotton
in the kits to stop blood loss as
many try to stop it using
MRI scan reports showed no
signs of cancer in other
parts. If she has cancer, she
may have to undergo further
treatment including chemo-
therapy,” she said.
Doctors had warned the
family that there were high
chances of the tumour rup-
turing during the surgery,
said senior surgeon Dr
Seethalakshmi. On Tuesday,
a week after surgery, Rathi
said, “I didn’t think I would
live through the surgery. I am
happy to be alive. Now, I have
gained courage to continue
therapy, even if it is cancer.”
Cancer cases rose by 61%
in women, compared to 47%
among men in the past three
decades in Chennai, accord-
ing to Chennai Metropolitan
Tumour Registry. Doctors
said for every 100 men diag-
nosed with cancer, there
were 115 women – most of
who are suffering from can-
cers of the breast, cervix,
ovary and uterus.
While there is a decline in
the number of women test-
ing positive for cervical can-
cer, incidence of cancer in
breast and reproductive or-
gans is on the rise.
The state has made treat-
ment free for most patients in
all government hospitals.
“Treatment can also be done
with the help of the chief
minister’s health insurance
both in government and pri-
vate hospitals,” Dr Seetha-
lakhsmi said. “The key to
cancer therapy is early detec-
tion and intervention,” she
added.
TIMES CITY
was sent back,” said an inves-
tigation officer.
Police said he had gone to
sleep after reaching home.
On Tuesday morning, since
he did not wake up for a long
time, his wife checked Sun-
darrajan and found him un-
conscious.
He was taken to a private
hospital where he was de-
clared brought dead.
As the news spread, his
relatives, who gathered in
front of the police station, al-
leged that Sundarrajan died
as he was attacked by police.
They showed some injury
marks on his leg, claiming he
could have been assaulted by
police. “He did not have any
injury before. We suspect he
could have been tortured and
he may have been de-
L R Shankar
clothes,” said a conductor in T
Nagar.
Asenior MTC official said,
“All new MTC buses have fire
extinguishers fit as per the
new code introduced in 2016.
Though it’s not mandatory for
buses, which were built earli-
er, we have fit such equipment
in 50-odd buses.”
Though fires are rare in
MTC buses, any day it’s better
to have an extinguisher as un-
like ambulances, fire tenders
take time to reach accident
spots, the conductor added.
According to official data,
there was only one major bus
fire reported in Chennai.
Though a similar situa-
tion prevails in states such as
Karnataka, Bihar and Maha-
rashtra, the governments
there had mandated it a long
ago.
Syed Mohammad Shah,
DFO, south Chennai, said
drivers and conductors need
training on how to use fire ex-
tinguishers when required.
Retd staff of
Madras univ
protest for
pension
Chennai: After running from
pillar to post seeking pension
benefits for more than three
years, around 100 retired ad-
ministrative staff members of
Madras University on Tues-
day sat on a hunger strike de-
manding immediate settle-
ment of pension benefits.
Due to the severe financial
crisis, the University of Ma-
dras could not pay any pension
benefits for its retired employ-
ees from January 2016 to No-
vember 2019. “We held talks
with the university adminis-
tration many times but in vain.
We have to plan our future
based on the pension benefits.
But some retired employees
have died without even getting
pension,” said V C Kamala-
kannan, president, Madras
University administrative
staff pensioners association.
Some pensioners received
a part of the benefits in 2016.
“We also approached the
higher education department,
finance department and chief
minister and university ad-
ministration. Nothing has
happened so far. The universi-
ty should immediately settle
our dues,” he said. “A syndi-
cate delegation recently met
the government seeking grant
to distribute pension benefits.
Though the state promised a fi-
nancial grant, it is yet to pro-
vide any grant to the universi-
ty,” said a member of the dele-
gation. “If the university pays
the pension benefits, it may not
able to pay the salary and pen-
sion to staff members,” the
member added. TNN
pressed,” said Ilangovan, a
relative. They were pacified
by police and sent home.
A senior police officer de-
nied that Sundarrajan was
attacked in the police station.
“He was sent home in an
hour. He was only warned.
We did not detain him for an
inquiry overnight,” he said.
“We have evidence backing
our claim,” he added. Police
registered a case and sent
Sundarrajan’s body to the
Chromepet Government
Hospital for postmortem ex-
amination.
The postmortem report
suggested that the man had
died of heart attack at 1am.
However, his family mem-
bers claimed he did not have
any previous history of heart
ailment.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: State health min-
ister C Vijaya Baskar has
moved the Madras high
court seeking direction to
the income tax department
to permit him to cross-exam-
ine seven witnesses, includ-
ing sand baron J Sekhar Red-
dy, arrayed against him by
the department.
The issue pertains to as-
sessment proceedings con-
ducted by the department
against the minister for as-
sessment years 2011-12 and
2018-19.
When the plea came up
for hearing before Justice
Anita Sumanth, AP Srinivas,
standing counsel for the de-
partment, sought a day’s
time to get instructions from
the authorities concerned.
Acceding to his request, the
court adjourned the hearing
to Thursday.
According to the petition-
er, the department
conducted searches on April
7, 2017, in places alleged to
have links with the minister
and seized several docu-
ments.
Subsequently, the depart-
ment claimed it had gathered
evidence against the pet-
itioner based on statements
recorded from third parties
such as Sekhar Reddy.
Claiming that the only
way to counter such evidence
sought to be relied on by the
income tax department
against him to cross-exam-
ine such witnesses, the pet-
itioner requested the depart-
ment to permit him to cross-
examine more witnesses, in-
cluding Sekhar Reddy. As the
request was turned down by
it, the minister approached
the high court.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019

According to legend, it was during h a d i nv i t e d T hya g a r a j a t o

Putting spotlight on his tour to the Chennai region that he Kancheepuram. The formal invita-
was said to have revived a dead person tion and some of Thyagaraja’s com-
in Puttur near Chennai, and that positions are said to be preserved in
Rama and Lakshmana accompanied the Saurastra Sabha in Madurai. At
App converts Tamil script
into its ancient versions
less-known kritis of
his palanquin when it was attacked Kancheepuram, he composed kritis
by robbers near Kovur. Biographer A on Lord Varadaraja and Goddess
V S Sarma in ‘Lines of Devotion Kamakshi. But these kritis are rarely
(Songs of Saint Tyagaraja)’ records, sung by Carnatic musicians.
“Near Puttur temple he sang seeing At the request of his disciple,

THYAGARAJA
the plight of a drowned devotee who Veena Kuppaiyer, Thyagaraja visited
later came back to life on hearing his Thiruvottiyur residence in June
‘Naajivaadhaara’ (in raga Bilahari)”. 1839 and composed “Venu Gaana
The Kovur attack by robbers is men- Loluni Gana” in Kedaragowla raga
tioned in the book as well. Thyaga- there. Scholar Dr V Raghavan record-
raja had come to Chennai and stayed ed, “Tyagaraja was drawn by the pres-
with Sundaresa Mudaliar, who pro- ence of the Goddess Tripurasundari”
vided `1,000 fund for the Kovur temple and composed five beautiful kritis
worship. While Thyagaraja was car- known as the Thiruvottiyur pan-
rying this money (to Kovur), robbers charatnas,” which too do not figure
attacked. When Thyagaraja was about on the menu of musicians today.
to hand over the money, a pupil, Tan- It is said that Thyagaraja com-
javur Rama Rao, reminded him that posed the kriti “Svari Vedalina Par-
the money belonged to the Lord. Then thasarathyni Ganare” in raga Todi,
Thyagaraja sang “Mundu venuka when he visited the Parthasarathy
Iruprakkala todi murakhara rara...” Temple in Chennai but the full song
as a result of which Rama is not available. This is,
GET THE TRANSLATION
Eight years ago, Vinodh Rajan and two
and Lakshmana escorted FORGOTTEN however, nothing unusual other scholars Ramana Sharma and Ud-
the palanquin of the mas- as of the 24,000 composi-
ter all night. Early in the COMPOSITIONS tions of Thyagaraja only haya Sankar developed the Adinatha Ta-
morning, the robbers about 730 are said to be mil-Brahmi font
prayed for pardon describing the di- available. Thyagaraja is also said to It is the only existing Unicode for the
vine guides. Tyagaraja, on hearing have composed three kritis at Sholin- ancient script (Tamil-Brahmi)
this congratulated the robbers and felt gur in praise of Lord Anjaneya that Jinavani app, developed by Rajan,
sad at not being fortunate to have seen very few musicians are aware of. allows a person to input a text in Tamil
the divine guards himself.” When At the request of disciples and and immediately get its Tamil-Brahmi or
Thyagaraja reached Kovur for the great-grand father of violinist Lal- Vatteluttu equivalent
ETERNAL TUNES: Carnatic vocalists at the annual Thyagaraja Aradhana at Tiruvaiyaru Samadhi sing
Vaisakha Visakam festival he com- gudi Jayaraman, Thyagaraja visited
the Pancharatnas but the other compositions by the saint-composer Thyagaraja are forgotten;
posed the Kovur Pancharatnas, which Lalgudi and composed the Lalgudi There are also sections to learn the FUN LEARNING: (Top) A representative
(below) birthplace of Thyagaraja in Tiruvarur
have faded from memory. Pancharatnas at the temple for Lord scripts and practice them using simple image of a Tamil Brahmi inscription;
Legend has it that Thyagarajas- Siva (Saptarishiswara) and Goddess interactive games screen shot of the app

Shaivite Pancharatnas Of Thiruvottiyur, Kovur, wamy, an avatar of Shiva and the Pravriddha Srimati. Lalgudi Jayara-
presiding deity at the Tiruvarur tem- man organised a concert of these MT.Saju@timesgroup.com luttu texts easy,” said Rajan, a post-

Kancheepuram And Lalgudi Remain Ignored ple, appeared in the dream of Rama- pancharatnas, but others have failed doctoral researcher at the University

W
brahmam and mentioned that a son to give importance to it. ant to see how your name of Hamburg.
proficient in music and literature In the rarely sung Thyagaraja kri- might look in Tamil-Brah- It was only then he realised that
R Rangaraj would be born to him and should be tis on Naadabrahmam he points to the mi or Vatteluttu? Here’s an the process involved downloading a
IN PRAISE OF THE GODS named after the lord. Since Thyaga- Vedic belief that Lord Shiva is ‘Nada app that can convert the present Ta- font, installing it, finding a keyboard

D
escribing saint-composer
Examples of some Thyagaraja Shaivite compositions Thyagaraja as a devotee
of Rama alone because
“Naada Tanumanisham Shankaram, Namaami Mae of his compositions in
Manasaa Shirasaa” | Sanskrit composition points to praise of Vaishnavite
the Vedic belief that Lord Siva is Nada Tanu, and says, gods and goddesses, is like telling half
“I bow to Shankara, the embodiment of Naada, with the story. His largely ignored Shaivite
my mind and body. To Him, who is delighting in the art compositions including ‘pancharat-
of seven swaras born of His five faces, Sadyojaata…, I nas’ (five gems) at Thiruvottiyur,
bow to Him, the destroyer of Kaala, protector of Kovur and Kanchee-
pure-hearted Thyagaraja, I bow” puram, during his less-
“Siva Siva Siva Yanaraadaa” | It means publicised visit to the
why should you not chant the name of Greater Chennai re-
Lord Shiva and get rid of the fears and gion show the range
troubles of Samsaara. It was sung by and diversity of a
late Madurai Mani Iyer with gusto man who did not con-
“Siva-manovidha merugaru moksha- form to boundaries.
mu galadaa” | The poet says it is indeed Thyagaraja made
hard for one to attain moksha if one it clear, through his
knows not the mind of Shiva who always songs, that he was not
delights in playing on the veena swayed by divisions of
Va i s h n a v i s m a n d
“Vinayakuni Valenu” | Composed at Kanchi Shaivism. It is obvious that
Kamakshi Amman temple, Thyagaraja sang in hon- Vaishnavite and Shaivite Gods
our of the goddess, “Oh Sri Kamakshi! Protector of the were like his two eyes, especially con-
forlorn! Pray, bless me, as you would do Vinayaka, your sidering the Tiruvarur and Tiruvai-
own son!” yaru background, reinforced by his
“Amma Dharma Samvardhani” | He sings “Oh Mother pilgrimage to Chennai and other
, Dharmasamvardhani! Pray, come to my succour! Who places in 1839. While the pancharat-
can equal you in this Universe? I have reposed my nas of Tiruvaiyaru are hailed, the
faith in you” others have been largely forgotten.
raja spent a lot of time in Tiruvaiyaru Tanu’, and praises Lord Shankara in
in Panchanadhi (bank of five rivers) the beautiful number “Naada Tanu-
he dedicated a number of
compositions to the presiding
deity of the Panchanadeeswa-
rar Siva temple — Praana-
thartthihara (Shiva) and
his consort Dharmasam-
vardhani.
Thyagaraja began
his pilgrimage in April
1839 at the age of 72. He was
initially reluctant to un-
dertake the long tour con-
sidering his age but his
disciples convinced him
to visit Thiruvottiyur,
K o v u r, K a n c h e e -
puram, Walajapet, Sho-
lingur and Puttur be-
sides Tirupati. It was
during this tour
that he visited
several Shaivite
shrines and com-
posed beautiful
numbers in Telugu
and Sanskrit.
Saint Upanishad Brah-
mam, head of the Kanchi
mutt and a friend of his father,
manisham Shankaram” in raga
Chittaranjani. But this musi-
cal treasure trove hardly
finds a singer or audience.
(The writer is presi-
dent of Chennai 2000
Plus Trust)
mil script into its ancient epigraphic
counterparts of Tamil-Brahmi and
Vatteluttu. ‘Jinavani’, the app is de-
veloped by a post-doctoral researcher
from Chennai. Using this app, one can
also check how Tamil classics such as
Thirukkural and Tholkappiyam
might have read when they were
originally composed centuries ago in
both scripts.
Vinodh Rajan, who developed the
app, said it allows direct sharing of
Tamil-Brahmi or Vatteluttu texts on
social media apps. The idea is to pop-
ularise old Tamil scripts today. Rajan
had developed a Unicode font for Ta-
mil-Brahmi eight years ago. Even
though his Unicode found an audi-
ence, it was a limited one. This ig-
nited Rajan’s thought and he decided
to develop an app which could make
Tamil-Brahmi accessible and recog-
nisable to all.
Developing an app for Tamil-Brah-
mi and Vatteluttu was not easy. Rajan
first had to sort out the font.
“Pretty much what I had to do was
conceptualise the user interface and
create a user-friendly and ergonomic
interface to make converting and
sharing of Tamil-Brahmi and Vatte-
to type (or a converter somewhere),
taking a screenshot and sharing it
online. “This involved so many steps
and this was preventing most people
from using it. I just wanted to package
everything into a single app. You type
Tamil text and instantly it will give
you the Tamil-Brahmi text. No instal-
lation, nothing. It's just a single click.
And with a single click, you can share
the Tamil-Brahmi text online as well,”
he said.
This ensures accessibility and
greater reach. “When you make some-
thing accessible, people take to it.
Anyone can see how their name might
look in Tamil-Brahmi or Vatteluttu
with a single click,” he said.
While this was the aim, Rajan also
wanted this to be educational so that
people can also learn to read the script
and practice it, not just copy and paste
a few lines or words. There are sec-
tions to learn the scripts and practice
them using simple interactive games
and thus gain some familiarity with
ancient Tamil languages.
Email your feedback
with name and address to
southpole.toi@timesgroup.com

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

90-year-old joins Siblings, parents booked Six Lankan

race for panchayat
president in Salem
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Salem: A 90-year-old woman
has jumped into the fray for
electing panchayat president
of a village near Salem.
Nonagenarian Kanaga-
valli Alagesaboopathy —
measured in her words, cau-
tious in her walk and pleasant
in demeanour — could per-
haps be the oldest contestant
in the local body polls this
time. “People wanted me to
contest. I couldn’t refuse
when everyone requested.’’
When she walked into the
panchayat union office at Vee-
rapandi on Monday, many as-
sumed she was another appli-
cant for a government sop.
But when they found out that
the reason for her visit, it was
more than a surprise. The ex-
citement spread and soon ev-
eryone in the panchayat
union office came to help with
the nomination to contest for
the post of panchayat presi-
dent of Murungpatti, a vil-
lage of 5,000 people near At-
tayampaati.
Testing political waters is
not new to Kanagavalli
though. In fact, it runs in her
family, one of whose mem-
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Kanagavalli Alagesaboopathy
bers has held the post for 45
years. “My late husband held
the post for 20 years and my
son held it for another 20
years,’’ she said. Kanagavalli
herself was the panchayat
president for five years from
2001 to 2006. “She is still agile.
There is no doubt that she can
discharge the duty of pan-
chayat president,’’ says her
son M A Parthasarathy, a
four-time panchayat presi-
dent. “This time the post has
been reserved for women.
Hence my mother is contest-
ing,’’ he adds.
Want to know who her ri-
val in the political battle is? It
is her daughter–in–law Push-
pa Parthasarathy, 55.
for trespassing into school
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Coimbatore: A day after the
principal and three teachers
of a school were booked un-
der Pocso Act following a
complaint from a Class XI
student, the Sulur police on
Tuesday booked the com-
plainant, his younger broth-
er and parents for trespass-
ing into the school and pre-
venting the principal from
discharging his duty.
The student’s father, a ju-
nior warrant officer in the
IAF, his mother and brother
(a Class IX student of the
same school) were also book-
ed on charges of instigating
the complainant.
After the school manage-
ment handed over the
siblings to the Sulur police
on Monday, the parents re-
fused to take their children
from the police station after
the inquiry.
Subsequently, the stu-
dents were produced before
the children welfare com-
mittee and sent to the Don
Bosco Anbu Illam at Ukka-
dam on Monday night.
The Class XI student had
been suspended for nine
days on December 13 for
A section of parents
and students of the
school submitted a
petition to collector’s
PA on Tuesday saying
the complainant had
lodged a fake sexual
harassment complaint
against the principal
and three teachers
bringing mobile phone to
school.
Police said the minor
trespassed into the school on
Monday and prevented the
principal from discharging
his duty along with his
younger brother. Their par-
ents instigated them, police
added.
“The school principal
handed over the two boys to
Sulur police and we conduct-
ed inquiry with the boys
with the support of a
member of the child welfare
committee and anti-children
traffic unit (ACTU)
officials,” a police officer
said.
Meanwhile, the parents
had approached Childline
informing that their chil-
dren were missing from the
school.
“The parents knew about
the whereabouts of their
sons, but they wanted to di-
vert the issue. When we tried
to reach them around 6pm on
Monday, they refused to take
their children along with
them. Hence, we produced
the two boys before the CWC
who ordered to send the boys
to Don Bosco Anbu Illam,”
deputy superintendent of
police, Karumathampatti
sub-division, K Balamuru-
gan said.
Meanwhile, a section of
parents and students of the
school and Coimbatore MP P
R Natarajan submitted a pet-
ition to personal assistant
(general) to collector Uma
Maheswari on Tuesday
morning.
In the petition, they de-
manded that district reve-
nue officials to transfer the
siblings from the school as
they had lodged a fake com-
plaint against the principal
and three teachers.
They also urged police to
withdraw the FIR registered
against the principal and
three teachers.
Tamils trying
to flee held
Ramanathapuram:
Sri Lankan Tamils, who
Six
had fled the island nation
and taken refugee in India a
few years ago, were arrest-
ed on the shores of Rames-
waram when they were try-
ing to return to Sri Lanka
on an illegal ferry.
A Q branch police team,
which was tipped off by-
some fishermen, rushed to
Mukundarayar Chatram
and arrested the six around
2am on Tuesday.
They were identified as
Sudhagar, his wife Chan-
dramathi, their son Hari-
shkaran, all from Trinco-
malee, and Udayakumar,
Satheesan and his wife Thi-
lakshana from Jaffna.
Police sources said they
had fled Sri Lanka in 2012 in
search of better opportuni-
ties in India. They stayed in
Chennai and Tiruvallur
and recently decided to re-
turn to their country.
Through brokers, they ar-
ranged an illegal ferry to
carry them and reached Ra-
meswaram on Monday.
Q branch officials seized
`8,500 in Indian currency,
1,000 Sri Lankan rupees and
Sri Lankan passports from
them. TNN
Plea contests death
sentence under one
section of SC/ST Act
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai: The Madras high
court has sought a response
from the central govern-
ment on a public interest liti-
gation (PIL) challenging the
death sentence awarded un-
der a particular section of
the Scheduled Castes and
the Schedules Tribes (Pre-
vention of Atrocities) Act,
1989.
Shaazim Saghar of Tri-
chy district moved the Ma-
dras high court’s Madurai
bench in 2017, challenging
the constitutional validity
of Section 3(2)(i) of the Act,
as it provides mandatory
death sentence.
According to him, while
death sentence is imposed as
a punishment under Section
3(2)(i) of the Act when it re-
sults in the death of a person
belonging to the SC or ST
communities, the offender
who is responsible for the
death of a person belonging
to any other community
would be punished with life
imprisonment under IPC
Section 302. If an innocent
member of these communi-
ties is convicted in conse-
The petitioner
moved court in 2017
challenging the
constitutional
validity of Section
3(2)(i) of the act
quence of such false or fabri-
cated evidence, the person
who gives such evidence,
shall be punished with death
sentence. The violates Arti-
cle 21, Article 15(1) and Arti-
cle 14 of the Constitution.
Saghar submitted that
this provision provides
mandatory death sentence
to be imposed on any person
found guilty, completely re-
moving the judicial discre-
tion to be exercised by the
criminal courts to provide
for any other optional puni-
shment other than death
sentence.
When the petition was
heard on Tuesday, a division
bench comprising Chief
Justice A P Sahi and justice
Subramonium Prasad
granted three weeks’ time to
the central government to
file their response in this re-
gard.

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Villagers walk more than a kilometre as
Two killed in accidents announced that 2.98 lakh nominations and hip, while another student Eswaran

in Trichy
Two people were killed in separate road
accidents in Trichy on Monday. Three
people on a bike on Sunday night met with
an accident with a car near St Vestry
School roundabout. N Velkumar, 20, of
Tuticorin, died, while his friends S Alwin
Jerome, 20, of Coimbatore and B Athreya,
20, of Trichy escaped with injuries. Velku-
mar, who suffered head injuries, died at
the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Govern-
ment Hospital (MGMGH) in Trichy on
Monday. In another accident, a man riding
a moped died after a car knocked him
down. K Marimuthu, 70, of Abiramam in
Ramanathapuram district, was injured in
the head and chest. He was taken to
MGMGH where he died on Monday.
2.98 lakh nominations for civic polls:
The state election commission on Tuesday
have been filed for rural local body polls in
Tamil Nadu. The two-phase election will be
held in 27 districts on December 27 and 30.
As per the final data, 2.06 lakh nomi-
nations were filed for the post of ward
members of village panchayats, 54,747 for
the presidents of panchayats, 32,939 for
panchayat union wards and 3,992 for
district panchayat wards. Filing of nomi-
nations began on December 9 and ended
on December 16.
Two students injured in school build-
ing collapse: Two boys were injured when
an unused Nutritious Noon Meal Scheme
building collapsed at a government school
in Theni district on Tuesday. The incident
took place at the Ponnanpadugai pan-
chayat union middle school in K May-
iladumparai panchayat union. A few boys
were playing in the building when the
incident took place around 1.10pm. Selva-
kumar suffered injuries on the hands, legs
suffered a leg injury. The boys were rushed
to the K Vilakku Government Hospital.
Officials said that the school headmaster
and several teachers had warned the
students against using the building for
play or study as it was old.
Child escapes snakebite: A nine-year-
old girl’s alertness saved her from a snake-
bite. S Avanthika was getting ready for
school on Monday morning and was about
to wear her shoes, when she heard a
hissing sound. When she looked closely
she found a snake and screamed for help.
The family members alerted Rajesh Kan-
nan, a snake catcher from Palanichettipat-
ti in Theni. Rajesh asked the family mem-
bers to cover the shoe using a vessel and
make sure the snake did not escape.
“When I reached there, the family mem-
bers had rushed the girl to a doctor as she
was shivering due to fear. Her parents
were also in a state of shock,” he said.
lone connecting bus charges them a bomb
Vishnu.Swaroop
@timesgroup.com
Coimbatore: Residents of
Varapalayam in 22 Nanjun-
dapuram panchayat near
Thadagam here are forced to
walk more than a kilometre
to nearby village to catch a
bus to the city. It isn’t because
they don’t have a bus service
from their village. They sim-
ply can’t afford the only bus
that originates from there.
They call it a ‘luxury bus’, not
because of the facilities on of-
fer, but because it charges 30
for one-way trip to Ukkadam.
Not wanting to shell out
that much, the villagers walk
NO TAKERS: Residents of Vara-
palayam call it a ‘luxury bus’, not
because of the facilities on offer,
but because it charges `30 for a
one-way trip to Ukkadam
all the way to Ramanathapu-
ram to catch a bus that charg-
es normal fare. Listing the in-
conveniences caused to them,
the residents said they were
not using the bus even in
times of emergencies, fear-
ing the high fare.
The village has 900 resi-
dents, most of them agricul-
tural workers. The residents
said they cannot afford the
bus fare as they had to spend
`60 for a round-trip to Ukka-
dam. The bus has been oper-
ating from the village for
three years now. Before that,
there was a mini bus with
lower fare, but that did not
run till Ukkadam. G Devi, a
resident who works as an
agricultural labourer, said
the ‘luxury’ bus service was
started after the mini bus ser-
vice was stopped around four
years ago. “But there is no
use, as we don’t travel in it.
Even in medical emergency
cases, we hesitate to use the
bus, as it’s an additional fi-
nancial burden to us.”
The bus, on route 4F, has
trips to the village at 7am,
9am, 4pm and 6pm. “We need
a bus to the city that charges
us normal fare,” Devi said.
When contacted, a senior offi-
cial with the regional office of
Tamil Nadu State Transport
Corporation said the resi-
dents had taken up the issue
with them. “As the local body
elections are underway, we
can’t take any decision imme-
diately,” the official said.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019
DMK takes out protests across TN
over CAA, corners BJP, AIADMK
Stalin: AIADMK
To Blame
For Violence
Sivakumar.B@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The DMK on Tues-
day organised protests across
the state against the Citizen-
ship Amendment Act. Party
president M K Stalin led the
protest at Kancheepuram and
condemned the AIADMK for
supporting the CAB in the
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Party MPs, MLAs and district
secretaries led the protests.
“Had the lone AIADMK
MP in Lok Sabha and 11 MPs
in Rajya Sabha voted against
the bill, there wouldn’t be pro-
tests and violence against the
Act across the country as is
being seen now because the
bill would have been defeated.
The AIADMK has betrayed
Tamil people,” said Stalin.
“On the one side, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
speaks about ‘yadhum oorey
yavarum kelir’ in the US. But I
want to ask him what is the
need for passing the CAA in
India now when he quotes
Thiruvalluvar and other Ta-
mil poets abroad to claim that
all are equal?” asked Stalin.
AIADMK in tight spot over CAA support ‘Beginning of the end
D Govardan &
Julie Mariappan TNN
Chennai: With the opposition
ganging up against the BJP
government’s contentious
Constitution Amendment
Act, 2019, the ruling AIADMK
in Tamil Nadu is in a tight spot.
The party is accused of aiding
the safe passage of the bill
with 11 MPs, taking the tally to
125 votes in favour of the bill,
and 104 members going
against it. The party’s backing
of the bill in totality has
brought discomfiture to the
rank and file, and top function-
aries talk of fear of ‘conse-
quences.’
In what could be damage
control mode, senior minister
D Jayakumar said dual citi-
Dugong washes ashore in Ramanathapuram
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai: The carcass of a
35-year-old male dugong was
washed ashore at Ananthap-
uram shore in Ramanathapu-
ram district on Tuesday.
The marine mammal
measured nearly 3 metre in
length with a circumference
REGION DIGEST
3 sandalwood
smugglers held,
2 on the run
T hree of a five-member
gang from Tirupattur
were arrested after a brief
chase in the early hours of
Tuesday while they were
trying to smuggle sandal-
wood trees from Bharathi
Park in Saibaba Colony in
Coimbatore. Police have
launched a manhunt for the
remaining two, who man-
aged to evade arrest. The
Saibaba Colony police
identified the arrested as V
Govindaraj, 21, S Anbarasu
alias Anbu, 25, and V Vish-
nu, 20, all residents of
Javvathu Hills near Tirupat-
tur. Police seized an axe,
two saws and sandalwood
logs from them.
Charred body of woman
found in Pudukottai:
The charred body of a
woman was found at
Melapachakudi junction at
Fathima Nagar in Pudukot-
tai district on the Trichy-
Pudukottai border in the
early hours of Tuesday.
Police from Viralimalai
rushed to the spot and
found the naked burnt body
of the woman in a field 100
metres away from the
Trichy – Madurai national
highway. The face of the
woman was not burnt, but
the police could not estab-
lish her identity.
Police station inside
Madurai HC inaugu-
rated: Madras high court
Chief Justice A P Sahi on
Tuesday inaugurated a
police station, ambulance
service and multi-operator
mobile tower on the prem-
ises Madurai bench of the
high court.
HITTING THE STREETS: DMK president M K Stalin addresses a protest meet against the Citizenship
Amendment Act at Kancheepuram on Tuesday
About 10,000 people participa-
ted in the protest in Kan-
cheepuram.
“Union home minister
Amit Shah says he is ready to
rejig the Act. He should con-
vene an all-party meeting and
discuss the Act. The CAA is an
Act of discrimination against
Muslims and Sri Lankan Ta-
mils,” charged Stalin.
“Why shouldn’t Sri Lank-
an refugees living in Tamil
Nadu for the past three dec-
ades get Indian citizenship?
Shah reeled out data in Parlia-
ment to say that several lakh
Tamils have got citizenship.
of anti-India forces’
zenship for Lankan Tamils
had been the party’s stand
from the days of former chief
minister J Jayalalithaa. But,
by “blindly” extending sup-
port to the Centre’s move on
‘Triple Talaq’, Article 370 and
the latest CAA, the AIADMK
seems to have pushed away
Muslims forever, said a party
CADRES WORRIED
leader, unwilling to be quoted.
Leaders of the minority
wing in the party, including RS
MP A Mohammed Jan, who is
reportedly distraught over the
leadership’s decision, refused
to talk. Former Ramanathapu-
ram MP A Anwhar Rajhaa,
who vociferously protested in
the Lower House when the
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Only Indian Tamils, who were
settled in Sri Lanka, were giv-
en citizenship. Lankan Tamil
refugees staying in Tamil Na-
du have not been given citi-
zenship,” said Stalin.
Had the Centre bothered
about Indian citizens, the
economy would not have
slumped and people would
not be suffering without em-
ployment opportunity. “Modi
made several promises in
2014. Has he fulfilled anything
in the last five years? His con-
tribution is a sagging econo-
my. After scrapping Article
370 and keeping Kashmir
controversial Triple Talaq bill
was taken up for debate thrice
in 2017 and 2018, remains in-
communicado. “The AIADMK
is not moving away, but Mus-
lims are. Despite its poor show
in three Muslim-dominant as-
sembly segments of Vellore LS
seat, the party still carries the
baggage of BJP for reasons
known to everyone by now,”
said a senior AIADMK leader,
seeking anonymity.
While the party’s lone LS
MP P Raveendranath Kumar
was conspicuous by his ab-
sence when the debate was on
in the Lower House, his father
and deputy chief minister O
Panneerselvam on Tuesday
chose to tread a cautious path:
“The matter is in Supreme
Court. I cannot comment,” he
of two metres. On informa-
tion, a team of forest officials
headed by wildlife warden of
Gulf of Mannar Marine Na-
tional Park, T K Ashok Ku-
mar came to the spot. After
performing post-mortem, the
dugong was buried.
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leaders under house arrest,
the CAA is another onslaught
on the people. Is not Sri Lanka
a neighbouring country? For
Shah, only Pakistan, Bangla-
desh and Afghanistan are
neighbouring countries,”
said Stalin.
He said the DMK and oth-
er allies would meet on
Wednesday and decide the
next course of action against
the CAA. Unlike the
AIADMK, which has surren-
dered to the BJP, Stalin said
the DMK would not leave the
issue. The party would sus-
tain the protests, he said.
told reporters at the Chennai
airport. Apparently, the deci-
sion to back the bill was kept in
the dark till the last hour. Only
after senior member S R Bala-
subramoniyan insisted on hav-
ing a chat with the CM before
he made his speech, a commu-
nication from the CMO permit-
ted him to raise the issue of in-
cluding Sri Lankan Tamils and
Muslims in the amendment.
Referring to the case of Ban-
gladeshi refugees, who were
Muslims, but against Pakis-
tan, he fervently appealed to
the home minister and PM to
“revisit and rethink” it and
“add the names of the Muslims
also”. But, by concluding his
speech with, “of course, we are
supporting the Bill”, he undid
everything in the end.
of Mannar region.
It has a life span of nearly
70 years and plays a vital role
in maintaining the marine
ecosystem.
Since, they are rare spe-
cies, the forest officials are
taking several steps for du-
gong conservation in Rama-
nathapuram district.
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Trichy: Police in Nannilam on
Tuesday booked cases against
63 students of the Central Uni-
versity of Tamil Nadu (CUTN)
at Tiruvarur under three sec-
tions for burning effigies of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and home minister Amit Shah.
More than 200 students had
participated in a protest on the
university campus on Monday
against the citizenship amend-
ment act (CAA) following
which the university was closed
for an indefinite period. The
students took out a procession
carrying the effigies and plac-
ards on the campus and raising
slogans against CAA in Hindi.
The placards carried messages
such as “Stop Killing Us - We
prefer to die on our feet rather
than live on our knees (sic).”
They demanded repealing
of CAA and action against the
police who attacked the protest-
ing students in Jamia Millia Is-
lamia University in Delhi. Nan-
nilam police booked cases un-
der sections 285, 143 and 341 of
the IPC against the students for
burning effigies as part of the
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Chennai/ Trichy: Actor and
MNM president Kamal Haa-
san on Tuesday termed the pro-
tests across the country
against the Citizenship
Amendment Act 2019 as mark-
ing the beginning of the end of
anti-national forces.
“We all need to dive deep in-
to the river of democracy to get
rid of the dictatorship forces
and to breathe independent air
once again,” Kamal told re-
porters here.
“Democracy can prevail
only as long as the power is in
the hands of the people. But,
when the power, vested with a
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CUTN students stage a demonstra-
tion in Tiruvarur on Monday
protest. CUTN registrar S Bhu-
vaneswari has in a circular an-
nounced advancement of win-
ter holidays which ideally
should have started from De-
cember 24. Though hostel stu-
dents were asked to vacate with-
in 24 hours, many among them
are from north India who were
not in a position to go home at
short notice. They have been al-
lowed to stay back in the hostels
until they make travel arrange-
ments.
few, acts
against the
people, we can-
not rest until
we finish off
those forces,”
Kamal said.
According to him, the farm-
ers are in crisis, the safety of
women has become a major
concern for all, economic slow-
down is staring at people and
unemployment is hurting the
masses.
Meanwhile, Sivaganga MP
Karti Chidambaram said
BJP’s prime motive behind
bringing amendments to the
Constitution is to make Mus-
lims second-class citizens.
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Madurai: The suspicious
death of their mother and
hospitalisation of their fa-
ther with injuries from a
fire in their house on Satur-
day has left two physically
and intellectually chal-
lenged brothers completely
dependent on their grand-
mother for help. The broth-
ers, Kanagaraj, 34, and Thi-
rumalaichelvan, 28, are now
under the temporary care of
their grandmother Ranjith-
akani, 85.
Kanagaraj is the eldest of
three children of Anaintha-
perumal and Panneersel-
vam of Chinna Thambi Na-
dar Patti village while Thi-
rumalaichelvan and his sis-
ter were twins.
The girl died when she
was 23-years-old five years
ago. Anainthaperumal was
a daily wage farm labourer
while Panneerselvam had a
disability in the left hand
and used to roll beedis at
home. “She took care of the
boys, bathed them, fed them
and helped them use the toi-
let too. The brothers cannot
sit or stand on their own,”
their cousin A Yesurajan
said.
Relatives claim that
Anainthaperumal became
mentally unstable in the last
few years, stopped going to
work and constantly fought
with his wife. “He used to
7 arrested for disrupting
court proceedings
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Tirupur: Seven people were
arrested on Monday for in-
terrupting the proceedings
of Tirupur chief judicial ma-
gistrate court.
The accused had argued
with court staff after the
trial court refused to provide
him copy of the FIR regis-
tered in connection with a
case registered for releasing
derogatory videos on judi-
cial officers.
The chief judicial magis-
trate G Sundararajan took
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blame her for the plight of
their sons,” Yesurajan said.
Around 9.30 pm on Saturday,
the villagers noticed smoke
emanating from their house
and broke open the door.
Panneerselvam was on
flames in one corner while
Anainthaperumal who suf-
fered 30% burns was in an-
other corner.
The brothers were safe
and immediately carried
out and the couple rushed to
the Tenkasi government
hospital, where Panneersel-
vam died on Sunday
morning.
Panneerselvam’s death
has been registered as a case
of suspicious death as po-
lice suspect he was set
ablaze by her husband. Rela-
tives point out that there
would be nobody to take
care of Kanagaraj and Thi-
rumalaichelvan. They
urged the district adminis-
tration and the state govern-
ment to enrol them in a
special home.
The brothers are yet to
understand that their moth-
er is no more.
up the matter suo motu and
the seven were charged un-
der IPC Section 228 (inten-
tional insult or interruption
to public servant sitting in
judicial proceeding). The ar-
rested were V Sivakumar, 41,
A Palani Kumar, 34, Nagara-
jan, 45, Vijayakumar, 50, Sub-
ramanian, 43, Saravanan, 25,
and Rakkimuthu, 41. They
were produced before the ju-
dicial magistrate court on
Tuesday.
Judge D Kaviarasan sent
them to judicial custody till
December 30.
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New Delhi: The Supreme

Court on Tuesday asked pet-
itioners seeking an inquiry in-
to alleged police excesses
against Jamia Millia Islamia
and Aligarh Muslim Universi-
ty students agitating against
Citizenship Amendment Act
(CAA) to move concerned high
courts after solicitor general
Tushar Mehta said AMU had
called in the UP police and no
student has been arrested yet
by Delhi police.
A bench of Chief Justice S
ABobde and Justices B R Gavai
and Surya Kant said all the pet-
itions pertain to law and order
situations and police action,
which could relate to different
actions and circumstances.
“We are not the institution
which has power to control law
and order. We are not saying
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that it is not a problem or that it
is not serious. What we are say-
ing is you all must go before
concerned high courts, which
would be better equipped to ap-
preciate your grievances and
take remedial measures,” the
bench said.
CJI Bobde said Chief Jus-
tices of the HCs were compe-
tent enough to decide setting
up of committees headed by re-
tired SC or HC judges for a fact
finding exercise and inquiry
into alleged excesses commit-
ted by police against protesting
students after hearing the Cen-
tre and state governments, as
the case may be.
When senior advocates
Mehmood Pracha and Colin
Gonsalves made an impas-
sioned appeal for the court to
send a retired SC judge to AMU
to inquire into “brutal force
used by police” and that this
will pacify agitated students,
Mehta said “the police officers
are present in the court with all
documents. It will satisfy the
court’s judicial conscience that
no excessive force was used.
The police was called into
AMU by its registrar Abdul Ha-
mid. In Delhi, police allowed
students to go from hospital af-
ter a Jamia official identified
them.”
Delhi police claimed it had
gone inside Jamia as it re-
ceived calls from hostellers
that they were stuck inside
their rooms.
The SG said the Delhi po-
lice has video evidence of stu-
dents burning 14 DTC and clus-
ter buses, 20 private cars and
two-wheelers. He said 67 stu-
dents and others were injured
while 31 police personnel sus-
tained injuries, majority of
whom treated at Holy Family
hospital. “As many as 47 rioters
were temporarily detained and
released on the same day,” he
said. “More than 90% of the 67
public persons who required
medical treatment were taken
by police to various hospitals.”
Mehta said rumours were
deliberately spread about
death of two persons and po-
lice have cogent evidence that
suggests this flared up the sit-
uation. When attempts to per-
suade SC to entertain petitions
Hyderabad: Mujtaba Hussain, a well-known humour writer in
Urdu, has decided to return his Padma Shri award in protest against
Thiruvananthapuram:
Tuesday’s dawn-to-dusk har-
meet Prez Kovind, He never looked back, shaping
an acting style all of his own and
the “atmosphere of fear and hatred” in the country. tal against the Citizenship seek recall of CAA setting quality benchmarks for
“Mera dam ghut raha hai. Mera zameer mujh par malamat kar (Amendment) Act called by Marathi theatre. The progres-
raha hai. Main aur zyada sabr nahin kar sakta (I am feeling around 33 organisations — in- New Delhi: With protests sion to films, both Hindi and Ma-
suffocated. My conscience is pricking me. I can’t be more patient cluding Welfare Party of In- against the Citizenship rathi, was natural but Lagoo
than this),” Hussain said. dia, Social Democratic Party Amendment Act (CAA) made sure he would never leave
One of two Urdu writers from Hyderabad to win a Padma Shri, of India (SDPI), Bahujan Sa- spreading across the country, the stage.
Hussain was honoured with it in 2007. The other litterateur is maj Party (BSP), Democratic opposition parties knocked on On Tuesday night, Lagoo left
Jeelani Banu, a short story writer. For the last few weeks, he had Human Rights Movement and the doors of President Ram the world stage for good, passing
been expressing anguish over developments in the country, Minority Rights Watch — hit Nath Kovind on Tuesday and away due to age-related illnesses
especially the Citizenship Amendment Act. “I have never seen this normal life in northern dis- sought his intervention on at his home. He was 92.
kind of intolerance and targeting of minorities in the country. I have tricts of Kerala. violence in central Film and theatre actor Satish
lived the Partition days but there was no hatred against the Though the hartal was universities. They also urged Alekar told TOI that Lagoo’s re-
Muslims as much as I am seeing today,” he said. He is also near-peaceful in southern dis- him to advise the government mains have been kept at the Dee-
considered among the best-known humour writers in Hindi since tricts, violent incidents were to withdraw the nanath
almost all his essays have been translated into the language. TNN reported in Palakkad, Malap- “unconstitutional and Mangesh-
puram, Kannur and Kasar- divisive” law. kar Hospi-
against ‘police excesses” cisions.” When senior advo- god, where KSRTC buses were Representatives of at least tal’s mor-
failed, senior advocate Indira cate Sanjay Hegde intervened, targeted by agitators. 12 parties, including Congress, gue. “His
Jaising requested the SC to re- making loud arguments, the As many as 510 persons CPM, CPI, DMK, SP, TMC, RJD, adopted son
strain police from arresting bench said, “This is not a street were detained by the police National Conference, IUML is arriving
students based on numerous play that you will shout just be- (late on Monday and Tuesday) and AIUDF were part of the from the US
FIRs lodged against them. cause there is a big crowd in- under preventive detention delegation. BSP MPs from Lok to perform
She said, “If you want side the court and media is pre- and Prevention of Damage to Sabha and Rajya Sabha will the last rites,” he said. A hospital
peace, you cannot file FIRs sent here. We do not want se- Public Property Act (PDPP meet the President separately spokesperson confirmed that
against students. There should nior advocates to shout here.” Act). Police said 280 SDPI sup- on Wednesday, party MP Lagoo was declared brought
be no coercive action against AMU registrar Abdul Ha- porters, 100 Welfare Party sup- Danish Ali said. dead.
students. Otherwise, the mo- mid had written to Aligarh dis- porters, 10 BSP supporters and Congress president Sonia “Lagoo was simply a giant in
ment the SC ends its hearing by trict magistrate and superin- six from Popular Front of In- Gandhi, who led the theatre in the country,” says Ale-
sending the petitioners to HCs, tendent of police informing dia were detained. The re- opposition delegation, alleged kar. “He would take part in two-
police will swing into action to that “University administra- maining are hartal supporters that the Modi government was hour-long productions of V V
arrest students. If they are tion has got information without allegiance to a specific “shutting down” people’s Shirwadkar’s play ‘Natasamrat’,
looking at resolution of the is- through reliable sources that party or group, sources added. voices and bringing standing most of the while and
sues, let there be no arrests till some anti-social elements in While most of them were legislations which were not delivering 20-minute-long mono-
HCs decide on course of action. the garb of protest march may cases of preventive detention, acceptable to them. TNN logues. The public would be sim-
These are peacekeeping mea- also enter the administrative others were held under the ply mesmerised by that sight.”
sures which would not affect block of the university and PDPP Act. Those in preventive public life in Kochi as private Alekar says Lagoo played his
fact finding exercises.” cause damage to the said prop- detention will be granted bail vehicles moved on roads with- role in more than a hundred pro-
The CJI-led bench said, erty” and requesting for ade- at the police station itself out problems. No untoward in- ductions of the play, achieving
“We trust each HC will respond quate security forces outside while others booked under cident, except a few isolated near-legendary status in Ma-
adequately to your grievances. the administrative block with- PDPP Act will be produced in road blockades in rural areas, rathi theatre. He would later
Let them hear the petitions and in the university to prevent un- court. were reported. leave his imprint on films in both
we can have benefit of their de- toward incidents. The hartal did not affect Full report on www.toi.in Hindi and Marathi in leading
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multiple accolades, especially

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New Delhi: Faced with opposi-
tion from key members of the
UN security council, China
quietly withdrew its request
for a discussion on Kashmir
which was earlier scheduled
for Tuesday.
The Indian government re-
mained tight-lipped, with offi-
cial sources saying, “India is
not a member of the UN Secu-
rity Council, so we are not in
the room.” However, other
countries confirmed China
had chosen discretion as the
better part of valour. French
diplomatic sources asserted,
“Kashmir will not be discussed
in the security council today.
Our position has been very
clear: Kashmir issue has to be
treated bilaterally. We have
highlighted this several times
recently, including in New
York.”
The thwarting of China’s
plans will be a relief for India
TIGHT-LIPPED: Ajit Doval
with officials seeing the move
as coinciding with Pakistan’s
fresh attempts to raise protests
in India over the Citizenship
Amendment Act. As first re-
ported by TOI, China had re-
quested informally for a dis-
cussion on Kashmir under the
“other business” head. This
was seen as an effort to embar-
rass India, on behalf of all-
weather ally Pakistan. Howev-
er, the Chinese proposal faced a
significant pushback from oth-
er UNSC members, which end-
ed with a quiet withdrawal.
India and China are sched-
uled to hold what promises to
be an important round of bilat-
eral boundary talks this week-
end between national security
adviser and special representa-
tive Ajit Doval and his Chinese
counterpart state counsellor
Wang Yi. As first reported by
TOI, the boundary talks are
scheduled for December 21.
In August, during foreign
minister S Jaishankar’s visit to
China, the Chinese side had
hinted at “early harvest” pro-
posals on the boundary. Howev-
er, these failed to see the light of
day, When Wang Yi was visit-
ing Pakistan and Nepal early
September, India indicated
that the time was “not ripe” for
a boundary discussion. This
was just after China attempted
to pin down India on J&K at the
UNSC in mid-August.
This weekend’s meeting
has been accorded very high
importance by the Indian gov-
ernment, where along with
boundary talks, Doval and
Wang are expected to hold a
strategic dialogue on issues of
importance.
Court grants
bail to TV star
Payal Rohatgi
Kota (Rajas-
than): TV and
reality star
Payal Rohatgi,
who was sent to
judicial custody
till December 24
by a metropolitan court a day
ago, was granted bail on Tues-
day. Additional district magist-
rate’s (ADJ) court of Bundi
granted bail to the actress on a
personal bond.
‘DEFAMATORY POST
ON NEHRU’ CASE
Rohatgi was sent to judicial
custody by the additional chief
judicial magistrate court of Bun-
di on Monday on charges of post-
ing objectionable content on so-
cial media sites against Nehru-
Gandhi family few months ago.
On October 10, a complaint was
lodged by Congress worker

Bobde recuses AP could have 3 capitals to boost 1soldier killed, 1 Hindus majority in
Charmesh Sharma against
Payal for posting an objectiona-
ble video on Nehru and his fam-
from hearing injured as Army ily on Facebook and Twitter.

Nirbhaya
development in all regions: Jagan foils Pak BAT
India, can’t get minority According to senior lawyers,
she can be awarded a two year
imprisonment or penalty if con-

convict’s plea
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Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y

the receipt of the experts’ committee,” he said.
Jagan’s statement, particularly on making
Kurnool the judicial capital, is significant in action on border tag in some states: SC victed. IANS

New Delhi: Chief Justice S A

Bobde recused himself on Tues-
day from hearing the plea of con-
vict Akshay Kumar Singh seek-
ing review of the 2017 apex court
judgment upholding his death
penalty in the Nirbhaya gang
rape-and-murder case.
At the outset a special bench
comprising the CJI and Justices
R Banumathi and Ashok
Bhushan made it clear that the
review plea has to be heard by
another appropriate bench.
The CJI said one of his rela-
tives had earlier appeared on be-
half of the victim’s mother in
the case and observed that it
would be appropriate that some
other bench hears the review
plea at 10.30am on Wednesday.
Advocate A P Singh, appear-
ing for Akshay, started his sub-
mission saying that the case in
hand has suffered political and
media pressure and grave injus-
tice has been done to the con-
vict. Akshay had sought clem-
ency arguing life in Delhi is any-
way becoming short due to ris-
ing air and water pollution.
On July 9 last year, the apex
court had dismissed the review
pleas filed by the other three
convicts — Mukesh, 30, Pawan
Gupta, 23, and Vinay Sharma, 24
—in the case, saying no grounds
have been made out by them for
review of the 2017 verdict. PTI
S Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday floated the
idea of three capital cities, citing a “strong need
to decentralise development” in all the three re-
the wake of the ongoing protests of advocates
from Rayalaseema, demanding shifting of the
high court from Amaravati to the city.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Dhananjay.Mahapatra
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Chandrayaan-3
gions of the state.
Assuring the continuance of Amara-
Jagan said the government is ex-
pecting the expert committee’s report
New Delhi: The Indian Army
thwarted an attempted BAT New Delhi: The Supreme gets new
vati as the state’s ‘legislative capital city’, on this in a week. “We can think in (border action team) operation Court on Tuesday rejected a
the chief minister hinted at making Kur-
nool in Rayalaseema region the ‘judicial
terms of having three capitals — one
being the legislative capital (Amara-
by the Pakistan army in the
Sunderbani sector along the
PIL seeking minority status
for Hindus in several states
project director
capital city’ with the high court and Vi- vati) and the other two being executive volatile Line of Control in where Muslims or Chris- Chethan.Kumar
sakhapatnam in north-coastal region the capital (Visakhapatnam) and judicial Kashmir but lost a soldier tians are in the majority and NOT POSSIBLE: The Supreme @timesgroup.com
‘executive capital city’. capital (Kurnool). A reputed consul- while another one was injured said religious minority tag Court said religious minority
Speaking on the issue in the assembly, Ja- tancy firm will also give its report and a deci- in the heavy exchange of firing could be given only on tag could be given only on the Bengaluru: M Vanitha, who
gan said the priorities of the government sion will be taken after discussing the details on Monday. the basis of pan-India pop- basis of pan-India population was the project director for
should be in tune with the aspirations of the and logistics,” he said. He stressed Visakhapat- Army sources said radio in- ulation. Chandrayaan-2, is no longer
people of all parts of the state. “We can consider nam, which has a good infrastructure, can be tercepts indicated two Pakista- A bench of CJI S A Bobde some of these communities, going to be retained in the
multiple capital cities model on the lines of readily be considered for executive capital ni Special Services Group and Justices B R Gavai and despite being in majority in Chandrayaan-3 team.
South Africa for development of all parts of the without much investment. (SSG) commandos were also Surya Kant was told by at- some states, were cornering Ritu Karidhal, whose team
state. We will take final call on the issue after Full report on www.toi.in killed in the action. The BAT torney general K K Venugo- government sponsored ben- was responsible for the mis-
operation targeted an Indian pal that Hindu population efits meant for minority sion, continues to be mission
post in the Nathua Ka Tibba ar- was in minority in seven communities of those director for Chandrayaan-3.
Man accused of killing BSP neta shot in UP court ea, which is located around 200
metres inside Indian territory,
states and Union territories
and the court had sought his
states.
As per the Census, Hin-
Vanitha has been replaced by
P Veeramuthuvel from Isro
Harveer Dabas TNN at about 2.30pm. assistance in adjudicating a dus were in minority in Pun- headquarters.
lice arrested them in October for their involve- “The post is surrounded by PIL by Ashwini Upadhyay, jab (Sikh majority), Aruna- Vanitha’s team was re-
Bijnor: A gangster accused of killing a BSP ment in several other cases in the capital. The Pakistani positions from three who had sought changing chal Pradesh, Meghalaya, sponsible for all systems on
functionary was shot inside a Bijnor court on two had been lodged in Tihar Jail. sides. It often faces such at- the criteria for grant of mi- Mizoram and Nagaland (all Chandrayaan-2, whose lander
Tuesday when a hearing in the case was going Ansari’s minor son, who is a Class XI stu- tempts from the Pak Army. The nority status to the commu- with Christian majority), failed to soft-land on the Moon
on. The chief judicial magistrate who was pre- dent, and his two aides — Sumit and Afaraz — BAT operation was successful- nity’s population in a state, Jammu & Kashmir and on September 7. Isro has not
siding over the court had a narrow escape as he barged into the courtroom when the CJM was ly foiled by the alert troops on and not in the entire coun- Lakshadweep (Muslim officially announced the rea-
dodged the bullets and was later rescued. Three hearing the case. As they fired at the two ac- Monday,” said a source. Rifle- try. majority). However, the ma- son for transferring Vanitha.
assailants, including the minor son of slain cused, Shahnawaz died on the spot while a bul- man Sukhwinder Singh was Upadhyay’s counsel Mo- jority community in these Isro had garnered high
BSP politician Ehsan Ansari, were arrested let hit two police constables on duty. One of killed when he was hit by “di- han Parasaran said Section states and UTs were enjoy- praise on the appointment of
from the spot. In the commotion, the second ac- them was referred to Meerut hospital where he rect fire” in the encounter, 2(c) of National Commis- ing ‘minority’ status and Karidhal as mission director
cused in the murder case escaped from the was said to be out of danger. Taking advantage which saw both sides use rock- sion for Minorities Act, 1992, communities which were and Vanitha as project direc-
courtroom. of the melee, Jabbar escaped from the cour- et launchers as well as anti- “arbitrarily” notified Mus- the real minorities were not tor to head Chandrayaan-2
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bar Ahmad — were accused of killing BSP poli- to arrest him. source, while denying that the Buddhists and Parsis as mi- because of non-identifica- report that the space agency
tican Ehsaan Ansari and his nephew Shadab UP DGP OP Singh called it a revenge killing soldier’s body was mutilated by nority communities on Oc- tion of minorities, Upad- has started work on Chan-
on May 28 this year. They had been brought but added that murder inside the court prem- the enemy forces. tober 23, 1993, based on their hyay said. drayaan-3 on November 14.
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landing gear had not de-
ployed and ordered the air-
craft to abort landing.
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CLOSE SHAVE: The SpiceJet not deployed.
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TOI rayana Somayaji, member,
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that the nose landing gear district’s Kalladka village en- Prasad told TOI that the case uled to pronounce judgment in
was not fully down and acted Babri demolition and has been booked under two the Jaipur bomb blasts case of
locked. He informed ATC proposed construction of a IPC sections: 295 (a) (deliberate 2008 on Wednesday. On May 13,
and requested for a visual Ram temple during its annual act to outrage religious feel- 2008, eight serial bomb blasts
check of the gear. He flew sports day event, police on ings) and 298 (uttering words took place in the crowded walled
past the ATC for a visual Monday registered a case that wound religious feelings). city, at different locations, in
check. ATC conveyed that the against RSS leader Kalladka IN CONVERSATION: Kiran Bedi About 800 students had which 80 people were killed and
nose landing gear was not Prabhakar Bhat and four oth- (L) and Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat made a 20-minute presentation 176 sustained injuries.
down,” SpiceJet said in a ers on charges of hurting reli- at the event on Sunday where on the story of Ayodhya and Arguments of various par-
statement. gious sentiments of a commu- students recreated events the proposed construction of a ties, including the prosecution
Tigga immediately alert- nity. surrounding the Ram Janmab- Ram temple at the disputed and the defence, is over. Ahead of
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duty air traffic controller, Lt Kendra at Kalladka, 30km from the students’ performance in a reviewed security in and around
Cdr Harmeet Kaur, quickly Mangaluru, re-created events ladka Bhat, who runs the insti- tweet and uploaded a clip of the the sessions and district court to
radioed the incoming air- surrounding the Ram Janmab- tution. programme. avoid law and order situation.
craft to abort landing and hoomi controversy on Sunday, Bantwal Town police filed After the video created on- Ajay Kumar Sharma, the
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ded. Both these instances are the middle managers have been managers — were called indivi- a seat at the leadership table? fits for individual contributors. Their primary identity is their
dated. But, they also present a
bitter truth playing out among
losing their sheen and jobs. The
automation threat saw further
dual contributors. Some of us
even called them people with no
Can HR in their induction pre-
sentations talk about achieve-
The titles need to be on an equal
footing with managers and lea-
personal life. Motivating them
with titles and hierarchies may
us. Large enterprises worldwi-
de are shedding headcount as
erosion of the people ma-
nager’s value. Despite
ambition or drive. Orga-
nisations believe that if
ments of individual contribu-
tors also, than merely highligh-
ders. In many technology com-
panies, this is already happe-
not be as inspiring as it was be-
fore. They are entering a new
te need to continue with his ex- they are becoming more effici- these learnings, indivi- you don’t display ambi- ting people who have grown up ning. The visibility for influen- world where nothing is owned,
pertise. ent due to technology. At the dual contributors, as an tions openly, it is difficult the ladder as leaders? Some of tial individual contributors al- and everything is interim or

W
hat is Mandy doing in
the leadership team,”
asked our new acqui-
rer. “He is the architect to all our
new strategies and projects,” I
replied. “Do you really need a
subordinate to advise you?” he
retorted.
We were going through a
merger, and it was the first time
I figured how individual contri-
butors (ICs) were seen by large
enterprises. I immediately put
him in a managerial role to sa-
feguard him, given our despera-
Take another instance — “I
think this increment is an in-
sult to my contribution and ex-
pertise,” said Monica, as she
stood there with disbelief about
her single-digit hike. “This is all
we can pay for a knowledge ma-
nagement role. Had you been in
a business managerial func-
tion, it would have been easy to
give you a double-digit hike,” sa-
id her manager. “Also, this is an
individual contributor role,
and so there aren’t any other in-
ternal benchmarks,” he conclu-
same time, they also need to option, have not taken off. for one to be driven to the organisations are apprecia- so needs to be on a par with the shared. Their tenures may be
provide growth to talent to reta- Most employees still con- achieve more. We need a ting the patents filed by the indi- rest of the leadership. much shorter than millennials.
in and keep them motivated. sider managerial roles as mindset transformation vidual contributors, which is a With skills also getting trans-
The traditional growth path the best path to growth. that productivity or per- great start. However, until indi- The Freelancers: When the ient, it might suit enterprises to
of promoting people to mana- The best organisation still has formance is not a binary func- vidual contributors get a seat at whole world is progressing to- give people a meaningful gig
gerial and leadership roles ne- 2-3% of their key talent as indi- tion of ambition or drive. Many the leadership table, employees wards the gig economy, organi- than a role with promise of a hi-
eds to be relooked as they have vidual. of us are also driven by the pur- will think twice before taking sations also can consider their erarchical climb. The individu-
created fat or cylindrical struc- pose, impact, and fulfilment our up the individual contributor individual contributors as their al contributor culture and a
tures. In the rapid scale-up So what can change it? role provides. path. Many of us still believe if freelancers. Have you imagined right enabling framework is so-
post-2000, these structures be- we don’t have an army of people what flexibility an organisation mething HR needs to initiate,
came costly and glaringly inef- The Mindset: For starters, the Role Models: The starting po- reporting to us, then we are not can derive from this? practise, and perfect before the
ficient. The 2008 recession was labelling of individual contri- int is to ensure individual cont- in a meaningful role. centennials arrive.
the first checkpoint where this butors needs to change. Most of- ributors don influential roles in Enter The Centennials: The (The writer is
structure started to crumble. ten, people who cannot be ma- the organisation. For example, Tangible Benefits: There ne- new workforce that is entering co-founder of specialist
From there on every downturn, nagers — or don’t want to be can individual contributors get eds to be parity of pay and bene- is boundless to hierarchies. staffing firm Xpheno)

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preparing students for IGCSE '0' and 'A' Levels (Edexcel International)
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SC directs hospital to pay `76L Gauri Lankesh

for negligence causing blindness
Upholds Consumer Forum’s Verdict, Raises Compensation
AmitAnand.Choudhary
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: One-and-a-half
decades after negligence on
part of doctors of Delhi’s Mah-
araja Agrasen Hospital result-
ed in total blindness of a new-
born, the Supreme Court has
awarded compensation of `76
lakh to the family.
A bench of Justices U U La-
lit and Indu Malhotra held the
hospital, its paediatrician and
ophthalmologist guilty of
medical negligence as they
failed to carry out the manda-
tory retinopathy of prematuri-
ty (ROP) check on the pre-term
baby, which led to his total
blindness. The court also
slammed the hospital for not
sharing the medical records of
the child, born in 2005, with his
parents for over two years after
discharge to enable them to ap-
proach other doctors for treat-
ment.
JUSTICE AT LAST
“They are liable for medi-
cal negligence since at no stage
were the parents either ad-
vised or guided about the pos-
sibility of occurrence of ROP
in a premature baby, nor was
the baby examined by the oph-
thalmologist as per standard
protocol. The doctors ought to
have been fully aware of the
high chances of occurrence of
ROP in a pre-term baby. The
lack of care constitutes a gross
deficiency in service,” the
bench said on Monday.
The court added that the
baby was brought to the hospi-
tal for medical examination
from time-to-time for more
than three months but the doc-
tors did not undertake the test.
Taking note of the family’s
financial difficulty in bringing
up the child which needs spe-
cial care as the father, who
worked as a security guard,
died in 2013 during pendency of
the litigation, the bench
awarded a compensation of
`76 lakh out of which `60 lakh
was allocated exclusively for
the child’s (Rishabh Sharma)
education, welfare and suste-
nance. It said `15 lakh would be
given to the mother as his care-
giver and `1 lakh towards liti-
gation cost.
The court said it was well
established that a hospital was
vicariously liable for acts of
negligence committed by doc-
tors engaged or empanelled to
provide medical care. “It is
common experience that
when a patient goes to a hospi-
tal, he/she goes there on ac-
count of the reputation of the
hospital, and with the hope
that due and proper care will
be taken by the hospital au-
thorities. If the hospital fails to
discharge its duties through
its doctors, being employed on
job basis or employed on con-
tract basis, it is the hospital
which has to justify the acts of
commission or omission on
behalf of the doctors,” the
bench said.
The court upheld the Na-
tional Consumer Disputes Re-
dressal Commission’s order
which said there was negli-
gence on the part of the hospi-
tal. Though the commission
had granted a compensation of
of `64 lakh, the SC enhanced
the amount by `12 lakh.
siblings spar
over ‘financial
irregularities’
Bengaluru: Slain journalist
Gauri Lankesh’s brother on
Tuesday demanded that the
Karnataka government order a
probe into alleged financial ir-
regularites in a trust named af-
ter the scribe who was shot dead
two years ago.
With media
reports alleging
that donations
of `7 crore col-
lected by the
trust were mis-
used, the late journalist’s broth-
er Indrajeet claimed he did not
know who authorised the trust
members to collect money from
people on his sister’s behalf.
Refuting Indrajeet’s allega-
tions, his sister Kavitha, a mem-
ber of the trust, said the trust
with prominent personalities
was struggling to get even `1
lakh, let alone `7 crore. At a press
conference, Indrajit said there
were reports that some people
have formed a trust in the name
of his late sister and they have
been collecting money. PTI
Cops: Before Hyd vet,
2 of 4 suspects raped,
burned nine women
Srinath.Vudali
@timesgroup.com
Hyderabad: Investigators
probing the November 27
gang rape and murder of a
veterinary doctor in Hydera-
bad claimed two of the four
suspects had confessed to rap-
ing and burning nine other
women. The four youths were
later shot dead on the out-
skirts of Hyderabad in what
the police claimed was an “en-
counter”.
A team from Cyberabad
police is camping in Karnata-
ka to piece together some of
the cases as the crime alleged-
ly took place in the Telanga-
na-Karnataka border areas.
The four suspects, Mo-
hammed Areef, J Naveen, J
Shiva and Ch Chennakesavu-
lu, raped and set on fire the
young veterinarian on the
outskirts of Hyderabad.
“Once we took them into
custody, we were considering
their role in 15 cases of wom-
en raped and burned in Telan-
gana and Karnataka on the
highways. Two of the accused
confessed to nine offences of
rape and murder,” a top police
officer claimed on Tuesday.
“We are verifying each case
and therefore teams have
been sent to various loca-
tions,” the official said.
The startling revelation
comes at a time when a gov-
ernment-appointed Special
Investigation Team (SIT) has
been asked to probe the De-
cember 6 encounter in which
the four men were gunned
down. A Supreme Court-ap-
pointed three-member com-
mission will also probe the en-
counter. On Tuesday, Telanga-
na police claimed Areef was
involved in six offences, while
Chennakesavulu raped and
murdered three women.
Telangana police told TOI
that Areef and Chennakesa-
vulu allegedly committed the
crime on highways at Sanga
Reddy, Ranga Reddy, Mahbub-
nagar in Telangana and bor-
dering towns in Karnataka.
CBI arrests
sacked I-T
commissioner
in graft case
New Delhi: The CBI arrested
sacked income tax commission-
er Sanjay Kumar Srivastava on
Tuesday in a corruption case for
allegedly passing backdated ap-
peal orders to obtain undue bene-
fits, officials said. The agency
had booked him in July on the al-
legations that Srivastava as com-
missioner, income tax (appeals),
Noida, passed 104 backdated or-
ders in June, 2019 — the month he
was given forced retirement by
the government, officials said.
The agency had levelled
charges under Indian Penal
Code sections related to criminal
conspiracy, cheating and forgery
besides provisions of the Pre-
vention of Corruption Act for ob-
taining undue favours. The or-
ders were backdated to Decem-
ber 2018, the CBI alleged. Among
these,13 orders were not of his ju-
risdiction, the agency has al-
leged. The CBI had said records
showed the orders were dis-
patched on June 7, 2019 — three
days before he was removed
from service, but they were sent
on June 14, 2019. PTI

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14 TIMES NATION * THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAI
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019

Uddhav likens Jamia

‘Don’t Be Silent, Don’t Be Violent’ violence to Jallianwala
A large section of Bollywood, usually silent on political issues, found its voice following Delhi Police’s Vaibhav.Ganjapure &
Sujit Mahamulkar TNN
advise the Centre
not to play with

crackdown on students at Jamia. A few sparred. Most veterans have stayed away, for now
IN SOLIDARITY WITH JAMIA
DIA MIRZA: The student protests across the country is a
tipping point in our democracy. Seeing videos of
peacefully protesting students being dragged and beaten
up is a visual that will be hard to forget... These young
students are doing what we should have done for them... I
stand with all the students who have been forcefully
stopped from upholding the very principles that we hold
dear... Let’s stand united to save the idea of India
HANSAL MEHTA: India is burning. Oppression, repression
and violence of any kind must be condemned. It must be
met with non-violent protest and non-cooperation. I salute
those bravehearts who are raising their voices inspite of
the looming threat of persecution
RITEISH DESHMUKH: I stand in solidarity with the students
protesting peacefully... I do not support any kind of
violence. We are and have always been proud of our Police
Force but this time they should have been more
compassionate while assessing & tackling the situation.
Our students didn’t deserve this
SIDHARTH MALHOTRA: My heart goes out to all the
students back home in Delhi. In a democracy like ours, its
sad to see violence against citizens for voicing their
opinion through peaceful protests. There should be no
place for violence of any form & intent in our country. I
strongly condemn this act
ALANKRITA SRIVASTAVA: I studied at Jamia... Nothing can
justify what has happened to the students. The broken
legs, the lost eye, the assaults in the darkness...the
vandalising of a space of learning, the invasion of the
student hostels. History will remember
ABHAY DEOL: Students are our asset and we should stand
by them. I hope sense prevails soon, the country cannot go
to war with itself! You cannot fight fire with fire
MANOJ BAJPAYEE: There may be times when we are
powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a
time when we fail to protest... I condemn violence against
protesting students!!!!!
ZOYA AKHTAR: Gandhi and Ambedkar held up with
screams of Inquilab Zindabad. These students are fighting
for us when we needed to fight for them
Nagpur: Claiming that a deliberate
their senti-
ments,” he added.
attempt is being made to create an On April 13,
“atmosphere of unrest and fear in 1919, acting Briga-
society”, Maharashtra chief minis- dier General Re-
ter Uddhav Thackeray equated ginald Dyer ordered troops of the
Sunday’s police crackdown on Ja- British Indian Army to fire on an
mia Millia Islamia University stu- unarmed crowd in Amritsar’s Jal-
dents with the Jallianwala Bagh lianwala Bagh. At least 400 people,
massacre of 1919. including 41 children, were killed
“Students are like a ‘yuva bomb’. and over 1,000 injured.
We request the central government Reacting to Thackeray’s state-
not to destabilise them,” he said ment, leader of the opposition De-
while addressing the media at Vid- vendra Fadnavis accused the CM of
han Bhavan. insulting all those who sacrificed
Thackeray was speaking after their lives at Jallianwala Bagh. “I
protests by opposition members re- want to ask him if he supports the
sulted in an early adjournment of statements and actions of the stu-
KEEP THE PEACE ‘THIS IS NOT MY INDIA’ the Maharashtra assembly for the
second consecutive day. On Monday,
dents of Jamia,” he said. Fadnavis
accused Shiv Sena of stooping for
PARINEETI CHOPRA: If this is what’s protestors, power to the students the opposition, led by BJP, had personal greed. “The entire nation
AYUSHMANN KHURRANA: Deeply disturbed about sought an apology from Congress and Maharashtra wants to know if
gonna happen everytime a citizen ANUBHAV SINHA: Dear Icons! Films.
what the students went through and I strongly
expresses their view, forget #CAB, Sports. Arts. Politics. Literature etc. ex-chief Rahul Gandhi on his re- Uddhavji agrees with the ‘azaadi’
condemn this. All of us have the right to protest and
we should pass a bill and not call our We chose what we chose because marks on Vinayak Savarkar. On slogans raised by many,” he added.
exercise our fundamental freedom of expression.
country a democracy anymore! most of us didn’t want to be Tuesday, it was the farmer compen- Breaking his silence on Monday,
However, protests also cannot turn violent and lead
Beating up innocent human beings government servants. Guess what.... sation issue. “The police’s action of Thackeray for the first time ques-
to destruction of public property... this is the land of
for speaking their mind? BARBARIC you all now are GOVERNMENT opening fire on students after force- tioned the BJP government about
Gandhi. Ahimsa is and should be the tool to express.
HUMA QURESHI: This is unreal. We SERVANTS!!! Bwahahaha fully entering the university was where it plans to settle the migrants
Have faith in democracy
are a secular democracy. This TAAPSEE PANNU: Wonder if this is
BHUMI PEDNEKAR: What the students faced has akin to the Jallianwala Bagh inci- who would get Indian citizenship.
violence that the police have shown a start or the end. Whatever it is,
shaken me and my heart goes out to them and I dent. If youths are angry and dis- “There appears to be no clarity over
in dealing with the students is this is surely writing new rules of
protest the way the situation was handled. However, turbed, that country could never be how many people will enter the
terrible. Citizens have the right to the land and those who don’t fit in
I’m also shocked seeing how the protest turned stabilised. They are the pillars and country and from where,” he had
peacefully protest. @narendramodi can very well see the consequences.
violent. Let’s aim to make our country better through power of our country in the future. I said.
@AmitShah Or that is not an option This video breaks heart n hopes all
dialogue, debate and dissent and keep our faith in
anymore ??... together. Irreversible damage,
democracy alive
A democratically elected govt that and I’m not talking about just the
RAJKUMMAR RAO: I strongly condemn the violence
creates laws against its own people life n property
that the police have shown in dealing with the
students. In a democracy the citizens have the
right to peacefully protest. I also condemn any
kind of act of destruction of public properties.
is following the Nazi Germany model
clearly. This government has failed
the people of this country. See what
ANURAG KASHYAP: This has gone too
far... can’t stay silent any longer. This
government is clearly fascist & it
Jamia violence echoes
Violence is not the solution for anything!

threat to every university

is happening on the streets. India is
protesting. You cannot divide us
MOHAMMAD ZEESHAN AYYUB: Inke
khud ke kaam nahi hain, khud ke
makes me angry to see voices that
can make a difference stay quiet
SAYANI GUPTA: State sponsored
oppression & violence is the easiest
in US, UK universities
KONKONA SENSHARMA: We are with the students! Shame RAKULPREET SINGH: Freedom of speech,freedom of TIMES NEWS NETWORK under the Constitution of India
kaamon ko chhipane ke liye inke & the most vile way to shut down
on you @DelhiPolice expression, freedom of choice. Really makes me wonder if and International Human Rights
liye zaruri hai ki ye saamne devil democratic voices of dissent.
SUDHIR MISHRA: In 1987 I made a film called Yeh Woh these are just for textbooks or do we really respect the New Delhi: Nearly 400 students Law,” the statement put out online
create karein kyunki log ab Pakistan The first go-to method of a fascist
Manzil Toh Nahin on the background of student politics. rights of citizens in a democracy like ours. My heart goes
se bore ho gaye hain toh inko dictatorship. This is the pits from 19 universities across the reads.
Towards the climax the police enter the campus and out to the students in Delhi. Violence isn’t the solution.
Pakistan ki baat nahi karni hai. our country has seen since United States, including Harvard, Other reputed universities
brutally beat up the students. Nothing has changed Where are we headed?
Kashmir se log bore ho gaye hain. independence Yale, Stanford and Columbia, have whose students signed the state-
VISHAL BHARDWAJ: My heart pains for the students of SANJAY GUPTA: Our silence makes us complicit. I am with
Toh entertainment ke liye aapko KUBBRA SAIT: If this voice and plea signed a statement “condemning ment include MIT, Cornell, Uni-
Jamia. Don’t Be Silent, Don’t Be Violent you dear students. Shame on you Delhi Police. I know you
bewakoof banaya ja raha hai, toh aap doesn’t shatter your inner demons. I recent police brutality in Indian versity of California, Berkeley
JAVED AKHTAR: By entering the Jamia campus without are following orders but what I fail to understand is your
log bewakoof na bane don’t know what will. Is the end
permission police has created a precedence that is a complete and total lack of conscience (sic) universities”. At Oxford in the and University of Illinois. The stu-
PULKIT SAMRAT: BARBARIC! here? Or can we still save ourselves.
UNDEMOCRATIC! UNSECULAR! That’s Where is the Prime Minister? The United Kingdom, students car- dents also “condemn” the use of
what we are turning into! Not the silence is deafening ried out anti-CAA demonstra- violence against protestors in As-
SPARRING SESSIONS India I was born in!
#UnityIsOurReligion
RENUKA SHAHANE: (responding to
PM’s tweet asking people to stay
tions.
The signatories have also ex-
sam where five people were killed,
including two minor boys who
RICHA CHADHA and ASHOKE PANDIT had a ALI FAZAL: It’s funny, i felt hey Ali lets away from rumour-mongering) Sir, pressed solidarity with “students were shot by the police.
full-blown war of words that started when play it safe all these years. And now i please ask people to stay away from across universities in India who “This combined with the un-
Pandit claimed Richa and others from the cant. a lot of my colleagues may not all your IT cell Twitter handles then. are peacefully protesting against lawful denial of access to the in-
fraternity “supplied dummies” for the student speak up at all. But i pray we all They spread the most amount of the recent passing of the unconsti- ternet in the state has completely
protests. Calling him a “strange man”, Richa responded to the jibe, realise there is no job, no rumours, falsehoods and are totally tutional and discriminatory Citi- blocked news reports of events on
asking if he was behaving like this because someone was paying him. Pandit career above humanity. against brotherhood, peace and
zenship Amendment Act.” the ground, including the ability
replied by caling Richa an #UrbanNaxal’, adding that it’s them who get paid irrespective of your political unity. The real “tukde tukde” gang
to break the country. Richa countered the name-calling by asking if he’d like is your IT cell sir. Please stop them
“We, students, alumni and the of the protestors to represent
ideologies right now
to be labelled things like #ModernFascist or #FarziNationalist JIM SARBH: Stand up from spreading hate wider community, at universities their demands and report unlaw-
against divisive politics, NEERAJ GHAYWAN: You crying across the United States of Ameri- ful police action,” it states.
SWARA BHASKER and VIVEK AGNIHOTRI, too, engaged Amitabh Bachchan, like most
veterans, stayed away from against Islamaphobia, over the injustice to a bus put ca, condemn the brutal police vio- The statement lists down five
in a hostile verbal joust after he responded to a on fire but can’t feel anything lence unleashed against students demands, including “cessation of
commenting on the issue. But that against
tweet by Swara where she condemned violence, for thousands of students at Jamia Millia Islamia Universi- violence by the police and their
didn’t stop Anubhav Sinha from unconstitutional
saying that she was a hypocrite who herself
Nishad Alam

delivering quite a burn while Acts, and state beaten up in our beloved ty and at Aligarh Muslim Univer- complete withdrawal from the
“provokes and divides people”. Swara country, well, you just eat a
responding to a tweet by Bachchan sponsored violence. sity on December 15, 2019, as a university premises”.
responded to the director, asking if he was bus full of shit!
from 2012 Power to the gross violation of human rights Full report on www.toi.in
saying all this under the influence of drugs

Naravane to join his academy mates ‘Pak peddling familiar falsehoods over CAA’
at the helm of India’s armed forces TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Pakistani PM Im-

Rajat.Pandit@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: When KB, Chotu
and Manoj joined the tri-Service
National Defence Academy as
bright-eyed 17-year-old cadets in
1976, they had little in common
except that their fathers served
in the IAF. While undergoing
front rolls and “ragda” sessions,
they had little inkling they would
proudly wear “wings” on their
uniforms and “go all the way” in
the steeply-pyramidal armed
forces 44 years later.
When Lt-General Manoj Mu-
kund Naravane takes over as the
next Army chief from General
Bipin Rawat on December 31, he
of global forums,’’ MEA spo-
kesperson Raveesh Kumar
said. “It has been the unfortu-
minorities and “co-religion-
ists”.
Khan was quoted as hav-
of Jammu & Kashmir and La-
dakh. It seeks to provide justi-
fication for Pakistan’s unre-
their three ran Khan yet again raised the nate experience of most of Pa- ing said that millions of Mus- lenting support for cross-bor-
“sleep-de- nuclear bogey — this time at kistan’s neighbours that ac- lims could flee India due to der terrorist activities in In-
prived” years in the Global Refugee Forum in tions by that country have the “curfew’’ in Kashmir and dia. We are confident that
the 56th course Geneva — and said India’s Ci- had adverse consequences also India’s new citizenship such attempts will fail,’’ the
at NDA, which tizenship Amendment Act next door,” he added. law, creating “a refugee crisis statement said.
admits around (CAA) could not only lead to a “Over the past 72 years, that would dwarf other cri- The government de-
IT ISN’T LONELY AT THE TOP: Lt Gen Naravane (left) 350 cadets each in refugee crisis in south Asia the Islamic Republic of Pakis- ses”. scribed as laughable that the
will take over as the Army chief on Dec 31. He will join two courses ev- but trigger a conflict between tan has systematically perse- In a separate statement, National Assembly of Pakis-
Admiral Karambir Singh and Air Chief Marshal R K S ery year, the nuclear armed nations. cuted all of its minorities, India also hit out at Pakis- tan, which had itself passed
Bhadauria, his coursemates, at the military pinnacle three went to India was quick to re- WEAK ATTACK: Imran Khan forcing most of them to flee to tan’s National Assembly for discriminatory legislation
their respective spond with the foreign minis- India. Moreover, PM Khan adopting a resolution on J&K against religious minorities,
Admiral Singh, who took service academies before getting try saying the Pakistani PM warranted’’ remarks on mat- wishes the world forgets what and CAA, making references was pointing fingers at others
over as the 24th Navy chief on commissioned as officers in had once again peddled famil- ters entirely internal to India. his army did in 1971to the peo- to matters that are entirely and called on Pakistan to en-
May 31, wears the wings of a heli- June-July 1980. iar falsehoods at a multilater- “It should now be clear to ple of erstwhile East Pakis- the internal affairs of India. gage in serious self-introspec-
copter pilot on his white uni- “It’s extremely rare for three al platform to advance his the entire world that this is an tan,” Kumar said as he called “It is a thinly-veiled at- tion rather than falsely ac-
form. ACM Bhadauria, who be- NDA course-mates to become narrow political agenda by established pattern of his ha- upon Pakistan to protect and tempt by Pakistan to further cuse others of what its was
came the 26th IAF chief on Sep- chiefs of their respective services making “gratuitous and un- bitual and compulsive abuse promote the rights of its own its false narrative on the issue guilty of.
tember 30, displays the wings of a because there are so many per-
fighter pilot on his blue uniform. mutations and combinations in-

Modi dares Cong Rioters threw stones at

will join NDA course-mates -- Ad-
miral Karambir Singh and Air
Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar
Singh Bhadauria – at the coun-
try’s military pinnacle.
Following CAA issue
closely, US says ahead
Lt-Gen Naravane, who will volved like date of birth, career
take over as the 28th Army chief progression, merit, seniority
this month-end, in turn, has a and, of course, plain and simple
paratrooper’s wings on his olive- luck,” said a senior officer.
green uniform. After completing Full report on www.toi.in
to give Pakistanis bus carrying schoolkids
Karthik Subbaraj Indian citizenship From P 1 hicles passing by. When the
police intervened, the protes-
legation. “Former Congress
MLA Matin Ahmed took out a
hits out, says this
P
Rajesh Kumar Pandey & olice said the rioters first ters started pelting bigger bike rally, got shops closed
No going back on
land is nobody’s
Sourav Mukherjee TNN

Dumka/Ranchi: Prime Min-

CAA, govt firm like
pelted stones at two bus-
es carrying passengers,
injuring at least six passersby
stones that were broken from
pavements, bottles, molotovs
and broken tubelights at
and the goonda elements in
his protest march pelted
stones and started the pro-

of dialogue with India father’s property ister Narendra Modi on Tues-

Chidanand.Rajghatta
@timesgroup.com
Washington: On the eve of a
high-level ministerial dialogue
between the US and India, the
Trump administration on
Tuesday urged Indian author-
ities to “protect and respect the
right of peaceful assembly” in
India while also asking protes-
ters to refrain from violence as
US itself to obviate the assump-
tion that it was lecturing New
Delhi.
There was a similar circum-
spect statement last week from
Sam Brownback, the US am-
bassador at large for interna-
tional religious freedom, whose
lecturing India on religious
freedoms New Delhi finds irri-
tating. “One of #India’s great
strengths is its Constitution. As
day launched an all-out attack
a rock, says Shah and a dozen policemen. A sec-
ond school bus carrying some
them. Soon after the mob
swelled to around 3000, police
test,” Ishraq alleged. Ahmed,
however, said his protest was
Chennai: Renowned Tamil against Congress and other op- New Delhi:Unfazed by protests, children too was stopped, but said, which chased the cops peaceful and confined to the
cinema director Karthik Sub- position parties over the new home minister and BJP president cops managed to help the chil- and the paramilitary while inner lanes of Seelampur,
baraj on Tuesday came out citizenship law, challenging Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted dren travelling in the bus to pelting stones at them. Maujpur and neighbouring
against the Citizenship them to offer Indian nationali- that the government was de-board and escorted them Seelampur MLA Haji Ish- areas.
(Amendment) ty to all Pakistanis. He also determined to implement the to safety. Soon after, a crowd of raqe of AAP alleged that the “We did not even go to the
Act, saying this dared them to invalidate the Citizenship Amendment Act and about a few hundred men violence was started by anti- main road. The violence
land was no- law banning triple talaq and re- said police action at Jamia Millia joined the protesters and social elements who were started much earlier. There
body’s “father’s vive Article 370 in Jammu & University was necessitated to started pelting stones at all part of a protest march taken were police with our protest.
property.” Kashmir. contain mob violence in which the buses. Some of them even out by former Congress MLA This can be proved through
“Let’s keep Addressing his tenth and public property was damaged and set fire to a public toilet near- Matin Ahmed. The former CCTV footage and video re-
India secular. the last election meeting dur- the situation had to be brought by and started damaging ve- MLA strongly refuted the al- cordings,” he told TOI.
Say NO to CAA. Say NO to NRC ing the Jharkhand poll cam- under control.
(National Register of Citizens). paign, Modi told a huge gather- Addressing the India

In 2012, Karat sought citizenship

the unrest over the Citizenship
Amendment Act made head-
lines in the US. The statement is
largely a reiteration of what it
said on Friday.
Amid Washington’s own
drama over impeaching the
President and debate over the
administration’s outlook on im-
migrants and minorities, a
state department spokesperson
said the US is “closely following
developments regarding the
CAA”, while urging India to
“protect the rights of its reli-
gious minorities in keeping
with India’s Constitution and
democratic values”.
“Respect for religious free-
dom and equal treatment under
the law are fundamental princi-
ples of our two democracies,”
in a cautiously worded state-
ment that also referenced the
a fellow democracy, we respect
India’s institutions, but are con-
cerned about the implications
of the #CABBill. We hope the
government will abide by its
constitutional commitments,
including on religious free-
dom,” Brownback, a Republi-
can veteran, tweeted on Friday.
The Republican Party itself
has largely been supine as
Trump has raged against mi-
norities including advocating a
religion-specific ban on entry to
the US.
The Trump administra-
tion itself has been largely
supportive of New Delhi and
most of its statements re-
garding Kashmir have been
circumspect even while be-
ing mildly critical of the hu-
man rights and civil liber-
ties aspect of the situation.
Say No to Police violence on stu-
dents,” the Petta director said
on Twitter. Further, he said in
SAYS NO TO CAA
Tamil “this land is nobody’s fa-
ther’s property.”
Subbaraj is known for hits
like the gangster flick Jigar-
thanda and Rajinikanth-star-
rer Petta.
According to CAA, mem-
bers of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist,
Jain, Parsi and Christian com-
munities, who had come from
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Af-
ghanistan till December 31, 2014
facing religious persecution
there, will not be treated as ille-
gal immigrants but given Indi-
an citizenship.
Both Houses of Parliament
had adopted it recently. PTI
ing at Bhognadih village in Sa-
hebganj district, “I dare Con-
gress and all its allies to
announce before the nation
that they are ready to grant In-
dian citizenship to all the resi-
dents of Pakistan. Let them say
that, and the country will teach
them a lesson. If Congress has
the guts, it should also an-
nounce that they will re-impose
Article 370 in J&K and Ladakh.
Himmat hai to bolo zara (If you
have the guts, say that). Modi
has removed it (Article 370), I
challenge you to announce be-
fore the nation that you have
the courage to bring it back.
You (Congress) are misleading
the people!”
Blaming Congress and oth-
er opposition parties for stok-
ing student unrest against Citi-
zenship Amendment Act
Economic Conclave, Shah also
said one should not exaggerate
protests against CAA as around 22
universities witnessed some
reactions. Of these, only four
campuses — Aligarh Muslim
University, Jamia Millia, Lucknow
and JNU — witnessed protests on a
large scale. “Come what may, the
Modi government is firm that it will
ensure these refugees get Indian
citizenship and live as Indians with
honour,” the minister said. TNN
(CAA), he said: “Stop using oth-
ers as your shield to practise
guerrilla politics. I want to tell
Congress and its allies that
they should stop playing with
the destiny of the nation’s
youth. Do not use the youth for
your political gains. Do not ru-
in their future and the dreams
of their parents.”
for B’desh minorities in India
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: In contrast to his
party’s opposition to the Citi-
zenship Amendment Act,
CPM’s Prakash Karat had
drawn a distinction between mi-
norities who came from Bangla-
desh due to historical circum-
stances and those driven by eco-
nomic reasons in a letter to then
PM Manmohan Singh in 2012.
Karat, who was then CPM
general secretary, had called for
a “suitable amendment to
Clause 2(i)(b) of the Citizenship
Amendment Act, 2003, in rela-
tion to minori-
ty community
refugees from
Bangladesh”.
Pointing
out that a ma-
jority of mi-
nority refugees were from
Scheduled Castes such as Na-
mashudras and Majhi, Karat re-
minded Singh of a previous
speech he had given in Rajya
Sabha seeking a more liberal ap-
proach to citizenship to unfortu-
nate people who had faced per-
secution in countries like Ban-
gladesh.
Then deputy PM L K Adva-
ni had responded that he was
fully in agreement with Singh’s
views. Karat said Singh could
take steps needed, included the
amendment in law referred to,
to bring relief to these unfortu-
nate families, living across In-
dia.
Karat regretted that despite
a consensus in Parliament, the
matter remained pending.
“This should have been fol-
lowed by a suitable amendment
in relation to the minority com-
munity refugees from Bangla-
desh,” he wrote.
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Pak court sentences Musharraf to Pakistan PM to skip

death in absentia for high treason Kuala
Move Comes Amid Pressure Exerted By
Military Reacts Strongly To Verdict, Says
Legal Process Seems To Have Been Ignored
Omer Farooq Khan TNN
Islamabad: A special court in
Islamabad trying former mili-
tary ruler General Pervez Mus-
harraf for high treason over
his imposition of emergency
rule in the country in Novem-
ber 2007 sentenced him on Tu-
esday, in absentia, to death un-
der Article 6 of Pakistan’s
constitution. Gen Musharraf
(76), currently in Dubai under-
going medical treatment, is the
first military ruler of Pakistan
to be tried and convicted for
overruling the constitution.
Three other generals — Ayub
Khan, Yahya Khan (who took
over from Ayub Khan) and Zia-
ul-Haq — had also subverted
the constitution and taken po-
wer; none faced trial.
Pakistan’s army reacted
strongly to the verdict, saying
the “decision given by the speci-
al court has been received with
a lot of pain and anguish by the
rank and file of the Pakistan ar-
med forces”. Inter-Services
Lumpur summit
Musharraf (76), currently in Dubai undergoing medical treatment, is
the first military ruler of Pakistan to be tried and convicted for
overruling the constitution. Three other generals — Ayub Khan,
Yahya Khan (who took over from Ayub Khan) and Zia-ul-Haq — had
also subverted the constitution and taken power; none faced trial
Earlier, government law offi-
cer Salman Nadeem said, “Per-
vez Musharraf has been found
guilty under Article 6 for viola-
tion of the constitution of Pa-
kistan.” Article 6 says “any per-
son who abrogates or subverts
AFP\File Photo
detailed verdict will be issued
within the next two days. Mus-
harraf ’s legal team can appeal
against the verdict in the Su-
preme Court within 30 days.
While Musharraf had first
imposed a state of emergency
India-born dictator
presided over Pak
nuclear tests in ’98
Omer Farooq Khan TNN
Islamabad: Pakistan’s for-
mer military ruler, General
Pervez Musharraf, who was
convicted and sentenced to
death by a special court in a
high treason case on Tuesday,
had ruled the country for ni-
ne years after removing the
elected government of for-
mer PM Nawaz Sharif in a
military coup in 1999. Mus-
harraf, 76, was born in Nehar-
wali Haveli in Old Delhi in
1943. After Partition, his pa-
rents moved to Karachi whe-
re millions of refugees mig-
rating from India had settled.
Musharraf was commis-
sioned in Pakistan’s army in
1964 and saw action in the co-
untry’s 1965 and 1971 wars aga-
inst India. Despite being third
in seniority, he was appointed
to Sri Lanka. In retaliation,
Musharraf ordered the milita-
ry to take control of state insti-
tutions and announced a state
of emergency. He declared him-
self “chief executive” of the co-
untry as he landed in Pakistan.
He remained “chief execu-
tive” until 2002 when he organi-
sed a controversial general
election and brought a party of
his own loyalists, PML-Q, to po-
wer. The same year he got him-
self elected from parliament as
president, a post that he conti-
nued to hold until he was remo-
ved in 2008. He is known for his
role in the US “war on terror”,
which he supported after 9/11
despite domestic opposition.
In 2007, he ordered military ac-
tion against a mosque.
Protests against his rule
started in March 2007 after he
attempted to remove the then
Saudi Arabia And UAE: Diplomatic Sources
Islamabad: In a major diplo-
matic debacle, Pakistan PM
Imran Khan has decided to
skip the Kuala Lumpur Sum-
mit due to pressure exerted by
Saudi Arabia and the United
Arab Emirates, diplomatic
sources said on Tuesday.
Khan was scheduled to
share the stage with leaders
from Iran, Turkey and Qatar
during the three-day summit
beginning on Wednesday.
The Pakistani leader ma-
de a telephonic call to Malay-
sian leader Mahthir Moham-
mad and informed him about
his decision, according to the
Malaysian government.
Sources here said Pakis-
tan decided to skip the sum-
mit after Saudi Arabia made
it clear that Riyadh was aga-
inst the summit of Muslim
nations evolving into a group
rivalling the Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC),
which is dominated by the
Gulf Kingdom. The Saudis
PM Imran Khan was
scheduled to share
the stage with leaders
from Iran, Turkey and
Qatar during the
three-day summit
and Emirati leaders also
objected that Pakistan would
be sharing stage with Iran
and Qatar, seen as challengers
to their dominance in the re-
gion, according to sources.
Initially, Pakistan was wil-
ling to send foreign minister
Shah Mahmood Qureshi to
represent PM at the summit
but officials said that it was
decided to stay away from the
event for the sake of the co-
untry’s “core national inter-
ests”. Khan travelled to Riy-
adh over the weekend while
army chief General Qamar
Javed Bajwa went to the UAE
to persuade the leaders of the
two Arab nations not to oppo-
se Pakistan’s participation in
the summit but apparently
both came back empty han-
ded, sources said. “It is a ma-
jor diplomatic failure as Mala-
ysia, Iran and Turkey had so-
lidly supported Pakistan on
the issue of Kashmir,” accor-
ding to diplomatic sources.
They said Pakistan was he-
avily dependent on the finan-
cial support from Saudi Ara-
bia and the UAE. Both countri-
es have pledged more than $6
billion to cash-strapped Pakis-
tan to meet its economic chal-
lenges. Riyadh has also promi-
sed to invest more than $20 bil-
lion in Pakistan, including set-
ting up an oil refinery, while
UAE is planning similar in-
vestment in coming years. PTI

Public Relations, the Pakistan
army’s media arm, issued a sta-
tement after sources said a mee-
ting of the top military leaders-
hip was underway at General
HQ in Rawalpindi in the wake
of the verdict. “Due legal pro-
cess seems to have been igno-
red, including (in) the constitu-
tion of a special court, denial of
the fundamental right of self-
defence, undertaking indivi-
dual specific proceedings and
concluding the case in haste,”
said the army’s spokesman,
Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor.
or suspends or holds in abeyan-
ce, or attempts to abrogate... the
constitution... shall be guilty of
high treason”. The punishment
for high treason, according to
the High Treason (Punishment)
Act, 1973, is death or imprison-
ment for one’s lifetime.
The 2-1verdict was announ-
ced by a special court bench he-
aded by Peshawar high court
Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad
Seth and comprising Justice
Nazar Akbarand Justice Sha-
hid Karim. Justice Akbar had
dissented from the verdict. A
in the country in 1999 after
toppling the elected govern-
ment of then PM Nawaz Sharif,
he was tried for high treason
for his actions of November
2007. On November 3, he had
imposed emergency for the se-
cond time, suspending the
constitution and detaining po-
liticians and judges of the supe-
rior courts. By mid-December,
he ended the state of emergen-
cy after introducing legislation
to protect some of the actions
he had taken during that time.
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to lead the army by then PM
Nawaz Sharif in 1998. Both
Musharraf and Sharif had
presided over Pakistan’s nu-
clear tests in May 1998, con-
ducted in response to similar
tests by India days earlier.
The army’s involvement in
the Kargil War in May 1999 cau-
sed a major rift between him
and Sharif. After months of
contentious relations, Sharif
had unsuccessfully attempted
to remove Musharraf as an ar-
my chief while he was on a
flight back from an official visit
SC Chief Justice, Iftikhar
Muhammad Chaudhry. Con-
tinuing to face pressure for
holding the dual roles of ar-
my chief and president, Mus-
harraf resigned from the for-
mer role. In 2008, he relinqu-
ished his post of a civilian
president to avoid impeach-
ment and left the country. In
2013, he returned to Pakistan
to contest general elections
but was barred by the courts.
He moved to Dubai for treat-
ment in 2016.
Full report on www.toi.in
WhatsApp bug
All 3 PIO ministers
crashes group
chat, deletes retain post in Boris’
history forever
‘People’s Cabinet’
W
hile the Israeli NSO
Group-Pegasus sno- Getty Images
oping via WhatsApp London: Three Indian-ori-
is still fresh in mind, security gin ministers, including UK
researchers on Tuesday said home secretary Priti Patel,
they have detected a vulnera- have retained their posts in
bility in WhatsApp that al- PM Boris Johnson’s cabinet,
lows people to wreak havoc in which met on Tuesday ahead
group chats and crash the of the first parliament ses-

Trump impeachment vote amid US-India talks

Chidanand.Rajghatta
@timesgroup.com
Washington: Republican Do-
nald Trump is poised to beco-
me only the third American
president to be impeached by
the US House of Representati-
ves on Wednesday even as
hundreds of Democrats and
Republicans are gathering in
Washington DC and other citi-
es in rallies and meetings sup-
porting their stand, someti-
mes clashing with each other
verbally and physically.
Democrats are confident
they have the votes needed in
a House where they have a
233-197 majority, even though
some half-dozen party law-
makers in districts won by
President Trump in 2016 are
expected to vote against the
impeachment move. One
AP
US President Donald Trump
such lawmaker, New Jersey’s
Jeff Van Drew has gone so far
as to announce that he is lea-
ving the Democratic Party to
become Republican (such de-
fections are rare in US), dra-
wing praise from Trump.
However, at least 17 lawma-
kers from the 31 Democratic-
held districts that President
Trump won in the 2016 presi-
dential race who would be vul-
nerable in 2020 elections, have
pledged to support the abuse-
of-power and obstruction of
Congress charges, making it
virtually certain the impe-
achment will go through.
“I’ve been told more times
that I can count that the vote
I’ll be casting this week will
mark the end of my short poli-
tical career. That may be...
(but) there are some decisions
in life that have to be made ba-
sed on what you know in your
bones is right,” one such vul-
nerable lawmaker, Congress-
woman Elissa Slotkin a first-
term Democrat from Michi-
gan, wrote in an op-ed.
While Democrats are em-
boldened by the coastal and
academic elites, middle Ame-
rica appears to be standing
firmly with Trump. Guests at a
pro-Trump “Women for Ame-
rica First” event at a hotel clo-
se to the White House complai-
ned that they were harassed
and jeered at as “Maga trash”
and “Nazis” by attendees of a
high-profile Democrat wed-
ding, according to conservati-
ve media outlets. The liberal
media on its part amplified an
open letter from more than 700
historians, academics, and le-
gal scholars urging the House
of Representatives to impeach
the president, denouncing his
conduct as “a clear and present
danger to the constitution.”
“President Trump’s law-
less obstruction of the House
of Representatives, which is
rightly seeking documents and
witness testimony in pursuit of
its constitutionally-mandated
oversight role, has demonstra-
ted brazen contempt for repre-
sentative government. So have
his attempts to justify that ob-
struction on the grounds that
the executive enjoys absolute
immunity, a fictitious doctrine
that, if tolerated, would turn
the president into an elected
monarch above the law,” the
scholars said.
By happenstance, the im-
peachment proceedings will
take place while two Indian ca-
binet ministers will be enga-
ging their US counterparts in
a 2+2 strategic dialogue. Neit-
her secretary of state Mike
Pompeo nor defence secretary
Mike Esper is a member of the
House, but Pompeo is a former
Congressman and is said to ha-
ve an eye on a Senate seat from
Kansas, and it will be under-
standable if he has one eye on
the Hill as he engages the Indi-
an minister in talks.
Full report on www.toi.in
messaging app for all mem-
bers. Researchers at global
cyber security firm Check
Point said the issue means
that people can send a dest-
ructive group chat message
that causes a swift and comp-
lete crash of the entire What-
sApp application for all
members of the group.
The crash bug is so severe
that anyone affected is forced
to uninstall and reinstall
WhatsApp on their phone or
device in order to use it aga-
in. Once reinstalled, the user
would be unable to return to
the group chat or access any
of the group’s chat history.
The bug has now been fix-
ed. The firm issued a fix
which is available since
WhatsApp version number
2.19.58. “Thanks to the re-
sponsible submission from
Check Point, we resolved this
issue in mid-September,” sa-
id WhatsApp software engi-
neer Ehren Kret. AGENCIES
sion since the Conservative
Party won a strong 80-seat
majority in the general elec-
tion last week. The newly-
elected MPs and ministers re-
turned to the House of Com-
mons on Tuesday.
Johnson has carried out a
very limited cabinet reshuf-
fle for now to fill some vacant
posts, while maintaining the
status quo across his top te-
am — which he has dubbed
the “People’s Cabinet”. The
three Indian-origin mini-
sters, who had won back their
seats convincingly in the To-
ry landslide, have been retai-
ned in their posts.
Patel was back by John-
son’s side in the Commons
as UK home secretary, with
fellow MP Alok Sharma re-
maining in charge of the de-
partment for international
development. Rishi Sunak,
the son-in-law of Infosys co-
founder Narayana Murthy,
retains his place in the cabi-
Priti Patel (above) is back as
UK home secretary and MP
Alok Sharma remains in charge
of the department for
international development.
Rishi Sunak retains his place as
chief secretary to the treasury
net table as chief secretary
to the treasury.
In parliament, the newly
re-elected UK prime minister
began his address by paying
tribute to the two victims of
the London Bridge terrorist
attack last month before get-
ting back to the central theme
of his government — Brita-
in’s exit from the European
Union. “We are going to get
Brexit done,” he declared. He
went on to confirm that the
new government plans to tab-
le the EU Withdrawal Bill
back to the Commons on Fri-
day for the new “people’s par-
liament” to see it through. PTI

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25 years on, Mariah Carey’s Pope Francis lifts secrecy rules Reuters

Xmas song tops US charts for child sexual abuse cases

New York: A quarter-century
after releasing her holiday clas-
sic that’s become one of the sea-
son’s love-to-hate, hate-to-love
cliches, Mariah Carey has final-
ly pushed “All I Want for Christ-
mas Is You” to top the charts for
the first time. “We did it,” the di-
va said on Monday in a tweet.
Many social media
users voiced shock that
the inescapable pop jug-
gernaut had not already
jingled its way to the top.
But when Carey origi-
nally released the hit in
1994 as part of her “Merry
Christmas” album, Billboard’s
rules at the time did not allow it
to compete on the Hot 100 chart,
because it was not commercial-
ly available as a single. That
changed in 1998, when cuts off
an album were welcomed, bum-
ping the song onto the chart for
the first time in January 2000.
The 2003 film “Love Actu-
ally” helped keep the song in
collective consciousness, as
streaming ensured its place
in holiday canon. The song
started appearing on the list an-
nually beginning in 2012, when
streams were added to
Billboard’s ranking met-
rics. For the song’s 25th
anniversary this year,
Carey promoted it even
harder than usual. She
dropped a new video for
it — which counts towards Hot
100 placement — and released
the song as a stand-alone CD
single for the first time. This
week the song posted 45 million
streams, 27,000 digital sales and
34 million radio plays, accor-
ding to Billboard. AFP
Vatican City: Pope Francis
on Tuesday announced swee-
ping changes to the way the
Roman Catholic Church de-
als with cases of sexual abuse
of minors, abolishing the rule
of “pontifical secrecy” that
previously covered them.
Two documents issued by the
pope back practices that have
been in place in some countri-
es, particularly the US, such
as reporting suspicion of sex
abuse to civil authorities whe-
re required by law.
The documents, which
put the practices into univer-
sal Church law, also forbid
imposing an obligation of si-
lence on those who report
sex abuse or allege they have
been a victim. “This is an
epochal decision,” archbi-
Reuters
The rule, known as pontifical
secrecy, forbade anyone who
reported they had been sexually
abused by a priest from talking
about it. The rule is also lifted for
those who testify in a Vatican trial
over clerical sexual abuse
shop Charles Scicluna of
Malta and the Vatican’s most
experienced sex abuse inves-
tigator, told Vatican Radio.
The lifting of “pontifical
secrecy” in sex abuse investi-
gations was a key demand by
church leaders, including
Scicluna and German Cardi-
nal Reinhard Marx, at a sum-
mit on sexual abuse held at
the Vatican in February.
They argued that secrecy in
cases of sexual abuse of mi-
nors was outdated and some
Church officials were hiding
behind it instead of coopera-
ting with authorities. Sciclu-
na said the new provisions
open up ways to communica- Teachers, doctors, Eiffel Tower employees and workers across the French labour force walked off the
te with victims and coopera- job on Tuesday to resist a higher retirement age and to preserve a welfare system they fear their
te with the state. business-friendly president wants to dismantle. Lighting red flares and marching beneath a blanket of
Francis also raised from multi-coloured union flags, thousands of angry workers snaked through French cities from Brittany on
14 to 18 the cut-off age below the Atlantic to the Pyrenees in the south to oppose President Emmanuel Macron's overhaul of the
which the Vatican considers French pension system. Commuters and tourists faced a 13th straight day of traffic headaches
pornographic images to be
child pornography. AGENCIES
Fatbergs weighing tonnes
12-year-old drives things like this happen,” Ivan
Sturrock told media outlet ABC. cleared from London sewers
truck to escape Two “monster” fatbergs as

Latest case of cybercrime: A strobe that induces seizures
Manny Fernandez
Houston: Hackers sent videos
and images of flashing strobe
lights to thousands of Twitter
followers of the Epilepsy Foun-
dation last month in a mass cy-
berattack that apparently so-
ught to trigger seizures in those
with epilepsy, the foundation
said Monday. The foundation
reported 30 such attacks in the
first week of November, and sa-
id it had filed complaints with
law enforcement authorities. It
was unclear how many people
clicked on the GIFs.
Cyberattacks intended to
trigger harmful seizures in
In 2016, a Marine Corps veteran from
Maryland was accused of using
Twitter to send a GIF with a blinding
strobe light to an epileptic author,
Kurt Eichenwald, who had written
critically about Trump and his
supporters during the 2016 campaign
those with epilepsy have beco- with a blinding strobe light to
me more common in recent ye- an epileptic author, Kurt Ei-
ars, particularly after a Texas chenwald, who had written
author was targeted in 2016. In critically about Donald Trump
that attack, John Rayne Rivel- and his supporters during the
lo, a Marine Corps veteran 2016 presidential campaign.
from Maryland, was accused Rivello had been scheduled
of using Twitter to send a GIF to plead guilty on Monday to a
charge of aggravated assault
in the case, which has became
a legal testing ground for the li-
mits of free speech and crimi-
nal assault in cases of cyberat-
tack. The hearing was postpo-
ned until January. A lawyer for
Rivello did not respond to a re-
quest for comment.
Two months before the
Twitter attack, Eichenwald
had written an opinion piece in
Newsweek headlined “How
Donald Trump Supporters At-
tack Journalists”. In the co-
lumn he described death thre-
ats he had received because he
had written critically about
Trump. In December 2016, after
publication of the piece, Ei-
chenwald said he clicked on a
message from someone identi-
fied as @jew_goldstein. It had a
strobe light GIF and a declara-
tion: “You deserve a seizure for
your posts.” Looking at the
strobe caused an immediate se-
izure that lasted about eight
minutes, court documents sho-
wed.Investigators found clues
they said led them to Rivello.
Rivello, 32, was arrested in
2017 and charged with cybers-
talking. Prosecutors dropped
the charge that year, but the
Dallas County district attorne-
y’s office proceeded with a pro-
secution on state charges. NYT
Oz blaze with dog
A 12-year-old boy in Australia
and his dog have escaped a
fire that was approaching his
house after grabbing the keys to
his brother’s truck and driving
to safety. Lucas Sturrock was
home alone on Sunday after his
father and brother had gone out
to fight another fire when the
blaze approached his house.
Realising the fire was approa-
ching too fast to escape to the
rendezvous point designated by
his dad, Lucas grabbed the pet
and headed off in the truck.
Emergency workers found Lucas
in the truck at the side of a road,
unharmed. “We taught him to
drive when he was 7 in case
Theron opens up about
her mom killing her dad
Charlize Theron has opened up
about the moment when her
mother killed her father in
self-defence and has said she
is not ashamed to talk about
“violence that happens within
the family”. “My father was a
very sick man. (He) was an
alcoholic,” she told media
outlet NPR. “(My mom and I)
were leaning against the door
to have him not be able to
push through.” Theron added:
“None of those bullets hit us,
which is a miracle. But in
self-defence, she ended the
threat.” The incident took
place in June 1991 at their
home when the Oscar-winning
actor was just 15 years old.
heavy as eight double-decker
buses have been cleared from
sewers in London. Engineers
armed with power tools tackled
the greasy giants — weighing a
combined 103 tonnes — due to
fears they could cause flooding.
Fatbergs are formed when fat
and oil are poured down sinks
and stick to items that should
not be flushed such as wet
wipes, nappies and cotton buds.
Boeing to halt 737 Max
production in January
The message to Boeing from the
US Federal Aviation Administra-
tion was clear: The grounded
737 Max won’t get approval to
fly anytime soon. So the firm
said it will suspend production
of the Max starting in January.
16 COMFORTING THE AFFLICTED AFFLICTING THE COMFORTABLE
THE TIMES OF INDIA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019

A thought for today

Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a
romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death
GAVIN DE BECKER, US security expert
How Will J&K Unfold?
Relax restrictions, else Centre risks losing the international narrative on Kashmir

Justice Too Late? Vivek Katju

Pakistan foreign minister

Shah Mahmood Qureshi
unacceptable. This view has to be taken
seriously by Indian security planners.
Amidst all these notions Pakistan is
nursing the hope that when restrictions
on electronic data are lifted in the
To convict Kuldeep Sengar of rape, the survivor walked out of the
Afghanistan related Kashmir Valley such large scale and
battled patriarchy and political power Heart of Asia ministerial violent unrest will occur, that it will
meeting in Turkey on draw in international players to pressure

U
ttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Sengar has been convicted of raping December 9 as soon as minister of state India and bring about a new dynamic in
a minor girl from Unnao in 2017. That experience would have VK Singh, who was representing India, its favour. Though the government’s
been horrific enough for the survivor, but her fight for justice in began to make his statement. This was strategy of detentions and restrictions
not the first-time Qureshi had acted so; on electronic data in the Valley in order
the intervening years inflicted further grave traumas. The special court he had also left a meeting before external to prevent bloodshed has essentially
that convicted Sengar on Monday pointed to some of the ways in which affairs minister S Jaishankar had worked well till now, particularly with
her struggle for justice had to be a struggle against the system meant addressed the Saarc ministerial meeting most governments, a price is being paid
to give her justice. For example, it found that the CBI investigation in September this year in New York through the alienation of international
“suffered from patriarchal approach”, had a mindset of “brushing the on the sidelines of the UN General liberal opinion.
issues of sexual violence against children under the carpet”, and was in Assembly session. It is all very well for Jaishankar to
fact not “fair” to either the survivor or her family members. These protests against the August 5 hold “My reputation is not decided by a
constitutional change in J&K may newspaper in New York” and say that
That the safeguards for preventing the “re-victimisation” of rape have earned Qureshi brownie points in criticism of the government on J&K is
survivors completely failed, is an experience shared with too many Pakistan, but diplomatically they count “driven by prejudice and ideology”. But
other cases. This is the core challenge in addressing crimes against for very little. China apart, all major the former diplomat in him would know
women in India, bringing de facto countries have at least implicitly that this approach, even if essential in

practices in line with de jure law. considered the step of converting the
The investigation should have state into two Union territories and
involved a woman officer, it did not. how this was done within the domestic
sphere of India. It is unlikely that any of
The survivor should not have been these countries will depart from this
called to the CBI office for recording position. Further, no major country
successive statements, she was. The has wanted the UN Security Council to
accused was a four-time BJP MLA, concern itself with this development.
she was “under threat, worried … a Pakistan may derive some satisfac-
village girl”. Her safety should tion from the concerns that are now
have been guaranteed. Instead her being expressed by the EU and some
important European governments
father died suspiciously in custody, about the continuing detention of the
her aunts in an equally suspicious Kashmiri leadership and communication
traffic accident, where she was seriously injured alongside her and some movement restrictions that
lawyer. Trials in these cases continue. continue. But all this does not contribute
The widespread public outrage that erupted after the 2012 Nirbhaya to its basic objectives of a reversal of the
case, did impel a notable strengthening of anti-rape legislation but not August 5 change and the ‘resolution of
the Kashmir dispute’.
a true course correction in the justice system. Failures in registering
This continuing diplomatic setback
crimes, safeguarding witnesses, reducing pendency and delivering is leading to soul searching within at
convictions continue. Meanwhile, as seen in last month’s Hyderabad least in some sections of the country’s
gang rape and murder of a young veterinary doctor, new horrors such as establishment about the causes of Paki-
setting the victim/ survivor on fire seem to be “trending”. The encounter stan’s current pathetic global status. At
killing of the four accused just feeds into a climate of impunity. the same time, and paradoxically, it is also
True deterrence requires timely legal processes and calibrated pu- giving rise to adventurist thinking as is
shown by the bizarre strategic suggestion
nishment. And in cases where the rape accused is politically influential,
from a respected former diplomat.
the state must go the extra mile in delivering a fair probe to the survivor. Two distinguished former diplomats
Doing so will send a powerful message to the public as well as police. As – one of whom spent a term in India as
will political parties refraining from fielding candidates charged with Pakistan’s high commissioner (Ashraf
crimes against women. During 2009-19 the number of Lok Sabha MPs
with declared cases of such crimes actually rose by 850%, to 19 now.
Qazi) and the other who retired as
Pakistan’s foreign secretary (Riaz Khan) –
turned their attention to Pakistan’s
India policy in the wake of the changes
in J&K in a sober and leading Pakistani
daily. The former went to the extent of
asserting that the J&K human rights
situation “threatens to reach genocidal
proportions as defined by the Genocide
Convention of 1948”. The latter, doubt-
less recognising his former colleague’s
absurdity, pointed out that “genocide, in
the general perception, is tied up to large
scale massacres, mass exodus and
international outrage” but he also stated
that India was in for the “long haul” to
“tire out the Kashmiris”.
Pakistan has obviously geared itself
to try to prevent any normalisation of
the J&K situation through a package of
calibrated approaches. These include
targeted individual acts of violence which
will ensure especially that economic
activity does not pick up in the Kashmir
Valley, but which will also prevent
charges that it is unleashing high terror.
Restraining terrorist acts will also help
in keeping the focus on human rights.
Uday Deb
The focus will not remain
confined to the ongoing
detentions and communication
restrictions in J&K, but will move
beyond them to a greater global
scrutiny of the government’s
ideological moorings and
actions based on them
The problem is that the Pakistani
establishment is uncertain if its efforts
will yield results and it is this uncertainty
that is giving rise to strange and
irrational notions.
How else can the former high
commissioner’s recommendation that
“if the people of the Valley are threate-
ned with genocide, as indeed they are,
Pakistan’s deterrent must cover them”
be viewed? The former foreign secretary
rejects this as impractical but wants
Pakistan to make it clear that its deterrent
would cover PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan
and that it will find a repeat of Siachen
the circumstances, is coming at a cost.
The cost can be borne but the greater
danger for the government is that the
focus will not remain confined to the
ongoing detentions and communication
restrictions in J&K, but will move
beyond them to a greater global scrutiny
of the government’s ideological moorings
and actions based on them since the
beginning of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s present innings. This will be
especially so if the economic downturn
dilutes the attractions of the Indian
market. Also, this will inevitably result
in a dilution of global attention to Pakis-
tan’s sponsorship of terror especially if
it begins to take apparent action against
leading terrorist figures.
The government is no doubt aware
that the concept of normalcy is vastly
different in the present digital age of
instant data exchange from what it
was earlier. Hence, the crucial question
before it is: when will it decide to lift
communication restrictions and release
political actors? There are obviously
no easy answers. But international
criticism will grow the longer they
continue, and it may go in unforeseen
and unwelcome directions.
The writer is former secretary, MEA

“Every Indian will be required to fill a form ... if I have

Don’t Raise Taxes to fill a form to prove I am an Indian, I will not do it”
GST Council should avoid any increase
Bhupesh Baghel, Chhattisgarh’s even the government acknowledges. hands of people. Chhattisgarh saw a 25% ■ In the absence of Centre’s support,
when aggregate demand remains weak Congress chief minister, has strong views That is why they want to discredit him. jump in auto sales between January and how does Chhattisgarh manage its
about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act They don’t oppose Bhupesh Baghel, but November this year, and an 84% jump in finances?

T
he GST Council is scheduled to meet today in the backdrop of a and the state of the economy. He shares they do oppose Rahul Gandhi. This is sales of precious metals. So, the point is The Centre scrapped coal blocks
serious challenge. The pronounced slowdown in economic them with Swati Mathur: their own endorsement of Rahul Gandhi’s to put money in the hands of the people. allocated during UPA era and said they
activity has had an adverse impact on revenue collections. strength as an opposition leader. ■ Chhattisgarh has expressed would auction coal mines. They said this
Governments however cannot suddenly back away from expenditure ■ Chief ministers of Punjab, Kerala ■ How is a small state like Chhattis- concern over GST collections. If your would generate several lakh crores worth
promised in budgets earlier in the year. Today’s meeting therefore and West Bengal have said they garh coping with economic challenges? revenue earnings are affected, how of revenues. But auction happened only
will not implement the Citizenship BJP has set the country on fire. are you delivering on your ma- once. They auctioned a handful of
will explore options to augment tepid GST collections. The scale of
(Amendment) Act, 2019 in their Congress, on the other hand, has nifesto promises? mines and allocated the rest. The
the problem is evident from the following data. Gross GST collections states. What is Chhattisgarh’s view followed policies that put money in the We are a manufacturing state second time, though, there were
between April and November 2019 was Rs 8.05 trillion, higher by 3.7%. on this? hands of the people. We rich in minerals, power, cement no bids, and since then, the entire
In comparison, despite the slowdown, the economy in the first half of Our view is the view of the All India are doing the same and iron ore, among other things. process has been forgotten. As a
2019-20 grew at 7% without adjusting for inflation. Congress Committee. The main issue is in Chhattisgarh; Since we have put the tax collection result of this, Chhattisgarh will lose
One measure proposed to deal with the that inside Parliament, home minister strengthening rights in the hands of government of Rs 9 lakh crore over a period of 30 years.
shortfall in collection is to move a number Amit Shah said CAB and NRC should not farmers and India, they assured us compensation This is a bigger scam than their own
be linked. But outside, he maintained tribals, buying for our losses till 2021-22. But far from claims about illegality in coal block
of commodities from a lower tax slab to a allocation. Private bidders are not
both will be implemented, one after the their produce at supporting us, arrears are building up.
higher tax slab. This is a bad idea and other. Whatever happened in Assam MSP, giving them If they’re unable to pay, we should have buying captive mines. That is why, at
should be avoided. The economy has over the last six years, will now be rations at subsi- been allowed to continue with our VAT the next GST council meeting, we will
witnessed a slowdown in growth rates for replicated in the rest of India. Every dised rates. This [value added tax] collection. They have demand that the Centre’s support be
six consecutive quarters. Other data Indian will be required to fill a form. If puts money effectively stymied the development of extended for another five years.
arriving after the September quarter the government tries to do this, I will in the states, which depend on tax collections ■ What is your assessment of Cong-
point to aggregate demand remaining be the first individual and CM to not fill to fund government schemes. We ress’s prospects in Jharkhand?
the form or sign it. If I need to furnish waived farm loans and purchased Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were
weak. To illustrate, retail inflation for given statehood around the same time.
a certificate to prove my Indianess, I will paddy from our farmers at MSP
merchandise and services has been trending downwards, a sign of not do it. of Rs 2,500 and there wasn’t a The two states also share a long common
low pricing power. In this backdrop, an increase in tax rates will ■ You have strongly advocated Rahul single instance of farmer suicide boundary, have many similarities and
exacerbate problems caused by weak demand. Gandhi’s return to a leadership in Chhattisgarh. Naxalism in share a tribal culture. We have assured the
Instead of tinkering with tax rates yet again, the GST Council should position in Congress. Why? Chhattisgarh dropped by 50% in people of Jharkhand that the promises
opt for stability. The thrust at this moment should be on cleaning up I have maintained that Rahul Gandhi the last one year, because we set up we made to people in Chhattisgarh will
the processes which have prevented GST from delivering its full is the only leader in the country who schools, clinics and over 100 small also be implemented in Jharkhand.
raises national issues aggressively. His and medium units for processing So we will purchase paddy at MSP in
potential benefits. Compliance remains cumbersome, particularly Jharkhand too. Even if the government
remarks [‘Make in India’ speech in forest produce. As a result, fewer
for smaller businesses. Separately, refunds to businesses get delayed Jharkhand] made the entire govern- people are picking up guns. Economy is of India tries to stop us, we will deliver.
and so does compensation to states. These are areas which need ment protest in Parliament and even the backbone of a state’s development. I am confident that a Congress-JMM
attention. GST cannot be viewed in isolation. The tax rates have to be knock at the doors of the Election How can we continue if Centre cuts government will be elected to power
in sync with a larger macroeconomic strategy. An increase in rates Commission. He is clearly a force that our revenues? in Jharkhand.
for a part of the tax base is an attempt to solve an immediate problem
without considering the larger consequences of the solution. dilbert Sacredspace
Self-control
Nakli Indians The measure of a man is not his
scientific or artistic capabilities.
The National Register of Citizens will determine The measure of a man is his
who is a bona fide desi and who isn’t control over himself, his lower
self, his passions, his pride,
Jug Suraiya his thoughts, his aspirations,
It seems that i, together with many millions of others, am not, his dreams and his deeds,
a true Indian, an asli son of Bharat Mata. It seems that i, and all his emotions and feelings.
those many millions of others in this country, are bogus
Indians, being probably Bangladeshis, or maybe Pakis, Dada JP Vaswani
who’ve snuck into India.
I know this about myself, and about all those many millions
like me, because the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which became the
Citizenship (Amendment) Act when passed by Parliament, could be followed by
the National Register of Citizens which the government is seeking to compile on
an all-India basis, which could require any one of 14 documents as valid proof
You May Be Unaware, But Karma Cycles On
that millions like me, are real Indians or sneaky outsiders, probably Ms, which Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev itself into a behavioural tendency. A responsible for our own destinies. you are in a serious state of psychological
could stand for Minority or Muslim, who should immediately be deported. cluster of tendencies hardens over time Karma is an internal cycle generated imbalance. If your life is determined by

K
The 14 documents listed could include passport, bank/ post office account, arma is a term that is featured in into what you call your ‘personality’ or by you. These patterns are not oppressing a 28-day cycle – the lunar cycle and also
etc, etc. All well and good. Except for one thing. What if, as in Assam NRC, these every English dictionary today. your ‘true nature’. you from without, but from within. the shortest one – you could well be
documents would need to have been issued before the midnight of March 24, 1971. For far too long, the word has This becomes your karma; an orien- Externally, it may be a new day. You may considered deranged or psychotic.
And that would be the problem, for me, and for many millions like me. I don’t been either grotesquely oversimplified tation to life that you have created for have a new job, new home, new life part- Now, if we do not break these
have a pre-March 24, 1971, passport, bank/ post or needlessly mystified. So what is yourself in relative unawareness. What ner, a new baby. You may even be in a new patterns, nothing new will ever happen
office account, etc, etc, to show as proof of my karma? The word literally means you consider to be ‘myself ’ is just an country. But internally, you are experien- in human life. That is why, many times,
secondopinion Indian citizenship. My pre-March 24, 1971, ‘action’. accumulation of habits, predispo- cing the same cycles – the same the more successful you become, the
passport, bank/ post office account, etc, etc, have Action does not necessarily refer to sitions and tendencies that you internal oscillations, the same more frustrated you get, because some-
long been consigned to the dustbin of pre-history. what you do in the outside world, whether have acquired over time behavioural shifts, the same where, unconsciously you sense that
Nor is it much help that NRC will accept such documentation if it is in the they are acts of charity or villainy. without being conscious of mental reactions, the same you are simply going around in circles.
name of my ancestors, which include my grandfather/ grandmother, and even Instead, karma is action on three levels: the process. In other words, psychological tendencies. With yogic practices, the aspiration
my great grandfather/ great grandmother. body, mind and energy. Whatever you do karma is like old software The karmic information is to move towards the solar cycle, so
However, far from having any documentation in the names of my grand- on these three levels leaves a certain that you have written for within your system is that your balance and stability is
father/ grandmother, and great grandfather/ great grandmother, i’m not sure i residue; they impact you. yourself, unconsciously. encoded in different kinds of assured. You may not be able to change
even know what their names were, apart from Nana/ Nani and Dada/ Dadi for Your five senses are collecting data So karma simply means cycles. The largest cycle is what you did in the past, and the mental
my grandparents on both sides, which i suspect won’t be sufficient. from the outside world, every moment of we have created the blue- the solar cycle. This is a and emotional karma you accumulated.
And as for my great grandparents? Great Nana/Great Nani, Great Dada/ your life. You are literally being print for our lives. When we say, “This is period of 4,356 days (nearly 12 years). If But you no longer slide into short spin
Great Dadi? No. I fear that when the National Register of Citizens is drawn up, i, bombarded with stimuli at every my karma,” we are actually saying, “I your life is in accordance with a solar cycles. You no longer wear your karma
and many millions like me, will have to be left out. But we might be included in instant. Over time, this enormous am responsible for my life.” Karma is cycle, it means you lead a very healthy as a skin-tight garment; you learn to
another register. A National Register of Shittyzens …? volume of sense impressions begins to not a law that is imposed from above. life. As the cycle decreases, life becomes wear it loosely. With this you move
secondopinion@timesgroup.com assume a certain distinctive pattern It is the natural basis of all existence. progressively more imbalanced. If your towards becoming the master of
blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/jugglebandhi within you. This pattern slowly shapes It makes each one of us squarely life runs in three or six-month cycles, your destiny.
THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAI
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019 TIMES TRENDS 17

Nasa’s plane is as fast as Concorde, but noiseless

Test Flight Likely In 2020; If Successful, Craft Could One Day Travel From London To NY In Just Over 3 Hours
Lockheed Martin

N
asa’s X-59 space plane, heed Martin, which will now plane will make a boom that will “gauge public percep-
capable of flying faster work to complete it ahead of will only be audible as a “gent- tion” of the sound of the plane.
than the speed of sound testing. It should be approved le thump”, or might be entirely Sonic booms happen becau-
without the loud boom that for its first flight in 2020, and silent. It is able to do because of se aircraft moving through air
comes with supersonic flight, the actual launch will come a its precise shape, which looks are always making pressure
is finally nearing completion. year after that. If successful, something like an even more waves, which ripple out in all
The plane will be the first lar- the craft could one day travel sharp version of the Concorde. directions. At speeds faster th-
ge scale, piloted X-plane that from London to New York in It will fly nearly as fast as an sound, the forward-propa-
Nasa has launched in more just over three hours, while its lookalike, with a cruising gating waves stack up and get
than 30 years when it is finally transcending objections to su- speed of Mach 1.42 (1,754 pushed out in a conical wake, a
put together. It could also he- personic air travel over land. kmph) at an altitude of 55,000 three-dimensional version of
rald a new era in fast space “With the completion of feet and yet produce a sonic bo- those coming off a motorboat

Eating chillies cuts

travel, as it attempts to over- KDP-D we’ve shown the pro- om of only 75 Perceived Level travelling at full throttle. The
come the problems that have Nasa’s X-59 will fly nearly as fast as Concorde, with a cruising speed ject is on schedule, it’s well decibel (PLdB) — about as lo- boom is the sound made by the
blighted previous attempts of Mach 1.42 (1,754 kmph) and at an altitude of 55,000 feet. Yet it will planned and on track. We have ud as a car door closing. sudden change in pressure cre-
like Concorde. Normally, su- only produce a sonic boom about as loud as a car door closing everything in place to conti- That will be put to the test ated by those coalescing waves.
personic planes create a loud
boom when they reach the
speed of sound and have as a
result been banned from fly-
claim it will be almost silent.
And the space agency has
announced that it is cleared
ing looked over by senior ma-
nagers. The plane – which has
the full name X-59 Quiet Super-
nue this historic research mis-
sion for the nation’s air-trave-
ling public,” said Bob Pearce,
Nasa’s associate administra-
when the plane is ready to fly.
The trials will see it sent over
“select US communities” in
test flights that wil allow Nasa
Reshaping the aircraft to a lon-
ger, more slender shape is the
best way to generate shockw-
aves of lower, more equal stre-
risk of death from
ing over populated areas —
but the creators of the X-59
for final assembly and “integ-
ration of its systems” after be-
Sonic Technology (QueSST) –
is being put together by Lock-
tor for aeronautics, in a state-
ment. Nasa says that the new
to measure it using sensors
and people on the ground who
ngth that do not form into stro-
ng bow and tail shocks. AGENCIES heart attack: Study Getty Images/iStockphoto
SHORT CUTS
Man roasts pork in car ‘BUBBLE BARRIER’ TO CLEAN UP CANALS
E
ating chilli peppers has
Reuters been linked to a lower
risk of suffering a fatal
Human fat cells tweaked to during Oz heatwave heart attack, scientists say.
function like a pacemaker They found people who con-

A
man has successfully cooked a pork ro- sumed the spicy fruit more

I n a first, researchers, including one of Indian-

origin, have reprogrammed the human body’s fat
cells into those similar to the heart’s pacemaker
ast in a car on a scorching hot day in
Australia. Stu Pengelly placed the slab
of pork in a baking tin on the car seat of his
than four times a week had a
40% less smaller of dying of a
heart attack. And their mor- HEALTHY BITE
cells which control heartbeat by creating rhythmic Datsun Sunny in Perth for around 10 hours. tality risk for all causes was
electrical impulses — an advance that may lead to “It worked a treat!” he said in a Facebook post 23% lower, compared with said. “It is plausible people
new therapies for cardiac failure. The study, with pictures of the cooked meat cut into sli- those who did not eat chillies. who use chillies, as the data
published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular ces to demonstrate its doneness. Pengelly al- The study, published in suggests also used more herbs
Cardiology, noted that the new pacemaker-like cell so gave the temperature as it increased thro- the Journal of the American and spices, and as such likely
may become a useful alternative treatment for ughout the day, culminating in “81° Celsius College of Cardiology, exami- to be eating more fresh foods
heart conduction system disorders, and to bridge inside temperature” at 01.00pm (local time). ned 22,811citizens of the Moli- including vegetables. Altho-
the limitations of current treatments such as arti- Other social media users responded to se region in Italy, and follo- ugh chillies can be a tasty addi-
ficial pacemakers. Artificial pacemakers need to be the post with humorous commentsand rela- wed them up after about eight tion to our meals, any direct ef-
regularly examined and over time can stop wor- ting their own experiences cooking in a he- years. fect is likely to be small and it is
king properly. In the study, researchers, including atwave. But Pengelly’s post also contained Marialaura Bonaccio, an more likely that it makes ea-
Suchi Raghunathan from the University of Hous- some serious advice, warning people not to epidemiologist at the Neuro- ting other healthy foods more
ton, tweaked unspecialised stem cells to turn them leave their kids or dogs in a vehicle in the heat. med neurological institute in pleasurable.”
into conducting cells of the heart that could carry “Do not leave anyone or anything precious to Pozzilli, Italy, said, “An inter- Licia Iacoviello, professor
electrical current. “Batteries will die. This biologic you in a hot car, not for a minute.” Perth has Amsterdam is trying out a ‘bubble barrier’ to help remove plastic from the city’s canals by capturing trash esting fact is that protection of hygiene and public health at
pacemaker is better able to adapt to the body and recorded 10 days this month when temperatu- hidden beneath the surface of the water. It is a tube placed on the bottom of the river or canal, that has from mortality risk was inde- the Universita dell’Insubria of
would not have to be maintained by a physician,” res soared above 35° Celsius, according to holes in it and air is pressed through it that creates a bubble curtain. The bubbles work with the flow of pendent of the type of diet pe- Varese, said, “Chilli pepper is a
said study co-author Bradley McConnell. Australia’s meteorology bureau. REUTERS water in the canal to float the waste and then shuttle it into a collector on the side ople followed... In other fundamental component of
words, someone can follow our food culture. Over the cen-
the healthy Mediterranean turies, beneficial properties ha-

Woman finds out she’s pregnant — 9 days before giving birth

Memphis: Lauren and Keith
Chalk struggled for years to
have a baby. The couple suffe-
red two miscarriages, and they
thought a full-term pregnancy
may not be possible for them.
Then, on December 2, they wel-
comed their first child into the
world — nine after days after
they found out they were preg-
nant. Lauren, 28, found out she
was pregnant during a visit to
her parents’ home in Louisia-
na. She said her mother, who is
amedical professional, sugges-
ted taking a test because she se-
emed “on edge”. She thought
Lauren’s hormones may be off.
The weekend before Thanksgi-
ving, she took the test — it was
diet, and someone else can eat ve been associated with its con-
less healthily, but for all of sumption, mostly on the basis
them chilli pepper has a pro- of anecdotes... It is important
tective effect.” now that research deals with it
positive. She and Keith, 28, got pregnancy test... Before the und Lauren’s blood pressure ded having the baby that day. Duane Mellor, a dietitian in a serious way, providing sci-
a doctor’s appointment. doctor’s appointment would was high and an obstetrician Lauren had an induced birth and teaching fellow at Aston entific evidence.” “Now, as alre-
come, that would happen,” she performed an ultrasound. and gave birth to her “mira- Medical School in England, sa- ady observed in China and in
MIRACLE BABY said. As a teenager, Lauren was Lauren said she thought cle baby”, Wyatt Rivers, on id the findings were interes- the US, we know that the vario-
diagnosed with polycystic she may have been four or five December 2. The newborn ting but did not show a causal us plants of the capsicum spe-
But, the day before her ap- ovary syndrome (PCOS), ane- months pregnant. “But then... weighed nearly 3kg and came link. The study hinted that tho- cies, although consumed in dif-
pointment, Lauren noticed blo- mia and lupus anticoagulant. there was a whole baby on the home after six days. “I think se following a traditional Me- ferent ways throughout the
od. It made her nervous, she sa- After she noticed blood this ti- screen,” Lauren said. She and that God planned all of it to be diterranean diet seemed to be- world, can exert a protective ac-
id, because it reminded her of me, they rescheduled her appo- Keith sat in awe. When the doc- the way that it was,” she said. nefit less than those not follo- tion towards our health.” THE IN-
past miscarriages. “I’d taken a intment a day early. Doctors fo- tor returned, she recommen- Keith also agrees. AP wing this type of diet, Mellor DEPENDENT & AGENCIES

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Govt asks taxman to push Byju’s turns

profitable,
Trai studies Trai defers
abolition of
for higher FY20 collection revenue floor price for interconnect
jumps 174% charges
Asks GST Wing To Collect `4.55L Crore In Four Months TIMES NEWS NETWORK call, data tariffs TIMES NEWS NETWORK

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Facing a massive

shortfall in collections, the
government on Tuesday as-
ked tax officials to launch a
multi-pronged exercise to
push mop-up and asked the
goods and services tax (GST)
wing to collect `4.55 lakh cro-
re during the remaining four
months of the fiscal.
Revenue secretary Ajay
Bhushan Pandey told top offi-
cers that the Central Board of
Indrect Taxes and Customs
(CBIC) should seek to collect
`1.1 lakh crore every month
for three months and `1.25
lakh crore in the fourth
month. This will be at least
10% rise compared to the av-
erage monthly collection of
over `1 lakh crore during
April-November 2019.
The finance ministry’s as-
sessment is that there may ha-
ve been some recovery in con-
FACING SHORTFALL
Apr
GST collections ( crore)
1,13,865
May 1,00,289
Jun 99,939
Avg
July 1,02,083
1,00,646
Aug 98,202
Sept 91,916
Oct 95,380
Nov 1,03,492 Source: Govt
sumer demand post-Diwali, The government is targe-
with rural demand expected ting a growth of over 11% in
to pick up. Although the mes- tax revenue during the finan-
sage was to achieve both di- cial year, but collections have
rect and indirect tax targets grown just 3.3% during April-
for the year, officers from the October, prompting a last-mi-
Central Board of Direct Tax- nute message at a time when
es (CBDT) and CBIC were also tax officials across the count-
asked to ensure that there ry were unsure on how much
was no overreach during the pressure they should exert gi-
enforcement drive. ven the overall economic
slowdown.
Sources said CBDT and
CBIC will share information
related to GST, income tax
and other financial dealings
and those who have not fully
disclosed their income or bu-
siness details will be pursued.
GST officers have been
told to ensure better compli-
ance and see that GSTR1 and
GSTR3B, the two returns, are
filed by the taxpayers, failing
which strict action such as
blocking of e-way bill, input
tax credits and even cancella-
tion of registration will be
initiated.
Further, a drive will also
be conducted to recover tax
arrears during the next three
months. Arrears alone added
up to around `9 lakh crore.
Through a scheme to settle ca-
ses, called Sabka Vishwas, the
government is hoping to add-
ress some of the pending liti-
gation by year-end.
Bengaluru: Education tech-
nology unicorn Byju’s repor-
ted an increase of 174% in reve-
nues on a standalone basis to
`1,341 crore in the financial ye-
ar ending March 31, 2019. The
company also turned in a pro-
fit of a little over `20 crore as
compared to a loss of `28.7 cro-
re in the previous fiscal. But on
a consolidated basis, the com-
pany reported a loss of `8.8 cro-
re as it spent on global expan-
sion, including on acquisitions
like US-based Osmo last year.
MOST VALUED
EDUTECH CO
Byju’s is the world’s most
valued education technology
company at $5.7 billion and one
of the biggest unicorns in In-
dia after Paytm, Oyo and Ola.
The company counts Canadi-
an pension firm CPPIB, Ams-
terdam-listed Prosus Ventures
and PE major General Atlantic
as investors. Byju’s said it is
Minimum Rate May End
Free Calls, Cheap Internet
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Telecom regula-
tor Trai on Tuesday initiated
aconsultation to fix floor rate,
or a minimum stipulated ta-
riff for mobile phone calls
and data, a move that can ef-
fectively end the regime of
free calling and dirt-cheap in-
ternet for consumers.
After receiving demand
from telecom operators on
the matter, Trai reversed its
earlier stand of not getting in-
to fixing of tariffs and issued
a consultation paper on mini-
mum rates. Bharti Airtel has
been in the lead for deman-
ding floor rate for the viabili-
ty of the sector that had seen
margins erode in competi-
tion with free voice calls and
dirt cheap data from new ent-
rant Reliance Jio. Trai said
As data
consumption
grows manifold,
there is a need
to maintain
quality of service
that would require
a lot of investments
towards maintaining
and improving telecom
infrastructure, says Trai
nomy. Thus, making sure that
the telecom sector remains
healthy and its orderly
growth are equally impor-
tant.” Trai has so far obser-
ved a policy of forbearance in
respect of tariffs, which gives
companies freedom to fix con-
sumer charges. It gives servi-
New Delhi: The six paise per
minute charge for call connec-
tion between two telecom ope-
rators will stay for another ye-
ar, beyond the earlier deadline
of December 31 this year, as te-
lecom regulator Trai decided
to defer implementation of no
interconnect charge in view of
gradual transition of 2G and
3G customers to 4G network,
among other factors.
The move will benefit older
operators such as Bharti Airtel
and Vodafone Idea, while new
entrant Reliance Jio, that wit-
nesses a majority of outgoing
calls, sees it as a setback. Inter-
connect Usage Charge (IUC) ra-
te has been reduced from 14 pai-
se to 6 paise with effect from Oc-
tober 1, 2017 . Telecom industry
body COAI sees the measure as
a relief for the debt-ridden sec-
tor and expects continuing
with six paise call termination
charge will not have any im-
pact on consumers as opera-
tors have absorbed this charge
in recently-increased mobile

GST centres to help traders file returns

Sidhartha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: With GST compli-
ance remaining a big irritant
for small businesses, the fi-
nance ministry is looking to
set up facilitation centres on
the lines of Aadhaar Seva
Kendras to help traders and
micro, small and medium en-
terprises file returns. The mi-
nistry is also looking at a new
app-based solution for filing
returns, sources told TOI.
GST Network, the compa-
ny that provides the informa-
tion technology backbone, has
been asked to look at the op-
tion, where some of the profes-
sionals aiding business entiti-
es in filing returns will be ro-
BSE seeks
clarification
from RCom
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The BSE on Tues-
day sought clarification from
the Anil Ambani-controlled
defunct telecom services pro-
vider Reliance Communica-
tions (RCom) about the sud-
den spike in its share price.
The stock surged on media
reports which had said that a
London high court had dis-
missed the case against Am-
bani, in which he is being sued
by some Chinese banks to re-
cover nearly $700 million.
It has now emerged that
the London court that is hea-
ring the case has not passed
any such order.
STOCK GAINED
OVER 2 DAYS
On the back of the media
reports about the dismissal of
the case, the RCom stock gai-
ned over 7% on Monday and
another 5% on Tuesday. The
Chinese banks are suing Am-
bani for providing personal
guarantee on loans taken by
RCom. A PTI report had quo-
ted a spokesperson for Amba-
ni, who said that the UK high
court had dismissed the “sum-
mary judgment application of
Chinese banks” against Am-
bani in the case.
Sensex scales new peak on global cues
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The sensex scaled a
new peak on Tuesday as posi-
tive global cues helped most
markets around the world to
rally. Among other things,
there was positive news about
the signing of a working tra-
de deal between the US and
China, the two largest econo-
mies in the world, and emer-
gence of clarity on Brexit.
The sensex opened more
than 100 points higher, recor-
ded its all-time peak at 41,402
and closed a tad off that mark
at 41,352. The day’s gains were
led by HDFC, HDFC Bank, In-
fosys and TCS, BSE data sho-
wed.
The buying was again led
targeting revenues of `3,000 comments on floor tariffs are ce providers freedom and call and data rates. “From Ja-
crore in FY20, doubling the top invited by January 17. “In the flexibility to design tariff of- nuary 1, 2021 onwards, the ter-
line. The company said it has 40 last few months, many con- ferings as per demandof the mination charge for wireless
million registered users and cerns have been raised about market. “It gives free play to (mobile) to wireless (mobile)
ped in. GSTN is, however, of have managed to make a trans- nesses were depending on 2.8 million paid subscribers. the health of the Indian tele- the forces of healthy competi- domestic calls shall be zero,”
the view that GST alone may ition and some have devised chartered accountants to file Some of the major areas com sector and the need to fix tion and has resulted in an ex- the regulator said. According
not generate sufficient foot- ways to make their suppliers returns and maintain acco- where Byju’s ramped up spen- a floor price for telecom servi- ponential growth in the Indi- to estimates, industry players
falls and the idea could be ex- compliant. For instance, one of unts. But CAs were themsel- ding include advertising and ces. Department of Telecom- an telecom sector in the past lost `11,000 crore when IUC for
panded to cover income tax the largest FMCG multinatio- ves over-burdened and had ta- marketing promotion, which munications (DoT) has re- two decades,Most econo- mobile calls was reduced to 6
and even corporate filings, re- nals has linked the release of ken up business beyond their increased by close to 150% to cently forwarded representa- mists also advise against fixa- paise. Further, removal of the
sulting a delay in finalisation payments to filing of GST re- capacity. In any case, a large `450 crore, and employee ex- tions… including plea from tion of price controls as it le- charge now would have impac-
of the plan. turns by its suppliers. Similar- part of the returns were being penses which went up 157% to some of the telecom service ads to economic inefficienci- ted the sector by approximately
While the government has ly, another large corporate ho- filed by accountants, who are `273 crore. Byju’s expanded providers (TSPs) seeking flo- es, consumer harm, market `3,672 crore. “Keeping in view
working with CAs. “Earlier, this year to focus on early lear- or tariff fixation by the regu- distortions and reduced inno- the above, along with interests
these accountants would come ners from kindergarten to gra- lator/government,” the regu- vation’” Trai said. Airtel chi- of consumers, and to ensure or-
TRADERS GET GOVT HELP and collect papers from tra- de 3 by tying up with US-based lator said. ef Sunil Mittal recently advo- derly and sustainable growth
ders and file returns. A similar media and entertainment “Fast pace of technologi- cated the move, saying it was of the telecom sector, the aut-
toyed with the idea of helping use is completing the filing for- system needs to be devised sin- conglomerate Walt Disney. The cal changes in the sector re- necessary in view of the wor- hority is of the considered vi-
small businesses file returns malities for its vendors. ce businessmen are still not tie-up is aimed at expansion of quires huge capital invest- sening financial condition of ew that date for implementa-
in the past too, it has made litt- But those who are not part confident,” said a tax officer. the company into new English- ments. Telecom sector is the the telecom sector. The in- tion be deferred by 12 months to
le headway, despite complian- of the chain are still finding re- The idea is to tie up with some speaking markets like the US, infrastructure provider for dustry, he says, is passing make it applicable from Janua-
ce seen to be the biggest con- turn filing to be a problem and of the service providers, who England and Australia. many other sectors of the eco- through a major crisis. ry 1, 2021,” Trai said.
cern for over two-and-a-half are now gearing up to deal are handling filing part and
years. Large businesses, with the new forms. make their services available
which were more organised, Officials said small busi- at GST facilitation centres. Office of the Proj ect Director PMU (RWSRPD) & Chief Engineer
Water Resources (North) Hanumangarh
No.F2/Accts/RWSRPD/IGF.IGMN/2019-20/ Date--
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This office invites e-Bid from eligible Bidder for 14 Nos. Works of
CORRIGENDIUM Relining of Indira Gandhi Main Canal/lndia Gandhi Feeder estimated cost
growth forecast in January Subj ect: Karnataka Slum Development Board Invites
Expression of Interest (EOI) from the experienced and
financially sound Developers/Contractors for the qualification
from INR 2.60 Crore to INR 5 , 15 Crore respectively. The other detail can
be seen as per bid documents published on websites , www .dipr.
raj asthan .gov.in , www.waterresources .raj asthan .gov.in , www.eproc.
.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019 TIMES BUSINESS 19

Telecom sector
risks have ebbed,
SBI, Axis say NO to Yes Bank, Elgi Equipments acquires
Michigan Air Solutions
says SBI chairman suggest Kotak as ‘best suitor’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: Elgi Compressors

The acquisition gives Elgi
access to a significant
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Mumbai: SBI chairman Raj-

nish Kumar said risks in tele-
com sector have ebbed conside-
rably from a few
months ago. He sa-
id that although
banks have got
burnt in their ex-
posure to telecom,
SBI had the capacity to absorb
any losses. “Everyone was bet-
ting on the telecom and everyo-
ne got burnt. We have also lost
money in telecom. Right now,
the risk is much less than what
it was looking a few months
back,” said Kumar. According
to Kumar, although SBI had a
large exposure, the bank had ta-
ken necessary risk-manage-
ment measures. He was spea-
king at the India Economic Con-
clave organised by Times Net-
work in Mumbai. Kumar’s
statement comes at a time when
banks are struggling with a re-
solution following the default
by Reliance Communications
and smaller telcos. There is also
concern over lenders’ exposure
to Vodafone Idea, which has
debt of nearly Rs 1 lakh crore.
The loss-making telco had said
that its ability to continue as a
going concern was in doubt fol-
lowing a Supreme Court order
that resulted in a Rs 50,922-crore
loss for the quarter ended Sep-
tember 2019. Since then, the go-
vernment has granted relief on
payment of future dues and also
telcos have come to an agree-
ment to hike tariffs and reduce
bleeding.
Admitting that SBI might
not have performed that well in
delivering value to sharehol-
ders, Kumar said that globally
when it came to banks attention
was shifting from delivering va-
lue to ‘stakeholders’ rather than
merely shareholders. He said
that when this happens in In-
dia, SBI would top the list of
companies providing value.
Kumar said that SBI despite
its size, had a robust decision-
making process and an ability
to change. “Today, SBI in a short
period has emerged leader in di-
gital. This means we are capab-
le of change and managing the
change well, despite constra-
ints,” said Kumar.
Still Working On Raising Capital: Yes Bank’s Ravneet Gill
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: SBI and Axis
Bank have denied having
any interest in taking over
Yes Bank, which has seen its
valuation drop after a delay
in raising capital. Yes Bank
chief Ravneet Singh Gill ho-
wever reiterated that the
bank continues to be wor-
king on raising capital from
strategic investors.
In a discussion at the In-
dia Economic Conclave or-
ganised by Times Network,
SBI chairman Rajnish Ku-
mar responded to a question
on rumours around the bank
likely to acquire Yes Bank
said, “I do not have deep
pockets as many gentlemen
in this room” and added in a
lighter vein that “Uday (Ko-
tak) is the best candidate to
acquire Yes Bank”. Axis
Bank CEO Amitabh
Chaudhry said Axis is a
small lender trying to ensu-
re that it is well protected so
USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Co-
imbatore-headquartered Elgi
Equipments Limited, and a
customer base and estab-
lishes a foundation for
se of macros around us,” sa- supplier of compressed air so- further expansion in North
id Gill. lutions, on Tuesday announ-
Indian financial system in Darwinian In an earlier session, Ko- ced its acquisition of Michi-
America
mode, fittest lenders to survive: Kotak tak said that digitisation of
banking had reduced the de-
gan Air Solutions, one of the
largest independent air com-
Mumbai: Noted banker Uday Kotak on Tuesday said the mand for bank branches. pressor distributors in Michi-
country’s financial system is currently in a Darwinian “Bank branches will conti- gan, marking an important
mode as only the fittest lenders are able to survive. nue to have importance but step that Elgi has taken to ex-
The MD & CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank also said that density need not be as high pand its presence in the US.
historically, whenever there has been a problem with as in the past. Digital will The financial contours of
a private sector lender, it has been merged with a help in reducing the density the transaction was not divul-
state-run bank. “India is in massive Darwinian mode of what I call of the network,” he said. ged. Michigan Air Solutions
as the survival of the fittest. Sector after sector has seen that it is “We are very happy to lend was established in 2009, and
going to be more consolidated than ever before. Consolidation in where we feel our money has served the markets in Mi-
the Indian economy is happening more out of mortality and less will come back, I am absolu- chigan’s Lower Peninsula with
out of combinations,” Kotak said. AGENCIES tely clear about that. If in- compressed air expertise, a wi-
frastructure must be finan- de range of products, and re- the region, said Jairam Var-
that at some stage it can buy pital fast and was looking at ced, the framework has to be sponsive after-sales support. adaraj, managing director, El-
other banks. “Yes, Mr Kotak strategic investors rather clear where the lenders does Its product portfolio encom- gi Equipments in s statement.
might be the better suitor than public issue. “Other not take risk and the equity passes all compressed air ne- Target revenue for financi-
than us,” he added. banks had problems at a ti- investors money is wiped eds from compressors, dryers, al year 2019 is $ 12 million.
In a separate session la- me when Yes Bank did not out first,” he said on lending filtration, piping, vacuum Through this acquisition,
ter in the day, Gill attributed have any problems. In their to projects. pumps, blowers, and more. Elgi gains access to a signifi-
Yes Bank’s problem to the case it was sectoral stress According to Chaudhry, “Michigan Air Solutions cant customer base and estab-
change in the business envi- like cement, steel and power with the public-sector banks complements Elgi’s global lishes a foundation for further
ronment, which called for a which we had managed to going through a merger the- growth strategy, and brings expansion in North America.
change in the business mo- steer clear of. What came re would be only a handful of significant market reach and Michigan Air Solution’s mar-
del which had worked well in subsequently was more be- banks that are capable of scale, that will add further va- ket leadership will provide EL-
the past. He added that the cause of business models growing and Axis aimed to lue to our product offerings Gi with a significant territory
bank was aiming to raise ca- which got challenged becau- be among these banks. and go-to-market plans across from which to grow.

British-style bureaucracy,
should be shed: Hinduja
Mumbai: Hinduja Group co-
chairman Gopichand Hinduja
on Tuesday said that while the
$5-trillion target of 2024 is
achievable, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi-led govern-
ment needs to shed the British
style of bureaucracy to move
faster. The industry veteran
also said that the company has
been willing to invest more
than $20 billion in India, but it
wants the obstacles to be re-
moved and provide ease of do-
ing business.
“$5-trillion economy is an
achievable tar-
get. The initiati-
ves taken by Mo-
di are great and
his vision is ex-
cellent but his
team has to be
fast,” Hinduja
said at the Ti-
mes Network’s
India Economic
Conclave 2019.
He noted that the British
style of bureaucracy still ex-
ists in India, while Britain has
already modified their bu-
reaucracy. “The first step we
have to see is how our bureau-
cracy will be modified. Some
6-7 years back, we wanted to in-
vest $20 billion more in India.
When we started getting in,
we could see so many obsta-
cles and was not easy to do bu-
siness. But when Modi anno-
unced the initiative of ease of
doing business, we thought
things will change. But the
speed of change should be fas-
ter,” he said.
Hinduja further said his
company would love to invest
more and more in the country
because India has the maxi-
mum opportunities to invest
from all over the world.
“Our only expectation is
that the govern-
ment should ho-
nour what it has
committed,” he
added. Speaking
at the event,
Hinduja Group
of Companies
chairman As-
hok Hinduja no-
ted that system
processes need
to change. “There is a lot of
criticism from SME and cor-
porate sector about the fear
and psyche, but I think this
has to be there. We have to
change the seven decade-old
system processes and there
has to be a stick approach and
we need more transparency.
Need to keep fiscal
deficit within targets
Mumbai: Former RBI governor D
Subbarao on Tuesday asked the
government to ensure fiscal
deficit is within
the targeted
number and
warned that
“fiscal
profligacy” can
lead to crisis
situations. The comments weeks
after official data indicated that
the government has exhausted
107% of the budgeted deficit gap
of 3.4% with five months to go for
the fiscal end. “We got to be
careful about managing our
fiscal deficit and keep it within
the fiscal deficit targets,”
Subbarao said. Speaking over a
video link at the Times Network’s
India Economic Conclave here,
he said a higher fiscal deficit
fuels inflation, crowds out
private investment and impairs
balance of payments (BoP) by
resulting in current account
deficit-related issues. AGENCIES
But at the same time, there
should be a limit to it and eve-
rything cannot be criminali-
sed,” he added. AGENCIES
Springboard
raises $11mn
in post series
A round
Aparna.Desikan
@timesgroup.com
D igital learning platform
Springboard, raised $11
million in post Series A finan-
cing led by Reach Capital, with
participation by Pearson Ven-
tures, International Finance
Corporation (IFC), as well as
returning investors Costanoa
Ventures, Learn Capital, and
Blue Fog Capital. The company
would use the funds to grow
their presence and launch co-
urses in design and software
engineering and expand in ad-
ditional geographies. “We also
plan to expand our global pro-
gram portfolio, enhance our ca-
reer services and employer
partnerships, and launch more
alumni-focused initiatives
with this additional funding,”
said Vivek Kumar, MD of
Springboard India. The edtech
company also partnered with
Microsoft to train and place
5,000 students into analytics
jobs over the next 3 years. The
course utilises Microsoft’s edu-
cational resources and subject
matter expertise to get stu-
dents job-ready and place them
into high-demand jobs
Gold Demand Rises; Rain Plays Spoiler For Tractor Industry
At $3bn, gold imports Tractor sales dip
at 6-mth high by value 12% in April-Nov
Aparna.Desikan
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Importing gold
worth $2.69 billion, the yellow
metal touched a 6-month high
by value, registering a 6% in-
crease year-on-year. In FY20,
imports remained high in
April and May, at $3.95 billion
and $4.7 billion. The imports
began to fall in June. Subsequ-
ent months saw a sharp sequ-
ential drop in imports with
September seeing the lowest
at $1.2 billion. Lower prices are
also fuelling the demand.
Even as prices are higher than
last year same period, spot
gold prices stand at `37,700 for
10 gram of 24 carat, was lower
than September prices. The
Gems and Jewellery Export
Promotion Council added that
the hike in import duty from
10% to 12.5% has further incre-
ased the price of gold and bro-
ught down the demand for ex-
ports. Colin Shah, vice-chair-
man, GJEPC said that howe-
ver in November, the demand
went up. “For the period April
to November, there is a 5.7%
Y-o-Y increase in import of
gold for the purpose of ex-
port,” he added.
Wedding de-
mand, although
NOV DATA
lower than last year, has pulled
up the imports, jewellers add.
“The months from June-Sep-
tember saw sluggish demand
However, with time, as the fes-
tival season began and now
the wedding season is going
on the demand has slowly
picked up,” said Prithviraj
Kothari, national president,
India Bullion and Jewellers
Association. Kothari added
that by volume, November
saw imports at 71tonnes.
Nandini.Sengupta
@timesgroup.com
Chennai: Uneven rain and
slowdown in rural demand has
led to a 10.4% drop in tractor sa-
les, both domestic and exports,
this year (January to Novem-
ber). According to statistics
from indust-
ry apex body
Tractor Ma-
nufacturers’ Association
(TMA), tractor sales contrac-
ted from 8,40,804 units in Jan-
November 2018 to 7,23,197 units
in the same period this year. In
the April-November period of
FY19-20, tractor sales decrea-
sed by nearly 12% year-on-year.
Tractor marketers see this as
course correction.
“Typically over a 4-5 year ti-
meline, the tractor industry
has been clocking an average
cumulative growth rate of aro-
und 4%-5%. Compared to the
earlier highs some correction
has happened as dealer stocks
have come down to around 45
days on average right now,” sa-
id TR Kesavan, president,
TMA. Over a 4 year period, the
industry CAGR is comfortin-
gly positive. “We expect a good
Rabi output in the coming
months which will generate
positive sentiment and drive
growth. Even though the in-
dustry has seen a negative
growth in FY20 , the industry
CAGR (April to November)
over last 4 years is a healthy
8.8%,” said Rajesh Jejurikar,
president-farm equipment
sector, M&M. The statistics be-
ar that out. While the contrac-
tion is significant compared to
FY18-19, the current tally is
substantially higher than the
tractor sales in April-Novem-
ber in last couple of years.

Toffee Insurance raises
$5.5 million in Series A
Chennai: Insurtech startup
Toffee Insurance has raised $5.5
million in a Series A round led
by South African investor IVM
Intersurer along with participa-
tion of existing investors Om-
idyar Network, Accion Venture
Lab and Kalaari Capital. VC
firm Flourish Ventures also
participated in the round. This
BIG BUCKS
is the startup’s second institu-
tional fundraise after a seed fun-
ding round of $1.5 million raised
in 2018. Taking a tech products
approach to grow the reach
of insurance, Toffee Insurance
creates single-event insurance
products in new categories
using AI to secure “the next
half-billion first-time internet
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GROUND
Run scoring should not
be a problem at Vizag
given the flat track.
WEATHER
It’s expected to be largely
sunny through the day
and the evening will be
PLENTY TO
cool with temperatures
hovering around in the mid-20s.
That’s just the kind of weather
for a good game of cricket.
ODDS: INDIA 3/10;
556 PONDER
WEST INDIES 3/1
Run-aggregate @ 139.00 in
five innings recorded by Virat
Kohli in ODIs at this venue —
the sequence of scores being
118 vs Australia, 117 & 99 vs
West Indies, 65 vs New
Zealand and 157* vs West
Indies. No other batsman has
registered more than one
hundred at this venue.
60.02
Average registered by Virat
Kohli while amassing 11,524
runs in 240 matches at a They prefer hitting sixes and fours. As a fielding
strike rate of 93.21. Among
the batsmen with 2,000 runs
or more, he remains the only
one to have average 60-plus
apart from maintaining strike
rate of over 90.
61.4
Rohit Sharma’s average while
aggregating 3135 runs in 59
innings, including nine
hundreds and 14 fifties in
India — the highest among
batsmen with 3,000 runs in
ODIs at home. Virat Kohli
(61.29), Hashim Amla (54.65),
Ross Taylor (53.84) and MS
Dhoni (53.71) are the next four
in the list.
—Stats: Rajesh Kumar
BUMRAH BOWLS
FULL STEAM AT NETS
Visakhapatnam: Jasprit Bumrah showed no
signs of rustiness as he went full tilt at Rishabh
Pant but the resurgent Prithvi Shaw looked far
from being fit for international cricket during
his session with trainer Nick Webb at India’s
optional practice here on Tuesday.
Bumrah has been out with a stress
fracture of the back and is expected to be
available for the New Zealand tour next year
while Shaw, after serving his eight-month
doping ban, has already made a successful
comeback for Mumbai in domestic cricket.
The Indian team management, as part of
its policy, wanted to have “a word” with
both players while checking their fitness
levels. A peek into the training session was
an indicator that re-induction of a proven
match-winner like Bumrah is just a matter of
time. He was given the Indian team’s
training Jersey as he bowled for close to an
BCCI summon
irks Kapil Dev
New Delhi: BCCI ethics officer
DK Jain has asked Kapil Dev and
Anshuman Gaekwad to appear in
Mumbai later this month to ex-
plain conflict of interest allega-
tions against them even though
they have already resigned from
the Cricket Advisory Committee.
The CAC, comprising Kapil,
Gaekwad and Shantha Rangas-
wamy, had resigned after getting
conflict of interest notices from
Jain in Sept, following the com-
plaint filed by Madhya Pradesh
Cricket Association life member
Sanjeev Gupta. There is no CAC
in place anymore but they have
been asked to depose in person on
December 27 and 28. “Though
they have stepped down, the eth-
ics officer has sought some clar-
ifications from them,” a BCCI
source said. A livid Kapil said he
will not go to Mumbai.
“I won’t be going as I have
much more important work to do.
As I have said it in the past, it was
a one off task we were assigned
(to pick coach). We did that. It
wasn’t a two-year job or some-
thing like that and it was honor-
ary,” a miffed Kapil said. PTI
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India Have Their Task
Cut Out As They Look
To Stay Alive In Series
Solomon.Kumar@timesgroup.com
Visakhapatnam: Over the last couple of years, Team
India has barely been in a situation where it had to
fight to save an ODI series. Virat Kohli and his men
will be doing just that on Wednesday when they take
on the West Indies in the second of the three-match
ODI series at the Dr YSR ACA-VDCA Stadium here.
The hammering in the first ODI in Chennai ex-
posed a major chink in India’s armour. The Carib-
bean team’s classical 50-over game put India’s T20I
series win in the shadow.
The Kieron Pollard-led team put in a methodical
show in all departments of the game. They took a
couple of early wickets and then bid their time
when Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant were going
strong. After breaking the partnership, they
choked the flow of runs and didn’t let the Indian
tail to wag.
The Indian bowlers lacked the bite and the fielders
failed to back the bowlers while defending 288 on a
seemingly sluggish pitch. The way Hetmyer took on
the spinners is a bad omen for the hosts.
“We should have defended 288 on that wicket. We
didn’t bowl well in the last match to be honest. If it
is a similar scenario in this game, as a bowling unit
we will try to bowl better and in good areas. It was a
par score. As a bowling unit, we need to win match-
es for India,” India’s new-ball pacer Deepak Chahar
said on the eve of the match. “The bowlers always
struggle with the white ball. As we saw in the T20s
and the previous match, it hasn’t been easy for the
bowlers,” he added.
Chahar expressed disappointment with India’s
fielding. “I think we are a bit lacking in fielding. In
the last couple of matches we have dropped too
many catches. If we don’t take catches then it’s dif-
ficult as the opposition batsmen are big-time hitters.
unit, we need to do much better.”
Besides, the hosts still have to sort out a couple of
things in the batting. Pant may have got the camel off
his back but he still has to prove his consistency. Iyer
will have to stay till the end and the all-rounders have
to come to the party if the top order fails, like it hap-
pened in the previous game.
All three in the top order— Rohit, KL Rahul and
Kohli— will be hoping to make amends for the last
game. One may recall that Kohli had got a big century
when the teams clashed here the last time in what had
turned out to be high-scoring tie.
On a batting-friendly track, the team which
bats better is likely to hold the advantage. “The
ball is going to come on to the bat and therefore
will be easy for scoring. The bowlers will have a
more difficult job on this surface,” said West In-
dian opener Shai Hope.
A 15-year-old record is at stake for the hosts. In-
dia have not lost two consecutive one-day bilateral
series. India had lost the last three matches to hand
over the series 3-2 to Australia in March. They also
haven’t lost five consecutive One-day games at home.
Both these records are under threat as the West In-
dies look to steal the thunder.
A Sarath Kumar
RARING TO GO: Jasprit Bumrah (right) with
Shardul Thakur at the nets on Tuesday
hour to Pant, Manish Pandey and Mayank
Agarwal at the nets.
With coach Ravi Shastri and national
selector Devang Gandhi keeping a close eye,
Bumrah didn’t show any visible discomfort
as he worked up brisk pace to trouble Pant
and Agarwal. PTI
SA begin talks to get AB out
of international retirement
Paarl: South African captain Faf du Ples-
sis said on Monday that talks had begun
aimed at getting star batsman AB de Vil-
liers back into international cricket ahead
of the T20 World Cup in Australia in Octo-
ber next year. “Those conversations have
been happening two or three months ago,”
said Du Plessis, who was responding to a
comment by new South African head coach
Mark Boucher that he would welcome hav-
ing De Villiers in his team.
Speaking after leading his Paarl Rocks
team to an eight-wicket victory over the
Boucher-coached Tshwane Spartans in the
Mzansi Super League final at Boland Park,
Du Plessis said his immediate focus was on
preparing for a Test series against England
which starts in Centurion on December 26.
“Obviously Test cricket is the most impor-
tant thing right now but T20 cricket is a dif-
ferent beast,” said Du Plessis.
De Villiers retired from international
cricket after a Test series against Australia
in 2017 and any comeback would probably
be limited to Twenty20 internationals for a
player who has become a specialist in the
short form of the game. He made a half-cen-
tury for Tshwane in Monday’s final but will
soon be on his way to Australia to play in
Big Bash League.
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Playing both Kuldeep,
Chahal not a bad idea
sure one of the two can be
OPENING played in place of a batsman
SALVO
KRIS SRIKKANTH
and if the think-tank still feels
strongly for the specialist
batsman, Dube has to sit out.
T
It is in defeats where a
he massive partner- team can learn more and I am
ship between Shimron sure, the coaching unit is ad-
Hetmyer and Shai
Hope more than
dressing all these issues.
Fielding that was fast growing
showed the mirror to India’s to be a strength has also fallen
white-ball attack and their in- by a few notches and in order
adequacies. I do understand to challenge the best consist-
the impending return of Bum- ently, India need to lift their
rah and Hardik Pandya will game in all three departments.
resolve a major portion but the The West Indians have defi-
bench strength (in the shorter nitely given India the wake-up
formats) is a cause for concern. call. Hetmyer was brilliant and
In my opinion, Umesh Ya- in his own way was Hope. In a
dav would have been a better team full of firecracker bats-
choice to replace Bhuvnesh- men, Hope seems to be a calm-
war Kumar. Against a team ing influence. His strike rate at
like West Indies one needs times can be low, especially
air speed. Umesh might leak when his partners are not hav-
a few runs but can also pick ing a great day. If Hope can
one or two wickets by hus- turn it up a bit and play accord-
tling the batsmen. ing to the situation, I can see
The bowling combination him do the role what Desmond
also needs to be looked at. Shi- Haynes (I am not comparing
vam Dube cannot be counted the players, only the role) did
as an all-rounder for a while. so successfully for many a year.
He has to improve his bowling Despite the defeat, India
by a few notches for Kohli to should start as the team to win
be confident to see him as the the last two games. It’s not the
fifth bowler. Playing Kuldeep time for knee-jerk reactions
Yadav and Chahal together is but positive cricket by fielding
not a bad idea. At home, I am the right combination. TCM
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winning six and losing one and tied one. Windies and India
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winning one game each. The last match between the two
produced a tie.
GOING FOR THE KILL: West Indies captain
Kieron Pollard (left) and Hayden Walsh
enjoy a game of football on Tuesday
India should back
the youngsters
out new combinations and it
EXPERT is hard to fault the likes of
‘ODIs more difficult than T20s’ OPINION
MOHINDER
AMARNATH
Shivam Dube. Having only
played T20s at this level, the
transition takes time, and
with Hope and Hetmyer in
T
Chahar Focusing On Staying Fit way to go for me,” the 27-year-old said.
Injuries have been a bane for him and the Ra- he batting display by
such good touch, his task be-
came harder.
Solomon.Kumar@timesgroup.com jasthan lad wants to focus on staying fit. “As a Shimron Hetmyer and In the batting, once again
sportsman, every player’s dream is to Shai Hope in Chennai it was proved that 300-plus
Visakhapatnam: Deepak Chahar was the first play in the Indian team. I was playing was of such a high scores are difficult to post
Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in T20Is but in the T20s and now I got the chance standard and so intelligently when Virat Kohli and Rohit
he thinks One-dayers are far more difficult to play in ODIs. It has been good executed that I don’t think Sharma are not among the
and the pressure is greater than T20 cricket. for me thus far but there is still a there was much else that the runs. There was also a wobble
“In T20s, we can concede 24 runs in four lot of cricket to be played before Indian bowlers could have towards the end when the
overs and not take a wicket but it will still the T20 World Cup. My main focus done to stop them. It was pow- West Indians were able to re-
be considered a decent effort. In Test crick- is on fitness so that I can play all er hitting at its very best with strict India in the slog overs.
et, we have to attack the batsmen and take the matches and be available for se- memories of the heady days of That said, Hetmyer was in
wickets even if it means conceding runs. But in lection. I want to make sure that the Gordon Greenidge and Des- such for m, a bigger total
ODIs, we have to mix it up. We have to restrict the
scoring and also take wickets. Hence, ODIs are
injuries that I suffered do not happen again.”
Chahar is a quick learner as is evident from
mond Haynes springing back
to mind from the recesses of
might also have been chased
down by the visitors.
more difficult,” Chahar said. his rise in the team. “When I was playing Ranji memory. The West Indians The main positive in the
“I have played sufficient One-day games with Trophy the first year, I used to bowl at a speed of have now taken the lead in this batting for India was the way
India ‘A’ and that has helped me to do well. I had a around 125 and then I suffered a couple of injuries series and look pretty ominous Rishabh Pant performed. He
problem with the middle overs. In powerplays you and lost a few years. It was because I was trying on the batting front. They showed resolve to stay in when
have to restrict the scoring and in the death you to increase my speed. But I knew that I couldn’t would undoubtedly be inspired the team needed him and with-
have to be careful as the batsmen will go after you. play for India at that speed and wanted to bowl by this win and will go to Vi- out modifying his game too
But the middle overs is an issue. I am still learning. around 140. Hence, I made a couple of changes in sakhapatnam with greater much, was able to keep the
I have played only two ODIs and there is still a long my stride, action etc.,” he said. confidence and resolve. scoreboard moving at a fair
For the Indians, there is re- pace. Shivam Dube, too, gave
ally not much else that could him good company and that
HOPE TO UPSTAGE Sharma (1268). Is he looking to
upstage the Indian stars? “Thanks
getters list,” Hope said.
The other big news will be the
have been tried on the bowling
front. Part of the plan is to try
would bolster the youngster’s
confidence. GAMEPLAN
VIRAT, ROHIT: SHAI for the heads up. Obviously, I have IPL auction and there are a few
Visakhapatnam: The West Indies to ask the bowlers to do some West Indians in the pool. Will that
team is packed with power hitters damage as well. As a batsman, you be a motivating factor to do well. “I
but Shai Hope, a typical grafter,
has still managed to find a place
want to contribute as much as
possible and if it helps the team
am sure that would motivate but
that is secondary. We have come i1
amongst them. The wicketkeeper- win then it’s even more satisfying. here to play a series. I am sure
opener with 1225 runs in ODIs this Hopefully, we can remove them at some of the guys will be looking
year is not far behind Indian the top and then get some big runs forward to that option but we have
skipper Virat Kohli (1292) and Rohit and get to the top of that run- a series on hand right now.” TNN
Mandhana in ICC Labuschagne picked, Abbott
women’s ODI, T20 in Aus squad after five years
teams of the year
Melbourne: In-form batsman Mar-
Dubai: India opener Smriti Mandhana
was on Tuesday named in both the Inter-
nus Labuschagne on Tuesday earned
a maiden call-up to the
THE SQUAD
national Cricket Council’s ODI and T20 Australian ODI squad Aaron Finch (C), Sean Abbott, Ashton
teams of the year, capping off a memora- for the three-match se- Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Peter
ble season. Mandhana has Jhulan Gos- ries against India next Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood,
wami, Poonam Yadav and Shikh The ODI month following a pro- Marnus Labuschagne, Kane
cricketer of the year honour went to Aus- lific year in Test cricket. Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell
tralia’s Ellyse Perry, who scored 441 runs Labuschagne has aver- Starc, Ashton Turner, David Warner,
at an average of 73.50 and took 21 wickets aged 58.05 since making his Test debut Adam Zampa.
TALKING POINT: AB de Villiers at 13.52. Pa Pandey for company in the last year, scoring hundreds in his last
ODI team of the year and all-rounder three games. standards,” Hohns said. The Indian
Players refuse role in committee Deepti Sharma in the T20 side. ODIS VS INDIA fans will also get to see Australia's star
to revamp domestic structure: Mandhana has played 51 ODIs and 66 players — David Warner and Steve
CSA was plunged into further disarray T20Is for India, besides a couple of Test All-rounder Sean Abbott has been Smith — in action. The first ODI will be
on Tuesday as the country’s players’ associ- matches. She has a combined tally of 3476 recalled after five years while also played in Mumbai on January 14, fol-
ation repeated its call for the executive to runs in T20Is and ODIs. Australia’s Alys- making a comeback are pacer Josh Ha- lowed by Rajkot (January 17) and Ben-
step down and refused to co-operate with a sa Healy was chosen as the T20 cricketer zlewood and spinner Ashton Agar. The galuru (January 19).
proposed committee to reform the domes- of the year following her record-breaking big names missing from the squad are Hohns is confident that Labus-
tic game. The South African Cricketers As- 148 against Sri Lanka earlier this year. Glenn Maxwell, Usman Khawaja, chagne will come good in challenging
sociation (SACA) is locked in a court battle ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year: Alyssa Hea- Shaun Marsh and Nathan Lyon. Chief Indian conditions. “Marnus Labus-
with CSA over a proposal to expand the ly (WK), Smriti Mandhana, Tamsin Beaumont, selector Trevor Hohns said Maxwell, chagne is ready for his international
country’s domestic structure from six to 12 Meg Lanning (C), Stafanie Taylor, Ellyse Perry, who took a break to address his mental white ball debut after his strong form
teams, saying it was not consulted. Jess Jonassen, Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, health issues but is back now in domes- for Queensland in this form of the
After CSA chief executive Thabang Mo- Megan Schutt, Poonam Yadav tic cricket, is being watched closely. game,” said Hohns. “The performance
roe was suspended over governance con- T20I Team of the Year: Alyssa Healy (WK), Da- “It's great to see Maxwell returning of our white-ball squads has been
cerns last week and replaced in an acting nielle Wyatt, Meg Lanning (C), Smriti Mandha- to the game with the Big Bash League. strong and we are hoping to build the
capacity by Jacques Faul, it was announced na, Lizelle Lee, Ellyse Perry, Deepti Sharma, Nida We will closely monitor his form after momentum towards the T20 World
the April 2019 decision to restructure was Dar, Megan Schutt, Shabnim Ismail, Radha Ya- what would have been a disappointing Cup at home and ultimately build to-
now under review. AGENCIES dav. PTI 12 months in the one-day game by his wards the 2023 World Cup,” he said. PTI
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019 TIMES SPORT 21

Ashwin leaves HP in a spin

Offie Takes 5 Wkts As TN
Shoot Out Visitors For 158
Prasad.RS@timesgroup.com
Dindigul: R Ashwin’s lion-hearted ef-
fort — 29-6-65-5 — was instrumental in
Tamil Nadu dismissing Himachal
Pradesh for 158 on Day 1 of their Ranji
clash at the NPR College ground here
on Tuesday. When bad light stopped
play, the hosts were 8 for no loss with
openers Abhinav Mukund (6 batting)
and K Mukunth (2 batting) at the
crease.
RANJI TROPHY, DAY 1
The home side didn’t have the ser-
vices of regular skipper Vijay Shan-
kar — who was out due to a wrist nig-
gle — and B Aparajith took over. TN’s
new-ball pair — K Vignesh (2-42) and T
Natarajan (0-15) — troubled the Hima-
chal top-order after Aparajith chose to
bat first. Ashwin, introduced in the
15th over of the day, compounded the
pressure on the visitors. The star offie
made an impact in his very second ball
PITCHING IT RIGHT: R Ashwin
as he dismissed Himachal opener Pri-
yanshu Khanduri (15) — caught at for-
ward short-leg by K Mukunth.
Ashwin bowled admirably — var-
ying his pace well — and didn’t allow
the Himachal batsmen to settle in.
Ashwin’s duel with Himachal skipper
Ankit Kalsi was a case in point. The
left-hander looked clueless against
Ashwin. Kalsi could only manage 8
runs from the 44 deliveries he faced
from Ashwin. The 33-year-old offie’s
pre-lunch spell read 13-2-22-3. Ashwin
continued from where he left off in the
second session — bowling non-stop
from the Far End. Ashwin got good
support from left-arm spinner R Sai
Kishore who returned with figures of 3
for 22. The two bowled in tandem for 32
overs — accounting for 5 wickets —
and gave 48 runs in total. Ashwin
would have had more wickets to his
name had Abhinav Mukund latched
onto a half chance at mid-wicket re-
gion when Himachal’s No. 9 Mayank
Dagar (33) was on 1 and Himachal’s to-
tal reading 85 for 7.
The 8th wicket stand between May-
ank and Akash Vashisth (35) produced
53 valuable runs for Himachal. That
stand helped them cross the 100-run
mark which at one point looked out of
reach. Vignesh broke the stand before
Ashwin and Sai Kishore concluded Hi-
machal’s innings. Coach D Vasu felt
TN should have wrapped up things
when the opposition was seven-down.
“Ashwin bowled brilliantly and held
one end up. However, I feel after reduc-
ing them to 76 for 7, we shouldn’t have
I have doubts over fairness of
trial: Nikhat before Mary bout
Sabi.Hussain@timesgroup.com
given away those extra runs. We will
have to bat well on Day 2,” Vasu said af- New Delhi: Tuesday was sup-
ter the day’s play. posed to witness the big clash
Aparajith felt Himachal’s tailen- between MC Mary Kom and
ders did well to reach to a 150-plus total. Nikhat Zareen
“Ashwin stood out with his perform- in an ongoing
ance today. Their 8th wicket pair put private league
up a good fight before we finished endorsed by
things off,” Aparajith said. the Boxing
SCOREBOARD: Himachal Pradesh (1st in- Federation of
nings): Priyanshu Khanduri c Mukunth b Ash- India (BFI).
win 15, P Chopra c Ganga Sridhar b Vignesh 4, The bout didn’t happen as Ma-
Sumeet Verma c Mukunth b Sai Kishore 30, ry Kom pulled out on Monday,
Ankit Kalsi b Ashwin 11, Nikhil Gangta c Gan- citing a back injury.
ga Sridhar b Ashwin 0, Rishi Dhawan c Apa- Disappointed after being
rajith b Sai Kishore 2, Ankush Bains c Ganga denied a chance to compete
Sridhar b Ashwin 9, Akash Vashisht c sub b against Mary Kom, an agitat-
Sai Kishore 35, Mayank Dagar c Jagadeesan ed Nikhat expressed fears
b Vignesh 33, Ankush Bedi lbw Ashwin 4, about her place as a possible
Vaibhav Arora not out 2; Extras (nb-2, b-7, fourth contender in the 51kg
lb-4) 13; Total (all out in 71.4 overs) 158; FoW: category for the selection
1-12, 2-37, 3-61, 4-62, 5-63, 6-74, 7-76, 8-129, trials – to be held on December
9-142; Bowling: Natarajan 7-4-15-0, Vignesh 27-28 here – for the Tokyo
14-1-42-2, Ashwin 29-6-65-5, Kousik 5-4- Olympics qualifier.
3-0, Sai Kishore 16.4-8-22-3. Tamil Nadu (1st Doubting BFI’s intention,
innings) Abhinav Mukund batting 6, K. Mu- she demanded that the trial
kunth batting 2;Total(for no loss in 3 overs) 8; should be televised and
Bowling: Dagar 2-0-8-0, Bedi 1-1-0-0 streamed live. “I was playing
the league because it’s been
televised live. It was an oppor-
tunity for me to showcase my
boxing skills. Everyone can
see that Nikhat is there to chal-
lenge Mary,” Nikhat said.
“At the trials, there will be
no live TV and camera. The
bouts will be video-graphed,
but again it will be done by the
BFI. So, there’s a doubt over
the fairness of the trials. As a
boxer who is going through all
this (unfair treatment), I can’t
easily trust anyone. I want it to
be televised and live-
streamed,” she said.
Nikhat cited two instances
to highlight her point. “Two-
three days after the Worlds, I
got a mail from BFI’s secretary
general, Jay Kowli, where he
had mentioned Mary and my
name informing that there
will a trial between the two.
Now, I am being told that the
league performance too, will
be considered as a criterion
for trials. In the second in-
stance, BFI’s executive direc-
tor, Rajkumar Sacheti, had
told during the team selection
for the South Asian Games
that Nikhat will play in the
league and not the Nationals.
My consent was never ob-
tained. Now, if BFI says the
league performance will be
considered, I have defeated
Pinki Rani in the first bout.”
● BFI clears its stand: BFI re-
acted strongly to Mary Kom-
Nikhat trial controversy on
Tuesday. The federation said
in a statement that BFI sticks
to its pre-decided selection
policy which stated the gold/
silver medallist at the Nation-
als, participants at the Worlds
and the fourth boxer selected
by the coaches and selectors
will form a group in each
weight category at the trials.
The selectors and coaches will
meet on December 21to decide
the fourth participant in all
five weight categories for
women’s boxing trials.

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been increasing with every passing
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wealth of experience and he is passing
on that to me. I know there is a lot of
scope for improvement,” Deepak, who
recently became world No. 1 in 86kg
category in world rankings, stated.
Deepak’s father Subhash Punia is
a milkman by profession and reveals
the reason behind his son’s strength:
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SERIE A DERIDED

‘YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF FOR MONKEY

PAINTING IN
ANTI-RACISM
CAMPAIGN

CLASICO, NO MATTER WHAT’

WANT TO HAVE MY NAME REAL ONLY FOCUSED ON
Rome: AC Milan said it was
“surprised by the total lack of
consultation’’ after Serie A
installed a painting featuring
monkeys at its headquarters for
a league-wide anti-racism
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Both Barcelona and Real “was very surprised’’ by the
WRITTEN IN GOLDEN Madrid have registered FOOTBALL AMID FEARS OF move. “We understand the An anti-racism graphic image
LETTERS AT BARCELONA, the same number of wins
in this fixture in La Liga.
UNREST, SAYS ZIDANE league wants to tackle racism
but we don’t believe this is the
by Italian artist Simone
Fugazzotto designed for
SAYS GRIEZMANN There have been 178 league matches
Madrid: Zinedine Zidane has said he is not
right way to do it,’’ Roma Italian soccer league Serie A
between the two teams in all with 34 tweeted.
worried about Wednesday’s Clasico between
Times News Network draws. While black players are aimed at Romelu Lukaku, Franck
Real Madrid and Barcelona being overshad-
regularly subjected to monkey Kessie, Dalbert Henrique,
owed by Catalan independence protests.

F 26
ormer Atletico striker Antoine Griez- Goals scored by Lionel chants in games, artist Simone Miralem Pjanic, Ronaldo Vieira,
“I am not worried about anything,” said
mann, who featured in several Madrid Messi in the Clasico Fugazzotto said his painting Kalidou Koulibaly and Mario
Zidane. Democratic Tsunami, the protest
derbies, is all set for his El Clasico ‘de- across all competitions. featuring three monkeys to Balotelli. All of the players
group in favour of Catalan independence, has
but’ when FC Barcelona host Zinedine Zidane’s Out of his 26 goals represent three different races targeted — except for Pjanic,
called publicly for its supporters to gather at
Real Madrid at the Camp Nou on Wednesday. against Real Madrid, 18 have come in was meant “to show that we are who is Bosnian — are black, and
the stadium four hours before kick-off.
“It was a derby then and it’s El Clasico now,” La Liga. all the same race.“ The league many of the incidents have gone
A large-scale safety operation will be de-
Griezmann said in an interview shared with revealed the painting on unpunished.
ployed around the match involving 3,000 secu-

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ToI on Tuesday. “It’s the most important game Appearances by Real Monday at a presentation of its “True art is provocation,“ the
rity personnel while both teams have been
of the year. It’s a great show… we will do eve- Madrid’s Sergio Ramos anti-racism campaign in Milan. league said in a statement late
instructed to travel to the stadium from the
rything to be at our cent percent and win the in La Liga. He is set to go “Art can be powerful, but we Monday. “The idea behind
same hotel. “It’s something different but the
game,” he added. Following are excerpts: past Xavi, Francisco strongly disagree with the use Fugazzotto’s artwork is that
rules are the rules,” said Zidane.
Gento and Manuel Sanchis for the of monkeys as images in the whoever shouts racist chants
“They said we have to leave together so
You are in your 10th season in La Liga. How’s most number of appearances in
we’re leaving together.” Zidane added: “We
fight against racism and were regresses to his primitive status
been the journey so far? Clasico when he takes the field on
never thought this game would not go ahead.
surprised by the total lack of of being a monkey.
Well, I am learning and watching new Wednesday night. consultation,’’ Milan tweeted on “Serie A decided that every
What we have to do is put all our energy into
things. I am trying to integrate in the best pos- Tuesday. year it will have a different artist
the match because the rest, we could spend a

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sible way with the group at FC Barcelona. At Hat-tricks scored by Lionel Racism has been a problem interpret the damage caused by
week talking about it.” AFP
the same time, I owe my previous teams a lot. Messi in the Clasico. He is one all season with offensive chants racism,“ the league added. AFP
I owe Real Sociedad almost everything because of only five players to score
back then they were the only team that trusted ANTOINE more than one hat-trick in this
me. They were the first to let me sign a profes- GRIEZMANN fixture. The others are Jaime Lazcano, POGBA’S RETURN WC QUALIFYING:
sional contract and give me a salary for playing Santiago Bernabeu, Paulino Alcántara
football. And then Atletico… their people, the and Ferenc Puskas.
DELAYED MESSI-LESS
teammates, it’s all been a very beautiful expe- BECAUSE OF ARGENTINA TO
rience. So far, the best in my professional ca-
reer. There were moments in the dressing room
ILLNESS, SAYS START AGAINST
and with their fans that are the best for me. SOLSKJAER ECUADOR
And now, well, I am at the biggest club in the Manchester: The likelihood Luque (Paraguay): Argentina will
world. I have new challenges ahead, a new style of Paul Pogba resuming his host Ecuador to start their South
to adapt to, a new group, so I am getting there, ways used to watch it on TV!). Now, we will do Manchester United career American World Cup qualifying
little by little. everything to be at our cent per cent and win You scored a goal against Real Madrid for this year diminished further campaign in March, and without
the game. Atlético, now you will play against them for after manager Ole Gunnar the suspended Lionel Messi.
What did it mean signing for FC Barcelona? Barça, their greatest rivals. What does scoring Solskjaer said illness had The draw on Tuesday at
It’s a great pride. I am very happy to be here What does it mean playing El Clasico at the against Real Madrid feel like? Real Madrid’s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (C) delayed the midfielder’s CONMEBOL put Bolivia in
and my father is proud to see his son playing Camp Nou? Scoring in a game like this is always a mas- and Casemiro attend a training session return to training. Argentina’s path in the second
for FC Barcelona. I want to have my name writ- Well, I imagine there will be a great atmos- sive source of pride, but as I said I’m not a In comments made on round of qualifying. Messi will be
ten in golden letters in the club, and history, phere, with great tension and great excitement player that just thinks about scoring. I want Sunday but published only on eligible to play that match after
so I will keep on working hard to be an impor- amog fans and for us. It’s a game you want to to do what’s best for the team, whatever that Tuesday, Solskjaer said Pogba his red card in the Copa America.
tant player. be a part of, no matter how. might be at any given time. If I score, brilliant. We have been told to travel had been off for three days Brazil also received a
What’s playing with Messi like? What does it mean to be playing against Real But I’m not going to spend the whole game together and that’s what we after being “struck down ill’’ comfortable launch, hosting
I see him every day. I try to look at his move- Madrid? shooting to score if I can be more of a help in will do. I don’t know if that is and it had “probably set him Bolivia in the first round and
ments and move around when he has the ball It’s nothing out of the ordinary. At the end another way. giving in (to the protesters). It’s back quite a bit.’’ Videos were visiting Peru in the second. The
to be able to create that link. He is Leo Messi, of the day, they’re an opponent we’re fighting On a personal level, Antoine, what goal do you something different and we just have to posted on social media on biggest match of the first round
the best in the world, and it’s a pleasure to play for the top spot with. While playing for Atlé- set yourself? follow the rules. We don’t need to do any Monday of Pogba dancing at will be between Uruguay and
for him. tico, any match against Real Madrid was very I want to improve on my numbers from last more explaining. The important thing is his brother Florentin’s Chile. South America’s
What about Luis Suarez? important for the fans, it was a derby then and season in terms of minutes, games played, that the game is going ahead and that’s wedding outside Paris, which superclasico will take place in the
His instinct in front of goal is incredible. now it’s El Clásico. Both here and at Atleti we goals and assists. I want to improve in defence, that.” took place on Friday. sixth round in October, when
He does not need many chances to score. We want to beat Real Madrid, obviously, and we’ll in attack… a bit of everything. Pogba has not played Brazil host Argentina. Their
must help him, put him in the best conditions do everything we possibly can to win the game Are there any dreams you are yet to fulfill? “We know we are facing a since September because of second qualifier will be in
possible so that he has the best chances to score on Wednesday. Many. I want to win La Liga, the Champions very good team, we know the an ankle injury — fueling September 2021. The dates and
more goals. What’s the key to beating a team like Real League, the Copa del Rey, the Euros, another player they have in Messi, but speculation about his future venues were still to be decided.
What does El Clasico mean to you? Madrid? World Cup. Many things! Make my family we also have our weapons.” at the club. In the offseason, South America holds four direct
Well, it’s the most important game of the I believe this is only about us, about how happy, my teammates, my friends… many —Zinedine Zidane Pogba said: “I think for me it spots to the Qatar World Cup in
year. It’s a great show. For me, the Clasicos in we play, how we attack and defend, that’s what things, indeed! REAL MADRID COACH can be a good time to have a 2022. Each team plays home and
the past were intense on the TV (because I al- we need to check to see how we can hurt them. Live from 12.30 am (Thursday) on La Liga’s Facebook page new challenge somewhere.’’ away, a total of 18 matches. AP

Bagan rope in former

SNAPSHOTS
Sevilla striker Babacar Wasteful Chennai City hold Aizawl 1-1 Ancelotti to
Lakshya jumps TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kolkata: Senegalese striker Papa Babacar
TIMES NEWS NETWORK nai defence and played an inch-per-
take up reins
nine spots to Diawara, who played under Unai Emery at
fect pass to Lalnunfela. The striker,
at Everton
Aizawl: Aizawl FC on Tuesday who played for Mohun Bagan dur-
career-best 32 Sevilla, will be Salva Chamorro’s
replacement at Mohun Bagan.
played out a 1-1 draw against de- ing the last season, made no mis-
fending champions Chennai City take of slotting it into the net. The London: Carlo Ancelotti is re-
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen The club informed through a press
FC at Rajiv Gandhi International defending champions did not get portedly closing in on the
climbed up nine places to a statement that Baba Diawara — as he is
stadium in Aizawl. William Lal- bogged down by the early strike manager's job at Everton.
career-best 32nd spot popularly known — has been roped in till the
nunfela put Aizawl in the lead in and went all out in search of the Former Chelsea and Real
among men's singles end of the season.
the ninth minute while Chennai equalizer. In the 18th minute, they Madrid boss Ancelotti was in-
players in the BWF rankings After impressing for Portuguese side
won a free-kick and Katsumi Yusi stilled as Everton's No.1target
issued on Tuesday. P V Maritimo, Diawara joined Sevilla in January
Sindhu and Saina Nehwal 2012 and played 30 matches for them in La I-LEAGUE floated the ball into the box but Pra- to replace Marco Silva. Initial
vitto Raju header was off target. talks between the two parties
are static at the sixth and Liga, scoring three goals. Ten of those
City FC captain Roberto Eslava Thirty five minutes into the game, are believed to have been posi-
11th positions, respectively. matches were under former Arsenal coach
equalized when he converted from Chennai had another chance when tive with Ancelotti sacked by
Emery, who took charge of Sevilla in
the spot in the 40th minute. Ajith Kumar received the ball from Napoli only last week.
Cash-strapped Ireland January 2013. Diwara was thereafter loaned
With this result, Aizawl have the skipper and had a shot at the Sky Sports reports Ance-
cancel T20 series, Test: out to Levante and then Getafe. In all, he
five points from four matches and LONE BRIGHT SPOT: Roberto Eslava (L) celebrates with teammates after target from distance. Sadly the ball lotti has agreed a deal in prin-
Financial constraints have played 71games in Spain’s top league,
are currently sixth on the table. converting from the spot at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Aizawl on Tuesday went past wide. ciple with the Everton board
forced Cricket Ireland to netting seven goals and assisting in three.
Chennai, on the other hand, are Their relentless attacks finally for the job.
rework its team’s Future He faced star-studded Barcelona and
one place below them on seventh came into the match having won lead when Lalnunfela found the paid off when Chennai were Duncan Ferguson remains
Tours Programme for 2020, Real Madrid outfits and also scored a goal
spot and have four points from the Mizoram Premier League for net in the ninth minute. awarded a penalty after Paul Ram- in interim charge after over-
converting a Test against against Atletico Madrid. The 31-year-old has
three matches. the fourth time, and were high on It was the first real chance of fangzauva handed the ball inside seeing an improvement in per-
Bangladesh into a T20 while not played much this season, but going by
Aizawl, playing their second confidence. They began well and the match and Aizawl captain the box. Eslava stepped up to con- formances, and will be in the
scrapping the five-match his CV, he is one of Mohun Bagan’s most
home game of the tournament, Stanley Rosario’s men took the Alfred Jaryan ran through Chen- vert with ease. dugout for the EFL Cup quar-
home T20 series against high-profile signings ever.
ter-final with Leicester on
Afghanistan. Wednesday.
ISL league winner gets direct spot
Man City won’t stand in
way of Arteta joining
Arsenal: Manchester City
Late keeper howler sends India into final in Asian Champions League
But there is every chance
Ancelotti will take charge
against Arsenal this week-
end. The 60-year-old was link-
Panaji: The team that finishes on top at the end of Indian
will not stand in Mikel Rohan.Alvares@timesgroup.com deceived the Thai defenders mal time, midfielder Thok- ed with the job at the Emirates
Super League’s group stage will get a direct entry in the
Arteta's way if he wants to with some nimble footwork be- chom Martina ran to receive a after being sacked by Napoli,
AFC Champions League, a first for India since the
become the new manager Mumbai: It was a game where fore beating goalkeeper Pawar- throw-in taken by Kritina Devi, despite guiding them to the
high-profile competition started in 2002.
of Arsenal, several British two moments of embarrass- isa Homyamyen with a shot another second-half introduc- last 16 of the Champions
The AFC Champions League is Asian football’s
media outlets reported ment stood out above every- that may have lacked pace but tion by Thomas Dennerby, the League. Former Everton mid-
top-tier club competition with the best clubs from across
Monday. Reports added thing else. Hosts India had was heading into the goal. And India coach. Martina knocked fielder Mikel Arteta is now the
the continent taking part. Indian clubs were drawn in the
that while City were un- then Daisy’s teammate Sumati the ball back to Kritina who at- frontrunner to take charge at
AFC Champions League playoffs for some years now, but
happy at a lack of a formal WOMEN’S U-17 MEET Kumari, who had made her tempted what can best be de-
the competition was just too stiff. With AFC expanding Goodison Park.
approach for Arteta, cur- presence felt right through the scribed as an innocuous lofted Everton have been linked
the competition from 32 to 40 teams from next season
rently an assistant to come close to scoring on sever- match, did the unthinkable. shot that everyone, including with a host of manager's since
(2021), India has been allotted a direct slot. “We now have
manager Pep Guardiola, al occasions, just like Thai- Clearly in an offside position, Dennerby, who admitted as axing Marco Silva, with the
a direct spot in the AFC Champions League (group stage)
they will stop the Spanish land, their opponents at the Sumati applied the final touch much later, was expecting to be club struggling in the relega-
India’s Astam Oraon (left) vies for which will be awarded to ISL League winner. The I-League
midfielder joining Arsenal. Mumbai Football Arena on on the ball even as Daisy was comfortably collected by Pa- tion zone. Former boss David
the ball with Kantisa Inchamnan champion will head directly in the AFC Cup group stage,
Arteta played for Arsenal. Tuesday. just about to celebrate giving warisa. The young keeper, Moyes was linked while talks
while we have another (AFC Cup) spot which is most
In the 75th minute, Daisy Li- Goa who had replaced striker India the lead. somehow managed to let the were also held with Unai Em-
likely to be awarded to the ISL League runnerup,”
Carlsen makes a splash sa Crasto, the midfielder from Lynda Kom in the second half, In the final minute of nor- ball slip through her grasp. ery and Vitor Pereira.
secretary Kushal Das told TOI on Tuesday. TNN
in Fantasy Football:
Chess grandmaster Mag-
nus Carlsen's knack for
complex strategy helped
steer him into the upper
echelons of an unlikely
Super Cup stares at an uncertain future Indian men’s team to
competition –– fantasy
football. The Norwegian
stands third on the Premier
AIFF Confirms That
Tournament Won’t
have much to celebrate.
Elsewhere in the continent,
knockout competitions offer a place
tion, from fans and participating
clubs, if held prior to league kickoffs.
Most teams look for good preseason
face NZ in first match
League's official fantasy in Asian tournaments – AFC Cham- opponents to get into the groove. A Tokyo: The Indian men’s and 26, before taking on Spain (July
football competition (FPL),
only being knocked off top
Be Held This Season pions League and AFC Cup – so clubs
could not be blamed here for not tak-
competitive tournament could do
them a world of good, better than the
women’s hockey teams will
open their campaigns against
28), defending champions Ar-
gentina (July 30) and hosts Ja-
spot on Monday after Marcus.Mergulhao@timesgroup.com ing the tournament seriously. There college teams that some clubs are New Zealand and the Nether- pan (July 31) in Group A.
Crystal Palace's 1-1 draw was nothing at stake for them, apart forced to play due to lack of oppo- lands at the 2020 Tokyo Olym- The women’s team, who are
against Brighton and Hove Panaji: The All India Football Feder- from the cash purse of Rs 25 lakh, nents. pics on July 25, the world body also clubbed in Group A, will
Albion. The 29-year-old ation (AIFF) has put the Super Cup in nothing much for clubs who end up “All possibilities are being dis- lock horns with Germany on Ju-
tweaked his Twitter profile
to include his FPL achieve-
cold storage, after just two editions.
A tournament that pitted the
spending much more to simply par-
ticipate.
cussed,” said Das. With the Asian
Football Confederation (AFC) con-
OLY HOCKEY ly 27, before meeting Great Bri-
tain (July 29), Ireland (July 31)
ment. might of legacy-rich I-League clubs At least this season, the Super firming the three continental slots (FIH) said here on Tuesday. Ac- and South Africa (August 1).
THING OF THE PAST: Goa were crowned
against their cash-rich opponents Cup won’t be held. It was a season- for ISL League winner, ISL League cording to the match schedule of The men’s and women’s gold
champions in the last edition of Super Cup
from the Indian Super League (ISL), ending tournament for the last two runnerup and I-League champions, next year’s Olympics released medal matches will take place
Volume 12, Issue 298 Regn No. TNENG/2008/ Super Cup was started two seasons years, but AIFF general secretary have already been decided. You can- the Super Cup has been left to fend for by the FIH, both the Indian on August 6 and 7 respectively,
24638 ago after disbanding the much-re- Kushal Das admitted that holding the not have two leagues and another itself. teams will open their cam- the FIH said in a statement.
Published by R. J. Prakashan on behalf of Bennett Cole-
man & Co Ltd, Kochar Tower, 19, Venkatnarayana Road,
Theagaraya Nagar, Chennai 600017and printed by him at
vered Federation Cup. Two ISL clubs tournament now “didn’t make Cup slot. The AFC has given a special “We were doing it because we paigns on the first day of hockey The Indian men’s team had
The Times of India Press, 140 Old Mahabalipuram Road,
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– Bengaluru FC (2018) and FC Goa sense.” dispensation for India, and at this didn’t have a roadmap. Now, there is a competitions. qualified for the Tokyo Games
Main, Bommasandra Industrial area, Hosur Road, Ban-
galore 560 099. Editor (Chennai Market): Arun Ram- Re-
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COMING THE WORLD’S NO
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SHE WOULD NOT HAVE
BECOME A CHAMP
WITHOUT
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–– Parineeti
Parineeti Chopra
Chopra

Saina Nehwal: Parineeti is

the perfect choice to play me
Rachana.Dubey@timesgroup.com meaning of my name Parineeti is destiny. I am treating this as
a brand-new film that I’ve just started shooting. What makes The new Cayenne Coupé was launched with a special Porsche inspired collection from fashion designer duo
t was a reel-meets-real moment for Parineeti Chopra and the road difficult is that Saina is still in action while the biopic Shantanu & Nikhil. Seen in the picture are Pavan Shetty, Director of Porsche India, Manfred Bräunl, CEO of

I badminton champ and former World No 1 Saina Nehwal.

Recently, the actress visited the Nehwal residence on the
outskirts of Hyderabad. Usha and Harvir Singh Nehwal, Saina’s
is being made. There’s no scope for any kind of creative liber-
ty here. I know that comparisons will be drawn, and I want to
have as little to worry about that as possible. This is by far one
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I’m grateful for the honour: Kajal

parents, welcomed their reel daughter into their home. In an
exclusive interaction with us, Parineeti and Saina, talk about
how tough the sport is, the challenges of portraying it on screen,
and how similar the two of them are in reality. Excerpts:
The biopic rolled out afresh a fortnight before Deepavali,
after a long journey and a change of actors. In fact,
Shraddha Kapoor (who had briefly shot for the film) had
told us that Parineeti was the first choice for the role, and
of my most difficult films.
Saina, you must be aware that Parineeti, as a part of her
prep for the biopic, continued to practice badminton with
Eshan Naqvi (her coach and co-actor) even while shoot-
ing for another film (The Girl On The Train). A subject like
this needs far more investment emotionally and physical-
Lakshmi.V@timesgroup.com in Hyderabad when I came to know about this and
ly for an actor, as compared to many other projects. I informed my parents and sister over the phone.
Would you agree, Parineeti? e and my other half will see you in Sin-

it was pure destiny that eventually, she is the one
headlining it.
Parineeti: She’s right! I remember being over the moon after
reading just five pages of the script. I met the director and writer
Amole Gupte. I wanted to do it, but things didn’t materialise
then. Shraddha is a dear friend and we often discussed how she
was doing my film. It’s sheer luck that it came back to me. The
THE FACT THAT PARINEETI IS A
LITTLE TOMBOYISH AND HAS THE
REQUISITE PERSONALITY TO PLAY
ME IS SO REASSURING
– Saina Nehwal
M
I’ve been to Madame Tussauds in London when I
Parineeti: I didn’t want to miss a 45-day spell of training! I am gapore on 05/02/2020! (sic)” Kajal Aggar- was a kid, and I’m looking forward to visiting the
not a sportsperson, so if am portraying one on screen, I have wal tweeted yesterday. Yes, the actress will Singapore one next year.”
to be convincing. After meeting her, I’m nervous about how she be joining the league of Indian and foreign actors While the actress admits that it came as a pleas-
will assess everything. I hope the effort makes her happy. like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mad- ant surprise to her when she was informed that
Saina: Playing a sportsperson on screen when you are not one huri Dixit, Mahesh Babu, Tom Cruise, Johnny she’d be getting featured at Madame Tussauds, she
must be very challenging. I know how tough it must be for her Depp, Brad Pitt, Marilyn Monroe and Nicole Kid- is ‘grateful for the honour’. “To share the stage
to imitate my style on the court. I just wanted to tell her that man to get her own wax statue at Madame Tus- with some of the most brilliant people is truly an
I’m there with her to motivate her and guide her wherever she sauds Singapore. honour. It’s a happy feeling to know that you’ve
needs me. This sport can be tough for someone who doesn’t “I got the news in March, and I was super hap- made a mark,” she says.
know its intricacies. Today, Parineeti knows the lifts, serves
and certain shots. She’s worked to get them right. With what
py. But of course, I kept quiet till they made the of-
ficial announcement,”says an excited Kajal. “A
So, which avatars of hers do we get to see at the
wax museum? “Well, I did choose how the statue
she’s doing, I think it will be an emotional moment for me to month later, I gave my measurements and now, the was going to be standing,” she says, “But I can’t re-
see my life unfurl on the big screen. In my conversation with
Parineeti, I realised just how similar we are as people. The fact
wax statue will be unveiled in February next year.”
Elaborating further, she adds, “I was shooting
veal much. All I can say is it took us a whole day
to finalise things.”
Kajal Aggarwal
that she’s a little tomboyish and has the requisite personality
to play me is so reassuring.
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ADITHYA VARMA (A) ★★★½
58888 Code: adi
Dhruv Vikram, Banita Sandhu, Priya Anand
The life of a brilliant doctor with anger management
issues goes on a downward spiral after the love of
his life gets married to another man. Can he redeem
himself before it's too late?
MAYAJAAL 11.35AM & 2.00PM; PVR HERITAGE
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ADUTHA SATTAI (U/A) ★★
58888 Code: adu
Samuthirakani, Athulya, Thambi Ramaiah
A college professor tries to unite his students who
lack proper guidance from parents and teachers.
PVR VR 12.45PM
ASURAN (U/A) ★★
58888 Code: asu
Dhanush, Manju Warrier
A family from the underprivileged class is on the run
after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the
upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to save
his hot-blooded son?
ROHINI 4.00PM
BIGIL (U/A) ★★★
58888 Code: big
Vijay, Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff, Vivekh,
Indhuja, Kathir, Varsha Bollamma
A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift
the life of his people by becoming a champion, but
fate draws the youngster into a life of violence. Will
he be able to fulfill his father’s dream when an
opportunity comes his way seven years later?
AGS NAVLUR 9.30PM; AGS T NAGAR 9.30PM;
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CAPMAARI (A) ★
58888 Code: cap
Jai, Athulya Ravi, Vaibhavi Shandilya
From the guy who made Sattam Oru Iruttarai, we
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CHAMPION (U/A) ★★★
58888 Code: cha
Vishwa, Mirnalini Ravi, Narain, Manoj
Bharathiraja, Jayaprakash
An aspiring footballer is consumed by the thought
of avenging his father by murdering the gangster
who had murdered him. Can his coach lead him
away from a life of violence that he's staring at?
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58888 Code: dha
Harish Kalyan, Digangana Suryavanshi, Reba
Monica John, Munishkanth
Can a young man who is crazy about astrology and
a woman who believes in astronomy make their
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58888 Code: ena
Dhanush, Megha Akash, Sunainaa
A college student who is in a relationship with an
actress has to let go of her because of her gangster
guardian. What happens when she walks back into
his life, with news about his estranged brother, who
is in trouble?
LUXE 11.45AM & 7.25PM; INOX THE MARINA
MALL 4.00PM; MAYAJAAL 11.15AM, 2.15 &
5.15PM; ROHINI 1.00PM; PALAZZO 4.00PM;
SANGAM 12.25PM
FROZEN 2 (3D) (U) ★★★½
(Dubbed in Tamil)
58888 Code: fro
Kristen Bell, Evan Rachel Wood, Jonathan Groff,
Idina Menzel, Alan Tudyk
LUXE 4.55PM; INOX NATIONAL 3.50PM
IRANDAM ULAGAPORIN KADAISI GUNDU (U)
★★★½
58888 Code: ira
Dinesh, Anandhi, Riythvika, John Vijay, Ramesh
Thilak, G Marimuthu, Munishkanth
A lorry driver ends up in possession of an unex-
ploded bomb that is being sought after by both the
cops and pro-peace activists.
LUXE 1.25, 3.25, 7.45 & 9.35PM; AGS NAVLUR
4.55PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL 12.40PM; AGS T
NAGAR 12.30PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM 12.30PM;
CARNIVAL 2.50PM; GK 11.35AM; INOX NATIONAL
7.10PM; INOX CHENNAI CITI CENTRE 7.30PM;
INOX THE MARINA MALL 3.25 & 6.45PM; KASI
TALKIES 6.00 & 10.45PM; MAYAJAAL 11.45AM,
3.00 & 6.00PM; PVR AMPA MALL 1.05 & 7.20PM;
PVR GRAND GALADA 6.55PM; PVR GRAND MALL
7.15PM; PVR HERITAGE 1.25, 6.55 & 10.00PM;
PVR SKLS GALAXY MALL 12.30, 6.30 & 9.35PM;
PVR VR 12.50, 3.45, 7.10 & 10.05PM; ROHINI 4.00
& 10.30PM; ESCAPE 3.00 & 10.05PM; PALAZZO
12.30, 3.45 & 10.25PM; S2 PERAMBUR 12.40 &
CINEMA
7.05PM; S2 THEYAGARAJA 12.50PM; SATHYAM
12.40 & 6.50PM; SANGAM 7.15PM; DEVI 4.00PM;
RAKKI 11.30AM; MURUGAN 11.40AM
IRUTTU (U/A) ★★½
58888 Code: iru
Sundar C, Sai Dhanshika, Vimala Raman, Sakshi
Choudhary, VTV Ganesh, Manasvi
A cop who takes charge at a police station in a hill
station goes after the reasons behind a few unnat-
ural deaths which seem mysterious like never
before.
LUXE 12.20, 4.40 & 6.30PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL
10.10PM; AGS T NAGAR 10.40PM; AGS
VILLIVAKKAM 4.00PM; CARNIVAL 11.50AM; INOX
NATIONAL 12.40PM; INOX NATIONAL 12.40PM;
INOX CHENNAI CITI CENTRE 10.20PM; INOX THE
MARINA MALL 12.10 & 10.05PM; MAYAJAAL
12.45 & 6.30PM; PVR AMPA MALL 3.55PM; PVR
GRAND GALADA 4.00 & 7.05PM; PVR GRAND
MALL 2.00PM; PVR HERITAGE 1.30, 7.15 &
10.10PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY MALL 3.35, 6.00 &
10.00PM; PVR VR 12.50, 4.00 & 10.30PM; ROHINI
1.00 & 10.30PM; ESCAPE 11.50AM, 3.30 &
6.50PM; PALAZZO 12.20, 7.10 & 10.00AM; S2
PERAMBUR 3.25PM; S2 THEYAGARAJA 3.30PM;
SATHYAM 1.30 & 10.10PM; RAKKI 11.30AM;
SANGAM 12.45, 3.45 & 10.40PM; DEVI 10.30PM;
KAMALA 7.15PM; RAKKI 3.00 & 10.15PM;
MURUGAN 3.05 & 10.15PM; MEENAKSHI 10.00PM
JADA (U/A) ★★
58888 Code: jad
Kathir, Rohini Prakash, Yogi Babu, Kishore, Tiger
Thangadurai, Prajuna Sarah
A team of passionate football players goes through
some unexpected hurdles while participating in a
local tournament in a village.
PVR SKLS GALAXY MALL 4.15PM; PVR VR
4.10PM; ESCAPE 4.00PM; PALAZZO 4.20PM
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (2D) (U/A) ★★★½
(Dubbed in Tamil)
58888 Code: jum
Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black,
Kevin Hart, Madison Iseman
BATCHA 6.30 & 10.00PM; JANATHA 2.30 &
6.30PM; ODEON MANI 11.30AM, 2.30, 6.30 &
10.00PM; SR 11.30AM, 2.30, 6.30 & 9.30PM
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (3D) (U/A) ★★★½
(Dubbed in Tamil)
58888 Code: jum
Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black,
Kevin Hart, Madison Iseman
LUXE 12.45, 1.30, 3.35, 6.40, 9.30 & 10.50PM;
AGS MADURAVOYAL 3.00 & 10.00PM; AGS
VILLIVAKKAM 3.10 & 10.00PM; BG PARIMALAM
11.45, 3.00, 6.30 & 9.45PM; CARNIVAL 11.25AM,
2.25, 6.50 & 9.45PM; GK 11.30AM, 2.15, 4.45, 7.15
& 10.30PM; GOKULAM 12.00, 3.00, 7.00 &
10.00PM; INOX NATIONAL 4.10PM; INOX
CHENNAI CITI CENTRE 3.45PM; INOX THE
MARINA MALL 1.20 & 7.10PM; JOTHI 11.30AM,
2.45, 6.30 & 10.00PM; KASI TALKIES 10.00AM,
3.30, 6.10, 9.00 & 11.45PM; KK 11.30AM &
6.30PM; KUMARAN 11.30AM, 4.45 & 7.00PM;
MAYAJAAL 11.10AM, 1.45, 4.20 & 7.00PM;
MEENAKSHI 11.30AM, 2.30, 6.30 & 9.30PM; PVR
AMPA MALL 12.25, 3.40 & 7.00PM; PVR GRAND
GALADA 2.00PM; PVR GRAND MALL 4.30PM; PVR
HERITAGE 12.45 & 3.30PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY
MALL 1.00, 3.45 & 9.15PM; RAJ 11.00AM, 1.30,
4.00, 7.00 & 10.00PM; ROHINI 10.00AM, 4.00 &
10.30PM; SB 10.00AM, 12.15, 3.00, 6.30 &
9.30PM; SDC MAHALAKSHMI 7.00 & 10.30PM;
SIVASAKTHI 11.45AM, 3.00, 6.30 & 9.45PM; SRI
GANGA 12.00, 3.15, 7.00 & 10.20PM; SRI
VENKATESHWARA 6.30 & 9.45PM; SRK 11.15AM,
2.00, 4.30, 6.30 & 9.30PM; VETRIVEL 12.30, 4.00,
7.00 & 9.45PM; VIGNESHWARA 11.30AM &
6.30PM; WOODLANDS 12.30, 3.30, 6.45 &
10.00PM
KAALIDAS (U/A) ★★★
58888 Code: kaa
Bharath, Ann Seethal, Suresh Chandra Menon,
Aadhav Kannadhasan
A cop, who suffers from family issues, takes up a
peculiar suicide case. The plot thickens as similar
cases get reported within a span of a few days.
LUXE 7.40 & 10.30PM; AGS NAVLUR 1.00 &
7.25PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL 1.15 & 6.50PM;
AGS T NAGAR 12.15 & 6.40PM; AGS
VILLIVAKKAM 12.40 & 6.25PM; INOX NATIONAL
1.05 & 4.05PM; INOX CHENNAI CITI CENTRE
1.10PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 1.00 &
10.10PM; KASI TALKIES 10.10 & 7.00PM;
MAYAJAAL 3.30 & 7.35PM; MEERA 10.45AM &
6.30PM; PVR AMPA MALL 1.30PM; PVR GRAND
GALADA 2.05PM; PVR GRAND MALL 1.35PM; PVR
HERITAGE 1.05 & 3.55PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY
MALL 1.25 & 7.10PM; PVR VR 1.20 & 4.00PM;
ROHINI 10.00AM & 7.00PM; SK-MARLEN 5.00,
7.15 & 10.00PM; ESCAPE 12.40PM; PALAZZO
7.30PM; S2 PERAMBUR 12.20PM; SATHYAM
7.30PM; WOODLANDS 3.00 & 10.00PM; SANGAM
10.45PM; DEVI 12.50PM; KAMALA 3.45PM;
UDHAYAM 3.00, 6.45 & 10.15PM; RAKKI 10.15PM;
MURUGAN 10.15PM; VELA 2.30 & 9.30PM; SRI
BRINDA 11.30AM & 6.30PM; GOPIKRISHNA 3.15 &
10.45PM; RAKKI 3.00PM; MEERA 10.45 & 6.30PM
KAITHI (U/A) ★★★½
58888 Code: kai
Karthi, Narain, Hareesh Peradi, Arjun Das
A prisoner on parole, who’s on his way to meet his
daughter, is enlisted by an injured police officer to
protect a few cops. With the entire lot of gangsters
in the place after them, can the prisoner save the
day?
ROHINI 10.15PM
KARUTHUKALAI PATHIVU SEI (U/A) ★½
58888 Code: kar
SSR Aryan, Upasana RC
A sexual assault victim narrates her horrific experi-
ences in a television show.
LUXE 12.50PM; CARNIVAL 2.40PM; KASI TALKIES
3.20PM; PVR HERITAGE 10.00PM; PVR VR
6.50PM; ROHINI 10.30PM; PALAZZO 12.50PM; S2
PERAMBUR 1.10PM; AVM 12.00PM; ALBERT
11.45AM & 3.00PM; VIDYA 11.30AM;
GOPIKRISHNA 4.45PM
MAMANGAM (U/A) ★★★
(Dubbed in Tamil)
58888 Code: mam
Mammootty, Unni Mukundan, Achuthan, Tarun
Arora, Siddique, Prachi Tehlan
After being chased away from their own land of
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EVENTS
Thirunavaya by the treacherous Zamorins over 300 JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (3D) (U/A) ★★★½
bharathanatyam concert by Meenakshi Srinivasan at 7pm, at
years ago, the bravest of warriors from 58888 Code: jum
Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T Nagar.
Valluvakonathiri keep turning up at the Mamangam Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black,
festival – which takes place once in 12 years for 30 Kevin Hart, Madison Iseman Narada Gana Sabha: Mini Hall (Lecture by Chitra Murthy at
days – to get back what’s rightfully theirs. But, with The gang needs to rescue one of their own as they 8.15am, concerts by Sangeetha Swaminathan at 10am, by by
30,000 army at Zamorins’ disposal, is revenge and escape the most dangerous game in the world. Sandhya Ramaswamy at 12.15pm and by Girija Shankar
redemption going to be a cake walk for the dis- AGS NAVLUR 12.45, 6.30 & 10.25PM; AGS Sundaresan at 2pm) and Main Hall (Chitra Veena concert by N
traught? MADURVOYAL 12.00 & 6.00PM; AGS T NAGAR Ravikiran at 4pm and concert by Gayathri Girish at 7pm), at TTK
LUXE 12.15 & 3.05PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM 12.00, 6.00 & 10.30PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM 12.00 Road, Alwarpet.
12.50PM; CARNIVAL 2.50PM; KASI TALKIES & 6.00PM; CARNVIAL 12.00 & 7.20PM; INOX Naada Inbam: Concerts by Vidya Kalyanaraman at 10am, by R
12.40PM; MAYAJAAL 12.30PM; PVR HERITAGE NATIONAL 1.00, 4.00, 7.00 & 10.00PM; INOX Lakshmipriya at 4pm and by K Gayathri Prasanna at 6.15pm, at
1.10 & 10.30PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY MALL CHENNAI CITI CENTRE 1.00, 4.00, 7.00 & Luz Avenue, Mylapore.
9.45PM; ROHINI 12.45PM; SRI VENKATESHWARA 10.00PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 1.05, 4.10,
11.30AM; DEVI 4.00 & 7.00PM 7.20 & 10.40PM; MAYAJAAL 12.00,2.35, 5.10 & ART
Rural Dialogues: A collection of artworks by Laxma Goud, at
MARINA PURATCHI (U) ★★ 7.45PM; PVR AMPA MALL 10.05PM; PVR GRAND
MALL 1.45, 7.15 & 10.00PM; PVR HERITAGE 1.35, Apparao Galleries, 7, Wallace Gardens 3rd Street,
58888 Code: mar Nungambakkam, fromn 11am to 7pm, till December 18.
Naveen Kumar, Shruthi Reddy 4.20, 7.15, 9.30 & 10.00PM; PVR SKLS GALAXY
MALL 6.30PM; PVR VR 1.20, 4.15, 7.05 & Identity And Experience: Exhibition of paintings in small format
Two aspiring reporters learn about the history and by A V Ilango, Biswajit Balasubramanian, K Muralidharan, M
significance of jallikattu protest to secure a job in a 10.00PM; ROHINI 1.00 & 7.00PM; ESCAPE 1.20,
4.20, 7.25 & 10.25PM; S2 PERAMBUR 4.35, 7.35 Senathipathi, Manisha Raju, Nirmala Biluka, R Sundararaju,
private channel. Santhosh Kotagiri, Shalini Biswajit and Thejomaye Menon, at
AGS MADURAVOYAL 3.50PM; AGS T NAGAR & 10.25PM; S2 THEYAGARAJA 4.25, 7.30 &
10.40PM; SATHYAM 1.15, 4.20, 7.25 & 10.30PM; Forum Art Gallery, 57, Padmanabha Nagar, 5th Street, Adyar, from
3.15PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM 4.20PM; MAYAJAAL 10.30am to 6.30pm, till December 21.
12.15PM LUXE (IMAX) 1.00, 4.00, 7.00 & 10.05PM;
STAND-UP COMEDY Gallery Collections: Group show by 15 artists from all over India,
PALAZZO (IMAX) 9.05, 11.50, 2.35, 5.25, 8.15 &
HINDI Open Mic: Hosted by Aaquib Jaleel at 8pm, at at Artworld Sarala’s Art Centre, Teynampet, from 11am to 6pm, till
11.05PM; SANGAM 3.45PM; DEVI 10.30PM; VETRI
BALA (U/A) ★★★★ 3.30PM
CounterCulture Comedy Club, 1st Cross Street, Sri Ram December 27.
58888 Code: bal Nagar, Alwarpet. The Figural Universe: This exhibition features six artists whose
KNIVES OUT (U/A) ★★★★
Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Yami 58888 Code: kni works are centred on the human form, at Gallery Veda, 4/22
Gautam, Saurabh Shukla Rutland Gate, 5th Street, Nungambakkam, from 11.30am to 7pm,
Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie
Balmukund Shukla aka Bala tries all sorts of hacks Lee Curtis MARGAZHI CONCERTS till January 2.
to grow back his silky smooth hair, but to no avail. When a rich crime novelist is killed after his 85th Bhavan’s Naatya Utsav: Dances by Thamayanthi Dinsan at Google Arts & Culture: 54th annual exhibition and launch of
Finally, he finds a fix, but will that bring him perma- birthday, his entire family becomes a suspect. 5pm, by Divya Kasturi at 6pm and 'Chathur Vyuham' by Zakir museum of the madras Movement on Google Arts & Culture, at
nent happiness? LUXE 10.45PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 7.15PM; Hussain, Gayathri Kannan, Narthaki Nataraj and Parvathi Ravi Cholamandal Artists' Village, Injambakkam, from 9.30am to
ESCAPE 10.50PM PVR AMPA MALL 7.00PM; PVR VR 4.45 & Gantasala at 7pm, at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Rajaji Vidyashram, 6.30pm, till January 31.
MARDAANI 2 (U/A) ★★★½ 10.30PM; ESCAPE 9.30PM; PALAZZO 6.50PM; Kilpauk. A Retrospective: D Venkatapathy’s works from 1960s to 2019, at
58888 Code: mar SATHYAM 7.05PM Varija Gallery, DakshinaChitra, ECR Road, from 10am to 6pm, till
Bharat Kalachar: Concert by P Unnikrishnan at 6.30pm, at Sri
Rani Mukerji, Vikram Singh Chauhan, Shruti TELUGU YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T Nagar. February 10.
Bapna, Rajesh Sharma
VENKY MAMA (U/A) ★★½ Brahma Gana Sabha: Concert by Carnatica Brothers & MUSIC
In this sequel to the 2014 original, top cop Shivani 58888 Code: ven Dushyanth Sridhar at 6pm, at Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, Global Heritage Arts Fest 2019: Concerts by Deepthi Suresh at
Shivaji Roy is up against a ruthless young serial Venkatesh, Naga Chaitanya, Payal Rajput,
killer, who also rapes young women before savage- MCTM School Campus, Luz Church Road, Mylapore. 9.45am, by Shantala Subramaniam at 11am, by KS Priya at 1pm,
Raashi Khanna, Prakash Raj, Nasser by Soundarya Chandrasekhar at 2pm, by Sudarshan Muralidharan
ly murdering them. Will Shivani be able to nab him When his sister and her husband die in a car acci- Chennai Cultural Academy: Concerts by R Suriya Prakash at
before he strikes again? at 3.15pm, by VK Manimaran at 4.45pm and bharatanatyam by
dent, a rice-mill owner decides to raise his nephew 4pm and by Veena Revathi Krishna at 6.30pm, at Rama Rao Kala
LUXE 4.30 & 10.20PM; AGS NAVLUR 1.50 & Mantap, Habbibullah Road, T Nagar. Tharanginee School Of Bharatanatyamy at 7pm, at Sri Sankara
as his own child. They become inseparable over the Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher Secondary School
7.55PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL 12.30 & 6.45PM; course of time, but there are evil forces at work that 25th Fine Arts Festival By Mudhra: Concert by Ramakrishnan
AGS T NAGAR 7.10PM; INOX NATIONAL 6.50 & Auditorium, 3rd Main Road, Thiruvanmiyur.
are trying to separate them. Murthy at 6.15pm, at Infosys Hall, Ramakrishnan Mission School
9.40PM; INOX CHENNAI CITI CENTRE 3.55 & LUXE 12.50, 4.05, 6.30 & 10.15PM; AGS NAVLUR Campus, Krishna Street, T Nagar. FILM SCREENING
10.10PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 4.05 & 4.15 & 10.00PM; AGS MADURAVOYAL 3.20PM;
Lasya Margazhi Utsav: Concert by Mullaivasal G Chandramouli 17th Chennai International Film Festival:
10.25PM; PVR AMPA MALL 2.05, 4.35 & 10.35PM; AGS T NAGAR 10.00PM; AGS VILLIVAKKAM
PVR GRAND GALADA 4.55 & 9.45PM; PVR at 6.30pm, Janaki Ammal Auditorium, APL Gloval School @Devi Theatre, 48, Mount Road, Anna Salai
10.20PM; BATCHA 11.30AM & 3.00PM; CARNIVAL Campus, at Anand Nagar Main Road, Thoraipakkam. 11am: ‘X-The eXploited’ directed by Karoly Ujj Meszaros.
HERITAGE 4.30, 7.35 & 10.15PM; PVR VR 2.40, 11.00 & 6.45PM; GK 8.01 & 7.05PM; INOX
7.00 & 9.45PM; ESCAPE 12.00 & 6.30PM; Music Concerts: Concerts by Anjana Thirumalai at 10am, by 1.30pm: ‘Sick Sick Sick’ directed by Alice Furtado.
NATIONAL 6.30 & 9.50PM; INOX CHENNAI CITI 3.30pm: ‘So Long My Son’ directed by Xiaoshuai Wang.
PALAZZO 1.00, 4.05 & 10.25PM; S2 PERAMBUR CENTRE 4.10PM; INOX THE MARINA MALL 12.30, Abishek Ravishankar at 11.30am, by Deepika Nandika at
4.30 & 10.40PM; S2 THEYAGARAJA 10.15PM; 1.30pm, by Vivek Moozhikkulam at 3pm and by Sundar at 7pm: ‘Charcoal’ directed by Esmaeel Monsef.
3.35, 6.50 & 10.10PM; KASI TALKIES 4.00 &
SATHYAM 4.40 & 10.35PM; EGA 3.30PM 4.30pm, by TV Sankaranarayanan at 6.30pm, at Arkay @Devi Bala Theatre, 48, Mount Road, Anna Salai
10.30PM; KK 11.30AM & 6.30PM; MAYAJAAL
Convention Center, RH Road, Luz, Mylapore. 10.45am: ‘Paths in the Night’ directed by Andreas Kleinert.
PANIPAT (U) ★★★½ 1.45, 4.45 & 7.45PM; PVR AMPA MALL 4.05 &
58888 Code: pan The Mylapore Fine Arts Club: Concerts by SM Vilasini at 1pm: ‘On the Blue Canvas’ directed by Chetan Singh.
10.30PM; PVR GRAND GALADA 4.55 & 10.30PM;
Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Kriti Sanon 9.30am, by Rohit Chandrasekar at 12pm, by NS Kamakshi at 3pm: ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ directed by Catalin Rotaru, Gabi
PVR GRAND MALL 12.55, 4.05 & 10.20PM; PVR
In 18th century India, Shadashivrao Bhau, com- 1.30pm, by Sherthalai Ranganatha Sharma at 4pm and ceena Virginia Sarga.
HERITAGE 12.15, 3.35, 6.45 & 10.05PM; PVR VR
mander-in-chief of the Maratha army, leads his concert by Jayanthi Kumaresh at 6.30pm, at Musiri 5.30pm: ‘Photographer’ directed by Zhang Wei.
12.10, 3.20, 6.30 & 9.40PM; ROHINI 4.00 &
force in the Third Battle of Panipat against Ahmad Subramaniam Road, Mylapore. 8pm: ‘The Nicest Couple’ directed by Sven Taddicken.
7.00PM; SDC ANNA 10.00PM; SDC
Shah Abdali, the king of Afghanistan. @SDC Anna Theatre, 21, Anna Salai, Mount Road, Triplicane
MAHALAKSHMI 3.15PM; ESCAPE 3.40 & The Music Academy: Veena concert by RS Jayalakshmi at 9am,
ESCAPE 3.00PM 9.30am: ‘Arab Blues’ directed by Manele Labidi.
10.30PM; PALAZZO 12.25, 3.50, 6.40 & 10.35PM; concerts by Sudha RS Iyer and Srividhya RS Iyer at 11.45am, by
12pm: ‘F20’ directed by Arsen A Ostojic.
PATI PATNI AUR WOH (U/A) ★★★½ S2 PERAMBUR 3.50 & 10.30PM; S2 DB Ashwin at 1.30pm, by Gayathri Venkataraghavan at 4pm and
58888 Code: pat THEYAGARAJA 6.35PM; SATHYAM 1.20 & by Kunnakkudy M Balamuralikrishna at 6.45pm, at TTK Road, 2.30pm: ‘Tlamess’ directed by Ala Eddine Slim.
4.30pm: ‘Just 6.5’ directed by Saeed Roustayi.
Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya 7.15PM; SRK 8.15 & 6.30PM; VIGNESHWARA Royapettah.
7.15pm: ‘Amare Amaro’ directed by Julien Paolini.
The film, a modern take on the cult comedy-drama 9.45PM; EGA 3.30PM; UDHAYAM 10.15PM; RAKKI The Indian Fine Arts Society: Mangala Isai by Nadaswara
by the same name (1978), follows the escapades of 3.00 & 6.30PM; MURUGAN 11.40 & 6.40PM; @Casino Theatre, 2, Blackers Rd, Mount Road, Chintadripet
Vidwan E Bakthavatchalam and party at 3pm and crazy premier
a married man, who falls for another woman, and CASINO 10.30PM; VIDYA 6.30PM; ARVIND 12.00 & league, a play by Maadhu Balaji and Crazy creations, at 7.15pm, 9.45am: ‘Holy Beasts’ directed by Laura Amelia Guzman and
the chaos that ensues. 10.00PM; MAHARANI 9.15AM; RAKKI 6.30PM; at Parthasarathy Puram, T Nagar. Israel Cardenas.
LUXE 9.45PM; INOX CHENNAI CITI CENTRE KARANODAI 11.30 & 6.30PM 12.15pm: ‘Arab Blues’ directed by Manele Labidi.
Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha: Violin concert by Shreya
6.45PM; PVR AMPA MALL 10.05PM; PVR GRAND MALAYALAM 2.45pm: ‘Homeward’ directed by Nariman Aliev.
MALL 7.50PM; PVR HERITAGE 4.25PM; PVR VR Devnath at 10am, mandolin concert by U Jayavigneshwar at 4.45pm: ‘Ballon’ directed by Michael Herbig.
HELEN (U) ★★★½ 1pm, concerts by K Ranga at 2.15pm, by Sushma Somasekharan
7.30PM; ESCAPE 12.30 & 7.20PM; PALAZZO 7.20 58888 Code: hel 7pm: ‘The Warden’ directed by Nima Javidi.
& 10.10PM; S2 PERAMBUR 7.40PM; SATHYAM at 4pm and by Bombay Jayashri Ramnath at 6.30pm, at Gopathi @Russian Cultural Centre, 74, Kasturi Rangan Road,
Anna Ben, Lal, Aju Varghese, Rony David Narayanaswami Chetty Rd, T Nagar.
3.50 & 10.00PM; PVR GRAND GALADA 10.00PM; A smile can create wonders and sometimes even Parthasarathypuram, Teynampet
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MARGAZHI CHENNAI TIMES
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Pics: Johan Sathyadas and Praveen Tyagarajan

The music season

‘The stage is a very kicks off in style!
divine space for me’ The Chinmaya Sisters performed
alongside Dr Sudha Seshayyan
and Gayatri Girish at Margazhi
Maha Urchavam

ONspecs MM<ew
‘Divine’ was how audiences described KJ Yesudas’s
concert for Chennai Cultural Academy

OTHERS SPECSMAKERS PROGRESSIVES

Sowmya left
listeners asking
for more with
her Margazhi
Maha Urchavam
concert

CENTRE STAGE
MY STAGE RITUAL OS ARUN in fact, I can only sing if I’m
For me, each stage is special. The happy. I like to be in that mood
stage is a very divine space for me. on the stage so that I can keep
up the momentum of the concert. It is very

SHARPER ,
Once I’m on the stage, before the curtain
opens, I quietly recite a few verses and overwhelming when rasikas, especially sen-
chants as a prayer. ior citizens, come up to the stage and
pass on their requests.
MY KIND OF STAGE
When the stage is beautifully done, with the
acoustics also being so good, that often trans-
A STAGE MISHAP TO
REMEMBER CLEARER ,
WIDER VISION.
lates into an inspiration. I like stages that do I was singing at a conference in a star hotel.
not have cables and wires all over the place or Since it was a national event, there was also
have speakers placed so close to you. Certain a request to sing our national anthem at the
places actually take efforts to ensure such end. I’d prepared a theme for the performance
Progressives from Specsmakers are
things don’t happen. And you begin to feel and I’d taken along a keyboardist for this
event. During rehearsals, everything sound- g di g itall y manufactured to give you
good about performing there.
ed so good, but during the concert, the key- accurate power & vision at all
MY STAGE RITUAL board stopped working just as I was about
A lot also depends on the ambience. There to begin the national anthem. The distances - near, mid and far vision.
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RING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
CELEBRATIONS GALORE
● Shillong Chamber Choir
(On December 21)
● Christmas Carnival
(From December 21-22)
● Christmas Bazaar
(On Till December 22)
● The F16s Live Perfor-
mance (On December 22)
● Carol Singing & Acapella
Walk through (From December 23-25)
the experiential ● Divine - Gully Gang
Christmas Tree (On December 28)
● The World of Toons
(From December 28-31)
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VARIETY WEDNESDAY 18 DECEMBER 2019
The Christmas Cantata performance at the mall
Christmas
Christmas
bauble
bauble The lighting of the tree was led by Rev Fr Sahayaraj
Lourdusamy (Deputy Sec General, TN Bishops Council)
hristmas is almost upon us and the celebrations are on
C in full swing. Phoenix Marketcity and Palladium are ready
to usher in the festivities of the season of joy and thanks-
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that symbolises faith, love and warmth.
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at the
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unusual day. It seems that your ly rise to the level of the people you one that believes life was meant to
recklessness and risk-taking are surround yourself with, so make be easy.Your finances are improv-
being rewarded. That’s because sure they’re worthy of your admi- ing, but work to protect them.
you make the poetic choice to be ration.Your family understands your AQUARIUS January 20 - Febru-
reckless with your creativity and needs and is eager to protect you ary 18 Business continues,if only
take risks with your heart. from harmful influences. in your head. Use your downtime
GEMINI May 20 - June 20 Why LIBRA September 22 - October to strategise. Easy gains are pos-
use your free time for tried-and- 22 Your charisma draws admiring sible, but you lead with your in-
tested activities you’ve already per- glances wherever you go. There’s tegrity,putting that before any hope
fected when you can use it to get never been a better time to find a of short-term profits. Positive re-
utterly flustered and frustrated with lover. Keep your eyes open for a sults are assured.
new endeavours? The real fun is fun-loving person who adds a dash PISCES February 19 - March 19
in exploring imperfections! of glamour to everything they do. You’re right for a job. Others may
CANCER June 21 - July 21 You Their sunny outlook will temper be more qualified but that doesn’t
discover where you’re weak,which your tendency towards pessimism. make them more right. By going
gives you the opportunity to attract SCORPIO October 23 - November forward,you learn that the only cre-
MINDBENDER FACT OF THE MATTER the perfect teammate. Together, 20 Can you love the dark, brood- dential required is fearless action.
you can make miracles happen. ing,self-indulgent side of your part- The more balanced you are, the
Paris Syndrome is a It’s time to put your surroundings ner, as well as the cheery, sup- happier you will be. Control your
psychological disorder, in order.Start with your home.The portive side? If you can, you’re temper with a colleague.You bring
tidier your household, the easier it blessed with the soul-satisfying valuable things to the table,
mainly suffered by will be to set priorities. power of love. Finding new ways like a calming influence and
Japanese people, caused LEO July 22 - August 21 Maybe to make money is your priority. nurturing attitude.
up to 51. after realising Paris isn't
what they expected. SCRAMBLE SPELLATHON
Today’s Ratings:
Solve the four anagrams and move one letter to each square to 18-average 20-good
form four ordinary words 22-outstanding
LOOP THE LOOP HOW TO PLAY
Now arrange the letters marked with an asterisk (*) to form the answer to the
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today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter
may be used once only. Each word must con-
tain the central letter. There should be at least
one seven letter word. Plurals, foreign words
One's __ goes as far and as deep as and proper names are not allowed. British
English Dictionary is used as reference.
one's ___ goes. - Andrew Wyeth (3,..,4)
SOLUTIONS TO GAMES
TIMES SUDOKU LOOP THE LOOP
Rules
■ Connect adjacent
dots with
vertical or horizontal
lines, creating a sin-
gle loop (Fig A).
■ Crossover’s or (Fig A) Not allowed (Fig B)
branches are not
allowed (As shown by the dotted Now there is a cross in one space
lines in Fig B). around 3. So we know the three
■ Numbers in the puzzle indicate lines of 3 can only be drawn in the
the number of lines that should remaining three spaces. Next,
surround it, while empty cells may these lines can only be
be surrounded by any number of extended in one direction each.
Level: Medium
lines. Continue, using the same logic. SCRAMBLE: grist, grit, ingest, reign, resign, MINDBENDER: 101
■ You can’t draw lines around Hints: Keep eliminating possibili- Words: Peace, rondo, faulty, RESTING, ring, sign, signer, Assuming '?' is no. of runs
zeroes.
ties by marking crosses in spaces
■ Each puzzle has just one unique between dots where a line isn’t
drover signet, sing, singe, singer, needed by Ajit in 51st inning.
solution. possible, i.e., if you have already Answer: One's art goes as far sting, STINGER, string, tiger, (50 * 50 + ?)/51 = 51
How to begin: Example (Fig A) - completed required lines or where and as deep as one's love tinge =>2500 + ? = 51 * 51
Begin with the zero next to 3. Since a line extension may create a
no lines can be drawn around zero, branch or cause a dead-end goes. - Andrew Wyeth WHATZIT: => ? = 2601 - 2500
mark crosses around it, as shown. (Fig B). SPELLATHON: gent, girt, gist, grin, Jump start => ? = 101 (Answer)
WEDNESDAY 18 DECEMBER 2019
Ranjit Kumar
BEATING THE FIELD: Legendary cricketer
Brian Lara at Delhi Golf Course
 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
The 50-year-old says that this is his eighth or ninth
visit to India in 2019 alone. The Trinidadian has al-
ways had a strong association with the country. Lara
recalls, “I was only 14 when I made a schoolboys’ team
from Trinidad and Tobago to come to India. We weren’t
in the major cities — we were in Baroda, Ahmedabad,
Trivandrum, Pune and a couple of other places. Just
having that experience in India at a very early age
was something. You are talking about 10,000-12,000
people in the stadium watching a schoolboys’ game
in 1984.” However, the trip had its share of sadness,
too, for the young Brian. He reminisces, “Funny thing
is that it was also Christmas and as a 14 year old, you
don’t want to miss Christmas at home. So it was a bit-
tersweet moment for me. On the 25th, we were caught
at an airport with a delayed flight actually.”
‘I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN INDIAN FAST
BOWLING ATTACK THIS GOOD’
Cricket has changed a lot in the 35 years since that
tour. Many old-timers always complain about how to-
day’s cricket is not as good as the ‘good old days’. Not
Lara though. “Yeah, a lot of people talk about how the
standard of cricket has dropped. They say when we
played, it was always tougher. I believe it’s see-saw,”
he says. He sees improvements in a lot of things in
modern-day cricket and the first thing he points at is
Indian fast bowling. Lara says, “I have never
seen an Indian fast bowling attack this good, during
my time or before it. You have to give them credit for
what they have done. I don’t know what has happened
that has resulted in this improvement. But they have
done very well.”
However, he laughs at the suggestion some pundits
make that it is as good as the dominant West Indies
side from the 80s and early 90s. “Naah, I don’t think
they are as good. That is just a foolish comment,” he
says, not attempting to mask his laughter even one
bit. He adds, “Not just the West Indies team, but even
the Australian team in the 90s, with McGrath, Gille-
spie, Brett Lee, and Shane Warne was very tough. But
the Indian team is pretty formidable. The bowling at-
tack is pretty good. They have moments of brilliance
and are gaining consistency.”
‘GREAT THAT THE FOCUS IS ON
MENTAL HEALTH’
Another aspect of the modern game that Lara ap-
preciates is the focus on players’ mental health. Even
at the peak of his game, Lara himself faced mental
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to 80s’ West Indies is foolish, says Brian Lara
health issues. He tells us, “There were a few times
where I just carried on. There was one occasion where
I took a three-four-month break. It was in 2000 when
Zimbabwe and Pakistan were in the Caribbean. I had
come back from a series in New Zealand and I felt I
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however, several high profile cricketers have taken
extended breaks from cricket citing mental health is-
sues, and Lara finds it a welcome change. He says, “It
is tense cricket, intense cricket and sometimes, a play- r
er knows how he is feeling. You get out of bed and you y,
just know. I like the fact that the focus is on mental
health and nobody is ridiculing anyone for feeling this
way and expressing it.”
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see the reason for it,” he says with a laugh, adding, “I
don’t think Kohli is sitting down waiting to play a Test
series and worrying what Steve Smith is doing in an-
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record of most runs in a Test innings when he scored
335 last month. Many have come close to that 400-run
mark since Lara set the benchmark 15 years ago, but
nobody has been able to surpass it. Does Lara believe
someone can even break it? “First of all, it’s sort of
destiny,” he responds, adding, “Everything has to line
up. Look at David Warner. Another 10-15 overs and
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‘I hope this film would clear misconceptions about badminton’
...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Amole Gupte has been working on this biopic for
years. He must be relieved now, since the film has
taken off on a fresh note and the two of you have
also met and discussed the film in detail.
Saina: (Cuts in) I am happy that he’s directing my
biopic. He knows how to handle such stories and he
knows everything about my life very well. He knows
what I am doing, where I am and even the results of
those matches that aren’t relayed on TV. He also gives
me regular updates about the scenes that are being
shot and Parineeti’s on-going prep.
Parineeti: When I reach the set, I’m me. But when I
leave my vanity van, I’m Saina Nehwal. That’s the
first step. There’s so much that goes into playing
someone who is so revered for her skills and achieve-
ments in a sport. I’ve never looked the way I do when
I am on Saina’s set. It’s a blessing that our physical
attributes match; not ticking those boxes would have
made things tough. So far, we have been shooting the
dialogue-driven scenes. Now, we will start shooting
the historic matches. The real struggle will begin
then, but I’ve never been more motivated in my life.
In a recent interview, you mentioned that you’re
looking at breaking out of your comfort zone.
Your upcoming films substantiate exactly what
you had said. Was that the reason that you were
keen to pick such challenging roles?
Parineeti: The clichéd answer is yes. It’s a male-
dominated industry and shouldering an entire film
for any leading lady is a Herculean task. Every ac-
tress has said that a million times. I want to leave
clichés behind because I am done with them. I was
waiting for this. I wanted roles that make me do a
lot of homework, scare me about coming on set for
the shoot and pull me out of my comfort zone com-
pletely. Honestly, I didn’t want to do most of the films
coming my way for this reason. I’m an academic
person and a disciplinarian. I like working on a char-
acter, and I got a chance to do that with Saina and
The Girl On The Train (TGOTT). Weirdly, the
thought that whether I can pull this off is the best
feeling I’ve had in a long time. When you work with
that thought, you go back home satisfied, feeling like
you achieved something in the day or earned some-
thing valuable.
Interestingly, the biopic will open around Olympics
2020, and the spotlight will be on Saina. So, that
will also pique the audience’s curiosity around the
film.
Saina: Releasing my biopic around the Olympics
will pose a challenge for me. It’s a real pressure. But
I’m also quite assured because it has a lot of masala
in it. It will be different from a lot of other sports
films. In the middle of my ups and downs, there was
a lot that happened, and it makes for great content.
Having said that, I can imagine what Parineeti must
be feeling about this. As professional badminton
players, we, too, are scared, even after all these years,
to step on to a court. For her to do that and to make
it look like she’s been playing for 20 years is chal-
lenging. I’ve been seeing her practice videos where
she is trying to get her shots right. Parineeti is what
this film needed. She is the perfect choice to play me
on screen.
Parineeti: When people watch this film, I want them
to know that badminton is a tough sport. Getting its
technique and speed right is very difficult. The com-
mon sentiment is to say that, ‘I need training for bas-
ketball, cricket or football’. But badminton toh hum
sab khel sakte hain na! Gully badminton is a feature
in every colony. But we play it all wrong and don’t re-
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ering results. We are recognised on flights and
people are more aware about all kinds of sports
It’s time that we teach our children to work for a
medal in sports from a very young age.
and players now. A lot of credit goes to the me- Parineeti: We are in transition. The world is wak-
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dia and social media, which has made people ing up to newer things. People are no longer hung
more aware. As the games and the results im- up on old choices and styles – in films, sports or
prove, people and their attitude will also change. otherwise. The days when hockey and badminton
It’s a cycle. When I see wrestlers, athletes and were considered smaller games are over. If that
gymnasts getting plum endorsement deals, I feel wasn’t the case, why would anyone invest in a
great because that’s a promising avenue for them film about a badminton player? The picture is so
to earn and that’s opened up only in recent years. much bigger today.
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She has given me the strength and direction to be
A TOUGH SPORT. GETTING where I am. I knew nothing about badminton. She
ITS TECHNIQUE AND SPEED knew the sport better than my father and me. How-
ever, I must say that my mother found a strong sup-
RIGHT IS VERY DIFFICULT. porter in my father, who participated equally. He
GULLY BADMINTON IS A would take me to court for practice at 5am, drop me
to school and mamma would take over from there
FEATURE IN EVERY COLONY. and manage everything else. My batchmates would
BUT WE PLAY IT ALL WRONG laugh at me when my mother would scold me for sil-
– Parineeti Chopra ly mistakes. Today, probably they won’t laugh. Mam-
ma hi thi jisne apna saara dedication laga ke, mujhe
doodh aur ghee khila pila ke iss layak bana diya. Meri
alise it. I figured it on the first day of training that we maa nahi hoti toh medal nahi hota. My family en- S 1. r
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all hold the racket in the wrong way. I hope with this couraged me all the time, especially when I was not
film we can clear some misconceptions about the sport. performing well in the game; something that even
Saina: She’s right. It takes two-three months to mere- Parineeti’s parents have done for her.
ly learn how to hold a racket. Even today, some top
players don’t know how to do that. A few millimeters
With games other than cricket gaining main-
stream importance, do you feel the road ahead
here and there can spoil your shot.
will be more rewarding for sportspersons (be- r' -
Saina, your parents have played a crucial role in
your journey and success. Would you say that it yond cricketers)?
Saina: Maybe people are bored of cricket (laughs).
would be impossible to come this far without
On a serious note, no other sport can catch up with
them by your side? cricket in terms of popularity. Yes, other sports are
Parineeti: Her parents played an equal role in Saina’s
growing by the day and getting a lot of attention be-
journey to becoming the World’s No 1 in the sport. cause sportspersons are showing promise and deliv-
Usha aunty is an ex-player and
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