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Rafale deal
likely to see
some progress
DINAKAR PERI
of cooperation to be announced
by India and France on Monday,
all expectations are on the
government-to-government
agreement for the purchase of
36 Rafale fighter jets.
In an indication of the
progress, French President
Francois Hollande said in
Chandigarh on Sunday that one
of the main aims of his visit was
to implement the decisions
taken during Prime Minister
Narendra Modis visit to
France. While the final deal
seems unlikely owing to
differences over pricing, the
conclusion of the governmentto-government agreement
seems on the cards.
The Rafale is a major project
for India and France. It will pave
the way for an unprecedented
industrial and technological
cooperation, including Make in
India, for the next 40 years.
Agreeing on the technicalities
of this arrangement obviously
takes time, but we are on the
right track, he said in an
interview to PTI.
partnership. On Monday,
both leaders will hold bilateral talks, during which they are
likely to discuss upgrading
the special and strategic
partnership signed in 1998.
For the past few months, oicials have been discussing a
closer engagement on counter-terrorism cooperation on
the lines of the India-U.S.
homeland security dialogue,
sources said.
NSA Ajit Doval is said to
have spoken to French coun-
BRIEFLY
MISCONDUCT ON TRAIN
Suspended Bihar
JD(U) MLA arrested
SHUBHOMOY SIKDAR
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TRAGEDY IN HYDERABAD
Woman techie kills self
HYDERABAD: Lipi Mishra, 26,
employee of a software firm and
hailing from Uttar Pradesh,
allegedly committed suicide at
her house in Kondapur area
here, police said on Sunday.
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Incident comes
days after theft
of a vehicle of
ITBP I-G from
neighbouring Noida
ma Swaraj are scheduled to
visit on Monday. The area
houses many ministerial bungalows and other vital
installations.
The stolen vehicle, a white
Santro (registration number:
HR 51, T 6646), belongs to Dr.
Col. Shailendra Singh from the
Army, who was visiting the
Lodhi Garden with his family.
Mr. Singh had reached the
area around noon and parked
the car outside the Lodhi Road
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Pakistan must
Cabinet clears Central rule in Arunachal
dismantle terror V V
Constitution, according to
which six months shall not
networks: Obama NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet
intervene between the last
IKAS
ASUDEVA
on Sunday recommended
imposition of Presidents
rule on the Congress-ruled
Arunachal Pradesh after it
felt the State was heading for
a constitutional breakdown. The Congress said it
would challenge the decision
in court if it got the Presidents assent.
An emergency meeting of
the Cabinet was convened
here in the morning to discuss the situation. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi was
in the chair.
It was decided to recommend to the President to issue a proclamation under
Article 356(1) of the
Constitution.
Presidents rule will be imposed and the Assembly kept
in suspended animation, oicial sources told The Hindu.
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High alert at
CRPF camp
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DUALITY OF LIFE
Portrait of an artist
IIMC students
await certificates
SWETA GOSWAMI
NEW DELHI: Students of the Indi-
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We are not
responsible for
deaths: DUSIB
STAFF REPORTER
NEW DELHI: It was a foggy
morning and a chilly day for
Delhiites on Sunday, which
also saw the longest spell of
near-zero visibility that disrupted air and rail traic.
The maximum temperature recorded on Sunday at
16.3 degree Celsius was five
notches below the average
temperature for this time of
the season.
Even though the minimum temperature of 7 degree Celsius was normal, it
was the dip in the day temperature that made Sundays weather a bone chilling one.
Visibility at Delhis Indira
Gandhi International Airport started dipping at
around 1 a.m. on Sunday,
with near zero visibility
conditions setting in at 3
a.m. Visibility remained below 50 metres till 10 a.m.,
the longest spell of dense
fog leading to zero visibility
conditions at the airport
this season.
As a result, at least 21
flights were delayed and 39
arrivals took place using different categories of Instrument Landing System.
Rail traic was also hampered by dense fog with 18
trains being cancelled, 20
facilities.
The facility is currently
being tested in 30 centres
across Delhi and is available
throughout the day. Giving
details of the initiative, DUSIB
head V.K. Jain noted that this
facility is not only convenient
and hygienic, but also
ensures safety and dignity of
the user. Staff Reporter
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JOY: PVR (Plaza, Rivoli, Saket), DT
(Saket, Shalimar Bagh, Vasant Kunj),
FUN (Moti Nagar, Pitampura, Laxmi
Nagar), Movie Time (Raja Garden,
Pitmapura), Wave (Raja Garden,
Noida, Kaushambi).
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AIR LIFT (New Release: Akshay
Kumar, Nimrat Kaur): Amba, Delite,
Golcha, Regal, Abhishek Cineplex,
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A resident of
Swaroop Nagar, the
victim was tied to
a pole and
assaulted by a
group of men
Rafiqur Rahman.
PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Family
threatened
SHUBHOMOY SIKDAR
the police.
Deputy Commissioner of
Police (North) Madhur Verma said the recoveries include both firearms and
sharp edged weapons, including a sword, besides
cartridges and other ammunitions.
We have recovered a
country made gun, khukhri knives, a sword, 18 cartridge of 12 bore, 6 cartridge
of 315 bore, 1 cartridge of
self-loading rifle, 6 cartridge of 32 bore, 11 cartridge
of 7.62 bore, one Bayonet of
AK-47 rifle and one rod
have been recovered from
his possession, said Mr.
Verma.
The police are now questioning Amit to find out if he
DELHI TODAY
Exhibition:
Colour/Perforations/
Light - an exhibition by Pierre Legrand
at Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex,
Main Building, IIC, 11 am - 7 pm
Exhibition: Group show of paintings
by Rabi Pasi, Rajib Sikdar & Raju Ram
Ratan at Convention Centre Foyer, IHC,
10 am - 8 pm
Exhibition: Stampone Banerjee and
the third meaning an art exhibition at
Italian Embassy Cultural Institute, 9:30
am - 5:30 pm
Discussion: Trafficking of Women
And Children - a panel discussion
Speakers: Lalitha Kumaramangalam,
Chairperson, National Commission on
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It is through killing a
rival that a gang
member proves
that he can be a
strong leader
activities.
That, however, hasnt been the
case with their illegal activities
ranging from extortion to
property encroachment and
large-scale betting activities
thriving. The sideshow of this
unrestrained business, the new
phase of violence they have unleashed on rivals, also remain
equally unchecked.
In its attempt to find out the
reason behind repeated incidents of intra-gang attacks and
what the situation could escalate
to, The Hindu spoke to several
police oicers from the areas
where some of these gangs have
influence and the two units that
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an, a local.
Despite no dip in the crime
scene, the marriage situation
has improved claim villagers.
Yet, it took a retired government teacher of the village
two years before he could
find a groom for his daughter
who was by then way past
her marriageable age.
My daughter is a government school teacher and under normal conditions she
would have found enough
suitors, says the teacher, insisting that he faced this hurdle despite no one from his
family being ever associated
with any gang.
The older generation
claims to have done their bit
to end the rivalries between
residents of the around
12,000-strong village. Village
elders say they attend weddings at each others homes
even as their sons and grandsons are warring against one
another. But this has had little
impact as the young criminal
elements show scant regards
for their elders. Even at this
age I am scared to smoke in
front of my father. But the
younger members do not
care to even hide their guns
when they come home, says
the school teacher.
Amid all this, police have
been holding regular meetings with the village heads to
keep the youngsters in check,
but the ground reality is that
they know that a round-theclock deployment of a good
number of police personnel
in and around this village is
the only way to prevent violence here.
elhis
gangsters
have the best security cameras for
their homes but
can manage their business
without mobile phone for
months if it means keeping
their enemies and the police
at bay.
Omission and commission of technology is efectively being used by criminals here, says Dependra
Pathak, Joint CP (SouthWestern Range).
A general visit to SouthWest Delhis Dichaon Kalan
village, where slain ex-MLA
Bharat Singh hailed from,
would shock most Delhiites.
The village doesnt have a
single ATM booth or a jewellery shop, but CCTV cameras stare at you from every
other house. More palatial
homes are equipped with audio security devices too.
Notorious for gang-wars, it
is the women members of
this village who are tasked
with closely monitoring the
CCTV footage and immediately alerting their men upon
sighting anything suspicious.
If they see you loitering
around even for a few extra
seconds, the women will
send their domestic help to
the gates to question you,
warns a local man Sharad
Singh (name changed).
Unseen eyes are kept at
enemies as well as loyalists at
all times, says Singh, adding
CCTV footage helps judge
friends and foes during times
of gang wars.
TECH SAVVY
assailants focused their attention on removing the
DVR of the CCTV cameras.
The citys criminals also
efectively use their phones
to mislead the police. Criminals have been using mobile
phones to divert attention
from them, to create false
evidences, says Mr. Pathak.
But he is quick to add that
mobile phones have helped
the police more than they
have
assisted
these
criminals.
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THE HINDU
did not get any such information when I sought it under the
RTI, former Badli Congress
MLA Devendra Yadav alleged.
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will not lessen the stigma and discrimination that persons with disabilities have been historically subjected
to and continue to encounter in their
daily lives, the group has said: We
would like to reiterate that disability
is not a divine gift. And the use of
phrases like divyang in no way en-
The message has percolated well ensuring deterrence among the beat
constable,
some
of
whom, predictably, are
not very happy with this
departure from past
precedents.
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NEW DELHI: After two departments of the
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PERSONAL
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I, Bhawna Bhargava, W/O Dinesh Kumar Bhargava, R/O 907, Desire Residency, Ahinsa KhandII, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, 201014 is changing
name to Bhawna Sharma which will
be used for all purposes.
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NORTHERN REGION
Government schools
not interested in
Army recruitment
No response to motivational sessions
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and (right) RJD chief Lalu Prasad with son and Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav at separate functions to pay tributes to Karpoori
Thakur on his birth anniversary, in Patna on Sunday. - PHOTOS: RANJEET KUMAR
for the same venue to celebrate Karpoori Thakur jayanti, I would have given it to
them. But I wonder since
when have they started celebrating the birth anniversary
of Karpoori Thakur, who was
a great socialist leader?
asked Mr. Nitish Kumar a day
after the court verdict.
Later, like the RJD, the BJP
too decided to celebrate the
occasion at the party headquarters. Besides it, other
parties like Lok Janshakti Party, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, Hindustani Awam Morcha
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eral secretary and Mr. Badals advisor on national affairs, Harcharan Singh
Bains said the Chief Minister was recovering and under observation.
He is doing fine. There
is nothing to worry, Mr.
Bains said.
Two days back, Mr. Badal
was admitted to a local hospital in Nawanshahar after
he had complained of congestion in the chest.
The 88-year-old Akali
leader had sufered chest
spasm soon after he had
just concluded the Sangat
Darshan at village Behloor
Kalan in Nawanshar on
Friday.
Earlier in the day, Punjab
Food Minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon received
the Prime Minister on behalf of Mr. Badal. - PTI
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Translation catalogue
for publishers launched
governments execution of
the Swachh Bharat mission,
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor,
on Sunday, said that while no
permanent solutions towards
making the country clean
were being sought, it had
been reduced to short cuts
where the campaigners were
seeking solution with photographs and videos of them
cleaning the streets.
This is the problem. We
have become a nation that
seems to specialise in sound
bites and photo opportunities, Mr. Tharoor said during
a session at the ninth ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, here.
Speaking at the session titled Swachh Bharat: The India Story Mr. Tharoor lauded
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi for initiating the
Swachh Bharat Mission, but
ridiculed the government for
resorting to short cuts.
Weve had Prime Minister
[Modi] saying that this country needs more toilets than
temples Mr. Modi echoed
that to the surprise of some of
his Hindutva supporters, but
in practice we need a change
of mindset and it is the hardest thing to do, he said after
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due to an overwhelming
dearth in the availability
of translations for such
work, they said.
We realised it was
important to bring in one
of the major things that
makes for the writing in
India, which is language
writing. But, the problem
is that there are not
adequate good
translations of writers
from diferent languages
which hampers the reach
of these writers, Sanjoy
Roy, Managing Director,
Teamwork Arts, said after
the launch.
For its ongoing edition,
the JBM has tied up with
Daily Hunt, a distributor
of Indian language ebooks.
Three books originally
published in Hindi and
one each in Bangla,
Kannada, Assamese,
Rajasthani and Gujarati
are included in the global
catalogue. PTI
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Pawar complains
of exhaustion,
hospitalised
Police stumble
upon case while
investigating
another incident
at Fort Kochi
M.P. Dinesh transferred the
civil police oicer out of the
Fort Kochi station.
The accused in the first
case, identified as Althaf, 20,
Ijaz , 19, Christi, 18, John Bristo, 19, Clipton, 18, and Sajith,
20, were arrested on a complaint from a man who alleged that his partner was
raped by the gang while they
were at the homestay.
The complainant said the
youths forced him out of the
room at the homestay and
raped the woman hailing
from Thanneermukkom in
Alappuzha after locking it
from inside.
The accused allegedly recorded visuals after tying
her up and made away with
their car, Rs.1 lakh, and gold
ornaments, the police said.
They threatened to upload it
on social networking sites.
They threatened the couple with dire consequences
if they told anyone about the
incident.
Following this, the complainant, a taxi driver from
Cherthala, approached the
Commissioner and this led
to the arrests.
Nationalist Congress
Party chief Sharad Pawar was
admitted to the citys Ruby
Hall Clinic late on Sunday evening after he complained of
exhaustion. Doctors said the
75-year-old politicians condition was stable and he would
be discharged on Monday.
Party sources said Mr. Pawars frenetic schedule and
constant travel had perhaps
contributed to his condition.
The NCP chief was in the
city for a book launch at the
Bal Gandharva Rangmandir in
the morning. Mr. Pawars
health has been a source of
constant speculation in recent
years.
In 2013, he had complained
of uneasiness while on a visit
to Sangli district and was compelled to cut short his visit. In
2012, Mr. Pawar was admitted
to Mumbais Breach Candy
Hospital. NCP leaders, eager
to dispel alarm, then said it
was for a routine medical
check-up.
PUNE:
both the Northeast and Southwest monsoons. It was a challenge as rosewood is known to
splinter easily. But I wanted
only rosewood as it is notches
above jackfruit wood in sound
propagation, he said. The polishing was done with a mixture
of rare essential oils like tung
oil of China, cedar oil, juniper
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RIPPLES IN MUMBAI: Supporters of Opposition parties join a march in Mumbai on Sunday, seeking
action against those responsible for the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula.
PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Rohits mother
hospitalised
HYDERABAD: V. Radhika,
mother of Rohith
Vemula, was sent to
Continental hospital on
Sunday evening, after
she complained of chest
pain. She had earlier
visited the University of
Hyderabad (UoH)
Health Centre, where an
ECG test was done. A
medical oicer from the
varsity said that she is a
diabetic and had gone to
the private hospital for
an evaluation with the
cardiologist.
JACOB KOSHY
NEW DELHI: A team of Indo-Ger-
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JNU students go
on hunger strike
SWETA GOSWAMI
NEW DELHI: A few students of
the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi have begun an indefinite hunger strike, demanding the removal and
arrest of the University of
Hyderabad Vice-Chancellor
Appa Rao Podile over the suicide of the research scholar
Rohith Vemula.
Three students of the JNU,
Shubhanshu Singh, Suchisree
Dhansiri and Lenin Kumar,
began the hunger strike on
Saturday evening along with
four others who will take up a
relay strike.
We wont give up our hunger strike until the V-C Mr
Rao and Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya are removed from their positions
and arrested.
We also want the removal
of Smriti Irani as Union HRD
Minister and demand adequate compensation to the
family of Rohith Vemula,
said Shubhanshu.
Suchisree Dhansiri has also
written an open letter to the
government.
sion sets, now its Amma table-top wet grinders that have
made it to Ongole in a big way.
One of many freebies of the
Jayalalithaa government in
Tamil Nadu, the wet grinders
are up for grabs, as they come
at a dirt cheap price here. People of Ongole wait for the lorries from Chennai and other
places in the neighbouring
State that unload the grinders
in the busy Bhagyanagar and
other areas every day.
It is being ofer at just Rs.
1,300 per piece, a delighted
housewife Prema said.
The wet grinder also comes
with a two year warranty, says
another woman Laitha.No
wet grinder is priced less that
Rs. 3000 in the local market,
adds Lakshmi, happy over the
deal clinched with the saleswoman from the neighbouring State who was counting
her gains.
In Tamil Nadu, the easy-tooperate electrical appliances
Taking no chances
Candidates appearing for the State Service Preliminary Exam 2015 of Madhya Pradesh Public Services
Commission were made to remove their belts, watches, earrings and shoes at an examination centre in an attempt
to check malpractices in Bhopal on Sunday. PHOTO A.M. FARUQUI
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Alert, fair,
transparent
he arrest and detention of at least 18 people
from across the country by the National Investigation Agency and the Delhi Police over the
last few days for their alleged terror plans and
sympathies to the Islamic State is a stark warning that the
authorities need to be on heightened alert. The Delhi Police caught four young men from Uttarakhand, while the
rest have been arrested by the NIA from across India.
Both groups are accused of planning to carry out major
terrorist attacks. The NIA believes that the 14 men in its
custody were in the process of organising a training camp
to prepare for multiple attacks against domestic and foreign targets. Oicials say that both the arrested groups
had been in touch with Shafi Armar alias Yusuf, who
heads a terrorist group named Ansar-ul-Tawhid that is
aligned with the Islamic State and has former members
of the Indian Mujahideen in its ranks. This is a clear indication that the IS is no more a danger lurking in some distant land. In fact, next-door Bangladesh has already witnessed a few lone-wolf attacks suspected to have been
carried out by IS sympathisers.
The authorities now have the challenge of identifying
terrorist modules, and possible lone wolves, without allowing any attendant excesses. Real-life investigations
are painstaking tasks, and the Indian agencies have often
failed in due diligence on that front. Therefore it is important that the government keep a close watch to ensure
that the NIA and the Delhi Police carry out transparent
and professional investigations into the recent arrests.
That will ensure public safety and also protect the individual liberty of those accused of terror, but pending a
fair trial. Experience worldwide has shown that the perception game is practically won or lost while dealing
with terrorist suspects. The investigations must be timebound and chargesheets must be filed within a reasonable timeframe. A quick trial is advisable to showcase
that India has an uncompromising posture against terrorism and will hand out punishments without any delay
and swiftly, while protecting the constitutional rights of
each of its resident. Showcasing such a balanced approach towards terrorism is also very important to send
out the message to the aggrieved and those influenced by
violent ideologies that Indian democracy is their best bet
for a fair life. Young people drawn to various waves of violence through history have mostly been individuals harbouring a perceived strong sense of grievance against the
state. Their violent activities are a response to what they
believe to be injustices inflicted by the powerful. In India,
there have been three distinct waves of domestic Islamist
terrorism since the early 1990s. There is no better way of
addressing the grave threat posed by young citizens
drawn to extremist, violent ideologies than a fair, transparent and swift trial.
CARTOONSCAPE
Sobering reflection
from Davos
hinas stock market turbulence and the impact
its growth slowdown is having on the global
economy were dominant themes last week at
the annual World Economic Forum in the
Swiss Alpine resort of Davos. And as the four-day gathering of international finance and corporate captains, government policymakers and central bankers wound down
on Saturday, the jury was still out on whether China is
headed for a hard landing or is in control of its transition.
That China and its fortunes have come to dominate discussions is testimony to the extent to which its companies and manufacturing industry have integrated with
the rest of the world, as well as to the increased international concern over the perceived opacity of the countrys banking and financial sectors real levels of indebtedness. This was perhaps best reflected in International
Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagardes exhortation
that financial markets need more clarity and certainty
about Chinas management of the yuans exchange rate,
especially with reference to the U.S. dollar. A modeling
study done by Oxford Economics posits that a 10 per cent
decline in the value of the Chinese currency against the
dollar by the third quarter of 2016 if accompanied by
resultant competitive devaluations among emerging
market peers could roil economies and markets worldwide, with the eurozone and Japan projected to be the
hardest hit. The domino efect could retard global
growth by 0.2 per cent and hurt countries including the
U.S., Brazil, Russia and India. Interestingly though, the
same study projects that China would have little to show
by way of gains from the yuans weakness, lending credence to the Chinese authorities assertions that they are
not interested in engendering a scenario of competitive
devaluations. Still, that second-order efects of what happens in China will be hard to hazard a guess about has already been proven by the recent volatility seen in markets worldwide. And the brave words of regulators
notwithstanding, central bankers are running out of ammunition. As Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram
Rajan said, monetary easing may have run its course and
reached the limits of eicacy as a policy tool.
The other key takeaway from this years meeting at Davos was showcased in Pope Franciss admonition to the
global political and economic elite to reflect on their own
role in creating inequality. An Oxfam study, released
ahead of the WEF meet, said the richest 1 per cent owned
as much wealth as the remaining 99 per cent combined
did, with the gap in wealth widening even faster than anticipated. With politicians across continents and the entire ideological spectrum, from the far-right to the farleft, focusing their rhetoric and stances on the growing
rich-poor divide and seeking to tap the burgeoning discontent for electoral gains, the Popes call to the wealthy
and powerful to act to help address the inequality lends a
powerful moral edge to the issue.
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Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
V. Lakshmanan,
Tirupur
A.J. Rangarajan,
Edison, New Jersey
Terror in Pakistan
Pakistan is slowly becoming
victim
to
its
home-grown
terrorism (Think like the
neighbour, Jan.23). The attack on
Bacha Khan University, which
killed
mainly
students,
is
reminiscent of the Peshawar terror
attack in which scores of schoolchildren were killed. One of the
major
ways
Pakistan
can
eliminate/reduce terrorism is by
providing the right education to its
youth and taking stern action
against those directly or indirectly
involved in running terror outfits.
In its own interest, Pakistan also
needs to end its policy of targeting
India in the name of Kashmir. The
state needs to gain control over the
M. Kumar,
New Delhi
Detoxifying India
Caste prejudices
Prime Minister Narendra Modis
belated regret in the face of
nationwide protests for justice for
Rohith Vemula came as no great
solace to anyone (Mother India
lost a dear son, says PM as students
protest, Jan. 23). It is not diicult
to discern that utterance of
anything more substantive in
support of those at the bottom of
Hinduisms hereditary hierarchy
would have dented his image and
weakened his standing in the
larger Sangh Parivar.
He didnt show the fortitude
needed by condemning the events
leading to the suicide. Neither did
he sack the two Union Ministers
Smriti
Irani
and
Bangaru
Dattatreya involved in the
controversy. Had he admitted that
the Dalit scholars suicide was a
result of the caste prejudices on
the campus, his public display of
emotion would have struck the
intended chord with the people.
The Prime Minister must first
show the will to repudiate the
scriptures that sanctify caste; take
eforts to promote inter-caste
marriages; and announce a special
economic package for Dalits. Only
then will he have any right to speak
of Dr. B.R. Ambedkars dream and
Dalit welfare.
G. David Milton,
Maruthancode
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THE HINDU
Words to celebrate,
words to reflect
A.S. PANNEERSELVAN
It was a carnival of ideas. Some of the participants at The Hindu Lit for Life used the forum as an Open House. They interacted not only with the visiting writers but also with journalists from the newspaper to relate the discussions at the festival
to the newspapers editorial content. Personally, I interacted
with a range of people: a legal scholar working on the biography of Granville Austin, students, retired bureaucrats, and aspiring writers.
Discussions were about analogous learning. They were punctuated with literary allusions, poetic ironies, artistic interpretations and the rules that govern journalistic practices.
Commenting on the talk by National Conference working president and
former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, a reader who
had travelled from Mysuru said: The talk touched upon the multiple issues
at stake in Kashmir. It provided insights into the working of Article 370. The
talk stressed the need to calibrate both the internal and the external dimensions, and explained the futility of war. One can get this level of detailing only in a talk that is not reduced to a sound bite or in a newspaper like The
Hindu.
Singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan explained the relationship between the in- The debate created a
herent restrictions in each form of artic- sense of optimism
ulation and creativity. He argued that
each art form came with its own set of among the
constraints a painter has to work participants that the
within the confines of his canvas, a photographer within what a frame can ofer, journey towards an
and a writer to a given word limit. For
him, these restrictions, instead of limit- inclusive society is
ing ones imagination, fostered creativi- inevitable despite
ty. One of the students from Calicut University drew a parallel between this entrenched prejudices
observation of the singer and the writings in the opinion pages of this newspaper. He said: The writers have to adhere to the rules of grammar, the
word limit and explain complex issues in an accessible manner day after day.
I think anyone who has the depth of knowledge in his or her chosen field can
be an example of Sanjays position that freedom is in the mind.
Free speech and ofensive speech
His classmate felt that Alexander McCall Smith captured the lines that divide free speech, creativity, and ofensive speech very well. McCall Smith
said: Its increasingly diicult to write in a humorous vein now than ever
before, because of increased encouragement to be sensitive and take ofence
at the drop of a hat. It is very important to have free speech, as one should be
able to poke fun. This does not mean authors can make gratuitous comments. Excessive sensitivity is like a weed killer. It is killing ideas, literature
and humorous writing. The young student wanted to know the editorial
judgment tools that are deployed to diferentiate a gratuitous comment and
what is excess sensitivity that leads to self-censorship.
Devdutt Pattanaiks presentation on the Gita generated interesting discussions during the cofee break. Some readers questioned his assertion that
there is no truest interpretation. Pattanaik rather ambiguously declared:
My truth is the way I think the world is; and yours is how you think it is. A
participant felt that the post-presentation discussion format also demanded
creativity to pose an informed counter-question. In his case, as he was formulating his counter based on other scholarly work to challenge this assertion, the session ended. He wanted to get an answer from Pattanaik to D. D.
Kosambis argument: The Gita has attracted minds of bents entirely diferent from each other and from that of Arjuna. Each has interpreted the supposedly divine words so diferently from all the others that the original
seems far more suited to raise doubts and to split a personality than to heal
an inner division. Any moral philosophy which managed to receive so many
variant interpretations from minds in widely diferent types of society must
be highly equivocal. No question remains of its basic validity if the meaning
is so flexible.
Gulammohammed Sheikhs session, Images of the City, was an exceptional experience in which fear, loss, bigotry and urban apathy came out poignantly and powerfully. If any journalist could write prose akin to what this
wonderful artist from Gujarat managed to achieve, narrative journalism
would reach new heights. Talking about narrative writing, Amitava Kumar
spoke about the importance of non-fiction in a persuasive manner. He said:
After the Delhi rape incident, the father of the girl said that when he saw his
daughter in that condition, his first thought was How will I have the money
to take the body back? Thats what poverty does to you. In this respect, nonfiction delivers a certain sense of reality that fiction cannot.
The general festive mood turned sombre when K.A. Gunasekaran, a wellknown Dalit folklorist and theatre personality, who was scheduled to participate in the concluding programme Dalit aesthetics and politics: How the
Tamil Dalits reclaimed their identity, passed away on Sunday (January 17)
morning. Nonetheless, the discussions opened up space and the debate created a sense of optimism among the participants that the journey towards an
inclusive society is inevitable despite many entrenched prejudices. The participants left the venue with a sense of hope. None of us were aware that Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research scholar, had killed himself around the same
time. As Meena Kandasamy points out, he has left us with only his words.
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Supreme Court.
Congress spokesman Randeep Surjewala said the decision has exposed Mr. Modis
double-speak of respect for
federalism and States being
equal part of Team India.
The Modi governments decision reflects the travesty of
constitutional mandate, subjugation of federalism and trampling of democracy, he
tweeted.
Congress leader Kapil Sibal
said: The Centre is destabilising a border State. This move
shows political intolerance
and Mr. Modi is the fountainhead of that intolerance. We
will challenge it, he told reporters.
TERROR THREAT
Centre recommends
Presidents rule in Arunachal
Even if the Supreme Court
rules in favour of the interpretation that this session was not
valid, there will be a constitutional breakdown because the
requirement of Article 174(1)
would have been breached. On
the other hand, if the court
holds that the December 16
session was valid, it is clear the
government is in a minority
and is not allowing a vote of
confidence. Therefore, in either case, the State is heading
for a constitutional crisis, the
sources said.
The Centre considered the
fact that the Speaker, using the
State machinery, prevented
the session, though it was
called by the Governor. The
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NISTULA HEBBAR
NEW DELHI: Vinayak Damodar
Karnataka Police
failed to keep
track of two
techies brought
back to India
Celebrations outside the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday after Amit Shah was elected
party chief. PHOTO: PTI
ness-to-business issues at
their meeting in Chandigarh
on Sunday, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and French
President Francois Hollande
are likely to focus on intergovernmental issues on Monday.
These include the completion of the agreement for the
purchase of Rafale aircraft.
Expectations have been rising ahead of Mr. Hollandes
visit of a breakthrough in
price negotiations, similar to
the one in the India-U.S. nuclear deal that was announced when President Barack Obama visited India for
Republic Day in 2015.
Mr. Modi and Mr. Hollande
will take up the pricing issue
on
Monday,
oicials
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THE HINDU
JOINT FIGHT
Turning point
She said the meeting
marked a turning point for
India-Arab relations, while
pointing out that we are also
Civil services
oicers seek fair
representation
on pay panel
NATIONAL BUREAU
NEW DELHI: Seeking to challenge
the dominance of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), a
confederation representing
thousands of oicers of 20
Civil Services, including Indian Police Service, has sought
fair representation on an empowered committee that will
examine the Seventh Central
Pay
Commission
recommendations.
In a memorandum submitted to Cabinet Secretary P.K.
Sinha and Expenditure Secretary Ratan P. Watal recently, it
demanded that the representation of any one service be
restricted to 25 per cent of the
total
strength
of
the
committee.
On January 13, the Union
Cabinet gave its approval for
setting up an empowered
committee of Secretaries under the Cabinet Secretary to
process the recommendations of the pay panel.
The Confederation of Civil
Services Association (COCSA) has highlighted the apprehensions shared by a
majority of oicers and requested for a fair representation to other services on committee, said senior IRS oicer
Jayant Misra, its convener.
The COCSA had in December forwarded a memorandum and sought an appointment with the Cabinet
Secretary to explain to him
the concern of these
oicers.
We are still waiting for an
opportunity to meet the Cabinet Secretary. We have submitted fresh memoranda dated January 19, 2016 to the
Cabinet Secretary and also to
the Expenditure Secretary,
reiterating our demand that
equitable representation be
given to various services in all
the bodies or committees etc.
looking into or implementing
the recommendations of the
seventh CPC, so that there is
no domination by any particular service, Mr. Misra pointed out.
College girls
were murdered
STAFF REPORTER
at a major turning point in history when the forces of terrorism and violent extremism
are seeking to destabilise societies and inflict incalculable
damage to our cities, our people and our very social
fabric.
Equally, we must delink religion from terror. The only
distinction is between those
who believe in humanity and
those who do not. Terrorists
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Singh government in
2006 had accepted that
ashes in Renkoji Temple
in Japan were those of
Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose.
It even instructed
Indian Ambassador to
work out modalities to
shift the mortal remains
of the freedom fighter to
new building of the
Indian Embassy there
when the temples priest
indicated that the
remains could not be
preserved with respect,
according to the files on
Netaji, released by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Saturday.
The points were made
in a reply by the Ministry
of External Afairs to then
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh who
instructed the Ministry to
examine the issue of
bringing back the
remains of Netaji, it
showed.
Dr. Singh had asked the
MEA to examine the
issue after he received a
representation on Dec. 7,
2006 from Subrata Bose,
then Lok Sabha MP, who
said that countless
Indians were of the firm
view that ashes in the
Japanese temple were
not those of Netaji and
any decision of the
government to take over
the remains would be
opposed tooth and nail.
In its reply, the MEA
had said that the
government of India
accepted that the ashes in
the temple were those of
Netaji. The MEA has
decided that the remains
will be relocated to a new
building of the Indian
Embassy being built in
Tokyo, the Ministry
pointed out. PTI
Advertisements
for tenders are
only for items of
common use, says
Supreme Court
(DGQA). The dispute arose
when a company, HBL NIFE
Power Systems Ltd, wanted
an opportunity to supply the
batteries but did not get the
green signal from the government, which gave the
contract to its usual approved supplier.
Noting that HBL could not
claim any vested right to
supply submarine batteries,
the Supreme Court judgment observed that the lives
of defence personnel could
not be put at risk merely on
the basis of the companys
claim to have the capability
to
supply
submarine
batteries.
If the country wishes to
play a substantial role in the
Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea, India must ensure
high standards of defence
power comparing with the
A horse went berserk during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day celebrations, on
the Lal Parade ground in Bhopal on Sunday. PHOTO: PTI
Ashes in
Renkoji Temple
are of Netaji,
say files
infrastructure at the
Agartala-Akhaura border
for Wagah-like Beating
Retreat ceremony, State
Tourism Minister Ratan
Bhowmik said.
The money was
sanctioned by the Union
Tourism Ministry under the
Swadesh Darshan scheme
for building a mini stadium
and roads among others.
It will be in a more
friendly manner
as Indias ties with
Bangladesh are
very cordial: BSF
Work on developing the
infrastructure will begin
soon, the minister said.
The Agartala-Akhaura
Trinamool draws
flak over Madan
Mitra ticket issue
STAFF REPORTER
KOLKATA: The Opposition par-
WORLD
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THE PERFECT STORM: (Clockwise from above) A snowplough clears snow on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, New York, during the snowstorm; NASA released a model
of the storm system that dumped potentially record-breaking snowfall in eastern U.S; a woman walks with a suitcase down a snow-covered street in New York City
on Sunday. The storm caused near-record high tides to crash on to the New Jersey shore, which was hard hit in 2012 by Superstorm Sandy. The driver of an SUV
looks out of his window on a flooded street in North Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday. PHOTOS: AFP, AP & NASA
It is too soon to
tell how much Wall
Streets reopening
on Monday
will be affected
FlightAware.com, the aviation data and tracking website. United Airlines said it
would not operate at Washington-area airports on Sunday, and would gradually resume service on Monday. The
airline plans to start "very
limited operations" on Sunday afternoon at its Newark,
New Jersey, hub.
The brunt of the blizzard
reached the New York City
area after battering Washington, which was buried under
two feet of snow.
Snow piled up outside the
White House and famous
monuments were frosted.
The record high of 28 inches
of snow in Washington was
set in 1922 and the biggest recent snowfall was 17.8 inches
in 2010. The city was a dazzling white under a bright
sun, and some people, including the occasional crosscountry skier, were out in the
wintry landscape on Sunday.
More tides expected
High winds battered the
entire East Coast, from North
Carolina to New York, reaching 70 mph in Wallops Island, Virginia, late on Friday,
whipping up the tides and
causing coastal flooding, said
National Weather Service
meteorologist Greg Gallina.
The snow also engulfed the
Mid-Atlantic cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia while
about 150,000 customers in
North Carolina and 90,000
homes in New Jersey lost
electricity.
Accumulations in parts of
Virginia and West Virginia reached 40 inches.
Tides higher than those
caused by Superstorm Sandy
three years ago pushed water
onto roads along the Jersey
Shore and Delaware coast
and set records in Cape May,
New Jersey, and Lewes, Delaware. Reuters
Malaysia arrests 7
IS-linked militants
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said on Sunday seven
members of an Islamic State
(IS) cell had been arrested in
a three-day operation carried
out across the Southeast
Asian country.
The
operation
was
launched in four states on January 22, ahead of Mondays
International Conference on
Deradicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism
that Malaysia is hosting.
The police said the suspects had received instructions to carry out attacks in
Malaysia by Syria-based IS
members, including Bahrun
Naim, an Indonesian militant
named as the mastermind of
January 14 suicide attacks in
Jakarta which killed seven
people.
All of the suspects are
members of the same cell,
who are responsible for planning terror attacks in strategic locations throughout Malaysia, Inspector-General of
Police Khalid Abu Bakar said
in a statement.
He said the suspects were
also given orders by Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi,
a known Malaysian IS recruiter who had previously been
linked to a beheading video
in Syria.
The arrests were made following the January 15 capture
of a suspected militant who
had confessed to planning a
suicide attack in Kuala
Lumpur, according to Khalid.
One of the suspects was
believed to be responsible
for collecting and channelling funds to Malaysian citizens looking to join up with
IS in Syria.
The funds were also to be
used to fund a terrorist operation in Malaysia, Mr. Khalid
said. Reuters
They received
instructions from
Syria-based
jihadists to carry
out attacks: police
against 14 Bangladeshi construction workers deported
from Singapore last week on
suspicion of involvement
with
Islamic
militant
networks.
The authorities in Dhaka,
however, also dismissed
some elements of the Singaporean warning, saying there
was no evidence that the
workers had links to al-Qaida
or the Islamic State group or
that they were planning an
attack in Bangladesh.
Of the 27 workers deported by Singapore, 13 have been
released and allowed to return to their families, because, though they subscribe
to radical views, they had not
violated any law, said Monirul Islam, the joint commissioner of the detective
branch of the Dhaka metropolitan police.
We will keep our watch
on them, he said. They will
be under our surveillance.
Islam said that the 14 men
who had been charged were
mentally ready to get involved with terror activities
at any time, but that the police had not found any specific plan of carrying out an
attack on any particular
target.
Singapore announced last
week that its law enforcement agencies had identified
27 Bangladeshis, members of
a closed religious study
group, who had become
radicalized and were planning attacks back home.
Among their possessions,
the Singaporean authorities
found diagrams apparently
used to instruct men in silent killing and videos that
showed young children
training with firearms.
KALLOL BHATTACHERJEE
NEW DELHI: India on Sunday
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Leading rigid PVC-U pipes and fittings manufacturer Finolex Industries Ltd. (FIL) plans to invest Rs.100 crore in
adding 1,00,000 tonnes of pipes capacity over the next three years. After expansion, our pipes manufacturing
capacity will go up to 3,50,000 tonnes, Finolex Industries Managing Director Saurabh Dhanorkar told PTI.
Mahindra Defence and Airbus Helicopters inked a pact to form a joint venture to produce military
helicopters in India. The statement of intent was signed on Sunday by representatives of both companies
in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande. PTI
he Reserve Bank of Indias revamped norms for external commercial borrowings (ECB) benefit
global lenders rather than domestic borrowers, analysts and bankers said.
The new rules were announced
by the RBI in November 2015. Sectors such as housing finance and
infrastructure have been left high
and dry, with ECB applications
pending for over nine months and
in some cases the government has
urged the central bank to review
its stance on restricting mediumterm borrowings for infrastructure projects.
I am rather surprised how it has happened, but the latest
DOMESTIC ECB guidelines do
CONCERNS not talk about housing. This (financial)
year, almost nine
borrowing
months have gone
and all the housing finance companies are
waiting for ECB approvals. If my information is correct, there are around 16 applications which are pending, Mr.
Sanjaya Gupta, Managing Director
of PNB Housing Finance, told The
Hindu.
I think we have about $2 billion
worth of ECBs permissions or applications pending, he added.
The relaxed norms in the new
framework were more complex
than the previous set of rules, analysts said.
In a nutshell, it is two steps forward one step back. They have
made it a bit more complicated.
Earlier, it was a straightforward regime, now they have introduced
three tracks of ECBs (according to
tenor of the loan), said Shishir
Mehta, Partner, Banking and Finance at law firm Khaitan and
Company, adding that the intent
was good and some changes were
The new rules have liberalised the lending side, while there has been no real change in the borrower base
INTERVIEW
Economic
slowdown across
the world has
shrunk the market
affecting exports
should focus on strengthening the domestic market as
the economic slowdown
across the world has shrunk
the market afecting exports
from India.
This can be done through
promoting education, health
and agriculture sectors in rural areas, he said. Private
banks will not be able to
achieve this and public sector
banks should go back to the
1960s making a specific demand with the central government in this regard.
No to privatisation
All India Bank Oicers
Confederation President Y.
Sudarshan said trade unions
are opposed to privatisation
Exhibition-cum-sale
of Indian gold coins
SPECIAL CORRSPONDENT
the Unique Identification Authority of India that is implementing the Aadhaar project,
said banking would not become ubiquitous unless you
drive down the cost and this
can only be done through digital mobile banking, using
Aadhar as a factor of
authentication.
I am looking forward to every person being empowered
by mobile handset in his hand
to do all kinds of transactions
from that mobile. Banking
should become so ubiquitous.it should become as easy
as making a phone call, Mr.
Sharma told The Hindu.
Mr. Sharma said that the
problem in the digital world is
that of establishing an identity which can be solved by using Aadhar as it can help do a
secure transaction at a very
low cost.
RBI requires two-factor
authentication for any transaction... either what you are
(biometrics) and what you
have (mobile phone, debit
card) or what you know (user
name and password) and
what you have, he said.
Mobile phone manufacturers are now putting iris authentication into the deviceAnd I think UIDAI is
doing proof of concept. This
is basically mobile phone
(what you have) and iris
(what you are). So in single
click you can do the transaction, Mr. Sharma said.
Backing the governments
stated intent to promote cashless payments, which includes a mandate to switch all
central government receipts
and payments to paperless
form by the end of 2016,
Mr. Sharma said
there could be
some incentives
for doing transactions on the
Internet.
DEEPAK MITTAL
the communication that insurance companies are putting across. Customers expect brands to understand
their needs and help them
compare products thus enabling them to make the right
choice.
Customers are also looking to engage with brands
that they trust are transparent in dealing with them, and
are able to provide a resolution in a matter of hours and
not days. Keeping this in
mind life insurance companies, while keeping the operating costs low, will try and
surprise the customer pleasantly. Technology will play a
key part in achieving this
goal.
Companies will also invest
heavily on product development as well as training and
development of the sales
force to ensure that the sales
teams are well equipped to
acquire customers the right
way while creating long term
loyalty.
our sales team has with a customer is around understanding his or her financial goals
and needs, and not on the
product.
This need-based sales ap Do you see any inclination of
proach is efective and has
the customer towards unitbeen simplified to make it
linked insurance plans?
easier for any sales person to
Insurance and equity invest- use. Placing needs first enments are about being com- sures that we are always able
mitted to longer-term invest- to demonstrate our focus on
customer
ment periods. We believe understanding
and the early signs also seem needs first and then providto indicate that the ULIP in- ing a solution.
vestors have matured and
Modern day living has its
there is good stability in their own complexities. Increased
investment irrespective of life expectancy, rising finanshort-term
market cial aspirations and the growmovements.
ing urgency to secure ones
own and the familys future
have created a unique set of
There are 24 insurance
companies in India, how will
customer needs.
ETLI differentiate
Our products like MyLife+,
themselves in term of
Criticare+, Wealth Builder
products?
and Wealth Accumumation
(Privilege) are based on
Customer centricity is these insights into what cusour key diferentiator. tomers need.
The first conversaLonger coverage, flexible
tion any member of pay-out options and ability to
tail business for the group,
Edelweiss Tokio Life will
play a big part in this expansion plan.
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global round-up
Start-ups and entrepreneurship are critical to Indias efforts to restart private investment in the economy
RAJEEV
tangible benefits to start-ups under the Action Plan are the tax
breaks and funding support. The
Action Plan waives income tax on
profits for a period of three years
and also exempts taxes on capital
gains which are invested in the
fund-of-funds.
This move will help to reduce
cash outflows and bring down the
cost of running a start-up. In conjunction with the waiver of the
angel investor tax under the Finance Act, 2013, start-ups now can
have improved access to funding
opportunities.
Pending reforms like the GST
regime, would also make it easier
for small start-ups to operate
across the country.
Rs.10,000 crore fund-of-funds
The Rs.10,000 crore fund-offunds is a significant financial
commitment by the Government
under the Action Plan. It is set to
start with Rs.2,500 crore initially
with the amount set to recur for 4
years.
This mega fund will not directly
invest in start-up ventures. Instead, it will do so via SEBI registered venture funds. This fund
will contribute a maximum of 50
per cent of the daughter fund size,
providing a significant boost to
the corpus of investments that
start-ups have access to. It is important that this corpus is not
managed by Politicians or bureaucrats, but smart, savvy fund managers who have a track record on
investing.
On the cost saving side, an 80
This is perhaps the most pertinent question which has been answered by the Action Plan. In order to obtain the wide ranging
benefits which have been detailed
in the 40-page Action Plan, it is essential for an enterprise to qualify
as a start-up. An uncontroversial
requirement, but the devil is in the
details.
The Action Plan requires an enterprise or partnership to be innovative by developing and commercialising a new product or service
a step to promote truly innovative ideas. But it institutes an interministerial body led by DIPP to
examine whether an enterprise is
innovative.
It also requires a recommendation from an incubator setup by
the government or be supported
by an incubator in a post-graduate
institution recognised by the government this need for validation and recommendation goes
against the very steps the Action
Plan takes to reduce government
involvement. This additional layer
of bureaucracy could slow down
the starting up process and needs
to go.
Start-up India is consistent with
the PMs call for innovation when
he launched Digital India. The
Start-up India Action plan is a
good start to this but will need
continued support and evolution
to make this a true, deep revolution for the youth of India.
The author is a Member of
Parliament & a tech entrepreneur
[email protected]
PLANTATION
The state has made global headlines with reports of starvation deaths in the gardens in North Bengal
IN A NUTSHELL
Although the term starvation death
Indrani Dutta
West Bengal is Indias second largest tea-growing State with a 20 per cent
share of the countrys cultivated area and contributes about 24 per cent of the
total crop
tea industry badly and we sought interventions from the Centre, said
Arijit Raha Secretary General, ITA.
The industry is also keen to see
some changes on the PLA front. The
Plantation Labour Act was enacted in
1951 to ensure workers welfare measures, which normally falls within
the realms of the State. This included
housing facility, cheap power, firewood, subsidised food grains and
medical facilities.
A 2009 report on the Competitiveness of The Indian Tea Industry, prepared by a Union Commerce Ministry panel said that while the industry
has failed to keep up with global
trends in the tea industry, there was
also need to review many of the provisions of the PLA, which may have
lost their relevance.
The committee, which had repre-
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Rabadas seven-for
stretches
SA advantage
CENTURION: Kagiso Rabada took
seven for 112 as England was
bowled out for 342 in its first innings in reply to South Africas
475.
South Africa was 42 for one at
the close, an overall lead of 175.
England had lost only one
wicket in almost two hours before Rabadas burst of three
wickets in 12 balls just before
lunch.
At 208 for three, Rabada had
Joe Root caught behind by
Quinton de Kock for 76. James
Taylor swung at a bouncer and
edged the ball to de Kock and
Jonny Bairstow gloved a ball
which lifted and seamed back at
him, giving Rabada, in his sixth
Test, his second five-wicket
haul in successive matches.
He followed up by getting
Ben Stokes (33) caught at first
slip by Hashim Amla, and
claimed his seventh when
Stuart Broad was caught on the
midwicket boundary. AFP
Rabada.
PHOTO: JULIAN FINNEY/GETTY IMAGES
SCOREBOARD
South Africa 1st innings: 475.
England 1st innings: A. Cook c
Radwanska and Suarez Navarro both had their nerves tested before being able to set up
their quarterfinal date.
Radwanska was 5-2 down in
her deciding set against AnnaLena Friedsam, but the 21-yearold German was reduced to
tears when her legs simply gave
up on her, allowing the fourth
seed to recover for a 6-7(6), 6-1,
7-5 victory.
Tenth seed Suarez Navarro
rebounded from an opening-set
battering to beat Daria Gavrilova 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 and end Australias interest in the womens
draw.
The most welcome recovery
of the day was that of Ana Ivanovics coach and Andy Murrays father-in-law, Nigel Sears.
The 58-year-old, who was taken to hospital on Saturday after
collapsing in the stands in Rod
Laver Arena, was discharged on
Sunday and allowed to return
home to Britain. Reuters
THE RESULTS
BALLETIC GRACE: Roger Federer hit his stride pretty quickly to ease past David Goffin, an occasional practice partner, in straight sets.
PHOTO: DARRIAN TRAYNOR/GETTY IMAGES
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or 10 overs...hes unbelievable.
You look at his record. Somebody in the Indian team hasnt
been able to do that in this
series.
Captaining India, however,
was a uniquely diicult challenge, Clarke felt. Thats the
thing a lot of people dont understand or appreciate till they
go to India and see the expectation and the pressure.
So I say we need to be very
careful when were judging
Dhoni because hes done a lot
for Indian cricket. Hes had a lot
of success. And Im sure Virats
still learning from MS as well.
Theyre two diferent captains
theyre two diferent
people.
During the innings break, as
Clarke sat cradling his infant
daughter in his arms, he was
Actually, it gives
me great joy to
know that I cant get
worse than that; than
what I played today
Djokovic sees the bright side
of notching up a century of
unforced errors.
Men: Fourth round: 1-Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt 14-Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-3,
6-7(1), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; 7-Kei Nishikori
(Jpn) bt 9-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 6-4,
6-2, 6-4; 6-Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt 24Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) 4-6, 6-4,
6-3, 1-6, 6-3; 3-Roger Federer (Sui) bt
15-David Goffin (Bel) 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.
Doubles: Third round: 14-Treat
Huey (Phi) & Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt 4-Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Florin Mergea
(Rou) 6-4, 6-3.
Women: Fourth round: 5-Maria
Sharapova (Rus) bt 12-Belinda Bencic
(Sui) 7-5, 7-5; 1-Serena Williams (USA)
bt Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) 6-2, 6-1;
4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt AnnaLena Friedsam (Ger) 6-7(6), 6-1, 7-5;
10-Carla Suarez Navarro (Esp) bt Daria
Gavrilova (Aus) 0-6, 6-3, 6-2.
MONDAYS MATCH-UPS
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WOMEN
7-Angelique Kerber v Annika Beck; 14-Victoria Azarenka v Barbora
Strycova; 15-Madison Keys v Zhang Shuai; Johanna Konta v 21Ekaterina Makarova
DOUBLES
1-Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis v Svetlana Kuznetsova & Roberta
Vinci
MEN
Andrey Kuznetsov v 23-Gael Monfils; 13-Milos Raonic v 4-Stan
Wawrinka; 16-Bernard Tomic v 2-Andy Murray; 8-David Ferrer v
10-John Isner
SHREEDUTTA CHIDANANDA
Match tied
FATULLAH: Defending champion
South Africa and the West Indies played out a thrilling tie in
a warm-up match here on Sunday ahead of the ICC under-19
Cricket World Cup starting on
January 27.
In the other match of the day,
which was also curtailed by bad
weather at the start, Scotland
beat Fiji by 21 runs.
The scores:
West Indies 153 for nine in 35 overs
(Keacy Carty 45, Michael Frew 33 not
out, Conor McKerr three for 30) tied
with South Africa 153 for four in 35
overs (I. Smith 39, K. Verreynne
33,Wiaan Mulder 58 not out).
Scotland 192 for eight in 36 overs
(Owais Shah 35, Rory Johnston 53,
Finlay McCreath 36, Josaia Baleicikoibia three for 26) bt Fiji 171 in 31.3 overs
(Delaimatuku Maraiwai 57, Tuwai Yabaki 36, Haris Aslam four for 39,
Mitchell Rao three for 22). PTI
STARS OF SYDNEY: Jasprit Bumrahs superb display with the ball and Manish Pandeys brilliant innings helped India complete the
highest successful ODI run chase against Australia in Australia on Saturday. PHOTOS: AFP
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with referee Mark Clattenburg
ruling the Gunners defender
was the last man.
Four minutes later, Costa
gave Chelsea the lead when he
got on the end of a Branislav
Ivanovic cross at the near post.
Arsenals defeat left it in third
spot, three points behind shock
leader Leicester City, while
Chelsea moved up to 13th place.
Winning start for Guidlolin
A hard-fought victory at
Goodison Park saw Italian boss
Guidlolin of to a winning start
with the Swans. Swansea went
ahead through Gylfi Sigurdssons 17th-minute penalty but
DECISIVE MOMENT: Diego Costa reached to Willian's superb through-ball just ahead of Per Mertesacker and with the German already
committed to a sliding tackle, the Chelsea striker tumbled and referee Mark Clattenburg brandished the red card.
PHOTO: CLIVE MASON / GETTY IMAGES
Other results:
EPL: Sunday: Everton 1 (Cork 26-
Arsenal's Flamini
lost his first PL
match at the
Emirates after
54 games
with Sevilla 0.
Saturday: Espanyol 2 (Caicedo 3,
Moreno 39) drew with Villarreal 2 (Trigueros 23, Musacchio 88); Granada 3
(Rico 27, El-Arabi 36, Rochina 77) bt
Getafe 2 (Scepovic 71, Moises 73);
Rayo Vallecano 3 (Miku 21, Tito 26, Jozabed 36) bt Celta Vigo 0.
Serie A: Sunday: Fiorentina 2 (Ilicic 24, Rodriguez 83) bt Torino 0; Vero-
Two in
joint lead
CHENNAI: Grandmasters Yuri Solodovnichenko of Ukraine and
Vladimir Belous of Russia
shared lead with 7.5 points each
after the ninth and penultimate
round of the Chennai Open International
Grandmasters
chess tournament held here on
Sunday.
The results (Round 9, Indians
unless specified): Mikhail Mozharov
(Rus) 7 drew with Yuri Solodovnichenko (Ukr) 7.5; J. Deepan Chakkravarthy
6.5 lost to Vladimir Belous (Rus) 7.5;
Boris Grachev (Rus) 7 bt Vitaliy Bernadskiy (Ukr) 6; Marat Dzhumaev
(Uzb) 7 bt Ivan Popov (Rus) 6; Sipke
Ernst (Ned) 6.5 drew with Alberto David (Ita) 6.5; Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman 7 bt Anton Demchenko (Rus) 6;
Vitaly Sivuk (Ukr) 6.5 bt V.S. Rathanvel
6; Adam Tukhaev (Ukr) 6.5 bt Akash
Thakur 5.5; Artur Gabrielian (Rus) 6.5
bt S.V. Srinath Rao 5.5; Valeriy Neverov (Ukr) 6.5 bt A.L. Muthaiah 5.5; Attila Czebe (Hun) 5.5 lost to Ramanathan
Balasubramaniam (6.5).
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BENGALURU:
MAN OF THE MOMENT: Kim Song Yong struck once in each half after
Vineeth had scored in the opening minute to effectively end the
match as a contest. PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR.
Jaypee Punjab
Warriors defeated Dabang
Mumbai 3-1 to notch up its second win and jump to the top of
the table in the Hockey India
League here on Sunday.
Armaan Qureshi and Christopher Ciriello scored in the
ninth (field goal) and 21st minutes respectively as the home
side led 3-0 at half-time. Harmanpreet Singh pulled one
back for the Mumbai side in the
39th minute.
The Sardar Singh-led Warriors had lost to Delhi Waveriders a day after beating Ranchi
Rays in its opener.
The result: Punjab Warriors 3 (Armaan 9 (FG), Ciriello 21) bt Dabang
Mumbai 1 (Harmanpreet 39). PTI
CHANDIGARH:
TABLE TENNIS
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Bengaluru
FC
strolled to a 3-0 victory over
Shillong Lajong at the Kanteerava Stadium here on Sunday,
and as a result went top of the ILeague standings with nine
points from three games.
The striking duo of C.K. Vineeth and Kim Song Yong combined to great efect, accounting for all three goals to ensure
that Bengalurus home start
was as unfaltering as its away
opener this season.
The home side had the best
possible opening, with Vineeth
scoring in the very first minute.
Following a defensive error
from Lajong, he collected the
ball and placed a low shot into
the right corner.
Lajong could have hit back
immediately but Bipin Singh,
left unmarked and under virtually no pressure, sent a cross
over the bar from a very promising range.
Skipper Sunil Chetri, slotting
in on the left, did not have his
greatest of games, but when on
the attack along with Vineeth
and Kim he often switched po-
Warriors climb
to the top
Y.B. SARANGI
KANPUR: In a season of changes
in Indian cricket, the good old
Deodhar Trophy a fourdecade-old inter-zonal List A
event is all set to be played
in its new avatar at the Green
Park here through the week.
With the build-up for the upcoming World T20 championship getting priority, the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) may
have tried to transform the
zonal afair into a more competitive event for the players.
The zonal sides have been
replaced with Gujarat, the Vijay Hazare Trophy champion,
and two other teams India A
and India B, which were regular fixtures in the mundane
Challenger Trophy.
With 9 a.m. starts in the
height of winter, the teams will
play each other once before
the best two clash in the final
on Saturday. India A and India B will lock horns in the
opening match on Monday.
It is a combined form of
Challenger and Deodhar. With
three good teams it is going to
be a good competition, said
India B captain Unmukt
Chand.
Railways all-rounder Karn
Sharma said, The best players
will get opportunity to showcase their talent. This can result in some tight contests.
India B coach Aashish Kapoor was a little cautious
though. The zonal event was
monotonous. Now good players from smaller sides can play
with others. We have to wait
until the end to know how
good is the change.
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The Punjab team after winning the Vijay Merchant under-13 trophy on Sunday.
BENGALURU: Punjab won the Vijay Merchant Trophy under-16
tournament here on Sunday by
virtue of having secured the
first innings lead over Mumbai.
From its overnight second innings score of 443 for seven,
Punjab ended up with 514.
deep Singh 41, Nehal Wadhera 34, Ayush Gautam 30, Vighnesh Solanki
eight for 173) drew with Mumbai 174
& 220 for five in 65 overs (Suved Parkar 91, Divyaansh Saxena 37, Shreeraj
Anant Gharat 27, Yashasvi Jaiswal 41
n.o.) [Punjab won on first innings
lead ]
V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM
HYDERABAD: Newly-crowned Ma-
IN GOOD NICK: P.V. Sindhu dominated the net and used her drop shots to bamboozle Scotlands
Kristy Gilmour in 32 minutes. PHOTO: PTI
same time make those minor adjustments, the Chennai Smashers star player said.
Asked about the most impressive part of her game in the Malaysian Open, Sindhu said, I
think my net game was really
good. That doesnt mean that I
would be content with this performance. I am aware that I have
to keep improving with each
event and that also means keeping in tune with the changing
strategies of diferent opponents
in the majors lined up which includes the prestigious All England championship.
The eforts are really on to be
a much better player by focussing
on many areas of my game as no
one can be a complete player,
she added. Overall, it has been a
really satisfying outing in the Malaysian Open and I just hope to
win a few more big events in the
run-up to the Olympics as an
Olympic medal is the ultimate
dream I am chasing, said Sindhu.
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his art.
I have travelled a lot but it is
tough. You cant sustain your
life. All we get is bed, breakfast,
one meal a day. Spending from
own pocket is the norm. To still
continue I must be mad or passionate. But it is a small circuit
and the fraternity has deep
PRO-KABADDI LEAGUE
Match-fixing will be
dealt with severely
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BENGALURU: Any Pro Kabaddi
League player found to be involved in nefarious activities like
match-fixing will be severely
punished, Mashal Sports Director, Charu Sharma, stated here on
Sunday.
There are many governance
bodies in the PKL to address
match-fixing. On our part, we
have educated the players thoroughly on the dos and the donts.
A whole barrel of apples may
have one rotten apple our job
is to identify, remove and crush
it, Charu said at a press conference here.
Can I guarantee that there will
be no bad incidents at all? No, I
cannot. Unfortunately, human
greed is powerful. But we have
put the fear of the devil in the
players, and we will be ruthless if
anyone is caught, he added.
Asked about the clash in schedule between the PKL and the ka-
CM
YK
2. BREEDERS OF INDIA
CHAMPIONSHIP
STAKES
(2,000m), 4-y-o & over: Quasar (Yash
Narredu) 1, Booker Jones (Trevor) 2,
Shivalik Showers (Sandesh) 3 and Baracchus (I.Chisty) 4. 3/4, 2-3/4, 15. 2m
00.06s. (record time). Rs. 12 (w), 13 and
14 (p). SHP: Rs. 27, FP: Rs. 18, Q: Rs. 18,
Tanala: Rs. 29 and Rs. 10. Favourite:
Quasar. Owners: Mr. Jaydev M.Mody
rep. J.M.Livestock Pvt ltd. M/s. Tanmay
A.Agashe & Madhav G.Patankar. Trainer: M.Narredu.
3. GOOL S.POONAWALLA
MILLION (Gr. III), (1,000m), 3-y-o
only: Serenita (Dashrath) 1, Honey
Dew (Trevor) 2, Lady Danehill (Zervan)
3 and Frosty (P.S.Chouhan) 4. Not run:
Saire Song. 1-1/2, Sh, 1-1/2. 59.11s. Rs. 145
(w), 29, 14 and 15 (p). SHP: Rs. 33, FP: Rs.
4. TRM MULTI-MILLION
SPRINT CUP (1,000m), Cl. II, rated
60 to 86: Goldberg (David Allan),
Brahmachari (Trevor) 1 (dead heat), Super Sunshine (Suraj Narredu) 3 and
Merchantofvenice (Sandesh) 4. Dht, 1, 1.
58.51s. H.No. 3. Rs. 27, H.No. 5. Rs. 21 (w),
21 and 15 (p). FP: Rs. 38, Q: Rs. 89, Tanala:
Rs. 363 and Rs. 175. Favourite: Maleficent. Owners: Goldberg: Mr. Neil Darashah, M/s. Mohan Chattaram, Kishore
M.Dingra & G.Shewakramani. Trainer:
Golberg: Neil Darashah. Owners: Brahmachari: M/s. Mohan Chattaram, Mr.
Kishore M.Dingra & G.Shewakramani.
Trainer: Brahmachari: Imtiaz Sait.
5. VILLOO POONAWALLA
INDIAN OAKS (Gr. I) (2,400m), Indian fillies, 4-y-o only:
MYRTLEWOOD (MULTIDIMENSIONAL - ADAMILE)
(P.S.CHOUHAN) 1,
6. AT THE RACES CHAMPIONSHIP STAKES (1,400m), 4y-o & over: Your Royal Majesty
(P.S.Chouhan) 1, Shivalik Storm (Sandesh) 2, Perfectionist (Yash Narredu) 3
and Rule Downunder (Neeraj) 4. 3/4,
1/2, 3. 1m 21.74s. Rs. 21 (w), 12, 14 and 16
(p). SHP: Rs. 46, FP: Rs. 99, Q: Rs. 59,
Tanala: Rs. 265 and Rs. 97. Favourite:
Your Royal Majesty. Owners: Mr. &
Mrs. Keki D.Mehta and Mr. Dara
K.Mehta rep. Darashaw Bloodstock Pvt
Ltd. Trainer: P.Shrof.
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